Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The South's Memorial Day w The Atlanta Journal, ww" Theodore Mominaen, who ha< ^ J seeped hie mind in the history o M the Roman empire until he hat ^1 made every detail of its marlia story "familiar as bis garter,' declared that the civil war of th< ! United States was ''the raos J stupendous conflict in all the an l| nals of mankind." When an authority so higl and so impartial thus character iaea the war between the states | those who oarticinated in ?nr I those who have inherited iti > glorious traditions may well b< proud of their participation 01 their heritage. Nearly hall a century iia< passed away since hostilities be gan, but the fervor of patriotism with which the people ot the south assemble on each recurring Memorial day, to commemorate /* the courage and self-sacrifice o those who shed their blood lot the theory of government for which they contended, shows nc shacl??w of weariness or indifference, and this spontaneous trib(ate has become a component part of spring itself. It is largely due to the women r of the south that this graceful and inspiring custom is kept alive and the .8a which owen so much to their patience and fidelity during the stirring period of the conflict finds itself^undei a double obligation to them for f' keeping green the memory ol that immortal cause. Throughout the entire soul! the surviving veterans, the sons of veterans and many civic or' ganizations assembled in the various cities in martial arrav 'v V and listened to gifted orators 1 who recalled the details ol the civil war. Garlands were strewn upon the graves of the distinguished dead and upon the humbler mounds beneath which sleej the nameless volunteers. Ir large measure business was suafpended in order that all maj participate in these ceremoniei and thus the memory ot a greal conilict in which a brave people I contended lor a great principle A ' will be kept alive. ' It has become trite to recal the heroism and devotion of the 1 men wlu wore the gray?the disparity of numbers and resour ? ces and the unexampled mortali ty in such battles as that of Get tysburg. The names of the leaders are perpetuated amoD| 1 the chi.dren of today and after i t long struggle adequate historic! teach the true meaning of the civil war. It has required many years t< diffuse through the minds ot tlx rising generation, and througl all the channels of informatioi ' the real causes of the civil war but at last we see justice done I aud the shallow falsehood whicl prevailed so long, that we wagei a war tor the perpetuation o ^^ery, is one of the error ch ha^ "died amidst its wor ?er8." a It .ah come to be recognize! at the theory ot governmon i ^vhich the south contendet i* not only vital in the forma t? period of the republic, bui * .1. . . tin 011 MUX IIIit I H lytil M ' f practically no denial. The inei who contended tor h strong con i tralized government a* oppose* to (he rights of the states had t< '? acknowledge themselves beutei before the very trainework of tin s government was established. Th % reserved rights of the states ant the sovereignty of the states wai clearly understood, and in orde k tj^atahere might be nomisuuder .anding, this fact was developei still more clearly, after the adop tion of the constitution, by, th t^yenth amendment. I The right of the states to ' withdraw from the union was so A 1 well established that it was a f commonplace iu the debates ol ? i the states of the north during fc< 1 their discussions on the adoption of the constitution. Iu none 9 was it stronger than in Massat pIimsdMo m^A w? v??. Ti vmu^vvio qiuu a-igit jl vi fw 1 hcro go * are frequent instances iu wlinh ^ the states of the north, long be> ? fore it was wisely counselled - that the "erring sisters might , depart in peace," threatened to I withdraw from the union, t There has never been a cause s in the history of the world which m lel r has found such abundant justification at the hands of time as Mo } this same theory of government. I ? The rights of the slates have a i been confirmed by innumerable ^ > decisions ot the supreme court, ; and while the domiuance of an ^ay, > interested commercialism has ai tjKt f times made heavy assaults upon ^ ^ r that theory, and isolated decis- ^ ions have blinked at a contrarv ovei ) vie*, the weight ot authority j>urj rests so eutirely with the idea of j state sovereignty that nothing i???. A. t except corporate desperation ,le- Vin nies it. (l,er i The bitterness engeud ed by ha(j I the civil war has pass'<1 away, Lyn ; The last liugering vestige of it ? was lost when the common call ^rea I of patriotism s .imoned north aga^ I and south alike to arms in the to j Spanish-American war. A com- ^.tte mon danger and a common glory ^at t brought fraternity from section- piac alism. I?0p( i The days of passion and preju- on ^ i dice are dead, but the memories u[j0 . which cluster around "the storm) cradled nation that fell*' will eg linger so Ion^ at this people shall ^ endure, and these Memorial ] } days, such as that which comes oQt 5 soon, will call forth the best t that lies within us. flaw Two Negroes Pay Death Penalty in Virginia for Infamous Crime. rive Richmond, Va., April 30.? ^ie r John and William Brown, colored. fftthoi" b??#1 ?? * , ?uu own, well I HO j^lfy their death in the electric chair ftn(j in the State penitentiary here mad today for their part in oue of the his i most infamous crimes in the his- Pre;i torv of the State. They were *)n m o r the first of five men to go to the t() _ death chair for the robbery and his murder of Mrs. Mary E. Skip afte with and Walter (i. Johnson, of cbu l'owhattan County, on the night of February 12 last. After committing the robbery they burned tiies the house in order to hide the a fe crime. Sou Negro Struck by Lightning ?-Thought Mule Had > Kicked Him. ' Aiken special iu the News and Courier : The story of a peculiar lightning adventure comes to the ? city from the Kdisto Kiver sec? tion. Several days ago, a negro i was ploughing in a field of Mr. i B. F. Peoples, when a thunder ^ f storm came up suddenly. Before a the plouehman r. ulivo/t Ji . storm was upon him. A bolt of I lightning suddenly struck the 1 mule, and severely shocked the negro. The bolt, after passing | ^ through the mule, followed the I ploughslock, and then inte the body of the negro, rendering hi in I I unconscious for more than three I II hours. When he was found, he I i was In a comatose condition, and I - all hope for his recovery had been 1 given up, when he began to show signs that he was still in the land j! of the living. He initiated his ^ recovery by pouring forth a lurid 6 stream of epithets at his mule, I j who, he said, had kicked him, without even "backing his ears'' ' by way of warning. Toe bolt had 1 r struck him on the head, crossed around his body, travelled down . 1 his right leg, coming out of the I - big toe of the right foot. The i p negro has about recovered from ^ his iujuries. j * J + Sii v. THE LANCASTER NEWS. Hi L Clean Man utside cleanliness is less then half the battle. / rub himself dozen times a day, and still be unch islth means cleanliness not osdy outside, but inside clean stomach, clean bowels, clean blood, a cleai ?w, clean, healthy tissues. The man who is clean ill look it and not it. He will work with energy can, clear, healthy thoughts. He will never be troubled with lirer, lung, stomat sordcrs. Dyspepsia and indigestion originate in un< hs. Blood diseases are found where there is uuc! onsumption and bronchitis mean unclean l.usgs. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medic prevents these diiesiM. It makes a ma and healthy. It cleans the digestive org* olean blood* and clean, healthy flesh. It restores tone to the nervous system, and cure ostration. It contains no alcohol or hebiMorminf Constipation is the most unclean uncleaaliness. I :s cure it. They never gripe. Easy to take as ci nument Purchased to be A Keti Greeted to Rev. Geo. Pope ny t Flat Creek Church. lonroe Enquirer: Mr. J. K My dear ok d, , . He's lull as sold a mooumeut a few ? ago to the Flat Creek Bap- An* jest as church in Lancaster county, As when he , to be erected at the grave lev. George Pope, who died & r 7 Of all the tli 100 years ago, and who is A, ed at Flat Creek church. sattpWali il history says that Geoige As w,ien l,w a, who lived in Southern .... ? lie (1 alters i ginia or in the extreme nor So SOft-iike n portion of North Carolina, > a dream that he must go to Au'then bil , , , L XT Helped thro ch s river and preach. He no special attention to the ()ur iife nin m at first, but he dreamed of sorrow * n and again that he must go A ... , , Yes, lookini .ynoh s river and preach. 0n Hll Uu. t| ir dreaming several times w he was called to go to that i often worn e a severe frost killed Mr 11 my e's wheat and alter looking J feel l gho" lis blighted fields he cried, But soon sti rd, what shall I do?'' A A e or an overmastering im The>' say th aion t-old him to go to L> nch'e Hutsomeho r and preach. He saddled ?? i i i The love th tior-e and started southward, Wi? lum>rs knowing where Lynch's ri- x was. A9 he journeyed he objects which had appeared i9 drean)9, and he went on J-orturer on until he arrived at the at Massey's mill on Lynch'.-1 r, crossing the nver he spent Guadal; night with a Mr. Faile ami ^fllom in him his mission. A tew death pe i alter his arrival, Mr. 1'?pe m( ^,.u. nded preaching a! a log ??< u-o nf ,h(? alter the preacher who hail , , e the appointnieni conclude,! sermon, Mr. Pope arose ami w'r m lie Lclied a sermon of wonderiul ness, ICsl: er. As a result of that ser m an att? i the people called Mr. Pope (.onfe?s reach for them and he moved r . ., f i ,i . . ceseful, h, family to that section soon rwards. Old Flat Cr*-ek una,e girl rch is as old as the nation, one oi h< ing been organized on Julv *oes. T7?>. The giave of George ^jie wa e has been unmarked all , . , ry r? i- j H,)'e ,r) ie years. George Pope died w years afier he moved to 1 urt'rtl? Carolina. The exact date H,)d today is death is not knc?n. bv soMfei ^ I <| When candy is under discus story of perfection, of consumn of the most entrancing delicioi is told in the name "Steere's." Sold by all Druggists and Cor Appreciated/by aV pec ' ... """ Af'l' I'/acturrU t>u y L1TTLEFIELD & STEl Knoxville, Tenness< * ??rmmm?m ' ~~ ~ For Sale by Funderburk I 1 5. tQQ9 an< "id r Increased netni JT;::? ffmm Mean and think ^Hg&K, cu.?:l~d IPs Increased 1 lean blood. J al Discovery . n*s inaidea clean 'j int. makes pure, // f ^ s nervous exhaustion and llll V/ -M- M M drugs. Ill )r. Pierce's Pleasant Pel- III "" Top L>r< OMpn'tire Prophecy. Ill i.iz-.i-OK.t.n *"??' II Will pay you big Div II planters say that "Cer< 1 titan. Im jest nuts me: llll - j >? Ko<hi ? K??d..?t, || per ton than "Soda, u In ev'ry way, ber of pounds per acre, 'ovin* air as true III good, if not better, res i used to be my beau, 1111 ? He in to-day. 1111 __ ? sick not any one ||| J LI tings the neighbors done? 1111 ww i' they wux kind? 'III t so nice an eon.forting III is packed in 200 pounc ;ifrr".n<r.,h'nK ehanical condition, do shake the piiicrs up |||| land, and does not Iiv? that I'd feel tip-top, llll gCtS it all. t.n' drop to sleep: llll s cherry words an' ways |||l I'OT "Cerealite and mgh many weary days III regarding it, apply to Of trouble deep. llll ? " vv J t been all sunshine fair; llll re hev lied our share. ||' The Heath-Jon< n' blessings, too T' 1"JLancaster, lings thet used to be ' *e find this true. ler what I'd do W Xv " so good and true, .jfe.tc.uedi.om.: Home Fertilize! ildn t tarry long, zrrr.:"tbH"ro,,K cai Co., sole owl er* haint no marriage theri', w I don't feel no feat Hut thet above et's been so dear below till and holier grow, m , n* blessed, prove. ^ &j M I of Girl Pays Death!I | U f Penalty. t1 jar*. Mexico, May 2. j| f\V Y*** f)f) |p M;| rmlu 1 Ail otr t-vai/-I f * - * * ? Jjmu WHO JJ nalty lor one of the I a! crimes in the history I "blic. oi his sweetheart, In order to move s accused of unfaithfulrada heat her severely 5 OU1CK we make L eiupt t<> compel her to . r t^t This proving uiisijc- duced prices ioi r 1 it stradA tied the unfortI to a post and cut oil ? 5-00 shoes reduce u ears, then one of her 3.50 shoes reduce' S found dying but still 2QO shoes reduce ve tfie name of her torHJstrsdA was captured 1-5^ shoes reduce' lie was sboi to death , shoes reduce. - $ 5.00 pants reduce *4 GO pants reduce' 2.50 pants reduce* | 1.00 pants reduce* HI | 5000 yards 7 12c Gin^ha ! 2000 vards var \ ide Sh FHii 25 dozen 50 cents job S | 25 dozen ladies' 25c vcsl Big line of Whi Goods, Linens, Mad fl Name? J mee^ same fate. If ) sion, the whole I omize get our pric< iate purity and f 1 A7 isness of flavor ? purchases. Yours . J Funderburk Pharmacy ' | ?The Nffa 1 ' Latest styles thi t L 7 fields Profits j& 4 te essing" | idends. The best |j :it lr?cc rncf II sing the same num , gives equally as ults than Soda. lLITE" I bags, in good mees not stiffen the iporate. The crop i full information 38 Company, , S. C. ? and Chemi- j iers and Mnfes. i 1 111 \YS?-i E SALE ;ome surplus stock the following reeen Days Only. d to $ to8 1 d to 2.98 1 d to 1.48 d to 1.18 d to .98 d to $ 375 d to 3 00 d to 1.98 d to .88 I ims 4 i-2c. | irting J 4 i-2c. | hirts cut to 39 cents. hirts cut to 23 cents. :s cut to 10 cents. te Goods,* Wash ras, etc., all must 'ou want to econ3Q mnUiMfv uuivi liumtii^ res, Comp'y. I 5 your printing, short notice.