Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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HISTORICAL SKETCH CO. G., 13TH S. C. V. Wontinued from Page 2.) me, "Son, you are going down into Lexington county to begin your life work. I want you to hunt up one of my old comrades, Capt. J. H. Oounts, who is down there, and I want you to always be a friend to him. I know he will be a friend to you.'" This is no more than he would have said of each of you. He was faithful to you as fellow soldiers and was always glad to ting your praise. As to his character, honor, and bravery, I leave for you to attest. As to Capt. Counts, I always found him a true gentleman and friend-a man faithful to his trust, his friend. his country. his church. and his God. Having known you veterans. for years, I can say as much for you. We all delight to pay our feeble tribute to you survivors of the greatest struggle ever recorded in history. Not many years will elapse, when all the survivors of the Confed erate army of America from South Carolina, will have been .ja.. to rest beneath the soil of this and other states, and most of them beneath the soil of this grand old "Palmetto" State. for which they loved and fought so well.' You are not cowards, traitors and "rebels," but you are true noblemen, honored patriots. This concourse of people crowd here today to join with your wives, your sons and daughters, to rejoice in pride with them, and to show you every honor and respect. The men of South Carolina have al ways been knightly, gallant and brave, and have always responded to every call to duty. In the Revolu tionary struggle more battles were fought on her soil than all other states combined. South Carolina has her share of the praise in all, the In dian wars and history shows that she did her duty well. In the Florida war her men were the first on duty and many. sacrificed their lives from bat tle, fever and exhaustion. Is the Mex ican war hers was the first play to float over the walls of Mexi co. In all these wars, she furnished three times as many men as any oth er state. This grand old ''Palmetto'' State has produced many heroes, al ways to strike down the hand of the oppressor. In 1861, when the toesin of war was ~-sounded, you volunteered of your own volition. You entered and were ready to defend that great and fatal cause, but a cause based on constitutional grounds. You bivoueked and tented on the fields of your own ''Palmet to'' State. You went into the -camp of instruction, you went under the most eneouraging circumstances. Thrilled -with all the inspiration our women could give, who buckled on the shield of valor and the sword of defence. Your mothers, your daughters and sweethearts floated cheering banners to the breezes and hollored, ''Hur rah, for home, property and native land!'' Endowed with such courage, you went. The abolition of slavery has proven a great blessing to the south, but it cost us dearly. History records no more desperate struggle than that of the war in which you fought, and you were left a shattered remnant of a once powerful army, worn out by fa tigue, hunger, disease a.nd battle. Without supplies, confronting. line after line, of well-clad, well-fed and well-equipped men. ~That you con fronted these odds, is attested by the fact that you left mony of your num ber. on the field of bat-tle and buried beneath iVrginia 's soil, and the few that returned to tell the tale, and the number ot arms stacked at Appomat tox. ' During the four years of the war, the north mustered into service 2, 800,000 soldiers, while the s.outh was not able, after taking all the boys and old men, to count more than 550,000; so you were not whipped, but simply over-powered. The ''(Cause'', wheth er right or wrong, was illumined by deeds of desperate valor in battle, of consummate skill, matehless fortitude,. and patient endurance of retreat, sickness, nakedness and hunger. The National Government has fur nished millions of money to the living and dead warriors of the north by pen sions, and by erecting vast monu ments to their dead. Some time last year. while on a trip to Baltimore and New York. where I went to make some professional and post-graduate studies, I decided to stop over in Washington. the great capital and seat o.f our government, and after viewing the city and numerous gov enent buildings and all the parks. etc.. which are the pride of our coun try and government, as Washington is~ a beautiful city, I decided to go down to Mt. Vernon, the home and buri place of George Washington, the Father of our C-ntrv. This is a beautiful place, and thrills one, as lie looks at the magnificence of thel place, and its natural location, and shows what an eye to the beautiful Washington had, and thrills one with patriotic feelings, as he studies all that he sees there. I then was caught with the idea that I wanted to go and see Arlington Heights, Lee's old home, and I went. I think this the most beautiful natural home on earth, and the choice of it displayed, to me, the character and grandness of the man in civil life, and as a military man. Nature lavished on this spot a full share of her natural beauty of scenery. Looking across the Poto mae, you get a beautiful view of the capital and the natural trees, etc. and the grounds that surround this place are as fine as nature ever produeed. There too, one on reflection, could seel portrayed the magnificence of the shining character of this great Pat-I riot and soldier. You would naturally think of great men and soldiers, you might think of battles; you might think of Alexander and Napoleon, or Karathon and Thermopoli of ancient times. But vividly will be portrayed to y.)u Gen. Lee, the greatest military haracter of the world. But what did I find here, where beautiy, magnificence ana happiness >nce ruled sapreme? This magnificent. )ld palatial residence is turned now nto an art gallery, and on the walls are hung the pictures of all the ted mrals generals and enemies of Lee and 1 is and your cause. These beautiful, grounds are turned into a national emetery, where thousand of fed rals are buried, and the functions re so changed, that it seems to me hat all nature vied with the breezes ind the swaying boughs of the mag aificent trees here, and every, thing eemed to east a rebuke to the na ional government, for the desecra :ion of this spot, which is kept up I vy the government, and it so vrought up my hot Southern blood, hat I felt like tearing down from the valls the pictures of Sherman, Grant d others. and kicking them out of: loors. But then, when I walked outi .n the grounds and cemetery, where he silent dead bear witness, I said, 'I am wrong.'' These dead and their nonuments are the highest testimon als which are kept in order by the ational govermnient, of the honor, ~haracter, and bravery of our South rn soMiiers, and it shows, that you >ld veterans did your duty well, you tought bravely for your rights, and ou killed many a 'Blue-coat'' with four shots, and scared many to death svit:h your "Rebel Yells.'' Then I said, "'All time will give you eredit or your good work and bravery.'' rhe national government pays today :othe Southern soldier, the highest (though unintended) co'mpliment to ais bravery and worth as a soldier, nd is perpetuating the memory of :heir dead and rearing monuments on :his hallowed spot that is public to your gaze, and time will show it will edown to your honor and glory. Here and there are towns and ce neteries of .the south, and in them re found monuments of officers and >rivates, erected by t.he brave hearts d hand of poverty and patriotism, ut every pension granted to the Un on soldiers, every resolution of hanks of congratulation after bat :le, every statue of marble and bronze t/t crowns hiillsides and publie aares, every guarded and decorat ad national cemetery, are but an elo guent and enduring tribute to the: ourage. the skill, the patriotism, and the nobility of the south. It was no rompliment to the north, with untold wealth, with all the machinery _of a powerful and well-organized govern mnent, with extraodlnery military and naval powers, if it took four years to whip a handful of badly clad, badly fed, badly equipped, an,d badly scat tered men. The most sublimne spectacles in all history are shown in the south after the war, when mourning sat in black at every Southern fireside. when her homes lay in ashes. when the lone' chimneys stood as sentinels of once palatial residences. Her labor and' esource disorganized. her farms were ruined, when nothing- remained but the very so1n. You scattered, ragged remnant. re turned to your once hapy homes. bravely submitting to defeat. This fortitude was only surpassed by your brave 'battle to rebuild your ruined homes. You have established a new south you have not resurrected an old one. but vou have built a new suth upon the devastated ruins and ashes of your homes, burnt by the! hand's of a reckless enemy. That you have succeeded, we and the whole world are attesting. The most sang ine prophet eould not ha.ve foreseen th ~wondefi npress yon have~ mad,,. In less than forty year., the hand of war has been removed, and our land is dotted here and there with happy homes, surrounded with bloom ing fields of ail our natural products -with a monopoly on cotton, Vhe 0randes of all earthly products, a plant that all Europe and all the civi lized world watchei closer than any army. a froduct tliat is finance in any bank, from the time it puts forth its tiny tendrils. and that. when ;gat-her ed. will brin,f-ortli a subsidy from any nation. We ha-e a great soil. and elimate. and inducements and possi-I bilities and the brightest future un circumscribed. and yon st-and today with unbounded and inexhaustible heritage, to hand down to your chil ren t-hrough a good feelinQ between the two sections. all sectional feeling having been obliterated. andN we stand today where we can command the re 4pect and appreciation of the north. Sometime a,o while in Columbia. I walked by Gen. Hampton's monu rnent. and I stopped for a moment's reflection. and I Wias struck by the 1hought of the life and charaeter and t.he noble deeds of this great man. I thought of him in boyhood days. when doin- cores. as your sons are do ing in daily life. I thought of him when he volunteered to go to the front with his gallant cavalry. I thduAght of the daring. daihing cour ae to lead his men anvwheie. I thought of him when. on one occa ion. he and his men calptured the 3, )0O, and more, oL the enemies' beeves and drove them into our ranks to feed our half-famished men. I thought of his gallant leadersihip. as he rode at the head of the column. as they were xing into battle, on that occasion, when, among his aides, was that gal To make lee Cream in 1o min utes for 1 eent a plate. Stir contents of one package Jen-o Ice Cream Powder into a quart of milk and freeze, without heating or cooking. Simple, isn't it? Saves the cost of eggs, sugar and flavoring. Saves messurinig out ingredients and CoO ing. Does away with all uncertainty, and in sures the best and purest ice cream possible to produce. Failure impossible. Nothing to add except milk. One package costing 13c. makes nearly two quarts ice cream. Flawra: Chocolate, Vanillz, Strawberry, Lenona and UnjUzarcL e 4 Sourgrocer 'L ~ does not keep it sendushbisnamne and 28cents for -" -. twsopackages by e s_i lustrated recipe book mailed rb. 6.a.' Pure re4 c., 1,e e, N.Y. P. S. Delitous Creaua Pudd*i caun als be made/yon Jell. ICE CREAM STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. Court of Comm,on Pleas. J. Hagood Clary and Matthew W. Clary. partners doing business under the firm name and style of Clary Brothers. Plaintiffs, * against Mountain City Mill Company, De fen dant. Under and by virtue of an order of Court herein I will sell at publie auc tion to the highest bidder on Friday, A.ugust 30th, 1907, at 11 o'clock A. MI., at the warehouse of Clary Broth ers in the Town of Newberry, S. C., 3DS one bushel sacks of corn meal; 50, two bushel sacks of corn meal. 1'erms of sale eash. M. M. Buford, Sheiuf of Newberry County, S. C. Newberry, S. C., August 22nd, 1907. St. 2taw. WANTED OLD PIANOS AND OEGANS for which we will allow the highest prices towards now Instruments. No Club rates to offer, but we Pledge better Instruments for the same~ or less m.wey. !than th"'e at club rute offers. Write Mahlones Music House, Co lumbia, s. C., for apecial prices and terms. Arrival and Departure of Trains. Schedules of passenger trains iin and out of the Union Station, New berry, S. C. Southern Trains. No. 15 for Greenville .. .. 8.56 a. m. No. 12 for Columbia . ... 10 32 a. m. No. S for Columbia .... 1.50 p. m. No. 19 for Greenville . . .. 1.35 p. m. No. 11 for Greenville .... 4.42 p. m. No. 16 for Columbia .... 9.47 p. m. C., N. & L. Trains.. No. 3 for Laurens .... 5.19 a. m. No. 22 for Columbia .... 8.47 a. m. No. 52 for Greenville . .12 46 p. m. No. 53 for Columbia .... 3.10 p. m. No. 21 for Laurens .... 7.25 p. m. No. 84 for Columbia .... 8.30 p. mn. The foregoing schedules are given only for informanationa, are not guaran teed and are subject to change with out notice. July 15, 1907. G. L. Robinson, lant son of his, who, ever ready to do his father's bidding or to obey every command, was, while riding by his side, pierced by the enemies' bullet, (Continued on Page 7.) New Market. I have opened a first class Meat Market on Friend street, next door to the Observer office, and. am prepared to furnish choice meats of all kinds. All orders entrusted to me will receive my personal at tention. Come to see my market. It is the cleanest and most up to-date market in Newberry. J. A. WRIGHT, Friend Street. Phone 232. The Secret of A BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION Now Revealed F R.E E What beauty is more desirable than an exquisite complexion and elegant jewels. An opportunity for every wo man to obtain both, for a limited time only. .. 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