The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-09-22
MISSISSIPPI NEWS

collected after the wal under the &C
that was afterward declared ~unconsti
t%utiOnal and illegal, but not until aftcl
many thousands of dollars had been Gov.
cred into the treasury.
Hon. Pat Henry, Of Brandon, spoke III
favor of urging the county boards OF
supervisors to act on the law passed by
the last Legislature authorizing the
boards to appropriate money to build
monuments to their Confederate dead.
During the afternoon The veterans
were the guests of Gov. and Mrs. Var
daman, who kept open house, and every
one who called was treated to The con-
tents of a well filled punch bowl, at
which Miss Vardaman, assisted by
Misses Lyell, of Wesson, Gayden, of
Winona, and Miss MiYnlc Vardaman
presided, this being an enjoyable part
of the days programme.
The women and the mothers of the
Confederacy was the leading theme and
topic OF discussion with the Mississippi
Division of United Confederate Veter-
ans. To the memory of these women
there must be some souvenir in marble,
stone, bronze or granite, and as one in
splred veteran said during the discus
sion: Comrades, | want TO quote what
our lllustrious leader, the matchless
Gordon, said at New Orleans on one &C.
casion: Don't you fellows dare to die
I'll you see that monument piercing the
sky" This remark followed an able
and fOrceful address delivered by Gen.
{. Irvine Walker, of South Carolina,
who is chairman Of the committee on
the women's memo. ial, and is doing yeo-
man work for the cause to which he
has been assigned. The sum of $4,000
must be raised, and it must be raised
before the veterans nave all departed,
and they all realize that it cannot be
for much longer that they will be left to
work out the plan.
Hon. Clay Sharkey, Col. w. A. Mont
gomery and others of the Mississippi
Division wanted to confine the efforts of
the Mississippians to the work of erect
ing a memorial to the women of Mis-.
sissippi, at the capital city of the State,
as they feared that the larger plan was
impractical. Hon. j. G. Spencer, of Clai-
borne, however, introduced a resolution
lndorsing everything that Gen. Walker
had urged, and declaring it to be the
sense of the Mississippi Division that
they urge every camp in the State to
get Immediately to work and continue
to work un.il the money for the general
memorial is in hand or assured.
The question of compiling a correct
and authentic history of the military
movements and operations of the troops
and men of Mississippi, which has been
considerably discussed, was brought up,
and on this topic several members ex-
themselves.
The next buiness was the selection of
and there was a unanimity of
sentiment for the retention of the pres.
able staff, and these gentlemen were
by reclamation. These officers
ire: Division commander, Maj.-Gen.
Robert Lowry, of Jackson; brigadier-
commanding the First Brigade,
len. w. A. Montgomery, of Edwards;
'rigadier- general commanding the Sec
Brigade, Gen. George B. Helm, of
'reenville; Brigadier-G General Command
NJ Third Brigade j. P. Carter, of HAT
iesburg. The staff officers will be an
lounced later by Gen. Lowry, and it is
lot probabls that there will be any
han2es from the present roster, either
n the division or the brigade organiza-
ions. ,
The next pace of meeting will be }
Ieridian, which city was placed in NOM c
nation by Gen. Cameron, in a warm and y
speech, the only other city COM
ng in for serious consideration being {
'icksburg. Gen. D.. A. Campbell ex- /
ended a conditional invitation for the G
I'LL City, which he stated was for the =
eason that they wished to have their
meet there at the dedication
the Mississippi monument.
After all the business calendar was
'mpleted, the motion to adjourn sine f
.e was put and adopted, with the part
g signalized by the rendition by Prof.
band of the air, God be with r.
OIL till we meet again." and as the h
'dy of grim-visaged war-scarred men Il
lthcred themselves together to file out o
the building there were not a few =,
no, in all human probability it seemed, 3
I'd attended their last mundane re- st
lion. I