Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
The Ex-COnfederate Home.
MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE FOR THE TRANS
ACTION OF BUSINESS.
General KEENAN, Gives Some Interest
ing Facts in Connection With
the Institution at
Higginsvllle.

bne tnStltutluu Ut
H~igginsvllle.
Gen. w. II. KEENAN,, a member of
the Executive Committee of the Con-
federate Home at Higginsville, Mo-,
returned Thursday from Higgins
vile, where he attended on Wednes-
day a meeting of the Committee. Mr.
Kennan, when seen by a LEDGER re-
porter, said:
"There are at this time in the Home
one hundred and eighteen inmates.
Sixteen have died within the past
year; there is in the treasury a suffi-
Gent sum to maintain the Home until
a collection a be made at the regu-
lar school elections throughout the
State in April next. Since the last
meeting of the Committee there has
been erected and heated by steam a
nice hospital building, apart from the
main building"
Mr.. KEENAN, stated that "enough of
vegetables, fruits, corn, pork, milk,
butter, etc., have been raised this
year on the farm, attached to the
Home, to supply the wants of the
Home. Bills for medical supplies,
groceries, tobacco, clothing, hire of
help to run the farm of 1862 acres and
all repairs must, of course, be met
with money. While the number of
inmates is growing greater the cost of
running the Home is growing less each
succeeding year, by reason of the fact
that the farm, by careful tiled drain
ing and good management, is being
made more productive and, besides, it
is believed that the building of the
new hospital is the end of all buildings
necessary to houseand care for all the
inmates at present, and all that we
may reasonably expect to come to the
Home in the future.
"Thomas Hudson and Walter Brad
ley died on the night of the 21st inst,
within an hour of each other. Their
funerals we're held in the parlors of
the main building of the Home and
attended by the inmates and many
visitors at 8 O'Clock yesterday. The
Executive Committee adjourned long
enough to attend the funerals, which
were conducted by Rev. T. B. Cobb,
of Lexington, No., a brave ex-Con-
federate soldier. His remarks were to
the point and very impressive. I'M
derstood the superintendent to say
that a majority of the inmates were
protested Christians. MIR. Hudson
was admitted to the Home from the
Ninth Congressional District, Mont
gomery City, upon my recommended
ton on the s0th day of May, 1891. His
name ID the seventh on the roll of ad-
mittances. He was 70 years old when
he died; belonged to Capt. Tom Car
ter's company, Burbridge's Regiment,
and lost a leg at the battle of Wilson's
Creek on the 10th day of August, and
afterwards was h%onorably discharged
at Springfield, Mo. The record shows
that Walter Bradley, who also was ad-
mitted on my recommendation and
was financially aided in getting to the
Home by our townsman, W. o. john
son, was admitted April 2, 1892.
His name was No. 40 on the roll of adj
mittances. He was 6s years old when
he died. He was with Gen. Joseph E.
Johnston IN his famous march to At
lanta. He was a faithful, good soldier
in the line and an Industrious ,obedient
inmate of the Home. He had been,
until he vas by sickness prevented, in
charge of the dairy department of the
Home and was very careful, useful
and helpful. He will be greatly miss
ed. I shall miss him for he was one
of the first to meet and greet me on
my visits there, and he never failed to
ask after the health of his friend, VIM.
o. Johnson. Maj. Ricketts, made a
complete settlement as Treasurer of
the Home and positively refused Q
election to that responsible Office. He
has been Treasurer of the Confederate
Association and the ConfederateHo Home
since 1888 and has received and paid
out on approved vouchers the sum of
s104,227. He deserves great credit for
the unselfish and faithful services he
has given to this charity and retires
with the grateful thanks and full con-
fidence and esteem of the Executive
Committee of the Home and OF all
with whom he had business durInghis
long term of the Office of Treasurer"
The following officers were elected
to serve the ensuing year: President,
James Bannermao, St. Louis; Treas
urer, A. E. Asbury, Higginsville; Su-
| p~erintendent of Home, T. w. Cassell;
Vice President, Harvey w. Salmon,
Clinton; Secretary, w. P. Barlow, st.
Louis; Surgeon and Physician, DR.. j.
]. Fulkerson, Higginsville; Executive
| Committee, K. F. Petticord, F. L.
Pitts, A. C. Cook, E. d. McCoffey,
Blake L. Woodson, w. G. Bronaugh,
Thomas P. Hoy, Robert A. McCulloch,
w. II. KEENAN,, Henry g. Guibor, A.
G. Anderson, Frank A. Gaiennie, Ed
mund Casey, o. H. P. Catron and G.
T. Davis.
A committee was appointed to pro-
cure q large United States flag with
the full complement of stars and have
erected a flag staff on the highest tor
of the main building of the Home &c
s. WIVES iHyTS