The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-09-02

rupted by calls for Butler to speak
and whom he stepped on the stage will
his stick in hand there was mighty
= burst Of applause.
d. Gen. Butler said ho preferred tha1
the Itcv. DR.. Elwc}l should address
himself to the resolutions, but as the
: chaplain could not be present he woulC
undertake the task. 1t was peculiar
that while tho States Of tho North hat
called upon both the State and Fedora
Governments to aid them in erecting
monuments to their dead the women O
the South, in their efforts to place
monuments to the Southern dead, haC
never asked for dollars worth of aiC
from the Governments. Con. Butler
said that such monument would an
peal to the sympathy Of the civilized
world. lie related how a modest
monument has been erected to Mrs
Horn in Saluda County. She had fol.
lowed her husband and son through
the war. The only other monumcn t tc
the women of Confederacy was that OF
Capt. White. He proposed that q
committee prepare an essay on the lace
war. He had just read q paper by
Cen. Dodge, OF Massachusetts, which
spoke OF Lee and jackson in the
highest terms. Another Federal army
olllccr said an account Of the disparity
OF numbers would show the Southern
army to have been the greatest in his
tory. lie went on to relate the disad-
vantagcs OF tho Southern soluicry.
The world is now beginning to realize
what magnificent soldiers tho South
| had. Fitzpatrick, in an official state
mcnt to the Government, had said that
he OButlcr) and Wheeler and IIamp-
ton took lao prisoners, and yet he
| would swear that he took II1J prisoners
When he was talking about Kilpat-
rick escape some one suggested that
he ran in his drawers. (Applausc.)
Gen. Butler said he was not dressed:
that was all he knew. He expressed
his grateful acknowledgements for the
audience given him.
Chaplain Elwcll was presented, ard
said that but fer his deep interest in
tho cause he would not speak at ali,
because he was sick. lie pathetically
pictured the return Of the Confederate
soldiers, and how the women were un-
conquered and chccrcd the returning
| troops. II has been said that but for
the women the war would have ended
IN Il year. Less than to build this
monument cannot be done. In the |
name Of God let not the valor OF the |
southern women be unmarked. His |
heart WAS bubhling over in the work. |
He asked the endorsement Of the young
.
OF their mothers as Of their fathers. |
lie wa" willing to erect Il monument
| for the whole South, but South Caro-
Una ted the way, let her be first to |
erect Il monument 20 nCr women, and |
hc wanted it in some place in South |
Carolina. He wanted substantial cvi. |
Icncc tonight. He wanted some idea
Of what wolld be raised, and if not |
secured it would do no harm to promise |
II, and 90 the best to try and raise it.
IuG resolutions wCrc adopted.
The roll WAS called to sec how much
each camp would try to raise. They
Responded as follows Camp Sumter,
| through Gen. Coward, promised to try
| TO raise one Thousand dollars; CamU Ca
| tawha, lt2ck HIN, offered to do ali DOS.
sIbic, and would work towards 500.
Camp Jasper Hawthorne promised to
| try ~ tor every member, Camp pul-
llam, Grccnvillc, WAS put down for $500.
: Palmetto Guard Camp $500: Camp JAS.
= -. Nance, N"wh"rry, 800: Nbncr Per
:, rim, 'lIdgriiO!d, 81 IL head. $50: Camu
p Hampton, 500; Camp Walker, Spar
y lanhurE, $500: Camp Secession, Able
/, Willie, 81 per member: Camp WYATT
Aiken, Greenwood, 500: Cam,
ii Au#tim, Erccmyillc, 80: Camp Gar
II lington, I.;turcns fl0O or more. Cam
Il Foster Marshall, $500: Camp Marion
:, Marion, 80; Camp NJ. Jenkins, York
c So; Camp Holmes, Waterloo, 81 pei
n member, $50; Camp i'm Hagood, Al
t lcndalc, $50: Camp jackson, Layton
+ SlGO Camp Font Mill, 800 Camp I}oyd
T. 'loncsvillr, SI1 Camp Owens, Clinton
= $50; Camp NJ. G. Butler, 500 Cam
\ Gales, Union Comfy, so; Camp Ed
i ward Mangault, so: Camp kilpat
c rick, Seneca, 500.
II The Sons OF Veterans, through Gen
l. 'onhnm, volunteered $3.50, with privil
IS cgo Of increasing. Many camps wcr:
/. not represented tonight or had not dc
cidcd upon the amount to be suh
,f scrihcd. Chaplain rlwcl made iina
Id appeal Ior every camp to be re-,
IN resented. Over 5000 was raised.
- TWENTlETH CENTURY nc MIC.
IT. The biggest affair in tho wav OF
w pic ME ever known in South Curolin
". came OH IN the city park on Thursda
w. afternoon. The convention adjournc
' II little before one o'clock when tl
veterans formed 4 procession on Mai
. street and marched down to the con
- hOusc,and then counter marched M tl
l., street, the cortrgc stretching from I'll
'. court house to tho monument, and i
- GLIDING nearly Il Thousand Veterans
~ the line. Gen. Walker was uL TN
n|P head OF the procession, accompani,
nj by his adJutant general, JAS.
,,n Holmes, and cN-cOmmandcr S.
;', trlttcndcn. IL was II grand sight
80 sec the men again on the march, wi
-, had douhlc-Quickcd under jackson
III made forced marches under Lon
49,. street, or had trudgcd along tho mi
~ roads in Mississippi under Jos. T.. .Joh
~ ston. 1t was II jolly, jovul mare
III III with no suggestion OF discipline
nd fear OF the officers ordering thom
I" "closc up
-. The Butler Guards, under comma,
q" OF Capt. O. X. Mauldin, acted rs ,
49, escort to the veterans, and the grad,
=, school band led the procession vii
- inspiring music. Arriving at the cit
~ park many Of the Old soldiers dcployt
- themselves around under the shul
80, trees, but large cont!ngcn; was a
"' scmblcd at the stand, where it W;
..' proposed to have additional spcakin,
y. Chairman Mauldin introduced the @,