The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-07-26
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DAY.
Member Lees Famous SharpshO0ters.
Dies at His Home in New.
berry.

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his home in this city on last Thursday
night at 1920 o'clock. About two
weeks before his death he came home
from Columbia feeling unwell. On
the morning of the 9Th instant he was
stricken with paralysis and died on
the night of the 21st, at the age of 66
years, having reached his last birth
day on the 7th of May. Mr.. Day was
born at Ninety Six in 1914. Ke was
married in Charleston to Miss Maggie
Tomlinson on the 25th of April, 1872.
His wife and eight children-fve
daughters and three sons-surviya
him, as follows: Mrs. J. L. Watkins,
Of Chappells; Mrs. W. A. Smith, Of
Hendersonville; Mr.. Nc R. Day, in
government service; Mrs. c. C. Stew
art, Of Newberry; Mrs. H. D. Adams.
of Newberry; Mr. F. R. Day, employ
ed by the Southern Bell Telephone
company in Jacksonville, Fla; Miss
Bessie and Rivers Day, Of Newberry.
The funeral service was held at the
house at o'clock Thursday after
noon, conducted by the Rev. M. L.
Banks, of Central Methodist church,
! Mr.. Day being a Methodist. The pail
bearers were: Messrs. Jno. W. Rea-
gin, D. A. Dickert, NJ. M. Buford, E..
P. Bradley, George Johnstone and O..
! L. Schumpert, brother members of the
James D. Nance camp of United Con-
! federate Veterans. Interment at Rose
mont. The grave was covered with
flowers Of the choicest and most
beautiful varieties, as touching tri-
butte to the worth Of the deceased from
the veterans and citizens and showing
the esteem in which he was held by
all and were silent sentinels placed
! in loving array to his memory.
Mr.. Day was a brave and true Con-
| federate soldier, one of the noble band
who fought and suffered for his coun-
! try throughout the war and came
home on foot after the surrender,
enduring the hardships Of the strug-
gle to the bitter end. In book en-
titled Lees Sharpshooters, or the
Forefront Of Battle" by Major W. S.
Dunlop, chapter 81, is devoted to the
muster roll Of the battalion, in which
the author, after quoting the lines:
HE who in such trying times does his
duty faithfully and well,
Is hero indeed, be he high or low,
great or SMALL
gives the list of honored names that
he was able to recall of the officers
and men constituting the battalion of
Sharpshooters of McGownan's bri-
gade. In that honored list occurs the
name Of Frank Day, private, Able
vile, S. c." The author calls it the
"roster of immortals, living and dead y
so many of whom, now with this lat
est member of the famous band,
"On fame's eternal camping ground.
Their silent tents have spread.
Where glory guards with solemn
sound,
The bivouac Of the dead"
In Rosemont cemetery another OF
the immortal heroes sleeps, another
former member of that army Of tat
tered uniforms and bright muskets,
that body of incompatible infantry,
the Army of Northern Virginia, which
for four years carried the revolt on
it's bayonets, opposing a constant
front to the mighty concentration OF
power brought against it; which re-
! ceiving terrible blows, did not fail to
give the like; and which, vital in all
it's parts, died only with its annihila-
tion." Continuing, the author says:
"Out Of such material as this Lees
Sharpshooters were selected and or
ganized, and were the creme de Ia
creme of that incompatible Southern
infantry the refinement of perfection
in all soldierly qualities" Yes, out
of such material as this, was B. Frank
Day. The public can sing his praises
now as it sings OF men when they
are dead. He struggled to the last,
but once, when in his manly strength
and power at the age between boy
hood and young manhood he went to
"the forefront OF battle" he "bore the
brunt Of battle where danger was
greatest and fighting fercest; made
a record and earned a fame worthy
of eternal preservation in the annals
of our struggle" Let's tell it now OF
him who did not boast Of it in his life,
h,,+ uho 1ohored faithfully and un-