The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-15

everything In the culinary department looked tempting. The delicious odors of the barbecued meats permeated the air in a portion of the grounds and caused many a hungry look to be cast in the direction of the pits.
 About l o'clock dinner was announced. The visiting veterans were served first. Camp Lomax was 8 committee as a whole to personally assist the ladies in waiting on the table and the wants of each person was looked after.
 After the veterans had been served the ladies and the home soldiers set down. The dinner was most bountiful and excellent. Barbecued meat, deli- cious camp stew. salads. hams, pickles, oyster stew. cakes and other palatable dishes were in the greatest abundance.
 Shortly after dinner a drum heat at- tracted the attention of the veterans to the pavilion. where General George P. Harrison was standing on the veranda. General Harrison called for order and said that he knew ranks had been broken, and he had no authority now but he wanted to appeal to the Veterans to allow him to introduce his comrade, Hon. Sumpter Lea of Jefferson, who de- sired to thank the good people of Mont gomery for their kindness and hospitali- ". 11c tACii lhtEOduCCu ksAAs A<Oa aS thC blind orator of\ Jefferson County.
 MT. Lea's Speech.
 Mir. Lea said the presence of so many Veterans caused him to think of the old days, but he did not desire to speak of things past, but of the present. He said the Veterans were about to end their reunion, but before it ended, he said. in behalf of eGneral Harrison and his staff, and of all the. veterans, he desired to thank the noble men and good women of the city of Montgomery for the hospita- ble manner in which they had entertain ed the veterans.
 He said 1t was e genuine Southern hos pitality. He desired to thank the rail- roads and particularly Captain Jefferson Falkner for courtesies extended.
 Mir. Lea said he wanted Montgomery to have the convention as long as she wanted 1t.
 John Burns issued an invitation to come to Selma" said he, "but Burns had a string tied to his invitation and pulled 1t back"
 He said that if the people of Mont. gomery ever tire of the convention, then for the Veterans to come to Birmingham Mir Lea paid tribute to Alabama. He said there never was such a country on earth as the South. and Alabama was the best part.
 There never was q soldier like the Confederate soldier and those from Ala bama were the best"
 , Calls were made for Captain Jeff Falkner, but he did not respond. John Burns proposed three cheers for MT. Lea and they were siven with a will.
 Three cheers were then proposed for Miss Susie Lea. whom Mir. Burns said was a daughter of one of the noblest
 -A vuG given with vim. Three cheers were also given for Captain Jeff Falkner.
 W. w. Wadsworth of Wadsworth, aid de camp on General Harrison's stan. of- fered the following resolutions which were unanimously adopted.
 Resolved by the Confederate Veterans of Alabama at Jackson's Lake assem- bled. That our thanks are due and are hereby rendered to the citizens Of Mont gomery generally and to the Sophia Bibb, Cradle of Confederacy. Secession, ters U. D. C., and to Camp Lomax and Camp Falkner U. c. V., and to Holtz- claw Camp Sons of Confederate Veterans especially for the magnificent manner In which they have entertained us during this, our second annual reunion"
 Hon. Tennent Lomax was called on and he made a brief speech, in which he ex- to1led the virtues Of the Confederate SOL diers. He told of their valor in field and in State and paid a tribute to what he termed the soldiers of the grandest army which ever trod the face of the earth.
 J. Tom Heflin of Chambers was also called on for a speech. He likewise paid a tribute to the Confederate soldier and told several humorous anecdotes which caused amusement for the old soldiers MT. Hefin said:
 They tell me that the men who fought for the South were rebels. No, no. Those men who fought at Gettysburg can never be placed alongside the name of traitor!" He said the Confederate soldiers gathered about him were a living monument to the grandest soldiers that ever crossed the field of battle. He thanked God that the veterans had been permitted to gather there.
 MT. Heflin said the State had recognized the true worth of the Confederate soldier when there was embodied in the new Con- stitution a clause which provided that all and their descendants could vote.
 At this time the train arrived and the returned to Montgomery with memories of most delightful day.
 great many of the veterans left the city on the trains last night. Others will leave this morning and by tonight all the will have returned to their homes.