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BATTLE OF ?TT THE BEGINNING OE THE BLOODY i A MFA IG N OF 1804-CHANT MAKES HIS l l IlsT STKIKE AT LEE. Hy J. Hussell Wright. (First Paper.) Gen. Ulysses S. Grant had been ap pointed Commander-in-Chief of the armies of the United States, and had taken command In person of the Army of tho Potomac, confronting Gen- Lee on the Rapidan. This was the death struggle when Grant faced Lee. Before the curtain rises, and the cannon begin to roar, let us glance at the relative numbers and the pro gram of the Federnl leader. Grant's "available force for duty, May 1st, 1804," was, according to the Fede ral Secretary of War, 141,166 men. Lee's force, "present for duty," as his army rolls will show, was 52, 626 men. Lee afterwards received about 10,000 reinforcements from Beauregard's column. Grant receiv ed about 50,000. With about 62, 000 men Lee repulsed the attacks Of Grant with about 200,000 men, from the Rapiden to Petersburg, inflicting a loss on his adversary, by the Fede ral statement, of more than 60,000 men. These numbers may be denied, but the proof ls on record. Grant In tended to "hammer continuously," as he wrote President Lincoln, and crush his adversary at whatever ex pense of blood and money. From 1861 to 1864 war had been war, such as tho world understood it. Pitched linttloR had boon fought and won. Grant had determined to change all that. It had been tried and failed. The army of the United States was his sledge hammer. He was going to clutch that weapon, strike at Lee's crest and try to end him. "The rebellion must be crush ed;" the sledge hammer must strike until Lee's keen rapier was shatter ed. The hammer must beat down the rapier, or fall from the grasp of him who wielded lt. Such was the program of Grant. It was not war in the old acceptation of the term. It was not taught by Jomlnl or prac ticed by Nappleon. Grant was not a great commander, but he was a man of clear brain. He saw that brute force could alone shatter the Army of Northern Virginia; that to wear it away by attrition, exhaust its blood, drop by drop, was the only thing left. And he had the courage to adopt that plan. To come buck to the events on the Rapidan: Grant crosses the river. Lee is ready for the great collision as Grant moves through the Wilder ness. Lee is going to strike at him; the fifty thousand are going to order the one hundred and forty thousand to halt, tirant had no thought of fighting in the Wilderness. The two tigers were watching each other, and one was about to spring. Gen. Lee's great mind competed with matter, (.mut Strikes His First Blow. Grant crossed the Rapidan on the 4th day of May, 1864. with what re sembled a countless host. Heavy masses of blue Infantry, with glitter ing bayonets, huge parks of rifled artillery, with (.heir surrounding can noneers, long columns of horsemen, armed with sabre and repea* lng car bines, made I he earth shake and the woods echo with their heavy tramp, mingled with the roll of wheels. In front of them a little army of gaunt and ragged men looked on and wait ed, without resenting their advance. Did they Intend to dispute the pass age of that multitude toward Rich mond? That was exactly the inten tion of Lee. lntsead of retreating Lee advanced and delivered battle. The first collision took place on the 5th of May, when the Federal army was massing in the Wilderness. Lee's aim waa plainly to shut up Grant in the Wilderness, and drive him back beyond the Rapidan or destroy him. Gen. Lee knew that Grant could not use lils cannon and cavalry, and on the 5th day of May, 1 864, the two armies met In the triangle and grappled with each other. Hancock directed tho assault here, and we have Gen. Lee's testimony to the fact that the Federal attempts to drive back Gon. Hill were "repeated and desperate." All failed. Hill stub bornly held his ground. At night the enemy withdrew and gave Up further attempts on that day to make any headway. The fighting for tho day was over. The two tigers had drawn back and crouched down, bleeding and pant ing heavily, resting and gathering new strength for the fiercer conflict of the next day. From tho thickets rose tho stifled hum of tho two hosts. Grant wroto to Lincoln, "Tho re bellion must be crushed If lt hurls a hundred thousand mon Into bloody graves. That would be jn fortunalo, but unavoidable. The struggle will horrify the world. But those things are Important." [Tho Wilderness is a forest land of about fifteen miles square, lying IE WILDERNESS/' between Orange Court House and Fredericksburg. It is broken occa sionally by small farms, and two roads-the Orange plank road and the turnpike-which are cut at right angles by the Qermania road, nearly parallel-open ways through lt be tween FrederlckBburg and tho Court House. The Gormauia Ford road joins the Brock road, the strategic line of the milli cry zone, and cross ing the turnpike at Wilderness Tav ern and the Plank road about two miles south of that point. In my next letter I will give a description of the second day's battle in this jungle -unlike any other hogtie known to history.] J. Russell Wright. Will Appeal In Kirk Case. The board of health of the city of Aiken will appeal the case of Miss Kirk, the alleged leper, to tho Su preme Court. Notice has been given by Hendersons, attorneys for the board of health, to Croft & Croft and Sawyer & Owens, attorneys for Miss Kirk. Tho matter to be decided ls whether or not the Aiken board of health can remove Miss Kirk to the city hospital from the city lipdts. Miss Kirk refused to be moved to the hospital, and the board was serv ed with an injunction when removal was attempted. The Injunction hear ing was held before Judge Aldrich at Barnwell and by his ordor the tem porary injunction continues until a further order of the court is issued. The proceedings of tho hearing will be printed in a brief and the case will go before the Supreme Court. In the meantime, Miss Kirk remains at her residence on Main streot by order of Judge Aldrich. A Religious Author's Statement. Rev. Jos. H. Fesperman, Salisbury, Ni C. who is the author of several books, writes: "For several years 1 was afflicted with kidney trouble and last winter I was suddenly stricken with a severe pain in my kidneys and was confined to bed eight days,unable to get Up without assistance. My urine contained a thick white sedi ment and I passed same frequently dny and night. I commenced taking Foley's Kidney Remedy, and the pain gradually abated and finally ceased and my urine became normal. I cheerfully recommend Foley's Kid ney Remedy." J. W. Bell, Walhalla; Stonecypher Pharmacy, Wea tm! hater. Snow Fell on Children. Sanford, Me., Feb. 18.-One hun dred children were buried in a snow slide in the grounds In Lincoln school at Springdale to-day. Fifty were Injured and four are in a criti cal condition. A ton of snow from the roof of a building fell on them. Many Corpses Taken from Wreck. WelMngton, N. Z., Feb. 14.-Fifty two bodies have been recovered from the wrecked steamer Penguin of the Union Steamship Company of Well ington, which went on the rocks Fri day night off Terawhiti. Six of those aboard the Penguin are unaccounted for. In all tile passengers and crew numbered about 100. ?O J3k. STO ?,:z. X -A.. Sw, th? J* I?9 Wwi You Ha>o Always I lincoln's Head on One-Cent Pieces. The United States mint in Phila delphia will in a few days destroy the dies from which the present one cent pieces are made and will sink new dies with a bronze medal design of the head of Abraham Lincoln as ordered hy the treasury department. To Dam tin* Savannah River. Washing.on, Feb. 26.-Represen tative Aiken has introduced n bill authorizing the construction of a dam across the Savannah river at or near the mouth of Slovens creek, be tween the counties of Edgefleld. South Carolina, and Columbia, Geor gia. J. L. Hankinson and N. B. Dial are the parties interested. Million Dollar Endowment. Charlottesville, Va., Feb. 22.-A million dollar endowment for the University of Virginia is now an ac complished fact. The news with brief details ha? been communicated to the faculty by President Alder man, but the public announcement will not be made until Founders' Day. Andrew Carnegie has sub scribed five hundred thousand dol lars on condition that a like amount be raised. During Alderman's visit to New York the mark was roached without appropriations of bequests. A Worthless Check a Misdemeanor. Columbia, Feb. 25.-Tho Legisla ture to-day gave the final reading to the bill making it a misdemeanor to give a worthless check and not make it good in 30 days, and the hill will become a law. Lo, tho Poor Benedict ! It's "Hubby, put the cat out," And lt's "Dearie, fix the range " It's "Have you wound tho clock, love?" And lt's "Have you any change?" It's "Hook mo up the back, pet," And "Lock the collar door." And lt's "Do bo careiul not to spill Those ashes on the floor." So lot the bumper circulate And quaff a mournful glass Unto the humble Benedict. Alas! Alas! Alas! -New York Herald. ? DOING rm MI DUTY. Scores of Walhalla Readers aro Learning thc Duty of the Kidneys. To huoi" the blood ls the kidneys* duty. When they tull to do this the kid neys are sick. Backache and many kidney ills follow; Urniary trouble, diabetes. Doan's Kidney Pills cure them all. 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C., Feb. 19.-Janies A. Reed was shot this morning ?about ?) o'clock by N. W. Carter. The trou ble grew out of an old feud of some year's standing over a disputed land corner. Reed and Carter, in com pany with li. S. Spires, were all near Hits disputed site of land. Reed was shot In the left side just above the hll> l" front, two balls entering with in three inches of each other. Reed I ed until 3.15 p. m. to-day. Car ier went to Ornngeburg at once to .ive himself up to the sheriff. Reed eaves a wife and several children. A. Lazy Liver May bo only a tired liver, or a starved liver. It would be a stupid as well aa savago thing to boat a weary or starved man because he lagged in his work. So in treating the hinging, torpid liver lt is a groat mistake to lash it with strong drastic drugs. A torpid liver ia but an Indication of an ill-nourished, enfeebled j body whose organs aro woary with over work. Start with tho stomach and allied organs of digestion and nutrition. 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Crum, the negro collector of customs at Charles ton, should not be reappointed, but a white man given the position, Crum to be given a pince In the Treasury Department here, or taken care of in some other way, he said: "I have not seen President-elect Taft nor communicated with him on the subject. I dou't care a damn what they do with Crum. They have a lot of niggers up here In Washing ton In olllclal positions and they can .give Crum a job here or not, as they please. All 1 Insist on is that a white man be appointed collector of cus toms at Charleston." The Preacher In Politics. (Nows and Courier.) In his speech at the University of Pennsylvania on Washington's birth day, Mr. Taft paid a high tribute to the ministry, tn tho early days throughout this country, and par ticularly In New longland, the min isters "exercised a most powerful In fluence which was of a distinctly po litical character." At Huit time New longland, as Mr. Taft said, "might almost bo called a 'theocracy,' " and the minister In the community was the highest authority as to what the law should be and how it ought to bo enforced. Great changes have come since that day. "Then the min istry, because of the rewards lu the way of influence, power and promi nence attracted the ablest of educat ed minds," but there bas been a radi cal change in the position and influ ence of the ministry. The spirit of education and independent thinking, the wide diffusion of knowledge and news by the press, the Increased re wards and Influence of other voca tions have all had their effect In at tracting much of tho best talent of the country from the ministry to other pursuits. Mr. Taft believer that the profession of the ministry ought to have a very direct effect upon the conditions in this world rather than be wholly confined to the concerns of the next, and he re gards lt as a distinct loss to society that the ablest young men are not seeking the ministry, but be does not think that the pulpit has lost Its Influence upon the publie conscience. He thinks that the ministers have not always been discreet, that the ten dency among some of their number who have taken part in political af fairs and in seeking governmental reforms has been to "demand too close a realization of their ideals and an unwillingness to give up the ac complishment of some for decided progress lu others," and just to the extent that they have done so does he think that they have placed a lim itation upon their usefulness. That ls all very well said and very Interesting. "No matter how excel lent his motives," say* the New York Sun In speaking of the political ac tivities of the minister, "lie ls often In no position to direct a layman as to politics. Perhaps lt would be just to say that the laity has risen rather than that the clergy has fallon." This ls practically the Idea that Mr. Taft had in his mind. Hut the minister has always been regarded in this re gion as set apart for a particular work. He cannot be a merchant, or a lawyer, or a broker, or a mechanic because his relation to the commu nity is sacred and, therefore, in a large sense wholly spiritual. This was the view, at any rate, that ob tained in South Carolina nuder the Constitution of 1790, which contains this explicit and wholesome declara tion: "Section 23. And, whereas, the ministers of the Gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the cure of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function; there fore, no minister of the Gospel, or public preachor, of any religious per suasion, whilst he continues in the exercise of his pastoral functions, shall be eligible to the office of Gov ernor, Lieutenant Governor, or to a seat in the Senate or the House of Representatives." That declaration was written Into tho Constitution of this Stnte ono hundred and nineteen years ago, and we doubt that anything has been gained for good living, lofty think ing and high purpose since tho preachers In this State began to take an active part lu practical politics. Has there been any Improvement, In fact, In the character of our citi zenship, In the ability and Integrity of our public servnnts, In tho effect iveness of our legislation, In tho ad ministration of our public affairs since tho interdict upon clerical par ticipation in politics was removod In South Carolina? FOLEYSI?ONE?HrAR Ours? OeldSi Prevents Pneumonia A Simple Remedy Oardui is a purely vegetable extract, a simple, non-intoxicating remedy, recommended to girls and j women, of all ages, for womanly pains, irregularity, falling feelings, nervousness, weakness, and any| other form of sickness, peculiar to females. TAKE CARDIN It WUl Help You J ?? Mrs. ?. 0. Beaver, of Unicoi, Route No. 1, Mar bieton, Tenn., writes: "1 suffered with bearing down pains, feet swelled, pain in right side, headache, pains in shoulders, nervous palpitation, and other troubles I cannot mention, but I took Wine of Cardui and have found it tho best 2U.*rMcine I ever used, for female troubles." Try Oardui. AT ALL DRUG- STORES THAIN IlOllllKltS I 'OILED. Express A'j**iit, A flor Duel in Dark, limits Three Bandits. Mount Airy, N. C., Feb. 20.-She riff Haynes, of Surry county, has boen out with a posse all doy looking for three robbers, who were frus trated in an attempt to hold up a Southern Railway passenger train last night at a water tank near Ara rat station, nine miles south of here, by Express Messenger Tom Hubbard, who, when ordered lo hold up his hands,, threw them up only to turn out the lights, reach for his gun and begin shooting. Hubbard and the robber exchang ed several shots before tho robber fled. Two companions of the robber, who wore In the two passenger coaches ran off precipitately upon rearing the shots fired In the express car. Ararat ls situated in a lonely spot close to the Ararat river and just op posite a big bluff, a part of the Blue Ridge mountains, and an ideal spot for just such a hold-up. Plant Wood's Seeds For The Garden 6 Farm. 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This ls a far-fetched reason for withholding from those old veterans who have no means of support and no relatives to care for them the bounty the State ls justly due them. Members of tho Legisla ture who opposed tho appropriation pretended to seo in tho institution the means of humiliating the vete rans who would become inmates (hereof, ignoring the disagreeable rael, which ls a crying shame and a disgrace io the State, that dozens of these old men who wore the gray are already forced In their poverty to live In county poor houses- Truly the Almighty does seem to have placed heads on the shoulders of some people solely for the sake of conformity. Suit Against Ex-Queen "Lil." Washington, Feb. 24.-Ex-Queen Liliuokalani, of Hawaii, otherwise Mrs. Lydia Hominis, to-day was sued in tho Supreme Court by. Dr. Chas. M, English to recover $11,600, al leged to bo due him on account of breach of contract In the payment of a medical bill. Tho plaintiff alleges that he accompanied the ex-queen to the Hawaiian Islands as private phy sician under a contract to receive $300 a month and expenses and a bonus, and that defendant broke the contract. Blacksmith and Repair Shop. I have opened, In connection with my other business, a Blacksmith and Repair Shop, on the Corner of Main and Tugaloo streets, opposite C. Li. Reid old stand, and keep al ways on hana all kinds of Material, Paint, etc., ready to do your work while you walt. Can build you a Wagon any size, and guarnatee sat isfaction, Repair and Paint your Bug gies and Carraiges. New Cushions, Extra Wheels, Tops, etc., kept in stock. Horse-shoeing a specialty, and if not satisfactory I do lt for nothing. Give me a trial and see if I don't do tho work right. W. M. BROWN, WALHALLA, 8. C. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. Farm Lands, Mountain Lands, Timbered Lands, Water Powers. Call on me M. S. STRIBLING Seneca, S. C. Office Over Seneca Hardware C?. \>. M. FENNELL, Latid Surveyor, Route No. 1, - - Walhalla, S. C. QUICK SERVICE-QOOD WORK. REASONABLE PRICE. February 17, 1909. 19* NOTICE TO DEBTORS and CRED ITORS.-AP persons indebted te the Estate of Jesse Lay, Sr., deceased, aro hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all persons hav ing claims against said estate will present tho samo duly attested within the time prescribed by law or be barred. J'JSSE LAY, JR., Qir.lifted Administrator. Tamasseo, P. C., R. F. D. No. 1. Februaiy 17, 1909. 7-10 NOTICE. I have for sale an Engine and Saw Mill, now near Salem, S. C. Will sell on easy terms if payment bo se cured. Call and see me before some one beats you to a bargain. J. W. SHELOR. TO IMPROVE WATER FRONT. Charleston Will Build a Sea Wnll 4,400 Feet Long. 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