The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-05-11
MEMORIAL DAY OBJ
SERVED YESTERDAY
VETERANS HOLD ANNUAL MEET
ING HERE AND ARE ENTER
TAINED BY U. d. @.


ing of the annual meeting of the
veterans OF the county and for the
entertainment that is provided them
upon the occasion by the United
Daughters of the Confederacy.
At an early hour the veterans be-
gan to show their faces on the streets
of Kingstree and continued to gather
here until the hour appointed for
their meeting in the court house at
II o'clock.
Thirty-three Confederate veterans,
thirteen of whom were more than
eighty years old, answered the Camp
Presley roll call. These were they:
w. N. Mcknight aged lightweight,
the oldest soldier present; Conrad
Constine, sc; H. NJ. Griffin, 80; John
M. Grayson, J. M. Mathews, W. S.
Guerry, James Tanner, 81; S. B.
Haselden, 7. J. Duke, H. ]. Brown,
George j. Graham, A. w. Flagler,
D. H. Hannaford. 80; D. 1. Burgess,
J. w. Kelley, v. E. Lifrage, James
Epps, F. X. Fort, w. "A. Cooper, j.
A. Kelley, R. E. Rogers, John Todd,
William Epps, H. J. Williamson, R.
S. Tisdale, w. H. Britton, H. O. Brit
ton, ]. r. Radford, j. w. Cockfield,
G. w. Burgess, W. B. Haseldon, H.
E. CHM and D. C. Scott.
Comrade H. J. Brown was reelected
Commander of the Camp Presley
post for the coming year; comrade
J. A. Kelley, vice-commalder; H. O.
Britton, adjutant; and the Rev. ]. w.
Davis was chosen chaplain.
Comrade ]. A. Kelley introduced a
resolution inviting and urging the
Kingstree post Of the American Leg
ion to unite with the Camp PRESLEY
post of Confederate Veterans in OBJ
serving Memorial Day. Comrade
Kelley's remarks on his resolution
were very beautiful, observing that
May tenth should be forever dedicated
to the soldiers of Williamsburg; that
all Confederate veterans had passed
the allotted years of man, and few
had long to remain; that the MEM
bers of the American Legion were
worthy of filling the places of their
sires that one by one were creeping
silently to rest.
This resolution was unanimously
adopted and Comrade Kelley was ap-
pointed to convey the resolution to
the Kngstree post of the American
Legion and to express the deep feeling
of pride that the Confederate veterans
known in these younger veterans of
Williamsburg.
Commanter Brown asked what
members of Camp Presley had died
during the past year and the follow
ing were reported: Isaac Montgomery,
S. w. B. Courtney, A. B. Hemingway,
w. ]. Cox, J. P. Thomas. The Me-
moral Committee was INSTRUCTED to
draft resolutions in each case, and to
send a copy to the family of the be-
reaved and file another copy with the
Camp Adjrtant.
The folliwing Confederate veterans
of the county were not present at the
raeeting: DR.. Isaac Graham, Capt.
Calhoun Logan, Peter Epps, ]. P.
Shaw, D. n. Epps, Nick Altman, DIR.
j. S. Cunningham, Alex. Floyd, w.
H. Parker, Sid Blakeley, S. R. Mouzon,
George Ard, and J. W. Gamble.
Messages OF fellowship and love
through tie Chaplain were conveyed
to each of .hesc absent veterans.
Shortly after the adjournment of the
meeting of the Camp Presley vet
Grams and at IL o'clock sharp the en-
tire student body of the Kingstree
high and graded school formed them
selves around the monument and sang
several appropriate sorgs, among
them, "Dixie," and after placing
flowers around the base of the me-
mortal they We're marched into the
court house where the program as
published in this newspaper last week
was carried out.
The exercises were opened with
prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Hawkins of
the Baptist church, followed by an
add/ess by the Chaplain, Rev. John
W! Davis of the Presbyterian church.
Pr fessor Swittenberg presided over
I meeting.
The prize of five dollars in gold
was presented to Miss Jane Gilland
for having writer the best essay on
General Robert E. Lee, the man and
soldier" The essay was read to the
audience by Miss Gilland, but in the
interim Mr.. w. w. Boddie, one of the