University of South Carolina Libraries
Killing of Gen. Sedgwick A Bit of War History Pub? lished Now For the First Time To the Editor of The State. You published what ? said ia Tbp Abbeville Medium about Captain O B Warwick of the Eighteenth U. S infantry, who was killed ta a skirmish in the Philippines, November 26 Yoe gave, credis to The Press and Banner through inadvertence, and ? mako no complaint, bot write to make a correc? tion in what I wrote to tell some strange coincidence about the killing of General Sedgwick. Lieutenant Charles R. Paul was not io the company with Captain McLaughlin and Lieutenant Warwick woo were here in 1874 He came in 1876 with Captain and Lieu? tenant Barobart. I took him to a big political meeting at Due WeBt, where We had a brass band, red shirts, negro Democratic speakers and two pitchers en the stand, lt was interesting expe j rience for him Lieutenant Paui afterwards married a daughter of General Rains, who was an old army officer, but resigned and came south. He bad oharge of a Confederate foundry in Augusta daring (be War between the States Lieutenant Paul told me that he was sitting on a horse near General Joh o Seegwiok when he was killed by one of McGowan's sharpshooters at Spottsyl vania Court Honse. Paul was acting on his staff and General Sedgwich was giving orders about bringing up some commissary wagons. Io a very few minutes the word passed down our line that one of oar sharpshooters had killed a Yankee general. j Some time ago while dining with Honorable J. J. Darlington, io Wash? ington, D C. his father-in-law, an elderly minister, told me that be saw the bedy of General Sedgwieh when it landed in that city, and that General Sedgwich was the only man be saw daring the whole war who bad been killed in battle. i was standing in the broad road leadiog to Spottsylvania Court House whee the word came along the Hue that a general had been killed by one of our sharpshooters at a single shot ac a distance of 1 OOO yards. It is strange that I should meet his aide after so many years and also the man who saw the body reach Washington. Io **Lee's Sharpshooters," recently pub? lished, Major W. S. Daolop, who commanded McGowan's sharpshooters, tells who killed General Sedgwich as follows : "We reached the backbone of tbe ridge, near the edge of a field which lay out beyood. Here we could plainly see Sedgwick's corps in line of battle on the crest of another bill, busily engaged io rectifying their lines and contracting breastworks, with their skirmishers well advanced. Upon these we opened a scattering fire with some effect. We discovered an angle protruding from their main line towards the right of the battalion, which brought a four gun battery with irs infaotry supports placed there for the defense of the salient, barely within reich of our long range rifles. And to these Ben Powell with bis 'Whit worth' and a few files on the right paid their respects. Presently an officer of rank with his staff approached the salient, and adjusiiog bis field glasses, began to take observations of the front. A few sho's only bad been fired at the group, wheo the rioging peal of Pow? ell's Whitworth was heard some distance to the right ; the officer was seen to stagger and fail, and the brilliant career of that gallant and distinguish? ed soidier, Maj Geo Sedgwick, com? mandant of the Fifth Federal army corps, was closed, and closed forever. Powell reported at once that be had killed a Federal general, but we knew cot his name or rank until it came out a few days later in the northern papers, announcing that Geo Sedgwiok bad been killed by a Confederate sharp? shooter ; whioh fact so published bas gone into history, but the name of 'the man behind the gan has never before been mentioned " Ben Powell was from Lancaster, S. ; c. There may not be much in what I have said above, bat some of the old soldiers may be interested io the story. Robert R Hemphill. Abbeville. S. C , Dec 12, 1899. Union Times : Resolve to plant a short crop of cotton next year aod go to work, and go at it in earnest, to making your own compost heaps. You have time enough to make your own fertilizer, and if you cannot make all you need, you have the satisfaction of havirg very little to buy at the exhor bitant prise you will have to pay. and by united efforts along this line you can sm&sb the thing like you did thc bag? ging and tie trust some time ago, which, like this, was organized for the sole purpose of throttling and crushing the farmer. Notbisg would please us more than to see the farmers of tbe whole south go to work, and by united action smash this latest trust. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of LiKa?*rt^C?CC?^ 'Filz Lee an Indian Fighter. I Was Seriously Wounded in ! the Breast by an Arrow. I: his ofcp" been noticed 'hat when? ever (jon iHtzhugh L33 visits the White Boose bs s:cp3 to have a chat with C?P? Lotf?sr, who stand* guard at the prcMdeot's private effie* and toe cabinet r^om. T0?3 is generally attri? buted to Ij2e\s pleasant way of treating everyone, but it bas another orig?D. Before the civil war Lsc was lieutenant in tho old Second cavalry, afterward reorganized as the Fiftb Loeffler was a trooper in this regiment, and later a noB-commissiooed officer His company was one of the two which were engaged io a sharp fight with tbs Kiowa ?nd Comaoohe Indians in the Cimarr?n country io Texas in 1859 The Indians bad taken refuge in a narrow canon, which oould be eat- re i only from one end, and there had thrown np a fortification of logs, from behind which they poured a bot fire into the troops. The character of the canon was such that the horses cf the j oavalry were useless, and they were left j outside, the men advancing 00 foot. Only a few of the Indians bad firearms, the rest, using bows aod arrow? Had the Indians been as weil armed as they have beeo io la'er wars, the less of tbe whites would have been very large ; as it was, only four or five soldiers were killed, though the Indian loss amounted to nearly fifty. A charge was made upon the iog fort, and Lee, who was a dashing officer and a wonderful favorite with his men, was tbe first one to scale tbe breastwork. The arrows were whiz ziog all about bim, and one struck bim io tbe breast, inflicting a very ugly wound. As be fell, the confusion was so great about him that the arrow was pulled oat of his 8:sh and thrown to, the ground among tbs ctber arrows whole H nd broken, so that no one could tell afterwards whether the bead bsd remained in tbe wound or bad beeo drawn out with the stick. lt was impossible, therefore, to say how seriously he bad been hurt, and be was carried at oooe to the rear, where a litter was improvised cf saplings and boughs He was laid upon this, which was swung between two horses, and thus he was carried back to the wagoo train, a distance of more than 150 miles, through a rough country. Probing showed that the bead of the arrow bad fortunately been drawn out, and io due time good nursing put tbe lieutenant on his feet again. This is an incident in Lee's career which is apparently known to very few It is of interest, also, that tbe old Second oavalry had for its colonel Albert Sidney Johnson, acd for its lieutenant-colonel Robert E. Lee. and that Hardee, of "taotics" fame, and George H. Thomas were two of its majors. The captain of the company in wnicu Fitzhugh L?e was first lieu? tenant was Kirby Smith. Lotfflar served with credit in the Union artoy through the civil war, received his White House detail from President Giant, and was appointed a "military storekeeper" :n the regular army, with j the rack of captain, by President \ McKinley -Denver Post. mmm9 I ? - Pains io head, neck, shoulder?, back, froot, sides hips, and Imbs are readily cured bj Sim? mons' Squaw Vine Wire or Tablets. Dr M A Simmons' Liver Medicine bas since 1840 steadily risen in public favor, and the demand for it far exceeds lhat of acv other livar medicine Fast Run on Coast Line. Florence, Dec 15.-Engineer J. L. Wysong made a run over the Coast Line's new road io Augusta Wednes day night which will go down in tbe records. The New Yoik and Angus ta vestibule left Augusta for Florence Wednesday night 2? minutes late, and 25 minutes of this time was made up. Counting all stops and slowdowns, Mr Wysong made the whole run at the rate of 60 miles an hour. Seven minutes were made up between Robbins and Denmark, the new portion of the road One of the most inportant ques tion8 that will come before the State Legislature, which will assemble on January 9th will be the completion of the State Capital at Columbia To complete-it, wili cost aboot $250,000 and the desire is to prosecute the work by paying $50,000 a year for five yeara There is no question but that the building should be completed and the sooner it is done the better for the State We hope our law makers wiil take up the question and complete this much needed work - Newberry Herald Burned to Death in a Car of Cotton. Special to The State Lancaster. Dee 12 -Heath Springs, on the South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railway, bas had a costly fire. The depot, platforms and about 400 bales of cotton aod a mao by the name of Stuttcn, from B'acksburg, were ali constimed in the fire. The report is that S* Ut loo was drunk and roaming about the towo asking tor lodgings in his condition no one would take him in and airer dark br was seen to crawl into a bon c-r where there was cotton. This ^as ?be la<-t seen of him until th* charred remains wore f >cod in the burnt debris of the oar. The supposition is that he wes smoking and let tbs fire from bis pipe ignite *be cotton. Taylor Inaugurated j Frankfort, Ky, Dre 12-Wiiiiam j S Taylor was '.i.Migurated as governor j at noon today. Tee crowd was much j smaller than in psst years, due to :be ' weather which ap to last night., was ! rainy, followed today by a December j blizzard Tb? in^ugU'sl eeremoniee i were simp'e Retiring Governor Br*'l lev. io the course of his speech, s*?d that be hoped the Goobel election la^. which had brought PO much turmoil to the State, would he wiped from ?be ! statute books. Governor-elect Tay'or in hts inaugural address said : "Thc verdies rendered by the people last November was the mandate of the peop'e in favor of civil liberty. It was the triumph of the people over a merciless, remorseless partisan machine, ! erected to enslave them i3 He said one of the chief aims of his administration wooid be to secure the repeal of the election law. The oath of office was administered to Governor Taylor at noon by Chief Justice Hazel rigg The lately defeated Democratic candidates for States offices began serving notices of contests today against tbs Republican candidates who were given certificates of election last w?efc. Several have r<een served. - mm i i mm ? Government of Puerto Rico Washington, Dec 12 -The cabinet meeting today was devoted almost wholly to a discussion of the political and financial conditions in Puerto Rico It is understood that the secretary of war and the president and all the members of the cabinet are m favor of giving to the Puerto Ricans a form of government similar to that given to Louisiana at the time of the purchase of the territory from the French in 1803. It is not altogether > improbable that the president within the next few weeks at the latest will send a message to congress review the situation in Puerto Rico and asking that measures may be taken to bring about a more satisfactory state of affairs in the island. Clemson College, Dec 12 -Mr. Chas T. Harrison of Washington, D. C.. is here to superintend putting down the experiments on the macadam road. He has been at the University of Ten? nessee for some tioie, giving leotures there on the subject of good roads. While here he will deliver a course of lectures on the same subject The government, io addition to sending Mr. Harrison, bas also sent some machinery ?o help in putting down the work. If troubled with dizziness, furred tongue, bitter teste in izcutb, b'oated feeling after eating, constipation or sick headache,^use Dr M A SimmcB3' Liver Medicine TAX RET?RKS FOR 1900. O FICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR SUMTER COUNTY, SUMTER, S. C., Nev. 30, 1899. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN tbat I will atie d io person or bv deputy, at the ioliowinir places oo the dat s indicted re? spective!?, for tte purpose of receiving re? turns cf Personal Property, snd PoU Texas for the fis'ral year commencing January isl, 1900 :" At office Sumter, S C., at all other times up to Feb 21), 1900, inclusive : Tindalls, Tuesday, January 2 Privateer, (Jenkins' Store) Wed? nesday, January 3 Manchester, (Nettles' residence) Thursday, January 4 Wedgefield, Friday, January 5 Stateburg. Saturday, January 6 Hagood, Monday, January 8 Rembergs Store, Tuesday, Janu ory 9. Gallard's X Roads, Wednesday, January 10. Bo8sard8, Thursday, January ll. Gordon's Mill, Saturday, Jann ary 13 Mayesville, Monday, January 15 Scoitsville, (McElveen's Store) Tuesday, January 16. Shiloh, Wednesday, January 17. Norwood's X Roads, Thursday, January 18. Lyuchburg, Friday, January 19. Magnolia, Saturday, January 20. Reid's Mill, Monday, January 22. Bishopville, Tuesday and Wednes? day, January 23 and 24 Mannville, Thureday, January 25 Smithville, Friday, January 26. The law requires that all persors owning property or io ?uvwi9e bavinz charge of such property, either as agent, husband, guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, etc , return the s ?tue under oath to the audi? tor, who requests all perdone to be prompt in making their returns ?nd save the ?0 per cent penalty which will be added to the property valuation cf all persons who fail to make rt turns wubin the lice prescriced ny law. Taxpayers return what they own on the fir.-t day of January, 1900 Assessors and taxpayers will enter the first given name of the taxpayer i? foll, also m?ke a separate return for each township where the property is located and also in ei.ch nnd ' every case the No. cf" the School District j must be given. I Every m*le cilizen between the age of ' twenty ons a d sixty yeurs o-i the first day of j January, 1'3'CO, except tho?e incapable of earning it support from beiog maiaed or from i other cause*?, are deemed taxable pol's, and | txcept Coe federate soldiers 10 years of ace, on J muary l'?u. 19C0 Ail return? must bs made on or before the ! 20:h day of Ff-brur.rv nex\ I cannot tike: returns after tb-.t dare und all rrturu? made after the 2-' th day cf February are sutj?ct to a panalty of CO per ceo?. J. DIGGS WILDER, Auditor Sumter County. Sumter, S. C , Dec. 6, 1899. A JL???\X Juli JL Guided by artistic eyes have produced exquisitely beautiful Trimmed Eats for our Millinery Display. Good judgment and care in the purchasing of material en? ables us to offer Hats of excep? tionally good value at mode? rate figures. MISS MCDONALD. Estate of ?aron D. Bicker, Dec'd. WE WILL APPLY to the Judge of Pro? bate cf Sumter County, on Di-cemrer '?8:2, 1899, fora Final Discharge as Eleen tors of thu last ?Viii nnd Tf3'.am?nt of said deceased. E P RICKER, G L. KICKER, L. t?, DURANT, Nov 28, 1899 Executors. MICE TO TAXPAYERS uFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER SUMTERCOUNTY. SCMTER, S. C , Sept. 29, 1339. NOTICE is hereby given that I will he io rat office in Ibe County Court Kouse at Sumter from October 15tc to December gist, 1899, inclusive, for the collection of tnxes for the fiical year 1899. The levy is as follows : For S:ate purposes, 5 mills. For County purposes, 3h mills. For School purl 03es, 3 miils. Total levy, 1H mills. Also the following special school levies : School District No. 1, 2 mills. School District No 16, 2 mills. School District No. 3 8, 2 mills. School District No 20, 3 mills. hil. C!:o, 2 milla. Concord, 2 mills. Privateer, 2 mil?9. . No 5, 1 mill. No. 17, 1 mill. Commutation Road Tax for 1900 is also pavable at the tame time. H. L. SCARBOROUGH, Oct 4 Treasurer Sumter Co. of Eli The 8t?t9 of routb Carolina-Sumter Couo ty-Office? of Supervisors of Registration, Sumter County, Sumter, S. C., Febraary let, 1899. Notice is hereby given that in accordance with an Act of ibe General Assembly, and in conformity with tbe requirements of the State Constitution, tbe books for the registration of all iet'aliy qualified voter?, a::d for the is-uing of tr>u!s:ers, tte,, wi'l ry open at tbe effie? of Supervisors of Registration in the court house, between the hours of 9 o'clock a. m . and ?. o'clock p. m . on the tirstMoc day of each morr.b, anti! t h i r 17 dfeys before . he nen t>neral eiecricn .'.linois who shall become of age during that period of thirty days shall ba entitled to registration hefore tb;* books are c'o?ed, if otherwise qualified. The rtquireroer.:* tor a ?nn?ce? voter are that the applicant for regifiration shall be abie to re-?d d d wri'e correct!;-, or possess in his own nutt** property 10 the amount of ttl ree hi: i:d red dollars, upon which he pays taxes. E F BURROWS, T. D DuSOSE, J. M KNIGHT, Supervisors of ??gistra:;on Sumter Co. M rh 1 50 YEARS^ EXPERIENCE TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS AC. Anyone sendtpg a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether tm Invention is probably patentable. Communica? tions strictly confidential. Handbook on Paten ? sent free. Oldest acency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice* without charge, In the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest Cir culation of any scientific journal. Terms. $3 9 year: four months, $L Sold by all newsdealera MUNN & Co.36iBTad"?- New York Branch Office. 625 F St- Washington. D. C. Tte Lamest ai Most Complete Etfistaent Sooth Geo. S. Hacker & Son. -M A N FT F A CT U R E RS O F ODORS. S?SH; BUNDS, Moulding & Building Material. office and Warerooms, Kin;, oposite Can non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C, ?S* Pnrcknsf our rcake, which we gu?rante superior to any sold South, and thereby nave money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty __Qctober 16-o MR. EDITOR : You may have had us in mind when referring in a recent issue of your paper to the peculiarity of merchants in regard to advertising, in which you quoted them as saying that "ia good times it was not necessary to advertise, and in hard time? it did not pay." While we have always found that advertising paid us, we must confess that for the past sixty days any in? crease of business that we might secure by that means, could not have been satisfactorily waited on, as our clerical force has been taxed to its utmost capacity. Now that the rush of cotton is over and we have aa opportunity to say a few words to our friends in the country, we desire to acknowledge, through the columns of the Watch? man and Southron, our grateful thanks to them for the liberal patronage bestowed upon us, for which we can offer nothing ia return except our promise that their interests will be as care? fully guarded by us in the future as they have been in the past. It is particularly gratifying to us to^acknowledge a very liberal trade during the months of September and October fror* our farming friends, to whom it was our pleasure to extend a * credit during the summer. It proves to us that they appreciate our endeavor to be just and reasonable with them, when they need assistance, as we have always tried to be-our motto being LIVE AND LET LIVE Although we tried to anticipate this season's wants by buying a heavier stock than ever before, our trade has so far exceeded our expectations, that we have been obliged to re? plenish frequently and freely every department of our store. In Dry Goods We bought a very heavy stock of staples, a fair percentage of which we still have on hand and are selling at old prices, Those Tar Heel Blankets Which you have xbeen waiting for so long have come at last. It was not our fault that they were not here sooner as our contracts were made in May for September delivery, but the mill has been so crowded with orders it was impossible to deliver them sooner. These goods are made in A Southern Mill. From Southern Wool, By Southern Men and there are none better. They are improving on the finish every year. We are selling at the same price as last year; but if we have to duplicate we will be obliged to charge an advance. We on Iv have about FIFTY PAIRS, so don't put off buying, or you may get left. SHOES. Why the advance in cotton should have affected the price of shoes, but strange to say they too have gone up. We don't know whether it was judgment or luck but our purchases fer Fall were nearly double our usual contracts. We are buying now for Spring and paying 10 to lo per cent more for the same class of goods, but those 01 hand will go at the old prices while they last. In our write-up about Shoes last Fall we had something spe? cial to sav about ml The H. C. Godman Line for Women and Children. Our increased sales for these goods prove that we told the truth. Bear in mind we are still the SOLE AGENTS FOR THEM AND GUARANTEE EVERY FAIR THE L. M. REYNOLDS LINE OF MEN'S SHOES, sold exclusively by us, are trade-winners. The prices range from $1.75 to ?3.50. and every pair warranted. If you want the best $3 00 shoe buy a Reynolds. CLOTHING. This has certainly been our banner season in the clothing business, and if there are any of the men or boys in the county who have not bought a suit, it has not been our fault : but fear? ing lhere still may be a few unprovided, we are keeping up our stock by telegraphing orders for shipment by express. If you need an overcoat see us before buying, as vre have some great values. / In our Hat and Furnishing G-oods De? partment will be found some values that compare favora? bly with thc balance of our stock. This announcement would not be complete without a word about our GROCERY STOCK. This department is un to the usual standard, and that is savins; about a]l that is necessary for it. Our MILLBURNB FLOUR, of which we believe there is more sold in this county than other brand, is pronounced by those who use it. [unsur? passed. O'Donnell & Co.