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I SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF FIFTY YEARS AG< Suggested by Article of Judge W. C Benet. The following interesting articl has been handed us by Judge M. ] Hillingsworth. The article was sug gested to Mr. Hollingsworth by th recent article of Judge Benet i these columns. Mr. Hollingswort is a close observer, and has an ur failing memory. When he was boy, and even now, he is in mos places where things are being er acted, whether ordinary or extraordi nary happenings, and we make th guess that what he says is a correc account of the events as they hap pened. The following is the com munication : Editor Press and Banner, Abbeville, S. C. Dear Sir:?The communicatio of Hon. W. C. Benet, in a recent is sue of your paper has brought to m mind recollections of a thousan things done and seen in the Civ: War, so I have thought it nor amis to give to your readers an account o some of them as seen by me, eve though the account be in a miscells neous, rambling way, just as the now occur to my mind. Being only seven years old at th beginning of the war, which ende more than fifty years ago, you wi! scarcely expect me to be accurat as to dates, but I will give yo facts as I recall them. Mr. Bene mentioned the incident of three ger tlemen having sent twenty-seve sons to the War, and he is correct i that, but the names of the gentleme were, Messrs. R. H. Wardlaw, (Jhai les Haskell and Botts, th father of our townsmen, Mr. C. A Botts. I further recall the fac that four sent forty children to th schools of this place, at one tim< before ahd just after the war, Mi R. H. Wardlaw being one of th number. The Male Academy was just b< yond the Power House, on the righ of the Blue Hill, as you leave towi W. H. White was the first of th teachers whose names I recall at thi time. After him came Prof. Poi cher, Rev. Emory Watson, Rober Cheatham, G. A. Douglass and Re^ George McCarthy in the order nam ed. Both ministers were pastor of thp Methodist Church here whil teaching. ' -: + The r emale Academy, as it wa then called, stood where the Grade School building now is, and it wa taught by a Northern lady, Miss Kat Putnam, the first I remember. Sh returned to the North at the openin of hostilities. Other teachers were Miss Pauline Wright, Mrs. McDowel Rev. Dr. Turner and Miss Fanni Turner. I attended both schools but can recall very few of the pupil who attended during the war. Her are the names of the survivors as can recall them: My old frienc comrade and Datriarch. Patric Roche, whose head is now hoar with age, Charley White, Rev. J. li Fair, James Taggart, Warren Kellei Jack L. Hill, George Smith, Norwoo Calhoun, Tock Graves, Ed. Jordo and John Syfan. Mr. Benet also mentioned that s Abbeville the first and last meeting of Secesion were held. He faile or forgot to mention the furthe fact that the first martyr of th war was an Abbeville boy, J. Clar Allen, who now sleeps at Long Can Cemetery. Clark, as he was fami iarly called, was a son of Henry an Jane Alston Allen, one of the famil of Aliens of this place. He was cadet at the Citadel, and volunteere< g upon Foi ally killed b iush, the baj i piercing th ve' the Ie1 ?oing up oming dow ened. Alle i body we ille and lay home whic Phoenix Rea ty Company's stores (those occupie Dy Henry Durre, Mrs. (Jochran an L. C. Haskell.) The house was . frame building, known as the Alsto corner. In it the Misses Cat? kept a boarding house for a grej many years. It was finally move further back to give place to th Taggart Hotel, recently burned. Peace to the ashes of young Clar Allen! He was a noble youth an as bright a jewel as ever gave u his young life for any cause. I also recall very vividly the occj sion of the last Cabinet Meeting c Jefferson Davis at the old Bui House, now owned by our esteeme citizen, Mr. James S. Stark. Thei are a great many versions of ho and at what time Jefferson Dav took his departure from Abbevill Here is mine: It was a beautifi morning in the Spring of 1865, i about 8:30 in the morning. I ha started to school at the Female Ac* demy, and just as I arrived at th large oak tree that stood on the sid< waiK just in iront ot tfte ice nous on Upper Main street, I saw som fifteen or twenty soldiers in unifori coming down Main Street in fror of the present home of Dr. S. ( Thomson. I halted until they pas: ed, and for the first and last tim I saw Jefferson Davis, the Presider of the Confederacy. I watched th little faithful procession until turned the corner at DuPre's stan in the direction of the Episcop; Church. I little thought at th? time that history would be so ina< curate and accounts so different z to how and when Mr. Davis took h departure from Abbeville. Som contend, among them the Hon. Wn H. Parker, that Mr. Davis left Abb< ville before daylight and breakfaste with Mrs A. B. C. Lindsay, some te miles from Abbeville. In this M: Parker is mistaken, though he we generally correct on most matter: It mast have been lunch or dinnc that Mr. Davis had with Mrs. Line say. Eight years after I attended th Virginia Military Institute and ther met young Jefferson Davis. We wer classmates, and soon became fa: friends. (He died in New Orlear later from yellow fever.) We of D ten talked of his father and hi flight, and esepcially of his visit an< ; departure from Abbeville, just afte the last Cabinet meeting mentioned He told me that he had heard hi father frequently speak of the meet ? ing, and of his leaving Abbeville am ^ of the hospitality of Mrs. Lindsay where he took lunch the day he lef e Abbeville. P Anyone acquainted with the hospi tality of Hon. and Mrs. Armistei Burt, could never imagine that any ? one, much less the President of th Confederate States would be allowei !" to depart so early in the morning, o; l" what seemed an endless journey ? without refreshments of some kinc :t Besides the party could not hav reached the home of Mrs. Lindsa; l" before eleven o'clock, as the horse i were jaded looking, and were makinj I little progress, and they could onl; travel short distances without foo< n and rest. "rrt n montr rloirc Q ar fVl 1U wao IIv/ u man v uuju v*xw. ? passing of Mr. Davis before the gov fj ernment wagons carrying the golc 11 silver and other securities, were at | tacked by straggling soldiers betwee: this place and Washington, Ga n They helped themselves to what the; L" could carry away and scattered th y rest upon the ground. Hearing o the disaster, many people, both whit ? and colored, made haste to the spo ? to enrich themselves, and I recal the names of two colored men tha e secured quite a quantity of golc They were Mansfield Elliott and on !t of the hack drivers between her l" and Washington, Ga. n Mr. Phil Rutledge ran a liver n stable at this place and ran a hac lino frnm bprp to Washington. Ga ~ one hack leaving here one day an returning the next. As the hack would come over the blue hill, th e driver would blow a long bugle a , a signal of his approach and th few old men who were too old to g g to the front and all the little boy in town would gather at the pos office to see who came in. It wa ^ generally about an hour to sundow ~ when they reached town from Wash g ingtcn, Ga., for Washington is fort s miles from Abbeville. - The post office was a wooden struc t ture standing where the Red Iro r. Racket store now stands, and wa i- kept by a man named McLaurin. W s had no facilities for obtaining earl e reports of the battles going on, an ^ it was from three to four days afte ,s a battle before we received any tid d ings from the front. If the new ,s was good, the faithful old engineei e Mr. G. W. Syfan, would blow a Ion e whistle some two miles from towr g then as he neared town he woul j, blow another long whistle, and i I, the news was very extra good h e would sometimes blow a third time. 3, Everybody would be on tV. looi s out every evening for news of som e kind, and if a long whistle was sound I ed, everybody who could get ther 1, would make a rush for the depol k boys, girls, old men and old ladies y If the news was bad only a shoi r. blast was sounded. What was good news to some o r us was bad news for others, for i n every battle in Virginia, whei# mos of the fighting was done, some Sout lt Carolina Regiment was engaged, an ^ most of the time some of the Abbt d ville companies were there, an ir some poor mother or father who ws ? at the depot to hear the good new: k generlyy, but also of the death c .e some loved one. It was indee l" sad to hear the cries of some youn d girl, some sister or some mother a y the news of the death of sweethear a brother or son was told to them. * I recall one time when Mr. Syfa ^ had given three long blows and y with many others, was rushing: to th r" depot trying to get there by the tim '? the cars came in. An old man whoi some of the older citizens will ren a ember, whose name was Maj. Andre1 n Small, passed me near where Long n ginnery now stands, and yelled a IS he passed,? "It must be a hell c ? a news." This man was a Scotcl J1 man. and on most of the occasior when the soldiers would march to th ^ depot to take the cars for the fron d he would march in front playing th a fife with the tune, "The Girl I Lei * Behind Me." When the time came for a Con pany to assemble and march to th depot every citizen in town. ol( ie young, black and white, would fo ^ low and they would usualW have a hour to say good-bye. These wer sad days indeed, for not more tha p half of the soldiers ever returnei and the tears of sweethearts, mot! ? ers, sisters, brothers, loved ones an L old and faithful servants were minj , led together. The women wer brave and true, and although almo; knowing that the boys would neve j return they would say, Go, my bo: and if need be, sacrifice your life fc i your country. ^ M. E. Hollingsworth. ? 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HASTINGS CO is Atlanta, Ga.?(Advt.) s" Notice To Taxpayers d r For the Purpose of Accommodatii I. the Public in the Matter of Makii S Their Tax Returns, I Will Viitit tl 'r Places Mentioned Below On Tl d Dates Indicated in Schedule. t ALL RETURNS must be made u der oath, of personal property r i- turned at its market value, d Persons not making their returi - between January 1, 1916, and Febr e ary 20, 1916, are liable to a penal d of 50 per cent. This penalty will 1 a enforced against delinquents: fi r, the failure to enforce it heretofo: 1. has put a premium on neglect of tl e law. y The returns of those who confor <j to the law are placed before tl g Township and County Boards, whi y thos-i who disregard the law come d aftej the meeting of the Boards ai return to suit themselves. The e e forcement of this 50 per cent, pern .. ty will correct this evil. I Employers are requested to retui all of their employees after notif n ing them and getting a statement < u their, property. v Returns will not be taken by im e I unles they are sworn to Deiore son f proper officer. All improvements < e any transfer of real estate must 1 t reported to the Auditor. [j All tax returns must be made 1 t school districts. So please look t I your plats and find the number < g acres in each school district, al e amount of personal property. My Appointment* are as Follows: Calhoun Falls, Wednesday Feb. ? Lowndesville, Thursday and Fi k day, Feb. 3rd and 4th. > Mt. Carmel, Saturday, Feb. 5. d Wellington, Tuesday, Feb. 8. s Bordeaux, Wednesday, Feb. 9. e McCormick, Thursday and Frida s Feb. 10th and 11th. e Donalds, Monday and Tuesda 0 Feb. 14th and 15th. s Due West, Wednesday and Thui day, Feb. 16th and 17th. 5 E. A. Patterson will take retur n at Antreville. ?- RICHARD SONDLEY, y Auditor, Abbeville Counl - STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, n COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, s Probate Court, e Notice to Debtors and Creditors. y IN THE MATTER. OF THE E d TATE OF MRS. RAYMOND E. M r CALLA, Deceased. 1- All persons indebted to said esta s must settle without delay, and tho holding claims against the esta g must present them properly attesta i, to d McCalla, McCalla & Linder, f 4t. Executors. e IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF TE UNITED STATES FOR THE WE e TERN DISTRICT OF S0U1 [. CAROLINA. e In the Matter of C. A. Milford lt Company, Bankrupt in Ban 3. ruptcy. ^ To the Creditors of C. A. Milford Company, of Abbeville, S. (J.: * You will please take notice, th J} the above named C. A. Milford ? Company, of Abbeville, the Distr j aforesaid, was duly adjudged a bar d ruDt on the 25th day of Decembi a 1915' d ine first meeting of creditors w lS be held on the 10th day of Januai 3? 1916, in the City Hall, at Abbevil * S. C., at which time creditors m " attend, prove their claims ,vote ? nominations for Trustee, exami lS the bankrupt or its officers, a transact any other business that m legally come before the Court. Creditors who do not intend bei: I represented at said meeting, m e mail their claims, properly provt e and with the proper revenue star n thereon, to me at Abbeville, S. C. i- D. H. HILL, Referet * Abbeville, S. C., Dec. 27, 1915. s ? NOTICE OF SCHOOL ELECTIOI WHEREAS: A petition of mo than the required number of Fr< lS holders and Qualified electors e Smithville School District No. J has been presented to the Coun ,e Board of Education, a petition ] questing that they be allowed to vc a R mill tnY nn sniH Rmit.hville D l" trict, 'e It is therefore ordered that election be held at Smithville schc 1- house on Saturday, January 5 n 1916. between the usual voti e hours, for the purpose of voting n mill tax on District. The Trustees will act as manage 1_ of election. Those in favor of v< d ing tax will vote a ballot on whi ?* is printed or written the word "yes e Those opposed to the tax will vc a ballot on which is printed or wr !r ten the word "no." G. R. Tolbert,' ,r . Emory MeCord, R. R. Tolbert, Ji - STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, Court of Common Pleas. A. 0. Grant, etc., Plaintiff, [j* against 11 The Bank of Calhoun Falls, Defer ant. By authority of a Decree of sj 1; of the Court of Common Pleas, f n the County of Abbeville, we will < fer for sale at Public Outcry, Abbeville C. H., S. C., on Salesd ? in February, 1916, within the leg r_ hours of sale the following describ property, to wit: All that lot or p< Xf eel cf land situate, lying and bei in the Town of Calhoun Falls, ' the North East Corner of Cox A\ 1 nuc, fronting 25 feet on said aveni r- and running back on Seneca Str? one hundred and thirty feet and 1 ing known as Lot No. 50 in Bio frtwn nf PdlVinnn Ffllls 51 having situate thereon a brick ba building. si Also, one large bank safe a lt other fixtures and personal proper an inventory of which will be pi sentcd at the sale. u TERMS OF SALE:?CASH. Pi n chascr to pay for the papers a 6 stamps. S. J. Hester and H. W. Lawson, s" Receivers for the Bank of Calho >.? Falls. , Jan. 1st, 1916. s I Does Real Businef Ie 4-rv 1\I\ TU, gj LU I UU IT1U1C I IK j? |{j ^ L^ssoi "TE |N 1 In all expenses keep in miud your ow S BUSTER BROWN HOSIERY is the p "J **T X. ? J~ iU/ti ?..!% a?? ?r<%n Kmr O fVll* I ij 25 AUrj^Cl lUUt wlicit juu muj c? av* I j The True Patriot wears American Hos je Ij 3 Your money should profit no oue but Se J 1 When you wear BUSTER BROWN H< 'in 4 Never profane Americau factories by IP ffi BUSTER BROWN HOSIERY is mad s0 5 machinery. jftl 5 Never allow foreign eatables to be set 2J [ | BUSTER BROWN operatives serve or jj - 6 Write on American paper with an A IZ paper, I j BUSTER BROWN labor uses only Ai y> j I - blotting paper. v 'fn 7 American llour and American frnit i y' ffi g | J energy. i. J Tbe Energy tbat sustains BUSTER I 113 m ] flour, American meats and American ? J 8 If you do not like American malt coff li [ 3 BUSTER BROWN HOSIERY is an A* 1 ! o TTsfl ftniv American clothes for your d j J The makers of BUSTER BROWN HO S- | J American hats for their heads and Ar c"lf I 10 Let not foreign flattery distract you ,te | 3 whatever others may say, that Ameri 5?. | I :zens ot America. id, [ | BUSTER BROWN HOSIERY is one < - { ot fluish and its Democracy of pric< I ffi CO-OPERATIVE PATRIOTISM. J j CASH BAR' * aaaaifiir^^ at & ? -I II ry? le, ay on lie nd ay ng ' ay j m, I np * ! Si of | >2'i ity, -e te i is-: si Keep yo ng' 1 ^ if I m m Si this | IT WILL % I i ' 1 H lle P nr Ri ay i jal ed ir-, ng on rele, :et >e-i ck nd ! ?? f Mrs. Jas. un j ardiiirdrdriiiBfaiiiii^ unraraiBfinifniw: Si >s Patriotism Appeal i| in Political Gush?, [I ns That Americans Might !*| II Apply to Themselves [il From the German :n commandments." j | n compatriots. ff 1~" rocluct of American wages and labor. [ eign ar'cicie your owu cuuuirj is me puurcr. ur iiery. 4 j Americans. In DSIERY you profit only Americans. using foreign machinery. e in American factories by aid ot American ? | i * | ved at your table. t ily American grown eatables on their tables. r I American pen and use an American blotting g J nerican paper, American pens and American v r | ilone can give your body the true American Jy 11J 3ROWN efficiency is contributed by. American g X* fruits. I P /'V ee, drink coffee trom Porto Rico. [ * rnerican product Irorn soil to foot. 1 ft ,V ress and American hats for your head. J |; SIERY wear American clothes tor their dress, I JV nerican hosiery for their feet. from these precepts; and be firmly convinced^ g ft ; R can products are the only ones worthy of clti- J IS >f the American products that by its aristocracy fl? e and wear has proved a worthy example of jjj| GAIN STORE | ' V '' < : i m m i / ' >ur eye on I ?' space. I | PAY YOU I in . A; S. Cochran b . -