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vol.. XV. A WARM WELCOME I Ex ended the Old V?terans to i Columbia by Her i LEADING NEW8PAPE R ??? i An Ardclo that Brines to Mind th? Ncbie Sticnfic* Mad* b/ Cardinal 8r ns nnd Daughters. The following was tho leading editorial in Th" Stato on lait Wednesday, which was tho first day of tho Con- , federate reunion in Columbia: i It is almost a w<?stc of words to wcloomo Conftdcrato 6oldkra to Columbia. There can bo no shadow of doubt that every man who wore tho gray is welcouio to that city to which the wearing of tho gray has always meant bo ir.uoh. This is tho oity inwhioh tho War Between tho Sla'.es may bo justly said to have originated. It was hero that half a century n?ro the representative men of South Carolina used, as now, to meet and oounfccl together. Thou, as now, there weio differences of opinion on political matters. Few doubted tho tight to secedo but many considered it folly to do so. At length tho secessionists prevailed. Tho convontion which first assembled in Columbia, as tho body representing a sovcroigu Stato, settled that. Afterwards thoro was no moro division. Secessionists and their former opjononis were united in rcsistaneo to tho attempt that was , mado on Stato sovereignty and local Bolf-govermccnt. Tho cxptditnoy of scocossion was lo longor tLo i.-suo. Pol ioy had given pl&oo to prinoiplo, and when prinoiplo is at stake tho inon of South Carolina h&vo ULt 1 this day boon true. War having supplanted debate. Columbia onoo moro booamo tho oontro of Carolina activity. It was hero at the capital that the tirst rcgimonts wcro assembled and from horo that thoy went on to tho fields of Virginia; Homo thcro to dio, somo to butlor wounds and sickness and othors to return unharmed to fight other battlos for their Stato. What days thoso first days of war must havo boon in Columbia! Wo cannot dwell upon tho topio now and hore- Oilier hands moro worthy havo written of thoso timoB. Then camo four years of carnago, fouryoars of fighting and daring, of onduianecand et orifice ? four years that soomcd a oontury whon-moasurcd by acoomplishmoiits and jot wire all too short to do what Southern hearts dared All this tiino, Columbia was still a osntro of aotivity. Iloro were stores and factories, foundries and many a minor industry, all working day by day to Bond to tho soldiers tho arms, the olothing and tho equipments that wero so badly needed. Iloro wero hospitals and hero woro homof over roady to ro coivo tho sick and wounded returning from fields of battlo, near and far. The ond began to drawn near. Sher man's mighty host approached moarer and ncaror. Defonded by an itituf fioiont band?than whioh nono laH ever been moro truo?tho capital of South Carolina mimt, finallv fall into il>n hands of a vandai cucniy. Columbia must bo abandoned to her fAto?abandoned by ono who lovod her as hid own and whom she haa always lovod as woll ?Wado Hamj ton. Retreating bifrre vast odds ho saw his neighbors' homes first shot at nnd then set afiro. And 60on Columbia was in ruins. Tho next ten years ? What of them? Columbia was mado tho sacno of tho wildest political deviltry and tho rank est debauchery that e ver disgrac cd an Amorioan eon mcnwcalth?punishment for tho part South Carolina had taken in tho defenso of rights gimantocd by tho American constitution. Hut theso things could not long bo endured. Tho day of revolt came, tho hour of tho whito man's emancipation was at hand. And tho loader,?who was he? None other than than same old Columbian, tho odo who had led his men in many a fearful charge; had lost his all and more; had stood as Columbia's dofendcr until dofenso was folly and had surrondercd only whon h s ehiof and friend, tho noblo Leo, ta d: "Wo oannot fight lcngctl ' "Today Columbia's welotmo istxtondod to tho burvivors of a lost oauso and it is txtended by Wado Hampton! lnvinoiblo in war and inoorruptiblo in pcaoo! Whon ho bpeaks tho words that toll his old oomrades his homo city is glad tohavo thorn hero, ho speaks tho sentiments of every oitizon whoso pulso boats time to Columbia's heart tbro'os. With an energy, au onthusiasm and a will never equalled in this city, our citizens havo gono to work to proparo for tho veterans' nnmirtr TKno Huva to provido plans for them to sleep oomfortably, with plenty to cat and alittlo something to drink. Thero will bo quito enough to keep them intcrctcd in their conventions and thoir roooplions, and it is Columbia's earnest desiro that all shall bo pleased. If any veteran doos notseo what ho wants, let him ask for it Then thero aro the ladies. The vivos ?who aro still the sweethearts?of tho boys who left homo in ,tll-'65 Tho women who knit stockings and shod tears, praying and hoping, wlulo tho men wero fighting. Thoy and their daughters?tho sponsors?will bo hero, too. As long as Carolina id Carolina thoy will be the ohiof attraction on ev .ry occasion they may graoo with their prosecco. The Sons of Veterans aro soaroely less weloome. Theirs is a great heritage. And to preserve the history of thoir father's deeds, to proteot the fair Daiee of their nativo lar.d and to ch.r uh tbo 1C680U9 it tcaohes ia a saorcd duty. Tho war was long sinoo over, wo *ro a unitod pco)do and thoro should bo not one remnant of bitteinoes botwoou north and south, jot men would be less it an huuiii who did not nant to tell of iho daring ar.d the devotion to duty which thoir fathers m&do iuiinoital. Tho "story of the glory of tho men who wore the gray"?this is a story worth lellir g This is no moan city which weloouics you today, veterans. It is a city that lias lain prostra'o under tho eotqicr er a hocl. a oily that has boon rut>b> d ?'.d plundered by vandal hands, a o.ty that was it'/..d by ilu victor's toioh 11.030 things C lumb:a tutforcd in the i-aino otnso for which you offered your livoa 111 years ago. Mat todsy this wol omio comes to yen, not froui a city of dev.a ation hoc des Ution, but from ono that is al vo at d gio.virg; a city that is full of energy, nuibitio i a d en thumsm. Its lovely residcuco greets aro linod with "he houses of cntrrpris ing citizens; its business ttrocts are scones of activity and movetuont; its depots are crowded with passengers and freight; Its uteres anil its warehouses aro paoked with goods, and its ootton factories aro models fcr the \^orld to copy. This is l^o New Columbia Built upen tho ruins loft by Sherman, it is goiug to be tho metropolis of tho Sta'.c vory scon, and some day, icihap', the metropolis of this seotion. It i> a town worth visiting and a town that if at ways glad to have visitor?, yot never wero viijitoiH moio welcome than those who w;ll traiup its streots today ? tho men who followed Loo and Jackson and Hampton! CAN'T BE ENFORCED. ri.? a t v? ? . - * ? xuo auuciDVU juhuui VUUII itUK QIO Null and Void. Magistrate Wilson at Anderson had a caso btforo him last week involving ono of tlioio slavery contracts about which we havo hoard so much It was tho case of the State vs. Alex William.-, Mr. L It. Watson had paid $150 to got Will.aiiib out of j ell and Wiihdms sigui d a slavery ooulraet to make a crop with Watson, lie broke tho oomraot and Watson indioted him Mostrs. Bonhatn & Waikius rcnrcsouctd tho State and Quattleb&um A Coohruu the defendant. After ho&ring tho case Magisirato Wilson rendered tho following decision, upon tho rondoriug of whioh noiioo of appoal was served. On tho third <*a/ of .January, 1901, Alex Williams, being indebted to J. S. Fowlor for $150 bound and hired himself to L. It. Watson to work for him for tho year 1901 to scouro tho payment of tho said $150. From tho evidenoo before mo Alex Williams has noglootcd and rcfusod to perforin tho work roquired of him iu siid contract and now L. It Watsou has prosooutod him for violation of ootract. This is a criminal action to enforce or punish a laboror for violating a oivil oontnot. In order to render u laborer liablo oriminally for violation of a oivil ooulraot tho oontraot must bo suoh a contract as is sot out in tho stalutos. Section '288 of volume 2, rovisod ntatutos, provides what must bo sot out in a oontraot to render ono liable oriininally for its violation. First, suo i oouiroot must clearly tot furih tho conditions upon which tho laborer ougages to work. Second, tho length of tiuio Third, the amount of mouoy to bo paid. Fourth, and whon. This oontraot docs contaiu tho lcugth of timo tho laborer is to work but it is impossible for mo to under stand upon what conditions ho is to work. Nor is it possiolo for mo to determine from tho oon;Mot what w?gos aro to bo paid Alt x Williams, and no liiuo is mentioned when any wages aro to no paid him. In fact, thcro is no promiso in tho contract to pay him any wago? at all. For ihuso reasons I do eiio tho dofonaant is not guiuy. This oontraot not being suoh a contract as roudi rs a laborer liable to {umshtnont orioiinally for violating. Again, this contract is ono of those contracts in whioh the laboror agrees to bind himself to bo leaked up and whipped, etc. Suoh a contract is oppotcd to public policy and is thorcfoio null and void, and the dofondant cannot bo punished for violating a null and void oontraot. It was argusd that whilo th? to provisions op pusod to public policy aro null aud void tho other parts of the contruot aro still in foroo and binding. This is not an action requiring mo to scparato tho void provisions from tho valid provisions if thoro aro any such, but simply to punish a laboror for violating this oontraot as a whole and therefore L hold that this contract in part and in whole is absolutely null and void in so f?r >s this prosooution is oonoornod. Tho defendant is not guilty and is ordorod that he bo discharged. B. F. Wilson, Magistrate. Hanna As a IlumoriBt. Senator llanra is a ureat humorist ?whou he is apparontly most serious. < Ho doolarcs with hands raised to ! Hcavon that "tho Dingloy tariff is a most porfeot work of tt.o human in genuity," and that "wo aro not going to take off tho molal sohodulo and allow tho Nova Sootia Steel Company, for instance, to dump its produots into Now England." This is suroly monopoly promotion's last ditoh. Wo no longer nood a tariff to guard our market against European oompotition?in faot, wo are underselling in its own market and in tho markets of tho world. Has been liaised. Tho board of oduoation of tho Motho diet Episoopal (Jhuroh, South, mot at NasLviilo last week, Hijhop Galloway presiding. Dr. J. D. Hammond, reoording soorotary, roportod that $1,500,000 ordorod by tho gonoral oonferonoo as a thank offering lor tho Twontith oontury had boon raisod. % ll CON W THE STATE REUNION Qreat Gathering of Old Conf^d rate Soldiers. THOUSANDS IN COLUMBIA. Mealing of Old Comrades In Armt Who Bravaiy Fought Undar tha Siary Cross Columbia, May 11.?Special: Fivo thou and survivors of tho ?rmio8 of the Confodorato States oatno into Carolina's beautiful capital horo gathered to ta k of war tinios, to oxohango greetings that 1 ad not boon passed in years, and to show tho pooplo of this groat oouutry that they aro not aahamod of ho part thoy boro uudor Loo and .Jackson and Johnston and Uoauregard and Gordon and Hampton and their other great leaders. Tho numbers horo ox oeodod tho highost ostimatos of tho most enthusiantio. lUrring fair week, it was tho largost gathcriug scon in Columbia in vory many years. DECORATION OF THE OITT. Tho ontiro oity was oovorod with colors; not all colors, but the beautiful rod and whito of tho Confodoraoy. Flags and omblcms of ovory kind per taining to tho Confodoraoy were to bo soon fl eating gayly from almost ovory window, storo and rosidonoo, and though tho prevailing oolors were rod and whito and tho most of tho flags were Confodorato and Stato flags, a streak of bluo was oftoa to bo soon hung bcsido tho red and whito, and numbors of Union tDgs woro sprinkled among those of tlio Confodcraoy. Tho now City Hall and theatre building was tho most beautifully doooratod, and tho hotels woro all thoroughly bodeokid, bosidos all buildings on Main street. Many privato rcsidonoos woro ornament, cd with Hags and bunting, and tho city at largo prcsontod a boautiful epcotaolo to Southorn oyos. OPINING EXERCISES. Tho annual convention of tho South Carolina Division of United Confod orato votorans oponod in tho now Co lumbia theatro on Wodnosday ovoniog. More than 2,001) pooplo woro prcsont. Tho tpcakors occupied front soats and the placo of honor was given to Liout. Gon. Wado Hampton. .lust behind him eat Mr. VV. A Clark, who osoortod Gen. Hampton. Govornor Me Sweonoy oimc in with Gen .J. H. G ir don, Mayor Karlo oame in with Justice Pope, Mr. Augusta Kohu with Misi Elizaboth Lumpkin, Chief J astio Molvcr with (ion. VVu.G, Associate Just iocs Gary and Jones ana many t thor distinguished Carolinians woro oa tho stago. Gon. C. I. Walkor and Vdjt. Jamos G. Holrnos, woro in front aoats *nd Capt. W. D. Starling of Camp Hampton had ohargo of the groat gathering. Tho opening prayor was offered by tho ltov. Dr. James Woodrow of this oity. Mayor F. S. Kule welcomed the votorans and othor visitors to tho oapital oity. Thoa Commander Starling said that ho and tho camp had scloolod tho mist distinguished Veteran, aruomb rof tho oamp, to rospoud in bohalf of Camp Hampton to tho woloorno. Slowly (ion. Hampton's namo was oallcd and then thoro was a mighty roar of applau->o that rnado the vory welkin ring, and again and again tho applauso wont up. Gon. Hampton aroso and again tho yolis broke forth onoo, twico and more and fira'ly whon quiet oamo the singing of tho Doxoiogy folio rod and .van roo lor cd with fccl?r,g qbn, vtaub iiampton's spkboii. Gon. Hampton spoke out, and it wan with cloarnos.s and dooisiou, and onoo in awhilo with a show of youthful tiro. Oooo in awhilo ho looked arouod to wards tho box in whioh sat bin daughter, Miss Daisy llampto, and Mr. Mo Duffio Hampton. Liout. Gen. Wade Hatupton spoke as follows: My comrades, 1 have hoard that robol yell bo foro and I wish that 1 oould respond to I it now, as it was onco my prido to do, and toll the bravo nion who wcro around mo to go in and win, but time has marked many a milo stono on my march to my last resting plaoo. Perhaps thoro aro hoojo among you hore who know tho old Philips Legion. The lieutenant oolouel of that logion was ono of tho best fighters of tho logion, but he was not muoh on grammar 01 drill and onoo, whon his logion was in wintor quarters, ho sont an officer to in spoot and drill thom. Well, thoy wore not aooustomcd to quiok timo, on foot and tho old gonoral compromised by saying, ''Thoir spirits aro good, but thoir winds aro short." Now that if very muoh tho oondition of mysolf. I havo had a vory sovero attaok of grip and that has loft mo vory muoh in the samo oondition as those men. Bv the by, that rooall anothor incident. Whon thoy camo to South GarMin* ?t ?hn l??i of the war. thoy woro soot down noai Branohville and woro put ono night tc roliove somo militia, who always camped along a Itranoh, and tho day aftoi thoy camped thoro ho found the Fcdorais had olimod up tho trees of the swamp and fired down upon their breastworks and uoxt morning thoy went in tho branoh and oommenood dropping thoso Yankees liko ducks. One Yankoe oallod out, "What troops aro thoso?' IIo said, militia; and ho said. "You are a liar. Thoy are net militia.' My comrades, I will say friends, bv causo I am a friend of every oomrade who has been true. You are mj frionds and 1 have been appointed bj the oarnp, whioh honors mo my bearing my name, to return thanks to you foi ooming, to woloome your hore, as 1 dc H'Vti ; AY S. C. THURSDAY. '? -- 4P for them, for myself, for every brave man in Columbia, for cvory ooblo and pa riotio wou.au who still clings to the faith which inspires ne. 1 weloouao you, and the mayor has extended to jou the freedom of tho oity. You are woloome aud tho freedom of Columbia ia offered jou, and lam suro that iu no other plaoo tu the world, in the South, oouli you ftol a brighter woloomo. 1 have seen many of my old mon from Georgia and other Siatoa. Wo arc honored to uiuht by bavin? an old so dier, (Jen Gordon, from (J,-org a, with us. Ue h.AK o in > to oo honor to Colombia where ho lw lp d us bo tnuoh iu 1871> and all of you who wru in the cavalry will i in in' when 1 *av wo wore n'u-svi gl.vi when wo know G >u Gordon was leaning h's mm (\pplauue) llo is hero and I, ("or you, thauk him for the horor ho does Now, my friends, I can nay nothing; iuoro to j oj. 1 have ootuo from a siok Ood t! at I might moot you, and tell you I have uuvir forn'tton the old lang sync, when we oaiiip.it tngotbor, I o?n uivcr forget thoso dujs. They say our cause lias been lost; but a just oauio nover dies. It wi 1 live forovtr, and 1 paay to G >d that in tho hearts of all the men who foucht so bravoly tboy will retnembot that though tho oauso on oarth is lost, it will long go down tho pages of history as ono of tho noblobt nnd-grcatost struggles and mado by tho noblest nr.ny that ovor trod this groon oarth. At tho conclusion of Gon. Hampton's brief spoooh thoro was an ouiburt of applauso. Commander Starling gracefully piosontcd Gen C. Irvino Walker, and thoro was an outburst of applauso for Gon. Walkor, for ho is tho man abovo all who has mado suoh a Kcuaion pes siblo. Gon. Walkor said: Gen. Waltor, oinuundor of tho division, respond id to tho address of wolcomo. He spoko strong and clear and oould bo gouerally heard, lie returned sineiro thanks for tho sploodid wcloomo and magnificent hospitality extended tho votorans. llo spoko of Columbia's devotion to tho causo and congratulated hi r ci izomt thai they had O'liMci from ncriu us aoity whoso pros ptr.tj was gra.if, ing and whoso ooa unu id gro vtu would eventually mako h- r the metropolis of tho state. Ho rofen< d to the 'a it that Columbia was the h'rtn-plaoo of tho division At tho first in ic'irg tlnro won fiftoon oamps rcprosc ited by twenty uino dologaUs Now thoro arc ldb oamps with huudroda of gray hailed do'egatos. (J u NVaIIc r thon r'ad iho tributo to the dead anl to iho women of South Carolina, which wr.H responded to by tho assomblago. A LADY ORATOR In a fo v appropriate wordi, ho introduced iMiea Klizaboth Lumpkin, who dolivi rod thcaiurosoof woloomo to tho Goorgia voterana. Miss Lumpkin look tho orowd by atorm and her roooptioa was scomingly tho hoarticbt ovation of tho ovoning, 11 or remarks were woll timod and roplote with noble scntimontH. Shospoko with a oloar strong voice, and hor dolivery was faultlons. In her addross direotly to tho voteraaa, aftor deolaring that she loved thorn all, tho wholo aosombUgc roso on masso and ohcorod hor to tho echo. Whon shy doolarcd, with treat dramatio foic>, that it might bo the sons of votcram would forgot tho vot orans and thoir oimo, but thoir daugh tors never would, tho outhuhiasm wa> without hounds. Though a daughter ol Georgia, sho paid a glowing tributo tc Soudi Carolina, and in olo.-ing, called .1 ^ i ~ t: ~ * . 1 tiiU Tuwioun uiu utvitUKin UJ UlU IJAIUJ. When sho bowid her ndicu, thoso about tho stago heartily oongiatuiatod hor or her otforta. Tho veterans ohoered and ehocrod, and Miss Lumpkin bowed ho/ ackno wb'dginontB Among ihoBo who extendod thoir oon graiulaiioDB wab Uoacral Gordon. O; hiB app arAi.oo ho wasreooivod with vo oil' r ui ehcciH and tnorc wero loud oalli tor him. <I*M. JOHN W (IOKDON finally roBo and raid: "i am not a Carolinian, but I'm i Georgian, and oan prove it by thin en tiro auiionoo." Muoh applause and obcoring going on, ho said: ' I'm Bland ing to-night on South Carolina soil, anc in tho very ho*rt of hoarts of Southern chivalry. More than that, I am stand ing in tho proBouoo of tho very groatisi man that it h?B over produced in all tiuio, (vroat applause,) and I moan no vain (lattory. I ubo no unmeaning wordi whon L Hay that, taking him as a privati oitizjn, rb a soldiir upon a hundred bloody fields, as tho horoof Kooonotruo lion, worno than war aud tho gory field, 1 Btandiog to-day in hie might liko th< mountains on yourown northorn bordor with tho very olouds around his head and duBt of tho pant at hie foot, withou ono Btain in his life, without tho possi bility of a doubt, I pronounco Wadi Hampton tho ohiui of men, and now in) Coufidarate brothorB, I want to aa: that it has bcou my fortuno to stand be 1 foro Borno groat armios in this oountrj and in foroign lands, but an God is ni) ju Igo, I boliovo that a Convention o ' Confederate Veteran* in tKn nnKI??i 1 gathoring that ovcripot bcnoath the atari 1 and it rcquiros no pioroing vision t< ) read upon tho brow of cvory man hor< proaont tho four lotora, II, E, II, O." Gen. Gordon roocivod little loss thai an ovation, and for tho few momenti that hospoko throw his whole soul int< ' what ho had to say. Gon Walker then prosonted i UEN A. J. WEST, OF ATLANTA, who dolivored tho formal rosponso o i woloomo on tho part cf tho Georgia Vet ' orans. It was a fiao spoooh. Gon i Wool's running retrospoot and reviet ' of tho groat battlos and loader* of th< war was oloquent and forooful, and 11 i spite of its woalth of detail was listone< ' to with breathloss attontion. His re view of tho lifo and services of Prosi ; dent Davis, tho hero of Buona Viati under tho Stars and Stripos, the mai > who watohed by tho oradle and graveo iicval X3 MAY 16. 11)01. tho Confodoraoy, who was ohainod in a dungeon for his loyalty to constitutional right, and whjwroto tho opitaph of tho "storm cradled nation that fell," was hoard with enthusiasm. The loading thought in his peroration was that tho Souih's tremendous loss of blood and treasure had not bcou in vain, but had scour* d au honorable pcaoo and a splen did heritage for futuro gonoratiena. "It is boiler to have fought ami lost than nover to have fought a all." Dlt. THORN NVKlX'tJ ADDRESS. Tho annual address lor ihis reunion had hocn assigned to iho Ho v. .lauies II Thornwoll, of Kort Mill, ohaplaiu of tho South Carolina Civisioi. Tho im uious9 erowd had become a little toat loss, iho exorcises had boon a little Inncrnr ft)i*n nt nn itnn I Knrn mot a ui.na of ft t>uad?rrtiorin, and when General Wost con eluded qu.to a number of kho audionoo loft tho hall, and thoro w?i sumo confusion Dr. Thornwoll therefore oouoludod to abridge his address, as it would ho published in full in tho daily papers It was an appeal for justice to tho Confodorato soldier, his motives and his oh tractor. It urged upon tho younger uion of tho South tho duty ot preserving tho memory of their fathers from aspersion and tho cause for which thoy fought from misrepresentation. This oloHod tho ovoning's oxcroisos. thuksoay's DOlNtia. Tho busioosB mooting of tho convention was called to ordor at 10 o'olook a. m. by Gon. C. I. Walker. l)r. Thornwoll, tho chaplain, mado tho opening prayer, aud Adjutant llolmoH called tho roll, noarlj every oarnp boiug represented. Gen. Walker mado his annual roport, in whioh ho referred with gratilijatiou to tho incroaicd number of m< labors, and paid a tributo to tho*o who bad diod during tho yoar. The roport mado rofcrcnes to a pro posod ohango in tho ooastitution, which will prohibit auy one or any oauip or any oity whoro tho reunion is hold from inviting any guosts to tho convention exoopt ono connected with tha Goofed oraoy. This was enthusiastically adop tod. Tho rosolution was brought forth by tho i?tion of Momphis in inviting Drobidcnt MoKinloy. Whilo thoro was no objeoliou to his boing prosont othor wi-o it was oonsidorod inappropriate , to have no distinguished a guest in ono who had fought on tho othor sido. Goncral Floyd was introduced aud made a most eloquent address in whioh no noartiiy oouimoudecl tho work of tho Sons of Votorans, who aro trying to prosoryo history, Uosolutions to that efleot wero introduood and Colonol Kood, of Georgetown, and Major Hardin, of Chostor, wtro appointed a commit too to wait upon tho Bonn. Col. O Ij. Sohumport of Nowborry, i presented a inomorial on bohalf of tho Univorsity Publishing Company, in which tho action of tho oouinaittoo on > text books whioh appeared boforo tho ' stato board of oduoation in roforonoo to toxt books was oritioisod. Thooompany i claims that its histories ospooially woro i inisroproeontod; that thoy aro fair to > both sidos and givo both sidos; that for ono to bo well oduoatcd in history both i sides of tho groat ooniliot should bo i known. Tho momorial was roforrod to i a oommittoooonnisting of O L Sohumt pert, Goo. W. K. .Jauiosand Wado II. i Manning. An invitation was read invitiog tho votorans to bo present at tho unveiling i of tho Chioamauga monument. Tho f invitation was unanimously aoooptod. > Major <Jtines K. Hart presented reso I lutions, which woro unanimously adopted, thanking Gon. Walkor for what ho , had dono i Gon. Walkor thon announood that ho [ had arranged with Gen. Hampton for i tho oonvontion to call on mm at 5.30 in tho afternoon. Tho veterans aoooptod tho invitation with muih onthusi i asm. On motion of Col. Croft, tho sponsors ) were asked also to go. Gon. Walker proscntod to tho eon venuon a ooauurui wreatn uiado of pailuotto loaves in iho blupo of a horseshoe whiob wan iho handiwork of Mrs. ' W. 8waffiold, of Columbia. It in donignod to bo plaojd on tho monument 1 at Chiokamauga. It wan aoocptod, and tho thanks of tho oouvontion wcro ton 1 derod Mrs Swaffiald Thoro being a vacancy in tho trusteeship of tho Jefforson Davis tnemo rial, Dr. II II. Toaguo was unanimous I ly olooted. Tho tcrnu had cxpirod and ' thus tho vaoanoy was oroatcd i la tho afternoon tho oonvontion, ao 3 oompanicd by tho sponsors, and osl oortod by tho Sons of Votoraun, pro oocdod to tho homo of General Hampton and thoro prosentod their rospcots > and thoir good wishes. > Tho Daughters of tho Confcdoraoy I assomblod also at tho rosiden to, and t tho Southorn Cross of Honor was thoro oonferred upon tho old hero. 3 In the ovoning tho thoatro was again r filled to its utmost oapaoity?tho oooa7 sion boing tho prosontation of tho sponsors Those young ladies soatod on tho ' stago formed a scene of striking boauty. 7 Addrossos woro mado byOonoral M. C. f Bailor, Capt. James Armstrong of t Charleston and Mr. K. H. Woston of 9 this oitv. "Jimmift" Armnlrnnir > *t his best?his speooh abounding in ) wit and pleasantry. Tho oonvention of tho Sjnn of Vot) erans asiomblod in tho aftornoen, and ? tho Kounion ball, under thoir auspioos, > took plaoo in tho hall of tho Houso of Koprosetatives at night. Thero was a largo attondanoo from all parts of tho State. f kridat'h proceedings, Tho State oonvontion reassembled in the thoatro and muoh business of v espeoial interest was transaoted. The 0 feature of tho meeting was the atten a danoe of a large body of boys and girls 1 from the graded sohool who sang several - of the war songs of the Confederate States?"Dixie," "Bonnie Blue Flag," * "Maryland, my Maryland." There a was a tremendous orowd and the enthuf siasm was undiminished. It. Tho Sods of Votorans mot and oon o!udo I thoir business session This being Memorial l>ay in South (Carolina (tho anniversary of Stonowall Jaoksyn's doath at tho Wilderness in 18t>!t) thoro was tho ouatninary rtojgni tiou of tho day hero. Thoro *as a p* rale of tho veterans assembled. An escort composed of tho looal militia tho Governor's (luards and tho Uuhland Voluntoor6?was commanded by Col Wilio Jon s, (iov MoSaoonoy and his staff heading tho ooluuin. Tho column of veteran camps i?n headed by Con oral Hampton Next onuo Ucuoial Walker and Ins staff. 1'roooidicg to 10 in wood Couiotery, the Boldior.i gathered around tho plot containing only tho graves of dead Con federate so'diors. Simple oxoteis s m . i j _ i .. i \ 'fu _ hi hi unu n prayir uy it i uurumi 11 and I hotdnging of an apt ropriato h> um Then tho girlo and boys o ivori d tho soldiorn gravoi with beau ifu! 11 hv-t.h. Thou tho Southtru dro?H of Honor was oinferred up?n each of a number of uu inborn of tho looal camp Tho conferring of tho Southern Cronn of Honor is a now foaiuro of nu >h oooationn. Tho idea originated with tho Daughtora of tho Confederacy who on for tho oronnon upon thoao who wont through tho war and worthily upheld tho Southern oauso. Bonidca votorann tho oronn in conferred upon worthy hodh of dcooasod voterana. Tho nauios of all upon whom tho oroas is oonforrod aro dopositod in tho Confodorato uiusoum of ltiohmond. Tho cloning foaturo of tho groat Ko union wan tho roooption to tho sponsors in tho hall of tho Houao of Ropronontativea. It was largoly attondod and greatly onjoyod. AN EXPERT PENMANForty-Six Thousand Words Written on a Postal CardRila Kittredgo, of Bolfaat, Mo., oham pion email writer of tho world, has rotirod from tho field, leaving hie record of 46,000 words writton with a common atool pen upon an ordinary postal card for ambitious misorocopio penman to equal or beat. Up to two years ago ho wroto a groat doal, but now being within a fow months of 'JO, he has given up the laborious praotioo of writing volumes upon small cards, his baud boing loss atoady and his oyo lots bright than in his best days. Mr. Kittrodgo baa long boon famous for hia penmanship. Ho ia a Vormontor by birih. His praotioo of miniature ohirography bogin oarly in life aud many a timo ho haa gono without his dinner rather than loavo unfinishod a picoo of work. His first aoriouB oompctitivo effort was made in 1887, whon somoono sout to tho Belfast Journal a postal card upon whioh 600 words had boon orovtdod, and doliod any ono to boat it. A few days aftorward Kittrodgo handod in a postal card upon whioh ho had writton 1,000 words' and this boing boaton ho pro duood ono with 8,000 words. Tho 3,000 word postal oard onded tho oompotition, but Mr. Kittrodgo kept on crowding his lottora and words into smallor Bpaoo, turning out insuoorsiion oards bearing 6,000, 10,000 and 20,000 words Hia finost work was dono 1880 whon ho wroto 46,000 words upon an ordinary postal oard, and tho entiro toxt of tho Now Testament, about 181,000 words upon four postal oards. Ho has writton sovoral proaidoniial inaugurial addrossos upon postal oards and has alw*>s considered it caay to writo the liOnl h prayor oight times with in ttiO spaoo oovorod by a fivo oi-nt niok ol. ilo wroto ouo of Gladstone's Hpocotios upon a postal card and sont it to tho statesman, who wroto a lettor in roply, thanking Mr Kittrodgo aod praising his skill. Mr. Kittrodgo nover mod any magni f> i 11K glassos or othor aids, ilo lias always worn a pair of ordinary spooia olos suoh as most old> rly men use, and all his writing has boon d mo with an ordinary stool pon and oomuion blaok ink. ilo has oompoicd with many would bo ohampioiis who have used magnifying glassos and sharp pointed hard load pencils, and ho has easily b< at jn thorn all in spito of their advantage in tho matter of equipment. llis writing is distiaguishod by its beauty and tho artistic urrangomont and uniformity of the loiters. Kioh letter is soparato and distinct, and soiho framed sprcimons woro shown at tho l'aris Exposition. ilo says that his oyes naturally magnify.?National VVatohman. Waiting For Jim Johnson. A foud loador, who had about exterminated tho opposing faction and had _ J *? - maao a good lortuno for a mountaineer whtlo doing it, for ho kopt his men busy gotting out timber when thoy wcrn't lighting, said to mo, in all soriousnoss: "1 ha vo triumphed agin my oncmioa timo and timo again. Tho Lord's on my aido and I gits a bottor and bettor Christian cv^r' year. A proaohor, riding down a ravino, onui upon an old mountainocr hiding in tho bmhoa with his rifle. "What aro you doing thero, my friond?""Kido on, strangor," was tho oasy tnswor. "I'm a waitin' for Jim John son, and with tho help of tho Lawd I'm goin' to blow his dam head off." Not liy Firo and Sword. It seems that the Turks do not take more kindly to Christian missionaries than do the Chinese. 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