The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-23
TO BISHOP GALLOWAY
4 Messenger Reader Writes Interest,"
fngIy of this Able Divine and Mar
rates Many Incidents Connected with
His Career.

The Messenger gladly makes room
this morning for h following interest
ing article concerning Bishop Gallo
way from the pen Of DR.. w. c. Gallo
way, this city, to-wit:
Editors The Messenger:
In your complimentary notice of
Bishop Galloway in yesterdays Mes
senser the IS now On a visit to our
state) you allude TO him as L" a native,
we think, OF Brunswick county, ". c."
You are in error as to his nativity.
HIS grandfather was Mr.. Alfred Gal
loWay and his father, DR.. A. B.. Gallo
way, both natives of Brunswick coun-
ty, the old homestead embracing a
large coy residence and several hum
dred acres of land, is situated near
Lockwood's Folly river, some twelve
miles from Smithville, now Southport,
the latter a name without significance
n which should be changed back to
SmithyiI1e, in honor of Governor
Smith, by the next Legislature. Alfred
Galloway, with his family, moved to
Mississippi at or near Canton, when
DR.. G. B. Galloway, the father Of Bish-
OPP Galloway, was a youth. Alfred
had three sons, Charles B., James and
George; the two former were both dis
tinguished physicians, the first named
at one time president of the Mississippi
Medical Society. Both many years ago
slipped from the island of time to the
mainland Of eternity. George is in af-
fluent circumstances, as were they all,
and is now a large cotton planter six
miles east of Canton. Alfred wrote a
book which is kept as an heirloom by
the Mississippi Galloway family. 1t is
a unique volume of arithmetic abou
the size of Davies, with all of the eX-
amples and rules original; and the
whole the most beautiful and artistic
penmanship 1 have ever seen. 1t was
shown me as a legacy of by-gone days
when l was On a visit to DR.. c.. 3.
GallOWay's family at Cantor some
twenty-five years ago The bishop was
then about % years old, a slender,
blue-eyed, dark-haired, handsome man,
of pleasing address, and was stationed
at Jackson, Miss, just below Canton.
AT that early age he had what was
considered the second best appoint
ment in the Mississippi Methodist con
ference, the first being at Vicksburg,
to which he was afterwards assigned.
] a the pleasure of seeing him, be-
tween the trains as it were, at the par
image in Jackson in with
his father, a sister, Mrs Sophie, and
a brother, Willie, who was a great ply
stefan. / recollect a happy incident
that occurred during my short stay
there. The bishop asked me if l was
fond of music; being informed that
nothing delighted me more, he intro
duced me to two of his little girls,
2 and 4 years of age respectively; and
then sat one upon either of his knees
and requested them to sing. The cum
ing. tiny tots sang several short bal
lads, n the soprano, the other alto,
with surprising clearneSs and sweet
ness. I understand n of those tiny
cherubs has since become a teacher of
music. / suppose you know the bishop
is an honor graduate of the Universe
ty of Mississippi. He has two broth
ers and two sisters living, and all Of
them are accomplished. Another
brother, DR.. Willie Galloway, died a
few years ago. The bishop, so l am
reliably informed, says that his broth
er Willie was the most richly endOw-
ed mentally of any living or dead mem
Der of the Galloway tribe, but / cannot
subscribe to that diction 1 slept with
him for six consecutive nights, and,
therefore, had a fair opportunity to
judge of his ability. Sometimes Chan
ticlur was announcing the peep of
cool-eyed day" as we closed our eyes
in sleep. In conversation he was GER
tainly sparkling and Fascinating, the
dictiOn, at times, being copious anu
eloquent. A bright, precious, intellec-
tua man he was, and learned for his
years-then only 27-and he was a
mine of information in medical lore;
but l would not set him as high as the
bishop, in his partiality, thinks he
should be assigned.
Very truly, w. c. G.