Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ail over the South there' are myriads of graves unknown to the loved,ones at home. A lady in Geor gia once remarked, in speaking of her life: "My riches are all in Virginia. I love the dear old State; she is keep ing all my treasures for me; the dust of my five sons is beneath ber soil" _and here in Kentucky, scattered amongst its cemeteries and down in Its Talley and along Its hillsides, there ar?' thousands of such mounds as these, which represent the costly and dreadful sacrifice the homes and hearts of the South paid in the strug gle 'of, the . Confederacy, to be free. The world is beginning to understand that the greatest heroes of the war were not its officers. It is not prob able that more than 30,000 officers, of all ranks, laid down their lives in defense of the Confederacy, and there were more than 400,000 privates who gave up their lives for that land. The largest proportion of the heroism and'chivalry of the army of the South was in her ranks and the bravest men wh? died were those whose history will never be written. The scout,, the picket, the men in the skirmish Une, the men in the rifle pit, and on the parapet and in the trench, were the men who .dared most, endured most and gave most in that struggle. The men who showed the greatest ?rrarery, the truest self-devotion, the most splendid courage, were those who carried the guns and "never reasoned why, but only marched toi ?do or die." This isolation in burial, this loneliness in death, speaks in no uncertain way of the poverty of the / war's survivors and of the desolation which followed in the wake of the GEN. CLEMENT A. EVANS, Atlanta, Ga., Commander in Chief United Confederate Veterans. . South's defeat, and of the dreadful consequences to its people when its banner went down before the storm. General Lee These almost forgotten heroes were best known to the wives, and moth ers and sisters of the South. It was I woman's tenderness which sustained them and woman's heart which alone appreciated them and gave them their just place among the noblest of the BIRTHPLACE OF JEFFERSON DA VI earth. The boy who came back on his shield was to women the greatest ?nd truest of all, and she worshiped and cherished him as woman alone can worship and cherish. The most sacred of all her treasures, the ten-) -derest of all her memories were con nected with those whom she had given as a sacrifice to the South. She I loved best, remembered best, and in! her heart lived longest and truest the deeds of those who, unknown to fame, surrendered their all on the air tar of their country. For those who have been buried here or elsewhere without affection's recognition, the heart breathes out sweetest benedic tion and praise. It may be that in these far-away homes they only hold some garment, faded, tattered and torn, it may be a gray jacket which loving hands prepared for the young soldier when he went forth to the conflict for his country; now, as they touch this sacred and holy relic, in tears and In anguish they say: "Fold itr up carefully, lay it aside, Tenderly touch it, look on it with pride; For dear must it be to our hearts ever more The jacket of gray our loved soldier boy wore. Can we ever forget when he- joined the brave band, Who rose in defense of our dear Southern land, And in his bright youth hurried on to" the fray, Ho;: proudly he donned it-the jacket of gray. "They've laid him to rest in his cold, nar row bed, No stone have they placed o'er his pillow less head. And the proudest of tributes our sad hearts could pay, 'He nev er ^ disgraced the dear jacket of Then foll it up carefully, lay it aside, Tenderly touch it, look on it with pride, .For dear must it be to our hearts ever more, The jacket of gray that our loved soldier . boy wore." The severest and most trying of all tasks connected with the late war, was the watching* and walting for those who would never come; the uncertainty and the gloomy despair .which gather0"" ~" ?*??.?? o??^ - .-** - on 'Traveler" passed* by... and .-..na.,.tidings . wera brought of the father or son. This,' towards the end, became the crown ing sorrow of the sufferings which pursued the people of the Confed eracy. Prisons,.- hospitals, jj death on the battle field, and the horrors which* connected themselves with the awfu*: word "missing"-which marked the last years of the war, left their deep est touch on the homes and hearts of the women who longed for a word or a line, or a report to tell them when, where and how the object, of love had gone down into the shadows of the hereafter. The "Unknown List" carried with it a terror and anguish that even the most widespread be reavement could never impart. The activities of actual war alternated with Its hardships and softened its privations. It was those who watched and waited who felt the keenest sor row that followed in war's train. Death then oftenest came suddenly and without note of warning, and it. was those at home who suffered deep est and longest; and the sharpest of all itu pangs was to yearn for forms that would never appear and to listen for voices which, were bushed In death. It was the home people-the people who mourn such dead as-,we are here to-day to honor-who real ized the war's worst trials. A CONSPICUOUS DAUGHTER. One of the most conspicuous flgV* ures at the Confederate reunion In Richmond, Va., was Miss Mary Hall,, of Augusta, Ga., a Daughter of the Confederacy, who occupies a unique position in the regard bf the South ern people, and especially bf the vet erans who fought under-th? stars and bars. Miss Hall, who was an earnest adherent of the "lost cause" during the Civil War, still cherishes for lt a feeling of reverence and devotion. She glories in the fact that she was identified with lt, and as a token of her. changeless loyalty to it she in variably wears a small Confederate flag or badge. She is the only woman who is a full member of a Confeder ate veterans' camp, and she marches for miles with the camp at reunions, ^attired in gray and wearing a cam paign hat, which, with her close-cut S, FAIRVIEW, KY. THE RESIDENCE REPLACED BY A BAPTIST CHURCH. hair, gives her quite a soldierly ap pearance. The crowds along the Unes of march always give her an ovation. Miss Hall bas placed six hundred MISS MARY HALL, The most conspicuous Daughter of the Con federacy in the South. B?ken Confederate flags on the graves of departed soldiers. At the reunions she is always an honored guest and receives many attentions. A YOUNG CONFEDERATE. Master Hugh T. Morton, Jr., illus trates the spirit of his class. His grandfathers were both colonels" in the Confederate army, and the little fellow, though but eight months old, was manifestly as happy as older per sons. He was evidently the youngest "Rebel" who participated in the memorable occasion of the Birming ham Reunion. Pure and Spotless. The South's flag, born in the vindi cation of State rights and nurtured by the blood of her sons upon an hun dred battlefields, went down as pure and spotless as the breezes that play upon the bosom of the "Shining Riv When Southern Valor Won. General Sherman's army was ap proaching Fayetteville, N. C., op posed by only a few hundred Confed erates. These were holding the en emy in check while General Beaure gard, who commanded the Confeder ate forces, was withdrawing his troops to the opposite side of Cape Fear River, upon the southern bank of which the city is located. A long wooden bridge spanned the. river. In order to get possession of this bridge and thus cut off the retreat of the Confederates who were opposing, his advance, the Federal commander sent a force of mounted men who made a detour far to the right, entering the city from the east and making a sud den and determined dash for the bridge, which the Confederates had al::eady prepared for the torch. Gen. Wade Hampton, with his escort and some staff oflicers, was still in tho city, as was also a commissary detail of fifteen Kentuckians from Colonel Breckinridge's Brigade. With these, the latter volunteering their services, General Hampton, in a counter And lo! thy matchless boy, .O Tennessae! Wi?h: piniont? - enns beneath ?ce galloway Looked forth, unmoved, into the "wintry skies, . ."' .r i.*.-." ,;,'"'V. The nut-brown ringlets falling o er bia eyes; " ' ' He, by kind gaolars, had been oftmv " Speak* but 'one word! To freedom be re 'Hold," the messenger stored! " The lifted signal, cried ; , . And, springing up. stood by the hero s side. "My boy! This bitter cup must, pass you by! Too brave, too nobie, and too young to die! Your mother, father,- sisters-rwben they learn- j Even now, perhaps, they wait your long FKOM MODEL DESIGN OF THE SAM _DAVIS STATUE._ return. Speak but one word-the real culprits name! . Tis he should bear this penalty and shame. Live for your mothar! Think a moment how-" "Not with the brand "of fraud upon my brow! I and the 'culprit,' true, might both go free; The broken pledge would haunt not lum, but me. AS IT APPEARED IN 1886, WHEN How light soever what promise man may make, Should be kept sacred for his honor's sake! My mother! (And choking back the sob, but'half con CGillcd His . head drooped low! At last must nat?re yield?) -1 ? ti? My mother!" flashed again tET;,tears dimmed eyes. "At her dear knees she taught me how to' die!. . Her loving heart would be too sorely Eained er lips were pressed her boy's with falsehood stained." "My brave, brave boy," the pleader spoke again; "A boy in years, but worth a thousand men Like him for whom, the coward, traitor, knave, You'd lay your own brave, young life down to save. Speak out! Life is so sweet! Be free once more!" "I never knew how sweet life was before! Still-words are useless, General, but for give You're kind; yet if I had a thousand Uves to live, I'd give them all ere I could face the shame And wear, for one hour, a base, d ia hon ored name." The die was cast! Our tears were idle tears For him, who gave one day and gained a thousand years! Centuries on centuries shall go circling by, But still he is not dead! SAM DAVIS cannot die! | -From the Confederate Veteran. rr charge, met the oncoming column, and in a moment the gray and the blue were mixed in deadly strife. But revolvers, sabers, clubbed rifles, and Southern valor won, and the Yankees were whipped and driven from the city with heavy loss and the Confed erate skirmishers were saved. War Record of One Family. . Mrs. Henrietta Hunt Morgan, tho mother of Gen. John H. Morgan, the dauntless hero, the knightly cavalier, gave to the Confederate service all the male members of her family-six sons and two sons-in-law. There were a lieutenant general, A. P. Hill; a major general, John H. Morgan, and a brigadier general, Basil W. Duke. There were one colonel, two captains, a lieutenant and a private-eight in all, seven of whom were commis sioned officers. Two of the generals and the lieutenant were killed in bat tle and the other general was desper ately wounded. Can any single fam ily in all the Southland produce a war record superior to this? X^ASItfNGT?W NOTES j '? Denouncing the principle of a pro jective tariff as unfair in taking mon ey from one man to give another in order to encourage him in the pursuit of an otherwise profitable business, Senator Bailey, of Texas, Monday de livered a Set speech on the Democratio side in opposition to the pending tar iff bill . The announcement that Mr. Bailey would address the Senate was suffi cient to bring to the chamber almost every Senator, and the galleries were crowded to their full capacity. Mrs. Taft occupied a seat in the Presi dent's section and was an attractive listener throughout the session. Senator Bailey was not interrupted until he had proceeded with his re marks for an hour or more, when several Senators engaged in colloquies with him. Senator Aldrich called especial attention to r statement by the Texas Senator, to the effect that the duties of the pending bill might be lowered 33 1-3 per cent and asked whether he supposed the profits of American industries equalled that amount. Mr. Bailey replied that in the case of the United States Steel he believed they had, and he cited the increased capitalization of that organization as an evidence of en ormous profit. He insisted that such a lowering of the rate of duty would not seriously'affect importations be cause he believed American manufac turers would be stimulated by the added foreign competition and would continue to supply the markets. . . . On Tuesday, when , Senator Scott, of West Virginia, rose in his place in the Senate to deliver a set speech up on the tariff, the hum of conversation by many Senators and their apparent indifference to listen to the speech caused the Vice President to. rap loud ly for order in the chamber,' and gave the Senator occasion to administer a mild rebuke to his colleagues. "I do not wish the Senate called to order," said he,?addressing the chair. "I do not expect this argument to change a vote and consequently I am indifferent whether Senators re tre to the lobbies or indulge in con versation, because I do not care whether thev listen to my remarks or not." . . "The chair dees care," replied Mr. Sherman. He criticised the Senate bill and does not believe it to be as good as the Dingley bill. He favors a protec tive tariff. . . . The most important happenings in the nation's capital Wednesday were as follows: , .,, Mehemed V, was formally recog nized by the State Department as Sultan of Turkey, following the re ceipt of official advices of - his acces sion to the throne. , The memory of Major L'Enfant, who Resigned the national capitol, was honored by impressive exercises held in the rotunda of the capitol, previous to the re-interment of the body in Arlington Cemetery, after remaining for more than one hundred years on a Maryland farm. George W. Woodruff, a former Tale athlete, was nominated to be United States District judge for Hawaii Retention of the existing tariff on lumber was strongly urged by. Mr. Simmons, of North Carolina, in an exhaustive speech in the Senate. The present prospect is that the proposed amendments by the Senate committee on finance to the tariff bill will be postponer" for some days pos sibly until thc beginning of next week. The committee 's understood to have practically decided to place a duty of $5 per ton on printing paper and of $1.38 per ton on wood oulp, which is a slight reduction from the Dingley rate in both casGs. . . . ,, -TiiSt" . The most important happenings in the nation's capital Friday were as follows : President Taft attended the cele bration in Alexandria, Va., of the 120th anniversary of George Wash ington 's inauguration and dedication pf a park to his memory. The President cabled his congratu lations on the birth of an heir to the throne of The Netherlands. . ? ". Justice Stafford, in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, de clined to compel Secretary of Agricul ture Wilson to vacate his decision to institute prosecutions under the pure food law against flour manufacturers, who use the bleaching process. . . . The Senate finance committee re ported its substitute for the maximum and minimum provision of the Payne tariff bill, practically revising the lat ter, in that any country to receive our minimum rates must not in any way discriminate against our products. . . . Senator Tillman declared in the Senate Friday, says the Washington correspondent to the Charlotte Ob server, that Senators Simmons, of North Carolina, and Fletcher of Flori day, had made Republican speeches on lumber. Mr. Simmons was not in the chamber at the time and did not hear the chaige, bnt the general im pression herc is that he can take care of himself in a controversy with the South Carolinian. . . . The body of William A. Thompson, associate editor of The Warrenton Virginian, who was shot by Professor J. D. Harris, principal of the War renton High School, Saturday even ing, and who was brought to Wash ington in the hope of saving his life, was sent to Warrenton Monday. . . . Senator Bailey, of Texas, Monday spoke on the tariff bill with spcciaJ effect to the desirability of an amend ment providing for an income tax. Property Losses Will R The Loss In Tennesse Hundreds of Dead s Atlanta, Ga., Special.-Cyclones and tornadoes, the like of which have not been known for years, swept through the South Thursday night and all Friday ,leaving in their wake hundreds of dead and mangled bodies, and the dismantled wrecks of prop erty worth many millions. Tennesee was an especially heavy sufferer. At 9 o'clock Friday night careful estimates indicate that at least 50 people were killed in that State alone, with monetary losses about $1,000,000. At Franklin and in Hillsboro there was loss of life. The latter town is sai(L.tn.J)e practi cally destroyed, while at Centreville and adjoining villages the loss is re ported very heavy both in lives and property. Near Pulaski, Giles county, the death list reaches twelve, and many are injnved. In the vicinity of Chattagnooga the storm was felt at its worst. Tele phone and telegraph wires were blown down and the movement of trains was greatly hampered. The hurricane followed the Cumberland Talley, wrecking small towns and de stroying farm noHses. At Ebenezer eighteen bouses were blown down. At Charlestown the storm swerved . up the Hiasse river, destroying prop erty. At Fayetteville three are known to have perished. At Cuba many houses were .blown down and at Gilestown not even a shed was left standing. Memphis reports heavy loss from towns withih a radius of 100 miles in three States. ^ At Horn Lake, Miss., half dozen lives were lost and the property damage was very heavy. In Arkansas eight persons were killed near Mammoth Springs and a score of buildings wrecked. Other points in Arkansas report heavy loss. Atlanta and most of Georgia es caped with only slight property losses during the blow. But two young people, brother and sister, Wil liam and Pearl Withra, lost their lives here Friday afternoon by the capsizing of a rowboat during a sud den squall. The hurricane continued upon its course of destruction in Alabama Fri day night. Huntsville sends word of heavy loss of property, with probably several lives sacrificed near the Ten nessee line. At Danville, in Morgan county, Alabama, the storm struck with terrific force. At Hartsell at least one is dead and many hurt. Soon after dark Friday night the storm winds began shooting across the railroad telegraph and telephone lines connecting Atlanta with Chat tanooga and Knoxville and wire com munication, which had been kept with great difficulty during the afternoon, ceased entirely. The Westorn and Atlanta Railroad offices here reported that south of Chattanooga, near Em erson, Ga.j several big trees were blown across the railroad right of way, tearing down wires and holding up five trains. The death totals were swelled Fri-"' SUGAR COMPANY PAY New York, Special.-The American Sugar Refining Company, of New Jer sey and the New York corporation of the same name Tuesday paid into the treasury of the United States $896, 000, completing a payment aggregat ing $2,134,000 in settlement of all civil claims arising out of the fraud ulent weighing of sugar on the docks of the refineries in Brooklyn and Jer sey City. The companies further agree to give up their right of appeal. The settlement was made upon the advice of the company's lawyers. A-* FARMERS PLAN A BIG Charlotte, N. C., Special.-Presi dent H. Q. Alexander, of the North Carolina division of the Farmers' Union, is very much interested in the plan proposed for the organization of the several cotton warehouses in the individual Southern States into one gigantic corporation. The warehouses whkh have been erected by the Union. THE MOSLEM DISORDE , Constantinople, By Cable.-A wel come message was received Thursday, form the town of Hadjin, in the pro vince of Adana, where five American women missionaries have been alone with thousands of refugees who sought safety there from bands of Moslems seeking to put them to the sword. Hadjin has withstood a siege for the past eight days and the mis sionaries have been sending out frantic appeals for help. Thursday a message reached here from Miss Lambert, the daughter of Bishop Lambert, timed 10:22 a. m., which said: "With the arrival of the troops PLAN FOR SOUTH TOC Washington. D. C., Special.-The ; Department of Commerce and Laber | has decided upon a plan for the fur nishing of immigrants with definite and reliable information which it be lieves will meet with the co-operation of Middle Western and Southern States in particular. Assistant Sec retary McHarg is preparing plans to make* a section of the immigration act effective which has hitherto been a GOOD ORDER NOW P Washington, Special.-Amabssador Weishman Thursday cabled the State Department that order has been re stored in Constantinople, troops are being hurried to places where there are disturbances, and that it is be lieved the trouble in the Adana and Alexandrctta districts will soon dis appear in view of the thorough meth ods of the Constantinople government, j Regarding conditions in Constanti-; lum Into Many Millions; Alone Being $1,000,000 ind Mangled Bodies day night by three lightning victims at Monroe, Ga. Late in the afternoon a rushing windstorm, accompanied by blinding lightning, 'broke over Mon roe and one of the bolts struck the residence of M. B. Barrett, running dcwn the chimney. Barrett, his wife ard his 17-year-old daughter wera ki lied, and a 10-year-old son and ? younger child were seriously shocked.' Storm in the Middle West. Chicago, Special.-Belated reports show that the death and destruction; chased by the terriffic storm that swept over the Middle West Thursday night, were more extensive than at first indicated by the meagre "tele-' graph carried over damaged wires. Three men were killed in Chicago by the collapse of a factory. Homeless men, women and children spent" Fii day in strange houses in many su burbs, where the storm had upset un substantial houses. In the path of the storm before it reached the Great Lake region, great destruction of property is reported. At least eleven persons were killed. At Golden, Mo., a part of the town was destroyed and many homes wen? wrecked. Five persons lost their lives. At'Summerville, Mo., the wini cre ated havoc and two persons were kill ed. Many were injured. Tho si om was furious in Southern Illinois and at Texas City, near Car mi. four persons were killed and ma?y seriously wounded. The town waa wrecked. Great damage, to property and crops was caused in Michigan on the east shore of Lake Michigan, Bentno Harbor.and South Haven being in the path of the storm. In Wisconsin, for many hours there ranged a severe snow storm, causing "damage to property- At Lacrosse and Superior, traffic was hampered be cause of drifts. . ... : Many Killed in Storm. Louisville, Ky., Special. - Dis patches, gathered throughout the South by the Associated Press Friday night, indicate that a least 114 per sons met sudden death in the great wind that spread havoc throughout the region south of the Ohio. Thc number of injured is probably three fold that of the killed. It is substan tiated that 114 persons were killed, distributed among the following towns : Tennesee : Youngs Crossing, 5 ; Fayetteville, 15; Noblesville, 1; Hart man county, 1; Medina, 4; Clarks ville, 1; Centreville, 1; Franklin, 1; Hillsboro, 4; Somerville,. 3 ; Laconia, 2; Bells, 2; Quito, 8; Giles county, 12. Mississippi's most disastrous point was Horn Hake, where 18 met death. Arkansas has four dead near Hart selL , - .';; ?-. Missouri has seven killed at Somer-' ville and ll at Golden. S U. S. CIVIL CLAIMS settlement from the latter was made public Friday night in which they say that the settlement seemed wise because of the fact that the govern ment had threatened otherwise, to bring other suits for amounts reach ing nearly $5,000,000. The settlement while it discharges nil i the civil claims made by the government against the companies, does not pre vent the bringing of criminal prose cutions against the men responsiblo for the use of the fraudulent device by which false weights were recorded. WAREHOUSE MERCER in Georgia and Mississippi have al ready been merged into a State cor poration and the plan is meeting with signal success there. President C. S. Barrett, of the National Union, is in South Carolina now engaged in an effort to .consolidate the warehouses of that State and it is likely that'a similar move will be begun in North Carolina at an early date. .RS IN' ADANA CEASE the disorders in and about the city have ceased, and we are &xl safe and well. Lambert." Adil Bey, perman ent under-secretary of State in the ministry of the Interior, said that the government would make a searching investigation into the cause of the disorders and punish the instigators. Keports received at the ministry of the interior indicated that quiet now prevailed everywhere. The secretary said that the government recognized the necessity of providing food, medi cine and shelter for the sufferers, and had taken steps to provide these and inaugurate other measures of relief. ?ET COOD IMMIGRANTS dead letter. This section provides that States or territories may appoint agents to represent them at the immi grant stations of the United States j for the purpose of presenting to. im migrants either orally or in writing the special inducements offered by the State or territory to aliens to set tle theroin. Efforts have not been made in the past to put into force this been taken in it. REVAILS IN TURKEY nople, the ambassador says that prob ably for another week or two martial law will be continued as a necessary measure to maintain order. The trial of various offenders is proceeding rapidly and ordinary business opera tions are being everywhere resumed. A dispatch received at the Depart ment from another source reported the safety at Tarsus of an American named Christ ie. who is identified with missionary work.