Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-06-03
STIRRING SCENE
 AT REUNION WHEN
 YOUNG IS ACCUSED
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l stands for the honor of the .AlneriCEn flag and proper observance of the full rights of the humble:st American citize nand for the best interests of mankind.
 Sons Elect.
 The United Sons of Confederate Veterans todSs elected w. N. Bran don of Little Rock, commander -ln- chief, he received 222 votes against 100 for Garland P. Feel of Norfolk Va On withdrawal of MT. Feeds name, the election of MT. Brandon was made unanimous.
 The Sons elected Ernest G. Bald win of Roanoke, Va, commander of the army of Northern Virginia; Creed Caldwell of Pine Bluff Ark, commander of the trans-Mississippi de partment; Ray Stewart of Rome, Ga, commander of the army of Ten nessee, and Dr Thomas M. Owens of Mobile, Ala, custodian in chief.
 At joint session of the United Confederate Veterans and the Con- federate Southern Memorial assOc1a- tion, at which General Harrison pre- sided, 10. M. Laws of Florida was in- troduced as the only living major general of the Confederacy and lie was given an ovation. Cheer Lees Granddaughter.
 Several thousand veterans as- sembled early and cheered for many minutes Miss Anne Carter Lee, granddaughter Of Gen. Robert E. Lee Miss Lee appearid in black as the sponsor of the South, accompanied by Miss Sarah. Morris Lcech aLd Miss Ollie Gertrude McLaurin, maids of honor, and chaperoned by Mrs. Mary Ewell Pitcher
 The granddaughter of the Confed- crate chief was presented by Acting Commander in Chief George P. Har- rison. As she bowed to the sur vivors of the South's defenders there was a deafening outburst of ap- plause, the incident kindling enthusl asm for the old Confederacy. which culminated in repeated rebel yells when General Lee was pronounced l by Gen. Julian s. Carr of North Caro- lima as the worlds greatest hero. l It was Lee day. General Carr | brought the veterans repeatedly to their feet with eulogy of the Con- federacy ~Rebel" Unobjectionable.
 "Not so long ago." said General to deem us traitors, and Southern treason was the campaign cry of those who marched under the folds of the bloody shirt We are yet stigmatized as rebels by some Of our loyal compatriots. To the latter cpthet the South has no very par ticular objection. During the Christian era the three grandest names in political history are Alfred the Great, William the Silent and George Washington.
 "Technically the first of this im- portant trio was rebel. Actually and legally the last two were rebels, and the last named, greatest and grandest of the lot, was Southerner and a slaveholder.
 The Confederate soldier is per- fectly willing to accept association with the demigods and cordially adopts the classification, and we do
 with more pride and alacrity when we reinforce them and incalculably augment their glory by adding to their number the Militiades of the nienteenth centufy-the worlds greatest hero, Robert E. Lee, whom the South to rsmotest generations will ever esteem the nobltst person. ality mentioned in all profane his tory"
 Flag Origin Credited.
 The convention approved of com mittee appointed at the last conven- tion to award credit for designing the Stars and Bars, the flag of the was given to Major Orren Randolph Smith of Louisburg, N. C., thus set ting controversy of many years standing. Approval was given also to a report on the Confederate ms roriar institute known as the battle abbey. The institute just opened here embraces collection of per manent msmorials of the cival war
 At Camp Stuart today, where thou sands Of veterans are quartered, the first tra gedy of the reunion occurred when W. A. Hampton of Appomatiox, Va, dropped dead of apoplexy. Hampton was Federal veteran, a guest of Appomattox Camp of Con- federate Veterans. He was stricken at breakfast and died soon afterward in the camp hospital. lnclemcnvy of the wea-.NAr forced hundreds of the elder veterans to remain in the camp under care of physicians, more than score being cared for at the camp hospital.
 Despite the rain Richmond's streets resounded with martial music throughout the day. The ar rival of 5000 troops of the State militia and cadets from the Virginia Military Institute, who will partici- pate in the parade tomorrow, en livened the somber day. A floral parade scheduled for today was post poned until tomorrow.
 Veterans of the Confederacy on the second day of their 25th annual re- union, awoke today after night of cold, drenching rain, that reminde d them of the hardships endured in camp fifty years and more ago.