Hinds-Statewide County MsArchives News.....HINDS COUNTY CONFEDERATE MONUMENT TO BE UNVEILED ON NEXT WEDNESDAY April 1908 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/ms/msfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Pattie Snowball http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00017.html#0004072 October 8, 2007, 8:44 pm Hinds County Gazette April 1908 HINDS COUNTY CONFEDERATE MONUMENT TO BE UNVEILED ON NEXT WEDNESDAY Several Thousand People Will Gather In Historic Old Raymond To Pay Tribute To The Confederate Dead PROGRAM Master of Cermonies____Capt. W.T. Ratliff Invocation_____________Rev. P.A. Haman MUSIC Adress_________________Hon. A. Puryear UNVEILING MUSIC Address___________Mrs. Sara D. Eggleston Address________Mrs. Helen Belle McClurg MUSIC Address______________Hon. Charles Scott MUSIC DINNER LOVE FEAST Brief Address________Confederate Veterans Marshall___________Col. W.A. Montgomery Assistant Marshall_______Hon. Clay Sharkey Procession forms in front of Court House at 10 A.M. to meet train. Music by Jackson Band. A well filled basket will be expected from everyone who wishes this a success. AN APPEAL TO COUNTY CITIZENS Veterans to Fall in Line at Depot and Ride to Court House Under Command of Col. W.A. Montgomery, Marshal of the Day. _____________ Next Wednesday , April 29th, is the day fixed for the unveiling of the Confederate monument here. The people of Raymond are organized for the great work of entertaining the large crowds of visitors that will be here on the occasion. But they should not be left to do it all, for it is a county affair. We call upon our country friends to come to our aid that day with well filled baskets. All veterans are expected to gather at the depot preparatory to marching in a body to the court house. It is desirable that such as can should come on horse back and ride up in double column under command of the marshal of the day, Col. W.A. Montgomery. _______________ ADDRESSES. Hon. Chas. Scott, of Rosedale, former candidate for governor, and one of the foremost lawyers and planters in the south, himself an old Hinds County Veteran, will deliver the principal address Wednesday. Mr. Scott’s acceptance has been received by the committee on arrangements. The Jackson Board of Trade band has been engaged for the occasion, and a delegation of several hundred citizens of Jackson, chiefly members of the various Confederate organizations, will attend the dedicatory exercises Wednesday. Among the prominent visitors who will be in attendance are Maj-Gen. Rob. Lowry, commander of the Mississippi division, United Confederate Veterans, Mrs. Daisy McLaurin Stevens, president of the state chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and Mrs. Helen Belle McClurg, of Greenwood, former president of the state chapter, the latter having been very active in securing the donation from the board of supervisors with which the memorial shaft was erected. COMMITTEES. General Arrangement Committee. T.M. Thornton, charman; C. S. Spann, J.L. Gaddis, Jr., Mrs. C.B. Gillespie, Mrs. R.C. Gaddis, Mrs. T.D. McManus, Mrs. E.D. Futch, H.S. Perkins, Mrs. A.V. Shearer, Mrs. A.R. Epperson, Miss Willie Beal, Mrs. T. Bridges, Mrs. Lamar Puryear. RECEPTION COMMITTEE. Capt. J.R. Eggleston, chairman; R.C. Gaddis, W.S. Neal, M. Ney Williams, L.M. Gaddis, J.M. Shelton, C.S. North, P. D. Ratliff. TABLE AND GROUND COMMITTEE. T.D. McManus, chairman; Harry Sivley, P.J. Buckley, B. M. Broome, P.B. Eckles, W.A. Stevens, E.D. Watson, W.R. Newman, Chas. Long. DINNER COMMITTEE. W.H. McNeill, Allen Bridges, A.V. Shearer, E.D. Futch, Norwood Spann, Mesdames R. C. Gaddis, L.B. Neal, A.R. Epperson, E.D. Futch, T. Bridgers, T.M. Thornton, C.S. Spann, M.M. Ragan, Allen Bridges, T. M. Price, Misses Maggie Harper, Kate Futch. MEAT COMMITTEE. Tom Bridges, chairman; L.M. Myers, Frank McRea, M.M. Ragan, J.M. Hand. WATER COMMITTEE. C.A. Swafford, R.A. Armitage, R.O. Jones, J.H. Collins. FINANCE COMMITTEE. T.M. Thornton, chairman; C. S. Spann, C.D. Gillespie, J.L. Gaddis, Jr., H.S. Perkins. Hinds County Confederate Monument (Raymond,MS) Columbus, Miss, April 18, 1908. President N. B. Forrest Chapter, U.D.C. My Dear Mrs. President: I write to acknowledge receipt of your kind invitation to be present at the unveiling of the Hinds County Confederate monument, April 29th. I congratulate your chapter on its success in securing the monument completed and ready to be unveiled. The tender memories of the heroic days of the sixties would soon be lost, only for the patriotism of Southern women. I regret I will not be able to be present at the ceremonies. With kind wishes, Sincerely and fraternally yours Stephen D. Lee. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ms/hinds/newspapers/hindscou34gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/msfiles/ File size: 5.2 Kb