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ra? SOMTBB WATCHMAN. BiUbllshad April, 18S0. "Be lust and Fear not-Let all the Ends thoo Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON. Established June 1266 Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 15. 1901. New Series-Vol. XX. So. 42 C!;e ?littdjmait at? 3n?\p JIM, Gr. OsteeE SUMTER, 8. C. TERMS : {1.50 per aonam-io advance. ?OYXBTXSIKIKT: Ono Square first insertion........$1 Srerj subsequent insertion. Contracts for three months, or longer w be made at reduced rates. AU communications which subserve privt interests will be charged for as adrertiemen Obituaries sod tributes of respects will charged for. THE GREATEST REUHIOM. Opening Exercises Attract Large; Gathering Ever Under One Roof in Columbia. HAMPTON AND BORDON SPEAI More Than 5,000 Veterans an Other Visitors in the City. Columbia, May 9.-The greate crowd of people that has ever gathe ed under one roof in the city of O lumbia, the capital of the Painted State, the cradle of the Confederac; was assembled last night in the ne Columbia theatre to witness the opei ing of the State convention of tl United Confederate veterans. Tl gathering was a notable one. In ti lower part of the honse there wei none save veterans. Some were minx a leg, some an arm, some an eye, an others bore scars of wounds receeive in battling for the Lost Canse. N< only every seat in the dress circle an parquet had a veteran for an occi pant, but all of the standing rooi even down the center aisle and insid the orchestra was packed with then In the boxes were still other veteran and the few devoted women of th Confederacy. In the balcony there were hundred of men, women and children. Th gallery carried an even heavier load It is estimated that at least 2,000 per sons were in the theatre, not takin; into consideration the 200 or 300 upo: the stage. The house was brilliant! lighted throughout with electricity and the attractive decorations addei to the color of the scene. Outside o the doors extending into the stree were many people who, after bat tiing for some time to obtain entrance were forced to abandon the effort an go-to their homes. When the orchestra played "Dixie, ' camp banners and sponsor banner were continuously waved, and enthn siasm at times ran mountain high Time and again the hands of the oh soldiers would be waved, and oftei hats were in the air. The singing o the doxology by the remnants of th< proud army of the Confederacy, eacl man standing, was impressive. It i: seldom that the doxology is sung wi tl more effect and feeling. "When Wade Hampton, the grand ok hero, appeared upon the stage ther< was a remarkable demonstration. When he spoke there was another, and the climax was reached when Gen. John B. Gordon, commanding the gen? eral organization of Confederate veter ans, paid a tribute to Wade Hamptor which was of a character seldom giver by any man to another. The other most distinctive feature of the evening was the address of wel? come to Georgians by Miss Elizabeth Lumpkin. This was one of the most remarkable efforts ever made by a woman in this city. This young wom? an managed to quiet the vast gather? ing with her unusually strong, clear and sweet voice, and her every action and gesture, her every expression was perfect. When she finally opened her arms and vehemently declared to the old veterans, ' ' I love you, ' ' the de? monstration was without bounds. This devoted daughter of the Confed? eracy not only did the duty assigned her wondrously well, but she has made for herself a reputation that , nothing can take away. When she concluded, Gen. Gordon and the other notable men around her left their seats and one after another grasped her hand and congratulated her, while the veterans themselves cheered so con? tinuously that she was several times forced to bow to them her appreciation ? of the compliment. Long before the convention hour had arrived the soldiers and specta? tors had been pouring into the build? ing. At 8 o'clock it was almost im? possible to get into the lobby. The veterans were provided for by those in charge, and none but veterans were admitted to the lower part of the house, a detail from Camp Hampton - guarding the door. WHAT HAMPTON SAID. Gen. Hampton stood for a few mo .Ml.Ill. - - merits and then began his speec His voice was clear but not as ringi as of yore. He spoke as follows : My comrades: I have heard th Rebel yell before and I wish I con respond to it now as it was once r pride to do when I told the brave m around me to "go in and win. " B time has marred my voice along wi other things and I cannot now answ yon as I once could. But perha there are some of you here who kne of the old Phillips division? A lie tenant colonel of that division was oi of the best and ' bravest men in tl division, but he was not much ( ?rill or grammar. Andonee while tl legion was in winter quarters an offic was sent to inspect and drill ther They were not accustomed to dril and, being ?ery soon tired out, tl colonel apologized for them by sayii that "their spirits are good, bi their wind are short. '' And I find m; self very much in the same conditio now as those men were. By the by, while talking, I reca another incident in connection wil this division. When they came dow here after the war the old cavalr men with their horses were sent dow near Branchville. One night the Yai kees came up on them and after ski mishing around awhile climbed tre< and began firing on them. Our me withdrew across the river and tl next morning when the Yankees can up on the other side, one of them cal ed out : "Say, Reb, what troops are those? "Militia." "You are a damn liar." Now my comrades-I will not sa "friends"-I never call any one fri en j that I knew in the old campaign da} I in Virginia : men who were bound t< gether by the fire of battle. You ai my friends, though, and I am appoim ed by the camp which honors me wit my name to welcome you here as do. I welcome you for them, for mj self and for every brave man and nc ble. patriotic woman in Columbia. Our mayor has extended to you th freedom of the city. You are we] come here. Columbia belongs to yo and I am sure that in no other plac in the world would you find truer more heart-felt welcome. I am glai to welcome you. I have seen many o my men from other States. I have see: some tonight from Georgia and arnon* these latter is the great leader, Goi don. (applause.) He has come to visi the city for which he did so mud in '76 and all of you who were in th cavalry will join me when I say tha we were always glad when Gordoi came up. He is here and I want t thank him for the honor he pays us My friends, I may say nothing to you I have come from a sick bed that '. might meet you and tell you that have never forgotten Old Lang Syne I have never forgotten those days, an( I hope they never will be forgotten Our cause was lost, but a just cans? never dies. As Gen. Hampton concluded then was a great and fitting demonstration the old soldiers rising and cheering the beloved chieftains. The perora tion had been full of vigor and fire, and the old soldiers felt the effect, The demonstration continued until th( general sat down. GORDON'S TRIBUTE TO HAMP TON. My Fellow Comrades :-I am not i South Carolinian (applause) but I ara a Georgian and I can prove (applauseJ by this entire audience (turning tc Miss Lumpkin) that that is not very bad. (Laughter.) Gen. Walker is quite right. I am here to listen bnt not to talk : but I do not forget, my friends and broth? ers, and Confederate sisters, that I am standing tonight on South Carolina's soil and in the very heart of southern chivalry. (Applause. ) More than that, I am standing in the presence of the very greatest man that South Carolina has produced in all her his? tory. (Prolonged applause.) And. I mean no vain flattery ; I use no un? meaning words when I say that, tak? ing him as a private citizen, as a sol I dier upon a hundred battlefields, as the hero of a reconstruction worse than war, as a towering temple stand? ing today in his unparalled might, or like the mountains of your own northern border with the very skies j around his head and the past at his feet, without the possibility of re? proach, I pronounce Wade Hampton the Chief South Carolinian. (Ap? plause, ) And now, my Confederate brothers, I want to say that it has been my fortune to stand before some of the greatest assemblies in this country and in foreign lands, but, as God is my judge, I believe that a convention of Confederate veterans is the noblest gathering beneath the skies. (Ap? plause. ) And it requires no piercing vision to read upon the brows of every? man here present the four letters H-E-R-O. THE BIG CROWD The expectations of the most san gui?e have been far exceeded in the matter of the attendance at the State reunion. None of the committeemen who have been in touch with the camps of the State for the past few weeks and making preparations to entertain them have ever dreamed for a moment that the attendance could possibly exceed 1,800 actual veterans. This was made the maximum estimate in the light of past State reunions and gatherings of this character, but the one cent a mile rate and Columbia's unquestioned hospitality brought the veterans from every nook and corner of the State. They came by the carload and by noon yesterday it became a serious question as to how the surplus would be cared for. The committee got to work in a hurry and two additional halls in the first ward were equipped and thrown open. Additional bedding was placed in the Kendall building and last night there were at least 500 men serenely sleeping there. Just as other halls were about to be arranged for, Dr. Babcock of the State hospi? tal for the insane made an offer which cured the situation for the night. He threw open the music hall and chapel at the hospital, both large and cool and separated from the wards of the institution, and filled them with bed? ding. The committee told those vet? erans who were awaiting beds of this arrangement and gave them the priv? ilege of going there if they desired. All who went last night will be given breakfast this morning. The county court house was also thrown open last night. In addition to this one of the clerks of the bureau of information was sent out upon the streets last night to pick up any old soldier who might be sleeping'without a place. He reported at midnight that he had found but few such. Another serious problem that pre? sented itself as a result of the unex pectedly large attendance was in the matter of food and refreshments. Though the ladies fed some 1,500 during the day the demand made there was far in excess of the preparations that had been made. They did the best they could under the circumstances and really much more than could have been expected. They will attempt to do all in their power and have most earnestly requested all grocery mer? chants and households in the city to send contributions and when possible food that has already been cooked. The executive committee will make use today of a number of meal tickets purchased from Mr. LaMotte's reun? ion restaurant and they will be issued to those who are in need of them. Gen. M. C. Butler Comes From Washington to Meet With Cavalrymen. Columbia May 10-The crowd at the State reunion in Columbia was greatly increased yesterday. All of the early morning trains came in loaded with visitors, and the same thing was true of the other trains arriving during the day. Although the crowd had been very large the night before, and it was not expected that many more would come, fully 3,500 more people were brought in yesterday. The Southern railway alone brought in 1,600. The old soldiers have been, and are still, having a right royal time. ; The committee in charge of housing the veterans managed to get out of the woods, notwithstanding the constant inpouring of oid soldiers before mid? night on Wednesday night, and yester? day morning there were more quarters to be had than those arriving during the day could occupy. If any man failed to secure shelter it must have been his own fault. The South Carolina college boys offered to the committee, through Dr. Flinn, the use of all of their dormi? tory rooms and beds to the college for the veterans, stating that they would sleep on the floors or on the grass, but that no veteran should go away with? out having had a place to sleep. At the Hospital for the Insane, where some 160 had the best quarters in the amusement hall, the authorities gave them all a hearty breakfast. Dr. Babcock went a step further when, on hearing of the demand being made up? on the cafe of the Daughters of the Confederacy, he provided dinner for 200. In addition to this, the com? mittee issued meal tickets to several hundred veterans. At the ladies' cafe there was ample supply throughout the day for all the veterans who could be seated. One of the features of the day was the arrival of Gen. M. C. Hut tier. He reached here in the morning from Washington, and attended the reunion of his cavalrymen at the court house. In the evening, by special invitation, he appeared on the stage at the the? atre and was given a cordial recep? tion. Gen. Gordon was forced to leave yes? terday afternoon, much to the regret of all the veterans. The general was at Gen. Hamptons' when the members of the South Carolina division were ap? proaching to do honor to Gen. Hamp? ton. He heard them coming, and has? tily bade Gen. Hamp?n good-bye, took a carriage and started for the depot. The veterans have been mnch grati? fied at Gen. Gordon's unexpected visit on this occasion. Yesterday afternoon the Augusta camp, No. 1094, arrived in the city. They were equipped with bugles and drums, and marched from the depot through Main Street to their head? quarters at the Independent engine house, where there was awaiting them a collation consisting of sand? wiches and beer, the latter being pro? vided because the veterans did not come from a dispensary State. These veterans were clad in Confederate gray uniforms, and most of them were car? rying rifles, with bayonets fixed. They marched well and made an ex? ceedingly striking appearance. Along the street they were vigorously cheer? ed. There were probably 75 or 80 of them. Still other Georgians will ar? rive this morning on a special train from Augusta over the Southern rail? way. In the parade today the Au? gusta contingent will be escorted by Camp Barnard E. Bee of Aiken, 28 men strong. Today wiirbe one of the principal days of the reunion, it being Memo? rial Day and the day of the big pa? rade. The convention will resume its work bright and early this morning, and expects to reach final adjourn? ment before the usul hour. It is pro? posed to start the parde promptly at 4:30 o'clock.-The State. U. C. V. CONVENTION. The convention of the United Confed? erate Veterans was punctual in begin? ning its work and at 10 o'clock Genl. "Walker called the Convention to or? der. Dr. James H. Thornwell, the eloquent chaplain of the organization, offered the opeing prayer. Col. James G. Holmes, adjutant of the United Confederate Veterans, call? ed the roll of Veterans' camps and the delegates responded to the names of the camps. On motion of Col. E. R. Mciver the adjutant was called upon to prepare a complete roster of the delegates and alternates and each camp was to hand in a list for record. Gen. Walker then read his annual report to the Convention, and it was handsomely received. Adjt. Holmes made his annual re? port, and spoke of the fraternal feel? ing among Confederate Veterans and he begged the Veterans to keep up their dues of five cents per capita. When the Convention was ready for business Gen. J. W. Floyd spoke with intense feeling of the valor of the old soldiers and presented a series of res? olutions of good cheer and encourage? ment to the Sons of Veterans. Then came a sensational develop? ment of the school book contest, and the University Publishing Company, whose books were displaced by the State board, made a vigorous protest and complaint and alleged that the memorialists who petitioned the State board in the name of the United Con? federate Veterans made false state? ments concerning the publications of the University Publishing Company, and that necessarily undue weight was given the misleading and unau? thorized memorial of the committee, which acted in the name of the United Confederate Veterans. Gen. Gordon is a director of the University Publish? ing Company. 1 Mr. Schnmpert, who presented and read the memorial, asked that a committee of three be appointed to in? quire fully into the matter and report to the Cnvention on the issues raised at the earliest possible moment. This matter of school book adopt? ions has been of much interest and there is complaint about certain influ? ences that were used to secure the adoption of certain books and the ar? gument used against certain others. Gen. C. I. Walker appointed on the committee to look into the matter and report to the Convention Mr. O. L. Schnmpert, Gen. W. E. James and Major Wade Hampton Manning, i Mr. Schnmpert, of Laurens, present? ed the Laurens resolutions ia the in? terest of the establishment of a sol? diers' home for veterans. Dr. Lebby, of Charleston, offered resolutions on the same line on the part of Camp Burnett Rhett of Char? leston. At the request of the movers of the resolutions a committee of seven was asked to consider the whole matter and to report back on the question during the present Convention. At the afternoon session Major O. L. Schumpert made the re?>ort of the spe? cial committee on the petition of the University Publishing Company on the school question. The committee to whom was offered the memorial of the University Publishing Company respectfully submits the following re? port : This committee finds upon investiga? tion that an injustice has been done both the University Publishing Com? pany and to its books and business. At the Isst annual Reunion of the South Carolina Division, U. C. V., held at Greenwood, in this State, cer? tain preambles and resolutions were adopted in reference to the proper books to be used in our public schools. It will be seen that no attack whatever was made by said preamble and reso? lutions upon the University Publish? ing Company, or upon its excellent school books. All statements there? fore, which tend to show that the U. C. V. of South Carolina has in any way assailed Holmes' Readers or Han sell's Histories or any other of this company's publications are entirely unauthorized and your committee therefore recommends the reaffirma? tion by this Convention of the same preamble and resolutions which were adopted by the last annual Reunion, held at Greenwood, S. C., in 1900. Mr. S. P. Cooper, a Gallant Confederate Died in Columbia Yesterday To join Death's silent batallions another gallant soldier has gone. He was Mr. S. P. Cooper, of Ridgeway, and he died in this city yesterday. Mr. Cooper was a member of Camp Rion and during the war he was color bearer of the Seventh South Carolina regiment. During the thickest of the fight and when a shower of lead was dealing on all sides he gallantly plac? ed his colors on Fort Harrison, Va., and in doing this had a leg shot off. His regiment was of Hagood's brig? ade, and his comrades who knew him say that no braver soldier than he went to the war from Fairfield county. Mr. Cooper was 58 years old and had been in Columbia for about a year undergoing treatment. His body will be carried to Rigeway and the funeral will be held there at ll o'clock to? morrow morning.-The State, May 10. FROM THE WIRES. Ninety-Six, May 8.-The employes of the Southern railway who cut the telephone wires and poles at Ninety Six on the 30th ult., were arrested by Magistrate Rogers and sent to jail. There were 12 defendants. Messrs. Graydon & Giles and F. Barron Grier have been employed by the telephone company to prosecute them. Florence, May 8.-Monday after noon, a son of Mr. Milliard Mims was struck dead by lightning. He was transplanting tobacco in an open field when the bolt came. Mr. Mims lives in the lower part of the county. Pittsburg, May 9.-The Commer? cial-Gazette says : "TheUnited States Steel Corporation has adopted a policy of centralizing operations, abandoning the smaller plants or those disadvan? tageous^ located that cannot be run continually. The work heretofore done at these plants is to be trans? ferred to those that, can be operated to the advantage of the company. To work out this policy the operating heads of the concerns of the United States Corporation have been in con? ference in New York. Undoubtedly the plan will revert with the greatest benefit to the Pittsburg district, ?s the most favored place the United States Steel Corporation operates." Big Cotton Fire in Augusta. Augusta, Ga, May 8.-What looked to be a fire that would stop only when it had wiped out the cotton storage district of Augusta broke out in one of the storage compartments of the Union Compress Company's buildings at 1 o'clock today. When the blaze was discovered it had gained sufficient headway to cover the roof of the build? ing before the alarm could be respond ded to. An alleyway about six feet wide separates the compress and Phini zy & Co's ware house. The high breeze that, was blowing in a very short time sweep the the flames over the heads of the firemen to this build? ing in which was stored 1,200 bales of 1 cotton. From here it was blown to Whitney & Co's ware house and seem? ed beyond the control of the depart? ment. In the Whitney ware house there were 2,500 bales of cotton stored and soon the whole was a roaring mass of flames. The walls of this structure were the only ones to give way . Had it not been for this the fire department could not have stop? ped it where they did, though they are being highly commended on all sides, the mayor personally thanking the chief of the fire department. The losses are as follows on the cot? ton : Whitney & Co, 8105,000: Phi ni zy & Co, $50,400: compress eompanv, $4, 000. From this it is possible that $5,000 can be saved by salvage. The loss on buildings estimated at 83,500. Cotton fully insured. Parkhurst is Galled Down. It is a sad thing that so many of onr own people, who ought to know better, are continually exalting what they are pleased to call the "new south," at the expense of the "old". From the account of the interview of Dr. Park? hurst by the reporter of the Constitu? tion, we learn that the reverend gen? tleman made the following remark : From what I hear the south was dead at the time of the civil war." From whom did he hear such a thing? Such knowledge is not obtain? ed from the official records of the growth of our country, furnished by the census reports of the United States. Although agriculture (styled by poets and philosophers of old "the noblest avocation of man,") was the leading pursuit of our people the thoughts of our enterprising business men had long before the war been turned to manufactures and commerce as co-workers with agriculture in the development of the fair domain inher? ited by us from noble sires. Many of the most influential men of the south, some of whom were wealthy planters, Ijad large investments in railroads, cotton and woolen factories, flour, grist and sawmills, and in iron works, tanneries, planing mills for making doors, blinds, sashes and almost every kind of carpentry. The rattle of looms and whirl of spindles were heard not only in our growing cities and towns, but also in manufacturing villages which were springing up like magic near good water power, even in soli? tudes that had never been pierced by the whistle of the locomotive. Let us illustrate by our own state of Georgia. In 1850t there were in Geor? gia 1,522 manufacturing establish? ments, the total value of whose pro? ducts was ?7,082,075. In 1860 there were 1,890 such establishments and the total value of their products was $16,925,564, or more than double the value of all the manufactories of the state in 1850. Up to 1890 no decade since the war has shown such progress. "We do not yet know what has been the growth during the last decade. Take the growth of our cities. From 1840 to 1850 Atlanta, the child of railroads, manufactures and com? merce, grew from nothing but wilder? ness to be a town of 2,572 inhabitants, and by 1860 had a population of 9,554. No such growth as in these two de? cades has ever since been shown by even this young giant of the sonth. Take next our chief seaport, Savan? nah, whose growth from 1850 to 1860 was 45 per cent. Her greatest growth in any decade since the war is 40 per cent. The greatest growth of Georgia in any decade before the war was 51 per cent, and the greatest in any de? cade since the war is 30 per cent. What need to multiply testimony? Enough has been said to show that not only was the south not dead, but also that she was no laggard in the march of progress, no slumberer by the highwayside, whom the shrill clarion of war aroused to sudden ac? tion. A sleeper in the grand onward march of nations could not upon such quick summons have sent forth armies whose marvelous the admiration of the world and the deeds of heroism excited the praise of foes and shed on the starry cross of the south a luster which even disaster could not djfoi. The mighty hosts that marched against us found indeed "enchanted ground, but not a king asleep." And when all had been lost save honor, the magic touch of the returned Confederate soldier, under the guar? dian care of Almighty God, even in his defeat, aroused from the ashes of desolation the glorious " old south, " who stepped forth once more in such majesty and beauty that friend and foe looked on with wonder and hailed her as the " new south". Joseph T. Derry THE PANIC COMES. New York, May a-The Wall street panic that Russel Sage predicted be? gan at one o'clock today and was at? tended by a frenzy of exxci tement. Thousands of small speculators who were rich men before luncheon went home to dinner penniless. The heaviest declines were in St. Paul, Union Pacific and Missouri Pa? cific. Hill stated positively that he had not bought a share of Northern Paci? fic in six months. The causes of the panic are ascribed to the fight between the Morgan and Rockefeller interests and it is claimed that the Standard Oil crowd became angered by the action of Morgan and his friends- in seeking to corner the Northern Pacific and Steel stocks. They were found by the Standard Oil and thrown on the market causing a_ frightful decline in the prices. John W. Gates is said to be the hea? viest loser in Northern Pacific- HPS loses are estimated at three millions.. He has cancelled his proposed trip io* Europe. Joseph Hume, who died in Berkeley, Cal., the other day, was the pioneer salmon packer of the Pacific coast? He was born 56 years ago in Angosta?, Me. His father was a younger son ti' the Earl of Marchmont, in England. |>y 'f**4 POWOIB mtmviEE? PURE j 1 Makes the food more delicious and wholesome j M_WO^LjAKffW^QWDCR CO., HEW YOfflC j