The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-05-08


dresses eagerly purchased for
S100, of wedding gowns woven
in the home loom. with cotton
blossoms for the brides bouquet,
of dances and merry-making-
The wedding of Gen. S. ID. Lee
and the lovely Regina Harrison
was described in detail, and at
the call of memory, the past re-
spOnded loyalty. Mrs. Young
made mention of a fact now
/ generally recognized that Column
bus was first to observe Decora-
ton Day bv placing flowers alike
on the graves of the soldiers of
the North and the South. This
occurred April 25, 1866, the incl
dent inspiring the well-known
poem The Blue and the Gray" +"
AS Mrs. Young's paper was con-
cluded. Mrs. Yerger came for
ward to present to the audience
| bridesmaid at the Lee-Harrison
marriage in the long ago, Mrs.
Ellen G. McCabe, now of Attain
: ia, Ca, then Miss Ellen Williams
of Columbus. Mrs. McCabe was
: greeted with warm applause,
and made charming little talk,
telling of that notable wedding
in the Sixties and of the tender
recollections that accompanied
/ her return to Mississippi. She
referred interestingly to the
work of the Atlanta Chapter
from whose regency she has just
retired.
After song by Miss Lillian
Wright of the College, whose
voice is lyric soprano, Mrs. S.
E. F. Rose Of West Point. his
torian of Mississippi Division de-
/ livered beautiful address upon
1.-The u. D. c. It's Object and
Mission. F" Last year, Mrs.
! Roses address upon THE Ku
Klux Clan" was a really import
ant contribution to Southern his
tory; this year she won new and
enduring laurels.
! She declared history the cor
nerstone of the organization, the
preservation of true history its
object, in following which, there
was the uplift that even attends
/ the study of heroic lives. The
very name of the order was
unique, sacred and significant.
The glory of the old South en-
circles it, the lofty sentiment of
the South, risen from the ashes
of defeat. guards it. It's mission
is to build monuments said the
speaker, but monuments take
many forms. There are those
of bronze and marble, there Sol
dier's Homes and living moriu-
ments in scholarships for the de-
scendents of veterans. There
are crosses of honor to bear tes-
| timony to the bravery of the
thin vanishing line of gray, "
and a purpose defined by love
which makes memory eternal. F"
The history of the u. d. C. was
briefly sketched. Founded by
Mrs. Goodlet in Nashville. Tenn /,
the organization at present, num-
bers $4,000. and has 33 State
Divisions. Though true to the
memories of the rast, it yields
| high loyalty to a united country
and its claims. Her exquisite
eulogy of Gen. Stephen ID. Lee
finished the address. After
wards, Mrs. Lessie S. Ivy on be-
half of the West Point Chapter
presented to Mrs. Rose, a mag
nifcent cluster of Gala lilies tied
with Confederate colors. and be-
slowed it with prettiest recogni-
tion of years of earnest, in
spring and ennobling service. !"
| Mrs. Yerger. then introduced
to the Convention the four schol-
arship students at the Industrial
Institute and College, one of
whom expressed for herself and
the other beneficiaries the graft
tude they felt for the great op-
portunities opened to them by
the Division.
Miss Evelyn Windham of the
College faculty, and a talented
pianist, added to the pleasure OF
the musical program by an at