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- Lena Stone Criswell
THE DAILY
DEMOCRAT
Thirty First Year - Number 64
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, July 16, 1931
ONE CONFEDERATE VETERAN
AT OPENING OF REUNION
Falls County Old Settlers Begin Two-
Day Meet at Tomlinson
Hill
One Confederate veteran, J. T. Hill, 84-year old resident of the New Salem
community, answered roll call for men who wore the gray when the 1931 reunion of
the Falls County Old Settlers and Confederate Veterans Association opened at
Tomlinson Hill this morning to continue in session through Friday.
He fought with Nathan Bedford Forrest, "the
finest and the bravest general of them all," Mr. Hill told the assembly when he
was presented. A native of Mississippi, Mr. Hill enlisted in the ranks of the
South from that state. He has been a cripple since the war between the
states as a result of an injury to his hip sustained during the conflict.
From the large crowd attending the reunion
came expressions of hope that some of the few other Confederate veterans still
living in Falls county might attend part of the reunion sessions. Passing
of years has thinned their ranks rapidly and the hand of time has been laid
heavily upon those who still live, thus explaining their absence from the
reunion.
Formal Program Heard.
With A.
P. Tomlinson, president, presiding, the formal program for the reunion was
carried out this morning. Rev. A. W. Deguire, Presbyterian pastor of Lott,
gave the invocation. Choosing a historical theme, Terry Dickens
delivered the address of welcome with response in a similar vein by Mrs. Roy
Levy of Chilton.
Talks on pioneer days in Falls county were
made by D. W. Stallworth and Judge S. R. Scott of Waco, and group singing was
led by W. C. Kirkpatrick of Dot.
Musical selections were given by an
orchestra composed of Prof. Alois Slovacek of Waco, director; W. R. Rolfe and
Alois Slovacek, Jr., of Waco; Chas. Goeke and Cornelius Clark of Rosebud, Geo.
and Wm. Killen, Reuben and E. E. Sliva of Lott and Louis Holze of Riesel.
Rev. S. D. Dollahite, Baptist pastor of
Marlin, said grace when the basket dinner was spread at noon.
The program continued this afternoon with
features by school children slated to occupy Friday's sessions.
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The Democrat, Marlin, Falls Co., Texas.
