Lower coast gazette., 1909-06-19
and heard my message. want to listen
to yours. Let me hear it again as you
have all heard it SO often in the charge
Let me hear the rebel yell"
And Ailn,t fhnv Nnll2

AND ulun tnes !th.
You could hear Jackson's legions thun'
lerinc down the slope and catch the dust
Forests brigade gathering by like G
a whirlwind in that yell. 1t came AGAIN
and again, circled three times from the
pit to the very peaks Of tho roof OF the
great building and died away in a hum OF
laughter and approval that bordered h
upon tears. -. g
A Gen. Evans took his seat amid a "
storm OF applause following the giving OF Il
the veil, which by the way got the dear i
old boys into good trim for enjoying the Y
rest of the proceedings and "limbered i
up" the gathering nightly, the cheering c
broke out afresh and was caught up from ,
the four corners of the building BY tine
great audience and tossed back and forth
in a storm of applause. Gov. Patterson
was seen moving smilingly toward the
center of the stage.
The Governor was gracefully intro
duced by Major-General Mcdowell, and
was cheercd again as he stepped forth 10
deliver his address. In the meantime,
however, the choirs in the rear had Gre
atcd a diversion by breaking into the roll
licking song of Dixie" a song that never
fails to find vociferous response from
any American gathering, North or South.
The solo was rendered by Mrs. Ed
wards, and the instrumental accomPanl'
;. ment was given by Saxby's band. inc
introduction to the song was one OF the
, most picturesque and startling events OF
, the convention. At the right OF the so
loist. lust at the center of the tors OF
seats on the back Of the stage occupied
!, by the chairs, a jaunty little maid IN
crimson uniform arose and sounded las
Z sembly" upon the bugle. 1t was Miss
Beatrice Bingham, of Memphis.
Deliberately, clearly, with exqu's'te'y
4 modulated cadence, the notes of the we'll
known call rang out as the choir with
one motion arose in its place. And be-
- fore the breathless audience could guess
"A what was coming next the whole hun
70 dred or 80 of them had plunged into the
y. soul.stirrins challenge of Dixie's strains
~ It was several minutes before the aP'
~. plause died down and Gov. Patterson
hr was introduced and began his address.
Gov. Patterson is one of the great ora
"a tors of the South. Of commanding pres
ence and powerful voice, he never speaks
"a. without delivering a message. lher'
ID. was considerable disorder in the hall a
Of. he began, for the enthusiasm stirred b.
led the song and by his own appearance ma
no stirred the people deeply; but in a fe'
20 moments the house was absolutely quiet
Tho and until the peroration with its ringln
IA sentiment swept them off their feet tn
all great gathering gave him the most ma
nit. tering attention saving when the feelln
pbt evoked by his sentiments provoked the
nee. into stormy applause, as it frequent
ass. did.
nh+ At the close of Gov. Pattersons a
eo;r dress the Confederate choirs scored q
other success in the song, "Maryland, NJ
tho MARYLAND" This evoked generous a
It'll plause, ending with the real old reo
Iyeii, following which Major-General N
,oer Dowell turned over the gavel to Ge
mo- EVANS and the convention went into I
n;nc transaction of business.
ouI Gen, Evans read his annual repo
ruth which was rece,'eo WIZ" "" ~f
It is ions Of approval. :,
live Gen. Clement A. Evans introduced I
NH. annual orator of the United Conteders
Veterans. Gen. Theodore S. Garnett,
,r;tv Virginia, whose Grafton was one OF
y Of most profoundly optimistic and schola
ever delivered before that body. &
+hev Garnet spoke with a powerful voice 9
,ther perfect enunciation. The interest
NOW corded him was all that the most exc
ouos ing orator could have demanded. 1t
,.uv peppered and sailed literally with
trong plause. =
h 70 Following Gen. Garnett's grafton, S
by's band rendered a medley Of South
.b,;ce airs. and Gen. Evans was about to in
little. duce the next speaker, when some
'ntrv. Confederate cried out:
:, +h;a "Dixie! Give us Dixie!"
hu;]d. The cry was taken up. 1t came +
and all quarters of the house. Prof. Sa'
,.;m. who was in the act Of taking his
wavered, smiled, and with indulgent {
aa vor humor, lifted his baton. The strain
=. IN. "Dixie" crashed upon the tumult
ILL oLooro fop nrn.nmlnc
f well strove VIII cnee's luz P''n
bis, MAYBE the old boys in gray don't
oncc "Dixie!"
nblage Coz. Lewis 'u'o"' u Ne" V'',"l''
der.;n. then introduced, and appealed eloque
te,.ns to the veterans and their friends to
n Tho I'D the work of erecting suitable m
ments to the brave Confederate {
T. citing what had been accomplishe
search. this direction by the Federal survive
hoo Of the war. He admitted the disparit
o+bor. financial means between the two sect
,ce;ved but urged that the people OF the 5
al an should do what they could to perpe'
d;ence the m of their heroes before
n.ch;ef last of them shall have passed a
would Col. A. j. Harris, Of the monument
If each mlttee, read MS report oo'' D. a.
before ningham, Of the Veteran, spoke b
ect, he on behal1 OF MS P"o''ca''vn' anu w.
nse he vent'on ADJOURNED uh''' "eu'e''''
as he
.ch II Carries Flag He Bore Through Ba
made a Bearing the flag he carried thro'
MS and score OF the hardest battles OF the
A. c. Presley, OF Monroe, n. T.,
le stood sergeant Of the Forty-eighth North