Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1903-06-13
MISSISSIPPTS
NEW CAPITOL.
Magnificent Structure Dedicated on the Birth.
day Of Jefferson Davis.
PARADE A FEATURE OF THE DAY
More Than Twenty Thousand Loyal Citizens Of the State
Witness the Event Cornerstone Laid With Masonic Cere-
monies Orators Of Distinction Mnge History and
Eoquence Under the Inspiration Of the Occasion.

tionate to population. It is said that
nobody but the town constable re.
mained in Brandon, and he entered
strenuous objection to being left
behind to keep watch over the Rankin
capital.
Civic Bodies.
OF the fraterlal organizations the
Masonic fraternity has the largest
representation on the ground. The
Knights Templar are especially abun.
dant, members being here from most
of the communicates in the State.
The Woodmen of the World also
have large delegations In the city TO
greet Sovereign Commander ]. c.
Root and the other sovereign officers
who are the guests of the capital
city. Many of the local Woodmen
camps have their full membership
strength here,
Members of other fraternal organi-
cations came as individuals, but they
are almost as abundant as the leaves
of the trees, especially the Odd Eel
lows and Elks. These two organiza-
tioIs kept open house throughout the
day.
Visitors From the Country.
jackson is filed to overhowing, but
all of the visitors did not come by
rail- Not by any means. All of the
side streets are filled with the ami
mails and vehicles of nearby neighbors
from the country. Many people from
the rural districts left their homes in
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night and reached here by daylight.
They have come from all parts of
Kinds, Rankin, Simpson and Madison
counties, and the number drawn from
this source surpasses even the as
semblies brought here on circus days.
Never before has it been so diff
cult to get from point to point on Jack
sons thoroughfares Small boys
could do it by slipping between the
legs of grown folks; but others
to literally fight their way through
the almost solid walls of human be-
ings in the main business district,
and those who were wise made their
journeys along unfrequented side
streets.
Forming the Parade.
/ WHtu Will tfl6 pdfdut cAcits Huo
the question heard on all sides, and
an anxious expectancy was displayed
| by the throng to catch the first
glimpse of the stately procession as
it moved away from the old state
house, soon to be deserted forever as
the seat of the commemorative gov
ernment.
The formation of the parade was
commenced shortly after 10 o'clock.
The national guardsmen were ready
to fall in line at moments notice,
but other organizations less disciplined
in military movement were somewhat
slow. All was hustle and excitement,
but it was soon apparent that order
would soon be brought out Of chaos,
and Gen. Lowry, the grand marshal
of the day, kept a staff OF aides con-
stantly busy carrying orders to the
various commands.
A long line of carriages stood on
South State street below the old cap
itol waiting for their occupants, and
occasionally could be heard the lively
airs of music discoursed by the va
rious bands and the sharp bugle notes
sounded in the militia companies. The
most prevalent sound. however, was
the hum and buzz of the crowd, like
huge hive of bees on summer day
The densely packed streets were YER
/ table beehives of humanity, and all
were seeking for points Of vantage
from which to view the procession.
Parade Starts.
Shortly before IL o'clock Gov. Lon.
gino a1d the members of the capitol
commission, Attorney-General William
williams, Maj r. A. Dean, Capt. w.
! @. Stovall, Judge r. H. Thompson and
former Attorney-General McClurg,
who had been invited to participate
with the commission in the ceremony,
emerged from the statehOuse and took
seats in carriages at the head OF the
parade. They were closely followed
by Messfs. A. E. Wells, J. Z. Wells
and r. A. Wells, general contractors;
Mr.. Theo. Link, the supervising ar.
chitect, their stats Of assistants and
the sub-contractors and special con
tractors who have been employed Oh
the building.
Next came the State officials. who
| entered IUtlT CdfildbCSf AChD"NN -
Mayor Hemingway and all the ON
eiais of the city government
Daughters Of the confederaey
Mrs. Helen d. Bell and the mem
bers of the Daughters OF the Conied'
eracv were assigned to carriages I'm
mediately behind the city ofhcials.
They were followed by Maj. and Capt
Lake, bearing the torn and tattereo
battle flags Of the Confederacy.
There we're many notable features
(, the parade, but the center OF In
terest was the Confederate veterans
The grizzled heroes Of the Civil war
marched with a spirit and enthusiasm
that won for them much applause
Many of them were clad In gray uni
forms. according to their respectiyt
ranks. and the infantry, cavalry ano
artillery marched in divisions Oc
caslonalIy the squads and companies
were led by a colorbearer carryl1s
torn ana tattered Confederate baf
which had been through many storms
Of shot and shell.
The band Of the First regiment MIS-
KIsgiDpi National Guard, clad 10 InI
regimentals, was the next In line, ans
discoursed lively airs along the I'M
| Of march. as did also the Second reg
iment ha1d. which was given pron.
nent position. Gov. Longino's stai