Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-09-13

reunion Of WalthSlI's brigade in
oxford during last sumner. but.
wiug to the quarantine this was
abandoned. and 50 for the first
tine the followers u The kuightly
WaiLhall uet IN our midst in re-
anion- About - f1I1wers Fl
tins gallant general wc.c present
and besides these about 10 Fl
their eomFalIes who served under
different icaiers- After calling
tine veterans together on the
square the march began. The
Fir-J Regiment Band led the way:
70 lowing these were the mem-
oers q the Wa..h&u brigade car
rying 4 beautiful flag presented
30 this body Ct veterans by Mrs
Ross, daughter " Cen WalthalI.
Following these WIS the local
camp and behind the Lamar
Esaes lead by their flag bearer.
Chas- b. Nelson, and behind
those the hundreds of visitors
To see the old heroes # s.6i-65'
Is not an uncommon thing now
a-days IL the South. bet as the
years 80 by there Is more Of the
patho= than II former times; the
ranks are fast becoming thinner
and the lrrn and steady step and
and erect y ak once 80 noticeable
n young soldiers has been re-
placed ny the stopped form and
uneven tread IN most Instances.
the hair * most Of them l. now
white with tle snow that never
melts. SOON they VII heaT for
the last tine the beat Of the NUT
Led drum aud the clarion buele
call IL l. great si-ht t. see
the faces ~ tass gallant band
light Up and t1ei- STEPS quicken
a the mention II some incident
ot var times o. the sight q s5zas
Old eUmrade or relic If the DAYS
If carnage One inciieut calls
- mind another and thus from
hour - hoG. they converse aad
p over every f9gt uf the battle
neid again.
They arr living Witnesses and
me terrible experiences t.ey
<Ithstuod were - dreadful that
he memory u these tines = ea-
craven II letters Of EEe upon
tEeIr hearts Those we-c cavs
that trad Uen' s souls. taev v-er-
not fighting for power anI d0nI-
nation n1r gold. they were Mt
fighting flr pay tolel Out 6y
soGie aesp0t- taey =pea- fc1r Il
the El9ss terrible years ( AZ the
vrurl1 aas ever known and all for
principle alone. they knew taey
were right Wa. these zen IL
tar surpAsses the f=ass Of anv
peop-e - ans TIE II tne history
Of the void
The Coniesleraev de~z.oos,3
come Of TIE greatest generals lie
world has ever ka5xn. and fl-
lowed BY the ms. i5yal a.I ga
LalE hand Ct rzea that ever T !
the b2ttIsfeI4 This war vas
wOsflliy disastrous q shs S1usa.
L left her core ard bleeding ard
bankrupt: No homes. M stock.
a. money everything n wreck
aad rIia- Thsa q the nee e
s-lls great disaster they v-gre
forced . submit u insults es
vaglboa1s. thieves All e4--
thruats, vn0 held the p1sra II
officials sert 2 ~. a- than
\ more shameful sp1ea neves
shone upon Lz-ry's page thar
that 0f the reeeastrucl9a Of III.
south, and ". sfIer these whole
sale IndignIues tae South ms
arisen phoenix like and her
barns ara fuH, her cotton hels!s
white. schools anu churches
again aaOrn the hilitops, the hun
CT industry Is hard n the ana
and the stars aRd stripes are a.
dear ID the south as . arv CHI
zen x the Land. An infero-
class d people could never have
Undergone this terrible experf-
ence- Il shows the strUnc ranfv
character Of great race
Whether the veterans vii eyer
realize the h0n0rs they have vgn
l. d0GutfEi bu- 70 j. sure rsa5-
laUEels VII never fade. for l5rr
since the veEom51s SANDERS ans}
-ihess nave almost ceased ara the
South Is oeginnias TO De ace a.
Ell is due measure II pra Sc anrf
I recognition Ct the pr.Gs.u,e.s
for which il fought.
When the procession arrival ~
the chapel SEATS we're given =.
The vete-sns II 'front.' whEa the
people crowded IL filing ali r.
available space 70 1yerEowiro
Col J. " 7. FaIkner. Master
Il Ceremonies, after few happy
Introductory remarks, called on
Rev H. 5 sPsasins for the fnvo- !
cation, after which he INTRODUCED .
Hon. j. H. Kimmons, who gava
he welcome address. NJ. Kin.
2oEs \ = shor- but ~eiI =.i,i
sqeecA 5ade the Old soldiers
hearty welcome After Rim Con-
gresham Thos- SpIght was intro i