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VOL. XVII. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. MAY 20,1908. NO. 42. THE OLD VETS. Columbia Receives Them With Open Hands and Hearts. TOUCHING TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD "Tentng on the Old Camp Grouiind"' Awak-ens Many Tender mem ories and Stirs the Old Soldiers. The gallant veterans of the South Carolina Division, U. C. V., have once more marched to their Capitol City. In behalf of South Carolina Columbia gladly and proudly welcomed these defenders of Southern rights. For their sakes and in memory of their deeds her gates were openerl wide and warm was the welcome that came from the hearts of a people. The stars and bars were seen from the tops of houses, from windows. on vehicles and, best of all, they were waving in the hands of the fair daughters of SouLh Carolina. Pic tures of Jackson, Hampton and Lee were seen, always surrounded by the battle flags of the Southern Confed eracy. Secretary of State Gantt had the State House decorated and Governor Heyward had his oflice floating the stars and bars and the Pal to flag. The Gove--or's mansion was draped in these patriotic colors. They clung, with loving pride around the marble monument to the Confederate soldier in front of the capitol, and, flower 'naden and beautiful, they reste d r upon the old war cannon that stand silent and solitary around this monu ment. The notes of the bugle and the drum were heard again and the band played "Dixie" and the "Bonnie Blue Flag:" Electric lights in red and white lined the sides of the streets and overarched it at regular intervals. And peace was in the air. while the birds sang and the breezes blew softly for those fiery spirits whose valor gave the doo:n of battle in the bloody arbitrameut or war. The tents on the State House grounds were vivid reminders of the old fighting days. Adj. Gen. Frost was busy preparing this camp for the old veterans, knowing that they -would like these resting places. The large tent held over 200 soldiers and the w numerous small tents made things look regimental here. The veterans came in the first day in large numbers. Every train on Monday night biought squads and companies and on Tuesday, the first F and opening day of the reunion, the old veterans were in complete posses sion of the city. The opening event was the welcome to sponsors at . Wrights Hotel from 6 to 7:30 Tues day evening. Numbers of the old veterans were there. "looking after" their sponsors and maids, and scores of sons of veterans were there "looking after" their fathers. Music was furnished by the Columbia Orchestra, and the event was a very brilliant one. -A WARlM WELCOM1E. SThe State says there were soul-in spiring scenes at the Columbia theatre Tuesday night of last week. The vast auditorium was packed as it has not been since last the Confederate survi vors met here, and at times those. the youth of whose heart belies the frost of time on their brows, were drawn Sback to scenes when love of country 'was dearer than life itself. The organized body of Confederate veterans of South Carolina was called to order at 8.30 o'clock. That hour found the opera house filled, with hun dreds outside struggling to gai n ad mission. The jam around the doors prevented some of the sponsors from gettinginto the hall and this prevent ed the. exercises beginning promptly. On the stage were the invited speak ers, a number of sponsors and maids of - honor and the choir, which so sweet ly sang the songs of Auld-Lang Syne. The entire lower floor of the opera house was reserved for the veterans, and there were perhaps 1,500 of them present, for in the galleries above. among the fair ladies of 'Carolina, were men whose hearts never faltered in the days of '61 to 'G5. MEDLEY OF WVAR TUNEs. While the great audience was gath ering the orchestra struck up a med ley of war tunes. The strains of "Yankee Doodle" first evoked a storm of cheers and then the music glided into tunes of the camp fire. quicken ing the recollection of hundreds of brave hearts. Suddenly the sound of trumpets was heard and then "'Dixie." When the survivors had concluded cheering the march which bad swept them into the face of death time and time again, the lights were turned out and a hush fell over the assembly. Bugler Lightfoot stepped to the front of the stage and sounded the quick notes of the assembly, a call which has wakened the sleeping soldiers from dreams of home and loved ones to dash into the mouths of hell-breath ing cannon. sounding the assembly to the great dress parade of eternity. When the notes of the bugle had died away the curtain rose swiftly and a choir of 610 voices on the stage began singing the Long Mfetre Doxology. This, tc~o struck a responsive chord in the audience, and hundreds of voices. terror laden when giving the "Rlebel yell," were softened in singing "Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow.' CAPT. STARtLING AT THE GAVEL. Capt. W. D. Starling. a man who oved andi fought for the Confederacy and the man who for his faith in Co. lumbia and his willingness to labor for her has been made commander of Cam~p Hampton and genE ral chairman of the reunion work, advanced and called the meeting to order. Rev. W. D. Gordon of Camden, a distinguished preacher of the Episco pal church, offered a prayer straight -from his heart, for he was a gallant tghter among the MIatchles soldiers of j. North Carolina. is reference to the dead on iields of battle was particular lv beautiful. ~The choir warmed the hearts of tne old soldiers by singing the "Bonnie m-.Jlu Pia" meh stanza of which pro voked prolonged applause. IrsINEss MEN'S wvELCO33. 'Mr. W. A. Clark, president of the Chamber of Commerce and a Confed erate veteran, welcomed the veterans to the city in behalf of the business men of the City. 'Mr. Clark said: Mr. Chairman and Veterans: It af flArLs me reti pleasure. fellow veterans. spe:'king for th chamber of commerce and for the good people of this city, to extend to you a most cordial welcome and to wish you a happy and pleasant reunion. Our doors are thrown wide open and by their authority and repre sentative I invite you to enter and be our guest. In extending you this invitation al low me, friends and fellow veterans, to say that any community should esteem it a privilege to be your host and we, I assure you, so esteem it. As the surviving heroes of the Lost Cause you are rightfully entitled to our esteem, admiration and gratitude, for veterans indeed you are. veterans in age. veterans in experience, vet erans in war and veterans in peace. Few of you there be who have not already passed tne sixtietn mile post. in the journey of life and can now look back with experiences pregnant with great issues. I t has fallen to te lot of few to have borne such vicissitudes as you. Yut are the remnant of a war al most without a parrallel in history. and yet the peace that followed in possed trials even more severe than the cruelties of war itself. These trials you have borne with more thn Spartan fortitude. This time has been set a part to celebrate the triu mnph of your etiotts and I speak no idle woris when I say, we esteem the 1 honor of the occasion. HEROES OF A GREAT CAUSE. You are the heroes of a great cause0. You with your comrades, many of whom gave up their lives on the field ! of battle and many of whom have since I met the last enemy and have come oi more than conquerors. made battle for the cause of right and principle. The great war in which you were the actors, unlike many others which are called great, was altogether de fensive, fought in defense of rights I more dear than life itself. History records but few waged up mi the same plane of exalted principles. In the I conquests of Alexander the underly ing principles were the subjugation of the world. In the campaigns of the, Caesars the underlying principles were new and additional territory for the Roman empire and the enslave ment of entire communities of civil ized peoples. In the wars of the first Napoleon the underlying principles were nothing more elevated than a selfish purpose to subordinate all to the indomitable will of a remorseless ambition. Not so with the war waged by your. I It. like its great forerunner, the American revolution, had- higher aims and nobler aspirations. Constitutional rights and personal I liberties were the great questions at i:sue and over which the great battle was joined. The line was drawn and the battle waged between the two distinctive peo ples who had settled in this country and by whose intelligence, industry and courage it soojn took its place among the formost nations of the civi lized world. Peoples, each distin guished for their intellectual vigor. their high standard of moral and re ligious aims, and their unbending loyalty to the cause of truth and jus tice. The puritans of New England1 on the one hand and the cavaliers and i Scotch of Yirginia and the Carolinas on the other; each fighting for consti-] utional liberties, as they each for themselves read and interpreted the law. It was; indeed a battle of principles. waged by giants. it was desperate and it was destructive, it also, from the very nature of the case, involved the horrors of fartricidal war. Frat ricidal not only in the broad sense that we, while one people. were divid-i ed and fighting the one against the other. But true in the narrow sense. Yes, it not unfrequently happened that those so near and dear as brothersi enlisted upon diilerent sides, each ris-1 ing to distinction and high rank in the army of his choice. It was indeed < the case of a divided house. It has but recently been my privi lege to see a book of the genealogy of1 one of the distinguished families of1 this country, who grew to greatness in the great State or Kents.cky. FOR THE RIGHT. The record shows that the family furnished to both the federal army and Confederate army soldiers of distinc tion and of unquestioned courage. The name appears among the major generals in each army. From one house hold alone of the name three sons were soldiers ini the federal army and two sons-in-law were soldiers in the Confiederate army. Nor can either be charged with being traitor to his country. Each fought for the cause as appeared unto him right: and as he saw it, it was to him right. IFor these as well as other reasons it was a desperatc war.. It was a con fict between a great people and upon great principles. It has been aptly called an "ir repressible confiet." And so it was. In the evolution of this great country and in its rapid rise to greatness it could not be otherwise thian that great issues would emerge. Issues that must be settled arid settled quick, so that progress should not be retarded. Such issues did in tr'uth1 arise and could not be stopped short of the great issue which culminated in that war in which you took so prominent a part. You, my friends, have a lively remem brance of it and of the result. Nor have we cause to regret because for sooth the result was against us. The cause was inevitable and you performed well your part of the great drama. You have been privileged to be the participants in the great struggle for rigrht and truth and you should be none other than proud of it. Proud of its tra'ditions, proud of its memo ries, proud of its men, proud of its heroes. Proud of the great leaders it devel opened and proud of the men wvho foi lowed them unto death. Proud of our Lee.oproud of our Jackson, proud of our IHampton. Yea, and more, proudl of all those who wore the gray and w ho [-nmr En o>N PAGE FoU.R.]I HAPPY WORDS Of Welcome Extended to the Oh Confederate Veterans by GOVERNOR D. CLINCH EYWARI A Handsomne Tribute to the Women The Great Deeds of Arns Wrought by Carolian's Brave Sons. The Columbia State says eyes hay never seen nor has canvas ever por trayed a scene more inspiring in it nvironments than that which greet d Gov. D. C. HeyWard as he arose t( iddress the Confederate soldiers Wed aesday afternoon. He stood at th< root of the steps of the State hous md gave South Carolina's godspeec .o the veterans massed in front ol aim-on each side of the remnants ol outh Carolina's splendid battalions was a line of younger soldiers, or uard to prevent the profanation o1 he space reserved for the men wht rught their way to immortality. Beyond the martial scene and its con uring influences the Confederate sol lier on the muonument stood at parade est. Back of the speaker the faces and forms of children gave brightness a the picture and the old "Rebs ived their lives anew in gazing on the :eens of young faces flushed :with the appiness of having literally bestrewed xiti flowers the pathway of the army xhose unprotected feet have felD the ;harp flint on Virginia highways. 1neer after cheer rent the air as the eterans gathered before tuhe stand, :heers for the governor of their corn nonwealth. cheers for the children .vho will be the queens of Carolina >rinci palities in the years to come. Just as the governor was about to )egin speaking a shower drove many )f the younger folks undcr cover of imbrellas. but the veterans stood bheir ground. "I am reminded by his shower and- by the presence of :he Georgians of an incident which appened on the Carolina coast." said rov. Heyward to the eager listeners. 'A Georgia corporal who knew noth ng of tides stationed a private and 'orbade him to leave the post. When he corpotral of the next relief came dong he fouud the poor fellow stand ng in water up to his neck. with his ,un held high in air. 'What the ;hunderation are you doing out th ere!' Lsked the corporal. 'I was told not :o leave my post.' was the response, but say, haven't we had the dickens ,f a freshet up the river?'" Gov. -eyward declared that there had >een a freshet of veterans this week, youring into Columbia and refreshing Lnd reviving by their presence the nemories of the days gone by. The little story and its application eased the soldiers, who bared their ieads to -cheer-despite the rain. Ifany times during his admirable peech, delivered with much earnest ess and feeling, the governor was orced to suspend on account of cheer ng. At the conclusion of his address ie was the vortex of a surging crowd, ~achi of whom wanted to grasp him by he hand. Some out of consideration 'or Gov Heyward's welfare lifted him pon their musket knighted shoulders nd carried him into a place of refuge. n addressing the veterans the gover or said: GOVERNXOR IHEYWARD'S WELCONIE. en. Carwile, Confederate Veterans, Sons of Veterans, Sponsors, Ladies and Gentlemen: To the people of Columbia this is a eek of sad and sacred memories, and lso of great joy. Its opening days ave been spent in honoring the dead -in placing wreaths on s-oldiers raves; its remaining days will be iven to the living-in greeting and n weaving garlands for the veterans of he armies of the south. The week has been like an April lay, so quickly has the sunshine fol owed the shadow--so quickly has joy ~ollowed sadness. While the bells ~olled, with bowed heads we thanked he Lord God of Hosts for those who n their lives and in their deaths ad anced the south in glory and in onor; and now it Is our pleasure and >ur privilege to welcome with happy earts and with outstretched hands, ;o this the capital of South Carolina, hose men who in years gone by alse ore the Confederate gray. Although it has been 38 years since he southern flag was folded at Appo nattox, and 42 years since the g uns >f Sumter and of Moultrie thund ered forth over Charleston harbor, yet the eop6 of the south cannot -forget. rhey still cherish the Stars and Bars -that glorious battle ilag, around vhich once rang the "rebel yell," and geneath whose folds the s-ins of south Eielded up their lives in defense of heir constitutional rights-they still ove the southern Confederacy-the oung republic which arose so spotless mrd which fell so pure. Once again this week, in the city >f Columbia-a city whi::h Phoenix ik has arisen from its ashes. the bands are playing Dixie, and once gain those soul-stirring strains are sinking deep into the hearts of white aired -men who fought and bled for Dixie. Once again cherished relics t the past have been brought forth. and beneath a southern sky there iats, as proudly as of yore. those be oved, blood-stained and bullet-torr banners of the old Confederacy. Once gain are marching the men whc wore the gray, and again has the sun shine played upon their ragged gray aps, upon which as Henry Grady said, "The Lord God Almighty laid the Sword of His Imperishable Enighthood," THlE LAST MIEETING. You have met, some of you, per baps, for the last time on earth tc hake each others' hands. You have :ome from every part of South Caro ina-ou have comn from Georgia, to. ,.tto mingle again as comrades. and toi do honor to the memory of your sol dier dead-that vast army of patriots who. having crossed over the river, ae awanitingr yu on the forther shore. You have met again in this, the twentieth century, to record the fact that the Confederate soldier has no apolocgies to make-that he is not l ashamed of the part be played in the days of '61 and '65. and you are here, also, my friends, to attest the fact that when the God of Battles decided against vou. in good faith you accepted that decision. The great privilege, the distingu ished honor, has been conferred upon me of welcoming you to this city, in behalf of the people of this State. Let me say to you that. although. I welconie you gladly, heartily and lov ingly, that you need no welcome to this, your own capital. You need no welcome here because Columbia is yours -it belongs to you-and I may add that there is no spot of ground in South Carolina or in the south to which you are not welcome. There is -no pa;:iot heart in our grand and lorious commonwealth-the com monwealth which produced such men as yourselves-that does not beat with pride az, the remembrance of your deeds, and which dues not gladly wel come you to home and fireside. In the years gone by you shed imperish able honor and lustre upon your be loved State, and gratitude and love from its people is yours forevermore. As you gather each year at your re unions your ranks are growing thin ner-your heads are growing whiter. and your footsteps more infirm. One by one the private is again following his commander-not now to the tieldl of battle, but to the great reward. Since last you met in this city in your annual reunion, another greaI chieftain has found that reward. In your quiet churchyard, under the dome of the capitol which he saved; beneath Confederate Ilags and 1lawers fair. sleeps Wade Hampton. That spirit of his which was your inspiration in the hour of battle, and your hope in the days of reconstruction. thrills, I know, your hearts today, as we pause to do him reverence. Peace to his ashes. Carolina's great captain: A WARM WELCOME. I welcome every South Carolina veteran here today. I welcome every sun of a veteran. I welcome every fair sponsor-and the women of the Confederacy, you are welcome. wel come-thrice welcome: I welcome you too-you Georgians -right gladly do I welcome you to South Carolina! Shoulder with our brave boys you stood, when those old I guns of yours rlashed forth in defense of southern rights. When the bat tle was fiercest you stood by the sides of Carolinians as you stand by their bides today. You too were soldiers of the Southern Confederacy-what more can be said: "That you fought well and bravely, too, and held your country dear: We know, else you had never been a Georgia volunteer!" What an impressive scene is this: We stand here honoring and welcom ing the living, while yon silent monu ment commemorates the-dead: It is the history of the world that when a war is over it is the victors who build triumphant arches, honor their great generals and their con quering troops-that the vanquished erect no monuments to commemorate their defeat. The south is an excep tion to this rule. Today there is scareely a cemetery, from the blue mountains of Virginia to the brown and far-stretching plains of Texas. in which sleep the Confederate dead, where there is not to be found some monument, though it be only a simple: shaft, erected by poor but loving hands, upon which are engraved words which declare that the people of the south honor the men who fell in de feat, valiantly battling for a principle, just as inuch as any nation ever hon ored her sons who fell in victory. And those monuments have been erected by the women of the south: It is needless for South Carolinians ever to0 ask what has woman done for the State-what has she done for her country-what has she done to nter ture patriotism? We know too well -we k-now that more than anything else it has been our women, who "Since the days of old, Have kept the lamp of chivalry Alight in hearts of gold." GREAT DEEDs OF ARMs. It was by their inspiration, and for their sakes that great deeds of arms have been wrought by Carolina's sons, not only upon the soils of South Caro lina, but in other States, in foreign lands and upon distant seas. And when these sons returned, whether in victory or in defeat, when they laid their armor by. they could always rest assured that their bravery, their sac -ifcem, their privations would be comn memorated by the women of South Carolina-that the women would see to it that posterity should know or all' they had done through enduring brass nd imperishable marble. The hero ism of the Confederate soldier has found no truer historian than the wo men of the Confederacy, who suffered o much while he fought so well. Those old ragged gray caps of yours an find no more loving custodians than the fair daughters of you, men, who wore those caps. A nd now let me add, may your lives be sparedl to us for long years to come. We need you, and we want you. Your lives hav'e not been spared in vain. They have been. and ever will be. an inspiration to those among whom you live, pointing the young manhood of the south upward to higher and to holier things. You, men, who defend ed the rights of south, did all that ex alted and patriotic manhood could do, and as long as the south honors chiv alry and holds patriotism dear. so longz will loving tribute be paid to you. I repeat again, you need no wel come. F-romxmne end of Columbia to the other "Welcomes and greetings have been said: Make glad our threshold with your tread, Old friends, once more: 'Salve:' is writ. beneath, o'erhead, An ope'n door.' Many Slaughtered. Capt. Pershing's American forces in the Philippines have engaged in Iseveral fights with Moros during the past month. The Americans lost Ionly two killed and four wounded, but hndreds of Moros were slaughtered. BLED TO DEATH. Homicide of the Most Peculiar Kind Which Occurred Recently. The Columbia State says Senator T. B. Butler of Gaffney was in the city Wednesday and appeared before Chief Justice Y. J. Pope to ask for bail for K. A. Upton, who inficted a mortal wound upon his brother-in-law, George Phillips, last Saturday. The circum stances of the homicide are very peculiar. The two men were returning from a trip to Spartanburg when Upton became very muc& enraged with Phillips over a dispute about 50 cents which the latter wished to borrow. Phillips, who was intoxicated, chased Upton down the road and was gaining on the fleeing man when the latter opened his pocket knife and struck backwaads. The blade struck Phillips in the breast, inflicting a serious wound. The wounded man was up and about on the following day, but believing that the wound needed at ,cntion he removed the absorbent cotton with which the physician had paced it. As soon as this .was done the wound began to bleed profusely and all efforts to stop the flow were in vain. No physician was in the vicinity and Phillips soon b!ed to death. The two men, just after the wound was intlicted, bad a conversation in wbich they )oth regretted the unfor tunate occurrence to the fullest. After hearing the e-vidence Justice Pope granted bailin the sum of $500. Up ton vill be tried at the next term of ourt in Cherokee county. A Florence Shooting. A dispatch from Florence to Tne News and Courier says: "IMr. Robert J. Whitton, a popular young Coast Line engineer of Florence was shot and probably fatally wounded by Mr. R. A. Hatley, a youngsewing machine agent of Lee Ct unty, at a house in the I northern part of the city, about 11 clock Wednesday night. The story of the tragedy is almost unobtainable, I wing to the fact that all present re- I frain from giving an account of what appened. From what could be i athered, however, it seems as if a dispute was going on and young Whit bon tried to act as p 4.-emaker, and was attempting to keep Hatley and nother young man from getting into a personal encounter., when Hatley crew a pistol and tired. The ball en- I ered below the second rib near the ollar-bone, ranging downward and pierced the lung. Whitton was car ried home and Drs. McLeod and Gregg were soon at his side. He has been in i n unconscious condition most of the time and the physicians fear that he I cannot recover. Hatley was arested Thursday at his boarding place nd is now in jail awaiting the result f his pistol shot. Whitton is a clever < young man and is highly respected, 1 nd the terrible tragedy that will < probably cost him his life is deeply de plored by our people. Hatley has not . been in Florence long, and is not gen- 1 erally known. It is stated that Hat- I ey is a married man." Hatley at one I time lived in Orangeburg and acted as sewing machine agent for Mr. J. W. Sm oak. Many Killed in Riots. No less than 200 are dead or wound- 1 ad as a result of rioting in the streets here, says the V7alparaiso correspon lent of the New York. Herald. It< s impossible at present to ascertain the exact number of casualties, Isolat- 1 ad reports of firearms are still heard in all quarters of the city. A censor ship has been established over all the telegraph lines. El Heraldo, the only< paper that was issued Wednesday, severely criticises the authorties, whom it holds responsible for the out-1 rages. All the foreigners here are safe.. 4 Crazed by Jealousy. At Petersburg, Va., on Wednesday Mrs. Jasper F. Gwaltney, a 17-year old wife and mother, crazed by jeal ousy, Thursday killed her 9-months old infant with morphine and then attempted suicide by the same means. The attempt failed, and Friday night she was arrested by the police and is in jail, awaiting the result of the coroner's inquest. The tragedy is the work of gossipers, who told Mrs. G;watney that her husband had been seen walking with a former sweet heart. Nearly all Killed.4 A special to The State from Chester eld says near, on the Chesterfield and Lancaster railroad, a box car which was being loaded with lumber got away and ran down a long grade an d running into the section force that was on Cruiser branch trestle at the foot of the grade. .John Bogan was instantly killed and Elliott Pegnies had both legs cut off. He died at 5.30 Friday afteroon. Preston Wall had his leg and back sprained: Preston Timberlake a leg broken. All are negroes. A Fatal Quarrel. News reached Valdasta, Ga., Friday from a remote section of Echols county of the fatal shooting of James Rigsdon by William Lewis. Both young men were suitors for the hand I of Miss Rosa Johns, and according to the accounts received. they met in ber ather's house, quarreled, and the shooting followed in the young lady's I presence. It is said that the case was brought before a local justice of the peace who exonerated Lewis of all blame in the aatter. His hands F~ull. 1 The Atlanta Journal says with New York's smart set busily engaged in 3;candalous" marriages on the one 1 side and Mr. Cleveland grabbing off ovations on the other. the Hon. Hank Watterson surely has to hustle thesec days to give the mint bed even the necessary spring thinning out. Good Advice. The Philadelphia Record says since ex-President Cleveland has emphati- 1 cally declared against a third term, and since the vast majority of his fel- 1 low citizens heartily concur with hirn (which is much more to the purpose,) it is well to definitely abandon the < sujeandn return to th:orer of the 4 HAS NO CHANCE Of Being the Nominee is What Fryan Says of Cleveland. SAYS CLEVELAND WANTS SALVE Even Cleveland's Staunchest Friends Would Not Risk Him as a Candidate Next Year Says Bryan. The Newark, N. J. News recently published the following from its Lin 3oln, Neb., correspondent: "William Jennings Bryan received ,he News correspondent very cordially ruesday at his country residence, four niles from that city. A typewriting nachine was clicking busily in the ipstairs room and the farm bands ere at work in the adjoining fields. Ur. Bryan's red brick house is more nodern and more pretentious than he somewhat old-fashioned old home )f Grover Cleveland at Princeton. Mr. Bryan would not submit to an aterview unless the questions were vritten and the answers recorded erbatim as he spoke. them. "Is it possible for Grover Cleveland o receive the Democratic nomination ext year, Mr. Bryan?" "There is not the remotest possibil ty of Mr. Cleveland becoming the iuminea. Even his staunchest friends ould not risk him as a candidate," ;aid Mr. Bryan. "But Mr. Cleveland has apparently !ome out of retirement and many sup ose he is seeking.re-nomination," re narked the News man. NOT IN HIS CONFIDENCE. "I am not in Mr. Cleveland's con idence," said Mr. Bryan, "and there ore give an inside explanation, but Ls an outsider I venture to say that is purpose is to positively refuse to e a candidate after a while and then tilow his friends to say that he would mave been nominated and elected had ie not refused to run. This might Liford Mr. Cleveland some satisfac :ion as a salve for the bruises which he ias nursed since 18963. There isa tail ,f the Democratic party which was .ery nearly pulled out seven years ago, hat is just as monopolistic in its enlences as tWe Republican party is. rhere are- also a number of newspa yers calling themselves Democratic hat are as monopolistic as any Re >ublican newspapers, and I will name L few of them: The Chicago bronicle, Nashville American, Louis ille Courier-Journal, Boston Herald, Philadelphia Ledger, New York rimes. Brooklyn Eagle, and some )thers. This class of newspapers can >e relied upon to support any Republi an policies the financiers of the coun ry are interested in. They keep up mn attack on minor things and some imes attack individual Republicans, >ut they are so closely allied to or anized wealth that they simply de ~eive the people. If there was a law ompelling these newspapers to carry he names of the men who dictate ~heir policies at the top of the editorial ~ages. the people would know that he supposed editors had little or no oice. These so-called Democratic iewspapers can be depended upon to lefend any Democrat who betrays his arty and his constituents and abuse my Dem'ocrat who cannot be corrupt "This class of newspapers represent is public sentiment that which they esire the people to think is public entiment." Mr. Bryan said this in a way which nade It plain that he thought this is ust what was done in the extensive omments of the ovation given Mr. 1eveland at St. Louis on dedication lay. Mr. Bryan also made it plain that ie did not consider the reception given lr. Cleveland as being connected, so ar as the people who made the noise ere concerned, in the least with a ~residential boom for the sake of Princeton. "Who is to be the savior of the Democracy in 1904 and from what ection of the country must he come?" lr. Bryan was asked. "I cannot discuss any available in lividual for the nomination," he said. 'The geographical position of the ~andidate will not figure in the ad van ~ages. It matters not what state he s from. Hie must have the qualities f we are to win, lie must be in1 ympathiy with the masses of the peo-1 le and possess the moral courage to leend their rights and integrity to "On what issues will the Democra ic party base its hopes for success iext yeary" "A party platform cannot be outlin d so far ahead. Conditions arecon tantly changing anid something is iable to arise to place an entirely new hase on. the situation from what it tppears today." 'What do you think of the idea in ome quarters that the powerful Wall treet interests are to oppose Presi lent Roosevelt as the Republican lominee?" "There is no evidence of it out of the iews that is controlled by Wali street. rhe bureau of commerce and the El :ins bill, which is said to have beer: raf ted by the president of the Penn ylvania railway, are an insignificentI esponse for anti-trust legislation." "What do you think of President loosevelts efforts toward a settlement > arbitration of the coal strikey" "I think they were laudable. I have .lways believed strikes should he set led in that way." "How do you feel about the merger lecision in the Northern Securities ase?" "It was a righteous decision, and I iope it will be sustained by the su >reme court. But the merger decision carcely touches the trust question. Lhe fact that the people are paying ribute to a large number of trusts I uesday is conclusive evidence that 1 he present law is not adequate, or is< iot properly enforced." Mr. Bryan detailed one of his chil-1 Iren to show the correspondent his :arriages, horses, cattle, hogs, 1 ins a nrd the farm. Pointing? to three fine specimens of the swine family the little guide said: "The name of that one is Sixteen to One, the mother of this litter, and the other, the father, is named Mark Hanna.' THE CONFFDEBATE ROLLS. Col. Thomas Furnishes Information on an important Point. Col. John P. Thomas, in a com munication to The Columbia State, gives further information concerning the Confederate rolls, the publication of which will be discussed at the U. 0. V. reunion convenion in Columbia this week. Col. Thomas says: Going to headquarters for my facts I first addressed myself to Gen. Mar eus J. Wright, an old Confederate con ected with the War- Department: Florence, S. C., April 23, 1903. Dear General: You will remember the writer as former historian of South Carolina Confederate rolls. Please inform me as to exact mothod A proposed publication of Confederate rools. Will the government publish the names with the descriptive part, )r the names only? Send all circulars :s the War Department bearing on the subject. Yours, J'obn P. Thomas. Record and Pension OfficeWar De partment. Washington, April 25, 1903. NIr. Jno. P. Thomas, Florence, S. C.: A law enacted at the last session of Dongress requires the department to :ompile a complete roster of the offl 3ers and enlisted men of the Union and Confederate armies. The form in which the compilation will be pub lished has not yet been decided upon md will not be decided upon until ifter the compilation shall have been :ompleted. No circular with regard .o the work has been published. By authority of the Secretary of War. F. C. Ainsworth, Chief, Record and Pension office. Addressing myself next directly to xen. F. C. Ainsworth, War Depart ncnt, I received the annexed reply: ecord and Pension office, War De partment. Washington, April 27, 1903. 301. Jno. P. Thomas, Florence, S. C. Dear Sir: In responce to your let er, received today, relative to the re ently authorized roster of the officers md enlisted men of the Union and onfederate armies, I beg leave to say hat no decision as to the form and ;cope of the publication has yet been nade and that none can be made un il after the compilation of the Con ederate part of the roster shall have een completed so as to make it possi )le to determine definitely the extent md character of the historical infor nation that is available for use in the ,ster. The department is now engaged in ompiling data for the Confederate )art of the roster, and in doing so it s making use of -all orignal contem )raneous records that are in the pos ession of tne department or that may )e obtained from the various States or >ther sources. Every item of infor nation that is found in any of these ecords with regard to the service of my offcer or enlisted man is separate y carded, so that when the work shall iave been completed and the cards hall have been arranged, all the cards elating to that offcer or man will fall ~ogether a nd will show his entire mili ~ary history so far as that history is scertainable from the records. You will readily see that the rela ive completeness or incompleteness of ~he histories thus compiled in the case >f Confederate offcers and men will lepend in great measure upon the er ent to which the incomplete records n the custody of this department hall be supplemented by original re ~ords that may now be in the poss~es ion of the vario'us States, of histori al or memorial associations or of >rivate persons. Very respectfully, F. C. Ainsworth, rigadier General. U. S. A., Chief, Record and Pension Offee. The original publication by the See etary of War seemed to imply that )ly the names would be published, md not each soldier's record. But the ~orrespondence herewith given points o the full publication of our Confede ate rolls, names and records of each t1cer and private. if this be the case then the general: ~-vernment proposed to do its duty, 1 ot only magnanimously, but fully, by: he Confederate soldier and South arolina will be relieved of her publi-i ation-her late foe coming gradually: o her relief and taking off her hands1 he solemn obligation that rested hereon. To this complexion it has come at: ast and let us thank the Lord of losts that He puts it in the minds Ld hearts of the men in blue to honor: he men in gray. It is the great re-i It will remain, however, for the vet-1 ~rans in convention assembled to urge. he general assembly of South Caro mn to make such an appropriation asj ill enable Col. Tribble to amend, re- ] ise and, if necessary, to purge the ols so as to present them clean, clear mnd complete-as far as possible to the; rinting and preserving hands of the . 'ecord and pension ottice of the War )epartment, and especially hon-] red be the names of Root and 1 insworth and all others connected . vith this noble and timely benefac-] ion-that, above all else, puts on the >age of history the names of the rivates who composed the matchless ,rmies of the young Confederacy thati rose so fair and fell so pure ofi rime. And let every Confederate aid Col. 'ribble in his great office so as to have ur records as fair and as thorough as ve can. For one I pledge myself to do all I an to second Col. Tribble and loyally o volunteer for the final war of the olls as a private, seeking no reward xcept what comes from the sense of1 uty done. Jno. P. Thomas. ONmoss are under the ban of the aw in the city of indianopolis, a court here having 'decided that if the odor f cooking onion; is offensive to one amily living in a flat, that familyj nay secure an injunction .restraining~ mother family from cooking onions in! ,he house and thus permitting the ]: u~mae to annoy other tenants. COAST BATTERIES Named In Honor of Distinguishel Officers in the Service. SOUTH CAROLINA REPRESENTED Those Who Served in The Revolu tion, the War of 1812, the Seminole and Civil Wars. The war department Friday assign ed names to a large number of sea coast batteries. The names are in honor of officers who have performed distinguished service in the Continen tal Army of the Revolution,-the War of 1812, the Seminole War and the Cival War. The following are the batteries, with the names assigned: Fort Caswell, N. C.-Battery Madi son, in honor of Surgeon W. S. Madi son, Third United States infantry, who was killed May 14, 1821, in action with Indians near Fort Howard, Wis. Battery McDonough, in honor of First Lieut. Patrick McDonough, ::orps of artillery. U. S. A., who was killed Aug., 15, 1854, at the battle of Fort Erie, Canada. Battery McKavett, in honor of Eenry McKavett, Eighth United States infantry, who was killed Sept. 21, 1846, at the battle of Monterey, exico. Fort Moultrie, S. C.-Battery Lo gan, in honor of Capt. Woa. Logan, Seventh United States infantry, who was killed Aug, 19, 1877, in action with Nezperce Indians at Big Hole Basin, Mont. Battery Bingham, in honor of See :nd Lieut. Horaitio S. Bingham, See rnd United States cavalry, who was killed Dre. 6, 1866 in action with Sioux [ndians near Pa'rt Phil Kearney, Da kota territory. Battery Me Corkle, in honor of First Lieut. Henry L. - McCorkle, Twenty ifth United States infantry, who was illed July 1, 1898, at the battle of El aney, Cuba. Battery Lord, in honcr of Assistant 3urgeon Geo. E. Lord, U. S. A., who Nas killed June 25, 1876, in action with, Sioux Indians at Little Big Horn iver, Mont. Fort Fremont, S. C.-Battery Jesup n honor of Brig. Gen. and Brevet Iaj. Gen. Thos. S. Jesup, United 3tates army, who sened with distine ion-in the War of 1812 and the Florida W7ar, and died June 10, 1860, at Wash ngton, D. C. Battery Fornance, in honor of Capt. fames Fornance, thirteenth United tates infantry, who died July 3, 1898 )f wounds received at the battle of 3an Juan, Cuba; July, 1, 1898. Fort Screven, Ga.-Battery :Gar and, in honor of Col. John Garland, Fighth United States infantry, brevet eneral U. S. A., served with distine ion in the Florida War, the Mexican War and who died June 5, 1861, at ew York city, N. Y. Battery Fenwick, in honor, of Col. no. R. Fenwick, Fourteenth United States artillery, who served with dis Anction in the War of 1812 and died ~farch 19, 1842, at Marsseilles, France. Battery Backus, in honor Lient. 3o1. Electus Backus, Light Dragoons, rho died June 7, 1813, of wounds re eived in action at Sackets's Harbor, S. Y., May 29, 1813. Battery Gantt, in honor of First ieut. Levi Gantt, Seventh United sttes infantry, who was killed Sept. L3, 1847, at the battle of Chapultepec, Rexico. Fort Taylor, Fla.-Battery Adair, .n honor of First Lieut. Lewis D. idair, Twenty-second United States nfantry, who died Oct. 25, 1872, of rounds received in action with Sioux [ndians at Heart River Crossing, Dair., )ct. 14, 1872. Battery Covington, in honor of Brig. 3en. Leonard Covington, U. S. Army, rho died Nov. 14. 1813, of wounds re :eived at the battle of Chrystler's ields, Canada, Nov. 11, 1S13. Battery Gardiner, in honor of Capt. 3eorge W. Gardiner, Second United tates artillery, who was killed Dec. 8, 1835, in action with Seminole In ians at Withiacooche river, Fla. Battery Dilworth, in honor of Sec >nd Lieut. Rankin Dilworth, First ~nited States infantry, who died Sept. 7, 1840, of wounds received at the >attle of Monterey. Mex., Sept. 21, L846. Fort Dade, Fia.---Battery McIntosh n honor of Lieut. Col. James S. Mc :ntosh, Fifth United States infantry, yrevet colonel, United States army, vho served with distinction in the Yar of 1812, and who died Sept. 26, 847, of wounds received at the battle iolino del Rey, Mex., Sept. 8, 1847. Battery Burchested, in honor of irst Lieut. Henry A. Burchested, econd United States infantry, who as killed Nov. 30, 1813, in action vith Indians on the Alabama river, .labama. For De Soto, Fla.--Battery Laidley, n honor of Col. Theodore T. S. Laid ey, ordnance department, United tates army, who rendered conspicu us services in the War with Mixico nrd the Civil War and who died April ,1886, at Palatka Fla. Battery Bigelow, in honor of First ~ieut. Aaron Bigelow. Twenty-first nited States infantry who was killed uy 25, 1814, at the battle of Lundy's ane, Canada. Fort Pickens, Fla.-Battery Van weringen, in honor of Capt. Joseph van Swearingen, Sixth United States nfantry, who was killed Dec. 25, 1837, n engagement with Seminole Indians t Okeechobee, Fla. A iastardly Deed. A special from Trenton to the State~ ays Thui'sday afternoon about two nlles north of Monetta there came ear being a serious accident. When ,he train was at full speed a white boy tanding near the railroad threw a ock at the train. The rock struck. he window near Mr. J. W. Younginer f Trenton, and a piece of the flying. ~lass struck uim near the left eye. E'he wound bled freely, but is only a light cut. Had it struck him half n inch further -down it might have ut out his eye. Such a dangerous Lct should not be overlooked, but hould be dealt wvith so that all recK ess boys could learn a lesson about -hmrwing- stones.