Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-10-12
TRIBUTES TO COL. POWER.

-Mississlppis Grand Old Man. ls ho n
more.
The city Of jackson and the State OF a
Mississippi, mourn as they perhaps ?
would not for any other man. lhere
Ia not a town or hamlet in the state
where he was not known, personally
and to know him was to love him.
For nearly fifty years Colonel Power
has labored with these people, and al
ways on the side of the oppressed the
sore and needy. He has Deeh sne
good Samaritan in thousands OF homes
and his name is indissolubly connected
with every general act of charity thae
has been performed in the State our
ing the nearly one-half century OF
his residence here.
No man in the State would be more
sadly missed than will Colonel Power
--he has been the States most usetul
citizen. and his lare can not be filled.
ale was a man, take him for ali in all
| shall not look upon his like again
will be echoed from one END OF Ihe
State to the other.
In the death of President Mckinley
q few days ago the United States SUI
, fered a great loss, one that was leiL
throughout the hills and valleys OF
, Mississippi, but it did not come nome
= to Mississippians with the same sau
y force and effect as does the death OF
q him we mourn today.
g The nation has lost patriotic cltl-
. zen. the State a well beloved ana ELL
50 cient official, the city Of Jackson a
\ useful and honored resident, the
i. church a strong and upright pillar
= the secret orders faithful brother,
~ his family a devoted husband and
d. father, the widow and the orphan
n. friend indeed.
III Peace to his noble ashes!-Jaeksor
Is News.
lie In speaking of the death of Colone
T. L. Power, the lamented Secretar.
80 of State, we are reminded OF phras
"A that has been handed down fron
~ generation to generation: 1t Is TINS
-. "An honest man is the noblest Wor
,nt of God" Colonel John Logan PoWe
"a was an honest man--and more, he wa
~ a brilliant, brainy man, who devote
,nd all the years of his manhood to doin
In
his tentatious way, he took the Bible II
O. his beacon light and held closely
49,. the line throughout all the years
"a, his long and useful life. Honesty W
; r. his sole capital and, though ne M
=, not have accumulated much OF IN
+hig wealth which is composed of gold a.
tho Jewels he leaves to his children
aise heritage worm i"i NV - 4, :
fna worldly wealth and is found IN
heritage of name which Is known
and wide and synonymous Win all u
Con is good, noble and true; a name
vem' reputation for honesty. A name whl
form needs but to be mentioned to ell
JEFF the sweetest encomiums OF pral
tlon. Praise for his noble arts OF klnane
hand for the innate nobility of his soul
tions for a mind whose sole thought was
nmu- do good unto others. His was S
men, sacrnucing disposition. The we'll
effer' and comfort of others were first in
Miss thought and his unselfish devotion
IS. the cause of the people, to the WIZ
ID by and orphan, was beautiful in its
inner tensity and sublime in its SINGER
n va His reputation has remained as
ghout and unsullied as the driven snow
Y col ,,1tor;or motive has ever been
h we tributed to his words and his d'
Mis- have been as open as the day an'
me OF bright as the loveliest sunshin
some Natchez Democrat.
d. So