The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-06-08
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS
By J. L. POWER.
By J. L. POWER.

meeting of the Woodmen of the World
in that city. There were members of
this splendid and truly benevolent or
der there from all parts of the country
and the days of their stay overhowed
with pleasant things. Amid all the
gaiety. however, the loyal Southerners
present found time to go apart
little while and perform a sacred duty.
mr.. II. F. Simrall, Jr., of this State
delegate to the great w. o. w. con-
vention-knowing that within Gods
Acre." there
by the flow Of the inland river,
whence the fleets of iron have fed
Wnere the blades Of the grave grass culver
Asleep are the ranks of the dead
And that within that eternal
camping ground" 1900 Confederate
soldiers were sleeping their long sleep.
knowing this he set about telling
others. and in a little while the South.
erners present had purchased beauti-
full flowers. chartered a car in a body
and went out to pay their loving
reverence to the boys who wore the
gray, and sleep beyond the borders of
their sunny land of home. The flow
ers were beautiful and the ceremony
OF decorating the graves was beauti-
ful. Touching remarks were made by
several Southerners, and history Of
the cemetery was given by one of the
Columbus gentlemen present. Among
the flowers was superb wreath and
this was hung about the monument
which loving hands have reared by
Mrs. Thomas P. Barr, of Jackson.
the only Southern woman-and a most
loyal one-present.
Not one of the party gathered upon
that spot in distant land made all
our own by its sacred dust, will ever
forget the solemnity of this meeting
about their beloved dead, nor the joy
of having been allowed to cover them
over with beautiful flowers, SO far
from their Home, Sweet Home"
Mr.. Simrall and the others of the
party-the Columbus papers did not
give their names-deserve the thanks
of every friend of the Confederate
soldier for doing this gracious and
characteristic act.
The Meridian Star speaks wisely
when it urges the people of Mississippi
to make a fitting exhibit Of her re-
sources and achievements at the st.
Louis Exposition two years hence. Any
representation of the Louisiana Pur-
chase" would be incomplete. indeed,
with Mississippi left out. This States
exhibit at the New Orleans Exposi-
tion under Mayor Jonas splendid
management was the New Mississippi
introduction in the inquiring world and
did incalculable good. But we should
do far better in st. Louis than we
have ever dreamed of doing before,
and show to all the world our wealth
of agricultural products, timbers from
our ''lordly forests" and the thousand
other things of which we are proud,
and for which we would become fam
had. BY all means, let the plan go
forward until 1t reaches splendid
achievement.
Rev. c. E. Cunningham, the beloved
pastor of Yazoo City's Presbyterian
Church, has earned and will doubtless
greatly enjoy the rest his people wish
/ I. l. l.. II to oh
sence his pulpit will be filled several
times by Rev. VIM. Hayne Leavell of
Houston, Texas, well known and be-
loved in Mississippi. Mr.. Leavell has
the distinction of having built and
paid for (with a handsome surplus)
the most elegant and convenient
church in the Gulf States-at Hous-
ton, Texas. This church is perfect in
it's way and was Mr.. Leavell's own
conception and (this we have from
some of his people, was built at a
time and under conditions that rem
dereo his success nothing short Of
marvellous. Mr.. Leavell will visit
among his wife's relatives while in
Mississippi-the family OF the great,
lamented ]. 2. George.
His friends throughout the State
extend their sympathy to Mississippi's
able officer, Auditor Cole, who suffer
ed great bereavement in the death Of
his father, Mr.. w. F.. Cole, aged S3,
last Wednesday. This noble man,
who has gone to his long and we'll
earned rest, has been i'll for several
months at the home Of his son, in
Jackson, and there, surrounded by
his sorrowing and devoted children,
he breathed his last. The funeral
services were held in Jackson Wednes-
day noon. and were concluded Thurs
day at the old home In Lexington.
among the friends who have loved
him and his household through many
years.