The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-20
FEDERAL OFFICER on RESOLU-
TONS COMMITTEE.

the report adopted.
FEDERAL OFFICER on RESOLU-
TIONS COMMITTEE.
A call of the resolutions committee
developed the presence OF a federal Of
ficer on that important body. His name
is Colonel 5. G.. Russell. and he is ac-
credited TO the Indian Territory. Com
rade b. B. Paddock. of Fort Worth,
declined to sit in the same room with
Colonel Russell and in to a
chorus Of Take him off" Take him
off" General Lee substituted the name
of Captain j. J.. Kendall, of the Indian
Territory.
General Lee however, took occasion
to pay a compliment TO Colonel Russell
and aid he had some time ago written
a splendid tribute to the Southern Sol
der.
A telegram from the Grand Army
Post at Madison, Ind. was read and
received a moderate cheer.
BATTLE ABBEY FUND.
The report OF the Battle Abbey COM
mittee. of which General Evans is
chairman, was read. 1t shows that the
AVH ii SuoStli pun II
money, including the Charles Broad
way Rouss subscription, S2O6,OOO sub
ject to a claim in suit for $4,000 by
John c. Underwood for commissions
and in which an appeal has been made
Trustees will attempt to raise a fur
Their fund of $4,000. The Battle Abbey
will be built in Richmond, Va.
MONUMENT TO JEFFERSON
DAVIS.
The report of the Jefferson Davis
Monument Association of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, showed
that the committee now has in bank
for the purpose of erecting the
monument S69, 900 and that the con-
tract has been signed for unwilling of
the work in Richmond on June 3, 1907.
The report was unanimously adopted
1t is hoped to make the unwilling cere-
monies a part Of the reunion of 1907.
General Lee instructed General Lowry
of Mississippi, to draw UP a resolution
Of thanks to the ladies of the mOnu-
ment association on the completion of
the Davis monument. make it strong
yelled Comrade Jim Grow, of Sheffield,
Ala, and it was so ordered. The bus
mess of the convention was suspended
this afternoon and the annual memOr-
ial services held. The opening prayer
was delivered by Rev. DR.. Carter Helm
Jones of Louisville and Rev. Lansing
Burrows, of Nashville. The bened1c-
ton was pronounced by Chaplain Cen
eral William Jones.
ANNUAL ADDRESS TO VETERANS
At the opening of the afternoon ses-
sion General Lee introduced Captain
n. +. Harris. Of Macon, Ga, who de-
livered the annual address to the vet
Grams. Captain Harris spoke for more
than two hours and held the attention
of his audience throughout. General
Lee had barely announced that the
order of business was the selection OF
a place of meeting for neXt year when
from every part of the hall came shouts
of 'New Orleans" Order was restOr-
ed long enough to permit General A.
B. Booth, commander of the LOUISIANA
division to extend the official invita-
ton of the city of New Orleans and
State of Louisiana.
General George w. Gordon, of Mem
phis, commander of the Tennessee dl-
vision extended the invitation of Nash
vile, in behalf of two and a half mill
lion people of the state and if various
organizations of Nashville. G. w.
Baskette, editor of The Nashville Ban
ner was introduced and gracefully Sec
onded the invitation.
The check to the enthusiasm for New
Orleans was but temporary and on a
rising vote the Crescent City was de-
cided upon. The selection was made
unanimous.
DIXIE" WILL STAND.
General George P. Harrison, of Ala
bama, chairman of a committee ap-
pointed to confer with committees from
other Confederate organizations read
a report recommending that the words
of the famous song Dixie be not chang
ed as the sentiment of the old boys was
decidedly against it. 1t was adopted.
The report of the committee on reso-
lutions was read by former Governor
Fleming of Florida. The report en-
dorsed the effort to bring about peace
between the foreign nations of the Ear
Fast and expressed the hope that BE
fore the full MONDAY of this twentieth
century, Universal peace shall be pro
claimed and that all the nations OF the
earth shall have beaten their swords
into pillow shares, the spears into pruh-
ing hooks and nations shall learn war
ne more"
Major E. W. Anderson, nrst lieute-
nant commander of Charles Broadway
Rouse Camp, No. 1,191, of Washington,
d. c., offered the following resolution
and the committee incorporated it Ill
its report.
Whereas the bill before Congress
for the care of the graves of Confed-
crate soldiers buried near hospitals
and prisons in the north has so far
failed of passage by that body.
BE it resolved, That this associa-
ton of United Confederate Veterans,
in convention assembled, urges the
passage Of this bill; as a matter Or
right and duty not only Oh the part OF
the Senators and Representatives. III
Congress from Southern states but also
IS %koca fror, oil a%hor Cfafac in that