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* un; . * " WIZARD OF THE SADDLE ?? ? * OF THE * * WESTERN ARMY. * . For The Keoweo Courier. * . . . . . . * * * ' * * lu April, 1863. Gen. Straight was sent to cut the railway communica tions of Bragg's army, and to de stroy the arsenal at Rome, Ga. Hard ly had the Federal cavalrymen emer ged from his supports when Gen. Forrest, prepared to destroy or cap ture him, was close at his heels. Tho moment Straight felt the first stroke of Forrest's hand he realized that a tireless, skilled foe was on his trail -this "Wizard of the Saddle," thia wolf of the West. Straight at once knew that there would be no rest or peace with such a foe on his track, and for ninety-six hours the Federals were kept pushing on, with Forrest at their heels. Never, by day or night, was the Federal column at rest. Like some insatiate monster, Forrest followed the Federal column, and whenevr and wherever found there was a vigilant and aggressive attack. In one hundred and sixty-four miles he fought eight battles by day and three hy night, and in two of the latter, where artillery was drawn by his men within one hundred feet of the enemy's line, the only guide or light was the flash of rifles and the blaze of cannon. Straight was him self a man of nerve and resources. Skilfully arranged ambuscades, fierce charges and stubborn resistance met Forrest, and in a fair proportion of the conflicts the Federals held their own; but they greatly outnumbered the men In gray. Tho fierce on slaughts of Forrest, his Impetuous attacks, his unyielding tenacity and fiery assaults, combined with his rapid movements, were enough to paralyze the stoutest heart and make the bravest soul question the out come. Like a tireless bloodhound following his prey, this "Wizard of the C'.ddle" pursued the swift-march ing Federals, and never for a single instant in those dnys and nights was there other thought or plan but to destroy the invaders. Straight found friendly guides and helping hands nmongst the Union men and women of Northern Ala bama, but these could not hide him from the eagle eyes or the smiting arms of those following the trail, ov stay the avenging hnnd that was up lifted In his rear. With horses drop ping dead in th? roads, with men fall ing in the unconsciousness of sleep from their steeds, and with guns sliding from their paralyzed grasp, Forrest still pressed the foe. One half of his command on the third day was killed, wounded or broken down, but still, with only five hun dred soldiers, he pursued the Fede ral raiders, and on the 3d of May, within twenty miles of Rome, the ob jective point of his expedition, Gen. Straight and his 1,500 men laid down their arms and surrendered to the Confederate general, who could then, after his terrible pursuit, mm> ter le>8 IUAQ five hundred followers. Eteiy mlle of the one hundred and sixty-four was covered with war's wreck. Dead soldiers, mutilated animals, wounded men and stricken beasts, broken wagons, abandoned trains and scattered supplies, told the story of the relentlesh and piti less assau'.t. Near the end, in forty eight hours, four battles were fought and ninety miles' marching were traversed, with hut four hours for sleep. No war has a more wonderful example of genius, courage, endur ance than t his pursuit and capture of Straight. If Forrest had done noth ing else, this one exploit would have won for him enduring fame. Gen. Shermnn Bald of him, after the capture of Straight, "Forrest Is the devil," and declared that Forrest must be killed If it took ten thou sand lives and broke the treasury, adding, "There never will be peace in Tennessee until Forrest ls dead." He offered $10,000 reward for his death or capture, and a major gene ralship to him who would destroy this foe. this "Wizard of tho Saddle." Gen. Forrest was the most wonder ful man the Civil War produced, a man of wonderful strategy and un qualified bravery. The battle o' Brice's Cross Roads, where he whip ped Sturgls, will go down the ages as one of the most brilliant engage ments ever fought. For military genius, for boldness of conception, for Intrepidity of action, for reck less courage, and all that inspires men, it can have no superior while men shall live. Gen. Forrest was a charmed man. It is a fact ot history that ho had twenty-seven horses killed and wounded under him in hattie. When his brother Jefry was shot in a skir mish with the enemy the general picked him up and held him in his air - .otu he died, then, giving him his last kiss, tenderly laid him down upon the ground, detailing a guard to remain with the dead brother. Calling to his bugler he said, "Goss, blow the charge," and with a bound he lit into the ?addle and was off at full speed, running right into the Yankee column, and lt <s said that he killed two of the emmy with his own hand, and had his horse killed from under him at the same time. Gen. Forrest's first battle was with a panther, at thirteen years cf age, and ho slew the enemy and skinned him ?hero he fell, and carried the skin on his back to his home twelve miles away., His last fight was with a Federal officer, and both fought from hilt to hilt, and Forrest again slew his enemy. He said that he went into thG war to fight, that war meant fighting, and fighting meant killing. J. Russell Wright. Walhalla, 8. C. Can't Put Character luto Liquor. The following item from a Colum bia dispatch. March 17, is Interesting Information: "Dr. W. J. Murray, chairman of tbe winding up commission, walked Into the Governor's office to-day and shook hands with a gentleman who was sitting there reading the ae ro m te of Dr. Murray's administra tion AS they ?,ii ured In to-duy's pa pers. Tho gent .oman was D. H. Trax'er, of Timmonsvllle, the first Stute Dispensary Commissioner. They had u mutual condolence meeting. Dr. Murray remarked that Mr. Trax lor knew how lt was to get mixed up in these unpleasant things in con nection with the State dispensary, and the original head of the dispen sary replied, "Yes, I found out long ago that you can't put character Into liquor." He went on to say that no men had ever touched the State dis pensary without being damaged thereby." I ?eal ness Cannot l>c Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deaf ness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an enfiamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear ing, and when it is entirely closed, deafness is the result, and unless the Inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal con dition, hearing will be destroyed for ever; nine cases out of ten are caus ed by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give Ono Hundred Dollars for any case of deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for cir culars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. Stars and Stripes Forever ! Galveston, Texas, March 17. When Capt. Moore, of the British steamer Howthead, of Belfast, Ire land, dressed the ship to-day in hon or of St. Patrick's Day he placed a geen emblem above the stars and stripes. His attention was promptly called to the fact by the government Inspector, but he bluffly refused to comply ft ith the law requiring the United States flag to always be at the top when displayed in an American port, until he received formal de mand from the customs collector, ac companied hy a threat for a call of a revenue cutter into service. Tickling or dry coughs will quickly loosen when using Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure. And lt is so thoroughly harm less that Dr. Shoop tells mothers to use nothing else, even for very young babies. The wholesome green leaves and tender stems of a lung healing mountainous "hrub give the curative properties to Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure. It calms the cough, and heals the sensitive bronchial me branes. No opium, no chloroform, nothing harsh used to injure or suppress. De mand Dr. Shoop's. Take no other. J. W. Bell. Hard on the Women. (Philadelphia Bulletin.) "Women," said a marriage clerk, "often lie nbout their age in the cer tificate. Look hore. This ls a letter from a woman now, asking me if a little age lie will illegitlroatize her marriage. She says she is thirty-six, and her flanee thinks her twenty nine. S-.e vants, naturally, to main tain the illusion. "I get such letters every week. I reply, if the stamps are inclosed, that there ls no law against these iles. After all, they do no barru, do they? Yes? No? "There's a law against them In Australia. There, only the other day, a divorce was granted to a man on the plea that his wife had lied about her age to him. She was, It seems, forty-six. but he had thought her only thirty-five." Veetlng County Farmers' /Union. Westminster, March 14.-Special: Tho Oconee County Farmer/v* Union is hereby called to mee st |Donne ross on Friday, March 27th.\ J. C. Strlbling has notified us that.the or some, other good man will be Yhore, and urges that a large attendance from each local be present, as lui ha t a lot of good things to tell us. VRe member tho dato and bo on h?nd promptly at 10.30 o'clock, fast tiree Mr. Strlbling will speak first in tlie morning. Don't miss lt. By order of President J. B. Har ris. A. N. Prichard, I Secretary-Treasure m WM. ASHMEAD COURTENAY. Scholar, Patriot, Capitalist, Ue Will Rc Sadly Missed in Stat?. Columbia. March 17.-Hon. Wil llamm Ashmead Courtenay died to nlKht at 10.14 o'clock at his resi dence on Pendleton street in this oity. He had been in a critical con dition for several days, and the end was not unexpected. The funeral will be held in Char leston, at Grace church, some tiino during Th/Trsday, at an hour to be annou/* V^yater, ' and the interment will bfls fof'agnolia cemetery. friends of Capt J Courtenay have noted his failing strength, but he had, until a few days ago, been on the streets almost every day as usual and took his accustomed keen interest in pub lic affairs. Several days ago, how ever, he was taken ill, and the'disso lution was, from that time on, gradual. This morning it was noticed by his physician that he had loBt ground^ but it was then thought he would live until to-morrow at least. There was no other cause assigned for his death but advanced age. He was in his 78th year. With him at the end was his de voted wife, his two daughters, Mrs. J. M. Bn?erran and Mrs. L. M. lang well, both of Columbia, and two of lils sons, Rev. Carlisle Courtenay, of Columbia, and St. lohn Courtenay, of Newr>. ills t.vo other soi-s Ash mead and Campbell Courtenay, were at Newry. Capt. and Mrs. Courtenay recently observed ?he 53d anniversary of their marriage. One of the most devoted sons South Carolina has ever had has passed away in William Courtenay. He was best known ns Mayor of Charleston, but he has played an important and active part in many phases of life in South Carolina, and has both helped to make and preset ve the history of his State. A Ilusy and Useful Life. The story of Wm. Ashmead Cour tenay's life ls interesting throughout, and marks a development in charac ter and a record of an achievement possible only to a man of his strength. Charleston was the scene of his life's work, and here ho won for himself a fame that became na tional. In 1701 the ancestors of W. A. Courtenay came over to South Caro lina from Newry, Ireland. The grandfather of Mr. Courtenay settled in Charleston. William Ashmead Courtenay was born in Charleston on February 4, 1831, the son of Ed ward Courtenay. Until he was twelve years old, he was educated privately, and then received three years of Instruction at the school of Dr. J. C. Faber, who taught him without remuneration, to reap a de serving reward twenty years later. At the age of fifteen young Courte nay entered the employment of a publishing and bookselling house, where he worked for ten years. His taste for reading here met with satis faction, .?.nd the society ot educated men with whom he met dally proved of great benefit. In 1860 William 'Courtenay, al ready known for his business ability, was offered the business manager ship of the Charleston Mercury. He was then mature and experienced. His management of The Mercury was very successful, and was interrupted only by the call of the South to arms, which he promptly answered. Mr. Courtenay took an active part in the strenuous reconstruction times, and spent the years of 1870 1876 in building up his old corps, the Washington Light Infantry. He had his command to go to Boston in 1875, and while there he did much to get the Hampton government rec ognised by President Hayes, the fruits of his work coming two years later. In 1879 Mr. Courtenay ran for the office of Mayor of Charleston, and served the city for two terms, de clining nomination for a third term in 1887. Tho "Courtenay adminis tration" still stands as a record pe riod, as lt was marked by some great municipal improvements. It was In his second term that the earthquake rocked Charleston. Of peculiar value has been his work of perpetuating the memory of famous men of the city. He had placed in the council chamber busts of Robert Y. Hayne, whose memorial had been neglected for forty-four years; of James L. Pettlgru, at his ov.'n expense; and portraits of Wil liam C. Preston, and Joel R. Point sett. The bust to Timrod, on Wash ington Square Park, was purchased with money from an edition of his poems published by Ex-Mayor Cour tenay. His recent gifts to the Char leston Library Society of his library and portraits of inestimable value swelled the Hst of his benefactions to Charle..;,un. Recognition of his valuable public services was given by the citizens of Charleston in several ways. A mar ble bust of Mayor Courtenay was placed In the office of the Mayor in several months the the city hall December 19, 1888, on which was inscribed the following record: "Mayor of Charleston, 1879-87. As chief magistrate ho administered government with firmness, impartial ity and success, even amid the dis asters - of cyclone and earthquake, signally illustrating the maxim that public office ls public trust. This me morial ls erected by his grateful fel low citizens, December 19, 1888." The Courtenay publlo school was named after him in 1888. He was elected to the board of trustees of the Peabody Educational Trust, In place of Ex-Governor Aiken, deceased, in 1887. After the expiration of his second term as Mayor of Charleston, Mr. Courtenay lived In the city for seve ral years, a useful and valuable citi zen. He later became interested in cotton mills, and lived much at his country home, Innisfallen, at Newry. He spent much time also abroad. Mr/ Courtenay was a Past Master of Landmark Lodge, No. 76, A. F. M.. of Charleston. He had the degree of LL. D. from the University of Tennessee, and also from the University of South Caro lina. He was a member of the South Ca rolina Historical Commission, and also of the commission appointed to improve the grounds of the State House. Mr. Courtenay is survived by a widow, four sons and two daughters. His sons manage the Courtenay Man ufacturing Company, at Newry. Both of his daughters are married and live In Columbia. One hundred dollars paid by Dr. Shoop for any recent case of grippe or acute cold that a 25-cent box of P*eventlcs will not break. How is this for an offer? The doctor's su preme confidence In these little Candy Cold Cure Tablets-Preventlcs-1B 'certainly complete. lt's a $100 against 25 cents-pretty big odds. And Preventlcs, remember, contain no quinine, no laxative, nothing harsh nor sickening. Pneumonia would never appear if early colds were always broken. Safe and sure for feverish children. 48 Preventlcs 25c. J. W. Bell. The Policeman ls Our King. (Minneapolis Journal.) It must make Europeans smile rather bitterly when Americans com miserate them upon the prevalence of regicide and ejaculate piously that America is thankful lt has no kings. Policemen are our kings, and the an archist in going after policemen tell? us plainly as he could in words that ne looks upon the police officer, and especially the one in command, as ? ymbollzlng the established order which he ls sworn to overthrow. In Europe lt is the it lng who typifies uower and law. In America lt ls the policeman. The crazy anarchist has sworn mortal enmity to both. This is Worth Remembering. Whonever you have a cough or cold, just remember that Foley's Honey and Tar will cure it. Do not risk your health by taking any but the genuine. It is in a yellow pack age. For sale by all druggists. TWO AND ONE-HALF CENTS. Blue Ridge and Other Short Lines Mu??t Comply with Imw, (Anderson Mail. ?. Stil.) The Railroad Commission has de clined to recede from its position in regard to enforcing the two and one half cents rate on the Blue Ridge, tho Seaboard Air Line and the Co lumbia, Newberry and Laurens roads President A. B. Andrews, of the Blue Ridge, appeared before the commission last week In regard to the rate on that road, and President Childs for the C., N. & L., and Gene ral Counsel Watts, of the Seaboard, had also made representation to se cure no reduction on these roads. The same rate will, under the com mission's order, be enforced on these roads as on the Southern and Coast Line, with the mileage book provis ion. Given Up to Die.. B. Spiegel, 1204 N. Virginia street, Evansville, Ind., writes: "For over five years I was troubled with kidney and bladder affections which caused me much pain and worry. I lost flesh and was all run down, and a year ago had to abandon work entirely. I had three of the best physicians who did me no good, and I was practically given up to die. Foley's Kidney Cure was recommended and the first bottle gave me great relief, and after tak ing the second bottle I was entirely cured." Why not let lt help you? For salo by all druggists. A Shoe w.is HI? Rank. (Kansas City Star.) W. S. Webb, cashier of the Mis souri Savings Association Bank, had an unusual oxperience with a depos itor recently. The depositor had three $20 bills. The bills were worn through at one ond. evidently from (.ontact with nails in the heel of a sh< e. The depositor said he had boen carnying the bills In his shoes since the financial r-tre>;s begun. Tho bills were sent to vy*- *'T;?on for rtV demotion. J? ? .-ii < i - ' * / > * ? i ri mr, 'BLACK SPORT" DEAD. Atlanta Negro Paid Penalty for Kill ing Patrolman Manier. (Atlanta Constitution, Mai ? 19.) At ll o'clock to the second, Wed nesday morning, In the north wing of the county jail, and on the top floor where the grim gallows always wait for their prey, Andrew Johnson, sometimes known as "Black Sport," convicted of the murder of Patrolman J. A. Manier, in Atlanta on Friday, December 26th last, and given every opportunity for his life that the law knows, dropped through the trap of the scaffold and paid the death pen alty for his crime. Sheriff John W. Nelms himself threw the lever that sent "Black Sport" to his death. The negro dropped straight through the black hole that suddenly yawned beneath his feet, and hung motionless at the end of the taut rope. A minute pass ed, and his shoulders slowly drew up, and his knees bent .with a strain ing quiver. Fourteen minutes after the drop he was pronounced dead. The fall had lacerated his spinal cord and paralyzed him and his death had followed by strangulation. At 11.20 he was cut down. Tribute to Patrolmnn. It was a strange coincidence that Just at the hour that Andrew .'ohn son, or "Bla?k Sport," was paying the death penalty, a police escort was being formed to pay a last trib ute to the victim of his crime by ac companying his body to the train, on which it will be taken to New York for interment In the Masonic cemetery in that city. The body of Officer Manier was removed from a vault at Oakland cemetery on Tues day, and on Wednesday was taken to New York. If you would like to fool some wise coffee critic, who "knows fine coffee on taste and flavor," quietly make for him a batch of Dr. Shoop's "Health Coffee" and serve lt piping hot. It deceived Mrs. Shoop, and will, I believe, deceive any one. And there ls not a grain of real coffee In lt. Health Coffee ls made from pure toasted grains, malt, nuts, etc. Made in a minute-no 20 to 30 minutes tedious bolling. 1% pound? 25c. A. P. Crisp. Aiken County Boy Killed. Aiken, March 18.-Young Dean, the son of a prominent citizen ot Langley, was killed yesterday after noon on the electric car line between Langley and Warrenville. Dean slipped off or ran away from school and got on the Augusta-Alken ex press car. It is supposed that he either fell off or was shaken off, falling on the track and then was run over by the car. The men on the express car, it is said, did not know anything about the matter and the body remained on the track un til the car bound for Aiken came upon it a little later No Case on Record. There is no case on record of a cough or cold resulting in pneumonia or consumption after Foley's Honey and Tar has been taken, as lt will stop your cough and break up your cold quickly. Refuse any but the genuine Foley's Honey and Tar in a yellow package. Contains no opiates and ls safe and sure. For sale by all druggists. In Memory of D. W. Fendley. D. W. Fendley departed this life March 6th, 1908, and was buried at Mount Pleasant on the 7th. He was 73 years old. He served four years in the war in Orr's Regiment, and was wounded In both legs at the battle of . Fredericksburg. The de ceased leaves a wife, one sister, one brother, and was the father of nine children, five of whom are living. He was a member of the Baptist church for 43 years. We sympathize with the family in their sad bereavement. R. L. B. Seneca, March 16, 1908. OA8TOHI, Baan tU ^ m Kind You Haw Aljraya Bo?gjt ttgn*Uis rf ; A Boston weak and sickly? His arms w He didn't have a i entire body. The physich the family for thu Scott's Emu is NOW,, To fec4 til would think be wi blacksmith. ALL DRUCJ U8TS r O/NIJY A I'llX* OF HEMP. M)r. Pitchford Bends Souvenir of the * Atlanta Hanging. Atlanta. March 18.-Editors Cou rier: You will find enclosed a piece of hemp rope that hung Andrew Johnson, or "B'ack Sport," the negro who killed James A.'Manier, a police man, over here two or three months ago. I saw the execution with two or three hundred other per pie. lt was my first experience a hang ing. The trap was sprung at ll o'clock and in fourteen minutes later he was pronounced dead. I was tight over him when they cut him down, and cut off this piece of hemp and am sending it to you. When they were tying his hands behind him and his feet and legs together his legs shook like he was in a chill. He was asked at the scaffold If he had any thing to say, and all he said was that he was ready, and just as he said that Sheriff Nelms touched the trigger that sent him to eternity. Qlve my kindest regards to all of my Walhalla friends, and don't for get The Courier. I enjoy it more than any other paper I read. S. N. Pitchford. Remember that when the stomach nerves fail or weaken, dyspepsia or indigestion must always follow. But strengthen these same weak Inside nerves with Dr. Shoop's Restorative, and then see-how quckly health will again return. Weak heart and kid ney nerves can always be strength ened with the Restorative, where i heart pains, palpitation or kidney weakness is found. Don't drug the stomach, nor stimulate the heart or kidneys. That is wrong. Go to the cause of these ailments. Strengthen these weak Inside nerves with -Dr. Shoop's Restorative and get well. A simple, single test will surely tell. _ , J. W. Bell. .'Shoots Up" People lu Restaurant. Cleveland, Ohio, March 18.-Wm. Krueger, 21 years of age, opened fire on a crowd of men and women in a restaurant last night and instantly^ killed Edward Draudt, 40 years old, severely wounded James Barr, and then attempted to commit sulcde. After the shooting the young man went to the sidewalk and there turn ed the revolver against his own head and fired. It is believed Krueger will die. Previous to the shooting Krueger is said to have stood in a side door leading into a saloon, and from this vantage point scanned the faces of all the occupants of the restaurant. As Barr passed him in the doorway, the police say, Krueger was jostled and opened fire upon Barr, and then turned the revolver aimlessly upon the crowd. A panic ensued, men and women seeking shelter beneath the tables and a lunch counter. It ls believed by the police that Krueger was looking for some par ticular man or woman whom he thought may ha\e been In the res taurant, and that his anger was due largely to jealousy. Oft.000 EMIGRANTS REJECTED. Mr.Straus Says that Steamship Lines Refused Them Passage. - Philadelphia, March 19.-Secre tary of Commerce and Labor Oscar S. Straus, who was In this city yes terday, in an interview on the immi gration question said that more than 65,000 applications for passage to the United States were rejected at the agencies of the several steamship lines in European cities during the last fiscal year, for fear that the character of the applicants was such that the steamship company woulft be compelled by the immigration au thorities of this couhtry to takfe them back to their homes. The secretary spoke freely upon the immigration laws, and contend ed tlmt as they now exist they are so nearly perfect that but few, If any, amendments are necessary, and the people need have no apprehen slvent si u? to the result of their en forcement, which, so far as lay in his power, would be energetic and prompt. schoolboy was tall, ere toft and flabby, itronff muscle in his m who had attended .ty years prescribed ion? tat bov*g nrm you ss apprenticed to a I BOO. AND .-.?LOO. hi. '