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VETERANS GATHER IN MEMPHIS
Eleventh Annual Reunion of Battle-Scarred
Heroes of the Lost Cause.
PLATT AMENDMENT ACCEPTED
Gordon, Wheeler and Lee, as Central
Figures, Accorded Demonstra
tions —Sons of Veterans
Also Meet.
Fully twenty-five hundred members
of the United Confederate Veterans,
survivors of the great armies that bat
tled for the cause of the south during
the war of secession and representing
1,331 camps of the organization, met
in confederate hall at Memphis, Tenn.,
Tuesday morning for their eleventh
annual reunion.
Although the convention, in point
of oratory, enthusiasm and all other
respects was a most brilliant success,
the weather put a damper on the one
feature of the reunion which the good
people of Memphis had arranged with
especial care and pride for the enter
tainment of their many guests. This
was the great floral parade, which,
owing to the threatening clouds and
muddy streets in the outskirts of the
city, was postponed until Wednesday.
Before the meeting of the conven
tion in confederate hall the Ladies’
Memorial Association signalized the
first day of the reunion by holding in
Calvary church a memorial meeting
for Jefferson Davis. The exercises
comprised the rendering of several
hymns and of Rossini s anthem, “In
flammatus.” by the Calvary choir, and
a memorial address by Bishop Thomas
F. Gailor. The church was filled to
the utmost by listeners to the beauti
ful service.
The exercises of the day were al
most entirely confined to the welcom
ing addresses delivered by the repre
sentatives of the people of Memphis
and of the state of Tennessee and
from members of different organiza
tions affiliated with the United Confed
erate Veterans.
The only actual business performed
was the completion of the permanent
organization and the appointment of
the committees on resolutions and
credentials.
Convention Opened.
Although the hour for calling the
convention of the United Confederate
Veterans to order was 10 a. m., accord
ing to the programme, it was twenty
minutes later than that time w r hen
General George W. Gordon, of Mem
phis, rapped his desk with a gaval
made of wood taken from a tree which
shaded the favorite seat of Jefferson
Davis at Beauvoir, Miss.
“You will please rise, comrades,”
he said, “while our chaplain in chief
■delivers the invocation.”
The Rev. J. William Jones, of Rich
mond, Va., then advanced to the front
of the rostrum, and while the veterans
stood bareheaded, appealed to the
throne of grace.
At the conclusion of the prayer
General Gordon introduced Governor
McMillan, of Tennessee, who welcom
ed the delegates in behalf of the state.
Governor McMillan gave a most
hearty welcome to the visitors of the
city and his address was received with
every manifestation of approval.
Mayor Williams, of the city of Mem
phis, was next introduced by General
Gordon to extend to the visitors the
welcome of the city of Memphis.
The greetings of the Memphis vet
erans and executive committee of the
citizens of Memphis were extended by
former United States Senator T. B.
Turley.
Senator Turley opened his address
by declaring his pleasure at the duty
that had devolved on him of extend
ing the greetings of the citizens of
Memphis. Among these citizens, he
said, were many who during the war
had placed their sympathy and re
sources against the cause of the con
federacy. To these citizens of Mem
phis who had opposed the south dur
ing the war much of the success of
the reunion was due. His announce
ment of the part taken in the work
by the federal sympathizers was greet
ed with repeated cheers.
Chairman Gordon then in a happy
little speech admirably delivered
brought forward Hon. Timothy E.
Cooper, of Mississippi, who extended
a welcome to the Daughters of the
Confederacy, the Confederate South
ern Memorial Association and to the
representatives of the Jefferson Davis
Monument Association.
General Gordon then made a touch
ing address, turning the hall over to
the veterans for their use during the
reunion and turning it over to General
■John B. Gordon, of Georgia, the grand
commander of the United Confederate
Veterans, as ther representative.
The mention of the name of Gen
eral J. ij. Gordon was greeted with
cheer after cheer as the tall form of
the grand commander was seen ad
vancing from the rear of the platform.
AN EARLY CANDIDATE.
Senator Fairbanks, of ludiana, An
nounces for the Presidency.
Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana, was
formally announced Tuesday as a can- |
didate for president before the repub
lican national convention of 1904. Har- :
ry S. New, republican national com- ,
mitteeman from Indiana, says his
state will stand behind Mr. Fairbanks
in his race for the honor.
General Gordon, in a graceful
speech, accepted the hall in behalf
of the Lnited Confederate Veterans.
At the conclusion of General Gor
don s address, General S. D. Lee pre
sented an oaken gavel whose head was
made from the wood of the steamer
Star of the West, at which was fired
the first shot of the war as it attempt
ed to carry relief to Fort Sumter, the
handle being made from a tree grown
on the estate of Beauvoir.
General George W. Gordon then pre
sented a gavel made of wood taken
from a tree growing at Appomattox.
In a neat address General John B.
Gordon accepted both gavels. He then
presented, in a few happy words. Colo
nel Bennett H. Young, of Louisville,
the orator of the day.
While Colonel Young was in the
midst of his address the form of Gen
eral Fitzhugh Lee was seen as the
general plowed his way through the
crowd on his way to the platform. He
was greeted with warm cheers as he
stepped upon the platform. General
Gordon stepped forward, grasped his
hand warmly, and turning round to
the delegates said:
“Comrades, I have only to mention
the name of Lee.”
The cheers redoubled in force and
volume, and General Lee was com
pelled repeatedly to bow his acknowl
edgment of the hearty greeting of the
old comrades.
Colonel Young’s oration was receiv
ed with hearty cheers as he resumed
his seat.
Commander John B. Gordon then
gave way to General George W. Gor
don, who introduced Rt. Rev. Thomas
F. Gailor, of Memphis, who delivered
an address of welcome to the veterans,
and of greeting from the local branch
of the Sons of Veterans.
Bishop Gailor, who is a forceful and
pleasing speaker, took exceptions to
the term “rebellion,” as applied to
the war between the states, and
spoke earnestly in favor of educating
the children of the south so that they
would clearly comprehend the sacri
fices and patriotism of their fathers.
He made a strong plea for that justice
to the motives actuating the south
during the war which, he asserted, has
been denied to them by certain histo
rians. The children of the south, he
declared, must never be made to be
lieve that their fathers had done any
thing but what they believed in their
inmost hearts to be right.
During the address of Bishop Gailor
General Joseph Wheeler had quietly
entered the hall. As soon as General
Gordon espied him, he rapped vigo
rously for order, and said with a
smile:
“Although I was a member of the
infantry of the confederate army, I
am not ashamed of the cavalry,” and
then grasping the hand of General
Wheeler, he said simply:
“Comrades, Joseph Wheeler.”
While the two famous leaders stood
hand in hand the cheers that had
greeted General Wheeler on his first
appearance were intensified tenfold.
There w r ere loud calls for a speech
from General Wheeler, but he bowed
his thanks and shook his head with a
smile. The delegates were insistent,
however, and the general was compell
ed to express his thanks for the wel
come accorded him. He paid an elo
quent tribute to the valor of the men
of the south. There were loud calls
for Fit.zhugh Lee, and that general,
who was introduced by General Gor
don as a modest youth who had grown
into a modest man, delivered a short
speech filled with pithy drives at the
modesty of the infantry in which Gen
eral Gordon served.
General William Bate, of Tennessee,
was introduced and spoae briefly, ex
tolling the cause for which the con
federates fought and the valor which
they had shown in its behalf.
At the conclusion of his address the
regular business of the convention was
taken up by the call of the roll of
states for membership on the various
committees.
Sons of Veterans Meet.
The sixth annual reunion of the
United Sons of Confederate Veterans
was called to order in the auditorium
at 10:45 by Bishop Thomas F. Gailor.
Prayer w r as offered by Rev. Dr. George
Patterson.
The attendance of delegates to the
opening session was curtailed, owing
to the fact that during the morning
an erroneous report became circulated
that the Sons of Veterans would as
semble with the veterans in confeder
ate hall.
The morning session was brief, com
paratively few being present, and was
devoted to addresses of welcome. The
afternoon session w r as attended by
about 400 delegates and the conven
tion proceeded to the business before
the organization.
OBJECTS TO THE INTEREST.
Chinese Plenipotentiaries Express
Willingness to Pay Indemnity.
A dspatch of Tuesday from Pekin
states that the Chinese plenipotentia
ries have informed the mi; isters of
the powers that the court has notified
them of a willingness to pay indem
nity to the amount of 430,000,000 taels,
but the court objects to 4 per cent in
terest.
THE WEEKLY NEWS, CARTERSVILLE, GA.
A ROYAL WELCOME EXTENDED
Cuban Convention Approves Terms
Offered By United States By
Narrow Margin of One Vote,
A special from Havana says: The
Platt amendment was accepted by the
Cuban constitutional convention Tues
day by a vote of 15 to 14. The actual
vote was on accepting the majority
report of the committee on relations,
which embodied the amendment with
explanations of certain clauses.
The radicals made a hard fight at
the last moment and Senors Portuon
do, Gomez and Tamayo bitterly ar
raigned the conservatives. Senor Ta
mayo was particularly vindictive and
declared that everybody who voted
in favor of the Platt amendment w r as
a traitor to his country. The conven
tion compelled him to retract this
statement. On several occasions per
sonal encounters seemed imminent.
Senor Gomez spoke for more than an
hour, and his speech undoubtedly won
over Senors Castro, Robau and Man
duley. He appealed to the patriotism
of delegates and rehearsed the long
fight for independence, denouncing as
perjurers all who favored the Platt
amendment on the ground that they
had sworn to draw up a constitution
for an independent republic. Several
conservatives rose and asked Senor
Gomez to retract, but he absolutely
refused.
The following delegates voted
against the majority report:
Gomez, Gener, Portuondo, Laeret,
Manduley, Cisneros, Ferrer, Fortun,
Robau, E. Tamayo, Silva, Castro, Za
yas and Aleman.
Senors Riva and Bravo were absent.
The convention will continue its
sessions, which will be devoted to
drawing up the election law.
La Discussion, In an extra Tuesday
evening, axclaims:
“Now will come Immediate inde
pendence.”
Havana merchants were not sur
prised by the'decision of the supreme
court of the United States in the insu
lar cases. Porto Rico is not looked
upon there as a dangerous rival, but
there is considerable fear that the
court may give a similar decision with
regard to the Philippines. The mer
chants seem confident that the United
States will make a reciprocity law
with Cuba.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
New Industries Reported in the South
During the Past Week.
Among the mere important of the
new industries reported for the past
week are $25,000 brick works at
■ Knoxville, Tenn.; a $40,000 canning
factory at Henderson, Ky.; a canning
| factory at Mendota, Va.; a SIOO,OOO
j coal and coke company at Durhing,
W. Va.; a $50,000 coal and coke com
pany at Williamson, W. Va., and an
other, with a capital of $25,000, at
Welch, W. Va.; a cold storage plant
at Middlesboro, Ky.; SIO,OOO cotton
gins at Crandall, Forney and Hutchins,
Texas, and cotton gin at Brandon,
Texas; a $50,000 cotton mill at Hunt
ingdon, Tenn.; a $25,000 cotton manu
facturing company at Raleigh, N. C.;
an electric light plant at Granbury,
Texas; a flouring mill at Talladega,
Ala.; a $40,000 flouring mill at Pano,
Texas; a furniture factory at Jack
sonville, Fla.; a $40,000 glass factory
at Sistersville, W. Va.; a $20,000 ice
factory at Sulphur Springs, Texas;
knitting mills at Piedmont, Ala., and
Dallas, Texas; a $25,000 lumber com
pany at Rosebud, Texas; a lumber
mill at Vinegar Bend. Ala.; a $50,000
mining company at Booneville, Ark.,
and a $250,000 mining company at Har
rison, Ark.; a $5,000,000 oil, coal and
iron company at Houston, Texas; an
oil company at Mobile, Ala.; a SIOO,OOO
oil mill at Columbus, Ga.; a $25,000
oil mill at Dawson, Texas; an oil mill
at Colorado, Texas; a plow factory at
Dallas, Texas; a $50,000 pottery at
Chester, W. Va.; a $50,000 telegraph
and telephone company at Ashdown,
Ark.; a $40,000 telephone company at
Hillsboro, Texas; a telephone com
pany at Raleigh, N. C.; a tobacco fac
tory at Florence, S. C.. and wagon
works at Rock Hill, S. C—Tradesman
(Chattanooga, Tenn.)
Union Pacific Bonds Listed.
The governors of the New York
stock exchange Tuesday listed the
$100,000,000 first lien convertible 4 per
cent gold bonds of the Union Pacific
Railroad Company. •
EASY ON THE SHORTS.
People Caught in Northern Pacific
Squeeze are Shown Leniency.
Kuhn, Loeb & Cos., of New York,
will settle with the Northern Pacific
shorts in London at 150, the same fig
ure at which an adjustment was af
fected on this side. Otto Kuhn, speak
ing in behalf of the firm, said to a
representative of the Associated
Press:
“We have by cable directed our
London agents and the brokers there
who represented us to settle with all
persons who are short on Northern
Pacific, and honestly unable to deliver
the stock, at 150.”
ALABAMA FARMS FLOODED.
High Waters of Tennessee River Does
Great Damage to Crops.
The Tennessee river has flooded
thousands of acres of land in the Ten
nessee valley. It is estimated that
the farmers of the section around
Huntsville, Ala., have lost by the flood
SIOO,OOO. Replanting of thousands of
acres of cotton and corn will be neces
sary.
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His failure makes him mad.
—Chicago Record-Herald.
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