The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-15
GRAND ARMY POST GIVES
 TO MOUNTAIN CREEK HOME .. Before Great Audience Judge Thomas G. Jones Presents Check for $50 from U. 5. Grant
 Post of Brooklyn.

As a fitting climax to the memorable occasion of last night when ex-Governor Bob Taylor of Tennessee gave his lec- ture on "The Old Plantation" for the benefit of the Soldiers Home at Noun tain Creek. Judge Thomas G. Jones of Montgomery, who delivered the Decora- tion Day address at the tomb of General U. S. Grant in New York. presented to Capt. J. M Falkner check for $50 from U. s. Grant Post. Grand Army of the Republic of Brooklyn for the Home.
 In presenting the check Judge Jones said he brought from the members of the Grand Army post a message of good will and fraternal regard.
 The words of Judge Jones. as he handed the cheek to Captain Falkner in the pres ence of 4.0o0 people. stirred the audience to a high pitch of enthusiasm, which continued throughout the remarks of Captain Falkner in accepting the gift from those who had worn the blue. Judge Jones was given the check at a meeting of the Brooklyn Grand Army Post which he attended and of which he was elected member.
 Judge Jones discharged the commission that had been entrusted to him by the members of the Grand Army Post imme- diately after the conclusion of Governor Tayior's lecture.
 Before taking his seat Governor Taylor said: "Ladies and gentlemen, Judge Jones has a message to deliver"
 Judge Jones was given an enthusiastic reception. It was his first public appear ance in Montgomery since his return from his journey to the tomb of Grant to deliver the Decoration Day address The admiration of the people of the State over which he has presided as Chief Executive for Judge Jones was expressed in the con tinued applause that greeted him., It was some time before he could make himself heard.
 Judge Jones spoke directly to his Con- federate comrades and said that it had lately been his good fortune to be the guest of other soldiers, men who had stood before them on the battlefield in the bitter past. He was. he said, their guest because he had been a Confederate soldier. On one occasion as he sat with the members of the U. s. Grant Post of tho Grand Army of the Republic, he said he was asked as to the condition of the Confederate soldier. He told them that the Confederate soldier had returned to desolate homes and a country swept by war and at this day there were many in dire need in Alabama. He said he spoke to these Federal soldiers of the work that was being done to erect a home for the needy and helpless at Mountain Creek.
 Do you think" Judge Jones said he was asked. that donation from former Union soldiers for the Home would be &C., cepted?"
 He said he assured the members of the Post that the donation would be received in the spirit in which 1t was given He said he was then handed the check which he now turned over to Captain Falkner.
 As Captain Falkner took the check a burst of applause came from the audi ence.
 Captain Falkner said: Judge Jones. I 0o not hesitate to accept the donation in the spirit in which 1t is rendered. The Confederate soldier never had any ani- mostly to the man who barred his breast in battle for what he believed to be right We are now in our fathers house. There mas never been time since the war that fhe Confederate soldier was not ready