Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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m' ON JULY Bapt in old records lumious. Colu Rise from the victories of the pas There flashes Washington's true s There steadfast Hale, for that pure So ceaselessly the ranks augment, : Bewildered Clio scarce may all up' v. Scant wonder that in that wild str And conquered; for she held that Hers were the glories of dead years. The precepts that her heroes left n< Spume o'er the wave, contumely f Tnrice armed is he who on life's ii > V , Celebrating fjg a cent) \y / ^71 ARADES. dinners, and the drinking of as many toasts Pas there were States in the Union formed the eharac^ teristic features of the early Fourth of July celebrations. There was less noise a century ago than is usually the case today, and absolutely 110 overindulgence in fireworks, because fireworks were so scarce that their use was practically restricted to the public gardens. These popular resorts, of which there were several in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and other large cities, were careful to announce, often weeks beforehand, the attractions prepared for the Auxin m ?ai,> uei > . An elaborate display of fireworks "was always given in the famous Vauxhall Gardens in this city, and the genial proprietor, Joseph Delacroix, was occasionally more successful in his advertisements than in the satisfactory results of his entertainments. Patriotic 'fervor, then as now, frequently overlooked a multitude of inconveniences, but the Vauxhall fireworks in 1803 { were evidently so miserably disappointing that sarcastic letters on the subject were published in the newspapers. Joseph Delacroix had stated that the day would be celebrated in his gardens "in a style superior in taste and magnificence to anything hitherto exhibited ' in this city. - Xo pains nor expense has been spared on his part to evince his profound attachment to the principles of the American Revolution by con, tributing spectacles analogous to the event for the amusement of the public." How well this boast was fulfilled may be inferred from the following eriti-. cism sent to one of the daily papers the next day: "A most terrible crackling was heard by every ear, a great light was seen oy every eye, ana, aoove an, mignty pnffs of brimstone and smoke were snuffed up by every nostril; this, however, was very patiently endured, because everything that had been displayed was considered as a mere prelude to the astonishing spectacle alluded to in Mr. Delacroix's monstrous 1 advertisement. But, alas! it was soon pretty evident that all was over, and now. instead of bursts of applause, nothing was to be heard but exclamations of disappointment." Seldom, however, were complaints publicly expressed. There was a simplicity in the celebrations and a spontaneous enthusiasm for the memories of the day by both the young and old. Nearly every town and village could point with pride to Revolutionary veterans, and the presence of these warriors who had contributed their share toward making the Declaration of Independence mean something to the country added to the deep personal interest in the day. The love for their ' young country rang out true and clear ; in every oration and after-dinner toast. The following toast, given by the merchants of this city in 1705 at the Tontine Coffee House, is but a sample of many which the day always called forth: "The auspicious day that rescued our Ct'/AiP art twas/ CES&H& \j^ ?7>%&Wl?rf/iE 7YX *1 crtfftw YORK ClTY.17/5 FO URTB Dangerfield mbia sees each son t, by dauntless valor won: word; there Marion leads his men; cause, dies fearlessly again! so bright the glittering whole, on her page enroll, ife Columbia led the van wealth lay not in mines, but man Knit to tnose mem ries stiii, obly their sons fulfill, ades, no slander dims our fame: eld shall bear Columbia's name! iTHE FOURTH^ jry ago yyl country from the hated yoke of foreign tyranny, and gave us honorable rank among the nations of the earth?may its glorious events never be effaced from nnr mpmnrios* mnv tho it lias conferred be as lasting as the globe we inhabit, and may each revolving year find us more united, more happy and more free." During the early years of the last : - 1 " ' ; ' : ' lilil? v. dlfSi' '&Pv, .v^. .r -.' ^ - >. > -. ?, WiT" >'-v#>1v;,: ':'.-:v < ' : *LJ-> ^5'' -vB $&& 'MSBm^^^n- ' tJ^&M v^-.vV?.* :$$& -V' ^>"::>'?; '<*+?-:y''*' '. . * i rf flf vfi? I ?3*3B ? IBB '.* M Rff > _: J j i^ngS ' jSS 3 century the celebration in New York invariably opened with a discharge of cannon from the Battery. A parade of the militia and volunteer rifle organizations, accompanied by the leading socieites of the city, in which Tammany was always well represented, marched through Broadway below the present City Hall, Wall street and some of the other thoroughfares. After a march of about an hour the paraders filed into St. Paul's or some other prominent church, where the Declaration of Independence was always read, followed by an oration. In the evening every tavern and coffee house had a special Fourth of July dinner. This latter custom was universal. No hamlet was so small that it could not gather its company of patriotic diners in the village tavern, where their enthusiasm was displayed, not only in repeated protestations of loyalty to their country, but iu drinking heartily to the toasts, which always corresponded in number to the State# in the Union. In 1S04 there were seventeen States, and this system was continued several years longer until the accumulation of States became so numerous that it was an absolute impossibility for the diners to keep pace with them in drinking ability, and so, perhaps somewhat regretfully, the time-honored custom of a toast for a State was abandoned. The residents of Brooklyn, 100 years ago, were not to De outdone uy men. friends in the greater city across the river, as. according to a newspaper account at the time, the Fourth of July, 1804, was celebrated in Brooklyn as follows: "The military of Kings County assembled at the town of Brooklyn to celebrate the day. At sunrise a salute of seventeen guns was tired. The Uniform Corps of the Troop of Horse, liepublican Riflemen, Washington Fnsi, leers and the Rising Sun companies formed on Brooklyn Heights at 1'; o'clock and marched through Sands street. Main street, Front street, up old Ferry street, to the parade ground." Later in the day there were dinners in the various taverns and the customary toasts. In Boston there was also the inevitable parade, followed by services in the Old South Church. The Boston- j ians were intensely loyal to John ' Adams, and the toasts proposed in his honor were often far more eulogistic than those given for Jefferson. In one + I110 ermHmonf trie OV.U UlAiVli C 11 UO vct^vu* "John Adams?too wise for office, too I 1 just for toleration. Yet be it remembered that the ostracism of Greece never tarnished the immortality of Aristides." The Rev. Jedediah Morse, father of Samuel F. B. Morse, the inventor of the telegraph, was then a minister in , Charlestown, and he had a prominent part in the services. The simplicity of 1 these early celebrations is depicted in the following extract from a Boston paper in concluding a description of the events in Charlestown in 1804: "In the evening a large number of ladies and gentlemen assembled at the hall, where they were served with tea, coffee and fruit. The charms of wit and beauty adorned every countenance with a smile and diffused throughout the whole company a cheerfulness and modest gayety." An account of the celebration at < Potts Grove, Montgomery County, Pa., is interesting not only for the picture of rural enjoyment, but as a sample of the journalistic writing commonly seen in liitr t'uu^ iic? opapuio* "Two field pieces, cheerfully served, sent abroad in the forenoon the lofty report of both fun and frolic by sixteen well-timed and successive discharges. Joy beamed on every brow; the green valleys and distant hills participated in the gladness of the day by reverberating the magnificent and far-sent sounds of liberty and independence." Mention is then made of the dinner, with its attendant speeches, and, in concluding, the writer adds: "The retired sun had just by this time let in the gloomy shade of night, upon which the company betook themselves to the tavern of James Kinkead, where they enjoyed themselves with the sprightly dance and feasted to a }* """Tl," I .rnm yfcflMI JY?& jj^l'vi %&?? '& ::;^'JISlk V * '< v ^HB w.'&$j&>,*'. .*' ^ ^^BbS$&'" TbH y^^?w Bo^s late hour upou song, sentiment and rosy wine." One of the notable features of the ceiebhition 100 years ago was the prominence given to the Louisiana Purchase. This was but natural, as the sale had but lately been consummated, and the opposition among those opposed to Jefferson and his policy was very great. The supporters of Jefferson naturally did not allow the opportunity to pass without giving him unstinted praise. It is amusing, in view of the growth of our country and the manifold benefits that have accrued from*the Louisiana Purchase, to read the harsh criticisms directed against Jefferson and the purchase of the territory by those who celebrated the Fourth a century ago. "In what will all this ostentation end?" was the query attached to the toast on the Louisiana Purchase at a dinner in Trenton. I jc -i|^ppssai-^E Wsitei //y ^ & > /m\ 'V JF ifef /^/ y* ^/f< By Ada Stewart Shelton. With a fizz! and a boom! and a bang! witn a Dang! ana a Doom! ana a nzz! Oh, this is the song the firecracker sang. With the boom! and the bang! and the fizz! "From the farthest of far-awav lands, From the land of the rice and bamboo. By the cunning Chinee with his dexterous hands We are molded and fashioned for you. "Would it seem like the Fourth of July Without our explosion and noise? Oh. the men on parade march quietly by, But the crackers belong to the boys. "There's no need for the sun to arouse All the world on this Fourth of July; For we're up and we're off, though the grown folk may drowse; We awake the whole land when we try." With a fizz! and a boom! and a bang! To the very last sizzle and sigh. Oh, these are the words that the fire- j cracker sang: "Hurrah for the Fourth of July!" ?St. Nicholas. t 4 Raic OF THE REVOLUTION IN A I MODERN OFFICE BUILDING. An object of interest near which many people' pass daily without noticing is the little old barred window set in the wall of the Rhinelander Building at Rose and Duane streets, New York City. It is set high up in the first story wall on the Rose street side and was taken from the old Rhinelander sugarliouse used during the j Revolution as a prison for American ; soldiers. It was placed in the pres- | ent building when erected a few years j ago. INDEPENDENCE DAY. The custom of celebrating the Fourth of July with noise and great acclaim - - -1 *1, dates rrora me very u?t.? iiittuucvw- . tinental Congress subscribed to the Declaration of Independence in Phila- j delphia, July 4, 177G. Word had gone [ forth to the citizens that the colonies j were to officially declare their indepen- j dence of English rule, and it was : agreed that as soon as Congress passed i the resolution the fact should be heralded b^ bell-ringing. cannon booming, shouting and every other demonstration that would add to the din and jubilation. John Adams, a signer of the Declaration of Independence; and afterward j President of the United States, pre- j dieted in an oration that from year ; to year this birthday of our nation j would be celebrated with noise and j splendor and patriotic ceremonies. It i is aii interesting fact that this same John Adams died on the fiftieth anniversary of the Fourth of July. Thomas | Jefferson, also a signer of the Deelara- j tion of Independence and President of i the United States, died on the same j day and at nearly the same hour. VniTTVtt AMERICA. ? I I Fourth of July, they say, sir, Is Independence Day. sir. But really I am certain that there must be some mistake; For people say, "Be quiet!" And, "I won't have such riot!" At every teeny-weeny noise that I may chance to make. Whv, when my gun exploded, (I thought it wasn't loaded), My mother said, "You naughty boy, now stop that fearful noise!" And then our cannon-crackers (And mv! but they were whackers!) Made grandma sav, "Oh. mercy me! you mustn't do that, boys!" "You're much too young to handle A bomb or Roman candle," They always say when I get near to where the fireworks are; And for a little rocket I nut in Bobby's pocket My father just now set me down inside the I "family jar." The caution and the warning Begin at early morning It's "Don't do this!" and "Don't do that!" and so, unless I may Choose my own celebration For the birthday of our nation. I don't see whv I ought to call it Independence Day! ?St. Nicholas. a^r-Fm -f: n' 1 ^ ml~f ^ (j " TT /.^-' i i :0qm ~o 1 SOIIS UROUN1 2 \ STATE NEWS ITEMS, j tiCMCSKSIfSJ CSJfMTvKM# Warehouse Fire Damages Cotton. Fire was discovered in one of the cotton warehouse at the Springstein mill at Chester, and 200 bales of cotton were partly consumed, causing a damage of about $3,500. The mill operatives put out the fire with th'ur own fire department. * * * To Invite Tom Watson. At an enthusiastic meeting of the Clarendon County Farmers' Association, it was decided to set apart July 27 as the date for a mammoth picnic at Tindall's mills, and to invite Thomas E. Watson of Georgia and others to make addresses. > * * * Fifteen Inches of Rainfall. On the night of June 30, Pickens county was visited by one of the most disastrous floods in its history. A rainfall of 15 inches was recorded, following heavy rains of the day before. Tremendous damage has been done to bridges and crops. * South Carolina Society Dinner. A distinguished body cf southern men was gathered together at Atlanta at a dinner given by the South : Carolina Society of Georgia. Among j those present were: coventor D. C. j Hpvward Governor" .Toseoh M. Ter rell of Georgia and Senator A. C. Latimer. Among the speakers neside the distinguished visitors were Hon. John Temple Graves, presiding officer of the occasion; Hon. Clark Howell, editor of The Constitution; General Jas. Graves, father of John Temple Graves. Governor Heyward's speech was j among the features of the evening, I and was highly complimented. i Greenville-Atlanta Trolley Line. j An electric line from Atlanta, Ga., ! to Greenville, seems in prospect, the j survey for the line having already j practically been completed. A corps of engineers has been at! v/ork some time, surveying the line, j - * - - 1 A ! and nas reacnea me suuurus m ahuu- . ta. This line is to be built by the j Atlanta and Carolina Electric compa- j ny and will run about 160 miles. The j project has been in contemplation for j a long time, but the fact that the engineers have almost completed a J survey for the tracks indicates that I it is proposed to commence work at an early date. i j \ Monument Unveiled at Chester. i I The monument erected by the Ches- i ter chapter, Daughters of the Confed- ' eracy, has been unveiled. The monu-! ment is forty-one feet high, and was j erected at a cost of $2,000. Samuel E. McFadden, as the orator 6f the i occasion, delivered a very brilliant address. The highest praise is due the daughters and especially their president, ] Mrs. Julia Campbell, for their untir- : ing effort and zeal in their work for i the monument. The veil was pulled < frpm the monument by four little j misses, grandchildren of the Confed- j eracy. They were Misses Eliza Walk- j er, Nancy Brice, Savilla Basher Shan-! non and Mary Grace Douglas. *** Mess Hall In a "Mess." A Columbia news item states that: the citadel board is investigating the , mess hall situation about which the ; cadets mildly mutinied recently. A ; thorough investigation was had, a j number of cadets and others' being \ summoned and conditions proved j rank enough. It was shown not only i that decayed meats were served, but j that the dinning room was generally dirty with swarms of flies and waiters I were in keeping. Captain Lewis introduced a resolu- j tion referring the matter to the sub- i committee for more elaborate report f to the August meeting. The intention I is to place the mess hall in charge ' of one officer and hold him to a strict j accountability. The citadel board also tabooed base- : ball and football the coming session, forbidding the cadets to leave town : ! to play, though, of course, allowing games in Charleston. i i Dis'pensary* Situation is Acute. Says a Columbia dispatch: The dis- ; pensary situation is rapidly become j more acute, events are focusing for I 2 final conclusion in the fight that i has been joined to vote the dispensary ! out of so great a number of counties ! . i 2s to leave the state machine without; support, and developments of the next thirty days will be of the most inter-; e.sting and important nature. Petitions calling for an elections un- ; der the Brice act to vote out the dispensary are now circulating in over half the counties of the state remaining "wet" and the dispensary people | are worried and are plainly showing ! it. Senator Tillman's friends have j been predicting that he might soon j be found stumping the state for pro- | hibtion, but so far he has preserved j 1 - < % N an entertaining silence about the whole matter, declining advances to be interviewed. The legislative investigation commottee will hold its first open session in the next few weeks, when it is promised there will be important revelations, which may have an influence on the elections now pending. Roosevelt Orders Probing. rne investigation oraerea Dy president Roosevelt into thfc rc-cent orders, removing Civil Engineers Walker and Harris from the Charleston navy yard, It is said, at the instance of a New York contracting company, is not ex- , pected to change the orders. The hearing which was conducted by Aslistant Secretary Darling, was an informal affair, at which the testimony was not given under oath and witnesses could not be summoned to' prove the charges of the engineers, ' and the whole investigation has taken v:, a farcical turn and It is expected that the order of removal, which was held % up, will be again put into force, and 5 Lieutenants Walker and Harris will be moved, respectively, to Norfolk and Key West Lieutenant Gregory o? FortsmouUi, N. H., is slated to sue- ? ceed Lieutenant WalkerThe differences began some months , ^ ago between the contracting company' 'r of the dry dock and the government || engineers, through the latter rejecting v a good part of the work and requiring ,V| it to be done over. On account of an energetic protest . yj the president ordered an investigation . ^ into the removal, but it is now stated j|| that the hearing will result in the former order being again put into ^ effect. ENVOYS ARE SELECTED. | _ , * I Russia and Japan Name Men to Aprange Peace Treaty?Roosevelt . p, Makes Announcement. - . Official announcement was made by President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay ^ Sunday of the names of the Russian and Japanese envoys to the Washing- './J ton. peace conference. The character,Wm . and ability of the men selected by .* both belligerents is an earnest of tb* || desire of their respective government* to conclude, if possible, the tragedy " being enacted in the Far Bast.? Th?t. Vp plenipotentiaries are: } ||| "Russian?Ambassador Muravieff* formerly minister of justice and now ambassador to Italy, and Baron Ror ; ,S sen, recently appointed as ambassador to the United States to succeed Count Cassini. - \ y Japanese?baron Komura, minister.^ of negotiation affairs, and Kogoro ' * ; Takahira, minister to the United ^ States. By direction of the president, Sec-; ^ retary Loeb made the formal announcement in the following statement: V "The president announces that the .. Russian and Japanese governments^ f have notified him. that they have ap- ^ pointed the plenipotentiaries to meet here (Washington) as soon after the first of August as possible. The two V; Russian plenipotentiaries are Ambassador Nuravieff, former minister^of M justice, and now ambassador at Rome, and Ambassador Rosen. The Japanese plenipotentiaries are Baron Ko- ; mura, now minister of foreign affaire, and Minister Takahira. / -'SsJ "It is possible that each side may '~| send one or more aaaiuouai reprcacu. tatives. The plenipotentiaries of both . Russia anrl Japan will be entrusted . i with full power to negotiate and conclude a treaty of peace, subject of course to ratification by their respect- . ve4 home government." ' V. . - j A day or two ago tne Russian and Japanese governments formally com-, municated to President Roosevelt the names of the plenipotentiaries they respectively had selected. Acting as an ^ intermediary, the president communicated the namec. of the Japanese envoys to the St. Petersburg govern- -J ment, and those of the Russian rep- ? resentatives to the government at Tokio. Havng received from both gov- v ernments assurances that the selec- . tions were Satisfactory, the president, * ' / according to his agreement with the belligerents, authorized the public en- I nouncement. of the envoys. Some delay was occasioned in the selection of the plenipotentiaries by J* the insistence of Japan that the envoys of both governments be clothed with full power to conclude peace, and to negotiate a permanent treaty. The ' Japanese government indicated pointedly that the emperor would not permit his envoys to enter upon a tentative conference in which Japan was to define , terms, and then let Russia <V?cide whether conference should proceed with their deliberations. The Tokio government insist- g that the Dlenipotentiaries should have conferred on them treaty-making powers, and that the negotiation?. ^ should be entered upon in a spirit of perfect sincerity. Such, too, was the position taken by President Roosevelt. - ' ' i Progeny Over Six Hundred. Ben Holt, aged 111, the oldest man in Kentucky, Is dead at Webb's Cross Roads, Russell county. Hie progeny numbered over 600. Y' ' . : J!!