The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-27
WAS A GREAT SPEECH
GOVERNOR-ELECT n. E. HARRIS
CHARMED LARGE AUDIENCE.
Memorial Exercises Attended by an
Unusually Large Outpouring of
People. Band Music Feature.


People. Band Music Feature.
Memorial exercises to commence
rate the deeds of valor of the heroes
OF the sixties was fittingly observed
in Dawson Monday morning under
the direction OF the Daughters of che
Confederacy, WHO succeeded in their
efforts to make this one of the best
Memorial exercises ever held in
Dawson.
The BrOnwOod Woodmen Band
rendered several fine selections in
front of the court house while the
crowd was gathering.
Colonel R. R. Jones gracefully
presided as chairman Of the meeting.
After the invocation by Rev. j. NJ.
Cutler the stirring old song Dixie"
was sung by the entire student body
of the Dawson public schools under
the leadership of Miss jamie Bush,
which was generously cheered by the
audience, especially by the old heroes
of the sixties present. Two Crosses
of Honor were delivered to descend
ants of Confederate veterans, one to
Miss Kittie Allen, daughter of the
the late Capt. j. P. Allen, and to
Mrs Dora Cochran Hall, daughter of
the late veteran Cochran, who lives
in Alabama.
A medal was also delivered to Ar
thur Lewis, which was presented by
the Daughters of the Confederacy for
the best essay on the Causes That
Led to the War Between the States -
The Crosses of Honor and medal
were delivered by Colonel Jones in
an eloquent and beautiful speech,
which won much applause from the
audience. Two beautiful songs were
rendered by the Children of the Con-
federacy, after which DR.. T. D. Ellis
in a few we'll chosen words intro
duced the orator of the day. Gov
ernor-elect Nat E. Harris. When the
old hero arose to speak he was greet
ed by prolonged and enthusiastic ap-
plause, which should have impressed
him that he was among his friends.
He began his address by saying that
he owed a visit to Terrell county be-
cause when he was candidate for
governor the people of this pro-
gressive county took him on faith,
as he had no time to campaign here,
and handed him a nice majority. He
said the large number of school chill
dren present inspired him and re-
minded him that the people Of Daw-
son were living up to the injunction
to "replenish the earth" remarkably
and that if they kept UP the present
pace Terrell would indeed be the
richest and most pOpulous county in
the state He then launched into
description of ante-bellum and war
time days of the Old South, and his
beautiful word pictures of his own
personal experiences and observa-
lions of the deeds of herOism and
bravery of the boys who wore the
grey brought storms of cheers as we'll
as tears of pathos. 1t was indeed a
wonderful speech from beginning to
end, and it's striking effect upon his
hearers was evident because the
words he uttered fell from the lips
of one who marched upon the blood
stained battle fields and was in the
smoke of battle Of the greatest strug-
gle of modern times.
Governor Harris was dressed in the
UNIFORM OF a captain VI COulOuOAo IO
cavalry made from the same pattern
of the one he wore during the six
ties. At the conclusion of the speech
the Brentwood band played Dixie,
and the audience stood and cheered
the speaker, the ladies frantically
waving their handkerchiefs at him,
while the old Confederate veterans
rushed toward and embraced him
with warmth and enthusiasm.
After the audience was dismissed
by Rev. T. M. Galloway the process
sion was formed on the streets and
marched to the cemetery, where the
graves of the soldiers were decorated
with flowers.
The veterans and the members OF
the Brentwood band were later served
with an elaborate feast at the COM
press. Governor Harris returned TO
his home in Macon on the noon train,
and it is safe to say that he is more
popular in Terrell now than When
the county gave him its vote for gov
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