The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-14

Se ee s E E < < < Another delegate moved the nominations close while another moved to eelct Gen- eral Harrison by exclamation.
 General Sanford put the motions con- sacutiyely, and then declared General Harrison elected.
 This declaration threw the assembly into another whirlwind of shouts. in the midst of which General Harrison was escorted again to the chair. His re- appearance was the signal for even greater enthusiasm than had yet been manifested and 1t was several minutes before the house grew quiet enough for him to speak. He advanced to the footlights and, with voice choked With emotion, said:
 Comrades, I thank you from the bot 1 tom of my heart for this renewed expres- sion of your confidence. Apromse you | for the good of the order and for the good of the daughters and sons of Con- | federates, I will give what ever. talent | of the head, have, for my heart is all l in it.
 Details of Session / At noon promptly Adjutant General Harvey Jones called the conventi@p to order. Chaplain General J. M. Mason of | Auburn, then offered the invocation, fol- lowed by President McKinley's favorite lhymn, Lead, Kindly Light" sung by choir of beautiful voices. The choir was in charge of Prof. Reinzi Thomas. In the chotr were Mrs. G. w. Patterson, Mrs. Chapman, Mrs. Waller, Miss Hall, Mar shall King and Frank Lockwood.
 After this touching song, the convention maid a beautiful tribute toAthe Confeder- I ate dead, the assembly standing and re- 1 spending to the reading of an appropri- | ate tribute to the dead by the comman- der
 Then the convention paid similar | tribute to the women of the Confectionery. | General Harrison read:
 Comrades, the women of the Confed- eracy!
 "We honor and love the memories of their proven worth and bid their suc- cessors emulate their virtues"
 The assembly answered:
 God bless the women of the Confed- eracy."
 This feature was one of the most strik- | ing in the entire convention yesterday | Then General Harrison arose for his address, which is given in detail else where. The Adjutant-Generalc called the | oil of camps and read his report. The election of the Commander was then pro- | jected after which the convention ad- journed to the afternoon session. Camps Represented.
 The following Alabama Camps of Con- federate Veterans were represented by delegates in the convention:
 Camp Raphael Semmes, Mobile; Camp w. J. Hardee. Birmingham; Camp San ders. Eutaw; Camp Lomax, Montgomery; l Camp Franklin K. Beck, Camden; Camp
 Fillmore County, Wetumpka; Camp Joe Wheeler, Bridgeport; Camp Lee County, | Opelika; Camp W. N. Estes, Fort Payne; Camp Allen C. Jones, Greensboro Camp Oracle, Verbena; Camp Col. James B. Martin, Jacksonville; Camp Aiken Smith, | Roanoke; Camp E. A. O'Neal Florence; Camp Catespy ap. R. Jones, Selma; Camp Ruffin, Troy; Camp Pickens Carroton; | Camp T. J. Bullock Lowndesboro; Camp
 Montgomery Gilbreath, . Guntersville; Camp Crawf-Kimbal, Dadeville; Camp | Samuel l.. Adams, Greenville; Camp Captain w. A. Handley, Abner P O.; Camp Egbert J. Jones, Huntsville; Camp | Miller, Albertsvlle; Camp Robinson Springs. Robinson Springs; Camp Thos. H. Hobbs, Athens; Camp Oracle, Lu-
 verne; Camp Horace King, Decatur Camp Thos. H. Watts. Cullman; Camp 1 w. w. Wadsworth, Prattville; Camp Calhoun, Jackson; Camp Emanuel Finley, Calera; Camp R. H. Powell, Union Springs: Camp Archibald Oracle, Linden; Camp w. A. Johnson, Tuscumbia; Camp
 Eufaula, Eufaula; Camp General Clan
 ton. Brewton; Camp Sam Johnston, Tus-
 kegee; Camp Abbeville, Abbeville; Camp Hutto, Jasper; Camp John w. A. San.
 ford Clanton; Camp Jeff FaIkner, Mont gomery.