The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-26
Memorial Day Exercises
BEAUTIFULLY OBSERVED IN NEW
BERRY,
n Fitting Tribute Paid tho memory OF the
Soidiers who wore the Grey and Fought
III -. fence OF their Country's Honor.
Exec llcnt Addresses by Distin-
gulnht Il Speak ra.

"Aftcr the fight the hero sleeps
| In Gods untrokrn rest
! And still the 81 'th in honor keeps
Her loved ones on her breast.
For sacred is the blood they shed,
| Aud through tho flight of years
| The South shall bless her glorious dead
| With her memorial tears"
Memorial Day, the day set apart to
| pay tribute to the Confederate dead
( the day which is held in reverence by
| all who have Southern blood c0ursinp
| through their vcins-which is usually
celebrated in this State on May 10Th OF
each year, was postponed from that
date until May 23d, Tuesday Of this
week, on account Of the annual reunion
OF the United Confederate Veterans in
Charleston at that time, it being the
desire of all to have present the sur
vivOrs of the Confederate war from this
county, to witness the exercises in
memory Of their fallcr comrades.
| There has never in the memory Of
our oldest citizens, before been wit
messed such anoutpouring ol people on Il
| similar occasion, and such interest
| manifested us was shown on Tuesday.
| The committee, composed Of both
| ladies and gentlemen, went to work
with II deep fec ing Of interest and rev
crcncc, with pride and pleasure at the
| thought that vhc happy duty had been
| assigned them TO do what they could to
| make the exercises Of the day as force
full and impressive as possible us TO :he
heroic and patriotic deeds of those who
| fought and gave up their lives on the
| battle fields, under the most trying cir
| cumstanccs, in dcfcusc Of their coun-
try's honor. How well these commit
tees succeeded, their excellent work
and the happy results and effects bear
| lasting testimony.
Garlands of evcrgrccns aud roses
were suspended from the top of the
monument which was surrounded with
wrcaths and ilowcrs, making Il happy
effect.
The stage in the opera house, where
the exercises were held, was most
appropriately decorated for the oc-
caSion, the decorations consisting Of
battle and camp flags, portraits Of prom.
! incnL soldiers and officers in the war.
covered with wrcaths of flowers and
garlands Of green, floral and other dee
orations, altogether making a most
striking picture to look upon.
On the extreme right of the stage, to
the left Of the audience, was large
portrait Of Surgeon y. f.. Ewart, OF the
Third South Carolina Regiment. He
was appointed Surgeon Of the regiment
which position he held for some time.
He then resigned and was appointed
Assistant Surgeon Confederate States
Navy, and died of yellow fever on board
the gunboat Chicora in the harbor of
Charleston in September, 1864.
TO the right Of this portrait was Il
| stack of army rifles with the old can
teen hanging from the guns with the
| inscription below Sin mcmoriam."
The next large and handsome por-
trait was that of Capt. j. NJ. Kinard, of
the Twentieth Regiment. S. G. Volun-
tcers. He enlisted as First Lieutenant
Of Company f., and became Captain on
| the resignation Of his uncle, John T.
kinard. During the fight in the She
nandoah Valley, near Slrasburg, while
| acting Licutcnant-Coloncl,h he was shot
| through the heart, October l3, 1864
Standing at the side Of this portrait
was the new aud handsome flag of
Camp John NJ. kinard Sons of Veterans
In the centre of the stage was the
portrait Of Col. james y. Nance, In
whose honor the Camp of Veterans ut
| New berry was named. Col. Nance was
the first Captain of Company f., Third
Regiment, but in 1862 was elected to
the office of Colonel of the rcgimcnt
J He was killed in the battle of the Will
derness, May 9th, 1864, and was quite a
| young man at the time of his death.
TO the right Of this was Il large por-
trait of Col W. ID. Rutherford Col
| Rutherford entered the service as d
| private in the Quitman RIFLES, was made
| Second Sergeant and afterwards Adin-
tant, and iinally at the death of Col.
| Nance, was promoted to the rank of
| Colonel Of the Regiment, which posi-
tion he was holding when he was killed
in the battle at Strasburg, on October
18th, 1861.
| 70 the right Of this was large por-
trait Of Gen. paul Quattlcbuum, OF
| Lexington County, surrounded with Il
| large aud beautiful wreath Of vines and
| flowers. Gen. Qnattlchuum served as
Captain of Il company of volunteers who
offered their services to the State in
| the Florida war. Elc served his coun-
try for nnmbcc Of years us repre-
| sentative in both the House and Senate,
| He was member of the Scccssio n
; Convention in 1860, was an ardent Sc.
Cnssionist and vigorously advocated tho
secession Of South Carolina. He was a
| rroat man md tho pntirr ,,oon1o ri o,,,