The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, April 02, 1919, Image 1
MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. APRT9. 2 1010
IiSIDENT WARNS
PEACE CONIEBENCE
Of UNDUE DELAY
WORLD ASKS RESULTS
The President's Appeal Follows Long
Session Marked by More Than 'the
Usual Flow of Oratory.
Paris, April 1.-(By the Associated
Press.)-What is construed as a
warning that the world could not long
countenance further delay in the ad
justment of peace was delivered to
the Allied premiers and military rep
resentatives of the associated powers
by President Wilson yesterday.
Urges Speeding Up.
It , learned that at a late hour on
.lon:iay he aros d'. mf the confer
:-e taking lce :n Premier Clemen
ceuu's room at the -'n:11 war ofice
and solemnly assure-! 1 :1 conferees of
his belief that they loW(I do all in
their power to brin': ingether the
loose ends in th: :<-b .in an effort
to unite on ne' terms:. upon which
a treaty might be il esented to Ger
Imany.
World Wall'' 1'e.uils.
it. i; m, *; 'r t ' n '' the President
noirt -' 0 -t i '' t M" (elays that
hi t': o:- rec'i :ei work of peace
making. He declare( that the world
his been aw-aiting the conclusion of
the task of the conferees and that it
hit a right to expect early results.
The President's appeal for an ex
pedited effort followed a long ses
sion in which there had been more
than the usual oratory. It came at
the close of a day when financial ex
ports had been called before the Presi
dlnt and the inremiers. They had ex
plainedl the different points of view
That had arisen dlring the considera
tion of the (uestion of reparation.
Military experts likewise had been
consulted at. length regarding the
reparation.
Experts Consulted.
Military experts likewise had been
consulted at length regarding the dis
position of the Saar valley, the left
hfnk of the Rhine, the problem of
)'inzio: and other questions in which
st, .fnt re- ic-c", ,vere involved.
President Wilson explained today
that he was willing to accept his
share of responsibility for the peace
conference delays. le was careful to
point out that the slowness of the
negotiatioiiswiunot lub to any-single
country or its representatives. He
declared emphatically, however, that
the time for talk was virtually fin
ished and that now was the time to
show results.
Italy insists On Settlement.
Settlement 01 Italy's frontier ques
tion contemporaneously with that of
France was insister upon today by
Premier Orlando at a conference with
President Wilson-just before the coun
cil of four convened to discuss the
Italian frontier question.
The Italian premier asked the Pres
ident whether he hid not think it ad
visable to have an informal exchange
of views on the It alian problem, espe
cially as regards the Adriatic, before
it is presented to the council. The
President replied that fie shared this
view, but owing to the pressure of
work had been unable to personally
study the Italian question. However,
he promised to do so.
Premier Orlando's suggestion at a
sitnultaneously at the frontier clues
ti'ns invoi -s a joint peace with Aus
t:ia a plan which is favored by the
Amlericaa delegation, provided it does
not cause too much delay. In this con
neetion the A merecan boundaries coml
n i:ission expects this week to conclude
all boundaries, including those oif Aus
tria, Hulparia andi Turkey.
Representatives m1 tne aCrolina
Hond and Mortgage Co., of Columbia,
came to Manning yesterday to confer
with the town as to handling paving
bonds and certificates madec by the
property owners. They madec the
town a proposition which wvas accept
fod, and we learn that Petitions wvill
be0 circulated at once ordering the
e'lection. We have no doubt that the
petition wvill be reatiily signed and
the ele:'tion carried, as our people are
pcrogress;ive andi believe in imlprove
maents.
The residents of the tobacco section
of Salem are putting up some vigor
ous kicks against the condition of the
roadl between Manning andl there.
Several of these pieop-e have been in
oar omee lately and inform us that
Manning is liable to 105e the tobacco
biusiners this year if the roads are
not put in con'dition, so that they
can hauil here. They claim they would
sooner sell their tobacco here but they
cannot wear their stock and wagons
out trying to get over the roads. It
10ooks as if it is up to the business
people of Manning to (do something
towards getting the roadl in shape
from the Clarendon line. Manning
will have four warehouses tis year
and they are going to needl all the
business thne can get.
BIG COTTON. fIRE AT
DARLINGTON MONDAY
More Than 1,000 Bales Destroyed;
Loss is Over $250,000.
Darlington, April 1.-Fire of un
known origin, discovered -in the ware
houses adjoining the Atlantic Coast
Line Railway station early tonight de
stroyed over 1,000 bales of cotton in
the warehouses and on the platform
adjoining. Most of the cotton was the
property of Vernon Company, of Dar
lington, but there were other losers
also. The loss is estimated at more
than $250,000. In addition to the cot
ton large quantities of groceries and
fertilizers, the property of the Cox
Vernon Company were stored in the
warehouses and were lost. It was
late in the night before the fire was
under control after the warehouses
1 platforn. .0) feetin length had
'uS:n co .. ' - troyed. The fire
had gaint.i - 'vi-:way before it
was discovere , - izeis.
COU1'on AlIRESTrED
Discharged Scidi-:r and Girl Said to
be His Wife in Trouble.
Bennettsvill<. .'. "- 1.-.t has been
well said that :...t is stranger than
fiction. The e.: o: George Taylor
and a girl, said to b.: his wife, woulh
make a fine plot for a movie picture.
George Taylor was honorably dis
charged from the army a few days
ago. He is typic:il o; the dough-boys
who broke the Hindenburg line and
made the Argonne forest forever
memorable. Twenty-two years old;
6 feet, 1 inch tall; broad shoulders;
elenn shaven and weighing 190:) pounIs
ie is a fine specimen of young man
hood. The stripes of a sergeant deco
eating his sleeve .thows that he rose
as high as his limited education per
mitted.
Saturday night Shetiff Patterson, of
Marlboro County, arrested Taylor and
the eighteen-year-old girl at Murphy's
boarding house. A telegram from
Sheriff McCain stated that he had run
off with another man's wife. The cou
ple had been in Bennettsville only
three <lays. They were from Fairfieid
r'o'inlv. The girl was working in the
Sterling Hosiery Mill and Taylor was
b"ilding a house for tihe mill. This
it the story they '11. They were
raist I on a farm in Fairfield County.
were sweethearts, promising to marry
w'hen * 'aylor was- called - under - the
'raft. For a few months letters eame
to the soldier boy regularly and then
suddenly ceased. ile came back to
Camp Jackson a few weeks ago, and
went on a furlough to his home in
Fairfield County. The girl said she
lived with the man she married for
about a month and heard that he ha-]
another living wife; that her alleged
huisbeni was very er iel to her. and
ni 'ht gave her '1 severe boating.
She left and went to her sister's.
Several weeks after leaving h'r hus
band she saw Taylor and poured out
f.,, rtorv to him. and begged him to
take her away. Taylor had just got.
tan his discharge and the counle hast
ily boarded a train. The' left with
no particular destination in view. Or,
the train they met a gentleman from
Bennettsville who told them about th'
new hosiery mill. They got off and
a'mtoild for work. The girl's people
ire seeking proof of the former mar
ri'we and they say that just as soon
1" they :--t. it they are going to irrt
,1.rried. These people are very prim
it ive and the case is one that makes "
"roe'r anneal to h'miane inst.inets
Tavior's chief thought s"ens ao be to
protect. the woman. Ife told som"
"entlement who went down to the iail
that this was "a goo'l girl" andl that
f (lid not matter wThat happened to
him if no harm (came to her. They
were)' in se'parate' cells and th'"e irl
-id abiout the same thino' or Tavlo -
'i no''hodnv is to blame it is me. I
I-.'*'oed Gecorv' to let me em with
aim .'nd I don't want any'body to hurt
A pril 7-8-9. Another Opportunity.
D u ring three damys in April there
will be nation-wide dIrive for funds
to) aidl the Jewish warI sufferers.
This will be the first appeal that
the .Jews have ever .iade to us for
contributions for the dlestitute among
their people.
In proportion to population, no
class of our citizens sent more or bet
ter fighters to F'rance than th(e Jews.
Th'le scourage of war has left mil
lions of Jews in Eastern Europe..in
dlire' need.
Tlheir homes andl their business have
been dlestroyedl, and many thousands
of them live in wagons under the open
sky.
Tens of thousand of children, three
amnd four years old1, are not able -to
walk, because they have always been
hungry.
T1ens of thousand of widowvs an-d
orphans, whose husbands~ and fathers
'lied in diefense of liberty and human
jty, are in actual need of bread.
Tfhe money raised in this campaign
wvill be converted into food, none of it
Wvill be u~sedl for expenses.
TPhis appeal is to the spirit of hum
ma nity and the Christian charity of
ai prosperous com mun itv, whose elhild
ren have comfortable hon.es andl do
not know what it is to -go to bed
hungry.
Chariton D'mRar.t.
Chairman.
Soda( water will no longer be served
nat Rhame's Drug Store. More time
wiyll be given to the prescription de
nnrtmnint
Findings of Railrc
Against North
March 27th, 1919.
Mr. Thomas Wilson, Pres.,
N-W RR of S. C.,
Sumter, S. C.
Dear Sir:
After- going into the complaints of
the citizens of Summerton and other
stations on your line on last Thurs
day, March 20th, at Summerton, and
after full deliberation by this Com
mission concerning the things com
plained of, the Conission has reach
ed the following decision:
1st. That it is absolutely necessary
that all railroads maintain their
schedules, except when conditions ex
ist of a Providential nature over which
the railroad company could have no
control. This applies to your ro:d
most spci!icaliy, as you do not main
tain reie- passenger train service.
;,,n requests that you do
not overload your freight trains as
": - :' are to be mixed trains,
anid th ; ai you find your trn.' r
o (- .ui '. d or are unable to a m:k
:1 hdu ti. oe then freight c;a m.m.
De L uf on side tracks and the re
:+:n c <the train carried through
2.. Much complaint from:1 n:nvry
s .has reached th Co ai.
ro lteiv to the sanitary c(onhiio: o.
your passenger coaches. The rules of
the State Board of Health, which are
the law so long as there is no statu
tory law to the contrary, are very
specific, as are the rules of the Com
mission, in regard to this matter.
Your passenger coaches, so long as
they are to remain in wrrvice, must be
'1r nediai te:y rut. in a sanitary conli
tion an-I so kept.
Er'. As soon as there is sufficient
trafil over your road to justify a
regular passenger train service, this
'J"'" "',Ft be instituted from Sum
ter to WibPon Mill and return.
4th. That your schedules be ar
ranged so as to make connection with
all trains of the A. C. L. R. R. at Wil
son Mill that it is possible to make.
:ith. That. you maintain either a
telephone or telegraph instrument at
Wilson Mill so that your train dis
patcher may be in direct communi
eat ion with your train crews at Wil
son Mill.
we are enclosing hrewith ('y :f
-tier" the Commission nias this' day
written to 'Supt -J. P-, Walker, ot-A.
C. L. R. R., requesting him to co
operate with you in regard to tele
graph or telephone service at Wilson
Mill. If the A. C. L. I. R. does not
co-operate with you in this matter,
then the Commission will be force' to
iss'ue peremptory orders against both
railroad companies relative to this
part of the service.
If the aibuve provisions - re carried
out. the Commission i satisfled that
less complaint will be lodged with this
oflice against your ro'rd, as most as
s'Iredly you must reilize that a train
that is habitually oft of schedule time
is, so far as the public is concerned,
equal to no train at all.
All th above reueets the ('om'is
sf'. extpects to be out into effect
within ten days from date of this let
ter.
Yours truly.
Frank W. Shealy,
Chairman.
March 27th, 1919.
Mr. J. P. Walker, Supt.,
A. C. L. R. R..
Charleston, S. C.
De-ir Sir:
On Thursday, March 20th, 190. the
Commission held a hearing at Sum
morton, S C., relative to train service
of the N-W R. R. of S. C., and among
othei' things eonsidleredl the petition
or citizen" of W'lkon .Mill. S-ran, ".
' 'l oth-'r ''ints in re-V-ard fo tel'
r"hor etolhone w-rv i--e at yo02
-'tation nt Wil-on Mill.
A a a mait.t prof fact. art all iun ct ionalI
points it, bec-omes a a' :esht~y that
tihe'- t ele'grph o,' + 'e'hon" c'OmpI,-i
"''atIion's he-~ -minrt ain-. These neo
ni' are very bitter in thle ir 'orlaints,
and the Comisionii thinks jiust ly sor.
ThIiis matter has taken on such pro
'nortions that a bill was introcl(eed at
the l'rst session of the General As
sembly and passedl by the House, but
on acconnt of an overcrowdled calen-i
dar, or some (rther obstacle, did rot I
p-'ss the Senate. However, this bill'
will be brought up agarin, and no
(lohibt wvill be passed. The Commis
sion, realizing the necessity for suchi
'-onvemien(-e, requests that the A. C. L,.
R. R. and the N-W R. R. of S. C.
reach some amicable und~erstand ing
whereby telegraph or telephone ser
PAXVIl[ N[EWS NOTES
Tlhe regrrlar mceeting of the W. ('
T. U. will be held Tuesday a fte rntorn,
Ap rril 8th, at four-thirty o'clo:-k in thlr
homve of Mrs. 1B. WV. Cutter.
At th:- Inaet miee'tiny the president,
Ur. F. 5 Geddl~ings in formed ",
Union that no refreshments 'were ex
nectedl to be served nt the meetinis,
"'(e(ept oni Rdl ILetter- days, and' oiv
then whe'n the norsRon askedl for the
neetingts to be held in their homes.
Mrs. C. K. Curtis retutrnedl to her
home in Chesterfld on Monday after
a week's visit to Mrs. S. E. Curtis.
Miss C. E. McLaurmn of Sumter
w~as the week-end guest of friends
heore.
Mr. P. C. Bradham of Mullins wans
hero for a short while last week to
visit his sister, Mrs. LOU Weinberg.
Mr. T. R. Owen has recently opened
up a grocory and hardware business
ad Commission
western Railroad
vice can be maintained at Wilson Mill
so as to better facilitate connection
between your trains and trains of the
N-W R. R. of S. C.
The Commission prefers not to is
sue a peremptory order in regard to
this matter, because we take it that
the companies interested must realize
the necessity for such facilities at
Wilson Mill, but unless some relief
is given this Commission will be forc
ed to exercise all the authority it may
have relative to this matter.
An immediate reply will be appre
ciated.
Yours truly,
Chairman.
PE mmerton. S. C., March 29, 1919.
" litor The Manning I'inmes:
1 or the benefit of those who attend
ed the meeting of the Railroad Con
missioners at Summerton on the 20th
the'' of March, I beg to request that
yo i oilb!ish the enclosed order of the
Coammission.
This final order of the Commission
auo':,:t.: to absolutely nothing, for the
following reasons, to wit:
1 M;milar orders have been issued
h." past, covering a period of
noI years, which amounted to ab
solutely nothing.
2 The authorities of the North
western Railroad Co. regard the rail
road Commission as an immense joke
mnl pay no attention to any order is
:ued by the Commission and the (om
mission niak..s no effort to eafort.
any of its orders.
3 The Northwestern Railroad Co.
a number of friends in Summer
ton who arce employcd by the railroad
and who have passes over the rail
road. and these henchmen keep quiet
it the public meetings and afterwards
g(o around and see the Conmissioners
priv:Itely and thereby betray the peo
ple.
Your Sum merton corresponlient in
this week's issue of your pa'per is
mistuken in stating that I calle'l the
meeting for the 20th lay of March.
In fact, I did not call the mectin:.
and when the Conmmissiontrs wrote
me that the meeting had beeii called,
I advised the Comnlmissioners not to
waste the time of the people with the
matter, that the Commission hul all
the facts for the past twenty years
and.had dons nothing, but that if the
Commission insisted on coming to
Summerton, I would h pleased to
present the question at issue.
Your Summerton correspondent also
states that he knows nothing of the
grievance that the railroad Commis
sioners have against Mr. Cantey per
sonally, but if your correspondent had
comnumiiniented with me upon the sub
ject, he could have had the pleasure
of reacting all the correspondence with
reference to the matter and possibly
thereby become enlightenedl. Th.'
Commissioners became offended with
me, because at the recent sessioii of
the L egislati.ure, I ignored the Com
mission and took up with Messrs
WidemOan and Sprott, the question of
compelling common carriers to install
telegraph instruments at all junction
al points, in order that the travelint
p'ihlhe may determine the where'ia't
of trains. the obiect of co'crse hain
to relieve the situation at Wilson Mill
The railroad Commissioners of South
Carolina evidently at first onnoso
n bill, beca'se whon I first sent the
bill to Mr. Sprott, he wrote me that
the bill was useless because the Coin,
missioners had promised hiim to t'k k.
up the matter as soon as the L."gis"-I
tore adjourned. but when I replied t
Mr. Spi'ott and sent him letters and
ordlers from the Commission showin'
that the Commission had promised
that ver" thin'o a ear' biefore and had
iione not hma- M~ r. Spi'ot t of course got
busv and had my bill to pass5 the
.lherefore', if the ra ilroud ('ommis
sioners have any grievance ains'ift me
;wrsonailly, it is due to the fact that
I '"ug--yhi themo with the oods on"
"na im the ir own hand writing and
undler the oficial seal of the Commis
Jow.' Mr. Edilit or, h''mion natur ie is
a ver'y strong thing in this respect.
te wit: If a safe cracker is ac'tuall'.
caught in your Bank with his hands
on t he m'onov~ he' b~oos in m'e
because forsooth "oin havn initrn'u"" o,
the special privilege of his Royal
ighness.
Pleai-' in,'h' ish in your n~xt is4so,
these soe r-il communientions for the
bentuat of the public.
Yours very truly,
in the v'acant. stoi'e building adioin
ing Mr. L,. Weinherg.
Several from here arme in ('ohimbi',
to see their friends or the Tbhi'tieth
Division and witness the parade oin
Mon- a v.
Soldlirr Ei rie Cutter h-is recently
received his diseha,'rc- and is now on
a V:t to his parl)Lents, Mr. and Mrs.
B. W. Cutter.
4 Mr. J. E. Scott an-I family from,
Wi".hy ncomipaniedl by Mrs. Li'zz/ie
Mlv.of Cher-uw onuent Sa t'rday
rit the home of Mrs. S. E. Cirt is.
Miss A ileen Cr'bett, who is taking
a bnsiness c'ourise in Greenwvood is
mpendineg a few days wvith her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Corbett near town.
Mrs. J1. N. riowvn, .Jr., who has been
rm the sick list is able t~o be out again.
Miss Ethel Corbett was able to re
sumne here dities as pinciputl of the
gradedl school on Monday morning.
Paxville. S. C.. March 31, 1919.
PROMINENT PINEWOOD
RESIDENT PASSES AWAY
Special to The Manning Times.
Pinewood, March 31.-Mr. Samuel
Graham Griffin, one of Pinewood's
well known citizens, passed away
Tuesday morning, March 25th, at 9
o'clock at his home here. he was
in ill health for a long pcrio<) but
was seriously ill only about three
weeks before death. ife was a very
successful and prominent merchant of
this place for many years, retiring
from the mercantile business about
two years ago on account of bad
health.
He was born November '1, 1861, at
Pinewood, Clarendon County and lived
here all of his life, lie was a me:a
ber of 'inewoodt Methodist Church
South, which he joined in early man
hood.
The funeral service was held at his
home Wednesday morning at 11
o'clock by Rev. Leslie and the inter
ment took place imimediateiy atter
wards in the l'inewoouj cemetery. lie
leaves to ruourn his loss his wife, two
daughters, Mlisses May and Bertha
Griiin; one son, Samuoel Fred Gritlin
one sister, i1rs. E. P. Geldings; three
brothers, Joe It., Ben D., A. Wigfall
Griflin and a number of relatives and
Irieinlus. 'Ihe Immense crowd at his
tuneral and the beautitul floral trib
utes attested the este. 11 in whih ill
was held. Il is loss will be Eleepiy
felt in our inidst and tender thougna,
shall ever hover around thi grave
wherein his body was laid. Alay the
beautiful life he led be a livig ex
aunple to those who are left to 'depiore
his ioss.
TAKE NOTICE!
Claren don County Chapter has iri
ceived a letter from the Columbia
Chapter A. 'R. C. in regard to wel
coming the returned soldiers. The
following is an extract from the let
ter:
"The committee on welcoming re
turned soldiers has as;ked the Red
Cross to take charge of booths on
Main Street--twelve in number. At
these booths home-madie cakes, fudge,
sandwiclies, smokes and soft drinKs
will be distributed free of charge to
the boys. It is the plan now to have
these booths open urie day for each
contingent. Will you bring it to the
attention of your Red Cross workers
that donations of cakes, candies, hams,
eggs, preserves and smokes will be
needel in large quantities- for our re
l iiiig heroes.
We are very anxious that the Red
Cross have a large shire in this home
coming jubilee and will publish daily,
donations of eatables secured through
the Red Cross Chapter in the State.
Since the celebration is to extend
ove several weeks it will be better
to send perishables such as cakes
each week, as long as needed.
Please extend the invitation to your
members to be present at this cele
bration and to feel free to gather
around the booths anti help in the
reception of the boys."
Anyon' wi;shing to contribute to
t~his e-msei:. may sendi their contribu
tionis to the Red Cross Room and from
'here boxes will be sont to 1-109 Ger
vais Street, Red C roiss lIleadquarters,
Columbia.
Virginia Wilson, See.
Town Against Reynolds Tobacco Co.
.- few weeks ar:o Mr. .ee Bostwick.
rc'l)iae'r-nt ing R. I. Reynolds 'l'ob we''
Co., of Winstom--S:clem, N. C.. was ar
rested by the city authoiities ind
made to put up 1 1111 for doing bus
iness within thet towin without ai
1l(iens. Mr'. Hostwick ga~ve bond and
yesterday the hearing wasil had be'fore
tile mayor. Thell deifendetilt asked foir
a .inry ti ina andl plead not gu ilty.
('a pta in WV. C. Dav is represented the
lefendant andI S. Oliver O'Bryan, Esq.,
the towvn. The defeindiant adminit ted
selling tobacco in tile town without a
town license, but cla ime1d this priv
ilege under the federal and stat e laws.
Policeman Flowers was the fir'st wit.
netss called, ie stated( thlat. he sawv
the defenldant sell h1is goodls from his
ttoobile' to the Clar ieindon Dr gug
Itr an cobe-t for samne. I! e then01
ha l him to put upt a bond for dolinly
iiisini"5s without a I:'ense and appeari'
a'fore' couri t. Dr. St alinaker,-the n1o"
w'itness, ralid Ile blloght the yoo !s an I
pa id for t hiem. .Jak M etropol vwas
'ulledl, said on that date he bought
roo-!s from 111e defend~anIt, but it was
o be( sh ipped'. [coin Weinlb:rg te'sti
iled that 1he had bioutgt from t he de
f(ondant, but not on that date. Mr.
B~orchler and Mr. Bostwick wer'e (each
'at oin the standi to showv thle way they
'on'liet thleir business andl to prove
lhe conlvenIlience andl sayvinig ill drair'
ige and freight for the mer'ichant by
).iyinlg from the automobile. After
ipeec'hes by Messrs. O'Bryan for the"
own and Davis for the R. .J. Rev
ioldls Tobacco Co.. the jury ill a few
nlinultes de(cideed in favor of thed
'endant and acqiitted himi-.
TJi-, W~om'lils 'h rist i-m Temni erance
Tnion'' will mleetL Mondayv a ft ernloon,
\pril 7. at .5 o'c'loc'k a! the homl'e of
MhIrs. J1. II. Righv. The folowin'r
adies wvill ser.e with Mr's. Rlighv as.
iostessenq: Mr~s. Sistr'nnk, Mrrs. A. S.
3ri'ggs an~d Mr's. Sue Rigby. A full
ttendnc(e is r'equested. Jn ' hee plans
ire well und'er waly. Tile 'Teni' perance
Vission me'eting On March the 20thl
,vas a great suce'ss. Rev. . 11. Me..
'ord and1 M'iss Cleo Attaway spoke
it this mleetinlg an I generous conltri
J'tionls to the JuhbIee lFnnd were
hledlged. One frien" (of thle WV. ('.
r- U. pledeod $100.00.
NO. 14
IMMENSE CROWDS
WATCH PARADE
IN COLUMBIA
Initial Appe:trance of 59th Brigade
Brings Mighty Cheers lrom the
People of Three States.
7,000 SOLDIERS IN LINE
After Parade Capital City Turned
Over to I~eroes, Who Are Hand.
some y Entertained.
Columbia, Mach 3l.---Eves shining
with the joy of victory, faces sobered
by the thoughts or the carnage
through which they had passed and
by realization of the successful termi
nation of the high r;venture upon
which them embarked nearly twelve
months ago, 7,000 virile, stalwart
A mericais, the choicest products of
the South, paraded through the streets
of Cohtmbia this afternoon, between
banks of massed humanity, from
which mighty (heers arose, the plaud
its or grateful Soutat Cairolinians,
North Carolinians, Tennesseeans anti
the folk of other States.
It was the initial appearance of thn
Fifty-ninth brigade of the fightin'._
! Yr'ieth division, comt posed princi
pally of men from North and South
caroi and 'Tennessee, with a
sprinkling of soldiers from Vest.e,n
States, but Amaerica ns all, welied into
:.oId-rhother. by the fi res of battle
alnd by the trials :Intl vicissitude's
andiergone eby these greatest of no1
ern: er sad'ers.
'1 'arade tan suiseet I. enter
I d celebration were un
r M ' l I m in the history of this cit.'
I in the charactur of the event and ( the
size of the crowd, which has been v< -
riously estimated at from 100,00(1 to
125,000 pe(opies.
Thee emotions of the crowd wetr
(otmplexed. Roar after roar of cheers
welled upward as the men of Ilth:
Thirtieth marched in ciose formation.
platoon front headed by their briga'l
commander, Brig. Gen. t.. ). Tyson.
of Knoxville, Tenn., and his staff; but
occasionally a sob could be heart from
a black-veiled figure for one who now
lies under the sod of France or in
Flanders fields, democrac y's contribu
tion to humanity awl freedom. 'Tihe'
faces of parents, whose sons were in
the parade, racdiatet with joy, pride
and relief that the' had escaped the
supremea' Sac(rifie. while otlhrs, their
hero undetected in the san'ness of
the khaki-clad lines, gazed tensed in
suspense, with heart-hunger in their
eyes. Winsome matrons, with infants
im their arms, loolked for husbands,
perhaps to introduce father and baby.
Bent men ani aged women, their
hair whitened by years antd faces
seamed from hardship, looked upon
the tmartial spectacle :iw th' irt youth,
with its mti racuilois leavetin g alnost
seemed to r'turn ti: theti. \eteratns
of the War Between the States, think
ing of the battles of the S )tth they
fought t.hrough four long years. be
came mnore erect. at) more solierly
ilt bearinc atnd wouild liked to have
joimed with the warriors of this gen
eration. Young girls would point with
pride to their sweethearts or fiances.
Alone the whole line of march of
over three miles, every (onteeivallle
v'antage( point. was occupied by men,
women and children. A4lont 1:i il
street the windows of every buibling
'vere .imim('d and men and hovs
(sing to haziardous perches aloft. The
tot of every bu ild ing was fri teed
with htumanity.
The city, in honor of the 'T'hirtieth,
had heetn extensively d(cort'Jteel the
buihhnitgs beitig fe'sttted wit h red,
white and blue hbunting atnd honit- with
lie Na tional Emb lempt anid thi' fla gs of
the Alhocs.
Itn('antdes'entt lights a re arce 'I
acroIss Main street.
After the aade th' city was tmo
ed over tol the soldiers and t hey we're
oetrtamited by thIt !Ieol' eof the St a,
T'hey fthronItged( the st reels in t he a ?'
erttootn antd itighit an' i'vervthlin ,ti
sible wats dtone fot' their1 comitfort '-od
to adhf to the hilarity oIf the occa-es-ion.
c-t h's of t he Slate.
1 armion y P'resbyfrialn Antxiliary'.
II''rmniny IPre(sb~yt e'rial AuxilIin ty
wvill 'ieet Alp'il 8th and' th in the
ind iat 'wn C'hurch, WVillIiamsburg
(Counitty.
All o :et ies andie chu zrches ini the
Preesbyterry at"' requestedl t~o setnd dolo'
gate's. If possible ptle''se send n ames
et once to M rs. TI. MI. ('o1o1r, lPo w'et'
tle.th' mnorntinte of the tRth nd er':t
rid to thte ('ohi in at utomtobiles.
Itev. S. I). Winon or'(I hunjun, Koea
will be the sptenker Tuesdav '.
On Wednesday Mt's. S. C. Fpode."ns
of Grtee'nwtotod and Mt's. S. I. Lebby
oIf Char tlest on will bte the soon;ker's.
It is en anestly decsired'( that evetry
c'hr'ch will bt'e''n'eenrted.l
(Sign ,-: M:-w ''ttic A veoek,
Re. Sec.
pO e'-- tie l~ee't're hy M rs. P'lowdehn
to Be Givent at ('onrt Hoitse.
Mrs.~ Plowdlen of' the lim' Demon
'at iott ('1ub will < liver' a le'ctutre on
''Fool andi Notrzition'' nf the ('ourt
I oustie ott Weldnesda y afternoon, April
Pth, at 4 o'e'!oe'k. The pubtlic is in
e'tei to these' l'ct.'ries eliven every
two wteeks end a larve attendance is
esre"d Weidnesdaty af'ternnton.