Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-04-29

observed in Macon through the
patriotic efforts of the Walter
Barker chapter of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Judge Percy Bell, former chan
cellor of the seventh chancery
district was the orator, the ad'
dress being delivered at the opera
house. A large audience was
present, At the conclusion the
Daughter proceeded to the GENE
terry and decorated the graves OF
those sleeping th?re who wore
the grey in 1861.
The Noxubee Rifles in uniform
and small band Of veterans oc-
cupied the front of the house. A
mzsical programme under the
management of Miss Edna Bush
was a notable feature Of the SER
vices, and was
/. Doxology
II. Dixie by choir and audience stand
ing, with cheering
III, Vocal solo, ''The Immortals by
Miss Lallie Dorroh
w. Song. "Tenting on the Old Camp
Ground by choir.
v, Song, Cover Them Over With
Beautiful Flowers" by choir
w. "America" choir and audience
standing.
Mrs. T. w. Brame most grace
fully performed the duties of
Mistress of Ceremonies.
Rev. H, M. King delivered an
invocation finely in harmony with
the occasion and the memories it
recalled, the audience standing
during it's delivery.
The bestowing of crosses of
honor was the next feature, but
those veterans not already deco
rated were too modest to so pub
lie receive tfTem.
Hon. H. H. Brooks, Jr., was
greeted with round of applause
as he rose to introduce the speak
er of the day. After a reference
to his pleasant personal relations
with Judge Bell Mr.. Brooks spoke
of the noble work of the Daugn-
ters of the Confederacy and the
character Of men whom they had
brought here annually to speak.
naming Lee, Hooker, Walter
Price, Emmett Cavett, Varda-
m1n and John Sharp Williams.
Some applause greeted the men,
ton of Vaadaman's name, but
that which greeted Williams
name was markedly greater.
Judge Bell has high reputa-
ton as a speaker, ard his speech
here justified it. There was no
oratorical frenzy or fashionable
outbursts, but cool, clear de-
livery, distinct and eloquent, of
a well thought argument, heigh-
tened by noble sentiment. 1t
was a speech we'll suited to on
intelligent and patriotic audi
ence, and pleased its hearers
greatly. 4s-.=
Lack of space forbids more
than a synopsis of the address,
The hcnoring. of their lamented dead
has been an attributecof'h humanity since
itslinception. and it IS well to recall and
honor the i!lustEious deeds OF heroes,
The greatest of Grecian orations is PERI
cles' Grafton or the Grecian youth who
fell in battle. The reverence I'VE feel
for those who stood shoulder to shoulder '
in tn. dread day of '61 demands ex-
preston. u
The seeds of tbe conflict then waged
to an end were brSught here with the
first ships that lS6ded the Cavaliers in
Virginia and the Puritans in New Eng /,
land. They brought two various and
and conflicting lines of thought, two
theories of govern rent, /
tvto opposing SCHOOLS of constitutional
With the growth of the
nation and the different development of y
The sections these differences grew,
greater and wider apart The Con-
federation was formed when the Vir-
r;nian idea was predominant. But
,loaer union was soon deemed neces-
,arv. and the Virginian statemen little I
imagined the ultimate result Of their
works in the Constitution.