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HEROES OF RE traits of Soiithern Cl: the ^ JVews ana CHERAW, S. C., Feb. it.-At a re- ? cent entertainment given in Cheraw by the Daughters of the Confederacy for the benefit of Camp J\ B. Kershaw, U. C. V., the feature of the occasion j was an address by Chief Justice Mc iver, of the Supreme Court of South Carolina. Judge Mciver said, in substance : "In the few 1 emarks which I shall make this evening I propose to depart j from the beaten track usually followed on such occasions as this, and, instead of indulging in any reminiscences of i the war between the States, 1 shall 1 . call attention to some traits of the Southern character which were devel oped and brought out, in bold relief, . by the results of the war. It may not be amis to consider in the first place what was the true character and real object of the war. It was not a. civil war in any proper sense of those words. It certainly was not a war of rebellion against a government consti tuted for certain specified purposes and properly exercising the powers with which it was invested. Neither was it a war for conquest, an example of which we have recently had, though disguised under the hypocritical pre tence of humanitarism. Xor was it a war for the preservation of the insti tution of slavery, as some people ig norantly and erroneously suppose. On the contrary, the contest, fearful as it proved to be in its results, was waged , for the sole purpose of preserving the right of local self-government guaran teed and secured (as it was vainly sup posed) by the compact into which the thirteen sovereign and independent States entered when the existing Fed eral (rovernment was originally formed by the free will and consent of those States, upon conditions distinctly de clared and set forth in the" instrument of union called the Constitution of the United' States. When, therefore, in the progress of time, by the increasing wealth and power of one section of this great country at the expense of another section, owing to circumstan ces, of which time will hot permit even a passing notice, these conditions, designed to secure the sacred right of local self-government-a right abso-, lutely essential to the very existence of a republican government-were ruthlessly disregarded for the pur pose of satisfying an ever-increasing greed for gain, no other recourse was left for the weaker section but an ef fort to separate from those who, ia utter violation of the limitations of the Constitution, designed solely for the protection of the rights of the minority, were trampling upon those rights; and when the stronger section took "up arms to prevent a peaceful separation, every instinct of manhood, and every impulse of true patriotism, demanded that the Southern people should likewise resort to the ultimate arbiter of nations. Although, from the outset, some regarded the contest as hopeless, yet the unflinching valor and the unwavering fortitude with which it was waged by our people un til brushed under the mere weight of numbers, backed by the resources of ? the civilized world, will always afford material for some of the brightest pages of history, and will always fur- J nish the highest evidence of the j splendid character of the Southern people, who, for four long years, main tained one of the greatest and most destructive wars recorded in history, under the most adverse circumstances and with ever weakening resources, solely in defence of their principles. No more brilliant example of the truest manhood and highest patriotism can be found on the pages of history. Turning from the recollection of the splendid traits of character displayed by the Southern t people during the war. let us contemplate for a moment the conduct of the Southern people after the disastrous termination of the the war. It must be remembered that while all wars are attended with, and followed by, results of the most dis tressing and ruinous character, such as the destruction of property, the in terruption and sometimes the paraly sis of business relations of the coun try, tho privations and sufferings of the non-combatants, and, above all, by the loss of human life, yet the war I in which the Southern people were j engaged in defence of their principios \ was not only attended with, and fol lowed by, these direful results com mon to all wars, but was also followed by two additional results, one of which j was exceptional, and the other, so far j as I am informed, oreviously unheard ! of. ! A war in Europe, for example, is j usually waged by men trained and set j apart for that business and, therefore, | causes but comparatively little, if any, I drain upon the industrial and business portions of society. Here, however, the Southern armies were composed of the very flower of the population, in the ranks were found business men and professional men, as well as farm ers and mechanics-the very class of men most important to the material I CONSTRUCTION. l?racter Developed by ?Var. I Courier. welfare of the country; and thc loss of such men could not readily be repaired. Just here I trust I may be permitted to turn aside for a moment from the line of thought which I am pursuing. I have always believed that he de served tribute to the valor of the pri vate soldier. I have always believed that he deserved more credit for cour age and endurance than the officer. For, to say nothing of the pride of position which incited the officer to the performance of duty, he always had this additional advantage: "When going into battle his mind was, in some measure, diverted from the dan ger to be encountered by his attention to the duties of his position, while the private soldier had nothing before him but the dangers to which he was exposed. All honor, therefore, to the private soldier. But another and still more striking and peculiar difference in the results of our war from that of any other war of which we read is the fact that when, ordinarily, a war terminates, the labor system of the country in which it is waged is the same as it was when the war began. Here, however, when our war terminated the labor system of our eountry, dependent so largely as it was on the institution of slavery, was for a time, at least, utterly de stroyed, and continued for years more or less in a disorganized condition. Now, when it is considered how large ly the material prosperity of a coun try depends upon its labor system, it is easy to perceive how great and un usual were the difficulties which the Southern people had to encounter, not only in repairing the waste and de struction caused by the war, but also in obtaining the bare means of sub sistence. And when it is remembered how soon the objects were, in a meas ure, attained, we should not withhold our tribute of admiration for the energy of character displayad by the Southern people-a feature of character in which our people had been supposed by some to be conspicuously lacking. A single illustration will be sufficient to prove this. When the war ended every rail road in the State was so broken down j and impaired that there was not a j single one capable of being operated throughout its entire length, and yet in an incredibly short time all were in operation. This was cot due to the aid of foreign capital, which had not then began to flow into the State, but was due entirely to the energies of our own people, for, of course, the railroad companies could not have ob tained the means necessary to repair their waste places except by the tran sportation of the products of the country through which they passed, and those products were dug out of the ground by our own people. But I cannot dilate further upon the evi dences of the energy of character of the Southern people, brought out by the result of the war, and must pro ceed to speak in brief terms of another phase of Southern character brought out ic the boldest relief by one of the more remote results of the war. In the dark days of Kecoastruction, when the best people of this grand old State were disfranchised, and the en tire Government was in the hands of the barbarian, the alien and the few native traitors who joined with them in oppressing and plundering the peo ple, it was really wonderful to see how few of our native population degraded I themselves by such an association r with the vilest of the vile. Perhaps this was not so remarkable in those of us who were old enough to have im bibed the principles of our forefathers, and who could not, therefore, so easily wrench ourselves loose from the senti ments in which we had been reared and educated. But for the younger men, who were just then coming upon thc stage of life, and had not yet be come so thoroughly imbued with the sentiments of the past, with exhausted means, with thc necessity staring them in the face to do something to make bread, and with every avenue to access apparently closed, except through the ranks of thc l?adical party, be it said to their lasting honor that the renegades in any community could be counted on the fingers of one hand. In this community we should be proud to say that all thc fingers of even one hand would not be needed to make the count. But, while it is true that these young men are justly en titled to great credit for so nobly withstanding the temptations thus alluringly held out to them to desert and sacrifice the principles of their forefathers, truth requires us to say that their noble conduct was, in large measure, due to the influence of the women of the country, and to say this does not detract from their merit, for all wc know that as a rule all good and noble work is, in large measure, due to the influence of cultured and re fined women. Take, for example, two instances pertinent to the present oc casion. That ^monument in yonder churchyard, ene of the first erected in honor of the Confederate dead, owed its origin and successful'Completion to thc efforts and influence of woman. So, too, that more imposing and costly monument, standing in the Capitol grounds at Columbia, most fittingly crowned with the statue of a private soldier, was the work of the noble women of the State, and in passing I may he permitted to say that on the list of the 34 counties into which the State was then divided, showing the amounts contributed by each county, Chesterfield, though one of the poor est counties in the State, stands ninth. These few remarks cannot be better concluded than by quoting the follow ing extract from the beautiful inscrip tion engraved upon that monument: "Let the stranger, who may in future times read this inscription, recognize that these were men whom power could not corrupt; whom death could not terrify; whom defeat could not dishonor, and let their virtues plead for just judgment of the cause in which they perished. Let the South Carolinian of another generation re member that the State taught them how to die; and that from her broken fortunes she has preserved for her children the priceless treasure of their memories, teaching all who may claim the same birthright that truth, cour age and patriotism endure forever." II. W. F. Dave Moore and his Reckless Daring. Col. John P. Thomas, the State historian, has received a letter from Maj. W. S. Dunlop, in which is men tioned the notable services of David Moore, who is employed in the Colum bia postoffice building now and who was known as one of the bravest of the brave. Maj. Dunlop was the gal lant commander of McGowan's battal ion of Lee's sharpshooters. He writes as follows from Little Rock, Ark. : Dear Sir : Replying to your favor of the 11th inst. I desire to say that, some time ago, in correspondence with our friend Dantzler, with regard to an appointment in our army then prepar ing to enter the field against Spain, you were incidentally brought into the discussion as a witness as to Dantz lcr's qualifications, etc., and among ether things mentioned Dantzler sug gested that you were writing up the history of South Carolina and the part taken by her troops in war between the States. I then mentioned that I had preserved certain memoranda of that eventful period which might be of service to you, but that was the last of it. Since then I have written the story of "Lee's Sharpshooters" and now have it ready for the press. The book will be issued in a few weeks. David Moore! Indeed I do remem ber him. He was an orderly sergeant in one of the companies of McGowan's sharpshooters which I had the honor to command. Dave Moore was one of the leaders of the line in every en gagement, and if there was any objec tion to him as a soldier it was to his reckless impetuosity in a charge or his persistent disregard of danger when the opposing lines were hung up in the death-grapple on some hotly con tested field. I remember well of hav ing to make him take care of his life at Ream's station, when thc sharp shooters engaged the Federal line of battle for five mortal hours and until they silenced the nine-gun battery and tied the infantry down behind the breastworks, until our line advanced and captured the guns and over 2,000 prisoners. The sharpshooters fired 160 rounds per man before the final assault and then participated in the charge and capture. I remember the Jones farm incident. The sharpshooters broke the Federal advance and captured in the basement of the Jones house some 35 or 40 pris oners, including the major command ing and several other officers. When the lines of battle advanced and as sumed the burden of battle, Law's and McGowan's brigades charged and suc cessively broke two Federal lines and engaged the third just at dark Sep tember 30th, 18b'4. Thc action was suspended, however, on account of the darkness, leaving the Confederates in possession of the field. Thc enemy entrenched during thc night on the Pegeam House ridge more than a mile back from where the action began. The next morning the two battalions of Law and Met Jowan were ordered forward to make a demonstration while a column was sent out to strike thc enemy in flank. What became of the flanking column I am not inform ed. But the two battalions of sharp shooters drove in the Federal sharp shooters, charged and broke their main line, and sent them scurrying through the woods in every direction, captur ing a large number of prisoners. So large was the number captured that when they came pouring over the breastworks as we entered, our own batteries, believing that we had been gobbled up, opened OD US, and con tinued to pelt us with shot and shell until a courier was dispatched and no tice given of our success. I hope, to bc able to attend the re union in Charleston where I hope to meet you. Very truly, W. S. Dc NM? I?. - God makes better those who try to do their best. Washington's Personal Bravery. Paul Leicester Ford, in his book on the true George "Washington, gives many i'acts not known before. His personal courage was of a remarkably high order. Jefferson, indeed, said that ''he was incapable of fear, meet ing personal'danger with the calmest unconcern." Tn his first battle, he described the scene himself as follows : "The right wing, where I stood, was exposed to and received all the enemy's fire. I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charm ing in the sound." In the engagement with Braddock he exposed himself so that "I had four bullets through my coat and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, although death was leveling my companions on every side of me." Yet this experience only made him eager for the fighting at Fort Duquesne. At the siege of Yorktown, an eye witness relates that "during the as sault, the British kept up an incessant firing. His excellency General Wash ington and Generals Lincoln and Knot, with their aids, having dismounted, were standing in an exposed situation awaiting the result. Col. Cobb, one \ of Washington's aids, said to his Kx-1 celJency: 'Sir, you are too much ex posed here ; would you not better step back a little ?' 'Colonel Cobb,' replied his Excellency, 'if you are afraid, you have liberty to step back.' " Like every truly brave man, the great general was truly compassionate. He wrote, on one occasion, that the sufferings of the country incident to the war ''melt me into such deadly sorrow, and I could offer myself a will ing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease." And again, in 1776: "When I consider that the city of New York will, in all human probabil ity, very soon be the scene of a bloody conflict, I cannot but view thc great numbers of women, children, and in firm persons, remaining in it, with the most melancholy concern. Can no method be devised for their removal?" It is no wonder that such a character commanded what his enemies called the "Personal Idolatry" of the nation for which he fought and which he so loved. - m - ? -- Baby's Photograph. A young photographer, when asked what sort of subjects presented the greatest difficulties to him, replied, without a moment's hesitation, "Ba bies," says the Philadelphia Times. "For instance," he con*'oued, "I took photographs of a little 10-month old fellow the other day in six differ ent positions. Yesterday I sent proofs to his mother, and to-day she brought them in. "I'm sorry,' she said, without any obvious grief, but none of these nega tives will do.' " 'Not one of the six?" I inquired, though I was prepared for what was to follow. " 'No,' she said. Tm afraid not. You see. I like this one very well, though, of course, it doesn't do baby justice, but his Aunt Ellen says it's an absolute caricature of the dear little fellow. The one she likes I don't care for at all, and his papa says he should never know for whom it was in tended. It looks so cross, and baby is such a sunshiny child. "'The one he likes, this smiling one, I shouldn't consider for a mo ment, for it makes baby's mouth look so much larger than it really is. " 'His grandmother chose that one, butas Cousin Fanny says, there's a very queer look to the child's eyes in it-very queer! However, she likes J that one where she's almost crying, that sober one. You ought to have heard baby's grandfather when she said she liked it. " 'He really decided the thing, for what he said seemed so sensible. He asked nie why I didn't have some more taken and see if there wouldn't be at least one that would really look like baby. Now, when can he sil again? It's hard for mc to spare the time, but you see it's the only thing to be done.' " Solomo? in Tennessee. A certain justice of the peace, who J'lived in Tennessee, was once trying a Negro for stealing. Among the de fendant's witnesses was a girl. It was very evident that she was not telling the truth. "The magistrate stopped her iu the midst of her testimony aud said, "do you know whar you'll go if you swear a lie "Yes, sir," she replied. "Whar?" "I'll goter torment !" "Torment? You'll goter jail, en from thar you'll goter the plenipoten tiary, that's whar you'll go !" During thc rest of the trial she .spoke thc truth, for thc jail had more ter rors for her than "torment." - "Young man," said the young woman's father, "you -have boasted several times that you possessed an honored name." "Yes, sir." replied thc suitor haughtily. "Well, may I inquire what bank it will be honored at and for how much ?" To Relieve Choking. "liaising the left ann as high as you can Avili relieve choking much inore rapidly than by being thumped in the back," explained a well-known resident of Georgetown. "And it is well that everyone should know it, for often a person gets choked while eating when there is no one near to thump him. Very frequently at meals and when they are at play children get choked while eating, and the customary man ner of relieving them is to ship them sharply in the back. The effect of this is to set the obstruction free, so that it can be swallowed. The same thing can be brought about by raising the left hand of thc child its highaspos possible, and the relief comes much more rapidly. In happenings of this kind there should be no alarm, for if a child sees that older persons or parents get excited they are very liable to get so also. The best thing is to tell the child to raise its left ann, and immedi ately the difficulty passes down." Washington ?Star. South Carolina Monument. WINCHESTER, YA., February 12.-A handsome memorial is to be erected to the memory of the South Caroliua dead interred in Stonewall' Cemetery, this city. Through the untiring efforts of Mrs. Atkinson, wife of Judge William M. Atkinson, the amount necessary to erect a titting shaft has been raised, the ladies of the "Palmetto State" com ing to lier assistance nobly. Mr. Chas, li. Kouss, of New York, also gave $200 toward the fund, and the contract has just been awarded to Albin Sc Nan, of this city. The shaft will be seventeen feet high, with a base and sub-base, the former ten feet square, and will be of white marble. It will bear the coat of arms of South Carolina, together with appropriate inscriptions, and Mrs. Atkinson is arranging to have it un veiled on June 0 next, the occasion of the annual flower-strewing here. It is expected that a number ol' prominent South Carolinians will be present and participate in the exercises attending the unveiling.-Baltimore Sun. To Seize a Thousand Islands. WASHINGTON, Feb. IT.-The Admin istration has determined to rapidly ex tend tiie jurisdiction of the United States over the whole of the Philippine group, acting on the theory that delay in this ease is dangerous, and that an archy and a general paralysis of such interests as the island support will bc brought about through a failure to promptly replace the Spanish sover eignty over the islands by that of the United States. This decision involves the necessity of a naval campaign, and this will be instituted as soon as Ad miral Dewey receives the reinforce ments in the shape of gunboats on the w ay to Manila. It was not anticipated that there will be a necessity for any formidable de monstrations, but. the fact that the United States Government is able to exhibit a sufficient force to accomplish thc purpose of occupation is expected to deter the natives from profitless re sistance. Owing to the vast number of the Philippine Islands a large number of gunboats would bc required to visit them simultaneously, so the programme will be to have the vessels visit in order thc principal towns outside of Manila. The naval vessels probably will be accompanied by some troop transports, and thc soldiers will be landed where necessary to hoist the United States tlag and take possession formally of the ports. It is understood that there will be no attempt made at this time to displace an}' of the existing municipal governments, except where they prove refractory and offer resistance. In fact, a policy of conciliation will bi' followed at all points in the treatment of the natives. - Fifty walnut trees in Cass coun ty. Mich., were recently sold for $10, 000 cash. These trees have now been felled and shipped to Knglish buyers. The largest tree was seven feet in di ameter at its base, and will yield lum ber worth from $700 to $1,000. In the olden days men were physically, at least, orthy of the admiration of women. It is a great big: something for a woman to feel that her husband is truly a capable and intrepid pro tector. It is a com fort for her to feel that he has the physical ^stamina and courage to de fend her through all the vicissi tudes of life. Nowadays there not much to ad mire about tho j average man from a physical standpoint. He may be a moral and a men tal giant, but the flesh of ill-health is weak, and he is probably a physical coward. It is not in nature for a sickly ra.au to be a brave man. His spirit may be willing but his body is weak. That is the man's own fault. Any man can bo healthy who will pay a lit tle common sense attention to his health when he has it,- and when he gets a little out of sorts, take the right remedy. Many of the diseases that afflict mankind are traceable directly to indigestion, torpidity of the liver and impurities in the blood. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery t's the greatest medicine for disorders of this nature. It strengthens a weak stomach, corrects all disorders of the digestion, gives edge to the appetite, invigorates the liver, purifies and enriches the blood and tones up and invigorates the nerves. It searches out disease germs, kills them and carries them out of the system. It is the great blood-maker, flesh-builder and nerve-tonic and restorative. It makes strong, healthy men'out of weak, sickly invalids. Medi cine dealers sell it and no honest dealer will urge a substitute upon you. .' I have been taking Dr. Pierce s Gotden Med ical Discovery and 'Pellets' and must say that they have worked wonders in my case." writes Mr. L. tr. Pack. (Uux 175), of Hintou, Summers Co.. W. Va. " I feel like a new person, in fact I think I am well, but will take one mure buttle ti> make sure the cure is permanent. I cannot speak too highly of the ' Discovery.' I can eat anything now without misery in my stomach. I have trained some eight or ten pounds, weighing as heavy as I ?lid three years ago. " Thc medicine certauily worked like a charm on me, but when I first hegnn to take it I felt a little worse for a few days; had pains through my body and bones, but all this left tue after taking the medicines four or five days." i If i 1 Ni III .! f ill i BrA kl I ll I ai I? 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MAULDI>\ W. G. McGEE, SURGEON DENTIST. OFFICE-Front tloorc, and Merchants Bank over FapuieiB ANDERSON, S. C. Feb 9,189S 33 Having the largest capital and surplus of any Bank in the State outside of Charleston, we offer depositors tbe strongest security. This applies to our Savings Department, where we par interest, as well as to active accounts. We loan to regular depositor customers at our loweit rates. Private loans arranged without charge between our customers, and other investments secured when desired. With twenty-five years experience in banking, and with unexcelled facilities at our command, we are prepared to give satisfaction in all businesr transactions, and will, as heretofore, take care of he interests of our regular customers at all times Judge of Probate's Sale? I STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Anderson County. In Common Picas Court. Mrs. E. S/ Laughlin, Plaintiff, against S. T. Craig, in his own r:ght, and aa Administrator of the ?state of A. M. Craig, deceased, D. J. Craig, ot al, De fendants.-Foreclosure, Ac. BY virtue ot a Decree in Foreclosure in the above stated case, made by Judge Aldrich on tue 4th day of ??arcb, 1S!>S, I will sell to the highest bidder at Anderson C. H., S. C., on Salesdby iu March next, the following described Real Estate, to wit : All that lot of Land situate in the cor porate limits ol' the City of Anderson, containing eight and one-half (8i) acres, more or less, and bound on the South' by extension of West Market 8treet, on the West by Street near the Western limits of said City, on the North by land of Frank C. Whitner, and on the East by Street laid out. from Whitner Street to extension of W est Market Street. Terms of Sate-Cash. Purchaser to pay extra for papers, R. Y. H. NANCE, Probate Judge as Special Referee. Feb 1;'), lSflfl_34_ 3 Dissolution of Copartnership. TBE Firm of FREEMAN A PACK was dissolved on the 30th of Janua ry. Persons owing the Firm will please make immediate payment to me or my authorized agent only. All claims against the Firm will be rendered to me at Green ville, S. C. W. R. FREEMAN. Feb Sj 1SP9 33 3*'