Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-07-02
THE vErs TO GETTYssURG.
Stirring Wartime Tunes are Heard
Again on Old Battlefield.

oduuS oN veterans from the sNOWu
and South are gathering here for the
anniversary enCampment commtmo-
rating the battle Among the Iiota-
bles are Gen. Daniel Sickles, wh,, dc = Z,
clined a hotel room to occupy tent
on the spoL where he lost a leg in
the BATTLE and Gen. Felix H Robert
son, OF Texas, Who also occupies
tent in preference to dormitory
room,
Gettysburg stepped fifty years
back in the halo OF history and look
ed again upon an army OF blue and
an army Of gray meeting at her door
step to join in the semi-centenniaI
celebration OF the greatest battle of
the, War Between the States and to
show the world that scars are not so
deep as the feeling of American bro
therhood All day veterans in blue
and gray trooped into the little town
which lies so peacefully among the
hills since Lee and Meade turned
their legions southwark so long ago.
More than thirty special trains came
into the village during the day.
From the station OF the two rail-
roads that come into the village III
is good long mile to the camp OF
five thousand tents where the yete-
rams are housed. Thousands should
cred their suit cases and walked. The
sun was sorching hot and many sue
cumbed before they found their tents.
There was no complaining, however
The central figures in a wonderful
| picture, these veterans of "the great
est fighting force the sun ever shone
on, shook off the weight of age and
fought over again the battle that
marked the thigh tide of the Con-
| federacy." Some OF the men have
empty sleevs pinned across their
chests Others hobble about ON
crutches with leg gone, Still others
| tand they are In the majority) move
painfully here and there with the as
sistance OF stout canes Hardly a
man is under rs. but neither the
weight OF years, nor the heat OF
yeritable inferno, has dimmed their
| spirits. They are here to honor the
men who fought and died ON befs
sides of the three days conflict or
half century ago and to commence
\ rate deeds OF slleroism IMP lall led
and unequalled. =
! l There is an sunidne flag hying a.
thelbig camp which has been an OBJ
/ Ject OF almost alteration to all who
saw IT to-day, and 1t is agreed that ii
accurately represents the sentiments
of every one. On one side Is the
Stars and Stripes on the other re-
| plica of the Confederate battle flag.
Beneath in white letters are these
historic declarations
let us have peace. e.--Grant."
Duty is the subIimest word i'm
any language.-Lee."
Last night the strains of stirring
wartime tunes reyerberated from
mountains and foliage offthe battle
1eld. Yankee Doodle" "Hail Co
lumbia," Dixie" and my Old Ken
lucky Home" were the favorites, al
though Marching Through Georgfa''
ana Home, Sweet Home,' are run
ming them strong race for popular-
ity. And one OF the things which
helps to make the blood run wildly
through the ordinary spectators
pulses is the fact that the songs once
exclusively the North's are favorites
or the men of the Southland, and the
men In blue sing Dixie" with an ar
dor residents below the Mason and
Dixon line have never exoelled.
Army OF Peace 10000.
Gettysburg, Pa, June 3O.--Oyer
the field OF Gettysburg, whore the
blue and grey fought fifty years ago
the soldiers OF peace from the North
and South, the East and West troop-
ed to-day to the tented city OF Brown
where they will live In the four .tfayg
OF semi-centennial celebration.
it was ali army united in senti-
ment, and united in fact, for the
blue linked arms with the grey. They
marched the dusty road together
from the village; they sat down at
the same mess tables and they talked
over the war tonight. II there was
any rancor in any heart, any feeling
OF bitterness, 1t did not come to the
SURFACE, and over the broad expanse
of the "city" reunions OF former foes
went on hour after hour.
Officials of the regular army jn
charge of the camp tonight estimaf-
ted that nearly $4,000 veterans came
III during the day. bringing the total
to about 10000, probably the great.
est army that ever assembled ON
Gettysburg field after Lee and Meade
left 1t to glory and to history. The
sun blaZed just as fiercely as ever
but down from the Blue, Ridge tum-
bied a light breeze that curled the
open tent flaps and carried vigor to
the tired veterans In conseauence
OF this relief there were fewer pros
trations.
Farmer Kills Wife; Then suicides.
I|e y, H.st ~. ---------------e-- ,l3s 500
Nashville, Tenn, June aO.-A tel
ephone message from Alexandria,
Ienn.t says tnat at GreenVale. Tenn.
80 miles southeast OF there. this
morning Henry Dodd. aged Sc, a FAR
mer, shot and killed his wife, aged
40, and then committed suicide. He
used a rifle. 1t Is said they had not
lived happily together for some time.
Eleven children survive.