The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-04
THAT OLD YELL
Heard On So Many Victorious Basileflelds
Is Heard at Mobile
THE OLD CONFEDS MEET

Onee More the Grand Old Heroes OF
the Lost Cause Assemble in Gem
vention. and Are Mos. Cordially
and Warmly Welcomed {" ,hH City
Of Mobile.
The Confederate Veterans cap!nr-
ed Mobile Tuesday. where the were
received with open arms 81 bright
smiles OF young and old
Although the opening OF the Ne-
union was set for o'c''c% TUESDAY
morning. i, was after 20 when MS.
]. Griffin Edwards eommaneer-ia-
chief Of the Confederate choir. Swung
her baton over the gray clal cio.r
OF women and bugle sounaed as
sembly.
The sessions Of the Reuaic: are
Being held in a huge seht IN Noa-
roe Park. I. looks Ike q circus
tent with thousands OF seats IN she
amo,,aea.re and tier upon tier Of toe
familiar circus benches rising ali
round.
The tent was el!ed long besose tn
operipg number and finally the Siees
we're raised and those outside we7e
permitted to see even il they cout
not hear.
The arrf<al Of Gen. Clement A.
Evans was the signal for the first
ovation, which drowned cut the et-
torea of three brass bands. each one
p,ay,ng g different air. but when
Mrs. Edwards signalled her caoi. 70
lrsse. and faced the audience, her
slender figure almost saEouded IN g
hinge silk Confederate tag. there was
roar chat ousclassed even the greet
Tag TO the commanding general
seDix.e.' was the call from all over
tie huge tent: band from Little
Rock. answered. the call. and ear
an,s..inx demonstration followed.
Fhe chairman finally succeeded
In making his talk and then the de-
mands for Dixie were complied
with. Escorted by score OF Contec-
crate generals in full Uniform. her
self wearing a major generals ins's-
hin. Mrs. Edwards took the stage.
Surrounded by her cacir. the or.
shesra struck into the War Hymn OF
the South. Mrs. Edwards clear so
nrano alle6 the tent When the sons
was over there was another demon
strat,on. Miss Vera Williams. one
OF Mobiles prettiesf young women
rectted an original poeE. and Gov
eyror Conner. OF Albania, was intro
dueed. and extended welcome &c
the old veterans to Alabama
a speech Of welcome By Mayor
LYONS. the acceptance Of the ardieos'
INN BIZ. Gen. Eraes. some more mus
ie and the naming Of committees or
credentials and resolutions rounceo
ont the morning session.
The orator Of the day was Judge
I. 3. Mcfarland. o, Memphis. a dis'
tingu,shed ohce, OF the Lost Cause
1ndee edcEarland reviewed the cause
that led up 70 the conflict and dis
I esaimed the South's responsible 3oi
she struggle. holding thac It wes pure
pasriotism that led the men who
soueht under the Stars and Bars &c
leave the Union. which he said. the!
loved, fought and died for in other
days
Gen. Bingham has been assigned
the subject OF Justice to the South.
and he began by recitins the dying
commission OF Gen. Stephen D. Lex
10 the sons Of Confederate Soldiers
the famous commission to defend anc
emulate the men who wore the grey
He next read some OF the resolutions
passed by the Grand Army posts. es'
pecially !n Massachusetts,. protesting
i against the erecting il the National
Capital the statue OF Cen Roat- E
Lee attired IN Confederate uniform
Ee declared that he had not read
s.these base ISLANDERS" With any ieea
Z Of answering them. because they
gained no credence even among the
stupSdest and most ignorant OF our
people" eft IS but simple justice
30 add" the speaker continued. that
not all the esople of Massachusetts,
are so vretchedly ignorant. so stup-
idly partisan as this extract from the
resolutions read to yor would indi-
cate
Then Gen Bingham told how Chas
Francis Adams. Of Boston. had de,
csared that had be been in Gea.
Lees place he would have acted as
Lee did. Bingham declares that il
was the duty OF the people OF the
South 20 teach their children. to en-
enlightea their fellow couos-ymen,
TO tell the world the circumstances
which brought OF the war. the Is
sues that divided brothers. to see that
future generations do justice. not
only 20 the South. but to our coun-
try and our race. He declared the
war was not one Of rebellion IN any
sense, but merely struggle to main
tain the idea Of local self-sovern-
ment which the Southern people. be
cause in their veins ran the purest
on Ansio-Saaon blood on all the con-
tinents, had Inherited from ancient
times.
'-Yet. in the histories written by
Americans. read By all our people.
studied by children in all sections.
the War Between the States is called
the war Of rebellion. and Southern
people are branded before eli the
world as traitors and rebels. And
further, these historians tell our
children that this War Between the
States was not only rebellion. but
-aha3,;no carsed bv the desire o.