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WAR SI .A.n Xnteresting Tie Greenville I The readers of The Mountaineer will recall a number of letters and articles in its columns during the lost few yearn from Mr. T. It. Lackie, of Detroit, Mioh., who was au officer of the renowned Sixteenth Michigan regi ment, one of the sturdiest commands in the Federal army, and which be longed to Dan Butterfield's famous brigade, so weil remembered by thc veterans who served in the Army of Northern Virginia. Mr. Lackie in tended to make a visit last fall to South Carolina, and on his way to re visit the battlefields of Virginia, which was partially accomplished, as he in spected familiar ground at Gettys burg and Manassas, but he was com pelled to return home on account of a severe cold contracted at Gettysburg, which was aggravated by exposure Co a heavy rain aB he was reviewing the locality where his brigade fought in the Second Manassas. It was a great disappointment that Mr. Luckin could not fulfill the expec tations of himself and the friends who awaited his coming in South Carolina, and wc are still hoping that his health will yet permit a reunion of those who were once foes, but learn ed to respect each other in honorable warfare. The recent articles in The Mountaineer pertaining to the famous appletree under which Gen. Lee did sot surrender at Appomattox have attracted Mr. Lackie's attention, and levi ral weoks ago he wrote to the effect ih?' ho endorsed the statements made \,? tito Mountaineer, which tallied with his recollection of the incident, and that ho would send a chip taken from j the tree itself, if we desired it. His letter was promptly answered, and with his reply has oome this precious souvenier of Appomattox, around which is entwined a bit of doth that was a part of the battle flag of the Sixteenth Michigan. It is a mere fragment at best, but to us it is s symbol of gallant conduct and heroio endeavor to which we were a wi tu ess on the 27 th of June, 1862, when the Sixteenth Michigan and the Palmetto Sharp Shooters met in dead ly conflict, and this flag went down in defeat, hue not dishonor. It also re minds us that this flag saluted our comrades when they stacked arms for the last time at Appomattox, and the men from Miobigan showed kindness and cordial regard for the defeated Confederates, the remnant of the Pal metto Sharp Shooters to whom a ma jority of-their regiment h ad surrender ed at Gaines' Hill nearly three years before. It served likewise to oement the friendship of those who were onoe arrayed against each other, and who are now peering into the far-off land where so many of their comrades have been gathered. Though we haye never met except in opposite ranks on the fieM of battle, as the result o' which both are suffering from wounds until this day, yet we know eaoh other by communing over the past and agreeing upon that whioh makes for peaoe in the present;. Our readers will patient ly bear with us, but- we could not pre sent them with Mr. Lackie's last let ter until an sxplenation was made of the peculiar relations existing be tween ub. The following is his let ter; Detroit, Mioh., May 4, 1903. Col. James A. Hoyt, Greenville, S. C. Dear-Sir and Comrade : Your very kind and muoh appreciated letter,of the 24th ult. was duly reoeived. I am pleased to learn of your improved state of health and inoreaso in avoirdupois. No one oould regret more than I do the ciroumstanoes that prevented mo from, attending the reunion of the grand ol'* veterans of South Carolina, especially Gen. Micah Jenkins' P. S. .3. Your kind and generous invita tion to bo your guest I considered a groat honor and makes me feel the disappointment more intensely. I mail with this letter tho chip of "apple tree" under whose branches the great Virginian rested a few min utos before going out to meet Grant at Appomattox C. H. J procured a little strip of our old battle flag and tied it around the chip, and it is just as I then prepared it. Both show the 38 years since that battle Hag went down at Gaines' Mill with the State banner whioh your regiment captured that day. We recovered this flag and carried it to Appomattox. It is scarce ly recognizable pow as it bange to ibo ? old staff in tho museum of our State capitol. It went down four times at the railroad out in the Sooond Manas as, and all four flag-bearers belonged to my company "K." Two were kill ed and two so severely wounded'that they died from their wounds. The corporal who c. rried the regimental banner whioh you captured at Gaines" Mill belonged to Co. E, and was killed on tho 8th of May,? 1864,' about 11.30 p. m., wfcm the banner had another ?arrow escape., i >lic of .Appomattox. Mountaineer. Thc Sixteenth Michigan had been , skirmishing ail day and went on pick et at dark. Gen. Grant made hie forward movement to Spotsylvania by thc left flank. We were then called in and followed the army. Coming up with thc Sixth corpa, which was deplored and advancing on "Laurel Hill," the lGth waa sent to thc left flank to deploy and support the Oth corps. In moviog through a dorree swamp and the darkness teing so in tense, wc lost ground and diverged some three or four rods to the extreme left and rear of the Gth corps. The whole lino was halted for purpose of ascertaining our true position. The Eighth Alabama (Confederate) dis covered the movement of the Federal corps, but not that of thc 16th Michi gan. The 8th Alabama moved for ward to strike and surprise tho left funk of thc Federals, and in their movement advanced within two rods of our regiment, but halted upon dis covering who we were. . We heard the movement of troops, hut believed wc were still in the rear of .the (Uh corps. Co. E being the skirmish company for the 10th Mich igan and I having command of its left wing, and C ipt. Salter the right, I stepped up to Salter and advised him to let me send out a couple of videttes, as I was suspicious that all was not right, and the two men advan ced as far as tho 8th Alabama. Now for movements "quieras lightning's flash." Maj. Fuller on our left step ped over to inquire What regiment it was, and received the reply. "Eighth Alabama," when he jumped hack. Capt Jacklin went also to make thesame inquiry, when he was grasped by the throat, hustled to the rear, and at the point of a revolver unbuckled his sword belt. Col. Hilary A. Herbert had been wounded two days before, and Maj. Emri?h was in command of the 8th Ala. Maj. Emrich with Baverai men rushed for the 16th Mich. flag. He seized our color bearer by the throat with one hand and the flag staff with the other. In the tussle the oolor bearer fell with the major on top. I was not ten feet distant and along side of these men when they fell. I loosened the major's hand from the color bearer's throat and put the major on his feet, when others rushed up with dubbed guns and bayonets. Col. I Hill and Ishieldel him the best we j could, but one man struck him on the : hoad, when he oalled out, "I am a prisoner: uae me aa snob, and don't murder me." Col. Hill admonished the men to be men and soldiers, not murderers. The Alabamians discover ing that their oommander was a pris oner opened from right to left a ter rible, withering volley, the powder i flashing in our faoes, but wo soon re covered and returned the fire. The Alabamians retreated and our flag waa Baved. yf I had three' grand-uncles in the Con federate army, who -? names were John, James and Robert Marshall. Col. Herbert told me that one of thom belonged to his regiment, who died of his wounds or was killed some time previous to thia little brush, but later I learned that be was captured on the, 8th of May, 1864. I have failed to find any'record of him among the Con f?d?r?e prisoners. He and his broth ers were of good old Scotch-Irish stook, and were fighters in any army they might have served. . The little strip of silk around the ohip went under fire .at Yorktown and in the last battle at Five Forks, and was presented in salute to the Palmetto Sharp Shooters at Appomattox. Its first fall was under their fire at Gainea' Mill and its last bloodless viotory was at Appomattox. Five Forks was its 50th battle! Old, soiled and honor able, after so many years it is present ed to Col. Hoyt, one of the honored survivors of that gallant regiment whioh was organized and oommauded by the peerless Jenkins. With many thanks for your kind letter, Fraternally yours, T. R. Lackie. Lany. There was once a club of lazy mon. Fines were inflicted on those who ever forgot themselves so far as to do anything in haste. One day several members saw an old doctor who wss renowned f^r hi's laziness drive past the door of the club at- a furious rate, and loudly they chuckled at the thought of fining him. 'But on applying to him on the Eround of his having been in such a j urry the doctor slowly'replied:' "No, I wasn't in a hurry, but my mare wanted to go fast, and I was too la?y to stop her.' To Gore a Gold In One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinino Tablets. All druggists refund the monoy if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signa ture is on e?oh box. Price 25o. ir I Were Only Fifty. lu thc grass tho cricket was hurry ing his song toward ile end, and io thc first suggestion of a chill that had fallen upon summer the bird turned his melancholy eye toward the south. With the scoot of hay newly cut the air was sweet, and in the orchard the yellow apple glowed in the- softening sun. Beneath a tree near the road side sat a man. Beside him lay his hat and bowed was his head, for in the sudden changes of season there was thought, and ho was musing. "Seventy years old with the coming of cool weather," he said, his head bowed lower. "And what have I ac complished?" '"Nothing!" conscience so promptly replied that he was startled. "Noth ing," conscience repeated, and shak ing his head bc acknowledged: "Noth ing. Year after year I have wasted my time, arising strong in resolve and lying down weak with, the conscious ness of failure. I have marked tho strongest passage in great books, de termined to live up to them, but growing weary have forgotten them, agafn to fall back io vain and thought less ways." "You have gambled," said con science. "Yes, believing that in the years to j como I would, reform, but tho years have slipped by and now I am seventy, almost vicious id habits and still un cultivated in mind. I used to muse that if again I were only thirty, forty -and now I would that I were only fifty that I might mend my ways." "Then you do not think that at fifty you would be a fool?" "No, not with the knowledge I now possess-of my experience of the world." "After all," said consoience, "knowl edge is what one knows not so much of the world as of himself. History is valuable in that it makes you ac quainted with tho past, and the past is useful only to the degree that upon the future it throws a guiding search light. And how much better off the woild would be if a man at his death would! leave to Ms son his mental training, his experience, rather than his money. By the way, having reach ed fifty, didn't you know that soon you would be seventy?" "Yes, but foolishly I supposed that it would bo as long between fifty and seventy as it was between thirty and fifty." "What would you do if again you were fifty?" "I would realize that at fifty man's mind is at its best. The money whioh I have thi vn away in specula tions I would invest in books, and by I making myself acquainted with'the world's greatest minds reap substan tial enjoymoDt. I have observed that the truly learned man is never a bore, that he does not talk about himself, the great evil into whioh ignorant age invariably falls, and that youth, even in the pursuit of folly, halts to pay him respect." "Would you rather be a wiso than a rioh old man?" "Yes, decidedly. A rioh old man is more often an. object of pity than of admiration. Age is naturally covetous and secretive. Youth may be gener ous, without a thought of a return, but age demands interest on its mon ey, and ie only charitable at the brink ? of the grave." i "But haven't you noted uwny ex ceptions?" r "Only a few. Sophooles said: 'None cleave to life so fondly as the old,' and the succeeding ages have echoed ff\\yf WIM Thar? r iiVvF ll tl have been / JP&I Lr/' Lu times when f^~*J f * ' r I the wild ca > A V<yjLx-?^=aJL\ beasts have ?f jfir iV-. _, ~355K. *)EEN MCRE S^J^^ ^Q^^-^oS?v^* merciful ^^T^! than human beings, and spared the woman cast to them m the arena. It is astonish ing how little sympathy ?women have for women. In the home the mistress sees the maid with the signs of suffering ?he recognizes so well, but she does not lighten the sick girl's load by a touch of. her finger. Iii the store the forewoman sees the pallor and exhaustion which mark womanly weakness, but allows nothing for them. It is work or quit. 500SJ??S? WNO OJUmOT BE QWRED? Backed up by over -A third of a Century of remarkable and uniform cures, a record sucb as no other remedy for the diseases and weaknesses peculiar to women ever attained, the proprietors and makers of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription now feel fully warranted in offering to pay $500 in legal money of the Uni teri States, for a? y case of Leucorthea, Female Weak ness, Prolapsus, or Falling of Womb which they cannot cure. All they ask is a fair and rca???abls tria! of th*?r means of cure. .? ! They bave the most remarkable record of cures made by thia world-famed remedy ever placed to the credit of any preparation especially designed for the cure of woman's peculiar ailments. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the most desirable laxative for delicate women. . bis wisdom. The average rich mao, as lie grows old is const -dy beset with the fact that be may starve. He looks at a dollar and says: 'This would for a whole day keep me out of the poorhouse.' " "You must be a fool, indeed, for you ere seventy years old and have, neither wisdom nor money. Can you j think of a condition more deplorable?" "I don't dare to think." "But you have a good constitution and may live to be eighty. What are you going to do in the meantime?" "Well, my nemory is now so much at fault that it is too late to think of acquiring knowledge. And I should be almost useless at any sort of em ployment." "Don't you say this to exouue a fur ther waste of tim .'" "No, but mention the fact to show that it is now useless to attempt any thing. But if I were fifty again I would not gamble, but, avoiding evil places, would settle down to a life of common sense and stability. After the ago of fifty men have accomplish ed great things, but after seventy, there is nothing but tho enforced phil-; osophy of the grave." "What was the greatest error of your life?" conscience inquired. \ '"A disregard for the economy of time. How often have I said, 'Well, it helps to pass away the time.' Why ~ ? -. . . 1 should we wish to pass ?way the time exoept that we may be nearer eter nity? ' A day wholly lost, spent in a manner to whirl us.lightly through the precious hours, is muoh worse than the loss of money, for that may be regained; Ab, if I were only fifty!" From the tree an apple fell. The dreamer started'and awoke,.au4 the first thought that entered hit mind was '.'Thank heaven I am only fifty." -Opie Read. _ _ An Early-Day Railroad Wreck. - In the early days of the road, there was a smash-up and all were badly shaken up. The next morning a burly farmer limped into the superinten dent's office and said, "Mr. Superin tendent, I oame in to see what you were going to give" me for shaking ma up so yesterday." The superinten "dent asked how muoh he thought he ought to have for his injuries. "Well, I think it is worth fifty oents and I will settle for that." The superinten dent replied that it waa quite a sum, but as the man seemed hpnest he would pay him, and he did so, taking his receipt in full. The superinten dent raid, "I will be liberal with you and give you a pass to take you home." "No you' won't. . As long as these pins (slapping his legs) last I won't go on your darn railroad any more." From "A Historic Railroad," in May National. The Great Rheumatic Cure --AND Spring: Blood Purifier Positively cures all diseases arising from impurities in the blood, includ ing Catarrh, Indigestion, Chronic Constipation, Kidney and Liver Troubles, etc. Every person in the land needs a powerful blood purifier every Spring. You need h. You want the best-the standard. That is ,/ RHEUMACIDE. BEWARE OF DANGEROUS SUBSTITUTES. RHEUMACIDE benefits instead of injuring the digestive organs as manyiio-cal!cd medicines do. RHEUMACIDE 1? a powerful alterative, but old people Or children can take it with absolute safety. ", Price $x.oo at Druggists, or express prepaid on receipt of price. Bobbitt Chemical Co., ? ? Baltimore, fid., U. FOE SALE BY EVANS FHAMIAcV. PLOWS ! 200,000 Pounds of towera & Sullivan Mfg. Co's. Celebrated Steel Plows. The Shapes are perfect, and the quality of steel the highest. These] Plows are CHEAPEST because they are BEST. You can select just. who you want from ou * i: -?tnendous Stock. - li FERTILIZER We have the best Distributors ever put on the market. ' They ar? per fectly made, of very bett material. With these ".Distributors y ou will eave one man's time, and enough Guano to pay for the Distributor in a very short time. Plow Stocks. Single Trees. Trace Chains,8. > Hamesi Back Bands, &c, &c. &c. ^ EVERYTHING needed by the Farmer for the cultivation ot hia crop j can be found in our Stock. Sullivan Hardware Co. TRUTHS ABOUT COFFEES. HAVING- trouble with your Coffee, aro you ? Can't find the sort to your taste ? Can't get it uniformly good ? Try BOLT and your Coffee trouble should cease. Once I know tbe kind your palate approves I can give you just that all he time. Wit : White Star Coffee, and right Coffee-making, you are bonnd to have Coffee sa sf action. The Coffees are unbeatable, pure, genuine, and sold under j their righ names.. No substitutes alioweoVhere. White Star Coffees are put i in Cans fo r grades from 25o to 40c a pound. I am exclusive agent for these Coffees hereabouts. ' A. A. Grade, 40o a pound, an extra fine blend of rare, rioh and costly Oof fees of the very highest grade, fine flavor, delicious jn the oup and /suits the CVJee oritio. The Coffees in it are never sold by some dealers because of their oost. Those who want a No. I Coffee recognise ita betterness at once. No. I GrauMooha and Java, 35o a pound. Another palate pleaser. Smooth, rich, fragrant, with drinking qualities hard to Surpass. "Can't be surpassed," many folks elaim. Genuine Mocha and Java, and crt Rio or other sortB masquerading nuder assumed names for profits sake. No. 2 Grade 30o-No. 3, 2oo. Both good and popular where fmedium priced Coffees are desired. Honest Coffees at honest prices. Blends?of bigh grade sorta asd piesse most cal?tes. Money a*ved if you like them. C. FRANK BOLT, The Gash Grocer. A. C. STMOKLAND, OFFICE-Front Rwims otar Farm era and Merchants Bank. . Tbe opposite cut illustrates Con tinuous Gum Teeth. Tho Ideal ?pjate-^-rnore cleanly than tho natu ral ieotb.. No bad taste or breath from Platos of this hind. The Kind You Have Always Bong!**, s^? -v&?*** IM? besa ls use for over SO years, lias ?orne the signature of _/9 _and Has been made tinder his per sonal supervision since ito infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All,Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-good ?' are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment, What is C ASTO R S A ?astoria ls a harmless Substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium? Morphine nor other Narcotic , 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 thc Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels? giving healthy and natural sleep* , The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend* GENUINE ?AST?RIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The KM Iou M? Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. BUGGIES, WAGONS,? :: Are you going to huy a Buggy, Wagon or Set of Harness" soon? If you are, it will-pay you to inspect my stock and get prices if you don't huy. I have the ??rgest stock io select from in the State. ALL THE LEADpm SHAKES. I CAN SAVE YOU I^ON?Y? Be sure and give me a call before buying. \ Car Milburn Wagons just received. We ?ave uhmi Twenty Ereilen* -HAND OROANS, In perfect condition, better gooda than many of the Cheap new ones, at $25.00 up. ', New ones, BUC? as--~ MASON & HAMLIN, ' " ?STEY. CROWN and FARRAND. All the very highes* quality, at prices we have never been able to give. Come and see our Stock ; we may have just what you havo been hunting? THE C. ' A. REED MUSIC H0??SE. 1 D. S. VANMV?R. A ?. P. VArTDIVE? \ VANDIVES BROS., O?ilSitAI. MSRCHAfiT?, ANDERSON, S. G., October ^ 1902. We propose pulling trade our way this Pall, ond have made prices cai good, reliable, honest Goods?hat will certainly bring it. We have the strongest line of Men's, Womens and Childrens ?E0E3 we have ever shown, and "haye them masked down so low that every pair is a great value. We have ane&?? big let of Sample Shoes that we inrow us. th? market at factory priesa., Come quick while wo b*ve yoarsize; . j Weare money-savora on GROCERIES. Best Patent Flour *4.50per barrel. Best Half Patent Flour 94.00. Extra Good Flour 83.7$; COFFEE, SUGAR, LARD, BACON, BRAN, CORN and OAT? always ini stock/ just a little cheaper than the market prices. We ?re-stnctly in for business sad want your trade.. Try ua mid yoo will stick to us. Your truly, ?UST RECEIVED, ' TWO CABS OF B?GG??S, ALL PRICES, from a ?35:00 Top Baggy up to the finest Rubba? Tired jok -- ALSO, -- v A LOT OF WAGONS, fl That we want to sell at once. We kVto a large Btoek of Georgia Home Made Harness Cheap Tho finest, light draft Mower In the world. Come and see it. ? Yours in earnest, ? j VANDFgTBR^RO MAJOR. HONG LOOK ?HE, A mau thinks it is when the matter of insurance suggests itself-but circa wa y? unvuafO OUUTTU HOW UU? IWMI|p? VJ thread when war, flood, hurricane and -Suddenly overtakes you, and the only * to be sure that your xarniSy ia protected i case of calamity overtaking you is to 1 sore hi a solid Company, like Life Ina. Drop in and see us about, it'."* Ma isac. azA?^xaosr* STATS ACQWe ?Peop'eV Ban* Building, S