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*VOI- 4. NO. Tin SEMI-WEEKL' UNVEILING OF Tl fCONFEDERATE The Beautiful and Impn / fen I onracfpr Vpefprrln; M. V^OVV^I V4 C\ J '( 4.^ l-> 3 j IV UC 1\CJIICI1UJCICU ' Women and Child / Red Rose Cc Yesterday was pre-eminently a monu red letter day in the history of i D. C. old Lancaster, the occasion being Dun la ' the unveiling of the strikingly Foste handsome monument erected on Millin the court house square as a me- veil i morial to her gallant sons who takinj valiantly fought for the Confed- first r eracy, by the patriotic women of centre the county, under the auspices of ter si the noble Daughters of the Con- base, federacy. The town generally girls 1 was dressed in gala attire. Many with buildings, particularly the stores, Sprinj on Main street, were decorated then j with red, white and blue bunting, : Chain National and Confederate Hags, to del etc. Some of the store decorat- beauti ions were really works of art. clusioi Long before the exercises be- nounc gan stylish equipages filled with statin elegantly dressed ladies and gen- song tlemen, the horses and carriages unveil decorated with waving flags, ' and 1 were seen dashing to and fro ladies throughout the town. Even Na- been i ture smiled auspiciously onthe ^'hapt . rni ,1 . i i ? ? occasion. i ne rain inai nau oeen i?c? ? falling in torrential fashion for young many hours ceased its downpour t repres early in the day, the ominous Mildn clouds gradually rolled away and I Miss 1 the bright rays of the sun shone j Miss ( in all their splendor. Notwith- Miss 1 standing the fact that the heavy Marie rain had swollen the streams in Moore county and elsewhere, rendering Carde many of them impassable, hun- Perry, dreds of gentlemen and ladies I Dow, from various parts of the county j una Jo managed somehow to get t?> town rV Pel J and participate in the pleasures of Louis* the day. Fully 2.000 persons were Helen present altogether. The order, *he cl< of exercises as pubished in Wed- com pa nesday's News was substantially V<1 y carried out. Chief Marshal W.G. an'l th a A. Porter and his assistants, all unveil I prominent veterans, as heretofore hand published, formed the procession .the >. at the school grounds, in the fol- ftroum lowing order: Marshals,mounted, ?k>cen< Keck Hill brass band, Lancaster halted Military company, Veterans. pmise, speakers i n carriages, throe the tl young ladies to unveil monument, hig th sixteen Bonnie Blue Flag girls, ed the f members of the Lancaster Chap- coi > ter, IT. J). C. The procession \ t t marched up Dunlap street, ' , through Catawba into Gay,!.' n<! thence to Main and up the lat-i1!r)*Tot ter to the court house square, | av* where the speakers'stand had j''"die* been erected directly in front We of the building and facing pwtici the monument. The stand, court oi<?uih house stairway railings, etc, were , VttH' t( beautifully and tastefully decor- t:fu I ated with Confederate colors. ;ereete The garland bearers, consist-1 han in# of sixty girls and boys dress- who ,ed in white with red sashes and < ties, formed a square about the erH,,y ; monument just before the pro- not on cession arrived. When the pro- sacrifr "ssion arrived the court Lanca *>r the yard from but a Mj]j. teHtim and ui womei atone I ~~ Y. lip s 'iilptor'fl nrt |1 "* heroic, energ? part of the D MONUMENT~ energy and d< after month ? issive Ceremonies to ,abot ,cr 1 cherished and A Day Long 'taking to hon by the Men, ren of the all its beauty culmination )Unty. hopes and an But it is no t tempt to roak , , r IT that pleasing ment and members of u. , . i nently assign . entered the yard from _ , tp street. Misses Eloise f1 e ' . r, Essie .Jones and Jessie jouor ? .. | * , tiret orator of g, the young ladies to un- . _ . , . * , defended the nnnnnipnt o if .. ,, ed the princn i portions as follows: the r , ' , e . . .e e (confederacy * lamed facing platform from ... iL J ? f n ,i ' u , 14 truth, 4 ; of 2nd base, the two lat- .. ,. , n ^ earth will rim Landing at sides of first while the Bonnie Blue Flag Ve er*'?" . . . thiH asflembla :ook positions on platform ? . . ., . j~i i ? t to do lUHtice t( the speakers. Col. Leroy ' , ' .. , . for he. with m i*s, master of ceremonies, , , , ^ of our grand innounced prayer by Rev. . . . ~ , atained the lers F raser, who proceeded ,, , , Virginia wit lver a very eloquent and . . . , - . . J . blood, to kei iful invocation, at the con- .. .. , o alive torevei n of which Col. Springs an- , . i i r* T-,. n, federate M ed the Ronnie Blue Flag, ... , ^ . . .. gifted and g that at the close of the . , , ... whose silver the monument would be ..... ., . many an a ed bv Misses Foster, Jones . ...... . is never ha Vlilling, the three young , . . , , paving )UHt fc upon whom the honor had ; * ... ? . . . . to the matcbl ronferred by the Lancaster it tt c ern womanno er, u. I). C. Ihesong was ... , , , , . . .. ,, less tame of t endered by the following * _ , . . . ... .. .. ... dier?Col. Jai girls: Miss Belle King, lenting States Rights; Miss , U)l* Arrnst 3d Lindsay. South Carolina; far and ]6e "Varices Massey, Alabama; ai<) lna 8 m< Bonnie Porter, Mississippi; tun at vance Liilly Green, Georgia; Miss slam aM< ( ( Roddey,Florida: Miss Mary l>uent and pa >. Texas: Miss Ruth Mc- b,ete w,th h,t 11, Louisiana: Miss Nina fi"e sen 11 mf" , Arkansas; Miss Ruth Mc- ab,e to Pubb North Carolina; Miss Zel- a subsequent hnson. Virginia; Miss Per- j." ^n.n^ 1 Bennett. Tennessee; Miss ^b,e* Justice ? Wylie, Maryland: Miss 8econd speak* Derrick, Kentucky. At 1 ernarks* ise of the song the military Ladies and G< iny came to present arms. it j<? now terans removed their hnt? ^ - JJIIVIiegO IO 1 le cords were then pulled man too well ing the monument. The to require a then played Dixie, while Lancaster ma far land hearers marched made pood fr< I the monument, gradually of life a mat liny the three bases. All justly proud < . and alter a minute's in the highest slowly laid the garland on the whole Sta tree bases. I hen rovers- honors are he eir order of march reenter- stowed -ourn 1 court house. Justice Ira 13. iphincs' oi*enin<; speech. Advancing . . . . ... Jones then <h his point* hatrman Springs .. . . ', tinest oratior red an eloquent address. .. . ' .. . this communi ucmg the hrst orator of the ... ,, .. . ... dience literal I He spoke as follows: , . .. .. ughout its 1< . l ? i -i and *ieiuierm n : and intensely i are gathered hern todav ?<> The address u ipate in the crowning cer er> as lack ? 1 that will henceforth re admit only of i the public uH/e tin* beau jt here, and imposing memorial, The regula d by the patriotic women then closed w icaster to her gallant sons propriate and o valiantly fought in de- ?.,j prayer by >f the cau^e of the Oonfed Robinson. ; a stately monument which Later in th< ly commemorate* the self- picture was h ce, heroism and courage of monument an star's Confederate soldiers, erans, Capt. Ipo bears silent, eloquent called upon a ony to the loyalty, devotion splendid spee< atiriug efforts of the noble radesin arms, a who thus perpetuate in The picnic the memory of their fath on the grade hrothe*' ' *3r> wfoich was er i LANCASTER, S. C.t JUNE 5, 1909 represents years < f After the meal was stic endeavor on the Rock Hill bandjdi scours* aughtersof the Con- sweet airs from the v< nnaunted by many the school building. A nts Htul drawbacks, war Sony: was sung by ed with redoubled present, led by Cap! etermination. m nth White, tnd year after year, Much to the regret tbe success of their one. the Libertv Hill I ? i? praiseworthy under pany was unable to com or in enduring form caster to take part in of the Confederate cises of the day, being 1 oday we see here, in by the high waters, and grandeur, the caster company presen of their fondeer appearance and attract ibition. attention by their soldi* t my purpose to at- ing. They fired a sah e a speech today, as close of the unveiling < taek has been emi It should have been stal ed to others more that Adjutant General 1 herefore hive the present and made a few seating to you the just before the close of the day, a man who lar exercises. Cause and support- THK .MONUMENT >les for which the . . . (As recently published contended, a cause , , , ? columns, the monument 1 'though crushed t?-. .. t, .. .. _L. . ite from thenuarrvof the s again. 7 This noil ., 4 0 y , , t (.ramte company, at S who 1 present to . . . , * * . , this county, and consist ge, is one well fatted , . , bases, the bottom one > this great occasion, , ^ , , . , feet square, pedestal. i ji n v nlnor th/uioo?./i , ~w.v. tlagstone, second cap s I and heroic men e(| b thp statue cf a < .acred coil of old ate so,dier with gun h hi. own life. stan(UnK at pa,.ade r ep the.e priocip e. statue is seven feet I' r. A reliant Con- faces the eaat. The enti ildter, a tg > (d tde nionument is a eloquent .peaker- ^ fept The , tongue ha. thrilled w()rk wag done by ? m< udienee and who an() eX|)erienced lta|ian ppier than ?he? Ml. Conii. assisted by tv ,nd glowing tribute Thp fo||owing inst.,.j, eaa grace, of SoutJ^ on the |,igh|v ??1 oil, or to the death Kas( sjd(,_ \v?rrhv,e he Confederate Sol- federate so|diers to he men Armstrong. and held in tender rernc rong, who is known Worthy, the fadeless fa as one of South ivancaster soldiers won i >st brilliant orators, jn^. ^j1e honor of lh? il to the front oi the j-jghts of the State; ivered a most elo- er^jes 0f the people, t triotic address, re- ments 0f the South, th ttoric allusions and pjeg 0f the Union, as t ts. W e hope to be han(jp(] down to ther sh his remarks in fathers of our common c issue of 1 he News. Qn tf,e pedestal just bei s next introduc d above appear in large 1 Ira B. .Jones, t. * ters; "Our Confeder ?r, in the following (|jers." North side "No cow entlemen: more loyal pons, no can my pleasure ami champions, no princip introduce to you a martyrs." known in Lancaster West side "Erectet n introduction a .women of Lancaster con n a man who has 1909. under auspices 1 ?mevery standpoint * hapter. I . I). t 1 who Lancaster is Soutl side "Cod 1 ?t, nnc v ho is held scales stic . lie v L esteem throughout tire praise and nlame; ie and upon whom South will stand the ing cont i nuously he- ?t n < i will stand it wit I tout inch esteemed Chief Oil all four sides of tl Jones. cap are 'he years "1$ to the front. Judge in large tip . > ust a hi divered one of the being in large raised is ever heard in "C. S. A." ty, holding his au- The cost of the monui ly spellbound thro- $3,tNK). The money, a >rceful, impressive known, was raised by nterestingdelivery, and patriotic Daughters 'ill he published lat- long rears of arduou ?f time and space Too much cannot he said mere reference to of the women of Lanct their grand and noble r exercises were perpetuating in stone t ith a peculiarly ap- ory of the county's or: faultlessly express- federate soldiers, the Rev. k. L. . - ? -. . ., Cotton Fire in Auei ? u ! f ormuin \rnti<i * eing taken ??1 the AiikusIh, Ua., .Jtii>e () a numlier of vet- of the compari inenth S. E. White was warehouse ol the firm ml responded in a Whitney A- Co.,' of t ;h to his old com- turned t)iir alternot damage ih estimated at dinner was served ^ , , . 1 here were between d school grounds, _.. , , , , , 700 bale* of cotton in t ,iyed by the large , . Vk. Tt-e spread hou"t 11 1 M"' /ot table r' company numbi square bidll* injured bv a fal ';r <hr A BEAt'TIFUL LEHEJ ?d;several eranda of1 ~ j n<l an old &anks s Expressions of I veterans Wishes for Success of Unveil . S. E. xg Exercises at Lancaster. of c\ti> ^ prominent Daughter of vi i com Confederacy received the folli ie to Lan- intr . ?.?*. ucativ11111 irom vol. the < xt i - .Bank-, of Columbia, who. w rirosenloe ^H(j been cordially h ,an vjtet| ia attend the unveiling ted a fine |erciw. h?re ye-ier-lay : e 'My dfar friend: ,1 > ear j Mrs. Banks *ill nor he abit ite at t e a^leu(j tjie unveiling of v exercises " , . * benutiiul monument, as she is Led above n , no means wen. Tne trip i Esovd was ? . , , consequent meeting of trie temar's H(|)j con8thnt talking would t t legu to0 much for her. 1 cannot because I am a' work and can spare the time, in these Johu had inteuded going. Sof gran- he, too, ha?= secured "a job." Southern the boys call it. and entered u] toneboro, , his duties today. 1 hear vou b s-nrcn 01 me wll rir*<I lie mem- . ? , . ' . . oon as re* hred the fatal sli ive < on- ...... , W nat lie been 'earned her* 'be ' llair c*me bv telegram lr< J.oris. m railroad station al> six mile- from <ireen*e?, :i 1 ?t >ne tie ce lull particulars have 1 in lie \ ei been learned, ot *S. C From the best informal ion his oily, tamable it appears that ] >n The Watson early this morning 1 $25,000. ?t,arted to Tabor, N O., in a i 000 and gnn. When only a short dialar he wa.ro from (ireensea ho was lired up ntea, ot/p- bv the negro, who was crouch pr 3, v>as in a fence jam. Mr. Watson v tint bide superintendent of a larue farm Uon. ' |jt'. Dgrh&ti^ and it #r J*" s of three "And they nil tegan to make being: 10 cuse." die, cap, Well, we each and all wo iurmount- like to be there, and rejoice w Confeder- you in the completion of y in hand, long cherished and noble am est. The the erection of a monument ligrh and the brave of Lancaster com ire height who gKve their all?even traction itself?to the cause of right i sculptural truth. >st skilled We wish lor you a beaut sculptor, day to crown the final effort co others, a beautiful conception, in ptions ap- hekrts of the beautiful womei ished die: our beautiful Southland, the Con- 4 May unborn generations hallowed to the noble woft>t-Tr~ot 1 ^ttcai onbrance. the meed they deserve aftei me which many years of anxious toil n defend- waiting, < ?ud bless you all! e South, On Friday, we shall be v s. the lib- you in spirit. May the sun sh he senti- brighter than it has ever ah le princi- before, may the breezes be m hey were balmy than ever, may the bi n by the sing sweeter, and mav all nut country." tune every string of her neath the toned Ivre to irive praise to aised let- women of Lancaster on that d ate Sol- With best w.phee frim ti?> all. Sincerely. ntry had A. K Banki se nobler Hyatt barn. Columbia, S. ile truer June 1 1 >? Y01NG.MAN ASSASS1NAT nty. A. i>. John Watson Waylaid and Sho (>l,js Hie Death by a Notorious Negro rill mens- ( ,n.. ,y c. t\ ju j|)e Cob; and the bil ^ ; e> june yr< jc \y t s o * * <? prominent younir n shame. ... * Hi i ne <Treen~ea tec'ion of le second ... .... , -o-Hit . .?b > i* -O miles fr ?ve them Uouwav, tod?y waylaiu i> letters* s^)ot by NIelvin Watson, a not ious ueitro. Mr. Watson die nent was ,ew hours alter being sho'. St; s is well ''I Sessions learned ol the atl the loyal bv lelezrmn and weut immedia ; through Iv to the scene o! the kilb s effort. News reached tie.e since 'tie s in praise rlfl lef' that more than 200 |> aster toi p|e with bloodhounds aiv work in .. . .. PRICE 5 CENTS PER COPY t. CYCLONE IN GEORiilA. lest Terrific Storm Swept Over Screven County. Several Persons Hurt and Many Made Miracu lous Escapes. lbe lvania, (Ja. June 3*?A halt )W* dozen persons, probably more, : were injure'1 in a terrific cyclone r i t h . , . , tha' pa*-se 1 nvf- ine lower part J |). ol dcrevcu coon y a' 4 o'clock ex- J 'his alten oon and. while no life 'has vet been 1??et because of ith , t() passage, many persona escaped our by seeming miracles, houses lal'bv ine ab ?ut and upon theui with*nd out inflicting latal injuries. uds The cyclone cam** from the direction of Dover air' disappeared ?(K from there iu a i ortheasterly m,t direction. Itcompletely wrecked the home ol S'ephen Thomson, a but , . , , , white larmer, and buried under a s n its ruins ttie farmer and his w ife. aN .; Au act of heroi-tn lollowel, when *.x_ the older ot their eons after working the valiant y despite his old injuries, managed to extr cate nth himself from the laden timbers cur and debris of the house and then 1 in rescued the other members ot fo the family iu turn Mrs. Thoran. - r pon whs very sen >u ly hurt, but the others of the family sustained injuries lea* grave, though ifuj very painful. r of I'wo teuant houses on the the p'a(^e ot J. t\ Walker were dea of strove*? and theii colored occu pants injured. Tenant houses ;ive on tlie places ol Thomas Lee and ster John Robbing were also wrecked p0 but no one was#killed. To placet. HI1'^ large pine trees were twisted Iroin their roots, so great, v as nth ,. , , . , the s'ortn s violence, one , , Many ot those who were caught one by 'he cyclone, saw it approachir(jp ing but owing to its velocity were ore unat?le to lind places of safety eet belore it struck. It is s'ated the < hat the storm's appearance was lay. that of an ordinary whirlwind, <iiich as are fnqnently seen in summer, though it was very much larger and nn-vcd with much " grea'er rapidity. li you want to n?>l \*eh, look well and nlj he w.-ll, take 1 K lney Remedy It toui". nj> the kiitu?ys .tud bladder, pttriri> s tlt?- bloo.l and jaatoiea health aud *tr<-ugtli. l'h-Ms.int to take ind ey>ntainH t to n ' harmful drug*. Why not commenoe t.i|Mi_\ - 1'nti'lcibnrK fhatmacy K W. 11 minon I .V < o II- dh Sj iings. <, ,hn Miss Mary A*>he to be Married. ,an Invitations have been received the here to >he approaching rnaroin ria^je ol Miss Mary 0. Ashe, li){i daughter of Mrs. S*rah C. Ashe, or" of Vorkville, to Mr. Spencer M. <1 H Mai fie. n prominent voting cui,er* /.en of Brevard, .V C. l ite cereA'r rnon.v will be performed in the de- l-'irht I'resbylerian church at ng. Vorkville on |lhe evening of the he- 1M h instant, at 8.3(1 o'cl ok. 'Idio r*r/ionoi.i 1 - ? I. - -- j)f|_ i iiu f/i?ojmv?"r ?nur, v. no is a charming and attractive y ng Ul 'ady, ha* many friends and adnr?>reih in I,h .c^lt-r. where she ha" occasion ") I v visited her i>i Iriend, Miss Corin-ha Elliott. >m ? ? - MJ, It yt?n 'ledre a clear plexiou take 1'oley * Onno Laxative tor eonatipntion i114i an t liver trouble as it will stimulate theae organr and thoroughly cleanse your aysHO which is what everyone needH in the spring 111 order to feel uell. Fiinderburk I'hm macy, K' W. Humim-nd Clo, Heath Ob- Spring* ?. Mr I " " "a. stated that a young son of Mr. *a- Herham was in the wagon when 1Ce the shooting occurred. He was ,on not hurt. |p(' Are yon tortnred to death daily with EcVftB z?no*' anffer when MjOODINK OIN II MENT will give yon instant relief and pe I of manentty cure yon, 6nc a box mailed the Hloodine CjO , tnc , Boat oil If f'THW^rd Bros., Special Agonla.-^