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Your Money' Worth Why not get your ** Money's Worth " when you buy Fertilisers ? People kick about the price of Corn-struggle for reduction in the price of Flour and grow excited over the way they think that they are being robbed ?for these necessities. Yet some of them go right ahead paying two or three dollars per ton more for their Fertilizers thati thc actual analysis of thc goods will warrcnt. Too many of us struggle for reductions that are hard to secure, and often ignore thc economics and better values that are open to every Farmer who will use good common sense W8?????ESS?3BSS?S& and discretion in buying Fertilizers. You can surely save a considerable percentage of your money, and you can secure much more satisfaction in your farm work if you will only buy your Fertilizers right. Take our celebrated G. W. G. Soluble Guano for example. It measures right up on actual analysis with Guano sold by our competitors at much higher prices-so it is with all our brands, extra values are obtained in each without extra cost to the Farmer. Come and talk over Fertilizers with us. If you have any trade in you we can more than give you your money's worth. Seneca Fertilizer VOD G. wToignilliat, General Manager. SAM DAVIS ? SOUTHERN HERO. SACRIFICED HIS LIFE RATHER THAN BE TRAY HIS TRUST WHILE A SCOUT. [Memphis (Teun.) Commercial Appeal ] In colonial days, when England turned tyrant, the colonists rose in revolt, and beoause they succeeded, the world wrote them down as pa tirots, as heroes, as martyrs. In subsequent era, when the North aped the Britons, the South imitated the thirteen tribes, and because she was beaten, her scions were branded as traitors, as bigots, as rebels. When Howe, with his rod coats, in vaded New York and hanged Nathan Hale as a spy, thc victim was revered as a national idol, and honored with eternal renown ; when Dodge, with his blue coats, patroled Tennessee, and slaughtered Sam Davis as a scout, the youth, though lamented, was soon half forgotten, in spite of his noble saoritice. It is right that the nation rejoices to hallow the memory of Nathan Hale ; it is just that his story is still related in the reference books of his land ; it is well that his statue tow ers aloft in the midst of the oity where he died ; it is wise that his prowess is yet portrayed as the model for the patriots of the morrow. But Davis, too, was a hero, the peer of Nathan Hale, for, while he was offered as a saoritice on an altar that orumbled into dust, still he has left to the people of the South an example of courage and devotion to duty equal in splendor to any to be found in the records of the human race. Beoause he battled for the Stars and Bars, the makers of annals have omitted his name ; but the chil dren of his soction have oherished his fame and have given their silver and gold to fashion a bust in bronze and in granite to hallow his asheB forever. Still, there are myriads, even in Dixie, unfamiliar with the story of his life, and thousands would, therefore, read with raptiue the fullness of his thrilling career, the cardinal features of which, it is hoped, may be gleaned from the fol lowing faots: Near the town of Smyrna, in Mid dle Tennessee, some twenty miles out from Nashville, Samuel Davis, the martyr of Pulaski, was born, far back in tho forties. H?H father was Chas. L. Davia, a woll-to-do farmer of the district, and his mother was a Grippe or Influer? to call it. is one of diseases known. Scott's EmuI Liver Oil and Hypopl gested form, is the gr? known to medical sciei It is so easily dige the system, making ne and strengthening ner Use Scott's Influenza. invaluable for < ALL DRUGGISTS L t matron of the Tennessee type-well worthy to have borne such a son. Of his childhood, little or nothing is told in the meager accounts of bis life ; but he seems to have been con spicuous for his honor, even from his earliest years. Tn the home ho is said to have led such a life as the "Father of his Country" had lived ; and among his companions he ap pears to have passed as a youth just as pure as a girl. As a student, too, he enjoyed tho esteem and the utmost respect of the Behool, not only because of his honest application, but also because of his upright bearing and his zeal ous devotion to truth. At "Old Jefferson," indeed, where he studied for a time, his word was regarded as good as his oath, and if ever he was guilty of anything base during his schoolboy ?lays, those who have writ ten his wonderful story have failed to record such a fact. With an unsullied oharaoter, such as was his, and a predisposition to do honest work, the Tennessee lad might have hoped to attain to a lofty round in life ; but just in the midst of his student days the nation leaped to arms, and the soul of a patriot woke in his breast at the first wild bugle blast. Because of his tender years, however, ho could not respond to the earliest call, aud yet when the armies of the United States turned their faces to the South, he flung by his books, in spite of his age, and shouldered bis gun for the field. Having said farewell to the loved ones at home, the stripling of nine teen summers entered the oervice as a private soldier in the Rutherford County Rifles. Ile served in the ranks under Capt. Ledbettev and proved himself worthy ot' the gray, for in every engagement in whioh he had a part he fought with the valor of a veteran, displaying both courage and skill. He was present at Shiloh and at Perry ville and at many bat tles between ; and although he was only a boy and a private, still he elicited hearty commendation from his officers high in command ; yet his patriotism was unsatisfied^ in spi of his splendid record, and he yearned for an ampler sphere of ac tion to prove his devotion to his land. Finally, in the autumn of 1803, the ohance he had longed for came. Gen. G. M. Dodge, with a body of Federals, was stationed at Pulaski, Tenn., and in order to drive out the ????????????. :a, whichever you like the most weakening sion, which is Cod iiosphites in easily di latest strength-builder nee. sted that it sinks into sw blood and new fat, /es ar d muscles. Emu ts ion after boughs and Colds. ? COc. AND $1.00. ? % fr?*?????????* J Yankees from the State it became lecessary for Gen. Bragg to procure nformation concerning the strength ind the character of the Federal brtifiontions at Pulaski and Nash ville. To obtain these data the Con ederate commander was forced to lispatch nome trusty spies far into he enemy's lines; so, aware of Davis's courage and capacity, he en rusted to him and six other wor hies this perilous and important nission, Bending the gallant gray ;oats forth, each armed with a pass ike this : "Headquarters Gen. 3ragg's Scouts, Middle Tennessee, September 25, 1868. Samuel Davis tas permission to pass on scouting liity anywhere in Middle Teunessee >r South of the Tennessee river he nay think proper. By order Gen. iragg. E. Coleman, Captain Com nanding Scouts." Conscious of the danger of such i venture, but bent on achieving heir purpose, the resolute band of ie roe a set out on their appointed nission. On account of the nature >f their undertaking, each went in a lifferent direction, and after having tallied the watchmen of the enemy hey finally succeeded in obtaining he facts for which they had entered he hostile lines. The most impor ant of the doouments were borne >y Samuel Davis, who carried them liddon away in his boots and under be seat of his saddle. The papers ie bore contained maps and desorip ions of the fortifications of Pulaski md Nashville, and revealed the lumber and the strength of the foe n the State of Tennessee. How he ecured this information the world nay never know, but two of the nost satisfactory explanations are tertainly these, though neither of hese ie certain : It is said that the Federal oom nander bad made a pencil copy of tis plans and defenses, which, after laving corrected and copied, he had ailed to conceal or destroy. A ne ;ro, it is stated, stole this document ind conveyed it to Samuel Davis, t is likewise declared that a North? .rn officer in love with a Southern -irl betrayed his country's seorets cr the sake of the woman he loved. Phis latter version of his source of nformation has received considera te currency, but it is always easy to et a rumor going if it smacks of a omantic flavor. Still it matters but little now who ;ave him the data he got. It is mough to know that he carried his .oint, and was well on his way back o Bragg when suddenly ho was as aulted by a body of Federals a few liles out from Pulaski. Being all lone, he made no resistance, but he ept a clear head at tho time, for, eing near the river, he rose ii. his Lirrups and hurled far off into the 'ishing waters a part of the papers milich he bore. Enough remained, owever, to provo him a Southe. py, so tho blue coats bound him and sd him away to tho Federal camp at 'ulaski. Hore he was taken before Gen. lodge, who, fearing that ono of his wn commanders had sold the seorets > Davis, offered to release him and > restore him to his comrades if he 'ould only reveal the name of the ian who had given him the facts, 'he oaptive knew that nothing, be des could save him from the hang nor the threats of Dodge could force him to betray his trust. Again and again the general besought, him to save his bright, young life, but the unshaken answer was always the same : "I had rather die a thousand times than betray a singlo trust." Reluctant to sacrifice such a stout heart, and determined to discover the traitor in his camps, Gen. Dodge resorted to the last extremity and ordered a courtmartial forthwith to try Sam Davis as a spy. At the time appointed the judges assembled, and after a fruitless effort to bribe him, condemned the stripliug to death, closing their inquisition with the following awful sentence : "The commission doe? therefore sentence him, the said Samuel Davis, of Cole man's Scouts, in the service of the Bo-oalled Southern States, to be hanged by the neck until he is dead, at such time and place as the com manding general stall direct, two thirds of the commiusion concurring in the sentence. Finding the sen tence of the commission approved the sentence shall be carried into effeot on Friday, November 27,1868, between the hours of 10 a. m. and 2 p. m." Thus condemned, the Tennessee lad was remanded to prison in Pu laski, and during his confinement he waa cheered and sustained by Chap lain Young, of the Federal army, md was kindly bandied by every person detailed to guard and keep him. Among his watchorn was a youth of his age from South Bend, [nd., who did everything in bis power to persuade the oaptive to talk of those who had aided him in securing the seorets of the North. Young Davis deeply appreciated the inter est young Vanpelt took in bis fate, hut he alv. ays returned the kind In dianian his heroic and invincible answer : "I had rather be hanged a thousand times than prove untrue to my cause." Capt. Armstrong, too, the provost marshal, was a frequent A Woman's Back ITaa many aches and pains caused hy weaknesses and falling, or other displace ment, of tho pelvic organs. Othor symp toms of female woakness are frequent headacho, dlz/lnoss, imaginary specks or dark spots floating before tho eye?, gnaw ing sensation In stomach, dragging or bearing down In lower abdominal or pelvic region, disagreeable drains from pelvic organs, faint spells with gonoral woakness. 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You cannot afford to accept any medicino of unknown composition as a substituto for this well proven remedy OF KNOWN COMPOSITION, even though tho dealer may, make a little moro profit thereby. Ymir Interest in regaining health ls paramount to any selfish interest of his and lt is an insult to your Intelllgenco for him to try to palm off upon you a substituto. You know what you want and lt ls his busi ness to supply tho articlo called for. Dr. Pierce's Ploasant Pollets aro tho original "Little Liver Pills" first put up by old Dr. Plorco over forty years ago, much Imitated but never equalod. Ltttlo sugar-coated granules-easy to take as candy. caller at his cell, fur the big-hearted Federal hoped against hope that : Davis might save his life. Nothing could move him, bow- . ever, but on the evening before be died his heart .went back to his boy hood home and he wrote these lines to his mother : "Pulaski, Giles County, Tenn, Nov. 26, 1863.-Dear Mother: Ob, how painful it ia to write to you. I have got to die to-morrow morning -to b? banged by the Federals. Mother, do not grieve for me. I must bid you goodbye for evermore. Mother, I do not fear io die. Give my love to all. Your son, "Samuel Davis." "P. S.-Mother, tell the children all to be good. I wish 1 could see you all once more, but I never will any more. Mother and father, dc not forget me. Think of me when I am dead, but do not grieve for me. It will not do any good. Father, you can send after my remains, if you want to do so. They will be at Pulaski, Tenn. I will leave some things, too, with the hotel-keeper for you. Pulaski is in Giles oounty, Tennessee, south of Columbia." On the morning after he had writ ten this letter the dauntless captive waa taken from his cell, was plaoed in a wagon, containing his coffin, and guarded by a regiment of Northern foemen, was borne to a spot in the suburbs of Pulaski, where the gal-1 lows was waiting for him. The place j was surrounded by a square of sol- I diers ; but as the death-train slowly approached, the troops made way for the cavalcade to enter, and then took their places again. The coffin was plaoed at the foot of the scaffold, and the prisoner was stationed beside it. Turning to the provost-general, he asked bow long he might live ; and when told he bad only fifteen min utes, he ca)inly began to prepare him self for mounting the steps to his doom. When the hour was at hand, he said to his captor, without a tremor in his voice, that he was ready to lay down his life on the sacred altar of his land. Having said fare well to those around him, be was just in the aot of mounting the soaffold, when one of Gen. Dodge's officers dashed up with another message from the kind-hearted Federal, once more offering to liberate the prisoner if he would only surrender his secret and deolare the source of his facts. With the black cap hovering over his head and the hemp there dangling at his sido, young Davis deliberately eleotod death, closing his brief but glorious career with words like these on his lips : "Please say to General Dodge that I deeply appreciate what he has done to save mo from the fate which awaits me, but bear to him m my parting message that I had rather be hanged a thousand times than to live with tho mark of a traitor to a trust forever branded on my soul." Tho enemy bad done ovorything that they could to avert his awful doom ; but all of thoir efforts having proven unavailing, they wero foroed to abide by the sentence of the com mission ; and so on Friday, Novem ber 27, 1863, they hanged Samuel Davis, and buried his body in the place where he died like a god. When tho work was done and the tragedy was ended, Pulaski was shrouded in sort ow and gloom ; and even the Federals were melted to tears as they thought of the havoo of war. When news of his death at length found its way to his father's home near Smyrna, the grief-stricken pa rents sent to Pulaski for the bod) of their martyred son. Through the oourteoy of the Blue Coats, they were allowed their request, and a few days after hia death the lifeless form of tho Tennessee hero was interred in the tami v grounds, and his memory as hallowed with a marble slab erected by the sire of the son. But the nation was not satisfied with a simple shaft of stone ; so a few years ago a Northern soldier who saw the stripling die suggested to a Southern veteran the erection of a monumental bust in honor of the gal lant boy. When the matter was be gun, Gen. Dodge himself sent a snug contribution to the fund, and both the North and the South are to-day united in sharing the sentiment of the following lines from the heart of Mrs. Wilcox : "When the Lord calls up earth's h?roe? To stand before Inn face, O, many a name unknown to fame Shall ring from that high place! And out of a grave in the Southland, At the just Qod's call and beck, Shall one man rino with fearless eyes, And a rope about his neck. "For men have swung from gallows Whose souls were white as snow, No* how they die, nor where, but why. Ia what Qod's records show, And on that mighty ledger Is writ Sam Davis' name For honor's sake he would not make A compromise with shame. "And God, who loves the loyal Because they are like him, I doubt not yet that soul shall set Among his cherubim. O, Southland ! bring your laurels, And add your wreath, O North! Let glory olaim the hero's name. And tell the world his worth." 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