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) PART II Pafles 9 to 16 M\ THE UNION TIMES |H] VOL. LXVI. NO. 47. UNION. S. C., FRIDAY, :NX>VEM1YER 24, 1010 _ $1.00 A YEAR r"M ?" " 0 3ilstor? 3ol)ii Harms <1 -M" ?1 The world has always loved and revered a hero. In fact, every ape has had its hero and all the nations have been to a preat depree hero worshippers. Followinp this seeminp natural instinct we of the South are hero worshippers. To us has been piven the plorious heritape of beinp heirs of the preatest heroes the United States has ever produced. I speak to you of the untarnished inheritance s left us by the Confederate soldiers. To perpetuate the memory of the valor, honor, inteprity and noble attributes of the Confederate army; to teach to the risinp penerations a true history of the bitter strupple between the States; to instill in these cominp penerations a proper appreci ?fl An A^ ^UA AUIOIIIM! A n M1*? A?*ama auvu ua uio wuivauiv; av;iiit;vciiiciivs ui their ancestors; to assist the needs of the Veterans and their families; to help educate the descendants of Veterans; to cement the ties of friendship between the women whose fathers, sons and brothers pave themselves to protect the fundamental principles of the government; yes, for these varied purposes was the U. D. C. orpanized. It had its oripin in Nashville, Tenn., in 1894. Durinp the early years of its existence its development was slow. Dike all preat orders it had to strupple to establish itself. The hearts of Southern women were touched and a responsive chord vibrated its approval. Here and there over this Southland Chapters were orpanized. Interest was gradually aroused. Publicity was given to its work. In this way the women of Jonesville were interested in the honor that mipht be theirs and of the duty that was theirs. And so in 1901, definite plans were made to perfect the organization of a local vchapter. Miss Anna Hames took the initiative steps and invited the women of Jonesville to a mass meeting to L. the advisabilty of formng such a Chapter. This resulwdin an "enthusiastic gathering of women in the Presbyterian church on August 2, 1901. Mrs. Willie Southard Scott was 3iqlr?wi tn fnVo tha otioir A f fViat fimo she was the president of the Winthrop College Chapter, and so was familiar with the work of the U. D. C. The purposes of the meeting and the order were explained and a letter from Mrs. Thomas Taylor, then State President, was read. It was unanimously decided to apply for a charter. Following the custom of older Chapters we selected a hero in whose honor we should name our Chapter. This we gladly gave to Capt. John Hames, who poured out his life's blood on the battlefield of Manassas for his country. To us he was the highest type of a hero and to him we shall always pay homage. The Chapter was organized with 26 charter members, which were as follows: Mesdames J. L. McWhirter, N. B. Eison, J. E. Lindsay, T. L. Hames, J. B. Foster, W4 H. S. Harris, G. B. Fowler, M. W. Chambers, E. C. Crawford, J. F. Alman, J. M. Gault, "William Jeffries, D. B. Wood and E. R. Aycock, Misses Mollie Littlejohn, Lillie Foster, Etha Hames, Crace Litn.ll? T J 1 ucjuuii, uciie Liituejuiui, mnureu Tiindsay, Marie McWhirter,v Grace Farr, Carrie Southard, Sue Eison, Anna Hames and Mame Jeffries. Officers were nominated and resulted in the election of Mrs. J. L. McWhirter, president; Miss Mollie Iittlejohn,' first vice-president; Miss Lillie Foster, second vice-president; Miss Etha Hames, corresponding secretary; Miss Grace Littlejohn, recording secretary ,and Mrs. N. B. Eison, treasurer. Mrs. Scott was requested to draft a constitution and by-laws and submit to the chapter. Thus was organized the first chapter in Union county, the second in the Piedmont District, the thirty-fifth in the State and the three hundred and ninety-fourth in the general U. D. C. The first task set before the chapter was the erection of a monument. Again to Miss Anna Hames was the initial honor. She was elected a delegate to the State convention in 1901, and some of the members contributed a small sum towards ,herktravelling expenses, \rnis she propo?e<* to deposit in the bank as a nucleus for a monument fund. Our ingenuity was put to the test to raise a sum sufficient to erect a monument that we should deem worthy of the cause. We resorted to popular subscriptions, ba zaars, teas, dinners, recitals, parties, etc. Our financial aim of $1500.00 was finally realized, and with the assistance of an advisory committee of "the following gentlemen, Messrs. J. "L, McWhirter, J. J. Littlejohn, John Jeffries and Drs. H. T. Hames and "W. O. Southard, the chapter purchased and erected in the street near the Southern depot in Jor.esville the first monument to the Confederate dead of i : J. D. C3?C3CK3??CK9??K9S9S9(3C90(9S9?????CK9?CK1 30IH WW wx ?X10C~T1 r Rafter, "Jotiesville, S. <L. I s "m"m mm-H |j u MRS. ANN HAMES EISON, v o: Wife of N. B. Eison, Only Surviving Member of Hames Family?Sister of John Hames. Has Celebrated F Golden Wedding of Fifty Years. , Ir Very Active in All That Per tains to U. D. C. Work. ^ President of John Hames _ Chapter, 1915-T6. !' n _ p Union county. On May 17, 1907, this si was unveiled with appropriate exer- V cises. Col. W .W. Lumpkin was ora- a tor of the day. Mr. E. F. Kelly, in n behalf of the town, and Mrs. Willie t( Scott, in behalf of the chapter, greet- si ed and extended a welcome to the r< ..throng present on this memorable oc- w casion. The veil was drawn aside by r< the daughter and two nieces and sis- f< ter of Capt. John Hames, namely: P .Miss Anna Hamea, Miss. May me Jef- C ' fries, Mrs. F. M. Kllerbe and Mrs. ti A. H. Eison. The monument is an im- ft nosing granite shaft with appropriate ol engravings and inscriptions. It stands hi as a silent sentinel to keep guard ai through the coming years o'er ? cl U "The nameless graves* on battle plains, ei Washed by many a winter's rain; Where some beneath Virginia hills And some by green Atlantic rills, n, And some by waters of the west, A myriad unknown heroes rest." In the way of marking graves the u chapter in 1904 placed 32 granite ^ headstones at unmarked #graves at Gilead cemetery. iJater in 1911 SO n large iron Confederate crosses were placed on soldiers' graves at Gilead * and other cemeteries near Jonesville. Our work of memorializing the valiant ' deeds of those soldiers has extended beyond the borders of our county. p' More than $60.00 was contributed to f* the Jefferson Davis monument; $*10.00 was sent to the Hampton monument. s' More than $50.00 has been forwarded ?' for Shiloh and $40.00 for the Arlington monuments; $37.50 was given to ? the Soldiers' Home in Columbia, S. C. . Many contributions have been made to worthy causes fostered by the U. D. C. Jluring the fifteen years of our ^ history we have raised and disbursed . (Continued on Page 16) tr cc sss?SSSi mmiSSm m / . ' W .. . [iitfu _ ta K ta c Y B di SSJSS hi th "i th ,ki Bi T1 w Bi re at th of hi Jr be or m MI$S ANNA C. HAMES, Daughter and Only Surviving Child of j, Capt. John E. Harnett. gn Miss Hames is a woman whose bal- bi 1 * - - * ? ancen cnaracter, MBIN, refined and mi unselfish, beautifully exemplifies her do inheritance from her father. She is bu greatly interested in the work of her sh local chapter, and has from its organ- jo ization devoted herself to its advance- mi ment. She is one of those rare spirits more given to thought of others than T1 of herself. Jonesville chapter owes at much to her. ly % I ' I C. E ""?? ^?w MM??>004 Organisation of William W *-**" ? ?" yinr???jiw Through the influence of her friend, [rs. John L. Younp, Mrs. B. G. Clif>rd was led to apply for membership 1 the Columbia chapter of the D. A, ., to which she is fully entitled by le recorded services her paternal rent-grandfather, Maximum Clas*ier, as given in the Revolutionary jcords published in The State some ears ago. She became a member of le Columbia chapter, 1). A. R., OTi ov. 7th, 1900, National No. 33578 nd very soon after was appointed ;gent for Union county in the hope lat she might be able to add a Union ninty chapter to the late S. C. Diision. For more than two years she lade an earnest effort to do this but henever she mentioned D. A. R. to le Union women she was told that le U. D. C. had the stronger claim pon the people. She rather felt that ay herself, but met with no encourgement in her effort to start a chap;r of that order in Union, so in Janary. 1903, she sent out a general initation to the mothers and daughters f Union county to meet on a cer?in afternoon in the parlors of Clif* 3rd Seminary for the purpose of oranizing a chapter of the U. D. C., and i answer to this invitation five ladies 'ere present?Mrs. G. II. Oetzel. Miss lamie Oetzel. Misses Isabel Foster, lary Emma Foster and Mrs. Frances ouglass?including Mrs. Clifford and er daughter, Marie, there were seven resent. But nothing daunting, these even organized a chapter, named William Wallace chapter, U. D. C., greed upon a time and place for the ext meeting and pledged themselves > secure the 17 new members necesiry for the 24, the minimum number jquired to constitute a chapter. How 'ell they worked can be seen by the ssult. On March 26 an application >r a charter was sent in to the resident of the Division .Mrs. S. h.. lomer, of 'Charleston, and the sr, No. 600, arrived promptly, dated torch 28, 1903. Memorial Day was bserved that year and 11 crosses of onor given to Veterans. But the aim nd desire and determination of this lanter was tn proof a mr?r>,,**?*>?>c > fnion to the memory of the Confedrate soldiers of the county. This was le great motive power that in those ays kept the chapter together and erved the members to all sorts of ibor and sacrifices. The first efforts wards starting a fund for this monment was made in October of 100.1 hen a beautiful collection of chrysannemums was put on sale. There was large number of very pretty ones n the Seminary lawn, but Miss Eflie artor had a magnificent collection of lossoms and gladly contributed them > the work in hand. This little irysanthemum fair was held in the arlor of the T. E. Bailey Furniture x>re?in the building now occupied y Bradley-Estes Co. This parlor was jecious, its big plate glass window oened right on the sidewalk of Main ;reet and nothing more beautiful than le chrysanthemum exhibit has ever sen seen in the town of Union. The rge single blossoms made more sautiful by the sacred purpose to hich they were dedicated, sold for )c each?and Miss Effie Sartor went and paid the price'for some of the ossoms she had grown and conibuted. The great centerpiece of the Election was the big Union county onument bouquet that bore upon its llest spray a sealed envelope confining a signed pledge that its purlaser should have the right to break rt for the monument that was surely )ing to be erected. All the single ossoms were sold during the day but e bouquet was reserved for the luction" scheduled for 9 p .m. and ,en after some lively bidding it was locked down to the highest bidder, snjamin Franklin Arthur, for $25.W>. lere was a bit of romance connected ith this purchase, since his father, injamin Franklin Arthur, Sr., sectary to Gov. W. H. Gist, 1858-1860, the dictation of the governor wrote e Ordinance of Secession upon an Flee table then in the possession of s son, Benjamin Franklin Arthur, Surely seven proved a plucky numr, for in less than a year after that ganization of a chapter by seven embers, the president of the chapr deposited in the Peoples Bank as e proceeds from the sale of chrysanemums $43.35. From time to time lall voluntary contributions came in, it the chapter soon t-ealized that uch hard work must be done and >ne quickly if its monument was tilt before all the dear "old Vets" ould have crossed over the river to in their great and beloved comander "in the shade of the trees." So 1904 was more than a busy year, le record of all that was done is not hand. But on Nov. 30, 1904, a ceum attraction was fhit on in the 9 :dii * ^NX?CXX3iiX^%?XX%VVVV%XN%NNXXV -~?"m *?"? ?*?"? ?*""*"71 allace Chapter. ICnion. S. C. 2 !-MM -MtK ?-MtM Mini?'I , opera house with some profit; on December 3rd "Confederate Monument" 1 lunches were served in Bobo's furni. ture parlor, oysters and hot coffee on ' salesdays and the "Bi^ Bazaar" was held in the opera house on December 17 with its pyramid cake-surmounted by a soldier (of white suprar) on jruard 1 and its booths for the sale of Christmas novelties, including a beautiful one, presided over by Indian maidens ! ;n full costume. And so the work went on, very much ' like Shakespeare's famous "Mnrli Ado About Nothing," for its expenses were heavy, the work hard and profits \orv small. There was another bazaar held in the opera house when the special feature was an old fashioned pound cake?a bip one, shaped like a cornucopia and very beautiful and ; heavily iced?a miniature fort formed by heavy icing: on top and three cannon mounted on the ramparts. This work was done by an expert, Mrs. Janet Wallace and the cake was known as Mrs. Stonewall Jackson's cake was more than paid for in full by the vote cast by the little children, each vote counting 5c and marked Mrs. Stonewall Jackson. It was sent to Mrs. Jackson by express and fully appreciated. Then there was a New Year's dinner served in the opera house on a bitter cold day when the ice and snow was six or seven inches deep in the open. Despite the cold a good dinner was served and men said they ate a 75c dinner and were charged 50c. There was still another bazaar held in the store now occupied by Sligh, where real "Lady Baltimore" cakes were imported from Charleston. But with all the outlay and work, the monument fund grew slowly and at last determined women took hold of the subscription lists and fnade a close canvas with strange experiences some, times _but^some Tesults and at last four prey-haired Veterans selected the site?the spot where the Union county Confederate monument now stands ?and with tear-dimmed eyes the officers of the Wm. Wallace chapter looked on their whitened heads and feeble forms. This is the reason, citizens of Union, that the Union county Confederate monument can never, while time endures, be moved by the hand of man from the spot where it stands?. On July 10. 1900, the contract with the McNeal Marble company for the erection and construction of the monument in the said town of Union to the memory of the Confederate dead, was siprned by the committee. Mrs. B. G. Clifford, Mrs. C. H. Peake and Mrs. W. E. Thomson. It was unveiled on May 24, 1907? paid in full. It represented four years of self-sacrificing enthusiastic work on the paft of many busy women, to whom it will always be a matter of regret that it is not bigger. grander and more in proportion to the loss of money and property and tears and blood that it commemorates. MRS. B. G. CLIFFORD. i Distinguished Daughter U. D. C. ' Educator of renown. Has by her unselfish devotion to every worthy cause endeared herself to all the people of . Union county. The Confederate mon- . ument and the Carnegie Free Library are among the tangible results of her leadership. A Christian woman with high ideals and with undaunted am- 1 bitions. _ i ! NOT FAR WRONG. 1 "A-u-t-o-c-r-acy," spelled Tommy, 1 reading aloud. After a pause 'lie pro- | nounced it triumphantly, "Autocrazy". , And he wondered why his father j laughed. 1 The population of the United States | has increased by twenty-four million people in the last fifteen years, and i the number of beef cattle has de- j creased six million and sheep ten mil- , lion, while hogs have increased only eleven million. 1 V noi J~~MaC~ Mf mm MBi? ^ ^Irst TDaug^te 1=30 M ?"<- """ w ; %* Mi?I???'IM1 -u' i MRS. WILLIE SOUTHARD SCOTT. . 1 She is the first Union county Daugh- i ter of the Confederacy. She was a < charter member of the Winthrop col- ' lege chapter, organized in 1898, the 1 first chapter organized in a Southern college, and while she was a member ? THOS. W. ("Bunker") FOWLER, First Soldier to Be Killed From Union District. Cut Shown Was Made From Tin Type. His Last Resting IMace. (Written by Willie Southard Scott) One of the rryiin purposes of the organization of the United Daughters of the Confederacy is to perpetuate historical facts connected with the War Between the States. The subject of this sketch deserves our attention especially for the fact that he was the first soldier from all our District to die the martyr's death for the cause of State's rights. Thomas W. Fowler, better known as <tr> i_?> it* 1 -- ? ' - ? uu11tv ruwier, was tne son of Mrs. Katherine Fowler. He was born near Jonesville, S. C., May 21, 1834. During his childhood he hltunded the pub- . lie school taught on the outskirts of . the present town limits of Jonesville j and near the Church of Gilead. Mr. f William Meng was his principal in- j structor. The friends of his youth tell j us that he was a bright, attractive, j boy with fair complexion, blue eyes and sandy curly hair. He was cour- f teous in manner, pleasing in appear- v ance and numbered his friends by his A acquaintances. , During the early months of 18(51 . he was employed by Mr. B. D. Beard- | en as a clerk in his store. The country was in a state of unrest and un- , easiness following the secession of the , State. The climax came with the ( siege of Fort Sumter. The people of ] that day knew little of daily papers ] and had no means of rapid communi- j cation. On the afternoon of April 14, ^ 1861, Capt. Clark, the conductor of the 't Southern train from Charleston to . Spartanburg got off his train here waving a South Carolina flag and scattering circulars telling of Fort Sumter being fired upon and calling for volunteers. "Bunk" Fowler was one of the first to determine to answer the call of his country, so on the following day he bade farewell to his, mother and left for Charleston to join the Pea RiHce ^nmnanv rith ?oi?iiy.or>? This command remained on the coast for defense under the State control' until the latter part of May, when' they returned heme only to reinlist and join the army of Virginia. They i were ordered to Virginia in June, and by the 20th of July had reached Manassas. Old comrades tell us he was a brave, fearless soldier. On the morning of the 21st of July, 1861, he approached a cousin of his, Mr. John I). Long, and told him that he had a presentiment that he would be killed on that day, and that he wished to give him his knife and what money ($30.00) he had with him in order that Mr. Long might return it to his mother. The cousins joked the matter over as to the probability of } both being killed. But the youth >ct,-uit:u positive tnai ne Knew death was near to him and to satisfy his mind Mr. Long took possession of his belongings. True to his convictions the fatal shot came and he fell the victim of the enemy's dart. He died in the arms of Dr. Jim Long, a pri- i yate in the same command. Thus fell t Union District's first soldier in that s great struggle. t "Bunk" Fowler came from a family F renowned for bravery. He was a e great nephew of the famous Sergeant Jasper of Revolutionary fame. The body was buried temporarily on o the battlefield by members of his com- J M - j xw wiw ??oo< npoocri r of ICnion Count? s mm -> " ??"-'l of the sophomore class. During her senior year she was elected president of the chapter there, serving in that capacity throughout the year. The movement to organize a chapter at Joncsvillc, her home town. oriirinatoil with her. and aroused enthusiasm and cooperation among the loyal women of the community, resulting in the organization of the chapter there, the first one to he organized in Union county. She was president of the John Ilames chapter 1909-1911. Mrs. Scott is a graduate of Winthrop college, year 1901. She is a woman of great versatility, and possesses a brilliant mind. She is a complete refutation of the charge so often made against club women, that they neglect their home duties. A devoted wife, the mother of five children, her home is a model in its orderliness; yet, she finds time to lend a hand to the furtherance of community interests. She is a musician of no mean attainment, can make a logical speech, has a "ready pen," yet in the exercise of her gifts she is modest in the extreme. Trained in mind, vigorous in body, skilled of hand, she is worthy of the honor that will always be hers, the honor of being the first Union county Daughter of the Confederacy. ?????? THOS. W. ("Bunker") FOWLER. >any. Dater his remains were brought lome and on November 150, 18(51. the 'uneral was conducted at his mother's mine in Jonesville by the Rev. A. A. fames. The body was carried to its ast resting place at Gilcad cemetery. There was present on this occasion a ellow comrade, Mr. Elias Mitchell, vho assisted in his first burial and vho, although he was on crutches, jlaced a shovel of dirt in the grave, ind so helped to bury the same man .wice. After the war members of his company erected a modest stone at his ;rave with the following inscription >n it: "Thomas Fowler, 27 years old. Killed July 21, 18(51, at Manassas. Member Pea Ridge Company, 5th Regment. This is a tribute to his braviry and soldierly qualities from his comrades in battle." > - : > - | GRAVE OF THOS. W. FOWLER. <'irst Soldier Killed From Union District. Killed in First Battle of Manassas. Buried in Gilead Cemetery, Jonesville, S. C. Bull associations reduce the cost of he services of a purebred bull for he dairy herd. The average cost of ervice in a large number of associaions investigated by the U. S. Department of Agriculture was $3.48 for ach member. Miss Elizabeth Coker is the guest >f Miss Minnie Maude Wilson on East dain street.