Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-04-03
AN IMPRESSIVE OCCASION.
Farwell Reception TO Col. Reeves and
Family, by the Baptist Church.

Farwell Reception TO Col. Reeves and
Family, by the Baptist Church.
1t was our pleasure and delight to
attend the reception rendered Tuesday
evening, March 20, 1895, by the Bap-
fist Church and Sunday School, in
honor of Col. T. II. Reeves and family,
who have gone to Washington City to
make their future home. The church
about the rostrum was beautifully
decorated with pot plants of almost
every species; and the church really
looked cheerful by the presence of the
flowers. 1t is useless to say that the
house was crowded to its utmost ca.
pacity by the friends of Colonel Reeves
and family, for the mere mention of
Col. Reeves name in the reception
would naturally draw a large crowd,
so popular has he been in this COM
munity and such a great benefactor
has he been in this town and surround
ing country. The occasion was really
a delightful me and yet there was q
sadness unavoidable connected with it.
Delightful because of the very elabor-
ate program which had been prepared
by those good people in token of the
love and respect which they have for
Col. Reeves and family. The evening
was spent in a social manner, being
in~terspersed by some select renditions
of music which had been selected for
the occasion. We might make special
mention of the instrumental selections
rendered by DR.. and Mrs. Park and
Miss Lucy Deaderick. Refreshments
in the shape of delicious ice cream and
cake were served to the entire audience.
After these pleasures had been success.
fully INDUCED in, the minds and
thought of all present were turned into
sadness and regrets by the appropri-
ate and impressive addresses by several
gentlemen who expressed in words
most BETTING the sentiment and ex
IRENE sadness of the entire audience,
occasioned by the departure of this
noble family, whom all Jonesbbro rev.
cred and loved. The pastor, Rev. Tun-
nell, in a few well chosen words open
ed up the of feeling and re.
grets which were freely expressed by
W.. A. j. Moore, of Knoxville, a very in
tin,aka f,inn1 pf FOL Danxyao an1 70 ,o.
ly. Messrs. Eldridge Bachman, 7.
j.. Peoples, Capt. A. S. Deaderick and
Hon. w. P. B%rownlow, pronounced
~eulogies not on one dead, but one who
has immortalized himself in the hearts
of the people of Jonesboro and upper
East Tennessee as well.
Col. Reeves has spent more than a
quarter of a century in Jonesboro, and
during that time he has so ingratiated
himself into the hearts and condolences
of the people that his departure from
this place will be followed by many re-
grets and time only in its onward flight
can bridge the chasm which his de-
p~arture has left. 1t was not only his
and his tireless energy in the Sunday
School work that made him so popu-
lar among all classes, but Jonesboro
never had a bigger hearted and more
public spirited man than Col. Reeves.
He has always shouldered his part of
the load, and beyond any doubt he has
done more for the interests of old
Jonesboro than any one man who can
claim the honor of living in the town;
and truly it may be said that what is
Jonesboro's loss is Washington's gain.
Col. Reeves life in Jonesboro for
twenty FIVE years has been as a Christ
ian mans life, laid in the loom of time
to a pattern which possibly he does not
see, but God does; and his heart is a
shuttle. On one side of the loom is
sorrow and on the other side Joy; and
the shuttle struck alternately by each,
flies back and forth carrying the thread
which of every color is needed, and in
the end when God shall lift up the
finished garment and all the changing
hues of good deeds shall shine forth 1t
will then appear that the deep and dark
colors were as necessary to beauty as
the bright and high colors.
Doubtless, Col. Reeves and family
felt highly honored by this demonstra.
ton of love, friendship and respect, and
we'll they might feel honored, and as
they 60 from hence to take up their
future abode in that beautiful city
where resides the chief executive of
this nation we bespeak for them a
hearty welcome and assure them that
1t is with sadness and sincere regret
h rya oil oou forauall