Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1887 — Janies Beauregard Goode. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Janies Beauregard Goode.

James Beauregard Goode, the humorous contemporary Southern poet and writer, is the son of M. W. Goode, Jong and favorably known in Mississippi before the war. He was born July 21, 1861, was educated in Upshur

County, Texas, and was married to Miss Lucinda J. Sanders Jan. 1, 1882. She died April 7, 1883, and he became a morose and silent man. In J anui ry, 1884, with little money and no aid, he set out to travel and wandered aimlessly through America and Europe. Upon his return he set to work to retrieve his fortune and good name. His poems as they appeared became universally popular. In 1886 he began the preparation of his great book of poems, “The Golden Gems of Thought,” which has since become a great favorite with the reading public.