Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-04-27
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS.
BY J. L. POWER.
vIeksburg Military Park.

slppi troops during the siege Of Vicks-
burg, discharged the duty assigned
them on the 18th and 10th insts. They
had very little trouble in designating
the places occupied by the different
regiments, battalions and batteries
along the eight miles of defense. The
National Park commissioners, with
their engineer, accompanied the party.
There were six commissioners from
Ohio, who were not SO successful.
i hey will return later with thirty
others to locate their positions. Twenty
Of the twenty-three Mississippi com
missioners were on hand. They were
warmly complimented by Gen. Lee and
Capt. Rigby, Of the National Park Com
mission, on their successful work. The
commissioners from the two States had
a farewell campfire, under the auspices
of the Confederate and Union Camp
OF Vicksburg, when several happy
speeches were made, and incidents of
the siege related.
The Mississippi commissioners re-
solved themselves into a permanent
organization, with a view to co-opera-
tion with the national commission, and
the preparation of historical data re-
lating to Mississippi commands in the
siege. They will recommend to the
legislature an appropriation for a suit
able monument to commemorate the
valor and patriotism of Mississippi in
the defense of Vicksburg.
The National Confederation of Chari-
ties, which is to meet in Washington
May 9-l5, has asked Gov. L1ngino to
appoint delegates from Mississippi, and
he has made the following excellent
appointments: w. T. Caldwell, Pres
byterian Orphanage. Columbus; L. S.
Foster, Baptist Orphanage, Jackson;
W. S. Harrison, Methodist Orphanage,
Water Valley; Mrs, Anna r. Fleming,
Natchez Protestant Orphan Asylum;
Brother German and Sister Tharsalia
of the Catholic Orphanage Natchez;
DR.. j, NJ buchanan, Z. NJ. Insane
Asylum; DR.. Z. j. Mitchell, Insane
Asylum, Jackson; J. R. Dobyns, Deaf
and Dumb Institute; w. S. Sims, Blind
Institute; DR.. S. D. Robbins, Vicksburg
Hospital, and Dr.. j. L. Brown, Natchez
Hospital.
The Jackson Daughters of the Con-
federacy have honored themselves in
naming their new chapter the Col. w.
d. Holder Chapter U. d. c. With the
name they have chosen they obligate
themselves to do noble work, and to
strive by every possible means to per-
! petuate in all honor the memory of the
grand army of Confederate soldiers, so
rapidly passing from life's battle
ground, and of which this honorable
man, this chiyalrous gentleman, loyal
Mississippian and gallant Southern
soldier, was so fine a type. When a
man like Col. Holder dies
For years beyond cur ken,
The light he leaves behind him
Lies upon the paths of men,"
and illumlnes everything on which it
falls. May this new chapter be as fine
and as useful as all things bearing Col.
Holders name should be.
Some OF the new towns along the G.
& S, |. Railroad have been progressing
of late with regular Western strides
Collins, for instance, which but a short
while ago was not" is now the scene
of saw mill and turpentine operations
on an extensive scale, a new brick
making plant was recently established
new mill with daily capacity of 5000
feet of lumber has been located by the
Moreton-llelm Company of Brook
haven; a two-story brick building is
now being put up for the Bank of Col
Inns, and last, but not least, the PRO
gressive Age, newspaper, will prob
ably be issued next week.
Collins is good town, and there are
others not very far from her who art
also moving rapidly up.
The writer is the proud possessor o
a piece of exquisitely fine, smootl
cotton CLOTH sent with compliments o
the Laurel Chronicle, "the first clotl
made at the Laurel Cotton Mills
Laurel Miss" These mills, which are
three stores in hight and cover two
acres, are said (and the statemen
is made advisedly) to be the finest mill!
in the world. Certain it is that The
plant that takes the blue ribbon owe
them will have to be perfect in al
points and more than up-to-date.
Surely the Illinois Central railroad
has done worthy thing in erecting
and equipping the handsome Y. NJ. c
A. building in Canton. Canton is head
quarters for so many of the |. C. EN-
ployees that building of this sort
with pleasant reading rooms, and par
lors, cool and spacious galleries, coz,
bed and beautifully furnished bath
rooms, will be veritable haven Of res
for many a man who is forced to be ST
often away from his home and his loveC
ones.
Mr.. r. Z. Brewer, of Clarksdale, wa
given damages in the goodly sum o
SIS, 900, last week in his suit agaius
the Y. & NJ. V. K. X.
If every other Southern State is goinl
to send her veterans and sons anC
daughters and grandsons and grand
daughters of veterans to the Memphi
reunion as numerously as Mississippi
intends sending hers, the great Blut
City will have to extend her hospital
lines almost into our own State. Sh
would do it, too, if it should be needfu
in order to properly care for apd enter
tain her guests.
: 1t is fact, perhaps unknown to mos
Mississippians, that th's State of our
has no legal holidays. h almost ever.
} other State in the Union certain ami
: versaries are legally set apart as holi
! DAYS, but we have no law for our oh
servanees, except such as custom ha
made.
: The Canton ice factory has storag
} capacity for $4,000 dozen eggs, and the.