The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-09-08
VETRANS GAVE
ANNUAL BARBECUE
U.DC.'S ENJOYED OCCASION
GENERAL {. 7. SYKES DELIVERED AD-
DRESS OF WELCOME IN HONOR
or THE U. D. C.'S

city was given by the Confeder-
ate Veterans of LoWndes county
yesterday when they entertained
at Washington Park. The local
chapter of u. d. C.'s were the
| honored guests. Everything
possible to make the day one of
enjoyment was arranged by the
committee. Chartered cars left
Main and Market streets at IL
o'clock filled with Veterans
and Daughters, all wearing
badges and making an interest
ing scene.
This annual entertainment
means more to the old soldiers
than most people realize and its
good for them to assemble on
these occasions and listen to the
| speeches, "reminiscences and
friendly greetings. Especially
was yesterday enjoyed from the
fact that u D. C. IS helped to
make the time cheerful.
At one o'clock the dinner was
served and was delicious and ap-
petizing.
General E. T. Sykes delivered
the address of welcome in behalf
of the Confederate Veterans to
the U. d. C.s and was as follows:
Daughters of the Confederacy:
1t is my pleasing privilege to
extend to you on behalf of the
Lowndes County Veterans, joy
Gus welcome to our festive
boards and appreciative hearts
on this reunion occasion. Yesl
welcome. thrice welcome to each
and all of you.
Ny comrades, it is meet and
proper, indeed, it is most appro-
pirate for those who cherish the
memories of the past, and the
heroic deeds of their country
men. to meet together on aanu-
ally recurring periods and re-
fresh their memories as to Incl
dents of comradship on the tent
ed field, and to recall deeds
which have become historic, and
which have crowned their land
with renown. And on such re-
curing anniversaries it is doubly
meet and pleasant for all those
who share in such me mories to
unite their presence in giving
tone and zest to the occasion.
And who, | ask, are more well
come on the occasion of Con- !
federate reunion than the South !
ern mothers and daughters
who shared in the har6ships and |
trials of the COS? None. 1t was
they who, whilst enduring the /
woes of a prolonged war nerved /
the hearts of their husbands, /
sons, and brothers on the firing /
line, and encouraged them at
their posts of duty and without |
whose patriotic and self-denying
service, the war would have
ended in a comparative short
time, but to the dishonor of the
South. With their patriotic and
marvellous aid, rendered in their
homes and in the hospitals
throughout the South, our ban
ner though conquered, went
town in honor. Yea! by their
heroism our cause was not Who'll
ly lost. You Daughters, and you
Veterans, did not suffer in vain;
the life-blood of our slain and |
the tears of their loved ones was
not wasted, but like the perfume
OF Mary alabaSter box, It's fra
GRANGE fills our Southland and
penetrates the souls of her sons
and daughters of today, inspiring
a holy patriotism.
As the years pass we realize
that the roll of our grand
army Of veterans and their CO.
laborers in the Southern homes
during the Cos, is rapidly grow
ing smaller; yea, will soon cease
to be called, but like the Sibylene
leaves. the fewer they become,
the more precious they are.
My comrades, it is social axiom,
that occasional reunions of COM
rades in any cause is as vital to
the perpetuity of the sentiment