Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-06-17
BoydviiIe Fete.

llldlGIidHIc. L@FcTy lIHtlS WAS pIOplLlOus
for the occasion and even the weather
man kept his promise and gave us a reg
| ular summer day.
The lawn was in perfect condition and
the decorations of red, white and red, in
lterningled with the folds of "Old Glory
were exceedingly attractive. The lawn,
whichls dotted here and there with beat
| uful old trees and vines. is considered one
Of the most beautiful places in the State
and yesterday with the old colonial man
sion Of the Faulkners at the west end,
it presented an exceedingly beautiful APP
pearance.
/ The place was particularly attractive
at night A large number of arc lights
were placed in the lawn and with the
| bunting floating in the breeze, the lawn
was beautiful sight.
On October =. 1864 number Of ladies'
| formed the association now known as Il c
Berkeley County Chapter of the United
Daughters Of the Confederacy and this
annual fete day is the outcome Of the eff
forts Of that organization. The first fete
was held on June 3, 1896, the second on
! July rs, 1897; the third on June, 9, 1898,
and yesterday was the date Of the fourth
annual fete.
Early in the morning the people began
to arrive and by noon a good sized crowd
| had collected upon the grounds. The
crowd from that tirne on began increasing
in size and by night she grounds were
we'll filed.
AT ten O'Clock in the morning cavalry
| parade was formed composed of the Con-
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beaded by Comrey's Concert Band in
Sharf's wagon, which was profusely dec
GRATED. This parade was the signal for
the opening Of Confederate Day." 1t
paraded the principal streets of the town
and then went to "Boydville," the parade
entering the lawn to the strains OF
Dixie and was received by cheers from
the threats of many Southern sympatigsz-
ers.
After entering the ground it proceeded
to the tent Of the President of the Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy and was there
welcomed by Mrs. McSherry. who after
few brief words Of welcome, told the old
Veterans to go about the grounds and
enjoy themselves and help make the day
most pleasant and enjoyable one.
The next thing on the program for the
day was play entitled .'St. Valentines
Day." after which the tennis tournament
took place and concert by Comrey's
Band
After this there was ull in the amuse-
ments and everybody adjourned for that
all important thing, dinner, and it was an
excellent one too. served by most pleasing
and affable mattresses. This important
part of the days program was followed
by an excellent concert by Comrey's Band
and the theatre tent then began to fill up,
prior to the minstrel play, THE Bellies of
Blaekville. This play was one Of the
principal features of the day and the
audience was so well pleased with it that
there were many requests for it to be re-
peated at night. 1t was announced that I
would be repeated at 9 p. M. but the par
Elephants did not have time to do H. Tie
MINISTRIES were gotten up by Miss lmogene
Fiery and MIR. l.. Dew. Gerhardt and
many are the praises for the way in
which they We're gotten up and the way
they were rendered.
The participants in the minstrel were;
Misses lane Faulkner. Rena Beck, Bette
Sublet, Mary Woods, Nota Viewer, Alice
West, Grace Neer. Amelya Boak, Bessie
BOYD; Messrs. l.. Dew. Gerhardt, John
Parks, Noble Means, {. w. Link, and
Bruce Geyer.
The latter half of the day then began.
The City Band turned out and went TO
the 3.I7 c. V.train and met the delegation
from Winchester. Although our sister
city did not send half the delegation that
Martinsbnrg did to the 9th of June exer-
cises, it sept about the largest delegation
that came from any one place.
| For the early morning train ~ tickets
were sold at the station in Winchester and
for the afternoon train 81 were sold,
making total of 100 people that
attended from Winchester. Included in
the crowd was a delegation from the
Ladies Memorial Association and about
eleven members of the Turner Ashby
Camp, accompanied by the Sarah Zane
Drum Corps.
Upon the arrival of the train a process
sion was formed and the visitors were es-
corted to Boydvile by the City Band,
where they were welcomed by Mrs. ]. w.
McSherry, the president of the Daughters
of the Confederacy and by DIR. McSherry
the commander of the Berkeley County
Camp.
"A Japanese Drill was then given by
1.-The children of the Confederacy, alfred
in Japanese gowns, which was witnessed
by many. This was one of the unique
features of the day and the children
showed excellent training.
The City Band gave concert on the
stand erected for that purpose and the
band, as usual, drew large crowd
around the stand. They rendered an ex-
cellent concert.
About FIVE O'Clock in the afternoc n
many Southern songs were sung by a
chorus of fifty voices. This was one oil
the principal features OF the days amuse-
ments and the music was excellent,
This was followed by the drill by Il c
Berkeley Broom Brigade. This was
looked forward to as one of the most
interesting of the amusements and was,
About eight O'Clock in the evening the
Martini hurcg Fire DEPARTMENT and Drum