Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-06-22
Children's Day at X.Prairie
Editor of the Beacon

Editor Of the Beacon
Yesterday, Wednesday June 18th
was announced az "Children's Dav',
at X.Prairie, and it certainly was not
miscalled. Everything was propitious
the day dawned clear and beautiful
not a cloud in the sky. cool and inyipou
rating breezes were blowing across the
prairies. and all nature seemed to ioin
with the hospitable citizens Of that
neighborhood in bidding all welcome,
All parts of our county and of that
part of Pickens that we claim as part
of Noxubee were represented. At an
early hour the church, which had been
decorated by fair hands with beautiful
flowers for the occasion, was filed to
OVERLOOKING and standing room was at a
premium. Promptly at II o clock, af.
ter a beautiful song by the choir, the
worthy superintendent, Hon. Walter
Price, began the entertainment by in
voking God blessing in a most eloquent
prayer, and for nearly two hours we
were delightfully."- entertained with reel.
tations by the children of the Sunday
School, interspersed with beautiful songs
by the choir, Having no programme |
cannot go into the details as | would
like, but suffice it to say it was excel.
lent and ALL the children did splendidly
and reflected great credit on Bro. Price
aud his Co workers, and they have rea
son to be proud of the magnificent work
they are doing in training these little
ones for Jesus.
AS all the children did so we'll I can.
not partlcularize, and then | had lot
of children In that band who call me
"Pappy' and Of course | could not be
impartial. expect if | were forced to
say which one did the best | would be
like Uncle Josh FAINT at the Fair once
when Jack Holman was awarded the
saddle for being the best boy rider, He
said / expect Jack rode the best but
had | been on that committee | would
have given the saddle to Will or Albert.
So | say it is high praise when say the
children all equalled my grandchildren.
Just before the close Bro. Price called
on Bro. Lewis, the loYed pastor, to
make few remarks, and thought to
myself, we are in for it now-we will be
hungry when he turns us loose-but
Walter knew his man, for Bro Lewis
made us a most excellent talk and quit
when be got through. Bro. Price then
called on Mr.. Joshua Stevens and I'm
Gle Josh made one Of his characteristic
talks, endorsing everything that had
been said and done. and enjoined the
stewards to be diligent in making col.
lections for all church purposes, and
said he never subscribed anything but
told his pastor and deaCons to always
call on him-never mind his frowns-
but to make him pay what they thought
he ought to. When he sat down Bro
Price thanked him and said their church
needed a little repairs and he would call
on him at once. Bro. Stevens quickly
replied that he was a Baptist and the
Methodist must help themselves, so
hope Bros. Grace and Deupree will
bean this in mind,
Big-hearted John Cunningham was
there and had told me that | owed the
young people of the county an apology
for sayl1g that we could not raise any
more boys and girls like the ones of 81
and Gj. So | asked Bro. Price to al
low me to state that had made thai
remark before had attended Children Z
Day at X Prairie. and after seeing whai
! the people OF X Prairie could do in that
line was willing to take it all back
And why not? These children are thu
descendants of the people who made
glorious history in o. 60, the SAINT
blood flows IN their veins and am sat
is6ed, should like occasion arise they
e would add fresh laurels to the brows o
Old Noxnbee,
After the benediction by Bro, Levi
! we were all invited out to dinner, an'
, such a dinner. X-Prairie has beer
noted for her basket dinners ever sine
| the first church was built there, wa,
back in the ffties, but did not thlnl
that there was ever one there before
thai excelled this one. Her people arr
proyerbial for their hospitality and wei
did they maintain it on Wednesday
] Everything was there to tempt the mos
= fastidious and in such quantities tina
2 while there were over 300 persons pre-
g sent there was enough left to feed a
, many more. Macon was well repre-
.ented and we were all glad to hay
them, and it shows that while ther
may be antagonism between countr
| and town in some sections it is not tru
of old Noxubee, Country ana TOW
+ love each other. and indeed I'VE l
! 4, Altman -