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RELIC OF THI House Still Stands in lish Hanged A i la v. (a C ACGCSTA, GA.,,June 16.--Within tho city limits of Augnstai here stands to-day a house which it requires no antiquary to tell dates bach to the re volutionary days. Its peculiar stylo ol' architecture tells this at a glance, lt is a framed dwelling, two stories and a half high, with a front veranda twelve feet wide. The heart pine weatherboarding is nailed on with wrought nails. Whrre the plastering ii knocked off on the inside it reveals [Massive timbers, as heavy as the sills . ? modem houses. There are four teen rooms inside the house, thc two main rooms on each side of the ten foot wide hall being twenty, feet - i ne. The hall ceiling is arched, n:iin the rear of the halla spiral staircase leads to the upper stories.. It is to this staircase that a talo of horror attaches dating back to the days when English troops were fight in.' in America as they are now fight in.- in Africa, to conquer a people wi. asserted their freedom. Tho house stands on the highest omi'lenee in Augusta, facing Broad street. A long hill formerly ran across thc street here, but it has been leveled now, the Sibley mill house oc cupying the level on the north side of the street where onoe was a hill. On the south side of the street the hill remains, the old house, now known as the Welch house, standing on its crest some fifteen feet above tho level of. the street. It is about three miles west of the court house, whioh a hundred years ago was near the western limit of the town of Augusta. Wilkes county was then the most thickly set tled portion of the up country, an& the road from Augusta to Wildes passed over the hill in front of the old house. Near Hawk's gully, about half way between this house and the town, stood a small fort, and on the bank of the river, on tho present site of St. Paul Church, stood another larger fort, guarding the upper part of the town. In May, 1780, after the English had captured Charleston, they sent a force which captured Augusta. Gol. John Dooly, a prominent citizen, was then murdered in thc presence of his wife and children. Colonel Elijah Clarke raised a regiment of riflemen in Wilkes county for the purpose of driving the Kogl i sh out of Augusta.. On Septem ber 14, 1780, they approached Au gusta and attacked first an Indian camp at Hawk's gully. Auetaeument of English came to the assistance of the Indians and a running fight fol lowed, in which the Americans were getting the best of the Engii?h. The English commander, Colonel Brown, retreated to this house on the hill, then called Seymour's white house,' and on this hill entrenched himself. For four days hs was besieged by Colonel Clarke's riflemen. Colonel Brown was wounded and his men were almost famished, and in the point bf surrendering, when strong English reinforcements ^arrived from Ninety Six, and the Americans were forced to retreat, leaving thirty wounded rifle men io the hands of the English. Colonel Brown was lying wounded on a bed in one of the rooms of the white house when the relief came. He ordered the wounded prisoners brought to the house to be hanged where he could see it. The staircase was selected as the most convenient place. A rope .thrown over a beam in tbc second story could dangle straight down to the first floor through^ the inner eirole of this spiral stairway, with room enough to allow drawing up a man's body. With their arms pin ioned behind them, these wounded Wilkes county riflemen were brought to this stairway, the end of the rope tied around their necks, the rope drawn up till they swung just high enough for the English commander, lying in his bed in the room across tbe hall, to BOO .their dying struggles, the rope being lowered when the poor victim was dead to fasten around the neck of another. After thirteen had been thus strangled even the cruel English commander waa satiated, and fae ordered the rest io be turned over to the Indians, who tomahawked and scalped them in the yard, and the todies of the thirty victima wese bu ried in h?ls ?? ibo baek yardi ! there, in digging for a well some Tears later, their, bones were fonnd. Bullet holes in the old weather ed ing of the house still tell of that fonr deya' battle in September, 1780, between the Wilkes riflemen and the English, and to this day the gallows elected by the English commander to tang his wounded prisoners'ia known the "hanging stairs."r Ia May, tho following year, General kght Horse Harry" Leo, of Vir ria, and General Picken a, of South Carolina, arrived with troops to re fcpture Augusta. Again Co!. Cla:kc, lh the Wilkes, jrifiemen, joined ^ein. The upper fort was token and REVOLUTION. -A-u^usta Where Eng L -Americans. 'oust ?tu thu. the garrison were nearly all captured and killed. Colonel Brown, in the lower fort, held out until June 7th, when he surrendered. The "Wilkes riflemen desired to drag him to tho white house and hang him in the spiral stairway to avenge tho murder of their comrades, but General Lee had the brute protected by a special guard, and with the other prisoners of war ho was delivered at Savannah. The old house stands to-day, a relic of the past, among modern surround ings. The hill, upon a spur of which it was built, has been leveled. Great cotton mills now stand on thc sito of the old Indian camp, and streets of flats occupied by operatives stand where the Wilkes riflemen stood be hind trees to fire at thc English. Thc city has been built up beyond it and the trolley cars pass in front of the house with the spiral stairs. Passen gers see the old house as they pass, but they see only an old house, rapid ly going to decay, strangely out of keeping with its surroundings. Few know it has a spiral stairway leading to the top of its almost flat roof, and fower still the terrible tragedy enacted in that stairway over a century ago. Its stout timbers would stand the wear of another century if protected, but there is none to protect. The rain leaks through the roof and beats in through the shutterless windows, and soon the city building inspectors will condemn it and cause it to be taken away. And yet some people say that our country is too young to have ruins with a history. Trusts by Hundreds. The Congressional Record is fairly groaning under the immense load of anti-trust speeches and documents which the Democrats and Populists of both Houses have been dumping into it. It is done for the purpose of sup plying campaign material at cost for the printing and free transmission through the mails. Millions and mil lions of these documents wi'l be sent over the United States at compara tively little expense. The Republi cans have been availing themselves of the same privilege to some excent, but in bulk, their contributions, are not one-tenth of the ether side? This is not due to any compunctions as lo the propriety of the practice, but only be-, cause of the lacic>cf suitable material owing to the defensive attitude into whioh the party has been put and from whioh it cannot esoape. One of tho documents inserted in the Record ie a list' of the trusts which have been brought into being by the tariff legislation of the Repub lican patty. ..It isa stupendous ex hibit and the gigantic array of figures is enough to take the breath away. These trusta represent in their operations everything that entera into the life of the people. Nothing for whioh pri?e can be demanded, how ever significant, seems to have escaped. The result as shown in fig ures, whioh eannot successfully be assailed, is an advance in every com modity under heaven, ranging from 10 to 150 per cent. Incredible as it may seem, there aro nearly 500 of these institutions, representing in the aggregate a capitalization of $6,000, 000,000. A very large number of .these trusts organised under the laws i of New Jersey and New York. There are some pretty steep ones in Chicago and Philadelphia and Boston, a few on the Pacific Coast and a very few j small ones in Jue whole South. ! There are. only three put down to Baltimore-the Consolidated Gas, the Maryland Brewing Company and the United Railways.and Electric com pany.-Baltimore Sun. A Card cf Thanks. I wish to say that I feel under last ing obligations for what Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has done for our fami ly. Wo have used it in so many oases of coughs, lung troubles and whooping cough, and it has always given the most perfect satisfaction, we feel greatly indebted to the manufacturera of thUtremedy and wish them to please aco?pt our hearty thanks.-Respect* fully, Mrs. & Doty, Des Moinee. Iowa. For sale by U?fcUrr Drs? Co. -i-. - . 1 ! - "Yes, I encourage my typewriter to chew gum." "Why do you do that?" **It tires h?r jawa so much that she can't talk." , LOST-'Many golden opportunit?s have been lost by those who suffer rheumatism. By taking Rheumaoide now they will be permanently and positively eared. Sold in Anderson by Evans Pharmacy. - The man who lives to please him self will find that he has a hard mas ter. * Insure your health io Prickly Ash Bitters. It regulates the system, pro motes good appetite, sound sleep.and cheerful spirits. Sold by Evans 4*har io a ey. . Beautiful Women or the White House. Of mistresses of the white house, the most popular one until th 3 advent of Mrs. Cleveland waa Mrs. James K. Polk, Like Mrs. Cleveland, she was a brunet, and of regal presence; it was often remarked that not a crowned head in Europe eould queen it more royally than the wife of the republi can president. Poets penned verses in her honor, and on the last Sunday of her stay in Washington tho clergy man addressed her from the pulpit. She was always treated with great dis tinction, and even after leaving the white houso she was visited every new year's day by the legislature in a body. Mrs. George Washington also pos sessed the brunet style of beauty; sho had dark hazel eyes and brown hair. She was not a beauty, but she had a good form, rather below middle weight and her manners were frank aud en gaging. She dressed plainly; at a ball given in her honor she wore a simple russet gown and white handkerchief about her neck. Ono of her dresses, which she herself manufactured, was of cotton, striped with silk, which she obtained from ravolings of browu silk stockings and old crimson chair covers. Mrs. Monroe was considered a beau ty. She was tull and gracefully form ed, polished sud elegant in socity. Mrs. Johu A.J4U13 was never beauti ful, but she was uf imposing appear ance, and very intellectual. 1 Mrs. John Quincy Adams was famed for her charming manners, and Mrs. Andrew Jackson for her amiable temper and kind heart. Mrs. Martin Van Buren, who died before her hus band attained his exalted position, was a pretty woman with modest, un assuming manners and gentle disposi tion. The first Mrs. Tyler was one of the belles of eastern Virginia, being most attractive in her striking loveliness ol person and character. The second Mrs. Tyler was the firBt woman to marry a president. Before her mar riage she was, for the one season she spent there, the belle of Washington. A sparkling brunet was Mrs. Wil liam Henry Harrison. She was vers handsome, with a face full of anima tion, and her health, which was per fectly robust, added a glow to her features which increased her charms. "Upon her countenance," it is record ed, "nature had been profusely lib' eral." Mrs. Thomas Jefferson was remark ! able for her beauty. Her complexion wail brilliant; her large, expressive eye? of richest tinge of auburn. A little above medium weight, she was slightly, but delicately formed. Sh? danced, sang, played the spinnet ano harpsichord and rode with great skill, Mrs. James Madison was a pretty -buxom ..woman, with a smile and 1 pleasant word for everyone. . She had regular features and sparkling eyes. Mrs. Zachary Taylor was a quiet wo man, bub possessed of great strength I of ohsrscter, and of the true spirit ol the Amerioan heroine, enduring pa tiently privation' incident to life or the frontier, where her husband, as Ms jor Taylor, was stationed.. She had n< ambition beyond making her hom< happy. A blonde of rare beauty was Mrs Millard Fillmore, with a skin of das sling whiteness and auburn hair. Shi was quite tall, with a fine figure ant commanding presence. She is ranke? with wives of the tao Presiden Adams's as a learned woman, and i was* through her that her hu Bb an? j asked for and obatined ? an appropria I tion of congress to boy books for th white house. Up to that time then had been a Bible there, and almos .literally nothing more. Another woman of rare beauty wa Mrs. Franklin Pierce. She also ha< many accomplishments. She was ver; refined and quiet, shunning society. Mrs. Abraham Lincoln as a girl wa very attractive and she had many suit ors. When she became the mistres of the white house she was "fair ant forty." That she was the successo of the popular, elegant sud aecom plished Miss Lane was not a point i her favor. ' At die first levee she a; neared in pink silk, deeolete, short sleeves, and a floral headdress, whio! ran down to her waist and what come liness simplicity might have given hei Mrs. Andrew Johnson possessed th beauty of fsoe and form which rendel cd her mother one of the most beaut! ful of women. Mrs. Grant was . blonde of delicate figurox rather belo1 middlo stature. .Mrs. Hayes was c very attractive appearance and hight cultured, with ah***?!!!? SS.S??? Mrs. Oa?fal? was =C*cd fer he? Uei and hor husband once said that h never had to explain away any word of his wife. ". . . Mrs. Arthur, who died before h< husband h?osme president, was know as "the beautiful Mrs. Herndon wit the marvelous voioe" before her ma liage. Her distinguished birth, hi youth, beauty and gift of song, joine to charming southern manners, mac her a belle in New York society. Mrs. HarrisDn was fair as a girl ar possessed the blonde style of beaut; which also belongs, to Mrs. MoKinle; i i- a' -1 Small in sise and great in results ai BeWitt's Little Early Risers, the f mous little pills that cleanse the liv and bowels. .Evans Pharmacy. Atmospheric Resistance to Railroad Trains. In our issue of July 15, of last year, vre illustrated and commented at con siderable lengtb upon the remarkable speed of over sixty-two miles made by a bicyclist paced by a locomotive over a milo of measured track. In speak ing of the lessons in air-resistance taught by this performance, we re ferred to the proposal of Mr. F. U. Adams to sheathe a railroad train, aud give it a cross-section similar to the shield used in this bicycle trial-this with a view to proving thc correctness of his theory that atmospheric resist ance could bo greatly reduced, and the speed proportionately increased, by building a train with something of thc wedge-shaped ends and smooth aud continuous lines that characterize the models of steamships. Thanks to thc enterprise of the Bal timore and Ohio Railroad, a full-sized train has been equipped on tho lines suggested, and a scries of trials is now being made under working conditions, aud under a system of chronometer timings which should preclude all pos sibility of error. On another page will be found an illustration of thc train and an account of thc trial run nf forty miles between Baltimore and Washington. Wc are free to confess that, unless there has been some error in the timing or tho distances, the re sults are without a parallel, and may bo taken as establishing a record in high-speed railroad travel. While it is true that forty miles has, on other occasions, been run at a higher average speed than sixty-four miles an hour the record has never been made under such un favorable circumstances. The pre sent run was made from tart to stop with one slow-down to twenty miles-an hour, cud the line, on account of its grades and curvature, is not to be compared with tho straight and level stretches of track over which phenomenal speeds have been hitherto attained. The most surprising records on this trial (whioh are such as may well strain the eredulity of railroad men) were obtained over the 20*1 miles from Annapolis Junction to Trinidad, whioh were covered at the rate of 78*6 miles an hour. This would be a remarkable performance for a 57-ton engine if it were hauling a train of 170 tons overa level road; but when we bear in ?mind that the first 7 miles was on an up grade of from %i to' 55 feet to the mile, and that to maintain the high average the last 5 milos of downgrade was run at the rate of 102*8 miles per hour, it is evident that some abnormal condi tions must have been present to, rea der suoh a feat possible. There' is no authentic record of such a speed hav ing been attained, even for one mile; for although a speed of 112 miles an hour was claimed to have been made by the Empire State Express, the officials of the New York Central Road have rejected the record as being doubtful. It has been pointed out by Mr. RouB-Martin, who spends most of his time npon the footplate of express en gines, and is the accepted authority on the subjeot, that a liberal percent age must be deduoted from most of the so-called record speeds of trains (particularly where the distances are a mile or less than a mile in length), be cause an error of a very small fraetion in the timing will make a v*y large error in the estimated speed per hour. We are informed by Mr. Adams that error was guarded against in the case of the Baltimore and Ohio train, by providing five timekeepers and taking the average of the times recorded by the stop watches as eaoh station was passed. There was a close agreement between the watches as to the time occupied in running from Aloxander Junotion to Trinidad, and if tho dis tance is, as stated, exactly five miles, the record of over lOO^miles an hour must be taken as established. - . The results of thia most interesting experiment are not so surprising, if we bear in mind what the windshield has done for the bicyclist. The fastest riders can barely cover a mile, un priced, in two minutes; but with a mo to-eyole to pace him a rider has made tho distance in one minute and nine teen seconds, and behind-the more complete shelter of a locomotive and carothe mile ' has been done in fifty seven and four-fifths seconds. It is natural to suppose that by tmoothing ont the train, os it wero, and prevent ing the air frew closing in upon plat foroi9 ana trucks, a proportionate in crease of speed would bc- realized. At the same time it cannot be denied that the results are so unprecedented as to lend extraordinary interest to the trials which have yet to bc made. Steentijic American. mm ? mm l iberal Compensation. Thc author of "Inside Our Gate" tells of an exciting encounter between the family dog and an unexpected call er, and of the various and unexpected results which followed it. Don was a very mild dog, but one morning as he lay at ?he kitcheu door a "vegetable mau," suddculy turning thc corner, startled him from his nap. He flew at the man, caught him by the trousers, and ripped one leg near ly up to thc waist. Thc man shrieked, and that sent Hilda flying into thc parlor. My mother taking it for granted that the man was bitten, and that he was very angry, ventured to tho door to ask about it. There stood the vegetable man, hold ing the cloth about his log. aud when he saw her he asked in a very mild toue if she would please lend him a thread and needle. "I really must apologize."' ho said, "tor coming so suddenly upon the dog. Ho is quite excusable; but I regret this rent, because I have on my best pants. My wife insisted on my wear ing them, as I was coming to thc vil lage; but it can't bc helped now." Hilda gave him a stout thread nd needle, and he sat on thc back step and "sewed himself up." Meanwhile my mother, quite taken aback by his mild manner, sought out a pair of my oldest brother's trousers, brought them to the man, and gave him two dollars. "I am under great obligations to you, ma'am," said he. "These pants ? have on only CO? t three fifty, and the pair you have given me are worth fully that. I am afraid my wife will think I have over-reached you. You must let me give you a basket of pears." My mother insisted on buying the pears, and the man went off in high spirits, saying, "Don't blame the dog; he was entirely excusable, en tirely." Some weeks after this my brother couldn't find a certain pair of trousers that?ie wanted to wear. They were almost new, he said, and he was sure ho left them in his closet when he went to the city. My mother opened her eyes at me. "Were they expensive trousers?" she asked. "No," said he, "I only paid twelve dollars fer them; but they were new aud I liked them." The tale of those trousers became a family mystery. Camp Chase Memorial Day. COLUMBUS, Onio, June 9.-Pal metto wreaths from South Carolina, magnolias from Tennessee, daisies and roses from Kentucky, and corn flow ers from North Carolina were strewn this afternoon on thc gravcB of the Confederate soldiers who sleep in the old burying ground, at Camp Chase. Sectionalism was forgotten, members of the? Grand Army taking conspicu ous parts, and floral contributions were as numerous from Federals as Confederates. A bugle call was sounded, a prayer was made and then Governor George K. Nash delivered an address. Mayor Leathers, of Louisville, Ky., followed with an address, as did a number of others representing both the North and the South. The Soeiety of Con federate Veterans' Association, of Louisville, rendered vocal selections, and the McCoy Post G. A. It. drum corps sounded taps. A large num ber of people participated in the ex ercises. mm . -i Starvation never yet cured dyspep sia. Persons with indigestion are al ready half starved. They need plen ty of food. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat so the body oan be nourished while wornont organs are being reconstructed. The only prep aration known that will instantly re lieve and completely oure all stomach troubles. Evans Pharmacy. - The people who need your pray ers most, are those you don't like. Neglect is the short step so many take from a cough or oold to consump tion. The early use of One Minute Cough Cure prevents consumption. It is the only harmless remedy that gives immediate results. Cures all throat and lung troubles. Evans Pharmacy. LIME, LIME! j CEMENT, CEMENT ! NOW is the time to whitewash your barns and build. We handle the Lime, Cement. Plastering, Hair, &c. We carry the largest stock and best goods at low prices. Over 5,000 barrels of our Lime have been sold in An derson during tho last year. Our Tennessee brand ia the Lime that built the On- Cotton M ill and the Cox MTg. Co. We are prepared to furnish you from a barrel to a car load Lime, Portland or Rosendle Cement at any time. Use no other Lime or Cement but ours-they are the best. Remember, we are Headquarters on Corn, Oats, Hay, Flour, Tobacco, And everything in the Grocery line. Come and see us or pend us your order. -Yours for busine?, O. D. ANDERSON & BRO. Car Unknown and Whippoorwill Peas to go this week. Como quick, they are g'ing cheap. (i ?Srt 1 fsiTTERsJ mFOR KIDNEY DI8EA8E, 8TOM- J? Wk. AOH TROUBLE. INDIGER- BS TOkTION. LIVER 0I80R0ER ORJBtff V\ CO.NStlPATlffi& > / ^fcft^ naroo.- JS/??^ Evans Pharmacy, Special Agents. Peoples Bank of Anderson Moved into their Banking House, and are open for busi ness and respectfully solicit! the patronage of the public Interest paid on time deposit by agreement. Drs. StrlM k Mm, DENTISTS, ANDERSON,.S. C. OFFICES. : Over Farmers and Merchants Bank. WE having formed a partnership for the praotico of Dentistry, and to establish a Cash practice, we give a liberal discount of '20 to '?5 per cent, from former pricen. Thus no bad debt**, no bill collector to nay, no lost material. Therefore, thOBO having work dono by this plan pay only for what they got, and Have that over charge to make good the work done for other? who never pay at all ; al?o, giving us more time to servo the paying class. A dollar saved is ono made. Vitalized Air, "Oas," Cocaine and tho Painless Spray used for tho extraction of teeth. Respectfully, A. V. BTHU.'KIJA.ND. J. C. CHATHAM. N. B.-Nothing but tho liest that mate rial and workmanship eui produce will I bo turned out of our otile?. S. A C. MONEY TO LOAN ! ON REA li ESTATE. Long time il security ls good. Fine Farm Lands tor Little Money. Strong Farms In Piekons for hall tho prlco of Anderson land??. Ca!! and seo our list of them ; will'nhl buyer* to got what they want, and loud thom half.ol purchase money, ll. F. M A UTI N, Attorney nt Law, M?senle Temple, Anderson, S. (*. REAPERS, ENGINES, THRESHERS. %wwvwvwv IF YOU EXPECT TO BUY A Reaper, Mower or Binder It will pay you to see us, as we sell thc best hinder on tho market-the origi nal and well-known Deering Reapers, Mowers and Binders. If you want the best ENGINE, THRESHER or SEPARATOR on the market come and see us. We have the Genuine Josh Berry and the Home-made Grain Cradles, Fitted with Clipper Blades, the best that money can buy. Will sell you as cheap as they can be bought. We can sell you any size of the Smith & Harper Hoe, Made of steel, and wo can sell you these first-class Hoes as cheap as you can buy the ordinary Hoe. Every one will give satisfaction. A large lot of the old and well-known TERRELL HEEL SWEEPS made of best Spring Steel, and they have just thc proper set. BROCK BROS. E G. EVANS, Jr. R. 15. DAV, M. D. ZETV^IfcTS & DAY, PENDLETON, S. C. Perfumery, Toilet Articles, Fancy Soaps, Sponges? Combs, Hair and Tooth Brushes, Rubber Goods and Druggist Notions, Faints, Oils, Varnishes, Dyes, Buists' Garden Seeds. D. 8. VANDIVEK. E. P. VANDIVER VANDIVER BROS. We are strictly in it on- - HEAVY GROCERIES, Such as FLOUR, CORN, BRAN, MOLASSE8, COFFEE, SUGAR and TOBACCO. We buy all of the above for Spot Cash, which puts us in posi tion to take care of your interest' as well as any firm in this County, and pos sibly better than some. We can do you more good than anybody on SHOES. Strictly wholesale prices to Merchants on the celebrated Schnapps and "Blue Jay' TOBACCO. Big Stock DRY GOODS, SHOES and HATS, bought before the recent big advance. Come and get your share at old prices. Yours for bueiuess, VANDIVER BR08. CLARENCE USBORNE. KUTL.KOOE OSBORNE. Stoves, Stoves! Iron King Stoves, Elmo Stoves, Liberty Stoves, Peerless Iron King Stoves, And other good makes Stoves and Ranges. A bigjine of TINWARE, GLASSWARE, CROCKERY and CHI NAWARE. Also, anything in the line of Kitchen Furnishing Goods-such as Buck ets, Trays, Rolling Pins, Sifters, &c. Thanking our friends and customers for their pa?t patrocage and wish ing for continuance of same " Yours truly, OSBORNE & OSBORNE.