The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-07-12

home on oath ult. He was sec
tary of state senate a good many
years, secretary Of Masonic Grand
Lodge from 1864 to 1860: was a
member of the Democratic state
executive committee in 1868, and
secretary Of the committee sever
nj years. He was specially gift
ed as writer aad correspondent.
His admirable reports OF the con-
stitutioual convention OF 1890, in
the Times Democrat, was a most
attractive feature of that journal
at the time. His health had
been on the decline for several
years. The state has lost splen-
did citizen and his family a de-
voted head,
On Saturday night, July LIST,
in the city of jackson. the Oldest
man then in the state of Missis-
sippi. entered into rest--Mr. A !.
j. Ferguson. He was born in
Georgia February 5, 1907. His
parents removed to Mississippi,
and built a log cabin in the vii.
derness. afterwards surveyed for
Copiah county. His early COM
panions were the children of Red
men. He was one Of the survey
ing party that laid out the town
of Raymond, and witnessed the
cutting of the first tree on the
land for the capital city. He was
circuit clerk of Rankin county for
several years. He was buried at
County Line cemetery, Copiah
county. AT the time of his death
he was ninety seven years, four
months and twenty five days old (.
Hon. h. o. Sykes delivered
the Fourth of July address at the
re-unIon of Confederates at Sor-
tor s Mill, and at the conclusion
presented each Of his old COM
rades with a copy Of the original
rolls OF the two first companies
organized in Monroe county, as
published in the Aberdeen Sunny
South of May 2, 1S6l-the Van
Dorm Reserve, Wm. II. Moore,
captain; Monroe volunteers, S.
J. Gholson. captain. The inter-
est of such reunions would be
greatly increased by such records
oeing brought forward and the
names of those who composed
eael company discussed. Com
m.t.ees 5nould be appointed to
gel up the military history Of
each command. In few years,
th ro will he none 10 be appointed
on such committees.
SILVER COINAGE.
Col. Power: Hon. f. A. Nc
Doweil asserts that not single
silver dollar was coined from
1904 to 1873, and not single
American dollar was in circula-
ton from 1904 to 1878; that sub
sidiary coin, Of lesser weight,
substituted. l.. O. w.
By reference to the report Of
the director Of the mint, 1898, we
find on pages 300-303, that, ex-
eepting 1906 when only S35l 90
were coined in silver dollars, and
in 1887, when one thousand silver
dollars were coined, ard in 1889,
when three hundred silver dollars
were coined, until 1873, no silver
dollars were coined in u. s..
mints. Commencing in 1878, the
sum of $50, 965, 924 of "Trade"
dollars were coined in eleven con.
secutive years. The coinage Of
the trade dollar ceased with 1888.
The coinage of half dollars has
continued from 1893, exceptNthe
years 1906, 1798-80, 1S15-.he
tstaI to January 80, 1898 being
S138, 928, ,073, 80.
"BUT HE is YOUR son. =
Some two weeks ago, as Rev.
j. b. Hutton, pastor OF the First
Presbyterian church, jackson,
was in his study meditating upon
topic for the Wednesday eve-
ming lecture, the door bell rang,
and when he arose TO see who
might be the caller, he recognized
the son Of brother in the minis
try-a young man who was one
of the patients in the soldiers
hospital, at Blind Institute, in the
summer of 1898. The young man
was almost naked and looked very
feeble. He was a tramp. He
wanted something to eat, and
funds to go somewhere-it mat
tered not where. The kind pas
tor soon communicated with the
father by long distance telephone,
and the situation what explained.