Pocahontas star herald., 1926-04-08
INVITES VETERANS TO
THEIR LAST REUNION

9O1 Martin Building
Birmingham, Ala, April lon the
10Th floor of this building is the Bir-
mingham City Commission, grinding
out the future plans for the govern
ment and expansion of this great city.
On the second floor of this building Is
a committee of men working out plans
to look after the welfare Of the ex-
confederate soldiers while I'm this city
at the next reunion which will begin
on the 18th of next month.
/ have no part in either, they are
unmindful Of even my presence here at
this time, and but for the occasion OF
the reunion, | would be unmindful Of
theirs. Such is life in q great city.
There is however just hand full OF
noble men back in old Randolph county
whom / know are looking forward to
the coming confederate reunion here,
and just at this time those are the men
of whom | am thinking. and those are
the men that prompt me to lay aside
my daily toll here In my Office alone,
and write this letter.
1t is generally conceded In this city
that this win be the last earthly re-
union those dear old boys of the six
ties will ever have. The line has
grown so thin, and tottering, that it
now looks as If this will be the last
one down here in this world Men have
grown very wise, so wise that some few
of them can tell you just when old
father time began, others can go so far
as to tell you just when he will end,
but none have been wise enough, or
strong enough to for one minute stop
his mighty onrushing currents that is
so hurriedly rushing us over the rapids
of time to the unknown stretches Of
Eternity, and those dear old heroes
of the sixties, that followed the cause
of Jefferson Davis, StOnewall Jackson
and Robert Il. Lee, are now fast pass
ing the last mile stone in this life, and
answering the final bugle call on life's
other side where there win be no Blue,
and no Gray, and where there will be
no need Of league of nations TO ont
law war.
/ hSpe at least few Of those that
still remain in Randolph county win
attend this coming reunion, and l take
this pleasing opportunity TO kindly ask
two of you to get in touch with me, aud
we will make arrangements to keep you
In our home out across Red Mountain
where the sweet magn0lias bloom
among the native pines. Those dear
old fellows have meant a great deal 10
me, some Of them have passed on since
/ came to Alabama.
Fifteen years ago when l went be-
fore my people asking for an Office
think of Uncle Isaac Whittenburg,
Uncle Jim Eaton, Uncle Dock Holt and
Uncle win Waddle, and many others
that stood for me in the heat and the
cold, all of them now gone, yet there
are such noble souls there yet as Uncle
John A. Johnson, Judge Douglas, Uncle
VIII Agee, Uncle Bob Hamil, and some
others, and | trust some Of you win
come to the reunion, and as above
stated we can care for at least two of
you. cannot forget you that are
still living, ] will not forget the dead.
II now appears that l may never live
in Randolph county any more, yet you
dear old pals of mine up there will al
ways hold first place In my heart, and
am in harmony with the fellow that
said, "The stars shine on the earth,
the stars shine on the sea, the stars
shine upon a mighty God, the stars
shine down on me. The stars have
lived a million years, million years
and a day, but you and l will live and
love when the stars have died away"
Yours lovingly, Jack Cole.