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1WISH you would get a glazier to come up and set that pane of glass the chil dren broke yesterday. The house is as cold as k barn," said the surburban house wife, as her husband was about to go to business. * "Haven't time this morning," replied her hus band. "Just look in the Telephone Directory? you'll find several there. Give 'the ord?r to the one who says he will se>id a man right up." S ?it> ih? man with the telephone who gets the hurry orders every time, When you telephone?smile SOUTHERN AND TELEGRAPH The-Victor is ready with the ;nusic, and you can dance the Turkey Trot and Tango whenever x/our feet feel that way. Catchy and HyelyYecords^-Ioud and brilliant, and played in perfect; time |pr dancing. o If you don'c daYice, you'll enjoy listening to this fascinating rnusic any way. , fYj&?. i'\ - iy' Come in. and hear the newest Victor Records for dancing Turkey.Trots and Tangos. Willis & S Bleck lev Wk Anderson S. G. Crf?x*hic ?^?r?pUtm pf the Sa?? Butler Bonham, Who Rode ^ab> Cert?sn (John Hcrny Brown in' Texas Farm and Rauch, 18V9.) It ia honorable to human nature io. feel something akin to personal In terest and. with many, kinship, in the character of men. whose deeds'stamp them as .of the- highest order of boaor and heroism. Of such is the ch?ra?tjnd w? bave Under consideration. Most that la ' iown among the multitude, eVcvi ol Informed Tealans, is that] ttoohanva South Carolinian, fell In the Alamo. The true sublimity of hie acts and-bearing has been locked in I the ?iearts of a'few, and never till r<> by the writer of these chap iters, given to the nubile, ami *w2tl only to Contradict a published.hlatopcj I cal mhjstatement awarding to another ! tlie credit 'due to Bonham, and to i [Dunham only. i Who was this almost matchless hero, I patriot and friend?frieud to "v. u.'< I lustratrio?B Travis, as David _ athaa were friends?a friendship hal-J lowed in Masonry and in the hearts of men 8,0Cd years after' its manifesta tion in the days of Saul? Very briefly I ?iil answer. The Bonham family, in. so fur as1 their American history goes, arc tit Maryland origin. They branched off) mnr,; ihnri loo years ugo from iitac| State Into South rarolioa; Kentucky.' (from Kentucky into Missouri .thrmce to Texas) and elsewhere in the newer portions or the Cnio:\. A seien of the Kentueky-.Missourl-TexaB i brauch resides in Dallas today.in thej person of Mr. W. Bonham Knight, of' a printing house io this city, lei Bonham. iu th<> r.>v^i,,?i~ ary war, was a private soldier at .12 yeare pf age In a Maryland-cavalry company/ whose cap*aln and oUmti member-was, but ?ft. They, served at tho solge .of .Yarktown. The 'wiraS&J this .Tam?s "Bonham was Sophia Smith. They had five sons and three daugh ters. Jacob, the oldest; died in child hood. The second, Simon Smith Bon- ! ham,' died a b*wy> Alabama; in 1835. ' ^ Tho third, Malsch! Bohbani, died in . rairrcio, L'Teeatoho county, Texas, during the civil war, and has children tbe>e now. The fourth eon wa* the hero of the A*amo. ' James Butler Bon adiutant in a south Carolina btfgade I in the Florid* selfth I tH? Mexican w ihajor general . commanding uli tne troops of South Carolina at the time of her secession from-the Union, and so remained ?!>Ml Airil. !_?- 1S*1. Thim' tho State trbope were merged into the Confederate, army, and Gen. Bonhani, as a fact, ?cd- the first brigade into that service, in ihi fail of that year, however, lie was elected to tho Con federate congress *n which ho served eme session, and in was elected till ttv? close of 1864, when.'an briga dier general, he reentered tha Con federate army aafl no remained till the close'of tho war. He Is now about 76' : ! old. aud ?3 president of .the ftlfte board of railroad commissioners 0? South CjiroMti?? !r.bor?2i. is a true ockuowl rother of valuable s no pic 96 en et. [fanr and ,?tly being ers. in &te*-&J!&,S*?*i<* of ."orna* the AUmo? ia ihn Ahn? ofc, 2?ea?? " I w? **' ^aLS^001 September, .there was wui?>d to hint whiaperlnif!,-1 ?a audible sounds -of the toi- ' (pending revolution ia Tcxok. While the correspon?en<je is lost, it la cer-' hot earnfletj end loving tetters* passed he tw?eft hhn ond Travis. Cdtn. "Mention was alow and at distant vais compared with the present ; bat by November the soul of v,.aia was enjlstdd in the cause of (Texas. He abandoned everything and ' smith, the leader of the i.?,^ty; Cicn, ''?u?toa^^inia' 0*2 tbrj prominent men who advocated ?ttmrt time by the friend of ills youth. Bonhaui. . Travltf. grand In intellect, unseillsh'tn spirit and uobla in heart, vrgacizcd his rorcb as best he could,' Sotermlned t men at (fc relief. old the advancing~?u >*ri iiciii uen. Houston StD? organize o force 8 uf ot and repel him on the He trusted that Funoin, ^thoroughly "equipped ad, would march to. his ??v ??wv appeaw to mm to i' feet, and.-finally,- after Santa Anna's] botlt Mexican*. Indians ou tf travel $z u hut b man obi Sriavft linifertrffe Butler JjjSB ago,'-'assumed is position jln tarn for c laxt tructlowa also proceed from Higrch of aid. ar/?Mrll from n -Antonio and route or hl? ec then, none danger would ?saii^ habimfctbr - H mm h StJi pn*?ircled.: by San, Sllt?*i?r? smtth orabl: Bed he .coy la rruiU, deter, lev He Aras Ar Maverick S tueS retch.|? Jf^an Antonio 1 Alamo was im-oolpr- c ttkerchtef, c title. cgusol?'V/ry, reglgnaMut. *' ' k tno?ier who bewalia tbe loss uj .or sons but rojoiocB that they tell lu a cause just and righteous?gtOHously fr-H that their coyntry might be free. ?mung many, sentiment ? uttered at these meeting? In South Carolina, I extract the ifctldwlag: j. ''The memory of Col j Travis and Bon h am: There < la cause for Joy and not. of moMrnj^5^f ,.d??brtct . of ^dgmneld jnoudiy yplats to .ber two gallant sons who foil in a struggle against a moust?r tryant. contending lor those sacred principles which.are dear to evejy American bo?oro." 2, "The memory of CgIb. Travis and fin: Martyrs Ih the cause of |M|v.' We are' proud' to say Is1 spot of earth gave them birth; and that here they ita .. those principles in the meln lace of which they so gloriously felt." Af James Dorn, Manies Butler Bpnham, . wop perished in tbe Alamo -a noblo sou of Carolina. May bur eons cvor contend fbr~ that soil on which he so nobly fought aud died." ' Throughou; tjho State similar meet ings were held, and .hundreds of Caru. Una ..volunteers baatoo&d to Texas, to save the .land for. which. Travis, Bop ham. Bowie, Martin t'ro?jtett and ^fryabaurad*^ died. Bowi?, by name. Ediar^d in tho-eutoglea pronounedtftf?jh f?&fte Crockett ??ci? ==e-,c 1= to Texas; hut no name, in the,splendor t>f manhood and chivatro?? bearing can ever eclipse that of James But ler Bonnam. .P. 8.?Then hus just been publish ed in tbe Galvestdh News of April 21. in un Interesting review of the history of those days; tiie proceedings ~>t an indignation >nv?e?ng held- by the soldiers in San Antonio, January 26? 183g. called forth bv tho uaiirr?.. tions of the council at Sun FeliwaTap? Its warfare upon and abortive attempt to depost Oov. Henry Smith.- the champion of Independence. The .v?t ?ran (tor he was theji.n. y?ter?.n of ?h? nrgr..of.1812,.apd aftorwurd? terribly vound?d at San Jac?nto>. Co?. Joseph 2. Neil?, then commanded at Satt An? i?nlo, and presided. at this meeting.1 iv 1th it Williamson as secretary. On notion of .Col.. James Butler, .Bon h am (wrongly printed In the News "Ron [fstn'-H-a commit; .: en wasap Jol. Bonham, Col. James- Bowte 3reen B. Jameson, Dr. Polard. Jasse tnrUett. Juan N. Seguin and Caspar Among the resolutions reported by his committee (four of whom soon Moa ?-'.unrjtyra lu. tb* A?ntuo). and manirhoueiy adopted by the meeting, vrre ths follow'.Ug: "l. TSlat Wo ^"??? ?upuort the au hority 'of ,Oov. Smith Jn his ttnyield ng and. patriotic efforts .to fuiflll fcj^ e people. sgaiaiBv^pn and d?signa of tieften Individuals. "6. That tho governor, Henry-fijSflW will please accept the gratitude i&tfc irmy "atj this station for- h'?a tirmness n execution, as well aa his oatrlotic .sortions hi our behalf." Thtse resolutions were called forth ] iy the extraordinary usurpation of he San Felipe council in oreat'.ig lr 'c^ponalble onrt ^?^?MQ^^^HWaiilMiSW mder Fannln in one case and Jonn ?t?in^ ?rant: in another, theveby gn.ortng. Gen. Houston, aa commander n chief and Henry Smith as governor, ! tad cutminattug m the massacre of. **ariy'500 brave rasa;'sad-indirectly n tho fall of the Alamo. Five day* jo fort?, this, Travis t>,\ San Felipe m lignantiy refused to obey a summon ^ rom the council as one of a posse 'orclbly 1 ?roh1res or his office. Jtftue of the ncn uo summoned: refused In It narvner. The governor, as champion) jf lsdcpc^d??ice, *>at> ?usiaiacd by thai >eople. and in March, by the newly } i??ctec convention. uoaniipapBEr?tts? >kxlitv. b> * uj3q.u, ?i. __ jk iftwr^thts meeting TravJ* assv^ed kpmmand at the Alamo. THE AMFBC3X SHAMBLES o ? o o o.o o o;o o o o o who dlod violent deaths at the of their lawless feUows aggre ? " - ??CSs - S su r?i ?tvg' ist ^aii Bives but they become all the disturbing whan taken is*, com The Farmers & Me Farmers Loan and Ji Anderson, S. C, take ure in lending money tomers.and at this s* an especial pleasure i their farmer friends. [ We would be pleased to eaten* ere of this good county by lend COUS TO GO 4 " i ON CLOSES-'*' ; i; ;| 4 TQ I I FO?NTS UP j Tone.. yRce?ta?a?y fltwa^ke\| Market N; -JEischaaite " j Most of Day j y Associated Press.) ii*; April H?.~The coi qujet and stead>. The close was steady] and frpm four to eleven points n?M higher. ; The market t bowed connidor&blt strength burins the early trsdtngia**} after'; opcrjingvflfffi. *t ? net advacee of i.lo z pointa suJd^ abouH il points, net h!j good deal of r?-'j alfiririg was cacouutcred on udraacej however, and th? market soon turned 1 easier In cqnaequeno* j New. (.top .pq9^oas..f^lle|m.'^mg points an showed rulli?s of S'Ho H twin t s from | the lowest ; on ORve^g. J ..Boot cotton quiet: inlddline up-1 M&r??t?b?- wtaimg guir iS.s?; s?idsr her. .. lt.7* niher. .. '1 vffiff/' Liverpool Cotton rotton ifpc^ low middling une-July..6.78 6$'i illy-August.S.74 6.77 Spots 7.36. Suies 1O.00C. Receipts - 4,CfC,?. . j were firm today. Raw silk rule< ?ood? Meeatiua--varies with the financial resourcex of the defendant; Vf yi.l JMyf '"VWilf f!Uffi ' " ?HT^'QHffcwW rchants Bank arid the ust Con^i u l a great deal offWe*?* our acquaintance wUh the farm SEE US, valuable thatv any a iivy are. tto <.'oiui; und l?;t help you I could r?'n!o. able $3.00. to 16.00'and- -u?w palm on ifauu a and pnria 1ft upward Sit W.-Wa!taer 84v ; wsA also - bnatd?rt May Into July and ^ Jrrefruli