Jackson Jambalaya

A former Assistant U.S. Attorney and Madison County prosecutor continues on his path of personal destruction.  

Saulsbury Baptist Church was founded July 14, 1866. The “Preacher General,” Mark Perrin Lowrey helped organize the church along with about a dozen believers who presented letters from churches in the area. According to his biography, Lowrey was a Southern Baptist preacher otherwise known as the Preacher General. “He is known for being a Confederate brigadier general during the Civil War, for his works in the Mississippi Southern Baptist Convention, and for founding Blue Mountain College.”

According to the record in the history of Hardeman County Tennessee the organizational meeting for the church lasted 12 days and concluded with “13 hopeful conversions with 9 baptized. So began the Saulsbury Baptist church….” Saulsbury Baptist Church has a rich history of ministry over the past 160 years.

Commemorating the 160^th year of the Saulsbury Baptist Church this past weekend was a fitting complement to celebrating the 250^th anniversary of the United States of America. We’ve been reminded of those patriots who rallied together to form our nation, and we have marveled at the discussions and documents that became our foundation as a free nation.

My mother and her family were members of the church in Saulsbury. Born January 13, 1921, she grew up surrounded by family and friends who were well anchored in that part of the South. The church was a mere 55 years old when she was born. Our nation was 145 years old when the church was founded in Saulsbury on the heels of the Civil War.

Those born in the South are not surprised to learn about Civil War times when Yankees, or to be polite Union forces, descended from the north intending to destroy farms and communities wherever they roamed. The war did not touch those who lived above the Mason-Dixon line the same way.

Of course, churches, particularly Baptist churches and ministries played major roles in people’s lives during those dark days. Imagine your own nation’s military destroying what you and your ancestors had labored for decades to build from the ground up. In the deep South, the so-called Bible Belt of our nation, churches were foundational for daily living.

According to family stories, we posed no threat to those who invaded our lives and destroyed our livelihoods. If not for church congregations and ministers who faithfully preached the gospel and prayed diligently for peace, those who had settled farms and businesses would not have survived the indiscriminate crimes against humanity.

Nevertheless, I was surprised to hear about Confederate Brigadier General Mark Perrin Lowrey’s life of Christian service combined with his service in the CSA repelling northern invaders in numerous campaigns including Battle of Shiloh, Battle of Perryville, Battle of Chickamauga, and Battle of Murfreesboro to name a few.

After the war Lowrey returned to Mississippi where he had founded First Baptist Church of Corinth and served as the first pastor. Before the war he had also served as pastor of Farmington Baptist Church and a church in Kossuth.

Newcomers to the South don’t understand our legacy of faith and fighting. Baptists certainly understand! It’s a strength God has given us to make it through this old world. Thank God for blessing us all not for our works but from His abundant love and grace.

Daniel L. Gardner is a columnist who lives in Starkville, MS. You may contact him at PJandMe2@gmail.com.

Here is some lawyer porn for the shysters out there.  As reported earlier this week, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals spanked U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate for his misuse of AI in a case.    

 Revolutionaries sometimes wear Hawaiian shirts.  Such is Palmer Luckey, who is all of 34 years old.  It is no secret our defense industry is able to keep up with the times or our needs.  Thankfully, the Oculus creator is leading the way to flip the script when it comes to producing what our military needs.  Enjoy this engaging chat he had at the Reagan Library a few months ago.  

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Mayor Horhn praises decision.  Statement posted below. 

Jackson will receive a crime-fighting grant of approximately $125 million from the Justice Department.  Fox News announced: 

 The Justice Department issued the following press release. 

 What is it about kid's baseball that brings out the worst in parents? 

 Former Deputy Attorney General Whitney Lipscomb will announce her candidacy for Secretary of State next week. Her campaign issued a press release this morning.  

 A slumlord will be going to jail after he blew off Jackson Environmental Court Judge Jeffrey Reynolds.

Credit: WLBT

Eat dirt Al Gore. You helped me almost none at all back then. Maybe I deserved it because I never voted for you. However, I think I knew all along that you were a big Tennessee Talker and not much more than that.

Well, what do you know.  There are more lawsuits accusing The Vault and its owner, J.D. "Jerry" Pass, of selling classic cars on consignment and pocketing the money instead of paying the owners. 

 

State Auditor Shad White issued the following statement. 

 Does anyone know what species this is? 

 Jackson Police Chief Dr. RaShall Brackney joins Grant Callen on The Empower Podcast to talk about policing the capital city, and yes, the Capitol Police comes up.

 Squatters are destroying yet another neighborhood in Northeast Jackson.  WLBT reported: 

The FCC is going to allow prisons to jam cellphone signals.  Heaven knows it took the FCC long enough to implement such common sense.  FCC Commissioner Brandon Carr tweeted: 

Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement. 

The Shadster will throw his hat into the ring for Governor next week. 

What happens when two all-time greats appear on stage together?   

 BARBERINO-TAVARNELLE, TUSCANY—Some of my closest friends have crossed the Atlantic with me 11 or 12 times. Ten years ago, I didn't know their names.

 Many accused the Mississippi State Medical Examiner of dragging her feet on the Nolen Wells autopsy.  However, Medical Examiner logs reveal the autopsy was conducted and released in half the time it normally takes for an autopsy.   

 Anduril Industries co-founder and Oculus inventor Palmer Luckey spills the beans on how the H1B visa system operates and why reform is a hard sell. 

 Richard Holmes did not choose to integrate Mississippi State University on July 19, 1965, lightly; he seriously reflected on the fates of those who had gone before him at previously all-white Mississippi universities. But he came anyway.

 U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan, III postponed the sentencing for former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba today.   

The race for Hinds County District Attorney is entering the home stretch as we head towards November 4.  Money is the lifeblood of a campaign and this race is no exception.   What is interesting is three candidates are effectively tied in fund-raising while two candidates did not submit reports.  

Hinds County Circuit Judge Faye Peterson wants to send the News to the house - as in house arrest.  Yup.  Judge Peterson said at a status hearing this morning she was considering sentencing Nancy New and her son Zach to serve their bribery and fraud sentences under house arrest. WLBT reported: 

 Insurance Commish Miguel Chaney issued the following statement. 

What is it about medical marijuana that brings scam artists out of the woodwork?  Mockingscam, Corey Ferraez, and Thomas Moore, not to be confused with St. Thomas Moore.  Moore bilked investors out of millions of dollars for a medical marijuana operation while using the money to live high on the hog.  The Securities and Exchange Commission announced:

It finally happened.  Our favorite squatter's residence finally burned down.  

 The Charter School Authorization Board issued the following statement. 

 Annie Oeth authored this press release for the University of Mississippi Medical Center on October 22. 

Elected officials and donors joined with medical leaders to break ground on a new multi-story home for theCancer Center and Research Institute at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, marking a major milestone in the state’s commitment to expanding cancer care, research and prevention. 

One problem cities face in Mississippi as they fight blight is absentee landlords, especially those who hide their identities behind shell companies.   Tired of such landlords, Jackson is piercing the secrecy veil as it goes after the owners of the infamous Chapel Ridge Apartments in South Jackson.  

Looks like downtowners will get some minor relief.  

Sloppy, bungled, carelessly, falsehoods, fabrications, shoddy.  Such are the words the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals used to describe the work of U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate Thursday as it removed him from a case. 

 What happens when all are equal? 

Once a loser........

Chef Hunter Evans, the man behind Elvie's and the newly revived Mayflower Cafe, joined Grant Callen on The Empower Podcast to talk about food, business, and why anyone in his right mind would leave New York City to open a restaurant in Jackson, Mississippi.

Rudy Warnock and Cleve Anderson will get a chance to fight their bribery convictions after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted their request for oral arguments in their respective appeals.  

 This concludes a fascinating yet troubling discussion with ChatGPT. Previously the AI model postulated that wisdom is beyond rationale AI capacity because wisdom requires answering questions such as “What should we value?”

Even the featherweights can be entertaining.   

 We did that all over the world in 2020. AUTHORITIES MANDATED WEARING MASKS, STANDING AT LEAST 6-FEET APART, AVOIDED MEETING IN LARGE GROUPS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE, CLOSED SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES, NO VISITORS ALLOWED IN HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES…. 

The Blossom Apartments caught fire this afternoon.  

 Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andrew Gipson penned this column. 

How do you hold the State’s largest event in one of the most dangerous cities in America? How do you host over half a million visitors annually, with no major security incidents?

 The ever-colorful Dale Brown passed away at the age on 90.  If there is one word that could never be mentioned in the same sentence with the famed LSU basketball coach, it was boring.  He took over LSU basketball during the doldrums of the post-Pistol Pete era.  He barnstormed across Baton Rouge, going house to house, asking if he could replace the basketball net in the driveway with one that was purple and gold.  He managed to make two Final Fours and win four SEC titles.  Oh yes, he also coached a little-known basketball player named Shaquille O'Neal. Not bad for a kid born on Halloween in Minot, North Dakota. Thanks for it all, Dale.  You will be missed.