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E PICKENS SENTINEL BLISHEDEntered Apr1 23. 10 t Pkeus S. C. as second class mall ma42r, under ac Established 1871-Volume 42 PICKENS, S. C., JUNE 13,192NMBR' THE STATE CAMPAIM Cut This Out and Paste in your Hat. The itenerary for the State campaign was prepared June 4th by a subcommittee of the State Democratic executive committee. The first meeting will be held in Sumter on June 18, and the campaign will be brought to a close in Greenville on August 22. There will be a recess of one week beginning on July 26. The members of the committee preparing the itin erary were John Gary Evans, State chairman of Spartanburg, and Richard I. Manning of Sumter, and W. F. Stevenson of Cheraw. - The assessments for the can didates entering the campaign will be fixed at a meeting of the State Democratic executive committee to be held in the ii brary at the State house next Tuesday at noon. The primary election will be held on August 28. All pledges must be filed by the candidates for all offices by June 17. The following itinerary has been prepared by tue committee. Sumter, Tuesday, June 18. Bishopville, Wednesday. June 19. Darlington, Thursday, June 20. Bennettsville, Friday., June 21. Chesterfield, Saturday, June 22. Florence, Tuesday, June 25. Dillon, Wednesday. June 26. Marion, Thursday, June 27. Conway, Friday, June 28. Georgetown, Saturday, June 29. Kingstree, Tuesday, July 2. Manning, Wednesday, July 3. Moncks Corner. Thursday, July 4. Charleston, Friday. July 5. Walterborro,. Saturday, July 6. Beaufort. Tuesday. July 9. Jasper (Rldgeland): Wednes day, July 10. Hampton, Thursday, July 11. Barnwell. Friday, July 12. Bamnberg, Saturday, July 13. St. George, Tuesday, July 16 Orangeburg, Wednesday. July, 17. St. Mathews, Thursday, July 18. Columbia, Friday, July 19. Chester, Saturday, July 20. Winnsbor o, Monday, July 22. Lexington, Tuesday, July 23. Saluda, Wednesday, July 24. Edgefield, Thurday, July 25. Aiken, ?riday, July 26. ONE WEEK OFF. Camden, Monday, August 5. Lancaster, Tuesday, August 6. Yorkville, Wednesday, Au gust 7. Gaffney, Thursday, August 8. Spartanburg, Friday, August 9. Union, Saturday, August 10. Newberry, Tuesday, August 13. Laurens, Wednesday, August 14. Greenwood, Thursday, Au gust 15. Abbeville, Friday, August 16. Anderson. Saturday, August 17. Walhalla, Tuesday, August 20. Pickens, Wednesday, August 21. Greenville, Thursday, August 22. No Caue to Doubt We guarantee immediate and positive relief to all sufferes from constipation. In every case wher our remady fails to do this we will rentrn the money paid us for it. That's a frank state ment of facts, and we want you to substantiate them at our risk. Rexall Orderlies are eaten just like candy, are particulary prompt and agreeable in action, may be taken at any time.day or night, do not cause diarrhoea nausea, griping, excessive loose ness, or other undesirable effect. Thbey have a vei y mild but posi action upon the organs with they come in contact, apparently acting as a regulative tonic upon the relaxed muscular coat of the bowels, thus overcoming weak ness, and aidina to restore the bowels to more vigorous and healthy activity. Rexa1i Orderlien a n unsur OUR MEXICAN A WAR VETERANS Capt. James A. McKee, of this County, One of the Two Survivors in South Carolina Fresh in the min(ds of many Of our citizens is the history of t the great struggle of the war between the sections from 1861 to 1865, year after year, North and South, re-unions, memorial exercises and special gatherings take place to recount the valor, heroism, pat-iotism, daring and I sacrifice by those engaged in the I great conflict, all of which is t eminently right and proper. t These things should be kept constantly before the present and coinil generations. especi ally in the South where the I grandest army that ever trod I soil went forth to meet the foe. t But while we reverence the i Confederate soldier and cherish his memory there is another t line of old Southern veterans whose services, and sacrifices, and heroism, and daring, have t almost been forgotten. In our I eagerness to scatter flowers ( along the paths of the remnant of the gallant Confederate, and of our admiration of his devo- C tion to a righteous, but lost f cause, we have overlooked the ( veterans of the Mexican war. True there are- fewer of them( than there are of the Confeder- t ates. True the cause for which S they fought was a common one against a foreign foe, yet the men of the South were there: r brave, and true: and gallant d men of South Carolina, was t there, and some of Pickens r County's best was there. 41 t t Hei neo'y tw uvvr nwliving in this utate, the other one being Capt. Mathew B. Stanley of Marion county. Capt. McKee, as he is known now, was born in Abbevi lie county March 25, 1824, and lived in that county untill he volun teered his services in the Mexi can war in 1846. In November of that year he joined Company E., S. C. V. at A bbeville, J. Foster Marshall, Captain. Upon the organization of the corn pany they turned their faces toward Charleston where they were mustered in as a part of the Palmetto Regiment. The day the company organized at Abbeville and took their leave ia still fresh in Capt. McKee's mind. It was, as all such oc casions are, a memorable one. The citizens of the town and ~ community were out en masse: the fathers and mothers, broth- I ers and sisters and sweethearts were there to say good-b~ye, and w~hen at last came the fi na! moment the clear, shrill voice of Capt. Marshall was heard "Right face; Forward. March,'' the bouyant, though1 sad hearted young men, stepped off fired by the spirit of patriot ism. As they departed from the old red hills their voices passable and ideal for the use of children, old folks and delicate persons. we cannlot too highly recomendl them to all sufferers from any form of constipationi and its attendant evils. That's1 why we back our faith in thenm with our promise of monley bac.k if they do not give entir satis faction. Three sizes; 12 tablets 10 cents. 86 tablets 2.5 cents an S tablets 50 cents. Remember vo can obtain Rexatl RZienies in Pickens only at our -store, The Pexall Store. The~ Pickens rgnomany. 1n' out with the melodies of 'Home, Sweet Home," and be iind them shouts and hurrths, mnd the waving of hankerchiefs vas mingled with tears and ighs. and sots and heartaches. Ti first day they marched thout six miles and camped in :lile (hi 1ouses on a plantation. \ havy rain fell during the Jight and the next morning hoy were forced to take up the narch through mud and water. I'lev covered about 10 miles by inner time. and reached a place vhich Capt. McKee could not 'ecall, where the citizens who iad heard of their coming had repared a barbecue dinner from vhich place kind friends carried hem in wagons and carriages o Edgefield. At Edgefield they vere accorded a royal welcome mld a warm reception, and as apt. McKce expressed it "we iad plenty to eat and drink and ine entertainment," which was he last for several days. The ext morning the line of march vas again resumed and during he third day reached Aiken ,here they took a train for harleston. Reaching Charles on after night they rested and vere mustered into the service if the United States the next lay. After spending a few lays in the city by the sea rders were received to go to the ront and they marched from /harleston to Augusta, Ga. While crossing the river into eorgia they halted and gave hree cheers for t'heir native tate-South CaroLna. From tugusta the:' went by rail to tlanta, which was just then a her infancy and few accomo ations could be had. Some of e soldiers had to spend the ight in car boxes. From Atlanta they headed for 1ntgomery, Ala , where river oats transported them to Mo ile. While at this last place iev were drilled and carried rirogh the art of military dis ipline for about thre weeks. >uring this time Col. Pierce M. ,utler made a trip to Washing m and had a conference with he military authorities, and pon his return they wer e order d to take steamers for the ~land of Lopos. On the vessel ~omrany E. was put down in he hull and got very little to at and very little air. They were allowed to go on deck to (10 heir cooking but back down in heir holes like rats to eat. On reaching the island they 'ere astonished to find it was ot inhabited, not a soul to be een. Ground had to be cleared efore they could pitch their ents. This island, Capt. McKee as, was one and a hiaf miles ong by one mile w:<ie. and con tituted the rendvzvou; for len. Scott's army. Here ihey emained for quite a while wait ng for all the other t roops from he United States to arrie, maii mused themselves and pas~ ed; aay the time in bathing in the alt water and in cooking, eat ng and washing their cloth es. When all the army had ar 'ivd orders were given and they aieddirect to Mexico and land d three or four miles below the ity of Vera Cruz about the 10th f March 1847. Here immediate tps were taken to inaugurate a iege of the city. In this connection the follow ng very interesting story print d in the Columbia State a hort time since written by 'apt. Matthew B. Stanley is re iroduced: On August 7, 1847. the gener i advance of Scott's army on he City of Mexico and the Halls of the Montezumas"' egan. Quitman's brigade lef t ~nebla after its stay of nearly hree months on August 8. The almetto regiment acted as rear unard. On the march between ~uebla and San Augustin it -as attacked by a body of Mex can lancers. One member of he regiment was killed. The Mexican lancers were he finest riders I ever saw,' ;aid Capt Stanley, in telling of he engagement. "They sat on heir shaggy horses as if they re on their backs. The Mex .ans were armed with lances, ng bamboo poles, with bright, ared steel blades fixed in the nd. which was dlecorated with n red streameris. On their ~aldles the Mexicans cariied a ;h rt carbine which could do endly execution at a long range. They wore gaudy uni forms and made swooping chargeson half wild mustangs, which they managed with ease. At the battle of Contreras the Palmetto regiment was held inL reserve, much to its disapoint ment and chagrin. It was then that its commanding -of ficer, Col. Pierce B. Butler, wrote a letter to Gen. Worth commniending Lieut. Col, Dickin son, second in command. who, tired of enaction, asked for a position as aide on the general's staff. In the letter occurs the famous phase. "Col. Dickinscn desires a place near the flashing of the guns." "The Palmetto regiment was isappointed at not having an active part in the battle at Con treras," said Capt. Stanley, "but soon there was fighting enough to satisfy the most rdent of the South Carolinians. Immediately after Contreris, the army moved on toward the ity of Mexico. The Mexicans were in forc at Churubusco. y regiment played an impor tant part in the engagement there, considerod one of the ottest of the whole war. Com pany G, my company lacked 28 men of having its full strength, ind in the whole Palmetto regi ment at t1 at time there were )nly 280 men." The city of Mexico was the ,take for which the two armies played at Churubusco. A vic ory for Scott meant that the way to the Mexican capital would be practically open as he weaker defenses around the ity's gates could afford but ttle resistance. Santa Anna's rmy, routed at Contreras, had allied around Churubusco. rhe battle began the after ioon of An11 . ,he Pal netto regimH:t it i1&1h1 New fo ric re!gime 1: : .. Shtield's wi-ade.. ['he story of the a: Caro inians' share In the ijhug on he bloody field follwas in ('apt. stanley's words: "The Palmetto reginiwnt W:! a advance and had been s4c ,d as the base of the attackin, ne around which the ouwi egiments were to form. Th. ~exicans were entrenched on?' ;ide of a wheat field. The Pal netto regiment led the attack i this position. The ground wvas low, marshy and perfectly at. We had to march through field of standing corn before we got to the wheat field. In the corn field the regiment was practically hidden from the sight of the Mexicans, and, in my opinion, it was then that n e should have Leam formed in o line of battle. But the comn mand was not given until we reached the wheat fie ld. "The Mexican works were >nly 300 yards across the field. [t was easy musket range, and they mowed us down, while we stood waiting for the command o charge. At last it was given. We ran across the marshy wheat field, stumbling and fall ig in ditches, I saw Col. But ler fall wvhen his horse was <bot under him, and a few minutes later the cry went up Tierce Butler is shot!' "We~ kept straight on toward the Mdexican entrenchments. Whei I got about half way, a musket ball struck me in the forehead. I stopped by a ditch of muddy wat * and washeo out the wound -I' wondered a a minute or t wo whalber I was dead. The visor of my cap, which was pi: reed by the ball probably saved my life. "Col. Gladden led us toward the castle on the run. It was a long stumbling way up the hill and many of the boys did not reach the top. The Mexican cadets worked their guns on the castle walls until the last. Mines had been planted all around the castle but none of them were exploded. "Whe~n we finally reached the castle a breach was miade in the wall. Col. Gladden led the way through and the boys followed him into the piazza. The castle had surrendered. Capt. Stanley's memory of the fight at the Garita de Belen, the southern gate by which the Palmetto regiment entered the city of Mexico as the advance guard of Gen. Quitman's divi sion, is very clear. The San Cusme gate on the western side of the city was entered a few hours later by Gen. Twiggs' ivson. There were only two rifle companies, formerly a poi of Gen. Persifer F. Smith's reg iment in the attack on the Bele gate. In telling recently o1 the fin desperate stand the Mexican made in defense of the Hills c the Montezumas,' Capt. Stanle: said: "A few minutes after we tool the castle of Chapultepec, th Palmetto regiment was ordere to double quick down to th causeway leading to the Garit de Belen. The causeway wa about 60 feet wide' and dowl its centre ran a stone aqueduc who pillars probably saved th Palmetto regiment from exterm ination. "A HOT PLACE" "When we got down the hi! upon which the castle was buil to the causeway, we met San McGowan of Abbeville. He ask ed Col. Gladden where he wa going. The colonel pointed ti the Belen gate and McGowar said, 'You will find it a very ho place.' And we did. "The Mexicans had mounte< a brass gun over the Belen gat< and posted a few companies oJ infantry there. As soon as wi were in range they commence< firing. The boys took sheltei behind the pillars of the aque duct, which were stone struc tures about five feet square. Th two rifle companies were jus1 ahead of the regiment. "We advanced slowly frorT pillar to pillar. An enfilading fire had been opened by th( Mexicans. I saw a bomb from a sixpounder kill five men in a group behind a pillar of the aq educt. "At last we got within 75 01 100 yards of the gate. Someon( yelled, 'They're running.' ] jumped out from behind my pil. ar. iThere were only three mein between me and the gate. On( of them was a lieutenant com uanding one of the rifle compa ies and the other two Colonel adden and Capt. Manigaull if the Palmetto regiment. Thev sere running for the gate. "The lieutenant was in th( kd and Gladden and Manigaull Wc1m pressing him close. Both :d their swords out and Wvre 11 1 yfully trying tC trip each o)ther in order to bc Scond~ at ithe gate. The lieu enant jumped on the breast works ini front of th~e gate.Capt. Manigault was at his side in a :oment, reaching~ down, h< ave Col. Gladdeni his hand aui helped him Ut). I could no1 mount the breastworks just al that place because of my accou trements. PALMETTO FLAG WAS FIRST "The flag of the Palmett regiment was passed up to Lieu Selleck of the Abbev'ille compa ny as he stood on top of tha breastworks. I am sure it wa: the first American flag raised il the City of Mexico. Lieut. Se] leck was wounded while he hel< it aloft on top of the aqueduct "After taking the Garita d< Belen, there seemed to be noth ing else for Palmetto regimen to do, so we protected ourselve from the enfilading fire as bes we could until dark. Then wi were sent to the rear. Wit] three other privates, I was or dered to take Lieut. Steen o my company, who was wound ed, to the hospital. We had n< stretcher to carry him on bu finally secured a door. We me two teamsters who told us th city had surrendered. GENERAL SCOT'S COMMENDATIO: "As we were going down th road, Gen. Scott and his stafi all in full dress, came riding tc ward us.~ He reined in his hors and asked us who the woundel man was we were carrying. W told him it was Lieut. Steen c the Palmetto regiment. "'Ah,' said the general, have heard good reports of you regiment all day. Take the liet tenant to the castle. I have al ranged for a field hospital ther< "As he rode off, he addet ''The Palmetto regiment will b reembered by a grateful cour "When we had placed Lieu1 Steen und]er the care of the do< tors at the castle, I looked roun imong the wounded for a litt friend of mine, an Irishmar named Welsh. I noticed a ma beckoning me and went to hin He told me his name was Rei< Capt. Mayne Reid,; of the Ne or reiment. He said h~e gm -t permission to lead his company r- against the castle and while a just at the foot of the hill was shot. His men went on and I were the first to enter the castle s gate. One of his lieutenants, f he said, cut a burning-fuse lead y ing to a mine. Capt. Reid, who talked to me that night, after r ward became a famous novelist. e "As I could not find my little : Irish friend among the wound e ed in the castle, I went out to i the gate by which the Palmetto s regiment had entered. He was i still lying where he had fallen t and was suffering agony from a a wound in the leg. I half car - ried him into the castle. "From September 14 until the first of December, our regiment was part of the force on guard t in the captured capital of Mexi co. We were quartered in the 1 palace and there was room for - all of us. We got new caps and a blankets when the city officials paid over the indemnity Gen. Scott had demanded. In De cember reinforcements entered the City of Mexico. These took our places. We were !sent out into the suburbs. The Palmet to regiment was stationed at San Angel, about eight miles outside the city wall. "A mile or so from San Angel there was a great hacienda own ed by a rich kMexican lady of pure Spanish descent. Her fam ilV consisted of two married daughters, their husbands and two unmarried daughters. The ranch was the richest in the val ley and not many m'les from the foot of the volcano Popocat epetl. ASKED FOR SOUTH CAROLINIAN "It seems that the American soldiers had been visiting the h-l.cienda oftener than the lady liked. Anyhow, one of her son in-laws, Pon Jose, applied to Gen. Shlelds for a guard. He specially asked for a South Car olinian. 'I consider this,' said Capt. Stanley, 'one of the high est compliments paid the Pal metto regiment in Mexico.' "I was detailed for this pleas ant duty and retured to the ha cienda with Don Jose. When we arrived he took me into the house and introduced me to the ladies of the house. "His bow of introduction left nothing to be wished,' said the captain. It carried me straight to the bosom of- the family, and I stayed there as long as I was stationed at the hacienda, which was nearly a month. One of the dons played the guitar, and we had dances every night. I was shown every consideration, and was sorry to lea ve. "Orders were issued to fill the vacancies in the roll of officers Sof the regiment," said Captain tStanley. "There were so few . of us left that there were nearly a enough places to go around. 3 But those Fairfield boys were i thinking about politics when . they got home, and, as I was j from Darlington county and could not vote for any of them, 3 I came out of the war a iprivate . without any handle to my name t just asIwent in." 3 In young manhood Capt. Mc t Kee married Miss Emily E. Per a ry, and they have lived happily 1 together for many years, rear - ing several children. He has r been an honored, upright citizen . of this county for 54 years, re y spected and having the confi t dence of his fellow citizens. He t is now in his 88th year and very , feeble. His sight has become so impaired that he cannot see to read, but he still likes to think "of the stirring times of the 40's e and enjoys the social intercourse of his friends. May his days b' lengthened Sand may he be spared yet many years. Crow Creek News I Mr. Editor: Please allow me r space to give a few dots from Sthis place. -We had the heaviest rain the ~4th of June that we have had l, this year. The farmers are be. e hind with their work. Very few tare through thinning cotton. Wheat is very sorry, but oats . are good. -Mr. and Mrs J. N. Grant vis d ited their son, C. B. Grant, at e Branchville, last week. They . reported a good trip and a fine n time, and enjoyed themselves i. very much. I,' On the 3d inst., Mr. J. W. w Grant was seen stepping high it and a hrnad smile on his face. COMPANY H, 4TH S. C. VOLUNTE Muster Roll of Capt. R. Y. H. Griffin's Company H of the Fa Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers Through the kindness of Capt. J. A. Griffin we are permige to publish the names of those who made up Company R. Fourju South Carolina Regiment of Volunteers in the Confederate army: The roll is as follows: J B E Sloan, Colonel R Y H Griffin, CaptainJ W Singleton, t L Joseph Massingale G M Lynch, 2d Le-t. Joseph Massingill i3vt., 2d Lieut. Benton Freeman 1st Sergnt. W T Eield, Serzeant James A Grn, srgeant 0 H C Smith, Sergeant H H Hunt, Sergeant Thoimas P Looper, Sergeant Merida Looper. Sergeant J H Hagood, Sergeant J H Anderson, (d) J H Hunt, Sergeant A Simmons, PRIVATES Allgod, Joel F John Brown Alexander, H A- J W Duckett Braswell, T P J F Cauly Blark, J H JAFreeman Brown, W S J B Hester Burgess, F M H B Hil Banks, R A J W C Hide Corbin, Wm J M Havs Craig, W S Ben Hays Chapman, Philip B Harris Erwin, J B J A Hendricks. Field, J H Wm Holder Ferguson, E A (d) W N Hughes Ferguson, W M D S Lewis Griffin,RT John Lesley Hunt, R F Alfred McCrarv Hendricks, Matthew J D McJunkin Hill, T V Robert McJunkin Heaton. J C - HMorgan Harris, James Duke Owens Hunter, T T George Owdas Hendricks, M M W Phillips Hendricks, F E W B Rackley Hunt, H D J H Rackley Julien, John Marcu tWer Kilby, JI J MRiggins - Lawson, David W 0 Singletom. Lawson, T L G W Singleton Lawson,AJ G M Simmons Lewis, J S K W H Simmons Nforgan, J C W F Southerland NJorgan, W M A B Stewart Njuiugrove, M W J S Trotter Niedlin, R S Eli Watson NHosley. T H Simmons, Lewis Mfoslev, J (0 Taylor, C M NoslBy, H T Williams, WM Medlin, S H Whitmire, W M Massinaill. Ephraimn Williams, T A* rinceJ Noah Williams, H (d) P-%re ilimo Williams, P HT Porter, JHWilias HGes Robinson, SDDSWLwis Robnso, JTYung MCyukns 3tear, TWRoung, Mc nki Sutherlandr3aW that morning. insrucedo Owilensruth to Mr. . W. Gant'seountai ingsonvd ispcueW u o hingaytothe~ItzD~ DemoncrLatW icgleonvetin [Thsommuicaionwasre Gov Bimmose tod .wsa MrGant tha thWeitrFh watrranpdin nti perahs. W AStewaaintTo Fedran Hi FindlsringHim. El atao -eeaet h ~U morey THim onventions n ttn EosleyJn rd o. JO Tayor an aretFleradM Breaole fnesn, a form- iams, th 20w arfee o el supre of Go. BWaeadhirtuire, to thsSaeMlae rincipa Naddesbfrhh lliams, of MaHlad(d)h Prine, dealithths inipe hia s fute evdnetH forinsoch Jeson WilliamsoJd Ronr Tohier etuce ~1 wolms coJc FedradShV thebprsnt codTio ftOdh iontede, t Cshyrusse ' Shprl ate. 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