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THE
SUNNY SOUTH NEWS
Official
Newsletter Of the
Lowry Rifles SCV Camp #1740
Rankin County
Mississippi
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THE
SUNNY SOUTH NEWS
Official
Newsletter Of the
Lowry Rifles SCV Camp #1740
Rankin County
Mississippi
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Sunny South News
| Editor: Bill Hinson | Co-Editor: Lisa Hinson | |
| Vol. 15 | No. 5 | Date: December 13, 2011 |
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Tell A Friend about The Lowry Rifles Camp #1740
Next Meeting
(TIME CHANGED FOR CHRISTMAS PARTY!)
****** 6:00PM ******
Christmas Party! Please bring a covered dish and join us! -
Show and Tell - Music!!! Bring the family!!!
When: Tuesday December 13, 2011
Time: 6:00pm Where: Central Independent Baptist Church in Pearl, MS.
Speaker: (Christmas Party!!) Subject: (Potluck Meal!) ***We look
forward to seeing you all at our next meeting. If any of you have any
ideas for future programs or know some speakers you would like to hear
please contact me at my email:
ms_scv_1740@yahoo.com
or call me at: 601-672-3117. (Fellowship time is at 6:30pm come join
us and let’s celebrate our Confederate heritage!) Thanks! Marc S.
Allen - Program Chairman
Important New SCV Car Tag
Information
Compatriots when you go to your county courthouse
to purchase your new SCV car tag you must tell the clerk to
look in the specialized car tag booklet under “Sons of Confederate
Veterans” Tag. This tag will have to be ordered and mailed to your
home. Please pass this information on to your friends & family.
Lowry Rifles
Prayer List
Jane Marsh, Steve Alford, Kay McWilliams, Chuck Bond, Marc Lewis, Kay
Marler, Adella Steinkamp‘s family (Lisa‘s Grandma), Glenn Taylor
Continued Prayer: Randy Hinson (Bill & Glenn Hinson‘s father), Connie
Byrd, Richard Flowers, William “Bunky” Robinson
It’s a Girl
Congratulations goes out to Compatriot Adam Horn
and his wife Michelle on the birth of their baby girl named Josey Horn
born on October 25, 2011. Adam said he named her after Outlaw Josey
Wales.
From The
Commander’s Desk
No Report
From Your
Adjutant
Hello Compatriots! I hope this letter finds you
all well. Dues time has come and gone and I sure am glad! I would like
to thank each of you for getting your dues in to me so timely. This
helps so much. The camp did better than expected this year on
retaining members we did not gain any new members though, however we
did have 2 members reinstate, 5 that did not rejoin, 2 that
transferred to other camps and 1 dismissed. So to sum it up we did
better than we have in several years. I ask you to please go out there
and recruit! I know some of you have brothers, fathers, cousins,
children and friends who you can recruit so please invite them to a
meeting. Usually if you can just get them to visit they end up
joining. So my challenge to you is to go out and recruit. Always
remember we are the only ones out there that will protect our
Confederate heritage! Thanks again so much for paying your dues on
time!
These are just a few thing Adjutants have to do
each year
1. Call members and remind them their dues are
due.
2. Add them to the paid list after they pay.
3. Place the dues money into the camp’s account
several times between Aug. 1 and Nov.
4. Call those who have not paid again.
5. Send a list of all members paid and not paid to
National HQ and to the Miss. Division.
6. Send out new membership cards to all paid
members.
The most worrisome thing an adjutant has to do is
have a late member pay dues. This causes him to have to send another
letter with dues enclosed to National HQ and Miss. Division. Sometimes
this happens 4, 5, and 6 times each year. That’s why it makes an
adjutant’s job so much easier when you pay your dues on time. Thanks!
Bill Hinson
Chaplain Atkin’s Corner
“Open Wide the Gate”
Oh Father, instill in me the spirit of boldness:
to go into all the world to proclaim the words of Your Son, Jesus
Christ; to publish the words of inspiration that You have given unto
me; and to testify of the visions and revelations shown to me by Your
Holy Ghost.
Oh Father, open wide the gates and doors of opportunity to bring Your message of hope: to Your saints who may be discouraged, to Your children who may be spiritually famished and to Your people who may be without a shepherd to guide them. Oh Father: let the light of Your love abound anew, let the flame of Your joy be rekindled afresh, let the Heavenly river Your peace be restored on earth among men of good will. Oh Father, to Thee I make this earnest prayer in the Name of Your Son Jesus. Amen.
©12/13/2001 Jim Welch
We all fall on hard times and need a friend
at times. So again please call on me when you need me.
Your Chaplain, Roy Atkins - Phone
Number: 601- 939-6248
Varnia Jefferson Davis
The New York World, Sunday,
December 13, 1896
Written for the Sunday World Magazine by Mrs. Jefferson Davis
NOTE: The left margin of this clipping is
ragged in places. Missing or fragmentary words that could not be
puzzled out are indicated as "[missing]."
While looking over the advertisements of the toys
and everything else intended to make the children joyful in the
columns of the city papers, I have been impressed with the contrast
between the present time and the con-[missing] of the Southern country
thirty-one years ago, but not withstanding the great facilities of the
present time, have been unable to decide whether for the young it was
not as gay then as now. For as Christmas season was ushered in under
the darkest clouds, everyone felt the cataclysm which impended but the
rosy, expectant faces of our little children were a constant reminder
that self-sacrifice must be the personal offering of each member of
the family. How to satisfy the children when nothing better could be
done than the little makeshift attainable in the Confederacy was the
problem of the older members of each household. There were no
currants, raisins or other ingredients to fill the old Virginia recipe
for mince pie, and the children considered that at least a slice of
that much-coveted dainty was their right and the price of indigestion
paid for it was a debt of honor [missing] from them to the season's
exactions. Apple trees grew and bore in spite of war's alarms, so the
foundation of the mixture was assured. The many excited housekeepers
in Richmond had preserved all the fruits attainable, and these were
substituted for the time-honored raisins and currants. The brandy
required for seasoning at one hundred dollars a bottle was
forthcoming, the cider was obtained. Suet at a dollar a pound was
ordered -- and the [missing] seemed a blessed certainty -- but the
eggnog -- [missing] were the eggs and liquors to be procured --
without which Christmas would be a failure to the negroes.
This newspaper clipping is included
among the Jefferson Davis Papers at Rice University
Lt. General Stephen Dill Lee (CSA)
The youngest Lieutenant General of the
Confederacy, Stephen Dill Lee was born to Dr. Thomas Lee and Caroline
Allison Lee on 22 September 1833 in Charleston, S.C. He entered West
Point at the age of 17 and graduated in 1854; he served in the U.S.
Army in Texas, Florida, Kansas, and the Dakotas. In 1861, he resigned
from the U.S. Army to enter service in the Confederate Army as a
Captain and aide-de-camp to General Beauregard. and rose in rank from
Captain to Lieutenant General. By profession an artillerist, he served
in the artillery through all the Virginia campaigns until Sharpsburg,
and was meantime promoted through grades to Colonel. On November 6,
1862, he was appointed Brigadier General and was assigned to the
command of General Pemberton’s artillery at Vicksburg. He was
exchanged after the capitulation of the place in July 1863, and was
promoted Major General on August 3. He was then placed in command of
the cavalry in the Department of Mississippi, Alabama, West Tennessee,
and East Louisiana.
Promoted to Lieutenant General on June 23, 1864, he assumed command of Hood’s old corps of the Army of Tennessee, which he led during the Tennessee campaign and in the closing days, until the surrender of General Joseph F. Johnston in North Carolina. Lee was severely wounded in Nashville, Tenn., in 1864 and surrendered with Johnston in High Point, N.C., on 26 April 1865. Despite his youth and comparative lack of experience, Lee’s prior close acquaintanceship with all three branches of the service --- artillery, cavalry, and infantry --- rendered him one of the most capable corps commanders in the army. In February 1865, Lee married Regina Harrison, daughter of James Thomas Harrison and Regina Blewett, of Columbus, Miss. They settled in Mississippi after the war and Lee was active as a planter for several years. In 1878, Lee was elected to the Mississippi Senate. From 1880 to 1899, he served as the first president of the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College, now Mississippi State University. He resigned as college president to serve as member of the commission to organize Vicksburg Military Park. Lee was active in the Confederate veterans, wrote several articles on the Civil War, and held the post of Chief of the United Confederate Veterans until his death in Vicksburg on 28 May 1908.
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Mississippi Division News
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New Beauvoir Executive Director!
The Board of Directors of Beauvoir announces the
selection of Bertram Hayes Davis as Executive Director, successor to
acting Director Richard V. Forte at the expiration of Richards term.
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***National News***
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LET THE BRAVE RALLY TO THE STANDARD IN LEXINGTON!
LEXINGTON LEE/JACKSON VIGIL When: Friday, January 13, 2012 & Saturday, January 14, 2012
Where: Downtown Lexington, Virginia
The Heritage Defense Committee of the Sons of Confederate Veterans is sponsoring a confederation-wide vigil and protest in Lexington, Virginia for the city's passage of an insulting, discriminatory ry and illegal ordinance that bans Confederate flags from flag holders on city owned light poles. Off and on since the early 1900's, the Sons of Confederate Veterans have sponsored a Lee/Jackson birthday events in Lexington. Since 2000 the Stonewall Brigade Camp has sponsored a Lee/Jackson Birthday celebration complete with seminars, memorials and a downtown parade festooned with Confederate flags on city light poles. In 1991 the SCV was forced to sue the city of Lexington to have their Lee Jackson parade go forward, the city signed a court enforceable consent decree promising not to interfere with Confederate symbols again. Now, in an insulting move deliberately aimed at the SCV, the City has passed an ordinance permitting only government flags (US, VA & city of Lexington) to fly from the city light poles. Unfortunately for the city, legal research has shown that if sued over the unconstitutional ordinance, the City of Lexington will most likely lose. The lawsuit is being drafted as I write. Until the filing date, we must put maximum pressure on the city of Lexington to peacefully redress this ongoing insult to our heroes Lee & Jackson, in the town where their hallowed remains lie. In response to this ongoing outrage, the Sons of Confederate Veterans urges all available compatriots to attend the Lee/Jackson celebration in Lexington (http://leejacksonday.webs.com ) and to participate in a weekend Flag vigil/ protest in downtown Lexington. A resolution by the Commander-in-Chief encouraging your participation will soon follow this notice. Remember the excitement generated in 2000 at the Columbia SC Statehouse Rally let's rekindle that excitement! And we will hold ld this event annually until this insult to our heroes is lifted. WILL YOU HELP? WILL YOUR CAMP HELP? IF YES, HERE'S HOW: Plan to come to Lexington, VA the weekend of January 13-14, 2012. If necessary, plan your own Camp's Lee-Jackson celebration for the following weekend. If your camp's celebration is the same weekend as the he Lexington event, consider sending a representative delegation to Lexington. Info at: http://leejacksonday.webs.com Have your Camp sign up to man one of the 60+ light poles in downtown Lexington. From Friday 13 January 2PM til dark and Saturday 14 January 10AM until dark your Camp will be responsible for having a 2-member team holding a Confederate flag at the Camp's designated light pole. Your Camp may name me the pole to honor a Confederate hero (and will be so listed in the event program). Registration is $100 (which will be used to fund the Lexington Litigation). We suggest no more than 2 hour tours per team. so the Camp needs to make sure they have sufficient maan power to cover their pole. If necessary 2 camps can register for the same pole. Children may participate accompanied by a responsible adult. Each team should have a cell-phone with them. Register at: LexingtonLeeJacksonVigil@gmail.com or call 828-669-0097. Checks made payable to SCV Heritage Defense (note on check for Lexington) and mailed to P.O. Box 59 Columbia, TN 38402. Follow this event on Facebook at: Lexington Lee Jackson Vigil/Protest and Save Our Flags / Boycott Lexington, Virginia COMPATRIOTS WE CAN WIN THIS! REGISTER NOW! Yours in the cause of Southern justice & liberty, Thomas Y. Hiter, Phd Chief of Heritage Defense: Sons of Confederate Veterans
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Word of the Month:
Evergreen
The Charge!
To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we will
commit the vindication of the Cause for which we fought. To your
strength will be given the defense of the Confederate soldier's good
name, the guardianship of his history, the emulation of his virtues,
the perpetuation of those principles which he loved and which you love
also, and those ideals which made him glorious and which you also
cherish. Remember, it is your duty to see that the true history of the
South is presented to future generations.
Commander-General Lt. General Stephen Dill Lee
United Confederate Veterans, New Orleans, 25 April
1906
***Address Changes***
If anyone in our camp has a snail mail or e-mail
address change or has not been receiving their Confederate Veterans
Magazine (by monthly) or their Jeff Davis Legion Newsletter
(quarterly) Please call Bill Hinson at: 601-936-9048 or write him at
BHLH87@aol.com
or snail mail him at: 238 South Fox-Hall Road Pearl, MS 39208
*Disclaimer: Editor reserves the rights to edit
all material submitted all submissions to the newsletter must be in
proper format (ALL CAPS not excepted.) Update to Disclaimer:
All correspondences must be by (email, no snail mail letters
excepted!!!) Send all
correspondences to:
BHLH87@aol.com
with subjected field being: For Sunny South News
We hope everyone has
a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
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