The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1903-12-12
BEkoIT news.
BENoIT. Miss, Dec. 8th.

DEAR Mr.. EDITOR
Whea the sad news of the death of
Maj. T. X. Mcclure reached here, al
though not entirely unexpected, it cast
gloom over the entire section, where he
had many warm friends, and to his son
and dnughter whose friendship enjoy.
tender my most sincere sympathy III
this the hour of their great trouble.
Death is no respector of persons; when
those dread summons come, we all have
to go. 1t is the stern, inexorabic decree
of Fate-we come into this world with
out our consent and leave il in the same
way. Major McGuire's death removes
another one Of the old Confederate SOL
diers-and ere many moons they will all
have gone to .'that undiscovered coun-
try from whci,ce 10 traveller returns"
This is the information get from re-
liable source about his record-that 10
one made a better or Drawer soldier, and
he was true and loyal friend and
brave, open enemy; he knew not how to
strike Il fallen foe, the first cry Of
enough" bis hands we're down and the
war was over. His nature brooked no
concealment; what he felt. he spoke with
intense earnestness Of conviction. Peace
to his ashes, In this immediate neigh
borlood, there. are only four old soldiers
left TO tell the tale: Mr.. ]. NJ. Mason,
Esqr. John Burrus, Mr.. A. c. Terrell and
the old war horse, Col. Edward Storm,
whose. gailantry and bravery has been
commented OIL most favorably upon
many a bloody field.
Mrs. Anderson. who has been real sick
with a slight attack of pneumonia, is,
am glad to say, owly improving.
MIR. w. ". Rife, one of our best and
most charitable citizens. has been quite
i'll, but his physician reports him very
much better.
The Finch Club met last Friday at
Mrs. Frank Honds, and all had a most
delghtiul tlnc. Elegant refreshments
we're tc1nptiliglv aud daintilv served, and
The following ladies were present: Mrs.
rhos II Bond of Be,ilal,. Miss Beuah
Speakes of Texas, Misses Emma Lee
Storm, Gussie Brown. Nan Elise Mason,
N!estlaines Gl,as D. Terrell. Laurence
BASS ANA john II. Parkinson. The first
prize was won by Mrs Chas. d. Terrell
and Mrs. Thos- Il. Bond carried off the
second.
Mr.. b. ] ro@eli's pesq tWo-stary hfick
store is an ornament to Benoit, aad lie
carries es,e Of the best stocks Of fancy
groceries on the loop.
Payne and Jackson, of this place, are
not only live aud np-to-date merchants,
but do AZ, extensive live stock business.
They own and operate one of the finest
light livery outfits between Memphis and
Greenville Mr.. Payne is Il tinc judge of
horses and won't have one unless she
was bred in old Kentucky"
ers, and backbone, spare-ribs, fresh
sausage, big fat 'possum fenced i'll with
sweet potatoes brown and pumpkin
pies made like mother used to make
them, and fifteen cent cotton, twenty
dollar seed, and the crib full of corn,
woods full of mast, grapes, pecans and
persimmons. (and Faunt Biscoe says that
back of Compromise the squirrels are so
plentiful that all you have to do is to 90
out in the WOODS and shut your eyes and
shoot), so the life of Delta farmer is
many blessings and free from many ills
that city folks have to contend with.
'Tis true, he has no theaters or billiard
halls to go to at night; but he can so to
bed and sleep the sleep of the just, undis-
turbed. Mr. Ans. Gresham says lie has
lived in q city and knows whereof he
speaks. He SAYS, "You can give me the
country all the time. lived i'll the city
of Arkadelphia once for Il long while
and consequently know all about city
life. Arkadclphia would have been four
times its present size, but for its unfortu-
nate location-on one side the land is too
valuable for agricultural purposes or ia
build on, and tho other side is bounded
by the Ouachila River"
i There seems to be more less curiosity
as TO the identity Of Miss Lizzie. was
in Il certain store recently and heard q
gentleman say, Il believe old Riscot
kn ows something, if you can make him
tell it." From my earliest childhood
have known MIR. Biscoc, and do not
believe lie wishes me uncovered, as he
knows these nights are entirely too cold
to sleep without co ver-antl, besides, l,s
is q true friend of mine and regard him
as the very salt of the eai th.
Yours truly,
LIZZIE LuMPKIN.
Mr. and Mrs. H. p. Jones entertained
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