Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
CONFEDERATE CHOIR
TO sing AMERICA"
Program For Annual Reunion Cen
tains Many Interesting Features.

chief Of the United Confederate vet
Grams, has approved the program Of
the general reunion Of Confederate
veterans to be held here April 26, II
and %, made public by Chairman w.
K. P. Wilson Of the committee on
program and exercises.
The program deels exclusively with
those events concerning the veterans,
three days stay in Mobile, that of
the Sons of Confederate Veterans be-
ing separate. The convention Of vet
Grams will take place Tuesday morn
ing, April 26, deliberations being in
the auditorium at Monroe park, Ma
jor General George P. Harrison, COM
manding the Alabama division, as
sembling the convention.
Following invocation by Rev. Linn
Cave, chaplain general Of the Confed.
Grafton, the singing Of "My Country,
IT'S of Thee" by the United Confed-
crate choirs of America and the read
ing Of a poem Of welcome written by
H. G. Barclay, Of Mobile, by Miss
Vera Williams, the veterans will be
welcomed by Governor Braxton Bragg
Conner on behalf of the State. Mayor
Pat j. Lyons is to extend the well
come of the municipality, and Clar-
ence ]. Owen, commander-in-chief of
the United Sons of Confederate Vet
Grams, will welcome the old warriors
on behalf of that organization.
Great Choir to Sing.
TIE program for the forenoon ses-
sion also includes a song, "The Sol
dier's Dream" by Thomas H. Halli-
well; recitation by Miss Minnie Rose
Richardson, of Alabama; an address
surrendering the convention to Gener-
al Clement A. Evans by General
Chairman Jacob D. Bloch, followed by
a response by General Evans.
At the afternoon session Of the first
day Hon. L. B. Mcfarland, of Mem
phis, will be the orator Of the day.
Throughout the sessions Of the con-
vention the United Confederate
Choirs of America will render appro-
pirate songs. Rabbi Alfred G. Moses,
of the Jewish congregation, offers in
vocation upon the opening of the con-
vention on the second day, followed
by the report of the committee on
credentials and Of the committee on
history. Mrs. Emma Labretta, of Mo-
bile, will sing "The Last Rose of
Summer" Then follows the report
of the committee on Battle Abbey. In
accordance with the custom that has
prevailed for a number of years, the
convention will suspend business at
noon and take part in the exercises
of the "Memorial Hour"
AT the afternoon session reports OF
the committees on resolutions and on
monument will be made and then Off
GERS are to be elected. Aside from
the entertainment features of the re,
union, this will bring the delibera-
tions of the second day to a close
Thursday the parade of the veterans
will be the one big feature. The
route has been selected with the great.
est care in order to make it just as
light as possible upon the physical
condition of the veterans.
Sons of Veterans.
The annual convention Of the Unit
ed Sons Of Confederate Veterans viii
be held in German Relief hall. The
program has also been completed ane
it is very lengthy. There are a mum
Der of addresses Of welcome and re-
sponses. Mayor Lyons will welcome
the Sons to the city and Genera
Clarence J. Owens will respond on be-
half Of the organization.
While veterans and Sons Of Vet
Grams are celebrating members of thu
organization known as the Medica
Officers of the Army and Navy of thu
Confederacy will be in session in an
other part of the city. This promises
to be one of the interesting features
of the reunion. President G. B
Thompson, of Memphis, is to preside
A local committee Of the Mobile
County Medical association has pre-
pared an interesting business and en-
tertainment program for the Confed
crate surgeons. This meeting prom
Uses to be one Of peculiar interest ant
it may be Of vital import, possi5l.
involving the integrity and perpetuit.
Of the organization.
By command Of General Clemen'
A. Evans, commander-in-chief Of tn
United Confederate Veterans, Gener
al William E. Mickle, adjutant gen
eral and chief of staff, has issued
general order. The order concludes
"The number. of our dead has beer
greatly augmented during the pas
year by the following distinguishes
leaders:
"Major General Robert Lowry
brigadier general, C. S. A, and com
mander Mississippi division, U. c. V.
Mrs. j. Addison Hayes, daughter O
our only president; Major Genera
Zimmerman Davis, commander soutl
Carolina district, U. c. v; Majo
General Paul A. Fusz, ex-commande
northwest division, U. c. "; Briga
der E. G. Willett, assistant quarter
master general, U. c. "; Colonel J
B. Cowan, M. D., assistant surgeon
general, U. C. "; Colonel B. F. Esh
leman and Colonel R. E. Park, aid