The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-08-30

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uproar at Salisbury, but when our
troops left there they expressed
themselves as very well satisfied with
their conduct. The fact was there
was no fault to find with the state of
affairs in Lexington. There Was no
federal prison there and no one de-
tailed for light duty that ought to
have been in the ranks. This made
the South Carolinians clever fellows
almost everywhere.
Your correspondent remembers
we'll the fine baked ham he and Bob
Davis got Of Mrs. Hargrove, an ex :
cellent lady of that city, who insisted
on pouring into our havcrsacks "a lot
of fine homemade biscuits and loaf
bread.
Too much hospitality, it seemed,
they could not bestow upon US. This
good lady had two sons in the army
and she said she knew how to sym
pathize with the confederate soldiers.
Sne was christian lady and ex-,
pressed the h"pe that if our mothers
were to meet her sons they would do
them the same kindness.
That night about II o'clock our
ommand reached jamestown where
We stopped till the next evening.
The citizens of the town next morn.
ing sent word to Col. Shipgler to rest
his Inen till they could prepare din
ner for them, aud by IL IN. the old
men and ladies began to arrive in
our camp in carriages, buggies and
other kinds Of vehicles and we had a
perfect picnic. Everything that
Southern hospitality and wOman's
ingenuity could produce for the com
fort of the soldiers was in that choice
collection of edlbles and the Con
feds did it ample justice. AS soon
as dinner was over Col. Shingier
(who was no kind of public speakc;-:NN
took it upon himself to thank the
citizens Of jamestown for this evil
dence of their kindness, but feeling
himself unequal to the task, called
upon Capt. l. G. McKissick TO finish
that work. The Captain was at his
best, and he made the finest speech
l think I ever heard him make on
such an occasion. He paid - glow
ing tribute to woman's love "a 10y
atty, the highest the Eng sh Ian
guage could describe, and then ap-
pealing to his soldiers he isked them
if they, ic the heat a. Attle, could
afford to forget jamestown and the
,cenes that make this memorable
day to us. The answer from all over
the ground was, emo, no, We are not
going to do it either" a voice in
the crowd said, I'm coming here for
my wife when the war is over" An
other halIowed out, "me too, Pete"
and several joined the pleasantly pro-
duced at the mention Of the wife
hunting business. 1t was not long,
however, till we were on our way to
Greensboro.
l might say here that the general
turnout of the citizens of Jamestown.
N. c., to pay their respects to our
troop, caught about dozen Of us in
the creek bathing. They had to
cross the bridge where our dry
goods were and auch scrambling
you never saw ii all the boys were
ensconced in their Confederate grey
and in readiness to receive them.
To one old gentleman who was in
front of the crowd We are indebted for
our escape. Seeing the condition of
affairs he gave the singal for his
crowd to "hold mp" while the boys
we're on dress parade, and it did so
long enough for US to don our dry
goods.
We left that afternoon for Green's
boro, twelve miles distant, where we
arrived amid down pour of rain.
We cnmped in the north western
portion of the city where we rested
two days.
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