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(yU0^ .___. .? _ _ _ T _ _ m T r-^ -?- TI ? ? ^ psresa^iaa I Three Cowoo Mills, one the S TIH ' T 1 171 1 1 ^ Ik % l ls'Ilj (h M iJeHanf'Toll I I H Ti I \ I 1F \ 1 8 VI IIil> laSsSSKSl ' ffl sjf , Ooncerr e, One he.m.le ? I 1 1 [ \ B \ / 1 1 ' -l _1_ .n" JBL A K-/ Three Graded Schools. Arte-? I Ele"tr"e'Llgh?l'' **" "J ? * JL-M. - ?A - -i- * -*- ^ -1- * " " ? r-v^ ? | elan Water. Population ?,500. | VOIi. LI. NO. 2;l. " UNION. SOUI'H CAROLINA, Fill DAY. JUNK i. 19<'l. - #1.00 A VKAK. Mfr ALL A14 'V* 5I| If -M#. JiA -IV *T% ?Tm *n* ?^v ?^v ffPl f F. j\i. FARk President. T GEO. MUNR^, Cashier, J. | Merchants' and Pla J OF TT1NI fj Capital Stock T Surplus * Stockholders' Liabilities | Total i Dihkctous?J. A. Fant, \ ? T. C. Duncan, J. T. Douglass, t Wm. Ooleinan. I We Solicit Y ?*><??? ?*>4*<m I 1901 JUNE "" l'JUl ?, Su. Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fri. Sat. J_ _2_ 3' 4 5 6 8 _9^ 10 11 12 13 14 15 ^6 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 /V gUj I 1 |_j UNION-COUNTYNEWS. Items of Interest Gathered from Various Sections by our Correspondents. REMINISCENCES OE THE WAR. Interesting Incidents f onneeted With the Lute. War, Bringing Out a Great Deal of Unwritten History, in Which the I'tivate and Subordinate Officers are Given Credit Justly Due rhent. Some of the Truest, Noblest and flrnvs est Men That Bver l?aeed an Hnemy Were to he FOUND AMONG THE PRIVATES. BY .1. I.. STHAIN. Previously our headquarters were on the opposite sole of the river a little below Willtown. About halt way between picket headquarters and the point was the "Matthew's place" at which we kept a picket guard since our first occupation of the Island. This was our first picket head quarters. Between the Matthew's place and Mosquito creek we, had torn up all the" bridges. The sarne was d>no on the road leading to the ^ point of Bear's Island. Thus our ^ position was comparatively secure frotn any advance the eneuiv might s.. i. ? n-i _ <* UUCUipi L<> UlilM'. J III! Ml CUOII (>I the country around the Matthew's place might he tompared to the d?sert of Sahara, only it was mini ami water instead of sand. On an oasis stood the Matthews house and outbuildings. On all sides as fu as the eye could reach was a vast plain. The Matthews house was a long building w ith a piazz-t on one side and across one end. A dense thicket of shrubbery surrounded the house on three snhs. In front of the f house and in the direction of ihe V_ 'enemy stood our p ekets. The post was about '200 yards from the house at u bridge that crossed the canal, on the opposite side ol which the road forked?one leading toward ihe point and the other towards Mosquito creek. The house was high enough from the ground for a horse to stand under ir. At. the time we aro going to speak of, the bridge across the canal had been torn up, and our picket guards were standing, in the piazza. Due night about ihe first of March, '<?2, while on guard with Jim MeCulloch, Frank Millwood and John Faucett, at this place, we were thrown into considerable excitement. John Faucett and Frank Millwood were standing in the piazza and at the end of the house. Jim McCullouch and myself were in the other end of the house asleep. It was just befoie daybreak. The V jcresent moon was rising above the eastern horizon and gave a dim light through the foliage. A pistol fired, and in an instant another rang our in the air. 1 wis arousod. 1 heard Frank say "men to your post." j^John raised the jell and caino running to the door hulho ng ' fall in A. H. FOSTER, Vice President. J , D. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. ? infers' National Bank * I ON, ?. o. I $60, (XX) I 50,000 J 60,000 f . $170,000 | V. H. Wallace, Wm. Jeffries, A E. P. McKiasick, A. H. Foster, X 1 'our Business. ^ Company 1). fall in." "Lt Fuss deploy yourskirmishers and give \in It?II."J had been with John before and knew his tactics when he wanted to play the "bluff." I had this advantage of Jim, but you need not, think that either of us went into testacies ever our apparent surroundings. 1 had gathered my coin for uiy pants and stove my foot into the sleeve up to my knee. We ha I 110 time to make a light. My pistols were out on ?ho piazza without cap.on them. I gathered my sabre and gun, threw open the door, and prepaied to shoot, and cut mv way out All this was the work of a few moments. We found the assaulting p.irty was in the rear of the hou-e. and between us and our relief. How far John had succeeded in biuffmg we had no means of knowing. But whatever was done, iousr he d?-n< soon. It would never do for daylight to come and reveal our true situation. Our pistols were recapped and we felt secure agaii st reasonable odds. Our horses wtre saddled. The only way of escape was by the road j o ir eniuiies were holding. A caucus \v:is held, and the situation discussed Inn riedly. The conclusion was, wo must "get up and get." .Next was, "?ho will go farward." Like the invited guests all made excuses. At I hist ' Stonewall Jackson" was turned into the road at. the gallop. So were the others. Each rider with pis ol in hand. We had to ride by file. For seine of us this was perhaps to be the last ride. As we drew near the dark avenue, walled on each side with dense thickets. ''Stonewall" raised his head pud through dilated nostrils announced the presence of the enemy. Spurs pressed liiai forward and soon we had tun the gauntlet and were shooting like so many arrows up the side of the canal. ' Prince" (lathed past like a parrott shell. My horse stumbled and fell I ami I lost my cap. Before my horse recovered they were all past me and I got down to hunt luy cap. One fellow says "come on, they can kill us yet." I could not find the cap, so 1 mounted ' and rode on bare headed with the others towards our relief. John Fauceit reported to picket headquarters. The rest of us stopped. 1 tied roy handkerchief around inv head. Soon Lieut. Mabry Th-anas laid the whole reserve at the place. Lockhart Mitchell rude up to ine and said "whv halloo Sallio | Worthy, are you here." Wo went back to our post. 1'lie Lieu'cnant and relief went with us. It was now daylight. We found old shoes, hats, bonnets, shawls, walking sticks, etc., strewn along the the road which re veil led the character of our foe, who had taken to the tn?rsh when they heard us coining behind them. We found out l'roin an old darkey living near our picket post that a largebody of the slaves from the up country, as it were, had that night attempted to get to the yankees, but coming upon our pickets they were stopped. Some of theui, however, got past and were taken on Edisto Island that evening. Some we found and others returned to their homes. I found my cap in the edge of the water in the canal ju^t ready to be taken off by the rising tide. On another occasion before this I was on picket at the same place. Bill Sav?gc and Oillium Thomas were on portt with mo. We were standing at the bridge which 1 have told you <1A A J_ f ? -? whs ?uuui/ iw yarns jrom tne I Mathews house. Torn Fowler, (Long j Hungry wan bis nick nam*-) with the i rest of the relief w;w in the house asleep. It was as dark a night as I ever saw, I think. In rear of tho ^ f hnu^o in a little hut, lived an oh nejro who lind n li tie doj. Sooi nfti-r we wert on [ost the do/ begai 10 hark. and kept it up for at lea* one hour Our h< rt?cs were retries* The ducks und fio/8 kept such : ouackitu! and creaking. which 'ogether with the harking of the do< made the night hideous. The hridg across the c<nal had not been tori up. The night was so d?rk we eouli not sec ten steps from u*. Wi br ught a horse on post. Bill Savag< watched tLe h ?rse and Gilliaut ant I watched the road in front. Fron ih?* action of the horse we found tba the trouble was in the direc'ion o the hou-e. 1 told Bill and Gillian to mind the post, and i would gi back and see what the matter or put the reserve on their guard When 1 passed around the house 1 found a drove of''marsh ponies" piek ing about among the rose hushes. A little Jaelt began to bl'uy, urtd this aroused the men in the house. A< L returned to inv post,, passing tlit end of the pinzzt, L t-aw Tom Fowlei | standing wiiu his coat, shoes aw hat uM <>IV. 1 spoke to him. II'. was like Zicharinh?speechless. I spoke again and he knew ine. lit said "who was that blowing tha horn?" L told liim ' it. was thai cava ry in the iear of the Linus sounding a charge " Bear's Island cou'd heat the worh f>r ducks, bees, '"go ibers" audswee' potatoes. It was w it!.out doubt tlx richest land 1 ever saw. Manj kinds of game could be found on X Deer was plentiful. 1 don't expt-ci i here was another section in tlx whole rice country of the same si/, that raised an ?qual quantity of tha atticlc. The Hi's* nigln levirstayec on Bear's Island Jack Isoin and my self wcic put on guild at a plact where 600 bushels of rice had beer burued in ouc pile. We hitched oui horses at the base of a straw pile n protect thetu from the cold wind The f g on the river wots so bcavj we could see but a short distance, noi I, ?|{ \ll.| - f II < MAOfl ? U /\ U imvii nay (iwiw^o i ik; otimuii n * climbed 10 the top of the straw stack dug out holt's, wrapped our blanket; around us and buried ourselves in th? straw up to our necks. Jaek ha< Ins lace tamed one way and mint was the other. The wind blew a gab all night. In the river the watei lashed itself into a foam. A. cob rain set in soon after we had go ensconced in our comparatively coai lot table position, which at tiun: turned to s ect. In this position w< spent a long cold January night Next morning when we left I couh scarcely ride 1 was so benumbed, ami Jaek was in the same fix. Tins nigh I contracted the "pleuntu affection," of which 1 have heretofore spoken. It was not customer; for one relief to stand all night, bu we had agred to do so in o. tler to g? relieved next day and night. 1 J was no fault of Lieut. Tuotnas, bui our own voluntuary acts. After w < returned to our headquarters nex morning we found our men had pro cured a lot of honey. The bees wer Hying about in the ? old rain ai thougi it was Jui.c. Chariey Fuwlcr hiu captured the gums and honey. W had nothing to cat with it but "ban tacks" and it was a poor go. (To be continued ) ' - - -An Fxciting Race I'ropioA by Dnt. uinl Fair Fleeing in the Face of Superior Numbers ?The Whistle* of the Minnie Hulls, 15Y bit. A. E FA XT. Eirly one lovely morning in 18<5;1 Lieut, G. il Jetet ami six private of our Company, viz: Bnl Oregon Tom Glenn, Asbery Garner, Ton (Bunk),Fowler (dubbed Long llungr because his rations wore always to short for his stomach) and the write were ordered to cross the Cbicka hominy and reconnoiter o ir front We had full instructions to find th enemy and their strength and repot the same at our earliest convenience All old soldiers remember that sucl an order was associated with grea danger, and was quite a ticklish uti uertaking, imagining the enemy ii ambush in every crook and thick 1111 dergrowth on every side of the road After reaching the forks of the roai some throe miles from Bottom | bridge wo saw ample ami untnis f.nLultln ntri.liiiion tKo o?..*.r\?i n.??. J wrnvivtv V? I'lUllW \'4 tuu Cll?;?u y V'1 'II | sisting of hnrso tracks, shelled cm j and oats where they had just hnlte and fed. We soon gather* d up sn! ficient amount of it to feed ou il hungry horses. This combustion, ti o.vt.s and corn, was quite a treat to our r? half fed bor-es. It was a great t pleasure m fee rlietn eat it. each one i. standing bv his horse r-tnlv to ni'?unt a at any moment, not knowing at . what time the enemy would be up n i uV While at thi , L ent, deter g ve us full and explicit direction in hi* i hlnnt and positi" e manner. Gregory. I Garner nod I were to tnk the direct ? road to New Kent C. II. Glenn, ft Fowler and huusolf were to take the 1 right h-?nd toad lending d* wn the i the Ohiekahotiiiuv road. M v party t was directed to advance slowly and f cautiously and to remember the dan j ger we were in, and that it was our ) duty to investigate inst<ail of fiaih*itij* . and above all should we be persued to reach the river ahead of the enemy, I tear up the bridge and report to camp fand not make any effort to report to i h:in as they would watch "both fpmr 5 and rear and endeavor to en re for < theinsol v<8. My party deployed. ? one on each side of the. road about r fifteen steps from 't the other in the I road We were to keep in s'ght of > etch oilier. We ?oon heard tiring in i the direction of Lieut Jeter, lly t this we knew he had come in cont tact with the enemy, this caused u* t to keep an eye to our rear as we steadily advanced and just as we emerged from a woods we heard their 1 bugle calls and in an instant we both saw etch other. Thov secuwd to 1 hesitate; we still advanced in order : to ascertain their uumbers, at.d . whether there were any inf-inty or ' not. Thev began to assemble in a ! large open field. We halted and held a short consultation which wsis t brivf indeed and under peculiar eir1 cuuistances. All at once they came with a rush. We stood no chance 5 against a fuil brigade. We changed i front. ' picked up our horses on our r spu'-s" and .nade a hoe line for the j bridge. The fear of capture, the wh>zzing of minnic bu'ls anil their ' close proximity was sufficient sum5 t ulus to tnaki every effort to teach tlie i- bridge and report to camp Gregory , and Garner's horses soon began to * leave me. I ur^ed tbcra on, told ' them I would jump off of my bore1 and take to the wood* rather than hi captured. They soon distanced ui?. 5 The enemy was close upon uiy heels r T drew my saber, pressed my spur*. 1 applied uiy saber right and lefr. 1 layed 11 it upon my horse in order to - evade" the balls that were at tha i tune (lying upon both t-i les and ? ..'. a i...i..... t i. .. a... ^ Jiiiwvu itini ui'i<iw, JL ur^iin t'? ui? . tanee tht; enemy and gain on my 1 friends, soon passed them, getting to I the bridge and across before they t did. We dismounted, turned on3 horses loose and tore up the bridge - before the enenrv could reach it t They saw that they were defeated t fired a volley and dispersed. M\ t hoive went to grazing, the other two t lav down broadside, panting. They & never fully rtcovered. Lieut. Jetc; and his party c.iiue in c nitaet with t the enemy s on after we separated. stealing chickens at a farm. Lieut ' .Jeter ordered Fowler to open tin1 gate so as to have suue chance of * escape if it proved necessary, and < ' charged the puny, successfully driv I ing them oft", saving the chickens fothe good lady, After seeing that the\ had been driven out of the yard b\ three daring rebels it seemed t V ... f inor*ify their feelings. They* summed up all their courage (some fifty m more) ami charged. Fortunately j ihe gate was open and Lieut. Je'ei II _ !.?*__ . aim nis parry omiih meir escape inline Chickalminmy swamps. Lieut Jeter ordered Glenn to plunge innthe liver, which was up, nnd report i to camp. Glenn was ordered to d<> this for the reason that he had tin best horse. Lieut. Jeter and Long ilungry, by a circuitous route, made their escape. This wa-s quite an exciting race of six or eight miles under full speed Stimulated first by duty, second by the music of the minnte halls which were in close proximiny to our per son. J bird, to escape beipg captured. 1 The three proving very ciiiciem and '* effective, n : I. The Taft Commission has formally extended free trade to the Island ol ' Jolo under the terms of the so-called . "treaty" made by General Hate* [| with tho Sultan. It would seem that treaties had to b) ratified by thf f- . ,. Senate, tr i Win.'A. NICH( BANK Transact a Regular Bar Branches and Insure l Boiler, Liability ?ind Acc of 1 ndemnity-for <#>fficia Individuals Administi YOUR BUSINESS IS RE; TM1M1T. TO HIS HONOR, JUDGE D. A. TOWNSEND. I Herewith Hand to You my An-, nual Report as Treasurer of Union County for Claims paid by me Since my Last Settlement. J. H. BARTLES, Treasurer. Ordinary. Itoad. II N Gal/man 2 50 I) R Fant 30 05 S G Erat on 1 50 I E Nance 3 00 Sa la; I la iris 5 00 0 F Scales 1 50 * l*aac Parmer Jr 2 00 T J 11 an is 3 00 J II Sartor 1 50 VV -I C.ucker 2 00 L) G Galhuan 50 00 S 6 Walilrop 1 50 John Spr aise 0 50 U II Robinson 5 58 A'l iri Nicholson 3 00 Margaret Lewis 1 00 Wm'Ivcy 1 50 G I Lee 2 00 P J L>a\ is 2 00. S G Ho a ell 3 00 Susiu KtenaQ 2 (.'0 Y S 11 d?o 20 00 J G Laig. Sheriff 138 00 .) G Harris 50 L 11 Tucker 00 L W Crawford 1 55 W T Rea?y 100 Ed ri.ou'.as 2 00 \V 11 Sartor 3 00 J L GU im 1 00 l)r C E Johnson 10 80 1 A Ian Nicboluuu G .">0 J V Sawyer 1 o 00 T J Beu-ntuiu^h 80 00 J T Fowler o 00 Dr M T Smith 1 (? 00 J F B<>lne 28 00 1) NV li-jcves 1 50 Unit-n Shoe Co 1 25 Binder MoU nvan 6 70 J C Gregory 1 55 .J 1) Murphy O 40 It1 >3u Peudcgraft* 2 00 Ia<im Worthoui 1 00 .1 C Sariar 1 00 li G Wilburn *4 45 0 R Prince 2 00 L V Treutblcy 7 00 I' G Smith 3 50 .'o Scaled 1 00 G'lai le-rt F llnrt 4 00 llix Millwood 2 00 V L Bubo 10 SO L G Bishop d 00 K L Dun-away 1 00 1 00 L B J?-ter 2 00 G G Bowl ware o.'? 01 I' II Betciibaugh 4 50 .J L Calvert . 1 .">0 I .00 J F Ad His 2 00 Acock, l.iclc & Co 1 00 I)r W (> S ?utoard ."> 00 J F Bel no 10 8: > S 1. Duckott 10 72 J E Mabry 10 85 Tito A II Foster Co 00 00 M W B.uloy 1 50 G T Hyatt 8 30 D F Baldwin - 3 55 Adams it FaUCOtt 6 00 O T Belue 2 SO M F Sparks 4 00 J C Ciocker 2 00 M C Denver 0 85 J T James 1 00 J M Greer 25 50 Goo Sims 1 20 r F C l)uko 1 00 Charles Bolt 72 35 J T M>?lone (56 1 1' 11 Bctonbaugh 1 00 Pant Bros 3G3 21) ? " 820 00 II 0 Little 7 00 J D Smith 2 oO )LSON & SON, :ers, >king Business in all its Vgainst Fire, Tornado, jidents, and Issue Bonds Is of Corporations, and . ?' ?ators, Etc., Etc. SPECTFULLY SOLICITED. ?p? Aahomore Vanderford 13 09 J W WiNon 5 00 Lv S Wilson. 3 50 J V Askew 7 10 J T Fowler 1 00 J 1 G-?jic 9 07 S M Gitlmore 5 20 J C Colield 25 05 (Jhnrnor Stevens 10 45 J J Will,ml 2 90 I F MoUriilc .2 15 W C .l<'hn*ou 4 40 \V 11 Giilnim 4 00 A J G 41 in.in 112 ll'ibt Wix 7 11 * F M O ShieMs 1 35 N P I) unbar 2 70 F P Y^tes. Agent 88 30 IVildwin 11 ?rlu 273 09 J 1, McWl.irter 3 00 L P? Tucker 5 00 \YOJe:?r 100 -nina \leD.in?cl IS 40 liisrxr W11 burn 60 V\ ?J Juliy 36 K I1' Jubn3 26 00 I M MoSlry 13 32 [ E Nance 3 00 0 F Si:.-i i t*s 1 60 V 8 B-.bo 26 00 Siliie Harris 6 00 l" J 1I arris 3 00 R S Fosit-r 1 76 J F Bolue 301 16 Henry Hawkins 80 AMxrt Brandon . 60 I A (-h:?uibi rs 26 00 M C Dcavtr 0 60 l' J Bfienbaogh 70 00 Is nc Barm ir Jr 2 00 \V 11 Sartor 3 00 E l Tlioin is 2 00 W A Nicholson & Son 801 00 II C (Jon; 1 00 John Sartor 1 60 J F B-luc 11 00 1) B FuDt 30 36 J II Mrlvissiok 5 60 \\ A iSicbolsou & S-m 21 MOO T C Jollv 75 00 W U Gist 12 50 W E R itch foul 12 50 \V 1) Arthur 112 20 I1 1C Bailey 54 06 .Jo^ Scales 1 00 J L Glenn 1 00 Town of Union 4 00 L)r W J Douglass 5 00 J A Sawyer' 200 00 M & B N?t Bank 2074 22 J G 1j o?tr Sheriff 188 60 Me Beth Young 1 80 T J McNeaee 1 70 i' J 11 Smith .Jr 2 90 J Monro Wicker 4 00 U M Aunh'ty 1 00 w a lli'l 5 50 Dr V L Bool 1 50 v - a r?n ' K. "X Margnot Lewis 1 00 T U Sini'h 3 30 K M A ugh t ry 1 00 I{?>*?:? igr.ilT 2 00 W T ItcMfy 1 00 Ohas F Hurt 4 00 F M C.uM 1 00 JO llitn is 1 00 1' 1) .">iew*rt 1 00 J A Chain1 1 00 J F MeLtire 01 37 I C Miller 10 03 (ti?(leu Williams "i'l ?Kl .1 \V Core 25 00 .1 (' AI Her 5(0 Green ) I.?e 2 III) l> \V Itrt vhs 1 00 P.I Davis 2 00 Oloil IV'lue 5 00 I W I at/ a 20 0*.) Mailing T Smith 10 00 J II Brtill.n 8 0S JIIMKiaalck 22 02 MAP Hank 1702 02 " 725 05 S G Ilowell 3 00 T C Jollev 44 Bago Lee CO W .1 Can ker 2 00 la >ui Worihnin 1 00 J C Ciocker 2 00 L V TreinOley 10 00 The A H Poster Co 311 05 Richard Fowler 1 00 II S Wiliinna 8 00 K A Hancock 3.1 00 Mia Kate B Crocker 14 40 W H Sartor 5 00 J Tip Fowler 3 00 ' i (Continued on page 4.) 1