Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-16

lldull pul Jul w Gil, N1T. cree has
been captured by another state" He
has accepted the call to Gaffney to fill
the pastorate - of the First Baptist
church and will move to our city at an
early date. We extend to him the
warm welcome that we give to every
good man that comes within our bor-
ders. We hope that Mr.. Cree will
be pleased with our city and our peo-
Iple and that the liking will be mu-
tual.
CHESTER.
Lantern, February u: Little Hettie
Childs, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. L. D.
Childs, from whom we gave a dscour-
aging report Friday, died that night
about 1890. She had something like
chickenpox, was threatened with pneu-
monia, then took membranous Group.
She did not suffer and die from stran-
gulation, as is common in this disease,
but from poisoning Of the system and
resulting heart failure. She was en-
tirely conscious until near the last, and
told her parents she felt better.
Married, by the Rev. T. E. Morris, at
the Methodist parsonage, Thursday ev-
ening, February 7, 1901, Mr.. Walter E.
Cobb, of Union, and Miss Necie Num-,
Of this vicinity. J. M. Moore,
who has been with the G. & NV. for
sometime, left last Thursday for Fer
nandina, Florida, to accent q position
with the Plant System. The Rev.
j. P. Knox, who has been in North
Carolina in the interest Of the "Centen-
niar' A. r. P. church building in Col
umbia, was in the city yesterday, re-
turning to Columbia. IL. "A short while
ago The Lantern asked for some infor-
nation which the family Of Mr.. w. D.
Bigham wished to get concerning his
command, as he was detailed in engi-
neer service and was not enrolled In
any Of the companies made up in this
locality. 1t was stated that Mr.. Car
others, of York county, was known to
have given some information about
him after the surrender, and it was
suggested that he might be able to give
what was then desired, if still living.
THE YoRKvILLE ENQUIRER copied the
request for information, and we re-
ceived a postal card from MIR. T. M.
Carothers saying that he would be
Ipleased to give any information in his
possession. We wrote Mr.. Carothers
asking for such information in his pos
session, as we thought would be most
desirable. We give below his answer,
which gives the very facts the call for
which led to the inquiry. 1t is worthy
of note that the information was pre-
served by what would seem very
trivial circumstance, and it is due Mr..
Carothers to say that it was discovered
by his care and thoughtfulness in look
ing where there was just bare posi-
bility Of finding it. Following is Mr..
Carothers letter: Rock Hill, February
5, 1901. Mr.. J. T. Bigham, Chester, S.
c.: I received your letter IN reply to
my card concerning w. D. Bigham. I
made his acquaintance in Jackson hos
pital, Richmond, in '65, and we became
friends. Since receiving your letter
I have been trying to think over the
matter and I thought Of the old Bible
1 carried through the war, and know
ing I had few friends names in 1t, 1
looked it up cit has been laid away a
long time), and l found scrap of pa
per with wv. D. Bigham, Well Ridge,
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Bigham Co. H., End Reg't Engineer
Corps" on the other. This was written
in March or April, '65, and has been
there ever since. 1t is as I wrote 1t
then. I had forgotten his command
until l found it. In his convalescent
days, there was Douglass who visit
ed him often. I don't mind his name,
but he was a patient in the hospital,
but of another ward. They seemed to
be we'll acquainted, from their CONVEX
sation. If he is living and you can
find him he could give you more Of his
command that I can. Myself and Mr..
Bigham were on cots beside each other,
both with pneumonia. He seemed to
recover from pneumonia, but left In a
feeble condition, got up able to be out
some. We often took a sun bath on
the south side of the house together.
After the fall of Richmond the Fede-
rails moved the patients of our division
to another, to give the Negro guards
quarters. In the move myself and Mr..
D;.rI,,, fn1 uictta6
him afterward. called one evening to
see him, found his cot vacant, asked
for him, and the nurse said he took
suddenly i'll with pain in the chest and
died during the night before. I did
not see him buried. 1t was necessary
to nail them up in collins as soon as
carried out to the dead house. If you
wish any other information I can give
you, will be glad to do so. Respect
fully yours, T. M. Carothers. P. 81
am ten miles from p. .. This and bad
roads account for delay. T. M. c." We
take the liberty Of publishing Mr. Car
others letter for two reasons: First,
because it will be Of interest to many
readers, and second, because it suggest
that much valuable information is hid
away in old memorandums, on fly
leaves of old soldiers Bibles and on
slips of paper between Aeaves, and all
this is being rapidly lost. What Is
treasured in the memories of the old
soldiers will soon be buried. Much
on,,l1 ha that will cnnn
be lost. We think the veterans in this
section have committees or some ar
rangement intended to gather informa-
ton which it is desirable to preserve,
and which will soon be out Of reach.
We have made the suggestion to some