The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-07-20


3nntS ssss....e .sss. aaa 90
SHOES sss....se.ss j - 90
calico. per yard -. 10 90
Flour. per barrel ....4. 20 90
Meal per bushei ......4. Go o0t 81 %
Racon. per pound ..s.s.. ~
salt. per pound s....ss.. 90
chickens. per pair ....... 30 90
Potatoes. per hashei -. = 90
furnip sreens, per peek =. 90
White Beans, per quart . oo
Butter per pound ...... l. oe
Wood, per cord ....s.s4 ou 90
Aud the prices increased 20 thai in
barrel of Hour coffee aud tea had become
80 scarce they 9erc net obiainahle at any
price. Many substitutes for each were
used okra seed. wheat. aud dried sweet
potato and parehed corn being the most
popular substitutes for coffee. and sassa.
fras tea was a most palatable aud popular
beverage.
Some Suggestions.
My comrades. permit me, on this oeca-
sion, TO make through you. few. sug.
people OF MIsslssippi Ie FIR First. ' the STATS stais
owes II to those who enlisted under her
banners. TO see To II that record OF their
will soon be too late 10 accomplish this. la
the thirty six years that have passed much
Confederate paper written In Confederate
ink are fast fading beyond declpherinR. |
have such rollsfor one brigade aud several OF
other commands. They should be copied In
10 record books. that they may BE- preserved,
will transfer them 10 the state, or n
the state Will give me sufficient clerical
help ! VIII undertake TO compile record
OF every command Ia the Confederate ser
vice from Mississippi Fortunately, all our
muster rolls aud other military records at
Richmond when the city fell, were trans
ferred to Washington and are now ac-
eessible. II Is curious fact that many Of
our crippled and INDECENT veterans have
gnned admission 10 the Confederate Sol.
diers Homes Ia Louisiana and other States
ON certificates from the War Department
I at Washington. TINT their record a
federate soldiers was good 90 the end Let
every Confederate camp have historian
plete roll as possible be prepared OF
every company and every man that was
mustered In the county. This would be "a
substantial hep TO the county aud State
Pension Commissioners who have TO pass
upon applications. 1t Is too often the case
that those who were most successful In
dodging duty In war time are the most
aggressive and successful In obtaining pen
,od sions IN peace times. pension when be
or small the amount may be. should be
awarded and accepted as the recognition of
eau be too searching that will exclude the
unworthy from Its benefits. Some OF these
men who are so inylncible In peace, were
invisible In war, While it may not be
best to upbrnld them for their short com.
ings they should not be permitted now
belong to others.
second.--Let the agitation for a confed-
crate soldiers Home be renewed, II would
, / not tNbA HN1Us anu the necessity tof It's
continuance would cease In less than a
score OF years. There are nearly two hun
dred disabled and INDECENT heroes OF the
! find this a haven OF rest In their last
days; Mississippi Is about the only State
I such a home. and the troops OF none are
! more deserving Of all that she can do to
! tighten their burdens to the end Of the
= Thlrd.-The patriotic work lnaugurated
i by the Daughters OF the Confederaey. OF
dead should be continued until there Ia a
marble shaft erected at every county site
: on which shall be engraved the names OF
every faithful soldier. of that county, es-
pecially the names Of those who fell dur.
? ing the great struggle. IL has been truly
said tha, "a land without monuments Is q
that Mississippi has memory for all her
4 brave and patriot sons.
, Let us hope that the suggestion frequent
, " made that the Third Of June shall be a
legal holiday In Mississippi. shall take
! form In a statute. Governor LONGING has
. 70 the legislature IN January Mississippi
IL about the only. State 10 the Union that
, has not a statutory holiday. The word
, , holiday" does not appear In her Annotated
Code. Let us have one that shall annually
commemorate the birthday Of Jefferson
Davis. Of whom gifted and eloquent citi-
zen of Mississippi said "He was one OF
the purest and loftiest characters that
ever adorned the roll Of American states
men and patriots. In early years he be.
came the pride Of her chiyalry nc later
period her greatest Statesman and parla-
Misslaslppls rarest jewel bis teachings her
doctrines: he represented his people With
without peer or parallel. and IN their hour
Of misfortune was their willing, uncom-
planning yicarious sufferer
And now, Comrades. Mothers and Daugh-
ters Of the confederaey. friends and fel-
low citizens let rs congratulate each other
t u tbe Psp Twsnetb Century hrs tbs
grand old State for which you fought and
suffered and sacrificed 50 much. Is forging
progress and prosperity. Let us rejoice
that there's good time coming soon"
when every pound OF i,i 9nr t great staple & VIII
capital and operated by the skill of our own
people-when New England and the rest Of
mankind Will buy onr fabrics instead Of
our nbres. Let MS rejoice In all that has
been accomplished In an educational way
that Mississlnpi has the record By, the
Of edueable age enrolled In the public
schools. according to population. than any
tons that her Industrial school for white
girls was the first Of It's kind on the CON
tlnent and leads all the others that have
and mechanical college for whites has
attained patronage and prestige exceeding
all expectation that It's textile school IL
the Industrial gem OF all Southland and
that II is already a shining success. Df
our great state University. our numerous
and splendid private schools and colleges
We have Just cause 10 be proud but the
educational work that commands our warm
est admiration. and that comes nearest TO
each and all OF rs. Is our magnificent syh-
tenn of public schools In the maintenance
Of which nearly. two millions OF dollars is
\ annually expended.
An overnowing treasury-our ability 10
meet all matnred obligations, and TO
anticipate all others 10 erect a million
| dollar State House without the Issuance Of
a single bond: the constantly increasing
railroad mileage the steady Inflow Of eapf-
tai invested In building up the waste places
and causing them to blossom as the rose :
the annual Increase Of millions OF dollars
In aseessable valuations: the increase Of
more than twenty per cent In population In
the last decades the absence Of labor
strikes, the reign Of peace on earth, good
Will toward men" that appears 10 be the
rule Of life In Mississippi. all indicate that
there II not only life In the old land
sst." but that Mississippi has got a move
on her that will not slaeken until she gets
70 the head Of the industrial procession.
She may not discover oil. but she win have
use for more than she has ever before
consumed
/
'Bishop Gailor.