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Spec al Reuniot VtyL. 1? NO. tU. Weekly, Established IMO; Dally, Jea.lt, 19?I. B I -:- THE SM WS?AM "Forsooth, it may delight thee ^?Hip^M hereafter to remember these things." If?||?| Thus wrote Virgil of the soldiers of Wtf^P^l Aeneas. The sweetest memories are ^S^^^^ those of travail, illumined by love, lt ^^^^^m? delights the Confederate soldiers to J?lgf! gather to discuss the days in which they ^???1???? followed the "Starry Cross" until the setting. And it delights Anderson to entertain the old soldiers of South ^?si^??sfl? Carolina this year upon the occasion of ?^ iliS?s?l their annual reunion for Anderson gave jpjg g^^y of her noblest sons to the cause of lib gg^w* For all time, those who have en countered hardships together, . those who have trudged together along the weary marches, those who have stood ^^^^^^^^^^^^^j^^^^^^^^^^^^^m Urie ?? ; B? ''. ?' 'M Y/!.K> IKIV^ ;:.-;] the ??est be th* tte that wnfla captured booty, have loved to as our heart* m n?re; semble, and, recounting their hardships The fellowship o? kindred mimte 7 ? r ia like to thafc above and pleasures cast a tear for the equally Before our Father ? throne brave ones who fell along the line, we pour our ardent prayers; There is no comradeship like that Our fears, our honet? our alms are one . , , ? ? oar comforts and our cares of the men who have stood together in . , battle where "death saluted them." We share our mutual woes ... our mutu?i burdens bear Whatever differences may hive existed And ott for each other, flows . ' ' V j/". , ? pur sorrow ami our tears along other lines, this tie could not be when we asunder part ? severed. The sv.> /ivors meet together "*/??.Ki?S^ not only for the pleasure to themselves, And hope to meet ?gain DUt to sing to the praises of those who Tb> glorious hop? revive? marched "to de^th gaily as a festival." our conroge ny the way History records civil war in all lands While each in expectation lives ... xt_ Ami longa to ?ce the day and ages, but none to compare with the Km?, sorrow, toil ?nd pa.?. War of Secession, in the gigantic scale AM sin we ehaii be tree Upon which it was waged. On one side And perfect love and friendship reign . ... . , , ThrouBh un eternity the total enlistment was overtwo and one-half millions, agal.ist only six hun dred thousand on *he other; while the deaths from ali causes on the side of 1 , , , ? I ? I ?' 'll ll? i Number, Complimenta I.." Vi "1,111 i ,.."?.n m. i i, ,?M . ANDERSON, S. C., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 26, 19 -r-T--. 'r!*7&ls&y '," ?"? . KlT'd?f?ffE Ri the victors amoAinted to nearly four hundred thousand^ against two hun dred thousand on the side of the van quished. But the great difference between the civil war of the United States and those of all other countries, tests upon the course p?rsu^fcy both victors and vanquished, af ter the close of hostilities The terms of surrender were honorable and even liberal. CK course there were men on both sides: who were , zealous i . i^k^Hrl ' .SSV- ?5? Hr WONUMENT AT ANDERSON Built by the Efforts of the. Women of City and Coun'/ ---~-. and extreme, but the good judgment of the majority on both sides made it pos sible for all who had fought the gov ernment to exercise the full rights of citizenship under that government within a very few years after the final surrender; all, save one, for President fi ry to the |/. C. V. PAGES 1 to 8 1914 14. PRICE FIVE CENTS $5.00 PER ANNUM Jefferson Davis was never permitted to again become a citizen of the republic which he had previously served with signal ability. One may search in vain for any oth er country in which monuments boldly hold high their hf?ads, in commemora tion pf those who lost in a cviil struggle and yet in the United States today one may go to one hundred and fifty cities grateful tributes to those who defended the Lost Cause. In this reunited coun try there are Confederate monuments in five States which did not secede, one in Chicago and one in New York City. In other land? the vanquished dar ed not assemble save with tfre utmost a ri w ** re v rr?f t ?$I *- '.Si 5? ^r: hat brave women, "without vvhoss heroic, devotion no such s^ri?gg?e could have been possible, began ar-~ ranging to care for the graves of their dead ones, and not long thereafter the local organizations of former soldiers began forming. Now there is no Con federate grave known in all the South whereon a flower is not placed at least once a year by these loving hands. And the President of this reunited country of ours is a son of a Confedrate sympathizer and spent his boyhood in the city where Secesson- was cradled. It was with Anderson troops that the brother-in-law of th? present chief executive of the reunited nation served in the armies of the Confederacy. We believe that the first reunion of Confederate survivors was held in this county, in a few weeks after the surren der. Should auld ncqaatntaflut. be io. And never brought to mind? Should auld acaualntanee be fot, And the days of Auld Lan* Syne CHQR?8. For Auld Lang Syn? ,my dear, For Auld Laug Syne, We'll take a eup of kindness yet. For Auld Lang Sync, We tent ba'e run about the braca, And pu'd the gowans ?he, And we've wandered many a weary foot ... Sin* Auld I*ng Syne , v ?yC f : ' We twa ha'e paidtet I' the burn From morning sun till1 dine; But aeas between ua braid ha'e roared Sin' Auld Lang Syne And there's a hand, my trusty friend' And gle's a band o' tbibe. And we'll tak ea right gude willie1 weight For Auld Lang Syne, And Burely you'll be your pint-atouo And surely I'll be mine. ? And we'll take a cup o' kindness yat For Auld Lan? Brno,