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

South Carolina right, or ut least that part
of South Carolina Of which I shall speak,
before the many readers Of the HERALD,
and especially in the eyes OF "Palmetto.'
Now ''Pametto'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 Toomos' OLD Brigade, and
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, 18th, I7th and 2Oth ia.
Regiments. OF course Gen. Benning never
forgot the l7th when he was promoted to
the rank Of Brigadier-General, and one
dark rainy night when We were on forced
march from the Darbytown road in Vir-
ginia to Petersburg, the soldier had to be
good grit who did not straggle some. Gen.
Benning marched that night in the rear Of
| his BrigaGe, and as the stragglers would
fall back beside the Generals horse he
would call out, "What Regiment do you
belong to, sir?" If the soldier said, ito the
18th Regt., sir" the General would say,
"Well, l7th, it's a bad night to be on
forced march, but We must do the best we
can; forward on, 18th, to your regiment,
it's just ahead of you" But if the strag-
ger unluckiEy belonged to the 2ud, 10Th OF
2Utb, or some other command, the General
would draw his sword and with an oath,
order him forward, saying at the same
time, 1.-The whole Brigade is struggling
back into the l7th till she can scarcely
move at all" Well, soldiers were not slow
to learn "the ropes" d" aid a young Corporal
of the 18th Ga, had found that it was an
advantage to belong to the 18th, aud about
II o'clock, tired and weary, be had fallen be-
hind till he Was alongside OF Gen. Beuning.
"What Regt., do you belong to, sir?" ask
ed the General. ITO the l7th Ga, Gene
-sl," meekly replied the Corporal. Il be-
lieve you lie, sir" replied the General. 1t
being very dark and the Corporal knowing
the General would never ird him out, ask
ed, "Who are you anyhow, sir?" i 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 18th" re-
piled the soldier, as lie slid over the stone
wall into the field and disappeared III the
darkness, leaving the rate General stand.
ing in the road calling to the Adjutant to
have ''that man arrested" Now We feel
that we will compare to palmetto" al
least as did Corporal Bogs to Gen. Ben:
ming. :,
palmetto" claims to have travelled six
months in Georgia; well we have just com.
petei three weeks tour in. Abbevile.
County and no other, and as we shall speak
only whereof we know" we will confne
our letter only to Abbeville, and while we
have no issue to make with Palmetto" we
do say that while palmetto" was travelling
''six months in Georgia.. that Abbeyille
County was making the most gigantic
strides to the front, both politically, reli-
| giously and agriculturally, than she has in
any three years of her existence before.
stPalmetto" saw the Haiman Plow Factory
| in ali It's blast, and it is no doubt sight
worth seeing; but will venture to say
| that there are as many of Raiman's Plows
sold and used in AbbeVilte County as any
County in Georgia They are goo'l Piows,
| 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 well as Dickson Cotton
Seed. We also use in Aobeville 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. & G. Cooper's Traction or
Road Engines which did well in the
threshing season. We use Halls Self
Feeding Gin and Condenser as well as
Smiths Double Power Press. We have
Smiths Patent Gin Sharpener; one man
can whes gin perfectly with it in hours
whether he ever saw gin before OF not.
If sPslmetto" will come over to Abbeville
lust now he will see the Simms' 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 he will see that we
know just how to plant cotton with Cotton
Planters. The people Of Abbeville used
last season not less than $50 Rhodes, Black
ldge and Daw Law Machines. "Palmetto"
is right when he says these are the stan
dard machines palmetto" says that one
man borrowed money TO pay Tor county,
or bought it on time, We forget which,
| but it all amounts to the same, and in.5
years made s., 900. Well, the 18th day of
last March (lsS0), young man l9 years:
old bought Calhoun Township for s25, 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 il February that they had
gone entirely out of the business and we're
| making specially of Rhodes & Blacklidge
Cotton Planters. ". C. Brock, at Due
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