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CHARGE OF PICKET REDACTED BY HEROES Soldiers of the Gray Greet the Blue. NO FLASHING SABRES NO BELCHING GUNS Faces of t"e Union goidlers behind ?he Stone Walls at the "Bloody An grle" Take ?ie Place of Englses of War ns They were Fifty Years Ago. Gettysburg, July 3.?A handful of men in gray reenacted today the charge of Pickett across the field of Gettysburg. Up the slope of Cem etery ridge, where death kept step "with them in '63, 150 veterans of the Virginia regiments of that immor tal brigade made their slow parade. Under the brow of the ridge in the bloody angle, where the^Phlladelphia brigade today was a handful In blue, scarcely larger, waited to meet the onslaught of peace. There were no flashing sabres, no belching guns, only faces behind tho stone wall that marks the angle. At the end, in place of wound or prison or death, were D^andshakes, ^peeche sand mingling oheers. ?The veterans In gray marched for a quarter of a mile over the ground that they traversed during the charge. They came np the slope In column of fours, irregular but responsive to the commands of Maj. W. W. Bentley of the Twenty-fourth Virginia, one of the few officers of either PIckett's or the Philadelphia brigades present. Ahead of them marched a band and well down tho column was a faded Con fedearto flag, Its red field pierced with many holes, its cross bars dim and its shaft colored with the sweat of many a man who died that it might fly high in the last desperate effort to plorce the Union lines. .Hake Slow Progress. Its progress was slow and polnful for tho timothy Ih the field waawhigh and its plowed surface was not easy for weary feet, Up to the very edge of the stone wall, covered now with tangled vines, shaded by trees and peaceful as a summer line, they marched in tho hot sun while the ban dplayed "Dixie". There they stood for half an hour while their comrades In bjuo peered across at them. The blue line formed behind the wall. Overhead floated a faded stand ard of the Second arm> ?orps. Behind them were the statues of the Phila delphia brigade and the Fourth Unit ed States battery where Gen. Arm istead died. As the men in gray formed in a long line facing tho wall, the Stars and Bars and the flag of the Second corps were crossed In amity; the Stars and Stripes was unfurled and the crowd that came to watch burst into n cheer. Representative J. alimpton .Moore of Pennsylvania mado a losg speech and Maj. Bent ley answered him on behalf 0f tho South. The veterans in gray were given a medal provided by John Wan amaker. They crowded over the stone wall, shook hands and the charge was over. There was many a pic turesque figure In the line that, came up the slope. W. H. Turpin of tho Pift>-third Virginia npvonred in fche uniform ho -woro on tho dA? of the charge. His feel vi ore hound In cloth, ho had ah army blanket strap ped t ohls back and he calmly sntok cd a long stemmed corn cob pipe. A Bloody Spot.. There were I? regiments In Plok* ett'a division that day in '6?,. nhd the histories say that 5,000 men charged ftOrops the field. Every field ofliccr was killed or wounded except one lieu tenant colonel and two-thirds of the lino officers met the same fate. Of the fi.OOO who charged, only about 2,000 returned to the Confederate po sition. The Philadelphia brigade num bered 1,200 men and lost 453 In kill ed and .wounded. Governors' l>a>. "Governors* day" In tho big tent was a grcit success. The enclosure was crowded with thousands of cheering veterans. LpVe of country was the keynote of tho speeches., Present was the congressional PommBttoe of 21 ropresontfltiven and nine senators headed by Vice President Marsahll and Speaker Champ Clark. One practical suggestion came from the meeting. Gov. Cox in the course of his address, urged that the national soldiers' home at Johnston City, Tenn., bo turned over to the Confederates for ?use as a home for the veterans- who found under the The audience voiced its approval by tremendous applause. Vice President Marshall was the first speaker. In his speech he said: The Last Step. "This occasion wipes the last of the Mason and Dixon line. As 'Bob' Taylor once said, there is now no "dif ference between the is'orth and South except cold bread and hot biscuit." Speaker Clark made his usual hit with the audience. He commended tho sentiment of Mr. Marshall that only In America could there be wit nessed the scene of once bitter foes clashing hands in brotherly love GO years after1 they had fought each oth er, and he recalled that It "took Eng land 50 years to get around to the point of eroding a statue to its great prince, Oliver Cromwell." "The valor displayed in the war," he fervently declared, "was not North ern valor. It was not Southern valor, but I thank the Almighty God It was American valor. The greatest tiling of all Is to be an American citizen." Gov. McCreary oft Kentucky fol lowed. Then came Gov. Sulzer of New York, Mann of Virginia, a war veteran who produced great enthusiasm by declaring, "if we had known each other as well in 18G1 as we do now the war would have been impossi ble"; Gov. Baldwin, Connecticut; Gov. Hanna, North Dakota; Gov. Miller, Delaware; Gov. Haines, Maine; Gov. Ralston, Indiana, and Gov. Cox, Ohio, Gov. Eberhart of Minnesota aroused a great laugh by saying In a mock serious manner; "What an indescribable pleasure must be experienced by Vice President Marshall, who presides over the sen ate, and Speaker Clark, who presides over the bouse, to come here and look Into the faces of so many honest men." He concluded with a patriotic ap peal that brought forth loud cheers. To Quell Evils. As a result of a conference late to day between Dr. Dixon of the state health department and Jtudgo Swope of tho county license court, all sa loonkeepers were notified to close their barrooms at 11 o'clock each night during the remaii 'er o:' the week and were forb! ' to sell liquor to intoxicated men. A1 through -many veterans stayed over to hear President Wilson speak tomorrow, the celegratlon vractlonUy ended tonight with a fireworks dis play. Before it began several hun dred veterans fro'm the South marched over to headcpiarters to pay their re spects to Gen. Dlggett. They brought a band which played "Dixie" and "Maryland, My Maryland." Gen Lig gett stood in front of bis tent and reviewed the march. The regular army will pay its tri bute tomorrow to the men who died at Gettysburg 50 years ago. Brig. Co n. Hunter Liggett, IT. S A., in com mand <of the camp, today prepared a general order directing every officer and man In camp to stand at at tention from noon until live minutes after that hour tomorrow when the', big flag in front of his hoadfuartors I will be half masted. LOOKOUT FOR THE CIKCUS. Cnrl Hngonbflck and Wallaee S'>ows Combined to Show in the City To night. What's coming next? The Carl Hagenbaek and Wallace Circuses combined will be tho attraction in this city tohight. Manager D. R. luven der has arranged to have them show on the white canvas at the moving ivic ture show and this Is said to be one of the greatest Ulms that has ever been shown here. The film will be shown in tho afternoon, so this will be one time when tho children can "go and ?00 the animals" alone, though by keeping th? mat homo in the afternoon tho "old man" can accompany thorn at night. That tho el'-cus on oanvos Is tho "real thing" can bo judged from the description sont out by tho press agents: "Daring, fearless, graceful, equestrians performing evolutions of Incomparable horsemanship". Sounds llko a circus alright and tho price is "only five and ten cents" Two per formances daily. VAUGHN APPEALS TO U. S. COURT .'-MMii.il Carolina Supreme Court Grunts Stay of Remittitur in Case. Columbia, S. C, July 8.?Monday afternoon there was filed with the supreme court a stay of remittitur in tho case of Thurston U. Vaughn of Greenville, who confessed to intimacy with young girls under his charge while he was superitnendent of the Odd Fellows' orphanage in Greenville and was sentenced to death. Tho stay was granted so that the attorneys of Vaughn might appeal to tho United States supreme court, on the ground that the rights of their client had been Invaded by the change from hanging to electrocution as the mode of capi tal punishment for this .**ate. The remittitur would have goi;e down Tuesday If there had not been a stay in the proceedings. Vaughn was tried In Greenville. The state put up an extremely strong case and Vaughn confessed to the crime. He was sentenced to pay the extreme penalty of the law. He appealed to the supreme court, and his appeal was dismissed by that tribunal, the lower court being upheld In Its judgment, and remanded the case to the lower court for re-sentence. The appeal of Vaughn to the federal supreme court is the same as that in the Malloy ease; that a man cannot be electrocuted after being sentenced to be hung without there being an In vasion of his constitutional rights guaranties. ICE CREAM FESTIVAL. Kings Daughters to Serve Ice Cream on (he Lawn of Dr. II. K. Alken Next Friday Afternoon. Next Friday afternoon from 6 to S o'clock the Kings Daughters of Lau rens will sell ice cream on the lawn in front of Dr. H. K. Aikes's home. The proceeds of the sale will be used by the organization In their work. The cream will he sold for 10 cents per saucer. Another feature of the af ternoon will be the automobile ride "around the belt" the cost of which will be and K) cents. Everybody is invited to come. Decision in Tucker Case. Tho S. C. Supremo Court, last week handed down its decision in the case of Mrs. Nannie Tucker, as administra trix of the estate of Roy Tucker, vs The Clinton Cottpn Mills in which tho higher court sustained the vcrl diet of to circuit court in awarding damages to the plaintiff in the sum of $1,000. It will be reme.mbered that Roy Tucker was the elder of two brothers that were drowned In the pond of tho Clinton Cotton Mills in the spring of 1911, Roy Tucker being drowned in the effort to save his brother, Thomas Tucker, who had just fallen Into the water. Two suits of $:10,000 each were brought against the cotton mill to recover damages.and the cases have already been tried several times. In the other case, the Thomas Tucker case, a non-suit was ordered at the last term of court by Judge Prince, This case will also go to the Supreme Court. John M. Cannon and H. s. Black well are the attorneys for the plaintiff in this case, and F. P. McGowan and \V. R. Rlchey are at torneys for the defendants. l?i VTII OK MR. ELY HILL, Pound Dead at His Meine I.ale Mondaj livening. Cross Hill, July 8, Mr. Ely Mill died suddenly yosterdny. He was found dead in his lot. near tho house about 5 o'clock. It had been only a short while slli.O he left Iiis house when found. It must have been some heart trouble. Mr. Mill was about ?0 years old and a good citizen. Ho leaves a wlfo who was a Miss ? Brooks, three sons and several daughters. Inter ment will be at the family burying ground near his home this afternoon, Deduction in Postal Kales. The post Office department has ?.n ?nonnced that hereafter a rate of five cents will apply to Insure purcels post packages valued at less than ?2.">. For packages valued over that, the old rate of ten cents will apply. However, for packages valued less than $2."i a rate of ten cents will be charged where it is to be delivered C. O. D., this same rate, applying, as Is al ready known, for C. O. D. packages valued at over ?'_,r.. I INTEREST INCREASES AT TENT MEETING Increuscd Attendance upon t'?c .Moot Ilia's and Added Zest Shown in the Services. The Evangelists at the big tent, corner of Irby Ave and Earle St. have entered upon the second week of their series of Gospel Meetings. The Inter est in the meetings is growing, as ev idenced by the increasing attendance from night to night. Subjects of interest to the public in general are discussed nightly and much stress is laid upon the need of a proper use of the Bible, the Evan gelists believing that every religious question baa an answer in the Bible. One of the features of the meetings are the children's and young people's services which are held Sunday and Wednesday afternoons at 3 p. m. The program for the balance of this week will be, Wednesday night, "The Earthly Tabernacle and the Priest hood of Christ"; Thursday night, "Court Week In Heaven"; Friday night "Conversion"; and Sunday night, "The Origin, History ami Destiny of Satan". Evangelist C. V. Achenbach and wife of Columbia, Miss Achenbach, of Flori da, and Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McOonau ghey, the sweet toned Bingers of Co lumbia, have arrived In Laurens and will assist in the meetings. MOINTVILLK SCHOOL BUILDING. Plans Being Drawn up for Modern and l'p-to-dalo Structure with Six Roomg and an Auditorium. Mr. B. H. Todd is busy getting up the specifications and plans for the school building to be built tut Mount ville. The plans call for a veuy beau stiful and commodious structure, two stories in height with six rooms, an auditorum and a basement. It will be a very modern structure, heated by hot air and having other convenienc es, it will be of brick construction with metal roof. The plans call for an expenditure of about $7.000 and it is proposed to have it finished by Oc tober 1st. WATTS (OPS THREE GAMES. Gets Iwny with a Single on the Fourth and a Double on the Fifth in Easy Stjle. The habit, of winning still clings to the Watts Mill team. Last week three more scalps weer added to the long list already in stock. On the morning of tho Fourth, the Mills Mill team from Greenville was defeated by a score of 1 to 3. The game was fast and exciting throughout, and at sev eral stages looked to be anybody's victory. Hammott for Watts was eas ily the all-star, doing great work both with the stick and in the field. He scored three of the four runs made by his team. Both pitchers did good work. Saturday afternoon Watts pocketed a double header with Whitmire. The first lasted only live innings and wound up With a score of 0 to 0 and the second lasted seven innings and went to Watts by a score of f? to l. Found Bid Coin. Mr. W. II. Holder was the lucky (lndor of a one dollar gold piece sev eral days ago on the street that run.-s , In front of the county jail. While, plain old silver dollars could no, ho said to be plentiful by many niOOSS, it can be said* thai they are oasior tO get hold of than gold ones and Mr. Holder Is keeping this one As a luck: piece. It was found the day follow-' Infi Cue b!g rein on tjlO Fourth ?fj July and probably it was washed away from the Jail yard, though It Is hardly I probable that any of the prisoners had beep so careless With gold coins, un less some nifty prlsonoi lik<- ''Port land Ned" or some of hla frli hds had been unwillingly locked up by the sheriff. Tho coin was of the is aUe of is:.:; and is considerably dis figured from rough treatment, it prob ably having been stopped dn by hors es or been bent by heavy rocks or Other weights. J, Pcdcn Marlin. Mr. .1. Peden Martin, li well known i ItlZon of the upper part of the coun ty, died Wednesday morning after a protracted illness. He is survived by several sons and daughters, besides ? roo brothers, He was a man of many good qualities, having been a mem ber of Friendship church for many years. DEATH OF MKS. LOU HUNTED. Member of a Prominent County Fami ly Fasses Away at Cold Point. Mrs. Ixm Hunter, died Monday night at her home In Cold Point after an' Illness lasting six Weeks, Mrs. Hun ter was 78 years old at the time of her death. She was twice married, the first time to Mr. Nelson of this county, thoro being threo children as follows: Mr. Thad Nelson, now of Et owah, Tenn., Mrs. James Leakc of Cold Point and Mrs. James Boyd of Spartanburg. Her second husband was Mr: Wni. Hunter. They are sur vived by three children: Mr. John Hunter of Cold Point, Miss Uzzle Hn ntor of Gold Polst and Mr Ed. .Hunter of Etowah, Tonn. (Mrs. Hunter was a highly devoted member of tho Waterloo Methodist Church, having spent a life of useful ness In church circles and in other phases of Ufo. Her noble, Christian character and womanly traits won for her a large number of friends who join with the family In their bereave ment. The funeral services will take place today at the Mit. Pleasant Cemetery, the services to bo conducted by her pastor, Rev. J. T. Miller of Waterloo. YISITING TOMATO CLUBS. Miss Ida C. Turner Holding Meet ings of t"e Tomato Club Hlrls. Miss Ida C. Turner, who Is acting as rural school Supervisor for this county during the absence of Miss Wil Lou Cray in Europe, has been hold ing mcetngs of the Tomato Club girls in different sections of the county dur ing the past Week. She has been giv ing canning demonstrations at each place, having the club girls and their parents to show them the best meth ods of canning fruits and berries be sides showing new recipes. The toma to crop is not yet ready for gather ing, so she has been canning other products. Miss Turner is unusually well fitted for this work with the Tomato Club girls, as she has had considerable practical exporlonco along this line herself. At her home in Cross Hill She planted a small area in tomatoes last year and put. up about a thous and cans. She has her tomatoes plant ed a^ain this year and expects to reap a gooil harvest There are about forty members in the Tomato Club of this county, tho. girls being very enthusiastic over the work. As is well known, to ho a mem ber of the club each girl must, plant a tenth of an ncro in tomatoes to be canned during the season, hike the corn club work, prizes have been of fered by an Insurance company of Columbia for those girls who make the record yields. Civil Service Examination. The United States Civil Service Commission has called an examination to bo held for the position of lire man-laborer under the custodian ser vice Tor the local post offiCO. The ex amination is open to all males be tween the ages Of eighteen and lifty flve years. The only subjects are physical ability, training, experience and fitness. The successful applicant will be appointed jasitor at Lite Laur- 1 ens post ofllco at a salary of $GG0 per annum. For further information ap ply to I). M. Norwood, l/uinns, S. C. <hi Nn} lo Anderson. Col. B. J. Watson, commissioner of agriculture, State BpOd Inspector I!. Harris. 11. F. Efird, secretary of tho i i.to :'ai'\ and W. S. '?''> i.nc \ i UU,e fac tory Inspector, passed through the city yesterday morn'ng hi n automobile on their ^ny to And-atMoa, whore Col. Watson wns to rtoliV-jr an addrts;t ai a farmer's gathering. Main Cues up in Phillies. I'Jarly ye .tor.lay morning the Ore de partment was called out. to fight flames in ihn rear of the residence of Mr. C. Ii. Mo ? !< . h< ii his bath and pari of Its contents were destroyed. The fire was discovered I y Mrs. Moselcy, ?who sent in the alarm ami awakqned the other members of the family. Though the blaze spread rapidly, two cows and ;> horso were gototn .>'.;;. of the building, but one horse belonging lo Mr. Carlos Mos. b y perished, Mr. Carlos Mo eb y was painfully burned in trying to save the horse and other animals, it Is estimated that the losr. Was around live or Six hundred dol lars With insurance of about $12.". Mr. c. 1?. Mosehy was away from the city at the time and has not been no tified of his misfortune. BIG BANK FAILURE IN PITTSBURGH One Bank Falls Causing Receivership for Others. A LEADING BANK OF TsiE COUNTRY Hunk had been In Shnkj Condition for Some Time and (be KitIIlire was u*'t Unexpected le the Clearing Huuso Association. Depositors Probably Lose Little. Pittsburg, July 7.?Tho First-Sec ond National Hank of Plttsburg, Ihe First National lkmk of MeKeesport. a neighboring city; the American Wa terworks & Guarantee Company and the banking bouse of J. S. Ai \V. S. Kuhn, Inc., of this city, woe forced into the hands of receivers today through the failure of the first-named Institution to open its doors Ulis morning. The closing of the First Second National Hank was ordered by the deputy comptroller of the cur rency, T. 1\ Kane, after every egort hud been made to meet the govern ment requirements as to the legal re serve. The Kuhn Hanking House has ox tensive interests in lrrgution projects throughout the WV)St, and in mines and street traction syndicates through out Western Pennsylvania, besides be ing a dominant factor in the Ameri cas Waterworks & Guarantee Com pany. W. S. Kuhn was president of tho First-Second National Pank, vice president and director in the bank ing bouse and vice-president and di rector of the American Waterworks & Guarantee Company, besides being a director of the MeKeesport Hank. .1. S. Kuhn was a director of tho First-Second National Hank, president and director of the American Water works & Guarantee Company, prosl-, deiii and director of the MeKeesport Dank ami chairman of tho board of direc tors of the banking house. When it wa?, learned that the banks would have to suspend business, tops woro taken to protect the American Waterworks & Guarantee Company and the Kuhns banking house, and application was made In tho Coder I court this afternoon for roecivorj for both institutions. haue Makes Statement. Throughout the day a statement of the tanks and affected companies' af fairs was awaited with feverish anx iety, but none was forthcoming until tonight When Mr, Kane made a form al statement. No statement, of the condition of the bank was obtainable subsequent to the one issued dune ith, on the last bank call of the comptrol ler. Tonight Mr. Kane issued this state ment. "At a meeting of the directors of the First-Second National Pank, hold on Sunday, the condition of the bank and tho results of the recent Investigation of the brink examiners were discu ed. After full consideration the directors declared the Inability to make good the bank's impaired capital and with out dissent decided thai it. would be .best .for. ihe protection of depositors and all other; Interest to hn. ?? the comptroller of tho currency i t',.< chi r: e and to arrange for the Hquida> lion of the bank. pressed to the department the Ixdio tl ..' Uhc re will ultimately b< bui III tie, if any loss 10 tho bank', dopp lor The liquidation of the bank and Ui? (list: .Nation of it:; as&ots Will | P'f - burg 01< firing House ?-? t!:is Institutloh tonight Issued the ?? 1 tlonal Hank . the deputy eomptro' lor of the currency was not cut I re 1 unexpected by this association and was therefore prepared for the crlsl The members or tho clearing I arc all In good condition and wo h lieve that the banks and trust con ? panics in the clly of Pltlsbu fta whole are prepared for any cine genoy. Htm on \ unifier Hank. During the early hours of today run was made on tho Plttfcburg Bin (Continued on Page Five.)