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A BATTLE FLAGS STORY. 1Iow the Students of Limestone Re ceived it--HOw the Gallant Pal metto Sharpshooters Defend ed the Eever-Loved Ban ner of the Confederacy. Spartanburg Spartan. Several companies of the Palmetto Sharpshooters were from Spartanburg -<county. About 'May, 1863, Prof W. L. JOhinson, of Gaffney, received a fur Jough to come to his home at Lime 'stone Springs. His father, Prof. M. S. Johnson, was a music teacher in Dr. Curtis' school. The son came down from the north just as hostilities were beginning, or after they had begun, -and althiough quite young he joined the Confederate service., When 'he -received the furlough Col. Joseph 'Walker turned over the battle flag of 1the regiment, which had been torn :and shot into strings and asked him 'to bring it to his home and place in 20re care of Mr. Alax Wingo. He -reached Limestone with dhe flag just :as the school was having an entertain 'ment. A pupil wrote an account of t entertainment and' the part the flag took in it for the Spar-tan, 'but it was not published, so far as we Icnow. Here is her account of it: limestone Springs, June 5, 1863. ~Mr. Editor: Last ni.ght our kind 4teachers gave the neighbors and ou' selves a mfusical entertainment. We had the usual number of quartetts, ;duets and solos in vocal and instru anmental music, and the evening closed with the following incident, which may be interesting to your readers. After . the last -musical performance, Dr. Curtis, our principal, came for ward, bearing a flag, which sN*>wed onmistakable signs of the ruthless 3hand of war; for, as its folds were un "wound, many a rent 'and bullet hole gave evidence of the work of the biomb-shell and minnie-ball. As if ested there a memento of our blood t battlefields, its history was told. -It was -the flag belonging Eo the regi -ment of Palmetto Shiarpshooters. The stfE had been taken from the enemy, :at lhe 'battle of Gaines' Mills, to sits ftain a imore gl'orious ensign. In the s !fight of Seven Pines, it had floated :above our gallantr men; .the fields of .Manassas and Fraser's Farm saw it 'triumphant; in -the hard contested battles of Sharpsburg and Fredericks lurg it never yielded. Discolored 'by *e smoke of battle and torn by ball =ahad shelH notIhing laid it in the dust. ~At one -time, eleven brave fellows - -- 'olunteered tio guard it; nine gave 'their lives in its defence, and but two vemained to bear it triumphant from h ~e field, bike some scarred veteran, it was -now returning from the wars, &a-vinig been brought on by one of our ~.brave soldier boys, who, the next day, - 'dlivered it to 'Mr. Wingo, the father I n-law of ICol. Walker of the PNlmetto ~Sha.rpsihooters. 'Such is the brief hi-s tory df 'fhis batt}-eflag. As it stood before 'us, silent, yet eloquent, Dr. Cur-tis called upon one of our 'school -mates to supply 'his place in support ing~it; t'iis seemed to be her peculiar ssight for 'her dear -brother 'had lost -a' -eg while fighting under this war -'worn standard. Thien we all gathered -around it in song, one of the fairest dI our number ciowning it with a ~garla'nd of ivy and oak leaves, inter s~persed wi-th nine white lilies, -one for each of the noble hearts whose throtb bings had been forever stilled in be alIl of this loved banner. You may imagine with what fervor we joined in the chorus: "For this flag 'of our country, in tri umph shall wave )O'er the Southerner's 'home and the Southerner's grave." A Pupil. The writer is unknown to us. But Mildred Thiomson, afterwards Mrs. Nowell, was a pupil then and Dr. Curtis called -her to The platf'orm to bold the flag while its story was giv-. en. That was proper because her Sbrother, H. H. Thomson 'had lost a {leg a short time before. Horace Mc Swain captured tihe flag staff 'during te campaign .of 1862. But nine of St"he 'soldiers who 'had guarded and pro tecte~d the flag had fallen. Mrs. Ani O' . Jrohnson, moTher of Prof. W. L. Johnson, cultured and gifted with a 'poetict spirit and endowed with a kin'd ~ympathetc ;heart, wrote the follow ~ng poem: 'The Flag With The Nine White Lilies. S,ay, whose is the 'banner thou bear est? Crowned with flowers, yet discolored and shattered, Hath it trailed on the field with, the vanquished in sight? Or waved till the foemen were scat tered? On my banner is Williamsburg grav en, It has waved iover wounded and dying, But it never has sheltered a spirit so craven He earned a mean safety by flying. 'Tis -the flag of a regiment valianc Carolina Sharpshooters-like Sparta, Eachl mother and maiden has sent forth her brave To vanquish or fall as a martyr. Nine white -ilies are wreathed in a garland, Which was hung on -this standard by beauty, A.n.d the tears of pure maidens have watered thie flowers, For the nine who fell -true co their duty. Long marched we to. meet the invad ing Drenched with rain, scant of food, never resting, But we crushed them at last with a fire enfilading, And won that for wikh we were breasting. Then ours was the field though we sorrow,ed That was red with the blood of the dearest, Fresh strength from .thte dead in. their glory we borriowed, Which shal'l brace us when peril is nearest. Dear flag of the regiment--olurs At morn, noon, or evening, when still est Shall be thanks to the maids for the laurel and flowers And a prayer for the nine fragrant lilies. THE TOWN OF SILVERSTREET. Visited By Editog Saluda Standard Much Pleased. The editor and family spent an our very pleasantly indeed at the odest little station of Silverstreet last Saturday. Althougthi' we had often assed on trhe cars we never before 'had tihe privilege of stiopping. Instead of tihe forlorn loolain.g place h!at some pelople might have expect d we found a hustling little business settlement, and a .location that, prop erly developed, means a great deal nore business. The first store we came to is that f Mr. B. M. Havird, wtho 'has been a successful merchant there for 'twenty years. He 'built up a good trade, owns nd operates the sonly ginnery there, ives well takes a lively -interest in all that pertains to the place; and if Ion gevy may 4>be measured by the water one drinks, he is destined to survive the ravages of several more decades, for we drank some of the finest water, that 'had been taken from his well, that,we have ever found. Just beyond Mr . Havird's store we found two energetic Saluda coun ty boys who are forging ahead in the mercatile .lin.e-Messrs. 3. A. Bouk night. and -M. G. Sheppard: over here they were -once known as Lon and Motte. They nave 'been in business but a short while, but 'have built up an meellent trade a-nd keep a very com plete stock of gioods. Their big ad vertisement appears on our twelfth >age, and we can assure our readers, from personal observation, -that they will find this enterprising firm ready to carry out everythin.g implied by the terms of the advertisement. Mr. Bouknigh!t is postmaster,. and Mr. Sheppard has the R. F. D. contract, but has resigned 'chat place to accept a contract with .the Southern Cotton Oil Co., in connection with the firm's mercantile business, at a ihandsome salary. With ample freighi't facilities, school advantages on either side, good water and good healtih, the quiet lit.tle town of Silverstreet certainly appeals -to the overworked newspaper man. The rc-publ ican city convention nominated Charles E. Hughes for maor of N-ew York. Mr. Hughes is the attorney of tie legislative com mittee now conducting the insurance ivetstiaton Cholera seems -to le spreading in Poland. The Georgia state fair began at At'an-ra on Monday. The debt Japan incurred b: the war is put at $1,250,000,000. 'Piree children were burned to death in the fire tha rdestroyed theit home in Brooklyn. There is fear -that as a result of re newed agitation iE may be necessaiy tfo close the Russian universities again. Tihe board of directors of the Wa bash railroad removed JosephV Ram sey, Jr., from the pres.idency and ele-ct ed F A. Delano. Pleas of not guilty were entered by the beef packers to the indictments against them for conspiracy co mio nopolize t'he meat business. Advertised Letters. Letters remaining in the postoffice I at Newberry for week ending Septem ber 23, 1905. B-Arthur Boozer, G. M. Bordglin, John Bloozer, Mrs. Ell-ie Brown. C-Mrs. Mary Clark. D--M.iss Lulie Davenport, Mattie Durham. F-Mrs. Etter Farrow. -H-:Miss Sylvia Harmon, Mrs. Charlot Hair, Dan Harris, William Harris, Miss Jannie Henderson. J-Mrs. -Fannie Jeter. L-J. C. Lee, Will Lyles. M--M. C. McDowell, Miss Florence Mc 'ClUre, Mrs. Lou McCullough. P-Thos. Payne. R-T. R. Reed, Dosie Rhodes, John Rubb, J. L. Russell. S-Isabella Spearman, Miss Man der Stewart. T-M. H. Todd. W-Robert Wallace, Miss Suse Wa7ton. Persons calling for these letters will please say -they were advertised. Ch,a?. J. Purcell, P. M. TAX NOTICE. The tax books for Newberry coun ty will be open for the collection of taxes for fiscal year commencing Januaryr Ist, 1905, the 15th day of October, 1905, and will remain open without penalty until the 31st day of December, 1905. Upon all taxes paid after the 31st day of December, 1905, and before the 1st day of February, 906, a pena4ty of one per cent will b'e added; upon all taxes paid during the ronth of February, 19o6, a penalty of ne per cent. additional will be add d, and upon al taxes paid from the 1st to the 15'th day of March, 1906, iclusive, an add.itional penaltcy of five er cent. will be added. Following is the levy: For State purposes . . . . 5 1-2 mills For Ordinary Co. Purposes 2 1-2 mills For Specia4 Co. purposes .. 1-2 mills For School purposes . . . . 3 mills Total .. .... .. ...I 1-2 mills Except in the following localities, where an additional railroad tax has been levied, viz: ownsh.ip No. r .... ......2 mills ownship No. 8... .. .. 2 1-2 mills Township No. 9 .. .. ... - 3 mills Anid except in the following school districts where special school cax has been levied, viz: ewberry School Dis. No. I . -3 m. Chappel1s School Dis. No. 39 .. 2 mD. Big Creek School Dis. No. 20 .. 2 ID. Utopia Schooil Dis. No. io .. 2 mD. Whitmire School Dis. No. 52 .. 2 ml. Prosperity School Dis. No. '4 4 1-2 mD. Little Mt. School Dis. No. 30 -.- 3 mD. Excelsior School Di's. No. 35 -. 2 mD. :ion School Dis. No. 36 .. ....2 m. Pomaria School Dis. No. 26 .. 1-2 mD. A poll tax of one dollar has been levied on all male citizens between the ages of 21 and 6o years, except those exempt by law. Persons liable to road duty may pay a commutcation tax of three dol lars from the 15th day of October, 1905, until the 15th day of March, 106. John L. Epps, County Treasurer. REGISTRATION NOTICE. k Notice is hereby given that the books of registration for the Town of Newberry, S. C., are now open, and the undersigned as Supervisor ofI Regristration for said town will keep said books open every day from 9 a. i., until 5 p. in., (Sundays ex cepted), including the 1st day of De cember, 19o5. Eugene S. Wer's, QUIT COUGHING There is no nee( Lungs out, wher tie of Murray's I lien and Tar. 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