Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ICHOND-CH X FOR Hit~~o~ii PRESENT OFFIERs WERE RE ELEOTED BY A0OLAMATION. Grand fall in the Beninlg-decinez mended to' States to Pension Fihfux. plaves who Fonow dd MiAter to the War. N OrliAns, La., April 26.-The formal business of the sixteenth an nual reunion of the United Confeder ate Veterans came to a close this af ternoon. One day of the reunion proper is left and that will be- devot ed to the parade of the veterans. Richmond, Virgilila, was selected as the place for holding the next re union, the choice being made by accla mation. The only competitor of Richmond was Bitminghan, Alabama, but the sentiment in favor of Rich mond was so strong that the advo cates of Birmingham did not allow the matter to come. to a vote and with drew in favor of Richmond before a roll-call, was ordered. The fact that the monument of Jefferson Davis is to be unveiled in 1ichmond next year was a potent infigence with many of the old soldiers. The present officers of the* organiza tioig were reelected by acclamation, there being no nomination made against any of them. Following the adoption of the re pbrt of the committee on credelitials, the veterans of Arkansas presented a written address to Gen. - Cabell ' and passed over to Gen. S. D. Lee the gold medal intended for Gen. W. L. Cabell. Gen. Lee added to the address of the veterans a few eloquent words of his own and then pinned the medal upon the breast of Gen. Cabell, the latter struggling with his emotions was about to reply, when a beautiful young -lady, Miss Alice W. Park, of Texas, presented him with a huge bunch of roses which completed his discomfiture. He closed his speech of thanks with the assertion that lie would not accept for his share in the Civil War ''a lump of gold as large as Texas with a diamond in it as large as Arkansas." Abpdoned His Report. The report of the Confederate Me morial association upon the battle ab bey was presented. It, was declared in effect that the situation had not changed since the last reunion. Be cause of the great confusion in the hall Chaplain Gene'ral Jones, Who had undertakei, to read the report was compelled to abandoi his task; and the report, after being adopted, was ordered printed. Gen. Clement A. Evans, of Georgia, presented the report of the histo'rical comdiittee and taking warning by the fate of Chaplain General Jones, said that lhe would not- attempt to read the * report, but would file it with- the offi cers of the reunion, and lie asked that his action be approved and his report accepted. His wish was adopted b)y the convention. Gen. Evans prefaced his report * proper by a few words relative to the material prosp)erity of the nation at large and the south iri partcular.. He then said: - ''The rep)utationl of the people of --the south is so dear to themiselves that E. they insist upon01 a fair 'portrafiture in history. The true story of the people who formed the Confederacy and fought its battles is of more value to S -the future citizens of the South tpan all the property lost in that struggle. ''It is truly gratifying to ourselves as Confederate soldiers that the great interests dependent on aceci'ate 'hiis * tory and pure literature have not been neglected during the geliei'al commer cial advance. This fair field is more pleasing to contemplate b)eause it' is * becoming cleared of such. noxious weeds anid thorns as unpatriotic sup pressionIs, sectional expressions, un generous treatment of inlltoirssuee generouts, treatment of illustriou's men a nsi othey stimulants of hatred. In the main the wvriters of .all litei'ature which sp)ecially concerns the events --of Confeederate times have become more sincere, les# p)artizan, more nia tionial. The 'increase of books relat ing to tihe South has been remarkable and in the .generAil tone of , tihe new issue there is a decided abandonment of the former1 sectional rancor and >unfair treatmnent. One Great Principle. ''The, one great principle, however, which must be sacredly regarded by all wvriters Is that the essenitial truths of United States history are the right ful commifon property of 'all the peo *pie of our country -. The artful sup pression of important historical truths' Miffumst be construed as an intentional prontion of false impr)lessions. It is 'a criminal hiding of a piece of the - common p)rop)erty and therefore this M--body of Confederate soldiers has un iformly and earnestly insisted' on Cullness, fairness and facts in tAe his. Ltoyof r eiho e4 a Dlnphasis tho liift keie of , those 10hool bo4s whjok.. treat -Southern juestions in 4Jie soAiinal spirit" bid ve are still in eajrnest' in. driving ally muh books out of the schgols. Why liould Nirthe 1os nP4 'rn )oys be laukht any iown untruth as a part o( thoir costry'O h.ilory. Why'Ashould iot ' tlidd , t&kglit' to respect each other and thus lay a !oundati4n in the s6hdols for the sab ;qu,ent elation Wvich vill come in ianhood? Why should "therb be ed i6atiou in. prejudice rather than .J4 >a0iiotismi?. The following -resolutiond were pre ;ented by the committee on resolu ions and adopted: "That ny cpmp which has failed 1o pay its per capita tax for five ears may have its ,harO s1spenied ifter due notice has been given. .''That all camps be urged to use wery effort to raise funds for the nonument to Confederate women. ''That the action'of the grand camp )f Confederate veterans in the depart nent of Virginia in attempting to ?reserve the earthworks in-and a :ound Petersburg bd endorsed." The reunion, viewed from a bust iess standpoint, was uieventful. The :hief new measures of 7rportance to )e. adopted were one which will re ,ommn.d to the differem States fiat )ensions be paid to slaves now liv .ng; who followed their iastes to I he var and one which declares in favor )f the setting apart of one day iin :he year by each camp of the organi ration for memorial services in 'be ialf of the Confederate dead. The day closed with a great ball n honor of the visiting veterans, vhich was held tonight in the audito ,ium. The parade' tomorrow is ex )eeted to be the feature of the reun on. The colunn is to start at 11 >'clock from the corner of Canal and St. Charles streets,. pass along St. Aharles street to Lee circle, three :ourths of a mile distant, around the -irele and back on Camp street to ianal, where it Ivill be reviewed by 4en. Lee, making a total march of one imd a half miles. A number of bril iant features have been arranged for ;he parade, of which the massing of >ver 1,000 children at Lee circle, in ;uch -a manner as to form a Confed wate flag, will be one of the most ;triking. It is believed that, includ ng the veterans and all other organi ,ations in line, there will be about 10,000 men in the parade. Afternoon Session. The afternoon session was brief, usiness being pushed through with ;he utmost dispatch. The committee m resolutions presented a suppleTpen ;al report, declaring in fav6r of a re ,ommendation to the -several South wn States that pensions be paid by Iach State to slaves who followed heir masters to the wvar. Sonmc years ago a resolution was )assed at a reunion declaring in favor fa provisin for the presen tation of medals to the man who ihowed the greatest courage in any mattle in which thme Confederate troops were engaged. The resolution has been neleetsd heretofore, but today twas resurrected and it was decided that it shall be pult into effect at once. It was also provided in the resolu ion p>assed this afternoon that if the soldier entitled to the medal is'deemd ad his heirs cannot'>e located, the medal shall be presented to thme Bat the Abbey, to be erected later at Rich rnond. The' next business was the election f officers for the ensuing year, and dil the present 'officers were reelect xd by acclamation. Geni. S. D. Lee, the commander-in mhief ; Gen:. W. L. Cabell, the, comn mander of the Trans-Mississipp'i de partment, and Gen. Walker, -comn nander of the department of North arn Virginia, made brief speeches of thanks for the honor bestowed upon them. Letters 1:egretting Inability to be present wore,recived from Mrs. Jef ferson Davis, Mrs. T. JT. Jackson, Mrs. Ge1o. E. Pickett, Gen. S. B, Buckner, Gecn. Marcus .J. Wright and Gen:. Basil W. Duke, Mrs. John HI. Reagan, wife of the last surviving member of the: cabinet of President Davis, was p)resented .to the convention and heartily cheered. The convention then formally ad journed' to meet in Richmond, Va., in 1007. The. Giand 'Bali. The grand ball given tonight .In honor of the veterans of the Confed erate army was a most brilliant af fair. Tfhe weather was too warm fdr much dancing for any excepting,the younger generation and after thd ball had been formally opened' they were left in full possessio.n of thme floor. The grand march was led by Gen. S. D. Lee and Mrs. Braxton; and afte'r its feonclusion a quadrille en titled !T Souther was doecedby ~.JThba oe of th'eot "b0 liant po'blic affe 6f the iad see' s ti, eftygi m0ny yovs and wes attended, by, fully-5,00e pope, Thd following were the officers ele cted, today at thQ .convention of J Comnnder.-n-ie Dr. Thomas m na r Arm o Tennessee, R. E. L. Bynum; Army of Northern Virginia, G. R. Wyman of Ldulsfil6; Tins-Rississippi, J.- M. Tilsdale of G'eenville, Texas. ARTIFIOAL EYES. The First Ones *ade Wete Worn Outside the Socket. - carly as 500-B. C. artificial eyes were made by the priests of Rome and Eygpt, who practiced as Physicians and surgeons. Thei' methods of eye making are thus deqeribed: On a strip of flesh tinted lien, two and a quarter by one and a quarter inches, the flat side of a piece of earthenware, model ed life size painted to represent the human eye and eyelids, was cemented. This linen, coated on the other side with some . adhesive substance, Was placed over the eyehole and press ed down. In brief, the artificial eye was worn outside the sueket and, though a clumsy substitute, was prob ably appreciated by the Romans and Egyptians. III the ruins of. Pompeii, destroyed in 79 A.'D., an eye of this description was discovered. Not until sixteenth century do we hear of eyes at all like those of to day-that is worn inside the socket. A French surgeon, one Ambroise Pare, invented three artificial eyes. One bonsisted of an oval plate covered soft leather, on which an eye was painted. It was attached to the head by a strong steel band. It could have been neither sightly nor comfortable. The second device and the first known in history to be worn inside the socket, sonsisted of hollow globe of gold deft ly enameled. The tlird eye devised by this ingenious gen tleman was a shell pattern eye, much like that in use today, except that it was of gold and enamel. Pare's inventions were followed by eyes of painted porcelains and color ed pearl white, which became very popular. They were succeeded by eyes of glass, which soon took the place of all others and com,mand popular fa vor to this dag. Glass eyes were invented about the year 1579 dhd were crule productions of inferior workmanship, the iris and pupil being hand painted in a far from lifelike nianner. Shakespeare mentions glass eyes in I'King Lear," where the king adviseA the blinded traitor Gloucester -to "get thee glass eyes and seem to see." MRS. JOHNSON MISSING. She -is About Twenty-five -Years Old --Went Off in Night Time-Hus band Distressed. Spartanburg, April 26.--Mrs. T. W. ,Johnson, aged 25 years, is missing from her home and her husbanid is ..reatly dist ressed because of the mys terious disappearance of his wife. Mr. Johinson lives near Mot low's Creek Clhuirch, several iniles from Campobel 1o. On Monday morning he -visited Campobello in search o,f the missing woman, though as yet lhe has received no information concerning her whore abouts. While at Camnpobello on Monday lie told several p)arties the circumstances of the disappearanice of Mrs. Johnson, all of which are most remarkable. HIe says that he and Mrs. Johnson retired at the usual hour Sunday night and shortly after retiring they were disturbed by the barking of a dog (d acting as though someone was about the p)remlises. Mr. Johnson says that lie got out of b)ed and made an investigation, but could find no one. He returnecd to his bed and soon fell asleep and dreamed a most (dis tress'ing drieam. When lie -awolte he called to his wife to r'elate the ter rible dream lie had just had, but to his ttter astonishmnentimd sutrprise lie found that Mrs. Johnson was gone. HIe ma-de a careful search of the house for heri, but without success. She had disappeared comp)eotely. Thin k ing, perhaps, that his wife had gone tou the house of a neighbor for some cause, though for what reason she left hiomie in the night lie did not know, lhe called at the homes of sev eral neighb)ors and told thiem of the disappearance of his wife, related the circumstances of the barking of the dog and the dreadful dream, ,buit no trace of the missing woman was found. Mr. Johnson is very much distress ed over the affair and wishes as much publicity as possible given to the disappearance of Mfrs. Johinsoni. Re is o thp qpiouoithat Als 1te h$s eloped..with 413I4er: m*ais ahiliti possible that she. can e 1oested at sone of the ,otton mills in Spartan, burg or Greenville. couty. He 'describes his wife. as being about 20 years of age, flye feet three inehes tall, weighs abo.t 130 punds, She0 has browil hair, blue eyes a4d Cair complexion. H is a poor man aud if, atiy, one qan give him infor mation as to the whereabouts of his wife he will fell frateful. He says lie has no money to spend in trying to locate her and invites newspaper publication of her disappearance. with the hope of locating her. His address is T. W. Johnson, Campo bello, R. F. D. No. 3. The American Spirit. Los Angeles, April 26.-Count Ward, consul general Roumania at London, guest at the Hotel Alexan iria, one of the refugees of the San Fraicisco earthquake and fire, pre dicts San Francisco will rise out of its ruins and become even a greater ( city. "It is thirteel years since I last visited California. In my travels throughout the world I have yet to find the country where the spirit of enterprise is greater than among the Americans. There is absolutely noth hig that can dow them. The catas troplie that has laid San FrAneisco in ruins will have absolutely no bad ef fects. The San. Francisco people who made the city of the past will make a greater city of the future.' Count Wrd, although decorated with European honors, is an American bori. His native is Boston. He is a great-grandson of MAj. Gen. Artemus Ward of revolutionary fame, a di reet descendant of John Cotton, a descendant of Gov. 3radford and Gov. Carver, who came over in the Mayflower. The "Society Page." Baptist Press. 'he Anderson Daily Mail relieves its peult-up feelings as follows as to the soeiety page vanity in newspap ers: "Chicago doctors say a man . was driven insane by heading the society page of a newspaper. But C that is a mistake. The man just read t the society page because he was in sane.'' Our estimate of the value of the society page is in hea.ety accord with that of the Daily Mail. One can understand how people may wish to flgure in a society page,-if they are vain and superficial. But why any one with something to do and live for wishes to waste his time in reading it we do not understand. Fire In Bamburg. Bamberg, S. C., April 26.--Firo which broke out in Bamberg Cotton mills early this morning has destroy ed1 a portion of the plant, several oth er buildings anid is now burning. H-eavy gale of wind blowing and no way to fight the flames. Loss at 2 :30 a. mn., estimated at $35,000 to $40,000. The Family Spoons. Popular' Magazine. While rummaging thIirough thle driawers of a bookcase in her daughi ter's r*oonm ini search of some writ ing-papeir the other day, Mrs. Wimb erlinig cameU upon01 a bundle of letters tied witlh a pink ribbon antd emitting a fainit perfume. She untied the bundle andl glanced thriough several of the letters. Then she picked therni ujp, wvent (owstairs and confronted her daugh ter. ''Eunice,'' she said, in a high state of indignation, ''who is the idiot that youl're corresponding with, I'd like to know? Of all the lovesick trash I ever saw this is absolutely the worst. I shall consider it. my duty to report the matter to your father if tis thing goes any furthi'er. Who wrote these letters?'' 'I am not going' to lie to you about themfl, mamma,'' saidl Miss Eunice so renely. ''If you will put on your glasses and look at them again you will find that they're a lot of old let ter's papa wrote to you when you were a girl.'' Happiness. ( anioni Fairrar. A br'ittle thing is our ear'thly hap piess-brittle as some thin vase of Venetiani glass, and yet neithier' anix! ely noi' soi'row, nor the dart of death, which is mightier than the oak-cleav ing thuinder'holt, ennl shatteri a thing even'I so briittle as the earthly happi ness5 of our poor1 lit tie homes, if we place that happinessiumder the core of fied. But though neither' anguish nor deatb can break it withitll lthleir' vio 1(enCC, sin can briealk it at at toulch, and selliness can shatter it, just as ther'e are' acids wvhichi will shiver the Vene tian glass. Sin and selfishlness-1od 's balm does not heal in this world the ravese which they cause! $ECURITY.LuANAN 5upplies the best Fa For Saving Money at a 0or>Building by lustah For Buying Land: For, Borrowing Money let one of Our SECURITY ( A t will be the means of your Sa a Fund that will buy L sECURITY LOAN AN JAMES N. )ffice: i 3or. Boyce & Adams Sts., Nev STEEL R 3etter than Shingles, Lasts longer i Easier and quicker put ,t is the coming roof. prh SUMME Think twice before you buy, Then buy your goods from Hil We are not content t >thers. We must undo SHOES, SH( Men's, Womer.'s, Boys', Girls' ty, High Cut and Low Cut. Chet if Newberry. Others may clain to hem and make money. 3tandard Granulated S HI M I tic Goast [iood ServicE Quic Through Coe .Pullr between thi Flor For' full infori - T Passeng SOUTHERN Through Pullma -on All Thrc Convenient Scl Local Winter Tourist I effect to all F For full informs Routes, Etc., c Southern Rs Ager Brooks Morgan, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, Atlanta, Ga cinutes loftta)le Rate of nterest ont Real Estate. ONTRACTS nd Be Conv6uced of its Value ving Money and accUmulating and or Build a House. 0 INVESTMENT CO. McCAUGHRIN, Secretary-Treasurer. iberry, S. C. OOFING! Cheaper than Shingles, han Shingles. on than any other roof. Come look at it and get :es. R BROS. I & Sligh. o be as low priced as nrsell. )ES, SHOES.Ne and Children's Shoes. High Qual. tper than ever known in the tow n sell Shoes at c6st, but we undersell ugar. 25 lbs. $1.25. LL & SLIGH. Line Railroad :k Schedules. Lches and nan Sleepers e East and ida. Tnatoin write L. CRAIG, er Traffic Manager, Wilmington, N. C. nSleeping Cars ugh Trains. hiedules on All Trains. Rates are now in 'lorida points. ition as to Rate, onsult nearest diway Ticket t, or R. W.BHun Division Pass. Xgent. Charleston, S. r"