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NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1911. TWICE A WEEK, P. A YEAR. TOLUXE X-LIX, NSUMER 70. THE FRATERNAL PICNIC AT LITTLE MOUNTAIN 0OI -XDMEN, MASONS AND RED MEN JOIN IN MEETING. lGovernor Blease, Col. Tom C. Hamer and Hon. George S. Mower Deliv er Addresses. Fifteen hundred people attended a joint picnic of the fraternal orders at Little Mountain on Wednesday. If it -lad not been for the inclemencY of the weather, there would probably Thav* been twice that number present. It reminded one of a college reunioni -ocasion. Mr. J. B. Addy was master.1 of ceremonies and presented the va ious speakers. Col. Tom C. Hamer, of Bennettsville, -represented the Woodmen of the World, and 'delivered a forceful ad dress on Woodcraft. Hon. Geo. S. Mower spoke for the Masons, and delivered a very able and interesting address, dealing with the -principles of the Masonic order. In the afternoon Governor Cole. L. Blesse spoke oh Redmanship, and was given in opportunity after he had completed his fraternal speech to talk -on any subject he might desire. The people were delighted to have the gov egorwith them,an stood for more. than anihor,i greater portion of the time in a drizzling raia, and gae close -attention to his address. IA presenting Governor Blease, Mr. - i AddY'said it was a pleasure never geanted him before in all his life to in troduce a governor to his fellow cit izens, and he took pleasure in pre 'senting Governor Blease. f Governor Blease was given a warm and cordial reception and devoted about thirty minutes of his speech to fraternal orders and the principles of Redmanship. He said that he had just left an important meeting of the State board of education in order to -fAll his appointment to speak to the people of Newberry and Lexington counties. Te regretted that he was not present to hear the address of his friend, Col. Hamer, and paid Col. Hamer a very pretty compliment. He *said also that he would have been de lighted to hear his friend, Senator owero was- competent to make a brigdht star in the judiciary family of S --outh Carolina. After completing his fraternal ad dress, he spoke of sevieral matters * connected with his administration as governor, and referred particularly to the ambition which had controlled 'his whole political career which had now been satisfied by the people promoting him to the office of governor. He said that he loved the people of Newberry, and he bore malice in his heart to no man. He had stood by 'his friends, and just as long as he had a friend he was going to stand by him and if he had~ any positions to give, they would be given .to his friends. "Any man," said * the governor, "who does not stand by his friends isn't worth having any friends." Speaking of the criticisms, which had been directed at him and his ad ministration, he said that he did not wear any man's collar and 'that he did not -consult certain influences before be acted, and for that reason he had Fben se'verely criticised. Speaking of educational matters, he thought the State was 'top-heavy in what they termed higher institutions of learning. He loved all of~ these colleges and wanted them -to succeed, but he said that Newberry college, which was do ing as good work as any State insti tution, it cost only $81.a year to edu cate a boy, while at any of the State institutions it cost over two or three times that sum. He wanted to see the common schools and the high schools of the rural districts better' support ed, and without any desire to cripple 'the State colleges, he wanted them more economically run. He advised the people to look close to the men who offered for the leg lature during the next campaign. He vised that the voters ask them why cy favored certain measures and hy they opposed others. He said that he vetoed certain meas tires in the appropriation bill because (Ctnuedi on pager form). DAILY HAPPENINGS OF PROGRESSIVE WHITMIRE DELIGHTFUL ENTERTAINMENT BY MR. AND MRS JNO. M. FINNEY. Mr. David Duncan Takes Charge of Postoffice-Personal-Other Mat ters. Whitmire, Aug. 31.-Mrs. J. E. Co field, Mr. and Mrs. George Cofield and son, Joseph, Mr. and Mrs. Frank May bin and Miss Sarah Halfacre, after a delightful visit to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Maybin, in Atlanta, 'ha'N returned home. Mrs. Fannie Lyles and Miss Ellen Lake visited Mr. and Mrs. David Mc McCracken at Santuck last weelk. Misses Bertha and Gladys McCarley and Messrs. -Metts Fant, Clough Rice, and Henry Tidmarsh took advantage of the excursion to Atlanta last week and spent a few days with friends in the city. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Burton worship ed with the congregation at the Pres byterian church Sabbath 'morning and spent the remainder of the day with Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Gary. Mr. Boyce Duckett, of Greenville, is spending some time -with his uncle, Mrs. William Duckett, and looking af ter his father's farming interest- here. Mr. Broaddus Mobley, of Kershaw, visited Rev. and Mrs. '0. A. Jeffcoat last week. "Hustler," a very fie horse belong ing to the Miller brothers died this week.. Nearly every young person in Whitmire has had a happy ride behind Hustler, and will miss him. All sym pathize with .the Miller brother in the loss of a faithful and faluable friend. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Felder and grand daughter, Elizabeth Inabinet, of Bam berg, are spending some time with Mesdames Tom and Apheus Watson. Mr. and Mrs. Jno. M. Finney enter tained the young people in the spac ious dining hall at the Finney hotel Friday evening at an "animal fair." Representatives of animals were plac ed in shoe boxes, for cages, and each young person guessed at -the represen tation. A bottle of whiskey wa.s a tig er, a sausage a ground hog, and a cuckle burr a porcupine, etc. Miss Myrtle Suber won the prize as the best guesser. The prize was a stick pin with an animal's head on it. The play was "Hog Drovers." Each young gen tleman imitated the voice of some anti mial, and the girl who guessed correct ly the voice imitated was his partner, while refreshme'nts were served. De licious cherry ice cream and pine ap ple cake were served. All of the young people of Whitmire and the following out-of-town guests attended the party: Messrs. Harvey Dillard, R. C. Dil lard, Robt. Dillard, Ern-est Estes, S. F. Taylor, Dr. Johnson, Misses Janie Bryson, Nine Anderson, Maude Chan'd ler, Bessie Dillard, Sarah Scott, of Clinton, and Messrs. Wlliam Scott, E1= more Suber, Erville Suber, and Miss es Willie Mae Shannon, Sarah Shan non, Myrtle Suber and Mattie Pearl McCracken. The party was giMen in honor of Miss Sallie Belle Dillard, of Clinton. Mrs. Kilber, of Beth Eden, is visit ing her grainddaughter, Mrs. James Baker. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Suber and fam ily have moved into the Fant house. Miss Kate Hargro've 'has given up the affairs of the post office to her suc cessor, Mr. David Duncan, and she is spending awhile with Mrs. Jno. P. Faint in Newberry. Misses Mary and Lucy Metts have returned from a pleasant visit to their uncle, Mr. James Abrams. Rev. 0. A. Jeffcoat spent last week at Plumbranch, where he assisted -in conducting a special meeting. Mr. S. P. McDaaniel has resigned his position as depot agent here, and accepted a like pc.si.tion in Georgia. His family have .moved to 'their new home. Nita. To Unveal Monument. Longs'hore Camp, 541, W. 0. W., will unveil a monument to Mr. Newton P. Abrams in Rosemont cemetery on next S!Ind'y afternoon at 2 o'clock. Ali "e members are urged to be OVER THE BATTLEFIELDS. 'Newberry Veteran "Who Was in Thick of Fight Visits the Fields of Carnage. (By W. G. Peterson.) I had been anxious for several years to revisit Washington and visit some of the battlefields, so I took advantage of the cheap rates on August 16. Our train left Columbia on the 16th, at 6.05 p. m. This was 40 minutes ahead of the regular train on the Southern. The passengers were mostly from South .Caroiina. We reached Charlottsville, Va., at dayliglit on the morning of the 17,th. At this place were several hos pitaL during the Confederate war, and the ladies of this place were kind in deed to the wounded Confederate sol dier. We. soon arrivd at Orange Court House. Here the soldiers who were wounded.at the Wilderness were ship ped to the different hospitals. The next stop was at Culpepper. East of this place a few miles distant, the gallant William Farley lost his life and, that superb cavalry leader, Gen. M. C. Butler, 'lost his leg. We soon reached Manassas. Hiere Gen. Mc .Dowell and bis army were panic stricken and rushed into Washington. IHere the last of August, 1862, thaA braggart, John Pope, was hurled inte .the defences at Washington. We crossed Bull Run and passed Fairfax Station, and Falls church, and were soon in quaint old Alexandria.: Goding up -the Potomac to the left we could see Arlington, the ihome of Gen. R. E. Lee. Looking to the front we saw the Wlashington monument, reach ing 555 feet above the level of the Po tomac. We were soon across the Po tomac, through the . tunnel, and were at the union station. This station is built of marble, and I was told that 50,000 people could be -placed in the station .and still there would be some more room. A friend met us here and our party were soon at our board ing house, and after a good bi-eakfast we were ready to take in- the sights. We first visited the capitol. Congress was in session and we had the pleas ure of hearing the Hon. Champ Clark sing ou.t, 'The house will be in order." Had several prominent members of congress pointed out to us, Uncle Joe Cannon, -Messrs. Underwood, Long shore, Payne, etc. Also visited the senate chamber and saw Vice 'Presi dent Sherman presiding. Our guide carried us through all parts of capitol, subway and the build .ing occupied' by the conressmen as offices. We also saw the building oc cupied by congress after the British had burned -the capitol, also the small buildings occupied by the cabilnet members at this time. We visited the national library. This is one of the most interesting places in Washington. We also visited the burea~u of engrav ing, and saw how a $1,000-bill was made. Congressmen Johnson and Aiken showed us a great deal of kind ness. We visited Mt. Vernon. Gen. Wash ington certainly had .a beautifuil home. On Our return we stopped at Alexan dria, and vdsited the Confederate mu seum. They have quite a number of relics here, among which is the camp chair or stool used by Gen. R. E. Lee during the war. Saw Christ church, of which Gen. Washington was a yes tryman. Saw the hote:1.in which Jack son kil-led Col. Elsworth for pulling down the Confederate flag. Visited Arlington, the home of Gen. Lee. Here are buried 28,900 federal dead. Ar lingto'n is a beautiful place, and there are some splendid :monuments to the federal dead. Saw G~en. Joe Wheel er's tomb. On Sunday we worshipped at the Cab'ary Baptist church. On Monday morning we took the R. F. & P. railvay for Fredercksburg. On the train was Dr. S. G. Welch and Mr. Williams Welch. Mr. I. H. Hunt met us at the depot in Fredericksburg. He knew we were coming and had conveyanoe ready to carry us to the battlefields. We were soon at May ree's house, I had no trouble to go to the spot where I was wounded on the 13th day of December, 1862. Theire is very little change, except the field where we killed so many federals, has been built up with residences. The rock wall is .just as it was in 1862. The front of the house ha been re paired and painted, but the east end of the house still shows hundreds of bul- I let holes. The home is now owned by Mr. Roe. He .showed us every kind ness. Here our kodacks were put in use. From here we went to Salem church. There is very little change around Salem church. I had no trou ble at all in finding the position oc cupied by the 3d S. C. V. on that May day in 1863. The breastworks are still in existence after 48 years. Here are some beautiful monuments to the fed eral dead. Here we had several snap shot pictures made. We hurried to wards Chancellorsville. About one mile from Chancel:lorsville we found a stone, marked, "The Last Bivouac of Lee -and Jackson." It was from here that Gen. Jackson began his march around Gen. Hooker's army. It was also a this place that Gen. Kershaw's brigade moved to the left and took position fronting towards Chancellors vilile. We pushed on to Chancellors ville and found that there had been very lititle change in 48 yea;-s. The house was burned in the fight, but -has been rebuilt with only a slight change from the original. The rifle pits are still to be seen. The place is now owned by Mr. Rowley, and is kept as a tavern. We had quite a number of pictures taken hore. After dinner we pushed on to the Wilderness. I had no trouble to locate the place where I was wounded on the 6th of May, 1864. I also located the spot where Col. J. D. Nane was killed. Went on back to the -place where our field infirmary was and had our pictures taken again. I was on -the ground and Dr. S. G. WelOh was standing looking down on me, as be did 47 years dgo. We went near the spot where Gem. Jackson was wounded and on the spot where he was placed in the ambulance, took Pitures' of the Brock road. Started on our return trip. Dr. Welch located the spot where his field dnfirmary was stationed during the Chancellorsville battle. Here we 'had more pictures taken. We then returned to Chancel lor.sville. All the party except myself stopped 1here for the night, Dr. Welch to strat -home the next morning, Mr. WIl:liams Welch to Washington and Mr. I. H. Hunt to Spottsylvania. I went on to Fredericksburg and spent the might, and returned to Washington tAhe next morning. That afternoon I saiw congress ad journ. There was very little excite ment, but 'the scene was brilliant. Wednesday morning we took the train for Kader'sville, Md., from which we secured conveyances .to the battlefield of Sharpsburg. Soon after leavfing Ka,dersville we- began .to pass tablets, showing what troops fouggit at the different places. We passed near Gen. McClelJans 'headquarters, and pushed for 'the bloody lane, and up it to the little Stone church. On account of the woods being cut down, I was at a loss for some time to locate 'the posi tions of Kershaw's brigade in the fight, but after a little study I was able 'to locate 'the position of the brdgade. I had located the positions for Col. Don, of the United States army several years ago. And the tablets are near the fartherest position occupied by the brigade. We returned through Sharps burg, and saw G.en. Lee's headquar ters. At Sharpsburg' there is a na tional ceimetery with thousands of fed eral dead. The country around Sharps burg is very pretty and a splendid place for a battle. We returned to Kadersville, ran down to Weaverton, and got on 'the Canal cow path, and walked three miles to Harper's Ferry. There :has been very little change at Harper's Ferry in the last 49 years. Harper's Ferry is 'in the joint formed by the Potomac and Shenandoah riv ers with railroad and wagon bridges to Maryland, and -wagon bridge to Virginia side. Here we met ,a veter an who fought on the London Heights, another who was on the Bolivar Heights, and myself who fought on Maryland Heights. When these three points fell, Harper's Ferry was at our mnerey. We captured 12,500 prisoners here. vith 90 pieces of cannon. We returned to Washington that night. Let me say here that Congressmen Aiken, Johnson and Lever, of South Carolina, and Humphrey, of 'Missis sipp,i, showed us great kindness, and Mr. Carpenter, of Anderson, took me and the young men with me. under Charleston -Ge After Di his especia:1 charge, and no party ever had -a better guide. On Thursday morning I left Wash ington and reached Charlottsville, Va., about 12 o'clock. Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Hameis met me at the depot with their brett, and took me to their beauti ful home. Dr. Hames has three daugh ters at home and one in Chicago Misses Inary, Ruth, Virginia-hand some, educated and refined. Miss Ruth will teach in Laurensville, Ky., Miss Mary in South Oarolina, and Miss Vir ginia is thel home keeper. Let me give a little explanation here. I was wounded at the Wildermess on the 6ath of May, 1864, and reached Charlotts ville May 12, 1864, and was placed In the Delaware hospital annex, just across the C. & 0. trairoad.- I was being mistreated'by the nurse. W. A. Hames, who had taken one year in the University( medical course), but who had joined the army, and was de tailed to stay with is captain, who was wounded and in the hospital, saw how the nurse was treating me, and reported the nurse to the physician in charge. The nurse was sent to the front and Mr. Hames took charge of me. He told Dr. Davis he thought if they would put my leg In a splint, he thought I might recoler. My leg was put in splint and swung up from the bed. Dr. Hames dressed my wound twice each day for weeks, until he re turned to the army. I had not seen him in 47 years; but he 'received me with open arms, and his family gave me a warm welcome, indeed. We took the afternoon and drove over the Uni versity grounds. Friday morning we went to Monti cello, the home of Thomas -Jefferson. Saw the' monument, and went over the grounds. We returned home for dinner and in the afternoon, drove over the remainder of the city. I also found here a lady who vis ited me often while in the hospital. She remembered me all iright, and we spent a pleasant hour talking oer the days of -the war. I bade this kind family good-bye on Friday night at 9 o'clock, and ar rived home Saturday evening. X-Confed; ]MANiY LIVES SAVED BY BOY. Signals Sent Out From Improvised Station-Steamer Was at Mercy of Winds. Charleston, S. C., Aug. 30.--.Passeng ers on the ill-fated steamer Lexington, which was beached on Edisto Island during the hurricane Monday after noon alived ten years in the space of 24 hours, with the ship almost entirely submerged time and again while'driv en before the gale. Lack of power to tresist the gale caused -the Lexington to be beached. With five feet of water in the engine room every pound of steam that could be raised was used to man the pumps and keep -the ship afloat. With the boat under water Steward Berliner ~managed to cook food for the passeng ers' and creeping on hands and feet served it -them in the cabin where they were unVable .to move through fear of ieing washed overboard. But for the heroism of Wireless Operator 'Sheetz there would have been no chance of rescue. After the storm had wrecked the wireless sta tion, Sheetz climbed -into 'the rigging and ad.justed his instruments, flashing the calls for immediate asistance. Th'e signals were caught by the Yamacraw, which hastened to Hunt ing Island. Sheetz, a sixteen-year-old boy, was in inmminent peril of his life while operating the wireless, the wind almost tearing him from his insecure position. The tad was utterly ex haustted by 'his desperate work. Passengers incessantly prayed for abatement of the storm and when the government steamer hove into sight a mighty cry of relief went up from the sorely stricken people on the Lex ington. W.hen the captain realized the danger of 'the liner's breaking up at any minute he had life preserves etera on every passenger. S To Work sastrous Storm FIFTEEN DEATHS HAVE BEEN SO FAR REPORTED PrOPERTY LOSS IS MORE THAN A MLLION DOLLARS. Optimism is Keynote of Expression Of Business Xen of Storm-Tossed City. Charleston, Aug. 31.-Optimm is the keynote of all the comment elicit ;ed yesterday by inquiries regarding the situation n Oharleston and te po sible effects of the storM of Sunday night on the commercial nteeW of the city. A number. of prominen business men were askod.:thedr opinion as to what effect the storm had had or would have on business, and whetbL-' er or not the city had been dealt a serious blow by the losses id. Vothout exception, those who - were questioned expressed te firm conTic tia that commercially Charleston had in no degree suffered and that instead of a prospective decrease In business that she would enjoy a normal growth# just as If there had been no hurricane and its -resultant damages. With street cars -iunning ecept on... the line to the navy yard, electric pow er available for commercial purposes and telephoneservice -resamed, Ctw-. kistoag is getting back to the normaL Hundreds of men are laboring to clear" away 'the wireokage of the diastrous hurricane of Sunday night, and their. progress has been splendid. Reised estimates of the damage here are more than $1,000,000. Fifteen persons are known to have perished S.nd it is feer .-_ ed that reports from the exposed sea Islands will swell the death lists and the property loss, crops-being certainly ruiied. The telegraph companiesare receiv in& and sending messages, though thkir troubles have not been wholly remedied. There have been a.number of reports of aditibnal fatalities, but investiga tion has failed to confirm these. Prob ably nothing short of the actual flnd ing of bodies will detemine the mat ter, save, of course, a protracted ab sence, -which would prove sufmcient tetimony of 'the fact. ' It is reported that 'three women were seen to fal.l from a corner\of the pier at Mount PI,easant duiri'ng the after noon. Another story is going the rounds that -no newspaper report has been made of a man dropping an infant in - - the 'water in the rescue work which was so "gallantly and effectively con duefed at Atlanticville. The man is said to havle had the baby in his arms, carrying it to a place of~ safety, when a log pounded himl in the back aind causeid him to release his hold On the child. He hunted for -the ch'ild- and could not recover it. This is said to have been told by the rescue worker himself.' -It is very likely that many of the reports which have reached here of people lost are due -to :the difficulaties of transportation of the first couple of days, and now 'that these facilities have been improved and wire commu nication established many of these missing parties will be located and accounted for, if this has not alrelady been done. The crops have suffered hea'il!r. The rice is seriously damaged and the plantprs will lose* heavily from th e tid al waters as a result of- ithe storm on Sunday and Monday. The loss was estimated tonight by Capt. S. G. St,onley to be about 75 per cent., 'which is all the more severe upon the planteb-s in the low coast section on account of their loss of 35 per cent. last October. Charl-eston, Aug. 30.-At an early hour this morning the death list of the terrific hurricane which swept in from the sea and struck Charleston on Sunday evening included not less than fifteen names. Additional re ports- from sections surroun4ing the city yesterday and last night swelled the list from six, at which it stood