Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"Leo and Longstroot at High Tide." Tho people of thia country will i'ofuso to bo prejudiced against Mm. LOQK* stroot'8 book on tho lifo ol tho "War IIorBo" of tho Coufodoraoy, by tlio sug gestion that it ?B writton Um spirit of friendliness to tho North. Mrs. Long stroot was born ia tho A mo rica? LTtiiou, after tho Confodorato Btrngglo bad ho como tho "Lost Causo" of Avinoilcati his tory. Slio lividontly lum uovor known what it was to hate anything Aworicau. It was high patriotism, worthy of tho oponing days of a now cuntury, that prompts! a young woman of tho Now South to invito a valorous Union oflicor to wrlto tho introduotion to tho biogra phy of a doad advor?ary. Tho opening words of Go noval Sioklos' introduction to "Loo and Liongstroot at High Tido," happily silonco all oritioiBm: "If it bo thought strange that I should writo a profnoo to tho momoir of a cou spiououB advorsary, I roply that tho Civil War is only a memo ry. Us asperi ties aro forgotton, both armies woro A merman, old army f rio nd ships hit ve boon formed among tho combatants, tho truth of history is dour to ?ll of us and tho amenities of chivalrous manhood aro cherished aliko by tho North and South, when justice to ri thor is in volved." Gen. .Sickles is ono of th? most famous of tho surviving Union officers of tho Civil War. Ho luiB boon pro mi noni in Demo cratic politics in Now Y orh nineo tho war, and has suiTorod traten in conso q uenoo. Tho South will not fall ont with Mrs. Longstroot for defending tho great nanto she hoars, uow that tho ?tout warrior is doad mid cannot, answer hin accusers; a magnanimous people will honor lier for it.-Exchange. How Wo Catch a Cold. A cold is sometimes contracted while remaining inactivo for a vii Ho in ail un comfortable room or a cold draft and by falling to sleep under like? condition t), Hut most colds are otiURlit while sleep, ing too cold at night. Hoop si eon cansos sluggish circulation which rundors tho system susceptible to o tilingo of toniporu tiiro. To prevent cold ?, sleep utulor plenty ol cover. To coif? colds uso lty tlale's Elixir. It lessons tho severity and shortens thc duration of a cold ann pro vents pneumonia, bronchitis and con sumption. Walhalla Urti g Co. Julius Hrown, son of Lho late Joseph E. Hrown, Georgia's war Covoriior, is out with a card which propose.? that electors of all Southern Stale? veto fur Roosevelt and make tho election unani mous. Ho makes tho preposition be,, cause, bo says. Roosevelt has been un justly attacked on tho negro tptCSUon, about tho Philippines, ami, io fact, on all public questions, Ho c?nchales bis card thus: "Ho is a good man and half Southern, and we of thu South ought to bo able to trust, him." Train Hobbors Capturod. lifts VogitB, N. M., Nuvombor 17.-Kook Island Officer W. C. McIntosh and two <)o pu ty U ul tod iStatoB marshals froa> tho Ind hm Territory, havo arrived in tho city with John and Jim Black, twin hrothors, and John Murphy, who aro charged with having committed tho train rubhory at Kort Logan, N. M., last July. McIntosh trailed tho men to tho Indian j Territory and with tho aid of Unitod States ofHoials arrested thom thoro. lu (ho hittor part, of July four mon flopped thc Hook Island passenger train and ! blow up tho express cn and tho safoB. i The Kock Island pooplu say tho robbors ! got little booty. Tho fourth mau was J Biipposod to bo Toni Hoswoll, who, ton days ago, was shot and killod whilo load ing a broak from tho United States prison at Kort Loavouworth, whoro ho was sorving a sontonco fur horso stealing. To Curo n Cough. Tho coughs so provalont those days usually di'volop boforo you realizo what lias happened. Now tho host thing to do is to tako tho most reliable cough euro you can got. Nono bettor than Murray's Ilorohonnd Mulloin and Tar. It is nuid? uf tho purest ingrodiouts and cnn bo givon to infants ns well as grown pooplo. Abevo all olso IT GURUS. You will lind it at all druggists. 25c. a bottlo extra hugo bottlo. hnmlflrant Labor for Cobon Mill. Groonvillo, Novomhor 21.-Thirtoon GermaiiB and Polos with families roached tho city last wook to work in local colton mills. Nono of the immigrants could speak English, .bey found a mei lind, however, of expressing their delight with conditions hero. Johnny Hiors, ft nativo (lennon who has lived hore many years, acted as intorprolor. Those aro a healthy lot, and attracted quito a good deal of attention at tho depot. linnie diately after arrival they took tho car foi tho ?Sanipson-Poo village. Thoro wen seven Immigrants brought into tho mil villages last week and moro aro oxpccled in the carly future. In addition to tin foreigners thoro woro -IS farinors wh( j carno boro from Chorokco county U J work in the cotton mills. All of thou havo lived in the country, havo boen a : farming all their lives and know nothhif CIHO. Sonic of thom never saw a mill ho fore yesterday and tho majority of thou bad no vor boon insido of ono. Tho; pulled up stakes in tho country, th08' who owned f li vms soiling them, and cann , to tho mills. For a while after their ar i rival thc station presented unite, a H vet; I appearance, trunks of various sizes ; shapes and makes, being principally dr i goods boxes, being stacked high armin* i tho baggage room. j for children/ safo, sure? No opiate* May L?culo Silk Mill In Soul i Carolina. Col umbin, Novonibor 18.-Aa a rosult of a couforonco to-day botwoou Commis sioner Watson and L, li, IMumor, of IMumor aud Co., Now York and Passaic, N. J., it is probablo that a silk mill will bo est ubi i shod in .South Carolina. Mr. IMumor oamo boro strongly ondorsod and ho roprosents olioutn who will orcot as a beginning a $00,000 silk mill, provided enough Olioourugomont is given. Ho stated to night that there is a shortage of silk and his clients desire to build ?it once. Mr. IMumor sees ;ho possibility of growing tho raw matorial in South. Caro lina as a rosult of instructivo arl icios writton hy Miss Henrietta Aiken Kolloy, who visited Italy and studied tho method of growing and raising silk producing material. Ho has booti given lottors of introduction by Commissioner Watson to prominoiit people in Chester. Ucok Hill, Sptirtanburg, Anderson and Groouvillo, mid ho will visit tho Chambers of Com merce of oach of those ottios. lio wdll go baok to Now York for Thanksgiving and on his rotura will visit and look ovor opportunics i? Charleston and Co lumbia. Whilo in Choslor ho will havo a con ference with Miss Kolloy, wdio is tow starting for a Charleston lady ii silk growing farm. Ho has geno ovor tho re sults of oxporbucnts in this lino now in. possession of Mr. Watson and is highly gratifiod with tho specimens shown. Mr. Plumer represents interests with whom a favorable report will moan much for tho Slate in this lino. Ho statos that ho asks local co-operation, not because of tho nionoy, but because of tho local interest and protection for tho industry. Commissioner Watson lins looked into tho mutter and is very anxious that thc plans bo carried out. He Could Hardly Got Up. P. II. Dully, of Asbloy, III., writes: "This is to certify that I bavo taken two bottles of Foley's Kidney (biro ?md it bus helped mu moro than any other medi cino. 1 triod ninny advertised remedies, but nono of (bern gavo inc ally relief. My druggist recommended Foley's Kid ney (biro and it has cured mo. before commencing its uso I was in such ?1 shape that 1 could hardly got up when once down." For ??alo hy .1. W. Holl, Walhalla; W. Jj Lunney, Souoca. Firo at Asheville last Sunday night wrought damage totaling between $7?, 000 und $100,000. Tho principal losers aro tho Theobald Candy Company build ing and stock destroyed; tho Asheville Music Company and bonder's hair dress ing establishment. Tho Asheville Citi zen, a morning newspaper, caught lire twice, but was saved. All the burned buildings aro located on Patton avenue. Tho losses aro partially covered by in surance. Roduotlon ol Representation. Tho Washington Star is ono of tho fow American nowspapors that always sidos with tho "powors that bo" at Wnshing ton. It now appoars to bo in sympa'hy with tho proposod roduotion of tho South's representation in Congross. Tho Washington Post, always calm and fair ovon to tho point of frioudliness und sympathy, declares that tho consti tutionality of tho suffrage laws of States will not bo or cannot bo dceidod by a parti ?an majority of Congress, hut that if tho question is decided at all it must bo by tho Supreme Court. And in tho hands of that tribunal tho South will doubtless bo fairly treated. Under this plan of roduotion, formerly proposed hy tho Republicans, tho result would bo: Arkansas, (J now, 5 thou. Florida, 3 now, 2 thou. Ooorgln, ll now, tl thou. Kontuoky, ll now, ll thou. Louisiana, 7 now, 4 thou. Mississippi, 8 now, <1 thou. North Carolina, 10 now, 7 thou. South Carolina, 7 now, 3 thou. Toi.nesHoo, 10 uow, 7 then. Toxas, 1(3 now, 13 thon. Virginia, 10 now, 7 thou. That would moan a reduction of 5)3 members. Foloy's Honoy and Tar foi coughs and colds; reliable, tried and tested, safo and miro. Sold by J. W. boll, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Soneca. Killed Himsoll in Court Room. Hold before Police Justice O'Donoghuo in tho Wost Chicago polioo court, for abusing his wife, Charles Shyok, in tho presence of tho Court and surrounded hy policemen, shot twice at his wife and thou found instant death when ho sont a bulhd. into his own brain. Mrs. Shyck was silting with her sistor, Mrs. Sanborn, ten foot from hor husband, with hor 17 monlhs-old baby cooing in her arms. Thc (list shot aimed at tho mot her struck tho baby on the right arm and grazed its right side. This deflection of the bullet saved the mother's life. Mrs. Sanborn was not hit, but tho second bullet wont through another woman's hat and grazed a policeman's ear. Tinco police men attempted to seize Shyok, but before they could he put the muzzle of his weapon in his own mouth and bred. Sur geons say tho baby will recover, although it lost much blood. Shyok was 35 and his wife llO years of age. W. A. Herron, of Kinch, Ark., writes: "I wish to report that Foloy's Kidney Curo has cured a terrible case of kidney and bladder trouble that two doctors had gt yon up." Fer salo hy J. W. Hell, Walhalla; \V. J. Lunney, Seneca. Big Mules, Big Plows Are being adopted lyy ilne ?zr Most Progressive Farmers. J& I'VE GOT 'EM, AND NOW IS THE TIME TO USE 'EM, Chattanooga Reversible Disc Plows, Mallory Plows and a Full Line of Chilled Turn Plows. Disc Harrows, J? Favorite" rain rms I KNOCK OUT ALL, COMPETITION IN MY LINE. Respectfully, SENECA, S. C Blankets, Comforts, Counterpanes, Rugs, Art Squares, Pictures, Easies, Fiuiiiture, Cooking Stoves, Groceries, Tinware, Crock ery, Glassware, etc. Be sure to see my stock. Wanted, Peas, Cane Seed, Corn, Home made Syrup. Visit ray store when in Seneca and see what I have. For Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Men's, Boys' and Children's Clothing, Overcoats, Pants, Overalls ; Men's, Ladies', Children's and Infants' Shoes ; Men's, Ladies' and Children's Underwear ; ail kinds of Hosiery ; Ladies' Skirts and Jackets ; Misses and Children's Jacke CS j JLjct dies', Misses' and Children's Ready-to-Wear Hats ; Men's and Boys' Hats at about half price ; Trunks, Grips and Valises ; call on Remember, with $20 iii trade we give you a handsome present and will sell you the best goods for less money, and show you the best stock to select from. I will sell you Furniture and Stoves on credit. Easy terms. Prices right. At my store you also always find a com plete stock of Fresh Groceries.