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LOOAL INTELLIGENCE toeijxesday, ::AV IS, : : : i-r.-r. " s ;>? ws ANT- ! I KRA ? Tri-wcefciy edition, three do!Li.r$ ^r annum, its i'iv:*.:::- . V- !y rdiUon, ; ';c dollar and il ;y .-.a, in advaxev. liATl.S FOR i . :XC.?ORfc dollar !: i.:;* i*: : Ml';;. - ' r Inch for oar!: > - .i;-;,: V ' . S U> r.>and arc < ' 0;>:lu;?n(-s ii;r ;-s . and ann; t*-. arc pub Vf ' " * f. : r?: v. 3! ore V vv Arrhv.!<?S. Wolfe. Sale f.i;d I;- ?A. VsTilliforu. Fi::c Tu;;'-. 'u-jMr.il r, Bricc & Ketch;::. Fiy Fans ? JIcMasler, Brico & ; IvCtch..:. Notice- lor Filial Di?chsr^? ?V. S. Alston? E:-;c.-ca tor. ?I):*. D. A. llcnari:; has the thanks r of the ofH'jc i'. : a ireat io milk shake?. They were ccoi very vclrosluiig". ?)Vc hear o'i i-.::v:h:^ns and npnors j of marriage-, which i.- sakj^A'TTl take' placc in our icwu at "j>Th$:ant day. I ?Cotton ha< begun in j many sccfkr: of she cowsity, con-1 ^ty there i- no excu?e for idler?.; *""" ' ?Don't fan V) rcr.d the sew auver-1 tisctseu; of 22 r. A. V.*il:ifbr::cl four.d i iu another oahunn. I ' yoa v.CQ'l any-! thing in i::-. v. ~y of iino tallies it will pay you : *> .. ' i in: a call. ?2>I:*. -S. f-. Yioli- announces to the public in a r column what he j keeps in lie v.*: y - i' family groceries. ] Par tic- wil: do weii to give him a call I when lhoy need a:;} thing in his lino. - -The Town Council has placed new I brieges at the er.^-h^ at Me-srs. r.icjMasicr, Krice cc 17. tchln, and Messrs. J. M. Bcaiy <? Dro.'s crossing. They are cmite an hnni ovemcnt on the old ones. ! ?Mr. A. F. Kafr i- having some ' repairs made upon ti c house pur chased by him i"c:e;:l'y, ai-u at present occupied by Mr. liabcnicht. A new fence is in course cl' construction in the front, which will acid much to its appearance wecn.pleted. ?We were shown on Friday by Capf. J. A. Ilim-anr, the grape shot which took oil'ins ieg in the iaic "unpleasantness.'' When it struck his leg its force was about spent, and was found afterwards in his clothing*. The Captain :>*izc-; it highly, and it will doubtless he handed down for many generation.*. ?A brief conversation between two youths of eighteen v.*us overheard on our streets 'hz other d::y: "Are you workirir at the same place you used to?" asked one, "Xo," replied the other, "that was too hard. I've got another, whore I don't get as much pay, but don't have anything to do j except sit around the* store. You | see. my bc?r. den': advertise, and it is ; easy wcj k frr mo." ?The loo! Hei^h: which has here ^ I to fore passed this place tri-weekly north and souih. h:.s been discontinued ami now ou'v the night freights arriving at this place h-.te In thr; afternoon and early In the morning run. They do both the through and local work. V?re regret to learn that they will not carry passengers, and now the only accommodations for travelers arc the regular passenger trains. This will be an inconvenience to the public, and it is to be honed that a passenger coa.;h will be attached to the freight and passenger trafHc opened on ;his train. Personal?V.ralter S. 3Ionteith, ' "Esq., a member of the CoIumHa bar, was la?t wee;: licensed to preach in the -Metliecl: L Church, we presume he -.7i:l retire from the practice ol" the law. if Von V: Ok Plvg Touacco, r.-k your dealer for Jan22:<;on -Old Coitstv As5oci.vt:ox.?Ti:e teachers cf the county v/111 please remember that the regular meeting will take place 021 Saturday, 21st May. Exercises of much interest will place, and it is hopeu that the teachers will come out in full force. A Cuuious Iv,.:;.?Mr. Y.-\ 11. Yviiiifortl has on exhibition at the grocery of Messrs. Q. D. Williford & Co.. one of the "queerest* e::gs which we assert without fear ci'.ccmradiction was ever dropped by a he si. It is impossible to describe' it, but it can be seen by any one in the show cas;j at the above 'stated place. It is a regular curiosity and is worth seeing. The Party Madu Uu.?At a meeting held on Tuesday m <5 ruing by the r>artv who will represent Fairfield at A . - -i. the inter-State drill, it was found that twenty-four gentlemen and ladies would attend, and that the party would rema;a in the national capital eight days. A grand time is expected, and it is hoped that other parties will join those who hr.ro already signified their intention of going. Death.?Another old citizen of Fairfield has been called from time to eternity. Or. Sunday, the 15th iust., Mr. Jams Bankhcad died after several months* sutiering from consumption, lie was seventy-three years of age, and leaves a wife and several children all grown. Ills remains were interred in the A. II. P. < hureh-yard at "White Oak on Men day. Tiie sympathy of the community is extended to the bereaved family in their affliction. An Item of Ixteuest.?The foreign mission contributions of Broadway Baptist Church for the year ending May 1. were making the ehurch lend every other Baptist Church in the S.vath 11; gifts to foreign anissions, as well as i:; general giving. - In addition to the recent gift of $2G>000 to the seminary, several members are aiding Dr. Hoyee in securing *100,000, of this amount, ?50,000 to be added to the building fund and ?50,000 to the professorship fund.?Louisville Co a (icr- J o um at. Barrett's lan^erlsl S'oloernc Caw-ot be sun ns: -d for Fragrance, elegance ami durability. Mcilastcr, Brice & Set chin. Earthquake Shocks.?"We were informed on Monday thit three distinct shocks of earthquake were felt in our town on Sundar night. The first occurred within a few minutes to twelve oxlcck, and another fifteen minutes i later. Ave*her and perhaps the severest occurred at three o'clock. Mr. Gilbert, our informer, was on his bciii during the- first two, and the third awakened him after he had gone to sleep. "?Ve were in hopes that these unpleasant visitors had bidden us a final adieu. | Death.?We regret to announce the ! death of Mrs. M. K. Scruggs, wife of ; Dr. M. X. Scruggs, which occurred at | her home on Thursday evening last, ' at 7 o'clock, p. m. She had been in j failing health for several months with i consumption, consequently her death ; was not unexpected. She was the eldest daughter of the" late Dr. W. K. Turner, and was about twenty-three years of age. Her remains were interred in Lebanon church-vard on Friday evening in the presence of a ! large concourse of friends. She leaves i a husband and one child, besides a host of friends to mourn her death. The Festival.?The festival according to announcement took place at the college building on Tuesday afternoon and night. It was the intention to have the tables out of doors, but owing to the dampness of the ground it was impracticable. A la. ge crowd was in attendance and seemed to be in the best of humors. Ice cream, strawberries, cake and cooling beverages were served. Financially it was j also a grand success, the net proceeds [ amounting to somewhat over $20. j The Mount Zion Aid Society desire to j return thanks to the public for their j many contributions to the Society, and I for their very liberal patronage on the j occasion. A Circular Letter. The following circular letter has j l-cen sent to the different towns j throughout the State, with the hope of i securing some united action in the | premises: WiNXSn0K0, S. C., 11 May, 1-SS7. j Dear Sik.?The citizens of this! town and vicinity recently met and ! adopted a memorial to :hc inter-State I Commerce Commission, setting forth j the grievances to which we are sub- j jeeted in common with all communi- j tics which arc dependent for their j supplies on points having no competing railroads. We think that it will be found 011 close investigation that the discriminations made against such communities, which in SouthI Carolina are made up chieily of farm ers. are more sweeping than is gener- j ally supposed. For instance, we have j ascertained that the county of Fair- ! field pays in one year at least sixty < thousand dollars more than Richland i ccunty would pay for the same amount j of freight, and hauled thirty-five miles ! further. This is about double the i amount of the State and county taxes J levied on all the pro; erty iii Fairfield i county, and is another illustration of J the insidious methods and effects of; indirect taxation which may imperil: ; the existence of a people, and they at j the same time remain ignorant of the ! cause of their sufferiug. Petitions have been forwarded from ; all competing points and from the j railroads praying for a suspension of!; the long and short haul clause of the inter-State Commerce Act. On the other hand, those who are the suffer- : ers from unjust discrimination, for the : correction of which this clause of the , Act was intended, are doing comparatively nothing. It was the opinion cf the meeting of our citizens that j! concert of action would do much to j strengthen the hands of the Commis-! j sion in the performance of the task of j enforcing the law, and the Chairman ! , was instructed to communicate our j action,bv letter, as far as practicable, to i all sections of our State which, like , Fairfield, are bearing the burdens unjustly imposed by railroads. We think that all interested persons : should move in this matter, and all 1 citizens of the United States who do not live netu competitive points, and who raise produce to ship, or buy goods which have been transported on ; railroads, are interested. Respectfully, G. H. McMastek, Chairman of Mass Meeting, Winnsboro, S. C. .1 T>AY IX THE WOODS. As usual our people had been anticipating for some time with a great deal of pleasure the occasion of the annual picnic of the Gordon Light Infantry. Neat and handsome invitations had been scut out by the Company to the picnic which took piacc on Thursday. The day was everything that could have been desired, and every effort for the comfort of the Company's guests had been made. Vfagons called at the Winnsboro .'iotel to convey the ladies out to the grounds. Promptly at 9.30 o'clock the Company formed in their armory, after which they were marched down Main street as far south as the residence of Mr. Dunn, where it was turned and marched through Main street and on to the "Fortune Spring Wood." Already a good crowd had assembled, bent on having a jolly day in the woods. Old and young, boys and girls, all seemed by their actions determined to have a good time, and we believe their expections were realized. A little after eleven o'clock the cou*p>f. in marksmanshio for the Com pany's medal was entered into at one hundred yards range. While the shooting was not as good as in former years, it is doubtless attributable to the shortness of the range and the cartridges which seemed to have been loaded too heavily. After each man had fired his three shots it was found that fifteen members had failed to make a point, so they were marched up twenty-five yards closer auu given another shot around, when several scored and were relieved o; taking the prize for the worst shot. The remainder were then marched twenty-five yards closer and given another chance, but still several failed to score, when thev were marched to within twenty-five yards of the target and given a rest on the fence. All scored on this .trial except Private Wilson who made another "goose egg,"and he was then declared the r.inner of the prize tor the poorest shot. Private Gladden having made the best score of the day was declared the ! winner oi the Company's medal, : which he will wear for the next twelve | months. i This concluded the contest, after ; which citizens in genera! were given ! an opportunity to try their skill. The contest between the ladies was i next in order with parlor rifles. Mrs. j J. X. Center made the best score | among the married ladies, and was ; therefore entitled to the first prize. ; Mrs. Samuel Johnston made the next : highest score and was awarded the j second prize. Mrs. J. Brvson having j failed to make a score, was proi nounced ihe worst shot, and thcre; fore presented with the third prize. I Among the unmarried ladies Miss ; Maggie McCarley made a score of 28 oat of a possible 30, which entitled bcr to the first, prize. Miss Maggie Thompson made the next highest score and was given the second prize. Miss Eila Doty made the lowest score and was presented with the third prize. At .the conclusion of this contest, dinner was announcod, and every one proceeded to do his part in justice to the bountiful supply of edibles which had been prepared for the occasion. The Ladies' Monumental Association served ice cream and strawberries on the grounds and realized quite a snug sum. After dinner the time was spent in roaming around until the time for the j deliver of t he prizes. Mr. C. A. j Douglas, in his accustomed graceful style, presented to the successful contestants the rewards for their skill, after which several impromptu songs were rendered by members of the Company. The crowd then began to disperse and return to their homes. We think aM will agree with us in saying that th& picnic of 1887 was one of the most pleasant ever given by the Gordons. m i i? i.in i frn?? ? ? rm OTJlt FALLEN HEROES. Memorial Day Properly Observe;!?Tlie Ceremonies of tl?o Occasion?Speech of Mr. DuBose JEgleston. With cach returning spring our people, and especially our ladies, feel it their duty as a mark of highest esteem and regard, as well as a sincere pleasure, to make some spccial effort to show their appreciation of the gallant efforts which characterized the men who wore the gray and sacrificed their lives in the "Lost Cause," for a principle which they believed and will ever believe was .a just ana ngm- j eous cause. Tuesday evening was J perhaps the most successful occasion j which has ever been known in our [ town in this respect, and the Ladies' Memorial Association should congratulate themselves on its success. The stand had been beautifully decorated with flag's and bright flowers by the committee in charge, and presented a most handsome appearance. On the front the following mottoes were exhibited, for which the Association is indebted to the kindness of Prof. DeHerradora. who was untiring in his efforts to make the occasion a success: "We never forget and never cease to love our martyred dead." "The incense we offer as a mournful tribute to Southern patriots does not ascend here alone, but rises from j every temple in the land." "The love of our noble dead is fresh again with the glory of flowers." "The memory of our best hopes is immortal." "Our honored dead live in our hearts." "Our confldcnce in the purity and courage of the past is eternal." These were tastily arranged arranged and added much to the beauty of the decorations. JX tliUUUHiClii, ?? CIO UWV upon which hung wreaths of beautiful flowers. The procession was formed at Mr. J. M. Elliott's corner under the raarshalship of Capt. 1. N. Withers, with the Gordon Light Infantry in front. Next came the survivors and veterans of the "Lost Cause" marching two and two at the tap of the drum, which doubtless recalled vividly to their minds the scenes where they marched to the tap of the drum on the battlefields of Virginia and other places. Behind them came a company of little girls all in white, and next the citizens in general. Arriving at the corner of Washington street the Gordons halted and came to "present arms," while the others marched by. The exercises opened with prayer Dy tlie itCV. o. x. unaimere, aner which a bevy of young ladies under the leadership of Prof. "Witherow rendered the song "Not forgotten." Mr. J. E. McDonald then read the ode, after which another song was rendered by the choir, "Rest, Soldiers, Rest," which was pronounced by all very appropriate and very beautiful. Mr. DuBose Eglcston, the orator of the occasion, then spoke as follows: Ladies, Fellow-Citizens and Comrades: We have come together today in response to the invitation of the Ladies Memorial Association, and in accordance with a custom which is at once a solemn duty and a pleasure, to do honor to the memory of those, our fellow-countrymen, who, at the bidding of their State, and in obedience to the dictates of a principle which they regard as more sacred than life, Ktf -f V? r* inefntrtfo Af o YV?or>_ clIILi gUi.U.V^V.1 ?jy CAiV iucuuvio V/A c* uiui.i^t hood, the common inheritance of a people who have always been true to their country, left the quiet and pcacefnl pursuits of a happy home?left the plow in the furrow, the desks of the clerk, the musty books of law, the pulpit of the Christian minister of the Gospel, and all the other avocations of busy life, and without time and often without the means of providing adequately for the wants of the loved ones so suddenly deprived of their sup port, went into the tented field, fought the glorious battles of a glorious, but short lived Confederacy, oflered up as a willing sacrifice, all that was dear to them, even life itself, on the altar Ci iheir country, and left behind them, as a precious liiuexnaui;;; iv pusicm) and to their children, an imperishable fame whose glories shall go sounding down the ages, and an example of devotion to duty and loyalty to a lofty principle which will live forever in history and be emulated by coming generations. It is meet and fitting, comrades.and + fellow-citizens, that this memorial service should take place at this beautiful season. Appointed appropriately on the anniversary of the day on which the life of one of the brightest stars in that shining galaxy of immortal heroes which shed an undying lustre on the life of the young Confederacy like the flochinrr r\f o ho I Uil^uo iiuoiiiijp v* Q, avivoo tuv sky, passed away and vanished from i our sight, its yearly recurrence, when nature, throwing off the fetters which have bound her, and rising frooi her wintry tomb, bursts into the full bloom of spring, puts on her mantle of living verdure and decks herself with I brightest flowers, cheers our hearts ! with the thought that out of the wintry j gloom of the past shall rise an immortality ot light and hope. We failed as the world calls failing, yet the lives of those we laid away on so many fields, lives fresh and green | in our memories; and as we meet again to scatter flowers over their graves and to do honor to their memories ; as the beauties of the opening spring make us forget the cold gloom of winter, so, forgetting the bitter sor-, row of their loss, we turn-with brighter hope to the noble lesson of their : lives and find comfort in knowitg that j in lofty patriotism and in unselfish de- j votion to duty, they.will live forever in the hearts of their countrymen. In accepting your invitation, ladies of the Memorial Association, to do honor to the memory of our fallen heroes and to the cause for which they fought, I have keenly appreciated the j Inffirsnss of th<> theme and rnv inability i to do it justice. It is a subject which I feel should be approached with reverent tread. I do not propose in this short address more than a brief) ecital ot the glorious patriotism, the stern devotion to duty and the cheerful sacrifice of all that life holds dear?the sacrifice oven of life itself?which sheds a halo upon the story of the war. All this has been told in words of burning eloquence, and has been written by abler pens than I can ever hope to wield. "What feeble words of mine can add one iota to their undying fame, or shed a brighter lustre on their deeds or cause the grateful memories of their lives to exhale a balmier fragrance? Only briefly at your bidding, with a deep sense of the honor contend upon me can I aspire to offer my tribute of devotion to the iost cause and to place my- offering: on the graves of our dead heroes. And here I must offer my apology for the disconnected manner in which this address is thrown together, pleading as excuse the necessarily brief time at my disposal .for so important an a subject. "When the call to arms sounded through the length and breadth of this sunny laud, and the men, whose memories we so gratefully have come together to honor, responded, the incentives that prompted them were love of country, devotion to principle and a stern determination to resist to the bitter end what they justly considered the aggressions of the more powerful section of the country. As by a common impulse they moved; the time had become ripe for action. The political thunder-clouds which had for so long a time cast their dark shadows hieAnt* l<inr1 h.irl iinro milminatfid in a black mass, out of whose dark depths the baleful lightnings gleamed and threatened at any moment to light the fires of war. The old political leaders were thrust aside, and the popular wave, gathering strength as it went, rolled resistlessly on. Of the causes of the war it is not my province to speak on this occasion. A long scries of political differences, dating back almost tc the foundation ol' the government, r.rd ever widening the breach as the years rolled by, had cul- I minated in threats of force unless we J yielded to the will of the majority. ' The certainty of defeat at the polls, and [ consequently of the enforcement of ; measures upon the South, inimical to j our best interests and at variance with \ our own policy and the traditions of the past, seemed to admit of no further ' parleying and to render further efforts ! to preserve the integrity of the consti- \ tution as handed down to us by our ' lathers useless. "War, the inevitable result of the attempted enforcement of , "the higher Jaw," followed. I have heard sometimes the expression, "that ] most needless of all wars," and came upon it only a few days since. My ] friends, I believe this is the wrong . view to take of it. Every reasonable ; person must deprecate war and its terrible consequences, of which actual battle is but a small part of its attend- i ant evils. But this great world, as it 1 exists to-ciay m irs grandeur, usnomo- ? genious division into great States and '< empires, is, in a great measure, the J outcome and result of war. On the \ result of a single battle has depended the fate of empires, and jhe march of civilization has taken a more vigorous stride forward after the sun has set upon the carnage and horrors of a battle-field This, since the fall of our first parents, is but a world of sin and strife. We must take it as we find it, and our high destiny it is so to act our parts upon its stage that amidst the peaceful pursuits of life, or amidst the tumult of war, in the midst of doubt and confusion, when we arc tempted in the irresistible rush and jostle of life to step aside from the old and beaten ways, and we are bewildered amid the mazes of the many paths that open up before us and lead upon new and untried ground, we shall perform well our part, be true to ourselves, and if but by a single act leave our impression upon it for good, and make it by that much better than it was before. When in the long path of our political History we rtauucu tue jjuiut nmvu culminated in war, it had then become 1 a necessity, and we would have been i untrue to ourselves, to tradition and > to the principles which had ever ) guided us since the formation of the ^ government had we not accepted > the gage of battle. No, as well waste ! time to argue that all the wars of his- < tory were unnecessary. ] The issue having been joined, and J war, with its lowering front, standing before us in all its horrid aspect, these men bade a long good-bye to home ^ and all the endearments which so ten- [ derlv twined around it; bade good bye "to mothers, wives and children, 1 whose loving memories were a shield against the temptations of evil which 1 ever beset them, that seemed as guar- 1 dian angels in the fierce din of the con- 1 flict and the wild rush of the charge, : and which placed the sweet impress of a smile upon his lips; as dusty with ' the march, begrimed with the powder ' of smoke of battle he lay upon the ! field and seemed to have caught, ere ' his spirit winged its flight, sweet vis Anrti? of 1"\ Am f\ \T A lUilS U1 tliU iUV^U VL1UO UU AJVlJLtV.. AW hope of military glory lured him on. Our war was singularly devoid of much that in other wars attracts men by the hope of advancement, the attraction of high pay or affords an in- 1 viting field for the mere ambition of the soldier of fortune. There were no hirelings, but men moved by a stern sense of duty to encounter for the sake of all that was dear to them, such privations and hardships as the world : has rarely witnessed. "We have read in our boyhood days with wonder and deep admiration of the heroism and cheerful endurance of privation in the cause of liberty, of the dinner of potatoes offered by Marion to the British officers, without ever realizing the possibility in the near fnture of being called upon to endure the same sacri-1 ficcs, and we may have felt a natural distrust of our patriotism ai-d capacity of endurance, were we ever subjected to such a test. We have read of the I bloody footprints made by the soldiers of the Revolution as they marched over the frozen ground, but now many a starved Confederate soldier would have hailed'as a feast the potatoes of Marion, and every bloody foot-print was re-produced a thousand times on the banks of the Potomnc, the frozen fields of northern Virginia and the snow-clad hills of Tennessee. Promotions indeed came rapidly. The ever ! thinning ranks of the officers who shared alike the dangers and pri! rations of the privates, were recruited I from their more rapidly thinning ranks. 'The company officer of to-day led his regiment the next; the Lieutenant or Captain who led his company iato bat i tie to-day, to-night, wrapped in his blanket, was silently laid to rest, and the non-commissioned officer or private of to-day became the company commander of to-morrow. There was no starry cross nor bright decorations which men- eagerly covet and for which they risk death at the cannon's month; there was none of the "pomp and circumstance of war;" no bright uniforms, which have been the distinguished badge of regiments and battalions of the armies of the old world, for a hundred years, their colors did not bear the proud names of victories in previous wars to incite them to deeds of valor. "Duly" that watch word of the immortal Lee, vas the guiding star and motive of action of the men who composed the armifc's of the Confederacy. Uniforms, there was none?cr, except in some instances, only a faint apology for them after the lirst year of the war. With scanty supplies of clothing, helped out with such articles as the more fortunate were able to obtain from home, and with what was picked up on the battle-fields, these men braved the cold of winters. -'The i tented fields'-* bccamc a thing of the; past; ibr exccpt the little shelter tents, j under which you could only sit up i straight, and the liberal supplies o: j which were drawn from the stores of I the enemy, rarely was there a tent to j be seen. No silken banner unfurled; its folds to the breeze as they marched j to victory, but the battle fia^-, the fiery j SJ/mi f ]-?Ai*n /*iwee fliA fri vl^frtrr An ! v^i vc 3 o L4.iv.4v ivy v/u j so many fields, was generally made of j ordinary banting. The old battle-flag; what a halo of J glory encircles it; how many eyes followed it as it proudly flew to the breeze in the resistless chargc; how many gallant arms caught it up as it fell from hands, strong but a moment J before and now nerveless in death, i Under its starry cross shattered regiments rallied for the last desperate struggle; torn and rent by shot and shell; stained with the blood of the bravest and best; the guide to victory and the pillow on whose blood-stained folds, in death, was rested the head of its gallant defenders,, the rallying point aronnd which for four long years these men gathered; towards"which their footsteps turned, as now, our weary fee!:, at close of day, turn to our homes and loved ones. It seetned iudeed the genius of battle?instinct with life, a thing of life itself. Oh! how many fond and sad associations cluster around it; how the memory of the past comes sweeping over us, almost to suffocation. What memories of the battle-field, the bivouac and the march, how the faccs of our dead comrades, whose brave arms bore it, faces that for a long time are lost to sight and memory in the hard struggle of life, come back to us fresh as of old. It is furled now; furled forever, with no stain upon its starry j cross but the blood-stain of th^se who | bore it; never lowered in defeat or I traueu in uisnoiiur; a sauxcu usviuury guards it; it will be forever enshrined in the inmost recesses of our hearts. And in the dark hour when we stand ^n the shore of the river and live life's fitful dreams o'er again; when we sec igain the scenes through which we have passed, bear in sick dreams the wild shout of the charge and the distant roar of the battle, and then as the ?hadows deepen and these scenes fade iway across the starry firmament, will tve see the warrior's banner take "its flight to greet the warrior's soul." This is a theme so full of sweet and jitter memories that I may linger jpon it longer than I i.itend. In ;vhatcver sphere these men were placed, whose memories wc honor, j hey exemplified by their conduct tiic j jighest type of devotion, self-sacrifice ] md Christian fortitude. With the history of those highest in *ank we arc most familiar. Chosen, j )y virtue of their patriotism, ability | md military training, to lead the irmies of the' Confederacy, they have eft behind them a record which lends i brighter glory to the page of history, [tobt. E. Lee, that splendid type of Christian manhood, at the same time gentle and stern and unflinching in the iischarge of duty, carefui of the lives >f his men, but with impetuosity and lash of a JNev; always where his cy 1 iould direct and follow the execution . )f his plans; ready at the crisis of a cattle to take his place at the head of lesperate charge, magnanimous and generous as the brave always are: eady to say after Pickett's gallant jharge, which reached the point at svhich it was aimed, and mounted the breastworks of the enemy, but failed n results only because there were lone to sustain him in his success. 'Never mind, it was my l'alt; I expected more of youthau human nature jould accomplish." Think of this itterance when he knew that the eyes )f the world were upon him and his irmy. and when upon the success of this j effort depended the fate of a great j cattle and probably the issue of the ! ivar. What greatness of mind at a moment when the bitterness of failure must have wnr^ his soul. This peerless hero ha- carved his name in the Highest pinnacle of fame, and has been uvarded a place with the greatest generals ot the world, and alongside )f "Washington's in the history of this country by tlie lirst Jingusn soiuicr or his day. Time fails me to mention, as I would like to do, others no less deserving of fame. Stonewall Jackson, that man Df genius, whose strategy and brilliancy of manoeuvre has" wel' been compared with that of the groat Napoleon; whose Christian virtues shine more bright and enduring than his military renown, and whose fame is co-exte:><l7e with civilization. Of, Albert Sidney Johnson, upon whose | life victory at Shiloh hung, and whose J success, had he been spared, would i probably have changed the fate of the young Confederacy; it is safe to say his untimely death saved Grant's army from capture or drowntng in tli3 turbid waters of the Mississippi, and Grant himself from sinking beneath the no less turbid waters of oblivion. T only pause to mention Stuart, the hard fighter, the gallant cavalier and Christian, the eye of Lee's army. The magnificent Pclham, the boy major of artillery, who yielded up his life on the altar of his country, young in years, but not until he had made for himself a name ana lame that will live as long .as the deeds of the Army of Northern Virginia lire in our hearts and are recounted by fulure generations. i Before I close this list of illustrious j men, let me briefly call to mind one who still lives among us?the venerable statesman and soldier, the exPresident of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis. Mr. Davis, not even an original secessionist, deplored the necessity for separation and used his efforts to bring about a peaceful solution of the difficulty; but when the ! die was cast, true to his instincts, he j threw himself with all his soul into the cause of his people and section. ! Elected President cf the Confederate States, he brought to his high office a high order of ability and ripe experience as soldier and statesman. Mistakes in his administration he may have made: there can be an honest ! difference of opinion 011 that score, ! but none will doubt his lofty patriotI ism, his fine courage and his unselfish | devotion to the country over whose I destinies3?c had been called upon to ! preside. In his ?phere he exercise all i the abilities with which he was endowed. The humblest soldier in the ranks, who was faithful to his trust, /Itr} o r- I i a Trie r* n 1 v 1 lio , v.iui ac? i iv * uo viuj iuv/ vant of his people and obeyed their behests. Yet an ungenerous lbe has made him the scapegoat of "the Rebellion have made him the personification of all they consider damnable in the war, and have heaped every insult and indignity upon him, of which their imaginations were capable. This venerable, feeble old man, without a country, without citizenship, the only Southerner who bears upon his bent and feeble shoulders the burden of the so-called sins of his people, awaits in dignity and silence, only broken by his enforced and righteous protests when the stings and slanders of his traducers arc too sharp to endure and cfiect the truth of history in his beau tit'll 1 retreat on the Gulf, i!:e final summons which will call him from the sccnes of a long, honorable and stormy life. God grant him peace in his declining years. Surely lie should have the prayers and feel the sympathy and Ifvri* rvf wlinm lir> cniT'.il cr\ and for w horn he suffered so much, j Of the private soldier, the principal! ; factor in the great struggle, we know i I less than of ilsoloader?, wiioscachieve- j ments depend in a very large measure j upon his good qualities . The Con fed- ! eratc soldiers constituted the finest iufactry the world has ever known, and they were no less splendid in all the branches of the service. This is a recognized i'tct in the military history of the world, and the yet unwritten j history of the war as it is unfolded i wiil slied a brighter lustre on his per- j formances. Combining inte'tigence j with an independence of chaacter, the ! result of the peculiar institutions with which he was surrounded, he was withal tractable and amcnal ^c to discipline. Between cfficcr ami soldier there existed the closest sympathy of motive and the most unbounded confidence. This is well shown in the soothing expression of Gen. Lee to the soldiers of Picket's Division after the fatal charge at Gettysburg; and the reverse was generally the case with our opponents, in ail justice to them, as this story will illustrate. After the capture of Harpers Ferry, as the prisoners were drawn up on tlie the side of the road, it was rumored that Stonewall Jackson, their captor, was about to pass. Instantly all eyes were eagerly turned in the direction from which he was expected. Thev were anxious to see me man auoiu whom Ihey had heard so much, and whose crushing blows they had so often felt. After lie had passed, one prisoner said, and had an echo of response all about him?"Boys, he's not much for looks, but if we'd had him we wouldn't have been caught in this trap." Our soldiers never believed for a moment that their Generals would make a mistake or would lead them to aught but victory. This trust was not misplaced, and the confidence was reciprocal on the part of their General s. In camp, on the march, on .he battle-field, these men, fighting against the world, exhibited a fortitude and : a magnificent courage, which has elicited the admiration of the world. Ragged and shoeless, with insufficient rations, their cheerfulness never flagged, and the wit of the Confederate soldier has become proverbial. We will never know it again except under similar circumstances. _>or wounds nor privations could quench their cool courage and dare-devil indifference to danger. They fought not only against tremendous odds in numbers, but against the most earful!v eqipped and supplied armies that were ever sent into the field. They were supplied not only with the most approved arms and ammunition, but they were furnished with ample supplies of clothing, abundance of rations, and hospitals well stocked with all the medicines and surgical appliances necessary for j the utmost care of the sick and wo und-1 cd. Many a poor feliow's eyes glistened at the rich harvest of plunder left upon the field, and, for a time, forgot his past hungriness in a feast to which lie was only accustomed on similar occasions. Cut the end, however delayed, was inevitable. Yfiih j thinned ranks, with no recruits to take the places of those who dropped | it in every fight, sooner or later it must come. The country had been drained of men and resources. When the shattered, half-starved heroes of Lee's decimated regiments, hunted down and surrounded ty the swarm ing hordes of the enemy, were at last brought to bay: when their great leader saw that the further loss of life was useless, and having done all that mortals could do, acccpled thu inevitable and determined to surrender; , (and even then, with the fiag of truce flying, a part of his veterans, never realizing their desperate condition, and never doubting even it they realized; but as long as a?) enemy was in sight, their business as to whip him. were with their old time dash driving the foe before them?they knew not of the flag of truce; wonderful spectacle?and were called off as the eager hound from the chase;) then, when then they heard the fatal word, they could not believe it, they were indignant at the thought; then as*the truth became appparcnt they slowlyjook itin; strong men wept; some in bitterness nr-^rrr4y--w.i<-h rlf-op threw their arms to the ground. Do you wonder? The cause they had loved better than life itself was lost. The cause for which they hod given up all they held dear, as dear to them and as sacred in their eyes as the love of ;homc, wife and children; as dear __ i!.. 1 linH mnidnn US UiU l'J V C Ui liit; ULLI VU1CV4 iuuiuv., and to the iove of his God. Slowly they parted and took their different ways homeward; these men who had constituted one great family for so many years; had marched, fought and endured together. Bidding adieu to their great Captain, they separated, (never to meet on earth again, the associations and ties ef so many years, cemented with blood and riveied with everlasting chains of mutual privations and cherished hopes?rudely broken;) they, to the stern realities of life, to take up again the broken thread of their existence, to begin the battle for bread and build up their broken fortunes; he, to devote the remainder of time to a life of uuseliish uscfulncsss, and to die ere long ot a broken heart. All the courage, all the blood, the deeds had ^one fur nought. All had been lost. All had been in vain. Lost! In vain? did I say? Xo. I caivt believe it. The God of battles had willed that we should fail?we hnrl not been successful, as the world calls successful?but the sacrifice of these years of devotion, of courage, of seli'-abnegation, of the blcod that was shed so freely will be accepted, will not have been in vain. Purified and cleanscd by the sacrifice out of the ashes of the past, we will rise to a more glorious future, and our vision of the possibilities before 115 is not limited by the line ot the distant horizon. As on the morrow alter the gale, the sun rises resplendent over the storm-Iashcd coast, strewn with the wreckage of its fury; so, with us, the sun rises brightly over the ruins of the past, and pausing but a while to shed a tear, to have the deep drawn sigh of regret, to lay with tender hands and tear-climmed eyes our mournful tributes upon the graves of dead valor; ; we press on in the new paths and toj wards the high destiny which stands revealed to our view. This tribute would be incomplete without a loving rcferencc to our women in the war, and the important part they bore. Without one selfish thought they gave up those they loved, and on "whose ctrniKi- ovmc: rlinv ionnf./l 4V\?. uniic i.4*v/^ ivtujwi iv: cu;;|'Vit7 the gray-haired mother whose course of life nearly spent, might not hope to clasp to her heart the" form of her sou again; the tender wife with her little ones around her wonderirg what it all meant, and too youn<; to realize the sacriGce they might so soon be called upon to make; the fond sister, the bethrothed maiden whose fond dreams of hapj iness were perhaps forever shattered; all alike forcing back the tears that came unbridled, restraining the fears and ay prehensions that would arise, buckled on the armor of their loved ones and sent them forth to battle for them and their country. Then the excitement of parting over they yielded but a short time to their grief, quickly dried the tears and then with willing hearts and ready hands gave themselves up to the work before them. The cares of domestic life, providing for their households, the busy loom and needle, the making of bandages and scraping of lint, <rave them einnW"^1"-* honnv w^icf rrom"harrowing doubts and fears. Xot o.-ilv all this in the quiet retreat of h-jme, but in the hosnitals thev hovered as reinistarln" spirits over the wounded and dying". Tender women who in happier hours ; would hiivc shrunk from the sight of, blood, now tenderly dressed gaping wounds and stanched the crimson j How; wrote parting messages of lovej to far distaut homes; wiped the cold; sweat of death from the brow of the! dying, knelt in prayer beside them | and pointed their departing souls to i Heaven. We can never realize the I torturing agony of suspense they' suffered, hundreds of miles from j the scene of strife for so many j years: racked with doubts and fears | and Hying rumors, until their worst; fears were realized or once more their hearts were gladdened with the sweet i assurance of the safety of their loved ! ones. In quiet homes as yet untouch j ed by the rude foot-prints of war, j without the excitement of battle and j and the companionship of surrounding J thousands, they watched and waited : and praved to the end. Cheering! with messages their heroes in the field ' and shaming laggards back to duty. j Then the end came and the battle of life had to be&un anew, they were the first to realize the situations, and j before men recovered from the paralysis of the shock, tender women, reared as many of them had been in homes of luxury, and unaccustomed to the hardships? of life, took up the; burden and pointed the sterner sex in the path of duty. Let us see to it, my friends, that our children have a proper conception of: this great struggle and its glories. I Let us see to it that the true history ! of the war be handed down to them and posterity, pure and uncontami j nated from the falsehoods and preja-; dices which are so eagerly sought to j be injected into it. See to it thai our j children properly appreciate the sac- j rifices of those who laid down their j live.-, and let not the stigma "rebel" j be placcd upon their memories. Tor-1 teritv, the future historian, will be j just after the passions of this generalion shall have died out; cur part it is to see that the proper material bo fur nisiiea tno iccure Historian. ii;e j actors in this great drataa, they who j kno vv the focts and acted the parts i which will make up this: history, are ; lowly passing away. One by one as I the years unfold they "cross the river; and rest under the shade of the trees." j \Vc pass them on the thoroughfares; and justle them in the crowded marts j of business, painfully c-n crutches. making their way, or bearing unseen 1 upon their bodies licry scars, indelible : marks, which painfully they will bear I to their graves. One by one they foil out by the wayside overcome by the j heat and burden of the day. Let us j see to it before their lips arc forever | sealed that this evidence is collected. Ladies of the Memorial Association: this is a noble work which you have undertaken. With you there is noj word as fail. As far back as history i tells us, grateful nations have erected i to the memory of those who have rendered valuable services to their; country,whether in the arts orsciences,; as statesmen or soldiers, enduring | monuments, which will perpetuate their memories in future ages. Amid the harships and poverty entailed by the war, this has been to our people a labor of love, difficult of accomplishment. But the offering, made sac re; 1 by the sacrifice, is more precious, like j the widow's mite than if made out of; our abundance. Ail over the South j to-day stands these monuments of a country's grateful appreciation of devotion and valor. The bones of our dead soldiers lie in shallow graves where they fell, perchance lie bleaching upon the scene cf some distant battle-field, or resting quietly awaiting the resurrection morn, in the peacelul shade of our beautiful cemeteries. You have made it your grateful task to perpetuate the memory of their deeds in enduring granite. Let it be our duty, fellow-citizens, to sec that that this self-imposed labor of loVe shall not fail of an early accomplishment, and sooner than their fondest hopes could have anticipated, let there arise in our midst a shaft which will for ail time to come tell how we honor the memory of Fairfield s ucircb And now, ladies of the Memorial Association, as rem disperse to quiet resting cf our dead heroes, and lay gently your sweet offerings of love and gratitude upon their graves, let your choicest and freshest flowers be laid upon the mounds beneath which rest the mi-1 known dead. I The exercises were then concluded j bv the rendition of the song "Tread I O I lightly o'er their graves," when the large audience assembled disperse*} to lay fresh flowers on the graves those" who sleep iin our different church ' yards. The whole occasion was pronounced by all one of the most successful ever given by the Association, and while no monument or shaft yet rears its head in our town to commemorate the deeds of valor of our fallen heroes, still their acts of bravery, their deeds of courage and their sacrifice of life raises a monument over their graves wherever they sleep which the storms; of thne can never deface. Kacklen** Arnica Salve. Tiis Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt liheiiiii, Fever Sore?, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 2o cents per ooz. i For sale by McMastcr, Brice & Ketchiu4 .j TEACHERS' ZIEETISG. , I Messrs. Editors: Saturday, 21st; lust., is the day appointed for the .'meetingof the Teachers' Association, i said meeting- to take place at Mount : Zion Institute. It is hoped the teachers of Fairfield will not forget the j day, and wili appear iS full force at ; Mount Zion Institute at 11 o'clock, | a. in., sharp. The last meeting- was both interesting and instructive, and j %vc have every reason to believe the ; next will be moi*e so. The teachers :uu myrciorc earnestly requested to be present. Remember indifference 011 the part of teachers will certainly cause indifference 011 the part of both people and pupils. The secretary will tske delight in recording the name of every teacher, and the editor of your, very valuable county paper will take i ?reafc pleasure in publishing the name I of every teacher who attends the ! meeting, in order that the citizens of I the county may see who are the live, | wide-awake and progressive teachers in their midst. Remember then that ' teachers' meeting will take place at | Mount Zion Institute, Saturday 21st I inst., at 11 o'clock, a. m., sharp. TVe i hope to meet not only the teachers, ; but every citizen who can convcnlentj !y attend. John Boyd, S. C. F. C. JJozx't Experiment. ; You cannot afford to v;aste time in ox! periraenting when your lungs are in dan ! jtcr. consumption aiways seems, at nest, : only a cold. Do not permit any dealer to i impose upon you with sonic cheap imitation of Dr. King's Xew Discover}- for Consnnii>tk>?, Coughs, and Colds, but be sure you get the genuine. Because he can [make more profit he may tell'tell you he lias something just as good, or just the ; same. Don't be deceived, but insist upon getting Dr. King's Xew Discovery, whioh is guaranteed to give relief sn all Throat, Lung and Chest affections. Trial bottles fr^e at MeMaster, Brice & KetchJn's Drug Store. Saved His Life. Mr. D. Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave, Ky., says he was, for many years, badly afflicted" with phthisic, also Diabetes; the pains were almost unendurable and would sometimes almost throw him into convulsions. He tried Electric Bitters and got relief from first bottle and after taking six bottles, was entirely cured and had gained in flesh eighteen .pounds. Says he positively believes he would have ciied, had it not been for the relief afforded by Electric Bitters. Sold at fifty cents a bottle by jicJIaster, Bricc & Ketchin. *' Absolutely ? This powder never varies. A marvel of parity, 'strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary Kinds, and cannot be Sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans. Royal'Bakixg Powdes Co., lOG Wali St., X. Y. Sold by McMaster, Brice & Ketchin, Grocers. " MchSfxly M1KET SEPOST, CORRECTED WEEKLY BY W. C. BEATY, GROCER. ? Wixxsboiio, May 1G, 18S7. 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