The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 31, 1910, Page TWO, Image 2
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A LETTER DESCRIBING INCIDENTS
OF SHERMAN'S RAID 1
IN CAMDEN. s
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The following highly interesting
letter concerning Sherman's raid was f
found on Hobkirk Hill, by an old 1
colored woman jypt after Camden 1
was raided by Sherman. The old 1
colored woman brought this letter
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itt a iaay ai tamueii, ?uu is uuw (
living in Charleston.
The pitcher referred to is sup- ?
posed to have been taken from Maj
\
John M DeSaussure.
The letter was written by a Federal
officer while in Camden, and is (
printed just as written: ?
Feb. 26th, 1S65. 1
Dear Wife:? 1
I have no time for particulars, we s
have had a glorious time in this f
State. Universal License to burn i
and plunder was the order of the (
day. s
The chivalry have been stripped 1
of most of their valuables and fine ]
gold watches, Silver pitchers. Cups, i
Spoons and forks and etc., are as (
common in camp as blackberries, t
The valuables procured we esti- (
mate by companies?each company 1
is requested to exhibit the result of e
its operation at any given place, one ]
fifth and first choice falls to the \
share of the Commander in Chief I
and staff, one fifth to field officers s
of regiment and three fifths to the S
Company. Officers are not allowed
avruu)itinnc anthftllt t
W JV111 CAyvvii ViVtW ?T i vt?s/?>v %
disguising themselves as privates.
One of our Captain Commander, (
borrowed a suit of citizens clothes 1
from one of our men and was sue- J
cessful in this place, he got a large \
quantity of Silver, among other
things an old time Silver milk c
pitcher and a very fine gold watch e
from a Mr DeSassure at this place, t
DeSaasure is one of the F F H of S s
C., and was made to fork over <
Jiberally.
Officers over the rank of Captain (
are not made to put their plunder
in the estimate for distribution.
This is very unfair and for this reason
in order to protect themselves
subordinate officers and privates
keep back everything that they can ?
carry about their persons such as
rings, ear-rings, breast-pins?of | ^
which if I ever live to get home. .
jl liave about a quart. I am not
joking. I have at least a quart of
Ijevzelry for you and the girls and
Some No. 1 diamond rings, and
among them.
Gen Sherman has Silver, and gold r
?
enough to start a bank his share in
goid watches and chains along at *
Columbia was Two Hundred and r
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Seventy-five, but I said I could not t
go into particulars.
All the general officers and many
pri vates had valuables of every des- .
cription even to Ladies Embroidered
Handkerchiefs. I have a share
of them too. ^
We took gold enough from d t,
trebles to have redeemed their in- j
ferael currency. When ever we c
come across it we burn as we con- 1
aider it entirely worthless.
I wish all the jewelry this army t
has could be carried to the old bay ;
State it would deck her out in s
glorious style. <1
It will be scattered all over the *
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north and middle States.
The d negroes as usual pre- ?
fer to stay at home particularly <j
after they found out that we only I
wanted the able bodied men and to c
""" tiMi+k tka vniinofpet nnrl "
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best looking women. Some times c
we take off whole families and
plantations of negroes by way of
repaying the rebels but the useless
part of these we soon manage to C
loose sometimes in crossing rivers
sometimes in other ways.
I shall write to you from Wilmr
gton, Goldsboro or some other 8
p'aee in N C., the orders to march s
have arrived. r
I must close hurriedly. Love to v
c
Oand mother and aunt Charlotte. ^
Take care of yourselves and the
chi'dren. *
Do not show this letter out of
ft
he family.
Your affect husband.
Thos L Myers.
Lieut.
?. S:?
I will send this by flag of truse to
>e mailed unless I have a chance of
sending it to Hilton Head. Tell
Sadie I am saving a pearl bracelet
ind earrings for her but Lambert
?ot the necklace and breast-pin of
:he same set. I am trying to trade
iim out of them. These were taken
from the Misses Jamison, daughters
)f the president of the S. C., Seces- j
iion Convention. We found those 1
3n our trip through Ga.
'SOPHS"EDITCOLLEGEMONTHLY
Williamsburg Student Contributor
to Davidson Journal.
Davidson College, Davidson, N
2:?The March issue of the Davidson
College magazine is out from
;he press. This issue is devoted ai nost
entirely each year to the
sophomore class, and it is known
is the "sophomore issue". Thisyear's
ssue is one of the best ever gotten
>ut, and it shows that 1912 has
some good writers. Following is the
ist of contents: "To 1912" (verse;)
? L S., 12; "The Chambers Buildng,"
H G B.; "A Night at Bell
arove," Jimmy; "The Heroines of
he Civil War;" "To a Narcissus"
Averse,) P L S., '12; "Odds and
2nds from Charleston," T A Beck:tt,
Jr; "The Death of Theodosia
*urr," S C F.; "The Dual Victory,"
VBBrockington; "Mattree"(verse,)
r A B., Jr; "Comets," T M Steven?n;
"To Spring" (verse), T M
Stevenson; "Two Phases of South:rn
Progress," "Multiple Personaliy,"
G H, Jr.
Mr T A Beckett, of Charleston, S
1, acted as the exchange editor.
_-i.? KM
ine ainieuc uuics wcic wui?h uj \
f H Beady and W B Brockington
vrote up the "College Happenings."
The object in turning this issue
>ver to the sophomore class is to
(ncourage them to write, in order
bat the members of the magazine
itaff can select men from the junior
:lass as literary editors.
Betting Bendy for the Primaries.
Columbia, March 28:?State
Democratic Chairman Wilie Jones
las issued a call for the regular
>iennial meeting of the State Demo:ratic
executive committee to be held
n Columbia on April 6.
This meeting will in accordance
vith the constitution of the party to
ssue a call for the State conven;ion
of the Democratic party, which
vill be held in Columbia on May 18.
The State committee will also islue
a call for the clubs in each
:ounty to meet on Saturday, April
!3, for the purpose of electing delerates
to the county conventions,
vhich will meet on Monday, May
Delegates to the State conven,ion
will be elected by the county
invention, each county being enitled
to double the representation
t has in the General Assembly.
There is more Catarrh in this secion
of the country than all other
liseases put together, and uutil the
ast few years was supposed to be iucurable.
For a great many years docors
pronounced it a local disease and
irescirbed local remedies, and by
censtantlv failing to cure with local
reatment, pronounced it incurable,
icience has proven catarrh to be a contitutional
disease and therefore retires
constitutional treatment,
fall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured
?y F J Cheney & Co,Toledo, Ohio, is
he only constitutional cure on the
narket. It is taken internally in
loses from 10 drops to a teaspoouful.
t acts directly on the blood and musou8
surfaces of the system. They
>ffer cue hundred dollars for any
ase it fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials. Address:
F J Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, ?5c.
Take Half's Family Pills for
sonstipation.
Notice.
All parties are hereby warned
igainst employing, giving refuge or
belter to, or in any way harboring
ny son, Jesse Fulmore, a minor,
vho ran away from my home on
lunday night, March 20, 1910.
H B Fulmore,
jake City, S. C.,
March 26, 1910. 3-31-2.
Will Close at Seven.
We, the undersigned merchants
of the town of Kingstree, do hereby
agree to close our respective
places of businoss at 7 o'clock, from
April 1 to September 1, except
Saturdays:
Wilkins Bargain House.
The Farmers Supply Co,
By H E Montgomery, Secty &Treas.
Jennings Gro Co,
L Stackley, Pr L J Stackley,
Kingstree Dry Goods Co,
J S Eron,
People's Mercantile Co,
L D Rodgers & Co,
Butler Dry Goods Co,
J W Coward,
B F Patrick, /
Kingstree Hardware Co,
Per W H Carr,
Sol Peres,
Jacobs & Scott,
Gale & Gale,
S Marcus,
Edgenott Bros & Co,
Jenkinson Bros Co,
Carolina Furniture Co,
Watts & Watts,
0 H Patrick,
Brown & Brown,
Andereon, Spring & Co.
H D Reddick.
Foreign Missions.
Watson's Magazine for March,
which is the successor to Watson's
Jeffersonian Magazine, will contain
another editorial on Foreign Missions,
and also an eloquent defence
of the present system. Every one
has been waityig, watching and
hoping for another word from Mr
Watson on this subject.
Tom Watson says:. "Christians
of America! The cry of the children
of this land rises loudly and
bitterly against you. The infant
lies at your door. And in a large,
national, racial sense, it is your
child! And you are leaving it there,
to die of criminal neglect, while
you rush wildly to Europe, Asia,
Africa, Oceanica and Latin America,
to save the stranger's child. On c
that great day, when the earth and j
the sea shall give up their dead, and a
men shall troop toward the Great *
White Throne, to give an account c
of the deeds done in the body, what 1
will you say? Oh, what can you c
say, when you are accused by the t
little ones for whom you are respon- ?
sible, and whom you allowed to go j
to Death or the Devil?"
Again, he says: "You fetter the J
future of your country with the >
foul bonds of the Harlot. In your *
mad zeal to compel other races to
change their religions, you betray
Christ in your own country. The
Laymen's Movement really means
the . world for the Trusts.' With
the craftiness of Satan himself, the <
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wolves of the Trusts are donning (
sheep's clothing. In the name of ?
God, they are setting up, through
out the heathen world, their own "
golden altars."
Read about "Little Dora," the
negro child that the missionaries
want to buy, and then about the
little white slaves of Colorado, who y
toil from dawn to dark for their
Japanese masters.
Watson's Magazine is 10 cents a
copy at any news-stand, one dollar
a year. Subscriptions may be sent I
direct to Watson's Magazine, Thornson,
Ga., or will be accepted in club t
with this paper, both for $1.50.
FOREIGN MISSIONS EXPOSED. ^
s
Watson's Magazine,12 months, t
or The Jeffersonian, 52 weeks, j1
regular price __ $1.00 c
The County Record, regular
price 1.00 1
Foreign Missions Exposed, 100- i
page book, by Thos E Watson, 1
finely illustrated .25
$2.25 1
OUR PRICE FOR ALL $1.75
3-10-tf
A ninety rruiecuuu.
Everyone knows the after effects
of La Grippe are often more danger:
ous than the disease. So often it
leads to pueuuionia, which a weak
heart action makes fatal. La Grippe ^
coughs that strain and weaken the
system yield quickly to the strength- ,
eniug qualities of Foley's Honey and _
Tar. D C Scott.
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fole y s Kidney phis ;
Fea Backachc Kioncwand Susocp
THE ARISTOCRAT
OF THE
PIANO WORLD
^ "At home in the best ^
homes of the land." "
THE
STIEFF
GRAND
are bound to adleaves
nothing
vu,
iently appropriate in the
ie . 'tuodest means, or the s .Ion
. Opulence.
I Stock tinisfces: Rosewood, Walnut, J I
uy. Finished to order tomatc i u.ij ^ther
wood / - - - .
Come in and take a look at this ;
magnificent instrument.
I
I
Chas, M. Stieff,
Manufacturer of the
Artistic Stieff, the Shaw and the Stieff
Self Player Pianos.
Baltimore, - - Maryland.
SOUTHERN VAREROOIt
5 West Trade Street,
Charlotte, - - - N. C.
C H. WILMOTH,
Manager.
Clerk's Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUlfTY OF WILLIAMSBURG,
Court of Common Pleas.
F Rhem & Sons, Plaintiffs,
vs
J W McAllister, Defendant.
By virtue of ait ordei to ine directed
>utof the court of common pie w in the
ibove stated case, dated the 2nd day oc
darch, A D 1910, I will sell at publif
iuction to the highest bidder for cash
>efroe the court house door in Kingsree,
S C, during the legal hours of s;ue,
>n April 4. 1910,the following described
ract ot land, to witAll
that certain piece, parcel or tract
if land lying, being and situated in
Williamsburg county, in the State
.foresaid, containing forty-six (46)
teres, more or less, and bounded as folows,
to wit: On the Northeast by
ands of Emma Giliiard; oi, the East by
ands of Italy Gillian!; on the South by
,he run of Mill Branch and on the
Northwest by lands of W C Hemingway.
The said lands beinga portion of
;be tract of the estate of J G Giliiard.
Puachaser to pay for papers.
H 0 BRITTON.
Jlerk* of Court of Common Pleas and
General Sessions for Williamsburg
county. 3-17-8t
Notice to Creditors.
All persons having claims against the
state of W T'Ham,;deceased, will prelent
the same, duIt verified, to the uniersigncd,
and all persons owing said
?rate will make payment to
Richard Ham,
8-17-4t Administrator.
Foreclosure Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
county of williamsburg,
Court of Common Plea*.
S B Poston, Plaintiff,
against
(f.'ctoria Gainus (sometimes called Victoria
Burgess), Dave Gainus, Dell
Gadsden, Allene Speights, Drucilla
Harrison, Susan M Rodgers, G L
Sauls and R L Montague,Defendants,
Pursuant to the order made In the
bove entitled cause by hu Honor J C
Clngh. presiding Judge, and dated
iarch 2, 1910, I will sell at public aucion
before the court house in Kingsree.
S 0, on salesday in April next,
leing the 4th d?y of April, 1910,within
he usual hours of sale, "all the undiided
right, title, and interest of the
aid Victoria Gainus and Dave Gainus,
>eing seven-fifteenths (7-15) thereof, in
ind to all that piece, parcel or tract of
and lying, being and situate in the
ounty of Williamsburg, South Caroliia,
containing ninety (90) acres, more
ir less, and bounded North by lands of
["homas Williams; Eastl by lands of
*aul McKnight; South by lands of John
kfcCollough and West by lands of Wm
ilcClam."
Terms cash: purchaser to pay for palere.
G J graham,
Sheriff of Williamsburg county.
3-17-3t
g? < 2Z.Of JP.
vJSsLv' Kingstrec Lodge
Knights of Pythias
w w fiegmar ^ouvcuuuus r.verj
2nd and 4th Wednesday nights
Visiting; brethren always welcome,
Castle Hall 3rd story Gourd in Building;.
(j. D. Jacobs, C. C.
j. C. Burgess, K U S & M F
By helping us you help your;elf.
Buy from the houses who
idvertise in The Record and
nention the paper. tf
Won't You 1
^HELP 1
Commencement
Now, you know commencement se
off, and everybody will be in a sweat, all
dresses ready in time for commenceme
thought of this but have not planned th
Now, won't you let us help you a little?
We have now in stock a beautiful Hi
CHINA SI
27 inches wide, in White, Cream and
yard, with dainty Allover and Val. Laces
We have now a beautiful line of
CANTON fsl
w A m A i * A 1 ^ i
in stock?White, Cream, Pink, Light B
and all the evehing shades, 27 inches w
This is certainly an astonishing value,
you see this line of Silks at 25c you will
daughters' dresses from this selection.
Then we have the famous lin3 of
WHITE F L A
that launder so beautifully. Nothing c<
ate for a commencement dress than a W1
a full line of Fiaxons at 20c, 25c and 30
have the superb line of dainty White
and 50c the yard,pretty enough and daic
daughter of a queen. Dainty Swiss Ei
and Ribbons to trim.
Then the last and greatest bargain c
hand of dainty
PERSIAN L
45 inches wide, only 15c the yard. To s
Lawn is to buy it, for you can't secure it
less than 25c. We defy you to match t
anywhere for less than 25c. We bought
offer it to our patrons at a bargain.
We are sure if you give us a call w
ting up the commencement dresses you a
Don't wait; get the materials and make
you will be rushed out of your wits at th
next week.
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USES 311(1
Nice driving horses All
Good work horses mi
Combination horses sir
Buggies, Surreys an
Durham?Jackson G Smith? Wre
WAGONS T!
Just received two carloads of th
known WEBER?COLUMBUS <fe R
Harness, Saddles, Roll
Horse Blan
\ Call and see us befor
Yours to pleaf
Williamsburg Lit
Kingstree, S
CnmmemEl
Charleston, 5. (
N. E. Corner King and Wenti
CAPITAL - - f
We conduct;
??$General and Savings I
A Q\ allowed in Savings De
quarterly, January: Apr
OUT-OF-TOWN ACCOUN]
TRISTRAM T. HYDE, President. ~ ~ I
J. S. PINKUSSOHN, Vice
Directors:
M. H. LAZARUS, R. (
JULIUS M. VISANSKA, J, S
G. B. BUELL, J. A
E. MITCHELL SEA BROOK, LEI
AUG. R. RUGIIEIMER, A. J
W. A. MOORE, R. f
T. J. HAMLIN, T. T
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Season? y I
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ason is not many weeks
t in a dead rush to get
int. Perhaps you have flfl
ie dress or dresses yet.
ne of tC/TB
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I It IV ^
Light Blue, at 50c the
to trim. ' v
I L K S
lue, Canary, Old Rose
ide, only 25c the yard.
We are almost sure if , 1
buy your daughter's or
".1 J
iXONS
Duld be more appropriate
Flaxon. We have
c the yard. Then we
Flaxons in stock at 40c
ity enough to adorn the
mbroidery, Val. Laces
>f all?a iarge stock on
-AWN
iee this line of Persian
; in a regular way for
his lot of Persian Lawn
it at a bargain and we
e can assist you in getre
now thinking about.
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it sutru it juu wait
e last moment. More I J
os. Co. r
ggf
sizes of nice, sleek
lies in pairs or
igle
d Runabouts
nn and arker Buggies.
fAGONS
e reliable and well
US8ELL Wagons.
kofi Whi'nfl anil i
'VWJ ? T U11U H
kets. 1
e buying. 1
se, I
rz Stock Co. '
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trigs 33ank
ivorth Streets.
$100,000 ii
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)epartment.???
partment, computed J i
il, July and October.
rs sol/cited: j
30URTEHAY OLNEY, Cashier. Jtt
Pres.
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J. RHETT,
. PINKUSSOHN, :
iLWYN BALL,
.AND MOORE, *
. BUIST, M. D.
5. WHALEY,
HYDE.
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