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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-09-06
FOUND AMONG THE PRIVATES.
By j. l.. STR AIN.

We remained at Greensboro two
days to rest ourselves and our horses.
During this time we made a canvass
of the city. Here for the first time
/ met MIR. D. A. Thomas, Of GafF.
ney City. He was member of tie
McBeth Artillery and was sick or
wound,d d and stopping at private
house in Greensboro till he got able
to travel.
During our sojourn in the city we
made quite humber of friends and
acquaintances. Among some of them
the city girls, who showed us good
deal of kindness. AS Bob Davis,
Jim Bateman, "Bing" Bell and my
self were passing a magnificent resi-
dencc on Main street we heard the
sound of a piano mingled with that
Of human VOICES. Stopping in front
of the house to listen we noticed a
little negro girl sitting on the door
steps. Some one of our purity, I,
don remember who, sand to her,
"Who is that singing and playing
sDixie with such graceful air! ,
Its Misses - calling names | fail
now to remember. But by this time
q beautiful young lady stepped to
the door and some of our party
said something apologetically
for our seemug ludeness il
stopping at the gate, as we were
Dixie boys" and that was our tune.
She invited US to come in. We did
80. We were ushered into a mag
nifcently furnished parlor. We in
troducrd ourselves and the ladies
(there were about six of them) gave
us their names. The music was re-
sumed and as most of our crowd tex
cept your correspondent were good
singers we spent an hour very pleas
antly with the ladies. Just befure
returning to our camp some one of
the party espied violin and it was
brought out and turned over to Bob
DAVIS, (who could play it for al it
was worth.l Bob was at his best
and it was good instrument, and
when the pleasure of the evening
clio ed it was hard to tell which side
hal captured the other. They in
sisted 0m our coming back but we
we're soon ordered to prepare for
marching and so didn't have the op.
! po, tunity to see them again.
1t took two days for us to reach
Danuille, Va, fly two miles from
Greensboro. The first night after
leaving Greensboro we camped at
Reidsville and the next evening we
r.de into Danville and camped below
!, ibe city on the river not far from
' where the Southern depot now stands.
1t was Sabbath evening when We
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we knew. DR.. J. Rufus Bratson with
corps of efficient assistants was at
his post doing all his large experience
in medicine and surgery suggested
for the relief of suffering humanity.
The cemeteries presen Led more ap
plaling scene, acres ard acres OF
graves occupying about q by 6 feet
lay as thick as they could be made
Long rows Of graves freshly dug wer.
awaiting the mortality" report Of
the previous night. The hearse
comes along witch its load of corpses
and on the brink of each grave it de
posted coffin on which is placarded
The name, company and regiment of
rhe soldier whose remains it con,
tained. No vault was dug, the coffin
WAS lowered into this ditch-like grave
and without ceremony the dirt was
showed in, and small board bearing
the number of the grave was placed
at the head. In many cases two
bodies occupy the same grave at Oak
wood cemetery Zone coffiu Oh the top
# an"ther) with the respective nun
her on the same board. The sexton
kept record from which he could
point out any grave you wished to
find. We turned from these cities
of the dead feeling thar:
son fames eternal camping ground.
Their silent tents aro Spread;
And gi"ry marks with solemn round
The Divouac of the dad"
Our comm md was attached to the
Richmond department and assigned
TO duty on the Peninsula under Gen.
Hunter. whose headquarters were at
Cna6n farm. a line of defense
was established from Panunkey to
James River, distance Of twenty
miles. The cavalry was north of
Chickahorniny, the infantry and ar
tillery south of it. Gen. Dix with
his corps of Federals was at Wi
liamsburg, Yorktown and F"rtre>,
Monroe. 1t might not be amiss to
stale that subs quent as we'll as pri"r
even's showed that the Fedcrols held
the Peninsula as most important
strategic military point, when lef' to
their choice to operate against Rich.
mond from that direction. 1t wa>
the stronghold from which Gen. Lee
drew Mcclellan by his advance int.
MARYLAND. 1t was the grand pivot
from which Gen. Grant SWING hat
a milIion of soldiers against the deci>
mated ranks Of Gen. Lee at Peters
burg which resulted in collapse of
the Southern Confederacy. No plnc'
within the Confederacy afforded such
natural advantages for the Federals
rs it did. Their army WAS protected
by the Panuukey and James rivers
on the right and left while these
streams afforded unlimited means for
transportation. With this explnna
ton the importance of the situation
to which our command was assigned
may be readily understood Its i'm
portance was discovered and utilized
by CORVALLIS in Revolutionary
times.
To be continued.)
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BACK FROM The PHILIPPINES,
Capt. Frank W. Greer, of PacoIet,
Writes Interestingly of the
People of the Island.
THE CITY OF MAlABON.

Mr.. EDIToR:-In speaking of the
President of Malabon being mucho
amigos (very friendly TO US and of
him giving us so much valuable in
formation, ETC., last week. should
have mentioned another Fagalo gen.
tleman in the person of Doctor
Antonia Luna, one of the best in
formed men and polished gentle
men, residing in the city of Malabon.
of whom | shall speak later.
Malabon has a population ofabon'
5000 souls Notwithstanding many
of her women and children were
slaughtered at the taking of the city
on March 2lst, 1899, by our "boys."
Three magnificent churches grace the
town, the largest of which is situated
in the ceuter of the city IN front of
which is the Grande Pl,za Qarge
maket square) where the dummy
line terminates. Every morning as
early as daybreak the natives bring
their fan, vegetables and fruits into
this Plaza for sale. Their largest
church was built in the year of 1861,
the beginning of the great civil war
over here, AID today it is some
thing worth seeing, with its three
big massive dunes or steeples, moss
grown sides and beaut. fully decorated
interior. making one imagine most
anything of the times of Spanish rule
and the religious fana'icisms that
these people were taught and
made to Ibelieve in, so much so that
they sacrificed. perhaps many If them,
their lives and paid taxes aud built
this grand structure of architectural
beauty under the whip-lash of their
Spanish masters, and in which they
we're not allowed to enter and wor-
ship until the beginning of the in>ur-
rection of the Tagalo tribe led by
General Emilio Y. Fanny Aguinaldo
against their oppressors and slaugh-
tered the Spanish in the spring of
of 1896. The Calle Real or Main
street ran through the city from this
church, and on which many hand
some residences stood, as we'll as
many small bamboo shacks, where
the poorer classes lived. Companies
E. and F. Of my regiment garrisoned
this city for ten months maintaining
q detachment of Is men at Tulison
bri ge on the Maulla and ID ,yupau
railroad. aud also detachneut ut
the Chin'se Hospital near La Lrma
chu' ch con-is'ing of 20 men. From
June until the fist of January my
company CT kept the guard at the
China Hospital and E. the one az
Tulis"n bridge We Go. + had
our 'mpany nead1Iart'rs in moe
mahogany 'aanslon ha f way between
the Grandr Iylcsia (big church) aud
the lower end of the city where we
also had detachment Of 15 men in
large stone h use Our duty wss
something terrible these six months,
every other night We had TO walk
post aud the nights we should have
been ali wed to rest ard slee, was
then guard duty, for we pa'rolled the
town from the beginning of night
until br 'ad daylight. The dury of
the pa'rol WAS to see that every house
had lantern hung out and that il
gave good light. No naive WAS al
lowed to stay up later at night than
! 9 O'clock, and if the patrol heard
anyone talking in an ordinary tone
after this hour it was their duty to
"pull" them. Ihave known as high
as fifty men, women and children
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everything cheerful. just after the
war he married Miss Pigot and it
turned out that he had wife and two
children in his native State. She ap.
piled for divorce and obtained it.
Shortly after this event the whole
family was arrested aud conveyed to
Richmond as enemies to our cau.e.
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"REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR.

Interesting Incidents Connected
With the Late War, Bringing Ont
a Great Deal of Unwritten His
tory, i'm Which the Private and
Subordinate Officers are Given
Credit Justly Due Them. Some
of the TrueSf, NObIesf and Bray
est Men That Ever Faced an
Enemy We're to be
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-09-06

The summer manouvers of the
American fleet have been held.
There were present three battlesh,ps
and "A tender. Get move on, Mr..
Long.
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the TOWN OF UNION HAS

Three Cotton Mills, one the
largest in the South. Four Fur
n'ture and Wood Manuiactur-
ing Concerns, One Female
Seminary. Water WORKS and
Electric Lights.
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The largest Knitting Mill and
Dye Plant in the State. An Oil
and Manufacturing Co, that
makes an unexcelled Guano.
Three Graded Schools. Arte-
sian Water. Population $500.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-31
MRS. NATION ORGANIZES
BAND Of FORTY NRECKERS.
WOMEN OF TOPEKA SIGN A PLEDGE
TO FOLLOW WHEREVER SHE
MAY LEAD.
JOINTS WRECKED AT ANTHONY.
MRS. NATIONS CRUSADE BEGINNING
TO ATTRACT ATTENTION
EAST

topeka, Kas., January S0.-Mrs.
Carrie Nation to-day organized a band
OF forty M to follow her leader
ship and assist in wiping out ''ioints."
The band was organized at a mass
meeting for women called by Mrs. Ma
ton and presided over by her at the
presbyterian Church. Every seat in
the house was occupied. After a short
talk Mrs. Nation called for volunteers
and forty women at nee signed a pa
per which pledges them to follow Mrs.
Nation wherever she may lead and do
her bidding at a mament's notice. Mrs.
Nation announced that they will pro-
coed regardless of the w. C. T. u, but
will give warning before resorting to
violence.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-31
SECRETARY DANSON'S NEW
CORPORATION TAX BILL.
A SCHEME TO TAX CORPORATIONS
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
SECRETARY OF STATE.
AWE-INSPIRING MINORITY.
A PALPABLE ILLUSTRATION OF THE
BRUTAL UNFAIRNESS OF THE
MAJORITY.
Special to the Register

Specla! to the Register.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, January 20.
The corporation bill prepared by Daw-
son and introduced into the House and
Senate by Jackson and Davis respect
lively, makes some pretty drastic
changes in the law at present effective.
In the first place it takes the limit
Off both the capital stock which cor
porations may have and the land they
may hold. Then it changes the license
tax SO that companies having less than
SoO,OO0 capital will pay but $25 per
year. AS the amount of capital stock
increases the amount of tax increases.
which gives the Measure the appear
ance OF being designed to increase the
revenues Of the State, but the fact is
1T Is an invitation to the small con-
Germs to come in and get their chart
ers cheap, paying all the time the same
fee to the Secretary of State, and thus
helping him much more in proportion
than the State or anybody else. 1t is
said the new bill will mean an increase
of the already outrageous fees of that
office some twenty thousand dollars per
mum
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-31
TWO PECULIAR THINGS.

Two peculiar things happened yes
terday and they are mentioned as
showing the utter unfairness with
which the brutal majority deals with
its smaller but infinitely brighter,
ADLER foe. Anderson introduced a reso-
luton which clearly, under the rules,
should have gone over one day, but the
Speaker, over Alderson's protest, ruled
that it was before the House for i'm
mediate consideration. Now it made
no name of difference to the minor
ity whether the matter was taken up
Immediately or not, but the Speaker
had no right to have it taken up the
way ne did, and the tact hat he did
so over the protest made simply shows
that he is willing to do anything, no
matter how t%yrannical or subversive,
if it appears to be against the will of
the minority, or opposed to their
rights. Then, when the minority had
goaded it's brutal foe to the verge of
madness by its terrible excavations,
Martin, at the end of a characteristic
partisan ~harangue, said he would move
the previous question, unless the gen
tleman from Mineral. Reynolds. wish
ed to speak to the question. Did any,
body ver hear the like? If a member
of the minority wished to be heard the
gag law would be applied. but it didn't
go in cas- a Republican wished to do
a v~ituperative stunt. Reynolds did his
little act, and then, before Martin could
get the floor to renew his motion for
the previous question, Anderson Sc
cured recognition and hung the mar
row minded hide from Mineral on the
fence to dry.
Chivalry may be the long suit of the
Republican majority, but if so they are
leading from a sneak.
After all it is hard to blame them.
They get so clearly the worst of it in
every passage at arms that it could
hardly be expected they would suffer
it to continue if they can find any way
10 puf II off
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UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND
For Points OF Vantage Along the
Route of the Fu~ncrai-Righ Prices
for window seats.

For Points OF Vantage Along the
Route of the Funcrai-Righ Prices
for Seats.
LONDON. January 30.-The demand
for seats along the route Of the funeral
is unprecedented. Ordinary window
seats are selling for $40 each. Since
two or three days ago the prices have
risen very rapidly. One tenant in st.
James street obtained $50 for a win
dow on the top floor. Store windows
have been let for G150 and e200. But
the s~torekeepers mostly prefer to let
single seats at s10 and Els each.
Stores and hotels in Picadilly COM
handing a view of the incline from st.
James palace are getting immense
prices, balcony seats fetching G25 and
$50.
The King of Greece, the Duke OF
Sparta and the Grand Duke OF Baden
reached Victoria station at 5 O'Clock.
They were received by Prince Charles,
Of Denmark, and members of the kings
household. The visitors proceeded TO
Marlborough house.
The Spanish battleship Pelayo,
SPANS representative at the funeral, is
commanded by Captain Diaz Moreu,
who was commander Of the Cristobal
Colon. lost in the battle Of Santiago.
The United States military attache
here. Major Edward B. Cas5att. will
ride in the procession with the head
quarters staff.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-31
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.
Elaborate That There
Shall Be No Hitch in the Pro-
rxn ~. nan

ShaAi ne No Hitch HI Nhe ITO-
Gramme.
Cowes, Isle Of Wight, January 30
The construction of the mortuary
shaped chapel on the quarter deck of
the royal yacht Alberta is proceeding
apace.
The most elaborate precautions are
being taken to prevent any hitch in
Fridays arrangements. A company of
the Queens Guard this morning again
rehearsed the military movements in
the narrow and %tortuous streets, while
the bearers experimental with a lead
weighted bier of the same weight as
the royal coffin.
The Duke of Connaught has already
returned here and King Edward is ex-
pected this afternoon.
Emperor William and Lord Lonsdale
had a long stroll in the grounds of Os-
borne House this morning.
Cowes itself is very quiet. The streets
are practically deserted. The detec-
tives continue the same rigorous pre-
cautions which have been observed
since the arrival here of Emperor Will
liam. Every steamer or launch arriv-
ing on either side of the Medina river
is closely scrutinized, while the APP
proaches to Osborne House are as eff
fectually guarded as ever, though the
authorities deprecate the idea that they
have any particular apprehension of
the presence of undesirable foreigners.
The deputy governor has ordered all
business places on the island to be
closed from twelve o'clock to four p.
m. Friday.
Emperor William and the Duke of
Connaught will sleep on board the i'm
perial yacht Hohenzollern Friday
night, while King Edward, Queen
Alexandra and other members of the
royal family will be distributed on
board the royal yachts Osborne and
Victoria and Alberta.
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yachts will remain in the harbor that
night.
SCOTTISH
Meets in London to Express Sorrow
Over Victoria's Death.

otSE NlCtOEta Dcutn
LONDON. January 30.-Lord Rose
berry presided at a special meeting to-
day of the Royal Scottish Corporation,
called in London, TO pass resolutions
expressing sorrow at the death OF
Queen Victoria and of congratulations
on the accession of King Edward VII.
There was a crowded attendance.
Nearly all the Scottish lords were
present. Lord Rosebery, remarking
that he would pass lightly over the
congratulatory part of the programme,
said his majesty's speech at the privy
council meeting sufficiently indicated
the laws by which he intended his
reign should be governed, thus prom
Using to make his rule no less illus
triouS than that of his parent.
Lord Rosebery then dwelt in elo-
Quent terms on the life and death of
Queen Victoria, saying that in the
whole history of mankind no death
had touched such a large number of
persons in the entire world. There was
scarcely an intelligent individual in
the civilized world but was profoundly
moved. He wondered if her subjects
yet realized how much they had lost
and what an enormous weight the
Queen had in the councils of the world.
1t was not brilliancy or genius which
could supply the advantage she gave
Great Britain, but her fund of knowl-
edge, which was ~unequalled by any
constitutional monarch. 1t was no dis
arrangement of other kings TO say she
was the chief of European sovereigns,
and her influence in the councils of ma
tons was always used for peace, free
dom and good government.
Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal
seconded the resolutions.
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ty in giving their constituents the
measure they wanted SO that the crime
from which the city was suffering
could in some degree at least be abated.
He took the same view of the matter
of the judges discretion as Mr. Jack
son, saying that after the people de-
cided to have licenses the court could
not refuse to issue them.
Mr.. Brannon said he could not I'M
derstand the bill as did its advocates.
The bill provided that when the petit
lions were presented the judge in
all cases shall refuse the same tthe
license), whenever in the opinion OF
the said court having due regard to
the number and character of said Pc
titioners for and against such dpplica-
ton such license is not reasonably
required either for the accommodation
of the public, or the entertainment Of
strangers or travellers or that the ap-
plicant or applicants is or are not fit
persons to whom such license should
be granted"
He also quoted the section which
says: From the refusal Of the cir
cult court to grant or issue license no
appeal shall lie"
He reiterated his argument against
subjecting the judiciary of the State
to the influences that would inevitably
surround it in case the bill became a
law.
Mr.. Martin at the conclusion of Mr..
Brannon's remarks, moved the prev
ious question and the bill was passed.
The Democrats voted against it to a
man, and were joined by three or four
Republicans. The bill was then put
into effect from it's passage.
The bill was amended on its third
reading SO as to require two-fifths Of
ali the voters in a county to petition
the county court to hold an election to
put it into effect.
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WHEELING ELECTRIC BILL
Passed by the House by Thirty-Five
to EIeven-Passed In Difference to
the wishes of the County's Dele

CATION.
Special to the Register.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, January 80.
The Wheeling electrict hight bill Gre
ated a little ripple in the House to-
day, contrary to expectation. 1t came
up on its third reading and on the
question of passage found opposition
from Brannon and Fisher, of Morgan.
Brannon said it involved the ques-
ton of municipal ownership of public
utilities, to which he was opposed, as
it was ~paternalistic and not in con-
sonance with the true spirit of the gov
eminent.
Mr.. Fisher said he understood that
a franchise had been given a company
to furnish lights which the city now
proposed to furnish, that the company
had vested rights which he was OPP
posed to disturbing.
Mr.. Sinclair said he did not think
the rights granted the electric con-
pany. and relying Upon which it had
investe~ its money, should be set aside
before the expiration Of the time Ior
which granted.
Mr.. Jackson said he was not in favor
Of abrogating franchises, but when he
found the representatives of a county
unanimous in support of a local meas
ure he wanted them to have their way
an would rely upon them to say
whether the franchise granted to the
electric company had been secured by
fraud.
Mr.. Smith, of Ohio, said he knew
money had been used to get the fran
chise. The people of Wheeling wanted
this bill passed and he hoped it would
be the pleasure of the House TO pass it.
Mr.. Martin advocated yielding to the
wishes of the local representatives in
local matters, and was in favor OF the
bill.
Messrs. Steck and McColloch both
spoke in favor of the bill, saying their
constituents wanted it passed.
The bill was passed by a vote of So
to II, the Democrats for the most part
voting against it.
The passage of the bill throws down
a strong lobby which has been actively
at work against it ever since it's in
PRODUCTION. The hope now is that the
Senate may listen to arguments that
proved unavailable in the House.