The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1896-01-31
NUMBER 50.

b''c ttnucI anu sacred memories which
cluster with a halO Of love and yencr.
alton around their living and dead
demands that their names and the
story of their glory be gathered ere 10
- too late, and that some Master,
whose pen is inspired with celestial
fire, and whose touch is mellOwed and
hallOwed by the richness and grand.
eur OF the theme, shall mingle and
blend them with their glorious
achievements into Southern Epic,
glowing with tributes of their unriv.
allied history, to be deposited In this
sanctuary Of Southern yalOr.
In this Temple of Fame, which is
to be consecrated to all the people OF
the coming centuries, in Il niche
which will be carved out by the story
of their own wondrous deeds and
glory, a monument will also arise.
commemorative Of the courage and
fame OF the "HerOines of the South.n
a,name which will ever be linked in
history with those of Roman Matron
and Sparton Mother. For did not
every southern mother, like the
Roman Matron, proudly exclaim:
These are my jewels" And did not
their fortitude and her0lsm rise to
even supreme heights? For they sent
their offspring bravely and Loyalty to
battle for their country, and with the
Sparton Mothers deathless injunc.
tion: Return with your Shield or
on it,"
1t is to the survivors of these illus.
stlous women and to their descend.
ants, to whom the General Command.
ing. therefore, confidently entrusts
this important mission of assisting
in this holy undertaking.
The General Commanding appeals
to and urges these heroic women,
survivors of a heroic age, and all the
daughters of the South who take
pride in the history of such glorious
ancestors. to Immediately. upon the
receipt Of this order. organic societies
and elect presidents secretaries,
treasurers and other officers in every
town. hamlet and neighb0rhood in the
South and to notify Col. II. G. Wood
general mrnagcr Of the Confederate
Memorial Association No A Perdido
street, New Orleans, La. so that he
can at once supply them with subscri.
tion books and full instructions, and
respectfully requests that they will
commence without delay the collec-
tion Of funds for the erection of this
depository Of the records of the valor
OF Southern manhood and the heroism
OF Southern wOmanhOod, and continue
their efforts Systematically, making
the Memorial Festival Day May |,
1896, the elimination of their efforts.
The money raised by each society
and in each locality must be deposited
in some good bank or other safe de-
pository, to the order of the United
Confederate Veterans for the use OF
the Confederate Memorial AssOcia-
tion, to remain until called for by the
proper authority.
In the meantime, each society or
locality, where money is raised. will
report the amount collected to Col. Il.
c. Wood, general manager of the Con-
federate Memorial Association, No. A
Perdid0 street, New Orleans, La. so
that an idea can be formed of the
total amount thus secured.
The General Commanding requests
that the old veterans composing the
72l United ConfederateVeteran camps
of this Association to render all the
assistance possible to the ladies en-
gagged in this holy cause.
The General Commanding also re-
quests that every newspaper through
out the South and elsewhere, favora-
bic to this grand historic enterprise.
will publish this order, and with cdi-
torial comment give it the widest
publicity. BY order Of
J. B. GORDON.
General Commanding.
GEO. MoORMAN,
Adjutant General and Chief of Staff.
[OFFICIAL.
When Congressman John Allen, OF
Mississippi. left for home to cat his
Christmas turkey and cranberry sauce,
says the Washington Post, be was
met by Representative Williams, who
said, Say, John, when you came back
fetch up that wonderful gun you car
raied in the war and let me have it to
kill Brtishers with on the Andes.'
mo, sir" said Allen, "that muskct
has sung the death chant of SO many
OF my foes and 1t Is so closely en-
twined with the memories of the past
that | would not intrust 1t to any
hands but my own. shall probably
go on the war path myself and do
little shooting, and II do I'll want
that gun. don't care for all the new
tangled guns in the world when have
this same weapon in ray hand and
the war fever is up to the right tenn
perature In my system. When the
conditions are just right | know can
bore my way to brigadier general
ship"
A man In Charlottesville, Ind, Is
charged with huggng girl. lie de-
nies the soft impeachment and wants