Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-23

that which you control, but because Gnere lS mucL
OF this grand rich eection still undeveoped and thi
is the last section OF this great continent where
the home seeker, the sturdy tller Of the SOIL Car
purchase land for an abiding place at figure he
car pay It is known that here is land which bC
purchased for ten to thirty dollars per that vii
produce bale Of cotton to the acre. aC 10 cents, $5
per acre. while lands In the heart Of the nations
greatest belt, costing $3.50 per acre, cannot b
made to yield to the tenant over $45 to th'
acre. No wonder the immigrants are coming. Th'
old order OF thing is passing away. new orde
is coming to take its place. and every section OF h
great country will be developed and peopled by q
citizenship progressive and powerful In it's every in
viron nent.D
Col. Felter admonished the Southern people tC
hurry ia making ready for the new order coming
for is knocking at the door, which will naturally
swing open to it, and the last remaining remnant
bygone days, will fade away at the touch of th'
dawn of era.
Speaking to the gray headed old men sitting be
fore him who had worn the gray on the same field
where he had worn the blue, in the dark Co.'s b.
said: .tWe made fools OF ourselves once when i
was rich mans war aud poor mans 6ght. Fol
myself, had all wanted of it. Some may parade
these horrors now, who failing to make record
during that awful struggle would endeavor to make
one now, but in many of your eyes can behold Q
satisfied twinkle. We made fools Of ourselves, but
let us not permit our yOang men who have come tc
take our places in the management OF this great
nation, to Go likewise. OF course if any presump,
tuous foreign power should dare to fire ball into
Americaa soil, we wOuld rise up from the East aud
the West, the North and South, and drive that
power into the sea-"
But in his inimitable MANNER the Colonel proceed
ed to show that such contingency could not arise
because Of the demonstration Of those who had worn
the gray and the blue, the world has learned thai
here is now the world power, the coming only pow
er, when kings shall pass away and despots shall
he known no more the worlds dazzling rim.
1t is the visits OF such grand old men as Col
Felter that make any community which has the
pleasure OF entertaining him, rejoice in the great
ness Of a nation like ours. May he live many years
and enjoy all the blessings he may ask, doing good,
holding up the banner Of greater America, is uu'
doubtedy the wish Of every one who met him him
on his recent joyful visit to the Sunny Southland.
Creelman's estimate OF TiIlman: "He is tall,
deep in chest, Sinewy, loose limbed and awkward.
There is not more formidable figure to be found In
America. The c0uDtenanCe is singularly coarse.
The brow is wide but not high. Il overhangs q
dead eyesocket and single living brown eye. The
nose, long, and feshy. It is the nose Of born
commander Of men. The cheeks, which once we're
fat, are now pudgy. The jaws are heavy and have
terrific grip. The mouth is thicklipped and has
brutal snggestiveness. The chin is wide and
square, the chin OF desperate. The neck is
thick and muscular. But the head 10 almost Ma.
pOleonic in it's strength and symmetry aud it ia
ordinarily carried high, with an air of defiance.
The face makes one think Of piracy, cannibalism.
It s the splendid outline Of the head that redeems
and explains it. Not that there is any trace Of
ming or treachery in the countenance yet 1t is be-
yOnd comparison as an example OF savage mascu
Unity. Still, that fierce brown eye can soften
passionately and can twinkle with sunniest hnmoT;
and those terrible lips can quote Greek and Latin
and talk OF flowers and poets and little children.
For the face 10 but mask 10 hide very hOnest,
very human man, who entered the Senate at TIE
head Of fiery farmers revolution, 3 mob leader,
cnrsipg all things conservative-tO grow into na.
tional legislator whose intelligence, industry and
rough integrity have won The respect, II not the
love, Of his most iastidious antagOnist 10 the
Senate.
year Or more beforehis death, Edwin Booth re