Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-05-16
REBELS TO VISIT
Scene OF BATTLE
Board Votes Money 10 Pay Expens-
es ofOld Soldiers-Kentucky Firm
Gets Court House Contract.

AS an evidence that Tazewell
county has a profound respect
and deep feeling for the "Thin
Grey Line" an appropriation of
$400 was made by the Supervis-
ors Tuesday towards paying the
expenses of those followers of
Lee and Jackson in this county
who have survived the ravages
of time, to the great reunion to
be held in Gettysburg, Pa, on
July 1st, End, 3rd, when the blue
and the grey will meet in a
great convention. The appropria-
tion was made by the Board
without the show of the slightest
opposition. The money will be
turned over to Judge S. G..
Graham, the Treasurer of
Browne-Harman Camp, who
will arrange for its equitable
distribution to those INDECENT
soldiers in Tazewell county
whose exchequers would not
otherwise justify them in meet
ing with their comrades in
Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Jas. P. Whitman, adjutant
of the camp of this county, in a
brief speech, appealed to the
Board for the appropriation, and
stated that, in all probability,
this would be the last appeal
made to the citizens for help of
this kind. Mr.. Whitman intro
duced Major Robert r. Henry,
who stated that he thought the
request for aid for the con-
federates was as worthy an ap-
peal as ever came before the
Board. "You have left only
few survivors who fought to
preserve your liberty and that
of your Children" said the
Major, "and if they failed it
was not their fault. They did
their best. Pennsylvania has
appropriated $3.50, for the
entertainment of the veterans of
Virginia and other Southern
States, and the national govern
ment has appropriated $3.50, 600
to assist in the celebration.
There are few of us who do not
carry on our shoulders 70 years
of age, and the marks of
privations and disease endured
during the struggle. Those who
will get to the Gettysburg meet
ing will be provided with 20
rounds of rations, which is 21
more than we got when there
before. One reason for wanting
to attend the meeting is to show
the Yankees that we are not
afraid to go back to the famous
battle ground. There never will
be such another reunion, and
never has been such one in the
history of the country. 1t will
do those old rebels good to be
there, but understand they are
not going there to make
apologies, for they have none to
Offer"
Major Henry, in illustrating
the feeling that is deep down in
the hearts of the remnants of
the famous Virginia army, told
of the courtship and subsequent
falling out>of two lovers. They
had a violent quarrel, and in the
course of time, the young man
suggested that they bury the
hatchet and kiss and makeup"
The young lady gave the matter
a moments thought, and replied,
well kiss but we'll not make
up."
The members of the Tazewell
County Road Board and two
members of the Russell county
board-Messrs. C. C. and Thos.
j. Smith, held conference in
the courthouse Tuesday attended
by a large number of citizens of
the county.
The object of the bAeeting was
to devise ways and means of
connecting up the gaps that
exist in the two counties on the
Bristol-to-Bluefeld highway.
Mr.. Henry S. Bowen was chief
spokesman at the meeting, and
stated what had been accom-
Iplished in his district, Clear
Fork, the road having been
completed or provided for from
the West Virginia line to the
Jeffersonville district line. The
work was accomplished by the
road board in that district bor-
rowing money to complete the
work outlined. Only small
stretch of road is unprovided for
on the Fincastle turnpike in
} Jeffersonville and Maiden
:. Spring district. Supervisor
Lowe argued that the road of
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