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COTTON MARKET LOCAL MARET. COTTONMARE TCorrected (wipce a Week. Corrected by Nat Gist. Eggs............20 Good Middling. . .14% AButter...... .......25 Strict Middling.. .14% Hams, (co) .. ..17 to 20 Middling. . .14% Flour.......75 to 6.75 By Robt. McC. Holmes. Corn..............95 Good Middling. . .14% Meal .... ....95 Strict Middling. . .14% Sugar.........5% to6% Middling . . . . . - 14%---------1 to 5 Cotton seed 30 cents. -- SIXTEEN PAGES. SECTION ONE. PAGES 1 TO 8. VOLUIIE XLVIM. NUMBER 0. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA9 TUESDAY, IAY 10, 1910. ** * * * * * * * * * * * *A Day of. Hallowed [emories. * 1** * * * * * * * * * * * * * (By Jno. K. Aull.) Upon this,, the anniversary of the day on which Stonewall Jackson fell, the South pays tribute to the un-i swerving courage, the unfaltering patriotism and the enduring loyalty of- her sons who in the dark days from '61't6'65 offered their lives a willing sacrifibe for her and for the principles for which she stood, and who, battling against overwhelming odds, but inspired by the justice of their cause, handed down to posteri ty a heritage the most glorious ever bestowed upon any land or any peo ple. It is a day of memories-of sad 2nemories, it is true, but of memories tarnished not by the slightest sus picion of a stain, and of memories - in which vain regrets hold not. nor have ever held a place. Forty-five years have passed since in the settling gloom of Appomattox, which spread over and covered the Southland, like a pall, the Stars and Bars' were furled. Beneath its folds thousands of the sons of the South had gladly died, their life blood hal -lowing the soil of countless fields of carnage from Manassas to the sur render. With love of it softening the gleam of battle which lighted his eyes, the gallant Albert Sidney John son fell at Shiloh, and with an un yielding faith that some day the prin ciples- for' which it floated would be triumphant, Stonewall Jackson was stricken at Chancellorsville. It in spired the world-famed charge of Pickett at Gettysburg, where the ey ranks "beat themselves crimson st Cemetery Ridge," and on the fore the heroism, unsurpassed nt' or. modern times, of Ker men before Little Round Top, with artillery which mowed rank and file of the already 'nned Southern troops even ripened grain falls before the not only on the field of bat here the tumult and the shout and the roll of the druls and strains of Dixie, set the air a-pul and the thunder and the fierce are of artillery and of thousands f rifles mingled with the sharp ommands of officers, was it an' in piration, but in the privations of the p, where oftimes hunger stalk and in the long and weary ches, where there was no tocsin f battle to cause the blood to tingle, -flag, the emblem of the homes m which came the men who car 'ed it literally into the jaws of eath, soothed and sustained and en couraged in hardships which, borne without a murmur, proved a higher "ourage than was ever displayed on ield of battle. Nor wak this the hardest gart in that great struggle.. At home there ere the mothers and the wives and sisters, who did what their hands o do to relieve the sorrow and 'ng, and who watched and w prayed. Their's it was, mos m had been reared in comfo any in luxury, to shoulder 's responsibility at home, in most trying times through whidh the nation ever pass ed, and whilk laboring under the most heart-re1 ing anxiety-for,. the fathers and t~-husbands and the brothers were at the front, and each day brought tidings which in the hearts -of some of those ncble wo men ended, suspense and planted a sorrow from which there was no surcease until tbe dawn of a brighter day over and beyond the vale of tears. History tells the "story of the glory of the men who wore the grey.' History, however, can not tell, for it is not given to mortal pen to picture, the sufferings and the heart-aches which were beneath the surface-all bornue willingly for love of home and State and country. As the rays of the sun, falling upon some great st'ream, send forth a reflection which dazzles the eye, but penetrates not the depths below, so the relation of Southern valor on the field of battle, while it quickens the pulse and com mandls the admiration of the world, nes not into ;that even deeper cour age and devotion and love of home and of principles which characteriz ed the Southern people in that great est of conflicts. From Allpomattox on that April day 45 years ago the remnants of the Southern army turned their faces homeward. "And back again came the marching men, With the bugle singing still; Yet the music's surge was a sighing dirge, All sad and slow and shrill. For the woman wept; and the soldier slept In the dreamless, silent sleep; And the bugle song had a measure wrong, For the buglers sometimes weep." To rebuild their homes and their lost fortunes-this was the task to which they set themselves, without repining, and the New South today is the result of their efforts. Each succeeding year has made .in roads into the ranks of the surviv ors, and in the course of nature it can not be long until they will all have passed over the river "to rest under the shade of the trees" with Lee and Jackson. It is to pay tribute to the valotous deeds and heroic sacrifices of those, men, and to teach succeeding gen erations what manner of men their fathers were-and, also what manner of women their mothers were-that this day has been set apart in the Southland,' The veterans will be in Newberry today-those who Yet linger with us. Their heads are greyer than the uniforms which they donned In '61, and which many of them stained crimson with their blood"in the years which followed. The steps of many of them are tottering, and their shoul ders are bent with the weight of la bor and of years. But they will live over again today in reminiscence the stirring days of the camp and the field, and .the strains of Dixi6 will again call forth the Rebel yell, though it will be weaker than in the days of yore. I Newberry will honor these men today, and the graves of their fallen comrades will be' strewn with ever green wreaths and with the choicest flowers of the spring-tide. In thus observing the day, New berry is not only honoring these men, but she is performing a sacred duty. and exercising a high privilege, as well. No section of this broad coun try is more loyal today to the Stars and Stripes than is the South, but the pretence of such loyalty would. be a vain boast did the South not hold sacred the life-blood of her sons which was spilled in defence of the Stars and Bars. And today, when the -Rebel yell greets the strains of Southern war melodies, and the eyes of men who marched without a quiver to the mopth of belching cannon are dim with tears as they recall their lead ers and ' comrades gone, the scene will be an inspiration to the New South, and a lesson in patriotism to those of a younger generation. With sadness it will be noted that many of the veterans have passed to the "eternal camping grounds"' since Memorial day a year ago.. Dr. E. P. McClintock, the beloved chaplain of the James D. Nance camp, only a short .while ago, and Mr. G. Fred Long, the treasurer of the camp, within the past few days, have an swered the last earthly roll call, and others whose names their comrades will recall today have found that rest into which no alarm of war can ever enter. And the writer can not b,ut reflect with deep sorrow upon the absence of the manly form of the gallant and chivalrous Capt. A. P. Pifer, the captain of Lee's body guards and the close personal friend of Lee, and a man worthy the friend ship of Lee--no higher eulogy could be paid to any man. Elsewhere in this Memorial day issue of The Herald and News ap pears the program which has been arranged for the entertainment of the veterans and for the observance of the day. The program has been in charge of the ladies of the city, who have been and who will continue to be unceasing in their labors to honor the memory of the veterans who sleep their last sleep, to cheer the declining years of those who yet surv.ve, and to teach the children of succeeding generations the true story of the deeds of those who made the Southern Confederacy, while shor.t-lived, the brightest and fairest nation the world has ever seen. There are five organizations in Newberry today of Veterans, Sons .of Veterans, and Daughters of the Con federacy-the James D. Nance camp, United Confederate Veterans; the John M. Kinard camp, Sons of Unit ed. Confederate Veterans; the Dray ton )Rutherford chapter, United Daughters of the Cofifederacy; the Calvin j Crozier chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the D. A. Dickert chapter, Children of the, Confederacy. The James D. .Nance camp, United Confederate Veterans, takes its name from Col. James D. Nance, who was killed in command of the Third regi ment, at the Battle of the Wilderness May 6, 1864. He was succeeded as colonel of the regiment by William Drayton Rutherford, for whom the Drayton Rutherford chapter is nam ed. Col. Rutherford was killed in the battle of Strasburg, Va., October 13, 1864. On the same day, in a fight in the Shenandoah valley, near Strasburg, and not far from Win chester, Capt. Jno. M. Kinard, for whom .the Jfao. M. Kinard camp of Sons is named, was shot throug] the heart while acting lieutenant. colonel. Col. D. A. Dickert, than whom a more gallant soldier and- of ficer never fought, for whom the D. A. Dickert chapter is named, is liv ing in NPwberry. He is the author of Dickert's History of Kershaw's brigade, and a number of other works. The Calvin Crozier chap ter, U. D. C., named for the gallant Texan, who was murdered in Newberry by negro soldiers follow ing the surrender because he had sought to protect a Southern woman from their insults. His remains now rest in Rosemont cemetery, under an imposing monument erected to his memory by the people of Newberry. From Newberry county came all these brave men for whom the or ganizations are named, with the ex ception of Crozier, who met his death in Newberry, and whose body re poses here. With love for the cause for which the Southern soldier fought, and with love for the Southern soldier, hold ing in sacred memory the dead, and seeking to cheer and to honor the living, Newberry comes to the obser vance of another Memorial day'. There is naught of bitterness nor any regret-only tenderness, and a firm belief in principles which still live and will continue to livefor princples cant not die. In closing his history of Kershaw-s brigade, Col. D. A. Dickert quotes an extract from the speech of one , a the So'uthern governors at Chicka mauga at the dedication of a monu ment to the dead heroes from his State, which is . tender in its senti ment, beautiful in its diction, and fair with the light of truth. It is: "A famous poem represents an imaginary midnight review of Na poleon's army. The skeleton of a drummer boy arises from the grave, and with his bony fingers beats a long, loud reveille. At the sounid the legions of the dead emperor come from their graves from every quarter where they fell. From Paris, from Toulon, from Rivoli, from Lodi, fromi Hohenlinden, from Wagram, froyn Austerlitz, from the cloud-capped summit of the Alps, from the shad ows of the Pyramids, from the snows of Moscow, from Waterloo, they gath er in one vast array with Ney, Mo Donald, Masenna, Duroc, Kleber, Murat, Soult, and other marshals in command. Forming, they silently pass in melancholy procession before the emperor, and are dispersed with 'France' as the pass-word an 'St. Helena' as the challenge. "Imagine the resurrection of the two great armies of the civil war. We see them arisin~g from Gettys burg, from the Wilderness, froml Shiloh, from Missionary Ridge, froni Stone river, from Chickamauga-yea, from a hundred fields-and passing wIth thefr gret commanders in re view before the martyred president c In their faces there is no dis appoint- ' ment, no sorrow, no anguisA, blit they beam with light and hope and I joy. With them there is no 'St. is Helena,' no 'Exile,' and they are dis persed with 'Union' as a challengd and 'Reconciliation' as a pass-word." CAPTS. GARY AND BRICKEI. t 1 Friendship Between Men Who Faced Each Other in Battle Closed by ' Capt. Bricker's Death. t Some days . ago The Herald and 1f News printed an extract from a let- I ter written by Captain Bricker to ( the adjutant general inquiring about Captain J. W. Gary and also correct ed an impression that General Moore had that Captain Gary was dead. The < letter of Caption Bricker was refer- 4 red by Mr. A. S. Salley, Jr., to Cap tain Gary, and is as follows: Carlisle, Pa., April 16, 1910. Adjutant General of gouth Carolina. ] My Dear Sir: I desire very much E to secure the address of an officer of a South Carolina Confederate regi ment, I think the Second of Hamp- E ton's Legion. I believe it was a Capt. Gary, I met him at Gettysburg I on July 3, 1863, but we did not have i much of, or any chance, to talk mat- I ters ov.er them, but afterwards at the reunion of the cavalry of both armies we did meet and had a very pleasant conversation. Now, if you can give i me his address, if living, I will cer- i tainly feel under everlasting oblIga- I tions to you. Truly and sincerely yours, W. H. Bricker, 624 N. W. Street, Carlisle, Pa. His name was Capt. Garey or Gary, Second S. C. cavalry, C. S. A. At least I think I am corect about it. Capliln .Gary replied to the letter 1 and The Herald and News gives his reply: April 26, 1910. General W. H. Bricker, Carlisle, Pa. My dear Sir: The enclosed clipping taken from the News and Courier, a daily paper published at Charleston, S. C., is my apology, is well as ex cuse, for writing this letter, for it brings to mind a very enjoyable visit to the battlefield of Gettysburg in July, 1885, when I, as well as other Southerners, had the pleasure of first meeting you when neither party "was under arms." I should have written you a letter of thanks years ago for the kind and gracious man ner In which you received us on that occasion, and for the generous hos pitality and entertainment given. But, like many other things, the letter was so long postponed, that finally I lost your address, and only discov ered it .from this chance clipping containing the letter from my friend and tformer comrade, eGneral James W. Moore, disclosing the fact that I am the Gary 'to whom your former letter referred. General Moore, however, as you are now aware, is mistaken in his information that I have "passed over the river." This mistake I am truly glad to correct in person, and to say that I am commander of "Camp James D. Nance, No. 336, U. C. p.," located at this place and have held that office since its organization in July, 1883, and further -to announce that it is the banner cainp in Southj Carolina, containing a membership of two hundred eight-eight ex-Con feds in good and regular standing. Even at -this -late day, permit me to thank you most sincerely for the hospitality, and especially for the cordial manner of the hand-grip and the soldierly spirit in,which you met and entertained us at Gettysburg in 1885. We felt i:. then, and still ap preciate it as wt. live it over again in memory. Now, I want to give you an invi tation to visit us, sct.as to be here on the 10th of May prciximo, as this is! the largest annual V gathering we have (anniversary of (onewall Jack son's death), the* day pn which are bestowed by the U. D. C. Southern Crosses of Honor on wotrthy ex-Con-1 federates; and the dag. that the "boys" are given a big ~.nner and barbecue. I vouch for' yd~U a most hearty welcome, and, at (he same time, will thoroughly convince you that the war is over, and th'at amity l narand felng for our re-united 'ountry reigns supreme, at least In he South. Wishing you and yours continued: Lappiness and prosperity, I beg to ubscribe myself, Sincerely your friend, J. W. Gary. On Saturday Col. 0. L. Schumpert eceived a copy of the Evening Sen inel of Carlisle, Pa., dated April 27, n which is recorded the sudden [eath of Captain Bricker and from vhich The Herald and Newa makes he following bxtract. It will be een that Captain Bridker died be ore he got the information which he vas seeking in regard to Captain rary. The Sentinel of April 27 says: The hand of death has again tricken down one of Carlisles best itizens, the Hon. William H. Brick r. Capt. Bricker, as he is best mown, was working about the chick ,n yard at his home on North West itreet late' Monday afternoon. Mrs. 3ricker was visiting a friend in town, Lnd Mr. Bricker was alone. Mrs. rohn D. Shearer, who resides next loor, was in the yard at her home, Lnd heard Mr. Bricker moan. Then he saw him fall. Hastily she sum noned Mr. Dysert, another neighbor, Lnd he and Mr. Yost, and thers who ,athered quickly carried the strick ,n man into the house. Dr. A. R. Ulen was summoned, and when he Lrrived Mr. Bricker was still breath ng, but in a few moments passed Lway. His death is attributed . to ieart failure. While Capt. Bricker iad been in declining health for ome time, his death at this time was inexpected, and the, news received ver town was a shock. keteh of His Life-Active In. Pelitis -A Great War Beeord.. Honorable William H. Bricker was >orn August 6, 1837, and -as there ore in his 74th year. He followed arming, .and it was while he was ;till on the. farm, that he enlisted in ,ompany H, Third Pennsylvania cav lry. He was soon chosen- first ser ,eant, and on May 1, 1863, was pro moted to lieutenant of Company B, )f the same regiment. On August 22, 1863, he was captured by the rebels and confined alternately in Libby prison, and in prisons in' Danville, Va., Macon, Ga., Charleston and Co lumbia, S. C. While at Columbia, he escaped and was out 12 days. He was recaptured, after suffering great privations. After 16 long and weary months he was exchanged, and -his term of enlistment having expired, was honorably discharged. On Janu ary 25, 1865, he returned to the farm. Subsequently he moved to Newville. In 1870 he was appointed United States store keeper, which office he resigned in 1875. In Politics. In 1876 Captain Bricker moved to Beaver Falls, in Beaver county, ,Pa., where he was engeged in the book, stationery and news business, and where he was successful, and a prominent -citizen. He was a dele gate to the Republican State conven ion iig 1881 and again in 1894. In 1884 he was elected register and re corder of Beaver county, and again elected in 1887. ' He was also enga ed in the real estate .and insurance business at one Lime. Ihn 1898 he was elected to the State 1.egislature, and in 1900 was re elected- by nearly 2,000 . plurality. At Gettysburg.. As may be seen from a brief refer ence to his war record above given, Captain Bricker was a brave soldier, and of this there are many unmis Lakable proofs. For ins.tane, at Get tysburg he led a detachment sent out unmounted, for support in front of Ruminel's barn. Taking a position in -the line, they suffered great loss. Subsequently the syuad remounted and made a charge on the enemy. Every man was wounded e-:cepting Capt. Bricker and the bugler. Whilst a prisoner at Charleston, S. C., he was promoted to a cap taincy, but never was mustered as such for the reason that the regiment was mustered out, before his return. A comrade of Captain Bricker, a Car lisle gentleman who was in the same company, says that Captain Bricker was a gallant soldier, always ready for any hazardous duty, and was sected and loved by all the officers, a well a the men. THE jEWS OF PROSPERMT. Memorial Day to be Observed-Flah4 Ing Party-People Coming and Going. P-osperity, May 9.-Mrs. S. 3. Kon has returned from a pleasant visit to relatives and friends In Little Mountain. Mrs. J. M. Cook, of Montgomery, Ala., is visiting at the home of her mother, Mrs. Alice Witherspoon. Misses Y. Genia and Rosabelle Har man have returned from several days' stay in Columbia. Mrs. D. J. Taylor and daughter visited in Newberry last week. The following from. Prosperity at*. tended the funeral of Mr. G. F. Long at Colony Friday: Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Moseley, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Fellers Misses Edna Fellers' and Nannie Simpson; Messrs.-W. E. Moseley, Carl Fellers, G. Y. Hunter, H. J. Rawl, F. E. Schumpert, R. T, C. Hunter, A. B Wise, W. T. Gibson, F. Bobb and Jno, Crosson. - Members of the Allen Lester chap ter of U. D. C., Prosperity, S. C., will observe Memorial day by rendering the following program in 'town hall at 4.30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon: Prayer-Rev. S. C. Morris. Scripture Reading-Rev. x 0. . Kreps. Duet-Pilgrims chorus. Address-Dr. A. J. Bowers. Duet-Immemorial. Chorus-Dixie. Bene4iction-Rev. L S. Caldwell. Any one having flowers for decorat ing the soldiers' graves will please notify or send to Miss Effie Hawkins Tuesday morning. Mr. B. . Schumpert, who-has been visting relatives here, has, returned,, to his home in Columbia. - A fishing party composed of Messrs. J. F. Browne, A. G. Wise, P. C., Sing ley, and L. -S. Lonkg attended a lrge fish fry at Leesville Friay. Mr. F. W. Schumpert, of Columbia, spent the week-end with his, father, Mr. B. B. Schumpert. Rev. I. S. Caldwell, who has been holding a series of services in Geor gia, returned home Friday. Messrs. R. K. Wise, C. P. Barre, L. D. Simpson, C. H. Kreps and L. . Wise, of Newberry 'college, spent the week-end -at home. Mrs. P.. 5. Langford spent Saturday in Newberry. -.~p Misses Ida and Sarah Fellers spent several hours in town Saturday en oute to Bookman, S. O. Hon. Geo. S. Mower and Dr. Van Smith, of Newberry, werea guests at the Wise hotel Friday night.' Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Scott, of Paco-. let, are visiting at the home of bla father, J. B. Scott. Mr. R. H. Russell, of Silver Street,/ is visting his daughters, the Misses Russell. Mr. E. S. Werts, of Newberry, spen Saturday in town,. giving his many friends a hearty liand-shake. ror Rural Letter Carrer. The competitive examination for la F. D,. Carrier to fill the sa-maer caused by the death o'f Mr. J. W. D2. Johnson was held Saturday morning by Mr. J. Claude Dominick, member of the board of civil service exa.min ers in the absence of Secretary C. A. Bowman. There were nine applicants as follows: Sims E. Kennerly, Jackson 3. Abrams, Jas. B. Cromer, Cipple. C. Spoon, Sam B. Evans, Claud A. Work man, Eugene- Hitt, Jos. E. Nabors, Arthur C. Mills. - Mr. Dominick promptly forwarded the papers to Washington. County Sunday School Convention. The executive committee of the county Sunday school convention met Saturday to make preparations for the convention which meets the third week in July. - The following committees were ap pointed: Place of meeting-Prof. S. J. Der rick, McDuffie Sligh, A. A. Cleland. Program-Prof. J. S. Derrick, Rev. R. S. Latimer, J. L. Bowles. The secretary of the convention was instructed to remind the several - schools to raise their pledges for the