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REMINISCENCES 0 By W. B. Fuller As Bill Arp used to eay, "While r-Unminating this rainy morning, my toughts or mind runs back to the Confederate, or as some call it, "The Civil War." Now fifty six years since Lee sur rendered at Appomattox, and Long street, at Greensboro, N. C. Our company left home ,November 1801, as I remember, 110 strong, live. ly boys and aenn. J. G. Williams, ous captain, was loved by the entire com panyt. No conscripts were in this comn Pansy. We all 'bid our mothers fathers, sisters, wives and sweethearts good-bye- all bouyant and full of life expecting to conquer the X-ankees in a few months and return to our loved ones with great honor: But, Oh! 'how different. iWe served from November, 1861, un til August, 1862, in Columbia, S. C. and in and around Charleston, S. C Then we received orders to go to Vir ginlia, and .some of the men and boys got old fast, a few had lyal,itation of the heart, some got off to 'come home NOTICE OF THE COUNTV TIEASUREI1 The books of the County Treasurer will be open for the ecllection of State, County and Commutation Road Taxes for the fiscal year, 1921, at the Treasurer's office from October 15th: to'Decomber 31, 1921. After December 31 ono per cent will -be added. After January 31st, two per cent Will bc added, and after Feb. 28th, seven pci cent will be added until the 15th day of larcl, 1922, when the books will be closed. All persons owning pr6perty Ii more than one township are requested to call for receipts Iin each of the soveral tdsvnships in which the prop erty is located. This is important, as additional cost and penalty may he at tached. All able-bodied male citizens be tween the age; of twenty-one (21) and sixty (60) years of age are liable tc pay a poll tax of $1.00, except old sol diers, 'who are exempt at fifty (50) years of age. Commutation Rload Tax $1.50 in lieu of road duty. All able bodied men between the ages of 21 and 55 are liable to Road duty except those in military service, school trustees, school teachers, ministers and students. Dog 'Dax $1.25. The tax Levy is as follows: State Tar ..............12 mills Ordinary County 'Tax .. ..3 3-4 mills , Road and Bridge ......4 1--4 mills Railroad Bond ....I...... . mill Road Bonds 4 1-2 mills Jail Bonds ............1-2 mill Constitutional Sdhool Tax .. 3 mills Total tate and County Tax ../9 mills Special Schloohs Laurens Townsli ip Laurens City ........ 12 1-2 mills Trinity Ridge No. 1 .. .. 16 1-2 mill Prospect No. 2 ..........8 mills Laurens No. 3 ..........16 mills Balley No. 4 .. .. .... ..7 mills Watts Mill, Fleming, Copeland 8 mills Oak Grove No. 6 ... .. ....6 mills Ora No. 12 ..........14 1.2 mills Special Schools Youngs Township 1benezer-Patton ..........3 mills Friendship No. 2 ..........8 ibills Warrior Creek-R. Old Field .. 8 mills lDethel No. 4 .. ........111-2 mills Gray's No. ..............8 mills 13entral No. 6 .... .... .... 8 mills Youngs No. 7 .... .........16 mills Lanford No. i0 .. .......13 1-2 mills Fountain Inn No 311.... ..21 mills Speeial 8ehools Dials Township G;reenlondl No. I .. ..........8 ii!: IEden No. 2 .. ..........12 --2 mills Shiloh No. 3 .... .... .....1 mills New fiarmony No. 41.. .. ...4 mills Gray Court<J*,sings No. 5...20 1-2 mills llarksdale No. 6 Consolidated 16 mills lUlals 'Churschi No. 7.. .... ...8 mullIs alernia iNo. 8 .. .............2 mills Fountain Inn No. 311.. ....24 mills Special Schools Sullivan Tiownship Princeton No. I .... .....121--2 mills Mt. Bethel No. 2 .... ......8 millk Poplar Fpmr.gs No. :i.... ...12 rmil I Itrewerton No. 7.. .... .....S millh Aler-na No. 8 .... .........12 mills 'liiel'ore 'I'-,v--rn No. 17 . . , .15 missb Local R. R. Bonds .. .......3 millh Slpeeri.i Si-thooss Wlaterloo Town xviii Alt. (ltllaghmer No. 1 ........12 millh liethlehem No. 2.. ...... ...4 milbI FEkom 'No. 3 .. ............17 millk Center IPoint. No. 4. .. . ... ..8 millh Oakville No. 5 .... ...... ...8 mIllk Mt. iPleasant No. 6 ............12 mill AR. Olive 'No. 7.. .. ....111-2 msillk Waterloo Toewn No. 141.. .....8 mi llh Special Sehools ('ross 11illi Townshsi: Cross 1i111 No. 1 .. .. ...2 millh Cross '11111 No. 2 .. ..........6 millh Wades No. 3...................6mils Old Mcuntville No. 6 ........3 mills Cross 11111 T1own; No. 13 . . . . 15 millh Special Schools liunter Township Lisbon No. I .. ............12 mIll hock No. 2 .................8 millh Itock <BrIdge No. 3 .... .... 6 millh Wada~wo, h No. .1... ........8 millh hteedervillo (par't of .No. 4) . . 13 millh Clinton No. 5.... .. .. . .20 1-2 mills Goldville No. Gl..............4 millh Kinards No. 49 (part of No. 6, 8 millh Ilflast No. 7 .... .... .....5 millh illirricane No. 15......,....6 milb Mountv'ille~ No. 16' ......111-2 millh ~Speeah Schools Jacks Township Shady G rove No. 2 .. ......7 millh Renno No 3.. ............8 mills itton No. 4 .... ........3 mills YOdell Achool No. 6 .. .......8 millh # hurricano No. 15 .. ..... 6 mIlls SPteial Schools Senffiletown Townshii o~ng Branch No. 1 .. .......8 nlls Ilyrd'a-Murtrove No. 2 .... ..8 mills Lotngston1 No. 3 ..........3 mills Sandy Springs -No. 4.. ....4 mIlls 1Atnford No. 10.... .. .. .. 131-2 mill' Ora No. 12 .............14 1-2 mills 'Proper attention will be given thos irho wish to pay their taxes througl the mail lby check, money order, etc. Persona sending in lists of name to be taken off are requested to senl them early and give the township o each, as the Treasurer Ia very bus; during the month of Decemher. - tt coeunty Treasurer. F THE CIVIL WAR Mountville, S. C. We arrived in Virginia in August, 1862, late in the evening, Just after the sec ond -battle of Manassas, and there we saw out first dead noldiers and at this moment we began to realize what war was. Next day we were put on the march, as It wasn't long till we heard the thunder of cannons and guns. Sure enough this was 'war; then we could see them bringing back our dead and wounded comrades, and well I remem ber -as we were resting on the road side and seeing the wounded, there was one boy with his leg shot off, and groaning with the pain and from loss of blood. I put my face to the ground and fingers In my cars to keep from fainting, (iwhen I was a boy I would faint on seeing blood.) T1en we went oil and into the fight at South Moun tain or Hoonsborough. I never thought of fainting any more. That was our first fight and the loss of so many of our brave boys. Some that I call to mind were killed in this battle; E'phriain Waldrop, Presley Ful ler, I-dwin Fuller, John Crawford, IDd Smith, Waddy Irby and-Colonel. Our comrade J. A. Jones was shot through the head and lay on the field all night unconscious. The Yankees took care of him, and as you know, he returned home ad lived several years after the war. The next fight was at Fredericks burg, December 13, 1862, in Which we 1had no active part. A; Chancelorsville, May ' , 1S63, we dug trenches with our xtyonets, but the Yankees did not rcach us. In the next battle, at Fish ers Hill, General Conner, who was then commanding our brigade, had his leg shot off iwhile on his horse. Then came the great 'battle of Get tysburg, .uly 1, 2 and 3, 1863. Here we lost several men: Preston Miller, Plickens Fuller, Dolph Fuller, and others whosenames I don't recall. Bob Hollingsworth, who -s in our com pany, was shot throl, the thigh. H-e says it was a great blessing to him, as the Yankees treated 'him so nice. Then we went back to old Virginia and rested a few days. I got a fur lough for twenty days to come home, and while at home Longstreet's com Inand was sent to Georgia and the bat tle of Chiclcamauga was fought Sep tember 20, 1863, where our captain, Allen iWatson, and others were killed. This battle, sonitkink like Gettys burg, was a draiw fight. On the next (lay I returned to the company. We then went to Knoxville, Tenn., In November, where Marshall Motes was killed. At Bean Station, our old comrade Blue Goodman lost part of his hand. We put up shanties and spent the -balance of the winter of 1863, at Morristown, Tenn. On leaving Morristown (I do not re member the date), we went to Gor donville, Virginia, for a few days, and then to the 'Wilderness. There was a .terrible light going on and wo got within fifty yards of each other several times. Finially the enemy gave way and we thought we would get to rest, but soon we got orders to move on and we went on for- a while, we didnt know wher-e, b~ut soon we 'were order-ed to dlouble-iluick andl then to run to headh .the Yankees. We had a race to a r-ail breastworks and there we met the Yanks hand to hand for a few minutes. but they soon gave way and we killed a good many of theum as they wvere fleeing for' their lives. After the bat tIe, we found four of our men dead. Th'ley had1( bien taken pri-soniers andi we had killed-themi in the midist of the r treating Yankees. I remember that Alf Mtilam and Ike Austin, froem our comnpany, were killed. A big red-aheadl edl Yankee grit the dIrop) on mue and I surrendered, and got over- the ralls. As I was going over Captain Pltts saw my lix and toldi Thad Ilrosvn, who shiot the Yanke-e through the head andl savedl me. I think this was May 8, 18t64. Sid Finley was taken pr1isoner- at Northanna Iliver May 27, and died at i'olnt Lookout where we dlefeated the Yankees in a battle. 'We were at Cold ilarbor several dayr, in lie and wvere close enough to talk to the enemy. John Calhoun "'as killed thereo, the same bullet k ..ng Tom -- and passing through another-'s jgw These meon were cooks and 'were going back after- giving out tihe rations. We had an armistice for two hours and swe and the Yankees met in fr-ont of the .breastworks andi 5wappe)d tobacco for coffee and talked as friendly as good frIends. And when the cannon an nounced the close of the armmistice, we were sitting on the ground talking to each other. I remember one Yankee said, "IRats, to your holes." Not a gun was fired until we all got back to our breastworks. We wvent to Petersburg in June, 1864, and tthence to Deep Bottom where tiwo brigades fought, namely McGowan's and Kershmaw's. Bobl Waldrop wvas kill ed at Derryville and Clayton Watts was wounded. In all these fights the Ienemy wvere in retreat. Advancing on to Cedar Creek, Cap taini Billie Wells, Lieutenant John Roberts and many others were killed. Very early In 'the morning we sur prised the enemy in camip, killing some( in their night clothes and took some prisoners and capturing a quantity of rations. Our men were very elated ov er their capture of .the rations (two thought the enemy had been com pletely routed) when we were ordered to follow them. We had a thin line to press them with but we followed them for nine miles. Then the enemy re ceived reinforcements from Winches ter and they charged our littWL band. What a stampede back to Cedar Creek! I remember one of the boys saw Gen eral Early standing on a mound look ing with his spy glass and the boy said, "General, are you going to make a stand on Fisher's lii'll? "Damn Fisher's lili and you too," was the Generals reply, so we left in a hurry. The n,we went back to Richmond, October, 186-1, ahd stayed on the lines until 'Christ mas. Immediately after Christmas we were sent to Charleston, S. 1C., and were forwarded to the Salt kehache River, where Thad Brown of our company was killed. In going back through North Carolina, at Averysborrough and lentonsville and all the way up we 'had little skirmish (S. At Greesnboro, we surrendered on the twenty-seventh (lay of April, 1865. We spent a fcdw days at Greens boro to fix u, papers and to .get ra tions. We walked to Laurens in three (lays and on home that night. Oh! what a big day the next (lay with our mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, sweethearts and other young friends. And too, I wish to say this: All those loved ones that were at the feast that my mother and father gave me on the (lay after I returned from the army, are gone, except one, Mrs. Lottie Walk er, who was the daughter of THIiman Fuller. I also wish to call your atten tion to the fact that every young lady that attended the feast wore dresses spun and made at home by their mothers or aunties. One girl said that she wove her dwn and by the wAy, I later married 'that sweet girl. I am urge(, by a neice who Is very proud of my war record, to add this little incident, not only because of the honor bestowed upon myself, 'but as a matter of history. For Lt is not gen erally known that the Yankee Gener al requested each Confederate Captain to bring forward the most deserving soldier In his company, that he should be presented with his own gui and all accessories. Capt. W. S. Pitts se lected your humble servant to receive "S New Tom Roa<c 'Cab, Seda The new Essex buyers. They give Esse ficial records al sands tell its p( Buyers today g than ever bef4 Rid, A East Main Stre his honor. So my own gun and ac ,essories and sixty rounds of ammuni lon were bestonwed upon me. I had ,aptured this gun from the enemy at Just Te Here it is school some good Scho The growing, ro proposition, at b ren, know all ab GO We have the sat please the boy o wear that parent Our School Sho< and our expert s atisfied Owners Ar fl0 -1etr Pri<f FortLrs. pilesit apel, l K ante adatg.Of .fo rices Drelibilidy. t anothefr adatgeir moey >re. They not only get a Today in the NEV IDAMS M HUDSON SALES Cold Harbor, and I was glad to feel the familiar burden resting on my shoulders during the lond, weary tramp home. St Our Schoc time again and the chil 01 Shoes. rnping school feet are alw; est. Parents, who have rF, out it. They know, too, t OD SCHOOL SHC isfying kind, with all the r girl, and back of it the s always insist upon. .s are formed to fit growir ervice in fitting insures it. AL Good Place to Trade Our Best Salesmer . . 2 INCLUDED. t Laur County tisie aing nd theyi ofin isoo ernet re a finer Pareints many aves. o ust Teknowrcgnz toe picen kidanth all theh is alyiist on Vs aMReoED fi S:ow * 0 $1 Just Like New York Murderers. Even the wenther can kill an Inno Icent fruit crop sund get away withl it. -Atanta Constitution. Shoes dren must have iys an expensive iised a few child he real value of )ES style features to solid, substantial ig feet perfectly, 9t the ssex 350 350 575 195 also gat the he attractions smoother and Essex for its ve recognized EX .aurens, S. C.