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IF -' "P ""P* > 1 THE BATESBURG ADVOCATE. VOL 1. BATESBURG, S. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1901 NO. 18 1 A WARM WELCOME Ex tndad the Old V?terans to Columbia by Her LEADING NEWSPAPER An Article that Brings to Mind the Ni ble Sacrifice Made by Carolinas Sens and Daughters. The following was tho leading editorial io Tho Siato on last Wednesday, whioii was tho first day of tho Confedcrato reunion ic Columbia: It is almost ? waste of words to welcome Conftdcrato soldiers to Columbia. There can be no shadow of doubt that every man who wore tho gray is welcoino to that oity to whioh tho wearing of tho gray has always meant so muuh. Thia is the oity in which the War Between the States may bo justly said to have originated. It was hero that half a century auo the representative men of South Carolina used, as now, to meet and counsel together. Then, as now, there were differences of opinion on political matters, few doubted the right to secede but many considered it folly to do eo. At length the secessionists prevailed. Tho convention which first assembled in Columbia, as the body representing a sovereign State, settled that. Afterwards there was no mere division. Secessionists and their former opponents were united in resistance to the attempt that was made on State sovereignty end local self-government. The expidiency of BcooossioQ was oo longer the issue. Pol icy had given plaoe to principle, and when prmoiplc is at stako the 111 >n of South Carolina have until this day been true. War having supplanted debate. Columbia onoo more hecawo tho ccDtre of Carolina activity. It was here at the capital that the first regiments were assembled and from here thai they went on to tho fields of Virginia; some there to die, some to suffer wounds and sickness and othors to return unharmed to fight other battles for their State. What days those first days of war must have been in Co lnmbia! Wo -cannot dwell upon the topic now and hero. O .her hands more worthy have written of tboso times. Then came four years of carnage, four years of fighting and daring, of endurance and sacrifice?for. "' years that seemed a oontury when u. isurcd by accomplishments and yet w. y all too Bhort to do what Southern bca e dared All this time, Columbia was still a ^ centre of activity. Hero wcr stores f and factories, foundries auu ^.nani a HJiUl!!' iB^iiblry.'alf working Uay by aay to send to the soldiers the aims, the oloihing and tbo cquij mcnts that were eo badly neidcd. Here were hospitals and here were homes ever ready to re ceive tho sick and wounded returning from fields of battle, near and far. TllO And )lAU?n In drmltn ''I"" man's mighty host approached mcarcr and nearer. Defended by an insufficient band?thau which uono has ever been more true?the capral of South Carolina must finally fall into tho hands of a vandal enemy. Columbia must bo abandoned to her fato?abandoned by one who loved her as his own and whom she has always loved as well ?Wade Hampton. Retreating bet ire vast odds ho saw his neighbors' homes first shot at and then set afire. And soon Columbia was in ruins. The next ten ycais ? What of them? Columbia was made tho scene of tho wildoet political doviltry and tho rank est debauchery that ever disgracced an American oommcuwealth?punishment for tho part South Carolina had taken in tho defense of tights guaranteed by the American constitution. Rut these things could not long bo endured. The day of revolt came, tho hour cf tho whito man's emancipation was at hand. And tho leader,?who was he? None other than lLan saino old Columbian, tho one who had led his men in many a fearful charge; had lost his all and more; bad stood as Columbia's defender until defenso was folly and hai surrendered only when h;s chief and friend, tho noble Leo, ta d: "Wo ^ cannot fight longer! ' Today Columbia's weloomo is extended to the survivors of a lost eauso and it is i xtended by Wade Hampton! Invincible in war and incorruptible in peace! When he spcakB the words that tell his o'.d comrades his home city is glad 10 have them hero, ho speaks the Hentimcnts of every oitizen whoso pulse beats time to Columbia's heart throbs. With an energy, an onthusiasm and a will never equalled in this city, our citizens have gone to work to prcparo for the veterans' coming. They havo tried to provide plans for them to sleep com fortably, with plenty to eat and a little something to drink. There will be quite enough to keep them interested in iht ir conventions and their receptions, and it is Columbia s earnest desire that all shall bo pleased. If any votcran docs not see what ho wants, let him ask for it Thon there are the ladies. Tho wives ?who are still tho sweeihoarts?of the beys who left home in ,t> 1 '65. The women who knit stockings and shed tears, prayiDg ana hoping, while '.ho men were fighting. They and their daughters?the sponsors?will bo here, too. Ah long as Carolina is Carolina they will bo tho chief atir?ut'on on every oo casion they may graco with their proacnoo. Tho Sons of Vetorar.8 are scarcely less welcome. Theirs is a great heritage. And to preserve tho history ol their father's deeds, to proteot the fail name of their nalivo land and to chcr lbh tho lessons it teaches is a saircd duty. The war was long since ever, wc are a united pcoplo and there should he not one remnant of bitterness between north and south, yet men would be lost than humn who did not want to toll ol the daring and tho devotion to duty which their fathers mado immortal. The "story of the glory of tho moo whe woro the gray"?this is a story worth telling. This is no moan city which woloomct you today, veterans. It is a city thai has lain prostra'to under the ccnquor cr's heel, a oily that has becu robbed and plundered by vandal hands, a city that was rt z jd by tho victor's torch. Those things Columbia suffered in tho eamo cause for which you offered your lives 40 years ago. Hut today this welcome comes to you, not from a city of devastation and desolation, but from ono that is alive and growing; a city that is full of energy, ambiiioa and enthusiasm Its lovely rcsidcnco strcots aro linod with iho houses of enterpris ing uitisens; its business streets aro eoencB of activity and movement; its depots arc crowded with passengers and freight; its stores and its warehouses arc packed with goods, and its cotton factories arc models for tho world to copy. This is tho Now Columbia. 23ailt upon the ruins loft by Sherman, it iB going to bo tho metropolis of tho State very econ, and bodio day, perhaps, the metropolis of this scolion. It i-> a towu worth visiting and a town that is al ways glad to have vLiUr.% yet never were visitors moro welcome than those who will tramp its strcots today?the men who followed Loo and Jackson and Hampton! CAN'T BE ENFORCED The Anderson L ibor Contracts Aro Null and VoidMagistrate.Wilson at Anderson had a case before hiui last week involving one of thoso slavery contracts about which wo have board en much It was the case of the S^ate vs. Alex Williams. Mr. L It. Watsnn had paid $ 159 to get Williauih out of j ail r.od V\ iilianrs signed a blavery eonirtci to make a crop with Watson, lie br..ko the oou raot and Watson indicted hiiii Messrs. Bouhaiii efc Wat kins r.'nrcBCUltd the State and Q laalebauui A Cochran the dofendant. After heating itio case Magistrate Wilson rendered the following decision, upon the rendering ol whtoti notion of ap peal was served. Oatho thud ( a; of .J anuary, 1901, Alex Williams, being indebted to J. S. Fowler tor $150 bound and hired hitusth to L. K. W*tson to work for him tor the year 1901 to secure the pai nieut of tne said $150. From tbo evidence Dclore tne Alex Williams has nogleotcd aud refused to perioral the work required of him in s.id contract and now L. R Watson has proiccutcu him for violation of ootract. This is a critu inal action to enforce or punish a laborer for violating a oivil contract. In older to render a laborer liable crim inaiiy for violation of a civil oontraot the oontraot must bo suoh a contract at is set out in the statutes. Section 288 of volume 2, revised statutes, provides what must bo set out in a contract to render one liab'c criminally for its violation. First, such oontraot must clearly set form tbo oocditions upon which the laborer engagos to tfork. Second, tbo length of time. Third, the amount of money to be paid. Fourth, and when. This oontraot docs contain the l^ngt^ of time tho laborer is t o wor^ "but it is impossible Toi zmj i- ~ stand upon what oouaitions ho is to work. Nor is it possible for me to determine from the oontraot what wages arc to be paid Alex Williams, and no time is mcntiondd when any wages are to tie paid him. In fact, there is no promise in tho oontraot to pay him any wages at all. For thoso reasons I docile the defendant is not guwty. This oontraot not being suob a contract as rendt rs a laborer liable to (uniubment criminally for violating. Again, this contract is one of thoso contracts in which the laborer agrees to bind himself to be loekod up and whipped, etc. Such a contract is opposed to puolio policy and is therefore null and void, and the defendant cannot be punished for violating a null and void ooutraot. It was argued that whilo these provisions op posed to public policy aro null and void the other parts oi the oontract ate still in force and binding. This is not au action requiring me to scparato the void provisions from the valid provisions if there aro any such, but bimply to punish a laborer for violating this ooniraot as a whole and therefore 1 hold that this contrast in part and in whole is absolutely null and void in to far as this prosecution is concerned. The defendant is not guilty and is ordered that ho bo discharged. B. F. Wilson, Magistrate. An Alligator Story. A most remarkable encounter with an alligator occured in tho Salkohatohio river near Vomassee. According to your correspondent's infoimant, himself an eye witness to tho incident, Mr. Eugeno Walker, of Vcuiasseo, who is a man weighing over ltlO pounds, weot in the river for a swim, leaving his companions, four iu number, on the shore, from which point they watched the antics of the expert swimmer for a considerable length of timo. Suddently Mr. Walker raiseu his left hand high in tho air and his friends on shore were horrified to see a huge alligator fastened thereto. The swimmer, who is deoended from a long line of fighting an oestry, none ol whom over lost a tight or (aid a forfeit, was nothing daunted by the fact that the Sauriau hid him somewhat at a disadvantage, and he soon suceotdcd in landiog tho latter. It was found necessary to ciinplote ly sever the reptiles head from it-, body Oefore Mr. Walker's hand could bo ro leased from its cavernous nws bv means of pr>ing them apart with a stout sliok The "gatcr" wai ascertained, upon acur.il uica'.urment, to be f> feet ana 8 inohcH in length Mr. Walker's hand, while ooniiaorably la oerat-d by iho reptile's hugo teeth, is n >t nearly an ba lly injured as it would Very naturally bo supposed would havo boen the case. Waiting (Tor Jim Johnson. A feud leader, who had about cxtor minatid the opposing faction and had uiado a good fortuno for a mountaineer whilo doing it, for ho kopt his men busy 1 getting out timber wbon thoy wcra't ! fighliDg, said to mo, in all seriousness: 1 "1 have triumphed agin my enemies > time and timo again. The Lord's on ; my side and 1 gits a better and better Christian over' year. A proaohor, riding down a ravino, ' oaun upon an old mountaineer hiding > in the buihes with his riflo. t "What aro you doing there, my friend?" "Kido on, strangor," was tho oasj/ , tnswer. "I'm a waitin' for Jim Johnt son, and with tho help of tho Lawd I'm goin' to blow his dam head off." y . HoW TO KEEP EGGS A Method That Will Pierervo Them Rtaaonably FreshTbo News acd Courier, of May 6, asya tho question of how to keep eggs reasonably "fresh" for a oonsiderablo time is one which oonscrrs far mcro pcoplo than the question of how to keep tho Philippines or Cuba, and as many, perhaps, as any one general household problem that might bo stated, and it is one of never f&ilimr interest Thn United States department of agriculture regards it as being of enough importation to warrant attention in a Government publication, and answers it aooordiug y in Farmers' bulletin No. 128, just issued fr^m the Government press, wh:oh is devoted to the general subject of "Fggs and their uses as Food.'' Wo give the substance of so much of the coouoiont as relates to the particular qat sties iu hand. ojo old domestic metholof preserving eggs, it is noted, is to pack them in oats or brae; and anotlur is to cover thorn with lime water, which may or may not contain salt. The rosul.s of of such methods ato not uniform. Some times tho eggs remain fresh and of good flavor, and at other t.m: s spoil. Recently in Germany twenty methods wore touted, tho eggs being kept for eight months. Those kept iu hnno wero all bad, because of tho silt having penetrated the eggs. Of those wrapped in paper 80 percent were bad. Tho same proportion of those preserved iu a solution of Balioylio acid and glycerine wero unfit for uso. Soventy pet cunt of ihote rubbed with sail, aud iho same proporuou.of those packed in trau; or oovortd with paraffin, or "vtrjishod ' with a so lution of glycerine and salicylic acid, were bad. Oi those sterilized by p.acing in boiliDg wator for two.vc to fifiecu seconds half wero bad. Half of those ticated with a solution of alum or pui in a solution of salicylic acid were Dad Forty per oont of thoso "varnished1' with wator glass, oollodion, or shellac wire spoiled. Twenty ptr cent of those packed in wood ashes, or treated with a solution of burio acid and water glass, or with a solution of pertum ganate of potash, were bad. Those "varnished" with vaseline, orpres rv?d in "lime water," or in "a solution of water glass" were "all good. " Of the last three, and suooessful methods, preservation in a solution of water glass is especially recommended, fur the reason that lime water "samotimm" communicates to the eggs a dita^reeaolo odor and ta-.te, aud "va'mailing" the eggs with vaseline consumes too much time when there is a lai go quantity to be preserved. "Water glass," or Bolulls glass, it is noted, is the popular name for potas siutn silicate, or for sodium silicate, the commercial article nftan bcimr * mixture of lue twr. The commercial article is used for preserving eggs as it lb much cheaper tbau the chemically pure article. It is co"imonlv sold ii tones. m uV|uiu about the oonsistenoy of molasses, and a powder. The syrup form is sometimes sold at wholcsalo, as low as odo and three quarter cents a pound, but sells at retail as high as ten cents a pound. A solution of tho proper strength for preserving eggs is mado by dissolving one quart of B>rup thick water-glass in ten parts, by measure, of water. If the powder is used less is required for a givon quantity of water. "Muah of the water glass offered for salo is very alkalino, and should not bo used as it will not keep eggs well." Only pure water should be used in making the solution, and it should be boiled and then oooled before mixing with the water-glass. The solution should bo oarefuliy poured over tho eggs packed in a clean and sweet vessel. Wooden vessels should be ''thoroughly scalded" for such use. The eggs should not bo washed boforo packing, and when packed should bo kept in a cool place. Ono gallon of tho "solution" is enough for hfty dozen eggs, if they are proporly paoked. The shells of oggs so preserved are apt to "crack" in boiling, which may bo provented by puncturing tho big end with a pin before boiling. The School Book Question. Tho Committee appointed by the Confederate Veterans in Columbia in the matter of the sohool book question reported as following: Tho eommitteo to whom was referred the memorial of tho University l'ubli ihing oompauy respectfully submits tho following report: This eommitteo hods, upon careful investigation, that au injury has boon dono both to the (JDiversity Publish iog company and to its books and businoas. At the last &naual reunion of the South Carolina division, held at Greenwood, in this state, certain proauiblos and resolutions wero adopted in reieronco to the propor books to be used in our publio schools. No attack whatover was iuado by said prembles anil resolution upon tho I Diversity Publishing company, or upon its school boots. * Ail statements, therefore, which tend to show tha. tho United Confederate Veterans of South Carolina had in any way assailed Holmes' readers or Han soli's histories, or any other of the company's pujlioatious are entirely un authorized Your oommittco thcroforo recommends the reaffirmation by this eon vontion of the same proamblea and resolutions wtiich were adopted by tho last annual reunion, held at Greenwood. O. L. Srthnmpert, W. K. .I?IU H, 117-J - II \* yy sue n. .'laumrg, Committee. A Blind Doctor. Chicago id to graduate a blind doctor. George S Dobbins, who has been blind for eighteen yearn, had Wuu given a degree by the Chicago Hjmoopn hie Medical College. To secure hid degree Dr. Dobliod took the four-vcar course in uiodioino. supplying his lack of sight with a wonderful memory. He is now about to begin a post graduate course , in his work, and at tho conclusion ol that ho will cn'or upon tho practice ol mcdioine. This is a critical tirno in farming Kverything depends on the start, and tho start of the crops of this year is noi altogether satisfactory. Work has nol boon interrupted by tho weather to an] ' marked dogreo, but tho rcoont oole 1 weather gavo a decided baoksct t< i things trying to oomo up. THE STATE REUNION Greet Gathering of Old Confad crate Soldiers. THOUSANDS IN COLUMBIA. Meeting of Old Comrades in Arms Who Bravely Fought Under the Stary Cross Columbia, May 11.?Special: Five thousand survivors of tho armios of the Confederate States came into Carolina's beautiful capital here gathered to talk of war times, to cxshaDgo greetings that hud not botu passed in years, and to show the piople of this great country that they are not ashamed of - ho part they bore undor Loo and JackRon Hnd .Inhna'nn ? nrt J Gordon and Hampton and their other great leader*. The number* hero ex eccdod the high?t>t estimates of the most enthusiastic. Barring fair week, it was the largest gathering seem in Columbia in very many years. DECORATION OF Til* CITT. Tho ontiro oity was oovcred with colore; not all colors, but the beautiful red and white of tho Confederaoy. Flags and emblems of ovcry kind per taimmt to tho Coufedoracy wire to bo aeon floating gayly from almost every window, store and residence, and though the prevailing colors were red and wiiiic and tho most of tho flag? , wiro C nfcierato and State flage, a streak of blue was ofton to be seen hung beside .ho red and whito, and numbers of Uoion fligs were sprinkled among , thot-c of the Confederaoy. The new Jity Hall and theatro building was th > , most beautifully deooratei, and the hotels were ail thoroughly bodecktd, betides all buiidiags on Main street. Many private residences were ornament 1 od with flags aud bunting, and (he cit) 1 a< la-go prisented a beautiful spiotaolo 1 to Southern eyes. OPENING EXERCISES. - } Tho aonual convention of tho Soutl Carolina D.vision of United Confed erate vetetad* opened in the new Columbia theatre on Wednesday evoning. More than-2,001' people were present , The tpcaktrs ocoapied front j seals and the place of honor was given , to Lieut. Gee. Wade dainptoa. Just ( behind him tat >lr. W. A Clark, who escorted Gen. Hampton, Governor My Sweeney cuuo in with Gan J. B. Gaf , don, Mayor Karle came in with Justify Kope, Mr. Augusta lvohn with Mi|i> Elizabeth Lumpkin, Chief Justio Ivor withGuo. West, Assooiate Justioe^f Gary and Jones and many other disH^ uoguivhed Carolinians wore on th^| a? a*-* James G. HoInieeT.v house! xront seat^B and Capt. W. D. Starling of CamlH Hampton had ohargo of tho grev^ gathering. ( The opening prayer was offered bj1 tho Kev. Dr. James Woodrow of thid oity. J Mayor F. S. Earle webomed the vetj crans and othor visitors to the capital] cny. Thci Commandor Starliog said that lio and tho camp had selected the mint distinguished Veteran, a member of the camp, to respond in bohalf of Camp Hampton to tho welcome. Slowly Gen. Hampton's namo wai oallod and then there was a mighty roar of applause that made the very welkin ring, and again and again tho applause went up. Gon. Hampton arose and again the yoila broke forth onoo, twice and more and finally when quiet came the singing of the Doxology followed and was ronilorcd with feeling. gen. wapjc Hampton's speech. Geu. Hampton spoke out, and it was with clearness and deoision, and onec in awhile with a show of youthful fire. Once in awhile ho looked aronnd towards tho box in whioh sat his daughter, Miss Daisy Hampto, and Mr. Mo Duffie Hampton. Lieut. Gon. Wade Hampton spoke as follows: My comrades, 1 have heard that rebel yell before and 1 wish that 1 oould respond to it now, as it was once my prido to do, and tell tho bravo men who were around mo to go in and win, but time has marked many a milo ctono on my march to my last resting plaos. 1'crhaps there are somo among you here who knew tho old 1'hilips Legion. The lieutenant colonol of that legion was one of tho best fighters of the legion, but he was not much on grammar or drill and onoe, when his legion was in wiutor quarters, he rent an officer to inspect and drill them. Well, they wore not accustomed to quiok time, on foot and tho old gonoral compromised by saying, " Thoir spirits are good, but their winds arc short." Now that is very uuuoh tho condition of mysolf. I havo had a very sevcro attaok of grip and that has left mo vory much in the sarno condition as those men. By the h>, that recall another incident. When ihcy came to South Carolina, at the last of the war, they were sent down near Branohville and were put ono night to relievo somo militia, who always camped along a kranoh, and tho day after 1 ht? v oamnrH ? ~ ~ - J j vuvi u no IUUUU IUO Federals had climed up the trees of the rtwauip anu tirod dow n upon their breast works and next morning they wont in the branch and oommoocod dropping those Yankee- like duoka One Yankee Called out, "What troops are those?" lie said, militia; and he said. "You arc a ? liar They are not militia. ' My u mrades, I will say friends, because I am a friend of svery comrade who has been true. You are my friends and I have been appointed by the camp, which honors me my beaming i my name, to return thanks to you for , coming, to woloome your here, at I do , for them, for myself, for every brave man in Columbia, for every noble and r patriotic woman who still clings to the . faith whioh inspires ns. 1 woloome you, f and tho mayor has extended to you the f freedom of tho oily. You are weloome and the freedom of Columbia is offered you, and 1 am suro that in no othei . plac in the world, in the South, oould i you feci a brighter welcome. 1 hav< t seen many of my old men from Georgii L and other States. We aro honored to i night by having an old soMier, Gen 1 Gordon, from Georgia, with ns. H< o has coins to do honor to Columbia when he helped us so muoh in 187G and al turned sitcjro thanks for the splendid I'rc wel lorna and magnificent hospitality oxtonood tho votorans. Ho spoke of Cu- Koi lumbia's devotion to tho cause and eon- din gratulated her oilizefts that they had mi( buildod from Lor ruins a city whoso pros *pcrity was gratifying and whose ooa- p tinuod growth would eventually mako hir tho metropolis of the state. Here- w^i forrcd to the faot that Columbia was the tex birth plaoo of tho division. At the first slal meeting thore were fifteen camps rcpre- tox tented by twenty nine dolegatcs Now olai thcro arc 135 camps with hundreds of gray haited aetcgates. hot Gen Walker then read the tributo to one tho dead and to tho women of South Carolina, which was responded to by kQ0 the assemblage. * o< A LADY ORATOR. P?r In a few appropriate words, ho intro , duecd Mini Elizabeth Lumpkin, who i?. live rod the avlaress of we.oomo to tho ' Georgia veterans. ?' Miss Lumpkin took tho crowd by IDX storm and her reoeption was seemingly . . she heartiest ovation of the evening. V Her remarks were woll timed and ^loto J with noble sentiments. Shespoae with a elear strong voice, and her delivery ' was faultless. In her address directly had to the veterans, afier declaring that she the loved them all, the whole assemblage >Q 1 rose en masse and oheered hor 10 the ted echo Whon she deolared, with ?real *Bn oramatio foios, that it might bo tho C sons of veterans would forgot th-j vet wei arans and their oauso, but their daugh- (. tors never would, the enthusiasm was veD ' i. Though a daughter of aid a glowing tribute to Bh0 , and in oloeing, oalled \y e cavaliers of the earth. fcjK ^<1 h w ?J i?n. il.Aiis ?lwu^i a, , ily oongTatulatod her on the he vetorans ohoered and der liss Lumpkin bowod hei i its toc Among those who extended their eon- ^al gratulations was General Gordon. On jy , his appearance ho was reoeived with vo- thu oiferous oheers and there were loud calls j ,or him- cot OXN. JOHN U GORDON c3r finally rose and said: cee "I am not a Carolinian, but I'm a ton Georgian, and oan prove it by this en- am tiro audience." Muoh applause and r cheering going on, he said: "I'm stand- BBS ing to-night on South Carolina soil, and the in the very heart of hearts of Southern C0I ohivalry. More than that, I am stand- ] ing in the presonee of the very greatest till man that it has over produced in all Bj0 time, (great applauso,) and 1 mean no B0I vain flattery. I use no unmeaning words 8t? when I say that, taking him as a private Ad oitizau, as a soldier upon a hundrod bu bloody fields, as the hero of Hooonstruo- (jh WUU, nuiDU IUMU WAT 1UU iuo Kory iicia, standing to-day in his might like the mountains on yourown northern border, wp with the very olouds around his head , and dust of the past at his feet, without one stain in his life, without the possibility of a doubt, L pronounoo Wade ' Hampton the ohief of men, and now my Confederate brothers, 1 want to say . that it has been my fortune to stand be- o, fore somo groat armios in this oountry and in foroign lands, but as God is my judge, I bcliovo that a Convention of Confederate Veterans is the noblest . gathering that evcrmet beneath the stars and it requires no pieroing vision to gs road upop the brow of every man here fei prosent the four leters, II, E, K, O." da Gen. Gordon rooeived little less-than . an ovation, and for the few moments r> that hospoko threw his whole soul into ?* what ho had to say. St Gen. Walker then presented "1 (JEN A. J. WEST, OF ATLANTA, Wl who delivered tho formal rosponne of 811 wolooiue on tho pirtof the Georgia Vot erans. It was a fine spcoob. Gen. West's running retrospeot and revnw of the great battles and loaders of tho y1 war was oloquent and forooful, and in 'f' spite of its woalth of detad was listened V to with breathless attention. His ro- 111 viow of tho lifo and arrviocs of 1'resi- r* dent Havis. tho hero of Buona Vista ce under tho Stars and Stripes, tho man l. who watohed by the cradle and graveof ^ the Confederacy, who was ohained in a " dungeon for his loyalty to constitutional 9* right, and who wrote tho epitaph of the "storm cradled nation that fell," was heard with enthusiasm. The leading v thought in his peroration was that tho South'* tremendous loss of blood and 11 treasure had not been in vain, bat had 01 scoured an honorable peace and a splen " did horitago for future generations. "It * is better to have fought and lout than * never to have fought at all." i>h. thorn well's addriss. !j The annual addrefln for this reunion o had been assigned to the Rev. .James u 11 Thornwell, of Fort Mill, chaplain of tbo South Carolina Division. Tho ini o monss crowd had beoomo a little rest a leaa, the exercises had boon a little 1 longer than expected, thero were signs f i of a thundorstorm, and when Qenoral t i West concluded quite a nuinbor of the t i audienoe loft the hall, and thero was t r some confusion. Dr. Thornwoll thore- < i fore concludod to abridge his address, i 5 as it would bo published in full in the i i daily papers. It wan an appeal for jus- i - tice to the Confedorato soldier, his . motives and his oharaoter. It urged i s upon tho younger men of tho South the i b duty ot preserving tho momory of their i 1 sthera from aspersion and the oauie mi W, pi; J. of you who were in the cavalry will for Join mo whon I say we were always sen glad whon we know Gen. Gordon was 1 leading his men (Applause.) llo is here and I, for you, thank hiai for tho honor he does. 1 Now, my frionds, I can say nothing tioi moro to yon. I have oomo from a 6ick m. bed that I might moot you, and tell wel you I Lavo nevor forgotton tho old lang pra syne, whon we camped togothor. I can roll never forgot those days. They say our tod cause has boon lost; but a just oauso t never dies. It will live forever, and I in i paay to God that in tho hearts of all to l the mon who fought bo bravoly they ?nd will remcmboi that though tho cause die on earth is lost, it will long go down 1 the pages of history as one of the pos noblest and greatest struggles and made wil by tho noblest army that over trod ibis *n> gicon earth. inv At tho oonolu'-ion of Gin. Hampton's exo brief speech there was an ouiburt of er* applause. ted Commander Starling gracefully pro by sontcd Gen C. Irvine Walker, and I*r? there was an outburst of applause for no Gen. Walker, for he is tho man above wis all who has mado suoh a Reunion pos to 1 sible. Gan Walker said: wh< God. Walkor, tninmander of the ( division, responded to the address of 31*1 welcjmo. He spoke strong and clear and cauld be generally heard. He re- Sor his beat?his speech abounding t and pleasantry. The convention of the Sans of V? ins assembled in the afternoon, ai a Reunion ball, under their auspio< )k plaoe in the hall of the liouse iprosotatives at night. There was go attandanoe from all parts of t ate. FRIDAY'S PROCEEDINGS The State convention reassembled o theatre and muoh business peoial interest was transacted. T ature of the meeting was the attc nee of a large body of boys and gi; a ji the graded school who sang seve: the war songs of the Confedera ates?"Dixie," "Bonnie Blue Flaj Maryland, my Maryland." Th< is a tremendous crowd and the entl asm was undiminished. The Sons of Voterans met and oc uded their business session. This being Memorial Day in Sou irolina (the anniversary of Stoncw tokson's death at tho Wildornoss !t>3) there waB the customary rcoog an of the day here. There was a ] de of the voterans assembled. , loort composed of tho local militii ic Governor's Guards and tho liiohla oluntoers?was oommanded by C filie Jon is, Gov. MoSwocney and 1 aff hoading tho oolumn. Tho oolu ' veteran camps was headed by Gi ?1 Hampton. Next otme Gene falkor and his staff. Proceeding to Elm wood Gemote in soldier* crathnrnd around thn r ? - ? ? - ? ? ? ? r intainiog only the graves of doad C '.derate aoldiors. Simple exeroi ere had?a prayer by Dr. Thornv od the singing of an appropriate hyr 'hen the girls and boys covered oldiers graves with beauiful flow* 'hen the Southern Cross of Hoonr mferred upon each of a numboi umbers of the local camp. The oonferring of tho Southern Ci f Honor is a new foature of such 01 ions. The idea originated with daughters of the Confederacy who c er the crosses upon those who w hrough tho war and worthily upl ho Southern oauro. Resides vetei he oross is conferred upon worthy i >f deceased votorans. The naraer til upon whom the oross is oonfe tro deposited in the Confederate )cum of Riohmond. The elosing feature of the groat union was the reoeption to the s| sore in the hall of the House of Re sentatives. It was largely attei and greatly enjoyed. which they fought from misrepri tation. 'his closed the evening's ozeroises. tuubhuat'u Domoa 'ho business mooting of the oonvoi i was oalled to order at 10 o'olook < by Qen. C. I. Walker. Dr. Thori 1, tho chaplain, made tbo oponin yer, and Adjutant Holmes called th , noarly cvory camp boing reprasoc Ion. Walker made his annual rcpori vhioh ho referred with gratifi^atio .he increased number of mt rubor i paid a tribute to thote who ha d during tho year. 'ho report made referencs to a pr< od change in the constitution, whic 1 prohibit any ono or any oamp i ' oity whore the reunion is hold froi iting any gliosis to tho ooLventio opt ono oonnooted with the Confec oy. This was enthusiastically adoi . Tho resolution was brought fort the action of Memphis in invitin ttident McKinloy. While there wi objection to his boing present otho: o it was considered inappropriat have so distinguished a guest in on o had fought on tho other sido. Joneral Floyd was introduced an do a most eloquent address in whio heartily commended the work of th is of VetoranB, who aro trying t serve history, Resolutions to thi sot were introduced and Colon* :d, of Qeorgctown, and Major Ilai , of Chester, were appointed a cou tee to wait upon the Sons Jol. O. L Sohumpert of iwborr: sented a memorial on behalf of th iversity Publishing Company, i ioh the action of tho committee o t books whioh appeared before th to board of education in reference t t books was ontioisod. The oompan ims that its histories especially wci irepreeonted; that they are fair t h sides and give both sides; that fc to be well educated in hisiory hot ?s of tho great confliot should b iwn. The memorial wa* referred t mmittee consisting of O L Sniiun t, Qen. W. E. James a**d A adc r! nning. In invitation was road inviting th Brans to be present at the anvailin the Chicamauga monument Th na'ion was uaanimousl/ accepted lajjr J#in28 F Hart presented tobc ons, which were unanimously adop , thanking Qen. Walker for what h done. len. Walker then announced that h i arranged with Qen. Hampton fo convention to call oa nim at 5.3 .he afternoon. The veterans aocei the invitation with mush enthuo: i. )n motion of Col. Croft, the aponsoi 0 asked also to go. Ion. Walker presented to the cot ilion a beautiful wreath made of pa ito leaves in the shape of a horse e whicn was the handiwork of Mr Swaffield, of Columbia. It is di ned to bo placed on the tronu noi jmuaiu'iugs. n was abWylB",).. f thanks of tho convention were tei ed Mrs. 8waffield. There being a vacancy in the tru ship of the Jefferson Davis momi 1, Dr. B. H. Teague was unanimou sleeted. The term had expired an is the vaoanoy was created. .n the afternoon tho convention, a< upanied by the sponsors, and ei tod by the Sons of Veterans, pri ded to the homo of General Ham] 1 and there presented their respec I their good wishes. The Daughters of the Confederao ombled also at the residonoe, an i Southern Cross of Honor was thci lferred upon the old hero. [n the evening the theatre was agai ed to its utmost oapaoity?tho ooo n being the presentation of the spoi a. These young ladies soatod on tl ge formed aseenoof striking beaut [dresses were made by General M. < itler, Capt. James Armstrong arleston and Mr. F. H. Woston la a " li m mio1' A vma ?w i- A SOLDIER S HOME HEEDED An Advocato of the Scheme Freaente Facte and Figures To the editor of The Stete. i. Ex- uso me for asking onoe more foi i- a lit* e spaoo to say a word for a Soldiers' g horn*. Of course details mast ho. left .0 for ti o law making department, but let i- it )e undo cood that the peoilcu system or r ay, ia not to bo d svjrbed. t, The prop*, .tion is to build n hone for n the destitute, helpless and homelots. I i, hope that when the matter ocmcs up in d tho State camp that the old thread bare argument that the old soldiers prefer a > pension to spend in his own way will h not bo made. Who wonld think for a >r moment of forcing an old veteran to go 11 to a soldior's home iir order to get help from the State? Oh. no, so long as he J I haB a place he can call homo give him S ) a pension and lot him stay. Bat what 1 h are wodo'iDg with those who are today c !g on tho road, or in tho poor house? ' is Whore will thoy stay while spending 1 r- their pensioa allowaooe? Remember 1 a th? npnnrniiinn ia uiri/i.ln '? 41? J-- V r.vr.u...v_ ?u jiiiuu; 1U1 IU? UCB- ,o titute, helpless and homeless. c_ Some ono jumps up and says tho old i d veteran will not oaro to go a distance 1 h from his old friends and homo in order ' ie to get into a soldier's home. Whon.o ever a man reaohos that point where < it thcro is no ono able or willing to give 3 si him shelter, ho will not care how far he ^ r- goeB. \ i- 1 doubt if tho number would exooed c 200, perhaps less, in the State that 1 r, would oome under the requirements. 1 o The outlay need not be very great, per- 1 n hap9 $25,000 or $30,000 would furnish j n buildings, with mudcrato annual appro- c piiations. I believe $100,000 meets ' o the requircmcutB, annually, for the hos- J y pital for tho insane, with about a thou- ' e saui inmatos. But can South Carolina o afford to count costs in dealing with c >r this question? These men didn't count 8 h costs Lrty years ago when some of ' ie these vory men wero of tho first to align 1 0 themselves along tho Potomac from 1 1 Harper's Ferry to the Chesapeake. 1 [ Then, this culUy would be required ' for only a brief period, ia 15 years only c 0 a few thousand of all the hosts, north * g and south, of over three millions of c, m- n, will be left If anything is ever 1 [ done it must be done now. ( Wo can t depend upon voluntary J (. oontribu'.iou. All difficulties have been * e ov?rcome in othor States. Georgia Las 1 given over $600,000 to her soldiers since 1 1880 liooiemoer that we plead for the e destitute, helpless and homeless. O G Thompson, Private Co G 3J, S C Infantry. Laurens. 8 C , May 7, 1901. AN EXPERT PENMAN- ? 8 { Forty-Six Thousand Words Written \ on a Postal Card. 1 Rila Kittredge, of Belfast, Me., oham- ] ' pion smaii writer of the world, has re- < 3~ tired trom the field, leaving hiarecord of * J orrfiDa/ptfxnal i *" for ambiticus miscrocopio penman to < equal or beat. Up to two years ago he i 9" wrote a groat deal, but now being within a few months of 90, he has given up the 9" laborious praotioe of writing volumes i 1(* upon small cards, his hand being less steady and his oye less bright than in his j > best days. , a- Mr. Kittredge has long boon famous j l>- for his penmanship. He is a Vermonter t ?- by birth. His practioo of miniature ] ts ohirography begin early in life and many | a time he has gone without his dinner i y rather than leave unfinished a pieee of d work. ] re His first serious competitive cflirt was ] mado in 188T, when Borne one font to the ,n Belfast .Journal a postal card upon a- whioh 600 words had boen crowded, and a- defied any one to beat it. A few days 10 afterward Kittredge banded in a jo.ual y. card upon whioh ho bad written 1,000 J. words" and this being beaten ho proof duced one with 3,000 words, of The 3,000 word postal oard ended the as competition, but Mr. Kittredge kept on in orowding his letters and words into smaller space, turning out in succession cards bearing 6,000, 10,000 and 20,000 words His finest work was done 1889 J9 when ho wrote 46,000 words upon an or'0j dinary postal oard, and tho entire text i i of tho Now Testament, about 181,000 j,e words upon four postal cards. Ho has written several presidential inaugurial addresses upon postal oards and has always considered it easy to jQ write tho Lord's prayer eight times with , in the space covered by a five-cent nick0 el. He wrote one of Gladstone's speeches upon a postal oard and sent it in to the statesman, who wrote a letter in rls reply, thanking Mr. Kittredge aad praisraj ing his skill. Mr. Kittredge never used any magnikt? fying glassos or othor aids. He has I," always worn a pair of ordinary spoctajro cles such as most elderly men use, and kQ. all his writing has been done with an ordinary stoel pon and common blaok ink. Ho has competed with many 'n would bo champions who have used , magnifying glassos and sharp-pointed 1 .. hard lead ponoils, and he has easily *. beaten them all in spite of their advantago in the matter of equipment. His writing is dietinauished bv its beauty and the artistic arrangement and t uniformiiy of the letters. Etch letter is separate and distinct, and some , framed specimons were shown at the I'arts Exposition. Ho says that his eyes naturally magnify.?National mn Watchman. en m ir*l Hanna As a Humorist. Senator HanDa is a great humorist (j0't ?when ho is apparently most serious. on Ho declares with hands raised to ls,B Heaven that "the Pingloy tariff is a rejj most perfect work of tne human inun genuity, and that "we are not going to the ?? 1 h ' metal sohodulo and at ,ra low the NjvaSjoiia Steel Company, was for in?tar.oe, to.du up its produots into r Now K gland." This is surely monopoly protection's last ditch. Wo no 'oss l?D?or uef,d a tariff to guard our market agti^st E iropoaa competition?in fact, the we are underselling in its own market , )Q and in the markets of the world. Fatal Accident, rans \n olevated tramway used by the ions Savannah Quano company at Savannah I of fo convey guano from its factory to rred steamers at the l'lant System wharves mil- collapsed at 3 o'olook Wednesday arternoon. Tho small train used in Ko- the traflio, and itsorew, were partioipatpon od to tbe stroot> 40 feet below. Edwin ipro- Williams, colorod, was instantly killed ided end Kd. Montgomery and l>avid Oainei both colored, were badly injured KILLED AND ROBBED | By a Young Map Who Confassas tha Orlma to i HI8 SWEETHEART. . Two Fallow Wotkmon War# tha Victims. Thay Wcra Waylaid and Shot to Daath by tha Murdtrar. A dispatch from Greensboro to the Atlanta Journal sajs the faots in re;ard to what was probably the foulest nurder ever committed in North Carilina have jubt oome to light in Ohero:ao oounty, beyond the Blue Kidge, icar the Tennessee linn. Sflv?nt??n uootha a^o Charles Mason and John Sherman, two wh'.te men, left a lumber amp in whieh they had been employed n Cherokee and were not heard of again tntil their skeletons were found a few fecks ago. Working in the Cherokee lumber tamp with Mason and Sherman was a roung man by the nimo qf Charles Dunboye, who bore a bad reputation. Under the promise of marriage, he seluoed the daughter of a mountaineer, ind as a result of his perfidity his guilt is a murderer has now eome to light. The young woman states that on the Lay of the disappearance of Mason and Iherman she saw Dunboyo arm himself with a revolver and take the trail over he mountains in advance of his two 'ellow workmen. Several days later, while in a oonfilential mood, Dunooye. swearing his iweetheart to secreoy, told her that he lad waylaid and killed Mason and Sher- f nan. He added that as soon as maters became quiet he would mar-* the ;irl, sine. the money he had * \red rem the bodies of the men he J nurLered would enable them to t up lousekeeping. Upon the strength of the young wonan's affidavit, a warrant was issued or Dunboye, but he eluded the offioera ind has not yet been captured. It is elieved that he is in hiding in some of he almost inaooessibie mountain passes tear the Tennessee line. A Big Family. < The will of the late Geo. Q Cannon, if Salt Lake, Utah, was filed for prolate Fnd?y.- The will disposes of an state approximating $1,000,000. The . ! istate is divided into two parts, the first )art, oonaisting of gilt edged securities Jj forth $200,000. This is to remain in w rust until George n Cannon's young- I ssi child, now nino years of age ataina I majority. All of the thirty three ehil- 8 dc?a of President Cannon are given an 1 acre of Uui m " j J While ['j., Mormon ohuroh wiveH. To those aro willed thCTWSomes, ?^8 provision also being made for their maintenanoe during life. The remainder of President Cannon's estate valued at $800,000 and oonBiating of 33,000 acres oi farm land, interest in flour ^ mills, irrigation oompaniesand stook in banks, etc., passes into possession of the George Q. Cannon association of which President Cannon's ohildren and 1 his nephew John M. Cannon are stook- | holder! to be held in trust nntil the yougest child is forty years old. Tied and Killed. A dispatch from Valdosta, Qa., saya j news has just boon received there of ' the lynohiog of Henry Johnson, alias I "Gator," near Moniao, between there and Jacksonville Friday night. . Tuesday JohnBon fired at a young white man named Forakcr. The load of barrel rivets barely grazed him. The Negro was captured at Crawford, Fla., .J and brought back to Moniac. Ho confessed tbe shooting and said that he intended to kill Foraker. Ho was hold thero for offijer3 to come after him and j Friday night a mob gathered and oarried him to the swamp, where he was tied to a log and shot. Tbe lynohing occurred just over the Florida lino. The Negro is said to have been a holy terror. It is thought that ho intended to assassinate Forakor and thon rob the ? 1 commissary whore Forakor was clerking. Not By Fire and Sword. It seems that tho Turks do not take more kindly to Christian missionaries than do the Chinese. (Joe of the Constantinople newspapars says: "Tho , Christian missionaries arc anarohists who are undermining the foundations of the Ottoman Umpire. They are Giaowari who presume to advocate a hoathon's belief in opposition to Mohammedanism. In future miasiiona rias will not be allowed to open schools. The government will retard their activity whero ever possible." Territic ISxplosion. A terrific explosion ocoured at the Henery oolliery near Wilktsborro, Pa., Five minors were frightfully mangled by powder and many were injured. One of a number of empty oars whioh were being pulled up oontained ten kegs of blaok powder and ono box of giant powder. The oar dashed into the drum at the head of the slop and the powder by oonoussion. The drum and head machinery were torn to pieoos and the up of the slope was wreokc d. Has beeu Raised. The board of eduoation of the Methodist Kpisoopal Church, South, met at Nashville last week. Bishop Galloway presiding. Dr. J. D. Hammond, recording secretary, reported that $1,500,000 orderod by the general oonferenoe as a thank offering for the Twentith century had been raised. Seven persons were burned to death whilo asleep in a tenement house at South Chioago. A freight train of sixty-five oars, whioh was standing in frout of the buiding and whioh, it is olaimed the orew refused to move, t blocked the firemen, who were unable to get near the burning building until t it was too late. The train orew was arrested and is being held witout bail.