On the eve of Memorial Day, the younger members of the decorating committee entwined the National Colors about the base of the Confederate monument, which stands guard at the head of Main street. Along came Mrs. C.G. Elliott and other ladies as the sun was going down. As she adjusted her glasses and examined the National Colors with critical eye, she remarked that there is a place for everything, but the Confederate Monument is certainly no place for the display of the National colors. The Colors were removed and flowers substituted.
With no disrespect for the National Colors, Mrs. Elliott, who stands shoulder to shoulder with Mrs. Randolph and other noble women who were in close touch with all phases of the War Between the States, made the point that the confederate soldiers died for their flag, and by that flag they must live in memory. It is the exalted spirit of such women as Mrs. Elliott that keeps alive the noble traditions of the Old South. Long may they live, and as measured by their endearing terms may there never be a new south.
Oxford Public Ledger, Tuesday, May 13, 1924
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