The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-08-31
The SOLDIERS REUNION.
Held on the Association Grounds Near
HarrisOnyiIle Last Friday.
OVER 1000 PEOPLE PRESENT.
The Most Successful Grand Army Gathering
Ever Held In this County. Weather
was Very Favorable.

The annual reunions of the vet.
erans of this county are with
each succeeding year, becoming
more and more popular, and each
year shows larger gathering of
people. The weather last Friday
morning was ideal, and early in
the morning every road led to the
Reunion Grounds. BY ten or
eleven o'clock almost every avail
able space for hltchlng a horse
was occupied, and the "woods
were just full of people"
The grounds were in much
better condition than they were a
year ago, the rubbish and under
brush having been removed, and
everything put in fine shape.
People were present from all
over this county, and many per.
sons were there from Bedford,
Huntingdon, and Franklin coun-
ties.
The formal exercises were
opened in the forenoon by pray
er by Rev. Adams, of McCon-
nellsburg. This was followed by
an address of welcome by Mr..
Charles w. Seville, and the re-
sponse was made by Hon. S. P.
Wishart of Wells Tannery. Rev.
Lewis Chambers, who had been
booked Tor the next address. was
not present, and Rev. Dumvill,
who is always loaded to the muz-
zle, was pressed into service, and
gave his audience a very enter
tanning talk.
1t was now tlmC to cater to the
wants of the inner man, and the
comrades were com mauded to iall
into line aud march to a long ta-
BILE on which had been prepared
an excellent dinner. The way
the sold boys" charged on that
would have made you think they
were storming Fort Donelsou or
the DEVILS Den. When they came
out of the pen there was not
single man left behind, and no
one worse for the engagement.
Of the 400 veterans who went
out from this county during the
Civil War, only Sc answered to
the roll call at last Fridays re-
uniou-being seven more than
were present last year.
At 9 o'clock a business meet
ing was held at which the follow
ing persons were elected to serve
during the ensuing year, namely,
President, George W. Decker;
vice president, D. Fl. Myers;
quarter master, H. S. Daniels; ad;
jutant, D. d. Deshong; chaplain,
Rev. S. B. Houston; surgeon, DR..
H. S. Wishart. Auditing COM
mittee; DR.. VIM. McKlbbin, d.
| NJ. Kendall and S. p. Wishart.
A resolution was passed author
izlng the com mittee to give the P.
o. S. )f A. the use of the grounds
for their helping to fix them up.
B. A. Deaver, j. w. Miller, j.
w. Fraker, and w. e. Bivens
were appointed committee to
solicit from the crowd present,
contributions for the general
fund.
! The Oak Glen band furnished
excellent music during the day
and evening.
A choir composed of Rev. and
Mrs. j. V. Adams, Mrs. G. B.
Stevens, Rev. B. A. Salter, Miss
Emily Greathead, Miss Gertrude
Sipes, Miss Mary Goldsmith and
Miss Kathryn Cook rendered a
number of patriotic songs very
much to the appreciation of the
audience.
During the afternoon address
ses were made by Captain Skin
ner, Horace N. Sipes, Parker r..
Skinner, Hon Chas. S. Duncan
and p. q. Mellott, and recitations
by ]. Reed Ray, Miss Cora Eoop
aud Miss Kathryn Cook.
The literary feature of the af-
ternoon's program was exception.
ally good, and had the close at.
tention of a very large number OF
persons.
The principal objection to that
location Ia the scarcity of water.