The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 25, 1907, Image 2
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THE CONFEDERATE BATTLE
FLAGS.
We loved the wild clamor of Battle,
The crash of the musketry's rattle,
The bugle and drum.
(We have drooped in the dust, long and
lonely;
The blades that flashed joy are rust only,
The far-rolling Avar music dumb.
God rest the true souls in death lying,
For "whom overhead proudly flying
We challenged the toe.
I The 6torm of the charge we have breasted,
On the hearts of our dead we have rested,
In the pride of a day long ago.
Ah, surely the good cf God's making
Shall answer both those past awaking
And life's cry of pain;
But we nevermore shall be tossing
On surges of battle where crossing
The swift-flying death bearers rain.
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?p"""GYPT and Greece and Rome I
tall made use of flowers in
their funeral ceremonies. The
/Greeks and Romans honored
theiriieroic dead by magnificent funerals.
and various anniversary celebrations.
The greatest orators of
the period were proud to be selected
to pay tribute to the memory of their
fallen warriors. Pericles was chosen
to deliver the funeral oration over
the. slain in the Peloponnesian War,
V ' and Demosthenes over the dead in
the terrible battle of Cheronea. All
great nations of the past have felt
and acted upon this sentiment, and
those of to-day are perpetuating the
beautiful custom.
Americans honor their patriot warriors
by strewing flowers over their
graves, and by reciting in glowing
language the historic battles in which
they fell. The American Memorial
. Day is observed in almost every part
of the civilized world?American soldiers
lie buried in almost every clime,
from the Arctic to the tropics, in the
Far East as well as at home.
Originally designed as a day to be
* set apart for patriotic teaching and
for the paying of a public tribute to
the men who died in their country's
service, Memorial Day has in recent
years made its observance co-extensive
with the boundaries of the nation.
The decoration of the graves
of the soldier dead of the Civil War
was one of its impressive features,
but was extended in many localities
to the known graves of soldmrs who
had fought in any of the wars of the
Government. Thus soldiers of the
Revolution and of the War of 1S12
were duly honored, as well ns those
-who had served in the Civil War.
Much has been said regarding the
origin of Memorial Day. General
Joseph Wheeler claims that General
Logan's attention, when in May,
1868, as Commander of the Grand
Army of the Republic, he issued orders
in regard to keeping green the
mfemorv of the brave "boys in blue,"
had, no doubt, been called to the custom
of the Southern people of annually
setting apart a day to pay reverence
to those who sacrificed their
lives for a principle that was dearest
and nearest to their hearts.
"The women of the South," says
General Wheeler, "were ever assiduous
in their care of the resting places
of their dead, perhaps because of the
customs peculiar on this side of the
Atlantic to Mobile and New Orleans,
where on All Souls' Day each year
the cemeteries were carpeted with
untold myriads of rare and costly
flowers strewn by devoted hands over
the graves of the beloved dead."
During the contest between the
I States the women and children of the
I South delighted to bring flowers and
^ evergreens to decorate the graves of
the martyrs to their cause. A6 the
Xepring brought the anniversary of
W the doomsday of the "lost cause," the
fair women of Southland instituted
another and a special day in honor
of their beloved soldiers; and the pa fhne
nf the> Horntmn t?*oo
v**v S?VI VW4V4A " tUC
in that the sacrifice of their lives had
been made seemingly in vain.
April 26 was the day set apart by
a consent spontaneous in its universal
adoption. Alabama's and Georgia's
first public Decoration Day was
1866. Xo more fitting time than the
: ^TO THE GLORY OF BOTH. ^
jflftemotial 2>av
anniversary of the loss of the cause
so dear to their soulscould have been
chosen for the perpetuation of the
memory of their heroes.
"Women, and women alone," says
General Wheeler, "inaugurated the
custom. Men, more reserved in the
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expression of the sentiments of tlieir
hearts, might permit their departed
comrades quietly to become a part of
general history, but women would
not have it so. The Southern States
fell quickly into line, and then the
custom found its way into the Northern
States.
'But it is to General John A. Lo
gan, a distinguished soldier and nc
le-ss distinguished as a statesman
then Commander of the Grand Armj
of the Republic, that the nation owe:
the establishment of a National Mem
orial Day. No doubt his attentior
hnri beon called to the custom of th(
Southern people of annually setting
apart a day to pay reverence to those
who fell in battle, and saw the bene
fits likely to accrue to posterity bj
establishing a similar custom in re
gard to keeping green the memort
of the brave 'boys in blue.' Genera
Logan issued this order May 5, 1SCS.'
Tenderly bury the fair young deadPausing
to drop on his grave a tear.
Carve on the wooden slab o'er his head:
"Somebody's darling slumbers here."
,( ?Unnamed Southern Poet.
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Again in the wind we are streaming,
Again with the war lust are dreaming
i'be call of the shell.
What gray heads look up at us sadly?
Are tlie.se the stern troopers who madly
Koae straight at the battery's hell?
Nav, more than the living have found us,
l'ale specters of battle surround us;
'Die gray line is dressed.
Ye hear not. but they who are bringing
Your symbols of honor are singing
The song of death's bivouac rest. !
Blow forth on the south wind to greet us,
O star flag, once eager to meet us
When war lines were set.
Go carrv to far fields of glory
The soul-stirring thrill of the story,
Of days when in anger we met.
?Dr. S. Weir Mitchell.
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PRECIOUS TATTERED EMBLEMS.
The return of the battle flags to the
Southern States by the Federal Government
was hailed with great joy
by the old heroes who wore the gray,
and these tattered emblems of more
strenuous days are highly prized by
those who followed them so devotedly
on so many fields. The Virginia
flags returned are carefully stored
away in the Confederate Museum,
which was the home of President
Davis during the Civil War. They
were shipped from the War Department,
each carefully wrapped in a
separate package. The box also contained
a number of flags on the poles
on which they were originally used
during the war. The flags returned
to Virginia are indeed Interesting,
i There is, for instance, a flag of the
! State, made of fine blue silk, which
I saw service all through the war, and
> which was presented by the ladies of j
s Bath County. "God Protect the
Right" is the inscription. Another
i flag of great interest and historic
- value is that of the Second Virginia
) Infantry. This old relic went nearly
? all through the war, and is now but
' a mere fragment, having been torn
> almost into shreds by Federal bul
lets.
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; ROBERT E. LEE.
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A gallant foeman in the fight,
A brother when the light was o'er.
The hand that led the host with might
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j Xo shriek of shells nor roll of drums,
No challenge tierce, resounding far,
When'reconciling Wisdom comes
To heal the cruel wounds of war.
Thought may the minds of men divide, .
Love makes the heart of nations oue,
.And so, thy soldier grave beside,
We honor thee, Virginia's son.
?Julia Ward Howe. ,
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JEFFERSON DAVIS,
TYPICAL SOUTHERNER
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By General Stephen D. Lee.
Jefferson Davis' life teaches us that
character is secure. Character was
his bulwark against all the slander,
ridicule, insult, which the wit of man
could devise, and that defense stands
sure.
As a soldier his brilliant and
promising career was cut short. He
had no opportunities to develop the
great qualities of Lee, the prince of
commanders. As a statesman he did
not quite reach, perhaps, the commanding
stature of Calhoun, to whose
work he succeeded. As an orator he
may have lacked the impetuous fervor
of Yancey, the splendid declamation
of Lamar; he surpassed them all
in his majestic thought, the chaste
beauty of his strength and his thrilling
earnestness. But Davis was
greater than them all. He was an
accomplished soldier, a great statesman
and a consummate orator of his
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i Jackson, the genius of war; Toombs,
the thunderer of debate; Benjamin,
the jurist; Campbell, the judge;
Bledsoe, the statesman?men fit to
Mrs. Jefferson Davis.
measure with the knightliest. Yet
from the vantage ground of history
his sublime head lifts itself above
them all.
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Palmetto Slate News|:
Orphanage Building Dedicated. <
The new building which is in course <
of erection at the Thornwell Orphan- i
age was dedicated to the care of or- <
pfcaned children a few days ago. Rev. 1
\V. G. Neville^ president of the Pres- i
bytcrian College, gave the dedicatory fldrtwss
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Charleston Distributing Point. ]
Charleston is to be the distribut- <
ing point of the importations for the 1
srate of South Carolina and Georgia 1
by the United Fruit Company. <
The fruit has been imported <
through Charleston and distributed i
from Columbia, but the big fruit syndicate
had decided to consolidate the *
two offices and make Charleston both '
the receiving and distributing center <
of the fruit for these two states. ]
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Oppose Articles of Agreement.
The presbytery of South Carolina
declined to accept the ''articles of
agreement" on closer relations with
the Northern Presbyterian Church.
The vntp wns about fiftv against
six, and the general assembly to meet
in Birmingham next month was over- ,
turea to cease any further agitation
or the subject.
There is a decided opposition in
this presbytery to any measure that
anticipates organic union with the
Northern church.
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New Officers of Kings' Daughters.
The state convention of the King's
Daughters was held in Charleston the
past week. Officers were elected as
follows: Miss Etta G. Trott, of Mt.
Pleasant, state secretary; Miss Lula
Lee, of Charleston, treasurer; Miss
Bertha Vonkolnith, of Charleston, corresponding
secretary.
Executive committee: Mrs. J. B.
Jcnnson, of Rock Hill; Miss Lula
Buist, of Charleston; Mrs. Hugh
Aiken, of Laurens; Mrs. W. H. Richardson,
of Summerville; Mrs. W.
Hampton Perry, of Charleston, and
Mrs. W. P.' Correll, of Charleston.
The next convention will be held at
Walterboro.
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Negro is Again Respited.
After having refused to interfere
in the . case, Governor Ansel finally
L?inr?Arl 011 roc fin rr K'r\f turn
OijjUCU, au VI UVl i VC[/lUii5 A.V1 C l? \J
weeks Joan Sbelton, the negro condemned
to be hanged at Spartanburg
on the 19th, for the murder of his
wife's father more than one year
ago.
On one pretext and another the execution
of the court's sentence has
been postponed four or five times, In
order to permit the negro's attorney
to bring the case before the supreme
court or the pardon board, but it has
never been presented to either tribunal
at all.
In February Governor Ansel refused
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to grant a respite for Shelton, who
was then under sentence to hang on
March 1, but Chief Justice Pope the
day before the day set for the execution
granted a stay of execution until
the 19th day of April to, permit
the attorney to appear before the
supreme court. The court met the
past week, but the order was not
filed by the attorney. Chief Justice
Pope requested the governor to grant
r. w-hirii wa? done.
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Suggests Colonization Scheme.
A solution of the difficulties of the
establishment of an immigration line
for the diversion of desirabte aliens
from Europe to the south Atlantic
states is offered in the scheme of
colonization on agricultural lands,
which is being urged upon Charleston
promoters of immigration by Geo. C.
Sheridan, an experienced immigration
agent, of Wisconsin.
In the recent report of President
P. H. Gadsden, of the chamer of
commerce, who has been in Bremen
with State Commissioner Watson,
urging the North German t Lloyd
Steamship Company to re-establish
its line to Charleston. Mr. Gadsden
dwelt with special emphasis on the
necessity of settling these foreigners
on farms rather than in factories. The
experience of Mr. Sheridan of thirty
odd years corroborates the view of
Mr. Gadsden, that success in turning
the tide of immigration to the south
lies at present only along this line.
Mr. Sheridan has held several conferences
with the local promoters of
immigration .movements and it Is proposed
to make an attempt at securing
lands for settlements in various sections
of the state and renew the efforts
at securing aliens who are farmers.
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Greenville's Cotton Industry.
In a report made to the board of
trade of Greenville by a special committee
some interesting facts and
figures are given concerning the
rapid advancement in cotton manufacturing.
Here is what the report
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>ays as to that item: 1
Nominally speaking twenty years p
igo the raw cotton crop of Green- 1*|!
.-file county, which furnishes the new
nouey each year, was worth $1,250,nW.
Today in this city alone the
vagcs for its manufacture in our owa .
ity is over one million dollars.
jreenvillo county, the mill takings of
aw cotton in 1906 were about 67,- vVfi
WO bales. The average crop for the
last ten years was 32,CG& bales. The ^
ncreased value given cotton by reason
of this manufacture within, the ^
confines of our county is $3,350,000?. /Jt
vhich figures do not include the cost".
price of cotton imported. We. have
sot lost in the production of raw
cotton and adding the value of our y J f
lome-grown crops (average 22,000
jales) Greenville countyV cotton and
jotton products are worth $4,600,000,. yM
an increase of about four-fold in twen- .
ty years.
In South Carolina for 1S06 the to- /
:al value of cotton and cotton prod- ' K.-ifi
acts, including cotton seed, was over . "ftj
Due hundred million dollars. Our ' 'fal
mill takings were about . 672,00ft hales.
WOMEN IN A WRANGLE. |
President-General of Daughters cf the
Revolution is Hissed and Refused
Endorsement for Re-Election. v ''-kM*
After being hissed in Tuesdays- '
meeting of the Continental Congress
of the Daughters of the American 'gM&k
Revolution at Washington, Mrs. Don- 1
aid McLean, the president-general of ' |j|8
the society, at the night session, fail- CsgK
ed to secure the endorsement of her.
home state of New York for, re-elec- .
tion. Despite expectations, a haute \;J|jroyal
ever a proposal to endorse her
candidacy, the question was not
brought before the meetiDg.
Charles H. Terry of Brooklyn was
elected vice president general for .{'warn
New York state. Mrs. Terry Issupporter
of Mrs. McLean. *
Dtiring a controversy in the mora- ^^P
ing session between Mrs. McLean and v
Mrs. M. E. S. Davis, the treasurer
general, when the latter aske? for
more time in which to sub mit her ...
report, many of the delegates hifcs^ 0 .
Mrs. McLean when she remarked
that the treasurer-general's report .. &&;.
"seemed to be up in the air." ' ^''^0|
The name of Mrs. Ellen Washings ;
ton, it was announced by "insurgent
leaders," probably will be presented
as a candidate for president-general,
The reports regarding financial in* ? *V
vestments of the socUty were brqufdrt^^^* 1,
out in the report of the treasurer-^ ^
general, Mrs. M. E. S. Davis, which
was submitted Tuesday afternoon.isJ|^Bj
The question as to the investment'of ;'L^!
a .portion of the* society's funds 1
railroad bonds has been a bene of cpn~ |||M|
tention among some of the delegates; t ^?^8
it being openly charged by Mrs. Da&Sg' 4
vis that the investments had been '-J||j V
made in "insecure speculation." The ' r
report showed that the society has &>^|3g?
total of $24,477 in Baltimore and Ohio v^gaSp
and Union Pacific railroad bonds. Mrs.,
Davis stated that she was doc con- VFim
suited about the purchase of these 5j| *
bonds, and that she paid out diedts'^^E
for the investment on the recommen*^^ffl
dation of the finance committee/. The f- . .
report points out that if the bonds
were sold now, this would be. a loss J
of $502 as a result of the deprecation
of the market value of bonds or a.
net loss to April 11 of $271. * '
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey o?
Washington stated that the bonds had
been purchased by' the finance com-r^^||j
mittee only after it had sought the:
advice of the most reliable financial
experts in New York city. The report
was referred to the proper commit*
tte for consideration.
STATUS OF CUBAN AFFAIRS
Reported Fairly Satisfactory by Taft, ;
Who Has Just Returned.
Secretary Taft and party arrived , 1gf?
at the Washington navy yard on ''
board the Mayflower Monday night
afcer an absence of exactly a month on
a trip that included Panama,
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ana rono ruco. me bcvicioi;
Mrs. Taft were immediately driven to\\g|pgi
their residence. Former Governor Ts^
of Porto Rico Beekman Winthrop and ||yi
Mrs. Winthrop were guests of the secretarv
on the return trip. The others
in the party included Representative^
Burton, of Ohio; Kittredge, of So'uih
Dakota, and Miss Margaret Ide.
The party arrived shortly after
o'clock. Later Secretary .Taft gave /
out a statement in which he saya fce
found matters in Cuba -in what,
der the circumstances, must be coa- . '* '
sidered a very satisfactory condlr'
tion;" that there is every ground for;'"
hope that the plan adopted for a census,
preliminary election and then
again an election six months later, will
result in the selection cf a presi-' ^x^
dent and congress who will be able
to maintain themselves and give aC^aKj
stable rule to the island; and that
the delay in taking a census is knownby
Cubans as an earnest of the Amer- r
ic-au government to secure a stable
government before it leaves,'. *4sb< -wl'
there will be no excuse for a second J|pjj
He stated that in Panama the engl- J
neers reported to him th3t the foiin-.
\^r obmOHB
dations for the locks were entirely.