The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-07-04
Harris BATTERY REUNION.
A L~rge C:owd and Good Speeches ut the
Celebratton.

MIDWAY, S. c., June 2S.-Wednes
day morning, June 27Gh, dawned with
a slight cloud overlooking the horizon
and looked as If the day would be a
very rainy and i'll looking one, but soon
afterwards the clouds vanished and the
day put forth its golden sunshine and
proved to bea very foe day. At 10
o'clock a. NJ. 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 13
pieces was there in good style and gave
elegant music. At 1870 o'clock the
band struck up familiar piece and
marched to the place designated for
tespeaking, followad by possibly 8
thousand persons. The speeches took
place under large oaks which made d
kind OF park and also very pretty
place.
At IL o'clock all seemed anxious to
hear the orators, were called to order
by Chairman w. e. Smith, who an.
nounced that Rev. J. w. Elkins would
lead us in prayer. Mr.. Elkins arose
and made noble and earnest prayer
lasting about fifteen minutes.
Chairman Smith then made 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 i'm
mense crowd and then look at BAN
berg's fair damsels with great admira-
tion, standing there upon the rostrum
looking like brave veteran who with
his comrades went through the terrible
hard struggle fighting for their country
during the late war, gave the crowd a
smiling bow and spoke for about half
an hour. He was greatly ap2laCded
all through his speech and was loudly
cheered at the conclusion.
Major Smith next introduced son
of one of the survivors, a II year old
lad, Mr.. r. A. Sherfesse of Rock Hill.
The young orator came forward and
with a pleasing smile quivering about
his lips rang out through the crowd his
youthful voice. His effort was grand.
He spoke near twenty-five minutes and
at the conclusion, the fair damsels
came on the stand and presented the
young orator with exquisite and beau
tiful bouquets of flowers. He was also
loudly cheered by the crowd and de-
serves great praise for his utteraDces.
Col. Robert Aldrich of BarnWell, S.
C. 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 that
it was not often that they hear such
an orator as the Colonel. His speech
was eloquent and was very interesting
to all present. He spoke fifty minutes
and was loudly applauded.
at the conclusion of Colonel Aldrich's
speech, the band struck up "DiXie'' and
the remaining survivors of Hart's Bat
terry, II in number jumped from their
seats and yelled hurrah, hurrah! waiV-
ing their hands and hats, for the Con-
federacy and Hart's Battery. The old
familiar time seemed to have brought
back recollections Of the years of '6l to
'65. The survivors who were present
were as follows:
Maj. James F. Hart, Gen. F. NJ. Bam-
Der, Louis Sherfese D. II. Sally, Will
liam Phillips, jeff Harvey, W. NJ. Eel
der, 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. V. Eayes, J. q. Walker.
Chairman Smith at o'clock directed
the crowd to the well.flled tables of
eatables near the fitting school build
ing where every body went, and after
a hearty repast seemed exceedingly
happy. Every body had nice time and
went home praising God.-Columbia
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