Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-04-29
DECORATION DAY.


Of the United Daughters Of the Con.
federacy as Decoration day. One Of
the works Of this great society Of
Southern women has been to keep
and care for the cemeteries in which
are buried the uncrowned heroes Of
The Lost Cause, and once each year.
in the spring time, to decorate those
unIettered graves, and by fitting me-
mortal services to pay homage, which
is so Justly due, to those chivalric
"Legions of Honor"
Owing to the unusually bad weather
it was impossible to decorate the
graves at this time. but very impress
sive memorial exercises were conduct.
ed at the Parchman Hall, and while
many Of the people of our community
were not present, on account of the
bad weather, which is deeply to be
regretted, we'll may we be assured
4 that under the guidance Of the United
4 Daughters of the Confederacy, as was
evidenced by the exercises on this &C.
casion, the truth of history" will be
perpetuated unto posterty. The pro-
gramme was as follows:
Invocation, Rev. A. P. Pugh.
Doxology Choir
/ Massas in de Coz Col Groun',
Miss Ward and choir.
Cover them over, Choir,
Address, Hon C. J. Leftwich,
Tenting OF the Old Camp Ground,
Messrs. Ellis, Henson, Gardner and
4 French,
Benediction, Rev. j. w. Mosley.
Mayor H. L. Morrison was Master
Of Ceremonies.
The choir, composed Of Miss Ward,
/ Mesdames Morrison, Morgan, E.
Parchman, H. F. Waller and C.
Parchman and Messrs. Ellis, Henson,
Gardner, French and Abernethy, was
one Of the best that has been heard
here in quite long while and the old
Southern songs they sang brought tears
to the eyes of many Of the Confeder-
ate Veter ans and others Of the audi
ance.
Too much can not be said in pra Sc
Of the address Of the Hon. G. j. Left
witch of Aberdeen. 1t was master
I full effort, and it would have been we'll
for every man, woman and child in
Chickasaw county to have heard it.
! MIR. Leftwich made strong plea for
the preservation Of the old Southern
standard Of personal honor as opposed
to the modern mania for money. The
central idea of his speech was of the
lessons we might learn by a thought
full study Of ante bellum conditions as
contrasted with those Of our own day
and, in this connection he pointed
out that the leisure afforded the masters
by reason of the slave regime tended
to the development of craftsmanship
among men and Of the finer graces
among the women. The speaker paid
fine tribute to the women Of that day
and of this. He declared that there
is now going OH about us, almost I'M
noticed, the greatest socia! revolution
Of history. He showed how the bust
ness world had been opened to wo-
men, and he contrasted their position
before the war with that of the present
day. Probably the best taken point in
the address was that based upon the
fact that slavery put discount upon
individual industry. Today the man
Of ability is the motive power Of the
world. By our own ability. by our
own efforts we raise or fall and this
is as it should be. And SO, the speak
er we'll drew the conclusion that we
have won, rather than that we have
lost, that the trend Of affairs has been
but the magical working out Of be-
niqn Providence.
In conclusion Mr.. Leftwich express
sed his appreciation Of the power Of
women in the social compact" we
call society" and his confidence in
their ability to save our civilization
from the snares and pitfalls which
beset it. These, declared he, are some
Of the truths which history teaches.
A hurry telephone call was received
by Sheriff Bean Tuesday evening