The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-08-13

tended "a hearty welcome to all
within our borders today. We are
glad to have you here" he continued.
for we are building for the people
OF the county as we'll as for the town
people. If there is a prodigal son
back home. one who has not succeed
ed, sell out your goods and come
back to Lancaster. the best town in
this section of the state" He well
! coined the veterans who are growing
fewer every day, saying that soon no
such gatherings of the old heroes
can be held. He asked that their last
days be made pleasant and profitable.
Mr.. Sapp urged cooperation. Help
us to build up the city Of Lancaste -
he asked, "for the town of Lancaster
cannot grow, develop and prospe.
without the cooperation OF the peo-
pie OF the county of Lancaster. If
you have strayed off from the parent
to live with one OF the neighborhood
children, you should not stay, but
come back to Lancaster, where
thousands of dollars have recently
been spent for improvements. You
should come here and mingle with
our merchants and business men, and
II you have not patronized the mar
kets OF this town, go home and make
up your minds that you will here
after. You cannot afford to spend
your time and energy elsewhere than
mere. Come back and Join with us
In big corporation, in which ali OF
the people OF both town and country
are stockholders" Mr.. Sapp then
expressed his confidence that his
hearers would assist. He spoke with
pride OF the late improvements and
remarked that no city in the state
mas made such strides. He apollo
gized for the unfinished condition of
Main street, which was unavoidable.
Capt. ]. NJ. Hough next addressed
his comrades and the citizens gen
orally. beginning with a wartime
reminiscence which at once caught
and held the attention of his hearers
He referred to two of Lancaster's
most distinguished sons, j. Marion
Sims and Andrew Jackson. Coming
down to present times. he compl-
mented Lancaster upon having tho
best business men. strongest law
yers. best preachers. largest cotton
mills, etc Captain Hough spoke
briefly and in conclusion introduced
"one whose whole soul is baptized
in Confederate principles. Hon.
Robert Lee Jefferson Davis Lodge.
president OF Limestone College.
Gaffney"
SYNOPSIS OF DR.. LODGES AD-
DRESS.
Hon. Lee Davis Lodge, began his
address with an appropriate quota
ton from Father Ryan's Sword of
Robert Lee" Said he by way of
introduction. Il have not come to
speak to you of the Lost Cause. The
cause OF the Confederacy was never
lost. No righteous cause ever was
or ever will be lost. The protest
these men made against tyranny. the
battles they fought for constitutional
liberty can never be lost from mem
ory. The Confederate soldier can
claim an eternity of right in the prin-
eiples for which these men fought
on the fields of 1861-1S65." He de-
precated the fact that the Southern
soldiers had been stigmatized as
rebels and their noble actions called
rebellion. He spoke OF his satisfac-
ton and pride in the growth of Ian
caster and every other Southern
town. ''The South" he declared
lis richer today than the whole
Union was in 1860. And the South
owes its great prosperity to the Con-
federate soldier. who came home
from the war with all lost save
honor, clothed in rags as to his physi-
cal body, but clothed in glory as to
his soul. lie came home to fields