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and friction primers for use in firing cannon, by the million were made; harness for artillery horses and for wagon horses; in fact, everything was made for use of the soldier in the field. The output was enormous, and as all the manufactured articles had to pass through the office of Captain Logwood, the military storekeeper, he and his twenty-five or thirty bookkeepers were very busy men.
?The arsenal was destroyed by General Wilson?s raiders when they captured Selma on the 3rd day of April, 1865."
A FRIEND IN DEED.
BY NANNIE MAYES CHUMP, GULFPORT, MISS.
One of the most loyal friends of the Beauvoir Confederate Home is Walter M. Lampton, who lives at a beautiful beach home half a mile east of Beauvoir, and who visits the veterans, each day during the time he is at home. Mr. Lampton?s many philanthropies to Beauvoir and its dear old men and women are unequalled among those who have done fine things for the Home, but the giving of his money could never mean as much to the veterans as the giving of himself. He is a true and tried friend. He knows each of the more than two hundred residents of Beauvoir intimately and well. He shares their sorrows and their joys, their worries and their pleasures, and their confidence is beautifully given to him, and his joy in this friendship is one of the finest things that could come to him or to them.
When it was decided to erect a brick hospital for the use of the inmates of the Beauvoir Home, Mr. Lampton was one of the first to make his donation, giving one-tenth of the sum necessary to build the hospital. Several years ago, before the appropriation was sufficient to cover all needs of the Home, and add luxuries as it now doe;?thanks to the kindness of the Mississippi legislature?lie interested himself in the material needs of the old people, but since additional appropriations have furnished everything for the physical well-being of the old people, Mr. Lamptoij, their friend, has devoted himself to supplying every little kindness and happiness possible for the many. A few of these specialized joys which he has brought make delightful stories, and we pass them on to the people of Mississippi and the other Southern States, who will enjoy them and what they mean to the recipients.
One of the inmates of the Beauvoir Home, Janies A. Cuevas, is a grandson of that famous Cuevas to
ernment donated Cat Island, seven miles ofi the Mississippi coast and near Ship Island, in recognition (.f his services to his country in the War of 1812, wnen he refused to leud General Packenham?s English force nto New Orleans through Rigolet and Lake I?onchartrain, and thus prevented u sur* priie attack on Jackson's Amcriran forcel. Janiee Cuevas was reared on Cat Uland in the historic house built by hie grandfather. This oh! gentleman is now ninety-one years of age, totally blind, and bound to his chair by a broken hip. He expressed a wish for a rooster who would crow and tell him when daylight came. Mr. Lampton heard of this, and immediately secured a rooster for him. Now, Mr. Cuevas is .an ardent admirer of Gov. Theodore G. Bilbo, and he said that when the rooster crowed he was saying, "Hurrah for Bilbo!? Another old gentleman there, who was angry with* Mr. Cuevas, and who disapproved of Governor Bilbo's politics, took issue at this assertion, and, in retaliation, killed the rooster. The sorrow of Mr. Cuevas in the loss of his rooster was equalled only by his anger over the loss of his daylight announcer. Mr. Lampton again stepped into the breach and this time purchased two bantams, a rooster ami a hen, built them snug, screened quarters, and stationed them
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just outside the hospila! window; and now each murni:., " Mr. Bilbo" steps into the window, announces daylight, ; "Mrs. Bilbo" follows with a "Good morning!"; then i-ai: receives breakfast from the hands of their appreciative oum:
Another fine old man at the Home, \V. T. Bowie, eighn three years of age, particularly liked to sit under the im', trees at the extreme western corner of Beauvoir, which v,j. the favorite resort of Winnie Davis, the ?Daughter of th: Confederacy," and to gaze on the expanse of blue sea an.; watch the passing motors from his perch on a plank out hi low fence. To surprise him, Mr. Lampton had a small suit, iner house built there, with pleasant seats, and on this w.,. painted ?Bowie's Retreat." Then he led Mr. Bowie do?:. to see his new resting place. The old fellow was deligliU-i! but when he glimpsed the sign, hi was indignant, saying "Bowie never retreated, sir, never!" Even though the proper meaning of the sign was explained to him, he was iiu: to be placated until the sign was removed, when he occupied his resting place.with great pleasure.
Mr. B. 11. Fullilove, eighty years of age, whose eyesight i: dim, delighted in playing marbles, and was often made liapp; by Mr. Lampton's playing with him, who also had great fui. in this bit of amusement. Mr. Fullilove wanted some larjir while marbles, which could the more easily be seen, and Mr. Lampton tried in many places to obtain them. Last summer. Mrs. A. McC. Kimbrough, of Greenwood and Gulfport, ,i member of the Board of Trusiees of Beauvoir Home, while ir. California, saw some large white marbles of the very kind desired, which she sent to Mr. Lampton, and now he and Mr. Fullilove even more fully enjoy their game, and the veterji, proves no mean opponent with the large marbles.
One of rhe traditions of Beauvoir is the custom instituted by Mr. Lampion of giving i ie newly married couples an auie