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WJNNSBORO, S. C.
Wednesday, June 30, - - - 1S97.
BAYFIELD NOT THE MAX.
Mr. W. D. MayfieldJs candidacy for
president of the Sonth Caroliua College
is justly meeting with a great deal
of opposition It is reported that he
has securcd ths promise of nine trustees
to support him; and if this is
true, he will be elected. We hope
that this is not true. In the first place,
it is not creditable to the nine trustees
if Lbey have allowed themselves to be
electioneered in this way. They
should have sought the man for the
place, instead of the man seeking it.
Such a course is beneath the dignity of
the position, and seeking, the place is
in itself some e\ idence that the applicant
is unworlbv to receive the honor.
Why should Mr. Mayfield be elected?
Jle does nor possess any reputation of
high scholarly attainments. It was
not generally known until a few elays
ago that be was even a college graduate,
and then i;. become known that he
had been graduated from a college in I
Tennessee. The writCt has had some1
opportunity of knowing at least the
nom'snf fho i>riii?oal coliesres in the
South, and he .never heard of the college
in Tennessee by which 2Ir. Mayiield
was graduated. But the mere
fact th?.t he is a college graduate would
not qualify him to fill the presidency
of the South Carolina College. We
have tho; sands of coliege graduates in
South Carolina, but there are few, it
any, who could fill the place of James
II. Thornwell, J. M. McBrvde, James
Woedrow, James II. Carlisle, and
Yv\ il. Grier. Men of their stamp are
not made merely by having a-degree
conferred upon them.
Eve>*y one must admit that the president
of ibe South Carolina College
olight to be a scholar ol an unquestionable
high order. lias Mr. Mayfield
such attainments? If so, how many
people in the State have heard of it?
Is he even kuowu in the State, or beyond
it, lor his culture and intellectual
alignments? Has he impressed his
scholarship upon the people of the
Sta.i? Is his reputation as a scholar
sscti. that he would attract students
fr^m all over the State? It is so plain
to us, tii&t it wouiu dc a mosi serious,
aad perhaps irreparable, injury to tbe
college Lo place tois retiring- politician
at the head of this institution of learning
that, in the event of his election,
tbe trustees would be guilty of a gross
breach of {rust, apparently designed
to wreck and ruin the college.
The president of a college, among
many other qualifications, including'
learning and cultivation, should possa^s
executive ability. Mr. Mayfield
has been Superintendent of Education
sir.ee 1S90, bu' :f his executive ability
has been above mediocrity, we have
failed to observe it. The Ideal president
should be a man of some personal
magnetism. If Mr. Mayfield has any,
vre do not know it. In short, if Mr.
Mavfield is anvthins- more than several
thousand other citizens of the State, it
is not generally kuown.
One of our correspondents this
naoniiug m-ges Prcf. Ii. Means Davis
f-.r th? place. Having attended the
South Carolina College for live years,
the writer fieH as if he has some
knowledge of Prof. Davis' fitness for
the place. In many respect?, he pos$^sses
qualifications that fit him. As
our friend, Mr. S C. Sturgis, of Rock
Hill, an alumnu-, expressed it, Prof. !
Davis is "affable and easy of ap-1
proacb," and it ie> significant that bis
home was often the refuge for young
meu in the college seeking: advice.
The president*.-, home should be the
social centre oi the camwns, <uid it is
there that many learu their manners
and many o-t the graces of culture,'
rrhicii can be acquired only by as30-1
ciatlr.g- wiih refined and cultivated j
people. The president's influence, in I
this rcsno [. therefcre. deDcnds iarsrelv I
upon Lis family. Mrs. Davis, a daugh-1
ter of Dr. J^.-cph L?Conte. having j
lived ho? whole life on a college cam- j
pi;?, surrounded by uti atmosphere of!
the highest cu'iare3 is a rare Intel-1
lectual woman: and her social and J
iwtelkctu:'.! attainments would impress'
tliemseive; in t'.o president's home as j
nowhere ilse on the campus. Prof, j
f)..v:s is a disciolinarian of remarkable i
abrily; he understands young men. j
He cuj: y> young men's company, and!
lie is alw. y fail of sympathy for them. j
IJis scholarship is well known. lie j
h... iilied ihe chair of profjssor of |
ileal Economy and History with
?f:t '.ciion. If any of the present |
pro." ->or> are 'o be elcctcd, it ought to i
be I'rui". li. Me.ms Davis.
Soiuetliing to Dei-etui Ou.
Mr. Jar:: 5 Jones. 'u ' drug ;';rm of
.J' . t'> oc ?en. L'owd*.::. 1 i!? in speaking of
Dr Now Discovery, says that last
w rit-r i.'s wife v.a~ attacked with La
(; pe, and her ease urew so serious that
}>': 'ie:a::s at Cowiu-n and Pana could do
nothing lor her. it >-v.:: -dto develop into
Ila-ty Consumption, Having Dr. Kin?'s
Nov. Discovery in .<*.; !e, and sellir.tr lots ot
it. i; - took a bottle home, and to the surpri
-of a;l she bejjau to set better from
and hal. u> /.en il*liar liott!e>
our i her sound and we!'. Dr. Kind's
Xev. Discovery f-vr CV.sumption, Cou.shs
and OuN i< eel to do this sood
wo:k 'i'.y it. . .--v :ri;:l bottles at McSla^ter
Co.'s Drv^ St >v<?. *
WATTS CONDEMNED.
The court of inquiry ar-poiuted by
: Governor Ellerbe to investigate the
| conduct of the officers and men on the
! of the iiaradc on the South Caro-1
Una College grounds has msde it3 report.
The report, starts by defining
what is a court of inquiry, and its
powers. It cites as authority ou the
subject "Winthrop's ^Military Law
and Precedents," Vol. 1, as foi'ows:
"The couit of inquiry, so called, is
j really not a court at all. Xo criminal
issue is formed before it; it arraigns
no prisoner, receives no plea, makes
no finding of guilt or innocence,
awards no punishment. Its proceedings
are not a trial, nor is its opinion
(when it expresses one) a judgment/'
* * * * * *
Bat it is' rather a board?a Inard of
investigation?with the incidental a a-*
thority (when expressly conferred
noon iO of pronouncing a cjncluiion I
j of facts, but as it is a sw. rn bcdy, and
as the witnesses before it are sworn
and examined aud cross-examined as j
before court martial, it is a board of a
higher sort in the nature of a court,
and has thus come to be termed a
court in the law of military." The
report further quotes tbe same authority
to the effect iha'. it is wi.hin
the scope or jurisdiction of ihis
quasi court to report whether upon
the facts an officer or s-oldier should j
* * - - - 1- i
i Qe brought to ina,i oy uuua uia:u?i
'or whether auy other, and, if any,
what action is called for by ihe interest
of the^ervice or i* otherwise desirable
to be taken "
Governor Ellerbe by his order apI
pointing the court expressly conferred
upon the court tha autho.i y t > report
its conclu-ion of the facts.
The court iiuds:
1. That the review, inspection and
drill having been completeJ, the purposes
for which the troops had as
sernblcd were accomplished.
2. That the adjutant and inspector
general had no inherent right to take
any official part iu the battalion dress
parade; he was, ^therefore, "without
authority to command the troops."
3. The adjutant and inspector gene-1
^ e r\/\?*fiA'.l I
| rax in lading auu ictaujiu? ? ^vciwv**
amidst a crowd of turbulent students
at or near third base, "thereby encroaching
upon the lawful territory
of the baseball players and uselessly
interfering with their game, when
j ample and suitable grounds weie
I ~~kr> elmtp?n o serins: I
ifcY&IiUUiv liCtil U*y J IT WU ?-? WVAAVMV
lack of judgrnenta and disregard for
the rights of othes."
4. ''His ordering the battalion forward
for the purpose of clearing the
field was an assumption of authority
that was unwise, unnecessary and unwarranted."
The court further finds
and concludes that the adjutant and
inspector general, being an executive
officer, can fcc removed or suspended
only under article XV. of the Constitution,
that is, such action must be
taken by the Legislature. But the
court recommends that the whole
matter be brought before the general
assembly, and that ."the governor and
commander-in-chief publish a general
order reprimanding General J. Gary
Watts."
It is recommended that Private
Fishburne of the Richland Volunteer
Rilie Company be discharged from the
military service of the State, and that
Private Dunning of the same company
be reprimanded.
The court of inquiry <l?;cs not recommend
that Col. AViijJ^nes be repri
mandca, Out expresses lvgret mat ae
did not inform General Watts that he
had permission to use the grounds for
the afternoon of the 25th of May, and
aot for the 2Sth of May, and in his
failing to designate by filags "the
I post liue-" General Watts may not
be removed from his office by the
general assembly, but he now stands
before the people of the State as an
; officer, high in rank, guilty of unwise,
unnecessary, and unwarranted
| conduct. Doubtless he wi.l be reprimanded
by the Governor in an order
as recommeoded by m? court of inquiry.
lie acted like a child, and it is
natural?that he should be rebuked as a
child.
Tiik .old soldiers have had a good
time in Nashville. After General Gordon
had called the convention to order,
the Nashville Sun reports him as sayine:
"It becomes us whom God has
spared throngh the battle and whose
lives he has spared for another reunion,
to recognize him in all our proceedings,
and I therefore hope tint all will
join in singiDg that good old doxology,
'Praise God from whom all blessings
flow.* "We will be led by the band."
The Suu cr-n!inues: "As he fiaisheci
sneakiner the audience rose to its feet
as one man and waited obediently for
the band to strike up. They might
have been waiting yet bad it not been
that Governor Taylor caxe to the
rescue, for wild a? the statement :nay
sound, the band didn:t know 'Old
Hundred'. Governor Taylor stepped
to the front and raised the tune and
soon a rruVity wave of harmony was
waking tbe cchces." The thousands
of voice?, singing as we koow these
veterans did, in a genuine spirit, must
have been magnificent. "We know
that veterans K. II. Jennings and
W. C. Beaty did their share in adding
to the volume of sound.
ieckhtaiir ok State Sherman, according
to the .sew York World, is
failing rapidly, and every day some
1 it-- t:?.. ~c v,;<> I
iUI3g SHOWS LilU liliiULC^l iillUii \Ji me
physical and mental condition. The
report is that he makes contradictory
statements, forge is appointments, and
on one occasion went to the Senate
chamber instead of the if;ate department,
having forgotten that lie was
Secretary of State. It so frequently
happens that the health of prominent
mrMi arp vr>noried as f'ailinsr and
wrecked, that it is hird to put any
conlidence in such reports. The
McKin'ey administration is a mere
dummy, anyway, to do whaf Oauna
coramauds, and after all it makes very
little difference what ru-iy be its Deto
ral strength.
Scru<;<:s, it is said, 5? ?ti!l the power
behind the throne in the managemsnt
of the dispensary business.
-a? "'?
For genuine eloquence, it is bard to
sxrp'Si ilic Sou'hcrn orator. Armi'#
ths it:a:iy C:< cj-rnt c[-eeehef mado at
Na?livil'e, ue hi.ve bpen particularly
struck v. i.h that of Governor Ta*].?r
ia his address of welcome. Among
other things ho said: "2><-ry heart in
Tennessee thfubs a welcome to yo?,
and every loyal home smiles a welcome.
I think if I cou'd draw back
the veil which separates immortality
from this vale of tears, you weald see
a vision of your old comrades, who
Inve answered to the roll ?all of eternity,
crowding the air, and you would
hear them shout, welcome, thrice welcome
! I love to live in the land of
Dixie, under the soft Southern 3kie?,
where summer pours out her flood of
sansbine and showers, arid the greatest
earth smiles with plenty. I love to
live on Southern soil, where the cotton
fields wave their white banners of
peace, and where the wheat fields
wave back their banners of gold from
the hills and valleys which were once
1 drenched with the blood of heroes. I
j love to live where the mocking-birds
I flatter and sing in the shadowy coves
; and bright waters ripple in eternal mel!
ody by the graves where our heroes are
I buried. I love to breathe the Southern
air that oomes filtered throagh ungles
of roses whispering the story of Southern
deeds of bravery. I love to drink
from Southern springs and Southern
babbling brooks which once cooled the
lips of Lee and Jackson and Ferrest
and Gordon, and the worn and weary
colnmns of brave men who wore the
gray. I love t? live among Southern
men and women where every heart ie
a? warm as the Southern sunshine, and
every home is a temple of love and
liberty. I love to listen to the sweet
old Southern melodies which touch
the soul and melt the heart and awaken
< / * K Inn (knmor/1 TM-a.lftnO mAmnHp.3
WV J1I.C? luu tUVUJi?UU ^IV^tvuv ?
of the happy long ago, whan the old
time darkies used to laugh and sing,
and the old time black maramv soothed
the children to slumber with her lullabies.
L'ut, oh, the mueic that thrills
j me most is the melody that died away
: on Ihe lips of many a Confederate sol[
dier as he sank into the sleep that
knows no waking: 'I am glad I am in
Dixie.'"
Newberry is putting in ab electric
| light plant, and the Herald and News
is protesting agaiast cutting down the
shade trees on the itrcets. It requires
a great many y?ars of haFd
work to have a town shaded, and vt
know of nothing that adds more to
the beauty of a town or city than
' splendid shade trees. It has made
Columbia aod Augusta beautiful.
Now that our town council is considering
the scheme of supplying
Winnsboro with electric lighte, it is
well to begin in time to protest against
cutting down our shade trees. WinnsViajs
frOOO a T1 A.tv
I UU1U UA3 ucautuui QUtkUb mw| ? ??
traction about the place often comuienied
upon by straDgers coming
here, and it would be a great pity to
destroy them. It may be entirely too
soon to piotest, but we want to start
in time. It is true that we are not at
all sure of having electric lights and it
is true that the town oouncil has not;
even thought of cutting down the
trees, as far as we know, but it is
well to warn our citizens of what has
been done in other places.
A RUStOR i? going over the State
i that ex-Governor Evphs and ex-Senator
Irby have formed an alliance
with the view of having the former!
elected to the United Stales Senate J
and the latter electe I Governor. Mr. j
Irby denies that there is any truth in;
it. It is always hard lor an Ex., after |
he has been as thoroughly retired as;
these two Ex's., to regain a political:
bold. When Evans was defeated for
the Senate, it ended his political
career. His coarse was brief, but his J
cutting ofilwas decisive, and he can- j
not sprout again. Irby did nothing in
the Senate to strengthen him with any
class. He surrendered without even
so much as raisins: his hand. Like
Evans, his political life is ended.
Even those whom he helped to make
are against him, and he has dons
nothing, absolutely nothing, to commend
himself. He might as well not
have been in the Senate. Seldom
present, he was unknown, and when
present he might as well have been
absent.
I
Tee Senate will probably ratify the
annexation of Hawaii. It is claimed
by those in favor of the annexation
that it will give the United States great
commercial advantage. Traffic across j
the Pacific is increasing every year, and
the ownership of these islands would
give tbe United States a commandieg
position in the Pacific. Japan will
protest against it, on tbe ground that
it would interfere with the treatv bet^en
Japan and the islands. The
principal objection, of course, is that
it is a radical change in tke Americau
policy. What Trill b? done with the
islands? Will they be governed as
territories, and afterwards made
States? The annexation of Hawaii
may be followed by the annexation of
Cuba.
WHAT TO DO.
There is comfort in the knowledge
so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmers
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy
fulfills every wish in relieving pais in
the buck, kidneys, liver, bladder and
every part of the urinary passages.
It corrects inability to hold urine and
scalding pain in passing it, or bad
effect following use of liquor, wine or
hperv a il overcomes that nnnleasant
necessity* of being compelled to get
np many times ^during the night.
The mild and the extraordinary etfect
of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It
stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases. If
you need a medicine you should have
the best. Sold by druggists, price fifty
cents and one dollar. You may have
a samnle bottle of this srreat kidney
remedy sent free by mail,**als3 a pamphlet.
Mention The News and Herald
and send your foil postoflice address
to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton,
N. Y. Tbe proprietors of this
paper guarantee the genuineness of
this ofier. *
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To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag1
i'? ri?ftp fcn.tr Vn-Tru
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strong. All druggists, 50c or 51. Cure ffuaranteed.
Booklet and sample Tree. Address
Sterling Remedy Co-, Chicago or New York.
TVS AT THEY DID AND SAW. f
Mr. R. H. Jennings Gives an Account of the
Fajrfl?id Veterans' Trip to Nashville.
Nashville. June 2i.?Our party of
five, consisting of Messrs. A. S. Douglass,
W. C. Beaty, J. O. Boag, L S.
Chappell and the writer, took the 6.30
morning train via Charlotte Monday,
2l6tinst,for the Con-federate Veterans'
Reunion at thi* place. fteaching
Charlotte on schedule time we at once
! boarded the train fur Statesvilie, where
we intercepted the train from Salisbury
to AsheviKe. Our purpose for
r.r.miny bv this route was to take in
the grand inou itain feceuery and the J
ride of forty or fifty miles down the
French Broad; and right well were
we paid. The day rras warm, bu. oar
coach beiug well ventilated, we had a i
most delightful breezi almost the on- j
tire trip, and especially over the m ma- i
tains. The accent begins at Oid Fort j
Station >md we go up, up, up. at an I
angle of ?) many degrees that il I
were to tell it your readers who have
nrkf i MHon i! vrrml/"? hr* frv
LA W L. I i'ZUVU 11 II VIUU V V iuv'iiivw ?V V*W*V/?* j
the statement At .Unmd Knob hotel I
we stopped twc.ity minutes for din- j
ner, but we all having our own lunches
from home did not patronize the hotel,
but occupied iha time viewing the
gr?nd scenery trom the third-story
reran Ja. Just below fbws a mountain
stream or crock, in whose clear,
pure waters I was told arc numerous
mountain trout.
Tho iwo engines pailing our train, I
puffing aod panting .'ike huge monsters j
of lite, upward we rise. Looking i
down irom tnc ai;!zv neignrsontne
track and the dark, deep mountain
gorges below, passing through tunnel
after *unnot} ?ix iri number I think,
one o: which in said to be about eighteen
hundred feet long, we final'y
reaeh the point where the water in ihe
small di:cii on the side of the railway
track divides and start* oil in opposite
currents. Thus ou rej.liz: that you
are at the summit, aud you descend on
the other bide at a more rapid speed,
between spurs and peaks and ridges,
till you come to Asheville, nestling
among the mountains. The chestnut
trees which line ihe mountain sides
are in full bloom aud present a beautiful
contrast to the o:herwi?e monotonous
green.
To make the ascent of the Blue
Ridge on a railway train ever and
anon looking downward first at the
awful abyss belaw, then upward at
the almost perpendicular heights
above, is a scene which lingers m the
memory like a dream, and to be appreciated
must be seen. It is awfully
^ran3, fearful and sublime.
Bat I must leave y readers at
Asheriile for tbe present or my letter
will assume undue Icugtby proportions.
fco for tke present adieu.
U. II. Jennings.
[A. page of Mr. Jennings' manuscript
yras not mailed *o us. We suppose
he inadvertently omitted ?o anclose
it?Ed.N. andII.]
Nashville, June 2cith, 1897.-la my
former letter I lefl; yoar readers at
Aeheville, N. C., or made only a
brief stop tbere, and as the depot is
some distance from the body of the
town we saw very little of it, exempt
Vanderbilt's nursery for shrubery,
&c. Of coarse we did not see his j
mansion. At Asbeville we crossed;
the French-Broad River and began our
ride down its banks. It is not a large
river, nor a very bro^d one?I should
say generally at least one nuauruu
feet narrower than onr Broad River?
neither is it a deep stream until it
passes oat from the mountains into
the plains below, but coming down
from the heights and flowing down
for more than fifty miles through
mountain valleys, and bordered by
solid rock walls moat of the way, it
is ne:essaiily very swift. In fact it
rans off so rapidly that it seems to
* ? VvamITO on/] T
?1&Y6 Ytjry lime use xui \jc%iiauva ? ?
saw ao signs of overflow even where
there is room for it, and in farther
evidence that it does not overflow to
any great extent, the railway track
rnns lor miles and miles between the
base of the mountains and the water's
edge, and within a very few feet of
the latter, there being no bottom land
I worth speaking of, bat the divine |.
Hand seems to have just cut out a ;
channel through the mountains for ;
the river to get through, and ever and
anon they rise from the .very edge of 1
the water to perpendicular heights
which Jtre rearfu! to contemplate, and- ;
the i,arrow margin of level land on 1
the river* briuk shifts^ from bant to
bank so often that the railway literally ,
cros-ea and re-croases from side to
side seven times to find a track and
vnn look onl at theawift flowing cur
rent as it leaps and bounds and whirls
and winds and twirls over and around
and between rocks, so near under
yon on therusbing train, that oftentimes :
it seems as if you would plunge head- .
long into the water and be dashed to
pieces on the rocks. Several places
of note are on this route, notably 1
Hot Springs and Paint Rock. I was
disappointed when the latter was
pointed out to me, for there are <
numerous other places on the river's
i 1. fKo rAplru arp. more r>ic
| Uikui. nuctd tuu ? A. .
turesque and grand. We were also
shown Chimney rock and Lover'sleap,
I think it is about Bridgeport,
sixty-one mile3 from Aeheville, that
we leave the mountains and the valleywidens
out into magnificent, fertile
river bottoms, and fine crops cauie
into view; hundreds and hundreds
aeres of whwut motfij ?ut and shock d j
on the ground, but also a considerable j
aaao*nt still standing, asd in wh-cii
four-horse reapers and binders are at
work I wa& told! by persons who
seemed to know, and from what I ww
I h&7e no donbfc ot the fact, that ihe I
wheat crop of East Tennessee the
present year, both on these rich bottom
lands and on the fine aplauds, is
the best tboy have tad for many ) e*t s [
I believe I saw numbers of acres that
will thresh out forty co fifty busheU
The corn crop, too, now abjut an
average of waist high, is mngnifi rent,
nrAmicoa ft lartrp vie!d it t-ea-OliS
auu ^ivmmvv r ^ _ __
continue favorable. At last we
crossed the French-Broad the seventh
time, at.Leadvale, twelve tui es l'r- m
Morristown, an1 in le-s thin a Naif
hour reached that town. I saw no
plac? there that I recognized, a:though
I passed through there on a irami;
during the war, in the winter r early j
spring of 1864. with Longsiaeet. We !
stopped oniv a few rninutrs and then
!
spec on our way pasi wyssj .
and New Maiket, at each of which :
places I recognized some thing-,
specially a little church in the town of
New Market. All these little towns
have grown in thirty-three years.
\\ e reached Kuoxviile about on
schedule time, 7.40 p. m , centra! meridian
being 8.40 of our home time.
Here we stopped tvrenty minutes and
got a good supper for 50 cem;3, and
here for the present I stop ray pencil.
II. H. Jennings.
no cure--xo pat.
Thi3 is the way all druggists sell
Grove's Tasetles3 Chill Tonic for
Chills and iialaria. It is simply Iron
and Quinine in,a tasteless form. Children
love it. Adults prefer it to bitter
1 nauseating tonics. Price, 50?.
T,
PUBLIC ROADS.
Mr. Editor: It has been suggested
l'that each township be requested to I
1' ? rvinBfitKV f.-iv fh? iiiirnn:c rlis- i
Ot iVi UJX |'U.|>V,V w ?
cassiDg the road question and to elect
three or more (as they deem best)
delegates to a road congress to be
held at Wiunsboro en some suitable
day in July or August ^ d:?:ii>3 and I
formulate a plan, looking :o :Le am- j
nrovement of our public roads/' 1 do!
earnestly hope that each township
will see the importance of this matter
and call these meetings and send a
good delegation to tMs road co:igrc.?, j
and let us get upon some plan of put-!
ting our roads in a condition that they
can be used at a time when they arc
mostly needed, viz . the winter a-.d
spring months. I do seriously believe
we will make the greatest r.-id
most serious mistake that wc can cveri
make if we let this year pa>s without j
getting all arrangements perfected so j
that it can oe acteu upon wnun um ;
legislature next convene.-, which is in j
January next. Mark the facr?!i:ch-j
land County on one side and Chester!
on the other have already realized the
importance and value of this matter of
roads and have gone to work; and are
we to sit Idly and let thc=e counties
grow in population and wealth at cur
expense, as the future will prove? It |
is much easier to lose or ruin these
advantages than to regain tbem when
once lost, as everyone can atlc-t by
experience: and I repeal, roihingwe
cau do will go further to indue; immigrants
and to increase the vain- of
our farm lands than to put our io-d>
in perfect condition. I will cite one
instance. A farm situated live miles j
from Rock Ilill "was offered for sale; |
four dollars an acre was the highest
offer they could get for it. Thpy r;n
a macadamized road out by it and it
immediately sold for twelve dollars
an acre.
I don't know anything more that 1
can say on this subject to show the importance
of immediate and concerted
action ou the part of all our citizens
and I hope if there are those who cau;t
lend a helping hand in this matter that
they will not imitate a balky horse by
pulling back. I am glad it is a matter
that we can all feel and act together
on; that it is free from all sellish individual
or sectional iuterest: that it is
for the good of all alike. I a*k some
one in each township to see that these
meetings are called, and agree on a I
day for the meeting in Winnsboro
during July or August. A'pha.
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3ruisest Sores, Ulcers, Salt llheumF<.-vor
Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands,
( 'liiiiblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup,
tifni-, :mdpositively cures Piles, or no
pay rcqnied. It is guaranteed to give
pert'i-ct satisfaction, or money refunded.
Prc-ce 25 cents per bos. For sale
by McM aster & Co.
KLYTITEWOOD DOTS.
We were much surprised last week
at seeing in Tiie News and Herald
th .t the Mormon Society of Sandy
Level church gave an entertainment.
This must have been a typograpbical
error, or. probably due to our ineligible
penmanship. Sandy Level is an
old Baptist Church, and it was the
Woman's society and not Mortr.ans
(for there is not a Morman nearer to
us than RIdgeway.)
There is a good deal ot sickness in
town now. Our young doctor is kept
very busy, and therefore no longer has
time to see visions ana aream nreams.
Quite a burden was lifted off the !
anxious hearts of some of our young ;
ladies and widows when they heard 1
that the Hon. Mr. James Ba'i'eutiue
I
was convalescent. We all sincerely ,
hope for th ir cake (hat he wili soon i
be himself again.
Dr. S. W. BookharJt and family!:
Ictt on Tuesday for Spartanburg i
* i - r .1 J I .
where tney wiu spenu a, iuw u?.\ ;mu ;
from there go to Ashevills fur thej'
summer. J,
Mr. Cliftoo Prior* spent a few dajsjj
bere this week with bis sister, Mrs. j,
Blain, en route to Asheville and other | j
points of interest. i |
We learn through ?omc of !,is|.
friends that Mr. Tom Price, a former j'
resident of our community is h iving a j
most delightful visit anions f i-.-nd.-j,
and relatives in the lower countiy. .
Miss Lilly Hoffman has returned j
home after a pleasant visit to Ler j (
=?a+ov Air: .Trthn Xplsnn.
Our new night operator, Mr. Gallo- ]
ocay, of Wilmington, N. C\, arrived ,
this week. ,
We are glad (o report that Mr. Jas. ,
A. Bookhardt is much improved.
Mrs. M. M. Clinkscalcs is still vcrv (
ill. ' ,
JJfiss Mora Martin has returned home
after a visit to Columbia.
* ?1? TT C 4-v. ; .
MISS juuy JU.ug;wjj ui oumu-i, a? j;
visitiDg relatives neai hero.
Mr. IIix Ilagood has been spending
a few clays in the city.
Jane 26th, ?97. Sweet Peas.
[The error, above referred to, was i
of coarse, typographic:!]. The Editor
regrets that he diil not detect it reading
"proof" for lie knows Sandy Level
was not a Mormin churc'i.?
El.]
r^rn+rzxmmKHMr ijim.m'i IB iPPBO^?OBMPrp^^M.?< i.n '.-Pry
Kg (as Ekffl faear a u me ? --? ? ? .
to which tRe Expectant Mother is j
exposed and the foreboding andi
dread with which she looks for- j
ward to the hour of woman's!
severest trial is appreciated by but j
few. All effort should be made
to smooth these rugged places
in life's pathway for her, ere she
presses to her bosom her babe.
iiiiTijfRjp nsicun
mu inert $ rnscsm
allays Nervousness, and so assists
Nature that the change goes for- i
ward in an easy manner, without J
such violent protest in the way of j
Nausea, Headache, Etc. Gloomy j
forebodings yield to cheerful and ;
hopeful anticipations?she passes !
through the ordeal quickly and j
without pain?is left strong and
vioporou.-i and enabled to joyously I
**i> - - - .
perform the high and holy duties j
now cic solved upon her. Safety j
to life of both is assured by the j
use of "Mother's Friend," and j
the time of recovery shortened, j
tir Tm A**. ln^,- tho m/t+.hor nf f.hrpp '
"1 JxuuVY uuc iauj , uuu
children, who suffered greatly in the j
birth of each, who obtained a bottle of j
'Mother's Friend' of me before her.
fourth confinement, and was relieved i
quickly and easily. All agree that their
labor was shorter and jess painful."
John G. Polhill, Macon, Ga. J
$1.00 PEE BOTTLE at all Draff Stores. I
or seat t>y mail on receipt of price, j
BOOKS Containing invaluable information of j
rnrc ir?tere?t to women, win be S"3t to j
rntfc any address upon application, by i
The BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. '
SOl'XII CAROLINA'S SI'ONSOK.
Miss Xsabeiie Dratton, of I'airlield, the
Daughter of Gen. John Dratton?Her
Father's Distinguished Services in the j
Armies oi' C.-jv.federary.
n&<i>j 3~"
Miss Isaliollc Bration, the sponsor
of the South Carolina Division, United
Confederate Veterans, is a fit representative
of the beauty, the chivalry,
the past glory and the present aspirations
of South Carolina. She is the
daughter of Gen. John Brat ton. of
Fairfield County. S. C., and a niece of
the Jtev. Dr. William P. DaBose, of;
the University of ti:^ South- Gen. I
Bratton is a grandson of Col. William '
Bratton, of Sumter's brigade, Amcri-i
can Army of Hie Revolution, and a!
hero of King's Mountain, and a terror
to the Tories, and of John Means,
who fought when a lad at White
Plains, and was afterward privateer
iii the service of the United Co'onies.
An uncle, Capt. Hugh Milling, di-tingaished
himself as an officer or' the
Continental line. The beautiful and
accomplished mother of Miss Bratton
w;is before her marriage Miss Elizabeth
Forcher DuBose, daughter of the Hon. j
Theodore S. DuBose, :i prominent
nlanter of Fairfield district. The Du
Doses and Porckers wore among those
who lied from France after the revocation
of the Edict of the Nantes and
found a hospitable asylum in South
Carolina. They freely shed their
blood for Carolioa both in the Revolution
and the late war. Through the
maternal line Hiss ISratton is also descended
from a brother of Francis
Marion and from the heroic Peter [
Sinklcr, one of the martyrs of the}
Revolution.
Gen. John Bratton, her father, during
the late war was justly reckoned
among the bravest of ihe brave. lie
graduated in the South Caro'ina Colore,
and then in the Charleston McdimI
iY>!]pcrp. An ardent disciole of
Cc'houn and a firm believer in the
right of secession he wa? among tne
first volunteers, leading a company
into the 6th regiment of South Carolina
infantry.
On the expiration of the first term
of service John Brat ton volunteered
again as a private and was made junior
second lieuteuaut in the Buckhead
Guards. On its o;vn peti:ion the Cth
regiment was placed by the President
under tlio colonelcy of Co!. Winder,
an accomplished officer. It sist service
at Dranesville and o her p(?:ms,
losing many men in battle and from
disease. The merit of the "fighting
lieutenant" had become mark-.-d, and it
was felt that he was destined for a
higher sphere of usefulness, but when
the regiment, now reduced to a battalion
of six full companies, volunteered
for the war, he refused to an'agonize
his superior officers, who were
close personal friends.
?-ii ?. * ? i ? 1 - .1
lnereupon, wiuiuui ins Kuywiuugu, i
the battalion, with one accord, elected
bim major, and shortly after, 011 the
addition of fear more companies, he
became colonel. Well did he justify
the wisdom that raised him from a
lieutenancy to full command. Ilis
regiment became noted for its strict
discipline and its quiet, determined
valor, having 210 superior and few
equals in the whole armv.
At the battle of Sevn Pines it broke
through line after line of the enemy,
and although in the last charge, when
within twenty-five yards of the opposing
line the colonel fell, pierced with a
ball, and believed to be mortally
wounded, he heard the paeans of victory
as five regiments were put to
lliprht.
The uold G;h" was so far in the rear
of che enemy's line that it was comnnlln/-?
trt })V il fl ill Iv
v.v?w -w ~7 ..
movement, leaving Co!. Bratton 011
the field. The gallant Phil Kearney,
appreciating bravery in an antagonist,
refused to accept his captive's swordj
and ordered special surgical attention
to be given him. For some time, with
Forney, of Alabama, and others, Bratton
was a prisoner. He was finally
exchanged and resumed command of
fiis regiment. Gen. Jenkins assuming
nmmaiul of a division. Bratton, as [
senior colonel, led t?>e brigade m some
desperate campaigns.
I:c followed Longstreet to Tenuos><c
and saw severe service around
Lookout Mountain. In his work,
"From Manassas 10 Appomattox,"
L'mgstreot, writing of the attack on
Hookers rear at Lookout Mountain,
?ay?: ,;Thc conduct of Brst-on's
[orccs was one of the clewrest pieces
Df work of tf.e war, and the skill of
its handling softened thy blow that
lock oil so many of our gallant officers
icd soldiers."
At the Wilderness, subsequently,
Rrnrton achieved ircsh l:mr.'ls, and
Ixcii. Lee telegraphed to Richmond
iskiiig tba-. lie be immediately appointed
and confirmed brigadier gen?ral
ioi* gallantry. This was clone,
lud thereafter liratton's brigade was
found wherever desperate fighting was
expected to be done. It was one of
:he last to charge at Appomattox, and
preserved such discipline that lif'teen
mudrcd men were paroled, one-sixth
)f all the inimber said to huve laid
lown thfir arms o;i that rafcd 9;h of |
April. Yu'iUitarily prise: vug its
3r?rani/. tiion, the brigade mar-hed
* "" 1 !ii-vvr> !. oir
soiicily u) i^unvliiCj 4.ji i iuuv ? .
:raasport.uion lor home.
Gen. Ilration !i..s beon n> <:o:?-n:cuous
in ikace :;s in war. II; wa-s a j
member >{'i In State Sena:c ol South
Carolina umit;:* Juh.-;?o:rs reconshtu-'
tion, too!; ;i 'prominc!!* ; :;-t in i(.c
Ilaiupto.i cainpa:jn, ?*a* ci:airm m of J
the Sontii O iru.'iii i (I 11 to the
Tiklon Noniiiia^in^ Convention, r.nd
served a portion ol :i s-esnon i:i Congress.
"'here is no in-w honon d and
respected citizen o! ti e j^ihr-etto Siatei
than Ge.i. .Oration. ::: <! the select!"}) o!'j
bis (.ian^hur :i.- spo;i:-r?r i- nolcsa!
ttibiue ;o his jralianirv north th-?n !
to I-cr ]> rsonal diutus.
~WE S END "IT FREE" ;
i
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MEN
YOJJSG AND OLD
Rejoice With Us in the|
Discovery.
I
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Fit EE, it: plain packng.
the
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TaRLFT.-.
wiih a !c?.-i] jruajantce to pcrm?nifini]y {
curc LOST MANHOOD, SELF-1
ADCJSE, SEXUAL WEAKNESS. I
VARICOCELE, STOPS FOREVER!
NIGHT EMISSIONS asi.l all unnatu-j
:a! drains. lioturns to former appear-;
ances emaciated organs.
If woc-juM iioL euro, wc would not j
crtt,,i r-v.r mrdicine FREE to try, and j
pnv when suii-rlictl. Write to-rt.iv j tis
this way not a; pear a^aiu.
Adclrc.'o
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It von are COftSUftSPTEVE or iavo
Indigestion. Painful ills or IK-bilUy of any kind rzsa
pjxtyTOfi GEN~G2K ATOXIC. Many who were hopeless
aa.d discoursed ia> c regained beillh by lea
Is Sana Parioa
is admitted to hi a leading American
authority 0:1 cooking; she
Says Use
a cood stock for the foundation rf
soaps, sauces and many oilier tilings,
and the best stock is
Mis COMPANY'S
Extract cf M"
100 cf Miss Parloa's receipts
sent crrntisby Uaucliy & Co.,
27 Park Place, New York.
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Opens Sept. 9, ISO". One of the leading
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Art and Music. Students from twenty
States. For catalogue address the President,
.VATTIE P. HARRIS,
Poanofce, Virginia.
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| Read This. jj j
JJ Nausea,Coughs, If
?f ChoXeraInfaattmi,Teet2i-^^^^^Sr^' K
ing Cliildren, Cholera ^&&j?=b \\
34 Morbus, Unnatural Drains ?6
y from the Eowels, Pains, ?iiH!!j&JU\]L M
y Griping, Loss of Appetite, Indigestion, J
u and all Diseases of tie Stomach. and .3
n Bowels,
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M is the standard- It carries children over li
m the critical period of teething, and is rcc- u
n ommended by physicians as the friend r]
9a of Mothers, Adults and Children. It is K
M rleasant to the taste, and never fails to |/
j J give satisfaction. A few doses will demon- ;
strate its superlative virtues. Price, 25 cts. It
per bottle. For sale by druggists.
-> ^ VLT mar v y?y>Mr ai i? w
_ The Hand of Fate f
2\ Hovers over woman whose health has failed, \
?* and i-iK'h a solemn admonition should notgo
/g unheeded. There is a wonderful remedy <g
\ which will r<"'.-t?r<? your health, renew your x
0 vigor, and briu? back the beauty and fresh- &
\ m>ss of youth. It is truly woman's best \ !
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gb multitude of other remedies. Delicate ^
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g) true and tinfHiling, regulating, 0
\ beautifying and building >
v up tjnic, willfinda P*
xh ^s, _ good,faithful ?
\! oV'suppressed periods, ovarian >
0 rain" etc. Dunns change of life it will
A -.vonderl'ulh* nature to a speedy ant. &
V l:apry clo*--. Do not delay, order to-day.
? Price ?1 or 3 bottles for $2.5o, prepaid to any
X address. If your druggist can not supply v
1 BELLAMY f?FS. CO., Atlanta, Ga. \
How is i nis
FOR
Seasaaalile Articles ?
I
Celluloid Starch. Tan j
and Ox-blood Shoe Polish,
Bake/s and Sweet Chocolate, i
A TTIoi^-rirjrr
j'l \ UL X JttV ui ni^ I
Extracts. Lemons.
j
Icc Cream Saucers,
Ice Tubs. Berry Dishes,
Glass Pitchers and Goblets, j
Fruit Jars and
Ta!l.. r:loccr..- |
I ^11'. v^? UVCC\-.7. ,
German Millet.
51. i o a bushel.
For the above
apply to
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lifiuilifibtui bUJiiiittil] i
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THAT THE 1
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IS OET THE 1
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? not sold in bulk. Don't allow aaycM to atH AH
on anything else on the plea or proaiaa that it fl
s "just as good" and "will answer eTcry ptrose."
^*See that yoa get C-A-S-T-O-B-I-A. Jag
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SHERIFF'S SALE. V
S L'ATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ;
COCKTY OF FAIRFIELD. ' Henry
FI. Davis et als. vs. W. B. an<? "WS
W. N. Caldwell, as Executors of the-- ^
Will of Thos. H. Da,vis, deceased. *
BY virtue of an execution tc me directed,
I have levied apoa ami
will sell befo e the Court Hoase do >r
in Wiunsboro. S. C., on the - ..
FIRST MONDAY IN JULY
next, all of the n?bt. title and - >
est of W. B. and W. N. C*!dwel?, as- ?
Executors of the Will of Ihos. H. ~
Davis, deceased, in and to all that i
tract of laud situate in Farfiu.d Cou:j- j
ty, containing 87 acres, and Oonndcd C
as follows: By lands of J. D. Harrison,
B. F. Ca=sels, Wateree River an3 \
11. C. Reeves.
Levied upon as the property of
W. Band W. N. Caldweil, a3?xecntors
of the Will of Toos. H.Davis,
deceased, at the suit of Henry H.
Davis et als.
Terras of sale cash.
R. E. ELLISON,
Sheriff's Office, S. F. C.
Wiunsboro, S. C., June 11, 1897, ""u
6-12-St ]
SHERIFF'S SALE. 1
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD.
BY virtue of authority vested in me,
as Sheriff, I hive levied upyn
and will seli before the Court House IS
in Winnsboro on the fir>t Monday in ^
July next, the following described dg
trads of laud under the Act referring
to delinquent tares: J||
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 14.
B. L. Glenn, house and tot, contain"
* - ? ? !"? ? AM * l<* A. # i?lAA^ ,a
mg i acre, more or ius-, <>u mc mccv ,
from Wiunsboro to Wylie Bottoms;
north and west by land formerly of ;
W. R. Garrison, and east by land of
H. L. Elliott.
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8.
Tbe Southern Railway Co., 289 J
acrec; north by Mrs. S. P. Campbell; fi
ca-t by McCabe; south by lands of jl
Campbell and JE. L. Kennedy; west by
by lands of Campbell and Smith.
E L. Kennedy, 65 acres; bounded
by ihe Sou hern Railway Company,
A. Dunn, and M. L. Braswell.
Mrs. Francis Hnghe-, 75 acres;
north by Freeman lands; east by Ed^ *
and Walter McQaarters; south and
west by estate of Hall.
A. E. Beckham, 65 acre*; north by
Robt. McCorkle; east by Ketcbin and
A. S. Douglass; south by E. P. Smith;
west by it. mrun.
Andre'v Rimer, 27 acres; bounded
by lands of Wesley Woofen, Ezekfcl
Boney, and lands of Tbos. Howeli,
d<c-?ascd. |
SCHOOL DISTRICT XO. 4. g
W. C. B^s'ic, 485 acre?; north !>v 1
lands W. H. Mitchell; east bv iands of
Pu'nam ; south by lai:ci-? cf F. Gsrig- l
and Adam Dickey: west by lands of J
T. G. and R. A. Patrick. f
R. E ELLISON,
6-lS-d S. F. C. jr
Why Have Chills Wlzfcn {
You Can Stop Theni
for 50c. with
:piaKSiilp| 1
HAVE YOU SEEN OUR DIS- ?
TILLED WITCH HASEL? 4. Cc
HOUSEHOLD AMMONIA, I Oc* 'i
TOILET SOAPS TOO NUMEROUS
TO MENTION.
If you want something:
nice in STATIONERY
give us a call and we
will convince you.
If jouget warm come and we can
give you as nice cold drink as you can
^et anywhere in the State.
T, F Davis & Co, .
For Sale.
A TRACT OF LAND CONTAIN
ins: Seven Hundred and Fifty to Nine
A _ 1 i. - J ^ _ J.C ~ 1# A*
nnncirea -acres, iuuuuju uu me juuiuicello
road, between Jenkmsville and
Monticello.
Terms?One-sixth cash, balance in
five annual instalment?. Deferred payments
to bear five per cent interest. "
Address,
A. G. FURMAN,
^ 2-11 6m Greenville, S. C.
vi