The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-11-11


DINA This book was written In
about the years 1872. Then you
will agree that the Leopard's Spots
is a true story.
REST on, embalmed and saintee
dead,
Dear as the blood ye gave;
No impious footsteps here shall tread
The herbage Of Your grave;
Nor shall your glory be forgot
While fame her record keeps,
Or honor points the hallowed spot
Where valor sproudly sleeps"
This is one Of the verses on a
beautiful monument We looked upon
with fearful revererre while walking
through Rosemont cemetery, at New
berry. Such acts as the murder D
Crozier are some of the things that
keep a man from forgetting the war.
Does history record any nobler
sacrifice? Damon was the friend OF
Pythias, but this man Bowers was g
stranger to Crozier Much more Of
this pathetic story is recorded in tr-
Annals Of Newberry." Crozie'
yielded up his life that another
might not suffer. The memory So
that day is of tragedy never to h!
forgotten The war had ended, an6
the soldiers Of the discharged Con.
federate army ard paroled prisoner:
were passing through South Caroliu
to their homes in the West. Anon
them was Calvin Crozier, a Texan
who arrived at Newberrv on Septen'.
Der 7th, 1865, and was delayed there
over night. He mad some Iadiee
Inder his care, and, as hotel accoTn.
modations were very meagre. they
deeiied 1t would be best to pass tbs
night In the car on which they ha6
travelled Late in the night some
gro soldiers, under the command Ct
Colonel Trowbridge. who had arr,
ed at Newberry that day entered th
car where Crozier and the ladie:
under his care were quietly Tepos
ing, and made themselves very Of
fensive TO the ladies. Crozier re.
quested them to leave, but they re-
fused to do so, and difficulty ec
sued. In the scuf1e which followe'
one Of the negroes was slightly ca;
by Crozier with his knife. The rec
iment to which they belonged was
encamped in graveyard near r.
depot and very soo2 after the dif
fculty occurred number Of the;
appeared at the depot bent on re
venging the one who had been dear
with by Crozier. IN their madnes'
they seized Jacob S. Bowers, who VIZ
then General Superintendent Of tn
Columbia and Greenville Railroad
md were about to lynch him WIS
Crozier learned what they ver.
about, without moments hesita
ion. he presented himself and tol
them that he had wounded the negrr
soldier. He was 1T once tied ar
'oken to the camp mentioned abov
end was shot to death by the fends
His body was thrown IN s;1allor
grave, and they danced in ghoulis'
':lee upon his new-made grave. Th
officers Of the negro regiment. prtr
cipaly white, were appealed to l.
behalf Of Crozier, but in vain
the colonel Of this reg
'ment. declared that he took upon
himself all the responsibility Of the
act.
Prince Rivens, q negro officer,
to save the life OF Crozier |
went to him and begged him to deny
he fact that he cut the negro, but |
ne refused. Seldom indeed do we
ind such heroic, self-sacrifce as IS
OF this noble Texan. He
night have gone free to his far
Western home had he permitted an
innocent man to suffer. How fondly
le may have dreamed o? his arm.
t. his Texas home, Galveston, and
,2e greeting OF loved ones there
7e gave it all up and laid down his
;fe that another might live.
No igroble spirit could heve acted
$ ne did. and where he now sleeps
2ust be holy ground. His body re-
.ained there where It vas buried by ;
1e negro soldiers until 1894, when '
le people OF Nswherry had mis- re-
.ains buried IN Rosemont cemetery. {
1G erected an enduring monument
, MS memory. In erecting this Z
onument they have norored them +
:Ivss. /
These ara Stubborn facts know 6