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REMINISCENCES WRITTEN BY
PRIZE IN NORTH CAROLIN
W W umtii uunin
(By Mrs. M. C. Gary,
I | * Last year the United Daughters of
the Confederacy of #the State of
t North Carolina offered a prize for
the best paper touching the incidents
of the Civil War. Mrs. Frank S.
Hassell, formerly Miss Blanche Gary,
f
presented the following article writ
ten by her grandmother, Mrs. M. C.
Gary of Abbeville, S. C., which had
. been published in the Charleston
.News and Courier and it was award
ed the prize.
^ "Incidents of the Civil War"
The Charleston News and Courier
. r requested that, "Our Women in the
War," who had any* experience
would write an account of it for pub
lication. As I had soiAe at that time
I respond to the request.
mpr-;
. When war betwwen the North and
the South was proclaimed, compan
ic: T7c:c forraed all over the South
v i
and men went to battle for Liberty,
which they thought dearer than life.
Many of the women of the south
had been reared in wealth and lux
ury, without the knowledge of hard
ships but when those near and d6ar
to them were exposed to the dangers
6f war, they did not pine in idleness,
but bound themselves together to
aid in the cause with the zeal and
heroism that characterizes the true
woman.
We cannot dwell upon the acts of
a few, when all did so well.
My home at the time of the war,
was in Cokesbury, S. C. As that town
had never been raided or invaded by
Onion soldiers I was spared ,the in
sults, privations and cruelties that
many noble women of the South
were subjected to when Sherman's
army passed through South Carolina
devasting everything in its way.
At one time the citizens of Cokes
bury were greatly excited and alarm
ed when news reached the town that
Yankee soldiers were on their way
/ there, as there was no one in- the
* place at that time, except^a few old
men, women, children and servants.
The servants were told to get the
wagons and haul all provisions to a,
place 9f safety, or everything would
fall into the hands of Yankee sol
diers and then there would-be noth-!
. ing for them to eat, as we had no
money with which to buy more. They
began their work at once and soon
everything was beyond the reach of
tne enemy, while the women busied
themselves in secieting their yalua
bles.
Then we quietly ^waited their,
coming, knowing not what the re
sult would be. At last night came on.
and still.We watched for what we
dreaded. There was no one in my
house except myself, four little chil
dren and the nurse. m
All was solitude and we were
staic.-U even at the dropping of an!
acorn, with no hope of human aid J
unless there was a Mason among!
those expected. My husband having
taken the precaution before he left
for the war, to have me given a Ma
sonic degree, telling me if I was ever
in distress and made the sign of dis
(
tress if there was a Mason present
he would be bound to protect me. The
trying moment came?footsteps were
heard upon the front piazza and a
rap on the door. I can never forget
the expression on the faces of the
children and nurse, or my own ieeu
ings, but to the door we went and
when the door was opened, a ray of
joy came over all as there was Mc
Lendon Connor and another young
man who had come to tell me I could
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retire without fear as there would
be no Yankees there, they having
been unable to cross the river at the
ferry as they had expected, and were
+/\ /?rr?ss hitrher UD which would
cause them to go through a different
part of the country.
At the beginning of the war I had
a carriage and a fine pa;r of horses,
which Gen. Stewart learned of in
some way and sent an order from
Virginia for them which was granted
at once, and when I saw them being
driven away, knowing that I could
have them no more it was without
Tegret, as I felt I was aiding in the
cause for which brave men were
fighting.
Early in the great struggle for lib
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CIVIL WAR
. M. C.
ABBEVILLE LADY WON U. D. C.
A?RELATES ACTIVITIES
GnLONG STRUGGLE
Abbeville, S. C.)
erty the ladies of Coke^bury, as
they did everywhere else, formed
themselves into societies,- that they
' 1 1 ? ?***J?U? ?n flia?i? wArlr
mignt more reauuj aiu m mvn ??
for the soldiers.
Work was being constantly done by
day and night. We used tallow can
dles until tallow was exhausted, then
we use^ a cord dipped in melted bets
wax wottnd around a bottie with one
end extending up wher# it was light
ed. As it burned down it was uncoil
ed for further use. In our work we
cut, sewed, knit, spun, dyed and
made cloth which was quickly made
into garments of every description
and sent to the army.
As I was the wife of a surgeon in
the army I knew how important it
was to have lint, so boys and girls
J were put to work and old pieces of
linen were soon converted into lint.
We were not engaged in this kind
I of work alone, we superintended the
I industries, directed the servants and
kept things together as best we could.
Too much praise cannot be "fciven
i to the^faithful servants who were so
humble, industrious, obedient and
Und wVia lnhnroH fnr us so willinclv
for four long years.
| When sick, convalescent and slight- BO
;ly wounded soldiers'were returning
'to their homes, there were a number
,of ladies appointed to carry dinner <
j to them at the railroad station about 0f
a mile'from town. The comfort and
relief we were able to give those suf-' for
fering soldiers caused us to look for- rie,
ward to the time with much interest. ;
! On one occasion when^[ was fur- sea
nishing dinner to them I went into ti-y
the coach with a well filled plate by
when a lon^ thin hand was extended hu<
! towards me, saying give me that lady, wh,
which I did and he ate as though he the
had had. nothing for days, about the ins
time he had finished with his plate j
I entered the coach with another j
which he asked me for, but before I ^ ^
could respond one sitting ^near said (
I think it best to be careful, that ?0j
man is just recovering from typhoid
cia
fever, upon which I declined to give q
him the plate; he insisted so feel- T. .
ingly that I told him if he would
I . v .
promise me he would not eat it for
sometime I would put it in a package
for him. He promised that he would
not, but said "No lady, I want it on
that beautiful plate just as you have
fixed it." I" said I wouid hate to lose
my plate and break my set. He
said, "I will send it back to you by
the conductor." I said, "very well,"
never expecting to hear of it again.
The next morning I went to the
station to ask the conductor how the
soldier got on. 'He handed me my
china plate, saying he told me^to tell
you, he had improved ever since he
got something to eat.
When President Davis, his cabinet
and an escort were retreating through
South Carolina they-spent a portion
of the day and a night in Cokesbury.
They were entertained at the home me]
of my mother-in-law, Mrs. M. A.
Gary.
The escort was under the command
of General M W. Gary. A large re
ception was given them that night.
I mi rx i _ i
ine norai onenngs wmcu were pre
sented 'were beautiful roses from my
garden. I recall with pleasure an in
teresting conversation I had with
President Davis during the evening.
The party enjoyed a comfortable
night, but. pt an early hour in the
morning they were hurriedly aroused
by a courier bringing a message in
forming President Davis that Yankee
soldiers were in pursuit of him.
They went from Cokesbury to Ab
Kmiilla wViovo +V10 locf. OnKlTl.pt. TTlfiftt-l
W1
wit
foi
ing was held and the soldiers dis
banded. Mrs. Davis joined the Presi
dent and they with a few others went
into Georgia where he was soon cap
tured.
The surrender of General --R. E.
Lee came and the gloom that over
cast the entire South.
The cause for which brave,, men
fought had been surrendered, but
their hearts, their energy, their cour
age and their integrity they still
retained. .
Their course and its results are Soi
before the world, let the world de- Mo
cid
d;s;
die
or
par
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E3IDENT HARDING WRITES
OF CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE
norary Vice President' Seeks Sup
port of Canpaiga .To Check
Tuberculosis
An appeal for the further develop
>nt of the successful work in com.
ting tuberculosis is conveyed in a
ssage yesterday to the people ol
> country iby President Harding,
e president hopes for complete
:cess in the Christmas Seal Sale
tv in progress throughout the Uni
[ States the attractive little slack
symbolic of the holiday season
;ng probably thQ biggest factor in
jcking the advance of the great
ite plague.
rhe White House communication
lows;
' dear Dr. Hatfipld:
:cess of the campaign against
>erculosis as shown by tfye decline
the death rate in 1920 to the re
rkably low level of 114 per 100
). The enormous saving of life re
cted 'by these figures clearly in_
ates the#success of the work of the
tional Tuberculosis Association
1 its affiliated organizations,
A.s Honorary Vice President of
: Association I will be glad to have
i convey to all who are interested
the prevention of tuberculosis my
nest hope that the coming Four
nth Annual Christmas Seal Sale
y (be completely successful in or
that your splendid work may be
ther developed. I trust that there
y be a generous response to yo^r
;>eal.
DY OF SOLDIER IS
BURIED THIRD TIME
Cleveland, 0., Dec. 1.?The body
Wm. H. Campbell, 26, who was
ed in the* battle of the Argonne
est in September, 1916, was bu
rl for the third time hdk today.
PU a ItsvJsv J AlfAW
l nc uuuy was mow iiiicucu u*cx*
s. Upon its arrival in this coun
three weeks ago, it was claimed
a' Chicago woman as that of 1ier
iband and taken to that' city",
ere burial was made. The woman
n made application for war risk
urance.
Jp to that time, Mrs. Mabel Heck
of Cleveland, Campbell's sfster,
I been drawing his insurance.
Congressman John C. Speake, of
umbus, who was a brigadier ?en
l in the 37th division of which
npbell was a 'member, interceded,
was found that the first name of
Chicago man was not William.
The .body was disinterred again,
ntified ak that of the Cleveland
lier and sent here, where it was
ied with military honors.
$75000 FIRE IN AUGUSTA
Augusta Ga.' Dec. 1.?Four fire
n were injured and property and
ck loss of $75000 suffered when
i gutted the Georgia-Carolina
>er Company and the Bothwell
>cery Company nere tonignt. xne
occurred in a chain of eight
rehouses owned by J. T. Bothwell.
^ half hour after the fire started
the warehouses were in danger as
5 the Augusta factory one of Au
la's largest cotton mills nearby.
The conditions of the injured fire
n is not regarded as serious. They
re caught under a falling brick
11.
ICAGO BOND ISSUE
OFFER IS WITHDRAWN
Chicago Dec. 1.?The $8,000,000
id issue offered by the city two
jks ago to meet a deficit in the
f's revenues in 1920 was taken
m the market toffay when a lone
was withdrawn.
syndicate headed by the Guar
;y Trust company of .New Yorkj
?red the only bid, approximately
57, but on the condition that the
ality of the issue, be approved by
ipecial legal firm w!tj)ln ten days.
XT. 4. i.1. (U:J
ten 111 is was iiui* uuue wig >uiu woo
;hdrawn. New bids will foe called
Controller Harding announced.
e whether it be to approve or
approve.
iVe honored the Confederate sol
rs. We honor them now. We hon
the memory of those who have
s?d over the river.
5Ve erect monuments to their val
We will continue to erect them
til there is not a place in the
ath, that has not her Confederate
nument.
I SOUTHERN ?TATES
| LEAD IN HOMICIDES
i DecretM of*Fire Hundred ia 1919
For Entire Nation Is
. Shown.
I
New Yoric Dec. 1.?Homicides in
the United States during 1920 total- i
i led approximately 9,000, a decrease
: of 500 from the record according to
, a computation by Frederick L. Hoff
! man third vice president and statis. <
! tician of the Prudential Life Insur
ance Company of America. 1
The figures made public last night
through The Spectator showed Mem- '
phis ^Tenn., still in the lead with a
killing record of 63.4 persons for 1
every 100,000 of population. The
safest of thirty-one cities for which
figures were tabulated was Rochester
N. Y. where the rate was but 1.3 for
every 100,0?0. In general the *
tables showed that southern states,
with large negro population had the
highest homicide rate and the pro
portion of negroes slain was from
three and a half to seven times that
of whites. The average was slightly
in excess of four to one.
. Tabulations for the period 1915
1919 grouped geographically showed
the New England states to be'the
most law abiding so far as homicide
%as concerned with a r^te of 2.8 for
each 100,000. The southern group
had the highest rate 10.8. In the mid
dle, Atlantic states, the rate was 5.1.
Central states 6.1. Rocky Mountain <
states 9.4 and Pacific coast stetes
9.^5. Of the larger cities Boston had
, the lowest rate 5.1. * .
New York was second wfth 5.9.
The Chicago rate was 10.3; San j
Francisco 7.6; Philadelphia 8.2f; St.
t 4 n a ] 01 1 J m r
XiOUis 12.0 ana i/ieveiana ?&.o.
Commercial airplanes in .the Unit
ed States flew 3,500,000 miles in^the
last six months at a cost of 15 killed
and 43 injured.
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DR. AUGUSTUS STRONG
IS OXAD, AGED 85
Pasadena <3al. Dec. 1.?Dr. Augus
tus Hopkins Strong, president
emeritus of the Baptist Theological
Seminary of Rochester, N. Y. and
one* of the most eminent theologians
and educators of the Baptist denom
ination died here late yesterday at
the age of 85.
Death followed quickly after a
blood transfusion which had been
resorted to in preparation for an Op
eration.'
Dr. Strong was a life-long friend
of John D Rockefeller his son having
married the latter's daughter Miss
T%
nesaie, ivocKeieiier wau uieu in
1906.
BLACKMON GETS JOB
Become* Alumni Secretary at Uni
versity of South Carolina.
Columbia, Nov. 27.?O. C. Black
mon, a law graduate of the Univer
sity of South Carolina and for. the
past seven years a Columbian, has
been, elected ^cecutive secretary of
:he alumni association of the univer
sity, filling out the unexpired term
>f R. W. Wade, resigned. Mr. Black
no n was named by a special commit
tee of the alumni council, announce
ment of the election being made yes
hov/? o \r tv?Awin cr Ktt Ron M Q otmrai*
WtiUC*J mv&iltilg WJ A/VIl MAI Kyun JVll
Ee is from Lancaster.
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[I. F. & a! RAILROAD . '
BOUGHT BY CREDITORS
Pensacola, Fla., Nov. 28.?The
Sulf, Florida and Alabama railroad
pas purchased today by William
Fischer, acting as attorney for the
ireditors' committee, a committee of
Pensacola business men. The road
pas bid in for $90,000, the only oth
?r bidder being F. M. Stevens of
Mobile, whose offer was $80,000.
The road has been in the hands of
i receiver for the past four years.
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JI lOULXL UO IVVlwjr
I in the campaign
; Supply Co)
Manager.
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SELL PONY AND DOG \
rifiy Farmer Boys Not D?p?n<U ^ ,
iag oa Cotton
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>aurens, Nov. 26.?Two thrifty -
ing farmer boys were in town
terday to deliver to purchasers a '
1 trained Shetland pony and a reg
red pointer dog. The purchase
:e of the pointer was $25 more
n that of the horse. The demand $
bird dogs, as well as that tot ' b'-):
ssum end fox hounds, is always
;he ascendancy at this season^ but *
eems to be more spirited this fall . f v
ti usual. Bird dogs sell readily at -
to $90 and a good hound fetehes
worth of a half bale of ^cotton.
*se trading is quiet. - '
TENDERS RESIGNATION
Chester, Nov. 26.?The Rev. B. I>.
lis, the popular pastor of Beaver _'
ek and Cool Branch Baptist '
rches, after" a very successful
torate extending over a period of
years nas lenaerea ins resigna
1. This action on the part of the
r. Mr. Wells caused profound fce
t among the members of the two
gregations. During thg neatly
trter of a century of service J.
ich he has rendered to these twfo '?
ellent rural churches he has done
a
ronderfully construction wor^. He' ,.<
not announced his plans for the
ure, but it is understood > '1
M
y have been formulated and they
[ be announcd later.
:
Bookkeeper Held Up in AJeolu. . v
fanning, Nov. 26.?The book
per of' Alderman and Sons cotn
y'of Alcolu was held up Wednes
night near Manning by three 3
nken negroes. TheV bookkeeper
ceeded in escaping without loss
as soon as he reached Alcolu he? I'j
lied an officer to trace the three
roes which were found in Man- &
% and immediately lodged in jait
s are low
gain soon.
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mpany
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