The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-07-22
Their memory lives.
peoce Reverence. UQlOni"


These several inscriptions were
written by J. H. Lesesne, loyal Sol
of the Confederacy, to whom is dut
the credit for the inception and mos
of the earlier work looking to tho
erection of the monument. The wor!
was finally carried to successful com
pleted by a special committee Of de.
voted, patriotic women composed as
follows: Mrs. Joseph Sprott, chair
man; Mrs. F. o. Richardson, secre'
tary; Mrs. D. NJ Bradham, Mrs. c.
B. Geiger, and Misses Ria Lee Bow
man, Augusta Applet and Edna Brock
inton. AS it stands completed tn:
monument is beautiful situated on
the court house grounds facing the
street to the north
When all of the exercises were over
and the people reassembled on the
square Metz's band gave most beau
tiful concert and played the following
numbers:
Program.
March-"The Ambassador" --Bagley
Overture from High Jinks"- --Friml
(a)-@Un pen D'Amour" --Siles.,
(b)-"Fairies Greeting Heed
Tone pictures Of the South --Bendix
(a)-Maryland, My Maryland
(b)-Dixie
(c)-"Confederate Bugle Call
(d)-Tenting on the Old Camp Ground.
(e)-Massa,s in the Cold Cold Ground.
W-The Arkansaa Traveller.
(g)-Southern Hornpipe.
Selection from "The Fire Fly" Fr1ri.
Cornet Solo Honey Suckle''-Casey
By Mr.. Carl Metz
Medley of Popular Songs arranged by
Mackie
Selection from Adele --Brisquet
March "Semper Edelis"- ----Sousa
Synopsis of Address of Hon. j. ;.
NcSwain.
Surely no such sight as this could
be seen elsewhere than in America
and under our peculiar democratic in
stitutions. This beautiful and endur-
ing testimonial of the admiration OF
the good people Of Manning and the
surrounding country for the Confeder-
ate soldier, is one Of hundreds that dot
the entire Southland and point the
stranger from all quarters Of the globe
to the most tragic chapter Of American
history. The government Of the Uni
:ed States whose sovereignty was
sought to be overthrown by war in the
Southern States, not only tolerates the
ho2oring of Southern soldiers by this
monument and by annual memorial
exercises in every city and hamlet, but
the Federal Government itself has ac-
tually encouraged the whole people 20
preserve the memory Of the dash and
daring, and the gallantry and gran
deur Of those men who followed Lee
and his Lieutenants.
< Can We not realize how such honor
20 soldiers who sought to overthrow
the government would arouse the jeal-
Gus power Of European governments,
which would cause those who partici-
pated in such acts Of honor to be con-
demned to punishment Tolerance in
the old world is Of such slow growth
that today the \Orangemen Of North
Ireland declare that they will die by
the sword before they will consent
to Home Rule with majority power n
the hands of their fellow Irishmen.
And yet with US in brief space Of
a half century since Lee and Grant
shook hands as friends at Appomattox
and recognized each other to be Pa
triots; our Federal Government. and
fellow countrymen Of the North are
willing to admit that the Southerners
we're not rebels and traitors, but pa
triots as pure and true as ever coyet-
ed death for their country: It was only
on June 9Th, that under the shadows
of the Arlington Mansion, the home OF
our Incompatible and immaculate Lee.
there was unveiled by the uthority
OF the National government memor-
ial to the Confederate dead, and in
those exercises the heroes Of the Blue
and Gray and their sons and daughters
We'd with each other to glorify our
Southern dead. It is said the idea OF
this memorial was proposed by Re
publican President who was himself
an officer in the Union Army under
Grant; the corner stone Of the monu-
ment was laid by Republican Presi-
dent, and when the splendid structure
Was uulSuSQy luS SciIIS "c@o SAAA>AS@A1S
accepted for the keeping Of the Nation
BY another President who was born
under Southern skies, reared under
Southern influence, and who was in
vested with the reins Of power by the
best people Of all sections. Speaking
on that occasion this President, our
own honored and beloved Woodrow
Wilson, epitomized the meaning OF
that occasion with these magnificent
sentiments "This chapter in the his
tory Of the United States is now clos
ed, and I can bid you turn with me
your faces to the future, Quickened by
the memories Of the past, but with
nothing to do with the contest OF the
past, knowing, as we have shed our
blood upon opposite sides, we now face
and admire one another" But the
IL