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| THE TOWN OF UN)ON~HA9 j? ^ . L T -m T *'l" / -3^ T ril U ? ?" IS r < | THE TOWNOF UN.ON HAS |: ll TureeOoiu.ii Milts, 010 tin. Ill il H il ' > B ^ M B Sj i'lgl fc! ^ , ' L. t ((( The largest Knitting Mill and II A largest in the t-amin. J:\uirKur- '.v I H B j flj ^3k CI K M H ?6 . M j ((( ^'e ^'ont. in the State. An Oil W V n ture uuti Wool aiiufactur- ):) I H I H H. H HgV I S ?' eS H I I 111 a Manufacturing Oo. that j) [' Concerns. o ale I I I H 1 J I B| I B Vn> B| I I H I I J L 1 ?m unexcelled Guano. '.' (I Seminary. Water W or .a ju.d _H. JL. JL. JIL^J m. y M ^ JL X w JE u ^ -JL JL -i- W _JB_ JH?r^. I ((( Three Graded Schools. Arte- fa '(J Electric Lights. ({j (jf siun Water. Population 0,500. )jj VOL LI. NO. I t. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA;- |RIDAY, APRIL 5, 1901. #1.00 A YEAR $ ;> -:}f- -AZ> ->kf F. M. FARk President. J GEO. MUNRP, Cashier, J. Merchants' and Plai | OF UNI4 X Capital Stock J Surplus Stockholders' Liabilities a ^ Total S Directors?J. A. Fant, \\ T. C. Duncan, J. T. Douglass, 1 Win. Coleman. We Solicit Y< ???? ^ , <1901 APRIL T1901 j l' ?; sa. Mo. Ta. We. Tii. Fri. Sat.' y-A JL A JL JL R;:' X-LJ-IO jl 12 ' ' 14 15 16 17|l8 19 20 ' 4 21 22*23 24 25 26127 " 28 29 30 1 UNION COUNTY NEWS. Items of Interest Gathered from Various Sections by our Correspondents. REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR. Interesting Incidents Connected With the Lute War, liringing Out n Great Deal of Unwritten Jlis-L tory, in Which the Private and Subordinate Officers are Given Credit Justly Due Thetn. Some of the Truest, Noblest and Gravest Men That liver Faced an Enemy Were to be 11Y .r. L. ST 11AIX. The last chapter of the reminiscences closed with our fir-t rai?I on JOdisto Island, Marcli -0, 1S(52. Another raid was made Apiil 1C, Mpd later ono in June. These Hmountcd to little further than an exchange of a few .shots with the enemy who occupied the Island. No casualties worth reporting and a fewcaptures of prisoners are the results nf tViACA ropAnnniisnnwa In J une (about tbo I81I1 if I ain pot mistaken) an iron clail gunboat came steaming up North Edisto and passed Pineberry where wo had a pattery of heavy artillery?two guns paounted on a foit buds out in the field commanding a curve in the river for fully a mile or more. The fioat carried some riile cannon yvith which it upset and dismounted pur guns on the fort ami passed un molested to within S'ght oi Willtown where a strong fortress built of earthworks and sand bags awaited its further advance and we might say invited it to come within range < f its trims. The tide fell however and p the boat was left sitting out in the river at a good safe distance from the Confederate batteries and fully out of danger of our riileinen who could not get within range of it on account of impassible barriers which skirtul the north side of the river in tbo vicinity of where it lay. A few men, however, volunteered to wade creeks, climb levees and go within gunshot range of the boat where it lay and sweep the deck wi'h sin ill arms. This adventure, though commendable in itself, did not meet the approval of the commanding officer, Col. W. P. Shingler, and so the little craft lay in peace till the tide rose and enabled it to return to deeper waters. It was about four o'clock in the afternoon when a puff of smoke suddenly arose from ihe vessel as a signal that it was in readiness to move, and in a few minutes It was gliding back whence it came. From where we were stationed we Could only look on and see what was going on without the power to change things in the least. The vessel began throwing shells at us in a woodland whieh concealed about *200 cavalry and a small detachment of infantry. The shells, however, fell clear and did no damage further than to annoy the men and horses who wero in? l i ... * Si:- ->K~ -kA. H. FOSTER, Vice President. $ D. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. | , titers' National Bank f $ ore, ?s. c. ? : $ i $60,000 I 50,000 J 1 60,000 % 1 $170,000 | *. IT. Wallace, \Vm. Jeffries, if ( E. P. MeKissick, A. H. Foster, 1 >ur Business. T ? u $ 8 i cliwnl to ho a 1 it tie restless. The \ dwell if g houses and outhouses at 4 Pinebetry Fury and along the river g were liddlcd with shots from the gun- r hoat which was perhaps hunting t rebel.*. Hut the rebels were not c there. C The vessel moved very slowly g taking pains to throw a shell or shells' x wherever there was a prospedt of t enemy. The rm^ was ( it was considerably afce^dArl^wh^n fc it reached L??llTc*b Wi.ii>.; Fo nt, llere we had six pieces of r artillery and a squad of infantry and t cavalry (di-mounted) to salute the p vessel a* it passed that point. Our v cavalry (or rather a portion of it) w as b pushed forw ird by a forced march to J be in readiness to support the guns t at Legare's mill. The guns stood 8 silent under water oaks that stood on the plateau while the men longed ; about on the grass awaiting the gun- > beat's advance. .Everything was c anxious for the coming events. Soon v a light is seen far up the river and t the puffing of the engine told that g jhe boat was coming. confused ? noise could he hear' ,6n the vcs-cl that could t.or ' ^ understood J until it p*-' The men on board''a -nfrmtig, picking a banjo or some kind of an instrument while others were laughing and enjoying themselves, seemingly. As the vessel c approached orders etme for our men n t<> be ready when tire time came. 0 The eannoners took their places at ^ the guns and the riflemen were u aligned so as to deliver a volley at k short range. Every preparation was v made in breathless silence. On came 8 the vessel. Men's hearts were heat- c ing in the highest expectency of the n scenes that were to he enacted. The fj river hero was shout 150 yards wide. u In a moment, as if the midsummer c sun had hurst forth in all his glory t upon the darkness of the night the ( light lit up the scene for some distance i around. The earth trembled as the v cannons delivered their death dealing f] blows against the impenetrable sides t of an invulnerable craft. The rifle- | l.?.l iL. .1 ~ 1 V - f 4 IJIUU IlilU 111U UlX'iY JUKI UflOlC ? the crew could realize the fact the v Confederates had done their worV. c The vessel never stopped. One ^ broadside after another it returned 8 until it was safely out of reach of our g cannons and had gained a bend in , the river which gave it some pro- j tection from the shower of bullets , rained upon it or penetrating the port l holes and clearing the deck or cover- t ing it with dead and wounded. Like , an enraged lion robbed of her whelps f it fought with desperation. Broad- ' side after broadside of grape, canister , shell and solid sbot it hurled back at , its antagonist, tearing the limbs from ( the trees or riddling the houses in , our rear. The men stood firm, ( "loaded and fired at will," until the j scene was over and the vessel safely , out of reach. ] Some of our men, among them Bill , Vaughn, was on picket at a place , called 4'Sand Bluff" about half a mile , from where we had the little biush ( with the gunboat. As the vessel passed this port it raked the landscape with grape shot and for the time our men had to protect themselves as best they could by lying down or retiring to more congenial quarters. The timber at Legare's. mill and also at Sand Bluff will no doubt until this day show the result | of that night's work. At the time of this occurrence we had several men in the hospital at Adam's Hun sick with fever. Among them was James A. Smith, one of my j messmates. lie wanted a squirrel to j eat. On that morning George Chand- I ler and I got permission from Capt. ' McKissick to go out and kill a w rel on condition that wc wouldn't go } so fir from camp that wo couldn't bi hear the h.glo. We had gone nearly j in a mile from camp and found a squirrel in a swamp. We got after ir, ami tli so n brought ic down. Immediately m mother made its appearance and on I it wc opened fire. Just then the ev 5rat gun at Pincbcrry fired on the lit runboat. Before we got the squirrel ;hn cannonading between th<^ b ittery a ind the gunboat became general, ah Pho fight was terrific. J. A. Donald, (j d* MoKissiek's company, another of' n? "y no --unites, was courier at iln; th >v ?"v vvu?iu?raswi: Mm a? it was called, 'i^he b igtai Hi ounded?we^ heard it and struck^fF Hi 'bee line" for-camp. Wl en (v< n sight the lino was foigi ho men?most of tl.< in?mounted; !m 'Ned" (our cook) hod ' Stonewall" L? addled ^aud I mounted hijn 'and eaohed my place in line ^MrajPuinc It, o answer 4,here" when was 0n ailed. Ned took thVjSmlfrels.and B, ooked them and HjfeTCKeta to Mr. m, Smith at tho hoSpfwijP^tlfc was t4f^ ton text day before I had?^Ohwioe to g'jphu o' the hospital to seVktth. Thonirso wm his name I cin't recall now, hue hfl clongedto CmpURoebuck'scno;> iny i' t f i r: I r 1 Hi iiiry j* ifi(j lik* *TI\1 m-r<4L hA^ est well tn&Tfight before, The tirslT^S hought that entered my miud w*ji fJ lerhaps the squirrel did not agWe kith him and perhaps a fatal mistake, -J;B tad been made by getting it for him. ^ Jut I was relieved when he told rue kj> hat he could not eat it after it w?ib; g? ont to him. ',.^? Before we leave the vicinity of Clam s Run to take our march to an Virginia I will,give sumo of the in- f& idents connected with our drawing hj fhiikev and aufttino rations to khnn ?1 / I W - ? T 1X|' ho fever off while picketing and th couting along the rice, grains of "fl| >ou;h Carolina. pj LTore Scrapping With . Sharpshooters and Gunboats. ^ BY DR. A. E FANT. sa From June until the latter part of rei lepterubcr, 1804, we were camped th lear New Market Heights, ncirly ho pposite the notorious '"Dutch (Jap ne 'anal" on the James. Between us bo nd the riv<r was a small creek, it , mown as Deep Bottom. On the rest bank extending to Ft. Harri y, on was a continuous picket line, in ev lose proximity to the enemy. Al- ^ aost daily there were more or less mm ighting. The report of small arms nd occasionally cannons were almost j, ontinuous, we beewne so accustomed o it we gave it but little attention, r | )ur brigade occupied the left of joncstreets Corns. As the enemv rould often endeavor to turn our *? lank our brigade would extend to j.u he left, these movements were most {''1 y at night, the infantry would fill jc he gap. So soon as halted, we vould begin to build breastwork*. insisting of rails, logs, atom3 an*d P? lirt, to obtain the latter we use 1 J,1 words, bayonets, knives, plates and poons. ft was astonishing how W( nuch work we could do with these a.v mprovised tools. And perhaps the ' u*xt night we would he ordered to nove to the left, consequently give ar lp our breastworks to the infantry, !,.r his frequently occurred in order to *ront the enemy, who were legions. [M Wo were frequently compelled to ittack in order to check their onward !n movements, und give time to prepare . to meet them. On one of these ocjasions in the month of August, tho Pl snemy was protected by some build- m ing, our regiment were ordered to . drive them back, Tho farm was .* known as Strawberry Plains. We 1 were formed (dismounted) in the <dge of a woods, ordered to advance in an r.1 open field. The gunboats soon got . our range from the smoke of our !lj' rifles and began shelling us with a + ( vengeance. All old soldiers will bare witness to tho demoralizing a effect of shells. After a lively 1 ttle tilt we were ordered back, none were 8[ killod, the wounded of our Co., so well as I can recollect, were Strgt. 'V R. C. Farrar and private George Harris. Harris fell Hat breathless, all thought him to bo mortally v; wounded. lit. Palmer ordered Gd- & liam Thomas and myself to c .rry him to a shade and report back to c the line of battle. After putting w his cartridge box under his head and P unbuttoning his jacket, the ball, al- | most Hat, fell out* I seized it aad 111 t ithgrcutjoy exclaimed: "George, ou are not killed, r here ii the >llr" and handed it to hint. It ude an ugly hole over the stomieh. cotfgo aaid, "boys, convince me iat 1 am not dead and I will seize ^ y bhl riHe and go back into lino. ' am glad to ray no better soldier *r?r shouldered a musket, lie s ill I /e9 a true, christian gentleman. (. Near New Market Height we had j |._Ak _P \f - * unwury 01 ivioriar guns thut threw ells continuously into Dutch Gup U nftal. It was u grand sight to witthe movement and precision of e shells, cspeciully so at night, vi ell nfier shell with its brilliant of j4\ik of fnc as it passed on to its w usioa of destruction. Digging of ai CO > p canal proved to bo a veritable ui lughter pen to the cn^my. The hi It'k was mostly performed by nc- g* Bos under guar 1. Ilcre the gal- :ir it Cupt. Kit Beaty win killed, also at iVrcnce Sarto^ and tnmy other hi Htnt men of Union county, Sergt. c?i Uf Davis and others taken pris- *'I Ou the west bank of Deep I gi >tx)m was a high precipice, which In j?]c it (?'iite ddlicult for us, as pick- A ij toe-cape capture, as thirewas to tone point to descend, and here 0 wa bold spring of pure water, II riv we often quenched our thirst, no reoipiee sbiebling us from the m; emy's bullets. Near this spring ra to buried many of our dead, who qu I in defence of their country, ba Ipngst them the gallant and genial fr< ivrence Sartor. Ilere I witnessed II amusing incident. Being pressed j >' itho enemy early one morning we **( jpped at the spring to fill our can- sh ?n ..i. ? .-iii at once an object came yo iV'g froyi the top of the precipice in flighting in a sand bar. in a few pr itlot the spring, v,o all ducked our tip bib, not being used\<? such imple- ba 5nV of war and not knowi^ what m? e ingenious Yanks had inveu?e,\ J I, ie>bject exclaimed with great enX W<1 ias| : "Throw down your guns t*. iy?, the war is all over." It proved II ,b? a young Virginian who had Pi cefitly joined our company. IIo ne mc.g to his feet runniug,. we never Ju w him any more. This incident at minded tue of an occurrence during C e siege of Charleston. The first ac t shell thrown into the city fell m ar an old negro, he made several in unds, exclaiming: "IIcll am laid u^ iig," (egg j th Many evenings after sunset the ^ inkco bands would begin from cry hill ami vale. Sometimes play ixie or some other Southern songs. a' ic 6th S. 0. had a most splendid 1,1 nd and they would respond by 4' aying Yankee Doodle, etc., and of lt i the cheering you ever heard ^ !low from each sioe. tc ? a..,t i? tr t " w liv \?IIJ VII. Li. JLJ. Ij-JU "iia DL'l'll ride up into the yard of a beauti1 residence filled with soldiers P rming into a line of battle under ?' avy fire. He halted his hors \ r opped his bridle reins upon the tmmel of his saildle, drew from his icket a map and began to peruso it. st l a few minutes he was the object n ihe enemy's sharpshooters who P.1 jre occupying tree tops and other f ailable places. A Lieutenant of 1 e Oth S. C. approached him, ex- ? aiming, after a salute: "General, til e you aware that the sharpshooters e firing at you, and of the eminent ej mger you are in?" With an ap- ? eciativc smile he remarked: l'hank you, Lieutenant, duty called & e here," and continued to consult 11 s map. A grand and noble man ? * was. 1 hope the readers will irdon the egotism I display in so any matters personal to myself. The sharpshooters in both armies ,, jcame expert marksmen. At all mes in the .day you could h?^ar the ? tport of a rifle. Often they had a vv ule seat in some tall tree. One of icse fellows, in full view, distance 11 jout 1000 yards, was annoying enkin's brigade. Two|ofj'hem agreed > dislodge him. They s night as kvorablo position as possible. At le crack of one of the rifles he was s sen to flutter and down he came to \ le ground. The enemy had great l Ivantago of us as regards guns. At lis place Gen. Chainbliss was in- ^ antly killed by a sharpshooter while iewing the enemy's line with a field la?s. a One day our company was ordered ' > drill the enemy out of a densely ooded swatnp at the head of a iu'll and, Fuzell's mill, Capt. John W. ^ aimer commander, lie was a brave lan, kind but strict. As we ad Will. A. NtCHOI BANKE fransacta Regular Bank Branches and Insure Ag Boiler, Liability and Accid >f Indemnity for Officials individuals as Ad-innistra1 OUR BUSINESS IS RESP tuce-1 we f .un?l iho enemy in sirours I n.-n ' t.vo to three, secreted b diind logs sait hich were plentiful. They would ! seci iso, fire end run. Wo hud one fust an, kind hearted, a go id soldier, tha it very excitable under fire. Rer~ tha nut J >e Leech was on the right rJ id I upon the left of the company not id we were strictly ordered to keep, Baj in iti line as we advanced. You lect mid hoar C?p\ Palmer exclaim: Tin Ihoot the n hoy*. there they go, last vc them hell, where is A., keep not in in line, rout thorn ho.*s, etc." cou fter driving them out we fell back 1 n spiing. Captured a Yankee j her intnin w.'iinded through the arm. ' iV c was a line looking fellow, u i;h a*' Lei iw unii'inu i f the best materia', j visit iking quite a eoatrajt wi ii our i day gged :ind dirty boys. lie was J lite f?int from loss of bl >o 1. We are ,-hed iii.il bandaged his wound ^ >m which he soon gained strength. Bin e proved to be quite lively and he 1 vial. He said to Oapt. Palmer, see i Captain, the fight is now over priy | Y ow me or in'roduce oie to the man gooi u kept such a fu-?s about keeping Med line." The Captain aske 1 the on 1 isoner his name and introluccd L cm. Capt. Palmer's com natids in to ri ttle was something similar to the > inagement of laborers on a firm, mak e rarely used militarv ter.n i. H.? t is a grand nnn, beloved and greatly com Maectcd by the entire command N. ] u Jmjj iins aro deposited in the old in t! res1)}tCi-s,ul cemeterv of your city iar the rernv,lS of ^ gll;ant (Je , Lines M. Gadb-rry. was killed TO the .battle of Franklm, m..,,, , . enn. apt. l .uiner on ono occisnn \>.. rp ting quartermaster fir our regi-lto. ent. Some of uur men were badly ' 1 need of t-hots and c'otbing. lie visi tod every available means to supply Chi iem. At last lie summoned the Gei ouipany commanders to send these ] istitute men to his quarters, lie the ucod th*.ui in line, placing hiaiself phi , the head of the column marched 19( ito Richmond, halted in front of the of I n>r:ermastjr's dap . tment, called to I le officials to the do >r and explained ] is wants. They paid but lr.tle at- bee inti m to his reasonable demands, and le cursed them with a vengenco. tha Told them that these men were ex- det using themselves daily to bullets and poi ihor misseles of destruction, iind era vit they were in bomb proof position ] ud were faring sumptuously every Soi iy." lie stood on tipt >o in his not irrops. He tol l them "if they did rur ot supply these half naked men tlef ointing to them, he would c'o irge hav so whole party." And they believed in I im, and well they did, for al who Sot new him were satisfied that he v. >u!d ave executed his threat. 11?- cer- ma 1 1 1 - * n%m m unly am scare them. Tins was ext isily done, for as a general thing \re icy possessed but little couige, visi ut were ' saturated with botnb istic Un as*. The men were soon sup; lied rid we went away rejoicing. One 1*this pirly wa< Sam Cirih ller who lid after our wants were supp'ie l: J.\; Captain, lets charge the dinin \-eals any way." Poor Sam now C3 in the beautiful cemetery in Lichinond, Ya. lie was a brave and ood soldier and beloved by our Jj hole company. lie died in lack- j ^ an Hospital in 1801 after a lingerlg illness. Jonesville News Notes. ye Mondiy there was a cold rain and ome sleet fell. The around was 'I. O j p etting in order to work since the ig rain last week. Farmers will ^8l ;ct considerably .<-ct back by tbc bad eather, but ibis in.iy be expected. There is promise j-o fir of an e^e bundant fruit crop, but April is often 'UI bad month and the fruit is by no 'aa aeans safe. *J* The health of our town is very ;ood at present, the grip has nearly ubsided. wa The Lockhart correspondent in 'ia Times last wock said thpt the na - ^ ? JB ?-'Al SON & SON, IRS, ing Business in all its r ?-* i *-? f * T"7: ?- - uiiiou r ire, iornado, ents, and Issue Bonds of Corporations, and l.ors, Etc., Etc. ECTFULLY SOLICITED. respondent from Jonesville had I that the Bap'ist church here had ured a preacher, which was too or ahead of time. I wish to say t it was not this c >rrcspondent t wrote the article alluded to. Trie Rev. K. II. Jl ismajian, a ive Armenian, preached in the vi.-t church last night and will urc ia the same church tonight, j preacher had a crowded house night. lie speaks English but very plain, much of his discourse Id not he understood, lev. David Ilucks filled his,pulpit e yesterday morning. In. W. E. McNeace and Mrs. la McNeace and little son Arthur ted relatives in Jonesville SaturIcv. Jesse Lawson and his bride visiting relatives in town. lr. W. F. M. Williams went to iningham, Ala., last week where ias a position offered him to over a c mstruct'on force. If. J. F. Almun has moved hia Is into tho new store of J. L. IVhirtcr under the masonic hall L'acolet s'reet. >r. \V. J. Douglass is preparing pair his dwelling and yard fence. Ir. Ed Littlejohn's new dwelling :es a neat show on Pacolet street, he election for town council will c off tomorrow week. Messrs. 11. Eison and F. P. O'Shields are he race for muyor. Telephone. The Confederate Veterans. he following win w.-' or old soldiers: lear..^,South Carolina Dion, Uniten Confederate Veterans, lrlestow, S. C., March 11, 1901. teral Order No. 53. [. The 11th Annual Reunion of 1*. C. V. will be held at Mems, Tenn., May 28, 29 and 30, ) 1. Delegates from all the Camps [his Division are earnestly desired )e present. II. The Southern .Railway has n selected as the Official Route, 1 all Comrades are asked to go by t route and go together. The ails of the hours of leaving various n?s have been announced in Gen1 Order No. 54. III. The Official Trains of the jthcrn Railway will reach Chatta>ga, May 27th, at 7 a. m., and i down to tho Chickamauga Batield, so that the Comrades will re the opportunity of participating the Unveiling Ceremonies -of the ,ti, vr ?. AVII VUIWIIU A i'i MIUlllCIH. IV. The South Carolina Chickauga Monument Commission have ended a cordial invitation to the terans of the South Carolina Dion, U. C. V. to participate in the iveiling Ceremonies. By order, C. Irwin Walker, Comdr. S. C. Div., M. C. V. mbs G. Holmes, Adjt. Gen'l, Chief of Staff. the union county veterans. At meeting of Camp Giles, No. lT. C. V. held at the Court >use Monday, April 1st, the folding comrades were elected deletes to attend the meeting of the nfederate veterans at Memphis. nn., on May 28th to 80th this ar: F. M. Farr, T. B. Bates, N. B. son, M. B. Leo. Alternates, J. McKissick, A. C. Lylcs, J. M. ccr and J. B. Lancaster. Mils ibel Foster was electod Sponsor for 3 Union delegation to Memphis. The following delegates were icted to the State Reunion at Conbia May 8th to 11th: J. T. Dougs>, I. M. Mobley, G. C. Greer, J. Eison. Alternates, J. M. Greer, C. Shettlesworth, C. S. Greer and loinas Sanders. Miss Kate Sartor a elected sponsor. The sponsors ve authority to name their alter*; tcs.