The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-20
Society of the Cincinnati.
CONTINUED from Ninth Page.)

they we're duly admitted to full fellow
ship,
The North Camliua Society OF the Gin
,innatl had hut short existence and no
trAea af its yeeeFds or original funds
can he gemd II Was organized at
lltNshopoNaA \, 9, Ia Oh" latter part of
Oetoltr, iTSa with Cen, Jethro Sumner
IA nreakleRt and Chaplain Mlnm Boyd
aa SECRETARY, with sixty OH" members,
being AhVut half ef thoae Wh" We're eli"
sIhle under Che institution, llH dele
gates, aelected ga attend the meeting of
the General SocietY at lNllhd"lphln. in
the following MAY. were Lieut.. tol. Ar
ehihuld i4ytle Mai, Reading blonht aud
Mai, Griffith john Mcltev, ~" lhHh nam
ett two uf whom were rWHrnl Oh 'Ant ore
caaion Ii Ia known 10 have hclu hh'
nual meetings at Fayetteville, \. ~, on
,lhly l. lisa aud July !. )ISo, aud ut
Halifax. \, G., July \, lISU. IN account
of this last meeting says
THE festlv,ty OF this huspicio'% Jay
commenced hy a Suitable dachafge OF
artillery about II o'clock. \ large NUM-
her OF gentlemen from the town ana
different parts Of the state, met the
Society at MIR. HArkdalc's tavern, where
an elegant dinner was prepared by the
direction OF their stewards. After dim
ner the following toast. tTherc were
thirteen Of them which omit, for want
OF space. They were all most patriotic.
&. =. d. were drunk, accompanied by
separate discharges of cannon and ami
| 4,
patriotic enthusiasm.
The afternoon was spent in the utmost
conviviality enlivcned with II number of
gay and political songsand toasts. In
the evening the Society gave n ball which
was hOnored with II numerous and splen-
did attendance of the ladies.
This is tine last known assemblage of
the North Carolina Society although It
is known to have been represented by
one or more delegates to the meetings
of the General Society in 1877 and 1890.
At the meeting of the Society in 1875,
Lieut.. Col. John Baptister Ashe, Brevet
Major Howell Tatum and Brevet Major
Robert Fenner were elected respective
", President, Secretary and Treasurer.
So far as now known, there is no
further record of this Society until, on
April 4. 1896, at Raleigh, \. c., ten quail
flied descendants of its original mem
bers revived and re-organized it and it
is now in fourishing condition. AT a
meeting of the General Society, i'll Phila-
delphia, May Is. 1896. it was, with the
Delaware Society. Professionally recogn-
lied and anticipates full fellowship at
the General Society next tri-ennial
meeting in 1899. The Georgia Society
was organized. in adj probability, in the
autumn of 1888. General Anthony
Wayne was one of it's early presidents
and among it's honorary members was
Gen. john Sewer, one of the militia
heroes Of Kings Mountain, who was
distinguished in the early history of Ten
nessee. Its number of original members
between fifty and sixty would Indicate
a good proportion Of those who were
eligible under the original institution"
Like the Society in North Carolina, it's
life was brief and there is little known
of its meetings for no trace of its records
can be found One or more delegates
represented the Society at the tri-ennial
meetings of the General Society IN 17S4,
1877 and 1890. About 1924 its perma-
nent fund found its way to the United
States Treasury where it remained until
1901 WIIeH, III que TORN, II was aDS0rDeu
by the General Society. Measures are
to be taken, at an early date, by gentle
men well qualified for the task, looking
to a resuscitation of this Society
1t is confidently believed, in view Of
the interest being taken in the revival of
American patriotism, that all of the
original State Societies of the Cincinna-
ii will be restored to the fold in 1899
for such. have reason to believe. is
the will of all true members of this time
honored patriotic society. Esto perpetua.
CHAS. $. DAVIS.
Asheville, \. c., Feb. - 1898.
The North Carolina Society of the
Cincinnati will hold it's meeting at 10
O'Clock a. M, ON Tuesday, February -,
1898 (the one hundred and sixty-sixth
anniversary of the birth of Gen. George
Washington in the rooms of the State
LiUrary at Raleigh \. G.
CHAS. S. DAVIS,
Secretary n. C. Society of the Cincin-
matt.