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THE SUNNY SOUTH, ATLANTA, GEORGIA OCTOBER 21 1893
GEN. CLFMENT A. EVANS.
Hin Admirable Address to tbe Vet*
era ns
He Appeals for Organization and Sag-
g-bt, a Form of Constitution
For U. C. V. Camps.
H^a^q'Grs Georgia Division,
UMTKD Conf* dera tk Veterans.
October 1893.
ClKCULAR No. 1.
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Major General
commanding the
Georgia Division of
Coniederate Veterans
Associations takes
this method of sub
milting to the atten
tion of ail Confeder
ate associations and
Confederate comrades
in Georgia t he follow
ing explanation of
Confederate Survivors
Associations, and the plans by which
it is proposed to make them perma
nency u eful to the State, and he re
quests a careful reading and preserva
tion of this circular.
]. From the time when the Confed
erate soldier returned from his battle
fields to re build, under adversity, the
wasted wealth of his State, it has
been felt that associations should be
formed among those who had become
brothers indeed in the trials of four
years of war. Accordingly many such
fraternities were organized and the
reunions of old comrades from year
to year have proven to be occasions of
delightful and increa~ing interest.
But i he time has come when there is
a demand t h at these associations
should be made more general, more
practical, and become the agencies
through which the best memories of
our great struggle for principle should
be preserved aud handed down as au
thentic h»stor.v to posterity
2 To m- et thi-> demand t.be organi
zation known as the United Confed
erate Veterans was formed and each
State was constituted a division with
a Major General appointed to the com
mand In accordance with this gen
eral plan the M-j ir General com
mending the Georgia Division is pro
ceeding to organize Confederate As
sociations iu every county in Georgia
with the assistance of his staff and
County Aide-, together with the cor
dial co-operation 0 f his Confederate
comrades.
i'tit- movement has met with univer
sal favor and in a short time our hopes
will he realized by the formation of
a pood working camp in everv county
3. It will be distinctly noted that no
political or sectarian discussions are
allowed and that the worthy objects
are strictly fraternal, peaoeiul, his
torical, patriotic and benevolent. AM
Confederates who did any service for
the South, will he gathered together
with their wives, their sous and
daughters, in a common purpose to
maintain a fraternal feeling that
ought to exist among them without
cherishing any sectional animosities
whatsoever. The bi-tory of the great
war will be gathered from the recol
lections of the private soldier and cit
izen as well as from the officers and
records, so that posterity will learn
the thrilling facts from the actors
themselves who made the history.
The spirit of patriotism which de
scended to us from our heroic ances-
tory will be transmitted to our chil
dren through which alone can be
maintained our theory of popular
government.
4. In order to carry oUu these noble
purposes an appeal is now made to all
Confederates to form one substantial
organization at lea-t in every county
HI Georgia without delay. To do this
let the following practical steps be
taken by two or more comrades in
each county where no association has
been formed :
Insue a call through your local
new-papers. all of which have gener-
ousi\ anVd ..ur cause for a meeting ot
all Confederates residing in the coun
ty to be held at a designated day at
the county site. When assembled and
a temporary chairman being appoint
ed have the objects of the meeting PX
plained and adopt a constitution after
the form appended to this circular
vvith such cuanges as local circum
stance- may require. After addresses
have been made choose an early date
fur the next meeting, appoint comuut-
UtH H l* riies go enthusias
trcally to work.
6. I he Constitution hereto append
ed will he a sufficient general guide
but in addition it is suggested that
the Historical Committee should b»
compo-ed of men from all command
and all parts of the county and shnuic
be fjyided into several sub committee-
under tbedirec ion of the Historian, h
is t he duty .-.f in;- committee to compil-
dump!enrolls of ali companies from the
county, and all Individuals who went
from the county service and also
those now residing in it. The domes
tic history of the county should be
wriiten to show what was done at
home to sustain the Southern cause.
The fact mu-t also appear that the
material and moral welfare of the
county since this was built lip by
Confederates and their children.
While fully appreciating the fraternal
citizenship among us of ali m^n we
know that the South owes its pros
perity to Southern enterprise, and we
believe that it has resources now de
veloping which will make it the great
influential section of the Uaion. The
record when completed should be
placed in the custody of the ordinary
or clerk of the superior court.
6 The Annual Reunion should be
made an occasion of general county
interest of a high social character.
Our sons and daughters are deeply
interested in the story of the war, and
these occasions will foster their re
verence for that exalted patriotism
which inspired their father’s to offer
life for imperiled liberty.
7. L«t all thet-e objects be vigorously
accomplished in perfect brotherly ac
cord. We recognize a bond in our
Confederate sympathies peculiar to
people who are conscious of the pur
est patriotism in the brave attempt of
the South to assert by arms their
faith in constiuuionai free govern
ment. Time will soon bear awaj
every Confederate soldier from earth,
but his fame will not fail unless the
love of liberty and heroism die out
among men. We are still strong in
energies, in numbers and iu glorious
purpose to promote the welfare oi
the “Land we Love,” and we will con
tinue our efforts to the last Then we
shall have the happiness to turn over
ro our children a splendid stare re
deemed from all vestiges of war, pros
perous in every section, as the noblest
heritage that ever fell to any genera
tion.
8. Confederate comrades of Georgia!
You are earnestly urged to co-operate
in this movemeut aud give your pa
triotic assistance to the purpose of
perpetuating the true story of Geor
gia’s illustrious part in the Confeder
ate War, and of recording the history
of those efforts in peace, which are
bringing a notable prosperity to the
State.
A. J. West,
Ad j utaut-General,
Clement A. Evans,
Major-General Commanding.
CONSTI TUTION.
Article f.
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Section i.—This society shall be
known as the Confederate
Veterans' Asssociation, and its objects
are the preservation of Confederate
memories, the collection of true his
tory, the maintenance of patriotic
brotherhood, the aid of the needy, and
ihe welfare of the State.
Sec 2 —Any honorable Confederate
may become a member upon applica
tion duly endorsed and the vote of the
Association in his favor. The sons of
Confederates over 16 years of age may
be admitted to Auxiliary member
ship, an«j the wives aud daughters of
living Confederates, and the widows
and daughters of deceased Confeder
ates may be admitted to Complimen
tary membership by vote of the As
sociation.
article II.
Sec. 1. Th* Officers shall consist of
a President Commander, one or more
Lieutenant Commander*, Adjutant,
Historian, Quartermaster Commissa
ry, Surgeon, Chaplain, Secretary,
Treasurer and such other officers as
rh« Association may elect to hold
office for one year or until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified. Ail
these officers shall perform the duties
usual to their respective positions.
Skc 2 An Executive Committee,
composed of t^e Officers an 1 five mem
bers chosen by the Association, shall
have general charge of all business
when the Association is not in ses
sion, and five present shall be a quo
rum.
Sec. 3. The Historical Commit
tee shall be appointed by the Presi
dent, one of whom shall be the Histo
rian. This committee shall collect
Che roll of every c unmand that served
in the war from the county; also the
history of the county, and of each
command, and as far as practicable all
bouorable mention of every soldier’s
service. For this purpose they will
collect diaries, letters, relics and ali
other historical data.
The committee will also compete all
facie, showing the development of the
county since the war through Confed
erate men aud the resources of the
county up to date.
Tde historical facts thus collected
shall be recorded in a well bound vol
ume and deposited in the legal cus
tody of some county officer.
Sec. 4. The Committee ou Reunion
shall be appointed to aid the officers
in arranging the annual county re
union, and in assisting in the reunions
of any company or regiment in the
county.
Sec 5. A standing committee on re-
*k be a Pbointed whose duty it
bu to report all cases requiring
Article IIL
** of the Association
shall ^beld quarterly at times and
places appointed by the Association,
or by the Executive Committee, and
one of them should be the annual re
union. Reports, addresses and other
business shall be in order in any of
these meetings.
Sec 2 The dues shall not exceed
fifty cents per number annually, pay
able to the treasurer and used to de
fray the expenses of the Association.
Sec 3. Amendments to this condi
tion may be made at any regular meet
ing.
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The central figure of the new novel.
"Tanis the Sang Digger,” by Amelia
Rivrg, is another of §tbese strange high-
latino* and passionate females that the au
thor is so fond of representing as heroines,
and sfoer a reader has followed Tanis
through her love adventures the vefdic r
must be that this low-born and wrefcc ied
‘ poor white,” this long-limbed, handsome
d gger* f ginseng root, is a creature of in
tense fas in *tion of remarkable character
istics. Tanis is a hig, fresh and lu*ty
young savage of the Virginia mountains,
wir.ii the figure of a goddess, which when
we first meet her, is screened from the
breezes and the gaze of man by a single
garment. Her long hair sweeps about her
like a veil, and she roams the woods in
the wild and vigorous manner of the ante
lope. She is belov-d by >4 young giant °f
ht-r own c'ass, a mammoth brute, posses*
•ing a splendid physical beamy, and who
exercise an almost irresistible spell over
her. H*r nattle against the passion and
tyranny of this man is the motive of the
story. She knows Mm for a fickle, heart
less betrayer of girls and the one shining
quality of her character is her virtue,
which sustains her at ali times, which
teaches ht-r to despite the character of
men like him, and lo demand Iroin a lover
deep respect and constancy as well as
passion. The big brute that worships her is
mentally and morally unable to domp e-
heud this part of Tauis* nature, and we
find - hern opposed to each othrr in <t most
strange aLd interest!r g battle. Stm, the
reckless lover, is bound to gain full con
trol 01 Tauis without going into any argu
ment ovor the mattef, while Tanis, al-
tnouga on fire with love for him, sees him
in dl his weakness and wickedness, and
knows that if he gets her he will love her
for a day aud a night and afterward
loathe her. Aud it is only by a wretched
scheme on the part of Sam t hat Tanis is
driven into marrying him. Sue becomes a
martyr 10 save the friends that have been
kind to her, and at the end she bows to
fate and yields herself up to 3am, because
she is powerless to fight,him longer. The
story is tola in the sharp, aggressive and
often dszzdng style peculiar to MisB
Rives. Sue discribes the scenes in which
b‘-r characters move with her customary
poetic facilty, and probably the mod dra
matic uiaiogu* that sue has ever written is
that which pastes between her hero and
heroiue iu this book. A large element of
the public will not accept Miss Riv»s as
representative of that which is healthy
and excellent in literature,but the number
laauiall that will argue againt her ability
to attract and hold the attention by in
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you how to do if.
Mr. Henry Clay Fairman’s poem,
“Tne Veterans of the South,” in the
July number of the Blue and Gray
(Philadelphia) has been most favo r a-
bly received by the press. It is un
questionably a fiqe production—and
has won for its author a high position
among the literati of the South. Mr.
Fairman (who it will be remembered
formerly resided in Florence) is now
* ditor-in-ebief of The Sunny South.
a position be most admirably fills. We
are gratified at tbe literary laurels
our friend is weaving into a crown of
honor.—Fiorence, (Ala.,) Times.
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The late Gen. Beale is said to have
brought the first specimen of gold from
California to the East in 184S. He crossed
through Mexico with them, disguised as
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place for Americans so soon after the war
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the gold fever all over the country.
Kussia.nr 1ST.
One of Many Orest Attractions.
Editor Sunny South:
The Art Gallery at the World's Fair
is one of the most interesting of the
great departments of the Exposition.
It remained for Russia, one of the
few countries that do not claim in
some measure the glory for discover
ing America, to send apparently tbe
only pictures painted especially for
the exposition. The Russian collec
tion is perhaps the best of all in point
of merit; it contains more pictures
that are spoken of by visitors and art
critics and has fewer ordinary pain
tings than any at the fair.
The artist, Ivan Conatantinovich
Aivozovo*ky, whose work is more
easily remembered than his name,
sent five paintings on Columbian sub
jects. One is catalogued as “Tbe Ship
“Sinta Maria” on its way to America,
when Columbus,during a heavy storm
was surrounded by the revolting
crew.”
This represents well the subject
named, but the imagination must be
used to discover from tbe picture that
the ship is on its way to America or
that Columbus is surrounded by his
crew in a state of mutiny. The bal
ance of the ti le is well pictured.
The Santa M-fia is tossed upon a
stormy sea, and the brave little ship
seems in imminent peril The artist
shows his master touch in something
that is not indicated in the title.
From the threatening clouds,
through a rift, breaks a bright, ray of
sunlight. So perfect is the represen
tation that at tir-t one supposes, very
naturally, that it is real *unlight let
iu from the skylight of the gallery,
and just happening for the moment
to rest upon this picture. Changing
your position and glancing b»ck to
1 he painting there the sunlight still
gleams, and with great surprise it is
round to be the artist's work. More
praise has been accorded to this one
feature of this painting than to any
other in the whole collection.
The others are given. Columbus
landing with his suite at Saa Salva
dor. Young Columbus saving him
self on the mast of a mercantile ship
set on fire by a Venetian galley off
ihe coast of Portugal. The farewell
of Columbus in Palos before going to
sea. The arrival of Columbus’ flotilla
on the American shore. They are all
good, represent fairly well the subjects
given and seem to be orthodox in all re
spects as we have been taught of these
things by the Columbian postage
stamps of tbe year. Tbe marked pe
culiarity of the pictures is the preval
ence of purple coloring. One would
think the occasions were all just at
sunset, a gorgeous purple eunset,
where am >er and rose and purple
s'ruggle for supr*-macy of tint. The
artist deserves great credit for pa
tiently worfcirg our, a series of paint
ings upon a suoject in which he had
no traciiional interest and for accom
plishing a ta*k self-iinposed in con-
-ideration of his work being exhibited
at tbe World s Columbian Exposition.
A dozen or more of his other paint
ings are exhibited, chief among them
is “Garilbaldi aud Garibald.aus on
the deck of a steamer.” In this the
likeness of Garibaldi is said to be very
good.
The Rimeo and Juliet of Constantin
Makoveky at the west end of t he gal
lery is very good indeed, and
this presentation of Moutagu and
Capulet losing their hatred in
wildest passionate love has been
greatly admired. Another of Makoy-
sfey’s is The Bride’s Attire. She is
dressed tor the wedding and is seated
in the midst of her admiring friends
and attendants while the last few
touches are made to her hair.
The girl’s face is radiantly beauti
ful and divinely fair, and from the
depths of her bright eyes gleams a joy
that is fascinating. The scene is
strictly Russian, aud for the moment
one feels that he is looking upon a
happy occasion in a distant land.
One of the strongest pictures in the
whole collection is upon a historical
subject. Tbe Grand Duchess Sopnia
Vitofftovna at tbe weeding of the
Grand Duke Vasiiie 24 tearing off
Deoietrie Donskoy’s belt from tbe
Duke. This shows most perfectly the
laces moved by the great emotions of
rage and surprise. Sbe with proud
face heated by anger, with tbe belt in
her hand, defies the rage of a man
roused to the highest rage aDd ready
to slay her in his wrath. Involuntar
ily you start as if to take part in
the struggle and you are as
much aroused as if you stood in tbe
old castle hall back in tbe Fourteenth
century and witnessed the strife
One of the saddest scenes is from
the brush of Xicolay Dtnitrievitch
Dmitrieff-Ovenbursky (How do they
live with such names?). It. is—“A.
drowned man in a country place.” By
the river bank is the body, the res
cuers are there half dressed just as
they came up from the water, the offi
cer is present with bis record-book,
and as he is being told of tbe cirrum- ,
8.— ■ ■ ■
If you feel weak
and all worn out take
BROWN'S IRON BITTERS
ing on tbe back of a man wb 0 ,^ U
forward as a kind of impromnf„ " an f 9
id* desk. The faces <T^ V"*-
party are solemn, and tbe
has been witnessed seems toVve c^
its gloom all around.
Many of tbe paintings show » hi
tinctive national feature, th ey d ‘
Russian scene*, they show Ru4i a an !
they mean Russia; they ar^ 5
tie parts of Russia p^rfrcMv
represented. Taken as a w hn J
the exhibit of the r mn
academy of fine arts of Russia wffi'hi
long remembered as one of the h/i!
the Fair. Heretofore Russian art1°
been seen very little outside of R,, 8
and the Scandinavian artists have been
entirely too modest. They have nut
taken sufficient interest in the outside
world, nor have they received adenuat*
attention in the international ex,m,i
tions of tbe past. *
Space forbids tbe mention in detail
of the Russian exhibit, in the manu
factures Liberal Arts building, riie
mosaics, carving in wood and the
bronzes shown in the Russian depart
ment are among the most perfect, tha
prices,too, that obtain for theseart
goods are perhaps the highest, but
that is not an important item when
you consider the excellence of the
work
Do not forger, the Russian gallery ii>
the Fine Arts Exhibit, it is the xre&j.
est national collection of paintings
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for tbe past few years as the residence
of an eccentric woman who is contin
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plaints of neighbors. Her swarms of
cats and dogs were a public nuit-ance.
She has finally left, though her lease
has some time to run,and a movement
is being started to buy the hou*e and
make ia Carlyle museum of it. The
rental is ouiy $310 a year.
The oldest statue in the world is of
the Sheik of an Egyptian village. It
is believed to be not less than six
thousand years old.
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