The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1910-09-02
AN ENJOYABLE
BIRTHDAY SMOKER.
The klnkead Brothers., Of YsZOo
County. Entertain Their Friends.

One of the most delightful enter
tainments it has ever been the good
fortune q. the writer to attend was
the annual Birthday Smoker"
given bysMessrs. T. Ger. and s.
P. kinkead at their hospitable plan
tstion home, "Avoca;">some twelve
miles below Yazoo Guy, on August
2S'h.
About ? four hundred prominent
citizens from Jackson, rVicksburg,
Bentonia, Yazoo City and other
points throughout that section of the
state responded to the following
un que qinvitation, appropriately
illustrated with cotton bales, cotton
botIs, cotton btskets, etc andAa
Jollitr n more delightful company
has rarely even assembled together
On any occasion. Following is the
invitation:
BETTER TO SMOKE HERE go
THAN TO SMOKE HEREAFTER. 2
The Kinkeads-T. c., r. u s. p, 81
On August 28th will be
AT their cotton plantation, Avoca,
For their regular. Birthday Smoker.
Your presence they cordially request,
And a reply if you'll be there guest.
To Limerick, Miss, inst drop a line.
An: may it say you'll be on time?
At nine a.. m. a boat will steam
From Yaz 30 City to the scene.
Returning, will at Yazoo arrive
Promptly--p. m.-six thirty-five.
One from Vicksburg will also come
The night before she is booked to run.
sour hearts, our hopes, are all with thee
Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers
our tears,
Our faith, triumphant DER our fears,
Are all with thee, are all with thee" =
The program, SO nicely, outlined
in this clever and cordial invitation,
was carried out to perfection. The
palatial$ steamer from Vicksburg
brought to the plantation sixty-ive
people, who were.accompanied by .
splendid band of music; the steam
er from Yazoo City was loaded to
the guards with citizens from that
city, Jackson and other points, and
a large number of congenial spirits
came in autos, buggies, etc, to
spend one of the most enjoyable
days of their lives by partaking of
the whole souled, big-hearted hospi-
tality of the Kinkead brothers..
The Messrs. Kinkead had prepar-
ed for this joyous event in a most
elaborate manner Mutton, beef,
fish and squirrels, and liquid re-
freshments galore had been secured
in abundance, and prepared in q
manner fit for the gods to appease,
the whetted appetites of the numsr-
Gus friends present. Just think of
over six hundred squirrels, numer-
Gus spring lambs, a lot of nice beef
all superbly Observation-Disclosures
fish chowder, potato chips, choice
salads, twenty barrels of ice cold
beer, ETC., spread on well-arranged
tables! ( 1t was a repast absolutely
pleasissto the eye of the most
f%astidious epicure.
When all had feasted to their
hearts content, several gentlemen,
in response to calls, made appropri-
ate talks-eaehs vieing with the
other in complimenting the hosts of
this joyous and long-to-be-remem-
bered occasion, the universal verdict
being that the Kinkeads are the
princes of the:most, royal'of hosts.
The merry throng finally, but
reluctantly, departed for their
respective homes, carrying fond
recolledtions of the delightful day
spent with their friends-the genial
and magnanimous kinkead broth
ers. May their shadows never dim
inish. J. L. GILLESPIE.
WinQO.Ward.