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O?T\ FRANK BREAZEAI.E ORITES OF PICKETT': BATTLE OF i fol!tin's A nih non IntvUiguic r: I cannot speak as one who witnessed the above scene of carnage and bloodshed. 1 lirst Haw thc light of day during thc trying times of the lieconstrujtinn Period, and thc lirst won]- my baby lip- learned t?> utter were, "Hurrah foi' Hampton." Thc war clouds had 'long vatiishcJ, swords had been turned into reaping hooks and, ''There were domes of white blossoms where, .-welled tb, white tent. There were plows in the tracks where the war-wagons went." 15ut for live ami-twenty years have 1 listened to talcs pf personal heroism and bloody battles fought over anew. ' Thu- have 1 learned my history and gained my knowledge of the ''story ?.f thc glory of the lionny, Bonny Flag."' and thus have 1 learned to revere il folds and to do honor to those who fol lowed it> fortunes. Poets have sung songs of deeds of daring, and men of intellect have j lingered long upon themes of manly endurance, but few, how few, tell thc ' true story of the heroes of our South land who faced the cross-fires of ; mighty hosts fiercer than those that ' swept Gehenna's hills. Tennyson has immortalized Baluk- 1 lava. Hugo paints Waterloo in unfad- j ?rig colors, and the valor of Grecian j phalanx and Koman legion live for ever in song and in story. Washing- J ton's patriots get full honor for all ? their achievements, but no historian j has yet ri .-en who does justice to our "Lost Cause," nor no poet has yet I snatched the names of its heroes from i oblivion to immortality. Thirty-seven years have rolled by ! ?ince Lee s veterans faced their lirst \ great defeat, and there is nothing in , the wann sunshine of this July morn ing to indicate that this is the anni versary ?>f thc most terrific struggle ; that over shook thc American Conti- j tient. Thirty-seven years ago to day, at 12.150, from the semicircle of ridges in front of Gettysburg, the shrill shriek of a Whitworth gun pierced the air. It was thc signal for tho beginning of a movement which was- to decide thc fate of the Confederacy. Instantly .two hundred other cannou, ready nuountcd and in position, belched forth ?heir indignation. The very earth trembled in thc cr.icussion as in some violent earthquake, and hills and rocks seemed to reel like drunken men. The enemy replied as best they could, and for two hours tho air was alive with sholls. ''The shriek of ?shrapnel, the erash of falling timber, the fragments of rock flying through thc air, shattered from thc cliffs by solid shot, thc splash of bursting shell and the fierce neighing of wounded .Artillery horses, combined to give the -jccne a grandeur that was awful in its (sublimity, and caused strong men, leagues away, to turn pale with terror." Thc crisis had come for a decisive movement, aud Gen. Lee knew it. While attempting to silence the cuc my's artillery, he had ordered (len. Longstreet to move Pickett's Division iuto position opposite the Federal left center. With this force he meant to crush the Federal center, capture Lit ?lo Hound Top and separate thc two wings of the enemy. Pickett's Divi sion consisted of fifteen Virginia regi ments, but, ps 1 have heard from ac 1 tual contact with the survivors, they were the very flower of Confederate infantry aud worthy scions of Old Yir ; ginia. They knew the work cut out V*>r them, and like heroes they stood ready to do their duty, and nerved themselves for thc terrible shock which they knew was coming. Al though brought upon the field of Get tysburg as fresh troops, they were true and tried, and well seasoned in thc flame of battle. They had faced death at Seven Pines and Gaines' Mill and borne thc brunt at Fred oricksburg. His Division consisted of three brigades, under the com mand of Garnet, Kemper and Arini etcad. Kemper and Garnet were to lead the advance, with Armistcad to follow close behind them. Pettigrew's, Division was to cover the left flank and Wilcox protected tho right. His men lay quietly in a clump of trees opposite the objective point, and chafed at the delay, until at 2 o'clock the cannonade suddenly lulled. Then Gen. Pickett scanted bis White charger and rode to Longstreet's {headquarters for orders, in pathetic language Longstreet tells us that he had not the heart to send that devoted band to certain death, BO to Pickett's inquiry: "Is the time for my advance - -cone?" he made no answer. Piokott repeated the question! and Longstreet ? Only bowed in reply. The fiery Vir ginian needed no second, order. "Sir," .cried he, "I shall lead my Division for rard." At his command his men debouched from cover, and forming themselves into a double line of battle moved SBUKG. S CHARGE ON lill ANNIVERSARY OF THE GETTYSBURG. i i lowly down thc slope of Seminary llidge. preceded by a lino of skir mi - li ? rs. It must have been a sieht -. Morn accorded to ?norial eyes to have seen that magnificent column of fi.OOO men, with all thc regularity and pre di-ion of a dress parade, move gal lantly down this slope into such a thunderous scene ol' death. Long stre< t describes how Pickett 1" ?ked as lie passed by at t!.-- head <-f the column, ''with his jaunty cap raked : well over Iii- right car, and his long auburn locks, nicely dressed, hanging almost t't hs- -boulders. He seemed . rather a holiday soldier than a Gener al at thc lu nd of a column about to make (MIC ol thc grandest and most desperate charges ever recorded ia the a fi u :ils of war. ' Taking advantage of the cover which the uneven ground afforded, Pickett led his men forward until they reached the Kmmcttsburg road. This road lay about half way-between thc two a;mies, and ran partly parallel to tho Confederate line of battle. Here the Confederate artillery, which up to this time had been firing over their heads to mask their movement, ceased its thunder, for the head of the column was already within its range. De prived of its protection, there stood 1'iekett and his devoted men exposed to all the enginery of war that the enemy could mass upon the field. Thc Federal artillery again opened up and poured volumes of shot and shell into their devoted ranks. Whole platoons fell, but there was no wavering nor no faltering; ranks were closed up, and with increasing speed they pressed forward through half a mile of grape and canister, of shot and shell and shrapnel, until they came within mus ketry-rangc. Here the artillery fire trebled in fierceness, and a whirl wind of minnie balls were swept into their ver?* faces. Wilcox was not in sight, Pettigrcw'a I ??vision had been hurled back, so Pickett and his heroes were left alone in othat terrible hailstorm of death. Their sublime charge broke into a wild disorganized rush, and with a yell that had often before sent teeror into the heart? of the legions of Burnside and McClellan, a yell lhat drownded out even the thunder of the cannon, they rushed madly foi ward, up the slope of Cemetery Ridge, sealed their triumph in a brilliant bayonet charge, and took possession of the breastworks of the enemy. But what were the enemy doing? Hancock had hurled his Division against Pickett's Hank, and had almost annihilated two of Armistead's regi ments. Garnet had been killed and Kemper frightfully wounded, thc dead and dying lay in a solid sward, but Pickett and Armistcad still rode un scathed through thc storm. Thc Gth and 71st Pennsylvania regiments held the works until they felt the cold steel of Pickett's men, then gave way and rallied ou their second linc, which contained their artillery, some dis tance back. Against this line, Pick ett, with his men yelling like demons, madly charged. Tor one supreme moment there was firightful slaughter. Charges of grape anc shrapnel prim ed zero, were fired into his ranks with awful effect, but with clubbed muskets they came on. They brained thc can noneers at their guns aud planted thc "stars and bars" upon their breast works. A clump of trees within an angle in the redoubt seemed to be tho key to the position, and Armistcad was quick to notice it. Rallying around him some 150 men, to whom with him in their lead hell had no ter rors, he rushed forward. Reaching thc front rank, with his ragged hat upon his sword, cheering on bis men to. "Give them thc cold steel, boys," he fell shot through both lungs. His gallant soul took flight to joiu thc spirits of Jackson and departed he roes, and his life-blood ebbed out as a precious sacrifice. In the center of miles of converging fire, ten times the number of men could not have held thc position so valiantly taken, so re luctantly the order was given to fall back, and the shattered remnant of Pickett's gallant band withdrew from the field now "red wet" with pure Virginia blood and strewn with the bodies of their companions. General Lee left his headquarters "u? .Outs turnan! w meet tho disor ganized mass. Riding up to him, Pickett dismounted and with hil heart bursting with ornntinn. made his pa thetic report: "General, my noble Division has been swept away." And BO it had, for, out of the 4,900 men who fearlessly followed him across thbt wheat field, only, 1,400 rallied under the covyr of Seminary Ridge. Of the fourteen field officers under his command only ono escaped. Garnet and Armistcad bad been killed, and Kemper reported mortally wounded. Such was the fatal result of the grandest movement ever conceived by a commanding (J cn oral. But (Jen. Lee was a^- great in defeat as he wa in victory. "It was all my fault." he said, ''get together and let us do the hes? we can toward saving what is left of us." In all his u.ilitary career (Jcn. Lee never made one mistake, and had his plans been carried out at Gettysburg he would at one great blow have terminated the war aud estab lished the cause he loved so well. But he attempted an impossibility, and thc hopes of the Confederacy went out upon that field, fertilized with thc blood of America's noblest patriots. I am not the man to kindle anew discord and strife, but it stirs my soul to mutiny to have (?ur "peace loving" friends of the North erect a monu ment upon the spot where such match? less heroes fell and brand upon it, "The high-water mark of the Rebel lion." The charge of Pickett with his .I,OOO Virginians overshadows thc charge of the GOO at Balaklava as thc wing of the condor shades that of the crow. Before such au example of pa triotism Burnside's onslaught against our lines at Fredericksburg shrivets to insignificance, and (Jrant's hurling his intrepid Westerners against impreg nable Vicksburg is as thc throbbing of snare drums drowned in the thunders of Mount Stromboli. It stirs the heart like the clash of threatening thunder bolts, like the shriek of Olympian trumpets marshaling the gods to war. TIi ere are no graves in Arlington for thc heroes of Pickett, who shivered their lances against Little Bound Top; no monuments rise to commemorate their achievements, but in unmarked graves on Virginia's hills and in the tender care of the loving women of Virginia their bones sleep ou till re surrection. Sepulchers will collapse and monuments will crumble to dust, but thc deeds and memories of these, and such as these, will blossom afresh and live forever iu thc hearts and minds of mankind. J. FRANK BHEA/.EALE. Society Scored. Charlotte, X. C., June 25.-In a talk to men at thc Y. M. C. A. hall yesterday afternoon on "Thc Young Man in Society," Kev. A. C. Barron, 1). H., pastor of Tryon Street Baptist Church, spoke plainly concerning the tendencies of society, as distinguished by thc tenn "The Four Hundred," using incidents which occurred in Atlanta, Charlotte and other cities to show that the doings of "tho upper ten" folks are not generally what they should be. The speaker urged the necessity of the proper kind of society for young men, and said that the tendency of men's clubs and boarding houses, where women are excluded, is general ly downward, and that he would nd vise no young man to live where there were no women to associate with. Turning to tho danger of young me? becoming entangled in the mazes of "the foui hundred," Dr.* Barron told tho story of the downfall of Lewis Rcdwine, who, bo said, when he took a position as cashier in an Atlanta bank at a salary of $1,500 a year, was fawned upon by society, and in order to keep up with the demands of At lanta's upper ten, was lured into going beyond his salary, and becoming a de faulter. Ile also spoke of a young man of bis acquaintance who was driven to suicide by dissipation inci dent to following thc dictates of society. Another citizen of "?Atlanta, who is now widely known, and who was lately called to the presidency of ono of the foremost colleges of tho country, came out of thc civil war with only a blind horse, and entered tho University of Virginia, and by hard work was gradu ated there and from two other special institutions, all by his own exertions. This man now says had he not turn'* \ from the fawniugs of the univers society he would have never, become what ho is, for he could not have kept up the pace which "the four hundred" would have set for him. Dr. Barron's ?on cl usions were that young men cannot safely yield to the demands of thc "top-notch" sooietyin any of our cities, but he did not con demn society as a whole, for, he con cludes, there aro circles of it which every young man can enter.-?>pccial to Atlanta Journal. Eczema, Itching Humors, Pimples Cured by B D. B. BOTTLE F HEB, TO SUFFERKBS. Does your skin itch and burn ? Dis tressing eruptions on the skin so you feel ashamed to be seen in o om pan y ? Do scabs and scales form on the skin, hair or soalp ? Have you eciema ? Skin sore and eraoked ? Bash form on the skin ? Priokling pain in the skin ? Boils, pimples, bone pains, swollen joints, falling hair, au run down, skin pale, ola sores, eating sores, ulcers ? 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Ile said in part: "Although boys arr the very salt of life, and without them life would be most insipid, nevertheless there are many who do not look upon them with very much favor. All some see in boys is mischief, sorrow and care. However, the devil sees in boys very much, and does all in his power to please them. What boys need is bet ter treatment from older ones. I'n fortunately, their rights are frequently overlooked by those who are their superiors in year-. Some would even deny the boy and girl their little inno cent college song at . commencement time. Wc must always remember that boys are boys, and not old men, and it is foolish to try to put old men's heads upon the shoulders of boys; for, were it possible, it would by no means be desirable. In due time they will become old, and the carly years are essential for a good old agc. "Every boy has an opportunity to become a useful man. Edison, the inventor, was a newsboy. Ex-Go v. David Hill at one time sold papers on thc streets. Whitelaw Heid, at tho head of a leading New York paper, knew what it was to cry out "Morn ing papers," when a boy, for he, too, was a newsboy, and.M. B. McSweeney, Governor of his State, began his career as a newsboy. Don't, therefore, de spise the boy, even though ho bjc of thc humble class, for many such are our brightest boys, and some day will be our greatest men. But to become great men boys need to start out with a spirit of determination to succeed at any cost. The best capital for a boy is not money, but work. Many boys are ruined by being pampered in their childhood days with too much atten tion. Teach a boy to work and not bring him up in the arms of luxury and case, and when he is old, he will bless those who gave him tho good counsel at a time when he, perhaps, did not appreciate it. A lazy man in any calling in life in a poor founda tion upon which to build in aftei years a good structure. "Whatever be thc prize ir> life, whether a ribbon or a throne, thc man who would wi.i it must run alone, and wiso is that boy who will thm early in life start thc race, for 'as thc twig is bent the tree is inclined.' "The boy needs also to wateh the ! moulding of his character," for in his earlier days his life is very pliable and will shape itself to the mould be fore it. Boys stand at the forkroadf of life, and according tc the path thej travel will determine their future des tiny. Every profession offers ifcsell to the boy, every kind of occupation : in like manner every phase of vice and crime, every temptation in its sugar-coated form presents its ?If, and tho boy is left to make for himsell the choice. It is within his power tc decide whether he will be a gentlemat of honor or a vagabond of shame. Ht can make of himself either a vessel ol honor or a mere whiskey deoanter. "It will always be helpful for a boj to study the lives of great men, re membering the faot tbet he, too, cai make his life sublimo. Study th< history of our groat naen, and in mos instances you will discover the fao that at one time io life they were no only little boys, but very poor boys. "For the better accomplishment, o all this, boys have a right to mab demands of others. Boys, like tin lad of Jonathan who gathered up tb arrows shot by Jonathan, are watch ing for arrows, and unless good mci and women will, look out for their in terest, the devil will shoot the arrow and boys will gather them np. "Parents, Sunday School toacherc thc church and all mankind nro shoo4 ing arrow?, tho influence or whioh. wi! be found in after yeats in the liv.os e boys who are gathering them.. l?k Longfellow's "Arrow Song/ long?, lon afterward tba arrow will be foand i the life of a boy, but if that anew b dipped into some poisonous osa m pl < it will work harm to the boy that find it."-itel timora American. - Jack-"There-must be somethin tem?le about a paint-box." Ida "Why so?" Jaok-"Because it i the only thing that will make son girls turn red." _ Is lt Right for an Editor to Recommei Patent Medicines 1 From SylTan Va'ley Nowa, Br?Tard. K.C. It may be a question whether tl editor of a newspaper has the right i pnbliely recommend any of the van ons proprietary medicines whioh flo? the market, yet as a preventiva of sn r toi r.? i? A Jjjly tfj ~ (?v* wordfor Chamberlan's Colio, Cholo sud Diarrhoea Remedy. We ha known and used this medicine in o family for twenty years and have i ways found it reliable. In many OKS a dose of this remedy would save hon of ?Ottering while a phyeioian is awe! ed. We do not believe in depend? implioitly on any medicine for a em but we do believe that if a bottle Chamberlain's Diarrhoea Remedy wc kept on hand and administered at t inception of an.attack muoh suffori might be avoided, and in very uni oases the presence of a physioi would not be required. At least tl has been our es pori en co during t past twenty years. For sale by Ri Orr Drug Co. I WhenYou Bake do away with all the hot discomfort of former baking days, save yourself work and bother and do your baking in less time, at less expense, by using a Blue Flame Wickless Oil Stove Burns the cheapest fuel that's sold with abso lute safety, without causing dirt or grease, smoke or smell. Sold wherever stoves are sold-made in vari ous sizes. If your dealer does not have them, write to STANDARD OIL COMPANY. Drs. StncM k Mm, DENTISTS, ANDERSON,.S. C. OFFICES : Over Farmers and Merchants Bank. WK having formed a partnership for the practice of Dentistry, and to establish a Cash practice, we give a liberal discount of 20 to 25 per cent, from former prices. Thus no bad debt?, no bill collector to Eay, no lost material. Therefore, those aving work done by this plan pay only for what they get, and save tbnt over ; charge to make good the work done fi r j others who never pay at ail ; also, pi vin g ' us more time to serve the paving clase A dollar saved is one made. Vitalized Air, "Oas," Coca'ne and the "Painless Spray used for the extraction of teeth. Respectfully, A. C. STRICKLAND. J. C. CHATHAM. N. B.- Nothing out the best that mate rial and workmanship can produc? will be turned out of our office. S. A- C. SPECIAL ?ALE OF PIANOS ANOORGANS. FoR THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS THE C. A. 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Feo File with bad blood are subjpet to catarrh, adlaestioa, and many other diseases. To be heal thy rho blood must bo pure. SH EU? M ACIDE ls the Prince of blood purifiers. Sold In Anderson by EV ANS PHAR* MACY. Price tl to._ 1 D. S. VAJ?DIVEE. K. P. VAN DI VE U. J. 2. MAJOS. . YUM BROS. &M?J0B DEALERS IN Fine Buggies, Phac&tons, Surrey Bs Wagons, Harnesa Lap?Robea and Whips, High Grade Fertiliaer?, Bagging?and Ties. ONE hnndted fine now Baggies just received. Come and look through them. Thoy are'beautlee, and wo will treat yon right If yon need one. , f uar load "Blrdsell" Waaon? os hssd the beat Wagons bntlt. Car White Hickory Wagons to arrive soon. Yours, for vehicles, VANDIVBRJBROS. & MAJOR. X hat? a co num ber of small unpaid Accounts on my books. lam notifying each one of amount, due, and unless paid I am going to place them in officer's hand for col lection. J. S. FOWLER, Jan % WO SS FRUIT JARS! FRUIT JARS ? Now is the time to buy your Jars before they advance in price. Tl.ere being a big crop of fruit all over the country, Jars will be much hij.er later in the season. I have a big lot of them on hand at a low price. Fruit Kettles, Fly Fans and Fly Traps, and all other summer goods. I havea lot of Decorated gooda in odd pieces at a bargain. I nm ruu ning out of stock at very low prices. B&- Bring rae your Rags and Beeswax. \ I Your patronage solicited, ' .JOHN T. BUKR18S. . We are Agents for BUG-I-CIDE. NON-POISONOUS. THE GREAT INSECT DESTROYER. For Bed Bugs, Roaches, Ants, Fleas ana all Insects. DIRECTIONS-Apply freely to places infested. The Price is only Tw?nty-Five rents. Don't be deceived. There ie no Killer equal to BUG-I-CIDE. We eel! it at 25e-. a bottle. We ship by express or freight at your ex pense. _ EVANS PHARMACY. WE WANTED BUliD! frfflf so- do you. Jffutid right by getting tko best material, LIOON" cSid IJHOBE?TTH?R SELL THE Bot C?rxiorx"b, T ?me, c3e:ofc, On> th G market. Have sold several of the Cotton Mills their supply of lime. This,, of course,, means the best and lowest price. Still Selling 4*r?eer?es Wholesale. ' And don't break packaged- for*- anybody. This means we sell cheap. Come and see? u& LIGON & LEDBETTER, WHOLESALE GROCERS. The largest stock of TOBACCO in the u?>eou?try. Ail -Srst-cla-a brands on hand.. GARDEN SEED. Buist anci Ferry's. ?omember whea yon go to get your Seed to get fresh ones. As this is our first year in the Seed business, we have so seed carried over from last year. Tours, F. B. GRAYT?M & CO. Near the Post^Offlce. _ ? The Farmers Loan 1 Trust Coa PAYS INTEREST ON DEPOSTITS. aW No deposit too small to receive careful and courteous attention. 8?* Children's deposits especially invited. J, K. VANDfiVER, Cashier. Aifcc* Two ITears Premiums have been Paid in the HIITlltfi Bcyrn?! IEE SSISiSS?KPE !*? ?!? S t? I I fels ^J^^E?^iW^ ww. Oi'New Ark, N. J., YOUR POLI0Y HAS- \ 1. ILoan Value. 2. Oa?h Veine. 3. Paid-up Insurance. 4. Extended I ona rance that works automatically. 6. 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