The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-01-05
TWO SONS SWEETEN LIFE.
Among the First Volunteers Went Young
Wash BOOzman to Defend Fort Sum-
ter-Dashing Eyed Youth.
Greenville Herald.

what matters it? Is he not the
embodied, breathing memory of a
dead and gone past? Half living,
half dreaming, wholly loving a
shattered hope, he is patiently
waiting till the shadows are lit
tie longer grown"
Through the first gray days when
hope lay in chaos: through the
darker days of Reconstruction:
through the upheaval when Caro-
lima threw off the pail of mlsrule;
through the long struggle up the
hills of progress, the Little Reb has
quietly walked his way, unmoved,
uncaring. In the loved old gray
uniform with an old Confederate
Army pistol buckled around him,
he lives in mist Of memories, with
few vital interests to cut the clouds.
Full three score years ago the
Little Reb was born. Among the
first who volunteered with gun and
sword to vindicate Carolina S right
to fire on Fort Sumter was the
youth, Wash Boazman. slender
handsome lad with dark eyes that
flashed with enthusiasm as he dom
ned the uniform that has now come
to mean "nothing on Gods earth.
Bravely, loyalty he fought for the
new nation that never existed save
in the worlds war records and IN
the hearts of her children. Never
once did the young soldier dream
that failure could come where love
had sacrificed so much.
Then came AppomattoN. The
news spread like prairie fire, COM
ing as pitiful relief. to the hum
grv, half naked army who were
worn out from four years hard
work. To the young soldier ,Boaz-
man, it came a stunning blow; the
fac he loved was furled; it had
been all in vain. The handspring
of life was strained, never to regain
its elasticity.
To take up life's duties meant to
come back to Carolina. He found
EMPLOYMENT on the Columbia and
Greenville railroad and was as
faithful in peaceful labors as he had
been on the battle field. With will
ing hands and brains he performed
his tasks. but his heart was never
in it,-back over the four years OF
travail his thoughts constantly
went. All things else shrunk and
the proportions of life became
warped and twisted.
Twenty wears ago he was in the
cyclone that swept the central part
OF the state and sustained injuries
which crippled him for life. He
enthusiastically explained that he
had been against human foes and
science and came forth unscathed.
but when it was the Lord. tie
smashed him. Fifteen years ago
he came to Greenville. Active la
Dor was an impossibilitv from his
il1hrm health. With brain ab-
normally quick in mechanics and
hands that deftly transmitted ideas
into handy contrivances of wire and
steel and wood he made a preca-
rious living selling his unpatented
inventions OF housekeeping con-
veniences.
That he has a genius for l1lve11-
ton is undoubted, but the swiftness
of his brain outstrips the slower fol-
lowing of the hands, and before one
model is completed he has gone
deep into the mental evolution OF
another.
Mr.. \. G. Cover has given him a
workshop in the rear of his resi-
dence where he manufactures chill
dren's swings. He sells these for
a dollar each. The trade is never
very brisk and at this season it al
most ceases, and but for the gener-
osity Of friends grim Want would
throw off the last reserve for HIM.
Among his inventions are several
of real value, but capital and inter-
ested promoters are wanting to
make them of practical use. One in
especial is a sofa of many capabili-
ties. This lite model is slowly
gathering the dust of time hidden
Under other models Of more recent
development. Some day when the
Little Reb has traversed his long
road and reached the sunny mead
ows Under bright skies. some one