Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1917-09-14
Is CARCASSES TO
Be BARBECUED.
Drafted Men 10 be Given ROusiRg Reception
IN Dresden Next Tuesday. Brass
Band and Speaking.

Next Tuesday promises to be the
most memorable day in the history
of Weakley county.
On this day the entire list of
drafted men for the army will be
invited to assemble here and attend
big reception arranged by the cit
liens of the county in their be-
half.
The committee in charge, Mayor
Will McCuan, chairman, this week
purchased 20 kids and six sheep
which will be barbecued in the good,
old-fashioned way, and this barbe-
cued meat, with lots of other delica-
sizes, will be spread for the boys who
are going to the front soon.
Rev. A. B. Jones, pastor of the
Dresden Methodist church, will be
master of ceremonies and Mayor A.
B. Adams, of Martin, has been in
vited to deliver an address. Others
who may be here on that day will be
called upon for talks. Efforts are
being made to procure brass band
for the day, and every detail look
ing to a gala day will be looked af-
ter by the local committees. Homes
will be provided for the 10 boys
called to leave here on Wednesday,
Sept. 10, who will remain overnight
in town. But all the boys included
in the draft who have been accepted
for service will be invited to at
tend the reception. The number
certified to this time is about 800, 25
more than the county's quota. Be-
sides these, all the old soldiers, both
Confederate and Union, will be in
vited, and it is planned to have a
parade, headed by the band, with the
old soldiers following, behind these
the drafted men. The mothers and
fathers of all drafted men viii be
invited to attend the reception and
will be provided supper at the bar
becue. Arrangements are in the
making for the tables, which will be
erected in the space between the
Hotel Bowers corner and the c. P.
Church corner, that part of the street
to be closed.
Since our last report of finances,
Dukedom sends in $22.25 as her share
of the entertainment for the soldier
boys, and other communities are ex-
pected to send in nice sums this
week.
Mr.. McGill, the coffee man, has
very generously agreed to furnish
coffee for the soldier boys and their
parents. Mr.. McGill handles the
Justly celebrated Forbes Sata Fe
Trail coffee, one of the best
on the market, and he will have his
large urns here making coffee for
the occasion.
While the local committee plans
to have the fathers and mothers of
all the drafted men here for lunch
con, the committee cannot be ex-
pected to take care of others not thus
included, but the hotels and eating
buses of the town will be amply able
to feed all who come.
The committee is planning to feed
about 700 people. About 800 of
these will be the drafted men and
the others their mothers and fathers.
On this occasion also each man will
be presented a handsome comfort
kit, picture of the contents of which
is shown elsewhere in .today's En-
terprise. This comfort kit is the gift
of the citizens of Weakley county.
The bags were made by the Red
Cross and the Sweethearts' Clubs Of
the several towns Of the county.
They contain many useful articles,
and the boys, beyond doubt, will
appreciate them and will think Of
home and loved ones every time there
is occasion to use any of the articles
contained in the comfort kit.
Many citizens from all portions of
the county will be in Dresden on next
Tuesday to take part in this parting
reception for our soldier boys, and
the day promises to be one long to
be remembered in the history Of this
grand old county.