The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, June 15, 1917, Page FOUR, Image 4
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E. H. AULL, EDITOR.
Friday, June 15th, 1917
A> INTERESTING DIARY.
Some while ago Mr. 0. M. Buzhardt
gave us a neatly printed and "bound
copy of a "Diary" of Beaufort Simp-;
eon Buzhardt covering his service ji
the Confederate army including a pe
riod from the date when he volunteer- j
\
ed in April, 1861. to the time of his
death in June, 1862. The book corers
only 70 pages but it contains very!
much very interesting and very valu-j
able information. It is printed by Mr.
Buzhardt's. sister, Mrs. Carrie Buz
hardt Traywick, with an introduction
by Mr. O. M. Buzhardt. It contains a I
picture of Mr. Buzhardt at the age ofi
20 and also one at 23, he was only 241
when he was killed, June 29, 1862.1
The book was just printed in 1916 and j
the notes were nearly 55 years old.!
The pity is the diary is not fuller.
Mrs. Traywick says she printed it for
distribution amone his relatives and;
to-give a copy to each member of his:
company. Quitman Rifles, Co. E, j
third regiment. The company left j
Kewberry court house on April 14,
1S61.
There are many references to men;
who are knowH to Newberry people.!
We are taking the liberty of making!
a few extracts from daily entries that;
relate to Newbetry people.
On August 24, 1861, he says: "Col.'
Sim Fair and Maj. J. P. Kinard left1
our camp this morning/' '
August 25, 1861 (Sunday), he
says: "I. N. Gary and J.j
B. Mayes and myself this morn
ing visited a cedar tree which the
Yankees cut down with a cannon bail1
in shooting at us when we were at'
Fairfax Court house on the morning
of the 17th of July.'" (That would
scarcely be^a curiosity in the pres-.1
ent war.) !
On Aug. 27, 1861, he says: "W. T.
Tarrant arrived in camp this morning
from the Charlottesville hospital. He
reports that Reuben Ruff, Esq., died
on last Saturday of typhoid fever. j
On September 17, 1861, he says:!
"Dr. Thos. C. Brown was shot this'
morning about 4 o'clock by Julius Zo- '
bel. The ball broke his arm between
the wrist and elbow and entered his
breast The wound is said not to be
with those that placed the
fatal. The blame, i think, should resti
with those tliat placed the sleeping!
place outside the post."
September 21, 1861, he say9: "AT.1
JWl <tuu jas. v/aiuciuii ainibu
camp this afternoon. They came for
the purpose of joining our company/', J
September 27, 1861, (Sunday),
he says: "Sam Atchison, Wm. T. ;
Tarrant, S. R. Chapman and J. N. Mar-j :
tin reached campt today about 1:30
o'clock p. m. The three former from
Newberry and the latter from Lynch-'
burg hospital. W. T. Tarrant brought
me from home one pocket knife, two
pencils and one blanket. One -oalr or
<
boots received from .T. D. Kornsby."
October 31, 1861, he says: "I. N.
<Gary, J. H. .M. Huff and A. J. Kilgore
1_ i? r* ? !
appoimea curptnais uy ^aj;u
respectively fourth, fifth and sixth
corporal." !
November 10, 1861 (Sunday): "J. F.
Riser and W. W. Riser reached camp
today and have joined our company
tE)." I
November 18, 1S61: "I was of the
detailed, from our company, to work
""" l
on the embankment which is being
thrown up between a quarter and a;
half a mile from our camp.".
(Such an embankment would be
worth very little in the present wo-,) I
November 29, 1861:- W. W. Housea!:
and M. W. Miller arrived in camp this
morning. John Mayes and I are out
today sawing and blocking, prepara
tory to splitting boards for our new
huts." ;
December 26, 1861: "This is my,
twenty-third birthday. I have been in '
the service for our country eight
months and twelve days. Soon aM
Quarter of a century will have passed
over my head." (But ne aid not live
the quarter of a century.)
January 24, 1862: "P. Rodelsperger;
and the Rev. Mayfleld arrived at the
new camp. Maj. Baxter reached camp
two or thre^ days ago."
April 5, 1862: An election was
held for officers of the company. The
managers of the election were: J. B.
Slaves, M. P. Boyd, B. S. Buzhardt. The
result was: "For captain. J. D. Nance
?>4 votes; J. K. u. :\ance lor nr^c
lieutenant 49 votes, scattering t\vo;;
for second lieutenant R. H. Wright
eued thirty seven votes; for thiid
lieutenant D. J. Hentz received thirty|
s-even votes and Y. J. Pope eleven; for
first sergeant R. PI. Haltiwanger re
ceived thirty nine votes, scattering
six."
On May 15 his friends ran hira for
y
first sergeant without "his knowledge
and consent and he received 20 votes,
Thos. Moorman bavin? received 22.
Sergeant Haltiwanger was promoted to
third ];eutenant. On May 17. the next
day, he was appointed fifth sergeant
"in consequence of the appointment
of Y. .1. Pope to adjutancy of the re
giment."
The last entry in the diary is June
27, 1S62, Friday.
"After having passed through
the battle of Manassas and
the seven days' battles before Rich
mond unscathed, it was his lot to fall
on Sabbath evening of the 29tla of
June, 1862, while engaged in a skir-l
mish before Richmond, pierced:
through the head with a minnie;
ball. He died without a groan, with!
his face to the foe," is the closing
tribute of his biographer.
It is an interesting little book and
we have only culled a few Items where:
the names of some of those still -liv-j
ing and where the names of those who
are gone but have -descendants living j
here, are mentioned. He must havej
made liis J's like I's "because In nearly
every case where we know the name to !
he a J it is printed with an I. We
have read the book with a great deal j
of interest and thank Mr. O. M. Buz
hardt for the copy. We hope there
are those who will enjoy these ex
tracts which we have made.
Our Prosperity letter for Tuesday's!
paper bore the post mark bf the j
Prosperity office 12 m., Monday, but;
we did not get it at Newberry until)
after the evening mail (7 o'clock) had
been distributed. There is no 1
indication as to where it traveled be- i
fore it reached us. This by the way :
of explanation of its non-appearance j
in Tuesday's paper. I 1
Some of our people do not yet seem j <
to realize that the world is at war and j
that some of the most terrific fighting j
in the annals of the world has beenj
going now for nearly three years, j j
When some of their own get in the J j
firing line, as they are likely to do i i
very soon, they will then begin to re- ] ]
alize that the wyorld is at war. "Those' ]
of us who are not physically able toj j
do the fighting can do as Dr. Mcln-j ?
tosh very feelingly said at the meeting: i
on Tuesday, furnish them with the s
i
best of something to eat and clothes i r
to wear and the other necessaries to; r
cheer them and make them* as com-| j
fortable as it is possible to be in t
war. Some of us seem not yet to i
have waked up to our cuty in this | t
regard. The time to reason why has1 ^
passed. The time for speech making) e
is past. What we need now is action,! \
md every man and every woman toj s
io her and his duty. And every one j i
?an do something. It takes rations; t
=md munitions and men to fight the g
*'ar.. If you can not furnish the man- t
bood you may be can furnish some
of the rations or a small part of the
inuiiC)' 11 UIAU5 to luc |A;nuci auu
the guns. We are in it now, and, as I
Senator Tillman says, if we furnish t
the money now we may not have to t
furnish so many men, but if we fail <
in the furnishing the money we may <
then have to furnish money and men. j1
Every one wants to get busy and doj
something and not talk so much. j I
l 1
We acknowledge with thanks from}]
Dr. F. G. Gotwald a copy of a book] i
of sermons by his father, the late j ]
Rev. L. A. Gotwald. The title of the
book is "Joy in the Divine Govern- j ]
ment." It contains fifteen sermons;'
and in the number is the one Dr. Got- j i
wald preached at the Newberry col- j i
lege commencement in 1893. Refer-1 ]
I
ence was made to this sermon in ourj ]
account of the commencement in a j
recent issue. We appreciate the book <
very much and especially the thought- t
ful kindness in D-. Gotwald sending (
it to us with his compliments. There <
is an opitimism and a spirituality run- j
ning through all tnese sermons which j (
make them good for the "common! j
man" as Dr. Jacobs says in his brief'
introductory. j ,
lOIfc J c
W'e are pleased to hear the Xew-!11
berry people who were fortunate j 1
enough to get to Washington to the' 1
?
reunion speak in suclf complimen-j 1
tarv terms of our congressman. Hon. j *
Fred H. Dominick, and how nice and!2
attentive he was to them. And also,*
in what high esteem he is held in' 1
Washington. We did not expect it to 1 t
be otherwise, but still it is pleasant ^
to have people sav nice things about L
i ]
your friend. We too often are prone 1
not to speak the kind word even when 1
it is deserved, but the unkind word is | ?
always too easily uttered. We knew'1
Fred Dominick would make good be-j 6
cause he is made of the right sort: ^
of stuff. i *
I IT I | T
The editor, along with many South; c
Carolinians, regrets that Hon. .las. A.j}
Hoyt. banker and legislator and form-, t
er newspaper man and all round good: t
citizen, has decided that it is to his' ]
interest to leave South Carolina. We s
have known him from his boyhood ana c
"his father before him as our| r
loyal friend, anc? we hate to see such ' J
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Make This
Business
YOUR GO\
Does not ask
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this war
It asks you oi
to them at 3 1
tnvAet An flip
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good people leave our State. But if,
it is to his interest to go then we bid
him God speed, and feel that he will j
make good in his new home. His go
ing makes a vacancy in the speaker-j
ship cf the South Carolina legislature,'
which rosition he has held for two!
terms.
We notice there are already four
aspirants for this position. Person
ally we would be pleased to see our
Foung friend from Greenville. Thos.
P. Cothran, elected to this position. He
las been in the legislature now for
i good many years. In fact, since
iway back yonder when we were a'
nember of that body. -Mr. Cothran is
i lawyer of marked ability and we co:
lot know a fairer man and a man of,
nore poise and judicial mind than lie
assesses and we are sure he would i
;
>e fair and impartial in all his rul-j
ngs and would give eminent satisfac
ion to all parties and all factions, j
Ve have known him from our young 1
nanhood and through all the years j
ve have , found Thos. P. Cothran the
?me courteous and affable gentle-j.
nan that his training and lineage i
i1
vould demand. The menV>ers of the:'
general assembly would make no mis-1
a'ke in elevating him to this position.
1
In traveling the highways it is'
jleasant and refreshing to meet with |
;he gentleman, in manners and cour-|
;esy. We are sorry to record that in i
)ur experience it is not a universal
ittribute to be found in all persons-,
who drive automobiles and Fords.
As we came jogging along in III'
:lie other day from Prosperity, In our.
usual gait of from 10 to 15 miles the |
hour, there was another Ford trailing
us for some distance. After awhile we
heard the sound of his horn whicn
we returned and drove to the side to
let him pass, as we presumed that was
what he desired. He drove by and in
i\o c c 1 or ! ? a ro icArl liic? Iiot o r> A c*ovrl
:hat he would soon take a lead so sls ]
not to give us his dust. We do not1
k.no\v who the gentleman is, but he!
was drving a Ford and his car had!
3n it Bamberg 356. It is so seldom:
i
;liat one meets such courtesy that we!
can not refrain mentioning it, and j
commending it to others. Courtepy 'and j
joliteness cost nothing, but they j
count a whole lot in the sum of liu-j
nan happiness.
As we have frequently remarked we I
ire always pleased to give a gentle
tian the road, if lie will give us the sig
lal and then will go on and not give
is his dint. We are iarely in a hur
y to get to a place before we start.
3iit it does arnoy us just a little, we
ire frank tc confess, to have a fellow
o whu.z by us without warning, and
o meet a fellow who does not care
o give any of the reoad. We feel like
ve are entitled to a little considera-,
ion. even if we are not in a great big
lurry. j
Then there is another thing. These
n^at big glaring lights that one
neets in the night should be abolish-;
id. If the fellows who have them
iave no consideration for the other
el low the law should take them In
land and teach them a lesson. T\'e\
an see no reason for lighting up the
?
leavens. The moon and stars are
here for that purpose. It seems to us j
hat what is-needed is to throw tne
ight on the road and not into the:
r^y. 11 v<;u t*vci ouuuiu unc ;
if these big sparkling lights you will:
ealize what we are trying to say. i
iut we drive so little at Bight that, i
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highest class
ffered.
OR MORE LIBERTY
TODAY
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the PeoDle"
it makes little difference to us per-j
sonally. We just go to the side of'
the Toad and wait until the light pass-;
es by. 'i
QUARTERLY MEETING WOMAN'S
MISSIONARY UNION;
The 3rd Quarterly meeting of the
Woman's Missionary Union of Reedy
River Association will be held on
Wednesday, June 20, at 10:30, with
the W. M. S. of Enoree church.
All missionary organizations of the
Association are asked to send at least
two representatives. Dinner will be
served on the grounds. In these
strenuous times the/ work of the
church and missions should be giv
011 the more earnest heed, and this
is the last quarter in the association
ai year ana muca is 10 consider, so a iS
full attendance is desired. I 0j
Mrs. W. H. Hunt, Supt. of Asso. j w
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No Indeed! j
"Say, -pa. T had a fight with Billy! yc
Brown today." ' - # **Sl|
"'HiaX so.' Did you whip him?" }
"Sure. You don't suppose I'd be
telling you about it it I didn't, do I
you?"?Philadelphia Ledger. 1 ^
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farmers
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pan
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with its thousa
stands back of
sists them in ts
their depositor:
Our membei
special 1 acinue
PLANT, GAT]
CROPS.
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and let us tel!
enables us to h
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"Mother," said little Willie, "when
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ive fruit tart twice."
"Well, she onght not to have done
said his mother. "I think once
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cuvju5iA l\ji irctic uujcj. j. lie
der you grow the more wisdom you
ill gain."
Willie was silent, but only for a
oment. "Well, mother," he said,
jrandma is a good deal older than
m are!"?Life.
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ATRIOTIC PICTURES AT
THE OPERA HOUSE WEDNESDAY
On Wednesday of next week the
isper chapter Daughters of Ameri
in Revolution will give living pic
ires of ye olden times as well as
Lose of more recvent years. These
ictures will be shown once in the
:ternoon and again in the evening.
hey will be lovely and attractive and -
erybody should go as the proceeds
cm the entertainment will go to
ard patriotic purposes. Let ?very
>dy go and help the Daughters, and
icreby help their country.
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king System
rs resources
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