The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-05-11

want >to get one more crack at the
yankees, and if they come this way,
iii finish one more" Capt. Nance
said he was shot through the lungs
and bleeding profusely while talking
to him. Died where he fell, and if
buried at all, buried by the enemy"
Another incident in whic! tobacco
plays an important part, given me by
our eX-sheriff, w. w. Riser.
After certain battle, our men had
stretched themselves behind an ola
fence trying to get Il little sleep, when
unexpectedly from the cncmy's side,
! came whizzing six pound ball. which
lodged in crack Of the fence. The
fuse was about to explode, little
smoke and blaze just visible. when Il
young man Eve could not find out
his namc) deliberately raised himself
Oh his elbow and spit il out. u risky
thing. for had he missed the fuse. his
head would surely have been blown
off and the lives Of many Of his com
radcs lost. Mr.. W. W. Riser says
he has used this argument in talking
! to the preachers in favor of The use
Of tobacco.
There are two marked traits Of the
, American soldier, be he from the
north or south. The one is satisfying
| the inner man, and the other. the
| diSpusition to see the comic side Of
| things. No amount or hardShips. ~
! :lcprivat;:,IS can destroy that love IF
fun which is inborn. as he mcrriy
! laughs at danger and jokes almost in
the very presence Of death. This re-
minds me Of a story heard Mr.. W.
e. Sligh.tclI the other day. in wIricl!
! he and his comrades took quite Il
longing for an old Virginia farmers :
honey. They first tried to buy n gum,
the old man would not sell. Provi-
sions were scarce and they had not
! tasted honey for months. The long
ing took such strong hold ON ;hcm,
that they decided it was really ncccS-
sary t" have some honey to max" :hcn
good soldiers. Fcclin" this way and
easing their conscicnccs with the
/ thought that the yankees would take
it il they didn't, they proceeded, m-
der the cover of darkness. to bear
gum to the camp. Thrusting rail
thrnugh the cap Of the gum, SO rs to
! be easily carried by two. Oh! hnr-
rurS. the bees came Swarminw out in
great numbers, and Mr.. Sli"h says, he
| wrull rnt H,l, l,n
time than bees. But not once did
they think Of giving up the dear
bought trophy. They smaclcd their
lips in anticipation Of how good the
honey would be, fought bees. laughed,
and trudgcd along. Knowing how
much Captain Nance enjoyed eating
and so as to avoid bcin" reported,
they divided with him. Sure enough
the next day the old farmer came nos
in" around. or course Captain didn't
know anything Of the misSin" gum.
The old man said he could find ont.
for they were obliged to he StunY. but
strange to say. not one OF them were
stun". except Mr.. Sigh. who happcn-
rd to get live bee in his mouth while
ratin" the honey. Such a time as the
boys had getting him To bed for bad
tooth ache, and the old farmer WAS
none the wiser, and never knew who
"ot his gum. which Mr.. Sigh WAS Il
witness to-.
One more incident I would like To
give as il brings out the love of bray
cry Of both leader and follower At
the second battle Of The Wilderness
General Lee. seeing his army over
powered and falling back in il drmor-
aliZing condition. thought the battle
was lost, but just at this ime Long
street 5 corps. after ii five days march.
came up just in time to turn the tide
Of battle. Lee sccin" Longstrcct, said
to, the boys. "comc follow me and we
will drive them back.' At that COM
mand, there went up multitude Of
voices from the battle line, "No, no,
you shall not lead, but we will do
what YOU commando AT this time,
about twenty soldiers caught his
horse by the bride and said, "Gcn-
cral, you must go to the rcar.' AS
they led him back. he wcpt like Il
child. The boys, after putting Lee in
the rear, made Il desperate charge ON
the FcdcralS and drove them to the
river, capturing four or five thousand
prisoners and Il small puanlit" Of
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