The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-03-07
A Touching Incident.

opment couldn't be possible anywhere else
but Atlanta"
A Touching Incident.
Mrs. Helen Plane president Of the
Daughters of the Confederacy. spoke in
presenting a bouquet of flowers to Gen
eral Mack. She said that there was time
after the war when she had declared she
WaE!a never clasp the hand of man VINO
had fought in the union army, lest she
touch the hand stained with the life-biool
of her husband. but now she had found
that there Were true and noble men in both
armies
General Mack. in response made a STIR
ring and patriotic speech. lie thanked the
ladies for the token of esteem. and SAID
that he would not accept the flowers on ms
own behalf. but on the part of the Grall'i
Army post to which he belonged lie ana
not blame the southern people for loving
the stars and bars He did
NOT want them 20 bury the flag, but he did
want them to loya the stars ;.nc n1ripcs lie
begged the confederate veterans and ak
present to preserve the Soldiers home
Several other short speeches were made.
and then an informal handshaklng was
held. The campfire went out at II O'Clock.
The morning session OF the tenth annual
encampment of the Georgia South Carolina
department of the Grand Army of the
Republic was held in the Maddox Il Ruck-
or hall at 10 O'Clock "Wednesday morning.
About 100 Grand Army men Were in the
cncampmcnt including the delegates Cen
cral Goblin. commander-in-chicf OF the
Grand Army of the Republic of the United
States, and General Mack, of Ohio, We're
received by the cncampment Tncy each
made short speeches to the. -encampment.
The Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session was secret. and
was devoted mainly to reports and to the
election of officers for the coming year
The following officers were elected:
Commander. James O. Ladd, of Charles
ton.
Senior vice commander V. =. Dillingham;
of Fitzgerald
Junior vice commander, Adam Finley.
of Beaufort.
Chaplain. W. b. Murray, OF Tallapoosa.
Medical director. J. II. Dunn. of Blue
Ridge.
Assistant adjutant general, James j.
Avcrill. of Atlanta
Assistant quartermaster general, AleAah-
der Mattison of Atlanta.
Delegates to national cncampment at GIN
cinuati l. Nj. Mallory. of Fitzgerald and
l.. y. Teeters. of Rockmart.
Council of administration. c. r. Has
kns and H. S Egsleston. of Atlanta; j.
H. Rinard, Of TalIapooS3, and Charles Lew
is. of Savannah.
oeheial "o"An A''iN' "a -
A''aI'S' i;i'''', NAN, - Wv, ,.'ars tr
pressed the two generals more than any
thing else they have seen on their visit
south. Both of them were here five years
AGO and Gneral Goblin was here during
the exposition.
Il have never seen Il city improve more
rapidly. SAID Gehrral Hoph. w "'"
was her" several years ago the Guy was
then lively and progressive, (but since
thlt time its growth has been WondeTluI
as / can see by comparing ii now with
what il was then. There is one thing
~ ,,.-,,a ,l. ifl,... tha, T. non, b,l-
-'o"' - ',''',' w., ,.o.,,, - ba,o
gan 'Io'h P3F'ih nj, ioU 7''"' ~ "''t
more good pavement mere imam III any Nl'N
Of tac .ize of Atlanta. Then the city IS
made up Of elegant residences, which Is
anothe. thing like.
l have always pen Gtt3t5 iH-eIea'e" III
the natteiIeIds around the c1E. ana nave
frequently read the history Oh 'i'e "1"-
pa!&h around Atlanta. leSief"ly N'siiva
the Dattle fields. and ma" the positions o.
the armies pointed ""l ~ me- Du1 u "''
n9ptSSlhl" to gain Gear Idea oil we series
o. battles fought mere Tor the armies seem
to nave constantly changed poSlt'''7' l
was not here during the war out W"'s az
the head al f'hh|>lNa'h3 troop l"
&lnld ana mat part ol tle country
Atlanta's Gateway Position
"A+Iant,. win b. = great uolnt if we have
war Your commercial prosperitv is IN ev-
ilenro Of the inheritance OF the city as IL
1,s,,iIutio,, n,tnt ana close survey of
TN. situation shows that this would nccos-
.,rn, mo tho gateway, in the coast in the
.,o,I of q, var Your climate here is us
,,.i,. ;,,.,-,,,,,r,llo ,rt,,rrb tod.v ,.,es
,,,l ..,,,,, -, no ,,r,. h,l,n, ana rla3s,nt
i vas here d,r1ne fine exposition ana went