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THE BATESBURG ADVOCATE. I VOL 1. BATESBURG, S. C. WEDNESDAY. MAY 15, 1901 NO. 18 I A WARM WELCOME Ex ended the Old Voterane to Columbia by Her LEADINO NEWSPAPER. An Article that Brings to Mind the Nrble Sacrifice Made by Carolina* Sens and Daughters. Tho following was tho leading editorial io Tho Siato on last Wednesday, whioh was tho first day of the Uonfcdcrato reunion ic Columbia: uaj'B 01 war must r.ave been in (Jo Inmbia! We oannot dwell upon the topic now and hero. O.her hands more worthy have written of tboso times. Then camo four years of carnage, four years of fighting and daring, of cnduianooand sacrifice?four years that eoerncd a ocntury when measured by accomplishments and yet were all too Bhort to do what Southern hearts dart d All this time, Columbia was still a oentro of activity. Hero wtr^ storep f ^andfactones, foundries^udAnanya IfrfffT^rtfTTobTry^lIworKiii^Ia^i^iay 1 to send to the soldiers the aims, the oloihing and the equipments that were so badly needed. Here wero hospitals and hero were hornet ever roady to ro ceive tho sick and wounded returning from fields of battle, near and far. The end began to drawn near. Sber man's mighty host approached mcaror and nearer. Defended by an insufficient band?than whiohuono has over been moro true?the espi al of South Carolina must finally fall into tho hands of a vandal enemy. Columbia must be abandoned to her fato?abandoned by one who loved her as his own and whom she has always loved as well ?Wade Hampton. Retreating bti >rc vast odds ho saw bis neighbors' homes first shot at and then set afire. And soon Columbia was in ruins. The next ten yeais?What of them? Columbia was made tho scene of tho wildost political deviltry and tho rank eBt debauchery that ever disgraeccd an Amcrioan commonwealth?punishment for tho part South Carolina had taken in tho defonso of lights guaranteed by the American constitution. Hut these things could not long bo endured. Tho day of revolt came, tho hour cf tho whito man's emancipation was at hand. And tho leader,?who was he? None other than than same old Columbian, tho one who had led his men in many a fearful charge; had lost his all and moro; had stood as Columbia's defender until defenso was folly and had surrendered only when h<a chief and friend, tho noble Leo, sa d: "Wo oannot fight longer!' Today Columbia's wcloome is extended to the survivors of a lost oauso and it is i xtended by Wade Hampton! Invincible in war and incorruptible in peace! When ho speaks tho words that Jell ins old comrades his homo city is glad 10 have them hero, ho speaks the sentiments of ovcry oitizen whoso pulse beats timo to Columbia's heart throbs. With an energy, an enthusiasm and a will never equalled in this oity, our citizens have gone to work to prcparo for tho veterans' coming. They have tried to provide plans for them to sleep comfortably, with plenty to eat and a little something to drink. Therowill be quite enough to keep them interested in iht ir conventions and their receptions, audit is Columbia's earnest desire that all shall be pleased. If any veteran does not see what ho wants, let him ask for it I'hon thcro are tl.e ladies. Tho wives ?who aro still tho sweethearts?of the beys who loft homo in ,(il t>5 The women who knit stockings and shed tears, praying and hoping, alula '.ho men were fighting. They aod their daughters?tite sponsors?will bo here, too. As long as Carolina is Carolina thoy will bo tho chief attraction ou every oo casion they may graco with their proscnoo. Tho Sons of Veterans aro scarcoly less welcome. Theirs is a groat heritsgo. Aud to prcservo tho history of their father's deeds, to protect tho fair name of their nattvo land and to chcr ish tho lessons it teaches is a paired duty. The war was long sinoe over, wc are a united people and thoro should bo not one remnant of bitternoss botwoen north and Houtb, yet men would be less than humn who did not want to toll of the daring and tho dovotion to duty whioh their fathers made immortal. The "story of the glory of tho mon who wore the gray"?this is a story worth telling. This is no mean oity whioh weloomes you today, veterans. It is a c'ty that has lain prostrate under tho conquer come Conft derate soldiers to Columbia. '1 here c?n be no shadow of doubt that every man who wore tho gray is weloomo to that oity to whioh tho wearing of tho gray has always meant ho much. This is the oity in whioh tho War Between tho States may bo justly said to havo originated. It was here that 1 alf a century ago tho representative men of South Carolina used, as now, to meet and counsel together. Then, as now, there wctc 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. The convention whioh first assembled in Columbia, as the body representing a sovereign State, settled that. Afterwards there was no more division. Secessionists and their former opponents were united in resistance to the attempt that was made on Siate sovereignty and local self-government. Tho cxpidienoy of scooossion was no longer the issue, Col ioy bad given place to prinoiple, and when principle is at stako the in-n of South Carolina havo until this day boen true. War having supplanted debate. Columbia onoo more became tho centre of Carolina aotivity. It was here at the capital that the first regiments were assembled and from here that they went on to tho fields of Virginia; some there to din, some to suffer wounds and siokness and otliors to return unharmed to fight other battles for their State. What days those first J ? er'rt heel, a oily that has fceoa robbed and plundered by vandal hands, a city that wan riz id by the victor's torob. ^ Those things C.-luuibia Buffered in tho eamo cause for which you uffurcd your lives 40 years ago. But today this wolooino comes to you, not from a city of devastation and desolation, but from * one that is alive and growing; a city r that is full of energy, ambition aod on- t thuBiasm. Its lovely rcBidonoo strcots aro lined with the houses of cntcrpris ' ing citizens; its business streets are 1 eoencs of activity and movement; its 1 depots arc crowded with passengers and 1 freight; its stores and its warehouses arc packed with goods, and its oottou * factories arc models for the world to r copy. . 1 This is tho No# Columbia. Bjilt 1 upon the ruins loft by Shorman, it is ' going to bo tho metropolis of the State * very scon, and bodio day, perhaps, the ' metropolis of this section. It is a towu worth visiting and a town that is al ? ways glad to have visiter.?, never ? were visitors more welcome than those 1 who will tramp its strcots today?the men who followed Loe and Jackson and } Hampton! 1 t CAN'T BE ENFORCED t 0 The Anderson Labor Contracts Are ^ Null and Void. V t Magistrate. Wilson at Anderson had n a case Ik fore him last week involving b onu of thoio slavery contracts about t which wo have hoatd en muoh It was p the oaBe of the S.ato vs. Alex William?, p Mr. L K. Watson had paid $159 to get t Williams out ol jui clJ V\ illiauis signed u a slavery contract to make a crop) with r Watson. lit* br ko the contract and e Watson indicted him Messrs. Boo I a m w & Waikius r'oreseijieel tho State and h (j laiolebaum A Cochran the dofeudaut. a After hearing the ca-ie Magistrate Wil- 11 son rendereu the foliowiog decision, up- s on the rendering ot whtoh notice of ap ti peal was served. ii On the thud (?' of .January, 1901, F Alex Wilhams, being indebted to J. S. a Fowler tor 115(1 bound and hired him- w stli to L. K. vV?tson to work for him tl lor the year 1901 to secure the pavmeni ? of tno said $150. From the eviuenee g ocforc mo Alex Williams has neglected g and refused to perform tho work required of him in s-id coniraot and now ii L. 11 Watson has pro:ccutoa him for w violation of ootrac;. This is a criui inal action to enforce or punish a la> n orer for violating a oivil eintraot. In vt older to render a laborer liable orini fi in mi 1 v fur violation of a civil oontraot t the contract must be euoh a eontract a a' is set out in the statutes. Section " 2eo of volume 2, revised statutes, pro- c vines what must bu sot out in a eon- a tract to render one liable criminally for " its violation. First, such oomraot must clearly set forth tho oot.ditions upon si which the laborer engages to Work. So- tl oond, tho length of time. Third, the u leased irom us cavernous jtw* by I m( means of prying them apart wilh a vo stout stick The "gatcr" was asccr- bl> tamed, upon actual uieasurinont, to bo f> feet and 8 inches in length Mr. w, Walker's hand, while considerably la oerat. d by tho reptile's huge teeth, is nit nearly as bally injurod as ii would very naturally be supposed would havo boon the case. Waiting For Jim Johnson. A feud leader, who had about cxlcr 9' in in a ted the opposing faction and had /' niado a good forturio for a mountaineer (.f while doiug it, for ho kopt his men busy getting out timber whon thoy wcra't 1 fighting, said to mc, in all seriousness: in. ''1 havo triumphed agin my cnctnios w' time and timo again Tho Lord's on * ' my sido and I gits a bolter and bettor Christian ever' year. A preacher, riding down a ravine, 111 cam i upon an old mountaineer hiding in the buihoR with his rifle. j,j, "What aro you doing there, my tj, friend?" al, "Rido on, strangor," was the oasy tnswer. "I'm a waitin' for Jim John- to, son, and with tho holp of tho Lawd I'm wt goin' to blow his dam head olf." ^ amount of money to be paid. Fourth, a and when. This oontraet does oontain a stand upon what conditions he is to of work. Nor is it possible for me to dc- foi tcimine from the contract what wages lo' are to be paid Alex Williams, and no po time is mentioned when any wages are oe to he paid bim. In fact, there is no pr promise in the contraot to pay him any in* wages at all. For these reasons 1 do- th ciic the defendant is not guilty. This mi oontraet not being such a contraot as u6 rendtrs a laborer liable to {unishment of criminally for violating. Again, this ofl oontraet is one of thoso contracts in sh which the laborer agrees to bind himself eg to bo loeked up and whipped, etc. Such us a contract is opposed to publio policy sh and is therefore null and void, and the mi defondant cannot be punished for viola- so ting a uull and void ooutraot. Lb was ov argued that whilo these provisions op sw posed to public polioy aro null and void bo the other parts oi the contract ate btiil T1 in force aid binding. This is not au pa actiou requiring me to scparato tho void ke provisions from the valid provisions if "a there are any such, but bimply to punish eg a laborer for violating this oontraot as sh a whole and therefore I hold that this "c contract in part and in wtiolo is abso- ve iutely null imd void in lo far as this a ] prosecution is ooncerncd. The defendant is not guilty and is ordered that ho bo discharged. B. F. Wilson, Magistrate. *0' mi An Alligator Story. A most remarkable encounter with th an alligator oeeured in tho Salkoliatohio in river near Yemasseo. According to fo your correspondent's infonnant, hiinHelf an eyo witness to tho incident, Mr. in Eugcno Walker, of Vciuasseo, who is a do man weighing over 160 pounds, went in in the river for a swim, leaving his nc companions, four iu number, on the th shore, from which point they watched (Ji the antijs of the expert swimmer for a an considerable length of timo. Suddcntly re Mr. Walker raiscu his left hand high in us tho air and his friends on shore1 wero wl horrified to see a huge alligator fastened ar thereto. The swimmer, who is do- Fi uended from a long line of figluing an bo oestry, none ol whom over lost a fight or i aid a forfeit, was noihiug dauutcd to by the fact that the Saurian hid him V< somewhat at a disadvantage, and he wt soon succeeded in iandiug the latter, so It was found neois.-ary to cjmplete oo ly sever the reptiles head from it-? body au before Mr. Waikir's hand could bo ro H?jW TO KEEP SOUSi Method That Will Psererve Them RsaeonablY FreshTho News atd Courier, of May G, ijs tho question of how to kcop eggs easonably "ficsh" for a oonsiderablo ime is one which oonccrra far mere icoplo than the question of how to kcop ho Philippines or Cuba, and as many, )crhaps, as any one genoral household >robletn that might bo stated, and L is me of never failing interest Vho Jnitcd States department of agriculture egarda it as being of enough importation o warrant attontiou in u Qcv.rnmont rablioation, and answers it according y n Farmers' bullotin No. 128, just is11 i'fl f r .ni f Vi n ?*- < w?u J iUUl VAiV V* V T VI UUIUU V |UCDO| 1* II VJ II ' s dovotcd to tho general subject of i 'Kgga and thoir usofl as Food.'" Wo | ;ivo tho aubstanoo of so niuch of tho oouoiont as relates to the canicular 1 [ms.ioniu hand. 1 One old domestic uiethol of prosorv- i ug eggs, it is noted, is to p&ok them ( n oats or brat; and anotluris to covor hcoi with liuio water, which may or , uay not contain salt. Tho rosul.s of , f suoh methods aro not uniform. Some , imc3 the eggs remain fresh and of good ( lavor, and at other units spoil. Huocnt- , y in Germany twenty methods wore j octcd, tho eggs Icing kept for eight j couths. Those kept in brino were all iad, because of tho silt having peueratod the eggs. Of those wrapped in aper 80 per cent were bad. Tho same ' ropo.-uon of thoso preserved >u a silu- ' ion of salicylic aoid and glvccrtoo were 1 Tjfit for uso. Seventy pcf cant of those ' ubbed with salt, and tho samo proper- 1 lou.of those packed in bran; or cuvorcd 1 rith paraffin, or '*v?rjishod ' with a bO 1 iition of glycerine and salicylic acid, 1 rore bad. Oi those sterilised by p.ac- * Dg iu boiling water for two.vc to fifteen econds half were bad. Half of these * icated with a solution of alum or put c q a solution of salioyiic aoid were Dad 1 'orty per oont of thoBa "varnished" ? ith water glass, collodion, or shellac J rtre spoiled. Twenty p? r cent o! ' huso paoked in wood ashes, or tr-ated nth a solution of borio acid and water lass, or with a solution of peruim c an ate of potash, were bad. l'hose " varnished" with vaseline, or pres rv.d 1 a "lime water," or in "a solution of rater glass" were "all good." Of the last three, and successful ( lothcds, preservation in a solution of ? 'ater glass is especially reoommend<.d, ( jr tho reason that lime water "some- } tints" communicates to the eggs dit a^rocaolo odor and ta-tc, and 8 vamiahiDg" the eggs with vaseline i onsumes too much time when mere is I laige quantity to be preserved. t Water glass," or solu.lc glass, it is > otod, is the popular uame for potas c ium silicate, or for sodium silicaie, i ho commercial artiolc nftoa bciog a l lixturc of lue twr. The comtntroial i rticle is used for preserving eggs as it is ( iuoh oheapor than the chemically pure i nW^^TJumiibout tho oonaistcnoy Ji molasses, and a powder. Tho syrup ml rui is sometimes sold at wholesalo, is II w as odo aod three quarter oents a und, but soils at retail as high at* ten ta a pound. A solution of tho tfc oper strength for preserving eggs is 0j ado by dissolving one quart of syrup iok witer glass in ten parts, by cr ca&urc, of water, if tho powder is ci ed less is required for a given quantity water. "Muoh of the water glass b< isrod for sale is very alkaline, and dj ould not bo used as it will not keep 0i gs well." Only puro water should bo H ed in making the solution, and it H ould be Loilod and then cooled before ti izing with the water-glass. The it lution should be carefully poured er the eggs packed in a clean and (} eot vessel. Wooden vessels should hi 'Thoroughly scalded" for suoh use. fii io eggs should not be washed beforo it ckmg, and when packed should bo <>( pt in a eool place. One gallon of tho lolution" is enough for fifty dozen gs, if they are properly packed. The ells of eggs so preserved aro apt to w sraek" in boiling, which may be preuted by puncturing the big end with pin beforo boiling. tc The School Book Question. 11 L'ho Committee appointed by tho Can- " derate Veterans in Columbia in the utter of the school book question rc- t( rtcd as following: it Tho committee to whom was roforrcd ai e memorial of tho University Publiih- 113 K company respcotfully submits tho 113 liowing report: 113 This committco finds, upon careful vestigation, that an injury has boon w mo both to the University Publish i1 g company and to its books and busi- 01 ma. At tho last annual rcuuion of j*1 e South Carolina division, held at ui rccuwood, in this stale, corlain pro- w ubJcb and resolutions wero adopted in B1 icronco to the propor books to be n' ?,l : --1 1 vr i? in uui I'uuno bcuooiH. >>o at lack *' tatover was mado by said preuibles s: id resolution upon the 1 uivcrsity tl lblishing company, or upon its school v' oka. h Ail statements, therefore, which tend 41 show iha. tho United Confederate bJ ttcransof South Carolina had in any 0 ty asnailid Holmes' readers or Han l' il'a histories, or any other of the ^ uipany's pujiioatious are entirely un iihorized. n Your oommittoo thereforo reconi- ?[ ends the reaffirmation by this con- l| niion of tho eauio preambles and ro- * lutions which were adopted bv tho S1 it annual reunion, held at Orecn- w >od. O. L. Sohnunpert, l' W. K. .Iain Wade 11. Mannirg, ('oinuiiitco. * * y. A Blind Doctor. oj Chicasro IS to tfradliatn ft blind dnnlnf I * uorgo 8 l>,bbiDH, who baa been blind *' r eighteen years, had bt ou given a 1 gree by tho Chicago II jmoopatkio n odicul College. To secure bin degree j*1 r. Dobbins took the four-vear course '* modioino. supplying his lack of sight D th a wonderful memory. Ho is now I' out to begin a post graduate oourso f' his work, and at tho conclusion of a at ho will cntor upon tho practice of ?' cdioino. * m . , . y This is a critical tiuio in farming, p /orything depjnds on tho start, and y o start of ti e oropa of this year is not a Logothor satisfactory. Work has not a on interrupted by tho weather to any n arked dogreo, but tho recent cold C lathor gave a dooidod backset to h ings trying to oomo up. h THE STATE REUNION Great Gathering of Old Confed erate Soldiers. THOUSAND 5 IN COLUMBIA. Meeting of Old Comrades In Arms Who Bravely Fought Under the Stary Cross Columbia, May 11.?Speoial: Five thouaud survivors of the armies of the Confederate Stales came into Carolina's beautiful capital here gatherod to talk of war times, to cxchango grootings that hud not been passed in ycarB, and to show the innplo of this gnat country that they are not ashamed of ho part they bore ULder Loo and Jaok<ion and Johnston and Boauregard and Cordon and Hampton and their other groat leaders. Tho numbers hero ex secdod the highest estimates of the Qiont enthusiastic. Barring fair week, it was the largest gathoring seem in Columbia in very many years. DECORATION OK TUB CITT. The entire oily was covered with jolure; not all colors, but the beautiful red and white of tho Confederacy, b'iags and emblems of every kind per ainimt to tho Confodoraoy were to bo locn Heating gayly from almost every vindow, store and reaidonoe, and hough the prevailing colors were rc-d ind white and tho moBt of tho fltgt v< re Confederate and State flags, a itreak of blue was often to bd aeon hung >cP'do the red and whito, and numbers >f Union fl?gs were sprinkled ainor g ihoto of the Confederacy. The new Jity Hall aud theatre building was the nost beautifully decorated, and the utcls were all thoroughly bedeck*d, ie-idts all buiidiags on Main street, daoy private icsidonoos were ornament. >d with flags aud bunting, and the cuj it la'g i presented a beautiful spmtaolo o Southern eyes. OPENING EXERCISES. ~m Tho annual convention of tho Soutll larolica D.visiou of Uuitei ConfodF rate veterans opened in the new Co timbia thoaire on Wednesday evening, lore than 2,000 people were present The ppcaktrs occupied front oats and the place of honor was given 0 Lieut. Geu. Wade Hampton. Just uhmd him tat >lr. W. A Clark, who sscortod Gen. Hampton, Governor Mj, iweenuy came in with Gan J. B. Gor! Ion, Mayor Karle oame in with Justice 'opo. Mr. Augusta Kohn with Mist 1 ,zjr !i Lumpkin, Chief Justio McU VOr wiihGon. West, Assooiate Justice! iary and Jones and many other dial imos G. Holmes, were in frontsea^B id Capt. W. D. Starling of Cam^ ampton had char go of tho greafl tthering. The opening prayer was offered bw 10 Kev. Dr. James Woodrow of thi? ty. Mayor F. S. E?rle welaomed the vet ana and othor visitors to the capital ty. Then Commandor Starliog said that j and tho samp had seleoted the mist stinguiahed Veteran, a member of the imp, to respond in bohalf of Camp ampton to tho welcome. Slowly Gen , ampton's name was oailed and then icre was a mighty roar cf applause tat made the vory welkin ring, and ain and again tho applauso went up. en. Hampton aroso and again tho yolls :oke forth onoe, twice and more and nally when <iuiet oamo the singing of 10 Doxology followed and was ronder1 with feeling. oen. u aujc Hampton's speech. Gen. Hampton spoke out, and it was ith clearness and decision, and onoo i awhilo with a show of youthful fire, acc in awhile ho looked around toards the box in which sat his daughir, Miss Daisy Hampto, and Mr. Mo1 uHio Hampton. Lieut. Gon. Wade [ampton spoke as follows: My oomides, 1 have heard that rebol yell bo>re and 1 wish that I could respond to now, as it was once my pride to do, ad tell tho brave mon who were around to to go in and win, but time has larked many a mile stone on iy inarch to my last resting plaoa. erhaps thcro are 6omo among you horo ho knew tho old Philips Legion. The eutenant oolonol of that legion wan no of tbo best fighters of the legion, ui he was not muoh on grammar or nil and ouce, when his logioo was in lntor quarters, he sent an officer to inject and drill them. Well, they wero ot accustomed to quiok time, on foot ad tho old gonoral compromised by lying, "Thoir spirits aro good, but icir winds are short." Now that is Dry muoh tho condition of mysolf. I avo had a very severe attack of grip nd thai has left mo very muoh in the imo condition as those men. By the y, that rooall another incident. When icy came to South Carolina, at the last f tho war, thoy were sent down near >ranohvillc and were put one night to ;lievo some militia, who always oamp1 along a kr^nch, and the day aftor ley camped thore he found the cdorala had climcd up tho trees of the itauip anu fired down upon tlie.r breast orks and next morning: they went in i? branch and oommeeoed dropping lone Yankee* like ducks One Yankee lied out, "What troops are those?" Ic said, militia; and he said. "You are liar 1 hey are not militia. ' ly comrades, 1 will say friends, keauso I am a friend of svery comrade ho has been true. You are my nonds and 1 have been appointed by ne camp, which honors mo my bearing ty name, to roturn thanks to you for oming, to woloome your here, as I do >r them, for myself, for every brave lan in Columbia, for every noble and airiotio woman who still olings to the tith which inspires us. 1 welcome you, od tho mayor has extonded to you the rccdom of tho city. You are welcome nd the freedom of Columbia is offered ou, and 1 am sure that in no other laco in the world, in the South, could ou feci a brighter woloome. I havo eon many of my old men from Georgia nd other States. Wo aro honored toight by having an old soldier, Gen. lordon, from Georgia, with us. He 1 as coins to do honor to Columbia wl.cr? I o helped us so muoh in 1876 and *11 ' i of you who wore in tho cavalry will ! join me when I say we were always glad when we knew (Jan. Gordon was leading his men (Applause.) Ho is here and I, for you, thank him for tho honor he does. Now, my frionds, I oan say nothing moro to you. 1 have oome from a sick bed that 1 might moot you, and tell you I have never forgotten tho old lang syne, when we oamped together. I oan never forgot those days. They say our oause has been lost; but a just oause never dies. It will livo forever, and I paay to God that in tho hearts of all the moo who fought so bravoly they will remember that though tho oause on eirth is lo3t, it will long go down the pages cf history as ono of the noblest and greatest struggles and mtdo by tho noblest army that over trod this greon earth. At the oonolusiou of Gin. Hampton's brief speech there was an outburt of applause. Commander Starling gracefully pro ' eontcd Gen C. irvino Walker, and thflrn wan *n niithnraf nf annlnuA '"> I Gen. Walker, for ho is tho man abovo ' all who has mado suoh a llouaion pos 1 Bible. Gon. Walker said: Gen. Walkor, ommindor of tho division, responded to tho address of j welcome. Ho spoko strong and clear and could bo generally heard. He re- > turned sitc.ro thanks for tho splendid 1 welooino and magnificent hospitality ox- 1 tended tho votorans. He spoke of Co- J lumoia's dovotion to tho^ansc and con- ' gratuiated htr oilizoQs that they had ' buildod from her ruins a oity whose pros pcrity was gratifying and whoso ooa- 1 tinuod growth would eventually mako htr tho metropolis of the state. Here- 1 forred to the faot that Columbia was the 1 birth plaoe of tho division. At tho first 1 meeting thoro were fifteen cauips rcprc- 1 seated by twenty nine dolegates Now < there arc 135 camps with hundreds of 1 gray haired derogates. I Geo Walker thon read the tributo to < tho dead and to tho women of Sou'h E Carolina, which was responded to by ' the assemblage. 1 A LADY ORATOR. ' In a few appropriate words, ho inlro duccd Mibs Elizabeth Lumpkin, who d? livtrod the address of wc.oomo to tho ^ Georgia veterans. Miss Lumpkin took tho orowd by 1 storm and her reooption was seomingly . fr/uo heartiest ovation of tho evoniug. Her remarks were well timed and replete J with noble sentiments. She spoke with a clear strong voice, and her delivery was faultless. In her address directly t to the votcraus, after declaring that she * loved them all, the whole assemblage 1 rose en masse and ohcered hor to the 1 eoho When she declared, with treat oramatic foios, that it might bo the sons of veterans would forget the vet v erans and their oauae, but their daughters novel would, the enthusiasm was , ' i. Though a daughter of t tail a glowing tribute to e , and in oloeing, oalled y e cavaliers of tho earth. E ly congratulated her on e veterans oheered and iss Lumpkin bowod hei tfl Among those who extended their eon- ^ gratulations was General Gordon. On his appearanco he was received with vooiferous ohcers and there woro loud calls for him. 0( GIN. JOUN U GORDON o: finally rose and said: ot "I am not a Carolinian, but I'm a to Georgian, and oan prove it by this en- ai tire audienoo." Much applause and encoring going on, ho and: "I'm stand- 1( ing to-night on South Carolina soil, and gj in the very heart of hearts of Southern 0( chivalry. More than that, 1 am standing in the presence of the very greatest g] man that it has ovor produced in all Bi time, (groat applause,) and 1 moan no ac vain flattery. 1 uso no unmeaning words Bt when 1 say that, taking him as a private a citizen, as a soldier upon a hundrod B bloody fields, as the hero of Reoonstruo- (j tion, worse than war and the gory field, ^ standing to-day in his might like the mountains on yourown northern border, w with tho very olouds around his head and dust of the past at his feet, without one stain in his lifo, without tho possi- ^ bility of a doubt, I pronounoo Wade t0 Hampton tho chief of mon, and now my ^ Confederate brothers, 1 want to say ja that it has been my fortuno to stand be ^ fore some great armios in this country and in foroign lands, but as God is my judgo, I believe that a Convention of Confodorato Veterans is the noblest , gathering that ovcrmet beneath tho stars and it requires no piorcing vision to ?! road upon tho brow of every man here fe present tho four loters, 11, H, R, O." Gen. Gordon roocived little less than ^ an ovation, and for the fow moments r that hospoko throw his whole boui into ?' what he had to say. Si Gon. Walker then presented ?? oen a. j. west, of atlanta, w who delivered tho formal response of 81 welcome on tho part of the Georgia Vet erans. It was a fine speech. Gon ?' West's running retrospeot and review ? or mo great battles and loaders of tho V war was eloquent and forooful, and in *' spite of its wealth of detail was listenod V' to with breathless attention. His re- 11 view of the life and srrviocs of 1'rosi- ri dent Davis. tho hero of Huona Vista ef under tho Stars and Stripes, tho man who watched by the cradle and gravoof ^ the Confederacy, who was chained in a ^ dungeon for his loyalty to constitutional 9* right, and who wrote tho epitaph ol tho "storm cradled nation that fell," was ?! heard with enthusiasm. The leading " thought in his peroration was that tho South's tremendous loss of blood and " treasure had not been in vain, but had secured an honorable peace and a splen " did heritage for future generations. "It w is better to have fought and lost than *' never to have fought at all." uit. thornwell's address, The annual address for this reunion e had been assigned to the Kuv. Jauios u 11 Thornwell, of Fort Mill, chaplain of tho South Caroliua Division. The im o monss crowd had beoomo a little rest less, the exercises had boon a little L longer than expocted, thero were signs fi of a thunderstorm, and when General t West concluded quite a number of the t sudienoe loft tho hall, and thero was t some confusion. Dr. Thornwoll there- o fore ooncludod to abridge his address, a as it would bo published in full in tho a daily papers. It was an appeal for jns- s tioo to tho Confedorato soldier, his motives and hin oh tractor. It urged n upon tho younger men of tho South the s duty ot preserving tho momory of their s athers from aspersion and the cause ? i ) for whioh tbey fought from misrepresentation. This oloaod tho evening1!) cxoroiaes. A THURSDAY D DOINGS The business meeting of the oonven- ^ lion vu oalled to order at 10 o'olook a. m. by Gen. U. I. Walker. Dr. Thorn- a well, tho chaplain, made the opening h prayer, and Adjutant Holmes called tho f( roll, nearly every oamp being repreeen- it tod. tc Gen. Walker mado his annual report, T in whioh ho roforrod with gratification tl to the inoreased number of numbers, h ind paid a tribute to thoee who had tl died during the year. ?i Tho report made reference to a pro- p> posed ohango in the constitution, which n will prohibit anv one or any namn or nr any oity whore the reunion is hold from t( inviting any guests to the oot-vention ft Bzoopt ono oonnooted with the Confed h sracy. This was onthusiastioally adop- a Led. The resolution was brought forth ai by the icLion of Memphis in inviting 01 Preaidont McKinloy. While there was V do objeotion to his being present othor- tl wiso it was considered inappropriate tl to havo so distinguished a guest in one ti who had fought on the othor sido. General Floyd was introduced and v< made a most eloquent address in whioh ft ho heartily oommonded the work of the t( Sons of Veterans, who aro trying to e' preserve history, Resolutions to that tl effeot wore introduced and Colonel h Kecd, of Georgetown, and Majjr liar- g< iin, of Chester, were appointed a cjmmittce to wait upon the Sons. 2< Col. O. L Sohumport of Newberry, w presented a memorial on behalf of the T University Publishing Company, in hi whioh the action of the committee on bi Lext books whioh appeared before the pi state board of education in reference to tl :cxt books was orttioieed. Tho company pi claims that its histories especially were s? xiibreprofcoted; that they are fair to al ooth sides and give both s.dos; that for tt >no to be well educated in history both ct tides of tho great conflict should be tl cnown. The memorial wa-i referred to tl t committee consisting of O L Scnuru II jert, Goo. W. E. James and VN ado II Vlanning. fc An invitation was r:ad invitiog the * oterans to be present at tho unvailing >f tho Chicamauga monument The nviia'ioD was uaanimoualy aooepted. U( Majjr J # 111 is F. Hart presented reso utions, whioh were unanimously adop* oc ed, thanking Gen. Walker for what he lad dono. Gen. Walker then announoed that he ^ lad arranged with Gen. Hampton lor ho convention to call on mm at 5.30 the afternoon. The veterans aoceped the invitation with much cnihusi ism. On motion of Col. Croft, the sponsors vere asked also to go. p( Gen. Walker presented to tho oonrention a beautiful wreath made of paluelto leaves in tho shapo of a horsehoe whicn was the handiwork of Mrs. Dj (V. Swaffisld, of Columbia. It iB de- ,j iignedtobeplac2^o^h^2^on^^nt ^ ie thanks of tho oonvontinn wnr<? Inn. I ? 3red Mrs. Bwaffield. c?, There being a vacanoy in the true- wri eship of the Jefferson Davis memo- a f al, Dr. B. U. Teague was unanimous- |a^ elected. The term had expired and Uj,, lua the vaoanoy was oroated. 9te In the afternoon the oonvention, ae- be: >inpanied by the sponsors, and cs- 1 irted by the Sons of Veterans, pro- for leded to the home of General Hamp- by in and there presented their respects chi id their good wishes. a t The Daughters of the Confederacy rat isomblod also at tho residenoe, and wo ie Southern Cross of Honor was there 1 inferred upon the old hero. ma In the evening the thcatro was again Be lied to its utmost oapaoity?tho oooa- wh on being the presentation of the spon- del >rs. These young ladies seatod on the aft age formed a seeno of striking beauty, ca> ddresses were made by General M. C. wo utler, Capt. James Armstrong of du harleston and Mr. if. H. Weston of lis aity. "Jimmic" Armstrong was coi . his best?his speech abounding in ore it and pleasantry. urn The oonvention of the Sins of Vet- 011 ans assombled in the afternoon, and ie Reunion ball, under their auspioes, * ?ok plaoe in the hall of tho House of di! eprosetatives at night. There was a of rgo attindanoo from all parts of the wo late. mi kripat's proceedings an The State oonvontion reassembled in *r ie thoatro and wuoh business of ^ ipeoial interost was transacted. The Hp, ature of the meeting was the atten to inoe of a large body of boys and girls JeI om the graded school who sang several ,n< : tho war songs of tho Confederate tnies? isixie, doddio tJluo nag, alv Maryland, my Maryland." There ole as a tremendous crowd and the onthuasm was undiminished. ?r* The Sons of Veterans mot and oon- wo uded thoir business session. This being Memorial Day in South arolina (iho anniversary of Stonewall . aok-on's death at tho Wildernoss in ' }<J3) there was tho customary rcoogni * on of the day here. There was a pa ^ ide of the veterans assembled. An loort composed of tho looal militia? -g le Governor's Guards and the Kiohland j oluntoors?was commanded by Col. j, Hlio Jon>s, Gov. MoSwooney and his aff hoading the oolumn. Tho oolumn i veteran oamps was headed by Gen ral Hampton. Noxt otmo General falker and his staff. Proceeding to Elm wood Cemetery, 10 soldiers gathorod around the plot .. intaining only the graven of dead Con ./ iderate soldiers. Simple exercises ere had?a prayer by Dr. Thorn well mi .l : _ - - nu mesinging 01 111 appropriate nyoin. ? hen the girls and boys covered the ! ildicrs grave.* with brauiful flowers. |?* 'hen tho Southern Cross of Honor was V?' >nferred upon each of a number of umbers of tho local camp. The conferring of tho Southern Cross f Honor is a new foature of suoh oocaions. The idea originated with the w< >aughters of the Confederacy who con- ao sr tho crossos upon those who went hrough tho war and worthily upheld ho Southern oauto. Hesidos veterans he cross is conferred upon worthy sons Sm f deceased votorans. The names of to 11 upon whom the oross is conferred re deposited in the Confederate mu- oo eum of Hiohmond. af The olosing feature of tho groat Ko- th inion was tho rooeption to the spon- od or* in the hall of the Horso of Kopre- V\ entatives. It was largely attended *i ind greatly enjoyed. b( A SOLDIER 8 HOME HEEDED n Advocate of the 8cheme Presents Facte and Figures o the editor of The State. Exouse me for asking onoe more foi iittlo apaootosaya word for a Soldiers' urno. Of course details must ho. left >r tho law making department, but let be understood that the pcoslcu ?ys>m, or outlay, is not to bo d s'.urbed. be proposition is to build a bono for io destitute, holploas and homeless. I opo that when the matter ocmes up in io State oamp that the old thread bare rgumont that tho old soldiers prefer a onsion to spend in his own way will ot bo mado. Who would think for a torncnt of forcing an old veteran to go > a soldier's home iir order to get help om the State? Oh, no, so long as he sb a place bo can call homo give him pension and lot him stay. But what re wo doing with thoso who are today a tho road, or in tho poor house? t'hore will they stay while spending icir pension allowance? Remember 10 proposition is strictly for the dee* tuto, helpless and homeless. Some one jumps up and says the old oteran will not caro to go a distance okj his old friends and homo in order > get into a soldier's home. Whoever a man reaches that point where lcre is no ono ablo or willing to give irn shelter, ho will not oare how far he aes. 1 doubt if the number would exooed )0, perhaps loss, in the State that ould oome undor the requirements, he outlay need not be very great, poraps $25,000 or $30,000 would furnish uildings, with moderate annual approbations. I belicvo $100,000 meets to requirements, annually, forthehosital for the insane, with about a thouini inmates. But can South Carolina ford to count costs in dealing with us question? These men didn't count ists f, riy years ago when somo of tese very men were of the first to align lemselves along the Potomac from harper's Ferry to the Chesapeake. Then, this outlay would no required ir only a brief period, ia 15 year only f.;w thousand of all tho hosts, north id south, of over three millions of n, will be left If anything is ever jno it mustbedono now. We oan t depend upon voluntary inlribution. All d.ffiouluea have been rt roome in othor States. Georgia has ven over $600,000 to her soldiers sinoe 180 U-jtiiL-mucr that wo plead for the :s itute, helpless and homeless. O G Thompson, Private Co G 3J, S C Infantry. Laurens. 8 C , May 7. 1901. AN EXPERT PENMANarty-Sir Thousand Words Written on a Postal Card. Rila Kittredge, of Belfast, Me., ohamon smail writer of the world, has rered irom the field, leaving his record of i el pen upon an ordinary postal eard a ambitious miscrocopio penman to t lal or beat. Up to two years ago he t ato a groat deal, bat now boing within \ ew months of 90, he has given up the J lorious practice of writing volumes y an smsll cards, his hand being less p ady and hit oyo less bright than in his D it days. d Mr. Kittredge has long been famous a his penmanship. He is a V'ermonter a birth. His practioe of miniature i irography begin early in lifo and many t imc he has gone without his dinner t her than leavo unfinished a piece of v rk. I Uts first serious competitive eff art was I do in 1887, whon some ono seat to tho j ilfast Journal a postal card upon ioh 600 words had boen oro wded, and Sod any ono to beat it. A few days iir orat1^ i ? fiA J I, J - J - ? ? ? ' - ' vt ?* ?4 v* ixivucu^c I BUUL'U lO A I USiai I d upon which ho bad written 1,01)0 t rds* and this being beaten ho pro- t oed ono with 3,000 words. The 3,000 word postal oard ended the ^petition, but >lr. Kittredgo kept on d iwding his letters and words into 1 aller space, turning out in suooes9ion r rds bearing 6,000, 10,000 and 20,000 g rds His hnest work was done 1880 > ten he wrote 46,000 words upon an or- f i*ry postal card, and the entire text i the Now Testament, about 181,000 t rds upon four postal cards. 1 Ho ha9 written several presidential r kugurial addresses upon postal cards t d has always considered it easy to c ito tho Lord's prayer eight times with- 1 the space ooverod by a five-oent niok- t He wrote one of Gladstone's t jechos upon a postal oard and sont it c tho statesman, who wrote a letter in i >ly, thanking Mr. Kittredgc aod prais5 his skill. Mr. Kittredgo never used any magnimg glasses or other aids. He has rays worn a pair of ordinary spoota- j is such as most elderly men use, and his writing has been dono with an J linary steel pen and common black c. Ho has oompoted with many ? uld-bo champions who have used j tgnifying glasses and sharp pointed * rd lead ponoils, and he has easily j itjn them all in spite of thoir advan;o in the matter of diuipment. 11 is writing ia distinguished by its iuty and the ar.istio arrangement and 1 lformiiy of the letters. Etch letter separate and distinct, and some med speciuions were shown at the ris Exposition. He nays that his i as naturally magnify.?National , atohoian. Hanna As a liumoriat. Senator Harms is a great humorist i when ho is apparently most serious, i doolarcs with hands rais?d to avon that "the Pingloy tariff is a i >st perfeot work of tre human innuity," and that "we arc not goingto to off th> lU'Mal sohodule and al ' n the NjvaSjoua Steel Company, r in?tnnoe, to du up its products into ;W E gland." This is surely monoly protection's last ditch. Wo no < ogor need a tariff to gnard our market \inst E iropcao competition?in fact, ] i are underselling in its own market d in the markets of the world. , j Fatal Accident. An olevatei tramway used by the ivannah Guano company at Savannah convey guano from its fao?ory to oamcrs at the Plant System wharves llapsod at 3 o'clock Wednesday ternoon. Tho small train used in >o traftia, and itsoraw, were participate L to tne stroot? 10 foot below. Edwin r:lliains, colored, was instantly killed id Ed. Montgomery and David Gainea >th colored, were badly injured KILLED AND ROBBED 4 By a Young Map Who Confesses tha Crime to HI8 SWEETHEART. ? Twj Fallow Workmen Were the ** ? Victim*. They Wore Way- ' ^ laid and Shot to Death Y-. by the Murderer. A dispatch from Greensboro to the Atlanta Journal says the facts in regard to what waB probably tbe foulest murder ever committed in North Carolina have just oomo to light in Cherokee oounty, beyond the Blue Ridge, near the Tennessee line. Seventeen months ago Charles Mason and John Sherman, two white men, left a lumber oamp in which tbey had been employed in Cherokee and were not heard of again until their skeletons were found a few weeks ago. Working in the Cherokee lumber oamp with Mason and Sherman was a young man by the namo of Charles Dunboye, who bore a bad reputation. Under the promiso of marriage, he seduoed the daughter of a mountaineer, and as a result of his perfidity his guilt as a murderer has now oome to light. Tho young woman states that on the day of the disappearance of Mason and Sherman she saw Dunboye arm himself with a revolver and take the trail over the mountains in advance of his tw follow workmen. Several days later, while in a confidential mood, Dunooye, swearing his sweetheart to socreoy, told her that ho had waylaid and killed MaBon and Sherman. Ho added that as soon as matters becirne quiet he would marry the girl, sine, the money he had Beoured from the bodies of the men he had murdered would enablo them to sot up housekeeping. Upon the strength of the young woman's affidavit, a warrant was issued for Dunboye, but he eluded the officers and has not yet been captured. It is believed that he is in hiding in some of the almost inaooessible mountain passes near the Tennessee line. A Big Family. The will of the late Qeo. Q Cannon, of Halt L?ke, Utah, was filed for probate Friday.- The will disposes of an estate approximating 11,000,000. The estate is divided into two parts, the first part, consisting of gilt edged securities worth $200,000 This is to remain in trust until George Q Cannon's youngest ohild, now nine years of age attains majority. All of the thirty three children of President Cannon are given an he lormon church rives. To these are willed th^roomes, rovision also being made for their naintenanoe during life. The remain- I ,cr of President Cannon's estate valued I t $800,000 and consisting of 33,000 I ores of farm land, interest in flour I uills, irrigation oompanies and stock in j tanks, etc., passes into possession of I he George Q. Cannon association of I rhioh President Cannon's ohildron and I lis nephew John M. Cannon are stook- I inldpri tn hn linld in ?Kn 'ougost ohild is forty years old. Tied and Killed. A dispatch from Valdosta, Ga., say a iows has just bocD received there of ho lynching of Henry Johnson, alias 'Gator," noar Moniao, between there md Jacksonville Friday night. . Tueslay Johnson fired at a young white nan named Forakor. The load of barel rivets barely grazed him The Ne;ro was oaptured at Crawford, FU., ;nd brought baok to Moniao. He conessed tbe shooting and said that he ntended to kill Foraker. He was hold hero for ofiners to oome after him and Friday night a mob gathered and oariod him to the swamp, where he was ied to a log and shot. The lynching ocurred just over the Florida line. The Negro is said to have been a holy error, it is thought that he intended c assassinate Forakor and then rob the lominissary where Forakor was olerkng Not By Fire and Sword. It Booms that tho Turks do not take noro kindly to Christian missionaries ban do tho Chinose. One of the Conitantinople newspapers says: "Tho , Christian missionaries are anarchists vho are undermining tho foundations >f the Ottoman Empire. They are Jiaowari who presume to advocate a loathen's belief in opposition to Molammodanism. In futuro missiionaias will not bo allowed to open schools. The government will retard their ao.ivity where over possible." rIVrritlp It1 vnlAOtAr* ^ w* ? IHV/ W AJ'IVOIUII, "5 A tcrrifio explosion ocourod at the Fienery oolliery near Wilktsborre, Pa., Kivo miners were frightfully mangled ay powder and many were injured. Ono )f a numbor of empty ears whieh wero >oing pulled up oontained ten kegs of >laok powder and one box of giant ; powder. The oar dashed into the arum kt the hoad of the slop and the powder ay oonoussion. The drum and head I uAjhinory wore torn to pieoei and the { ap of the slope was wreokr d. Jj Has been liaised. Tho board of education of the Methodist Kpisoopal Church, South, met at Nashvdle last week. Bishop Galloway ^ presiding. l>r J. 1). Hammond, recording scorotary. reported that #1 500,060 ordered by tho general conference as a thank offering for the Twentith century had been raised. Seven persons were hurnod to death ; while asleep in a tenement house at South Chioago. A freight train of sixty-five oars, whioh was standing in front of the buiding and whioh, i? ia S claimed the orew refused to move, fl blocked the firemen, who were unable ?3 to get near the burning building until it was too late. The train orew was H arrested and is being held witout bail. ||