Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-05


part, In addition to display Of the
complete equipment of the American
soldiers during the world war as well
AZ those of the allies and the enemy.
Cannon, machine guns, aircraft, war
and regimental flags. historic war doc.
1ments, 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 VII 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 in the
way of 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 long felt want
IN our state for building sufficiently
spacious to accommodate our great re-
unions, conventions. and other public
gatherings.
Such a memorial will mean that the
great heat of Mississippi has not for
gotten, and that in her heart and mem.
DRY her sons who served her and dem
ocracy in the world war shall live for
ever.
No man or woman who is true son
or daughter of Mississippi can fail to
respond to the appeal of the memorial
and a 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 Will Boost.
Harris Dickson, Mississippi's best
known contemporary author, is plan
ming to make tour Of the state in
the interest Of the plans Of the Mis-
sissippi Memorial Association.
The association expects 10 raise
half a million dollars the week of
June 26-July 5 for the erection OF
great Memorial Hall at some point, in
the state and Judge Dickson win de-
vote some time TO arousing interest in
the project.
A resident Of Vicksburg, one OF the
cities expected to make 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
Vicksburg in it's fight for the struc-
ture
H. M X. Smith, campaign manager
for the Memorial Association, will also
visit all sections Of Che state prior
to the campaign, and will deliver .
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 q 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
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 1.-The Blue Bird"
There are no dead save those who
are forgotten" is the slogan Of the
Mississippi Memorial Association,
which expects to raise half million
dollars the week. of June 26-July
for the erection Of a 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
comm emorate the brave deeds OF the
states sons, but will also serve as a
reunion hall, a war museum, and a
center of the states progressive sac
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
bronz. 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
& tho fund to be used in the erection
of State Memorial Hall at some
POINT In the state yet to be chosen.
The idea of erecting q lasting, lit
ting and artistic Memorial to the
states. sons who served in the World
War has taken hold so rapidly that
It hassnot been difficult for VI. ". X.
Smith, campaign manager to obtain
tho various counties.
A statsss loving tribute to its sons
viii be the, Memorial Hall to be erect
ed somewhere in Mississippi, follow
iur the drive for half million dollars