The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-05-17
BENNETTsYILLE.s Il. Il. FRIDAY. MAY II, 1901.


Of you who were in the cavalry will
Join mo whom / say we were always
glad whom wo knew Gen. Gordon was
leading his mon (Applauso.) He ID
here and ], for you, thank him for tho
hopor he docs. n
Now, my friends, can say nothing
moro to you. [ have como from sick
bed thatI might meet you, and tell
you haVo never forgotten tho old lang
syne, when we oamped together. loan
never forget those days. They say our
csuse has boon lost; but just cause
never dies. twill live forever, and
pasy to God that in the hearts Of all
tho mon who fought 80 bravely they
will remember that though the cause
on earth is lost, it will long 70 down
the pages Of history as one Of the
noblest and.greatest struggles and mad q
by tho nobleat army that over trod this
green earth. 81
At the conclusion Of Gan. Hampton's
brief speech there was an outburt Of
applause. ii (.
Commander Startling gracefully pre-
aepted Gen y. Irvino Walker, and
thoro was an outburst OF applause for
Gen. Walkcr, for ho 10 the man above
aliwho has made such a. Rsunion nos
sible. Gen. Walker said
Gen. Walker, commander of the
division, responded to the address Of
welcome. Ho spoke strong and clear
and could be generally heard. He Re-
turned sincere thanks for the splendid
Teloomo and magnificent hospitality ex-
tended tho veterans. Ho spoke OF Go.
lumbia'e devotionsto the cause and CON.
graduated her citizens that they had
builded from her ruins q oity who's pros
perity was gratifying and whose CON
,lnued growth would eventually mako
her the metropolis of the state. He 70.
forred to the fact that Columbia was the
birth. place oftho division AT tho frat
moeting iheTo woTe HHftoon oaui ps rSpro-
sented by twenty nino delegates Now
Ithcre arc l35 camps with hundreds Of
gray halted delegates.
Gen. Walker then road the tribute to
the dead and to tho women &c Sou,h
Carolina, which was responded TO by
the aasomblage. I. Al
', A LADY ORATOR.
In q few appropriate words, he intro
duoed Miss Elizabeth Lumpkin, who
delivered the address Of We oome to the
Georgia Veterans.
Miss. Lumpkin took tho crowd by
storm and hor reception was seemingly
the heartiest ovation Of the evoning.
Hor; yemarks were we'll timed and re- plete
With noble sentiments. She spoke with
a clear strong voioo, and her delivery
was faultless, In her address directly
to tho veterane, after declaring that she
loved them all, the Jhole assemblsge
rose on masse and oheored her to tho
eoho. Whom she declared, with great
dramatic folos, that it might be the
sons Of veterans would forget tha vet.
Grams and their camse, but their daugh.
tors never would, tho enthusiasm was
without bounds. Though daughter Of
Georgia, abe paid glowing tribute to
South Carolina, and in olosing, oalled
tho veterans the cavaliers Of the earth.
When she bowed her adieu, those about
the stage heartily congratulated her on
,har Efforts Tho yeterans ohoered and
l5oheered, and Miss Lumpkinf bowed hes
Acknowledgements 81 II a &,
. '.Iss.A Amoilg thoso who extended their con
gratulations was General Gordon. On
his appearance he was received with yo.
for him .' 'Au ouo1' Wofo louo Calls %
. :, YEN. JOHN Nh GORDON
finally rose and said:
am not a Carolinian, but I'm a
aeorglan, and can prove it by this en-.
tire audience" Much applause and
cheering going on, no said: I'm stand
ing tonight on South Carolina soil, and
IN tho very heart Of hearts Of Southern
t}cehiv!alry,. More than that, l am stand
ing IN the presence Of the very greatest
man that It has ever produced in all
vain flaIterv "fpa1u, mso mn 1no mean no
whom / say that, taking him as private
oitlzen, as a soldier upon hundred
bloody fields, as the hero of Reconstruo-
tion, worse than war and the CORY field,
standing to-day in his might like the
mountains on your own northern border.
with the very clouds around his head
and dust of the past at his feet, without
ono stain in his lifo, without the possi-
bility Of doubt, I pronounce Wade
Hampton the chief Of mon, and now my
Confederate brothers, I want to say
thatit has boon my fortune to etand be.
fore some great armies in this country
ana IN foreign lands, but as God is my
!adge,, belieye that Convention Of