The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-05-14

est ana CnOlCSSL GAOGlCS.
General league took up and ably
discussed the causes which led up to
the war, and defended the right of
the South to secede. In glorious
words he traced the events of the
greatest struggle the world ever saw.
"We are proud Of the part We took
in that glorious, yet awful struggle
for our Confederacy. For 605,OOO OF
US fought a numerical superiority OF
the enemy Of 1,594,993 men, and Of
these, 316,424 were Soutberners.
Three Of the most prominent men
we're Southerners-Lincoln. their
president, Thomas, a general, and
Faragut, Of their navy. None but
an cid soldier can feel the feelings
he has towards his comrades in arms,
he cannot explain it nor describe it,
he knows it is there, and he delights
in feeling it. And when he sees the
Cross of Honor on the lapel Of fel-
lows coat, it makes 10 difference
whether that coat is newly pressed
or slick and greasy, he warns up to
that fellow and lets loose those feel
ings through grasp of the hand.
How dear to the heart Of each gray
headed soldier
Are the thoughts Of the days when
all wore the grey;
When memory recalls every trial and
danger,
And scenes of the past live in battle
array.
Though long since discarding our
arms and equipments
There's one thing a veteran most
surely will note;
The first thing he sees on the form
of a comrade,
Is the little bronze cross he wears on
his coat.
"How much did it cost" said a man
-. to a soldier,
"The flat cross you wear on Your
coat?"
"a fortune in money!" he answered
the stranger,
"And four years Of marching and
fighting to boot,
The wealth of the world cannot pur-
chase this emblem
Except the buyer wore the grey too,
For it shows to mankind the marks
of a hero
A man who to honor and country was
true.'
Then let us be proud Of this emble912
of honor
And wear it with spirit both loyal
and bold,
Fraternally welcome each one who
supports it
With love in our hearts for the COM
rade of old.
Each day musters out whole battal-
ions of wearers,
And soon will be missed this token
so dear;
But ages to come will remember with
honor
The man who'd the right this bronze
emblemS to wear.
The Confederate soldier Was
brought up in period of this country
when it was not the aim Of every man
to inct tSsantly chase tn: '.!lar. lE
The Sopuh there were no millionsTeS.
Or tie other hand, the e were few
very poor people, the majority of
the whites owning their own homes.
They worked along in an easy COM
Portable way satisfied to make enough
to do them and had no idea Of pill
ing up wealth. There were no trusts
and big aggregations of capital then.
But this does not argue that the peo-.
pie of the South were siothful and
d1iftless. Not by any means, when
the occasion required it a latent ener-
gy and nelivened and enterprises of
Importance were undertaken and
carried out as was the case of the
South Carolina railroad and the San
tee canal. It is claimed now that
the sewing machine was invented by
a South Carolinian, and we do know
that the screw-auger, that most use
full carpenters tool, was the product
of lively brain Of Newberry
Quaker, from Bush river.
These old veterans may have their
faults and peculiarities, but they did
their duty to their country and bat
tied for principles of right, which in
Gods own good time, we hope, will
STot cOnoe To tho salvation of this