The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-04
TO GIVE THANKS
To Those to Whom Due is to Pay
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 The ladies of the Memorial Association
 take pleasure in returning thanks to all who so kindly assisted in the beautiful
 exercises of Memorial Day, April &C., 1902 | To Chief Marshal Captain Wiilian Berney. for the marshallng and managing I so brilliant pageant on brief notice thus most kindly and efficiently filling thu
 the family of his comrade. Captain J. E, Fuller, who deeply regretted his inabil- 1 ity. to continue in charge.
 l To his aides, veterans and Sons Of Vet erans. who lent such valuable assistance, l To Camp Lomax, under command of | Captain George Hailes. to Camp Falkner under Captain John sPurifoy; to the Sons of Veterans. under Captain Tenneft Lo- max. we return thanks to each and all who co-operated with us.
 | To Chairman, Colonel William L. Mar | tin. for most excellent announcement and skilful execution of the program with eloquent introductions of the actors. To Rabbi Messing, for the beautiful ,in- l vocation to Almighty God for His divine
 blessing on the observance of the day of memories.
 To Miss Katherine Ely for her graceful
 and intelligent rendering of Father Ky. betraying study and feeling beyond art. To Miss Nomia Carter. for the sweet old song which brought tears to many a l listener left to mourn the friends of hap
  quest of these young daughters of vet erans assures us that the rising genera | ton will not forget the lesson of the day. To Judge w. H. Thomas for a masterIy, eloquent and pathetic statement of the cause for which the South fought four long years against fearful odds and tho valor of the men who lost all save honor | in the war for the Constitution. It argues | well that the son of a veteran should have been we'll trained to understand it. 1 His tributes to the heroes of lost battle | fields, especially to the great Chieftain, | President Davis. and to the women who
 by the patriots of the period. were poems in themselves.
 To the State troops. under Colonel Graves. Lieutenant Colonel May and Ma jor Anderson: to the Artillery, under Captain Hinderer; the Blues, commanded by Captain Baber; the Greys. under Cap tain Carter: Troop A.. under Captain Garside; to officers and men for their impressive addition to the brilliant occa- sion.
 To State and city officials. to Mayor Joseph and Council: to Captain Jones of the street force; to Sexton Ryan and Mir Albert Taylor: to Captain Gerald and the police. all of whom rendered willing ser- vice in preparations and the preserva- tion of perfect order. we are grateful.
 To the ladies of the various committees for all they did in their varied roles, to- ward the final success.
 Special mention must be made of Mes danes Lee. Doran. Gayle. Frank Taylor. A. Burch. John A. Kirkpatrick. w. E. Jones, J. Y. Brame and all who assist ed in the handsome decoration of the stand.
 The beautiful entrance gate has always been in charge of Mrs. Hines Hall. whose i'll health prevented her usual work, hut her place was admirably filled by Mrs. Frank Elmiore, as Chairman. assisted by Mrs. Sanford. Jr. Mesdames J. F.. Reeves. A. Taylor. c. Raoul and others. includ- ing the young ladies. all of whom had a part In making the gate "a thing of beauty"
 To Mrs A. Bethea. with her first assist ant, Mrs. F.. Seibels and her regular corps of ladies who always take such pleasure l