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VOL LVII NO. 22 UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1907.*.: ... >"; ' $1.00 A YEAR.
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tLAKENCE C. GIST
h KILLED BY NEGRO!
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One of the Most Dastardly
Murders Ever Committed
in Union County.
Young Man Shot Down by Assassin
While on His Way Home?Negro
Arrested by Sheriff and Posse and
Brought to Union and Lodged in
Jail?Union County Deserves Commendation
for This Action on the
Part of the Sheriff and His Pos&e.
.
A tragedy occurred at Carlisle
last Thursday night in the killing
of Mr. Clarence C. Cist, town
I marshal, by Arthur Davis, The
afltaiT happened at the Sealxmrd
depot early Thursday night. During
the afternoon Davis had been
put in the Lookup for disorderly
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eonuuei out rasier was reieaseu.
Mr. K. IK Bailey was with Mr.
Gist at thedeport, when the shooting
occurred. Me testified that the
first he heard was a succession of
pistol sheets and the statement of
Davis that he would square up for
arrest He also testified that some
one wire with Da*'is at the time.
When 'the firing began Ixith MrGist
said Mr. Bailey pulled their
pisto&s-aind Itegan shooting. Their
shots went wild, sione of them taking
-eflfeot on 'the fleeing negroes.
Ernest "8artor -sand lie heard N'iawis
make threats against Mr. 'Gist.
(Davis said that after being Godked
fup for disorderly conduct ;a!t the
hall gaim?in rtEic afternoon, fhe was
bailed out by Mr. Pitts, tfhe Seals
>ard agent at Carlisle, and 'by his
father. On his way home he heard
that Mr. GtfK had four pistols and
was goingitu kill him. Xear the
railroad he met his brother, who
asked him tto wait till lie had fixed
the switch Cights. He dietaded not
to wait 'hut to go 'huutu. When
there he:t???k a pistol ftxwi the wall
and rrttuxring saw Mr. <5ist and
Mr. Bailer coining. M<r.*Gist. said r
"You mid I would not 4T?t to tin*|
Lyles place tonight.'' Ehis place
is where )Cr. Gist lived; at is the
place.forneerly owned hx ^fr. A. C.
Lyles, ?mnv deceased- Ofavis, according
to his testimonyv d *nied saying
anything t?f the kind.. "Thinking
he.wee going to kili Ui3, I tired
at once." Other wittteeae? testified
that they theard Davis threaten Mr.
Gist. Th' jury brought in the
verdict That the decease!' came to
his death from gunshot wounds at
the hands vf Davis. Frum .The evidence
brought out at the trial it
seems that fl)avis perpetrator? one of
the coldest (blooded mur<ion- in the
annals of rthe history Union
county.
When . tbx news of tl* billing
reached 11 iron Thursday .night,
about 10 unlock, it the
wildest excitement. It was tit first
-said there w*r a race riot jip full
operation at Carlisle. This, it was
soon learned, was a mistake, but
the least thing would have precipitated
such an <* urrence. The eh^ritf
with an ariniHlp os.se went down on
the 10.2M train. At Carlisle many
citj/ens joined if. with the shenifC*
party.. In smalt . squads a seaa'clt,,
covering almost <ti e entire eastern
-section of the couiiTy, was Is-guu.
Deputy sheriff, ?(J. C. Sandore,
with Messrs. Richatff Gist, brother
of the cnurdered tr.-an, and Jas.
Sprouse, of I'niotj,, located tl*e j
fugitive }?rf?ut four imiV-s east from
Carlisle at a negro settlement, at
;r).<40 o'elodt Friday turning. He!
was arrested by Deputj sheriff, C.
.Sanders and taken <it once to
Carlisle. Although Gist,
brother of the murdered -jwan, was
one of the three in the prrty that
located and .captured D?.*is, no
violence was douc him. Th* negro
was foujjd in the attic of C&Arner
Hawkins, a n<;gro living* near
Pvi/lotl 1 Lt ii- lr . ?\o 1 ? ? >?^ ? ?
j i ivun, # wjji >\ rv 11 a ^iMNj n*putation
among the people of ih.it
section. When Deputy sheriff 8241-1
ders asked if the negro Davis wa* j
in his houue he was told that lie
was, that ne had come in during
the night and asked to allowed
to spend the night there. Deputy
Zanders placed Mr. (list atone door
and Mr. Sprouse at the other. He
then walked up to one of the attic*
rooms where he found Davis dressing.
The negro made no resistance
and told Mr. Sanders he was ready
to go. The negro was securely tied
and placed in a. hand ear and
brought to Carlisle. The crowd of
searchers rapidly assembled and
here the inquest was held early
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NEGRO WOMAN SHOT
BY R. EMMETT SANDEF
Died of Wounds Wednesday Aftc
noon?Jack Askew and Marion
Gallman Witnessed Killing.
Coroner's Inquest Held
on Thursday.
Henrietta Pass, a colored wotm
living in the house of Cordoza I Iain
ton, was shot Monday shot Month
night about one o'clock by Mr. En
mett Sanders. The woman dit
Wednesday afternoon from the <
fects of the shot. The pistol ust
was a Smith and Wesson, HHcalih
revolver. The bullet entered tl
abdominal cavity above the hip at
on the right side, and lodged in tl
muscles about half way between tl
spinal column and the left hip.
At the coroner's inquest H<
Maxwell and Cordoia Hamptx
testified that they were not eyewi
nesses. These were in the houe
but claimed to be asleep, and d
not hear the shotting. Mr. M. 1
Gallman testified at the inquef
His testimony was to the effect tli
Sanders had invited him to go
search of blind tiger whiskey; til
he (Sanders) said he was goii
down titere to see if he could cat
Henrietta i^iss selling whiske
When he got there a bottle of be
had been divided into three pari
He drank -one glass, Eminent Sa
tiers drank one and Jack Askew t
other. The woman l>egan cursi
Sanders. Sanders said: "Dot
ouTse me-" The woman reach
over tmd blfew out a lam?) and
the name time appeared to be reac
ing for =a weapon conoeahid a be
hcrporsen. Sanders sbtft her. Tl
is aboct the substance of W. ]
Gall man's testimony.
Jiidk Askew testified that Siuul<
invited him to go to Cordoza Ham
ton with him "to see about soi
whtdbcy." They w*?at there a
both f ried t</. buy vfinskey. T
requests were refused. lie 11 Ms
well <hr<>ught a lKittleotf beer fr<
A si wi lie, N. C. This was dru
by .Jfcskew, Sanders nnd (1 all mi
according to the former's testiinor
He -corroborated the, statement
(Jailman as to the cruising. Sj
Hensietta Pass curectflZanders,
told filer not to do fch's. It was
pea^vd, and he agauijn rUild her not
curse-him. Sanders "offered to j
for beer; she still oiawed him. ?
bicwrithe light out am A leaned o'
jis if v.o pick up sonaeft't ing. Att
point the shot was ffi&H-l by Emm
Sanders.
Tins is in part the (testimony
file tarvo eyewitnesses.
The jury found a 4 rdict as I
lows:: '"'Henrietta Pass.came to 1
| death ri'oni a gunshot wound at'
! hands o?f Em mett Sanders."
fihlO! nf fJantiir ^tlnnnl
i The rinsing exercise* ilhe S;
tu?- school will be hebl totUvy in 1
I Baptist <<<hurch at that place. 'J
; session toaa been a very' -Hm'eess
one. l"n(kr the managou-ent
i Mr. W. Z. Dantzler, .principal
| the scIum*!, the selnxd l*ac d<
: good work.
There wil1 be a picnie Cep. I
grove surrounding the ehurdb
day.
Miss ClariLri J^ant, a memlxa
?he ninth grade, is the winner
(!the medal whinl a'ill be present!
htwloy.
iKitivEay morning. -jtfrJ the prison
along with three .others arrested
suspv ion of Uing mixed in 1
affaiir. One of them iw the fatl
of -Ji)iuvis, another'}* iilMf brotherlaw,
<fcb? other his brother.
Of fifoe five shots fired by ])av
but, one itook elTeet- Thia nwiut
ted U?ib the heart an<l iix? lun
producing almost insiamianef
death.
After U?>- inquest the prifcom
were brought to Union on the eai
train Friday and lodged in jail.
The coolness. of Sheriff Sand*
and those who assisted him v
largely the cause of the lawful en
tug of the tragedy. It is a mat
of deep thankfulness that the h
was allowed to take its course a
that no rapb violence was added
the already horrible crime.
The body of Mr. Gist w
brought to Union and buried in t
Presbyterian cemetery Friday aft*
noon. He was married aliout t1
years iigo to the daughter of \!
Sanford VVilburn, a prominf
planter living 8 miles west
Union. Many hearts are sadden
by this untimely death.
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JUNE TERM OF COURT.
IS1 ?
Court Convenes Monday, June
!r. With Judge R. 0. Purdy, of Si
ter, Presiding
Judge II. O. Purdy, of Su
judge of the third judicial ci
will preside over the court t
convenes here June 10. One
in will be given to the criminal
p- and one week to the civil <
ly Both the criminal and civil d
n- are unusually heavy. A numl
3d murder cases will come up.
,f- FIRST WEEK.
^ BC Baldwin Kay Gregory
re C C Betenbangh AV A Tweed
tie J C Bevis J C St>ear9
wi S F Sumner Kobt Gavin
, H J Thomas B L Filer
'ie AV AV Finley S B Sims
lie J T Bailey AV G Fike
J S Going 1> J Gault
Uj LB Lee John Fo-ter
R G Gregory F K Mabin
)n II C.Miller C A Jeter
it- J FBetHill AV M Farr
ie, PTTLowe B F AArebber
:.i l.l U Vinson TJ Barlier
. J G Robinson D II Miller
* * 11 fi Coleman J I. Heine
>t. B F Gregory W H Farr
at Frank u ix .1 B Young
in SECOND WEEK,
at J -Mobley Jeter J (5 1 Lancaster
lll? J 1* Holeomb J T Meador
l C L Graham L H Davis
J J Cooper A S C'osby
y. W D llollis Ben Jolly
ior T L Carter Jaek Mobley
(u D A Boyd J M Dukes
* W F Bentley G D IVake, Ji
H R Coleman T A Scott
he C A Betsill llayden Sinit
ng B F Mabry l^evi Bobo
HG H Jeter J X Fowler
i D B Free, Jr N F Fowler
Kichd Adams S H Wllburn
at Stephen Crosby Jt II Riley
:h- J C Betenl*ugn J C Crocker
Jack F.iiluuiks W G Coleinar
j W P Bogan W P Bennett
118 ? ? ?
. Sotfhern Railroad Buildin;
3rH The South now has (>4,()H">
'P" of railroad, exclusive of <
track, side-track and terming
J1" Licatkwts. Since 18S0 there
b? built in the South 4$, 423 m
lX~ new railroads -or exten sio
"J1 existing lines, the rate of ii
nx in thatt [period having been 2
Ln' oent. in ddie -South, :?gainst 1
?y- <>ent. in the rest -ef the on
^ ju?1 (the Youth's added i
! .aftnne is greater ithu* the tjotai
nge in'the whole country in
iv-iniie'inilenge inthe:South liai
*** increased-during'tlw past ten
eft tlhe crate of 1B00 iKiiles am
>he. uwJ,during the.past ^ years
J;*:1" irate ofimore than JdXX) mil
m* jimatlly. flThe cost of this hi
ict4 Laud theseiismprovera*?its duri
| jM> gears 'has approaoiied a tx
wore i than ^U,7.'?0,OtM,0(X).
r I wtiher, parts ?of the country, tl
vHrtaiient.ot .cash ami the
'Ier jduutentevpuise of raikoad in
&*' I ttkonta have mot been suflici
meet the. calk of the -South 1
temel 'transportation. <>r to
tl?etg'owth atvtimes of a.puhl
timnnt, more often v? ?rea
m- tluua creasonabU., finding .exp
the in U^slution, national au,id
""he tending to e.ripjtfe still fuff li
ful efforts <<jf ithe lraikoads to atr
of section ioi whose prosperity ii\
of vitally interested.
Deacon to e .Ordained.
the
to- A deaeot: will he ordained a
. view Baptiot eJmroh on the
of noon of the eoeond,&uj*day in
of, Itevs. J. C, Lawson, ii. K.
ed I and Thos. will likely
j the pastor of tlx' church *11 t
? jdination. There will be pre
w ;$n the morning l>y the paster,
OJj! dinner will he served on tliegi
^pj iutid these other parties will c<
Ver ^1C a'terrKX)n ordination Be
in' | Death of Miss Harvey's Motl
Miw Julia Harvey, one
teachers in the Graded School
^ called home last week on acco
the serious illness of licr in
Mrs. Harvey was carried to til
, pital in Charleston for trea!
y but without successful results,
died in the hospital in- tha
^ Thursday of last week. Her
Jl was Pinopolis, S. C.
^ Card of Thanks.
nd
to Camp Boyd U. C. V., of
ville, wish to express their t
ras to Camp Giles, of Union, foi
he hospitable and bountiful enU
it- nient last Saturday at the un\
wo of the Confederate monument.
Ir. j old-fashioned barbecue dinr
>nt something every veteran c
of Again we return thanks,
ed W. H. S. Harris, Cnpt.
W. T. Ward, Adjt.
,. ?i-;t,JWvr>SV :
RESULT OF CONTEST. |
l '
10th, The Following Shows Total Numbec i
Jm. of Votes Cast?Also the Sjiccessful
Contestants. , 1
- t TUPtqrs.
rpiiit' Mi^'Ue Moorhoftd , 6900 '
hch " "WO*.
\ " AlbaW?r 4fKW ,
urt "
^rY * Frances H. Whitmire... v 4200 ,
;T; 44 - Mahalii Smith 2500 ,
Zrk]\ " Flora High.... ....; 1000
Blanche Garner.... 700 (
Ixmise Bonneau...., 300 i
Cornelia Greer 300 .
\r % - 'x" '
rnary vunningnam 1UO ^
SCHOOL GIRLS. 1
Mis? Annie Kelly 5*200 i
" Mabel Goudelock 3300 i
Clarilielle Fant 3000 f
'* Maggie Mangum 2*200 i
44 Ruth Wilborn 1000 1
" lionise Long... 1500 (
Lena Bobo 1000
44 Vera Mvirrah 300 1
AureeSie, Wilburn 700 <
44 Ertuvces Nicholson 100 1
% SCHOOL ROTS.
J. D. Arthur, Jr 5100 1
Joe Free ? 2100 1
*,r J. K, Eze.ll 2100
Joe Sneers 1100
IhurrJ Shaw 1000
i Ar.gus Littlejohn . . . K900
i F'erdj>aw90Ti ?.. '800
k^sborne Williams ... 700
. I tDe\Vitt Whitlock... 000
h ;'Omeia Brock 100
, StewArt Smith 100
Earle Sanders -r.U-.. ...... 100
Willi! Alversojii 100
Mifeeti BeRe Moorheafi, Carrie
i Hawkins, Alba WaHcee, Vlary Mea-j
dor, and Fran (Tift 39. ^Vkfitniire are"
the successful c<mteataxtfe. among the
2- teaclj^rs. lEedh boy h?0 girl who
has 500 tit -more. .'votefUU) his or ;bsr
writes credit V*" a ?Yieet*8sfwT
This dosee^tlv^^^sU
ht v.' ]Uf. ^WS?tf:i>Wing features is
*** 'A the L**k! *lf follows! r?p between the
as of Tiiu*-8 ao? these-corthistants Which
increase has growe? -strongs as the -eontest
!* per wslXed warmer. 'Thanks, kind
L per | friervds. Sow f??r -iJamestown July
Kiavlrv. ! a ?' *
;?v . n c wme-ea.cn one 01 ^?u a
liii ^ige pdr^iuail iletter.
ifr <>0.j Meetings at First Baptist Jfturch.
s ?ibeen
years Evangdiet Martin, who 'lias been
tuai'ly, I preaching twice each day nnd four
at the times <m Sunday at the iFiret Rapes?
;an- Jtist church for Ahe .past two weeks,
itifcfiing left Wednesday might for .his home
ngdiiejin Blue Mountain, Miss,
itai of | Mr. Martin endeared himself to
As un I many hundreds .of .people during his
lis iin-! .stay in Union. Me .is an .earnest
coiiiei-1 and fearless preacher, .and he
ana#s~ preaches with great fervor. There
ent U was a number of young people reJor
in- ceived for l*aptis?i, n.nd a uutnbcr
i allay .of others who m&i&ifested deep inic
sen- iterest in religion. The ineudliers of
soning ^he church and Christians of -other
ression denominations were greatly revived.
state, The meeting will continue through
er the Sunday. Rev. Mr. lialdy, of Mauve
the cheater, Ya., will carry on the meeticy
are: ing.
ttose of Clifford Seminary.
The commencement exercises of
itFtir- Clifford Seminary will Ixgin on
after- Sunday icorning, June 2, with the
June, j haecalureate sermon by Rev. I). M.
Ezell,; McLeod, pastor of (?race Methodist \
iiBBim, ifcjnircli. The sermon will l>e preach-!
he or- <*l in the First Presbyterian church. !
aching <>n Monday evening at 8:30 the
Then musical concert trill la; given at the
rounds Seminary.
me in The graduating exercises will l?e
rvic-s, held at the Seminary beginning at j
. v 8:80 Tuesday evening. Rev. A. (j. J
j Ward law, I). J)., will deliver the
'address. Degrees will he conferred j
of the | upon three graduates, Misses Louise
s, was ; Hr<)Wning, May 1). Miller, and Sallie
Hint of Atkins.
'Other. The Nicholson medal will 1m>
10 h?s- awarded to the first honor graduate.
,merit, After the graduating exercises a
. e brief reception will be held,
t city on Wednesday evening the young
home 0f the Seminary will entertain
their friends, cards having l>een
issued by them.
Will Go to Newberry
Jones
hanks Dr. P. D. Simpson, f??r a year or
p their more with the Rice Drug Co., has
jrtain- resigned his position to take effect
veiling some time in June. He will then
That take a position with Messrs. Cildev
ier is and Weeks, of Newberry. Dr. Simpnjoys.
son has made many friends during
his stay in Union. He is a capable
Com. druggist, and is an all-round good
man.
1ASTARDLY CRIME
/ IN CHESTERFKLO
k * ' * * ./M
leo Cash, Colored, Attack* Young
White Girl, but is Caught and .,
* Put in Jail?Assaulter is
Shot in Head hY Father
. /of the Girl. v
. 'a ..
ChesterRt'ldi }fay 2n;-tp^u>t
12 o'clock,, within two and a hXlf
piles of this towq, on the planta.iOn
owned by Dr. A. M. Redfern,
>ne of the most dastardly crui.es
cnown to man was attempte<l upon
;he 15-year-old daughter of Mr. J.
IV. Thrdatt, Dr. Redfern's overseer,
jy Ned Cash, a big, burly, black
legro. The girl was hunting eggs
vh$n accosted by the negro. He
prabbed her and had he not been in
i ditcbiwhile she was oij the bank
tie might have accomplished his!
lesign.
As he ran off the father of the
jprl, Mr. Threalt, shot at him, part
at the load taking effect in his head.
Officers started in pursuit with
blood-hounds, but on their way met
another negro who told them that
Cash would be along in a few minuted,
and even while they were
talking they looked down the railroad
and saw him coming, and he
was promptly cut off and arrested.
He is now in jail. Nothing wrong
had been heard .of him before and
he has always been known as a
quiet, peaceable and polite negro.
Tfcin is the first attempted 'crime ol
the kind in this section. Every thing
so far is quiet and no attack
tbe jail is anticipated ,tonight.?
The State, i
Shoots Farmer SwMthaart.
-T* Xvt
7*
Laurens, Msy'JU.?A sensation*]
shooting afbur ' occurred today al
Goldvitfe, when John Anderson at
kCleWe ftTflge fired throng times upor
his erstwhile .sister-in-law and for
mer sweetheart? Mrs. Will SulnmeWj,
aud it is gyigtilar that^ahe escapee
sb'llghtty, iiS" one l*tfl ' hrough
her brooch of hair and' tlife oLflti
two through her clothing.
Mrs. Summers was a Mrs. Anderson
until last Sunday, when sht
married Will Summers. John Anderson
had !>een an unsuccessful
suitor for her hand. All parties
are mill operatives and board at tht
same place.
Today, just after dim er, according
to reports telephoned here, Anderson
asked Mrs. Summers to gc
on the piazza for a moment. Upon
reaching the piazza, Anderson de
clared to Mrs. Summers that lie had
rather see her dead "than wife ol
another,'1 and drew his pistol and
shot at her three times in rapid
succession. The woman collapsed
and at first it was thought she had
been fatally shot.
Anderson made otT immediately
but was captured at one of the Clinton
mills a few hours later. Atsoon
as the shooting occurred, Superintendent
Wright of Coldvillc
mill offered a reward for Anderson's
arrest.?The State.
Judge Purdy.
Judge Purdy, who presides over
the June term of court here has voluntarily
resigned the judgeship, the
resignation to take effect in September.
His successor will be Solicitor
Jno. S. Wilson, of Manning.
Judge Purdy as a man who has
shown himself to be held in the
highest esteem by all good citizens
and one that the law less greatly feareel.
One hour spent in the court
room where he was presiding \yas
sufficient to prove the above assertions.
He makes one feel that he
is trying to do his duty, his whole
duty without regard to consequences.
There is a distinct loss to the cause
? -
in riKiiuMJUNiittw in tne retirement of
Judge Purdy, the fearless, conscientious
and stainless gentleman.
Graded Schools Close Today.
Today, Friday, the closing exercises
of the Union Graded School
will \w held in the grove surrounding
the central school building.
Professor Hand, of the South Carolina
University, will deliver the address.
The public is invited to attend
the exercises.
Death of Mr. Hicks Vaughan.
Mr. Hicks Vaughan died at the
home of Mr. Bird Vaughan, near
CJ A ^ - * * ...
oniiuic, i uesaay ana wan buried at
Hebron Wednesday. Hewasal>out
f>.r? years of age. He was a brother
of Mrs. Bird Vaughan.
UNION'S CONFEDERATE
MONUMENT UNVEILED
Grandest Occasion in Union's
History Was Witnessed
by Thousands.
Our City was Crowded With Visitors
to Witness the Unveiling of the
Beautiful Shaft, Which is a Lasting
Uamantn nf tho Plllint OanHr n<
itiwmwniw v? iiiv muiiaiil uvouo u
the Noble Sons of Union County.
Col. Asbury Coward, Orator of the
Day, Made an Eloquent Address.
Saturday, May 25, was a groat
day with the people of Union and
Union county. Thousands of people,
clad in holiday attire throngedthe
streets of our little city. Even
on Friday afternoon numbers came
in and spent the night with relatives
or friends. The morning train
going north brought up scores of
people. So with the one going
south. From East and West, North
and South the p<-ople came streaming
into Union by private conveyances
Saturday morning. tang l)efore
the hour set for the l>egi lining
of the cefemonies the streets were
fined with people.
At 12 o'clock the old Veterans,
200 in number, were lined up in
double column in front of Hotel
" Union. The Union Cornet band
, was there, also.
Then came a procession led by 14
young ladies bearing a garland and
' walking single file, followed by 60
school girls dressed in white and
carrying each a wreath of flowers?
These led by Chief of Police Long
led the way up Main street to theI
monument. They were followed by
^ the band, and these, in turn, were
^ followed by the double column of
k old Veterans. They wore a smile
and gladness was in their hearts as
they inarched to the monument.
| Here they were stopped?near thm
. shaft of granite that rears its head
;) towaV'ds hea^en.
Out some 50 feet, and just at the ?v .
. corner of tlic court house was the '*
, speakers stand. Seated upon" it " >.
. were Col. Asbury Coward, the orator >
I of the occasion, Mayor Young, Dr.
and Mrs. B. (i. Clifford, Capt. J.
T. Douglass, Dr. A. G. Wardlaw*
Rev. \V. B. Justus, Mr. V. K. De-?
Bass, Rev. A. A. James, Mrs. J. L.,
McWhirter, Mr. Banks, the State
representative and others.
Mayor Young, who was chairman
of the assembly, called upon Dr. B.
G. Clifford who led in prayer, aftjir
which the hand play<>d "Dixie."
At this point in the proceedings
there was a very interesting feature.
Reveille' was sounded,, first at one
point, then at another in the vast
host of people. This was the signalfor
the unveiling. Four old Confederate
soldiers, Messrs. Charner
Greer, J. C. Shuttlesworth, J. I).
, Epps Sr., and \V. T. Betsill, pulled
the covering away from the granite
. I shaft, and, lo, a thing of beauty
stood before the gazing eyes of thous- ,
| ands. Glistening in the sun, and
j proudly lifting its head heavenward
there stood the work of faithful
! hands, a monument to our Confederate
soldiers, living and dead. It
was an inspiring moment, and a
j heart nnist have been callous and i
dead to all high resolve and holy
j purpose to he able to look without (\
feeling the pulse quicken ami the ? ,
j eye kindle with enthusiasm.
Now come the fourteen young I ?
ladies ami march arouml tlx- nmnu- y^
mcnt, wrapping ahout its base the \N
garland thrty carried. Then follow y
the school girls and cover its l?ase J '
with heautifuL Mowers and ever- J
greens. ? >./
I Mayor Young delivered the ad- - J4
1 ilress of welcome. He said: C,
Hail! Confederate Soldiers?and
Welcome!
Of all the days that have come *
and gone since Appomattox! When
footsore, hungry and heartbroken;
you turned your faces homeward to
sadder hearts?desolated homes and
ruin; this day of all that have gone
j before, is given over to you, by noble
j women and noble men and, to your
; sad memories!!
I fTL!- J - ? ' ' 1 " * *
I mis uay is set apart to unveil the
monument tliey^ have erected in
commemoration of your patriotism,
your manhood and your immortal
fame!
Here it BtamlH, upon the very
apex of this high hill; pointing to
j Heaven!! Standing erect by day, I
under the great eye of God! by night
illuminated with electricity! and
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