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Wit** the Boxs [Recited by Miss Irene Strothei Regiment nt tbe Reur Git my old knapsack, Mary, And my uniform of gray, Git my battered helmet, Mary, For I'll need 'em ail to-day; Git my canteen and my leggin*, Keach me down my f usty gun, For I'm goin' out paradin' With the boys of 'Ol. . Never mind them blood-stains, Mary, Never mind that raggod hole; lt was left there by a bullet That was seekiu' for my soul, But jist brush off them cobwebs, Mary, And git the bonny flag o' blue, For I'm goin' out paradin' With the boys of '62. Now I'm ready, M Kiss your old sw BruBh aside them Lord, I didn't tl I ain't a-goin' fort Cheer up, Mary; For I'm goin' out With the boys o THirty-First R of Ol The Old Soldiers of tl Meet Once More J& Commands Min The survivors of Orr's Regiment, Confederate States Army, met in their thirty-first annual reunion at Walhalla on Tuesday and Wednes day, August 16th and 17th. This was the second time in the history o? the association that the reunion has been held at Walhalla. In July, 1875, the survivors-250 strong met here. It is said that reunion was attended by the largest number of survivors of any that has been held. Addresses were made by Col. W. C. Keith, Gen. Samuel McGowan, .Judge J. S. Cothran and Capt. John B. Moore. It was a great day, and the speeches by their distinguished comrades in arms stirred the old soldiers and left a lasting impression bn all wbo heard them. Of the speakers on that occasion, only Capt. John Ii. Moore is living. Ile resides in California. The reunion last week was attended by 76 of the survivors of this famous command, and quite a number of the survivors of the Second South Caro lina Rifles, which was an off-shoot of Orr's Rilles, also by a large number of survivors of oilier regiments. The soldiers began arriving Tuos lay afternoon, several coming on the freight train and others on the pas senger train. They were met at the depot and assigned to the homes of the citizens of the town and at the Walhalla Hotel as guests. A Social Gathering. Tuesday evening at >*.'M) o'clock thc soldiers met at the Court House for a s icial gathering and hearing music on the violins by T. A. Y. J ay nes, of Texas, and Samuel K. Dendy, of Walhalla, who were mem bers of Company b\ and on this oc casion played many of the tunes they used to play in camp forty years ago. The meeting was at tended by many of the citizens of ? rho town who were delighted to meet the survivors and welcome them to our midst. Short and stir ring addresses were made by Col. R. A. Thompson, Major S. I*. Dendy and Gen. R. R. Hemphill. Alto gether it was a lively meeting, and made a good start for the exercises of the following day. On Wednesday morning the sur vivors residing in Ocoiiee conn v began arriving at an early hour. Tje town was also tilled with visitors who spent the day until late in thu afternoon attending the exercises and showing the survivors every courtesy and attention. At 1<? o'clock a line of march was formed in front of tho Walhalla Hotel and the procession moved up .Main street to the Court House. < >n arriving in the shady grove on the north side of the Court House, the survivors were arranged in a group, and their pic tures taken by G. W. liat?n, lt is said that a splendid picture was ob tained, and it will be highly prized by all who have a place in it, and by many others. Association Called to Order. The association promptly assem bled in the Court Room, and was called to order by President R. R. Hemphill. The room was fillet1 to of the Sixties. r before tbo Survivor? of Orr's liou held last week.] Thees old clothe? don't lit roe, Mary, Like they did wheu 1 was young, Don't you remember how utatly To my manly form they clung? Never mind that sleeve that's empty, Lot it dangle loose and free, For I'm goiu' out paradin' With the bo>s of '08. Pull my sword bolt tighter, Mary, And fix the strap beneath my chin; I've grown old and threadbare, Mary, Like my uniform, and thin, Hut I reckon I'll pass muBter, As I did in days of yore, For I'm goin' out paradin' With the boys of '04. ary; kiss me; reotheart good-bye ; wayward tear-drops; link you'd cry, h to battle : Bakes alive, paradin' f '?5. eunion .r's Regiment. his Famous Regiment Veterans of Other gie with Them. its utmost caj acity by interested spectators, who sat for three hours, and gave close attention to tho pro ceedings. The exercises were opened with an impressive prayer by Kev. E. S. Jones, pastor of the Walhalla Metho dist church. Address of welcome was delivered by Col. H. T. Jaynes. Address of Welcome. In extending the welcome of the town to the old soldiers, Col. R. T .layues spoke substantially as follows Mr. President and Survivors of Orr's Regiment, Confederate States Anny : We feel honored by your presence to-day. Language is lame, words halting, in giving expression to the emotions of the heart as we look into your faces, and recall that you are tho small remnant of that superb regiment that went into action forty-three years ago as the very tlowcr of Lee's army. You and your comrades knew full well it was no holiday affair, no mero dress parade, when you enlisted as volunteers for the defence of the South on thc tented field for the maintenance of your rights as you honestly conceived and clearly snw them. No mercenaries were you, bearing arms for a stipend ; in? sub jects obeying unwillingly the com mand of a czar; no soldiers of for tune, seeking wealth or adventure; no invaders of foreign soil, for you fought but to keep that which already was your own. You were thought ful, intelligent freemen, responding promptly, gladly, to your country's call to arms. You were among tiie first of the thousands of patriots who responded for thc defence of your homes, for the protection of your property, for the preservation of your rigots. And how well you made good that response, let four long years of bloody warfare ; let ?57 hard-fought battles, from Manassas to Appomattox, in which you took part ; let 1,125 casualties in battle ; let thc long, long list of your officers and men, killed and wounded, answer. What a record ! Was there ever more loyal devotion to duty? As we looked upon your broken column ami thinned ranks this morn ing, upon that old Hag, so battle scarred, tattered and torn-now for ever furled-but once, thc pr. md ensign which you followed for four years, even though it lead right into the jaws of death, where, amid the sounds of shrieking shells, mingled with the groans of your fallen com rades, you faltered not; as we looked upon that "Conquered Banner" we KIDNEY DISEASES are thc most fatal of all dis eases. EH! CV'O K,DNEY CUBE ill lULLB O Guaranteed Remedy or money refunded. Contains remedies recognized by emi nent physicians as the best lot Kidney and Bladder troubles. PRICE 50c and $1.00. -ff* J.W.Bell.Walhalla. Hardw? We aro reci Building Materi? the trade for oui line will convine pose to ^ive this Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Mantels, Locks, Hinges, Nails, Paints and Oils. HAY PRESSES, M ATI queried, Was it all lost? Was it all in vain ? Was there no gain, no recompense for all that costly sacri fice of blood and treasure? But it was only for a moment that we waited for au answer. Yes, there was gain, great gain ; for then and there was wrought out for all time the rich treasure of the Confederate character by ''The help in gray with a heart of gold." As a lit representative of this character stood Gen. Lee at Appo mattox, in April, 1865, illustrating in his calm and lofty bearing tho noble adage which he afterwards An nounced, that "the virtue of humanity ought always to equal its trials." An eye-witness of that trying ordeal, the late beloved Gen. Gordon, in his "Last Days of the Confederacy," speaks of him as "Self-poised and modest, bearing on his great heart a mountain load of woe, with the light of an unclouded conscience upon his majestic brow, with an innate dignity and nobility of spirit, rarely equaled and never excelled, the central figure of the Confederate cause rose in this hour of supremest trial, in the esti mation at least ol those who followed him, to the highest place of thc morally sublime." And no less heroic was the bear ing of the foot-sore, heavy-hearted Confederate soldier, who, unlike the Northern soldier, marched home in defeat, not in victory, but in glory unexcelled, and to hearts as loving as ever welcomed heroes home. Hav ing fought to the last ditch, dread ing death not half so much as dis honor, even in the hour of defeat de manding that his colors bo guarded with a soldier's honor, he surrenders his gun, bids bis comrades adieu, takes a last look with tear-stained eye upon the graves that dot the old Virginia hills, pulls his faded gray cap over his eyes, folds in his bosom that parole which is to bear testi mony to posterity to his fidelity, and begins his journey home. And such a home-coming ! What does he find ? Is it that home that he left so pros perous and beautiful ? Ah, no ! Ruin and devastation await him on every hand. Never was disaster more appalling, more complete. Broken in fortune, but not in spirit, he begins the work of restoration, with tho same undaunted courage that was his in the camp, on the inarch, on thc field. "Peace hath her victories No loss renowned than war." And history records no more in spiring lesson than is afforded by the men and the women of the South taking up the task of building the New South upon the ruins of the old. We hear a great deal of prattle these days about the New South, and the wonderful things it has done, is doing, and going to do. My coun trymen of the generation that has conte on since the war, lot the truth be sounded forth loud and clear, and let it go ringing down the ages, the South of to-day is the New South as it was made possible by the men and the women of the Confederacy. Heroes of tho Confederacy, no, your labors were not in vain. In a high are and B eiving daily big lots il Line for our fall 1 % two stores. Our 3 you that we do bi advantage to our c Wagon and Bu G-uns, Bicycles, Bioycle Suppli Buggies, Table and Poe] Barb Wire, Smooth Wire, Wire Netting, MOWERS, RAKE' HESON H WESTMINSTER, ? aud noble sense your cause was not lost. To you tb? young men of the South must continue to look for the inspiration of a noble cause, for lofty fidelity to duty, for that broad patri otism on which must rest the perpe tuity of American institutions. We must learn the lesson of your lives, of your sacrifice, of your devotion to duty, and in so far as we fail to catch its true moaning, must wo fail in tho discharge of our duty. And, paradoxical as it may seem, the same spirit which inspired you in the former days, inspires you and your sons to-day with a like high degree of devotion to the preserva tion of the honor and integrity of these re-united States. It is now "One flag, ono land, one heart, oue hand, One nation evermore." And we can rejoice that it is so, for in and through it all, we read more clearly the first words ever Hashed along an electric wire in America : "What hath God wrought?" While we make answer from the depth I of our hearts in the words of the Divine message first Hashed by the electric cable from hemisphere to hemisphere, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace, good will toward men." By none can this prayer be more fervently offered to-day than by the old soldiers, whe ther they wore the blue or the gray. It is now not so much a matter of importance whether this or that vic tory was won by the North or the South, for a victory, as Gen. Gordon truly says, by either side, was a monument to American valor. The soldiers of the North and the South have long since clasped hands across the bloody chasm, each recognizing in the other, a foeman worthy of bis steel. The conflict was inevitable, and, after years of futile discussion, the question was appealed from the forum of debate to that of force. You have the satisfaction of know ing that you did your best to pre serve the boundary lines set by the fathers and founders of our govern ment. This was the cause for which you fought, and a glorious cause it was. Bat your ranks are rapidly thin ning. The great majority of your comrades answer roll-call on the other side of the river. A few more reunions, a few more seasons, a few more years shall roll, and you, too, will answer by tbei side. Your years have been graciously length? ened to see this day. You have come down to us from the former genera* Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy thc sense of smell and completely derange tho whole system when entering it through thu mucous surfaces. Such articles should never ho used oxeept on proscrip tions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to thu good you can possibly dorivo from thom. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Chonoy ?fe Co., Toledo, O., con tions no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon tho blood and mu cous surfaces of tho system. 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But we welcome you for the cause for which you gave four of the best years of your lives, the cause for which you even dared to die, the cause for which heroes could do no more. Col. James L. Orr. Col. James L. Orr, of Greenville, eldest sou of Col. James L. Orr, who organized the regiment, was intro duced by President Hemphill. It has been bis habit to meet with this association every year and deliver an annual address. He did so this time and spoke for thirty-five minutes in a most feeling, inspiring and inter esting manner. He began by re calling bis recollections of the oamj) life at Sandy Springs in the fall of 18()1, when the regiment was organ ized by bis father, and w out into camp of instruction. Ile was a pet of tho regiment and made much of by the soldiers during their stay at I Sandy Springs. Several interesting incidents were related. He referred in a feeling manner to the strong at tachment felt by his father for the members of the regiment, and how he regretted parting from them upon Iiis election to tho Confederate States Senate before the regiment went to tho front. It was one ol the hardest trials of bis life when he was called upon to deeide between re maining with the regiment througji out the four years and taking a dif ferent course by accepting the seat to which ho had been elected in the Senate. It was a hard and delicate matter to decide, and be over fol lowed tho history of his regiment with Ute keenest personal interest. The speaker then passed in re view the causes bringing about tho war, and discussed in a masterful manner the underlying principles of j the long controversy which Culmi nated in t..e appeal to arms by the Southern States. Among other things ho emphasized the fact that slavery was not tho cause of the war, and the emancipation of the slaves was only an incident, being a war mea sure. The proclamation by Presi dent Lincoln to this effect was made for the purpose of crippling the South by the destruction of its property and tho exhaustion of its resources. The primal cause of the war was tho eon Dieting views held by tho North and the South as to the rights-tiie primary and inherent rights-of the several StateB reserved at tho time of the formation of thc Federal Con stitution. The South was a Demo cratic people, believing in a repre sentative government, and espoused the doctrine of which Thomas Jeffer Laterial ie Hardware and rig lots to supply in the Hardware es and we pro d Shingle Mill Supplies, lopper and Pipe, md Ranges, and Buggy Material, and Wagon Harness. S and BOILERS. son was the great exponent. The North inclined to a strong central ized federal government, and had for its chief expounder Alexander Hamilton. The conflict was irre- i pres?ible and resulted in the appeal to arms. It was a terrible war, and resulted in defeat for the Confede rate States, followed by the abolition of slavery and the destruction of the property of the South which reduced its people to a condition of dire want and destitution unknown in the annals of civilized warfare. He could forgive the soldiers who fought in the war on the score that "to the victor belongs the spoils," but the Southern people could not forget nor forgive the politicians of the Repub lican party during the years of re construction for the humiliation and degradation inflicted upon the South because of hatred. The spoils of war were bad enough, but the hu miliation of a brave people for tho Bake of revenge could not be justi fied or excused on any reasonable ground. But after ten years the spirit of the South rc-aBserted itself an?! thc government was redeemed from thc hands of corrupt and pol luted politicians. Thc South again began to command the respect which a brave people deserved, and wrought out for itself a victory in peace more glorious than any ever won in war. Sucoess and prosperity are at last thc portion of thc Southern people. It is sometimes said that the won derful development'of tho Southern States for thc last few years is due to the coming in of foreign capital, but the South had to win success along agricultural, commercial and indus trial lines before capital from abroad could bc induced to come. So that Bucccss which is ours to-day is due to our own efforts. It was achieved by thc men and women of the Confed eracy. To their faithfulness and he roic efforts, not only during the war, biit also during the weary years suc ceeding, is due the present prosperity of thc South; And this prosperity is founded on thc natural ad vantage and resources of the South, which cannot bc taken away or duplicated by any other country. 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