Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-07-29
SONS OF VETS IN SESSION.
THEY TAKE A LEADING PART
WITH OLD HEROES.
HOLD SESSION AT STATE CAPITAL.
Attended Nv Prominent Sons From All
Sections Names of Fair Sponsors
OF the Of Various States.

Aside from the reunion Of Confed-
crate veterans in Atlanta, the United
Sons Of Confederate Veterans met
Wednesday afternoon for the third
time since their organization in annual
convention. The session was held in
the state capitol and was largely at
tended by prominent sons from every
section o. the south. The gallery was
reserved for ladies and many were
present.
The audience was probably one OF
the most enthusiastic that has ever as
sembled under the dome of the capt.
toll. and shout after shout rent the air
at the conclusion OF the patriotic adj
dresses of the day. The scene in the
big hall Of representatives was one OF
beauty Everywhere the colors and
badges predominated and at every
reference to the lost cause and the
civil strife the audience would liber-
ally cheer the speaker.
'Tt was the biggest thing the Sons
OF Veterans have ever had" said Com
mander- in Chief Smyth, after the ses-
sion adjourned. 'It simply shows
that southern patriotism and manhood
is not dead by any means, and the en-
thusiasm and attendance yesterday
was all that we could have desired,
and even more than we expected"
The session consisted mainly of ad-
dresses OF welcome and responses and
the exercises were preliminary to the
sessions which followed. But little
attention was given to business mat
tiers with the exception Of the appoint
ment of several committees, which will
undertake the revision Of the consti-
tuition of the federation.
Commander-in-C Chief Smyth an
nounced that the following sons
would constitute the committee OF
credentials and would ascertain II all
the delegates on the floor had the
proper credentials: r. O. p. Thomas,
Kentucky; E. B. Wilson, Tennessee
'Eb 7. Williams, Georgia; @. @. Stan
ley, South Carolina; W. s. Ray, North
Carolina; w. s. Jacobs, Virginia.
The committee retired and announc-
ed a temporary report was ready, show
ing that all delegates had furnished
proper credentials. The committees
temporary report showed that every
state and almost every camp was rep
resented. A committee on badges was
then appointed.
The Fair Sponsors.
Every train arriving in Atlanta
brought sons from every camp In the
south, until the streets were fairly
alive with them.
The sponsor-in-chief for the Sons of
Veterans is Miss Della NJ. Stringfel-
low, OF Richmond, Va, one Of the fair
est and most beautiful women OF that
state.
The sponsors for the states are as
follows:
Texas Miss Sarah Carnes.
South Carolina-Miss Mary Orr.
Alabama-Miss Tallulah Gachet.
Tennessee-Miss Alma Lackay.
Kentucky-Miss Ida Thomas Hines.
Florida-Miss Myrs Washington.
Georgia-Miss Ruth Cunningham.
The address OF welcome was deliv.
cred by Commander Hullins N. Ran.
dolph, of Georgia, who presided over
the opening exercises Of the session.
The address was q magnificent effort.
Mr.. Randolph was recently appointed
commander Of the Georgia division to
succeed Commander w. W. Davies,
who resigned to accept the captaincy
of company in the Third Georgia
regiment of volunteers that is now be-
ing mustered in at Camp Northen, in