Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-05-27
rpou 1857 TO 1899.
Power Before Mississippi
''' ssoclation on steamer
,,,rher, May 49, 1899
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"A | consented 'o Wy ~
Oot Otherwise occupied. And
- fine in which to prepare an
tntu speech, cf paper, have Jot-
few thoughts that come as
m Of a hurried review OF the
fine since first saw and rode
,,.,mer "Natehezn in December,
hen the genial and generous
A,Aers was captain, and has
craft skipped over the Father
,,s like a thing of life. That
pecially memorable trip to me;
1 ouly regret of this trip, thus
kbat the bride of forty-two years
not along to renew the ac-
lpce Of old friends, and to meet
h Of this genial company who
peeiyed the imprint of nativity
Ithose two-score and two years,
1.-TWO years ago the steamboat
4 fayorite mode of travel. Those
palaces were things of beauty
n never be forgotten.
| we're only $1,000 miles of rail-
Ren in the United States; today
pre upward of 100000 In 1857
jippi had $50 miles; today she has
bd 95 under construction.
b;T there were less than so, 1000
Telegraph wire in the United
In 1899 the total is upward of
u. Mississippi has 1000 miles,
!; commercial telegraph Offices.
h there were no telephones; up
h 100000 miles Of wire today,
This total 1000 are in Mississippi.
81 the population of the United
was less than 3O,0o0,000 in 1890
eiO In 1899, including her colo
bssessions, Sl,0)l,0J0, and by the
the century will be easily in
] to 100000,
k1 Mississippi had a population
tOO In 1890, l,2S0, 600; in 1899 it
|reaches 100000.
il there were no public schools
kisippi, Today the State has Il
system that it is the pride of our
10 maintain and perfect, with an
bent Of 3j5 900, "A per centage of
lance Of children Of educable age
Jed By only one State in the
Her university and colleges
|umerous high schools and acad-
|pre fully equal to many that have
fcre attracted our youth to other
kvhile her |. |. Il G. is the pioneer
(arl Of all the colleges established
e industrial training of women.
kasia other important directions,
Mississippi plan" has furnished
Pdel for other commonwcalths to
agricultural development of the
Is Indicated by the fact that in
Pc entire acreage was divided into
farms, in 1880, 1888 farms; in
bout $1,000 farms.
|sslppi has the smallest debt of
flate in the Union-Sl0.66 per
the average for all the States
slitlS' She is among the lowest,
'er' In per capita wealth, which
ZIP to explain the smallness of
'ot' 30 that poverty, with States
Q individuals, may be IA blessing
'nlse' But the disguise is rather
not know what the health Of Mis-
! was IN 1857; but Uncle Sam says
excellent in lS90-12.S9 to / ,00O
average for United
being 1909.
United States has had twelve
cuts y. since lSi7-of whom 10 were
means and two Democrats.
'ssppl has had logovernors since
VI Whom seven We're Democrats
''ee Republicans, And there are
sslx worthy citizens willing to
uoered as eleventh in succession.
e 1897 Mississippi has contributed
'q'o'a OF great and good men to
PROFESSIONS ! and pursuits of life
:, ,Aurch, the State, the pulpit and
"'e oar and the schools. In the
~ :. Oh war and the victories OF
''l'e 'nen many of her sons have
,'u .nernames high on the roll OF
:, the illustrious and i'm
''Our-JetferSon Davis, Lucius @.
laf' a. James q. George and Edward
Walthall.
'n'ee years after 1857 Mississippi
y Secede from the Union: but
~ ~ years OF what is figuratively
.'e e'c'S war, and an uncir,I war
u ;;aS'rocllon' she receded, and is
: sooo shape in the column OF
!, 1One OF the brightest and fairest
;nG ing to her name on the flag.
!, 4" war tested the patriotism and
: '''u .ne valor of nearly 1000, ,ooO
!; 7; and now the bcroism of the
~ : 'ne glory of the "blue,. and
'no prowess of both is recor.
=. N appreciated across the big
y y never before. Dixie and
w.. 4''See Doodle and the Bonnie
M ls, ~ zoe Wheeler and Schley,
ut 'a RI, f,itzhugh Lee, IIobson and
, !. :, s'll swell and give tone to the
n0re. va o s'ai'
,o,s wy 'ew newspapers in Missis.
70. sonaucted mostly by gentle.
4 III NV IN the mantlcs of their
s;,4u,lViduality. !, The ladies were
A., u those days. Ante bellum
,oas sO''Ssed public questions at
'ls'' ny and seldom saw their broth.
nd y aalll' Pens were dipped in
;,H:' NY printed paragraph fire.
NV '''eu to the so-called "field
,,i0n ~ ~ 1866 the Mississippi Press
NV :, was =, organized, and it is the
ID :. ~ nose who have regularly
,et,.s 'a' In order to ''love each
'' we must know each othe,
As,oa,uu., suu sisters of the Mississippi
|. 30 yours is. a goodly
NJ W.. aeat Is your opportunity
prs,'', NM responsibility ior keep
/ H. sau old State in her proper