The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-09-01
THE OLD VETERANS.
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AsbWy Coward, Charleston.
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TboS. W. Carlisle. Edge tiel6
All w5o were oFpCS' q we're asked
70 rise, but none sho%ei their heads.
Gen. Wa;k-r said that be had ex.
pected and desired 10 give way to
someone else ia the honor CT com
mandIng the Confederate Veterans.
Then care toe elrc.ion OF division
generals. It was thought that Gen.
Coward and Gen. Car@lle had been
re elected, bat i was reid thar they
had 10 be elected by the delegates
from their divisions, aud The motions
we're put, and Gen. Asbury Coward
was elected to the command OF the 1st
division and Gen. Carwile to the 3D.
It wss here that Chairman EIwell
putin more work for the monument
to the Confederate women, and an
nounced the chairman o. the work of
raising Subscriptions for the several
counties He announced tie follow
ing names with the consent Of the
Convention: S. 2. Il. E:wwell,
chairman; Charleston. James Arm
strong: Colleton, G G.. Henderson;
Clarendon, D. f. BraGhsm; Chester.
field, j. 4. Craig; Bamb. RI, T. u.
Ban berg; Barn @el!, +. Il Creech;
Besufort, & N. Stokes; Ab3eviile, J
Z. Lyons; Anderson, Col. J. L Maui.
din; Aiken, B. II. league; Hampton,
j. W. Moore; Oconee, Y. f. Martin;
P!ckens D. T. Bradley; Greenville,
W. L. Mauldin; Laurins, B. W. Ball;
New berry, ]. W. Gary; Lexington,
n. D. Harmon R;chIand, R. S. Des-
portes; Orangeburg, Samuel Dibble;
Sumter. T. '. Walsh; Chester, j. W.
Red; Berkeley, D. P. Smith; Ker
soaw. G. 9. Hay; Lancaster, L. G.
Hough; l nion, J. E. Douglass; York,
ADJ. T. =. Breckham; Spartanburg,
D. r. Duncan; Cherokee, J. L. Strain;
Darlington, W. I. James Marlboro,
j. P. Hudson; Marion, ( &. Gasque;
Florence, John Scott; Aorry, B. L
B=attle; Williamsburg, Louis Jacobs;
Georgetown, T. NJ Merriman; Green
woCG, @. a. 9. Waller; Sa!uda, w. S.
Allen; Dorchester, G 20. Upper; Edge
field, Taos. ". Car4i.e.
Geu. Walker said tha. Mr.. Elwell
hal mod9stJy LETT his name off the
Ils!, but he would Insist that he take
the Craftsmanship, and with unani.
nous vote the Veterans seconded this
suggestion.
As soon as tee Veterans got down.
stars they began forming IN liae to
60 to the picnic grounds. The5 form
ed jast as rapidly and prettily as they
did before drawing up in battle array,
and were impatient for the escort, the
Butler Guards, to arrive. With the
Graded School Band at the head CT
the column. and the Batter Guards as
escort, the Veterans began their march
TO the p;caic grounds. 1t was rather
much Of walk, too much
for great many, but it was
surprising how many OF the bat
tie SCARED soldiers kept ranks to the
end OF the march. The march was
from the convention Hall to the Man,
sion House, then back 10 the picnic
grounds, Beyond the Confederate
monuments in the grove where the
campaign meeting are generally held.
4 great many more avoided the tedi-
Gus march By getting on the side
walks. O.hers took carriages, and a
good many more did not care ID go at
sIl.
At the park befcre dinner several
speeches were made. Dr.. Elwell paid
a glowing tribute to them. He was
Justify appiauded. He argued that
truly were Lee and Jackson great
soldiers ard leaders, but had it not
peen for the soldiers whom Lee
and Jackson led their names would
never have been handed down to
history. 1t vas the brave men whom
these generals led who made the Con.
federaIe army what it was, and while
ha. would not take away from the
generals one iota OF their glory, he
would not have the privates forgotten,
for tley suffered the greatest of priva-
tons, and they met death uniinch-
ingly.
The reception to the sponsors which
was most pleasant affair, closed the
meeting, and the veterans adjourned
sine die to meet 4 Charleston next
year.