The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-29
THE ocALA CONFEDERATE MON
UMENT

haWklnsville, Ca, May 23. 1908.
10 the Editor Ocala Banner:
some one, possibly YOU. was kind
enough to send me a copy of the Ban
her OF the 10Th of April. with the pro-
eeedlngs of the unwilling ceremonies
OF the Marion county Confederate
monument.
II was a pleasant surprise, for had
not heard of the plan of raising this
memorial shaft until it had been com
pleted and dedicated. The ladies Of
Hawkinsville, Ga, expect to unveil
thelr monument on June 3rd. if the
contractor has it in position at that
TINE. 1t will be much like that in
Ocala. with a statue each of General
Lee and General Jackson on the base.
and one of a private soldier on the
top of the column.
In reading the description. YOU re-
port. or as the words on the mOnu-
ment proclaim:
Its fame on brightest pages
Penned by poets and by sages.
Shall 90 sounding down the ages"
II YOU have copied the quotation
verbatim, a sit is inscribed on the
marble, then the sculptor has made
an error. The quotation is from Faith
er Ryan's famous dirge. THE Con
quered Banner" and correctly reads:
For its fame on brightest pages.
Sung by poets. penned by sages.
Shall go sounding down the ages"
In making such quotations they
should read verbatim ct literatim.
make the corrected excerpt from Faith
er Ryan's poem published in VIM. Gil
more Simms' War Poetry of the
South" issued in 1867.
II would have been a great pleasure
10 have been with the good women OF
Dickson Chapter and my camrades Of
Marion Camp on that occasion. | vas
with the camp and chapter in Athens.
Ga, on the Goth. when the ceremOn-
les were held in the chapel of the
State University.
Last years memorial day the ladies
Of Sidney Lanier Chapter. Macon, Ga.
! levied on your humble servant. At
present l am grooming myself for the
big reunion at Birmingham in June,
where l hope to meet a large delega-
ton from the Alligator State"
The Cracker State is in the throes
of the warmest political campaign eX-
perienced since Reconstruction. ~
Little Joe Brown" conducting a very
quiet campaign, has gotten big HOke
Smith" thoroughly frightened, and
the conditions justify the wild fears
of the governor, causing him to rush
over the state as fast as steam and
wheels can take him, making some
times two and three speeches a day,
and for the future. up to the day OF
the primary. engaged for speeches.
At the inception of Little Joe's'
candidacy Big Hoke" regarded IL as
a huge joke. and announced that he
would treat it with silent contempt
making one address each in the eleven
congressional districts. But the land
slide of ballots away from his follow
ling thoroughly alarmed the governor
and he is now making a rushing, hu-
ricane campaign, trying to hold "a
much of his former following as he
can to his failing fortunes.
The agony is over in the Alligator
State"-that of the first primary
lover here in the Cracker State there
will be but one primary. as there are
but two candidates for governor. ant
the possibility of a tie is exceedingly
remote.
At this writing the result in FlOrid;
lis not sufficiently known here to tel
whether you people will have to en-
dure a second primary.
G. n. SAUSSY.