Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1909-12-31

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pervision of Miss Annie Faust,
and that the girls were actually
taught how to teach these chill
dren. Burkett gave her a rigid
cross questioning, and was de-
lighted, as we all were, with this
department. Miss Faust said that
she had letters from great many
girls, who went out as teachers,
asked advice about how to teach
these children, and said a number
visited this school for this pur-
pose. Mr.. Whitfield said he could
not get along without Miss An
ME Faust hardly at all in this de-
partment, and said to Burkett,
''NOw you see what she is doing,
and she is compelled every year to
go to Chicago to keep abreast of the
times, and well posted in her
work, and only gets $4,000 a
month. " Old Frank believes in
economical management in all In
stitutiOns, but he said he wanted
Mr.. Whitfield to make a note of
that, and he himself would advO-
cate raising this worthy teachers
salary, as she was doing a splen-
did and great work, and just in
line with what he has advised all
the time. l told the girls in.
little address that Mr.. Whit
field had me to make them, that
President Roosevelt had we'll said.
that every child was entitled to
good ancestry, education and op-
pOrtunity. And I feel that all of
our Mississippi children have good
ancestry, for Taft himself in his
speech at Columbus said we had
the purest Anglo Saxon blood in
Mississippi, of any state in the
union. So they have the first,
and the state was giving them the
second (education) and when ed
ucated at our splendid institution,
the state and the world were brist-
ling with opportunities for the
trained head and the educated
heart. AS stated we were very,
very much pleased with our visit
to the institution, and believe Mr..
Whitfield is eminently qualified
to manage this institution, We
found the value of this college in
creased about SO per cent. total
appraiSement amounted to some
thing over $500, 100000.
/ went from there over to the
delta, and found that although
they had made rather a poor crop,
owing to the long staple of their
cotton, it had netted about
$4,000 per bale, exclusive of the
seed, and money was very plenti-
full indeed, and Mr.. Gardner told
me that the negroes of his county,
had over 800, 100000 in his bank
alone, and that the banks of
Greenwood had more money on
deposit subject to check, than ev-
er was known before. They are
not much afraid of the boil wee
vii, thinking the weather is too
cold for them to hibernate so far
north. / hope that this will
prove to be correct. This is GER
tainly the garden spot not only of
Mississippi, but of the United
States, and any man owning land
in this section has a fortune.
Well our Legislature meets the
first Tuesday after the first Mon
day in January, and we will all
soon be on our way to Jackson,
and owing to the death of our
good Senator, McLaurin, we will
have to elect a United States SEN
atOr in this session. Anse Nc
Laurin was a good, kind hearted
man, able senator, and loved his
people, and We all regret his un-
timely death.
While in Greenwood we had a
big snow, and as / was taken for
the new minister while in COlum-
bus by worthy lady, cOnclud-
ed that would reap some of the
benefit of looking like a minister.
So when l saw about twenty five
boys lined up on the side walk
snow balling every passer-by,
when l reached the end of the
line, l simply raised my hat, and
said, "Young gentlemen you
would not snow ball q minister
and they said, ''NO indeed" and
let me pass by without a ball be-
ing thrown at me. l am often ia
ken for a rinister, and / hope
that / will always act so as to be
taken for one of this deserving
class of men. When we look for
an example of the Christian re-
ligion, we generally find one in
this profession, and very few, be
it said to their credit, ever dis