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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-24
Qualification Company
FORMED BY MAJOR STARKs SIMS

ever are foes of our State shall be
our foes whether at home or abroad.
And May God defend the right.
Signed: j. S. Sims, Womack Fowl
err, John B. Mobley, William NJ. Fowl
er. John Mobley, Jr.. James Getson.
Jas. Fowler, Ellis Fowler. VIM. X.
Fowler, Archibald NJ. Phillips, James
Orr. b. Culp, James Kannady. John
Long, Daniel Moscley, Reuben Cole
man, VIM. Whitlock, Sam MoSelev.
Hamuel Fernando, Adam Little.
Philip Little, Archie Tucker, John
Tucker Frederick Foster, Jeremiah
Foster, Lem Fowler, 10 Guin. John
Hodge, Walker Fernandez, VIM. Ma
bry, VIM. Ward, VIM. Horn. James
Robinson, Moses Hodge. VIM. Moselev.
John NJ. Fowler, w. w. White. VIM.
Fowler, Ezekiel Gibson, John Gibson.
VIM. Lyles, VIM. Faucette, Jas. Fow-
ler, Newton Goudelock, Milton Goude-
lock, Jno. Littlejohn, John McWhirter.
James Spillars, /. w. Jones, John II.
tlson, D. A. Phillips, B. A. Crocker,
w. l.. Nichols.
We, the subscribers, do agree to re-
pair to any part OF the State the gov
ernor may order us at a moments
warning, armed with a musket and
ammunition. 1t is understood that we
are in honor bound and most soemnly
pledged to perform this agreement
promptly, all excuses laid aside.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-24
(By Miss Minnie Lee Walker)

(by MISS MINNIE Lee Walker)
"When time who steals our years away
Shall steal our pleasures, too,
The mem'ry of the past will stay,
And half our joys renew"
In this day of automobiles, interest
ing trips are taken to backgrounds
and other historic spots off the rail
road. 1t has been a pleasure to visit
Pinckney and gather data for the un-
written history of Union County,
South Carolina, which is the work of
the Fair Forest Chapter, Daughters
of the American Revolution for 1916
and 1917.
According to Ramsey, in 1889 the
circuit courts of South Carolina were
made more beneficial and convenient
by being invested with complete orig
inal and final jurisdiction. In 1891
it became necessary to make two addi-
tional circuit courts, and thus Pinck-
ney and Washington were added to
the other seven districts of Beaufort,
Charleston, Georgetown, Orangeburg,
Camden, Cheraw and Ninety-Six.
Pinckney District, named in honor
of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, was
formed out of Spartanburg and Union
of the Ninety-six District and York
and Chester of the Camden District.
The District court house and Jail were
at Pinckneyville, situated in the
northeastern portion of Union coun-
ty, about 16 miles from Union, and
one mile from Pinckney Ferry, where
Pacolet river empties into Broad. The
hanging ground was mile from the
village and it is known that one horse
thief was hanged there In 1898 the
nine circuit courts having proved in
adequate and the county courts also
unsatisfactory, the judicial system of
the State was revised. The nine dis
tricts were abolished and circuit courts
beginning with 1900, when the new
law went into seffeeb, were held in .ey-
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cry county. Thus Union has been the
county-seat of Union county since
1900.
When the people settled at Pinck-
ney-in old times called Pinckney-
ville-they laid out the village by a
certain plan and named the streets for
Charleston streets. In the deed where
Elizabeth Bankhead sold nine lots in
Pinckneyville to Thomas C.. Taylor in
1909 the following streets are men,
toned: Meeting, Broad, Water,
Tradd, etc. 1t was expected that
Pinckney would be a, commercial
metropolis of upper South Carolina,
and residences and stores were built
accordingly. 1t is said that commit
tee of congressman visited Pinckney-
vile as well as Great Falls in Chester
county with view to establishing
the United States Military Academy
and West Point, New York won by
only one vote.
In 1877 there was an act passed by
the legislature bestowing a charter on
Alexandria College, named for the dis
tinguished educator and minister of
the gospel, DR.. Joseph Alexander, who
was the first pastor of Bullock's
Creek church, York county, South
Carolina, short distance on the 9TH
er side of Broad river. The college
was to be located at Pinckneyville,
and occupied the attention of pres
bytery, but it was not established.
There was log schoolhouse at Pinck-
neyville. The Eaves family lived near
1T. There was no church in the viii
lage. The people attended Bullock's
Creek and Mount Tabor-both Pres
byterian churches. Rev. Robert Y.
Russell preached at Mount Tabor for
ty or fifty years.
A sketch of Pinckneyville would be
incomplete without mentioning the
McMahans. The founder of the fam
lily was Daniel McMahan, who was
born in Coleraine, Ireland, in 1765.
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3'(istoric pinckney

He came to the United States in 1888
and peddled jewelry and such things
from Philadelphia to South Carolina.
He walked dozen times to Phila-
delphia and back with his pack, and
when he could afford it, bought a
carry-all and horse. On his thir-
teenth trip he was robbed of $4,000
in gold at Smiths Ford on Broad
river, which caused him to have to go
to walking again. The robber was
also a counterfeiter, who lived in a
cave on the border of North and South
Carolina, so when a posse would come
to arrest him in Rutherford county he
would run over to South Carolina and
vice versa.
Daniel McMahan settled at Pinck-
NEVILLE in 1904 and bought the
courthouse, which he fitted up for a
dwelling. He married Miss Margaret
Kincaid of Fairfield in 1908. The
Pinckney property remained in pos
session of the McMahan family until
1878 when Miss Mary McMahan sold
to the late B. F. Foster, whose son,
j. B. Foster, owns it at the present
day. In the deed Miss McMahan re-
served the minerals on the land. There
is gold mine two or three hundred
yards back of the brick store. The
courthouse, as before mentioned, was
the residence of the McMahans and
was burned in 1871 or 1872. 1t was
a wooden building, and it is said when
remodelled made comfortable home.
The old people remember the beauti-
full flower yard and summer house
with it's climbing roses. Daniel Nc
Mahan died there in 1916. He and
other members of the family were
buried at Bullock's Creek. A portion
of the inscription on Daniel McMa-
hans tombstone is: Whose long life
was strictly moral, and whose acts of
liberality proved him the friend and
supperter. of Christianity" He left
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several sons and daughters. DR.. John
j. McMahan lived in Fairfield, Dr.
Daniel F. McMahan moved to Florida
after the home was burned, and Mrs
Irvine and Miss Mary McMahan lived
in Greenville, South Carolina. Dr.
Daniel F. McMahan married Miss
Eliza Hoey. The Stewart family lived
near the McMahans. Some of them
moved to Florida.
Across the street from Daniel Nc
Mahan lived Thomas c. Taylor, an
other Irishman, who kept the hotel.
Records show that these two sons OF
Erin had several lawsuits about lines
and titles to property. A neighbor
had pair of oxen named McMahan
and Taylor because he said they would
not pull together. Before Taylor died
he requested that his body be buried
in front of the McMahan place, SO
Daniel McMahan would have to see
his grave every day. The lonely and
solitary grave is still in full view. The
inscription on his tombstone is as fol-
lows: "Sacred to the memory of
Thomas c. Taylor, who was born in
Ireland 25th March, 1776, and died in
Pinckneyville, S. c., 10th June, 1882,
in the 57th year of his age"
Silent grave, to thee trust
This precious part of worthy dust,
Keep it safe, o sacred tomb,
Until wife shall ask for room."
His wife, Elizabeth Taylor, does not
rest beside her husband. She moved
to Dallas county, Alabama, and in
1889 through her attorney, James
Fowler Walker, sold lots in Pinckney-
vile containing five acres to William
MCGOWAN, who was living there at
that time. The witnesses to the deed
were G. M. Plexico and James H.
Alexander. Squire James H. Alex
ander was merchant, and for years
(Continuel on Page 18)
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And, whereas the president of the
United States disregarding his high
duties and the sacred powers invested
in him by the constitution has thought
proper to issue his proclamation de-
nouncing the said ordinance command
ing the free citizens of this State as
subjects of one consolidated empire of
which he is the head, to retrace our
steps and to disgrace ourselves and
our children by acknowledging that
we had no rights or if we had that
we are afraid to assert or maintain
them.
We, therefore, the undersigned SUBJ
scribers do hereby acknowledge and
declare that our allegiance to the
State of South Carolina is paramount
to all other obligations and we do not
Internationally disavow any other al
legiance to any other power under
heaven save that which we recognize
through the State of South Carolina
as a sovereign and independent State.
We would heartily wish to remain i'm a
peaceful and equal Union with our
brethren of the other States we would
gladly rejoice at their prosperity and
happiness when honestly gained. We
sprang from the same ancestry. Our
fathers were engaged in one common
toll of bloody revolution; and we, their
posterity, enjoy the common renown
and common glory of their achieve
ments. But here is our country and
our home; here are our wives and our
children, our altars and our firesides
ind in defense of these we will stand
or fall with Carolina.
We, therefore, the undersigned do
hereby acknowledge ourselves volun-
teer company formed expressly for
the service of the State and we will
hold ourselves in readiness and under
the command of the governor of this
State, so soon as we may be off,
cered, equipped and received and who
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certain of facts to relate the details.
he writes, however, that he thinks it
was Boyce's Battery which had been
to- ibiy ct u" in r,rn nrL i,nr So. an
tia ~ tie time Of h; "cin9 20 tn.
Bat V. Porter was %allantlv GEhtin
II with a very few men and that h,
thcn Col. Stevens. commanding Evans
Brigade, was attracted to PorterS
gallant behavior. as was also Gen
Lee. who happened to be nearby. He,
Stevens, went at once TO his assist
ance, and they fought the Battery
until its guns were no longer needed
at that particular spot. This is all
that | could gain from Bishop Stew
ems. Faithfully yours,
Ellison Capers.
In the latter part of 1864 McBeth's
Light Artillery was defending the
town of Asheville, N. c., from an in
vasion of Jay Hawkers and regular
troops. The Battery consisted of six
guns divided in sections Of two guns
each and placed at different points of
the town. Capt. Gi Jeter was in COM
mand of one section, Lieut.. Scaife of
one and Lieut.. Starks Porter of one.
The attack was made at the point
Lieut.. Porter commanded. He made
a most gallant defense. The guns
were fired with such rapidity that they
became almost red hot, but the firing
never ceased. At Mr.. Porter's COM
mand private (Jim Bunch) ran with
buckets of water and, at the risk of
his life, poured the water on the guns,
in this way cooling them somewhat
The bluff succeeded. The enemy be-
lieving themselves opposed by large
force with many guns, retreated and
the city was saved. This spot in
Asheville was named Battery Porter
in compliment to it's gallant defender.
A large hotel was built on this same
spot and the name changed to Battery
Park hotel.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-24
TRIBUTE TO LIEUT..
STARkS PORTER

Columbia, S. c., 2-26-4.
Dear Mrs. Clifford:
| have written to Bishop Stevens
and tried to get him to relate to me
the circumstances of 1t. Porter's gal
liant conduct at Antetam. You know
he is an old man, totally blind, and
he writes that his memory is too un-
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-24

Whereas the State of South Caro-
lima oppressed by the most partial
taxation and unequal and unconstitu-
tlonal exaction after repeated remon-
strances and protests has finally been
compelled to throw herself upon her
reserved rights to preserve her citi-
zens from utter degradation anl ruin.
And whereas the said State in sol
emn convention assembled has passed
an ordinance multiplying the unconsti-
tutional and oppressive acts of con-
gress empowered the legislature to
pass such laws as will defeat their
operation in this State.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-24
(l830-' -'3S)
(By Mrs. b. G.. Cliford)
COMPANY RULES.

This company shall be known by
the name of the Pacolet Blue: and
shall be attached to the oath or Col
Battles Regiment.
No member shall leave the compa-
ny unless he shall have moved to an
lnconvenient distance or by a vote of
the majority of the company present
and no one shall be admitted a mem
Der of the company unless by vote
of the majority of the members pres
ent.
Any member may be expelled from
the company for improper or ungen-
tlemanly conduct by vote of two
.nirds of the members present.
Any soldier who fails to attend reg
ular muster unless for good and suf-
ficient excuse shall pay fifty cents
the captain two dollars and the other
commissioned officers one dollar each.
And in case of failure to attend it's
battalion and regimental muster the
fine of each officer or private shall be
doubled
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-13

IS ORDERED To
BEGIN At ONCE
NATIONAL GUARD WILL BE BUILT
UP TO WAR STRENGTH - DE-
PARTMENT WILL PLACE 100000
MEN ON BORDER.

Washington, July 12.-Immediate
organization of an extensive nation
al guard recruiting service was au-
thorized today by the war department
to bring regiments on border duty
up to full war strength of about 160,-
600 men, With nearly $4,000 regu-
lars on border duty, the government
would have 100000 men or more en-
gagged in protecting the line.
Three officers will be assigned to
the recruiting service for each regi-
ment ordered to the front. Each sep
arate battalion, company, battery or
other unit will have one officer. The
adjutant general of the respective
states will supply the names of of
ficers for this duty.
Recruiting has been made necessary
by the fact that all unfit men and
those with dependents to support are
to be discharged from the guard regi-
ments as rapidly as possible. While
the work of filling the gaps was in
progress, however, it was determined
to 90 a step farther and attempt to
fill the regiments up to full war
strength.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-13
SAMPLE:
OF BROOM CORN
SHOWN HERE
CORN GROWN NEAR SPRINGER
is SUPERIOR TO ANY EVER
SHOWN IN THIS SECTION OF
THE STATE.

For several years F. X. West, the
present secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce and of the Carter County
Fair association has been advocating
broom corn to the farmers about
Springer and along the foot of the
Arbuckle mountains trying to inn
press upon them the fact that that
particular section Is adapted to broom
corn culture. Wednesday, to vindi-
cate his theory, Agent Carl Russell
came from Springer with some Of
the finest samples of broom corn ever
shown in this section of the state.
Mr. Russell states that there has
been considerable acreage of broom
corn planted this season, and from
present indications the acreage will
be materially increased another year.
Mr.. West states that the samples
shown are superior to any he has
seen in the state, and hopes that
farmers will devote more acres to it's
culture another year, in place of cot
ton.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-13

No infantry fighting of i'm
portance occurred last night on
the Verdun front, or over that
portion of the Somme front
held by the French, Paris says
today.
A heavy bombardment was
maintained by the Germans
near Souville and Lalaufee, be-
fore Verdun. In the Cham
pagne district, the French pen
etrated the salient of the Ger
mant front and took prisoners.
Fighting continues at vari-
Gus points along the Somme,
but there has been no change
on any part of the British line,
London announces.
The German attempts to raid
the trenches near Labasse were
repulsed.
German troops under Won
Bothmer, by an encircling
counter attack have driven
back the Russians who were
pushing forward near Kuczacz,
Galicia, Berlin claims.
Further Russian successes
in Armenia are reported and
the capture Of Mamakhatum,
fifty miles west Of Erzerum
and about the same distance
from Erzingen, the objective of
the Russian drive in that direc-
ton is announced from Petro-
grad.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-13
PLhNSFOR
NEW DEPOTS
APPROVED
PASSENGER AND FREIGHT DE
POTS WILL BE ERECTED DUR
ING PRESENT YEAR BELIEF OF
LOCAL OFFICIALS.

The plans for the new freight and
passenger depots of the Santa Fe
have been approved and it is the be-
lief of local officials that the work
on both structures VIII be well under
way before the end of the present
year. Nothing definite has been Civ
en- out by local officials about the
size of the two structures, but it is
generally reported that the union
station will be much larger than the
old structure was and will be up to
date and modern in every detail.
The freight house will be erected
on the site of the one destroyed by
the explosion last September and it
is reported that the passenger sta
tion will be situated north of the old
site to cover both Main street and
Broadway with the express and bag
gage offices at the extreme north
end beyond Broadway.
While none of the plans have been
divulged. it is practically assured
that the new union depot will be an
to the city and far beyond
what the general public were at first
led to expect.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-13
-=-a---s=a--
Consulates Broken Into.

Washington, July 13.-Vigorous pro
tests by the United States govern
ment have been made to Turkey
against the action of the governor
general of Syria breaking into the
French and British consulates at
Beirut and carrying away the archives
after the American consul had placed
the seal of the United States on their
doors.
1t has become known here that many
prominent Syrians were recently eX-
ecuted by the Turks because their
names appeared in papers taken from
1.-THE violated consulates.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-13
PLANS FOR FORMATION OF COM
PANY TO c0Ns-RUCT AND oP-
ERATE UNDERWATER CRAFT.
SIMON LAKE IS IN It
In 1ertor Of the Submarine TO Be One
OF the Promoters - Ships Wil Have
1"nnage of Five Thous7r Five
Tines as Large as Deutschland.

Baltimore, Md. July 13.-Iverry G..
H'lken, one of the agents 0. the Ger
man underwater liner Deutschland,
admitted today that the project of
forming company in the United
States to construct and operate mer-
chant submarines is under serious
consideration.
The promoters will include Hilken
and Simon Lake, the inventor of the
submarine.
The ship, he said, would have
tonnage of five thousand and be five
times as large as the Deutschland.
German Ambassador 'Bernstorff ar
rived here today to inspect the
Deutchland
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-13
FUNSTON RECEIVES INFORMAL
TlON THAT CARRANZA GARRi-
SON WOULD JOIN VlLLlSTAS.
COMMANDER IS LOYAL
Colonel Rojas Remains Loyal to Car
rama, But is Said to Be Unable to
Control Seven Hundred Men Under
Him.

San Antonio, Tex, July 13.-Infor-
nation indicating that the Carranza
garrison at Ojinaga, opposite Preside
Texas. would join the Villistas NOV,
ing north, instead of resisting them
was received by General Funston to.
day.
The information said that Colonel
Roias, commanding the garrison, was
loyal, but could not control the seven
hundred men under him, most of
whom were formerly in Villas com.
mand.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-13
Depot Plans Approved.

Oklahoma City, July 12.-The cor.
poration commission Wednesday ap.
proved plans for new freight depot
for the Santa Fe at Ardmore. The
new depot will replace the one de-
stroyed by the gas explosion last
year, and will be of permanent con-
struction.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-13
Ammonia Tank Exploded.

New York, July 13-Five persons
were killed, one is missing and thirty
are injured as a result of the explo-
sion of an ammonia tank in a Brook
lyn butcher shop today, which com
pletely wrecked the four-story build
ing. The victims were crushed un-
der tons of debris. A passing trolley
barely missed the avalanche of
bricks.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-13
PASTORS EXCHANGE PULPITs
Christian and Methodist Pastors viii
Take Vacation.

DR.. L. r. Welch of the Methodist
church is taking his vacation and
DR.. ]. w. Burns, pastor of the First
Christian church, viii take his con-
gregation and choir to the Methodist
church Sunday and will preach both
sermons to the congregations of both
churches. On the Sunday following
DR.. Burns will be on brief vacation
and DR.. Welch will reciprocate by
bringing his congregation and choir
and preaching both sermons at the
Christian church. The pastors of
these churches have arranged so their
work will not 90 undone while they
are taking a brief rest.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-13
ALTHOUGH THERE WAS SLIGHT
DECREASE IN NUMBER OF NEW
CASES.
TWENTY -FOUR DEAD
Fatalities for the Past Twenty-Four
Hours Were at Average OF Death
an Hour-Three Hundred and EIev-
en- Deaths from Epidemic.

New York, July 13.-There was Il
slight decrease in the number of new
cases and an increase in the number
Of deaths during the last .twenty-four
hours in the infantile paralysis cpl
demic reported in the health depart
ment bulletin today.
1t showed that there were twenty
four deaths and III new cases during
the twenty-four hours ending at 10
a. m, today.
Since the outbreak of June 26, there
have been 1907 cases and 81 deaths.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-13
May Resume Shipments.

Washington, July 13.-Authority for
the state department to permit the
restoration to normal movements into
Mexico of all commodities. except mu-
nitions, was asked by the treasury
department today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-13
ZULL IN FIGHTING ALONG THE
FRENCHFRONT- NT--BR|T|5H HOLDING
NO INFANTRY FIGHTING OF IMPORTANCE HAS OC-
CURED ON VERDUN FRONT r. ABOUT FRENCH
POSITIONS ON SOMME FRONT.

Heavy Bombardment Being Maintained by 9c mans Near
Souville and Lalaufee Before Verdun-In y >agne
trct French Penetrated Salient of German F. ID Took
PrIsoners-london Says There has Been no Ch. Any
Part of the British Lines in Somme District-G. At
tempt to Raid British Trenches Labasse Repuse.
Under Bothmer have begun Encrcling Counter
Attack Driving Back Russians who Pushing Toward
Buczacz Galcia, According Berlin Staement-Russan
Successes in Armenia Reported.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-13
KILLED BY HOLD UP
Dallas Travelling Man Slain in Room
of Mineral Wells Hotel.

Mineral Wells, Tex, July 13.-Har-
" Walters, a Dallas travelling man,
Vas shot and killed in a local hotel
oday by a masked burglar who en-
cred his room demanding money.
The burglar escaped.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-13
FOUR WORkMEN KILLED, THREE
INJURED AS RESULT OF EX-
PLOSION IN POWDER PLANT.
FIVE IN BROOKLYN
Death of Five There. Missing and
80 lnjured-Three Killed in Buffalo
With Buildings Collapse.

Haskell, N. j., July 13.-Four work
men were reported to have been kill
ed and three injured in an explosion
at the Dupont Powder Companys
plant near here today. Buildings
several miles away were shaken by
the conclusion and windows and
crOckery broken.