The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-06-14
CONFEDERATE HAND -SIIAK l.
BiihI ARP LIKES LOUISVILLE.
The Experience of Every Nctcra u
Would Eili II Volume With Intcrcs
The Great Address OF Dr. Palmer

The Experience of Every Veteran
Would I'ili II Volume With Intcresl
The Great Address OF nr Palmer
1t would take Is week Of time and q
whole regiment Of writer's to tell about
the great Confederate Veterans reun-
ion at Louisville. Nothing like it has
been Witnessed since the close OF the
civil war. 1t Dasscth comprehension.
This Is Thursday, the second day, and
there arc now here twice as many vctc
rams as ever gathered anywhere. For
many years We were not allowed to
gather anywhere TO Jubilatc, but now
we go where we please and say what we
please and voice our Old Confederate
sentiments and sing DlXicn and un-
fucl our banners and even the boys in
blue join in the general hilarity. Ire
member when General George II .
Thomas WAS here in 1863, and | have
preserved u letter from him in which n
he said we Romans must not exhibit N
Confederate Nag any more in public
nor even keep one in private, for itwea
the cmblcm OF treason aud the punish
mcnt Of treason was death. Our Ro.
man young men and maidcns had used
an Old tattcrcG banner in Il tmb'cnu cX-
hib!tiOn that was given in the city hal
To raise little money to put back some
Dcws in the city churches, for tho Fed
erals mad taken out the pcws and used
thcm for horse troughs and used the
churches for pOvcndcr. That old war
stained banner WAS tho one our boys Of
the Eighth Georgia regiment marched
into the first battle Of Manassas with
under General l}nrtOw, and our young
people Thought it no harm to place it
in dead soldiers hand in a. Jublcau
scene Of Is lnl,i after the battle. Then
We were allowed to think what We
pleased, Dto row we can LAY what We
please and do what we please and
there's no treason in it. WHAT II good
doctor Old Father Time is. Why he
WAS Federal soldier who opened the
ball at Phcnix hall last night and gave
welcome to the veterans Captain
'irtic was one Of the boys in blue, but
ho paid tribute TO Ms and spoke kind
and loving words and would put Us on
| the pension rolls il he could. lie is Is
great, big hearted gentleman, he is.
There are ! 900 veterans here now
sure enough veterans who wore the
gray, and they are the livcst men in ~
dead cause the world ever saw. There
are twice as many here a. were in Char
| lesion last year. Captain l'ir:ic said in
his address OF welcome - The city Is
| yours and it is. Such hospitality WAS
never witnessed anywhere. Just read
the papers and il will amaZa You.
| There arc veterans here in business
who entertain every one who is lcft Of
| their old regiments. llGrG Is Captain
| Norton, who wcut out from ltomc with
| the Light Guards and has accumulated
! Is fortune here since the war. He wrote
Is letter to very surviving member Of
the Eighth Georgia regiment, urging
them to como and to be his guests. |
an proud to be one OF them, and Coz.
oncl Towers Is here, too, giving orders
| from these headquarters. a year ago
We were lamcnting the rapid passing
OF the Confederate veterans and We
really feared we would never more
gather enough OF them TO make IT. in.
tcrcsting. But here they have doubled
in number and tribhlcd in life and it
cant be accounted for unless the States
have increased their pensions. Money
helps to prOlong life, no doubt Of it.
Georgia now gives half " milii0n year
to her old soldiers and they just keep
living on and on.
Time cuts down ali
Both great and small
| Except q pensionGd soldier.
| They do not die,
But multiply
| AS fast rs they gross Older.
1t may be, however, that Louisville
has impormncd and reached out hcl