The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1903-09-03

before War came 10 destroy the wealth
and revolu,ic,ize the social institutions
aud manner Of life Of 1his PAT Of tbs
country.
rhe story Of his death Is all too sad
for detailed recl,ni We ali remember
the terrible shock the people Of our
town felt that bright and balniv s. ing
morning sixteen months agone when
the dread tidings came that Harper
Morehead had been m m,imed aud wouud.
ed unto drsih in that frighiful railway
accident from which he suffered luring
the waichiul perfn manee of his duty.
We remember the measure Of reiief rx.
pei ruced when bis inlusles we're p'a.
nouuced possibly not fatal. and the faint
hope was frst inspired that. though there
had been permanent injury OF his body,
there might yet be years OF life left to
him, years In which, free from physical
suffering, he and his family aud his
friends might still enjoy the same de
lightful intercourse with his bright,
genial and noble miud and nature. We
remember the long brave struggle on
the bed Of suffering, aud the mastery
there Of his stronger and better charac-
ter to brighten the moments or the honIs
Of those who loved him aud fingered
BY bis bedside, or who came TO visit him
and try to cheer him. In that final
physical surrender his best friends and
his loving kindred should all feel that
there Is one kindly touch In the cruel
hand OF Deu;h, IL that il brings ever
lasting release from long weariness.
Harper Morehead. 10 = conspicuous
extent. possessed the hereditary traits Of
high born gentry A.'a gentleman he
was fine and good without any difference
to pharasaical cant, o. preferential de-
voiiou 10 pickering sect. He VAS noted
far aud vide for his bright mind, his
genial nature aud a kindliness Of heat
which manifested itself ~ his boundless
hopiialiiy and IN his unselish and M
tiriug efforts 10 give happiness 10 bis
friends. His rne favorite pleasure.
which, too, was cue Of bis inheritt J
tastes, was found in the sports Of the
hunting field. Although he was one Of
the keenest sportsmen aud finest shots
In the South be was never prompted BY
a spirit that sought merely the destruc-
tiou Of bird and animal life for he was
an active advocate OF the prevention OF
the useless slaughter OF bird or beast
and for the closest protection Of our
Mississippi game. Like the Angler
Walton he was an enthusiastic lover oi
Nature for Natures self He was pos
sessed Of poetic fonduess for the yer.
dsul fields, the winding streams and the
wild woods about bis beautiful country
home and the greotest regret Of the last
year Of bis life was that he might never
again enjoy his old-time wsuderiugs II
the wide fields and the forest wildI
which he loved so we'll.
Yet the character which so much en-
loved such pure relaxation and pleasant
pursuits was wiihal most faithful 10 tbs
higher duties aud responsible obliga.
tions OF life. lie was Jealous and indus
trious in the management Of bis agri
cultural aud commercial business hs
devoted close and diligent care 20 his Of
fetal duties as a membsr of the County
Board Of Supervisors and 1t was from
bis strict attention TO The prompt and
speedy performance Of his extra services
as railway and mail sgent that he wal
struck the blundering blameable blow
which brought his long suffering anf
his lingering death.
In his family relationship Harpe
Morehead was filled with a rare love o
home which seemed to draw him awal
from the usual social pleasures and In
duIgeuces OF youth. His devotion t.
his mother was ever manifested as
beautifuI revereulial sentiment, with ~
diminution nor variation until the enS
OF bis days. That interchange Of ma
ternal and 6lial love was sentiment to-
tender and sacred TO be touched upoi
further by The pen Of the writer. In hi
fraternal affections for bis four brother
and two sisters he was ever noted 70
The depth aud kindness and sweetnes
of that relationship. And the friend
who knew and loved him knew not hi
faults, because they were 50 far ohscnre'
BY the bright aud noble traits OF fine
high-mettled and manly character,
For those brothers aud sisters an
friends who are so bereaved BY bis los
let as offer our mutual sympathy. 70
the mother who mourns her dFst bori
no spoken human sympathy may light
en- her heavy afiEctiou now: and onl
the tender mercy of Heaven may brin
her comfort and consolation. 80
What ls Life
In the last analysis nobody knows