Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-09-12
BIG BUD VISITS
A. & M. COLLEGE
. September 10, 1919.


Mr. Editor:
As all of our kin and friends, some
twenty in number, left last week, we
got lonesome and concluded to visit
our daughter at the A. and M. Col
lege, and especially see my great
grandson, and spend his first ami
versary Sunday with him, which we
did and we had a fine time with him
and the other grandchildren.
The A. and M. has not opened, but
there are two hundred sick, wounded
and gassed soldiers of the late war
there being instructed and taught how
to become proficient in some trade or
avocation well enough to be able to
make a living for themselves. Some
have their wiyesswith them and Uncle
Sam has made ample arrangements to
take care of all and supply their needs.
My daughter, Mrs. Robert, who was
taught English by Miss Orr at the L.
|. and c. and who is a fine English
scholar, is English teacher for these
boys, and she says it is pitiful to see
how little the most Of them know, but
how wonderful it is to see how eager
they are to learn. She is greatly in
terested in the work and of course is
making great success of it.
While | was in jackson at the time
Sallie Minor was postmistress of the
Senate, | thought she was the clev-
crest daughter my good friends, Mr..
and Mrs. Pete Minor had raised, but
Mrs. Name Saunders is so very clever
and so kind to all of US, and gave us
such good dinner Monday, and Sallie
is way over in California, believe |
will say that Name is little ahead of
all the rest. Among other good things
she had for dinner was large dish
of fried chicken, and | told her we
had had many dish of fried chicken
this summer, but l had to dish out to
about twenty people and | only got
the necks and saddles, etc. but now to
han dine owe rthe dish, wanted near
| ly all of it. She had snap beans cook
ed with homemade bacon, like Mrs.
Richards used to give me when | was
permitted to canvass the county. l
am very fond of beans, which | could
prove by my dear Uncle jim Kincan-
non, if he were living. On one occa-
sion he and were dining with his
brother, Uncle Hugh, and Nhey had
beans cooked with home cure. bacon,
and | asked to be helped tfree.Times.
Uncle Jim was great stislsler for
etiquette and as soon as we started
home he said, "Emmet, see you are
very fond of beans; you helped your
self three times" l said, Yes, ard
if that had not been the first time /
ever ate with3Aunt Mary would have
taken some more" He said, "Well,
whenever yo utake anything three
times, you have violated all rules and
can just call for the dish" SO | did
this with Name. Name feeds Hub
so well he did not care, and he ate
what | did not want.
/ was glad, indeed, to have mad the
pleasure of spending the day with this
good couple, for | got to know some
thing of the character of Hu Saun-
ders. He has been sheriff of 0ktib.
beha county for sixteen years, and has
the proud record of never having sold
out widow or orphan children's land
or home for taxes, but often times
paid it himself. This is certainly q
record to be proud of. He is man Of
rare judgment, and, like my old friend
Joshua Stevens, had the right idea Of
the value fthese Mississippi lands
Mr., Stevens used to say these blacl
lands were worth all you could pay fol
them. Hub said when it was down tt
$3.50 or $500 pc racre he salted dow
4,200 acre sof Oktibeha land anc
! bought a good bit in Texas, some o.
which he has just sold for $4,000
and reserved an interest in the OF
found on the land. So you see Nam,
knew good man when he came court
ing, but, man like, he says she hunted
him up, as he first met her at Stark
vile. Any way, they have a lot o
good things to eat, and are very gen
erous with it all. Name knows oil,
: Hub does not like to work himself; s.
she got an ice cream freezer tina
freezes without turning, and | toll
: her to be sure and give my Sallie tn
address of the place where she bough
! it from.
| They are looking for large attend
ance tthe College, and the president
: Mr.. Smith, and his associates are get
! ting ready for the boys. The A. an
! M. is filling the mission that it wa
! intended for, and i tis a great benef
| to the citizens of the State.
7 Goodbye, BIG BUD.