The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-04-27


months without employment; but when,
L. Sharkey vas appointed provisional
governor, and called a convention, Col.
was elected secretary of the
same over three formidable competi-
tors. His earnings from this served to
tide him over this crisis in his business
ship with Messrs. +. 7. Cooper and b. +.
and started a newspaper in jack
son called the mississippi Standard"
a~fterward merged into the Clarion,
and becoming the official journal of the
State.
At the beginning of the military re-
construction period, however, a mill
tary order transferred the State print
ing from the Clarion" to a journal
more truly loyal" to the party in
power. After the revolution of 1879,
when home rule was established, Col.
Power and "A man who had been his
business associate for twenty years,
Hon. Ethelbert Barksdale, were elected
State printers and reelected for five b-
ennial sessions.
After the election of Maj. Barksdale
to Congress the Clarion" in 1SSs, was
merged with the state Ledger" When
Col. Power WI nominated for Secretary
of State, in 1895, he severed his connec-
ton with the printing business-a con-
n~ection hat had extended over many
years, but he has since continued to be
a regular, industrious and entertaining
contributor to the press of Mississippi.
He wieids 1.-The pen of q ready writer
and as he is a complete encyclopedia OF
historical and political information, his
articles are much priced by those SEEK
ing statistics and information on spec
c~ialized subjects.
Col. Power is one of the best known
secretaries in the State, and as he had
been tried so long in that capacity it is
not surprising that his friends should
think he was the man for the position
of Secretary Of State. 1t may be inter
esting to give a summary of the num-
Der of times he has served in the ca
pacity OF scribe. He was clerk of the
house of representatives when it met
as a ~refugeed body in Macon, Miss, in
August, 1864, he being then on parole
as one of the V~icksburg garrison; was
elected clerk of the house in 1867; was
secretary of the constitutional conven-
tion of 1865; reported the date of the
secession convention in 1861, and was
the only outsider admitted to its secret
sessions; has been secretary to most o.
the political State conventions tina
have been held at the caF.tal. 1t is a
grand secretary of Masons that he i
| the most widely known, and his nam'
is familiar to that ancient and honoabl'
? craft throughout the Union. He wa
elected to that Office in 1869, and is nov
5 serving his thirty-third year. He /
also secretary of three other Masoni
grand bodies, one being grand CON
mandery of Knights Templar, of whicI
he is the senior grand recorder i
= years of service in the work.
e When the Worlds Masonic Congress
e met in Chicago, during the World
: Fair, he was, on the nomination of tn
G Illinois delegation, unanimously chose
t secretary Of that august body. Til
d grand lodge and grand commander
presented him many years ago elegaI
o and costly jewels as testimonials
d their appreciation of his services.
r. Col. Power is also a past grand mast
l. of Odd Fellows, and has been graz
1t treasurer for many years. He is also
r member of the knights of Honor al
$ Knights of Pythias; is the senior rulir
b. elder in the Presbyterion Church
a Jackson, and for more than TWEEN
lie years was superintendent of its Sund'
school.
s, The greatest work, and the one
n, which Col. Power is especially prou
ne is in connection with the great yellC
of fever scourge of 1878. He received a
or iudiciously disbursed to more tn
thirty stricken communities, neal
a 800, 900, being vested by the CO
az tributors with unlimited discreet
,er as to its use. lie sent to Grenada ale
1t $500. He employed and paid ply
ell clans. dispatched nurses to variC
,c- points, and ordered supplies that co
as not otherwise be procured. The r;
,ly road, express and telegraph compan
gave him carte blanche in, his work
ar, relief. He visited many of the strick
cd towns during and after these epide M
rst and distributed relief to all regard
nv, of race, creed or fraternity. Be
te, grand secretary of the Masons q
ed, grand treasurer of the Odd Fellows
.rd the time, the brethren of those no
red orders throughout the Union k
rg, sending relief until he had to make
he appeal to them to stop. Minis
he Foster, from the City of Mexico, c
lat tributed 800 in gold, and sevt
be amounts were received from the
on, Fellows of Honolulu, Hawaii.
ne, nomination of Col. Power for secret
of of State the second time was a fl
the gone conclusion-he had nc opposit
of There are not many men who are
de- mitted to enjoy the fruits of a
TO spent life and the applause of their
low-citizeus to such an extent as Co