The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-21
Uhr Nerala ana Syeavs
ABOUT TIE REBEL YELL.
An Omccr's Analysis of tho War Cry OF the
South.
INew York Sun.l

Lake Conucaut, tho officers, several
of whom had served in the late war,
were discussing tho rebel yell and
the terror it was alleged to have
caused in the minds of tho green
northern volunteers every timo the
rebels charged down upon them.
"It has not tho slightest effect
upon me-" said one of the officers,
"although when first went into the
war was only raw recruit and had
never seen sorvicc."
COB, Of course, colonel" remarked
one Of his companions, "nothing
could scare you,"
"Spare your sarcasm, major" was
the reply. "I'll admit | was badly
scared tho first time 1 smcllcd pow.
der, but it was the Same feeling of
fright that every new soldier exper-
fences, no matter how oftou no may
afterward deny It. No, sir, it was
not the rebel yell that sent my heart
into my boots. was very familiar
with it, and yet | had never been
south before. Why, You young .el-
fows yourselves have heard it thou
suad times.
Il SEQ YOU don't believe that as
sertion, nnd yet will shortly show
YOU that tho famous rcbol yell was
not peculiar to tho Southcrncrs, but
that it aroused such attention among
northern writer's only because the
rebels uttered it whom going into
battle, while our men gave the pro.
verbal Anglo. Saxon hoarse chccr.
Li,;o yourselves, thcso newspaper
correspondent had often heard tho
F ..no yell. Surely all of you have
heard a stump speaker givo utter
auce to some sentiment that has set
bis audiencc in an applaudiug up
roar. Did you not distinguish,
above the Foundation of deep cheers.
series Of carsplitting yclls? Per.
haps yon have sat alongside bass
voiced friend on such an occasion,
and yon'vc heard his voice. instead
of venting approval in deep growl,
soar nlo(t i'll Il piercing ycll. Maybe
You have tried to imiiate him, and
found your own voice dic away into
u disa2r""n"Io falsetto, producing Il
tone that couldn't be heard two
blocks away in the open air. You
wondered nov your friend acquired
the accomplishment, and, although
yon didn'1 know it, he only uttered
that terrific rebel yell you've heard
about. You could do it, too, if you
only know how TO compress your vocal
cords and emit the shrill chest tones,
SO different from tho throat tone that
you would produce in trying to
strike the note to represent the yell
in tho musical scale.
"And hcre's something Pll wagcr
you don't know Every northern
farmer boy can give the rebel yell,
for he learns it by vntue of his occu-
~nation. On the stage the farmer is
serted and" "wesented rs strong
cotton cannot be n who fairly shouts
b cents per pound:
Therefore, Resolved, lyou gentle
sense of this association ti"ol >. .,Luy-
ing Of commercial fertilizers at present
prices to produce Il crop in which there
is no profit is the utmost folly.
Resolved End. That We urgently re-
commend that farmers either secure
from Guano Co.'S what is termed the
dotton option, based on cents cotton
oF refuse to buy fertilizers.
Resolved 3rd. That we earnestly re-
sbmmcnd that propriL,ors of land re-
d&uirc of their tenants to raise largely
a. food products, taking rent thereof,
$i%stead of requiring all in cotton, that
isMch as use hired labor cndcavOr to
,aSsSt isc enough of such products rs will
'sSsS cd such hired labor.
Resolved 4th. That petition memo
SsSSA .liZing Congress to do all in it's power
sss ssSs suppress gambling in fu,urcs. be de-
fited with our Senator and Repre-
tatives, and that every citizen be
Auested to sign said petition.
n lr. j. M. Johnstonc said he was
Artily in favor OF most of what is
IssS aimed in the resolutions but he
E not favor what was said about COM
IS ,ial fertilizers. He thought we
better plant smaller area and ferti-
8 han to have to work SO much land
there were lands in this county
$vould not make crops without fer
g.
as then moved that the resolu-
pc taken up by items.
\ I. III. Smith did not think that
! could produce cotton for less
eents and pay for fertilizers at
ftsa Oricps