The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-08-11
Country Correspondence.

The reunion at Bethesda was quite
a success, and as a great number of
your readers were not there, out of
which a few might like to hear of
the day.
The day dawned clear and bright,
and long before the shadows were
curling themselves in shorter lengths,
droves of folks were seen vending
their way in the direction where for
five years in succession Company G
and their comrades, companions, and
hosts of other friends have spent the
last Thursday in July in a social, in
telligent and unison manner, where
the old mingled together to talk of
their boyhood days, love affairs, war
happenings and business careers, to
view the younger ages as they prone
made in the stage of idleness OF life
and watch them emerging out OF
the romantic stage into that of which
the sager ones are leaving, in willing
these stages of romance and enjoy
ment they also will greater stages of
ambition, perseverance, endurance,
energy and forbearance and can, with
a. long seeing eye, lift the curtain of
the future, see ourselves posing as
silver locked women and men, with
as beautiful past of fortitude, faith
fulness, and courage as we see those
of our parents and grandparents,
who faced the trials in the '60's; are
we made of the metal that will
stand the tempest of life, the fight for
country, if need be; and be as joyful
and happy in the snowy days OF the
'Ember months of our years as those
whom we see at these "old soldier
reunions
Thirteen Of the original company
&c" saw the first powder burn at
Fort Sumter and were at Appomatox
when the eventful surrender took
place. It is a pathetic scene to be
where so many veterans are as
sembled, who have so many wounds,
scars and minus so much of their
bodies, all caused by that which
brought about the freedom which we
are and have been enjoying.
A very nice program was rendered,
consisting of songs, recitation and
speeches.
Miss Sula Walker recited "The
Confederate Grey" Miss Deborah
Zeigler, Where Are the Confederate
Boys" and Rev. Paul Muse, lectured
on the patriotism of the South in
which he pictured the noble deeds OF
the many Southern officers in the war
of the SOS, and the efficient presi-
dents furnished by the South, and last
but not least the gallant, brave, and
never firing fortitude of the private
soldier. His father, DR.. George Muse,
was a member of company &c" and
his speech was one of tenderness and
homage to his fathers comrades,
showing his great appreciation to the
friends of his fathers sore trials and
warships for the honor of their invl-
tation, and suffice it to say he dis
charged his task assigned him with
grace and adorned his speech with
beautiful knowledge.
J. A. Wyman, Esq, was next on
the subject of secession. He read
many extracts from history which
were the causes of the war, empha-
sizing the fact that the word "civil'
is hardly a fitting word, but "seces-
sion" leads the thought more forcibly.
Col. Mortimer Glover, of Orangeburg,
a member of the entertaining COM
pany, was the last on the morning
program. He was very appreclatlve
at being a speaker on the occasion
and offered a lot of mirth to the oc-
casion, at times touching on the
gratitude of the occasion to such an
extent as to show emotion, and al
together Mr.. Glover proved himself
most delightful man.
The services were presided over oy
Sheriff J. B. Hunter, and while see
ing all these manned fathers standing
together the writer was reminded OF
the battle of Manassas where Sheriff
Hunter and number of Company G