The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1889-09-20
4 GLORIOUS REUNION.
TIE OLD VETERANS OF FRANK.
LIN HAVE \ RIG DAY,
The Speeches and the Dinner Up to the
Top Notch of Popuinr Expectations
Progress. .--SchOOIs, &C.

| h'Ci M, ~ " Sept IoOJ.-l uls
is a day long to be remembered by the
| citizens Of Louisburg and Franklin county
1t had long been looked forward to by all
| especially the old soldiers who Ionged tc
greet each other again in the flesh, and to
| naingle with their friends and neighbors in
| a pleasant reunion. Every preparation
| mad been made for pleasant occasion.
IL seemed to us that every man in the
| county came and brought his wife and
| children. Barrow & Sons store was the
headquarters for issuing badges for the
old veterans, and about II o'clock the or
der was given to ''fall inn and about 800.
headed by the Louisburg Brass Band,
marched up to the beautiful grove where
vas erected u stand for the speakers. The
exercises We're opened with prayer by Rev.
j. B Hurry. 1t was very appropriate for
the occasion.
Judge j. J. Davis was to have been the
orator OF the day but owing to sickness,
which Was much regretted by all present
(and all the State as well-EDrroR), he
| could not leave his room. Col. T. c. Full
Ter, of Raleigh, was Invited to fill his place.
Mr.. F. S. SpruiIl in short but forcible
speech, which did him credit, introduced
Col. Fuller lie arose amid much applause
and said that owing to the short notice
which he had received that he was to take
Judge Davis's place he did not have time
to commit his speech to memory and would
have to read it from manuscript The
Colonel, however, has that very rare
quality Of delivery that if one had not
seen his manuscript it would have
been difficult matter to tell that he
was reading it. He began with the
first year of the war and spoke in brief Of
tie history of each important battle and
the deeds of bravery and vaior of the
North Carolinians. His speech was very
interesting history Of the four years of the
war, and pronounced by all to be fine
| effort. During the latter part Of his speech
be read the last order Of Gen. Robert E.
Lee.
Capt. c. NJ. Cooke next introduced Rev
Geo W. Sanderlin as ''the young Captain
| who had followed Gen. Lee from the bat
tie of Seven Pines to Appomattox. Mr..
Sander!in arose and in that happy, pleas
| ant style of oratory for which he is so well
| known, both pleased and instructed the
| crowd for about forty minutes.
After Mr.. Sanderlin's speech, Captain
| Cook read note from Mrs DAVIS in which
! she said how much the Judge regretted,
| on account Of sickness, not being able to
| be present himself but that his heart was
| with the olu soldiers, and he hoped that
| they would have pleasant day. The line
was again formed and headed by the band
| (Which by the way is a good one), marched
| to tho Tnhanon No har
prepared for the old veterans bountiful
| repast of everything that was good to eat.
! The warehouse was beautifully decorated
| with flags and evergreens. In the rear
end was platform fo- those who respond
| ed to the tOasts. Behind this platform
| were hung several beautiful pictures, one
| of them was of Judge ]. J. Davis. These
pictures were executed by the talented ar
| tist and author, Mrs. Geo S. Baker
After dinner tOaStS were drank as fol
lows:
N. G. Troops at Gettysburg, by Col. W.
| II. $. Burgwyn, of Henderson.
Stonewall Jackson, by Hon. George W
| Sanderlin.
Gen. Robt. E. Lee drank in silence
jefferson Davis, BY Fab II. Busbee, of
| Raleigh.
Our Confederate Privates, by W. A.
| Montgomery, of Warrenton.
The Women of the Confederacy, by Prof
| S. ID. Bagley.
Our Confederate Dead, by Col. T. G.
| Fuller, of Raleigh.
EX-Confederates of Franklin county by
Capt. 9 NJ. Cooke, of Louisburg
| This ended the exercises of the day. The
crowd was estimated at about 1900
Everybody seemed to be happy.
Louishurg lacks a good deal now of be
| ing a duh town since Il tOba co market
has been established here. There are
two large tobacco warehouses now opened
for the sale Of leaf tobacco. The Stal
Warehouse is under the management o1
| Mr.. J. B. Thomas, of Danville. The ware
house az the depot formerly known as the
| Jones Warehouse will be under the man
agement of Mr. w. T. Hughes also from
Danville. Both of these gentlemen are
men of long experience in the tobacco
business, and We predict for them success
| There are now being erected four prlzC
houses. The tobacco growers of FranklI
county say that they are going to cooper
ate with the warehouses at Louisburg tC
| make the market success and the pro
prietors of the warehouses; say there shall
be no want of buyers and satisfactory
prices. The 18th, 10Th and Goth of th
| IloHtu dIc tIo OpcliluS udyS lOI SS1icS.
|
The schools of Louisburg this session
have opened with better prospects than TO
good many years before. The colleg,
for young ladies of which Prof. S. D. Bag
ley is Principal, opened with about Z,
scholars, and from what we were tOl(
about the interest that everybody is tax
ing the number will be greatly increased
within the next two or three weeks. Th
Louisburg Times, of a recent date, says:
cit Is not only gratifying to the Presi
dent of the Louisburg Female College
| but tO this entire section, that the presen
session has opened under such fatterin,
circumstances. Already about IS pupil
have entered among whom are Is board
ers-and a number of others will be il
later. The President is confident the lis
will extend to one hundred or more th
present session. Every parent who has
daughter old enough should take advan
tage Of this grand opportunity of securing
to her an education, which is cheaper
and at the same time not inferior to tha
of any other College of the State"
Mr.. e. G. Thompson, graduate o
Wake Forest, is the Principal of the Acad
emy for boys. He has up to this writing
20 scholars and says that he will NOR
than double that number in a short time
To sum it all up it does look to US as i
the good old town of Louisburg has start
ed out with new life and we hope for tn
good people of this section all the success
they so richly deserve.