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NUlISQt
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On Monday evening, the 23rd Instant,
I received a 'phone message from Hon.
Staeey Hibbler, of West Point, telling
e the sad news of the death of Ms
father. I had known Tol Hibbler since
we were boy, had met him for the
first time In 1860. He was at his on
ele's, Jim Hibbler's, near Cooksville.
during his vacation, bavins: attended
the famous Gathright school, at Sum-
merville, with his cousins. Robert and
Ed, and my uncle. Clate Conner. Mack
Ante, anaomer Noxubee boys. I was
living In Selma at the time, and wan
n a visit to my grandmother, Mrs.
Rosa Conner, In this eounty.
What a fine time we boys had that
summer, riding fine horses, courting
the girls, reading Ivanhoe, and memo
rising the Lady of the Lake, and un
consciously preparing ourselves for the
War that was soon to break upon us in
all of Its fury. I mention this, for Sen
ator Summer said, "one reason the
Souther boys were so chivilaric was
because they read Scott's novels, and
tried to Imitate Ivanhoe, James Fitz.
James and brave old Reoderiek Dhu."
Tol was the gayest of all that splen
did set of boys wealthy, handsome
and brilliant he was the life of every
gathering.
The next year the War commenced.
I went to Virginia and served in that
magnificant army; Clate went with
Roger's company In the 41st Mississip
pi, and was killed at Jonesboro, Ga.
Bob also went with this company, but
was transferred to the Noxubee troop
ers, where Ed, Tol and Mack Tate had
already enlisted. There was little rom
ance in the Infantry, nothing but the
stern realities of war, but with the car
airy, the eyes of the army, it wn dif
ferent, and when I read of the splen
did raids and daring charges made by
this magnificant regiment, I longed to
be with them.
The 1st Mississippi Cavalry was part
of Armstrong's Mississippi Brigade and
this brigade with Ross' Texas Brigade
made up Bufford's division, and what a
splendid division it was! A brigade of
braves enthusiastic chivarous young
' Ulssissippians and a similar brigade of
young Texans! And of all these gal
lant young men, Tol was equal to the
bravest. Ever gay and cheerful, he
was the life of the camp, but all of our
valor was in vain, and Appomattox had
to come.
Coming out of the War, as General
Lee said, with all lost save honor, Tol
found his property gone, but with
a . . . .
prave nearc, ne, nice the rest or us,
Bet to work to build his fortune again
After a few years he cast his lot with
the good people of West Point, then
only a village as a part of Lowndes
county. Soon these ambitous young
men, by agreeing to name the count;
Colfax, which has happily been chang
J ed to Clay, got the black and tan legis
lature to give them a new county, and
made the brave little city of West
Point the county site. From that day
until his death, Tol was a loyal and de
voted son of this county.
When I received the message telling
of his death, I felt that I had to attend
his burial, even at the risk of failing to
vote lor friends who had claims on me,
but to try to make sure I would get
back to vote, I went in a splendid auto,
being joined in Macon, by Ed and his
wife. When we reached Crawford, and
told my good friend, George Waller, of
Tol's death, he readily consented to
join us, as he had always loyed Tol.
Arriving at West Point, we went at
once to the home he had built and lived
for 40 yean. Here his children
in
were born, and all of his associations in
life clustered around it reminding us o
our old comrade of the long ago. We
were soon ushered into the parlor,
where lav all that was mortal of this
Seallant soldier. Lying in a beautiful
Jgrey casket, wrapped in the flag he
loved so well, and followed so gallantly,
covered with beautiful floral emblems,
aM ! it .1 tJ
J i1itlookea so me-iiKe. mat we coum
I lofcarelv realize he was dead. The
t H . -J in o n avrtunaolnn and Barilla that
ad so0en greeted me, was on nis
SCO. ' A 1 biuuu ujr iim wum,
he gloricns past that we baa spent
ogether, rushed over me, and it was
ard to realize that this waa the end.
He was buned from the First Baptist
hurch, of which he had so long been a
onsistent member. The services were
conducted by his pastor and warm per-
Isonal friend, Dr. R. L, Motley, assist
ed by our own Rev. J. L. Svkes and
Rev. R. L. Phelps ana Kev. r. c.
Moore. Each minister paid tributes to
!the christian character and lovable at
tributes of our friend. While he was
loyal member of the Baptist church,
e was so full of love and charity for
fell that all loved him.
The floral tributes were the most
bountiful I ever mw, tin we west
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Point Chapter of the U. D. C. had dec
orated the coffin and chance! of the
ehurch most beautifully. I was glad
to note that Tol had provided a mem
orial window In the church, and his
name Is engraved thereon, and will
stand a lasting memorial to the love he
had for his church.
His old comrades of Camp Ben Rob
ertson, of which he had been a member
so long, attended In a body, and it sad
dened my heart to see these old vete
rans, as they sat with bowed heads,
listening to the beautiful tributes to
the memory of one thev all loved when
I thought how soon similar services
would be held In their memory.
The West Point Rifles, a splendid
body of young soldiers, attended as a
mark of respect to this old soldier.
When the services at the church
were over, the funeral cortege wended
its way to the Greenwood cemetery,
named by Tol, and soon his body was
laid in the grave, In a lot of his own
selection. i
The young soldiers marched around
his grave, and at the command of the
captain, the bugler sounded taps, and
Mr. Motley pronounced the benediction,
and we left him alone with his God.
I don't like the city was of burying
the dead. The coffin is placed In an
iron box, or vault, lowered in the grave,
the benediction pronounced, all leaving
the grave to be filled by the undertak
er. I like the old country way-loving
bands to All the grave, and lady friends
to place the flowers on the grave.
After the services we returned to his
home, and in the company of his dear
wife and children, a sister, Mrs. Mattie
Cook, and his brother-in-law, the Hon
J. B. Stacey, of Kansas City, we whil
ed away the evening, talking of the
sunny nature and loving disposition of
dear Tol.
Mr. Stacey said he loved him as
brother, and loved him, especially for
his great kindness to hia father and
mother and his dear sister. Everyone
spoke about what a loving family Tol's
family was, and his great love and divo-
tion to his wife and children.
loi was at our reunion last summer
held at our house, and as usual, was the
life of the crowd. He had been made
General of the Mississippi Division,' but
to bis old comrades, he was only Tol.
Ihe next and last time I met him in
life was on the train going to the re
union in Jackson, and he was bo
thoughtful and courteous to all on the
train, and he told me that he had found
the the secret of happiness it was to
love people.
He said, "Emmet, if I were to hear
that you had talked about me and said
unkind things about me, I would still
love you, for if 1 didn't I would be un
happy myself." When I went home, I
told Sallie of this, and said that Tol
had taught me a lesson in foregive-
Noxubotan'o Expiritnc
tho Galvuton Storm.
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ness.
The next morning, as the roads were
very bad, Ed persuaded Miss Ida to
stay and wait for the train, and he and
I came on alone; George Waller had
returned home the evening before. We
stopped and looked once more at the
grave of our dear friend, and we found
it covered with flowers, and we said
that we knew it was well with Tol. I
told Ed that we could not have wished
tor a more happy ending of the life for
this gallant soldier. Loved and respect
ed by all, living to fee his children all
grown, and an honor to his life, dying
before the infirmities of age had im
paired his usefulness, that I could not
but feel that it waa well, and I knew
that he had answered to the Roll Call
Up Yonder, aa he had so often done
with the old Noxubee troopers.
As we came home I said to Ed that
what made Tol so popular was that he
was genial, kind to everyone and
brought sunshine and happiness where
ver he went, and what a bright happy
world this would be if we could all cul
tivate this spirit and emenate the ex
ample of our dear comrade. He is now
only a memory, but what a blessed
memory he is to all who knew him, and
the legacy of a life well spent is worth
far more to his children than having
left them great riches. Good-bye,
Big Bud.
A crop total of under twelve
million bales, which is indicated
by the government condition re
port published yesterday, will re
auire but little extraordinary
carrying assistance from the
banks or the government. With
no additional trade restriction to
apprehend, the contraband decis
ion being now a fixed fact, un-
ess there are further causes of
crop deterioration, manceting
should hereafter proceed on norm
al lines. With such a total a rise
would seem more probable than
decline. But you never can
foretell the future of cotton.
Vicksbursr Herald,
To tlx Editor of th B
We have experienced one of the
severest storms that Galveston has had
since the nineteen hundred storm. The
danger signal was sent out broadcast
over the island Sunday night, the 15th,
and people from all parts of the island
began to come in, bringing as much of
their belongings as possible. Some
even brought some catt'e. All day
Monday the city was full of excite
ment and thousands of people left the
city on every car they could get on as
night was approaching. The howh'ng
waves were splashing on the sea wall at
my post, and I thought of little Clau
dine, my precious little motherless
baby, as she was several blocks away
from me. And while I hated to leave
my comrades In time or distress, I
felt It my duty to jo to my little girl.
Our house was low, and we had to go
to a friend's house for protection. I
found about thirty or forty people
there. The city was full of water and
hundreds of houses were'washed away,
and so many wrecked, that our water
supply was put out of commission, and
from the looks of things, It will be
several weeks before we van get plen
ty of water. A glass of water cer
tainly looks big, and my ! how a fellow
can smack his lips with a few drops of
water.
The infantry soldiers stationed here
lost all of their tents and most all of
their property. The Galvestion sol
diers were more fortunate than their
brother soldiers at Texas City, as our
artillery quarters afforded them shel
but they were packed in as tight as
sardines.
It is hard to estimate the number of
lives lost, as they are finding more dead
every day. We had to bury a few here
at Fort Crockett, but 1 suppose their
bodies will be taken up later and given
a decent burial.
There are thousands rof head of
cattle between Galveston and Houston,
and very few of them were saved.
Galveston is pressing every idler in
the city to work. Of course, some of
them are not fondjof work and are very
much discouraged.
All of the bath houses have been
washed away, and I suppose things
will be very lonesome here during the
balance of the bathing season.
We lost only a few soldiers here at
Fort Crockett, but several at Texas
City, as they had no houses to shelter
them. There are few houses left down
on the island, and u we don t get
water in a few days, I think I will go
over to Houston and take a bath.
I was sorry, indeed, to see Noxubee
turn down "Big Bud" for the Legisla
ture he is such a good man. Never
mind, "Big Bud." If you live long
enough ,to see the ladies of dear old
Noxubee vote you will go back some
day with flying colors.
I heard a lecture on "Temperance"
bv a lady juat before I left Browns
ville and she said that when the women
folks all over the United States get to
voting, this will be a grand old coun
try to live in, and they will show us
men how to run a government.
I am anxious to see Congress meet,
as the sentiment is in favor of
larger army, and I think the Govern
ment will put all of us old soldiers on
toe reserve aa instructors, men, per
haps, after all I can come back to dear
old Mississippi, my native State.
r. s.-ii you nave room in your
paper to print my letter, it will be
appreciated, as it will give your read'
era some idea about the storm. It will
take Galveston some time to recover
from the storm, although every one is
working and cleaning up and trying to
keep down sickness, aa so much of the
boulevard was destroyed. The sea wall
certainly saved the city.
A sailboat was washed over the
wall at Fort Crockett and was torn in
splinters. The soldiers saved most of
the crew. The cargo of hemp was
washed all over t.ie city.
Some of you who have never been
away from "your home State to live
cannot realize the pleasure it brings
any one to go back to his old home on
a visit to friends and loved ones. My
happiest day is when I am getting
ready to visit my home, and if nothing
prevents, I will be back in Noxubee
next year to spend a month, and hope
to meet all my friends.
James M. Hudson,
Sergt 128th Co., C. A. C,
Fort Crockett, Texas.
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MACON, MISSISSIPPI.
Hairy Thaw is again i-i the lime
light. This time he wan.; a divorce.
Somptten are SO impulsive.
, ,
.. i t'-Stemntlnff to Bret out of the wav
Mr, I tahl felL . bruisinir her some
what." For heaven's sake, what's
that?-J. C. Aby in N. 0. States.
The sudlen change in the weather
this week necessitated heavier clothing
by those who had them. Those who
didn't will remain in bed until the
weather moderates. Jimtown (Texas)
Jimplecute.
Revenge is sweet only in anticipa
tion, never in accomplishment-
The little savings bank in the home
means more for the future of the chil
dren of a family, almost, than all the
advice in the world. It gives them the
right start. William McKinley.
Anthrax, the horrible cattle disease,
has broken out in north Mississippi. It
is not to be wondered at. The editor
of the Chicago Tribune has been visit
ing that section.
Alaska, where milk sells for fifty
cents a quart, ould seem to be the
milkman s paradise, but let a milkman
from the Stages migrate thither, and
ne win very likely hnd that an Alaskan
cow demands forty-nine cents' worth of
ieed lor every quart of milk she gives.
In man whom men condemn as ill,
I find so much of goodness still.
In man whom men pronounce divine,
I find so much of sin and blot.
I hesitate to draw the line
Between the two, where God has not.
Joaquin Miller.
If you want to know whether you
are destined) to be a success or a fail
ure in life, you can easily find out. The
test is very simple and it Is infallible.
It is this: Are you able to save money?
If not, drop out. You will lose. You
may think not, but you will lose as sure
as you live. The seed of success is not
in you. James J. Hill, builder of rail
roads. Thanks to our young friend, Master
Horace H. Kinney, for a box of deli
cious prunes from his father's orchard.
They were the first Mississippi grown
prunes we had seen, but we knew they
were growing somewhere in Mississippi
like the cork tree we exhibited from
Carroll county at the New OrUans
Exposition, for everything grows in
our grand old btate, though many
things lack their chronicler. Aber
deen Examiner.
an exchange remarks that the most
powerful king is work-ing ; laziest,
shir-kjng ; the leanest, thin-king : the
most thirsty, drin-king ; the slyest,
wink-ing ; the best liked by all ladies,
tal-king; the most humiliating, sin
king ; the most stern, span-king ; the
most necessary, ba-king : the most
lovely, spar-king ; the most optical, loo
king; the most vibrating, sha-king,
and the most despised, snea-king.
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Avarice begins
Balzac.
whore poverty ends.
The greatest
scious of none.
of faults is to be con-
One American product for which the
war has created demand is the link-
jointed wire cutter.on the double lever
age principle, familiar enough to every
mechanic in this country, but new to
England. Englishmen comment with
a sort of envious wonder on the fact
that although the Yankee tool is con
siderably smaller than the ordinary
fcngliah wire cutters, and wef As less,
it exerts, at equal' pressure, a force of
660 pounds as compared with 2200
pounds by the English tool, and can be
used to cut wire entanglements in
places where tbe other is 9D10 ser-Tic,
Be generous, yet not too free ;
Don't give the Fox the Henhouse key.
There is one cloud that has no silver
lining that on a man's good name.
To live bravelv evervdav is to takn
closerstep to the great reward.
wealth has wings, but industry and
economy are shears that will keep
th m clipped.
When you have to take back things
that vou have said, you are likely to
find the goods somewhat damaged.
Satire is a sort of glaxs wherein be
holders do generally discover every
body's face but their own, which is tne
Chief reason for that kind reception it
meets with in the world. -Swift.
To work, to help and to be helped ;
to learn sympathy through suffering ;
to learn faith by perplexity : to reach
truth through wonder behold 1 thi
is what it is to live. Phillips Brook
Reaction, spiritual and political, an'
hate are the common effects of war
That Spanish character was brutalize
by the centuries-long contests wifh th
More is at any rate a tenable theory.
That al1 Europe will be worse for thi
war. In every important respect, is no'
only quite possible, hut, unfortunately,
most probable. Saturday Evening
Post.
STOCK FOR SALE-Havin dinod of my
form will offer for tale 13 milcheowt, on J me)
male. 4 yearling heifers. 8 winter cal Tee, Price
S600. One coach filly, 4 reari old. and one Bel
fianfllljr. t yean old; price WJO. OaeNo. 15 Del-aval
Separator, almoet aa good ai new. 12acret
of Spanish peanuta, Would consider oae year1!
timaat 8 percent on approved Mevrity on the
above. H. E. HULU
Route 2. Macon. Mite,
FOR REOT-Tbe old Dr. Minor reeidenee.
corner of Majq W) pep flrwtl, g Henry
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Tht Subscription Swint.
Our idea of a whole hog, with saus
age meat for brains, is the fellow who
reads his home paper for years without
raying for it and then swears he never
ordered it.-Shuqualak News! Era.
The last time we read of this person
he had threatened to stop the paper if
they didn't quit sending him a bill.
Meridian Dispatch.
Twenty-six years sjco the American
Temperance Life Insurance Association
of New York was orirsnized to Drovide
life insurance for total abstainera. , It
failed the other day, not because the
total abstainers died , too fast or too
early, but for the very interesting rea
son that after basing the coat of its
policies on the average life of total
abstainers, the company Jlater changed
its rules and admitted moderate drink
ers. tne deaths among the "moder
ates" were fifty per cent, more than
they were among y total abstainers.
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Good buifgv and Huddle horse, .
not Hfc-iid f anything $200 00
One saddle coir. 3 years old 100 00
One saddle colt, 2 years old. .. . 00
Due regiHtcn-d Jersey cow. .. . 100 00
One -..ir.rpreH Jersey bull,
ready for service 60 00
Three registered bull 'calves
from fine cows 60 00
N. SCALES.
Schedule of Traini at Macoa', ITm.
SOUTHBOUND
No. 1 Express Daily 1:15 a. m.
Through to Mobile
No. 3 Express Daily.. 12:32 p. m.
, Thr jh to Mobile
No. 6 Express iLIly 6:41 p. m.
Through to Meridian
NORTHBOUND
No. 2 Express Daily 2:30 a. m.
.. . Through to St. Louia
No. 4 Express Daily ........ 4:17 p. m.
- ' Throuh to St Loal
No. 6 Express Daily 1026 a. m.
Through to Uoloo City , . '
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