The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-12-02
dated Beauvoir, May 2t, 1888,
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sippi was sent a requisition for
troops to serve in the war be-
tween the United States and Mex
leo, the difficulty was not to get
the requisite number of compa-
nies, but to discriminate among
those offering in excess of the
numbers which would be, receiv-
ed. An attempt was made to
build monument to those who
fought and died in a foreign
land, but it failed. II asked why?
The reason is on the surface: 1t
was not woman's work."
For the same reason, the move
ment for the erection of a monu-'
ment to Mr.. Davis came to a
stand-still because woman wasn't t
in it: but now that the Daughters
of the Confederaey have accepted
the loving but laborious tack, the
monument will ascend from the
foundation laid three years ago
in Monroe Park, Richmond, or
elsewhere in that city as they
may determine.
The Massachusetts, State Board
of Health has expended about
500. 600 during the past sixteen
years, during which time it has
collected and examined about
110, 600 specimens or samples OF
food and drugs, has conducted
about 400 prosecutions against
offenders, and secured the inflic-
ton of fines amounting to S33, :
900. And yet some people COM
plain because the Mississippi
State Board of Health has ex-
pended about the same sum in
same period, fighting yellow fe-
yer, small pox, etc. If the Mas
sachusetts Board could have
COLLECTED and examined a few
thousand specimens of Mississip-
pi microbes, they would have had
some real business on their hands,
Mrs. Annie Wright Duncan,
Regent for Mississippi, writes de-
lightfully in the Yicksburg Dis
patch of the recent meeting OF
the United Daughters of the Con-
federacy in Richmond. sShe thus
refers to the Mississippi Room"
in the Davis mansion, now the
Confederate Museum:
"Mrs. Davis bestowed munifi-
cent donations of her treasured
memorials upon the Mississippi
room. The suit OF clothes worn
by President Davis at the time OF
his capture, and from which the
magnificent bronze statue of him
unveiled at Hollywood was made,
his valise, umbrella, walking
cane, Bible, prayer book, pic
lures which hung in his study,
all of which are invaluable, and
for which many museums would
give fabulous sums. The toys ol
winnie" are also there, togeth-
er with her watch presented tc
her by Princess Charlotte of Eng.
land, her royal jewels, worn as
| Comus, Queen of the Carnival in
New Orleans, pictures which
j adorned her room, and many
other mementoes. In that the
Mississippi room was once re-
! garded as scant in furnishing, is
\ now the center of admirino
throngs.
| Mrs. j r. Mcintosh, now re.
siding in Richmond, is Vice Re.
! gent of the Association, and il
unceasing in her efforts for the
Mississippi room.
The Meeting of the Presbytery
of Central Mississippi at Acker.
man, on 18th. was the occasion
Of this writer's visit to that grow
ing town on that and the day fol-
lowing. The Presbytery met il
a handsome church, recently
completed. The delegates wert
Hospitality entertained.
Ackerman is one Of the princi-
pal towns on the ''Aberdeer
Branch of the Illinois Central
1t is fifty-three miles from Du'
rant. thirty nine from Wes
Point. and fifty-five from Aber
Ideen. Its-long row of brick store
sIfacing the railroad are nearly al
\ lof brick, and ali were full of Gus
'Itomers. The brancn house o
Il Blumenfeld & Fried, is cne 0
largest mercantile houses in th'
State. The Plaindealer and thi
Record are excellent newspapers
There is a courthouse, one bank
!! ard will soon be another. WI
lspent an hour at the public
i school, Of which Prof. j. K. Tiff
ton is principal, and Mrs. J. NJ
Harmon. Mrs. Mary Hearon
Miss Sallie Riley and Miss Et ge.
r,so Irx-srn- o~a a -c1nf anf,. 1H'