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^ ik^?L VOL LIII WINNSBORO. S, C., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 2, 1899. NO. 51 - f9' THE EDITORS. E?r Sr.; Proceedings of the State Press Association. : SOME ABLE PAPERS READ Largest Attendance in the History of the Association. Va -w rious Matters Discussed 'fC ' * and Officers Elected. r The State Press Association was in sesw " 1 - -i. ) sion at turns Liitma springs last wee*. ^^MtwCaeSelay evening those members who Bl ' had'arrived and a great many ef their Hf friends went to the Auditorium and Wr there heard several speeches. C Mr. J H Wharton, member of the t House, welcomed the Assocition on the ^parfc of the management and the good Rti&^eople of Laurens county. Mr. Whar||j Sri took occasion to make mention of || Be newspaper Governor, who, he held |Kred his deserved election and promo^rtion to the press of the State. Mr. Fitz Hugh McMaster, of the Charleston Post, on the part of the If 51 Association delivered a most eloquent I response, which was heartily applauded. President Aull called upon Mr. Julius E. Boggs to say a few words for u the Association, and he spoke in an in?mitable style, dsftly interweaving humor and pathos with the warp of his I. w The work of the evening was over, and when Bearden's Band started up I " the crowd thinned out. The Associa| tion appointed a committee on pror gramme and then adjourned until Wed' nesday morning. Wednesday when the Association met Chaplain Sidi H. Brown delivered the opening prayer. The first work t was the reading of the annual report of J the various officers. The first and mosc important report r - was that of President Elbert H. Aull, in which he took occasion to pay a handsome tribute to the late Robert M. Stokes, well known to the members of the press as for many years the editor of the Union Times. He also explained iby no summer excursion had been Ipiaimeu, auu nu v c. uuncu uv Cuba was recommended. He stated how it happened that no delegates attended the National Editorial Association, and reported the successful passage of the advertising law through the Legislature, and other matters of interest to members of the Association. The treasurer, in addition to his financial report, wrote as folio wi: Charleston, July 26, 1899. To the Members of the South Carolina Press Association?Gentlemen: * ^ * X?^l?io A o_ naviag Deen ureas ilici ux wis iujuvw| tion since May 16, 1884,1 am really K sorry that I.am compelled by the state af my health to sever this pleasant con. nectioi* n For the last six months I haye been B sick with Blight's disease, and my dcce| H tor gives me perhaps but a few months Bp to live, and so I bid you all an affecBpRWr tionate good-bye till we meet agaia on g ?abetter shore. B For the last fifteen years you did me the honor of re-electing me to|the o35ce i i X . A . -L __i. . ?? I treasurer, ana i nave w me uesi w ability carried out your wishes, and I now herewith return my trust with a check for amount due the .Association. Franz Melchers. Secretary C. C. Langston, *?ho has wcrked hard and diligently for the Association, submitted this, his annual, report, with an accurate statement of ^ Tif/M.lr oni-? DTrlonsfiq r>f flip PXPfiUfcive r uxg nvia t*uu v. - ?~ -? B committe. K Mr. W. M. Jones, cf Spartanburg, was unanimously elected a member of the Association. The Association then took up the newspaper symposium, which was a ft clever scheme on the part of the executive committee, which invited the speakers. K ''How to Buy the Stock,by Mr. J. l L. Sims, of the Times and Democrat, was a concise and business-like paper. ^ Mr. Sims gave the Association his val uaoie eipeneuue. Mr. August Kohn, of the Columbia * Bureau of the News and Courier, read a paper on''Hew to Get the News." 0 Mr. Elbert H. Aull, of the Herald ft and News, of Newberry, read an able [' paper on how to make the paper readable. He put his views before the memg bers very cleverly. Others put down for papers in this symposium were abseat. & There was then a general discussion of various subjects. One of the most 1 interesting topics discussed was that started by Mr. Jones as to whether it 8L.-'"' paid to run sermons and serial stories. ~ ~ ^ f/NAVWA/-1 f/"* f V? T r> 1' if LiUUSt Oi I-UK euiio'ia sccuicu iv useful and profitable to run sermon's and stories every week. Col. Hoyt, Messrs. McMaster, Gonzales, Sims, Jones, Boggs and others discussed the topic generally. President Aull appointed the following committees: Resolutions?F H McMaster, E H Decamp, E CJHaynesworth. N G Gon zales and Jtl IS JUarmon. Reports of Officers?R K Sweeney, Louis appelt, E A Gasque, W >1 Jones and August Kohn. On motion of Mr. Stoppelbein Messrs T B Crews and T A Hoyt, of the Association, were appointed, and Mr Hugh Wilson was asked to serve on the committee to frame resolutions on the death of Mr. Stokes. ^ The Association then took a recess. The State Press Association Wednesday afternoon had the pleasure of hearing an address by Mrs. Virginia D. Young, of Fairfax. All of the guests of the Association together with the emmbers had a rare treat. Mrs Yoang spoke of women in Southern literature. Mrs. Young did not attempt to speak without thoroughly familiarizing her self with her subject. Tiie tacts ana truths she brought out were expressed in choice language, and here and there was a gem of genuine humor. At the morning session of the State Press Association Thursday Mrs S H McGhee, Messrs JLB Warren and L. Gr Young were unanimously elected members of the Association. The question was raised when a news paper man retired from the newspaper work and then re-entered the profession whether he couid re-enter as an old member without payment of back dues. It was thought, under the constitution he must either be re-elected and pay h ! his initiation fee or pay up his back dues. The matter was finally settled by the adoption of ihe following resolution: Resolved, That Article 2, of the constitution, be amended by adding thereto the following words: "And said membership may continue only so long as such member remain actively in journalism, according to the true meaning and intent of this constitution." Ocrifckt; out mi ui uue u nuu tuoci i in lieu thereof the following: "Any member who shall fail to pay his fee for two consecutive years, after notification by the secretary, or . hall become otherwise disqualified as provided for in Section 2, shall be dropped from the n 11 of the Association. He or she may be reinstated by a vote of the Association and the payment of all back dues, or the initiation fee of $5." At the afternoon session a letter was p-, \t.. a n .r, ,a' ^u, iiUiU X'AI XX vy vx Charleston, relative to the flood sufferers. The editors will bring the matter to the attention of their readers. A number of practical topics were taken up and considered. Ready prints, reading notices, foreign advertising and the like were considered. There was a vote for the next place of meeting and Harris Springs was again selected. The report of the committee on officers was submittel. The committee consisted of Messrs K H Sweeney, W M Jono*. Louis Appelt, E II Gasque and Auimisi Kohn. The chief general rec.>ui'uendati-jn was the approval of the p'an to take the Cuban trip. A central committee, with Mr. Aull as chairman, is to take up the matter of transportation and if possible arrange the trip. The following officers were elected for the year. President, Elbert H Aull. First vice president, 2s G Gonzalez. Second vice president. James L Sims. Secretary, C C Langston. Treasurer, August Kohn. Chaplain, Rev. Sidi H Browne. Executive committeemen. M B Mc? T A TT T oweeney. tiauies juluj'i., liivuu xiypelt. It was resolved a? the sense of the meeting, at the suggestion of Mr Gonzales, that the Association meet two or three days before going to Cuba and enjoy the hospitalities of Columbia and take a glance at its wonderful develop The last session of the association was opened at 10 o'clock Friday morning. Resolutions were passed thanking the officers for their work, Mess. Harris and Fox for their entertainment and the railroads for their courtesies, ctc. The question of foreign advertising was discussed at some lengtn, ana in a lively talk made by Gen. It. R. Hemphill he said the way newspapers were talked of by members of the legislature made him mad; that every man seemed to think the newspapers were trying to rob somebody; if the editors of the State would back him he would start the fight against cheap ri^cs. Upon the president was imposed the duty of' looking after the agency to handle foreign advertising for the papers of the State, which work had been begun by a special committee. The president wants to ccirespond with r/M-nn T?or( xrViA will TCTlHprf'ftke DUUlt- J VUUfc iUMu i? II the work for the money that he will get out of it. The association adjourned after the announcement of the committee to arrange fcr the Cuban trip, and most of the editors left on the midday train. THE STATE ALLIANCE. A?. ? -a! "WAP ILLS ^IILULUai lacuuiug Ui tuau viu^i Held in ColumbiaThe annual meeting of the State Alliance was held in Columbia last Wednesday and Thursday. So far as results are concerned the gathering does not seem to have amounted to anything. The report furnished the press does-not show that anything was done of any in terest. The bulk ot tne proceedings appears to have been devoted to a discussion of the State Alliance exchange, with the result that the exchange's business will be continued en the basis as heretofore, although Congressman Stokes and Mr. Keitt had considerable fn co-c nn t.hA other side. When the body met Thursday morning the affairs of the exehasge were again taken up, and 5 long discussion ensued. Addresses were delivered durirg the day by State Lecturer Blake Congressman Talbert, President Wilboro, 0 P Goodwin, Congressman Stokes, Rev J A Sligh and others. The alliance made a few minor chaDges in the constitution which were not made public. The annual election of officers was beld, resulting in the choice of the following: President, J C Alexander; vice president and lecturer, J R Blake; secretary and treasurer, J W Reid; member of the executive committee for three years, J L Shuler. The newly elected officers were duly installed by Mr. W. N. Elder of York. D F Efird was chosen as the State Alliance's delegate to the national council of the order, which meets in Washington in 1900, and 0 P Goodwin was elected alternate. The thanks of the body wire tendar-ed to the railroads for their kindness in granting reduced rates for the delegatss to the State alliance. Ihe following resolution was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the thanks of this body are hereby heartily extended to the retiring president for his faithful services,"his untiring zeal and unflagging energy in the discharge of his du WAVsO II UiiV v. The alliance then adjourned sine die. The next annual meeting is to bo held in Columbia in July nest. Suicide by Fire. A special from Greenville says Wednesday morning at 3 o'clock Maggie Brown, a negress of bad repute, saturated her clothing thoroughly with kerosene oil, touched a ma:ch to her clothing and was instantly enveloped in flames. Every thread of clothing, including her stockings, was burned, and the fire ate into her body at many places. She lived until 11 o'clock Wednesday morning, suffering intense agony. She gained consciousness before death and gave as ti reason for taking her life that Babe Walker, a negro man, with whom she lived, had deserted her. THEOLD CONFEDS. They Had a Good Time Despite the Rain and Mud. ABARBECUEFORTHOUSANDS Gen. Butler the Orator of theOcnaeinri fipn. Walker Re J elected. Convention Meets at Greenwood Next. ^ fM 1_ i'tie great reunion at ^uaries-uu overshadowed the division reunion I which convened at Chester last Wed- I nesday. The Confederate veteran is not well off in the affairs of this world, and he cannot take two such trips in one year. Then, too; the weather was miserable. Wet feet, wet clothes everything wet. Such a combination of circumstances worked to the hurt of the reunioa of the South Carolina veterans, and the attendance was small. But there is one thing which was a grand success?Chester's hospitality. The queen city of the hills did her best to overcome the chilling effects of the heavy rains. When the discharged veterans had turned their backs on Appornatox and had come back to Carolina, they were met at the depot by the noble Chester women, who gave them meat and drink. That same hospitality ha.-, been again shown. Wednesday was spent in attending to the business of the convention. Tbat night cold business propositions were - I ' ^ 4- mn gIVttll 11 cuaruuiug Vitlictj' WUCU tut? vnfu score sponsors were presented to the audience which filled the opera house. The hall was festooned with the colors of the Confederacy and of the State, with here and there a picture of some loved hero or of the sweet, sad face of Winnie Davis. When the convention assembled the band played "Dixie"' amid the cheers of the assemblage, drowning the thunder and rain, and the convention was called to order by Capt. J. W. Reed, commander of the Walker-Gaston camp, who introduced Rev. S. P. K. El well,!). D., chaplain general of South Carolina division. Dr. Elwell in his prayer eloquently spoke of the heroic dead and prayed for the living few. Miss May Hood, sponsor for WalkerGaston camp, was presented by Capt. *? rr 1 3 T need, miss xiooq, a aaugmer ui x. McD. Hood, a gallant soldier, welcomed the division. Senator J. Lyle:s Gleen then extended a very hearty welcome on behalf of the city of Chester. Mr. Glenn made a very happy little talk, assuring the veterans that they were welcomed not only by Chester, but by all Chester county. Chester reveres the honor of the cause which was lest and is glad to open her homes to those who followed the fortunes of that flag. He then, on behalf of Capi. Reed, presented to the division a gavel of pine wood, just a plain gavel, without ornament or figure, but so suggestive of Vii^tnrv Via exnlained to Gen. Walker, the handle is a part of the gun that fired the first shot against Fort Sumter, and the head of the mallet was carved from a piece of wood from Jefferson Davis' home at Ri-.-hmond, the "White House of the Confederacy." where were held cabinet meetings at which were discussed questions of the gravest import. In responding to the warm welcome extended, Gen. Walker sai'.l that the division had been warmly welcomed elsewhere, but it had been left for Chester to extend a heart warming welcome through a lovely young spon^irrieiAn T-Q C K AO rf.11 T7 (TPflif.A DUIj auu tll^ u;viaivu ruuuuw*v^ ful for ifc. He accepted the precious relic presented by Senator Glenn. History is crowding upon us. When he had called together the convention in Charleston last May he had rapped upon a table vrhich was used in the se cession convention, and the gavel used was that which had called the secession convention to order. Today he would use a gavel equally as precious in its associations. Gen. Walker then read that beautiful tribute to the Confederate dead which is engraven on the monument in the capital grounds at Columbia. When he had concluded the veterans arose and with right hand raised to heaven responded feelingly, "They died for their country." He read a beautiful tribute to the women of the Confederacy, and they responded, "God bless the women of the Confederacy. The death of Maj. S. Reed Stoneyof Gen. Walker's staff was then announced. Gen. Walker stated very feelingly that Maj. Stoney had died mindful of his comrades and their meeting together here today. The annual report of the division commander was then presented. REPORT OB- GEN". C. I. WALKER, COMMANDER. Comrades: Your commander, with grtat satisfaction, submits his customary annual report to this convention, the fifth of the South Carolina division, U. C. V. "^Ve are survivors of the Confederate oT.mTT or>^ r-.ivr Til A number of such O.X UJ.J t* LAVA UU?J. ? never increase. 2so new conditions can give qualification for membership in the U. C. V. Each year we lay away to their immortal rest many of our beloved comrades, the men who wore the gray. Each year our members become fewer. But the interest of the veteran in maintaining this grand organization of old comrades does not soon die. During the past year twelve more camps have been formed, and the total number of camps presumed to be alive now in the South Carolina division is 123. How many of these may be practically dead I knorr not, but will be able to form some estimate after I have met the commanders this afternoon. Xinety-six camps have paid their dues in full to the U. C. V., or to the South Carolina division, so ltislair to assume that these camps are alive and active. Many of those which have not paid, I believe to be alive. Hence 132 is not far from the actual number of live camps in this division. I think the showing is a magnificent one. By far the smallest State of our bdoved Confederacy, South Carolina, has today more camps than any other state, except Texas, five times as large. The interest of the camps of this division is clearly demonstrated by the payment of arrears. At the last, the | Charleston reunion, Texas, with her i 234 camps, was only entitled to 267 { votes, while South Carolina, with 124 : camps, was entitled to 239 votes. As < compared with last year, your increased \ interest is manifested by the payment of your dues. At the 189S reunion < you had only 143 votes, and with 22 1 votes added by new camps, this year s you were entitled to 239 votes. 3 Twenty-four counties of the State 1 are entitled to the regimental organiza- < tion. and in some of these the regiments j have been fully organized. 1 Every effort has been made to stim- J ulate the formation of new camps. But < with the stimulus of our grand reunion of all the U. C. V. in South Carolina i this year, added to the other efforts i made, our growth has only been twelve t camps. So I am forced tc believe that i j our high water mark has been reached. [ Some more new camps will probably be 1 I formed, but they will not more than < replace those which from natural t causes, must die out. The Confederate i veterans are fast passing away. I Feeling that we have reached the j ? i_T probable Ueigntn or our prosperity, x < congratulate you, comrades of the < South Carolina division, on the splen- t did work you have accomplished. I i may safely say that you have made ( this the very best division of that glorious band of veterans gathered in- ( to the folds of the U. C. V. You have ( rrrao faaf. Kfp If OUUVTU 1U c?ci; n?J givuuvww interest and activity. As I have said, i only the state of Texas, five times as j large, excels you in the number of i camps. Oar sister States, touching us on the north and on the west, both t twice as laige, neither have as many ( camps as you have. No division excels i you in your contributions to the sup- c port of the U. 0. V. In the love for your old Confederate comrades, so 1 magnificently evidenced in the splen- t did reception you gave your comrades s of the south, in last May, none as ever i come near you. Your devotion to the S U. C. V. is only exceeded by your lov- c ing devoted heroic services to the Con- 1 ? ' ? 1 J-UV. i leaeracy. *ou can oe as prouu 01 os- i ing a veteran of the South Carolina i division as of having been a Confeder- 1 ate soldier. When I truly say this of you, com- t rades, you will know how much I ap- s preciate having received at your hands i liAriAr r\f m T7 7 WilC LLLU30 UlSUU^Uijagu uvuvi v*. life, that of being placed at the head ( of this splendid organization. I feel < that to be trusted and respected and i honored by such a body of heroes, is ? the noblest distinction which could be \ bestowed on me by the hand of man. s As we go rapidly down the hill of life 1 we old survivors of the grandest strug- i gle ever made by heroic men, will draw closer and closer together. When the t last one of us reaches the end of all t things worldly, when the last survivor i of the Confederacy is buried, them furl that banner which is to us our emblem f of bravery, devotion, truth and free- < dom. " How vivid must have been the i principles which inspired eur fallen ( cause, when thirty-four years after its < death we gather to revere them, and < pay loving tribute to our comrades. ] How free must be our country in ( ati/tVi flflAMrtna mflmATiofl VlA J VY ii.il/JUL OUVU 4^1VA JLV v*.^ uivmv^vw v?.. m v loudly and openly treasured. * Oar mother State, true to her sons who risked all in her defence, gives an- 1 nually according to her ability from j her restricted purse, not as a measure 1 of her love, $100,000 in pensions. This 1 is equal, 1 believe, to that given by her j sister States of the south, and exceeds i the amount given by many. There has 1 been some complaint as to the distri- t bution of these tensions. At the re- t quest of Camp Wade Hampton, I have i appointed a committee of one delegate ? from each camp to consider this mat- ] ter, and they will probably submit to i you proper recommendations to cure i the evils felt to be existing, I feel ^ that the grand old State of South Caro- t lina, equally with you, desires this pen- j sion money to reach only the deserv- i ing. I have no doubt that her legislature will carefully consider any rea- f sonable recommendation you may j make. ( The committee on the monument to J the women of the Confederacy, which t you determined to erect, as a tribute t * - 'ft .t i_ _ i to these devoted saints, "tne gins De- i hind the men behind the guns," will i doubtless make a report, and I trust it will be one of great encouragement. < At your 1895 convention you earnest- ( ly endorsed the action of the legisla- t ture and its Chickamauga commission, i and urged the erection of the monuments on the battlefields of Chicka- ? mauga to the South Carolina troops f who helped to win that glorious victory. Since then, several Confederate States i have erected the monuments, beside ^ a large number of the northern States. Oar State found it impossible at that a time to make the necessary apprepri- \ ation, but with the great interest in t this State caused by our recent May ^ reunion, I am inclined to think that the c moment is opportune to resume the t matter, anc urge prompt action on the * i "? ' ii-.i. o n x part oi our legislature mat ouutu v;ai- i olina may not be behind her sister 1 States in honoring her heroes who fell I at Chickamauga. Like action should be I extended to all battlefields sioiilarly t marked, as soon as they are ready to s receive monuments to southern hero- t ism. x In the month of May you had the s gratification of meeting your comrades 1 from all over the south, on the soil of s your own beloved South Carolina, a With the magnificent hospitality for s which this state is famous, you enter- 1 tained them, and sent our visitors t home with a "God bless South Caro- s lina" on all lips. 1 While Charleston was the place of i the reunion, our guests knew that they """"A tti ri rr <i T!7a1 frATH t.Tlft WC1C ? Tf V1VVAUV A? VUA hands and hearts of all South Carolina. Every comrade of the South Carolina ^ division helped the good people of rj Charleston entertain the guests, and Charleston, I know, appreciates your t assistance. My comrades, we have accomplished rj much, and we have yet much to ac- ^ complish. All that you have, or will j. accomplish, will be, I am sure, as i worthy of the State and of yourselves as your magnificent- heroism for your country, the Southern Confederacy. Let me urge upon you to keep alive this splendid organization. So Ion? as c two survivors are left, let tho3e who 1 meet in annual convention to perpetu- ] ate the glorious memories of a noble s -i-~ ?--i?:?, cause, to ciasp cneir weas-eiiiug uuuvd v and proudly hold aloft to the world S the splendid record their brothers ^ made; and see that it goes down to 1 generations that the men of the south ivere time to their country, true to their government, fearless in its defence, aaade the grandest struggle in the face )f the heaviest odds ever made by mor- | :al man. Adjt. Gen. Holme3 then insisted on ;amps strengthening their membership jy the more fortunate members asjuming the fees of those who were i really too poor to pay tne pittance, xie ;hen spoke of three flags which had re:ently become the property of the divi- | iion. One of these was the only banler which draped ,t.ie grave of Winnie Davis, and, therefore, should be doubly lear. The roll of camps was called. There vere many camps from which there vas no response, but tabulation showed ;hat of the 250 camps in the division 50 vere represented. * When the convention was opened for < jusiness Thursday Gen.- B-tler intro- ' iticeii a set of resolutions to the eitect 1 ;hat the movement to erect a monu- ( nent to the women of the Confederacy c )e formally organized. The plan pro- ( posed by him is to have an association c insisting of one member from each * jounty. This corporation is to obtain * t charter and to go to work earnestly | md systematically to raise the fund to 1 somplete the monument. Comrade D. K. Henderson of Aiken )ffered a resolution that the legislature * )f South Carolina be memorialized to ^ ippropriate funds rto erect monuments 1 it Chickamauga where South Carolini- I ms fough* so gallantly and where their 1 esting place is unmarked. Gen. Carwile appealed to the conven- I ion to adopt the resolutions. South ? Carolina should follow suit with other 1 States and commemorate the gallant leeds of her sons at Chickamauga. 1 Dr. Ell veil stated that a commission 1 iad once been appointed to locate the I lite for a monument had done so. The ? idoption of these resolutions would s nerely impress the importance of the State's forwarding the work of that c nmrrnsainn. fi-ftn. "Walker was a mem- * )er of that commission and he spoke of c ;he importance of. building the monu nent. The resolution was unanimous- c y adopted. j The election of officers was then en- * ;ered upon. Gen. Walker declined to c itand for re-election. Gen. Carwile * md Capt. George B. Lake made the I notion to ignore the declination and f xen. Walker was unanimously re-elect- 1 ;d. He had stated that for business I easons he preferred the election of c lome other comrade, G en. T. W. Car- 2 i * m i i _ 1 n l 4 _T n vne or Jiiageneia ana uoi. ^.sDury uowird of Charleston were elected comnanders of the Second and First brigtdes. v The convention received no invita:ion for the next reunioQ, and the mater of a selection of. a place was left nth the division commander. Mr. Wm. A. Barber, late attorney general, introduced the orator of the lay, the hero of Trevilian station, a nan twice a major general, Matthew ]albraith Butlet' jGren. Butler was ref 1-k (tuAnf onrvlo-noA crmnr?l"> 1 ? /C1VCU TTXUJLL a|/|/A?UUVf AA1U kJj^vvvM *as filled with special interest to the ' )eople of upper South Carolina. It * lealt with the evolutions of the two c irmies after the fall of Columbia until v Johnston's surrender. 1 Mr. Barber then introduced Mr. Mil- s edge L. Bonham, commander of the 1 irmy of Northern Virginia, Sons of I Veterans. Mr. Bonham, a son of the 1 ate ex governor, is a very eloquent I roung man. His speech made a fine c mpression. His references to the 1 leroism of the private soldier brought c -ears to many eyes. He showed that t he sons of veterans revere the cause \ 'or which their fathers foueht, a cause c sustained by the federal constitution. * ?or slavery was not the cause of the . 1 1 a . * IT# .1 r\ c var. JNot nan tne soiaiers m tne uon- = 'ederate army were slave owners. It * vas for right they fought. lie paid a s ;ribute to the women of the Confeder- * icy and urged the building of a monu- * nent to their memory. k Gen. J. W. Floyd was caUed upon * for a sDeech. He represented the pri- s privates of that grand army of Northirn Virginia. He believed that the 1 southern States held the destiny and * vould make the glory of the future of * .his great republic. He spoke a few )urning words for the woman's monu- * nent. c Mr. W. A. Barber, after repeated ^ sails, spoke earnestly, urging the sons * >f veterans to take up the work of juilding a monument to preserve the I nemory of their sacrifices and nobility. * Gen. Bonham announced that the * Sons of Veterans already had a fund c or that monument. 8 Maj. T. W. Woodward and others ^ nade short speeches. The convention * ras then adjourned. ^ ~ ? TTT 11 _ _ J If Subsequently, uen. waiter received u i dispatch from A. B. Riley at Green- t pood saying that that city would ex- c .end an open and hearty welcome to the veterans next year. Gen. Walker ac- 3 ' - 2 'T- - -?-r icptcu 1116 mvitatiuu Willi. ?Lcau Jjicaj- r ire. t WheD the convention was adjourned ? he crowd repaired to a beautiful grove I lalf a mile south of the city, where had c )een prepared an elegant barbecue, f Hr. J. McD. Hood, who had superin- I .ended this part of the festivities, had * irranged everything for the comfort of s ,he guests. Long tables were spread 1 mder the white oaks and beef, pork md mutton were heaped upon the >oards. From a dozen huge cauldrons pas dipped hash or stew as tempting t md as finely seasoned as was ever f ipread at a 'cue. The dinner would t lave supplied 10,000 people. As it t vas fully that many were there. The * laughter of 21 beeves, 18 sheep and 5 S logs would have made a brigade joyful * n days gone bv. I Note-iiaiser Arrested. s The secret service has received in- _ ormation of the arrest in Knoxville, _ Fenn., of Frank Farrell, charged with T aising United States notes. It is said hat Farrell's specialty was raising new me-dollar silver certificates to fives. t Clie work is said to have been cleverly t lone. Farrell is believed to be a mem >er of a gang, three of whom were arcsted last week. * ^ Can You Help Her ? I The Columbia postmaster has re- i ;eived a pitiful letter from Mrs. A. L. I JVilkerson of St. Louis, Mo., 2114 J ? ? ^ .clrinn -frtT. in^nTmotinn r} -i\Ji-1 UdO dVCii ugj ajQ.iu^ ivi iuj.ua ibout the Turkett family of Fairfield i >r the Keyes family of Chesterfield, t She is anxiou3 to find and communicate t rith any relative of Turner T. (or J.) < Curkett. < A CENTURY AGO. Pinckney's Message About Moving the Capitol. VALUABLE DOCUMENT FOUND nformation of Great Historic Value Contained in an Old Paper Discovered Last Monday. In looking through some old books in ;he office of the secretary of State MonJay Chief Clerk Gantt found sticking jetween the pages a document of great ralue. It was no less than the message )f Gov. Pinckney to the legislature lealing with the moving of the capitol )f South Carolina to Columbia. The locument is 109 years old and is in a ine state of preservation. It is of so nuch local interest that it is given lere in full: Vlr. Speaker and gentlemen of the . house of representatives. Gentlemen: By an act of the legislate passed on the 22d day of March, J8G, entitled "an act to appoint comnisaioners to purchase land for the )urpose of buiiding a town, and for renoving the seat of government thereo;" after several provisions for this iiMnAflA ^ ie rt m f\Yt ct A+llAr f 1 rj CTZ An. ;uixu AO arnvug v/wu.wx v/** icted?that as soon as the public buildngs therein before mentioned shall be :rected in whole or in part?in such nanner as shall be sufficient to accomnodate the legislature and officers em)loyed in the executive dopartment .of jovernment, the samf shall become the ;eat of government. And by another act passed the 7th lay of March last, entitled "an act for he removal of the public records out >f Charleston, and for the purposes herein mentioned," it is enacted?that >n the first day of December, 1789, all he public records, except such as re.* . ,1 1 i j ate to the property witnin tne districts >f Charleston, Georgetown and Beau'ort, shall be removed to Columbia, jroyided that the commissioners shall sertify to the governor, or commandern-chief for the time being, that the mblic buildings mentioned in the act >f the 22d of March, 1786, are erected is therein directed. In consequence of these acts, and of he reports of the commissioners ap)ointed to carry them into execution UUpiea III Wluuk aic JLiciCvrii/ii nauo- > nitted) it became my duty to give the lecessary directions for removing the >ffices of Secretary of State, the surveyor general, and those belonging to hetieasury, togeteer with all the re:ords which are separated, and for convening the legislature to meet at this >lacc. " Daring your recess the general govirnment of the union has been formed >y the assembling ?f the different jranohes of the legislature, and the [ualification of the executive. You fill receive copies of all the acts and esolutions passed during their late ;ession which have been officially transacted by the president for that purjose. One which will claim your imaediate attention is.the resolution proving amendments to the constitution if the United States. These amendnents are proposed, as congress deslares, in consequence of a number of he States, having at the time of their idopting the constitution, expressed a lesire, in order to prevent misconsteucion, or abuse of its powers?that furth ir aeciaratory aria restrictive clauses hould be added. And, as extending he ground of confidence, "will best enure the beneficent ends of its instituion. They have therefore submitted hem to the legislatures of the several states in order that they may be ratifi;d and become a part of the said con titution. I have also the honor to enclose a etter from the governor of New York, ransmitting a concurrent resolution of >oth branches of the legislature of that State, on the subject of an application o congress for another coavention of leputies from the several States to rerise and amend the federal constituion. Since the duties on tonnage and im)OSt have been received for the use of he United States, our public funds lave been in the most impoverished :ondition. I have directed the commis ioners to lay before you, for your mbrmation, such a statement of the reasury, as will, I have no doubt, conduce you of the necessity there is for he most speedy and effectual measures o place them in the future, in a more lertain and respectable situation. I shall continue, gentlemen, to make rou such communications as shall ap>ear to me necessary for your informaion, or such as at this time should engage attention, convinced that all your iroceedings will be calculated to ac i .i 1 l* :elerate business, to place tne puDiic unds upon the most honorable and >ermanent footing, and establish that larmony in our councils, which is esential to the true interest and happiless of the public. Charles Pinckney. Columbia, January 4th, 1790. The commissioners for laying out the nwn nf f!r>lnmhia_ and for contracting or the public buildings therein, have he honor to acquaint your excellency, hat Mr. James Brown, the carpenter, las given satisfactory reasons why the State house is not finished according to lis contract, and has engaged to compete it within two months from this [ate. That they have contracted with everai other gentlemen to do such ither work as appears necessary for the eception of the legislature, and for jlacing of the public records, which rill be finished by the first day of De./\rrr* nnvf Wlj UVAb* That they have prepared plans for he other public buildings, and adverised for persons to contract for the isecuting of them. And although providing ef accommoiations and comforts for the legislature md the public officers, could not be in:luded in the instructions to the comnissioners, yet they conceive it will be leasing to give information * thereon. They find that the house of the Hon. Thomas Taylor is well calculated and eady for a government house. That LCCommodatioQS will be ready for about wo hundred and seventeen persons in Columbia, and stabling for three hunIred and ten horses. That accommodar' / * / / tions will be ready for one hundred and nine persons and seventy-two horses in Gran by. That a market will be built on Moultrie square, which will be amply furnished with provisions from its vicinity. From these contracts and preparations for the accommodating of those who by their stations are constrained to attend public business, we apprehended if f/% Vva Atir rJnfrr frk nflr/ar XTATir cy this early notice that the State house will be ready for the reception of the legislature at their next stated meeting and for the placing of the records, conformable to our instructions, in the laws passed for the removal of the government to Columbia, and that i a house for the reception of your excellency will also be ready. With every respect we have the honor to be your excellency's Most obedient and most humble servants. Thomas Taylor, Richard Winn, A. G-illen, U TTamrvfnn His Excellency, Charles Pinckney. Esq. (Copy.) Columbia, May 29th, 1789. THE SONS OF VETERANS. Annual Meeting Shows Only Nine Out of Forty Camps Represented. South Carolina division United Sons Confederate Veterans met in the court house in Chester Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. Acting Division Com- : mander Hon. Francis H. Weston of Columbia presided. Dr. C. C. Stanley , na o/lrifdnf. 'Pha < roll call showed nine camps represent ed. There are about forty camps in J the State. Chaplain General Mc- , Lauchlin opened with prayer. , Hon. J. Hardin Marion, member of t the house of representatives from Ches- j ter county, delivered the address of , welcome in behalf of Jne. R. Culp ; camp United Sons of Confederate Veterans. ( Hon. Paul Hemphill welcomed the ; convention in behalf of the city of j Ohester. Comrade Charles Dantzler ] responded in a happy manner to the < ?i ?i.?\f- \T? WCl^ULLIC CAICUUCU U J i.UJL? .LU.aj.XUiI., O.L1VI. ^ Maj. John Earle of Greenville replied : to the remarks of Mr. Hemphill, as- -1 suring the Chester people of the pleas- , ure afforded the sons of the survivors j by meeting here. j The roll call showed the following . camps represented: John M. White, : Fort Mill; James M. Perrin, Greenwood; j Jos. B. Kershaw, Camden; Maxey j Gregg, Columbia; W. W. Humphries, Anderson; Jno. R. Culp, Chester; 0. j M. Dantzler, Orangeburg; Wm. Beattie, j Greenville, and L. A. Griffin, Ninety Six. _ ] Comrades L. A. Wittkowsky, J. M. ( Patrick and J. N. Lipscomb were ap-..; pointed a committee on credentials. ' \ The constitution of South Carolina ' division was changed to conform to j changes made in the constitution of the : general order at the Atlanta reunion. , On motion of Comrade Dantzler four J comrades" .are to prepare historical , sketches for "the next--*cjinion. This concluded the morning, work. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon wbeuthe 1 o 1 -X: ouns reassemoieu xu tue wort uuuac, tho sponsors fair were gathered to greet I them. Commander Weston made an , eloquent little talk in presenting the 1 sons and daughters to each other. The election of officers was then en- , tered into. Francis H. Weston was j elected division commander; W. T. Lo- ( gan of Charleston, commander of-" the ] First brigade; Rev. D. J. Brimm, D. . D., of Second brigade; and Wyatt . Aiken of Third brigade. When Mr. Weston's election was an- , nounced he was received with applause, < led by the sponsors. In a graceful speech he accepted the nomination and ] pledged himself to true, earnest and faithful .service. Comrade R. B. Caldwell suggested that in succeeding reunion there be a . historical address by a veteran. After asking the cooperation of the Sons in ' the work of building up the organiza- 1 tion, and after a resolution of thanks [ to the citizens of Chester, proposed by Comrade Dantzler. the meeting was 3 declared adjourned sine nie. Lynched in Texas. j r% j i__ dome iwo weeKS ago a negro was j lynched in Grimes county, Texas. Tuesday night a church at Fuqua Prairie was burned by an incendiary: suspicion fell on John and Randall Hamilton, negroes. The latter was first found, and, with a rope around his neck, confessed that John burned the church. John was found at his home and his answer to a demand for surrender was a volley of buckshot, Van W:right being fatally wounded and Tuck Moody slightly injured. The negro escaped, badly wounded, but was re- ] captured at noon and at once strung , up. No further trouble is expected. ; Revenge for a former lynching it is j thought was the motive of the incendi- j aries. < JA.Cl^UXaJ.VlUJJ. J-LUHUICU, ( Gov. McSweeney "Wednesday honor- J ed a requisition fro*n the governor of ] Florida for one George Parish, now in ( jail at Florence, in this State, and ordered Parish tuned over to R. M. McLondon, as the agent of the State of Florida to be carried back to the Land of Flowers. Parish is wanted in Leon county, Florida, on the charge of mur- '< der. \ Street Car Strike. ] Xew York and Brooklyn are now hav- 1 ing to contend with a strike of conside- J rable magnitude from the operatives of the rapid transit lines of the city, and ; rvAK/tAWiAn AA?C^QT1^1T? UUUUJL.CU.3 \J 1 puiiV/tiligu O.L wuovauvij called into service to quell alleged dis- : rurbances from the strikers. It seems the strikers have much sympathy from the public. Canadian Cashiers Decamp. A sensatio^ras caused at Montreal, Canada, last#uesday by the announce- 1 ment that Kq Villa Maris bank, one : of the oldest institutions in the city, . had suspended payment. The cause assigned is defalcations on the part of the,eashier, F. Lemieux and J. H. Herbert. the payi-ng teller, both of whom Have disappeared. The amount of the ' shortage is $58,000. GEORGIA HOKKOK. Sheriff "of Decatur Appealed to Governor for Aid. COMPANIES ORDERED OUT. Mob Threatens to Dynamite Jail [to Cet John Williams. More Killings in Georgia. Gov. Candler at Atlanta, Ga., Tueiday night received the following message from Sheriff Patterson of Decatur county at .Cambridge: Mown m tne hands of a mob. Send aid quick." Gov. Candler ordered the company of State militia stationed at Valdosta under-command of Capt. Littleton and that of Capt. Smith at Thomas ville, to proceed with all haste to Bainbridge, Charles Mack, the second of the Ogletree rapists, was lynched Tuesday morning at Saftold. His crime was committed in Early County, and citizens of this county refused to let the " vi : rrr a r> *_t J m-w uriug mail mw neai< x><uuuriuge since it was desired that an innocent connty should not suffer the odium of a lynching committed by citizens of another county. Mack was, therefore, taken to Saffold, the scene of his crime, in Early County. When that place was readied the mob found the body of Louis Sammin. who had been lynched forty-eight hours before, still swinging "to the limb on which it had been -left. Mack was carried before Mrs. Ogletroe. She recognized him at once, as did also her husbrod. Mack then made a confession to every fact except holding a pistol to Ogletree's head while Sammin committed his assault Mack was then taken to a tree near that on whieh hung the body of Sammin and strung up. As he was palled off the ground his body was riddled with bullets. TXT. J 3 li i it. yy eunesaay mgni, on account 01 me sxcited state of the people here Sheriff Patterson took John Williams, the negro in jail at Bainbridge, and whose life has been clamored for by a mob for two days, to Thomasville for safe keeping. Under guard of the two companies of militia, which arrived here Wednesday morning, and between lines 3f jeering people the negro was taken bo the depot and put on board a Plant tine train due to arrive in Thomasrille it i p. m. Tiiere is some talk of tne mob going to Thomasville, but this is not taken in any seriousness, and it is thought the trouble is over. - The action of the leading citizens of the town late Wednesday sight, in confronting the mob as it marched to the jail, saved the life of Williams. The lynching party, with dynamite and telegraph poles for battering rams, was on its way to the jail when Judge Bower and two other gentlemen stopped the mob and pleaded with them to let the law take its course. Judge Bower promised a special term to try Williams and promised speedy justice. After some replies from members of the mob l-lipv finallv flio ni<rhf was passed in quiet. Sheriff Reeves of Pike county, Alabama, placed Albert Wright, one of the negroes accused- irf^aggautang Mrs. Ogletree, in jail in Atlanta^edsAsds? afternoon. The sheriff stated that when the train ' passed through Newman, a mob of armed men boarded it and demanded that the prisoner be turned over to them. Wright had been I.J J.T- - T T uvuveaicu in tue uagg??ge car, nowever, before Newman was leached and after making what they thought to be a thorongh search of the train the wonldbe lynchers permitted the train to pull Dut thinking the negro was not aboard Ihe negro denies his guilt, but Sheriff Reeves states that he has been identified by Mrs. Ogletree. After 38 Years. Elijah Bowen created a sensation in hid onrl^on annooMnoa W/Jnaadaw in Anderson. Thirty-eight years years ago he was a soldier in Co. G-. Twentysecond South Carolina regiment and was last seen by comrades at a vidette post on the firing line in front of Petersburg. His family and friends in Anderson county mourned him as dead. Sis son Whitaker, a man of 40, with a family, recognized his resemblance to a photograph. Many Confederate comrades also recognized him. Elijah :ame here from New Jersey, via Pied tnont, in a buggy, lie claims lie was japtured on Morris Island, Charleston, md liberated 10 days later in New Xork. He spent three years in Connecticut, three in New York and 32 on i fatm in New Jersey. _His wife is lead. Mrs. Styles Not Guilty. Mrs. Augusta Styles was Tuesday night declared by a jury not guilty of the murder of her mother, Mis. Catherine Schultz, in Chicago. The case has been on trial for nearly a week and has been full of hysterical episodes. Mrs. Styles shot her mother because the latter disparaged her character to Belle Styles, a daughter of Mrs. Styles. Much sympathy was excited for Mrs. Styles by the nature of the stories told to her children by their grandmother. Drowned on a Picnic. A special from l^aycross, Gra., says: Mrs. M. J. Mock, her son, Joe Mock, and Cora Smith, an orphan girl, were Irowned about noon Tuesday at Ball's Bluff, on the Satilla River, about two miles west of Waycross. They were with a picnic party, were bathing, and trot hevnnd their dentil. Ex-Sheriff Berry Anderson and Barney MacDonald, grandson of the late Hon. W. A. McDonald, in trying to rescue them nearly lost their own lives. Pretty Good Pay. Admiral Dewey's salary amounts to $37.50 per day; President McKinley's is equal to $131 a day; cabinet officers, the vice president and the speaker of the house get $22.22 a day; senators and congressmen, $13.90, and the chief justice of the supreme court $29 a day. Wheeler off for Tffairila. The transport Tartar has sailed from San Francisco for Manila, with Gen. Jos. Wheeler, a portion of the 19th infantry and a number of recruits for the army in the Philippines on board. ' - ?! -23 J&j