The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-22
CONFEDERATE REUNION
Met on July Is in q Beautiful
Grove Near Una


by Comrade P. w. Shell. Prayer
was offered by Rev r. NJ. Evans
After appropriate Introductory
remarks, the chairman invited all
Confederate soldiers present to Join
in the exercises.
In the absence of the secretary
Mrs. Annie L. Jonas McWilliams
was unanimously elected as secre-
tary pro tenn.
The reading of the minutes of
the last meeting was omitted, the
secretary not being on hand.
Those of Company A. who an
swered present, were Sergeant
P w. Shell and Lieutenant l.. R.
Gum.
Privates: Jno. Henley, Jas. o.
Smith, Steven G. Henley, J NJ.
Lawson and NJ. F. Stribbling.
Next business in order. the Sec
rotary was requested to read from
an old paper a published list of
167, the names of soldiers formerly
comprising Company A. 18th Mis-
sissippi Regiment. that same in
formation concerning any cOmrade
who had not answered the Last
Roll Call" might be CLEANED.
Only eleven members could au-
thentically be reported as living.
The chairman then asked that
committee be nominated for the
purpose of finding. if possible,
other fellow soldiers who might yet
answer here" with the eleven left
to bless us.
The following committee was
unanimously elected: Chairman.
Sergeant P. w. Shell; assistants,
Comrades Jno. Henley and Jas. o.
Smith.
A report will be given at the next
meeting.
As Comrade VIM. Buchanan
had recently joined the ranks in
the Great Beyond" appropriate
expressions of sympathy were of
fered. Sergeant Shell read beau
- l.,
Next in order was an interesting
retrospective talk by the chairman.
telling of battles fought, etc. He
elected much interest and exciting
controversies with his comrades of
'65.
1t is a great pity that these talks
filled with interesting information
could not be published verbatim.
1t is glorious to we southerners to
hear of the wonderful experiences
of the brave boys of the Confedera.
cy! Although time may have
touched their hair with white and
made the step less quick, the heart
of each is Young and in their re-
hearsals of the dave when thew
"tramped it with Lee" they still
have the spirit of youth and de-
spite the mile stones they have
passed. they are yet-onlY boysl
A motion was made that the
chairman write, for preservation. an
eulogy to memory of Comrsde
Buchanan with appropriate resolu
tions, to be read at the next re-
union, which will take place dur
ing the summer of 1922 with Lieu
tenant L. R. Gum as host.
A motion that the publication in
the Aberdeen papers of the minutes
of this meeting was in order. after
which there was a motion for adj
journment. The business meeting
closing an arranged program fol-
lowed.
There was string music on the
ground.
Mrs. Annie l.. Jonas McWilliams
was introduced by the chairman,
stating that she would recite by the
request and wish of each Confeder-
ate the poem, Lines on the Back
of a Confederate Note written by
her father, Major s. A. Jonas, a
brave Confederate soldier whom
everybody admired and loved.
Next was a splendid address to
Company A, 18th Mississippi Regi-
ment, by our talented citizen. Mr..
George j. Leftwich.-
Resolutions of thanks and an in
vitation to be present at the next
reunion were extended Mrs. Nc
Williams and Mr.. Leftwich.
A more enjoyable day has never
hoop rooordod