The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-01-18

Court. They recognized the doc
ument and verified their sigma
lures attached just thirty eight
years ago.
Another document, more an
eient, but not so valuable, is a
twelve-page pamphlet containing
"Rules for the government of the
Supreme Court Of the state of
Mississippi, adopted at different
terms, from 1914 to 1919. 1t has
the imprint. sJackson: Printed
by Peter Isler, State Printer.
1927. - For this am indebted
to my friend,W. G. Vaught, Mag
nolia.
And this reminds me that there
is one official in the state Capitol
who ranks all others in years
of useful service, Mr.. G. @.
Campbell, deputy clerk of the
supreme court. He has been re-
cording its minutes and fling its
cases for just a score of years.
In the Clarion Ledger of
Thursday last was a very inter-
esting sketch OF General Thomas
Kinds, from the pen of Bishop
Galloway, whose ability as a
writer is fully equal to his force
ard power as a speaker, and that
| is saying a good deal. Mr.. E.
r. Jones, of Harriston, sent the
Bishop brick from the site of
the residence of Rev. hewitt Wick
lin which the first Mississippi
Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church was held Mo-
vember /, 1918, and also a brick
from the grave Of General Kinds.
This grave is in a cotton field.
four miles west Of Fayette. The
inscription on the broken marble
slab is quite elaborate. He was
born in Berkley county, Va. /,
January 10, 1881; removed to
Mississippi at the age ofnineteen
and .covered with honors and
with years he descended to the
grave on the 23d day of August,
1910, aged 60 years, 7 months
and A days"
1t was Of the Jefferson Troops,
commanded by Col. Thomas
Kinds at the battle of New Or
leans, January 5, 1915, that
General Jackson said, "They
were the admiration of one army
and the terror Of the other. -
When Kinds county was es-
tablished in 1921, it was named
for this then distinguished citi-
zen; and he was chairman Of the
committee appointed BY the Leg
islature in same year, to select J
site for the seat of government
The Committee selected the pres
ent site, ltnen known as LeFleurs
Bluff. Bishop Galloway says
.We owe it to ourselves to sa-
credly guard his heroic dust.
Would it not be well for his re-
mains to sleep with other distin-
| guished co-patriots in the ceme-
terry of our State Capital, and in
the county which bears his hon.
ored name?''
j Much valuable history has
! been recorded on tomb -stones
j In the jackson cemetery, the
dates Of birth and death of sever
! Mississippi governors were thus
obtained: George Poindexter,
i Charles Lynch, Abram NJ. Scott
| Alexander Gallatin McNutt, Johr
Ii. Guion, Albert Gallatin Brown
] and VIM. T.. Sharkey.
| The most notable event in Mis-
sissippi last week was the deatl
Il of Col. Thomas r, Stockdale, a
his home in Summit. AS citi,
zen, soldier, statesman and jur.
ist, he has made an enduring
and most honorable record, anC
he has left what the Psalms
says is rather to be chosen thar
! great riches "a good name.
j, A valued friend, supposing
that I had read the very readable
J sketch Of Col. Stockdale, pub
lished in the Gazette of 11th
makes correction which may a
!, we'll be noted here. The state
ment is made that when the Quit
man Guards, Co. E, 18th Missis
! sippi was organized at Holmes
h vile he was elected captain. Thi
Company was organized May 27
i 1861, and mustered into servic'
} by General Richard Griffith, witt
the following officers: s.. A
Matthews, captain; J.. M. Nelson
) 1st lieutenant; T. r. Stockdale
End Lieutenant; T. r. Baine, 81
i lieutenant. The company wa
!. ordered to Corinth, and with th
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