Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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As pro-nisert in last, week's Tjmks we will dovotp a portioa of our apioo this week, to our trip to the U.Minion nr rKn lAtnfjk 1 nt? 1 fn V<kt,n?anJ * VI uuv Willv V V/VJKiUO (IV jH'.JUI phis and the unveiling of J5ou;L Carolina's handsome uioauiuent at Cuicunauga Park. The delegation from Union did not ail go 011 the same traiu or the same day, neither did they go the same route, some going via At lanta, some via Birmingham ami some via Asheville. Those whom we know to have yone are as follows: Capt. F. M. Farr and wife. Miss Isabell Foster, M. B. Lee, G. T. Gault, Jno. A. Crawford, Pink Coldwell, Joseph Bailey. Olonzo Wix, Miss Maud Jeter, Miss Diisy Wix, E ,Vi. Penney ai.<l son, W. II. Penny, W. II. S. Harris, J. L. Strain, A. G. Bentley, T. L. liarnes and wife, Misses Mollie, Belle, Grace and Car rie Littlejohn, John S. Littlejohn, G. W. Turnipseed aud wife. l>r. T. B Bates, N. B. Ei.son. J. II. MoKissick and daudhter, S. G. Howoll. There may have been others that we did not see, however we consider this a pretty good delegation from onr county, considering the distance. The party with which ye editor left separated at Spartruburg, some going via ASDevuie, wnue the rest ot us, M. B. Lee, Olonzo Wix, Miss Daisy Wix, Miss Maude .Jeter and the writer took the Atlanta route. The trip to Atlanta was without incident, and was made on schedule time, arriving in the city about 4 p. in. Our party took in the city by street car. and vim ted the Zoological Park, Grant Park, which wo found had been greatly improved since our visit of a few years ago, the grounds having been beautified by beds of flowers H'oi nlan's of various designs, and sve found that quito a large number of animals ami oirds had recently been addod to the -collection, and still other new cages were being eree'ed. This park ia getting to bo an attractive place for visitors and many sight 8?ers are to be found out there any day in the week, any especially on Sunday. Tne pretty lako wiih its pleasure boats is one of the attractive features of the park. Leaving Atlnnta we had an all right ride to Chattanooga, Tenn. Arriving in Chattanooga about 8 o'clock Monday morning, we met the portion of our party who had gone via Asheville and arrivedsouie hours ahead of our train in Chattanooga. SoupmI AinrpRtAd h desire to crct out ? r - ? oto Lookout Mountain and take a rid? up the incline railroad. Wo boarded A. H. FOSTER, Vice President. J . D. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. | inters' national Bank * $ tors, ?, c. | $60,000 I 50,000 f 60,000 * $170,000 f VV. H. Wallace, Win. Jeffries, X , E. P. McKissick, A. H. Foster, ^ four Business. ?####??# * a street car and soon reached, the foot t'f the mountain. A glance UP that d iiigerous looking railroad was sullihent to dampen the ardor of the Illaioritv of- film nnrtTf mill /xmaoJ * "" ' t"*" V MMV4 V?UOV.\? sonic ot* the stoutest hearts to quail, several of the party after a look up tlie truck which seemed to rise up in othe air, as it were several huti> dred feet, remarked that thev would not go up that thing for half the money in Chattanooga. We then asked the price of a ride up and dowSi, and was thunderstruck when told it was Toe. This settled the (juestion, those of us who had upon a former occasion taken a ride knew die price to he 26c, and recognized this extortionate price as a gouge arranged for the occasion, and determined not to be gouged that early iti the day, so we declined to take the trip. Af.er watching the cars make a trip up and down the mountain, ascending one mile to the top. and rising in that distance 800 fe> t above where we stood, jve returned to town, and was informed that we won d he taken to Chicamauga battle ground, whore the unvei'ing would take place, for 26c each, here another gouge awaited the unsuspecting victim, as we will show a little further on. The distance from Chattanooga t.o the battle ground is some twelve miles and is made on the street c-ji. Some beautiful scenery is presented t) the visitor along the route, and some historic ground is gone over. We passed the famous lloss On p. and was shown the old house built by. John lloas, the chief of the Cherokee Indian tribe, which remains intact, and appears good for another half century. Near this point we noticed iron tablets marking the points of famous battles. Arriving at the terminus of the car line, at the entrance of Chicamauga park, wo found several vehicles in waiting and were informed that it would cost 26c each to be taken to the South Carol in... monument which was to he unveiled, this gouge caused a considerable kick, and a few of the party determined to walk rather than pay the extra 60c for the ride to and from the monument, which turned out to be only a walk of about a mile, we who rode felt like we had been picked np to the tune of 50 cents. We lis ened to several interesting reminiscences regarding the battle at this place, as wo approached on the street car. We had the pleasure among others of meeting a Capt. It. II. .Jennings, of Winnaboro, 8. C., now State Treasurer, who was in charge of a company en route for the uuveiliug, he is- a lirst cousin of our townsman Rev. C. A. 1? Jennings. And many of the readers will remember him as one of the speakers during the last campaign meeting in Union. Mr. Jennings is one of the tinest !*enticuien wo ever met, and is i . ? . . . very interesting in conversation. . It was found that we had an old Yankee veteran, Mr. W. T. Coburn on board, who had been living in Chattanaoga since the war. Some of his old friends told him he had better walk a chalk line or the old Confederate vets would kill him. He laughingly remarked, "well they have shot at me many a time hut thoy have not got me yet." lie ..P./\'r?? *U/. A.M ?.!.L .L - ?- ~. au^uiVM 1IVU1 UiU uai Willi til 15 rw?j and it having been >rt lined that one of I ho old ba:tle Hoar?-(?d fl ig? of the 7th S C Ksgimont, C ?. K, Kershaw's brigade, was iu the baud* of ' J iH A. Taylor, of (irauiteville, one 1 of Mr. Jenningn men on the car, the 1 one who had earned it durincr the battle At C licamauga, M s* M tu ie i .1 ter requested Mr. J uTn>ng8 to have > i. unfurled, which r* q iest was granted i itssiouat the part/ landed, the act >a? greeted with a cheer. Tho Yu?? he.- veteran seeing tho flag ra^ae I his hat and said: "I have faced tha' Hi.; many a time iu tome v*-ry li<?t engagements, and 1 am glad of the pporiuury to honor it." This was greeted wi:h a cheer by the old vets, my of wM<?in would have (ought thee for that Yankee veteran at ihe drop of n ?:at. Wo found th.it we would have soma hours to wait for the unveiling of lii < monument hh the Siuth ('.rolioa s;?eo>al would be a little l?'e, ao t^e tune whs very pr li'ab'y occupied by the visitors w ilkiug over the grounds and inspecting the many linndanme monumo.ua erected by the N -rth to their dead heroes, ami the several O 'iife ieraie m momenta wbi-h nave a! rntdy been erected b; the S iuthv.ru S atea. Toe S>it!i (' volina mooulount ?v?8 veiled with the c mfedcrate c?!ora. Tnis battle ground is one of the tn >at. interesting places it has ever o3Gii our pleasure to viai'. as we walktd over the grounds u?e h storv oi one of the m >et bloody battles oi modem times unfolded rs-lt", in the 'lDQUQicuid end iron table 8 which .narked tt.e points of c ) flint, the position of the 11ii< s, tha a Ivaace nud thy retreats. the 3low bat evir onwar I inai ch of the con federates, who approached the heights occupied by the uuemy, who stubbornly resisted, theu retrentel tr<?rn point to point, ouly to oa pressed tarther a <1 farther btok ward, as the determined advance wai made by the enufednratea wh > ru ?:iut od the hill from three aides right in the face of the most gal'iog lire ft on ivrtiliery and infantry. l'bcre sire minute 1 cann uis occupying the a;t.-8 they occupieti during the battle. One cauuot help the feeling that he is treading upon sacr.-d ground when lie remembers that 0:1 Hub battle ground th^'e were thirty tivstbou i.md men 18 (MK) m 011c side and 17 t)00 ui the other killed, and their bio 1.1 poured upon the ground upon which, we were treading. W e met a Mr. K A S mpsou, an >ld confederate vottran, who took part in the famous battle, and ho gave in a verv intoreaLiinr ikw.hi.it. i<f ih.? attack and the terrible battle, he is a grandson (>f Edmund Simpson, a hoI lier of the Rivolu'iou, a record of whoje pension may p >s*ibly be f n;ui in the olerk's official Union, II irelated to the N >ramn family o' Union, and sent his regards to the o iye II i eays he visited the camp-* at U'licainauga during tlie rendzvnus of the Spanish*A oertoan tro pi and told several funny anecdotes of that pjriod. Among the soldiers there were a lot of students from a college iu B ?ston. One of them, a very bright a id intelligent student of law, in conversation with this student after he had been located at China-, mauga for sinie time he ?--fee 1 Mr S rapsoa why it was that the S >uth liad not erected haudsomo monuments to their dead like the X >rth hail. M Simpson replied that our country liad been left iu an impoverished condition and liad not been ahlo as yet to do so, hut he Impel the work would begin in the near future. The young man replied that he had made a study of this famous battleground since ha had been here and ho had been taught s lesson very different from that lie bud learned in his histories at College. If was asked what that lesson was. 1 Itreplied that while the North had erected magnificent monunieuts to the memory of their dead heroes, all ovtir the grounds, and only iron tablets marked the valorous deeds of die (' >11 federates, the wh >le revealed in a very forcible raauner only one e'ory When asked what wis the Htory revealed, (Continued on page 4 ) Vox Enjoys the Reunion. Etta Jank, June 1-.?Aa the ! editor of Tim Timks was present at Memphis during the reunion (although I did not get to see him there) I suppose he will give the renders a full account of the ceremonies, both there and at Chiekamaugu, and consequently I will only give an account of my trip on an independent scale. The trip was made in good order and under tho tuost favorable circnui- j stances. We had itt our gr-up from Union county Messrs. (i. T. Gault, j it a n o i ?. 1. n J iii oonn s\. vyrawomi. i iiik tjaiaweii and ./oe Bailey. Wo all went together and 9tayed together (in just so far as I couid keep the buys under control, or vice versa.) Wo met at Memphis 'ninny of the Union county hoys who have heen gone for years and years?some went before i the' war. There we met Capera Scott who had his old army canteen, j lie now lives in Magazine, Aikansaa. Also Frank M(selv, of Birmingham, I Ala*, who was at one time an a Had tee of Thk Ti.mks oliice under Mr. 11. M. Stokes. He remembered wrest1 iiior with "Viix's" rnsr-u script ami h id many (posticus to ask ah >uf. tin? people hack hero. I ant glad to say he is doing well, lie shown that in his general appearance- Also we met G. G. Buchanan, ol Co. A, Palmetto Sharpshooters, who is now living at Chicknsha, lnd'an Territory, lie was at one time a citizen of Union and asked about many Union people. I mot also Mr. Bogaii Gisr, ? son yf Mr. Tom Gist, a brother of Gen. States Right Gist, who went frmi Union 1-ng before the war broke out. He now lives in Texas. At M-ui phis we ft 11 in with other South Carolinians whom we had failed to meet before we get there. Among them your coroner A. G. Bentley, E*<p, and it did me good a-l over to see him w ith his old friend and comrade, Wdliam Iv'tes, of Adosis, Arkansas. Ho introduced me to several of the older Union county men with whom I had never had the pleasure of forming an acquaintance. Our ver siti'e ''Telephone" was there too and taking in the situation, so also was Mr. T. L lliuiKs. of Joncsville, ntid Cupt. and Mrs. F. M. Fai r, of Union. There were others there that I met and some 1 did not meet that I can not now recall the name.'* >f Chester, Laurens, York, Spartanburg, Newberry and Cherokee counties were all represented in the presence of delegates or individual citizens both male and female, who went, to see and take in the grundcat reunion of Ex Confederates ever witnessed. Capers Scott was there and sent his love to all the people hack here and told your correspond ent to take and deliver the message. By the way Capers captured tint Son h Carolina Division of U. C. Yt renins when he sung his "Rebel So' licr" song. Y oir correspondent ha?t the pleasure oT calling the house to order and introducing tiiua as "the H 'ldicr boy" to the vast assemblage ( ;f South Carolinians and Ex-South ( Oamlitdans assembled from nearly every State in the Southern j Confederacy. When he sutig the! "Rebel Soldier," at the concision of each s'an/.i, he was loudly ap- , plauded and several times he was not i, permitted to go on till the storm o! j applause mod away. i , As soon its he concluded one of ( Columbia's lair daughters, Miss lhm- 11 lap, stepped up and pinned a I'al- j , metto badge on the lappel of his coat. I , She also did the same for your cor- ] respondent, which he highly appro- < ciuted. No sooner had Mr. Scott closed his song and stepped down j than an enthusiastic Southerner of . f reign aeecnt mounted the stand with a silk 11 tg in his hand. lie wis splendidly dressed?had on a high top heaver hat. Everything showed that he was a man of mvan- j ( as well as culture?even if a foreign er. Str dghrening hituself up am! j drawing his broad e'o'h cott tightly | around hiiu he satd: "Mine frentsand j j comrades, I am a South Carolinian j | I was born in the city of Sharlestun j, and I am proud of it. I uloiy in , the Old I'al met to Sta'c." (Voice in the crowd cried unfurl your colors or we'll (ire on you.) Willi this he un furled the beautiful llag and waved it triumphantly over the heads of the I, hundreds of Sou'h Carolinians atul; Ex South Carolinians who cheered j ii iusiuy. T?n it was "lite ijone' Star State Welcomes the United1 Confederate Veterans." Cotitinn- 1 ing l?e saul: *! am now a citizen of i the Stare of Texas and we wan a you | ! to vote for Dallas, Texas, as the j | next place for the meeting of the ' ! Confederate Veterans. Come to our j homes you dear old men and bring j your wives, daughters arid sons and I we will g've yon a grand and a glorious welcome." (Applause.) With ihis a great big square built South Camliuian mounted a chair and proposed three cheers for Texas and the reunion, which rang out and almost shook (he building. When it came to a vote that afternoon in the Re union hull on the question of going to I)alla?, Texas, against Louisville, Ky., South Carolina cast her solid vote for Dallas, Texas. The 1?18 South Carolina camps represented j cast 137 votes for Dallas. To the uninitiated the proceedings j would seem as if every one of the i veterans were drunk. But not a i word of it. They wcie running over i vuth the joy that a glorious reunion ' Win. A. NICHC BANK Transact a Regular Ban Branches and Insure A Boiler, Liability and Acc of Indemnity for Officia Individuals as Administr YOUR BUSINESS IS RES had giv? n them. l>rnthe*s and rel-{ Hiives, friends ami tieipiaintanoes. j who had been separated for years and years met, and it was no uncommon thing to see sir< ng. brave men < meet and clasp each other in their < arms ami shed tears of joy. K an and Jacob or Joseph and Ins brethren found a parallel at Memphis. Deli- ! rate women would press flu ir way | through crowds of m? n hunting some ; dear one i'r in wh-iin they had been { separated for a long time, or else to | catch some of cliocr thai : had been sent by some one- who could not be tin re. Hundreds o' such scenes t.'ok place not ?ady at the JSouth Carolina headquarters but at the rendzvous of the other ?>tate ' veterans as well. One of the most beautiful features of the meeting was the willingness of 'the veterans to ! help these lady friend^ to find tin. ^ ones for whom they were in search Each veteran felt. that he had a duty to j e:f >im and he did so, for ho, too, had a mother and perhaps sisters for whom he felt a special concern. With all the j liilicitiuti le t a word passed that whs repulsive to the mo4 sensi i tive and modest f unic, for of all men that ever trod the American soil there never has bee n and never will be a higher type of manhood , than the tiuo Confederate soldiers fbe reunion was furnished with some of the best ma.-ie of the day Several bands were present in the hall and on the streets and at the several division headquarters, where they tnltvcned tlie occasion wiih . UlU.-IC. ()a the first night, Tucsd.iv 28th, ' O ? * j . the ineedng was a grand concert Two bands occupied poM'nw.s in the' -jMClaus bull wlii.'h was capable of j ! seating 10,000 [iC'ijile. Kirs: one | would pb?y then the other, sometimes they would sing and tor fully three hours made iim thousands to '. j ?v themselves as thev never did," . ** 11 ' el ?rc. They played very kind of rat es?sacred, patriotic and seniiuental?from "Nearer u?y God to Thee" on down to even "Leather . lire* clies. ' Such wonderful skill j. in the management of ins riunents it! was never youi correspondent's good fortune to witness. Kully 10,000 people were present during this con- " eert, and loudly applauded* when oc- 1 Das ion called f'-r it. Nothing to ' G-pial it hies over taken, place on the Mississippi. I heard some of the best musical talent in our country , comniend the music ou this occasion : for its i xce.ie. ee. And during the , meetings of the contention wiiem-ve- . tfio tuiuiilt of the crowd was iinhi-ar tide or deafening General Gordon * . f would permit the binds to ipiiet it. which they always did. After si.ending a sufficient time for the cowd to get wearied that 1 r?. .!.? l : - - - l: I ' [i!'_ n tiiiu ?in- (i 'ii I- in <i i ij >n i ii nilvmg I . c- in.- one of i ho tiiilifts tVorn St. Louis I n ii'levt il that good old soul-stirring hymn "Plenary" which our fithers ' iii.il uki'Ik r.s mj oficn suii*2 and wtiich ' todfv slmul't ho the shibboleth of * I evci v household: "Good night, good night to every ! one, lie each heart free from care. Let evi ry brotlrer seek his home, And find contentment there. May joy beam with tomorrow's M UII, And every prospect, shine, Wlule wife and friends laugh merri,y Without the aid of wine." Vox. (To bo continued.) ( Tim F I MO US CA XTIi JC W. Capers Scott Tells of the Capture Of His Canteen. We had tho pleasure of meeting Mr. Capers Sco t, and found hiin a jovial, big hearted veteran who was having the biirg?'st kind of a time in the South Carolina < pi art era, meeting and shaking hands with his old South Carolina comrades who insisted upon his singing the Kebcl )LSON & SON, ERS, king Business in all its ^gainst Fire, Tornado, idents, and Issue Bonds Is of Corporations, and ators, Etc., Etc. )PECTFULLY SOLICITED. Soldier for them, which he did with > will. He had his famous canteen with him which he captured from a Yankee soldier in a very hot engag rnent, and has kept, as a souvenir, id'one of the hottest engagement of the war. He told us the story of its capture, and we asked him to write it and send it to us, he kindly f.nrut'Titoil r/\ *1/^ ii? ? * * % - v. -w .../ >-u. iiu carried nis canteen in the parade and he was recognized along the line of march by his canteen. He is a good talker iind wc enjovid listening to hiin. J. It. M. now ! cot my f'AX'l'KKX. ihctou l.'xiox Ti.mk^:?As per request I lntcwith hand you the ttistorv of my canteen. At Charlesown, West Ya., about the first of August, we wore in sight of he town of Charleston ii. I think three or f?ur miles ftoui Harper s Kerry. I'art of my regiment, 2nd * '. C. Vol., were on picket at that place in our l ille pits. It was Sun!nv afteiiui m and we had live tneu hi each rifle pit. the balance of the regiment was hack of us some dis:uicc. I heird a vidct fire in front fus and then the hall opened and it ivns a li\ ely one. They catuc on us th a heavy iiue of infantry supported ?y a heavy line ot mounted cavalry it their hacks. Col. llill Wallace rdcred the h i lance of the regiment ip to the rill pits to support us, then ve fi ught them with our bayonets md the bre?eh of our guns. We vou d look the cavalrymen in the ace and dismount them with the .reech of ougms w hile they were liiack.ng awav with their sahre* on ur heads. We foujht them in this \nv It sovei<il uiiuutc9. Randolph iaco'i. our Color bearer, was stmt and he stall of his colors was shot in wo and ho foil (load. A Yankee an up to capture our colors hut was hovod Hat on his face to the ground >y one of my company who tore the lag from the piece ot the stall" and arried it back and tied it to his ratnob just above bis head. This is low I cap'urtd my canteen that I iad on exhibition at Memphis. Term. , only found one of Co. K , my Co., Sam L>u>hart, who now resides in Mississippi. He informed ine that me Captain A. I'. Vinson and all of mr company was dead except myself iml he aid Charley licck, our inlerly sargent. Wiii'e 1 was at the reunion at Memphis I met with J. L. Strain, iV. US. 11.oris, 11. M. Penney, A. 1'. Deutley, It P. Coldwell, Sam Little) dm, Sini'h Lipsc >mb and uss Mabry. When I met those old iooiradts*I would talk awhile, sing ind cry and imbrace them and a ugh and almost shout. When I o ^ net Gess Mahrcy at the S. C. Camp ie was so overjoyed that he could lardlv keep from shouting at the top if ids voice. He called tne house to >rdcr and had me to sing the Rebel Soldier which 1 did, and it seemed to tie enj ?yed by all who heard it. When that, noble ladv, Mrs. Dunlap, ot S. C., came and a-hed me where 1 was b-.?ru. I si;si*.1 *?.'od I nly, in South Carolina. She then attached to my co.it ilu* Palmetto Sta'e badge that I received wi'li tears in my eyes. I remarked to my comrades that 1 was a Sou'h Carolinian by birth ami an Arkansiau by adoption. I ain a South Carolinian by birth and am proud of the name. Was reared by Christian parents who taught ute the way to heaven. My father, H. T. Scott, is stiil living, but my good mother has passed beyond the >ivcr. 1 havn't words t<? express my feeling when 1 met old neighbors and comrades. 1 said, boys this surely is a foretaste of heaven. When 1 said to W. II. S. Harris, J. L Strain and others good bye we wept bitterly and clasped each others hands and said if we nuct on carih no more let's meet in heaven. AV. C. Scott. Magazine, Ark.