Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-05-19
The Cowpons Centennial.

| day last, was u monster affair for this section
Of country.
At half past nine o'clock salute Of three
gans was fired by tho Columbia Artillery,
whct the troops wcro musscd in main street
and formed into two brigadcs. Brigadicr
General G. Irvine Walker commanded one
brigade and Col. Hugh S. Thompson the
| other. Gen. John G. Anderson was in com.
maud Of tho division. Gen. II. I. Hunt, of
the U. S. A., was reviewing niIicer, his staff
| being composed Of two officers from the regu.
! lar army and thccc descendants Of the heroes
Of Cowpvns.
Tho following places in South Carolina
wcro represented by military companies at
| the Cowpens Centennial: Charleston, Colum
bin, Grecnvillc, Wnnsboro, Chester and
Rock Hill. Charleston had tho largest
number Of companies present and Columbia
next.
The Grccnvillo Cadets. Kings Mountain
Military Cadets, aud tho Carolina Military
Institute Cadets, Of Charlotte, wero at the
| Centennial
Tho military parade and review was
grand display of citizen snldicry, lasting not
over one hour. Tho new Palmetto Regiment
seemed to be tho crack companies and at.
tractcd large share Of attention and oom-
plmcntary remark. Gen. Hunt expressed
himself us highly pleased with tho appear
ancc and conduct of tho troops, and the
manner in which they responded to tho com
mands Of tho officers. The pageant, taken as
n whole, was fully up to tho most sanguinc
expectations of the public and was spoLen
Of in the most complimentary ter...s by MI
who witnessed it,
The City Council of Spc,,anborr shared
neither pans nor expense to provide, in
every Wy th,Gy could, for tho comhrt and
".hyc.,,enco Of visitcrs to the Centennial.
7, ii.isol seats for ladies were amply provided
in the public square surrounding the monu ;
ment.
II is supposed thn. tl,ero wcro about 500
men in line, and net less than $4,000 persons
present.
There was an old gentleuan on the stand
who WAS alive when The battle of Cowpcns was
fought. lie is now l0l yenrs old His name
is Fielder. He was born and raised in Spar
trnburg County.
| One Of the most eloquent and brilliant
speeches Of the occasion WAS delivered Mt
Governor llagnod's reception, by Judge
! Christian, one Of the Associate Justices of
the Supreme Court OF Yirgiuin. If. was
called out by :: toast from cx Gov. Bonhum,
and his noble response did honor aiko to
| the head and heart Of tho iinsrious repre'
sentative Of the judiciary Of tho O!d Domln :
ion, the proud mother Of Stutc,' as well rs
statesmen. The reception was bri)n.nt and
| hospi,ablo in all its appurtcnancoa and
| arrangements, and was honored by tho Leaf :,
ing men of mark from thirtenn Statos. Tho
| f:atcrnnl feeling aud genial sentiment that
| prevailed throughout was as remarkable as
| it was pleasing, and, we trust. much was
| done to strengthen tho bonds and cement the
| kindly feeling of the sections, and cherish
the sentiments and sympathes Of the ties Of
| brotherhood and II restored Union.
The Spartanburgcrs did their best, and that
is saying a good deal to receive tho vast
crowd with hospitubc hearts and open arms
put the rush was rather too much for a young
inland toHn. and Charleston ia sad to have
taken somc Of tho burden of her shoulders
There was space enough out Of doors to ac~
comnodnto all; but tho inside accommoda-
tons wcrc q little crampcd Spartanburg
| "lli have timo to grow and cxtcnd her Dor.
ders before tho next centennial.
The country people round about Spartan
burg turned out en- masso to witness the
nnScling Of the Morgan Statue on the J Ith.
Geo. lIampton'a speech ut the unvci,ne
| of the Morgan statue was M able production.
Tho sword Of COL Joseph Hughes, Of
Union District, worn in tho battle ,f tho
Co%pcns, vas one Of the relics ut Spartan
burg yesterday
The music at tho Cowpcns Centennial was
furnished by two bands-ono from Atlanta
and one from Chnrleston.
Gov llagood and staff occupied a prom-
nent position during tho rovicw of tho
troops.
AT the stand Gov. Iiugood presided. Gov.
Jarvis. of North Carolina, Hon. Thomas w.
lIigginson, Of Massachusetts, and commit,
teo from Now Jersey, were on tho stand, with
o host of others.
The stand upon which the ceremonies were
conducted was capable of holding several
hundred persons comfortably, and it was un-
comfortably crowded.
There was fine display of bunting
and flags Of ovcry nntion. wore floating in
:ho breezes. Tho Doyal decorations were
dno.