Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-04-19

MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS.
By KATE MARKHAM POWER.
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For several weeks Jackson has been
getting ready for the annual Hood OF
associations, etc, that
come at this season to brighten up the
town and the people These conVen-
tions usually begin in April and run
straight on through June, sometimes
even later, and take in most OF the pro
fessions and all sorts Of politics Ihe
season opens this week with that splen-
did body of men composing our state
Medical Association, and II we may
judge by so auspicious beginning the
entire State will be bettered and
strengthened by the series that Will
run through the apriag ot 1902. The
first days of May will be given over to
the Teachers Association and 1t is es-
timated that nearly three hundred
teachers will be present. A pro-
gramme of great interest has been ar
ranged and will be carried out. And
just here it is but just to state that
the teachers take Rore pride IN exc
cutting their printed programs than
do the members of any of these bodies
1t is too often the case that at least
half of the topics set aside for discus
sion are never reached, either from
indifference or the absence OF one
sometimes both) party to whom
subject is assigned, or from the great
length of some of the papers, which
crowd others out. The teachers come
nearer confning themselves to the
time limit (and most of them are Wo-
men, let us note), and are more
prompt and have given their subjects
more thought than the members OF
many other organizations.
After the teachers will come num-
ber of visiting bodies, chief Of which is
that grand body of men composing the
General Assembly Of the Southern
Presbyterian Church. Some of the
strongest men, the most brilliant intel
lects, the deepest thinkers and the
most eloquent speakers in the entire
South will be members of this body,
and Mississippi, as well as her capital
city, should feel very proud OF the fact
that they should have chosen TO hold
this assembly in Jackson. Never be-
fore has so small a city been honored
with the high privilege of playing
hostess to the assembly, and Jackson
should, and doubtless will, prove her
self worthy the distinction.
The following extract from Wash
ington paper has been widely copied
and commented on, as though it were
something uncommon for man to be
congressman and a Christian. We
are glad that some of our Mississippi
representatives have shown that a mar
may be both:
Last Sunday nieth Representative
Gambler the new member OF the Mas
sissippi delegation, delivered an In
teresting address before the Centra
Union Mission, of this city. Mr.. Cand
Ter took for his theme What Thinl
Ye of Christ" His audience was
large one, and Mr.. Gambler who Is al
{ ways an Entertaining talker, whethe
q his subjects happen to be religion O
politics, handled his subject in mas
terly manner. He urged his listener
to become Christians and to lea
= Christian lives. He talked for NOR
u than an hour, and everyone who hear,
him was sorry when he brought his az
dress to a close
The "Beauvoir Fund" continues t
?, grow. and many Of the State paper
/. are publishing goodly lists of subscril
a ers. Let the good work go on unit
G ten thousand many times over Is co
r lected. The old soldiers will nee
Q much besides the house to cover then
{ If their last days are to be days c
pleasantness."
, Among the many gatherings aroun
v
which the interest of our people Gel
ters that one which is to be held /
r.. Okolona late this month is certainl
y one of the most important as we'll MOS
y, interesting. This meeting will be IL
r. fifth annual convention Of the Missi
sippi Federation of Woman's Clubs, an
It will be called to order April 80,
that little town in Northeast Missi
t sippi which has furnished so man
q splendid men and women to the Sta
y -Okolona.
e The sessions will continue throug
II two days, and every moment of Il
time will be rich in enjoyment and /
struction.
n. The town of Okolona has long bee
t, model of which many large tow
NJ have done we'll to copy. Her womt
t. are cultured, progressive, and kno
e. how to blend the best of the life
the old South with the best Of the
new times, thus securing to themselV
II the very cream of existence.
,o With an unusual number of accol
he plished women, some of whom ha
.. made brilliant names In the litera
world, Okolona has four ilourishil
clubs. and they work well togetht
These four federated clubs will entt
IT. tain the Federated Clubs of the Sta
Us in this, the fifth annual conventio
n and they will do it royalty. Assuran
w. of this fact lies in the knowledge tn
Mrs. Josie Frazee Cappleman, t
". State president, lives in 0kolona.
90 course all of its people will join han
lie, to make a success of this visit fro
Mississipp's representative womt
who chose their own Sweet SINCE
- as president But we do not mean
N convey the impression that these me
ar lngs will be chiefly social-far from
Matters Of great Importance will
discussed and special attention will
given to the all-absorblng question
= child labor.
" The president, Mrs. Cappleman, b
> always been a staunch advocate of
man S clubs, believing there is no reas
why a woman should not be a bet
as wife and mother, because she Is cl
IN woman, And the happiest thing abe