The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-02-13
CONTINUATION OF
CONFEDERATE VETERAN.
Announcement of Plans of Board
Of Trustees.

OF trustees.
The friends Of the Confederate Vet
eran throughout the country. and Of
its editor, the late Mr.. Sumner A. Gun
ningham, will be interested in the fol-
lowing editorial announcement, which
appears in the February number Of the
Veteran, just off the press:
ION Saturday, January "a, 1914, the
trustees named under the will Of Col.
S. A. Cunningham to take possession
of and publish the Veteran for the ben
eft OF the Confederate association, met
in Nashville, Tenn. Gen. X. NJ. Van
Zandt, Gen. Bennett H. Young and
Miss f. d. Pope were present, but Gen.
Young had written authority to repre-
sent Gen. V. Y. Cook and Mrs. w. j..
Behan.
Under the advice Of Col Cunning
hams friends and personal counsel,
Hon. John H. Dewitt, it was decided
that the wise thing to do was to incor-
porate the trustees and make them a
self-perpetuating body.
1.-THE business of the corporation
would be to publish the Veteran under
the terms and provisions Of the will OF
s. A. Cunningham.
1t was agreed among all those pres
ent that Mr.. John H. Dewitt, long COL
Cunningham's legal adviser, should
qualify as administrator with will an
nexed. Administration is necessary un-
der the terms of the will. The neces-
sary legal documents could not be made
ready for several days. These we're to
be prepared by Mr.. Dewitt and later
submitted to the trustees for their, sig
natures. All present were pleased to
find such satisfactory conditions sur
rounding the Veteran.
1t was found upon investigation that
the subscription list was such as to in
sure the publication Of the Veteran in
the future as in the past The life
insurance OF Col. Cunningham and a
small amount OF property which be
left will be sufficient reserve, and with
the income Of the paper will insure its
continuation for number of years.
AS the paper is to be published for
the benefit OF the association, the trus-
tees deem this full and frank and COM
plete statement due the public. For
there can be no question, if the Veter-
ans and Daughters OF the Confederacy
and the Sons OF Veterans cooperate,
that the Veteran will continue for many
years to be the center for securing the
facts upon which correct history Of
the great war can be established. II
every camp OF Veterans and Sons and
every chapter Of the Daughters would
send one new subscription, it would give
the work great impetus.
mo steps have been taken for the
selection OF an editor in chief. 1t was
thought by those present that the time
had not come to take definite action
that the February number should be
filed with the later notices of Col. Cum
ningham S death and tributes Of appre-
citation OF the wonderful work he had
accomplished. Those in charge of the
Veteran were directed to prepare and
publish a Jacksonville edition, which |
will be distributed during the Jackson
Vile meeting. This was always done
by Col Cunningham, and twas deemed
wise to continue that course.
SIT developed that there was on hand
a large amount OF valuable material
which could be later used and which
would fill many hundreds OF pages OF
the Veteran. Col. Cunningham had
been most industrious in securing and
collecting material for the Veteran for
many months to come, and those in
charge feel that the high standard of
the paper will be maintained and that,
with the cooperation OF those inter-
ested, the subscription list, instead OF
being decreased, will be increased dur
ing the coming months.