Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ill Only One Week?Two Distinguished Physicians and His Son and Four Daughters with Him During His Illness?He Retained His Consciousness and Was Cheerful Until Almost His Last Minute. New York, January 25.?Gen. Joe Wheeler's last fight has terminated fatally, the famous ^ old soldier succumbing at 5.35 Tito o'clock Thursday. January 25. at the home of his sister, Mrs. \ Sterling Smith, 173 Columbia 1 Heights, Brooklyn, to an attack ? of pneumonia. The disease made ' rapid progress, and on Wednes- 1 day evening all hopes of saving I the patient's life were practically ( abandoned. ? Around his bedside were, c grouped his son, Major Jos. t Wheeler, Jr., U. S. A., his four J daughters, Mrs. W. J. Harris ? and Misses Anna H., Lucile and Carrie Wheeler, his sister, and 1 Mrs. Smith and his nephew, * Sterling Smith. Gen. Wheeler was buried with ' military honors, the interment * was in the Arlington National 1 Cemetery, near Washington. c The funeral ceremonies were held at St. Thomas P. E. church, J New York, on Sunday afternoon. ? The Rev. W. M. Stires, the rec- 1 tor, conducted the services. Gen. Joseph vWheeler ranked ? high among brilliant cavalry 1 leaders developed by the civil ^ war. When he surrendered as A lieutenant general in the service of the Confederacy he was only 1 29 years old, yet was senior J cavalry officer of the Confederate j army. * Thirty-three years later, as ] major general of volunteers, ( United States army, he was leading American cavalry against j the Spaniards in Cuba. Gen. Wheeler was a native of ' Georgia, having been born in J Augusta on September 10, 1836. ' -He/secured an appointment at 1 West Point and graduated in J 1859, standing 19th in his class. 1 On July 1, 1859, he received a ' commission as brevet second lieu- < tenant of dragoons, served in 1859 and 1860 at the Cavalry 1 School for Practice, at Carlisle, Pa. On September 1, 1860, was ' made second lieutenant of mounted riflemen and took leave of ab- 1 sence until he resigned from the United States army on April 22, f 1861. The Confederate government gave him a commission the following September as colonel of the 19th Alabama infantry. As commander of a brigade he made his mark at Shiloh, but Wheeler's superiors perceived quickly that his was the temperament of a successful cavalry officer, and he was transferred to that arm of the service in 1862 and participated in battles of Perry ville and Grand River, went raiding through Western Tennessee, and took part in other engagements of Gen. Bragg's Kentucky campaign. He had charge of the cavalry at Mufreesboro, and had earned by that time the reputation of being a dashing and absolutely fearless leader of mounted men. He was made brigadier general on October 30, 1862, and covered the retreat of Bragg's army southward. At the age of 27 reckless courage had won for him a major general's commis\ sion. He commanded the Con^ federate cavalry at Chattanooga1 and Chickamauga. After Chicktfmauga, where, as usual, his | dash and valor were conspicuous^: he fell on Gen. RosecrarPs line j and severed it, destroying 1,300 wagons, and damaged Federal | yrtyerty valued at $3,000,000. &*'' ? ' ' ' , . ... v.. .a&jm ?TSlTgfTfflTT 111 I HI'Iff" a?j COTTON | and prosperous. A safe is is with THIS BANK. :an Buy, which is also by Insurance, and our Resources (all of which ke your deposits absor YOUR BUSINESS. & Son, Bankers, This career of brilliant raiding, however, suffered a check, and he was driven back into Northern Alabama. It was due largely to Gen. Wheeler's skill and fearlessness as a cavalry leader that the Confederate forces, under Gen. Braxton Bragg, were able to retreat in good order and almost unmolested after Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain. Gen. Wheeler's most famous ixploit, perhaps, was performed n opposing Gen. William T. Sherman's advance on Atlanta. scarcely a day passed without a j skirmish, which was almost a1 cattle, and the Union troops lever knew at what hour or jlace "Fighting Joe" might be jxpected with his furious onslaughts of cavalry. In one of his attacks on Gen. jtoneman's forces he succeeded n capturing the General himself ind several other famous officers. In August, 1864, Gen. Wheeler ed a successful raid in Shernan's rear northward as far as he Kentucky line. Subsequently le opposed Sherman's advance >n Savannah, and in February, .865, was promoted to the rank >f lieutenant general. He continued in command of he cavalry division of Johnson's irmy until it surrendered in ^.pril, 1865. He was wounded three times ind sixteen horses were shot1 inder him. Eight of his staff vere killed and thirty-two vounded. After the war Gen. Wheeler Decame a lawyer and cotton banter, at Wheeler, Ala. He, ;erved as Representative for the Sth Alabama district, 1881 to j L890, was reelected to the 56th j longress, but resigned. _ un May 4, i?ya, President McKinley appointed Gen. tVheeler major general of volun;eers, United States arrny. He was assigned to the command of the cavalry division of the army it Santiago. At the battle of Las Guamas, June 24, 1898, he was in command and was senior officer in the field at the battle ?f San Juan Hill. It was before Santiago that Gen. Wheeler K leading a charge, yelled to his men, in the heat and excitement of the battle, "Give the Yanks hell, boys; there they go." From August, 1899, to January, 1900, he commanded a brigade in the Philippine Islands. On June 6, 1900, he was commissioned brigadier general of the United States army and assigned to the command of the department of the lakes. He remained in the army until September 10, 1900, when he resigned, and was retired on full pay. A NEW ENTERPRISE FOR UNION. Mr. H. T. Yates, the Photographer, Will Establish a First Class Dressmaking Department. Mr. H. T. Yates, a well known photographer of the city, ' has rented apartments from Capt. A TT T<V\ci tov Airov fV?o A/fiifno 1 n. lit r votui wvci tiiu luutuui Dry Goods Co. where he is going to install an up-to-date dress making business. This concern will be known as "The Union Dress Making Department." Mr. Yates has secured the services of Mrs. W. J. Mann, of Memphis, Tenn., as hia superintendent. Mrs. Mann comes to the city highly recomriiended, and she expects to dc fir<ft ^lass work at reasonable prices. - JVe wish this new enter "T" WANT DISPENSARY DONE AWAY WITH. Petition Being Circulated Against Noted Establishment of Athens -Preacher Leads Movement. Athens, Ga., Jan. 25.?A petition is being circulated throughout the county asking the legislature to pass a bill abolishing the Athens dispensary. The movement-. i? heinor lorl -W IVU *JJ XVV? V W. G. Crawley, pastor of Oconee street Methodist church, and already quite a large number of names have been signed to the petition. These petitions will be circulated in every country district, as well as in the city. It is claimed by those who are behind this movement that there will be no trouble in securing a majority of the voters on these lists, and that the representative j from Clarke, Hon. J. W. Rucker, i seems pledned to advocate what! ever the majority of the white people of the county ask on this question. The dispensary advocates will strongly oppose the movement and do not seem to be worried about the outcome. The above article was written from Athens, Ga., to the Augusta Chronicle and will be interesting reading for the people of South Carolina in view of the fact that Athens is where the dispensary project came from. It will be remembered that Mr. Larry Gantt, editor of the Headlight, brought the dispensary scheme from Athens where he had lived for a number of years. The only difference between the Athens dispensary and the South Carolina institution is that Athens was local and ours a State institution of more gigantic proportions and susceptible of more graft in rebates, etc. A peculiar coincidence is that both Athens and South Carolina are trying to get rid of the dispensary at the same time. Athens, however, has suffered much longer than South Carolina; in other words it has taken Athens longer to discover the evils of the system. Another reason we most naturally r?nnolndf> la tViaf tho rlicnanooKir was confined to Athens, a Georgia town, and not a very large town, and therefore did not afford any very great opportunity for corruption in its mangement. We hope both parties will succeed. A BRILLIANT AND UNIQUE RECEPTION Was that Given by Mrs. L. J, Haines In Honor of Her two Sisters. One among the most unique entertainments ever given in our city was that given Thursday evening of last week at the home of Mrs. L. J. Hames in honor of her two visiting sisters. The guests were received at the door by Mrs. Hames, assisted by Mesdames W. D. Arthur, Nannie Linder and S. M. Rice, Jr., E. U., each of these ladies carrying in her hand a Japanese j fan. They were then escorted to the reception room which was artistically decorated with wreathes of holly and evergreens, from each wreath was suspended J a Japanese lantern. In this room i the ladies were presented to the guests of honor, after which they were shown into the dining room. The decorations here were perfectly beautiful. Over the table in the center of the room was suspended an immense Japanese parasol festooned with holly and mistletoe. The walls were draped with flags of many nations. \ The refreshments were served i in Honkong China ware. At one end of the table Mesdames W. H. 1 Sartor and M. A. Moore served Japanese tea and a salad -course, while at the other end of the i.LI. x*: t~> _ n - x* -1 lauitj i?iihs t>ene inuure served i ices and bonbons, i The ladies who attended this . reception will have something tc > comment on for some time, as il ? was entirely an original desigr . of the hostess and quite out of the ordinary reception ^lans. A VETERAN'S TRIBUTE. Mr. B. F. Brown's Happy Address Before the Daughters of the Confederacy in Augusta. The following which is taken from the Augusta Chronicle will be read wil-h interest by many South Carolinians, he having been a memlter of the 1st Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers. Daughters of the Confederacy: Great as ^ere the deeds of the Confederate soldier, they would not todaiy have that marvelous record in the annals of fame which they hold, were it not for our noble women in the war, and the equally noble women who . have come aftear thpm But for thc^jying work of their consecrate^fBarts. and tireless hands many of the memories of the glorious past would have slipped awqr with the actors in that terrible drama as they ( crossed gApr to the other side. | The Confederate soldier laid , down his arms only to over- j whelming numbers and re- j sources, after a four years's ex- , hibition of such patriotism, pri- \ vation and martial glory as as- < tounded the world. J Ruin was the lot of his cause, < but did ever soldier come up out , of defeat with such splendid and < spotless renown! * At most it will be but a few ? years when not one of that once \ brave array will be left to tell the story of the "Days of danger, t nights of waking." But their { deeds will never die, for their ^ constancy, their valor, their im- j molation on the altar of their t country for what they believed to be right, and the dazzling c splendbr of their achievements, y are emhrined in the hearts of t and^thlrough whom the world . will be told of the Confederate c soldier until time shall be no s more. ^ Veterans, whom the Daughters , of the Confederacy delight to j honor today, I, speaking in their 2 name, salute you! And in loving j remembrance of those days when ? you were the personification of j all that was noble in daring and ( splendid in action, place upon j your breasts the great patent of ^ nobility of our beloved Southland < ?the Southern Cross of Honor J of the United Daughters of the , Confederacy. That badge which ( marks vou as of the manhood and .. the knightly race that followed , the standard of the immortal , President?Jefierson Davis - ] from th^ rising sun of the Con- ^ federacy, at Sumter, to its set- , ting at Appomattox. And which . typifies in the strength and dura- ] bility of its metal that steadfast- 1 ness and endurance which made ] the (Confederate soldier the glory of his country and the marvel of the world. A GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT. The Union Delegation Deprived of the Pleasure of Hearing Sousa's Band. i. Last Saturday about fifteen of Union's music lovers met at the depot to take the 9 o'clock train to Spartanburg in order to attend the concert given by Sousa's band in the Converse auditorium. After waiting on the train some 4.:. 4-1 4-1?4- u LIIUC, llic.v WC1C IIUUUCU l/Ilclt 1L was derailed and that it would be five or six hours late. Quite a number of the young ladies in the party had already secured their tickets, both for the train and concert. However, the money was refunded for the railroad tickets, but those holding tickets for the concert will be out their money as well as missing the concert. The condition of the railroad track between Columbia and Spartanburg is something fears I ful, and anybody riding over it ' in its present condition simply I i..i i.:_ 1 i:r? j.i_ _ i lanes ins ur tier uie in tneir own ! hands. Something should be ! | done by the railway company to insure safety to its patrons. I Among those who expected to ? attend the concert were Misses > Josephine Fewel, Julia Harvy, : Annie Rodger, Ruth Foster, | Sarah Watson, Cornelia Greer, f Marie Clifford and Mamie Oetzel, chaperoned by Mrs. Mary Dixon. <p F. M. FARR, President. X Merchants and Pla Successfully Doing Bus Imamm is tho oldrst nank, has a capital and surp 9 is tho onlv NATIONA has paid dividends ?; B B pays FOUR per cent E 3 is tho only Rank in Ui H Q has nurglar- Proof vai B B pays more taxes than WE EARNESTLY SOI DISPENSARY IN PRIMARY. Tillman Will Take Stump?Consensus oi Opinion oi South Carolina Senators an J Congressmen as to Dispensary. Washington, Jan. 25.?If the opinion of South Carolina sena:orsand representatives here is in indication of opinion in South Carolina, the leirinlntnro will Dother with the dispensary law md will leave the whole thing to ;he people for settlement this mmmer. It is almost the unaninous conclusion among the South Carolina congressmen that a vast majority of the entire vote of the itate is in favor of the dispensary jystem, if remodeled to eradicate ill possibilities of corruption and rraft. The opinion is strong that f the legislature undertakes to rive the system its death blow ;he members of the legislature will have to pay the penalty be'ore the people in the primaries his summer. The reasonings upon which the inclusions are based are of the >est. It is pointed out that in he vote of every county so far on he dispensary nothing like a llClJ VJX * kjJ SJjC uliv ^ I iressed their wishes. It is dedared that in every single county ?o far voting, the prohibition rote has been polled almost to a nan, while the dispensary vote las not been brought out. The '.ealousness of the prohibitionsts is manifested by early action ind by going forward with all dneir might, while those interested in the dispensary have not Dothered about going forward. With the whole state aroused this jummer, with every man turned >ut in a Democratic primary, where registration is not required, the prediction is made ;hat the dispensary will be overwhelmingly successful and those who vote against it now punished by the people. It is a noted fact that the prohibitionist never misses an opportunity to vote and there are few who doubt that in the elections so far held there were mighty few prohibiUtl-i/vvkirtl ^\11 J uiuuiuot vuica icit uupuucu. It is stated here that the result in Florence county was due to the fact that Senator Ragsdale aroused the whole county and managed to provide for a vote of the same kind as polled in a primary and not of the registered vote. With a similar vote throughout the State it is not doubted that nearly every countj will maintain the dispensary. Senator Tillman today declined to express an opinion as to the prospects in the legislature. "II I should say anything," he declared, "there would be dirty accusations of 'popping *his whip, etc., and consequently I slial not talk." It is pretty plain, though, thai Senator Tillman nronosea to make the campaign this summer a hoi one. His health is better thar it has been for years, and if he lives he will make the issue ir South Carolina so close thai nearly every vote in the state will be polled. That issue wil determine whether the people will stand by those who stand b] the dispensary or whether thej will reward those who have turned against it. The majority of the South Carolina people here believe that the men who wil get hurt will not be dispensar: advocates. Four Freight Train Wrecks and a Cor ductor Killed. The Southern railroad compan; seems to be in bad luck, ther having been four bad ffeigh ?? J. D. ARTHUR, Cashier. _ ^ H E / * * inters National Bank, \ iness at the "Old Stand." In Union, lus or *10t\000, L Hank In Union, mounting to $200,400, . interest on deposits. lion inspected by on officer, lit, and Safe with Tlnoe-Loek, ALL the Hunks in Union combined. JCIT YOUR BUSINESS. train wrecks in one week. Three wrecks on the road from Colum[ bia to Asheville and one on the road from Charlotte to Atlanta. These wrecks not only delayed {jassenger trains but caused great oss of time and money to the company. Monday afternoon at Campobello about 4 o'clock a freight train ran into the rear end of another freight train, causing A ? ~r r* 1 me ueai.ii ui conductor Ljacy, whose car was smashed and burned, also three other freight cars caught fire and were burned. Evidently there is poor service by the dispatchers or a disregard of orders on the part of the train crew. Monday, the passenger train due here at 11.37 was behind time and the passenger train due here at 2.35 came in as the other train was moving out and came very near having a head on collision. The fact is they don't seem to know or care where the trains are on the road, and recklessly run in and out of stations without regard to consequences. The road bed must be in very bad condition, not having had much work done on it for some time back and the continued soiTarrf weight of the running trains. We naturally conclude that the reason of this giving down of the road bed is greatly owing to neglect in not keeping it in good shape and the putting in of new ties and rails. The railroad commissioners found the Yorkville depot in bad condition and wholly inadequate for freight accommodations. They should go over this line from Columbia to Ashe- , ville and see what the condition of the line is and find the cause for the frequent wrecks. FREIGHT TRAIN CRASHES INTO CAR Which Was Left on Main Line by Shifting Crew?Fireman Slightly Bruised. On Tuesday morning about daylight the yard crew left a car containing seven bales of cotton for the Union cotton mills ; on the main line of the Southern j just above the U. and G. S. tres* tie while they went to the lower end of the side track to do some I shifting. However, before leav? ing the car a red lantern was ; placed on the end of the car as a \ danger signal, but as there was such a dense fog the light could not be seen by the incoming > train, and before they knew what danger was ahead of them ; they had smashed into this car ' completely demolishing it and > tearing the pilot off the engine, i The wrecking crew was soon on the spot and rolled the debris t down the fill. The track was ? slightly torn up but was soon re : paired enough for trains to pass [ over it. The fireman on the in, coming traih was bruised slightly, J otherwise no one was hurt. t j Successful Raid on a Blind Tiger. I Monday morning Policemen Gregory, Moseley and Ward a raided Wade Hampton's restaurant. They sighted a box with a g lock on it in one of the apart^ ments and asked, where the key , to it was? They were told that Bum Thomas had it. The police considered that evidence enough, so they broke open the box and '* found 7 or 8 half pint bottles filled with whiskey, several empty bottles, and a funnel in the box. y Bum was out attending to his e | morning duties at the time of the II raid. - . > V ' U' - ' ...... *... -,iM