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CONFEDERATE REUNION. It Will Be Held At Nashville June 14. 15, 16- General Orders. Lieit. Gen. Stephen D. Lee. com miandi:ng the United Confederate Vct erans. through Adj. Gen. Vm. E. lickle, has issued several general o-ders of great interest to the old :.hiiers of the South and those who o them. The most important is as follows: Liead(.uarters United Confederate Veterans. New Orleans. La., March 12, 1904 General Orders No. 7. i. The lieutenant general com manding announces that. according to the Csto:n heretofore in force. which leaves to the commanding general and the department commanders the rixing of t1e date of the Reunion. the; Fou:r'enth Annual Reunion will be) held in the city of Nashville. Tenn., 0. June 14th. i;th and 16th. 1904, T::enday. Wednesday and Thursdayi resp,ectively, those days having been named by our host as satisfactory. 2. The lieutenant general com natding realizes that there is no ne cessity for him to urge an attendance irom those who were present in Nashville at the reunion of 1897. These comrades enjoyed to such un limited extent the broad and liberal hospiaility of the noble men and women of the delightful city, that they will gladly embrace the oppor tunity to partake of the pleasures cer -tain to be spread out for them in pro fusion. He does, however, urge all Confederate soldiers and sailors of all arms and departments. whether mevnbers of camps or not, and Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy, to be with us and take part in this grand meeting. 3. The lieutenant general com manding with much pleasure an nonces. at tie request of its most energetic president. Mrs. W. J. Behan. that the Confederated South ern Memvria! association will hold its meeting at the same time and that the copening feature of the convention will be the usual Jefferson Davis memor ial -rvice. The time and place of this service will be give in future or ders to that every U. C. V. may be able to attend. By command of Stephen D. Lee. Lieutenant General Commanding. Oicial: Wm. E. Mickle, Adju tant General and Chief of Staff. General Orders No. 4. In order that the members of the U. C. V. organization may know the care which is being taken by the United States government officials in preparing the Confederate roster, the lieutenant generaf commanding submits for their consideration the following letter, which is self-explan atory: "Record and Pension Office, "WVar Department "Washington City. February 8. 1904. "General Stephen D. Lee, Colum bus. Miss. Dear Sir: In response to your letter of the 4th instant, in which, you sug gest that the Secretary of WVar as sign some Ex-Confederate officer fa miliar with Confederate muster rolls to assist the chief of the record and pension office in his compilation of the recently authorized roster of the Union and Confederate armies, I am directed by the Secretary of War to advise you that it is unnecessary to make such an assignment, because the principal Ex-Confederate officers who assisted in the compilation of the offi cial records of the Union are now on duty in the record and pension office, so that their services will be readily available whenever they are required or can be utilized to advantage. Very respectfully. F. C. Ainsworth, "Brigadier General, U. S. A., "Chief. Record and Pension Office." A careful examination of this corn municationl must convince all that every effort will be made to have the roster as correct as such a work can be at this distant date, and that there are present. in WVashington. Confed erate ofBecers to look after the Con-' federate side of the matter. The Work Goes *Bravely On. in annotuncing the formation of 21 new camps Liemt. Gen. S. D. Lee ex .presses :nten>e satisfaction, holding that "it demonstrates that the interest in the i' C. V. cause among the sutr vivors of the gallant armies of the Confederacy still lives, and that these ol heroes desire to connect them selves with the federation ere they pass over tthe river, and rest under at genr: conianding urge: tat evcry efffhrt he made by all the cinli >te rganiza:in oi stir up s:ch: fcelin 1~~.amog th ose ol so5(1lier'.x wh have not f,rme<il caips that they may apply It. these headquarters for the necesasry organizati-in papers. an<i .unite themselves under proper char tvrs as parts of this great social. literav. historical and benevol mt' Order." EXCELSIOR NEWS. Farmers Weii Up With Their Work -Personal Mention-An Old Relic of The War. Excelsior. March 28.-The regular service will be held in the school h< nse next Sunday afternoon as llsual at 3 o'clock. \Ve had a fine rain Saturday night and the weather has become a little cooler. Our school will close in about two weeks until the summer term. .ur farmers are well nigh up with their work for the time of year and if the weather continues favorable a little longer some of our early birds will be ready to plant fifteen cents cotton. Mrs. Setzler. of Peaks. is spending a few days with Prof. j. S. Wheeler's family here. Communion services will be held at Mt. Pilgrim church on the third Sunday in April. Our pastor. Rev. W. A. Lutz. preached one of his able sermons in Grace church Sunday morning- to a large congregation. A good many of our early garden ers have plants up and starting to! grow nicely. Our weather prophet predicts more ice and frost yet. Mr. A. P. Dominick showed us this morning a tin vessel that he carried with him through the war with his provisions in. The vessel shows itsi age and no doubt heard the report of m.iany a gun shot. POSTAL APPROPRIATIONS. Bill Passed House-Salaries of Rural Carriers Raised To $730 a Year. The national house of representa tives has passed the postoffice ap-: propriation bill. after a prolonged de bate on :he paragraph affecting rural letter-carriers, which yesterday was stricken out,* but which today was inserted under a special order of the committ-e on rules. Every amend ment and substitute offered to this paragraph was -oted down. While a number of members were clamor ing for recognition to offer amend ments Mr. Overstreet suddenly mov ed that all debate close and the bill be reported and put upon its pas sage. which was carried with a vim. The provision relating to rtiral carriers as adopted makes the sal ary $7ao a year. and prohibits the so liciting of business by carriers, but permit the carriers under certain re strictions to carry merchandise for hire. A provision for a purchasing agent for the postoflice department with a salary of $4,000 was adopted unani mously. Mr. WVilliams said the office of purchasing agent centralizes re sponsiblity, and make one pur chasing agent responsible for the purchase of supplies and fQr the hon esty and propriety with which it is done. Leze Majeste. Mr. Baker, of New York, proposed an amendment which the clerk be gan rea ding as follows: "To reimburse the great railroads the cost of supply ing the President of the United States with special- trains, cigars, wines The reading was stopped by a point of order. which was sustained. .Proper Treatment of Pneumonia... Pneamonia is too dangerous a dis ease for anyone to attempt to doctor himself, although h emay have the proper remedies at hand. A physician should always be called. It should be borne in miad, however, that pneu monia always results from an attack of the grip, and that by giving Cham berlain's Cough Remedy the threat ened attack of pneumonia may be warded off. This remedy is also used by physicians in the treatment of pneumonia with the best results. 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