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VOL 19, . HAZLE HURST. COPIAH COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, FEBRUARY IT HT * N028
CLopianan
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Sa i l EDA y,. .. Feu. 23, 1881;
Published at llazlehmst,, Copiah |
county, 5iississippipit the low price
<-f live cents per week, or two dol
bus par annum. i;i advance.
■Advertisements inserted at $1 per i
sq.i.tic tea lines or less,'or the liist
m seftion. and o!) co -,ts eacli contin
uance; tit oiiis due on pieseiiiation I
ti i t i \\ «j.i«•’.-> d u ; slute 1 u- on*
i n sets A;'itdeu *oid. 21 |
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153S- C'aMffst and LD-t Chewing
A; S i.ok mu Tobacco oversold in this !
e'!y,c.iti in- fount! at |tu.nlcv A;
t? ! 1*. t.n I • ii*11 the ! 2d. j
-— — — -SIX-—
/A,?” Carry tour rough i icc to F E ;
*iarray; he is nmv teidy and wait j
i'u, to clean u f;.i you, on the mo,-1 :
ikcra! ter nit*. S
‘L Mini o' best 5 rent ci<r«r, to be
ai WKiip’* d'-f.g stoic. 24 I
ITtu* dings, olit micals,
• Djywn mi duties. glass,
Potty, otls, van idles,
Faint Ltiuelef. colognes
To be bail a Ink’s 24. t
Drug store
I'u yon want a magnificent
Hiker l’iated
Twelve Do.lar Ice l’itcber
y . Hid A
IfaiTu&J of Cute ciguia
all ior
Twenty Five Cents!
It so ask for them ut
the Rod Front Drug store of
E U, Williamson & Co. 27-.lt.
F V, Redding & Fo. have just re
ceived u fine assortment of gents’ ■
lints, cheaper than any in (lie mar
ket. 27
F M Redding & t o., have the best
e al oil iu tho market for the price.
F M Redding & Uj , are daily get
tii g new goods, and are selling
them cheaper tii.iii any iu the mar
ket. 27
——--a
Great*.b>rgain3 to be had at F.
31. Redding & Co. 27
■Don't tail to oa I on !•'. M. Reds
ding & Co , when you want to buy
good goods, anti cheap goods, 27
------
Greenlaw -Fa's not nerd to send
.f ir r.r i peralor, but does his own
•work and il xou are not Hatiidn d
r !u:u you gel ii you need tint, lake
ti. I’.»o'i.s. per d- zru, |3; A d. zeti
i‘i; G' ii". at) «>i-hh.
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Heftiest.
There ii d'-biiU tu Dr. H. Curn
ley. wili po u.'O cainx* forwaid and
bqn d .I■*. n- nil nccounis not [uid
lu Ft by o:li will be placed in the
binds ol a eoiiecior 1 23
. iiiila* Si JUiasM ol •
v'* Nor is the titm* rn plant yor.r gar
(Jen! Asu I'm Buisi's 1* ize Medal
Seeds! Fx'.-ry seed conies up! Gar
drn mauiKii giv n axvay to every
custmsars! These feeds can be
found only at Burnley & Sou’s
lUg titOlYf] 2l>
fmall Fci.
By Drs. A B Pitts, G. W.
Puinel',0 K Gat is, .1 r,Com
inittue of Boaitl of Hcakn,
town of IJazichuist :
The prevalence of Small
P«.x i)i Wesson, and the dun*
ger of the spiead of lhe dis
ease to our ti>\\ n and surrouu*
ding country .calls for a word
i f warning and advice from
those who have been cousti
tilted tin; guaidims of 111e
public health.
iSmall Pox is pro eu incutly
a preventable disease:
It is preveiDable because
we possess the means by
which vve may reasonably ex
poet to keep it fiom our
homes, and from our com mu
city, it never visits either
except as tliose means known
to be able to prevent it have
been neglected. Therefore,we
urge upon every one to msti
tute this protection, which is
Vaccination and Ile*Vaeci*
nation. But to secure t ii is
protection these conditions
must be carefully observed:
1st, The virus must be pure
and vigorous.
2-3. The opdiation must be
skillfully and properly per
formed
3d. Re Vaccination must
be frequently practiced- to
test the returning snsecptibil
jty of the system to the small
pox contagion.
By a strict and universal
observance of these rutes.it is
believed that smallpox might
be stamped out of existence.
To neglect such,rules is to en
(danger not only the life of
Vim who uegleots them, hot
also the lives of those with
whom lie associates. There
can be no valid excuse lor
Kuch neglect.
With regard to re vaceitw
i tion, the fads are, that a cer
tain.-number of persons are
protected for life by one vac
cirution, while the protection
| of others extends to but a litn
ited and variable period.—
Hence, as weave without the
power of distinguishing be*
j tween these classes, re-vacci*
I nation is as eswenijal as
liuiwrv oiJtfifith n
I -i lg81
1
The Member from Catfish.
15 v some oversight of I he
Public jointer, the following
speech, made at the last ses
sion of congress by a Territo
rial delegate,was omitt’d from
the Roeord :
^.lr. Speaker—Jt will not;
astonish mo to see the gentle*
men on the other side attempt
to tiliibuster on this question,
hat let me tell them, sir, that
the people who sleep in the
glowing gush of the setting
sun aiu gazing with glisten
ing orbs on the fate of this
measure. The people of the
East may look disdainfully
from beneath the ruins oi
their zenith soaring plug hats
upon the demands of (ho
West, but the day has come,
sir, when the proud denizens
of the mountain passes that
gave birth to the swelling \va
ters of our rushing rivers
have eomo to know their
rights, as they, sir, have sent
me here to maintain them.—
The brave pioneer who, tak*
log liis life in one hand and
i American civilization in the
other, stepped forth upon the
prairies to plant them both,
rests his arms upon his gun
and looks to you for action.
The lonely Indian stands by
Ills wigwam and defies with
threatening glnees the gentle
u:tn on the oilier side. The
voice of maidens comes over
the plains, mingling with the
grass that inhales the flag
lance ot their breath, and the
prattle ot children is caught
up by the blizzard and waft
ed toward you, all joining in
the cty of rage and indigna
tion which the opponents of
this bill have aroused. Would
you divide this nation? would
you have the sv» ift -Missouri
a Seine, or would you make
a Danube? Would you have
it a Thames, :>r would you
make it a Rhine? Taking its
rise i:i the thunder-nursing
ja cks of the glistening Ruck
its, it pours its flood through
the fertile prairies and plan
tations alike, cementing the
grandest quartet-spheres that
ever conspired to constitute a
hemisphere. Would vou
change its destiny? Then tell
the people of the West that
vou hoot their pleas for jus
tice to scorn, and the broad
bosom of that stream will be
come the dividing line be
tween your nation and mine,
and States will crumble be
fore the march of civilization,
instigated by the hfe giving,
! freedom breathing Territo
ries whom you are seeking to
emsh. Already the East has
decided that the age passes
without the deal. Already
the East has proclaimed that
straights do not count, and
fixed three of a kind as the
next above two pairs! But
beware! Alexander of Mace
donia followed the victory too
far, and his defeat at Pat he
nia gave Troy to the world
and paved the way for Eng
lish jurisprudence. Beware!
The hordes of the Xoithvvesi
are settling to the collar, and
the glint of their rifles is cell,
oed back from the rockb‘>und
hill *!iat bore them. Refuse
lb's measme, and vou inject
rain where all is now peace.
ion blast the prairie flower
with hissing hn-ath and build
a monument of bones to the
short-sighted policy that de
nies l heGod-fearing frontiers
man the,rights which the ele
mentary principles of consti
tutional government guaran
teed him in hifc birth. We
do tutl ask much. sir. Our
demands are small,but in the
language of our common
scripture, sir, I tell the gen
tlemen of the other side that
j until heaven and earth pass
i hence, not one jot nor even a
1 tittle of the Amencan eagle
! shall pass away until you
| have adopted some measure
; establishing a branch wood
■yard at the mouth of Catfish
creek.”
Street flirtation.
Brazen as the male street
flirt appears,he will not often
speak to a woman who offers
him no encouragement. It
; would be poor sort of fun for
.him to invite attention all
fday long if his invitation met
"i'h no response. Jt is man
ifest that the girls are to
blame tor his presence upon
the streets. Let them lay a
sule their (lashing boldness of
manner, which they often
foolishly imagine denotes in- ;
dependence, but which is as
dangerous as it is unseemly. ‘
Such a demeanor provokes,
remarks from men and wo |
men which would make the;
ears of the average maiden!
tingle with indignation could j
she hut hear them. There is |
no doubt that many girls are j
lacking in that modesty that;
would entitle them to consul- ;
eration. With these .street;
ii i 11 a tie »,fYeq ue n t ly rosu! t i ng
in acquaintance,is a great fro
lic; hot these very girls would
soon assume a manner not in
accord with their character,
could they see themselves as
others see them. Very few
girls wish to be considered
last,yet they can by a certain
recklessness of conduct while
in public places easily earn
the appelation. They may not
be guilty of any crime, but
they will as certainly lose the
respect of every one w hose re
spect is worth having as rim’ j
they were. This particularly |
applies to women who have!
reached or passed beyond the
age of 20. What may he rea
dily overlooked in the school
girl of 15 will not he forgiven
in her sister of mat us er years.
So says an exchange.
Capt. Put. Barden.
Sharkey in the Tort Gibson
Reveille : No render of the
Vicksburg Herald can have
tailed to note the ardor and
zeal with which that journal
has beer, pleased, lately, to
attack and puisne tbe h-ctu
icr or the State Grange, Capt
1’. Darden.*
That Capt D. is fully able
to take c ue of himself, per
sunnily, I have no doubt, nor
would 1 recklessly rush in to
‘take up1 the quarrel of an
other; hut when these attacks
through a public journal, are
made to effect a political end
and influence State legislas
tion then it becomes the light
of any citizen to refer to, and
even to analy ze, lhem.
1 would not for a moment
ascribe to the Herald any
spirit of malignance in this
matter. The prescience and
sagacity of its editor would
certainly dictate that, howev
er widely felt and powerful
may be its influences for the
time, i* must Anally, if built
upon a foundation of malice,
‘Jotter i.o its fall’.in this age
of progressive thought.
That Capt D. was the prime
mover in the free pass agita
tion, T believe is generally
conceded, but that 1.is mis
fives therein were sinister or
that his work was evil in its
nature or effects I doubt. If
mv meinoiy r.s not at. fault I
believe he was not the fitst to
propose to dismiss the sub
jeet ‘forever.’ With nodispo
sition to unearth this buried
question, I may pause to say i
that tbe exponents of the best
public sentiment modestly
and respectfully in most cases
voiced the sentiment, and re
peated an edict as old as tbe
common law of England that
tbe judicial ermine should
nut* even touch the c n’t of
pollution or incur a chance of
| dehleuient. In that parties
| lar issue the Herald and uth
er papers which were in its
company, as well as the Jud
ges, were justly entitled to all
the laurels they won, as they
waged war with all the dis
advantage r>f the wrong side.
But the free pass question
sprang up incidental to the
more important proposition
‘to supervise the railroads,’
and while here the Herald
has, perhaps, the right side of
the question. Yet we find her
resorting to such methods to
sustain herself as would call
forth public sympathy for
Darden. Are there no stron
ger arguments against rail
road supervision than may be
found by intrq ion andinsin
uatiou into the private affairs
of naother? Shall the pine
logs of Oipr. D.’s house he
mistaken for arguments a
gainst railroad supervision,or
sit al! uoue be allowed to ex*
i . -
press an opinion in I lie great
State of Mississippi except;
such as live in stone palaces
and feed upon Ootswold mut-j
ton,Berkshire hams end Jer
sey butter?
By the way, let us adopt the
rule, and the note of die ordi
nary newspaper editor would i
never again ‘he heard in the!
land.’ And how would it bo I
with the oidinarv reporter?—
Such a Bohemian as would
indulge in a simile at the ex
pense(,suppoSed)of the Father
of the Faithful as pointless as
it was sacriligious. If the ed
itor, under such oiremmtan
cos, .should he cut off, as he
would be?, from expressing an j
opinion, then these fellows
who so often sleep on the
Courthouse steps in summer
with no canopy hut the stars
would all he struck dumb,and
possibly, blind on the spot.
The public will scarcely
chuckle, as the Herald evi
dently does, over the huge
joke perpetrated upon Dar
den. Sumo of the public
know that Darden’s private
aflairshato been practically
neglected while aedmr olli
daily for the State Change,
Some people know that a
part of the editorial talent
now devoted to the Herald
evaporated its saceharnitv in
an attempt at farming, wills
doubtf'ul success, and yet no
one should use these facts pro
or con on flic supervision
questAinv, that thepii
gramago to Capt. Darden’s
faun has boon made, let us
suggest that the Herald send
forth this sumo enterprising
reporter to look after the
farms as well as the private
affairs of the different, mem
bers of the Legislature,there
by attaining a powerful infiu
enee in shaping legislation for
ttie State. After that it might
bo well to look into the priv
ate affairs of a few newspaper
men—to knock at their pal
ace gates and learn what kind
of meat these Caesars feed up
on—and if, perchance, one of
these he found who lives in
an humble cottage and dares
promulgate bis sentiments,let
him be banished to a penal
colony or turned over to the
tender mercies of tho thugs of
Vicksburg. This much ac
complished i* might be wed
to confine the work of this
reporter within the rad is of
the Herald’s own city. Let
him visit, by day and by
night, the different places of
public resort, the gambling
dens and other places of worse
repute, and let him faithfully
report upon the frequenters
of such places. It is true it is
a private affair, but let him
‘hew to the line.’ It might
prove ’interesting reading.’
Why is it, and how is it,
that in Vicksburg candidates
for polico honors in public
speeches assert, with satisfac
tion, that they ‘never arrest
ed a drunken man,’ and go
unrebuked bv journals which
might seize such opportuni
ties to educate the people up
to a higher moral standard.
A city that sends forth to the
world three ably edited jours
nals,and whose Circuit .1 udge
asserts from the bench that
there is no public sentimeut
in favor of the enforcement of
the laws that asserts itself,
and this language goes nil re
fold; a city of which it might
be said: ‘If all the blood
which has there flowed from
the assassin’s bullet and theg
assassin’s kuifo wore collect*
ed in one great cauldron -a
man might swim in it.”
The Krymond Gazette pub
lishes m detail the subsistence
expenditures of the Deaf and
Dumb Instilute for the years
1882-’83, and characterize
them as ‘Luxuries for Chari
ty’s Sake.’ The support fund
of this Institution foi the two
years was $13,800, and it
seems to us that it required
economical management to
iTiake it meet the demands.—
There is no more conscien
tious officer than the Superin
tendent, and all his disburse
ments are passed upon by a
faithful Hoard of Trustees.—
The Gazette states the item
of “postage and box rent’’ at
$6768.00, whereas the correct
trujonnt is $67.68.—Clarion. (
Couaty Saperiiitcnt of Education.
Says * lie Jackson (Jiari.m of
tho 10th: Our neighbor of the
New Mississippian hits the
nail on the head when it cons
tends for the right of the peo
ple to elect their County Su
perintendents of Education,
i The people -are about as apt
to know who will suit them
in this responsible office as a
board of gentlemen in Jack
son. The office is growing in
| importance,and tho best men
H'-e needed tor the place. It
is u non political office, hut
complaints are now and then
heard tlfirt it is an office made
use of to advance political in
terests. Mr Hoyle has alrea
dv introduced a bill calculat*.
ed trt bring a remedy for this
possible evil. There should be
it complete divorce between
the political aspirations of
men aud<ihe> educational in
terestsof our children. The
official who would procure a
vote lor his party by grant
ing a certificate to an appli
cant to teach,or by withhold
ing it, is unlit for his office,
and legislation ought to bo
provided for such prostitu
tion of official place.
Faith The Life Of Prayer. j
When f.he air seems empty j
of a Heavenly Father and i
when the universe seems only i
an assemblage of materials j
and chemical fotces, no ser-* j
vice is more wearisome in j
mind and heart than prayer. |
Its words sound like those
spoken in absent-mindedness I
to one’s self, and the praying |
one feels ashamed that words j
have been offered to one’s own j
ear; but the instant failh en
ters (he scene all is changed
hom barrenness to beauty;!
for to what being could j
one speak with so much hies j
seduess a«j to God! The au
dience of'kings, of all the
mighty oyriio earth is of lit
tle worth ¥n comparison with_
this pleading of God. He is
the Creator and Father and
Sayiour of the world, and
when the soul of man can go
to His pf^jaen* and pour on:
its sorrows or its gratitude i* \
lias reached the suhlimest
form of speech end an audi
ence the wises* and most lov
ing.
Thus faith is not so much ‘
a doctrine as the inmost soul I
of all the ideas and practices j
which are assembling around I
the name of Christ or tlie j
Oreatoi. Religion is an im
itation, a solemn play upon a
stage, until faith comes upon
the scene and transforms the
drama into life. At its com
ing the Christ again walks
upon the grass and llowers
and also the thorns of our
earth; liis words are audible
in the silent, nignt; His out
line is seen m the Garden of
Olives; His tears fail; Heap
preaches the judgement seat
of Filate; He moves slowly
up Cavalry; He is lashed to
the cross; the heavens grow
black; He dies; lie is borne
to a tomb; He rises from the
dead; He is crowned King ot
the soul.
Beliefis that, grand moment
when a dream ot glory begins
to be fulfilled. Saved, indeed,
will be the soul that sees* the
whole word of religion as be
ing a blessed reality! A qual
itv of this mortal life lies in
its being conceived (if as a
sweet reality. We know the
reality of the ocean and the
lulls and the fields. We are
not afraid.to speak of their
greatness or charm, for we
know fivew will remain in the
realm of reality and will not
on the morrow turn into a
chimera of the brain. St) the
friends we see and love are
realities. They will take us
by the band. The mother
can take up in ker arms hei
child and shower her words
and kisses upon ii as a belov
ed reality. With its lights and
I shadow,its birds and blcss’ms,
its field and bouses, its orna
ments and homes and friends
and pm suits and bappiuess,
bow real is this rolling world!
—Prof. David Swing,
Women will never be as
! well paid for lecturing as men,
| men, simply because they
[have done so much of the
j thing for nothing. u
ilON. R. M. PATTON.
Planters Journal : Ex Gov.
R. M. Patton, of Florence,
Ala!>ama, one of the Vice
Presidents of Use National
Cotton Planters’ Association,
and a member of the Bond
of Maungeui’nt of the Weld’s
I ndusti ia! and Chiton Cen
tennial Exposition at New
Or leans, was born in the State
of Virginia. IIis father was
a native of the north of Ire
land and his mother a native
of Virginia. In the } ear 1812,
with three email children,they
came jo the then territory of
Alabama, occupied l)v the
native Indians and a few pi
oneer sett Icrs, and settled at
Hun'sville, when) bis father
Win. Patton, rubsequenth
did a largo mercantile busi
ness. But what is moio in
interesting—and especially
in view of the present agita
tion of the question of ‘Cot
ton Mills’Mi<! Cotton Fields,’
is the fact that Gov. Patton’s
lather was one of the found
ers of peihap- the Jirst cotton
mills in the Gulf Stales. This
was the ‘Hell Factory,’ on
Flint, river, ten miles from
Huntsville, established more
than h ilfa century ago. This
cotton mill continued in sue
eessful operation during the
lifetime of the lather or the
subject of our sketch, and at
his death the ownership ves
ted in I)r, Charles X. Patton,
an older brother of Gov. Pat
ton, who operated it with j
more than ordinary success
during his life time,and since
his death it has been owned
and operated by bis children.
It was run by slave labor ilur
ing the war. In the language
of Gov. Patton in a letter to
the editor : ‘This mill has en
riehed three generations of
the Patton Family, and I am
inclined to think that my
worthy and enteprising broth
cr-in law,Col. E. Richardson,
was encouraged, from his
knowledge of the success of
this factory, to take hold of
iho Wesson Mills w hich have
proven in all respects so val
liable to him, ru'd for the mat
ter to (lie w hole South.’
The only education w hich
Gov. Patton received was du
ring a few years that he at
tended school at ‘Gieen Aca
demy’ in Huntsville. At an
eany age he was placed for
three years in a commercial
house to learn the routine of
business. He is said to have
driven the first cotton gin
that was ever run in the State
of Alabama.
In the year 1829 Gov. Pat
ton moved to Florence, Ala.,
where as a young man, only
twenty yeats of age, he began
[a long and prosperous career
as a merchant, which he suc
cessfully carried on, in eon
neetion with a large planting
interests, until 1859, when he
was succeeded in basin jss b_\
his two sons.
In 1832 he married his
present wife, who was a
daughter of Gen. John Bra
han, and he and his accomp
lished wife, have, for more
than half a century made
their ‘Sweet Water’ borne
I near Florence, a synonym for
all that is refined an bospita
ble.
In 1836, although a Whig
jju politics, lie was at the ear
| ly age of twenty-five years,
| elected, (and for several terms
i thereafter) to the Legislature
| of his State from Laudeidale
county, which bad several
hundred Democratic majori
ty. He ',vas chosen by the
people for his energy, pru
dence and financial capacity.
He was a member of the spe
cial Legislature call’d by G >v.
Bagby in 1837 to releivo the
people of the unprecedented
financial panic of that year.
He was always elected to
any office within the gift of
the people, to which he aspii
ed, and always made an hon
est and efficient public serv
ant. He leuiained almost
continuously in the Legisla
ture of bis State,till ‘be break
ing out of our disastrous civil
war. He was for several
teirns elected President of
the Alabama Senate.
W’bile in the Legislature of
bis State he was always en
trusted with a position on
I those Committees which re,"
jfjnircd fiiuneial ability and
business experience. When
quite a you.ig man he was
one of the leading Directors
| of the Slate Bank at Deoatui,
and also a Trustee of his State
! University.
Fiom the lime ho entered
public life till the beginning
I of our civil war, ho was a
I member of most of the pmi
cipal State and National Con
volitions.
Of those who were in the
Alabama Legislature and nth
erwise officially connected
with the State govermm nt in
11S8G. when Gov. Patton he
j came a member of lfiat body,
it is thought that only he and
Hon. John A- Campbell, of
New Orleans, now survive.
Gov. Patton was a mem
her of the National Conven*
lion which met at Charleston,
[S. 0., in 1SG0, He opposed
the passage of the Alabama
Ordinance of Secession, for
lie belieyed that secession
| meant war. But when the
| ordinance had finally passed,
lie bowed to the will of the
people and thiew his whole
soul into the Southern cause
and spent much of his time
and fortune in aiding in i*s
support. As a Commissioner
under the Confederate Gov
ernment, he raised millions
of dollars m cotton and '.non
(;y in Alabama to support the
armies in the field.
He gave three gallant sons
to tiie Confederate cause, two
of whom fell in battle.
I!e was a prominent mem
her of the Constitutional Con
vention of his State," which!
met in 1SG5, for the purpose!
of iarising the Constitution
to suit the changed condition
of affairs.
Gov. Patton was elected
Governor ol Alabama in 1865.
and served (be greater part of
ton*- years. When be was in*
an unrated, there was not a
dollar in the State Treasury,
and the State lia.l no credit
By reason of bis well known
financial', capacity and* per*
sonal credit lie was successful
»iu borrowing on lour months’
time well nighAwo .hundred
thousand dollars with which
he set the wheels of govern*
merit in motion and soon in
ftise.C new life into the peo
ple of his State, who had be*
come despondent at tlie close
•d the war.
In 1867, under an act of
the Legislature, be issued
<|500,000 of what were known
■ts Patton certificates, to en
able the State to pay a por
lion of the expenses in atici*
pation of the collection o{ tax
es. Before his time bad ex
pired every dollar bad been
redeemed, in National cur*
renev, which was piesentel
for that purpose.
The bonded indebtedness
of the State at the close of
his term of office, was onh
a little more than $4,500,000,
notwithstanding the fact that
lie had landed the past due
interest on the bonded debt
of the State, bad punctually
paid the subsequent accruing
interest as it became due,bad
run one year of bis govern
inent without the collection
! of any State taxes, and had
fed 25,000 to 30,000 persons
made paupers by the war. The
bonded debt, incident to the
war, was increased only
$1,280,000 during bis admin
istratiou.
He, even in those days,hud
some influence with the more
| moderate politiciansat Wash
ington, and was largely in*
stniment.il in having Con
gress to suspend the collect
lion of the war tax due to the
Government by each of the
Southern States, and having
the Assessors and Tax Col
lectors of this tax with drawn
from the South. Also in Be.
cuiing some needed legisiav
jtn.n bv Congress in tbe re
construction =■ of the South.
The amount due by Alabama
\$as more than half a million
J dollars^ami its collection at
that time would have mined
i the State of Alabama,
j He retired from the Execv
utive office, leaving the cred
it’of his State good at home
and abroad—her bonds above
par aud sought for in tbe mar
kets of the world, When his
lerin as Governor had expir
ed he organized an Associa
tion of Eastern Capitalists to
connect Chatanooga, Mobile
and New Orleans by railway.,
Ho was made President of,
the road from Chatanooga to
Meridian, a distance of three
hundred miles. Ho was made
President also of the South
and North Alabama Rail
road Company, extending
from Decatur to Montgom
ery on the death of its enter-,
prising President.John Whit
ing. These two offices he held
at tlie same time, and suc
cessfully consolidated the sev
eial ine.oporations o/ these
two roads; and having put
tiiese two’long and impoitant.
lines of tailroad under con
tract and in condition for
completion. Gov. Patton re
tired from hisconnectiiiu with
them. These roads w ere coin-'
pleted by his enterprising
suecessnis.
The development of the
vast mineral and other re
sources of cental! Alabama,
and th- bulidiug up of Birm
ingham and other growing
manufacuringcities is largely
due to those who took active
part in these two enteiprises.
He was active in building
the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad, and is umv thought
to he the only liying projecter
of that railroad,
In 1870 he was one of '.lie
Board of Finance for the
Philadelphia Exposition,
Gov. Patton is noted for
his practical good sense, his
Christian life, and his unos
tentaiiocs acts of charity.—
i’he educational interests of
his State have always had in
him an earnest advocate. Ho
is now and has been for many
teats Piesident of the Board
ofTiusfees of the Florence
Synodical Female College,
and also the Board of Direc
tors of the State Normal
School at Florence, both of
which institutions of learn
ing aie now more than ordin
narilv prosperous.
For many years lie lias been
an earnest advocate for the
manufacture of cotton in the
South. His views upon this
subject have been extensively
published and duly valued by
all piogressive citizens.
Notwithstanding the ad
vanced age and somewhat
feeble health of Gov Patton,
his energy and activity is
wonderful.
The World’s Industrial and
Cotton Centennial Exposi
tion, could not have done bet
ter than it did in connecting
fiim with an enterprise of
such vital importance to the
country.
Gov. Patton has always 1 een
conservative in politics, char
itable and courteous to those
who have differed with him.
But in doing s » lie lias never
eompmnnst-d any principle.
He has often been beard to
remark that if was better to
lead than to undertake to
drive.
These conservative views
had given him influence in
securing skilled labor and
Northern capital for the
South, which is of vast im
parlance in building np and
developing the agricultural,
mineral and other material
interests of the country.
Gov. Patton in addition to
being Vice-President of the
National Cotton Planters’As
sociation, is one of the six
members of the Board of Ma<>
nagement of the World’s Ex
position of 1884 5. appointed
by President Arthur upon
the lecominendation of this
Association.
‘Police,’ sais Thomas Ful
ler ‘consists in serving God
in such a manner as not to
offend the devil,’
The sort ne, silent beauty of
a holy life is the most pow
eiful in the world, next to‘bo
might of the Spirit ol God —
Spurgeon.
To think we are able is ak
most to be so; to determine
upon attainment is frequently
attainment itself. Thus ear
nest resolution lias often
seemed to have about it al
most a savor of omnipotence.
—Samuel Smiles.
The character of Washing
ton was a very noble one,ami
bis life may well be taken as
an example by boys —Lou
don Stauduid.
!
A young girl’s name can
not ye mentioned to seldom
! in tUe newspapers In fact,
twice in a lifetime is often
enough, and one of them
should be a funeral n..ti • —
Jbc Century.