The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-08
Meeting of Harry Benbow Camp.

Meeting of Harry BenbOw Camp.
Ca: ID Harry Renbow Of the Confederate
Veterans held their annual meeting in the
court house last Monday and between fifty
and sixty of the gray-haired and battle
Scared survivors of the once beloved but
lost cause were present.
Col. David W. Brailsford, the command
ant of this camp, presided over the meeting
and Adjutant S. P. Holaday acted as Sec
retary
The Rev. DR.. s. P. H. Elwell. who is
grand chaplain of the State Confederate
| Veterans Association, was present and
opened the meeting with prayer. DR.. El-
we'll made q feryept prayer and thanked
God that while the ranks of this gallant
command were rapidly being thinned. yet
there were goodly number who had not
yet been called aud were spared the pleas
ure of uniting and shaking hands with
each other and talking over the many hard
ships which they had borne together.
Colonel Brailsford announced that since
the last meeting of the camp death had in
vaded It's ranks and removed one OF Its
most esteemed members, Mr.. Moses Levi,
and that the first business in order would
be the appointment of committee to draft
suitable resolutions upon the death Of this
departed member a committee of FIVE
were appointed, consisting of Capt. D. D..
Bradham as chairman and Rev. james Nc
Dowell Major Land and Messrs. 4. B.
Mcknight and T. N. Minis. The commit
tee retired and presented the following res
olutions:
It is always the duty of soldier to obey
| ~ oc IN ty
While in war We obeyed the orders OF our
officers because We believed they were vest
ed with knowledge Of what was for the
best interest of our country, and with plees-
ure we executed their commands because
we felt we were fighting for our land and
common country. But there is a higher
Commander than any who ever drew sword
and one more Just than ever human officer
proved to be; one whose authority Is al
ways to be obeyed and Lever questioned.
And now
Whereas, II has pleased Almighty God,
the great Commander of the universe, to re-
move from our ranks by the grim hand OF
death our brother and companion, our COM
rade in war and our friend and citizen in
times Of peace. Moses Levi.
Resolved, That we, the Confederate Sur
vivors of Clarendon county, in meeting as
senbled, desire to pay slight tribute to
the memory of our deceased brother and
comrade.
Resolved, That in the death of Moses
Levi we have lost a com panlon, one who,
even though be had not the incentive OF
American birth to make him love our coun-
tr7, yet being adopted by our country he
loved it ANYHOW, and when troubles arose,
espoused its cause and was willing to fight
for the land of his love and adoption. At
the opening of the war Moses Lew yolun-
teered to fight for the Confederacy, and
along with those Of Clsrendon's sons who
were willing 70 place their lives upon the
altar of their country, fought nobly and
bravely for the common cause.
Resolved, That in his death our comfy
and community have last noble citizen
who possessed big and open heart, who
was always ready aud willing to help the
distressed and those in want.
| Resolved, That we deeply deplore his
death, for we feel that We have lost true
com panion aud worthy comrade, and our
county and State noble-hearted, generous
and good citizen.
Resolved, That these resolutions be
spread upon our minute book, copy be
presented to the family of the deceased,
and that a copy be given HE MANNING
TINES for publication.
| When the chairman of the meeting open
ed the house for remarks upon these reso.
lutions. Col. q. L. Benbow was the first tc
address the veterans. and in most touching
and feeling terms spoke OF the virtues o!
this departed member. Col. Benbow said
that he could not only testify to the faith,
Ifulness of Moses Levi as soldier, and
one who was ever ready to perform every
duty assigned him as soldier. be that duty
ever so arduous. but that he knew him to be
8 man who was ever ready to befriend the
poor. He concurred heartily in every word
that had been said of him last week in this
paper, and then he had not been done JUS
tlce, so great were the generous qualities OF
this man. While Col. Benbow spoke only
as his feelings dictated and without prepa-
ration, yet his remarks were most touching
and brought tears to the eyos of some OF his
hearers.
Gait. D, J. Bradhan also paid beauti-
full tribute to the deceased in speaking
upon the resolutions.
Some time was then spent in attending
to some routine business concerning the
trip of the veterans to Charleston to attend
the grand reunion in May, and when the
meeting adjourned the veterans felt that
they had passed one more mile-post on the
road through life, and wEile at every meet
lug they are called upon to pay tribute to
some departed member, yet they were
thankful that so many are left to enjoy
these meetings.
The County Pension Board elected last
Monday by Harry Benbow Camp is COM
posed as follows:
Major C. S. Land, Sd Bowman. j. Ell,
bert Davis, John H. Nahoney and DR.. G.
z Geicer