The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-05-17

SSNs! Wien lug gIiaye xtendpa long fDe.
'yonld the period slotted to mar, YOU.
W nv oid ia comrades, whom [ loved, whom
I trusted and with whom I felt ae
safe as / do now, l want to say to you
all that all tho love you have given me
has been more than reoiprooatod; that
all that l have cvor been ablesto do
for you, for any one Of YOU, or for
South Carolina, has boen moro than
repaid by tho honors you have unso
lioitod conferred upon mo and by this
the browning honor Of my life. I may
not see you again. I remember story
Of an old bishop who whom ready to
retire from public lifo wont to the alb
bot and said:
Father Abbot an old man whose
heart is brokon by the storms of state
is como to lay his weary bones among
YOU"
That is all / shall ask of South Gar.
olinaa few feet Of earth whore my
kindred for six generations arc rest.
ing. And ] am proud to say that one
or more of each generation since thoy
were known in South Carolina has
filed bloody grave for South Caro-
lima. (Applauso,) l claim no credit
for that. Every South Carolinian who
was true was willing to give his blood
and his life for the old State. am
euro that | was willing to do so.
think l can say 80 to you, my mon
that l mover turned my back upon any
Of you whom your faces wore turned
toward the enemy. Tho greatest honor
that / felt during the war was once
when l camo upon poor private who
was dying. I.stopped beside him and
no said: II am happy to dio fighting
and am proud to dio fighting under
you "
[ pray that God will bleas you and
will give you poaoo and prosperity,
give it to tho old State, give it to eaoh
one Of you and that you will go homo
and tell your kindred that you have
seen your old comrado and that he
thanks you for thom. III.
Again tho Rebel yolls burst forth as
tho general ceased speaking and sat
down. /.
Some ono then oricd for Gordon but
Gen. Walker told hin that the old
O0nfeds had dono moro then the Van
koos could over do--their ocming had
made Gen. Gordon run.
A PRESENTATION.
Taking in his hand beautiful wroath
Of magnolia leaves Adjt. Holmes then
Addressed Gen. Hampton thus:
/ Con. Hampton, Your comrades como
to you today bringing hoarts full Of lovo
and words Of esteom and praise and rev.
eronoo. They como also boAring sim.
plo gift which they want you to hang in
tho room you most frequently sit in 80
that as ofton as you may lift your oyes
toward it you may recall tho mon who
novor onoo in war or in poaoo tailored
IN their lovo for you. This wreath is
Inado Of leaves from treo that grows
in your native State. That tree was
transplantod from tho State of your an.
oestors. 1t was transplanted from the
Dismal swamp Or Virginia and now
grows in tho yard Of Lieut.. Col. Julius
Blako, who himself gathered those
leaves and they were twinod into this
wroath by Mrs. Isaaos, whose father
served in Texas and in tho Uonfed crate
States' navy. Wo have solooted those
leaves for those two roasons, and We
havo bound thom with ribbon OF the
blue and white Of your State the State
that will bo known horosftor for all
timo as the State Of its savior, as Wade
Hampton's South Carolina. 4
BY this timo tho yard was filed with