Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-06-06

zr1 Erzz1esr trzt has yet taken place
and Is j. ssfs 20 predict that none
EfiI ever approach Il II attendance
s-d general interest II nav = o. il
ts-.st % note that TIE United Co-f=d-
crate veterans Association zas Or
GAINED a. Jaeksoz- Miss O. June ,.
1891. when The Confederate monument
<zs unveiled Il he capitol enclosure
i ,oE numbers 1881 camps II twenty
r-o states. Which we're e1titled 70
-3e5 delegates a. the Memphis Reu--
fo1- Mississippi has g camps. with
- delegates About four thousand
Mississippi veterans were registered
- Mississipp. headquarters. There
must have h@ez t~euty thousand Mis-
sippisns n Memphis last week. and
fully eighty thousand from other
states
Tie auditorium IN which the coz
y.ntion Was aeli cost twenty tkous-
and dollars. vas built IL less than
tklr-y days and has comfortable seat
Ing capacity OF twenty Eve thousand
Tie convention Eas called % order
a. 70 0 o'clock Tuesday morning y
Gen. George ". GORDON. acting chair
man. Chaplain General !. William
Jones offered prayer. Gov. Benton No
Miiiin delivered The address Of vel
come FOR the STATE. sKChief Justice
Tin 2. Cooper late Of Mississippi.
welcomed the several organizations o.
southern ladies Mayor J. Williams
welcomed every 70 Men Ex-
Senator TURKEY spoke for PRE- Erecg-
dive Committee Geu. 6. " Gordon
also made a welcome address and
tnen Gen. JON z Gordon
took the gavel and also
took charge % tie convention.
He vas. perhaps. the only speaker
who vas heard by all il the vast audi
torium- He received a tremendous
ovation as he entered OF the duties Of
presiding officer. Ills speech Nas
brief but brilliant
Col Bennett II. Young zas the
orator Of the day. and his e9ort ~as
equal to the great occasion =
Bishop Thomas ?. Caller vas then
introduced and welcomed the conven-
ton in behalf OF the local Sons %
Confederate Veterans. He was compli-
mented with special attention and fire.
qusntly applauded. Bishop Gailor vas
born in Jackson. Miss. and his father
+ Frank NJ Gailor. was killed az the
battle OF Perryvilie.
General Joseph Wheeler and General
Fitzhugh Lee were presented. and
each responded briefly 70 the tremend
Gus applause that greeted them vixen
4 introduced
Among the celebrities on the plat
form was the sole surviving member
% President Davis cabinet. Hon John
T r. Reagan OF Texas He appeared
more robust than when at Louisville
last year
The Sons OF Veterans and the
Daughters Of the Confedsracy had
their reunions and entertainments;
the Davis Memorial and Forrest Mem.
orial services. the general ball. and
the sponsors ball. the grand parade
on Thursday morning. the laying OF
the corner stone OF Forrest Nonumen,
on Friday afternoon. together with
numerous regimental and company re
unions. Confederate and social func.
tons, made M thoroughly delightful
week. some features of which will be
specially mentioned in these columns
The Commercial-Appeal and Scimitar
accounts of the great reunion were
indispensable. 1t required all OF
their ample space for three days to do
the occasion justice and hence we are
unable to condense into a brief men.
ton = satisfactory statement OF all
that We saw and heard at the reunion.
General Gordon and the several De.
partment Commanders were reelected,
and Dallas. Texas, chosen for the
next reunion. Louisville wanted il
again; didn't have a fair showing last
year on account of incessant rain.
There was some rain in Memphis. but
not enough to interfere with the
program. The great parade barely es-
capped good wetting.
II was this writer's great honor to
be one Of the staff OF General Stephen
d. ZEE, all OF whom. with the beauti-
full sponsor and ner maids o. honor
were royalty entertained at the nome
Of Col. ]. L. Lake. The venerable faith
er Of this gentleman, Levin Lake, kept
up with the procession. and made a
happy response to General Lees ad-
dress TO his stan