Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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""v Little Boy Little ISldridge Brown, nine year old ,on of Mr. and Hr?. J. fc. Brown of Cm isr Creek community ,ww right l^dly hurt juat before dark Sunday night, when the cow he was driving <hagged him oven* sharp^ stump, cut, ting ? big gap in hie head, The. Httle fallow was at the home of his grand father, H. R. Barnes, and "was d living the cow when she became frightened chain was twisted about his arm, and rendered him helpless, until after Uh; aeeklent. A *gash about Ave nclu's long was cut in the top of his Head The lad was rushed to Rishop ville for medical attention, and is re ported as getting on nicely.? Bishop viile Messenger. ? Though it is claimed that man has jocn on the earth $00,000 years, half his knowledge and control of nature has come within ihe last hundred years. The bulls eye Manager Another "Bull" Durham ud vert litem rat by Will Koatri, jWtfteld FolUe* MMKtMO t(*r,nnd trad ing American bumorUt. More coming. Watch lor llMm. America is Safe with . Bull' "Durham A gang of Scientists left on a Boat for a year's cruise to study queer kind of Fish in the South Atlantic Ocean. They should Kave stayed here in New York and went to see and hear what I did the other day, a real Red Bolsheviki meeting. They would have seen queer looking Fish there, Suck ers, Kels, Flounders," bullheads, and every Guy that got up was a big mouth Bass. They denounced everything in America, The Weather, The Constitution, White Gloves for Pall Bearers, Mali Jongg, Lower Taxes, Suspenders, Cross Word Puzzles, Shower Baths, League of Nations and Ice Cream Pies. After looking them all over I found what was the matter with them. There wasnt a one of them knew enough to roll his own. . How are you going to improve on a Government if you dont know that much. Every man you see pourings "Bull Durham into his paper, v you can bet he is satisfied with Am e r i c a , because its the old right down to earth Amer icans that do it. P. S There is Roing to be another piece in paper soon. Look for it. ^Bull Durham Guannttci by < :*p III fifth Krnue, New York City " * * ' .1 W>*? - - J O1 ^ g riif ? GIVES LIFE SKETCHES OF FIVE SOUTH CAROLINA GENERALS Is?*ch of Uw Confederate states U to be 1 represented - in ' the great Stone Mountain Memorial by the ftgurrf^of Ave of ita military leaders in the grand army that waged war so gal lantly for four years. South Carolina is to be represented ?y Lieut. Gen. Wade Hampton, Lieut. Gen. Richard H. Anderson, Lieut. Gen. Stephen 1), Lee, Maj. Gen. Joseph B. Kershaw and Brig. Gen. Mart W. Ga ry. These gallant soldiers rendered magnificent services to the South and made their names immortal, and their military records, are a part of the his tory of their country. To recount adequately the deeds of any one of them Would require a vol ume, A brief epitome of their ap pointments and services has been pre pared by Gen. Irvine Walker of Char leston, himself a gallant Confederate soldier and one of the few surviving commanders of the great host that shook the earth in the '60s. General Walker prepared the sketches for the Evening Post of Charleston. Following are the sketchbs of the heroes as prepared by General Walker Wade Hampton General Hampton commenced prac tically his service in the Confederate army as colonel of the Hampton Le gion. The legion formation, however, proving impracticable in a large army, the infantry, artillery, and ' cavalry were separated, the infantry retain ing the designation as the Hampton Legion, May 28, 1862, he was commis sioned brigadier general and assigned to the cavalry. When Lee made his advance into Maryland General Hampton's brigade was used in pro tecting ^he crossings of the Potomac and not in the battle of Sharpsburg. He commanded his brigade in many brilliant engagements, among them Brandy Station, Upperville and pro tecting Lee's right flank at Gettys-* burg, in which last he was wounded. In August, yf863, he * was made major general. His division tock part in the battles* of Hawes Shop, Trevyl Jian Station and in defeating Wilson's raid. On the death of Gen. J. E.?B. Stuart* he was selected to command i the cavalry 'of Lee's Army ' and right well did he direct the movements. He was in South Carplina when Sherman made his infamous cam paign and was in February 1865, made lieutenant general and com manded all the cavalry save that from the western army under General Wheeler. , . He closed his grand career with the surrender pf Gen. Joseph E. Johnson's army. In this short sketch, it is ut terly impossible to tell of the many deeds of military skill and personal gallantry which have immortalized the name of Wade Hampton. Richard H. Anderson. On the secession of South Carolina, Captain Anderson resigned from the United States army to cast his for tunes with his state. . He was made colonel of the regular infantry regi ment and after the fall of Fort Sum ter, was appointed brigadier general and sent to command the forces at Pensacola. He commanded a brigade of South Carolinians during McClel lan's Peninsular campaign and with such distinction that after its close $ he was promoted to be major general. He commanded his division through the many bloody battles of .Lee's army, until on the wounding of Long street at the Wilderness, he was made lieutenant general to command the corps. After the battle of the Wil derness, he and his corps were sent by a night march, towards Spottsyl vania court house and ordered to biv ouac on the first place, where the woods wore not on Are. As he was placing his corps into bivouac, he was ackised of the enemy's movement on Spottsylvania and without waiting for any orders from General Lee, he occupied the position at the court house, stopping Grant's flank move ment and saving Lee'a army and Richmond, as Grant would have been at Spottsylvania nearer to Richmond than Lee and in Lee'a rear. He served, with I^ee's army to the end, with the most distinguished gal lantry and skill. As his command all scattered on the retreat from Peters burg, he made his way to join John ston's army and ?0 did not jiurrender at Appomattox. Stephely D. Lee. General Lee's first service in the Confederate army was as captain of the war company of the Washington artillery, afterwards Hart's battery. After taking part in the' capture of Fort Sumter he was sent to the army ?of Northern Virginia, where he ren dered such gallant service in the artil lery branch of the army that he ra pidly rose in rank, taking part in all the earlier battles of that army. No vember 5, 1862, he was appointed! brigadier general and assigned to a| brigade in Penioerton's array, taking] a most active part in the defense ofl Vicksburg. After his exchange he was I August 31, 1863, promoted to be ma-l jor general and placed in command ofl troopB operating in Mississippi. He I was subsequently made lieutenant I general and assigned to the* command I of a corps in Mood's army. He, there- 1 after, fought in all the battles of thatl army. At the ill fated battle of Nash- 1 ville one of his brigades from rightl and Manigault's brigade were the only I Confederate troops which left thatl field in good order and was the rear J guard of Hood's discomforted army | under the immediate direction of Gen. | I/ee. He was wounded while making, | with his corps, a stand at Frankliu I the next day. I It was F.aid of Gen. S. D. Lee that] he was the best "all round" officer the Confederate army possessed. He won distinction in the command of ar tillery, cavalry and infantry. W.hile General Lee was not associ ated with much service. in Sou^h Car olina, yet his heart ever had a warm place for his native state and her sons After the whole division had failed in an attack on the enemy's line July 28, 1864, in front of AtlantaJ he rode along the reformed line and when he came to a South Carolina regiment, took its flag, hugged it and prepared to lead the men back into battle. The commander of the regi- 1 ment rushed up, took the flag from] General Lee and assured him that his I leadership was unnecessary, but to I tell him where he wanted the flag J carried and the South Carolinians would place it there. He pointed out) a position in front, the commander with the flag in his grasp led his reg- 1 iment. to the position but was soon I borne from the field severely wound- 1 ed. ? General Lee did honor to the State of his birth and nobly won a place on [ the Stone Mountain memorial. Voseph B. Kershaw When the tocsin sounded for the great Confederate war John B. Ker-| shaw, at. the head of the Second South | Carolina regiment, reported for duty at Charleston. Subsequently the reg-j iment was received into the Confede rate army and sent to the army in Virginia. It took part in the battle of Bull Run and then in the Peninsula campaign. February 13, 18fc2, he was promoted to be brigadier general and j with bis brigade participated in all Its Not ' too qood to he true You CAN buy an excellent cigar ? for five cents. Gall for King Edward ? at the nearest cigar Stand. tileazer-Leonard Co. Distributors COLUMBIA, S. C. ? the battlea of Lee'a army. In May. 1864, he was again promoted to be major general. Among the many dis tinguished events In which General Kershaw participated none excelled in determined bravery and success his defense of Marye'a Heights at the battle of Fredericksburg. Here Gen eral Kershaw, commandite only about 4,000 men, held his position against the repeated assaults of at least 25,000 federal infantry who lost about 8,000 men, double Kershaw's force. His division took part in Early's Valley campaign, the Confederates advancing within view of the steeples of Washington. On their return to the valley, they met disastrous defeat. With his division he was around Richmond when Petersburg was evac uated and then with General Kwell moved to join Lee's retreating army. This force was overwhelmed at Sail* or's Creek and all eaptured. His service from beginning to end was but an episode of brilliant deeds grandly performed. Mart W. Gary. ? General Gary went out with the Edgefield company, which was re ceive ihto Hampton's Legion and right gallantly they did their duty to the Confederacy. Gary rose to the command of the Legion and fought it magnificently. He was a born fighter. It is related that at Sharps burg the legion, commanded by Lieut. M. W. Gary, went into the fight on the left of Hood's brigade. It had, by previous losses, been reduced to a skeleton, in fact it had only 77 men and lost in the battle 55. As they advanced Herod Williams, the color bearer, was shot down, then James Rates, then C. P. Poppenheim and fi nally Major Dingle fell within 50 yards of the enemy's line. Lieutennnt Colonel Gary seized the colors and gallantly bore them until relieved by Marion Walton, Just to think 22 men left out the' J, 000 who had volun teered. Subsequently he was made brigadier general of cavalry and was around Richmond until the end came, he and his brigade moving to join Lee's army on Its way to Appomattox. The last shot fired from Lee's heroic army was fired by Gary's brigade. His career was most distinguished and our state will and should be ever proud of-this, her son, who fought so nobly for~her righteous cause. WHY THE CRAZE? The Spartanburg Herald asks: What do you want with money? Af ter one has accumulated a sufficient amount of money to allay anxiety as to personal discomfort in case of old age. or disability, there is no personal service money can render those Who possess it. True. Have you ever thought how little the main of great wealth gets out of the world in the way of per sonal coittfort? It is impossible for him to wear more than one suit of clothes at a time; to ride in more than one automobile, eat more than three m als a day ind enjoy them or sleep in more than one bed at a time. His personal enjoyments are limited to those of the man whoso income is just large enough to pro Vide the ordinary comforts and nec essities of Hfe. Great wealth carries its obligations and imposes a burden which robs the owner of many happy moments. Once upon a time a man of 60 years "whose wealth ran into many millions,, struggling with a problem which he found difficult to solve, sighed and remarked in our presence: "There is no happiness in the possession of wealth! it carries too many burdens. The only thrill I ever got out of it was in making it. If I had any assurance that I could live SO years longer and keep my health I would give away every dol I lar I ? own and start over again." This man meartt every word he said. Providence is not partial. The dis tribution of her gifts is based on the principles of equity and justice. She give# man many talents and then penalizes him-^-exacts her interest in the way of service to mankind, men tal distractions, sleejfless nights, self denial's and self-sacrifices. To the man who is not big enough to carry these burdens she gives few talents, along with the capacity to enjoy the good things of life which his stronger brother could not buy with the riches of Croesus. Providence evens up with fine judgment. One man's lot is not any harder than another's ? he only think* so. ? Dillon Herald. Sears, Roebuck To Atlanta. Atlanta, Dec. R. ? Soars, Rocbuck & Company, of Chicago, plan to lo cate a Southern branch here entail ed at an expenditure of $3,000,000, C. M. Kettle, president, announced today. The plant will be located at the comer of Ponce de Leon avenue and Glen Irish drive on the ground now occupied by the Spiller Amuse ment Corilpany. Work will begin at once and occupancy will be had in the fill of - 1926. The brapch will com prtlte'M \fikteh6\iie distributing and a retail distributing point and a retail rftorfr. - Dr. Cunningham Dead Kingstree, Dec. 14. ? Dr. J. 8. Cun* ningham, perhaps the oldest citizen in Williamsburg county, died this* morning at tho home of his daughter, Mrs. D. E. McCutehen, of the Indian town community. Dr. - Cunningham was remarkable for his health and vigor of body and rrind for one of his advanced years, being in his ninety-fourth year at the time of his death, following a short spoil of sickness. Ho was graduated from the Medical College in Charleston while ? young man, leaving college broken in health. He came home and for a while taught school, later taking ud the practice of his profession in his home community of Iwdiantown. This he kept up until about twenty j years ai?o. Dr. Cunningham was a lifelong member of the Indinntown Presby terian church and was for sixty years 'one of Its elders, lie is survived by the following1 children: Mesdaraea P K McCutchen, G*or|ro 6. Hemming way, Thowa* McCutchen, P. H. Stoll, J. F. Scott, all of this county, and. Mrs. H. I>. Munrterlyn, of Cboppee; M. I). Cunningham, J. A* Cunningham, also of this county, and J. H, fHin ningham, of Hampton. He in ala> .survived by one brother, H. S. Cun' ningham, of llishopville, former editor of The Hiahopville Vindicator, ?' ^ ? ? -? ' ?t Water Hidden in Cactus. Many a thirwty traveler across tKi* desert if he but knew more about na ture, would Ih1 able to quench his thirst or save himself from possible death. The cactus plnnt contains u pocket at 'its core which is often found sufficient water U\ quench severe thirst, and as the water is palatable, those who know the desert are always on the lookout for these plants. Real Estate For Sale Seven-room home facing Rectory Park? owner has given us a price that's right. Eight-room home facing Monument Park. Another lovely home to be sold at a sacrifice price. Eight-room new brick bungalow facing original pipe gfove offered below replacement cost. Ten-room dwelling adjoining business property. Can be bought furnished, very cheap. Our listings this week include a number of small homes about town that are good investments. Several small farms near town. For Rent Nine-room furnished Colonial home, heated, season $1,260.00 Six-room furnished bungalow, season $800.00 Five-room furnished bungalow $600.00 LET US TRY TO FILL YOUR NEEDS C. P. DuBOSE & CO. ? - ? *' "7 * " v - - - T ' "-,I ? ,'sj " First Floor Loan & Savings Bank Bldg. ? DeKalb St. ? Phone 43 N. C. ARNETT, REALTY DEPARTMENT Residence Telephone 321 ."??? ? ? - D o n't forget us when " - * 4 * " * Of ' ' ' . ? you need fire insurance Storing Money Power 1 C/* Saving money now, while you are making more than you need day by day, is like storing up power for future use. . It will ' give you resources to use when your daily * * ? / ' < * .needs exceed your earning capacity. Loan & Savings Bank_ CAPITAL $100,000.60 4 Per Cent Plaid on Savings Deposits SEE US FOR BARGAINS IN THE FOLLOWING: No. 1 Feed Mill, worth $12M, take $8.00 No. 8 Feed Mill, worth $25.00, take $15.00 16" Corn or Grist Mill worth $100.00, take $75.00. Witte Gasoline Engines at bargain prices We will be closed Saturday, day after Christmas, as well as Christmas Day . -COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY 823 West Gervais St. Columbia, S. C. UlU? II 1 ' ? A I ?> ./?hi t 1 ? 'M > A.'' * ???;