Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-06

many nOgS anu CIllChSHS "
that now. / ap always finding soue-
thing:good for sallie to do, but she VIII
not take my advice.
After dinner we had more speaking
I looked around for our efficient county
superintendent of education but ne had
departed. jim makes good superin-
tendent, tries to do his who'e duty ana
and to give every one every accommo-
dation. but he had rather take a whip-
ming than to get up and tell what ne is
doing. All who heard him in his mem
orable speech at Shuqualak can testlly
that he can speak when sufficiently
stirred up. Just before he spoke that
day said to him ''Jim, you seem TO oe
perspiring pretty freely and he SAID
'No sir, l am not perspiring; l am
sweating" 1t is strange that son OF
Henry Jackson should be timid about
anything.
Hon. Tatum Dent who has served on
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more boards of school trustees than any
other man in Noxubee and whois deeply
interested in every educational enter
prise, was the first speaker in the after
noon and he made most entertaining
and instructive talk, based on his expe-
rience as a trustee and teacher.
/ RI. L.
next introduced Walter Stokes, VINO
has taken deep Interest from the very
start in these consolidated schools and
was so much gratified to see such a
splendid in this, almost his old neigh
borhood. Walter was very much at
home and found good many of his
old friends who had gone to school there
to his uncle, my good friend Joe Gala
way, who had in the long ago taught
the old Archer school. Walter told
them how proud he was to see what a
grand thing that neighoorhood had done
in taxing themselves five mills to build
this school building and to pay the ex-
cellent faculty that they had employed.
He predicted great things for them.
After this the members of the board
of supervisors who had taken such a
deep interest in helping to build and
sustain the schools and build good roads
all over our county, were asked to
speak word but they preferred to let
their regs-d sts..k forsther sard with
one accord they declined They GER
tainly try to encourage the people lr
every way they can and one OF the
speakers voiced the sentiments OF al
when they said Noxubee had never hae
had a board that had done so much at
this board to Eut Noxubee in the front
rank OF progressive counties in the
state. All were present here and the
day before were at the Agriculture
High School at Mashulaville.
AS no one else wanted to speak you
Big Bud made few remarks, Thanked
the ladies in behalf of all the visitors
ard the meeting was closed and an in
stitution was dedicated and put to worl
: under an able faculty that is destine'
l to do great things for that neighborhoo'
our county and state.
The board of trustees who have give
so much time and thought to this grea
d work are: B. T. Taylor, W. E. Doyl
and D. E. Perkins and they certainl
ought to feel proud of this school an
: entitled to the thanks of the entir
neighborhood. l thought my old com
rade, John Morgan was trustee, as h
! had taken such great interest in tn
work and had SO much to say about
{ every time he met me, but it seems tn
/ old soldier was just delighted to kno1
> that the children of this day and gene'
alton we're to have so much better OK
. portunities to get an education than W
:, had. He was there and took deep il
u terest in all the proceedings.
! The children of that school are catcl
&c ing on pretty well to the usages {
e other schools for we all had the plea
y ure of contributing to two sets of basil
~ ct ball and we all had an invitation
~ come back to the entertainments to
y given Thanksgiving and Christmas fl
III III the purpose of starting library al
~ paying for the piano. knew that n
&c children would claim me for these tv
:" occasions so | told them | would gi'
. . $40 on the piano and that the board
- supervisors had the authority to co
tribute $40 to start library for al
l"e " school in the county provided the scho
= raised as much.
.1 :. They have an able faculty: Prof.
- A. Kitchings, principal; Mrs. Carrie P
.. terson Reed and LYDIA Beard, assistant
and Miss Pauline Triplett teacher
o- music.
III The building cost $4,000 and the vote
= of that precinct have voted tax of fl
" mills, issued bonds to pay off this
~ debtedness and to run the school. TX
~ , shows that they are unselfsh peoE
nc and have the interest of their childr
ne at heart. East Noxubee will have
=. look to her laurels or she will be oil