Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1901-07-20

any Kind Of practical work,
| have here schedule OF the prices paia
in May 1864, for needed articles-1ofly
dollars of Confederate notes being then
equal in value to one dollar In gold
Boots, per pair .........S 29o ~
Coats .........., 9oo 90 ~
SHOES .......'... 80 ~
Calico, aHSe,oGeT per- yard ...... ........ 10 90
Meal. per bushel .......s so oo@ so 90
Racon. per pound .... 90
Salt per pound ......,. w
Chickens, per pair ....... ~ ~ 90 90
pnfnfoes nnr busheI % 90
Turnip Greens. per peck 90
White Beans, per quart q ~
Butter, per pound ..,... - 0O
"GAHpd And I'll tie 0Gii prices Increased so that in
March, 1865, $1,1oO.00 was paid for a
barrel Of flour. Coffee and tea had become
so scarce they We're not obtainable af any
lsed-okra seed wheat, and dried Sweet
potato and parehed corn being the most
fras tea was a most palatahle and popular
4 beverage.
Some Suggestions.
My comrades, permit me- on this occa-
gestions to the patriotic and liberty-loyins
SSpe it o e hose RBd enstd E ander ahs s2 StP
| banners to see to it that a record Of their
devotion be prepared and preserved. It
| will soon be too late to accomplish this In
the thirty-siX years that have passed much
/ valuable data has been lost and rosters
ink are fast fading beyond deciphering
have such rolls for one brigade and several OF
| other commands. They should be COPIED in
to record books, that they may be preserved:
/ | will transfer them to the State. or il
! the State will give me sufficient clerical
/ help | will undertake TO compile record
| of every command in the Confederate ser
vice from Mississippi. Fortunately, all our
Richmond when the city fell. were trans
4 ferred to Washington and now ac-
cesslble. 1t is a curious fact that many of
| D11r ppin nd infli lidrntl Va
gained admission to the Confederate Sol
diers' Homes in Louisiana and other States
4 on certificates from the War Department.
ct Washington, that their record as Com
4 federate soldiers was good to the end Let
every, Confederate camp have q historian;
and let every camp see to 1T that as com
/ plete a roll as possible be prepared Of
| every company and every man that was
! mustered in the county. This would be a
\ substantial help to the county and State
Il Pension commissioners who have to pass
that those who were most successful in
lodging duty in war time, are the most
aggressive and successful in obtaining pen
slowed by nation or State, however large
| or small the amount may be- should be
/ patriotism and yalor; and no investigation
can be too searching that will exclude ths
| unworthy from its benefits. Some Of these
men who are so inyineible in peace were
invisible in war. While 1T may not be
best to upbraid them for their short-com-
ings they, should not be permitted now
to demand benefits and honors that justly
belong to others.
Second--Let the agitation for a Confed-
crate Soldiers Home be renewed 1t would
not cost much, and the necessity for its
continuance would cease in less than a
score of years. There are nearly two hun
dred disabled and INDECENT heroes Of the
Lost Cause In Mississippi who would
days. g IN Missssippi is about out the e only N.Y. state
in the South that has failed to provide
such home, and the troops Of none are
tighten their burdens to the end Of the
Third-rhe patriotic work inaugurated
by the Daughters of the Confederacy, Of
erecting monuments to the Confederate
dead Should be continued until there Is a
marble shaft erected at every county site.
on which shall be engraved the names of
every faithful soldier Of that county, es-
ing the great struggle. It has been truly
said that "a land without monuments is q
land without memories" Let us see to it
that Mississippi has memory for all her
brave and patriot sons.
Let us hope that the suggestion frequent
" made that the Third Of June shall be
legal holiday IN Mississippi shall take
form II statute m G9yernor momgn9 hi 9ds
to the legislature in January. Mississippi
is about the only, State inn the Union that
''holiday" does not appear in her Annotated
Code. Let us have one that shall annually
commemorate the birthday Of Jefferson
Davis Of whom gifted and eloquent citi-
zen Of Mississippi said lie was one, of
the purest and a loftiest characters a;ta that
. men and patriots. In early years he be-
came the pride Of her chiyary; at later
period her greatest statesman and pArlia-
, mentary leader. Ills splendid genius was
Mississippis rarest jewel: his teachings her
doctrines he represented his people with
personal purity and patriotic purpose
: without peer or parallel and in their hour
7 Of misfortune was their willing, uncom-
planning. yicarious sufferer"
And, now, Comrades, Mothers and Daugh-
tiers Of the Confederacy, friends and fel-
/; low citizens let us congratulate each other
n
E year of the Twentieth Century. that the
J grand old State for which you fought and
: suffered and sacrificed so much, is forging
ahead in a marvellous way. to material
progress and prosperity Let t, Us n rsfolcs
! when every pound Of our great STAPLE Will
be manufactured in mills erected with the
capital and operated by the ski qL 81 our own W
; mankind will buy our fabrics instead Of
: our tibres Let us rejoice in all that has
I been accomplished in an educational way
I that Mississippi has the record by the
! census Of 1900, Of having more children
Z of cducable age enrolled in the public
G other State in the Union, with two eNcep-
4 tions; that her Industrial school for whlte
c girls was the first of its kind on the con
/ tinent, and leads all the others that have
I patterned from her; that, It's agricultural ira
and mechanical college for whites mas
attained patronage and prestige exceeding
d all expectation that Its textile school Is
L that it is already q shining success Ot
4 our great State University, our numerous
s and splendid private schools ana eoileges
L we have just cause to be proud but the
4, educational work that commands our warm
: est admiration, and that comes nearest to
Il each and all of us, Is our magnificent sys-
i tenn of public schools. in the maintenance
t of which nearly two millions of dollars -
: An overfowing treasury-our ability to
d meet all matured obligations, and to
y anticipate all others to erect million
l. dollar State House without the issuance Of
i a single bond the constantly increasing
;s railroad mileage; the steady inflow Of capt.
= tai invested in building up the waste places
i and causing them to blossom as the rose
ID the annual increase Of millions Of dollars
lg in assessable valuations the increase Of
q more than twenty per cent in population in
n the last decade the absence Of labor
! strikes the reign of peace on earth. good
iee will toward men that appears to be lhe
NJ rule of life in Mississippi, all indicate that
I'd there is not only life in the old land
vet" but that Mississippi has got move
ID on her that will not slachen until she getS
ID to the head Of the Industrial procession
th She may not discover oil, but she will have
Il use for more than she has ever before
Id consumed
he *Bishop Gailor.
IN The New State House.