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WAR ST Seniiiiiscences of tlie JVnde "Oui Womco in the War" After a lapse of nearly forty years *t iB a difficult tank to record iu any thing like order the/events which took place in our ?youug and thoughtless girlhood. 13ut there are some mem ories which it seems as though even death will never blot out, aud among ! thcf=e arc those of 01(55, events in A'hich Southern women bore their full ! jurden from lirst to lust, andmatural- ; ?y in this all came in for a share, for no dear was our cause to the Southern ?eart that no bacriticc seemed mo | (Treat and women vied with men, each doing lier utmost. Many a day when food was scarce or unpalatable, aud the young ones disposed to grumble at their fate, havejwe been brought to a sense of duty by the stern reproof, j "The men in the army have not aB good, do you tbinkttbat they gruin >ble?" The endurance of southern women was unsurpassed, self seemed blotted from their vocabulary. Spartan like they never told their woeB and - doubts never clouded the horizon of > their faith in the ultimate success of 'the Southern cause. It has been aspect juBtly said by more than one "that the Southern women mode the war a possibility!'' For as Father Hyan so beautifully expresses it? "Back of Jines that never quailed? .Fair from the battle-banners flash? Tuere wero lips that moaned and wailed, - ?\nd how many eyes that wept, Tho1 they heard no cannon crash Wot the terror-storms of lead, And they sighed tho while they slept Wheu they dreamed their own were dead." ' Under i?ks stato of things our : coool books certainly did not leoeive the attention they should have, in later years this neglect has been re called with keen regret, as a felt inca pacity has met many of us. Instead of books, wo-learned the use of knit ting needles, bo as to knit Books for the army, very bravely setting to work, but soon thinking after untold ripping of heels, etc., which I suppose all beginners went through, that even algebra or geometry would be per zeraDiOf My first pair of Books were of coarse woolen yarn, most uneven thread, -with sticks and burrs all through. {Diligently I set to work to remove all Jaws, bnt before I had gone very far, being naturally indolent, and like all -vgirls fond of oommenoing, but not of -finishing work, I thought ths irregu larities knit in would help to "fill up." Somo time after in disoussing my Ttmode of prooedure, I was much abash ed by the reproof, "Did yon ever Jthink of the poor men's bleeding -feet*"?-but; I eventually consoled aoyse?f with the hope that some oaval v cyman got my sooks. Later on patri otism waned slightly, and I conoluded ^vtbatas sock knitting was so muoh 'labor it should only be performed for individual cases, and bestowed my -scS??ia <spon my soldier friends. *13y grandmother, an old lady of 85, ? ? cripple confined to a rolling choir, occupied herself in pioking lint and rolling bandages for the hospitals. So ?-diligent was she at her work, that I sreanember her having a corn on her finger from the constant pioking, and -?s she kept at her patient toil, many talo did she tell of the days of 1776, -*rinra?bo was a "wee one," she died --avith her hatred of the British only intensified by that for the Yankees. Jin vibe spring of '62, when Gen. SeauregaTd was urging the removal of uon-oombatants, women and chil dren, we among others were preparing to go. We had in the house quite a ^stoclc o? comfortB for the soldiers, we bad busied ourselves with making during the winter, sookp, mufflers, uaps, etc When the time came to move, .we were, disoussing the best disposition to be made of these things. My family still bold to the old fash ioned idea thai a'woman's name should not appear in the newspaper unless it . was to aanouncc her marriage or death, "?od would request no acknowledge ment of their contributions be made, consequently it was hard to make mjk -jgirl friends believe 1 had ever done -.anything for the soldiers, they would oon?t<Mrt>y twit me with my lazi ness, and in reply to my denial "would invariably say: "That is very ?trangA, I never see your name in the .^papers." jJader these circumstances I deter santnerl to take the matter in my own liauu and arrange differently* One uorning just as I was going 'down to <; fibreakfaat, a company marched by on '-their-way to the depot, en ronte for 'Virginia. Tho thought immediately - crossed my mind: "Why not give my ?sk?rc of the west tc theso men? . There '?rill be ?orne fun in that." The cx y.oaution was as quiok as th? ' thought, / as they earn? near enough I threw out * socks, cupVj etc., and to the astonish * '.vent of those in Jia, brcakfaa', room, ?r?ho could not understand; the game of ORIBS. War-liei'ugeeing in rson. Kdition News and Courier. "catch" going on in front of tho house, hut the smiles and thanks of these soldiers were of great encour agement to me, and with renewed ardor I set to work again, only re gretting that my supply had been bo small. From 1802, with tho refugeo life began the struggle for food, and neces saries, the up-country towns from the influx of low-country refugees became over crowded, provisions scarce, priccB exorbitant; tlie men being away in the army, there were but few to work the crops, the negroes in the upper joun ties being comparatively few, the work on the farms was done by the farmers themselves, and this class having but little confidence in Confederate mon ey, remembering the story of Conti nental money, refused most of them the Confederate currency at any price in exchange for their produce. Thus in some instances untold were the sufferings of the refugees for tho actual necessaries of life, flour, bacon, wood, etc Household goods, clothing, in fact anything but money, was of market able value, and thus through - neces sity our stores of such wero reduced to the loweBt ebb. Our refugeo home was at Anderson, C. 11., in the northwestern part of the State, a point which was selected by about seventy families of refugees as a probable plaoo of safety. Although bo far away from the seat of war, it proved a most convenient point for cavalry passing to and from tho army of the Wcot. Tho Confederate Stuten had here ono of its largest commissary depots, thus we often had the oppor tunity of meeting somo of tho most distinguished soldiers. In the dark days of '64 when every thing seqmed against us, and even rumor of foreign recognition failed to cheer, President Davis appointed a day of humiliation and prayer. Just at that time Martin's division of Ala bama oavalry was passing through Anderson, and the little Episcopal Churoh was filled with soldiors on that day. Our rector, the Rev. Jcha H. Elliott, now D. D., S. T. D., of Wash ington, D. C, like ourselves a refu gee, preached a most eloquent and touohing sermon, dwelling on the olouds that threatened to burst over us as a nation, our individual priva tions, and piotured in burning words the desolation of the homes from whioh we bad bean driven. At the oonolusion of the sermon the Psalm then in the Episcopal prayer hook was sung: "When we our weary limhs to rest, Hat down by proud Euphrates stream,, We wept, with doleful thoughts op pressed, And S ion was our mournful theme." These weary looking, ill-clad, ill-fed men took up the singing, and in the mournful droning way peouliar to th?ta, stsng ins FsfciUi, th? ?h?lr neuuj ed soon to drop out, it was too much for the g elf-control of the congrega tion, and in a few moments sobs were audible on all sides. I am sure that among those present it has been a lasting memory. I think it was during the winter of '62, that John Morgan's men seemed to find it most convenient to make Anderson their headquarters for some apparently unknown reason, until one day a quiet looking man appealed in their midst, was greeted by them with wild enthusiasm, it was the great John Morgan, who having escaped from the Ohio Penitentiary, had ar ranged to meet the members of his eommand at this point. Gen. Morgan Was ahandaome, digni fied looking man with dreamy gray eyes, very retiring in manner, by no means courting the ovations his pres ence seemed to invoke wherever he went. -In looking at him one could hardly realise the dare-devil he was. He again visited Anderson on his re turn to Tennessee, where he met his death, betrayed by ? woman! ? Wheeler's cavalry also paid us fre quents visits, and although in many places tboy were as muoh dreaded as ! the enemy, with us they always con ducted themselves with deoorum. After these visits we were always hearing rumors of approach it g raids. As time went on the rumors were. not fulfilled. Sherman having destroyed Columbia, during;, his "Maroh to the Sea," we concluded that we were to be among the favored few who would es cape, although, when the Confederate' Treasury was moved from Cbarlotts, I N. C, to Anderson, 8. C, many fait the attrAction was too strong to be re sisted. i . The great ??or?i of February, *65, bad entirely out oil all of our railroad connections with the outer world, and letters and papers wore of ancient date before we got them. .. In April after the assassination of President Lincoln, these tumors wtfre vigorously renewed, but by many were only regarded as the old cry of "wolf,'' which even if it were true could not amount to much. About 500 of Wheeler's cavalry, cut off from their command, having mado Andernon their headquarters, we felt they would be fully able to resist any raiders, this opinion being based on tho then prevalent belief, that one Confederate could with case whip five Yankees! Great, therefore, was our surprise, when on tho 1st day of May, 18G5, rumors of raiders being closo tt hand, wo saw the Confederates ride out of the town by one road, while shortly after tho Yankees came in by another. This oolamn of cavalry, said to be 10,000 strong, came charging down upon the public square, firing pistols right and left, yelling, "Wheeler to tho rescue," For a moment we hoped thry were Wheeler men, for so often did we sec Confederates dressed in Federal overcoats, that the uniform did not strike us as it might have done. The hope lasted but a moment, for in that spaco of time the work of pillage began. The Confederate Treasury was naturally tho general point all seemed to make for, here they were bafHed for they got little beyond Confederate money and bonds, tho gold having been removed to a safer place. One of the officials had a box with ten thousand dollars of this gold io his house, and had not beenj able to remove it before the onemy came, hie house .wan, of oourdc, among the searched. His wife, a bravo woman, immediately thought of tho gold, which was in a oommon looking deal box, and taking her baby in her arms sho, with great' calmness, took her seat on tho box. She was constantly ordered to get up and lot them see what was there, and when this hap pened she would quietly riso saying, "you b-*ve not loft mo a chair to ait on." The box would be giveu a kick, and deciding there oould be nothing of value, the Federals would pass on to search for greater spoil. UnfortuDato]y,Mc8srs. Gourdin Mat thiessen & Co., of Charleston, had a large Btock of liquors Btorcd at Ander son, whioh it had been impossible to move or destroy in so short a time, bo the vandalism was aided by the demon of drink. Tho soldiers reeled around cracking the neoks of bottles against door poBts or anything convenient io them. For two days they held high car nival, evidently pleased with their quarters, when suddenly and unex pectedly the oall "boots and saddle," was sounded, and in great haste they departed, tolling us that the "Miohi ganers" would now oome in, and they were sorry for us, for they destroyed everything in their track. I am glad to eay that the Miohigan oro, did not oome. This raid was on the 1st day of May, '65, after Johnstons's army had surrendered, of this surrender we hid not heard until the Yankees told us of it. They were sn organised band of robbers, under.a General bearing the name of Brown? olaiming to be a part of Stoneman's oommand. The war department, however, asserted that the army register showed no snob com mand as Brown's, for search was after wards made to identify them by Gov ernor Orr, in behalf of himself and others who loot property at that time. They claimed it was robbery, the frai being over, and that tbey should be renumerated for their losses whioh the Government consented to do pro vided the command eould be identi fied. Gen. Stonoman, with his command, passed in tbe dead of night, with flag of truoe at their bead. It was a beau tiful moonlight night, and they rode so quietly, it seemed as though the horses boofs were muffled, and they were phantom horsemen. Tbcy stop? ped only to inquire their way, and from all sides osme the report that they took nothing as they went, and paid for all they got?unfortunately their predecessors had left but little for them to purchase. It was the ap proach of Stonoman whioh oaueed tho hasty exit of the Brown crowd. One of my pleasant war experiences, and perhaps an unusual one waa a three weeks stay during Jane and July, 1863, at Castle Pinokney, whioh was at that time garrisoned in rota tion by companies from th? First Regular Artillery. After having ser ved'a long time in Fort S urn ter, as a relief, the companies one at a time took obarge of Castle Pinokney, at this timo my undo, Oapt. Wm. II. Perroncau, of Company G, was in oommand, and my aunt being with him, invited a girl friend and myself as her guests. It was then that our friend, Capt. Ohas. Inglesby, then first lieutenant of Company O. was married in Augusta, and brought his bride to Join the party at Castle Pine*:2C7, of course, they were immer diatoly the ?entre of interest, whioh was enhanced by their being a remark* ably handsome couple. Unfortunate ly our stay was abruptly brought to a close by the attack on Morris Island, July 10, 1853, I think. AH that day wo sat on the parapot, apd "with the aid, of glasses wate?fe? th? battle, the officers with u&'ckanog at boiog so far away. That night un dor cover of darkness we cauie to the city, it being too dangerous for ua to make the trip during the day. Of course the bride came in for c full share of sympathy, so soou beio? ocp arated from her husband, under such perilous circumstances. Company G soon had their desire.1) fulfilled, for they were almost immediately ordered to Battery Wagner, and the prisoners captured on Morris Island, mostly negroes were confined at Castle Pinck noy. In looking over the past, I think that of all our happy party, per haps, Ingic?by, Capt. Eldred Pick ling, now of Columbia, Mr. J. W. Seabrook, and myself arc the only sur vivors. The war and its issuos arc over for ever. Confederate heroes are to-day honored North almost as much as South, hut wo realize that words will ever fail "To tell the story grand Of our cause and of our land." Martha 13. Washington. Cu'sar and (Vsar's Wife. There is a whole lot of food for solid thought in the recent ruling of a West ern Judge, that the wife has the same right to remain out at night, to drink and to gamble that the husband has. This ruling suggests for our consid eration a most vital truth, a truth which has, from tho beginning of hu man history, been for the most part overlooked. The truth I refer to is this, that right and wrong are not questions of sex, but are. ever have been, and will ever continue to be the same for both man and woman. False as it is dangerous and degrad ing is tho idea contained in the too familiar phrase?"The Double Stan dard of Morals." Suoh standard never existed save in the minds of immoral men, and had it never been hoard of the world would now be a great deal better than it is. There is but one morality, and this one morality holds good for all moral beings, of whatever race, age or sex. Alike for all men and for all women, there is the way that is right and the way that is wrong. A wrong in a man is a wrong in a woman, aud, conversely, that which is right for the man is also right for tho woman. There is but one moral law, and who ever breaks it breaks it ; and whoever , keeps it keeps it ; and that is all there is to it. Iu no way, shape or manner does tho breaking or the keeping of the law bingo upon the matter of Bex. In what respect is a drunkard, thief, gambler, libertine of the masculine gender any better or any worse than a similar person of the feminine gen der ? It is quite true that, owing .to a false edueation, we overlook a great many things in men which we nbomi I nate in women, pardoning the men for I the very acts for which we everlast ingly damn the women. As bas been already intimated, it is only our moral ignoranoe that oauses "us to do this. It is decidedly wrong for & woman to smiroh her woman hood, but it is not a bit worse thon it is for ft man to degrade bis manhood. Mab has no more right than woman to trifle with the moral law. Our old friend, C sar, was a very great man when it oame to manipula* ting political caucuses and wiping out hostile populations, but he .was ft mere tjro when it came to the canons of human decency and goodness. He was one of history's most con spicuous champions of the "double standard" idea. For suoh standard he was, in faot, a mighty stickler. No matter what happened, Ctesar's wife had to be "nbovo suspicion." But C sar? Ah, that was *nother matter I C sar was Cmsar?and Cm sar's wife*was. Cms *r's wife. Wise as he was?and intellectually he was one of the greatest men of whom' history gives us noy informa tion?the great Julius did not seem to understand the simple ethioal princi ple that the moral law that applied to bis wife applied also, and with equal foroe, to himself. A great many centuries have rolled away since Cmsar lived, but there are multitudes who still think as he did upon this all-important subjeot. Where is ?he man.who does not in sist upon bis wife's being a paragon of virtue and a model of discr?tion ? How careful she must bo 1 And how quickly aho is frowuod upon, ours?d and oast aside, if she makes the least false step 1 And yet how often it is that the husband is grossly false to the moral' Sty be is so persistent in demanding obedienoe to on the part of hia wife 1 She must guard his honor?but how provokiogly careless he is of guard ing hera i If sho wero to come home to him drunk he would* bo tempted to throw? her into the street, so keenly would his "honor" be aggrieved?but how often doss he come home drunk to her:? / '. j ' If her good name should happen t become tho target* of ugly rumor hot he would rave.and swear at bir, eapff* oi?l?y if ho fslt that .tb.ero WaR "the slightest foundation f >r the rumor? | und at tho shiim; timo ho* nji^ht be a hundred fold wor?c than she, even upon the supposition that the reports about her were all true. It is this miserable inconsistency and hypocrisy that ie making the most of our domestic *rouble for ua. It is this old lio of tho double stan dard that is at the bottom of the greater number of our divorces. Let man bo what he would have woman be, and all will be well. Kev. Thomas 13. Gregory in the New York American. Pleased With Prospect. Mr. Ed. H. Webster, who was in Columbia attendiog the meeting of the Live Stock association in tho interest of the United States department of agriculture, left yesterday afternoon, j Ho nocompaioed Mr. Henry P. Clarke to his plantation in the lower part of Richlind county to inspect the lands of that section and investigate their adaptability to stock rai&ing. Mr. Webster is the chief of the dairy division of tho bureau of animal industry of the department of agricul ture. He spoke to the Live Stook as sociation Thursday night on "Dairy Topics " Jn speaking of tho meetiog of the association yesterday Mr. Web ster said that he had never in his life attended a meeting where such an earnest and intense intcro3t character ized all the proceedings. He has him stlf beoomo enthusiastic over the great opportunity the South has to develop dairying. He will return to South Carolina later in the spring and will spend some time working for the ad vancement of the dairying industry in this State. He expects to institute a series of tests at some of the dairy farms and cheese faotorios now in op eration and gather ill possible relevant information. This when formulated and published will, it is hoped, be helpful to tho dniry farmers. This work will be carried on by three or four experts working under the direc tion of Mr. Webster. It will all bo at the expense of the federal government. ?The State. CURES CATARRHAL DEAFNESS. Ooe Week'b Use of Hyomei Did More Than Six Months' Treatment by Specialists. In the treatment of deafness which is often a 'result of oatarrh Hyomei acts ?luiobl immediately upon the in flamed membrane and the hearing begins to return at onoe. A few days treatment will bring relief, and in three or four weeks, according to the severity of the case, a cur? will be aooomplished. Miss Meoks, of Mattewan, N. T., say s: "flyomei is truly wonderful. I have used it but a short time and see a great change in my condition. My hearing is improving rapidly, and I had. no idea I would improve so rapidly in so short a time. My breath which was so offensive to myself and others, has lost its bad odor entirely. I have spent a great deal of money with oatarrh specialists and can truly say that six months of their treat ment, is not equal to one month of Hyomei." . Evans Pharmacy are selling Hyomei upon the unusual' plan of agreeing to return the money if tho medicine does not cure. A complete outfit costs only $1.00 and consists of an inhaler that can be carried in the vest pocket, a med icine dropper and, bottle of Hyomei. The inhaler will laafc a lifetime and there is enough HyOmei for several week's treatment. Additional bottles of Hyomei can be procured for 50 cents. Compare this small expense with the fees charged by specialists and then remember that if Hyomei oeda not cure Evans Pharmaoywill m?9rn yonr money. ' ? Half the time a girl gets' en gaged to be ahead of some other girl ? A man could make a lot of money by not investing it in sure things., n America's Finest Production Iii A3? iDEKSOSf, ?. ot your business. euros co!08, prt.veata pticuw&ja/ts, Eczema's Curse Removed Awful skin disease of this woman cured in a few weeks after fifteen years* terrible affliction. Note the ghastly despair in tho photo taken before treatment. lOateof Mrs. J. if. DanUU of WinthuUr. Ky?compUUlv cured bu D. D. D. after 7 &h&s* application. She had enteredfiftett, v?ars.> . See the same features?bat note how different when brightened with hops afld happiness, after her freedom from it alL Reader 1 This is mere than'medicine talk. It is humanity to enlighten su?? ferers about this. The most virulent skin diseases are conquered?every time?in all eases? without any exception?all cleared away in a few weeks?by the brilliantly clever new skin prescription, "D. D. p;.." Its work ia hardly equaled by any otter wonders of modern medical practice. K d. d.d. remedy Enough has been proven to us?regarding the above cas? and hundreds of others?to demonstrate beyond ail question whatever thai any of the known forms cf skin disease?any eruption or breaking'out?must quickly give way and disappear under tlht influence of this prescription {known as * D. D. D.")> Cases of Eczema, Salt Rheum% Ring Worm, Psoriasis, Barber's Itch, Acne, etc., some of twenty years' standing have been cleared off and permanently cured in a few weeks, fn several cases from one to three years have elapsed and there has been no returning sign of the disease, //undreds of'cases cured since the preparation has been placed on sale show no sign at all of the previous qffUc*^ tiSn, and we fully believe they are permanent cures. Have you been?or do you know anyone who has been?in a living hell of tor W e with a skin disease? Dispair usually seizes those so afflicted. Many imagine it is in the blood and too subtle to cure. Doctors have stood baffled and helpless against Eczema. Half of them think its worse forms are blood poison. Ninety nine cases out of a hundred of manifestations on the skin are purely local?SKXW disease?not BLOOD disease. Healthy blooded people break out as often as any one, the blood has nothing to do with it in most cases. It is a parasite in the skin that spreads. This prescription is today completely clearing away?quickly too? and permanently curing every trace of such parasitic trouble and leaves the skin toft, healthy and.perfect. Call at our store and investigate the unquestionable proofs in our possession. The prescription is sold by us at Si.00 for a liberal bottle, and comes under . authentic label of the D. D. D. Company of Chicago, who solely compound the prescription for druggists everywhere. FOR SALE ONLY BY FOB SALE BY EVANS FH?BM?CY. Studebafc or Wagons just arrived. Oar of Kentucky, Old Hickory and Tennessee Wagons to arrive. Also, three car? of Buggies, Carriages, Surreys and pleas ure Vehicles generally. Call and see us. FEET^IIj-HANKS GO. 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