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SECTION I * FO?R i I Reunion Number, Complimentary io the V. C. V. PAGES 25 to 32 1914 meet VOL. 1, NO. 111. .... - Weekly, EtU0?U?hea 1800; Daily, JflB.lt, lill. ANDERSON, S. C.,TUESDAY MORNING, MAY<?6\ 1914. OnV s Kl MoKDireps Riffles EWOE PRICE FIVE CENTS $5.00 PER ANNUM For ssTh<s Eimteffigeiffic?^ Ey ih? OH Cornftry Lady $, ANDERSON CITY B. L. BARNETT-Began service at tho first outbreak, Joining company F, Second South Carolina Rifles, remain ed tn service three years and twenty days, had fever in Richmond, Va., and i met with one wound from the effects of which he suffers today. - Mr. Bar nett's war trials are so very interest ing that ene sever tires ' of hearing them. He lolls them tn such a pleas ant frame of mind-but a cloud came over his face when be spoke of the battle near Spotsylvania where seven hundred men were killed on one acre of ground. J. A. BROCK-Volunteered io com pany G, Second South Carolina re serves. Doing guard duty in Columbia over 1,400 prisoners; all being officers in the Northern states. The prison waa part of the old asylum., Mr. Brock was One pf the boya, only 17 ' yearn o? ?g? ?ud ssys thsy fellini war life tough, many of tho youths dying from effects of measles. Mr., Brock says in his short term bf serving he did the beat lie could, never drew a cent of pay and thinks War a bad place for. play or. nay. Mr. "Brock - was an officer of his company ..and a fav orite with his men. He ls one of thc b?st loved citizens of Anderson coun ty, y * - fi ? , ? J H. BURD1NE-Entered service In company 1/. Hampton's Legion, in the infantry. Was in the war from start to: finish.1-. Was a prisoner for 18 months in Rock Island, HI. Waa tak en prisoner at the battle of Lookout Mountain, Tenn. ' My. Burdlno's rem miniscences are perfectly beautiful and could the.readers realise it, com ing from, a dear old man who Ilea on a bcd of affliction, they would .ap predate it moya. The friends bf -flp grand old hero know without a a>ubl that hiB days are numbered. Medi cal skill BO far has dpho but littlr good and today he ires kt La .bom< le.one of thc iove4yreW&p?Sw w?ltin* for thasu i,ntKTO*>eajra sq by; a Ptederate soldier. He left bia home loved ones nt the ?f St catt ot* dut: with his company-there daver was i truer man or a better^ eoldier. H< served bis;cobntry faithfully and wei io tho end of tae bloody struggle. H< takes groat delight in talking of tin awful experiences, hardships stu courageous deeds ot the four years h spent fighting with. tea. boys lu s raj In the straggle ho waa-wounded bu once. -Mr. Burdine cab?s Out of ih war a poor man, but with a determi nation to natka the beat of Ufe, an today is an independent man. He ha lived a soldier in two Unes of hatti ono for his country and one for ni Savior. Nor aa he is near the short ho feels that all ls well. H. J. BY1 company H, mont with m and. Mr. in many batt] mlshes. He Byrum was any kind. M-Entered service i rat South Carolina reg! tain 1*. H. Hall in con; rum kaya he waa neve but wag ?1 some skli ved aa, wagoner. Mi aya repdy for duty < COL L. K.JCAMPBBLL-First co) poral of com pt ny F, Second Rifle res iment. Jenkins Brigade? Field's Dlvii .on, Longstreet's corp?. Col. Cami bell was a blove soldier and did great deal of [active aar vice, he ha promised to me us some of his e: perlences wh'A will be read with it terest. I W.; C. C^NNVEdtered the army 1 lMl. served ?fcee and a half yean belonged Wlbftecond *>utb Carolit cavalry, com pair H. Had but one fu lough and thattof 10 days only M Cann was a s*ndld soldier, and i doubt bia feebl?conditloh today la tl result Of faithfci aervice. He, HI other heroes,l*i little to say. of h ftenting days-Wases to rcmemb anything but t* few Joya they hi while they suffi ed fur fbod and f clothes. I He said whaifhe entered tim w he had no tbouA ot evil" taking an thia?. He bcilSed he would nev bo huagry enou? for that, bat lat ?-emftaring caasedBlm to do otherwh He told ot whe* he and two otha found two bee guts and In gains ba to camp bad to mp.w? -irrer a ravi by means of onlf ? ewell log, T drat man end gu? cama ovar all ria but the second Rake, whlca ead seriously i aa thegall end the aag bees came near Idfeing ihe man. Th bo told bow on| of Ola raesatnai lost his horse. Hjhad #one to a gi ?fen and let btm&f down into a 1 bole of potatoes Bid wMpa;'C?k'.an out with hui' pot&es, his horse w gone, thc owners*? the potatoes ta htm. But next nam tag they broui the horse to oana .sad the offiw promised to pun* tba soldier. I the fellow who *gie the gray wai of caa of. thc *old|rs wno waa at tl time dangeror?slrwu aaa the fall who had gotten tl&potttioes could i be found till after She farmer bad g< and then he said, "boys we are going ? to have a 'tater roasting." IJOHN ESK.EW-Joined Orr's regl jnedt company D, and served ihe -whole tcrnj, and aa we heard On of bis comrades say "no better soldier eve? carried a gan than John Eskew." What Mr. Eskew knows about the CivlJ<.War ft a Plenty-he hasn't any ? great things to tell, but still water runs deep and today John Eskew is ns good a citizen as4be was a soldier. I He la the leading, spirit In keeping wy ? the county singing association in An Hderson. J. M. HARPER-Entered service in company K, Orr's Regiment Mr. Har per says he was lucky, was never wounded nor taken prisoner, had but one furlough, was in several h*id fights, sachses the Wilderness. 8pot aylvania and Cold'Harbor. Waa at Ap pomatox at the time or the surrender, air. namer says nc oas nothing won derful to tell; but he found flying bul lets tho most Interesting thing be ever "saw" and. while they rained about him be had no thought for anything elie. ; .? m G. M. HARPER-Entered the war in 1802, Joining colnpaay Kerr's regl-| ment. South Carolina volunteers, re mained In the Army of Northern Vir ginia Uli the cloba of war. Was slight ly wounded' UV tue Second ,T Manaasas where Orr's re two of its gallant cole and Ledbetter, Mr. Har. woundedI'at the. battle ot on the ' Potomac river,: expresses itt "waa Wmii ever had. "Yes/ 'ssld {.thought my time had ' "I was In a small rifle ph guarding ? battery that was shelling a gun boat on. the James River. I had, been watching quite a number of shells ! that morning a*, they came ^flying J through the air; frbna ?the. gunboat, and onfe large shell seemed determined on gettlpiAu.tbe pit wllb iiie, but a? ate, shell siuoi jMfSKttw, yards ia from bf the pit and ron?d up within ? few inches of the. pltw edge, so clos< I could well hoar the . burning of th? tuse, while 1 - lSr down in the' pit flat ae any old?fixard on a fence rall there I lay until it exploded. ?fh< grandest scene bf victory I witnessei during the war was the surrender a Harper's ferry where 15.000 Yankee! Were taken prisoners. We were oi top or Virginia heights overlookinj Harper's ferry when tbe white fla) went up. Orr's, regiment was amoni the first troops to march Into ' thf Ferry and witness the Yankees .marci up and stack their guns, After whlcl the Yankees and Johnnies *--"l a so elsi time, and as. tho boys in blu were going to leave they were auxlou for souvenirs andi wasn't long in dis posing of all the palmetto mitton that I bad on my brown jeans coat and I now sometimes wonder who ha my palmetto butwt?s. 1 was severe! wounded in the battle of Chancellors ville, but cun? frome alive and toda feel fine for an bid man of 72." .f E. J. HENDERSON-Began servie in 1861. Joining company C:??lth Soul Carolina regiment, with CpLJfoseph I Brown in command:' Wak Q&cn pris oner April 1865, se nt WiH&rt's Ii land. New York, whewjSftfcemalne three months after.the ?urr??jder. I speaking of his war? day?, My. Hei derson believes CW'Brdwn, -,td kai been one of tho Sc-nth'a grandest h< rosa, ^os," said; the veteran, "w were Just as proud:bf Col. Brown f we wore of Oeiuj?BflMucl MCOOWOJ and I am prouty t??ajrl waa a privai under '??ead brave -allerg?" J. T. C. JONES-Joined company < Second Rifle*. r^oaSb Carolina red ment. Ent?ffi aWWfc March 16. 18 with Col. John y. Miare and Capta P. K. Norris id coma9?nd. Mr Jon first night at cattai'nt Adama* Ru Collotou county,' ??^m^Wa fifteen not to bowo^dev . he WM thi Hampton'?^S^^^^ lt is said t^ptvred^? 'YaWw*?. From this car they weat to Roach plantation whe Mr, Jones dbl picket duty. On the 26 day of May they marched th rou CbArle?tarr on tbair Way to Rtchmor TftU journey in ft box caf with *car< ly sUnding room< Sbent the night CbUmboraso hhatdtal. *\ext day. w 16 hearing of the battle of Seve-a Pin Saw" many ot bi* friends brought frc thk> bettfo dead and, dying. Later waa pfaced c* p&cbet wuiy on tl farra, where they mat sorrowiul deft w?r? M^UfoaJ3EBKl*,> ?. r?f them tv. TO THE OF THE I N this monument generations unbo th? women sf South Carolina in of gray. Their tender care was the fruits of the noble service of i s?ant J. Y. Jones, Mr. Jones dying soon after haring a leg amputated, Mr. Jones being color bearer when he received his death wound. Also Silas Crow, Jim Telford, and "Bean" Cox were all killed tn this fight. After thia battle they wer.? under.fire of gunboats from-Jamestown. Next came thc-recoud battle of Manassas, where South Carolina lost seven colonels: Moore, Ledbett?r, Marsball, Glover. Means, Gadb?rry and Palmer. Then on te? Maryland In this march the regi ment-evaded 'the Potomac river. In the last battle Mr. Jones was wounded and disabled ;.om service. Near Winchester'lie met with Col. Jas. L.. Orr, who Was then in the Con federate senate. Col. Orr seeing Mr. Jones' feeble condition told htm^ta cheer np tait he liquid have him Sent home Immediately, but as there was no railroad nearer than Culpepper. which was 100 miles distant, he did net reach home until the latter part of November, Mr. Jones was first lieutenant in his company. A brave j soldier and today a good citizen. C. C. KINC^Bntered the war in 18?, at the age of 17 years, joined company B, Barnett's battalion, served entirely on the coast, doing skirmish and picket .duty.; Says his war ex perience ls limited. But he ts Ilk? most of them will not tell the half Mr. King says Of hts company thai he and Mr. O. P. Col?, near Townvllle are the only survivors. Mr. Ring says those wno'entered service late AU not do so mach fighting ss they dh starving-it waa continual fight fol food or die of starvation! then b< told of a tittle Incident where a- bi of wisdom brought joy to a poor rei low. The whole company was with out a blto to eat, and Mr. King wttl others waa? lucky enough to find i cow, They quartered the co*, am carried alt to camp but the head which Mr. King had placed up* In Uti forks of a tree, and that night one o the. soldier who had net gotten, an; asked Mr. KinjT would be go with hir to wn?nL^saap? w?- Th*,/ ?Cnf??if ?oug walk of three miles, found th head and broatch* it, to camp and mad a feast fdr r, starving soldier. Mi King believes If the young American MONUMENT AT COLUMBIA, 9. C. rn ?hall haar th? voice of a great people their country's need. Their unconquer, solace to th? stricken. -The tragedy of ( ho daughters of the south are our perpct could realize what war is there would never be another, if they bad to taste of the suffering they would be Mon tent with anything unpleasant 'ind make the best of this sweet place of peace and prosperity. J. B. LEWIS - -Entered the. service with company II. First South. Caro lina militia comanded by 'Captain Thomas - H. Hall. At fie outbreak of the war Mr. Hall waa professer in the Johnson Female University. After the war ho returned and entered the Bap tist ministry; Later he moved west and soon afterwards died. Mr. Lowia went off- with the company made up here-went to Charleston and became on* of the militia- served. on the coast, and aa be said, laid down and let the Yankees shoot at him, while he looked hungry. .Mr. Lewis says he .waa never ra battle, but at times un der fire, did no fighting at all. bul thinks mortality rate was greater than now should we engage in war War macntnery ls so differeat, but ii can't be Improved up. from Sherman'* statement when he said "War is Hell." T. P. MCCLELLAN-Enlisted In com. pony F. Holcombe Legion in 1861. ser vlng four years part of time heint spont in prlaoo. He was captured ai Carrel's Station, taken to Point l?ok but where be waa confined for foui months, th: a transferred to Elmira New York. Of this stockade Mr." Mc Clellanasys it waa the most horribh place on top of the earth, the deatl rate among the prisoners being abou 15 or 18 a day. many -gjjpH ' scurvy. The prisoners' fare ly enough to keep the body together. "Ah!** continued Clellan. you Can never tmagini horrible it ls for a Southern j bra Northern prison." P. K. McCULLY-A cadet Cltt?el at the time of the outer Che war. Joined the troops' of Carolina. South Carolina and G tells some very Interesting happ io i.fae n&n? box war a ff "J cMled py the seasoned soldiers--wt were with them, but the old - h*r<>? later gave them credit for makin themselves useful and their marti; teeti?ytftp to the sublime devotion of .bloj?brrit.strengthens*! the thin lines the Cunfederaoy may be forgotten, but ui^il^^o?^Witlu^ E. Oonzal??. ---?4,i r-s-.:"--. beart?g>' end, bravery left a piensan impression upon tho veterans. Csp tain McCully says the first time the: were formed in line for battle, the; were so anxious to fight they advanc ed a few stops when tho colonel calle to the captain tn command "mak these little fools get back into Un the ' laat ona' of them will be killed. "But," continued Captain McCull) "we were soon willing to stay bael Yes, away back," Captain McCully' war experience is limited as he was o duty but a short time, yet it wai a* the end of. the war and a very try lng tina-. ?. .T. F. McORBOOHY-Began sei vice tn 1862 with company H. 26t South Carolina regiment, served thrc years and six* months. Hts first bal tie was. that of Secession ville ' a James Island with a negro regimen Gained victory. The next battle wa at Battery Wagner, then on to Vii gin ia, where the. first fight there wi at Swift Creek. Mr. McGregor*- ha some close calla In both battles ai skirmishes. ROBTv-MOORft?AI>-Entered arm In September 1863. . Ho would hai volunteered long before - but on a count ot his father's ass and rabbi ness he hired a substitute, In fa hired two. But as soon aa hls<fath< passpd away. He Joined the army, li Moorhead was badly wounded at tl battle ot". Dandrlg?. in Bast Tennessc 7, 1864. op Sabbath eventn head says, that op that di lery Adaabtag- by him r this Mr. Moorhead li tal % several month ave ^? ali hope for bb Saith gone, and he ss; ..p.. ?fr^hope of ve: a^nmther agalnv M bas praibieed a bit of h nee which wil be read wi ?st and anybody in And? ?on will ?ey' this much "if Robe a the soldier that he tiJciOa^ bj^as hard to Jrta*T U nuu??cm 'f_TIH/I "??nu t.uui|imu7 \j, ri metto sharp shootera. A. J. OSBORN 13-Joined Compai C, Palmetto. Sharp Shootera on t .', ' ' ;' '??.!-t>:;' Nth of April. 1 so I. age 18 years, lt is doubtful if there is a man in Suuth Caro i ina who '.vas engaged in more battles than Andrew Osborne, and it la not to bc wondered that In his possession he has two big bullets j that were cut out of his tlesh during his war term. One of these bullets was taken from his aide and the otb- i er from a leg. His wounds were se vere, but with ull this, he fought in man*' bi)|Ale's. Ills memory failed to Sive them all but tills lint ls a few. Battle or Williamsburg, Seven Pines. Bonnsburg, Sharpsburg, Wills Valley, Wilderness, Battle of SpoPsylvanln, Her'jiuda Hundred, Petersburg. Fort Hurrlaon. In a number of skit mi ;h? . fougbt around Petersburg, this light ng near Peteraburg, was a whole sum mer's fight, off and on. Mr. Osborne says tbe first two years the soldiers were fed very well, but after this they fared badly. He has a right lo know for he was in lt from start to finish. Was st Appomattox Court House wheni he surrendered,? Mr Osborne has many mementos ot the war. His paroled prisoner's pass ls as bright as new. written April 10th, 186">, and signed by Captain Foster command ing offici? of tl \ Palmetto sharp shooters. .M]r. Osborne's war experience} ii* rich and rare, an evidence of faithful service lu a great cause. J. B. PRUITT-Entered the service in 1861, served nearly four years, and Mr. Pruitt didn't fool about lt for he fougbt like he has. worked ever since, and folks know how this old hero Has heaved and sweated, and yet a man in middle age. o?r. Pruitt says he never did anything wonderful, but just stuck to his post, he belonged to company E. South Carolina Twen? tierh rcgimenfi. his war experience would fill a big volume. t). H. RUSSELL-Entered the army I in April 1S61. serving in company. B, 1 - Cur",- "C..?n voivuun iTTgiint-sii, um after one year in this company Join _^Q#nkbn'a army, where he remained until tile close of the war, and at thc surrender in Greensboro "but," saW Mr. Russell "don't write lt down thal I surrendered the thought has qevei been with me for a moment that 1 I surrendered," Mr. Russell has a fin; war record and lt ls boped that b< will write it up for the benefit of hh friends, for he was not only a goot soldier, but he IB also one of th< strongest writers. in the Sta'te. foi many years editor of The Peopiei Advocate. He bas been in Virginia recently ot ?a visit to his sons. W. W. RUSSELL-Entered war a the beginning served whole term, wa' 15 years old was with company F I First South Carolina regiment. He re < celved a wound while on John's Island 11 was the first man shot in bib regiment .. Mr. Russell's war experience is Mi Y and very Interesting, he promises ti y I write himself and give to the publl . j some of bis exp?rience. d i -~ e '. L. j. SCOTT.-Entered service Jul e 20, 1861, company L. Orr's Rifle* " ( with Captain John V. Moore. Mr. Scot r-\served the whole time, and his wa t- ? record is a splendid one. He wa * , taken prisoner near Richmond an n ^carried to Point Lookout, Marylanc 1 ; Remained a prisoner there for flv '"\ months. Mr. Scott ha? some of hi ?war life that will be published, but h ; feels sad over the fact that of th '- ' 108 in his company, today there ar h ! scarcely a dozen living, mi - H L. P. SMITH.-Served la rompan .n?G, 8econd Battalion, South Carolin) l- J reserves, guarded Yankee prisoners I 18 ! Columbia. Waa sick there with ti photd fever. Came home and wa j here a*t tbs time o' the surrende 'j; Says he didn't do anything wondei ful, but he and the boys found a hoi killed it, ead the owner of the ho reported them to head quarters, bt >' the hog cculd'nt be found for lt wi re safe In a hole in the tent which tr c* boys had dog thea placed the hog In I B" covered the bog over with straw an ct slept on lt, untlll there was no toni ,r er any hog. Mr. Smith says ty^.ioi r* fever played havoc with th? boy sob ie lers in his company. Ot 65 about 30 < ?' more died with feyer sad measle *' Says they died like sheep, and no wot \y der for the nursing was deficient ar "* diet bad enough to kill the strongee J corn bread with t rghum molasse was the meal three times a day. r* M. E. TELFORD-Joined Co tn pal r L, Palmetto sharp shooters in Ea j* Tennessee. His first battle waa tb ta of the Wilderness. then Spottsylvanl r. Cold Harbor, Selge ai Petersburg. R rt maia la same company till close ls war. Surrendered at Appomattc hr. Never lost a day from sickness < il* wousds. Sir. Telford, like ?*"? of t' Old soldiers, has plenty to tell, b can't tell lt on the sppr of the tnouiei s y Hope be will scad t. record or his w se Ufo. DR. lt. B. Tl ?0MP80N-enlisted flt Company G. Second South Carolina regiment In 18C2, remaining in. this service three years until the clpsc of (he war. Uke all the old heroes refus es to tell much of his war experience. Says the hulf can never be told. Tuft a soldier's life under the condition? and amid the surrounding of which th? soldiers in gray were placed, eau never be fully realized by the yomu; Americans of to-day, and though fifty years have come and,gone, his. feelings remain the game, down deep In bis heart he bas never surrendered. J. W. THOMSON-enlisted In Com pany G, Orr's nifties. Regan service ? in 1861. continued service for four years, captured at Falling Waters .Til ly 14, 18C3, carried 'to Baltimore. Re mained there for ono month, taken from there to Point Lookout. Mary land, where he was a prisoner for one long year. Then transferred to El SiitS, NCT? York, V.'!,?T?"C . MC le?Iin?Mc? for ten months, making in all Mr. Thomson was a prisoner for 23 months. Mr. Thompson says the bor; ror* of prison life tn Elmira stockade are more than a feeble pea can de scribo. Tbe death rate in this horrible I Ince averaged 15 a day, and he be lieves all that saved his life waa tho . great quantity of fruit he ate, hts homo folks supplying him with money, bc having received $150 during his im prisonment and he spent most of this for fruit, "yes" continued Mr. Thomp son, "the prisoners at Elmira realised the meaning of war." We believe Mr. Thompson could say with the Duke of Wellington "War la a mott detestar bio thing. If you had seen one .day of war, you would bray God you might never see another." A. I.. WWI .SH-served bis cc a soldier from Tennessee, to the Second Tennessee regtment. Began service March, 188!, serving tho wbole four years with not evan a fur loUKb. wnynded i^riCt, ???5 Ora?rami tie was Fishing Creek, and the worst battle he was In during the fonrjjg^gj His first general wai Zoliitofft was succeeded by Geter*! Crittenden The latter had a brother who General on the northern side. G?n?ral Zolllcoffer was killed by the bsd mah. agement of Col. Crlttendon, On the loth, or October 1964. Mr. Welch wa* in the battle at Cedar Creek wb??^gv south gained the greatest vtct?Ht?tf he whole war, and In the same even ing lost the same battle. H. P .WILSON-entered the war lu 1865. joined South Carolina State troops, company H. Was not in war a great while, but says he got a plenty, and doesn't want any more war. Hlr? waa experience was around Charleston with P. K. McCully bia drill master, says he and McCully wanted to' quit soon arter the beginning. McCully moved that they quit and Wilson sec onded it, but it was war and dislikes were not considered. Then Mr. Wilson told of hil Illness. Was sent down to the city in a nasty little boat and when be got to tho hospital he was black and dirty, and the little dude of a Doctor, who came to examine bim said, "what you here for, wash your face and you will.be)all right." never gave him any medicine and Mr. Wilson slipped off, and went back to his regiment later marched from Charleston to. Raleigh, N. C., and in the two weeks "time/ thoy . were marching he gained 30 pounds abd be could'nt understand it for they had nearly nothing lo. eat. At one time he drew nine little potatoes for three day?' rations, and the whole time they were ready to starve but be continued "I believe If we ate less and took more exercise in the open air we would all get fat." Mr. Wilson deserves credit for honesty, r-ys bc only stole one old goo?c, cooked it all night but it re mained firm to the last, thinks lt waa a hundred years old. J. P. YOUNG-One of the South'? grand old heroes, he ia now to his bed and too.weak to give i or his war experience, but nt life ls glory enough. He had faithful In every vocation in ll' comrades say he waa ever tat in battle, and hi* friends and'! hors feel that he has been to t friend in the time of need, grieve because tbe splendid gec?t must soon answer the last roll hell, and dear old father in Israel will gb to receive bis reward. Congress may disagree upon other questions but In the matter et ?lak ing war appropriations lt nevar fails to act quickly. When President Mc Kinley sent In his Spanish ear mes* sago both houses promptly toted an' appropriation of $f0,04?O.?OO ta he e*i pended In* Ute discretion of the presi dent and for what ever purposes hs deemed necessary. It ls reported that Provisional Pres ident Huerta of Mexico has bought ? mon oplaae. from t?te Moisaut Aero plane Company but lt la doubtful what time lt will ba deMverea to Ii*?