The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-29
Daily News Special.

jackson, June Ex-Governor Noel,
chairman of the committee selected
some time ago to devise means of
raising the additional $4,000 necessary
to the completion of the purchase
price of suitable silver service to
be presented to the battleship Missis-
sippi, and to make the purchase of the
service itself, has issued the following
address:
According to custom, unbroken, each
battleship has been presented hand
some silver service by the state whose
name it bears, such service, when
artistically designed and executd1, be-
ing as beautiful as any picture, and
continuing, tastefully cased in. fine
cabinet, through indefinite time with
the battleship and its successors in
name. 1t can be seen and admired by
all who view the ship. Through its
officers and sailors, in home and for
eign ports, the battleship will carry
the name and fame and reflect the
power and dignity of our state and ma
ton.
Regardless of what any might have
thought, as an original proposition,
our legislature has irrevocably COM
mitted our state to the presentation
of a suitable silver service fir the bat
tleship Mississippi, and devolved upon
our patriotic citizenship the obliga-
ton of meeting this expense by popu-
lar subscription BY o concurrent
resolution, acts 90S,p. 265, the legisla-
ture requested our representatives and
senators in congress Ito use their in
fluence to have the new battleship
Mississippi to receive the silver
service donated by the citizens of-the
state Gin our gulf coast waters" After
wards our Legislature adopted the fol-
lowing joint resolution, acts 90S, p.
263
Whereas, 1t has been the pride and
privilege of many other states of this
grand Union to present testimonials
of appreciation for the naming of bat
tleships for such states, and
Whereas, There are honest differ
ences of opinion among the members
of the Legislature as to the right of
the legislature to donate funds from
the state treasury for such purposes,
and
Whereas, All agree that our loyalty,
pride and a devotion to our country
prompts us to extend fitting testi
monial of our appreciation for the
honor conferred upon our state by
naming a great battleship for our
state; therefore be it
Resolved, That Governor E. F.
Noel, Ex-Governor Jas. K. Vardaman,
Hon. Dunbar Rowland and Hon. J. N
Powers be requested to undertake the
raising by public subscription of not
less than seventy-five hundred dollars
to be added to the funds already col
lected for the purpose of selection,
purchasing and presenting silver
service to the battleship Mississippi
"All papers circulating in this state
are earnestly requested to publish
this resolution, and each member OF
the legislature is urged-to cooperate
with this committee by urging the peo-
pie of his county or district to sub
scribe to this fund.-
In compliance with the above reso
luton, the committee therein named
organized by selecting president and
secretary. Mrs Eunice Lockwood, ar
estimable and well equipped lady Of
Crystal Springs, Miss. at our earnest
solicitation. undertook the patriotic
work of aiding and directing the
agencies through which the necessary
funds are to be obtained, freely giving
her time and efforts to this noble pub
lie duty which will carry her to the
various sections of our state. Missis
sippians everywhere, especially state
district, county and municipal officers
and national guardsmen, commercial
industrial and fraternaf organizations
are urgently requested to give Mrs
Lockwood a cordial welcome ant
hearty cooperation. She is engaged
in most worthy cause and we be
speak for her active help from oul
good and public spirited citizenship
Do not wait until Mrs. Lockwood
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