The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-24

'iS ''iS'oiiNoi papers lHlS year ana
27S is the record for 1916. The pa
pers have been of unusual merit,
many of them being personal expert
ences related by Veterans, such data
if not written now would be forever
lost.
The Mary Ann Buie chapter of
Johnston leads with fifty original pa
pers. Mrs. o. d. Black is the his
torian of this chapter and she has
been faithful and efficient. The order
is reversed this year in the first and
second, for the NJ. c. Butler, of Co.
lumbia, was first in 1915, and this
year is second. These two chapters
have led in historical work for South
Carolina for two successive years.
Mrs. U. r. Brooks is the historian
for the M. c. Butler, and has sent in
twenty-one splendid papers. Besides
being historian for this chapter Mrs.
Brooks has been District historian, and
has sent in most comprehensive re-
port from Ridge District.
This is the record for 1916:
Abbeville: No papers.
Edward Croft, Aiken: "The White
Mans Revolution in South Carolina, -
Address by Hon. d. S. Henderson;
champions Road Conference, Mrs.
Kate Lyon; "Ku-Klux Klan," Mary
N. Percival; Misrepresentation of
Jefferson Davis" Mrs. H. A. Clark.
Dixie, Anderson: Gen. Francis
Marion" Mrs. T. A. Wiginton; Cor
ganization of the Confederate Govern
ment at Montgomery" Mrs. Grace G.
Cochran; "Lee Versus Hooker at
charlottesville" Mrs. Grace G. Coch-
ran; SHERMAN in South Carolina" !"
Mrs. Lena Gambrell; "Stonewall Jack
son." Mrs. Grace G. Cochran; "Scout-
ing" w. w. Russell; Gettysburg"
Mrs. Grace G. Cochran; "Misrepresen-
.tation of Jefferson Davis" Miss Nellie
Enc1tran Sidelights on CharacterNof
Jefferson Davis" Mrs. Grace G.Coch-
ran.
r. E. Lee, Anderson: "Life in An
derson During the Confederacy,"
(prize essay Miss Hazel Pruitt; "The
Bond Between Carolina and England" ;"
Mrs. d. S. Vandiver; "Wherein South
Carolina Led" compiled by Louise
Aver Vandiver; "Sketch Of Robert
Church, Louise Aver Vandiver; "Rem-
iniscences," Mrs. w. S. Ramsey.
Palmetto, Anderson: "Incidents of
the War;" Miss Bette Earle; Child
hood Days." Mrs. j. Bayls Lewis;
Robert f. Lee as Scholar" Mrs.
James Sullivan, Jr.; "The Burning of
Columbia" Miss Bessie Major
Hampton Legion, Allendale: "The
Star of the West" Mrs. P. H. Tisay.
Batesburg: "War of Secession"
(medaD, Hal Shealey; "Autobiogra-
ply of Civil War Recollectons," Wes-
ley Nichols; "a District Judge in a
Wardrobe" "Gen. Kilpatrick'S Hasty
Order" Joab Edwards; First Year of
War of Secession" (medaD.
Lottie Green, Bishopville: Roll of
Company F, 7th S. C. Battalion. Ha-
goods Brigade" Mrs. jamie B. Flow
ers; "Some Recollections of the Last
Days of the War;" Mary Bradley Reid
Marlboro, Bennettsville: Robert
Young Hayne," "John Caldwell Cal
houn," Jessie X. Faison: "Negro Sup
erstitions," Nancy McLaurin Pratt;
christmas of Now and Long Ago."
Mrs. D. d. McColl; "Andersonville
Prison Life" Mrs. H. H. Newton.
Michael Brice, Blackstock: life
of jefferson Davis" Mrs. d. w. Rob-
inson.
William J. Gooding, Brunson: No
papers.
Francis Marion Bamberg, Bamberg:
Fighting Force of the Confederacy,"
(medal) Joel Stevenson; Recolections
of My Fathers Return From War;"
Mrs. Sallie Rice Owen.
Stephen Elliott, Beaufort: No pa
pers.
Johnson Hagood, Barnwell: No pa
pers.
John d. Kennedy, Camden: "Abra-
ham Lincoln" Anna c. Ancrum;
"Gen. Robert f. Lee" Mrs. Sill; "The
Confederate Navy" (medaD Mar
earet Richards; "The Confederate
Navy" (2nd medaD Paul Twitty.
Fish Dam, Carlisle: "Privations of
Soldiers of $685." "Yankee Base
ness" Miss Lily Cornwell; "The Story
of Cotton and Cotton Gin" Miss Lou
ise Deaver; "The Southern Views of
Secession" Miss Sara Thomas; "The
Call to Arms" Mrs. Ruth Hill Woods.
Charleston: Reconstruction Days."
(Senior prize) Ralstead C. Fowler;
Domestic Life in Dixie '61-65 (Jun-
ior prize) Natalie Jenkins.
Confederate College, Charleston: !:
No papers.
Cheraw: No papers.
Chester Chapter: "a Tribute to the
Private Soldier" BY Veteran; "Ser-
geant H. Whites "reminiscences of
the Crater and Battle; General
Wade Hampton, 1818-1902," Mrs. w.