The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, January 11, 1901, Image 4
A RETrOSrICT
This is the evening of the third day
of January in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and one. I find
that I am getting to be an old man,
my head is frosted over by the snows
of many winters, and in glancing
backward', over the years which I
have lived, I find that my life has
been made up with many changes,
ups and downs, though I believe
more downs than ups. Through it all
F.bave tried to keep a cteerful front,
and have culled some swcets from
every passing flower.
To-night I find myself in a tbought
ful wood and ft el like indulging myself
in an old wan's natural perogative,
that of fighting one's battlem over
again. Thoughts take we back into
the past century in the days of the
sixiev, when this lard of ours was
torn and bleeding at every pore by
devastating war. And in my minds
ei e, I am once again the gay cavalier
following the standard of "Little,"
Joe Wheeler. I can hear the bugle's
call of "boots ard saddles," the clang
of the saber, the rattle (,f the carbine
and the sharp command: "Forward."
After months of bard servc - in the
saddle, I wake up one morn' ngaxd
fiad myself in a L.ospital. The sur
geon omndemns me, I am no longer fit
for active duty, am transferred to
post duty, June 1864, "Anderson
ville." I am on the "staff" of the
commandant of the prison, am kept
there eight months During my stay
it was my fortune to be an eye wit
ness to much of the sufferings and
hardships incidental to military prison
life. We had at that time not less
than twenty-I wo thousand men in con
finement; the mortality was great,
especily for the months of July, Au
gust a6d Septembir, the death rate
averaging about one hundred and five
per dat, though they did not all die
from disesse; -numbers tel! by the
hands of their own men. There was
an organized gang known as "Raiders,"
who preyed upon their fellowman for
thip purpose of robbery. It was a
common event to find in the mornings
dead bodies lying on the streets with
throats cut. No one knew when his
own time would be or when the blow
would come. The natural outgrowth
of such a condition was a reign of
terror.
Now, in order that this narrative
may be perfectly plain, I had best de
scribe the prison itself and its inter. 1
nal arrangements. Thure were about t
twenty acres of land surrounded by a
tfe foot ditch. Into this ditch was
placed split pine logs, twenty feet
long, which made a palisade tfteen
feet above ground. At intervals, on
the top of this wall, were sentrritoops. t
On the - Inside, twelve feet from the
"" ub the
two arge gates
and west gate. Outside of
was a much smaller one.
Now that you understand the sit ua
tion, I will proceed. All over the
prison the cry was for help. Numer
ous petitions were sent out to the
commandant. Hie promised all the
aid he could give. An officer with a
suitable force was se.,t in to make air
rests. In about a week's time there
were one hundred and sixty suspected
uen brought out. These were con
fined In the smaller prison and kept
there until they could be tried by a
military court. This court was com
posed entirely of their~ own men, an
able be;ly, consisting of a jadge ad.
!ocate,. his assistan ts, andl connel for
tptl sidles. Thesy were in continuous
syting tgto the end.. TIhey did their
wior~ most thoroughly and ever-y find
ing oft~,is court was executed to tbe
failest extent.. Of the one hundred
an4~ sixty seventy-four were found
guilty in a greater or less degree. The
bailance were returne:l to the prison.
The condemned were sentenced ; sixty
to run the gauntlet, ' eight to wear
halls and chains, ihe remaining six to
be hanged by the neck until they were
dead.
I will now relate the manner in
which these men received their punish
ment, taking them in the order in
which they came.
First as to the gauntlet. Thbe s reet,
cntered by the eastern gate, was qe.
lece-l for the run. On both sides of
its~ street from one end to :he other
was a living wall of men, armed with
sticks, or anything they could get
their hands on, with which to strike a
blow. Everything was naow ready.
The word was given, the gate was
thrown open and sixty miserable devils
were pushed in at the point of the
bayonet. Now began a race for life.
It was a thrilling moment. Not a
single man reached the end of that
street, though numbers broke thbrough I
the lines and lost themselves in the
.rowd. Many were badly beaten. I
One poor fellow wa. killed outright
with scarcely a whole bone left in him.C
The eight who. were condemned to I
wear balls anid chains were soon, rigged I
up in pairn with a ten-pound ball
fastened to each outside ankle, the in
side ankle was fastened by a chain to i
a sixty pound ball in the center. Tthey '0
were to have been sent horme in that C
. condItion. 1 can't say whett-er that b
part of their sentence was ever car- a
ried out. I know that for weeks they h
were going abont fastened up like a C
team of mules.
The remaining six were give~n a t wz
weeks respite to prepare for their h
doom. In the meanwhile they were el
confined in the stocks with tLeir feet p
fastened, lying flat on their backs on a
the ground. There was a large scaf- n
fold built inside thbe prison, and at the V
appointed time these men were hanged .
by tue neck until they were dead. ci
The hangman, his assistants, the court, re
and all who were connected with this RI
t~agedy,-were paroied and sent north it
with the records so as to make a full re
report to their own government. de
For this and other alegedatrciie,.
the Federal government required a
victim. The commandant oi Ander
sonville prison was executed Novem
ber 11tb, 1865, at the old capitol
prison, Washington city, D. C.
Old Confed.
His Life Was Saved.
Mr. J. E. Lilly, a prominent citizen
of Hannibal, Mo., lately had a won
derful deliverance Trom a frightful
death. In telling of it be says: "I
was taken witr Typhod Fever, that
ran into Pneumonia. My langs be
came bardened. I was so weak I
couldn't even sit up in bed. Nothing
helped me. I expected to soon die of
Consumption, when I beard of Dr.
King's New Discovery. One bottle
gave great relief. 1 continued to use
it, and now am well and strong, I
can't say too much in its praise " This
marvellous medicine ir the surest and
qnickest cure in the world for all
Throat and Lanr Trouble. Regular
sizes 50 cents and $1 00. Trial botr!es
free at McMaster Co.'s drug store;
every bottle gnaranteed.
A CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY GONE.
Death of Philip D, Armour, Chicago's Mul
ti-Hillenaire
Chicago, January 6.-Philip Dan
forth Armrii, philanthropist, finan
cier and multi-millionaire, head of the
vast commercial ~ establish'nent that
bears his name, died at his home, 2 115
Prarie avenu!, at 5.4.5 o'clock this after
no o.
A muscular affection of the heart
was the immediate caise of death. He
had been slowly recovering from an
attack of pneumonia that for three
weeks had thieatened his life.
Mr. Armour was surrounded bJ bis
family when he died. The millionaire
retained consciousness until within an
bour of his death.
During the day be had realized that
leath was near. To those around him
ae said:
"I know I am very aick and am
ready f.r death whe: it come.
Soon after luncheon, and just before
he phys-cian forlade hie ia'!tirig more,
S1r. Armour, in leeb!e tonea, said that
ie won d like to l ar ibeL 'rd's Prayer
-ead.
One of the trained nurs-is, who had
)een attending him, drew a chair to
be bedside and slowly read from the
3ible tha praper for which the dying
nan bad asked. It was read sentence
)y sentence, and each was repeated by
dr. Armour. When the "Amen" had
)een repeated b.y him he sank back on
be pillow and closed his eyes reitfully.
t was the last word the great financier
poke, except feeble farewells to his
amily a little later
Philip D. Armour, who was in his
9th year, made his own life on lHes
inique and wholly original with him
elf. From a not overrich Oneida
~onnty, N. Y., farm to the positio:i o~f I
o ' baadgs~ntrol!iug I
ained the permission
rents and started at the a?e of 1,
ing three or four companiona fromn
same neighborhood.. The almost in
credib'e part of it was that the party
walk-ed nearly the entire distance from
New York to California.
He made money from the start tnd
at the end of six years he returned
home with a fortune. Becoming dis
satisfied with the quiet life of his na
tive town he came West again and, to
gether with a brother-in-law, estab
lished a large w bolesa'e grocery house
in Milwaukee. This venture was also
muccsstul, and in a year's time he pur
chased the largest grain e~evator in
Milwaukee. This led to more eleva
tors and railroad stock In 18M he
came to Chicago to take charge of the
Chicago branch of a New Xork pack
ing establishment. The result was that
the Chicago house ceased to be a
branch and the West gained the largest
packing arid provision plant in the
world.
The property interests for which
Mr. Armour stood are estimated at
$150,000,000. His personal share of
this pror errvy is variously estimated at.
from $25,000,000 to $50,000,000.
In works of charity Mr. Armou. 's
monument will be found in the Ar
mour Institute, to which but a si~ort
time ago he gave $750,000 in one res
membi anc'. Asked once what he con
pidered his best paying investment he
replied "The Amour Institute."
While Mr. Armonr's 'iame was more
generally associated in the public mind
with the great packing and provision
establishments in which ha was inter
auzed and which do an annual business
exceeding one hundred million dollars,
employing twenty thousand persons
md having representatives in every 1
:ity of importance in the world, he]
was actively interestid in many other
>ig enterprise$.
"Mr. Armour's weabrh is a subject
hat may never be accurately known.
.t is estimard to be not less than $30.
00.000 arid by some said to exceed
150.000,000. The~ c'mbinied wealth o f
he Chicago Arinour, is fixed at
tG0,000,000. In one sense the total is I
he wealth of Phiip D. Armour, but i
List how much has been carried in his ~
wn name and how much in the name
f hi. sons is unknown. He has riot
een a borrower. He has always been 1
ble to pay cash for his purchas s and ~
e has never asked a customer to dis- z
onnt a bill.
Among the tens of thousands who1
ave used Chamberlain's Congh Rem- e
ly for cold. and Ia grippe during the t:
sat few years, to our knowledge, not n
single case has resulted in pneumo- ()
it. Thos. Whitfield & Co.. 240
fabash avenue, Chicago, one of the P
ost prominent retail druggists in that h
ty, in speaking of this,.says-. "We hi
commend Chamberlain's Cough 5(
emedy for la grippe in many cases, as
not only gives prompt and complete ei
covery, but also coanteracts any ten- r
ticy of Ia grippe to resnlt in preu- g4
na" For sale by Mc-as-- Co. it
COLLEGE EDUCATION
Pregident Carlisle of Wofford College in
NewS and Courier
The press is a great educator,
editors are very efficient teachers,
whose large schools, conductsd
on the non-resident system, give
no vacation. (In a parenthesis,
let the wish be recorded, that the
editors of dailies would give and
take one day in the week.) When
newspapers kindly open the way
for their colaborers to give brief
reports, such opportunities should
be freely met. Ths best work of
colleges cannot be displayed at
an exhibition, or in the columns
of a paper. When Col. P. M.
Butler started for Mexico, with
his fine Palmetto Regiment, he
said, a good soldier should make
few boasts or promises. It is so
in the educational campaign.
There are many unknown quanti
ties in the problems which teach
ers meet. There are many dang
ers and possibilities of failure be
tween the sowing and the reap
ing. Occasionally a few dates
and figures may be given.
Wofford College began in 1854,
and its exercises have never been
suspended, except in the usual
vacation. For four years (1861
65' a classical school was con
ducted for boys, when the young
men were on duty elsewhere.
The college has sent out more
than five hundred graduates, and
in addition, perhaps, three times
as many alumni, who have taken'
partial courses. One-tenth of the:
graduates have died. On the
register for this session there are
enrolled one hundred and seventy
nine in college and fifty-seven in
the flitting school on the campus.
Nine young ladies are taking the
full course.
Some readers may not have
-onsidered the great educational
3hanges in our State that have
.aken place within the memory
>f men now living. A remarkable
nan lives in this city, whose di
)loma is dated "S. C. College, t
1837." At that date there was
;nly one other college in the
3tate, Charleaton College. Per- !
iaps two hundred students may
iave been a good average of at- C
endance on both. To-day there I
nay be twelve hundred young
nen in the different stages of a
t
eollege course in the State. While
he- white population has double,
he number of 'white youngden
tere were a good
es
rks r
titutteta
there may be fi~hundred
girls and young ladieg taking
higher courses of study & female
colleges. Then there were no
schools for the colored ree. This
peculiar people, on mom so
much of the burden of society
rests, to whom we are 'ndebted
for such essential .servies, had
only that education whis comes
from regular enforced laior, the
steady routine of farm lii, daily
associa ,ion with more itblligent
persons and oral instruc ~ , given
in homes and Sunday chools.
Now, besides the gradeschools
in towns, there are seveal insti
tutions of higher grade, fnd they
are filled with students.
To all these must be aded the
moment'ous change, (witk all the
varied results to follow4,) frpm
the free school for the pbor to
the public. school for, all classes.
At the date alluded to there<
was no daily in the State except
in Charleston.
Whan the two great parties in
our country met, a few months
ago, to select standard-bearers
they took four college men. In
bhe senate at Washington more
than one-half have had some col
ege training. From our State
lelegation five out of nine passed'
;hrough college courses. Yet ~
his small faction, for some rea
Mon or other, does yield more
han its mathematical share of '
>fficials and leading men. A col
ege president is quoted as say
ng that a college education is an
bsolute guarantee against pov
.rty and distress. It seems that C
seing a college officer is not a
uarantee against unwise state
aents. In the last few years it
as frequently been asserted that f<
1 Germany, there are not a few !'
ducated men,. with academic ~
.tles, who are scarcely able to a
take a living. With us to-day h
ie man who boasts of his di- h
Loma. or expects it to biiag him
onor, or bread even, will id he b
as made a serious mistake, and 8t
>, too, will he who, a college P
si
fuses it lazily, saying: "I can
~t along without as well as with ni
""The high paks av *he1M
Have You A
Backache-Tired
Pains Across the L
of an Unnatural C
They Me
The most suc
Complaint, one tha
i Vaughi
This is a purel
in use that will effe
triptic acts directly
normal healthy cor
READ WHA
I hive been sufferi
caused from the liver and K
to lie down cet shortly a
Auld. Three-qurtes
I wascmltl filled
legs terrbely einlamed and4
Inflaence of an opiate. I ha
able and able to attend to
nearly two yeasm
L You may publish &~a mucl
znay be benefted by it.
Since then this gentlemax
"VMu bn's Lithoi
so far, and a m now enjo
If you have any of t
LYON MANUFACTURIP
and he will advi
01 all druggists or sent on
rer now than they were a gene
ation or two ago, but the tab e
and of society generully is
igher." Does this give a reason
hy those coming forward in life
o-day may be careless about
heir preparation? Other things
eing at all equal the trained
inds must have some advantage
a the competitions and collisions
I life. Colleges may furnish a
ery good but not the only way
o mental training. The crisis,
lie pressure, the stern necessities
4 commoa life may draw out,
rengthen and direct the powers
d energies that lead to success.
~very young person is not called
irough the course. On one
and a year in college has often
ven a life-long impulse and di
ction to the student's character.
n the other hand, if by labor-i
.ii2 and night-paths, itI
~ould be, fa t scholarships
he book' -n
ained in a four yea
~ould be hurled into the mind
n one year, it would not follow
hat the full effects of a ripe col
ege course have been gained.
And yet the colleges now at
rork in this small State may be
spected to send into the differ
3nt walks of life some currents
f good influence. Education, as
bec word is sometimes used, is
o security against vice or worth
ssness. The gigantic crimes
at shake society to its centre
Lre not the work of men who can
o read or write. They are
~hiefly the work of selfish, un
rincipled, educated men. The
igher their type of education, the
ider is their sphere of evil in
uence. Some one has said it is
e thing to decline and parse
he noun virtue, but it is a very
ifferent thing to practice virtue.
here is a knowledge for lack of
hichi people and nations perish.
~hre is also a knowledge which
)nly hastens their perishing. The
)resident of a great university
ias a motto, "Character and
holarship, but character above
holarship." Rightly under
ood this is true. In some cases,
many cases, character may in
me degree make -up for want of
holarship. In no case can
holarship ma~ke up for the want
character.
May the schools and colleges
our State send out streams of
ung people whose scholarship
s enriched and strengtheaed
aracter.
No Right to Ugltness.
The woman who is lovely in1 face,
rm atnd temper will always have
iens, but one who would be attrac
e must keep her health. If she is
eak, sickly and all run down, she
'ill be nervous and irritable. If she
d constipation or kidney trouble,
mr impure blood will cause pimples,
>tches, skin eruptions and a wretch
complexion. Electric Bitters is the
st medicine in the world to regulate
mach, liver end kidneys and to
Irify the blood. It gives strong
~rves, bright even, smooth, velvety
:in, rich complexion. It will make a
)od-looking, chai ming woman of a
zn-down invalid. Only !>0 cents at
ater Co.' drug store.
my of These 8y
Feeling - Dizziness - Nervousness -
oins,or in the Bladder-Sleeplessness
olor or Scalding Urine.
an "Kidney 1
cessful remedy for all forms of Live:
,t has effected some remarkable cures,
i's Lithoni
0
y vegetable preparation and the only
ctually cure Dropsy and Gravel. Vat
)n the Liver and Kidneys, restoring
dition and eradicating all disease.
IT IS SAID AB
CROSS KETS,
19 for three yea fro nare or general Dropsy
t eys b y phscin sad that I could last but a short
ter being tapped. Every tissue was completely filled
ilion was drawn from scrotum several times.
at the time I began using Vaughn's Lithontriptic
xuding fluid. I was unabl to get any rest or sleep ex.
Ve used eight bottles of Vanugh'a Lithontriptie a
my business. I can now ride my horse, a thing I had b
I of my statement as you desire. I am glad to give it, a
Yours truly,
or. 1 BETSILL, Maj. 18th Reg
k writes under date of Aug. 11, 1900:
ttriptie hap effected a permanent cure. I h'ai
ring good health."1
he above symptoms write to the Medi
iG CO., 45 So. Fifth Streel
se you by letter in regard to your er
receipt of price to any express of
SENATOL TILLMAN SPEAKS
Pays H14 Respects to That "Bag of
Beef"
*miha, Neb. Jan. 7.-Tbe tenth an
nual banquet of the Jacksonian club of
Nebraska was held at the Millard ho
tel tonight. Wm. J. Bryan responded
to the tcabt "Democracy," and Senator
Benjamin R. Tillman spoke on "The
Demccratic Party, Its Duty and Des
tiny." There were 350 enthusiastic
banquettsrs present.
Mr. Tillman paid his respecti tot x
President Clevelaod, whom he raid
was now trying to "come forward and
save the party." He said he refiIed
to compromise with Mrd~4.ve'and and
tha' it wie presumptionl to s'h-eippt to
- t --l .v-fd be the duty '~t the
Democratic party four year's li n1Ce
He declared-that no one can~d at tempt
to now say what should be the O'iCV
of the party In 1904. 'Our d-N
taid he "muist be defined by h e prin
ciples which have eutded fe ara
, ruptionls rob
djoy. Bapklen's Arnica Salve
cures t bem; uso Old. Runn'ne and
Fever Sores,' Ulcers, Boils, Felons,
Corns, Warts, Cuts, Bruises, Burns,
Sealds, Chapped Hands. Chilblains,
Best Pile cure on earth. Drives ount
Pains and Aches Only 25 ets. a box.
Cure guaranteed. Sold by McMaster,
Co., druggists.
INCRE ISE OF MONEY
According to Director of th a Miit
Robert', the mo'ner of the world hi'
increased neirly 200 per cetnt in le
than a ge~nraion. In 1872 the tcaI
sulpply of mioney in the leading comu
,,ercia! couintries w a. SI 600 000,00)0,
of which more thanr he.f wats paper
mone. inot fulvy covered by mflaa lic
rese'rves. Tue situat ion at the begi
ring of 1900 showved a Lttl mm.e-a .
stoc's of about $11,600,000 of whVe
but a little more than one-fourth ci
paper. The increa-e in g., (1 mn y
-ince 187; hi i breen a b tu A000
000, and int silver mno--y abiou: 52,750,
00,000. A large propordo o ue
Iincre"VC~ gi >! i as ta ken p.lace in h
pa 5 re l va ars.-Cotiumbia la coa'.
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.
Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis
courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor
and cheerfulness soon
disappear when the kid
neys are out of order
* or discased.
Kidney trouble has
I ~ become so prev.n!znt
- that it is not unc mon
J~ jfor achild to be bcrn
~?afflicted with weok i d
N - reys. If the chit rn
- ~ales too often, if the
urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child
reaches an age when it should be able to
control the passage, it is yet afflicted with
bed vetting, depend upon it. the cause of
th~e difficulty is kidney trouble, and thc first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to a diseased condition of the
kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as
most people suppose.
Women as well as. en are made mis
erable with kidney. an .-dr trouble,t
and both need the same gre:2.sedy. It
The mild and the immediate effe&M'~f
Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is s
by druggists, ir. fifty
cent and one dollar
si::es. You may havea a T
sample bottle by mail
frec, also pamphlet tell- rtome of swamp-no .
ing all about it, including many cf the
thousands of testimonial letters r- -
from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. . e
& Co.. Bingharrton.. N. Y.. he cure rd
mptomsEP
-Headache -
-Ciilk-Urine
rouble"
and Kidney p
riptic
medicine now
tghn's Lithon- r
them to their
OUT IT! '
S. C., July 21, 1I9M.
f the cellular tissue.
timc. I was unable
and saturated with
perfectly helpless.
'ept while under the
id am now comfort
een unable to do for
isome poor sufferer
S.C. Vols., 1860.
e had no return
a Director of
-, Brooklyn, N. Y.
xiai case. lz
$i, $1.00 a bottle. -
Notice to Voters
Toe Books of Registration or regis.
tering voters for the next municipal,
election to Le held on Monda, , April
1st, 1901, for Intendent and Warders
for the town of Winnsboro, S. C., will
be opened at Mr. Jno M. Smith's
store Ja-uay 1,t, 1901, cu s closed
March 31-t, 1901.
All volers for this elecion must
register witbin this time. Etch ap
plicant for regisiration must produce
his nuun.y registration certifleile
town lax receipt for lI tan -
due befonit he can register ftr town
election.
J. E. COAN,
Inte: dant.
W. M. Catbcart, Supervisor of
Registrarloa.
1-4
Tax Retur
THE OFFIt E OF(COUNTY-AU-~'
dinor w i be. op n from the 1stday of~
Janary t o the 20th da'. of FeTbrnhry -
turins.'-'turn,- 0o be miade of all per
so:.a; proprfia A pe'nr.iy ol 50 per
cer t uil be airt--whenr parties fail to
mke returrs w tini the ab...e men
t:oned dates. Al male- per-one be
tw.een 'lhe ages of 21 anid 60 arec kible
to polll lax, ulnless otherwise e-mpt
by lai.v, and aire required to makeit re
turn: of sanin.
Tlh" Audhlonr or* Deputy ill be at
tihe fd aowing picres oan the days speci
ded:
A bioni, Tuesd J Janaary 15
Backhe:d, Wan.'1 r'day, Jan0 try .
Croh'. ville Fris Ja~nary 18
Woo idrar' Tunlay, Jarnuart 22
W 'ai;. Oxk. Wed niisday, Jannr .'y 23.
Gla':s Gr;ov.. Thursy, .Tcnuary
Finrt i ill, F' iday. J'rnuary 25.
Loiniato a. nI i(I T da, Jainuari 29.
Mi L. Co 'e:'s, Thor -day. JIa .u..ry
31.
10.4.0F Fid-i . F'euru'. 1.
1I4 s. . Tuc',t.r. Fb:u-r . 5.
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Febi ub,
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