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WAR ST ".Pigeon" J ohn K ibi-rt Ii. Blalock, id i Years havn passed bidcc the last cannon of the confederacy echoed , through the hills and valleys of a des- , elated land. 1 And peace has had its victory! 1 Where the black columns of smoke ; leaped to the sky, marking with fire i the in\adcr.s path, stand today great I cities. Where the thunder of battle < Tolled deepest, the husbandman pur- < sues his peaceful calling, and the wild cose fills the loug-descrted rifle pits. < The Titanic struggle that for four : years held a world in awe has al- I ready become hut a tale that is i told. i For what veteran does not delight : to recount to the younger generation the scenes and incidents of tho 't?0s? What maimed soldier of Lee, or of Jackson, or of Gordon has not, many and oaany a timo, "shouldered hie crutch and showed bow fields were won"?and lost? "Not very Jong since, a little group, seated on the shady side of the oourt house in a Georgia village, were ex changing anecdotes, when the village brass band marched across the square to the rattle and roll of drumB. The eyes of the group followed the hand, and when they bad passed from sight, with the sound of the drums still borne upon the breeze the con versation somehow drifted to "the v?*r." Three of tho party were mon who had ?-een pervice in tho Southern armie* All three now hold impor tant offices in - county, und their names are known throughout the State. ir The judge was tho first to accept the welcomed cue, when the war had 'been mentioned. "Captain," he began, pushing his spectacles high up on his forehead, and including all present with a sweep of his eye, "do you remember that aittlc follow Johnson that went out with us?" "Should say I did,'' replied the captain. "Nobody could forget him who was ever with him five min utes." "Boys," he oontinued, "be was one of these little fellows with a ohest that protruded and a hump on his back, and a head almoBt as full of original devilment oa they make 'em. I wish every one of yen oould have 3cnown him; he was a oase aure. "At the time he enlisted he was not more than 17 years old and his relatives, who resided in Alabama, filaced him under the care ox myself and the judge. In appearano? bio was ? 'green, oountry boy, and his pe culiar shape caused the soldiers to eall him 'Pigeon Johnson.' "Brave in battle,be possessed aheart of rare tenderness, and it was his de flight to nurse and minister to the wounded and the sick. He never failed to ask to be^ allowed to do picket duty in our places, if either of ?bis guardians ad bellum was detailed, giving as his reason that wo were men of family and he was not. "Judge," he went on, "teil these young men how Johnson scoured that ride on General Toombs." "Our company had been in a fight sat Griswoldville," said the judge and received orders to march to Savannah. In-those days there was no railroad between Albany and Thomaevillo and the troops were compelled to maroh , die distance over hot, Bandy roada. A sandy road was regarded by us as ?lose akin to 'Jordan's*?it was hard tie travel. On the second day of the march, while the sun was beating -down upon the soldiers with all its tforce, General Toombs and staff oame riding up. The g?nerai was mounted on a splendid gray mare which bore bis weight in an easy canter. f*. "Johnson saw the officers .coming, ! and turning to the men nearest him, remarked that he thought he would ride awhile. "* How are you going to do it?' ' they asked. r 'Watch me and see," was his ro V' "As General ToombB oame np, 1 Johnson dropped to the ground, ? apparently exhauscd and orying bitterly. < "The general - halted. In his : %rueque manner he demanded to know | the trouble. i " 'General/ answered the boy, be- i tween sobs* 'I have never straggled in my life and?I'd rather?die?than ! ibe left?behind.' J,1My God, enob pluck can't be 1 left! Put him on my horse. I'll walk < myself,' exclaimed General Toombs. "Two men assisted Johnson into the saddle. As he was lifted to his feet he stretched out his hand for his gun, which la^ beside him. . " Til cary that,* said the general; \ 'move on!' OR I BS. Lsoii in Camp. \tlanta Constitution. " 'And he did move on. lie kept moving on until the general, who was somewhat corpulent, began to mop bis countenance industriously, and to ook about anxiously for the sick boy. S'ot until 11 miles of hot and dusty -oad had passed beneath tho weary 'cet of General Toombs did Johnson Iraw rein and allow the column to overtake him. " 'General,' he Baid meekly, as ho lismounted. 'I've been looking for you two hours.' The general's reply, is ho galloped ahead, was a few choice selections from his pfrofane vocabu lary. As tho gray inaro disappeared in the distance, Johnson gave vent to his feelings in a perfect imitation of the long-drawn-out bray of a donkoy to the huge delight of thoso who had witnessed the deception." The fall oleotions were approaching, ?cd at this point the captain was called aside to explain to a voter just why he should oast his ballot for the existing order of things political in the county. When he had returnod and re.eum.ed his chair among the faithful, he said "Judgo, if you'll let me interrupt you just a moment, I'll tell you an inoidont that ooourred under my no tice up in Virginia. "We had made a forocd march during the morning, and had oamped beside a orcek where the fallen tim bcrs from a large clearing formed ready-made breastwork. "The soldiers were almost exbaus ted hut ROinn fnar r\f h'?""! pr???" dinner before throwing themselves upou the ground to seek the rest they so much needed. Dinner in thoso days meant usually, a little fat, tough meat and corn bread, with occasional 'hardtack,' captured from the un'on supply trains. Vegetables were a rare treat, and dearly prized. "I had completed my rather scanty meal, and was on my way to the creek for a pail of water, when my nose was struck by a most agreeable odor of turnip 'greens,' boiling in the vicinity. Eyes soon followed nose, and I beheld two strapping fellows sitting down on a large split pine log, with a tin pan of 'pot liquor and greens' between them. "Into this componnd they had crumbled a quantity of oorn bread, and the happy expression on their faces told of the delight thoy anticipa ted in the coming feast. "In his eagerness to reBhip the oargo of the pan, the man seated near est me on the log plunged his fingers into the mass and withdrew them with a dripping load of the greens. "His companion's face underwent lightning ohange. He watohed the aot first with astonishment and then with rage. For a full minnto he sat eJ*?riri? ?t aSao SiruSSauuCrcd HjGd?UJVbO? Then he seized the huge pan of hot and greasy mixture, and deliberately turned it over tho other's head! 1 "As he dashed off he exolaimed, 'There, d?n you, take all of itl' "With the ?c?i??is of the pan streaming from his hair to his feet and out of his ragged boots, the victim seized his gun and sprang out in pur suit. Round and round the oleared space and tents they ran, the.bread orumbs leaving a trail behind the pursuer. But he failed to overhaul the object of his wrath, for, when I had recovered from laughing suffi oiently to complete my errand to the oreek, I Baw the pursuer sitting on the same log, his gnn aoross his knees, wiping the grease and vegeta bles from his hair with the tail of his tattered coat." Johnson was the finest mimio in the army. He oonld reproduce the cry of almost any animal with suoh accu racy as to deceive a trained ear, and he used this faoulty frequently. I re member one instance particularly: General A ?owned a valuable .point er, which he was in constant fear would be stolen. Several attempts had been made by tho soldiers to gain possession of the animal, with a view to disposing of it in Augusta, and the general guarded him jealously. About 12 o'olook one dark night, General A? was awakened by the yelping of the pointer, apparently in great dis trees. A steady rain was de Mending, accompanied by occasional susto of chilly wind, whioh bore the sries of the dog to the ears of his en raged owner.. It was evident that the thief was making hastily for the edge of the wood whioh skirted the small clearing around the officers' tents. General A? had not taken the tine to drest) nor even to put on his hoots, but in hare feet and with his robe do unit toying with the damp breezes, ho dashed but in pursuit, firing his pistol as he ran. He had almost reached the spot I rpm whence the cries seemed to oinc, when some tiark object darted ctwccn his legs aud he fell heavily 0 the njuddy ground. Before he ould regain his feet, the poiuter, hieb had been silently running long beside him and had been the Quocent cause of his tumble, came up nd touched his faco w'thits cold ose. At the eamo moment a deris ire laugh broke the silcnoo from the hicket in front, and with the mut ored threat of a courtmarlial next ?orning for that scoundrel Johnson, be gcr ral, wet, hoiled and chagrined, ft le his way back to hia tent. Whilo our regiment was encamped I u ear Augusta, Johnson and two com- 11 anions walked over to the city, a istance of about six miles. The n oads were sandy, and it was not the h leasactest thing in the world to cov- c r that distance twice during the same ay on foot. When the time to return to camp ame the three soldiers began to cast bout for some method of conveyance, ut none was tobe had. As they walked leisurely down one f the city's broad streets, they came ipon a government coal wagon, the river of which was unloading its oon ents into a cellar. The strollers ialted and watched the performance. 1 Yith the last shovelful sont clatter- I ng to its destination, (he driver wip id his face and made a tolerably ao turato line for a saloon across the t treet. ? .As the green doors of the place i iwung to behind him, Johnson leaped i nto the wagon, politely inquired of t lis companions if they desired to ride md with an enoouraging "3'lang!" to he six mules, the wagon vrts drawn < apidly down the street and along the 1 oad toward tho headquarters of the 1 ogiment. ] Nearing the outskirts of the camp :he wagon was halted. Tho adven :urers sprang to the ground, headed he mules back to Augusta, and with I 1 \ few kicks judiciously applied to the I 1 ribs of the animals, sent them trottinp ' back the way.they had come. But the trick was discovered sooner than the participants had reckoned upon. When the driver missed his team, he at once suspected the three 9 ddiers, and reported tho nutter. In luiry at the camp revealed that only three permits had been granted to members of the regiment to visit Augusta that day, and tho culprits were arrested and put to digging trenches around the cpmp. Trench digging was always considered the meanest work that oould be devised. This particular trench ran immediate ly in front of General A?'0 tent, and that offioer seated upon a oamp stool and surrounded by his staff, was ob serving the progress of the work. Major K? was among those pres ent. The major was then considered the dandy of the regiment, being al ways attentive to the polish of his boots and the brushing of his uniform. After watohing the men for. some time, Major K? walked over to the tronoh aod said: "Johnson, if yen will oome to my tent in the morning and blaok my boots niaely, I'll uoe my influence, with the general and get you off." Johnson roBO as nearly straight as nature allowed him to stand, and leaning upon his spade, replied: ''Major K?, if yon were siok and couldn't help yourself or needed my assistance in any way, I'd oome around and blaok your boots for you. But I'll be d?d if I wouldn't dig a trench from here to Meriwether coun ty before I'd touch 'sm as it is!" Johnson had his likes and dislikes imong the men, and he never hesita ted to let either be known. The un ion troops eaptured two of our com pany in a skirmish near Atlanta. The ines were quite olose together and il vas not difficult to converse with the memy. One of the captured men, a all, rather good-looking, but withal poor soldier, was Johnson's messmate; he other, a thick-set, surly oitisen, vas hia pet aversion. The moon ihone brightly on the night following he skirmish of which I speak, and tbont 9 o'olook Johnson stopped ont s ew paoes in full view of the union oroes and called: "Hello, Yank!" "Hello, Johnnie!" oamo back the tjply. "Haven't you got two of our fellows >ver there?" asked Johnson, j "Yep, goin* to keep 'em, too!'' sang taok the other ' Is one of 'em a long, lank man, ,nd the other a short horse V con tin ted the interrogator. , V . . "That's what," was the reply. "Well, I wish you'd turn the long no slooae," Johnson shouted; "ho tever harts any of you, nohow. Bat i?d if you ain't welcome to the hort one!'' '/ 1 1 The loud laugh Iron'both lines rhioh followed ended the negotia ions. With these and other anecdotes'ine ittle group whiled away tho hours tntil the slanting rays of the son warn d them, that not only iras the war ivor. bat that th? day was also on its ray to join the long array of the hings that are past. "Xes, yes,** said the judge, as hey moved their chairs to the inaide . if fche Tooura house, ' those were great * lays. Well, let's go home." ? Hull Weevil U Master. Col. \j. W, Vouniaus was in town "hursday uight and Friday and gave a better understanding of the boll S reevil problem than all the newspapers ut together have done. While in at- o endance at the Shreveport Convention o o not only listened to th# speeches, tl ut mixed up with the best people of o be Southwest, and got bottom facts. In Central and Southern Texas the tl oil weevil is master of the situation, a ?onarch of all he surveys. Last year tl e cut down the Texas crop three- I uarters of a million bales. But for is ravages the cropwould have footed tl p 'our million bales in Texas, Indian a 'erritory, etc. P Many farmers and negroes have tl loved from the boll weevil section e igbcr North and West and gone to ottou raising on new lands. n In the Brazos eountry, where a bale 1< o the acre was the old time regular >' ule it will now take fifteen, or more t ores to make a bale. The boll weevil ecs to it that no cotton matures after I uly. To show how disastrous ils a avages he was reliably told that white h romen of culture and a few years ago o veil to do had to quit their homes and 1 ;o outside the weevil territory to piok * otton to get the means to buy food, * tents in the towns have fallen to one- - ourth of former rates and many otoroo 1 ire unoccupied. People who have not c un from the insect enemy are trying o make livings by raising truck, grain, < ito. The entomologists say that there s no way yet known to destroy the veevil, and that it is as certain as any-# ;hing f atnre can be to reach all the : sotton growers South in a few years. Tho weevil ia equipped with a whole < >arpeut'6f -s outfit, an auger with whioh [ io borb? into the form or boll, chisels to trim the opening to its taste, a pump to extraot tho juice, then it de posits an egg, seals tho opening with a sement that becomes as hard as iron, leaving its young snugly housed beyond the reach of poison or bug eating ene my. It is fearfully productive, as the descendants of a couple married early will number millions by the coming of frost. It feeds upon nothing but the cot ton plant, and might be starved out if the Westerners had the grit and gump tion to plant no ootton for a year or so. ?Barnwell People. m - Roosevelt to Visit Atlanta. Washington. D. C, Jan. 6.?Presi dent RooBevelt this morning told a delegation of Birmingham business men that he would make a Southern trip as soon as his duties would allow it, the trip to include the oitiea of Richmond, Atlanta, Tuskegee, Bir mingham and San Antonio, Texas. The oommittee oame to invite the president to Birmingham this spring, but he said it was doubtful if he would aocept them. IS Pe was most cordial in his mannst mud conversation. During the inter Vjf?W he said the South would realise before his term was finished that he. waSjfsJ?iiouB for the development-if the Wonderful resources of the South as well as those of the North. He wSu, he said, particularly interested in the welfare of the gulf State. Two Nat* a tara Thond mission of Arizona and Okla homa will cause a ohange in the. Unit ed States flag by tho insertion of two new stars. Thore are noW 45 stars ar ranged in six rows of seven and eight stars. The two new stars cannot be added to the present arrangement without destroying the symmetry;. But there is no arbitrary rule for ar rangements in rows. Circles and even star arrangements of the stars have been resorted to in the past. Originally, a stripe as well as a star was added for eaoh new State. But In 1818 the number of 'States having reaohed 20, congress reduoed the num ber of o tripe s to 13, to typjfy the :rigioal titates, and enacted that "on the admission of every new State to the onion one star be added to the inion of the flag, and that such addi tion shall wake effect on the Fourth of Fuly next succeeding snob admission." Tired of Being fired. I 'Peter was a good workman,: but he vouki' go on sprees. His employer vas lenient, but when Peter turned ip after having been absent for a cou ple of days without leave he disoharg ;d him. But Peter did not take his lischarge seriously;and went back io vork SB usual. Again he wont on a ipreeAtand again he was discharged ind taken, rfrsok. These little esca pes had been repeated f our or fiva lutes within a couple of years, when ?eter walked into the shop one m or a ng looking muoh the Worse for his elebratioa. "See here," said the m ployer, "you are discharged." 'Look here." uaid Feter, "I am tired * this' If I.em fired again I'll quit he job.," And he went ou abou t his rotk'-'and has not been "fired" siric^ -Philadelphia Reoord. ;-r A girl has an idea everybody ronld rave over her beauty if her hair isd more curl to it. ?- In a flirtation a woman is' never a earnest till th? man thinks it is ime forit to'bo*b?en;^|: ^ '< "Dip An' Done Wid it ' Bishop Wilmer, second Bishop of ilabaiua and famous raconteur of the h outh, often told the following story: a: He bad baptized and confirmed an ti Id negro, signing him with the sign h f the cross, declaring him a heir to pi be Kingdom of heaven, and member ti f the Episcopal Church South. In a few weeks the bishop learned m bat the old man had severed his church lliance and was a "shoutin' elder" in b< be A. M. E. meeting-house known as b liokory Stand. Several weeks later the bishop heard tl hat he had resigned that membership ti rd had been immersed, becoming a V lofessor of the Baptist persuasion at a he negro church known as Frog Lev- d 1. tl When next the bishop met tbe old n egrobe askod: "Josiah, why did you save my church? Anybody hurt our feelings there, or anything like hat?" "La, no, Maise Hooker. La nol t )e 'Pisoopals dey is gem'men ef dey u in't nottin' else. Dar ain't nobody fc tort my feelin's. No, sah. I lof dat o hu'oh 'oaze I couldn't read in d? l took. Dey all reads an' ansahs baok 1 10 cheerful lake, an des' kase I can't q ead I can't come in right, an' da 1 'oiks looks roun' when I ansahs wrong ] m' hearty. I bona' to leave dat t ih'uch." "And why did you leave ibe Metho list church so suddenly? "Well, you see Maise Hooker, dem Hefodis' folks dey is aVa's holdio' a Qniry Meeting.' Now you know vost'f, Maise Hooker, oullud mon can't itan' too much 'quirin' into. I 'blig id to quit dat ohu'oh." "Do you think, Josiah, you oan stiok to the Baptist oburoh?" "La, yas, massai 'Kase wid de {j Baptist hit's jes' dip an' done wid itl' CorlosIUes of Suicide. It is a strange fact that nearly all great men have a tinge of melancholy in their blood and are subject at times to periods of great depression. Napo leon at the beginning of his career vas in great Gnancial distress and wa. re vented from drowning himself only by the timely peouniary aid of a school mate. Bismarck is said to have de clared after the battle of Sadowa that he would have killed himself had the Prussians been beaten, and Byron while writing "Childe Harold" declar ed he would have blown his brains out but for the reflection that it would give pleasure to his mother-in-law. The reason for self-destruction are often very curious. Men have fre quently been known to put an end to their lives to esoape toothache or oth er pains, while the dread of disease has been known to affeot the mind to ouch an extent that the victim has destroyed himself rather than face it. Weariness of money end good things to eat bave been the oause of suicide. On ft man drowned himself in the Seine because of the color of his hair, whioh was flaxen, and another shot himself beoause his clothes did not fit him. A girl threw herself into the Danube beoause hor companiono laughed at her corpulence, and a Frenchman ' took poison to spite his mother-in-law be oause she insisted upon living with Loss of Flesh When you ?an't eat break* fast, take Scott's Emulsion. When you can't eat bread and butter, take Scott's emulsion. When you have been living on a milk diet and rvant something a little more nourishing, take Scott's Emukion. To get fat you must eat fat Scott's Emulsion is a great fattener, a great strength giver. Those who have lost flesh rvant to increase all body issues, not only fat. Scott's Emulsion increases them all, lone, flesh, blood and For invalids, for con valescents, for consumptives, or weak children, for all :mu!sion is a rich and com* oriabSe food, and a Scott's Emulsion for bone, fesh, Mood and nerve. -~ \ W? will send you a free sample. Bs rare thit this picture in ^s form of ?t?fe?te on MKT of svery bo$?e c* Erat SCOTT &BOWNE, A4t sad |1? ?lt dru?.M? A Tip la Advance. A small boy who had been forbidden y his mother to go in swimming ran way from school and had a bully me at the old swimming hole. When e came home his mother whose sus icioos were aroused, took him to isk: "Jimmie, have you been in swim ing?" Looking her straight in the eye the oy said: "Mother you may liok me, at I won't lie to you, I was." Remembering the story of the Fa* 1er of his country, the woman, sinking she bad for a son another Washington, clasped him in her arms ad said: "My boy it was wrong to isobey your mother, but I am glad hat you will not lie to esoape punish- j lent." An hour aft,er the boy's brother sked him why he had owned up so romptly. "Huh," said the boy, "that little ittle tattle, Jim Snoops, was in with s and I tied his shirt up into six .note and ho said he was a corain' ver here to tell mother where I'd ieen, and I figured that if I didn't tell lor, I was maybe in for three liokings, no for goin' in swimmin', one for yin', and one for tyin' them knots. [ hadn't nutbin' to lose and every hing ' to gain by workin' the George rVasnington business on mother." ? A girl is just as likely as n?t to narry a man she doesn't love if some >tber girl is trying to. ? A woman never consid?re a sen timental song well given unless the dnger has tears in his eyes. Valuable Property For Sale. By virtue of the authority conferred by a resolution adopted at a meeting of tho Stockholders of the Wllllamston Fe male College Company held at Wil llamBton, S. C, on che 31st day cf December last, tho Directors of said Com pany hereby offers for sa'e on Saleaday in February next, -within the usnal hours nf public sales. In front of the Court Hous?, in tho City of Anderson, a. C, all the Real Estate of said Com n?nr. f*}tf|B?g !a US? tCTTn Cf WlittS&St&?, County of Anderson, State cforesald, con taining five (5) acroa, more or less, and bounded on tho Bout h by Main ntreet, on the West by Batate of George W. Ander son, deceased, Minor street intervening, on the North by property of 8. Lander <fc Son, and on the East by lands of S. J. Ddokworth and the EBtate of Thorn aa Cry mes, deceased. Tais is one of the finest hotel properties in the State. This property will be more fully described on the dsyof sale by a plat ot the samo, to be then exhibited, -whioh will Indicate shape, courses and distances. Terms of Sale?One-half cash, and the balance on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of aale at the rate of 8 per cent> per annum until paid in fall. Interest to be computed and paid annually, and if not paid annually, to bo added to and become part of the princi pal, and tho whole bear interest at the same rate nntll the whole Is paid in full. The credit portion to be secured by a bond of the puroha&er and- mortgage of the premises, %/hloh instrument shall provide for the payment of 10 per cent, attorney's fees, In addition to principal and interest, In the svsnt that it becomes neo*Bsary to institute oo.lt to collect the oredlt portion of the purchase money. Purchasers to pay extra for papers, and to have leave to anticipate payment on the credit portion at any time. GEORGE W. SULLIVAN, Pres. W. T. LANDES, Sect'j. Jan 11,1905_80 . 4 MULES AND HORSES. Wholesale and Retail. 80 to 100 always on hand. Special prloes to dub buyers. I handle a good class of Tennessee Mules. Will save you time and freight. A visit to my otablos wM^oonvlnde you. Come. T. M. LOWERY, Seneca, S. C. Ian 4.1905 29 4 I -.-? IF that name stands for square ealings and truly artistic-? pianos, [hat's what our name stands for. Call and inspect our handsome irray of?1 . ? AND ? THE C. A. REED Music House, ANDERSON, - - a 0. Hotice to Trespassers. Notloe is hereby given to all persona not to trespass on any of onr lands in Varennes and Savannah Townships la any way. whatsoever?by hunting, fish ing, outting timber, setting ont fire or trespassing in any other manner. Far ties entering said lands after publication of this notloe wUl be dealt with to the fullest extent of the law. MBS. JOSEPHINE GENTRY, MRS. SARAH J. GENTRY, MRS. MARY A. SXUCKEY, B. F. GENTRY, W. D. GENTRY, W. M. MoMAHAN. Jan 11,1905 30 3 _ BE HUMANE! Get y our faithful Horse a BLANKET to keep him warm these cold days. We have them from 75e. up. h. e. BRING ME STRING BEANS, ; BUTTER, EGGS, OHIOKENS, HONEY, Ac. < ; Best piwslbl? prioe paid in Cash or Groceries. J. a TEMPLETON, 1?1 North Main flfc..-< F?BE BLOOD SPECIFICS m TUT-. JS??~- - ? Xt-i_??* ^ ease they are recommended for. We have a Sp?cifie for "Blood Troubles," and many people have been cured with it. It is- v A 6UAEAMT?ED REMEDY, and will cure any "Blood Trouble," whether inherited or contracted. No t^timoniala cited, but we have num bers. Phone 182. -a m m g^?t j \f a*. EUB^MT?iaasi We are l?- a position to put on High ?rade^BubW Ties r?ith good service, and prices to coirespond with Bubber be> fore it made a bounce. .PAUL E. STEPHENS, j?stte sa s - ^ For full ?ufprmftt?un ?a to rst?ay routes, CQUtid?t n&sae& Soui?iem taflw&yTfcketAgent, or