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* THE SOLDIER UF 1861-1008. . The soldier is a necessary and dis tinct character in every age and every civilization. In the earliest records we have of any peoples wo find, among them the soldier-in war to | fight, in peace to watch; in war to labor, in peace to wait. He was a product of the natural evolving con ditions of the world. He was pro duced for a distinct purpose, and labored for a definite end. The soldier was never free from the responsibilities imposed by the nation or the tribe. He was often times an advanced slave, glorified by tbonie deed of valor, strength or strat egy. A knight he may have been, wearing the Bpur of the king; a la borer we see him in Egypt's great civilization, when Khufu, called the "Glorious," bagan the construction of the great pyramid of Gazeh. We see him in Macedonia; at his home in Sparta, bidding farewell to mo ther and friends; on the Acropolis, and at Athens, his armor glittering in the sunlight of a Greek day. What would Ninevah or Babylon have boon without him, and what did he at last do for them? He wrought cities out of chaos, and made ruins out of cities; he built empires of human suffering and sighs, and then destroyed them with floods of human blood. In making a world of pro gress he destroyed nations; in estab lishing the religion of Christ he cut through dense pagan practices with the sword. It is at Thermopylae that we see the Persian aud Greek dle like men, one rejoicing at a victory, on? sigh ing over defeat-both heroes. In Gaul with Caesar, in the forum of Rome he proclaims a truth for which he will die. And so we might go on and on and show who took part In the mak ing of history for the world. In war a hero, In peace a statesman; in war a soldier, in peace a citizen. He is everywhere, in every land, In every time; no civilization has a history without the soldier. - So lt seems that the soldier is a part in the great economic plan of creation. We might arrange them In three classes. The coldler of fortune the soldier of adventure, and the sol dier of principle or patriotism. To the last and best belong the South ern soldier of 1861. All praise to him, dead or living. When the clouds gathered the lightning flash of patri otic brotherhood tingled in the breast of every Southerner-the thunder broke in awful cadences over the lives of these men. When the call for volunteers came echoing down through the mountain gorges of Vir ginia, North and Sou Hi Carolina and Tennessee, spreading over the low lands of the cont and middle States; when the day of mustering In came, and our mothers and grandmothers handed to the boys in gray the sword or musket that spoke the words "war" and "death;" when, with eyes full of tears-those holy crystals of the soul-they prayed God's blessing upon them; when the train moved out of the station, amid the shouts of "God bless you;" when a quiet foll upon the town so appall ing, so sacreM; when this occurred, was lt anything but love, duty or patriotism that bade the star in man's life move on to battle with a foe for a principle? What was it that took him from home and loved ones but the saving of that home, the saving of honor of a land, and the preserving untinged the flag of a proud people? Into the war, into the night sped the cars bearing the braves. What was it that gave the men to their fate, when on tho field of battle, counting the moments by the blood drops from his side, he called to his comrades, "Don't give up, boys," and died? When man after man-yes, hundreds, thousands- fell in the conflict of might and numbers against right and home; when after the struggle a calm fell, peace declared, and, though lt was Uko a dove, her wings made a shadow deep and long upon the faco of our fair land-over men, ragged, tired and hungry, over-pow ered, not beaten, turned homeward alas, whero were the homos? These men, who had fought with patriotic fury, suffered privations unequaled, mel the Issue, and then put down the musket for the hoe, the saber for tho plow, the sword for the pen, and revived. Who can say these were soldiers of fortune or soldiers of adventure? Wot one. They were glorious, they were grand In their efforts for a no ble principle, nurtured In the pure i<oll of a Southern heart and blos somed under the bullet showers of a battlefield. These wore men-the full measure and stature of perfect men-born to meet any situation contrary to Lincoln's philosophy. Let us who feel the thrill of South ern patriotism only through a fa ther's or a mother s experiences be not Indifferent to the truths of his tory-the fact too often perverted. Rather let us, Join hands with those who fought, those who suffered, and fing praises to a glorious cause. __ Hu?. Unie, like a river, carries off the jagged edges of sentiment and hatred between two great nations. AB the years pass on, they carry far ther away the scenes and schisms of other days. The two flags have been rewoven luto ono; the Southern boy has gone into the war service of the United Staten, wearing the blue coat, but the gray hat. He belongs to one of the three classes. He ls known as the American soldier. His is not that patriotism which inspired his father or uncles. His is a desire to do hie country a service, and gain for himself a name for heroism. Though he wear the blue and march to the tune of "Yankee Doodle," If a Southerner-a true Southerner he will be forever. In Manila he is an American vol unteer soldier, but he is more-he is a Southern American voluuteer sol dier. The American soldier ls the product of a nation which rould not \s eu i a joke. The Anglo-Saxon was born to govern, to be free, to create, to build a social and political struc ture, mighty and masterful. The soldier of to-day has the old-time en thusiasm of his race. He fights as hard, he goes into battle urged by the Bame zeal; he Ares, falls' or dies in the same way. The soldier blood of forefather flows In the boys of 1908. At King's Mountain, at Bunker Hill, at Chlck amauga and at Franklin their ances tors fought amid the killed and wounded. The sword scar in the father's breast hae its impress upon the hearts of the boys of to-day. The battle cry is not hushed, the tramp of feet not still; the desire to rise, go and meet the enemy, ls only sleep ing, like the picket at bis post. But one rustle among the dry leaves, one motion of a bough, and an army is awake, ready to march. The saldier of fortune seldom reaps his reward. So lt is with the soldier of adventure. But the soldier of duty, of patriotism, oftentimes re turns a victor to wear the honors of a nation's admiration, or else he falls, fighting for a principle taught at the flreslde at home. He dies a man, and In the winding sheet of a nation's love ls laid to rest under the sky; no flowers but the stars, the "forget-me-nots of the angels;" no monument but the hills, God's senti nels to the plains; no tears but the showers of the sky; no prayers but the sighing of the wind through the pines. The blending of the old spirit of 1861 with the new of 1908 makes the soldier of the present a manly man, a soldierly soldier. He is a creature of interest everywhere; he wears a halo no other can hope to gain. Why do we say that? Because he is linked In our minds with sol diers of other days, and in reflecting upon him we weave a subtle charm In which we And the knights of other days. This true Southern American soldier bears our national colors In life, he wears them in death, and with angels and archangels and all the company of heaven, his soul passes into the great beyond; his body laid to sleep beside a kinsman, who died as he died, Aghting for his country. I believe that where a soldier left his home and all that was dear and sacred to defend his country, actu ated from pure motives, as* did the Confederate soldier, and fell in bat tle, is, by some means, by the bound less grace and mercy of God, over yonder across the river under the shade of the trees, and that it is well with him. The curse of God is pro nounced upon a people that will not flght for their . country wSen it is necessary. "Curse ye Meroz," said the angel of tho Lord, 'Curse ye bitterly th? inhabitants thereof, because they came not to the help of the Lord, tc the help of the Lord against th? mighty." J. Russell Wright. Walhalla, S. Q. State of OhioTcit'y'?f Toledo, Lucas County. Frank J. Cheney makes oath thal he is senior partner of the Arm oi F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business lr the city of Toledo, county and Statt aforesaid, and that said Arm will pas the sum of One Hundred Dollars foi each and every case of catarrh thai cannot be cured by the use of Hall'i Catarrh Cure. . Frank J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and subscrib ed in my presence, this 6th day o December, A. D. 1886. (Seal.) A. W. Gleason, Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken In ternally, and acts directly on tin blood and mucous surfaces of thi system. Send for testimonials free F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists. 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stlpatlon. Five Squnre Miles of Timber Bunts Winston-Salem N C , April 17. Nows'hae boon received here of a dis astrou8 Are which swept over tb Bluo Ridge mountains Saturday burning more than Ave square mllof Roaring Gap Hotel and other build (ngti wor0 saved by hard work. Th damage to timber and pasture fence is considerable. OAS Tf5*<"> nxA. Boan tb? j^lhe Kind You Hm Alway? Bocg) Sr It Builds PA! J-Sl KND OP FAMOUS WRITERS. ? Kif ? rary Geniuses Who Died Misera My Poor and is?etitute. That Ouida should have died as she did In poverty and loneliness, an exile, though a voluntary one, from the land of her birth, was an un doubtedly pitiful ending to au ex ceptionally brilliant career. Equally sad has been the fate reserved for some literary geniuses in vhe past. For instance, Richard, the gifted noet, died in a debtor's prison at ^ri ,tol, after enduring the pangs of reiuji-starvation for years. Chatter ton, driven desperate through hun ger, poisoned himself at the age of 18. Swift died mad, as be had all along predicted he would. Dr. Dodd, whose "Beauties of Shakespeare" is well known, was hanged foi forgery. George Gissing, after suffering hardships that embit tered hiij whole existence, died just as fame was beginning to be asr-ured to him. Stow, i he famous antiquarian, au thor vt the "Survey of London.-' be came in his old age a licensed beg gar, asking alms from door to door "through thirty-six counties." Wy cherly, from being the spoiled Idol of society, fell to the lowest depths of destitution, and was eventually con signed to the Fleet Prison for debt, where he remained seven years. Cot ton also spent many years in n debt ors' prison, and eventually died there by his own hand. Robert Burns, writing only four teen days before his death, Implored his friend Cunningham to use his in fluence with the commissioners of ex cise in order to get his salary raised from ?35 a year to ?50, "otherwise if I die not of disease, I must periph with hunger." Ll?rente, the learned and talented historiographer of the inquisition, was glad during the close of hie bril liant, but unfortunate career, to hire himself out for a few sous a night, to keep watch over the dead bodies at the Paris morgue, and died eventu ally of starvation. Camoens begged his bread from door to door until compelled to take refuge In an alms house, wehre he died. It is told of Ben Johnson that when In his last illness King Charles sent him a small sum of money he return ed it. ' 'Ie.sends me so miserable a donation," cried the dying poet, "be cause I am poor and live in an alley Go and tell him his soul lives in an alley." Very sad was the fate of Ulrich von Hutten, one of the greatest writ ers Germany has ever produced. Un able to earn a living, he was reduced to tramping through the country, begging food and shelter from the peasants One bitter winter's night he was refused both, and next morn ing was found frozen stiff and cold In the drifting SP JW outside the vil lage. "The on'/ thing he died pos sessed of besides the rags ve wore,' says his biogiCr^er, ZuingliUB, "wai a pen." Saint-Simon, the celebrated French author who wrote "The Reorganiza tion of European Society," was twice driven by want to attempt his own life, and although he died a natural death ir. the end it was among the most lamentable surroundings. "Foi fifteen days," he says, writing to friend just before the end came, ' have lived upon bread and water, without a fire; I have even sold my clothes." "Health Coffee" ls really the clos est coffee Imitation ever yet pro duced. This clever coffee substitute was recently produced by Dr. Shoop, of Racine, Wis. Not a grain of real coffee in it either. Dr. Shoop'E Health Coffee ls made from pure toasted grains, with malt, nuts, etc. Really lt would fool an expert-who might drink lt for coffee. No 20 or 30 minutes tedious bolling. "Made in a minute," says the doctor. Sold by A. P. CrlBp. Two Alaskan Miners Find 900,000. Seattle, Wash., April 17.-A dis patch from Fairbanks. Alaska, says that word has been received there that two men who made the recent rich strike on Nolan creek, In Koyu, have already panned out $G0,000 and that they only took the pans from bed rock, tho gravel going to bli I ld up a big dump to be washed u?; in the spring. Boars th? _ The Kind You Haw Always Boqtfl 6lgn*turo et What ls medicine fe But one medicine w medicines act on diff?ra another to the spine. Wi Win has proven so efflcaciou Mr?, Wm, Tumor, cf Bart? without relief. My back and h< I took Wino of Cardul and nov WRITE US A LETTO WOMAN KILLED UV THAIN. Crushed to Death by Locomotive In Sight of Many People. Sumter, April 15.-A horrible ac cident ocourred this morning In the passenger yard of the Atlantic Coast Lino, near the Magnolia street cross ing, in plain view of immy people at the depot. A colored woman named Lizzie Mazyck was crushed to death by the incoming passenger train from Charleston. Prom information re ceived it appears that the unfortu nate woman was walking between the truces with her little girl us tho train came around the bend She stepped on the track, evidently not noticing that the incoming train was on the same track and was struck oy the pilot of the locomotive . and thrown to one side of the eugine. She was caught by the wheels of tho train and one of her legs belov. the knee was crushed and her le't foot also terribly mashed. Alt hei gh everything possible was done tor her by the physicians she died thi& after noon. Some witnesses say that her little child had left her side md the woman, missing thc child attempted to cross thc track ?n searer of the child. Weak women get prompt and last ing help by using Dr. Shoop's Night Cure. These soothing, healing, anti septic suppositories, with full infor mation how to proceed, are inter estingly told of in my book "No. 4 for Women." The book and strictly confidential medieal advice is entire ly free. Simply write Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis., for my book No. 4. Sold by J. W. Bell. Collected Old War Claims. Washington, April 15.-Wyatt Aiken has succeeded in collecting, through the War Department, two claims for $135 each for two old Confederate soldiers of his district, whose property was taken by Union soldiers during the war. These are in favor of George W. Owens, of Ea8ley, Plckens county, who was a member of Company K, Hampton Legion, and E. O. Hopkins, of Pen dleton, Anderson county, who was a member of Company C, Fourth South Carolina Cavalry. Tho time for filing these claims and similar ones expired April, 1907, but these two were filed before then. They were turned down once or twice, but Mr. Alkn finally eucceeded in getting them through. Zach McGhee. The Story of a Medicine. Its name-"Golden Medical Discovery* was suggested by ono of Its most import ant and valuable Ingredients - Golden Seal root. Nearly forty yoars ago, Dr. Pierce dis covered that ho could, by the use of pure, trlplo-refinod glycerine, aided by a cer tain degree of constantly maintained heat and with tho aid of apparatus and appliances designed for that purpose, ex tract from our most valuable native me dicinal roots tholr curative properties much better than by tho use of alcohol, so generally employed. So the now world famed "Golden Medical Discovery," for the cure of weak stomach. Indigestion, or dyspepsia, torpid liver, or biliousness and kindred d?rangements was first made, as ?r?nget lt ever si nie has of alcohol in Its mal A glancoVatath ents, printed ol. w^cx > will show that lt. u foi??? from the most valuable medicinal roois\found ?rowing In our American foresta?)/" rrodlcnt* haye received the ^rQT^es^? TV QB ii i f ii tunuu, i?m n, without a particle nu'list of Its Ingredl ehf bottle-wrapper, ; ol these endorsements BM boon compiled by Dr. R. V. Plerco, of Buffalo, N. Y., and will bo mallod free to any ono asking samo by postal card, or lotter addressed to tho I)octor as above. From these endorsements, coplod from standard medical books of all the differ ent schools of practico, lt will bo found that tho Ingredients composing tho "Gold en Medical Discovery * aro advised not only for tho euro of the above mentioned diseases, but also for tho euro of all ca tarrhal, bronchial and throat affections, accompainod with catarrhal discharges, hoarseness, sore throat, lingering, or hang-on-couahs, and all those wasting afToctlons which, If not promptly and properly treated aro Hablo to terminate in consumption. Tako Dr. Pierce's Dis covery In tltno and persevero In Its use until you give lt a fair trial and lt is not likely to disappoint. Too much roust not bo expected of lt. It will not perform miracles. It will not cure consumption In Its advanced stages. No medicino will. It wtll euro the affections that lead up to consumption, ll taken in time. Will cure any case beyond the reach of >r? Tocureyou, If slcktyou? ill not cure every kind of sd it parts of the body. One nv Ine of Cardul to the womanly < e of Ga s In most cases of womanly dis xwllte. M., writes: "I suffered for years i ?rt would hurt m% and I suffered agony ' I ?m In good health," Seid everywhere, i Coal Mine Blown Vp. Durango, Col., April 16-Following an anonymous letter, giving warn ing that unless the Champion coal mine was made safe by repairs lt would be blown up, an explosion In the mine yesterday after, oon com- 1 oletely wrecked the workings and perhaps fatally injured three persons. After the warning State Superinten dent Logan made an Inspection, de claring the mine to be entirely safe. Ibis May Interest You. No one is immune from kidney trouble, so just remember that Fo ley's Kidney Cure will stop the ir regularities s nd cure any case of kidney and bladder trouble that is not beyond the reach of medicine. Sold by all druggists. ?LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.. NOTICE TO DEBTORS and CRED ITORS.-All persons Indebted to the Estate of Jas. A. Harbert, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all persons having claims against said estate will present the same, duly attested, with in the time prescribed by law, or be barred. JAMES JOHNS HARBERT, 16-19 Administrator. NOTICE OF FINAIi SETTLE MENT AND DISCHARGE.-Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will make application to D. A. Smith, Esq., Judge of Probate fer Oconee County, in the State of South Caro lina, at his office, Walhalla Court House, on Friday, 15th day of May, 1908, at ll o'clock in the fore noon, or as soon thereafter as said application can be heard, for leave to make final settlement of the estate of James A. Harbert, deceased, and ob tain a final discharge as the qualified administrator of said deceased. JAMES JOHNS HARBERT, 16-19 Administrator. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF OCONEE. In Court of Common Pleas. Mrs. Paree Susan Gordon, Plaintiff, against Annie James Perryman and Ira L. Burley, as Guardian of the Estate. Of the said Annie James Perry man, Defendants. Summons for Relief-(Complaint Served. ) To the Defendants Above Named: You are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is here with served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office, on the Public Square, at Walhalla Court House, South Caro lina, within twenty days after the ser vice hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to an swer tho complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated this 14th day of April, 1908. [Seal] C. R. D. BURNS, C. C. P. R. T. JAYNES, Plaintiff's Attorney. April 15. 1908. 16-19 NOTICE TO TEACHERS. The next Teachers' Examination will be held in the Walhalla Court House on Friday, May 15th, 1908. The examination will be opened at 9 a. m. and will close as soon after 6 p. m. as the nature of the work will allow. No certificates will be given to any who will not be governed by the rules of the examination. Very respectfully, s C. L. CRAIG, County Superintendent of Education. April 8, 1908._15-20 SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE. By virtue of an execution to me directed in the case of John D. Ver lier et al., against Nancy Emiline King e: al., I will sell, to the highest bidder, at public auction, In front of the -Court House door, In Walhalla, S. C., on MONDAY, the 4th day* of MAY, 1908, within tho legal hours of sale, the life estate of the Defend ant Nancy Emiline King in all that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, i situate, lying and being In tho Coun ty of Oconee, in the State of South Carolina, adjoining lands of T. N. Hall, John Collins, Southern Wood land Company and others, containing eight hundred acres, moro or less, and being the tract of land known as the William King homestead place. Levied on as the property of Nancy Emiline King. Terms: CASH. W. M. KAX. , Sheriff Oconee County, S. C. April 8, 1908. 15-18 MM OJ of Kidney pr Bladder Dil nedicine. No medicine can SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. say. ickness, because different sdicine goes to the' liver, organs. So that is why rdui ?ase. Try it. ri th famalo disease*, and doctored erith bearing-down pains. At lest la $1.00 bottles. rated Dook ?or Worn?. N yea DMS MeAcst mi.?!? ? mi i nil.?laiimiHiiii WANTED.-Second-hand bags and burlap; any kind, any Quantity, any where; we pay freight. Richmond Bag Co., Richmond, Va._2i . NOTICE. FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN One House and Lot in Walhalla known, as the John Keese house, near the Court House; also one va cant lot, Joining above. Will sell as a whole or separately. Easy terms. Call on or address D. I. MULKEY, Westminster, S. C. April 8. 1908._15-18 SHERIFF'S SALES. By virtue of executions to me di rected by W. J. Schroder, Treasurer of Oconee County, South Carolina, I will sell, to the highest bidder, at Walhalla Court House, on salesday In MAY next, being the 4th day of the month, the following lots of land for taxes, to wit: Two lots in the town of Walhalla, belonging to J. A. Erwin, adjoining lots of W. F. Hughes and others. One lot in the town of Westmin ster, belonging to Berry Sanders, ad joining lots of Ike Woods and others. Terms: CASH. Purchasers to pay extra for deeds. W. M. KAY, Sheriff Oconee County. April P. 1908._15-18 NOTICE TO TRESPASSERS. All persons are hereby warned not to hunt, Ash, graze or let stock run at large, or trespass In any manner whatsoever upon my lands In Keowee Township, Oconee county. All per sons disregarding this notice will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. M. B. FINLEY. Salem, S. C., April 1, 1908. 14-17? SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF OCONEE. Summons for Relief-(Complaint Served.) E. L. Rogers, Plaintiff, against J. W. Todd, Defendant. I To the Defendant Above Named: You are hereby summoned and .re quired to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is here with server upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said com- ? plaint on the subscribers, at their' office, on the Publ'^ Square, at Wal halla C. H., South Minn, within twenty days after ti * ~ vice hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the com plaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff In this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded In the complaint. Dated this 3d day of April. 1908. (Seal) C. R. D. BURNS, C. C. P. STRIBLING & DENDY, , Plaintiff's Attorneys. April 8,' 1908. 15-20 Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Cures Colds, Croup and Whooping Cough. SUMMONS FOB RELDSi . THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF OCONEE, Court of Common Pleas. Summons for Relief-(Complaint Served.) Annie T. Moss, Plaintiff, against Vinnie M. Smith, as Heir-at-Law and Administratrix of James I. Smith, deceased, Rex Smith, Viola May Smith and James T. Smith, De fendants. To the Defendants Above Named: You are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy ls here with served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said com plaint on the subscriber, at his office, on the Public Square, at Walhalla Court House, South Carolina, within twenty days after tne service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the com plaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the reltef demanded In the complaint. Dated this 9th day of March, 1908. [Seal] C. R. D. BURNS, C. C. P. J. B. S. DENDY, Plaintiff's Attorney. To the Defendant Minnie M. Smith: Take notice, that unless you pro cure tho appointment of a Guardian ad Litern to appear and defend this action on behalf of the infant De fendants, Rex Smith, Viola May Smith and James T. Smith, within twenty days after service of the Sum. mona herein upon you, an applica tion will be made to the Court to ap point some suitable person to appear and defend tho above entitled action in their behalf. J. B. S. DENDY, Plaintiff's Attorney. April Xi 1908. 14-19 FOLEYSnONEYHTAl Cures Ooldsi Prevente Pneumonia Cures Backache Corrects Irregularities Do not risk having sease not Bright's Disease do more. or Diabetes RE