University of South Carolina Libraries
NOTICE. An Act to Regulate the operation of traction engines on or across public bridges of Anderson County: 8ection 1. Operation of traction cn r'.ics across public bridges In Auber on county, regulated. Ile it enacted by .he General Assembly of tho- State of .fouth Carolina; that from! and after the passage of this act. any person, firm or corporation, using or causing lo be used, any traction engine or en gines, on or across the bridges on the public highways In Anderson County, shall In ctossing any of the. said bridges, ploce upon the surface bf said bridge pieces of timber not less than two inches illicit and twelve inches wide, on which said timbers the said engines may pass and cross the sala bridges. . . . . DAMAGES. Section 2.-Any person, Arm or cor poration who shall violate the provis ions of Section 1 of this act, shall be liable to tho said County, for all dam ages done to any bridge therein. The abovo oct waa passed at the 1914 session of tho General and will ho strictly enforced. J. Mack King. County Supervisor Anderson County. 6-17-tf- Dw NOTICE. PENALTY FOR DAMAGING ROADS. If any person shall wilfully destroy, Injure, fr lu ?ny manner hurt, dam age, int) .i r ?ir obstruct nny of the pub lic highway:), or any part thereof, or ahy .bridge, culvert, drain, ditcn, causeway, embankment, wall, tollgate, tollhouse, or other erection belonging. thereto, or any part thereof, the per mon so offending nhail, upon conviction thereof, he imprisoned not more than alz months, or pay a Ano not exceeding five hundred dollars, or both, at tho discretion of tim court, and. shall .bei further liable to pay alf the expenses1 of repairing thc same. Notice ls hereby given that the above law will be rigidly enforced. J. Mack King, Supervisor, Anderson County. 6-17-tf-Dw Wanted ! Good Carpenters To Use .Good Tools . Y ?.W ' ; f ' J- ?'? Because, -no matter how1 gooda me?hanic-vou are, you cannot get good re suits and do your work with despatch with shod dy tools, i ' vS * * We make a specialty of Tools, and have in stock every Tool for every pur pose? You can get from us the highest grade tool made, as well as chesCper ? Wes. , : Come in and look at our I fine display. SULLIVAN HARDWARE COMPANY Anderson,. S. C.. Belton, S. C. Harley-Davidson 6 horse power, with s starter. Oiily $210 ' L. L Harris, Agent, KELTON, 8. C. oooooooooooo o o O O' O' o o o LEPR04Y IN WISCONSIN o . - 9 o Milwaukee. WI?., May 3a>r-ln- o o r.,?UsS of the soldiers1 home at o Weat Aits were panic strick- o o en today whan staff physicians o o annonnced Bernard D. Bennett: o c a Pbiiiippme spa* ^veteran,., ta o c suffering frons, leprosy. Ben- a o nett has been isolated. o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o COL J. ?. E. SLOAN ANO THE GALLANT FOURTH ANO THE PART IT PLAYEO AT PASSAS - . ? . .... Interesting Account Written For Thc Intelligencer By One Who Is Familier With AH of thc Details. *'.'?' . . ' . ' '.- ..' ? South Caroline Troops Had the Hardest Work In that Day's Fighting' than whom no one displayed inore brilliant courage until carried from the field shot through the . lunga, though happily not mortally stricken.? Hut in the desperately unequal con ic*, to which tl ?es j brave gentlemen were for a time necessarily exposed, thc behavior of officers and men gen erally was worthy of the highest ad miration, and assuredly hereafter all j there present may proudly say: 'Wei were of that band who fought the first j hour of the battle of Manassas," Equal honors and credit must also bc award ed in thc pages of history to the gal lant officers and men who, under Bee! and Marrow, subsequently marching tu their side, saved them from destruc tion and relieved them from the brunt ?if the enemy's attack." lt ni'ghi prove of Interest to the as- ' iodated families to record a few of, th<- tragic events of a personal nature. As the Fourth was falling back from the rd van ced line Ad jut. Samuel Wilke:? rpproac;h?ng a spring near Young's branch, and followed by his faithful dog, was mortally shot by a bodv of Sherman's or Keyes' men. I .low. Crittenden reported "About 31 o'clock while passing along tho Henr* plateau about 150 yards from the ene-1 my, who were obscured by smoke, several soldiers attending a wounded man culled 'Lieutenant can't you give I me some help for a Georgia general.' j stepping out I asked who ll was and limy replied Gen. Barlow: I detailed Hay I is E.. Hat son and another whose namoi have forgotten to assist/' Gen. Bee' foll mortally wound-id ] near thc Henry house and was taken from Hie field after thc battle by Capt. Kilpatrick and Privates Russell, Dlck r.->n. Harris and Seaborn. Arriving at tho Mananas road Gen Bee was being greatly exhausted was laid alongside the road! Cheering down the road W v? aicd President Davis and party. Tho President dismounted and with tearful (,y('y- approached Cen. Bee and expressed the greatest solicitude and earnestly prayed that his life might be . uarccl to his family and his country. Gen. He,, died the following morning, and-his remains rest in the graveyard of his boyhood church at Old Pendle ton with twenty-six others; once his comrades in arms, now.In death. Hir modest monument bears this worthy Inscription: "If thou a noble soldier art. That passest by this grave, man. There moulder's bore a gallant heart. For this man was a brave man." o od o o o o ooo o o o o o o o o o O SIX AND TWENTY S o o O' o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o The manag'ementt of the Daily In telligencer deserves a great deal of praise and commendation for their splendid reunion special., If preserv ed, ar. lt"should be the Issue Of May 26, l??4.,wjll be worth to future genera tions 'many timer thc price! of-a year's rubtcriptlon.' The war stories lt, con tninl Will bc read with tuf much Inter est lh years'to come as they a?e today; Every veteran who: attended' the re union should have been presented with a copy by some friend, If such was not dorie:J Many thanks to the manage ment and the dear "Old CounUry Lady" v. ii Gr v name is so dear to thousands c* hemes in Anderson county. The tenant house on the Rodgers place that was destroyod by, fire to gether with ita contents on last Bun day night was occupied by a Mr. jvir. Campbe? a& he los* practically ev "-vthing he had Campbell. The loss falls heavily on vye are glad to say that Mrs. J. M. Burgers who has been very ?low ls now recovering. The chain gang 1B now located at C. M. Wilson's and are giving the roads around Plercetown a much need ed working. If Tom Vandlver suv ceods in giving this section good roads we will certainly elect him commis sioner. Some are already calling Tom. the Farmer's Favorite." ' G, B: Cobb and A. M. Martin were business visitors to Anderson.Monday. We recently fr ?rd-a man say that he would run for office if he .waa cer tain that he wouWnt be elected. We can assure him that he need 'have no fear.' t Walter. Casey says if women were allowed to vote tn South Caroljna that ho won ld run for congress. W. W. Smith has the finest oats that can bo found in this section^ They are oh bottom land and well manured ?ad have never been overflowe?, C?!1 Fonuently they are extra fine, Harmon Smith has set himself up to a nice new buggy. Last week rauet have been, 'agents week for this section aa thc country was full of them ?J most .every, day. CM. MSKt|n and noaa ot Septos are sawing shingle* th'* week for Z. A. and A. M. Martin. Clemson BW??<S* S****? * Heavy ?ease?--T5jUts Hew to (entre! ?Ur Clemson^ College, May "Ifadloa tlons aro that thia will be tim heav iest season for the cotton red. spider si a ce I have been tn South Carolina," said Prot A. Conradi, entomolog kir of the Sooth Carolina Kxpesfauent Station at Clemson College. I flt ls not doing much damage now btteause the cotton ls not targe enough yet. The. next rain'may eheck lt eejielaer ahty. < But the n*et dry spell; that fol lows U will brjWg trouble aj? ?t '? weil for farmers to be iafofSfeS ?cw as io , the methods ot dealing, with this: mite," The-cotton red s pide r, said Prof. Connu?, ls often gestates f*r cotton rust, since the Infested leaves turn a deep red on their upper surface, "Bot many of tha cagey of swppoeed rust s r,-, due tc thc . c^?? al lue cotton red spider. This is a fUny Softe. Ho*, dry conditions /preatly. favor and hasten ks development while cool, wet weather correspondingly r?tards lt Th? innocent little violet ls the farmer's worst ent<ny In so far aa the cotton red. snider t* coaceroed. Whan the cotton dies in the late fall, the We Have Buggies coming in ali nor t every' day the latest shipment being a car of -COLUMBUS Conic in and let us show them. They are 1914 Models. ? We have a nice line of Tony buggies. J. S. FOWLER Grandma's T?l?phone Visits RANDMA SMITH is a sprightly old " lady who likes to keep in touch with things. In the next town lives another dear old lady who Was Grandma's school mate, and of whom she is very fond. It is - impossible for the two old ladies to do much visiting, but every day they call,each other up on the telephone and have the most delightful chats. No one gets more comfort and pleasure out of tte family tel?phno? than Grandm a, When you telephone-?nih? SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE 1 AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY THE FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK and FARMERS LOAN &tRUST COMPANY would like to cash from fifteen* hundred to two thousand gilt-edge notes running from $25 to f*100. They want them to bc r>jfltt edge" arid they will want them pai? iii th2 month of Oc tober and the first half of .Npycirjjjcr. Come lp see us. We also expect to take e ire o? (he business re quirements of our rcgul ir customers* red spider seeks helter, and, marie tempting feeding plac?s tor the whi ter. The cultivated violet ls lts't|.Vv orlto host plant and lt in upon this plant that t-'o vast, majority of thc mites winter. Other Lest plant;; sec j:okcwecd, dahlias, wild , geraniums and a ' number of other weeds and ern & meat Kl planta. Th? coton red spider infects cot ton leaves, reddens'them over the en tire eu-rface, .dtsorls. them and cauces them to drop. , . [ - When the patches attached in cot ton fields are still small, said Prof: Conrad!, the infested plants should be pulled up, taken from thc field, and burne4, car? being taken that avery plant that shows signs ot be ing attached be treated in this way. This should repeated ar long as UM or the spiders are found. IC the spiders hav? Spread until a consider able patch ia invested, it ?nicht be well *t? plow uj the affected portion Ja ?rder ?o ?w?e the reit.- Sur h a iiMCMure snor.ia be restored to only In 'ixtr. nf cs*6i and th? plantar con I ier ii od mutt Judge of its desirability. Probably the safest And most ef fective and cheapest Ja*ecttcJcio that can be need, said Pref. Con radi, is? potassium sulphide, recommended by E. A .McOregor, of tho United Statss Bureau of ttntoiootogy, ?nd ?med by the entomological division of Clemson (College. Throe pj-nidi. to a hsmdrod gelions of water fa th? t amount. r*comsneod?d,... this solution spraye^ op thc riant*, tare being ?->-.:-??' ; t!i;-.t tho under sltlc of tho MdSto:; bc lilt with th? f'pray. Potas j silutn sotphldo co3t a".: vt 23 cents J per ponnd. j. Hcforo there la any attack of red J ipit?pr, ,th?j folioWihpr precautions should be taken; clean culture hv burning or grubbling o it till wc?_'.i or underl rtiHh around o**r? in colton fi?elds; also practfro-. ?fail plowing as as possible. Ywlctb which seem to be infested should be sprayed, or destroyed. Keep watch for the first Infested stalks s.nd pull them up and burn them. L , i r Pendleton Intends a ! Welcome to All 'Who wm At lend-. Tho following is tho llet of dcl't sate-* ts- -titead th:?union meeUng ta it will hold Its next session M*y 30 sud gi Vt??'Ute Pendleton Baptist cbtirob: ''Opaw*y--S, B. Martin. \. Sait;? S.L S?kew. Concord-T H. McCresry, Clemson-T. L. Smith. . Riverside-O. A. Canup and J. C. Hall. A'aW Proapectr-<8. Q. Herron. Mountain Creek-iL B. Cay. Lebanon-w. G. Simpson and X. W. Simpson. TownviHe-W. K. Sharp. Andersor-First church, B. C. Evans and J. W, Sanders. Tho people of Pendleton snd the congregation of the church extend a cordial w?icome to au. The ordinance of secession having been adopted, Di?:. 20th, 1860. thc or ganiatlon of the Fourth Regiment. en thusiastically followed with the elec tion of Hon. John I). Ashmore UH col onel and i. U. E. moan a? llcutcnant colouel. April 1 Uh, fol. Ashmore, having re signed, was succeeded hy Col! Sloan. April loth th? regiment entrained at Anderson for Columbia arriving April ICU. At Columbia commission? were issued and the regiments wus duly en rolled (or one year's service with C. S. Mattlson, Sam W,, Wilkes, adjutant, i?nd captains Anderson, Dean, Garvin, Hawthorne. Hurnphrj y.., Kilpatrick, I/OIIK. Poole. Shim kiln and Kilpatrick. June I bib loft f'dlumhlu arriving at lilchmood June 20th and at Manassus .function June 21st and thence pro ceeded lo Leusburg. Va., tu report to .?on. N. G. Evans on the extreme left of thc army of thc Potomac. July 4 the regiment was presented with ? handHomo garrison -flag hy the tadlos of.'LecBburg at a public func '.lon, thc 'presentation being eloquent y acknbwIctVcd by Adjut. Sam Wilkes. . Since 1861, this flag has con tinued in th?'possession of Col; Sloan. July 10th Leesburg was left for Fry ing Pan where Maj. Wheat's battalion of Louisiana Tigers was attached to Gen, Evan*',command, which proceded to Bull Kim where lt arrived July 17th and bivouacked In front of the Van ft best batteries of :sx pieces (four rilled) supported by four.companies of marbles, to Increase the desperate odds against which Evans and his men had maintained their stand with un ilmoal matchless tenacity." Gen, lice accompanied by Cen. Bar low galloped upon the scene about ll ii, m. exclaiming "Hello Sloan Hur rah for South Carellan." Cen. Beau regard's official report says: "A tierce mid destructive conflict now ensued. There was withering on both sides? while the enemy swept our short thin lines with their murderous artillery, which according to their official re ports st this time consisted ot at least ten rifled RUBS and four h'owiters. For na hour did these stout hearted men cf the blended commands of Bee, Evans and Hartow breast an unremit ting h.-ittlestorm, animated severely by something more than the ordinary .ourage of even the bravest men un der fire." / I in linden's battery posted on the Henry plateau contributed magnicent ijd. \Neur noon the contesting for ces according to thc official reports were as follows: Confederates-Evans* ll companies. Bee and Barlow four regiments. 2 companies f the Elevonth Mississippi under Llcul.-Col. Kiddell, and six pieces o{ artillery under Imboden and Richardson. Federate - Two divisions of four COL. J. B. E. SLOAN OF THE 4TH'tj. l',.V. " Pelt house north of tho Warrenton strong brigades, Inclusive of seventeen turnplko ; forming the extreme left of companies of regular infantry, four "if r?ntiintl*n and ' ils^n?TilMiii lanni companies or marines and 20 pieces of Here a squadron ot cavalry command- irtlllory. After one hour of this tra ed by Capt. Terry, and a section of equal combattit was observed that Latham's battery of artillery, were ad- . Shormau's and Keyes' brigades, -num ded to Qen. Evans' command. Gen.1 hering about WOO men were crossing teyans promptly ordored the falling of Bull Bun at tho farm ford on the rear frit?8 and conetructipn.-pf an abattis in ? of rar right Uapk whereupon Gca?3e? robt of Stone Bridg I ordored the men up^r torrlfid flJBe to July 18th thfe' battle ef^Bmckburn'a. fall oacknh thamslu: "nattle Hhe, w3ilch J'ordneeurtod below Stone Bridge. had In Ute meanwhile boen forming on ,Julr.aist betwen 3* and 4 a. m. the I thP ^\cau ?tending trent tho Robin plckets on the Sudley road reported to the east to the Hettry Col. Sloan, the rumbling of ?rtl?lery. house on the wesL r'iout onernlle In and voices of command on the oppo- ?"rM? ,mn??" Uely BOuth of site side of Bull Run beyond the ex- Warrenton turnpike, treme left. Gen Evans waa prompt- Baked by shot. < .mir ter and mun-, ly advised and the long roll Bounded- kotr>' Trom tbe n' h and WOBt br Picket firlrng.started on tho oppo- ?ho musketry ot ie-man on tho east vito.rIde 'between 4 and 5 a m. and tho forces retir' 1 tn badly scattered with daylight the enemy could be seen 9?lcr' some to . Lewis house abont one of the enemy's concealed batteries ? <?ird of a ir ? below Stone bridge, fired at letorvat* to develop our po^l- hut tho main . ly to thc Robinson Hon .and strength. Of tho Four h bouso where f \. Hampton's men Regiment, Capt. Ktlpatrick's company were extend!- h, the right line of battle was deployed for picket duty above along tho tu pike, reme of his mon the rhldge and Capt. Anderson's com- letting dow the barr admitting our nany below, with Capt. Dean's com- mounted off ore. As wo fell back Of pany and the Palmetto Riflemen com- Hampton's "ien. Ocn. Johnston and tn anded by Meut. Earle, placed as re- Gen. Beau gard rode upon the scene serves on Uo ridge.commanding the Quoting Gen. Beauregard's report: 'bridge. The other ' six companies "Aa soon as Gen. Johnson and tn; moved along tho Carterhouse road ?eli reached the field wo were occupi about a quarter of a mlle and near the ed with ; reorganisation of the heroic farsa ford-where Sherman and Keyes troope, whoso previous stamt. with crowed about noon. valiant lu all the pages of history, and lt being discovered that a lurg- acaree h parallel, has nothing more force of the enomy was crossing Bull whose losses only tell why at length Rua higher on the left at Sudley Ford., their ranks bad lost Jlheir cohesion." the six companies of the Fourth and, At this critical juncture Gen. John Maj. Wheat's battalion double-quicked stcn valiantly rode forward with col about a half mlle and formed Uno of ors by bis side and p?entlng same the batHe with tho left, under Col. Sloan, mon promptly surged Into Hoe. In "the resting ou the Sudley Ford road,. Maj. Civil War and Its Leaders" Beau re Wheat on tho right'arid,* how'tfr ?en gard remarks "the men who had been elevations in the rear of each bank, recently routed and fled now came. About ?:46 a. m. the battle opened into line lik? veterans." with a galling Ore on the Rhode Island In this connection Con. Bee and Co), regiment and Its battery of six ta- Sin?? f?IJss fcrrrsrd. Morilug lUv prnndsrs rifled gnus, men Into Has. Gen. Bee shouted "See Beauregard's official report says Jackson's, men standing like a stone "the enemy hastened up three other wall; the origin of the title ''Stonewall .*fr*nents of the brigade and two Jackson.-' Jackson's asea were not tn Dahlgreen howitera making In all our front, hut on our immediate left, quite xgOO bayoneta and eight pieces their long Mississippi rifles were pour of. artillery, opposed to less than 800 lng destruction through the cracks ot men sad twp firpesuidcr gana. Despite a fra* &iet?,tb*?dg?.of * thicket. We this- odds this Intrepid command of fell back In a small depression tn the but eleven weak companies, maintain- rear of Hampton's men on whose right ?3 its' front, to the enemy for quits an the men of Pee, Evana and Barlow ral hour tjR'&Mlti&el'tfc^ lied and stuiYornly fought to the end ?lld with his comm?BS'7^^ of the battle} Meanwhile Hampton's ''Meanwhile the enemy had pushed mon having severely suffered were forward a battalion ot eight com ponteo - withdrawn to the reserve. Uns. where ?ot regular infantry .and une or th?lr j he did not lor#- remain having been or- 1 ?fi Jj - T. i ; -L LIUET. COI, C. S. M ATTI SO X, . Of tho Ppnr?h Ifegiiiicnt {ind Lute. Colo" cl ?i jUaUit>vu*s Battalion.. . I -" ????n-r ] dered to tho loft where Hampton was wounded and retired. Reverting to thc four companies-ol Hie Fourth Regiment pl- ced at Stone Bridge wc found thal phout i:':30 un der severo pr?t s ure from Sh - mian and Keyes them companies withdrew.. Denn, Anderson and Earle to tho Lew is house and Cupt. Kilpatrick lo JJauip tcn's Legion. . I At the Lc ivis boure the threercoin panies from the bridge ( Dean.. And?r . on and Earle) and one company which had been routed from thc front (Sbaaklin^?) under command.of Lieut., ^h/jrry aid two companion 'M-'^utp . known commards und numerous st'rag r;lere. were placed by Gen. Johnston udder CcL Thomas, who ,CQffd?ct- j lng them to "tho left wau killed at'"the ' sumo time that Maj. Whltner's" hqrse' was/ killed nr ?i thc major "thjurbd. " Without field officers this force press ed toward the c::8rc\uo. left ante s?UIrey emerged from ? ./"Mall body bfVeods ' ??amo--.nt rhort^fairgc upon Rickott'a l^tiery-Just at 4t wn3 Unlimbering to mfHude Boasrr?gard'? linc (.?pultV^A?Btlerson. (a 8cotclumwir) hore ah cu*ed thc memorable command ,'5hN^tiri^->^h?.rL'c8 and keepjrhe.ram mer;- nb 'h*:6round.'' The trailant Cap tain Rickett and most of his.gunners., .ind horses tell in their tracKs and their support wac scattered . as "we charged. The enemy returned ip. force ard drove; us ?tmi-k and undertook to withdraw two of the pieces by hand. H nm ot on' having 'been ordered to tho left was wo itu ?lcd and taken from the field whereupon Kilpatrick joined An tleraon. ejp?., ihetteveu cpm?w\iBa took and flnnn'lly held thc. battary. S bin ii Appear* en Scene. "Col. Sloan, informing Gen. Beaure gard, thai men cf the 4th Itcgimcnt. wereV-uOSmlIiur with the handling ?if artillery requested thc detail of an ex perienced officer. Capt. Sara-Fergu ron GL West Pointer) with a detail un der l.i??*. Benjamin'' Sl?t?n. brought one of the guns into action, a Jewish soldier serving with great skill, but very poon the enemy havlngrheen As saulted on his right flank yielded io tho final rout. The privates?careless^ ly, servtng.tim Rfttott guns wJjh e]on gated "sbethH ?ptif ?ile appreciated., thc dangepAinrtinitJi^wllowing morn .when one of the chelia was dropped, from, thje hand and uiplJdcd killing Bcllott? arid Hillhot?so.' ' ' y-\ v: I A number ot unknown troops' serstrft the two gun:* which had been dragged by hand by the 'federals,a*slj?T?Mt? tance toward thc Warronton 'tbrn^tke, I abd heneo arose Numerous claims as, to the captare ot - RlcketCsv .battery. However, tho birttcry-a* A whole wak first, capta red by .four companies of. tho Fourth regiment and two .campan-1 1er of unknown command when the ' gunners and horsey wero killed ?rid af- ? ter being tempofmrRyiregamed.;by the Federals the ba^eeyT f wtthit^W excep tion of the two gdns.*bovetnpted? was captured by live companies ol tho Fourth ?nd-the two unknown conr eantes who had originally been placed | Just below (riga.*. Mho Pourth at Stone . Bridge. Tuc colors of thc! fourth j Regiment were planted on tnsv, battery by Color- Sergeant RebbjMax???^l and there maintained "to WK close, of ?Jbe battle. Whim Gen: R^re^a?^Hia?*.. Col. I Sloan Brat approached the guns thc ' fortunes ot tho doy were still s8-*fh>, certain that Gen. Beauregard tnetrdcti* ' cd Col. Sloan to hold his men ready to move the battery backte? Manassos Junction If such should become neces sary. The namus of thas gallant- meei? b?rb of th? Fd**ihi Regiment who were killed;or: wooded, ts a matter ot ree- ' Ord ^tn^a.mai^hgMb?lDaA*t)^m and loyalty ot the mea and wttoaVot ino old district which contributed to the Fourth Regiment Jhemee ^ WhortSt and nt others ?en... Beauregard thea Hanl courage ?era. impossible I? this 1 report. J can only mention, those wh^SBte s ly Important. !t le flt that I should in this way cpmmend to notice . the daan*J>a>-conduct abd Iwperturahle coolness of Col. filvans and well Indeed was he support ed by Cel.. Sloan abd' the ofdeers of the Fourth 8outh Caro lina Rey.ment; asako Mai Wheat.