The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-04-02
IMMENSE CROWDS
WATCH PARADE
IN COLUMBIA
initial Appearance of 59th Brigade
Brings Mighty Cheers From the
People of Three States.
1000 SOLDIERS IN LINE
After Parade Capital City Turned
over to Heroes, Who Are Hand.
S0me!y Entertained

Eolumb!a, March 3l.--Eycs shining
with the JOY Of victory, faces sobercd
by the thoughts or the carn,vn
through which they had passed and
by realization of the successful tcrmi-
nation Of the high adventure upon
which them embarked nearly twelve
months ago, 1000 virlc, stalwart
Americans, the choicest products of
the South, paraded through the streets
OF columbia this afternoon, between
banks of massed humanity, from
winch mighty cheers arose, the plaud-
us or grateful South Carolinians,
NORTH Carollnians, Tennessccans ami
the folk of other States
1t was the initial appearance of tn,
!rrhty-nlnth brigade of the fightin,.
Ir''eth division, composed princi-
paiIy OF men from North and South
Naroiina and Tennessee, with Il
sprlnkling of soldiers from Western
states, but Americans all welded into
3:ood brothers by the fires of battle
and by the trials and vicissitudas
undergone cby these greatest of mod
err: crusaders.
~" parauc ana suDseueuent enter
sin ncr' and celebration were un-
nar2!"l!cd in the history Of this citv
IN the character Of the event and the
size OF the crowd, which has been va
rlously estimated at from 1904 900 to
25O00 peoples.
Thee emotions of the crowd wcr.
compleXcd. Roar after roar of cheers
Welled upward as the men of the
Thlrtleth marched in close formation,
platoon front headed by their brigade
commander, Brig. Gen. l.. ID. TYSON.
OF Knoxville, Tenn, and his staff; but
occasionally a sob could be heard from
a back-veilcd figure for one who now
hes under the sod Of France or in
FLANDERS fields, dcmocracy's contribu-
! ton to humanity and freedom. The
races OF parents, whose sons were in
! the parade, radiated with JOY, pride
and relief that they rad escaped the
supreme sacrifice. while others, their
nero undetccted in the samencss of
the khakl7clad lines, gaZcd tcnscd in
suspense, with heart hunger in their
IN their arms, looked for husbands.
perhaps to introduce father and baby.
Bent men and aged women, their
hair whitcned by years and faces
scanned from hardship, looked upon
the martial spectacle arG their youth.
with its miraculous leavening almost
seemed to return to them. Veterans
OF the War Between the States. think
ing OF the battles Of the South they
fought through four jOng years, be-
came more erect and more soldiorlv
IN bearing and would liked to have
joined with the warriors of this gen
Grafton. Young girls would point with
Pridc to their swectheartS or fiances.
Along the whole line of march of
over three miles, every conceivable
vantage point was occupied by men.
women and children. Along Main
street the windows of every BUILDING
were jammcd and men and bows
clI'nG to hazardous Dcrchrs aloft Tho
TOP of every building was frinncd
with humanity.
lhc city, in honor Of the Thrticth.
had been extensively decorated, the
buildings being fcstooncd with red.
white and blue bunting and hunr with
the National Emblem and the flags of
the Allies.
lncandescent lights are archcl
across Main street.
After the parade the city was turn
cd over to the soldiers and thew wore
entertained by the people of the Sta+n
IheY throngcd the streets in the as,
ernoon and night ana everything nnr-
slblc was done for their comfort onl
TO add to the hilarity Of the occasion.
booths had hoen erected along Main
%frr"'S. "rN f"on these the ,,,cn wn~n
SNn"''c' viii v""in''s "orte of rcfrcsh-
""nts ~" "i't of'Colun,bia and other
cities of the state.