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THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1963
REPORT FROM THE CONFEDERACY:
Federals Attack Charleston From
Sea; Enemy Using Negro Troops
BY ROBERT STONEDALE
CHARLESTON, South Caro
lina, Aug. 18, 1863. While Con
federate military operations in
the Western and Eastern theatres
have been stalemated by defeat,
defiant Charleston has frustrated
a Yankee attempt to take control
of Charleston Harbor. Federal
naval and land forces have been
hammering at the city’s defenses
for nearly two months but have
achieved little.
On the morning of July Bth, an
enormous enemy fleet accom
panied by troop transports appear
ed in the main ship channel off
Morris Island. On the 10th, the
enemy landed in great force at
the south end of the island and
headed for Battery Wagner which
guarded the approaches to Fort
Sumter.
The First, Third and Twenty-
First South Carolina suffered
casualties of 25 percent as they
retreated slowly up the island.
Thousands of Federals kept up the
pressure as the Carolinians fought
stubbornly for time.
It took the enemy an entire
day to reach Battery Wagner,
two miles from their starting
point. Then, Wagner’s heavy guns
supported by the batteries at
Sumter and Cumming’s Point,
drove the landing force back. All
that night General P. G. T. Beau
regard, commander of the Char
leston defense, hurried reinforce
ments to the threatened Con
federate position. The enemy
made a weak assault at dawn the
next morning.
Although the attacking columns
were supported by heavy fire
from the U. S. fleet, Wagner’s
defenders broke the assault with
little difficulty.
During the following week, the
enemy landed additional men on
Morris Island and brought up
heavier ships. Three North Caro
lina regiments arrived at Wag
ner and the increased garrison
labored day and night to streng
then the walk. The enemy could
be seen bringing up artillery for
another assault. General Beau
regard sent a column to drive
off the Federal troops on James
Island. During this operation, it
was discovered that the enemy is
attempting to use Negroes as
soldiers. Fourteen uniformed Neg
roes claiming to be members of
the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts
were captured.
On the morning of July 18th,
the Federal fleet streamed up the
channel and, in combination with
the land batteries, opened on
Battery Wagner in one of the
heaviest bombardments of the
war.
Between daylight and dusk
more than nine hundred shells
smashed into the earthwork, up
setting guns, breaching walls,
smashing parapets and causing a
number of casualties within the
structure. As night fell, work
parties filled the breaches with
sandbags, A huge body of Fed
eral troops could be seen gather
ing behind their breastworks as
Wagner’s remaining guns were
trained on the approaches.
The flash of shell explosions
could be seen from distant Char
leston as the enemy columns
splashed through the tidal waters
and across the neck of land shield
ing the fort.
Confederate rifle fire took a
heavy toll and the roaring can
non laid a wall of flame before
the attackers. The ditch below the
parapet was soon clogged with
enemy bodies. The shaken Fed
eral fell back but after a short
pause, the assault was renewed.
A force penetrated one of the
breaches opened earlier by the
heavy shell fire and gained a
foothold on the southern salient.
At this moment, Colonel G. P.
Harrison’s Thirty-Second Geor
gia arrived from Charleston. The
men still wore their marching
packs as their commander led
them in a smashing counter-at
tack. Hundreds of men fell at the
top of the work in hand-to-hand
fighting. The Yankees were forc
ed from the breach and at mid
night, the beaten enemy with
drew.
“The ditch is encumbered with
the slain of all ranks and colors
for the enemy put the poor Neg
roes, whom they have forced into
an un-natural service, in front
where they have been slaughtered
indiscriminently,” Brigadier Gen
eral R. S. Ripley reported.
Enemy losses were more than
1500 men. The Confederate loss
in the bombardment and assault
was only 174.
The enemy is apparently mak
ing no plans for another attempt
on Wagner. General Beauregard,
however, is constructing heavier
artillery positions on James Is
land and intends to abandon
Wagner, which is too exposed to
the enemy fleet for long-term
defense, when these are com
pleted.
Although large portions of the
garrison and field troops in the
South Carolina military District
have been withdrawn for service
with General Bragg and Johnson,
and the district is, in consequence,
thinly defended, General Beaure
gard is not alarmed by the con
tinuing heavy pressure on Char
leston.
“The further the enemy ad
vances in the direction of the
harbor, the more guns we can
bring to bear upon him” he has
advised Richmond. “I will have no
difficulty holding the city and the
inner harbor; however, infantry
reinforcements would be wel
come.
Indian Springs
MRS. W. A. HOARD
Miss Alice Morris and Mr.
Marty Holden of Athens stopped
by Sunday afternoon for a visit
with Miss Willene Holloway.
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Freeman
of Tifton returned to their home
Monday after spending several
weeks here.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Duke and
children of Jackson visited Mr.
and Mrs. T. B. McMichael Sun
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Grier of
Miami, Fla. spent Saturday night
and Sunday at their cottage here.
Mr. Grier returned home Sunday
night while Mrs. Grier is here
with her daughter in Atlanta,
Mrs. A. D. Moore, and her brother
Mr. John Webb, and Mrs. Webb
here.
Miss Flama Gregory spent Sun
day with Mrs. Lucy Lassetter
and other relatives in the cot
tage they rented here.
Mrs. Katie Waits of Dexter
visted her sister, Mrs. Lucy Tor
bet over the weekend. Mrs. Waits
is the former Miss Katie Moore.
Mrs. R. L. Holloway of For
syth visited her son, W. L. Hollo
way, and Mrs. Holloway last week.
She also visited her granddaugh
ter, Mrs. Bob Franklin, and Mr.
Franklin.
Mrs. Spencer Johnson spent
several days with her sister, Mrs.
John King and family, in Mari
etta.
Mrs. Kathleen Stephens and
Mrs. Jessie Mitchell of Atlanta
spent Saturday with Mrs. W. L.
Holloway.
Dan Hoard will leave after
Labor Day with his rides to
various towns and will be away
until sometime in November.
Miss Banie Stalworth spent
several weeks with her aunts in
Hapeville. They have been quite
ill.
Miss Moncrief attended the last
session of summer school in
Athens. She and Miss Stalworth
bought Mrs. Bessie Bryans home.
SCHOOL'S
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BUTTS COUNTY
SOIL NEWS
By JAMES E. PAYNE
Soil Coniervatien Sarvice
Farm ponds provide water for
everything from livestock to rec
reation. They are one of the most
popular soil and water conserva
tion practices in rural America.
Ponds dot the country side almost
every place you look and interest
in them is not diminishing. Farm
ers in this county are continuing
to ask the Soil Conservation Ser
vice and the Towaliga Soil and
Water Conservation District for
technical assistance in building
ponds at the rate of 6 to 8 each
year as a part of their conser
vation farm plans.
Ponds are an important source
of water for livestock, recreation,
fish and wildlife, irrigation, fire
prevention, and orchard spraying.
In addition to their practical ap
plications, they add a touch of
beauty to the farmstead and
countryside.
Today’s farm ponds are usually
designed for more than one use.
They are usually built to provide
a dependable source of water for
livestock, but in addition are
stocked with fish and developed
as a source of enjoyment and rec
reation for the farm family and
friends.
In many areas of the state
farmers have developed their
pond sites as an additional source
of income and collect a fee for
fishing, swimming, camping, pic
nicking, boating, or hunting.
Many farms have suitable pond
sites, but technical help is es
sential in building a successful
pond. A study needs to be made
of each suitable site, plans should
be made as for what the pond is
to be used for, then designed and
constructed on each given site
so as to get the best use of the
site. A good site can be made
very undesirable by poor planning
and construction. Technical help
is available in this county as well
as most areas in the country.
Farmers in soil and water conser
vation districts can obtain help
from the Soil Conservation Ser
vice on pond site selection, de
sign, use, construction, manage
ment, and recreational develop
ment.
In this county the Agricultural
Conservation Program will cost
share on the construction of the
pond provided it meets certain
limitations of use and design. The
State Game and Fish Commission
and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service will aid in stocking the
ponds with the desirable species
of fish.
If you are considering the con
struction of a farm pond the local
Soil Conservation Service office
in cooperation with the Towaliga
Soil and Water Conservation Dist
rict will be happy to assist you in
any way that it can.
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON. GEORGIA
FOLLOW A FEW, SIMPLE
RULES FOR CUTS
By the Medical Association
of Georgia
(Editor’s Note: This is one in a
series of articles about your
health which will appear regularly
in the Jackson Progress-Argus
as a public service feature.)
First aid for a cut consists of
three simple rules—stop the
bleeding, clean the cut and close
it so that it will begin to heal.
Each of us gets a cut now and
then and we should remember
that even minor cuts deserve
notice and prompt attention. Any
break in the skin is an ‘open door’
to tetanus or lockjaw infection.
This is particularly true if the
cut is deep or if one works around
farm animals which spread the
disease.
A vaccine for tetanus is now
available and most babies get it
in their first round of immuni
zation shots. Everybody should
have it and farmers and others
who work around farm animals
should see that their protection
against the disease is kept up by
booster shots. If a person who
hasn’t had the vaccine is exposed
to tetanus, one thing that will
help is antitoxin and taking an
titoxin isn’t as good as taking
the vaccine beforehand.
The first thing to do when you
get cut is to stop the bleeding.
Interestingly, the amount of
bleeding doesn’t necessarily re
flect the severity of the cut.
Some tiny cuts bleed greatly
while some more serious cuts
bleed little. Cuts on the head,
hands and feet usually bleed a
lot because those parts of the
body have an excellent blood
supply. A wound which punctures
an artery or vein usually bleeds
more than a wound which crushes
blood vessels.
Now, how should you stop the
bleeding? Simple pressure over
the cut will do the job in all but
the most serious wounds. You
must keep up the pressure long
enough to allow the vessels to
contract and the blood to clot.
More pressure, such as one gets
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FACTS ABOUT UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS
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viduals and backed by the full faith and credit, of tho
United States of America.
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interest return, and freedom from market fluctuation.
& There are two types: Series E and Series H United Stated
Savings Bonds.
4i Series Eis an accrual bond. You buy it at %of its fac®
value. The interest is compounded semi-annually. They
range in size from $25 to SIO,OOO,
C, Series H pays interest by Government check two times
each year* You pay face value for the bond. They Como
in convenient sizes from SSOO to SIO,OOO.
0. The interest from both Series E and Series His not subject
to state and local income taxes and personal property tax*
<7* B.oth Series E and H are registered bonds and will
replaced FREE if lost, stolen or destroyed.
0, They are easy to buy. Over-the-counter at most any bank
or automatically through the Payroll Savings Plan. Easy
to cash too —at your bank.
0. You can exchange E Bonds for Series H any time- you
wish. No charges for this service
JJD, With Series E and H Bonds you pay no commissions and
clip no coupons. And they keep on earning interest for
you— and building strength for America—as long as yon
liold them r
with a tourniquet, should be ap
plied only as a last resort. Keep
ing blood from the injured part
with a tourniquet or by other
means too long can cause gan
grene.
The second step in caring for
a cut is to clean the wound in
order to prevent infection. Warm,
soapy water is the best thing to
use. If the soap contains the
antiseptic hexachlorophene, so
much the better. You shouldn’t
pour a strong antiseptic directly
into the wound. If it has dirt in
it, you should flush it out with
water. And don’t "gum up” the
wound with salves and ointments.
After you’ve stopped the bleed
ing and cleaned the wound you
should close it. Often a piece of
adhesive tape stuck around the*
cut is all you will need. Longer
or deeper cuts may require clos
ing by a physician. A properly
closed cut heals more quickly.
DR. MAG SAYS:
1. Cuts are potential gateways
to serious infection so take care
of them. Remember three simple
rules for cuts— stop the bleed
ing by applying pressure over
the cut, clean it with warm, soapy
water, and then close it with ad
hesive tape or have it closed by
a physician.
2. Everybody should have the
tetanus vaccine.
A LOT OF ICE CREAM
Total production of ice cream
in Georgia in 1962 was 8,426,000
gallons, nearly two percent above
1961’s output. Ice milk produc
tion in the state registered a
seven percent increase during
last year, totaling 4,834,000 gal
lons.
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happenings from the timje you leave for school
in September until you return in May or June.
Your hometown paper is like a letter from
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before you leave for school.
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PERSONAL
Mr. Lewis L. Lee, Sr. of Alma
and Mrs. Ouida Lee and daugh
ter, Lynda, of Valdosta were
guests Saturday of Mr. Lee’s son,
Calvert Lee, Mrs. Lee and chil
dren.
Mrs. Virgil Smith and Janet
Lynn returned home Tuesday
from Jasper Memorial Hospital,
Monticello.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy King of
Doraville spent the weekend with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert King. Friends of Jimmy will
be interested to know that he
leaves September 1 for Fort Jack
son, S. C. for six months active
duty with the United States
Army. He takes a leave of ab
sence from his business, J. D.
King Construction Company. Mrs.
King will reside with relatives in
Covington while her husband is
away.
Jimmy Lamb of Atlanta is visi
ting his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Britt, this week. Jim
my is recuperating from a recent
tonsillectomy, friends are glad to
know.
CARD OF THANKS
I would like to take this op
portunity to thank everyone for
their kindness toward me during
my recent confinement at Sylvan
Grove Hospital and since return
ing home. Especially do I want
to thank the staff and doctors at
the hospital for their wonderful
services. All the flowers, visits,
food, calls and cards were ap
preciated more than words can
express.—Carol Waits.
Mrs. Redman Was
Buried At Stark
Graveside services for Mrs.
Agnes Autry Redman, widow of
Arthur Redman, who died unex
pectedly in Atlanta Friday after
a short illness, were held Satur
day afternoon at the Stark Meth
odist Church Cemetery with the
Rev. Don A. Harp, Jr., pastor of
the Jenkinsburg Charge, officiat
ing.
Mrs. Redman was a native of
Clarke County but had lived in
Atlanta for a number of years.
She was a member of the Stark
Methodist Church.
Survivors include her mother,
Mrs. Clyde Autry of Athens; sis
ters, Mrs. Louise Carnes, Atlanta,
and Mrs. Tom H. Bowden, of
Athens; brother, Asa T. Autry,
Gainesville.
Funeral services were conduct
ed in Athens Saturday at Bern
stein’s Chapel.
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