Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-09-11
Thrown to Hattiesburg Beauties
Last Evening.
SPEECHES NOMINATING A SPONSOR
For VIM. H. Handy Camp Sons of
Confederate Veterans.

Last evening at the m6eung Or Tue
VIM. H. Hardy Camp of Sons of Con
federate Veterans a sponsor, Miss Dora
daney, was elected. The young men
wanted to nominate by secret ballot, but
the married men were in the majority
aud they carried through a resolution
providing that each member in nomi
mating his choice should do so in speech
of not over five minutes, which speeches
should be published. The speakers
were round!Y applauded when they
nominated their favorites in manner
most eloquent and fitting. Below are
given the speeches in the order in which
they were delivered:
SPEECH OF j. T. PARKS.
Mr.. Commandant & Comrades
Before undertaking the great respon
slbility of placing in nomination lady
to fill this the highest and most honor
able position in our gift, wish to say as
a prelude, that, not like the gentleman
(Mr. Cook whose motion was to leave
off all eulogy and only present the bare
name of the ladies TO be placed in nom
ination, it is always a pleasure to me to
have the opportunity of uttering some
of the noble qualities and virtues which
are natural elements of the lady l am
now about to place in nomination. This
lady, gentlemen, is the daughter of a
confederate hero. l say hero because,
that like the true soldier that he was,
he faced the enemy during the four
years of civil strife between the states.
suffered untold hardships and fought
with undaunted courage for cause he
thought to be right, and any man that
did likewise whether he be general or
private, Is worthy the name Hero,
Sirs, she is not only the daughter of a
confederate soldier, but also a member
of that noble band of representative
ladies known as the Daughters of the
COmfederacy, and lady who is in di
rect touch and sympathy with the lost
cause and is ever willing and ready to
lend helping hand in its commemora
ton, not through spirit of revenge,
but that it may correctly go down in
history and be kept in the archives of our
country for the rising generation to
know that our ancestors were not belig
Grants, but men called forth to defend
this southland of ours against invaders
whom they thought to be encroachir g
upon their rights.
Gentlemen, l nominate lady who
possesses all the requisite qualifications
most beftting for a position like this.
One who is endowed with intellectual
genius, highly cultured and of pleas
ing affable disposition. A lady of pre-
, possessing beauty and one on whom the
angels themselves look down and blush
tive upon earth, and who Is more fifty
, denominated queen. mention the
name of no other than that of Miss Dora
, Haney.
9 SPEECH OF GEORGE HARTFIED.
: Commander and Comrades:
| After the brilliant panegyric tc
7 which You have listened | scarcely
$ know what to say nor how to say it,
!. AN fully conscious that the subject oil
Comrade Park s fancy flights of oratory
justly merits all the good things an6
beautiful things he has uttered. l heart
lily endorse it all and more too, if more
!, can be said or imagined.
[ desire, without detracting a single
d iota from the merits of the young lady
: already in nomination, 10 present the
= name of another, also possessed Of
: many lovely traits and aimable quail
+ ties, and well fitted to fill this post o.
7 honor with credit to herself and to thii
= camp.
It She is both intellectual and accom-
plished. She is both queenly and at
tractive. She is both the daughter of
d brave veteran of the confedracy, an(
actively identified with matters pertain
ing to the "lost cause
have the pleasure of nominating
Miss Bertha Bsardslee as the sponsor
d of this camp of confederate sons. She
D is too we'll known and too generally ad.
|, mired to admit of eulogies or encom
= iums at my hands. l am sure that yor
n could make no mistake in honoring her
It and that you would never regret tn,
r choice.
+ NEAL CURRIE's SPEECH.
Mr.. Commandant 1t is delightful
: privilege take to rise in convention Of
the United Sons of Confederacy for the
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