Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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.C A. ED Editor TERMS IN ADVANCE ar ..............- -... - 1. 50 nths................... F66 Montbs ..................... .50 Qmmunications:-We are ahvzys glk to publish news letters or those rtaining to matters of public inter -st when accompanied by the names I addresses of the authors. Articles h are defamatory will not be We assume no responsibility for the n of correspondents. :teedat the postoffice in Winns as second class matter. EXPOSE OURSELVES? hile the right of free speech and the: full discussion of all natters are fuadamental princi pies of eQngressional procedure and essentially democi'atic in form ad- 'ubstance, yet at cer - ta risis in the history of our repub3ic it strikes us as permis sible if Aot advisable .to render che free. and frank discussions inecret sessions of that august <biy rather than in public meet ings- here the facts are pro elaimed b-the press throughout the'country and heralded to all t ndtions -of the world. WE arei faeing such a crisis in the raitiaonfshistory at the present ali& such free discussione .re ndiprogress the we deerr it more fitted for secret sessior fhan oriublic information. ThE uect'of our preparedness foi ossible war is one of the mosl that can be discussed anc dn cngress and while ii ecessarythat full informatior be"given it by the army anc havy experts of America yet we object. e think with reason; t( these official reports being ban. -4bo -by every publicatior dhl 6oses to print thein anc the weak points in our system-oi defenseexposed fully to p6ssible - ~ eiesi It is one thing to lacli ~poperdefense and quite anothei pose -uri weakness to the ther-eby inite attace. g- he legislature is note Worthy it respects, one of which is stinrct progressiveness as opposed the extremne conser* tism which has characterized may sessions in the past. progressiveness. i s well ted by the vote, which the oman sniffrage bill received' in House of Representatives. He the bill failed of passage t the closeness of the balloting, to 61 if we remember correctly, raesents a i-emarkable-advance progressive sentiment ovra previous session when the of equal suffrage commaded a few lonely votes. Liquor leg tion -the- past session also a distinct tendency towar d cahism.'- The chief anti-liquor the one reducing the unt of intoxicatmng beverage hich may be shipped to an in vidual in one month and the providing for a chaingang ntence without the alternative a fine for blind tigers are both 'e in their effects. Finally e McCullough bill for raising e ge of children 4mnloyed' in n milla from 12 to 14 years another axample of progres eness. Appropriations, how Sat the suggestion of Gover RManning were in general need, and consequently many titutions for caring for the k and those of an educational ture seem to us to have been ther inadequately provided for. the same time we~ should ge this deficiency .in apnro tions to a lack of funds ert.han to ultra conseryatism. he whole, therefore, we sin congratulate the General bly on the work which it st completed and repeat e said in the beginning, e past session was dis rogressive. ow on the eve of a tical compaign, just .r it may becomede gether on the altitude 'sans of each candi man can conduct a campaign alone. For to depend on his But, we hope the ow entering will be: he bhttrnes hero-: tofore exhibited and that the voters in-the quietude of their homes will weigh men and meas ures and vote according to the lights before then and for v hom! they believc to be to the best in terest of the County. district and State to have elected. Believing this way there shall appear no partisanship in the columns of Tho News and Herald during the campaign. We have -passed the stage where we think that every man, who does not see and vote as we do. is a fool. During the compaign we shall discuss publiI measures but not personalitOs! and then in a manner that we hope will not grate on any one's feelings. Furcher, b e i n g a 1 Demoeratic newspaper the col I umns of The News and Herald wili be oped to all Democrats to air their views on all public ques tions whether they coincide with ours or not. The advocacy of any ;ndividua, candidate wii! be placed in the political advertis ing colurn and charged for at the regular rates for such matter. Cash with order. With, th above assurances on our part we want evei y voter in the County to Lecome a sub scriber to the News ana Herald and do as we are going to do, vote for whom we please. Sone men tell the truth; c.thers forecast the weather. Justice Hughe:; probably con I siders a justiceship in the hand quite worth a presidency in the ,bush. If Wilson and Roosevelt.shorfld ; prove the eventual presidential 1 candidates the German-Ameriean vote will be ir. a quanday. ,The press dispatches state that . England is to have a minister of aeronautics. This will probably be, the most elevated office in the entire cabinet. Killed in Fal1-May not R cover." -N. Y. Sun. logical remarks The St indeed, even tangalor a We noethat! hscandi and% or president of the UTnited States. Well, he may possibly :get the Irish vote. We could forgive our dentist far mre( reai~ v if he didn't first assure us thait it wouldn't hurt the ieast bit. About the quickest way the American navy can rise from fourth to thi-7d place is for the Germag; fleet to come out of Keil. Deliver Us From Them. 1. Ti ose who oppose improv menits. 2. Those who "knock"~ strang ersadwh "nok"the tow to strangers. 3Those who show hospitality to no one. 4. Th ose who hate to see o ther succeed. 5. Those who distrust public spirited men. 6. ThIose who oppose every m.ovement which does not orig inate with themselves. 8. Those who enjoy the bene fits that come fro'm the work of public-spirited, broad-minded men, but who give nothing but criticism in return. It is asplendid thing to be a part of a wide-awake city. It is a splendid thing to know that your own strength is infinitely multiplied by the strength of other men who love their town as you (do. It is a splendid thing to feel that the wholesome blood of a community can be united in common purposes, and that by frankly looking one another in the face and taking counsel with one another prejudices will drop away, handsome undertak ing will rise, a universal spirit of service will be engendered. and that with this increasing sense of comm unity purpose will come a vastly enhareed individ ual power of achievement; for we il be lifted by the whole masof which we constitutea part. - Highway Standard. To The Patrons of The Ideal. We understand that there has been some objection to the recent play "A Fool There Was" and as, we are here to please we have cancelled our order for the fea tures from the company that~ furnished the films for this showv and will in the future handle and show others. The Ideal is run to please all and we are glad of suggestions at all times and will comply as near as practicable. The Idea!. LOST-Baieis plain ring with small pearl set, had ribbon tied. to ft. Reward if returned to MrsS C. J'oThneton. 1C RID01 RECOLLECTIONS cn (C(ontinqued from Pnge One) u what intoxicated, who hearing it Mr. Anderson say something about Winnsboro. asked if he ie meant Winnsboro South Carolina. He said, "Yes." This man then rf .,sked him if he knew old Mr. Wolfe and old Mrs. Lauderdale. Jr. Anderson replied that he knew them both well. The man I b said, "Well I burned their dwel-I ling houses, I was in Sherman 's army, and we were getting some tobacco out of the Lauderdale'. store and because we didn't lis-: ten to old Mrs. Lauderdale's re monstrances she struck me over the head with a board and I bumned her house." Mr. Wolfe's house was in this block but I pre sume from this man's remark he a set it on fire. Mr. Anderson said his first impulse was to throw a! glass of whiskey in this man's .ace, but realizing that he was I in Atlanta with very little money it in his pocket and a comparative stranger, he changed his course and put the offensive on the other man. He said a great many things to this man which would not be considered complimentary, intending to resent it to the ut most if the man made an attack but he swallowed it all. I remember Mrs. Lauderdale! telling me of striking the Yankee while they were robbing her store. Lewie Landecker heard Mr. Anderson's remarks to this member of Sherman's army.) Shermian's men were wasteful. They would shoot a cow down in the'street, skin-the hind quarters, cut them off and leave the rest of the carcas lying 'there. They had no time for scalding hogs, but would shoot a hog and skin it, carrying off the meat. I never will frget what a sight of relief1 came to the people as Sherman s column formed to march out of town, the head of the.column be ing right at the old well in the street near my father's house. They left between three and four o'clock in the evening. I have known- of many delicate women who were fed on the corn that Sherman's horses left lying in the streets of Winnsboro. It s scraped up, sifted and wash and the most of it was made - Mr ny. aftr n's troops were atte,red over vn for a few Fhours everybody 'emed to be used to them; there s nbd afraid of them. Isa vel fights between shra fand negloes. on eca tween a -negro woman- with .a paing in her hand and one of Sherman's negro troopers with a scabbard in his hand.' The negroa woman cut his head up while he siapned her broadside with the [ scabbard. She lived in the Boy leston yard and he cursed her for I some reason. (Statement of facts in relation;C to the burning of St. 'John's Eniscopal church in the town of Winnsoo, S. C.. by soldiers of K General Sherman's army onth 21st of February, 1865, by Capt. V Henryv A. Gaillard, of Winnsboro, General Sherman's army, on its northward march from Col umbia,' S. C.. reached the town of Winnsboro, S. C., on the morn ing of the 21st of February, 1865. Upon the entry of the Advance Corps, it was met by the muni cipal authorities, who formerly surrendered the town, which was occupied by the Union Army without resistance. While thus~ in undisturbed and undisputed1 possessisn, some time on thel evening of the 21st of February,1 a body of soldiers in the uniform of the U. S. Army entered the church and before they vacated it the church and all its belong ings and contents were burned; collected at the church for the purpose expressed by them of searching for valuables supposed to be concealed in or about the buildinr. In prosecution of this purpose, the doors of the church were forced, and the building finaly entered. After the completion of the search, one of the party proposed to his comrades to turn the d church. This proposition was as-( sented to, and at once executed. Fire was applied, and soon the r building, within sight of great Ir numbers of the community, was reduced to ashes, together with t the usual furniture and furnish- a ings of a well ordered church. It may be added as further evidence of the lawless and vio-t lent character of the perpetra-9 tors of the wrong, that on thet same occasion, and at the time, o a newly made grave in the ceme- Ie tery acdjoing the church was re opened, an d the body of a recent- d ly deceased gentleman disinterredV and left by them exposed to gen The destruc.tion of the church C was not ins nl any military S exigeney, I was wanton, de- i liberate and useless. The war.w with its desolating effects sob greatly improverished a hitherto!. prosperous parish that for some is e.rs they hold the services of their Comnmunion sometimes in R other churches of the town kind ly and fraternally tendered for' C ounty Court House. Affaq .pse of several ' years aurch was rebttilt, buv; P iuch difficulty,and by in e . debt, whih; in part, ns npaid. At the time of this destr.ion ,e Parish of St. Johns- w the ossessor of a bellthen sus~end I in the belfry of the 06ib, n rhich deserves special nition. he bell was of unusual e, wreet tones and far rea-hin tr ower, being audible several S iiles off, and was represented to Pi e of great value. Its hist&-wis M riefly thus: It was brought from Engiand P( bout the year 1750, and placed C. 1 the then thriving Parish i hurch of Dorchester on t Ash :y River. about eihtee. .iles rom Charleston, S. C. It was i that church during -all. the icissitudes and stirring incidents f the War of the Revolution, nd remained uninjured through he desperate and altern'ate oc- to upation of this town by theis ;ritish and American forces F. The town of Dorchester in ime being deserted, ana--the m hurch becoming a mass ot-ruins er n 1840, upon the erectior-of the de hurch in Winnsboro, it was do-tpE ated to this Parish. and remain- to d a much prized possession, -both M rom its intrinsic value ani-these at ich historical associationk until a t perished with the chuielin a ad iseless and wanton-conflaorttion. The facts as to the buki ng of of if the church were givento me )y reliable parties. whoi. were )erfectly familiar with them, nany of whom are nowpdead. .mong others, was Fred $teel; iow deceased, who was 'present: nd saw the soldiers setfire to ;he church, and who made a de osition to the facts sever*y.earsn i'a- I . _F, oi. ! go.1 ef [ANLAc ENDORSED BY BIRMIRGHAM I-IIAYOR1 'You Will Hardly Kniw Me M When we Meet Agam 1 Am Getting Well TELLS ATLANTA FRIEND. Fi 'Since My Second Dose[ Have Suffered None of the'ti- I bles to Which I R e One the, latest ad rons to tb hIe list of th iftind a ent of Lanlae -is the sam(Ron! - Franl V. Evans, formael yor1sa >Birmingham. Ala., ei tae examiner of public accous of U Alabama. and one time ed' r of~ >ne of the South's greatestsws- Fe aapers, the BiirmimghamAge [erald. Writing to a -personal frie d in .tlanta, Mr. Evans-says:. Bir.mingham, Ala., Feb. 2, 916.es "x x x x By the waylc ou will hardly know me. then we meet again because I arnget-t :ing well and strong again.: As ed [ told you while in Atiantslast p nonth, 1 have been suffee-g -a ong time with gastritis, ' <the loetors called it-really ai sor lered stomach, conseque4 ibon tipation, pains in the sha&.ers, 1eadaches, belching, heatburn, oss of appetite, loss of sle6, and ainting spells. For weks I ould not sleep on my bael I One week ago, upon lecomn nendation of friends, wbo had ried the medicine, . I purhased me bottle of Tanlac and began :aking it. Since my secodi dose have suffered none d the! :roubles to which I refa, and -eally believe I am going o get erfectly well and strong ogain, on't that be wonderful t.my ge? Well, certain it is thaff hat Tanlae is a wonderful net ine, a'2id you know that I dn nit riven to 'puffing more e cpel nents and am rather orthodoxAs o matera medica. "I shall continue the treat htt vith perfect confidence in. eC inal result. x x x (Signed) "Frank V. Evas. Commenting on this spidid ndorsement of Tanlac W. ~aylon, state agent fon oath ~arolina, says: "Although the list o-promi-I ent endorsers is a lo1 one; [ ecall a few leading nates 'the mnd both dignity and fredit p ie entire array. SombOf thgi re: "Hon. C. W. piguis, p)f tlanta, sheriff of Ful t,ncounV; [on. McKenzie Moss, .1udge}fj e Eighth District of K/ntueliW [on. Moses R. Glein,/fsupe4i mdent of printing forithe.S eJ f Kentucky; Col. Johkn B. Gai4s, itor and publisherd Bowigf reen, Ky.: C. C. Cofper, pri ent Georgia CottoiiOil Co. . . Mill, bank presidsnt of So ht ittsburgh, Tenn. ;.J. F. Car 1, >tto mill supeiintendent f hattahoochee, Ga.; Hon. S -. Hepherd, forme- city cou -l .an of Atlanta, eid many ot hose names kave hereto el ten given to the public.. Tanlac, the master medic , sold by Obear Drug Drug, insboro; Ridgeway Drug, dgeway; T. A. Ladd, Daw' ;j tHs,H. uber, Pek r ce u bottle straig-ht. Advt. Notice. Phere will be a meeting of the nsion Board on Monday, March at No. 4 law range. Jno. J. Neil, Pension Com. Revised Ordinance. ,n Ordinance, amending an Ordin 2e providing a licensed tax to bepaid persons doing business in the town Winnsboro, certain clause of -Sec.1 iding "Selling mules and horses Lsient per day $5.00, be and is here amended so as to read." AUCTION LLE OF LIVE STOCK TRANSIENT! AR DAY'$5.00 TO $150.00 AT THE kYOR OR COUNCIL. Done in council this 1st. day of irch A. D. 1916 and with the cor ration seal of -the town affixed. A. Robinson, C. A. Stevenson, Mayor. Clerk. Citation Notice. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD, By W. L. Holley, Probate Judge. Whereas. A. J .Mobley, made suit me, to grant him Letters of Admin ration of the estateand effects of N. Mobley. These are therefore, to cite and ad nish all and singular the kindred and editors of the said N. F. Mobley,i ceased, that they be and ap ar before me, in the Court of Probate, be held at Winnsboro on the 13th of irch, next, after publication hlreof 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show use, if any they have, why the said ministration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 26th day February A. D.1916. W. L. Holley, Judge of Probaie. Citation Notice. 7 W. L. HoUey, Probate Judge: Whereas, John W. Lyles. C. C. P., ade suit to me. to grant him Letters Administration of the Estate and lects of Marry M. Taylor. These are therefore, to cite and [monish 'all and singular the kindred d Creditors of the said Marry Ann iylor deceased, that they be and ap ar before me. in the Court of Pro te, to be held at Winnsboro .on 21st, arch next, after publidtion here ,.at 11 o'clock in,tke forenoon, to ow cause, if any ?bey' ave, why-the id Administrati n should not be anted. Given under my hand this 7th day of bruary, Anno Do dni 1916. W.)L. HOLLEY, Judge of Probate. Credit Notice. Having qualified aadministrators off e estate of-U. G. PPortes deceased, persons holdings claims against the iestate are h' by notified gre. d-esdte are requ make. pay- f mt to the undersigned. G. DesPortes and F. A. DesPortes, Administrators.jI b. '23, 1916. Executor's Notice.( Iaving qualified as exeentors of thej ate of Mrs. Sara W. DesPortes, de-1 ~sed, all persone holding claims rinst said estate are hereby notified present them within the time pre ibed by law, and all persons indebt to said estate are requested to make. iment to the undersigned.1 G. DesPortes and F. A. DesPortes, Exectors One ol thingsii FGOtw< WIT PR Ketchin Another Car ARRIVED T CALL, PY WRIT WE ALSO H. SECOND=HAND ING CAR F FAIRFIELD HUSBAND R DESPAJ ifter Four Years of Discouraging i a Codiions,Mrs. Bu&ock Gave UpinDespai Husbad Came to Rescue. r c Catron, Ky.-In an interesting letter t rom this place, Mrs. Bettie Bullock writes as follows: il suffered for four t Fears, with womanly troubles, and during ( his time,: Icould only sit up for alittle whlile, and could not walk inywhere at 3 aD. Attimes, 1 would have severe pains S The doctor wascalied in, and his treat- ii nent relieved me for a while, but I was" een coniuaed e my me agai merA Sa,. neogemdedeeanygood.h 30LUMBIA LUMBER A' Manufactt ash, Doors & Blinds, Int iress and Oak, Flooring 1 ag, Moulding, Door and 30LUMBIA, - - the '1Th 1 ournew; aar for L ent Puu H WHITE.PIPIN ICE $5.0 Mercantil load Fords HIS WEEK [ONE OR E US. LVE A GOOD FORD TOUR OR SALE. MOTOR CO. FSCUED ad gotten so weak I could not stand, ad I gave up in despair. At last, my husband got me a bottle of ardui, the woman's tonic, and'i com ienced taking it. From the very first ose,, I could tell it was helping me. I an now walk two m9es witout its ring me, and am doing all my work." If you are all run.down from womanly oubles, don't give upin despair. Try ardui, the womna'stonic. Ithas helped wre than a million women, in its 50 ears of contimiaous success, and should urely help you, too. Yfour druggistbas asen.d ai.He wil recoin ieadit. Begintaklag Cardaiday~ [ANUFACTURING CO rers of erior Finish, Pine, Cy leiling Weatherboard Window Frames. SOUTH CAROLINA. ~eatest Spring adies' G 0 e Co.