The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, March 27, 1901, Image 1
.XVI. ANNING S. C. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 190
GEN. R. E. LEE.
Generai Rosser's Estimate of the
Great Commander.
HE DEFEATED GEN. CRANT.
The Great Confederate Leader
Merely Played With Gens.
McCleilar, Burnside.
Pope and Hoc ker.
Gen. Thomas L Rosser, of "Rugby,"
All-ermarle Co., Va , has been engaged
in writing and publishing a series of
papers on the war,between the States,
and his canluding article is as fol
lows:
"The wisdom of General Lie's in
vasion cf Pennsylvania in 1863 has
often been questioned by military men
as well as statesmen, but when you
remember that at that time Grant held
General Pemberton by the tbro-t at
Vicksburg, and the hope of the ulti
mate suecess of the Southern Confed
eracy was faint and flickering, you will
ag'ee that the situation called for des
perate action.
"General Lee lad gained an easy
victory over General Hooker at Chan- I
cel'orsville in early May, and having a
low Estimate of his military ability, he
felt that a victory over him north of the
Potomac was not beyond the bound of
reasonable hope, or even probability,
and the prospect was too tempting to 1
be disregarded.
Lee had lost his lieutenant. Stone
wall Jackson, and while Longstreet l
was with him, neither Ewell nor Hill, I
who had recently been promoted from
major to lieutenant-general, had ever I
commanded a corps in a battle, and
while Lee must have felt some anxiety, E
i -riot misgisings concerning them, he I
had confidence in his superb army and
resolved to take the move, not as Na- i
polcon marched on Moscow in 1S12 f
but as Scipio (Africanu-)-went to Car- 1
thage in 201 B. C , in order to loose i
the hold on Virginia of the invading t
army, and at the same time strike a I
blow which -would awaken an echo to I
be heard in Europe and through diplo
macy, end the war in favor of the
Southern Confederacy.
General Lee planned to give battle
as near the rarge of South Mountain a
as he could, so that in the event of dis. I
aster, 5s was the ease, he could drop r
back through the rarrow mountain I
passes in which he could resist the
enemy and avert pursuit.
Had General Lee declired battle on
the 2d of July at Gettysburg. as Gen
eral Longstreet claims he advised him,
and Meade bad been forced by a flank i
move of Lee, back on Washington,
and a battle fought and Lee defeated
near Washington, his army would
doubtless have been destroyed before a
he could have reached a safe refuse in f
the mountains or recrossed the Poto- 3
mac at the nearest ford, which was
west of the mountain. Therefore, Lae C
acted wisely in fighting where he did, I
and the only mistakes he made weret
tactical, not strategic, as shown in my
previous letter
Had Gener al Lee died at Gettysburg, I
he would not have ranked in history a
as a great general. His victories over a
McClellan, Pope, Barneide and Hooker I
would have been ascribed to the genius a
of Stonewall Jackson, who participated I
so gloriously in all of them, for we Jall k
remember that in the winter of 1861 2 t
General ~Lee did not acquit himself I
with credit in his campaign against '
Rosecrans in West Virginia, and the i
failure at Gettyburg with the danger- Y
ous halt a Falling Water and Williams- t
port, waiting for a freshet to run oat d
of the Potomac so that be might pass k
us army over it, occasioned very un- a
favorable comment from mrany of our
highest officers.
General Lee was doubtless a great
general, but his great military talent
did not shine out fully in all its radi- o
ant splendor until he nwet General U. 3
S. Grant in the Wilderness in the
spring of 1864
General Lee had merely played with
-McClellan, Pope, Butrnside and Honker a
-taking great liberty with them and ~
violating every maxim of war in his ~
campaigns against them-such, for in
stance, as going off after Pope and leav
ing McClellan and big fine army on the
James within a day's march of Rich- ~
mond, and in leaving Hooker in June,
1863, with an army double his own in
number at Fredericksburg, and march- ~
ing around him to Culpeper-liberties
which poor Hood mistook for strategy, '
and in trying to imitate them left the I
road open to Sherman, which he se I
cepted, and marched upon Atlanta and
the sea, while be, poor fellow, wa.s de
feated at Franklin, Tenn., and had to
be relieved of his command by General
Joe Johnston.
Lee does not appear to have gotten
strictly down to business until he was
confrontsd by Grant in the Wilderness
in the spring of 1864
General Grant was greatly surprised
when General Lee permitted him, un
molested, to cross the Rapidan on the
4th of May, 1864, with an army of 154,- t
000 men and a train of 4,000 wagons. ~
Seeing nothing of Lee or his army, ~
Grant believed that he had fled, and all t
he had to do was to pursue, overhaul
and destroy him He little understood I
his great adversary. Lee was thorough- ~
ly informed as to every move Grant
made, and when Grant begun, on the ~
morning of the 5th of May, to uncoil
his great army, which lay in many folds
around Germnania Ford, and serpent
like, extend its fiery and bristling head
through the dark jungles of the
Wilderness, Lee, who was holding
his little army of 50,000 men massed
and well in han d on his flank, fell upon 1
him with the fury of a cyclone, beat
ing him at every point, and compelling (
him to recall his advanced corps and to
prepare and fight the two-days' battles f
f the Wilderness in which General
Lee and his little army most signally j
triumphed.
General Grant now saw that in the f
game of skillful manoeuvering he was ;
not a match for General Lee, and feel- ~
ing that he could not drive him out of a
his path, he begun a series of the most (
remarkable tactical evolutions ever em- t
ploed on a battlefield.
Grant's army was so much larger
than Lee's that he could easily cover
Lee's entire front, which he did, but
Fearing Lee's superiority in general
hip, he entrenched himself with as
much care and caution as if he were the
defensive, instead of the offensive lead
er. Holding a continuous entrenched
line all along Lie's front, and pressing
with a cinstant strain at every point,
he hoped to be able to slip his reserves
From the rear and extend them to Lee's
right s. as to get in between him and
Richmond and cut him off from his
,upjlics Bat as he pursued this
"earth-worm like" movement of extend
ng his head, and drawing up his tail,
Lee kept pace with him, and wherever
the head of his army appear d, Lee was
there to strike it. Thus Grant edged
along, and fought all the pay to Cold
EIarbor, where on the 1st of June, he
Found himself at a point whence he
vould either :nave to force Lee's lines,
)r give up the cry of "On to Richmond'
which had been the retrain of the Army
)f the Potomac for the past thirty days.
At Cold Harbor, Lee occupied the
a'bitUon which McClellan held on the
.7th of June. 1862, and Grant the po
ition which Lee held at the same time,
Lnd from which he attacked and drove
u1cClellan. Here Grant made many
intuccessful assaults on Lee, and fin
Lly despairing of success gave up the
ob and entrenched in Lee's front.
To leave Cold Harbor with Lee in
-ossession of it was to turn away from
tichmond; to persist in assaulting Lee
was human butchery without compen
atory punishment of Lee-therefore
ie gave up the assauh, ordered up siege
rains and tool up McClellan's methods
f z'g zag approaches as his only hope
f dislodging Lee and his little half
tarved and half -lad army. But he
vas so far from his base of navigable
eater that he soon gave the siege un
Grant, in his Memoris, page 276,
dol, 11, says: "I have always re
;rettcd that the assault at Cold Har
or was made." Hid losses here were
o very heavy is the reason of his re
;ret, no doubt.
Grant had been outgeneraled by Lee
.t every turn, and leaving Cold Harbor
e resumed his "crab like" side move
aent, which enabled him to reach
'etersburg, wher he found Lee con
routing him as usual, and where he
ras compelled to resort to the zig zag
nethod of approach and mining, with
he hope of making a breach in Lee's
ines, but failing early in the spring of
865 he resumed his "crablike, earth
orm" movement by the flank, and
tressed on to Five Forks, where he suo
eeded in breaking the last line over
rhich Lee could gather supplies for his
rmy, and -thus by destroying the
:itchen he starved the great and im
aortal army which with all his mighty
ost he could not whip.
Thomas L. Rosser.
Killed His Children.
Jacob Dearborn Marr, a farmer liv
ag eight miles from Clinton, Maine,
illed his three children, Alice M.,
ged 13, Edwin, aged 9 and Helen,
ged 7, with an axe shortly after the
smily had risen from the dinner table
'hursday. Mr. Marr has been despon
ent for some time, but his actions were
ot sush as to make his wife believe
hat he 'had any serious trouble to
rood over. The eldest daughser was
rashing dishes at the sink when her
ather went by her to the Ehed and got
n axe. He came back into the kitchen
nd struck the girl a single blow on the
ead, killing her. Mrs. Marr saw this
nd ran screaming to the house of her
usband's father, Samuel Marr. The
usband, apparently, walked upstairs
a where the younger children were
laying and dealt each a single blow
rith the axe handle, killing them both.
V'ben Mr. Marr, Sr., came in, the
ounger Marr was washing his hands at
le sink. He was asked why he had
one the deed and he said: "I don't
now." Later in the day he was placed
nder arrest and taken to Waterville
A Valuable Bed.
A story which reads like a fairy tale
F old ccmes from Seio, N. Y., where
liss Clarissa Sprugue, a manhating
pinstei and nonogenarian, died last
reek. Miss Sprague lived all alone
nd bey ond owning tne hovel in which
he resided was thought to possess
othing but her pet eat, an animal of
nusual strength and size. Cornered
y several dogs this cat had become
adly injared some moaths ago when
e was rescued by Rafus Sprague, a
ountry la-1 and. distant relative, and
arried to his mistress. Miss Sprague
as profuse in her thanks and told the
oy that when she died she wculd
2ake him her heir and leave him the
ed she slept upon. Rufus claimed his
'rzed Thursday and was about to fire
be straw tick when he was amazed to
.ad it stuffed full of gold coin. A care
iii search was made and more than
1,000 in gold was found.
Beggars Waiting.
A dispatch says the arrival of Mr.
ud Mrs. Carnegie, at Southampton,
ingland, is awaited by delegations from
arious elymosnary institutions who
rant checks. These include represen
atives of cities seeking libraries, and
gents of a variety of institutions de
iring aid. Hartley college, Southamp
on, a technicalinstitution, has a depu
ation of 60 awaiting the Steamer's at
ival. The local msnager of the Amier
an line, who had important letters
nd telegrams from all parts cf the
ingdom for the philanthropist, says
he envelopes indicate that they are
rm all sorts and canditions of people
wm unirersity presidents to mendi
ants.
Growing Rapidly.
The production of tobacco in the
nited States is now about 725,000, 000
ounds, of which about half is consum
d in this country. The crop has nearly
.oubled sirce 1870. It was first taxed
or revenue purposes in 1873. Since
870 the revenue from the tax has not
allen below $25,000,000 annually. In
900 it was $59,000.000. Since it was
st imposed, in 1863, it has paid re
enues among to about $1,200,000,000.
~he tobacco and cotton farmers do not
et so much consideration from the
rovernment as the protected manufac
rers, but they make a great deal more
uney for it.
A PATHETIC STORY,
Another Unexpected Effect of the
Pension Act
STORY OF A WORTHY WIDOW
Of a Dead Confederate Hero About
to Be Oebarred of Her Pen
sion Pittance by its
Provisions.
While this State is unable to give
needy Confederate veterans and widows
of veterans any large pensions, it is
doing the best it can to aid them. AE
in all pension systems, abuses crept in
and the department found itself paying
pensions to many who were really not
in need, until the Confederate veterans
organization took the matter up and
got the new act passed. This was de
signed to throw every possible safeguard
and is working well. Several very ex
ceptional and unexpected results of the
new act have, however, arisen. The
The case of the Byrd orph ans has al
ready been mentioned, and The State
has received several subscriptions to
ward paying the amount of the pension
which cannot be allowed.
Another case even more noteworthy
developed Wednesday. There can be no
doubt that Mrs. Amanda Rochester of
Anderson county is the widow of a gal
lant fellow who gave up his life for the
Confederacy, and that she is sadly in
need of the pittance allowed, yet tle
law requires that she must have certifi
cates from living witnesses to her hus
band's service and death. She cannot
obtain these. Yet she has written evi
dence, and has presented that which is
really stronger than any other evidence
could be. And it is u to the State
board at its coming meeting to decide
whether the letter of the act must be
obeyed, shutting off the pension, or
whether it can be allowed on the evi
dence :Furnished.
The b ard returned Mrs. Rochester's
application when it first came in. The
following was received on Wednesday
in consequence.
Anderson, S. 0,
March 18, 1901.
Dear Sir : Ercuse me for returning
Mrs. Amanda I'. Rochester's petition
for pension, and papers connected
therewith. and especially calling your
attention to Judge Simonton's affidavit.
and especially to the letter of L'eut.
W. H. Bartless, Jr., dated June 20th,
1861, in connection with Judge Simon
ton's paper. I beg to call your atten
tion to the fact that a paper 37 years
old proves itself.
I am not a paid agent in this case,
but know the poor widow personally
and take an interest in her sad loss of
her gallant husband, whose memory she
has cherished by her long widowhood.
It does seem to me that any court would
sustain her claim under the law with
Lhe testimony of Judge Simonton an
the letter of the lieutenant, now dead,
and the other proofs sut mi:ted.
I enclose affidavit of B. A. Mc
Calister, an officer, but who is an ap
plicant himself, and his testimony ruled
out, but I send it anyway.
I was colonel of the Fourteenth South
Carolina Volunteers, and my long ser
vies endearL me to the poor, who sacri
ficed so much, but to none more than
the worthy women.
Very truly yours,
Joseph N. Brown.
The affidavits referred to read as fol.
lows:
State of South Carolina, Charleston
County.
Before me personally appeared
Charles H. Simonton, who, being duly
sworn, says that he was colonel com
manding Twenty-fifth regiment, South
Carolina Volunteers. Confederate States
of America, from 1862 to the erd of
the wrar. That he knew William
A. Rochester, who was a private in Co.
H of his regiment. That said Willinm
A Rochester was killed in battle
whilst serving with his company in a
charge at Swift Creek, near Petersburg,
Va. That the letter attached to the
petition of Mrs. Amanda Rochester,
signed by W. H. Bartless, Jr., lieu
tenant commanding Co H, is agenuine
letter, as he well knows the hand writing
of Mr. Bartless. That the said W. H
Bartless Jr., was at the date <f said
letter in command of said company, its
captain, W. H. Seabrook, having been
killed. That Rochester and his com
rades in that company were gallant
men, the company having been almost
annihilated by casualties in action dur
ing the war. That he does Dot know
Mrs. Amanda Rochester. but that he
believes her to be the widow of his
dead comrade.
(Signed) Charles H. Simonton.
State of Souti- carolina, County of
Anderson.
Personally appeared B. A. Mc Al
ister, who, being duly sworn, says that
he has known Mrs. Amanda Rochester
ever since her childhood, he being al
most her age. That she was a Miss
Howard before her marriage. That she
married William A. Rochester, who, it
is said by afifidavit of Judge Simonton
and his lieutenant, was killed near
Petersburg, Va., in 1864, an-d that she
has remained a widow ever since, and
has continued a resident of the State
all the time. That the petition signed
by her is t::ue and though poor, she is
a lady of high character and has had to
struggle for a living ever since the war.
B. A. MoAlister.
The letter from the front at the time
of the death of the husband reads as
follows:
Trenches Twenty-fifth S. C. V., Ha
good's Brigade.
Near Petersbrg, Va.,
June 20, 1864.
Mrs. Amanda Rochester.
Dear Madam: Your favor of the 20th
just at hand. I am truly sorry to in
form you that the account of your hus
band's death is correcct. He fell, shot
through the body, in a charge upon the
enemy's lines at Swift creek, near
Petersburg, Va., where he is now
buried.
It aford me pleasure to say to you
that he was a good soldier. I never 0
knew him to shirk in the time of dan
ger. Our company has lost many good
and brave men, but none better than
he I regret his loss very much. He Pi
died in a glorious cause, and his nams
will bo handed down to posterity as one
of those martyrs who feil in the cause
of f ccedcm and all that man hells dear
on earth. C
Very respectfully,
W. H. Bmrless. Jr., -
Co. H. 25th S C. V. Ti
P S Carpl, 'iPRt r is due nay
fr.im October 1-t, 1863, to May 7th,
1S61. and some littl" money for com
mutation of lost things. The exte'
amount I cannot now Fend, as my com
paay papers are away; will, however,
do so c.s saon as praot.cabie. He bad
nothing ,vith him when he was killed, ,
his keepsakes and other things hav.ng ti
been previously lost.-Tice State. th
The Old Veterans. CA
The Columbia State says if the state br
reunion of Confederate veterans in that g,
oily in May i4 not a sue :ss it will not er
?e the fault of those who have boon St
placed in cbarge of the arrangements mt
for the various features of the m,
entrtainment. Neither will it be the on
fault of the railroads. The de- su
sired cent-a mile rate has been secured fie
and tie committee on transportation
feels that the greater part of the work M
has been done even before it could have Ht
a meeting. Chairman Richrdson of the ch
southern Passenger ssociation has is- G<
rued hiq circular ur der date of Ai!aota ti.
March 15, announcing "a rate of one vo
cent per mile in each direction to Co- rai
lumbia, S. C., and return from all points fo:
in the State of South Carolina; also ex
from Charlotte and intermediate points
in North Carolina, and from Savannah, So
Macon, Atlanta and intermediate all
points in Georgia, account of occasion RE
above speoities: Tine following round an
trip rates on this basis will govern from TI
the jnrctional points named: va
From. Rate.
Abbeville.....................$2 1 LS
Allendale......... .......... 1 55 ab
Anderson...................... 2.55 So
Athens, Ga............ ....... 3 45 tat
Atlanta, G . -. . ....... ... 4 90 rat
Augusta, Ga .................. 1.70 ca:
B acksbug......-.............. 2 45 in
Calhoun Falls...... ........... 2.45
Camden.... ........... ...... 65 joi
Carlile . ................ 105 me
Catawba Junction.............. 1.60
Charleston. ............. ... 2 60
Charlotte, N C................. 2.10 tr<
Cheraw.......... ........... 175 by
Chester................ ...... 1 25
Clinton.. ... ................. 1 30 un
Denmark.-........-........... 105
Eiberton, Ga................... 2.80 sic
Fairfax...... ....... ....... 1 55
Greenville............ ........ 2.25
Greenwood............... .... 1.70
Lancaster..................... 1 45
Laurens....................... 1.50 sk:
Macon, Ga..... ...... .. 4 15 Sn
Madison, Ga................... 3.75 Vi
Milledgeville Ga................ 3.50 mi
Newoerry...................... 85 Ca
Orangeburg-.................., 1.00 ho
Prosperity...................... 70 po
Rock Hill..................... 1 60
Savannah, Ga.................. 2.85 tle
Spartanburg.......... ........ 1.85 lin
Sumter.. .. . .......... ... 85 vie
Tennille, Ga................... 3 40 the
Yemassee........ ....... 2.10
1eorkville..............-.....-170 co'
The tickets will be restricted to con
tinuous paesage in each direction and ed
are to be sold on May 8 and 9 from Cu
points within the State of South Caro- mi
lina, and on May 8 from points in North no,
Carolina and Geargia with final limit gal
of May 13, inclusive. The rate pro- :
mulgated applies to the Sotthern rail- Ca
way, the plant system, the A. C. L- roi
the Central of Georgia, the Charleston, the
and Western Carolina, and the Georgia ma
railroad. The Ssaboard will no doubt 7t1
meet the rates of the assoiiation lines, me
tal
Lepers are Many. gra
Ma'ine hospital Surgeon Werry, qua- bal
rantire offcer for the Philippines, tias wil
sent an effeial report of the leprosy in
the Philippines. He said: 'Laprosy gre
is widely prevalent over the entire wo:
archipelago, but the greatest number wa
of cases exist in Luzon and the South- he
ern islands. It is quite prevalent in sta
Cebu, the number of lepers being esti.
mated at 2,000. Total number of cases vet
in the it-lands is estimated at 20.009. Su,
The cases ic Manila and surrounding :
country are isolated in a hospital n- ere
der the auspices of the Manila board of ing
health. There is also a leper hospital tor
at Cebu. An attempt at segregation of
and isolation of the lepers has been mii
made by the army offiials and several
months ago orders were isr-ued directing pra
that a hospital in each district be set wel
aside for the isolation of all lepers that Dia
could be apprehended and the guard of (
military was detailed recently to carry tin
out the order for a leper colony, inten- not
tion being to deport all oases of lepers Sot
to this place for segregation and isola- wh
tion." ma
Ends a Useful Life. an
A dispatch from Yorkville to The sic:
State Eays our community was greatly add
shocked Tuesday morning, 19th inst.,
at the announcement of the death last Ho
night of Col. John R. Ashe, president ani
of the Yorkville cotton mills. Ccl- Ho
Ashe has been overworking himself re- lib
cently in the interests of his mill, and lin.
the strain has been greateon him. Dur
ing the Aighn his wife missed him from Ge
the room, and becoming alarmed called ls
the neighbors, and search was made for fel
him. His body was found in a well inBi
the yard. At a meeting of the stock- the
holders and directors of the mill this fan
evening Mr. P. M. Grimes, the popular one
superintendent, was elected temporary maa
president. Upon examination of the Kea
mill's affairs it was found to ho entirely a g,
solvent and able to meet every obli- Cci
gation. There will be no stopping of lifc
the mill, and under the management of gra
President Grimes success is assured. j
Wolves and Sparrows Sufe. ra
The wolf hunters and the sparrow I
shooters of northern Illinois have .iust met
losed a very prosperous season. Lee Sam of(
uelson, a Winnebago county boy, has led
made a record of 3,415 sparrows for in
which he received from the county of ]
treasurer $69.22. Joseph Gallisdorfer, ee
a lad of the same county, killed 2,410 the
birds, for which he was paid $18.20 edi
cash. Nearly 40 000 sparrows have i
been killed this season by the boys of aj
Stephenson county, which is a big in- will
crease over the business of last year. In so
December the county paid bounties buil
amounting to $152.16; in-January $208 - emi
UR DEAD HEROES.
-eparations for the Uuvelling and
Dedication of the
HICKAMAUGA MONUMENT.
se Monument is Worthy of the
Immortal Heroes Whose
Gallantry and Death it
Commemorates.
After many years of waiting South
rulina is at last going to do a small but
eived honor to the gallant soldiery
4t battled so bravely for the Southern
use at Chickamauga. State after
aze has erected monuments to its
ave soldiers on this historic battle
ld, and now South Carolina is Lo a to
eat an imposing monument. Many
ates have a dozen or more magnificent
mnuments, many are there to regi
:nts, but South Carolina is to have
e large monument to its soldiery that
uggled so nobly on Chiskamauga's
Id.
Gevernor MeSweeney, Gen. Floyd,
sjor C. K. Henderson and Capt. J.
trvev Wilson is the commission in
arge of the Erection of the monument.
in. Walker, who served gith dis
Lotion in the bloody battle, has de
ted a g.eat deal of time to the ar
gement and has kindly prepared the
lowing elaborate programe of the
erises:
For the convenience of Veterans,
rs. the State volunteer troops and
citizens attending the Southern,
ilway has made special arrangements
d this route will be the official route.
Bey will anneunce dates of leaving
rious points and rates.
This official train will be run down to
rle Station, near the battlefiela, and
out half a mile frem the site of the
th Carolina monument. The dis
ice can be easily walked, but 'ar
igements will be made for baokj to
rry over such visitors as prefer rid
g and paying.
At the station the procession will be
ned by Gen. J. W. Carnish, chief
rsbal.
1. Band.
2. South Carolina volunteers. State
ops, under command of an officer to
designated, by Adit. Gen. Floyd.
3. Sons of Confederate Veterans,
der command of Walter H. Hunt.
1. Veterans of South Carolina Divi
a U. C. V.
5. Visiting Veterans.
6. Distinguished guests in carriages.
7. Visitors.
The column will march by the road
xting along the southern base of
odgrass Range. As they strike the
tteloo House they will see a large
irker, marked 10th and 19th -South
rolina regiment, fought for three
ars on Snodgrass Range above this
nt.
1rthered under and around the bat
scarred flg of the 10th South Caro
a regiment, which led them to
tory on the heights above, will be
visiting veterans of that command.
rh procession will salute and un
rer as it passes the group of heroes.
Burther on is a simiar marker mark
24th South Carolina regiment and
lpepper's battery, fought about one
le to the northeast of this point, and
r it the flags and the men of those
lant commands.
'urther on, as the road to the South
rolina monument leaves the main
ad, will be found another marker to
Simmortal men of Kershaw's brigade,
rked "Kershaw's brigade, 2d, 3d,
, 8th and 15J1 South Carolina regi
nts and James's South Carolina bat
ion, fought for five hours on Snod
ss Range above this point." The
*tle flags and heroes of Kershaw
I be saluted.
he procession now arrives on the
und sacred to the valor and the
rth of South Carolina's sons, for it
athat over which Kershaw swept as
drove the enemy back to their last
nd on the ridge.
trriving at the monument, the
erans will press to the front, the
,te volunteer troops saluting.
he park commissioners will have
eed a large stege and sufficient seat
capacity for the veterans and visi
3. Governor MeSweeney, Governor
the State and chairman of the com
sion, will preside.
L'he meeting will be openol with
yer by the Rev. Dr. J. H. Thorn
, chaplain general, South Carolina
rision, U. C V.
hn. C. I. Walker, one who won dis
tion on this and other battlefields,
the beloved commnandar of the
zth Carolina Division, U. C. V., and
a has taken a deep interest in and
terially aided in the accomplishment
he memorial about to be dedicated,
a leading member of the commis
a, will then deliver the historical
tress.
kddresses will then be made by thie
n. D. S. Henderson, of the Senate,
tCol. J, Harvey Wilson, of the
use of Representatives, through the
rality of which bodies South Caro
has done justice to her heroic sons.
in address will then be made by
eral, now the beloved Bishop El
in Capers, who served on this battle
a with his well known gallantry.
hop Capers's address will lead up to
unveiling, which will -be done by
r young ladics, representing each
of the four South Carolina comn-]
ads engaged in the battle. For
-haw's brigade, Miss Elberta Bland,]
anddaughter of the distinguished
~. bert Bland, who gave up his
fighting with Kershaw on Snod
;s Range.
'or 10.h and 19th South Carolina
ments, Miss Ada Ode Walker, a
addaughter of Gen. C. I. Walker. ]
'or the 24th South Carolina regis
it, Miss Marie DuPre, grandniece 1
sol. C. H. Stevens, who gallantly
the 24th South Carolina regiment
he battle, and also the grandniece
iieut. CoL. Ellison Capers, who sue
led Col. Stevens to the command of
regiment and was also badly wound.
n the battle..4
or Culpepper's battery, Miss .
s the ribbons are pulled the cover
fall and show one of the hand.
est monuments in the park. It is]
t of South Carolina granite, a fit
lem of the heroic stand made by.
Soth Carolinians on this field-on
either side is a bronze statue, original,
and made especially for this work, on
one side an infantryman and an artil. -
leryman on the other. South Carolina
had no cavalry in this battle. Crown
ing the whole is a bronze palmetto of
exquisite workmanship, surpassing in ti
truthfulness to nature the wonderful tc
bronze palmetto at the State House. vt
On the front of the upper stone is va
the shield of South Carolina in bronze. li
The inscriptions are as follows : be
On the front, composed by Bishop til
Capers, with grand simplicity : hI
To her Faithful Sons at Ciiamauga, te
South Carolina Erects this Monument T
to Commemorate the Valor They 8<
Proved and the Lives They Gave on ar
this Battlefield. Pc
On the back : . u
Kershaw's brigade, 21 South Caro- in
lina regiment, 3d South Carolina regi- th
ment, 7th South Carolina regiment, tr
8th South Carolina regiment, 15"h
South Carolina regiment, James's 31 ia
South Carolina battalion : Killed, 65; th
wounded, 438- missing, 1. to
Of Maniganit's brigade, 10th South ta
Carolina regiment, 19th South Caro- in
lina regiment, consolidated: Killed, so
26; mortally wounded, 40; wounded, tI
170. ta
Gist's brigade, 24th South Carolina
regiment. Killed, 43; wounded, 114; so
missing, 12. to
Culpepper's battery, wounded, 14. ta
The total height of the monument is M
33 feet. The work was done by the
Stewart Stone Company, Columbia, an
S. C.; and reflects the highest credit on ad
their taste and skill. co
As soon as the monument is unveiled te
Governor McSweeney will turn it over ak
tothe park commission and-it will be fo
received by Gen. Henry V. Bovnton, di
the Chairman. tei
The ceremonies having ended the
crowd will disperse over the battlefield in
to study and admire it. en
The Official trains will return to ici
Chattanooga in the afternoon, and after be
time for supper, eto, the Veterans for su
Memphis will speed on their way, m
reaching that point early on the morn- lei
ing of the 28th of May. The other visi
tors will take the train for Norh Caro- 1i<
lina. ta
Around the monument is a 12 foot it
circular pavement of cem 'nt faced with ic;
granitoid. D
The markers for South Carolina troops lii
are placed on the battlefield as follows.
Kershaws brigade-On the slope of li
Snodgrass Range, one for each of the tip
regiments. m
For 10th and 19th South Carolina .
regiments the poeition in general dur- l
ing the afternoon is shown by the guns to
of Dent's battery on the crest of the t
ridge. Advancing from this point, they ar
made repeated charges on the enemy,
and the point of furthest advance is l.
shown by the South Carolina marker. l
For the 24th South Carolina regiment E
the marker is placed on Kelly's f arm, ol
near the "Bloody Angle," and near the
Shell monument to their brigade com
mander Colquitt.1
Per Culpepper battery, in the Poe p
field, near the Georgia monument. an
It is hoped that Gen. Gorlon, com- a
mander of the United Confederate Vet
erans, on his way to Memphis will be $5
able to stop over and take part_ in the
ceremonies.
Governor A. C. Candler, of Georgia,
has been most pressingly invited and T.
writes that himself and .stafE will be
present "unless providentially hindered.
The commsssion had to fix the day for
the unveiling to take it on the way to. 1
the Memphia~eunion. At the close of eb
these reunions the Veterans saatter and T1
it would be hard to get them together ed
for any ceremony returning. The re. a
unions usually commence on Wednes- bnI
day, but this year it begins on Tuesday, i
which necessitated the selection of Mon. De
day. This forced the commencement t1
of the movement in Chicksmiauga on s
Snndsy. While it will not prevent the fi9
great mass of Veterans and visitors di
leaving home on that day, there are
many who have conscientious scruples tb
against traveling on Sunday. The un- w.
veiling of a monument is held as holy ly
an obhjact as one could have, and would at
certainly excuse all such. But the com- ed
mission asked for and have secured the up
date of selling tickets to commence Sat- at
urday, so any one can reach Chattanooga ez
from South Carolina before Sunday. to
The battle flag around which the Vet- p'
erans of the 10th and 19th South Caro- p'
lina regiments will assemble is the or
woin and tattered flag of the 10th South
arolina regiment. It was saved from
surrender almost providentially. At the
battle of Bentonville, the 10th South
arolina regiment, then commanded by y
apt. R. Z. Harlee, penetrated the en-.
emy's line, but reinforcements coming in
up, the line was reformed and Capt. a
arlee, Sergt. Albert A. Myers, bearmg i
the flag, and about twenty men, half of Ua
the regiment, so reduced was it, wereU
cut off; they took to the swamp and cl
id ntil night. Sergt. Myers threw th
awythe staff and put the flag under t
his clothing. The party made their
way through the swamp and got back to ut
he Confederate lines. The remnants .
of the 10th and 19eh South Carolina ist
egiments were subsequently consolida- ba
ed into Walker's South Carolina bat- wi
alion, and so surrendered. When Col. on
Walker returned froar wounded fur th
ough he could learn nothing of the 10th ?a
egiment's flag that of the 19th South inI
arelina being used as the battalion col- cc:
rs and at the surrender properly surren- Pa
lered it as the flag of the battalion. As oh
Jol. Walker rode out of camp on the ye
ay home Capt. Harlee handed him a in,
akage, giving it with express stipula- lar
ion that it should not be opened untila
e reached home When he reached up
ome he opened it and found it the flag dii
if the 10th South Carolina regiment. wi
e hastreasured it most sacredly ever an
ince. The upper half of the flag staff is a c*
iece of the fasg staff of Fort Sumter, e
rhich was used by Major Anderson dair P*.
ng the attack on the fort of April, 181 bl
t was given to Col. Joseph Walker, the w
ather of Col. C. I. Walker, by Gen.
leauregard. D
Altogether the flag staff is a most his-a
orically valuable memento. St.
It was prosposed to first lay the cor
erstone of the monument before the
edication, but the elaborate Masonic
eremonies would have taken too much
ime from the limited time available, ma
0 this function had to be reluctantlyan
ispensed with. The monument has a T
orner-stone and in it will be sleposit- ate
1. Col Dickert's valuable sketch of pul
Eershaw's brigade, to 1
2. Col C. I. Walker's sketoh of 'o
tw(
Enontinued on page four.]I fare
"MEN OF THE TIME.'
ery Valuable Work Undertaken by
Editor Garlington. -
Mr. J. C. Garlington, editor of
te Spartanburg Herald, has undertaken
prepare and publish a handsome
>lume that will be of incalculable
due to many classes of South Caro
sins. No library of the period will
complete without it. It is to be en
tIed "Men of the Times," and is to
a "biographical encyclopedia of con
mporaneous South Carolina leaders."
do scope of the volume will include
ith Carolina authors, architects,
tints, agriculturalists, bankers, com
isezs, divines, doctorengineers, ed
tators, investor, journalists, jurists,
anufacturers, mineralogists, philan
ropists, poets, politicians, statesmen,
avelers and warriors.
There is now no work of the kind
Lter than McCrady's "Eminent Men of
e Carolinas" and what Mr. Garling
n is doing should have been under.
ken long ago. Mr. Garlington is be.
g congratulated by those who have
often found it necessary to turn to
.e Mcrady volume on having under
ken the work.
The book is to be gotton up in hand
me style, very small type .and half
ne portraits being used. It will con
in about 600 pages. In his prospectus
r. Garlington says;
"It will be beautifully bound in cloth
Ld is designed to be a book that will
.orn any library. Its scope is to be a
mprehensive compendium of con
mporaneous biographies. Accurate
etches of the men who have been
remos in developing South Carolina
iring the closing years of the nine
enth century are given.
"In order to iaure accuracy, and to
elude only those whose achievements
title them to a place in a biograph
al encyclopedia, committees have
en selected to pass on the names of
ch men as are presented. These com
ittees are composed of the recognized
ders in their various lines.
"'his book is a very expansive pub
ation, but it is believed its impor
noe justifies the jublisher in making
a work of art as well as a biograph
al encyclopedia of the men who are
iw making South Carolina, in many
ies, foremost of the southern States.
"This book is not like numerous pub
ations that are offered from time to
ne, where any man who pays his
oney or subscribes to the book can be
ritten up. It is necessary to known
advance how many copies will be
ken, so as to be able to contract with
,e printer, but biographical sketches
e not dependent on subscriptions.
"The book is designed to be repre
native of the best talent in every
ie-an enecyclopedia-giving bio
aphical sketches of those South Cair
inians who have done something in
e world. It is not a catch-penny ad
rtising scheme. Those who are en
ped to representation in this biogra
deal encyclopedia will be given such
tiee as their prominence demands
A not one dollar will be collected for
'write-up."
The prioc to all purchasers will be
a volume.
MARYLAND IN LINE.
ie Election Law Disfrrnchising the
Illiterate Passes.
The new election law has passed the
aryland Legislature. It will disfran
iso fifty thousand illiterate voters.
ie fial passage of the bill was mark
by the utter absence af anything of
ensational character. In the senate
t one protest was entered which came
the form of a speech from Senator
>dson, Republican, who characterized
e entire proceedings as a blot upon the
ir names and honor of the State. The
al vote was I1 to 14, a strict party
v1sion.
In a quarter of an hour after passaing
e senate the bill was before the house
iere its consideration was immediate
begun. One by one the senate's
iendznents were taken up and concurr
in without division. Then it was jput
on itb final passage with no attempt
delay upon the part of the minority,
cept a motion to allow them one hour
consider the amendments. This was
omptly voted down, and the bill was
esed by a vote of 53 to 28, the Demo
Lts having six votes more than the
jority required by the constitution.
ye Demiorats, Bauckey and Lamin of
ederick, Keys of Cecil, Pattison of
>rhester, and Garner of St. Mary's
ted with the Republicans.
The most important change in exist
g methods accomplished by the en
ment of the new law Jies in depriv
t illiterate voters of the assistance of
Iot clerks in preparing their ballots.
ider the previous practice these
irks accompanied such voters into
, bo.,hs and marked their ballots for
em, or showed them how to do it.
~e Democrats claim t sat this practice
terly destroyed the secrecy of the hal
ani made it possible for corruption
s to learn through signals from the
lot clerks whether bargains made
h corrupt voters had been carried
t. The arrangement of the names on
aballots has been altered so that the
ididate for each office are grouped
tead of being arranged in groups ac
ding to the party they represent.
rty emblems are abolished and other
inges made which make the new law
7 nearly similar to that in existence
Massachusetts.
The effect of the law is, of course, y
gely a matter of conj aeture, and one
on which the party leaders widely ,5
er. The Democrats expect that it
1 disfranchise about 32,000 negroes t
I perhaps 16.000 white voters who
mnot read or write. Of these, it is
imed, all the negroes and about 50
cent. of the whites vote the Repu
an ticket. With these out of the
y the State will be safely Democra
for many years to come, and the
nediate result will the election of a
mocratic State legislature next fall
t of a Democrat to succed Uniteda
tes Senator Wellington in 1902.
Fourteen Perished.
[Die steamer Chemnitz of the Ger
n-Australian Steamship company
the British steamer Tay collided ii
rsday night in the Flushing Road- C
id. The Tay sank and only three hi
ier crew were saved. The Tay had tI
into the Flushing Rosatead owing b
;he prevailing storm. Fourteen per- 14
s perished, including the wives of 'I
sanilorn who baarded the vessel on a C
A SAD STORY.
An insane..Wcmm Murders Her
Six Children.
ATTEMPTED HER OWN LIFE
But Failed, and Then Talks
Rationally About Her Awful
Deed. She Assigns
No Reason.
Mrs Lzzie Naramore, of Coldbrook,
Mass., while in a fit of insanity Thurs
lay afternoon, killed her six children
at her home, a farm house half a mile
From the village, and then tried to take
her own life. The children ranged from
ten years to a babe of ten months and
their lives were taken by the mother
with an axe and a club. S4c laid the
blood-drenched bodies on the beds, two
on one bed and the other four on a bed
in another room and then attempted
to take her own life by cutting her
throat with a razor. When discovered
she was in the bed on which the bodies
of four children were lying. Although
she out a deep gash in her throat and
suffered the loss of much blood, it is
believed she will recover.
Frank Naramore, the husband and
father, left his home at the usual hour
Thursday morning to go to work at a
sawmill and at that time his wife did
not attract his attention by acting
strangely.
It is supposed the crime was commit
ted shortly after noon, the discovery
being made by George Thrasher, an
3mploye of a grocery store, who visited
the Naramore house about 2:45 o'clock
for the purpose of delivering groceries
that had previously been ordered by
Dirs. Naramore. He was unable to get
in the house by the door and he looked
in a window and noticed blood on the
loor, while Mrs. Naramore was lying on
a bed. He was surprised also in the
absence of the children, whom he was
accustomed to see playing in or about
the house. He returned to the village
and told of what he had seen.
A party was made up and a hasty
visit was made to the Naramore house.
An entrance was effected without delay
and the mutilated bodies of the six
children in two beds were found. Mrs.
Naramore was removed to the village
hotel and the attending physicians were
confident she would survive.
During the evening a number of
neighbors of the family saw and talked
with Mrs. Naramore and to them she
told how she killed her six children.
At the time the party of villagers
found Mrs. Naramore she was asked
hew she did the deed, and she said that
she took the lives in four different
rooms, and as fast as she killed one
child the body was placed in a bed.
The children were three boys, and
three girls, Ethel, 10 years of age, the
oldest, while the ages of Walter, Char.
lie, Chester, Bessie and Lena ranged
from eight year to ten months, Lena
being the baby.
Mrs. Naramore told her most inti
nate friends that she first killed Ethel,
md then followed with the five other.,
sash time taking the next eldest. Five
were killed by being struek on the
head with the back of an axe while lit
tle Lena was killed with a club. Shes
says she fully expected the gash in her s
threat would cause her death and when
her husdand returned at night he would
ind all of the bodies in the two beds.
She appeared rational and displayed
signs of sorrow for the deed she had.
sommitted, although she is unable to
give any reasoon for killing the chil
Len.
When Mr. Naramore reached the
houie he was prostrated wish grief by
ho loss of his family.
E ach of the children .had evidently
seoeived several blows as their heads
were terribly bruised and blood was
,ettered in all parts of the rooms. Mrs.
Karamore had evidently made prepara
~ions for the deed, as Ihe doors were
ill locked and barred with sticks of
wood.
At about 9 o'clock Mrs. Naramore
sxperienoed a-change for the worse and
it is believed that she will nos live
through the night. Her husband ha~s
been in the hotel, but he has not made
any req'lest to see her since his arrivaL.
Farmers Asked to Meet.
Harvie Jordan, president of the
Southern Cotton Growers' Protective
issociation has issu.:d a call from At
anta, Ga., to the cotton. prodacers, of
he southern States, asking them to
neet at the caunty seat of every coun
y in the south on Saturday, April6,
or the purpose of adopting some plan
o ceartail the acreage of the cotton crop
or the season of 1901 and 1902. Presa
ent Jordan urges immediate action by
he farmers before the seed for the
sext elop are placed in the ground. He
laims that the planters will not be
ble to meet t'ieir obligations assumed'
or guano, mules and other farming
caterials with the price of cotton ac
ix cents, which he confidently pre
jets will result from a large acreage.
An Experiment.
Minnesota is to try a combination
igh license local option dispensary
theme. The propased law leaves the
ix counties cantaining cities of the
10,000 or over," class under the opera
ion of the present high license law.
t provides that in all the other coun
ies the question of liceese or no-license
ball be decided by popular vote. It
rovides further that town liquor dis
ensaries shall be established in no
ceense caunties upon the petition of
wo-thirds of the voters-the liquor to
e sold in packages (half pint or larger)
nd not tobe drunk on the premises.
dl the dispensary profits are to 'go to
he county treasuries.
Want to Entertain Them.
Governor McSweeney has received a
itter from Mr. T. C. Thompson, of
hattanooga, asking aim when he and
is par ty would arrive in Chattanooga
dedicate Confederate monument,
ow many would bein the party and how
mng they would remain in Chattanooga.
he Sout? S)aroinians who live in
hattanoot :ish to extend courtesies