The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-04-26
Memorial Association Will
Not Participate i'm Ex-
ercises To-day
COZ. STOVALL NOT COMING
The Ladies' Issue a Lengthy Gard
Explaining to the People Why
They Were Compelled to
Take Such Action.

10 the People Of Brunswick.
1t is with deep and sincere regret
that The Ladies Memorial Association
of Brunswick have to announce to
YOU that they have felt constrained
to relieve Hon. p A. Stoyall from his
engagement to deliver the Memorial
address here today We regret
this for many reasons, significant
amongst which is the loss to this reo
pie of the privilege of hearing this
truly gifted Georgian. But we felt
there was no course left open to lis
which, in justice to our orator we had
invited and TO ourselves, we could
pursue.
The women of the south inaugurated
Memorial Day Ii belongs to us by
right Of creation ana discovery And
almost from the time when it's OBJ.
crvance began, whatever custom NAV
have prevailed elsewhere, the cere
monies of the day here have been com
mitted, us by common consent ana
universal approval to this association
Acting upon this established usage
we have selected and invited the
speaker for the occasion. We have
directed all the arrangements for the
day, either directly OF through agen
cies established or appointed by us.
We have believed it was our right
and our duty TO do this. And, there.
fore, again. the present year, we select
ed the Memorial Day orator. We Sc.
lected Mr.. Stovall, a speaker chaste,
classic and or lofty eloquence we for
mally invited him He graciousIy ac-
cepted.
Now, after all this was done. the
Confederate Veterans Association, con
trary to accustomed usage, and with.
out right, we think, aud certainly in
keeping with no previously asserted
claim Of right SO to do, for some
cause, apparently sufficient ito the
minds Of a majority Of them met and
chose another orator for this occa,
sion.
The custom prevailing everywhere
else that we know of, has been to
have but one orator for this occasion.
Nor has custom alone made it proper
the nature and the fitness Of things
time and occasion suggests the pro
priety Of but one So mucn so is this
the case that the presence Of two ora
tors Of the day must needs provoke
query and comment, STRAIN the stu
alton ana sugges, necessarily the
presence OF discord. Discord is known
when its presence is suggested
1t may then as well, and probably
better be openly acknowledged and
stated 1t does exist This time and
place are not Gt for discordant eIe.
ments to meet. 1t is fashioned and
Of necessity is otherwise.
When these unhappy and 50 much
to be deplored conditions were dis.
covered we endeayored with earnest
effort TO adjust and avoid them. We
did we think, all we could do to thai
end, in keeping with what we conceiy.
cd to be our duty to our invited guest
and ourselves After prayerful. dill
igent attempts we have failed to reach
a perfect accord, or one so nearly as
TO relieve the strained, unhappy and
mortifying situation And so it seem
ed to us there was nothing left to do
but to release our orator from his ap.
Dointment, and retire from further
participation in the formal ceremonies
of the day, for the present year. And
this we have done and will do. Our
duty to the dead however, will be full.
iilled but without GRAFTON or sounds
Of music or any form of ceremony
whatever. The ladies will quietly gath
er at the cemetery and yield to the
heroic dead their tribute of flowers.
There is nothing more to be said. We
would gladly have refrained from say.
ing what is stated Respectfully
Ladies' Memorial ASSN.