Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-06-05


soldiers during the yorld war as well
as those of the allies and the. enemy
Cannon, machine guns, aircraft, waI
and regimental flags. historic war doc
uments, 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 cduca
tional and historical feature of the me-
mortal
Great Reunion Hall.
The Hall Of Reunion will be equipped
with every modern accessory i'll the
way of great stage, lighting effects,
etc, and will have a 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 a building sufficiently
spacious to accommodate our great re-
unions, conventions, and other public
gatherings.
Such a memorial will mean that the
great heart 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
cause nor to realize that it is an honor
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, M:ss;ssippi's best
known contemporary author, is plan.
ming to make tour of the state in
the interest of the plans Of tie Mis-
sissippi Memorial Association.
The association expects 10 raise
half a million dollars the week Of
June 2G-July for the erection of a
great Memorial Hall at some point in
the state and Judge Dickson VIII de-
vote come time to arouslng 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 ho
is much more interested in the build
ing of the Memorial Hall than in it's
location although he expects to help
Vicksburg in its fight for the struc-
ture.
H NJ X. Smith, campaign manager
for the Memorial Association, VIII also
visit all sections of the state prior
to the campaign, and will deliver q
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.
We is a speaker Of unusual charm
and force, and has many friends in
ell parts of the state. He is q 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 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 a million
~ nn1y Nf Inn mi K
for the erection of State Memorial
Hall in honor of the Mss.ssippians
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
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 ate Memorial Hall at some
pointI l the state yet to be chosen.
The idea Of erecting q, 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 H. M K.
Smith, campaign manager, to obtain
helpers in the various counties.
A states loving tribute to its sons
will be the Memorial Hall to be erect
ed somewhere in Mississippi, follow