The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-03-02
THE MEMPHIS REUNION.

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1901, a committee was appointed to ioiu
with the several commercial bodies OF
Memphis to visit Washington and in,
vite President Mckinley to be the guess
Of the city of Memphis on the occasion
Of the reunion in May next. The com.
mittee w~illleave for the national capital
in a few days.
As the time for holding the reunion
approaches the several committees are
becoming more active. The city is be
ing canvassed by the committee or
hotels and accommodations and every
available room is being registered. A
d. Langstaff, secretary of the commits
sary committee, a sub-organization Of
the general committee in charge O
Confederate reunion arrangements, ha,
been very active in the past week or sc
in the discharge of the duties assigned |
to lin. He is engaged in planning ways.
and means for caring for the Confeder. |
ate veterans when they ON to the re.
union. Many Of the commands will
very likely bivouac in order to observe
strict army regulations, and il it should
prove true they will have to be cared
for the same as if they were in actual
service again-but with more care for
their comfort. The commissary com.
mittee is to look after these matters.
Mr.. Langstaff announces that it is the
purpose of the committee to have the
means Of caring for every Confederate
veteran whether he is able to paw his
W way or not, and they will do so il
it is possible. They want it understood
that the commissary committee is not
organized to look only after those who
are able to pay their own way, but to
look after the rest as well.
DIR. j. NJ. Kellar of Hot Springs, Ark,
president of the association of medical
officers of the army and navy Of the
Confederacy, and DIR. Deering S. Rob.
erts of Nashville, Tenn, secretary Of
the association, were in Memphis re-
Gently, in conference with DIR. G.. b.
Malone and DIR. r. w. Mitchell of The
medical committee of the Confederate
reunion, relative to the meeting of the
association, which is to occur in this city
during the reunion of veterans In May.
DR.. Malone and DR.. Mitchell went over
the ground with the visiting gentlemen
and Drs. Kellar and Roberts expressed
the greatest satisfaction at what had
been planned and arranged by the med
ical committee for the comfort and con-
ve%nience of the association during its
meetings.
At a recent meeting of the medical
committee A. d. Langstaff appeared
before the committee and called atten-
ton to the fact that a committee, OF
which he is u member, held in trust
400 left over from a larger SUN OF
money raised a number of years age
for sanitary purposes in Memphis. lie
stated that he was willing to turn over
this money to be used for sanitary pur.
poses during the reunion in May, pro
vided the proper authority be secured,
Thereupon DR.. r. w. Mitchell moved
that the executive committee Of the re,
union be requested to take the neces.
sary steps to secure this money to be
used for sanitary purposes.
The Mozart society has completed ar.
rangements for a musical festival t. be
given in May during the reunion. The
main feature of the festival will be the
appearance Of the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, under the direction OF
Adolph Rosenbecker. The vocal solo
lists for the concerts will be Nine. Mere
dith, soprano; Miss Crawford, alto; E
c. Towne, tenor; DR.. Carl Duff, basso
The Mozart society festival choru,
will render CRATIC Messiah for one con.
cert and ONE shorter cantatas and
operate excerpts for the others, and in,
asmuch as these concerts will be given
for the entertainment of the Confeder
ate veterans, it is hoped to enlist the
participation of every singer in Mem
phis in order to make the festival th.
greatest possible success.
The finance committee under the ii
rection of A. b. Pickett, has nearly
completed its labors. 1t was resolved
at the first meeting Of the executive
committee that $50, 600 would be re
quired to make n grand success of the
reunion. Chairman Pickett then and
there promised to have this sun or
hand in ample time. and he has KEEP
his word, as more than $4,000 is nov
in bank subject to the committees
check.
The Missouri Pacific and Choctaw
Oklahoma & Gulf railroads have al
ready officially announced a 1-cent
mile rate and the other large trunl
lines entering Memphis are expected t.
make a similar announcement within 8
few days.
Brigadier-General j. N. Thompson
U. c. ", of Tuscumbia, Ala, is desirou.
Of information concerning william
Barney, an ex-Confederate soldier, anc
would be glad to ascertain whether hi
is dead or alive as there is an amour
of poney that has been bequeathec
him by relatives.
Experiments in the greenhouses o
the University of Nebraska to develop
q new species of nasturtium have proves
successful, and the new flower is in full
bloom. Its chief quality of excellenc,