The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1889-07-26
HON. MACK M. EVANS.
His Reception at Moss Point Thursday
Night, July Is, 1889.

Night, July IS, 1882
Nevcl"in the history of Moss Point
or the county, has there been more re-
ioicing over any event than there has
over the nomination OF our county
man, Hon, Mack NJ. Evans.
Thursday night the formal reception
AT the Academy Hall, Moss Point, was
held, and there never has bean lar
ger or more cnthu.iaIic gathering "t
our people. AT s o'clock the commit
toe entered the hall with Rev. ID ..
Byers who delivered the address OF
welcome TO Hon. NJ. NJ. Evans. The
following were the officers or the
meeting: Ed. Bloomfield, president;
j. w. Griffin, L. W. IIanahan, d. H.
DanlZler, Geo. w. O'Neill, C.ll.Wood,
Ill. NJ. Cudabac, John Hill, Rev. l..
Carlev, 6. A. II, Lawrence o. Wood,
WIN. Welch, w. Fred llerrin, vice
presidents, and j. w. Stewart and H.
w. Huntingdon, secretaries.
While the cornct band of Ocean
Spring furnished the music, Mr.
Bloomfield called the meeting to order,
and the following telegram was read ::
"To the Committee Of Arrangements ::
"Your kind invitation 10 join you
in giving Hon. NJ. Nj. Evans rccep-
tionat Moss Point tins evening Is re-
ceivcd and appreciated. Since we
cannot be present in person, much TO
our regret, we desire to assure YOU our
hearts beat in accord with You patrl-
otic action, and we rejoice with you
in the selection OF Il man so cmlnehtE
fitted for the position Of Lieutenant
Governor. HIS nomination 10 this
honurable post demonstrates the pro-
gress and Importance which SCUM
Mississippi Is destined to exert over
the poilica; affairs Of onr glorloifs
state, and Ocean Springs sends greet
ing and hearty congratulations, lol
she Is happy"
Rev. y. O. Byers was then intro
duccd and delivered the following
mast excellent and highly appreciated
address ot welcome which was re
sronded Ia by Mr. Evans, who Shove,
bv word and action that every act o
his many friends was highly appreci
aicd, AND assured them that hr apprc
cilted the honor conferred on him by
the late convention as a recognition o.
lac merits OF the Democracy of ooutl
Mississippi AS much as amy persona
recognition.
Mr. Byers said:
MIR. NJ. NJ. EVANS: BY request o
the Reception Committee, the mos
= pleasant, but most unaccu stoned duty
= has been laid upon me, of extending
10 You in the name of the people o
Moss Point, and the entire coast, al
. enthusiastic welcome on yOdr return
: hearing the trophies of victory. W.
no less congratulate the Democracy o
the State on the wisdom of its choice
! Political Lightning has been prettl
, scarce in this coast country, but whei
II does leap This way it knows Wher
10 strike. II | am not misinformed
YOU, sir, have the honor to be the mrs
resident of the Coast who has eve
= been chosen 10 Il State Office. am re
I iuiced that your merits have called tn
attention of the Convention TO the fac
that Mississippi extends clear TO tn
b Gutf, in fact that her Gulf Coast !
:, one of the most delightful portions o
these United States, and that II cal
Z raise men as we'll as multetS-Stdte o.
= fcers as well as oysters.
s Many years ago, when / was a boy
!. in old Virginia, an old backwoOdsma
. of my acquaintance was accustomc
y tu tell me wonderful stories of ih
II "Massissipp," aud l can rcmembc
thRt Imagined il TO be kind of"Ara
bian Night abode, far to the South
somewhere in the neiglborhool {
Is Mexico where my father fought |
i'm 1913. Later, | real one of Mr.
Southworih's hcarlrcnding tales, tll
q. scene of which was laid on Pearl riN
or, aud decided that IT all the cir
}. nt Mississippi we're rs angelic as I'll
heroine ut that story, hoped the Lor
y would give me one of them for Wit
Is The tears shed over that book wOul
id last Congressman 40 years.
as OHe Utucf NltNtoiA " Nh"AtiA"bA ~
ncctcd with Mississippi, rises up who
[ look back 10 those by-gone day
se When the guns Of Sumpter, cchoir
r.. from Maine 10 Texas, aroused Il
II chivalry of this nation, aud broug
the North aud South together in q
&c fierce shock IT battle, each in bella
n Of that winch they believed the rigl
&C among the first TO answer the SUI
=. mons of his native land was a mol
youth Of twcmly years. Upon q
rs altar of his country he laid talent
n bright future Ia his chosen profcssio
- life itself, aud went forth 90 the figl
But scarcely a year had passed un
en- he was carried from the field 1T hat
sc TO the hospital TO die, q years ago Ia
Friday. aud in Canton, Mlssissip
,lv tests to-day the dust Of my moihe
only brother. Noble Mississippi
dies minisiered to his wants In The
est davs Of fever aud pain, and tod
sn. they scatter flowers UPON his ton
II seems, therefore, 70 me very iiiti