Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-05-03

az Chicago ant Johusans sIanss we're
distributed By ten Underu~E
zen ClbsIL q Texas reported tha.
sl2G5 had be~a received far the 5eSer
sou DAVIS fuud he Being
Chairman u that eouamittee. The
monument VIII - erected at Rica-
mood Va ten Cas~ll ss.,ke brilliant
II in favor q the monument
zen " II JacEsoa- % Tennessee
intru-tared zen Miller. % the federal
army ~comuAader Of the Alabama
Grand Army of the Republic Geu-
Miller made n short ss~ech eurupli--n-
Eary % Gen John X Gsrioa for hs
ehiralry IN saving the life q Gen- Fnu-
els c Barlow q the federal army He
presented - ten Gsrzssn 4 eane ca. on
Barlow HuL AZ Gettysburg. ~ a me-
mento Of kindness - ten Barlow
Gen Miller's speech was most teliclt-
GUS He characterized Gen Gordon As
the typical Auerican soldier. aud ring
inE cheers shook the air The ves-r-
n gave the federal soltie- a long
rOGnd ef applause
Gen Gior,iou responded with the elo-
Guenee and the taste marking every
thing he does He dwelt particularly
uPou the reunited eonfeterz:e and fed
eral soldiers AS a former TO- now
friend 7 stand before You. ten Miller.
and pledge toyou a. noble aud patriotic
a people in the south a. the sun shines
% I bdd you a hearty welcome. Great
cheering followed this went which
was 4 most happy one
zen Underwood read the report "
the committee on constitution and i.
was adopted after much discussion
Gen & -trorion. q rennes=er. real
the report On the widow Of jefferson
Davis pension EFFORT
Tennessee moved that q committee
~ appointed 70 select 4 day 10 be
Howl a. ~Confederate day
Grand Army xvrrED
The committee OF resolutions r.
ported A. follows
Fl-t-rnas - salfhe-n stats Bug tHs spots
n tas hzssls--hEs anl have r1~as ~r-rAelr
narSrE - a. ~ perp-ruza- TIE positions a
tas ssatar-l trseps Ia tsas eas1-
>=cuud-rnE tas Nze- occupied ~ southern
companies ~ zArk~d eng M every h4ul-neHI
"a Eatea ua.T sarreip4trGs ACTED apoa Te-tsr.
GaF All -~f-r--1
Tairl-Tha1 ta= Association a1ssr1r. -
eAair ~ appoint Il ~ SOS a. , canzsuztne- u
three u send greeEf1gs CT the veterans o. ne
Graat Army u t2e ksuahi1c anI izTt.e them
20 hold n1ear zsTr rvlnlaa 1t Atlanta "a a.
Asaaa has nFireSt 2sn q dn -
Chaplain J. William Jones opposed
the adoption OF the third resolution.
and moved - strike cut all reference
10 the Grand Army % the Republic in
the resolution
The Georgia delegation made a big
Kick. and asserted the reunited north
aad south Wa the motive for sending
saeh commissioners - the Grand Army
Of the Republic l~CheerSI
Capt F. H. Busby- Of >0ath Carolina.
spoke in the sane line
Chaplain Jones explained his puSi-
tion- tie had no enmIty for the north
ern soldier. bat b. thought sending
commissioners 10 the Grand Army Of
the Republic vas interfering with thei-
business There are too many people
in the Grand Army Of the Republic
that were rot soldiers but are there b-
surerane~.
The Tennessee delegation favored
sending greetings - the grand army
Maj Z o Gorlou. % Alabama.
brother Of Gov tiorlou. said he
thought the Grand Army of the Re-
public was composed q the soldiers we
faced on the field He aid- 4 have
gone 70 the north. gone into the G-ard
Army of the Eepubl5. camps and been
royalty received and kindly treated |
favor the adoption Of the report
William II BHrgOya I'd. OF Henderson
y G. appealed for the adoption Of tbs
report and was loudly cheeresL When
the Grand Army Of the Republic goes
home FROM Atlanta. he Saai they
viii have a love for the south with
them
The report was adopted
GoHnay KE-ELErrEn
OHcers were elected a. foiIaws Cora-
ma16erin-chseE zen John r Gortou.
Of Georgia. r~e-~lecte,i- deputy COM
mansl-r Of .he Armv Of Northern Viz
gina cen Fizhuxh Lee. % Virginia:
deputy esmmaasier q The Army Of the
T-cnnssee. len- Stephen n Lee. 81
>1rzevlle. Mss. COMMANDER II the
1nsmiSSEssPpf department ten Y
L G4b~lL q Dallas Tex. ~ne-elecsed.
chief clerk and s~sea1Urashzr. Miss
Amz1Sz Chadrr>S of New Orleans.
re1er7I =eeuad in eruma1d- ten y.
a. 11eE~su- q Tcuzes~
Gea 6sarian made an eloquent
spe~rh tAaaku~ th~ association for
the hoGs1r eunE-rreG upru hiaL He
xzs foaIaxe-i By 6~nszls Gxh@u and
T4ek~nu n La~ @E~ strain
Hazsr,E- Tex Atlanta and R5eh-
zunt "a z-r- put n ncmnsf5su for
tAe aeEt zzz After a lively con-
sess Ea~s.aa Won The reun5on vii
h~ bid there ou Il date ret - b
uane[ The eanrezsion thea adgurue-L
AGAxxu EAA4uE
The veterans a. they aled ont uen,
% Saurh TwenEy-SSt street and
formed n szza procession for
the Evew G=z Gordon rusie
AZ the heat OF the crl-un -
eurred By * euEranies q Adams
militia The eulEzz Szs 1@a<iy two
niles long n zr-a<es were Gov.
Jo1<s af AazAmA GoE Tzlzzz q
SoutA Cz-eizaA G.z Hogx of Texas
Gov Tzrzey q Teza@S@e Gov Ssore
q 1s- ~ 0l1E -@11
pushed NEE Tie veterans t1E-
loved " states each 6~<par-1ez;
bel1< heSt<d b - euznazG<r
ard e&csz The -e.erzzS carried cid
w1- 1ags waich had be@a pierced b
bullets and I'd baz-e& Tkers
were h-ly -o.oo zen n LIE The
erlu-- was reviewed a. Capitol a-x
rw Coz EsrGcr ard NJ rh~ znzu
o6cer= and the governors pressa-
The bands played Dixie constantly
and the enthusiasm vas grand ThDu.