The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-05-10

and OF principles Wu1CA SAoi e'SeSAA ="
ed the Southern people in that great
est of conflicts.
From Appomattox on that April
day As years ago the remnants OF the
Southern army turned their faces
homeward.
"And back again came the marching
men,
With the bugle singing still;
! Yet the music's surge was a signing
dirge,
All sad and slow and shrill.
For the woman wept; and the soldier
slept
In the dreamless, silent sleep;
And the bugle song had measure
wrong,
For the buglers sometimes weep
TO rebuild their homes and their
lost fortunes-this was the task to
which they set themselves, without
repining, and the New South today
is the result of their efforts.
Each succeeding year has made in
roads into the ranks of the surviv-
ors, and in the course of nature it
can not be long until they will all
have passed over the river Ito rest
under the shade of the trees" with
Lee and Jackson.
1t is to pay tribute to the valorous
deeds and heroic sacrifices Of those
men, and to teach succeeding gen
erations what manner of men their
| fathers were-and, also what manner
| of women their mothers were-that
this day has been set apart in the
Southland. IL ,..
The veterans will be in Newberry
today-those who yet linger with
Us. Their heads are greyer than the
uniforms which they donned in 81
and which many of them stained
crimson with their blood in the years
! which followed. The steps Of many
of them are tottering, and their shoul-
ders are bent with the weight of Ia
Dor and OF years. But they will live
over again today in Renaissance the
stirring days of the camp and the
field, and the strains of Dixie will
again call forth. the Rebel yell
though it will be weaker than in
the days of yore. \
Newberry will honor these men
| today, and the graves of their fallen
! comrades will be- strewn with ever
green wreaths and with the choicest
flowers Of the spring-tide.
In thus observing the day, New
berry is not only honoring these men
but she is performing sacred duty
and exercising a high privilege, as
| we'll. No section of this broad coun.
try is more loyal today to the Stars
and Stripes than is the South, bu'
! the pretence of such loyalty would
! be a vain boast did the South moi
hold sacred the life-blood of her sons
which was spilled in defence of the
Stars and Bars.
And today, when the Rebel vel
greets the strains of Southern wal
melodies, and the eyes Of men who
marched without culver to the
mouth of belching cannon are din
with tears as they recall their lead
ers and comrades gone, the scene
will be an inspiration to the New
South, and a lesson in patriotism tt
those of a younger generation.
! With sadness it will be noted tha1
many of the veterans have passed tt
the eternal camping grounds" since
Memorial day year ago.. DR.. E. +
McClintock, the beloved chaplain o.
the James D. Nance camp, only
short while ago, and Mr.. G. Free
Long, the treasurer of the camp
within the past few days, have an
swered the last earthly roll call, anc
others whose names their comrade!
will recall today have found that res
into which no alarm Of war can eve.
enter. And the writer can not bu
reflect with deep sorrow upon tn
absence of the manly form of tn
gallant and chivalrous Capt. A. P
Pifer, the captain of Lees bod,
guards and the close personal frient
of Lee, and man worthy the friend
ship of Lee-no higher eulogy coult
be paid to any man.
Elsewhere in this Memorial day
issue of The Herald and News ap
pears the program which has beer
arranged for the entertainment o.
the veterans and for the observanc
of the day. The program has beel