The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-11-15
VISITING SPEAKERS SAY ARD.
MORE SHOULD BE PERMANENT
PLACE FOR HOLDING REUNION.

Too much credit cannot be given
Cap W. II. Wood for the faithful
manner in which he has worked for
John II. Morgan camp, United Con.
fcdcratc Veterans For more than two
years meetings have been held every
Sunday afternoon and the camp here
stands in a class by itself for there ia
no other in the state that holds meet
ings SO frequently At the regular
session held yesterday afternoon Chas.
b. Emanuel, Mayor of sulphur and
Division Commander of the Sons of
the state was present, and deliyereu
+ q very pleasing address. It was brief
IA, rcplctc with pretty sentences,
hursts OF cloquence and words that
brought cheer and comfort to the
veteran He said at the recent meet.
ing i'm Richmond that arrangements
wcr, lade whereby every chapter in
thc stg'c OF Oklahoma was held good
and al, dues that had not been paid
] hdu Dt'H l'Illlt'u' MS means lndt
every camp in Oklahoma Is IN good
standing Mayor Emanuel is taking
an active interest in the work of or
gahlzation and Is receiving much en-
/ couragcment from all parts OF The
state. He said ArdmOre should have
a camp of five hundred members and
that the state should have ten thous-
and active Sons, that tho dues should
be made fifty cents year which
would make a sufficient fund for the
support Of the tStae Confederate hon,
The speaker said a plat of ground In
or near this city should be purchased
and christcned Confederate Park and
that il should be used as the perman-
ent reunion grounds OF the veterans
of the state. Ardmore should be the
permanent reunion city If it is to nave
the safe home. The veterans In the
/ home cannot go 70 the reunions but
the reunion, can be brought to them.
: Virginia, Souh Carolina and other
southern states have done the same
thing and there is good reason why
Oklahoma should follow in their foot
prints. He quoted from Henry w.
Grady on the importance of not al
7 lowing traditions to die. The south
has been treated like other yanquish'
ed countries and 1t Is obligatory upon
this section OF the union to record its
achievements. The speaker took Tor
his subiec The Private Soldier and
said writer's and speakers mad turn'6
TO the Officers and away from the
/ ranks OF the army Nhlle the war
was not provoked by the private sol
der but in the record OF his achieve
mcnts he established the fact that he
was not AFRAID Of war HIS sunerins
/ has marked him as hero and he has
the record OF being the most danger
Gus soldier that ever went upon the
/ battle field. His courage rushed nm
/ forth and he met thrust with thrust
/ Here the speaker described the re-
urn home or the southern soldier ana
said being stripped OF prosperity IN
| spired him in his adversely lie was
in political darkness ana went through
/ a reconstruction period that Is WITH
/ out parallel lie scored the sons oil
/ Veterans Tor their neglect ana urged
them to become active
/ ProL r. E. Iucker' superlh'ehu'h'
Of the MilDurn pubic schools was
/ called Tor ana responded III MS u'naI
interesting manner lie went INTO MS
subject with zeal that at once
/ caught the sympathy oI the veterans
ana their Nlsltors' lie salu that
young men nav II charged 70 lhem
/ mat they are raulcal Dut III some
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