The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-07-04
HAR7'5 BATTERY REUNION.
A L,rse Crowd and Good Speeches aethe
Gel. bration.

MIDWAY, 5. g., June 2S.-W eCneS
day morning, June 2Iih, da"ned witt
slight cloud overlooking the horizon
and looked as If the day would be
very rainy and i'll looking one, but soon
afterwards the clouds vanished and TIE
day put forth its golden sunshine and
proved to bsa yely ioe day. At II
o'clock q. N. near one thousand people
lined the beautiful paVements Of the
little city OF Bamburg, s. G., and one
hour later between three and five hun
dred more put IN their appearance, the
occasion being the Reunion OF Hart,s
Battery.
The First Georgia Regiment Brass
Bond, of Savannah, composed Of Is
pieces was there in good style and gave
elegant music. At 1920 O'clock the
band struck up a familiar piece and
marched to the place designated for
tbs speaking, followed By possibly a
thousand persons. The speeches took
place under large oaks which made
kind OF park and also q very pretty
place.
At IL o'clock all seemed anxious tc
hear the orators, were called to order
by Chairman w. &. Smith, who an
nounced that Rev. J. w. Elkins would
lead US in prayer. Mr.. Elkins arose
and made a noble and earnest prayer
lasting about fifteen minutes.
Chairman Smith then made a short
address and in conclusion introduced
one OF South Carolina's noble. diStin-
guished, and patriotic gentlemen, Maj.
James F. Hart. The Major arose from
his seat casting glance at the lm'
mense crowd and then look at BAN
berg's fair damsels with great admira'
ton, standing there upon the rostrum
looking like brave veteran who with
his comrades went through the terrible
hard struggle lighting for their country
during abe late war, gave the crowd a
smiling bow and spoke for about halt
an hour. He was greatly ap3lacded
all through his speech and was loudly
cheered at the conclusion.
Major Smith next introduced a son
of one of the survivors, II year OLD
lad, Mr.. R. a. Sherfesse of Rock Hill
The young orator came forward and
with pie lsing smile quivering about
his lips rang out through the crowd bis
youthful voice. His effort was grand
He spoke near twenty-five minutes and
at the conclusion, the fair dauasels
came on the stand and presented The
young orator with exquisite and beau
tiIul bouquets of howers. He was also
loudly cheered by the crowd and de
serves great praise for his utteraDces.
Col. Robert Aldrich of Barnwell. S
G. was the next to come forward. His
bright intelligent physiogomy being ia
miliar took IN the smiles and admlra
tion of everybody, for they knew thai
it was not often that they hear such
an orator as the Colonel. His speect
was eloquent and was very interesting
to all present. He spoke fifty minutes
and was loudly applauded.
at the conclusion of Colonel Aldrlch,s
speech, the hand struck up "DiXie' anc
the remaining survivors Of Hart's Bat
terry. II in number, jumped from thell
seats and yelled hurrah, hurrah! wsiV
ing their hands and hats, for the Con
federacy and Hart's Battery. The ole
familiar time seemed to have brought
back recollections of the years of 81 tt
IS. The survivors who. were present
were as follows:
Maj. James F. Hart, Gen. Z. NJ. BAN
Der, Louis Sherfese D. Il. Sally, Wi
liam Phillips, JEFF Harvey, W. NJ. Eel
der, j Joseph Gillard, E. B. Guess, Por
ter Pearson, Henry Kennedy, John D
Livingstone, Charles Sherfese. JOSEPH
Murdoch, D. P. Sojourner, 5. H. Tru
dal, A. Y. Eayes, J. &. Walker.
Chairman Smith at o'clock directed
the crowd to the well.filled tables o.
eatables near the fitting school build
ing where every body went, and after
hearty repast seemed exceedingly
happy. Every body had nice time an(
went home praising God.--Columbla
Journal.