The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-04-27
PAY HOMAGE TO
CIVIL WAR HEROES.
GRAVES OF CONFEDERATE AND
FEDERAL DEAD WERE
DECORATED ON
YESTERDAY.
Under Auspices of L. ID. q. Chapter
Tender Tribute is Paid Those
Who Fell During the
Civil War.

memOfial DAY exercises nelu unue
the auspices of the d. A. r.
Participants formed the parade a
the city hall at 4:S0 o'clock an,
marched to the cemetery where ser
vices were held and the graves t,
The soldiers decorated.
Prayer was said by Rev. II.
Gavin, and Miss Jaunita Gardner re
cited an appropriate poem. The sing
ing was led by Mrs. j. L. Walker
Mrs. B. A. Lincoln and Miss Mar!
Lou Peyton.
Taps were sounded by Mr. jacol
Simon and a short address of thanks
to the Daughters was deliberated by
Gov. Harrison.
The following committees carried
the exercises 10 success:
To Have Grounds Cleaned Up
Mrs. E. I. Sykes, chairman; Mrs
John Smell. Mrs. X. c. Belts, Mrs. J
O. Banks.
To See That Soldiers Graves IN
Cemetery Are in Order-Mrs. J.
SturdiVant, chairman; Mrs. Annie
Gunter, Mrs. X. K. Banks, Mrs. q
Dempster, Mrs. 2. p. Landrum, Mrs
4. j. Gunter, Miss Ida Flemming.
TO Decorate Monument on Court
House Square--Mrs. ID. T. CASTOR
chairman: Mrs. G. X. Newman, Miss
sue Mae Lincoln.
To Decorate the Gate-Mrs. ID. f.
Robertson, chairman; Mrs. w. e.
Beard, Mrs. z. p. Landrum, Mrs
Leopold Loeb, Mrs. +. C. Owen. Mrs
c. VI. Ottley, Mrs. f. NJ. Leigh, Mrs
Fannie Loeb. Mrs. viii 0ttley, Mrs
Dabney Libseomb, Mrs. Frank ties
Ter.
TO Decorate the Monument-Mis
r'annie Worthington chairman; Mrs
r. G. Belts, Mrs. w. w. Humphries
Mrs Sue Chambers, Mrs. Sue Hud.
son, Mrs. b. +. Peek, Miss Bessie
Tucker
70 Decorate Monument in south
ern section Mrs. Archie Breast
chairman; Mrs. G. w. Boyd, Mrs
3crcrly Matthews, Mrs. T. "A, Stin-
son, Mrs. Robert Mann, Mrs. J.. 4.
vaughan, Mrs. f. p. Wilkerson, Mrs.
". d, Sanders, Mrs. W. Weaver, Mrs.
r. franks, Miss Jennie Vaughan,
Mrs. Colnelia Hudson.
TO Place Flags on Graves--North-
ern Section: Mrs. j. r. Sanford,
chairman; Mrs. Ida Sykes, Mrs.
John Childers, Mrs. T. o. BurYis,
Mrs. VIII Evans, Mrs NJ. h. Pater-
son, Mrs. Morris. Miss Ella Sherrod
section ,: Mrs G.. Y. Banks, chair
mhn, Mrs. j. NJ. Morgan, Mrs. NJ. c.
Vandiver. Mrs. S. D. Harris, Mrs.
Laura Patterson, Mrs. G. Y. Banks,
Miss Anna Banks, Mrs. Walter
Weaver, Mrs. G. Dempster. Section
8; Mrs. Jno. Smell, chairman; Mrs.
w. C. Beard, Mrs. VI. c. Cottner,
Mrs. Eliza Peters, Mrs. Daisey
Smith, Miss Lily Gregory, Miss
Elise Moore, Mrs Jessie Morris,
Mrs B. K. Sessums, Mrs. T. ]. Locke.
Section 4: Mrs. L. H. Hatchett,
chairman; Mrs. B. l.. owen, Mrs. r
r. Banks. Mrs. J. l. Sturdivant, Mrs
VIM. Pope, Mrs. Claud Ayres, Mrs
A. B. Funderburk, Mrs. Charles
Evans.
To Make Bouquets for Veterans
Mrs. j. o. Banks, chairman; Mrs.
Annie T. Sale, Mrs B. l.. Owen, Mrs.
E. c. Chapman. Mrs. Willis Garth,
Mrs. Willis Harris, Mrs. S. L. Caine,
Mrs. B. A. Lincoln. Mrs. Ed Buder.
Mrs. J. r. Maxwell, Mrs. J. I. Har-
rison, Mrs J. W. Garth, Mrs. S. B..
Hudson, Mrs. N. B. Patterson, Mrs
H. r. Simrall, Mrs c. L. Lincoln.
Mrs. w. c. Richards, Mrs. r. e.
Johnston, Mrs. Jesse Walker, Mrs
Eugenia Moore. Mrs. NJ. C. Vandiy-
er, Mrs. C. H. Ayres, Miss Mary
Stokes, Miss Mary Garth, Miss Bet
tie Whitfield, Miss Augusta Sykes
Mrs. L. A, Vaughan, Mrs. ]. A.
Stinson, Mrs. o. r. Griffin, Mrs. w.
f. Richards. Mrs. Warren Gardner,
Mrs VIM. Duren, Mrs. T. H. Henry.
These ladies are requested to
make three bouquets each and send
those ON the north side of Main
street to Miss Fannie Harrison, at
Governor ]. T. Harrison's residence,
and on the south side to Miss Kath-
crime Beard, at residence Of Mr..
Henry Beard.
The bouquets we're presented to
the veterans by the Callie Harrison
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