Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08
Veterans at the Reunion.

attended the reunion at Biloxi last
week, In company with Tom Wilkins,
and'we had splendid time. Tom 10 q
fine fellow to be with-is so quiet, has
little to say-unless he Is with the Ia.
dies, and then he is strictly in the lime
light.
Tom was assigned to the home Of the
Episcopal minister. Why, / do not
know, but hopo It did him good. He
says the first day for dinner he had q
whole quarter Of mutton. etc.. 30 sup
they notified the good as to his capacity.
and his love Of mutton. Toms love
for mntton reminds me Of Capt. Oar
racott. an old true-blue Virginian, who
lived in the southern part Of the county
and who used to say that q turkey was
q most inconvenient fowl-was most
too much for one and hardly enough
for two.
Mr.. George Wade met US at the de-
pot with his car and took US to his and
Mr.. Dodd's winter home, where we
were elegantly entertained by George
and the lovely little daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Dodd. Mrs. Dodd was absent
in Kentucky at the time. but was un-
fortunate enough to arrived in Biloxi
the night of the storm. They have one
of the loveliest homes on the coast and
it is beautifully furnished. One Of
Georges Tennessee friends tell it on
him that he drove "Old Frank" to a
one-horse wagon to Biloxi, and when
he got there he drove out IN the bay to
water his morse and when old Frank re-
fused to drink the salt water George
gave him good beating.
George took Tom Wilkins and me for
drive on the beech in bis car, and Tom
wanted to know how far this creek ex-
tended and IL he just had it in his
county; the cattle never would suffer
for water.
A great honor was done Gen. E. D.
Cavett who was elected Brigadite Gen.
eral Of the End Brigade without opros-
ition and unanimously, and he was not
at the reunion. Had he been there IL |
is likely that he would have been made |
General.in- Chief, and will be next time |
at Columbus, Miss, where we will have
the next state reunion. The old bows |
all over the state wanted to honor him. |
and were surprised and disappointed |
when they heard he was not reelected
tO the legislature.
TT tnI.VY ali r. lid ,>,cyns tIs~y \
entertainments, side shows, ETC., might
bring trouble in the camp.
We were sorry the storm came, but
as it had to come, we were glad latter
it was over) it came while we were
there, for we will never see anything
like it again. To see one and read
about it Is two different things. You
simply cannot conceive or describe a
storm of that kind. Invent out about
IL o'clock at night with a sea captain
1--WE were all marooned at the hotel) to
feel the effect of rs mile wind. The
water was nearly up to the hotel, and
l tell you very few steps satisfied me
almost took me off of my feet.
said. "Cap, let's 60 back and see about |
the ladies, l am uneasy about them"
"Why," he said, this is nothing"
"Yes," l SAID, "but Cap am scared"
30, you land-lubber," he replies. !
had enough! Some Of the ladies' tried |
it on the gallery and the wind made a |
perfect balloon Of their dresses, and
probably they would have been carried
off but we got good toe hold and held
on to them.
Coming back to Mobile, I spent part
of the dav with dear old Mat Clark.
He belonged to my company, and we
had a great deal to talk about. know
of only four of my company living.
Alex is the oldest and l am the young
est out of the 500 that were at Biloxi
how many will be at Birmingham next
spring. &C alone knows--God bless
them. UNCLE NED.
Mcleod, Miss, Oct. s, 1915.