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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.
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