The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1914-01-02
ELOQUENT TRIBUTE
TO WOMANHOOD
Hon. ]. n. Powers Remarks As
To Mississippi and Woman
hood'-FuIly Deserving
Of the Laudation.

lHg dili PfogfC>>Nc SUPERINTENDENT
Of education in Mississippi, in an ad-
dress delivered before an audience
some time back upon Education, "
IN which he suggested some much
needed reforms in the States educa-
tional life, took occasion to pay a
high tribute to the womanhood Of
the State, as well as placing in glow
ing language the magniticence Of
Mississippi, which viii 90 down in
history as = gem, truly spoken. His
closing remarks follow;
81 love Mississippi for her all,ivial
valleys which year after year with
normal seasons are radiant with
bounteouS crops; for her fertile prai-
rieS which respond in lavish opulence
to the hand Of the ploughman, for
her smiling hills clothed with their
garb Of divine beauty: for her beau
tiful coast country kissed by the
balmy breezeS of the gulf and fra
grant with the odor Of the magnolia
and the orange blossom; FOR that
section where the pines lift their
graceful outlines heavenward and
the poverty OF the soil is rapidly be-
ing overcome by the skill Of the tar
mer, the throb Of mandatory, and
the progressiveness Of its citizenship.
'llove her for the pathway to
progress she has blazed for her sis
/ ter States to follow. For her justice
to women in being the first State to
give them right to hold property in
their own name. For establishing
the first State College for the higher
education Of woman.
IL love her for her schools and
colleges which presage a future that
some glad day will bid all come and
drink deep of the fountain Of knowl-
edge.
Il love her for her churches, be.
hind whose sacred desks stand her
cooley men who preach she gracious
words Of the Everlasting Presence
to her people and keep them ever
mindful Of the pathway that leads to
the great white throne.
u love her for those qualities Of
mind and heart struck so deep into
her citizenship that it cannot be
bought or bulled, driven or led into
the wrong at any cost.
Il love her for the great men she
has given TO the nation; men whose
sun.orowned heads and clean hearts
nave ever been a benediction to the
people.
Il love her for her patriotism,
which has ever shown with star
light hope In every crisis Of the ma
tons history. At Buena Vista It
starred the crown Of her soldiery
with honor and bathed the name Of
Jefferson Davis in glory. It rose to
mountain peaks Of fame and honor
in that dreadful strife from '61 to '65,
and at Appomattox her star unjim-
ed, her flag unstained, her chieftaln
more beloved than ever, she wrote
her name in the history Of nations
as eternal as the shining stars. She
gave us heads and hands and hearts
during those dark days of recon-
struction which had the strength
and courage and wrath of every
angel Of God and through the KIu
Klux Kan sent cringing scoundrels
back to their masters with taste Of
the blood she had shed on battle
fields Of glory.
Il love her for the greater battle
she fought and won that has made
her bloom with prosperity presaginl
a golden era for her future,
"lIove her for her glorious woman
hood. For those daughters Of heroic
fathers and noble mothers, who's,
loyalty and deynlion keep the mound,
Of brave but nnforgotten spirits swee
with flowers. For those wives
mothers and daughters who keel
the home life unsulIied and inspRI
the men on to higher and noble