The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 17, 1909, Image 5
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THE OLD VETS
Get Through With Theis Reunion
and Adjourn.
MEET NEXT IN MOBILE
(irn. Kvuns, (ho Aj?rtl Commander- I
lu-Cliicf, Deeliued a Ite-elci'tion to
His Olhoo, liut (ho llouor is Thrust
Vpon II im Aguiu by II is Old
Coinriules.
The reunion of the Old Confetl.
Veterans for 1905) at Memphis, Tenn.,
is over. Alter ve-eloottni* C/.n
Clement A. Evans commander-inchief
over his vigorous but futile protest,
and selecting Mobile, Ala., as
the next place of reunion, the United
Confederate Veterans adjourned their
business meeting Wednesday on the
heels of a very stormy session. The
only candidate for commander-inchief
placed in nomination was Gen.
Wiu. M. Cabell, commander of the
Trans-Mississippi division. .Just before
nominations were in order, Gen.
Evans read an announcement to the
convention, in which he declined reelection.
He said he had served in
every capacity, from tho lowest to
the highest, and that he felt that the
highest honor in the Veterans' gift
should be passed from one Ex-Confederate
to another In turn.
Hot the delegates disagreed with
bine, and by a vote of 1,540 to 74 4
for Cabell, re-elected Gen. Evans to
command. With tears streaming
down his' cheeks and shaking with
emotion, the stately and aged soldier
bowed to the commands of his comrades.
After Mobile, Houston, Nashville,
Chattanooga and Oklahoma City had
been put in nomination for the next
reunion, some one began to introduce
outside speakers. Sweltering in a
temperature of over a hundred degrees,
the Veterans delegates objected
Rtronirlv :mwI v?,?lKwi ? ?
--nw ,# V-HVU f i fr\J l uunij I V# I
a vote. Finally John W. Apperson,
commander-in-chief of the United
Sons of Confederate Veterans, secured
the floor and introduced Congressman
T. U. Sisson, of Mississippi,
as the spokesman of the Sons.
Nearly every one thought Sisson
was to spring a "dark horse" candidate
for the next meeting place,
but aa it became evident that the
young Congressman merely desired
to make a speech, the delegates became
noisy and calls of "sit down"
and "vote" were insisted. Sisson
was game., however, and won out on 1
a test of endurance. Ho announced
that ho wished to repeal his speech
In Congress, delivered iu answer to
Congressman Calderhead, of Kany
sua, who charged that the Southern 1
people were lazy. Slsxson received 1
some encouragement and some hisses,
but he persevered. Finally his
concluded in a burst of eloquence, 1
saying:
"Tbie principles you fought for
were right in '61 and are right today.
You were not conquered then, 1
you are not conquered now, and the
greatest monument in your honor
are the millious of pensions the Fedural
oAVopii n>iml nil ill t r. t hn U' i A/4?' I' I
ev TVI J u tt o
and orphan.s your valor made and
the forty-six thousand graves in Art
lington Cemetery, which tho Federal
r government decorates each 10th of 1
May. As long us these monuments
are perpetuated to your honor, you
need erect no others."
Sisson's speech was received with
mingled cheers and hisses, and many
Confederates left the hall in disgust.
Others crowded around him
and swamped him with congratulations.
Meantime Mrs. Moore Murdook, of
Dallas, Texas, was endeavoring to
be heard. She wanted to second ;
the nomination of Houston, Texas,
for the next reunion. She possesses
a very masculine voice and manner
of delivery, and she soon quieted
the assembly. Tho Veterans listened
in patience until she declared:
"We have lived as rebels, we are <
still rebels, and wo will die as <
rebels." - 1
Then pandemonium broke loose. <
It was difficult to tell whether the
majority favored her sentiments or -
opposed them. Cheers were mingled i
with cat-calls and hisses and above <
^ all reverberated tho ear-splitting i
rebel yell. ]
Several other Breakers were in- <
trod need but 110 one heard their
names or what they said until Gov- I
ernor Haskell, of Oklahoma, was in- 1
trod need. Even he had a stormy ]
greeting, which might be construed <
one way or another, Finally, how- 1
ever, ho tired out the crowd and
made a diplomatic speech, inviting I
the Convention to choose Oklaho- I
111a City for tho 1 10 reunion. <
fl\ "You will find Confederate Voter- 1
L J' ans in most of the offices of the State, <
f* > from Supreme Court Judges to con- 1
I stables," he said, "and you will find
~ as hearty a welcome as you will 1
find anywhere on God's earth."
Immediately after the Governor's
speecfy the vote for the next re- 1
union city began. Every one picked I
Houston, Texas, as the winner, but '
Mobile, Ala., seet?ed to have conducted
a gumshoe campaign, and
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V . L A '.is- ? - -... k. L
BLACK HAND DOINGS
UNEARTHED AND SEVERAL
KING LEADED ARE CAUGHT.
Noted Ttuliun Society Said to Hare
Practiced Extortiou and Murder in
Various Cities.
Revelations in the extortion, plotting
and murder by the "Black
Hand," as uncovered by the postofliee
inspectors from the Cincinnati office,
show conclusively that the gang
in i;onunuu8, Marion, Dennison ami
Bellefontuino and other Ohio towns
was organized along the same lines
as the old Mafia, but with a better
system for concealing their movements.
It iH now known that the Ohio 1
Black Hand, or the Society of the i
Banana, as its members style them- i
selves, had a branch in Pittsburg :
and one in Chicago, and a line that i
extended to South Dakota. Regular <
meetings were held and the money t
obtained by extortion was distribut- >
ed to various divisions in this conn- *
try and sent to relatives in Italy t
for safe-keeping. 1
"We have found what 1 believe
to be certain proof that the Black t
Hand outrages were committed by i
a well organized society,' said Chief i
Postolfice Inspector Holmes to an *
Associated Press representative. 1
"It has taken Inspector Oldfield 1
and four other men under me six ?
months to run down the leaders. 1
"We have no evidence so far that t
American Black Hand in the West <
is connected with the foreign or- '
ganization that killed Lieut. Petro- 1
sino in Sicily." }
Nine arrests have been made, thus '
far In Columbus, Marion, Dennison 1
and Bellefontaine, and Government i
officers in Chicago and Cincinnati
tire looking for Antonio Lima, who i
was arrested in Marion. Antonio '
Lima is held to be one of the chief f
ring-leaders. I
An effort will be made to have 1
f lln 1 i^l {/%? * ? 11 1 - * *
?..r ptiuv/uvio iuunAi'u u) u r ru^rui
grand jury at Cleveland on the 1
charge of conspiracy to commit ex- *
tortion. 1
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TIIK OIJ) AX'l'IiK TKKK. s
Over One Hundred V(?k Old and ^
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Still Hears.
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According to the Greer Observer, j
there is an apple tree up in the High- t!
land section that bids fair to vie s<
with the "Mecklenburg Myth," as one n
of the boasts of the Piedmont. This ii
tree, which is as much of a wonder s<
in its way as the "myth" Is in a dif- p
fcrent manner, is located on the farm
of Mr. Walker Moon, one of the sub- fi
stantial farmers of the prosperous h
Highland section. r<
The tree is eight feet, nine inches f<
in circumference, and has a limb
six feet from the surface of the n
ground that is five feet eight inches K
in circumference. There is also a j<
hollow in the tree trunk in which J
several of the biddies of Mrs. Moon's ?
poultry flock made their nest, with tl
such result that seventy-five eggs tl
were gathered therefrom this year ci
One hen determined to break all o
records hatched out a brood of fit- ci
teen chicks in this hollow. c<
Put, this is not all, tradition has n
It that in 1 87 8 Mr. Part Pennington, K
who owned the propeiiy at the time, a
made sixteen gallons of brandy front tl
the year's crop of apples. By well a,
authenticated records the age of this g
remarkable tree is established at
years. It is still vigorous aud will s
produce a bumper apple crop this f<
season. .J
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It soon became evident that the Ala- A
banta city had won. She polled ti
1,884 votes, with Houstou twHXtnd a
with 695. Oklahoma City, Nash- h
villa and Chattanooga received scat- e
Ii'rlnc vAtftu Ao 1 * 1 -
, /in nwn us n oecu mo n
apparent that Mobilo had won, there
was a scramble to get into tho band
wagon, and the choice was made f4
unanimous. d
(ien. Hvan's re-election likewise I
was made unanimous, and tho con- w
vent ton, forgetting its disagreements s|
of an hour before, adjourned to the w
tuno of "Dixie," the delegates cheerIng,
lauding, laughing. crying and y
Bven hugging one another. k;
Clad in the rough gray homespun 11
which they wore dressed in the six- *f
ties an carrying ancient rifles, 10,300
United Confederate Veterans
inarched in what was probably the bi
last big parade in which they will I*
aver participate Thursday. ir
Some of them wear straggling tj
beards as gray as their uniforms and M
there were many empty sleeves. The h
beat was Intense. At the suggestion tl
of the parade committee the line of e<
narch was cut down. tl
The commanders of divisions and h
brigades directed that the old and ci
feebler members of their commands h
Arop out. but the 1 ~J -
v>uvi'i a i Hi
that they could find no men old k
enough or feeble enough to take ad- e
vantage of the indulgence. w
Hands from all over the South, tl
twenty or them, were interspersed
here and there through parade,- and c<
when steps lagged or aged limbs tl
trembled, the stirring notes of "Dix- h
Is" or "My Maryland" were sufficient h
to relnvlgorate the machers. Every- o
where were flags with the stars and a
bars of the lost cause. ft;
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BACK HOME
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After an Absence of ThirtyThree
Years or Mere
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FINDS LOST FATHER
Wilson Scurboro, of Ilishopeilio, S.
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fiot-s to Stutosboro, (in., and f
nines mis u>?? i,ost i'urent Hack >
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to tlu? ()U1 Home?Old Man Ho re
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tho Name of K. Haker. j
A letter from Statesboro, Oa., to ii
he Augusta Chronicle tolls a most o
remarkable story. The letter says I
ifter a fruitless search for the where- i a
ihouts of his father for thirty-three | v
rears, during which time his estate I r
s said to have been administered } >?
>n by members of the family, VYll- ! p
ion Scarboro, a resident of Bishop- p
.Mile, S. C., came to this county last n
sunday and carried his father back 0
o his South Carolina homo to spend
lis declining years. ; u
R. Scarboro, tho father, came to e
.his county twenty years ago and j a
idopted the name of K. Baker, first | i<
making bis home on tho farm ot I i,
sol. Aklns, and later with the A1- i t
ens until recently he took up his f(
>lace of abode on the farm of Tom v
Moore at Knal, near Bryan county, i)
>vhere his son found him. Domestic ,
roubles are said to have been the i t
muse of his leaving his homo in i
South Carolina. Before he cauio ; ti
o Bulloch county he spent thirteen s
.ears within a hundred miles of his i
ionic and was successful in keeping
lis wife and four sons from learn- \
ng his whereabouts. o
Some time ago it is said a travel- u
ng man happened to run across Mr. p
Jcarhoro, or Baker, as he was known ii
lere, and when he went back to i
lishopvillo he told one of the sons j ti
hat he had seen and spoken to his a
ather. The traveler remembered | t;
ne name ot .Mr. John M. Jonrs, a ] n
lardwure dealer, and told the .son | c<
o write to Mr. Jones lor luforma- j tl
ion, which the son did, giving a de- j
cription of his father from which j w
Jr. Jones readily applied the d esc rip- ; it
ion to "llaker." m
The letter was answered by Mr. ! M
ones giving the desired information ! <
n some way Mr. "Baker" learned i m
hat Mr. Jones had written to his | lu
on and it is said the old man did 1 p<
ot relish it very much, evidently ' tt
itending to keep his whereabouts a n;
ecret until death. Several letters m
ass<ed between Mr. Jones and the tr
on in South Carolina and finally the t'v:
ather was communicated with by pi
is son and persuaded to consent to til
?turn to his old home and be cared |
or the rest of his life. Ki
Mr. Scarboro arrived in Statesbo- tr
o Saturday night ana proceeded to ra
Inal without making known the ob- ar
Hit of his visit to any one but Mr. Tl
ones with whom he had been com- m
lunicating. He stated to Mr. Jones uf
oat the four sons were still alive;
lat each ot them were in good tinan- tu
lal circumstances and were desirous m
f having their father spend his de- eo
lining years with them where he
ould be cured for. When the son
ae/.t%A/l U ~ \ - - 4 " ' '
.?v-tn.-iA n?r uume oi nis rattier at
LnaJ the meeting Is said to have been ^
loving one, first handshake and w
jen throwing their arms around one
nothor the two stood there and bug- r#1
ed for some time. ^
This was on Saturday night and A
unday morning 'when they slai t?d
the train they passed through vj
imps, five miles from here and some lr
me was spent at the home of Will Vf
kins while waiting for the Central ^
"ain. Mr. Aklns was not at home w
t the timo and when he returned
e walked up and spoke to the fath- S(,
r and cordially bowed to the son, j,y
ot knowing who he was.
At this time Mr. "Baker" said, j
Well, Will, I have fooled you all j
jr twenty years. I want to introuoo
you to my son, Mr. Scarboro.
am going back to the old home 41
rith him this morning and will
pend the balance of my life there
ith my wife and children. I have
eon away thirty-three years, twenty 'n
ears of which have spent In Ilul- ot
>cb county, where I have made ma ty 'U
lends and It 5s with regret thai I
?ave now, but 1 *U:;oso it is beet *)l
>r me."
"Baker" is well known in States- an
oro, though his homo has always ^5
pen in the country uear here. Our *
ig his twenty years in Bulloch co ;u- ; '
r it is said he confided in one man
[r. Sol. Akins, when he first came *
ere, and told his real name and i 1
ie cause of his leaving home. lie
ildently con tided in a wife man for cr
trough a score of years Mr. Aklm
as told no one the old hian's s<* et.
"Baker" is apparently nearing
is alloted time, three score years
nd ten, and that he will receive a j
?ving welcome in his old home is j l?i
ridenced by the continuous search | la
hioh has been made for him for J fo
lirtyHhree years. i
Wilson Kcarboro, the son that 1 ??
ante after his father, is now forty- ?
[tree years of ago and stAtes that
e was nearly eleven years old when M
Is father left home. The location ?
f his father's whereabouts la prob- h*
bly due to the traveling man who K*
poke to him here, calling bis real ' tl<
GROWS ON TRfcES
4AMPLK OK COTTON FKOM 1*1111#11*1*1
NK ISLANDS
[lardly Suited for Spinning Think
Cotton Men Who Kxiimined it in
Charleston.
The Charleston KvoniitK Post says
n interesting exhibit ot kapok or
roe cotton was received by John I'.
lav bank WHncsdn v fr ??>?.
ppine Islands, with an accompany inn
etter from the sender, Arthur L.
tyars, u former cotton buyer, tiuikng
inquiries as to the market value
f the cotton in this country.
The exhibit attracted considerable
ttentlon among the cotton people
rho visited Mr. Maybank's ollice.
'ho cotton is dark, a creamy color,
cry soft and silky, but without stale,
and in the opinion of the Charleston
cotton people who examined
t, as of Mr. Ityars, it is hardly suitd
for spinning.
The cotton has undoubtedly a commercial
value, being admirably suitd
in the opinion of those who looked
t the sample for the making of pilaws
and mattresses, and Mr. Mayank
will soon re information along
his line, as requested by Mr. Ityars
orwnrding it to his correspondent,
.hen he gets the information in
and.
Mr. Bears writes interestingly of
he cotton. lie bought cotton tor
nman & Company, being attached
0 Mr. .Maybank's ollice several soaons
ago, but. later he moved to the
'hilippines and was appointed a govrnment
inspector ot agriculture,
le became interested in the study
f libro plant, many specimens of
hich are to be found in the foreign
ossessions and among the number
1 kapok, or tree cotton. Mr. Ityars j
i now engaged in testing the ef- i
ciency of machinery for stripping
nd cleaning the fibre, and incidenilly,
he decided to write to his for
ler employer with a view of asertaining
the commerlcal value of
le cotton in this country.
In the Philippines, the cottou, j
nose short and downy libre keeps
from packing, is largely used tor t
lattresses and pillows for which use, I
Ir. Hyara says that it is unsurpass1.
The kapok tree grows twenty
leters high and seventy centimeters
i diameter, bearing from ?>00 to HOC
:>ds a year, the i>ods being about
le size of the average small banathree
times the nze of the coinonly
seen cotton boll in this couny,
and holding about two hands
ill of cotton. One hundred pods
roduce about .118 4 kilograms of
jre.
According to Mr. llyars, the plant
*ows very readily, a branch of the
ee stuck into the ground in the
liny season will take root and grow,
id in a year will be bearing cotton,
he readiness with which it grows
akes the cotton tree of general
ve for poles and for fence purposes,
r. Hyars states, and the agriculiral
inspector thinks, that the tree
ay be put to a more profitable ;icuint.
Oiie of the pods was opened with
pocket knife in Mr. Maybank's
lice, and It was a marvel to every>dy
to view the amount of cotton
hioh was removed. The seed is
>out the si/Hi of a buckshot, and are
-adlly removable from the lint. The
is not as brittle as that of the
merlcan grown cotton.
As stated, tho cotton people who
ewed the exhibit think that the
ee cotton has a considerable market
ilue, and will await with Interest
ie information which Mr. Mstybank
ill secure for Mr. Hyars.
A sample of tho cotton may bo
on at tho business oltico of Tho
veniug Post, having boon fuinishod
- Mr. May bank.
SIX IIOKSKS HVKNKD.
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J
ightning Fires St abb' of a Physic- j
ian in Greenville County.
Tho stablo of Dr. .1. 11. Hruec, livg
at Sandy Flat, in tho upper part
Greenville county, was struck by
shtning Wednesday afternoon, durg
an electrical storm, and was j
irnod to tho ground. Five of
uce's horses were burned to death,
id the feed stuff fn tho barn was
istroyed. A horse of Charlie W.
itchell, of O'Neal, was burned to
iath also in the barn. Mitchell
fis going limine from Greenville,
lien the storm met him near Dr.
Mice's residence. He stopped and
eltered tho animal, and when the
ash of lightning came and the
lilding was bur-nod to ashes his'
?rse was burnod to death.
Itiitrios in Laurens.
Mr. Fred \V. Green of I^aurons
ft early Tuesday morning for Atnta
to take the Pasteur treatment
r a dog bite r< reived last Tuesday,
iturday the head of the dog was
nt to Atlanta vo bo analyzed and
telegram received jesterday stat1
that th*? do; had rabies. Hence
i. Green left at once foi treatment.
ime, and Mr. John M. Jones, who
tve the 8(on tho necessnry informaoa.
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GRAFT MONEY
Paid Dispenrary Officials to Get
Orders.
FOR STATE WHISKEY
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l)is|)*'nsiii'v I?i? ? ? tor* K.iwlinsoii,
Itlark, Wylir itiul lltili. II,
l^vuits Nnnit'd in AMi<)u\it ?>f
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, I , >uiin t (l s M.ll mil; IKTt'H t'U
Bribes.
For the tirst time- since the beI
ginning of the old State dispensary
i has there been brought to light a
charge which implies directly that
the controlling agents of the State
dispensary got money for favoring
certain firms, says; the Columbia
I State. The State then goes on to
(give the particulars:
Col. C. \V. I mdly, who is now very
j ill at Lexington, Ky., lias made an
affidavit, in the presence of his attorney,
Col. Anthony J. Carroll of
1 Louisville, Ky., that to secure an
order for liquor from the State dispensary,
Clark Bros. & Co. of Keoria,
J 111., had to pay about 10 per cent
commissions or $tl,U00 or an order
: of $110,000 delivered and arc# pled.
! The original order was something
like $ I .">0,000, made in tile la t days
of the dispensary, and a great deal
I of the stuff was turned back.
Mr. W. K. Hull, manager of Clarke
' Bros. K. Co., testified when he was
I here recently that he had paid to
j C. W. Dudley $0,200 "wornmissions"
I to secure this business.
Dudley was known to be ill. Attorney
Ceneral Lyon and Col. T.
II. Kidder visited him last week in
Lexington, Ky., and later his attorney,
Col. Anthony F. Carroll, a
leading attorney of Kentucky, went
' to the hospital and advised him to
| give the aflldavits introduced in evidence
a few days ago.
This attidavlt, while not adniissable
in a court in which a criminal
action is being tried, is said to bo
backed up with corroborative ..vi
donee, documentary and sworn t?*stimony.
This is the first time in all the
months of patient prodding that the
direct charge of bribery has been
made. Col. Dudley was a bon vivant
well known throughout this Suite,
and his affidavit, which follows,
shows that of the $6,200 he kept
at least $2,000 for himself. The affidavit
is:
"State of Kentucky, County of Fayette.
"The affiant, C. W. Dudley, states
that he represented several liquor j
dealers in the State of South Caro- j
lina during and for several years i
prior to 1006, for the purpose of pro- !
curing orders for liquors for the i
State dispensary. He states that !
during parts of said time J. II. W'ylie
was a member of the board of direc
tors of the State dispensary.
"Affiant, states that about the i
month of October, 1906, through the
efforts and by arrangements with ;
the said Wylie he procured an order
from said State dispensary for a i
quantity of liquor to be sold and j
furnished by the IJve Oak Distilling !
Company of Cincinnati, Ohio.
"Affiant states that he paid to the '
said Wylie the sum of $1,1)00 as a '
commission for p*ocuring the pur- !
chase of ceriaiu liquors by the State !
dispensary from Clark I.ros. & Co., of ;
Pooria, III. He states t\nt he .wan
pa'd as commission for procuring
said order the sum of $6,500 by \V. j
K. Hull, that being the total amount |
of commissions paid him on account
of the goods so purchased, and which
were retained by the commission, j
He states that he divided his said!
commissions with the three mem- !
hers of the board of directors of
the State dispensary, to wit: John
Black, J. W. Ilawllnson and J. B.
Wylie, as a consideration for their
making said purchase. Affiant does
not remember the exact amount paid
Hit-in, urn niacK was paid approxi- I
mately $2,200. Kawllnson $1,200
and Wylie approxnTOtefy $1,200.
"Affiant states that while H. H. J
Kvans was a member of (he board \
of directors of the State dispensary j
he paid the said H. H. Kvans $l.o00
to aid him in his campaign for reelection
to said board of directors,
this was in 1005, or early In 1006.
"Affiant states that this was the
only amount he remembers to have
paid said Kvans, but he might have ,
pakl him other isums.
"Afliant states that he has been
practically confined to his bed for j
15 months, having sustained a para-I
lytic stroke complicated with other
troubles. He states that he suffer- '
ed constant pain and is now confined i
to his bed in Good Samaritan hospital i
at Lexington, Ky., under the care of
a physician and nurses. Ho states ,
that ho Is unable to travel and it i
^ II
Is a matter of impossibility for him j
to go to South Carolina or to take
any trip whatever. That he was able
with great difficulty to come to Lex- ,
ington from Chicago and is now
worse and unable to leave his bed.
"Affiant states that he had other
transactions with the members of
the board of the State dispensary, but
he is now unable to rocall the details
of same.
"C. W. DUDLEY,
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i GIVEN AN OVATION
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CiKX. r. I?. (illANT ( liASI* II\NI>S
WITII I ON FT.'li. VKTH.
Th<') (1ir?T, simlic Hands and WVcp
Willi tlir Son of (In* Man to Wliom
I,<t Suiieiwlr red.
A frenzied demonstration of welcome
by the men in gmy for the son
of the man who eonquered them
marked th?> final sn-nt; of the him t
lit i 1 Keuninn of i tie I' 11 i t od Confederate
Veterans Thursday. [i took
place during the parade. In the r?\
awing stand stood (Jen. Frederick.
Dent (Jrant, of the I'nited Stat? a
a riny.
The tir t few divisions in line passed
with only a limited number recognizing
the son <>f the man wlio accepted
the sum nder of Lee, Cut
finally a cavalry division approached,
and its rouiuiaiiding olticcr, 'Jen.
Tyler, ot Hickman, Ky., ol<l and
grizzled, peered steadily at fien.
(Jrant a moment. Then he turned
i u h is sadd le and \ el led :
"Come on, you kids, here's (Jen.
'Jrant come to life again in his son '
With one ot the old-time role I
yells, the division, remnants of Forrest's
Cavalry, charged upon the
stand and jostled one another for an
opportunity to shake the hand of
the son of their old-time enemy.
Kioni that moment every grey-clad
Veteran who could reach the stand
rushed up to shake hands with Ceo.
(Jrant. The stocky army officer s
gray eyes tilled with tears ami his
shoulders shook with emotion as ho
in u rin u red: "(kid bless you ail,
j hoys, Cod bless you," giving ?? i. h
, a cordia* hand-grasp/
llattle-torn banners were griiwpid
at his fee! niwl u/riv?>#l nvi.r nl j k. .? '
iii salute. One old otlicer rode up to
! the stand, Hcdzed Gen. Grant s hand
land kissed til in on the cheek, ix(
claiming: "(led titer? you, boy, !
fought your fatte r, of whom you a'O
ttin imago, but tie *vas a gallant.
i magnanimous fo?; and I Jo/3 bis
,,
son.
j More than one Veteran wa.: m
tears as lie sow the famous Federal
! chieftain's son so touched by tiu r?~
reption. I4 is doubtful if any otto r
; Northern man, even a President,
i ever received svtrh an ovation as tbat
which was so generously given to
Gen. Grant by the Confederate Veterans
Thursday.
The jiarade over, the Reunion
practically ended and Veterans' special
trains began to leave Memphis
at 2 p. in.
KIMiKD (IV HKPITTY.
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Ilesiilt of Political Fued in St.
Ixmiv, .Mo.
Frederick Mohrle, who killed
Samuel Young in North St. Louis
several weeks ago, was killed in tne
corridor of the criminal court building
Tuesday by Win. Kane, a former .
deputy under Young.
The shooting occurred as MnbrJO
was being taken to ionrt to stand
trial for the death of Young and
is the culniiuation of a bitter politi
cal feud.
Kene used Young's revolver on
Mohrle. \Vb?'i> the shots re-ocho?'d
through the court building, W??.
Wright, a. co-defendant with Mobrle
in the Young case, l>?>came hystervcal.
He begged to b? placed in jail
and his bondsmen surrendered him
to Judge Fisher, who ordered biro
locked up.
Only a few days ago Wright became
frenzied on the streets late at.
night, and began shooting wildly
under the impression that the "gang"
were after him. Alfred Neilson, who
was passing in his way to work in
a dairy, was mortally wounded.
Wright is also under arrest for this
death.
Mohr'e kil'ed Young on April 4.
News of Young's death was received
with cbe.'M at a political ' meeting
after the tragedy.
MOXI MKXT TO CXINFKDKIUITKS
Will He Krort?tl in Finnis Feint
(ViiM'twy.
A monument of inart?le <>r
(,1 UUIIO
to cost about $8,5 00 is to b?> erect ed
by t ho I'nited St at as government
In the Confederate soot ion of Finnis
Point, national cemetery at Salem,
N. J., to mark the resting place
of 2,24 6 officers and men of the
Confederate army and navy who
died as prisoners of way at Fori
Delaware between 1802 and 1865.
The adoption of a monument for
the purpose is due to the fact that it
has been found impossible, because
of imperfect records, to place distinctive
headstones at each individual
grave, as contemplated by the act
of Congress.
Commissioner Oats has arranged
also to place wrought iron fences
around Camp Chase Confederate cemetery,
near Columbus, Ohio, and
around the Conefderate cemetery at
North Alton, 1)1.
"Subscribed and sworn to before me
by C. W. Dudley this 4th day of
June, 1909, W. Worthington, N.
P., Fayette County, Ky." ^ ^