The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-30
BASKET PIC NC IN CAROLINE
Nc. and Mrs. {. o. Conway Entertained Their
tfie"ds and Neishbors Happy Gathering
Ia "hiSh Forty Families Nere Repre-.
senIed-Pienty Of Good Things 10
Es, and Pleasant SoSisI
Occasion


Eat and Pleasant SoSisl
OoCssion
la the das s oi "OlG virginia there WAS
no county ia the state that had "a great.
er reputation Tor yenuine hospitality
tnan the good old county oiCaro.ine.aud
those who were present at the basket
picnic given az the home of MIR and Mr.
4. X tonway. at Hays Mount. near
Moss Neck. THURSDAY. viii bear taSti-
muny thar this reputation j. sustained
by the preSeut generation. Early that
morning. a. a guest of Capt. NJ. h. Rowe.
accompanied 10y his daughter. Miss Nav
Rove. and Miss Sadie Tyler. a represeu-
tauVe ut the Free Lance started for
I Hays Mount, where the picnic was tol.e
held. IL was tue nth of the series that
oave been heti in the Moss Ne-S neich-
borhoOd this summer.
me drive was a pleasant one the
weather beautiful. being an ideal morn.
NIX Tor an outing in the country. An
along the route could be sseu pretty farm
houses and fields of heavy corn almost
ready Tor the harvester After a two
hours drive we arrived at Hays Mount
where warm welcome was eN tended bv
the dOst and his estimahle wife Vhi.
line estate contains nearly 1000 acres of
land. The house u situated ON a hiuh
nil and from it's porchts can be seen the
kappah6nnock stretching away i'm its
winding Tor miles
Having an hour before the guests would
arrive. our host invited Capt. Rowe and
I the writer to ride over the estate with
him We went through a field ofone hun
dred and eighty acres ci heavy corn
down 10 the meadow where were hrovs
inS bunch of twenty 1--WE head oi cattle
that would 30 credit 10 the Piedmont
/ section From this point it was a pretty
sight. In the distance were the homes of
the >kiukers Sales and LeFoes dotting
/ the surror nding hills. beneath which Law
their well cultivated fields along the river
After an hour pleasantly spent. back to
T tue mansion we Went 10 Join in greeting
the coming guests. by eleven O'Clock
they began 10 arrive and by one O'Clock
over forty families were REPRESENTED pnc
interesting feature of the occasion was
the enjoyment of the children. They
gamDoi,d over the green sward and felt
themselves a. important as the big
folks
The tables were spread in the ward
beneath the shade OF the locust trees the.
young girls played croQuet and tsltel
nonsense with their gallants. the ma
irons discussed the late meeting held M
f isethesua church. household affairs ere
whiie the oldest men OF the party. many
ot whom were Confederate soldiarz. ~.
lated their experience during the war
20 which the younger set listened with
interest. In the house the me.ranhone
played. strains of the violin were heard
ana ncie Joe Lakewood made sweet
music on the hute. Then came the dinner
] hour. The cont 'nts of the biz baskets
/ we've spread upon the snow white tables
/ 10y the matrons aud their daughters. and
the least was ready. IL was "a dinner
ihat wouli give an appetite To n man
who was not hungry. but several hun
Try ones were there aud full Justice was
Zone. j me- mcnu consisted ui ham. lamb
shoat. mutton chicken duck vegetables i
all kinds pickles cold tea. pies and pudd-
inee IN endless variety. ten OF twelve
Ainls OF cake. peach. lemon aud vanilla
cream, war lrmeiouz cantelouuss and
fruits Ia was least for a King. Two
hours were then spent in social con
verse
Anincident worthy of mention occurred
at this place during the war oi 81 10
90 MIR. John Goul5in. who was a MEM
+ Der oi Co. III. 9th. Va and who was pre-
S-nt at the picnic. with his regiment was
passing along the road and he got per
I mission TO visit relatives nenr nv lie
+ passed this house ana saw > Federal sol
diers seated on the grass in the ward tax.
/ ing rest Raising his Carbine to his
shoulder he demanded their surrender
ihey threw down their weapons. their
hands went up and he carried the part,
/ to Gen Lees hcaiquart rs for which
act he received the commendation of
+ ten. Lee.
The day was lar spent when the guests
said their adieus. and there Will long
hnger memories Of day pleasantly
spent. Those present besides those from
/ fredericksburg were Ncsdames &. b
/ conway. ! ". Broaddus. ! r. Broaddus
/ j. ". Letoe. ". i. Skinker. j. q. Gould
ing. T. \. Goulaing l. + Goulding r
Foe. h +. Kidd. ". r. sale. {. A.
smith. Of Washington, V b. Coleman. of
/ Washington. +. p. Toombs. +. Smith. J.
/ ID. Holiday, VI. j. Skinker T. II. Motley.
" Il. Hansiord. Julian Taliaierro and
Glenn Jordan; Misses Alice Kidd. Iavinia
saunders, Annie Kay. Lizzie Motley.
Lena Smith, Lila Gibbs. Nellie Gatewood
Amelia. Bessie Lucille and Mary Uans-
ford, May, Jennie. Kate and Annie
Sklnker. lnez. Mollye Susie and
Jane lsFoe, Ethel. Ruth and I.onise
Houlding. Lizzie Garrett. Eula Cole
man. Blanche McCalley. Kate CONWAY.
Mary Sale. Nettie CovingtOn. OF ST. Paul
! Mimi Dora Taylor, Mamie Travis. Ina
Wallace, Mollie and Julia Hansford:
Messrs. {. b. Conway, J.W. LeFoe. W. p
Skinker, J. W. Broaddus. q Goulding.
J. Il. Broaddus. Dr. b. + Kidd. +. a.
Gonlding, W r. Sale. L. F. Gonlding. I.
II. Motley, W. IL. Hansiord. j. r. Gate
/ wood, J. O. Blackwell J. r. Bullock. !
}. Sale, DIR. r. J. Holloway, +. +. Catlett.
W. !. Taylor, George Blythe Lynn. Row
land and Ellis Garrett Cleveland. Muscoe.
ltuien, Walter Ben and George Skinker.
Walker, Lewis and Willie Sale. Richard
| wis and Frank Motley. Vernon and
Edgar Bullock, Warren and james Gould
ing. Taylor LeFOe, John W. LeFOe. .Ir..
( C. Il. Conway, Jr., Elmer and Edward
/ Iombs, Allan Rogers, Hon. ID. b Powers
lr., Willie Taylor, Glenn Jordan and
I John Burke