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VOL XXVI BARNWELL, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1903. THE OLD VETS. Colambia Recoivea Them With Open Handa and Hearts. TOUCHING TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD .y ■ “TentinK on the mp (Jrounrt’ Awakens Many Tender Mem ories and Stirs the Old Soldiers. : The gallant veterans of t^a^vmth Carolina Division, U. C. V., naveonce more marched to their Capitol City. In behalf of South Carolina Columbia gladly and proudly welcomed these defenders of Southern rights. For tbeir sakes and in memory of .their deeds her gales were opened wide and warm was the welcome that came from the hearts of a people. The stars and bars weie seen from the tops of houses, from windows, on vehicles and, best' of all, they w^re waving in the hands Of the fair daughtera nf South Carol 1 na. ■ Die- turasof dackson, Uampton and Lee' were seen, always surrounded by the Southern—Confed eracy. ~ Secretary of State Gantt had the State House decorated and Governor Heyward had his office floating the stars and bars an0 the Palmetto flag. The Governor’s mansion was draped i these patriotic colors. They clung. Pith loving pride around the marble monument to the Confederate soldier In from of the capitol, and, flower- iadeo .and beautiful, they rested upon the old war caHhOtf ttfat stand silent and solitary around this monu ment. - —.... - The notes of the bugle and t he drum f were heard again and the band played M Dixie" and the “llonnie Blue Flag!’’ Electric lights in red and white lined the sides of the streets and overarched it at regular intervals. Apd peace was in the air, lumbia and his willingness to labor for her has been made commander of Camp Hampton andyeotral chairman of the reunion work, advanced and called the meeting to order. Rev. W. D. Gordon of Camilen, a distinguished preacher of the Episco pal church, offered a prayer straight from his heart, for he was a gallant tighter among the Matchles soldiers of North Carolina- ’ His reference to the ■dead? on - fields of battle was particular ly beautiful. “ The choir warmed the hearts of tlie old soldiers by singing the “Bonnie Blue Fiag,” each stanza of which pro- vuked prolonged applause. acaiygss-MJM’s welcome. 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 yeterans: It af fords me real pleasure, fellow veterans, speaking 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 pj)en and by their authority and repre sentative 1 Invite you to enter and be yur guest. . . ‘ In extending you this invitation al low me, friends and fellow veterans,' to say that any oommuaity should esteem it a privilege to be your f\ost Of HAPPY WORDS Welcome Extended to the Old Confederate Veterans by GOVERNOR D. CLINCH HEYWARD A Handsome Tribute to the Women. The Great Deeds of Arms Wrought by Carol Ian’s Brave Sons. The Columbia State says eyes have never seen nor has canvas ever por trayed a scene more inspiring in its environments than that which greet ed Gov. D. C. Heyward as he arose to. address the Confederate soldiers Wed nesday afternoon. He stood at the foot of the steps of the State house and gave South Carolina’s godspeed to the veterans massed fh front of Thim—‘on each side of the remnants of South Carolina's splendid battalions was a line of younger soldiers, on fco pfevent ttl® profanation of- and we, I assure you, so esteem it. As the surviving heroesof The - Lost Cause you are rightfully entitled to our esteem, admiration and gratitude,, for veterans indeed you are, veterans in age, veterans in experienee, vet erans in war and veterans in peace. Few of yotrthere be who have not already passed the sixtieth mile post .in the journey of life and can now look back with expeiiendes-pregnant with great issues. It has fallen to the-lot of few to have boroesueit v as you. You are the remnant of a war aj- inost without a_parrallel Jn history, and yet the peace that followed lin- possed trials even more severe than the cruelties of war itself. These trials you have bnrne with more than Spartan fortitude. This time has while the birds'saiig Oeen aet apart to celebrate the triumph blew softly for those V your efforts and L speak no idle guard the space reserved for fought*—their - w-ay—ho. the men who im mortality and the breezes uic« »ui invr™ . - tierv spirits whose vaior gave the doom'I ^ of battle In the bloody arbitrament-of j^ 0 ? or ^ 10 < ^ :cas on - ,we — esteem the war. The tents on the State House groxmds were vivid reminders of the. old fighting days. -Adj. -Gen. Frost was busy preparing this camp for the j •bid veterans, knowing that they would like these resting places,—The large. HEROES UF A UKKAT t At'SK. - Youare the, heroes of a great cause. Y<m- with your - com r ad es..~ many T Cft whom gave up tUfelr lives bn the field of.battle and many of whom have since -met, the last enemy and have come off tent heliKover 200 soldiers and the more than conquerors, made battle for made numerous sin^ll tents made things look regimental here. The veterans esyrie In the first day In large numiwrs. Every train on Monday night ‘brought''aguads and companies and bn TuesdaytlLhe first and opening day of the reunion, the old veterans were in complete poii&es- sion of tbe clty. The opening event was the welcome to sponsors at Wright’s Hotel from 0 to 7:30 TuetT- day evening. Numbers of tlie old veterans were there, “looking after" tlieir sponsors and maids, and scores of sonsof veterans were there ‘‘looking after’’ their fathers. Music was furnished by the Columbia Orchestra,, and the event was a very brilliant one. A ■ W-A-U >t W iU'OME. The (state says, there were soul-iu- Beyond the martial scene and its con juring influences the Confederate sol dier on the monurrlent stood at parade rest.. Back of the speaker the faces and forms of children gave brightness t'» the picture and the old “Rebs" lived their lives anew fp gazing on the teens of young faces flushed with the happiness of having literally bestrewed with flowers the pathway of the army l UMKQtected- feet have felt tlie sharp flint on Virginia highways. Cheer after cheer rent the air as the veterans gathered before the stand, cheers for the governor of their com monwealth, cheers for the children who wiH be the queens of Carolina principalities in the years to come. << Just as tlie governor was about to begin speaking a shower drove many of the younger folks under cover of umbrellas, but the veterans stood tlieir ground, “1 am reminded by this shower and by the presence o( the Georgians of an incident which happened on tlie Carolina coast,” said .Gov.’Heyward to th« eag* “A Georgia corporal,wlio kneyy noth*^ big of tides stationed a private and Inrhario him to leave the wist. When caps, upon which as Henry Grady said, “The Lofd God Almighty laid the Sword' of His Imperishable Knighthood,” ~ r THE LAST MEETING,: You hayg met, some of you, per haps, for the last time on earth to shake each others’ hands. You have come ‘{rbSTevery part of South Caro lina—-you have come from Georgia, Ux), to mingle again as comrades, and to db honpr to the memory of your sol dier dead—that vast army of patrfhtr who, having crossed over the river, are awaiting you on the further shore. You have met again in this, the twentieth century, to record the fact that the Confederate soldier has no apologies to make—that he is not ashamed of the part he played id the days of ’<51 and ’65, and you ar/here, also, my friends, to attest the fact that when the God of Battles decided against you, 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 welcome 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’TIf tlie' wnith to- which you are not welcome. Th grand e is M be spared to us for long yean to come. We need you, and we want you. Your lives have not been spared in vain. They have been, and ever will be, an insplratibu to those among whom you live, pointing the young manhood of the south upward to higher and to holler things. You, men, who defend ed the rights of south. dWi all ^hat ex alted and patriotic mahhood could do, and as long as the south honore chiv alry and holds patriotism dear, so long will lovlny tfl&ute he paid to you. 1 repeat again, you need no wel come. From one 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’erbead, An open door.” BLSDTO DEATH. ’ * . ■ ». * - , / Homicide of the Most Peculiar Kind Which Occurred Recently. The Columbia State says Senator T. 11. 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 infleted a mortal THE CONFEDERATE ROLLS. Col. Thotnaa Fnrnlatiec Information —’*» on an Important Point. ' ‘ — 717) patriot heart' in our glorious commonwealth—the com-jg^nc^g monwealth which produced such men as yourselves—that does not beat with pride at the remembrance of your deeds,-mid which does not gladly wel-, dome, you to home and (preside. 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 eachat 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 lo the field of battle, but to the great reward. Since last you met in this city in your annual reunion, another great chieftain has found that reward, in your quiet churchyard, under the dome of the capitol winch he saved; beneath Confederate nags and wound upop his brother-in-law, George TOflTfps'. tast Saturday! The clrcuST 4)f the homicide are very peculiar. The two men were returning from a trip to Spartanburg when Upton became very much enraged with Phillips over a dispute about 50 cents which the latter wished to borrow. Phillips, who was intoxicated, chased Upton down the road andwas gaining ot*4he-(feeing man when the iatterj n : eh:‘F'.'C. opened his pocket knife and struck backwaads. The blade struck Phillips in. the breast, inflicting a serious wound. The wounded man was up a id about on the following day, but believing tha£> the wound needed at-.' tention he removed the absorbent cotton-with which the physician had paced it. As soon us this was done the wound began to blt&L profusely ;*nd all efforts to stop the ttuw-were in was In the vicinity sleeps Wade Hampton. That spirit and Phillips soon hied to death, of his which was your inspiration in ^* ie ^ wo m en, just after the the hour of battle, and your hope in* was inflicted, had a conversat thrills, I which they both, regretted the unior- v, your hearts today, as we pause Innate occurrence to the. fu lies t._ A fter him reverence. Peace to his hearing the evidence Justice Pope know to do ■ashes. ■Caiolina’s great captalTr’ - along he found tlie poox -ffRow stand- i ing in water up to his neck, with his gun held high in air. ‘What the th underation are you doing out there? 1 , asked the corporal. ‘I was told not to leave my post,’ was the response, ‘but say, haven’t we had the dickens of a freshet up the river?' u Gov. Heyward declared that there had A WARM WELCOME. I welcome every South Carolina veteran here today. I welcome every son 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 doG welcome yon to mip4 « 1 'a—:' the corporal of the next relief came, the cause of right and principle. - - - - T The grpat war In wind) you were the actors, unlike many others which are called great, was altogether de fensive, fOugBfr-4n defense of rights mote dear than life itself. Ilistqry records but few waged upon the same' plane*of exalted principles, in the conquests of Alexander the underly- ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ing principles were the subjugation offseeh a freshet of veterans thls wedr, | (South Carolina! Shoulder with our the worlo. in the campaigns of the j pouring into Columbia and refreshing | brave boys you stood, when those old Caesars x^he underlying principles j aa( j reviving by their presence the I guns of yours flashed forth in defense were new and additional territory fbr memories of the days gone by. j of southern rights. When the bat- The little story and its application ! tie was fiercest you stgod by the sides pleased the soldiers, who-bared their of Carolinians as you stand by their heads to cheer—despite, the rain. Many times during his admirable ‘speech, delivered with much earnest ness and feeling, the governor was forced to suspend on account of cheer ing. At the conclusion of his address was the vortex of a surging crowd, granted- bail in the sum uf-1500:—Up ton will be - tried at the next term of tlie Roman empire and the enslave ment of entire communities of civil ized peoples. In tlie wars of the first Napoleon the undeGyinjf principles were nothing—more elevated than a selfish purpose to subordinatfexall to the indomitable will j)f a remorseless ambition." .2 —- \ MlrioaJwnes at the Columbia theatre tt ^t »o *ri th the war waged by your. Tuesday higHt of last week. The vast " ^ tueat forerunner, tiie j-^fj W fi 0m wanted to grasp him by fhe liand. Some out of consideration, fo^ Gov Hey ward’s welfare lifted him upon their musket knighted shoulders and carried him into a place of refuge. In addressing the veterans the gover nor said:' - auditorium was packed as-it has not, been since last the Confederate survl- vors met here, and at times those, the youth of whose heart belies the frost of timeaip.. their Brows,’ were drawn American revolution, had higher aims and nobler aspirations' Constitutional rights and personal liberties were the great questions at i:*sue and over which the great battle court In Cherokee county. back to scenes when~iove'oF couhlFy^ *™^^® 11 * ' Z j . ... wasdearer than life Itself; — T wa \ d , ra * n and th ®, battle The organised body of Confederate waged tic tween tiic two distinctive peo- veterana of South Carolina was callfid pies who had settled iu this country to order at 8.30 o’clock. That hour ^ ] >y who8 ^ Inteliigenoe, Industry .amiAMirage it soon .took its place found the opera house filled, with hun dreds outside struggling to gain ad mission. The jam around the doors presented some pf the sponsors from getting into 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. iqntiTe-tower floor 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 itfWdaysof ’41 to ’<15, ~ '21 ' . ’ MEDLXY OF WAH.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 thgrr 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 marcb.whlch had 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 60 voices on the -stage began ^^iinging the Long Metre Doxology. ^WThis, too struck a responsive chord in the audience, and hundreds of voices,' _ terror laden when giving the “Rebel yell,” were softened in singing “Praise God /rom Whom All Blessings Flow.” >' CAPT. STARLING AT THE GAVEL. Capt. W. D. Starling, a roan who - loved and fought for the Confederacy - and the man who for his faith in Co- v* an i; . •—■.— among the formost nations of the civi lized» world. Peoples, each distin guished for their intellectual vigor, their high standard (if moral and re? ligtons aimsr and their unbending loyalty to the'cause of truth and Jus tice. The puritans of New England on the one hand and the cavaliers and Scotch of/Vifglnia and the Carollnas pn the Other; each fighting for consti tutional liberties, as they each Tor themselves read and interpreted the law.' — • Tt wan indeed a battle of principles, waged by giants.—It was desperate and it was destructive. It also v T5pm the very nature of the bakeT Involved the horrors of fartriddxL war. * Frat ricidal not only In the broad* sense that we, while one people, were divid 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 brothers enlisted upon different sides, each ris ing to distinction and high rank iu the army of his clkiice. 11 was indeed the case of a divided house. It has but recently been my privi lege to see a book of the genealogy of one of the distinguished families of tills country, who grew to greatness in the great State or Kentucky. KOU THE RIGHT. The record shows that the family furnished to both the federal army and Confederate army soldiers of dlstiric- tion and of unquestioned courage. The name appears among the major generals fh each army. From one house hold alone of the name three sons were soldiers In the federal army and two sons-in-law were soldiers in the Confederate array. Spr 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. For these as well as other reasons it was a desperate war. It was a con flict between a great people and upon great principles. sides today. You too were soldiers of the Southern Confederacy—what more can be said: “That you fought welt and bravely, too, and held your country dear; We know, else you-had never been a Georgia volunteer!” GOVERNOR HEYWARD'S WELCOME. Gen. Carwile, Confederate Yeterans, Sons of Veterans, Sponsors, Ladies and Gentlemen: To the people of Columbia this is a [CONJIITOED ON PAGE FOUR.] week of sad and sacred memories, and also of great joy. Its opening days have been spent in honoring the dead in placing wreaths on soldiers’ graves; its remaining days will- be given to the living—In greeting and In weaving garlands for the veterans of the armies of the south. The week has been like v atit April day, so quickly has the sunshine fol lowed the shadow -so quickly has Joy followed sadness. While the bells toiled; with bowed heads we thanked the Lord God of Hoste fof those who : in their lives and in their deaths ad vanced the southvln glory and in .honor;' and now it is our pleasure and our privilege to welcome with happy hearts and with outstretched hands, to this the capital of South Carolina, those men who In years gone by also wore the Confederate gray. Although it has been 38 years since the southern flag was folded at Appo mattox, and 42 years since the g uns of Sumter and of Moultrie thundered forth over Charleston harbor-, yet the people of the south cannot forget. They still cherish the Stars and Bars —that glorious battle flag, around which once rang' the “rebel yell,” and beneath whose folds the sons of south yielded up their lives In defense of their constitutional rights—they still love the .southern Confederacy—the young republic which arose so spotless and which fell so pure. Once again this week, in the city of Columbia—a city which Pboenix- like. has arisen from Its ashes, the bands are playing Dixie, and once again those soul-stirring, strains are sinking deep into the hearts of white- haired ’men who fought and bled for Dixie. Once again cberlsbed relics of the past have been brdijght forth, and beneath a southern sky there' floats, as proudly as of yore, those be loved, blood-stained and bullet-torn banners of the old Confederacy. Once again are marching the men who wore the gray, and again has the sun shine played upon their ragged gray What an impressive scene is-thlal We stand here honoring and welcom ing the living, while yon silent monu ment commemorates the dead! It is-the“history of tlie 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- tTM I75 'tttts'TatC'‘'Today there is scarcely a cemetery, from the blue mountains of Virginia .to the brown and far-stretching plains of Texas, in which sleep the Confederate dead, wlreraxlhere is hot to be found some Hanged Himself Hmoklng. At Philadelphia, Pa., Tony Wander, a baker, -Hanged--himself here and whlle.dyitTg calmly smoked a corncob pipe. When the body was discovered a patrolman was calioA In and lie cut the rope. It was then noticed that Wander’s lips' were closed on a new corncob pipe, tlie teeth being so tight ly clenched That force was necessary to ^ry them apart. Beneath the corpse lay a half-tilled bottle of be?! and a partly burned match. It was plain that Wander had Indulged in a farewell drink and’smoke before tak ing ‘his life. Investigation showed that Wander cut a piece of sash cord from an entry window, and after ad justing one end about, a gas pipe in the cellar had fasftloned a noose about his neck. Then he sipped tl^beev, and lighting his pipe had calmly puffed away until unconsciousness came. —^ Col. John P. Thomas, in a com munication to The Columbia State, gives further information concerning the Confederate rolls, the publication ol which, will be discussed at the U. C. V. reunion convenion in Columbia this week. Col. Thomas sap: trointf to neaaquartets ror I first addressed myself to Geh-. Mar cus J. Wright, an old Confederate con nected with the War Department: Florence, S. C. ..April 23, 1903. Dear General: Yoirwlll remember the writer as former historian of South Carolina Confederate rolls. Please Inform me as to exact method of proposed publication of Confederate rools. Will tlie government publish the names with the descriptive part, or the niimes only? Send all circulars of the War Department Rearing on the subject. Yours, , . John P. Thomas Record and Pension Office, War De partment.. Washington, April 25, 1903. Mr. Jno. P. Thomas, Florence,-S^- A* law enacted at the lastaesslon pf Congress requires the department to compile a complete roster of the olfi- cerk and enlisted men of the Union and Confederate armtes.. The form in which' the compila'tidh will be pub- lished has not yet been decided upon and will not be decided upon until after the c6mpilation shall have been completed. No circular with regard to the wofk has been published. By authority of the Secretary of War. ' F. C. Ainsworth^ Chief, Record and Pension office. The Newark, N. J. News recently published the following from its Lin coln, Neb., correspondent; “William Jennings Bryan received the News correspondent very cordially Tuesday at bis country residence, four miles from that city. A typewriting machine was clicking -busily In the upstairs' room and the farm hacids were at work in the adjoining fields. Mr. Bryan’s red brick house Is more nod mQOL.pistentiou* than the somewhat old-fashioned old home of Grover Cleveland at Princeton. Mr. Bryan would not submit to an interview unless the questions were written and The answers recorded candidate^’ xA-ddressing myself next directly Ainwortfiy war to Many Killed in Kiota. No less thud 200 are dead Of wound ed as a result of rioting In the streets here, says the Valparaiso corresppn- dent .of the New York. Herald. It is impossible at present to ascertain The exact number of casualties. Isolat ed 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 autborties, whom it holds responsible for the out- monnment, though it be only a simple TSgfX A 11 the reielguers here are shaft »roc tori hty nnt\r huf Invinnr V shaft, erected by poor but loving hands, upotrwfiich are engraved words which declare thafc the people of the south honor the men who fell in de feat, valiantly battling fora principle, Just as much as any nation ever hon ored her.sons who fell in victory.'.. And those monuments. have been erected.Jjy the women of the south! It Is needless for South Carolinians ever to ask what has woman done for the State—what has she done fpr her .country—what has she done to nur ture patriotism? We know too well —we know that more than anything else it has been our women, who “Since the days oLold, Ilaye kept the lamp of chivalry Alight In hearts of gold.’.’ ’ GREAT DEEDS OK ARMS. it was by their Inspiration, and for their sakes that great deedsof arms TJgpm- ornt, I received the annexed reply: Record and Pension office, War De partment. —Washington. April 27. 1903. Col. Jno. P. Thomas, Florence, S. C. Dear Sir: in responce to your let ter, received today, relative to the re cently authorized roster of the officers and eulisted men of the Union and Confederate armies, I beg leave to say that no decision as to the form and scope of the publication has yet been made and that none can be made un til after the compilation of the Con federate part of the roster shall have been completed so as to make.lt possi ble to determine definitely the extent and character of the historical Tnfor- inaTToTi Thatfs aystlgbts for use in the roster. Tne department Is now engaged in compiling data for the Confederate part of the roster, and in doing so it is making use of allj)rtgnal contem poraneous records that are In the pos session of tne department or that may be obtained from the various States or other sources. Every item of infor- recdrcTs witii regard to the service of any officer or eulisted man is separate ly carded, so that when the work shall have been completed and the cards shall have been arranged, all the cards relating to that officer or man will fall together and^Ul show hjs entire mili- toryTiistory so far as that history is ascertainable from the records. ' You will readily see that the rela- tive completeness or incompleteness of the histories thus compiled io the case of Confederate effioere and men will depend !n great measure upon the ex tent to which The incomplete records in the custody of this department shall be supplemented bv original re cords that may now lie in the posses sion of the various States, of histori cal or memorial associations or of private persons. Very respectfully, — - F. C. Ainsworth, ■Brigadier Genera) IT S A., Chief. verbatim as he spoke them. — “Is It possible for Grover Cleveland receive the Democratic nomination next /ear, Mr. Bryan?” “T^eire la not the remotest possibil ity of Mr. Cleveland becoming the nominee. Even his staunchest friends would not risk him as a < said Mr. Bryan. ‘ “But Mr. Cleveland has apparently - come nut of retirement and many sup- pdse he *Ts seek 1 ngre - no m inition,~ marked the News man. NOT IN HIS CONFIDENCE. am not in Mr. Cleveland’s con fidence,” said Mr. Bryan, “and there fore give an inside explanation, but as an outsider 1 venture to say that his purpose Is to positively refuse to be a candidate after a while and then allow his friends to say that he would have been nominated and elected bad he not refused to run. This might afford Mr. Cleveland some satisfac tion as a salve for the bruiaea which be .. baa nursed since 1896. There is a tall of the Democratic party which was very nearly pulled out seven years ago, that is Just as monopolistic in its tendences as the Republican party ia. ordew safe. have been wrought by Cafoilna’a 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 thbir armoy by, they could always rest assured that their bravery, their sac rifices, their privations would be com memorated by the women of-'-South Carolina—that the women would see toll that posterity should know of all they had done through enduring brass and Imperishable marble. The hero ism of the Confederate, soldier has found no truer historian than the wo- mpn of the Confederacy, who suffered so much while he fought so well. Those old ragged gray caps of yours— can find do more loving custodians than the fair daughters of you, men, who wore those caps. And now let me add, may your Uvea Crazed by Jealousy. At Petersburg, Va., on Wednesday Mrs. Jasper F. Gwaltney, a 17-year- Otd wife and mother, crazed by Jeal ousy, Thursday killed her 9-montbs- 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 gosslpers, who told Mrs. Gwaltney that her husband had been seen walking with a former aweet- heart. , ^ x. Hit* Handa Full. . The Atlanta Journal says with New York's smart set busily engaged In “scandalous” marriages on the one side and Mr. Cleveland grabbing off qyaUons on the other, the Hon. Hank hustTelhese Wattereon surely has to days to gqe the mint bed even necessary spring thinning out. the Record and Pension Office. The original publication by the Sec retary of War seemed to Imply that only the names would be published, and not each soldier’s record. But the correspondence herewith given points to the full publication otour Confede* rate rolls, names and records of each officer and private*—-2 - If this be the case then the general government proposed to do its duty, not only magnanimously, but fully, by the Confederate soldier and South Carolina will be relieved of her ,publi cation—her late foe coming gradually to her relief and taking off her hands the solemn obligation that rested thereon. _ ‘ ' — To this completion it has come at last and let us thank the Lord of Hosts that He puts tt in the minds and hearts of the men to blue to honor !>he men In gray. It is the great re- conciliation. — It will remain, however, for the vet erans In convention aaeembled to urge the general assembly of South Caro- There are also a number pen calling themselves Democratic that are as monopolisticteT any Re publican newspapers, and I Sfrlll nam# a few of .. them: The Chicago Chronicle, Nashville American, Louis ville Courier-Journal, Boston Herald, Philadelphia Ledger, New York Times, Brooklyn Eagle, and *ome others. This class of newspapers can be relied upoTto support anrRepubli can policies the financiers of the coun try are Interested in. They keep np an attack on minor things and some times attack individual Republicans, but they are so closely allied to or ganized wealth that they simply de ceive the people. If there was a law compelling these newspapers to carry the names of the men who dictate their policies at the top of the editorial pages, the people would know that the supposed editors had little or no voioe. These so-called Democratic newspapers cjin be depended upon*to defend Any LfemoSrat Who betrays his party and his constituents and abuse any Democrat wBq d&bnot be corrupt- ed. “This class of newspapers represent as public sentiment that .which they desire the people to think is public sentiment.” Ht Bryw said thlahi a way which made it plain that he thought this Is Just what was done in the extensive comments of the ovation given Mr. Cleveland at St. Louis on dedication day. - Mr. Bryan also made tt plain that he did not Consider the reception gi ven Mr. Cleveland as being connected, so far as the people who made the noise were 1 ' concerned* In the least with a presidential boom for the sake of Princeton. — r “Who is to be the savior of the Democracy in 1904 and from what section of the country must become?” Mr. Bryan wasksked. U I cannot discuss any available In dividual for the nomination,” he said. “The geographical position of the candidate will not figure in the advan tages. 'It matters not what state he is from. He must have the qualities if we are to win. He must Id sympathy with the masses of the peo ple and possess the moral courage to defeadthelr.jightaand JntegriJfcJLJQ. lina to make such an appropriation as will enable Ool. Tribble to amend, re vise and, if necessary, te* purge the rolls so as to present them clean, clear and complete—as far as possible to the Good Advice. The Philadelphia Record says since ex-President Cleveland has emphatl- c.’ily declared against a third term, and since the vast majority of his fel low citizens heaTtlly concur with him (which is much more to the purpose,) it Is well to definitely abandon the •subject and return to the order <5f the Ijiy. *;■ . ■ ' ; Many (Slaughtered. Capt. Pereblng’s Amerlcan forces in the Philippines have engaged in several fights with Moros during the past month. The Americans lost only two killed and four wounded, but hundreds of Moroa were slaughtered. resist temptation.” “On what issues will the Democra tic party base its hopes for success next year?” ■> ‘ A party platform cannot be outlin ed so far ahead. Conditions are oon- prinUng and preserving hands of the | reW new record and pension office of the War Hjhie to arise to place an entlfwy new Department, and especially hon- ph** on the situation from what It ored be the names of Root and I appears today. Ainsworth and all others connected, - . .. ■ ■ ^ . —.. with this noble and timely benefac- some quarters that the powerful _Watt tlon—that, above all else, puts on the street interests are page of history the names of the dent Roosevelt as fs ... ... i nominee?" to oppose Presi- the Republican privates who composed tbs- matchless armies of the young Confederacy that “rose so fair and fell so pure of crime.” ’ And let every Confederate aid Ool. Tribble Id bis great office so as to have we can. J For one I pledge myself to do all I can to second Col. Tribble and loyally to volunteer for the final war of the rolls as a private, seeking no reward except what comes from the sense of duty done. Jno. P. Thomas. “There Is no evidence of it out of the news that ^controlled by Wall street. The bureau of commerce and the El kins bill, which , Is sai d to have Utem ^ drafted tjy tW.presIdent of'tbeJtauu tt* , sylvauk railway, ire an tnsignlfloent response fbrAOtl-trast legtalkthw.^ “ Whit do you think of Roosevelt’s efforts toward a se by arbitration of the coal strike “1 think they were laudaUe. I have always believed strikes ibdtfd be set tled In that way.”