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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  housewife 
  could 
  furnish, 
  extended 
  from 
  one 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   building 
  to 
  the 
  other, 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  two 
  hundred 
  and 
  twenty- 
  

   five 
  feet. 
  Around 
  this 
  table 
  were 
  seated 
  the 
  visiting 
  mili- 
  

   tary, 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  prominent 
  men 
  from 
  different 
  parts 
  

   of 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  a 
  host 
  of 
  Durhamites. 
  If 
  this 
  was 
  not 
  a 
  

   feast, 
  we 
  never 
  saw 
  one 
  ; 
  if 
  people 
  were 
  not 
  happy 
  that 
  night, 
  

   we 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  what 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  manifest 
  happiness. 
  In 
  an 
  

   hour's 
  time 
  the 
  feast 
  was 
  over 
  and 
  then 
  followed 
  music 
  and 
  

   eloquence, 
  each 
  in 
  its 
  turn. 
  Among 
  the 
  speakers 
  were 
  Gen. 
  

   Cox, 
  Hon. 
  John 
  Manning 
  and 
  Judge 
  Fowle. 
  Fair 
  women, 
  

   brave 
  men, 
  soft 
  music, 
  thrilling 
  eloquence 
  and 
  a 
  rich 
  feast 
  

   were 
  features 
  of 
  an 
  evening, 
  which 
  closed 
  a 
  day 
  long 
  to 
  be 
  

   remembered 
  by 
  the 
  boys. 
  

  

  YORKTOWN. 
  

  

  More 
  than 
  a 
  year 
  elapsed 
  before 
  the 
  Company 
  engaged 
  in 
  

   another 
  celebration. 
  In 
  October, 
  1881, 
  with 
  forty-two 
  men 
  

   in 
  full 
  dress 
  uniform, 
  it 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  Yorktown 
  Centennial 
  

   Celebration 
  of 
  American 
  liberty. 
  A 
  long 
  description 
  of 
  

   this 
  notable 
  trip, 
  with 
  its 
  pleasures 
  and 
  delights, 
  can 
  be 
  

   made 
  short 
  by 
  quoting 
  one 
  clause 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  

   the 
  men 
  in 
  common: 
  "Grandest 
  event 
  in 
  the 
  Company's 
  

   history." 
  

  

  It 
  may 
  be 
  well 
  to 
  note 
  a 
  iew 
  changes 
  which 
  have 
  taken 
  

   place 
  in"the 
  Company's 
  management 
  within 
  the 
  past 
  two 
  

   years. 
  In 
  May, 
  1882, 
  Capt. 
  Freeland 
  resigned. 
  J. 
  C. 
  Angier, 
  

   First 
  Lieutenant, 
  took 
  command, 
  and 
  in 
  August 
  following 
  

   was 
  elected 
  Captain. 
  He 
  served 
  one 
  year 
  acceptably. 
  In 
  

   August, 
  1883, 
  E. 
  J. 
  Parrish, 
  a 
  prominent 
  citizen 
  of 
  the 
  

   town, 
  was 
  elected 
  Captain 
  ; 
  John 
  C. 
  Angier, 
  First 
  Lieuten- 
  

   ant; 
  VV. 
  A. 
  Gattis, 
  Jr., 
  Second 
  Lieutenant; 
  G. 
  E. 
  Webb, 
  

   Second 
  Junior 
  Lieutenant. 
  In 
  February, 
  1884, 
  Lieutenant 
  

   Angier 
  resigned, 
  and 
  W. 
  A. 
  Gattis 
  was 
  elected 
  First 
  Lieu- 
  

   tenant 
  in 
  his 
  place, 
  and 
  James 
  H. 
  Southgate, 
  Second 
  Lieu- 
  

   tenant. 
  So 
  that 
  the 
  commissioned 
  officers 
  at 
  present 
  are: 
  

   E. 
  J. 
  Parrish, 
  Captain 
  ; 
  W. 
  A. 
  Gattis, 
  Jr., 
  First 
  Lieutenant; 
  

   J. 
  H. 
  Southgate, 
  Second 
  Lieutenant; 
  G. 
  E. 
  Webb, 
  Second 
  

   Junior 
  Lieutenant. 
  

  

  The 
  uniforms 
  are 
  gotten 
  up 
  in 
  handsome 
  style, 
  and 
  of 
  

   best 
  material. 
  The 
  personnel 
  of 
  the 
  Company 
  comprise 
  some 
  

   of 
  our 
  most 
  cultivated 
  and 
  influential 
  citizens. 
  

  

  INSURF 
  IN 
  THE 
  EQUITABLE 
  LIFE 
  ASSURANCE 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  