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Tribute To The Veterans By
Miss Anna Bryant of Macon, Ga.
Sponsor For Georgia Division U, D, C.
To the Womans’ Club of Fitzgerald—You whose organization:
stands for all things high and enobling, and through all your lofty
efforts, and your labors of love in interests of your community,
vuu lead in that unity of beauty and power of concentrated action,
which has brought success in many worthy causes. |
You have given time, money, energy and skill to the devlope
ment of institutions of learning in all parts of Georgia.
Wisdom and tact has been displayed in presenting to the
Legislature, for consideration, strong petitions, in which was
urged the enforcement of laws to strengthen and sustain the edu
cational system in our State.
The slogan of our Woman’s Club has euer been: Education;
Better Homes—BETTER CITIZENS. Oae purpose long sought
has been, COMPULSORY EDUCATION. In union thereis power
and we may yet attain crowning success.
It was the club women of Georgia who secured the passage
of the bill providing for the Georgia Trainining School fer Girls.
And so necessary has the Woman’s Clubs been considered, that
Miss Boswell was appointed by the Government to organize clubs
in Panama.
At beautiful Tallulah Falls is the Federation School located;
and the Chair of Health at Shorter College.
You are inspired with the unsfialsh desira to be of service
to humanity. 1t has been the wish and aim of Woman’s Clubs
to emulate a part of the 31st chapter of Proverbs:—*‘‘She stretch
eth out her hands to the poor. She reacheth forth hands to the
needy. Strength and honor are her clothing. She looks well to
the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.”’ i
You are a noble organization; composed of Georgia’s best in
beauty of spirit and mind.
I am deeply grateful to the Woman’s Ciub for the sweet spirit
of interest shown on this occassion,
Daughters of the American Reyolution.
Daughters of the Confederacy,
Sons of the Confederate Veterans,
Children of the Confederacy, and
Citizens of Fitzgerald:
I am delighted tobe in yonr city, and one of the honored
guest to whom you so beautifully voiced a welconie. No words of
welcome could so forcibly touch my heart as the sweet spirit of
reverence and hospitality that you display in open hearts and
doors to these matchless Heroes of the Sixties.
I beg that you accept in behalf of the Georgia Division of the
United Confederate Veterans, not merely my thanks, but a heart
of gratitude and appreciation. :
I bring to you my Confederate Herces, a joyous greeting:
a greeting of love to you, my father’s comrades, who gave the
best years of your lives for the defense of our South. Now [ feel
the need of the magic wand. to produce diamond pointed pens
to do justice to you, whose valor no tongue or pen can describe,
though I shall claim it a sacred trust to sow the seed of patriotism
for the harvest of the future of the generations, that may keep
alive your memories whea momuments are decayed and forgotten,
and your records shall be gathered and most sacredly preserved
on indestructible tablets of time as our richest heritage.
Of Georgians—whose patriotic pride recalls the many valorous
deeds of Georgia’s sons. Georgia claims the crowning victory,
when Oglethrope with six hundred and eighty-two brave Geor
gians, and only two poorly equipped ships, went to arms against
five thousand well deciplined men of war. This was the dawn of
light shed from the the early settlement of a chartered Colony
on Georgia soil. But for this victory, we would not be assembled
here to-day, to do honor to our Confederate Heroes! But for this
victory, there would have been no Battle of Bunker Hill: no Cow
pens; no Saratoga; no King’s Mountain; no York Town, nor any
famous battle in the Sixties. But this FIRST and CROWNING
victory of Georgians. Spain would be ruling where Americans rule
to-day. This a recognized achievement for Georgia’s early settlers
—your ancestors and mine, who brought across the sea the
light of freedem, the torch-light of liberty whenlliberty and free
dom was unkown without refuge on the face of the earth.
It was Georgia’s brave boys who organized the first
regiment to fight for independence, and sent the first schooner
to battle against the British, and it was Joseph Habersham,
with other Georgians, who seized all the powder in the magazine
at Savannah, and capturing much more from the British, which
was used with great effect in the battle of Bunker Hill. It was
GGeorgia’s Liberty Boys who laid the base on which was reared a
free Government, when they sent the powder to Bunker Hill to
rend the yoke of oppression.
The first Georgian ever promoted for bravery was won in the
effort of independence by Samuel Davis, the father of our Confed
erate President, Jefferson Davis. Seven years of struggle and
toil! The victory won, the dazzling meteors meet with electrical
vividness, leaving the brilliant ray of transcendent glow on the
American heroes. Georgia patriots were the source from which
was kirdled the spark of Ameriea’s-independence.
Some comparisons have been made of the great men of our
history, when denied the privileges and rights that God intended
man, thrust into the arms of a harsh nurse, who roughly rocked
them into the strength and athletic proportion, their minds grap-‘
vling with great aims, and disadvantageously wrestling with the
mighty force of ingredients. Compare if you can, anything to
convince you of these patriots powerful demand for rights, or of
the human intellect for indefinite expansions in the different
stages of its being, as this power of enlarging itself to the
compass of surrounding emergencies. In victory, the bulwarkl
of freedom, protected by Heaven. The pillar of glory, the sea that
enlightens us! May it last till eternity rolls on its base. ‘
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY. AUG. 20, 1915
When the tide surges sweep, |
Wid2 over the stormy deep,
Its luster shall carress,
Th 2 brow of the braves,
America’s honor shall give it light,
And triumphantly, shall keep it bright.
Then on the rapid wing flitted by, when the beams from the
stars illumined the world; unfurled, our Union Flag floated proud
ly in the air. Then between brothers a dissension arose—a tem
porary severance of the indissoluble Union—to arms the North and
South went.
No scene from pen or memory reflects from the historical records
of time, a picture that so well portrays the pow:rs of intellect; of
self-cacrificing deeds; of loyalty to fireside and country as this thiunicg
rank ot Confederate Heroes.
Not only in the two hundred and sixty-two battles and skirmishes
fought on Georgia soil, did the sacred life blood of Georgia’s heroes
How, but from Ohio to the Gulf, from Pennsylvania to Mississippi, ip
every battle-field beneath the murmering winds sad sighing, many of
Georgia’s braves lay bleeding, comfortless, save the drops of dew
softly falling, on their faces while dying. While the angels of mercy
borne on the same low sighing winds, sought the newlv made widow,
or mother, to draw a protecting sheath around them in their heart
sore grief and loss. When we see a battle scar, a wooden crutch, an
empty sleeve, it but mutely tells of battles awful storm,
Hear the voice that rang through Shiloh’s woods and Chickamauga
Ledges; remember the Gettysburg battle; the gloom, the lightening
flash, the cannon’s roar—then the brief command of General Lee when
he called the matchless intantry out, while Pickett lead proudly down,
against the maddening roar of cannons, to face the winds that pierced,
scorched, and dyed the earth scarlet, with the patriotic blood of the
boys who wore the blue and the gray.
| The Southland’s privates, as well as leaders, went cheering their‘
cor.rades, *‘Come to Glory, come.” We stand apon the fields until all;
}souls to eternity are sent, and our loved battle flag to threads rent-,i
above the flashing bayonets, mixed and crossed, The brave heroes
from many States, went forward to share in the fate. They struggling
charged, slashed, smote, and stood with hope dispaired, on that slip
pery wall, wet with the life blood of comrade and foe.
When Lee and Jackson, the two immortal heroes of the South,
clasped hands in the fading twilight, near Chancellorsville, 1t was
only the soldiers’ hand-clasp of good luck to them, little suspecting
that the grim demon of the battle was hovering near, to strike, anc
that only a few hours would elapse when Lee would be sending his
atfectionate message to his mortally wounded comrade, General Jack
son, wishing him to make haste and get well, saying: “If you have
lost your lett arm, I have lost my right by your abseace.”
This was the parting in the wilderness of the two immortal
leaders. :
i How grandly the Confederate flag waved in battle,
Though torn by shot and shell,
It fluttered to the music of Southern Soldiers’ yell,
It never knew dishonor on any battle field,
Nor can its glorv ever grow dim or tarnisshed,
’ Though numbers made it yield.
| Southern heroes are great because they are typical Americans.
American manhood today contains in their veins the master adminis
tration of the world, and they go forth for the healing of the nation.
Shall it ever be said that any Southerner wavered in the views of
upholding or trying to expunge the sacred heritage we now enjoy
the gift of free government, so freely given the risk of their lives?
God forbid, that any may raise a voice, that in tone or accent, to ob
literate the associations that clustec around the glorious struggle for
free government given by the self sacrificing labors of the patriots
‘who erected this magnificient political edifice upon the adamantine
base of American liberty and self-governing rights. Shall we ever
surrender the fame of America’s two periods? Of Washington,
Laurens, Gadsden, of Lee, Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Davis and
of the myriads of others, both official and privates whose deeds of
heroism are as imperishably connected with memory of a united peo
ple. ;
You are the survivors of the great army of the Confederacy; the
battle-scarred heroes of many bloody fields. The valiant gray ranks
are thioning as the year rolls by. You were heroes—are heroes still.
When you laid down arms at Appomattox, and returned to your
homes, to fight yet, the most desperate fight of building up again,
your country, and to win, as you most gloriously have. |
But it is not merely or principally, for great examples of patriots’
pride, or honor or defense, that wo cherish you most, but we honor
you for the cause for which you were so gloriously foverpowered, and;
s 0 triumphant rose to be the great issue, hung upon that cause and.
great interest of mankind. Though you were crushed, humiliated in
this period of privation, yet, your proud, young spirits were over
flowing with courage and honor, You were ever on the alert to- grasp
any opportunity to rise above all malice, loss of property and life.
You have proven yourselves to be the matchless examples of the world
from your brilliant records, the inspiration has been caught, the origin
from wbich great conference has grown, and we owe to you, my Con
federate Vetersns, what this beautiful Southland is today,
Now, that the last spark of feeling has been extinguished between
the North and South, and linked more closely Into the chain of broth.
erly love, each should profit by the lesson, which we have learned
from past history. It is that now, insollubly bound, the North and
South, we are indispeusable to each other as the mighty blades of
mighty shears, worthless apart, but when bound together bv anin
dissolvable union, Powerful, Irresistable and terrible as the shears of
fate, like the shears of Atropos severing every thread, and tangled
web of evil, cutting out for humanity its beautiful garments of Liber
ty and Light, from the dread cloth, the sisters of any Nation may
spin and weave.
s flgl I%fl's(sm FITZERALD
Whereuas, This wingling of the knots of Blue ana Gray 1n friend
ly intercourse, this living in memory the scenes of those days now
more than fifty years ago, but living them now with the spirit of
brothers who have learned of the victories of peace, has been madg
possible by the joining of hearts and hands of Yank and R2b—once
speken of in division, one to the other, now t2rms of endearmeut—to
invite this convention to Fitzgerald, thz city that has biossomed from
out of the wilderness of wiregrass; and
Whereas, It is this spirit that has been hreathed through all the
welcoming winds, the spirit that prompted both the veterans of the
Blue and the Gray, one time foes but now friends and co-laborors in
developing and building up old Georgia, to invite us and then show t
all that nothing of bitterness or strife survives; und above all it is ‘
spirit that made possible wne thrifty little city which has given us
such gracious welcome, and
| Whereas, Here in the heart of the South the veterans in Blue
brought his Lopes, his ideas, his plans so full of practical worth, and
builded better than he knew. The roots of his planting went down
deep into the friendly soil, and the result is something to make or&
glad, the thriving, prosperous city with its happy and contented
‘people. Therefore be it
| Resolved, That the veterans in Gray rise as one man to thank the
good people of Fitzgerald—rebels, yanks, Daughters of the Confede
racy, the Womans Club, the wives and daughters of the members of
the Grand Army of the Republic, and all others, for all seemed te -
bave joined in making our stay comfortable and pleasant, for the real
hospitality we have enjoyed during the reunion.
. Resolved, That the occasion has been one that will last in memory,
especially so because the welcome came from the Blue and Gray who
have cast their fortune here, for their coming together of the Blue and
Gray is more than a mere formal thirg. The spiric of friendliness
was the inspiration, the spirit of kindliness is the outcome.
Respectfully Submitted, ‘
J. Gid Morris, L
Lemuel Park,
Bridges Smith,
Committee.
Mr. Ragland Writes Interesting
Letter on This Subject.
Madison Heights, Va.—Mr. Chas. A.
Ragiand, of this place, writes: “I have
been taking Thedford’s Black-Draught
for indigestion, and other stomach troub
les, also colds, and find it to be the very
best medicine I have ever used,
After taking Black-Draught for a few
days, I always feel like a new man.”
Nervousness, nausea, heartburn, pain
in pit of stomach, and a feeling of full
ness after eating, are sure symptoms of
stomach frouble, and should be given the
proper treatment, as your strength and
health depend very largely upon your
food and its digestion.
To get quick and permanent relief
from these ailments, you should take
a medicine of known curative merit,
Its 75 years of splendid success, in the
treatment of just such troubles, proves
the real merit of Thedford’s Biack-
Draught. Safe, pleasant, gentle in action,
and without bad after-effects, it is sure
tQ benefit both young and old, For sale
everywhere. Price 25¢, N.C 172,
19 Victims of Milk
Poisoning In Atlanta
Atlanta, Aug. 17.—At Grady
hospital last night were nineteen
victims of milk poisoning, collect
ed in four hours by ambulance
calls, from all parts of the city.
Each of the victims, it appears,
drank buttermilk from the Forest
Park dairy. Milk from that place
had been examined yesterday
morning and pronounced all
right. About 4 o’clock yesterday
afternoon hospital calls began
coming in and it developed that
the buttermilk drank was re
sponsible. City Bacteriologist
Smith made another examination
of the milk and said the patients
were not suffering from ptomaine
poisoning, as was first reported,
but from bacterial poisoning.
Reports from the hospital last
night are that all of the patients
have been brought around and
will recover, save one.
IFo Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System
Take the Old Standard GROVE’S
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking, as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
?uinine_m}d Iron in a tasteless_ form.
he Quinine drives out malaria, the
Iron builds up the system. 50 cents
KNOX GRANTED
!
‘ TTH. DIVORGE
Chatsworth, Ga., Aug, 14 —Robert
I S. Knox, widely known as Uncle Bob,
whose home is in the lower part of
‘Mlirray county, yesterday in the
EMurray conuty superior court was
granted his seventh divorce. Mr.
Knox is now in his ninety third
year.
WILL MARRY AGAIN.
Mr. Knox, although ninety-three
years old, walks as straight as when
he was fifty and his eyes alWays
twinkle with merriment. He says he
wants to leave some good worhan
his fortune, which is said to be
quite a snug one.
By All Means Protect It
Atlanta, Aug. 16—Experts who
happened to view 1t recently de‘:_
clare that the priceless war picta"m
in the cyclorama at Grant Park,
which belongs to the city of At
lanta, is slowly rotting from ex
posure, and will eventually be
rendered valueless uniess proper °*
steps are taken for its preserva
tien.
The remedy is said to be ghe
building around it of a securer
structure that will keep out wind,
rain and moisture.
Though few Atlantians appreci
ate it, the cyclorama of the battled
of Atlanta is one of the greatest:
pictures of Its kind in this coun
try, and while seldom visited by
people who live here, itis seen
each year by hundreds of visitors
from other cities who'know of its
‘histric and artistic worth.
Sunday Outings -
| At The i
SEASHORE °
During the period May 30th to
September 12th, 1915, the 2A. B, &
A., Railroad will sell Sunday Excur
sion tickets to Brunswick and return
at fares shown below: :
Schedule Round Trip Rat"®
Leave Brunswick
Rebecca 5:10a.m. $2OO .
Fitzgerald 550a.m. 150 -
Osierfield 610 am 150 °
Wray 620a.m. 150
