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Comoany 8., 30th Ga. Regt. Of the companies soing ont from Henry county during the Civil War there was none which did more effective service than Company 8.. of the 30th Georgia Regt. It was organized at Stock hridge in the summer of 1861, with R. M. Hitch, Captain, T. A. Ward J. C. Dabney, and Oscar S. Berry, Lieutenants, and Raleigh High tower, Orderly Sergeant. After its organization the Com pany went direct to Fairburn where it was organized into the 30th Ga , Regt. Just before its departure from Stockbridge it was presented a Beautiful silk flag made by Miss Margaret Dailey, who made the presentation speech, standing on the veranda of the house now occupied by Mr. Joe Dorsey in old Stockbridge In a few touching words the flag was accepted in be half of the Company by Lieut. T. A. Ward, who, among other things said, “It shall never be allowed to trail in the dust.” Leaving Fairburn, the Company with the Regiment, went into camp at Griswoldville for three months, and from there was or dered to Savannah, where in April ’62, it was reorganized. Hitch was re-elected Captain, Raleigh High tower, Oscar S. Berry and J. A. Arnold elected Lieutenants Wil liam Smith, Orderly Sergeant, J. A. Berry, J. W. Spence, E. Graden and H. H. Hinton, Sergeants, C. H. Jones, E. J. Foster, C. M. Mar tin, and J. Milam, Corporals, J. C. Hightower, one of the company’s most popular men, was appointed Quartermaster of the regiment, and J. A. Berry was appointed Quartermaster Sergeant of the regiment. A' spending the spiing and sum. . in Savannah, the entire regiment was ordered to Jackson, Miss., where it engaged in engaged in a slight skirmish. From this time on the company was in active service. In August of the same year it went to Chickamauga and on the 20th of September engaged in the famous battle of that place, a num ber of its men being killed and wounded. In November was fought the noted battle of Missionary Ridge in which the Company was actively engaged in this battle the Southern army was repulsed and fell back to Dalton where Company B went into winter quarters. When the spring campaign opened and Johnson’s army retreated from Dalton and battle followed battle in quick succession the Company fought gallantly in every engage ment, and in the campaign in and around Atlanta kept its place in the front ranks. With Hardee’s corps it retreated to Jonesboro where it engaged in the battle of that place, which was one of the most noted of the cam paign. Falling back from this place to Lovejoy, it then proceeded to Palmetto where it remained during the ten days armistice. Leaving Palmetto it then started on the campaign known as “Hood’s Raid” through Tennessee, partici pating in the battle of Franklin and Nashville. In this campaign the men suffered many hardships, the food was poor, the weather bitter cold and their clothes worn and in sufficient to protect them, many ot them being without shoes during the severest weather. In February ’65 the Company was ordered to the Carolinas, and here engaged in the battle of Benton ville, N. C., the last engagement cast of the Mississippi. From this place Johnson’s army feel back to Greensboro, N. C., where it surren dered on the 26th, of April ’65. At this surrender only two men of Company B, were present, J A. Berry and T. A. Ward, the other members being either dead, wounu ,ed, sick or in prison. These two with others of the regiment secur ed a pair mules and wagon and proceeded to Hamburg where v they sold their team and divided the proceeds. The ranks of the Company are. fast thinning out as will bo seen from the roll given below : R. M. Hitch, Capt. Dead, Raleigh Hightower, who succeeded Hitch as Capt. O. S. Berry, Lieut, killed at the battle of Decatur, Ala. J. A. Arnold, Lieut, dead, W. H. Smith, orderly sergeant, J. C. Turner dead, J. J. Walker dead, F. M. Ellis dead, E. Harris dead, T. A. Ward dead. J. A. Berry, J. C. Dabney dead, T. A. Dabney, W. M. Kersey, Janies Clark, Josiah Askew dead, James Lewis dead, Richard Stan ley, Jack Kean, Lewis Kirkland dead, Tom Farmer, J. F. Rowan, Josiah Burk, Joshna Wyatt dead, R. R. Shettlesworth dead, Jack Coogler, M. B. R. Morris, S. A. Morris, J. M. Blackman dead, W. J. Betts dead, H. C. Fisher, J. D. Rodgers, J. G. Prather, John Deth ridge dead, J. F. Fowler, James Bivins, Rev. Sam Crawford dead, Joe Veal dead. M. M. Harrell dead, Allen Winfrey killed at battle of Atlanta, J. W. Spence, Sam Bivins, Stone Spkes, W. S, Dnnn dead, William Mitchell, J. M. Cal'oway, J. C. Hightower dead, HampTram mel, E. J. Foster dead, B. C. Mob ley, Ace Mitchell. John Mitchell dead, Bale Phillips. John N. High tower dead, David Farmer dead, William Paxton dead, Charley Hardy killed in battle of Atlanta, John Farmer dead, T* E. Moore, J. T. Kelly dead, J. H. Burks, D. A. Burks dead, G. F. Dickey, Ephriam Black dead, N. F. Jones dead, W. G. Hinton dead, H. H. Hinton dead, J. C. Morgan, J. R. Nolan, M. C. McPeek dead, T. M. Martin, W. M. Martin, J. F. Turner, dead W. A. Turner dead, J. B. Turner died at Savannah in ’62, John Ray, Joe Terry, W. M. Morgan, dead. William McPeek killed at Franklin in '64, Henrv Milam, C. H. Junes killed at battle Chicamauga, Lewis Jones, Green Mitchell, Green Mitchell Jr., Jones Mitchell, W R. Thomas, Sam Mills, James Mc- Clendon, Manse McLendon dead, John Adams died in Savannah in ’62, William Adams, James Adams John Martin, H. C. Dunn, Clay Dunn, Alexander Dunn, all dead G. W. Phillips killed at, Franklin in ’62, Dolph Berry. Sam Dukes dead, James Allen died in ’62, Thomas Trammell died in Colum bus in ’64, S. D. Johnson died in Miss., in ’93, John Wilson dead, A. O. Hardy killed at Franklin in ’64, James Martin died, William Hud son killed at Atlanta in ’63, W. M. Dickey and Pack Hightower dead, Elilm Graded killed in ’64, Wil liam Bledsoe, J. W. Hightower dead, John Milam dead, William Day, J. A. Morris, Robert McCul lough dead, J. J. Patillo dead. Wheeler at Santiago. Into the thick of the fight he went, pal lid and sick and wan, Borne in an ambulance to the front, a ghostly slip of a man; But the fighting soul of a fighting man approved in the long ago, Went to the front in that ambulance, and the body of Fighting Joe. Out from the front they were coming back, smitten of Spanish shells, Wounded boys of the Vermont hills and the Alabama dells; “Put them into this; I’ll ride then to the front,’’ he said, And he climbed to the saddle and rode right on, that little old ex-Confed. From end to end of the long blue ranks rose up the ringing cheers, And many a powder-blackened face was furrowed with sudden tears, As with flashing eyes and gleaming sword, and hair and beard of snow, Into the hell of shot and shell rode little old Fighting Joe! Sick with fever and racked with pain’ he could not stay away, For he heard the song of the yester-years in the deep-mouthed cannon’s itay. He heard in the calling song of the guns there was work for him to do, Where the countrj’s best blood splashed and flowed ’round the old Red, White and Blue. Fevered body and hero heart! This Union’s heart to you Beats oqt in love and reverence, and to eaeh dear boy in blue Who stood or fell, ’mid shot and shell, and cheered in the face of tne foe, As. wan and white, to the heart of the * fight rod** little old Fighting Joe. —James ijxosEy Gokdon. I keep on hand all the time hors as and mules. A. B. Mitcham, Hampton, Ga. tf. “The Blue and the Gray” Frances Miles Finch, who died at Ithaca, N. Y., July 31, at the age of 80, was the author of the well known and popular -poem, “The Blue and the Gray.” Mr. Finch was a graduate of Yale and a lawyer. He was an associate justice of the New York court of appeals from 1880 to IN; 8, and declined re-eltc tion to become dean of the Cornell university college of law. Judge Finch wrote other verse, but his most noted prod notion is “The Blue and the Gray.” This poem was written in 1867, and it was inspired so it is related, by the action of the women of Columbns, Miss., who on Memorial day of that rear, strewed flowers alike on the graves of Con federate and Union soldiers. THE BLUE AND THE GRAY (Francis Miles Finch.) By the flow of the inland river Whence the fleets of iron have fled, "Where the blades of the grave grass quiver, Asleep are the ranks of the deap— Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgement, day; Under the one the Blue, Under the other the Gray. These in the rollings of glory, Those in the gloom of defeat— All with the I tattle blood gory In the dusk of eternity meet. Under the sod and the dew. Waiting the judgement day; Under the roses the Blue, Under the lillies the Gray. So with an equal splendor The morning sun rays fall With a touch impartially tender On the blossoms blooming for all. Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgement day; Broidered with gold the Blue, Mellowed with gold the Gray. O, when the summercalleth On the forest and field of grain, With an equal murmur falleth The cooling drip of the rain. Under the sod and the dew, Wiating the judgement day; Wet ’th rain the Blue, Wet with rain the Gray. Sadly, but not with upbraiding, The generous deed was done; In the storm of the years that are fading No braver battle was yon. Under the sod amLt.he dew, W'aiting the judgement day; Under the blossoms the Blue, Under the garlands the Gray. No more shall the war cry sever Or tlie winding rivers be red: They banish our anger forever When they laurel the graves of our dead! Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgement day; Love and tears for the Blue, Tears and love for the Gray. There’s nothing like a feeling of satisfaction, and in order to ex perience this feeling, you must insure your property in one of following well known Companies, to-wit: THE AETNA INSURANCE CO. OF HARTFORD, COinN. CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO. OF NEW YORK, N. Y. GEORGIA FIRE INSURANCE CO. OF CEDARTOWN, GA. Attend to this today-- Tomorrow may be too late. H. J. TURNER, age: NT. We Grieve, But We Rejoice, The sun that slanted its light from the eastern sky this morning was no brighter or more beautiful than the memory of the south for the rr.'tn whose unselfish patriotism ami heroic death we call to mind. We grieve, to think of their long and hitter struggle ; their weary, footsore marches ; their yearnings, in the desolate night watches, for the homes they left so gallantly but so sorrowfully, the mother’s tenderness, the sister’s smile, the wife’s embrace ; their sufferings in the fever stricken camp, their oft unsatisfied hunger and nnqnenced thrist ; the thousand miseries that marked the progress of a long and bloody war, even np to the last when a glorious death came to re lease them from the final anguish of lacerated todies and breaking hearts upon the battlefield or in the crowded hospital. We rejoice, because they were our own ; because they fought anew for the same priciple that led their ancestors to shake off the hand of kings and establish constitutional government; because they have forever pledged the south to a per petuation of the plan of govern ment that, issued from the federal convention of 1787, and that still holds unholy ambition in check, and guarantees liberty and protec tion to the American people. We rejoice because of the strength of their example upon our growing generations; because their blood still flows in the veins of their thousands of offspring; because their memory teaches us to revere name of country and to be willing to sacrifice all things for her honor ancl protection ; because they have gone before to guide us to an hon orable grave, as the beginning of a happy immortality. Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup —the cough syrup that tastes near ly as ood as maple sugar and which children like so well to take. Unlike nearly all other cough rem edies, it does not constipate, but on the ofher hand it acts promptly yet gently on the bowels, through which the cold is forced out of the system, and at the same time it al lays inflammation. Always use Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup. Sold by Horton Drug Co. War Prices Down South In 1865 an ounce of quinine could not be purchased for less than sl,. 700 in the south. Provisions were simply enormous in price. Here are just a few instances; In Feb ruary a ham, weighing 50 pounds, sold exactly for $750, or at the rate of $5 a pound. Flour was at S3OO a barrel. Fresh fish retailed all over at $5 a pound, and ordinary meal was at s•>o a bushel. Those who lived in boarding houses paid from S2OO to S3OO a month. White beans retail ed at $75 a bushel. Tea went for anything from S2O a pound to S6O, and coffee in a like ratio, says Spare Moments. The most ordinary brown sugar was sold for $lO a pound. Ordinary adamantine candles were sold for $lO a pound. In a cafe, breakfast was ordinarily $lO. In April sugar went to S9OO a barrel and articles of wearing apparel sold, coats at $350, trousers at SIOO, and boots at $250. Butter was sls a pound. Pota toes went for $2 a quart. Tomatoes of the size of a walnut sold for S2O a dozen. Chickens varied froms3s t.o SSO a pair. The prices on the bill of fare of the Richmond restaurant in Jan uary, 1864, were: Soup $1.50, bread and butter $1.50, roast beef, a plate,. $3, boiled eggs $2, ham and eggs $3.50, rock fish, a plate $5, fried oysters, a plate, $5, raw oysters $3, fresh milk, a glass, $2, coffee, a cup, $3, tea, a cup, $2. These figures are taken from va rious sources and have the virtue of accuracy. If nothing else. Al ways was present the fear of famine and time and time again did the soldiers donate a portion of their rations, taken from their appoint ment in the field, to relievo the pressing necessities. The shrinkage of the currency was, of course, responsible, and some idea may be gathered from a store that went the ronnds at the time. A soldier galloped along a country road and a farmer leaning over a fence admired the animal. He called to the trooper, offering to buy the horse: “Give yon $30,000 for him, John ny,” he said. “Not much, old man. Ijustpaid $15,000 to have him shod,” was the reply.
