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ANNUAL REUNION OF
CONFEDERATE VETERANS.
Over 100,000 People Assemble in
Dallas; Texas, to do Honor to
the Occasion.
Dallas, Texas, April 22.-With the
Confederate Reunion officially twelve
t hours old, and unofficially consider?
ably older, it is estimated tonight that
there are 125,000 visitors in Dallas.
From early this morning until late
tonight the streets were thronged, and
it is said by men in a position to make
close calculations that there were
8,000 visitors at the camp in the Fair
grounds alone.
"The crowd is too large to com?
mand," said CoL Slaughter to an As?
sociated Press representative today.
"Thousands whe have no right to
do so are sleeping at the camp and eat?
ing at the mess table. Some of the
old Veterans had to fight for their
places, but they seemed to be as capa?
ble of a tussle as they were years ago.
We will have affairs better in hand
tomorrow. ' *
An additional influx of visitors is
expected tomorrow, the attractiont
being the Kaliph's parade.
Tonight the younger element and
many of the Veterans rounded out the
day's pleasure with a ball at the camp.
The function was given by the Sons
of Veterans and an immense crowd
too great for comfort-was present.
While thousands of visitors did not
leave the business section of the city,
Camp Johnston, two miles distant,
where the opening exercises were held,
was crowded to the limit. Delegation
after delegation from the four corners
of the country reported and were as?
signed to their divisions in the vast
city of tents.
The great mess shed, seating 12,000
was opened at 10 o?clock. An army of
cooks and waiters worked like beavers
while [the Veternas, with a hnuger
born of a night in the open, did their
best in able manner to keep the cooks
busy.
The Convention was compelled to
open without the presence of Gen.
Gordon, the commander-in-chief.
The Hon. John M. Allen, the orator
of the day. was not present when the
Convention began. Governor Sayers
and the Hon. G. B. Gerald, however,
appeared at the last moment and were
vociferously cheered- Among those
on the stage were Judge John H.
Reagan, the only survivor of the Davis
Cabinet: W. L. Cabell, Gen. Stephen
D. Lee. Governor Heard, of Louisi?
ana: Mayor Capdeville, of New Or?
leans : CoL Lee Crandall, who was on
"SonewalP Jackson's staff: Miss
Lucy Lee Hill, of Chicago, the sponsor
in-chief, and Miss Virginia Paddock,
of Fort Worth, Texas the chief maid
of honor.
When the Convention opened the
Veterans, many of them comparing the
bounteous plenty of their breakfasts
with the starvation they were often
called upon to endure during the war, j
were in/high, good humor. The build- j
ing, seating eight thousand people,
was filled to the topmost row soon after
the Convention wassailed to order by
Gue. J. M. Vanzandt, president of
the Texas Reunion Association. From
pillar and post hung bunting and flags
and pictures of old Confederate chief?
tains. The crowds were composed, \
not alone of. Veterans, but of their
sons and wives and daughters. Maids
of honor and sponsors, some-notably
those from Louisiana-in brass buttons
and Confederate gray, but the major- \
ity in cool white, lent an air of orna?
mentation to the scene.
Following the opening of the meet?
ing by Gen. Vanzandt, Chaplain
Young, o! Texas, delivered a touching
invocation.
Gen. Joseph D. Sayers, on behalf
of t?ie State of Texas, then welcomed
the visitors to the State. He was fol?
lowed by Ben E. Cabell, mayor of
Dallas, who gave the Veterans the
freedom of the city.
Snow in Nebraska.
Lincoln, Neb., April 22.-There was
a drop in the temperature today from
the high point of yesterday of from 40
to 50 degrees throughout the State.
Following a slight fall of rain the
wind changed from the south to the
northwest and tonight a snow storm is
prevailing in Central Nebraska, with
indications of a blizzard. Railroad
reports from the extreme northwestern
part of Nebraska and the Black Hills
tell of a heavy fall of snow, .fifteen
inches at Custer and nearly two feet
at Spearfish. Trains are slightly de?
layed, more, however, from tho furi?
ous wind than the snow.
Manila, April 22.-The editor of the
Volcano was sentenced today feb one
dav imprisonment and to pay a fine of
?100 for demanding the removal of the
judge who recently tried Senor Valdez,
editor of the Mian, who was fined four
thousand pesetas for libelling two
Filipino members of the Philippine
commission, and who was trying the
editor of the Freeman under the sedi
tion^Iaw.
VETERANS' REUNION IN OALUS.
WADE HAMPTON EULOGIZED.
Ail Old Officers Reelected and
New Orleans Chosen as Next
Place of Meeting.
Dallas, Tex., April 23.-The Con
; federate Veterans assembled in reunion
here today and transacted important
business with ? rush. Gens. Gordon,
Lee and Cabell were reelected and
Gen. C. L Walker elected to succeed
the late Gen. Wade Hampton as com?
mander of the Army of Northern Vir?
ginia. New Orleans was selected as
the place for the next reunion. Gen.
Gordon was given no chance to retire.
A voice from the back of the hall
cried: "The only way you can get
away from tbe'office, general, is by
dying. ' '
So for another year Gen. Gordon
will be commander-in-chief, Gen.
Stephen D. Lee, commander of the
Armv of Tennessee department and
Gen.'W. L. ("Old Tige") Cabell,
commander of the Army of the Trans
Mississippi department. "
The election was unanimous by a
standing vote. Glowing tributes were
paid to the officers, and half the audi?
ence was in tears when the meeting ad
? journed. Long before the meeting
! opened the auditorium began to fill up
j and by ll o'clock the largest crowd of
{the reunion was present. The bureau
of information gave cut a statement
saying that lodgings for 140,000 people
had been prepared. The estimated
number of veterans present was
12,000. Gen.. Gordon called the con?
vention to order at 10.45 and memorial
services for the late Gen. Wade Hamp?
ton began. Chaplain General Jones
delivered the invocation and Gen. Lee
followed with an eulogy of the lament?
ed southern warrior and statesman.
From Gen. Hampton the speaker had
received his commission as a lieuten?
ant-colonel and a colonel of artillery.
His associations with the famous sol?
dier had been intimate and there were
tears in his eyes as he spoke of Hamp?
ton's recent death.
Gen. Gordon spoke briefly of the
dead soldier. "With his death," said
the general, "a great light went out.
No, did I say the light went out? The
light of such a life can never go out,
but will burn forever, a light to guide
our footsteps to the highest pinnacle
of glory." '
C. L Walker "of South Carolina
sketched the life and public career of
.Gen. Hampton, closing by presenting
the following resolutions, which after
.the singing of "Nearer, My Good to
Thee," bv the audience, were adopt?
ed.
First, That'in the loss of Lieut.
Gen. Wade Hampton, commander of
the army of Northern Virginia depart?
ment, ?. C. V., our brotherhood
mourns one zealous in the discharge
.of every noble duty, true to the prin?
ciples we are joined fogether to perpe?
tuate, loyal to the Confederate cause
and a bright and shining light to
guide us in devotion to the principles
for which he faced death and offered
his life on many a glorious field.
Second, That in our dead comrade
we esteem the nobility of that charac?
ter which stood untarnished amidst
the storms of battle and the trials of
statesmanship. Whose every action
has drawn him nearer and made him
dearer to those with whom and for
whom he fought.
Third, That our deepest sympathies
are extended to his family, who are
left to mourn him, but who have had
the inestimable privilege of intimate
and loving association with so good
and so grand a man.
Fourth, That the usual methods be
taken to give this expression of our
feelings to his family and to the world
which has been bettered by his life.
When the afternoon meeting was
called to order Chairman J. Taylor
Stratton of the resoiuti'>ns committee
reported. Among the resolutions
adopted was one withdrawing the sup?
port of all Confederate veterans from
Grant university, Tenn., on account of
the alleged disparaging article con?
cerning southern women which it was
sated had been made by a professor of
thar univeristy.
The resolution called forth an elo?
quent tribute to southern womanhood.
The report of the historical commit?
tee, headed by Gen. Lee, was adopted.
It recommends: /
L The compilation of material that
will help the historian and the student
to understand the Civil war, its cause
and its results.
2. The preparation of a source book
for collateral use and reference in
schools and libraries.
3. The preparation of brief biogra?
phies and school histories thar will do
justice to southern leadership, south?
ern character, southern environment
and southern development.
The greater part of the report was
devoted to the consideration of these
recommendations.
A proposition to change the Confed?
erate memorial day from May 2<j to
June 3, the birthday of jefferson
Davis, precipitated considerable de?
bate. The present pian, whic h was
fixed upon by southern women and
which gives the States the right to set
their own date, had many supporters.
The resolutions were amended to fix
on June 3, but to allow any State
desiring a different date to take indi?
vidual action, and in this form were
passed.
The credentials committee reported
that TOT camps had paid their per
capita tax and were entitled to 2,2.">2
votes. Seven hundred and forty
eight camps were reported in arrears.
The report of the Davis monument
committee showed slow progress. It
was stated there was ?35,000 on hand
and that 840,000 more was needed.
Department commanders were urged
to prosecute the work of collecting
funds.
Work towards securing funds for the
proposed southern women's monument
was also reported to be progressing
slowly. The report appealed to southern
chivalry to see that this monument
should become a fact.
The report of the committee on bat?
tle abbey, of which Gen. Clement A.
Evans is chairman, consumed the rest
of the afternoon session. It was very
voluminous and was supplemented by
a history of the movement even more
lengthy. The report showed that of
the $200,000 necessary for the recon?
struction of the museum the treasury
now holds 8176,053.
It was after 5 o'clock, and while
the history of the museum work was
still being read, that the delegates
concluded to give an exhibition of
fast work. The report was adopted
without further hearing, and forth?
with Gov. Heard of Louisiana was pre?
sented to speak for New Orleans as
the place for the next reunion. He
was followed by Mayor Capdeville of
New Orleans. The Louisiana delega?
tion having unofficially decided not to
contest for the honor, having had it
but two years ago, New Orleans in a
few brief moments was chosen amid
cheers.
The Gray Soldiers March to Old
Tunes.
Dallas, Tex., April 24.-With one of
the greatest parades ever held at a
Confederate reunion passed into his?
tory, Dallas tonight bid goodbye to
thousands of her visitors. As fast as
they could be handled every railroad
entering the city is sending out trains
laden with fatigued but satisfied veter?
ans.
This evening the beauty and chival?
ry of the south represented here gath?
ered at Camp Johnston where the
grand Kaliph's ball was held.
A reception to Gen. Gordon at Epis?
copal college was the social feature of
the day. Here the commander in
chief, bearing his 72 years like a man
of 40, did his best to receive all who
came, but only succeeded' in part.
With their blood stirring to the
same old airs which bade them do and
die for their cause two score years
ago, the veteran remnant of the Con?
federate army represented at the Dal?
las reunion marched through: the
streets of the city today, the object of
wildly cheering throngs.
? The day was a holiday in the city,
all public buildings being closed be?
tween the hours when the parade was
passing. Thousands of visitors, com?
ing for the sole purpose of seeing the
old soldiers were added to the multi?
tude already on the streets.
That the weight of years was on
most of them was apparent in furrow?
ed cheeks and snowy hair, in halting
steps and rounded shoulders : but that
the old pride of achievement and duty
well done remained was also to be seen
in the dogged persistence with which
they followed the old flag and threw
off their vea rs to the strains of
4'Dixie."
Behind the old soldiers came the
members of the Sons of Confederate
Veterans. They [were proud to fol?
low their sires, as was stated by a
speaker at their meeting yesterday,
"we could do no better than to do as
they have done-to show courage,
fortitude and devotion when the hour
comes. * '
It was estimated that 12,000 men
were in line, about 3,000 being veter?
ans.
Gen. Gordon had great trouble in
getting back to his hotel. At every
opportunity the crowds were eager to
shake his hand, corraled him and
every moment he stopped the crush
about him increased. At the hotel a
crowd of sp onsors and maids of honor
captured him and as many as could
threw their arms about him. Adjt.
Gen. Moorman rescued his chief by
main force and actually dragged him
into the hoteL
'1 It was as fine a parade as I ever
saw at a reunion, " said Gen.JGordon
and Gen. Moorman echoed this expres?
sion.
There was no business session of the
association, a recess Wednesday hav?
ing been taken until Friday when the
reunion comes to an end.
Hope of a Bloodless Victory in
[siana of Mindanao.
Manila. April 24.-Lieut. Col. Frank
D. Baldwin, who is operating against
the Moros on the island of Mindanao,
telegraphs that the capture of Sultan
Pualos' fort has had a most salutary
effect. The Dattos are submitting.
White flags are taking the places of
the red battle flags. The sultan of
Annudtback urges that time be given
him in which to give up the assassins
of the American soldiers, and says
that the advance of the Americans will
mean "bristling cannon and impassa?
ble barriers with God judging the
right."
Col. Baldwin has received orders to
suspend operations against the Dattos.
Gen. George W. Davis in command
at Zamboanga, island of Mindanao,
believes that the majority of the Dat?
tos are friendly and that they have
not had timi- to cooperate, ile thinks
their alarm may cease and that prac?
tically a bloodless victory lias been
achieved.
The man who makes up his mind as
ro what class of trade he will go after,
and goes after that, class with syste?
matic advertising gene* ral ly <^ers it.
White's Sayings.
It Dazzles the World.
Xo discovery in medicine lias ever cre?
ated one quarter <>f th': excitement that
li;ts been caused by Dr Kind's New Dis?
covery for consumption. Its severest
tests have been on hopeless victims of
consumption. pneumonia, hemorrhage,
pleurisy and bronchitis, thousands of
whom it has restored to perfect health.
For coughs, colds, asthma, croup, hay
fever, hoarseness and whooping cou^h it
is the quickest, surest care in the world.
It is sold by J F W DeLorme. who guar?
antees satisfaction or refunds money.
Large bottles "?Oe and $1. Trial bottles
free. 1
TES AND SILK CULTURE
iH SOUTH CAROLINA
Likely to Receive Special Gov?
ernment Encouragement.
Washington, April 23.-Among the
items carried in the agricultural ap?
propriation bili for next year, which
will soon be launched in the house are
two of special importance to South
Carolina, providing for investigations
relative to tea culture and silk culture
in the United States. Ten thousand
dollars eacn is the amount carried in
the bill for these investigations and
it is not too much to say that a con?
siderable portion of this will be ex?
pended in South Carolina, where such
marked interest is being manifested
in tea and silk culture. The appro?
priation for tea culture is to enable
the secretary of agriculture to investi?
gate and report on the cost of making
tea and the best method of cultivating
and preparing'it for market, so as to
demonstrate whether it is practicable
to introduce'its culture in the south?
ern States as a profitable enterprise.
That for the silk industry is to enable
the agricultural department to collect
and disseminate information relating
to silk culture in this country and ,for
all expenses for experimental work,
including the distribution of mulberry
trees, and the eggs of the silk worm,
and for the employment of expert
labor. The appropriation for silk cul?
ture is a new item entirely and is the
result of the many requests for trees
and silk worm eggs that have come to
the department from South Carolina
and Georgia. It is understood that
a company has been formed in New
York having considerable !capital, for
the purpose of starting establishments
for reeling silk in the southern States
so that local supplies of cocoons can
be depended upon. There is also on
foot another movement, headed I
believe by Miss Kelly, of Charleston,
the accredited silk commissioner of
the State,Ito bring into South Caro?
lina from Italy a force of skilled labor
that the silk industry may be launched
successfully and in a scientific manner.
A number of silk-culture associations
have been formed in various parts of
the^ State, one at Orangeburg and oth?
ers in the Piedmont section, having as
their object the assistance of the infant
industry and the spreading of infor?
mation relative to it. Large requsi
tions for trees and eggs have come
from these associations and the supply
of the agricultural department has
been well nigh exhausted. The spe?
cial appropriation carried in the bill
this year will serve to replenish the
supply and in addition a pamphlet will
be prepared telling the art of success?
ful silk culture.-The State.
TWO FOOLS.
Postmaster Lewis, of Madison,
Rockingham County, who followed
campaign fund collector, Pope, over
into Virignia and with a drawn gun
compelled him to return the two $40
notes which he (Lewis) had previously
"contributed/' was in Winston a few
days ago to engage counsel to defend
him in the suits that Pope has insti?
tuted against him, one a civil suit for
625,000 damages for arrest, the oilier
a criminal indictment in Virignia for
'*highway robbery," the highway rob?
bery bein? emphasized with a six?
shooter the demand for the sur?
render of the notes. Under the laws
of Virginia he is technically guilty,
but under the circumstances almost
any jury would find extenuating cir?
cumstances enough to acquit him of
the charge of highway robbery as that
crime is generally understood.
Speaking of this, Lewis remarked
that in having this indictment brought
Pope was as t;big a fool" as he
I Lewis ) was when he drew that gun,
because by forcing the matter into the
courts he makes it necessary for -Lewis
to expose his party methods in defend?
ing himself.
His counsel have made application
to the Governor of Virignia not to
issue requisition papers ?for Lewis
until the civil suit is tried in this
State, and they say that the suits will
fully expose the methods resorted to to
squeeze money out of Federal and oth?
er Republican office-holders and that
District Attorney Holton and Senator
Pritchard are both in' it, both viola?
tors of the Civil Service law, and that
this case will be carried up to the
White House, when President Roose?
velt can have a whack at it.
When talking with a reporter of the
Charlotte Observer a short while ago
about this affair Pope said Senator
Pritchard didn't have anything to do
with it, that he had been hired by
the Treasurer of the Republican Statt;
Committee, who sent him out and
agreed to pay him a salary and ex?
penses. But this is too thin, for
Treasurer Bailey would hardly under?
take a job like that without some
suggestion from and authority by the
power behind the machine. It may be
incidentally noted that since the
Lewis incident Mr. Pope is taking a
rest as a collector of "voluntary con?
tributions. *"- -Wilmington Star.
. Not only pork but pig iron is going
up. It is new higher than Bessemer
steel pig. Strange as it may seem
refined iron bars are $4 a ton higher
i han Bessemer steel bars.
- - -.
There will be a warm time in Wash?
ington before Congress adjourns. It
is said that Speaker Henderson has
advised members not to count on get?
ting a way vf rom there before the first
of August.
- -tm ..???. m i -
IUown to Atoms.
fiie old idea that 1 he body sometimes
weed? a powerful, drastic, purgative pill
has been exploded : for Dr King's New
Life Pills, which are perfectly harmless,
gently stimulate liver and bowels to expel
poisonous matter, cleanse the the system
and absolutely cure constipation and sick
headache. Only 25c at J F W DeLorme's
drug store. 1
OMISE OF DELAY.
State Pension Board Makes an
Official Statement.
The State pension board requests the
newspapers to give the^following state?
ment publication:
While the law provides that the pen?
sion money shall be disbursed on the
first Monday of April of each year,
owing to the delay on the part of cer?
tain county pension boards and their
failure to make reports to the State
board on the first Monday in March,
as required by the rules of the State
board, the State board has been unable
to examine new applications and dis?
pose of them until now-their second
meeting. Reports from some counties
have been received since the 1st of
April, and straggling'applications from
counties have been coming in up to
the present, some in fact were received
by the board today. The members
composing the State board are anxious
to disburse this fund at the earliest date
possible, and any delay in disbursing
the same cannot properly be charged
to them. It is a fact that if the board
had held their meeting the 5th day of
April, for instance, which was beyond
the date the last regular list was
received and disapproved, all those ap?
plications that were not in due form
several hundred deserving people,
who, as i fe is, will receive pensions,
would have been left off the list
entirely; but the board having re?
turned them for correction, the delay
caused has resulted in their being on.
The State pension would like the
various county papers to publish this
statement.
The State board is composed of J.
P. Derham, comptroller general and
chairman : G. H. ' McMaster. W. D.
Starling, W. H. Harden, Dr. P. E.
Griftin. Miss Kate F. Maher is the
cierk.
The Woodmen Goat.
York vi He, April 23.-In the case of
Samuel W. Mitchell, suing the Wood?
men of the World for S25,000 for al?
leged injuries while being iniatiated
in the lodge of Hickory Grove, this
county, a year ago, now on trial
here, the goat, mounted on two wheels
with a handle at the back, and the
seat covered with something like sheep
skin, was brought into the court by
defendants, who intended'producing it
before being subpoenaed. The three
defendants were sworn and told to
operate it as they had on plaintiff,
Prof. Linley, acting as a candidate.
There was much merriment in the
court room.
Rev. J. L. Oates and a number of
witnesses said there was a man on
each side and one at the handle dur?
ing initiation of plaintiff. He said it
was a side degree and not in the regu?
lar work. He said Mitchell laughed
and hollered while on the goat and
said "Getup'' to the goat. He was
tilted forward over the goat's head,
alighting on his feet, being supported
by attendants. He got mad then and
wanted to fight and said he was hurt,
but remained until the close of meet?
ing, a half hour or so. The goat was
bought by private subscription of
members.
Defendant's counsel proposed offer?
ing ritual in evidence but counsel on
other side admitted there was no goat
business in it.
Greenville, April 22.-News reached
this city today of the killing of Albert
Wdfford, colored, by his- son, George
Wofford, which occurred in the eastern
portion of the county, near Rock
Creek Church. Albert Wofford was
drunk and began abusing his wife.
She resented his curses and he fired a
shotgun at her, but missed his mark.
He then began beating her over the
head with the gun barrel, when his
son, George Wofford, fired a pistol at
his father, the bullet taking effect in
the head. Death resulted in forty
minutes. George Wofford iias been ar?
rested and lodged in jail.
Greenville, April 22.-At a largely
attended meeting, held tonight Camp
Pulliam, U. C. V., appropriated 8100
to the proposed monument to Gen.
Hampton. Suitable resolutions of re?
spect were passed, followed by brief
speeches from Col. James A. Hoyt,
Ex-Governor W. L. Mauldin and Col.
S. S. Crittenden, each of whom spoke
of Gen. Hampton in terms of highest
praise.
- ? ? -?
Senator Depew recently reeieved a
request from an Indiana town to sup?
ply fifty original jokes for a minstrel
troop which was going to give some
shows for a church benefit. Making
that request was a better joke than
anything Depew ever concocted. He
never constructed an original joke in
his life.
It Girdles the Globe.
The lame of Bucklens Arnica Salve a?
the best in the world, extend? round the
earth. It's the one perfect healer of cuts,
corns, burns, bruises, sores, scalds, boils,
ulcers, felons, aches, pains and all skin
emptions. Only infallible pile cure. 2f>c
a box at J F W De Lorine's. I
General S. B. Buckner has present?
ed Munfordsville, Ky., with water
works, and his son-in-law, Colonel
Morris B. Belknap, has given the city
a marble fountain made in Florence,
Italy.
- mia. -
Strikes a Rich Find.
"I was troubled for several years with
chronic indigestion and nervous debility,"
writes F J Green, of Lancaster. N H. "No
remedy helped me until I began using
Electric Bitters, which did me more srood
than all the medicines I ever used. They
have also kept my wife in excellent health
for years. She says Electric Bitters are
just splendid for female troubles ; that
they are a grand tonic and invigorator for
weak, run down women. No other medi?
cine can take its place in our family."
Try them. Only 50c. Satisfaction guar?
anteed by J F W DeLonne. 1
rS? SUSITSR WATOHHAK, Established April. 1S50.
Cosoiidate? Aug. 2,1881.
"Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's. andBTruth's."
TEE TRUE SOUTHRON ? Established Jane 1:66
SUMTER. S. C.. "WEDNESDAY. APRIL 30. 1908.
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