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??dest Newspaper Snpwith Carolina vni. 77 EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEfiJ?ESDAY, MAY 8,1912 NO, 13 Memorial Day Confed m . -r- 1 OLP SOLDIERS WERE HAPPY Excellent Address Made by One of Edgefield's Dis tinguished Sons. A GOOD DINNER SERVED Ex-Gov. Sheppard Presided Over the Meeting With Charac teristic Dignity. 'Vets" Well Pleased. May 10th, the clay for the annual re-union of Confederate veterans, dawned bright and beautiful with every environment favorable to the comfort and entertainment of the veterans who were the guests of honor on this occasion. At one o'clock promptly, about sixty veterans from various sections of our county began to assemble, together with the Daughters of the Confederacy, who were the'hostesses, and the gentlemen they had invited who had really furnished the feast itself if not the thought that pro duced it, and in the grove adjoin ing the Baptist church all were seated after the benediction?by Dr. M. D. Jeffries. ? ?flca? The first course, served in trays, consisted of sliced bread, sand wiches, meat, pickles, salads and coffee; the next served separately was the very beat of pies, cakes, tarts, and- lemonade. A general good time was enjoyed, and every body was in kindly humor with themselves and the world at large. At two o'clock the veterans, Daughters of the Confederacy, and the large crowd of Edgefield peo ple came together at the Baptist church to cfo honor to the Confed erate dead, and take sweet and sad pleasure in the exercises. The fol lowing program was carried out: Ex-Gov. John C. Sheppard, in his characteristic and dignified manner, presided at the meeting, and called upon Rev. E. C. Bailey of the Pres byterian church to make the open ing prayer. This was followed by an organ prelude by Mrs. Mamie N. Tillman irho was in charge of the musical program. "Singing in God's Acre" was a beautiful vocal solo, with ?pipe organ accompani ment sung by Mrs. J. R. Tompkins, and another very appropriate musi cal number, "Silence! Holy Mem ories Cluster," by the choir was much appreciated by the large and sympathetic audience. A g?nerons collection was taken for Shiloh mon ument fund, in response to Mr. Sheppard's very wisely made plea for this cause, and the school chil dren sang the "The Bonnie Blue Flag." Mr. Sheppard, after mak ing appropriate reference to the origi?^ni permanency of Memorial Day, what it typified, as well as paying first tribute to the veterani, present, introduced to the audience one of Edgefield's native sons, whom she had loved long since, and lost awhile." Gen. M. L. Bonham now of Anderson. Even the young er generations in the audience de lighted to hear him tell, as if he really saw it again, in fancy, the scenes of other days, the old church and the faces once full of life and courage and hope, now lying in the grave yard hard by. He must have been deeply impressed with those scenes in his boyhood to so vividly recall and express them. It was re marked that Edgefield could pro duce orators for all occasions, those who had first seen the light on her soil. If they are not now her citi zens, they have been, and will al ways return at her call. Crosses of Honor were delivered to about fifteen veterans, in a short talk by Dr. M. D. Jeffries. The exercises were closed with prayer by Rev. J. R. Walker of the Method ist church. Committees from the U. D. C. distributed in both ceme teries of tho town wreaths which were placed on graves of all vete rans, and the monument to the "un known dead" was also decorated for the occasion. This re-union and Memorial Day has become an institution in Edge And ?rate Re-uniot field, and is a monument to tl splendid sentiment which should 1 the guiding star for the Daughte of the Confederacy. Gen. Bonham surprised mai Edgefield people by showing wh this county contributed to the Sta and Confederacy during the wa Besides two war governors, Gov. ] W. Pickens and Gov. M. L. Boi ham, this county, according to st tistics compiled by Gen. Bonhac contributed the following troops: Generals-M. C. Butler, Capt Col., Brig. Gen., Maj. Gen., C. I A. ; M. W. Gary, Capt., Col., Brij Gen., Maj. Gen., C. S. A. ; Abn< Perrin, Capt., Col., Brig. Gen., < S. A.;R. G. M. Dunovant, Bril Gen. State troops, Col. C. S. A. Colonels-T. G. Bacon, Ja Jones, T. G. Lamar, R. G. M. Dui ovant, W. G. Burt, A. P. Butle T. P. Shaw, Joseph Abney, J. E Griffin, W. C. Mv,-agne. Lieutenant Colonels-E Iber Bland, J. H. Brooks, J. D. Twigg! J. E. Goggans, John C. Simkin R. B. Hughes, A. Jones, E. Crof T. C. Morgan, H. W. Addisor B. E. Nicholson, S. S. Tompkins. Majors-Emmett Siebels, Joh A. Crouder, J. S. Hard, Cicer Adams, Tillman Watson, John ? Bacon. In the 7th regiment were seve companies as follows: Co. J Capts. Bacon, Bland, Harrisor. Burt; Co. D, Capte. Denny, Mitel ell; Co. F, Capts. Hard, Reardon W. D. Brooks, Henderson; Co. G Capts. J. H. Brooks, Clark, Kemp ^Ln^mei? companies from Edgefield as fol lows: Co. B, A. P. West, Jas Boatright; Co. D, Capts. Abner Perrin, E. H. Youngblood, E. L Mims; Co. K, Capts. D. C Tompkins, J. H. Allen, W. S Allen; Co. H, Capt. Croft. Co. A this regiment was from Darling ton but was commanded by Capt T. W. Carwile of Edgefield. In the 19th regiment were sb companies: Co. A, Capts. T. Wat son, E. W. Horne, E. W. Perry Co. B, Capts. T. P. Shaw, T. W. Oetzen; Co. C, Jas. Quattlebaum, I H. R. Dean; Co. D, Capta. Ira Crumley, W. S. Peterson, J. W. ?Denny; Co. F, Capts. W. H. Hol stein, W. H. Norris; Co. K. Capts. A. Jones, Wm. Gregg, W, H. Tim merman, J. L. Courtney. In the 22nd regiment was one company commanded by Capt. Cic ero Adams, R. B. Hughes, L. S. Hill, W. G. Burt. There was ia this regiment a company from Spar tanburg, commanded by Capt Geo. B. Lake, of Edgefield. In the 24th regiment were two companies from Edgefield: Co. I, Capts. A. J. Hammond, L. B. Weaver, J. A. Tillman; Co. K, Capts. S. S. Tompkins, T. C. Mor gan. In the 1st regiment artillery was one company from Edgefield, Co. K. Capts. Culbreath, P. B. Waters. . In the 1st regiment infantry (Gregg's) was one company from Edgefield. Co. G, Capts. A. P. Butler, W. H. Holloway. In the 1st regiment cavalry was from Edgefield one company, C. Capts. J. D. Twiggs, T. W. What ley. I In the 2nd regiment was the old Edgeh*eld Hussars, Co. I, Capts. M. C. Butler, J. J. Bunch, T. H. Clarke. In the 6th regiment cavalry was one Edgefield company, B. Capts. Lewis Jones, Wm. Gregg. In the 7th regiment cavalry was one company from this county, E. Capt's. J. W. Williams, W. P. Burkhalter. In the 7th battalion (Nelson's) was a company from this county commanded by Capt. J. Hampden Brooks. In the Hampton Legion were two companys from Edgefield. The Edgefield Hussars, which became Co. G. 2nd cavalry. The other wa? the Watson- Grays, which became. Co. B, Hampton Legion infantry. Capts. M. W. Gary, R. E. Tomp kins, B. E. Nioholson. In (Gregg's) 1st regiment were 9 companies, but the Edgefield Rifles went to 22nd regiment on re-organ- . JOHNSTON LETTER. | Mrs. F. M. Boyd Entertains.;] Mothers' Day and {Cradle Roll Anniversary Cele brated. Delightful in every way was the reception given by Mrs. F. M.| Boyd OL Tuesday afternoon, in com pliment to her guest, Miss Bertha Stahn, of Chester, and Miss Mary Gwyn, music teacher in the high school here. Invitations were ex tended to about 50, the young ma-j trons calling from 5 to 5:30 o'clock and the young ladies from 6 to 1 ' o'clock. The first party was received by Mrs. W. J. Hatcher and Mrs. C. F. Pechman who showed them to the punch bowl which was pre sided over by Misses Lylie LaGrone and Zena Payne. Mrs. J. H. White escorted them into the parlor where they greeted the guests of honor. Miss Stalin was a visitor here last summer and by her charming cor-; diality, won a host of friends who were pleased to meet with her again. Frozen cream and .cake were sei ved by several young\%aidens. That young ladies were edfertained with a flower contest, and the guests' prize and winner's prize were pre sented in a happy manner by Mrs?. C. F. Pechman. Mrs. J. A. Lott served punch, and concluding the. contest, all enjoyed the refresh^ ments offered. Dr. W. S. Dorset has accepted ao invitation to preach the commence-'l ment sermon at Libery, S. C., orfj the 19th May, and at Hephzibah,] Ga., on the 2nd Sunday in June. Mrs. Frank Bandrum, of Ff?fl ence, is visiting her mother, Mrs. ? dm ' relatives, coming here ftifflraratfMN*- Macon. The gentlemen re brothers of the late Mr. Wm. Wright, and it has been a number of years since they were here, it having been 20 years since Mr. Kirt Wright visited. Miss Jennie Walsh, of Sumter and Emma Stansell, of Greenville, arrived last week to visit their friend Miss Edith Coleman. Miss Martha Dorn is expected on ization. The other was the Chero kee Volunteers. Capt R. Meri wether. In the state troops, were com panies commanded by Capts. Wm. Spires, Jas. C. Brooks, Geo. D. Hewitt. ' I shall not attempt to enumerate the staff officers from Ed gefiel d who served so brilliantly and well; the surgeons and assistant surgeons, such as A. S. Dozier, J. W. Hill, T. J. McEie, LaGrone, Jennings, Ab ney, and others; nor shall I speak in detail of that galaxcy of gallant youths who won glory and renown, such as W. H.Brunson,Uly Brooks, Yancy Dean, Jno. Carwile, Munro Wise, Scout Gray, Hugh Scott, and a great hoint of others whom I may not even yenture to mention. Of course, I do not pretend to say that this list of the troops from Edgefield is accurate. Doubtless I have I omitted some who deserve the highest tribute of praise. But the condition of the records does not enable me to do better. The following veterans were in attendance at the re-union: Dr. Nicholson, John C. L. Court ney, J. Nick Griffis, G. W. Mathis, J. B. Adams, G. W. Bussey, J. R. DeLaughter, E. S. Reynolds, WM. Corley, Wm. Glenn, M. C. Clark, J. P. Strom, W. A. H. Owle, G. H. Seigler, J. E. Doolittle, J. B. Dorn, J. E. Perry, G. M. Boswell, M. A. Christie, Jesse Prince, H. T. Jen nings, Silas Yonce, Col. Talbert, Wylie Branson, J. N. Fair, A. L. Branson, A. S. Powell, A. R. Nich olson, J. P. Mealing, J. G. Garrett, N. L. Broadwater, - - Morse, Billie Cartledge, Irvin Holmes, J. C. Whitlock, Oy S. Werts, W. S. Covar, M. A. Watson, W. T. Kin naird, J. W. Payne, Sam Hughes, S. M. Timmerman, Jim Tompkins, Dug. Timmerman, F. M. Dorn, H. F. Green, P. W. C. Posey, S. De Vore, T. C. Strom. W. D. Ramey, H. W. Eubanks, L. Eidson, W. W. Posey, R. M. Derrick, J. E. Doby, J. M. Cobb, H. W. Dobey, M. W. C lark, J. W. Fair, Dr. Walter Nicholson,0. Sheppard, J. E. Caldwell, Texas. Thursday to visit her sister, Mrs. J. A. Dobey. Messrs. M. T. Turner and J. Howard Payne and Miss Zena Payne made a car trip to Augutta on Thursday. Miss Angelle Andrews is spend ing: awhile in Columbia. Mrs. St. Julian Harris, of Eton, made a short visit to her moth rs. P. N. Lott during the past week. .'Jpifls Mollie Waters is visiting har cousin Mrs. Waring, in Co lumbia. i0.rs. J. W. Marsh is the guest of I her Bister Mrs. Porter, in Spartan ? burg. ? Among those to attend the re \ union in Macon were Judge J. G. ! Mobley, J. M. Turner, J. W. Har A. P. Lott, W. J. Whitlock, L. L. Yonce, Benjamin Lewis, W. I ?. Ouzts and Dr. G. D. Walker. I Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Wright spent) week in Macon with her moth ar Mrs. Mary Hamilton, who has been ill. . * Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Dasher spent j Wednesday in Augusta. - Mrs. Frank Crouch and son will visit at the home of the former's father, Mrs. S. J. Watson, during .oming week, ^?father's Day," and "Cradle 1.3Bay7 were jointly observed on Sunday at the Baptist church. The platform in the Sunday school room, ^?beautifully decorated in flow jjH&Nad the center was a small cra dle, with 41 name tags on it, to represent the number or new addi tions to the roll during the year. About 20 promotion cards were given out, and quite a number of the little tots were present. The songs and short recitations, by the der ones were a pleasure to hear,. a sweetness and sim ig by the school. ' , Prayer, Dr. W. S. Dorset. Scripture reading, Mr. W. L. Coleman. Recitation, "To be good," Caro lyn Dorset. . Delivery of certificates. "Safe in the arms of Jesus" sung] in memory of little Mays Collins. Song, "I am Jesus' little friend" Marion Boyd. "White carnation," Bessie Bean. "Mother's day" Supt- S. J. Wat son. Presentation of a duster of white blossoms to the oldest mother in the ] Sunday school, Mrs. G. P. Cobb, from her daughter Miss Sue Sloan. - Song, "Tell it again," Thomas and Laurie Hoyt. Recitations by little Misses j Mary Walker and Laurie Hoyt Song by 10 little children, * Lord, we come," Elliot Lewis, Nelson Keesee, Mims Mobley, John How ard Black, Mary Walker, Helen Walker, Laurie Hoyt, Carolyn Dor sat aud Thomas Hoyt. Reading, "Tini's tobacco," Miss Virgie Courtney. Song by the school. Every one present wore either a white carnation, the flower for the day, or some white blossom to mother*8 memory. Program Commencement Exer cises S. C. C I. Thursday, May 16.-8:45 p. m. Annual concert. Friday, May 17.-5 p. m. Com pany drill, cadet battalion. 8:45 p. m. Entertainment by school of expression. Saturday, May 18.-5 p. m. Individual drill in manual of arms, cadet battalion. 8:45 p. m. Cele ebration of literary societies. Sunday. May 19.-ll a. m. Bac calaureate sermon, Rev. Philip Mc Lean, Aiken, S. C. Monday, May 20.-10 a. m. Ad dress before the Alumni-Alumnae Association, Mr. Calhoun Mays, class of 1903. 10:30 a. m. Grad uating exercises. 11:30 a. m. Bac calaureate address, Hon. J. F. Car ter, Bamberg, S. C. What Texans Admire ' is hearty, vigorous life, accord ing to Hugh Tallmam, of San An tonia. We find he writes, "that Dr. King's New Life pills surely put new life and energy into a person. Wife and I believe they are the best made." Excellent for stomach, Liver or kidney troubles. 35cts at Penn <fc Holstein's, W E Lynch & Co. PARKSVILLE LETTER. School Closes With Splendid Ex ercises. Teachers Re-elected For Coming Year. A Serious Wreck. The people of the west side were somewhat surprised wheo we learn ed that our brother and fellow townsman, Col. Talbert, was not sent to the state convention when he was elected a delegate from his home club and would have been en dorsed but for his objection, saying he wanted no such advantage to -tart with. He did not even attend the convention, and told the dele gates they could nse their own judgment iu sending him to the state convention, did not ask for an endorsement. He asked the dele gates from our side to vote for Sena tor Tillman as a delegate to the state convention,but thought there should be no endorsement of either of them. Those of Col. Talbert's friends who did go, I am told, vot ed for Senator Tillman as a dele gate to ?he state convention. A good many delegates from the west side being kept away on account of high water and bad roads, who would have voted for both as dele gates. We believe in fairness. Col. Talbert is an old soldier, has served his state in the dark days of radical rule with fidelity, during all of which, he has come out without the smell of fire on his garments. With-1 out any prejudice to any one we desire to call attention to the fact, that we believe the people are comp? tent to decide at the polls, who should represent us without the ! machination or scheming or wire pulling so common in this day and rog I liked. They passed & on requiring every candidate in Laurens to express himself as to j whether he was for Blease. This is j ' a resolution aftei my own heart, don't want to vote for any man of \ the Blease type. Let them like men, align themselves. Rev. Earle Freeman preached his first sermon yesterday, as pas- j tor of Parksville church from tho words: '"Thou art not far from the kingdom of heaven." It was an ear nest appeal in concise language, that seemed to take deep hold upon his hearers. We noticed in the audi ence a reverent listener in the per son of P. H. Bussey of Red Oak Grove church. Mrs. Virginia Sanford, formerly Mrs. Stone, who recently married Rev. J. H. Sanford of Springfield, with her little niece, Miss Dessie Sanford, is on a visit to relatives in j Parksville. We have missed Miss Virginia very muck since her mar riage, and her friends were delight ed to have her worshtp once more in the church of her fathers. She ought to come oftener. A serious wreck occurred on the C & W C railroad last Friday be-1 low Clark's Hill, m which Capt. Stillwell, Capt. Herndon, the con ductor, and Capt. James section foreman were quite painfully hurt. Capt. James is a resident of our town, and is suffering ago J deal. While his bruises are painful we hope not fatal, and trust that soon he will be able to resume his duties. Our school closed here on last Friday evening at which time our teachers, Prof. West and Misa Etheredge, covered themselves with j glory in providing for our children such a royal entertainment. The ex ercises which were ?held in the com- J modious Parodo hall lasted three hours without a dull moment. The hall was packed to suffocation, though, none grew tired during the program, which consisted in cha rades, recitations, declamations, dialogues, tableaux, etc. Wish we | had time for an extended descrip tion of these exercises giving names of the bright boys and girls who contributed so nobly to this exquis ite entertainment, bnt must refrain. Suffice it to say, that we expect to hear from some of them some time in the future in nobler ' deeds and useful service. Prof. West and Miss Etheredge were re-elected for an other term beginning in Septem-1 ber. Our school closing was honor ed by visitors from McCormick, Plum Branch, Modoo, Red Oak! Grove and other places. Mr. Sampson^ Strom of hustling i McCormick was a welcomed visitor last Saturday to the home of rela tives,^ Parksville. Miss Fannie Drennan of Verdery, has been visiting some days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Parks. Mrs. John Brunson formerly of Parksville now of Augusta is spend ing some time in the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. C. Parks. ^ Judge P. W. Cheatham of Cleora spent Saturday night with relatives in Parksville. We did not shake hands with him. If. we had," we could have told by the grip whether or not the Judge is a candidate. If not a candidate he ought to be, for when magistrate he had the reputa tion of being the best one in the' country; and ?our county and state are sadly in need of such material to fill our offices. Col. W. J. Talbert attended the layman's meeting at Rehoboth yes terday. More Anon. A Sad Case. The following from a recent is sue of the Baptist Courier is a trib ute by Rev. Geo. W. Bussey: I rarely write for the papers, but I want to write a little now. I can scarcely see to do so because of tears which force themselves into my eyes. I have just received a letter from my brother, P. H., stating that old Mr. John Sharpton was dead an ! that he had died on the roadside last Saturday morning. He was making his way up from Au gusta on foot; was probably out in those heavy rains Thursday night and Friday. To read this is pecu liarly sad. In the winter of 18G8, when Longstreet was making his way from Missionary Ridge back to Lee, he besieged Knoxville, Tenn., but before it surrendered courier came to the surgeon's head quarters and said: "Doctor, get everything ready to move at dark, and all men not able to march will be left to the care of the enemy." I heard it. I knew that I was too sick to go, but could not bear the idea of being left and being captur ed. John Sharpton was wagon master, though he could not read, and a member of my company. I hobbled up to the wagon yard, told John what I had heard and asked if it was not possible for him to let me ride. His reply was that he had orders not to allow any man to ride. So with a sad heart I turned to go, when he said, "You stay around here awhile." As he loaded his wagons he packed me in with the officers' baggage and hauled me three or four days, and thus, as I have ever since believed, saved my life. At night I would slip out and mingle with the rest, and be fore day go back to my hiding place.. After he came back to the company in Virginia, he was in my mess, and would oft, on the ma?ch, carry all my rations and oft my gun, as I was young and small to my age. John was poor and illiterate and - had nothing to fight for but the love of his country, but we didn't have a better soldier. And then for him to have to end his life thus, it makes me weep. He saved my life, heuce I desired to say these things.' G. W. Bussey. March 18. List of Graduates. The following is the list of grad uates for 1912 at the South Carolina Co-Educational Institute: Misses Annie R. Gaskin, Burta Johnson? Hill, Nelle Priscilla Clayton, Janie E. Minick, Mary Ann Cheatham, Anna S. Hollingsworth, Cora Lulie' Morgan, Grace T. Williams, Linnie Corley, Justine H. Cantelou, Euge nia Adeline Mirna, Everton Shuter, Ella C. Mays, Mary Etta Thomas, Ida Elizabeth Morgan, Sammie E. Gardner, Effie Edna Wates, Fran ces Estelle Bussey, Ellie Amanda Mathis, Mary Alpha Hammond, Lizzie F. Hollingsworth, Mary Roy Ed Peak, Alice Kierulff Wilson and Emma Lillian Mirna; Cadets James French Wilson, Benjamin N. Cros lyn, Eustice H. Prescott, Wm. Ouzts Whatley, Willie T. Hum phreys, Preston T. Whatley, Leroy Bd*. Smith, A. Ri ph D. Guyton, J. Rhoneat Thomas, William Y. Q naries, George C. Snead, Samp son B. Mays, Jr., Winchester Mc Daniel, Hollis Garvin, A. E. Burns.