The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-11-15
WAR STORIES.
w m. Il. Beattie's Admirable Address to
Piedmont Camp.

Adress by w. E. Beattle at the
quarterly meeting Of Camp Critten.
den. Oct. 21st, 1905, at Piedmont,
8. C..
feei greatly honored in being re-
Quested to address to body of vete.
rans-men who have been soldiers
and fought III one Of tho greatest
wars OF modern times. 1T the same
time, my friends, I esteem it q privi.
lege to stand before you and tell you
that we of a younger generation hon.
or you for your bravery and loyalty
to the southern cause; We honor you
for creating a country OF your own
the Land Of Dixie-whose bounda.
ries, while little vague and soma
what variable, at the same time Is
almost as distinct and different from
the other portions Of the Union as the
Union is from England. The tradi.
tions and sfnstitutions of the south
are dear to us all. The air of cul.
ture, refinement and hospitality ma
tural to southerners is recognized
wherever they go, and has left it's i'm
print on the manners OF the nation.
Wherever a band plays Dixie at the
north now, applause greets the air:
Because. not only is the melody In.
spring, but it awakens memories Of
the heroism OF the wearers of the
grey, In the struggle Tor what they
believed to BE right gainst stipend.
GUS odds. and greater than all 1t re,
calls the sublime patience with which
the south bore defeat and humiliation
during the period Of reconstruction.
You were defeated In battle. but
you won e. greater victory when you
rescued the south from the rule OF the
black man and his black-heartei
allies.
|. But. my friends, let us not dwell
too much on the past with its painful
memories. Let us not recount the
causes OF the war-that mighty strug.
gle of the states to determine who
had the right to interpret the Con
stitution OF Our foresethers: Let us
not discuss the right or wrong Of
slavery. THESE questions have been
sealed forever by the hand OF desti.
ny md Scaled BY the .to1atb-sstoaes tomb OF
thousands and tens OF thousands Of
those we love and honor. Let us
cherish the past do a sacred men,
ory and an inspiration for the work
at hand. But let U.S. ..,.. ~
"Furf that Banner, true 'tis CORY,
Yet, 'tis wreathed around with glory
AND twill live ID song and story =
Though its folds are in the dust;
For its fame on brightest pages.
Penned by poets and by aages, = !. "
Shall go sounding down the ages. !.
Furl its folds tho. now we must.
Furl that Banner. softly, slowly,
Treat 1t gently-It is holy. !. :. ..>;;.=',
For It droops above the dead, .:...A Il.
Instead, OF reviewing the past. let
US. my friends, take note OF our her.
itaea. Tho Bible. says: "It Ia good
for ',me that I was afflicted, All
eyes are turned towards the land OF
Dixie now. where commerce Is max.
ing such mighty strides and fortune
seems to smile in loving reconpense
for our past grief ana suKerlng.. The
patriotism which YOU s dlsplayad In
war. shoults: and viii inspire us OF =
younger generation to make or this
beautifur Southland the garden spot
Of the; - world. Today. the whirling
spindles aing OK prosperity. END the
changing looms .$of tho + South arc
weaving cloth for a gondly portion
OF the globe. Do you realize, ! 4 my
friends. that In: Greenville and An
derson counties thers are thirty.two
cotton mills. running { $4,000 4 apin.
dies, representing an investment Of
s1s,soo. .ooo7 &. s i M tI s
DO you realize that there nre ato.
day twenty-Sour banks Ii fthese two
counties right .at our doors, having;
capital and surplus, of .s1.s5o,0o0. and
that you and your tneighbors have Oh
deposit, In these. banks s3, ,7o0. 900 :$fII s
1 Think one moment what shis
means. Banks reflect the prosperity.
OF . community; and wherever, de-
posits are large there, the people are
prosperous, No II need to- bewildet,
our minds With the long sowa sos iias..s
ufes TepT e = ses... sths
whole south sufac 70 see what We
have lin 5ust| two countless of tsputh
Carolina III 3 L Is S M e I, 5$ 3 a} ::
! AZ the close Of fhs war; deYastas.
ton and starvation stared you ana
your loved enes; "a tho fade today
yonr children and your s chi..dren;s
children are smiling 5in the land of
plentyI Tho iron miners 3tof AS: :bai1a
t0 tnp vYFid i pstss o dron