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OYAL DAUGHTERS ATTAIN OBJECT IN RAISING SHAFT TO SOWS HEROES After Three Years Sufficient Fund For a Monumenment at Clinton was Raised by Stephen D. Lee Chapter, U. D. C. How the campaign was conducted. Clinton, January 17.?The erection of a Confederate monument on the public square of Clinton was the first and dearest aim of thy ladles of Clin ton, who organized the Stepheu D. I.rf;e chapter, U. D. C. The first observance of memorial Day ever held in this town was Under the auspices of this chapter May 11, 1907; and it was a red-letter day in the history of the town. On that day, unsolicited, three gentlemen turned civer to the president of the chapter the nest o^gs of the monument fund. Mr. Watts W. Davis was the first, and his dollar heads a long list of con tributions. The second contributor was Mr. R. Z, Wright, and Dr. .1. W. Davis was third. After that the fund view fast. The ladles of the chap ter organized plans for a series of hose efforts to minister to the inner man by which women everywhere raise their gifts to public undertak ings. They also assessed themselves a dollar a year, until the monument should be paid for, in addition to reg ulat* dues. In Dee. i!io7 the chapter reported, in Ps first report to the general con vention, $100.26 on the monument fund. After the first year the fund grew more slowly, hut by the beRin ning of 1010 the members saw the end clear before them and resolved to order the monument. Agents from a number of companies come before them and submitted de signs. The ladies finally nettled on the Walling Granite Company of Hion. S. C, partly because they preferred South Carolina stone, but chiefly at the request of Mr. J. C. Smith, a mar ble dealer of this town, who purchases from the Walling Company. Mr. Smith offered to forego his commis sion and staked his reputation on the satisfactory filling of the order if It were awarded to his company Mr. Smith is a member of It. S. Ow >uh Camp of veterans and the ladies wel comed his cooperation. The order for the monument was _ given in August. 1010. It was hoped that the unveiling exercises and pre sentation lo the town could be held Thanksgiving Day, hut the contractors found It impossible to get It ready. Then Secession Day, Dec. 20th, was considered. Hut the ceremonies were not arranged, for fear the work would not be completed in time. And it was on Dec. 21st, 1010 at noon that the monument was formally delivered Into the possession of the Stephen D. Lee chapter. The committee to whom the secur ing of designs and the purchase were entrusted consisted of the following: Mrs. P. McD. Kennedy, chairman. Mrs. J, 1. Copeland, Mrs. W. 13, Fair, Mrs. B. L. King, Mrs. R. L. Wright. Miss Maude Pearson. These ladies, together with the president of Steph en 1). Dee chapter, Mrs. W. B. Owens, and Mrs. A. E3. Spencer, treasurer, In. spected the work and expressed their satisfaction and pride 111 it. The formal acceptance papers wore signed and the first payment was made by the treasurer. $1.000 in (ash and notes for $()00.00 Description of Monument? The monument is made of WillllB boro granite. Rising from a nine loot base a square shaft rises twenty-nine feet in the air and upholds in a crown of laurel a cannon ball. Can non balls rest on the four corners of the pedestal. The carving of the raised designs and lettering is extremely nrtlstic, the work of an expert. The monument Is placed in the square between 5Jain, Broad, and Musgrove streets and the railroad. The side facing Broad street bears the inscription: "Our Confederate Heroes," and, lower down. "Lost we Forget.'' Above the inscrip tion is a beautifully carved laurel wreath enclosing the letters, ('. S. A. I Higher up, on the shall, is a Confed erate Hag. The opposite side, lacing MUSgrOVO* Street, hears a similar Hop and below it the Inscription, "Fleet ed by Stephen D. Lee chapter. I!H0." CLINTON AT THE CLOSE OF THE WAR AND NOW The Clinton of today would not have been dreamed of at the close of <ii<- war tiip town was not oven a full-fledged village thou and had no reputation. Now it hears a reputation among the towns of South Carolina which is a credit to Laurons county. In population It has grown from about L'OO inhabitants to ?.0O0 or more, if estimates are to be trusted. This population in the early days was made Up of a few families drawn to this point by the building of the Richmond and Danville railroad. Now there are two mill villages, Thornwell Orphanage, and the Presbyterian col lege, in addition to the regular popu lation, Nearly forty Arms transact nier oHatnlle business here. There are. Ihree banks, each prosperous and sol id, Bailey's Dank, M. s. Hniiey. pres ident; the First National Hank, of Ol in ton, capitalized at $r>o,000, J. fl. Cralg, president; the commercial Rank of Clinton, capital $35,000, J. D. Hell, president. The City Building and Loan Asso ciation, secretary I*. 1!. Hoyd. end the Mutual Building and Ix>an asso ciation, secretary J. D. Hell, have been helpful factors in the upbuilding of the town. There are two wholesale grocery companies, the Dixie Flour and Grain Company and the Milling (Jrocery com pany. Tue Clinton Oil nnd Mnnufac'urlng Company, president. Dr. II. L Todd. is a big enterprise. A big fertilizer plant is now build ing nderU the same mam ...erneut. Among the manufacturering estab lishments are: The Clinton Ice nnd Fish company; the Clinton Carriage and Garage Works, i. F Milnm owner; Ihe I). B. Tribble Lumber company; A. B. Blakely's shops; Benjamin and Copeland's shops. There arc publlahed In the (own two weekly newspapers, the Gazette, w. J. Dondy. editor and the Chronicle, W W. Harris, editor, and three mag W. P. Jacobs editor, and azin?s, the Thornwcll Messenger, edi ted by the Rev, w. P. Jacobs and the Rev. J. B. Branch; Our Monthly, edited by the Rev. Dr. Jacobs; the Gospel Forum, edited by Ihe Rev. C, Lewis Fowler, Besides these I Jacobs Is sues bi-monthly a publication called Orphan Work and the First Presby terian church publishes overy Sunday morning a leaflet, the Weekly church News. There are four religious denomina tion in the town all occupying build ings creditable to their meant' and numbors. **** I A RARF; DISTINCTION One little girl who will take part in the unveiling ceremonies tomor row has the distinction to he the great-granddaughter of the first man who signed the Ordinance of Secession. She Is Miss Jean Wright, daughter of Mrs. George Wright, who is a daughter of Mrs. Oeorge White of Ab beville, who Is a daughter of the late Col. T. C. Perrlll. Col. Perrin, in bo half of Abbeville county, was the first man to affix his signature lc the Or-1 [dinance of Secession. CLINTON MEN ?S OFFICERS IN CONFEDERATE WAR COMPANIES < apt. Liiiitrsloii, Captain D. Ii M. l^ingston >\a- horn on the lOnoree side of Laurons county near Lnilgston's eiiureh in November, is:: i. He removed to Clinton In lv, i and ? ugngod in ijie nicrchuntlle husl ni'ss with eCJorge r Copolnml under the llrrn inline of Copelnnd Langston This business lie carried on suec ss fully unlil the beginning Of th< war when he volunteered his services to his State. In ISM he assisted in or ganizing Company i. Brd s. c. volun teers and was elected 1m. Ik-Uti until of his company. He served ) nthls Capacity until the company was re organized in ISC2, when he was elect ed captain. At the battle of H:iwn;.''s Station in June 1862 he was wounded three time and there was little hope of his recovery. However he was broght home and receiving careful attention, sufficiently recovered to join his command in January 18(5!). W ith his former wounds scarcely healed. Io was killed at Gettysburg in July ISfin while in command of his regiment, he being tin- ranking captain mid his superior officers disabled, Capt. Langston participated in all the engagements of his company ex cept those from June 'C2 to January T?M whep he was at Ik Pie wounded !!? was conspicuous for his gallantry. Ho was a man of charming person ality and splendid business ipialilica Hons and possessed a host of friends. He was si descendant of the celebrated Dicey L?ngsten of Revolutionary fame and his family contributed a number Of heroes to the Confederate cause. One son. Mr. Vancey LnngSton Of Seneca. South Carolina survives him. ( apt. William .1. I.cake. Capt. l^-ake entered the service April 1801 as 1st lieutenant. Co. I?. 1st Cav alry. Hampton's Brigade. W hen Capt, N'lles Nesblt was killed he Wni ninde Cnptulii -tinl ?cmmnndcd the compnuy until the (lose of the war. surrender ing at Greensboro. N. C. April I. I s65. He is I ?. i) in the Clin' >?. ? ??> i V. Cnptnln Raid. s. One us. Capt. Owens was born July I. I82C near Sardis church. Jacks township, Laurens county. S. C, Mo colored tho Confederate service In April 1801 and wus elected captain ol' Cd. I".. Ulli S. ('. Regiment. Aftor llulo more than o year of ser vlce lie was wounded fighting near Richmond, in the battle of Cain s mill j Juno HO, ISG2, und died of Iiis wounds inly 11tii. 1802. Mia remains wore Intorrcd in tin- Clinton Presbyterian cenicl cry ('apt, .liimcs ll. I) an In p. Whi n Cnpl. It. s Owens was killed 1st Llouieuanl Jam09 ll. Dunlap was promoted to tin' command of Co i\, 1111i Regiment ami in the words of ono of his men, "a hraver and more sallani soldier never led hI? men to hattlo." Mo was killed in battle In 1802. (apt. II, Si if ones* Capl it. s. Jones way born near Clinton .luno |S2't. Hi- enlisted in the Con federate; service April M. ISGI and was elected captain of Co, I. 3rd Regiment, llrsl known as tlio "Aluagrovo Guards", in 1802 he <-ii tcrcd tho State sotial ? v here he m rvecl his country until the close of the war. II?' died Sppl in. IS72. COMPANY I". UlhJRRQIMENT t Dr. \V. A. Shands says that ho is B?ro that a larger number of Clinton men wore in this company than In any other one in tho Confederate tinny, and it is said to have been one of the finest-looking and most gal lant companies, of tlte one hundred and thirty men who composed it over sixtv wore six feel or more in height. When tin* wir closed sixteen men wore loft of the gallant hand. Lieut. \V. A. Shands the only officer, Bttr? rouderod the company at Appomattox. n pnthotlc Incident in tho history of tills Company was 'In- death of T. RtttledgO Own ;, brother to tho cap tain. Although ' -it fourteen yeari) of ago he en?Hted in iii'- beginning of th<> war and aftor more than two yours of tjorvico was "Mot down at Gettysburg with tho coloi of lite Nth regiment In his hand. CLINTON CONFEDERATE MONUMENT WILL BE UNVEILED ON THURSDAY Anniversary of Robt. E. Lee's Birthday Chosen Aecause of Its Association and Appropriation. Exercises Be gin at Ten O'clock. Address by Gen. Bonham. Clinton, January 17.?A monument to tlio heroes of the Southern Con federacy will be unveiled with ap propriate exorcises in Clinton to mor row. The nineteenth of January has long been a day of special interest in tlds town. Hoheit K. Lee's birthday i has been regularly observed lor a number of years, and the organization 1 of Stephen I), Lee chapter C. i>. C. I grew (Mit of th.' Ilrsl of these celebra tions. This year Lee's birthday has been chosen for the associations it bears as the occasion of this memora ble t I'uusnction. The exercises will be held ill Cope land's Hall and around the monument, beginning at I? o'clock, Seats will be prodded on the platform and front seats for all attending veterans and it is earnestly hoped by the ladies that the old soldiers will attend in force and strengthen the young people pres ent in a realization of what the war meant and what the monument stands for. Invitations base been sent to vet eratts and daughters in l.aureus and Cross Hill to attend the exercises. The order of the program of exer cises is as follows: Music A Southern Medley Prayer the Rev, Harrison Fowler. Song - Sing me a Song of the Sunny South. Address den. M. L. Bonham of An derson. Song Catollnn March led by Veterans to monument. Unveiling by .'i children of the Con federacy. L Song nixie. Speech of Presentation the Rev. \V, P. .Tncohj?. Speech of Acceptance?-the Rev .1. hJ. Muhnffey. llcnedlclloi! the Rev. Harrison Fow ler. Mr. \. 15. Spencer will he master of ceremonies and Dr. \V A. Shaudu, mui'8hall of the day. The music will be furnished by the Presbyterian Colli !;?? Glee club und Orchestra. Dr. Jacobs was Hclcetcd by Ihc Indie* to iireseui the mon u men I to (he town, tin account of Iiis connection with the Confodor iicy, and more especially, on ueootinl I Of the part he has borne in the up building of Clinton. .Ma jor McMillan soloi led the Ro\. J. 15, Mtihaffey to make the speech of acceptance in behalf of the (own on account of Mr Mahstfl'eyS great oii'.husiasiii for the monument move ment from the tlrsi and his popularity as a speaker on Southern history mi previous occasions. The children who take part in the umclllug and decorating cf Ihn mon ument will he: Misses lean Wl'ighl, Umily P' il'ips. \nnotto Todd. Martha Young Mar: Owens, Katherlne lllnkc |y, Louise Pitts. Agatha Pulley, Sibyl Runlet to, Mary Kuth Copelond, Nan Copeltind, Lillian Harrow; John ami William Neville. It. V. Wright. Wil liam King, Kd Owens. Lowry BltlV dctle, Lcead IJlakely, James Pitts, Pres Adalr, Lewis Pulley, Lewis Har row, Hubert Floyd. After (ho exercises lunch will be served all the veteran* in Copeland's I lall. FORTY-FOUR HEROES SLEEP UNDER THE SOD IN CLINTON Forty four Confodonito veterans sleep their hist kI????!? in Clinton soil und nhuvc each, placed them bj loving and r< \> ran i hands, is (lie Southern Cross, livory spring their graves bloom v.itii Mowers and grow green with laurel wreathes. Their old conn?:;id< s. fewer ami fee bler with cacli succeeding year, look on the narrow houses; and their mem ories to bn< k to the fields of Virginin, the coast stretches of Carolina, ihe glooms of prison walls; and these co ??ra.ie. live fer ihct.'i rigu'ii, l-Jnch, year their thill line K thinner, the green lUOlllltls are more ai d (IH thoy look each wonders whleh of i. com rades will He under the llowors and! wreathes and lings next year. Imaginative youths find wondering children pass in proco* iooi among the graves, pausing to i ad an in scrlptloil, to admire a Moral de ign or perhaps to hear words ol (chdor ronilnlsccncu and love. \nrl some how, they know not how, (In oleinnitj th.e sweetness, the glory 61 the occa 'ion. suturntcs thoin The neu who hied and suffered and died for the froodom of their countn an- envel oped in a halo of glory. Not while time lists will Southern people forgot the glory Ol deny lie' justice of the Lost Cause and its heroes It- history ami its sentiment, are infused into the air tiny In 'tithe And hoveling here and there K?ntle women bedew with tears those mounds which they have (aught their children to deck with garlands. They loo go hack, far back, in memory when they visit this bivouac of the dead. Some enn recall the tragedies of "news from the front." all have heard pathetic stories of tllOHO who never canu hack, of (hose who were brought hack in life's prime In sleep lilllotig till ii fath ers, of those who brought bnck hal tered, suffering bodies to handicap thein through life in the terrible strug gle for existence. Hut. composed, re signed to what must bo, the daughters of the women who belted on swords ami sewed war flags, und Inter ha fp.d up wounds, and .pun and WOVO lind | knit and sang "the I Ionic, pun l.lross" uiili high eotirats.fi, .ir?.d Into ovor> wound healing halm Krom defeat llioir damit Iohh iiii;;- hatched vi< lory. Wore over women in history of Iii.- world proud* i Ol : nd t*ml- i ? r Ii? tholr heroes? Wlo :i i ? Ii conquerors would brand us traitor* ihrse martyrs to a fallen cause. Snotju women caiiopi'/.od them. To Iii? ? omen 01 iin Smith is duo Iii?* looliiil thai m? in scriptloh on a inan'i loinh rotloots more glory on him than "lie was a Confederate soldloi." ('Iintfin's honored ConfederM'i dead ("apt. I!. :;. Ow !^ Capt. it s. Jone ('apt, W. .1. Loako Heut, x. s. Hani Li-mil \V. A. Kose LietlI .las. M. U ii.:. Sorg't. s. K. v'ain Sorg'l l. T. Cnpoland Korgt. W. I*.. Moll Serg't. I). L. Ant ley Dr. .1. Hoo/,er i! I'.. mnkoly i; ii. Houvn i: i; Harr Dr. ! T. ("air I), ('ppeland .laiuoi Dean Joint A. Ferguson L C, Karr X A (Ircon It s CSi'llTiii Dr. T. V. Harris a. Henry i>. M, Utile Krank McKolVuy John McKolvay .1. T, McKolvay i v M. Morgan K. \v. Mllner. H, S. Prather John a IUI ft Perry Pattou \. Spencer .lorry Voting lohn Voting I! \ S Young \V. T, Vance w. s Pi rsou .1. I' Dillard .!. w. Ail?i. t; o w. Moore p. m. hldtock