Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? WAR SI IBeautifixl Tribute to Seventy-one years ago there was born in the good county of Upson in the grand old commonwealth of Geor gia one who was destined to take high rank among the distinguished men of his generation ami to relloct constantly increasing honor upon his countrymen. His ancestors, as his name indicates, emigrated from Scot land and settled in Virginia and North Carolina. I?,-s great-grandfather was one of seven brothers who fought against King George III in the revolu tionary war. His grandfather was a prominent citizen in Wilkes county, North Carolina, and his father, like tho father of many another distin guished man, was a clergyman. De scended from an ancestry so upright nd so able, it was natural that this eon should dedicate his abilities to the service of his country. Gradu ated from tho University of Georgia, at tbohoad of his ciass, in 1852, this young and representative southerner made a study of the law, but later abandoned the profession in order to aid his father in industrial work in Georgia and Tennessee. At the age of twenty-ono years he had tho cour age to marry and without fortune to face the responsibilities of married life with hope for the future and with eupremo confidence in his ability to win his way honorably and success fully through lifo. When, in 1861, oivil war broke over .h\f land, he enlisted, in his twenty *T?"?. in yenr of age, as a private in tho 'Confederate army. He had little if any political influence to aid him, but even had he possessed it he would have scorned to use it in the effort to obtain promotion. Ho was a splondid representative of the citizen soldiery of the south who never yet have fail ed to respond to their country's ap peal, determined to do tho work their hands might find to do and to rise by the might of merit. In the four years of war this young man did his whole duty-did it with fidelity, with zeal and with brilliant suocess. He enter ed the war as a private; he surrender ed as a lieutenant general. ' He was five times wounded. He was "in the thiok" of the fighting from the begin ning to the ond of the war. He was loved and admired by his soldiers. His name Btirred them as would the sound of a trumpet. His mere pres ence on a battlefield was worth to the Army of Northern Virginia many men. Ho early won, and even to the end held, the confidence of General Lee and of President Davis. In the battle of the Wilderness it was he who avert ed General Lee from the peril of almost certain death. When the com mander in ohief attempted personally to lead the Confederates in an effort to reoapture a pivotal position, it was this young Georgian who, taking in the situation at a glanoe, spurred for ward his horse, gripped General Lee's bridle and exolaimed: "Gf neral Lee, . this is no pl soo for you. You must go to the rear. Thor,o troops are Georgians, ] ] They' "Save never fail ed; and they witt not fail now. Will you boys?" he cried turning to his troops. "No! No!" they answered. "General Lee to the rear!". Led by their dashing .and determined general, they swept the enemy before them and recaptured the coveted position. Throughout the dark period from 1864 to 1865, tifia citizen soldier was at General Lee's side, sustaining the great Confederate with his faith and supporting'him with his works; and when Richmond was abandoned it was . ho also .who led tho last oharge at y?i>ppomattoK> - driving the enemy he V foie ?im. At ?t4? surrender the iron did, in deed, eater his soul; but he lost neith er faith in himself nor hope for his . people. He did not sit down and be moan his fate. ' He exhorted his .broken-hearted men "to endure their trial in silence, to leturn peaoefully to their homes, to obey the laws, to re . build'their chun try and to work for . tho welfare and the harmony of the republic." Settling in Atlanta,. he Nteoame a safe, tactful and wise leader of his people; and it was to him as muchas to any other man that the people who plundered Georgia in her poverty, oppressed her in her weak ness and mocked at her in her calamity j vzffArA ot ?e?gth dast dc??s. He was elected to, but counted out of, the governorship in 18??8; was again elect ed and seated- ag governor ia 1872. lu 1873 he was e?eot?d to the United States senate and're-elected in 1879, cosigning iu 1880 in order to broaden tho industrial development of his State. In. 1886 he was a third time elected aa governor of tho common wealth, was ro-clcotcd in 1888, and in H890 was acat to serve a third term' in ?the United States ?Senate. In ihat t?ody ho took rauk with tho afrjest members there, alertant able always ea ho -.vas to defend his people from ORIES. the iPeerless Gordon. misrepresentation and calumny and to servo the whole country with intelli gent loyalty. Into this brief sketch how much of real nobility is compressed! A coun try boy, used to plain living and high thinking and cherishing the traditions of an honored name. A student dili gent and successful. A son obedient, a husband devoted, a father tender and affectionate. A soldier as valiant as Prince Rupert, as pure as Bayard, as chivalrous and as loyal as Sir Phil ip Sidney. A statesman far-seeing, conservative, wise-true to his friends and without malice toward his foos-a man cast from the old heroic mold too great to employ the dwarfing meth ods of smallish minds ind one upon whose public or private life rosts not a spot-not even a speck! It makes Americans proud of their country when they oan feel that mon suoh as ho aro their countrymen. And it makes the people of tho-south glad of heart to know that such a man is not only among them but is, as he has al was been truly, of them. The people of New Orleans salute General Gordon. Like all his old comrades in arms, they share in tho prido awakened by tho thought of what he has dono and of what he is. It is fortunato that such a man is the commander in chief of tho United Confederate Veterans. His service in that position, like his service in all other positions, has reflected high honor upon our people.-New Orleans Times-Democrat. - mm m atm i Rather a Romantic Scene. (Charlotte Observer.) Raleigh. May 23.-A romantic scene was witnessed here this morning when Col. John R. Lane was introduced to Mr. Charles II. MoConnoll, of Chicago, and Col. Lane grasped the hand of the man who shot him down upon the field of Gettysburg forty yeara ago and almost killed him. Col. W. H. S. Burgwyn, of Weldon, arranged thia meeting between the two saored veter ans and introduced them. Mr. Mc Connell served in the 24th Michigan regiment of the Iron Brigade of the Potomac His company was almost annihilated at Gettysburg and he has been much interested in that groat battle. A few years ago he wrote to Col. A. M. Waddell, of Wilmington, to secure sonto information and bis letter was referred to Col. W. H. S. Burgwyn, of Weldon. This led to a correspondence between Col. Burgwyn and Mr. McConnell. Later they met i j Richmond, Va., when Mr. McCon nell remarked that he fired the last shot from his company and brought down the color-bearer of the 26th North Carolina regiment. "Then you are the man who shot Col. ?'oho R. Lane/' deolared Col. Burgwyn. Ar rangements were then made for the meeting which took place here to-day, and Mr. MoCocnell said this after noon: "Yds, I have come all the way from Chicago sud. brought my wife for no other purpose than to grasp the hand of the gallant man I tried to kill and tho?ght then that I succeeded. The heaviest losses reoorded on any modern . battlefield were the 26th North Carolin? regiment, with a loss of 90 per cent, and the 24th Miohigao, with 80 per cent loss. Col. Lane and Mr. MoConnoll are survivors of these gallant regiments. 'In reply to a reporter's question Mr. McConnell gaye this account of .the shooting to Coi. Lane: "The battle was nearing its olose at Gettysburg," j he said, "and only eight men of the. fifty-four'in our ? company in the 24th Michigan regiment were left. Our ammunition waa exhausted, but I had one cartridge left, whioh waa to be the last shot we fired at Gettysburg. Asl loadod'my rifle my lieutenant commander said, 'Charlie, see that splendid color-bearer, cannot you knock him over?" and he pointed to the colonel not as far as across this street from me. *I have my last car tridge and I am going to try,' I replied as I rested my rifle against a small tree and took oaref ul aim at the man waving his colors and shouting to his men, I fired, saw him fall and then hastened to join my comrades re treating through Gettysburg to Cul p's TISH ?? mu. ";1o is the man who shot me," in terposed Col. Lane, laying-his hand affectionately on Mr. McConneirs shoulder. "It was just as the battle ended and I had turned to oheer on my baneful of men and was waving our colors that the ball struck me." Col. Lane raised his black looks and showed the ugly soar on his neok, just below the base of the brain, where tho well-nigh fatal ball passed. Col. ?Lane is the only surviving colonel of I illustrious 26th regimont. Col. Harry ['?Burgwyn, brother of Col, W. H. ?S. Burgwyn, was killed in the same buttle that cuoie so near costing Col. Lane his life. This morning Col. W. H. S. Bur gwyn took Col. La. o o and Mr. McCon nell ou a drive over ?he city. They went out to Crabtree, where the 20th North Carolina regiment was organ ized, and Col. Lane saw his first ser vioe as a private in Company E. The oamp was then under Col. Burgwyn us commandant. They then went to the cemetery to view the monument to Col. Burgwyn, visited the Soldiers' Home, and spent an hour with the old veterans, then to the State Library to seo the painting of three colonels of the 2<)th North Carolina regimmt, Vance, Burgwyn aud Lane. Col. W. H. S. Burgwyn then gave them a din ner party at tho Yarboro. This even ing Col. Lane left for his home in Chatham. To-morrow Mr. and Mrs. McConnell go to Weldon to visit Col. and Mrs. Burgwyn. Mr. McConnell ia president of the Veterans' Associa tion of the Iron Brigade of the army of the Potomac at Chicago and is a highjy successful wholesale druggist. He is six feet tall, well proportioned, with his hair and mustache almost white, stands perfectly eroot and ap pears as agile as a youth. Here and There. Ac incident of reunion week has just come to light so remarkable in character that it is worth recounting at this late day. Mr. Jamos L. Far rall, of Farmville, Va., and a member of tho famous Stonewall Brigade, was among the visitors to this city from thc Old Dominion during reunion week. i Mr. Farrall, who was ooly a high I private and exceedingly proud of lt, was ono of a group of several old sol > diers who had remained over in Co lumbia to talk over their campfire yarns when from his place of van tage in front of Wright's hotel the day after tho reunion he happened to observe a man standing at the cigar stand. j Suddenly ho turned to his compan ions and remarked wi'.h some show of 1 asperity that "the man buying his cigor was either Ben Butler or his ghost." "In any event I am going to ask him about it," he said, "for the face I of that blaok scoundrel is just as plain I to me as if I had just seen him yester I day, and th-.t fellow is either Ben ! Butler or his ghost." Suiting the action to the word, the old fellow walked up to the stranger j and looking him straight in the eye asked him if he was Ben Butler or any relation. Through the homely features of the stranger there mounted a look of shame and he answered by saying that he was was Ben Butler's nephew. 9 "You gentlemen, need not look so angry," said the stranger, recovering himself, "for none of you detest But ler's very memory moro .than I do, and I doubt if any man or woman ocr suffered more on account of the re lationship. I am his nephew, and that lamentable faot has cost mo no less than three good positions. "I always make the faot plain to every one who approaches me on the subjeot that I or the members of my family have never had anything to do with Butler or any of Mo friends or relatives since the war and but little to do with them before that time, but it has no effect. The very faot that I am unfortunate enough to be a ooo neotion of his has been sufficient to make , enemies for me that have injured my business career be youd repair. I am now a travel iug salesman for a New York cor set firm and my territory extends from Baltimore to New Orleans. I have' been traveling over this territory for four years and have managed to m Mismtes for ?J?mohm That is the average time spent in a large city restais rant by three thousand luncher?. It takes three hours to digest a fresh egg soft bailed. In fact, three hours is about the time required to digest the average twelve minute lunch. 'The object of th? hasty lunch ia to let the busy man ge?: back to his office work. But when the brain ia active, the stomach is inactive for lack of necessary blood. The natural consequence 1* indication, and indiges tion opens the dcor to many disease?. Indigestion is cured by the use of Dr. Pierce1? Golf ? Medical Discovery, which cures dudases of th? stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition, and enables the perfect digestion and assimilation of food. SSsQOO FORFEIT will be paid by the World's Dispensary.Medical Associa tion, Proprietors, Buffalo, N. Y.? if they Mnrtr* ?ho- originel signature cf the individual volunteering thc testi monial below, and also of the writers of every testimonial among the thousands which they are constantly publishing, thus proving their genuineness. ?X had stomach trouble from childhood and ?uffered -with lt more or le*? aa r,8Tfw up.? wr"'.?? Mr. WUlla Beaman, of WaahjngtonTflle, Orange Co. N. Y. "At thc os^of-V*! was broken down wtt?eys?ep*^ J^*^ terrible. Could not eat without distress. ' could I only eat a few certain thin? and waa ?ot able I to work half the time. . ^^^JJ^J^l i gare me teraporareUef. My^^S^yner maded me to try Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical ! SSoSrtty aud 'ftessset .S?pllets? I took six bottle of the 'Golden Medical Discovery' and two vlfcU of Dr. rlerce'a Pleasant Pelleta. I then felt ao wen that I atopped toking medicine.? "Co??uiO?i S???c X??dieil Adviser," ioo8 large page? in pap?r covers, ia sent yr?: on .receipt of ax one-cent-sumps to pay ex pense of malling only. Address Dr. B. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. VT build up a good Dimness. Up to last winter no one knew my relationship with Butler and you can readily un derstand that it is not a bit of news that loare to impart to any one of my ?own volition. "In some way or other, however, many people have learned of my un fortunate relationship and despite the faot that I always go out of my way to make the statement to every one who approaches me on the subject that I have made to you gentlemen. The Ja?t time that I was in New Orleans the fact that I was Butler's relative was in some way of which I am not aware discovered, and I did not sell $10 W3rth of goods. I will not sell 10 cents worth there this trip and of course my house will want to know why. About the time that I tel) them they will probably ask for my resigna tion." Mr. Farrall shook the drummer by the hand and told him that no one ought to] hold him responsible for what he contd not help, but he did think ho would have been better off to have beeu born blind than related to "Beast" Butler.-The State. - Tho brass band that plays the loudest don't make the best music. - A family tree is more generally known by its decayed branches than its good fruit. A Bedroom Reform. Bed rooms have now been invaded by the rampant reformer, eave Tho Lady. The orthodox fashion lo mak ing up tho bods so as to gently slope toward the feet, and having a good sited pillow or two trader tho head/ ie all wrong. A prominent German doc tor is responsible for this statement. He asserts that after a long s?ries of experiments he has proved conclu sively that to sleep in a bed prepared in the old-fashioned way is simply to induce ailments of all kinds. Bte ad vocates a complete reversal of things. You muBt sleep with your head lower th.n your feet. Two or three pillows should be placed UPC jr the feet in order to carry out this theory. The result, he claims, will be amssing,. being a sure cure for insomnia, as well as a preventive of nightmare. Sloop in this position, it is asserted, will be mote profound, the entire nervous system will be improved and people inolined to lung and kidney trouble will be specially benefited. - First Mamma-"Do you think that ia safe to let baby play with those matches?" Second Mamma-"Yes; they are safety matchee." - Why is it that the. more bald a man becomes the more faith he has in hair restorer? Hie great rheumatic remedy not only cures ?very form of rheumatism, but makes radical cures of Contagious Blood Poison? Scrofula, Sores, Boiks Catarrh, and all diseases ?rising from Impurities In the blood. Endorsed by physicians and prominent people every? w?jcro after thorough trial. DOBO NOT INJURE TUB TJIGBSTirB ORGANS. _ . XAXUOBT. IT. C. men t-I tsJro pl pasture tn bearing teettmoay to tb.9 qnratlTC snpaitSM Rxnnr&aozBB.* ?ftre bottles eared say sea ef a SM easo. If tab) will bwMflft to ?cu ia adrer irising- your mentorieu remes y, yon ea? QM lt. Yoma truly. If. H. BAND, Bttwar? Stat* Blin? Institution. of your boot sar All Druggist*, $rz .00; er prepaid on receipt of price. Bobbitt Chemical Co., - - Baltimore, Fl?. FOE SALE BY EVANS PHARMACY. 1 200,000 Pounds of Towers & Sullivan Wife, 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 wha you want from our tremendous Stock. . FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTORS. We have tho beat Distributors ever put on the market. They are per fectly made, of very best 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. Flow Stocks, Single Tree?, Trace Chains,!) Hames, Back Bands, &c. deo. ote. EVERYTHING needed by the Farmer for the cultivation of Ino crop | can be found in our Stock. TRUTHS ABOUT COFFEES. HAVING- trouble with your Coffee, are you ? Can't find the sort to your | taste? Can't get it uniformly good ? Try BOLT and ??our Coffee trouble should ceas*. Once I know the kind your palate approves I can give you just ? that all-he time. ' " " . Wit?? White Star Coffee, and right Coffee-making, you are bound to have Coffee jaw. sfaotion. Tho Coffees are unbeatable, pure, genuine, and sold under i their righ names. ' No substitutes allowed here. White Star Coffebs are put j in Cans fo r grades from 25c to 40o a pound. I am exclusive .?gent for these j Coffees hereabouts. A. A. Grade, 40o a pound, an extra fine blend of rare, rioh and costly Cof> feen of the very highest grade, fine flavor, delicious in tho oap and suits thea Coffee oritio.. The Coffees in it are never sold'by some dealers because of theis? I cost. Thoso who want a No. 1 Coffee rccognizo its betterness at onoe. ?No. I Grade, mocha and Java, 35o a pound. Another palate pleaser. Smooth, rioh, fragrant, with drinking qualities hard to surpass. ."G?s't-bsl surpassed," many folks claim. Uennine Mocha and Java, and not Bio or Other sorts masquerading nuder assumed names for profits sake. No. 2 Grade 30o--No. 3, 25c. Both good and popular where gmedium priced Coffees are desired. Honest Coffees at honest prices^ Blonde-of high> grade sorts and piesse most palates. Money saved ix you like them. C. FRANK BOLT, The Cash Grocer, -fSf '. 1 I-J-'.. -L.i-l fl,"1".**".1 ?."')", 11 ,1 A. ? STE?CSMND, DENTIST. OiVF?pE-rFx'ont Booms o?er Fer? ^ era and Merchants Rank, $ Tho opposite out illustra tea Con tinuous Gum Tooth. Tho Idell Plato-moro cleanly than tho natu ral teeth. No bad taste or breath from Plates of thin kind. Are you going to buy a Buggy, Wagon or Set of Harness soon! If you are, it will pay you to inspect any stock antf get prices if you doh'tbuy. I have th? largest ?tock to select from in the State. ALL EHE LE?MiTO HAKES. I CAN SAVE YOU SWOWEY. Bo sure and give me a call before buying. Oar B?lburn Wagons just received. _?1??? FOWLER. W? have about Twenty Excellent SEOOND-HAND ' 0R.GAN8, In perfect condition, better goodB than many of tho Cheap new ones, at $25.00 tip. New ones, ouch as MASON & HAMLIN, E8TEY, CHOWN and FARRAND. Ail ibo very highest quality, at prices wa have new,besa able to give. Come and see our Stock ; we.may have just what you have been banting. ?EB C. A.&EED HOUSE. I?. S. VANI>XVBR. E. P. VANDIVER QSNERA&. MERCHANTS, ANDERSON, S.O., October8,1902. Wei propose pulling tntdo our way t?as Pall, and have made prices oa good^reliable, honest Gooda that will certainly bring it. We haye the strongest line of Men's, Women's and Children's SHOES we have iver shown, and h?ve them marked down eo low that every pair ii a ?wat valuti We have another big loi of Sample Shoes that we throw on the market at faviory prices. C?mo quick while we have your sise. ' e are money-savers OB GROCERIES. Best latent Flour $?50 per barrel. Best Half Patent Flour $4.00. Extra <3ta& Flour ?3.75. COFFEE, SUGAR, LARD, BACON, BRA?, O?KN and OATS always in stock, just a little cheaper. t^antbe market prie We are strictly in for business and want your trade. Try us and yon will stick td us. Yourtralv, JUST TWO CARS AIiL PRKOES, from a $35.00 Top Buggy np to the finest Rubber Tired joV -AI?0, A LOT OF WAGONS, That we want to sell at once. We k*?p a large stock of Sa The finest, light draft In the world. Come and see it Yours in earnest, . VANDl^R BROS. & MAJOB. tote AM Mm A mail thinks it ia when the matter of life insurance suggests itself-but circumstan* ; cea of late have shown how lifo kangsl>y a thread wken flood, hurricane and HM suddenly overtaksa you, and tho only way to bo sure that your family ia projected in case of calamity overtaking^ yon iii io ia buro lu a solid Company i The Mutual Bsnoflt Life Ins. Co. jurop in and eeo ur&bout .'WE. &t. JMA.'iCTO??^ . STATE AttENT, Bank B?nning, ANDERSON 8, C.