The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-10-12
Tributes TO COL. POWER.

telegraph goes. Col. ]. J.. Power, Secre-
tary OF State. Grand Secretary OF Ma
sonic bodies. the friend Of the widow
and the orphan. the Christian gentle.
man, printer. publisher and historian
-Misslssippi's Grand Old Man. is no
more.
The city OF jackson aud the state OF
Mississippi. mourn as they perhaps
would not for any other man. There
Is not town or hamlet in the State
whore he was not known. personally.
and To know him was 10 love him,
For nearly hfty years Colonel Power
has labored with these people, and al
ways on the side OF the oppressed. the
sore and needy. lie has been the
good Samaritan in thousands OF homes
and his name Is indissoluhly connected
with every general act OF charity that
has been performed In the State dur
Ing the nearly one half century OF
his residence here.
No man Ia the State would be more
sadly missed than Will Colonel Power
he has been the States most useful
citizen. and his lare can not be filed
lie was a man. take him for ali IN all.
shall not look upon his Ike again"
will be echoed from one end CT the
State to the other
In the death of President Mckinley
a few days ago the United States suf-
| g.ft
throughout the hills and valleys of
Mississippi, but It did not come home
to Mississlppians with the same sad
force and effect as does the death of
him we mourn today.
The nation has lost patriotic citl-
zen. the State n well beloved and chi
cient Official. the city of Jackson
useful and honored resident, the
church strong and upright pillar,
the secret orders faithful brother.
his family a devoted husband and
father, the widow and the orphan a
friend indeed.
Peace TO his noble ashesl--Jackson
News
In speaking of the death OF Colonel
]. l.. Power. the lamented Secretary
of State, we are reminded OF q phrase
that has been hanaed down from
generation TO generations. II Is this:
An honest man Is the noblest work
of Cod" Colonel John Logan Power
was an honest man--and more he was
brilliant, brainy man. who devoted
all the years of his manhood TO doing
good for others. In his quiet. unos.
tentatious way, he took the Bible for
his beacon light and held closely to
the line throughout all the years of
his long and useful life. Honesty was
his sole capital and, though he may
not have accumulated much OF that
wealth which is composed of gold and
jewels, he leaves TO his children a
heritage worth far more than any
worldly wealth and is found in the
heritage Of a name which Is known far
and wide and synonymous with all that
is good noble and true; a name and
reputation for honesty name which
needs but to be mentioned to elicit
the sweetest eneomiums of praise.
Praise for his noble arts of kindness;
for the innate nobility OF his soul and
for a mind whose sole thought was to
do good unto others. His was a self
sacrincing disposition. The welfare
and comfort OF others were first in his
thought and his unselfsh devotion TO
the cause OF the people. to the widow
and orphan, was beautiful In its in
tensity and sublime In its sincerity.
His reputation has remained as pure
and unsullieG as the driven snow No
ulterior motive has ever been at
trIbuted TO his words and his deeds
have been as open as the day and as
bright as the .oyeliest sunshine
Natchez Democrat
The Herald knows Of no man who
can take the place of Col. Power. The
rress had in him an earnest, true
friend; his church, one of the most
consistent and devoted Of members:
the various secret orders-Masonry
Knights Of Pytbias and Odd Fellows
| a blOtHSA Ahty Abuf1 ttu5Af t1u~
cational and charitable institutions. a
ready helper.
Well may Mississippians mourn the
death Of such a man. Long after the
body that was laid to rest in the ceme-
terry at Jackson on Wednesday after
noon has returned TO dust, will the
memory Of this illustrions man be
fresh in the hearts of the thousands
who esteemed him In life Last week
the nation mourned the death OF its
President; today Mississippi mourns
! the death of one whose loss Is greater
! to the State than was Dir. .McKinley's
to the nation.
Col. J. L. Power Is dead; great and
! good man has fallen. Peace, to his
ashes.--Yazoo Herald.
The Grand Old Man. as he was
lovingly called, passed away at his
. home at Jackson on Tuesday. Septem-
! Der 20. 1901, at 1926 o'clock, OF pneu-