Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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. , 4 (31}p Cmtraatrr Nnua (8UMMVEEKLY.) It. E. WYL1E. . . Acting Editor PUBLISHERS* ANNOUNCEMENT: Published Tuesdays and Fridays at Lancaster, S. C., by The Lancaster Publishing Company, successors to The Ledger, established 1852; The Review, established 1878; The Enterprise, established 1891, and entered as second-class matter Oct. 7, 1905, at the nnstofflce at Lancaster. S. C.. under Act of Congress of March 3. 1879 SUHSC1UDTION I'll ICE: (In Advance.) One Year $ 1 .50 Six Months 75c TUESDAY, JULY 15. 1013. There Is more character in a haiMtshake than some people realise. There are six candidates for governor in Alabama. South Carolina can beat this. There are now eight In the field with thirty-seven other counties to hear from. The arrest of Miss Kenny, the English sufTragette, precipitated a free fight between the police and her militant friends in London yesterday. Why don't they Kilkenny cats? When the men organize that chamber of commerce and our good women start that civic league. Lancaster will have entered upon an era of greatest prosperity. Apropos of the announcement from Senator McLauren that he will run for governor only in response a inalatonl /inmnnda fro m n v\o<\ IU IUOIOVCU I. UUiUUUUO L 1 UIU WUC J/' " pie, The Greenville Piedmont remarks that the setting is new but the story is old. It was an honor well bestowed that the National Educational Association conferred on President D. B. Johnson of Winthrop College by electing him on the executive committee of the association at its recent meeting in Salt Lake City. Another Atlanta woman charged with the murder of her husband! How very uncomfortable married men must feel down there! The wonder to us is that Atlanta men persist in risking their lives in matrimony. And the society column certainly show as many weddings as ever. The Charlotte Observer explains the outcome of the governor's fiasco over the appropriation for the militia of this state thus: "The South Carolina militia will not have to lay down their arms. The governor of that state has had a relapse to reaB?n." ? _ We rise to acknowledge with due appreciation the kind words spoken of The News and its paragrapher by our esteemed contemporary, The Anderson Daily Mail. Praise from such a competent critic is high praise in , deed and is an encouragement to one Who has so lately entered upon newspa^er work. S&tte Senator John L. McLaurin as qiKrted by The Columbia Record with Baying that he had not definitely decided whether he would enter the field next summer for governor or United States senator. Surely "Curly Headed Johnnie" will not leave the state senatf hcfnro ho ononia law his cotton warehouse bill. Then how could he ever entertain the thought of opposing his friend Bleaae for the United States senate? Governor Blease, in his speech in North Carolina, tried to create the Impression that United States Senator E. D. Smith would be appointed to some federal position by President Wilson and not make the race for reelection to the senate. The wish is father to the thought with the governor. Senator Smith has announced that he will certainly stand for re election, ir the governor persists in his determination to oppose Senator 8mith, to use his own language, he will be "a statesman without a job," when the election is over. GO AHEAD, MR. BRYAN. Some newspapers are criticising Secretary of State Bryan because he la delivering lectures, for which he is paid, at different places. It occun to us that this Is a matter entirelj with Mr. Bryan. Instead of spending his spare time in Idleness, If he pre fers to address his countrymen a whatever time and place he chooses It Is a matter with which his crltlci have no concern. There are a clas of people and newspapers that ar always ready to Jump on Mr. Bryan Their real grievance is that he is i simon pure Democrat in whom ther is no guile. Qo ahead, Mr. Secretar Bryan, with your lectures. The grea masses of the people will never tlr of iistealng to yon. HOGGISH NESS. I A new and much needed reform was inaugurated in North Carolina last week when Judge Cook declared that the fellow who usurped a whole seat in a train and refused to move himself and his baggage that those standing might be seated, was guilty of a misdeameauor. The type is as familiar as the "end-seat hog" and considerably more of a nuisance. We all know him. the "whole seat hog;" iu fact we have frequently seen him occupy two whole seats and then block the aisle with has and baggage. The ill-mannered, inconsiderate. selfish traveler should be taught a lesson and the type would become extinct if such a law were enforced. FARMERS' INSTITUTES. There will be only two farmers' institutes in Lancaster county this year, one at Pleasant Valley on August 21st and the other at Heatli , Springs, August 22nd. We hope ' that every farmer in the county will i make p'ans ahead to attend these ! meetings. They are held under the j auspices of the United States farm 1 demonstration work and Clemson College. Much profit can be derived J from attending these institutes. The ' very best Informed men in this | country on agricultural and kindred 1 subjects, will address these meetings. No live, wide-awake farmer should fail to hear them. DPWinv i.-en n <1 ivix r.i ? wa% The Montgomery Advertiser, in 1 advocating a pension for old slaves, pays the following well deserved tribute to the fidelity and constancy of the ante-bellum negro: I "We would propose that the peo- ' pie of the South do something material for the benefit of a particular class of old slaves. We believe the servants who faithfully followed their young masters to the front during the War Between the States and there served as loyally as if they had been enlisted white men?doing j their particular duties w 11, and j never tiring, we believe these people 1 in some way should he allowed to | draw a pension taken from the taxes of the white people of the Southern States. i "Behold the picture: Black, ifr* norant, yet faithful, the servant of the sixties, at the beck and call of his master, was as quick to leave the old plantation to go to the front to Koo r tlio Ktir^nnc nf thu macfar f nr. : age for him, and nurse him while he lay sick or wounded, and in death the black man lifted the body of his beloved master and bore it from the battlefield?and brought it back to tlie old plantation and family burying ground, to the white relatives and the black servants at home. The negro slave delighted as much in his service on the battlefield in helping his master as he did back at the old homestead. Catch the irony of the situation: The white man and darkey knew that the first conse quence of the war in case of victory 1 for the enemy, would be the immedi- < ate 'freedom' of all American slaves. The darkey knew it because his masI te * told him so. But no soldier in ' ! gray ever fought his brother in blue < ; with greater vengeance than was felt in the heart of the black man at his s side?though the black man was to , i be the first technical beneficiary of the war's end. Administering to his | everv want in sickness and in health, i seeking; food for his hungry body and bearing him home in death?-in either event, the servant was loyal , and faithful to his master." South Carolina has lost one of her noblest sons in the passing of that grand old man, Dr. William Carter Lindsay. Watermelons would taste mighty good to "editors and niggers" right now. Doesn't the mere mention ] make your mouth water? It is pretty hot up in these parts, j Couldn't President DeCamp call an extraordinary session of the State Press Association to meet at an early date at the Isle of Palms, Chick ' Springs, Toxaway or any other cool i old place? Says The Rome (Ga.) Tribune: ' "The position of the average citizen \ < upon the tarifT and the sum total of i his knowledge concerning it is well j expressed in the platform of the candidate who said 'if the dern thing is | too high let's lower it, and if it is too low let's higher it.' " And The . Augusta Chronicle adds: "A Geor, gia editor wants the currency bill to make money so 'elastic' that a dollar will stretch ten times as far as it now stretches." We had the pleasure of meeting [ Rev. J. L. Tyler, pastor of the Methj odist church at McBee, Kershaw i jounty, who was at the meeting of i the South Carolina Press Association r at the Isle of Palms recently. Writf Ing in The McBee Courier, he has - this to nay of the South Carolina t newspapers: "Studying the men, , who compose tne memnersnip or ine s State Press Association, from the b viewpoint of a preacher, I can more e than earnestly than ever before urge i. my people to read the papers, follow a their leadership and forever turn e their back upon political demay gogues. Any cause which does not ,t find support among the better pae pers of today does not deserve to live and cannot last long." THE LANCASTER NK" Antietam, Harper's F In my write-up of Gettysburg, I promised the readers of The News that 1 would tell them something of my impressions of the battlefield of Antietam, Harper's Ferry and Winchester. But before I do so I wish to mention a fact, called to my attention In referring to the late Dr. J. F. G. Mlttag, mention of whom | was made In my last article. 1 wnen uenerai snertnan s army had left Lancaster, after a sojourn here of about a week at the close of the war, he left starvation In his wake. Then It was that Dr. J. P. G. ' Mittag wrote to his brother and friends in Hagerstown, his old home, for food for his fellow citizens of the county, with the result that a carload or more of corn, bacon and other eatables were sent to Lancaster, relieving for the time being the almost famished condition of the women and children. These necessaries of life came from friends of Dr. Mittag in Hagerstown. After spending July 2nd at Gettysburg. I returned to Hagerstown that night and left on an early train next morning on the Norfolk & Western Railway for the battlefield of Sharpsburg or Antietam, a distance of four teen miles. The town or Sharpsburg. Maryland, like Gettysburg lies In close proximity to the battlefield. Sharpsburg is a small town of perhaps twelve or fifteen hundred Inhabitants. Three other passengers lighted from the train with me. They were <Mr. Samuel F. Heaeoek and Mr. H. L. Heaeoek and wife of Linn wood. Penn. Mr. Samuel T,. Heaeoek belonged to the 124th Pennsylvania Volunteers and is a survivor of the battle. He has visited it several times sinee the war. T made myself known to him and he introdueed me to his son and daughterin-law. On telling him that T was a South Carolina "rebel" eome to visit the battlefield, he said he would be glad to have me Join them. So we , all put out on foot for our jaunt over the field. Let me mention In passing that Mr. Heaeoek Is a staunch Republican who is utterly opposed to Woodrow Wilson and Democratic policies. Rut we both eschewed politics and got along very well to- ^ KoiiiPr, nniwiinmannuiK n iipiiiru unto hoar him speak of our soldiers as "rebels.*' I found the battlefield most interesting. The national government does not own the ground as at Gettysburg. but owns roads and lanes whieh it has purchased from the owners of the land upon which the battle was fought and these extend to the various points of interest and are kept in beautiful condition. The TTagerstown pike, w.'iich runs northward from the town through the battlefield, is dotted all along with markers telling the different commands and the positions held by them. I,ee was ?n commatwl of the Confederate forces and McClelland commanded those of the Union army. As usual the Yankee forces far outnumbered the Confederates. McClelland had 15.d0n reserves on hand that never fired a gun. T.Ike liPiiysourg niso, mo name m tam was no victory for either side, 1 l>tit it (Wonted the purpose of Gen- 1 oral Dee of carrying the war into the enemy's country. The battle occurred on the 17th day of September. 1862. and was the bloodiest single day's battle of the war. the loss on each side being something like 12,000. but the Union forces numbered about 60.000. while the Confederates numbered only about 25.000. We were very much interested in finding the position of the 12th South Harolina regiment. Jackson's Corps. \t that time its gallant commander, !7ol. Dixon Tlarnes, of this county, received his death wound and from kvhat we could learn from soldiers under his command the place was the "D. R. Miller Cornfield." or the 'Bloody Cornfield," as it is marked >n the battlefield. rapt. w. J. j Stover was also painfully wounded * *n this field. My companion, the j J Pennsylvania veteran, showed me In ; j this same field the spot where the j . colonel of his regiment received his ! . leath wound. Several years before j tie had marked the plam with a rock j' in the shape of a mlnle ball. At the time of the battle the corn was In '' *he milk or roasting: ear stage and I j lm told by the survivors of the flRht j' that when the bullets would strike | the ears of corn 4he milk would ! splatter In their faces. Colonel 1 names was shot through both legs ' und was carried to Charlestown, W. ( Va.. where he died a few days after 1 the battle. The soldiers under his ' command give him the highest J praise, both as a man and an officer. The Ttunkard church and "Bloody ; Lane" are places of Interest on the 1 field. The Dunkards are a religious sect that worshipped In this church altimtod fn the midst of the field of i battle. The "Bloody T^ane" was stubbornly hold by the Confederates. It fa a narrow road which has been washed out In time to a depth of i from four to six feet. It fa said the dead In this place were pfled upon each other to a depth of four feet. The "Burnslde Bridge" across Antletam creek Is another ptace of Interest. It was at this point that Toombs' Georgia brigade fought so persistently. Not far from the Burnslde bridge Is a group monument to the late President McKlnley, representing him serving coffee to the exhausted Federals. The monument stands on the spot where the noble art was performed. Handsome monuments like those at Oettyshur* ran be seen on every hand. In the renter of the National meretery surrounded by the graves of the 4.734 soldiers, of whlrh 1,845 are unknown, stands the handsome granite monument railed "Old Simon," erected at a cost of $30,000. It Is surmounted by the figure (heroic size! of a private. The only Inscription on It Is the followIn* In large letters: I "Not for themselves, but for their country. Sept. 17th, 1802." At the head of "Bloody Lane." near the center of the battlefield Is a tall stone tower, the ascent to the WS, JULY 15, 1913. erry and Winchester Lop of which 1b made by winding stairs. But a trip to the top amply repays the sightseer, because from this vantage point the whole battlefield In nnrenri nut. in r>!innt imn We spent nearly all day In walking over the field. Mrs. Heacock accompanied us and when we had "done" the whole battlefield she seemed the least tired among us, although she liad gone over all the rough places ind even climbed the fences. I could tell much more of interest ibout Antietam but as I have the two other places to speak of, I will tiasten on. I drove the three miles ^rom Antietam in a buggy to Keedysirille, a small place on a branch of :lie Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, where I spent the night, getting 011 111 early train for Weaverton, a short iistance 011 the main tine, where I nade close connection with a train 'or Harper's Ferry, which is one of :he most picturesque places I have ever seen. It is a little town nestinc hptwppn hlcli mountain eliffs. at die confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers. On the north side tower Maryland Heights. On :he opposite or south side, are Loulon Heights, while westward Bollver heights rear their awful forms. It vas here that Stonewall Jackson, by >ne of his sudden coups, captured 'rom the Union forces 12,000 pris>ners, 13,000 small arms, 72 cannon, resides quantities of quartermaster's, itores and subsistence. In this engagement Col. D. H. Miles, the Federal commander, was mortally vounded. It was here, too, that the 'anatlcal John Brown undertook to iberate the slaves in Virginia. The *pot where he barricaded himself In :he brick engine house and where Jen. Robert E. Lee captured him in 18 59, is now marked by a granite diaft bearing the inscription "John Brown's Fort." I took a drive over Boliver Heights and saw the brick engine house with its iron doors, evhlch, it is said, was. torn down and the brick taken to Chicago and subsequently brought back and rebuilt >n the ground of the negro college tt Harper's Ferry. While at Harper's Ferry I met a jne-legged Confederate veteran on ttis way back home to Clover Creek, Va., from Gettysburg. He had been in Jenkins' brigade, 14th Virginia calvary. He persuaded me to go up the valley a distance of about forty miles to Winchester, Va. He was jtoing on the same train, so I concluded to make the trip and am now ;lad that I did so. This famed valey Is Indeed a "goodly land, fair to look upon." We traveled through miles and miles of wheat and corn ilelds and apple orchards and saw terds of fine cattle and scores of torses grazing in the many pastures. The grizzled old Virginia ?alvary veteran pointed out many places of historic interest along the ine of the railroad, where Hampton's calvary engaged that of Shernan's, even to the place where he eceived the shot that cost him his eg. He showed me the piece of voods in which Gen. R. E. Rhodes ivas killed. We crossed the Opequon md passed through Charlestown. W. Va., the county seat of Jefferson 'ounty, where John Brown was tried md executed. Soon I arrived at Winchester. It is the county seat of Fairfax county and is interesting not >nly from an historic standpoint, but jecause of its handsome residences, md its sturdy men and beautiful wonon. The place was laid out by Jeorge Washington when a mere ^outh at the instance of Lord Fairax, who owned the land upon which ;he city is located. Washington's leadquarters, a very old and quaint luilding, is still preserved. In this luilding he was quartered while naking the survey. The homo and frave of Daniel Morgan, the RevoluJonary hero, is also here. Rut it is vlth Stonewall Jackson that I have ilways associated Winchester. The ?mal! building which was his head juariers wnun in me ciij, in bliii standing:. Nearby are the battleHolds of Cedar Creek, Kernstown. Port Republic, Strasburg, etc., where tie whipped Ranks, Fremont, Mllroy and Shields, fn detail, although *ach had an army outnumbering his )wn. Winchester was taken and retaken by the Yankees and Confederates In turn 7ft times. It was my pleasure and privilege while In the city to be the guest of i sister of Miss Tilly Russell, who remained upon the battlefield through one entire night nursing the sick and wounded. My hostess <*arrled me through the cemetery where the dead of many Southern states, lie buried. Each grave is marked with a little marble stone, with the name of the dead soldier and his company and regiment thereon. The dead from each state are grouped together, with a state monument In the center. The South Carolina monument bears the inscription: "In memory of 149 Confederate dead of South Carolina." There is a handsome monument erected hy the people of the South bearing the inscription: . "To the Unknown and Unrecorded I>ead." A handsome monument marks the grave of the two Ashhy brothers. It bears the following inscription: "The Brothers Ashhy. General Turner Ashby, diad in battle, June 6th, 1862. Capt. Richard Ashby, died In battle July 3rd. 1861. Erected by the ladies of Winchester, ? ?V? lOOl H J uur qui, xooi, On the stone to Col. W. T Porter were recorded his dylnp words In battle: "In Christ alonr perfectly content." There Is a very handsome monu inent near the Confederate plot to a Union soldier. Judge Hendley, whc visited Winchester often after th? war and became Identified with its people. He was a very wealthy mar and gave a handsome library build Ing to the city. His request befor< he died was that he might be buriec near Stonewall Jackson's men s< that he could rise with them at th< last day. It was In Winchester that th< mnltl-mllllonalre, Charles Broadwa] 'J' I' Tho mun Uf V\ A Vino n V\r? n \r n/%/i ~! a iiv itiaii ?* iiu uao a uaiii\ att ; confidence. There is a mysteri which is based on faith. You and this faith, that people hav< j IN THE BANK. The banke advisor of every business mai >! to believe in you when he sees >: for your future. If you have r one NOW. > />o bank We pny 4 per eon t in to re ' ___ nP OTHNH : The First Na >1 r\ v i a \ir W i lii vi^ v>, V "DESIGNATED DEPOSITARY ( V Roubs, was borh and spent his early It boyhood. On the same site where a he kept a little shop, there now vl stands a magnificent building which tr cost $70,000, half of which was pi given by himself. In it is the city tt hall, corporation court room and p offices, opera house and Masonic ci hall. His gift was on condition that fi the building should be located so as tc to cover the spot where, as a boy, he started in business. He made w other gifts to the city amounting in ir all to $3 00,000. The waterworks c< system and fire department buildings ol were donated by him. A magnificent r< granite mausoleum now contains the e< ashes of himself and wife. Costly a grantie monuments also mark the 01 graves of his father, mother, sisters p and a son. The inscription on these hi monuments show that he was a man s? of deep sentiment, though far from f< being religious. He was totally lr blind for many years. He did much w for Winchester, for which he people F hold him In grateful remembrance, j I could write much more of this in- i teresting place and surroundings, but b this article has already exceeded in c< length what I intended when I be- tc gan. R. E. W. j si ; ei FROM OTHER PAPERS j* a: What will Winthrop say to the ? University flirting with the College for Women??Anderson Mail. |" In the sultry days of July what would the hard-pushed paragraphers do without watermelons?to discourse upon??Spartanburg Herald. li Would not a regular truck farm ? pay near sumterr wouia not a u regular poultry farm pay hero? In the midst of a great agricultural t( section Sumter must depend for its food on the north, east, south and 81 west.?Sumter Herald. i M South Carolina will receive with ? equanimity the announcement that P eighty-two brand npw doctors have been licensed In view of the fact that over half a hundred new nurses are h also In commission. Nature and good r; nursing do a lot for stricken hu- ^ manlty.?Charleston Post. 8everal of the state papers have dubbed the speed limit breakers as c being affected with "Automobalta." 'and this word fits well that It could Ka o nneAnHotolv onrvlloH anma nf the drivers here whc. make It a point to see how fast they can run a ma- c chine and some of whom are finding their way to Judge Kluttz's court.? I Salisbury Post. , ?? C Score another point In favor of i married people. The unmarried o men produced nearly three criminals C 1 to one among the married men In f New York city last year, according 1 to the report of tho work In District i Attorney Whitman's office, and some- I 1 what similar results are reported In ! the comparison between the married a and unmarried women who figured r In the criminal dock. * t In the last year 789 married men t were convicted, according to the re- 1 port. In the courts of general ses- t slons and the criminal branch of the I supreme court and 2,088 unmarried men. The records for women de- 1 fendants show 68 married women , t convicted and 100 unmarried. A * comparison for the last nine years a gives 7,670 convictions of married a men for all sorts of crimes and ( 18.400 convictions of unmarried men. The moral for both men and women Is, Get married and keep out of i Jail.?Columbia Record. The recent meeting of the South ! Carolina Press Asboclation at the I t -V ^GETIN 1.INE | <?//^ of : /own? |j] ount feels self respect and K| ious thing called "Credit," III can establish this credit III > in you, by having MONEY [l] r, who is the friend and K| n in his community, grows III i you putting money away K| lot got a bank account start K| /li?r with IIS. |*| st on sn v I,rs r/nno?//ia 1*1 11 1 ' tional Bank j ASTER. )F THE UNITED STATES." J w He of Palms was distinct In meeting modern demand for discussions of Ital Interest to the life of the comlunitles represented. Good roads, arcel post, rural mail delivery, bet>r schools, Improved farming and ure food were discussed so practlilly and in such a spirit of helpllness as to Indicate that the edi>rs of the old Palmetto State are illy alive to the Importance of nrlf Inc f r*i* hnffne **neol ^ I * -- ? wvvvvt i ui ui WUUIUUUS 1 every respect. Improved rural jndltions. Indeed, was the keynote f this gathering, and It struck a ?ady response on the part of every lltor present. In getting down to discussion of the everyday things f life, with a view to helping lead regressive movements right at nme, the South Carolina editors are jttlng an example that may well be >llov.ed by every press association i the South especially, and In the hole country as well.?Progressive armer. There will he a meeting In Columla on the 7th of August for the immon good, at which time plans > allaying strife and arousing a jlrlt of good feeling, will be consldred. This meeting will pot have ny political significance to it, but i called by patriotic men who de re to see our whole state prosper nd to promote good fellowship all ver the state. The following call has been pubshed : "Contributions are asked by the icecutlve committee of the Confernce for the Common Good to de ay necessary expenses. The conirence has as Its objects the allaylg of strife and dissension among ur people, the arousing of a spirit f good feeling, and co-oneratlon and 4 te dissemination of ideas looking > the improvement of our educaonal, agricultural, industrial and anitarv conditions Smith P.?nv, nlana have reaponded liberally to ther causes, we now make this apeal to you for South Carolina." Columbia, July 3rd. Between two hundred and three undred dollars has already been alsed for this purpose.?Wateree lessenger. HTATEMKNT f The Lancaster News, published Semi-Weekly at I Lancaster, 8. O., required by the Act of August 34, ll>13. Editor (Acting) R. E. Wylle, Lanaater, ?L C. Riolnau " - / ?-?! * * fiauuBo >,inuiug; JUU< >. Wylie, Lancaster, 8. C. Publishers, Lancaster Publishing !ompany, Owners, W. T. Gregory, A. J. Gregory, Leroy Springs, Ira B. -Jones, Ihas. D. Jones, Estate of B. C. lough, Estate of A. J. Clark, Chas. \ Connors, B. Y. Funderburk, T. M. lughes, W. J. Cunningham, W. F. >aney, Mrs. O. P. Heath. Known bondholders, mortgagees, nd other security holders, holding 1 ier cent or more of total amount of tonds, or other securities: Mergenhaler Linotype Company, New York. This mortgage Is on a No. 8 I.lontype uituuiue, una covers part purcnase trice of same. Average number of copies of each saue of this publication sold or disributed, through the mails or othervise,, to paid subscribers during the tlx months preceding the date of this itatement. (This information is relulred from dally newspapers only.) JOHN D. WYLIE, Acting Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before ne this 12th day of July, 1918. E. CURTIS MACKEY, 4 Notary Publle for 8. 0. My commission expires at the >leasure of the Governor.