Macon beacon., 1902-01-04

! MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS.
By KATE MARKHAM POWER.
By KATE MARKHAM POWER.

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with grapes, raisins, nuts and candy, to
be carried to the rooms for private con
| sumption. On the table was served
/ just such a Christmas dinner as was
eaten in the best homes in Mississippi
a few hours later. There were oysters
by the thousand, great, juicy Drowned
turkeys (nearly 500 pounds of turkey
cranberry sauce (made by barrelsful) ],
every available vegetable, besides other
and delicious meats. Plum pudding.
fresh fruits, gelatines and cakes Of
every description ended the menu. 0e
/ this ulnner, one thing may be said
without fear of dispute, and that is,
that no finer baking was done in any
private kitchen then was done in the
great ovens of the hospital. Five hun
dred splendid loaf cakes--fruit,
pound, plain and layers OF all recipes
were made, and not one failure. One
barrel of mincemeat was made into
/ pies for dinner and not a crumb was
left! At least 800 oysters were needed,
and coffee by the hogshead. On ordi-
nary days the inmates Of the asylum
consume three barrels (and more) Of
flour, and one of meal, but we did not
ask for the amount used Christmas.
Suffice 1t that these unfortunates are
fortunate in their surroundings, re-
ceiying the best of care and the most
scientific treatment Most of them are
happy, remarkably large per cent.
show perfect contentment, and all seem
to know that if it were possible their
kindly protectors would make every
day as bright and brief and full Of joy
as Christmas is to them.
1t is always a genuine pleasure to
print in these columns anything con-
cerning the welfare or advancement of
the young men and women of Missis
sipi, whether at home or abroad. The
following from the Army and Navy
Journal speaks well Of a Rankin cOun-
ty boy who has numerous relatives
throughout the State: Reports from
the Island of Tutuila, Samoa, state
that the natives held impressive me-
mortal services at Pago Pago in honor
Of the late President Mckinley. Nearly
all the white population attended, in
cluding most of the officers and fifty
members of the crew of the United
States ship Abarenda, Lieutenant J. l..
Jayne, U. S. ~, commanding. He re-
ports that on his visit to the Island
of Manua he learned that memorial
services had been held there on re-
Ceipt of the news of the Presidents
death The natives generally seemed
very much impressed with the event.
They wore mourning badges at the me-
mortal service One of the high chiefs
expressed the desire of the people of
his country to hold "tagi," which is
the Samoan way of celebrating the
death of a high chief. 1t consists of
feasting, carousing and idleness for
an extended period. Lieutenant Jayne
suggested that instead Of this method
the people do something for their own
good, and advised them to build me-
mortal road. The chief, after consult
ing with his people, informed Lieuten-
ant Jayne that they would do as he de-
sired. Lieutenant Jayne reports that
the native guard of Manua is well
drilled, but in order to bring it up to
a higher degree of discipline, he left
Sergeant Jones, of the Abarenda's ma
rines, there to instruct the guard"
If all our farmers would pattern
after Mr.. Park Tyrone, of Lincoln,
County, we need never send another
dime or dollar out of Mississippi to
multiply the millions Of the men who
run our smokehouses. for us-in Chi
cago and Kansas City. This careful
farmer has killed, since Nov. l, five
Poland China hogs which weighed,
after being dressed, as follows: $40,
SIS, 47O, $40 and $40, total of 1851
pounds of pork, which at Jackson mar
ket rates would bring more than $40J
Of sold). One of these hogs was only
nineteen months old, and weighed $40
pounds. Mr.. Tyrone's farm is a mod
ell. 1t is just such place as any intel
ligent, energetic farmer can have, as it
is the fiat, piny woods land, with a
red clay subsoil, so common (and so
cheap in Lincoln county. But he has,
by advanced methods and steady work,
brought 1t up to high state Of pro-
ductiyeness, and is able to live on the
fat of the land, and have goodly
amount left over, besides. Would that
the State had such men in every neigh
borhood. We would go forward then
with a mighty rush.
There seems to be strange fatality
attendant upon certain form of
joke(?) in this State, as several sad
instances have proven of late years,
just at the Christmas season. Near
Duck Hill the family of Mr.. Frank
Royal of Talobusha county, where
spending Christmas with his brother
in-law, Mr.. j. S. Mills, and late Tues
day evening, after 10 o'clock, Mr.. Roy
al returned to the home after an even
ing in town, and thinking to have some
fun, failed to answer when his sister
in-law called out to know who was in
the hall. Repeated calls ELECTED no
reply, and Mrs. Mills and her daugh-
ter became so alarmed that the child,
IA years old, called out, Don't come in
here; I'll kill you" The supposed in
truder came on toward their room in
spite Of the warning, whereupon the
girl picked up a shotgun, and as the
door was pushed open, fired, and was
appalled, to see that it was her uncle,