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: '?DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAfcl^HJR LIVES IN 'PHY POSSESSION HAPPY, OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." .]??_' . ? :'. VOL. XXVII. BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FMpAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1903. NO. 14. THE OLD YETS. Columbia Receives Them With Open Hands and Hearts. TOUCHING TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD "Tenting on tho Old Gump Oro una" Awakens Many Mender Mem ories und Stir? tho Old Soldiers. The gullanb veterans of the South Carolina Division, U. C.V., have once more marched to their Capitol City. In behaU of South Carolina Columbia gladly and proudly welcomed these defenders of Southern rights. For their sakes and in memory of their deeds lier gates were opened wide and warm was the welcome that caine from thc hearts of a people. Tlie Stars and bars were seen from Hie tops of houses, from windows, ou vehicles und, best ol' all, they were waving in tho hands of tlie fair daughters of Soutli Carolina. Pic tures of Jackson. Hampton and Lee were seen, always surrounded by the battle Hags of the Southern Confed eracy. Secretary of State Gantt had Hie State House decorated aud Governor Hey ward had his oflice Moating Hie stars and bars and the Palmetto Hag. The Governor's mansion was draped in these patriotic colors. They clung, with loving pride around the marble monument to the Confederate soldier in front of thc capitol, and, llosvcr laden and beautiful, they rested upon thc old war cannon that stand silent and solitary around this monu ment. The notes of thc bugle and the drum were heard again and thc band played "Dixie" and thc "Lonnie Linc Plag!" Electric lights in red and white lined the sides ol' the streets and overarched it at regular intervals. And peace was in tlie air, while tile birds sang and tlie breezes blew softly for those llcry spirits whose valor gave tlie doom of battle in thc bloody arbitrament ol war. Thc lents on the State House grounds were vivid reminders ol' the old lighting days. Adj. (Jen. Frost was busy preparing this camp for tue old veterans, knowing that'tmcy would like these resting places. .The large tent held over 200 soldiers and the numerous small tents made things look regimental herc. The veterans came in Hie lirst day in large numbers. Every train on Monday night bi ought squads and companies and on Tuesday, thc li rsi and opening day ol' tlie reunion, the old veterans were in complete posses sion of thc city. The opening event was the welcome to sponsors at Wright's Hotel Lom (! to 7::?0 Tues day evening. Numbers of the old veterans were there, "looking after" their sponsors and maids, and scores of sonsof veterans were there "looking after" their fathers. Music was furnished by tlie Columbia Orchestra, and the event was a very brilliant one. A WA KM Wi:i.C(IMK. The State says there were soul-in spiring scenes at Hie Columbia theatre Tuesday night of last week. Tlie vast auditorium was packed as it has not been since last the Confederate survi vors met here, and at times those, the youth of whoso heart belies thc frost of time on their brows, were drawn back to scenes when love of country was dearer than life itself. Tlie organized body ol' Confederate veterans of South Carolina was called to order at S.30 o'clock-. That hour found thc opera house lilied, with hun dreds outside struggling to gain ad mission. Thc jam around the doors prevented some of thc sponsors from getting into thc hall and tibs prevent ed the exercises beginning promptly. On the stage were the invited speak ers, a number of sponsors and maids ol honor and the choir, which so sweet ly sang the songs of Auld-Lang Sync. Thc entire lower Moor of the opera house was reserved for the veterans, and there were perhaps 1,500 of them present, for in tlie galleries above, among the fair ladies of Carolina, were men whose bea ils never faltered in the days of 'ol to '05. MEDLEY OK WAK Tl.'N'ES. While the great audience was gath ering the orchestra st ruck up a med ley of war tunes. The strains ol' "Yankee Doodle" Hist evoked a storm of cheers and then the music glided into tunes of thc camp lire, quicken ing the recollection ol' hundreds of brave hearts. Suddenly the sound of trumpets was heard and then "Dixie." When the survivors had concluded cheering the march which had sivept them into the lace ol' dcatli time and time again, the lights were turned out and a hush fell over t he. assembly: Bugler Lightfoot stepped to the froid of Hie stage and sounded the quick notes of Hie assembly, a call which has wakened the sleeping soldiers from dreams of home and loved ones to dash into Hie mouths ol' hell-breath ing cannon, sounding tho assembly lo the great dress parade of eternity. When thc notes of thc bugle had died away the curtain rose swiftly and a choir of 00 voices on Hie stage began singing the Long Metro Doxology. This, too struck a responsive chord in the audience, and hundreds ol' voices, terror laden when giving Hie "Lehel yell," were.softened In singing "Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow." CAPT. STAUUNG AT TUE GAVEL. Capt. W. D. Starling, a man who oved and fought for the Confederacy and the man who for his faith in Co lumbia and his willingness to labor for her has been made commander of Camp Hanijiton and gem ral chairman of -thc reunion work, advanced and called thc mooting to order. Rev. W. D. (Jordon of Camden, a distinguished preacher of the Kpksco pal church, offered a prayer straight from his heart, for he was a gallant lighter among thc Matchlos soldiers pf North Carolina, ills reference to the dead on Heids of battle was particular ly beautiful. The choir warmed the hearts of thc old soldiers by singing the "Lonnie Blue Flag," each stanza of which pro voked prolonged applause. HUSKINESS MEN'S WELCOME. Mr. W. A. Clark, president of the Chamber of Commerce and a Confed erate veteran, welcomed the veterans to the city in behalf of the business men of the city. Mr. Clark said: Mr. Chairman and Veterans: It af fords mercal pleasure, fellow veterans, speaking for tbs chamber ol' commerce and for the good people o'f this city, to extend to you a most cordial welcome and to wish you a happy and pleasant reunion. Our doors are thrown wide open and by their authority and repre sentative I invite you to enter and be our guest. lu exteuding you this invitation al low me, friends and fellow veterans, to say that any community should esteem it a privilege to bc your bust and we, 1 assure you, so esteem it. As the surviving heroes of thc Lust Cause you are rightfully entitled to our esteem, admiration and gratitude, for veterans indeed you are, veterans lu agc, veterans in experience, vet erans in war and veterans in peace. Few of you there be who have not already passed thc sixtieth mile post in the journey ol' life and can now look back with experiences pregnant with great issues, lt has fallen to the lot of few to have borne such vicissitudes as you. Von are the remnant of a war al most without a parrabel in history, and yet the peace that followed i in posted trials even more severe than the cruelties of war itself. These trials you have horne with more than Spartan fortitude. This time lias been set apart to celebrate the trio in ph of your efforts and I speak no idle words when 1 say, we esteem thc honor of the occasion. I?EUOES OK A Ult KAT CAUSE. You are the heroes of a great cause. You with your comrades, many ol whom gave up their lives on the l?elo of battle and many of whom have sinci met the last enemy and have come oil more than conquerors, made battle foi the cause ol' right and principle. Tile great war in which you wen thc actors, unlike many others whicl are called great, was altogether de tensive, fought in defense of right more dear than life itself. Histor, records but few waged up in the saun plane of exalted principles. In tb conquests of Alexander the underly I hg principles we e the subj ligation ? the world. In the campaigns of th Caesars the underlying principle were new and additional territory fe the Hornau empire and the enslave ment ol' entire communities of civil i/.ed peoples. In the wai:? of the Hrs Napoleon the underlying principle were nothing more, elevated than selfish purpose to Subordinate aii t file indomitable will of a remorsele.1 ambition. Not so with the war waged by you lt, like its great forerunner, tl: American revolution, had higher ain and nobler aspirations. Constitutional rights and person liberties were thc great questions : i: sue and over-which the great batt was joined. Thc line was drawn and the batt waged between the two distinctive pe pies who had settled in this counti and hy whose intelligence, indust: and courage it so*jn took its pla among the.formost nations of the ch li/.ed world. Peoples, each disti guislicd foi" their intellectual vigc their high standard of moral and t ligious aims, and their unbend it loyalty to the cause of truth and jt tice. The, puritans-of New Kugla on the one hand and thc cavaliers ai Scotch of Virginia and thc Carolin on thc other: each lighting for cons i LUtional liberties, as they each I themselves read and interpreted t law. I lt was indeed a battle ol' principh waged by giants, lt was despen and it was destructive. It also, fr< thc very nature of the case, in vol v the horrors of fartrieidal war. Fr; ricidal not only in the broad set that we, while one people, we're div cd and lighting the one against t tither, lint true in tile narrow sen: Ves, it not iinfrequcntly happen that those so near and dear as broth' enlisted upon di li?rent sides, each i i ng lo dist auction and high rank the army of Iiis choice, lt was i ode thc case of a divided house. lt has but recently been my pri lege t o sec a book of the genealogy one of the distinguished families this country, who grew to greatness the great State or Kentucky. KO H THU KIOIIT. Thc record shows that the fan furnished to holli thc federal army ? Confederate army soldiers nf disti lion and of unquestioned coma The name appears among thc rmi generals in each army. from house hold alone ol' the name tl: sons were soldiers in the federal at and two sons-in-law were soldiers the Confederate anny. Nor can cit be charged with being traitor to country. Fach fought f ir the ca as appeared unto him right: ?inda.1 saw it, il was tn bim right. For these as well as other rca* it was a desperate war. It was a < ll let between a great people and u great principles. It has been aptly called an impressible confleb." And so it \ lu thc evolution of this great cuni and in Its rapid rise to g rea tues: could not, be otherwise than that g issues would emerge. Issues I must be settled and settled quick t hat progress should not be retar Such issues did in truth arise could not be Stopped short ol' the g issue which cul m i na ted in that w; which you look so prominent a i Von, my friends, h ive a lively rent bra nee of it and ol' the result, have we cause to regret, because sooth the result was against us. The cause was inevitable and performed well your part of thc JJ drama. Von lia ve been privileged to be participants in the great struggle right and truth and you sholl h none other than proud ol' if. I' of its traditions, proud of its nv tics, proud of ils men, proud ol heroes. Proud of the great leaders if d opened and proud of the men win lowed them unto death. L'roud o Lee. proud of our .hickson, pron our Hampton. Vea, and more, j: of all those who wore thc g ray am [CONTINUED ON l'?OK K??It/ HAPPY WORDS Of Welcome Extended to the Old Confederate Veterans by GOVERNOR D. CLINCH HEYWARD A HnmlBome Tribute to the Women. The Great Deeds ol' Arms Wrought by Cnroliuu'B Bruve Sous. The Columbia State says eyes have ?ever seca nor has canvas ever por trayed a scene more inspiring in its environments than that which greet ed Gov. D. C. Hey ward as he arose to address the Confederate soldiers Wed nesday afternoon. He stood at tlie foot of tlie steps of thc Slate house and gave Soutli Carolina's godspeed to thc vcteraus massed in front of him-on each side of thc remnants ol' South Carolina's splendid battalions was a linc of younger soldiers, on guard to prevent tlie profanation of tlie space reserved for the men who fought their way to immortality. Beyond the martial scene and its com juring influences the Confederate sol dier on the monument stood at parade rest. Liack ot tlie speaker the faces and forms of children gave brightness to tim picture and tlie old "ltebs"' lived their lives anew in gazing on thc teens of young faces Hushed with thc happiness of having literally bestrewed willi Howers-the pathway of the army whose unprotected feet have felt the sharp Hitit on Virginia highways. Cheer alter cheer rent the air as the veterans gathered before thc stand, cheers for the governor of their coiri motiwcalth, cheers for thc children who will be the queens of Carolina principalities in the years to come. Just as the governor was about to begin speaking a shower drove many of the younger folks nuder cover ol umbrellas, but thc veterans stood their ground. "1 am reminded by this shower and hy thc presence ol' thc Georgians ol' an incident which happened on thc Carolina coast," said Gov. lleyward to the eager listeners. "A"Georgia corporal who knew noth ing ol' tides statiohecLa private and forbade him to ktfvethc post. When the corporal of the next relief came along he lound the poor fellow stand ing in water up to his neck, willi his gun"* held high in air. :what tue thiihd.erationare you doing out there?' asked the corporal. 'I was told not to leave my post,' was'the response, 'lint say, haven't we had tlie dickens of a freshet up the riyer?' " Gov: ^lleyward declared that there had been a freshet of veterans this week, pouring into Columbia and refreshing and reviving by their presence the memories of the days gone by. The little story and its application pleased the soldiers, who bared their heads to cheer-despite the rain. Many times during his admirable speech, delivered with much earnest ness and feeling, thc governor was forced to suspend on account of cheer ing. At the conclusion of his add ss he was thc vortex of a surging crowd, each of whom wanted to grasp him by the hand. Some out of consideration for Gov Hey ward's welfare lifted hihi upon their musket knighted shoulders and carried him into a place ol' refuge. In addressing the veterans tin-gover nor said: GOVKKNOlt IIKYWAKD'S WKLCOMK. ("len. Carwiie, Confederate Veterans, Sons of Veterans, Sponsors, Ladies and Gentlemen: To t he people of Columbia t his is a week of sad and sacred memories, and also of great joy. Its opening days have been spent in honoring the dead -in placing wreaths on soldiers' graves; its remaining days will be given to the living-in greeting and in weaving garlands for the vcteransof the armies of the south. The week has been like an April day, so quickly has the sunshine fol lowed thc shadow- -so quickly has joy iollowed sadness. While the bells tolled, with bowed heads wc thanked the Lord God of Hosts for those who in their lives and in their deaths ad vanced tlie south iii glory and in honor; and now lt is our pleasure and our privilege to welcome with happy hearts and with outstretched hands, to tliis thc capital ol" South Carolina, those men who in years gone by also wore the Confederate gray. Although it has been ?18 years since tile southern Hag was folded at Appo mattox, and 12 years since thc guns of Sumter and of Moultrie thundered forth over Charleston harbor, yet thc I people of tlie south cannot folget. I They still cherish thc Stars and Mars -that glorious battle Hag, around which once rang the "rebel yell," and beneath whose folds thc sons ol' south yielded up their lives in defense of their constitutional rights-they still love tlie southern Confederacy-the young republic which arose so spotless and which fell so pure. Once again this week, in tlie city of Columbia-a city which Phoenix like has arisen from its ashes, tlie bands are playing Dixie, and once again those soul-stiiring strains are sinking deep into tho hearts of white haired "men who fought and bled for Dixie. Once again cherished relics of the past have been brought forth, and beneath a southern sky there lloats, as proudly as ol' yore, those be loved, blood-stained and bullet-torn banners of the old Confederacy. Once again are marching the men who wore t he gray, and again has the sun shine played upon their ragged gray caps, upon which as Henry Grady said, "The Lord God Almighty laid the Sword of His Imperishable K nighthood," TIIK LAST M KUTI NCI. Veal have mot, some of you, per haps, for thc last time on earth to shake each others' hands. You have come from every part of South Caro lina-you have COJX? from Georgia, to j, to mingle again as comrades, and t o do honor to the memory of your sol dier dead-that vast army of patriots who, liavlng crossed over tho river, arc awaiting you on thc further shore. You have met again in this, thc twentieth century, to record the fact that thc Confederate soldier has no apologies to make-that he is not ashamed of the part he played in the days of 'Ol and '05, and you are here, also, my friends, to attest the fact that when tho God of Battles decided agalustyou, in good faith you accepted that decision. Thc great privilege, the distingu ished honor, has-been conferred upon me of welcoming you to this city, in behalf of the people of this State, i Let me say to you that, although, I welcome you gladly, heartily and lov ingly, that you need no welcome to this, your own capital. You need no welcome here because Columbia is yours-it belongs to you-and .1 may add that there is no spot of ground in South Carolina or in the south to which you arc not. welcome. There is no patriot heart in our grand and glorious commonwealth-the com monwealth which produced such men as yourselves-that does not heat with pride at the remembrance of your deeds, and which docs not gladly wel come you to home aud ii reside. In the years gone by you shed imperish able honor and lustre upon your be loved State, and gratitude and love from its people ls yours forevermore. As you gather each year at your re unions your ranks arc growing thin ner-your beads, are growing whiter, and your footsteps more in li rm. One by one the private is again following his commander-not now to thc held of hattie, but to the great reward. Since last you met iii this city in your annual reunion, another great chieftain has found that reward. In your quiet churchyard, under the dome of thc capitol winch he saved: beneath Confederate flags and (lowers fair, sleeps Wade Hampton. That spirit of bis which was your inspiration in thc hour of battle, and your hope in j tile days of reconstruction, thrills, J know, your hearts today, as wc pause to do him reverence. Peace to his asiics, Carolina's great captain! A WA IUI WELCOME. I welcome every South Carolina veteran herc today. I welcome every sou of a veteran. 1 welcome every fair sponsor-and thc women of the Confederacy, you are welcome, wel come -thrice Volc?me ! I welcome you too -you Georgians -.right gladly do 1 welcome you to South Carolina! Shoulder with bur brave boys you stood, when those (dd guns of yours Hashed hw! h In,defense of southern rights. When the bat tle was fiercest you stood by the sides or Carolinians as you stand by their sides today. You loo were soldiers bf the Southern Confederacy-what more can hr- said: . , "That you fought, well and bravely. too, and held your country dear; Wc know, else you had nfcver'.. beeji a Georgia volunteer!'' " What au impressive scene is this! We stand here honoring and welcom ing the living, while yon suem. monu ment commemorates the dead! lt is the history of thc world that when a war is over lt is thc victors who build triumphant arches, honor tlvdr great generals and their con quering troops-that the vanquished erect no monuments to commemorate their defeat. The south ls an excep tion to this rule. Today there is scarcely a cemetery, from thc blue mountains of Virginia to the brown and far-stretching plains- of Texas, in which sleep thc Confederate dead, where there is not to be found some monument, though it lie only a simple shaft, erected by poor but loving hands, upon which arc engraved words which declare that the people of the south honor the men who fell in de feat, valiantly bat tling for a principle, just as much as any nation ever hon ored hersons who fell in victory. And those monuments have been erected by the women of the south', lt is needless for South Carolinians ever tb ask what has woman done for the State-what has she done for her country-what has she done to nur ture patriotism? We know too well -we know that more than anything else it bas been our women, who "Since the days ol' old, Have kept the lamp of chivalry Alight in hearts of gold." UK HAT DEEDS OK AltMS, H. was by their Inspiration, and for their sakes that great, deeds of arms have been wrought by Carolina's sons, not only upon the soils of South Caro lina, bul. in other States, in foreign lands and upon distant seas. And when these sons returned, whether in victory or in defeat, when they laid their armor by, t hey could always rest assured that their bravery, their sao ri tices, their privations would be com memorated by the women of South Carolina- -t hat the women would see to it that posterity should know of all they had done through enduring brass and Imperishable marble. The hero ism of the Confederate soldier has found no truer historian than the wo men of the Confederacy, who sn If creel so much while he fought so well, Those old ragged gray caps of yours can lind no more loving custodians than the fair daughters of you, men, who wore those caps. And now let me add, may your lives be spared to us for long years toc?me. We need you, and We want you. Your lives have not been spared in vain. They have been, and ever will be, an inspiration to those among whom you live, pointing the young manhood bl tile south upward to higher and td holier things. You, men, who defend ed the rights of south, did till that ex alted and patriotic manhood could do, and as long as the south honors chiv alry and holds patriotism dear, sc long will loving tribute be paid to you. I repeat again, you need no wel come. Prom one end of Columbia tc the other "Welcomes and greetings have been said; Make glad our threshold with yobl tread, Old friends, once more! 'Salve!' is writ, beneath, o'crhead, An open door.'' Many Slaughtered. Capt. Pershing's American forces in the Philip-pines have engaged lr several lights with Moros during tin past, month. The Americans lost only two killed and four wounded, bul hundreds ol' Moros were slaughtered, fl x> three tine specimens of the swine family the little guide said: jj "The name of that one is Sixteen 1 fflo One, the mother of this litter, and [Aie other, the father, is named Mark | i lanna.' " : THE CONFEDEHATE ROLLS. 7ol. Thomas Furnishes Information ] un un Important l'oint. Col. John 1?. Thomas, in a com lunlcation to Thc Columbia State, ives further information concerning | .ne Confederate rolls, the publication if which will be discussed at the U. li. V. reunion convenion lu Columbia! lis week. Col. Thomas says: l] j&l' Going to headquarters for my facts o " ?irst addressed myself to Gen. Mar ci ,us J. Wright; an old Confederatecon bl?wr? ectec with the War Department: ii' ' Florence, S. C., April 23, 1003. ? Dear General: You will remember ?i lie writer as former historian of| O.. . -.?.outli Carolina Confederate rolls. th I -vlea.se inform me as to exact mothod c-'*'3 >f proposed publication of Confederate p$ ools. Will the government publish t ?' .be names with the descriptive part, a j ?r tlie names only? Send all circulars v i ?I the War Department bearing on the | a I ubject. Yours, John P. Thomas. w-v teeord and Pension Olllee, War De-1 t! . partment. hi Q, .Washington, April 25, 1003. g, lr. .Ino. 1?. Thomas, Florence, S. C.: ' : A law enacted at the last session of ingress requires the department to! impile a complete rosier of the ofti ; _ rs and enlisted men of the Union j i id Confederate armies. The form in ? ' u 'neb the compilation will he puh Lj>; bed has not yet been decided upon Ml,< d will not be decided upon until aJ j ter thc compilation shall have been 11 j m ploted. "No circular with regard the work bas beep published. / authority or the Secretary of War. F. C. Ainsworth, s Chief, Record and Pension otlicc. (?x 1 - 11 i Addressing myself next directly to | s m. F. C. Ainsworth, War Depart ir! r |;Mlti I received the annexed reply: 2cord and Pension olllce, War De-1 ^L partment. w Washington, April 27, 1M)3. ?1; .Ino. P. Thomas, Florence, S. C. Dear Sir: in responce to your let fl r, received today, relative co the rc olly authorized roster of the olllcers c ul enlisted men of the Union aud P mfederate armies. I beg leave to say r' Kit no decision as to the form and w. ope of the publication has yet been1 ii11 ade and that none can be made un 1 after the compilation of the Con ?5 derate part of the roster shall have ' . 1 ien completed so as to make it possi ai !e to determine definitely the cxlent 9} id character of the historical infor ation that is available for use lu the . ?ster. jjji j The department is now engaged in Ll limpiling data for the Confederate 1 tart of the roster, and in doing so it I making use of all orignal contcm ,,i prancous records that are in the pos jfissioh of tue department or that may lb obtained from the various States or | Oilier sources. Every item of lnfor [ ation that is found In any of these I cords with regard to the service of J; IV ofilecr or enlisted man is separate: r~l. n carded, so that when the work shall nci _ _i n._ dc th ed all ive been completed and the cards ""j ,'. tall have been arranged, all the cards dating to tliat olllccr or man will fall ?gether and will show his entire mill .ry history so far as that history is .certa)hable from thc records, i J. You will readily -ce that thc rela u; ve completeness or incompleteness of Pf* ic histories thus compiled in thc case SCj.; ? Confederate olllcers and men will Wl '.pend in great measure upon the ex \'*b nt to which the incomplete records s'1 j f tho custody of this department tall bc supplemented by original re irds that may now be In the posses on of the various States, of histor! njr: il or memorial associations or of ollj ;i vate persons. Very respectfully, 0\A F. C. Ainsworth, alt rigadier General, U. S. A., Chief, t|i|] Record and Pension Olllce. stu - jn ! 'I he original publication by thc Sce cur tary of War seemed to imply that wo ,ly thc names would he published, (?v id not each soldier's record. Hut thc see ?rrespondehec herewith given points ]lc; the full publication of our Confcde te rolls, names and records of each juicer and private. |lf ibis be the case then the general lie i vern ment proposed to do its duty, an >t only magnanimously, but fully, by whw.vj.0.c Confederate soldier and South gb uolina will be relieved of her publi ait j\ tion-- ber late foe coming gradually wa , j lier relief and laking oil her hands fo< c solemn obligation that rested hi! . "creon. ! iu< : v'VPo this complexion it has come at i i ' -.t, and let us thank the Lord of j hi: ,'.j Josts that He puts it In thc minds j Tiffi Phd hearts of the men in blue to honor ne' -'e men in gray, lt is the great rc nclliation It will remain, however, for thc vet ! . ans in convention assembled to urge tic' 'egeneral assembly of South Caro ! coi : ,ia to make such an appropriat ion as I l??| - ,11 enable Col. Tribble to amend, re i yoi .se and, if necessary, to purge UH !1)1 *lls so as to present them clean, clear II h?j ; Jd complete-as far as possible to thc j beij .-tinting and preserving bands or the she) hold and pension olllce of thc War pi'1 ^partaient, and especially bon waj ; "j?cl be the names of Koot and thCAH jnsworth and all others connected bia iii this noble and timely benefae .: -J ti -that, above all else, puls on the o*" -jie of history the names of the Y j? .vates who composed the matchless ,,8> ;^nles of thc young Confederacy, that .m/??>se so fair ami tell so pure of M , me." ?T And let every Confederate aid Col. oVvf bWe ln l,iS KrCat ?nlCC S0 *'lS L? h!lVt' mi?. . records as ialr and as thorough a; ,ul' - can. j or one I pledge myself to do all T . c j to second Col. Tribble and loyally J?5 [ olnntccr for the linal war or thc ox- s as a private, seeking no reward eal opt what comes from the sense of ant . ?.. . j no. p. Thomas; low \ (wi iban of the it ?olis, a court Sul if the odor da\ iyc to one tilt family cstraining onions in .ting thc NO. 28. 2 COAST BATTERIES Named In Honor of Distinguished Officers in the Service. SOUTH CAROLINA REPRESENTED Those Who Served in Thc Revolu tion, thc AVur of 1M12, the Seminole anti Civil Wars. The war department Friday assign ed names to a large number pf - sea coast batteries. Tlie names ate IriN honor of otticers who have performed ^ distinguished service in the Continen-^^N, tal-Army of thc Revolution, thc War of 1812, thc Seminole War and tho Clval War. Tlie following are the batteries, with the names assigned: Fort Caswell, N. C.-Battery Madi son, in honor of Surgeon W. S. Madi son, Third United States infantry, who was killed May l l, 1821, in action with Indians near Fort Howard, "Wis. nattery Mcdonough, iii honor of First Lieut. Patrick MoDonough, corps ol'artillery. CS. A., who was killed Aug., JO, 1854, at the battle of Fort Erie, Canada. Lattery McKavctt, in honor of Henry McKavctt, foi gil th United States infantry, who was killed Sept. 21, 1840, at thc battle of Monterey, Mexico. Fort Moultrie, S. C.-Lattery Lo gan, in honor of Capt. Wm. Logan, Seventh United States infantry, who was killed Aug, iii, 1877, in action with Ne/.peree indians at liig Hole La si li, Mont. Lattery Lingham, in honor of Sec ond Lieut, lloraitio S. Lingham, Sec ond United States cavalry, who was killed Dec. 0, 18<;<) lp action with Sioux indians tiear ]<\>rtPhil Kearney, Da kota territory. Battery Me Corkle, in honor of First Lieut. Henry L. McCorkle, Twenty llftli United States infantry, who was killed July 1, 1898, at the battle of El Caney, Cuba. Lattery Lord, in honer of Assistant Surgeon Geo. E. Lord, U. S. A., who was killed .lune 25, J87i>, in action with Sioux Indians at Little Big Horn river, Mont. Fort Fremont, S. C.-Battery Jesup in honor of Brig. Gen. and Brevet Maj. Gen. Thos. S. Jesup, United States army, who served with distinc tion in the War of 1812 and tlie Florida War, and died June 10, 1800, at Wash ington, D. C. Lattery Fornance, in honor of Capt. James Fornance, thirteenth United States infantry, who died July 3, 1898 of wounds received at the battle of San Juan, Cuba, July, 1, 1898. Fort Screven, Ga.-Battery Gar- t land, in honor of Col. John ?Sar??nd^?:. Eighth United States infantry,-brevet' :T general U. S. A., served with distinc ti6n in the Florida War, the Mexican War and who died June 5, 1801, at New- York city, N. Y. \ Battery Fenwick, in honor of Col. Jno. R. Fenwick, Fourteenth .Unite? States artillery, who served.-'with dis tinction in the War of ?<s?2 and died March 19,1842, at Marseilles, France. Battery Backus, in honor Lieut. Col. Electus Backus, Light Dragoons, who died June 7, 18KI, of wounds re ceived in action at Sackets's Harbor, N. Y.. May 29, 1813. Lattery Gantt, in honor of First Lieut. Levi Gantt, Seventh United States infantry, who was killed Sept. 13, 1847, at thc hattie of Chapultepec, Mexico Fort Taylor, Fla.-Buttery Adair, in honor of First Lieut. Lewis D. Adair, Twenty-second United States infantry, who died Oct. 25, 1872, of wounds received in action with Sioux Indians at Heart Liver Crossing, Dak., Oct. 14, 1872. Battery Covington, in honor of Brig. Gen. Leonard Covington, U. S. Army, who died Nov. 14, 1813, of wounds re ceived at the battle of Chrystler's Fields, Canada, Nov. IL 1813. Lattery Gardiner, in honor of Capt. George W Gardiner, Second United States artillery, who was killed Dec. ?8, 183?, io action with Seminole lil lians at Withlacoochc river, Fla. Lattery Dilworth, in honor of Scc md Lieut. Bankin Dilworth, First Jnited States infantry, who died Sept. ?7, 1840, of wounds received at the Kittie of Monterey, Mex., Sept. 21, 840. Fort ?ado; Fla.- -Battery McIntosh n honor of Lieut. Col. Janies S. Mc ntosh, Fifth United States infantry, ?revet colonel, United States army, vho served with distinction in tlie Var of 1812, and who died Sept. 20, 817, of wounds received at the battle lolinodel Bey, Mex., Sept. 8, 1847. Lattery Lurchested, in honor of 'irst Lieut. Henry A. Burches tod, econd United States infantry, who as killed Nov. 30, 1SI3, in action ?th Indians on thc Alabama river, la ba ni a. For Dc Soto, Fla.-Lattery Laidley, i honor of Col. Theodore T. S. Laid y, ordnance department, Uulted Lates army, who rendered conspicu ls services in thc War with Mixico id thc Civil War and wild died April 1880, rttrPalatka Fla. Lattery Bigelow, in honor of First l'eut. Aaron Bigelow, Twenty-first lilted Slates infantry who v>c.s killed dy 25, ISM, at the hattie of Dendy'.s nie, Canada. X Fort Dickens, i'la.-Battery Van ire ri ngen; iii honor of Capt. Joseph in Swcaringcn, Sixth United States fan try, who was killed Dec. 25, 1837, engagement with Seminole Indians Okeechobee. Fla. A i inst m d ly Deed. A special from Trenton to the State ys Thursday afternoon about two les north of Monetta there came (tr being a serious accident. When e train was at full speed a white boy Hiding near the railroad threw a ;k at tho train. The rock struck 3 window near Mr. J. W. Youngincr Trenton, and a piece of the Hying ss struck him near tho-left eye. c wound bled freely, hut is only a rht cut. Had it struck him half inch further down it might have ?J out his eye. Such a dangerous should not be overlooked, but mid be dealt witli so that all rcek ; boys could ?carn a lesson about owing stones.