The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, May 14, 1909, Page TWO, Image 2
dent of the Drayton Rutherford
chapter, announced that some time
ago the Drayton Rutherford chap
ter ihad offered two gold medals-one
to the student of Newberry college
and one to the student of the graded
schools showing the greatest profi
ciency in Confederate history, as evi
denced by an essay. For some inex;
plicable reason there was no contes
tint from the city schools. There
were three contestants from Newber
ry college. The winner of the medal
was Mr. 0. D. Richie, of North Caro-.
lina, a member of the senior class.
The subject of his essay was "The
P.rince of Duty." The presentation
of the medal was made by General
B. H. Teague.
"One Sweetly Solemn Thought"
:was beautifully and feelingly render
ed by the choir, and the benediction
was pronounced by the Rev. J. E.
James.
Following the exercises in the ope
ra house the graves of every Con
federate soldier and the Confederate
monument were strewn with flowers
and wreaths and garlands. The Con
federate monument on the public
square was draped in Confederate
colors and was completely covered
w:th evergreens and flowers. The
Crozier monument in Rosemont was
under the especial charge of the Cal
vi Crozier chapter, U. D. C.
Gen. Teague's Address.
Gen. Teague in his address in the
opbra house, said in part:
United Daughters of the Confeder
acy, Confederate Veterans, Ladies
and Gentlemen: It was a peculiar
pleasure for me to accept the invita
tion extended me to address you on
this your memorial day, for though
a resident of a distant eity. I am
proud of the fact that some of my
early ancestors emigrated from the
Emerald Isle, and settled within the
borders of your grand old county,
whose citizens have greatly contrib
uted to the illustrious fame of the
Palmetto State. My su-rname is found
among those of the Bush River Quakl
er Settlement of long ago. By bloodt
ties I am conuected also with the
Garys and by marriage with the Gar
Jingtons and McClintocks. My peo
ple 'are among your people whom you
consider worthy citizens, and of
whom I am proud. I am proud to
hiave descended from the people of a
county that produced such eminent
men and dieroes in the past, and such
glo-rious women, of whom Emily Geig
&r, of Revolutionary fame, is a type.
A grand old citizen, whose memory
you delight to 'honor and revere
Judge John Belton 0O'Neall-and who
sprang from the same good stock, has
hiappily preserved by 'his energetic
.pen, the historic annals of your
county in which the extols 'the hight
aims and aehievements of its men and
especially tells of .the virtues, beauty
and grace of its women. Fortunate
you are that another compiler, John
A. Chapman, A. M., conscientiously
took up the work laid aown by this
lamented -historian, a.nd has .praise
worthily brought down the annals of
the county to a reeent date. The first
flistorical events recorded- by Mr.
Chapman are the actions of the pea
ple of Newberry just prbvious to the
War of Secession and during that~
eventful period.
Your historian relates that the agi
tation grew more and more intense~ at
the development of hostility at the
North against the South, and at last
that the blood of the people of the
whole South vjas at fever heat. That
iSouthi Carolina. took the initiative,
-ane -issembled in convention, and
paaed the ordinance of secession.
Newberry acted in unison with the
other districts of the State and was
represented in that conviention by
such sterling citizens as John P. Kin
ard, Robert Moorman, Joseph -Cald
well, and Simeon Fair. Says your
chronicler: "It seems to have been a
foregone conclusion with the people
of this State that upon the domi
-Iance of the Free Soil Party and the
election of a Republican president,
the union was virtually dissolved, in
asmuch as there would be no longer
any safety for their institutions and
property in the union.'' When, there
fore, after an effort at a peaceful
separation from the Nort;h had failed,
and the latter had covertly and de
signiedly fitted out and sent a hostile
raval expedition to the relief of Fort
Sumter in the harbor of Charleston,
bring on the bombardment a.nd cap
tu-re of that fortress by the forces of
the State. that then the patriotic men
of the district eagerly voluneered for
the war, and were enrolled during
its continuance in ,the following com
mands: the 1st, 3rd, 8th, 10th, -13th,
14th, 15th, 18th, 20th, 22d, 23d, reg
iments, and 3d battalion of infantry;
the 2d. 3d. 5th, and 7th -regiments of
cavalry: Schultz. DePasses, and
Hart 's batteries of artillery; the 2-d,
4th, and 9th regiments of Sta:te troops
~nd the cadlets of the Citadel and
South Carolina college. The State
troops were old men and boy's. Ver
ily we robbed the eradle and the
grave. These commands served faith
zn mo pua am om ?iree ou XIrnJ
unfortunate struggle for liberty un
der Lee and Jackson and Johnston,
sons of Newberry shed freely thei
blood at the modern Pass of Thermo
pylae-the Bloody Angle at Spotts
ylvania, May 12, 1864, and like thE
Spartans of old, were enabled to hol
the enemy at bay in that most terri
ble conflict of the war. Also thex
crimsoned the soil of Snodgrass. Hill
at the battle of Chicamauga, in thosE
fierce and irresistible charges againsi
the Northern Rock of Gibraltar, and
caused his stubborn and surly re
treat. Under Hampton and Butlei
and Gairy, from the north side of th(
James river to the banks of the Con
garee, in the cavalry and artillery
they gave many a goodly life in sac
rifice to their beloved State an<
Southland. The graves of the he
roes, upon which you will today, place
beautiful flowers and garlands witli
wreaths of evergreen, attest that
they did their whole duty under thE
banner of the starry cross, emble
matic of lhome rule and independence.
"And God rest the boys of the old
brigade,
And hallow 'the turf that lies
Flowering over each crimson blade,
And the stairs of God on heights ar
rayed,
Be sentinels over the old brigade.''
But if the sons of Newberry did
nobly, their duty during the trying
times of the war, not a single atom
of praise must be withheld from her
faithful daughters. whose minds day
and night, were full possessed with
care and solicitude for the fathers,
brothers, husbands, and sweethearts
on the tented field. Tented, did I
say., rather should it be said "in the
bare camp,' with only his thin blan
ket between him and mother earth,
and the frosts and dews of heavenA
Yes, the noble women acted their
part in' the management of planta
tions. making of eloth and clothes,
nursing the sick and wounded. mine
istering to the dying and mouIlding
the mounds above their dead heroes,
decking them with flowers as you
will today, and hallowing them to
God with their tears. Among them
were the bereft mother, the discon
solate widow, and the broken-hearted
sweetheart. I can in mind's eye, see
the last parting of a gallant soldier
boy with his betrothed. He had be
sought his lady-love to seal their love
with the marriage vow, but she shad
appealed to his manly patriotism and
the wedding was postponed until 'he
returned from the war, his country
saved and he a hero crowned with
laurels. Alas, -his beloved form was
brought back to her in death. She
bathed his pale brow with -her tears,
kissed his ashen lips, and placing a
crown of immortelles on her martyr's
head, tore her aching heart from her
throbbing bosom, and placing it be
side that of 'her lost dear one, buried
them both in 'his grave. She lives
yet in many a Southern home-a
sweet, gentle old woman, old Auntie
to some, old Maid, to other. She
performs her duties diligently with
eheer and smile, but in the solitude
of her chamber, she takes from her
treasure place an old faded ambro
type of a young soldier, dresse-l in
Confederate, ther eyes fill with tears,
she presses the picture to her lips,
then falls upon her knees and pirays
a merciful God for the time to come
soon when they will meet again in
Heaven. Ah, comrades, it is our
bounden duty to erect .a monument
to our Confederate women. They
did their duty as well as we, and
though they faced not the enemy on
the field of battle, their bodies andi
minds were racked with toil and
trouble, 'and their hearts were seared
with grief a-nd sorrow. Thousands
have gone to their graves with brok
en hearts. I care not what the sup
porting .column of this monument
should- be, but the figure in bronze
that surmounts -the shaft, should be
that of a ministering angel beaming
with pity, sympathy and love.
Comrades the years are laying a
withering :hand upon us. No longe!
are -our steps springy, and sprightly,
our shoulders are bent and our lock'
are white. but before we enter omi
final resting place, we should see tc
it that this monument is erected at
the capital of eve'ry -State of the C-on
federacy. It ha.s ever been the prid(
of the men of t.he South. that t-hey
were respectful and deferential to the
gentler sex, and if needs be to imperil
life itself, in defense oif her safety
and honor. It is therefore to the
merited praise of the good people of
this community, that they have rear
ed a fitting monument over the grave
of that chivalric, brave young Texas,
Calvin Crozier, who lies in your cem
etery, sleeping the sweet sleep of the
just, who gave up h-is young life with
in the limits of this city. defending
the persons of ladies in his c.harge,
f,rom the insulting attack of loath
some, murderous negro federal 'vl
diers. By the hands of your fair
an-hters. his grare yearly should
not be decorated wit-h simply a
wreath f fers,a but on ever recun
rinz memorial day. it shonld be hm
den by a mass and mound of sweet
est and choicest exotics.
General Teague took up and ably
discused the causes which led up to
the war, and defended the right of
the .Soutth to secede. In glorious
words he traced the events of the
greatest struggle the world ever saw.
"We are proud of the part we took
in that glorious, yet awful struggle
for our Confederacy. For 605,000 of
us fought a numerical superiority of
the enemy of 1,594,993 men, and of
these, 316,424 were Southerners.
Three of the most prominent men
were Southerners-Lincoln. their
president, Thomas, a general, and
Faragut, of their navy. None but
an old soldier can feel the feelings
he has towards his comrades in arms,
he cannot explain it nor describe it,
he knows it is there, and he delights
in feeling it. And when he sees the
Cross of Honor on the lapel of a fel
low's coat, it makes no difference
whether that coat is newly pressed
or slick and greasy, he warms up to
that fellow and lets loose those feel
ings through a grasp of the hand.
How dear to the heart of each gray
headed soldier
Are the thoughts of the days when
all wore the grey;
When memory recalls every trial and
danger,
And scenes of the past live in battle
array.
Though long since discarding our
arms and equipments
There's one thing a veteran most
surely will note;
The first thing he sees on the form
of a comrade,
Is the little bronze cross he wears on
his coat.
"How much did it cost,'" said a man
'. to a soldier,
''Tihe flat cross you wear on your
coat?"
''A fortune in money,'' he answered
the stanger,
"And four years of marching and
fighting to boot,
The wealth of the world cannot pur
chase this emblem
Except the buyer wore the grey too,
For it shows to mankind the marks
of a hero
A man who to honor and country was
true.''
Then let us be proud of this emblen~
of honor -.
And wear it with spirit both loyal
and bold,
Fraternally welcome each one who
supports it
With love in our hearts for the com
rade of old.
Each day musters out whole -battal
ions of wearers,
And soon will be missed this token
so dear;
But ages to come will remember with
honor
The man who'd the right this bronze
emblems to wear.
The Confederate soldier was
brought up in a period of this country
when it was not the aim of every man
to inceSanltly chase the d- 'Iar. In
the Souvh there were no mnillionaires.
(bt uie~ other hand, t.ie -e were few
very poor people, the majority of
the whites owning their own homes.
They worked along in -an easy com
fortable way satisfied .to make enough
to do them and had no idea of pil
ing up wealth. There were no trusts
and big aggregations of capital then.
But this does not argue that the peo-.
ple of 'the South were slothful and
shiftiess. Not by any means, when
the occasion ,requi'red it a l'atent ener
gy and nelivened and enterprises of
importance were undertaken and
carried out as was the case of the
South Carolina railroad and the' San
tee canal. It is claimed now that
the sewing machine was invented by
a South Carolinian, and we -do know
that the screw-auger, that most use
ful carpente'r's tool, was the product
of a lively brain of a Newberry
Quaker. from Bush river.
These old veterans may have their
faults and peculiarities, but they did
their duty to their country and bat
Ied for principles of right. which in
God's own good time, we hope. will
yet conte to the salvation of this
great re'public from the oppression
sure to come from centralized power
in the gtovernment--when dominated
unrestrainedly by heartless trusts
and conscieneeless corporations. God
bless our veterans.
I see them slowly marching year by
year,
A lessening band to that lon-e camp
ing ground,
Where their companions in the days
that tried
Men 's souls have grounded arms
forever.
Ease has seldom been their portion,
bronzed by sun
And bit by winter's cold, they be-ar
the scars
And blows of envious time, and val
iantly
snce4 +he hm-a the hufftings of
Iwar.
For them a nation 's coffers have not
bled
To salve their wounds with gold; but
when worn out
With bootless victories. they left the
field
Where valor long had strove in vain
with might,
Like him of olden times whose con
querng arm
Did not disdain to guide the plow,
they sheathed
Their swords and asking aid of none
but God.
By honest toil redeeme(T and gloried,
The land their fruitless valor could
not save.
See where they come, an ever lessen
ing band!
Torn by life's storms and chilled by
numbing frosts,
Of thankless years, they falter not
nor fail
In the great strife with human wrong
and 'woe,
Till one by one the great commander,
Death
Gives word to break their ranks and
join the vast
Encampment neath the white and ser
ried stones
Where Fame sh.all write -her lasting
epitaph,
Not conquered, but worn out with
conquering.
AN ORDINANCE ORDERINGSPE
CIAL ELECTION IN TOWN OF
NEWBERRY FOR THE PUR
POSE OF ISSUING BONDS TO
THE AMOUNT OF FORTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE
PURPOSE OF IMPROVING AND
EXTENDING THE SEWERAGE
AND WATERWORKS OF THE
TOWN OF NEWBERRY.
Whereas a petition has been pre
sented to the Mayor and Ald-ermen of
the Townof Newberry, S. C., in the
words following, to wilt:
"The undersigned freeholders of
the Town of Newberry respectfully
petition your honorable body to order
an election on the question of issuing
coupon bonds to the amount of Forty
Thousand Dollars, payable forty
years after date, and bearing interest
at a rate not exceeding five per cent
per annum, payable annually, or semi
annually, for the purpose of improv
ing and extending the sewerage and
waterworks of the Town of Newber
ry''; and
Whereas it appears by affidavit of
Olin L. Buzhardt, clerk and treasurer
of the said town, that said petition is
signed by a majority of the freehold
ers of the Town of Newberry, S. C.,
as shown by its tax books; and
Whereas, Section 202, Vol. 1, of the
Code of Laws of South Carolina,
1902, declares that it shall be the
duty of the municipal officeers of any
incorporated city or town of this
state, upon a petition of the majority
of the freeholders' of said city or
town, as shown by 'th'e tax books, to
order a special election in any such
city or town for the purpose of is
suing bonds for any corporate pur
pose set forth in said petition:
Now, therefore, Be It Ordained by
the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town
of Newberry, in .the State of South
Carolina, in council assembled, and
by authority of the same, that a spec
ial election be,- and the same is here
by ordered, held at Council Chambers
in said town, the polls to be opened
at 8 o'clock a. m. and to be closed at
6 o 'clock p. mn., on May 18, 1909, for
the purpose of submitting to the elec
tors of said town who are duly quali
fied for voting under the constitution
and laws of thre state of South
Carolina the question whether said
bonds shall be issued (according 'to
law) as prayed for in said petition.
Those voting at said election who
favor the issu'e of said bonds shall
east a ballot .upon which shall be
printed or written the words "For
the Issue of Bonds,'' and those who
oppose the issue of said bonds shall
ast a ballot upon which shall be
printed or written the words
"Against the Issue of Sonds.''
The following named persons are
hereby appointed managers of said
eletion: F. M. Lindsay, A. C. Welch
and J. H. Gaillard.
Provided that any vacancy that
may occur in the board of managers
may hereafter be filled by appoint
menit to be made by the Mayor, or
acting Mayor as the case may be.
Public notice of saia election to be
given by the publication of this or
dinance once a week for three con
secutive weeks in the Newberry Her
ald and News and the Newberry Ob
server, two newspapers published in
said town.
Done and ratified under the cor
porate seal of said town this 20th
day of April, 1909.
J. J. Langford,
Mayor.
Attest: Olin L. Buzhardt,
C. & T. T. C.N.
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HOMESTEAD.
Ex parte,
Cleora G. Speers, Leland Coppock
Speers, Lucy K._ Speers and Hiramn
L. S'peers,
Petitioners.
In re,
Estate of L. M. Speers, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
aove named petitioners, Cleora G.
Speers, .widow, and Leland Coppook
Speers, Lucy K. Speers and Hiram
L. Speers, eihidren of L. M. Speers,
eceased, have filed wit4h me an ap
plication to assign a.nd set apart to
tem, as required by law, the home
stead to which they are entitled un
der the laws of this State in the real
ad person'al property of which the
said L. M. Speers died seized and pos
sessed.
H. fl. Rikard,
Master for Newberry County.
ANN1UAL MEETING.
The stockholders of the Farmers
Oil Mill will hold .their annual meet
ing i.n .the old court house at 11
o 'clock on the third Wednesday, be
ing the 19th of May.
All stockholders are urged to be
present as the meeting will be of
special interest.
W. C. Brown.
5-4-3t-taw Seeretary.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF NEXWBEERY.
IN PROBATE COURT.
E. A. Griffin, as Administrator of
the Estate of Ben Dember, deceased,
and in his own right, Plaintiff,
Against
Mary Dember, Lawson Dember,
Henry Dember, British & American
Mortgage Company, Limited, E. A.
Griffin and B. F. Griffin, partners
doing business under the firm name
of E. A. Griffin & Company, and
~Ewart-Perry Company, Defendants.
Notice.
It is ordered, That all ,and singular
the creditors of t'he estate of Ben
Dember, deceased, be and they are
hereby required t orender in and us
hereby required to ruder in and es
in the above stated case, on or be
fore the 20th day of May, 1909; and
that all and singular the said credi
tors be enjoined and restrained from
enforcing their demands elsewhere
than in the above entitled action.
F. M. Schumpert, -
Judge Probate for Newberry Co.
4-20- '09-td.
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Winthrop College4
SCHOLARSHIP and ENTRANCE
EXAMINATION.
The examination for the award of
vacant Scholarships in Winthrop
College and for the admission of new
students will be 'held at The County
Court House, on Friday, July 2, at
9 a. m. Applieants must not be
less than 15 years of age. When
Scholarships are vacant after July 2
thev will be awarded to those mak
ing the highest average at this exam
ination. provided they meet the con
ditions governing the award. Appli
eants for Scholarships should write
to President Johnson before the ex
amination for Scholarship examina
tion blanks.
Scholarships are worth $100 and
free tuition. The next session will
open September 15, 1909. For fur
er information and catalogue, ad
dress Pres. D). B. Johnson, Rock Hill,