The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-06-23

Jones county In 1885. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS so
Jones county in 1900 ...... ,.................6s
Quitman county IN 1896. ................. ...I,3
QuitmAn county In 1900. .................... 20
r Simpson county In 1895. ..................A7
Simpson comfy In 1900. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Franklin county In 1895 .....................4o
!. Franklin county In 1900.
Increase for the four counties, 4,57t
. At this rate, the total increase will b
about $4,000. The distribution pc
capita will be proportionately reduced
Gen. Gordon Appreciates MississIppI's Re
msmbrAnce Of Her Old Veterans
HEADQUARTERS u. C. ",
NEW ORLEANS, La, June 8, 1900.
To all Comrades:
/. With pride and the greatest pleas
ure the general commanding publishe
the following gratifying intelligence,
for the information of the lieutenants
majors, brigadier-generals, and for tn,
officers Of camps, and of all of our com
rades, and expresses the belief that
similar efforts for an increase for the
aged and infirm old veterans, made in
their respective States, would produce
like results, to-wit:
OFFICE OF SECRETARY STATE,
JACKSON, Miss, May IL, 1900.
| Gen. George Mormon, Adjutant-G General U.
G. VS., New Orleans, La:
MY Dear General--Yours to hand. The
annual appropriation for INDECENT Confed-
crate soldiers and sailors and their widows,
was increased from 5000 to $3.50, 600 q
year.
The sum of 5000 was appropriated for
Confederate annex to the Vicksburg hos
pital.
Confederates over go years old, who ped
die for living, are exempt from tax ex-
cept in sale Of certain articles.
A bill passed the house appropriating $50
600 for monument on Chickamauga park
to Mississippians who participated in the
battle Of Chickamauga.
Thu sum of 1000 was appropriated to
pay expenses of one survivor of each Missis-
sippi command in the defense of Vicksburg.
to designate the point in vicksburg Military
park where Mississippians were stationed
during the seige Cordially and sincerely
yours. J. L. Power.
ii. AS most of the old veterans are
nearing the summit. which many of
them have already reached, and as old |
age and the infirmities of life are rapidly |
bearing them onward to the grave, this |
increased assistance in the eventide eff |
heir lives, from the generous people of |
great State, comes as precious boon,
The extent of which cannot be expressed
,y words.
III. In the name of all of the old U.
}. V. whom it is his high honor to COM
nand, the general commanding, ex-
'resses heartfelt gratitude and thanks
O the members of the senate and house
t the great commonwealth of Missis-
ippi for these very generous and lib
raj appropriations for the sick and
elpless old Confederates, and the
1idows and orphans of those who are
lready encamped upon the other shore,
nd for the splendid appropriation for
ae erection of markers and monuments
Or Our Heroic Dead"
Nv. This substantial remembrance is
onvincing proof of the love and affec-
on and esteem in which the old Con- s
'derate soldier, whose deeds added re- I
own and lustre to the history of his (
tate, is held by his admiring country
en-, and by a grateful posterity; and
the manner in which Mississippi re- ,,
ards her living and pays a tribute to
Ie memory of her dead heroes.
By order of
]. B. GORDON, Gen. Com.
GEORGE MooRMAN,
Adj't-Gen. and Chief of Staff. h
The Deaf and Dumb, and Blind.
The chapel capacity of the Institu- l
IN for the Deaf and Dumb is always
lily tested at the annual closing exer- Il
les. People go there who care little d
r spoken orations, and essays and
lsic. They are drawn toward the
ildren of silence by an interest and "
mpathy that are irresistible. Recita- W
ms, essays, flag drill, the presenta-
"A OF diplomas by Superintendent st
byns, all made up most delightful M
ogram on Tuesday night of last j,
elk. The graduates were: Ida Car
;, OF Clarke county; Mary Booker,
zoo county; Foster Benson, Yalo- va
sha county; Nathaniel Harris, Mar m
Ill county; Perry Jones, Montgomery er
lnty; Julia Herring, Water Valley. er
roy Jones was valedictorian, and his %
ay was on the industrial progress
possibilities of Mississippi Hon. Ia
A. Melville, for the trustees, made We
cry timely talk, and Governor Lon IT.
o expressed his congratulations and We
light. GOD be with you till we meet
lin" was signed by the senior class;
benediction was pronounced, and oe
thoroughly pleased audience dis tin
sed. me
he Institute for the Blind had its TIM
sing exercises on the morning fol- +,
ing. The weather was against a :.
re attendance, but the program was w
e the less interesting. The recita- ~. ~
is, essays and music all showed Vn'
eful training and culture. Mr.. ]. {
1usk, of the board of trustees, made prc
interesting address. DIR. w. Il. ser
S, superintendent, is the right man in
he right place. sue
Capitol Plans Adopted.
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