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?.??in. rl'r {i' jj VOL. XXVI ' ' .fr"? M j/ .."' --'-1-1-? ctl)o Thou Liberty Groat, luapire Out Souls and Make Qu? Lives in Thy. Possession Happy, or Our Deaths Glorious in Thy Just Defence. BENNEITSVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. MAY 17, 1901. ??:?-?-' ?-? ;? -'V.v-~-." ' ? AW AIM MELGOME Ex ondad tho Old Veterans to Columbia by Her LEADING NEWSPAPER. An Ardelo that Brings tb Mind tho Noble Sacrifice Made by Carolinas Sens end Daughters. Tho following was tho leadiug edi torial ia Tho Stato on last Wednesday, whioh was tho first day of tho ^Con federate rounion in Columbia: It is almost a wasto of words to wol oomo Qooftdorato soldiers to Co f lumbla. Thcro OMI bo no shadow of doubt t.h?t 'every man who woro tho gray is wcloomo te that oity to whioh tho wearing of tho. gray has always moant $6 muoH. ! This is tho oity in whioh tho War Be tweon tho States may bo justly said to havo originated. It was horo that half a oontury atm tho representativo mon of South Carolina used, as now, to moot ?nd oounsol tORothcr. Thon, as now, thoro wore differences of opinion on "political matters. Fow doubted tho right to erocdo but many oonBidored it folly to do so. At length tho seces sionists prevailed. Tho convention whioh'firBt assembled in Columbia, ae ftho body representing a sovereign State, Bottled that. Afterwards lhere was no moro division. ScoosBionists and their former opponents wcro united in retistanoo to tho attempt that was modo on Ht Mo sovereignty and looal Bolf-govornmont. Tho expidicnoy of BooooBsion was no longor tho iesuo. Pol ioy bad givon plaoo to prinoiplo, and when priuoiplo ia at stake tho men of South Carolina havo until this day boon true. War having supplanted dobato. Co lumbia onoo moro booamo tho centro Of Carolina activity. It waB hero at tho capital that tho first regimen ts woro .assembled and from horo that thoy went on to tho holds of Virginia; nomo'..thcro to dio, some to Buller wounds and Bioknoss and othors to re turn unharmed to fight othor battlos for thoir State What days thone first days of war must havo boon in Co lumbia! i Wo oannot dwell upon tho topio DOW and boro* Othor hands moro worthy havo writton ol' tboso timos. Then carno four years of oarnago, four yoara'of fighting and.daring, of on d ui ari oe and saorifioc-four years that Boomed a oontury whon mo? rod by accomplishments and yot wei?, all too short to do what Southern hoarta dared. All tli?a timo, Columbia waa still a oontrd of aotivity. Hero were BtorcB land faotovioa, foundrios and many a minor .indukry, nil working day by day y to send to tho soldiers tho aims, tho olovhing and tho equipmontB that. woro BO badly needed. Hore woro 1 hospitals arid horo woro homos ovoriroady to ro . .. 'Aoico..iW?-uioIc ?.?d^ woxmitfl roturni?fj W?m fields of battle, noar and far. Tho end bogan to drawn noar. Shor man's mighty host approaohed moarer and noaror. Dofondod by an insuf fioiont band-than whioh nono has over boon-more tiuo-tho oapital of South Carolina, must finally fall into tho hands of ? vandal enemy. Columbia munt bo abandonod to her fato-aban don od by ono who loved hor as bia own and whom sho has always lovod as woll -Wado Hampton. Retreating before vast odds ho Baw his neighbors' homos fust shot at and thon set afire And soon Columbia wan in ruina. . The;boxt ton yoars-What of them?, Columbia was mado tho soono of tho wildest politioal deviltry and tho rank est debauchery that ever disgraoeod an American commonwealth-punishment for tho part South Carolina had takon in tho defense of rights guarantocd by tho American constitution. But those things could not long bo endured. Tho day of revolt ea mo, tho hour of tho white man's emancipation was at hand. And iho loader,-who was ho? Nono otho; than than samo old Co lumbian, tho ono who had lcd his mon in manya fearful ohargo; had lost his all and moro; bad stood SB Columbia's dofondor until dofonso was folly and hal surrendered only whon his chief and friend, tho noble Leo, said: "Wo oannot fight longorl" Today, Columbia's woloomo is extend ed to tho survivors of a lost causo and it ia i xtoridod by Wado. Hampton I In vinoiblo in war and inoorruptiblo in poaool Whon ho speaks tho words that tell his old oomrados his homo oity is glad to have thom boro, bo speaks tho son timon ts of<ovory oitizon whoso pul ne boats timo,to Columbia's heart throbs. With an oncrgy, an onthusiasm and a will never equalled in thia oily, our oit izona havo gone to work to proparo for tho veterans' coming. Thoy havo triod to pr?vido plans tor thom to slotp com fortably, with plenty to eat and n little something to drink. There will bo quito enough to koop them interested il their conventions and their roooptiona, and it is Columbia's earnest dcsiro that all shall bo pleased, if any votcran docs not soo what ho wants, let him ask for it ^ Tho^ thiqr'o aro the ladies. Thowivos -whd arorstill the sweethearts-of tho boys Mb left home in ,61-'65. The wo men why knit ntookings and shod toars, praying and ihoping, whilo tho mon woro lighting. Thdy and their daugh ters-the ?pon?or?-will bo boro, too. Aslomj as" Carolina ia Carolina thoy will pp the ohiof attraotion on every oo oa6loft ,tboy may gtaoo with thoir pros onoo., ; " . ; * ; The. Seins, of Votorans aro soarooly loss woloomo. Thoira is a groat hori tago.* 'And to prosorvo tho history of thoir fathor's deeds, to protoot tho fair namo of thoir native land and to cher ish tho lessons it toaohos* is ? snored duty*, Tho war was i?ng sinoo ovor. wo aro a united pe opio and thoro should bo not onc.fOir-.nant of bittornoss botwoon north and south, yet men would bo loss than humri who did not want te toll of tho daringvand ,tho ,doYot.ion,.;to duty whioh t'hoW rathnrs )riadp ijmmoital. . The "story of the glory of the^wen who wore the gray"-this is a sto?p worth tolling This is no moan oity whioh woloomou you today, veterans. It ia a oity that JttV) A'*U* }M UP VIM IV MilMUfc VikV vvia^wvA 1 or's hool, a oily that has boon robbod and plundered by vandal hands, a otty that was rtizjd by tho vicdor's toxoh. Thoso things Columbia BuiForcd in tho samo oauso for whtoh you oi?erod your livos 40 years ago. But today thie wol oomo comos to you, not from a eity of devastation and desolation, but from ono that is alivo and growing; [a oity thai is full of onorgy, ambition and on thusiasm. Its lovoly rcaidonoo stroots are Unod with tho houses of on tor orin ing citizens; its businoss streets aro soonoB of activity and movomont; its dopots aro crowded with passengers and froight; its M tore ti and its war chou "03 are paolcod with goods, and ila cotton factories are modela for tho world to oppy* This is tho Now Columbia. 1J jilt upon the ruins loft by Shorman, it in going to bo tho metropolis of tho Stato very soon, and some day, perhaps, tho metropolis of this sootmn. It is a town worth visiting aud a town that is al ways glad to havo visitors, yet novcr woro visitors moro woloomo than thoso who will tramp its streets today-tho mon who followed Loo and Jackson and Hampton ! CAN'T BE ENFORCED The Andorson- Labor Contracts Are Null and Void. Magistrate Wilson nt Anderson had a oaso bc foro him last wcok involving ono of thom shivery oontraots about which wo havo hoard so ni?oh. It was tho oaso of tho State vs. Alex Williams. Mr. L, R. Watson had p?id$150 to'get I Williams om of j ?il mid Williams signed a slavery oontr?ut to mako a orop with i Watson. He pr ? ko the oo??taot and Watbon indicted him. Mosers. Bonham & Watkins ronresonted tho State and Qaaitlobauiu & Coohran tho defendant. After hearing tho earn Magistrato Wil een rc-ndorod tho following dcoision, up on tho rondonng of whioh notioo of ap poal waH sorvod. Catho third ra; of January, 1901, Alox Williams, hoing indebted to J, S. Fowlor for $150 bound and hired him self to L. il. W?tnon to work for him for tho year 1001 to scouro tho payment of tho said $100. From tho cvidonoo before mo Alex Williams has neglected aad rofusod to perform tho work ro quirod of him in s-id contract and now li. IV. Watson has prosooutod him for violation of ootraot. This is a crim inal action to onforoo or punish a lab orer for violating a oivil contract. In Older to render a laborer liablo crim inally for violation of a oivil oontraot tho oontraot must bo such a oontraot as is sot out in tho statutoB. Seotion 288 of voluino 2, rovisod statutes, pro vides What must bo sot out in a oon traot to render ono liablo criminally for ita violation. First, nu cu oontraot muet oloariy cot forth' tho oonditiona upon whioh tho laborer ongagoa td work. Se cond, tho length of timo. Third, tho amount of monoy to bo paid. Fourth, and whon. This oontraot doos oontain the length of timo tho laborer is to work but it is impossible for mo to under stand upon what oonditiona ho is to work. Nor is it possible for mo to de termino from tho oontraot what wagoa aro to bo paid Alox Williams, and po tixuo is montionod Whon any wagob oro to bo paid him. In faot, tboro is no promise in tho oontraot to pay him any wagoa at all. For thoso reasons I do cido tho defendant is not guilty. This contract not hoing such a oontraot as renders a laborer liablo to j unishinont criminally for violating. Again, this contract is ono of those oontraots in whioh tho laboror agroos to bind himself to bo looked up and whipped, otc Suoh a oontraot is opposed to publio policy and is thoroforo null and void, and tho dofondant oannot bo punished for viola ting a null and void oontraot. It waa argued that whilo thoso provisions op posed to publio polioy aro null and void tho other parts of tho oontraot aro still in foroo and binding. This is not an notion requiring mo to soparato tho void provisions from tho valid provisions if thoro aro any suoh, but simply to punish a laboror for violating thia oontruot as a whole and thoroforo I hold that this oontraot in part and in whole ia abso lutely null aad void in bo far as thia proBooution ia ooncornod. Tho dofon dant ia not guilty and ia ordorod that ho bo discharged. B. F. Wilson, Magistrate. An, Alligator Story. A most remarkable on o ou nt or with an alligator occured in tho Salkehatohie rivor noar YomaBBOo. Aooording to your oorrospondent's informant, him self an oyo witnoss to tho incident, Mr, Eugene Walker, of Ycmassoo, who ia a man woighing ovor 160 pouuds, wont in tho river for a swim, loaving his companions, four in number, on tho shore, from whioh point they watched tho antioB of tho export swimmer for a considerable longth of timo. Suddontly Mr. Walker raised bia loft hand-high in tho air and his friends on ti hero wt re horrified to BOO a hugo alligator fastened thereto. Tho nw un nur, who is do conded from a long lino of fighting aa ce si ry, none of whom ?vor lost a fight, or j aid a fori cit, was nothing dauntod by tho faot that tho Saurinn Iud him some what at a di?advanta, ,, and ho uoon succeeded ia landing tho lattor. it WKB found nooespary to oomploto ly 80Vor tho reptiles hoad from its body boforo Mr. Walker's hand could bo ro loused from ita oavoruous jiwa by moans of prying thom apart with a atout ?tiok. Tho "gator"' was aflcor tained, upon actual moasurmont, to bo I 5 foot and 8 inohcu in longth. Mr. Walker's baud, while considerably la ooratcd by tho reptile's hugo tooth, is not noarly aa badly injured aa it would very naturally bo supposed would havo boon tho oaso. Waiting- For Jim Johnson. A foud lcndor, who had about exter minated tho opposing faction and had made a good fortuno for a mountaineer whilo doing it, for ho kopt his mon busy getting out timber when thoy worn't fighting, said to mo, in all seriousness: .'I havo triumphod agin my onomios timo and timo again. Tho Lord's on my side and I gita a bettor and better Christian ovor' year. A proaohor, riding down a ravlno, banu upon an old mountaineer hiding in tho bushes with his rifle "What arc you doing there, my friend?" r "Rldo on. stranger," was tho oasy Answer. "?m a walli o' fer Jim John son, and with tho holp of the Lawd I'm Wein' to blow his dam hoad off." HOW TO KEEP EGGS A Method That Will Pserervo Them Reasonably Fresh? Tho Nows ?td Courier, of May 6, says tho question of how to keep eggs reasonably "frosh" for a considerable timo ie ono whioh oonoorns far moro peoplo than tho question of how to koop tho Philippines or Cuba, and as many, perhaps, as any ono gonoral housobold problem that might bo statod, and it is ono of never failing intorest Tho United Btatosdopartmontof agrioulturo regards it as b/ing of onoUgh importance to warrant attention in a Govunmont publication, and answors it Aooording<y in FarmorA* bulletin No. 128, just is suod from tho Govornmont prose, whioh is dovotod to tho gonoral subjoot of "Eggs and their usos as Food." Wo givo tho hubs ton oo of so muoh of tho document as rolatos to tho pariioular question in hand. Ooo old domostio motboiof preserv ing oggs, it is noted, is to paok thom in oats or bran; and another i j to oovor thom with limo wator, whioh may or may not odhtaiu salt. Tho roauLs of of suohmothods aro not uniform, t? om o timos tho oggs remain frosh and of good flavor, and mother imus spoil. J too em ly in Gorinany twonty mothotla woro testod, tho cggB toing kopt for eight months. Those kept in brine woro all bad, booauBo of tho mit having pono tratod t ho eggs. Of thoBO wrapped in papor 80 per oent wero bad. Tho eamo proportion of thoso prcorvod in a s du-, tion of Hal icy lie acid and glycerine wore utjfit fqjr uso. Sovonty per oont of thoto rubbed with salt, and tho samo propor tion of thoso paoked in bran; or ouvortd with parama, or 'Wiroiihod ' with a so lution of glycol ino and salicylic a J id, woro bad. Of thom sterilized by plac ing in boiling water for twoivc to iii icen Booonds half woro bad. Half ot thoso ttoatcd with a solution of alum or put in a solution of salicylic acid woro bad. Forty por oont of thoso "varnished" with wator glass, collodion, or shollao wero spoiled. Twenty ptr cont of thoso packed in wood ashes, or treated with a solution of borio acid and water glass, or with a solution of perm tn ganato of potash, woro bad. Thoso .'varnished" with vasolioo, or proserv jd in "limo wator," or in "a solution of wator glaBs" woro "all good." Of tho last throo, aud eucoossful mothods, preservation in a solution of wator glass is ospooially recommended, for tho reason that limo wator "some times" communicates, to tho oggs a dit agreeable odor and taste, and "varnishing" tho oggs with vaseline consumes too muoh time whou'thoro is a latgo quantity to bo prOsorvod. "Wator glass," or soluMo glass, it is noted, is tho popular namo for potas sium silicato, or for sodium silicato, tho commercial artiolo of ton being a mixturo of tho twe. Tho oommoroial article is used fer preserving oggs as it is muoh ohoaper than tho ohomioally puro artiolo. It is commonly, sold in two forms, a liquid about, tho consistency of molassos, and a powder. Tho syrup form is nomo timos sold at v.diolosalo, as low as ono and throo. quarter couts a pound, but solis nt retad as high-no ton conts a pound, A solution of tho proper strength for prosorving oggs is m ado hy dissolving ono quart of syrup thiok wator-glasB in ton parts, by measure, of wator. If tho powder is usod loss is roquired for a givon quantity of wator. "Muoh of, tho wator-glass oftorod for salo is vory alkalino, and should not bo used au it will not kcop oggs woll." Only puro wator should bo used in making tho solution, and it should bo boiled and thon ooolod boforo mixing with tho wator-glass. Tho solution should bo carefully pourod ovor tho oggs paokod in a oloan and sweot VOBSOI. Woodon VOSSOIB should bo "thoroughly aoaldod" for such uso. The oggs should not bo washod boforo paoking, and whon paokod should bo kept in a cool placo. Ooo gallon of tho "solution" is onough for fifty dozon eggs, if thoy aro properly paokod. Tho sholls of eggs so presorvod aro apt to "oraok" in boiling, whioh may bo pro voniod by puncturing tho big end with a pin boforo boiling. The Behool Book Question. Tho Oomuiittoo appointed by tho Con federate Votorans in Columbia in tho mattor of tho school book question re ported as following: Tho oommittoo to whom was ref erred tho memorial of tho Univoraity Publish ing oompany roBpootfully submits tho following report: This oommittoo finds, upon oaroful investigation, that an injury has been dono both to tho UniYoraity Publish ing oompany and co its books and busi ness. At the last annual rounion of thc South Carolina division, hold at Qreonwood, in this stato, oortain pro amblo? and resolutions woro adopted in rctoronoo to tho propor books to be used iu our public schools. No at taok whatovor ' was made by said promotes and resolution upon tho University Publishing oompany, or upon its school boons. All statements, thorcforo, whioh tond to show that tho United Confederate Vctor*ns of South Carolina had in any. way ?BS ail td Holmes' roadors or flan soil's histories, or any othor of tho oompany'a publications aro ontiroly un authorized. Your oommittoo thoroforo recom mends tho reaffirmation by this ooo vontion of tho samo preambles and re solutions whioh woro adoptod by tho last annual rounion, hold at Croon wood, . O. L. Sobumport, W. E. James, Wado H. Manning, Commit ct J. A Blind Doctor. Ohiongo is to graduate a blind doo tor. Goorgo S. Dobbins, who has boon blind for oightoon yoars, has boon givon a degreo by tho Chioago Homoopathio Medical Collogo. To soouro his dogreo Dr. Dobbins took tho four-vow oourso in modioino, supplying his laok of sight with a wondorful memory. Ho is now about to bogin a post graduato oourso in his work, and at tho oonolusion of that he will ontor upon tho praotioo of modioino. This is a orltioal time in farming. Everything deponds OP >the start, aud tho start of tko orops ./this year io not altogether satisfacer /. Work has not been intorruptod ly tho wo ft thor to any marked dogreo, but tho roo ont o old woathor gavo ? dooidod baojkset to fbtn?? 4winer M rtAw? ?in -o- *?,#?.-# ? THE STATE REUNION Oreat Gathering of Old ponied . '.' ..' .m ;.* y erato Soldiers. THOUSANDS IN COLUMBIA. Mooting of Old Oor. rades In Arms Who Bravely Fought Under th? Stary Cross Columbia, May ll.^-Spooial: Piv*o thousand survivors bf tho arrolqB of tho Oonfodorato Statoa oaio into Oarolina'e beautiful capital horo gathorod to talk I of war times, to oxohango grcotings I that bud not boon passod in years, and to show tho pjoplo of this gnat I country that thoy aro not ashamod of ho part thoy boro un dor Loo and Jack son and Johnston and Boauregard and Gordon and Hampton and thoir ; othor I groat loadors. Tho numbors hero ex- j ooodod the hi g li est estimates of tho moat enthusiastic. Barring'fair woek,A it wa3 tho largcBt gathoring soon in Oo lumbia in vory mauy yoara. DECORATION OV THE OITY. Tho entiro oity was oovorod with oolors; not all oolors, but tho beautiful rod and whito of tho Confederacy. | Flags and emblems of o very kind por . tainine. to tho Confederacy were to bo soon floating gayly from almoBt every window, acoro and rosidonoo, and . i -1. . \ ??H?(1(?M .? rt 1 ,A ?. n ntA. A m*n A I umuna (jijo jutrnniu^ uv.o.u v... -w - and whito and tho most of tho' fl*g* J wt;re Cmfolorato and Stato Hage, al streak of bluo waa ofton to bo soon hung bosido iho red abd whito, and' nunibors of Union fl igi woro sprinkled arno?g I tlioto of tho Oonfodoraoy. Tho now Jity Hall and theatro building was tho most beautifully doodiatod, and tho hotels woro all thoroughly bodoolud, boeidcB all buildings on Main street. Maoy privato re lido neo? woro ornament od with flags and bunting, and tho oity at largo prosontcd a boautiful opjotnolo to Southorn oyes. OPENING EXERCISES. Tho annual oonvontion of tho South Carolina Division of Unitod - Confod orate votorans oponod in tho now Co-1 \ lumbia theatro on Wednesday ovoniog, Moro than 2,000 pooplo woro proaontJ Tho speakers oooupied front Boats and tho placo of honor was given ? to Liout. Goa. Wado Hampton. Just , bohind him eat Mr. W . A. Clark, who , escorted Gan. Hampton, Governor Mo- , Swoonoy oamo in with Gan. J. B. Gor- ? don, Mayor Karlo oamo in with Justice J l'ope, Mr. Augusta Kohn with Misi Elizauoth Lumpkin, Chiof Juatio Mo-1, Ivor with Gon. WoBt, Aasooi?toduai?o?fl ? Gary and J OHOS and many othor dis- , tinguished Carolinians woro on tho stago. Gen. C. I. Walker ?nd . Adj t. . Jamos G. II olmo s, woro in front seats and Capt. W. D. Starling ot. Camp |, Hampton had , oh argo of tho groat I, gathoring. \.Lr... Tho opening prayer was offered .by I ; tho Hov. Hr. James Woodrow of this j oity. Mayor F. S. Earle woloomed tho vot or a ns and othor visitors to tho' capital oity. > Thon Oommandor Starling said that ho and tho camp had solo o tod tba most distinguished Veioran, a member of tho camp, to vospond in behalf of Camp I Hampton to tho woloomo. Slowly Gon. Hampton's namo wt*? called and thon thoro Was a mighty roar of applause that mado tho vory wolkin ring, and again and again tho applause went up. I. Gon. Hampton aroso and again tho yolls I broke forth onoo, twice and moro and I finally whon quiet oamo tho Binging of tho Doxology foliowod and was rond or ed with fooling. I GEN, WAUK HAMPTON'S SPEECH. Gon. Hampton spoko out, and it was with oloarness and dooision, and onoe in sw hilo with a show of youthful firo. I Onoo in awhile he looked around to wards tho box in whioh sat his daugh tor, Miss Daisy Hampto, and Mr. Mo-1 Dufiio Hampton. Liout. Gon. Wado Hampton spoko an follows: My oom rao.es, I havo hoard that robol yoll bo-1 foro and 1 wish, that I oould rospoud to I it now, as it was onoo my prido to do. I and toll tho bravo mon who woro around moto go in and win, but time has m ark od many , a mile s ton o on my march to my last, resting I place. Perhaps thoro aro somo among you hore who know tho old Philips Legion. Tho lieutenant oolonol of that logion was j ono of tho best lighters of tho legion, but ho was not muoh on grammar or drill and onoo, whon his logion was in winter quarters, ho sont an offtoor to in speot and drill thom. Woll, thoy woro I not accustomed to quiok timo, on foot and tho old gonoral compromised by I Haying, "Thoir spirits arb good, but I thoir winds aro short." Now that isl vory muoh tho oondition of myself. 11 have had a vory severo attaok of grip I aud that has loft mo vory muoh in tho I same oondition'as those mon. B.v tho I by, thai rooall anothor incident. When thoy carno lo South Carolina, at tho last of tho war, they woro sont down noar I Branchville and were put ono night to j relieve Homo militia, who always oamp ed along a branch, and tho day after they oampod thoro he found the Fedoralo had olimod up tho troos of tho j swamp and firod down upon their breast works and noxt morning they wont in tho branch and o om mo need dropping thosp Yankoos like ducks. Ono Yankee I oallod out, "What troops aro thoso?" I Ho said, militia: and he said, ''Von aro a-liar. Thoy aro not militia." My oomrados, I will tay frionday be- ] oauso I ain a friend of evory comrade! who has boon true. You are my I frienda and I havo boon appointed by tho oamp, whioh honors me my bearing my namo, to roturn thanks to you for I ooming, to woloomo your here, as I do I for thom, for myself, for every bravo man in Columbia, for ovory noblo and patriotio woman who still olinga to the faith whioh inspires us. I weloome you, and the mayor hat extonded to you the freedom of tho oity. You are weloome and tho froodom of Oolumbia is offered you, and I am euro that in no other plaob in tho world, in the South, oould you fool, a brightor weloome. . I havo seen many of my old mon from Georgia and other Slates. Wo aro honored to night by having an o)d loldior, Gen, Gordon, from Georgia, with us,-He had come to do honor to Oolumbia whoro lin helped na Hn mnah itt 1876 and fill of you who woro in tho cavalry will join mo whon I nay wo wore always glad when wo know Gen. Gordon was loading his mon (Applause.) He is hoxo and I, for you, thank him for tho honor ho does. Now, my Monds, I oan say nothing more to you. I have oomo from a ?lok bod that I might moot you, and toll you I havo novor forgotton tho old lang ny no, whon we oampod togothor. loan never forgot those days. They'say our oauso has boon lost; but a just cause never dios. It will livo forovor, and I paay to God that in tho hearts of all tho mon who fought BO bravoly they trill remomboi that though the oauso on our th is lost, it will long go down the pagos of history as ono of the noblest and'greatoHt struggles and made by tho noblest army that ovor trod this groon' earth. At tho oonolubion of Gen. Hampton's brjof speooh thoro was an outburt of a pp lau so. ' Commandor Starling graoofully pro Booted Gen 0. Irvino Walker, and thoro was an outburst of applausofor Gen. Walker, for ho is tho man abovo all who has.mado such a. Rsuaion pos Bible. G on. Walker said: Gen. Walkor, oommandor of tho division, responded to tho address ol weloomo. Ho spoko strong and oloai and could bo gonerally heard. Ho re turned nico ?rc thanks for tho splondid weloomo and magnificent hospitality ox tondod tho votorans. Ho spoko of Co lombia's devotion to the cauao and oom gr*.tutatod her oitizons that they had buildod from hor ruins a oity whoso pros perity was gratifying and whoso OOH tinued growth would eventually make her the metr?polis of tho state. Ho ro fc.rrcd to the faot that Columbia waa tin birth plaoo of tho division. At tho firsi mooting ilioro wore fifteen camps rcprc coated by twenty nino delegates ?o/ thoro aro 135 oampa with hundreds o gray haitod dologatos. Gen. Walker thoo read tho tributo t< tho dead and to tho women of Souil Carolina, whioh was responded to b; tho assemblage A LADY ORATOR. In a fow appropriate words, ho intro duoed Miss Elizabeth Lumpkin, wh delivered tho ad a reas of weloomo to th Georgia veterans. Miss Lumpkin took tho orowd b; storm and hor roooption was seomingl tho hoartiost ovation of tho evoning ll or. r o m ar k a woro well dmod and roplo t with' noble sontimonts. She spoke wit! a olear strong voioo, and her deliver; was faultless. In her addross direotl, to the votorans, af tor declaring that sh lovod thom all, tho .rholo assomblag roso on masso and ohoorod hor to th ooho. When she declared, with grce dramatio foi o a, that it might bo th nomi of veteran) would forgot the vol orana and thoir oauio, but their daugt tors novor would, tho enthusiasm wt without bounds. Though a daughtor ( Georgia, oho paid a glowing tributo t South Carolina, and in oloaiog, oalle tho votorans tho cavaliers of tho oartl Whon she bowed her adieu, those aboi tho stage heartily congratulated her c her efforts.' Tho votorans ohoorod ar ohoorod, and Misa Lumpkin bowed h acknowledgments. Among those who extended their co gratulations was General Gordon. C bis appearance he waa roooivod with v oiferoua ohoors and there were loud oal tor him. GEN. JOHN ? aORDON finally rose and said: "I am not a Carolinian, but Fm Georgian, and oan prove it by this o tiro nuJionoo." Much applause ai oheoring; going on, ho said: "I'm atan ing to-night on South Carolina soil, a in tho very hoart of hoarts of Southo ohivalry. Moro than that, I am stan ing in tho prosonoo of the vory great* man that it has ovor produced in timo, (groat applauso,) and I mean vain flattery. I uao no unmoaning wo) whon I say that, taking him as a privi oitieen, as a soldier upon a hundx bloody fiolds. as tho hero of ltoaonstr tion, worso than war and the gory fio standing to-day in his might like I mountains on your own northern bord with the vory olouda around his he and dust of tho past at his foot, with ono stain in his lifo, without tho poe bility of a doubt, I pronounoo Wi Hampton tho ehiof of mon, and now Confcdorato brothors, I want to that-it has boon my fortuno to stand fore nomo groat armies in this ooun and in foreign lands, but as God is judge, I boliovo that a Convention Confederate Votorans is the nobl gathoring that ove rm ot benoath tho si and it requires no pioroing vision road upon tho brow of overy man I proaont tho four lotors, H, E, lt, 0. Gen. Gordon roooivod little len t an ovation, and for the few mon? that ho spoko throw his wholo soul j what ho had to say. Gon. Walkor thon prosontod C4EN. A. J. WEST, 0JP ATLANTA, who dolivorod tho formal responsi woloomo on tho part of tho Georgia1 evans. It was a fino spoooh. C Wost'B running rotrospoot and to\ ot the great battles and leaders of war was eloquent and forceful, ant sp ito of its wealth of dotad waa liste io with broalhloss attention. His vioiV of tho lifo and ne rv io CB of Pi dont Davis, tho horo of ii nona V under tho Stirs and Stripos, tho who watched by tho orad io and gra tho Confodoraoy, who was chained dungoon for his loyalty to constitute right, and who wrote tho epitaph ol "storm-orad lcd nation that foll," hoard with enthusiasm. The loa thought in his peroration was that South's tremondous lois of blood troasure had not boon in vain, but scoured an honorable peaoo and a cr did horitage for future generations, is botter to have fought and lost never to havo fought at all." DR. THORNWELL'S ADDRESS. Tho annual addross for this rot had boon assignod to tho Rov. J II Thornwell, of Fort Mill, chapla tho South Carolina Division. Th monso orowd had booome a little lon, the oxoroison had boon ? longer than expootod, thero woro of a thunderstorm, and when Gt Wont oonoludod quito a numbor c audienoe left tho hall, and thor? some confusion. -Dr. Thornwell foro oonoludod to ab rid go his ad as it^would bo'published in full : daily papers. - it was an appeal f< tloo ofo-' thft.A?onfedorato v.aoldh motives and his eharaoter. It upon tho younger mon of tho Sou duty ot proaorving tho memory ol ?thers from aspersion and the for whioli thoy fought from misrepre sentation. This closed tho ovoning's oxoroino?. \ TII?U??AY'B uoiNda, Tho business mooting of tho oonvon tion waa oallod to ordor at 10 o'olook a. m. by Oon. C. I. Walker. Dr. Thorn woll, tho chaplain, mado tho oponing prayor, and Adjutant Holmes cal}od tho , roll, nearly ovory oamp "tiing rop/oson tod. j ,? Gen. Walkor mado his annuli roport, in which ho roforrod with gratifbation to tho inoroascd number of member a. and paid a tributo to thoeo who had died during tho yoar. The roport made roforono? to a pro posed chango in tho constitution, whioh i will prohibit any ono or any camp or any oity whore tho reunion is hold f rpm 'inviting any guest H to tho convention oxoopt oho oonnootod with tho (Jo nf cd oraoy. This was enthusiastically adop ted. The resolution was brought forth by the notion of Momphis in inviting President MoKinloy. Whilo thoro WAS no objection to his hoing prosont ?thor wiso it waa oonaidorod inappropriate to have so distinguished a guostin ono who had fought on tho other side. Goneral Floyd was introducid and mado a most eloquent addross in whioh ho heartily oom mended tho work of tho Sons of VotoranB, who aro trying to preservo history, Uoeolutions to that effect woro introduced and Oolonol Hoed, of Goorgotown, and Maj n- Ilu di?, of OhoBter, wcro appointod a o jin mittco to wait upon tho Sons. Col, O L Sohumport of Nowborry, nresontod a memorial on behalf bf the Univarsity Publishing Company, in whioh tho aotion of tho committco on textbooks whioh appeared before the stato board of oduoation in roforonoo to toxt, honks was oritioieed. Tho company claims that its histories especially wore mi?re proton ted; that thoy ard fair tc both sidos and give both sides; that foi ono to bo well oduoatod in history botli sides of the groat oonfl'.ot should bc known. Tho momorial wan roforrod u a oommittoe consisting of O h So hum port, Goo. W. lil. James and ' Wadu H Manning. An invitation was road inviting Un votorans to bo prosont at tho unvoilinj of tho Chioamauga monumont. Th< invitation was unanimously aoooptod Major J imos F. Hart presonted roso lutions, whioh were unanimously adop tod, thanking Gon. Walkor for what hi had done* Gen. Walkor then announced that hi had arranged with Gen. Hampton f o the oon vondon to call on him at 5:3( in the afternoon. Tho veterans aocop tod tho invitation with uni j h onthusi asm. On motion of Col, Croft, the sponsor were asked also to go. Gon. Walker presentod to tho oon vondon a beautiful wreath mado of pal motto leavos in tho shape of a homo shoo which was tho handiwork of Mrs W. Swaffiold, 'of Columbia. It is dc signed to bo placed on tho monumon at Chiokamauga. It was aoooptod, an tho thanks of tho convention, wore ton dored Mrs. Swaffiold. ' ; Thora being a vaoanoy in tho trut tooship of tho Jefferson Davis inonu rial, Dr. B. H. Teague was urjanimoui ly elected. Tho term had oxpirod an thus tho vaoanoy was created. In tho afternoon the convention, ac companied by tho sponsors, and ci oorted by the Sons of Votorans, pr. oeedod to the homo of Goneral Ham] ton and thero presented their rospco and thoir good wishes. Tho Daughtors of tho Oonfodorat assomblod also at tho rdsidonao, ai the Southern Cross of Honor was the oonforred upon tho old hero. In the evening tho thoatre was aga flllod to its utmost oapaoity-tho ooo sion being the presentation of tho spo sors. Thooo young ladies seated on t! stage form?e? aseonoof strikingboaut Addresses were made by General M. But lor, Capt. Jamos Armstrong Charleston and Mr. If. H. Woaton this oity. 1 'Jimmie1' Armstrong w at his best-his spoooh abounding wit and pleasantry. Tho oonvontion of tho Sons of Vt crans assomblod in tho afternoon, a the Rsunion ball, under thoir auspio took pl?oe in tho hall of tho Houso lloproBotatives at night. Thero wai largo attondanoo from all parts of t Stato. T?IDAT'S PROCEEDINGS, Tho Stato oonvontion roasBomblod tho thoatre and muon businoss ospooial interest v/us transaoted. 1 feature of tho mooting was the alt danoo of a largo body of boys and gi from the graded school who sang sovi of the war . songs of tho Qonfodor States-.'Dixie," "Bonnie Blue Fia "Maryland, my Maryland." Th was a tremendous crowd and tho ont siasm was undiminished. Tho Sons of Votorans mot and o oludod thoir bupinoas scission. This being Momorial Day in Soi Carolina (tho anniversary of ?tonov Jackson's doath at tho Wilderness 1863) thero was tho customary reooj lion of tho day hore. There was a rado of tho votorans assomblod, osoort composed of tho looal militi tho Governor's Guards and the lliohl Voluntoors-was oommand?d by ( Wilie Jonis, Gov. Mob1 woo noy and staff hoading tho column. The ooh of veteran camps was headed by G eral Hampton. Next carno Gen Walkor and his staff. Proceeding to Elmwood Ooinot tho soldiers gathored around tho containing only tho graves of dead ( foderate aoldiors. Himplo oxerc woro had-a prayer by Dr. Thorn and the singing oran appropriate hy Thon the girls and boys oovorcd soldiers gravos with boautiful Hov, Thon tho Sou thorn Cross of Honor o inferred upon oaoh of a numbc mom boro of tho looal damp. The conferring of thoSouthorn C of Honor is a now featuro of ouoh c aions. The idea originated With Daughtors of tho Oonfedoraoy who fer tho oiTBson upon those who through tho war and worthily ur tho Southern cause. Besides veti tho cross ir oonforred upon worthy of doooanod votorans. Tho name all upon whom tho oross is oonf aro -unwilled in tho Oonf?dorato soum of Riohmond. Tho closing foaturo of tho groa union was tho roo op tion to tho ? son in tho hall cf tho Houso of ll aantatlvos, lt was largely att< and greatly onj^yod, A SOLDIER'S HOME HEEDED. An Advocate of the Boheme Presents Foots and Figures To the editor of Tho Stato. . Exoufjo me for asking ,onoe more foi a little spaooto say a word for a Soldiers' homo. Of oourdo dotails must bo left for tho law making dopartmont, but lot it be undorstood that tho pension sys-, tom, or outlay, is not to be disturbed. Tho proposition is to build a homo- fer tho dostltuto, holploBS and homoloes. I hopo that when tho matter o?moa up in tho Stato oamp that tho old thread bato arguin?nt that tho. eld t?oldioni prof or a ponsion to spond in his own way will not bo mado. Who would think for a momont Of foroing an old vororan to go to osoldior'e borne in"order to got help from tho Stato? Oh. no, so long as he has a plaoo ho oan oall homo givo him a ponsion and lot him stay. But what aro wo doing with theso who aro today on tho road, Pr in tho poor houao? Whoro will thoy stay while spending thoir ponsion allowanoo? Romombor tho proposition is striotly for' the dos tltuto, holploss and homoloso. Somo ono j amps up and says tho old votoran will not oaro to go a distanoo from hi? old frionds and homo in order to got into a soldier's homo. When ovor a man roaohos that point whore thoro is no ono ablo or willing to givo him sholtor, ho will not oaro how far ho goos. I doubt if tho number would oxoood 200, perhaps loss, in tho State that Would como undor tho requirements. Tho outlay neod not bo very groat, por hap? $25,000 or $30,000 would furnish buildings, with modorato annual appro priations. I boliovo $100,000 moots tho requirements, annually, for tho hos pital for tho insano, with about a thou sand m unten, li?t oan South Carolin* afford to count costo in dealing with ibis quotion? Thceo mon didn't count oostB forty years ago whon gamo of t heno very mon woro of tho first to align themselves along tho Potomio from Harper's Forty to tho Ohosapoako. Thoo, this outlay would bo rcquirod for only a briof period, io lb yearn only a few thousand of all tho hosts, north and south, of ovor throe millions of men, will bo loft" If anything is ovor dono it must bo dono now. We oan't dopond upon voluntary contribution. All difficulties havobcob ovcroomo in o thor Sta too. Georgia has givon over $000,000 tohorsoldiors pinoo 1880. Romombor that we plead for tho doBtitAito, holploss andhomoleoa. , ' I O. G. Thompson, Privato Co G. 31, S. ?. Infantry. Luttons,> C., May 7,1901. AN EXPERT PENMAN. 1 Forty-Six ?hpuaand Word? Written | on a Postal Gard. Rila Kittrodgo. of Belfast, Kio., cham pion small writer of the world, has re tired from tho Hold, loaving his record of d0;000 words writton with a common stool pon upon an ordinary postal card for ambitious misorocopio ponman to equal or boat. Up to two years ago he wroto a groat doa!, bun .now hoing within a few months bf 90, ho has given up tho laborious practico of writing volumos upon small oards, his hand being loss steady and his oyo loss bright than in his best days. Mr, Kittrodgo has long boon famous for his penmanship. Ho IS a Vormontor by birth. His praotioo of miniature chirography begin carly in lifo and many a timo bo has gone without his dinnor rather than loavo unfinished a pic co of work. His first Borious oompotitivo effort was mado in 1887, whon somo one sont to tho Belfast Journal a postal oard upon whioh 600 worde had boon crowded, and dolled any ono to boat it. A fow days afterward Kittrodgo banded in a postal card upon whioh he had writton 1,000 words* and thin hoing boaton ho pro? duood ono with 3,000 words. Tho 3,000 word postal oard muled the competition, but Mr. Kittrodgo kept on crowding his letters and words into smaller spaoo, turning out in suoocBsion oards bearing 6,000, 10,000 and 20,000 words His linont work was dono 1889 wh?n ho wroto 46,000 words upon an or dinary postal oard, and tho entire text bf tho Now ToBtamont, ?bout 181,000 words upon four postal oar da. Ho has writton sovoral ^'CBldontial inaugurial addro.iaos upon postal oards and ha9 always considered it easy to writo tho Lord's prayer oight times with in tho spaoo covered by a fivo-oontnick ol. Ho wroto ono of Gladstone's spooohoB upon a postal oard and sont it to tho statesman, who wroto a letter in roply, thanking Mr. Kittrodgo and praia ing his skill. ' Mr. Kittrodgo novor used any magul fy ing glasses or other aids..' He nas always worn a pair of ordinary spoota o?os Buoh as most old or ly mon uso,' and all his writing baa boon dono with an ordinary stool pon and,. common blaok ink, Plo has oompotod with many would-be champion? who have used magnifying glaesoa and sharp pointed hard load pe net In, and. ho han cuni ly beaten timm ail in api to of thoir nd van tage in tho matter of equipment. Hts writing is distinguished by its boauty and tho av.isiio arrangomont and uniformity of tho' lottern. ifl?oh lotter is separate and distinct, and somo framod Bpcoimons wero shown at tho Paris Imposition. Ho says that his oyos naturally magnify.-National Watohman, Hanna^As a Humorist. Sonator lianna is a great humorist -~whon ho is apparontly mc^ serious. Ho doolares with hands raised to Hoavon that."tho Dingley tariff is most perfect work of tho human in genuity," and that "wo aro not going to tako off tho metal oohedulo and al low tho NovaSootia Steel Company, for inntanoo, to dump its produots into Now B jglftnd;" This ti surely . nnmo fioly protection's last ditoh, Wo no ongor nood a tariff to guard bur markot against lHuropoan oompotitioiv-in faot, wo are, underselling in its own markot and in the m?rkots of tho world, M1^ tal Accident. Attoloya.,d tramway uood by tho Savannah Guano company at Savannah to oonvey guano from its faotory to stoamors at tho Plant Syatom wham oollapuod at d o'olook Wednopda afternoon, Tho small tr?in used in tho tramo, and its orow, wore partloipnt ed to tho stroat, 40 foot below. J?fwin .Williams, colored, WM'Instantly MIM and Ed. Montgomery and David G both colored, Woro^adly injured KI LIED AN? ROBBI? By a Young Man Who Confesa?s the Or Imo to HIS SWEETHEART. V;,. ! \y Twa Follow -Workman Wera tha Victims. They Wora Way laid and Shot to Death by the Murderer, r . *- -ir. -,Vv ? diapatok from Greensboro to tko Atlanta Journal says tho facts in ?oV,^ ' gard to .vfi^w?B prohably tbc foulest ' murdor ev?r qommittcd in Nor?tx Car olina havo j viet como to light.it Ghor? koo oounty, beyond tho Bluo ltidge, boar tho Tonnossoo Uno. Pontoon , months ago Ohnrloa Mason and John Shorman, two white mon, loft.a lumbor : camp in whioh they had poon omployod in ? he roko o and wer o not hoard of again until their skoloJonn woro found a fow weeks ago. Working in tho Ohorokco lumbor oanip with Mason and Sherman was a ' young man by tho namo of Charlea Dunboyo, who hore a bad roputatiou. Undor tho promisp of marriage, ho So - duood tho d au gb tor of a mou nt ai no or, . and as a ronult of his p?rfidity his built as a inurdcror has now como to light., Tho young woman states that on tho day of tho disappearance of Mason and Sherman abo aaW Danboye arm lumaolt' with a rovolvor and tako tho trail ovor tko mountains in advanoo of his two follow workmen. 9over?.l days ]fttor; while in a non ft?. . dontial mood, Dan poyo, swearing his sweothoart to soorooy, told hor that ko had waylaid and ki Hod Mason and ahor man. Ho add od that as soon as mat ters boo ?mo quiot ho would marry tho firl, ?ino J tho money ho had scoured rom tho bodies of tho mob ko had mur dered would onablo thom to set up/ kousokoeping. Upon the strongtk of tho young wo man's aMdavit, a warr ant was issued for Dunboyo, but ho eluded tho ofiiooro and has not yot boon ?apturod. It io ! holievcd that ho is in hiding in 8om?\?f-i&? tk? almost inaoooBsiblo mountain pnsuos . near tho Tennea?oo lino. . A Big Family. Tho will of tho lato Goo. Q. Cannon^ of Salt Luke, Utah, waa filed for pro nto Friday. Tho will disposos of an : catato approximating $1,000,000. Tho aatato is dividod into<.two parts, tho first part, consisting of gilt edged scouriti?V V? worth $200,000. Thia ?B to remain in trust until Groorgo Q< Gannon's young-;' ' oat child, now niuo years of ago attains , majority. All of tho thirty thrco ohil dron of ProBidont Cannon aro given an aoro of land from the Cannon farm and $2,000 in cask, on attaining majority or . , at marriage tho balando of tho $200,000 to bo dividod among tho ohildrcn whon tke youngoat okild becomes bf ago. Wkilo polygamy was reoOgnizpd by tho ,( Mormon church Mr. Cannon-Md' four . wivos* To thosoaro willed their homo's, provinion ni tm being mado for their maintenance during lifo. Tho romain dor of Proaidont Gannon's OBtat'o valued at $800.QQO and oonsisting of 33,000 aores of farm land, intorost in'flour mills, irrigation companies and fltQok.in banks, oto., pasaos into possession of tho George Q. Gannon association of which ProBldont Gannon's ohild von and his nophow John M. Gannon aro atook holdora to bo hold in trust until tko yougost child ie forty yoara old; . Tied and Killed. A dispatok from Valdosta, Ga., says news has just boon roopived. thoro of tko iynohing of Honry Johnson, alias "Gator," near Moniadj botwoon tkoro and Jacksonville Friday nigkt. Tuon day Johnson fir?d at a young white man namod Forakor, Tho lead of bar rel riv?ts bardy grazod him'. The Ne gro was captured nt Crawford, MR., and brought baok to M?niap.^ li? oOn fessed tho'shooting-and said that ko intended to kill Forakor.Ho waa hold there for offioora to como after kim and ' Friday nigkt a mob gathorod and oar- '' ried him to tko swamp, whore kp was . tied to a log and ?hot. Tho lynching, ooourred just .ovor tho Florida Uno. Tho Negro is said to have boon a holy, terror. It is thought that ho intondod te asuassinato Forakor and then rob the commissary . whore Forakor was.' clerk ing. Not By Fire and. Sword, It sooms tkat tko Turka do not take moro kindly to Gkristian missionaries than do tho Ghinoso. Ono of tho Con stantinople nowapapora sayas "Tho Christian misaionarioa. are anarckiats who aro undermining the foundations of tho Ottoman 10 mp i vc. Thoy aro Giaowari who proaumo to adyOoato a keatken's belief in opposition to Mo kammedanlam; In ' futuro minnhomv rleu Will not bo allowod to opon sokoole. Tho government will rotard -their tko* tivity wkore ever poBSlblo." Torriflc Explosion. A torrifio cxplooion ooourod at tko Honory oolliory near Wilke ahorro, Pa.. FivO miners wore frigktfully mangled by powder and many woro injured. One of a number ot empty cara whioh wero hoing pulled Up ooo tai nod ton koga of bl a ok powdor and ono .box of giant powder. Tho oar daskoddnto tho druov at tho head of tko slop abd tho powdor by oonoussion. The diua\ and head maohinery woro tom to picot? and tho up of tko alopo was wfcokcd, Has boon Raisod* nea wVjt&o/^uT*'T of tho Motho seemxity. iburn" and uWhiio tj^SL...:'^?>.'.^. Soven poraons wore bttcrmd to death while, aolcep ina tenement- houp o ot Soutk Ohioago. A froight train o? ?i^ty-fiyo ears, whioh wart standing in front of tko butding and whioh, itt? e???mfd tko crow ref unod to move, blooliod tko firomon, who wore unable to got near tko burning building until it was too lalo- The train crew wafi arrostod and k hoing hold wiiout ball.