The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-27

win. Little. weich and Cook. Were born of sires noble. who'd ne'er in-
 justice brook;
 And midst the brave ones who have gone
 no nobled spirits fell. Than Turner. simpson, ePosey. Clark.
 sapp. Carson and cornweii. He wiiI tell of Phelan, Johnson. Prince.
 Mickie. Pollard. Scoth And as Rachel mourned at Ramah. we
 murn because they're not: Gilchrist. Marrast and Summers. Hobbs.
 McCrary, Mott and Bayre, Eaton. Rison. Pratt and Bostick. proved
 what Southern men win dare. He will tell of Patton. McLemore. Hud-
 son, Kettles. Pettibore- Brave Deshier, sRray-haired Musgrove.
 and the young and gallant Stone; They held the faith, they fought the
 fight tho hard the way they trod, They gained the crown and now they ! rest. their home Is. with their God. ae will telr sof Abercroubis. Meek,
 Porter and Bethea, And the twice i've thousand privates who
 went down in the ffays We have sesled their faith with marty Who oD marehsd eS ass9 and starved % "a and died. de-
 liant. brave and true. He will tell us all of thousands who have
 died far. far away
 where their children were at play. Who pined and died nongst strangers
 with no kindred hand to press Their aching brows when dying or re-
 ceive their last caress- Call the name of fearless Ioitzciaw. of
 Clantori,s gallant men, Ss..a. Blob, >Bricken,S Shaver, Fillmore. wash burn, West. the Halls again:
 bert. Bueil-ca1t the. roll. Harris. Goldthwaite. Screws and Bell iinger-Maury. dauntless soul! Johnson's Isiandl cobbs and Chestney,
 the Henrys, Wood. Gilliard, viciers and Duffy. DowIing's flags
 Halls. Boiling. Cornell guard; Reese Hannon, Bragg. Dees. Whitfield.
 Crommelin. Barron, Stanley, spent Their youth with Morgan. Jackson. Lee.
 Fuller. Finley. crsnshaw-eoys that o'Neil, Oates, Sanford. Carmichael; Jones. T. c. and W. B., Surgeons, Mott, wyeth. sGaston and
 Michel. Harrison. Kidd and J. z. Sanford, Laniers. the poet brothersl
 Harvey Jones. the veteran tall, And Falkner, in his soldiers' home, can
 not the tenth recall. At wheeler's blast rode cavaliers and
 beardiess boys away. Bedells and Dunklins. Purifoy. Norton.
 Chambless wore the grey; Scarce lived or died man or boy whose Known or unknown. they're heroes. all.
 the half has not been told. Tell again of churches riaed. towns.
 Vcities, homesteads. burned, And the children who list to us, will
 their duty then have learned; They win hearRen to the story and
 wherever they may roam, They will love the old Confederate, who
 loves his Southern home i. All that the orator recounts has passed
 before his eyes. Iris writ in crimson letters on the earth
 and in the skies;
 Oh, nevermore may cruel war lay waste No more our homes laid desolate. by
 bullet or by brand. y..sN tf. Oh, sons of gallant veterans. daughters The true hearts of our sunny South need
 never know despair; Memorial Day has come again, our cheeks
 with tears are wet,
 The tale is told--the song is sung-we
  For wives and children, country, home
 God. honor, truth and right They fought and feil--and all the world
 has honored that brave fight. For us they lived. and died-alasl aye
 tell it OCT and OCT. Wreathe sweet memorials for the dead
 forget them neyernore.
 "Far Away" was exceilentiy rendered by quartette composed of Messrs Pierce. Lakin. West and starberger. Judge Carmichael stepped forward and intruduced the orator of the day, Hon. B. R. Bricken of Luverne. He re- counted the famous story of Major Broken, how as boy he fought at Richmond against the famous raider Dahlgren and having secured a taste of fighting ran away from home when his father refused to give his consent for the boy to enter the army. Young Bricken found 1t necessary to come to Alabama to secure admission, finally enlisting in Pettuss brigade at Greenvtlle and rerv- ing through the remainder of the war After the war he settled for his life work among his old comrades
 Major Bricken Is a little short of stature, notwithstanding which he has handsome presence. He Is the fortunate possessor of strong and well moduiated voice. His voice was subject to every rooduiation of thought and expression