Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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iDGEFIELD SD illustrious Career o Whose Early Xiife Sh Jditor Anderaon Intelligencer: A lady in [speaking of Edgeftelu, 8. ( said it waa a very pretty little T>1 Ugo spread out over the country whioh 'bas always been noted for distinguish ed men and beautiful 'Women. Dr. J. J. Calhoun, in a letter published in the Kdgef?eld Chronicle, of date 26 ruiy, 1882, fiaid ;in part: "From the earliest ages the human race has exhibited a tendency to be looking through the past and recoiling ?rom oblivion the carnes and '-ho baracters pf the great and good of ?arth. 'Philosophers, poets, warriors and statesmen have received their ;ust leed of praise upon the pages of his )ry, as worthy of imitation and e-nu ?atiou, hut no one of these classes 8 so essential to the happiness ind prosperity of mankind as the lat er. Solon, the great lawgiver of an cient Greeoe, will be reverenoed in ivery civilized country as long as time ?hall last, while his native land only ?resents the wreck of former great ieB9. Lycurgus, by his oode of laws, as rendered ciassio the little town of ?parta; which otherwise would never iave been known, exoept to the geog apher, beyond ?he confines of Laoo la. Justinian's fame ia coexistant ith Roman civilization and his fa lous compilation of the laws, enti ced the 'Pande?te and Code,' is to lay the standard text book on civil law in Borne of the universities upon ;he continent. As the future Listo han reviews the great men of our aga iud country, especially those who iave made their impress in the legis lative halls and whose memory will be anded down from generation to gen ration as worthy examples, none will ?ppear brighter than the name of ^Preston S. Brooks, of South Caroli Tbe same could be said of Louis BTrezevant Wigfall, of Texas, who was Hborn on the plantation of his father in jEdgefield District, S. C., April 21, .810. He attended the South Caroli la College, and from thence be, to gether with John J. MoMahan, the father of our present State Superin tendent of Education, went to the Seminole War, and he, Wigfall, re seived a commission as lieutenant of ^volunteers, and after their term of lervice expired they resumed their studies at the college. Wigfall mar ked a Miss Cross, of Providence, R. gp., and moved fromEdgefield to Texas ind settled at Marshall, where he be san the practice of law. He was ?lected to the State Legislature in ?1856 to 1860. While serving in the State Senate in the winter of 1860 he was elected to the United States Sen ate, where he took his seat 4th Janu ary, 1861. He soon made himself felt s a power on the side of his collea ;ues from the South. On the 4th Kruly, when the extra session of the thirty-seventh Congress was called he as not in his peat, and he was ex iled from that body 11th July. Af er Texas seceded, he went at once to Montgomery, Alabama, was there at he formation of the Confederacy, and as one of the signers of the Consti tution. After the battle of Fort uniter, he proceeded to Richmond, here he was oommiBsioned colonel of he Second Texas Regiment, and was oon made brigadier general in the C. \. On the 20th February, 1862, he esig.^ed to take his seat in the Con ederate Senate, to which body he had ?cen elected from Texas. Ho remain ed in the Confederate Senate until the close of the war. 'reston S. Brooks was born on tho 6th, day of August, 1819, at Edgefield V? H., S. C., and was the eldest son of Whitfield Brooks, man of supe rior mental endowments and a pr?nai ent member of the Edgefield bar. His mother waB Miss Mary P. Carroll. After receiving his primary education io his native village, he was sent to the famous school at Mt.*Enon, taught hy Charles K. Johnson, who had di rected many of Carolina's talented sons in the paths of literature and science. There he remained until he was prepared for college. He then entered the South Carolina College at the age of 17, and during his attend suce exhibited talents of no ordinary character, whioh distinguished him upon graduation. After leaving col lege he applied himself to the study ?f law, and was admitted to practice in the courts in December, 1845, and would doubtless have risen to emi nence had he oontinued to follow it. Immediately after he was admitted to the bar the war between the United States and Mexico broke o?t. Mr. Brooks, true to the instinots of hie ancestors and patriotic nature, prompt ly raised a company of volunteers, joined tho Palmetto Regiment and hastened to the seat of war. Soon *fter the fall of Vera Cruz the Pal wTY YEARS AGO. f Louis T. Wigfall, Was Spent in This ate. motto Regiment nader the commend of Col. Pierce M. Butler, wee ordered to Alvaraso, a. distance of 150 miles, whioh was accomplished in less than ten days. Bat the fatigue of such a journey was too great a tax on his con stitution and he became a victim of a disease peoulier to the climate, whioh so prostrated him as necessitate his return home. Baring his absence his company waa commanded by Lient. W. C. TVT oiangue and in hts absence by that gallant and brave man, Lient. Joseph Abney, ?.her Capt. Brooks recovered he returned and joined his command near the City of Mexico, re maining with it until the dose of the war. Capt. Brooks, after his return thorne, devoted himself to agricultural pursuits. This occupation was con genial with his testes, and he pursued it with pleasure and profit. H i a high est eulogy is found in the oirole of his family and his generosity to his friends. Capt. Brooks married Miss Means, a daughter of Br. Means, but oho lived only a short time. He was married a second time to a oousin of his former wife. By this marriage there are living one daughter, Mrs. V. E. McBee, and one son, Preston S. Brooks, of Sewanee, Tenn. In a short while efter Capt. Brooks retired to his place to live the retired life of a plant er, he was nominated by his friends to represent the Third Congressional District in Congress. He entered Congress in 1853 as the successor of Hon. Armistead Burt, who had de clined a re-eleotion. Mr. Brooks took a high stand in Congress. For cas tigating Mr. Sumner on tho 22nd May, 1856, Judge Crawford, before whom he was tried, fined , him $300, whioh his constituents paid, and immediate ly after resigning his seat his people vindicated him by unanimously re electing him. The impression made upon the heart of the public mind (especially at the North) that he was a violent man and a professional duel list was false. On the contrary, he was opposed to the duel. Though he had challenged Mr. Burlingame, of Massachusetts, for offensive language ueed in the House, growing out of the Sumner affair, he on more than one occasion expressed himself as opposed to this mode of settling difficulties. In proof of his sentiment on the sub ject, we oite the ease of Mr. Pryor and Mr. Ridgeway, both Virginians, who had gone on the field of honor and ex changed shots. Mr. Brooks arriving on the field at this juncture, told Mr. Ridgeway that Mr. Pryor had a wife and children, and asked if he would be willing to make that wife a widow and those children orphans. H?B reply was that he oould not resist such an appeal, and Mr. Brooks was author ized to Bettie the difficulty, whioh he did without bloodshed. It is true that he did fight a duel with Mr. Wigfall, of whioh we will give a sketch. From 1822 to 1830 Mr. Daniel Bird was clerk of court of Edgefield Dis trict, and was happily married to a sister, of Whitfield Brooks aud raised a large family. One of his sons was Thos. Butler Bird. In 1840 George Pope vti? derk of court, uncle to our learned Senior Associate Justice Y. J. Pope. Simon Christie, father of Mr. P. B. Christie, of Columbia, was sheriff, O. Towles was ordinary or probate judge and James Terry was commis sioner in equity. Col. Whitfield Brooks and Mr. Louis T. Wigfall got into a politioal discus sion and their letters were published in the Edgefield papers and ran into personal hostility. In October, 1840, Tom Bird and Mr. Wigfall had some hot words about these letters, and after exchanging two shots each Tom Bird was mortally wounded and died that night. Mr. Wigfall went to see him before he died and they par .cd as friends. James P. Carroll, Faq., (afterwards chancellor) expressed him self about tho difficulty and Mr. Wig fall sent him a challenge, which was promptly accepted. At this time Preston ?.. Brooks was in Fairfield Distriot, and his brother, J. C. Brooks, was attending the South Carolina Col lege. The duel was fought near Ham burg, S. C. One fire was exchanged without effeot <nd the matter accom modated. John L. Manning I (af terwards governor) was Mr. WigfaU's second and Gen. James Jones was Mr. Carroll's seoond. About this time . Preston S. Brooks arrived in Edgefield ad sent Mr. Wigfn)* -& chair longe before the parties left Hamburg. The Carroll-Wigfall .luci took place i on the 3rd November, 1840. Brooks , and Wigfall fought on Goat Island, in Savannah Rivor 'then a part of the i plantation of Col. Bauskett, afterwards owned by Gov. Pickens) on the 10th , November, 1840. Gen. Cantey was [ Mr. WigfaU's second and Gov. P. M. i Butler was Mr. Brooks' second. Two ? shots were exohanged-the first Wig i ali missed and Brooks' ball passed through WigfalTs coat lapel and his vest. At the second fire both fell Wigfall shot through both thigh* and Brooks in tho hip, the bail passing through or near the spine and break ing his left arm. There being no means of conveying them away both principals lay where they fell all night and the next day they were taken in the same open pole boat, Wig fall to Augusta and Brooks to Ham burg. Dr. Dugaarof Augusta, attend ed both. All the principals and seconds in the two duels rose to distinction. Gen. Gantey waa a distinguished man, soc ceeding Gen. James Jones aa Adju tant and Inapeotor General, and was suoceded hy Gen. B. G. M. Dun o vant. John L. Manning>ucoeeded Gov. Jas. H. Means aa Governor from 1852 to 1864, and he was suooeeded by Gov. Jas. H. Adams, of Eic bland. Jamea P. Carroll was cleated Chancellor 12th December, 1859, and filled that high position for years. When quite a young man he was candidate for the Legislature and Col. Whitfield Brooks took him up to Saluda where they met au old friend of Col. Brooks', Mr. Peterson Boram, who was a bright but not a comely man, tall of stature, one eyed and wore a stove-pipe hat. Mr. Brooks said, "Mr. Boram, this is my young brother-in-law, whom I partly raised." Old Mr. Boram looked at him carefully and said: "He looks like he is about half raised." And Carroll, as quick as thought, replied: "Why, Mr. Boram, you being one-eyed oan only see about half of me at a time." Mr. Boram was BO well pleased that he carried his "box" for Carroll, and he was oleo ted. The last time Gov. Manning and Chancellor Carroll met was in the Spring of 1883. The Governor took tea with the .Chancel lor. When they said good-bye on the front piazza the Governor said: "Chancellor, we may never meet again, let me kies you." They embraoed and parted forever; the Chancellor died the following August in the 76th year. Gen. Jones was Adjutant and Inspector General of the State, the first State House Commissioner, chair man of the Board of Visitors to the Citadel for years, and the first colonel of the Fourteenth South Carolina In fantry, McGowan's Brigade, A. N. V., and died October, 1865, beloved by all who knew him. Gov. Pierce M. But ler succeeded George McBuffi e, of Ab beville, as Governor from 183C to 1838, and was succeeded by Patriok Noble, ot Abbeville, and was killed at Cherubusco. Brig.-Gen. Louis T. Wigfall, after the war between the States was over, sailed from Galveston to England, where he resided for three years. On his return to America he settled in Baltimore. While on a visit to his old home in Texas, he died at Galveston, 18th February, 1873, in the 57th year of his age. Peace to bia ashes. Preston Brooks died while a member of Congress, on the 27th Jan uary, 1856, in the 37th year of his age. He is buried away in the cemetery of his native village, where sleep the re mains of his father and kindred. The following lines were written on the melancholy ocoasion of his death by a gifted lady in Washington: "Truth, honor, love" and friendship now are wreathing Their fairest laurels o'er his silent tomb, And plaintive requiems of repose are breathing A holy incense, and rare perfume. His memory time will render still more dear; Though death has closed on him its gloomy portals, The brave and true his virtues will revere." Edgefield. Cures Eczema, Itching Hunters, Pim ples and Carbuncles.-Costs Nothing to Try. B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) is now recognized as a certain and sure cure for eczema, itching skin, humors, scabs, scales, watery blisters, pimples, aching bones or joints, boils, carbun cles, prickling pain in the skin, old, eating sores, ulcers, etc. Botanic Blood Balm taken internally, cures thc worst and most deep-seated cases by enriohing, purifying and vitalizing the blood, thereby giving a healthy blood supply to tbe skin. Botanic Blood Balm is the only cure, to stay oured, for these awful, annoying skin troubles. Heals every sore and gives the rieh glow of health to the skin. Builds up the broken down body and makes the blood red and nourishing. Especially advised for chronic, old cases that doctors, patent medicines aud hot springs fail to cure. Druggists, $1. To prove B. B. B. cures, sample bent free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free medical advice sen! in sealed letter. Sold in Anderson by Orr-Gray Drug Co., Wilhite ?S Wilhite, and Evans Pharmacy. - Many a man's success in life ii due to the faot that he is foolish ? his talk but wise in hie actions. Sciatic Rheumatism Cured Afier Flf teen Years of Suffering. "I have been afflicted with soiath rheumatism for fourteen years." sav; Josh Edgar, of Germantown, Cal. "] was able to be around but constant!; suffered. I tried everything I coule hear of and at last was told to trj Chamberlain's Pain Balm, which I die and was immediately relieved and in : short time oured, and I am happy ti say it has not since returned." Wh] not uso this liniment and get well? I is for sale by Orr-Gray Drng Co. Isaac H. McCalla was born Nov. 16, 1863, nea? Lowndesville, S. C., in Abbeville County. His father was Captain George R. McCalla, one of the largest farmers in that seotion of the State. He waa a lad of twelve years at the close of the civil war and attended the public schools of the neighborhood in which his fathor lived until he was sixteen, when he entered upon his chosen occupation for life, that of farming. For more than thirty years he has devoted himself to agricultural pur suits, and his energy and good judgment have been crowned with success. He is considered one of the best farmers in the upper part of the State, and for a number of years has been identified with all the movements looking to the ad vancement of the farmer and their interests and for the general good of his com munity, oounty and State. He was an ardent follower of Hampton in the memor able campaign of 1876, and did valiant and effective service for the redemption of his State. Taking an Interest in public affairs, be has represented his county in the State conventions since 1890. Having stood with Senator Tillman in bis figH In the State convention of 1888 he became a leader of the Reform movement, p <dng it his most active support. He was a delegate from the Third Congressional District to the Democratic National Convention of 1802, and also to the conventions of ?1806 and 1000, and was selected by the delegation to represent South Carolina at the notification of Mr. Bryan in New York in August, 1806. In 1894 he was elected to the State Senate for four years, serving his county with ability. He was also elected a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, receiving the largest number of votes of any other member of the delegation. In 1800 when the United States declared war against Spain and South Carolina was called upon for volunteers he came to the front and went to Columbia at his I own expense to aid and assist in the proper equipment of Company A and the sol- | diers ot the 1st Regiment for military service. He cook great interest in the com fort and welfare of the young soldiers who were called out to fight for their coun try, and Company A passed most complimentary resolutions thanking him for his valuable services and assistance. Being a life-long Democrat he submits his candidacy to the Democratic voters of the Third District, and will present his views on leading national questions from time to time as the campaign progresses. Rheumatism The liniment bottle and flannel strip are familiar objects in nearly every household. They are the weapons that have been used for generations to fight old Rheumatism, and are about as effective in the battle with this giant disease as the blunderbuss o' our forefathers wonld be In modern warfare. Rheumatism is caused by an acid, sour condition of the blood. It is filled with acrid, irritating matter that settles in the joints, muscles and nerves, and liniments and oils nor nothing else applied externally can dislodge these gritty, corroding particles. They Were deposited there by the blood and can be reached only through the blood. Rubbing with liniments sometimes relieve temporarily the aches and pains, but these are only symptoms which are liable to return with every change ox the weather ; the real disease lies deeper, the blood and system are infected. Rheumatism cannot be radically and permanently cured until the blood has been purified, and no remedy does this so thoroughly and promptly as S. S. 8. It neutralizes the acids and sends a stream of rich, strong blood to the affected parts, which dissolves and washes out all foreign materials, and the euaerer obtains happy relief from the torturing pains. Q S. S. S. contains no potash or other mineral, but is a perfect vegetable blood purifier- and most exhilarating tonic. Our physicians will advise, without charge, all who Write about their case, and we will send free our special book on Rheumatism and its treatment, THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga. Harrows, Cultivators, And Weeders. Seasonable Goods for the Farmers. WE aie prepared to furnish the Farmer with just such Farm Imple ments as he needs at this season of the year. You will always Iud our stock of STEEL PLOWS complete. There is no way that the Farmer can economize more than to. use one of our UNIVERSAL GUANO DISTRIBUTORS, that opens the furrow and puts iu the Fertilizer at the same lime, unless it is to get one of our WEED ERS, and run it over the cotton field just as it is trying to break through the hard crust that forms on the bedded row juBt after one of these Spring rains that never fails to come. Come in and let us tell you about our Adjustable Keystone Weeder-the gi eat labor saver and cotton raiser. Don't fcrget that we are Headquarters for COTTON PLANTERS HARROWS, CULTIVATOR and HOES. Our PERFECT HARROW -the greatest Corn and Cotton Cultivator on the market-once you get one of these Harrows you cannot afford to do without them. We also sell the Roman and Terrel that stand* first on. the list. HOES1-Just received a Car Load of Hoes, all sizes and kinds, and prices are low enough. Big stock of Garden Rakes and other tools for the gardener. Builders* Hardware, Nails and Barb Wire always on hand. BROCK HARDWARE COMPANY, Successors to Brock Brothers. BLACKSMITH AKD WOODWORK SHOPS ! THE undersigned, having succeeded to the business of Frank Johnson & Co., will continue it at the old Et and, anti solicits the patronage of the public. Repairing and Repainting promptly executed. We make a specialty o?' "Goodyear," Rubber and Steel Horse Shoeing. General Blacksmith and Woodwork. Only experienced and skilled workmen employed. We have now ready for sale Home-made, Hand-made Farm Wagons that we especially invite your attention to. We put on Goodyear Rubber Tires. Yours for business, Church Street, Opposite Jail. J. P. TODD f. G. BROW*. E. A. SMYTH, C. A. GAMDBTTT V A TJ.,"_ Prat ATnu vii? Pru ?AMBRIM., xT. A. BUBORIDOB, rrea. ? ?reas. Vice Pro. Beoretary. Supt. Chemical Dept. AMMONIATED FERTILIZERS, ACID PHOSPHATE, COTTON SLED IV*EAL AND HULLS. We are prepared to sell our customers Fertilizers of all kinds and In any quantities. Wo wish to call your special attention to our 16 per cent. Petrified Dissolved Bone, oanufactured from Tennessee Phosphate Bock, also our Standard Blood Ammoniated Guano. All of our goods run high in the different ingredients, which are selected with care, and are of the bess quality. Our principal source of Ammonia is ierived from Blood and Tankage. e are also prepared to sell you Cotton Seed Meal, Kainit and Arid Phosphate for fertilizing purposes. We are import?is of German Kainit, Muriate of Potash, Nitrate of Soda, i full stock of which we have on hand at all times. We will make you a lair exchange of an> of the above named articles, also Meal and Hulls for feeding purposes, for Cotton Seed at our various mill points. Please call and &ee us and secure our prices before placing your orders. Thanking you for your past liberal patronage and encouraging words of praise for the nigh quality and excellence of our goods, and wishing you a prosperous New x oar, we remain, Yours truly, ANDERSON PHOSPHATE AND OIL CO., Anderson, 8. C. Vir ginia=C ar ?lilia Chemical Company* CHJtllLESTON, S. C. RICHMOND, VJi. JtTLJiNTA, GJl. Largest Manufacturers of Fertilizers in the South. Importers of . . . Pure German Kainit, Muriate of Potash, Nitrate of Soda, Sulphate of Potash. It is important in buying your fertilizers, not only to buy goods of established reputation and high grade, but to buy where your wants of every character can be supplied. We are in position to furnish all classes of goods and in such quantities as buyers desire. It will pay you to see us before purchasing. Address Virginia*Carolina Cnemical Co., Charleston, S. C. ; .-nd for Virginia-Carolina Almanac, (ice (or the atkins;. PEOPLES FURNITURE CO. SELLS UP-TC DATE FURNITURE. KEEP in Stock the BEST FURITTJRE for the MONEY to be found in upper South Carolina. Baby Carriages, Go Carts, Side Boards, Bed Room Suites, And anything you want in the Furniture line. B?f We keep an up-to-date HEARSE. SO. COFFINS and CASKETS furnished day or night PEOPLES FURNITURE CO. Attention, Farmers ! We have just received ons Car Load of Fancy Winter Grazing Oats. Come quick and secure some of them before they aro all sold. O. D. ANDERSON & BRO. ft AB S MTCn I-YOU to know that I am offering PIANOS, OR WAll I tU ! GANS and SEWING MACHINES AT COST* 1 have in stock the very beet that money can buy. A limited number of Standard Vibrato?* Sewing Machines for 821.00 each. Pianos from 8140.00 to 8260 00. Remember, this is Cash, and remember, aUo, that it is COST. No such opportunity has been offered the people of Anderson. You can save fifty per cent by taking advantage of this eale. Come to see me it you are looking for the BEST. M. imm WILLIS, Next door Peoples Bank. Some desirable Building Lots for eale. Bur gSa ? sw o - w M W * ? O < M M OD O d ? M W Q CC < > Sd ?H tri O > d 3 I H ? H SS 3 % > H % C X 4 (H co o o to s rt CELEBRATED Acme Paint and Cement Cure Specially used on Tin Hoofs and Iron Work of any kind. For sale by ACME PAINT & CEMENT. CO. Reference : F. B. GR AYTON & CO., Druggists, Anderson, S. C.