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PUBLISHED THREE a s j Ynvag Lad Tells of His Shipwreck and | Fierce Battle" for life RAGING WATERS r^retL. the Twelve Year Old Son of the .'Date Capt E. G. Miller, of the " Wrecked Schooner Converse, Teils of His Gallant Father's Death and ? Hi? mm The Augusta Chronicle says the body of Capt E. G. Miller, of Heph sribah, Ga*y-commander of the three imaated ' -echoqner . William W..- Cqn: | '? ?iyer8e.'*yhto3a\jffas;.i^ck^. in, the re-| cent hurricane, 30 miles below' -fetl Aagustme, Fla., has never been re- j covered.-/Shortly * after the. vessel vent tq pieces a body, drifted ashore, j 3tbet was thought to be that, of Cap:. Miller, but later the body was found .to be that of another victim of the j jroat storra.-.,., >, The late Capt. Miller was a prom inent citizen of Hephzlbah. His .shore-leaves were all spent at his home in Rochmond county. He was a prominent Mason and his fellow members ? of the order were active in the efforts to find .his body aftsr the wreck. But. ail" hope,.-is now aban <doned that.ibo^sea^l]]^.ever give! np the body of this ^rnen who had -.spent his life ^lh <.its service. On his" Uist trip-Gapiu Miller was accompani^dl.by hia. son; Fred Miller, 12 years oltl.. The boy had a terri ible exj>erience in..the storm *n which ?s father, the mate>nd a.. ;f earn an! lost their lives. 'Fred . Miller wasj brought- to his home in Hephzlbah last .Friday night a week .ago. His story,, of..bis experience is a thrilling Ttale of the sea. The.vessel ran into the hurricane| .off. Savannah early. Tuesday, morn; ,2ng last week. The Converse was i staunch schooner and Capt. Miller held. :to his coutsc believing, no <loubt, that this boat could weatkor j .It as ehe had weathered many be fore. He had a cargo of coal aboard and was bound for Cuba, The hur-j ricane increased., in fury and when iabout 30 jnlies below St. Augustine j the; veBseVwas/blowp uPCn the rocks] ?afcout a mile and a half. pfiV.hs Flor ida; coast.??, The, waves, w'er^. .roiling 1 xnount?in-higlj. and., tbe.. boat\begau f ?to ..break . up- almost"; .^immediately. ?Capt 3g[liler qrtgw?/all-hahdi|;tb don j life-preservers and take to the watet, as no boat" could! be launched" in auch a sba. <Captain Miller himself prepared his-son for the, terrible journey-and :after telling the boy to keep his e>">b on the shore' and not look behind j him. the captain saw ti^at he was, safely started upon his trip and then stood back until every one of his men had left. Then the captain %bandon ?d the doomed ship. iFred Miller suys he will remem ber "'that short, but awful journey until his dying day. The. boy is an ?excellent swimmer, but no man's strength could buffet those waves and live. It was every man for him self. The life-preserver kept the boy's head above water and then h-1 had all he could dr> to keep his breath from being literally pounded but' of him by the raging, roaring i seas. Though his father had ordereu him not to look behind him the boy could not resist the impulse to loo'/ back just once. He saw his fattier battling with the waves a short dis tance behind. Captain Miller wav*d his hand encouragingly to his sou and that was the last the boy ever saw of his father, for just then a monster wave came over and engulf ed them all. Fred Miller felt himself gotns <down, down, down. He no longer heard the sirean and roaring of thej storm, but in his ears was a deafen ing humming that no words can de scribe He felt as though he were enmeshed In some ginnt threshing machine that was ripping and tear ing him to pieces. ?He tried to hold his breath but he was under water so long, hours it seemed to him, that, he was forc er to swallow salt water until he feared he would burst. He gave up all hope of ever breathing again, but he kept kicking and struggling to escape the maelstrom that hat him In its deadly grip. At last the wave passed over ana eis body shot to the surface. His i life-preserver, even his jacket, had i>een torn from him. But the great wave robbed him of his father, and which had almost torn all the cloth ing from bis own body, had also, as if shamed by the havoc It had wrought, borno the boy much nearer the 6hore. ?Now his ability us a swimmer served him well, and in spile of his bruises he was able, by swimming and clinging to bits of wreckage, lo j keep himself afloat until rescued by the life-boat from a nearby station. This life-boat rescued all the men j In the water except the captain aud ' the mate, who could not be found, and one seaman whose brains wer; beaten out by a heavy timber just) as the rescurers were making toward him. Fred Miller is recovering from hi6*injuries at his home in Hephsi bah. The boy's body is a mass ol bruises and cuts, !>ut none of his Injuries will prove fatal, and he will be able to be about in a few days. * State Ho use l&s&z^rjvd ATTACK CALLED TO HIS DOOR AND KNOCRTD UNCONSCIOUS. The Object of the Attack Is Suppos ed to ? be Robbery and Nothing Else A dispatch from Gaffney says that place was ; agog. ? with excitement j Thursday night over a bold attempcj to rob and possibly murder Will J. Francis, superintendent of the public | schools of.,that, cityIt seems from what can be learned of the situation that Professor Francis, was. sitting 'n bis room at his home alone count-1 ing over a big roll of Confederate money. . 'The blinds in the room were turn ed, affording a clear view to any one ' who "-might be passing. It is evident that, some peroBn or persons were '.'outside'Ihe' window j and saw the money. They went to the back of the house and knocked on the door. ? . . , . 'Prof. Francis, with bis pistol in his hand, walked to^ the rear, and opened the door, stepping out on the steps. When he .did so some one hit him on the hea3'/knocking him to the ground. He was knocked unconscious and then an attempt was evidently made to cut him, as bis belt, and suspenders are cut in two places. He soon regained consciousness! and he heard the "party climbing ov-j er a back fence. He shot at. them three times and then arose, going | over to the residence of Mr. R. A. Jones, next door, and when the door was opened fell into the. house. He has now aimost recovered and is able to walk, although his head is badly lacerated and bruised. Officers were summoned from town and bloodhounds were secured and now a strenuous search is beiu{ ?made by the officers and a posse of | citizens. Mr. Francis is unable to j state whether there was more than one assailant or not. He cannot say what he was struck with. The blood hounds have caught the trail and the | miscreatns may be captured. THE BAGGAGE LAW. Railroad Commissioners Will En force It. The railroad commission w.llj strictly - nforce the law with refer- J ence to the loading aud unloading! of baggage at all towns of over 500 inhabitants. A circular calling at tention to the act passed by the gen eral assembly with referene to the loading of bi'ggage haB been sent to all of the roads of the State. The following Is the section re ferred to: "All railroad companies I shall provide such means or appli ances as may be necessary to secure the careful handling and prevent in jury to baggage. At all stations | where no proper appliances are sup plied the baggagemaster shall have such assistance from the train hands or others as may he necessary to handle the bagage without iujury to same. That all junctional points and towns of over 500 inhabitants, sufficient trucks be furnished to load and unload the haggage. CAUSED BOY'S DEATH. Hit With a Potato Over the Heart by His Father. Peculiar accident resulted in the death of two children near Winston Salem, N. C, on last Saturday. While gatehring his crop of Irish potatoes. J. W. Bennett threw one towards a basket, but the tuber struck his 1 yoar-old boy. standing nearby, just over the heart. The boy died before a physician could be summoned. The four-year-old daughter of J. H. Ever hart. a New Veruon farmer, was kill ed when her skull was crushed be tween the barn' and the hub of a wagon as her father was putting up his team. WOMAN'S ACT OF HEROISM. She May Die After Saving Her Mis-1 tress from a Fire. At Albany. Ga.. LUlle Preston, a negro woman, err ployed by Mrs. Lee Whidby, wife of a local merchant, is near death, after having saved her editress from death by lire late Sun-J day night. Mrs. Whldby's dress was ignited at an open grate and she ran into the yard of her home. The ne gro woman overpowered her, drag ged her to the bath room, and ex tinguished the flames. Mrs. Whidby is very seriously burned, but will re-' cover. The negro woman's hands were burned to a crisp and she is' badly burned elsewhere. Many Horses Killed. One hundred expensive draft hor ses were killed, a number- of work men had narrow escapes and con siderable property damage resulted when a large steam pipe burst in a barn at the Union Stock yards in Chicago Saturday. Negro Hanged For Murder. Sandersville. Ga., was crowed with negroes Friday when Charles Scott, colored, was hanged for the murder of Henry Harris, i negro. The sher iff refused to allow any of tin.- ne groes to see the execution. ? OKANGEBUKGr, FOULLY SLAIN. Negro Farm Hand Charged With Tdnrder mg a Florence Farmer I HIS COUNTRY HOME Four Loads from Shotgun Find Lodgment in Victim's Body.? Killing Occurs in Dead Man's Res idence where Slayer Evidently Lay in Waiting ftr His Return. 'A dispatch to.The News and Cour ier from Florence says to be foully .murdered .within ^he^ con lines of bis own home was the fate rff Mr. Elihu M. Moye, a well known and highly respected farmer and citizen of the .Ebedezer section, about ten o'clock Friday night, and Clarence Ham, .a ginger-cake colored negro, about 3 0 years old, is In jail, charged by the coroner's jury with being the man, who committed the heinous crime, and using Moye's own gun to kill his victim with. The news of the horrible deed [was telegraphed in to Florence at an early hour Saturday morning I to the sheriff, asking that he come at I once tbEbenezer und bring with him, Coroner ..Cooper. as Mr. Moye had been found dead on his piazza, sup posedly from the hands of a murder er. '....;'...." . \. I ?Sheriff Burch and Coroner Cooper hastily went to the scene, and the nev.s as telephoned in proved to be a' reality. The news spread througn out the Ebenezer section with ngnt ning-like rapidity, and it was only a short time before hundreds of people had gathered about the Moye home, with the hope of gaining some infor mation" as to how he met deatli in (such a foul and dastardly manner. I All the while from the time the news became known until the coroner s jjury had been empanelled, the entire neighborhood was wrought up and I there is no telling what might have happened had it been known at that time that Clarence Ham, the negro now in jail, had had anything to do with the taking of the life of Elihu Moye. The Sheriff had learned that Clar ence Ham had ibeen in the employ of Mr. Moye some weeks ago and had been discharged because be failed to 'work to suit his employer/ Last week, however, Mr. Moye agreed, to take Ham back and put him to work. Saturday morning Ham Was the only negro on the plantation who failed to show up, and Sheriff Burch, in order to see what there was in him, put him up before the juiy to testify and he stated that he had left the place late Friday and went to a wo man's house by the name of Ethel Wilds Friday night, where he stay ed. While he was testifying, Deputy Sheriff Harrell was sent to the Wilds woman's house to brln^r her also as a witness and while at the house Deputy Harrell thought he would search the premises. , He found in a bureau drawer a coat belonging to Mr. Moye and a pair of trousers. These he took along with him to the inquest, and it proved to be the right evidence ou which the murder could be laid at Mam's door, for it was the coat that Mr. Moye wore Fri.lay night, and the one he had just divested him self of a few moments before the killing took place, as was sworn to by Mr. Harold Cole, who had accom panied Mr. Moye to Timmonsville to a protracted meeting. Letters and other papers of Mr. Moye s were found In the pockets, going still fur ther to prove Mr. Cole's testimony, and tending to show that Ham is the criminal . Mr. Moye was married several years ago to Miss Minnie Harrell, who preceded him some eighteen months aco. He has since livid alone, excepting when his maiden sis fc?r visited him. He was a son of the late Wash Moye. of old Darlington, and is survived by one brother, Mr. Theodore A. Moye. and two idsteis, .Miss Mary Moye and Mrs. Sarah Miuin, all of Florence county, toKetn er with a large and wide circle of near relatives and hosts of friends. The horrible murder has been the talk of the town and county, for all the people knew Elihu Moye, and they were terribly shocked when the news was first handed out. Clarence Ham. the supposed slay er of Mr. Moye, is behind the b.-rs of the Florence County prison and stands charged In- the coroner's Jury as the shiver of Mr. Moye. Had It not have been that a petition was quickly circulated immediately after the inquest, calling upon Solicit.': W. H. Wells, by Mr. John McSween, of Timmonsville, asking the Govern or to order a special term of tne Criminal Court in the county to try Ham, and Lhe cooler heads >>f those ?present, there is no tellina: but what II n:'s body would now In- ...Infi in;: from a tr? ?? in t.'e; forest near Mr, Move's home. All Interested, hmvev.-r. agreed to a wail the Cour*'s verdict and Hani lives. ? Vine Hundred Cars I'urn. A lire iu the storage yards of the Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe Rail way at Topeka. .Kansas, destroyed uine hundred freight e'.irs, entailing a loss estimated at $S00.0.00. The company's h'z shops were s".ved oy ;i>o efforts of three thousand em ployes. * , 'S. C. TUESDAY. NOVE BREAKS THE RECORD FOR GROWING CORN ON ONE ACRE OF LAND BY BOYS. A Marlboro County Boy Produced Over Two Hundred and Twenty Eight Bushels on One Acre. The State says another world's re cord for corn production, has been broken in South Caroling. A 15 year-old boy residing in the Pee Dee aection of. the State i aus produced 228 bushels and three peckB of corn on one acre 6f land. Besides the mon ey that he will .receive train bis crop he Is to get $500 in prizes:and a trip to Washington. ' ' The unknown boy. for his nam?1 will not be announced for several days from the'"Washington office "of' the United States- farm demonstra tion work is a member of-one of the, boy's. corn cluhs:' and his' recdrd: is sw?rn to' by witnesses. The official announcement and the boys own sto ry of how he secured such a marvel ous yield-will be pjinted in The State within the next several days." ?' - ' rrhi unknown boy has broken all world's- records -for - production of corn by a boy and he- is -within 27 bushels of the great yield of 25 ?, bushels by Drake, the Marlboro county farmer. The boy is the son of a minister and the record-break ing yield was grown upon the par sonage land. His story of how he accomplished such an unusual feat is of exceptional human interest. The boy grew' the corn" under the direction of the United States farm demonstration work, of which Ira W. Williams is at the' head in this State. The largest yield last year was 152 1-2 bushels, which was secured by ?Bascombe Usher. ' He will send an excellent exhibit to the South At lantic States corn exposition,. whlcn is to be held in Columbia from De cember 5 to 8. ? . SWINDLING THE NEGROES. A White Rascal Arrested While At a Negro Church. A dispatch to the News and Cou rier says a white man was arrested Wednesday in a negro church about a mile below Cross Hill, explaiing to the negroes a great scheme of lending them money at 5 .per cent Interest. It seems that a man' was around some two or three months, ago and arranged everything with the ne groes, aud this man was to receive the commissions, and the money was to be let to the negroes later. He told the negroes <elj:- mO'zweOGo told the negroes a woman 'died 'n the North some time ago and left $50,000,000 to be loaned to the ne groes at 5 per cent interest, hut they were to pay as a matter of good faith so much money down before the money could be gotten, according to their rating, according to the property they had, some paying $13.25, $20, $30 and $50. He was just about ready to re ceive their money when Officer Lane and Policeman Koon arrested him. He ls^>.'.ng tried now before Mag istrale Culberson, at Cross Hill. lie was at a negro church Tuetday, and ?it is said took in a good deal of money from the negroes. The man had an appointment Thursday at a large negro church some Qve miles from Cross Hill, where he would doubtless hove gotten more money, as the negroes are "well to do." INFANTILE PARALYSIS PI 2ZLE; Efforts to Ascertain Cause and tre-j,i meat Futile. A dispatch from Providence, K. i., says since .lune 1. 205 esses of infan tile paralysis have been reported to the state board of Health. Of this number 23 have resulted fn death. Nine oi her suspected eases are be ing watched. Every effort to deter mine the cause, treatment and cure of the malady has proved practically futile. Not only have children beeu afllicted. but mauy adults have been victims and several have died. It was thought that adults were ira mume from the distease. * Civil War Shell Explode*. A bombshell which bad lain half buried since civil war days in tue yard of a negro. George Towns, of Dalton. Ga., within a short distance of tue old breastworks, exploded Friday when struck with a piece cd' iron in the hands of Town3' grand son. The child's mother was slight ly hurt and the clothing of two boys standing nearby caught lire. r -? ? ? Child Burned to Dvniti. While building a fire at her home at Whltesioue Springs early Satur day morning little Eva Hutchina, age 7, struck a match and part of it fell on her clothing. She was enveloped in flames and her father who can;? Lo her rescue was also badly burned. After i- hourG of suffering the llfle child died. Youthful Murderer. When Enrique Martine;:, 0 yeura old, disagreed as to the game in progress and become Involved in an; argument with two companions on i Satitrdvy, one of the latter seized *| siual'i-cs'llbre rifle and shot Martinez! through the heart. The oecurrencoi was at Le Ferla, a Mexican settle*.] meut n^ar Urrjwnsville, Texas. 1MBEB 1 1910. "HELLO, YANK!" Two Brothers Meet on the Battery in Charleston Very Recently AFTER FIFTY YEARS A Grand Army Man Was Gazing at Fort Snmter and Was Accosted by a Confederate Veteran and Recog nition Follows as the Old Soldiers Shake Hands.. To meet one's brother suddenly by the merest accident after a separr ation of fifty years is a thing that has. happened to very few people on earth, yet "that Is what befell CapL Robert- Graham, of. this,.city*..'not long ago says the'-Newa ana "Courier. Capt. Graham is a Well known citizen of Charleston, being manager of the American Brewing Company, of this city, add formerly clerk of Court. He was among the earliest to enter the Confederate service after Souia Carolina had seceded ? from the Un ion, and he served in the Washing ton Artillery with courage and fidel ity throughout the war. He was al so a prominent member of the South Carolina Jockey Club In the old horse racing days in this State. Tne story of the dramatic reunion of Capt. Graham and his brother, Sam uel, who served in the,Union army and who.-^'now a resident of Bay onne, N. J., is told as follows In the New York Telegram: >? ?) Parted nearly a haf-century, four years of which they spent on opposite sides of the blazing, shot torn battlefields of the civil war, two brothers have just been reunited by ?a chance meeting in a Southern city. One of them lived in Bayonne, N. J'., the other in Charleston, S. C, evsr since the early eighties, aud both have achieved success. Mr. Samuel Graham, who lives a; No. 42 East 42nd. street, Bayouna, is a grand Army man, with a most brilliant record of service in the Union army during the civil war. Naturally proud of the organization if which he is a member, he wears its button wherever he goes. On a recent visit to Charleston, S. C, the home of his childhood, he was standing on the Battery looking across the bay at Fort Sumter and musing on the stirring events which occurred there nearly half a century, ago. He was suddenly slapped on the shoulder, as a genial Southern voice'exclaimed: "Hello, there. Yank!" "Hello, there, Johnny Reb!" ans wered Mr. Graham, turning with a smile to greet the fine looking Con federate'Veteran who had Interrupt ed his musings. Both smiling, they extended their hands and exchanged a hearty greet ing Then, as eacn man was about to make some commonplace remark, the smile died on his face. Their looked at each other's face with a curious interest, which was not with out a touch of awe. Memories of days long past surged Into the minds of both, and trembling hands were raised as the simultaneous ejacula eous ejaculations sprang fr^ra their tion sprang from their lips: "Robert!" "Samuel!" "Brother!" Reunited after flftw years, the bro thers, who as boys had parted, one to fight for the'Confederacy, the oth er for the Union, fell into each oth er's arms. Mr. Graham, of Bayonne, was tak en forthwith to the old homestetd by his brother Robert, and In a re union with his relatives there, mark ed by all the warmth and affection which has made Southern hospltali-J ty famous, hp enjoyed a most mem-1 orable visit. With the firing of Fort Sumtei.l the brothers' relations were abrupt-, ly severed. Robert, the elder, th'.Ti only nineteen years old, enlisted in the ranks of the South under Gen. Beauregard and later fount through out the war with Gen. Wade Hamp ton. Samuel was only fifteen year" old at the .outbreak of hostilities but in the second year of the war he enlisted in the ?S4lb regiment o? New York Mr. Graham, of Bayonne, \i?s the distinction of being one of a dOfceU1 survivors of a party of two thq.uaadj who stormed a rebel battery at' the battle of Williamsburg. The party was almost annihilated by the ena my'b guns, a mere handful, of which he was one. escaping rolling d'?v.n the hilt torn by the dendly fire of the Southern artillery. At the close of the war the bro thers went their separate, ways and never met until the dramati: reun ion of a few days ago at Charleston. ?Robert, the elder brother became prominent as a breeder of throuorgh bred horses In Charleston anJ achiev ed considerable succpss as a dealer. Samuel learned the'printer's trade in New York and worked at differ ent times on most of the rlaily news papers of the metropolis, among tiiem the livening Teiesxura. H s w-is a reporter and proof-render o,i \.c old Express when Amos Cummings, one time Representative in Congr;s?, was in charge of that 'journal. Sub sequently Mr. Graham opened a printing establishment o: his own at No 'ifi Frankfort street. New York. He haa lived in Bayonne more WANT A MONK WHO IS CHARGED WITH SOME TERRIBLE CRIMES. Detectives Hunt in Three Countries, Closely Watching for the Missing Monk to Arrest Him. The Police of Germany, Austria, and Russia are searching for a fug itive Paulist monk, who is charged I with the robbery of precarious Btones valued ?t $3,000,000, and the mur der of his brother, a postman. The robbery took place a year ago at Czestochowa, Russian Poland. Toe church there contains an image of the Virgin and Child ascribed to St. Luke. The image once belonged to the .mothed of Constant!ne the Great, and "has been at-Czestochowa-since 1382. - ' ? ? - ? . Miraculous powers are ascribed to it^*and myriads of pilgrims have vis ited it during the past six centuries. Some 300,000 Popes go there each year. The image had been decorat ed -with precious-objects of vast worth, presented by PopeB, Emper ors and Kings. The Virgin's crown, given by Pope Clement in 1719, was valued at $50,000. ? A rope of pearls given by Queen Hedwig, of Poland, was worth hundreds of thousands jf pounds. There was a painful sensation throughout Poland when the news of the robbery of $3,000,000 worth of the treasure was made, known. The missing monk, who was attacn ed to a Czestochowa monastery, is said to have been last heard- of at Lodz. He is stated to have been liv ing rloutously with a woman at, War caw and other towns. The discovery of a body in the riv er Warta adds to the mystery. The man who . had evidently murdered, was found sewn up in-a sofa. He proved to be a postman, brother of the monk. The public prosecutor has meanwhile ascertained that the monastery authorities misled the po lice in their attempts to trace the authors both of the robbery and the postman's death. The monastery has now been officially sealed and ex haustive investigations ara taking place. Several monks are under ar rest. * MEETING WILL BE HELD. Revival Services at Fair Grounds on , . Thursday. That a great meeting will be heid in the fair grounds on Thursday night of the state fair was the an nouncement made Friday by the committee of ministers who for over three weeks have been conducting the revival services in Columbli. The first meetings were held by all the congregations simultaneously, each church securing its workers, and leaving to the other churches the matter of selecting preachers, etc. With the close of these meet ings Sunday, it was announced that meetings would be held in the state house. These meetings will be con tinued, but the mass meeting will be held at the fair grounds, and It 's proposed to secure a larger hall for the other services In Columbia dur ing the week. * WANTED TO HFAR TORPEDO. But It Resulted in the Death of a Farmer Nearby. Tbo Louisville and Nashville rail road agent at Elkmont, Ala., placed a target torpedo on the track Satur day afternoon," just to hear It ex plode." A passenger train, south bond, exploded the torpedo. T. W. Wells, well known farmer of De catur county, was waiting for tue train to go home when the torpedo struck him near the heart, killing him instantly. The agent who plac ed the torpedo on the track was n-?t Injured. ONE THOUSAND DROWNED. Chenkiang District of China Suffers from Floods. One thousand persons were drown ed at Chenkiang. China, early this month following a rise of the Han river, according to advices received Saturday. Large areas in the Chen kiang and the Menyang districts were submerged. Yokohama was in undated two weeks ago. Rain had j fallen continuously for 17 days and 3.000 houses .were uninhabitable. Embankments had gone out autf heavy losses were feared. than thirty years and has held near ly every office within the gift of that city. These Include terms as school trustee, ;ouncUm:ra, ;?olice commis sioner health commissioner and jus tice of the pence. He Is now em ployed in the signal department at '.police headquarters. Among the countless incidents r.hlcb made his Southern visit de lightful to him Mr. Graham says notliiug pleased hl'm more than a greeting he received from sev?*n beautiful young Southern women, who welcomed him with th;- cry. "There's our Uncle Sam!'" To hi? delighted surprise he found that they were ali ucices. j Mr. 0 rah am Is still in excellent health and does not appear to be I within a decade of the age of 00, j to which he rou fosses. He is one of the best known and most popu'a. residents of Dayonur ? WO CENTS PER COPY NOBLE WOMEN Committee Selects Inscriptions That WM Go On Their Monument WRITTEN BY GONZALES Editor of The State, Whose Wae Sfc? i leered as Being Most Worthy ?o< Be Placed on Memorial Commem orating Virtues and Deeds of Sac rifice of Women of Confederacy. The inscription to grace the monu ment to be erected to the women o? the Confederacy in Columbia war?. Saturday afternoon furnished to tfc? press. Capt.-William E. Gonzales, editor of the Columbia State, prepared the inscriptions that are to go on the? monument. The selection of Capt Gonzales's composition was made fol lowing a competitive examination oft a number of efforts submitted aa nonymously, FWy Inscriptions were submitted to fhs commission. The selection of the winning in scription was by a committee, the. members pf which took under'consid eration thirty of the compositio-??. submitted to the monument commis sion. The comm'ttee was: Miss Euphem ia McClintock, president of the Col lege for Women, of Columbia; Stan hope Sams, Litt, p.; the Rev. Dr. William McPheeters, of the Columbia Theological Seminary; Prof. Yatea, Snowden, of the University of Sooth* Carolina, and Col. ?. R. Brooks, clerk of the Supreme Court, who i* a writer of history. The committee reported, six com positions to the commission in tne order of merit and the commission, adopted the report. Capt. Gonzales, himself a member of the commis sion, absented himself from the meet- . ing, and the commission decided up on >,,?, compostlon as worthy to be> pla upon the monument, to tne women of the Confederacy. The four next succeeding compo sitions were, submitted, in- the ord*r reported by the committee, by Dr. George Armstrong Wauehope, headj of: the English department of the University of South Carolina; by Dx. E. S. Joynes,' professor emeritus at' modern languages at the University of South Carolina; by the Rev. A. M. Fr?ser, D. D., of Staunton, Va.. who last summer was invited to bo come president of Columbia Theolo gical Seminary,, and by. W.Banksi Dove, formerly superintedeat of city schools of Washington, N. C, and now assistant Secretary of State. Much thought was given to th? preparation of the compositions sub- ? mltted. It is said that Dr. Wauehope rewrote his inscriptions twenty-eight, times and Dr. Fraser corrected his. composition several times by mall after he had sent It in. The following are the inscriptions, to be placed on the monument: (South side.) . In this Monument generations unborn shall hear the voice of a grateful people ' testifying to the sublime devotion of the Women of South Carolina in their country's need. Their unconquerable spirit strengthened the thin lines of grey. Their tender care was solace to the. stricken. Reverence for God and unfaltering faith in a righteous Cause Inspired Heroism that withstood the immolation of sons and courage that yore the agony of. suspense and the shock of disaster The tragedy of the Confederacy may be forgotten, but the fruits of the noble service n? the Daughters of the South are our perpetual heritage. (North side.) When reverses followed victorlos when want displaced plenty when mourning for the flower of I Southern Manhood darkened countless homes j when Government tottered and chaos threatened the women were steadfast and una fraid. They were unchanged In their devo* tion, unshaken in their Patriotism unwearied in Ministrations uncomplaining in sac'i dees splendid in fortitude they strove while they wept in the rebuilding after the desoiatlon. their virtues stood as the supreme cita'jl with strong towers of Faith ana Hope, around which civilization rallied and triumphed ??Following Us the formal inscrip tion prepared by the commission: To The South Carolina Women of the Confederacy. 1SC1-G5. Reared By the men of their state. The Legislature's pnrt will be con veyed in a line, "Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina." legible on a scroll being held up to the woman by a. bronze Cupid.