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Gmre-et-ofirgngirig-DWNEW COURT HOUSE CORNERSTONE LAIDGREAT EVENT FOR TOWN OF COLLINS YESTERDAY.Five Thousand People Were Present and Listened to an Address by Frederick Speed—Hattiesburg Was Rep-Resented.nyodf*d.nyot.reVufTisofInkde-im-or-lenB8BItIW.uldtheon.The laying of the cornerstone of the new court house for Covington County, yesterday attracted a large number of people to Collins and the town was alive with people, from all accounts.There were people rrotn every conceivable direction in Collins and there have been a crowd of 5.000 peo-witness the ceremonies of laying ^he chief stone in the building.The ceremonies were according to the building and Impressive ritual of the Masonic order, with all its mystic and symbolistic beauty, and the crowd of people were Imprcsset^rfjf yond words with the scene.H' f Yawn- ^aMMfater of the grand lodee state conductedthey * an(1 Hattiesburg wasnijet1'1'^ Wlt; M- Conner as grandf AI •■•kiln ..It Ikn nfknitCc5.anPere;yoHlt;soofpredgiihi:S'tci v uuat1ingTh'K.ofHlt;wthcl;Nme.getmtwillweyouilly\-«nlor warden while all the other grand officers were present.After the laying of the corner stone there was a good old fashioned barbecue and talk about good eating— there It was! The very remembrance comes like a benediction. After the dinner Hon. Frederick Speed, of Vicksburg delivered an address that was listened to with marked attention and that It was beyond the ordinary Is proven by the fact that the great crowd listened to It most attentively —for If It had not been more than ordinary no man would have listened to It after such a dinner.Mr. Conner returned last nfght and he reportB a splendid time and a most enjoyable day. \*G
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Hattiesburg Daily News
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, US
Fri, Sep 06, 1907
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