Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-03
MISS MARY CLARE MILNER.
osrorsor for Alabama.)

tsponsor for Alabama)
,-..r ,yitbin them. and when they grasp
t ctrers hand. the thirty years that
l.,. r.. -ed away since they lald down
...- -r-.. at the close Of the great CON
e.+ Uu be- forgotten, and they VIII
sas.n l..e over the days Of 81 ana %
GIVE THE REBEL YELL
Mann, a euaverlug voice viii unite IN
..... chat rebel vel which, when heard
r. f.l OF battle as they rushed 70
.....,. .truek terror 70 the heart or the
..,..- Who wore the blue jacket OF the
I.s...l uniform The old fires Whlch
t.v. be0p sllmbcring for thirty years
-rfr their breasts VIII be Iehlllul'I
,rag they march through the streets OF
... ..rtaI Of the Couledcracy, ana SEQ
t.r coilrs futtorlng in the breeze WINE
,... strains OF Dixie mIngle with those
o.. MARYLAND My Maryland
rq. southern rlrl-and where can her
,..sI b. f9uuI.-wiu De present 10 grace
,r. occasion with that natural ptdu'y'
horn of the sunny skies Of her own Iinu,
and about which praises have Deeh SUNG
the world over Each state VIII nave
..,reor here ON the occasion OF the
,,.rI.g and IL As needless TO say that
fH.-. .tlI1 e.rd one of their fairest oaubh-
.ers to represent them.
VIRGINIAs FAIR SPONSOR.
Virr.aa wl have q charming repre-
Ferarve of this gathering Of the daush..
tsu of tine South IN the person OF
srss HALLE Patton Cooke. OF this city,
ur.r.b whose veins runs the blood OF
a. gallant aud true a soldier as ever
t..I "a foe ur5n the field Of battle. She
IS DAUGHTER OF the late General John
d. Cooke. q commander, who fought
fr frs southern cause. from the be-
ginning Of the war until he laid down
DIS arms. with Lee. at AppomattoNi
man who shed his blood on FIVE fields OF
battle and carried 20 his grave the scar
uru DIS forehead. which told more elo-
rurrry than words how he had faced
Oil. enemy when the leaden messengers
o. death few thick and fast Virginia
i. rrarI of the record Of such men, and
81 is appropriate that the daughter OF
General Cook should have been chosen
90 a.t as sponsor for this state. OF an
one fair daughters OF the capital or lhe
Cnfelcracy. no better choice could nave
t.sn male thau the dark-haired girl VINO
.. t. represent the Old Dominion on lhlS
occasion.
A SOUTHERN BEAUTY.
,rse Halle is the third daughter or
General Cooke. and IS a typical southern
rr. mhe iu form with fair complexion
.rl clustering hair Of brown. Much mas
boon said of The beauty Of southern wo-
u.n and when Miss Cooke takes her
place beside the twelve other giris
rm he Land OF Dixie, Virginia VIII
raye uo need to be ashamed Of her ialr
representative.
Nss Cooke IS descended from line
r military mon She is a granddaugh-
t.r of the late General Philip ST. George
Cooke. of tine United States army ana
niece of General j. E. b. Stuart lter
mother was "a Miss Patton. whose iather
ns. surgeon In the Confederate army
ALABANA'S REPRESENTATIVE.
Alabama win send Miss Mary Clare
NH.r. of Birmingham. as her repre-
tentative. Miss Milner IS a brunette
I graceful figure and attractive app
.Hugcc She is q daughter Of Major
WINS D. Mnmor. who entered the Con
....ate service as a private in the First
Georgia Regiment lie was subsequent
F transferred 10 the Thirty-third Ala
o.ml Regiment. Clcburne's Division.
When he surrendered. with General Jo-
Srh Do Johuston's army at Green's
9yro', n. c.. he had attained the rank Of