The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-03-28
JOHN n. MORGAN CAMP MEM
eERs HOLD MOST ENrHusI
AsTiC MEETING SUNDAY.
THE ATTENDANCE WAS LARGE
Addresses by Messrs. Bass, oilmer.
Allen, Rumph and Gibbs Received
With Much Applause-Presenta
ton of Home Bill and Pen.

The Confederate Veterans met
Sunday afternoon at the district
court room and were treated TO "a
feast of reason and flow of soul"
by some of the best talent of the
city. The occasion of this bright
galaxy and the gathering of many
Ardmore citizens. including many of
the ladies. was the presentation 10
the John II. Morgan Camp of the
copy of the appropriation bill for
the Confederate Home and the pen
with which the chairman # the
senate signed It,
TIE first speaker of the evening
was Attorney j. A. Bass. His sub
iect was The Theory OF States
Rights and the Diplomatic Relations
of the Southern Confedcracy" Mr..
Bass delivered an able address. a
rare treat laden with historical facts
full of profit and instruction To
his hearers and spoken in an i'm
pressiye manner. lie closed his talk
with a pathetic scene that he had
witnessed In "A Confederate cemetery
when but a boy
Hon. w. f. Gilmcr then presented
a copy OF the bill and Senator Harry
X. Allen the pen with which it was
signed. Both made appropriate and
fitting talks for the occasion. Mr..
Gilmer said In part that he and his
colleagues did not claim all the cred.
II Of this bill. that "A large share of
1t was due 20 the untiring efforts
OF the noble Daughters of the Con.
federacy Of our state, but that he as
a medium with others through which
II was perfected felt proud of the
part he had taken in the accom-.
plishment of the work. Senator Al.
len said that il was pleasant duty
imposed on him by the vote of the
state senate to present the pen
to the John H. Morgan Camp and
that 1t was a source of JOY to him
that he had labored successfully
in the senate to have "a state I'm.
stitution for the deaf and dumb locat-
ed at Sulphur. but far more crafty
ing to know that the appropriation
for the Confederate Home was a
surety whore the needs of the time
worn old soldiers would he provided
for.
Maj. ID. ". Rumph accepted the
gift of the copy of the bill and the
pen as commander of the John II.
Morgan Camp and on behalf OF the
camp made an eloquent response.
Comrade Parker then added a few
words of thanks. He said that the
old soldiers owed a debt of gratitude
TO our worthy representatives that
they could never repay for the
great work they had done in secur.
ing the appropriation for the Confed.
crate Home.
Miss Nellie lkard, a regular attend .
ant at the veterans meetings, sang
beautiful song which was greatly
appreciated by the veterans, as was
the reading by Mss Romena BY.
mum.
Attorney w. ID. Gibbs also ad.
dressed the veterans He said in part
that the old soldiers usually did
what was proper but in their menu
of the day they had made the mis-.
take of reversing things by placing
the dessert first by having Mr..
Bass talk first and him last. lie
spoke OF these meetings as being
In no wise a political meeting nor
Of having any spark of disloyalty TO
the United States government and
hence We're entirely proper He
characterized Lee and Lincoln as
the two most prominent figures in
the civil war, each in their sphere
great men, Mr.. Gibbs talk was ap.
preciated bly, the veterans. The vet
Grams report that Sunday was the
most enjoyable meeting that they
have had for some rimp