Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WAR S'l The P^ield of Bull Kui as S eon by a !N How would you like to bc a farmer, andas you were tilling your quiet fields read on painted wooden signs about j the size of guideboards on a country ; road and attached here and there to j trees and other objects, such inscrip- ; tiona aa these? "Colonel Cameron waa killed here, ? July 21, 1861." Lieutenant Ramsay, of Rickett's [ Battery waa killed here, July 21, j 1861." "Here Jackson was wounded and got the title of 'Stonewall.' " "General Bee was killed here, July 21, 1861." "Colonel Bartow was killed here, July 21, 1861." "Colonel Thomas, of Joseph E. Johnstone's staff, wa killed here, July?l 1861." "Colonel Fisher, of the Sixth North Carolina Regiment, was killed here, July 21, 1861." ' "Lieutenant Manguir, of the Sixth North Carolina Regiment, waa killed here, July 21, 1861." "Location of the cavalry charge on Fire Zouaves, July 21, 1861." "Wade Hampton was wounded here, July 21, 1861." And yet this must be thc experience of tho tenant of the celebrated Henry farm, a few milea out of towri. These signs, moreover, yield or at least ex- I plain, a source of his side income which ia unlike perhaps that of any rt'er farmer in the United Statea. 'Last year the visitors turned me iu $18," waa the remark when question - cd aa to the number of viaitora who walked over his fielda and read the signboards on what would otherwise be one of the quietest and most com monplace of Virginia farms. The Government does not own the field of Bull Run, although repeated efforts have been made to have it pure? are enough of the property to throv, pen to tho public, without charge, the ground made famous by the first bat tle of tho Civil War. There is, however, a certain simpli city and appropriateness in the pres ent arrangement; just as the two vol unteer armies of that great struggle returned to the peaceful pursuits of civil life, so the lands on which they fought have returued to the peaceful pursuits of the days of the long pa&t. The owners of the Henry farm charge 50 cents to eaoh visitor; and as already indicated, the number is not large. The man who rents the farm realizes that thia responsibility is the source of some trouble to him, and also of a little income, and BU tho arrangement ia reciprocal. Were the Government to buy these acres it would be UJCOB aary to paya man something of a sal ary to oare for them, and while there would be more marking in the way of expensive tablets and military monu ments than now, it is doubtful if these would tell any moro effectively the story of Ball Run than the simple signboards which are here today. There has always been something rather weird and grewsome about the field of Bull Run. Although it was not a large battle, its soeoe ex hibits more of the horrible phases of war than most of the others, and as one of tho chief objoots of all battle field memorials should be tho discour agement of war perhaps this accom plishes that purpose more surely than do the grander settings of the more finished fields, like Gettysburg and Chickamauga. At Bull Run today, the tenant-guide leads his visitors to a cedar tree that grew so much faster ?luau the others about there, in the ..common observation of tho boys of thc Henry family, that an investigation i was made, revealiug that it had grown over the remains of un unknown sol dier, which had not been carried away to Arlington with the others. In burrowing about that Ireerecent Jy the guide brought out a jiwboue, which be exhibited; this was evident ly kept there io the lojse earth for il .?luBtralive purposes, and there are many other such grewaonie things. It is out unusual today to pick up a bul let from the ^ound, and the trees about here +i out up for fuel, reveal many a soar of the great battle. When the Grand Army encampment meets in Washington, a speoial train will be run to Manaosas and arrange ments made for conveying ita passen gers across country to this field. The five miles between the village and the Henry farm are "pretty fierce," but probably more to-day than they will be in the fall the hardened mud ruts whioh now occasion most of the jolts will wear down in the long, dry sum mer, so that by September or Ootobei ?the, road .may be described as merely 4tt>au. ' It is said that when a dele gation . f English military students, acoompiuicd by, their instructora, came here a few years ago, in making a tonr of the famous battlefields of onr //Civil War as a study in field strategy, DRIBS. a as it -A.ppears Today, rortliern IVLan. thc thing which impressed them most was thc new meaning they acquired of "roads" and "turnpikes." When they had read in their historical works of the Warrcnton pike or the Centreville road, they hud pictured un English highway on which soldiers might march in company front: when they cann' to sec the actual Virginia roads of fame, their conception of our war underwent one decided change. Tho difficulties in getting at a place of this kind afford the chief discour agement for its purchase by tho Gov ernment for park military purposes. It ia a rather heroic trip, for a short one, even, to get from Washington, the nearest city to Bull Run; train couuections are such that it must be made with great expedition to get back into the city early on the same day, or else with a delay into evening before starting back. Locally, of course, thc nationalizing of the farm would be a great advantage, and per haps when the electric trolley reaches thin town from Washington such a park might make an objective point for a good many tourists; but. even then, why does not the present fifty cent arrangement fairly answer most purposes? It is an interesting question how attentive students the generations of the futur.! will he of the detailed mili tary movements of the Civil War. A few fundamental facts about Bull Run will survive with all well-informed people. The railroad junction reach ing dangerously near Washington, which thc Confederates desired to keep open, will romain and its part in pro voking thc contest will be remember ed. Thc sensational effects which the news of the first defeat produced on thc North cuunot be dissociated from popular recollection. The singular coincidence by which two considera ble battles were fought ou thc same ground, the second one more thun a year after, but with lines absolutely reversed, thu Federals holding terri tory which thc Confederates had held in the earlier engagement, will always give the field au added interest. But bcyood these thiugs, how many of tho generutious now unborn are going to care to kuow where this man'? divis ion came in and another's regiment dashed forth? This is the chief criti cism of the detailed marking of our great battlefield parks. While its language will still be un derstood, most of the facts and terms recorded will be little moro than hier oglyphics to the distant future. An exception should, of course, be made of students of strategy, of military critics and of the really painstaking readers of American history. Still the plans of Mr. George C. Round, who has this battlefield pro ject in charge, are by no means elab orate. He says : ''I think the land should be kept exaotly as it now is, and substantially as it was before the war, with the ex ception of two or three convenient roadways and some fencing of a per manent character. If possible to do moro I suggest from 50 to 100 perma nent tablets, in lieu of the wooden ones erected by the Grand Army com mittee in 1892. These would give all the information ordinarily sought by visitors. '*I also suggest two steel towers, one on Henry Hill and another on Doug lass Hill, from which tourists could easily sse the two lines of railroad and their junotion at Manassas, Fair fax Courthouse, Centreville Heights and the whole valley of Bull Run from Sudley to Union Mills; the bat tlefields of Blackburn's Ford and Chantilly ; tho location of Fits John Porter'6 column and of two battles of Bristow Station; Thoroughfare Gap, Hopewell Gap and the whole length of Bull Run range; to the north could be seen the vicinity of Ball's Bluff, the outlines of the Potoraao Valley and beyond the Sugarloaf Mountain and the adjaoent hills of Maryland; tc ! the southwest would be seen Warren ton, the outlines of the Rappahannook Valley and far beyond the Blue Ridge for more than a hundred miles. In faot, the?whole strategy of the cam paigns of'61, '62 and '63 could be read as from an open book. If there is any other part of the world where so many military operations can be seen and studied to advantage I do not know it. "I believe the whole expense need not exceed $50,000, and I think it could bo fairly we'll done for half that sum. The annual expenditure need not thereafter exceed $200 or $300 for a keeper, who could be allowed the use of the land for grazing and cultivation under reasonable restrictions. "Tho inscription, "To the patriots who fell at Bull Run,' written as it wes by the ebief of staff of tho com manding General, is singularly brief and appropriate. Xot a scintilla of reflection on those who fought against j us, but rather, as I prefer to consider it, a prophecy of the time, now at hand, when all American soldiers who died for what they believed right will oe considered patriots even though mistaken. "It is true that since the existing simple monuments were erected most of the Union dead have been removed to Arlington, but they are not all re moved. The plowman has frequent ly revealed this fact, though now no distinction can bo discerned between friend and foe. The duty of the Gov ernment, however, is clear, whether we consider its duty to the owners of thc soil or its duty to thc dead and liviug or its duty to itself." Manassas itself is a surprisingly at tractive little Southern town. It has grown up wholly since the war, but it is laid out like the older Southern towns about herc, such as Leesburg and Frcdericksburg, with the shops aud stores out on the sidewalks, which are here made of flagstone. A red granite which is quarried near by ap pears in the trimmings of all promi nent buildings. The impression which most travelers have of Manas sas is gained by a glimpse from the express train, whioh usually pulls up here in the morning just ss they are waking up in preparation for arrival in Washington, thirty-three miles away. This impression is unfortunate, for the part of the town near the railroad is not its most promising, and some body has had the bad taste to plaster over the sides of a railroad hotel mem orials of the destruction of tho battle ship Maine, with a great picture of it, aud an adjuration to remember the ca lamity, when there is nothing in this village to suggest the Maine, and a world ot interest in another episode, whioh in au outburst of new patrio tism the owner of this house strange ly desires to pass by.-St. Louis He public. Tribute to Southern Valor. Carved ou a monument ai Colum bia, S. C., dedicated to the memory of tho dead soldiers of South Carolina, is the following inscription : This Monument Perpetuates the Memory of those who, True to the instincts of their birth, Faithful to thc teachings of their Fath ers, Constant in their love for the State, Died in the performance of their Duty, Who Have glorified a fallen cause By the simple manhood of their lives And the heroism of Death, And who In tho dark hours of imprisonment, In the hopelessness of the hospital, In the short, sharp agony of the field, Found support and consolation In the belief That at home they would not be for gotten. Let the Stranger - Who may in future times Read this Inscription, Recognize .nat these were Men Whom Power could not corrupt, Whom Death could not terrify, Whom Defeat could not dishonor, And let their Virtues plead For Just Judgment Of the cause in which they perished, Let the South Carolinians Of another generation Remember That the State taught them How to live and How to die. And that from her broken fortunes She has preserved for her ehildren The priceless Treasure of their Mem ories, Teaching all who may olaim The same Birthright That Truth, Courage, and Patriotism Endure Forever. The author of this apostrophe was the late William Henry Tresoot, well A WOMAN'S PRAYER. It is notable that in the despondency caused by womanly diseases? there seems to many a suffering woman no way of escape from pain except at the price of life itself. It would be sad to record such a story of struggle and suffering ex cept for the fact that in such dire distress many a woman baa found a way back to health anti happiuess by tile usc of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. This ?ree* rein ed}* for womanly ills hos well been called n A god send to weak and sick women." It establishes regu larity, dries weakening draina, heals in flammation and ulceration and cures fe male weakness. It makes weak women strong and sick women well. "Your medicine almost raised me from the dend." write? Mr*. Edwin H. G-fdner, of Egypt, riyinouth Co., Msw., Uoi. IA. * My trine wa? like brick dui, and 1 had pa.*a all ovet me and .^cn it .'...iptfing feeling it seen cd I contd not do my house work. 1 had to sit di. wn to wish thc disnea, even, in thc year 1807 ; was *j sick I did not care to live and prayed many times that God would take mc. One day I found a Uttle book. I read it nnd wrote to Lr. Pierce, add In a few days received on answer. I decided to try his medicine, and to-day I am a weU woman. I have r.o backache, no headache, no pain at all. I used always to have headaches previously to thc monthly period and such pain that I would roll on tht floor in ngrony. I took three bottles of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription nnd three of'Golden Medical Discovery' and three vials of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pelleta, aud was com pletely cured." Accept no substitute for ? Favorite Pre scription." There is nothing just as good. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense M Meal Adviser-sent fret on receipt of stamps to cover expense of mailing 1 *ty. Send ai one-cent stamps for thc book in paper covers; or 31 stamps for the cloth bound volume. > Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. known in Washington, where he ?pent many years of his life. Mr. Trcscot was a South Carolinian by birth, a scholar of broad attainments, a states man of conspicuous ability. At va rious times he was intrusted by the State department with commissions of high importance, involving profound knowledge of public affairs and incor ruptible fidelity, and these he always discharged to the grateful satisfaction of the Government and to his own honor and renown. He was recogniz ed on all bands as one of the most gifted men in political life, a gentle man of lofty ideals, a patriot of the purest type. His work was not done in the limelight of notoriety or to the accompaniment of newspaper vo ciferation. It was done brilliantly and conscientiously, however, and both at home nod abroad he is re membered as a publicist of profound and versatile attainments. In tho in scription which is quoted above he discloses his admiration of courage, devotion, patriotic virtue. Fine as the attribute is io form, noble as are its periods and cadences, the inspira tion that breathes in every line re veals a reverence for everything that is best and most excellent ic man. Washington Post. - It takes a nervous woman to demonstrate what nerve force really is. -; Equipped. The late Sol Smith Russell often told of au encounter with the native of a one-night-stand where he and Lie company had aoted the previous even ing. Russell and his companions were awaiting the train when an elderly chap with a yarn jacket and in over alls walked up, eyed the star a minute or two and asked: **Be you the feller that cut up ca pers at Parker's Hall last night?" "My company and I gave a perfor mance there last evening-yes," re plied Russell, politely. "I thought so! I was there andi had to laugh sometimes. I wanted to tell you about my boy. He's just your way-ain't no good for work. Won't stiok to anything, but wants to ] play clown and crack jokes all the time. He's got a job at the hub fac tory ; but all he does is keep the men a-laughin' when they orter be work in'. You orter take him 'long with your troupe, for he's the derndestfool I ever seen!"-Philadelphia Ledger. - While demolishing an acient church at Lalinda, near Periguez, Franco, some workmen found an egg, apparently in a perfect state of pre* servation, embeddod in the mortar of a wall that had been standing fully 800 years. CURES THE KIDNEYS Kidney disease ls the enemy we have most to fear aa a result of the feverish haste of modern civilisation. It is a treacherous enemy working cmi Its deadly effect ander cover of such trifling- symptoms aa headache, slight but persistent backache, dizziness, heart-throbbing, weak digestion, constipation, frequent or diminished passage of urine, scalding nrlne, sediment in urine. PRICKLY ASH BITTERS ls a kidney medicine of the greatest merit. Its action ia healing and strengthening, quickly relieves aching or soreness in the back, checks wasting or decay of the kidneys, corrects the flow of urine and through ita excellent cleansing and regulating effect la the stomach. liver and bowels it speedily restores the strength and raddy glow of vigorous health. SOLO BY DRUGGISTS, PRIOEaSl.00. EVANS PHARMACY Special Agents. SEED OATS, SEED OATS ? JUST RECEIVED a Car of TEXAS RED RUST PROOF OATS for Fall Bowing. Come to see us-will make prices right and eave you money. SES-D BARLEY AND RYE. Fl fil ID -Egleheart's Swan Down, one of the beat Patent Flours i LU Un, on the marker, at 84.60 per barrel. Half Patent Flour, that will give you entire satiifaction or money.refunded, at 84.00 per barrel PAFCEC ~Ttn pounds Roasted Coffee for SI 00. IfUl I tt?-Twelve pounds Oreen Coffee for 81.00. AA rt I li CC CC-To suit your taste and pocket, from 25c. to 60c. mULAOdtb per gallon. ^ BLA' K MARIA CHEWING TOBACCO ia the best. Dc9" Come to see un. We want a liberal anare of your trade. WHIFE FRONT-WOUTH SQUARE. ANDERSON CASH GROCERY COMPANY. BELT AND Machinery Supplies. RUBBER ami LEATHER BELT in all widths. Our celebrated Carbon Rubber Belt has been on this market for the past seven years. The quality is the best put into any Belt of same price Each year shows increased sales Our "Akron" Leather Belt is the best that money eau buy. Lace Leather. Pipe and Pipe Fitting*. Injectors and Inspirators. Packing of all kinds .[^' . Steam Hose. ? Wood Split Pulley*, Hhat'tiug, &o. , , Everything needed by thu mau rtiuuiiig machinery eau be found ia ? Si stock. j r Sullivan Hardware Co, LARGE One at i 5c This is Mackerel. Cneaper than bacon. xwo tor ?oe. ?ii C. FRANK BOLT, THE OA8HI GROCER. 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 of our forefathers would 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. Were deposited there by the blood and can be reached only through the blood Rubbing with liniments sometimes relieve temporarily the aches anti pains, but these are only Symptoms which are liable to return with everv change of the weather ; the real disease lies deeper, the blood and syst J. are infected. Rheumatism, cannot be radically and permanently cored until the blood has been purified, and no remedy does this so thoroughly and promptly as S. S. S. It neutralizes the acids and sends a ?trea? of rich, strong blood to the affected parts, which dissolves and washes out all foreign materials, andtS sufferer obtains happy relief from the torturing paW C S. S. S. contains no potash or other mineral, bot is a perfect vegetable blood purifier-;and ?os* 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 ita treatment THE SWIFT 8PECIFIC CO., Atlanta, 6a, SOLID OAR LOAD! WE have just received a solid Car Load of COOK STOVES, HEATERS AND RANGES. Also, a full line'of REPAIRS, and we are better prepared to fit you up thia ever in these goods. We are agents ?or the famous Iron King, Times, E\m^ Ruth and Garland. Bee us before you buy. We also carry a full line of? Tinware. Woodenware, Enamelware, Cutlery and House Furnishings. ?@*~ Roofiiug. Guttering, Plumbing and Electrical Wiring executed os short notice. GET OUR PRICES. Yours truly, ARCHER & IMORRI8. CINCO CIGARS, LITTLE PORTO RICO CIGAR* IMPORT CIGARS, LITTLE HAVANNAS. The "hove Ci.ar-, are the brit tor the Qiouey on the market. Ciuro's are Dmn?istir, 5i\ Little Port ? Rico's ure Imported, 5c. v Imports or Domestic, tbree .< r 10c. Little Havanna'*, three tor Ac.-can seud by mail. EVANS PHARMACY, A S DE USO V, S.C. JUST RECEIVED, TWO CARS OF BUGGIES, ALL PRICES, from a 835.0? ? Top Buggy up to the finest Rubber Tired job -ALSO, A LOT OF WAGONS, That vte want to sell at once. 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