Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1905-06-20

l.. Haines and Bassett Mitchell. Also
Messrs Isaac Anderson and Jesse Gar
man. of Loudoun accompanied the JEFF
ferson delegation.
The business sessions of the Reunion
meeting were highly interesting, and the
social and pleasurable features of the
occasion were the most enjoyable.
On Thursday morning Miss Elizabeth
+ lliott Lumpkin. of Columbia. SC, one
of the sponsors. furnished discussion
for the veterans, and with an old South
speech awoke again the Rebel yell. She
is pretty and has splendid courage and a
commanding figure. Her voice was
strong and firm and clear, and she could
be heard in all parts of the house. The
veterans cheered her every minute while
she spoke and her address was pleas
ing change from the Grafton work of the
convention.
Your memory will be fept sacred by
your sons, and if by any strange circum-
stance those sons should fail, the women
of the South will still stand fast and true, /"
said the young woman. and the conven-
ton simply went wild. yelling. waving
their hats around their heads and jump
ing upon their chairs IN their enthusiasm.
She sat down almost overcome by her
| feelings.
I'VE must make her daughter of the
Association" called out a veteran, maj.
E. H. Mcdonald of this county, trying
to make his way to the stage. II move
that we adopt her as the official daughter
of the United Confederate Veterans p
A thousand voices seconded the motion,
and it was adopted by a rising vote, amid
great enthusiasm.
Rev. Ell. Powell followed with stir
ring memorial address. They say that
eloquence is dead. but women has
shown us to-day what eloquenee is, !"
said DR.. Powell THAT beautiful South
ern woman who spoke to us was the true
type of the women of the South. The
words she said were not ideal compli
ments. Her figure was alive with passion
ate feeling, and you could put flag in
her hand and conquer the world.
A favorable report was made on the
Battle Abbey" with prospect of be-
ginning building at Richmond within the
year.
The report of Mrs. N. v. Randolph,
President of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy. was then read. 1t showed
that the monument to Jefferson Davis is
an insured fact and will be unveiled in
Richmond on June 3, 1907.
Then l wish l was in Dixie! Hooray.
Hooray.
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand,
To live and die in Dixie.
Away, away, away down south in Dixie,
Clear and sweet the words OF the ia
nous and beloved old song. that song
which has led many wild charge and
which has inspired men to die fighting
for the cause of the South. rose above the
noise of the great convention Thursday
afternoon, which was in the midst of an
uproar IN an endeavor to settle the i'm
portant question OF where the next re-
union of the United Confederate Vet
Grams should be held. The noise was
stilled as if by magic. Men stopped their
efforts to make themselves heard, to listen
t. the soft voice that came to them from
the gallery. The convention hall, filled
with its thousands of men IN gray. stood
in perfect silence to hear.
Up in the gallery beautiful woman. a
daughter of the Sunny South. leaned
forward. over the railing Her right
hand held standard of the South, in the
colors of the South. Her red lips were
parted IN half smile and her cheeks
were aflame with enthusiasm. Her whole
body was in perfect sympathy with the
soft music OF the orchestra on the stage.
She was the representative of the South
which she loved, and no cause ever had
fairer or better representative.
Away down South in Dixie" she
sang, and stopped. Her graceful head
was bowed and she stood, erect, splendid
and expectant.
The convention went wild. 1t settled
the contest. New orleans had won.
The young woman who sung and who
won the convention for New Orleans was
Miss Mollie Blanchard of that city. She
sang My Old Kentucky Home after
the selection of New Orleans as the place
of meeting.
The old officers We're reelected. as
follows: Commander-in-Chief, Lieut..
Gen. Stephen d. Lee. Mississippi; Com
mander Trans-Mississippi Department,
Gen. L. w. Cabell, Texas; Commander
of Army of Tennessee Department.
Lieut.. Gen. Clement A. Evans, Georgia:
Commander Army of Northern Virginia
Department, Irving Walker. South
Carolina.
The big parade took place on Friday.
and was nearly two hours in passing a
given point. At the head of the column,
as special guests of the reunion. rode
Gen. Zoe Wheeler and Jefferson Hays
Davis, grandson of President Davis, of
the Confederacy. The Courier Journal
in its report says: - In the Virginia col
umn there was carried in the parade the
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