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2 PRIZE ESSAY ON 1 WADE HAMPTON ' V I Won (ioltl Medal Offered by I nited y DiiUKlitci'.s of the Coiifwk'rgfjr Field I>ay. o 11 The following is the essay, writ- ,, ten by Miss Pauline Jones Marion, ^ of the Lancaster high school who ( won by this excellent sketch, the gold medal given by the Lancaster Chapter, U. 1). C., for the best pa- t per on South Carolina's "Grand Old Man:" , n treating of this interesting ( subject, 1 will first speak of Hampton us a man. Wade Hampton was born in t Charleston, S. C., on March 28, I 1818, within the sound of the chimes jof old St. Michael's bells. His great grandfather came to ; South Carolina from Virginia before (1 the Revolution. Here ho and most of his family were murdered by In- . dians in 17 75. Iiut several of his ^ sons, including me grHuumiuei ui the subject of this sketch, were away from home at the time and thus escaped the massacre. All of them afterward served in the war against the Hritish' crown. His grandfather, Wade Ilampton. belonged to the cavalry commanded by Washington and was lieutenant colonel in the battle of Eutaw. And again in the war of 1812, the Wade Hampton of Revolutionary fame, fought for the cause. After the wars the old general resumed his occupation as a planter. The father of Wade Hampton was also a planter. The beautiful home of the Hamptons, about five miles from Columbia, was called "Millwood," and was a home of charm and culture. It was here that the character of Wade Hampton was developed. He was unusually fond of manly sports, and was a fine rider, splendid marksman and skilled fisherman. Probably the most marked of his many tine characteristics was his passion for the truth, his indomitable courage, his fine judgment and his attractive personality, that exerted so powerful an influence over all with whom ho came in contact. Hampton was a graduate of the University of South Carolina, then South Carolina College, but received no military education. While at c college he took a law course, but ( with no Intention of practicing. I Before the Confederate War, he < had extensive farming interests in i Mississippi, where he usually spent I his winters. In early life, Hampton married Margaret Preston, daughter of Gen. Francis Preston, and after her death, took for his second wife a daughter of Senator George Mc- 1 Duffle. Secondly, let us consider Hamp- ' ton as a soldier. The amiability of his nature was ' so remarkable, that he was almost 1 as popular with the enemy as with 1 his own soldiers. Hampton's political attitude in the controversy between the North and South, we must naturally suppose would be the doctrine now styled, " State's ltights." I think that Hampton was not an original "Secessionist," but that he thought it his duty to abide by his suite's decision. He raised, at the beginning of the war, the Hampton Legion, which he equipped from his private fortune, and which he commanded with marked ability at the first battle of Manassas (Hull Hun,) where he received a wound in the head. This Legion was composed of six companies of infantry, four troops of cavalry, and one battery of artillery. On the bloody field of Seven Pines, Hampton was again wounded, after performing gallant and effective service. On July 25, 1862, he was transferred to the cavalry in Virginia, as brigadier genral, and assigned to the command of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart. That brigade figured prominently in making the early history of the cavalry of the army of Northern Virginia. Hampton was frequently selected for detached service, in which he was uncommonly successful. In the Maryland and Pennsylvania campaigns of 1862-63 he took a very active part and at Gettysburg he was thrice wounded. On the hotly contested field of Brandywlne Station on June 9, 1863, where Hampton's younger brother, Lieut. Col. Frank Hampton waa killed, Wade Hampton did brilliant service. August 3, 1963, Wade Hampton was made a major general. In 1864, after several days' fighting. he gave Sheridan a check, al Trevllllans Station, which broke u( a plan of campaign which Included t junction with Hunter and the cap turn of Lynchburg. In twenty-thre< days he captured over 3,000 prison ere and large quantities of war ma terlal, with a loss of 719 men lampion was made com man dor o .ee's cavalry in August with tin ank of lieutenant general, and i .as on October 27, at the battle o lurgess Mill that Ills sou, Preston .as mortally wounded. In September he struck the rea f the Federal army at City Point (ringing away 4 0 prisoners am ',4 86 beeves. He was afterwari daced in command of Gen. Josep] 3. Johnston's cavalry and did gooi ervice in retarding Sherman. Lastly, we shall consider Hr.mp on as a statesman. After the war the South was deso ate. The soldiers returned to tini heir homes in ashes, their farm :one to waste, llnninton resumed his nlantiriK ut was unsuccessful, so he ucceptei he legitimate consequences of de eat. The third Confederate governor o ioutli Carolina was led from hi iflice to a federal prison. Negr oldiers wearing the unrrorm of th 'nlted Stat?r nriwere stationei n the cities and towns, and all th iffairs of the Commonwealth wer tlaced under their control. Ii 867, South Carolina, which had s ong borne the name of Common realth, was called Military Dlstric so. 2. Soldiers were put in entlr ontrol of the people. And lu th ear following (1868) the negr [overnnient was formed. All negr nen had the right to vote and to liol >llioe, while white men who ha ided with the Confederacy, had no hose rights. This meant nearly al he white people of the state. The period from 1868 to 1874 I mown as the "Rulo of Robbers, "or all power was In the hands c he negroes and a few white peopl rom the North and East, known a 'carpet-baggers." It was during the terrible cu! nination of the Reconstruction p< lod In 1876 that the white peopl >f South Carolina rose In thei night with Wade Hampton as thel eader. They overthrew the rule c he negro and the carpet-bagger an lampton became governor of Sout "arollna. There was no man then living, e: ept Hampton, to stand forth as th 'Great Pacificator," and extract oi ler ouf the chaoa of the disco] lant elements. In 1878 Hampton lost a leg b in accident, and while his life ws lespalred of, he was elected to tb Jnited States senate as a Democra which office he held until 189' vhon he was defeated by Joh .awrence Manning Irby. After this Hampton lived a quli ind retired life, until his death i hot. Ills last words were: "God bless my people, black an vhlte." vjn ine aiaie nouse grounds in umbla, S. C., stands a grand ar beautiful equeatrlan statue of Ham ton, but he needs no monument ( bronze or atone to commemorate h memory, for he lives In the hear :>f his countrymen. THE "LADIES' OWN." (T. A. Daly, In the Philadelphia Bu letln.) I am milady's most popular paper Be she maid, widow or wife; Mine are the fine points that never cape her. I am the Joy of her life. Little she recks of the journal thai yellow When she has me in her hands; I have a value to her which no t( low Coarser of sex understands. Novels, nor essays, nor poems of pa sion Here are you likely to find. 1 am a paper devoted to Fashion, Catering not to the mind. I am mllday's most popular pape When her toilette she begins. Mine are the fine points that never cape her? I am her paper of pins. ' CAMS OMLY^ am looking foi WORK!! I am a Soap-Maker. I am a Scrubber. I am a Cleaner. I am a Dirt Eater. I am a Disinfectant. I will *Mh cloth** whiter Mid wll , leu nibbing. It's the RUB thi rnina. 1 em 'from Missouri' end wi I show you for fire cents. ' I am Red Devil Ly< ? rr FOR GREAT BIG CAN! O * Half the usual prlc BAVB MT LABELS. . J THE LANCASTER NEWS, / i ^KkSHS i l&jm v - KE^Va** ^ 1 #c\ ?HOSE were stirrii e | | ern frontier jus Independence. J; I I Simon Girty v n ; | 1 reviled and fea r border; Hamilt d mander at Det h Indians to revo c / = in every shadov r_ ; It's just the setting . v- the kind that only * ing, thrilling kind io or "Keith of the * vou that "The Ma n hit as good as the lose no time in rc Bt >n mmuwRgi > We have secured tt ,d I next serial and the o- !| will appear soon. . >d 1 mm* mmmmmmm p Df ' , CHEATING THE CI/OCK. rid . I tai Ohio City Discovers Way to Gain an an Hour of Daylight. sl( Philadelphia Press, j Cleveland, Ohio's bustling city on 'n 1 Lake Erie, has hit upon an ingenious jor r way of gaining an hour of daylight tj1( at the close of the day's work. Being an in something less than 82 degrees jm west longitude. Central time has here tofore marked the hours there?the wj time that prevails between the 75th , and the 00th meridian. Cloveland has jv;c - B now decided to ret her clocks in ac- I oa cordance with Eastern time. By this I en simple method the working day he- 8|, s*~ gins an hour earlier and ends an I hour earlier, with the result of glv- 1 ? ing the worker In the spring and summer months an extra hour to day |JJJ light in which to enjoy relaxation or ^ recreation. A few years ago another scheme to | cheat the clock was proposed in Eng land and widely discussed. This sugir, gestlon was to move the hands of the clock back arbitrarily in the long summer days of that high latitude, 1 without any regard for sun's time jn at all. But that was too radical a proposition for the tradition-respecting rsnilBxier, ana it wan nevar aai/pM7u. ? Cleveland is le?<, conservative, and ai also more scientific. Eastern time as B< well as Centrat time Is determined II by the sun. Cleveland has simply do ill || Phosphate and Nitrate of |mLM/7k! Insure against cotton || .9^ per acr?' R>sht **ide dre< g || and produces a full art II mound, heavy corn and 5. || Iff Wt toll Potash im amy amount from t ?- l| 'I GERMAN KALI HEW ORLRAHS LA. ATLANTA. I Wkltnar C*otr*l Bank Bolldln* tapir* Ball iPRIL 21, 1914. . 7^v"'TvjS| ^| Imi ?Ki9^6 ifMIB i ng times on our westit after the War of Then the name of ras the most hated, red along the whole on, the British comToit, was stirring the It, and death lurked v of the forest for a real PairisH story? he can write?the swinjflike 4'Molly McDonald ' Border.'* When we tell iid of the Forest" is every ?se two, we know you'll :ading it. lis story for our I first installment | or Watch. for it 1 led to ignore the arbitrary disich of fifteen degrees of longitude a sei tier ciocks dy me iom tn>ad of the 90th meridian. Cleveland will not gain as much as gland would gain by a similar ?thod? for the days are never so lg in summer la her latitude as in 3 latitude of ti e British Isles, but hour of sunlight at the close of silTess hours is not to be scoffed Tt will be a boon to thousands to- Know and value the pleasure and e profit to be gained out of doors. >r will the getting to work an hour riler to gan the added hour at the rf of the day's work be any hardip on a bright summer morning. FOR YOUR DEN q ' ((teautifut Collegia J'mimts ^ itr and Ifnsvard, Hi. x 24 in. Princeton, Cornell, Michigan Kam 7 in. x 21 in. All best qWnv felt with felt headg, streamers, loLtors and mascot exalted in properLviyrs. This splendid isortmoat sent postmiid for 60 cents id 5 stamps to puy\kOstage. Send >w. OWARD 8PECIA L1TY COMPANY Dsjtoa, Ohio. n't Forget to Side Dress m have the plants well started, :rop by feeding it. For cotton, lough )TASH fibre, and to keep the boll* from falling; it make tha atarch that Alia the oars. ' mixture of equal parte of Kainit, Acid Soda, or 5-5-5 goods, rust by side dressing of 200 lbs. Kainit ising prolongs tha activity of tho plants op of bolla that stay on. It makes fine fodder. Potash Pays. >nt 200-lb. bag mP- Writ* far prictt WOKKS, Inc. OA. SAVANNAH. OA. I4ia( lifuuk luk A Tnrt HIMlai Selling Goo When you sell the khkf thai causes them to comeJSack anc That is the kind o^ustomers goods to sell. WJien we once Tip-Top or Melrafce Flour, we ] another sack aifd that is why thing good. I "Rrparl io tho otuff nf lifo" have this week made arhangc Bakery's new plant to furnish made from an entirelj^new bread is never touchejr by th flour goes into this Jdakery til have a fresh shipnwnt now in and if you do not pronounce have ever eaten, tftgre is soi taster. \ speciaj/fc We are selling 3 npund cans 10c a can for thisinonth. E. 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EDWARDS WE SELL SKINC v 1 ds is Easy ^ t pleases the customer and 1 call for the article again, i that pay and the kind of i get you to try a sack of know that you will call for ' we like to sell you someI~> m. ii -i a. i 1 nr. n it cymes out oreau. we stock. Send in your order it the most toothsome you nething wrong with your >R APRIL. King Carter Tomatoes for STARE 4 'rS TO EAT." i COOK /Cook (J to Jfeook again. Warm *.? spoil anybody's diss by buying a Florence i Fireless Cooker. The s amd the great big troutmic your trouble on my f"Florence Automatic" I aaa OrtftUflv :korell I er, s. c. I i* store wants trade ice to eat, come to Edwards & t quality in every line that we A era here you can depend on gotaords. If you are not already ot give us a trial and see if you to from us than you are gett ng num. wh?n vrm ?*# own one can ever change you off on i ? en you buy something that you Js cheap. When you buy some ney is wasted. We buy our no?t up-to-date wholesale houses you buy from us is strictly ^ Satisfaction or your money rery for something, 'phone us. We Yours truly, & HORTON * ;les and brick ^