The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-05-29
Memorial Day in Laurens-
vile.

lduSeiueNo, tne lOllluS o. In
church bells, at 5 o'clock in tn
evening Of last Friday: gave motto
that the hour for assembling at tn
Court House had arrived, whicl
drew thither a large number 0
ladies and young misses. The as
; sembling at that point was for th'
purpose Of forming a procession
and proceeding thence to the vii
lage Cemetery, which was quietly
and orderly performed without
marshal or other directors thai
the ladies themselves. The atten
dance, however, at the Cemetery
was pretty general by the malc
citizens.
On reaching the gate of the
Cemetery, the procession halted
opened ranks and entered the
grounds by inverted order, when
the decoration Of the several sol,
dier's graves wasimmediately com
menced. The names of these
graves are as follows:
B. C. Darlington, John CARING
I ton, Jr., John D. Darlington, Il.
L. Darlington, Edwin B. Simmons,
John Mayfeld, John W. Arnold,
Sam'l F. Richardson, James Watts,
James ". Hance, VIM. W. Hance,
Theodore S. Hance, Joshua ".
Motto, James Hollingsworth, Jas.
McLuney, W. b. Eppes, J. Sam'l
Jones, John Kennedy, ". A. VIII
liams, G. Eugene Hix, James E.
Anderson, John Williams, Warren
P. Sullivan, (buried in family
burying ground at residence.) E..
Watts, U. S. soldier, died at this
place.
The following are the names
Of soldiers, killed or died Of sick
ness in the war, who went from
the incorporation of this place,
but not buried in the village Gem
ete:y, yet for whom suitable gar
lands were prepared and deposited
within the inclosure:
R. Casper Simpson, killed at
battle of Sharpsburg, Maryland.
". D. Farley, killed near Ste
vensburg, in battle of Brandy Sta
ton, Va.
Willie Wade Simpson, killed at
battle of Boonsboro, Nd.
William Jennerett, died in Hos
pital, Guinea Station, Va.
Wesley Monroe, killed at battle
Of Sharpsburg, Maryland.
Joseph West, died in Hospital
near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Samuel West and Walter Brad
ford, died in Hospital, Point Look
out.
William Cason, killed in battle.
W. L. Hudgens, died in Hospital
on coast Of S. G.
J. N. Harrison, killed at Fred
ericksburg, Va.
P. D. Harrison, killed at Fred,
ericksburg, Va.
Pressly Jacobs, killed in battle,
A. R. Parks, died Of wounds re-
ceived at Knoxville, Tennessee.
Abo Robinson, died of wounds
received in battle. %
S. S. Spake, killed at Fredericks,
burg, Virginia.
D. A. Watson, died in Hospital
Waddy T. Irby, killed at Boons'
boro, Maryland.
There were 106 volunteers went
into the war from this incorpora
tion Of that number 80 were
killed, and 25 wounded. Anothe,
melancholy fact in this connection
is, that Of the FIVE printers who
went from the Herald Office
Hollingsworth, McLuney, Jenne
rett, West and Monroe-not one
survived the war; all we're either
killed or died Of sickness.
| The decoration of the grave:
was performed with that quie
reverence be6tting the occasion
no soldiers grave being neglected
or forgotten, but each receiving
it's deserving tribute Of Affection
flowcry offering, prepared by sym
pathetic hands and wcman's CRATE
full heart.
In this connection it afforded u
qualification to sec that the lonely
and solitary grave Of the Fedora
soldier, in our Cemetery, namet
above, received the same token o
respect with our own dead Confed
crates. Kind hands had wrough
a beautiful cross and woven othe
> fitting emhlems, and tenderly lai'
} them on the dust above the SLEEP
ing stranger beneath. Twas NEE
} so to dot eyinced q Cbristia
spirit for if once an enemy in lift
:, death has sealed an everlastin;
declaration of peace among th
living, so far as that soldier is cor
cernod. 1t was enough-a dea
soldier there slept, and his gray
was not neglected.
We noticed a number Of banner
with suitable devices, and othe
cmblems appropriate to the occs
sion. No addresses were deli'
cred, nothing but the peaceful an
!, quiet decoration Of the grave
/, which, though lone with becon
: inr earnestness of DurDose. Ws