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VOL. LXVI. NO. 47. UNION. S. C., FRIDAY, :NX>VEM1YER 24, 1010
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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"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 .
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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
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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
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, 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.
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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
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MRS. WILLIE SOUTHARD SCOTT. .
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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
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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
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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.
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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."
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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.