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VOL. LV1I NO 4. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRjDAY, JANUARY 25, 1907. $1.00 A YEAR.
LULAIIUN OF CONF
f Pillar Will be Raised in Main
Square?Large Gatherii
V. E. DePass, Esq.,
Mr. B. E. Artl
Union and Union county gathered
Saturday afternoon, January 19th, tc
celebrate the one hundredth anniversary
of the birth of Robert E. Lee, and
to mark the spot upon which the Confederate
monument is to stand.
The cite chosen is in the centre oi
Main street at the intersection of
Judgment street.
The exercises were instructive and
interesting, and everything passed off
quietly except some misbehavior of a
band of small boys who amused them4
selves by throwing small rocks at people.
Usually there is not even the
small boy offender in Union on such
an occasion, and this bad behavior was
perhaps occasioned by thoughtlessness
rather than by a vicious spirit.
1 he procession was i>y
of Police Long and a squad of policemen.
The Union cornet band followed;
then the Johnson Rifles, in command
of Lieut. Walker, many old Confederate
soldiers and about four or live hundred
school children, accompanied by
their teachers. The school children
brough up the rear of the procession.
The exercises were opened with
prayer by Rev. I). M. McLeod, of
Grace Methodist church, tfer which
the band played "Dixie." The hymn,
a favorite with General Lee, "How
firm a foundation," was sung by Unassembled
multitude. The school
children sang "Ronnie Blue Flag," after
which Rev. Dr. Wardlaw, pastor
First Presbyterian church, introduced
\Y. W. Johnson, who had been requested
by Mr. DePass to read his speech.
Mr. DePass was suffering with a severe
sore throat and, although he had
crefully prepared the speech and was
present in person, he was unable to deliver
it.
Following is the speech of Mr. DePass:
My Friends:?Here on this spot a
shaft will soon rise to commemorate
the sublime heroism of the Confedcr-1
ate soldier. Here the truth will speak
through bronze and granite to future
generations. Here you young girls
and boys will gather inspiration from
the noble deeds of your fathers,?the
men who wore the gray. Here per
pctuated in marble will also stand a
monument that will bear testimony
, throughout the ages to the loyalty,
zeal and unflagging devotion of the
glorious women of the Southland: they
have been too much overlooked; in
them has been the inspiration of all
that is good in the past, and the hope
of all that is ennobling and uplifting in
the future.
The brief limits of this address will
not permit tnc to spcafc of his youth,
his early manhood, or his career prior
to our struggle for liberty and independence.
Those have been, and will
continue to be, far better portrayed
by others. I will content myself with
the remark, that they constituted a
worthy prelude to the exhibition, on
a larger theatre, oi those wonderful
talents and sublime virtues which have
gained for him the admiration and esteem
oi the civilized world.
1 1f.it t1i?? rocnttrroc ???w1 nommtti'ttt r\ f
the Federal army greatly exceeded
those of the Confederacy is admitted
by even the reluctant historian of the
North. In the Union army there were
enlisted 404.000 foreigners, 186.017 negroes.
making a total of foreigners
and negroes of 680.017. If the United
States had not enlisted a single white
American citizen it> numbers would
have exceeded the total enlistment of
the Confederate army by S;.oi7. a larger
number than Lee ever had at any
one time. From the seceded States
the Union army enlisted 317.714 men.
These added to the foreign enlistment
made 811,714. or 211.714 soldiers, besides
negroes, in excess of the total
enlistment during the four years oi
the war. \<M t>> this the nepiro enlistment
and von have .VJ/.731 more men
than the Coniedt racy had. all told,
from the hepinnintf to the end of the
war. In other words, the Union army
had as many soldiers as the Southern
army, ami in addition thereto, J. 178.731
more Marvelous disparity in ninnhers!
And when we consider the advantages
they had 111 provisions, transportation,
munitions, and all martial
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more aina/m^
At the tirst battle, <>f Manassas, the
enemie's forces were completely routed
; then Mr. Lincoln perceived that
while the moral effect of treating the
war as one raised for the suppression
of a rebellion, was of service in uniting
the different political parties in
the North and of giving the prestige
of legitimacy to his government, yet,
that in truth the North under the name
of the "United States had entered upon
a war of conquest, and he forthwith
began to prepare for it on a scale adequate
to the emergency. More than
half a million of men were called to
arms and a navy was speedily launched
strong enough to perform the great
task committed to it, of blockading
the Southern coast from the capes of
Virginia to the mouth of the Rio
Grande. Vast armies gathered along
our frontier, and powerful iron-clads
EDERATE MONUMENT
Street Opposite Court House
ig to Witness Ceremony.
Orator of the Day.
lur Marks Site.
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l swarmed in our rivers and along our j J
, coasts, so that every part of the South!
was exposed to invasion. It was manifestly
impossible for the Confederate i
' government to attempt, with any hope (
of SUCCeSS, to OOOOSe thin ?roc?
at every point that might be assailed.
The undisputed control of the water, ,
and the extensive coasts and great navigable
rivers of the South, enabled the ,
Federal government to threaten so
many points at once that to oppose
the enemy everywhere would require
a ruinous dispersion of the Confederate
forces.
Kentucky and a greater part of Tennessee
were quickly over-run. Missis- ,
sippi was practically lost. New Orleans
fell into the hands of the enemy. General
Johnson was obliged to retreat
from Northern Virginia, but by con
ccntration of our forces upon some
vulnerable part of the Federal frontier
we kept the enemy from assailing oth- I1
er exposed localities. The position of "
the city ot w?.?n,j j);ira. tl
mount importance attaciieu ^,|r h
Lincoln and his advisers to its safety",]"
afforded such an opportunity to the
Confederate commander. The safety
of the Federal capital was regarded I
as the prime consideration and absolutely
essential to a successful prose-1
cution of the war. It is seriously
i doubted if Washington was ever in
| actual danger, but the enemy's tear I
and sensitiveness on this point was I
i such as to compel them to concentrate
their forces in defense of this
city, causing them to abandon some
parts of our country which we were1
not strong enough to protect. I ? s
will be found a marked feature of the!
operations of the army of Northern I
; Virginia, the command of General Lee. j
It will be remembered that he resort-,
j ed to this plan and compelled the army |
. i .wLv-niiaii to withdraw from the !
James, after it had been dislodged |
from its position on the Chiekahominy.
Accordingly our forces were thoroughly
concentrated, which resulted in the
formation of the powerful army of
Northern Virginia. This concentration
on our part, and the danger with
which Washington was supposed to be
menaced, brought about the results anticipated
by i u.cKiiciii ?
army was brought to reinforce Pope.
[Troops were taken from Carolina and
West Virginia to aid in defending the
I Federal capital, and it became evident
! that the Confederate army could not
render more efficient service and afford
more complete protection to the
[country than by arousing the apprehensions
(if the authorities at Washington
for the safety of that city.
It is clear therefore that in that
case the whole southern border oi tin
United States, including the city of
Washington, would have been relieved
of serious apprehension and the
troops occupied in providing against
an expected invasion on our part
[would have been disposable for aggresj
sive movements against us.
After our troops in the West had
fallen back so far from the Northern
(border as to interpose between them
! and the States beyond Ohio an extensive
district of country, practically in
I possession of the enemy, the Confeder
. a to government had a much greater I
| force at it* command for use in the
j field* than would have heen the case
had it been required to guard its long
Southern border.
Time will not permit me to point
out all the advantages resulting from
the tenure of Northern Virginia by the
Confederacy, but I have said enough
to indicate to my thoughtful and retlecting
audience that the great struggle
of nearly four years, which was almost
incessantly waged for the post
session of this region, involved consequences
to the Confederacy of far
greater importance than the mere lo->s
of territory, o- of the recruits ami supplies
it derived loin Northern Virginia.
lint while the presence of our army
in Northern Virginia was of advantage
in many ways, some of which I have
suggested, it was apparent that to enable
that army to accomplish its object
it needed all the strength the Confederacy
could give it.
It was near the Northern border, in
1 the presence continually of tile most'
j powerful of all the Union armies, and
| constantly exposed to the attack of
| superior numbers. It is unnecessary
I for me to point out to those who took
part in tile defense of Richmond the
| manifold and fatal disadvantages they
[struggled so bravely to overcome. I . c<
have said enough to show the difticul-lw
ti* -. that beset that defense, and yet j ft
jail these difficulties were added tojii
(the duties, cares and labors of the ar- tl
my of Northern Virginia. The most ii
marked influence, however, which the ii
situation of Richmond and the ncccssi
ty of providing for it-. defense, ex- tl
erted upon the conduct of the war in I
Virginia, is seen in its connection with a
'the expedition of the army beyond the e
i Potomac. To explain: The great ad- ti
I vantage the enemy would have in be- s
seiging Richmond were so apparent c
that it was a saying of General Lee's tl
that "Richmond was never so safe as h
when its defenders were absent." His il
meaning was that the safety of Rich- i tl
mond was dependent upon our ability In
to employ the enemy at a distance and C
prevent its near approach to the city, p
Such was the policy adopted by him S
and which secured the comparative f;
safety of Richmond from the time the C
army moved northward in 1862, to 11
the time when worn out with more than ii
two years of exhausting war it was
forced to retire within the entrench- ji
nient of Richmond before the gre
and ever-increasing adversary. But
was only by acting upon the apprehe
sions of the enemy that such a rest
could be obtained with the limits
force under General Lee's comman
Accordingly when by the second ba
tie of Manassas he had driven tl
united forces of Pope and McClella
with all the reinforcements that h;
been added to them, back upon tl
defenses of Washington, it became ne
essary for General Lee to decide ho
tic could prevent them from sending .1
expedition by water against Ricl
iiond, and thus necessitate the witl
lrawal of the army from Nortliet
Virginia to defnd the city. To ha\
lone this wouhl have been practical!
:o give up thea dvantage we had gaine
lit he campaign from Richmond t
Vf*nassas. Under these circumstance
here was but one course for Gener;
-ee to pursue, if he would save Ricl
nond from the peril which he kne'
vould attend its investment by th
rcmendous army of the enemy. H
mist give occupation to that arm]
nd such occupation that would compi
he early concentration of its force:
}y this means General Lee believe
hat he might induce the enemy t
withdraw troops from other parts c
lie Confederacy and thus obtain ad
itioiial reinforcements for himself.
These results, however, required tha
e should continue to threaten Wash
igton and the Northern States, am
liis he could not do effectually utiles
e could put his army near Washing
"* ' *? the same time where i
f ?
? -7? ram
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DESIGN OF MONUMENT
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>uld be maintained and supported. I
as for these reasons, as we lean
'oni the report oi General Lee's lirs
ivasion oi Maryland, that lie crossei
le Potomac, and for like reasons h
lvaded Maryland and Pennsylvatii
1 1Kb;?.
Time will not permit me to trac
le campaigns of the army beyond th
'otomac, interesting, and I may adc
ml imperfectly understood, as th
vents of those campaigns are often
mes, subjecting General Lee to th
cverest criticism of those who did no
umprehend the great master mind <i
liis mighty military strategist, but
ave accomplished my present purpos
1 have succeeded in explaining tha
lie situation at Richmond was inti
lately connected with the designs c
ieneral Lee, in undertaking those ex
editions, and that the battles c
iharpsbnrg and Gettysburg wer'e i
act but a part of the plan in whic
ieneral Lee sought to defend Ricli
aond, and thereby maintain his arm
n Northern Virginia.
It is not impossible that had the ot
ective point of the Federal army i
at Virginia been less exposed and les
it accessible the Confederate army migh
n- hi.vo gained advantages that woul
lit have] enabled it to assume the offens
ed ive in fact as well as in appearancs
d. But it is more probable that in such ai
it- event the Confederate governmen
le would have availed itself of an oppor
n,: tunity to reinforce its armies in th
id South and West, rather than engage ii
le the invasion of the North,
c- ; That General Lee had the inelina
w tion to pursue this policy is demon
in strated by the detachment of two di
i- visions of Longstreet's corps to re
i- inforce General Bragg, at a time whet
n u was thought that General Lee woul<
e I not require his whole force in Virgin
lyiia. ' I*i fact, I may mention that whili
d an |army lay on the Rapidan in thi
o j winter of 1864 and 1864, it was in con
is : toitipTStWm <0 have General Lee him
?1 I self to take command of the army it
1- Georgia. The great and abiding con
w hdence of General Lee in the belie
that Richmond could not be success'
0 fully defended except by keeping at 1
i'< distance was illustrated to the last.
*1 The close oi three years of bloody
war found )' * diminished forces strugd
ginig with tresh and ever-increasing
? J numbers, and yet so strong was Gen
'f eral Lee's conviction of the necessity
I of preventing the enemy from forming
j the siege of Richmond that he did not
t hesitate to reduce his strength still
- further, in ordtr to aim one last blow
j ! at the Federal capital, in the hope that
si he would thus cause General Grant to
- send part of his army to its defense.
t, 1 have thus imperfectly endeavored
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fBh'i
Mre. i "iBiP
TO BE UNVEILED MAY 1 O.
J
t t" present to you in a general way the
i difficulties under which General Lee's
t | army had t<? struggle, and 1 think I
d have made myself understood, that
e you will he able to form a better idea
a :of the extent and magnitude of it.services
than could be derived from a
e description of its various battles.
C| With the burden of Richmond's
I.'weakness on one arm, with the othet
e | it dealt those ponderous blows undei
i-1 which the gigantic power of the Fed
e | eral government shook to its founda
>t tion, and caused the whole world tc
d look on with wonder and amazement
I These are reflections which add new
(* intomct t/\ lio .r.? - - ? ' "*
ll ties and our marches. They give unit>
i- and consistency to a narrative that i:
commonly regarded as made of de
" tached and independent events. Bu
time passes upon me and I cannot pur
n sue this subject further,
h When the imperishable names o
'* Cold Harbor, Manassas, Fredricks
y burg, Chicamauga and Petersburg an
mentioned they cause the cheek to glov
n (Continued on Page Four.)
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J SPICY NEWS FROM
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' Battle Over Dispensary
j Scheduled on Lien La
J Doomed?Represe
to Vote for
(Our Columbia Correspondent.)
i Columbia, Jan. 24.?(Special) ?
1 does not seem likely that the decisi
" battle over the dispensary will be b
? gnu until next week. Both sides a
- waiting on the report of the new di
- pensary investigating committee. Th
1 it is now expected will be ready I
f Friday, according to a statement t<
- day a member of the committee tna<
1 to the correspondent of The Time
The principal bills of each side, th
. of the dispensary people seeking a pi
; j rification scheme along the lines of tl
Tillman-Ravsor-Manning bill of la;
year, and the Carey-Cothran local o]
tion county dispensary bill, have bol
been printed and are ready to be eallc
' up on a moment's notice. But Satu
I day will be an off day, both housi
| having selected this day to visit Cl?I
son college, and as the committee r<
port will not be in before Friday, ther
will be no time for action this week.
A subject of special interest to th
readers of The Times is the probabl
action of the legislature this year o
(the lien law. It is impossible at thi
'stage of the game to foretell what wi
be done. Bills to repeal the law en
tirely, and bills to make importan
amendments, are pending in both hous
es, each branch having gone up on th
subject to back away again in the torn
| of motions to adjourn debate. It i
evident that there will be the usua
warm contest in both houses. Tin
factions seem equally confident of vie
tory.
The fate of the bucket-shop nuisanci
may be decided in the senate this week
Judging from the number of bills be
ing urged on the subject, it seem:
i:i...i.. o? ?
nun some sort ot change wil
I. made.
reached in either house tifl next week
Some bill along this line will likeh
get closer to ratification than any havt
yet done, but it does not seem likeh
that compulsory education will be en
acted into law this session.
Perhaps the most important negativi
legislation of the session so far ha
been the putting to death of the Pros
joint resolution calling for an inter
session commission to investigate th
railroads and report by bill and recom
mendation and testimony. The resolv
' ing words were striKen out by a vot
j of 65 to 4S. It looked as ii this hi
j would forestall action sought in othc
( pending bills.
An important piece of positive legi?
I lation of interest to your readers wa
I the passing by the house of Mr. Waif
i er's bill to allow 50 cents a day t
jurors serving in magistrates' courl
j in criminal cases. Desperate effoi
j was made to kill the bill on thir
reading, first by a motion to recon
j mit and then by a motion to cnmmi
a roll call being demanded in eac
case.
A feature of the house session th
week was "the statement of reasons
Representative Coke D. Mann gave u
not voting to confirm the election <
j Senator Tillman. He sent up hi> wri
; ten reasons to the speaker's desk ;
I i? >lh >ws:
"I wish to state my reasons for n<
! voting for the Hon. Benj. R. Tillnui
t<> succeed himself in the United Stat<
senate.
"First. He made a wanton and in
: licious attack upon the ministry <
j South Carolina, charging them with 1>
ing in league with the ex-barkeepe
of the State, with Col. James A. Iloj
the standard-bearer of the prohibitio
i>ts, to defeat and destroy the dispe
, j sary law in South Carolina. This 1
; j knew was false and an outrage <
j c< >mnv >n decency.
"Second, before I could vote f
[ him I would have to know how mu
I money he returned to Hubbell in r
bates allowed the State. I contend th
II as governor he was handling the mo
.' ey of the State and had no right
. return it to the liquor house, any mo
- than the present board has the rig
' to appropriate such money to tin
' own use."
On motion of Representative Ric
r ards the "reasons" were promptly a
' by a large vote stricken from t
( records.
Senator Smith Flays Rum Shop.
j The subject of abolishing the Sts
. dispensary, as provided for in the r<
e olution introduced in the senate sc
v eral days ago by Mr. W. S. Smith,
Hampton, came up yesterday as a s|
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I THE STATE CAPITAL
Will Begin Next Week?Fight
w?Bucket Shop Nuisance
intative Mann Refuses
Senator Tillman.
cial order and the author addressed the
senate for 20 minutes in support of
ve its adoption.
For the first time this session every
re member was in his seat. Senator
lS_ Smith has been termed the "unknown
quantity" in tlie upper branch of the
general assembly, as he was elected
o_ without committing himself in the
je' least on the liquor question. His reiC
marks yesterdav, however, leave no
at doubt as to his position on the <|uestion
tJ_|of the disposition of the present sysu.
1 tem of handling the liquor business in
I South Carolina.
; He declared that the people oi the
^ State had expressed themselves in no
uncertain terms on this question and
r_ it behooved the general assembly to
i carry out their wishes, and without
.delay. To make use of a quotation, _
I" the dispensary was born in sin and "*
i brought tip in iniquity." and he did
| not believe it is possible to purify a
\ thing that is absolutely rotten.
t. If representations arc true, he arn
grued, to say the least, the institution
s is not properly managed today, and
II it the directors have not been guilty
jot wrong-doing they have certainly exercised
very poor business judgment.
I lu-y have laid in an enormous supply
'of liquors when it has been expected
1 for some months that the dispensary
would go out of existence at this sesS
11 stoti of the legislature.
t j Sufficient evidence of wrong-doing
and mismanagement had been produced.
yet no prosecutions have been
commenced. Those who are alleged to
have received thousands of dollars illegally
go free. There has been sufficient
investigation of this institution
I already and he thought it time that
thv^wslators were taking some ac.jiyheve
the situation. .
declared that iT all the "stint" itt Tnc '
' South Carolina dispensary were emptied
into the Congarec river the
' chemicals would not be washed out
I when it got down to the seacoast. He
could not understand why the senators
and members of the house want to
* keep putting this mater off. If they
* carry out the wishes of the people the
dispensary will be abolished, and forthL
i with. The members should come out
and not continually attempt to delay
the execution oi the people's wishes.
The senator from }Tewherry, said
Mr. Smith, had been playing hide arte?
I >eek with him. resorting to all kinds of
; parliamentary tactics to prevent consideration
<>f his resolution. lie is
tired of this and wanted the 111 iter
j threshed out and done with. He would
rather have his resolution defeated
than to have it sidetracked, and warned
rt I
^ j the senators that he did not want any
^ j more dallying. He declared that the
: dispensary foilks arc a treacherous
jM crowd. They do not stick to their
I friends, even. Take for instance the
. senator from Newberry: He had bled
..and died for the dispensary almost,
I and what did they do for him! (Here
. the president informed Mr. Suitih that
>{
{ I he was out ot order and he dropped
I that line of criticism.)
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u Honor Roll Central School.
m i
..-s F*ir>t A. ? Elizabeth Smith, Myr
tic Smith, Cornelia 1 aimer, Lillian
a-1 W hisonant, Louis Gilliam, Sidney
j Howell, Hale I'ewley, Frank Parks,
.Marie Walling.
Irirst I!.?Thehna Hart, Lillian Malone,
Anthony Rice, Victor \rtliur,
Lconia Maytield, Louise Whisonant,
Llizaheth Garner, Frances Sartor, Cain-lie
Wood, John I'owell, Mabel Laws'
>n.
Second.?Aggie Love, Aline Williams,
Lummic Ctidd, Ruth Mix, Ruth
i Gaulr, William Wallace, Fred Wallace.
Third.? Lcmmie Petty.
Fourth. ? Charley Purcell, Russel
Sexton, Lamplcy Whisonant, Nell Pewley,
Grace Carpenter, Victor Mayfield,
Gertrude Ray.
Fifth.?Ailcan Sumner, Nida High,
Ethel Cooksey, Clarice Tinslcv. Thorn
I as Corn, Robert Hamilton, Clyde
Hamt's, Harrold James, Letha Parker,
Sam Williford.
It- Sixth.? May Charles, Van Charles,
nd Holton Askew, Kathleen James, An
. na Sanders, Eva Howell, Vera MurH
rat, Olivette Smith, Sam High, W arren
Arthur, Pauline Spillcrs.
Seventh.? Bessie Alverson, Effie Alverson,
Myrtle Cranford, Annie Tinslte
ley, Ruth W'ilburn.
?s* Eighth. ? Kelly Ledbetter, Curtis
,v. Sanders, Hillard Thomas, Altalee Bewof
,<?yNinth.?Edith
Smith, Theo. Young,
,e* J. D. Arthur.