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BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON._ANDERSON, S. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 1897._VOLUME XXXIL?NO. 29
25 Per Cent
SALE
ON Tuesday we began our 25 per
cent Discount Sale on all.
CLOT NG and WINTER UNDERWEAR.
Crowds of people have been in and
saved money on their purchases. It
lasts until Saturday night.
You get our $5.00 Suits, 25 per cent
off* $3.75. $10.00 Suits, 25 per cent
off, $7.50. $15.00 Suits, 25 per cent
off, $11.25.
None of the above Goods taken out on approval. Spot
cash. No deviation.
B. 0. EY?N5S CO.
LA GRIPPE CAPSULES,
For Coughs,
Colds and
"Grippe."
A BIG LOT ON HAND.
Evans5 Pharmacy,
No. 4 Hotel Ohiquola.
TKOS. A. ARCHEK.
CLARENCE OSBORNE.
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ARCHER * OSBORNE
ISH the public to know that thrv i:ave recently opened up a new lino of FIRST
CLASS
Cooking and Heating Stoves,
Cooking Utensils of all kinds,
Crockery, Lamps, Glassware,
Tinware, "Woodenware, &c,
An i that they prppose selliog theua as cbesp as anybody in Anderson. Come and see
our Goods and get our pr!ce3. We will treat vou right. Wo want your trade. We
want to give you full value for it. We uro al -o prepared to do all kinds of TIN WORK,
ouch ?ft
Roofing, Guttering and Repairing.
Our Shop is well equipped, and we will do your work on short notice and at rea
sonable prices.
We are keen np for business. Don't give us the go-by.
Yours truly,
ARCHER & OSBORNE.
LEND US YOUR EAR
AND LISTEN TO OUR SONG!
We have on hand the largest stock
we have ever carried, and our motto
is to sell goods, not keep them. . .
OTJR line of Shoes is large and complete.
Cloiing ont a lot of Ladies $1 CO Shoes at 75c. Also a lot of Men's High Cut Ero
gane at SI 00. There is good wear in both of these Shoes, and the price is dirt cheap
We don't mean to be undersold in Flour, All bought before the rise, and it's bound
to go in a hurry. 50 barrels of good family Flour to go at ?3 50. Tobacco cheaper than
ever heard of before. Come md try our "Tar Heel" at 21??. One of the best chews
on the market.
We mean business, and ask you to give us a chance and we aro bound :o sell you.
A new lot of Blue Siraw Wheat jnst arrived.
O. D. ANDERSON & BRO,
P. 3.?Bring your Peas, C^rn, Battsr, E^?s, etc , to up.
A. Bis: Failure!
E are glad to announce that the CORN CROP for lS'JG with our SHOE
YY CUSTOMERS has been a total failure- Tnis explains the absence
of smiling Corn Doctors in our midst, together with the fact that onr sales s
on SHOES have increased 43 per cei^t. Figures talk for themsblves?so y
doourSoce3. Our Shoe line isa dandy, but "there are others." For in
stance?
Our Elegant line of Flour,
On which we have a booming, growing trade and a happy set of customers. |
Once a customer on Dean's Patent always a customer.
See us before buying even a pound of COFFEE, SUGAR, or any
thing.
Yours always truly,
DEAN & RATLIFFE. ?
Cotton Buyers for Trade?not for Profit. |
, SHOES.
J"ust Opened, our
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At Greatly Reduced Prices.
Call and examine our Stock before buying, as we can
SAVE YOU MONEY.
THE YATES SHOE COMPANY,
A-iiderson, S. C.
A GREAT SOUTH CAROLINIAN.
Gen. Dafaney H. Maury's Tribute to Gen.
Stephen D. Lee. t
After our defeats at Iuka and Cor
inth by Rosecrans, in October, 1S62,
Grant was strangely inactive until late
in December, when he formed that
fine plan of campaign which, but for
Sherman's defeat by Gen. Stephen D.
Lee, might have ended the war in
1863.
Assembling all his forces from Ten
nessee and North Mississippi. Grant
moved down the Mississippi Central
Railroad with an army of 60,000 men,
while he sent Sherman down the Mis
sissippi to capture Yicksburg, and
then moved east to Jackson, whence
their united forces would move on
Meridian, Mobile, Selma, Atlanta and
Charleston?if they could.
The heavy batteries of Yicksburg
consisted then of five 10-inch guns
and about thirty other siege pieces,
all defended by the movable force of
infantry?2,300?under command of
Gen. S. D. Lee.
Late in December, 1862, Sherman
debarked his arrry of 28,000 men upon
the lower Yazoo River, and moved to
Chickasaw Bayou, at a point sis miles
from Yicksburg, where he found Gen.
Stephen D. Lee ready to meet him
with 2,300 men drawn up with the
bluff behind them. Sherman re-em
barked his army, moved up toSnyder's
Mill by boat and again landed his
army. Lee had moved his forces
thither by the road, and after firing a
few shots Sherman re-embarked again,
and moved down to Chickasaw Bayou,
where was fought, December 26, one
of the most remarkable battles of the
war.
After several hours' conflict Sher
man retired, leaving his dead and
wounded thick upon the field. Lee's
loss was ten wounded ; Lieut. Hamil
ton, his aide, was killed by the ex
plosion of a caisson.
On Christmas Day our army was
drawn up in order for battle along the
Tallahatchie, at Granada, when the
news came that Van Dorn had passed
behind Grant's army and destroyed
his great depot of stores at Holly
Springs. This, as intended, had com
pelled Grant to retire at once, upon
the 24th..
On Christmas Day, as a large and
happy company of generals and staff
officers, with Gen. Price at our head,
were sitting down to a sumptuous
dinner, a telegram was handed Gen.
Price, ordering Maury's division to
move at once to reinforce Lee at
Yicksburg, where Sherman was about
to attack him.
About 2 o'clock the next morning
Maury reached the battlefield of
Chickasaw Bayou, whence Sherman
had been driven the evening before.
The night was as black as a wolf's
mouth, a cold rain was beating down
upon us. and upon Sherman's dead
and wounded, who lay thick upon the
field where they fell.
Lee's surgeons and hospital attend
ants were moving about with their
lanterns, ministering to the wounded,
and bearing them to the field hospi
tals.
Under these weird circumstances
Gens, tee and Maury met for the first
time since Lee had been a boy at
West Point, where Maury was his in
structor in belles lettres, ethics, etc.
Lee was now a Brigadier General, who
had won his grades upon many a hard
fought field in Yirginia, while Maury
had risen to Major General in the
Western battles.
They greeted each other most cor
dially, Maury saying : "Lee, I am
here with 400 men ; my whole division
will be up by daylight ; meantime, as
I don't know anything about the con
dition of things before us, you will
retain the command and I the respon
sibility. You shall have the glory of
the victory we shall win, and I will be
responsible if anything goes wrong.
For, you see, Lee, I don't know where
the enemy is ; I don't know where I
am. so go ahead, Lee, and complete
your victory."
And so he did, and from that day
Lee and myself have been trusting,
affectionate friends. Together we
worked three days, to Sherman's dis
comfiture and defeat.
Gen. Sherman left his dead swell
ing and festering three days there in
the rains and sun before he sent a flag
of truce to ask permission to remove
and bury them, and then, instead of
addressing his letter to Geu. Lee and
singing it himself, he addressed it to
me, and' caused Gen. Morgan to sign
it. I gave the letter to Lee, saying :
:iIlerc. Lee, you killed all these men ;
give Sherman two hours to remove
them, and sign your name and rank to
your reply."
Gen. Carter L. Stevenson had by
this time come up with his tine divis
ion, making our whole force 15,000
men?and as it was evident Sherman
was preparing for something we were
resolved to have a general battle next
day, but lo and behold ! with the first
morning light we saw the last of his
great flotilla as it retired down the
Yazoo.
Lee took the 2d Texas Sharpshoot
ers and five or sis other regiments
and hastened to the levee of the
Yazoo, whence he killed and wounded
a number of Sherman's rear guard.
Crowded as they were upon the steam
ers, they were terribly cut up.
Lee won great and wcll-dcservcd
reputation for this extraordinary vic
tory. It was great in execution and
great in its results.
I recommended Lee to be promoted,
and the President of the Confederacy
promptly appointed him a Major Gen
eral, and a year later he was made a
Lieutenant General.
I NEW STORY ABOUT R. E. LEE.
On the occasion of the great Con
federate reunion in Richmond Lieut.
Gen. Lcc was the O'ator of the day.
At a dinner given to him he related
the following remarkable story about
Gen. . . Lee, never heretofore pub
lished. Said Gen. S. D. Lee :
"The battle of Sharpsburg, or An
tietam, was one of the bloodiest and
fiercest fought in the four years of the
war between the States. Gen. R. E.
Lee having defeated the Federal army
under Gen. Pope and driven it to the
defence of Washington, the two ar
mies of McClellan and'Pope were con
centrated there, and McClellan put in
command of both. (Jen. Lee deter
mined to cross the Potomac into Ma
ryland, capture Harper's Ferry and
then concentrate his army and light
McClellan. Hii written plan of cam
paign in some way fell into the hands
of McClellan, who rapidly moved Iiis
army and attacked Lee before he could
concentrato, at Sharpsburg, on the
morning of September 17, 1862.
Gen. Lee had less than 40.000 men
during the battle, while McClellan
had 87,000 on the field. The losses
were far the Union army about 12,500
and for the Confederate army 8,000 in
killed, wounded and missing. The
two armies fought from 3 a. m. until
after dark, maintaining the same rela
tive positions they held at the begin
ning, and faced each other all day.
On the ISth of September Lee buried
his dead without rcnewiug the battle.
Both armies were pretty well used up
and exhausted from the terrible strug
gle of September 17. The battle raged
fiercely near the Dunker Church, on
the Sharpsburg and Hagerstown pike,
on Gen. Lee's left wing, wherewith
three corps?Hooker's, Mansfield's
and Sumner's?afterwards reinforced
by Franklin's corps, McClellan at
tempted to turn Gen. Lee's left. The
great effort was resisted by Jackson's
corps and Hood's division of Long
street's corps (mainly.)
By 8 o'clock in the morning two
corps of the Federal army were de
feated, and Hood's division was driv
ing the Federals back, when Sumner's
corps came in fresh and drove him
back, and it looked as if the day was
lost on the Southern side, as Jackson
had also been driven back with great
loss. Jackson and Hood held the
ground near the Dunker Church until
the arrival of McLaw's division, about
9 a. m., when the Federal attack was
checked and the Confederate line re
stored and maintained.
"In the fighting," continued the
narrator, "the Federals had forced the
Confederates to form at right angles
at the main line of the battle, and ex
pose themselves not only to the fire of
the artillery and infantry in their
front, but to the fire of twenty 20
pounder Parrott guns across the An
tietam Creek.
"At the time Jackson and Hood
were driven back, and were with diffi
culty holding the ground near the
Dunker Church, Hood came up to my
(the narrator's) battalion of artillery
(five batteries,) which had been en
gaged during the entire morning and
was pretty well wrecked, having lost
thirty-five men and sixty horses, and
ordered me to turn over my artillery
to the next officer in command, and to
go personally to find Gen. . E. Lee,
and tell him the condition of affairs,
and to say to him that unless rein
forcements were sent at once the day
was lost. I protested against leaving
my artillery in its wrecked condition.
He insisted, however, and I went. I
soon met Gen. Lee on horseback with
one orderly, moving at a walk towards
that part of the field, and about half
way between Sharpsburg and the
Dunker Church. I reported the con
dition of affairs on the left, and de
livered Gen. Hood's message.
"He quietly said, 'Don't be excited
about it Colonel, g? tell Gen Hood to
hold his ground, reinforcements are
now rapidly approaching between
Sharpsburg and the ford ; tell him
that I am now coming to his support.'
"I said, General, your presence will
do good, but nothing but infantry can
save the day on the left."
"I started to return, and had not
gone over 100 yards when Lee called
me and pointed to McLaw's division,
then in sight, and approaching at a
double-quick. These reinforcements
arrived just in time to save the day,
and this was aided by Gen. Sumner,
of the Federal army, halting his corps
for alignments, when he was driving
the Confederates before him. The
Confederates restored their line on
the left, and the Federals were con
tent to remain in a strong line of bat
tle the balance of the 17th, and all of
the 18th, on their right.
"The battle was renewed on Gen.
Lee's centre and right, where Burn
eide's corps crossed the Anuetam,
but was finally repulsed on that part
of the field before dark.
"There can be little doubt that this
battle was as bloody during this day
(17th of September, 1862,) and the
loss of life as great as on any one day's
battle during the war. Both armies
were completely exhausted by the
great struggle, and welcomed night to
stop the terrible slaughter.
"Gen Lee's headquarters were on
the 'pike leading from Sharpsburg to
the Potomac, and about half a mile
f-oin the town. About one hour or
more after night had set in the weird
scene of the great battlefield had
changed, in that the firing had ceased
everywhere, and more open help was
being given to the searching for dead
ones, and caring for the dying and
wounded. Gen. Lee had summoned
his corps and division commanders to
meet him. For once during the day
he had some of his staff and escort
about him, and one by one his com
manders began to arrive, generally two
to three horsemen with them.
"As they came up," continued the
narrator, "Gen Lee inquired quietly,
'General, how is it on your part of the
line ?' I, too, had been summoned,
and was. a quiet, intensely interested
observer of oue of the most remarkable
scenes and interviews I ever witness
ed. To the inquiry of Lee, Long
street, apparently much depressed,
replied to the effect that it was as bad
as could be; that his division had
lost terribly, and his lines had been
barely held, and there was little better
than a good skirmish line along his
front, and he volunteered the advice
that Gen. Lee should c.oss the Poto
mac before daylight. D. II. Hill came
next. lie said that his division was
cut to pieces ; that his losses had
been terrible, and he had no troops to
hold his line against the great odds
against him. He, too. suggested cross
ing the Potomac before daylight.
Next came Jackson, lie quietly said
that he had had to contend against
the greatest odds he had ever met.
He had lost a good many Colonels
killed and several division and brigade
commanders were dead or wounded,
and his losses in the different com
mands had been terrible. He, too,
suggested crossing the Potomac before
daylight. Next came He id. To
Gen. Lee's inquiry he displayed great
emotion, seemed completely unmann
ed. He replied that he had no di
vision. Gen. Lee, with more excite
ment than I ever witnessed in him,
exclaimed, 'Great God ! Gen. Hood,
where is your splendid division you
had this morning ?' Hood replied,
'They arc lying on the field, where
you sent them. But few have strag
gled. My division has been almost
wiped out.'
"After the opinion of all had been
given there was an appalling stillness
over the group. It seemed to last
several minutes, when Gen. Lee, ap
parently rising more erect in his sad
dle, said: 'Gentlemen, we will not
cross the Potomac to-night. You will
go to your respective commands,
strengthen your lines ; send two offi
cers from each brigade towards the
ford to collect your stragglers and get
them up. Many others have also
come up. I have had the proper steps
taken to collect all the men who are
in the rear. If McClellan wants to
fight in the morning I will give him
battle again. Go !'
"The above was in substance what
occurred and was said. The group
gradually broke up. each going to his
command, and, if I read their coun
tenances aright, they said : 'This is
a rash conclusion, and we fear that
the Army of Northern Virginia is tak
ing a great risk in the face of the
day's battle, and the great numbers
opposed to us.' The two armies faced
each other all the next day, (18th of
September,) the guns unlimbered, the
lines of battle and skirmishers in
place, but everyone beirjg careful not
to let a gun go off for fear, apparently,
the terrible slaughter and scenes of
the day before might be renewed?one
army was afraid, the other 'daresn't.'
"During the morning of the 18th of
September a courier from Gen. Lee's
headquarters came to my battalion of
artillery with a message that Gen.
Lee wanted to see me. Ifollowed the
courier, and on meeting Gen. Lee he
said : 'Col. Lee, I wish you to go with
this courier to Gen. Jackson and say
to him I sent you to report to him.'
I replied : 'General, shall I take my
artillery with me?" He said: 'No;
just say that I told you to report to
him. and he will tell you what he
wants.'
"I soon reached Gen. Jackson,"
said the narrator. "He was dismount
ed, with but few persons around him.
He said to me : 'Col. Lee, [wish you
to take a ride with me.' And we rode
to the left of our lines with but one
courier, I think. It was very quiet ;
no firing anywhere, and everybody
apparently talking in an undertone,
but intently watching any one else
who was moving in any direction.
We soon reached a considerable hill,
very similar to an Indian mound, but
for its being larger.
"We dismounted and Gen. Jackson
said : 'Let us go on this mount or
hill and be careful not to expose your
self, for the Federal sharpshooters are
not far off. The hill bore evidence of
the fierce fight of the day before. A
battery of artillery had been on it,
and there were wrecks of caissons'
broken wheels, dead bodies and dead
horses. Gen. Jackson said : 'Colonel,
I wish you to take your glasses and
carefully examine the Federal line of
battle.' I did so, and satisfied myself
in witnessing a remarkably strong line
of battle, with more troops than I
koew Gen. Lee had. After locating
the different batteries, unlimbered
and ready for action, and noting the
strong skirmish line in front of the
dense mass of infantry, I said to Gen.
Jackson : 'General, that is a remark
ably strong position, and there is a
large force there.'. He replied: 'Yes,
Col. Lee, I wish you to take fifty
pieces of artillery and crush that
force, which is the Federal right.
Can you do it V I can scarcely de
scribe my feelings as I again took my
glasses, and made an even more care
ful examination. I at once saw such
an attempt must fail. More than
fifty guns were unlimbered and ready
for action, strongly supported by dense
lines of infantry and strong skirmish
lines, advantageously posted.
"The ground was unfavorable for
the location of artillery on the Con
federate side, which, to be effective,
should move up close to the Federal
lines, and that, too, under fire of the
infantry and artillery. I disliked to
say what I felt and knewj I said,
'Yes, General, where will I get the
fifty guns ?' He asked : 'flow many
have you ?' I replied, 'About twelve
out of the thirty I carried into the ac
tion the day before. My losses were
great in men, horses and carriages.'
He said: can furnish you with
some, and General Lee says he can
furnish some.' I replied: 'Shall I
go for the guns ?' 'No, not yet,' he
replied. 'Col. Lee,' he resumed, 'can
you crush the Federal right with fifty
guns ?' I said, 'General, I can try ;
I can do it if anyone can.' He re
plied : 'That is not what I asked
you, sir; if I give you fifty guns can
you crush the Federal right ?' I
evaded the question again and again,
but he pressed it home. Finally I
said : 'General, you seem to be more
intent upon my giving you my techni
cal opinion as an artillery officer than
my ,?oing after the guns and making
the attempt.'
" 'Yes, sir,' he replied, 'and I want
your positive opinion?yes or no.' I
felt that a great crisis was upon me,
and 1 could not evade or dodge. I
again took my glasses and made an
other examination. I waited a good
while, with Jackson watching intently.
"Finally I said : 'General, it can
not be done with fifty guns and the
troops you have near here., In an
instant he answered : 'Let us ride
back, Colonel.' I felt that I had pos
sibly shown a lack of nerve, and with
considerable emotion begged that I
might be allowed to make the attempt,
saying: 'General, you forced me to
say what I did unwillingly. If you
give fifty guns to any other artillery
officer I am ruined for life. I promise
you I will fight the guns to the last
extremity, if you will only let me
command them.' Jackson was quiet,
seemed sorry for me, and said : 'It is
all right, Colonel, everybody knows
you are a brave officer, and would
fight the guns well,' or words to that
effect. We Boon reached the spot
from which we started, when he said :
'Col. Lee, go to Gen. Lee, and toll
him what has occurred since you re
ported to me. Describe our ride to
the hill, your examination of the Fed
eral position, and my conversation
about your crushing the Federal right
with fifty guns, and my forcing you
togiv2 your opinion as an artillerist
as to its possibility.'
"With feeling such as I never had
before, nor ever expect to have again,
I returned to Gen. Lee and gave a de
tailed account of my visit to Gen.
Jackson, closing with the account of
my being forced to give my opinion as
to the possibility of success. I saw a
shade come over to Gen. Lee's face,
and he said: 'Colonel, go and join
your command.1
"For many, many years I never
fully understood my mission that day,
or why I was sent to Gen. Jackson.
When Jackson's report of the battle
was published I saw that he stated
that in the afternoon of September 17
Gen. Lee had ordered him to move to
the left with a view of turning the
Federals' right, but ho found the
enemy's numerous artillery so judici
ously posted in their front and so near
the river as to render such an attempt
too har.ardous to undertake.
' afterwards saw Gen. J. E. B.
Stuart's report, in which he says that
it was determined, the enemy not
attacking, to turn the enemy's right
on the 18th. It appears that Gen.
Lee ordered Gen. Jackson to renew
the battle on the evening of the 17th
and to turn the enemy s right, and
Jackson said that it could not be done.
It ak? appears from Stuart's report,
and the incident I relate, that Gen.
Lee reiterated the order on the 18th,
and told Gen. Jackson to take fifty
guus arid crush the Federal right and
make the attempt. Jackson having
reporte ! against *uch attempt on the
17th, no doubt said if an artillerist in
whom Gen. Lee had confidence would
say tbe Federal right could be crush
ed with fifty guns he would make the
attempt.
"I now have the satisfaction of know
ing that the opinion which I was forc
ed to give on the 18fch of September
had already been given by Jackson on
the evening of the 17th of September,
and that the same opinion was reitera
ted by him on the 18th of September,
and confirmed by Gen. J. E. B. Stuart
on the same day, (September IS.)
"I still believe that Jackson, Stuart
and myself were right, and the at
tempt to turn the Federal right on the
afternoon of September 17, and also
on September 18, would have been
unwise.
"The incident shows Gen. Lee's
decision and boldness in battle, and
Gen. Jackson's delicate loyalty to his
commanding general, in convincing
him of the inadvisability of a proposed
movement, which he felt it would be
hazardous to undertake.
"The three incidents as far as they
relate to myself are correct in every
particular, the speculation as to others
may be slightly colored, but I do not
think the description overdrawn."
These incidents were most effec
tively related by Gen. Stephen D. Lee,
and, to my knowledge, have never be
fore been made public.
Dabney II. Maury.
Richmond, Va., Dec. 18, 1S96.
Everything in its Place.
She is a noted housekeeper, says the
Chicago Times-Herald, and it is her
proud boast that she can always find
any article in her house without a
light, be the night ever so dark, and
that in case of her sudden demise no
one need blush for the condition of
any cupboard in her dwelling.
The other evening she was going out
with her husband, but it seemed rath
er hard for them to get started. Once
she returned to turn hack the r?g be
fore the parlor fire, and once to give
the cook an order. The husband
heaved a sigh of relief as they finally
reached the pavement, but it was cut
short by his wife's exclamation:
"There, it is really ? Md, and I have
on this little thin ja et. I must go
back and get my old 1 .own shawl."
"Look here, how many times are
you going back anyhow?" demanded
her husband.
"Well, John, dear, if you insist
upon it, you may get it for me. It is
hanging on the third peg on the right
hand side of the cupboard in the back
roomup-stairs."
"But that is where my things are
kept."
"I know, dear, but since I have
given away all your old things to that
nice, polite tramp, there's plenty of
room. I keep just a fewjthings there
because they are old and smell so
strong of moth balls. I knew you
wouldn't mind. But do go at once;
you are making us late. Don't light
the gas?oh, he's gone. How impa
tient men are."
Five minutes later he came back
with a jammed thumb and no shawl.
"Just like a man," she said, and
went up to fetch it herself, returning
almost instantly with a neatly folded
garment hanging over her arm. "I
shan't need it going, after all," she
said, "but I may coming back. I
found it just where I told you it was,
dear."
After spending a pleasant hour or
two with the friends upon whom they
had called they started to walk home,
and after they had gone a block or two
she threw her shawl carelessly about
her shoulders, not without a remark
as to the neatness of her cupboards
and her ability to find things in the
dark.
As they slowly strolled toward home
several people turned to look after
them with almost audible smiles,
causing her to say, complacently:
"I do believe the people take us for
a pair of lovers, John."
To which John, man like, replied :
"Blamed idiots !"
People certainly did behave oddly,
and a couple of small boys even fol
lowed them home with mirthful shouts.
"What can be the matter?" she
asked. "To be sure, my shawl is old
fashioned, but it can hardly be that."
The husband's key was in the I ?ck
by this time, and, as she followed him
into the parlor, she caught a glimpse
of herself in a mirror. Instead of a
shawl, she had a pair of her husband's
trousers gracefully draped about her
shoulders !
In the Line of Reform.
Those who contemplate the grow
ing of cotton this year should begin
at once the work of reform in their
plans and methods. Commence with
out delay on the line of improving
your land and the cotton plant. Mr.
J. B. Wilson, a Mississippi planter,
states that in 18?4, an ideal year for
cotton raising, he made 300 bales of
cotton on 300 acres with six mules ;
in 1895, a very wet year, on the same
number of acres, he made 237 bales
with eight mules; in 1896, a very dry
year, he made 257 bales with eight
mules.
It will be observed that the yield
per mule varied each year, and that
the cost of production was increased
as the yield decreased.
The cotton grower should have in
view from the beginning the lessening
of the cost of production, and should
work systematically and unceasingly
to that end.
The thorough pulverization and
fertilizing of the soil should lead to
an intensive system of culture that
would secure the results from one
acre that the old method requires two
acres to obtain. Why use eight mules
to grow 257 bales of cotton when six
mules can enable you to grow 300
bale?.
Cotton growers should be a unit in
establishing as the basis of their ef
fort that in futuro their aim will be
not so much the production of a large
crop of cotton as the increase of the
yield per acre at the least possible
cost. The time has come when the
cotton grower should realize something
for his labor. It will never be secured
without concert of action and unity of
purpose.?So nth urn Cu U ivator.
? He: "When you see my faults
I fear jou will cease to love me."
She: "I shall never see them." lie:
"Why not. dear?" She: i:Lovc is
blind."
How's This.
We ?Her One Hundred Dollars reward for aoy
case ff Catarrh Ihat cinnot-be cured by Uall's
Catarrh Cure.
We, the undersigned have known F.J. Cheney
for : he last 1"> years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and Unan
daily able to carry out any obligations made by
their firm.
West ATntTAX, Wholesale Driigclsls, Toledo, O.
Waloiro. Kinnau & Marvin, wholesale Drug
giste, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catari h Cure Is taken internally, tetlnir
directly upon tho blood and roncone surfaces of
(he system. '.Testimonials aenl free. Price 75c.
per mila Bold by all ftTf?tsts.
THE STATE PENITENTIARY.
Annual Report of the Superintendent,
Col. W. A. Neal.
Columbia, January .?The Peni
tentiary report that was made up to
day shows the condition of that insti
tution. Superintendent Neal's re
port, as well as that of the board,
show a prosperous and healthy condi
tion, and that the Penitentiary is
making very much more than its ex
penses and is affording every expect
ed comfort to the convicts, who are
somewhat fewer than heretofore on
account of the chain gang. Notwith
standing this, the balance sheet shows
up better than usual. The directors
report as follows:
To his Excellency, John Gary Ev
ans, Governor of South Carolina?
Dear Sir : The Board of Directors of
the South Carolina State Penitenti
ary have the honor to submit herewith
for your consideration this annual re
port for the fiscal year, commencing
January 1, 1896, and ending Decem
ber 31, 1896, accompanied by reports
of the superintendent, oaptain of the
guards, physiciau and chaplain.
The board of directors commenced
the year's work with only four mem
bers, one vacancy having been made
by death previous to the commence
ment of the year's work. The board
was made complete in March by the
election of Messrs. Blackwell and
Tatum, in the places of Mr. T. C.
Willoughby, a former member, and
Dr. Sprott, whose vacancy was caused
by death.
Appended to this report is a state
ment embracing the receipts and dis
bursements for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 1890. The aggregate
receipts and disbursements are as fol
lows:
Receipts.$62,125 17
Disbursements. 63,570 83
Account overdrawn.$ 1,445 66
Cash value cf crop on hand.. 52,925 40
Amount due for convict hire
and other sources. 5,108 46
Total.$58,033 92
Account overdrawn. 1,445 66
Leaving .?56,578 26
Liabilities, including Reed
farm purchase money.... 18,370 93
Leaving on hand.$38,207 33
"We beg to call your special atten
tion to the report of the special com
mittee appointed by your Excellency
as chairman ex officio to take stock of
the institution's effects, which we
have appended as a part of our report.
Everything has been put at cash val
ue, and shows that the institution has
been managed by careful and'eompe
tent officers.
We also beg to call your attention
to the condition of tike real estate as
well as personal property of the insti
tution, which we are sure has been in
creased in value by improvements
and good management at least 25 per
cent.
When the purchase money for the
Reed farm is paid, which will be in a
few days, the institution will have
paid for all the property under our
directorship, and two of the farms,
DeSaussure and Reed, containing
about 4,700 acres, which have been
bought and stocked in the last six
years, are worth, in our opinion, with
stock of mules, horses, cattle, hogs
and crop provisions on hand and ma
chinery, together wir.h the improve
ments in the way of damming, ditch
ing, terracing, clearing building and
otherwise improving the lands by a
system of rotating crops and fertilizing
$101,565.40.
In addition to the -above mentioned
farms the State owns a small farm in
Lexington County, containing 404
acres, in good state of cultivation, well
stocked and provided with other plan
tation supplies.
These three farms constitute all tho
real estate owned by the State for
farm purposes. We are pleased to
say that each department in the State
prison shows efficient and painstaking
care has been rendered by each officer
in charge. In the last few years a
considerable sum of money has been
spent on a system of sewerage and va
rious other sanitary improvements,
which has been money well spent, as
the report of each of the subordinates
will show.
The personal property of the insti
tution, as shown by the report of the
special committee, is in good condi
tion and well cared for.
This property, including crops on
hand, aggregates $86,873.80. The
prisoners show that they are well
cared for. There are iu prison 190
less than 12 months ago.
The policy of the board of directors
and management is to utilize all of
the prisoners on the State property,
and we are rapidly growing to that
end. All contracts for share crops
have expired and will not be renewed.
In conclusion we desire to thank
your Honor for the assistance and ad
vice given us during the year.
We are pleased to say that our re
lations with the superintendent and
all officials and employees has been
very pleasant and agreeable.
Respectfully, T. J. Cunningham,
chairman; J. W. Lylcs, S. P. J. Gar
r?s, W. O. Tatum, J. II. Blackwell,
board of directors.
Attached to the report of the board
of directors is an itemized report of
the stock on hand at the various
farms in the State, which makes this
showing: DeSaussure farm, $28,457;
Reed farm, $23,108.40; Lexington
farm, $3,053; prison farm, $31,226.75;
hospital, $1,028.65. Total, $86,873.
80. Liabilities, $1S,370.90. including
$9,000 Reed farm; $5,748 phosphate
and small bills; assets for convict
hire, etc., $5,108.46. Total indebted
ness, $13,262.47.
the SUPERINTENDENT'S report.
Superintendent Neal gave his re
port to the press to-night. It is an
exhaustive paper and reads as fol
lows:
COLUMBIA, December 31, 18!>6.
To the Honorable Board of Direc
tors of the South Carolina Penitenti
ary?Gentlemen : I herewith submit
this my fourth aunual report as su
perintendent of the South Carolina
Penitentiary for the fiscal year end
ing December 31, 1896. We had con
fined in the Penitentiary, as shown
by the last report made one year ago,
!?!?0 prisoners received from the
Courts during the year 1896, 276, re
captured, 28; total, 1,245); lost by ex
piration of sentence, 355; by death,
44; escaped, 42; pardoned, 32; trans
ferred to jail, 1;? lost by order of
Court, 2: total, 476?leaving in con
finement January 1, 1897, 818?mak
ing 172 prisoners less than we had
twelve months ago. Por a more com
plete prison statemi1?' you will please
examine the report ?>l Capt. Westfield.
You will find lost by death duriDg
the past year 44, being three less than
the previous year. This record, we
think, is good, considering the fact
that we get all maimed, diseased and
refused from all the county chain
gangs in the State. Under the law
the county supervisors may take or
refuse all prisoners whose sentence
does not exceed two years; being giv
en the right, they do not, of course,
take unsound prisoners. To tho
health of the prisoners, care of the
sick, we give careful attention, as
well as all the money necessary with
out stint. In this connection we
would state and beg to call the atten
tion of the board to the fact that the'
chemical analysis of the drinking wa
ter at the Penitentiary show both well
and spring are becoming more and
more unsafe year by year. The last
analysis shows the well to be decided
ly unsafe and i;he spring barely so.
We ought, in my judgment, to take
some steps toward getting a pure wa
ter supply. With our fine sewerage
and other sanitary improvements,
pure drinking water furnished, the
health of the Penitentiary would be
greatly improved For a more minute
statement of the health and sanitary
condition of the prison would refer
you to the repe-t of Dr. D. S.
Pope. The chu::ch and Sunday-school
room has been r verhauled and put in
good condition, with a new organ
furnished. We have church service
every Sunday n.orning, conducted by
the chaplain, also Sunday-school ser
vice in the afternoon, superintended
by Messrs. Stanley and Adams, with
their lady friend,?.
I will call your attention to the re
port of the chaplain, the Rev. A.
Pope Norris. The prisoners seem to
be better satisfied, which, I think, is,
in a measure, attributable to the re
ligious exercises in which many of
them take much interest. I am glad
to state that a good supply of relig
ious literature is being furnished at a
small cost to the State by friends and
religious societies The new barn for
cattle, wagon sheds, cribs, stables, si
los, lot fence, slaughter pens; in fact,
everything entirely new in the lot has
been built this year at a cost of about
$5,000. The prison building has been
cemented inside the cells, new iron
bedsteads, with Hprings, for the pris
oners, church overhauled and some
other minor improvements in the yard,
costing about $1,000.
EEED FARM IMPROVEMENTS.
New large prison building, guards'
quarters, cook shed, cattle barn, etc.,
at at a cost of about $2,500. Also
150 acres of land cleared and ditched.
DEBAUSSURE FARM IMPROVEMENTS.
Two new bridges, prison building,
improved and made more secure, new
guard's quarters, large and complete
new dining and cook room for mana
gers and guards, new smokehouse, hay
sheds, grist mill, engine, boiler and
saw mill sheds; all at a cost of about
$1,500. Also guano house on railroad
track for Reed and Desaussure farms,
20 feet wide, 80 feet long, good brick
pillars, strong and substantial, at a
cost of $600. This building will be
used for storing guano in bulk direct
from the cars, which can be sacked
and hauled to the fields.
The crops have not been good at any
of our farms, and especially short at
some of our share farms. DeSaussure
farm, 30 mule crop: 313 bales of cot
ton, at $30 per bale, $3,390; 7,825
bushels of ootton seed, at 15c, $974.
25; 300 tons of hay and fodder at $10,
$3,000; 3,196 gallons of molasses at
20c. $639.20; 4,944 bushels of oats at
40., $1.977.60; 800 bushels of sweet
potatoes at 25c, $200; 400 bushels
of Irish potatoes at 40c, $160; 5,000
pounds of pork at 5c, $250; 5,000
bushels of corn at 50c, $2,500. Total
value of farm products made on De
Saussure farm, 1896, $19,091.05,
which is $635 per mule.
REED FARM, 30-MULE CROP.
Three hundred and thirteen bales
of cotton at $30 per bale, $3,390 ;
7,825 bushels of cotton seed at 15c,
$974.25; 4,800 bushels of corn at 50c,
$2,400; 2,500 bushels of oats at 40c,
$1,080; 300 bushels of peas at 60c,
$180; 225 tons of hay and fodder at
$10 per ton, $2,250; 1,300 bushels of
potatoes at 25c, ?325; 2,674 pounds
of pork at 5c, $133.70. Total value
of farm products, $16,652.95, or $565
per mule.
LEXINGTON FARM, WITH TEN MULES.
Eighty-two bales of cotton, at $30
per bale, $2,460; 500 bushels of corn
at 50c, $250; 125 bushels of oats, at
40c, $50; 2,500 buehels of cotton
seed, at 15c, $37); 25 bushels of
peas, at 60 cents, $15; 250 bushels of
potatoes, at 25 cents, $62.50; fodder,
$75. Total vaine of crop, $3,737.50,
or $373.75 per mulei"
The four share farms were very un
satisfactory this yeir, and I am glad
to say the contracts have all expired,
and will not be renewed; hence we
will not have any oliare crops next
next year, will only have crops on the
land owned by the State and under
our full control.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
We fully intended tc sell the entire
cotton and oat crop during the month
of December, but the price of cotton
has been so much depressed, and
each day expecting the market to re
act. We have samples in the com
missary building, and will sell the
same in the next few days. I am
glad to report the financial condition
of the institution is better than at
any time for the last four years. We
will be able to pay every dollar the in
stitution owes, including the $9,000
for the purchase of the Reed farm,
bought last year, and pay cash for our
next year's guano supply, which has
been bought some time ago at a_very
low price. To tal liabilities, $18,370.93.
Assets, 734 bales of cotton, at $30 per
bale, $22,020; amount due from con
tractors and other sources, $5,108.46;
2,500 bushels of oats, at 40 cents,
$1,000; total, $28,128.46, which will
leave us. after paying all thejiemands
against the institution, $9,757.53. We
have on hand food supplies, which
will not be offered for sale, at low cash
value, $24,797.
For a further statement of the mon
ey transactions connected with the in
stitution I would respectfully call
your attention to the report of our
bookkeeper, Mr. 11. I!. Burrisa. Al
low me through you tu thank the
managers of our three State farui3 for
the push and energy which they have
shown during the past year?Mr. S.
A. Miller, of the Lexington farm;
Mr. W. T. McGill, of the DeSaussure
farm, and Mr. J. J. Coolcy, of the
Reed farm.
Thanking the board of directors for
help received from them and courtesy
shown during the yea*, all of which
I beg rcspectfullv to submit.
W. A. Neal,
Superintendent.
The -li rasher $16 gold piece,"
which was struck at Newburg, S. Y.,
in 17S6, was the first apon which "E
Plnribus Unum" appes.red.
AU Sorts of Paragraphe.
? If we frame ourselves another
form than God prescribes, we worship
not him but ourselves.
? Arkansas has a town named
Credit, Iowa one named What Cheer,
and Florida one called Hurrah.
? Daniel Camphell and his wife, of
Walton, County, Fla., arc said to be
respectively 117 and 112 yearu old.
? "Pop, what is promptness-?"
"Promptness ? Well, it is a bad habit ?
of always being on time and getting
tired to death waiting for people who
are not."
? An electric ship with fourteen
propellors has been built and will soon
be tetted. A speed of forty-five miles
an hour is expected. That's a grey
hound for you.
? Hard coal retails in South Dako
ta at $10 to $11 per ton. Two tons of
corn will furnish as much heat afe one
ten of coal. As com is much the
cheapest it will be used for fuel this
winter.
? 'Our agreement was that you were
to have half if we won the suit." de
clares the client. "Exactly, re-'
sponded the lawyer, "but you got only
half of what you sued for, and that is
just mys half."
? "May I kiss you. Miss Jane?'1
"I am sorry to see, Mr. Briggs, that
you, too, are affected by the prevailing
cause of business depression." "And
that is ?" "Lack of confidence ?"
Then he kissed her.
? "I," said the large, fat person,
with the large, fat diamonds, "I am a
self-made man." The angular gentle
man with the soured air looked at him
curiously. "Must have been your
first job, eh ?" he said. ^
? "There arc three dead flieu in the^X
soup," said a stranger to the waiter in ^>
a Dallas restaurant. "Fur de Lawd
sakes ! After flies has bi?ed in de sonn
for ha'f an hour, yer don't specs 'em
ter be erlive yit, does yer?"?Texas' ~
Si/tings.
? The Duteh have a delightfully
original way of collecting tbeir.taxcs.
If, after due notice has been given,
the money is not sent, the authorities
place one or tro hungry militiamen in
the house to be lodged there until the '
amount of the tax is paid.
? The five longest rivers in the
world are the Missouri-Mississippi,
4,230 miles ; Nile with the Nyanza
head-stream, 4,200 miles ; Amazon,
with the Apurimac, 3,600 miles;
Irtish-Ob, 3,410 miles; Salenga
! Angara-Yenisei, 3,300 miles.
? Such belp as we can give each
other in this world is a debt to each ~" \
other ; aud the man who perceives a
superiority or a capacity in a subordi
nate, and neither confesses nor assists
it, is not merely the withholder of
kindness, but the committer of injury.
? "Will you run for office again ?"
asked the politician's acquaintance.
"My friend," was the earnest and de
liberate reply, "I wasn't running for
office." "Why?er?everybody thought
you were." "I thought so, too. But
I have discovered that I took the
wrong route."
? The inhabitants of the Andaman
Islands arc said to be the smallest
raoe of people in the world. The
average height of a full-grown Anda
man is less than four feet, and the
anthropological experts who recently
visited them found but few that
weighed over 75 pounds.
? A primary teacher in a Watervliet
Sunday School took for a subject, f 'The
Lord loveth a cheerful giver." She
inquired if anyone knew what it meant,
when a little 4-year-old boy said :
"Miss L-, I know what that means."
"Well, George Edwin, what isit?"
"It means to give a whole lot and
don't cry over it."
? A farmer in Columbus county,
N. C, last year realized 8101 from a
four-acre patch in snap beans ; he
followed the beans with corn that
shucked out ISO bushels: this was
augmented by twelve tons or pea vines^
These four acres turned him out $371, - ~
or an average of $92.75 per acre, and
his land is not impoverished.
? "I suppose," said a lawyer to a
Dakota justice, "that yon reserve -f
your decision until tomorrow, so as to
look up some of the doubtful points
in the case?" '.'Not much," replied
the justice ; "I make up my raind
'bout this ere caue as soon as I heard
who the d?fendent was?I want the
time to figger out the bill of costs."
For a pain in the chest a piece of
flannel dampened with Chamberlain's
Pain Balm and bound on over the seat
of the pain, and another on the baok
between the shoulders, will afford
prompt relief. This is especially
valuable in cases where the pain is
caused by a cold and there is a tendency
toward pneumonia. For sale by Hill
Orr Drug Co.
? The Japanese have some curions
ideas about their finger naih. One of
them is to the effect that they must
not be cut before starting on a journey,
lest disgrace befall the person before
he reaches his destination. Neither -
should they be cut at night, lest cat's
claws should grow out. To throw
nail parings into the fire iti to invite
some great calamity. If, while trim
ming the nails, a piece should fall in
the fire, the person will soon die.
? Not a few who read what Mr.
Robert Rowls, of Hollands, Va./has
to say below, will remember their own
experience under like circumstances :
"Last winter I had la grippe which
left me in a low state of health. I
tried numerous remedies, none of
which did me any good, until I was
induced to try a bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. The first bottle of it
so far relieved me that I was enabled
to attend to my work, and the second
bottle effected a cure." For sale at
25 and 50 cents per bottle by Hill
Orr Drug Co.
? In the Royal Gardens at Row
there is a branch of what is said to be
the oldest tree in the world?the <?i
famous dragon tree (Dracoena draco)
of Oratava. This tree, which vas
destroyed by a great gale some years
ago. was, the new weekly paper, the
Rocket, says, supposed to be at least
2,000 or 3,000 years old ; some assigned
it a much louger growth. A branch
was removed from it and brought to
Kew, where it still thrives. It may
be seen in the Economic House.
? Many merchants are well aware
that their customers are their best
friends and take pleasure in supplying
them with the best goods obtainable.
As an instance wc mention Perry &
Cameron, prominent druggists of
Flushing, Michigan. They say : "Wc
have no hesitation in recommending
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to our ;,
customers, as it is the best congh J
mediciuc wc have ever sold, and M
always gives satisfaction.1 ' For sale M
at 25 and 50 cents per bottle by 2U1- j
Orr Drug Co.