Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-05-11

great army of operatives, who were at
the station when the special train came
to short stop.
Davis Monument Fund.
Soon after the death OF Jefferson
Davis, December 8, 1885, a movement
was inaugurated for the erection of
monument to him in Mississippi. Con.
siderable sums were subscribed and de-
posted in the local banks. At one OF
the meetings of the United Confederate
| Veterans it was deemed best that all
the Southern States should unite in the
collection of funds. A committe, con.
sisting of one for each State, was ap.
pointed. After about twenty thousand
dollars had been collected, the com.
mittee met in Richmond and adopted
design, and provided for the erection
of monument in Monroe Park--the
remains of Mr.. Davis having been, in
the meantime, removed from New Or.
leans TO Richmond. This writer was
| the Mississippi member Of the com
mittee, and he has been endeavoring TO
locate the monument subscriptions and
send them to the treasurer at Rich
mond. He has just received from Maj
R. W. Millsaps, president Capital State
Bank, the sum of s26395, which has
been on deposit for more than ten
years. Similar deposits, In other banks,
should be sent to Mrs, Edgar D. Taylor,
treasurer central committe Daughters
Of the Confederacy, Richmond. The
ladies have assumed the work of build
ing the monument, which means that it
| will be pushed forward to completion.
While this column would not attempt
J to ,GhrnntGhg the young people most
prominent throughout the State, lest
the record take up all our space, we
Miss Ida Frinck formerly of Vicks-
burg, and Mr.. Johns, of Natchez, pass
unuoted. Miss Frinck, though still
young woman, has for many years held
the responsible position Of supervisor
at the State Insane Hospital at jack
son, position of great responsibility
and one requiring utmost tact and alb.
solute devotion. That she had made
for herself high place in the esteem
of the physicians and other authorities,
as we'll as the nurses and the un-
fortunate inmates, was fully demon.
strated by their genuine regret at Civ
ing her up That all who have loved
ones within those walls will hear of the
departure of this tried and true friend
with regret, we feel sure. But equally
sure are we of their good wishes for
her married life. II she finds as much
sunshine along her pathway as she has
scattered over others, she will, indeed,
be blessed beyond most women.
The closing exercises of what has
proven the banner class" OF Memphis
great Hospital Medical College took
place April Goth, when 1888 young men
received their diplomas from the in.
stitution's superb faculty, 1t is an
honor to go through the prescribed
course of study with such ability as to
earn, at the end of the term prescribed,
all the honors attendant upon the class
appearance arrayed in cap and gown,
on the rostrum OF the great Auditorium,
in company with men so eminent in
their profession as are the physicians
composing the faculty and the gentle
men of the board Of directors. Hence
Mississippi feels genuine pleasure in
the knowledge that two of her boys
we're chosen from this great number to
fill the positions of internes at the Mem
phis hospitals. These young men, so
signally honored, were D. L. Smythe,
to be inferno at St. Josephs, and H. n
Mayes, to be inferno at the City Hos
pital Another Mississippi boy, T. C.
Spslding, won the prize for the best
record in materia medicae.
The grand lodge, Knights of Pythias,
will hold its annual meeting at Green
Vile, commencing Tuesday, May a..
The order has increased considera bly,
during the past year. 1t is one of the
safest and strongest OF the fraternal
insurance orders. Its reserve fund is
about half million dollars. With
Morris Blumenthal as grand chancellor
and Hillrie NJ. Quin, and Jealous and
aggressive corps of district deputies,
the numerical growth OF the past year
is not surprising.
Our recent mention OF the little vol.
ume. 1.-THE Story of the Ages" by Miss
Ida Brown, West Point, Miss, has
brought several inquiries as to where
the book can be obtained. 1t may be
purchased for 35 cents of the b. f.
johnson Publishing Company, Rich
mond, or of r. C. Gibson & Co., West
Point, Miss.
Meridian, always keeping steadily on
in the sure way OF progress, is now
getting ready to build fine academy
for boys. This is to be under the care
of the Catholic Church, and will be
built by money donated by a philan-
thropist, and is to be endowed by the
Church.
Hon. John Temple Graves, one Of the
great orators of our land, made an ad.
dress at the annual decoration Of the
soldiers graves in Vicksburg.