Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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RED SHIRT REUNION A GREAT OCCASION. (Cominued from second the men in town as well as the women and children lined the ^ space in tront of i heir houses and waved handkerchiefs and cheered ' us. Not a negro did we see. H "Having shown how little terri-j B lied we were to thus beard the lioo i B in his den. we proceeded m column ; W of twos to Coker spring, where we j P consumed an hour or more in wash- j r ing the dirt oft' our faces and out of our eves and ears, and watering I our horses, { "At that time there was stationed at Aikeu a company of United States regulars. These were camped on the bluff overhanging Coker Spring. -L Lie etiau^c unu uui'|iic <t|>|icai>iiiv.c of this new uniform and the men in it caused all of the soldiers to line up on the bluff and watch us i with great curiosity and interest. - When all our men had finished < washing, and we were again in our places (everything having been done in military style, one man holding j three horses with linked bridles while the other three washed at the horse trough) Col Butler gave the I command. 'Pours left, left dress!' I This threw us into-line facing the ' bluff, where the Yankees were < gathered some sixty yards away and t about forty feet above ns. Then i the order was given: <;Three chesrs 1 for the boys in blue,' and if there J was ever a 'rebel yell" it must have * leaped from the throats of those I determined and desperate men. As t soon as the cheers were given the i the command followed: 'Fours left, left by twos. March!" and we started off back up tbe bill briskly towards the town. ^ ."Almost as if by magic the Yankee soldiers, who were all in J uniform, received the order from someone: 'Fall in, right dress!' As I they were already in line it took 1 r -t them only two or :hree seconds to 1 ^ get in military formation and, c withont counting off, the order was t | given: 'Three cheers for the men in white!' The answering call of the e ' Northern white man to the Southern i white man was as hearty and i vigorous as our own defiance had 1 f been. 8 "I will say in passiug, that, while t some of these same men marched c sixteen miles to Mouse's bridge to ) ? . I. stop the Ellenton riot some weeks i later and were held along with a 1 large uumber of other troops in r the disturbed region?one whole e regiment being sent to Edgefield J court house in October?none of h the soldiers ever displayed any r other than the most friendly and 1 kindly feeling and they had no t stomach whatever for the dirty work f they had been sent into the State to i! do. They obeyed orders, which is f the duty of a soldier, bnt they a never showed any feeling other than ii good will and sympathy for our c people. Bnt while the Sweetwater Sabre club and its successors iu f Meriwether township, the Democratic Fighting Club, came iu contact with the troops on several occasions afterwards, they were never permitted to cheer us again. o "The rioters in their bloody shirts a poturnpfl tr? thpir ruiflrtprs. In this parade the shirts were worn as p blouses over the pants with pistol belts outside. Some of the men wore them home, and one young man, ? John Crawford, I think, caused p his sisters to become dreadfully c frightened because they thought he r was wounded. I carried the flag to my home, and I have regretted that i it was destroyed by fire when my t residence was burned some three years later. j "It was a unique scene in the I court room when Judge Maher ordered bail to be granted, fixing the sum, as I recall it, at $1,000 each t The argument of the case had de- c layed action far into the night. * Lamps had to be brought in, and as j the restless 'prisoners' would pass in c and out of the court room and take l their seats, the thud of the barrels e of their revolvers could be heard as * they came in contact with the benches. ] 'When court adjourned the men c began to make inquiry of the clerk ] of court as to when they could file their bonds. He, in a rather pietulant and irritable manner, which was ( natural, because he was very much fatigued, replied; 'Some time in the morning.' Just then 1 overheard ! Sheriff Jordan whisper to him:; 'You had better let these nun get' out of town to-night, els - they may . burn it and hang you before morn-' ing.' In a trice the manner of the J clerk changed and he began tc hand ; out blank bail bonds to be signed by all the applicants and their sureties, j We all went on each other's bonds; and it became a joke, causing great - 1 . U' .t tl ?t. amusement, mat ttaiKe.- oiauieny, who did not own ten dollars' worth of property, had signed bonds to the extent of $20,000. In truth the whole performance was a perfunctory and in many respects a laughable travesty on law, for if they had attempted to put us in jail 1 am sine few or none of us would have ac<jui-! esced and we would have probably killed every obnoxious Radical in the court room and town, and gone to Texas or some other hiding place. In an hour we had departed and, gathering up our camp followers, were on our way home. "We had in truth waved tliej bloody shirt in th<' face of the Yankee bull and dared him to do his | worst. It is needless to say that this Jaring ac* on the part of the whites; served to intensify the dread of the aegroes, while among the whites the I 1 -t ,i? ?1?.... I,..- i uauu Ul ittUC UIC? 115 IIWCI lV?CtlJCi. it was 'all for une and one for all'i ind the State's motto: 'Animisopimsque parati'?ready with our lives m l fortunes?pulsated as the sentiment in our bosom." REPLY TO MR POWELL'S COMPLAINT j Is to Roads in Anderson Township Not; Receiving Proper Attention Editor County Record: ? Please allow me space in your j )iper to reply to the statement of; Hr >1 M Powell, published in your! ast issue, relative to the condition >f the public road from Barton' irauch to Harmony church. Mr J J Graham, our popular road | sugineer, was down here some time! n July and inspected our roads in ! \uderson township and a few days ; l i-. it. 1.: ?f iL. i aier ne lec out trie worsiuj: ui iuei aid roads by contract. The road ; rom Barton branch to Ilarmonv j ihurch was let to Messrs J Sj iVheeler and W T Rowel 1. Mr I lowell taking the part from here to ; larton branch and Mr Wheeler the ; emaining portion from here to Harnony church. Both the contractors, lessrs Wheeler and Kowell, seem to j ?e much interested in putting the J oad in good traveling condition, j ."his is a new road, and not being j raveled much, it is very rough j rom hereto Barton branch, but; 1 I t is drained very well. The road rom here to Harmony church is s good a piece of road as there is; a the lower part of Williamsburg ounty. Respectfully, ; J Red Coon. i .Moody, August 30. *'j Practice vs Theory. ; j ' / A student undergoing examination,; u the principles of mechanics was! I sked: '; "Why will not -a pin stand on its ' toint?" j j He returned the followiug answer: 1 "In the first place, a point is de-11 ined by Euclid as that which has no j i >arts and no magnitude, and how. an a pin stand on that which has I 10 parts and no magnitude? "In the second place, a pin will lot stand on its head, mnch less, | berefore, will it stand on its point. "Thirdly, and lastly, it will, if; on stick it in hard enough."?| pearsoit'$. The Road To Success ias many obstructions, but none soj lesperate as poor health. Success; o-day demands health, but Electric i Jitters is the greatest health builder ' he world has ever known. It j :ompels perfect action of stomach, j iver, kidneys, bowels, purifies and mriches the blood, and tones and j nvigoracea toe wuuie ajrowrui. Vigorous body and keen brain follow heir use. You cau't afford to slight 31ectric Bitters if weak, run-down ?r sickly. Only 50c. Guaranteed by D C Scott Old papers for sale at this office. Not a Drop of Alcohol What is a "tonic"? A medicine that increases the strength or tone of the whole system. What is an "alterative"? A medicine that alters or changes unhealthy action to healthy action. Name the best "tonic and alterative"? Ayer's Sarsaparilla, the only Sarsaparilla entirely free from alcohol. Ask your own doctor all about it. Never take a I medicine doctors cannot ei lflorse. /. c. Ayer Co., Lowell,Mass. I Without daily action of the bowels poisui ous products must be absorbed. Then you have impure blood, biliousness, headache. As!. your doctor about Ayer's Pills for constipation. rKnWTREE GRADED AND HIGH SCHOOL, j c * | Kingstree, S. C. j ! ^ i High School Department| ^ Hoys and Girls prepared for College or for Business Life, j ? PURE WATER, EIGHT INSTRUCTORS. ) f HEALTHFUL LOCATION. FINE MUSIC DEPARTMENT. ) SCHOOL IXXEX recently completed with beautiful ^ \ e ^ and spacious Auditorium. j > AMPLE ROOM FOR BOARDING PUPILS. * } TERMS REASONABLE. ^ Fall Term Begins I \ Monday, September 13. j ( For information apply to > | J. G. COLBERT. E. G EPPS, I ( Superintendent. Clerk Board Trustees, j \ Kingstree. S. C. t { The Superintendent's office will be open Y I i nr?/1 Cntni?/lair c i n iuay cinu uaiui muj9 s | SEPTEMBER 10 and 11, j \ from 9 to 10 a m and from 5 to C p m for the enrollment of > I pupils. > ISTOLL BROTHERS | iWE STOCKS WE| I BT BONDS BUV I ANDw ' AND AND; | SELL LAND'S SELL | It will pay you to always see us when you have I any business of this kind. I OFFICE OVER BANK OF WILLIAMSBURG 8 I . _ | j ?C0I AND SEE YOUR DOLLARS GROW LARGER I ? .? ? WHEN IN NEED OF ANYTHING IN; ? ?Hardware Sash Doors Blinds?1 ?Lime Cement Plaster Paints ?t ? Oils Glass Calcimo] Putty, etc. ?: (?j ? g Our Crockery, Glass, Agate and Tinware depart- gj !?.ments are complete. (?> TOILET SETS. @ ? i ? ? X Cups and Saucers, Plates, Dishes, Bowls and J:* ? Pitchers. ? ? ? gj Snmething nice in lamps, ask to see them. jgj ? Call and let us show you something nice in a? ? Range, Cook or Oil Stove. ? The hunting season will soon be here, Come and ^ inspect our line of Guns and Ammunition. J ? ? gj Dont dispute with a woman when she tells you jg js&that tne Kingstree Hardware Company is the best place jg wto buy anything in our line, because she knows what w S<cVi^ ,*c iHnnr ahnnt Don't pxnect vour wife to meet W Wom- u ic*. ,.w8 ? - j ^you pleasantly if you go to another store and pay ^ Smore for the same article. W ? ? ? Ring 35 for What You Want. q jgjCoffins and Caskets always on hand. Services rendered jgj Wday and night. jgj jgj Kemember the place jgj gKingstree Hardware Co. ? c. w-j.' is.^ ? '<?'?> .'..l.r- . \if - < i| r-" ! r*-> Wo fiord College Fitting School, SPARTANBURG, S C, High grade echool. Small c'asses. Person.il oversight if ir-.ideits. film; ited number. Six teachers. Large library. Kxcellent gvmnasim. Charges reasonable. For catalogue address s-i(J6t A. MASON DuPRE, Head Master. _______ A Lady Missionary Remonstrates I 1 with Thomas E Watson for championing what she considers an unnghti eons cause. Is There a White Slave Trade? Incidentallv.bnt powerfully,the subject is broached in the course of Mr | Watson's reply to tnis lady. J J J J The Dark Corner, $ $ f A I Zach McGhee's delightful novel, crows more entertaining with every in I " O ' o stallment. I ,,p ERA'EST CAWCROFT'S "A Glimpse of Newer France" will take you on one of the most enjoyable and instructive vacation trips you could imagine. Go to Paris and "La Belle France" while you swing in your own cool nainmock under the trees. You will thoroughly appreciate all the features, new and old, of Watson's Jeffersonian Magazine for September. The standard of excellence is high and constantly rising. Watson's Jeffersonian Magazine, THOMSON, GACLIFFORD SEMINARY. AN IDEAL HOME SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ' t Piedmont belt of South Carolina. Gives iudh idual attention to each student. School family limited to 40 Seven instructors. Confer* A. B. degree accredited by State Board of idueation. Climate unsurpassed. *130 pays all charge* for year? room, table board and i literary tuition. For catalogue address a REV. B. G. CLIFFORD, D. D., "i UNION, S. C. -M ^^wJ^flQRpUGHFAREcfT^EL ! hpfefffi t|}6? Northed South | Florida?Cuba. E ' | A passenger service unexcelled for luxury I and comfort, equipped with the latest Pullman ft m Dining, Sleeping and Thoroughfare Cars. I 1 * For rates, schedule, maps or any informa- g ' 8 tiorr, write to | ^ ? WM. J. CRAIG, * | General Passenger Agent. * Wilmington. N. C. 2 r i -i-T-yifrry,v-^rgrrfRrrfw "r ?;^nrTTHgii JI laiim?mm V i v. a ? P?TOPLlfASEYOU^ W\ That's what we are working for all the time. Good, salable good m\ jfwE33DE)IlTG- PEESEITTS Z /i STERLI.YU SILVERWARE and SILVER PLATED WARE. W)*% "iy 7a * % SRICH CCT GLASS, A large variety of JK.V % CLOCKS and BRONZES. GOLD and SILVER JEWELRY. fT%\ \ ?^ c:i a M:~i?i (# % % ? A full line of OPTICAL GOODS. EFES FITTED FREE./^S Remember we are WATCH INSPECTORS for Southern ^ \ (^Georgetown and Western Railroad and Consolidated Street Ra^QflaLTjKo. 4 IF WATCHES AND JEWELRY REPAIRED. 4= Ik MAIL ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENT/e^^ife/X-^ fi s- <sc ssmq'tf&g 1% jjR tilKIK6 STREET. CHARLESTON, S. ?C96SCSCSCS6SCSCSCS^^^^4 \ %pj,