The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1907-04-25
PRESIDENT NAMES
THE COM uITTEES
MRS. FRANKLIN, PRESIDENT OF
LOCAL CHAPTER OF L. ID. c.,
ANNOUNCES DECORATION
DAY COMMITTEES.
Colonel &. l.. Lincoln Has Been APP
pointed Marshal of the Day,
And the Program for the
Parade is Completed.

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| Decoration Day will be celebrated
on Friday, April 26th, the celebra
tion being under the joint auspices
of Isham Harrison Camp No. 81
United Confederate Veterans, and the
local chapter of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy. The customary
Grafton will be omitted this year, but
the exercises at the cemetery will be
solemn and impressive, consisting OF
and the decoration of the soldiers
graves. Col. c. l.. Lincoln has been
appointed marshal of the day, and
has announced the following pro-
gram:
The United Confederate Veterans
will assemble at the city hall at ten
thirty o'clock Friday morning, April
26th, and the procession will be
formed in the following order:
Carriage with chaplain.
Isham Harrison Camp No. 27.
f. C. Leech Camp, U. c. V.
Company &C." Second Regiment,
Mississippi National Guard.
Columbus Chapter. U. D. c.
Faculty and student body, Indus
trial Institute and College.
Faculty and student body, Frank
lin Academy.
Citizens and visitors.
Tho will nova in hnvo
order promptly at eleven o'clock in
the morning from the city hall up
Main street to Market, thence south
on Market to South Third avenue,
thence west TO Fourth street thence
south on Fourth street to Friendship
cemetery.
The procession will enter the GEM
etery at the north gate, thence to
Magnolia avenue and south to the
monument of the soldiers, where the
following exercises will be had:
Prayer by Rev. w. A. Hewitt.
Song, MY Country. 'Tis of Thee"
Ceremonies of the u. c. V
Song, when the Roll is Called up
Yonder."
Benediction.
Taps sounded by bugler.
Firing salute.
All Confederate veterans and citi-
zens generally are cordially invited
to participate in observing the day
Mrs. T. B. Franklin, president of
the local chapter of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, in an
nouncing the various committees for
Decoration Day, makes the following
requests and suggestions:
1t is the wish and expectation of
the Veterans and Daughters of the
Confederacy, that every person in Co
lumbus will take part at the ceme-
terry in the memorial exercises on the
Jwenty-sixth of April.
1t is fervently hoped that no sol
dier's grave be neglected, and that
due honor shall be paid to the mem
ory of those who served, as well as
those who fell, during the dark days
of the Confederacy.
That each member of the u. d. c..
may participate equally in this sacred
pleasure, the following committees
have been appointed:
Committee on Music-Mrs. w. ].
Mcclure, Sr., Mrs. John Mayo, Mrs
Harry Dashiell. Mrs. Battle Sessums,
Mrs. Willis Garth and Miss Edna
Johnston.
Committee on Soldiers Graves in
Private Square - Mrs. E. T. Sykes, |
Mrs. John Smell, Miss Mary Harrison,
Mrs. Nettie Whitfield, Mrs. John Max
well, Miss Anna Banks, Mrs w E. !
Muslin, Mrs. Oscar Quinn, Mrs. Sam
Harris, Mrs. Matte Mann, Mrs. T. o. |
8urris, Mrs. Alice Young, Mrs. E. X. |
4ide, Mrs. Hugh Hairston, Mrs. Will
is Banks, Mrs. Geo. Banks, Mrs. Lily |
Myers, Mrs. Frank Leigh, Mrs. Watt |
Iairston.
Committee to Decorate Monument |
Miss Fannie Worthington, Mrs. Os-
,orn, Mrs. William Richards, Mrs.
Robert Belts, Miss JEANNE Vaughan,
drs. w. II. Brooks.
Committee to Decorate Figure of
'oldier-Mrs. j. T. Gunter, Mrs. Har-
ison Sykes, Mrs. Mckinley and Mrs.
lily MAXWELL
Committee for Making Bouquets-
frs. VIM. d. Humphries, Mrs. Sue
Mrs. J. o. Banks, Miss
settie Whitfield, Mrs. Luke Whit
eld, Mrs. Simral1, Mrs. Dabney Lip
comb, Mrs. j. T. Searcy, Mrs John
avs, Mrs. Peter Weir. Miss Mitt