The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-09-21
MISSISSIPPI NEWS

collected after the war under the act
that was afterward declared unconsti.
tutional and Illegal, but not until after
MANY thousands Of dollars had been coy.
cred into the treasury.
Hon. Pat Henry, OF Brandon, spoke IN
favor of urging the county boards Of
supervisors to act Oh 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
Ninona, and Miss Minnie Nardaman
presided, this being an ~enjoyAbl. 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.
spired veteran said during the discus
sion; Comrades, l want to quote what
our illustrious leader, the matchless
Gordon, said at New Orleans on one &C.
casion: Don't you fellows dare to die
till you see that monument piercing the
sky" This remark followed an able
and ~forceful address delivered by Gen.
G. Irvine Walker, of South Carolina,
who is chairman Of the committee on
the women's memorial, 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 have 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 Il 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
indorsing everything that Gen. Walker
had urged, and declaring it to be the
OF the Mississippi Division that
urge every camp in the State to
get Immediately to work and continue
o work until the money for the general
memorial is in hand or assured.
The question of compiling a correct
md authentic history of the military
movements and operations of the troops
md men of Mississippi, which has been /
considerably discussed, was brought up, t
md on this topic several members ex-
themselves. c
The next buiness was the selection of I
Ulcers, and there was a unanimity of I
ointment for the retention of the pres q
mt able staff, and these gentlemen were l
lected by acclamation. These officers '
re; Division commander, Mai. Gen. l.
Lowry, of jackson; brigadier- l.
eneral commanding the First Brigade, "
W. A. Montgomery, of Edwards; D.
rigadier- general commanding the Sec "
nd Brigade, Gen. George B.. Helm, of 81
reenyille; Brigadier-G General Command +,
y Third Brigade j. p. Carter, of Hat n
esburg. The staff officers will be an y
ounced later by Gen. Lowry, and it is -
ot %probablS that there will be any u
from the present roster, either
the division or the brigade organiza- i,
ons. ~
The next place of meeting will be ;,
%eridian, which city was placed in nom -
alton by Gen. Cameron, in a warm and =,
oqucnt speech, the only other city com =,
g in for serious consideration being "
zen. D. A. Campbell ex. 81
nded a conditional invitation for the a.
City, which he stated was for the =,
ason that they wished to have their ~,
.rades meet there at the dedication
the Mississippi monument. Al
After all the business calendar was
mpleted, the motion to adjourn sine A,
was put and adopted, with the part.
J signalized by the rendition by Prof.
axes band of the air, God be with de
u till we meet again." and as the A,
iy of grim-yisaged war-scarred men pc
thercd themselves together to file out ap
the building there were not a few re:
o, in all human probability it seemed. Pi
| attended their last mundane re. ba,
ION. ro,