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ur. jesse a. nitron.
An Interesting Sketch of his
Life Embodied in Resolutions
Passed by Confederate
Veterans of Orangeburg.
The following resolutions in
memory ol Dr. Jesse A. Clifton,
brother of Mrs. .Jane Edwards
and Mrs. Eva Hough of Laucas
ter, were recen'ly passed by the
Coo ederate veterans of
' bur*::
Jesse Alexander Clifton. member
of Camp Thomas J Glover,
No 457, U. C. V., and a!sr> chaplain,
the sf?n ot Jesse C. Clifton
k and Mary II Wa'ker. was birn
in Chester county, South Carolina,
Sept* m'er 2d, 1S45, an!
died at Maiion, S. C., June 14,
100*5, aired sixty years and eifch
teen days.
His father \v s by occupa'ion
a farmer and served in the Goiufederate
annv ss li -utenant and
captain, and was reira^'ed as a
ni>4ii of deviled c>uiaiie, energy
and integrity. He crew up on
his lathers farm, where he found
much pi* a^ure in both open fields
and wools, developing. a strain:
constitution, and receiving a su
perior moral training horn his
parents.
When iho war mine, although
under sixteen years of ave, he
joined Hampton's Legion, Compuny
I)., is' South Carolina
cavalry, and was with Gens
Hampton and Butler for iour
years. For two ye irs he was a
scout anil cliil many acts of daring.
On one occasion tie went through
ihe lines in Hie night and look
Lien Meade's saddle horse hitched
just outside Ins lent. lie hud
a deep sabre en' on the side of
his neck and another in the
corner ol his eye, and a bullet
just over his heart which was
never reniovid. After the war
he did much to ai 1 in the redemptio
ot his State trom radical
i u'e, and was the Grand Cyclops
ot Ku-K.ux-Klaii. of ('heater
County, S (
He received the advantages of
ihe schools ol his community,
and also the <lusMcal school conducted
by Prof Matih*w Elder.
Afier the war lie wont 'o the
University of Virginia, where h<j
graduated at 'he head of his
cla-'p in law and was elected final
orator b/ Ins cl i-s. and ie reived
compliments on his speech that
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the University through th
years.
A sermon preached by the
Kev J L. Siiuford convicted him
ot his sins, and tie w as h prominent
minister in his Church,
tilling some of its most important
appointments. He died in
the thirty-seventh year of his
active work in the South Carolina
Conference. A man of won
derful magnetism, he reached up
ami down the scale of life in
helping men, the highest arid
the humblest. He was universal
' ly oeiovea ?n t esteemed "ov nli
who knew him. He w s lmr:i d
at Sumter, S. C., wheiv hiends
and o d comrades irom all p -r s
ot the S a'e came to pay theii
j last tribute of respect at liis
grave.
lie w is cradled among noble
environment-; educated for the
Courts, but die 1 in the harness,
serving his Lord.
The committee is indeb'ed ?c
he liev. Marion Dargao, presid
nig elder of the Orangeburg dis
trict, M. E. Church, South, for
(lata turaisbed for the-e resolutions.
J"hn S. Rowe, W. V. Izlar, J
C. Pike, Commi'tee.
: Serious Accident at Yorkville
Graded School.
Yorkville Enquirer.
Barr Brian had quite a seriou
accident around at the Gradct
school last Friday afternoon. Th<
children were watching the exhi
bifion of a trained hear, whei
suddenly the animal started it
the direction of a bunch of then
i and caused a stampede. Littlt
I B.irr was caught und r a pile o!
! other boys and rendered rncon
j -annus. His life was despaired ol
for a time; but it has since de
veloped that lie was not pernia
; nentlv injured and he is noa
able to be about again.
Singular Accident in Rock
Hill.
It >ck Hiii Herald: W. M
Dunlap, h>q., perhaps one of flu
most popular and well knowi
young men of the county, whilt
cranking is auto Monday had
the misfortune of having his nost
broken. Dr. Stevens immediate
Iv reset the broken bones. Mr
Duniap was at work as u?ual yes
terday.
I Took Poison by MistakeUsed
Wrong Bottle.
Newberry Observer: Mr. I. B
Walton took poison by mistake
on Sunday and gave some to little
Eleanor Ivinard, Mrs. Walton't
cousin, who lives with them.?
There was a bottle of cough med
lcine and a bottle of crepo^e on tin
mantelpiece, and he misstook
onejlor the oth^r. He detected
the error at once.Fortunately Dr
Ilouseal visiting a patient
just across the street, and waf
called in. He ga?e the prnpet
remedies and no serious conseq
lences followed.
Alexander Gets Six Years.
Augusta, Gh., Nov. 7.? Thomas
W. Alexander, formerly a wealt!
y cotton factor and prominent
clubman, who was arrested at
I'itt-bu'fi Sept. 15, after having
11 *d fr ni litis city duly 8, leav.
iini deb's atnoun nor to .f2o0,000
today pleaded guilty to an indictment
charging embezzlement an i
' was sentenced to six years' im
| prisonment.
?New Cut school will open
next Monday with Miss Minnie
1 W- Caskev as teacher.
Another Veteran Go * W?
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' Mr. James S. Bird Dies at his
| Home in Taxahaw, after a
i
Few Weeks' Illness.
Mr Jumes S Bird, one of Lancaster
county's well known and
most highly esteemed citizens,
' died at an e?rly hour l ist Wednesday
mcming, at his home 1
in T tX'ihaw, afier some three or 1
' tour weeks' illi.e-s ot stomach
' trouble lie was a man ot s'? rlinp
I character, one whose influence
I was ever exerted fur good, and '
his loss will be severely telt, especially
in the community in
' which he lived.
Mr. Bitd was about AS years
lo'd end leaves a widow, who was
.Miss Martha Cook, diugh'er of
-1 the late Amos Co>k, an I t hree
I children, two so: s and a da'igh?
ter. Messrs Amos O. and .lohn
. Bird, of Flat Creek, and Mrs.
i I'll ?s. I. Gregory, of ICershaw. J
> lie i* also survived by his broth j
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5 Greek.
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Mr. Bird \vm a Confederate
. ve'eian, having served through
the war a ii<1 made a cood sola it r
lie was diL'h ly wounded in hatlie
on l\v> ocC'sions. iie was a
member of Capt. Clybuim's com
tn \nd, Co. K., 12th South C ?vo
. lina regiment of volantem>.
Mr. Li r ! was a cons steir member
of tiie B ipftFt ehureh. His
remains v\eiv buned Thursday in |
the fami'y lira ye yard.
i
. Some of the New Immigrants i
I Home-sick.
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Columbia special in tli:? Ob |
server: A party of abjut 40 ini
ill'grants came here today irom
Darlington, where they had been
. assigned to wo'k in a cot on j
ill'!!, bei'isr di*saiistijd will cm
li'ioi.s by 11 ch', Commission -r
W-iDon ha 1 main of the e plan.
ed on fa'tns in d.tFeren' p unions
' of the State. Several ?f the
new comers don't like Aineric-*
an 1 are protesting that they have
no' lound things 1 s th-y expe't
, ed
Commissioner Watson docs nor j
[ want any to leel that tney have
, j een kidnapp >d and he has oiler
: ed to pr >v de tor the passace
1 back home 011 the Wittekind o'
any that want t ? go. If 'hey
do not chance their inituD in the]
tne m 'in- , - about 21 lldcims
will co !>a 'k home The-e, it
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gc-m-, miiimh'u tJii'ier some nils
? apprehend mi in the hurry ot t he
last days before the Wittekind
cleared.
Moody Succeeds Brown.
Washington, Nov. 7?T e
President today announced the
I appointment ot A'torney General
William Henry Mooly.of
Mas-achui?eHs, H9 justico ot the
Supreme Court of the United
i States to Hiicce-d Justice Ilenrv
i B Brown, who retired some time
ago.
Attempt to Assassinate Prominent
Cotton Manufacturer
of North Carolina.
|
Graham special in Charlotte
Observer: Mr. L Banks Holt j
was shot by an unknown person
in house at i) :15 o'clock tonicht.
lie was si: tint: iti his be?l room
when the telephone rami. Mr. j
Llolt went ?o the 'phone and call
ad several times wi Uout any response.
Then a shot rang ontj
and when Mrs. llolf rushed into!
the hall she found Mr. llolt ly
inc against the 'phone this lace j
streaming wi'li blood.
Drs. Walker and G dey made 1
an examination an I discovered
that the bullet had entered the I
neck, below the right ear. passing
upwards, having Indeed ui
the lelt. cheek hone unlerthe
eye, wiihcut doing any serious
internal injury. The right cheek
is disco'or *d with powder.
Mr. Holt is a brother of Col.
\V. E. llolt, of Charlotte, and is
a direct r in ill Commerci il
Nil i >tinl iiuik and .11 several
local 111 i i I . 11 is one o' the
be-t known co'ton in uiutaeturers
in the Sta'o.
Junior Order Thanksgiving
Day?Proclamation of National
Councilor.
l'o Whom it May Concern :
Another year has taken ir* place
on the pages of history and we
are brought again to the season
of the ingathering of the fruits.
For many ages the harvest time
has been the occasion for rejoicing
and thanksgiving. In common
with all other* our fraternity has
reason to be thankful for many
thiii} ; for the measure of prosperity
that has pursued us during
the year; for the sentiment
that has created in behalf of our
great principles; and above all.
the hopes of a bright and success
ful future.
Fur these and tue many good
thines that have come to usas in
dividuals also, I recommend that
we voice our thankfulness in
unison ami f< r this purpose 1
horebv appoint Sunday, Novem
ber 25th, a* our Order's Thanksgiving
Day, when I should be
tr'ad to see Councils attending
divine service in a body to show
especially that we recognises the
source whence all our blessings
ll i w.
"Let ns enter into His gates
with thanksgiving, and into His
courts Willi praise."
Given under my hand and seal
this, 12th day ot October, in the
year ol our Lord, one thou-and
nine hundred and six, and the
fifty-fourth anniversary of the
Junior Order United American
Mech allies.
W. L S Oiicreast,
National ' ouucilor.
Ilanket Sup/nr of Aiitiocfi.
The ladies of the Antioch section
will have a basnet supper
next Thur^dny evening, 15th
instant, heitinning at 6 o'clock,
at the school house. The proceeds
are for the purpo-e of pointing
the church. The public is co"dially
invited to attend.
Mr. 1'. M. Blakeney Dead.
The Well Known Citizen
and Confederate Veteran of
Chesterfield Passed Away
at the Home of his Son in
Lancaster County.
Mr. P M. Blakeney, a prominen*
citizen of Chesterfield county,
died at the home of his son,
Mr. Hugh R. Blakeney, a lew
miles e si of L-u c?ster, last
Thursday 111 -ruing, at an early
hour. As published in The News
at the time, Mr. Blakeney was
taken a 'ew weeks a~o to Kick
Hill lor trea' liient, and returning
I recently, stopp'-'d in this county
with rela'ives.
Mr. Blakeney was MS years of
aire and was twice married, his
s'con 1 wile surviving him. He
dsn ieuves the following children
-. Mr. II. R. Blakeney and
Mr- Geo. \V. B ?ker. of ?his county;
MeSfr> J T., ! A. and I>.
F. Blakenev a- <1 Mi-s Martha
1 > 1 iken *v of Ches'erfi M com tv.
Mr. Blakeney was a Cnu'ederjite
vntorn i 1.1
!? in m
bor ol the S'h S mill Carol na
regiment, lie served throughout
tlie war and made an enviable
record as a soldier.
The remains of Mr. Hlakeney
were carrio i jo Chesterfield comity
for burial, Hie interment aking
place at Whi'e l'ia'.iis yeeterdiy.
Mr W.? K, Dr^-nnan. ol
Lauca-t^r, was amom: those who
iccomp .nie<l the body io Wire
l'lains.
Battalion of Negro Troops
Dismissed in Disgrace from
Army?The Cause.
Washington, Nov. 7.?Unprecedented
in the history of the
army of the United States is the
ac'ion ot the President, just announced,
in dismissing in disgrace
from the arm an entire
battalion ot colored troops because
of their ta'lure to disclose
the identity of fume of their
number who h nl been guilty of
violence hii i murder. As an evidence,
however, <?i his intention
to be fa r to t lie colored troops,
the President has accompanied
this action by an order /hich
mounts to the court mariial of
a white army ollicer oi high gr tde
who was charged with having
cast slurs upon lie colored iroops.
I r-o story ot both actions is told
in the otlicial correspondence
made pnbPc today by the inilit:rv
secretary:
The report of an investigation
made by Brigadier General E. A.
Garhmrton. inspector general ot
the armv, relative to the riototis
disturbance that occurred at
Brownsville, Texas, on the night
of August 13, 11)03, and that resulted
ia the death of one and
the wounding ot another citizen
of that citv has "been ?Ula*>a/?
- V.'IJ.'IVIVIVU
lancl acted upon by the l'reaiJ
dent.
M.?j. W. A. Aucruin, a well
known citizen of Camden, died
Tiie-day night, of apoplexy.