The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-12-11

ana lOl ultlllO lOuS dC pm tAAANAAN -
was. step by step. promoted TO lieu
tenant colonel Of the Fourth Florida
regiment. During the four years OF
that bloody war you uncomplainingly
submitted to privations and hard
ships. concentrating your best efforts
20 alleviate the pTivatiOns and hard
Ships of the Confederate soldier by
sending him such deliCacies. substan-
tiaIs and clothing as was possible.
and i'm writing to him cheering and
inspiring letters. and in suppiicatlnS
"a throne of grace for his protection
and the success Of our armies i'll Sc
curing an amicable peace, thereby Sc
curing the establishments of our below
pd Confederacy as q nation. When
The war was over. and those OF us
who survived its casualties returned
10 what was left TO us Of home, you
lovalIv stood by us amid the democrat
ling circumstances with which We
found ourselves surrounded in our eff
forts 20 regain our lost fortunes. As
soon As circumstances would permit,
YOU organized yourselves into a chap
ter of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy. and have Joined with
us by throwing the full force of your
intellectual faculties in securing. pre-
serving and perpetuating a true his
tory of what is sometimes improperly
called the Lost Cause.
I am commissioned by my camp as
slight token of love and affection
10 YOU and your honored president to
make a presentation TO her on this
occasion. feeling confident that any
honor conferred upon her will be re-
ceived by you as an individual honor,
will now proceed to perform that
pleasant duty:
Madam President of Dickson Chap
ter of the United Daughters Of the
Confederacy:
The members of Marion Camp No.
| IS OF the United Confederate Neter-
ans have long since admired your love
and devotion to all commendable en-
terprises whose object is the eleva-
/ ton of our species. mentally. morally
and religiOusly. Some of us knew
YOU over fifty years ago, laboring for
the upbuilding of your. church. with
the aid of such pillars of strength as
| Vi. Alexander. Capt. John NJ. Taylor,
John f. Williams. WhitmOre, and
| REYNOLDS. and others. After those
great men had passed to the spirit
land. We find you in the seventies
still working for that church. Though
il was then weak and feeble, with the
assistance of Capt. John Cordero and
Mrs. J. d. Goss and others, you con
tinued to work and pray for its pros
perity God graciously heard and an
swered your prayers, and today i
stands spiritually. numerically and fl
nancially as one, If not the strongest
churches in Ocala. Like Dorcas, you
life has been full of aims. deeds anc
good works.
b With love and devotion to the mem
DRY of Marion countys Confederat
dead you have smoothed their path
way by strewing it with flowers, aiC
ed the destitute. annually banQuete
them with feasts good enough for
r. king. presented its members wit
P crosses of honor, and as a CrOwnin
jewel OF your long and illustrious lif'
% with the aid of your associates, 70
j. have caused to be erected upon tn
a public square of Ocala a splendi
4 monument 70 the memory of Mario
- COunty's Confederate dead, which
d 4 the ages to come will be esteemed
T. being more honorable to you tina
d gems from the east and pearls fro
Z the ocean. or the diadems of kin}
], and princes. and will then be reco
Pc uiled not only as a monument to Il
u memory of Maion county's Confede
a,. dead of today. but as a monume
' to the members of Marion Camp al
% Dickson Chapter.
To am commissioned by Marie
IS. Camp T.. c. vs.. as a token of its 10
o i'm. memory of your useful life to pr
B. sent ro YOU this beautiful loving C,
10 -5 become your individual propert
D.. Accept IT,. Madam President. frc
1 loving hearts and loyal devotion
% YOU. and may God in his goodue
1f spare your useful life for many yea
.h 10 come.
.s At the conclusion Of Mr.. Longs {
IS. dress the reverence and veneration
% which Mrs. Gary is held was shoy
'r Dy the generous and spontaneous {
le plauSe given her.
- Tremulous with emotion, Mrs. Ga
q. responded as follows:
o. Confederate Veterans of Mari
iy Camp No. SO:
le Dear Friends-Tt was with inc
"a pressible surprise that | learned tn
)s YOU intended TO bestow this hon
he upon me- l can but family EXPIRE