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WAR SI .?. Brilliant Affair the Historic MUtnU During thc great war between the States of tho American Union lhere were man} minor engagements ir which heroic deeds were performed, and in which heavier losses wi re MJ. taiucd than in Horne of the affairs de signated as battle.- in previous war.- of the l uited States. And yet there is j no record of them in histories of iK"-. stirring times, when people wailed in breathless expectancy to hear tidings of loved ones ut thc front, knowing that whether fields were won or lo.-t, death and wounds were the -ure at tendants ol' grim-visaged war. On last Mondavi received a note which began as follows: "My Dear Comrade-1 read with much interest the article in Saturday's .Journal written by you referring to Karly's campaign in thc Valley of Virginia. As I read memories of those days almost forgotten came trooping through my mind. ? Trish to give you the particulars of the engagement ?d' thc 13th of Octabcr, to which you re fer. K shaw's brigade, General .las. B. Con..?ir commanding, was thc only Confederate force actually engaged on that day. Thc reference by you t? this brilliant little tight is the only one I have ever seen in print." And here permit mc to say that I had never seen any account of it until I read it in that volume of a series entitled "Confederate Military His tory," which relates to events in Vir ginia, and which was written by Maj. Jed IfotchkisH, a gallant participant in many of thc marches and battles which he describes. lt gives mc pleasure to relate herc the details of the affair of October Kl, 1804, which preceded by six days thc great'battle of Cedar Creek. I give them as they were given to mc in thc note of my friend, Mr. William M. Crumley, adding some things of a personal nature which his modesty kept him from telling. General Kershaw having been com missioned major general and placed in eoinmaud of McLaw's division, Brigadier General James B. Conner was taken from the North Carolina troops whom he had been command ing, and assigned to the brigade of General Kershaw. On October 13th, about opposite Belle Grove, an elevated. ridge in Sheridan's Cedar Creek camp, a Con federate battery was shelling thc woods in which the Federal troops wera concealed. In the rear of tho battery stood Conner's brigade in linc of battle. About half way between the battery ?nd the woods n stonewall crossed the field. The Federal's not seeing Conner's troops, made a rush from the woods with the evident in tention of capturing the battery. General Conner, seeing their move ment and realizing how their purpose would bo aided by thc stono wall if they roached it, ordered his brigade forward at a charge, and the unusual and animating spectacle was witness ed of two moving lines, one of blue, the other of gray, advancing toward each other, with very little firing, each intent on winning thc race to the wall. The Foderals reached it first, and from that vantage ground poured a withering fire upon thc lino of gray with fearful effect. But, without wavoring, the gallant Confederates charged, on and drove their enemy be fore them in complete rout. The close range at which the Fed erals had poured in their deadly vol ley is shown by thc following inci dent: Colonel llu.hcrford, command ing the Thirty-sucond South Carolina, was gallantly leading his regiment in the charge, when he was shot through the bowels by a Yankee, who. as he turned to leave the wall, was killed by a pistol ball tired -at him by Captain John Watts. The captain liad seen him Gre the fatal shot at Colonel Rutherford, and ran forward in time to bring him down before he could make his escape. Thc Twentieth South Carolina regi ment, which had been Eerving on the Caroliua coast, had lately joined Con ner's brigade. Their full ranks-1)00 mon in all, three times thc size of regiments that had fought battle after battle-made them thc admiration of their commander, who styled them the Twentieth army corps. General I Conner, not knowing how they would stand a fight in tho open field, took position behind thom, with his staff deployed along their rear at intervals. Bat he soon found that his only trou ble was to atop them, for instead of halting at the wall with the rest of the brigade, they oharged right over it and were chasing thc Yankees aoroflB the field to t|ie wpods, regard less of the great fortified\?amp, whioh ri v.-?.mied with foes. General Conner galloped ?o vheir front and ordered a halt and was trying to get their scat tered ranks in order, when a shell ex ploded io ten feet of him, killing and TORIES. Lbout Which jVTost of s are Silent. / Jim null. wounding a dozen ?ir moro men of the j Twentieth, while a fragment of thc ' shell passed through thc general's knee, shattering the hone frightfully and knocking him from his horse. By thc general's side rode William Crum ley, a hoy of 10, who nearly two years before, while orderly to General Ker shaw, had distinguished himself at the battle of Fredericksburg. The same shell that had wrought such havoc wounded Crumley's hoi*e, which had already been painfully in jured earlier in the fight. As soon as Crumley could dismount from the terrified animal he ran to General Conm r, who lay inscris Lie, the flap of his military cape covering his face By a hasty examination discovering thc nature of the general's wound, Crumley mounted his horse and went for a litter to take him from thc field. Meeting Bob McDaniel, of the Eigh teenth Georgia, of Wofford's Brigade, he got him and a comrade of his to help in carrying General Conner to a place of comparative safety, which they did successfully under a heavy fire. After the surgeon bad examined his wound General Conner was sent in an ambulance to a two-story white house to the left side of thc road be hind the position occupied by Conner's brigade thc night before thc battle of Cedar Crcex. Ccncral Con uer's leg waB amputated close up to his body. This disabled him from further ser vice in tho field, hut carly iu 18(55 he was commissioned a major general. At thc close of the war he returned to Charleston, his native city, where he beeamo distinguished as a lawyer, lu important positions he has since served his State, being at one time attorney general and performing his duties so efficiently that thanks were tendered him by the legislature in thc name of the peuple of the State: and he was further honored by the hearty official commendation of Governor Wade Hampton. Speaking of Willie Crumley makes me think of another friend of mine, Wiley F. Holley tuan, now of Decatur, who in thc class bf boys younger than myself attended the school taught by his brother, Captain Thomas llollcy man, my teacher in those days, and later my friend and companion. Wi ley wont from Augusta and joiucd a South Carolina regiment. Last sum mer I witnessed a meeting between him and his old captain, a man over Biz feet high. The contrast between them was great, Wiley being under medium size. Thc captain patted Wiley affectionately and said to me : "Ile wasn't bigger than a minute, but no man in my company could march farther or stand steadier or shoot straighter." Tho boys of the company were as heroic as tho men, and no knights of old ever wont moro gaily to battle than did thc beardless youths of thc South, whose ardor burst all bounds and carried them into tho hold long beforo their country called upon them for military service. PROF. JOSEPH T. DERRY. Scrofula, ricers. Cancer, Skin Trou bles? AT LAST A CLRE--TRIAL TREAT MENT FREE, is your skin palid, palo or blood thin? Are you easily tired or as tired in tho morning as when you went to bcd? Is there loss of strength? Are you all run down? Aches and paius in bones, joints or back? Weak eyes or stye on the eyes? 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Thc cruiser was to lea-vc the navy yard early next morning, and the Lieutenant hau //ono to report for duty. In the midst of her lamentations the young wife heard a snifliug and sobbing in tlie dieing room, mid upon glancing through the door she saw Diuah, the colored maid, rocking her body to and fro in a chair and weeping violently. "Whj DD-Dinah, what's thc ?natter?*' cried thu mistress, :iyou seem to t take Mr. Blank's departure as much to heart as 1 d-do.'' " Deed I doesn't," Mis' Blank; deed I doesn't!'' sobbed Dinah. "What am bodersu dis chile am de lue' a cullud gemman friend o' minc am gwine to sail hissc'f on dat same old eruisah !" mm . ?a - - As an evidence of prosperity it may be noted tfcat thc country's birth rate is rapidly increasing. - Thc first'thing necessary to ena ble a girl to marry is an opportunity. 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When he did find it out he wanted his lf> cents tack. NO! OUR CUSTOMERS ARE NOT HOGS ! DURING the past winter quite a large number of broken-down wagons have beril found lying on the side of the roads on which were tacked our card board advertisement reading : * A A A A A A A A AAAa AA 3 LOADED AT DEAN & RATLIFF'S, ? 5 Sole Distributors of Dean's Patest Flour ! f : 2*? wv ww wv w.w www w rv w w ww w*> Many unkind remarks have been made about people acting the hog in such a way aa to overload themselves just because they liked Dean's Patent Flour. We thank those critics half to death that our customers are not hogs at all. They know a good thing when they see it, and, like sensible people shook! do, they always take ail vantage of it We should oay in justice to them, also, that they were not always-loaded with Dean's Patent Flour alone, but with their share of those towering piles of XT A V COEN and OATS That are daily loaded at our front door. We sell them cheaper than any body else, and this is thc reason that we sell more of them than anybody else. Nothing strange ;n that nor hoggish, either, that we can see. Straws only show which way the wind is blowing. If you would be happy just fol low the crowd. DEAN & RATUFFE. La est styles of Shoes and Dry Goods in profusion. E. G. EVANS, JR., * CO., PENDLETON, S. C. FULL LINE OF Buist's Garden Seeds, Paints, Oil, Varnishes, Gasoline, Drugs, Medicines and Chemicals, Fancy and Toilet Articles, Perfumery, Toilet Soaps, Sponges, etc. A supply of Peruna, Manalin and Lacupia on hand. Physicians Prescriptions carefully compounded. If yon want to have the best Garden you ever had in your life; try our New Seed this year. HILL-ORR DRUG GO D. S. VANDIVER.. . E. P. VANDIVEB. Vandiver Bros. GENERAL MERCHANTS - AND - JOBBERS OP GROCERIES. It you want to Save Money on Flour, Coffee, Tobacco and other Heavy Groceries, We would be glad to serve you, and feel confident of pleasing. 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LIGON & LEDBETTEE, WHOLESALE DEALERS A LONG LOOK AHEAD A man thinks it is when the matter of life insurance suggests itself-bat circumstan ces of late have oh ow a how life hangs hy a thread when war, flood, hurricane and fire suddenly overtakes you, and the only way to be sure that your family is protected in case of calamity overtaking you is to in sure, in a solid Company like Th i Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co. Drop in and seo us about it M; IU. MATTISON, STATE AGENT. Peoples* Bank . uildlog, ANDERSON. S. C GARDEN SEED. Buist and I^erry^s. Remember when you go to get your Seed to get fresh ones. AB this is orr nm year in the Seed business we have no seed carried over from last year. Yours, F. B. GRAYTON & CO. Near the Post Office.