The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, April 07, 1905, Image 5

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I Slaughtei 1 AT BO | One of tli S " stocks of Ge chandise i 9 I county now i for cash. Mc |J and now is y 1 for a bargair 1 JT~ J cor I On i ' 1 ^ M. W. -limtnuiS AND DEPARTURES I Of the Double Daily Passenger Trains, Union, S. C. Train going North 9:00 a. 111. ' " " South 11:35 a. in. c .44 4 4 North 2:35 p. m. 44 44 South 8:53 p. ill. j. These trains only make a few min- t utes stop at Union, so that the hours , of arrival are practically the hours of , departure. Any change in this sched- 4 ule will be published in Tim Times for > the benefit of the public generally. ] ?? =? 1 Local News Notes ! Personal and Otherwise j i picked up and Paragraphed i?. ^tJy^ur Pencil-Pusher. Mr. R. L. McNally went to Co- j lumbia Tuesday. ( Mr. Thos. McNally paid a short i visit ta Columbia this week. i Mr. B. Frank Arthur went to 1 Columbia on business Tuesday. < 1 Mr. W. E. Ratehford, of Car- , lisle, was an Presbytery attendant. , Miss Ida Stanton, of Tennessee, | visited Miss Ruth Spears lasr week. Mr. D. B. Fant was a delegate * from Cain Creek church to the Presbytery. Judge D. A. Townsend is at home 1 for a short rest, before going to another circuit. Rev. A. A. and Mrs. James spent a few days mis week with their son, Mr. B. B. James. t. ' ' Capt. J. C. Carey, of Lock hart, was in the city Wednesday, the guest of Capt. F. M. Farr. The many friends of Rev. C. A. B. Jennings, of Reidville, were glad to see him in tho city this week. Miss Anna Howze, who has been teaching the Plum Branch school in Saluda county, is at home for the vacation. Mr. L. G. Young, chief civil engincer of the Union A' Glenn / Springs railroad, went to Columbia Monday night. ^ Mr. James L. Strain, of Wilkinsville, a veteran correspondent of the Times, was in the city this week, attending Enoroc Presbytery,. r PriccsS f 'BOS. I = , t I le largest neral Mer= I in Union | being sold || >ney counts i our chance j| = I ne | ck! i m I Bobo. 1 i Jnion County Cotton Growers Association. Monday the Union County Cotton ?rowers Association met in the ourt house at 12 o'clock. Capt. <\ M. Fai r, vice-president, presided. Secretary W. W. Col ton read all lie reports of committees and ninutes of the former meeting, dr. It. Ci. llill, county organizer, vas called upon for a report. Mr. Mill said that he had visited every ireeinet in the county, that about iight per cent of the farmers had signed the pledge. That he was ?*ery much encouraged with pros [>ects. 1 hat it would require tune x) make the move unanimous among [he farmers. That each place that tie visited lie was met hy a fairly ;ood numlier of the members. Mr. flill was asked hy the chair to reluce his report to writing and hand <ame to the executive committee so [hat it could be put upon the records >f the meeting. The question of building cotton warehouses was discussed and finally it was agreed to build warehouses at Union, Joncsville and Carlisle. The prevailing sentiment and the plan agreed upon was that these warehouses he built by general suliecription. Messrs. J. M. (Ircer, J. W. liregory and Rev. Jno. G. Fan were appointed a committee to draft resolutions upon the death of Hon. A. 0. Lyles, the deceased president of this association. In the election of officers Capt. F. M. Farr was elected president to fill vacancy caused hy the death oi Hon. A. C. Lyles. Rev. Jno. G, Farr who had been at a formei meeting elected treasurer, being under the provisions of the constitution and hy law ineligible, Mr J. W. Gregory was elected to ftl the place. Committee on warehouse build ing?-Crosskeys?J. D. Graham. Goshen Hill?J. T. Douglass. Carlisle?R. G. Hill. Pinckney?F. M. Adams. Jonesvillc?It. W. Hamilton. r* *ii c? f J nr!ii ttogansvme?oaniora ?liourn. Santuc?J. T. Jeter. Union?F. M. Farr, Thos. Mc Nally and J. F. Beluc. It was decided that the count: association meet here on first Mon day in each month and the town ships hold their meetings on Satur day proceeding. The Times and Home an< Farm one year for $1.25. ^'1 tfjJt. ~ i - [reminiscences or the WAR BETWEEN THE STATES. History, Sayings and Doings of Company H. 15th Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, i BY W. H. H. BEVIL. After I stopped at D. (). Learys, the regiment went on by Culpepper to Gordonville, thence to Fredericksburg, and before the famous battle on the 13th of Decern!>er 18(12 < (len. Drayton's brigade which consisted of Georgians and South Carolinians was broken up, and the 15th was assigned to Gen. J. B. Kershaw. ( his brigade consisted of the 2nd, < 3rd, 7th, 8th, 15th regiments and i James battallion. Mr. Leary took 1 the Richmond paper, and 1 read ' about the Fredericksburg battle. 1 The mountains up there where I 1 was at, was full of deserters from ] both armies, North and South, and ] conscript officers was busy bunting i them up and catching some and sending them back, and having fights with others, but they did not trouble a Yankee deserter they let j him alone, so he might keep out of 1 his army. When I got able to travel 1 went < to the company about the 1st of 1 January 18(13. They were then near 1 Hamilton crossing some six or seven < miles from Fredericksburg,. A few i days later we went into wintor l quarters, the weather being very ] cold, but one company of the 15th i Would go on picket duty at Fred- i ericksburg every day more or less. ] Company II. went one morning, it < was snowing and when we got there j it was about six inches deep. We 1 secured a house, a large 2 story ] brick building near the river for 1 our quarters, and kept a look out j on the river, the Yankees were on ( the opposite side. During that day { the house caught on fire and burn- ] e<l up, and we had to look for an- J other place, finally securing a house t on Main street near the end of the t rock wall which the 15th was be" 1 hind in the time of the battle. j Thcr e was a plank fence in the ( back yard, and we had to have 1 something to build a fire with, so 1 wc tore down the fence and broke > it so we could get it into the fire- j place and we had a fire. Meanwhile t the owner of the property, came in * cursing and nhj"^?-? ? ?? ? Vnnwood, \ CJd Fanner and Bill Cudd werealxuit e to kill him. J. M. Condry/of Co. 1 H., ordered him to get out, which e he very reluctantly did. Wc re- fl mained there until next morning, a relieving our pickets at intervals, 1 then we were relieved, and went a back to our winter quarters. There t was a good deal of snow that win- c ter and we had a lot of fun snow- t balling a whole company and rcgi- s ment against one another. Wc ,<i stayed tlvere until the latter part of i March when wc went to another < place alxmt a mile and a half or c two miles. 1 Al>out the first of May General Hooker moved his army up the ^ Iiappahanock river and crossed over t suui came as far as Uhancolloreville. f Our camp was broken up, wo left iii a hurry, I left a camp kettle on the fire cooking some, lye hominy, We reached C'hancellorsvillc that evening, late pickets had been lighting nearly all day, that was on the 2nd day of May, we slept in the edge of a piece of woo(Js, and the officers including (Jen. I;cc held a consultation, we threw out pickets by companys to hold Hooker in 1 check until Gen. Jackson could get in the rear. Night came on and ' soldiers were passing us until quite a late hour. The next morning alxmt sun-rise a signal gun was fired, and Jackson gave the command to open fire on Hooker's rear, Jackson himself being wounded that morning, - Sunday, May 11 rd. We then got orders to advance, ' and it was with difficulty that wc could advance in order on account of the shrubbery, but when wc got 1 out into the open space in front of ' their breastworks, which they had thrown up during the night, we saw them retreating back in a hur5 ry We then went on as far as their ' breastworks and stopped in the road. The Chanccjlervillc House ' which was a two-story brick building was then burning up with 52 " Yankies and two Relxds in it. At that timo Gen. Segwick had crossed ovor the Rappahanock at Fredericksburg and coining in our rear, but Gen. Earlcy was holding him in check. The 15th then got orders to go and meet him. We met him at Salem church that evening. " Capt. Charley Boyd, of Union got killed at Chancellervillo, f In my laHt I omitted one partic" ular point viz. while we were in ' winter headquarters at Fredcricka" burg, Txim Bond took sick and died and was buried, and we all concluded to send him home, so we } wrote for Jim Brown to come after him, but before he arrived Frank/ lin Hancy also (lied, and when Mr. ! Brown eame we made up enough ' money to send them both home, j each private giving two dollars, i non-commission officers giving three ! dollars and commission officers giving five dollars. We could not send one home and leave the other. These men died in my tent and why they were not sent to some hospital 1 can not tell. We arrived at Salem church on Sunday evening, May :?rd; the church being situated in the fork of across road, the loth regiment took a position in the road to the right of the church, and Gen. Wilcox, Alabama Brigade in front and left of the church. We sent out pickets and in a short time the Yankies came on, and the pickets opened fire on them. On they came, the picket line keeping up a good fire, and retreating hack at the same time behind our line. IVileox's men were lying down in the road unobserved by the foe, t when of a sudden they arose and poured a volley in their ranks and killed .SO, around the church they retreated back one company of the loth on the extreme left fired into them as they were getting away. By this time night was coming on md a few shots were heard from the picket line during the night. The next morning everything seem>d to be at a stand still until late in the afternoon, Gen. Earley was holding them in check at Fredericksburg. .lust before night we were ordered to advance and take a uxttery which was shelling us. The pines and bushes being very thick we could not move far before we would have io stop and form a new line, here occurred an amusing iniident. Jonathan George was in ;hc front rank / and\ Columbus Worthy was his tile leader Ixchind aim, when the shells eonm?oiw.o<i At knock'off tree tops, and falling ibout, and every time one would ome Jonathan would dodge or squat, which impeded Worthy's progress, whereupon Worthy abused Iqnatnan for dodging, urging him o go on and keep out of his way at he same time using some rough anguagc which made us hoys giggle. not knowing nor earing for the langcr we were in. A few moments ater we got orders to go left, obique in order to form a junction vith Gen. Barley's division and iress the Yankies to the river. Our olors was carried between Co. H. LLl/1 O > u J ?i iciiu Yilliam Yanderford was color bearr and a good one he was too, for ' ic was tall and stout and had sand nough in his craw to carry that lag anywhere he was ordered. Just t this time Capt. Warren of Co. )., did not understand the order nd kept going straight forward uir il his company ran above the col rs*and< got all tangled up. At his time Lieutenant-Colonel Jocph F. Gist seemed to get excited md Maj. Bill Gist one of the best ncn we had in the army, quickly tbserved the situation ami assumed onnnand and got the men to their daces and on we went. When we got out of thai thicket ve came to an open place where he timber had been cut a year lieore and sprouts and vines had ;rown up, myself and Alfred iprouse got tangled up with them md we lioth got a good fall, he vith a bruised knee and 1 with a skinned hand, but we quickly arose md got to our places. By this time t was i?et finer dark- and ? <> ? <" <> lien ordered by the left Hank to lie plank road. We came to a deep avine where the Yankies had been ying all day, some of Co. II. going in one side and some on the other ode. There was an old fallen down ihant there and Joe Bailey found i Yankie lying under it and made urn a prisoner, we went a little urther and halted for a few mo- ' nonts in that ravine. The Yankees lad piled up a lot of old clothes ind set them on fire and left. I ambled the pockets of a Yankee mat, and found a white handled razor and it was a jim-dandy one, Henry (iault found part of a ham >f meat and gave it to Berry Coleman to keep while he hunted for more, all of a sudden we were called to arms, and in a double quick march down the road for some dis. 1 i ? ' ? ? mi ice, hum wnen we stepped Henry goes to Berry to get his meat, but Berry had thrown it away, on hearing which Henry got mad, hut made the rest of us . boys laugh. At this time a battery was planted hehind us and threw shells where they were crossing the river, and a horse got frightened and ran hack without any rider, and some of the lioys tried to catch him hut failed, and Col. Joe Gist's negro caught him. He was a fine black horse and the Colonel kept him and rode him. Miss Hydrick, of Spartanburg, who is now teaching in the central graded school, spent last Saturday and Sunday with hor parents. IWFETIF^DOFbt 1 COME TO US. I Never take unnecessary ". chances if you do not want to suffer a loss. ?5 TRADE AT OUR STORE gig 1A store you know==a store gg all this community knows== gg a store that shows you the ;;;] greatest assortment==a store t,<] that is famous for dependa= ;v; ible qualities, a store that al= n ways quotes the lowest pos= sible prices, a store that gg means to do the fair and gg square thing at all times and under all circumstan= gg WE SELL GOOD GOODS | AT RIGHT PRICES AND I NOTHING ELSE AT ANY PRICE. | This has always been the H I policy of our store and maintained as inviolably today as at any time since its es= tablishment. W. T. BEATY & CO., I ?! STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF j| The Peoples bank, of Union, S. C. 8 (MARCH 31, 1905. J (BEGAN BUSINESS FEBRUARY, 1902.) ^ Loans and Discounts $2.'>0,404 95 HB Overdrafts 2,101 82 fftal Real Kstate and Fixtures 12,000 00 BB Cash and due from Banks .'>4,721 2S 1 Capital Stock $ 60,000 00 r'*^j Surplus and Net Profits 10,070 77 t Bills Payable 10,(KM) 00 km Re-di8counts 49,500 00 BH Deposits (Time and Demand) 149,111 28 cam Personally comes Thos. I. Swy^ort, A ssislant Cashier of the above named Hank ami makes oath taut ihe above stitemciit is correct. ' Subscribed and sworn to before Thos. I. Swyokrt, BH mo this:ilstday of March, 1l?rf>. Asst. Cashier. viy Thos. >lcNAi.i,v. Notary Public. v II. I,. Goss, ' Directors. A ' Lnmfi^iiaiMSiiP'^i^aBM^aisS -COM E-" I am now ready to do your Repair Work of any kind. I J Also Horse Shoe- | I ??S I DNION CARRIAGE WORKS, Next to Crawford, Aycock & Deaver Stables. J ;j Bachelor Street. Phone 146. * *