Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FROM AN OLD SOLDIER. Editor The Union Times: Allow me space in your paper to say a few words of thanks to the Daughters of the Confederacy for the good work they're doing. Would liked , very much to have been able to at- ' tend the dinner given the Veterans in Union May 5th. Well do I remember what the good women did for me during the war. \ Was wounded near Charleston, so was i put on a boat and sent to the Ix>uisiana hospital in Charleston. Stayed there till next morning, when a doctor came around. He blistered me severely, then sent a woman to dress my wounds, who treated me kindly in every respect. It was reported that Sherman was coming to Charleston, so I was put on train and sent to Summerville, and from there to Columbia. Arrived in Columbia the second day of February, '65. In a few days Serman got there, and that town was laid in ashes. Was lying there in the hospital helpless. The dav after the burning the inmates of the hospital were moved to the college chapel. Dr. Thompson was the physician left in charge, so took care of those who couldn't be moved. In the morning I was propped up in bed eating rice with a fork out of a tin plate, when a lady and. I suppose, her daughter came by me. They asked me if that was all I had to eat. I nodded my head, as I couldn't speak. They said a few words to Dr. Thompson, left out and in a short while came back bringing a negro woman carrying all kinds of good things to eat, which they gave to us for sick and hungry soldiers. Where they got these things has al ways been a mystery to me, as almost everything in Columbia was destroyed, and this was the next day. They came every day for three weeks ' / th supplies, always brought me a clean < handkerchief every morning. I remained at the hospital till the 19th of i March. Dr. Thompson put me on boat in charge of Capt. Hughes and ] sent me to Shclton. It rained, the river rose, so took three days to get i to Shelton. Took me off boat there and put me on train in care of Barth Jeter. Went to Batesville, arriving ( there at 11 o'clock at night. B. F. Bates and son, Dr. Bates, took me off t train and carried me to their house, then sent me on home, three miles away. N. C. Rollins. Union, S. C., It. F. 1). No. 4. i A LINK WITH THE PAST. Matilda Kelly was born in Virginia, * a servant of the Turnbull's. She was brought to this State by a trader, who camped at that time at Sartor's Cross Roads in about 1842 or 1843, she being at that time about 14 years old, which decade of time made her age approximately 90 years, dying on May 12 following a paralytic stroke. My grandfather, the late William Kelly, bought her with others for my mother at the time of her marriage to my father, the late Dr. J. P. Thomas, who moved to Mississippi, where my mother died, leaving four ( children, one of which was an infant ( of a few days. Matilda took charge of ri the children and cared for them and ! came with my father back to South i 1 Carolina, moving family, my mother's j ! remains and slaves in wno-onc I i | . being before the day of railroads. She was ever kind and faithful to her charge, industrious and thrifty, a skil-:"1 fill weaver, which clothed the family, : both white and colored, during the war. 1 She could always be depended unon, ever intensely concerned for the wel- 1 fare of our "white children." 1 I looked forward to seeing her o> 1 my yearly visits to the vicinity of my old home where she lived and I'm sure my coming was one of the greatest pleasures of her life. i At her funeral the text was read, j "Well done, thou good and faithful 1 servant," thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruled | j over many. Enter thou into the joys ^ of thy Lord." | She is survived by three children,! "0 grandchildrren and many great-1 grand children. Mrs. W. B. Williams, j < Columbia, S. C., 1413 Pendleton St. |l EVER SALIVATED BY j CALOMEL? HORRIBLE! ? j ( Calomel is Quicksilver and Acts Like Dynamite on Your Liver. I Calomel loses you a day! You \ know what calomel is. It's mercury; j quicksilver. Calomel is dangerous, j It crashes into sour bile like dyna- j' mite, cramping and sickening you. Calomel attacks the hones and should never be put into your system. When you feel bilious, sluggish, i constipated and all knocked out and believe you need a dose of dangerous calomel just remember that your druggist sells for .r>0 cents a large bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone, which j is entirely vegetable and pleasant to! take and is a perfect substitute for calomel. It is guaranteed to start 11 your liver without stirring you up in- | side, and can not salivate. Don't take calomel! It makes you | sick the next day; it loses you a day's j' work. Dodson's Liver Tone straightens vou riirht un Jinri vnn fnnl wroat ! Give it to the children because it is perfectly harmless and 'doesn't gripe. There are 0,000,000 women working' for a living in Germany. No. 666 i This ia a preacriptioo prepared especially lor MALARIA or CHILLS A FEVER. I Five or aix doaea will break any caae, and if taken then aa a tonic the Fever will not return. It acta on the liver better than Calomel and doea not gripe or sicken. 25c THE NAVY CALLS. (Columbia Record) R. L. Harris, a sailor connected with the naval recruiting station here, has written the following: K^ 1 How we love the city of Columbia Happy home of sailors true; And the people are patriotic And we highly respect them, too. I Oh, this wonderful, peaceful city, May it stand for evermore. And in order to make this possible We must keep the kaiser sore. I Are you ready? said the British. Ah! Ready, ready sure; Yea, ready to get the kaiser Either by sea or shore. | Now, my good people of Columbia, We have duty for the brave and bold? Help US lick the kaiser, And free our land for evermore. i Now, my people of South Carolina, Visit us before you go; We have a large torpedo Shells and darners from Mexico. I If you have a son that's willing To serve the red, white and blue, Let him enlist in the navy? Learn a trade and see the world AMERICA FOR ME. 'Tis line to see the Old World, and travel up and down Among the famous places and cities of renown. To admire the crumbly castles and the statues of the kings, But now I think I've had enough of antiquated things. | So it's home again, and home again, America for me! My heart is turning home again and so there I long to be, [n the land of youth and freedom beyond the ocean bars, Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars. \ 3h, London is a man's town, there's power in the air, \nd Paris is a woman's town, with flowers in her hair. \nd it's sweet to dream in Venice, and it's great to study Rome; But when it comes to living there is no place like home. 1 3t, its home again, and home again, America for me! . want a ship that's westward bound to plough the rolling sea. To the Blessed Land of Room F.nnno-h beyond the ocean bars, rVhere the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars. ?Henry Van Dyke. TAKE THE LOAN. By Edward Everett Hale. "ome, freedom of the land, 'ome, meet the great demand, I'rue heart and open hand, Take the loan! 'or the hopes the prophets saw, 'or the sword your brothers draw, 'or liberty and law, Take the loan! ife ladies of the land, As ye love the gallant band. ,Vho have drawn a soldier's brand, Take the loan! A'ho would bring them what she could, Who would give the soldier food, A'ho would staunch her brother's blood. Take the loan! Ml who saw her hosts pass by, Ml who joined the parting cry, When we bade them do or die, Take the loan! As ye wished their triumnh then. As ye hope to meet aprain, And to meet their pra'/.e as men, Take the loan! I Who could press the prreat appeal Of our ranks of serried steel, 1'ut your shoulders to the wheel. Take the loan! That our prayers in truthmayrise, Which we press with streaming eyes On the Lord of earth and skies, Take the loan! (Written in May, 18(51, at the outbreak of the Civil war). OLD-FASHIONED HORSE. The old-fashioned horse was no wonder for speed. He hadn't the rate of a minute per mile, Rut if xrru.'ll 41 1 ?, .. ii itinviiiuci, me wins ior his feed, Were only a tenth of the gasoline style. lie wasn't as fleet as a motor machine, His record for distance was shorter, of course; lint cleaning a car tfives no pleasure as keen As smoothing the coat of the oldfashioned horse. The old-fashioned horse, he was skittish at times, But skittish and skiddish are words far part. This new turning turtle was none of his crimes. He stayed ritfht side up, just the same as nis cart. His driver was never the lord of the road, But simply obeyed all the statutes in force, So, seeing the scorcher's contempuous mode, What wonder I siprh for the oldfashioned horse? ?St. Louis Post-Dispatch. I ^ Pill si i | M i I '' United States Tires five tvoos of Unite MAKE OUR CATTLE KEEI) SOLDIERS?NOT TICKS A War Slogan for the South. Washington, I). C., June 4.?Facet by the war demand for more meat, lei us take advantage of an opportunity which lies close to hand. Let us recognize that it is our definite duty to turn our abundant grasses, oui cheap and available concentrater feeds, and our mild climate to gooc account in the production of beef anc milk and butter. And let us realize that to do this we must work togethei to remove the great obstacle?the tick. Not only will the elimination of the tick make possible the greater ant more profitable development of oui native cattle. It will make possible also the bringing in of better beef ant milk producing stock which now can not live uneler the attacks of ticks ant the deatlly germs of cattle feve: which they transmit. Exterminatior of the tick, therefore, will give uj quick, elirect returns in the form ol increased growth of native stock, anc it will at the same time lay a firn foundation for the building up of s much more profitable cattle raising industry in a year or two?while the war still may be in progress. The South's battle against the tic! must not lag. It is not work which may be dropped during the course ol war, the United States Department ol Agriculture points out. Rather il must be pushed the more vigorously in order that territory may be rescuer from the unsatisfactory and often un profitable cattle raising which the tict imposes, and devoted to the more efficient and more profitable productior of meat and milk which may be carried on in unquarantined territory. The tick works for our enemies bj keeping down the supply of three ol lited tales . Tires I \IU3S S lElWOEIl ? tSfPOIT c T S ?the 'Nobfc 'Royal Cord', ?a tire for and use. This sign al; service ?that the d< every sort of t ing your whe< ting on your ti of the best tii world. Dealers who the best dealer I communities. i Deal with th judgment?an< -j preme tire ser I United I ' Are < _ =: A Tire for Eve E= *Nobby' 4Chain' S United States TUttf. All the ! teri n ^ United Mmiliimin Jm Mini; ; are covered by the following S; d States Tires exactly suits yoi eJ. L. B C our most important foods. Ijet us 1 recognize this pest, therefore, as an enemy also. And let us wage against him, from today on, without interruption, a war of extermination. t Girls Have Pretty Face And Beautiful Complexion 5 _________ r An Atlanta man makes new discovi cry that makes an old face look years J younger. If your skin is dark, brown, J or covered with freckles or blemishes, just use a little Coco-tone Skin WhiteJ ner; it's made with cocoanut oil and is p perfectly harmless. A few days' use 3 will improve your looks 100%. The wornout skin comes off evenly, leav: ing no evidence of the treatment, the new healthy under-skin appearing as ' a lovely new complexion. .TllSt Jiclf vonr rnrrnric?t on A.m?A m ? Oil UUIIVJC " of Cocotone Skin Whitener, and if hp v " will not supply you send twenty-five o cents to The Cocotone Co., Atlanta, r Ga., and they will send you a box by 1 1 return mail. v ^ If your hair is hard to comb, is t . kinky, nappy and will never stay ( straight, just use Cocotone Hair Dress- a 1 ing and it will become straight, long, ' soft, glossy and beautiful in a few [ days mail orders filled 25c for large v ' box. Far sale by Palmetta Drug Co., r Union, S. C. r : r ' GIVE UNCLE SAM VACATION. t r I New York, June 2.?The United i: ' States government will receive the c 1 services ' his summer of nearly 5,000,- e 000 men and women, if the "Vacation ii : Service" movement started here is car- s ried out according to the plans origi- r i nated by Prof. Francis B. Crocker, t formerly of Columbia University and t a past president of the American In- 5 ' stitute of Electrical Engineers. The h ' movement means that the government n I ^ook For T Service Sit Tire dealers disp tig this sign cari omplete line of Ur tates Tires. >y\ the 'Chain', the 'Usco', the 'PI every need of p so means to you saler can supply ire service from i il alignment and res to a complete e accessories in > oispHay this sign s in their respec tern?depend on t J you will have vice. States 11 res 7ood Tires? >ry Seed of Price and Use 'Royal Cord' 'Usco' 'Plain* :s and 77HE ACCESSORIES Have ft Wurlh (a 11 Wear thai Make Stales I in s me SUM ales and Service Depot who iir needs. )LTON Nourishi Is a Necessary Part of Sweet, Juicy Beef and Po bought at our market. We the Best of Fresh Meats. G service and reasonable price; City Market i E. R. GOI)Sl /ill receive about 10,000,000 weeks, r more than 192,1100 years of the ime of these men and women, who vill prive their vcations to their coun ry as their patriotic duty. Prof. >ocker expects that his plan will he idopted all over the country. "Realizing that there arc many who annot enlist," he said, "and who are inable to participate in the Libei iy ,oan as heavily as they wish, this neans of national service was evolved. "This war is the most serious crisis he United States has ever faced?the vork of every man, woman and child S needed to hriner it. to n siicrooefnl onclusion. Every hour Riven to the overnment is an hour Rained in brinRnR the war to an early end. UndertandinR this, the 'Vacation Service* novement was started, Everyone in he United States that takes a vacaion, and it is estimated that there are ,000,000 such, can do his or her hit y RivinR their two weeks to Rovernnent work. gig lllS SE aa fiay- =?== can tell you which of the BBnBBnMBBMHB ing Meat a Civilized Man's Diet. rk, Mutton and Veal may be give honest weight and sell ive us your oraer ior prompt s. ind Cattle Co. ft ALL, Mgr. "Thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands of these are specialists in their various trades or professions? they can give the services of experts. Others can put in their time on the farms helping to solve the vital food problem of the world. Think what it would mean to the farmers if they were able to avail themselves of 100,000 years of the time of willing workers, who worked because they were patriotic! There are hundreds of other tasks in which these patriots could help their country. w noncvcr you Need a General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic propertiesof QUININB and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the 'Whole System. 50 cents. An Atlanta, Ga., bank has opened a school to train women for the positions formerly held by men. "L m