The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-05-29
VETERANS OPEN
STATE REUNION
COnfederates Begin Sessions
at Anderson.
ADDRESSES ARE MADE.
ADDRESSES ARE MADE.
Visitors Are Welcomed to Electric
City-W. \. Clark of Columbia
Delivers Response.

order at 10 O'Clock in the reunion
tent this morning by Col. Joseph ~
Brown of this city. The invocation
was made by the Rev. f. ID. S. Curtis,
ID. d., of Aiken, division chaplain.
Addresses of welcome were made as
follows: Mayor Lee G.. Holleman;
on behalf of the local veterans, DR..
II. f.. Diver, and on behalf of the
local Sons of Veterans, Gen. NJ. L.
Bonham.
Gen. b. III. Beague, commander of
the South Carolina division, was then
handed the gavel by Colonel Brown.
and he introduced Washington a.
/ Clark, who responded to the ad-
dresses of welcome on behalf of the
visiting veterans. Solicitor Proctor
A. Bonham of Greenville responded
on behalf of the Sons of Veterans.
The annual Grafton by Gen. A.
West of Atlanta was then made.
At the conclusion of General
Vests address the governor of South
Carolina was presented. He made Il
short speech. At the business ses-
ion of the reunion held this afternoon
the committees appointed at the
Aiken reunion to secure an appro-
priation for the erection of monu-
ment at Blanford church, near Pet
ersburg, Va, carrying the names of
the South Carolina soldiers killed
and wounded at the battle of the
Crater, reported that the legislature
had appropriated. $500 for the pur-
pose. A commission consisting OF
b. II. league, w. II. Edwards and
w. A Clark was appointed to select
and have erected the monument.
INCREASE PENSIONS.
The division voted to memorialize
the legislature to increase the appro-
priation for pensions from $25O,OOO
to $500, 900, and that old worn out
soldiers be placed in Glass A. The
pension for the widows will remain
as heretofore.
The arrangements for grand re-
unions in the past came in for some
criticism because the first and second
days Of the reunions are usually given
= over TO the Sons of Veterans and
members of the United Daughters OF
: the Confederacy, and that by the
third day the old soldiers are worn
out and many of them have returned
- to their homes. 4 resolution was
adopted providing for the creating o
e. commission whose duty it shall bt
to make proper arrangements for tn,
J comfort of the South Carolina dele
gates while attending the grand re
T. union at Richmond next year
J The South Carolina division. Son
OF Confederate Veterans, met this af
ternoon, the meeting being called t.
order by Arthur l.. CASTOR of Chester
4 commander of the division. The frs
4 deliberations of the body were con
), Quoted by J. w Quattlebaum, com
r mander Of the Anderson camp, an,
Il then Colonel CASTOR was introduced
70 The brigade commanders of tn
n First, Second and Third brigade
% made reports in which it was see
J., that the South Carolina division
g ranked we'll with that of any othe
c Southern state
TO GAIN MEMBERS.
D A committee of five was appointe
n to take in charge the work of in
t creasing the membership in Sout
o Carolina, this committee to consis
r of Gen. NJ. l.. Bonham of Anderson
e j. NJ. Kinard of Newberry, Butle
= Hagood of Barnwell, S. G. Godfre
y of Cheraw and T. Frank watkins O
Anderson.
S A committee was appointed TO &C
s operate with the veterans. looking t
n an arrangement for a just pensio
n from the State of South Carolina.
n The last matter brought before tn
convention was the election OF officer
C and this resulted as follows: Com
8 mander OF the South Carolina d.
g vision, Arthur l.. CASTOR, Chester
e commander, of the First bridade, G
:. G.. Sullivan, Anderson; Of the Secon
d brigade. Walter Rothrock, Aiken; c
J. the Third brigade, D. a. Spivey, Con
N way -
d The next meeting OF the Sons c
Veterans will take place with tn