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WADU A DLA. H. C.:
tV MON ESI >A Y, .1 ANUA HY 17, MM 7.
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.J. AN OI?EN LETTER TO -J.
.J* JAM KS M. .MOSS. .J.
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Mr. .lames M. Moss, Walhalla. S.
C.- hear Sir: As a Southerner, aa
Oconee eitl/.en and a kinsman of (lie
late W. C K?ster. I wish lo thank
yiiti heartily tor your recoilt loiter lo
the Nev. York Times in correction of
that patter's misstated article con
cerning the horrible accident at
K)i?abclh, New Jersey, which result -
dj in tin' deaths of John VV. Davis
und Win. C. K?ster. This was a trag
edy thal lias bereli South' ('andina
et bravo .uni elficienl tilllcers, thrown
Oconee counts into deepest mon ru
ing, made fatherless sis lender chil
dren 't an ace when they SO Heeled
'I,, protection .md guidance of 'he
v.c. loving, big-hearted fnth iii
M*iK (hal those two so well exempli
fied; .uh) who shall veal ure lo mons
on the dark depths of woe iii.ii hnv<
Mirged over t li?' hearts of 'hose no
ble ladies, tin- bereaved widows, wi o
ai'?? s" l.ravel.v st III ge, lilli: wi til tlieii
ilicoiuparahle loss? lt is indeed a
tragedy in which only a perverted
mind ami calloused heart could see
ought ot the comic or hurlcs'.|uc.
A titling rebuke was your letter: col
lei t and courageous. I hut echo not
0 til) Hie feelings nf nil relatives and
1 (lends of the two who have journey
. il onward before ns, but also of the
entire citizenry of the county and
Wiatt* ns well as every true South
erner, when I again thanh you for
Omi letter, and commend the South
ern pride. loy a Itv sud fearlessness
that breathed in every line.
Rich is Oconee! Rich In moino
rion of brav?? and distinguished men,
rich in tho possession Of manx more
vet living, of whom shining examples
ol the one are the late lamented ofll
iors. and of the other, .las. M. Moss.
Helio? e mo, you i's sincerely and
appreciatively, Mayne L. .Martin.
Seneca, S. C.
To Cure a Cold in One Day
Tnkc I.AXATIVK I1KOMO Quinine. It stop? the
Cough nn<l Hr i\,Inc hr nilli wotk? O?? tile Colli.
niuKtcists refluid money if it fnils to cure.
J!. W. GKOVIi'S signnture on each lion. .'5c.
Thrilling Dide in Dark.
A young man bound for Walling
ford. Conti., had a thrilling ride on a
Pennsylvania railroad express train
i he other night.
ile got off th, train at Lancaster,
? a.. and when he cunio out of tin? sta
' ion the train Ail? mosing. Iii? luinp
4 tl and caught the hand irons on the
lan; car, thinking he could make
Mime one hear him. By the time he
WAS through pounding on the door
ike train was running so fast (hat be
wa? unable to gel off with safety.
The train made tile 2!l miles be
tween Lancaster and Coatesville in
.19 minutes, and during that time all
?be passenger's weight was on his
.inns.
?relam? has SI.?SOO land holders
Having plats not exceeding an acre:
fl.7 Un who hold more than one acre
and not moro than live acres: 113,
?r?t!t under fifteen and 130,018 not
exceeding thirty.
(il RLS ! DH AW A MOIST
CLOTH THROUGH HAIR.
DOUBLE ITS BEAUTY.
fry This! Hair (?els Thick, Glossy,
Wavy nuil Beautiful at Once.
Immediate'? Yes! Certain.'
t ?lat's tho joy nf it. Your bair ho
cemos light, wavy, Unify, abundant
and appears as soft, lustrous and
beautiful ns n young girl's after a
Dandeville hair cleanse. .lust try
this moisten a cloth willi a little
Dandcrino and carefully draw il
I ll ron gb your hair, laking one small
strand at a time. This will cleanse
the hair of dust, din or excessive
ol), and in inst a few moments you
have doublet! the beauty of your bair.
A delightful surprise awaits those
whose hair has'been neglected or is
scraggy, laded, dry, brittle or thin,
[tosidos beautifying the hair. Dan
dcrino dissolves every particle of
dandruff; cleanses, purifies and in
vigorates the scalp, forever stopping
itching and falling hair, but what will
please you most will bo after a few
weeks' use. when you sec new hair -
line ?ind downy al fi rs t yes but
really new hair growing all over tho
scalp. If you care for pretty, soft
?air, and lots of it surely get a 25
?ent bottle of Knowllon's Danderint
from any drug store or toilet tonntet
and just try it.-Adv.
.J? ?J? ?J? ?M ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J* ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J?
.J. AN INDICTMENT.
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South CurolliiH Stund? Indicted on
l-'i V<? Couti tM.
I shall hiing these charges against
thu ollbials of the State -the legis
lative. the executive and the judi
ciary tor the way they have treated
the soldiers of tho Civil War. And in
doing so I must, go hack to tho war
Lo lay tho foundation of my com
plaint,
Alleged first-South Carolina
raised more sand and cain in start
ing tile war than any other State;
that is an historic, fact, known to all
America, in January, 1801, tho
war-dogs from the mountains to the
sea howled for war, saying that it
would he over In three mouths; that
we could whip the. whole business
willi cornstalks; and some went so
far as io say they would "drink all
thu blood spilled iii the war," etc..
Hut that class never did get there!
And when it came to Uro. sweat and
blood, South Carolina did not do her
duly to her soldiers on (lie Hold This
is also a fact of history, and I can
prove every allegation in tho com
plaint, tl use titi' words South Car
olina advisedly.) My complain! ls
to the powers that he, and to them
only. Now. th eso war-dogs that
stood off and sicked tho others on
never did hear ihe music of tile bul
let showers ol' it battlefield, much
less drink the blood, and whip the
whole K?dern I army with cornstalks.
My second complain! or indictment
i thal South Carolina has signnll)
failed io linne up to the other South
ern si.ties on tho "pension" hill.
These men who went to tho front
und returned with wooden legs and
I empty sleeves, and bullet scars on
their bodies, are heroes of nobility,
letters ol' patriotism and cour.me
mon who for months and years biv
ouacked on the ground, sleeping on
fence rails, marching and fighting in
heal uni cold, often pressing the Icc
and snow with bare and bleeding
feel. And now, aftor they have been
buffeted hy tho storms ami conllh.ti
ot life, they deeply feel ihe need of a
helping band. ls tins State so poor
thal he cannot do for her old vete
rans what oilier Stales ari' doing?
Xe; it's not (hat. lt is another
"Pharaoh who knew no) Joseph,"
another melioration that never knew
'anything of the pain and -mffering
that Mows ill tho wake, ol' war.
M^' third complaint is against tho
property iiualiliention embraced In
the "pension" bill ol' this Stale 1
take tho un.und t and I think it toll
able) !hat where a man went into the
war, leaving everything thar vas
garred and dear behind him, doing
his dii'y on the battlefield, and got
hack nome and went to work and ac
complished a fortune maybe, by hon
est toil, with bullet and saber scars
on his body-I say he has tho same
right to a "pension" as the fellow
Cat lias never made anything. In
my opinion tho property qualifica
tion is absolutely wrong.
My fourth complaint ls against the
way thc "Old Soldiers' Home" is con
ducted, l have visited the home of
ten, and ii is always the same, as 1
see it. And I have said, and now
say. .lat I lind rather die in a sheep
pasture exposed to the fowls of the
air and the beasts of the forest than
at i hat 'home." And yet for I?1 1 ">
there was an appropriation ol' $11),
:t.i<l.7*) to run that institution. There
is something dead up the creek -the
fountain is not pure. 1 say, in the
name ol' all that is holy, abolish the
"home," give the old soldiers a good
pension and let them live among
their relatives and friends.
My tiiti) complaint is against the
way the Pension Hoard cuts down
the pensions ol' the widows of dead
soldiers., and I shall prove this alle
gation, and will put onlj two wit
nesses on the stand t I could put up
two hundred) - namely, .1 W. Kid
son and (!. W. Lott, deceased, of
.lohnstoii, S. C. These men went
hilo the arnij on tho Ml th day of
April. I si; I. to light to the finish.
N'o better soldiers over lived or died.
They were members of the Seventh
South Carolina Regiment. (! W.
Doti left his left leg on the rocky
.ides of Gettysburg; .1. W. Kidson
left bis right leu on the bank of tho
Chickamuuga; they both suffered
for years without tiny help from the
Slate. Filially they received the
small sum of $72 a year $15 a
mont li for serving three yeats in
the war and giving a leg apiece.
When these men died the cornily and
Stale board r it down this S 7 J to fJil'
a year not quito $2 a month-for
their widows. After their bread
winners were gone they needed it
more than ever.
I could toll of numbers who have
been treated the same way. and it is a
burning shaine on the State. Do you
say. Tell it not? N'o; tell it in
(lath and proclaim it in tho streets
of Askelon; and from "Dan lo Boer
sheba" and from "Beersheba" ba<k
to "Dan."
The State of Florida pays from
Born!
Southern
Gentleman!
II?II?
Kl? ?
e./$/t?. -Nevejnb?r &^ 190/ ;
AH
>-.';.J,v.'.V\?i?v*?
It was midnight, cold and dark. The cal
endar told the date-Monday, November
4th, 1901. They tell me I opened my eyes
and blinked in the glare of the big electric
lights. Around me were men in spotless
v/hite talking in low tones.
"Jim," one said, "we have been watching
for this little fellow for a long while and
now he's here/'
Jim picked me up, looked me over, struck
a match and took a long, deep puff. Then
he took another.
"Gentlemen,"he said,"He is perfect. Qual
ity does tell. You can't fail to recognize
good blood. His mother was a Virginian,
his father an aristocrat of the Carolinas.
He comes from the very best stock-the
very sweetest, ripest, mellowest Virginia
and Carolina tobacco, and we will raise him
right in one of the whitest, cleanest, health
iest homes on earth."
Even then I was glad all over to hear his
words. It is a great thing to have real
breeding behind you, to know who your
folks are. It starts a fellow right.
We Folks of the Sotzth KNOW good blood.
We Folks of the South KNOW good tobacco.
That is why I just had to have heaps of friends down South here. I want you,
Mr. Reader, for one of my friends, and it means a whole lot when I say
I am guaranteed by ^^W^'"e^ -Buy me.
If you don't like me return me to your dealer and j>;at
your money back. I have said it. A Southern gentleman is known
the world over for keeping his word, and I have given you mine.
overei
FOR THE GENTLEMAN OP THE SOUTH
if
$100 ot $150 ciu:\\ to her soldiers
who are on Hie pension roll.
The Confederate veterans will lie
the jury in this case.
"What say you. Mr. Foreman and
gentlemen of the jury? Guilty or
not guilty''"
"Guilty, my Lord."
So say yon all,
Now, Mr. Editor, one moro para
graph and I will close. i attended
tho great peace celebration of tho
Hine and the (?ray at Gettysburg,
which did more to bring about a bet
ter feeling between the North and
Hie South than anything oise bas
over done since Appomattox, lt was
?I li old-time ante-bellum Methodist
love feast, showing .to the world
lli?t bullet and saber scars arc not so
deep as the reeling of American bro
therhood. In May next the Confede
rate reunion will meet in the city of
Washington, (>. G., and a host of tho
Grand Army of the Republic will be
WHAT IS
LAX-FOS is an improved Cascara
(atonic-laxative) pleasant to ta (8
In LAX-FOS thc Cascara isimprov ?d hy
thc addition of certain harmless (lem
icals which Increase the efficiency! f the
Cascara, making it better thou ordinary
Cascara. LAX-FOS 19 pleasant t* take
and does not gripe nor disturb sto: mch.
Adapted to children os well ?s a hilts
Just try one bottle for conslipatiour 50c.
there to greet ns; and that will he
another peace celebration. The rail
roads will carry each one there and
hack tor one cent a mile-less than
half fare. Now I think the State of
Sooth Carolina should pay to each
Confederate soldier that one cent a
mile--which would he about $10 to
thc man. And I shall ask Harry lt.
Hughs to introduce a bill to thal ef
fect and make his maiden speech for
its passage in tho General Assembly.
You hear that. Harry?
.1. Russell Wright
Hichlund. S. C., Jan. I.
Note. The above letter was sent
to Tim Courier by hand. It failed to
reach us in Hmo for publication at
the time intended the first issue of
The Courier in January.
(?ot Kort y Yea in for lta|ie.
Orangchurg, Jan. ll.--lohn Wil
liams, indicted for rape, to-day was
sentenced to 10 years in the State
penitentinryi within ten days after
the crime was committed. Ry agree
ment Williams entered a idea of
guilty and the jury recommended
mercy
Williams was charged with assault
ort a prominent young white married
woman. Ha is tho first white man
ever convicted of this charge in Or
angchurg county. All concerned are
prominent parties.
A telephone system is hoing in
stalled by the Spanish government to
connect up cities on tho Canary Is
lands.
WAS LAST Ol' IIISTOKIO IH>I>Y.
Judge J. A. I?. Campbell, One of Orig
iual Confederate Congress.
.Jackson, Miss., Jan. IO.-Judge J.
A. P. Campbell, Raid to be the last of
tho li) original delegates to the Con
federate Slates Congress who signed
tie constitution of the Confederate
States of America, died al Iiis home
here to-llight. Ile was 87 years old.
Judge Campbell was licensed to
practice law in Mississippi when only
17 years of age, according to his au
tobiography. When 21 he was elect
ed to I tie Mississippi Legisltanro
and was Speaker of the House ol'
Hepresentatives Hvo years later, lie
was a member bf the Constitutional
Convention which adopted the Ordi
nance of Secession and was an offi
cer in the Confederate anny for
three years, serving ?is captain, lieu
tenant colonel and colonel.
Vor several years he was Circuit
Judge and later was appointed to the
State Supreme Court, serving for ix
years, when he retired.
Ile was one of three commission
ers appointed to codify the statutes
of Mississippi in 1870 and in 187 8
prepared a now legislative code of
neti ri y '2 00 sect ions.
---Your county paper, some good
farm papers and magazines will af
ford pleasure and profitable en
tertainment these long winter even
ings. It is also the proper time to
set grape vinos. Send $2 to Tho Cou
rier and got tho full selection.
A Surprise for Visitor.
Greenville, Jan. 12.-"I had never
realized so fully how large was tho
colton manufacturing Industry in the
South." stated \V. A. Matthews, ot*
New York, upon making his ll rat trip
ol' inspection through a cotton mill.
"And 1 must add that the conditions
appear to he very good." he contin
ued; "there seems io be a plenty of
ventilation, circulation and above all
the operatives appeared so happy.
This ls somewhat of a contrast to
conditions as they some time exist In
New England sections, where every
thing is made from a pin to a loco
motive."
Mr. Matthews further expressed
surprise at the enormous amount of
colton consumed hy the mills in ono
day. .Monaghan mills use daily about
!10 bales, SO per cent Of which ls
raised in Ibis immediate vicinity.
sloan's Lin I mont Eases Pain,
Sloan's Liniment is first thought of
mothers for humps, bruises and
sprains that are continually happen
ing lo children. It quickly pene
trates ?ind soothes without rubbing.
Clon uer and moro effective than
mussy plasters or ointments. For
rheumatic nobes, neuralgia pain and
that grippy soreness af (er colds,
Sloan's Liniment gives prompt rellof.
Have a bott lo handy for bruises,
strains, sprains and all external pain.
For the thousands whoso work calls
them Outdoors, the pains and aches
following exposure are relieved by
Sloan's Liniment. At all druggists,
250.---Adv. 1.