The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-10
7. ]. PITTMAN TELLS
OF REUNION SUCCESS
Tells OF the Fair City and the
Fairer Women Who Made Life One
Sweet Song for the Vets While
They Met in Annual Reunion.

Inc nuStllng and hospitable city Of
Greenwood certainly made a fine i'm
preston on the two delegates, Messrs.
7. j. Pittman and ]. B. Eure, who rep
resented the Forrest County Camp of
Confederate Veterans at the annual
reunion this week and these gentle
men are more than enthusiastic in
their praises of the far-famed hos
pitality of the prosperous delta city.
Speaking of Greenwood and the re-
union, in conversation with a repre-
sentative of the Daily News yester-
day, Mr. Pittman said:
"As to the reunion. I think 1t was a
perfect success in every respect
There were about $50 of the old
boys in gray who registered. and their
deliberations were full Of enthusiasm.
We met in the auditorium of the mag
nificent Lefore County court house
promptly at II a. m. on the 7th and
were called to order by the comman-
der of the Hugh A. Reynolds Camp,
following which prayer was offered by
Rev. Geo. B. Myers.
"The address of welcome was made
by Mr.. G. L. Ray and in a masterful
way he welcomed the veterans and
turned the keys Of the city over to
them; then came music, 1.-THE Little
Branze Cross" by Miss Allie Cook.
THE afternoon session was inter
spersed with music and addresses, the
most notable being The Boys in Gray
Are Growing DID, a song rendered by
Miss Jesty, and an Grafton by Hon. R.
". Fletcher, of Jackson.
"As the train neared Greenwood. it
was packed to standing room, and
began to have my doubts about Green
wood being able to take care of so
many old fellows, but when we ar
rived and 1 saw the long rows of au-
tomobiles, carriages and hacks that
were there to receive us, my doubts
were at once dispelled and I knew
that Greenwood would be equal to the
occasion, for I saw that her proud cit
liens had that push ant 'get-there-
Eli spirit that would surmount any
difficulty that might present itself.
1--WE were at once driven in autos,
carriages and hacks to the Greenwood
Business League hall where we were
registered, given badges and assigned
to homes. There never was band of
old warriors who were received with
more honor and royalty than we were
in Greenwood.
"At 8 o'clock, the veterans were CIV
en- banquet and reception at the Elks
home by the ]. q. George and the
varina Jefferson Davis Chapters of the
U. D. C. and when I walked into the
hall and looked upon such an array of
gallant men and handsome and ele-
gantly gowned ladies, said, surely
they have made a requisition on Hat
tiesburg for some our brave boys and
fair ladies' We were served with
punch, ice cream, coffee cake, and
don't know how many more good
things. Music, dancing and jolly
good time was INDUCED in to a late
hour, when the brave old boys dis
persed to their homes-to dream of
battles fought? No, to dream of fair
and lovely women with their sweet
smiles and sympathetic tears!
ION the 9Th at a. m. the business
manual of the division was taken up
and followed until the noon hour. The
afternoon was devoted to the election
Of officers for the ensuing year and
The selection of a place for holding
the next reunion. after which there |
was a farewell lunch in the corridors |
Of the court house.
Greenwood is beautiful little city |
On the east bank Of the Yazoo river,