Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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" IjlflF ^ $m&lhowcnionion has S' j$5 S T^E^TOW^OF^UNIOW HAS 'S n| jij^Fsej| tu r1 TTlVfTSiiV TT M I? C \ 'Ife-ss^s \*A liHi UlVIPli 1 llflljiO. {assail . ". ((I y / *T i ((I sian Water. Population 6,000. g| VOL. LI. NO. '20. ' ONION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1901. #1.00 A YEAR. <>sV 11 ? ' ' I'll. I 1 ' 1 II.*; 1 **. ? X F'M* FARK Pre*1**"*- A I \ T a BO. MUNRC, Caahler, J. I I I | Merchants' and Plan t | OF UISIC .1 j?P _ X Capital Stock *. T Surplus I Stockholders' Liabilities *; Total a Dtdp/itauo T A TTowaA XX7 > ~ I J We Solicit Yo 19017 7 MAY 1901 Su. Wo. Tu. We, Til. Fri. Sat. 1__2 3 4_ 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 . 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26|27 28 29 30 31 UNION COUNTY NEWS. Items of Interest Gathered from Various. Sections, by our 4 Correspondents. REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR. .... . Interesting Incidents Connected With the^ateW^jBriu^ingOat ? Urodk fnstly *>u? rSS2TsSST of the Truest, Noblest and Bravest Men That Ever Faced an Enem y Were to be found among the privates. BY J. L. STRAIN. I have already told of the shelling of our forces at Pineberry and their hegira from that point. I wish to go back and tell about some things which I forgot to mention before. As before stated, Sam (old man) Chandler and myself were out squirrel hunting that morning when the cannonading began. We had some sick men in the hospital at Adam's Run for whom we wanted to get the ^ squirrels. f , We had killed one or two squirrels when we heard the bugle at camp. We knew what was up. The Yan kees were landing troops or making preparations to do so. We had to leave our squirrels and hurry back to camp in time for roll call. * We had got permission from our company officers to go hunting that morning and expected to have a good day in the l - business, but our pluns were frustrated. I was just in time. When I reached my quarters Ned had my horse saddled arid we were both in ] line at roll call. Our column moved % off at the gallop and pressed on with J all possible speed until we got to a place designated by Col. Stevens, who tald Lieut. Col. Sbingler to "hold that position until I get there ? ?!> ??>" infnnfrv " Rverv man in ?.?? ...... j. ^ the ranks knew what that order meant. It meant that if the Federals got a foot hold on the main land, 3^., they must .tight for it. Before we gpt to the position assigned us the firing ceased. We couldn't tell what * it meant?whether the boat was I beaten back by the battery or tho battery whs silence and had surren* dered. . In lees than one hour we werfrvfctthe position assigned us. Our hooff were foaming with sweat. The nhlAnm halted and the men dis JiAif uniiDHls to rest. uyuuwM iui vuv.. ? . M?n Were sent forward to find out Iho# things were. Both guna on our frittery were dismounted and the boat Iliad passed up the river and was ./grounded. The tide had fallen and J it had to remain there until about 5 j tr/ o'clock p. m. before the tide roao sufficiently to float her. The Yankees on Jehosse Island in sight of us, jost across tfce river. Everything sow looked^is if a battle would take pt >4* soon. Our artillery was brought * s l. H. FOSTER, Vice President. ^ 'J >. ARTHUR, AuliUnt Cashier. I tiers* National Bank I I >N, 8. C. v o $60,000 2 I ...50,000 T, 60,000 * v m g $170,000 I e . H. Wallace, Wm. Jeffries, * ? p. Mom.sick, A. H. Foster, X * f?r Rualnaa X W forward and placed in position to tl keep tbe Federals from throwing n pontoons across tho river. Some tl distance in our rear the infantry were n halted. Col. Stevens came up and o as he galloped past the column of s cavalry a shout was raised that was tl answered far to the rear by the troops n who were waiting patiently and eager t! for the ball to open. After he had c made a survey of the situation he s returned. 'lhe boat was out of 1< reach of our guns and it was impos- 1 sible to get our artillery io a position c to use it effectively, so we must wait e for them to attempt to land. We q waited in our position until the sun k began to sink in the west, when a l courier came in with the news that g tho boat was 'moving back down g towards Pineberry. Soon it began to throw shells towards us and in the j direction of the other troops. As if i the idea to cross their troops had i been abandoned, the -Federals on ] Jehosse withdraw before the boat i started dsck. ai 11 went on cowaras 1 White Point it kept up a shelling of 1 oi^tiie j enemy called for vigilence and ac- ] tivity on our part. Accordingly we j had that night more men on picket ' than we ever had. Lieut. George t W. Melton, of Company B., was in fi command of the detachment to which , I belonged. Joe Leech was the ser- ^ gcantcn duty a little below Willtown t and opposite where the boat had lain J all day in the river. Orders were f X a. 1 .? - ainct. it was cxpectea tnat the c Yankees would cross in small scouting parties that night and, with negro 8 guides, capture the pickets, and in t this way get a large force on the < main land with but little trouble and ? danger. Every point from Willtown to White Point was guarded that r night. Each relief was instructed to t fire on any party coming from a bus. b picious direction. The same orders t were given to the guard at pioket headquarters. Joe Leech was on j duty when an officer came from a g different direction than that from v which he was expected. Joe hailed ? him with "halt! who comes there?" h "Officer of the day, with the counter^ j sign," was the reply. "Officer of v the day, the h?1 you say. Maybe b its officer of the night!" Joe replied, j lie said he had missed the road. Joe t] told him to advance and give the b countersign. lie came forward and said "Fort Sumter." By this time 8 the whole relief had their guns. Joe 0 aakfld him who ho wan. Tt. wn? ~ Ciipt. ??Joe told him he did a not know him and he must go to v headquarters. He sent a detail to )( take this nocturnal visitor to Lieu- f tenant Melton, who sent him to Reg- ? imental headquarters where he was j identified-. ? As the boat moved down the river that evening, shelling ad libitum, / the military genius of Gen. Evans and Col. Stevens was at work. When it reached Legare's mill six pieces of light artillery, a detachment of infantry and cavalry discounted were b in readiness to salute it. The night b was nearly pitch dark, as the boat I came gliding along with its jolly j crew who were, perhaps, exulting a over their work, and the annoyance b they had given the "rebels" that day. b They were singing and picking a > banio and everything was in high t glee. When the vessel got opposite i our guns, standing on the bank un- f der somo large shade trees, the order i to "fire" was given. All at onpp the guns opened on the merry crew, S The first volley was harmless, the ( balls passing over the boat, or strik* \ ng the iron turrett, glanced off. The ange was too short for effective 1 rork. Before the guns could be re* [)aded the vessel was well past,* and .1 he nature of the ground occupied i y our artillery was suoh as to pro-i/ set the gunboat. Our infantry wer& >" ot inactive. Every port holo an ft' | ther objects were targets for theif, '? ifles. As soon as the crew repov- < red from their surprise they *puf heir guns to work throwing sbeij? 1 rape shot and canister, at their un- j xpected foeraen. Bill Vaughan was J n picket post at Sand Bluff at the A in>e. lie was in aT)OUt hatf ? trfiW J f our batteries when they Offifciied on 1 ho boat. As they passed the postr H e was on?one where we had kepi* *j picket all the time?they filled the. J ir with grape shot, but fortunately' 1 hey hurt no one. From ifher&*lrej 1 rere we could see tho flashes from < he cannon, as tho sky reddened one < loment, the next one we could hoari > he report. The small arms io^ho t meantime kept up the music. The ' fficer commanding tho battery wa* * everely criticised for not firing orii; * he boat sooner. He knew his busi- ' ess too well and the character of < ho work to be done, and soon the > onsuro died out. Men at? too often ' elf-constituted judges of things they ' :now nothing about. This was no ess the case then than now. -The ( oost ignorant private we had could j riticise the official acts of the best fficers. Then, as now, those who 1 ;new the most afterwards were the uggest fools beforehand. I shall how a few instances of this kind, ihould I live to finish this work. As before stated, Jas. A. Donald % ind Wm. Good Fowler were on post ' it Pineberry, when the boat came ip and began shelling ,the battery. Lt was the duty of pickets to report i thing, being done, instead of tryng to prevent it, particularly this th^pMt^T^ renei naa tdKen to rhetr and left them to take care of themselves, ?nd their horses to do the same, rhey had to travel some distance on i rice bank before they got out of light of the boat. When the boat vould fire Bill Good would fall and vait for the shell to pass, and then ip and run again until he would lear another shot, when he would all again, and so on until they got ?ut of reach. As they passed the attery they wanted to go in and hare the fate of the inmates, but he officer in command told them to 'get further." When they got there Iquire Donald's horse had wound limself up in a limb and the halter ein, so that it was necessary to cut 1 he latter to get him loose. The ' oat was throwing shell at them all he time. 1 I forgot to tell about Wess Mc- ] Cown, Jim McCulloch and myself 1 ;oing to Edisto ferry as couriers, 1 rhere we killed two large coons, rhich I had brought to camp and 1 aa cieanea ana cooked?old Stephen i i'arr superintended this part of the ' rork. I asked Capt. McKissick if e didn't want to try a piece of coon, le said "no, I don't want to eat hat old poor coon, but if it was a ig fat 'possum I might try and worry [own a small piece, provided my tomach would take it." During ur stay at Ddisto Ferry as couriers, re gathered sage at Legare's place nd made tea in a frying pan. When re got back to camp. Jim McCul- l ;>cb told Capt. McKissick we had Dund anew dish. "Whatie it Jim?" , he Capt. said. ''Fried tea," said im. "How is it made?" "In a ' rying pan.' 1 Jurying the Dead After the Fight" In Close Quarters# BY W. H. S. HARRIS. I closed my last letter with the tattle of Clay's Farm near Peters- i urg. May 30, 18Q4- Our brigade, C van's, fell baok about one hundred ) 'ards from the main battle ground ,nd established a permanent line of >reastworks. Our dead was lefc i letween the two lines, ours and the fankees. About three days after he battle the stench from the dead vas so offensive that we affected a lag of truce for the purpose of bury- 1 ng our dead. i Jn my lest letter in speaking of ( Sergeant Mai. Thomson Sims and i 3ol. Wallaoes orderly Robt who < irere killed, I said they belonged to I Co. A,, butJL was mistekcn. they belonged to Co. B. Lieut. Burrfeil Bobo and John Noiman, of Co. C , from Cross Keys were killed and several from Co. G., York county, trero also killed. I can't just now recall all the names of the killed and [ write entirely from memory and iny mistakes or errors I make are from the head and not from the heart. While the flag of truce was in effect the litter corps were busy getting a. iL _ K.J 1 _ 11__ _ .1. jul iue ueau wno were reaiiy a sickJning sight as the hot sun had iaused them to turn black and they rere almost bejvmi rooognition L rent in between the lines with pome !>f our officers and some of the Yankee officers came out and we joined in a friendly chat as long us the yruce lasted. One Yankee officer, [ remember he was a major and was Iressed in a fine uniform, and he Salkcd fluently and was evidently a nan of culture and good family. 11le :old us his name which I well re Member, Oliver 13. Stanford. I ibn't, however, remember his rogi 5fSnt or the State he was from. When the truce ended we bid each afcher adieu with a salute and each <ido returned to their trenches and to t-harpshoo'.ing again. A few days latgr Col. 0. M. Dantzler, commanding the 22nd regiment, had a sharp engagement with the enemy on our right and in a charge upon their line this same Major Stanford was taken prisoner and I saw him as he wa? carried back to our rear. He hafl quite a different countenance to what he had the first time I saw him.' A while after this we moved alone the trenches to our right some half a mffe bv more and our position wa? fcght in front of a tcfort o Spr cannons. The lines were ahou three hundred yards apart and th< ground between was clear and level ?a lnt0 tb' Jfoflwrvr tne lankee cannons an< iSey looked very unhealthy. Ther \f9fl no particular fighting on thi part of the line, oxoopt every even ing the Yankees would shell us foi about a half hour, and the fire of the fort was directed right at our part oi the line and it was dreadfully hoi while it lasted. The Yankees had th< range of us and their shells burstec very often right over our trenchee and it was quite lively with us every evening. The Yankees at this par ticular place seemed to be rathei frinn/llir rliorvnoo/1 f/\* itivuviij vaio|svo^iA 1V/1 IUCJ nuuiu tCi us every evening when they wert going to shell us. They would sing out, look out Johnie, we are going t< shell you, and then bang, bang, bang would go their cannons. Our men would dig under the front or parapet of the breastworks and make places to hide in daring this shelling. W. 7j. Bevis and I had a place dug out und wo would turn our heads in opposite directions and lap our legs together and wc would be quite safe from the shells of the enemy. Mr. Coke Jennings who belonged to our company, had an*groboy name George who cooked for him back in tho rear at the wag)n yard. George would bring in his master's rations every evening. So it hap. pened one evening when George had come in with the rations and while he was in the trenehes the Vnnto?a commenced shelling and Bcvis and I made for our bomb proof, but George beat Bevis to hi* end of the dug out and got in Bevis''place. I got in mine on time. Bevis set to work to get George out, he ordered him our, he pulled at him, and George set to yelling and crying let me alone. The Yankee shells were bursting and singing and poping around us like 30 many wain whips. Bevis kept pulling at George and George kept hollowing and hugging the ground, and he held his position till tne shelling was over. None of us happened to be hurt. George crawled out and 1 /? ? ? ? * made lor tno wagon yard and I never saw him in the trenches any more. 1 think he slipped in with his iqastor's rations at night. George lives in Wost Union and calls himsolf George Epps. He is a first rate negro hut he could not stand the Yankee shells. Jonesvilie News Notes. Jonksville, May 13.?The weather is quite dry, and rain is badly needed. Cotton and corn will neithsr cojqc up to a stand until it rains, and it is getting late for stands oi sither of these orops. Wheat is looking well but oats needs rain to ! Wm. A. NICH( BANK Transact a Regular Bar Branches and Insure J Boiler, Liability and Acc of Indemnity for Officia Individuals as Administi YflllR RlftlNFSS IS RF > W W I ? W will ? > W I V/ I Ik lunku tfaotu SCTBTCtl "lip ZO & bOller heighth. Gardens are very late. Mr. F. P. O'Shields shipped several crates of strawberries last week, but his berries need rain badly and the yield will be cut off considerably by the dry weather. An election was held in our town last Saturday for the purpose of deciding as to a graded school district, with Jonosvillo for the centre, with a three mill tax levy which was defeated by a g>od large majority. It seems that our people are not ready for a graded school yet. o i . i . _. _ a. r . t oeverai pcopie went irom oonesvi'.lo to Columbia last week to attend the reunion. They all returned safe ly, some were pleased and some wore not so much so, but all agree that it was a general good time among South Carolinians and some of our Georgia neighbors. I am sorry to know that there are a few cases of diptheria in our town, though not of a very serious nature. The brick works of the new knit-ting mill is moving along very well ? making and burning brick for the new mill. 1 Mrs. J. E. Lindscy is in GreenH ville visiting her son and daughter 1 who are tnere, uno clerking, vhe other e in college. ' Mr. Robt. 1\ est, of Sulphur 0 Springs, was in our town last Saturday. Mr. West says he has a fine e field of wheat. 9 Rev. David Ilucks filled his pulpit here Sunday morning, and Rev. : James Cunningham, of Texas, . preached at the Presbyterian church in the evening. lt.ov. A. A. James, the pastor, was also present. 1 The new church at Gilead will be dedicated the first Sunday in June 1 by Rev. J. D. Bailey, Revs. F. C. llickson, Ford and the pastor ] Rev. F. C. Felmet will all be present. The community are requested to turn out on Saturday before and 5 clean off the church grounds and ? *grave yard. It will be necessary for ) the people to bring a wagon or two 1 to do some hauling and also tools to work with. The public are invited ' to attend. Children's Da}- service will be held here in the Methodist church noxt Sunday night. The trestle at the north side of the bridge at Grindall is being ropaired by the Commissioners of Cherokee county. Telephone. From Uncle Joe. Editor Times: Carlisle, S. C.?The wea her now is rather warm for writing, but as I have a few dots by the wayside I will give them to you for fear that age will not improve their flavor as with Kentucky whiskey. The last few weeks has wrought such a change in the appearance of things that it is ver}' agreeable to ? the senses, especially sight and smell. The eye is delighted with the varied and beautiful panorama now displayed by nature in an ever changing picture of foliage, whilst the odor of beautiful flowers is wafted to us by every passing breeze?nature is ; ablaze with color and smell. From what we can gather that cotton mill is an assured thing, and it will not be a great while until the 1 whir of the spindle and clack of the loom will be heard where now is only ' the low of cattle, tho chirp of the cricket or the dulcet voice of the bull frog in his native bog. J Parties havo been here recently I investigating with an eye to future investments, and all seem to bo satisfied that Carlisle is a very^probable city?soon. We can almost imagine we can hear the fog-horns of the steamers as they ' approach our town and we admire their majestic proportions as they i , glide gracefully over the bosom of tho noble Broad river, perhaps to be i laden with flour from Jeter's mill after I unloading a cargo of fruit and veg )LSON & SON, :ers, >king 'Business in all its Vgainst Fire, Tornado, jidents, and Issue Bonds lIs of Corporations, and rators, Etc., Etc. SPECTFULLY SOLICITED. elablofi Tor TT. CT. ""Miller, our wholesale fruit dealer here. "Wake up snakes, day's breaking" for this locality, you bet. We are sorry that Liz could not go with us to Union lust Saturday, but her ma was worse and she, herself, was not well as she had an attack of the slopperkvbosity and the duvolemous and was not quite well herself," hut she says she is certain to go next time as there is some things she wishes to attend to. Now, T 1 lief KaI mi? A Vi n f r?nl 10 OAf a? JL j ucb uvitV/ * V/ tllUl/ ^Q1 10 out Uil OCUILi^ some one up thar about that "Buffalo" business, as her mind is not satisfied upon the subject yet. The Baptist and Methodist churches have had their interiors plastered and beautified, and improvements are the order of the day. If uncle Bill, opposite the hotel, would fix up and whitewash his I palings it would help the looks of things wonderfully. Joe Roby. Invitation and Program of the Closing Exercises of the Mt. Joy High School. A cordial invitation is extended to the public to be present at the Mt. Joy High School Friday evening, May 24th. Beginning at 8 o'clock the pupils will entertain those present for several hours and a most pleasant time can be anticipated. The following is the program: Marching Song?by school. Welcome?by seven girls. Free Gymnastics?by school. "(Questioners"?by flettie Bailey and Nettie Sprouse. | 1 -How >ve tried to lick the Teacher"? I Claud doing. 1 4'When teachers come to stay all 1 night"?Bunyan Ilolcomb. "The Trial"?Nannie Adams. "We're crowd of little girls"?by live girls. > "We're crowd of little boys"?by four boys. "Somebody's darling"?Mamie Aycock. "At Greenway Court"?Annie Kelly. "Celestial Army"?Mertie Aycock. "Iligli and Low"?May Sprouse. "A hatchet story"?Clerman Garner. "Winter"?Sweetie Garner. "Month of May"?Mertie Sprouse. "Keep trying"?Talmadge Adams. Honey Bee?Bill Kelly. "Give us Men"?Clough Palmer. "Teaching a Country School"?Annie Bailey. "The Universal Language"?Alma Adams. "One more Gun for me"?Ebby Fowler. "A Million Dollars"?Leila Goings. "Josiah"?Bessie Kelly. "A Country Ball"?Ada Gault. "A Feenty Squiller"?Paul Eaves. "The ' Possum" Barthe Kellv. "Widder Spriggin's Daughter"?Foster lnma n. "Graduates"?by Nannie Adams, l^eila Goings, Ethel Ilolcomb, Mertie Aycock, Carrie Going, Annie Kelly and Mamie Aycock. A play entitled "The Train Tomorrow." The cast of characters is as follows: Mr. Buttermilk- -Nannie Adams. , Mr. Bright?Dee Kelly. Johnnie Buttermilk?Bunyan Ilolcomb. Music Striking Oil, a very interesting comedy in two acts with the following character* First Lord Duttonheud?Bunyan Holcomb. Mr. Joseph Watson?ftieharu Sprouse. Mrs. Am and i Watson?Belle Goings. Laura Watson?Bessie lvelly. Miss Elvira Clarendon ?Bessie Bently. Mrs. Hannah Plunkett?Mamie Ay cock. Second Lord Duttonhead?-Wallaae Gault. Sarah Brown?Bernice Sprouse. William Hampton?Foster Inman. Solomon Steady?Walter Adams. Daniel O'Rafferty?Lee Kelly, First Detective?Clough Palmer. Second Detective?Talmadge Adams. Music Old Kentucky(IIome withjpanto mimes by school. Hcd Hot Message?Roaring farce with the cant of cliaraoters: IV. Doseinal?Bunyan ITolcomb. Farmer Onions?Eddie Kelly. The Lockhart band is expected to be present anil under the leadership of I). A. McNeely promise good music. No admission fee will be Charged. Come' Mr. Editor. Starboard. | Thanks, we hope we can find It convenient to do so.?Ko. 1