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T:EE NEWS __N___ WINNSBORO. S. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 16,o91 Estabshed 1844 No 40. -__ _ _ _ _ _ _ GRI We have Lal Crosm. Can Supp11 Jno H. 1V ANOTHE -E AND L jT BR4 Th OWENS LIVE OpportL Come to everyone, a quire a cash ga What will y portunity comt ing for it nowi Many--ve paring for opjp Why don't YO Bank ( Winna POTATO S McMaster & Glad< 1st, to supply you with Potato Slips at $1.75 pl sand $1.50. Cash witl, These are bedded, much better than thos< GIVE US )EN SEED all the Standard arieties 3uists re Shore in Brothers r.you in this line [cMaster & Co. R SHIPMENT MULES 00K THEM OVER. )UGHT HERE YET. ey Last. STOCK COMPANY inities rad they generally re yment small or large. ou do wehn your op s? Are you prepar ry many---are pre-. ortunity at this bank. )f Fairfield ~boro, S. C. LPS for SALE len will be in position on May Nancy Hall and Porto Rico er thousand from 2 to 5 thou order. and grown here and will do a you get from foreign markets. OURD ORDR. RANDM REWLLECTIONS OF FAIRFIELD COUNIY (BY W. J. ELLIOTT.) THE OLD WELL IN THE STREET Near ing' ol'd hom' furnished water to many of Wheeler's cav alry and Sherman's men also, and after the war as the famish ed soldiers were returning to their homes in Georgia, Alabama and the Gulf states it was a rest ing place for many of them. When I would see these soldiers coming I would get my father's stone pitcher for them to drink from, knowing that I would soon ask them questions to get them started on their war experience. Very often~ they would sit for hours in- the old split bottom chairs after they were settled down comfortably. Some would exhibit their wounds 'to me, tell me where they were when they received the wound and how they fared in prison or on the battle field. I felt very much disap Mointed at the surrender of the southern troops and would say to the soldiers that I would have fought on had I been them. But I usually got the same reply in substance, that they had enough of it and were glad to get home. They explained how they were often left on the battle field for hours in a wounded condition, weak and exhausted. Then per haps to linger in a Yankee hos pital without proper food- and careful medical attention. I re member one old fellow was com plaining of having to eat bread without lard or salt in it. He was cutting thin slices from a biscuit of this kind which looked like white hoan to me and re marked, how would you like to be fed on this kind of bread? I told. him I did not know and ask ed him to let -me taste it. . His reply was no, I have 'not enough for myself, nor did he let me taste it. As tey were about to leave I would get a pitcher of water to fill heir canteens.and it de salways~ withrsregraet tigt I saw them depart for I enjoyed th.e-, to 1e ,4_ I well remember the amusing appearance of some of- the ve hiles,which came to Winnsboro aftertrans raid. - The Yan iees would soie times destroy the body of a tne carriage and leave the running gear. The coupling poles of some.of these vehicles were cured, so we can imagine how.a wagon body con structed of rough boards would appear on the running gear of a $600 carriaged'he team would also often ,afford amusement as a large mule and a small ox were in some cases hitched side by side to such an outfit Sometimes the wheels were of different makeup, the box in the hub being' in some instances so much larger than the spindle that the wheel would have a drun~ken motion. Bt the people had to use impro vised arrangements of all kinds. We had lamps in whch we used a liquid called Camphene. We called them by their name -Cam phene lamps. I dont know what the stuff was made of. But the kerosene lamp soon made its ap pearance and many of our citi zens were afraid of this kind of light Capt Jordan was not much in favor of them. He came home one morning and said to me, well Kinney they have the laugh on me. On being asked by my father what was the joke he replied oh I set the bed curtain afire with a candle last night. Tallow car ses were supplanted by what we called spern candles. It was a common occurrence to keep broom paper about to clean the candle grease from our cloth ing by prossmng the paper with a hot iron to absorb the grease. Sherman's army destroyed the rail road from old Youngsville, near the present location of Woodward station to Hopkins be low Columbia, the entire distance being about ;sixty'- miles. A great many of our people secured teams and hauled cotton to Hop kins for shipment to Charleston. This little station wv a s a busy hustling place until the road was rebuilt, for it was the then terminus of the line to Charles leston. There was considerable hauling done between Winnsboro and Augusta also. Capit. Thos. Jordan, Mr.~ McElroy, Thos. K. Anderson, Win. D. Aiken, a Saniard by the name of John Cardera and my father all had teams hauling to various points before the rail road was com pleted. The line to Augusta, however, was built after the war. I well remember the men with the teams would speak of "Pine House" as a stopping place. It was located near Trenton, in efedM county, nd for a while there was such a station as Pi House. Later the trains stopp at Trenton and Pine House. wiped off the map. The old bui ing, a large one, known as Pi House, still stands. It was r considered safe for a team to alone to Augusta and thb waga generally went in a train. i father never went on these tri but the Spaniard, Mr. Cardei took charge of my father's tem The driver was a negro.man I the .name of Tom Dillard w was welt known around Winz boro. Mr. Cardero on obe of t trips remarked to my father, old gentleman I had to by yo. inule in Augusta today oQe of c Tom's team died there. Ii member my father saying, wh did you have to pay for him. T reply was $250 in gold: and he worth it. If you dont think I'll be glad to keep him. :A father looked at the mule aI was satisfied. He had great fai in Mr. Cadero who was a ve clean and kindhearted man. TI man and his family had root in our home and there were se eral pretty daughters in t] family. On one occasion Mr."Cade came in about sundown and o Tom Dillad was not in vie, Mr. Cadero saw an anxious loi in the face of my fath* ai mother and spoke at once. statii that Tor"'s wagon broke dov and he was compelled to Iea him at Pine House to get wheel filled. He said thiat T told him he would be in Win; boro before bed time. I anxious for I saw all the-othe were. My father asked Cadero a good many qdes about the road and the. along the route 'and 'if ' had been robbed lately which increased my Finally as if a mental proc making for. his relief my. remarked. John Caderoj 4111 will never give that t anyone man. If the not comevin tonight I apprehensive about old". relf4. The night mother,fth* se 1Mrs. CGadero and eir old vell in the street around, Mr. Cardero sitm the poi,_ch, called to mym .oth to confe out and not worry,b she coilld not help worrying. Tl clock struck ten-the old tov clock it struck eleven-but Tom. The lady folks went i 'some retired. Just before twel, o'clock my father said Cadero, heard a wagon rattling at Allen branch. Then we all listene but no sound. My father insis ed he heard a whip pop about ti depot. When about Boags sto: there was a clear cut sound of whiplash and my father slapp< Mr. Cadero on the shoulder ar remarked that it was Tom's wh as sure as-the world. The wag< sounded nearer. My father g a lantern, in a few minutes o Tom rolled up to the well. i the team haulted I remember.ti words of father-they ran thu Well old negro you brought the through. The reply was, yes si Mars Kinney, I lowed I was goir to let no one man have them. just what my father had sa in substance. Child Burned to Death. The infant son of Mr. and Mr C. A. Montgomery of near Woo ward, was burned to de4th la Saturday morning. Mrs. M4on gomery went to another part the house, leaving the baby, wi was about a year and a half ol in care of an older boy. TI brother ran ou.t of the room f a couple of minutes, and in th time the baby in some way g too near the fire and his clothii flamed up. The mother ran him as soon as he screarhed ai immediately extinguished ti flames, but it was too late, i the flames had done their wor The little fellow lived about ts hours. MrC$~ontgomery is the daug ter ofQ.rs. N. A. Dickey. Mr Dickey and Miss Mary Moo: went to the stricken family Se urday afternoon as soon as th4 learned of the tragedy. The State board of pharmace tical examiners arg, meeting Sumter today and ~Tmorrows give the examination to appli ants for licenses to practi pharmacy. Major General B. H. Teag has appointed Miss Virgir Saunders of stateburg, spos Mrs. W. L. Saunders matrr honor and Miss Nell .ate Columbia maid of ;honor for reunion of the Confederat~ rans at Rock Hill on Ar25 nelM ed IH as td- IR ne ot o are ns ps State wetrn New, fora 0-Arthur alhoun ent re andthe South! he was amanner -. ted States Woodrow athe and eon with rof TheI H. Price, urnal, and rkers, rep V divergent eared their ie. This Mr. to be rmed from gton and in company s I was dis 6f the furth and develope te watehouse up the mat . Before dis e to say,that cotton situation with a number Lcularly with the federal re g will make a in Montgomery, will discuss at cal position of give some value from the Britis4. t he 1aation the var ulated by the 6t relative to! Ba rding considers 0" Tsi ..:.of. otton -on every side I 4dvise the farmers situation not to ept as a surplus ir farms self her thing that -f is that the ne -0 ...has been very oted. ,and that nd in South Caro lowing and the iuseo will continue to smal ithout potash. S" ley Ido not believe that unake a large crop of coa ir- ear with the small fertilizer, and it looks d to rie the war. will be enaed I befo~ next crop comes on >ni the ~t. The Germans have a evid mnade up their minds lnot-a* a war of attribution, but king the issue at Ver ldun, efrom all that I could s gat e fight along the Meuse rnow ~!rgress occupies very r, mu position that the battle of br did in the War Be tween'Sections. If the Ger homan this battle their only tomake the most favor-i abler -ms of peace that they cadige and the reverse is true ~asWE1I French and English, be Scausedfikis breach in the lines will - put thgGerman army between sthe Frenich and -the English and open t1je road to Paris. 10 COTTON AND THE WAR. S"I find sentiment in the North r pr~aetically unanimous for the t allies,'(except where you strike tIthose Mf German descent. There ~iS diot iearly so much division of ,sentu tnorth of the Potomac das .h is in the South. There e -is a Ii gring feeling here that r Fnglau's contraband orders Shave lien a great blow to cot ,ton, ~kd yet a careful study of thea station does not bear this .out, bcause the advance last s ui~ which put cotton above~ S12 ntso asto give us a 10~ t- cj)orwing basis was strict ~ ydeto the purchase of cotton b.ieBritish government, off set~ as far as possible declar iiig. tton contraband. These ii-to es were the result of the in i-tieons between officials in to- gton and the British am -asor. ~eeI.- th the federal reserve ildiscounting warehouse re imat 80 per cent. of the value --n and the British govern p urchasing heavily, cotton - ld.to advance. I do not .what effect the speech to, Sby Mr.IHarding on Friday yve, but when tne cotton; 'studies the figures which (Continued on page 4.) COURT ADJOURNED THURSDAY SINE DIE Foreman of' Jury Suffers Broken Arm. The Court of Common Pleas was broueht to end last Thurs day, before the case before i was completed, on account of the accident to the foreman of the jury. The case being tried was that of Free vs. Parr Shoals Pow er Company, and on Thursday morning.the members of the jury went'to Parr' Shoals to see the lands in question. As they were returning in the afternoon, the automobile driven by Mr. John Harden, Jr., and in which the foreman of the jury, Mr. A. B. Coleman of Ridgeway, with two ther jurors were riding, turned turtle in the sand, and all the oc eupants were thrown out. Aside from the shaking up nobody was injured except Mr. Coleman, who suffered a compound fracture of 1 the arm. They were brought to town, where Mr. Coleman re eeived medical attention, and then went immediately to the court room, but he was suffering too much to serve further, so Judge Bowman excused him, and adjourned court at once. The unfinished case will be tried at the next term of court. Dr. Gill Wylie in His Native State. State 14th. W. Gill Wylie, M. D., the not ed gynecologist and surgeon of N'ew York, was in Columbia yes terday, on his return trip North. The rigors of winter urged Dr. aid Mrs. Wylie South several months. A portion of the time was spent on the west coast of Florida. Later they advc.nced to Charleston and they are now go for a brief stay. They were at the erson yes terday. Dr. Wylie was reared fin!hes ter and is an alumnus of theT n iversity of South Carolina. Se etal- years..ag _ theMeIaste medal, awarded periodically to' an alumnus of the school for "distinguished service to man kind," was awarded to Dr. Wy lie for the establishment in the, United States of the first train ing school for nurses at Bellevue hospital, New York. Dr. Wylie had made exhaustive observa-1 tions' and study of nursing sys tems in Europe. The McMaster' medal has been awarded butl three times. The other recip ients were: McIver Williams, for his progressive ideas in corn :ultivation, and D. R. Coker, for* bis distinguished' work in plant breeding. Paper Hard to Get 3tate 14th. Printers in Columbia are ad. vised by manufacturers that un less the scarcity of raw material Eor paper making is relieved shortly some of the mills must be :losed. Arthur C. Hastings, president of the American Writ ng Paper company, Holyoke, WIass., writes: "The country is facing the greatest general paper famine in its history. The stocks in theI bands of our jobbers are very low, our imports have been prac tically cut off, and our exports are greater than ever before. What is more, I can see no relief in sight. I do not know how we are going to meet the situation." An appeal made to women in 1.801 by New England paper man ifacturers to save their rags is recalled by the federal depart-I ment of commerce. In a circular issued Friday, urging every one to hoard both paper and rags to avert a threatened shortage of paper making materials. It is declared the need is as urgent now as then. A great part of the paper thrown away every day should be used over again, the circular declares. The paper say ing crusade was suggested by pa per manufacturers. M4iss Wylie No Longer Editsj Lancaster News. Lancaster, March 13.-The last issue of the Lancaster News un der the able leadership of Miss Juanita Wylie, who has edited the paper for the past two years or longer, was published last Fri day afternoon, for, having found the trying and strenuous work of running a country newspaper the size of the Lancaster New too great a strain upon her, she has been compelled, for her health's sake, to lay down this work, which she did most reluc tantly and to the sorrow of the people of the whole onnt INNSBORO BLE- m ,. SCORES ANOEI Columbia Record. Winnsboro blue granite, quw ned at Rion, in Fairfield coue and associated commekdally~ '19 Columbia because. ofthe grane sheds here, where a largefotce of skilled employees, chise6from the rough blocks all manneiof designs, scored another vietorv when it was selected as the Da.. terial for the memorial. which the Cuban government *ie near "Malecon," a parkiw-if of Morro Castle. Colunibiasfiei are well equipped with nd machinery for turning tie complete memorial with the,true spirit of the designer, Sr. Cabi rocass, a Cuban genius whois winning new laurels everid* by reason of his excelence:of taste and his ability to expres. in his work the true spiritat is to be perpetuated. The memorial is t be erected in honor of the Americans -ho lost their lives in the sinkingof the battleship "Maine" in Ha ana harbor. On March 16a912, the vessel was buried in a wy grave in the harbor of Havana and the Cuban government,.- *Mi ing to put in everlasting'forma tribute to the!dead Americas expresssed a desire to ere.tithe memorial. . An appropriation~o $83,000 was made ivailafiliifr the purpose of erectir amona ment to them, and thirty-twode signs were submitted to the com mission appointed by the gover rient, and Sr. Cabarr6cass ws the winner. Among-his eo petitors were the foremost lights of the art. He is twenty-si years and his success is peni nent. He was tfiecreitor-of;ie five million dollar capitol at Fa vana and,the new university. Sr. Vilallon is chairian otf e commission-havmg the in charge. . Longandcareful i :ideration was given thie6 and every feature was with the endeavor to onething th the Cuba ublic. The design reserves the historicn cident by showing the prowol the battleship,, the ,fat ancho and guns, yet the arrangement is such that the suggestion i99iai Df repose and .calmn rathir than the militant -spirit- The memorial is styled "Destiny the group being by Boni,an I ian. The decision in faVr of-the distinguished youn&Cban arbst was made February 1and%tiie design will be worked out inper manent form as soon as~possible The cost of the appropriatjonr mentioned does not includea proaches and other "woritessen tial to a "mountinig" of proper tyle, so that the total. expend ture will be considerablyin ex' -ess of the amount mentioned. Among the colony of workmzn mployed in the sheds on,Hangi. ton street are men of the highest kill and reputation in their trade or instance there is -Andrew Bernisconi, who executed the-fa cade of the Pennsylvania station. n Washington. There aresix ssential parts in the faaend; each weighing thir$y-six tons ad being twenty feethigh. He was even years completing the work which will stand as an everlasit ing tribute to his genius.~ Thie esigns were by St . adens, he elder. Some of the notable designs that have been wrought. from Winnsboro blue granite are: / The Wisconsin state memorial erected at Vicksburg, Miss.; cost $83,970; contains 960 tons.~ Jefferson Davis Monument at New Orleans. Soldiers monument at Green field, Ohio. Monument to Maj. J. W. Thomas, erected in 1908, at Nash ville. The Smith monument at.Rock ton, Maine. said to be the1iand somest private monument in the state. Monument at Westview ceme tery, Atlanta. The Bishop Ingle Monument t Hankow, China. The tallest granite building in the world-the Land Title and Trust Building, Philadelphia. On last Monday a number of prommnent citizens of' St. Mat thews went to Orangeburg to confer with the citizens of that town concerning the matter of getting the Parr Shoals Power Company to come to Orangeburg, and thus to St. Matthews. Ameeting of the editors 'and ~ business managers of the religis ous papers of South Carolida was held :in the Oregon hotel at Greenwood last Thursday.