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jpMjP ' " " " ' ' * ' 'v'" " -r The Abbeville Press and Banner, f BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1901. ESTABLISHED 1844 ; l . **31 ??????^^^?????^ r I CONTRIBUTED LOCALS. ? - Wlint "JI" Seen uuil Hoar* on Hin j KuuikIi About the City. Abbeville, S. (\, April !> 1S*>1. j OI.OKlOfS KASTKR TJDK. Kaster morn rose beautiful and bright; the ! Godot Day shedding his life giving rays o'er ( bill and dHle, causing all nature to bud and | bloom for thlsareat testival occasion, no that the floral offerings irom natures store house mi^ht brighten and make more beautiful ttie ' bouse of the Lord, for the assembling of His people to celebrate this time honored custom coming down to us for more than two centuries back. The glorious feast of the resur rectlonofour Lord was never more appro prlat-ely ami beautifully celebrateU than was this Easter Sunday la Abbeville. SERVICES AT TRINITY CHURCH. Kev. Kdward McCrady rector, chose lor his text tb*se words round In St. John 11,25. L'6, "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, < and the lire; be that belleveth on me. though i he were dead, yet shall he live: And wbo. ( soever livetn, and belleveth In me, shall | never die," irom which he delivered an i earnest aud Impressive discourse upon tbe resurrection, tbe grandest and most glorious < of all events to the Christian world. The i congregation was large and attentive giving | heed to the earnest words spokeu. The i church was beautifully decorated, especially < around the chancel and in tbe vestibule where myriads of lilies aod graceful palms < lent their charm to the exquisite decorations j of other cut dowers and potted plants. An j extra musical program was prepared and exceedingly well rendered, reflecting great i credit upon the organist Miss Mamie Lee, as < well as upon tbe entire choir. t EASTEK SERVICES AT THE METHODIST ( CHURCH. 1 This church was simply, yet beautifully de- , corated principally around the chancel aud > pulpit, where vases of caila lilies and cut . n >wers were beautifully arranged. On the , left of the pulpit was a large white cross over which was gracefully twined a garl?nd of . violets making a most striking and effective ( contract. On either side were banks and znounds of ferns, palms, roses, calas and , hyacinths, while In the rear of the pulpit were pyramids of stately palms, among ' which ruse lilies conspicuous for size aud beauty. Two "memorial vases" were titled with carnations, roses and Easter lilies in memory oi loved ones, whose hands once delighted to perform this sacred duty. SERMON BY PASTOK REV. R. H. JONES who selected as his text the first three verses ot the 3d chapter of C-Jiosslans. "If ye then be risen wtib Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteih on the right hand of God. 2nd verse. Set your aflVctlons on things above, not on tnlngs on earth. 3rd verse. For ye are dead, and your life Is hid with Christ In God." From these words ihe pastor showed that man In his first estate was created perfect and pure, in the likeness and Image of God, and was therefore pronounced by Him "very good" and in this tBtale was not made to sin or die, but after he did sin, God at once set in motion every means looking toward His , restoration when He gave to the world the first promise ol redemption In the words, "The seed of the woman should bruise the Serpent's bead, and thou shall bruise bis heel," thus shadowing forth, and portraying most beautifully the resurrection. He sbou id be wounded and laid in the grave, but Bhould rise again. Then that earnest and solemn cry was beard, and has since came down the centuries to us. "If a man die shall he live again ?" Then the Star of Bethlehem arose and announced the fulfillment bad come In the birth of the Messiah. Christ came, wrougbt, suffered, died and rove again according to every promise aud prophecy made 4,000 years before. He also showed most clearly that the death e and resurrection was acknowledged by the most rapid and astute infidels of me present day, to be as certainly proven and establish ed as any historical event. Lastly, be made an earnest appeal to tbose outside of Cbrist to come on ibis glad Easier day and make an offering and cons aeration of themselves by accepting ibis grand and <1 glorious plan ol redemption. At tbe conclusion 01 ibe services, an "Eas ter offering" was asked lor in behalf ol ilie 107 Utile children at Epworlb Orpbuugge. 1'sbers Smith ?ud Hodges were at each door . as ibe congregation passed out to receive the 1 offering. ' HOW SWEKT THE COM MUM ON OF SAINTS t This being tbe first Sunday of tbe month, t Communlou services were held in which all ( denominations of C'hristiuos Joined. Tbe con- t gregratlon was unusually large, being supple- t menled by members of the Presbyterian and oiher churches. ( The selections were superbly rendered by , the choir. Professor Guy R, Pltner presided . at tbe organ, rendering each piece in the most | skillful and masterly manner. Thus closed 4 another Easier Sabbath in Abbeville, which , seemingly was much enjoyed by our church- ( ? i nonnlo uu ihoi- ufitorpil Into tho iipr. . gUIU& ? > ?".v.v- ?v vices Willi a gusto tbut was noticeable. We hope tbe sermons proclaimed on this giorlou* tbeme may find a lodgement in tbe minds and hearts oi those who heard, and brini* iorth abundant fruit to Him who died and rose again for our redemption. BRCCE-M'NEIL. On Thursday evening April 4th, 1901, at the Methodist parsonage, Mr. Robert E. Bruce and Miss Leo la McNeill, were united In the bonds or holy wedlock, by Rev. R. H. Jones. The bride U the daughter oi Mr. Thomas Mc Nell of the Bbaron neighborhood, and is a most estimable young lady. Mr. Bruce is an Industrious young man, well known to tbe people ot this city, where he bas relatives and Hosts of friends who congratulate him, and wish for bim and bis charming bride a long I life of unalloyed happiness. ABBEVILLE' GUESTS ON EASTEK. ' Miss Vivian Caldwell, Donalds. ' Mr. Johnson, Donalds. H Mr. Emory Penney. Union. Mr. Gaines Hammond and Mr. Bush, Green- 1 wood. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Carlisle and daughter, 8 Spartanburg A Mr. H. 0. Eptlng, Wllliaraston, Mis? Lena Graves and Miss Llazie Penney, Due West. _ _ 1 Mr. MarK tuis, uue west. Miss Maude Brownlee, Antrevlile. Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Collett and daughter, Athens. Ua. Miss Bertha White and Ml68 Nellie Moseley, Lowifdesvlile. Mr. Kob Moseley. Lowndesvllle. Prof. A. M. DuPre, Spartanburg. 1 Mrs. ,1, A. Hawthorn, LntlRjer. ? Mr. Johnson Bleckley, Latimer. Miss Ada and Miss Emma Penney, Sharon. < KRIENDS COMING ASI) GOING. ] Mr. J. Y. Jones arrived home last week from the "Lone Star State," and we belive is , glad to get back once more lo the old Palmetto Slate among his friends. * Mrs. J. M. Uambrell who went for a visit to , Wittiamston, returned home last Saturday , sick, and baB been confined to her bed ever since. ? Dr. J. A. Dickson, after an absence of sever- ' al weeks is home again ready for business. Mrs. B?ker and Mrs. J. S. Norwood, of i Calhoun Fails, with Miss Harrell, of Georgia, were shopping in the city last week MlssMattie Jennings, accompanied by her brother Mack, have just returned from Elberton Qa., where they went laBt wtek to attend the marriage of Judge Fisher, to Miss Carroll. They report a most delightful trip, and the wedding as being quite a swell < a flair. EASTER EGG H L' NT. The Easfet egg hunt at Judge Klugh's park by the ladles of the Methodist Congregation was a most enjoyable affair to the "little folks" as was also the one given in tbeCalboun yard last Monday afternoon, by the ladles of the Episcopal Church, at which Miss Sarah McCrady was made happy by the drawing ol one of the prizes, a beautiful doll. PERSONAL MENTION. Drs. L. T. Hill ?nd John Lyon, went to Ninety Six last Monday, on professional business, removing by a successful surgical operation, 18 tumors from one person, which ranged in size from a guinea tgg to that of a goose egg. Ol'K CITY COON CM. in onnno crAA<l n?nrb nn \lroukln0. are puuiun mfvu-v .. ..aru>U6 , ton street, and the public square. We'll get fixed up after wblle, all we want Is lime and money. Can't be everywhere at the same time and can't get along without money. MoralJ: pay your taxes and bush Igrumbllng. fink cabinet work. Our townsman, Mr. James Taggart is ttnlsb-1 log up some fine cabinet work in the way of! office desks, china closets and clotbes chests,1 made oat of cedar lumber Mr. Robert H. NVardlaw had sawed in IS?. Mr. TagKart is ! one of the finest workmen in Abbeville on a little, or big job. and gets all he can do. t.'npt. L. \V. Wlilto who hassnent several weeks in Northern markets. making his spring purchase*, is expected home today. A (i EX KRAI. MOVK. Mr. Frank C. DuPre has moved into the store recently vacated by Mr. Day. and is alcely tlxed up, adding several Hues (besides : books) to his stock. He has also moved Into, Ills prKiy cottage od the heights of .Magazine bill, where himself and family are cozy and happy In their own home. ROCKY RIYER. Hon Kttktrr W?n (>lebr?Ietl-Scwny XoteH All Aronnd. Lowndesville. April S. 1901. April opened up rather disagreeable to the sye and the nody ; cloudy and coid. The first *ct of Importance In ine observance of the lay, whs when our teachers reached their plHceot business, they loundaflrst class old Lime strike on hand upon the part of the itudents?they the teaehers were barred out *uduo"Aprll fool" either. Their demands, i holiday, was granted. The pupils at once lett "lor parts" most desirable to each one for Ihe time being, and the teachers sought the luiet side of their homes. .Mr. R. K. Moseley carried Mrs. K. M. Black iowu to the home of her son-in-law, M. B. P. Price near Abbeville, wheie she remained [or several days. Several of our citizens spent several days it Anderson last week, taking lu the Carnl val. They were much pleased with their itay In that progressive city. Miss JLlllie Huckabee went to Iva W'eilnesitfj aud spent very pleasantly a few days kvith the family of JProf. J. F. Harper. Miss Eunice Calboun wbo has had charge )f a school Dear Mr. J. M. Huckabee's, and 3ad to dismiss lor a few days lor cause, oaine jp Wednesday and until yesterday was with ,ne lamily ot Mrs. Augusta Cunningham. Miss Georgia and Miss Gussle Cunningham, >1 Monterey, have spent the last two or three lays with irieuds Id town. Kev. J. Preston Marloo, of Columbia, will jreacb In the Presbyterian Church in tbis jiace next Sunday, 14th lust., at 11:30 a. in. Mr. Addison Mill, a few days ago was crossng the bridge at Price's mill, driving two iiules to a wagon, when the bridge timbers ;ave way and the wagon and team went lown with It, badly damaging both. The Dules are said to have been pretty badly lurt. It Is hardly to be questioned that Mr. J. Li. i Hall Is the champion hawk Killer of the ountry. Iu the near past be has killed fifeen, which will doubtless greatly increase ' be chicken crop in bis uelghoorhood. Easter was celebrated lu Smyrna Church ] resterday at 11:30 a. m., the pastor Kev. J L. Daniel occupying the pulpit. A large crowd vas present. There being no services at that lour In either of our churches, tbe Baptists tnd Presbyterians united with tbe Methodists n their commemoration of the day. After be openlug exercises the pastor took as a >asls tor his serunou, the passage of scripture i ound In !&tb chapter and in the 0th verne ol iattbews. '-Come see the place where tbe jord lay." He gave to us an appropriate aDd Ine serman. A few of the ladies of the hurcb met Saturday evening and with tbe i naterlal obtainable, decorated the chancel vlth potted plants, vines and evergreens, ["bey tastetuliy arranged these decorations vblcb gave to that part ol tbe church quite a tandsouie appearance. Messrx. W. M. Speer, R. E. Moseley and J. ' r. Huokabee. took a dirt roed drive to Abberllieand back yesterday, each In a separate mggy. It Is due to these young gentlemen to ay, that they did not take the forty mile ride I o attend to any secular business. A dog, and a fighter too, passed through , tere a lew days ago, and bit several dogs. It 1 s supposed that he was mad, and tbe dogs bat are known to bave been bitten, have i ilthor been killed or will be. Troupe. ( PUBLIC PROPERTY. ? rhe Way It Fared on April 1st?< Broken, C'hnlr* Thrown ont of Windows. i Th6 public school building at this place s reported to have been entered on Monday l nornlng April 1st, by unknown persons. : fhe furniture and the building sustained lorne damage. We are told tbat chairs were 1 >rokeu or thrown out of the windows, and bat glass In the sash was broken, and that ] >ther testimonials ol love for the teacher* md regard for public property were In 1 ivldence. It we consider only the damages that was lone, we ml?ht think the perpetrators did a >eriou8 thing for which they ought to be >unisbed, but If we think of what they ilid l lot do the people may have reason to cod , :ratulate themselves. We have heard no notlve assigned lor the destruction or mutl? allou of the property, and it may be that I hose who engaged lu the unlawful work are orry for It, or meant it as a- Joke. The trus ees and the teachers are no doubt fully able o inquire into the merits or demerits of the I alter, if tney think It necessary lodoso. A'e are unable to ofler any good advice. ? ? m 1 DIAMOND SPRING. ?-? ! Letter** or Children lu Atteudnuce I'pon that School. Julian Carllle, 7 yearn oiu. i Lowndesvllle, S. C., April 5,1901. Jr. Henry Carllle, 191 Hayne St. Atlanta, Ua. I Dear Brother: How are you getting along ? am well. Pidy, the old mileb cow died one day last veek. Sbe must have bad heart disease; ax be was sick only a short time. One of )apa's hogs have died also. We are having iard luck, don't you think ? We did not go to school yesterday on iccountof rain. lean read,spell and cipher ^ery well for a little (ellow. I am going to work a farm this J ear. Mamma In going to buy & new stove. Varon is still working for us. Your loving brother. Julian Carllle. Ella Brown. 14 Yearn Old. Lowndesvllle, S. C.. March -*Jl h. 1901. Dear Cousin Mollle; I hope thl* letter will Indjouwell, We areall well except Minnie, >he is hiving chils. 1 would like to see you very much. Why jo you not come to see us? I would like to jome to see you. How do you like the factory? How much do you get per month ? I suppose you are getting rich. I am going to school to Miss Maude Crortier. [ like to go to school very well. We have ireat fun at play hour. We had a hard raiu a few days ago We will soon have to go to the field. The wheat u rrraun artti nr**ttv Write, telliug me how you all are. Tell \unt Sal lie to come to nee an. Mamma wish ;s very much to tee her. I wish I had more news to write you. Molle don't forget to write rood. Your loving cousin, Ktla Brown. Jl'elle Pettigrew, 10 years old. Lowndesvllle, S. April 2,1001. My dear Aunt Sue : I have not heard Irom you In quite a while. 1 would be delighted to hear from you. We have had some very disagreeable weather. Nena aDd myself are attending the Diamond Spring School. Mirk Maude Cromer Ik our teacher. We have been going to her for the pHHt three months. Netia can spell, read and write very good indeed. Our school will be in session about four more weeks. I would like so much to see Kdna and J. IS. Tel I Edna to write to me. We mlis you all ro much. All join we In love. Your loving niece, Nelle I'ettlgrew. Orr UiiikNCHlPN, 10 year* old. l.numrtoBt>tll? S p.. Aorll .*>. 1901. I My dear Mother: I am coming home Friday on Hie" o'clock train. Be sure to meet mp, I am going tohring Helen home with me. She Is so cute and sweet, I know you all want to see her. 1 hope to see you soon. Your loving boy, Orr Cllnkscales. Call and let us show you the prettiest llueol stationery In Abbeville county. Mlllord'8 Drug Store. Hememher we are wholesale agents for tobacco and cigars. A complete s|.ock at all times. Milford's Drug Store. Phone 107, 53-Inch?Venltlan cloths; full line of shades at Haddon's. THE REASON WHY. : Devout the Fits within her pew, A vision (air, with eyes of blue, A face divine. serenely sweet In calm repose, content complete: Her thoughts must dwell above ilie sktal Within the pale of paradise. TJhe mighty music (ills her soul, Ab through the church its echoes roll; , Amid the throng that worships there I She sits devout in peace and prayer And perfect bliss; for, though you search, She has the finest hat in church. ?John Lewis in Ltoston Traveler. lilflKWr i AN EASTER STORY % ' % BY ELI SHEPPERD % X A bright Saturday in April j UdoIo Meek and Aunt Rebie j walked down the big road to | town. Jo-Jim, the adopted son of this j old couple, despite their injunctions, play- , ed ill conditioned pranks along the way. 3 In Aunt Robie's white oak splint ban- ] et were ten dozen eggs, nicely packed in cotton seed, with a bit of lint cotton on , top. 1 With this she counted on buying many , delicacies to add to an Easter feast, , mainly to be furnished by a basket from Tolstone IIousc. That never faillug Eas- j ter onsKei wouiu cumum u luim-.i, uau?ed with jams and "lightnin bread" and real "white folks' cake." Master and mistress never forgot these old quondam Blaves at Eastertide. But at the first store of the short row of village shops Rebie eame to fear that she could not pet even the moderate price of 10 cents a dozen for the eggs she carried, for there she saw what she liad never seen before, a gorgeous supply of eggs ?red, yellow, purple, blue, gold, and never a plain white one among them. "Fer goodness* sake, Meek, what sorter eggs is dem?" exclaimed the old woman. "They are Easter eggs. The Easter hen laid them," explained the young clerk facetiously. "You don't say! Not des one hen, sir? You hear dat. Meek! Des one hen. Do Bhe hatch also?" "Well, not often. She usually rests up till another Easter." "Well, she need to." "Can't I sell you some?" A gleam lit up Meck's dim old eyes as he drew his wife aside to whisper: "Boot leg blue hen want' set, Rebie." "Fer true!" exclaimed Rebie. "Swap yo' eggs for some of dem, Re- 6 bie." "Even swap?" g "Is you crazy? Dozen fer one and be i jlad." J "What 'bout de other things us wuz ^ gwine buy?" "Ain't what marse sends al'a's 'nough t and mo'?" t So Rebie offered the exchange of a doz fh iur uuf. jLuir citiiv muuv iu*r uui^mu ^ and, perhaps pricked in conscience at so j manifestly unfair a trade, threw in an j jxtra one?a preat white epg with just a c tiny blue flower drawn here and there g on its surface. At home, in their little daubed log j cabin, they carefully handled the eggs. t Meek raised the largo one gingerly: "Dis c must be de last of de litter, hit so dif- ^ ferent from de rest. Hit's clearer dan de athers too." h In fact, It was the only raw one of the E number, the only one whose pores were t not thick with dye. c With every precaution the boot leg blue jj was "set." a There were two treasures now to bo 0 yarded from the prying proclivities of j Jo-Jim?the nest of many colored egps and a certain strong box chained to the g OI Ult? U1U 1UU1 JJU5L Ut'U 1U iiitr tuuiu. Even since the little scamp could re- j member he had tried to find out how that j box got there and what was in it, but old j Rebie did not herself know. If Meek knew its contents, he had never t told either Rebie or Jo-Jim. Old master t bad given it to his trusted slave to keep t till young master needed it most. This t box, this injunction and an old blunder- t buss of a pistol had been given to old v Meek. 8 Three weeks had passed and no sign of j, a chick, another week and yet another. c Then, just as the boot leg blue was beginning to distrust the laws of nature? j 1 V \ agyss. CARRYING THE GOSLI.N". "Peep, peep!" And out of the great white egg with blue flowers on it came a downy txunething! Thri orontnrA en with *" "V " U" , every procaution from the first hour of its hatching. It grew amazingly, but proved to he 110 Easter hen?only a gosling, and a gander at that! 1 The old people, though disappointed, * yet loved it, and when in time it grew to he an old, pink eyed, snow white gander * it manifested in its turn a strange devotion for Meek. Meantime the adopted child, Jo-Jim, had grown up lazy, ill contrived, ungrateful. * He had stolen money from Colonel Tol- < stone, who, for the sake of the good old ? people, had refrained from committing j the boy to be sentenced to the peniten-1 \ tlary. | J Jo-Jim was given to wandering off. , 1 He had in his last wandering away staid t two whole years, and all this time Meek 1 felt that the strong box chained to the 1 bedpost was safer than when Jo-Jim bad been about the cabin. It was Easter eve now, and no turkey < had yet come from Tolstone House. The i old people felt forsaken and forlorn as 1 i they shivered over their smoldering logs. ' f 4 It was the first time master had forgotten them since the surrender, and now they needed help badly. Now* and then in his misery Mock looked furtively and uneasily toward the box chained to the bedpost. The guardianship of that box had grown heavier year by year, yet he felt that he must be true to his word to old master and not give it over to young master, who was now himself 58 years old. until he should plainly need it most. But Meek had reasons of his owu for being very anxious to deliver * - v ... i > r_ .u 11 i co master mm strung mix. .iicck rwmiru with grief and fear Jo-Jim's never allayed curiosity concerning the contents of the box. He sighed a great deal by his fireside and kept his old pistol loaded. Dusk was settling down when tramping hoofs roused the old couple by the fire, and then at last came the long look??d for basket from Tolstone House. But such a small basket! "You see," said the boy who brought the basket, "times is hard wid us. Been gettln hard a long time. Vs ain't got a turkey ourselves. Sold all our turkeys to git Mr. Lewis home from de college at Sewanee. He gotter go to clerking ut Mr. Jenkins' store in town at $10 a month. De ole place gwine be sold mortgage sale next month. I'm leavin next week. Colonel say lie ain't able to keep no servants." Leaving the poor little present, a package of tea crackers and a robin pie, the boy was off before the old people had roused themselves from the shock of his iews. Real want at Tolstone House! The ?lace was their ideal of all that was rich, Deautiful and generous. They both sat lilent awhile, casting solicitous glances it the robin pie and tea cakes. There was a long pause, then Itebie said, "A young, tender goose ain't bad iatin." Now, though Easter, as they called lim, might, as the ages of geese go, be expected to have many a year before itm, yet he could by no means bo called roung and tender, but so he seemed to hese fond old people. "Fer young master's sake," murmured !deck, tenderly stroking the gander's vhite head as Easter hissed softly and ipturned a questioning pink rimmed eye. "Us can put him 'live in. a basket and itart by soon daylight." "I must carry dat box to young maser. "You tote de box. I'll tote de goslin." Latterly Meck's uneasiness over the >ox had kept him wakeful, but that night he knowledge that he was so soon to get id of the great responsibility acted like i sedative on the weary old brain. Old Rebie, however, kept awake as ong as the pet of the household remainid restless, and it was late ere she, too, lank into heavy slumber. But at midnight both old people were ihaken roughly from their slumbers by a oud note of terror from Easter. "Dat's lat gander! Kill him," said a muffled roice in the cabin. Instantly Meek snatched the old pistol 'rom his pillow and cocked it with a loud :lick. "Lord, have mercy on me," groaned tfeck, "but if you was my own son I'd till you if you got dat box. If I don't see 'ou git empty handed out dat do' 'fo' I lount three, you is a dead nigger fer ho." Then Aunt Rebie screamed louder than faster, and the two cowardly thieves nade a dash for the door. As they leaped iut the two old people saw that one was heir scapegrace, their sorrow, Jo-Jim. Meek made fast the door again. Easter ilssed in exultation. The rest of the tight they sat by the hearth guarding heir trust. Next morning at dawn the Id couple were off, laden with box, bas:et and blunderbuss. The sweet April lir was all astir with flight and fluttering f bird wings. The fence corners were ilue with wild violets, xne goiuen Dens 3 the jasmine sweetened every swamp ,nd field. At last the white pillars of Tolstone louse came in sight. The poor old peo>le were admitted, and Rebie presented ler gift?Easter. Easter behaved very handsomely. He urned up one bright eye on the master, he other on the mistress, who wept at be gift of her former slave. Master, oo, must wipe his glasses. Meek put the ox on the table before the colonel. From lis neck he took the key on its leather tring. Old master had given it to him ong years before, when the now staid rid colonel was & wild spendthrift. After much ado it opened. The lid was ifted. The glow of gold and the sparkle if jewels shone before the amazed eyes. A yellow letter told a part of the story, rhe colonel's recollections of his early escapades filled up any blanks. "And Easter save us all dat money," xied Rebie, and she reiterated the story if how the sagacious gander had awakino<l thom in the nicht. "Easter shall never be eaten," declared aistress. Indeed, Easter's age had aleady given bond that he should never be aten with pleasure. So it came about that the colonel's roung son visited a home of rejoicing nstead of one of sorrow. The two old people went but once more 0 their cabin in the lonely swamp, and hen only to move all their belongings to 1 house of their own in sight of Tolstone ?lace, a gift of young master.?New Fork Evening Post. An Easter Scene. Sunlight poured through polished paues tpon a well scoured floor. The odor of hemicals filled the air. Down a long oom stretched a row of white iron beds. )n a cot lay a child whose face was a9 >ale as the lime washed walls. In one due veined hand the youngster held a lower?a flower once a bud under the Bermuda sky. "I've seen them before," the child was laying. "I used to see them in the winlows of the shops where they make hem." All day the lily stood in a slender vase it the head of the cot. When the night ame and the lights burned low in 'that ong, white room, the lily bent tenderly iver the face of the sleeping child. The Feast of Easter. The name Easter is derived, as some :uppose, from Eastre, the title of a Sax>n deity whose feast was celebrated ev>ry year in the spring about the same *me as the Christian festival, the name rtnjr Mteined when the character of the 1 teast was changed, or, as others suppose, I .'rom Oster, which signifies rising. If I he latter supposition be correct, Easter s in name as well as reality the feast of I :he resurrection. The kings of England had a custom on 3ood Friday of hallowing rings with nuch ceremony, the wearers of which would not be afflicted with the falling iickness, epilepsy. r zr*- mi ? / . in. A National Pa America In that Park, South 1 tiful Monument as Valor of Her Own Imposing Ceremonies at the I in the Park 1 The unveiling and dedication of the Monument on the Chickamauga Battlefield, which South Carolina is erecting to her sons who fought and who died on that historic spot, will take place May 27,1901. The date was arranged so that the veterans, sons and others going to the Memphis reunion, could easily stop over aDd take part. The Chickamauga Commission extend through the press of the State a cordial invitation to all the citizens of South Carolina, to join in the most impressive and interesting cerimonies. For the convenience Veterans, Sons, the State volunteer troops and all citizens attending, the Southern railway bus made special arrangements and this route will be the official route. They will announce dates of leaving various points, and rates. This official train will be run down to Lytle Station, near the Cattlefield and about half a mile from the site of the South Carolina monument. The distance can be easily walked, butarrngements will be made for hacks to carry over such visitors as prefer riding and paying. At the Station the procession will be joined by Gen. J. W. Carnisb, Chief Marshal. 1. Band. 2. South Carolina Volunteers, State Toops, under command of an officer to be designated by Adjutant General Floyd. 3. Sons of Confederate Veterans under command of Walter H. Hunt. 4. Veterans of South Carolina Division U. C. V. 5. Visiting Veterans. 6. Distinguished Guests in Carriages. 7. Visitors. The column will march by the road Hkirting along the Southern base of Snodgrass Range. As they strike the Vitteloo House they will see a large marker, marked 10th and 19th South Carolina regiments fought for three hours on Snodgrass Range above this point. Gathered under and around the battle-scarred flag of the 10th South Carolina regiment, which led them to victory on the heights above, will be the vi-iting veteraus of that command. The procession will salute and uncover as it passes the group of heroes. Further on is a similar marker marked 24th South Carolina regiment and nnlnpnners' Ratterv. fought about one mile to the northeast of thispoint, and near it the flags and the men of those gallant commandp. Again the procession salutes. Further on, as the road to the South Carolina Monument leaves the main road, will be found another marker to the immortal men of Kershaw's Brigade, marked "Kershaw's Brigade, 2d, 3d, 7th, 8th and loth South Carolina regiments and James' South Carolina Batalion, fought for five hours on Snodgrass Range above tbis point." The battle flags and heroes of Kershaw will be saluted. The procession now arrives on the ground sacred to the valor and the worth of South Carolina's Sons, for it was that over which Kershaw swept, as he drove the enemy back to their last stand on the ridge. Arriving at the monument, the veterans will press to the front, the State Volunteer Troops saluting. The Park Commissioners will have erected a large stage and sufficient seatincr caDacitv for the veterans and visitors. Gov. McSweeny, Governor I ?f the State and Chairman of the Commission, will preside. The meeting will be opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. J. H. Thornwell, Chaplain General South Carolina Division U. C. V. General C. I. Walker, one who won distinction on this and other battlefields, now the beloved commander of the South Caroliua Division U. C. V., and who has taken a deep interest in and materially aided in the accomplishment of the memorial about to be dedicted, and a leading member of the commission, will then deliver the historical address. Addresses will then be made by the Hon. D. S. Henderson of the senate and Col. J. Harvey Wilson ofthe house of representatives, through the liberality of which bodies South Carolina has done this justice to her heroic sons. An address will then be made by General, now the beloved Bishop Ellison Capers, who served on this battlefield with his well known gallantry. Bishop Capers' address will lead up to the unveiling which will be done by four young ladies, representing each one of the four South Carolina Commands engaged in the battle. ~ n-' ?u- Vlhortn For Keraiiaws rsngaue?mmo u. Bland, a grand daughter of the distinguihhed Col. Elbert Bland, who gave up his life fighting with kershaw on Snodgrass Range. For 24th South Carolina regimentMiss Mary DuPre, grand niece of Col. C. H. Stevens, who gallantly led the 24th South Carolina regiment in the battle, and also the grand niece of Lieut. Col. Ellison Capers, who succeeded Col. Stevens in the command of the regiment. For Culpepper's Batery?Miss As the ribbons are pulled the cover will /all and show one of the hand _1I Hi rk, Dedicated to T T i n vaior. Carolina Erects a Beau> a Testimonial to th< . Sons. Jnveiling, which Takes Plac< May 27, I90J. I somest Monuments in the Prak. Itii 'built of South Carolina granite, a fl emblem of the heroic stand,made bj the South Carolinians on this field?or either side is a bronze statue, original and made especially for this work, atj Infantryman on one side and an Artilleryman on the other. Sonth Car line had no cavalry in this battle. Crowning the whole is a bronze Palmetto of exquisit workmanship, surpassing in truthfulness to nature, the wonderful bronze Palmetto at the State House. On the front of the upper stone is the Shield ofSouth Carolina in Bronze The inscriptions are as follows: On the front, composed by Bishop Capers, with grand simplicity. To her faithful Sons at Chickamauga, South Cartlina, Erects this Monument to Commemorate the valor they proved, and the lives they gave on this battlefield. On the back: Kershaw's Brigade, 2d South Carolina regiment, 3d South Carolina regiment, 7th South Carolina regiment, 8th South Carolina regiment, 15th South Carolina regiment, James' 3rd South Carolina Battalion: Killed, 65; Wounded, 438; Missing, 1. Of Manigault's Brigade, 10th South Carolina regiment, 19th South Carolina regiment, consolodated : Killed 26; Mortally wounded, 40; wounded, 170. Gist's Brigade 24th South Carolina regiment, Killed, 43, Wounded, 114; missing, 12. Culpepper's Battery, Wounded 14. The total height of the monument is 33 feet. The work was done by the Stewart Stone Co., Columbia, S. C., and reflects the highest credit on their artistic taste and skill. As soon as the monument is unveiled Gov. McSweeny will turn it over to the Park Commission and it will be received by Gen. Henry V. Boynton, the chairman. The ceremonies having ended, the crowd will disperse over the battlefield to study and admire it. The official trains will return to Chattanooga in the afternoon, and after time for supper, etc., the veterans for Memphis will speed on their way, reaching that point early on the morning of the 28th of May. The other visitors will take the train for North Carolina. Around the monument is a 12 feet circular pavement of cement, faced with granitoid. 'I'l". nao?bai.o fnp finnlh f!arnlintt i Liu uiamvio ivi mwuvu v/m*w?? troops are placed on the battlefield as follows: Kershaw's Brigade?On the slope of Snodgrass Range, one for each of the regiments. For the 10th and 19th South Carolina regiments the position in general duriug the afternoon isshown oy the guns of Dent's Battery on the crest of the ridge. Advancing from this point, they made repeated charges on the enemy, and the point of furthest advance is shown by the South Carolina marker. For the 24tb South Carolina regiment the marker is placed on Kelly's Farm, near the "Bloody Angel," and near the Shell Monument their Brigade Comander Colquitt. ''nlriflt nup'a Rntfprv ill the Poe J.' V74 VUA^/V^; |/V? W -?-? w ?V> J - _ _ _ Field, near the Georgia Monument. It is hoped that Gen. Gordon, Commander U. C. V., on his way to Memphis will be able to stop over and take part in the cerimonies. Gov.iA. U. Chaudler, of Georgia, has been mostpressingly invited and writes that himself and staff will be present "unless providentially hindered." The commission had to fix the day for the unveiling to take it on the way to the Memphis reunion. At the close of these reunions the veterans scatter, and it would be hard to get them together for any ceremony returning, j The reunions usually commence on Wednesday, but thisyear it begins on Tuesday, which necessitated the selection of Monday. This forced the commencement of the movement in Chickamauga on Sunday. While it will not prevent the great mass of veterans and visitors leaving home on that day, there are many who have conscientious scruples against traveling on Sunday. The unveiling of a monument, is held as holy au object as one could have, and would certainly excuse all such. But the commission asked for and have secured the date of '?* - Cohirriotr selling HCKeiS IU Cuuiuicuvc uu^uiuuj , 8o any one can reach Chattanooga from South Carolina before Sunday. The battle Hag, around which the veteraus of the 10th and 19th South Carolina regiments will assemble, is the worn and tattered flag of the 10th South Carolina regiment. Itwassaved from surrender almost providentially. At the Battle of Bentonville the 10th South Carolina regiment, then commanded by Capt. R. Z. Harllee. penetrated the enemy's line, but reinforcements coming up, the line was reformed and Capt. Harl lee, Sergent Albert A. Myers, bearing the flag and about twenty men, half of the regi - i* ?fp rnent, so reuucea wus n, v.ui they took to the swamp, hidj until night. Sergeant Myers threw away ..... jiVi the staff and put the flag under his clothing. The party made their way through the swampand got back to the Confederate lines. The remnants of the 10th and l!?th South Carolina regimen's were subsequently consolodated into Walker's South Carolina Battal> ion, and so surrendered. When Col. j Walker returned from wounded fur lough, he could learn nothing of the 10th regiment's flag, that of the 19th South Carolina beiug used as the Batalion colors and at the surrender promptly surrendered it as the flag of the Battalion. As Col. Walker rode out of camp on the way home Capt. , Harllee handed him a package, giving it with express stipulation that it should not be opened until he reached home. When he reached home he opened it and found it the flag of the . 10th South Carolina regiment. He has treasured it most sacredly ever since. The upper half of the flag staff" * is a piece of the flag staff of Fort Sumter, which was used by Maj. Anderson during the attack on the Fort, of April, 1861. It was given to Cal. Joseph Walker, the father of Col. C. I. Walker, by Gen. Beauregard. .'?;J It was proposed to first lay the cor* ner stone of the monument before the dedication, but the elaborate Masonic seremonies would have taken too much $ time from the limited time available, s so this function bad to be reluctantly t dispensed with. The monument has a 7 comer stone and in it will be deposited: , PRINTED BOOKS. , 1. Col. Dlckart's valuable sketch of i Kershaw's Brigade. ' 2. Col. C. T. Walker's sketch of the i 10th South Carolina Regiment, typewritten manuscript. 3. 8ketch of 10th and 19th South . Carolina regiments, by Gen. Ellison ! Walker for Adjutant General of South ! Carolina. 4. Sketch of 15th and 24th South i Carolina regiments, by Gen. Ellison vi ! Capers. 5. Sketch of Culpepper's Battery. 6. Rolls of 19th and 24th South Carolina regiments and Culpepper's Battery?the rollsof Kershaw's Brigade being in Capt. Dickert's book, and of 'm 10th South Carolina regiment in Col. Walker's book. 7. Commissions as follows: Commissions appointed under authority of the State of South Carolina to locate positions of South Carolina Troops, and to erect a Monument and Markers to the same, on the Battlefield of Chickamauga: First commission, to locate positions of South Carolina Troops, visited the battleflield, May ISth, 1894, and located the position thereto: Gen. Hugh L. Farley, Adjutant and Inspector General, South Carolina; Maj. C. K. Hendersop, Capt. E. J. . Goggins. Maj. J, D.' McLuoas, Veter- ' ans Kershaw's Brigade. Gen. C. I. Walker, Capt. R. F. McCaslan, L. P. Harling, veterans of 10th and 19th Booth Carolina regiments. The above commission recomended - i that suitable Monument and Markers be erected. In response thereto, the second commission was appointed under authority of a Joint Resolution of the General Assembly, December 22d, 1894, to select designs and secure esti-" mates for said Monument and Markers. Gen. C. I. Walker, Maj. J. D. McLucus, Maj. C. K. Henderson. The above second commission selected designs, secured estimates and re-' ported to the next session of the General Assembly, but no appropriation was made. At its convention of 1899 the South Carolina Division, United Confederate Veterans, decided to memorialize the ^ General Assembly and urge that proper respect be paid to South Carolina's Sous, who fought and who died ' at Chickamauga, In response there to the Third commission was authoriezd by the General Assembly, at its session > of 1900, and an appropriation of $10,000, was made for the erection of said Monument and Markers, to be erected by the commission, at such places a it may decide on. The commission was to consist of the Governor, Adju taut and Inspector General, and three VatoponQ ft WQQ QQ fnl V/UUICUCIOLC TVIVIHUJ. ?.w .. mw MW .v. Iowa: Gov. Miles B. McSweeny, Chairman; Gen. C. I. Walker, Secretary, Veteran. Gen. J. \V.;Floyd, Adjutant and Inspector General South Carolina, Veteran, but appointed Ex-officio. Maj. C. K. Henderson, Col. J. Harvey Wilson, Veterans. Under the supervision of the above third commission, the South Carolina Monument, in the corner stone of which this record is deposited, was erected. It was dedicated, unveiled, and turned over to the commissioners of the Chickamauga and ChattanoogaNational Park this twenty-seventh day of May, A. D. 1901. Also were erected tbe granite Markers for the various commands of South Carolinians as follows: One to Kershaw's Brigade, and one to each of its regiments, i. e. 2d, 7th, 8th and loth South Carolina regiments, and James' South Carolina Battalion on Snodgrass Rantre. One to the 24th South Carolina regiI -4. 4-Urr I/olUr Worm rm?r fhp aieui uu iuc ivcHj .?. Shell Monument to Col. Colquett. One to Culpepper's Battery in the Poe field. All of which is duly certified to by Miles B. McSweeny, Governer of South Carolina and Chairman of Commission. C. Taw in Walker, Secretary of Commission. . Estate of Stephen Reifl, Decease! . 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