The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, November 02, 1907, Image 1
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VOL. 3. 8 SEMI-WEE
Battle-Scarred Flag of th
Gallant 12 th Regimci
Presented to the State.
(Jo'umbia State, Oct 31.
The battle fl <g of the Twolit
Sou'h Carolina was pr**-ente i 1
Gov. Ansel yesterday Iot pre-e
vation in the relic roeni at 'I
capitol. 1 he presentation wi
111 -iilt) by Capt Allen Jones, sc
of a tormer gallaut colonel of U
regiment. C?ipt. Jones was hir
sell a private s-oidier in that re
. irnent and a brother of Cadwc
lader Jones, Jr., a captain in tl
Twelfth.
This flag was never mrrende
ed. That is aelierished bit ?>f hi
tory.
The survivors of ill* r?'gime
are proud that the b ittle-scari<
e r? n ti was brought ba<
unsullied lr? m Virginia, ai
was returned to South Car
lina next to the hear! oi
gallant lad who loved it we
The history ot the 11 <g was reci
ed in the speech ot presentatio
Capt. Jones Paid in pres* li
ing the ll :
"The history ol i', as I rrci
it, Ironi memory, Aas that Ei o<
Hlackmon, a gallant private
Company II , when Geo. Lee i
sued his lareweJ order surren
ering the army of Northern Vi
Kinia at Ancomattox on the 9
ol April, 18G5, determined Ih
the flag that had waved us
victory on so many bloody tiel
and now has inscribed on i
folds 31 b ? ties t he regiment w
engaged in, should not b* sul
jected to any disrespect by a I
who had lour long years tried
vain to bring it down. Lie to
it from the staff, ripped out tl
lining Irom Ins home-made gr
coat and sewed it inside. In th
way he brought it back to Hot
Hill, where it remained in 1
possession un'il a reunion ol t]
Twelltl\regirneut was held abo
1882 and an association forme
Blackmon tlien reluctantly doiu
ed his much beloved treasure
thi s associat on.
\
Sergt. Dave Moore, of Ric
land county, a gallant memb
of McGowan's brigade shar
shooters, now presents it to t
State, an ensign worthy of t
u/)mirul inn aI lii ? i iwinir nni.ai
WMIIHI M/II V/1
tion, an emblem to remind the
of tbe heroic ilerds ol their foi
lathers, who stood to the den
for principle ami right ai
11? v?- . ,iilowed their (lag to lj
ill t'l fi dust.
The Twelfth raiment was (
ganiz^d early in LStll and we
into camp of instruction
Light wood Knot springs, f
mii*8 above Columbia, und
command of R. U. M Donova
of Chester, as colonel ; Dix
Barnes of Lancaster, as liente
ant colonel, Cadwallader Joni
of York, as major, and alter t
ing commanded by D<novai
Barnes, Jones, Miller, Boost
Davis and Clyburn, three
whom were buried 011 the fh
ot battle and others brought t
scars ol war home wi<h the
was finally surrendered by
i LAN<
LEDGER 1852
KLY. IANCA:
' II ir
;e w iveir, as captain command n r,
^ when the 3un went down on the
Confederacy at. Appomattox.
'This was a noble regiment, '
trained to deeds of gallantry by
such generals as Gregg, Conner, 1
^ Perrin and McGowan. When
f danger was greatest . the order
came down the liue, 41 Forward,
First and Twelfth.' At
|0
Spottsvlvania the oil Twe'fth Pai
was selected by Gen. McGowan ^h
m , I
to retake the 'bloody angle' and "
tire tree trunk now in the war de- '
partment at Washington, cut ,,H
( down by musket balls, lell into ,ul
the ranks, wounding the men, but
|)0
the old 11 eg still waved defiant- atl
ly. we
ir at
Among the veterans of the **
Twelfth present yesterday were
I'hos. W. Shgli, Co, D. Blythe- Th
. wood; Ja?. 11. Martin, Co. D. or{
Ml !
h'?rpshooters.'" Columbia; David J
3 k ii
Moore, Co. i), sharpshooters."
Columbia; W. A Marshall, Co 1, re.
^ Til - ? ?* < ???
| r.easam nut; w. li. U.uce, (Jo. ?n:
.I, Heath Spring*; Allen Jones, bri
Co. 11, Columbia. ^ei
n- He
Texans Holding Cotton. ov
tli<
ul Galveston, Tex.?Arrange- jul
30 ments were made today whereby j)e
ot the banking; institutions of Gal- Fe
is- veston a.reeto a>lv ?i ce m >ne> w'
d- on all cotton stored in warehouses ur
. 1 , in<
,r- in the city and the situation,
th troni the planters' viewpoint, is tj0
at relieved for the present at least, ye
to It is estimated that about 1,ds
000,000 bales are beiug held in
Tl
,ts Texas, or praciically one-third of |)ft
as the TexHscrop. Since the opening
b of the shipping season Sept. 1st. lis
oe vessels have been detained here Bl
in several dais waiting torcotton Pr
re cirgoesaiui m*nv are now in
. . .. . an
ie port watting tor cotton. Receipts (
ay at this port now average 9,00(
ds daily as compared with 12,000 an
jk and 13,000 a year ago. eH
is -*a
ho ~ jV-'
u, Farmers'Union to Hold for 15 ,h
Cents.
'> t?0
?t- bo
ro President Charles S. Barrel I
ol the National Farmers' Union
has issued a call lor itoeclings of
er all county and parish unions on
j, Nov. 9*to arrange for holding cot
j1(, ton for a minimum ot 15 cents.
j1(, In his call President Barrett '
... urges tlie ('aimers to hold loaeth I3'
^ ?*|
>in er now ^or diat price, as a firm
l(. stand at this time will bring ^
,|, them the r< s dt they desire.
n m
1 Rock Hill Man Sustains n?<
Heavy Loss by Fire in F
Chester County.
" tel
at
,jx Rock Hill special in Thurser
iIuv'h News and Courier: Mr. wl
nt Jas. F. Keid met with a severe
on loss last week, winch has not
m- *)eeh nientioned. At iiis plantation
in Chester County, near
,e Smith's S. C., his gin house was H
[l{ burned and with it an engine, K
Pr two Kins, a press, four bales of or
0f cotton and a thousand bushels of ca
cotton seed Two thousand dol- qi
jie lars loss at least and no insurance. h
The origin of the fire is not m
known. I b<
CASTE]
REVIEW lt?& ENTERPR
STEU, S. C., NOVEMBER 2. 1907
Ferguson==-Phelps The Ba
?Pro
irriar^e nf Vnnnor r o/i.r Arres
O J VV11W
has Many Friends and Ad- <j0i,in]
mirers in Lancaster. Jotto
count V c
Miss Claudia Phelps who for ,hrowinf
5 P"8? season or two hns been sa88inatl
i Lancas'er Mercantile cm- Wcalth
uy's milliner, was married in w^(
arlotto Thursday night to Mr. j.
W. Ferguson, of Philadelphia. over jlis
eObseiveror \o*torday j; ves few nj
. folio* ioc ttocoun' oi Hie ))o| (o|^?
pti&ls. The c:?r<
Miss Claud i F ort rice L'helps ^jr J,,ni
d Mr. John his ev' Ferguson 0
re married yo terd > >?f er ?ot
6 o'clock o> Tr.i on H ree 1 out
nthodist church, th^ pa tor, s under
v. Hugh .K. B yer, ificiumg proaecu'
ie church wis beau lfutly dec- father f<
lied ?or ilie occasion. The go,?a sto
d was b :c mindly gowned in ^ ^ ^ (
prince s dress of pale blue!
eueo liberty i-atin trimmed inr'^y evt''
il luce wi'h pictuie hat to *h? kiHi
itc and carried a bouqu t ot near the
ide's roses and maiden lu.ii 4lq? j118 Kj
ns. The maid ot honor, Miss ^
agie John oil, ot Lancaster, S.
, wore a dives ot while, chiffon ,ll
t*r wh'te taffotH. l" ?
Several circumstances made moraine
a wedding of more than usual ?et
lerest. Nuttier ot the young ( ..
ople are Irom Charlotte. Mr. ' aI ? |
rguson is from Philadelphia, body ly:
nle Mrs. Ferguson is a daugh desk.
of Mr. A. B. Phelps, a prom was not
nt laimerot Merry Hill. They a? $142
?t here by agreement, invita QQ tl)e (,
ns having been issued about
sterday. Mrs. Ft-rguson is a
eat gran (daughter of L >rd John Cost ol
It, of Dovenshire, England.?
te prooni is an inventor and
s many exhibits in the Liberal
ts Building at the Jamestown Asl ei
^position. He is a naiive ot .
oomlield, New Jersey, but is at ? ,e
esent located in Pliiladelphia. bit ion
The bride wa? a guest of Mr. through
d Mrs. Frank Z mp, of 'his Glenn, t
y, who have recently moved 0? tj,e c
re from Sumter, S. C. Mr . .
, , , ot the t
d Mr1, her jus >n lelt on an
rly morning train for the. n,",l'e '
imestown Exposition and for a bition
sit to Merry Hill. Ttiey will amount
en go on a trip to Boston i accor iii
her places or in erest befor ,..> ,
. . mk ,n wag fOd
iiifr to their home. 1 hey will
i at home ir. Philadelphia after ,ar-v su
jcember 30th. $3,321,
^ little rr.
__ parison
Met Horrible Death. .. ?
l?S fpt?
. Hie pn
Oiast unia spec ai in the Char- C(jS( , ()t
tte Obs rve : Mr. Will Tern[tliiQ
ton, aged ab ur, 30 yearn
rouble man" for fhe Southern ?
>wer C<imp'?nv, working from
o local Hub s'ai i n, met an intnl
and hnrible clea'h this ^ 8^
orniiiK about. 10:30 o'clork Rerver :
ar the residence of Mr. Hear}' ?'(* son
tn< berger, half a mile eant ot was htri
ssemer Oily. Templeton was a tr
sting the company's private w'l,'e
lephone wire for a leakage ,r< ni
lien he w as killed. employ*
Compat
I lw. ?..r
L1IO 1 I C1>V
Burned Out ^lAAfe s Eyes. ^hen h<
pass. A
Lawton, Okla.. Oct. 31.?John m an (
opkins, who ojine here from 0
ingston, Mo., yesterday burned to
it his wife's eye a hy throwing s}flrt of
trbolic acid in her lace during a amj
jarrel He is in jail which is on hlg t
iavily guarded, to prevent sum wllo wa
ary vengeance by his neigh- wjtnegs
)rs. brother,
ISE J 89 J
PRICE?FIVE <
irnwell Assassination Tobacc<
minent Citizen Under tucky
>t. Men
es.
ibia special in the Ohar>>eryer:
Tlie B trnwell Loui6\
orouer lias succeeded in ''peacefi
; soino light on the as- in the d
011 of Cap' R. F. Wee s. the Bn
iy farmer ami merchant, reached
5 shot, wh le standing in any crop
hi-* bed-room window situation
store at Dunbarton a appears!
its a.o Iii* body was western
d Mil the next morning, peciallv
inn's jury has accused the lien
its F Rouutrce, a mem- tori-s, r
?e of 'lie t)e t families in settling i
?iy, ol the crime, and he day.
arrest. Captain Weeks Bodies
ed Mr. Ronntree and his the Ann
ir purcnasmg nitrate ??i a o ri in
6ii by a negro, ami it t?, advi
?nti'"e was s^en Satu'- tobacco
uing a few hours betore crop is s
tig ?>n ibe railro d 'rack to po 1 (
\Veek< place, {tiding ciety. T1
hoes and with a shot gun been do
>88e?sion. which O
in Weeks had intended sea', in
Augu-ta early riundi>y which J
; and when he did not city, am
hit. clerks instituted a borhood
or him. They found his The g
ing just in front ol hie carry th
It was clear ilia' robbery announc
ihe motive tor the crime, mined
in cadi wns found lying that ma
losk. iniercsti
. ? r any con
r Prohibition in Ashe- aml (U
armed r
v^e* able unt
rille special in the Ohar- Lamp]
tseiver: The ant) P" liiexecutive
committee,
its chairman, .1. Frazicr New
today filed with the clerk Jan.p lis
ourt an itemized account tnacliii e
xpendi'ures of the com- Adam
luring t lie recent prohi- |t m [$H|
campaign. The total tjnir a p
hl7 t 11 ** I
~, "'o vwiuiijiuoo, nigbt.^e
to the sworn statement, thrownij
S53,65, while toe volun- eiuldren
bscripti ?ns amounted to '|iie p
75, leav?tiir a delicti of H|)(,nt tl
ore than $500. By com- \jaU(j ?
it is lound that the "an- Annie F
nf just $(5f> 13 more than verely ii
)hioiiirn;?l8. The fitrhl The s
h sides a total of more inn was
,000.
cot
id Killed by Train.
Chest
Point special in the Ob- Cunniti*
Carl Peace, the 12 year- his farm
ol the lute John IVac', Falls,
ick and instantly killed Tuesday
.tin here this afternoon of cot to:
it his w.iy hack to work hudtel*
am r. Youn? Peace waf burned.
?d at the Mvrlle Desk th? ?nci
I ? - -I-'
ay and was wa king on I gin at t
;k f??r northbound trains There v
0 stepped off to let a train Mr. j
s he did so, a train going house i
jppogite direction struck About
n the head and hurled flame o
one side of the track. The with at
his head was mashed in and a b
re were several bruises totally
>ody. A younger brother, bales oi
s also on his way to work, and we
ed the death of his only cotton v
insuran
CENTS PEW COPY.
3 Situation in Ken3erious
- Armed
Guarding Warehousing.
K .Oct. 30 ?With
il armies" of invasion
trk tobacco regions and
rley growers having
a lie i ion not to raise
nex year, the tobacco
i in Ken uckv tonight
io be serious. Fr >111 the
end of die State and esin
tlie Green river and
derson stemming terrieports
ot rather an utiiia'ure
were received tc<
of growers, members of
>ric?n Society ot Equity,
g thro M*h McLean com it-ing
Lovers to quit the
fie 1 do tintli tlie 19' 6
old snd urging '.'rowers
iheir cri ps witn the sole
8'itne thing has already
ne in D vies couutj', of
wensooro is Uie couniy
Henderson county, of
ll< nder^on is the chief
i in severul other neiglis.
rowers are determined to
*ir p< int and the buyers
:e that they are deternot
to take any action
y be detrim utal to their
3. Every warehouse of
isequence in Henderson
rensboro is guarded by
neu and tt>6reiH considerlaeiness.
Explosion Causes Panic
in Church.
York, October 31.?A.
ed in a moving picture
> with which the liev.
). Chambers, of the llarltht
Church, vasilluslrahble
lectur", exploded to
tting the church afire and
g the audience of 500
i in a panic.
>Hsn>r was dailiv burned
10 face and hands, and
ngMiardt, aged six, and
lecKor, seven, wero senjured.
eoond tl >i-r < f t ho buildburned
out.
ton Houses Burned.
er Lantern : Mr. T. .J.
diam's cotton house on
i two miles below (treat
was destroyed by liie
of last week. Six bales
i and about four hundred
( . ?
in uoiioii seen were
The tiro started from
ine that was running the
he time the fire occurred,
/as no insurance,
i. (J. L. White's cotton
yaw burned last Friday,
noon Mrs. White saw a
n the roof and the house
out a bale of seed cotton
urge quantity of seed was
destroyed. About 30
f cotton had been ginned
re lying outside. This
vas saved. There was no
cc