Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-01-24
The MEMPHIS REUNION
Will Be tho Greatest Gathering OF
Old Soldiers Ever Held.
Arrangements Rapidly Rounding Into
shape-The Finance Committee Meet
ing with Gratifying Success.


Ing with Gratifying Success.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jan. 21.-Arrange.
nents for the Confederate reunion,
which will be held in Memphis during
the latter part of May next, are rapidly
rounding into shape. The thirty local
committees are actively at work and
the enthusiasm and confidence Of the
citizens all point to one of the most
successful gatherings of the old soldiers
ever held under Southern sky. At q
recent meeting of the general executive
committee it was decided that music
should be a special feature of the re-
union. Chairman Thomas o. Vinton,
Of the music committee, assured the
executive committee that he would
have on hand an abundance of music,
and to that end he stated that negotia-
tons were now being carried on with
with several prominent bands, with
view to securing their services for re-
nnion week. Bands from small towns
and cities will be invited to attend, and
Inspiring airs will be heard at all hours
Of the days and evenings.
The finance committee, of which Mr..
A. Is. Pickett, editor and proprietor of
The Evening Scimitar, is chairman, re-
ports encouraging progress in its work.
In an interview, Mr.. Pickett today said:
There is an impression that the
amount named by the committee, fifty
| thousand dollars is more than will
be required. l have not entered into
details of expense, but base my calcu-
,ations on the expense of the previous
| 'eunions. There were about $4,000
people at Richmond, and the expense
there was something over 100000. At
| Louisville there was $4,000 people, and
! he expense was over $4,000; it would
nave been "A great deal more if the
weather had been propitious, and the
entertainments mapped out had been
| given. Mr., Lockwood, general pas
,enger agent of the Kansas City, Fort
scott IL Memphis railroad, and the
representatives. of the other Western
loads with whom l have talked are
making extraordinary preparations to
bring the people from Texas and the
southwest generally to Memphis.
| They estimate the crowd at anywhere
from 30, 900, to 40, 600. Representatives
IF the railroads east of the river are
all of the opinion that the attendance
upon the reunion from the Gulf coast
will be far greater than ever before at
any Southern city, though they arc not
prepared to make figures.
zone hundred thousand are great
many people," remarked the reporter,
land you must be taking some extra
ordinary measures to bring them here"
1--WE are doing So" Mr. Pickett said,
''and it is the determination of the gen
rral committee to make this the great
ast occasion of the kind that the South
has ever known. For instance the rail-
roads west of the river, which have
never given rate of one cent a mile,
will, in my opinion, do so this time"
Mr.. Pickett says that subscriptions
are pouring in with a liberality never
before known in a public enterprise OF
like character. Among the subscrip
tions 50 far received are the following:
Van Vlcct-MansGcld Drug Co. s $50 90
H. H. Snowdcn. ............... 1000 90
Capt. Sam 5. Brown. .......... 800 90
George c. Bennett ............. 800 90
George c. Bennett IL Co....... 500 90
James Kinnane. ........... 800 90
! Henry Lcurhmann......... 800 90
Thomas Il. Turlcy.. 800 10
b. LOwenstein Bros. 800 OO
Ben VI. StainbaclI. ............ 800 OC
| billiard ~ Coffin. ............ 400 OC
Orgill Bros. .................. 800 OC
Delta Cotton Co. ............... 800 OC
w. A. Gage & Co.............. 800 0C
Memphis National Bank. . 800 OC
State National Bank .... .... 300 OC
National Bank of Commerce. 800 0C
Monogue-Pidgeon Iron Co. 900. 800 0C
Goodbar e Co................. 300 OC
Vim. r. Moore e Co.......... 800 OC
Mercantile Bank. 500 0C
Napoleon Hill. 800 OC
Woods Chckasaw Iron Works. 800 OC
Lemon & Gale Co ........... 800 0C
Patterson Transfer Co......... 800 0C
Stewart, Gwynne * Co........ 800 0C
John CASTOR. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 800 OF
Manhattan Savings Bank. 200 0C
w. Il. Mallory & Sons Co....... $50 90
Memphis Savings Bank ....... 100 0t
State Savings Bank. go. -. 100 0C
Security Bank. ................. 100 OC
s. II. Brooks ................. 100 OF
Il. y, Lake ............... 80. 100 0(
Memphis Typographical Union. so OF
Austin Clothing Co............. SO 0C
|
A Valuable Railway Brake.
London-The Geneva correspondent
Of the Daily Mail credits an engineer
named Planta with the invention of q
mechanical brake that will stop a train
running twenty-five miles an hour with
in eight yards, and one running fifty
miles an hour within twenty yards
Passengers can apply the brake by
pulling an alarm core. The shock il
said to be less than that caused by ex
listing brakes. The correspondent add;