Pocahontas star herald., 1911-10-06
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Ohe ol Tue most ehJoyaole DC
caslons we have ever had the pleas
e ure of witnessing was that Of the
r. fourth annual meeting of the old
$ settlers of Randolph county, which
] was held at Maynard last Friday.
4 About two thousand persons were
present, all of whom enjoyed the
days exercises very much.
j. M. G. lehman, president oSI
the association, was master of cer3 |
monies and had everything arran@
ed imperfect order. Nothing tha1I
would add to the success of the oe4
casion or the comfort of the guests /
had been neglected. A speakers
stand had been erected, which was {
surrounded with plenty of NEE, conn., 4
Portable seats for the old peoples
plenty of good, clear, cold wateI 4
was on the ground, and best Of aifI
that hospitable greeting, which is
50 Characteristic Of the good peo
Iple of Maynard was extended to i
every guest. n
A nice program for the occasion
had been arranged and was carried
out IN manner most perfect. Al
ten O'Clock Prof. w. Z. Downs and
the pupils of Ouacbita Academy
rendered an excellent musical pro.
gram, which was appreciated very
much by the visitors. At 1880 y
NJ. Crockett, mayorof Maynard come
secretary of the association, q
ed the address of welcome. q { -
troduced Hon. Thomas Mab,I
Doniphan, Mo-, who deliver
address of the day on behalf 3 store IN
old settlers. His speech was- CraVens'
ed to with rapt attention by d church
could get within the sound
voice. COL Mabrey has be, L.. H.;
evor sirao :. lurch.
The next on program was . at John
apd AIDA q d2her it was-plentvfeee' ss9B eS
been arrAle asd Of TIC yerv Enclosure :
so that four or five hnnasod people c
could be served at once. Perfect 6
order prevailed and everybody got c
all they wanted to eat. There was ?
little of that ''grab, snatch and
take" that usually is so common at
public dinners of this nature. n
After dinner the roll was called
and the registration showed that
265 old people Qadies of fifty yeaf
and older and gentlemen sixty were
present of which number ia had
not registered at any oftbe previous
meetings. The total registration at
the first three meetings was lSS,
and of this number nave died and
80 failed to attend his years re.
union, though with one exception,
all were reported g living when
roll was called. Those reported as
dead were Elmira Hnnett, Sol IL.
Barham, Rufus II Black, Ben f.
Bowden, Louisa FDster, Jacob Eos,
ter Robert o. Kid, Erasmus Loo
ney, Polly McIlrG, Elias McMurty,
James G. Parker Sarah 9. Sage,
James Spencer a d Felix. Spencer
) The followinj statement, prepar-
. ed by the presi&nt, shows the nativ
4 ity of the 265 id people who were
r present: Tenussee, 7s; Arkansas,
6s; KentucR, 3s; Missouri, 90;
Indiana, Ii Illinois, 70; North
Carolina, 9Ohio, s; Pennsylvania,
!, 81; Mississippi, 3; Alabama, 2;
y Georgia, 2 Virginia, 2; Germany
K 2. Total265.
0. Follovhg the registration and
Iy roll call appropriate speeches were
* made bHons. A. J. Witt and Geo.
T. Blk of Pocahontas; Judge
: Hufsteer of Birdell; A. J. Weav-
er, of laynard and A. ]. Cole of
Warn Springs. All the speakers
wereiven good attention and their
addrses were appreciated by all
he preslt.
Je next matter of business was
theelection Of place for the next
ANAL meeting and the election of