Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-07-19
"UNCLE w" AGAIN.
Will Hear Rev. G. w. Bussey
Is Preach One Week. Inter-
81 esting Letter From MIR.
g. H. Fl. Scott.

f. SDedT AuFeIllsel. IL ohoUiN
make a lot of mistakes in this, just
say we'll, old "Uncle "" has some
thing on his mind little different
from the usual state, and SO l have.
A card received from Rev. G. W..
Bussey saying he is to preach for
us the week following the 4th Sun
day in this month. Yes, God will
ing, I will be permitted once more
to be with him in a weeks meeting.
1t seems most too good to be true.
and next week will be a long week
to me.
It is still raining-only one day
and half to plow this week A
heavy rain last night and ground
boggy. Lots of old cotton dying
with wilt or black root.
{ y Julian. / send you another letter
from H. H. Scott and have replied.
Now some may think that the Incl
dent of no Importance land they
l9may not bel but these incidents will
never be in history and the people
of this day will never know of
|them unless told by the old soldier.
b Uncle 1v.
Harle m. Ga.
Mr. Scott's Letter
~ Dear Uncle Iv and Comrade: |
shave just finished reading your
Rpiece in The Advertiser about the
time the Yankees tried to get the
best of me. But they didn't do it..
(I mean the time they shot at me.
from the house. Well, 1 will say
Eto you l took supper with Yankee
Ecavalrymen one night at a farm
house in North Carolina. rode up
ito the house by myself after dark
land found 4 horses hitched at the
|fence. IJsaw that they were eating
supper and decided to go in and
take supper with them. l laid my
double barrel shot gun down where
EIE hitched my horse. | went into the
house with the determination if
tackled me to- fight it to q
nnisfi. " inen { vent ii old tnedif,,
Boys I am just in time. ] will take
supper with you.' The old citizen
who was waiting on the table said
to me Take a seat at the table," |
asked him if he had anything to
drink and he said, Eyes. come up
to the sideboards. Here is some
corn whiskey and apple jack" /
took a good pull and sat down to
supper. He had cold boiled ham
on the table and you know that
Johnnie Reb likes ham. The Yam
KEGS asked me what command | be-
longed to. told them that Il was
one Of kilpatrick's scouts and only
stopped to get little infrmation
about road running parallel with
the one was on. Il had inst left it)
but got what information that |
wanted from the citizen. / asked
him if any rebels was on that road.
He said that he didn't know. | told
him I will go and see. There were
t~o beds in the room and / asked
him to put a pallet down on the
floor as l would come back and
spend the night. He said that he
would do so and told the Yankees
to put the candle and matches on
the mantlepieoe where / could find
them and I got a canteen full OF
apple brandy from him and left.
did not 10 like Sam Roper, hunt ur
DR.. Taylor to cure me. | went back
about two miles where l had left
about 8 of my comrades and told
them what l had done and give
them all smile and. my canteen
We proposed to go back and ge
them when we got to where l lef
the Yankees. I told them to ge
down and hitch their horses ane
wait until L light the candle ane
then come in. The Yankees hat
gone TO bed. After l had lit tn
candle | told the Yankees to get ~
and put your clothes on as you wer,
prisoners. They looked at me ano
said you are the man that took snip
per with us. You told US that yol
was Kilpatrick's scout. Yes | sale
but l am Wade Hampton's scou
now. We carried in to. Gen Hamp
ton at that time Is horses on tina
trip. And in conclusion will say
have addressed you as comrade.
i don't call all ex-conrederates com
rades. / call man "a comrade tina
did his duty as he saw it. We ha;
men in company ! and when our or
Iderly sergeants would call on then
Il