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11 - , - - U IHMU^p City of Union and Suburbs Has m -j rTl T ~M M I City of Union and Suburbs Has Five Largo Cotton Mills, One Knitting I l__l li I I I I -.' I /1 IJ Five Graded Schools, Water Works, and Spinning Mill with Dye Plant, Oil I HI I I I B I I I w I H^ . Sewerage System, Electric Lights, Three Mill, Furniture Manufacturing and <; i I 1 I I I [ VB I I VI I ' A k 1 ^ Banks with aggregate capital of *260,000, Lumber \ards, female Seminary. JH-JL. JL~jA A. w _HL JL ^ 0 Electric Railway. Population 7,000. m. LV. NO 13. - ONION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 81, 1905. #1.00 A YEAR. r " "' ' ' ' ""-''' -*' IHMBM We Have M< On Cotton or Collateral, and 1 to have an Intel ? v * ... m ^ a 1AI||| A IIIIIUilL Ail REMINISCENCES OP THI WAR BETWEEN THE STATES. History, Sayings and Do ings of Company H 15th Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers. BY W. H. H. BEVIL. After cheering all through th< ^ line we took a position on th< north side of Sharpsburg and re mained there some two or three hours. Afterwards we took ( position on the southeast side ol the town, on the slant of a hil behind a rock wall or fence, wit! Toom's battery to our right or top of the hill. We waited foi the Yankees to advance, whicl they did. There was a hole ii the wall about the size of a man't head, and I picked up a rock and stuck in the hole. A few moments later a ball from the enemy knocked out the rock and bursting the rock, struck John Mott on the hand and cut him considerably. Co. H was anx ious to fire, but our guns being musket would not reach the foe. Orders were, boys reserve yoiii fire. On they came, the main *point was to take Toom's battery where there was no rock wall. . As they approached nearer we i.1 1 ?i- - * ' ? - let mem nave wnac we naa lor several rounds, when the battery support gave way and the battery had to get away, when by a flank movement the 15th had to get. We skedadled through an apple orchard in to the street . and up in town, halted about the center while Toom's battery pursued us and opened fire from behind us with shells, at the same time orders to advance was given and Company H went through and up a slant on the south side of Sharpsburg through an apple and pear orchard, at the same time, we ran over some wounded f Yankies who was hollowji)g from their wounds, but Co. H passed on to its former position, and poured a heavy fire at their retreat. Back to its old place we continued firing until Col. W. D. Dessairsure ordered all ef the Rifle Co. to keep up the firing. While he saw that Musket Co. was doing no good, he ordered them to tne rear behind a bluff, with Mfli Bill flint with 110 Anxious was all our boys to go to the front, but Maj. Bill had us in charge. The firing raged for some time. Late, towards ni^ht one of Gen. Drayton's staff, in whose brigade we were in at that time, came riding by and wanted to know ^ what we were doing there, and ordered us to the front, it was rifcthing but cowardice in us to be there. Maj. Bill arose and told him he was ordered there ^w')y the Colonel, and that he knew ' Ms business and for him to get Iway from there which he did in i hurry. The Riflle Co. kept up v; sftre on top oi the hill until dark, then we could hear the groans of the wounded which were lying on the field behind us. One nonr fellow begged for something 1 Idid not know what, and John Mott started to go to see what he wanted, but before he reached him some plunderer came along and pulled off his boots. The poor wounded Yankie asked tc please wait until he died before ne Stripped him: The plunderei said b?g you will never need them any more and off they ljmJ> came. The next morning the 'K man was dead, cold and stiff. 1 can see his countenance now before me, it had some impressior. on me that I never will forget, we Stayed there that day, not * >ney to Lend I other Acceptable | we shall be glad 1 -view with YOU! ! much firing going on only to oui j left, at the same time Gen. Lee J was making preparations to cross the Potomac pack into Virginia. I The next morning we started ", back, but with the \ idea in our , j heads that we were not run back, i but come with our own accord, which we did. Gen. Lee having accomplished his design by driving back into Virginia a large amount of cattle which we were in need of for our food. i After crossing the river back s in Virginia we stopped about a milp nr an frnm fV?? "??? .? r v wv A&vni vnc iivcr w 51 the result, while some cavalry 11 was guarding our rear. The f cavalry with a battery on the I Virginia side opened fire on the i advance of the Yankies in purt suit with telling effect, and I * reckon they thought it advisable i not to come any further. Seeding they could not capture the i whole Southern army, they I thought it best not to come any further south at that time. After stopping some day3 on I the road and resting, we went i down ' toward Washington and i tore up some railroad, and Geo. Garner got his foot mashed with : a railroad iron, and he got a furlough which he had no obections 1 to take. We bummed around for some days, and the weather became cold and Bill Addis and myself had no shoes and we i walked over the Pike road for ' two days barefooted, and we were about to come to the conclusion not to go any further, until we got some shoes. We stopped a 1 few days and got some shoes, but i no socks. We then wandered ; about some days, when we came i to a little town called Brice Town, there we stayed for some time, the weather being very > cold and we had not much to eat and it was about 90 miles from i Winchester or Stanton. > We stayed there for some time and the only place we could get water was at a creek some half i a mile off, but there was a gum i spring in a bottom which was sulphur water, that was the best 1 water I ever drank. When I could get to the spring soon in s the morning before the soldiers got it mudav, it was fine. One s night, Mack Bond and myself loaded ourselves with canteens and went to the creek after I water, and on our return, there was a house and garden enclosed with some of the finest cabbage > you ever saw. We concluded we i would have a mess. Over the palings we went, cut our cabbage, and on going out, I got over at one place and Mack at another, t he getting over where there were i some trees or bushes, and there [ were some chickens roosting 1 there. Mack seeing a rooster, i made a grab and down went 1 Mack and the rooster squalling, 1 and such a run for some distance, : witn our warer ana caooage. it would have made you laugh to ; have seen us. There was a terrii ble bluster in the house, but > Mack and I were gone. We went to camp, Mack put on some i water in a kettle and scalded the : rooster and burned all of the ; feathers, cooked him and had a good breakfast next morning, i Capt. W. R. Briggs being home ; on a furlough, came back to us I while we were there. Miles ; Howell and Wiley Ivey got sick i and were sent off to some hos? pital. A few days later Dick !' Addis got sick and was sent off ' to the hospital at Charlottesville, I where he remained for some r time. These dates I do not re> ' member, but when we left there ' we started south, I think about ' the first of November, 1862. i We started from Bruce Town , on our way towards Culpeper i' Court House, and we did not go very far in a day, for the weathe was getting cold and we did nc i want to leave any stragglers b< hind, of which company H alway had less than any other company We stojpped one evening on mountain (the siin was abou two hours high) where there wa a big, fine house^with^a big^ fin myself messed together, and yo\ may be sure that there weresom< fine cabbage and large scaffold > -fiii 1 ? irl? AM?t VTA ^IU^O IV VIJLJT* AUC CUM had killed the tomato vines bii they were full of fruit and it w^i very good. The company drel some rations of fresn beef tha evening and Comer and Ployc had found out where I was sta tioned and they knew that thej would get some cabbage. JMi before dark I saw the sentinel a ! the apiary sit his gun down be hind a large green bush anc went back to his post. A fev moments later Elisha Come] came around and I gave him i fine cabbage and told him anc showed him where that beegun was and told him how he coulc get it, by going around the hill, getting the big, grjgpp bush between him and the hoiaoM^u coming up behind. He wWftm his cabbage back in a hurry ajji he and Fioyd made it. The nog morning we had a fine breakfast] beef, cabbage and honey. W? had more than we couhLea&jtiri we had no way to carry it anc we divided witn the other boys. I being on guard the night before, I was on rear guard thai day, and it was a hard day's run for me to keep the soldiers out of the late orchards and housfea. The 15th passed through a little town just at night called Little Washington, went about a mile and camped and the soldiers had found whiskey and brandy in town and when the rear guards came up with their stragglers we had trouble to get tnem out. They had whiskey poured out in water buckets and anything they could get. I went in a house in order to get out some men, and as I went in I met one of Gen. Drayton's staff officers coming out with a water bucket full of whiskey going to throw it out on the ground. But before he got it thrown out I got a cup full and carried it in my hand to the company and gave it to John Floyd and Elisha Comer, it was then getting late The next morning I got up sick; I had jaundice, with stone bruises on my feet. I was unable to travel. I went to ur. James and he gave me a gass to ride in the ambulance 01 rigade wagons, but they were full of sick. There was no room for me; that was about 20 miles from Culpepper. The 15th wenl on and I went three miles thai day. Being sick, I went to a house on the side of a mountain and stayed there until I got well, which was nearly two months. The name of the family was Daniel 0. Leary, an Irishman. diversification IS THE THING Harvie Jordan Tells the Parmers How to Reduce Cotton Acreage It is generally believed that the signing of thousands oi pledges to reduce cotton acreage this year will result in the diversification of crops, something that has been needed In the south for many years. Wit! cotton acreage reduced the farmer must utilize his land not planted in cotton, and his land, ac cording to all reports, will \x planted in other crops. Presi dent Harvie Jordan of the South ern Cotton Association has writ ten a strong article urging th< diversification of crops, and foi the farmers to raise their sup plies at home. RAISING FOOD SUPPLY CROP. Mr. Jordan says: "Diversification is the k4ynoU r to successful agriculture. This it not only applies to farming in the i- south, Tmt to all sections of the s world where agriculture is carried on. It is one of the laws oi a natuiHg as well as an economic it laW; that land cannot be mains tained to a high state of fertile it jr from any system of culture ;t th&t does not embrace within the U Riethods adopted a plan of difefcjfiWftfetion. This is especially Sthe case of our southern ifrland^jvhich have been largely |TdepHiE?dof their natural fertility iQr l^y long course of planting I Hpftltivating a single crop. I Tjfttton; has for many years been i thejdpminating crop of the south 3 because of its money ..value, and s the ease with which |L.<.cgn be 1 Sold in every local market t throughout the south. s ipwteentiin*>nt is particulate fmr pbpfcantt^at our people turn their t .attention, td the production of 1 more fpl supply crops and cur ^tttftlMfffetended production of r i^puon. at the present price of jffijUton it ceases to be a profitable t industry*\vhere the growers of - the staple have to depend so 1 larger upon the purchuse of 7 sttfflflies to maintain the operar tions'of the farm. Unless the i acreage in cotton is largely cur1 tailed, and the production of food i supplies is largely increased the I future does not present a very , bright picture for the cotton * BTCfltfiii ?f the south. Within L the lHp 30 or 90 days the deffcterwOTBtion of the southern to intelligently solve the yUffiAn which confronts them f ^M^uime will be demonstrated ? -to- ijMftorld. Whether their acl carry with it a tendency [ protection and self-pres, ervMPn in the heavy curtail* cotton acreage and an ifl^nsed acreage in food supply l jVQttfcis a question which the J wJpHFtforld is now waiting for. From?the information which is i daily CTfjning in, shown through I the columns of the public press, i the action of the county and pari ish meeting and hundreds of leti ters from individual farmers, it i can be safely predicted at the i present time that the southern | farmers, for once at least, will i demonstrate their ability to put ' into practical operation what i they know to be for their best I interest. "The reduction in the use of * commercial fertilizers in the old I states has alreadv becomp an an i complished fact. Fertilizer fac; tories are preparing in many in1 stances to shut down their plants, ? and the demand for guano at in~ i terior points by farmers is less i than has ever been the case since the manufacture of com, mercial fertilizers has become , one of the leading industries of ; the south. J WILL HOLD COTTON. ! "Another matter which has i already assisted the cotton pro\ ducing industry of two conti; nents is the fact that the spot ; holders of cotton have so far i lived up to the pledges which i they made three months ago not , to throw their cotton upon a , depressed, speculative market \ and sacrifice it merely to gratify the wishes of the exporters and speculators. The result of the holding movement since January 26, up to the present time, has already added $25,000,000 to the ? amount of cotton left in the ' south unsold up to that time. ' The mere fact that the cotton is . being held and not thrown upon the market with reckless disret gard, has added more than $6 f per bale to the prices which were , offered only 30 days ago. This ' has been a net gain of fully $5.' 50 per bale to every man or firm f who has refused to sell cotton, ? even though such cotton was { stored in warehouses and money borrowed on the same. 4 The wisdom and sound business judgment displayed in the present holding movement has exemplified the fact beyond all question of doupt that unless our cotton is dumped upon the markets of the country, that its price can be maintained at a value which will show a profit to the producer. Notwithstanding the fact that 9,000,000 bales of the crop of 1904 have been sold, and the mills generally supplied themselves for many months, we find today an enormous and ever in) creasing demand for spot cotton. ,~T ,i |??? F. M. FARR, President. ? T 1 Merchants and Pla Successfully Doing Bus Is the OLDEST Honk ii H ? h?n a capital an<l surpl in the only NATIONAI M has P*'d dividends 6 E pays FOUU per cent. B| is tho only Hank in Un I 9 baa Burglar Proof vau pays moro taxes than / WE EARNESTLY SOL And even in the face of a large .surplus, the price of the staple is slowly but surely advancing ?ach day. With the present Holding policy, if persisted in until after the reduction in acreage and use of commercial fertilizer has become an established fact, there can be no question that the price of the staple will increase at least two cents per pound greater than prices being offered today. Not only will the reduction in acreage be an important feature, but the retiring of the entire surplus will only leave an amount of cotton to meet the actual needs of the mills for spinning purposes between the present time and next September, and as there is at this time the greatest demand for cotton goods j that has ever been known in the history of the world, the spot holders of cotton have every encouragement to feel that in the near future the value of the staple will be increased to the minimum price agreed upon at the late New Orleans convention, Which Was 10 Penis npr WW J/VA pvunu delivered at the ports. THE PLANTING SEASON. "The Topening of the planting season is now upon us. During the present month the principal acreage to be devoted to corn and spring oats will be planted. It is imperative that on every farm at feast a sufficient acreage should be planted in corn to meet the demands of the farm. Where fall oats were not sown, it is equally important that four to five acres to the plow should be devoted to spring oats. Spring oats can be successfully planted up to the 20th of March. It is not only the imperative duty of every farmer in the south, no matter whether he be land owner, tenant or cropper to reduce his cotton acreage, but there should be more 'hog and hominy' produced in the south in 1905 than has ever been produced before. If this is done by determined effort, then in less than eight months the wave of prosperity which swept over our country the past two or three years will continue unabated, and we exemplify to the world that the south has the manhood, ability and the determination to solve her problem to the best interest of her people. There is no halfway ground for any farmer to stand upon. Every man is expected to do his duty in this good year 1905. The man who fails to do his duty will be a recreant not only to his own individual interest, but to the best interest fif Vila Kolnvarl <?/\iirifw -? ?? "v.w.vu vuuiiuj. While I would not advocate che planting of corn if raised as a money crop, still it is absolutely essential that you make the cotton crop free from the encumbrance of supplies bought at ruinously high prices with which to make same. Cut down the cotton acreage at least 25 per cent, and increase the food supplies from 25 to 40 per cent. It makes no difference how fascinating the production of cotton may be, the uncontroverted fact remains that when more American cotton is grown than is needed to supply the world's demands the price at which it can be sold will be less than the cost of production. And when cotton is sold at or below the cost of E reduction, not only the producer ut every line of business in the south suffers a financial depression. Therefore, let us not lose the golden opportunity which presents itself, and which must oe taken advantage of within the next thirty days, to increase our food supply crops and to preserve unhampered the great staple crop of the south, which will J. D. ARTHUR, Cashier. | ti B 8 liters National Bank, I iness at the "Old Stand." 11 Union, us of $10-\000. I, Hank in Union, raountfnir to $200,400. interest on deposits, ion inspected bv an officer, it, and Safe Willi Time-Lock. ILL the Manks in Union combined. ,ICIT YOUR BUSINESS. ! either make us rich or make us jpoor indeed." Cooking, Seasoning and Preserving Eggs. In South America both rich and poor have the same love of high seasoning and strange admixtures of condiments. Among the Spanish Americans, men do the cooking and when a man applies for a place as cook his his questions are:?How many in the family? how many meals a day? what is the allowance for marketing? The question of wages comes last. The cook does all the buying on which he usI ually gets commission _ ? A* V/ili HIC merchants; he buys just enough at a time for the day's needs, even to the quantity of charcoal. The cow is driven to the door and milked there, so there is no trouble about the purity of the milk. The cook can buy to better advantage than the master, who is asked more for an article than it is worth. Only a few utensils are used in preparing meals. The dish for festive occasions is pork, which is often roasted whole; and this is done at the bakers, as very few have large ovens. The pig is given as much care in the poor home as the children and has the run of the house. Beans are one of the staple foods, taking the place with them the potato does with us. Garlic seems to be used in everything, being found fn meat, vegetables, fish and egg dishes and is often eaten by itself, as we eat peas. Bread is not made at the homes, but the baker makes a delicious natty brown bread that is very wholesome; it is baked in long loaves and is de livered wrapped in fresh banana leaves. No hot bread is used, but rich and poor use the same baker's loaf; the poor use no butter with it. I think the reason for their baking no bread may be the having only tables of brick or tilling with the hollows for the charcoal and therefore no oven. They excel in making sweets and those made of fresh cocoa nuts and almonds are delicious. I will give the recipe for making the festive sweet called "folded yolk." Make a syrup of sugar and water and while boiling drop into it spoonfuls of yolks of eggs that have been beaten light and flavor with vanilla; after a minute, carefully turn or fold over the egg and when set, lift them out and pour the syrup over them; they look more like fruit and when put in jars will keep indefinitely. Confederate Flags Arrive. The battleflags of the South I Po rnl inn 1 * 1 Iuaivmia icKiiueiius capiurea Dy Union regiments have been returned to this state. A large box of them were received by Governor Heyward this morning and accompanying them a letter from Secretary of War Taft. The governor is as yet undecided as to the disposition of the flags and he will take up the matter with the veterans associations and possibly with the legislature. There is a general feeling, however, from letters received on the subject that the flags should remain in Columbia, possibly in the relic room.