The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-01-25
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS
BY KATE MARKHAM POWER.


others, that the forces might be ready
and waiting when the signal should
sound from the speakers stand In the
| old Capitol. In the rich, musical voice
Of n of their gifted women 1t was
sent forth last Wednesday, and its
echoes have ere this reached the re-
hottest confines of the State ~ which
and for which the labor is being SO
well, so bravely and so lovingly kept
up by these bands of noble women.
Still other pleasures which last week
had in store for the members OF the
House were the very able addresses
delivered by Gen. A. P. Stewart and
Gen. Stephen d. Lee Of Confederate
fame. Gen. Stewart, 1t will be re-
called. was once Chancellor OF the
University of Mississippi, and Gen. Lee
was more recently president Of the
A. & M. College. Gen. Stewart made q
strong appeal to the representatives OF
the people of Mississippi for the erec.
ton Of monuments at Chickamauga to
commemorate the deeds Of valor of
the Mississippi soldiers who fell there
and at Chattanooga. The battlefield
is now being transformed into a ma
tional military park, and Jul State Is
one of the few Southern States that
has not honored her heroic dead who
sleep the long sleep there. All Of the
Northern States have erected monu-
ments to their soldiers who fell on
those fields of battle; some Of them
are splendid tributes in marble and
bronze. Gen. Lee was asked to speak
to the House and he complied in a
manner that captivated his hearers,
so full was it of the fire Of those old
war times of which he was so con-
%spicuous and so admirable a figure,
and, at the same time, breathing some
what of these gentler times of peace
and the good will that should prevail.
The sight of these two Confederate he
roes standing together in the fast
crumbling Capitol of the State they
have loved and served so well-the
splendid bearing that was such a pride
to all who followed them through
days of BLOOD" showing much of mil
itary e~rectness, despite the burden OF
almost fourscore years; the noble
heads, wearing with kingly dignity the
"hoary corwn" of years-was a sight
that should live long in the memories
of those who saw them. Ierhaps no
one of all those present will ever look
Upon the like again. At the close of
the war there were twenty-one Con-
federate generals living. Today there
are five, and two of these-Gen. Stew
art and Gen. Lee-stood together last
Wednesday to plead with men of this
glorious today to hold in veneration
the heroes of a glorious yesterday.
Shall we not do it? And shall we not,
while the Great Commander spares
them to us, love and honor these gen.
erals who are left to us and who are
OUR OwN!-prove to them our love by
honoring the men who followed them
.lrough storm and stress and stood
with them on the fierce-fought field
with the sword Of the great enemy
Death-struck them low and left them
afar from kindred, home and friends,
until the resurrection morning?
Their State should now prove her
self both friend and kindred" and
carve In enduring marble the names
of all these heroes and set apart as
sacred the spot on which they fell.
All Mlssissippians who are interest
ed In the preservation of our valuable
and interesting State history will re
joice to- know that Gov. Longino hai
assured Gen. Stephen d. Lee, presi
dent of the Historical Society, that hi
, will recommend the establishment o.
a State Department of Archivese ant
History. Members of the society, IL
! conference, have drafted a bill which
will interest a majority Of our read
s ers:
The preamble to the bill states tina
: this department is to be located in tn,
State Capitol. in apartments to be sc
aside for its use by the Governor. TIL,
objects and purposes are the care ant
8 custody of official archives, the collect
e ing of material bearing upon the his
tory of the State and the territory in
Guided therein from the earliest times
the editing of official records and othe
historical materials, the diffusing O
i, knowledge in reference to the histor,
and of the State, and tn
u encouragement of historical research
The bill further states that the depart
n ment shall be under the control O
nine trustees, chosen from the men
bership of the Mississippi hlstorica
" Society, in addition to the Governor
u who shall be ex-ofiicio a member an
d president. The present executive con
n mittee of the society shall constitut
10 the first board of trustees. hmm,
n diately after assembling, in respons
to a call OF the president, the trustee
II shall be equally divided by lot int
d three classes, the term Of service q
10 the first class to expire at the end G
o. two years, of the second at the end c
" four years, of tho third at the end G
six years. The board shall have powe
to fill all vacancies occurring therei,
r This board shall hold, at Tie State cal
N ital, at least one regular meeting du'
a. ing the year, and as many special NEE
re- ings as may be necessary, and fy
N members shall constitute a quorum
=, The board shall adopt rules for its ow