The Tupelo journal., 1903-05-15
Confederate Memorial Day,
Sunday, May 10th, 1908,
at Baldwin.

Association assembled in Baptist
church at 80 p. m. Officers at
there respective stations. Com
rade Rev. J. I. Cunningham of
Tupelo, as Chaplain conducted the
devotional services and delivered
the annual address for the Veterans
A select choir under supervision
of Mrs. Cora YouugbloOds render
ed appropriate music. for the oc
casion at church and later in even.
lug at cemetery.
Veterans We're under command
of comrade j. A. Thompson. Lieut..
Commander and Senior officer
present of lst, Mississippi Battal.
ion Confederate Veterans.
Memorial service held for COM
rades DR.. A. B Carruth, S. f.
Kendrick, j. H. Long, H. C. Med.
ford, I. J. Mcdonald, A. D. Sad.
Ter, T. G. Stocks and DR.. W. j.
Stegall on the roll of Veterans,
and for Mrs. Virginia .Abram, Mrs.
l.. l.. Burton, Mrs Tommie Lew
is, Mrs. Ludie Norman, Mrs. Sus-
an Stocks, members of the Floral
department deceased Of past year
A beautiful recitation exqusitely
rendered by Miss Marguerite Nor
man.
Short tribntes to the dead by
president of the Association and
comrades Robt. Gambrell, W. E.
Thomas, NJ. 7. McLam for the
Veterans and w. NJ. Cox, Son of
Veterans for the deceased members
of the Floral Roll.
AT TIE CEMETERY 5 P. NJ.
Roll call Of the Veterans present
by comrade J. d. Norman, Adit.
of the Association. Comrade w.
E. Thomas accounting for absence
of those i'll camp "beyond the
river" The little girls forming
the Maiden's Floral Circle of + i.
wyu, viz:
Misses Lillian Tapp, Connie
Ramply. Troy Bonds, Mamie Ram.
pley, Lula Caldwell, Marguerite
Norman, Essie Long, Belle Ram.
plev, Make Cummings, Lynet1e
Stocks, Annie Belle Stubbs, Rosa
Lee White, Ruth Norman, Dora
Walter. Tinnie Stubbs, Leila Long.
Edith Sloan, Jennie Lou Walker.
Gracle Paille,, escorted by the Vet
Grams, decorated the monument
and its plat in an appropriate rlan-
ner-thence went forth to every
spot in the cemetery where a Con-
federate Veteran was sleeping aud
decorated their graves with flowers
also planting at the head of each a
tiny Confederate flag.
Afterwards around the plat of
the Confederate dead, was per-
formed the funeral services of the
U. c. V. Then the general dis
mission and benediction and the
37th, annual floral decoration of
the Confederate dead at Baldwin,
was closed.
10 the Sponsor, Miss Willie
r. 5. Tison and Miss Mamie Row.
an, instructor of the children's
circle, to the Circle itself, and the
choir, the Association is much in
debted for the success of the oc-
casion-bnt then Baldwin seldoms
if ever, makes failure.
Next year the Historical Com.
mittee will make their report
Rolls of the Association from
1866 to date, will be read>and inn
perfect history corrected.
The floral roll has inscribed
thereon, nearly 1000 names of
friends from fourteen different
states, who IN the long ago, and
many OF them every year have
sent their choicest flowers to
crown the resting place of "our
dead.
This year donations of flowers
received from Verona, Pontotoc.
New Albany, Tupelo, Saltillo,
Guntown, Bonneville, and Rlenzi.
and the names of the ladies and
children sending such gifts were
by the Sponsor inscribeq on the
roll OF the Floral departing, If
the Association.
"By their fruits shall ,c know
them" There are several =,