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Oldest 'VOL. 75. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25,1911 NO. 89 LEE'S BIRTHDAY. Lee's Birthday is Fittingly Ob served in Edgefield. Ad dress by Gen. Brooks of Columbia. The Edgefield Chapter Daught ers of the Confederacy are always ready for the occasion, when a hero of the Confederate service is to be honored, and his deeds of the past brought back to memory. Such an occasion was the celebration of Robt -E. Lee's birthday on Thursday last. The day was fair, and pleasant, which is always a good back-ground for such times as this-a large crowd assembled at 3 o'clock, in fact the Court House was full, and the exer cises were instructive and very , pleasing. * The music was inspiring, and all the people engaged in singing the old familiar hymns, "How Firm a Foundation' ' and the "Sweet Bye and Bye." Miss A Iber tie Lucas, of Aiken, recited beautifully a very appropri ate selection. The Daughters of the Confedera cy met at the residence of Mrs. A. t. E. Padgett, and from there marched to the Court House, wearing the beautiful, hand-painted badges, which were so appropriately hand painted by Miss Eliza Mims. Mrs. Julian D. Holstein, the president of the Edgefield chapter, is due much praise for her enterprising devotion to this cause. Col. TJ. R. Brooks. Col. Brooks was introduced to the audience by Hon. J. C. Shep . ' pard in-his usual courtly and gra cious manner, who also acted throughout as master of ceremo nies. " y ? The following extracts from Col. Brooks's address are so interesting to the people of Edgefield and con . tains so much of unwritten history that we publish them. Edgefeld'?? Pronineat Men. Owing to the limitefei^|that!thave, I shall not go back :!urjfib^r jthan sev enty-five years of ?E'lgef?eld history... On J^laicL^*^ VougWwth.n5 Americans, under an Edgefield man. Col. Wm. B. Travis. Just prior to this, massa crej James Bonham, another. Edge 5eld man, was . sent, out from the fort for reinforcements; There were none to be had. Her was told that if he returned to the Alamo he . would be. murdered, together, with ' its garrison, by 4,000 Mexicans, un r der Gen. Santa Anna. His reply . was, "I will return and, if: necessa ry, die with my comrades." The ? garrison killed 521 Mexicans, about I three times their number. Travis* and Bonham were mas sacred with the garrison. At that time an Edgefield ms.n was Gover nor, George McDuffief and was suc ceeded by Pierce Mason Butler. The nest Governor from Edgefield , was J. H. Hammond; and then came F. W. Pickens, M. L. Bon hara, John C. Sheppard, and B. K. Tillman. Lieutenant Governors far niiihed by Edgefield were John C. Sheppard, and J. H. Tillman. United States Senators: Geo. Mc Drxffie, was United States Senator from 1842 to 1846; A. P. Butler, from 1846 to 1857, J. H. Ham mond, from 1857 to 1861; M. C. Butler, 1877 to 1895; B. R. Till man, from . T895 to the present time. Edgefield Congressmen: F. W. Pickens, from 1835 to 1843; Pres ton S. Brooks, from 1853 to 1857; M. L. Bonham, from 1857 to 1861; Geo. D. Tillman, from 1877 to 18.93; W. J. Talbert, from 1893 to 1903. Ministers plenipotentiary from Edgefield: F. W. Pickens was Uni ted States minister to Russia, from 1856 to 1860. Edgefield Judges: A. P. Butler, J. P. Carroll, F. M. Wardlaw, Er nest Gary, and J. W. DeVore. So licitors: M. JJ. Bonhara, John R. Abney, R. G. Bonham, and J. W. Thurmond. Edgefield Bar: Louis T. Wigfall was a brilliant lawyer, statesman and soldier was United States Sena tor when Texas seceded ; was com missioned a brigadier general in the C.S. A., and also elected to the Confederate States Senate. A few . other brilliant lawyers in ante bel gium days were: Carroll Wardlaw, Griffin, Bacon, Moraigne, Butler, .jGary and James A. Dozier. One of the brainiest lawyers in the Uni ted States is B. L. Abney, an Edge field boy. Adjntant and Inspector Generals from Edgefield: Gen. James Jones and Gen. R. G. M- Dunovant. First State House commissioner, James Jones. The Mexican war, Col. P. M. Butler commanded the Palmetto regimenfcPreston S. Brooks was captain ot the 96 boys; and Col. M. I*. Bonham was in command of the Men of the ?60's. " In the secession war 3,000 Edge field men volunteered, among whom were four generals: M. L. Bonham, M. C. Butler, /Abner Perrin, and M. W. Gary. Among the colonels were: A. ??. Butle?, Elbert Bland, Twiggs, W. G. Burt, Goggans, Col. James Jones, Col. R. B. Hughes, Col. Shaw, and Henry Addison. One of the bravest men in the A. N. V. was Col. Elbert Bland, who was killed the 20th of September, 1863, on the bloody field of Chicka mau ga. , To the Spanish-American war, 1398* Edgefield furnished a major general, M. C. Butler, and Col. James H. Tillman. We ali like to look at a comely face; it is our spontaneous tribute to-the fairest thing God ever made, a lovely woman. The Edgefield Soldiers' Relief Association during the War for Southern Independence was composed of such women, who were: Mrs. M. L. Bonham, presi dent; Mrs. J. A. Bland, vice pr?si dent: Mrs. R. H. Mims, secretajry; Mrs. Joseph Abney, treasurer. Di rectors: Mrs. N. "X. Griffin, Mrs. Wm. P. Butler, Mrs. H. R. Spann, Mrs. E. B'ind, Mrs. Mary Miles, Mrs. John Maloy, Mrs. John Huiet, Mrs. Henry T. Wright, Mrs. Ley is J ones, Mrs. A. C. Teague, and Miss Cornelia Jones. One day, in 1866, Gen. Lee was riding old Traveller, his celebrated war horse, along the road alone. At a sudden turn in the road, he met one of his soldiers coming from mill on hors2back who, on meeting the general, raised his hat in salutation, and then, after pass ing on a few yards, stopped and said: "Hold on, General; won't you, please, let me holler for you?" Then he began with the Rebel yell'; and, about the third or fourth whoop, the tears were trickling down the cheeks of the great gener al as well as. those of the Veteran private, who had fcF A Gen. Lee over all the bloody~batiIefields, from Richmond to /Gettysburg, and from Gettysburg back to Richmond, to Petersburg, and to Appomattox. Thus it happened that the old time yells, which stirred Southern hearts to valor and alarmed Yankee ones, passed into sobs. Brother Vete rans, you understand how Gen. Lee and that old soldier felt better than I can explain. Old Edgefield sent to the war over 3,000, just such men as was this gallant private who cheered Gen. Lee in the road. She also gave ito the canse two war Governors and four generals. The greatest military genius that this State ever produced was Gen. M.C.Butler. His cavalry was eas Gave Sebel Yell. ..." i ' yfffjfp? Map of the proposed r i?y distinguishe? from other com mands. Thej' rode with military primness, and were, mounted on steeds of delicately shaped limbs, with glistening eyes and full of fire. At their head rode M. C. Butler, then in the full bloom of manhood, and looking every inch the soldier that he was by nature. His men loved him, because they saw in him a good eye and kind countenance, the index of his benevolent heart "And they rode forth so glorious in array, So mannerly and full of grace. That every tongue would be com pelled to say They were the noblest of a noble race." Gen. M. C. Butler. When M. C. Butler was born into this world, he was born a soldier. This great cavalry leader had a way of.winning battles that was terrible for the Yankees to behold. Gen. Lee consulted with him like he would Longstreet, Hampton and Stuart. On the 30th of May, 1864. Gen. Lee issued an order to Butler to find out all he could about Grant's army; and, after being posted by Butler, he set the trap into which Grant was led by the gallant Caro lian. 13,000 Yankees were shot down in half an hour, while Lee lost only 300. This was the battle of second Cold Harbor, which was fought on 3rd of Jine, 1964. Al though both Hampton and Fitz Lee were present, Gen. Lee issued the order to Gen. Butler instead of to either of them. I have in my possession the original oiler. Mart Gary. One of the most dashing officers and original men in the Army of Northern "Virginia was Gen. M. W. Gary. He inspired his men to fight, and was beloved by the peo ple on the Chickahominy as was Marion on the Santee during the Revolution. Gen. Gary met a Yan kee general under a flag 'of truce on the Chiokahominy, and, when their business was finished, Gen. Gary saluted the Yankees, to whom, af ter they had gone about a hundred yards, he called and said: "Hold up there. I am coming over to-mor row and give you fellows hell." And sure enough he did. He was always striking and harrassing the Yankees when they least expected him. On the Otlf of April, I860, at Appomattox, Gen. Gary refused to surrender, and cut his way out. He never surrendered, and never got a wound during the war. He was a great criminal lawyer. In 1876 when our State lay prostrate in ashes and woe, he did for her his finest work. Gen. Abner Perrin, like Butler and Gary, rose from captain to gen eral. He was killed May 12, 1864, at Spotsylvania Com t House, while r'' S;:':'Y:' \ \ ' " i ' . M \ ?-..>? 1 * - / ' \ ??'?^ ^^^^ iew county of H*? l?Ci ^. v --*w ?... ,r.. -? f> "*~r--- . ^" ". ' . .' leading his gallant " men on to vic tory. , The Hon, F. W. Pickens was the first war Governor of the State. A short while before thT war began, he was appointed minister to Rus sia, and just before leaving for his distant post he married the beauti ful Lucy Holcombe, the belle of the Southwest. Gen. Bonham. Gen. Bonham commanded the first South Carolina brigade that went to Virginia, Kershaw's old brigade. While in the field he was elected Governor of the grand old Commonwealth. After his term of office as Governor expired, he was again commissioned a brigadier gen eral by President Davis. He was our second war Governer. The war over, we had recon struction, which was in the strictest sense of the word the ' abomination of desolation." When that wizard of the saddle, Gen. Forrest, organized the Ku Klux Klan, Gen. Gary commanded the Order in this State. It was this very Order that made lt possible for Hampton, Butler and Gary to lead the people to victory in 1876. This generation will never understand the great work that this trio accom plished in ridding the State of scal awags and carpet-baggers. Hamp ton's suavity and judgment, But ler's boldness and magnetism, and Gary's dash and quick parts, made it possible to unite the white people and run the carpet-baggere away, and place the grand old Common wealth again in the, hands of her own people, those to the manner born, who will die before they will ever again permit her to be surrendered into the hands of aliens. It was due to the persistent work of Gen. Butler that the Jetties were built in Charleston harbor. With the exception of Senator Hale, of New Hampshire, Gen. Butler did more thau any one else to establish the United States navy" on/ its pres ent footing. His greatest ' effort in the Senate was when he killed the Advertiser Cont Edgefiel NOMINATIC I wish to nominate aa a I understand that this is merely a norn any NAME.L. ADDRESS.--J. 1 ???tr -y . ' , . . ? % K \ ' .'. ^ . .* ' / -, ? . . , . fe ? ' i<S> <u : .\ - , - <?U v.. < \ ^ -l . . - ; "Force Bill.", Gen. Hampton'spdke and Gen. Butler worked against the iniquitous measure The force bill meant that the South must surren der her civilization or. fight another1 war without an Appomattox. While serving in Cuba on the peace com mission, Gen". Butler/ was told by j President McKinley not to resign as major general in the United States army, because he wanted him to retire on half pay| $3,500 a year. Butler declined, saying that he vol unteered to fight for his country, and not for a pension. Burbank's New Strawberry. Luther Burbank has turned his attention from making edible cock lebur and throwing a perfume over the hollyhock. He has devoloped a new type of strawberry, which, it is modestly announced, "will make the strawberry growers rejoice." It is to ripen earlier and continue long er than any strawberry known to the litographed catalogues which gladden the spring. The seeds are imperceptible granules and the boasted berries are uniformly large, "single berries sometimes weighing an ounce. " Samples have been sent to the fruit sharps of the world as far away as South Africa, and they pronounce them great. Baltimore News. False Witness. There are people who would not steal a pin, would not hurt a horse fly, would not take a spoonful of intoxicating liquor for a beverage, but who thinks nothing of robbing a man of his good name, sticking the knife of scandal into a neigh bor's neck, and passing around a bottle of libelous drink about an ab sent human brother. Here is a vice to which good people are addicted "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neigbor," deserves a place among the mottoes that hang on walls of societies, at street cor ners, and in homes and hearts.-Ex. est Department td, s. c. >N COUPON indidate in your contest incition and does not obligate me in way THE ADVERT] GREAT ?01 TEST B Four Hundred Dollar Cote 4 Prize ( Other Prizes Will < Save the Coupon, Enter the able Prize. Re?d t The Advertiser begins : a- '. contest which promises to b? one of the most exciting races, ever entered in to by the young people of Edgefield county. A beautiful $400.00 Cote piano will be given to the young lady who receives the largest; num; ber of votes during the life' of the conte?t, votes to be awarded on each subscription "and the winners will be decided by a .committee of chosen judges. Other prizes of val ue will be announced later. This contest has been entered into in or der to extend the circulation and popularity of The Advertiser, ancr in order to conduct this contest ?n the very best business plans, The Advertiser has entered into a con tract with The American Music Cor, of Jacksonville, Fiar, who are con ducting so many / successful contests throughout the south. This com pany ia noted for its fairness in all contests and will have the hearty cooperation of The Advertiser in all respects.. The Am?ricain Music Co. has sent one of their1, competent managers. 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The action is of the most improved French double repeating patterns, the strings are made of imported Ger man wire, panels are hand carved and the 'fall board is of the latest folding patterns Trimmings nickle plated throughout. Three pedals including muffler. Help Your Friends. Those who do not enter the race may help their friends by getting subscriptions and giving the votes to their favorite. Every subscrip tion for six months or longer will entitle the contestant to the number of votes indicated in scale of votes. Votes will be given for both old and new subscriptions. Also for collections on past due subscrip tions. Get your friends interested. Enlist them in your behalf not only with the promise of their own sub scription, but the promise to get others for you. All communications in regard to the contest should be directed to Mr. Royal V. Bidez or Advertiser Contest Department. Rules Governing Contest. Rule (l) All collections made by contestants must be turned over to the Contest manager within one week or votes will not be allowed. Rule (2) Subscribers aie caution ed to demand a receipt for all mon ey given to contestant and tc re turn same to contest manager to be dated according to books, showing date of expiration. Rule (3) The Contest Managers signature must be affixed to votes Advertiser Con January EDGEFIELD, Good for 25 votes in pianc sent in within 10 days front NAME. ADDRESS SER'S TNG CON* OSGINS TODAY ) Piano Will be the First )ffered be Annouced Later Race and Win This Talu ne Ad. ?n Last Page b?fore same are cf any. value in contest. Rule (4) Ballots cannot be bought; Tte Contest will be ran*onVsquare and fair basis for all. Votes can only be obtained by securing sub; scriptions, either prepaid or ' rev nev/als, or by cutting the nomina tion coupon or freei yoting blank out of the paper. . Rule. 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Rule (12) Any question that may arise between the contestants will be decided by the contest manager and his decision will be final. Rule (13) Under no condition will the nominators name be divulg ed. The manager will be al ways ready to call and explain any thing regarding the contest. Rule (14) Contestants may hold their votes until they wish to cast them. Until they are cast your standing will not be published. Scale of Votes. New. 1 year 2,000 Votes. 2 " 5,000 " 3 " 8,000 u , 4 " 11,000 " 5 " 16,000 " Renewal and Collections. 1,000 Votes. ?5.00 " ' 4,000 5,500 tC ' 7500 We publish in this issue a list of persons who have already-been nominated. ; "' Each one of these nam?B are :;??-' titled to 1,000 votes. Winona Mathis-Collier, S. C. . Robbie Jones-Edgefield, R. ?\ a 2. Alma Williams-Cleora. Louise Lyon-Cold Spring. Fannie Joe Strom-Plum Branch. Martha Dorn-Parksville. Maggie Reel-Trenton, R. F. D. Bertie Horne Lena Stevens-Edgefield, R. F. D. 3. Inez Cooper-North Augusta, R. F. D. Eileen Ouzts-Modoc, R. F. D. M?y Roper-Plum Branch. Mary Emma Williums-Pleasant Lane Lucile Whatley-Modoc, R. F. D. Respectfully, American Music Co. Contest Man agers, By Royal V. Bidez, Resident Manager. test Department 25,1911 SOUTH CAROLINA > contest if filled out and issue