It is a truth that cannot be disputed; there are in this county and State today many lonely widowed hearts and orphan children; relics of heroes and the offspring of martyrs, whose pale faces, feeble hands and tearful eyes meet around foodless tables and cheerless hearths. Knowing this to be so, is it not the bound duty of the fortunate ones among us to contribute a paltry sum that will go to alleviate the distressed condition of the widow and orphan? Let us devise means by which a few hundred dollars can be collected for the benefit of the poor and distressed. In our opinion quite a handsome sum could be realized by holding a grand tournament here in October…

The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 27 July 1867, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.