The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-06-05

soldiers during the world war as we'll
as those of the allies and the enemy.
Cannon, machine guns, aircraft, war
and regimental flags, historic war doc.
nments, trophies captured ny our sol.
diers. portraits Of our war heroes, and.
in fact, everything Of historic interest
and value bearing on the war history
OF Mississippi.
The War Museum will be the educA
tional and historical feature OF the me.
mortal.
| Great Reunion Hall.
The Hall Of Reunion will be equipped
with every modern accessory iii the
way of q great stage, lighting effects,
etc., and will have seating capacity
OF several thousand people. This is
the practical utility feature OF the me.
mortal and should fill a long felt want,
in our state for a building sufficiently
| spacious to accommodate our great re-
unions, conventions, and other public
gatherings.
Such memorial will mean that the
great heart Of Mississippi has not for
| gotten, and that in her heart and mem
CRY her sons who served her and dem
| ocracy in the world war shall live for.
| ever
No man orwoman who is a true son
or daughter of Mississippi can fail to
respond to the appeal of the memorial
cause nor to realize that it is an honor
and privilege to help to make the
erection of our Hall Of Blessed Mem
cries possible.
| Let your name be one of those re-
| corded in the Court of Honor as one OF
| those who did not forget.
| Noted Author Viii Boost
Harris Dickson, Mississippi's best
known contemporary author is plan
ming to make a tour Of the state In
the interest Of the plans Of the Mis-
sissippi Memorial Association.
| The association expects TO raise
half million dollars the week Of
June 26-July for the erection. of a
great Memorial Hall at some point in
the state and Judge Dickson will de-
vote some time to arousing interest in
the project
A resident Of Vicksburg, one OF the
cities expected to make a hard fight
for the location of the handsome
building, Judge Dickson declares he
is much more interested in the build
ing of the Memorial Hall than in its
location, although he expects to help
| Job in ifo finh ho
| ture
H. M. X. Smith, campaign manager
for the Memorial Association, will also
| visit all sections of the state prior
to the campaign, and will deliver a
number of addresses.
Mr.. Smith served as campaign d.
rector Of the famous Red Cross drive
in which Mississippi broke all records
by raising more than a million dol
lars.
! He is speaker of unusual charm
and force, and has many friends in
| all parts of the state He is a New
Yorker, who served in the British
ambulance corps prior to the entrance
| Of the United States into the war, and
later in the ordnance department Of
the American forces as captain.
Adopt "The clue Bird"
There are no dead save those who
are forgotten" is the slogan of the
| Mississippi Memorial Association,
! which expects to raise half a million
| dollars the week of June 26-July 5
| for the erection Of State Memorial
Hall in honor of the Mississippians
who served in the World-War.
The motto of the Association is
from Maeterlinck's play, "The Blue
| Bird"
| The Memorial Hall will not only
commemorate the brave deeds OF the
states sons, but will also serve as
| reunion hall, war museum, and a
center of the states progressive ac-
tivities, so that the ideals for which
| America fought may be preserved and
protected.
| The name of every person contrib
uting to the Memorial Fund will be
| preserved in bronze-bound volumes,
within the Court of Honor where
bronze tablets will bear the names Of
every Mississippi fighter.
Prominent men in every county In
Mississippi will serve as county
chairmen in the drive for half mil
| lion dollars the week Of June 26-July
| 5, the fund to be used In the erection
] Of a State Memorial Hall at some
point in the state yet to be chosen.
The idea Of erecting lasting, fit
| ting and artistic Memorial to the
states sons who served in the World
| War has taken hold so rapidly that
it has not been difficult for III. M. X.
Smith, campaign manager, to obtain
helpers in the various counties.