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HHRO? Fatalities Which \ ol' the Fairst Sou iment at O ( *ofumlt Ta tia falitor "/ the Slate: Near the door of the ways arid means committee room, in the State House in Columbia, 1 found myself recently standing before thc handsome mural tablet, placed hy the loyal hearts and loving hands of thc ladies <<i thc Wade Hampton chapter nf the Daughters of thc Confederacy '"To the Head of Gregg's First I'e^iment, S. C. V., colar guard at Gaines' Mill, dune 27, ?802," As I looked at thc names iuscribed there.ui^-Taylor, llayue, I'inckney and Cotchcti I was curried bael? in memory to that fateful day. I remembered others who.se naines in?!.fl)t \v ? - i 1 be there; 1 remem bered ten others, besides these four, who composed thc original colorguard. The name of one, at least-Color Ser geant W. W. Gregg, of Co. IC, Marion County- should yet be added to those so lovingly remembered. 1 cannot now recall the names of ail the others of that gallant hand of l l who had boen chosen, two to bear aloft the two banners of the regiment, 12 others to form around those; banners, a guard that only death itself co dd break. They were l-l bright, young South Carolina boys, any one of whom would have, as some did. laid down his life before he would have allowed cit'.uer of those banners to trail ni the .lust or fall into thc hand?; of the hated foe. ' Much has bep.'a written and spoken about the v'olor guard of thc First KcgU'vjv-ut joying })0Cn uu 8j,ot jow" .a^ thc battle of Gaines' Mill. Wc find it recorded in some of the histo ries. Many do not know that thc First Regiment had two stands of col ors, and carried them both into action that day. The blue silk flag, thc State flag that is uow in safe custody in the State Capitol, was thc one carried by Color Sergeant J. ll. Taylor, of tho Richland Rifles, Columbia. The oth er the Confederate "Stars and Bars," the nat onal flog of tho Confederate States, was, at that period of thc war, carried at thc head of each regiment as ita national flag. This was the flag carried by Color Sergeant W. W. Gregg, of Co. K, Marion, a kinsman of Gen. Maxey Gregg. A few doys be fore this battle Sergt. Gregg was sent to a hospital sick. Thc adjutant of the regimont informed tho writer of this article that hs was tho senior or ranking corporal of the 12 on the col or guard. Accordingly, it was my lol to carry the flag into action at Gaines' Mill. My recollections of our posi tions in linc of battle that day was as follows: Taylor and myself in tho front rank, in thc centre of the guard, il being on Taylor s left; Pinckney and another, I do not uow recall, on his' -right; Shubriok Hayne and Howard on my left, six others covering us, as their file leaders, and tho remaining one,/perhaps, on tho sergeant's lino in thc rear. Sergt. Gregg being away, broke the seventh file, and left us the supposed unlucky 13. Col. J. F. J. Caldwell very graphi cally describes this battle in his "History of a Brigade." In speaking of the part of the battle in which the First Regiment suffered so mueh, he says: "Suddenly a volley from the. wfeole Federal Hae barst upon us." * * * "It seemed to sweep the earth. In the First Regiment the entire color guard was shot down, and Col. Ham mond himself bore the colors for a tiffie. Both Regiments, the First and the Twelfth, attempted tc advance, the Twelfth pushing out into tho open spaoe, but still the raking fire of the enemy, drove them back in consider able disorder." My recollection of this part of thc battle is that Orr's Rifle Regiment had previously charged and oaptured a battery on a strongly intronohed hill on our right; but, having no support, they were driven back, es was also Co. G. of the First Regiment, which was deployed as skirmishers on the left of the Rifles. The First and Twolfth Regiment were then advanced to the front, one to the left, through a dense thioket of small trees, nearly to the edge of an open field. There we were ordered to lie down, under a terrible enfilading artillery fire from the bat tery on the hill to the right. This position proved to be a death trap. It mama ?beat 200 y ltd s f rom the crest cf a high ridge in our front. Crenshaw's battery, the only one with our brigade ??F w iui? iiuic, und beim fighting from au open, level field, against su perior gone posted on a higher and en trenched position. They were severe ly crippled. and could not oheok the heavy eh ell-fire the enemy were pour ing into our right flank, preparatory to advancing thc infantry against us 'in front. Here occurred the first cas ualty in the color guard. Corporal Howard, of Co, G, was severely woanded by a shell in the shoulder. About this tune some one cried, ?S ALL. let fclie Oolor Guard th Carolina HC;L> aines' Mill. ?a Stat,-. i "They aro cotuiug!" Wc had out no ? skirmishers in the front. Sorgt. Tay , 1 i>r arni myself jumped up, placed our flags ta fl" H in their rests at tho heit. lt was a still, hot .June afternoon, ami not suilicicnt breeze to float thc flags. We leaned them forward to shake out thc folds. Looking to the right, and the front was ono unbroken line of hine. To the left appeared the red punts of (lu- Xouuvi -, some half dozen ll a L'S, al intervals along the linc, indi cating the nu in her "I reg i inc nts wc were facing, their linc overlapped thc lino ?.I' our two regiments on both flunks. Thc enemy halted ?it about two hundred yard-, the proper range ( for their Springfield rifles. Wo were | armed with smooth hore muskets, buck j and ball cartridges, that could do but ; little execution at that distance, j They poured several 'b adly volleys | from behind tin; crest of thc ridge. Thc centre of thc First regiment j was in more open ground than the ' rest of the line. The two flags i"., inc centre could bc seen abc'vt; the thick, low bushes when I' ,.: men themselves along the lint"?; were partly concealed. This naturally drew the lire to that parK of our linc where our flags were seen. Both regiments advanced a few steps to thc edge of the open held. The battle raged with a fury, perhaps, not often excelled by the same num bers engaged at any period of thc war, but thc contest was far from equal. The enemy had the advantage in po sition, in numbers and in the range of their guns. For a time our men stood against these odds with dogged tenac ity. Pinckney was t.ic second guard I saw struck. Ile fell forward, face to the foe, several feet from the front rank, where he was struck, and ap peared to die without a struggle. In stantly ra minie ball passed through my left foot. I handedShubric Ilayne my flag, took his gun and with his aid commenced to hobble to the rear in search of thc inGrumry corps to assist nie from the field. Hayno, immedi ately ou taking the flag, was mortally wounded, through the bowels. Tay lor, at the same time, was shot through the heart, his lifo's blood spurting on thc flag ho loved so well and bore so proudly. To-day those stains arc visible on its tattered folds. One after another caught up the flags and themselves went down, until not 1 ono of the thirteen was left, and Cel. Hamilton himself bore them for a time until Dominic Spellman, of Co. K, the Irish Volunteers, relieved him, and worthily won thu honor of bearing the flag to thc cod of thc battle. As I was loaning heavily on Kayne's .gun making my way as fast as I could to the rear, I met Gen. Gregg going to the front. Ile was mounted and alone, only a very short distance from our line, making his way through the dense thicket. Ile said, "My brave oolor bearer, I am sorry to see you so badly wounded. How is the battle going?" I replied, "Our boys are standing bravely, but they cannot hold the position long, tho enemy have the advautage, in numbers and position and guns." Ile then hurried in the Thirteenth, thc reserve regiment, all the force he had st bia command. Late? the Fourteenth Regiment, which had been on picket duty, oame up; afterwards Thorny' Georgia brigade was sent in, and tho enemy were final ly driven baok with heavy losses on both sides. This is my recollection of the battlo of Gaines' Mill, June 27th, 1862. Now let us turn to our absent color bearer, Sergt. Gregg. When the day of battle dawned, he left his sick bed at tho hospital and went in search of his command. Ile failed to find it, for wc were on the extreme left of the line, and he had como out from Richmond on our extreme right, many miles away. Picture to yourself this South Caroli na boy. That 27th of June was his eighteenth birthday. Trembling from weakness, his cheeks flushed with a fever that would have kept most sol diers safe in bed, he passed along the lines inquiring for Gregg's brigade. He struggled on, hoping to find his regiment, regain his flag, go into ac tion with his own oolor guard, under the two flags we all were so proud to have float above us. It was not to be so. His hour had come. The battle was raging at many points along the line. He found himself erith tbs Eighth Alabama Regiment. Siek, and weak as ho was, he should have gone to some safe spot to rest. Hun dreds on both sides that day, and many other days, with less exouse somo with no exouse-did go to places of safety, but not he. The fire of pure patriotism burned too bright in his bosom for that. He took a mus ket, went into ranksa and fought amongst strangers. After tho battle they bore testimony that he fought with great gallantry, until ho yielded up his life for the cause so dear to I Ililli. The ladies have fittingly placed ou perpetual record the names of some ! who died so gloriously that day. I would not if I could and could not if I would take from the brows the smallest sprigof laurel, for I loved some of them with a love like Jonathan and David. I am perhaps thc only survivor of that color guard. I feel I owe it to the memory of my ?lead comrade to say what I am saying. Where each i did his duty, according to his oppor j tunity, as all there did, comparisons I should not be made, but I will say j that Sergt. Gregg had a better oppor ' tunity to show the true patriot, thc j tried soldier, than the others had, and ; lie did not neglect the opportunity, j Now thal the others have been honor1 . eil and these fuets that, may not have i been fully known are known, to fail to recognize tin: nairn! of \V. W. Gregg, ; First Regiment, S. (-. V., color guard, ; at Gaines' Mill, June L'7th, 1802, is to deny the truth of history and do in ; justice to as gallant a spirit as ever yielded up his life for his country's cause. W. li Di HST. Greenwood, S C., March iii, 1900. Shoving thc (?lief??. "Cnuuterfci*. money 'shovcrs' form a 'L'lstinet class of criminals," said an old federal officer. ''They have noth ing tu <io with making tho 'queer,' but simply put it in circulation. They go about their work very sys tematically and reduce the chances of detection to a minimum. '"A woman shover, for example, starts out to unload on the big retail stores, lier dress is quiet, but ele gant, and she has thc surface appear ance of a relined lady. In her hand is a pocket-book containing one bad bill and a number of good ones. She goes into a store, makes some trifling purchases, tenders the counterfeit and pockets the change. As she passes out ?.she brushes against a boy, who slips her another queer bill and then drops back a few paces in the crowd. .'In that way she makes the rounds, and if she understands her business she can get rid of an astonishing num ber of counterfeits in the course of a few hours. If the bill she offers is detected on tho spot, she never at tempts any argument. 'Dear me!' she exclaims. 'I wonder if I have any more of the horrid things!' And thereupon she" empties her pocketbook on the eountcr and asks the clerk to examine the money and see whether it is all right. "In 99 eases out of 100 that disarms suspicion at once. Meanwhile the boy who carries the roll quietly disap pears. Often he sells aewppapersasa blind. "Havo a paper, miss?' ho will cry and hands thc shover a bill under the folded sheet. Altogether it is a I highly skilled trad?. The upper class shovers arc seldom caught."-New Orleans 'rim?*-Democrat. Does Lots of Good-You will Find it so if you Try lt. Mrs. T. J. Meador has kind word? to say about Tyner's Dyspepsia Rem edy : "For many years I have suffered with dyspepsia and nervousness. I have been taking Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy and fled that it is doing me lots of good and I am now in better health than I have been for years. It relieves me in a few minutes of indi gestion." If you are suffering, with indigestion or dyspepsia of any char acter whatever, it would be to your in terest to try a bottle of this remedy. Price 50o. per bottle. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. and Wilhite & Wilhite._ - Tho total area of Cubais about 45,000 square miles. Of thia 15,000 square miles is uncleared and unex plored forest; 7,000 square miles is de voted to pasture; 10,000 squaro miles susceptible ef cultivation has never feit the plow; and only about 12,000 square miles, or a little morethan one fourth of the entire area, is or has been productive. "No family can afford to be without One Minute Cough Cure. It will stop a cough and cure a cold quicker than any other medicine," says C. W.? Wil liams, Sterling Ruo, Pa. Evans Pharmacy. - Last year thc American people atc 2,000,000 tons of sugar. Of this the American Sugar Refining company, otherwise known as the trust, made 1,385,000 tons. W. H. Shipman, Beardsley, Mina., under oath, says he suffered from dys pepsia for twenty-five years. Dootors and dieting gave but little rolief. Fi nally he used Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, and now he eats what ho likes, and ss much as he wants. It digests what you eat. Evans Pharmacy. - There are 5,000 silver mines and over 1,000 gold mines being operated in Mexico, and last year the value of theao metals exported was nearly $40, 000,000. The family that keeps on hand and uses occasionally the celebrated Priok ley Ash Bitters io always a well regu lated family. For sale by Evans Pharmacy. - A marked increase in the num ber of left handed persons is noted by a Washington ph y ei o i au. Cleanse the liver, purify the blood, Invigorate the body by using DoWitt's Litt1? Early Risers, the famous little pills. Evans Pharmacy. BEYOND. (?wHvil't News. .Since the human race began to think and feel it has longed and looked far ward to thc vague and weiled beyond -to some new and changed lifo to come when the heart has ceased from beating and thc lungs will not draw in and let out air and all the wonderful ly intricate machinery of the living body has stopped. The most primi tive sense of man revolts against and rejects thc thought that tho cud of the body is the end of all. Man has ever felt his soul within him, has always known from himself that there is a hidden and mysterious part of him not made to die, to perish, to vanish utterly, as his flesh uiust do, as even his bones must, after time and thous ands of invisible but potent forces have worked upon them, making uis integration and crumbling. Dust we are-dust and fluid and vapor and many chemical constituents when it comes to the last analysis of our skin and flesh and marrow, blood, bon-^s, gristle and hair. Yet we have within us the knowledge more profound than any knowledge written or spoken., a knowledge dee?; or (nan our thought O*". li?.'? in thc darkness of mysteries und higher than it can soar into thc vast light that is somewhere, that is really within us-thc something that is really us separated from thc skin and flesh and marrow, blood, boue, gristle and hair that appears for us to the world-shall live. How and where few jf us now pre tend to know. Not so many years ago great theologians used to print pam phlets of controversy concerning the number of cubits hcaveu would meas ure and the height of its walls and the personal aspect of thc devil and thc dimensions of hell and its brimstone lakes. To this day we have learned sermons on recognition in heaven aud thc knowledge of the souls there con cerning what is being done herc. Poets have sung and preachers have preached that guardian angels attend us, s tri v iv tr to gently guide us in right ways, 1 jading our thoughts with invis ible, blessed influences into right and beautiful paths. It is hard to reconcile in our thought, knowledge by the saved and blest of our thoughts and doings hero with their perfect happiness. It is harder yet for us to understand that a guarding angel could stay with us in all tho tangled paths we travel in thought and word and speech. These are the mysteries-the things we cannot understand. What we oap and do and must understand is that there is a life beyond this life, that there is within us something apart from our bodies which is eonneoted with them in many indefinable ways but separate from them. It began at the very beginning. Enoch walked with God and God took him, and he was not. The Greeks and Latins dreamed and wrote of Elysian fields where there would be beauty and bless edness, health and strength and ever lasting light and peace and harmony with the soul. The followers of Islam tell of sensual joys. The hard press ed, sorely stricken people of India long for Nirvana-a long and sweet and endless peaoe and sleep. So do all of os of the human race think and believe and long according to our teach ing. The ooncentration and meaning of it all is, put in American vernacular, that it will be "all right." In the words of the old hymn "we shall be satisfied,'' those of ps who reaoh that unknown and vast and mysterious ha ven. Tiier* is no use in questions of what shall be there beyond, whether there is recognition or knowledge or imme diate life after the death of the body or periods of suspension or limbo or purgatory or ex ti notion. We know within ourselves that we shall live. We know, if we think at all, that there must he some universal power, some creator by law hy which we live and all things are that are; because we and all are subject to the law, and law must have a source and a cre ator. Therefore may we look to a beyond confidently, whatever our creeds and beliefs may bc. Therefore may we hope and therefore may we fear. "It hath not entered into the mind of man" what the beyond for the blessed shall be, ri or is any man, nor will ever he any man, the judge of who the blessed are, because we are made in many molds and conditions differ strangely. While no man may know tho blessed, every man may he among them, because the path is opened broadly-the path of self-subjugation ZZZ, ?C~C SSC ?a.M> -u? uvrjro, au WHIVB | the simplest and feeblest as weil as the j most learned and the strongest may I walk. We may imagine that in the ? hereafter of the blessed tho most gifted and the humblest and most ig norant man may walk together as in the other region like men may talk of the manner of their undo ing. There is a future life. The souls within us tell us. That the condi tions of it depend upon the manner of our lives here our own common sense must tell ns. We cannot pluck figs cf thistles, nor can we make a beautiful life in tho world to como from a barrea j lif<; bore. To obtain results eveu htr3 I there must be labor and self-sacrifice. To attain them hereafter there must be even more. lu this life what can we look for? At thc very best a few years of ease when we arc old, with tho chance of always having it disturbed and embit tered by some actor circumstance over which we can have no control. Is that thc end for which a man should shape his life? Admitting that there is a hereafter -as all of us who search and think of ourselves must admit-it is for each nf us to determine how and what it shall be, although we may know nothing of the details. Wc may know that there is assurance of happiness unspeakable-of a spiritual and beau tiful life beyond our conception-a life in which there will bc no tears or fears or sorrows. It may bc by far stretching green fields where willow trees droop above tranquil waters orin the streets of an over lighted city paved with gold. Wherever or how ever it may be, it will be as the soul longs for and there will l>-. undisturbed hap?}i.'in^s uuh fire glory of growth and progress It is thc glorious destiny atid portion of mau to look for such result, to live and strive and labor for it, knowing that his soul must live, his purpose should be to have it live in thc inex pressible glory, the unimagined beauty of the Almighty. There is the knowl edge for which we strive, the beauty for which wc vaguely long, the hope to which our aspirations wing their way when they rise beyond our thought and possibility of achievement here. If there is not hope and beauty and loveaDd balm for our hearts and sub stance and glory fit for the filling of our longing souls in the dark, unkoown beyond, why should any of us live after the first days of strengh when dreams are scattered and ambitions aro crush ed back? The soul is the hope and the hereaf ter is the real purpose of life: and aside from thom "vanity, vanity, all is vani ty." ___ Origin er The Penknife. Do you know why the little pocket knives are often called penknives? Perhaps some of you have often won dered, and did not like to ask. You use a steel pen at Behool; but when Washington lived there were no steel pens. At that time, and until the year 1820, pens were made out of quills or large feathers of the goose and other birds. Now these quil pens, being soft, got out of order and split, so they had to be remade. Most writers kept a sharp knife to remake these pens, so the knives got to be oalled "pen knives." The word "pen" is from the Latin word "pen na," which means a feather; so when we say steel pen, we talk of a steel feather, which is absurd; but then the language is made up of very funny words and phrcses, aid tho little word "p?>rj"is nott used for the piece of steel with whioh we write. What becomes of all the pens made? Ope firm in England makes. 200,000,000 pens every year, and there are several other makers who send out nearly as many more; then in the United States we make at least 200,000,000 every year. Where do they all go to? It is not often that you ean pick up old pens and yet a vast number must be lost every day. - The American exhibit at Paris, representing over 4,000 firms, will be a fair in itself. Not lesa than 16,000 Americans have been engaged for por ?asaent se?" ice on the groanse. - About at the age of 36 the lean men generally become fatter and the fat men leaner. _ Medical advice can only be given by a medical man or woman; one educated and trained in the professen of medicine; > rr is USELESS TO WRITE TO A WOMAN or maa for medical advice tmless auch exe trained acd qualified medical practi tioners. Often of " medical advice " are - ?*T by UM? cannot . give wnat they offer, because they lack the med* leal training and professional qualifie** tiona of physicians. Yon will not' trust your property to the care of irresponsible people. Will you trust your health? Inquiry will snow that no offer made toy any advertising physician can compare with that of Dr. ?TV. tierce, chief con suiting physician to tue Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute. Buffalo, H. Y. 8?ik women can consult Dr. Heros by letter free. All letters are read and an swered In strictest confidence. If yon are suffering from disease of the womanly organs write to DR. R. V. PIERCE, BUFFALO, N. Y. flfiuBflHaWuKrat^ Too BUSY to Gas ? WE'VE been too busy to write advertisements. Long linea of wagons hauling out DEAN'S PATENT FLOUR- the finest that ever darkened the threshold of the "Heel Laue"-have been doing our advertising for us. We don't have to ad vcr fue ; just do it to keep on the good side of the Prin ters, who eat nothing but Dean's Patent. In fact, we have had just ns much as we could do, and didn't want to do it all, hence didn't advertise. Now, we just want to thank our customers for their trade, and show that straws always show which way tho wind is blowing. Since September 1st our business has been u record-breuker, the cash eales up to date chowing a net increase of 38 per cent over the s?me period last year, aud 16 per cent over the fame period of the year preceding, which was the largest year's bus iness we ever did. For this we wish to thank our customers, and say to them that, while we are not advertising, whenever they want any Dry Gooda, ?Shoes, Plantation Supplies-such as Flour, Coffee, Corn, Bacon and Molasses-they can get them just a* they've always d me-at Rock Bottom Prices and everything GUARANTEED. DEAN & RATLIFFE. FERTILIZER CUSTOMERS : f Please let us have your Notes at once. We must send them in to the Company on April 15th. DEAN & RATLIFFE. THIS IS THE TIME FOR ELLING. STRONG BOOTS and SHOES have taken the place of lighter goods Don't believe there 'l a better Stock of Footwear in Town, and we are positive that our PRICES ARE LOWER Than such goods are worth. Any shape of foot can be fitted here. There is no mismating here of your feet. The goods are not made to fool those who buy hurriedly, but to those who demand a good quality at reasonable prices. Examine our line of ^SILT'S SHOES, In Patent and Box Calf, Black and Colored Vici, and genuine Cordovans at 83.00, worth $3 50 and 84.00. Men's Hand-sewed Shoes for $2.00. You have been paying more. All grades of COTTON and WOOLEN UNDERWEAR Have advanced in nricee. Our line is complete, and j ou get the same goods at the old prices. Our stock of GBOCBRIES Embrace all ike good things for the inner man. Every grade of FLOUR and the best.of each grade. MAGNO LIA at 84.00 p?r barrel has no equal. McCULLY BK0S Chattanooga Chilled Plow, the beat Plow on the market. 0. D. ANDERSON & BR?T GROCERY PRICE MST FOR SPRING TRADE. CAR Georgia Cane Syrup just'from the farm-the only pure {Molasses ?ou can get-all in half barrels. Just the thing for every family ? to buy. r. O. Molasses, all grades, and Sugar Syrups. Will' save you ?c.fcto 10c per gallon by the barrel or retail. . All grades Flour. Try our half patents from 83.75 to $4.00 per barrel. Special prices in big lots Now ls yonr c?saos, ic? buy your Tobacco cheap. 500 lbs.'Rainbow To bacco, 9-inch 5's, 26c. per lb.-well worth 83c. 1000 lbs. Farmer's Friend, 6-inch 5's, 10 lb. Caddies, 33c The best piece of goods for the price we have ever seen. Should yon want a box of Schnapps will sell cheap as dirt Six cars good sound Corn just arrived. Will let it slide cheap for the next few days. Boy before it goes op. We want your business and will.treat you honestly. Come and look at our goods-it won't cost you anything, ana we will promise to save you money on your bill of goods. Gar LIME and CEMENT on hand at low prices. Yours for busine*?! 0. O. ANDERSON & SRO. BUT A Peerless L?e Gook Store FROM JOHN I BURRISS. M IF yen want a PERFECT BAKING STOVE, and never burn on the bottom. Th*re is no Stove on the market that can equal it in durability and even baking on top and bottom. Also, fall line o?* TINWARE? WOODEN WARE? GLASSWARE, JJ AMP GOODS? &C, And at pri?es to beat the band. Your trade solicited. JOHN T. BURRISS. JOHNA. HAKES Sella HVfi?S' Home-made SHCES-Home-made Uattier Honest Work, Hauest Leather, Hoses* Prices. THE largest Shoe Factory and Tannery South. The BEST SHOES mada In tho . World. The only combined Slim Factory and Tannery in tito United States. A Solid, Fkat-olas?. A No. 1, Best Gainesville Shoes, $4.00 and $5,00 Shoee for $3.00 and $3.50.