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WAR SI A. Georgia Y"ontli at cl err Atlanta I had passed my twentieth year be fore the Otb day of May, 18(54, the day of the terrible battle of the Wil derness, and as we were entering into the battle, a moment before wc en gaged with the enemy iu deadly con flict, I sent up to Almighty <Jod a short mental prayer that cnuld not be surpassed in fervency or earnestness. I had no time to pray for more than one thing, nor would I if I had had more time, for all my sympathies were concentrated on that one thing. It was for the life of my brother I prayed. My brother Henry was two year? my senior. There was an affectionate sympathetic attachment between us that is uncommon, except between twin brothers, and that each of us well knew could never be broken. I thought he had the finest intellect of any one I ever knew; nor was this partiality ic mc, for others who knew him well thought as I did. One can think fast in time of great danger. I did not suppose our people at home would mourn less at my death than his, but I felt while I prayed that they could better afford to lose me than to lose him; besides In: would be more useful in the world than I could ever hope to be. These rea sons, together with my great love for him and knowing how well he loved ruc. was why I felt at the time aud '? ci ill think it was right and best tp \ - ad with the giver of life for his life . i-;eference to mine. So I appealed I uircctly to Almighty God that if either of us must die on that occasion it should bc me and that he might live. At Gettysburg, during thc severest moments of tho second day's battle, when we of Benning's brigade had ad vanced so near the enemy that ali on both sides must bc killed unless one side would give way within a few minutes, I noticed him, together with j another young man named Watson, 1 quietly advance several yards in front, nearly half way to the cueuiies, linc?, seemingly to get u better view of their position and numbers, ar.d while 1 ad- 1 mired his cool courage, I did not feel the least uneasiness. It did uot seem ! to me ou that occasion that he would be hurt. And what made his cool bravery the more remarkable, it was tho first time bc had ever been iu a battle. But I will return to the dreadful, scenes of the Wilderness. We had marched hard thc day before from the vicinity of Gordonsville and bivouaced late in tho night near the battlefield. At daylight we marched rapidly to thc Assistance of A. P. Hill. My broth er's feet pained him so severely from the previous 'ay's march that it was plain he was in no condition to remain in ranks, and we tried to persuade him to drop out aud get in the rear. OD any other occasion he would have gladly done so, but as wc were to go into battle he held his place in great j pain. . It was seeing him suffer so us j we were hastening to tho battle that j made mc feel uneasy and intensified 1 my sympathies. We soou met Thomas' brigade, which, after a most heroic resistance, was Anally overpowered by thc weight of the enemies numbers and forced from the field. We had not a mo ment's time for reconnoitering or planning. The tremendous forces of thc enemy flushed with victory were rapidly and confideally moving down upon us before we were in position to receive their onslaught. Generals Lee and Longstreet were in the front with us, and all they could do was to quickly, hastily, in double quick time form us across their front. Wc d.d not wait a moment for the onslaught of thc advancing enemy, but quickly and rapidly moved forward to meet them. We all well knew what was before us; that our ranks would bc quickly thinned; that many I of us would be lying dead and many mangled with wounds within the nest few minutes. But not a man among US fullered, not one. It was while thus advancing to meet the enemy, and a moment only before the firing commenced, that I turned my eyes and looked into my brother's lace, who was a few feet to my right. Our eyes met, for some influence caused each of us io look into the other's face at the same instant. The lines of pain had vanished from his features and ho looked calm and at j ease. And such tender love for me as I could seo in his eyes. It appeared to me as if he feared I would be kill ed, and wanted to take one affection ate look into my faco while I was yet alive. It was during this short space af i i rv? that we were looking into each other* face that I prayed directly to God for his life. But wt. had to look forward how we went, besides the time had come for deadly action, and we had to look ORIES. 1 i ??' tlie Battle ot* the Wil iest. Journal. ' away from each others' face and com mence firing, and it was a great mercy on me that I was forced to look away from his face. It has never seemed like I could bear what I would have seen if my eyes had liugered on his face an atom of time longer-praying a* I was wit!-; such earnestness to the giver of all good for his safety. And here an unaccountable strange thing happened that I have thought may have been a mercy to me. As so.J ii as wc iooked away from each other's face, thc instant my short mental prayer for his safety was end ed, my brother passed totally out of my memory, nor did I once think of him during thc whole dreadful battle, und I do not know when he would have returned to my memory again if a comrade had not forced me to think of him. The instant we looked away from each other thc hiing commenced and we had advanced some distance by the time the enemy abandoned the contest and gave back a half mile or more. But as yet no one knew wheth er the enemy were not preparing for another onslaught with redoubled fury, and while many of the men con tinued lying as they were when the enemy gave hack, ready, some had risen up and were standing still, and a few '.vere walkiog about just in rear of the line, slowly and aimlessly. There were no staff officers, couriers or orderlies poshing about with orders. No oue seemed to bc in command. Men were uot talking to each other. There had suddenly come a strange silence and stillness over that part of the Wilderness. There were no wouuded within sight or hearing, for ' the litter bearers on each side had done their duty well and promptly, bearing the severely wouuded away to the hospitals as fast as they fell. Our dead were scattered about in rear of thc line, silent and free for ever from thc strife of horrible war. Commencing a few yards in front of our line and extending out for nearly a half mile were lying en uni ly as silent the dead of the enemy, and also for ever freed from humau strife. The great number of the enemy's dead was truly shocking to behold, and when we came to examine thc field it seemed strange that any escaped from it alive. There were many small oaks growing there from two or three to six inches in diameter, and all the bark was shot off every one of them from the ground upward into the limbs, and many of them three or five inches in diameter were completely riddled or shattered that they were fallen down. Such was the case over many acres of the ground near thc main road, aud it was all done by rifle balls in tho hands of the infantry. It was among this de struction of the forest that such shocking numbers of the enemy lay dead .lust beyond this destruction we came to one long straight line of their dead, seemingly one-third of a full line of battle, their heads all pointing forward in thc direction they were advancing. This was done by Thomas' mon with oue volley before they were fi recd from the field, as re lated above, having held their Ure for the purpose. According to the usual proportion of wouuded to killed there could not have been but few, if any, of that column escaped unhurt. It may have been ten ortifteeu min utes after the firing ceased, while the strange stillness was over the battle field, wheu we seemed to be abandon ed or forgotten by those in command. I was standing a few feet in rear of the line, silent Uko every one else. I have no idea what i was thinking about, but my brother had not return ed to my memory until a comrade came up to mc unseen and said to me hoarsely: "George, do you know Henry is killed?" I remembered looking at him with out speaking, that I did uot believe he was telling thc truth, though I did not doubt he thought he was. I re member thc horrified look that sud denly can. j over his face, his turning away quickly and starting off in a sort of sneak, rapidly getting faster and faster until he was among the other men. I do not know what he saw in my naturally mild, harmless look, but judging from his appearance and mo tions I think he was in mortal fear that I would shoot him on the spot. Ile never afterward mentioned the circumstances to me, nor I to him. But there was nothing to do but to make sure that he had given me a wrong report, and slowly I went over every spot of ground where my brother could have been during the battle, hoping and believing I would not find him dead. While thus en gaged I came to a young man of about my brother's agc lying dead with his brother, who was about my age, sit ting on the ground beside him weep ing bitterly. While 1 stood looking down ai them thc weeping brother looked up into my face .steadily, help lessly, appealingly. Suddenly he ceased weeping; a calmness came over his countenance: he really looked as A? he felt pleasant. I have thought he probably saw greater distress in my face than he felt, for copious weeping had been some relief to him, while I felt too badly dazed and dis tressed to weep. Still I did not be lieve my brother was dead. That young mau, if alive, is now an old ..ian, and if he should read this ho will doubtless remember it. I could never bear to look into the face of the corpse of one who was dear to mc while li .'ing, and I do not know what I would have done or how it would have affected me if I had found my brother's maugled and dead body lying on the ground. The truth was, as I afterward learn ed, my brother was one of the first, if not the Qrst one, in the regiment that was shot, the cruel ball striking his temple, fracturing the skull and in juring thc brain, and the litter bearers quickly bore him away to thc hospital, where he slept his life away without feeling pain. As I turned my eyes from his face as described above, thc I firing commenced, so that the instant I looked away from him as my earnest, righteous prayer toi his safety was being ended, thal instant he was stricken down. And to think that if the cruel ball had varied from his brow but a frac tion of an inch in its course he would have escaped! Tor many weeks I felt disconsolate and dazed, wondering what was the uso of fervent, righteous prayer when such results would fol low, though I never for once lost faith in tho goodness and justness of God. It was years afterward before it ever occurred to me that while I prayed, that while my brother was so tenderly looking into my face, ho prayed thc same prayer I did, ouly in a reversed order, praying as fervently for my safety in preference to h'r own, probably neither of us praying for God's will to he done in preference to ours. In those days of war tens of thou sands of people were praying to God in direct opposition to each other, some praying for the success of the Southern arms, while at the same in stant others were praying for the suc cess of the Northern arms. But as weii as I remember, it teemed to me j after my unavailing prayer that God had nothing to do with thc battles, that lie had for the time abandoned the American people and let them destroy each other on account of their wickedness, north and south, and that the prayers of the noble Christian, Stonewall Jackson, were all in vain, any farther than they would naturally tend to keep him in an humble, do pendent frame of mind. , For some cause both sides delayed long after thc enemy gave back before putting out any pickets. Finally, I was sent out with others aa scouts to beat up the enemy, and we found them in double line of battle about a half milo in our front. The ground immediately in their frontwas thickly covered with scrub oak bushes, so that we crept very near them unseen-near enough to plainly hear them talking. I selected a position where I could sec thom through a narrow opening in thc bus.?es. They appeared to be in a very great flurry of excitement. They were evidently in great appre hension that our linc would advance on them at once, and were making _ reparations to receive us in the greatest haste, expecting our attack to be severe and determined. They must have calculated our strength from our dfttermiued resistence and from the terrible damage we had just done them. If they had known it we were too badly crippled, weak and exhaust ed to think nf renewing the combat by attacking them, though wo were de termined to hold our ground if they would renew the attack on us. McKae, Ga. rThe square peg in the round hole" figaratively expresses the use of means unsuited to the desired end. A great many people who have been cured of dyspepsia and other diseases of the stom ach and its allied organs of digestion and nutrition by the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery say: ?We tried many medicines with only temrx>rory benefit. It was not until we l>er,an the use of 'Golden Medical Discovery' that we found a complete and lasting cure." It is undoubtedly true that Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery holds the rec ord -for the perfect and permanent cure of indigestion aud other diseases of the stomach and associated organs of diges tion and nutrition. It is not a palliative. It cures the cause of disease and builds up the body with solid healthy flesh, not flabby fat. "It w with oleasnre thal I ten yo? what Dr. Pierce'* Golden Medical Discovery and 1 Felice? * have done for roe." write? Mr?. T. M. Palmer, of Peede. Kaufman Co.. Tex??. "Two years ago X wa* taken with stomach and bowel trouble. Everything: I ate would put me in distress. X lived two weeks on milk and even that gave mc ?ita. I felt as though I would starve to death, bree doctors i?tteuded me -one ?sid I had dya Kpsia, two said catarrh of the stomach ac? wei?. They attended me (one at a time) for one year. I stopped taking their medicine and trien other patent medicine ; got no better, and I grew so weak and nervous nry heart woutd flutter. I could not do any kind of work. Now I csn do my house work very welt ; am gaining in flesh and strength, aud can eat anything I want." Accept no substitute for Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Send ai one cent stamps for the paper covered book, or 31 stamps for the cloth bound volume. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buf falo, N. Y. Thc Rooster as a Type. The entertaining dispatch from London to the effect that a wealthy widow in Madrid had left a large es tate to a "rooster" under the convic tion that it was thc reincarnation of her late husband is both amusing and instructive. For even a fervid spirit ualist and believer in the transmigra tion of souls to discover in an ordi nary barnyard rooster traits and qual ities establishing its identity with a beloved and lamented relative would seem at first glance a fancy "begot of thought, conceived of spleen, and born of madness." But when the in cident is critically analyzed the ques tion suggests itself whether tho widow was not a rare humorist with a talent for recognizing subtle parallels, and whether in the drafting of her ecentric will she did not perpetrate a clever joke on the deceased don and on man kind in general, by affecting to dis cover in one particularly bumptious chanticleer of her establishment the incarnation of the type of married man whom Spanish women k<iow most about, if not the reincarnation of her own late husband. She wa. .ndoubt cdly sarcastic, but whether insane or not nothing in the incident goes to show. Any one who will watch a rooster cannot f iii to be struck with the gro tesque resemblance he suggests to a great many married men, and especial ly to those who have been married for some years. His exaggerated self importance, his assumption of im measurable superiority of sex, his pat ronizing ways toward females of every condition, his unreasoning jealousy of every other rooster old enough to wear the toga virilis of a well develop ed tuft of tail feathers, his infirmity of temper when his supremaoy is ques tioned or his dignity ruffled, his affec tation of rakishness when surrounded by serious-minded hens, his insuffera ble conceit when he flashes his plum age before the pullets of his social circle, and his habit of loud and rau cous crowing when it suddenly occurs to him that the fact that he superin tends the earth and authorizes the suurise may be forgotten if he docs not announce it with offensive empha sis are traits and habits of the roo. s ter. which might recall to ? great many widows who should consider him and his ways memories of their late hus bands not wholly consistent with un mitigated grief in their bereavement. In point of fact, the rooster dis plays a great deal of human nature in his walk and conversation, and the Madrid widow, who, perhaps, never found the courage to say what she thought about things during her hus band's life, may very well have made a testamentary reoord of her impres sions, knowing that in no other way could she give them equal currency or so effectually record for the benefit of posterity her protest \ against mascu line vanity when it rests upon no bet-' ter basis than the accident of sex. Bead it in bis Paper. George Sobaub, a Well known Ger man citizen of New Lebanon, Ohio, is a constant reader of the Dayton Volkszeitung. He knows that this paper aims to advertise only the best in its columns, and when he saw Chamberlain's Pain Balm advertised therein for lame back, he did not hesi tate in buying a bottle of it for his wife, who for eight weeks had suffered with the most terrible pains in her back and could get no relief. He says: "After using the Pain Balm for a few days my wifo said to me, 'I feel as though born anew, and before using the entire contents of the bottle the unbearable pains had entirely vanish ed and she could again tako up her household duties." He is very thank ful and hopes that all' suffering like wise will hear of her wonderful re covery. This valuable liniment is for sale by Orr-Gray & Co. BlUInga was at Fault. "Your honor," said the attorney for the defense, "I wish to prove by this question that the witness is a man of quarrelsome disposition, hard to get along with, and on bad terms with his neighbors. Now sir," he continued, turning to the witness, "I'd like to know whoso farm is next to yours?" "Well," answered the witness,"there", is the Billings' farm, and the "Stop right there. One at a time. Are you on intimate terms with Mr. Billings?" "I oan't say I am." Are you even on speaking te/nii with him?" "No, air." "Whose fault is it?" "It's his fault, I reckon." "Oh, yes; it's his fault, you reckon! How long has it been since you have spoken to him?" > "About 14 years as near aa I ean remember." "Now, sir, I want you to tell thia jury why you have not apoken to Mr. Billings for 14 years." "Gentlemen," said tho v'tness, turning to the jury, "the reason why I haven't spoken to Mr. Billings for 14 years is because that's about tho length of time he's been dead."-Chi cago Tribune. - mmt ? - II - Nothing equal to Prickly Ash Bit ters for removing the sluggish bilious feeling, so common in hot weather. It creatcsr strength, vigor, spnetite and cheerful spirits. Evans Phar macy. " - A citizen of Williamstown, ! Mass., recently heard a joke which set him to laughing. When he tried to stop he found that he was unable to do so. Ile laughed for two hours, and then fell asleep. Several timeB in tho night he complained to bis wife that hedidnotfeul well. The next morn ing, after rising, he tried to speak io his wife, and found that he was un able to articulate. Of what does a bad taste in your mouth remind you? It indicates that your stomach is in bad condition and will remind you that there is nothing so good fdr such a disorder as Cham berlain's Stomach & Liver Tablets after having onoe used them. They cleanse and invigorate the stomach and regulate the bo'vels. For sale at 25 cents per box by Orr-Gray & Co. - Since the Washington monument was opened^ fourteen years ago 2,062, 000 persons have ascended to tho top of the shaft. In spite of efforts to protect tho monument from vandals, two of the large memorial stones in thc interior were defaced recently by the removal of the letters of inscrip tion The work wa^ done by two men, v. ho escaped before it was dis covered. How to Avoid Trouble. Now is the time to provide yourself and family with a bottle < f Chamber Iain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It is almost certain to bc needed before the summer is over, and if procured now may save you a trip to town in the night or in your busiest season. It is everywhere admitted to be the most successful medicine in use for bowel complaints, both for children and adults. No family can afford to be without it. For sale by Orr?Gray & Co. - If a man could understand one woman in the world he could under stand them all but he stops at the first. KIDNEY DISEUSES are the most fatal of ail dis eases. Cm EV'O. KIDNEY CURE lt I lULCI w Buararteid Remedy or money refunded. Contains remedies recognized by emi nent physicians as the best for Kidney and Bladder troubles. PRICK 50c and $140. SOLD, BY EVANS' PHARMACY. Notice of Annual Meeting. Andersen, 8. C.. May 15, 1902 THE Annual Meeting of the Stock holders of the Anderson Water, Light and Power Company will bo held at th*?lr office, in the Crtv of -?oderHon. nn ?he third Tuesday in June (17th), at 12o*? lcck m., for the purpose of olectinir officers and attODding to nny other bOBlnesB that may come before them. Please be pres ent in person or by proxy. S. Wt, ORE, Pr?sident. May 21, 1902_48_4_ LAND FOR SALE. A FARM In the village of F^ir Play, S. LY, containing fourhuudred and sixty seven acres, well improved, two hundred and forty acres in high stAte of cultiva tion, two two-story dweldng houses, store-room anrt ample ten?uicui. nouses and outbuildings. AIBO a Farm four miles North of Fair Play, S.O., containing three hundred and iifty acres, ono hundred and forty acres fresh and lo high state of cultivation, two four room houses and tenement houses. Also, a Farm three miles Sooth of Oak way, 8. C , containing one hundred and twenty-five sores, forty sores fresh and in high state of cultivation, good four room house. Will make terms easy. ADplv to J.W. Sbelor, Walhalla, 8. C., or 8, P. 8trlb lins:, Fair Play, t?. C. May 28.1902_49_ St?ey's Honey and Tar chtfdren,safe,sure. No opiates* COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON, Cte ar leaton. S. C. ' Founded in 1785 Strong faculty. Well equipped chemical, physical and biologi cal laboratories, library of 14,000 vol u?aos, tbs finest museum of natural his tory lo tb? South. Elective courses lead ing to the degree* of B. A., B. 8. ?nd M.' A. Board with furnished room in Col lege Dormitory can be obtained for 910.00 a month. Tuition $40.00. On? Scholar ship, giving free tuition, ls assigned to Anderson County, the bolder to be ap pointed by the Probat? Judge and Coun ty Superintendent. Total expense? for Scholarship students 9112 to 9130. AU candidates for admission are permitted So compete for vacant Boyo* 8-molarablpa which pey f 150 e year, next i.-M?iou be gins September 29. For catalogue address HARRISON RANDOLPH. Pr?,. June ll, 1902_61_2? Winthrop College Scholarship and ?.- Entrance Examinations. - The examinations for t ie award of va cant scholarships In Winthrop Oollege and for the admission of new students will be held at the Cnuntv Court House on Friday, July 11th, at Os, m. Appli cants must not be less than fifteen years of age. When scholarships are vacated siWJoly lltb', they will be swarded to those making the highest average at this examination. The next session will open September 17, 1002. For further Information and a catalogue address Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C.* Juno 4, 1Q02 60 J Tho Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has beast in use for over 30 years. 1IA? homo thc algn&tnra - and has bsen made under hie per? ^Z^W? sonni supervision since its infancy, t j? W?*W3T Allow no one to deceive you in this. > All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good" are but? Experiments that trifle with and endanger tho health of Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment* What is CASTOR IA Castorla is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. I fe contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcoti? substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys "Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind, Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures'Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep? The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend. | GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS The Kind You Haye Always Bought In lise For Over SO Years. TN? enmw* D. 8. VANDIVEB. J. J. MAJOR. E. P. VANDIVER. Vandiver Bros. & Major., DEALERS IN BUGGIES, SURRIES, PHAETONS, WAGONS, Harness, Lap Robes, Whips, Etc. ANDERSON, S. C., AFRII, 9, 1902. WE have a large and beautiful line to select from and our PRICES ARE RIGHT. COME TO SEE US. VANDIVER BROS. & MAJOR. JUST A WORD _? fe I l.I , J ??.IIIIHI.B,IWIIMIIII1I.? About Something that should Interest Yon ! ! ! I ! ! ! WE HAVE A FEW SECOND-HAND UPRIGHT PIANOS ! Some you would readily but for new. BARGAINS THESE. A big lint of Squares for practice work ; you will find they fill the bill as well u- a new one. At from $19.00 up. OUR ORGAN DEPARTMENT ia running over with good things. Ton should see them and get prices. A few special bargains if you come at ones. OUR SEWING MACHINE DEPARTMENT is by far the largest in the State, and more Standard varieties are here to select from. Here are bar gains in second-hand Machines that you ought to pick up. - Come in when in town, and we will take pleasure in showing you through. TH? C. A. 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