The courier-index., 1919-08-29
SOLDIERS GIVEN
 A BIG RECEPTION
NEARLY ONE HUNDRED KHAKI CLAD STALWARTS GUESTS
 AT BARBECUE AT HOME OF MIR. AND MRS. J. R. FELTON,


 One of the happiest events in connecton with the return of the scores of young men who went
 fcom Lee county to the various
 branches of service in Uncle Sam's
 big fighting organization was big reception and barbecued dinner
 ser, ed yesteIoay afternoon an the
 beautiful lawn at the home of Mir. and Mrs. J. R. Felton at felton, with nearly one hundred returned soldiers ss the guests of honor. Among the other guests were many Confederate veterans. A most feel ing adress of welcome was de- livered by Mrs. J. I. Morris, In charge of the Red Cross work here. She was followed by, Senator W. IL. Ward who, distinguished himself with gem of speech. Col. J. E. Wood, a veteran of the civil war and for thirty years the edi- tor of the Lee County Courier, gave some very interesting reminiscen- ces of the struggle of 1861 and re- galed the guests with humorous an- ecdotes and experiences of the civil war. Excellent music was furnish ed by the Marianne Band under the direction of Elza Clifford.
 Following the brief speech mak- ing the soldiers and others who were invited to the reception were lined up at long tables arranged on the lawn and for more than ah hour the ladies of the canteen de- partment of the Red Cross, assist ed by Mir. and Mrs. Felton and oth- CTS, served the guests with the finest of barbecued pork, mutton and beef, salads and other delicious foods Grace was said by the Rev. c. c. Burke. Rector of St. An drews church.
 The reception was given by Mir. and Mrs. J. R Felton, MT. and Mrs. Frank Felton, J. R. Gillenwater, J. B. Keys and the Canteen Depart ment of the local Red Cross or ganization. 1,
 The soldiers who were present, nearly all of whom wore their service uniforms were as follows:
 Gordon Mathews, Robt. s. McClintock, Dr. E. D. Wall, Glenn Leary, Arthur Shafer, S. A. Doug lass, Jas. W. Hurley, Dan Eel ton, Teddy Claywell, w. A. John son, Jr., Gilbert L. Cole, F. VI. Purvis, E. A Anderson, Leon Warr, Wm. F. Clements, IT. B. Freeman, Henry Rodgers, L. A Hazel, H. E. Draper, J. B. Sims, A. H. Smith, c. L. Boyer, J. G. Harris, s. ". Anderson, J. H. Rogers, s. L. Boy CT, Luther Nothern, Homer R. An- drews, Williford B. Haynie, Archie M. Lawson, c. w. Lawson, Chas. E. Shafer. J. H. Oxner, J. c. Phil lips J. L. Jenkins, Wm. H. Jones, 1T. F. Nolan, R. K. Webb, A. J. Harris, A c. Samuel, B. ". Con- ner, J. P. Hampton, R. M. Davis, J. P. Houston, Sam Friend, Edward Robertson, Cecil Gray, Bettys Lloyd, Clenni Lindsey, Ed. c. Hinton, Thos. H. Mclean, Robt. Hicks, Floyd Rogers, Dr. MacLenden, Dr. H. D. Bogart. Dr. M. c. Hughey, ". R. Haynie, Deadrick Clarkson, Hubert Hall, F. H. Terrell, Eugene Hamp- ton, Nathan Yoffie, Jack Brown, Leland Barker, Richard B. McCul- loch, Edward B. Futrall, Chas. H. Govan, A. c. Parker, J. P. Hughes, Lawrence Womble, Bennie Page, Ike Panich, Andrew Nixon, Raymond c. West, Earle A. Williams, Roy c. Gillenwater, Horace M. Bonner. Garland Gillen water, Leonard Moody, Amos Swaggart, Asa l.. Lanhan, Arthur B. Thomson, w. o. Russell, Thos. L. McSwine, Her. man Bickerstaff, Jim Nelson, Ed ward Conner, Woody Keys, Joe Mays, Alvin Wilkerson.
 The serenity of the occasion was marred by only one near-accident and that was caused by the absent mirdness of a Y. M. c. A. worker who was cited for distinguished service on the firing line in France for serving hot chocloate to the gunners during a fierce engage ment--the same being Henry Rorg- CTS. Henry possesses more pull chritude than judgement and is up holstered with a redundancy that in- dicates unlimited capacity when the exhilerating aromas from the "chow" wagon gently greet his keen oifact- ory senses. Henry unthoughtediy stuffed his service can in his belt when dinner was announced and af- ter he had disposed of several car casses he found he could not extri- tuer torn to shrdlu etaoin shrdlu
 cate his headgear and was forced
 to return to Marianna with his
 dome of thought exposed to the ele-
 ments.