The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-08-16
The Reunion at the Carswell Institute


Carolina regiment, III connection with
the reunion Of the old students of Cars
we'll Institute, situated in Hall Town
ship. thirteen miles south Of Anderson.
furnished the occasion for Il gathering
of twenty-five hundred people. Com
pany +, cath South Carolina Volunteers.
numbers on its roll of members one
hundred md sixty names. Of whom
there arc fifty eight survivors. and out
OF this number thirty were present.
The members of the company have met
ut this point every year sincc'thc war,
and on July %, 1888. were formally or
ganizcd. and as an organization since
that time have regularly come together
to e" over the past and relate the mem
orics and incidents which il expert
cnccd i'll the stirring times from 60 to
III. at ll.m o'clock the Association
WAS called to order by the Hon. X. l..
Cllnkscalcs and after PRAYER by the
Rev. Mr.. Abncy. nf Starr. The large
audience was addressed by Prof. Il. l..
Clinkscalcs. Jr.. his subject being the
Civil War and the Lessons il Teaches
This Gcneration.'' His speech dealt
with the principles whicl, caused the
war, and the heroic conduct OF the
Confederate soldier in maintaining
those Notwithstanding terrible odds
and leaving to their sons an example
OF uncIuallcd patriotism, and Il heri-
tagc of glory for valor and duty well
done unsurpassed in the annals OF the
world. After music the chairman in
trO,lucetl Gen. NJ. l.. BOnhnnl, who
made an eloquent speech, suitable to
the occasion, i'll which he incidentally
sought to give due credit to the great
Army Of the West for the invaluable
services rendered the Southern cause
by it. The venerable Martin Hall, IL
survivor OF Company +, 24th South
Carolina, has given lot to the sur
vivors of the company for their annual
meetings, and through the suggestion
and efforts Of Gen. Bonham pavilion
will be erected on the spot before the
occasion of tic next reunion.
Dr.. NJ. a. Thompson, representing
the man in grey, was next introduced,
Jacket of Grey" The recitation was
made more impressive and realistic by
the presence of n young lady, Miss
Lucy Lcverett, who stood by the
speaker holding up to the gnzc of the
audience faded Confederate coat
DIR. Thompson was followed by L..
NJ. Rucker, who made telling speech,
lauding the qualities OF the Confederate
soldier and showing that in every
crisis of the nations history, from it's
incipiency to the present time, South
ern men have been the power that
guided affairs. He regards the pension
building at Washington n monument to
the .valor and courage of the Confedc-
rate soldier.
The exercises ut this j;sncturo wero
varied by music, after which w. E..
Latimer, Of Bolton, son OF the Hon. A.
G. Latimer, was introduced and tlcliv-
cred we'll prepared speech on the
Philippine war. He is an anti-expan-
sionist.
After o recess OIL AN hour, during
which an excellent dinner was enjoyed,
tho audience reassembled at the stand
and the Hon. A. C.. Latimer was intro
duced, and paid his respects to the
0pposers of the Alliance. The people
should keep we'll informed on political
subjects. Politics should be discussed
Oh all occasions. He branched of ON
the Philippine war and criticised the
Administration for spending 81, 900, 900
per day in trying to subjugate people
who ought to be free. He took occa-
sion in this connection to score Nc
Laurin for his voting with the cxpan-
sionists, charging that by his vote lie
saddled an infamous debt on the pco-
pie.
Senator Tillman was then introduced
and after some Introductory remarks
appropriate to the occasion said his
interest in the meeting centered in the
fact of the old soldiers. That his
brother had served in the war and was
captain of Company, Gath South Car
Olina regiment, and he was attached to
all his comrades. The action of tho
Republican party in regard to Hawaii
and now refusing to grant liberty to
tho FilipinOs was tho occasion of the
thought that the Confederate soldier
enjoyed the proud distinction of max
ing the last stand for constitutional
liberty. We should be opposed to the
cxpansi0nist idea from monetary
standpoint, il not on any other or
broader grounds, secondly, because
they were alien in race and different in
religion. The article of G.. e. Feather
stone in the Columbia State of the 9Th
inst. was tho occasion of some discus
sion of tho liquor question. Hc read
the article and said that he did not say
what the article makes him soy, 'that
the Prohibitionists were set of hypo-
critics and towards" What he did say
Mt Sumter was "that if VIC had prohi-
bition it would make our people liars