Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-08-19
VETERANS MET IN GREENVILLE.
Seven Hundred Dollar Dinner En-
joyed by Old Army.

Greenville, Aug. 12.-South Caro-
lima Confederate Veterans gathered
here to-day for the annual reunion
Of the men who wore the grey.
The most notable event of the re-
union to-day was the address OF Col.
II. f. Lee, of Virginia, which was de-
livered in the Chicora auditorium.
Other addresses We're delivered by
Governor Ansel. Col. A. II. Dean and
Gen. Thos. w. Carwile. OF Edgefield
After the addresses dinner was
served to the veterans on the college
campus, and rare old time was
enjoyed by the remnants of the thin
gray line. routine business meet
ing was held this afternoon, pre-
sided over by Gen. Carwile. COM
manding the veterans, while the Sons
Of Veterans held a session in the
chapel of Greenville Female College.
Tonight at Chicora the address be-
fore the Sons was delivered by the
Rev. DR.. o. J. Copeland, of Gaines
Vile, Ga, whose subject was "The
Old South" DR.. Copeland is a
South Carolinian, and his address
was beard by large audience.
DR.. Copeland is probably one of
the most brilliant platform speakers
in the South to-day. His address to-
night was one Of the finest ever heard
here. The old South and its ideals
was subject that appealed directly
to every Veterans heart. and tremen-
dous bursts Of enthusiasm greeted
peioration after peroration. DR..
Copeland Is native of Anderson
county, and Is now pastor Of the First
Baptist church at Gainesville.
Col. Lees address was a magnifi-
cent tribute to the Confederate SOL
der, his ideals, his hopes, his aspira-
tions, and his wonderful powers of
endurance.
The GRAFTON was finished master
piece, and the enthusiasm OF the i'm
mense gathering was unbounded. He
reviewed the early history Of the
American Republic and showed the
part the SouthrtOok in the struggle
for independence. THE descendants
Of these early American heroes were
for the most part the men who filed
the trenches in the days OF the six
ties declared Col. Lee. "They are
the men who have made the South
the fairest and dearest spot on Gods
footstool. The devastation OF the
South In the war was the most terri
bic affictiOn that ever befell q peo-
pie. Not only were our cities laid
waste, but even the fields We're rified
and the harms plundered.
Col. Lee Is a relative OF the famous
Confederate general. He has the
same fire In. his eye, and his face is
marked with many resemblances to
the beloved chieftain. Facing sew
eral thousand Veterans and Sons to-
day he brought them a new message
orders that read Peace. Love and
Honor " eft g = M ho
said, Ito defend the Confederate SOL
dier. His beet defense Is Ills honor
and valor and tic spirit IN which he
met duty. 1t is my greatest heritage
that | am the son of a Confederate
soldier" When Col. Lee finished
speaking the entire audience was on
its feet, and one loud, long cheer
was sent toward the auditorium's
beautifully decorated dome.
The dinner to the Veterans, which
was served on the campus, was an
ample and capable affair. costing
500, and over $500 were fed. The
great tables. spread under the oaks
and In the shadow Of Chicora's i'm
pressive and classic collonade,
crowded with the battle-scarred vete-
rams of the sixties, was a sight never
to be forgotten. The dinner was
served by Daughters Of the local
camp, and was interspersed with
many story Of stirring heroism.
At meeting Of the Sons Of Vete-
rams, held lin the Greenville Female
College parlors this afternoon, 1t was
decided to organize the South Caro-
lima Society Z the Sons of Confede-
rate Veterans, life membership to
cost Sc. The society will be fashioned
after the Society Of the Cincinnati
or the Sons of the American Revo-
luton. George Bell Zimmerman, of
Batesburg, presided, and the first
member enrolled was Mayor r. Good
wyn Rhett, OF Charleston, who was
present. An interesting feature Of
the meeting was a brief address by
Col. X. h. Lee, of Virginia, son Of
Gen. w. f. NJ. Lee, and grandson of
the great Confederate chieftain. 1t
was decided at the meeting to ask all
local camps OF Sons of Veterans to
join the South Carolina Society. The
meeting was enthusiastic and was all
dressed by Messrs. Fielder Of Black
vile, Bonham Of Anderson, Irvine OF
Greenville, and Zimmerman OF Bates
burg.
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