The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-05-26

The Mississippi Press Association
met at Gulfport last week and was
entertained by Great Southern Hotel
(for which we all paid and the pro-
moter OF the growing city of Gull
port, Mr. !. T. Jones.
The city claims a population of
OF nine thousand, but we are frank to
confess it is much smaller city than
Greenvilie, and during our three
days stay, there were not fifty of its
citizens came TO the hotel to meet
the newspaper men and women OF
the State. The excuse for this. and
the one that was accepted by the
association. was that it was a new
! city, only four years old, and its peo-
pie did not know one another well
enough to extend the hearty welcome
as they should to the stranger who
| entered its limits. Nevertheless.
while this was true, those who at
tended the association were well re-
| paid for the time and expense incur
| red, as the trip WAS delightful one.
/ and meetings the most valuable and
interesting i'll the history OF the as
! ISOLATION.
The convention was scheduled to
meet at two O'Clock Tuesday after
noon, but in order to make room
/ Tor the entertainments the program
was changed and the first session
/ held at 100 o'clock that morning
when Mayor II. I. Moore, in a hap
py speech. welcomed the visitors to
Misslsslppi,s great deep water port
and turned the keys OF the city over
TO them. The afternoon session was
cut short in order to give the mem
bers Of the association an opportun-
IL
Home at BSa .yoir. the home OF Tef-
ferson Davis
Hon T NJ Henry, auditor of Mis-.
sissippi. Went 10 Beauvoir yesterda,
land arranged for the visit of the ed
! itors 10 the soldiers home this after
noon. Mr.. Hnry got into eommuni
cation With superintendent Charlie:
Marshall. OF the Louisville & Nash
vile Railroad, and Mr.. Marshall ten
dered the use OF special car for til,
trip to Beatvoir. The car was at
tached TO the interurban train ant
lett Gulfport al $50 p. m. arrivin:
! at Beauvoir shortly before four tina
evening Before the train reache,
BeauvolT, score or more of Con
: federate veterans. clad in the era,
uniforms which they love SO well
were lined UP on the depot platform
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The visitors formed in line. heaje,
by Auditor Henry and the committe
of veterans and marched to the sol
diers' home As the procession en-
tered the grounds of the home the,
were given an enthusiastic welcom
by the veterans. One old soldier be
came so enthused that he gave a gen
uine rebel yell
i Henry Mouse, a veteran from va
zoo City. Miss. who served in tn
Fourth Louisiana Regiment durin,
the war, mounted the front steps Q
the main building and gave the ed
ktors a salute with Confederat,
flag Mr.. Mouse is one of the uniqu
:, characters Of the home, and is know
: among the comrades as Prince Bis
! marck. He IS German by birtf
but went to Louisiana before the wa
and settled in the Pelican State. IN
when hostilities broke out he enliste
Il in the Fourth Louisiana and serve
q thro ghout the struggle. After Il,
twar he moved to Mississippi and ID
: Icamc an inmate of the soldiers hom
3 lon account of his advanced years an
: decvepit condition.
The buildings and grounds Of til
! home were decorated With Conf< lei
ate Haas IN honor Of HE visit az tl
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