The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, July 30, 1891, Image 4
THE TRUTH OF HISTORY.
EXPERIENCE OF A CAROLINA SOL
DIER IN A YANKEE PRISON.
Recollection4 of PrIson Life at Point
Lookout, Mld-When You Hear of Out
ragen on Union Prisoners by Coufeder
ates Remember this.
The Rev. J. 13. Traywick, a member
of the South Carolina Conference of
the Southern Methodist Church writes
as follows to the 1'rosperity Press afnd
Reporter:
As the question as to the comparative
treatment of prisoners in Northern and
Southern prisons is tip, and as you
have requested me. I will give below
soime incidents of my experience at
Point Lookout, Md. It will certainly
show that all the sinners were not in
charge of Southern prisons. There is
one fact I wish to note, and that is thet
men at the front, as a ruile, were kind
and thoughtful of our comfort, and, on
the other hand, men who had stayed
all the while away from the front were,
as a rule, without much sympathy.
CA11'TURE.
I was captured at Fisher's Gap, near
Strasburg. on September 22, 186 1. Af
ter some delay at Winchester, Ilarper's
Ferry aud Baltimore, I was carried by
steamer to Point JLookout, Md, arriving
there on Octiber :3, 18i1.
IN 'ItISON.
Oil entering the prison we were di
vested of everything except personal
wear and blankets. Not long after outr
arrival in inspection was held, and ii
every case where prisoners had mor(
than one blanket, unless concealed
they were all taken except one to eact
Man, and then those who did not havi
any were supplied with baukets thal
had been taken from their fellow pris
oners. Barefooted prisoners were sup
plied with shoes, and a scant quantiti
of clothing was given to the most des
titute.
EAlIlN(C' TENTS AND 'U , 'LE BEEF.
The tents were ilost,ly bell or' roint
shaped. They had been refused foi
use in the Federal ariny anl generall.)
leaked. The rations as to quamlityS were
ate a rule, go:(l. l'ork two out of thre(
days, the third day beef, but occasion.
ally t,u ribs of beef were roind, whicli
Showed that it was )uitle eel. Iun
gry prisoners ate it, all the same. T,he
bread was served in pound loaves daily
oie loaf to be dlivided between two
Irisoners--it was short weight. A pint
Cp of sou) went, with each loaf ot
bre-d. Two da. s' rations were issued
on Saturday, antI so small was thV
Iuantity that iuvn fre<iuently ate all
giv.en at one tiitue.
The ration for a day was about sitii
cient for a well man one meal. It was
saidl by te prison authorities to he one
half rtLion, allowing three meals per
day. I would consider it, one third
ration a day. The pork was v,ery fat
and always boiled. The prisoners never
got the lard that came out of the itpork,
and it was comimonly reported that the
provost marshal and other oficers Iherc
realized a vast amount from the sale of
this grease to soap makers and lard re
liners. The wtater used by the prison
ers was mitner,al, giving tihe st harpest, ot
appetites with so lt,tlie to eat. ()ill
suffering from i huinger was indescrilba
ble.
itt'Notv l' ImSONEi:is i'i:t.\ 10E sit1
N E>ss.
I have heard mien pray to be mlade
sick that thme appetite might be taket
away'u't. TFhe priisonters being so p)oorl)
clad iand the Il'olint so mu ich e'xpose(d ft
('01( it. cautsedl them great sutffeiring
l'. lery itilensely cold night fromt four 1
ev'eni prisoners wouii( Ireeze to decathi
Almost ito wood( wais furnishted. A Ibouti
a cord of greeni pinte to one thtousand
men for five (lays--it was a muockery.
A ti'i'EuL ANt ii lA1TuiI.Ess ot'iuci1:i:.
Trhe p)ost wyas comnd(edl bty G enieral
liarLies. Ills netphew, Capt. .larnes,
w~as assistant priovost marshal. These
were kindl and considerate oflicers, but
ihe formuer nev r was b)roughit ini con
tact with the prilsoners. They were
tinder the Iimediate charge of the pro
yost marshal, Mlajor lirady, of New~
Y ork State. iIe was a shierwdl inain of
powvem f'ul adm inistrativye abilities, but1
withal a crutel, heartless man. Ilis
wh'1ole conduct toward the prisoniers
imtpressed mc that he enjoyed tw(
things Immensely. First, the suff'ering
andl humIliation of thte prisoners:
secondIly, the fact that lie wvas their dIes
pot.
TIhie prison was enclosedi by a strong
stockade of heavy plank four'teen feet
high. Flour feet from the top otn the
outside was a parapet extending atj
arotud. On this the guards walked by
day and night. TIhey were all negroes
commnandled by white tificers. The
night police inside the prison we're ne
groes, bitt their barbarity was so great
that through the earnest, enitreaties of
the prisoners they were remov'ed sonie
time ini January, 186i5- I recollect one
sick man who had not bieen carriedl to
the htosp)ital. IIis complaint caused himi
to leave his tent about 3 o'clock a. m.
While out ho was set on by a large ne
gro gutardl w~ho dlouble-quticked him, it
his ntight clothes and weak condition,
tip and dlown the street between the
tents for an hour. Wheni the brute or'
(dered the sick man back to hIs tent he
made fifteen other prisoniers come out
in their night clothes and(Irut up andit
downt like a herd of' cattle.
nAnnAllOUs T FitAMNTO.ltsN
TJhie greatest cruelty perpet ratedi
while I was ini prison was on tnirty in
mates of one of the cook houses. At
the side of' the prison, next to the gate,
was located a numiber' of long cookt and
'eating houses where all the cooking ex
cept baking w~as (lone. Thtere was only
a street or roadway betweeni these
hotnsn andtt the stockade where the
guards walked continually. Between
two of those house.,, a little nearer one
tItan the other, onte of the n agro guards
fell from the p)arapet amnd was found
dead. A contusiont was ott his head
and a p)iece of brick near him. Th'ils
discovery .took lplace about sunset. No
onte saw him whlen lie fell. No on a
who lilt him. TJhe following night after
taps, when every prisotner was im bed, a
ille of soldie0rs rushed into the nearest
cook house to the scene and hutrried the
thirty-two inmates out in the night.
The weather was intensely cold-ther.
mometer below zero. They had on
nothing but shl;t and1( drawers- -two of
them had on socks. Trhey were p)laced
in a block house, which had a (door and
a hole a few inches wilde, withouat food,
water or fire. They were told that onie
of them killed the negro guard, possi1
bly all of them knew or It, and when
the fact was so made known then all
the others could sro back to their quar
ters, but if they did not come out and
confess who killed the guard that the
day following the next had been fixed as
the time when all thirty-two of them
would bie shot. 8o in that bitter weath
er these Innocent, helpless men (not all
men, for t wo of them were boys) passed
that fearful night and next day in the
block building, where they were con
tinually jeered at through the little
window *>y the negro guards who were
off duty, they tolling the suffering pris
oners how delighted they would be to
SQfn them shot.
INNOCENT PRISONEMS TO BE EXECU
TED.
The awful hours rolled on, another
night of in(escribable sufft ring passed
away, anid the day of exenution has
come. To many of thoie men a
(fIlicl< (EatIx was to be prefvrred t,o the
slow and cr1el delth they were thwn
passing. The hour for the execution
arrives. All the troops, mostly negroes,
ol' guard on the Point vere formed int o
the hollow sqiuare. The thirty-two ul
most naked, treezing,starving ien were
marched out into line in the hollow
square. Major Brady, with the audaci
ty of the wolf before eatirg the lamb,
proceeded to ask each man if he k new
who killed the guard. As hI proceedud
he received a positive 1no from the he
roic boys first and then fromti the Lrave
men. lie had not gone far, however,
when an alarm was heard in the diree
tion of the gate. Four or live men
were seen coming on horseback at full
speed and yelling at the tOl) of their
voices. It was an ollicor who had
found a young man, a prisoner and
employee in the next cook house, who
could tell thei something about who
killed the guard.
SAVEAA BY A MASON.
litt we mutist go back on1. day inl tih
narrative. 1)uring that day of cruel
mockings there was one kind man Vh
visited the suffering prisoners. 11
was a commissioned oflicer and a Ma
son. Among the thirty-two prisonere
there was but one Mason. and he gav(
a signal %Ich will stir the deepesl
emotions of a brother. This ollicer los'
nto time, but set to work to ferret, oul
the cause of thm death of the guard
Major Brady, uifeeling monster as lh
was, at tempted to find out the c.illse ill
torturing innocent men.
Of courso the proceedings were st tyv
until the young man was ieard fron
Ile was placed on a box to testify, lil
lie could not (1o this uitil Major Irad,
had indulged inl somne silly, irrelevanl
q uest ions. Ile, however, stated t hal
on the evening the guiard was hillcd it
was at. the Wood-ple gathering -i on
chips for the fire wheit Ie was lilt (of
the leg by the brick. Siartinig witI
aiin he threw the brick back aid hil
the guard on the head. and he fell oW
the irapet. Whether. said the you
man, the briclk or tlie whiskev inl ihl
g1lardl cauised the fall and <huthi, hit
vouild not say; for. Said he, the giuarf
was drinik that, atI ernoon. 'lni Illi
yoIng m1ian1 added: I all sorry I dfid
not. iiow that you were boestowing thi
criwity on these men, for I shmil im1\at
coelt foward and inuade knmowin tlivs
thiligs.
THREEl PilH.S<NF-:.S i. -:.
Thel( thirty-two were immlediaft-ly
sent back to their (Iiarters, whi-re theY'
were clothed and fed, but tire of* them
died soon after from this exposuitri, mal(I
most of' them had impairel health. .\.
for the youting man, he was never pin
ished for what he did, but inl a few\
weeks he was acting courier for .\Majoi
iraly in the prison.
While I was not one of the siffervrs
I was inl the prison at the timne. am
imich of it was related to met(- by a .\Ir,
Jon4es, of (Georgla, who oeucmupd ith
sate tent with me anti worked otttsii1
daily on tetail; also, .\I'. San l'ucikei
of I.:l11-ens County, S. C., wht was ole
of thost. wilo 11.lerweit, that terrill
ordeal of suffering, has a num1111hber. (t
tiillvs rlate<t to ll te whol swhoo itory,
lie is :t mai of charactt-r- alndI iiihtei
inl his coimiliunity. If* anly doubt. this
story of reckless cruelty let them\ writ<
to Mr. Sam 'ucket, Waterloo, S. ('.
who will endorse all 1 have writtei
111d who has several tites asked mi
to wVrite it oult for' the papers. I wa:
paroled arid lft l'cint L4ookoutt itebru
ary 1I, 1St5. While tree f roll aniy spe
cial sickniess, i was r'educed h5 pound:1
illII teigh t lilurely fot' wan t of soil iin
food. What I have wriittein is hIin
spi1ri t of vindiclt iveness, bitt imetrt-fv i<
pireserve thle facts of hiistor'y.
Weit (lipI the fel low inrg from t hie ( 0
1l11mbia State: ''There is a welf dIre'ssi d
pre'possessinig looking slirper' ai ire i
anid the buisjiness mieni of' the v' trioml
citits about C oluinia)i shouitld k.elpi
sharp lookout for hlim. IIle give ht5li:
nlame as Goodman, but is act1ions ('oil
tradlict hIm name v,ery' flatlhy. lIeI ha!
been getting his fitne wvork itn with tii
inerchants of vaious pilaces, and( thlert
are some Columbia dealers ainonig hi:
victimis. (.n Wednesday mnorning 1I
arrived in Columbia anid walked int<
the clot hing store ofIL. lCpstini, irntroiltie
ing imse1531f asi the manaliger' of' a cloti
iung house in Augusta, andf stating thma
he was looking for a locality ini wh'iet
to e'stablishi a br'anchi house. L ater' ht
calledl again, andl, stating fthat Ile w.a
exp)ecting a check from Auigtust a, askie
MIr. Epstini for a loan of1 motiey. \f
un rsticiofus, 11 r. l' pst in let iin ha vi
the mioniey. Thailt w~as the Last seen i t
himl, bitt suibse<quemitly it was le'arniit
that he did( exaclly the same rhing withI
flown arid -tile meCrchiants ar'e otit thi
loaiis. The fellow is about o feet 9I inchett'
In heoight, is ot b)londei comiplexioni ale
his shouldeors slope fr'omi his iieck. Al r
Clothliers andt imerchteiif tailors, at Au.
gusta, the firmt fIle fellow said lhe wmt
the mianager of', and yesterday rece'ived
a reply, in whilch it is statedi thiat. ( oodl
manll was in nit way c'onniected withI
thiir firmil; that at (onet tim hiie 13clertkd
for' them, bitt that. was all. Thety say' hI
dlid several siimiilai' t r'itks ill A ugusta
and( was wanted theore niow f or passing
false ('ichcks."
Tiiuthi Cina in ai Tusrot.
id vices by s teamlet' illopress (if ind ii,
stt tha t theI t)I wIhe sou1therni't poio lofi
Chuina is in a state t)t turm'ili. I.aw ande
ordter' are set at deL'lianlce, m'td arm'end
b)andfs of phluilerer'is make biusitiess ailbuost
im possible0. The governoret-LWeneral of
Formllosa is ini very batd hiealthi. anId us
not expected to hive 1long. I t is believedl
iis deathl will be thie signiaflifor revoIlt s
andl a general uiprising againist (inese
rule. The feceling airoundi Shanighai is
one of dIiS<juiet. '1n aIccounti o1 the late
ri"ts, and for'eigni residenits nre appre
liens'ive' thlat attacks wvii le mladle uponti
thleml at any time.
I'id thie t)eaith i'osialty.
.hI a QI , du lly i19. V'alpaura is atd
vices julst received say thle inise'rgemnts'
by large bribes, intducted ten ofI ;ailma
cede's mnen to engago in a pllot to tileow
lip thet torpedo boats Lyntchl ami Cotn
deli, with dtynaimite. Iimacetda's ofli -
cers dliseovered the plot. TIhiis was fooi
loIwedt by the arrest of' the men3i. A hut'
riedl trial followed their arrest. Tfhtey
wetre protmptly homund guilt.v, amid on
July It, at (lay t>reak, they wlere brotught
out blinldfolded. A selectetd number hci of
regular troops fired the death v'ol ly,
'1hie ten mn fell dead1( att tilt' first tdis
ch arge.
Two steamiera, "lsnk.
LONDON, July 23,-tle Germanlti
steamer Neko, bound from H amhurig for'
Port Stanley, Falklait Islands, tcollided
wtth the Blritish steamer Stainiclifl' in the
En- hish Chianunel Northu of' tile I sland of
Ushant and was so batdly damanged thant
she sank. No lIves were lost.. The
British steamer Scudan friotm Ionny, on
the West coast of At rica. for Liver'pool,
struck a rock off' Taboa onl July I10 and
foundered, Tier passengers, crew and
metals are on board the Britishl siteamer
Sherbro bound from time West coast hor
Livarnnoat
CMNARDICE OF A CRE\\
CAST AWAY ON THE NEWFOUNC
LAND COAST.
T% 0 % 4.1n1(1 11nd4 IV43 Ch1111i P'a113
Vlm,t tht sallors -1ltip Aplshore an
sitve 't'hliemves at tiha Firmt Oploisortt
111tv.
I 1AL.\ x, N. S., ,1 (1ly 1'..--N ews Wu
reveive,t by ln;il today of* the wreck c
1,tiv helch er flunic. helle n the Nem
k)I11111ihll const onJ .lily,.#. T%wo wvolin.
anI live' chiltern weit tlown Wit, th
ve ,'ssel. The vvssl. which was Coll
llanted bly B'apt. iutts, left Catalina o
the 8th inst. t'or St..ohn's with a cart
of' luInber.* She had, busi.les the captail
a crew of four muen and len passenger
five of whom were women and as mui
children.
The vessel elicoluitered lair weati
uitil 11:30 o'clock tht, Ilight, when
nuddln storl arosv, which conltinutlo
until dayightl the next, morning. Ti
\ essel lt ot ih her inaim mit f'orsa
a mtiu was driven ashor on the clif'
atl, 2t .:3ii on the iorning of' tlt lt,
I )1( of tHe cri!w got ashore with a rop
and( by this ineais tile re.t of' the cre
and threv of the v women were stve
MIrs. F'reetan an id iss Carolina lit
-ills wer drownei, antialso live clii
ren were lost.. ( in was an in dant,
M rs. F-'reelian, three were childreni
Mirs. iachel l"ilrton 1 who was savr
ait[ id h- t her was at girl named Ali
flicks. Thm-w s;tved were Mrs. Iahel
Bttrton, Ml ts.a .1iduia 1,'urton anill Al i,s.S
lina \\ (.11s.
Mliss Selina Wells say:; all the er
vxvept thlt captain wvnl, ashore fir.
\hile th ie latter., was assistirni- AlN
Hlmirto to :andi, a heavy sea washied(i
thle r1.-A 4o,fite wvoline1 and childr
0)vv] Iard. She, Mrs. Bll-rtonl and All
iurbito w'e washed ashiomre, but Io(,
m-- was ftra<scveen4of anly of' t
thr.Those 8savvd walked ll ialld 1
S0lit, distance unlitil tliey vaIme to 0
hmuit, 44 a li-iherilall, whierv they.N wve
vatredi I'r.
irs. lIllrtoll sav, th lt. lbut Imi, cm
ardl.f th, Owcrew aill W0111d h-tVV btf
sal. As stmn as tte rope was -I
tlhr (h "iS( rs wellt ashome ;.u
hl, thlt (-1tai;ln to take vare ofI t I
\\ l t- 4)11 _ InI.11 chikhlel. Ilvi d < thv bv:
he' voll!'I, 1111a:isted, ant il l 1no1 "lese!
them'Ilultil thivy were aill washvil ()V
bfard. i's. ilirtoi sayst hat t wo litt
bovs, wne 1'o whoill was her sonl', wevI
scui lte( sh1', gkte aShiorert , ;t( the
VoiCVS co01l, be htvardl calling f'or hel
1Icyoin t rying to reach them by throv
ilg a 1ipe the crvw dill nothitng, at
iit' agolizid illothitler was i'recl
w ach er oy o t ilathwithouit 1)
ing alei to raise a luial to helpj thet'
TlI vallent Ill I ellows et'0m n. g oil pli
a whilt. bul. the highl ,eitas filnally li
their viltl anet i lk. iey were washeed 0
aal thtir vtvvs still'ed inl thath.
Mr:;. l're-elutali, Ione m the it losv,
(te wil't of Wiillilia Freenia. 11w
\'ketoria, 1". ('. Mrs. hll-ttmi alid ht
whole tiily wer e on their w vay to
.lhn's to takt pass,ige for New Y,mr
u%hvre her hiush;lit is.
Capt. litts c(Iliriu1s tht- sto') of 1i
\\mniel. that Isk ervw j1111p1)d ashl,
at1 thv irst v: e, antI left ttn' heliple
p I;,.1l1?-1s to tieir flat".
h weather allot fliv Cropps.
The wetNekl.v wvvatleI, ;uIt rin hIl
lim of 11 Ioth ('arolina weat,her se
vice, inl eo-iipr;attion with the ('nit(
Sttes "igit Service, fo r the piait wei
wa,s 1':;i'ie iiat.uirtly afIteIrnoon an<l it
as ilow,s, giv\ingi iniibi (n!lttageiine
week'l tlutt thei r.iainfall has beenci he'lu
juiioini' s corn*i. 'Te tniupera Ii ure w
allparienitly bl ow thie ;tverage ;'2i' t a
jiiiis to growifly crops. I'ier' w
wa;s giotly benef'iticjial to atll s'rops.
I)liidi.( ihe i';ti'ly, p)ti, iif I hi' hush,
crops, aliiiit iiitil'kedl lilprviilient 'u
noitic'e<l in I lie gene:t'al cenitlit iion, as
gia\ e 1. it'leibarfnrs ;a1i spis>r tli ii v
eluilt I lie r p t' ('lls i rissi5, tiiiu 1 hei fd;a
tIe- growthi wasi. iranie<l lby t lit co
iighits. ;tal ini suilte sectiioiis fotr iI
lack of iaini. So t hat thle het teir pri
l)ects ho' lits* lieviis Wee(k la;ty't g
('o'i"uis sloiiwies l'l litre 'ete.Ar(l:
ai<l i.t nii.htbut te extent of su<i
r;aliis i-;01u k !uisi\in tt th' is t i n', and
liiestilitale v;tliie toi l;traers throig
.Ihncorni crop whliebis now m0Whatt.
ingf4, liuis been great ly u in.iiretl in thio
sec'ttullls wherel(' ihe tlroiilit b;as ot'it
uetd fur sev'erill wt-eks, bht, where shio
trs h;ivie billin ioca;sionalill, it will
h ' P5ill18\ r r nisiOhg, ;tIt i[' (1 sIg t u;
aged by Iresh el s I tt' yit'ld will lie vt'
retar'ded b>r1 wanit ol' raini. 'i'hiis.ippui
So) tar as reporaltedtoi i (toliti' liv
secl il
Sti arata hums anl Onniailsaa,
l'i Ni: ('iTv. linn.,.July iu.- -A i'ishiii
ilar't y I ruini tthis ('it y have jutst ret irn
trionui Ih piine 111 oretusts oh Snaktie H~iv
<btgh~it er' tels a terriht' story~ of ullet
hiiishiieluiii aIfait'e' oh thie taiiniiy w
0:t'en(l by~ wvi i) ' 5white iln anl in oxl'ett
condtitioni last \larchl. Slince' t hat t in
('tinl. Thei I biree youingerl t'hiiurend ii
e'st dauilghtter. 'Thle iiiotiher's iii n tinual
LCiv' waiy3, hilol shet is:lOwv at raVinlg ini
Soldl 5afely ait i.aist.
('ill.i'.ilul1A, S. ('., ,1lily la. --Thei to
I ;tor'ge Wallace, of iHostoni, whio rt'pr.
stelts capitalists of t hat city, Ifor .$2t
'Thie bouardi of' triistes at a ittin
thi: tinorinlg dlecided'u to acept his olin
and coit'Il c'olnii'e Iits acitiori ts
igh t. An optio lou Iil heen pi1e vi ousl
g iv'n ilo I wvo (Col iin hi nt u illpaiiil
who were nlegotitatinug withi Lonuto
downVii the' cash,. am I coiunicil hoitigh t th
irdni ini thin handil wenthi two inl t he hiusi
Thl e act ion tat coil lI : olI ihe trust en
Iiets ni ith gener'tal aipprovaul.
Itin<t of i a Famonali Xi p.
I bINT IN,,.1uly 22. T-I'hiis lmlt)nin g th
torch ~ w 1111ppledh to whIat was lteft i
the fatnotls tiltd sioop-of'-Whar IBr(ook I
Shte was given to the lhlaiies at N ii
IslandI, la saichuisettes lhay' andiu
buirtied fori het' metal work by a w~reck
ing mill. ThIolisatnds ofi atillmer cot
tage'rs of' nuinibersi of resorts along thi
w'as a sister ship of the IIartford an,
\won faimo inI thu gulf squadron duirin
tIie, war. Sho was built In New Yor
In '>8, was a full rigged sloop, 233 fet
long and 3i,000 tolns. She carried 16 ntnl
inch sanoot,h bore broadside guns anl
200 pnd A vo..
Staylux Away from Church.
Mr. .iurdette, though not a preach
by profession, does som1 good exhoi
ing. N:>t long since he gave sol
reasons why men do not gro to churc
(nd did it so wCHl we give it after I
f fasilion:
d So you are not goin;r to church tl
k morning, my son ' Alh, yes, I see---t
music is not good. Thiat.'s a pity; tha
what we go to church for, to hear t
3 music. And the less we pay the bett
if nusic we detlianl.
n And tie pews ale not comfortali
Tha,'s too had; th' Sabbat h is a day
rest, and we go to church for rep)o;
Tie less work we do during the we,
thle more rest we chunor for onl StInd'
The church i.4 far away, it's too I
to walk, and you detest, rttiig in
street car, and they're always crowd
on Sunday. This is indteed distressit
r Soietiles when I think how miu
arther away leaven is t han the churl
and that there ari'e Ito conv C evances
thle road of any de:ription,' \%wont
how some of us' ;r, riing i t) get the(,
And the ii'-toll I , So long alwa
h All these tllmnflgs :at inded to be
gretted. I would regret theln nw
sincerely my boy, did I not know it
dIw weeks aiter t he frost is out of t
ground you will s(Itieezez into a st,u
str-et-car' with a hittired other io
f brieathing incium of whikey, heer a
tobacco, ani htlg ( to straps oy y4)
eyelids for two nmiles tieit pay til
( cnts for the privilege. of sitting oI
Sroul-h plank In (he broiling suitl for t,
hotirs longer, %whiiv lin tihe' inttr'vals
the gaime a sertch han<l will blow d
corlant I hunter out of a iozen mi
t horns right, in yoitI ver y t ears, aid coi
horite to talk tie( rest, of' the fitmily it
state of aural liabout t
daudiest galies NvOit evi' saw playud
Sstheml grounids.
(ir hay lirachvr ots not appear
lie Satislied wih I'asolis of this kil
r So far froni it, he I19 of the opinion ti
e they are lics, alt io 1n11eh lying, I
I thereto by Ite falthr of lies, the it
hinselfl. For he govs onl to ren
V (his scrinon not, iiiite vlIdh-d:)
Ah, i'Ny boy, 3out suee what stayi
aiy triu church dovs' IIt'veli
tChabit W, y ing' Ther in't go 111m
il a,I huntdi, who w(.uild go o1 t
witness :.t:ill 11l ti i\V 11M t u I . oa ItI
I tt e 1110 N .,kll I or illot goinga to churg
r- that hit riVje, h1i.j Family every Smnd
le 1or11M ,-. MV SOP, if' Vout don't, thli
you mught h; go, \(tt 'wollh!n't In't
r any vX1-ul-; f or nlot, going.. NO mi
apologizvs f'or doing right.
There is one, ald but one, reason w
opeple d4 not atterni' viich---titey
01 not, like (iod oI the wors-hipl (if (bt
WatI11 Will 111s peopl do WhOle th
get to leiavenl ,
l', ten t, m.y Tlt r I.
d ii.wA.k'um.:r-, J., .)ly, 23.--T
th~i'ilessj C - of t national xecutive
mllittee ol'thet People'.sP' rt liIs he
sent out by Sveretary cilelng.Thile :
Sdrvs iielares Cin the subtle power
mone.1 to oilres, the poor. Te burd
,of debt, restinl- oni , I e it as shon
b fl m millort-age statistics, is discussi
Li atl h tVblen remedyl1)1 prsed:l
itho hilhl dolhar Ot'hankin- corporati
s:ppr, nmort,ae an other pa1wer e
41tCeS (t 1d,eb iu d h V inlividuals 1I
ijo<l no.'1 lor;the extrioners and I
I _ uers i'(. lper t,ts is<ued by 11 1
r- li q )1lj "intv, in the torn111 il I io Coe
,d im-ti nLtvs ar better." T e d
ik thXPtedn toein war et ls1 er ''
is et of ('thtie ountry,'i an reointh
Sto-t hag hattIIt' 'l ia it tiwouhl h e impoe o
S veinito to ixa mon'ety es unlividua
it calYork Irr tei cotol St teleoroi
4 iby' the peoples, n te smt e s the t os
d ors nt poe ttoisto at' toheaitr
- wtill. Ant appeatl lvt lie Ieopleto's Al
t hei' wrIntio, clle os heoi add tre l.
iii lttt A wih Iie I)eou ia tse. (lI
Iv''ir tl phu 'I .I ulyt 22. r (d o r
(';i' pheI l, i ofi (it o ,ls 1 h arr ve i l'itsbu
''hisinorn igt attndl the thit 1
gntel'"sy it' Shanipetei'atrgilverrr
igltioeto-ay. fThe ginoernI wasl me
a''t the depotbylarge inumbero ofgt pr
Sineni,t i)etnoeratsland ise. uorti, tot
waso tene hit'm atli heldall Clu
andt o ithe us i it'noonti a brilliin t ec
StinI wast given hin hi' honolrl atI dl
iLak tirove.0 tn a an-Ih ''htt5at int iwont ii
potlitii an s it to i n hOtioi, (lo ernt'
h ttampbttel sidlteii)gnillrai' we're gn
if \'int will the 'i gh. li sl h atroi
ifepce ahc helingt hand tin x-l'r
detCeid ut thath li'tIi in'y'' ithe ptite lce;
itrat in it te l'e ill e :'si t Cohmibi
r- to-ic' hlt an<'l at . M'iiiisan il l - i
vited atinake six spece during 11y
campaig5 n.it l (;Otnor it-it', nifu Net
laot nt. llmorat.s. Triht, to(i lt
w titll be invithd byrtes W-ains abs
ned, wnhot whie goveno Isway, hore. har
i ha nden h thd Iem ocrts n' (ohi
(a otnor (ishl roey.rru to(
Soitnbus to-angt, iIie i-tt,ii
ha bei asedin it ius Ilogt. i
"hliracults rnightiyt arill offte da
1jis grap,"siulhturai tad ieorlgie
ng ate n. ()h r ie?x et,w
Murder Most Foul.
or JACKSONVILLE, FLA, July 20.-A
-t- Brauford special to the Evening Tele
Ile gmm.says: "Passenlgers arriving here on
l the stumer Bell of Suwanee report that
a cowNardly murder was committed near
M Mundin's Point, on the Gult of Mexico.
W. U. Braden, contractor, was the vic
is tim. 1le had Ia Camp in the forest back
l1e of the point, getting out telegraph poles.
t's Of late the camp has been short of pro
visions and there has been dissatisfaction
among ,the men ,n that account. The
er steamer should have brought down some
provisions on Friday, but failed to do
Io. so. A man naned lli%rgenbothien went
of to liraden yesterday morning and told
0. him that ie had come either to get
'k rations or to kill him. Braden replied
L- that the rations had not come. Higgen
bothen told Braden to get his gull, for
glie was oing to kill him, and fired, fill
ing Braden's breast with buckshot. li
g. genbotheni immediately walked oll'and
h has not yet been arrested. Bradeu died
of almost instantly.'
A Elight Witi Hop.
WEsT I'OINT, Miss., July 18.-There
was a riot among the colored popula
re tion on Capt Fred Broll's plantation,
awest of this place, last night. Two
lie young men had a difliculty about
Ty a girl and proceeded to cut each other
to pieces with hoes. Some fifteen or
Id twenty amen, women and children took
ia haia-id in the fray, and an inven'ory
1y showe,l one woman with her brains
i oozing ott of a frightful hole inl the
back of her head made by at hoe; one
of bcy was inl the same cot)dition, and two
s- of the men were frightfully cut and
hi rised. 1-'very one engaged in the af
lie fair was more or less hurt and at least
to two (aths, perhaps more, will result.
he outragen In Chin.
011 SA N I" iA NCIsCO, .1 uly 17.-The steam
er lielgic which arrived from iHong
to Kong and Yokohama at noon today,
I I. brings news that the ferment in the
it north of China is spreading. Two I.:ng
ed lishmnen, a missionary and a customs
eil oflicer, were brutally murdered at
rk Witsuih. The European ladies at the
place barely escaped with their lives.
g 'T'1he Franch, church, orphanage and ad
ps joiniug premises at Woosich, near Soo
it Chow, have been destroyed. The for
he iLui ministers are said to have sent a
lhe joint note to the government, demand
Al ing Ihatm ieasures be taken for the pro
ay tect ion of foreign life and property in
ik China.
Pianos and Organs.
N. W. TRuMip, 134 Main Street Co
Iy linibia, S. C., sLlls Pianos and Organs,
(1o direct 1romn factory. No a ents' com
,. missions. The celebrated 'hickering
ey Piano. Mlathutshek Piano, celebrated
- for its clearness of tone, lightness of
touch and lasting qualities. Mason &
Hamlin Upright Piano. Sterling Up
he right Pianos, from $225 up. Mason &
. I anilin Organs surpassed by none. Ster
ling Organi, $50 lip. Every Instrument
g uaranteed for six years. Fifteen days'
L ial, expenses both ways, if not sat-i&
O fact,orv. Sold on Iistaitients.
Oil
Train Started Up-Town.
(Ai NG i:, N. J., July 23.-Dover ex
'if press train No. 53, on the D. L. & W.,
01n iimped the track near the depot this
v- atf ternoon, ran 200 feet oin the ties turn
r ed into Lincoln avenue and brought ip
lie against the sidewalk. -.ngineer Hoff
lie inan and his fireman jueifwd. The lat
ter was seriously hlrt. The passen
4 gers were hadly shaken.
10 The imnportance of purifying the
heC blood c innot be over-estimatedi, for
lie without pure blood you cannot enjoy
is. goodl heali. 1P. P. P. (PrIckly Ash,
le Poke l)ot anid P'ottassiuim) is a inirac
tli Ions .blood pulrilier, performing more
-tyicres ini six imonths than all the sarsa
Spartllas and so-called blood( puriliers
.~ Put together.
uld I ?huiinatismn is cured ihy P. P. P.
mi Pains1 and aches in the hack, shouldlers,
knees, anukies, hips, and wrists are all
';attacked and conquered by P. 1P. P.
This great medlicine, by Its blood
or clean rsing ptropertifes, bu ilds up and
rg~ strentgthens L.he whole body.
k e ltheu matism.-.James P'axton, of Sa
et valnnah, G'a., says lie had Rtheumatism
ii- so bad that he could not move from
me the bed or dress without help, and that
it, he triedl nmany remnedies, but received
m~ no relief until he began the use of P. P.
b), P.. (P'rickly Ash, Poke Itoot and P'otas
p- slumi), arid two bottles restoredl him to,
cr hecalt i. -
Fought for a Girl.
.~I lI' f.i, 0., .JuLly 23.-ihid Berry aind
e Winu. Giarrett, as the result of a quarrel
.- over a girl, fought a dluel with knives
. here this morning. lierry was killed
Sand Garrett probably fatally wounded.
.....HY NOT USE OURS?
f- 'I
S M URRAY'S iRON MIXTURE
i
M~UitRRAY'S SARSA.PARtlILfA']
~ Xit a floodl Puirlfir anid SprIng MedIcine!
ii We are the Manufactures and Solo Pro- It
ipirietois of bo0th.
'ibTis Is the timue of the year the system ,
i.rqires a toilc and( the blood a purifier.
o Our stock of D)rugs. MedicInes, Chemii
s als an rggst Sundries Is complete.
rhle exceld, We sollelt your patronage.
'The Murray Drug Co.,
COL UJMBlfA, S. C. I
ADLVICE TO WOMEN
If you would protect yourself
Y from Painful, Pr~ofuse, Scanty,
Su ppre.ssed or Irregular Men
I struation you must use
BRAD FlELD'S
- FEMALE
REGULATOR
CAIrTRuAy c.r., April 26, 15516.
STis wIll certify that two monmbers of my
. imeit-a, aferhai uTered for
years froma if eensruaI Erreg ularIty,
bes~ing treated without beneft bypysicia94.
Swaro, at length comipltoly cure hy one bet e
of Ilradfield's Ves al Regujator. r
effect i truuly wonderful. J. W.STaANoU.
Ihok to " wOMAN'" matted FREE, which contain. or
valuoabile infnrmnation on all female disoasesi.
BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO..
- ATLANTA, GA.
F' .E, SALEC BY ALL DRi7GGI8TS
A GREAT ORPER 'CHAT MAY NoT AoAIm
BN RPEATED, 80 DO N(YT DELAY,
""STRIKE WrIi iTH3E lito 1 IlOT.
Write for Catalfngue now, and say what
pape)r yousaw thii advertisement tn.
Remember thus I sell everything that
goes to furni8hing a home-manutactur
Ing solne things and buying others in the
argest possible lots which enables me to
wipe out all competition.
HERE ARE A FEW OF MY START
LING BARGAINS
A No. 7 Flat top Cooking Stove, full
size, 15x17 inch oven, fitted with 21 pieces
of ware, delivered at your own tiepot,
al freight charges paid by me, lot
only Twelve Dollars.
Again, I will sell you a 5 hole Cookiti
Range 13x13 inch oven, 1Mx26 inch top, lit
ted with 21 pIeces of ware, for TU1IR
TEEN DOLLARS, and pay the treight to
your depot.
DO NOT PAY TWO PRICES FOR
YOUR GOODS.
I will send you a nice plush 1'arlor suit,
walnut framne, either In combination or
banded, the most stylish colors for 31.50,
to your .ailroad station. freight paid.
I will alsoseli vou a nice Bedronos ult,
consisting of Ureau with ghiss, I high
head Beidstead, I Washstand, 1 Centre
table, 4 cane seat chairs, I cane seat antd
back rocker all or 1.50, and pay i reigh
to your depot.
Or I will send you an elegant Bedrootm
uit with large glass, (iit uarble top, 1or
V30, and pay freight.
Nice Wintlow shade on soriim rollert 40
Elegant large walnut8 day clock, 4.0
Walnut lounge, 7,Ou
:Lace curtains per window, 1.00
Icannot describe everyt,hing in a small
advertisement, but have an itumense store
containing 22,600 feet of flour rooi, with
ware houses and Cactory buildings in other
parts of Augusta, raking in all the lar
gest business of this kind under one aman
[agenent in the Southern states. 'Il hse
r toru-sand warehouses are crowded witm
tle chvicest productions of the best facto
frios. My catalogue containing illusttations
of goowt. will be mailed it you will kindi)
tny Where you saw this advertisement. I
pay treight. Address,
L. F. PADGETT,
Proprietor Padgett's Furniture, ,tovt
and Car pt btore,
1110-1112 road Street, AUG LJTA, GA.
Mi AND WOMAN.
I' i V wii pmrify and vitalize yotir
b11m , - r*t-1 m it 9- I atilt! w -,. nd give your
W lte -y* 4t-ll tonne anj :,I r.-%: I.
A pronnent ratilroui n i teint ti
Sava. n .nn nfainwiAth .' -
e ar f mt.nsotism sa.I i.
f. ( a -n: .lhe ,winIhi live f,n ,c a 1.,Ij
d wavs -et P. P. P.
it you ar' tired ot fr .. ,. .. nn..
elom, (tniemnemnt, taku
P. P. P.
If you are feeltngi b ,.1y ;n the spring
and out of sorus, take
P. P. P.
tI your digt%ttio orge no need toning up,
take
P. P P.
If von isuTtr wih hmeadaicho, iidigestion,
diebinty and wea tnkntnes, take
P.P. P.
If youi auffr witmh rervouse protration,
nerves uInstrnr aend a genetrnal iet down
of the systenm, btk
P. P.P.
For Blood Poiso in. Rthewuuatam, Rero?.
mit a, Ol ores, Mlarla, t'nronic Femnaia
Comuplaintn, tako
Prickly Ash, Poke Root
and Potassium.
The best blood pumrlfte'r in thme world
LIPP'MAN I1itOS., Wholeqale Druggists,
L iruMANa fl.n.u Mavtannah, GIa.
DO YOU WISH TC
'LIEN ui:Y Triil' ilOMAS STEA m
PRESS AND) SEED COTT"1ON
ELEFVATOR.
It is thme molst perfect stystemin usmee, tun
adinmg cotton from wagons, cleaning ami
clivering it into gins or stalls. Cottor
Oes not pass through fanm and1 press re
lires no pumlley nor belts. It saves tman
1(d mioiney.
TALBOTT & SONS'
NOI NES ANDI l) OI ,ERS, S l'ATiION.
A IC Y AN D l'OlRITAIbh E. OLDl DO.
A lHOU l'TS SAWV Mll1,LS, M P1JV El)
FRICTION ANI) ROPEI' lFEIg
lM MUlS ANI) VA N WINKLIE COT
ON GINS AND COTT"ION l'RESSES.,
We offer Saw Mill Mlen antd Ginners
0 mnost colmplle't ouitfits thant can be
mghit and at bonttom prices.
T. C. BADHAM,
GENER~AL AGENT,
COLJUMnIA, S, C.
TI E T1A LB1O'TT ENIN E I8 'Il E
Feb 19-1',.
'irst Class Work.
V e ry Low Prices.
iBuges, Can riages, Road Carts, Wagons
s., Warranted Secondl to none.
InquIrt. of nearest dealer ini these goods,
send lur Catalogume-.Mention1ing thnit
per.
OLLER & ANDERSON~
BlUGGy CO0.. R OCK 11,, 5. ,
NOTICE !
Before assuring your
life, or investing your m..
ey, examine the T went) -
Year Tontlue Policqes of
THE EQUITABLE
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
01" THE
United States*
Policies Inatut Iuz in
1891 realize cash returns
to tle owners, of amountits
varying Irom 120 to 176 per
cent, of the money paid in,
besides the advantages of
the Assurance duri'ng the
whole period of twenty
years.
The following is one
of the many actual cases
maturing this year:
Endowment Policy No. 64,925.
Issued in 1871, at age 27. Amouit, $5,000.
Premium, $239.90. Total Premiums Paid,
$4798.
E S U la Tr S
at end of 'I ontiIV Period in 1891:
CASIL SULAMENDER VALUE, '8,449.45,
(Equal to $176-10 for eali
$100 paid inl premiums,
which is eqUivalen, to a Ie
trn of all preniliums paid,
with interest at 7% per
ecitt. per annum.) Or, in
liel 1 . cash,
PA I1-Ul' ID 1y POI,iCY Foit *19,470.
(Equal to $405.80 for each
$100 paid in prenmiums.)
OR,
A LIFE ANNUITY of jw3t5
One fact is Worth a1 thousand theories
Thwre is no Assurance extant inl any coiu
panly Which mpares Withi this. The
Equi table 1s the strongest company Inl tho
world and tranisacts the largest business.
For further information address or apply
to the nearest agent of the Society, or write
d I rect to
April S-3 in O0K lil ,1, 5. C.
TI'JE LaAltOEs'T ST1OCK,
MOST SKILL~El WOiKKMlEN,
LOW~EST' PRICES
SOlll Caro1lla A arble W0orh,
F. H. HY ATT,
:i" Et O)PEU 11E'011.
1s the best place in Soumthm CaiIrolina or
Southern States to seenreo satisfaction in
Americani amnd Italian Marl WVork. All
kiutts of
Cemetery Work
a specility.
11 EA l)STION ES,
MON UMEN TS, &-c.
Sendi for prices and full informatIon.
F. H. HYA TTA~
April 8 y COIJUMHIlA, S. C.
VECTOI'0IY FORE 'I'EEE MAIElORE
Exhiblt&4d side by side with its leading
competitors at the State Fair, 1890.
The superintendent andl Committee of
the Mechanical Deopartmient, in inspecting
these features not included in the P'remiun
List, dteem worthy of special mention the
Sailor Seedl Cotton Elevator, D)istrlbutor
andi Cleaner exhibited by W. 11. Gibbos,
.Jr., & (Co.
Th'le system operates mtost e fliciently, andl
miuch inproves the sample, f'aeitates the
ginning of wet cotton and eaves largely in
labor and cost of handlingt,
ThIeCommiittee recomnmend to t ho farm
ers of the State an Investigation ito tie
merits of these dlevices.
[Signmed.1 D). P. DUINCAN,
for Conmmittee.
W. 11. (lIIPIES, Ja., & CO,,
COL~UMn1A, S. C,
itate Agents and I)ealers in first clah
Machinery, i1uggies, WVagons, &c.
SPECIAL.-TIo test the adlvertising yalue
of TuE STATE, wo will sell to any farmier
referring to that paper ono of thme bmst D)ow
,Law Cotton Planters made0 for 4.25, oash.
'lho usual price is $500
&-? k Ia , . t1atopusa
TIiRRY M Op<l - .H'L
LIPP3AN DROS., Whoeaje Druggtt,
Me1 Prepthtora.LI4pmameatavntak,===a