The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-07-03
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was a grand success in every particu-
lar. There we're about one hundred
Masons in the grand procession of a
half mile, headed by the Biloxi brass
band, which furnished excellent music
for the occasion. For the life of us,
when we hear the band music and see
column of men keeping step with the
tap of the drum, we can't think Of any
thing except Yankees, bomb shells,
swords and bayonets, gunboats, Texas
blue beef, mule meat, and such like.
Mrs. Bond, who is a daughter of our
old comrade, Virgins Hatton, took us
in charge at the picnic and superin-
tended our getting plenty of ice cream,
barbecued beef, mutton, pork and so
forth, and saw that we didn't get run
over mot by good things to eat but by
the moving masses. There is quite
large and influential generation of
Bonds in this section. They are the
offspring of Col. John Bond, who com
manded regiment in the Revolution
airy war. Mrs, Bond showed us the
"Bond tree which consists of fine
oil painting and is thing of beauty.
The painting is about 3x4 feet on which
there aye represented over nine hun
dred of Col. Bonds offspring, with the
date of their births, deaths, etc, with
broh6a limbs representing the dead.
There are many broken limbs,
On the 4th Sunday we ran up to
Rawls Springs aud preached for the
people at p. N. Here we ppeXpect-
eddy met with Brethren VIM. Gran,
berry and Joe Morris, whom we knew
in the years agone in Copiah and Law
renee counties, respectively; hence we
could cut no figure here. We had a
good afternoon congregation and we
felt greatly helped by being permitted
TO preach to them. Rawls Springs
consists in a Methodist church, Ma
sonic hall, two stores, turpentine
still and large hotel owned by Mr..
Grant, a Presbyterian brother, who
showed us no little kindness. The
waters here are said to possess fine
medical properties which have cured
many people of their ailments. We
also had pleasant stay of As hours
with Conrade Benjamin Rawls and
his estimable family. Ben possesses
extended fields and pine trees innum-
erabis, and we are Kidding his good
wife of serious cancer trouble.
En- route home from Rawls Springs
we stopped off at Braxton, Here we
met old friends too numerous to men
ton. Twenty odd years ago we were
permitted to preach In these parts at
Cato aud Harrisville, but, goodness
gracious. how the country has devel'
oped and is putting on airs since the
railroad eauel # we had met the
Braxton neighborhood along the pub
lie road, with her churches, high
school, store houses. hotels, fine resi-
dences, etc, we never would have rec
ognized her on earth. 1t is here that
our young friend, Marshall McCul
Tough, one of the brightest stars that
has ever graced Lincoln county, has
been laboring for several years build
ing Up a high school in quiet, unas
Stunning way. Lao. -ear this school
enrolled $50 pupils, 100 OF wno.. were
boarders, representing ten counties in
the State What great pleasure il
affords us in our travels up ard down
10 the earth to find our Lincoln county
boys doing SUCH noble work for the up,
lifting of mankind. Marshall inform
ed us that be contempiates attending
the University of Virginia during the
summer months preparatory to resum
ing his school duties at BraXton next
session.
Boys, Marshall Mccullough was rear
ed on his fathers farm on Topisaw
He always avoided bad company and
cultivated temperate habits. The
young man WHO GGndTcts himself in
this manner will one day 4talrd 81 the
top round of the ladder point
the young man will never reach who
undertakes to climb up with cigar
cite in his mouth, deck of cards in
one hand and bottle of blind tiger
whisky in the other The young man
whose mouth and hands arg used for
these purposes wall always pc hunting
for position; but the position never
hunts him. The merchant will not
trust him to handle his goods, the
farmer does not want him to drive his
team, the banker will not allow him tC
handle his cash, the railroad company
will net employ him. Then he turns
to the gambling crowd who receiv e
him with open arms ana the sGor fell
low is doomed forever and the gfay
hairs of his father and mother go down
in sorrow to the grave. j. A. S.