The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-05-20
MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATED;
CROSSES OF HONOR PRESENTED.
Great Event i'm Laurens i'm Honor Confederate
Soldiers, Living and dead--Col. John p
Thomas Address,

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shaw to hand 1t to him at Chickamauga
and Lambs reply that he would carry
Ii where he was ordered-which he did
for 1000 yards to tree which General
Kershaw pointed out ana which is near
the spot on which the South Carolina
monument on Snodgrass Hill stands.
After reading the incident, Col. Thorn
as requested Sergeant Lamb to come
forward. The aged hero, bent and tot.
tering with the weight of IA years, and
sufferer even now from wounds he
received, responded and as he was pre-
sented the great audience broke into
prolonged cheers which lasted for some
time
The names of the veterans were then
called and the crosses of honor pinned
by the following young ladies,
members of the Laurens Chapter
OF Daughters of thu Confederacy:
Misses Lieze Holnes, Hattie Roland,
Perrin Farrow, Lo'a Anderson and
Emily Meng.
CROSSES BESTOWED.
The following veterans representing
among other commands the Third
South Carolina Regiment, the Four
teenth, James Battalion, Hart's Bat
terry, McBeth's Artillery and the
Hampton Legion received crosses:
James w. Adair, II. P. Adair, w. l..
Allison, Messer Babo. l.. G. Bale,
John E. Bell, j. w. G. Bell, H, p.
Blakeley, Stobo j. Bolt, DIR. j. j,
Boozer, j. III. Copeland, David T. Cope
land, w, J. Copeland, L. b. Crews, r.
N. Cunningham, w. l.. Cunningham,
James P. billiard, E. w. Dendy, j. s.
Drummond, Thomas j. Duckett, Ches-
ley w. Duvall, M. FL Ferguson, w. l..
Ferguson, John r. Finley, j. o. G.
Fleming, Creswell Darlington, j. L.
Fleming, b. M. Henry, A w. Hud-
gems, ]. A. Jones, w. w. Jones, VIM.
B. Lamb, John II. Langston, John w.
Little, G. p. Martin. w. l.. Machray,
w. M. Nc Cas'an, j. d. Mock, j. A. p.
Moore, G.. w. Moore, w. III. McCrary,
M. L. Nelson, Thos. Il. Sem, Lieut.. w.
A. Shauds, Jas. l.. Simpson, JAS. p.
Sloan, o. G. Thompson, J. T. Todd, j.
II. Traynham, w. A. Watts, j. H.
Wharton, r. u. Wright, r n. Young,
Jas. p. Simpson, John Moore.
THE BONNIE BLUE FLAG.
This beautiful ceremony compile ed,
the Bonnie Blue Flag was sung by the
school children, the audience again
joining. An incident then followed
which was not on the program but
which aroused the enthusiasm to the
highest pitch, "a fitting 'imaX to the
ceremonies. Judge Savage arose and
asked the indulgence of the audience
for few moments and requested Ser
geant Lamb to come forward. Sergeant
Lamb responded and in q few words
Judge Savage asked to present him
with souvenir of the occasion, declar=
ing that having heard the story of the
heroic incident at Chiokamauga, it was
q high honor for him, a son of Virginia
and born on Virginia battle ground,
a son of q South Carolina woman,
Judge Savage's mother was Char.
lestonian) to pay tribute to South Caro-
lima valor. The souvenir was o beauti.
ful miniature of the Confederate monu-
ment recently unveiled In Baltimore by
the women of that city, the miniature
having been sent to Judge Savage since
he has been visiting here by a Balti-
more Daughter of the Confederacy.
Judge Savage in the war was a mem
ber of the Otey Battalion of Virginia
Artillery. AT the battle of the "Cra-
ter" before Petersburg he was carry
ing courier for Major Wade Hamp.
ton Gibhes of Columbia and was severely
wounded while carrying an order for
that oflioep.
AT THE CEMETERY.
The PROCESSION was then formed un-
der command of Chief Marshal G.. d.
Barksdale and the line of march to the
cemetery taken up. 1t was head ed by
the brigade of school children, followed
by the Lauren rs Chapter of the Daugh-
ters of Conf, isracy. Then came the
sponsors and prominent guests Camp
Simpson, Sons of Veterans, comman ded
by Adjutant j. X. Vance came next, as
an escort for the veterans. At the head
Of the veterans was COL r N. Cunning
ham, commanding the Laurens regi-
ment. John III. Copeland, who is six
feet and six inches in height and who
was ga liant soldier, carried the flag
of Camp Darlington, and Sergeant
Lamb the old Third oRegiment flag.
The citizens generally brought up the
rear of the procession, which was fully
300 yards long.
AT the cemetery the roll of the Con-
federate dead was read by w. w. Ball,
after which the ladies decorated the
soldiers graves with flowers. Each of
these had previously been marked by
the ladies with small Confederate
battle flag. There is single grave OF
union soldier in the cemetery, and,
that, too, was decorated, the ladies hav-
ing for years been careful to see that
it was not neglected.
Among the veterans receiving the
crosses of honor were Capt. John
Moore aud James A. p. Moore, father
and son.
Lieut. William a. Stands was In
/ commend nf tho loroa dola0atj0 of