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established 1855 YORK. S. C-. TUESDAY." JUNE 4. 19187 NO. 45
| "Bride oi
? By VICTOR I
! A ROMANCE OF THE
1 FIGHTING ON!
1 FIELDS OF
~ Copyright l>y \V.
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( HAlTKIi XVI. y
Kv? n as In- kisM-?l h? r in nturn In* t,l
k!iw tii< startl?-<l Klaiict- that fast
la-hind her. and. following it with hos
eves. lie saw ;i tall figure in uniform
-merge from tin- recesses of the ori* w
Iha-; and again he stood face to face
with Kelleilnaii.
Khanor released him and stood. still
clinging to luin. at Ins side, la i hand t,
drawn through his arm. The eontrast il(
Itelweeli the two men Was exlraor- |(j
ditiar>. K< Herman looked as n la- had
just stepped into his uniform; his |,
gloved hands, his adjusted helt. tla- M
01 eases in his tunie were thos? ol- the
fashion-plate. Looking at Mark la- saw ,|
a dirt), grimed, almost unrecognizable
figure, with uniform that hung ahout n
him in great tatters, Notches and 01
stained with hlood. s|
"Vou said la- would not conn- hark?" m
oried Kh-anor. "You see he has I'oine |(l
l.aek. What have you to sa> more?" w
"Vou misunderstood me, Kh-anor?" 11
"I understand you now for the lirst |?
time in m> life. I liked vou. Majoi ar
Kelleiuian. I trusted you and I he.
lie vial in vou. When yriii told me that ?>|
vou were working to get Captain Wal- (-i
laee his reeug nit lull I was glad, and
proud oi vou hutli. and happy. What m
did you do?"
' What did he do?" erieil Kelh-nnan hi
furiously. "Why should vitu l>eli< ve hi
?-vil things of me, liecnuse la- said
them?"
"He never spoke one word against lr
you!"
"When the d< eisiot, has alreadv hei-n m
made hy an impartial eourt, anxious to U
clear .? soldier's character. 11 that vv< re w
possible ? w
"Because I Imvt a woman's instinct. i.?
Major Killer man." ai
"Knoutth of this." lnter|>osed Mark. it.
"What art- you doirut here, sir?" Ik
Hi- snapped tin- Inst word out in
irony so hitter that Kellennan wineed. in
"So vou've rlicatt'il tin- liriiuc party.
1'rivate West on!" he said, with Ids iij
habitual sneer. to
"O. call inc Mark while you're about ta
It," answered Wallace, "Or please remember
that I am no longer under' iv
your command, nor a soldier in llie'tu
American army. Technically I am a ' yc;
dead man. Major Kellennan, and dead j
men?" | fo
"Toll no tales, eh?" responded Kel-1 sj
lerman savagely. "Well. here we stand I ar
?? A..c.... .* . ..
rant plain speaking. It is not my busi- tlV
ness to place you under arrest. But, if a
I do so. you are aware that your life in
will bo worth about tlvc minutes' pur- Hi
chase. So go, Mr. Weston, or Wallace,
or whatever you call yourself now. Co lui
?if Miss K lea nor here says the one th
word that will set yon free. Co?ami so
in this confusion you will have a reasonable
chance to escape, with those In
ready wits of yours." th
"The one word?" Kleanor gasped.
"The one word 'yes.'" rescinded |?i
Kellennan. lei
"I will never beeome your wife. Ma- se
jor Kellennan."
"So you told mc th" other day. after M
lending me to suppose that it was your h.'i
intention." nnsweied Kellennan easily.
"Stop. Mr. Weston, if you please, and to
let mo finish. War doesn't leave muni m
sentimentality in u man. We know
what lit**- is worth, and we know that tli
life's a matter of bargaining. When we gv
wern in Ameriea I might have accepted
my dismissal. Kleanor. lint here we 11
three stand under the naked heaven, gr
like ants on a hill.' All artificial dis- p;
t hut ions have fallen away. I'v< loved
you for many months, Kleanor. and I ee
want to marry you. That's the hald so
truth of It. In order to |iersuade you,
I am willing to lit this gentleman is- as
ca|te- to facilitate his escais-. even to (>l
make our marriage dependent on my hi
success. That's fair. Isn't it? And.
what have yon against me? Is it my as
fault that he was court martin led and
sentenced to death for striking an of- IV
fleer T*
The man's i ffrontory took Mark's 01
breath away.
"My answer." res|>ondcd Kleanor
steadily, "is 'no.' And even if you could
send him to his death it would still be
no.' ticca use he himself would wish ^
that Itut you can't harm him. Something
convinces me that all the harm
that has conic to him has come from w
you. And it tells me, too. that your >
IMiwer has ended. 'Xo.' is my answer." w
"And yours. Mr. Weston?" asked f:
Kellerman. looking at Mark. pi
Mark, unable to reply. |Miinted to- w
ward the opening of the recess. Kellerman
turned and strode toward it. u
Then he turned. t!
"There's one thing more to say." he is
said. "Your action in dismissing ntc. tl
Miss Howard, savors of the romantic p|
drama Your life has been a romantic e:
one. with a certain high-strung Ideal- tl
Ism in it. due to the circumstances of hi
your upbringing. It was that. I be- hi
lieve, which made you think it your f?
duty to follow your adopted father's y\
unit to the front. I think you ought to w
know who you are. Your father died
on the hattieneni oi Kiniiiiru. no
? fugitive from justice. He was the gi
notorious Hampton." it
Mark uttered a cry. He sprang: to- a<
ward Kellerman. hut Kellerman dealt < i
him a blow that sent him stumbling h
among: the brtcks. w
"That's a lie. Kellerman!" said Col - H
onel Howard quietly. a
The old colonel's eyes were wide d
open. He laid his hands laboriously
upon the edge ot' the brick wall and. H
with a great effort, raised himself to h
his feet. t;
That's a lie." he repeated. t<
"It is no lie. Colonel Howard. You p
told the whole story to Captain Wal- fi
lace In the hospital tent. Never mind v
how I know. I know." i
"You damned dirty spy!" said the t
old colonel. t
"A confession." answered Kellerman v
blandly. "Your wonts were strong
ones. Colonel Coward. Deny them if fl
you can. You said, 'A thousand years s
of hell wouldn't atone for that crime.* v
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f Battle" J
{OlSSEAU E
AMERICAN ARMY |'
rHE BATTLE- |
FRANCE. |
(i. Chapman. S
iiiimiiiiMiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiim h
oil si!i*l 'it was c-alrulati-d. cold- "
luoilril ililihi-raiion." You said. ' I m* v
is' against liaiii|>toii was absolutely
lovi-M. lie was to huVf In-oil haii-.l '
< soon is w< captured Santiago. lie 1,1
as born rott-n. He sold I.is country
> pay his gambling debts.' And you
ill.si him by tin- worst name out* man b
in call another. That was why yon
ii'il to |? isnath- Mark Wallace no* to
lo|>t I lain |>lt.It's c hilt). I.ihc latin I. j.
ke daughter." |.
J It- swung round upon Khanoi, am! ,
>i thf lits>t tinif sffiiit t| to los< Iiij. ||
If-control. 0<
"That's who von an-'" hf cih-d. ''I tit- |,
iild ol a \\ i t I? lit tl traitor, who worn- ,|,
I in tin war it I'.trlint lit with I'olou I ;i|
ow-ard ami fin-, a malt without honentangled
with a wit It-ln tl woman
iv, who soltl our st l ifts. And that is
an--your itdoplt d lather, who you |,;
\i- ami revere. spied on liiitt ill lorn,
niched hint, road his |f|ti-r.s, w til ( )
iroiigh his pockets. sliai.tl hint. Iia|ta
him. Iiroii-tht him lo his th soils :ll
ol iitlopitil you." t|
Kit am.r sla,f.i ifil toward tin nil- |,
o l. In i arms rais. <1 imploringly, ami ;ij
-it-il in a choking voice: m
"Say it's iiirtim ! Only say that il'a
itrin!" 1.1
"It's a i la in in 11 lit-," saitl tin colonel: p,
i in. i. was not ihf h-asl coin a lion m
his viiici', ;l,
"Tell nit' the truth!" In
"lt'? tmi*, then?it's more or |< < n.
IK-." s:i ill Howard wearily. in
"It's nut true!" xliont? ?! Murk ' It'-,
iiiilnf. Colonel. tin' man's fan hail
' it practical!.* Mown away. Mow <|o ,|
Know that it was llani|itoii who pi
us willi I til* oliiM? tl might have rj
en another. We don't Know for sun-. ,
nl w can't Know. I've nevi r hcliese.l
I woiililn't e\er dare to let myself p,
lievc it." ih
"You found his pa|ters," said Kellcran.
,1,
Nobody answend him. Ch anoi went p.
i to Mark and raised her white fare ,.|
his. "Tell nie what you think. t*ap- S(.
in Mark," she ]deaded. II,
And once more Mark was mute, sin p,
ad his face as if hy inches. She t|,
rued toward Kellerman. "Now will
til go?" she asked. j;(
Kellerman saluted her with mod; |>,
rinality. "I'll go," he said. "Iiiil he's ?a
icnt his chance. A spy's daughter ,,j
nl n finv'ii?l
e entrance to the recess. Tncy hore
stretcher. 'l*ropped up in it. swathed i;,|
a Moody clout of bandages. was s(.
nrt Icy. in
"There In- is!" he cried. isdnting his
iin! in triumph. "I knew he'd come
is way. He's here, sir!" he cried to ||?
me one outside the Ol'ilice.
The stretcher hearers set down their .,s
irden on a led ire of the wall. Into p,
e little place strode the general. f0
Ills apis-aranee there excicised a sj,
iralszing eflfeet upon them all. Kelrnian
was the lirst to recover his ,p
If*possession, lie saluted stiffly. .,t
"This man." hi- said, pointing to
ark. "is the prisoner who was to p,
ive hceti executed this morning." ;,t
The general, without a word, strode v(
ward Mark and clasped him hy the p,
mil. hf
Kellerman gulped and moved toward tti
e entrance for the last time. The jM
neral turned. al
"Halt, sir!" ho commamloil. "Colonel ;,|
award, will yon have tin* pxidiu-ss to s|
> to the tnan on tho?why. I I?-g your Vj
irdon, colonel! Not badly hurt?" in
"Nothing much, sir." answered the
ilonel. attempting; to make the pas- pj
*e. e,
The general save him his arm and f,isisted
him. and. when lie stood still. |j(
need one arm about him to steady nl
in. I,i
"Do you recognize that man?" he
iked.
The colonel stiffened: Kellermnn ^
II hack against the wall.
"As I'm a living man." cried Colie|
Howard, "it's Hampton!"
(To Ite Continued.)
Id
VICTORY IN THE CLOUDS
I.i
fonderful Work of the Italian
Alpini.
Among mountains trt.oitu feet high xv
itti precipices of jagged roek and ||;
opes of unmelting ice and snow. xv
rites an American com simndent tj.
om the Italian front, the Italian Al- 1(
ni have opened then fourth yeai ot ^
ar with a neatly finished victory. ,-t
The most dillieult pait ot the whole ^
irmldalde Italian mountain line is OI
ie place chosen for this attack. It , j
so dillieult that before the war n)
10 Alpine club would allow only
Icked members to take |<art in its ;1|
ccurslons there. Yet. for all this,
ie Alpini. roped together, with rifles. t(
tints and hav< rsasks slung on theii aj
icks. and climbing with hands and
?'t. have conuuered Monte 1'iemnn.
[onte Zigolon and practically the
hole ot Monticello pass. I,
In forty-eight hours of lighting thc> ,|,
iptured nearly l.oon prisoners. 1? tl
ur.s. fourteen trench mortars. ?f r(
lachine guns and took two complete p
... 1-1 ?ol.l. n-,m The usillt IS the ,1
ream has lost the heights Irom which n
e dominated Valcamonioa. to the
est. which lends to Edolo and toward f,
itvscln and Yaldijtencva. to the east, tr
lone a broad hlshway stretch in.c n
own to the plains. fi
Under tne jnost difficult conditions S]
talian artillery supported the attack, f,
ut the success of the dnrlnjr under- t|
lUInc was due to the individual de- tl
u-mlnatlon or the Alpini. climbing 0
atlently and lal?oriously for hours, n
rom foothold to foothold, until they f,
/ore near chough to the fortified n
ock aeries of the Austrlans to throw f<
heir l>ombs with one hand while f
hey dlung to the face of the cliff
.ith the other. o
The action was like that of flies a
Ichtlng on the side of a loaf of white f
urnr. Sometimes crawllne. an Alpini a
.ould lose his footing and his lettered p
n_.iv fin*! its In.?t n-stinar placi".
.i/Kii f, 11 |.< |?,w iM'Kint.' tK roi lc.
S'lif; t!( iiist nun iiarl'cil t};o
In Aiis'i itinx v/fiiiM m-h nut from
h< ir rn.'iiil t acil. mittics The rnn- ; |.\
luili I'n ?.i|.|.iii in-.; Tori-is re
litnhintj up to join tin in. wmiM hurl
li'in pntn.p f<> di'iihi rati, ih striirion.
Suofi-ss inn in-* ii u-on in ?h? rh'-nmo
in tii- l.i"rn-M mountain linttl<* o!'
la i ;iiii|i!iKm. Muf. iriitiK have 1.1-1 ri
until w r:io! win- . l>.'it!iloiii"l hy the
rn-inv. So -riaT an- t!?.- i.mtint'iins
ifitni-iii tiifit it tno\ twntv-l'rttir
o irs lou r itii- \lt>tiii t rnl ttiki-n one
i-ijfhl to lisi-nvi i :i cavern in
liiep ui-ic naoihei lipi Austrian*,
cue hi w I oi') tt. re woiunli-!. while
c n st ware <lrunk from tin- c.-<.nt? pt.^
i' a stove-in ca.sk of lira nil y.
FIGHTERS OF THE AIR
ritish Select Thei' Men With Very
Grrat Care.
How .Joes tin Hritish air ? rvlcn
ni. nut Isiiiii its thousands ul aii'lin it
;>ai ti' iilai iie-n wl.u are i1-stin.il
I iiiiiiic tin >tar "lluliii is" at tin*
out i"li:s '|i.i->ti<>n was p i! to an
tic iai il l- .tip ministry in London
y lip- Associated I'ii'ss coni-spon i.t
in an interview. Merc is his
11.- v. f
"Ti e pilot Willi IS destined to |ty the
i.irh -seateil inai him s of the air I'tiri'v
"discovered' almost as soon as he
is li.-eii l.apti/e.l in tin- air.
"To l>. .in witli In must have passu)
Haiti physical tesls with 1 |>< r
ni iesult. Many wise men. doctors
nl ornanizois sit in conclave over
esc tes's. The. ih-linc feitaln fac.
us that L<> to make up a 'perfect'
I mail - perfect siaht. aire twenty-four
its c.|ui\a|ciit in physical make-up,
t.?o.l l.wln ir i.r iron.) hiinils. ollick
;nn, keenness. eonliibnee. It is odd
>u iiineli emphasis is placed on ;i
nn's hands by the examinees. who
Mill* there is lis inili'tl difference
iw?*t-ii flying si scout .*inil an ordii*\
ni.'icliini* :is there is between ri?lg
;i thoroughbred :ir<1 :> cart-horse.
From the Jump.
"Some mi n show their destiny from
n* lirst inonieiit of training. Men
?? I hiII sinil Itisliop promise well
irlit from the sin it: they revel in
i-linsr new stunts ntnl tricks of their
vn. long lie fore their heavier headed
cthren lupin lo attempt the thinss|
at snv safe on all modem machines.
"Other men l*e*_*in slowly, and llnd
imsehes through sheer j.lnel. in I
ird work. Ilavinp pone over the
isinnel to pilot a placid artillery nervation
or photographic mae'iiai
ey give a pood account of themselves
tin* first scrap they pet mixed ii"ir.:
eri after thev look for and seem in
i ioy liphts. An observer in lbs or.
"is I report casually remar!:? that
lot So-and-So is 'always wanting io
ekle the Huns instead of 'akir.p
allographs or ranging puns." and.
larters wl.l.V, recommendation vhich
n.ls him in a ipeclal post-pradnate
i ool or aerial punnery for training
what the airmen call 'flrc-eatinp.'
"Here tie meets the HU'll?aees they
II ihem in France?who have been
uititig in single-seaters and who are
sting >.' have been sent back for use
instructors. Tin* public knows lit
about thes" post-graduate schools
r young eagles: the work Is intense
and thorough: the science of air
:hting is taught by stapes up to a
glee of perlection almost unbcliev le.
"To the airmen who fights, such
ings as tactics and deflection, tangos
i I sights, iiiiist come b> instinct. The
mil fighting man. it is generally be ved.
is born, not made. He inust
ive I til* < 1111 c K ''ram hum win unui
io hands with tho judgment of <-\ ricneo.
He mnrt havi keenness, and
so luck. Ho must lovo Mho game,'
liinuuh it is not necessary that ho
ioiiIiI havo ho< n a sportsman, or a
lohtsman or ,i racing motorist in his
v-war da\s
"It is the general opinion atrtono
lots that a sootit fighter who has
miplotoil a inon'h on tin* wostorn
out has passed throuch his prohaiin
ami will *? good for a long timo
iloss hail luck or tho laws of chanro
imr him ilown."
His Bible Saved Him.?William It.
'ilson. a nineteen-year-old soldier of
owoastlo. I'a., is in a hospital in the
ar of tho Amorioan sector in l'icard\
Hiiilly recovering from a minor
oiiml. writos a correspondent. A Hio
nn?l a small trench mirror, which
was accustomed to carry in his loft
oast |>orket. deflected a Herman
i.arpshooter's Indict from his heart.
Acoordimr to Ids filonils. Wilson,
ho is an orphan, had Peon in the
ihit of reading the Wide daily, He
i^ imr in ?lie roar linos last Sun
iv with iiis Hihlo ns his only com>rt.
Ho was ordered to the front
no. whoro a sharpshooter's bullet
llii) him. Comrades who carried
Im off found that ho was suflorin
tly from a flosh wound in tho/broasi.
tanks to his Hihlo and the trench
lirror. thromrh which the hnllot passI.
A second hnllot struck him in tho
nn. hut this wound is not serious.
Wilson says ho is coin? to present
i*> Hihlo to tho United States as soon
* ho is discharged from tho. hospital.
No Two Females Alike?Old you evr
notice that women hardly over
>ok alike and that men unite often
n? The theory of evolution explains
lis remarkable state of things. The
- ason Is found in the researches of
rof. I*. C. Hunnett. one of our most
istinsruished scientists. He had delonstratod
that the female of almost
very species has more points of dif?rence
with her sisters than the
inlo has with his brothers. The felale
Is invariably colored differently
rom the male, hut in the majority of
peclos the mother animal looks dif >rent
in one detail or another from
tie mother In the next lair. Cnrrying
his principle down thromrh the grades
f life. It is found to ho true of butteries
in exactly the same manner. The
emale butterfly is pursued by the
tale. She flies through swarms of he r
fllows. hut no confusion can lose h< r
rom her lover.
The same necessity exists among
ther Insects and nmong the lower
nlmals. While man has lost his need
or It. the principle still holds good
nd nature keeps on varying woman's
ihyslcal appearance.
I OUT OF THE LOOT AGO
Old Personal Letter Possessed ol
Local Interest.
YORKVILLE ~AS IT WAS IN 1872.
Some References to Things in the
Past History of the People of the
Town. County and State that Will
Prove of More or Less Interest to
Many of the Older Folks of the Past
Generation.
John W. Hill, aged 83, now of Waterbory,
Connecticut, was a boyhood friend of the late
< apt. L. M. Grist. Mr. Hill'a father was a
clock-maker, and rame to Yorkville with hi*
family in about 1846 or 1847. Capt. Grist,
then a boy of 12 or 14. and young Hill, slightly
younger, became chums. They went swimming
and fishing together, hunted birdnests,
played ball and marble, and continued a
.mill rnnni Hill'* family
mined back to the north. Then the Civil war
broke out, Grist volunteered on the aoothern
?ide and Hill on the northern aide. They
were both participanta in a little fight at
I'ort Royal; but neither knew that the other
van on the opposite aide until *ome years
later. Thin developed some yearn later. Mr.
Hill's mother, then living in Waterbury, wrote
to the postmaster at Yorkville to inquire
about one of her former acquaintances. The
postmaster turned the letter over to Capt.
Grist for reply, and the result was a renewal
of the old relations between Capt. Grist and
Mr. Hill, the latter then postmaster at Waterbury.
This renewed intimacy continued to
Capt. Grist's death, and a few years later it
was resumed between Mr. Hill and Capt.
Grist's family. This last circumstance came
about through mutual acquaintance with
Itrooks Morgan, then general passenger agent
of the Southern Railway, who had recently
spent a vacation on a moose hunting expedition
with a party of Connecticut people of
which Mr. Hill was one. The correspondence
between Mr. Hill and the sons of the late
Capt. Grist has been going on ever since and
with a recent communication, Mr. Hill enclosed
a letter that was written by Capt. (irist
some forty-nix yeari ago, and which Mr. hiii
has pn<me?nrd ever ainee. Thia letter, of eourae,
was never intended for publication, but because
of a certain local intereat that aeema
to attach, it is given below just as it was
written:
Yorkvillo. S. C? April 2Cth, ls72.
Friend John:
Your I'itvor. ?f:it<-?l tho 1st of Fobruir>
hist, \v:is r? oelved tit the proper
time. I delayed answering, on wailing
tho movements of our "picture
nuin" hero to furnish nio with some
more vi? \vs of Yorkvillo. I httve seenred
som rnl, luit have not tot all that
I would haw hi-on pleased to have
I aide to send you. I can prohaldy
liest explain the locality of each
plelmv by nutnliers.
I'let lire No. 1?This is a residence
iluated immediately opposite to the
"old Codv Hotel" place, on the lot occupied
by Dr. Crenshaw when you
were here. Or il may have been oeettpied
hv I. X. Cooper. I do not |>ositiV'dy
remember which.
I'let lire No. 2.?The right shows the
top of the lull fronting where you residfd?the
next the fence of Geotge \V.
Williams, the next the fence of the,
"old Cody hotel" premises, the next
the fence of the place where Colonel
Iteattv resided; the next the oros^
street, next the postolficc (the postoP
I fleece.7? V- -- - ?
' *- . v?t|?
better), next the "Enquirer" office;
next a small office, next the residence
of your humble servant and his wife
and children. His Is the old Davis
house, used in vour day as a whiskey
shop?no whiskey in it now, however.
The lour buildings last mentioned belong
lo myself and my creditors (?).
Picture No. 3.?First on the right?
fence In tween the jmstolflce and the
shoe shop mentioned above, next shoe
shop, nex; Enquirer office, etc.
Picture No. 4.?The rigid side nearest
to you. shows you one of the columns
which supports the piazza of
the building in which your father had
his shop, next the lane tending to the
back lot of the old hotel (Gores'),
next a brirk building, part of the hotel.
erected since your day: next a
store mom?the upper rooms of which
ire connecteil with the hotel; next the
ohl hotel proiier: next the store of
WinJet Adnnis?old Col. Wm. Winget
tind John Adams, the former is
dead, tin latter is merchandising; at
the same old place; next the old residence
of old C'apt. John Blair. By examining
a picture I sent you liofor!
>on w ill lie aide to recognize and tin
derstand the situation down to tie
cress street.
I'ictiire No. 4. continued.?(Ix-f
hand side.) The first building Is 1o
i *ited wlvre McKay had a shoe shoptue
next, "New 'iroeery" is on th
. anie lot t'.e next is where there wa
. blacksmith shop in your day; tin
" \t is a building erected on a lo
used in yo'ur day for keeping "dio-.< '
I ogs in: the next lot is a vacant one.
occupied in your day hv Dr. John H. '
Williams, it (tile house) was hunted !
down several years ago; nc!C the resi- '
It-nee of Ksquire Jeffreys, the man '
who kept candy for sale. You doubt- l.-ss
have a vivid ricollecton of him. '
i-'or further description I lave to refer '
on to my previous letter -nil the pie- '
Sure heretofore si nt jou .bowing the 1
vii in It y of the cross strc-t.
I'ictiire No. 5.?Shows ho building '
on the drover's lot. nearlyapposite the '
old Oore's hotel, and adjoitng tl.e lot '
occupied 1 > Dr. John II.Williams in *
your day.
I'hture No. f>.?Whechts carriage '
factory at the lower en of Main *
street. '
rieture No. 7?llesiden- of It. T. 1
Wheeler nearly opposite to carriage
factory and adjoining thtlarge lot? ^
grove ?w here Dr. Wm. Mire resided. a
Picture No. S.?Fence i|front of It.
Wheeler's lot. the next tl old Daniel
James resilience. The Itses below
have all been built since i>u left here. 9
Picture No. 9.?Depot 1 the King's u
Mountain railroad, lowerjnd of Main
st ret t.
Picture No. 10?Stean.jtglne which a
rives the Enquirer newpper press. *
Picture No. 11.?Prlntli press upon 11
..-Inch Enquirer is prlnte< These two ''
' .st pictures are quite inbinct owinc
io the fact that the sur^nding light e
revented the photograph from do- n
i ts- better. It was also ^practicable R
for him to place his carni at a prop- 11
er distance.
Picture No. 12.?Reside of II. T.
Wheeler from a differej point from
No. 7 picture.
Between yourself andhur mother. 11
you will probably be at to under- w
stand and remember ttiocatlona to ^
which I refer, and havlried to ex- ^
plain. Pather crudely apprehend.
Now for something el?<
I would send you a pic e of the old
academy, but* It has not >n practlca- P
bie for rr.e to get it. el
i What you have to sat your letter ??
in relation to politics, cu-Kluxism, w
the proper course to pursue in
south, etc.. I ill pass over with
sincle remark that I agree with ;
in toto. I am conservative in ev
ser.se of the word. I cannot say t
I am eith?r a democrat or a repul
can?there are things connected w
each party that i appro\e of. and ih
are thinps connected with each tha
disapprove of. I am for the rij
thouph the hiavens fall. The gr
dilticulty is. however, to decide at
times what is ripht.
And you were ir the cxpedit
which captured Hilton Head? Well
was thereabouts, too. but on the oil
side of the fence. I was on Itav I'o
island in front of Hilton Head. WYH
I remember that Saturday night
November, w hen >our expedit
reached the vicinity or Port Ko
harbor. I was the oillcf r on duty w
the guard on the beach. About eij
o'clock ir. the evening I cast my <
seaward when I saw a light, in
moment another, then another, a
another, and another: but to wl
limit I do not now remember. I kn
then. Nearly ten years have gone
since that night. The next day w
the Sabbath and what a grand a
glorious day it was?the waters w?
smooth, the sun was shlng bright
and the very nir was peaceful and I
tokened ponce. Hut how deceptive a
pea in nces sometime are! In the a
ernoon of Sunday, Commodore Tn
nail with Ids "mosquito" fleet as
was called, composed oi two or ttii
old sienmbouls with a small gun
each, steamed out and opened lire
the L'llited States vessels. Soon
was replied to, and it was not lo
before, in slang jiarlance. he had
"get up and git,".one of his bot
pretty badly crippled. On Mond
there were no movements on eltl
side. Mondav night boats from yo
fleet were busily engaged in reco
inhering and making soundlni
Tuesday morning four of your vessi
race up within distance and o|H-n
lire both on I'ort Menuregard on H
Point and Port Walker on Hilt
Head. Not much damage done
eitner side. Wednesday, the wat
.was very rough and no movements
water was smooth and aiiotit 9 o'clo
jour men were horn to ?|iinit?rs$eard
the drums and saw your shi
commence to move. First came t
^'Wahnsh," fllty-elght guns, next t
^linnesota, 37 guns, then tho Roanol
Thev came In and gave Fort Heaui
!gard broadside front larboard giti
tnnd then from stern, and then sail
ground?or rather steamed?and gave
'to Fort Walker in the same way. O
Jguns replied and so the light cot
Jim need. It was not long, however, li
do re it was discovered that our ft
Jwus beneath notice, and the whole r
Sent ion was giver, to Fort Walker
iilton Head. About three o'clock
he afternoon It was discovered th
>toop nhnn/l
:> -'nay 1'oint, numbering about f
{hundred, including infantry, cava
Jind artillery, to "get up and gl
foils order all obeyed with alacri
iVbount sundown the whole comma
jinovctl olT through the swamp m
'for which thnt countiy is famous. T
next morning about daylight the tror
reached Heaufort and getting in
steamboat, moved up to I'ort Hot
Ferry, tired, sleepv and hungry, ha\i
lett behind clothing, blankets, coc
ing utensils, eatables and everythl
else calculated to make one feel eoi
foi table.
I luive never yet been able to u
derstand why the commander of t
expedition failed to send a gunhc
up to Heaufort and bag the last one
our party. It could have been done
easily as falling off a log. I am gli
hi' didn't do it, however.
From Fort itoyal Ferry our commni
moved up to Focotaligo on the S
vannah laihoad and was engaged
picket duty nt different points in t
vicinity until the regiment was urde
e<l to Virginia in the following Aprl
On the lirst day of January, lsi
my cuinpint with three othirs 01 n
regiment, aril another S. C. regime
had a skirmisl witli vain Iiiiiiiik in l!
vicinitv of I'ort I loyal Kerry. A |hj
tion of the troops on your hide ln-lom
ed, I think, to Michigan?the maj
was shot in the skirmish and subs
iiuenlly died. He was shot l?y Joi
M.-ssey, a son of old man Massey wh
in your day. brought h?vf to Yoikvill
The major alluded to, when shot, wi
reconnoitering, and Mr.ssey siiot hi
it a distance of three or four hui
Ired yards. A single shell from 01
if the gunboats killed eight Confe<
prates and wounded ten more. One i
four men was wounded .and raptui
d by the Confederates. He subsi
luentlv died at I'oeotallgo. Hut enoug
if this. It is not pleasant. I onl
nention these things to show you thi
I was in the vicinity of you at or
ime. If I luid known it then, tiie at
irehension of being captured woul
lot have been as great as it was. Yo
vill understand that what I have writ
en is not with any feeling, section;
>r political, but in order to tell you (
tome things you did not know, an
vhlcli you would not object to I
nade acquainted with.
Should I at any lime again visit Net
fork 1 shall use my best efforts to g
nd see you. I hnvo no business i
few York at present, but one cannc
< 11 what a day may bring forth.
In answer to your inquiry about
tereoscope, I beg to say that I hav
ne, and about seventy-five pictures.
1 have written hurriedly and ami
reouent Interruptions. If it gives yo
ny pleasure I shall be satisfied. 1
ou can't read It I regret it. I sup
ose you can?a printer and postmas
er should be able to dead anything
Remember me kindly to your mot?'
r?tell her my eves are getting dimly
hair and heard are sprinkled wi'.l
ray and I begin to realize the far
fuit I am getting old.
Your friend,
L. M. Grist.
The graves of 100 naval officers an<
ten, victims of the Lusitanla disaster
ere decorated by the mayor an<
merican consul and citizens o
ueenstown, England, on Memoria
ay.
Ship captains arriving at Atlanth
orts. are reporting that there Is ar
temy submarine roving around ir
outh Atlantic and Gulf of Mexict
atcrs.
,t TEARS AT THE PARTIN
you
rrv Hard For ttie Soldier to Leave
hat _ _
mi. Pet Dog.
tth ,
7; TOUCHING HEART TRAGEDY AT SEVI
Sht *
eat Wac Against the Rules to Take Di
all Over There, and the Owner of T
Animal Was Able to Touch His $
Ion perior Officers Very Closely E
lt | He Failed to Win Out.
I,f.r (Passed by the Censor.)
|m Correspondence The Yorkvilla Enquirer.
()o Camp Sevier, May 2S.?This is i
j story of a soldier and his dog and 1
sad parting of the two when a s. |
I ration became necessary on account
ith l'>e ca" Ior ,0 "somewher
ju .Soldiers, like other people, are perfe
Lf ly human and therefore, being humi
" they love dogs and other pets of tl
nil kind. A good many of them In d
Uit ferent outtits at Tamp .Sevier hu
t w dogs?bull dogs, collies. jkhmIIcs a
l,v pugs and even "jailers." which tli
as "lunagv to keep around their quarti
nj somehow. Others make pets of sqii
, rels and chickens and other anlini
lv and birds. Occasionally one strikes
)' company that has as its mascot
p_ beautiful dog, and one outfit that is
I( longer here had a black bear tied
I a stake in the ojien. which cheerfu
j, bore the goodnaturcd teasing and p?
Vl. ting of the many that hapiiemd aloi
on For aught 1 know, the bear went o\
on the creek with his outfit when it w?
ho away some time since; anyway I do
n? see him sunning himself on tl
|u smooth ground whore he was wont
bask and roll nnd rear ii|> on his hi
legs and growl and groan when t
wn|' was younger.
Hut back to my story. One d
some time back when It was comm
here to see soldiers marching l<y
p|H tlieir way to the trains for "Sum
. where," in.v attention was attracted
a soldier, who In addition to his hen
on pack and his Enfield, was carrying
0 wee little lilt of n dog?a beautiful I
, tie terrier of some brood unknown
0 me. I learned later that it was. 1
^ wan carrying lus Lnneui in me prop
cli position of "right shoulder arms," a
_l he was making a brave attempt
carry his other arm down by tds si
ps
(i in the proper manner, though at t
ji(i same time he was holding in a lit'
crook In his arm, his little dog and
was easy to tell just by glancing
his face that he was more interest
IS.
( ( in his dog than lie was in his rl
and would have preferred going
the Client Adventure without 1
weapon rather than without his do;
"Look at that tellow with the purj
j exclaimed a friend of mine who w
watching the moving soldiers alo
1 with me. "He can't take that d
(n with him?not that way anyhow."
t "I don't know about that; hut 1
. bet you he's calculating on it," I i
?Tf*.
)ry to do."
It.. The company halted when th
' reached the siding where the long li
of Pullmans were stationed awaiti
nd , ,
utj their passengers and the commni
,j)(i "rest," was given for a few niinul
prior to boarding the cars.
a Relatives of many of the soldiers
( that company, having come to 1
their loved ones farewell, crowd
ng
^ around and were soon engaged In i
n r terested conversation. There was
^ one there to say good-bye to the st
diet* with the terrier and from t
way he fondled and cuddled his liti
I puppv, it was evident that he wasi
. the least bit worried over the fa
,at
o| After a bit he took one of the tt
identification tags which were suspe
{IN
, ded from his own neck by a piece
tape and fastened It to the lejithe
^ I silver collar his dog wore. He w
evidently making sure of the dog's r
a turn in case ne-should become sep
rated from his |>et en route.
After a few minutes' "rest," the o
der to board the train was given ai
,j the various companies began to fl
into the cars, the soldier with the di
,v being among them.
"I nnbu thai- In I
Iu liiin take the dog allright," comment)
my friend, an<l I agreed.
ir* Then a non-commissioned officer b
"r gan chocking up to make sine that i
' " soldier had straggled hy the waysh
,n or had gone A W O L or somethin
" nnd would thus Ite left behind.
The non-com check?sl the soldi
s with the dog as present and aceoun
m ed for. and then his gaze rested ontl
wee little bit of black and white 1;
10 ing on the seat beside Ids inastr
just as cool and collected and satis
01 fled and happy at the prospect <
'* getting away as the most enthusiast
soldier in the battalion.
*' I saw something was coming an
' v nudging my friend, we moved awa
,l from the warehouse platform froi
ie which we had betn watching the t\s
in the conch and walked toward tt
(l open car window,
u "Carlton, you can't carry the pu
'* with you." the non-commissioned ol
'' fleer said. "I am sorry: hut it can
" be done. It is against orders and be
sides we haven't the room. There's n
e telling how we will be fixed for quar
ters and that sort of thing at the en
|V of this road, and besides, you won
? have time to look after the dog as h
n should be looked after."
He wn? perfectly decent al>out I
that non-com was.
* "Oh, come on, now sergeant," re
e plied the man with the dog in a hurt
pleading, fearful sort of tone of volci
" 'The pup won't take up any roor
" hardly at all. Why look; I can carr
{ him In my shirt." He took the littl
" dog Ir. his arms and placed him insid
' his shirt to show how It could b
' aone.
"I got feed for him," he continued
" "and I'll find plenty of time to watel
^ after him. He don't hark loud enougl
* to disturb anybody If that part Is wor
rying you. and I have already aske<
the fellows In the compartment wltl
me If they had any objection to m;
carrying him. I Just hate to go of
1 without iny dog. Yon know how mucl
' I think of him," he concluded.
1 The non-com was touched and fur
f thermore he was embarrassed. I
1 could be seen that he wanted to favoi
the man with the dog and yet he hat
evidently been ordered to see to It thai
: the carrying of such mascots was no
i allowed.
i "Well, you can speak to the commls>
sloned officer In charge of the tralr
about It," he said. "If he says yoi
Bcni: carry him. why of course it's all
riphl."
"Car'ton" made haste to tied tin
HIS oilieer. who chanced to hi- in the other
end of the car. For several minute#
he pleaded earnestly and thouuh one
on the outside could not hear, it was
irn evident from the expression on his
face -md his p.'eadintc manner that he
was impressing that otlleer with the
'SI8 int|K>itanee of the ?iotr and tryinp to
*" make hint sis- just how had he wanted
>u* l is pet to fio atom; and all that.
Kindly hut 'Irttil> his request was
refused.
The ho> was at a loss as to what to
do. It was nearly tittle for the irain
l'10 to pull out. He came out on the
* platform with his |H-t and \ainl\ lei>k
M" ttl urounil tor *onu* familiar f';uv
ot whom Iio might entrust. I<m th-. iv was
e* none that ho knew.
ct" Having heard a jKiit of tt anil know*
in* lng sort of Intuitively what tho lad
1ftt was up against, my frh n<l nn?l I walk <!
up nn<l asked tho trout'to.
lVP With tears In tils oyos tlio t>oy told
n>' of tho refusal to permit tho taking
along of tho dor.
. rs t It I n K a lot of that |?up." he said,
ir- **Jta,I hint over since last N"o\etnl>er.
?'s 1 found hint in my tent one evening
1 n last fall when I came in after retreat.
a I don't know when- he eame lrout or
no notliing about hint exoept lie was lyto
inir on my hunk, lie belonged to some
"> visitor in enmp and evidently strayed
>l* off I guess.
*t?- "| took a liking to the little devil
vl' and lie liked mo. I guess. Ever since
'n' then lie's either t-een sleeping on m>
t'l I mil k or miller it and I come to look
lat on liim as a sure-enough pal.
to "Well, I can send him home." he
nd sighed regretfully. "My sister will
'u" take eai'e of him for me ami he'll he
Dure when I "nine p.iok some of these
"> days. win >on snip miii noine lor
(,n nil-'."' hi- asked me, and of course !
0,1 replied lluit I woiilil In' ulail to ilo so.
It>- Hi' pave mi' his sister's address ami
her nam.-: Miss . No. Morev>"
heail street, Charlotte, N. C., ami hell
lore delivering tin dop into tny hands
'I* lie held it to his lifeast and kissed it
? like a mother would a child.
He I took the dop to nt> iiuarters and
K'r kept hln' durinp the niphl. Karly
nd next a'.orninp ! eaped lilin and watered
1? hint and then carried him to the exde
press otlive for sliipnieiit to CI a- lolte.
he and I wrote a note to the sister till "H
inp the storj nliout as I have written
h It here.
aI "Yoitr brother nepheted to tell me
{,tI the pu|>'s name and I nealeeted to infld
cptlre it," I wrote. "It niipht Ik- ap?n
propria tc to rail him 'Sol.' because
da really and truly, he is simply out of
?* lin k. He couldn't po!"
.lames D. Orlst.
as , , np
THE FIRST STEAMBOAT
op
Some Question as to Who Really Built
I'll the First Steamer,
"c- As to whether John Fulton really
much dispute. He certainly made
it-} steam navigation practical, and that
inc out;ht to bo glory enough,
ng There is a story, curiously definite
id, in detail, to the effect that in I'llD a
tes steam vessel built 1 > n Spaniard
named (inray was floated and on June
in 17 of that year, arrived at llareelona.
'id from Oollbro with a cargo of wheat,
ed it was a "side-wheeler" of I'UO tons'
n- lairden and its engine was driven hy i
no "caltlrons ol hoiling wnt< r" at a speed
>1- of three miles an hour, or nearly,
he t'nfortmiatelv, the story lacks proof.
He The earliest exact account of this
a't steamhoat dates hack only to 1SHG,
ct. unite a while after the proldem of
vo steam navigation was successfully
n- solved hy Fulton. and it may lie what
of we would call in these days a "pure
r- fake."
ns I tut undeniably there weir steamc
boats before /niton. In 17X7. oik- was
n* built bv Jonathan Hull?deemed need-:
less to say, a "crank" and visionary I
i- in his day?that was used in an exid
periinental way for towing sailing,
ships. An authentic drawing of It
is has been preserved. It was driven by
a wheel at the stern,
ct The origin of the st'in-whe -l or
fld side-wheel for driving steam vessels
is obvious enough. It is simply a
p* water-wheel, or mill-wheel, adapted
i? for the purpose of propulsion.
Ic 1 .ess than half a c-entury later John
g- Fitch, a watchmaker by trade, put a
steam engine into a boat that was
er provided not with a wheel, but with '
t- twelve jiaddles, operated l?y the piston.
to push It along. The craft made a
>" measured mile, under test, at ?ight i
r. miles an hour, off the water-front of I
' I'hiladelphin. I-ater on it covered i
if eighty miles in a day. Hut the boat <
If was doomed no better than a freak: i
iiii r\niK ?? i'??rry on irw*i*x
il. perlments ami Fitch. it was said, wan
> driven by disappointment and poverty i
m to suicide. I
'o There wore several other steamboats
!? that antedated Fntton, whose tirst real i
succvss (though not iiLs lirst boat, ?
I' which was launched on the Seine near i
I'aris) was a side-wheel steamer built I
't in New York in 1S04. It differed in f
no very essential r?-s|iect from the *
o Clermont of immortal fame, which <
' made its initial voyage August 7, r
I 1S07, from New York to Allmny, at a '
't s|M?d of five miles an hour?against 'I
e the current of the river, Is- it observed.
a
1. While the boat was tied to the dock s
at Albany a man came aboard and s
- paid his fare to New York (for the n
t. return trip)?one would like to know li
just how much it was. Fulton could h
n have hugged him. As it was he took u
>' the money with tears in his eyes, say- a
e ing ?that it was the "first encourage- w
e ment he had received for all his
e labors." a
The Clarmont made trips back and a
I. forth between New York and Albany t<
until, though patched and patched h
ti again, she waa too decrepit to attempt b
- another voyage.?Rone Bache. n
1 . ? . h
i Official announcement was made on a
y last Friday that 2K0.000 men will be w
f called to the colors during June 24, ci
t but it has not yet been determined to -b
what camps they can be assigned, so
the list of apportionments is for the
t present '?elng withheld. The iiuota is Ij
r based on. estimates of the space avail- w
1 able for the men in camps and can- B
t tonments. If the rate of shipment of tl
I troops across again is raised still more ol
men 'may be called. In any event the a
probabilities are that enough men will m
I i>e called for special service to round
I' the number out to 300,000.
/
"S
THE TAKING OF CANTIGNY
Detailed Account of Fine American
Offensive.
WHERE GERMANS LEARNED SOMETHING
Pershing's Men Pall Upon Assailants
With Knives and Bayonet*. Driving
Them Back in Fierce Hand to Hand
Work?Gas Attack Costs Foe Heevy
Loss.
With Antirioan Koms on the French
Front, M;i) Jsi?(H> the AwiK'ialnl
l':< ss.i - t*hie? counter-attack!. made
I > tin lii-rtnans to retake the terrain
which they hail lost in I'icardy on
Monday eonipletely broke down in the
face of American artillery fire and
th? heroism of our Infantrymen. All
ttie yround won by the Americans on
Monday remains in their possession,
and they nie holding the lines strongly.
A hea\y Crnnaii gas attack in the
lamciille sector early this morning
war repulse-! with comparatively
heavy losses.
Caught by Our Fire.
The Hermans delivered their tlrst
counter thrust at t'nntigny late yestcnlny
in an olYort to regain the dcleltses
which had be? 11 wrested limn
tie hi in i'k morning along a two kilometer
front. The drive was preceded
l?y In a\.\ bombardment which !? gun
at 5 o'eloek in the afternoon. Alter
thirty minutes of artillery prc|>aralion,
the Hermans advaneed. Imt
were caught in an intense lire from
tie Aim riean guns and yvere ap|>aieiilly
fori*e?I to retire without liavim:
eotne into close contact with the
Anieriean infantry.
Since then the enemy lias made additional
attempts to drive the Americans
from ttie village, hut without
ay.-iit.
The old fiertnan lines formed an
nnjrle y\hieh has iioyv boon straightenoil
out. Tile Americans have obtained
high gn unit commanding a
si i lion oi plateau-like eountry. This
line now runs l.'ai to i'imi yards east oi
I'antianv. The nearest Herman trench
is several hundred yards east of
where tIn- Americans have dim in.
Penetrated Nearly a Mile.
The Americans |n-notruled the Herman
positions to a depth of nearly a
mile. Their artillery completely
smothered the Hermans. Several tires
Imii nil r behind the (ifinnin lines.
T\v< Ivi* French tanks supported the
Aiiumifiin infantry. American aerial
observers assisted the French in dl rifiiiii;
t*?? artillery lliv.
The artillery preparation la-Kan at
5.15 o'clock. one hour before the Infantry
went over the top. The lines
of AiiK-rlcans moveil forward in perfect
order, the tanks in the lead. The
Amoriean artllleiy did magnificent
work.
The blow woa struck In a mint. The
,-?JA*ntW did not
have much to do, as the American
artillery alrendy had prepared the
way. A bright sun came out and
shorn on the Americans as they dug
in their new isisitions.
Fierce hand-to-hand lighting occulted
inside ('aiitiini.v, which conI.-lined
many machine gun emplacein--nl.-.
a 1-irgc tunnel and a numls-i
oi caves. The tunnel sheltered a
hundred Ccminns. The Americans
hurled hand grenades like baseballs
into these shelters.
A strong unit of flame throwers
and engineers aided the Americans.
All the tanks returned safely. At
s.1'5 o'clock the (b-rmtins began a
miihii<iiix fii. dropping iwo slM'lls :i
minute, most of them fulling hi :i ravine
south of Cuntigny. < oiii|iur< <1
with this the American Runs (in <1
six, four or two shots u minute. The
American barrage ntoveil forw.'inl
one hundred >arils in two minutes
Mini then one hundn-ds ynnls in four
minutes. Tin lnfanti\\ followed with
elt-ek-like precision.
An ollicer told the correspondent
that the Americans went forward
stnillrgly. hut that at tin- same time
their fuees I'cllocled the traditional
American grit ami determination.
As the Americans started out across
No .Man's l?'iml there were man)
jokes ahout "eating itoclie for bn-akfast."
The Americans fought like old
timers and they were otf the second
Ha ollicers sprank forward and shouted:
"Come on hoys!"
Their Confidence impressive.
Several ollicers. describing the scene
it greed that the outstanding feature
In tln-lr minds was the wonderful
morale ol the nun and their absolute
mnlldence in tlumsolvos. The (Sermons
pour< d machine gun bullets all
irouitd ttie Americans as they wenliggii.g
in. Itut no attention was |?aid
o them, as jokes and <|uihs were
landed hack and forth.
Tin- demeanor of the man wounded
n the uetion was found siinilsrlv
Iieerful when the coi res|>oiident vls1
<- ! the IMd hospital thin afternoon,
'or tin- most (>iiit they ww only
'liutitly wounded, nn<l they artiil like
cT.oolhoys rclumiil from n Ki'inl day
>f sport, smoking cigarettes, nigcrly
elating their personal experiences anil
.mghing loudly at the humorous Incllents.
Lieut. fiponti' M. Itulh.-r. formerly
n attorney In Indiana polls, who was
lightly wounded in the leg. said that
oing over the top was like a
nanoi'tivre In the training camp hack
onto. The- men were eager for it.
le wild, and some of them romalne-d
p In the trenches all night talking
hout the approaching adventure
rlth c.he. rful anticipation.
"When we reached Cantigny," he
dded, "It was only a pile ol hrick end
tone. C>ui artillery had leveled the
own. The German machine gun bul t?
were huzztng ahout like humble
e n. hut our fellows didn't pay any
tore attention to them than If thev
ad I* en confetti. M was the finestexmple
of team work I ever saw. There
as not a hiteh anywhere. The men
racked jokes and sang, hut they were
usiness-like In their work."
Wished Folks at Home Could See
Lieut. Albert E. Billings of Brookm.
who also was slightly wounded,
as on u cot adjoining that of IJeut.
lutler. As soon as their eyes met
ley clapped hands and greeted each
thyr like long-lost brothers. "It was
great show, wasn't it?" Billings
lid: "Gee, I wish the folks at home
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