The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-06-05
CONFEDERATE VETS
in DINNER MEET
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Their joining the army while still
a youth and of the service sew
eral of her relatives had given as
officers.
Mrs. Walter Groce told of her
father volunteering as a student
from Wofford College. At that
time he was then engaged to her
mother who was at the old Fe-
male College at Spartanburg. He
was wounded by a minnie bill,
which passed through his knee,
later developing into erysipelas,
and he was put in the Georgia
ward at the Richmond hospital
with some Georgia soldiers who
used very profane language. One
day it became necessary to call
his negro preacher slave, who
went to war with him. to come
and read a chapter from the BIZ
bic and make prayer. This
ouieted the Georgia soldiers. Mrs.
Groce said she had recounted this
incident once before at a U.D.C.
meeting.
There were several visiting la
dies present. After adjournment
one lady came up and said, "I'm
from Georgia, and | just know /
married one of these old "cussing
soldiers" Mrs. Groce went on to
say that after the war closed and
South Carolina was under federal
rule, the negro preacher, Levi
Lee. her fathers slave, was elect
ed to the legislature of South
Carolina. A lady asked if he fol-
lowed in her fathers footsteps.
She said, "No, my father followed
in his. for it was many years af-
forwards before he was sent to
the legislature"
Mrs. Jordan said her father was
engaged to her mother when he
Joined the army and that when
he got a package of envelopes he
would sit down and direct every
one of them to her so the other
soldiers couldn't slip them from
him.
Mrs. Brown then asked the vet
Grams to tell anything they cared
to. Mr.. Ledbetter said that some
time ago he decided to travel and
see some of the things he had
heard about. so he went to the
museum in Virginia and saw the
calico dress that Mrs. Jefferson
Davis had worn; saw statues of
several of the generals he knew;
saw a chair made out of the
horns of the long-horn cattle of
Texas; saw a statue of General
Lee on his famous horse "Trav-
eler," and that the guide pointed
out a small hole where the bride
entered the horses mouth, saying
that bees had found their way in
there and had made honey; that
thew hated to rob the horse, but
unless they soon did he might
grow too plump for his side.
Dinner was announced. Rev.
A. |. Justice blessed the bounti-
full supply. The table. in charge
of Mesdames Shepherd. Bowen,
Reid, Freeman and Dickens was
arranged with GRIM
son roses and white dutzia. About
35 persons enjoyed this affair.
The veterans present were:
Rev. A. l. Justice, Messrs. T. J.
w. H. Ledbetter, J. T.
R. B. Sitton, H. K.
and P. P. Johnson.
Others in attendance were:
Mrs. Ledbetter. her daughter,
Miss Bertha Ledbetter and young
son, Clarence. Mr.. John Ballard,
Mr.. Fore. Mr.. Jessie Johnson,
Misses Kate Boston, Margie Nc
Carson, Tommie Shepherd, Bet
sey Bowen, Winona Cauble, Jena
Bradbourn, Frances Pemherton,
J. s. Brown, Thomas
M. M. Bowen, V. C. V.
Shepherd, Bob Freeman, w. P.
Lane. W. B. Reid. Walter Groce,
NJ. R. Allen. Lila r. Barnwell,
Presley Burckmyer, Fannie Jor-
dan and her sister, Mrs, Muir
ohyee Livingston, and little |
DR.. Brown and Mr.. V. |
G. V. Shepherd. @