The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-09-17
YOUNG MEN LISTEN TO a
PATRIOTIC ADDRESS
BY GEN. FORREST.
TO MEET AGAIN
TOMORROW NIGHT
Important Business Will Be
Transacted at This Meeting
Big Attendance Urged.

Following a patriotic and exceed
ngly able address by Gen. ~ B. For
rest of Biloxi, acknowledgement Of
the Mississippi division, Sons Of Con.
feGerate Veterans, a local camp OF
tnIt organization was formed at a
meeting held at the city hall Thurs
1ay night. Prof Dabney Lipscomb,
member Of the faculty Of the Mis-
sissippi Industrial Institute and Col
.cee, was presiding officer, and Mr..
George o. Senter editor of the Com
mercial, officiated as secretary.
There was some difference Of
opinion as to whether permanent or
ganization should be effected at the
meeting Thursday night, but Gen.
Forrest, who has had great deal Of
experience in organizing camps
throughout Mississippi, advised the
heeting against further delay, TAX
ing the position that the time be-
tween now and November, when the
Confederate Veterans of Mississippi
will hold their annual reunion here,
is short and that the formation of
the local camp should no longer be
delayed. Accepting this advice, those
present proceeded to organize. Ma
jor B. A Lincoln, the efficient and
popular chancery clerk of Lowndes
County, was unanimously elected
commander, while Mr. V. b. lines.
business manager of the Columbus
Dispatch, was similarly named as
adiufant. II viii be impossible,
however. for Mr.. lines, who is now
i'll to at once assume his duties, and
as an immediate canvas for mem
bers was necessary it was decided
to name Prof Lipseomb as tempo
rary adiutant Cen Forrest re-
NAMED over here Friday and nc.
companied Prof. Lipscomb and Ma.
Lincoln on canvas for members,
which embraced practically the en-
tire city, and canvas of the whole
county will later be made.
The newly organized camp will
hold an important meeting at the
city hall at 7:30 o'clock next Mon.
day night, and il is hoped that
large crowd will be in attendance.
The address delivered by General
Forrest was forceful and logical.
having been especially interesting to
both Confederate veterans and their
sons. He stated, among other things,
that Beauvoir, the home for indi-
gent veterans near Biloxi, which was
formerly owned by jefferson Davis,
Is now the property Of the organiza-
ton with which he Is connected. and
said that after the present inmates
had passed to their final reward it
was the hope Of the owners to erect
on this site a splendid military school
for the sons and grandsous Of those
who fought with such bravery and
valor throughout the Civil war.
Gen. Forrest also sketehed briefly
the work which the organization is
doing in having partisan accounts Of
the Civil war eliminated from his
tories which are used as text books
in schools and colleges, not only in
the South, but throughout the en-
tire country.
The following gentlemen have al
ready Joined the camp:
B. Matthews, Battle Bell, D. S.
McClanaha1, G. Y. Banks. Brooks
McGowan, r. w. Harris, S. B.
Street, Jr., w. P. Pope, r. r. Johns
ton. J. B. Williams NJ c. Yandiyer.
Jno. A. Lipsey Jas, W. Lipscomb,
Dabney L. Lipscomb John A. Nor
ton, c. L. Garnett, B. A. Lincoln,
George O. Senter, V. B. lines, R. NJ.
Nickles, Seth A. Meek, w. w. Sharp
W. C. Meek, Davis Patty, Thos. ].
Locke, Jr., w. v. Frierson, Jr., H.
L. Whitfield, W. H. Carter, J. R.
Randle, Earl Richards, C. b Smith
IT. NJ. Cummings, T. W. Lewis, ".
r. Stribling, j. K Egger, I. /. Kauf
man, +. A. Stanley. ]. t. Johnson,
Oscar Locke, r. G. Munger, B, K.
Sessums.