The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, May 18, 1899, Image 1
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VOL 1--N. i7. PICKENS S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 18,99. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
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HEIRORS OF THEn LrOST CAUSE4
XMET IN CHARLESTON.
The Old City Filled With Veterans
aid Their F4riends-8)pceches by
Gordon -and Whcoler-A Grand
- Parade-Hampton the Chief of
Heroes.
This has been a glorious week in
Charleston. The old city, proud to
be known as the "Cradle of Secession,"
. acknowledged centre of the valorous
and proud sentimcnt of patriotic
South Carolina, has overflowed with
the beloved veterans and a vast throng
of younger but ardent and patriotic
people. The colors of the dead Con
federacy minglnd everywhere with the
stars and stripes the bands played
" Dixie " and "Star Spangled Banner."
Although the scuotie was so animated
this is a week of menories and the men
- who. wore the gray and who sulfored
and all but died for the cause, that
was lost, came first in everything, and
the leaders of that lost cause wore
hailed with-cheers and tears and smiles
on every hand.
The great "annual re-union of the
United Confederate Veterans began
Wedggsday morning but the majority
of th' visitors reached the city Tuts
day. The city was taxed to the utmost
to care for the crowds but the great
task seems to have been admirably
accomplished.
Wade Hainpton was given one of the
grandest ovations of his life in Char
leston Tuesday night. He was the
central figure of tho exercises at tho
dedication of the auditorium. Hamp
too was honored to the fullest measure,
and when he was introduced and roso
the more than 7 00 people in the
audience rose on mase. The cheering
was deafening and men women ant
children waved their handkerchiefs
and hats in the air, the old soldiers
making the occasion more thrilling
with their genuine rebel yells.
Tbige ovation was fully equal to that
memorable one at Richmond a few
years ago, and the old hero appreciat
ed it. He had but a few words to say
when he addressed the audience.
Mayor Smythe in introducing him
made use of the wurdb Uf Shakespeare.
"I do not think a braver gentleman" =
is now alive. He referred to Gen.
Hampton as the noble citizen of Char
leston who honored his people tonight
-t.hA man first in the hearts of Char
leston people.
Gen. Hampton said he had not come
here to make a speech. He referred
to the welcome always given him here.
and said that this one recalled to his
mind the scenes of '76 and the m1en he
had commanded. it was Charleston
that had given him the means to ac
complish what was dono in 1876. He
referred to his childhood memories of
St. Michael's chimes. There were no
people he loved and valued- more than
the pcoplo of Charleston.
Maj. Baker, speaking subsequently,
paid a high tribute to Gen. Hampton
as a man, a soldier and a statesman.
At night the great auditorium
erqcted especially for this occasion
was~formally dedicated with impres
sive'ceremonies. Its seating capacity
of 7,000 persons was taxed to hold the
crowd. On the stage were seated all
of the distinguished visitors and many
of the leading citizens of the city. A
superb choir and orchestra furnished
the musical portion of the exercises
and addresses were made by Mayor
Smythe, Gen. Wade Hampton, Maj.
Thee. G. Barker and H~on. T. W. Ba
cot. The prayer was made by Rt4. R.tv.
Ellison Capers, bishop of South Caro
lina and a brigadier general in the
Confederate army.
WEDNESDAY-THIE OP1@HNGJ SESSION.
The annual cor'vention of the Unmted
Confederate Veterans was opened at
the new auditorium Wednesday morn
ing. The auditorium seats 7,000 peo
* ple-and several thousand were turned
,away.
Just before the audience was ca' led
to order General Moorman met Gen
eral Gordon on the stage and threw
his arms about his neck and all but
kissed him. General Gordon was
escorted to the presiding chair by
General Moorman, chief of staif, and
General C. I. Walker, commanding the
South Carolina division.
General Walker called the audience
to order using the same gavel that was
used in calling to order the secession
* assombly in 1860. Dr. J. William
Jones, chaplain, led in prayer, invok
ing God's blessings on the white-haired
*. veterans and pleading for universal
*, peace and good will,
* Hon. F. B. Gary, speaker of the
South Carolina house of repi osenta
tivos, read a resolution of Welcome
from the general assembly. Governor
Ellerbe wired he could not attend the
reunion on account of illness. is
telegram of regret was read by Gien
oral Walker. In the absence of the
Governor the address of welcomo was
- delivered on behalf of the State by
Lieutenant Governor M. B. McSweeny.
Mayor J. Adger Smythe' delivered an
enthusiastic address of welcome on the~
,part of the city, and was cheered to
the echo for his magnificont work lin
making arrangements for the vetorans'
entertainment. Ils reference to1
South Carolina and Charleston as the
cradle of secession brought (orth the
Rebel yell from ten thousand throats.
The yell was caught up by the crewd
on the outside and passed along for
blocks.
At 11:30 General Walker introduced
General John B. Gordon, commander
in-chief. of the United Confederate
.-Veterans. No man probably ever re
ceived such an enthusiastic demonstr~a
*tion. The audience rose at the very
me'ntion of his rame, and for several
*minutes shouted like med men. Hlats
were thrown into the air and the band
played ".Dixie" furiously. Every sen
tence4 of his speech was applauded.
*General Gordon,was at his'best,in excel
lent voice and afire with enthusiasra
anr1 patriotisnn1
L ur li 1VflVhing f Ulugy oi 13ont
Carolina and Char eston, Gen. Gordo
said:
" No resolutions, I repeat, by whic
this groat Commonwealth extends 1
loving welcome were needed to a:
sure these remnants of the South's hr
mortal armies that the ' freedom c
the State' was theirs, and that over
heart within her borders was a so
dier's shrine. We had but to remen
bor that South Carolina was the nur
sery of heroes, as wel! as of statesmo
and of patriots-that no one State, ci
cept that she be endowed with an al
most boundless aflluence of greatnese
could I in one century have given t
the cause of liberty and the republi
such a splendid galaxy as South Carc
lina presents in her Rutledge, he
Sumter, her Moaltric, her Middleton
and her Marion ; 'in her Butler, he
Pinckney, and her Pickens; in he
MeDullie and her Calhoun; in he
Hamilton, her Hayne, and her belovet
Hampton.
Gen Gordon presented Mrs. Stone
wall Jackson, and in the first lull o
the enthuslasm, said : " I will shak4
her hands for you all, and in an in
stant he added, " no, 1 will do inor
than that ; 1 am golig to hug her foi
you," and. with that he did what he sah
lie was going to do, which met th<
hearty aproval of the vast throny
Ue also presented Miss Kate Cabel
Currie, of Dallas, Tex.. Miss Lauri
Law.: ndon, of New Orleans, Mrs
Kirby Smith and other ladies whost
husbands or fathers wero Confederati
leaders.
At the morning session the followint
resolutions by Gen. Stephen D. Let
were road by Gen. Walker :
"Whereas, in Atlanta, Ga., on De
comber 20, 1898, the president of th
United States of America gave utter
ance to the sentiment that the tit
has come when the United Statet
should sharo in caring for the gravot
of the Confederate dead, and
"Whereas, this utterance of thc
chief executive of the nation demandt
from us the survivors of our dead coi
rades In arms a frank and gencrout
responso to so lofty and magnanimout
a sentiment; therefore be it
"Resolved, by the United Confeder
ate veterans it! annual convention as
sembled, That in this act of President
McKinley's, and Its reception by our
brethren at the North we recognize
authoritative evidence that we are
again a united people and one in deter
mination to exhibit to the world thu
gentler as well as the sterner traits of
American charactor, and that we ac
cept the statement of our chief execu
tive in the spirit In which it was made,
believing that such legislation by the
general governient as ne has suggest
ed would show clearly the advance that
the American people havc achieved in
those higher virtues that adorn a great
nation."
Dr. J. Wmilliam Jones, the chaplain,
moved that the resolutions be referred
to the committee on resolution. In tie
,ourso of a brief bit earnest speech,
Mr. Vusboe, of North Carolina said :
Tle wholo matter is in tile interest of
frateinal feling. We are willing t(
accept what the North is willing to dc
for C:nfederate graves at the North,
but in the South "our comrades' grave:
are in other 1'ands." (Cheurs.) Dr
Jones' motion prevailed.
The parade of the veterans ocourre
in the afternoon, andi they marchei
through a denso crowd of cheerin
peoplo. Led by Gons. Gordon an(
Wade Hampton, a. long line of th<
grizzled men who had followed thest
leaders and the other captains of thi
Lonfedorate armies through four year
:f hardship and battle, marched stur
lily under the blazing southern sur
to the inspiring strains of " Dixie," of
the " Blonnie Blue F'lag " and the irrel.
ovant but irrepressible " There'll bc
a hot time in the old town tonight.'
At intervals along the line the flutter
ing of a wvar-worn and shot- tore battic
flag called forthi cheer's, while mnany
heads were bai'ed as the frayed em
blem of a dead cause gleamed ovet
bomne organization whose name is a
household word in the South. Geni
orals H~ampton and Gordon weret
cheered. There was diisappointment
that Gen. Wheeler was not in the par
ade.
Including the kindred organizatione
and distinguished guests andI commit
tes tnuro were probably 5,000 persom
1e t he line, probably 3,000 of tanim vete
(*ratns. 'rhe paraue was led by Gon. C
1. Walker and staff, followed by the
cac.'rt composed of the local militar'
companies, cadets and the naval re
servos. T1hoen came Gen. Cordon ani
his staff iollowod by a long line (o
carriages containing the sponsors anc
maids of honor of the various campls
The veterans were led by Gen. Wad<
Hiampton, at tihe heacd of tile Army o
Northern Virginia, and preceded by 2
battle flags with their escorts. Thu
army of Tronnessee followed, led b3
Geni. Stephen D. Leo and was followet
by the camps representing the trans
Mississippi army in command of Gen
Caboll. T1he Sons of Con federato Veto
ranis brought up the roar'.
Troop A of Tennossce was pictur
esqjue in original 2onfedorato unifor'm
and with arms. Augusta had a r imilai
camp in the parade. Geon. Mc~rady
wearing his war hat, was in charge o1
the guard of honor of the il''rst South
Carolina infantry flag. in thle proces
slod tine leading goneralh were Hanmp
ton, Gordon, Jackson, Gapers, Lee ani
Evans. TIhie pirocession took an hou'
andi a qluartor' to p~ass a giveni point.
At tho auditorium the Winnie D~avi.
memorial exercIses were held. Cen
Cordon being the chief speakei'.
Theli pruesenitationl of Stato banners t
Adjutant Ceneoral Mioirman in th<
evening was an interesting occasion
Nearly every State gave a banner. The
reception to the sponnor's was hold( a
this session.
The Sons of Veterans held theil
opening meeting in the evening. Soult~l
Car'olina is pr'ominent in th U organ iza~
tion in every way, having fifty of the
1410 camfps in existence. M r. lI oher
A. Smythie, of Charleston, hams beel
commander of the ord':' for two years
Cen. M . la. Ilonhamn, oif A nderson.coim
mnandler of tile South Cai'olina dliv ision
Is one of the leading mn.n in theL orderc
When a negro bras.s batnd sti'uck u
Dixie in the convention hail before thl
exercise-, began the delegates~ r'ose
stood on thle chlairs and yelled as oni
Southern men can s ell1, the cheerin
being led by it. E. Lee, Jr., son of \w
H1IP. Leo. and M. L. linan, ..ow
1 on the platform. Dixie was followe<
n by "Maryland My Maryland," whic)
did not decrease tfho cheering.
h The gavel which Gun. Bonham uset
s in calling the convention to order wa4
'- the one presunted last year to thI
i- South Carolina division. It is made o
f wood from the treo under which th<
y great secession meeting at Abbevillh
1- was hold, the crystalizing movemen
towards a secession cenvention. The
ovening prayer by 1Rev. John Lake, o
i Edgofield, invoked the blessings of tht
God of Lee, Jackson and Davis. Th<
- prayer was beautiful in wording am
, sentimcrt.
D Gen. Bonham spoke briefly and in
u troduced Bon. Francis 11. Weston, wht
- doliverod the formal addross of wol
r come. W. P. Jones, of Elberton, Ga.
, replied to the address. A notabli
r speaker was Robert E. Lee, Jr., the
r grandson of Gen. Robert 14. Leo. Mr.
r Lee received an ovation and felingly
I thanked the Sons for their warm grout.
ing. Mr. Leo is a young man of line
appearance, largo and handsome and
i speaks with that fascinating Virgin
accent. His remarks were few, but
perfect in sentiment and delivery, and
as he took his seat the hall rang with
r cheers.
I The reception of the United States
cruiser, Raleigh. beginning at 11 a. m.
was cordial and animated. The Ial
I cigh was one of the main rollances of
Dewey's olect in the brilliant victory at
Manila a year ago, and Is commanded
by a noted ollicer, Capt Jose ph B. Cog h
Ian. The cruiser was decked with flags
and signal colors and made an impos
ing sight moving across the bay. The
naval reserve fired the welcome saluto.
Mayor pro tem Zimmerman Davis ex
tended the ollicial welcome. Tho ofli
cors of the vessel were received at a 1
o'clock lunch, at which Capt. Coghlan,
Mayor Smythe and Chairman Sinkler
made speechos. The Raleigh anchored
at a convenient point and thousands
boarded the gallant cruiser.
THURSDAY.
The morning session of the conven
tion was opened by the singing of the
doxology. Gen. Joe Wheeler was in
troduced by Gen. Gordon as the hero
of Santiago and the wizard of the Con
foderacy.
General Wheeler declared that he
military history of the Southern people
has been a prominent fuature in his
tory from the first settlement of this
country. He cited Washington and the
other Southern commanders of the
revolution, Winfield Scott and Andrew
Jackson and the other heroes of the
war of 1812. the Southern generals who
won fame in the war with Mexico. Of
the war between the States he said :
" The battle-scarred veterans, who dur
ing the four years of bloody warfare
dazzled the world with the splendor of
their heroism, are fast passing away.
The few who romain gather annually
to renew the friendship, which, formed
among such scones, is the warmest and
most enduring. No grouter heroes
were iu the legions led by Alexander,
[lannibal, Charlemagne or Napoleon,
for your achievements excelled all
theirs.
He declared that Southern states
men and soldiers had ever been fore
most in the enlargement of our coun
try, particularly in wresting from the
wild Indians a great territory. Ile de
clared for the annexation ef Cuba.
l General Wheeler concluded by a
tribute to the women of the Confeder
acy as follows:
"Although some of those blessed
women are still with us, many more
have long since gone to their reward,
but they have rocked In cradles the
principles, minds and characters wic,
are to control the future of their be
loved land. The thought which I wish
to impress upon the minds of the gen
eration to whom we must soon intrust
a sacred charge, for the Confederate
soldier's race Is nearly run, and the in
junction which I would leave with
your sons and daughters--for the
daughters have the nobler part, and I
know they will faithfully perform it
is this:
"See to it th at the women of the
Confederacy havo, in their posterity, a
monument more lasting than any that
could be built of stone."
The W innie Davis memorial services
were the feature of the day's session.
CoGn Capcro made thu prayer. "Nearer,
my God, to Thee," was sung. Mr's.
Jelferson Davis was not at the re-union,
being ill.
.The JeiTerson' Daivis Monument comn
mittee recommended that all fundis
p raied should be3 consolidated with the
- funds raised by the D~aughters of the
I Confederacy and be disbursed under
ftheir direction.
I A magnificent silken Ilag was pre
.sented during the morning to the Uni
3 ted Confeder ate voterans by the Daugh
fLers of the Confederacy of chapter No.
1 4, Charleston. The p)resentation
speech was delivered by General Wade
r Hampton. Gen. Gordon replied in
I acceptIng "this sacred hlag which has
- never been stainedl and which shall
e ver be borne by loving hands and wor
sh~ipp~ed by loyal hearts."
Gen. Hiampton resigned the com
- mand of the Army of Northern Vir.
ginla on account of his increasing
inirmities, saying he would go inte
the ranks as a private.
A letter was r'oad from Gen Ftzt-.
hugh Loe expressing regrets that he
could not attend the re-union. J1W
- utics in Cuba were prossing and the
I quarantine laws forbade him entering
any Southern port at this season.
The report of the committee on cr
dentials shows the following represcn.
.tation :Virginia dlivlsion, 7 eamps,
102 delegates ; Maryland division, 19
camps, 20 delegates ; North Carolnm
d ivisIon, 5>0 cam ps, 98 delegates ; South~
.Carolina division, 125 camps, 229 dole
I gates ; Kentucky division, 419 camps,
$ 9 delegates ; West Virginia d ivis
ion, 21 camp~s, 22 delegates ; Trun.
-nessee division, 2 camps, 15 delogates
Indiana, 1 camp, 2 delegates ; Georgia
-120 camps, 228 delegates ; Alabama
101 camps, 122 delegates ; 'Tenneasseco
t 7.2 campjs, 115 delegates ; Mislsissippi,
i h ~anm ps, 95 dolegates ; Louisiana, 5t
.campsr, 127 dlegates ; LFloridla, 30
-camups, 47 delegatcs ; Missouri, 71
,camp4s, 5~3 dllegabtem ; Teas 234 camps
.2h7 delegates: Oklahoma, 17 caps
p delegate-s: Indian Territory, 21 camps
e 13 delegata : P rkansas division, '70
camifps, il)ii degates; Paif ic division
y 5 camps, 13 dlele~gates,
e Maj. Wmn. Ml. ltolbns, the Confedor
.ate member o)f trhe Gettysburg .Nation
e al Park commission and ex-congres.
I man from Louisiana, offered the follow -
ing resolution, wbich was referred to
the committee on resolutions :
"Whereas, the government of the
United States has undertaken and is
rushing forward the work of porna
nently marking the lines and positions
of the troops of both the contending
, armies on several great battlefields of
the Civil war, among them Gettysburg.
Chickainauga, Shiloh, Vickkburg and
others, with the design of making these
battlefields permanont memorials of
the prowess of American soldiers with
o.ut respect of section;
Ilosolved, That we, as Confederate
voterans, sympathize with and com
mend this patriotic purpose of the
government and will lend our influence
and aid towards its full realizi.tion.
Itusolved that we trust the people of
the Southern States will take early
and cTective steps to orect upon these
battlelloilds suitablo monuments In
honor of our glorious heroes in gray
who fought and died for what they be
lieved to be right.
Resolved, That we rejoice with our
brethren throughout the Union that
tl. sectional discord of other days is
ended and that we atrc a reunited peo
ple, with one country and one flag.
Several hours were spent b3 the
committee in discussing Gen. Lee's
resolution relative to iederal care of
Confederate dead- A compromise was
agreed on expressing the willingness
of the veterans to have the govern
ment keep the graves of the Southern
dead in the North and about Federal
prisons, stating that the woman of the
South would properly prcserve and
decorate those in the South.
The uniform adopted by Camp Sum
ter, of Charleston, and by other camps,
and frequently to be seen at the re
union is that of the '.I onfedorato pri
vate in the ranks. It Is of original
co'or and material, as nearly as can be,
a few hundred yards only being pro
curable in this country. It consists of
plain sack and pants, with black braid ;
a black felt hat, with gold tassol and a
palmotto cane, the latter being em
blematical of the "spear boaten into a
pruning hook." There are no distine
tions as to rank, that of being a Con
federate Veteran being sufliclent dis
tinction for all.
Miss Mamic Randolph Iloth, of
Washington, is the chief sponsor for
the Veterans. Miss Marie Wagoner,
of Charleston, is chief sponsor for the
Sorm of Veterans. Miss Mary Carwile,
daughter of Gen. T. W. Carwilo. of
Edgeliold, is sponsor for the South
Carolina division of Veterans, and Miss
Aldrich, of Barnwell, is sponsor for the
South Carolina division Sons of Veto
rans.
Wednesday was South Carolina Me
morial Day and many veterans and
visitors went to Magnolia comotery,
where exercises were held and all
graves of Confederato soldiers were
decorated.
The special Confederate Reunion edi
tion of the News aud Courier issued
Wednesday was a notable achlevment.
Tnc original scession cannon was in
the lead of the parade Wednesday.
1R IDAY-TIlE FINAL SESSION.
The last day's proccodings of the
reunion convention were quite lively
and there were eeveral exciting epi
.odes.
The report of the historical commit
tee was read and adopted and the com
mittee was unanimously thanked by
the convention for its splendid work
and ardous labor.
The resolution on the care of Confed
crate graves was amunded by the com
mittee on resolutions and reported on
as follows:
" Your committee to whom was re
forred the resolution introduced by
General S. D. Lee, bogs to report the
following substitute, with the recom
mendation of the committee that the
same be adopted:
" The United Confederate Veterans
in their reunion assembled desir-e to
place uponr record their sincere applro
elation of the utterance of the l'rcsident
of the United States in Atlanta in Do
comber last concerning the assunmp
tion of the care of the gravos of our
Confederate dead by the nattoa gov
.ernmwent.
" We appreciate every kindly senti
ment expresseid and we shall w~'lcomo
any legislation which shall result in
in the care of the graves of our com
rades in the Northern States of our
govern meat.
" In -egard to our dead whose re
mains are resting in the States which
were represented in the Confederacy
and Maryland, the care of their final
resting places is a1 sacred trust dear to
the hearts of the Southern women, and
we believe we carn safely let It remain
there."
isov. Taylor Martin, of Pulaski, Va.,
chaplain of Creathanm camp, sp)okL
against the adoption of the rel~ort ano
declared the convention had nothing
to do with the fnatter. 11e said the
veterans had nothing to do with any
suggestion of the president and they
would never be placed In the attitude
of being under oblhgations to the gov
ern ment that slew Southern men. lie
said the dead heroe would rather lie
in unmuar-ked graves kept green by
loyal Southern women than sleep be
neath the costliest monument the F'ed
oral government could erect. We will
never eot the government, care for
those sacred graves until we have lost
faith in Souther-n woman hood and
Southern fidelity and chivalry passes
away," he said.
MIr. HI. Ilusboo, of North CarolIn a,
deulared in a spirited zpeech that It
would 1)e a discourtesy to the chief of
the nation and aL disgrace to the Con -
federacy if the reo)(rt was not ad(opted
as received fromt the commiinittee. le
said lhe was a Confuder'ate, soldlier buimt
is now a citiz.en oif the United States
and loyal to its flag.
The adoption of the report, ho said(,
meant the Southborn womien would al -
ways decorate and care for thbe graves
in the South, hbut, that the graves in
the North, wvher-e no0 .outhern women
lived, would he careod for by the gov
ernment,, rather thanm to go) uncared
for.
General Stephen 1). Lee spoke for
the adoption of his orig I nal report ho
port, before It was amended by the
committee, accepiting the utterance of
President McKinley and declaring the
North and South attain a reunited
coun11try.
Dr. J1. L. M. Curry addressod the
convention, reviewing the conalition
that caused the war, declaring th
was no rebellion and no rebels, bu
tight for principles and right. I
speech created wild enthusiasm.
said the heroism of the Southern i
men had never been oven apprc
Inately approached in the history
tih world. His speech was one of I
distiuct features of the reunion.
"'he report was adoptod by ai alm
unanimous voto amid great applau
The communication sent by I
Vicksburg chapter of United Daug
ers of the Confederacy Inl regard to 1
p-urch8ase of I icauvoir, the for'me'r
sidl rice of P'residont )avis, was
ported up1)onl Without )rIejutdico or
commendation. This was carried.
The report on the Winnil l)avis e
tage resolution which carried una
iimoisly wag as follows :
" llaving learned with pleasuro
the schome to honor the memOry
tne Daughters of the Con federacy
buikirang at the orplhanago near lii
Va , a cottage to ho naLmned the Winl
Davis cottage and to be dCvOted to t
care of orphansof Confederate soldii
and their descendants.
lI c'olved, That we regard this
anl appropriate and graceful tributeu
our lamniented dead lad commn10d it,
the symin pathy and 11 ppo rt of OUr 1
The ri-solution to change the nar
of te assUciatiol of the Unitted Ct
federate Voterans to the Con feder',i
Sur vivors' association was not report
faIvoIahly by the commi initteO, and t
v'ets voted 0li(y11 against, any chao
of ntaimte.
Th-'e r'esol ution tiat futiur riO
be hlid inl any state o' city coiiposi
the Confederate States of A merica a
that the Confederate hlag he recogniz
as the national standarI'd was lost
anitnously. Thanks wero tenler
Columbus, 0., for the care of Conf
crate grave there.
The election of ollicors for the t
suing year resulted as follows : G(
oral .lohn B. Gordon. commander
chief; General Wade Hlampton, co
mander of the department, of Nortl
Virginia; General Stephen 1). i4
commander department of Tentnesse
General Cabell, commind.er dpa
ment irans-Mississii.
General Gordon said that nothi
was dearer than the demonstrated ft
that hi, com ratio, loved him and i
contidlce lIn him. " God pless y(
boys,'" he said. General Gordon a
IouIced that there were Con fedora
Veteran camps inl Boston. Chical
New York, and Columus, Ohio.
the earth's ours, boys," he added.
General C. A. Evans, president
the twustees of the battlo abbey, re
the annual report, in which it appel
that satisfaetory arrangements v
heing mado in IeicimUIioId for the bui
ings and that Mr. HZouss comimCI
Itichniond for the sito and annoam
he is prepared fully tocarry out his p
of the enterprise. The trustees repi
that only $-46i,000 of the $200,0110 is Ia
irg, and it is believed this will
raised during the present year.
It, was decided to hold thbe next
union in Louisville, Ky. An olie
invitation from Norfolk, Va., to ht(
the next re-union there was rei
South Carolina, North Carolina. Get
gia, N ississippi and Texas went sol id
for Louisville and the nomination wy
made unanimous.
lesolutions were adopted thanki
Charleston and South Carolina for t
generous hospitalities extended vI
erans.
The convention adjourned sine a
at 2:15 ). m.
The selection of a com mander for t
Sons of Veterans was the occasion a
peculiar fight in that body. The So
Carolina delegation nomiated I t.
Lee, Jr., which aroused the Virgini
who declared Mr. L.e was a resid
of Washington and (lid not belong I
(amp until be reachedl Chiariest
'The Virginians nominated Mr. Smay
for .'c-eiection but he declined. '
Virginians and Georgians nom ina
Walter CoIlquitt, of Atlanta. The v
was not an noun ced, the chair imi
stating that, Mr. Coiquitt had b
elected.
--Soimo queer claIms arc in
agaInst the government. A Chic
man named Taylor asked Congress
several bessions to give him $100,
for having suggested to [President Ii
coin the idea of Issuing greenbat
One Colonel d'Arnaud made repea
demands for $50,000 for having shc
General Grant, how to capture the to
of Paducah, Ky. An Iowa man wani
$3l50 for cutting corns off sailors a
soldiers durIng the rebellIon ; aunoth
from Now York wanted $25 for a pl
of trousers v.'hich were eaten oil
clothes tIne by a government, goat:
fellow in MI Innesota i'eqluestedi the si
of $550) for a sky- blue horse taken
the soldilert ; the soum of $50) wot
satisfy an Ilihnois maan for a calf wivI
he says the cattle i nspoector killed
puatti ng a briass tag through hiIais no:
causi ng blood poison . The.re are aria
just such claims coining f'rm eve
State in thbo unionbr.
-The Washai ngton correspond ent,
the Columbla leecord says : "'Althu
J1as. W. Tel bert is a l'eiieral ollici
hioldli ng the position of porstmiaster,
the pos5t(ollICe departrimont, so far as e
be ascer'tainedl, it is not, believed th
the diepartirment was behaind hIrm in I
recent prosecution of the ci tizenre
McCormick. Several of the postofl
olhicials, whto have been seen, de
that they were in any way con nect
wIth the case, and they say that TJ
bor't proscuted it mit hais own inrs.t~an,
O)flicials at the depar'tment, of juasti
also assert that, tire lederal amthiant
were not back of 'Toilbertt, nad that t
goivernmnent at Washingtona had nio
ing to with it."
'-Admiral Schuley i-s a mnahratai~i
who can do most, of hris work w itha<
tihe aid of paper. In [Livermpool, sro
years ago, ito trlumanphan tly bcs teal
ptrofesisional "Iligh tining caluknlatr
who wast exihiiing therci
h~intamnts are asa ile-iful as -pl
lIemnember that a hot oif dtr'. ad a lal
(do nut mamke a lini ,rrr . There! mst
siiciee in the choarog nd the n' iin
the varihous i ngrectbnts in .rdtir to. proi
a liniment that reah'es the lpot and( tal.
orlt rhe artar. *(Get the're aivene11 isn e
of thIe st.ronga points. A llnatrra Iaiimm
Ipenetdrates, that paut' it- heali rn' lpower
the~ very root, of ti t raouble. It cii
tall pain.
Lio TIII CONIPfE1iDitATIC SOLDIEit.
t a
', W An liloquont Picture of tlo Mlln
1e Whm Foughat at Chickamnaaga.
xi. The handsome monument orocted on
of the battle field by the State of Georgia
,ho to commenorate the deods of its sons
who fought at Oh ickamauga was
)t dedicated on the 4th inst. The orator
se. of the Occasion was; Maj. J. C. C. Black,
,e of Augusta, and from l his notable address
hit- wo give horo with a gem of oratory in
,o which ho ldescribes with beauty and
r-e- putlas the record and achiovuments of
re- tho Utomfedorate soldior :
re- This monutnent-no imonuruont, is
needed to perpotuato the recorid of the
at. Confederato soldier. The most enodur
ni- ing work of human hands may purish.
That record shall livo. It shall livO
of in histo'y and poetry, lin song and
of li.tion. That, story, brief as it is, so
by Iief that leasured by time it l,
), searcely a syllah 0 in Lno great volume
j, of hu1n1an events, is the he0ritago of the
lao world. The glory of his suferings
rs anti uc achovemlents belong to mankind.
It shall not he diminishod by the lapse
s of years, nor is it, tarnished by thu
to ause which Inspired himl). Let it be
to stated again 1am reitorated, until tho
o trittlh is ack nowledged, that he di n hot,
go to war to perpetuate ha unain slavery.
, I ared lin thLe pimrsuits of peace, he
n waS not a prof ssional, hut a citizen
ta soldier. Sordid gold neither bribed
nor temotud him. No merconary
b, motive prompted or sustained lil'
Nei tler t glory nor spoils of con
Q6uest, tired his ambition. The Ilame
I):; that burned in Ihis breast was kindled
jg upon Is COunL)try's altar, and his costly
md oller'i ngs of sacrilieo and suferings
ed of life and fortuone-wero laid on his
n. country's shrine. lo wias ni traltor.
ed lie did not take up arms to 01)1)os
d. either the form or principlos of the
government-for these wero proserved
. in tlhe supremo law of the new Con
m- federacy. He was not disloyal to the
IJnion under the constitution. le
- loved witlh devotion the principles
r upon which that Union was founded,
,0, as embodied in that constitution, and
e he cherished it with inherited devo
rt- tion, for I is ancestors had kept faith
with overy purpose for which it was
jig established. It was ordained " to form
et a more perfect Union"-their blood
ad had cemented the foundations of that,
m Union, and no work on that maagnill
m- cent structure was more polished and
at enduring than that wrought by them ;
, to establish justice"-they had never
li demanded that which wias not theirs
by moral and legal right, and only
of asked for themselves what they fully
ad conce(odUd to otle's ; to Insure do
Is mustic atranquilt y ''--they never
re meddle with the domestic affairs of
i- any other state " to provide for
ads the conmon defene:" in every
les war on land or sea, the best and
irt bravest of them had curried the coun
Irt try's lag ; "to secure for ourselves and
kIt. our posterity the blessings of liberty "
be -every Irotest they uttered against
Pederal encroachmmei L was in the in
..- terest of the rights of tho people and
ia Lmtb equality ol the Statos.
Id lie revered the naames and memaorIles
6d. of tIe fathers of tho republic. Why
wI- shol [d ho not, ? They were his fath
ly as. le cherished with patriotic pride
as the glories of taut republic. Whay
should lho not, ? lie was akin to the
ag man1 who lud achieved them. IHis
he forefathers, too, had lIed from persecu
it- tion. They, too, had helped to subdue
the savage alnd the wilderness, and
ie urect and open for aull the world a now
holi f'r redoam. Ie knelt at the
altars on which they lit the fires of a
he civil and religious liberty. ly the
f ai graves of thur dead, on the spot once
ii criansoned and forever Iallowed by
E. their blood, Georgia declares that her
ias sOns who h'Ur fought were not, traitors.
at 'o the aniIitary student who may
0 ai coaiae hither' to study thbe :art of waur;
aaa. to th e travelue w lao may be attactedi
the haere to visit the fiold of a gareat baittle;
'i.e to whlomaever- muay look up ion it in th is
ted aind tbe generaionus that follow, by
(ate thais token of pr'ide and aill ection Gecor
ply gia pr'oclaimis that no stain of treason
een dtilus the recor'd of haer sons who wVere
mnia'shalle d on Lthis or any othea' ield.
CJover'ed with the wounds of war, be
ieguan and caarried on In defense of groat
parinciples, witlhout, a scar of dishonor,
ioour (Confederacey I ell and libearty stood
for wepn at, the girave of her youngest
ain. an fairest daunghteir. Ouir peerless
m aailtairy chieftaln taught us that "' hu
a nan virtue shiouid be eqgual to humaan
wnd calhami ty," and In ahsorcntittin
l oearnlng the Illustrious naamo of
ed Loo--groateor than which was nover
ndo written in tho annals of war, and lit
or( for suach comnpanaonship-was joined
r witha that oif Washington. Our great
ar civil loader, saustained by consciousa re
a etituado, in d ignfield sllence, in maijustic
apatIence, stood amIdst, the r'utns of
abya hopelS hae ha ad mnost, airdently cherished,
1)3 anad taaugh t, uas tlhaat hoanman i irtue could
cheo qual to huan cailaimity I
e, --Theare lire mnagnif icent churches in
ray ti s country, baut no0thing to comnpar-e
ry with thae Chaur-ch of Oura Saviour, in
MoI~scow, wh Ich cost more than any
othbor churic h ini the wvoldI. it war
buallt to ce lebriat, the dlelivorance of
of Moscow from thea tl'rench, aind $1,000,
ht (000 wais spen t, on it. l''roam all parits of
3r, thae city thae gold-palaited dome oif the
at ohuarcha can be seen. It, stands just, out
anl side oif thebI a-cman. Th ''e altar cost,
at, half a inillionm. It is a combInatIon of
as maarble eatrvinrgs, pa'eciouas stones, gol
aif den iconas aind -d I yva' ornaments. Sacred
le paai anigs al so adoruan it.. NI no huond rod
ny Iaaoundu aof gold vwere necessary to cover
al thae graeait adoma-over $ 1,000,000 worth.
( hI Unader the cup1 ol as I, 2011 golden candle(
~(aba hold alhl saimno number of cand les
ce andal iIthae ve.,smals used in thae services
heb 'he prlieasts are of pur'e gold. T'en
ha' thaou.-anda peroile can he admitted to the
h-a ehaurach searvices- wIthout crowding.
--TIhe Mairy Washington colonial
ahapIllterl of the Dlaughters of the I.s0
aauticih celebraited the 110th ainnivor
al( s.ary of thae tnauaguration of Georgo
r, Washaington, as first oresident of tne
Unitedl Staites by unveolIng ai tablet to
araak the presidentlial reidenco of
Geaorge Washington, at No. I Cherry
"at street, whaich sIte is now occup)Ied by
be one of the stone ill airs of the New
o:f .York and Braook lyn bridge. The tablet
a-m is bronze aund nmrasures 20 by 20) inchecs,
as haaving ona it In ared letters a sultaublo In
ne0 scriptlon
lit I-[hla governm nat dellcit for the first,
rem ten months of I ho uiscal year, as shown
by the April report Is $100,000,000.
THE
NEW
STORE.
raws Like A Magne!
ThIH store is undoubtedly an attrac
ion; Now Goods, Good Goods, Stylish
loods at the prices we name will never
aill to attract the attention of the pub
le. Not one special article thrown out
s a "catcher,' but every item in the
tore marked at a price that defies
ndorsellibg for like qualitins. The
hain is never stronger than its weak
At link, and the business success of
iny store can be measured by the con
idonce the public has in that business.
Summer is Here!
.n dead earnest. You fool like getting
nto strictly summer apparel. Our
issortment of those pretty, dainty,
Ahcor qualities of Organdles, Dimities,
Lawns, Ginghams, etc., is unmatch
Ablo-every pattern a now one. Big
values in all classes of White Goods,
Lawns, Organdles, Dimities, P'K and
Sw issos, Prench NaInsook, &c.
Our Hosiery Department, also
Underwear is very strong.
Our Shoo Departmeont
You will find the trustworthy kind
every pair new. Prices entirely
economical, in buying for our jobbing
as well as our retail department we are
onable to buy cheaper than any shoe
man in Grcenville.
f Itemember we are agents for the
celobrated McCall .Bazar Patterns, price
10 and 15 cents.
Aake it a polit to visit the Now Store
ut the first opportunity, at J. 1. Alorgan &
lIrother's old stand.
MAHON & ARNOLD,
'I Uppor Main St. OR EENVir,LE.
rli.i mono CoMING HOME.-Admi
al Dewey is to be relieved from duty
n tho Philippines, after over a year s
rallant service. Aiiuiral Watson will
ucceed him. The navy department
iow expects that he will roach this
,ountry early In July, though it is
itated that he will not leave Manila
intil he has completed his functions as
)no of the Philippine commission at
east to the extent of terminating
bostilities. Bly an old custom of
the department an admiral is allow
ad to return to the United States
it the end of his tour of service
an a foreign station in his own flagship
and In the present case Admiral Dewey
may choose his own coarse, coming
either by way of Suez or directly
across the l'acific. New York and
other cities have begun to prepare
elaborate welcome ceremonies and
memorable ollicial ceromonies are con
tompllated.
Tii ~El FlISr TELEG RAPLI POLEs. -It
may not be known that the gentleman
who sold the p)olOs which were used in
erecting the first telegraph line in
the world lives in Greenwood County.
Hie was at the time living in Washing
ton city. Hie came south before the
war broke out and was among the first
to shoulder his musket and march to
the front. He lives at New Market
three miles from Greenwood, where
ho is engaged in fairming. The gen
tleman to whom we refer Is Mr. John
it. Moore, Sr. Thore is not a better or
I more substantial eitizen in the State.
We hope to Induce him to write an
Article for us on this subject.--Green
wood JIournal.
-M r. W. Bayari Day, a member of
,he Pennsylvania legislative commit
coo, has written to the Secretary of
Itate asking informnation as to the son
imnent of the people of this State in
eferonce to the election of Senators
y the people. Mr. Cooper Informed
imn that the people here heartily
avored the Idea, as is shown by the
act that they have practically adopted
~hat plan by electing by primary.
A~n agitation has boon started in Penn
Lylvania to change manner of choosing
United States Senators and there is a
Jecided sentiment in favor of it in.
Eluced no doubt by the corruptive
charges incident to the recent Quay
contest.
--["rank Grionit, editor of the Mary
yillo, Mo., D~aily Itoview, was shot
doad last week by a man whom he had
attacked in his paper. Ho had three
daughters all of them under 20, and
since his death they have taken charge
of thes paper, writing, editing, typeset-.
ting and printing it themselves.
SASTOR IA
i'rInfants and Children,
The KInd You Have Always Bought
B3ears the
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