The Forrest City times., 1904-12-16

of Capt T. E. Haskius, from his old friend and comfade. JBo. ]. Hood. was recently published in the Scott County Register, ot Mississippi, and will be read with interest by all Nho khew and loved him:
 IN MEMORY.
 Editor of the Register:-Your issue of last wtek contained the sad tidmgs of the death of my old esteemed an1 honored friend Captain Y E. Hasklns, and tonight "shinking ot the days that are no more, and oi | this true friend, there are short, sWal- | low thoughts that come. tliat dip their WlrE5 in tedTs and then skim away
 I0m lldskins and the writer came l to Mississippi i'll the early sixties came to Forrest when it vas in S#ad- l ding ci0thss-and there was wrought l III the heart of the writer, d friendship l that las lived perennial all these years. l eXhaiiHg it's refreshing fragrance ] and now is consecrated, q sacred mem- i cry.
 In all the eventful years, "lIe was pitlar steadfast Ill the storm,' and 1 wish 1 could break into roses tonigl { l the thoughts that fill my mind. that might weave them into d beautiful. fragrant memorial to lay uIon bis grave.
 FfIrndship is a divine passion; it Is so closely ailled t9 love that 1t would ne difficult b draw the llne of demal= cation. TEc great King DayId tXsd the standard for all time, and through | hi. lExta fDp foatslt ,.t la, worth of true friend, the tlessng of 1 such d possession and the sublimuY of l the passion' So when 1 think of this rue friend uf the past. with whom at one time l walked hand ta hand and heart to heat, and of his wearing always the white flower of bIame less life. proving hs loyalty by those de.i- cate. subtle influences that come from d gentle. noble. manly heart, there comes the paeg of regret and the sor l Tow o'rr hisfdSslrg.
 w. were intimate friends before the WAT, and then this feeling WAS lnten- 1 Sitiel dufiug the war, al his father $ home in grand old Virginia. The osd 1 Virginia hospitality was liberatly dis pensed at that splendid home, where 1 was assembled the highest type of l southern Womauh00d and the chiYalry l and houor of the south's peerless man- ! hood.
 ! Capt. Haskins rode with the Knight ! ly Stuart. and followed his back plume wherever his daunlless courage ! led. IL IS needless to say that where i, Stuart fought and passed, there lies today shaft of light and fame, aud tn those who followed him the glory of his great achievement.
 Alter the war he merchandised with his cousin, Capt. David NJ WOmack and this gift, the two from Virginia, stood and still stand for all that was, and K best ih her werld-renoWued maI hood. In yonr village C3pr. Hat- . kins mad ftieads-all were bis frieuc s there the romance of his life Was wrought where h. first met the highly i Intellectual splendid woman wto blessed L 5s marital life.
 Your town never had q Il 4bler, m1re h0n0ratla, manly man, and the 1der SC, most of whom, like he. have "crossad over the rIver,9 loved and houored hlm.
 The writer taxes his loss as per sonal grief, yet is consoled with the thought lhtt he held his friendship. and lhls is T possession fragrant with refreshing memories.
 JNO ]. Hoop.
 Meridian, Miss. Nov, 2l, l9H
 -Seolt County Register.