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PUBLISHED THBEE /A s STORY YoBBf Lad Mis of Bis Shipwreck and * - " ^erte B?ttif for tilfe ' ~ AID RAGING WATERS; FredV .the Tirolve Year Old Son of ?he Late Capt. E. G. Miller, of the \ Wrecked Schooner Converse, Tells of His Gallant Father's Death and The Augusta Chronicle says the fcody of Capt. E. G. Miller, of Heph ?sibah, G&v,? -commander of the three anaal^?-achoaner . William W.,C6n " 'i^sBO^^^h^^^yneck^. In-; the re" cent hurricane, 30 miles below"'St'. Augustine, Fla., has never been re covered. ;7Shortly after the. vessel west to pieces a body, drifted ashore, .that was thought to be that of Cap:. Miller,'but later the body was found ,to be that of another victim of the sreat sjftcift..,...?. . ... C 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 af.^r the wreck. Bu^. ^U.hppi.is now aban ?doned that-ihoV,?ea^ jji))^ever give up the body pf this 'rnan who had ?spent his lite 'in <,its service. On his" last-tiip/rCa|t. Miller was accompanied.by. his. son; Fred Miller, 12 years' old'. The boy had a terri ble experience in. the" storm 'n which iis father, the mate "and a...?eaman Jost their lives, "Fred. Miller was brought'to his, home in Hephzibah last Friday night a week ago. ; His storylof his experience is a thrilling Ttale bC the aea. The. vessel ran Into the hurricane .?off Savannah early. Tuesday, morn; ;ing last week. The Converse was i staunch schooner and Capt. Miller held :to his course, believing, no -doubt., that this boat could weather It as ehe had weathered many be t?re. He had a cargo of coal aboard ?and was bound for Cuba, The hur ricane increased, in fury and when about 3 0 ..miles below "St. Augustine the vessel .was blowp upon the rocks ?sfbout a mile and a half. .onV.be, Flor ida; coast ;i The, waxes f were...{roifing Wunt?in-hight ^ui.jtb.e,. co^r'begau to ..break .up.'*"'almost.'.Immediately.' <Japt^ Hiiler ordered alVh?a?s to don life^pr&ervers and take to the watei, as no- boat- could' be launched-in -such a sea. Captain Miller himself prepared ?s-eon for the.terrible journey and after telling the boy to keep his e>"?s on the shore and not look behind lim the captain saw tb,at he was safely started .upon his trip and thin stood back until every one of his insu bad left. . Then the captain abandon ed the doomed ship. . Fred Miller says he will remem ?ber'that short but awful journsy until his dying day. The boy is au ?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 b'* had all he could do to keep his breath from being literally pounded out of him by the raging, roaring seas. Though his father had ordereu him not to look behind him the boy ?could not resist the loipuise to loo* back Just once. He saw his fattier battling with the waves a short dis tance behind. Captain Miller wavvd bis hand encouragingly to his 6ou 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 going down, down, down. He no longer heard the sireau and roaring of the storm, but in his ears was a deafen ing bumming that no words can de scribe He felt as though he were ?enmeshed in some glint 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 ha I him In Its deadly grip. At last the wave passed over ana bis body shot to the surface. His life-preserver, even his jacket, had been torn from him. But the great wave robbed him of his father, and which had almost torn all the cloth ing from his own body, had also, as if shamed by the h.-.voc it had wrought, borne the boy mueh nearer the shore. Now bis ability as a swimmer served him well, and in spite cd' his bruises he was able, by awimining and clinging to bits of wreckage. Lo "keep himself afloat until rescued dv the life-boat from a neurby station. This life-boat rescued all the men; In the water except the captain and i the mate, who could not be found, and one seaman whose brains were beaten out by a heavy timber just as the rescurers wore making toward j him. Fred Miller is recovering from) hit;'injuries at his home in Hephzi- i bah. The boy's body is a mass oi | bruises and cuts, but none of hi; \ Injuries will prove fatal, and he will be able to be about in a few days. * ( mm "e u] oute * ATTACK m [CALLED TO HIS DOOR AND KNOCRTD UNCONSCIOUS. I The Object of the Attack is Suppos ed to be Robbery- and Nothing] Else. A dispatch from Gaifney 3ays thatj place was agog-. ? vai'h ? excitement j Thursday night over n bold attempc to rob and Roeslbly murder Will J. Francis, superintendent of the public J schools of that. cityv It seems from what can be learned of the situation that Professor Francis was; sitting 'n his room at his home alone count 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 perosn or persons were ^.outside "the window and saw the money.. They went to the back of the house and knocked on the ] door. > ... . Prof. Francis, with his pistol inj 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 headV knocking him to the ground. He was knocked unconscious and then an attempt was evidently made to cut him, as his belt, and suspenders are cut in two places. ,He soon regained consciousness and he heard the party climbing ov er a back fence. H? 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 airnost 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 beiiit made by the officers and a posse of| citizens. Mr. Francis Is unable to | 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 tue; miscreatns may be captured. THE BAGGAGE LAW. Railroad Commissioners Will En-| force It. The railroad commission w 11 strictly nforce the law with refer-! ence to the loading and unloading] of baggage at all towns of over 500 inhabitants. A circular calling at- J jtention to the act prssed by the gen jeral assembly with referene to the I loading of bi'ggage has been sent] to all of the roads of the State. The following Is the section re-j ferred to: "AH railroad companies shall provide such means or appli ances as may be necessary to secure the careful handling and prevent in jury to baggage. At all station? where no proper appliances are sup plied the baggagem aster shall have | such assistance from the train hands or others as may be necessary to b?ndle the bagage without injury to same. That all j'^nctional points and towns of over 500 inhabitants, sufficient trucks be furnished to load and unload the baggage. CAUSED BOY'S DEATH. Hit With a Potato Over the Heart r ?. by His Father. Peculiar accident resulted in the death of two children near Winston Salein, 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 year-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 I hart, a New Vernon fanner, was kill-1 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 tress from a Fire. At Albany, Ga.. Lillie Preston, a j negro woman, employed by Mrs. Lee Whidby, wife of a local merchant, is near death, after having saved her Lmietresii from death by tire late Suu Iday night. Mrs. Whidby's dress was [ignited at an open grate aud she ran into the yard of her home. The ue jgro woman overpowered her, drag ged her to the bath room, and ex tinguished the llames. Mrs. Whidby is very seriously burned, but will re cover. The negro woman's hands were burned to n crisp and she is badly burned elsewhere. Many Horses Killed. One hundred expensive draft hor ses were killed, a number- of work m'-u 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 banged for the murder of Henry Harris, a negro. The sher iff refused to allow any of the ne groes to see the execution. ? OKANGKEBUBGr, FOULLY SLAIN. Negro Farm Hand Charged With border ing a Florence Farmer IN HIS COUNTRY HONE Four Loads from Shotgun Find Lodgment in Victim's Body.? Killing Occurs in Dead Man's Res idence where Slayer Evidently Lay in Waiting Ibr His Return. 'A dispatch to The News and Cour ier from Florence says to be foully .murdered within the^ connnes of his own home was the fate of Mr. Elihu M. Moye, a well known and highly respected farmer and citizen of the Bbe?ezer section, about ten o'clock Friday night, and Clarence Ham,.a ginger-cake colored negro, about 30 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 to the sheriff, asking that he come at once to Ebenezer and bring with him Coroner Cooper, aB W?: Moye had been found dead on his piazza, sup posedly from -the hands of a murder er, "v- ' . . . ?Sheriff Burch and Coroner Cooper hastily went to the scene, aud the nev.s.as telephoned in proved to be a' reality. The news spread througn out the Ebenezer sectiovn with ngnt ning-like rapidity, and it was only a short rime before hundreds of people had gathered about the Move home, with the hope of gaining some infor mation as to how lie met de^th in such a foul and dastardly manner. All the while from the time the news became known until the coroner's jury had been empanelled, the entire neighborhood was wrought up aud 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 Hani had ibeen in the employ of Mr. Moye some weeks ago and had been discharged because he failed to work to Stilt his employer/ Laat 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. Whiie he was testifying, Deputy Sheriff Harrell was sent to the Wilds i woman's house to bring her also as a witness and while at the house! Deputy Harrell thought he would search the premises. , i 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 on which the murder could be laid at j Ham's door, for it was the coat that Mr. Moye wore Friday 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'B 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 apo. He has since livjd alone, excepting when his maiden sis tor visited him. He was a son of the liite Wash Moye. of old Darlington, and is survived by one brother. Mr. Theodore A. Moye, and two sisteis, .Miss Mary Move aud Mrs. Sarah Mil nil, all of Florence county, togeth er with a large and wide circle of near relatives and hosts oT friends. The horrible murder has been the talk of the town nnd county, for all the people knew Elihu Moye, and they were terribly shocked when the news was first handed out. Clarence Itnm, the supposed slay er of ?Mr. Moye, is behind the b.'.rs of the Florence County prison und stands charged by the coroner'e jury as the slayer of Mr. Moye. Had It not have been that a petition was quickly circulated Immediately after the inquest, calling upon Solicits W. H. Wells, by Mr. John VIcSween, of Timmonsville. asking the Govern or to order a special term of tue Criminal Court in the county to try Ham, and the cooler beads "f those present. Lhere is no telling but what H ??n:'s body would now be twlng in:: from a In e in tlei forest near Mr. Move's home. All interested, however, agreed to await the Court's verdict and flam lives. ? N'ine Hundred <';ijn I'urn. A lire iu the storage yards of the Atebison. Topeka & ^anta re Ra;l way at Topeka. .Kansas, destroyed nine hundred frri.'hl e.rs, entailing a loss estimated a; SSOO.OflO. The company's big shops were sr.ved oy tbo efforts of three thousand em ployes. " 's. cl, tuesday, novi BREAKS THE RECORD FOB 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-'So'uth Carolin^. A 15 year-old boy residing In the Pee Dee section of - the State aus produced 228 bushels and three Pv'cks of corn on one acre of- land. Besides: the mon ey that he will receive fioinhis crop he Is to get $500 in prizesr.and a trip to Washington. * The unknown boy, for his name will not be announced for several 'days'from the' 'Washington office "of' the United States farm ,demofastra-: tlon work Js a member of jone of the, ?boy's j corn?'? club's?'' and his! record; Is swbrn to' by witnesses. The official announcement and the boy's own sto ry of how he secured such a marvel ous yield'will be printed in The State within the next several days."" ? fThe unknown boy has broken all world's-' Tecords -for - production of corn by a boy and he is within 27 bushels of the great yield of'255-, 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 intarest. The boy grew' the com" 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 iRascombe Usher. He will wend 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, and this man was to receive the commissions, and the money was to be let to the negroes later. He told the negroeB ell:- 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, but 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 I 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 is being tried now before Mag istrate Culberson, at Cross Hill, ile was at a negro church Tuesday, 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 five miles from Cross Hill, where he woultl doubtless hove got.teu more money, I as the negroes are "well to do." INFANTILE PARALYSIS PI 2ZLE. Efforts to Ascertain (.'ause and Treat ment Futile. A dispatch from 1'rovidence. R. 1., says since June 1. 205 c.\ses of Infan tile paralysis have been reported to' the state board of Health. Of this number 23 nave, resulted In death. Nine other suspected f'ascs are De-! Ing watched. Every effort to del er j mine the cause, treatment and cure of the malady has proved practically futile. Not only have children been afllicted. but many adults have been victims and several have died. It was thought that adults were im mume from the distcase. * Civil War Shell Explodes. A bombshell which had iaia half burled since civil war days in tue yard of a iie^ro, George Towns, of Dalton. Ga., within a short distance of tue old breastworks, exploded Friday when struck with a piece of iron in the hands of Towns' grand son. The child's mother was slight ly hurt and the clothing of two boys standing nearby caught lire. r Child Burned to Death. While building a fire at her home at Whltestoue Springs early Satur day morning little Eva Hutch ins; age 7. struck a match and part of it fell on her clothing. She was enveloped in flames :?ud her father who came lo ner rescue was also b.-.dly burned; After ' L' tiours of suffering tJi?- llt'le child died. Youthful Wurderer. When Enrique Martine;:. 0 year.; old, disagreed a? to the game in progress and become Involved in an arguiin n; with two run:;,,unions on Saturday, oho of the la;.;< ;? .;ei/.e?l ? sniall-Ci'libre i-i*1*? and shot Martinez through the heart. The occurrence was at Le For!a. a Mexican sett le rn eut near Brownsville, Texas :mbeb i i9io. "HELLO, YANK!" i 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 aiiConfederate Veteran and Recog nition Follows as the Old Soldiers Shake Hands.. To meet one's brother suddenly by tbe merest accident after a separ ation of fifty years is a thing that has, happened to very few people on earth, yet "that is what befell Capt; Robert- Graham, of. this..city, not long ago says the News and-'Courier. Capt. Graham is a well known citizen of Charleston, being-manager of the American Brewing Company, of this city, and formerly clerk of Court. He was among the" earliest to enter the Confederate service after Souu "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. The story of the dramatic reunion of Capt. Graham and his brother, Sam uel; who served in the.Union army and whe^r^aow a resident of Bay onne, N. J., is told ?s 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, ev-ir since the early eighties, aud both have achieved success. ?Mr. Samuel Graham, who lives a; No. 42 East 42nd. street, Bayoun*. 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, Johhny 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 somo 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 par.t surged into the minds of both, and trembling hands were raised as the simultaneous ejacnla cous ejaculations sprang fr->rn 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 fortbwitli to the old homestead 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 hospital! ty famous, he enjoyed a most mem orable visit. With the firing of Fort Sumte:, the brothers' relations were abrupt ly severed. Robert, the elder, then only nineteen years old, enlisted in the ranks of the South under Gen. Beauregard and later fouht 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 84th regiment o? New York Mr. Graham, of Bayonne, h.*fl the distinction of being one of g doi&en survivors of a party of two thpu?ad who stormed a rebel battery ai'ibc battle of Williamsburg. The party was almost annihilated by the ene my's guns, a mere handful, of which he was one, escaping rolling d'?v.n the hill torn by the deadly fire of the Southern artillery. At the close of the war tbe bro thers went thru- separate ways and never met until the dramatl: reun I ion of a few days ago at Oiitrlcston. 'Robert, the older brother became prominent as a breeder of Ihroiiorgh bred horses In Charleston and ach lev jed considerable success as a dealer. Samuel learned the printer's trade in New York and worked at differ ent times on most of the daily news papers of the metropolis, among tiicm the livening Teiesxara. II ? was a reporter and proof-render on 'l;e old Express when Amos Cummings, one time Representative in Cougrvs?. j was in charge of thai journal. Sub sequently Mr. Graham o;'"t!"d a [printing establishment of his own at No 2G Frankfort street, New York. Ho hua lived In Bayonne more 1 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 with the robbery of precarious stones valued at $3,000,000, and the mur der of his brother, a postman. The robbery took place a year ago at Czestochowa, Russian Poland. The church there contains an image of the Virgin and Child ascribed to St. Luke. The image once belonged to the mothed of Constantino the Great, and has been at Czestochowa since 1382. ' ? ? - Miraculous powers are ascribed to Itv'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 Popes, 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 of 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 atlacn ed to a Czestochowa monastery, is said to have been last heard- of at Lodz. He is stated to have been liv ing rioutously 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 are 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 ?n T?uraday 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 Columbia. 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 HEAR TORPEDO. But It Resulted in the Death of n Farmer Nearby. The 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 the 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. Chenkinng District of China Suffers from Floods. One thousand persons were drown ed at Cheukiang. China, early this month following a rise of the Han river, according to advices received Saturday. Largo areas in the Cheu kiang and the Menyang districts were submerged. Yokohama was In undated two weeks ago. Rain had i fallen continuously for 17 days and (3.000 houses .were uninhabitable. ! Embankments had gone out am/ j 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, 30uncllmnn, police commis sioner health commissioner and jus tice of the peace. He ie now em ployed in the signal department at '.police headquarters. Among the countless incidents which made his Southern visit de lightful to him Mr. Graham says not lung 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 his delighted surprise be found that they were all tioices. Mr. Graham is still in excellent j health and does not appear to 'o ! within n decade of the age of GO. j to which he confesses. He is one I of the best known and most popu'a. residents of Bayouur * ??:--rt' TWO CENTS PER COPY I NOBLE WOMEN Committee Selects Inscnptiios That W?U Go On Their Monument. WRITTEN BY GONZALES Editor of The State, Whose Wae Se? i lected as Being Mom 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 of the Confederacy in Columbia wars. Saturday afternoon furnished to tlje press. Capt.- William E. Gonzales, editor of the Columbia State, prepared tho inscriptions that are to go on the? monument. The selection of Capt. Gonzales's composition was. made fol lowing a competitive examination of a number of efforts submitted an nonymously. Fifty Inscriptions wer?' submitted to the Commission. The selection of the winning in scription was by a committee, the. members pf which took under'consid eration thirty of the composition submitted to the monument commis sion. The committee 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. U. R. Brooks, clerk of the Supreme Court, who is a writer of history. The committee reported six comr positions to the commission in the order of merit and the commission, adopted the report. Capt. Gonzales, himself a member of the commis jsion, absented himself from the meei I ing, and the commission decided up on his compostlon as worthy to b?> placed upon the monument, to tne women of the Confederacy. The four next succeeding compo sitions were submitted, in the ord?r reported by the commit! ee, by Dr. George Armstrong -Wauehope, beadj o* the English department of the University'of South Carolina; by Dr. E. S. Joynes, professor emeritus at' modern languages at the University of South Carolina; by the Rev. Al M. Fr?ser, D. D., of Staunton, Va.. who last summer was invited to he come president of Columbia Theolo gical Seminary, and by. W.Bankst Dove, formerly superintedeat of city schools of Washington, N. C, and now assistant Secretary of State. Much thought was given to tho preparation of the compositions sub- ? mitted. It is said that Dr. Wauehope rewrote his inscriptions twenty-eignc. times and Dr. Fraser corrected his. composition several times by mall after he had sent It In. The following are the inscription* to be placed on the monument: (South side.) In this Monument generations unborn shall hear the voice of a grateful people " testifying to the sublimq 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 ma7 be forgotten, but the fruits of the noble service ot tho Daughters of the South are our perpetual heritage. (North side.) When reverses followed victories when want displaced plenty when mourning for the flower of Southern Manhood darkened countless homes 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 saciflces splendid In fortlfude. they strode while they wept in the rebuilding after the desoiatioc. their virtues stood as the supreme cifa * .-l with strong towers of Faith ami Hog>?. around which civilization rallied and triumphed Following i? the formal Inscrip tion prepared by the commission: To The South Carolina Women of the Confederacy. 1 Stl 1-65. Rearer* By the men of lielr state. Tho Legislature s part 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.