The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-22
DRUM CORPS At REUNION
THE CELEBRATED RALEIGH OLD
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VETS HAD A GRAND TIME
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AT MEMPHIS,
j. J. Lewis Says The l.. OBJ.
Branch Corps Got the Cream Of the
Pot at the Big Confederate Reunion.

Branch IOrpS Got the Cream OF the
Pot at the Big Confederate Reunion.
Dear Mr.. Editor: I would be pleased
If you would be SO kin as TO allow
me a in your valuable paper to
give a small account Of our trip to
Memphis, Tenn.
We had a very pleasant trip. thanks
to all the officials, and arrived at our
destination all 20. K" We lac lodg-
we were looked after with all kindness
that we could wish for. Mr.. Morrison
and his good lady being as good and
kind to III as we could ask for. They
left nothing undone to give US a good
n pleasant time, n may the good
Lord watch over and protect them all
through this life, n at last bring
them to hat everlasting peace that
has no end.
The people Of Memphis did all that
could be done for u comfort, in fact,
everybody was made welcome, and
you may be sure we did not fail to
take advantage Of it all. I do not
know that We eve have been more
royalty treated at any of the reunions
we have had the pleasure OF attend
ing.
There is one thing I would like to
call the Of our loved COM
mander to, and that is the long
1ldICleS We are SUBJECTED W. 4iCS
do not seem to realize that we are
not as young now IS we were forty
years ago. It is needless to say that
many old soldiers had to fall u Of
the march before it was over. | hope
tina all concerned will have an eye
to this in the future.
Our stay in Memphis was from Mon
day morning until Thursday night,
and we certainly did enjoy it to the ut
most.
I met a. MI. Robert Warning, that
vas born in Raleigh. and had quite
a. long talk with him. He wanted to
know about all the old families in
Raleigh-the Haywoods, Manleys,
fuckers, Rolacks, Badgers. Morde-
Gals and McKimmons. He was very
particular in asking me about Mr..
Charles McKimmon. | gave him all
the information I could. and l was
very much pleased with his good ad-
dress. There were so many pleas
antries while there, that we could not
enumerate. them all if We were to
take up the space Of your entire
columns.
The cheering, while on the march,
was SO dense. hat some times we
could not hear each other, and had
to play by our step. I think it was the
largest crowd / have eve seen at any
reunion.
On our trip back home we stopped
oVer in Birmingham with Mr.. Me
Donald and spent a night with him and
his good lady, and they gave us a
royal time. | shall never forget him
and his good wife. May their path
way through life be pleasant and
happy. There was also another family
there, and I am sorry | have forgotten
their ames Nevertheless, they Will
always find a warm place in our hearts
for Their kindness to US.
Now NO NJ 10 COW ~ + n / n q hnJJf
LOB. Branch Drum Corps. There is
a passage in the Scripture that says
"a prophet is not without honor, save
in his own country" Well, the Drum
Corps may not have any here, but
when we are at the reunions, we GER
they do more to advertise our home.
Gold Raleigh), thai anything that
ever existed, and / want to say here,
that / was sorely heartsick in the con-
.vention. when all the other States
were doing all in their power to get
the reunion for next year, there was
no voice from our good old State,
Carolina. Oh, / did wish for
one to say something.
/ know there were one hundred
thousand visitors in Memphis, and [
know that every visitor there spent
as much as four dollars there, and
that would be four hundred thousand
C~arolinians. and show your love for
our glorious old State. When We go to
these reunions. and all come up and
ask US where we are from, they take
US by the hand and invariably the re
Spouse is 'GOd bless North Carolina
glOrieS in our State? why
We not?
I wish now to tender our thanks to
our city fathers, also to our many
kind friends for their donations to US.
assure you, one and all, that We ap-
your Kindness, and will ever
a warm feeling in u hearts for
you all.