The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 13, 1904, Image 3
BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE.
Desperate Charge of Coi. J. E. Dunlop,
the Fighting Parson.
In the summer of 1862, a Confeder?
ate Cavalry force, consisting of four or
Sive regiments, was encamped at Mc
Minnville, Tenn. Forrest, afterwards
General, bat at that time ranking only
as Colonel, was in command of the
Brigade. The 2d Ga. Cavalry Reg.
commanded by CoL W. J. Lawton,
was a part of this fore?. In it was ?
Company commanded by Rev. J. E.
Dunlop, a Presbyterian minister, who
had resigned the charge of his church
in Bainbridge, Ga., to bnckle on the
sword, and had been elected Captain
of a Cavalry Company which he had
been instrumental ia raising and to
whom his men were perfectly devoted.
At Murfreesboro was a force of Yan?
kees, consisting of Cavalry, Artillery
and Infantry; and considerably out?
numbering the Confederates. CoL For?
rest decided to surprise and capture
the Yankees, and thus get supplies and
anns for his men, many of whom at
that feme had nothing more effective
than double-barrel shot guns.' Accord?
ingly we broke camp one Saturday,
and after marching all night, reached
Murfreesboio Sunday morning just at
the dawn of day. The Yankee pickets
were captured without - giving an
alarm, and our foe, all unconscious of
danger, was quietly sleeping. They
were in two camps, one on the oppo?
site side of the town from our ap?
proach, and'the other to the right as
we entered. The gallant Wharton of
the Texas Bangers, with part of the
command, was ordered to' attack the
camp to our right while Forrest with
the other part was to attack the one
on the opposite side of the town.
Wharton's attack was a complete sur?
prise to the enemy. Without -warning,
he and his Rangers burst into the
sleeping camp? yelling and shooting,
drove out the terrified Yankees, and
for a while "held possession of the
camp. Afterwards, seeing the small
force of their assaillants, the Yankees
rallied, and after a stubborn fight, in
which Wharton was wounded, they're:
gained possession of the camp. Th?
part under Forrest, in which was the
2d Ga., were not so successful. The
noise of the horses' feet striking upon
the stony ground as we charged through
the town, awoke the sleeping ? inhabi?
tants, who rushed out to greet us,
wildly shouting and cheering, and in
their enthusiasm raising such a din as
to reach the ears of the sleeping camp
a short distance out of town. Then,
too another unexpected difficulty arose.
In the center of the town, directly
fronting the street up which we were
charging, stood the brick court house.
In this was a Yankee guard, keeping
watch ov e? some prisoners. As soon as
the head cf our column 'came in sight,
this guard opened fire upon us out of
the windows of the court house. This
unexpected attack delayed Forrest,
and frustrated his plan of surprising
the camp beyond. When we got there,
instead of taking them by suprise, we
found them drawing up in line of hat?
tie or the crest of a slope in an old
field, having a splendid battery of six
guns, and a long line of Infantry sup?
porting it. We were the party sur?
prised. Under this unlooked for con?
dition of things, Forrest ordered Col.
Lawton to draw up his Regiment in
front of the Yankee lines, in a piece
of woods which sheltered us to some
extent, saying that he, with the rest
of the troop, would ride around them,
and-attack them in the rear, and or?
dering Lawton, as soon as he heard
his gnus, in the rear, to charge them
in front. Thus we stood for about two
hours, I suppose, waiting to hear For?
rest's guns in the rear. In the mean?
time, the Yankees, knowing that we
were in the woods, kept up an inces?
sant fire with their Artillery, sending
a continual stream of shot and shell,
screeching over our heads, catting
down the limbs of trees, bursting over
us, doing no particular damage it is
true, but terrifying and demoralizing
themes, most of whom had never
been under fire before. Thus matters
stood ; we with our shot guns, listen?
ing to the music o! the shells, and the
Yankees having a perfect picnic in the
/ way of target practice, we being the
target
Finally, becoming emboldened by
our continued silence, the sharp-shoot?
ers from the Infantry crept down to
the edge of the woods, and concealing
themselves in the underbrush, began
to pick at us with their rifles, and the
whiz of their bullets was getting to
be uncomfortably close to oar heads.
CoL Lawton, noticing this, directed
his Adjutant to carry a verbal order
to the Major to send a squadron-two
companies-to charge those sharp?
shooters, drive them back and return
to the command. The Adjutant, in
his excitement, misunderstood fhe
order and riding up to-t^e_ Major,-je
said, "The Col. orders'tot'Von senora
squadron of men to charge that lirra
of battle, reform the naen, and charge!
back." Tlie order was delivered to
Capt Dunlop to execute. I happened
to be near him at the time. I saw
him straighten himself to his full
height in the saddle. I saw the fire
of battle kindle in his eye. I saw him
draw his sabre and turning to his men
he said, "Forward boys"
" 'Charge,' was the Captain's cry;
Theirs not to reason why.
Theirs not to make reply.
Theirs but to do or die."
Riding down the sharpshooters,
clearing the woods, out in the open
field they were met by a tempest of
grape and canister from the Artillery
and of minnie balls from the Infantry.
Many a gallant rider and his horse
went down under the storm of shot
and shel!. But nothing could stay the
headlong course of the fearless leader.
Passing between the battery and the
infantry, he sabered one gunner, drove
them all from their guns, and caused
the whole line of infantry next the
artillery to waver. Had this gallant
charge been fallowed immediately by
that of our whole command, we un?
doubtedly would have won the day at
that moment. But it was not done.
Capt. Dunlop dashed on after cutting
through the line of battle to their rear,
and when out of range of their shot,
halted to see who were left of his com?
mand. Seven men had followed him
through and were all that were left.
Turning to them he said with grim
humor, ' Boys, the command was to
reform and charge back." One of the
men replied," Well, Captain, we have
followed yoa this far, but if you are
going back through that line of battle,
you will have to go by yourself. We
have had enonsrh of i*.*' Of coarse he
Lad no thought of doing so. He was
only putting his men to the test. Rid?
ing aronnd their line and ont of range
of their shot, the heroic little band
rejoined their command.
lt is not my intention to continue
the history of the battle. My only j
purpose was to recount the most des-1
perate charge I ever witnessed during 1
my four years experience in the war.
Sufficient to say, that by sundown we
had captured the whole force of the
enemy. The boys threw away their
shot-guns, replacing them with im?
proved arms. The battery we kept till
the. war closed and good service it did
against its former owners. That night
we started back for McMinnville, halt?
ing only long enough to parole our
prisoners, with whom Forrest did not
wish to be burdened. We reached our
camp at McMinnville about noon on
Monday, having been in the saddle
abcut 48 hours. That battle secured
Forrest's promotion to. the rank of
General, and our gallant Capt. Dunlop
afterwards became Colonel of his Regi?
ment, and was loved and admired by
every mau in his command. Long may
he live to do valiant service to the
army of the Lord of Hosts, under the
leadership of the great Captain of our
Salvation.-H. T. Hoyt in . Southern
Presbyterian.
THE GONZALES MONUMENT.
Fonds to Be Collected Throughout the
State to Erect a Worthy Memorial to
the Great Editor.
The letter and circular reproduced
herewith are self explanatory and
should meet with an immediate and
hearty response from the people of
Sumter who gave tb The Columbia
State a liberal support from the day
of establishment and among whom Mr.
Gonzales had some of his most ardent
admirers and staunchest friends in
life and sincerest mourners when he
was stricken down by the band of an
assassin.
Sumter, S. C., Jan. 9 1904
Mr. N. G. Osteen.
Dear Sir: The enclosed circular in
regard'to raising funds to be devoted
to some public, testimonial to the late
Mr. Gonzales was received by me to?
day. I send the circular to you with
the suggestion that you publish it with
such editorial remarks as you may
deem* proper and with the further
suggestion that you state that ail
funds sent to you will be remitted to
the parties in charge of the movement.
I will be very glad to aid in any way
in raising funds for the purpose indi?
cated.
Yours very traly,
Mrs. Marion Moise.
On the 12th of December, the women
of Columbia met to ' take some action
in regard to gathering together funds
for some public testimonial to their
appreciation of the lamened Editor of
The State, Mr. N. G. Gonzales.
At this meeting the undersigned
were appointed a Committee to receive
all moneys from the many women and
children of the State who may wish to
unite in erecting some monument as
a lasting tribute to the memory of one
who literally died for the right, ana
for his State.
Any contribution, however small,
will be appreciated and used for this
purpose, and may be forwarded to any
one of the following :
Mrs. T. S. Bryan,
Miss Mcclintock,
.Mrs. Clark Waring,
Mrs. E. B. Watson,
Mrs. Wm. Banks.
Columbia, S. C., January 6, 1904.
BRITISH SLAUGHTER 1080 SOMALIS.
Army of Mad Mullah is Being
Wiped Out.
Aden, Arabia, Jan. H.-An engage?
ment in Somaliland between a British
force and the forces of the Mad Mullah
has resulted in a severe defeat of the
later, who lost 1,000 men killed. The
British had two officers killed and
eight wounded.
THE DETAILS.
London, Jan. H.-The war office to?
night gave out the following dispatch
which had been received from Maj.
Gen. Egerton, commanding the Som?
aliland expeditionary force, and which
is dated from Jidballi, Somaliland,
January ll:
"Advanced this morning 12 miles to
Jidballi. First brigade commanded by
Manning, Second brigade under Fas
kins and mounted troops under Ken?
na. Total strength of the regulars 2, -
200, irregulars 1,000. Jidballi held by
5,000 Dervisles. Mounted troops en?
veloped enemy's right and infantry
advanced within 700 yards of his posi?
tion. Dervishers advanced but were
unable to face frontal fire coupled
with flank attack. Enemy broke and
fled and was pursued 10 miles. Der
^vj**es killed estimated at 1,000, mostly
in the pursuit. Many prisoners and
400 rifle? taken.
"&?3*7et to report that two officers
of pSgulars were killed and nine officers
wounded; five of the rank and file
wc anded; of native troops seven kill?
ed and 16 wounded ; of regulars 2 kill?
ed and two wounded: am inclined to
think this is the Mullah's main force.
The Mullah himself was* not present,
but was expected at Jidballi today. ' '
Maj. Gen. Egertonls force is camp?
ing tonight two miles beyond Jidballi.
As to Baby Carriages.
The railroad commission is receiv?
ing quite a number of complaints
concerning the transportation of baby
carriages. Although the attorney
general some time ago rendered an
opinion stating that baby carriages
should be considered as personal bag?
gage by the roads, several complaints
have recently been received saying
that charges are being made. The
commission has again notified the
roads of tho attorney general's decision.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 5.-A special
from Mobile says : Migg Ethel Rovelle,
the missing heiress to an alleged for?
tune in Colorado, is in this city,
although her present whereabouts is
kept secret. A telegram was sent from
her last night to J. W. Huskey, an
uncle in Meridian, Miss., asking what
reward would be paid for information
as to her present hiding place. It is
also reported that she is to be married
to a prominent clothing dealer, who is
said to control houses in Birm'ngham
and Memphis, and that the marriage
has been set for January 30.
Pisgah News Notes.
Pisgah, Jan. 12.-The last freeze
has severely injured the oats. As yet,
it is hard fio say what the stand will
be. Farm work has started to some
extent, bnt the scarcity of labor makes
progress slow. The emigrant agents
have drained the country of the best
labor, and what is left is of an infe?
rior quality. I am clearly of the opin?
ion that a good dose of what the farm?
er told the boy in the apple tree he
would give him for stealing his apples
would be beneficial to those people
who come here with lies and entice
the best hands away, irrespective of
the law on the subject. Several of my
neighbors have lost money by advanc?
ing it to hands who have run off to
Florida, the land of money and no
work.
Mr. C. S. Baker is very ill with ty
phoid fever; several of his family
have had it during last fall.
Pisgah Church has called Rev. W.
S. Walters, recently of North Carolina
to preach this year. He preached) a
fine sermon last Sunday. Preaching
days will be on the 2|d and 4rh Sun?
days in each month.
.The death of Gen. Longstreet re?
moves a notable figure of the civil
war. His course at Gettysburg and
the desertion of his race after the war
lost him what should be dear to any
man, the respect and love of his coun?
trymen. What a pity that so fine a
soldier should in his last days drift
from those he so gallantly commanded
in many hard fought battles, and that
the dirt fell upon him with scarcely
regret from his old comrades in arms.
An organ grinder with a monkey
dressed in a red jacket, cap, &c, pass?
ed through here recently to the de?
light of the little ones and big ones
too, who to a large extent-rather wit?
ness its antics than hear the most not?
ed lecturer of this country.
LOCAL NEWS PARAGRAPHED.
Supt. Edmunds' report of the
white school for December shews a to?
tal enrollment of 618 pupils.
The lieners are paying their annual
visits to the lien merchants, ?and the
price of cotton renders it easier for
them to impress upon the merchants
that their prospects are golden.
The present price of wood indicates
that the man who plants waste land in
Chinaberry or other quick growing
trees will make money out of them
within a few years.
H. P. Brown, whit6, of Lee county,
was before the Mayor last Wednesday
for public drunkenness and disorderly
conduct. He was required to pay a
fine of $15 for his fun.
The police have been making a vig?
orous effort to find the person or per?
sons who killed the mulatto infant
found on Graham's farm last Friday
afternoon, but have thus far failed to
discover a single clue.
The annual clearance sale of the D.
J. Chandler Clothing _Co., will be
continued for a short time longer and
those who have not taken advantage
of the opportunity to secure clothing
at reduced prices should visit the es?
tablishment before the sale closes.
There were 220 homicides commit?
ted in South Carolina last year, but as
far as the writer can recollect not a
single one occurred in Sumter county.
It is a record to be proud of and is a
bright spot in a dark and deplorable
history of bloodshed.
Ten years ago a ten thousand yard
stock of embroideries would have
startled the natives if a merchant had
advertised it, but now O'Donnell &
Co., advertise tovsell that amount at a
single special sale. It is a great op?
portunity for the ladies as the prices
will be unusually low. .
The fire department Was called out
on last Saturday to extin?
guish a small fire at the resi?
dence of Mr. A. W. Crosswoii on
South Main street. The fire started
around the kitchen flue and was be?
ginning to break through the roof
when the hose wagons arrived on the
scene. It was quickly put out and the
total damage done was not great.
The Sumter Cotton Mill will not be
shut down in the near future, but will
be operated under a lease as it has
been for several months. It was feared
that the litigations would result in
the shutting down of the mill but the
present season has been a very profi?
table one for the mill, and there is no
reason for shutting it down as long as
yarn can be manufacturing at the pres?
ent margin of profit.
Messrs. F. F. Herndoa and T. G.
McLeod, of Bishopville, and M. L.
Smith, of Camden appeared before
Judge Purdy in an application for bail
for John Deas, white, who is in jail
for tho killing of Prince Benjamin, an
old negro man. Mr. Herndon repre?
sents the State and Messrs. Smith and
McLeod appeared for Deas.
Judge Purdy decided Monday af?
ternoon to refuse to grant bail to
John Deas, who is charged with the
murder of Prince Benjamin. He grant?
ed permission to Deas' attorneys
Messrs. M. L. Smith and T. G. Mc?
Leod to renew their application for
bail on an amended showing. This is
a Lee county case the homicide having
occurred in that county about two
weeks ago.
A new schedule went into effect on
tho Atlantic Coast Line Sunday.
There ?is a change in the time of ar?
rival of nearly every passenger train
and those who .are interested should
post themselves by consulting the re?
vised schedules which is published
elsewhere in this paper. The train
from Florence to Augusta is now due
at 5.20 a. m. The train from Colum?
bia is due a? 8.0."? instead of 8.20 a. m.
The Charleston train is due at 9.21 in?
stead o?? 9.4*> a. m. The evening train
from Columbia arrives at 6.15 p. m.,
and from Augusta at G.30 p. m.
It does not strike the average person
that there is any serious danger of a
disaster at the Opera House, should a
fire start during a performance, for the
average audi cm ce could escapo in safety
if there were bur one exit, and that a
ladder from a!) upper window. Occa?
sionally, however, the Opera House is
crowded and shonld a fire start on one
of tfcese rare occasions it is more than
probable that many people wonld be
injured, shonld a panic occur. It is
horrible to contemplatte what would
be the result of a fire and panic while
the annual graded school commence?
ments is in progress, with the Opera
House packed from stage to gallery.
The minstrel show put on at the
Opera House Monday night by the 2d
Regiment Band brought out one of
the largest audiences of the season and
the performance was in every respect
meritorious of the liberal patronage it
received. The applause was enthusias?
tic and spontaneous and at times
amounted to an ovation. The show
could be put on again with the assur?
ance that it would draw as large if
not a larger audience than it had last
night for the report of its excellence
has gone abroad in the city and many
who were not present would jump at
the opportunity to be so thoroughly
entertained. The programme was well
arranged and every one who took part
in the performance left little room for
criticism.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
Sales Only Haifa Million Bales,
but Prices Closed Steady at
Net IO to 20 Points Better.
New York, Jan. ll.-The cotton
market opened active and excited to?
day, with first prices 8 to 21 points
higher, on strong bull support and
covering that followed firmer Liver?
pool cables. There was a general
expression of belief that the far
Eastern situation had been pretty
well discounted. After the open?
ing the market continued active
and firm for the first fifteen or
twenty minutes, with March selling
up to 13.82, May to 14.01 and July to
U.08, these being net gains of 2? to
25 points. Demand became a little
less insistent at the higher level, but
the undertone continued steady after
prices had eased off a few points from
the best.
Toward midday the market showed
increased firmness under a fair demand
that seemed to come chiefly from Wall
street sources, snd which/, in connec?
tion with continued bull support and
some buying attributed to Philadelphia
spot interests, rallied March to 13.38,
May to 14.10 and July to 14.18 or to a
net gain of 31 to 35 points on the ac?
tive months. After this prices sagged
off slightly and trading was hardly so
active with the general undertone
steady. Later in the trading early
buyers started taking profits, and the
market, in the absence of important
bull support, eased off, but was finally
steady and net 10 to 28 points higher.
Sales were estimated at 500,000 bales.
-mm???*- <. o? -L lin i
Adjt. Gen. Frost has received from
the war department notice that all
State drills must be completed by May
1, this year, in order that the arms
and supplies may be distributed. ?
Washingon, Jan. ll.-Miss Rhett of
Charleston, daughter of the mayor,
will be invited by Mr. Moody, the
secretary of the navy, to christen the
new cruiser Charleston, which will be
launched at Newport News Jan. 23.
French Cambric, the most fashion?
able correspondence paper, 25 cents
per pound at Osteen's Book Store.
Elk playing cards. For sale by H.
G. Osteen & Co.
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their handsome ALUMINUM CARD CASE
with your name engraved on it and filled
with 300 Calling or Business Cards. Ev?
erybody orders them. Sample Case and
100 Cards, postpaid, 40c. This Case and
100 Cards retail at 75 cent3. You have
only to show sample to secure an order.
Send 40c. at once for case and 100 cards
before some one gets ahead of you.
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We have secured the agency for these cutters
in Sumter county.
We have another .
Car Horses and Mules.
We are also selling BUGGIES, WAGONS and
HARNESS almost
m??^? TC Cf CD TE? ?
The usual stock of Lime, Cement, Fire Brick,
Flue Pipe and Builders' Supplies generally.
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Sept 23-3m_
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School Books, new and
second hand, Tablets, Pens
Inks, etc., etc.
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; 16 W. Liberty Street.
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Wishes to call your attention to the fact
that hs has just returned from the West,
where he purchased
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