The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 16, 1926, Image 3
FINDS LETTER 64 YEARS OLD.
Confederate Soldier Write* Interestingly
Concerning Battle.
The following article is reproduced
from a recent issue of the BishopvUXft
Mt x.u ngw, and the Mr. Dixon
' < f< i red to !?a? a brother Of Mp. !). ! '.
Pixon of our city;
While looking through 'some old
i'-ipi'is lust week, J. S. Dixon found
an old letter, written in lsi',2 l,y A!
bort O. Pixoh tO Mf) Dixon's grnndmother,
Mrs. Julian H. Dixun. The
r:utho) of iids letter wan later, killed
at th? rid battle of Manassas. He
W m uni v of j. s. and .i. <\ Dixon
of HishopvilU*. , War n brother of W.
R. Dixon und many people now living
here ore His relatives. The letter was
written just after a battle, and contains
the names of many who still
have relatives living here, and is published-in
full with Mr. Dixon's permission,
because of the general interest
it will be.
The original letter is in a remarkable
state of preservation, the paper
ia a little yellow with age, and is difficult
to read where the paper was
folded, however, one would hardly expect
to find it in such good condition.
The letter follows;
Camp Near Richmond.
June 6th, 1862.
My Dearest Mother and Sister;
Since I wrote to you last we have
been in a bloody battle, and it nearly
breaks my heart to have to tell you
that Cousin Rivers was killed. He
fought bravely and died at his post.
Our brigade was carried in the fight
between two and three o'clock. Cousin
Rivers was killed about half hour
before sundown. We charged on the
Yankees five times. Drove them back
two miles. Slept in the camp of 10th
Massachusetts Regiment that night.
Got a great many overcoats, oil cloths
canteens, and a great many other
things. , ^
Cousin Rivers and myself took a
prisoner. He belongs to the 61st
Pennsylvania Regiment. I was sent
to take him to"rear. I had to carry
him to General Longstreet and consequently
I did not get with my Regiment
until the next morning. Sunday
morning our Brigade came out and
got ammunition and was sent back.
We were drawn up in line of battle
all day Sunday. Sunday night and
Monday morning we fell back one
mile to take a better position. Our
Brigade was withdrawn- from the fieldand
sent back to our quarters to rest
and to get something to eat. Tuesday
we moved here. We are daily expecting
another, fight. Charlie Dinins,
poor fellow, was shot through the
breast. He was left in the hands-of
the enemy. I cannot tell whether he is
living or not. Jhnmie DuRant was
shot in his foot and left also. I say
they were left?I suppose so. They
were sent back to the rear and we
have not seen them since. Samuel
Lucky was mortally wounded. He was
shot through the lungs. Pink Clements
was shot in the left shoulder.
George McCutchen in hip. A. L. Shaw
in his foot. Isaac.Bradley in his arm,
not dangerously wounded, Pink Clements
in hip, Mike Hammond shot in
his arm slightly. I was hit with a
spent ball on the hand, did not break
the skin. Our company suffered severely.
We had eight ? killed, sixteen
wounded and four taken prisoner.
Total 28.~ Our Regiment had thirty
killed, and I do not know how
many 'wounded and miBsing. The
whole loss was two hfindred and
twenty-eight. Colonel Bratton was
wounded in his arm and it is supposed
the" Yankees have him. There is no
telling how many of the Yankees
were killed, but a great many of
them. v
Dearest Mother and Sister, I went
into the battle with prayer on my lips
trusting in God, praying to Him to
carry me through safe and to give us
victory, and so He did. The balls fell
ordund mc as thick as hailstones. A
great many of our boys have filled a
hero's grave. The killed on both
sides were buried Sunday and Sunday
night. Capt. Colclough's company
took one hundred and thirty-six prisoners.
He did not get but one man hit.
That was Robert Cooper. He got shot
on his hand. Zim and Joe came out
safe. Our wpunded are in hospitals
in Richmond. The ladies of Richmond
are waiting on t.hem, giving them
wines, cakes, and everything they
want, dressing their wounds. I re-^
ceived a letter from Dansy yesterday.
I was very sorry indeed to hear he
was sick, but hope he will get over it
in a few days. You must write to mc
soon as you get this letter. Give my
love to all of the family and enquiring
friends. Hope Hollic, David and John
are well.
I remain as ever your son and
brother. ' Albert O. Dixon.
J. Warren Keifer, Springfield, Ohio,
ex-Speaker of the House of Representatives,
is 1*0 years old; "Uncle Joe"
Cannon will be 90 in Ma>, and Frederick
H. Gillctt, the only other living
ox-Speaker, to: T5.
FIRST l*NEl?MATIC TIKE
Turned Out In 1845 But Old Not
Come Into Use Until 1848
The use of rubber for making tires
is due to the persistence of Charles
Goodyear, of New York, in the thirties,
states a writer Popular
Science Monthly; "but it was not
Goodyear who first tb(iU|ht of rttWbot
tires. The credit for this application
goes to Robert Thoiti|>son, an Eng*
!i>hmnn, who is said to hfl>VS invented,
tin- jMitumutu- lire ill lM'th, though
ijt wgs nearly fifty year* before such
tires eame into practical use. . ?' /.
(ium-elustic, as rubber was first
called, had come into the United
States in 1800, the year of Good-!
year's birth, though it, had been
known to the world for almost a century
before. Even before Goodyear
began his experiments it had been
tried as a material for making shoes
and other waterproof articles. As
long as the weather remained cool it
did fairly well, but warmth converted
the gum-elastic into a sticky mass.
Goodyear decided that ^ome way
must be found to cure the rubber ao
that it would not be, affected by heat.
He worked on the idea for years, with
his family doing without the essentials.
He had his first success when
he managed to cure thin rubber
sheets by theo application of nitric
acid. Thicker sheets continued to be
sticky arid valueless. One night,
while standing in his kitchen discussing
the .only subject that interested
him, Goodyear touched the top
of the stove with a piece of gum-,
clastic. The stove was hot, and the
gum, instead of melting, charred.
This ocean t nothing to tjie others
present, ut quick to seize any advantage,
Goodyear began Experiments to
stop the charring process at the properpoinL
In 1841, at forty-one years
of age, he had a factory that fused
white lead, sulphur and gum-elastic
at about 270 degrees.* This gave him
a strong product that was indifferent
to heat or cold. It was called
"metallic gum-elastic," but the name
soon was changed to vulcanized rubber.
He had to fight in the courts
to protect his patents and he managed
to do this successfully with the
aid of Daniel Webster.
Celebrates 100th Birthday.
From Lancaster News.
Mrs. Elizabeth Thomson Wolfe of
61.04_ilidge - avenue^St. -Louisr Mo.,
aunt* of our townsman, Waddy C.
Thomson, celebrated her 100th birthday
on Thursday, March 25th. In a
note from the aged lady tq Mr. Thomson
written in a bold legible hand,
acknowledging receipt of birthday
greetings from her nephew, Mrs.
"Wolfe encloses the following clipping
ftom the St. Louis Star of March 24':
Live moderately and eat the right
kind of food, if you want to live to
be a hundred, advises Mrs. Elizabeth
Thomson Wolfe, 6104 Ridge t avenue,
who will celebrate her hundredth
birthday Thursday. Alert and active
despite her years, Mrs. Wolfe spoke
scornfully of modem health-preserving
methods. , .
"I never believed in dieting or exercise,
as it is done uow-a-days," she
said. "I merely lived a normal life,
which everyone should do to *be
healthy. Following physical culture
regulations for a few minutes a day
is just artificial stimulation. In my
young days, I ate plenty of sweets,
ate What agreed with me, and enjoyed
myself. I liked to dance and would
stay out at parties until midnight."
Mrs. Wolfe was born in Aberdeen,
Scotland, and started for America on
a sailing vessel when she was about
six years.rold with her father, mother
and six other children. The vessel
Awkright, took nine weeks and three
days to make the trip and landed at
Charleston, S. ,C. -?
George Thomson, her father, died
in 1836 and was buried in Charleston.
About 1840 she left Charleston
to go to New Orleans, by Water, to
visit het eldest sister. They were
shipwrecked and put into Key West
for repairs. When she finally reached'
New Orleans her sister !}ad died of
yellow fever. About 1842 Miss
Thomson catne to St. Louis. She,recalls
that she had her first meal at
the old.Planters House.
. Her husband was a forty-niner and
a veteran of the Mexican war. He
died albout 1884. Ho was too old to
serve in the Civil War. They had i
eight children, but Mrs. Wolfe has
survived them all and her nearest
living relative is a granddaughter,
M iss Evelyn Currier Wolfe, who lives
at Hillsboro, 111.
Mrs. Wolfe has been a subscriber
to the St. Louis Star for many years.
A huge forty-ton glacial boulder,
dug from the University of Wisconsin
campus, will be used as a base
for a tablet in honor of Dr. T. C.
Chamberlain, the geologist who gave
the names to most of the glacial drift
areas in the United States.
? "Buff^loe" was the original official
spelling 6f Buffalo, N. Y.
v-vfc
THE LEAPING SALMON
Finny Traveler Seen Aa He Trie- to
* Climb Over Fall I
noticed an article >'< PjSHfe
finder in regard to fish leaping falls,
writes Teddy Hamilton, of Eureka,
Cal. "You mention that salmon hav'>
been known to leap five or six lcet.
We were on a fishing trip on Mad
river in Northern California about 4"
miles from Eureka. There i?u little
fall? Where we were. Wu were after
steel head salmon. During, the time
Wt> were not fishing wo watched the i
sUtdheads trying td leap these falls.,
"The falls as nearly as I can judge,
arc about D> feet high. NVe had a
small camera with us and we decided j
to take a few pictures. We got many ,
snapshots but only two showed with I
fish on them. One fellow 28 or 80
inches long started his leap seven or
eight feet below the bottom of the
falls. He shot out of the water on an
angle for the top and went as high as
the top but missed the falls by about
10 inches. 1 photographed him ?? ho
was going up it was as pretty a IBfoot
leap as you ever saw a fish
make. '
"While we were watching them wt i
law only one go over; this one cleared
the falls by two or throe feet,
you had been along with us you sure
would have enjoyed the sight of
watching these salmon trying to ge
over the falls. I caught eight of
ihem?28 and 30 inches long?and
they are the gamest^JUh^JL-****
sought; it'takes from 30 minutes to
an hour to land them."
Barrett Pleads Guilty to Ftaoll.
Augusta, Ga., April 6.?Frank H.
Barrett, New York, formerly at the
head of Barrett & Company, defunct
cotton Arm here, was fined $1,000 in
federal '^courrTdaay~after he pleaded
guilty to a charge of using the mails
to defraud. He paid the fine.
The bankruptcy of the cotton firm
was reviewed in a statement to the
court by Mr. Barrett, who explained
that he had paid back $80,000 of the
money used by him. He said he ha
done this since locating in New York
city. . . . I
Barrett & Company, cotton factors, j
and importers, failed in 1923. The
case against Mr. Barrett grew out of
the sending through the mails of cer*l
tain warehouse receipts to New York 1
and New Orleans warehouses. Thei
receipts were alleged to have been 1
fraudulent. Barrett w%s Indicted 1
several months ago by a federal
grand jury in Savannah. I
Judge Robert T. Erwin of the Southern
Alabama district presided by
designation at the trial today. In assessing
fine he stated that the motive
behind the action charged was such
that there was merely a technical vi?1
olation of the federal statute relating I
to*using the mails to defraud. - 1
Barrett A Company at the time of I
its failupa was known as the largest |
cotton factorage firm in the world. 1
It hiui ? warehouse storage space in I
Augusta for more than 150,000 bales |
of cptton. ,1
Mr. Barrett -at one time was also
president of the Georgia Products
company1, of the Allied Gompreah
company and the Augusta baseba 1 j
club. 1
The flag: of Denmark is said to be
the oldest unaltered national flag..
Its cl'oss dates back to 1219.
Notice of Stockholders Meeting
Notice is hereby given that there
will be a special meeting of the
stockholders of John M. Villepigue
& Company, held at the office of.
Kirkland and Kirkiand, on the 19th
day of April, A. D. 1926, at twelve
o'clock m. for the purpose .of considering
a resolution of the Board of
Directors, authorizing increase of the
capital stock of the said Company
f t o m ten thousand dollars
($10,000.00) to fifteen thousand dollars
($15,000.00) and for consideration
of any other business that may
properly come before the said meetings
JOHN M. VILLEPIGUE,
President and Secretary.
Camden, S. C., March 24, 1926. 4-ti
N(meB
Creditors of George R. Cook, deceased,
are by an'feeder of the Prerogative
Court of the State of New
Jersey, dated Bfefervary 13, 1920, Utea
application of the uubscribers, notified
to bring In their debts,, demands and
claims against bis estate, under oath,
within six months from above date.
HORACE COOK,
HENRY N. YOUNG,
TRENTON TRUST CO.,
Executors.
Present claims to the Trenton Trust
Company, W. State and Chancery
Lane, Trenton, N. J.
Feb. 25, 1926. 48-4-sb
NOTICE OP SALE
State of South Carolina,
County of Kershaw.
John F. Gouldman, Jr., Plaintiff,
against
R. W. Herfurth, Defendant.
Under and by virtue of, default in
the payment of mortgage of personal
property executed on the 8th day ef
February, 1928, by R. W. Herfurth
to John F. Gouldman, Jr., recorded fn
the office of the Clerk of Court fpr
Kershaw County on the 8th day of
February, 1928, in Book 87, page 198,
and said property having been surrendered
to the said John F. Gouldman,
Jr., by said R. W. Herfurth, his
agent for the said John F. Gouldman,
Jr., will sell for cash, during the
legal hours of sale, en the 19th day
of April, 1926, at Camden, Kershaw
County,' South Carolina, at the site
of the property formerly known as
the Camden Ice and Gold Storage
Company, now the Camden Ice Com- .
pany, the following described per*
sonnl property:
"One Frick Ice Making Machine
with Corliss Engine complete, rated
at twenty-five tons ice-making
capacity.
' "Freezing tank complete with coils,
rated at twenty-five tons capacity,
property located on the premises of
the Northwestern Railway Company,
Camden, 8. C,"
L. A. WITTKOWSKY,
Agent for John F. Gouldman, Jr.
March 80, 1926.
for Bc0nomUai Transportation
TT6
so irawerlul ? t"u""?
~that after a single ride you will pronounce d) l /\
t^kid Pr?^wfolMVrC^0C* <* velation in lowtm
m| Koadstcr - *510
so iJiiraHft Ss:';??
Sedan ? - 735
7*at it* ability to conquer hills and plow Landau ' - 765
(branch mud or eat*; will literally amaze Vl Ton Track 395
Only)
^ 1 Toe track 550
(Ck?#,|j Only)
^smooth ? ??:?- "???
that the passing morifhs WUf prove to you
aa It has to millions, the lasting economy
of buying this low-priced car of modern
design and quality construction. Let ut give
you one ride in die Improved Chevrolet,
Welsh Motor Company
CLYBURN BLOCK CAMDEN, S. C. .
AT LOW COtf
Fishermen Have Good Luck,
A party of fishermen spent Tuts*
,jay at the Liberty Hill pond, an,!
came back in the late afternoon with
,,u thint over one hundred trout,
perch ami bass weighing anywhere
from one to five pounds each, R.
Waxier Robthson made the catch of
the day whetf he landed a five pound
rpui? ami It. S. Harper, it in said,
claims that ^he took a crick in the
clock from overwork in landing the
inny tribe. Home of the fishermen
| ,id the big -catch to the fact that the
fjptf* was just right.?-Lancaster.
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rm KERSHAW LODCK No,
A. F. M.
^V^H^ReguJar communication of
this lodge is held on the
/ ^Qjr firtst Tuesday in each month
,t 8 p.m. Visiting Brethren are welcomed.
FRANK D. CAMPBELL,
M. BILLINGS, Worshipful Master
Secretary. 3-5-26-tf
The
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Congress
No. 1
I went to Washington the other
day. I visited "The House of Representatives,"
they were in se^ion.
What I mean by being in -session,
the tax bill was up for debate and
they were arguing on "Better Golf
courses for the medium salaried
man." I suppose, if the World
Court bill had been up, they would
have been talking on "Shall America
park oblong or parallel."
Well, then I went over to the
Senate. They had adjourned, so I
frit that America was not having
such a bad day at that. ,We were
onlv 50 percent inefficient THAT
DAY.
You know we aTl jote and kid
about Congress, but we can't improve
on them. Nomatter who we
elect, he is just as bad as the one he
replaced. So with all their faults
we love 'em. They arc as good as
the people who vote to put them
there, and they arc 10 times better
than the ones who don't Vote at all.
They are like "Bull" Durham,
they are not perfect, but they are
the best in their line, :
I $ or?
I 'rhere be another piece.
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