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f^T^owfrrYmvm * Camden. j^rTui pubUnliluir tU* Rfi^SFwOB <*. u p. ('., and was ?wupet rV^K?fi^w (>,uuty t*clUK,lM St* ((fully illustrated, and the r j.v*i iM"<h u,ent *a ?" p dt' ,, HS library gonlu*. Miss f* iL Avoir*', h senior in the If%b8chool, w#n th<> wlnmr.) ~1" important hihI. most hotly ^ftrtteof the Civil War In W**? fought at Gettysburg, F** Jo the soldiers of the Mouth *STo?neral I*e, and Hioseof I k under General Meade. At FZ^kt vletorfea of Chancellors FJifYederlckshurg, tho Co&jfod P^JTthe month of May re L?d reorganising. The army *L MM Into three corps, [ *!Li respectively hy Lieut Gen Rxi Tliufc'Htreet, B. 8. Kwell In'1^ "Confederate States," ?hv tho flrwt of June, the *\t Northern Virginia, wan the L^uiwd Hiitl most highly spirit Tthat has ever been seen on jLuiu noil The Hueeeaafwl cam fKwwh which it had rocentlv 3 k?,i liwnlred It with such ar L enthusiasm that it felt capable SrSmmt anything." S U? aid not tlilnfc lt atlvlS To on lot lv await tho movemen t ? enemy.* He thought that the Lv to protect Richmond was to jkv into Pennsylvania and to i teiTor into tho hearts of the L^r* for the safety of their Sulfal? Washington. Other rea for I>ee's moving Northward. ? decisive victory in the \ at this time would probably the War to n close, and aecure lem Independence ; then too, it J I make France and Germany K their attitude of strict neu y ind would gain for the South ppect of the European Nations, i Independent countrv. It would been easy for the Federals to marched ui>on Richmond, as E. wished, and to have cantured le there were but few troops (1 there, but the Federals were ioeh alarmed for the safety of ; Fown Capital. to accept Hooker's Tbe Confederate's mnrcl) Into Kpjlrania was very different from Euui's raid/ through the South, orders f.'eneral Lee had given. ? there should be no pillaging, and ?{be Inhabitants should net be mo Etf Id anyway whatsoever, were Kijr obeyed. pH was an army of veterans ptfeJii? into an enemy's country, ?j&Generul Alexander said; . "Rx win emrtpment a better army, bete Bpgved up to its work, never ?M to a battle field." ? . Federal armv of the Potomac itml alK)ut 90,000 men and they, r tbe penoralshin of Meade, who. ? now made commander In placet If Hooker, were all that stood be tbe Confederates nnd Washing Uhi. Lee was uow threatening liar rlsburg, llaHlun.iv atal Philadelphia. When Lee heard tUiit Meade Uttd ptobhch! thu TOEoBRSir*5? w*b moving quickly through Maryland Into Penn aylvaula, he ordered hla i.n. ?e , to Con JSAtmtU Jit CwdiUm n, t*n , ft tfttle Ttt laae at the < eastern h*?e of South Mountain. Oft the morning of July 1, 180?, a* Hill, with the divisions commanded by Hath and redder, was advancing; through Cash town towards Gettys burg. he encountered t \% ti corps of Meade's army. There the great hat tie of (luttyHhurK began. Archer, commander of ofto of Heth's brigade* pushed on too far, and wan overwhelmed by Federal reinforce* rnonts. Hath and Pender formed for battle and came to Archer's assistance and they succeeded in breaking two of the Federal Hues, hut were then repulsed by General J. F. Reynolds. Just fin the lu\ttlc was at Its height, General Iteynolds was killed and Ho ward assumed command. At this op portune moment Hwell crime to Hill's assistance ami these two Generals ad vanced the whole Confederate line, routing Meade's dismounted troo|tera with great slaughter. The Confeder ates had gained a Itrllliant victory They had captured several of the enemy's cannon, live thousand priso ners, ami many colors, while the rem nanta of Meade's defeated troops took refuge at Cemetery Hidge, where they found reinforcements. Thore is a slight elevation lying west of <rettysburg, Which Is called Seminary Itldge. Parallel with Semi nary Hidge and about a mile distant Hen Cemotery Hidge. This elevation rises directly south of Gettysburg and ends with two rocky j>eaks called Little Hound Top and Rourid Top. Near the town (his ridge forms itself into the shape of a fish-hook. At the point of the hook stands (gulp's Hill, and at the head of the hook rises Cemetery Hill, so name* ed because of a little graveyard situa ted thereupon. The naturally strong Federal posi tion upon Cemetry Hidge was made still stronger by tho defeated troops that had taken refuge there, throwing up breastworks' during the night, ftha when Meade arrived to their assist ance he found himself well prepared for . the coming struggle. Lee felt greatly encouraged by bis success the day before, and wished to give battle as near after daylight (on tho morn trig of July 2) as possible, before Meade'n forces could concentrate. " For various reasons the attack was delayed, and, .bulging by what hap pened when the battle was fought, this caused Lee to lose the chance of gaining a decisive victory. Longstreet directed his attack main ly upon Sickle's corfrs, whtc|i was driv en from the^pfeach orchard with heavy losses. Hill assailed the Federals line on the Northern part of Cemetery iUdjvre, while Ewell gave battle to Meade's forces on Culp's Hill. When night descended upon the second day of the great conflict neither side had fregn successful, but the Confederates iVere in excellent spirits, and they were encouraged by numerous small successes of the day to believe that they mlurht yd wlu fortune To favor theui. IWd plan for battle on ( l?o thbad day wow for General HEhreB. and GetwTa) Uxi^trvet. Vbo hud 'been re* InforotHl by Picket, t<j attack the en emy a( toe name time- -the former froin the lot t Miul the latter from the right. General l<ong?treet failed to l?e rea dy as moou hh whm expected, 'fix? re suit of this wis, that after a tight of several heirs, KweW wan <*ompelled to retire to his original poaitioit, thus losing a valuable iK?lnt which bo bad captured the day before. Tbla caused l?ee to change his further plan of l initio. He now proponed to assail the Federal'** center on Cemetery Kldgc. With this be resolved to resort to Rtrateuy. At one o'clock In tlu\ after noon he ordered 188 cannon to open tire After every cannon roar from the Confederate "ne came an answer ing "boon', boom" from Cemett r\ ithlge. In this, way I.ee trlo<l to ex haust the Federal supplies, In order to mike tils assault Upon them that afternoon successful, but the Federals discovered the ruse and only tired 80 of their cannon. After thlH furious bombardment Picket with I'ettlgrew and AVllcox cominaiulluK noiue i.'i.OOO men, advanc ed against the Union center. A thrill of admiration ran through the Fed oval lines as. they saw this wonderful armv moving steadily on under the crushing fire of the rllles and cannon. The gallant Confederates rushed on, nijlned the stone fiince and dented their Southern Cross In the midst of the enemy's stronghold ; but as they could' not Ret reinforcements they were attacked on all sided by Meade's division and driven back with heavy loss. Pickett's grand attack bad failed, but he had made one of the greatest charges in history, Thus ended the great battle of Gettysburg ? the battle that decided there should only be one country in this beloved America of ours, and that bpth sections should be forever united under oue flag. What a great contrast lietween the 80, 000 spirited Confederates inarching gaily towards Gettysburg and the (KV 000 slowly retreating from the blocdy battle-field ! Nevertheless, .the defeat at Gettysburg did not make the sol diers lose faith in themselves or their leaders. Both sides had lost heavily ? tfye yF?Klernls even more than the Confederates, and the Southern defeat was only due to the Federals having so many more men, ' Lee blamed himself for the loss of Gettysburg, but no ohe else has ever looked upon it In that light. The tribute ? to his worth has been universal ? from both friends and foes? and all venerate his virtues and regard him as one of the purest and greatest men the world, has ever known. NOTICE. The colored teachers are requested to meet in Jackson school building at 10 o'clock, Saturday, May the 8th. This meeting will be of great impor tance. Addresses will be delivered by white arid colored speakers. C. C. Lowery. A SMALL BKUilUM. PWfliMkll) the Kill Ire Country lift* -? Been Taken by Merman*. ?I., . Our (tf 11.370 inirouillesof teW tpry occupied by Belgium before the present war, less than liOO square nilltTt thereof It* still holt! by the llel glaus ami their allien; and the nor* mal population of the i?art of the country Htlll held by the Belgians 1h only 100,000, while the iteace popula tion of the whole country Vvas more than 7,000.(100. Thus begins a state ment jMHt prewired by the National Uoorgraphlc Society showing what Belgium has lout of her territory wince the preacnt war began, it then con tinues: V. ...All of Belgium's cities, her com* merce. Industry yml resources of mine and timber lamia 'now lie behind the German lines, which sweep from West* ende. on the North mm, to Basle, where the Rhine leaves Switzerland for (ler many. Independent Belgium today Is a thin strip of land wedged into tlu? French department of ..l^ta-de-GaJulSv. This area Ih the Hand dune. Infertile, lew lylug, sparsely populated part of Hel glum. Antwerp, 1 Brussels, Liege, (ihenti Charlerol, Louvaln, Namur, Os tend, Mallnea, and some score ?>f other Important cities of the low country are ufuler (Jerman domination. In that Strip of territory which the allies de fend there is not a single city with 20,000 population, and there are but ten small towns in all the sections. The coal flelds of I^lege, Mons and Clmrleroi, with their annual outputs in norjnal times of 22,000,000 tons a year, are In the hands of the invaders. The great steel and IroA works of Liege and Charlerol are lost. When, in the yc4*rs before the war, due ] Missed thru the busy elty of Liege on the Paris Berlin express at night, he saw thous ands of splashes of fire-glow in the fleeting shadows, where the restless furnaces of found -tes trading with every country labored. /The American traveler who watched these flres gleam by, reealled to mind a strip of rail road eastward of Cleveland, where factory and foundry line the way for nillga i. L i . The iron, zinc, lead and muMxutuwo mines of Belgium lie behind its ene my's lilies. Its rieli quarrle* of mar ble, granite and slate are in its north ern ami eastern provinces Here also, are Its forests audits more important manufactures. These sections have been in the hands of the invaders from the early days of the war. Ghent is ?the capital of the Belgium textile in dustry, an industry which occupies -many of the cities and towns of Flan ders. where woolen aud cottou stuffs and lace genres are 'made, but the jlooms all lie behind the German front. !8o, too, is all of Belgium's agricultural [Country lost ; and a sand-drift and stretches where dairy farming was carried on in peace times are all that now remains under the shadow of Bel gium's battle standards. # Belgium stood sixth among the na tions of the world in the relative vah\e of lier commerce l>efore the war broke out. Today this commerce has been completely crashed ; thT free pofts f^ I main and there is not even a customs port, on all her borders where goods pass through save those ports .'alone uj>oii the French and German border# where war munitions and supplies for contending armies are pouring in. Belgium's trade is no more; her indus^ try is no more ; her mining is no more ; her cities a re-foreign soil ; her schools her fdur universities at Ghent, Liege, Brussels and Louvain are no more; her capital is lost ; her farms are gone ? Belgium, herself, is almost non-exist ent as a concrete thing. Tea chefs' Examination. ? -i Notice In hereby given that the' regu lar spring examination for teachers wi 1 1 beheld at .the. court house . on Frl day, May 7th, 1015, beginning at nine o'clock. .All those Intending to stand the examination tor . teachers' certifi es res will pi on so take notice and gov ern themselves accordingly. ,0. , FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hc^by given Jhat Tliave filed with the Probate Judge of Ker shaw <5ounty my final return as Ad ministratrix of the instate of J. M. Watts, deceased, and that on the 1st day of May, lftlft> at 11 o'clock A. M., I will apply 4o- the said Court fbr a final discharge te Administratrix .61 the said Estate. ? MRS. JK. L. WATTS. 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Under auil by virtuo of sundry tax executions issued to mo by tho Treas urer of Kershaw County, I will offer for Halo at public outcry, larforo the Qourt I louse ?loor hi Camden, S. 11, on tho tlrHt Monday tn May, durliiK the legul hours of sale, the following described proj>erty : All that piece or )>urcel of laud ly< tag, and Isdug situated In County of Kershaw, State of South Carolina, I>e Kalb township, Sehool District No. 1, containing ten (10) acres, and Itounded as follows: North by lands of estate of H. H. Alexander, East by lands of Tames Arthur, South by lamis of estate of Henderson Bird, and West by lands of Carolina M ('Mullen, et al. Said lands to be sold as property lit Emma W. Alexander, for taxes 1018 and 1014. -Also All that piece, parcel or tract of land, lying and being situated In Kershaw County, State of South Carolina, Buf falo township, School District No, 28, and containing two hundred (200) acres, and hounded as follows : Nortl by lands formerly SUcox. East by D M. Bethune, South and West by J. T Hough ; to be sold as the property W. M. DuBruhl for taxes, year 10*2. 1013, 1014. Also All that ple<*\ parcel or tract of land, lying and being situated in Kot sftaw County, South Carolina. Flat Hock towuahip, School District No containing 61 acres, and hounded as follows: North by lands of Zion Hill Church, East by J. A. Stradford, South hy Jatio Furman, West by Scott Heed, to be sold as proj)erty of estate of Heuben Westlcj\ for taxes year J 91 2. 1013, 1014. Terms of sale ? Cash, W. W. HUCKABEE, Sheriff. Camden, S. C., April IB, 1915. M?autiful line of box. stationery Ju?t received, l>est quality at G. W. Crosby's Notice of Settlement and Ap plication for Final Discharge. Notice is hereby given that one month from this time, on Saturday, May 15th, 1015, I will render to the Probate Judge of Kershaw County a final account of my actings and dolng^ as Guardian of my daughter, Mltte Lola Cafoe, who has t>econie of age, and on the same day wilt ask for a ?final discharge from my trust as such Guardian. MRS. MAKY I. CATOIO, Guardian. Camden, S. O., April 15, 1015. j .... All Forms of Interchangable MUcssc r and Penny Scrip Books flood for In* . trastate Passage in South Carolina. Effective Saturday. March 20, .1015, all interchangeable- mileage and penny scrip books, forms Z, ZZ, SIM and Pen ny Scrip (Tegardless of date purchas ed) will be good, within limit, for in trastate journeys in South Carolina by exchange of coupons at ticket win dows for passage tickets in accord ance with- contract and tariff provis ions. ? Seaboard Air Line Ry. Southern Ry. Carolina, Atlantic & Western Tiy Charleston ft Western Carolina Ry. . 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