Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TO THE WOMEN Of the Southern Confederacy-A Monument To Be Erected to Their Memory. These noble women and their ,daughters have dotted our fair south land with the monuments they 'have raised to Confederate valor, every cemetery where the heroes sleep is beautified by their tender care; every page of our history is made sacred by devotion with which they consecrated their loyalty; but hardly a single vis ible mark stan 's today to show that their country appreciated them. They did not storm the embatled heights, but the; made it possible for the Con federate to win his wreath of glory. Until such a memorial of our love and of our admiration arises, well may :hese noble women doubt the sin cerity of the southern mans apprecia ation. Until it is raised, every monu ment that the women have erected, while representing their devotion to their heroes, stands also as an undy ing reproach to the men of the south for their neglect to do honor to those who are entitled to equal or greater honor than the Confederate soldiers themselves. "I say it in all sorrow, I say it feel ing, that I must bear my share of the blame-that to the eternal shame of ien of the Soutk, no general, permanent memorial has yet been erected to proclaim to the world our admiration and esteem for :he noblest creation of Almighty God, the women of the Southern Confederacy." An Inscription. A suggested inscription for the me morial to the women of the Southern Confederacy to be erected under the auspices of the United Sons of Con federate veterans: To Worv of the Southern Con federacy whose loving ministrations nursed the wounded to health, and soothed the last hours of the dying; whose unselfish labors supplied the wans of their defenders in the field; whose unwavering faith in our cause, shown ever a guiding star, through the perils and disasters of wars, whose sublime fortitude sustained them un der every privation and all suffering; whose floral offerings are yearly laid upon the graves of those whom they still honor and love; and whose pa triotism will teadh their children to er'ate the deeds of their Confeder ate si-es, but who with a modesty, excelled only by their worth have ever discouraged this tribute to their noble virtues. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted at the Louisville 1905 convention, United Confederate Veterans: Whereas, at our Reunion of 1904, our federation turned over tCo the Sons, thre sacred duty of raising funds for the memorial to the Women of the Confederacy; and Whereas, in so doing we never re linquish ot.r deep thought and abiding love for the cause, or our intention to aid and assist it by every means in our power; and Whereas, we have clearly shown this, by our appointment of a commit tee to~ co-operate and by the work, which this committee and many other 'etormns in all parts of :he South, have done during the past year: and \\eeas it will ever be our most ear"est desire to see this tribute paid to ou:r glorious WVomen and we are mnost anxious to further co-operate with and give substantial aid to our Sons in the performance of this sa CredJ duty; Therefore. be it resolved: 1st. That each Camp of tihe United Confederate Veterans, immediately after the adjournment of this con vention and the return home of its delegates shall appoint a committee to actively canvass its respective comn munity 'to raise funds for this Memo rial to the Women of the Confeder ac, o which noble, worthy and just coec 0f this federation has repeat t d>: and solemnly pledged itself and :scomrades. 2rCd. That in case any Camp does r -. :ake action within one month by gv .:intin g this committee. it shall :her become the duty of its Coin ra-der to make appointment of such .mittee. : no action is then taken by the Ccmmander any member of the Camp :h s so enthused with that high ase of duty to this holy cause, and caires to honor our Godlike Women, is trged to personally take charge of th -atter, ecure the endorsement of his local camp or its officers and make such collections as he can from his community. 3rd. That all funds collected under Resolutions one and two. shall be de posited in some :home bank-at in terest-to the credit of the Chairman of the United Confederate Veterans Committee of Co-operation. (Gen'l C. Irvine Walker. Charleston, S. C.) and that he shall be promptly advised of such deposit. 4th. That the above resolutions are not intended to be obligatory upon such camps as have already taker similiar action or have already con tributed to this fund $50-or more. 5th. That each camp is urged tc endeavor to raise from its community. as its quota, at the very least, the sum of $50. 6th. That all camps shall com plete this work by January 1st., igo6, and on hat date make a report of the res-lts achieved, to the Ohairman of our Committee of Co-operation. (Gen'l C. Irvine Walker. Charleston S. C.) The Large Party Was There. Boston Herald. Not long before his death Thomas B. Reed visited some friends at their summer residence at Watch Hill, R. I. Late in the afternoon he was driven up to Wesrerly to take the 7 o'clock train for Boston. It was a warm evening. the 1horses lagged, and he missed the train, the last Boston bound train stopping at Westerly that night. As Mr. Reed had an important en gagement in Boston early the next day he seemed worried until he lear that there was a Boston express wihich passed Westerly at 9 o'clock. Then he smiled. Going to the telegraph office he di rected a telegram to the superintend ert of the road in Boston, and sent the following message: "Will you stop the 9 o'clock express at Westerly tonight for a large party for Boston? The answer came: "Yes. Will stop train." Mr. Reed read the message, and smiled. When tihe train pulled in Mr. Reed quietly started to board it, when the conductor said: 'Where is that large party we were to stop for?" "I am the large party," replied Mr. Reed, and he boarded the train. Another Poit Of View. Florence Kelly, the secretary of the National Consumer's league, )has at heart tne welfare of factory workers, and in her study of factory conditions has made many odd friends, and heard many whimsical remarks, says the Minneapolis Journal. "VWe often ask," she said the other day. "why women dress-whether it is to please the men, or to please tih'e women. There seem to be only these two motives for fine dressing, but this morning a third motive was pointed out to me. "Two girls st:ood at a cop-winding machine in a spinning mill, talking about clothes. " 'The new white dress of your's said the first girl, 'will never please the men.' "The other. tossing her ih-ead. re* plied: " 'H'm! I don't dress to please the men, but to worry other women.'" Where The Bullet Struck. Speaking of the tribulations of th< cross-examiner, according to the New York Times. Henry Willimon cites this experience: In the progress of a murder tria: near Kansas City, he wished to learr from a witness just where the bullel struck the victim. "Right here in this town," repliet the witness. "Yes, I know; but where did th< bullet hit him?" "Near Sixth and Wyoming streets.' "You don't understand me. Wher< did the bullet enter?" "It came in the window." "But in what part of tihe body dit it lodge?" "It never hit his body." "W\ell, it certainly hit him some where-he is dead." "Hit him in the head," said the wit ness. No man with a torpid live:: can b, a successful optimist. It sometimes happens '-hat a ma: lies when he smiles and says noth SENATOR TILLMAN. "Is A Man of Pronounced Individual ity of Character"-Comments of Washington Post. Mr. Benjamin R. Tillman. senator in congress from the state pf South Carolina, is a man of pronounced in dividuality of dharacter and a forceful personality. In speech he is frank and picturesque rather than eloquent. In action he is :ndependent. aggress ive. audacious. He is not a great reasoner, but he is a man of ability. He is not a polished scholar, but his acquired knowledge is extensive. Here is the latest manifesto ascribed to him: "My policy has been to get everything for the south when I saw the chance. and I tried to get it right or wrong. honestly or dishonestly. be cause those people up there have been stealing from us long enough." If that be the spirit of the "New SouTh," the sooner it gives place to the spirit of the "Old South" the better. We can not imagine Calhoun or Hayne, Lowndes or Hammond, saying a thing like that. We know they would have contemplated it with horror, and rejected it with scorn, had some pub lic man of South Carolina advanced it in that elder and, mayhap, better day of the republic. Contrast it with the proud and noble utterancees of Ham mond, in the senate of the Thirty sixth congress. when Seward, with coarse exultation, reminded the sen ate that the scepter had departed out of the south forever, and how mean, how groveling, how immoral, how !wicked it sounds! Besides, it is bad policy. If the Federal government is a game of grab and graft, the north will always beat t'h'e south in the play ing of it. In such a contest the stronger section will ever get more than its proportionate share and the weaker less than its proportionate share. True, there is a vicious axiom advising the upright to fight che dev il with fire; but the answer to it is conclusive-tihe devil has more fire than you, understands how to throw it better than you, and, therefore, you would better fight him with another weapon-a blameless life, for instance. That will beat him and all his fire, every time. If Senator Tillman's poli cy, as he calls it, gets to be universal, what sort of a spectacle will our country present to the rest of the world? We would become a nation of grafters, and after a while .honor able poverty would advance in the scale of reprobation--cease to be a misfortune and become a crime. Sen ator Tillman may call this cant, and there are thousands who will agree with him. But history will vindicate those who plead for faith in the dis diharge of political as well as com mercial obligations, and he who is false in one of these will not long be true to the other. Was Unable To Get The Letter Back. ILouisville Courier-Journal. Miss Carey Thomas, the president of Bryn Mawr college. talked at a luncheon aboutc the ingenuousness of dhildren. "A frined of mine." she said, "once showed me a letter that her little son had written her from Andover. The letter ran like this: " Dear Mother, T am well and I hope you are well. Will you please send me two dollars? I know the last did not last long, but it is all spentc now, and I need two dollars badly. I hope you are wvell. I am well. Please do not forget, twvo dol lars.' "Then tih-ere was this postscript: " 'I was so ashamed to ask for money so soon after the last you sent that I sent after the postman tco get this letter back, but it was too late; he had gone.' Newberry Gollego SEMYI-CENTENIAL YEAR. Courses in Science, Classics, Philosophy, and Engtnearing. -Thorough Col[egiate Training under positive Chrisiisn in fiu ences at a minimurn of of expense. Next Session begins Sept. 27. Address -JAMES A. B3. SCH ERER, Presirlent. The Woodl of TolcumI The majority o1 cause of their ch We consider powders the bes1 given. Lazell's Violet Colgate's Viole Men nen's Talci Lazell's Talcun Bear in mind and Extracts Be name are reliabli Lazell's Violet ir a glass jar, ounces of delica Talcum cannot b At the price La Talcum is unequ The Right D The Mattres ./ ABOUT THA T NE What? Haven't you d tress yet? Well, you h4 This store makes a spe< tresses. an item of hous< consider of the greatest get any kind of Mattress NOTI September Ist wewiIl rr Granite Front Store on M until we move we are g up-to-date Furniture chk been sold in Newberry. This is "The B SheIIeu& Sare Full Owders them sold be 3apness. the following at the prices Talcum 25c. t .Talcum 25c. am 25c. I Oc. that Powders aring Lazeil's Talcum put up containing six tely perfumed e excelled. zell's ten cent alled. 'rug Store. N MA TTRESS!I icided about that Mat a.d betterghurry up. :iai business of Mat 3.furnishing that we mportance. You can here and at any price. CE! iove to R. C. Williams' ain street. From now oing to sell new and raper than iit has ever Give us a trial. uck's Store." Suinieir