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VOli V4rrNjGK,?5*^ CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1909. Sl.OOPer Year
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A. FALLEN IDOL
Br FMOCIUC AN8TEY.
CHAPTER XL 11
Continued.
" I
"Don't yba hope she'll ask for her
flgvrt?" whispered Mrs. Venham^
Honlton; hut Mrs. Pontlfex was wo
fortunate as to be able to remember
pothlng, and the Chela appealed to
the company generally, who, from a
mean dread of being compromised as
witnesses, avoldod his eye with sin
gular unanimity.
At last an elaborately disheveled
lady, with ft sad smile and a low
tralnante voice, said: **When I was
quite a child I had a possession I
dearly, dearly loved?a poor old doll
with no legs and arms and no fea
tures?just an ordinary nlnepln It
was, b'ut It was almost the only thing
I cared for in the world! Do you
know, I have so often wished I could
see its poor old round head and lonj
, ? ncck once more! *
There was a touch of pathos a)out
this that touched all with any tend
ency to sentiment. The Chela him
self was charmed by the simplicity
and poetry of the request, which he
readily undertook to gratify.
For Bon\e minutes he stood with
folded arris, absorbed and silent,
with his .eyes bent on one of the open
windows. At length he came out of
his reverie with a start: "If you
look inside the chair upon which you
are sitting, there will your long lost
nlnepln be,** tie s!ald.
The lady started up with a cry of
rapture. "How can 1 thank youj"
and then she gave a pretty little
- moan of dismay. "But?Inside the
chair! Oh, Mtb. S^anlland, may I?
may 1 have it cut open? I'm a fool
ish Wratch, 1 know; but 1 should liko
' to scto 'ifty poor old plaything once
more J.".,
.'"Oh,.my dear," said Mrs. Stanl
' land, "how can you wait to ask? Cut
,It open by all means."
It was. a. large armchair, very lux
uriously padded, and when the cro
rvtonne xove?l^g was removed It re
pealed a. richly brocaded Btuff, Imi
tated from an old pattern; this was
?lltup.wlth as little damage as pos
sible,'and a white lining appeared
uhderMath, which was aisc cut open;
the condition of cach covering prov
ing conclusively that It could not
have been tampered with,- for tho
stitches were strong and the mater
ial still unfrayed.
TJm? excitement reached a climax;
tho floor was gradually strewn with
horsehai.r, and fleck from tho disem
boweled dhalr, which began to pre
te&t a limp and emaciated appear*
ance; I.ut nowhere in its recesses was
the interesting ninepin.
'T am Very sorry." the Chela con
fessed, vMth his first approach to con
fusion, "but hler among so many in
different or opposing individuals, I
ganr.ot gonceutrato my will power
upon-a gpmmon ninepin. If I gontln
pe till Sisom^ig light I shall do nod
' |ng; nevkre, nevare. And the broder
, out on tho balgony is gone away!H
This statement was . received In
chilling silence, broken by a few dry
coughs: Mrs. Honlton.,-who had just
refurnished t her drawing-room, de
cided that |t was nat expedient to
have the Chela at het*own house, and
Mrs. Btanlland already regretted that
i phe had allowed hers to be the sceno
V of such a fiasco.
^Perhaps," suggested Baboock,
"your Mahatma might do something
tor you it you ask Him?"
Tho Chela seemed struck by an
Idea. "Now, listen,M he said half
Aloud.- "My Mahatma Is far away In
Thibet; don't you think that If I write
to him and get a ledder back hler In
this room, thoso peoplo will belcaf?"
"Not a doubt of It,".said Babcock,
'Capital notion! How will It come?"
"It wljjl fludder from the celling
! down," sajld tho Chela.
"I want you nil to have still pa
tience,* be paid, addressing the as
sembly. "I am going to write to my
Mrfhatma It) Thibet, and you shall
'seb tho answer .when Jt arrives, and
h^r also what ae has to say."
Babcock conducted him to a small
' wifltlng cabinet, where the Chola hns
I tlly scribbled a few lines. . Mi nball
next place It on a magnetic gurrent,
and Jt will instnntly to Thibet trans
ported be." ho explained, as he
attpped out upon tho balcony and
. stood there, holding out his mystic
^ billet In the warm starlit stillness.
' \ In spite or themselves, the majori
ty were imyrfased by tho sight of tho
taM, strangely attired flguru standing
slletit there, and thoro was a murmur
?f approbation when ho re-entered,
Y sayif$ quietly, "It is gone, and now,
until ^he ledder arrive, berhapa some
? :laty Will.a llddle song sign."
. Son^jone sang "Oood-by," and
after flitt applause had subsided, the
V Ch'fela said oacltedly: "Tho ledder will
be soot! tiler, In anoder minute."
''Bhar'p work to and from Thibet
In ten ngtnutos," said Babcock.
, ' Thin is no time and no ?(;*<:? for
tho tu3F Adept," answered Nebolsen;
#nbut thalwixlously awaited letter un
Accounjnnly declined to deliver It
Self. Mlf somebody would again upon
^fca^blano blay," tho Chela suggosted
? at Hit; feeliqg himself very much in
tho Minatlon of the priests whom
Baal s4 ungratefully loft In tho sa
v eerdotal lurob.
But at latft* when tho general at
itlOlK was tfstMtringly directed tc
? performer who was just sitting
4o*n at tho piano, a sadden excla
MMW iroa ItHMk aUrtiod tt*
J
room, and all eyqs perceived a pink,
cocked bat note tflowly sailing down
?from the calling and drifting toward
the Chela's feet.
In the reaction which followed, all
gathered eagerly sround him, while,
with flushed face and triumphant
smile, he picked up the mysterious
missive. "I tolt youj~ he said, proud
ly, "the Mahatma has vindicated the
cause by sending to you this greet
lng," and hp reverently unfolded the
cocked hat and begin to read tho eon
tents to hlms?lf.
Many who had remained skeptical
and unmoved thrnneh nil the preced
ing marvels began to waver now, and
on all sides th?re was a consuming
anxiety to hear what the Mahatma
had to say. - It was not gratified.
Nebelsen, after studying the note
with a confused and angry face,
crushed it in his hand and thrust it
into his sash.
"But mayn't wo look?" cried Mm.
Honiton. "I should so love to cee
what an occult note looks like!"
" "I am not able to communicate the
gontents," said the Chela.
"Too tremendous for our weak
minds to gn?p?" Inquired Babcock.
"Quite right," was the answer; "to
read it aloud would not be of advan
tage, and after this I do not think I
shall succeed In obtaining any more
results this evening."
. Tho announcement brought back
tho former frost in Increased sever
ity; eyebrows were significantly lift
ed, and smiles of private incredulity
freely indulged In. Nobody had a
good word to say for a faith which
was not even able to entertain them
for a single evening.
Mrs. Stanilaad began to send peo
ple downstairs,,' where a light supper
had been provided. "You never touch
supper, I know, Herr Nebelsen," she
pa4d>.'a8 she passed him.
"To-night, yes," he replied.
"Oh, then, perhaps' you will take
fome one down by and by," she said,
with a marked contrast to the dis
tinction she had shown him earlier In
the evening* and left him standing,
humbled, but patient, in tho empty
ing room,'where ho aroused Sybil's
compassion.
"I mustn't?-till l'vo seen every
body elso go," sho said to Babcock,
who was hoping to secure her as his
companion. "Nobody has asked that
pretty Miss Chatterton; como with me
and, be Introduced." When she had
got rid of ihlm thus, and only a few
scattered couples were left, she went
up to Nebelsen, "Will you be very
good and take me down for some sup
per?" she said, "Not now, It's crowd
ed, and it will bo plcasanter out on
the balcony."
She stepped outside, and ho fol?
lowed with reverential submission.
When they were both seated, Sybil
made some ordinary remark; but he
was so long silent that she began to
foe! uncomfortable,
At last he spoke. "I haf eeddled
in my mind to renounce my Mahat*
ma," he said, glancing at her to see
how she took this tremendous piece
of Information.'
"ITavo yifju?" said Byybil, feeling,
Jn sptlo of her sympathy, a very
Btrong Inolfnatlon to laugh. "Why?"
"Because," said Nobelson, vehe
mently, 'he la so Imbollte, ho does
not know how to behafe. In Thibet
tlfdy are?well, not schendlemen, and
a Ibng tlmo I haf borne It batlent'.y,
But to-night It is too muoh. I drusted
all to him?and he leaf me quide
alone! Other Chela* of less standing
are assisted to make manifestations,
but for me there is noding done. 80
from to-night I will no longer a Chela
bo?I chuck up."
"I'm so glad," said Sybil. "I think
it's so sensible of you."
"You do? And you are glad that
I renounce? Ah, you do not know
how happy you make me when you
cay that!"
"And don't you believe In theoso
pHy ahy more?"
"I belcnf the name as over?yes.
That to-ni;;ht I obtained only a few
phenomena make* noding?It Is not
uncommon that tho wlll-bowcr and
magnetic currents will not work;
thero will bo accidents and break
downs?shiist ns on a railway line.
And. you paw, there did arrive the
. loddor from niy Mahatma."
"Tint, you wouldn't show it to us,
yon know."
* j'T^nt Is whoro my Mahatma was
so Inconsiderate. ?' Ho writes mo a
Icdder, but ho take care that 1 should
bo unable to show It. or read it. I
will tell you, so that you will see
how Insulting lie can mako himself.
When I open the note I see In Greek
characters. and forglf me that I re
peat suc.i worts to you at all,but I see
writteu' .thero: 'Do not a dam fool
bo!' "
Sybil was obliged to caress her Hps
somowhat asslduouuly with tho feath
ery head of her fan before she could
express her indignation with becom
ing gravity....,,
"After that, you know, thore must
bo and end forth. And so to-night 1
shall wrldd Mjhij a formal resignation,
lie .has novor taken any pains when I
xonsult him. 8ometlines ho never a!l
nwpra one* wort; sometimes the an
swer when it comes is?well, It Is not
moCh. I will tell you one instance.
Thore is a young frlent of mine, a
bainter?but you know him, he made
that bad pictur* of iyou in the gal
lerli sfci |> haso*4 u
atid i?jbir.iiuaaMi7 mh*
OM.
"Well tor M(ml wMki he la mj
unlocky?altogether. as yon say, off
his golora. Ha loaa hla name, hta
frlents, and hla money and hla work;
he la 111. he worrlea, and he cannot
tell why; and al) the time he never
sueeaed till I tolt him that It waa all
caused by one leedle ogly Idol."
"And when you told him," aald
Sybil, "did he believe It?"
"At llret?no; bat In the end?yea,
as moch almoet aa 1. And thia will
show yoj* what my M?batma Is like?
I write to aak him What la the best
thine '09 Mr. Campion to do, and he
reblles that the only way la to send
the Idol back to the giver! and that
Is sbust the one thins which Mr. Cam
pion will not do."
, "Why?" asked Sybil, shocked that
Ronald oould put any faith in such
an extravagant explanation, and hop
ing to find he was less credulous than
Nebelsen seemed to believe.
"Because he says it would be cow
ardly and selfish, and I gonfess he is
quite right, and the Mahatma has
made a grand moral mlstsko to git
advice at all. No matter, now, onee
more. I shall be able myself to help
'Mr. Campion!"
"Herr Nebelsen." said Sybil earn
estly, "I don't think you ought to en
courage him in these morbid fancies
?I beg your pardon, but how can I
speak of them as anything else? You
can't seriously believe yourself that
an idol can have auy sort of power!"
\ "Exactly the same aa Mr. Campion
?ay at first. But let mo tell you how
he was convinced," and he gavo her
an account of the experiment with tho
red paint, and Its sequel.
"And he is afraid now?"
"When I see him last he was derri
ly afrait, and I cannot help thinking
that unless something is soon done
that idol will do a moch worse act.
Till now he plays the Poltergeist, but
thst cannot always continue."
Sybil gave a llttlo shiver. "J wish
you hadn't told me all this," she
said. "And now lot us go in."
CHAPTER XII. /
For Old Suke's Sake. '
As Sybil thought over Nebelsen's
revelations she found it difficult
wholly to resist tho impression they
made upon her. They had aroused
the superstititon. which, in spite of
education, is more or less latent in so
many of us.
She had only to insist upon taking
the idol back, and when ho saw that
nothing alarming happened to her.
he would be cured of his morbid
fancies. Perhaps Nebelsen's Mahat
nm. whoever he might be, was right
in this at least.
Impulsive Sybil no sooner con
ceived this resolve than she was im
patient to carry it out. Sho mutt
?ave Ronald, and if?well, if there
was anything dreadful about the idol,
as to which she could not reason
away all her terrors?it was only Just
that she should bear tho brunt of its
Inexplicable malice.
The following day was Sunday, and
as the afternoon drew on, Miss Sybil,
who was accustomed to restrict her
devotions to the morning service, as
tonished her aunt by announcing that
she was going to church again that
evening.
Mrs. Stanlland, as Sybil had antici
pated, did not propose to accompany
her, but sent one of the housemaids,
who attended in the worst of tem
pers, having made other plans for
spending the evening.
Romanoff Road looked more Arca
dian than ever in the warm Sabbath
stillness, and under a sky which was
Just beginning to melt from throb
bing blue to a luminous green. There,
was no one to be seen except a pair
of lovers parting at a corner, and the
lamp lighter beginning his rounds at
the end of a turning.
And now Sybil was ot the studio
door, and it seemod to her that some
one was within. Ronald often sat
?nd smoked there, she know, in the
evenings.
She had Louisa as chaperon, or
rather duenna, but sho began to wish
she had not come, and to hesitate.
Suppose Ronald's man or a model
were to come to tho door, what
should she say?
Her hand was already on the bell,
when from within a peal of laughter
rang out on tho silence, and she
shrunk back, terrified.
For it was laughter that conveyed
an Insult, full of coar3o triflmph and
cynical mockery, and yet?it was like
Ronald's laughter, ns It might be
come after some sad deterioration.
She turned to tho maid with a
white faco and startled eyes. "I I
don't think I will In Just now after
nil, lyOuisH. Mr. Campion seems en??
gaged." ? 4
"Just as you think best, miss, I'm
sure." said Louisa, primly; and they
went back to Sussot place.
On his return to hla lodgings,
which were In a qulot street in Pad
dlngton, Nebelsen set nbout the busi
ness of repudiating hla Mahatma. It
took him some hours to cotnposo a
document which should strike a poig
nant remorso in his guru's unsympa
thetic bosom, but ho finished It at
last. "I will not send it by Babu
Chowkydaree Loll," he reflected,
"becauso ho will want to talk and to
argue, and Induce me to retract. I
will dispatch it to tho Mahatma my
self by occult means. He will got it
quite as soon."
And then his pupllago wns over;
the vision of transcendent knowledge
and powor faded; ho could no longer
flatter himself with tho secret con
sciousness of superiority to tho rost
of mankind; ho had deliberately re
duced himself to thetr level.
To be Continued.
fUampa 0T> ^ Ihe dWSflllnatlon 01
flOO hAve been Issued by the fovtro
nut * V??%oria, A??tr*U* _
MM REMEMBERED
, * * ..
Wl Erect Monument to Sailors
Who Went Down With Her
SIGSBEE DESCRIBES DISASTER
Admiral Who Wu in Command of
the m-Fated Battlsship at the Time
of Its Destruction Delivers Illus
trated Lestore For tlM Ber.oflt of
the Maine Memorial Arsociation.
Washington, Special.'?For the ben
efit of the recently organized llaine
Memorial Association, whoso purporo
ia to erect in the national capital a
?uituble monument to the American
sailors who met their death in the
sinking of the battleship Maine in
llavana harbor cn February 15. 1893,
Bear Admiral Charles P. Sigsbco,
who was in command of the fated
vessel at the time of her destruction,
|'Saturday gave by request an illus
trated lectiurc here before a large
audience, describing the disaster.
'In many ways it is made obvious
that public sentiment regarding the
Maine lias continued beyond ordinary
bounds," said Admiral . Sigsbcw?.
'Many disasters have occurred be
fore and sine*., yet nouej in recent
times has held public interest like
that of the Maine. .Her destruction
was a turning point in our own his
tory and in the history of
Spain?a' turning point for the
better in both eases, let us hope.
"The mission of the Maine was en
tirely friendly," he explained. "It
had no further import than to re
assure our citizens in Cuba and to
proteet them and give them assistance
in case of necessity."
Admiral Sigshee narrated in detail
the events sniH-eeding the Maine's
departure from Key West for Havana
on January 2.'>. 100S. Arriving at
ris:\a>.u, (lie Maine wns taken by tlu
pilot to one if the bouvs commonly
reserved for war vessels. "It wa*
widely supposed in tho United States
that the Maine was afterward shifted
by the Spanish rut horilies to another
buoy, but this was 111 error,"lie said.
He also denied that the Maine enter
ed Havana harbor militantly.
Continuing, Admiral Sij/sbtv said it
was important that he should know
that stale of -popular fueling in
Havana Vega riling the Maine and a|>
parently'the brat., way to learn this
was to attend a bull fitfht.' "I have
been made anathema for this by cer
tain pious people. Hull fiphts were
given only on Sunday but my object
was not pleasure. It has boon decid
ed that my ship's company was
doomed beeausc of attendance at the
the bull fight on Sunday, yet none
who went to tho bull fight wore in
jured in the loss of tho Maine."
Admiral Sigshee graphically de
scribed the scene on tho Maine on
the night of the explosion. To bear
out the contention of the court of 1
inquiry that the Maine was 9nnk bv j
a submarine mine, be called attention
to the parallel in the destruction by
contact with u mine of the Russian j
battleship Petropavlovsk during tho
Russo-Japanese wnr.
Regarding tho policy of raising the
Maine I havo nothing to say," he
Raid. "It might be better to usk
'why is not the Maine removed?' "
He predicted that sfco probably
would be blown up in detail as the
only practical solution of tho prob
lem.
Seaboard Loses by Fire.
Portsmouth, Va., Special.^-Firo of
unknown origin, accompanied by an
exploaion, destroyed the general
warehouce of the Seaboard Air Line
Railway at the railroad terminals
here enrly Sunday entailing a loss of
from $100,000 to $150,00Q, and in
sulting in the injury of four men, one
being seriously hurt. The Injured
are: Fireman AValter Bissott, Night
Yardmaster Matheson, Tom Sellers,
colored, unknown white man.
Sultan'o Wcmen Driven From Palace,
Conetantinople, By Cable.?Eighty
woir-en from Abdul Ilamid's harem,
richly dressed and veiled, were driven
in carriages Sunday under the escort
of four eunuchs and a troop of
cavalry from I ho Yildiz to the ancient
Seraglio pnlrt'rf,' Which hris been un
oecupiod since' about 1824s ? -Curious
bystanders were driven away- from
the exit of jlie. .Yildiz palace by a
guard of soldiers.
Tlie Confederate Reunion.
Memphis, Tenn., Special.?An
nouncement is made by t lie general
executivo committee that nil will bo
in readiness foi the Confederate re
utiion, which will moot in Memphis
on June .8, 9 and 10 and nil indica
tions point to ono of the most suc
cessful pathcrifi<rs in Ihe history of
the organization. All Confederate
veterans, who desire free accommo
dations, will be cared for in a general
manner. The general committee
makes announcement thnt food, lodg
ing and medical attendance will bo
provided for each and every old sol
dier, who shall make his wants known.
Auk Governmental Bill.
Richmond, Va., Special.?The In
ternational I/er.gue for Highway Im
provement Saturday adopted n bill,
asking Congress for an apropriation
of $1,000,mm to support the work of
the body through eiffht commissioners
to be appointed bv President Taft.
The league purposes to open perman
ent headquarters in Washington, and
its first effort will be to build a nat
ional model highway from Maine to
Florida.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
Hons of Interest Gathered By
Wire and Cable
GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY
Uve Items Coreiing Create of More
or leu Interest at Home and
Abroad.
President Taft will reeeire a salute
or 21 guns when lie arrives at Peters
burg on the 39th.
Mario Fron, 20 years old, danced
herself to doutli Tuesday night at
Chicago.
Fourteen Night Riders were con
victed Tuesday at Waverly, Tcnn.. of
whipping J. M. Hoece last October
and were lined $500 each and jailed
for ten daj'f.
John P. Brady has erected on his
premises near Oardensville, Md.. a
monument in honor of Adam, the first
man, savins it is hotter late than
never. lie is a learned man too.
Thirty men overloaded a naphtha
boat and in attempting to eroos the
river at Pittsburg, Pa., Tuesday night
sank the boat *nrul 23 were drowned.
It. E. Raybold, 10 "rears old, died
last Sunday at Hyattsvillis Md., of
tetanus (lockjaw) from running a
nail in his foot two weeks before."
Mm. Boyla pave it out before she
was eon viewed in the Willie Whitla
ease, that in Oie event she were sen
tenced she and her husband would
both commit suicide.
?The great battleship Mississippi ac
commodated nr many as .r>,000 vis
itors at once while at New Orleans.
| R. IT. Sweet, his wife and four
j children, and Ocorge Hall, were
| drowned by the capsizing of their
gasoline boat in the Chippewa river,
j Wis., last Saturday night.
Three brothers nnd- one sister who
^.were making a bare living in Ireland,
have hoi red $100,000 from a bateh
| el or brother, who died recently in
I hiladelphia.
J James Patton, the wheat king, has
promised to quit gambling
Mrs. Helen Boyle was convicted
last Saturday of complicity in |he
I kidnaping of Willie Whitla. She
(rets 2.% years in the penitentiary. Her
husband pot a life sentence.
Six fishinp steamers at Norfolk.
Va? last Saturday made a haul of
400.000 pounds of deep sea trout,
equal to 2.000 barrels.
Mrs. Augusta J. Evans Wilson, the
Southern author, died at her home
at Mobile, Ala., laBt Sunday. Ths
day before was her 70th birthday.
Schuyler Hollcv, at Logansport,
Ind9, fixed n pistol to fire on an ex
peeted chicken thief last Saturday
night. The thief didn't come and
Ilolley forgetting to detach tho con
nection, opened the door Sunday
morning nnd was instantly killed. *
Washington Affairs.
Thomas II. Netherlands, who was
sn expert penman and was on at
tache of the A\ hitc House until a
month opo, when ho resigned, suffer
ed so from overwork and nervous
breakdown that ho committed sui
cide last Tuesday night.
The Porto Ricans tako President
Taft s message verv unfavorably.
They think they could govern them
selves.
President Taft sent a message to
Congress Monday, asking for new
legislation for Porto Rico, practical
ly declaring too much power had
been given the islander* beforo thay
were prepared.
Representative IIollirgRWorth stood
practically alone in opposing the
Davis engraving on the Mississippi
silver service.
Judge Wm, L. Penfleld, former
solicitor for Department of Stale,
and authority on international law,
died Inst Sunday.
The evidence in the Brownsville
colored soldiers affair makes 0,000
pa Res. ?
Judge IIe?iry O. Connor, of Wilson.
N. C., a Democrat, was appointed
Mondny to the Federal bench bv
President Taft, succeeding Judge
Purnell.
Torelgn News Note*.
Tbo-jicw government nt Constanti
nople .has hanged another hatch of
24 oautinccr*. This makes 38 such
executions since the change.
Edgar Thompson loft Alhion, III.,
25 years ago, motive adventure. lie
landed on <?n?? of the Figi Islands,
married a princess and was crowned
kin/?. Lato news chronicles his death.
Two missionaries to tho Congo
Frco States. Africa, protested
against a rubber company's oppres
?ivo methods against the natives and
nro now being sued by tho trust for
libel.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS STEMS
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TRIBUTES PAID TO HEROIC
DEAD.
Memorial Day Waa Observed
Throughout South Carolina.
Throughout South Carolina exor
cises were held in various towns in
memory of the soldier dead, the
heroes of "Tin* Lost Cause!" Pat
notic airs were sung, eloquent tribu
tes were paid to the Confederate fol
diers, both tlie Living and the dead,
and fair hands deeorated with flowers
the graves of the fallen heroes.
Reports eonoe from inanv towns and
cities marking the de?p devotion to
these tender memories.
A Charleston speeinl snvs: Clinr
leston pnid tribute Monday after
noon to the memory of the gallant
dead of the Confcderaey. joining with
many communities throughout the
South in this annual beautiful custom
which Charleston was umong the llist
to inaugurate.
Wagons made the rounds of the
schools and other depositories for
flowers and greens and the young
ladies of the Confederate Home
school were busy making the hun
dreds of wreaths and decorations
which were used in the afternoon in
the decoration of the graves and
tombs of the old soldiers. Aside from
tho wreaths which the school giilg
made, many other like tributes were
woven by .'oving hands and deposited
on the last resting place of the men
who wore the gray. In Washington
square the handsome shaft of the
A\ ashington Light Infantry was deco
rated with several wreath* as was the
memorial of (Jen. Beauregard, in ad
vance gf the exercises in the after
noon. In may churchyards about the
city the graves of soldiers were deco
rated during the morning hours, leav
ing .the afternoon solely, for the
decoration of tho mounments, tombs
nod graves at the several cemeteries
in the suburbs. In accordance with
the custom, the graves of several sol
diers who wore the blue, who died
ere en route to Cuba during tho
opamsh-Amcrican war, were not for
Fnt 4,1 the d<coration of the ceme
teries.
Rev. Pereivol II. Whaley delivered
the annual address. Flags were gen
erally displayed about the city and
the county buildings, dispensaries,
banks city hall and city department
were closed, and not a few of the bus
iness houses observed the dav part
ly. Ihc postoffiee observed Sunday
or holiday hours, with the offices
closing at 10 a. m., and one early
morning delivery of mail being made.
. *r?m Columbia comes tho follow
ing:
Memorial day exercises in Colum
bia were more than usually of inter
est. It marked the opening of the
home in which aged Confederate vet
erans will be enrod for by the mother
otate. And the other feature was the
presence of the Children of tho Con
federacy in the assemblage of tho?e
met to do honor to the memory of the
chivalrie dead.
In the morning a committee of de
voted women placed beautiful gur
Innds around the base of the Confed
erate monument in the capitol square
and entwined the Confederate colors,'
rod, white and red. around the shaft i
o*. the monument. The several i
church-yards in the city were also!
visited in the morning and the grave i
of c.?ch Confederate soldier marked
with a Confederate flag and there
"pon placed a wreath of Southern
rogen.
In tho afternoon the city of the
dead, Elmwood cemetery, wan visited.
Here the cots of many gallant men
were made beautiful with the quilt
ing of roses and the pillow* of immor
telle?. The ceremonies were more
beautiful because of their simplicity.
There was no addrcs', b;:t 1 lie prayer
of Rev. Ivirkn an C. FinSay stirred
many hearts.
The profession was he-ded by Ell.
*ou Capers chapter, Children of tho
Confederacy, lilt It* ones in white
drM?cs ami red sashes. emblematic
of fhe Confederacy. They sang the
songs of the dear ohl South and ivany
eyes were v.-et with the tears of mem
ory. It was indeed a glorious lr.otmmt
when the little one? showed that they
are bring tattrrlit to remember that
these brave ir.cv died for Sontli Caie
lina.
The Confederate l.erve of the S'ate
was formall?- opened Mond.v,'. There
were two old tVUows to Ik? nutate: od
in. They took the oat'i of al'.eg-ante
gladly, for it is to ihem a ho..:e i:?
decd. The men won* Sergvant. Chirk
of York eounty and Private Hughes
of Abbeville county. The homo is
ready to reeeive the othrr t\i a ? so- :i
as lecoinn.ended bv the rxspeelivo
eounty pension b.:aids.
The l:o::.e is mi st comfortable, and
theie are many things to make glad
the decling days, a reading room, a
sleeping room, a i:;u*u* room and
above all a pood dining room.
At Darlington the streets were
lined throughout the dav wi'.li sol
diers, both of this day and the rem
nant of the army that fought in I ho
'COs. Tlie morning hours were taken
up in meeting the visitors at the de
pot and eseorting them to tho eonrt
house square, the centre of attraction.
An elabora'e dinner was given tho
veterans and also a dinner to the local
militia. At 5 o'clock Rev. I). M. Kid
ton made a touching oration.
At Aiken the Rev. W. K. Thayer
made the address of the oc-asion,
full of tenderness and pat ho?. The
"I.ost Cause" was thus fresher *:d
again.
At Sumter Cel. .Tames ArflXYorg
was the orator of the dav and the
decoration of the graves was attend
ed with the fervent devotion that al
ways marks this annual memorial.
At Newlvrry a magnificent dinner
was served to the old veterans and
addresses, recitations, etc., together
with lloral olYerings, maile up the
sweetly sad emtunemorati* n.
At Marion I.ieut. Ciovernor McLeori
made the oration for tlie occasion, a
delightful program, together with a
sumptuous dinner, tilled the day with
appropriate interest.
Noted Sculptor in Columbia.
Columbia, Special.?Mr. F. Well
ington Ruckstuhl of New York, de
signer of the Hampton statue and
well known throughout the State, was
in the city Wednesday for a confer
ence with the members of the ronimis
sion in charge of the erection of a
monument to the women of the Con
federacy. Mr. Ruckstuhl spent thu
clay meeting his friends end inspect
ing the city in which he is particular
ly intercstd. His ideas as to the orig
inal beauty of Columbia and the op
portunity for making it one of tho
prettiest cities in the country havo
been set forth often and as yet ho
has not changed these suggestions.
Mr. Ruckstuhl has been selcteed to
design the monument to the women of
the Confederacy and haa given the
subject considerable study. Hi* work
on the Hampton monument attracted
so much attention that he wns select
ed to design the rtntue of John C.
Calhoun, which will be placed in
Statuary hall in Washington, Lntcp
he was chosen for tho bronze n?m->
orial erected by the women of Pails-i
bury, North Carolina, to tho ("onfed
erate foldlern of that State, unveiled
Monday. Still Inter ho was H?lectod
to de*ipn the monument to bo erect
ed to tho women of South Carolina,
for which a sum ha? been appropriat
ed by the State, the bnlaneo to bo
raised by the men of the State.
Has Passed the Century Mark.
Blacksburp, Special.?The Now*
and Courier correspondent, topcther
with the Kev. Mr. Kirby, pastor of
the Methodist church here, recently
hud the opportunity of soeinp the
oldest living woman probnbly in the
State. Her name is I'eppy Clark.
She was born not over five miles from
where she now lives in ISO'.;, on the
23rd day of February. She was 107
years old on February 23 of this year.
Injured Youth Doing Well.
Oaffney, Special.?Younp Oeorpe
Stephenson, who was so badly hurt
Friday nipht by beinp run over by
the enpine on the dummy line is doinp
finely, and his physicians r.ny that if
he continues to improve that there
will be no necessity of amputating his
foot. Those who saw the accident ex
prosed themselves as beinR astonish
ed that his injuries were no inoro se
rious than they nre, as he was drap
ped several feet under the enpine af
ter lie fell between the wheels.
Aiken Riflcu Go to Charleston.
Aik^n, Special.?The* AiIcon IJiflrg
Company, Xntionn! (Jur.rd of South
Cnrolina, is delighted because thev
have boon transferred from the .'!rd
regiment to another f< r the encamp
ment. By thi* irv'nn* 11:o Aiken boys
will tret away fiom home for the cn
eamp.ui nt. Tl:ey will be assigned to
a reiriiwnt eir.-ampinir at Charleston.
Stockman Begins Scntenco.
I/'xinirton, Special.?Deputy Slier
iff Miller cirri oil" S. \Y. Stockman to
the State Penitentiary Thursdav
morning, where he will begin t?? servo
his seven-year sentence for having
kill. (I his son-in-law, Hampton J.
Hartley, during Christnih*, 1!)0."?. An
wns stated in this crtrrespondenco
Wednesday, Stockman preferred serv
ing liis time on tho county chain
gang, but Scperintendont l>augfor<l
refused to accept him, and (his iie<es
sitated Stockman's going to the peni
tentiary.
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