Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-11-02

! MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS.
BY KATE MARKHAM POWER
Totes OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS.
By KATE MARKHAM POWER.
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solitary traveller. The story of the
ll,fated tribe of the Natchez, OF the
French occupation, then of the Eng
ish, then of the Spanish, and last, OF
ts cession to the United States, all
combine to make the history OF that
part of Mississippi of absorbing inter
est"
In speaking of his school lie, COL
Montgomery thus refers to old oaA
land College, once the classical school
for the education of the aristocratic
Youths of this section--noy the AlcoFh
A. & NJ. College for the training Oh
negro youths. Oakland College as |
first knq it and before the war d., DE-
twesn tie States, had an ideal sltu-
alton Tor college (the nearest town
was Rodney, five miles away. Inc
cottages in which the students roomea
formed a semi-circle on the crest OF a
ridge, with the main college near ti!e
center and close to the presidents
home In front was a campus covered
with oak trees and sloping down 70
the common boarding house, ana at
each end Of the semi-circle the mans
of the literary societies, the Bellies
Iettres and the Adelphic, the col
lege was founded mainly by MI
David Hunt of jefferson county, sup
nosed to be the Wealthiest planter OIL
his time. and the Rev. jeremiah Cham'
herlain who was its president. "
After the war between the States oaK-
land College was sold to the Stale
and became Alcorn University, col
lege for negroes, and is now the Al
corn Agricultural and Mechanical COL
lege devoted to the education OF tha'
race Who of it's founders or those
who supported it or the proud youhs
men who filled its halls could eve
have dreamed of fate so strange, ahC
to me so sad, for this college, once tn
nride Of South Mississippi! And ye
the change in Oakland College Is
small thing, compared to that Ut
. heayal and destruction of SoutherI
! homes and Southern society caused D
that bloody war for the preserVano
A OF the Union"
j. Prof. Franklin A. Riley, secretar
e and treasurer Of the Mississippi Ill
> torical Society, has issued a commuh
p cation to the members touching u
g next meeting of the society. He stat'
d that lhe executive committee OF u
u Mississippi Historical Society mas u
70 cided to hold the fifth annual puDi
ID meeting in Jackson some time III id
u. uary next. For many reasons II Is
m sirable that this meeting should
d. held in the latter part of the III
N week in January, and the commit
il will probably so decide, II 1t shou
ct meet tie approval of those who are
ha take part in the exercises. 1t Is I
nd policy of the committee to hoId
40. least half of the meetings of the
in. ciety in Jackson, the rest being h'
nc in the various historical centers
in Inc different parts of the State l
nd wisdom of this policy has been dc
onstrated by the success OF Torn
,h+ meetings. Jackson is an ideal pl'
' in which to meet while the Legs
s,,J W ture is in session. At that time
70 leaders of public opinion from ev
,od county in the State are in Jacks
iaa @ and a majority of them will Doubt
~ attend the sessions of this meeting
80 was the case two years ago by
means the influence of the society
,ad be extended and greater interest
tho he aroused in the cause it represe
ion For this reason it is especially
~ portant that the next program
~, should be the best that can De
4,,. pared The character of the last
200 gramme was such that inVestlga
,ors must put forth their best efforts
order to excel it.
con- Jones county has a nourishing n
ges' oa1 association, which holds mon