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A RIVAL ROI The New A-telnvlalny I lu ?in I l hi niel, in The Mi.s.si.ssippi river. for centuries defiant, majestic and supr?me, laugh ing at imitation ami fearless of her title, awaken at the beginning of thu new century to lind a dangerous rival ut her very door, and inure than a rival -a robber. I en years ago the man could not 1"' fi id in Louisiana who believed there w any danger to be feared from ibo .. M'hai'alaya creek, an insignificant stream that bored it sluggish course fron; its eour.se near the mouth of tilc Ked river to thc Gulf. The river was tributary to nothing, received its sup ply of water from no certain fountain head, depended hugely upon tho big overflows and heavy rains and in tho dry months almost disappeared fnun view. Such was the Atehafalaya ten years ago. To day this stream, creek no longer, is bigger, deeper and swifter than tho Mississippi ever was"or ever can be, for it is daily and hourly stealing away thc waters of the Ked river, in fringing momentarily upon thc supply of thc Mississippi and draining from the Father o? Waters billions and bil lions of the reddish, muddy fluid, that has ma<le thc sketch of thc stream famous from Minnesota to thc Gulf. Beginning at a point on thc; Ked river about ten miles above the junc tion of the Hod and the Mississippi, t he Atehafalaya found its source in the lin ak of an embankment of the Ked. A first there was no Atehafa laya. and thc waters breaking over tho southern bank of the Ked river reach ed out into the lowlands and formed an impenetrable swamp of stagnant and troublesome water. Gradually this water sought an outlet and then was formed the Atehafalaya creek, a slow, murky, muddy stream, some times possessing a current, aud at other times, when the lied river gave out little supply, merely an expanse of water without purpose of meaning or any importance. Hut the Ked river had gradually been soaping through the banks of the south and the swamp has gradually been getting larger and the demand for an outlet increasing every day. The Atehafalaya came to tho rescue. The creek became a great stream, nav igable to small boats. And thc leak in thc Red became greater and more water rushed over and through the banks and poured their current into tho Atehafalaya. Ono Spring thc great Mississippi overflowed for miles above the junction with the Red. The river was fifty miles wide and thc wa ters, crowding for a quick run to thc Gulf, found their way into the current of thc Atehafalaya, and then there was a mighty floodtidc that boomed across the sugar plantation bottoms, lt was the making of a great waterway, destined in a short time, a few years, at least, to bc thc greatest river in the world. GOVERNMENT SEES <1REAT PA NH KR. Tiie United States government was hot long to sec the great danger that confronted the Mississippi and the city of New Orleans. Experts were sent to thc source of thc Atehafalaya and a survey was made. The condi tion was found to be very serious and prompt action was necessary. The report of thc experts showed that tho lied was fast transferring its wa ters tJ thc Atehafalaya, robbing the Missisippi and threatening to rob the city of New Orleans of its water way. When the next visit of the experts was paid to the source of the Ateha falaya, it was ascertained that the river had widened and deepened and was larger than the Red and almost as large as the Mississippi. The river was getting deeper and broader and the current swifter and thc Red and tho Mississippi were becoming smaller in proportion. The experts went to work, rather than waiting to nake a report. Already a vast appropriation, running far into the millions, has been made. This fund was to be used in checking thc leakage of the Red river. On account of the new territory which the Atch a falaya has opened up to thc mer chant marino of tho State, it was not desirable to entirely closeup tho new ly-mado stream, and it was agreed that the water, only so much as was abso 1 H tele neceH5-ry, would, bc thrown back into the Red and then carried on through the old channel into the Mis sissippi, via New Orleans to the Gulf. In ordor to do this a vast dam, made of sills, was stretched across the mouth of the Atehafalaya. This dam was ten feet below the water line of the river, allowing boats drawing only ten feet to pass over the dam, and also allowing only ten feet of water to es cape from the Red river. i?or a time thc dam worked satisfac torily! but tho water was restless, and gradually the break above and below 5BEK RIVER. ;t Threatens the Mis Lppi. .1 llnnln Jim nuil. the dani bogati lo grow and widen and it wan nui loni! before the waler was again rushing over the banks and into the Ateliuf'alayuj which was once again a booming, rushing river. The Atch afalaya, bi mg more than 200 miles nearer the (Juif than tho Ked or the Mississippi, and being much greater I in its descent, found great inducement to olfer the waters that had been eon lined in the tw<? sluggish streams, and therefore naturi1 was an active aid to the Atchafalaya. The government began to make greater appropriations, and more experts were sent to the scene of operations, where thc work ir, still being actively carried on to i day. ? il lt KAT ('O.M.M Kite IA |< WATKIIWA V. The Atchafalaya, though a rival of the Mississippi, a robber waterway, Kccurintr its supply and importance by stealing from the Hod. has already proved of magnificent profit to the peo ple of the parishes who before had no menus ol' reaching the markets of the world. These places, far removed from the rumble of thc cars, because of impenetrable swamps, and not touched by bouts, because there was no navigable stream nearer than the Mississippi, were lost to thc beneficent effects of being in touch with the throbbing trade of the city of New Or leans. There was no way in which their products could reach the sea and the question of import was just as se rious. Handicapped by these condi tions, the people of t hese parishes lived u life of mean existence, and their children grew up in ignorance and pov erty. It was, therefore, with delight that these fanners watched thc waters rise higher and higher in the new river that was to bring them commercial connection with thc world and was to furnish them a means of transporting their sugar cane and rice and cotton and corn to their cities. Now the river is the slave of largo boats that, heavy laden, sail up and down on its wide bosom, dispersing commerce and receiving in exchange the products of thc interior. The Mississippi at New Orleans, at tho foot of Canal street, is 2,000 feet wide, not quite half a mile. It is about 200 feet deep and very sluggish. The Atchafalaya, at a distance from its mouth tho same as Canal street to tho Mississippi, is moro than a milo wide, moro than 200 feet deep and very swift in tho flow of its current. Thus it will bo seen that already the Atchafalaya has taken from the Mis sissippi a vast amount of water, which, by right of precedent, should pass by thc Creseeut City, whose existence is owed to thc river. Interesting, indeed, is the conclu sion that can be drawn from thc study of the condition. Interesting, indeed, tu thc city of New Orleans moro than to ail, for the people of this eity is watching ihe rise and fall of the Atch afalaya more closely than all the bal ance of the world. Suppose the Atch afalaya should steal all thc water of the Ked river, and the natural and logical solution of thu problem is that this will bo true, as the Atchafalaya is nearer the (? ulf, the fall is much greater in tho new river than it is in the lied and the Mississippi and thc dropping of the water, day by day theory, is all in favor of the final tri umph of the Atchafalaya. Suppose, too, that tho Mississippi, always un decided and restless, should cut across to thc mouth of the Atchafalaya, what then would happen? Where would Now Orleans bo? The answer has been thought about often by the pooplo of New Orleans, whose fortunes are dependent upon tho river. They used to say that there could bc yellow fever epidemics in the city, there could be financial reverses, but the river, the great father of riv ers, the gem of all rivers, was there, and as lonp as the river rolled past thc city her future was full of realization and promise. Aud this is true. So long as the great river rolls at the foot of the mighty city th^ro will always bc money by thc millions to bc made out of her commerce. And it is upon this linc of reason ing that thc pooplo of New Orleans and Baton Bouge, the owners of thc big plantations on tho bottom of tho river, aro thinking to-day. The jest has been stripped from tho query. There is nothing but seriousness and fact which must bc deull with. It is a matter of concern, and New Orleans knows it. It is a question that is being asked daily by interested and concerned inquirers: "Will New Orleans ever bo without tho Mississippi, and if that day should dawn, what would become of thc city?" New Orelans would simply follow tho river. If thc Mississippi and the Red went into the new channel of tho Atchafalaya, then thc city that sprang into existence on thc new waterway would be the New Orleans, whether it was called by that name or whether it were to be known as tho Now Cres cent City of the South. ON SNODGRASS HILL Moquent I'lca for,the Placing of This State's Hntlle Monument. To tho I'iditor ??f The Slate : I see from your paper that Gov. McSweeney in his message to the gen eral assembly recommends thc apr?) priation of the $10,000 asked for,? by the I'nited Confederate Veterans' r? union at Chester last summer. Al low an old Confederate veteran who was in the fight at Chiekamauga on the 120lh of September, )M>:$, and who voted heartily for the resolution at the reunion, a few words in ycur wide ly circulated and valuable paper; and first 1 would >ay the governor has .lone a graceful act in recommending it to favorable consideration, and I feel assured the general assembly will honor itself by passim: the bill. Hut, sir, my chief purpose in writ ing this letter is to call the attention of the commission who may be ap pointed to locate the monument con templated in the bill to the claims of Snodgrass hil! as the spot. Now, sir, it is a fact that while there were three South Carolina brigades engag ed in that great battle, to-wit:?Gist's, Manigault's and Kershaw's besides other South Carolina troops not bri gaded as such and all did nobly yet it was on and around Snodgrass hill where the Federal (icu. Thomas made bis last ??esp?rate stand, and from which he was not driven until about nightfall, and Gen. J. H. Kershaw's brigade was in the awful bloody charge that helped to dislodge him. I know whereof I speak when I say few troops on either side ever fought more nobly or lost more heavily in any battle of the Confederate war. Co. fi. of the Third, or .fames' battalion of South Carolina infantry, which T had thc honor to command, lost in killed, am putation of limbs and other wounds, as I recollect it, fully one-third of the number engaged. Thc brigade was composed of thc Second, Third, Sev enth aud: Fifteenth regiments, and as before said, thc Third, or Janies' bat talion, of seven companies, and suffer ed fearful loss. Among thc field offi cers who were killed outright I recall the gallant Col. Bland, of Edgefield county, in command of the Seventh, and Capt. Townsend, of Cokesbury, in command of the battalion. I remem ber distinctly seeing tho enemy bring upa battery on the hill just north of Snodgrass, over which we had charg ed, and entered a ravine between tho two hills. I said to our men: "They are going to open a battery on us," which they did in short order, and the first volley they ? fired intous with grape or canister they tore away one half of his head. I don't suppose he realized that he was struck. I don't think he moved from the time ho was struck except to fall backwards. This incidont occurred as we were ad vancing up tho bill, before we reachod tho woods, where tho' enemy were. We were thou under thc fire of tho enemy. Our? battalion was the bat talion of^direction-and the cutirc bri gade had to keep itself in line by our colors. Our color bearer was Wm. Evans, and not understanding just tho direction to advance so as to strike the enemy's line squarely, as they were partially concealed by the woods at the top of the hill, (?en. Ker shaw walked up to him and took thc colors and walked out in front of the battalion, where he could be seen by the cutir? line and was advancing with the flag, when Evans following closely at his heels, and no doubt feel ing mortified fat what he supposed t?en. i'Kershaw construed as a want cither of courage or 'proper under standing of his duty, said: "General, please give mc that flag, and just tell niejffherc to go with it, and I'll take it there." Gen. Kershaw handed it back to him and said: "You see that large green pine?" "Yes. sir." "Go directly to that." And he went. That same pine is standing there to-day, or was in duly. 1S9S. It has been my good fortune to visit Chiek amauga battlefield twice since that eventful day-first, in 1807, and again in 1808-and 1 cannot undcrstake to describe my feelings, when, with bar ed head, I walked up Snodgrass hill and looked back over tho 33 interven ing years and thought of that day when so many bravo men went down: noble men, who died for tho cause they believed to be right and under took to defend. Tho ground to-day looks very much like it <Vid the day of the fight. The government has pur chased thc entire field of hundreds of acres and has not allowed thc woods to bc cleared. I could go to the very spot and idontify where Capt. Town send fell, and my orderly sergeant, J. W. Ashford, was shot in the side and he and I both supposed he was killed, but he is alive yet; and where I re ceived a severe flesh wound in the left leg, and poor Dave Gladnoy, a member of my company, himself wounded, let me lean on his shoulder and limp back to tho field infirmary. If I were rioh I would visit Chicka ! mauga every year of my life, just to bring back thc memory of that thrill- ' lng event. BUL 1 must close, my letter it is getting too long. Most all of my old company an- gone; ill fact few com paratively ol' tb!- battalion or brigade remain J would bc so glad if the contemplated monument should be put on Snodgrass hill. ,1 think no more appropriate spot can be found. It isa commanding position, and a shaft upou its brow or summit could be seen for a considerable distance, and then no more gallant soldier than (Jen. Joseph Brevard Kershaw drew sword in defense of the Lost Cause, and it was the scene of the la?t fight ingof that memorable big bloody bat tle. B. II. JENMKOS. Winusboro, S. C., January 17, li)0i). --.??- . f Somebody Forgets. A little boy, living in tho most poverty-stricken section of a great city, found his way into a inissiou Sunday-school and became a Chris tian. One day not long after, some one tried to shake thc child's faith by asking him some puzzling questions. "If God really loves you, why doesn't Ile take better caro of you? Why doesn't Ile tell somebody to send you a pair of shoes, or else coal enough so that you can keep warm this win ter?" The boy thought a minute, and then said, as tho tears rushed to his eyes, "I guess He does tell somebody, and somebody forgets." The saddest thing about thc answer is its truth. God is not unmindful of His little ones. Whether they are in want of fire or food or advice or sym pathy. Ile calls on us to supply the things that are needed. Ho tolls us that every act of kindness or helpful ness done to the least or lowest of His creatures Ile will count as done to Him. But not all of His purposes are carried out; ofteu because wc choose our own pleasure rather than His will, often because somebody forgets. Somebody forgets! That is one of tho reasons for tho pinched faces we sec sometimes, and which haunt us for days after, for half-clad, shivering bodies, and for cheerless homes. That is one of the reasons why there are children in this dear land of ours who have never heard Christ's name ex cept in curses. It is the explanation for more than half thc sin and sorrow of this world. Is it not high time for eaoh of us to ask the question, "Am I among those who forget?" Use Of Peanuts in The Preparation Of Varions Dishes. The use of peanuts in the prepara tion of various dishes is increasing. A wafer to be offered at afternoon teas is made by chopping very fine a pint of the shelled nuts and mixing them with three eggs, two tablespoonfuls of milk, a little salt, and a cup of sugar creamed with two tablespoonfuls of butter. Flour is added to make a soft dciigh. which is rolled very thin, cut into strips and baked in a moderate oven. Peanut sandwiches, too, arc appetizing and nutritious, either for tea or with the salad at luuchcon or dinner. Several receipts are followed to make them, a good ono calling for brown bread. This is cut in thin slices and very lightly buttered, spread with cream cheese and a layer of finely chopped nuts. The slices are then pressed together, and cut in circles or oblongs. At thc grocjr's may be found peanut butter put up in tumblers or small jars that is also in tended for usc in sandwiches. The compouud is manufactured by several different firms, all of whom claim great nutritive as well as appetizing value for their product.-Arto York Evening Post. This will Interest Many. Editor of Intelligencer: If any of your readers who suffer from Blood Impurities, such as erup tions, unsightly pimples, ulcers, eat ing sores, eczema, scrofula, cancer, tetter, swollen glands, rheumatism, catarrh, contagious blood poison, ul cerated mouth or throat, or any other blood taint, will write us, wo will send thom free of charge and prepaid, a Trial Bottle of B. B. B., (Botanic Blood Balm,) a positive specific cure for all blood troubles. As you are well aware B. B. B. has been thor oughly tested for thirty years, and in that time has permanently cured thou sands of sufferers af ter all other treat ment had failed. B. B. B. is undoubt edly the most wonderful blood purifier of thc agc. It is different from any other blood remedy, because li. u. B. drives from the blood the humors and poisons that cause the unsightly evi dences of bad blood, and a cure thus made lasts forever. B. B. B. is for salo by every druggist in the United States, but to satisfy your readers that B. B. B. "is a real cure we wi!! send a bottle free of charge and prepaid to any one who writes us. If your read ers will desoribe their troubles we will give free personal medical advice. Ask your local druggist about B.B.B. Blood Balm Co., 880 Mitchell Street, Atlanta, Qa. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. and Wilhite & Wilhite. -- m m - - Edith-" What's a good way to keep a objectionable suitor from pro* posing?" Ethel-" Just hint that you would aocepthim if ho did." DoWitt's Little Early Risers purify he blood, cloan the liver, invigorate the system. Famous little pills for tonstipation and liver troubles. Evans Pharmacy. Interesting to Mothers. It will probably startle a good many persons to find, on thc authority of a well Icuown statistician, that could the infants of a year be ranged in a line in cradles thc cradles would ex tend round the globe. The same writer looks at thc matter in a more picturesque light. He imagines the babies being carried past a given point in their mothers' arms, oue by one, and the procession being kept up night and day until the last hour in the 12 months had passed by. A sufficiently liberal rate ?sallowed, but even in the going past at the rate of 20 a minute, 1.200 uri hour, during the entireyear, the reviewer at his post would ouly have seen the sixth part of the infantile host. In other words, tho babe that had to be carried when the tramp began would bo able to walk when but a mere frac tion of its comrades had reached the reviewer's post, and when the year's suppl} of babies was drawing to a close there would be a rear guard, not of infants, but of romping G-ycar-old boys and girls. A Novel In a Nutshell. Met him. Methimagaio-in love with him. Met him again-no longer in love with him; but he in love with me, be cause I am so beautiful. Met him again-he is atill more in love with me; but because I am also so good. Sorry for him. Again 1 met him-ho is colder than he was. Think he has forgotten my beauty and goodness. I, however, am inclined to think that I am in love with him after all. How lucky he is and how angry mamma will bc. Mamma proved to be strangely pleased. Makes me angry, fori know abc is not a good judge of a young girl' i heart. Flirted with him outrageously to make mamma mad-didn't succeed. Engaged to bim-glad. Married to him-sorry.-Philadel phia Times. - It doesn't take luxury long to evolute into an actual necessity. EVEN WHILE YOUR PULSE DOES NOT BETRAY IT, DISEASE y. MAY HAVE^/ FOUND ITA WAY INTI YOUR jolted KEEP GUARD OVER YOUR HEALTH - TOE BANK OF ANDERSON. J. A. BROCK, President. JOS. N BROWN, Vice Pr?sident. B. F. MATJLDIN, Cashier. THE largest, strongest Bank in the County. Interest Paid on Deposits By special agreement. With unsurpassed facilities and resour ces wo are at all times prepared to ac commodate nur customer??. Jan 10, 11)00 20 WE WOULD tu remind our cus tomers who have not set tled last year's Accounts that it is imp o s sible for us to wait longer. We are better prepared than eve? to do Carriage, Buggy and Wagon Repairs with neat ness and dispatch. PAUL E. STEPHENS. Presbyterian College, Clinton, m. Ct. . SECOND TERM begins*. Jan. 29, 1000. Students received at any time. Ma triculation, Tuition, Board and Koom rent from Jan. 2 to June 5,1900, for only $62.00. Hame, from Jan. 29 to June 5, $52.00. Classical, Scientific and Commer cial coune*. For catalogue or informa tion of any kind address? . _ W. T. MATTHEWS, or A E. SPENCER. Dee 13. 1899 25 6 Tho Kind You Have Always Bought, and -which has been in uso for over 30 years, has borne tho signature of , and has been made under his per sonal supervision sinco its infancy Allow no ono to deceive you iii this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and Substitutes aro but Ex: perimciits that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Costoria is a substituto for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Harmless and Pleasant. It contains neither Opium? Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its ago is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation und Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, re jula tes the Stomach and Dowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea-Tho Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THC OIKTAUH COMPANY. TT MURRAY ?THCKT, NCUf YORK CITY. CAR OF OLD HICKORY AND TENNESSEE WAGONS, JUST ARRIVED. COLUMBIA BUGGIES Are going right along, and if you don't buy at once you will have to pay 15 to 25 per cent advance. A FULL LINE OF Carriages, Wagons, Buggies ard : Harness On hand at all times to be sold at the Lowest Cash Prices. If you have a good yc-ung 8MUI.E that vou wi8? to 8e^ at a reasonable cash price bring it around and let me look at it. I would prefer to pay you the cash than to take it West. tor I am also in the market for DRY CATTLE and Feeders. Stg^ Come to see me when in the city and let's see if we can't trade G me. ? JOS. J. FRETWELL. JOHN A. HAYES Seih HYNDS' Home-made SHOES-Home-made Leather Honest Work, Honest Leather, Honest Prices. THE largest Shoe Factory and Tannery South. The BE3T SHOES made In tb< World. The only combined Shoe Factory and Tannery in the United States A Solid, First-clas?, A No. 1, Best Gainesville Shoes. If you want cheap, shoddy, paper shoes don't buy these-ours will not suit you but if you want the beat Shoes at popular prices boy ours, they will please you. The prices range from Fifty cents to Five Dollars a pair; any price you want, They are the cheapest because they are the best; made of our own pure Oak-barb Tanned Leather, "Soft, Elastic and Strong." Nothing equals it for wear, and that if what you want Try one pair and you will buy them again Buy our best quality $4.00 and $5.00 Shoes for $3.00 and $3.50. A Is a Little Thing when it Begins ! THE longer you put it off the harder it is to cure. The longer it lasts the more serious it becomes. Let it run on and there's no telling what the end will be. The worst case of Consumption was a little Cold once. TAP TtffTTVTrF Will stop any Cough when it first begins. It will stop most Coughs after they get bad. Bat the best way is to take it at the first sign of a Cold. It ought to be vicht at. your elbow si! the time. Tar Mint Is the BEST REMEDY for COU3H3, COLD3, HOARSENESS] and all diseases of the Throat and Lungs. Don't buy any other kind. 50c HILL-ORR DRUG CO J