Oxford eagle., 1902-06-12
An Echo from .1Lanr syre.v

received today from a former Mis-
sissippian, Mr.. George P. Herndon,
now resident of Washington,
ID. c.:
"Dear Miss Power-The pub
lished letter addressed to you by Mr..
Fulgham of this city, giving the cor
rect state of facts concerning the
attack on Senator Money, as well as
containing a splendid tribute to his
worth as man and legislator, calls
up memories of pleasant occasion
in which he bore conspicuous part
twenty-five years ago this month of
June. Another of the souls Of the
occasion referred to was your noble
father. / have reference to the
meeting of the Mississippi Press
Convention in Holly Springs on the
9th day of June, 1877. H. D..
Money was president of the associa-
ton that year, and called the meet
ing to order. A beautiful address of
welcome was delivered by Miss Rosa
Clark, in a voice and manner that
took the convention completely by
storm. President Money responded
to the eloquent words of Miss Clark,
and at one of the business meetings
which occurred afterward your
father-beloved by all who knew
him-was the first member to take
the floor to introduce resolution
making Miss Clark an honorary
member of the association, as an evil
dence of the high appreciation felt
by the convention for the charming
welcome she had given us.
81 can scarcely realize that it has
been twenty-five years since that de-
lightful reunion of the editors of
Mississippi, but when | recall the
faces of the noble-hearted band who
met there in that long ago, the very
gladness of the occasion causes re-
fex sadness, for the reason that a
large majority of those whose coun-
tenances rise up before me as | write
have laid down life's armor and
made their journey to the stars.
twenty-five years What a gap
It makes in our lives The scholar
ly Money was then but thirty-seven
years of age, and our loyal-hearted
and able junior Senator, McLaurin,
who was also mentioned in Mr. Full
gham's communication, had not
quite completed his twenty-ninth
year.
"Of the members of the associa-
tion who were above forty-fve at
that time, | cannot recall one who
has not joined the great majority,
and more than half Of those who
were in life's young morning sleep
also under the green sward with
those elder brothers. May a sweet
peace be theirs! The types will
never again produce their brain ere
ations, vet who can say that the es-
sence of some noble words they
penned, some God-like thoughts they
put on printed page, may not go
sounding down the ages, and become
more enduring than earth, more
lasting than the starsw
The old saying that one must go
from home to learn the news finds
verifcation in the following from
the Newark IN. j. News anent the
purchase of the Delta tract of land
by Stuyvesant Fish and his company
of New York capitalists. This New
Jersey paper says that ''their pur-
pose is to show the South the posi-
bilities of agriculture there, and thus
inaugurate and foster a movement
which will greatly enhance the pros
perity of the rural communities.
We have an idea (all our own, of
course) that before the experiment
reaches conclusion the South-or-
certain Delta portion of the South
will teach Mr.. Fish & Co. not only
the possibilities of agriculture, but
certain probabilities and facts And
while we freely and gladly accord to
Mr.. Fish and the others of the great
Illinois Central Railroad full credit
for the great things they have done
for Mississippi, we are compelled to
state our belief to be that it is with
this great farm as it was with that
great road-not so much matter of
philanthropy as of dollars and sense
-"dollars" to overflow already bulg-
ing pockets and "sense" enough to
know that there is no surer money
maker than a big Delta cotton plan
Nation Cat this stage of the game
in the cotton business), with ample
funds TO equip and run it and en-
able its owners to sell cotton when
it seemeth best to them and their
bank accounts. So, while We well
come Mr.. Fish and company to Mis-
sissippipit is not in the guise of a
philanthropist or teacher, but of a
shrewd business man and a capital
list; and, better than that, as a gen.
tleman.
The Oktibbeha Journal, a neat lit
tie candidate for public favor, is a
recent addition to the newspapers Of
the State. 1t is published by Mr..
I. W. McKell and Mr.. W. d. Coch-
ran, and gives excellent promise of
successful career.
The ladies of Water Valley issued