Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I Ute SanKmcr ' "* ' ^ %n^MX>W^8.^QAJtTBB' | ^ yxmnily Nexotpmptr: For(Ai Prvmatitm ?f AU Politioal, Sbmtmi, mmt i <al /pifw infi. j SbMI-WEEKLY bDITION. LANOASTKK. S. 0.. MAY 17. 1*99 ~ t&T^BLI? HHTT852 I'Hti LAST DAY Uh KKUN1UN, Lee Resolotions on McKinley's Speech Modified. '.Song of Veternng Have a Warm Time, Virginians Opposing R. JE. l^ee, Jr., as President? ..Louisville the Next Place. Special to Greenville News. Charleston, S. C., May 12.? The feature of the United Confederate Veterans convention to*day was the discussion of the resolutions regarding President Mc tLiniey s declaration that the time .had come when the Federal government should share in carinj* :for the graves of the Confederate * lead. A great volume of business was 'disposed of, some of it important and some merely routine, hut the incident of the day was the discussion of the resolutions. Thoy were originally offered by Gen. Stephen D. Lee, and the chairman, seeing trouble in the future, freferred them to a committee. In <the committee the Lee resolutions wore side tracked and others were - written, the latter being much milder in expressions of gratitude lto the nation. As presented to .the convention, thoy were as follows: -"Your committee to whom was xeferred the resolution introduced by Gen. S. D. Lee beg to report the following substitute, with the recommendation of the committee .that the same be adopted: "The United Confederate Veterans in this reunion assembled, -desire to place upon record theii sincere appreciation of the utterniues of the president of the Ilaited States in Atlanta in L>ex>eiiioer last concerning the as sumption of the care of the graves of our Coefederate dead by the .national government. "Yfe appreciate every kindly senaiment expressed and we shall welcome any legislation which shall result in the caro of the graves of our comrades in the .northern States by our governorient. "In regard to our dead whose remains are resting in the Statef which were represented in the <k>Bfoderacy and Maryland, the rare of their final resting places is j i ? * a sacei trust aoar to the heartt of southern women and wo believed that we can safely let it jthere remain." The Rev S. T. Martin, ol Virginia, at once took the tloor tc protest. Ho did so in a fiery manner, declaring that the adop tion of such resolutions was equivalent to an expression ol Jack of confidence in the Confederate women who had cared so lonp and so well for the Confederate - lead. Considerable disturbance fol lowed the speech. Scores of dele-gates demanded a tearing. Tlx /floor was finally accorded Mr. Itusbee, of North Carolina, Gen, S. D. Lee and General Cabell it the order named and each defendec the report of the committee. There was a chance for a long wrangle ensuing but the previous que&lior wan railroaded through and th< i/eeelutions were adopted. Dr. J. L. M. Curry made at -eloquent address defending th< /Heath and its history and appeal' "#g to the veterans and their som to keep the record straight. H< closed by (lecturing that the South was a law abiding section when it Becedod, had always been law abiding and could not now afford to trust the honor of its people to mob law. It was a distinct reference to lynching. The history report by Gen. S. I). Lee. Resolutions were adopted endorsing the government's work I in making linos on the battle grounds of the war. A tribute of respect was paid Col. W. C. Smith, of Tennessee, who was killed recently in the Philippines, and appropriate action was taken in regard to many incidental matters. Louisville was unanimously ' chosen as the next place for the 1 convention to meet. The slight disturbance over the 1 Lde resolutions among the voter ana was not a circumstance to the 1 actua' row in the convention of the Sons of Veterans It nil r>n.v?? about by tho South Carolina delegation nominating R. K. i^0, .lr., for commnndor-in-chief. This for some reason which did not appear, aroused violent opposition 1 in the Virginia delegation. A 1 number of excited speeches were 1 ninde, the Virginians demanding 1 the re-election of Robt. A. Smyth. 1 Mr. Smyth had already announced his intention to retire. He was elected anyway and declined. 1 Then tho trouble started over again, the Virginia and Georgia people nominating young Walter ) Colquitt, of Atlanta, while the ' South Carolina people continued to stick to Lee. The remarkable spectacle of men being hissed for advocating tho election of R. E. Lee, Jr., grandson of the great chieftain, to tho command of Sons 1 of Confederate Veterans was ' presented more than once. When a ballot was finally taken Colquitt 1 was elected, the Virginia delega1 tions supporting him. Il is stated by delegates that this opposition grew out of tho ' fact that young Lee lives in Washington and novcr joined a camp of 1 sons until after ho got here. 1 A reception was giuen the veterans at the auditorium tonight and a ball was given to the ! 1 sponsors at the Isle of Palms. 1 m 1 DISCOV KUKI) BY A W?? 31 A 3 1 Another great discovery has i been made, and that too, by a . lady in this country. "Disease fastened its clutches upon her and for seven years she withstood its severest tests, but her vital organs ^ wore undermined and death seeni> ed imminent. For three months - she coughed incessantly and . could not sleep. She finally discovered a way to recovery, by purchasing of us a Inittle of Dr. King's New Discovery for Con sumption, and was so much roj lievod on taking first dose, that , she slept all night; and with two bottles, has been absolutely cured, iier name is Mrs. Luther Lutz.' Thus writes W. C. Hamntck & - Co., of Shelby, N. C. Trial hots ties free at Crawford Hros' Drug Store. Regular size 50c and $1 .00. Every bottlo guaranteed. Death of W. Porcher Miles. > Wm. Porcher .Vlilea, scholar, 5 patriot and man, die<l at his home i at Burnside, Louisiana, Thursj day Mr. Miles was at different times a member of congress member of the secession convention and president of South Carolina college. I T? Car* OautlptllM For*T*r. Vaka Oaaoarat* Om?t Cathartic. Ma or *. 5 If 0L C. O. fall l* aara, mnMi rafaaS Maaty. i jop: wheeler on expansion. Introduces an Argument in His Speech at the Veteran's Reunion. The following is part of Gen. Joe Wheeler's speech before the United Confederate Veterans' reunion at Charleston on Thursday: General Wheeler touched upon I the question of expansion by de' during that southern statesmen had ever taken a prominent part ! in all movements looking to the ! enlargement of our territory. "History for all time," he .said, "will record that it was un! der southern presidents that wo have wrested from the wild Indians the greater part of the 822,I 388 unimrc milna l?w ?, ? "V " ?tween our thin lines of settlement on the ocean and the Mississippi river; and under southern presidents that wo have added to this domain an area nine times as great | as the present area of the original thirteen Stutes. "While the various negotiations \ O were being had, and our dominions 1 were being enlarged, adding to the glory of the country chiefly through the influence of the southern element, most bitter opposition was developed in other parts of the Union. "It is a matter of which tho southern people may well take pride that during all the great progress and advancement of our country, including the armed contest of last year, and which, I am glad t? say, now appears to bo happily ended, no section of our land has l>eon more devoted to the cause of our country and to upholding its honor and prestige than the people of the southern States. "Those upon whom rest the cares, duties and burdens of government have encountered no embarrassments or complaints or criticisms from Southern States. None of their bravo volunteer regiments have asked to be returned from lields of active duty, and when the re?piest has come fr>m governors of other commonwealths, volunteers from other States have promptly l>eggcd for tho honor of tilling their places in tho front of battle. "The position in which the American people tind themselves todav was not sought by them, but is the logical result of conditions thrust upon the country by a course of events beyond our control. If it be said they were foreseen and predicted, it must also be admitted that no power in J our grasp could have stayed the ! tide, and now we stand before the gaze of civilization confronted by grave responsibilities. The supreme test of American institutions is involved, and the American system of government is on trial. "It is said by some that while England, Holland, France and; I ..it timer nauoon may extend a protecting hand to peoples and lands separated from the home country, benefitihg both the protector and the protected, that we shall be ub terly unable to accomplish sueh a purpose. To admit this proposition is to admit that our system of government is lacking in the essential qualifications which every sovereign power should possess. In one year we have risen to the first place in tie family of nations; to make the smallI ? u M v tut retrograde step would be at the expense of the prestige we; have won. To return to the1/ soarting point of a year ago would ; he to lose what it would tuke a ofnturv to regain. In answer to j those who sny that the policy of t n our forefathers forbade the ex-iii tension of territory, I would point tl to Jefferson and the Louisiana purchase; Monroo and Florida; tl Polk and Texas, and the vast ter- F ritory acquired from Mexico, and t< later to Andrew Johnson anil the acquisition of Alaska. h 4'lf there beany who contend i that we should not permit the is- h land of Cuba to become a part of 1 the United States, and its people, C if they desire it, to enjoy all the;8 rights in American citizenship, I " have only to point to the official!*1 declarations of our great states- * men, commencing with Thomas Jefferson and running through al? v moat the entire period of the first e half of this century. During all A thai period our honored statesmen t and presidents from Jefferson to I Buchanan laid down in their messages and state documents the im? d perative necessity of making the : Pearl of the Antilles a part of the i . United States." In concluding his address Gen~ ^ eral Wheeler paid an eloquent tribute to the women of the South and the part they bore in the war and the dark years that followed. , Two Letters to Gen. Hampton, f 1 New? and Courier. t T The following letters which fell into the possession of a friend of 1 General Hampton will explain themselves: 1 Philadelphia, May 4. 1K00. ^ Hon. Wade Humpton, Columbia, S. C. y My Dear Wade: 1 see by the ^ newspapers that your house was - burned, and that it is thought y that a discharged servant set the ^ house on fire. I hope it was not ^ a Negro servant, and as you are ( one of the Negro haters of the South, the only thing I regret about it is that you found your cork log in time to get out of the burning house. The devil ought to have had you long ago. No Signature. The following letter from the department of tho interior was t l vr minion iiy niB i>egro messenger employed by Gen. Hampton whilst ho was railroad commis 4 sioner: Department of the Interior, Office of the Com'r of Railroads. Washington, May 4 18'JJ). Gen. Wade Hampton, Columbia, S. C.,?General: I cannot express my sorrow when I read the dispatch from Columbia giving | the account of the burning of your house. I have been thinking if it was possible that anyone could have been so moan as to burn your home. I can only extend to you and Miss Daisy my heartfelt sorrow in this hour of your great Bereavemont. Your obedient servant, Henry Braxton. Beaatr Blood Doop. Clean blood maana a oloan akin. No < wauty without it. Caacareta, Candy Cathartic clean your blood and keep it clean, by l during up th? laxy liver and driving all im i >uritiea from the body. Begin today to Mbiah pimplaa, boila, blotchea, blackheada, < and that aickly bilioua complexion by taking < Oaaearata,?beauty for ten ceota. All drug- 1 gifta. aatiafaction guaranteed. 10c. 38c. 80c. | f 13T" Have you forgotten to t ijhy your aubacription to Ledger t ! 'What awe# Neuralgia? JW.MIlea' tmlm Pllla. J Y AGU1NALDO WEAKEN isks for Passes for Peace I missioners. Manila, May 13.?The Phi os have resumed the attem] aduce the Americans to <lii he situation. Reyes a young lieutenant he staff of General Gregorio lilar, came to General La1 sday under a flag of truce. ?as accompanied by a bsrefo uglar. The two were escorted to \ \ by Captain Sewall, of Ger jawton's staff. Reyes told M Jeneral Otis that Agtiinaldo ired passes for a military < lioai'i.n * <- :i- 1 ii.^niwii IVI tUIUC 111 1Y1 llll I |H 111 er with the American com ioners. (General (_)ti? repliedtiat pi rould not be necessary as nni <1 commissioners could enter Lmerican lines. He would I he matter, ho said, in Ger jawton's hands. Lieuterant Reyes returnei ay to Bacolar. lONUMENT AT EDGE FIE Ie;ng Made at Alexandria, A Beautiful Shaft. The Baltimore Sun says: 4 Alexandria Marble works list been awarded the con or a Confederate soldier's m nent, to be erected at Edge > C., by the ladies of that the shaft will be Bar re gra 13 feet in height and will be nounted by a bronze figure Jonfederate soldier with bis n the position to 4resist cava [?ho stone work will be exe< t the quarry and the figure >o cast at one of the most r oundries in the United St rho front of the monument >ear the inscription: 4Erecte ho women of Edgefield, S. t he memory of their Confedi loud.' The work will be com >d and the monument unv sarly next autumn." DEAD AT THE TIIROIT engineer Bell, on F. C. Killed While on Duty. Stilwoll, Ga., May 13.? senger train No. 3 on the F1 Jentral and Peninsular rai ;ame in hero today with Eng dell dead at the throttle, nan Ed. Washington a few !rom this point noticed the i leer's head hanging out ol lib window. As the train, aden with passengers noared well, the engineer did not el iiis position. Then the tir inspected something wrong took hold of tho engineer, fell hack and tho fireman si was dead with a gaping w rm his head. The theory ii lie was struck by tho pipe water tank at a station ten iistant. UK FOOLKI) Til K MUUOKONS All doctors told Kenick Ii ton, of West Jefferson, O., suffering IS months from I Fistula, he would die unlc costly operation was perfoi but he cured himself with boxes of Bucklen's Arnica i the surest Pile cure on Rartt the best Salve in the World seats a box. Sold by Crai Bro's Druggist. S. A VOUTll IN WOMAN'S CLOTHING. Join-1 Young Forger in Greenville Ks? capes Detection for Months, ilipi- j Captured in Hole in Wall. pt to; >cuss I GreenvMle, May l!i?Silas Tolleson, v. young white man, was art on; rested at his father's home six del miles e.rst of 1'elzer, yesterday wton afternoon on the charge of forgery. Jin Hfl \vn?s niTPufo/l l.?r c:i ~ . vs | ify l/C|M4ty OUULoted iffs Gilreath and Whitmire on u warrant charging hitn with forglani ing the name of .1. 11. Stone to a leral note for $400 and to a mortgage [ajor on (50 acres of land. These de- "securities" were offered last fall :om- to the Chieora hank at Pelzer as con- collateral lor a loan of $150. mis- President Smyth of Pel/.er mills, offered $50 for his capture and isses the search has been carried on exirm tensively since December 2'id. the ^ deputies made their second visit to the Tolleson home yesterleral (*uy an(^ sea relied the house ; thoroughly. The mother of the 1 to- y?,,n? man was sick in the house ) at the time and the bed had to be ! pushed away to get at a suspicious ^ j looking hiding place a snug, ' * | convenient and complete nest in the wall. Tolleson was found in Y a I *' j this hole in the wall and he gave "1 up immediately. I Tolleson's hiding place was a 'The .. " * peculiar one. I he house was originally built of large logs and tract been weatherboarded outside onu and ceiled inside. Six feet of , 1 planks and a log had been sawed ?\ out from the inside. Hiding there nite, was ft convenient matter for Tolle 8Ur eon, ho having only to crawl una der the bed, roll into his nest and 1 tit the plank to its old position. It is supposed that he has heen at .uted jj0me aj| ^|)p wi,iie although the will house has heen searched several loted tjmeH js surmised by some a*?8" that Tolleson has worked on the farm under protection of women's ^ ky clothes. ' > to Furman university will gradu01 lit. (3 4 f <11 ate 22 voting men on June 14. plet j'p|ie uev (j a. Stakely will 01 ei J preach the baccalaureate sermon. Attorney General Bellinger will 1 make the alumni address, and LK. j president Ilart/.og will make the j literary address. Valiinble to Women. Especially valuable to women is Browni' r??n Bitters. Backache vanishes, headache -PttS- isanpears, strength takes the place of . weakness, and the glow of health readily orida nines to the pallid chock when litis won . | lerful remedy is taken. For sickly children I road | ?r overworked nten it has no equal. No home 4110111(1 he without this famous remedy. lDCOr Browns' I r.- I'ittorb ib sold hy all dealers. miles NOT HOTTLKD I P. engi f the South Carolina and Georgia Kxwell tension Co. in Good Shape. Stil-I tango Special to Greenville News, eman j Columbia, May lit ?An under; and , standing has been reached between ! the ofticers of the Southern and iw he|tj10 s C & Ga. extension comparound nyf whereby there is to bo an in* that j terchange of traftic, which will be a i advantageous to the latter commiles pHny. It was expected that the latter road would bo practically bottled up when the Southern took charge of the South Carolina, but this amil- agreement will give it every adafter vantage it ha<l under the old man, CeoUl aeetnent. >aa a Am Old idM. five Every day etrenfrthene the belief of eml>alve pkjiMui thai impure blood U lha I mom of the majority of oar dieeesee. k, ana Twenty-Ave yeare i|A thle theory wee nsod 05 M e haaia fee the formula of Browne' I row '* . Bttteee. The many remarkable euree iftmrt vford by thie ham eld haweahoM remedy am andeetteprove that the theory temnwh Brewna'lro* SIMM le eo44 h# all dial? M / ?> ' ? ? - T ' t