The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-05-13

is the story Of that heroic example!
. Il owe a life to my country, and it
is now my duty to fall in its de-
fense." said Leonidas to his fellow
Spartans, Tell the governor" said
Gregg, when he received his NOR
tai wound at Fredericksburg, "that
if l am to die now, | give my life
cheeerfully for the independence Of
South Carolina. " The patriots
heart is one! Ages do not change
it. The soldier of the Confederacy
speaks its language and illustrates
its spirit in the very words and
deeds of the soldier Of Thermopyla,
and so dear to the human heart is
the exhibition of a true sacrifice
so inspiring and helpful is the
spirit and example of resolute cour-
age-and so genuine the homage
mankind pays to the devotion of
the patriot and the hero-that more
than two thousand years lit up
their voices in his commemoratlon
today, and assures us, and our chill
dren that no Confederate soldier
died in vain!
''While the voice OF the world shouts
its chorus, its pa IN, for those who
have won;
While the trumpet is sounding trlum'
phant, aud high to the breeze and the
sun
Glad banners are waving, hands clap
ping, aud huIrying feet
Tnronging after the laurel crowned VIC
tors, stand on the field of defeat.
In the shadow, with those who are fall
en-, and wounded, and dying, and there
Chant requiem low, place my hand
ON their paiu-knoJted brows, breathe
prayer,
Hold the hand that is helpless, and
whisper, 'rhey only the victory win
Who have fought the goo1 fight and
have vanquished the demon that
teupts US within;
Who have held to their faith, unseduced
by the prize that the world holds on
high:
Who have dared for high cause to
suffer, resist, tght-lf need os 10 Ole
Speak History! Who are life's vlci"rs:
Unroll thy long annals, and say:
Are they those whom the world called
the victors-who won the success OF a
day? 4.
The marty rs, or N~rc? The SPARTA
who fell at Tnermopy9's tryst,
Orthe Persians and Xerxes? His judges
or Socrates? PLATE, or Christi?
Immediately after the address
"Tenting On The old Camp
Ground" was sung by the choir.
THE soUTHEN CROSS OF HONOR.
The Southern Cross Of Honor
was conferred on a number OF vet
Grams by the Daughters of the Con-
federacy.
Bishop Capers in their behalf
made an eloquent speech of presen-
tation in which he said that he
"would rather have this cross,
from the hands of these Southern
girls and women, than to have 1t
from the hands of royalty''.
1t was an inspiring and beauti-
full sight, the old veterans, as their
names were called coming forward
to the stage-many of them on ac-
count of wounds received in the
battle and the infrmities of age
having to be carried to receive
from the Daughters of the Conted-
eracy, this little cross Of small
intrinsic value, but something which
can not be bought with gold, and
carrying with ita title of true no.
bility.
The following are the names OF
the veterans:
ROLL OF HONOR.
NJ. NJ. Buford, l. H. Boulware,
Levi Britt, w. H. Blats, E. T.
Bradley, Thos. S. Blair, M: H.
Buzhardt, J. N. Bass, J. Z; T.; >.
Brown, J F. Banks, A. ChaP-
man, R. c. Carlisle, J. l.. Crisp,
NJ. A. Carlisle, E. S. Cromer, J..
F Cromer, E. P. Cromer, A. B.