Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-22
VETERhNS ARE JOLLY
THEY JOKE ABOUT THOSE HARD
TIME IN 1se1-,e5 AS THEY
GATHER.
WYTHEVILLE's GREETINGS.
Comfortable Accommodation Pro-
vided for Everybody.
THE PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY.
Opening Proceedings of the Grand
Camp Convent1on-Lists OF spon-
sors and Maids of Honor for the
Veterans and the Sons of Veteran.
The Inspeotors-General- Dele
cation from Richmond.
THE PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY
CATION from Richmond.

WYTHEVILLE, VA, October I.-(Spe-
cial.)-When the west-bound train pulled
into Wytheville tonight, besides the spe-
cial Pullman car which was hitched on at
| Richmond, all of the coaches We're well
filled with delegates, sponsors and vs-
| tors to the annual meeting of the Vir-
! Ginia Division of the Confederate Vete-
rams. The sray-haired men who put up
| such magnificent fight for four years
| had good reason to be proud of their
State as they passed through this noun
famous portion of it this evening, for the
| grand peaks, in their bright autumn
clothes, now fold their arms around some
of the richest meadow and grain land in
the world, and now look sheer down
! dizzy heights and mirror their glory in
| the clear streams which are the head
waters of our James.
In the party We're people of all ages.
| Grizzled men who had fought in the
| Mexican war, and who were serious old
| fellows during the war between the
States; middle-aged men. who were reckless
| boys, ready to charge a volcano in the
| same war, and young men who remember
+! how their mothers carried them unpro-
tected across county, flying from the
| Northern hordes. with perhaps the only
| man in the party a faithful negro ser
| want.
Such converse tons as this one were the
| order of the day: 'Is this Dicks daugh-
| ter? Why, the last time I saw your pap
he was charging through an orchard at
| a Yankee battery 50 fast that You could
have played marbles on his coat tails"
Bncon-Rind and Locust-BarlS.
| When we passed by Appomattox ex-
| tremely palatable lunches were being dis
| cussed by veterans whose appetites have
not been hurt by the roll of years. Re
| member when we passed through here
| after Marse Bob's surrender, Tom? said
| one gray-moustache to another. "All the
| fellows were envying you because you
| had a. scrap of bacon-rind to eat with
| your locust-bark.''
| The delegation was met at the railway
! station by brass band and two big bon
| fires. Among the prominent arrivals are
! Judge Keeling, Of Norfolk; Judge Chris
| tian, of Richmond; Captain Ellet, of Rich
| mond; Mr. D. A. Brown, of Richmond;
! Captain John Lamb. Mr.. George w. Jar
Wis, Mr.. ]. W. Southall. Mr.. ]. Taylor
| Stratton, Colonel Henry, Mr.. John Day,
| Mr.. Barker, General Stith Boiling, Mr..
John Moyler, Miss Lucy Lee Hill, daugh-
ter of General A. P. Hill, of Chicago, and
| many Others
The delegation from Richmond is COM
| posed of the following members: Judge
| Christian, Mr.. D. A. Brown, Jr.. Mr.. j.
Taylor Stratton Captain Thomas Elicit,
Mr.. Charles T. Turner, Hon. John Lamb,
Mr.. E. e. Perkinson. Captain George W.
Jarvis Mr.. John w. Gordon, and Mr.. J.
W. Southall. The two gentlemen repre-
| senting the Sons Of Confederate Veterans
| from Richmond are Mr.. E. Leslie Spence,
Jr and Mr.. E. II. Courtney.
Inspectors-Genern1.
The inspectors general for the different
districts are as follows: For the First,
| Judge John C. E,well, Lancaster county;
| for the Second, Mr.. W. II. Stewart, of
Portsmouth, Va: for the Third, Captain
John Lamb, Of Richmond, Va; for the
| Fourth, DR.. ]. Edward Moyler, Peters
burg; for the Fifth, Mr.. J. NJ. Neal, Dan
vile; for the Sixth, Mr.. James Feather
stone, Lynchburg; for the Seventh, Mr..
r. D. Funkhauser Shenandoah county;
for the Eighth, Mr.. John A. Holtsman,
! Culpeper county; for the Ninth, Mr.. S.
w. Williams, Wytheville; for the Tenth,
Mr.. J. S. Moore, Lexington.
Sponsors and Maids.
The following is a complete list Of the
| sponsors and maids of honor appointed
| by Grand Commander Thomas w. Smith:
| Sponsor for State at large, Miss 1rby
Boiling. of Petersburg, with Miss Mary
W. Jordan, of Suffolk, her maid of honor.
Sponsor for the First District, Miss
Virginia McCandlish, of Saluda, with Miss
Grace Pinkard, of Rehoboth, her maid of
honor.
washington Taylor, of Norfolk, with
Margaret Reid, of Portsmouth, her maid
of honor.
Sponsor for the Third District, Miss
Bessie Aylett.of Ayetts, with Miss Agnes
| Drewry, Of Centralia, her maid Of honor
SPONSOR for the Fourth District, Miss
Mary B. Claiborne, of Petersburg, with
Miss Grace Booker, Of the same city, her
| maid of honor.
Sponsor for the Fifth District. Miss
Ethel Lipscomb, Of Danville with Miss
Of honor.
Sponsor for the Sixth District, Miss
Belle Martin, of Lynchburg. with Miss
| Lula Edmondson, of South Boston. for
her maid Of honor.
Sponsor for Seventh District, Mr.,
Louise F. Green. Of Rappahannock coun-
tv, with Miss Maude Littlepage, of White
Post her maid or hOnOr.
Sponsor for Eighth District, Miss Ethel
Z. Ioltsman, of Jefferson. with Miss Min
ME M. Armstrong, of Waterloo, her maid
of honor.
Sponsor for Ninth District, Miss Sue P.
| Wells of Wise Courthouse. with Miss
Belle P Litchfield, Of Abingdon. her
maid of honor,
SPONSOR for Tenth District, Miss jose
phine Stephenson. Of Monterey. with Miss
Mamie K. Sterritt, Of Hill, her maid or
honor.
Sponsors for Sons.
The following is the official list OF the
SPONSORS. with their maids, for the Sons
Of Confederate Veterans:
Sponsor-in-Chief Miss Sue p. Kent. Of
wythevil1e, with Miss Mary Rogers. CT
Roanoke, her maid of honor.
In First District. Sponsor. Miss Annie
O. Ficklin, OF Fredericksburg: maid. Miss
Fannie 3. Beale. OF same city.
| In Second District, Sponsor. Miss Mar.
garet Wilson; maid. Miss Alice Old. both
from Norfolk.
! In Third District. Sponsor. Miss Louise
| Waltha1l: maid, Miss Rosa Mayer both
from Richmond.
IL Fourth District. Miss Anna Belle
Powell, sponsor; Miss Minnie ID, Cham
usa maid: both OF Emporta There are