The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-03-16
FoR THE HERALD.

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South Carolina right, or at least that part
of South Carolina Of which shall speak,
before the many readers Of the HERALD,
and especially IN the eyes Of "Palmetto.'
Now "Pslmetto's" letter in the last weeks
HERALD reminds me of an incident which
occurred the year before the war ended be-
tween the lamented Henry L., then Gen.
Benniug, OF ToomUs' old Brigade, aud a
soldier of the 18th Ga Regt. Gen. Ben
ming came out as Colone! of the l7th
Ga. Regt, Toombs' Brigade being COM
posed of the End, 10Th, I7th and 2pth ia.
Regiments. Of course Gen. Benning never
forgot the 18th when he was promoted to
the rank of Brigsdier-General, and one
dark rainy night when We were on a forced
march from the Darbytown road in Vir-
ginia to Petersburg, the soldier had to be
good grit who did not stragge some. Gen.
Benning marched that night in the rear of
his Brigade, and as the straggaers would
fall back beside the Generals horse he
would call out, "What Regiment do you
belong to, sir?" If.the soldier said, ''to the
18th Regt, sir" the General ould say,
"Wel, l7th, is a bad night to be on
forced march, but we must do the best we
can; forward on, l7th, TO your regiment,
it's just ahead Of you" But if lie strag-
gler unluckily belonged to the End, 18th or
2Utb, or some other command, the General
would draw his sword and with an oath,
orde. him forward, saying at the same.
time, The whole Brigade is sttagging
back into the 18th till she can scarcely
move at all" Wen, soldiers were lot slow
to learn *the ropes, and young Corporal
of the 18th Ga, had found that it was an
advantage to belong to the l7th, aud about
II o'clock, tired and weary, be had fallen be-
hind till he Was alongside OF Gen. Beuning.
''What Regt., dc you belong to, sir?" ask
| ed the General ITO the l7th Ga, Gene
rail-" meekly replied the Corporal. Il be-
lieve you lie, sir,'' replied the General 1t
being very dark aud the Corporal knowing
the General would never frd him out, ask
ed, "Who are you anyhow, cir" Il am
Gen. Benning, SIR, of the l7th GA, sir, now
who are you, sir?" at the same time.
drawing his sword and wheeling his horse.
81 am Corporal Bogs, sir, Of the l5th," re-
piled the soldier, as lie slid over the stone,
wall into the field and disappeared III the.
darkness, leaving The irate General stand:
ing in the road calling to the Adjutant to
have That man arrested" Now We feel
that we will compare to Palmetto" a.
least as did Corporal Bogs to Gen. Bens
ming. = : - -
palmetto" claims to have travelled six
months in Georgia ); well we haVe.just com.
| pleted o three. weeks tour in ,Abbeville
County and no other, and as We shall speak
only "whereof we know" we will confne
our letter only to Abbeyille, and while we
have no issue to make with Palmetto" we
do say that while Palmetto. was travelling
'si1 months in Georgia, that AbbeTille
County was making the most gigantic
strides to the cront, both politically, reli-
giously and agriculturally, than she has in
| any three years Of her existence before.
"Pslmetto' saw the Hainau Plow Factory
in all it's blast, and it is no doubt sight
worth seeing; but will venture to ssy
that there are as many of Haiman's Plows
sold and used in Abbeyille County as any
County in Georgia. They are COOL Picws,
| our farmers know it. We have been using
largely for the last II months the Avery
Turn Plows and Sweeps, also the famous
Dickson Sweep, as we'll as Dickson Cotton
Seed. We also use in Abbevile McCor.
mick's Reaper and Binder, as we'll as one
or TWO others which give good satisfaction.
AS rolling as our country is We have more
than one OF G. l. G.. Cooper's Traction or
Road Engines which did well in the
threshing season. We use HALLS Self
Feeding Gin and Condenser as we'll as
Smiths Double Power Press. We have
Smiths Patent Gin Sharpener; one man
can whet gin perfectly with it in hours
whether he ever saw a gin before or not.
If"Palmetto"' viii come over 10 Abbeville
lust now he will see the Sinms' Compost
Distributor at work in almost every field,
one hand and horse doing the work Of one
horse and three hands, and doing it splen'
didly; he will also see countless numbers
of "West's Guano Distributors" putting out
Fertilizers, and if palmetto" will visit US
about the 18th of April be will see that we
know just how to plant cotton with Cotton
Planters The people of Abbeyille used
las, season not less than 25o Rhodes, Black
lidge and Daw Law Machines. "Pa. ! to-
is right when he says these are the stan
| OaSQ ul6CuluGS. I 6lHStlO LuaG OAS
man borrowed money 10 pay for County,
or bought it on time, we forget which,
but it all amounts to the same, and in55
years made s., 900. Well, the 18th day Of
last March (lsso), youIg man 10 years
old bought Calhoun Township for SIS, for
the Rhodes Cotton Planter, aid male clear
$3.50 that season, having only month to
do the work in, and to our own knowledge
he will make $500 clear this season. Can
palmetto" find Georgian who will beat
this young man? Mr. J. L. Brock & Son,
at Honea Path, known all over the State as
large manufacturers Of wagons and carri'
ages, told us 10 February that they had
gone entirely out of the business and were
making specially of Rhodes & Blacklidge
Cotton Planters. ". c. Brock, at Due
West, is making Cotton Planters and Coui'
post Distributors. James a. McAlister, ol