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The Press and Banner. AB15EVILLE, S. C. Wednesday, July 2s, 188b, The V.. <i. A C. It. 15. The Directors of the Carolina, Cumberland finP and Chicago Railroad held another meeting last night. Present: President ltowen, Vice-President Croft, It. \V. lladdon, II. I. Kpting, J.s. Cothran, Lewis Jones. We would talce pleasure in printing the proceedings of the meeting, but President Ifowcn said in very emphatic terins that he did not want any printer present, and hence wo take it that the proceedings were of such a nature as to forbid their publication. Wc have never been able to understand what seems to be the settled policy of the Company, namely: The keeping of the affairs ol the Company entirely secret from t lie public, except at such times when it may be thought proper to give out a few mysterious winks, the meaning of which no iciiow nns yet beeu able to rtnd out. 1'resident Hagood was noted for his reticence and tils aversion to being interviewed ; Schoflcld's letters seem to bo only for the eyes of the elect; and President Howen wants no prieterat their meetings. It has been said that the President of the Company has been and is making a personal inspection of tlie line of road from Pickens to Aiken, and that, it is contemplated to get material aid along the liu*. which, together with convict labor, will enable the Company to proceed to work on the road which was transferred to others several years ago. The President said at the recent stockholders' meeting that he wanted to get the people interested in the road, with a view to getting more money from them. lie said as the Construction Company would be compelled to refund (the I money, if they took the road from us, that there would be no danger in putting money in it. The proposition was a startling one, but from the fact, of its monstrosity, we said nothing at all about it, but if this people are ' called upon to put more money or their bonds'! into a secret concern, whose acts the public ; r .. eye may not sec. then we shall protest. If the affairs of the Company are all right, then why keep them secret? If there is nothing wrong why such fear of the lisht of day, and the record of printers'*ink ? We confess that we know nothing at all of the affairs of the road, and we confess that the sceresy which /.liafAAtnrivnd if frmn first tr* 1;ivt l)OK rloiic nothing to inspire our confidence in it. Suppose, by appeals to our public spirited citizens, a number of gudgeons along the line should be induced to invest their money in the road? What then? Would not Schofleld and the South\vest"rn Construction vCompany haVte the right to indict the Preii. dent and Directors of the road and put them ofl as trespassers on the properly of another? If the Southwestern Construction Company lias not the right to remove trespassers, where is the value of their papers by which they entered into a contract? To a man who takes a plain common sense view of matters, the proposition to put money into a road which has been transferred, and which, in fee simple, actually belongs to others is too plain to need any explanation. We hardly think that any man in Abbeville county would do ?o ill advised a thing as to enter upon and take the property of another, without lejrnj i^nnAfc ?n him frnni tho ihitiwr nf doing. Tho "Press iwul Ilniiuer** Still I.ivcs. Several weeks ago, we undertook a little Image-breaking, and thought to remark on the old threadbare and stereotyped speech which some of our public orators have been delivering to tlie effect that Dr. Waildell was the only great teacher we ever had, and that <Jeorge Me Duffle was pre-eminently great overall other citizens. We cited the fact j that Erskine College was a better institution I of education tlian any which l)r. Wuddcll ev- J er taught. We also named several other schools that are doing just as good work a.? Dr. Waddell ever did. We claimed that. Jic uowan is as groat a man as was .McDume I and assigned reasons and facts to prove the| assertion. Of course we could not convince everybody. There are so many men who think that only the dead are great, and who believe that only old vanished tilings, which exist only In tradition, arc superior to all living realities, that it would be unreasonable to expect to remove at one effort so great a mountain of .superstition, but we hardly expected that an intelligent audience of l>ue West people would upplaud any speaker who would bring Krskine College and the teachers of that town into odious comparison with I>r. Waddell and his little school, and we are not prepared to$bo" lieve that the mention of I lie name of Mo(iowan in connection with that of MoDutlic was a "depreciation" of the dead statesman, who lived but half of his naural life, and whose latter years were in a stale of total itn becility. This is what "It. S, <J." says in the Messenger of yesterday morning: "I'rof. K. Means Davis in conclusion paid a handsome culogium upon the Due West, Colleges for their usefulness in the Slate, lie look issue with I he 1'rcs.ntwl Jbtaiicr on its depreciation of l>r. Waddell and MeDullie, which sentiment was applauded, lint lie at the same time yuve due praise to our county Institutions. Mr. f?avis received marked attention throughout and was roundly ap]>lauded at the close." For the benefit of our friend "II K. O." and others who think that all greatness was centered in I)r. Waddell, we would say that it can be proved by living witnesses that Judge Wardlaw said that Dr Waddell wi s not a great scholar, but that he was a good teacher. Judge Wardlaw was taught by Dr. Waddell, and his high character and his ability to form n correct 1 ho most hliixl hero-worshipper, as well sis with the mo*t superstitious citizen who may prefer the dream of a fable than the actual facts of history. Col. James II. Rice Tor Slate Superintendent of foliu'ittiwn. . We learn that Colonel James II. Rico of TCinety-Six is a candidate for State Superintendent of Kdueation. His success as a teacher, his constant eontact and control of educational matters in Abbeville county, his intimate knowledge of the people and their necessities, together with his success in practical pursuits lit him to do good work, and it may be to bring order out of the chaos, and to organize beneficial results instead of the present inetlicient and partial administration of tlio public school fuud. "VVc spend much money lor education in South Carolina, and we get but little valuable return?especially is this true with the poor who may be, in many instances denied school privileges for the reason that they arc poor. Colonel Rice's energy executive ability, conscientious instincts, together with his inborn K-itui-i. u-.ml.l nnnl.ln I.In. I,, it*/. the oflilce t<> elevate llu* fitruggling poor, mid wo hope to see him or some other good mini net the place, who is convinced that the poor liavp some rights tinder this government, and who Is willing to grant those rights. V. hat wo want is, a fair and import ml administration of the public school lutid, and wu believe Colonel lliee would give this. Ite^l'iiion of Orr'.H Regiment. After consulting with dllteront members of tne lieiUincni, anu rnxinm mm mc > 111.l?>r the re-union at Handy Springs conflicts with />tlier local gatherings. I have changed the day or the re-union to Tuesday evening, ihe 17tii day of August next, at which time nil of the survivors ofOrr's lCcgiinerit of Utiles are invited to come to Sandy Springs, prepared to camp until Thur-day morning following. The survivors of all other companies or commands from the counties of Ahheville, All'lorson, Marlon, Oconee and Pickens, are invited to attend this vc-unioii, and quarters will he assigned (hem. All necessary arrangements for a pleasant encampment will tie made, and it is hoped tiiat a full at tendance JWlll he present. <J. Mil). MM.i.KU, i'rviidtnt. im > Ill III IMMI ?!!! I I II I?-|(| * >? r Incidents ?r it Trip to Washing ton- j Leaving Abbeville on Tuesday morning j July l::t If^O, the editor of the Pre ft ami linn- I iirr attended tlie unnnal meeting of the l'ress Association at Spartanburg, a f -.1 a ft or wards j j joined the members of the l'ressonan excur-j sion to Washington city. j Wc c.Minot pretend to give a sketch of the great city, nor can wc assume to gi ve a dos-j | cription of any of its splendid buildings. Wc I ; would merely say that we ie-ant omuis mi.i ; thai it is tlu- linest city In tin* world. <?!' this: ! wc cut!not speak of our own knowledge, l>ul| j wc do know that to write of its avenues its' i streets, its parks, its public olliccs, its public j buildings, its private dwellings, its theatres, ! its churches, its charitable institutions, it-s 'galleries, its botanical garden, its nionuliuents, and its cemeteries would fill n book. It is a city which exists by reason of the {fact ! that it is the capital of the nation, and bo.! cause thousands <>t its oiticcrs arc located there, but attract! \ eness is maintained [chiefly because it has recourse to the iin! niense treasury of the country to obtain the! means to beautify and adorn It. i While a stranger may not be admitted to t lie i inner temples nor have a knowledge of any-l I thing within the inner veils, we were pleased) I with the people, as we saw them. Handsome Yotuis Ladies and Wortlij Itrelhren. I On the ears at Abbeville, we found a numjher of passengers, among others two handj some young ladles, Miss Allie Pruitt of llradI ley and Miss Sallie Clinksealos of Due Wcs\ wlio had l?een on a visit to tboir uncle Mr. J. 1*. K. Wilson, near Abbeville villa-re. Miss j I'm it t was going home, and Miss Clinksealos was going on a visit to Itradley. j At- Ilodges we met Mr. John 11. l'onner of 1 tlio Assoriat'' Hrforincu I'lTsoi/icnan aim mi\ | A. S. Todd of the .1 ntlerxoii Journal.. Entins a siood dinner at that splp.ndid : hotel, at Greenwood, which is kept by .Mr. T. F. Hi:ey, we hoarded tlie spartanhiirg-bound | I train at three o'clock. Under the care of ! one of t!ie most polite railroad conductors in J America, we found the trip a pleasant one. I On the Spartantiurjr train we found Mr. ' firuhor ??f tlio U'uttcrboro Star, who, like Mr. |Todd, Mr. Bonner and onrs?olf, was making I lii.s way to Spartanburg. I'retly Voting I.adles. At T.nnrens Miss Lou Brazcal, and a fair companion, whose name wn eannot now recall, hoarded Hie train. Miss lira zeal is a I daughter of Mr. S. A. Brazeal, formerly of | Abbeville, hut now of Greenville, and is one I of tlie prettiest young ladies that we saw on | the trip. Tf.iuiilniii Slioals Superior to (lie Co liutihiti Ditcli. The train was stopped at Mountain Shoals, ! ami everybody was allowed tiie privilege of 'inspecting tliis magnificent water power | now going to waste. The shoals begin at the ' bridge and in a distance of sixteen chains j there is a full of 11 feet. This property in its I present shape, together with (W acres of land, ! it is said, is offered for $.'io,0oa. Its actual val! ue must he many times as great as would be ; the Columbia ditch, oven if it were finished at the cost to the tax-payers of the Slate of I hundreds of thousands of dollars. Wo reI grettcd the absence of our friend of the Itcoix: /< ) . If he had seen this splendid power which i can he utilized so easily, and which can be bought so cheaply, we think he would dry up [on the canal business forever afterward. A i factory at Mountain Shoals would do thepco- j I pic, or tax-payers, of the Stale as much good ' I as if the same machinery should bo located I I in Columbia. If it Is a State enterprise, then j 'the Mountain Shoals should be bought and] t!:e Columbia canal should l?c abandoned at, | one<\ i We slopped with other members of the] I Press at that most excellent hotel which is j kept by Mr. J. Wat It Ins Lee, a prinee anions; | good hotel keepers. Spartanburg's hotel is a I good one, and the members of the Press are much pleased with him. I All the members of the I'rcss were delighted with the Spartan burg people. j The brcthern of the ioeai press contributed i nuteh to the pleasure of those who had gone thither to attend the meeting. i The Kennedy Library is worthy of speelal | notice, and we wish that we could only | write of it as deserves from us. The ! reception by the Indies in that hull was ! u royal a flair. At least onn bachelor edij tor is ready to f;ill down and worship one of divinities who greeted us on that occasion. I Interesting aecounts r?f the Press Assoeiai tion having already been published, we will i not attempt even a brief nolle.> of the work of the Association. It was one of the best and ; most profitable meetings that we have luid. ; We believe the members of tiie Association j are becoming much more Interested in their j profession than heretofore, and wcshall ex-j } pcet a continued improvement in the country I Press of i he Slate. ! On Thursday evening a largo number of the Association, including Mr.S. Perrln, who i Joined us on the second day of the meeting, proceeded to Washington city, to see ilv sights of that big town, and to take in the scenery alonir the route. We went by way ol" Charlotte and Danville by what is known as the Virginia Midland route. Virginia's Inferior Itailrorul. *? > ? ? i" Vnrlli I '-i n but. had never been on the soil of Virgin in. 'i'o say | that we were disappointed al tin: appearance of tin* lands and bouses in Virginia is to put | it mildly. In the first placet lie Virginia Mid-j land ltailway is inferior to the Columbia and Greenville Kail road in every respect. Tin' I cars are inferior, the speed is slower, the road j is rougher, the depots at the different stations j | are poorer, ami we soe along its line no towns i which will compare favoiabiy with the many | , nourishing towns a loir; tliu Columbia and i Greenville llailroiui. | \o I'lace I.iltc <>!<! South Carolinil. i Tiio farms present little evidences of thrill., and new houses along the road are notably aiisent. i?t course ih*-re are exceptional! places, but we are sjwaUing of the route as a ] whole. If the Virginia MidlamJ Kailway | runs tiirough the much praised Virginia, then ! we are a thousand times prouder ot South | | Carolina titan ever before. Afler seeing the l (-< i II1111 > i.i ins in-mtvii . , I Washington, wc believe that sottih Carol inn I . is the best and most prosperous sect ion. Comparatively, we are prosperous. C.nnpurative. ly, we have the best country. Much-traveled gentlemen hereafter isenl not inn clown South Can.Una to us. I! is a grand old Slate, j anil wc have yet to see :i belter. We learn tluit faster trains arc to be put on the road bctwei-n Washington ami Atlanta, am! Unit the trip will be shortened some live or six hours. While they .ire putting on fas'er trains, we hope libit tiiey may put on better supper houses than are to be found at Danville, lielore wc arrived at Danville the hotel uncut : came through the train to team Imw many passengers would take supj.er. lie stated thai the hotel was six block* away ; that llfty minutes were al.oweil for supper; that the! hacks would carry us to the hotel anil baeli I j five of charge.; that the price of Hipper was seventy-live cents. Ileing in a condition I M'lii.n *i iniurl siiiiMi'O nil-:.I w'diilil lii> iii-Ci'lita- : j bie \vc concluded to if.? to supper. Uciptcsiing a companion to take charge of our baggage in ca?e we did not get back. we boarded the oiu- | 1 uibus, crossed tlio l iver on :i Ions* bridge, and 1 paised up town to wlial is known as Uio Ar-! lingloiilIoU.se. We were shown to the din-j ' iny: room. As soon as tlio servant was at . leisure he called to take our older. iu sonic-1 ; thing like live minutes lie returned, with: ' a steak, warm eggs.cold ham and iced tea, 1 >111 j lie had forgotten to bring nica knife and lurk, i [Another trip, and these necessary articles I were brought. We commenced our supper,' I sent the waiter for a glass of milk. While) expecting his reirun the hacUnian, three I miimles later by the clock, called out, "All; l aboard for tlio train," and in less than ten | minutes from time of our arrival at the hotel, we had been cheated out of our supper, and was being hurried to the train. As wi passed in sight of the other hotel, we remarkj cd to the conductor of the omnibus, that an i omnibus was still standing before the other hotel. In an exsultatil iiiauiier, lie replied: | "Oh, we ill ways beat that buss." In our humble opinion, the railio.ul authorities should i protect tlieir passengers from Midi swiudlcs. | At the Wliitc House, I Arriving in Washington on Saturday mom-, iiugut IittIf past oight o'clock, the members j of the l'rt-ss Association slopped at Ihe Metro-) | poiitnii liotel, where Col. 1'arrow had matte i ; arrangements for us. lie met us and cave us! ' a most hearty welcome, and showed every at- J tcntion during our stay, ileaud Col. Ilutlerj i made arrangements for us tocall at the White House the same day. t he local eorrcspon-! {dent of tiiO.VcM'.v aii'l Cuttrirr having madoj such pleasant notice of our reception l?y I 1 tiie President, instead of saying anything] 'of it ourself, we ask the reader's alien-' ! tion to the article which >s copied! into these columns. The story as told by : j it. M. li, is so pleasant that we will not Jiiar it l>y anything that we might say. We saw' , the President, shook his linml, I>111 our uica-. sure now is about the same as it \\;ts before; \\e saw him. A nuinher of us called on ()ov. Thomson i in his new position as Asd<lant Secretary of tiie Treasury. He gave ihe members of Ihe , Press sueh a weicoine, and treated them] , Willi such consideration as |o completely Willi them over to him. lie has a soiemlitl olllcc,| I and occupies an im|iorlaiit p??silioii indeed,! j and we have no douhL of his ability to dis-| charge every duty in tin- best manner, and to | j the entile satisfaction ot the government. Alllicus .1 oliiinoii. t The people of Ahheville county will he; pleased to hear<>l tho success ami good lor-j tunoof .Mr. J. Alliums Johnsou, ono of our! citizens now living iu Washington. 11 ? has. an ollice in 11 :?_ Treasury building. Tin- Kiist' Coinplroller holds the key of tlio Uoasury, i and Mr. Johnson is connected with that of-. ficer, ill that lie lias charge of accounts per-' mining to the Judiciary of tlio country anil ; matters iiertaiuiiig thereto, 'i'lio place is a very responsible one, reiiuiriiig the exercise of the*best skill. Mr. Johnson is now a. married limn, liis success in official circles stud , ' iiis good luck in being married toa handsome | j wife, ought to jijakc him happy indeed. Ab-j beville county will alwayo especl lu bear I good tilings of so good a man ns J. Althcnsj J Oil tl sol). Tli? Uofopilon at Col. I'arrop's. Col. T. Stobo Furrow eiUerlalnod the members of tlto Saturday evening, where ! a goodly number of ladies and gentlemen were met. Senator muter ilie members oft lie Housr, and others wore there. Col. Farrow mid !iis excellent, wife won the good graces of all our party. Mrs. Farrow Is a most superior woman whose goodness of heart ami giurr of manner will always win those with whom she meets, and Colonel Farrow took the hest of care of us not only that night hut during our whole stay. Ho was llrst to greet us and last to bid us sood-byc at the depot. Kxcept Senator Hampton, the South Carolina Representatives were especially attentive to our party, and contributed much to the value of their trip. Senator Hampton, although he boarded at the house where we stopped, spoke to very few of us. One of our party not. being willing to go home without speaking to him, sent np Ins card. The Senator in rcolv told the servant to tell him he (Hampton) was not in his room. A member of the l'ress Association heard the Senator give this instruction to the servant. Mr. K. Sims Murchison was among the c..., it, i 'n i./,ii iij., i,u vi* 11 < iii i \vr> u-nrn l'1 in 1 to meet in Washington. lie has a fine appointment, unci is doing well. No truer or better man than Sims Murchison is to bo round in ill I that great city. Mr. Samuel Ijuilinn, son of Dr. Latlian of Due West, was also among the good men ' wliom we met at the capital. He was trained in the way in which ho should go, and he will not depart. At Cliurcli. On Sunday morning the majority of our party went to church, some going to one church, and others to oilier churches. The editor ot the J'rcss and Itauner in company with Mr. J. A It hens Johnson, went to hear Itev. J. I'. Newman, D. D., at the Methodist Metropolitan cliurcli. The subject was the "Restraining Influence of Personal Presence," and it was a most aide ami cntcitaiuing ser- ( uioii. if all preachers would give thought and attention to the matter of their sermons ami the manner of their delivery, we would 11 oar I ewer iiomincs on me importance ui in* ten< 1 itii; divine service. If tlx; preacher makes il a rule to deliver entertaining tmd instructive disronrscs, the people will appreciate Ihem, and there will lie no lack of hearersalthe Sunday services. It is more often the pmicher, than the people, if thepews are vacant in our churches on Sunday morning. The people will uo where they tire entertained, and our churches should be made as attractive as others places. The Battle of .tlaiinsse*. In the afternoon we went toscc the.panorama of the Untile of Mannsscs. This is indeed the most wonderful optical illusion that, we ever saw. The whole scene appears to be prcsnit In reality together with nil the men and inpleinonis of warfare. The scene was so I realistic and sublime that the reader will pardon us if we make liberal extracts from the city newspapers in reference to it. The U'uxhiiif/toii I'ost says: "The visitor proceed-? along a covered passage and up a winding staircase. The last step up is a long one. It covers many miles and twenty-four years, lianishal! things present and, W'asliingtoiiian, we arc on iiouglu* Heights! It is no longer to-day; il is the With of August, 18U2. Peaeo was a dream of yeMer ' * -1- ?-!.. :. (lay ; [Ills IS war ;mu we are in ine inm.-u ui n. On this reality the sun looks down anil sinlks through rustling (roes ami casts lonj; shadows on the yellow fields. Away to the east the blue hills rise and fade into the tender sky. A white vlllauir nestles nearer: s'tili stands .a frightcned-NiofciiK} little schoolhouso; a homestead here and there, fruitful orchards, ami peaceful meadows. The village is Ceiitrevilie, tlie hills arc the Hull Hun ranze, the homesteads have historic names, and Hie fruitful orchards and peaceful mead-, ows are obscured by the smoke and strewn with the killed and wounded of the battle of Manassas. Faraway lines of t'nion Infantry make steady progress with disciplined purpose in this direction or in that. Nearer squads of J.ongstreet's artillery come era I loping Into action. Hero a group of < miner* in grey, tense aed eager, load and tire; there, across a placid brook, weed-grown and stony, ring?or will ring, in a moment?three distinct reports that mark the duels of as many Federal and (.'onfederateodlcors. Vines climb and nod over the shattered rail fences that shelter Confederate gunners; a thin red stream trickles into a lucid brown pool (hat reJlcets a la/.y cloud. Ami therejis Lee?no chroino f.ce, but the hero himself. Krcct,; breathing?talking to the unmistakable Longstreet,and Wilcox sits on his liorSesuperbly to j the right. Somewhere ill this wide horror, if o^.e's glasses arc strong enough, one could mid every gauani d<>j- me newspapers put m i the list ol' "killed and wounded at Manassas" siII tliosj years ago. A dead negro lies supine- j ly by the ruins of a supply wagon; a piteous i hand with a stain on it is lifted from a tanele! of briers in a fence corner. Staggering men,! bursting shells, and maddened horses arc everywhere. To the left is the wild, valiant charge of the brigades of Chapman and 'tuchnmm upon Jackson's lines, entrenched in the railroad cut 1 lint stretches shaiply across the lields in the middle distance. "It is not real; it is illusion; yet the art; that produced it is perfect. The movement ol i tlicsu massed men struggling forward in spite j ol" the itwfitl lire of the* Con tolerate gunners into their unprotected Hank is marvelously a< it niu?t have been. ^ ' l-'or the sake of those who measure their | appreciation In currency, it may be said that: it co?t.*!:; >,(mmi and that twelve men, under thesupervison of Mmis. I'oiipof. m ide the picture out of innumerable yards of canvas. and T.n,*) pounds < ! paint." The IIImthinyton Critic says: ''Tint construction of the piece Is such that, the spectator seems to stand in the center ot'j the liehl ; at his lent is a dark pool of clotted . blood, a musket, an old haven-sick. or a soldier's cap ; over yonder a dead mail. Ills glassy eyes looking at you with a ghastly ktare. | At a* glance you lake in the battle-Held. Far away to the right, over this stubble tlehls, j nestling 111 a grove of green trees that seem to J rustle ill the summer w hid, is the village ofj Croveton. Kil/.iohu Porter's h en d-i| nailers. < That Is his eomuiaml that you sec coining over the Held there, in solid phalanx, in long battalions, in straggling companies, the sun, glinting up the stern faces of the men. <>nj they come, charging up the slight declivity tow rd the line of .Jackson's men. intrenched over there by the railroad. Just as they reach tlie crest of the hill a volley of grape era-i'.es through tlieirlcft think and there are!, horrible paps in the line of blue. Colonel! Lev's artillery of twenty-four guns is hurrying over the lickl froi.i the westward, unci | and three guns arc in position. Again, a. crash from the artillery, a rattle of musketry j from Confederates concealed in the copscs, and the lints of blue waver for a moment. "Ibit only for a moment: the gups close up and 011 over tin*crest of the hiil they come? ! a company deploys to the I ell, and, kneeling ; in Hie L'Piiss. iik to nick nit'I lie :irtillf rL>ls. ! At u hreuk-neck spcc.l over tin; Holds come! more of Colonel I.< <:'s nrtlllery, and t-:?Uinjr position behind the rail fence now lire on thej advancing Federals. The shells j.-o hissing, through t!<c air hi)Ji over tlio heads of thej lirst lank of the foe and drop in llit; middle of the phiil.inx moving on through "Teach Orc.'iiird Kami.'' Great liars spots on tl?c side of the hill mark where the shells fall. 'J'o the right of Colonel Lee's hat lory is honest reel's command coining through (lie woods and over the rail fence. Tlie.v emerge from the cover of the woods just- in time to meet a hody of l-'cdenils011 the hill. The hlufsdrop iipun one knee, a quick eommand, the car-) limes Hash out their messages of death, ami I he Confuleratcs waver. The sun is irhstcning brightly on something in the hushes he-[ hind (lie rail fence. It is the rilles of the Confederate sharp-shooters; there is a rattle of musketry and the front rank of Hie Mines dissolves. Then a hand-to-hand conflict ensues. ?- ? WALNUT GROVE DOTS. "Hniiibler" n Full Hcjiorl of, the llaiipciiiiiSK in Hint Section. \\"ai.ni*t <ii:ovK, July 'JO, issti. Tf \v*?k flu* S:iInd'L I'.:mli>t Siiliihtv SHmol I Institute iiml not thcSaiada linpiist Associa-| lion, ns reported by your Gokeslmry corres-! pomlent, which met at Walnut Grove on the j third Sumlny. Mis. ! :. .M. sharp hail *i lurjcc tuinor and two J enlarged glands ?-nt from licr iueast on lasti Saturdiiy. ]>r. Maxwell, of Greenwood, per-! formed the dangerous and painful operation; very successfully. Mrs. sharp is at tiiis writ- j iiig doing well. Mr. Jesse W. McGco, of Westminster, camc on a visit to his father, Mr. M. I!. MeUee, some j time a-o, ami is sick. He is merchandisingat' Westminster tiiis year. A fanners' club lias heen organized at Walnut grove. All the Imtiters in the surrounding country are rei|itested to meet al Walnut Grove .school house every fourth Saturday. This gathering of the farmers ean and will be both pleasant and Instructive if every tanner I I HI is 11 is shoulder to t lie wheel. The farmers arc not <]uite through work in' this section yet. The corn on uplands is line, bottoms a fail-j iMe. i oltoii is a little late ami in some plates small yet. Candidates for the Legislature who do not advocate prohibition hail just as well not visit our community, tor we are almost solid for! prohibition and Will vote lor the man wlioj makes thai a strong plank in his platform,; provided lie practices what lie preaches. Low . inteicst is also the cry. A crowd of negroes have left tiiis neighbor-) hood to work on the new railroad down about. Nhi' ly Six. | Uev. I!. W. Whilden prcnehed a frood serinon :it I'tH'k Sarins school Ii>?nsc last Saturday niuht. \S'e arc pleased )<i welcome the fwisi sisters : I<ln and A flu J one* in our community ajrain. Tliey stood well in their class nl- the instilnliou for blind,deaf and diimhat ( VdarSprinjjs last year, lloth are s;ooil musicians. Mr. Kdtiar Mcrrimau and wife are at present boarding at Mr. W. J. Mc< ice's. Mr. Mcrri-J man intends tohnild a house soon un the loll clow to Walnut <?rovo church. Sorghum is line and plentiful. Mr. W. J. Metier will soon be 1'eudV to start, his mill. KAMDLEit. RESTORING WAR RECORDS. SOME NOTES OF SOME OF THE MEN WHO ENTERED THE WAR IN THE 19th S. C. REGIMENT. Xnines of Those Ulto EnliHlrd in Company ?" IiilercftlliiR Facts in Kefcrence to Knell?Uriel' II is-I (orient Sketeli of the Company, n:id I lie Command lo Which it Bclonged. Last Saturday was the day appointed for the meeting or the survivors of Com piny G, Nineteenth South Carolina Regiment of volunteers in the Confederate in army. The meeting toolc place in the ofllce of the Press and Manner. l'rcsent, 8. A. Jordan, S. T". McAdarns, \v. It. MeAdams, W. T. Campbell, J. W. Jowcn, Hugh Wilson. Judge J. F. Lyon, a member of Company II, In the same Regiment,ibeing in town, was invited to be present, and acted as Secretary of tlio meeting, writing down the facts ns they were ngrced upon. The Judge being familiar with the history of the ltegiment until he lost his arm before Atlanta, was of much assistance la refreshing tlio memory of the members of Company G. The meeting lasted from ten o'clock In the morning until three o'clock In the aflcrnoom wtmn fhft tnwivnr? nrosnnt illncul with Ml*. Wilson at his hoarding house. While it was impossible to make a full record of the notable events in every individual instance, yet those who met on Saturday have the consciousness of having mnde the entries to the best of their knowledge and recollection, If the reader should see any errar, it will be esteemed a special favor if he will immediately write a note of the fuct to Mr. \V. V. Cllnkscalcs at Monterev. It is nothing but xight tiiat the history of those who undertook the dangers and hardships or camp life, should be written and preserved. Succeeding generations should at least be afforded an opportunity to be informed of the heroic acts of their ancestors. Wo hope that every Abbeville Company that went Into the war, may have a re-union, and ro tore, as far as possible, all records of interest. The Pretut and Banner will be glad to publish all the necessary notices, and will take pleasure in publishing the roll of any company when it is completed, and we have no doubt that the Medium and the Messenger would as cheerfully do the same. We suggest that early steps be taken in this mutter. ItOLL OF CO. " G," 19th S. C. V. Revised and Corrected on Saturday. July 21, 1880. CAl'TAXNS. Cunningham. Jos. II., Monterey, died June, at. Meridian, -Miss. Kleeted Captain at organization of Company. Noble, Edward, Abbeville, promoted May 21, ISJ2. iiesigneti May 21, lSii'J Since the war practiced law at Abbeville. S. ('., until 1 when lie removed to White Oak, FairHeld county, S. (!., where he now lives. ( heatham, Kobt. Js\, Abbeville, killed at Xew Hope, On., June, 1-Sdl. Promoted from First Sergeant to First Lieutenant. In May, lS'f.', to Captain. , Mulligan, J. Monroe, r.nwndesvllle. killed at Atlanta, (la., July 2"J, ISUi. Promoted from Sergeant to Sceonil Lieutenant May 21, iWi'J, to Captain, June, lsfii. .McDonald, John M., Abbeville, wounded at Miirfreotiboro, Tenn., December Jtt. 1S02. Wounded at Nashville, Tenn., and died of wounds at Decat ur, Ala , December 15, 18'll. " ? I n...1 to Ca;>taiu. CHAPLAIN. Rnrk1iP.nl, J. Hewit t., Lowndesvlllo, electcd Chaplain l!Hh S. C. Regiment May 21. lSli'2, with tne rank of Ciipuiin. It'-sljjnwd June, isiij. Now pastor ol' a Presbyterian church, Montgomery. Ala. I.tRUTHNANTS. I.ythjfoe, Augustus J, Abbeville. elccted Lieutenant at. organization of Company. Killed al Murfrceshoro, Tciin., December .'!i, tsti'J. Klected Lieutenant Colonel of the I'Jth South Carolina Volunteers at Camp Hampton, January, iwy. liccanie Colonel on resignation of W. C. Moraine, Colonel. Klceted Colonel at ro-orcanlswition at Coriuth, Mississippi, May 21, 1M!2. Ciinkscales, William V., Monterey, promoted March ImV>. Was with liis command throughout the war, never sick or wounded. Now lives at Monterey, S. C. Farmer. HasUins, \V. Smart, Lmvndesvillc, olnctod Second [.icittennnt fit organization ?if Company. Discharged April 20, 18B2. Died 18+1. ('. hi pliell, Jasper J., Mountain View. electc<l Lu'iilcnant at oiganizntion of Company, licsifrned April, Isf>2. Afterwards Joined cavalry in Virginia, where lie died during the war. Carlisle, J. Marion, Lowndcsvillp, wounded at Clih-kninnngu, Tenn., September 20, jsii:;? Ire amputated. Promoted from Servant, May 2l,18tW. Discharged October, 1863. Farmer. laves near r.owndpsvl!le. Wick IiHo. William, Centre of Gravity, promoted May 21, ISO', Resigned June, ISii'J. Died on his farm in Abbeville county in Ituckalice, Jouetle W., Lowndesville. won.i(led at Atlanta, CSa...Inly 22, lsfil. Surrendereil at Grcensuuro, M. C. Promoted March 2,1883. SERG EASTS. Parker, Wm II., Ahhcville,promoted In Adiutair January, 18ti2. Resigned December. 1M>.', it Mtirfrcesboro. Live4 at Abbeville Court House. Lawyer. Jordan, Scth A., Abbeville, wounded at Murfiecsboro, Dec. :!1, ls"(i2. Captured In hospital. Exchanged in May. IS<*!. Kejoined the command in August. JSfi>. Wounded at Chlckauvmga Sept. 20, In! 1. Transferred to Scout*. Fanner. Lives near Abbeville. Hunter, Samuel. Monterey, wounded atMurfreci?boro. December :il, l">f!2. Transferred to start of LicuiciiauLOcneral Stephen 1). Lee. Lives at llaehcior's Uetrcat in Oeoueo county, s. c. Cunningham, .Tool J., Templo of Health, | ItcgiiMcntal (iuartcrmasler Sergeant, dlscliarsi-.'d July l'l, 1*02. Sold goods at Abbeville tor several years, and died at Temple of Ilcallb, 1S77. Lai tiner, James M Jr., Lowndesville, Regimental Commissary, served through the war, ami is now larminu near Lowndesville. Prince, Washington L., Temple of Health, Lives at. Williumstoii. Kennedy, I.. Dow, Lowndesville, wounded at Franklin, Tenn., November ;iu, 1S01. Lives! near lowndesville. 1 talier, Oscar II., transferred from a Missis-! sippi company, appointed Sergeant, captured February, l.sti.,. Wounded at Atlanta. Wilson, Hugh, Jr., Abbeville, wounded atj rhiekamauuii, Tenn, September 2a, istVi.; Live.- at Abbeville, ami is the editor ol the Abbe .(lie Press and llanncr. COKPOliAt.S. Bowen, James, Temple of Health, dis-' charged May, 1MJ2. Lives near Calhoun's Mills. Farmer. Cochran, Wm. II., Mountain View, furious:!.ed from Corinth, Mississippi, May lsti2, and tiied in Columbia, S. C.. on his way home. Cox by John W., Lowndesville, killed at Nashville, Tenn., December 15, IMil. McAllister, Jesse A.. Mountain View, tmnsto I til Oil t M 1 I 'i *!/*? f * 11 <1 I'll Wll&Wifll his command throughout the war, but es-| capoil unhurt. Lives at Mountain View. I Fanner. Moans, John JL, Abbeville, diet; at Meridian, Miss., June i"), ISOi Loo, I.auronee 1), Anderson county, wound-1 oil at Murtroosboro, Tenn., December ; !, I SO'..' Captured and died in Federal Hospital in, May, I sin. Crawford, John \V., Lowndesville. Lives in ' Georgia Arnold, 1>. Mop., Abbeville, died at I'alton, Cia., February II, IMW. I'KI VATKS. Alowino, John Calvin, AnlrovHio, appoint-j edit urns tor; served as sueli through t lie j creator time of the war. Lives at Atkins,' Ark. Arnold, Win., Abbeville, di^ohanreil Deoem-. her in, iNif. IJvos in Ooonoooonniy. ' ?i -I *-?l ,*..A iiiir.v, ISii'j. Lives at ?'alliuuu'.s Mill.-, Abbe- : v11i<* < 'utility. Innin r. I.arins, i lirlslian I.owndpsville. appointed K'':fimcnl:i| Hospital Steward. Nnw 11><*:i 1 minister in tlic Methodist ebureli. Lives in An.leison run n Iy. U.iker, Tlu'iulon* <?.. Lnwndesville. Now merrliaiil at Ml. ('annul, Abbeville county. , Uuitun, A Ibert Al., Wilson's (.'reek, died in. lio-pital, March !, I 1 honks, Jason T., Warrenton, killed at NnsllViile, Tullll., I lee. 1.1, Itilil. Bell, Massalon. Lowndesville, wounded at' Miirlrwslioii), ']'? nnessee., 1 ><-e. ">1,1 and at. ('liii'kainautfa, Sept. 1SU3. Lives near Lowndesville. Fanner. lirll, Kltciieewr JI.. Autreville, discharged Ian. 21. lSn.*l, al'tirward.s rejoined the conipany. I .Ives at Autreville. Fanner. 'I'.HI, 1'. NnMe, Anlrevllle, diseliarsred March 2??, ISit!- Afterwards joined army in Virginia and Severely woudd'^d. Lives at Level Land. Farmer. lintvninn, Alnn/.oZ., Lowndesville, wound-; ed ill r.enton.sville, N.April, iSCO. Livesj near Lowndesville. Farmer. Iioiven, .1 Wesley, Autreville, discharged Oct, JO, i&oJ. Kejoined company in ISO-;. aud! aaeHHnvBHHHMBnRMranRnjonvnint* r remained with company to close of war. 11 Lives at AntrevHIc. Farmer. e; Boyd, J. Thomas, Antrevllle, killed at Mur- ci freeHboro, Tenn., Dec. 31, lft>2. Campbell, Win. F., Antreville, discharged t< at Tupelo, Miss., July S, 1802; afterwards t< loinoa u<>. 1. Hill .-i. v.. v.iii >u, wuuuucu lit xj hat tie of Wilderness, May 3, lsOl. Lives at ci Antreville. Farmer. \\ Cllnkscales, F. Williams, transferred from ti a Mississippi company, wounded at Atlanta, tl July 22, lwil. Lives in renola county, Miss. p ('llnkscales, Lewis C., Antreville, wounded tl at Nashville, Twin.. Dec. 1">, ISUi. Lives at ii Antreville. Farmer. ti Chnrphing, S. Wilson, Lowndcsville. Lives tl in Georgia. . o Cheatham, Joseph W., Warrcnton, dis- ii charged July 3,180".'. Ii Cornier, Mai'tin 11., killed at Atlanta, Ga., p July 22. ISCt. t Carlisle, Daniel R, Downdcsville, wounded ? at Atlanta, Ga , July, 1861. Lives at Andernon. Deputy Siierlir. o Daniel, George W., Lowndesvlllc, dlscliarg- o ed July 3,18112. Died in November, 1852. it Drernen, .lolin G. C? Antreville, wounded | at Atlanta, (Jn., July 22, 1861. Died in 187(1. a Kill ridge, Sheppard. Killed. Freeman, J. 1\, Antreville, died of mea- r sles on furlough at home, February 12, 1862. r ( innif lili-ii.nrd 1i_. I.owndt-svillo. detailed I 1 with hospitai corps. Lives in Georgia. f Ca?naway, Wm.,Storcville, Anderson county, died in camp of cramp colic, at Corinth, f Miss., May, lSOi t Gray, James E., wounded at Atlanta, July o 23. lsui. u Gray, Win., died July 22, ISfl-l. n Gentry, Amaziah W., Anderson county, [ captured. Lives at Cross ltoads Church, An- ( derson county. t Hall, John W., Antreville, discharged May 0,1SG3. Hall, A. Marshall, Antreville, died 1870. Ilail, r<ewls s., Antreville. ,l Hall, Ho/ekiah 11., killed at Atlanta, July . 28. 1861. i Hatchings, Wm. S., Lowndcsville. Detail- s ed ns ship builder. Jones, Jas, J., Antreville, died June 21,1832. ,, Johnson, John H., Lethe. Wounded. '. Kennedy, Joseph J., Lowndcsville. Lives in>;ir r.own(les\ill'?. Farmer. Kennedy, Isaac C., Lowtulcsvillc. Died at Charlotte. N. C. Kennedy, Theodore, Lowndesville. Lives near Lowndesville. Farmer. Latimer, Wm. A., Lowndesville, wonnded at Atlanta, Ua., July 25,1SG1. Lives In Augusta, Ga. Col ton factor. Latimer, James T.. Lowndesville, dlschanjcd July 3, 1S02. Lives near Lowndesvillo. Farmer. Loekhart, James Yancey, Lowndesville. Died June 20,IS02. Martin, James M., .Monterey, discharged January 21, 1803. Lives near Greenville city. Farmer. j Mann, ltobert It., Antrcville, died Dec. 31, 11SG2. Moore, Thomas A., Antrcville, wounded June, lStil. Lives near Lowndesville. Fanner. MeAdams, Samuel T., Antrcvillc, captured at Missionary Ridge, Nov. 21, Released from Rock Island (III) prison, June 1H, Irt6">. Lives at Anderson ville, In Anderson county. Farmer. McCurry,Seaborn, Antrcville, died at Meridian, MIkk., .tunc 21. 1HU-2. . McKce, Jasper A., Anlrevllle. detailed with pioneer corps, Dee. 20, 1S02. Lives at Antrcville. Mechanic. McMahan, F. Alexander, Antrcvillc. Died November 20, is<>2. i; .McMahun, Win. L., Antrcvllle, discharged !1 July 3, IS(?2. Lives at Antreville. MeMahan, Obcdinli, Antreville. Died June 1 24. IStii ' Oliver, C. Wistar, Lowndcsville. Died dur- I in2 the war. ! Owens, Patrick, Abbeville, wounded at Atlanta, Oa., July 2S, lstil. Died at Anderson, ' S.C., 1SS4. 1 Phillips. Win. J, Temple of Health. DIs- < charged July 185.'. Lives near Little Mouii; tain church. Priiicn. llnarh M., Antreville, captured at liooiiev'illc, Mls.s.. In lv62. discharged February H. 1SB3. Died of Paralysis at Abbeville, K. ( ., Mav, issci. Schneijer. John V., Lowndesvillc. detailed as shipbuilder, April fi, ISttJ. J.Ives at IiO\vtides vi lie. .Mechanic. Spreweli, James W, Abbeville, died Oct. 1 ::>. is(!2. Kixon. Win. P.. Laurens county, killed at 1 Missionary Uldge, Nov. 20, ISfti. Simpson, Jason T., Warronton. discharged 1 July:!, l>ti:i. Lives at Abbeville. Machine agent. Stokes, Thomas, Antreville, killed at At- 1 Ian hi. Jn'y 2.'. iMit. Tolbert. J. Franklin, Antreville, killed at 1 Atlanta, July. 1801. Townsend, W. Thomas, Lowndesvillc, de- | tiil'ed with Inllrmary Corps. Lives near An- ' dersoii city. Fiirmer. Tucker, John, Lowudesville. Died of mcaHies, February, 1802. Tnvlor. F.dwar.l 11.. Antreville. discharged 'at April 10,180;!. Died in 1X70. Williams, linger L, Antrcville, detailed wit I* Infirmary Corps. Litres at Antrcville. Farmer. Wilson, Robert W? Abbeville, detailed as ; meebatile. Died in ltffiO. Young, Joseph P., Lowndesville, wounded. Lives near Lowndesville. Farmer. ltKCAriTL'LATIOX. I Enlisted 97 Killed 13 Died of wounds 2 Died of disease 1!> Dii'd since the war Ill Liviim 17 Unaccounted for G?07 ( The Organization of Uic Company? | Il<t Honorable Career i:i War. The Company was organized at MeOaw's . Old Field In December, 1>'CI, with si.\ly-five| > 1.>ii nn.l lofr fiii* ('h:irlesloii durinif 1 he Christ- 11 inns holidays. The apparent larger number { I was ma.lfi np by subsequent accessions from ; I time to time, alter the Company had been mustered Into service. The Company's first encampment was'i nt. Hampton's Hare track iu Columbia, j i where a Regiment was formed by t lie three s Abbeville Companies, six iOdtiofleld and one from I .aureus, as the il'lli Regiment < .South Carolina Volunteers. The Abbeville I Companies were designated as (}, II, and I. I Lieutenant A. J. Lythnoe of Company was elected Lieutenant Colonel January, 1M2. i Immediatelyafterwards was transferred to l Camp at W'appoo Cut, St. Andrews Parish < near Charleston. The Regimental officers I consisted of \V. C. Morasne, Colonel; A. J. I Lythgoe, Lieutenant-Colonel; Abram Jones, J I Major. < I The Regiment was ordered to Corinth, I .Mississippi in March, lSfi'2. j < Colonel Motiignc resigned before thislJ time, and Lieutenant Colonel Lythgoeii was promoted to Colonel, and was in i command of the Regiment from that time i | until he was killed at. the battle of Murfrees- ' boro. December 31, !S??i i ('.ipt. Thomas A. Shaw of Edgefield was i elected at Corinth on the rc-orgahlzaflon of.! the Regiment May 21.1SGJ Lieutenant Colonel, I and Capt. J. A. Crowder of the same county ' i was elected .Major. < The Regiment lay behind breastworks atjl Corinth until in June, when tire army retreat- i1 intoTupelo. During this encampment the 11 j Company suffered greatly from sickness eaus- j' | ed partly from an Insuillciency of water, bad I weather, ami the evils incident to the en-jj campment and exposure of Inexperienced I I recruits. On the arrival of the Regiment at 1 Tupelo, Mississippi iu June, 1SSJ. Company it (J. had less than lia'f dozen men in ranks. ! 1 The Reiriment was first brought under lire : * at what the men recollect i# the "Rattle of j J Knrminarton." There were no easualiies in j? Company G, and but few in the Regiment, ? but the occurrence furnished an occasion for 11 our men tosliow something of their courage j 1 and valor. It was because of Colonel I.yth-| I (toe's sreat coolness and unfliiirliliijr rear in ' * that trying ordeal tHat .secured his almost un-11 . minions re-election at tho reorganization in ; i May, ISiW, to the command of the Kegiment. ( The licsriment was In the Army of the ? West, and part of Jlragg's command, which j j was ilistlnKiiished for Its hard marches and | i hard figh1.itig, and which was notably the J l poorest clad, and the poorest fed branch of ' the (.'ontederate army. The llcgimcnt went with the Army of the I West from Chattannooga, Tennessee, to s Dardstown, Kentucky. i i At Perryville, I'nmpany <5, with the remain-! t dor of the KcginH-iit. took an important part * in the capture of six hundred Federal sol-Is diers who were ou their way to re inforce the j Federal army. I < The I'.Hit .South Carolina Regiment was a't part of tliat portion of ISragg's coinmatid,; > which invested tho fortification* at Munilord- j i viile, Kentucky, and demanded the surrender i of tlie troops, which consisted of forty-five]? hundred men, together with all the stores;! and munitions of war that belonged to them. 1 This was a bloodless victory. They mutch-|i tiered on demand, marehed out of their forts,! In splendid new uniforms, and well polished 'l""1" flit.lt- .. ill ill t liA I'.tl-lilil-llilHl ' i After reach I nx Hurdstown, thirty miles taut irt/tn Louisville, this army rested for scv-' oral days. Ilcturnln;; by way of Cumber- ; In nil < I:i p, l\ nosville, ami i'liatlannoii^a, the Hi'^iiin ill proceeded to Murlicosboro, where n went into winter quarters in the Kail of 11. was to here Itrat (leiieral Koseeran/ advanced iVoin Nashville toward I In* t 'onlVd-1 ale forces with a view lo enuajjinjr theni in battle. Tiie ('oiifederales, noihiin: loath to measure arms with their too, left their quarters ami on tho:>|st of Hcccmhcr, 1NI2, an e.x livniely bloody ti^lit ensued. The li'th South ' Carolina Ke^lnicut. won ureal distinction for its heroic conduct. Ha vin-rcapturid a hattery ; of brass artillery, the (iencral commanding tiie army ordered I lie name of Colonel I.yth- I ftac and the name of the Keglmenl to bo on-1 graved upon the cannon. Tho haltle of ('hiekaiiKiiiira, as everylio.ly I knows, was one of the most, fiercely conleMed j tights of |lit* war. Tho I'.'tli South Carolina i Ki'.'rinient was on (lie extreme left of tiie Con-|J federate army in thai bloody conflict of Hep.; tember IS, i;i, ami'.II, isipi, and were met by i heavy forces from the Union side. Xnlwith-j slamlimr the fact that, the Federal forces lay ] t In the t-uslies iiiul \v?Tf unseen ny our imw until they had delivered a murderous lire from their hidin<r places and had greatly thinned the ranks of the I'.ith South Carolina } Kejrlmenl, they ]irested forward capturing unci slaying great numbers of their foes. 1 At ^liasiouury Uldge lu Octobcr u/ 1SKK>, the >th Regiment suffered c rent loes by tlie tinxpccted attack of tho Union forces, and were Dinpelled to retreat. The army went, into winter quarters at Dal in, ueorgui. Trie next.(spring ino Kcgimeni i x>k part, in the battles of Resacca, New j [ope, Mnricttn, and various other battles, nntesting every foot of ground to Atlana, here the Regiment was continuously in renehes and under fire for months, and on lie 22nd of July, 1863, the whole army was de- j loyed and ordered to charge flic enemy in licir brun8tworks, Maningault's Brigade belg the only Brigade which succeeded in capuring tlie works of the enemy. Because of lie failure of other parts of the army to take tiier parts of the Union works, the I9th Reginent, after capturing the enemy's strongmid At the point of the bayonet, Including Ightecn pieces of artillery, was forced to re- r reat, and succeeded In bringing away only , ix of their captured guns. v After the fall or Atlanta the 19th South Car- j Una Regiment was part of the forces ttnder |, ?cn. llood which flanked Sherman's urmy.jc nd marched into Tennessee, They took part n the destructive battles of Franklin and ( ,nd Nashville, and suffered severe losses. i At the battle of Nashville Capt. McDonald , eceive<l a wound from which lie died on the , etreat, having insisted on not being left be- , dnd to be taken a prisoner by the Federal ( orccs. ( Of course tills sketch.Is not intended to be a , nil and accurate record of all the work of , he Regiment, but merely a mention of some if the many battles in which it was en- ( aged, saying nothing at all of the expos- ] ires, privations and hardships which the . iegiment underwent. The members of the J WtMnnff pAncnn trs ho nvnnil fit be record of their command. AN OCCURRENCE. A notable occurrence was that of the ncci- I lent near Meridian, Mississippi, 1K62, when he train which was carrying the Nineteenth tegiment was thrown from the track, cars I noshed, seven :ncn killed outright, and i nore than fifty oilier men so seriously dls- i ibled that they nover returned to their regi- < nent for duty. Company G escaped unhurt. < AN INCIDENT. On one of General Rrag;s retreats he issued irders forbidding soldiers from discharging j heir arms under penalty of death. The or- ] ler was so worded that some of the soldiers 1 nisundcrstood lis meaning, and thought the 1 >rder had reference to the throwing 1 uvay of their guns, even under the most exrenie dilllcullles, during the retreat. Two or 1 lu ce days after the order had been Issued, a 1 ad belonging to a Louisiana Regiment, at ho plosn nf l1h? da v's march. shot a chtclcen it a fiirm house, llo was tried by a druintend court martial lhat night, found guilty, tttd sentenced to be shot at sunrise- next nornlng. Members of the 10th Regiment ivcre detailed to execute that order. The boy ivus under size, a?ed about 17 years. He wore i crimson shirt and pray pantaloons. As he inarched to the grave which hnd been dug the tight before for the reception of his body, he ried like a child. The scene made an Impression on the mind of the writer which will iicver be effaced. The sound of the musketry, which made that boy a corpse, reverberites in our ears to-day. Ttatacthad a most lemoralizing effect upon the army, from which it^is thought it never entirely recover;d. It shook the faith of at least sonic of the soldiers in the ultimate success of the cause for which they were fighting. They feared that an overruling Providence which numbers the hairs of our heads, and takes notice :>f the fall of a sparrow, might withhold favor from us because of the wickedness of our rulr. They feared the God of battles might not prosper thoi-e who so utterly disregarded thei ifeof even a defenseless und humble soldier, it will be. remembered that this act of Uenjral lirasrg received much attention both From both the people, aud from the Confederate Congress. L0WNDESVILL2 AND VICINITY. rhc Town n<* it Was iin<t dh It Xow Is J LOWN DKSVI I.J.K, S. c. I propose with your permission to glv6 to [lie many readers of- the Press aiul Jiannrr Low tides vl lie ami some of Its belongings. It is located about one mile from Rocky River * stream not navkable for laruer eraf? than baltcau. It is about six miles from Savannah Uiver a stream of considerable size and onej upon which cotton boats carried oil' to Aucus-1 La before and during the wnr nearly nil of the I Heecry staple raised in this whole section and : from whose turbid waters, a considerable j number of shad were caught. During t Ijonc I Jays, some two hundred thousand dollars worth of poods were annually sold here, at ' that time thero were only one or two one; horse stores for miles around and full stocks i being kept here, brought trade from far and' Bear. The war with all of its attendant evils, im- i poverished and greatly discouraged our' peo-! file. They wore so completely stunned by Its results that the decade of the Ilndlcal regime | almost provcil the last grain of sand required ! to break the Camels back. Some two or three upon a limited capital could not supply the demands of the people in this section and therefore the tiade was driven to Abbeville ii nd Anderson. In 18 Mr. T. Maker bought a! store with other property and begun to sell J iooils, by energy anl perseverance, lie litis been steadily rising till lie has built up a considerable trade which Is Increasing every day I -.Hid Is noWrunnlng" many both white and I blai'k.?Messrs. Shcrard and I .el toy opened up! II Ulg MUCK III K11WIO li?l> ? I mi l ilUU inn c >>cvu ; muling thereto ever since. These jicntienipn it re men of means anil I0112 experience. Mr. Lei Soy lias charge of lite business at this place iissisted by llieir two eflicietu clerics Messrs.! j. J. Johnson and U.S. lSriicc. .Mr. 11. A. McConnell a young nmn of fine' business tact and energy from Anderson C. 11. rented a store-room here sometime since and , tastefully displayed a large stock of Dry | Ltoodsand Millinery, which lie intends toj greatly increase this tail, seliing as lie does j strictly for cash, his trade is not us large as it will he when our people become more faniiM lar with the cash?and can then more clearly j *ce the greater advantages of and more safely ! in it thrui in lite credit system. Several years ngo Mr. 1>. K.C'ooiey front VV'iliiamstun began i tnereliamlising here and by his pluck and close al tent ion to business has established a; line trade, lie and Mr. J. M* Latimerarc each building a brick store near the Depot. Messrs. Speed and Turner have opened out! i tlr?t class drugstore in the central part of, Lown. On entering this "new departure" fori ntr burg, the beholder Is forcibly struck with j Llie tasty arrangement of the Drugs and Med-i Id no*. We have here a hotel kept by Dr. J. t 15. Moscley uitsurpasses by any outside the; ltis fnhln Is ttiroe tiinessi dav well SlID plied with every thing to supply tiw demands | >f the Inner num. The Dr. graduated at the ' Dental College In Baltimore, In 1S71 and with i twelve years experience In the'praetiee, wttu | ill the modern appliances is prepared and uhle to execute In the best manner possible,' ill the requirements In Denial Surgery. There: ire here three physicians Drs. Speer, Henry! mil Horton. The "Kruntlng" or t!ie seriously j Sick can safely place themselves under tho: treatment of these curers of the ills ihat llesh is heir to, feeling assured that they are surfl- i iently versed in the Materia Mediea to dispell their ailments. Mr. I>. L. Haines, some-j ivhat. against the itdviee of friends concluded ! ast winter to open a livery slable here. It < aus believed by only a very few that such an . indertaUIng would pay in so small a place, ntt he has built up quite a paying business, j S'ear the Depot Is a large brick yard in lull' >lu*t. The proprietor Jlr. Masters Is prepared :o supply all demands in his line at rea?onaale prices. Tin re is also near the same place i saw and planing mill owned by Messrs. B. I I). Kuy ami A. H\ Burnett. These gentlemen an furnish lumber either dressed or undress- j d in 11 niiiniled quantities. Mr. Chusping Yom Kuekcrsville (.ia. makes and repairs >ools ami shoes, at prices to defy com pet i-: Ion. There in one blacksmith ami one earrl?| 'go shop whose proprietors can give satlsfac- I ion us to prices and workmanship. Jlawby s one of the host flouring and grist mills lo he, mind In ihc up country owned conjointly by ! Mr.T. Haker and Mrs. Kampcy. We have) lore a nourishing school under the supcrvh-j on ol' Mr. J. 1J. ! ranks, who is fully conipe.ent to discharge his duties and effeclive.y ! teach the young idea how to shoot." There are three churches here Baptist, Prcsjyteriau and Methodist. These churches are in ornament to the town. llcv. M. McGcej i'astor of the Baptist church has a two days nccliii!; once a month embracing the second <ab'>ath. Hew B. C. Ligoii Pastor l'resby ten-' in church preaches here the first and third Sabbaths, lie v. ! '. Auld the Methodist Pastor j ceupics his pulpit every Sunday, cxccpt t he hint. Added to all these advantages, this' icction will compare favorably with any oth-j r in health wealth ami all social require- j nents and we can contidentiy predict that irciotig old fiowndcsville will regain her ante > >cihiin prominence and prosperity and mini ere is one of the l?e> t openings for business nen ir every walk of lite, ( utile one conic' .11 ..rv,1 f,.n ,1-111 I'iu.i.ivi>n >rrlrume. !: A correspondent of tlio Savannah Xrir.s? mioit? other things says of Lowtulosviile.: nils is inn; oi" the ancient towns of ('atolina, Ifli^htfully situated in a fertile region cover iI with mutfiilllcctit lore>t of oak ami lileko-j y, where Kt'shinx spriiif-s of iee eohl water,! Milling streams, lofty lnllsaml verdant vnle,vs arc ever challcngim: lhn admiration of In? \ isit.nr. It is lliiMvnter of a relined ami Icjianl soelcl.V, which, led prostrateaiid lielpe.-s by the cruel fort it nes of waratnl deprived 1111iI now of railroad ami market lacilitms, ; ias hail a hard struxglo for existence, stlil hey have held their "own bravely, and with': lie opeiiniims up of I he avenues of eiminieive i ill I dally conilii tl ti !cui 1011 wan im- uu>j vorlil, we trust nill come renewed life ami mergy and a now departure ia tlie road to >ro.sperity; - ? ? Slate. (Jovrrnnr? .T. 1'. IlielianNon, of Clarendon. Lieutenant (ioveruor? ]>.'S. Henderson, of UUeii, or II. A. (iilliard, of Fairtleld. .! secretary of Stale? Win. Ileury Parker, o( : Uilieville. {I Attoi ney Genera!?C. IC. Miles, of Charles-; fin. ii Treasurer?J. S. lumbers,of Ilnrnwell. Ii Comptroller tieneral ? \V. K. stoney. 'i A ?IJ it t:i ii l ami Inspector <iener.il?A. M.I I la niiwult. Superintendent of Edueallon - If. Means ! J.ivis, of Kairlleld.'' "VOTlillt." |i Abbeville county, July 27, ISi'O. THE INTER-COUNTY FAIR. fINETY-SIX NEWS AS REPORTED BY "EAST END." * 4 , - : Entries for the Stock Fair?The Narrow Onu^e ? State Convention ? Fine Horses?Various Notes about Town. Ninety-Six, July 28, 1886, I have been nsked by several gentlemen who ire Interested In the agricultural and stooK alsing Interesls of the country to suggest the natter of organizing an 11>ter-County^-Fair, to >e composed of the counties of Edgefield, Ab >eviue, Jjaurens ana stewoerry. to oe permalcntly located at some point within the four :ountles. I would have my readers to under-' Hand that this is not a move in the intercut >1 Ninety-Six alorie, but of the country at : urge. My proposition Is that each ?ommuilty bend to Nfnety-SIxon theiotlkof August iext, a delegate, with instructions to move in :he mutter. Of course we can do nothing on % ;hat d:iy but to meet and adjourn to meet gain at some future time. I throw out these remarks with the view of seeing what the stock men and furmers think about it. Mr. W. J..Moore, of the Abbeville Bar, was lown on business last week. Mr. Moore is a liard student and is thoroughly posted, and persons entrusting him with their business . an rely upon its being attended to. Our catalogues for the Ninety-Six Stock Fair have arrived. They are.nicely gotten up und we recommend the pre?s and Banner office to all persons who want first class printing done. We hope our delegation to the Slate con- * 0 vention will espouse the cause of our towns^ man,Col. James H. Rice, who is a candidate lor Superintendent of Education, and put his claims before the convention. No better man rvm hu nAnilnntoH Uic nnulifliHitlnns fnT f.hfl' ufllce are first class, and if elected be will give his entire time and talent to the State. We notice in the News and Courier that Mr.- ' B. S. Addisob has about one thousand bushels r>f red oats for sale for seed. We know something of Mr. Addison's oats, and persons buy Ing them can rely upon getting number oneseed. He selects his seed with care, and they are strictly pure. Mr. S. M. Richardson, of Cow Grove, will show ills handsome harness liorseat tile Fair, and the horse that takes the preiniutn over" . him will have to be a good one. Col. A. Mc; Turner, our popular bote! pro-pi letor, is raising some fine cattle. He is n tine Judire of stock and things, and we predict success for him. Prof. Lovejoy and family go from here to Florence and from there toThomasville. Mr. James Rogers lost a fine Jersey cow lastweek, valued at J250. . We hope tlie Press and Banner 'will publish* the committee list of our Fair. It will be in" formation to many. , Mrs. J. L. Shumato has gone onaYislttofriends at Greenville. Mr. H. R. Turner's fine Holsteln calf had ita< leg broken last week. . Col. J. P. Phillips has returned from near Hendersonvllle. where he left Mrs. Phillipsand the boy for the sum filer. Dr. Limbeckcr who has been absent for several days on business, has returned. Mr. David Mcintosh, who Iihs been working: on tho Ninety-Six section of the Columbia and Greenville Railroad, has been promoted to section master, and is loeated at Green~ wood. " :'i( Mr TJ T. Pi-ntf l? nnxlnna to pet UD SOltlO trolling races for the Fair, and wo hope persons interested will write to him. All persons who have been selected on thov ' different committees of our Fair will-please notify the secretary It tlioy cannot serve. Dr. Bozeman and family have been 011 a vis- * it to friends at Cbappclls fof several days lately rapt. Boyd Is receiving rccrults for the Narrow Gauze railroad every day. ho now ban ? se\erttl hundred hands at work. He will . soon send a force to work near Cokesbury. ' We nr? endeavoring to get special trains to run from Abbevillp. Ai.derson and Prosperity? on the (lay of the Fair. Mrs, \V\ B. utscy, of St. Georges, Is In town' visiting her l'athor, Col. T. C: Lipscomb.. Mrs. A. S. Osborne. Mrs. L. M. Moore, Mrs.. J. T. Miller, Mrs. A. J. Quattlebum. aud quite' > a number of other ladies visited Greenwood last week. Persons who contemplate showing stock, &r.t at our Fair will please confer with J. T, Mllli-r, secretary, always giving name, grade, sex and ace of slock, and t*r aitides the' name, so that he may be able to classify It. . A post mortem examination of Mr. James Rogers' Jersey cow that died last week revealed the fact that It had iu Its stomach over a neck of sand and an eight penny nail. Mr, Rogers is convinced that nails and sand artr not wholesome food for Jersey cows. Mr. T. T. Heat-ham took the advice of "East End" and has the finest patch ol mangolds lathe county. At a meeting of the patrons of the NlnetySlv High School 011 lust Friday evening, six trustees were elected, three for a term of one year and three for a term of two years. Th? following gentlemen were elected : One year ?Dr. T. s. (Slake, E. M. Mjiscomb, aud It. M. * Moore; Two years?'Thos. L. Moore, G. MclV Miller, and T. T. Beaebam. It will be limited* Unit there arc two from each of the churches^ Mr. C. V. Hammond, ol Abbeville, has been visiting Mr. T. T. lleaenam the past week. Mr. J. 1). Watson wus ordained a deacon In the Presbyterian church at this place on Sonday last, the Rev. Mr. C'ralg, of Enoree Presbytery officiating. Miss Louia Brown, of Troy, Is visiting Mrs, Dr. Wenck. Capt. Uoyd moved his railroad camp on last Monday to J.easldo plantation, about live miles from Xluety-Slx. Tho Xlncty-SIx second nine will piny the- > Greenwood second nine at this place on Frl day, the 30lh at 5 p. m. Both nlucd play well ami we expect some line work. Mr. E. 8. Addison has sold to Mr. E. Y. Sheppard a flue pair of Norman colts at a fancy pi ice. Both of these gentlemen are line- judges of stock and handle nothing but tiio hot In their line. Capt.Bonhaui took dinner in Ninety-Six onlast Saturday. lie says they arc good cook* at Ninety-six. Mr. John Watson since his return from tlio Commercial College has engaged to clerk for Capt. a. T. Jackson, where he will be glad tosec his fi lends. Two registered Associated Jersey Cattle Club bull calves lor sale by Mr. James Rogers. They are tine and handsomely bred. Capt. Kirk. Vice-President Atlantic, Greenville and Western Hallway Company spent last Sunday in Ninety-Six. Treasurer H. M. Pope lias returned from a trip to A ngiifta, via Johnstons, Trenton and Edgefield i:. II. He was successful in augmenting the subscription from Johnstons to Augusta, seeming the right of way through Trenton, which occupies ono whole street. The towns more than doubled their former subscription. It is now about $*>,000 including right of way, Ac. Mr. I'opeisa hard worker and Klves his w hole time for a very small salary to this enterprise. He says his h4she?t ambition now Is to .?-ee this road completed. Mr. W. E. I'enn delivered at NInety-SJx on last. Saturday morning 50o Augusta watermelons. They were ripennd luscious. We liopc the ladles will send in all kinds of lace work, needle work, quilts, comforts, bed linen, drawings, paintings, and everything that they have that Js pretty. We will appreciate it unci give every article a conspicuous place. We want to make our Fair a success, / and unless we gel the help ol the ladies wo will full. Come io the Fair and you shall not be disappointed. It will bea big thing. Over one thousand entries of live stock are expee'ed. EAST END. FREE TUITION AND THE BIG DITCH. Every Fnriner in Abbeville Count)- I* , Invited lo Come lo Abbeville Court House Sfexl Monday to Hcnr Capt. II. It. Tillman. Ninety-Six, July 26, 1S86. Editor Pi cs* nml Manner: As we arc to have Mr. U, U. Tillman to address the farmers of our couuty next Monday, the 2nd dn.v of August, I hope every farmer m Abbeville county who can will turn out on that day and hear him. \Vearo now about hp with our crops, and I hope every one will ' make an effort lo be on hand and hoar what' Tillman has to say. A great deal has been said about Tillman, pro and con. I have hoard hjtn speak on several occasions, and w hile I do not agree with him ineverything, yet l think he is doing a goqd work for this state, and think every man will bo well paid for making the trip to Abbeville lo hear him. Come one and all, hear for yourself, then be your own judge as to his motives. Then another thing, Mr. Editor. I see Laurens. Orccnville. Spartanburg, Orangeburg, and other counties, have spoken out in regard to free tuition in (be state University. I think next Monday will be a good time for Abbeville to be heard upon that important question. 1 Kay let it bo wiped out. General Hemphill'shead has been level along tiino upon thai question ami the Columbia ditch. I believe 1 speak the sentiment of a majority of the white voters in Abbeville county when 1 say we are not in lavor of being taxed for any schools except the common schools in our county, Make them what they should l>e, nml that is all we are able to do in our present impoverished condition. Give the boys and girls a good English education, and then if there Is anything ill a boy he will in sonio way climb to the lop round of the ladder, l.et them work six months and then goto school the otii.T six. Thcv will then know the vul uc of their tuition and will apply themselves. Some of the jrrcatest men tlifs State and other* have produced have made themselves In this way. The ti'inneiat outlook for this State is more gloomy now titan at any time since Use war. Georgetown is now calling upon tlie Slate tor h-lp. They say more than one thousand persons in that eounty arc wiihont Ine.id. oitr Stale government must l?? run iv I Hi the least dollar possible, and let ns cut >li'at once all unnecessary expense and get lown to hard pan. Tlu-se (Hups arc upon us, md it is time we were looking tlieni in the lace. I say once more I hope every farmer will :ive hiKcoHiily one dnv, and hear Titlnum .tpoti tliCMihjeet- Kespeet Hilly, L. M. MOORE.