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REVOLT OF 1 The Early jRetii Sunda We have sometimes alluded in these pages to the change which has of late years taken place in family life, and to the fact that the order of nature has been completely reversed, so that the'reins of domestic governmeot aro no longer in the hands of tho parents, where they of right belong, but are held by the youngest childreu of the family; a condition of affairs like that which was formerly described in po litical speeches as "the bottom rail being on top." Wc need not at pres- j cnt inquire who is to blame for this j state of thiugs, though it is very ap- ? parent the reins must have been held j very loosely by thc heads of thc house hold or thc* children would scarcely have ventured to pluck them from their hands. For a time, at least, it seemed very amusing for the elder people to submit, after having ruled for so long, but by degrees they began to find there were some discomforts in their new position. All the old order of things were overturned; laws that had existed for generations were set at naught; the will and pleasure of the father and mother were no longer of any importance, and whatever the young people desired beoame supreme. But, unfortunately, there appeared to be no relief for the domestic monarchs who had .too easily abdioated their thrones. Weak attempts to regain their power were laughed to scorn. At last, however-to speak metaphorical ly-"the worm has turned." The long-tried patience of the parents have at last given way, and the heads of families have, in secret assembly, uni ted themselves in a league tobe known as "The Early Retiring Association," which has for its object the proper regulation of family hours, and more especially thc closing of the house and the extinguishing of all lights at such a time as may be deemed reason able by the majority of the members. This society has no connection what ever-though its name might suggest such connection-with "The Early Closing Association,'' which was or ganized for the relief of all persons employed in shops, and as a protection against grasping employers, who pay the lowest possible wages and require the longest possible service from their employees. The Early Retiring League is entirely a social body, and has been formed for protection of pa rents against young men who have not sufficient sense to know when to go home, and it may be said in passing that the number of these imbeciles is legion. In the old times, when the father of a family was master of his own house, he generally set a time at whioh his daughters' evening receptions of their masculino friends were expeotod to terminate, and took stringent meas ures to terminate them when the vis itors were inclined to overstay the limit. Even when he did not go so far as to join the youne people in the parlor with the evident intention of enjoying the remainder of the evening with them, a hint that usually had the desired effect, he expressed his inten tion of so doing to his daughters, who generally contrived in a more gentle way than his to intimate to their friends that prolonged visits were not desired by their parents. If the call er was too dull to understand the girl's evident uneasiness as the hour grew late, or too selfish to care that he was making her uncomfortable by linger ing, the poor young lady had frequent ly a very bad quarter, or half an hour, trying on the one hand to appear at ease and interested in the conversa tion, and on the other hand listening with apprehension to every sound through the house whioh seemed to indicate her father's arrival upon the scene. Now, while no man who had a real regard for a woman would know ingly subject her to such an ordeal, either for the sake of an additional half hour or so of her . sooicty, or for tho purpose of annoying he* father a motive that not infrequently ani mated those that had more mischief than sentiment in their character yet it often happened that uninten tionally ono who was very much inter ested in their oonvorsation has linger ed until the irate father has appeared on the scene, to the intense mortifica tion of the young lady and the great annoyance of the visitor, who proba bly cared very little for his own feel ings in the matter, but felt it was un pardonable in him to subject his fair friend to tho embarrassment of the oc casion. Naturally, one of tho first steps taken by the young people when they assumed tho reins of power in the home, was to put down all interference on tho part of tho parents with their visitors, aid the evening lengthened out to au unconscionable hour; not .always because the callers had sotnuoh to say or anything of so important a nature, that they could not get through with it in yetBonabl? time; HE PARENTS. "ing -Association. y News. 1 efTort ou their part to get up and tako leave. Numberless expedients were tried by the weary, but still obedient parents to indicate to thoughtless vis itors it was time to depart; but to do it in so mild and gent?o a way as not to cause their daughters any mortifi cation, or to give offense to their f;?ends. Sometimes a very sleepy yawn or two from the father in the adjoining sitting room would make itself heard; sometimes an elaborate demonstration of lowering tho other lights in .the house, other than in the parlor and hall, would seem to inti mate that the price of gas or of elec tricity, as the case might bc, had tak en a sudden risc, and that the econo my of lights was necessary. If none of these hints had any effect on the obtuse visitors, the mother would oc casionally tako a book and stroll into the parlor with the transparent pre tense that tho light was better there for reading by thc shaded lamp than elsewhere in the house. This meas ure was generally effective in hasten ing the departure of the young men; or, at least, had the effect of throwing a constraint over their conversation, unless tired nature came to their aid and sealed the mother's eyes and ears -though not always her mouth-in refreshing slumbers; in whioh case her presence was but little embarrassment to them, and even furnished an excuse for them to linger in order to enjoy her unconscious but grotesque grima ces, as dreams of a varied nature chased each other through her mind; or to listen to the music of her gentle snores. But, as we said before, the time has come when parental patience can en dure no more, and it had long before ceased to be a virtue. By a very large majority the members of the Early Retiring League have decided that an end must be put to the custom of making evening calls, which extend until breakfast time next morning, since thir own health and their daugh ters' complexion were suffering from the effects of such unnatural hours. They embodied their sentiments'in a scries of resolutions, of whioh the following paper is a rough draft-all that has yet been made public-and wo deem ourselves highly privileged to have been allowed to see it before any of our contemporaries in journal ism. "Whereas, we, the members of the. Early Retiring League, have long been in subjection to our daughters in mat tSrS vCu"ulU(j vue ICgUlatMJU Ul 1UC family, and have suffered grievous wrongs to mind and body through their lack of consideration for us, and through the impertinence of their masculine friends, in imposing their presence upon them at unsuitable hours,*and for unreasoaably long pe riods of time; "And whereas, every free-born American possesses the inalienable right to ? certain number of hours of sleep; and also to say whoo shall be received in his house of an even ing, and to limit the time of their visit; "And whereas, any young man wor thy the name of gentleman will not impose his presence upon household ers at unseemly hours and against their desires; *]and will not subject the youug ladies of the family to re proof from their parents on his ac count; "And whereas, any youug man who has serious intentions of asking a girl to marry him does not require more than a couple of hours to mako his proposal; and if he has no such in tentions, has no right to monopolize her society to the exclusion of better men; "Be it therefore resolved, That, after the 1st of January, 1900, any pre sumptuous youth who remains in our houses after IO o'clock, unless espe cially invited to do so by the heads of the household, i. e., the father and mother, shall be ejected, vi et armis if necessary, with the it-quest that in future he will find other lodgings, even those at.the police station, as being more suitable for men who 'won't go home till morning.' ' A Cat That (Jets Drunk. In a Strand tavern, London, there is a cat that is habitually ia a state of intoxication. For some, time past this strango cat has watohed tho fill ing of the wine decanters at the bar, in order to securo any of the wine whioh might bo spilled. As it often happens that a good deal of wine is lost thus in the course of a day, it is quite usual for pussy to be unable to walk straight when evening comes. The tasto for strong drink has grown in this perverted animal to such an extent that, if she cannot get -wine, Which aha still prefers, she satisfies her craving with sips. of whiskey, or any ' Other spirits she is able to obtain. THE SECOND SOUTH CAROLINA. Commanded By Col. Wallace lt Saved The Day At Cold ii arbor. To tho Editor of tho State: As an instance of the inaccuracies contained in the histories published of the military achievements of our Confederate soldiers in the war be twceD the States, I beg to call your attention to thc following error which will Dot provo uninteresting to the readers of your valued paper. In the Confederate Military His tory of South Carolina by llcv. Ellison Capers thc following statement is made: "On the Cold Harbor line.J une 1st, when a strong Confederate movement by the right was ordered a diary , of thc First corps says: In thc afternoon a furious attack is made on the left of Hoke and the right of Kershaw, ene my penetrating an interval between them. Kershaw brings up the Second and Third South Carolina and ^regains Bryan's lost ground, and captures prisouers and a stand of colors." Thc writer of this communication was present in thc Richland County court house, when the survivors of Gen. Kershaw's brigade presented him wita his portrait in Confederate uniform, lu his speech of thanks to the survivors, (len. Kershaw turned to Col. William Wallace, of Columbia, and said: "This is the man who at second Cold Harbor saved the army of Northern Virginia with his regiment, the gallant Second South Carolina." General Kershaw was unable to at tend a reunion of the survivors of the Eighth South Carolina Voluotecrs at Florence, S. C., and wrote a letter to them which . was published in The News and Courier. In that letter he again complimented Col. Wallace's courage and ability at Cold Harbor. The following is an extract from his letter: "The Eighth held the broken line at Cold Harbor where the gallant! Wallace led the Second in the charge at double quick, and hurled the ad vancing columns of the enemy over the trenches at the point of the bayo net and again averted the 'on to Rich mond.' " Maj. Charles Kerrison, Jr., in a brief sketch (published in The News & Courier several years ago) of the Sec ond South Carolina Volunteer infan try, says: "The Second South Caroli na saved thc Confederate army at Cold Harbor. An unwritten history. A very quiet afternoon at Cold Harbor, the year 1864. Two regiments in re serve, the Second and Seventh. The Third, Eighth. Fifteenth, Twentieth and James' gallant little battalion on the line. Not a sign of intention that the enemy would attaek. We, the regiments in reserve, had scarce got through our scant Confederate dinner, before the roar of infantry ?re greeted the ear. A second after a oouricr from Gen. Kershaw reported with or ders. "Forward the two regiments in reserve" (the Second and Seventh) with the order to double quick and form in rear of a portion of the divis ion works whioh had just been sur prised and oaptured by the enemy. With his usual Scotch instinct (he will pardon the expression) and that oool grit which a series of days of close relationship during the war im pressed on the writer. Col. William Wallace of the Second, the senior col onel in the command of the two regi ments in reserve, ordered his men for ward. The Second fell into ranks, be ing the first to reoeive orders, with instructions to the Seventh to follow at once. The Second, at quick time, reached the place of attack. To ex plain the position of the ground it is necessary to state that thc division in Hoe of the works described a right angle, so as to reach the necessary point, the reservo had to file left on reaching tho apex of the angle and double quick in rear and near thc linc of Confederate works. So rapid erras the move of the Second that the Sev enth (as gallant a regiment as ever fought) had not time to reach and form with us. It was a momentous peroid, requiring judgment, decision and dash. The Second formed on an elevation, about two hundred var?n from the oaptured works held by two regiments of the enemy. Forty-eighth and One Hundred and Twelfth New York. Pausing only for a moment to get the Second to front and into linc, tho order from the colonel came: 'Fix bayonets, charge!' With thc familiar Confederate yell, forward dashed the regiment, only 120 rifles strong, driv ing the enemy pell-mell out of the works and , reestablishing the line, capturing tho eolors of the Forty eighth New York. Between thc cap ture made by the enemy and tho re taking of the works occupied scaroc fifteen minutes. A delay of as many minutes moro would have given the enemy time to reenforce, and then the result to Lee's army might have been doubtful. Before the Second arrived on tho field a singular spectacle was presented. The enemy were in the works( flanked right and left by the Confe ierate troops both standing firm await ag results, neither daring to move}-both passive hoping for re-en foreefneiits. In after thought this dftjiDg aot cf pluok and necessity was plain -at all hasards to make the charge was necessary. From report of : the enemy, thc intention was to make aa effort to capture a portion of our line and if accessary to re-enforce. The j question was simply lime with both i sides. The same was appreciated and hence the charge of the 'Forlorn Hope.' Whcu the disparity of num bers, one small Confederate regiment of 120 ri?es against two full union regiments of 1.000 men each, is con sidered, sure'y the affair has a place on record. The actiou may not be un paralleled, but for dash, gallantry and successful results will challenge ad miration." Col. Wallace was surprised at thc account of thc battle of Cold Harbor as contained in (Jen. Capers* history and wrote Gen. Janies Longstreet on thc subject, receiving the following reply: Washington, D. C., Oct. li, 1890. Col. Wm. Wallace, Columbia. S. C. My Dear Sir: Yours of the ?lOth ult. received to-day. Referring to in quiry I have to say that thc quotation to which you refer is uot from- my diary or atty account of mine. 1 was not with the corps au second Cold Harbor, nor any part of that campaign after the Otb of May, 1SG4, when I was disabled and held off from service till October of that year. I have not made an effort to give any account of the campaign further than mention its march to Spottsyl vania on tho 7th of May. If you will refer to my book and several articles cc tho war you will find that quota tions claimed as coming from me at the time of my absence are all manu factured. Very truly yours, James Longstreet. In my opinion i proper history has never been written of the deeds of the men who wore the Confederate gray especially of our South Carolina sol diers. We owe to generations yet to come a history of tho glorious achieve ments of our patriot", who fought four years ragged aud hungry for free dom's cause against overwhelming odds. While some participants in the stirring events of that great strug gle are yet alive let the history of the soldiers of our lost cause be properly written. The State has had the names of her patriot sons placed on record and should now preserve the history of their gallantrj'. No token of appre ciation could bc better shown the sur viving veterans of the great army of the Confederacy. JOHN Ci. MOBLEY. The Prevailing Malady in this country is dyspepsia. Proba bly more than three-fourths of the people suffer from it in some of its tnany forms. Many have dyspepsia ind don't know it, because they have the painless kind. Such are always aaif sick and ascribe their ailment to nuy cause but the true one. Where lyspepsia is known, or suspected. Ty ler's Dyspepsia Remedy ought to be used. It is a wonderful medicine, very pleasant to take, and not onlycorreots iigestion in a few minutes, but eures me worst eases of dyspepsia. For mle by Hill-Orr Drug Co. and Wilhite fe Wilhite._ _ - Mrs. Henpeck-"No doubt the inoientswere considered wise because there were fewc/ temptations in those lays." Henpeck-"Why, my dear, he proportion of women in the world nust have been about the same." A system regulator is a medicine -hat strengthens and stimulates the iver, kidneys, stomach and bowels. Prickly Ash Bitters is a superior system regulator. It drives out all inhealthy conditions, promotes ac -ivity of body and brain, restores good tppetite, sound sleep and cheerful spirits. Sold by Evans Pharmacy. - A scientist has calculated that :be eyelids of the average man open md shut no fewer than 4,000,000 times n the course of a single year of his ixistencc. It takes but a minute to overcomo ickling in the throat and to stop a tough by the use of One Minute Jough Cure. This remedy quickly tures all forms of throat and lung roubles. Harmless and pleasant to ake. It prevent? consumption. A amous specific for grippe and its after 'fleets. Evans Pharmacy. - One of the longest lived birds on ecord died recently in London. It pas a parrot named Ducky, the prop erty of the Prince of Wales, and was aid to be a century and a quarter old. Miss Annie E.Gunning, Tyre,Mich., ays, "I suffered a long time from lyspepsia ; lost flesh and became very veak. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure com detely oured me." It digests what rou cat and cutes all forms of stomach rouble. It never tails to give imme liate relief in the worst cases. Evans Pharmacy. - Delaware publicly whips some of ts male malefactors, but no woman las been thus punished in the State 'or nearly fifty years, thc law exempt ng them from its infliction having jeen enacted in 1855. J. Bv Clark, Peoria, 111., says, "Sur geons wanted to operate on me for ailes, but I cured them with DeWitt's tVitch Hazel Salvo." It is infallible 'or piles and skin diseases. Beware >f counterfeits. Evans Pharmacy. - A Kansas family of eight broth ers and sisters boasts an aggregate agc >f 545 years, an average of 68i. The doest is seventy-six, sod the youngest lixty. They lately had a reunion, all well and active. - Ugliness has this advantage over jeauty-it never fades. W. 0. T. U. DEPARTMENT. Conducted by tho Indies of thoW.C. T. r. of Anderson( S. C. How frequently we hear the excuse for not abstaining, 'The doctor or ders me wine." Thc followiug story goes to show that even medical men can err: As a husband and wife were crossing a London thoroughfare the man was knocked down; his injuries being serious, ho was placed on a shut ter, and borne to a neighboring hospi tal. At thc doo.' stood a surgeon. "Ah, poor fellow.'* said he, "he's dead." "No, I'm not," replied the man. "He quiet, George," broke in the wife, "tin- doctor knows best!'' A co.respondent of thc Reston ''Transcript.'' after telling how much the policy of acquiring territory has cost (?nat liritain, says: "Imperial ism is by no means the only direction in which the Britons' open-handedness i.- much in evidence. His drink bill shows a yearly expenditure on intoxi cants of $1'J for every man. woman, and child in the United Kingdom. Irish and Scotchmen, it seems, have been much maligned in this conu?'c nectioD; for while the Knglishman drinks 2.41 gallons of alcohol yearly, thc Scotchman manages with LOU, and the Irishman with 1.54. Thc Knglish man spends $20.50, thc Scotchman $15 45, and the Irishman $18.25." Social Life lu the Saloon. A social vice is a public menace. Not till a righteous hand is raised to strike it a blow do weoknow the deep seated place it occupies in thc moral and social life of the pecplc. Just now the American' saloon is meeting rather late to be sure-its share of at tention. Much is made of social cle ment, and thc cry is raised that the poor, along with the rich, must have their share of diversion and recreation. But it would appear that nothing short of a voice from the infernal regions could be heard championing the saloon as a beneficent institution. It thrives for thc curse, not the bene fit, of men of the lower order of socie ty. And thc more's the pity; for if society eau only hope to be safe by all men's becoming freemen and having a chance of rising to higher levels, then to put such a stone of stumbling in the path of the weak is acrimc against heaven. The Bocial side of thc saloon is the deadliest and most dangerous phase of it. Just at thc most dangerous period in a young man's life, when bc is apt to form false uotions of thc restraints of home, the saloons open their door and bid him enter. The estimate is made that ninety per cect. o? all drink-oursed lives began tho career of the drunkard at the bar of tho sa loon. Very strangely, we t.iink, there are some who, with a fake pity for thc poor, are willing to uphold it for the Bake of making what is called a "club" for the lowly. If the saloon is in any souse a club, it is such a place as cre ates a false appetite, creating and then fostering, inducing and exaggerating an unnatural thirst, which never can be quenohed. If a tree may be known by its fruits, we may not be charged with bearing false witness when we say the institu tion which makes it possible to pass sufficient laws for civic righteousness, has no right to live. He who con dones its presence in a community is either blind to its effects or morally on a level with it. Having a Great Run on Chamoerlain'a Cough Remedy. Manager Martin, of the Pierson irug store, informs us that he is hav ing a great run on Chamberlain's Oough Remedy. He sells five bottles )f that medicine to one of any other dud. and it gives great satisfaction, tn these days of la grippe there is lothing like Chamberlain's Cough Kern edy to - stop thc cough, heal up he sore throat and lungs and give rc ief within a very short time. Thc laics arc growing, and all who try it ire pleased with its prompt action. South Chicago Daily Calumet. For tale by Hill-Orr Drug Co._ Drs. Strickland & King, DENTISTS; OFFICE IN MASONIC TEMPLE. msr Oat and Cocaine us ea forExtract ng Teeth. j PRICKLY ASH BITTERQ CLEANSES THE LIVER AND BOWELS ^?3P : : I A5D FORTIFIES THE SYSTEM TO RESIST PREVAILING DISEASED. ? ? EVANS PHARMACY, Special Agents. The Farmers Loan | Trust Co PAYS INTEREST ON DEPOST1TS. ttB* No deposit too small to receive careful and courteous attention. tt?F Children's deposits especially invited. _J? R. VANDIVER, Cashier. 11 SYRACUSE WOOD AND STEEL BEIM PLOWS. Guaranteed fco give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. GET ONE AND TRY IT, and it* you aro not pleased with it bring it back to us and we will cheerfully REFUND YOUR MONEY. They turn the land where others have failed. See the work of our TORRENT CUTAWAY HARROW, lt tums the land like Turn Plows, and is tho best Harrow tor the farm that has ever been placed before the American people as a labor and time-savor. Come in and wo will be glad to show it to you, and show you the work it docs. If you contemplate buying a Cutaway Harrow don't fail to see this one before you buy. It is only about two-thirds as heavy to pull as the common Cutaway Harrow. We have a full and complete line of all kinds of Agricultural Implements, Hardware, Machinery Fittings, And everything usually kept in a first-class Hardware Store, and our prices are right. We have a large stock of SHOT GUNS, SHOT, POWDER, CAPS empty and loaded SHELLS, and everything connected with the Sport m au's, equipment Remember to come in and see us when in the city. __ BROCK BROS. 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