Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-09-25
HON. WALTER PRICE.

4 a fgure long conspicuous and force
Iui IN Noxubee county has passed away
a strong and dominating influence ir
this community lives only in it's ashes.
4 a man who for forty years hos beer
one OF the leaders of our people has
been. taken from the field of action.
but his character and deeds live after
him. still forcefuI, still strong. still
leading to those things which are Just
which are true, which are of good re-
port.
Born some six years before the be-
ginning of the great Civil War, Mr..
Price had not yet attained manhood
when the days of reconstruction came
upon US. But in that revolution from
negro domination to white rule he took
prominent part, and all the days since
his character and personality and abil-
ity have laid their impress upon our
communal life.
ln the religious life of the county he
was teacher and a leader, militant
ard enlightened. The last year of his
lifs was lived in the very valley of the
shadow Of death. yet ne feared no evil,
and uttered no complamt.
y our social life ~ ilotabIst main.
Old tanda:ds of3 sfightl
hviisg AMI high thinking, of cour-
tesy and hospitality without parade or /
show. In his business life he was a
fine type of the prairie planter honest.
liberal. high spirited, good master
and landlord, and neighbor who ex-
emplified the true meaning of the word.
AS a friend he was loyal and true, and
loyal and true he was in every relation
in life. In his home he was at his best
and his home life such as all might de- ;
sire their own to be.
In the political life of Noxubee county
Mr.. Price has borne a distinguished I
part. He was Democrat proud of his
Democracy, and served his party well, i
md his party honored him. His public {
services were great. Besides many c
'arty offices he served one term as Su-
,ervisor and three terms as State Sem !
ltor, 1896-19O0, 19O7-1911 and 1912-19l4,
lying, as it were, in harness.
Since his return from the 1914 session I
# the legislature his health has been y
uch as to incapacltate him from busi- a
ess. 1t was fitting that his last work
vas public service, service to his coun- d
y and state. An ordinary man in his '
ondition last winter would have re- e
,ained at home or, going to jackson,
1ould have Kept to his apartment many y y
ays that saw Mr.. Price at his post of h
uty. 1t was pathetic and heroic ii
gure he presented the man steadily
ding daily to his duty with the seal of e. e.
cath on his brow. His devotion to q,
lty was no surprise to his friends; and 81
IS heroism wrung from political rancor 10
,spect and honor and even generosity. II
e was indeed an honor to the county w
I'd the people he represented-l "a al
nator of Rome when Rome was free. ct
A man of Mr.. Prices greatness of Ia
laracter needs no fulsome eulogy or n,
praise. Garlands of ia
etoric or poetic tributes might serve tn
ly to blur the clear outline of some :.
Id angularity that made him the man 60
was. ne
The outlines Of his character were
uare and upright and therein lay their nr lll'
auty and strength. And there was ca
him grace and tenderness of heart stl
d disposition that only those who de
ew him intimately fully knew. "a "a
Three score years of life and work ge
d growth and then the end. The end gr,
his life here, but much of him lives the
With those he taught, and those ~; ~;
loved and those who came IN con- moi
It with him the influence of his life doe
character still lives and will be with sea
IN till they too cross the unknown roS ro;
er and meet him in the land that son
, beyond: SIS