The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-05-17

a message of good will to all our coun-
trymen and to send the fraternal greet
ing Of this people, of all Confederates,
and Of their children to all patriots of
all sections: to unite with our American
brethren of every State in ascribing to
the guiding hand Of God the unparal-
leled victories Of American arms IN the
late war on land aud sea; and lastly by
the memory Of the fathers, whose spirits
live in theirs sons, to pledge the south's
uofailing support to every worthy cause
for strengthening the bonds OF Amerl-
can unity and thus accelerating the on
ward march Of the republic in its be-
nign mission to humanity.
After the applause had subsidized
Gen. Gordon led Mrs. Stonewall Jack
son to the front of the stage, and she
was enthusiastically applauded.
AS he presented Mrs. Jackson and
in the first lull, Gen. Gordon said: !
will shake her hands for YOU all, and
in an instant he added, no, | will do
more than that; am going to hug her
for you, and with that did what he
said he was going to do, which met the
hearty approval Of the vast throng.
1t was at this stage Gen. Lee pre-
sented his resolution. 1t was decided
without further discussion that the res
olutiou be referred to the committee on
resolutions.
Gen. Gordon presented Miss Kate
Currie, of Dallas, Tex, Miss Laura
Lawendon, of New Orleans, Mrs. Kirby
Smith and other ladies whose husbands
or fathers were Confederate leaders:
II response to the repeated demands OF
the audience he also presented Mrs.
Gordon, who was greeted with an out
burst of applause. The session then
adjourned.
VETERANS on PARADE.
The parade Of the veterans occurred
Wednesday afternoon, and they
marched through a dense crowd OF
cheering people. Led by Gems Gordon
and Wade Hampton, long line Of the
grizzled men who had followed these
leaders and the other captains Of the
Confederate armies through four years
Of hardship and battle, marched stur-
Oily under the blazing southern sun to
the inspiring strains Of Dixie, " OF the
Bonnie Blue Flag and the irrelevant
but irrepressible, There will be a hot
time in the old town tonight. At IN
tervals along the line the futtering OF
a war-worn and shot-torn battle flag
called forth cheers, while many heads
were barred as the frayed emblems OF a
dead cause cleaned over some organlza,,
tion whose name is a household word
to the South. Here and there camp
appeared in the grey jeans uniform, black
slouch hats and carrying muskets OF the
old pattern, and all the war parapher-
MALTA of the sixty one.
Here again Hampton and Gordon
were cheerred vociferously at every
step and rode almost the entire route
with barred heads. The absence OF
Gen. Wheeler in the line was a source
of considerable disappointment. He
reached the city early Wednesday, but
did not participate in the parade.
GEN. HAMPTON LED THE MEN.
Including the kindred organizations
and distinguished guests and commit
tees there were probably 5000 persons
in the line, probably 5000 Of them
veterans. The parade was led by Gen.
c. l. Walker and staff, followed by the
escort composed Of the local military
companies, cadets and the naval re,
serves. Then came Gen. Gordon and
his staff followed by a long line Of car.
riages containing the sponsors and
maids of honor Of the various camps.
The veterans were led by Gen. Wade
Hampton, at the head Of the Army OF
Northern Virginia, and preceded by u
battle flags with their escorts. The
army of Tennessee followed, led by
Gen. Stephen D. Lee and was followed
by the camps representing the trans
Mississippi army in command OF Gen.
Cabell. The Sons of Confederate Vet
erans brought up the rear.
The State divisions were in command
of the following officers: South Caro-
lima, Gen. C. /. Walker; Virginia, Gen:
Brander; West Virginia, General
White; Maryland, Gen. Iripp; Mis-
sissippi, Gen. Campbell; Florida, Gen.
Law; Alabama, Gen. Ferguson; Geor-
gia, Gen. Evans; Louisiana, Gen. Tun-
nard: Texas, Gen. Policy; Arkansas,
Gen. Horner: Indian Territory, Gen.
Coleman; Missouri, Gen. Mccullough;
Oklahoma, Gen. Caster; North Caro-
lima, Gen. DeRossett; Tennessee, Gen.
George ". Guder.
The parade was dismissed at the au-
ditorium, where the memorial day ex-
ercises were held. That being South
Carolina memorial day the occasion was
one Of double significance. The cere-
monies were very impressive and the
auditorium was again filed to Its ca
pacity.
The memorial address was delivered
by AGjt. Gen. Norman, who spoke elo-
ouently of the hero dead Of the South
and paid high tribute to ITS women.
Chaplain Jones, in his opening
PRAYER. made indirect allusion to the
Lee resolutions by expressing the hope
that the women of the south would
keep up the noble work of caring TO!
the graves of the Southern dead and
that no one would take from them that
sacred privilege.
As matter of course South Carolina
figured prominently in the deliberations
of the Sons of Veterans. For two years
the commander in-chief has been q
| South Carolinian, Mr.. Robert a. Smyth
Of Charleston, who has built up the or
der wonderfully and whose adminlstra
ton has been SO acceptable: In addi
| tion South Carolina has the largest
number Of camps in the federation,
fact due largely to the efforts OF the
! State commander, NJ. L. Bonham; o!
| Anderson. OF the 40 camps enrolled
of tharp