The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-19
DUPLIN NEWS.
THE REUNION OF THE
VETERA NS-THE MEET
INGS TO BE HELD AN
NUALLY.
A New Brick Jail--Important AL
lance Business--A Human Gu
riosity.
Reg. Cor. THE CAUCASIAN. |

sept. 10Th, 1859.
Saturday, Sept. l4th, was in
deed Veterans day in our vii
lags. AS early as 8 o'clock in
the morning people Of both
sexes, and all classes, from the
wealthy farmer to the pensionsr,
and of all ages, from the grey
haired veteran to the tiny in
FAINT, began to arrive; some Oh
horseback, some walking and
others in any sor, OF a vehicle
from d two-hors" carriage to al
OK cart. They "stood not upon
the order Of their coming" just
so they got here
At 1880, Capt. Jas. q. KEENAN,
commanding, the veterans,
Wondering about evenly i've
although there were g. great
many mere present) assembled
IN marching order, on the" Bone
Yard" and marched to Post Of
fee, thence to Attorney korne-
gays Office where they halted
and we're greeted with an able
address from Col. Thos. s. Ken
an in which lie urged upon
them the necessity OF collecting
old historic letters and other
"reminiscences Of the late war
and forwarding to the Secretary.
Prof. 3. T. Grady, to be used III
the construction of a correct his
tory of the war. He also set forth
many plans by which to make
the annual reunion a complete
success, but our space forbids
them all. At the conclusion of
Col. Kenans address, Attorney
A. D. Ward. treated the asssmb
ly to an excellent little speech
which was loudly:appl .udsd, at
ter which the association ad-
journed for diuner and it being
rather late they all did ample
justice to the many good things
set forth to appease their hun
ger.
at 3 o'clock the Association
was again called to order, Vice
President, VIM. Moore was call
ed to the chair. The Secretary
Prof. B. +. Grady, being absent,
Mr.. S. B. Newton was elected
Secretary protein. The first
motion before the Association
vas wheather or not they have
an annual reunion and a unani-
nous vote FOR the reunion FOL
lowed.
The time 70: the reunion was
set at Thursday after End SAN
day in October Of each year.
1t was decided that there should
be a dinner furnished for the
occasion.
Every veteran is cordially in
vited to come wheather or not
he is able to bring a basket, as
the committee will see that he
gets dinner. The committee
appointed consisted of Joe. HI.
Carr, Kenansville township;
VIM. Winders, Warsaw; W. D.
Bradshaw, Island Greek; b. 8.
Carr, Faisons; Thaddens Jones,
Wolfscrape; J. W. Gr;shan,
Limestone; j. r. Miller ST.,
Smiths; jacob James, Cypress
Creek; I. J. johnson, Rockfish;
DR.. Mcmillan, Magnolia; ", II.
Grady, Albertsons; and +. NJ.
keathley, GlissoDs.
| The county commissioners
have recoIs dered the jail ques
ton and have decided to erect
ii brick building with steel cells
instead OF a wooden structure as
previously stated. The con tract
for furnishing brick was award
ed to Mr.. Sam Albertson who
will begin work to day. The
brick will be made Immediate
ly at the Jail site.
We were glad to see the able
Editor Of the Fayetteville OBJ
server in town on VETERANS
day."
The Barbecue Lodge of far
mers alliance held a regular
meeting hers on the 14th and
took some important steps
towards some new business the
nature of which will not be
made public until completed.
There will be o protracted
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