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Shoffner History.
policy, as ho now saw and believed that McKinley evidently was well acquainted with this great family and their wonderful posterity; hence his idea of acquiring more territory. Seeing, he said, the coming prestige of the Shofners, lie years ago got into the right boat by marrying one of them. Then followed a speech by Mr. Euless Lawrence, which did him great credit. Next, music by Misses Mary and Alice Shofner, J. ('. Shofner, and Terry Landis; recitation, Eulan Bomar; piano solo, Miss Annie IJeese; vocal duet, ? O, Toll Us, Merry Birds!? Misses Mamie .Jenkins and Clara Shofner; vocal duet, Misses Nora and Estha Shofner; recitation, Miss Maude Kimsev; song, ?Twinkle, Little Star,? little Lettie and Georgia Shofner; music on harp and piano, Hoy Shofner and mother; violin solo, Haskell Shofner; song, Roy Shofner and sister and Mamie .Jenkins.
Friday morning revealed much the same scenes a.-the previous days. After dinner, as time drew near t<-say, ? Good-by,? they were loath to part. While tent-were being taken down and goods and chattels packed up ready for departure, there was again a good tiim enjoyed by all, listening to speeches by ?Squire Frost, of Flat (''reek; Mr. Lige Roberts, of Raus: If. M. Kim-sey, of Tullahoma; Thomas Shofner, of I'nion City ; William Shofner, of Nashville; C. II. Shofner; ain Rev. Ephraim Anthony. ?Squire Frost told about hi-various connections with the Shofner family, and sal-he once had a Shofner sweetheart, and that ?let hi: in.? "Squire Roberts told how he had rabbit hunt-and gone coon and ?possum hunting over these sau old hills in bygone days with the Shofner boys. II