The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-19
The Fourth National Bank.

of the covenant. they all but see the hidden significance or It ail anq tne CTS that ever laid down their arms springs to life and the air is filled with wild cheers and hurrahs.
 The Parade Enthusfasm.
 On the sarst day of the meeting an an decorated streets of Louisyille and said favor the reunion going to a Yankee cold to entertain Confederate reu-
 sWihy look at the decorations" pro tested another Alabamian wno was Tn the party. T have been to seyerai re- snsbiy SniSn5 a1d aewsr as seL Lousve the city. is practically wrapped up 'n
 The first speaker glancsdi, ssresssi- a, prsi ident Roosevelt (perhaps the only one there) swung from second story win- dow, "oh. yes" he said. tRe @ dec9batt ebat signifs sGni sre xSstx Soxthns ns but out the spirit. Lavish decorations mean ooa. o.. lars and cents from , the 9rowds ,roseS fSr fSr somc enthusiasm from the people ,.oi oi more than have found" ~ for oh said hss tse se'oatai otser .aiabsmisns This for the parade. You will find all the the st1 psope sSe gsS frs n wifi ey more tHH than their share of it." The Alabamian knew whereof ne
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 them. Perhaps 2S,0o0 people lined tne ,s long line of march. and cheered unIii they were hoarse and and wavea srnra sanaHud sars and tired There were cheers for Lee, Tor Wheeler, for Buckner, for Duke, for Evans, for half 8 hnndred rHapss 2,ner5s e men and for the remnant of that famous old Kentucky command known as The Ors phan Brigade" thers were cHeers rwsbinh aS were unusual and, for the things which 1.ls were not unusual. The croWo was warm and enthusiastic and US enlnu- true American when he is deeply moved
 In an address before the, Sons s,,n oi ] yssssranFS ss,s. Prom Gnneras the State of Kentucky probably more than. three times as many men went into the Federal army a as went into the armies oi the GonisSe ,es tSe men from other states in the Confed, eracy had only. the enemies rom gu. U. their state to light; sgS, We haa sg'es welI as that although Kentucky furnisnss a,aisrs probably three times as many soiutsrl ths to the. Federal Army as sne aev dla tv y,th. th. in our State no less than thlrty-elsn,' , monuments erected to Confederatefs sol diers and not one is standing to snt me%1ry sSnws you S the s loyalty of Kentucky to inc cause of the Confederacy.
 The Part of kentueky' .o,d,a, The remarks of the oAd soloiet, , the orphan Brigade and the other men of Kentucky who went to battle undet the stars and bars of the CohteaeraSy ', record of those men, who went out to fight unequipped and uns'stahed py any any State or Federal Government AL,
 These remarks, teo, reminosSa inl, tSoso tnt ot Keotuoky who were of the South and
 who were of Confederate sentiment wesre the pick end flower of Kentucky manhood and womannood: NutaeiiIhai thar yet represented the braip. the culture and the influence of the State Of Henry Clay General Young did not mention who recalled the wonderful things achieved by the Confederate soldier in Kentucky In the days which followed the var Thh tSe %ere men shoS Who fought with Morgan who made up the Orphan Brigade, came home fresh from defea' and with the venomous charge oI trea- at the beginning outnumbered by their opponents wrested control of the state Government from those unfriendly to the South and placed rss aesLng saIaIgsr m 'ne
 Beyond doubt both Louisville and the State of Kentucky felt It incum- bent upon them to sustain the. state horses, beautiful women and good whiskey. The two succeeded well. The claim to this threefold distinction was
 An Aiabama veteran as he boarded his train for home on the evening of the last day said, Well, this ts the only town I ever saw where the peeo-
 If two veterans felt that they should cement their meeting after many years with tinkling glasses and a drink or the famous brew Of hent9ckS of ea IneTe re spend a cent. In more than one place the ruddy fluid was to be had for less than the asking. In one place hand- some young woman stood In a window and poured 1t out in the little glasses as fast as the veterans could crowd around her.
 at no reunion has the officers and the men who had to have horses been so well supplied with mounts. Tn Louis vile, the veterans secured the finest array of horses that 1t has ever been their good fortune to secure. The finest saddle horses in Kentucky and. there fore, the finest saddle horses In the world. were to be seen in the magnin- cent parade. Horses which had an an cestry as long and as proud as that or a We're De We're gayly eaparisoned, bore some of the old warriors through the for the big parade the stock farms which surround Louisville were tempo rarIly abandoned and their equine in- habitants were brought into the city to help make a Confederate holiday. In all, 1t Is said not less than 800 horses were provided for men in the parade.
 The star feature of the parade, now, most attention were two handsome traps pulled by thoroughbreds of naughty and graceful bearing; The traps were filled with some of the most beautiful young women of Kentucky, attired In soft. lacy costumes and bear Ing varihued parasols. Across each or the traps ran the legend. kentGciky i were given an ovation along the entire line. Wherever they appeared Tn ' he cry went up, "Hurrah for the prod ucta"
 All in all, both Kentucky and Louis vile acquitted themselves admirably. Well might the dozen bands play agaln and again My Old Kentucky. Home line. In the entire dozen there was not one which did not have stephen Fos- ter's famous song in It's repertoire. The band might have come rom ,,1o, L5ouis,ahIa' nStIa homa. 1t might be able to give the latest thing In rag-time, or it might pc able to negotiate something In the elas- sicsi line but Invariably it had to play s.AFy Cid Kentucky Home" as often as If played "Dixie" and everybody knows now Often Dixie" is played at Con
 Next to the traps which contained the Fxanftiekv beauties a Wagoaette hned 1eifh Alabama veterans attracted the at tentlon and comment Of the crowd. The