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WAR SI
Daring ?Pe&t ol' Capt.
13 rat ton
To the irLdkoT of thc S un de y New?:
I hc<jc ?utit come into possession of
a.c/jpy of an aecGuut written by Brig.
(lea., ?fobn Kratte-u, of what lie char
acterises a? the mest conspicuous feat
of personal valor and Hkill that, came
wit?iu hi? knowledge.
Gea. firattou'H-coDHpicuouely active
and gt'lant zailitary service to the
iJaafederac7, fr in Sumter to Appo
jKsttar, red from private to brigadier
gencril, and bi? high reputation
throughout South ?Carolina for patriot
ism and accuracy in statement, give
peculiar interest and value to tho
paper.
Thc frere of thc incideut related
is Cay*. Joseph Banks hylea, now
residing ia Caddo, Indian Territory.
l?e WM horn in 182N near Winnsboro,
S.C, gradueted A. B. from South
Careiies College iu 185(5, and haB
demoted his whole life to education,
crccpt ??ring hi? four years' service
<<t the Confederacy; having been
jr?Ke?ft?.1 arod proprietor of tho'Limo
stase, fS. C., Male Academy prior io,
sad ectheequont to tho war of seoca
scan.7 ia !870 ho removed to the West
atad c oct ducted larg? schools success
ively *t l'aria, Texas, and Caddo, In*
diaa Territory. He served on the
istatf of Gen. Micah Jenkins and of
<??ea- "Bretton, was captain of Coni
jwc *?r<2, th South Carolina volunteer
* ^ff. Ho was nine time, wound
? v twitis. bails, sholl and sabre, once
*,+vt?g bis skull broken.
* TfcecsSo with whioh he effected the
i'.c ?KC-.5 of the six hundred Yankees I
Ice-re eeen-a seven shot repeating
eec cr calbine, with whioh the Fed
era! cavalry was armed. I thought
tho publication of this enclosed ac
court fe by Gen. Bratton would be in
teresting to the general ."publie and
preserve a valuable historical doeu
meat.
Respectfully.
D. K. Means.
. Wfctte Oat, 8. C., Marah 29, 1896.
--T4te most conspicuous feat of valor
and still (personal,) that oame within
mir knowledge duringthe war of Seces
sion, was achieved by an officer of my
bcigtie on tho 27th of October, 18(54 .
In tito severe and constant fighting
af* Cfc et campaign my staff as Wv-'.l as
Ciao, suffered, and it was ueoessary to
f?tf the places of the wounded oflioora
of Cue line.
1 Tb meet snob demand Capt. J.
Kfxaks Lyle, of tho 5th South Caro
les* regiment, was thea, ead had been
im ?ame time, rendering escient sor
w?se aa the brigade staff. Qa the
enaceiag of the above dato the enemy
wer??a heavy'foros qa the north side
?? Cite ?fames, and assailed our works
ssxtfc. more or less vigor at various
patota, extending their.attacks to and
&3$nnd the Charles City Toad.. lb
tia?' afternoon his oavalry assaulted
cor works on the Williamsburg road,
&e?d by our oavalry, and were driven
- off. field's division of infantry was
esra raptly moved to the Williamsburg
arad ta .anticipation of the assault by
ta&mtiry, whioh followed, pushing our
racalr y: etill farther to the left, my
Bstsc?e, trn?er its senior, Col. Wal
&?tr" occupying the line across the
coat? aod were in position to meet and
espoleo it. In their retreat quite a
tn&a&n er oT them took refuge in a
?raab ac gaily, whioh ran through a
dfagceecion ?n the Bold some 300 or
#3? yazfis in front of our line, nearly
half way tb th? enemy's line. Capt.
Essie kaw ?hey were whipped and
?ratfl? HUTr?nCer if called on to do so.
Has? reported, au? asked permission
fia advance tho skirmish line and take
?feaat in. His request was refused,
-te, ^tmuvrnoed, aa he was, that they
sswcM /escape, -ainpiy because they
Wk* Mat, i invited <to surrender before
^tgut ?une ? to.?over ?heir retreat, he
?Sstcroiiae? vio-attempt their capture,
SSE weaMo the-okirinieh ?toe and tried
*ev?at (bern to vohrotoor, ?ed failing
$S} ?feat, {alt were willing te go H or*
?Baa?i? ke started alone, but. had" not
3&m9ff?& many paese before two med,
??'sa ??^y^^r?r^^e tn?if hamos,)
t?ssEojl ?ut: "Hold on, Captain, yon
t?&aa'fc go' bgr yourself 1" and moved
*mfi&ith -bim- They had gone but a
e&atA distance when he concluded not
?*?g*?g**i- ?is brave little force to the
-Auger of possible eoror of his Jodg
i mexttf but to use their aid without
Ililli* i ll liftiiil.'" 809? nad observed an
?f?Eicec trying to arouse the collapsed
aghit of his men j ?aj;?tte| gully, and,
rialiCog his volunteers on the crest
<wer?oo?dogthe posiiion^ ord?rt?
?thom ta open v fire on tho officer and
;ORIES.
J. !B. Lyles, ol Gen.
."s S t? i t i*.
heavily that the dust stirred by the
bullets falling around him almost
uonccaled him from view. This con
tinued until word could be passed
along tho lino stopping it. This, of
course, served to attract the attention
of all to him zs he approached the
gully in whioh the enemy were, and
in full view of friend and foo, accom
plished the capture and mado them
file out without arms and move on to
our lines, Thore was groat enthu
siasm and excitement on our side.
Men all along the linc of the division
mounted the works with exclamations
of admiration and inquiry: "Who is
he?" cte. The enemy did not seem
to understand it at first, and took no
part until they Baw the prisoners til
ing into our works, when they opened
a battery on the iicene, which con
tributed to the (funeral excitement,
but was especially effective in harry
ing the movement of the prisoners
into our works. The number of offi
cers and mon captured was about (500,
nilli three stands of colors and
swords by the armful. This is the
substance of a report made to mo on
my return to the brigade a few days
after ?he incident occurred. And on
which I based and forwarded a recom
mendation for his promotion. Major
General Fields, who witnessed tho
close of this stirring soono, not only
ondorsed, but warmly urged it on the
ground of ''benefit to tho service,"
in his entire division, adding what ho
himself saw of the remarkable feat.
But our army waa being worn away
and reduced in numbers daily. There
wore no vacancies, all of our posi
tions were held by officers of courage
and experience, and our condition waa
not favorable to giving rank for any
feat of valor, not even for one so con
spicuous and extraordinary as this.
Tho reciommeatiBiiou 'or promotion
was for this reason, perhaps, shelv
ed.
This, though the .ost wonderful,
washy no moans *"e first of Capt.
Lyle's feats of danger. They, to
gether with his personal disregard
for danger, had made him in tho bri
gade a reputation for general reckless
ness, but his recklessness was entire
ly personal-Uo officer was more oaro
ful for bia men, in looking to their
comfort or shielding them from un
necessary risk. So far as they were
conoerned he exercised real prudenos,
but it waa the prudence of whioh only
a brave man is capable. He was high
ly endowed with what are called
"battle ins ti no ts," and relying im
plicitly oh his intuitions of thi con
ditions of the' enemy, acted on them
whenever he hn?V authority to do so.
Hence his successes iii. apparently
.rash and reckless enterprises. .
His intelligeUtoourage and peouliar
adaptability to fighting attracted my
attention and influenced my-pelcction
of him for service on the staff. I
will only add that in that service he
more than filled the measure of my ex
pectations.
I have intentionally made thiB plain
and simple statement, avoiding effort
at embellishment, or even expression
of my opinion and admiration, but it
is neoessary to a just appr?ciation of
this orowning feat of a career of
heroism to call .attention to the time
and plaoe and circumstances of its
achievement. Oar army had been
forced behind its works around Rich
mond and Petersburg, and its opera
tions for months confined to their de
fence, whioh taxed to the utmost its
oonrage and fortitude. With con
stant diminishing reiouices we were
reduced to a steady, dogged defenoo.
To the common eye there was literally,
no field for enterprise of valor and
skill for our army, or any position of
it, or any individual in it, and had
not been for months when this' start
ling and astounding f JV, waa perform
ed in thc open light of dey, in the
open field and in full view pf opposing
lines, I put this statement in wr?fc
ing, though as an act of j a s ti co it is
top tardy to be of benefit to my old,
worthy and estimable comrade, but I
shall give myself the satisfaction of
sending it to his daughter, thai ehe
sad all who come after may ?now of
what stuff they are. made. And it
may bo that it may furnish material
for askUiif^V haud. tPguild with true
metal of heroism tv page of on* his
tory. John Bretton, .
(Letter from Brig, Con.; Jap,
to daughter of CJapft^ ^. p. Lyle;)
White Oak, S^^^^^^
;&?>ear \ Miss Fanny;': Y^'must;.
'^S^ure.,-;my appreciation ?of yp?r in
^resting' letter cy; Vant
promptness in acknowledging H? -,4j
? eli?joy if ? (wrU?ng ols?en.' a letter
You will perceive that thc state
ment enclosed is dated l'Jth inst. It
s-as barely started when I w;u inter;
rupted and did not resume it until to
day. Tearing indefinite procrastina
tion and trubtiug that it would be
pleasing in the sight of <Iod, I have
made a Sunday job of it.
I cannot tell how gratifying is such
a letter from the daughter of my val
ued old comrade, who has been away
t^o far and so long that 1 did not know
that he had a daughter. It not only
gave mt great pleasure of itself by its
spirit and tone, but & pleasant task
to perform, which has been delayed
solely by my wish for tho leisure to
do it as well as I can and to fully en
joy tho doing of it. Your dear father
is a little mixed in the facts. I was
wounded almost u week after the
Battery Harrison affair and got back
few days after tho Williamsburg
road incident, while it was fresh, and
my statement is tho summary of re
ports from various sources, from Goo.
Fields down to the privates who wit
nessed it. He was on tho eve of
leaving for home, having seourod a,
leavo of absence to get married. The
only trophy that was delivered to mo
was a little cavalry carbine. This he
brought to me tho evening before he
left and informed mo that he had not
turned it over to the Government, as
was our rule with captured property,
told mo why he had not done so.
Whon about half way through with
tho capture a Federal officer, somo
distance up thc lino, was indignantly
rating his men for surrendering to ono
man and urging them to kill or onp
turo him. It was tho crisis of the
undertaking (for he was in their pow
er if they could only bo brought to
realize it) and must bo mot promptly.
Throwing down his trophies and pick
ing up the carbine which had beon
lost in the retreat of/ cavalry, ho ad
vanced promptly and directly on the
officer, presenting the carbine and
threatening to blow his brains out if
be did not surrender. Ho 'yielded;
tho capture was completed without
further trouble. Fortunately the
carbine was not loaded, but neither,
your father nor the Yankee knew it.
He slung tho oarbine on his shoulder
and held it till I came.
His duties precluded the idea of
his using it in the public service. He
had no excuse for appropriating it,
and brought it to me with the above
statement. I received it sod having
no wedding present for his bride,
cold him that I would relieve him of
all responsibility for it, but concluded
to rob the Government myself and
begged him to present it to his bride
for me as my wedding present.
He was so bashful and blushing at
the mention of his bride that I doubt
ed if he comprehended fully tho na
ture of the transaction and carried try
message straight. But ho. retained
the oarbine^and my appropriation of
it for him is the only recognition of
his conduct ?that he ever/received ex
cept general i nero ase of admiration
for his dating by his comrades. The
colors and other trophies I never saw,
but on inquiry learned that they have
been turned in by a Georgia brigade
(Anderson's) who got credit for them
temporarily, but if my recommenda
tion for promotion, endorsed by Gen.
Fields, is among tho war papers,
three,stands of colors are on record
as captured by him. I cannot recall
what troops were captured further
than that they were a portion of those
who bad handled us so roughly about
a month before at Battery Harrison^
and noir, Miss Fannie, allow me to
thank yon for knowing me along with
that braye ?rather bf yours, who is
doubtlees, like the rest of us, now a
gray bearded old man, but still in ray
vision of him' in the full ' vigor of
young manhuod, ready to blush at ray
allusion to his sweetheart, ! ano! for
your nice interesting letter, which
put in motion a long train of reminis
cences, so full ol noble aspirations
and glorious doods, that the darkness
whioh : has followed . cannot tarnish
their brightness. ?'/.'./ ff
! Give tmy love Vto jour father ?nd
.tell him I shall not be satisfied unless
he gives you a hearty, smacking kiss
for - ms. With love and good 'wishes'
for you all, Tam, whether wo over
meet or not,- ** .;
Your sincere friend, ^
;.,:?:'''.<?John Bratten. \
A Battle of tho Crater.
The Intelligencer hes been request
[ ed to publish the tm?^^^^Q^
Headquarters A. H. Hill Camp, G. jp
Petersburg, V?,, Sept. 28th?1005.
The, Grand Camp of Confederate
Veterans of Virginia ; will hold it*
nert; ??MU?? : sns?Uss '.ls 4k M
Petersburg on the 25tht 26th end 27th (
of October, For the entertain-,
mon t of the' Grand Camp and v i siting
veterans* A. IV Hill l'Gamp? of
federate:; Vetoraneof th??-^o?t^t?r^;
determined, tb have on Thursday? tho
26ih' of October, a sham battle by the
!y^tni*;.8i^ field bf
the Battle ot the prater, for whlyh
purpose an invitation has i been e?
tended to t^#eVeral regijaanttj and
'ottfcer ?%*i|ij??U?ii? ; '-.ibf ;.*1^88e.- troops.
The undera;(good, a special eonm?Ue*
tn?.nd of thc troopd to have the stain
battle conform as nearly as practicable
to that part of the famoua battle of
thc 30th of July, 136+,. in which the
Confederate earthworks north of the
('rater were recaptured by Mahonc'o
hrigade with sonic of other com
mands. The ..largo of HOD or more
young infantry, at double quick, with
tho "rebel yell," aud arms at a trail,
from tho very place at which cod over
the very ground over which Mahone's
men made their charge on the morn
ing of the battle, the charging mili*
tary not firing a gun until reaching
the orest "f the hill, but being Bred
at by thc enemy stationed there and
along the rim of tho Crater ns tboy
doable quick up the 200 yards of hill
slope, will present a stirring and
Btriking spectacle, alone well worth
seeing, but one not less notable than
will be tho sight of the line of sur
viving participants who, a abort time
before tho military make their charge,
will be formed in line of battle as on
the morning of the 30th of July,
1864, will havo a short address from
Col. Wm. H. Stewart, their com
mander, and then kneel in prayer.
The committee cordially invite all
surviving ex-Confedorate soldiers
who participated in" the battle,
whether in infantry or artillery com
mands, to be present on Thursday,
the 26th of October, 1005, to witness
these exercises on the battlefield of
tho Crater, and being unable to reaoh
these comrades, widely scattered as
they are, tho committee respectfully
ask thG newspapers cf Virgin!?., North
and South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bama*, Mississippi and other States,
particularly southern States, to aid
thom in giving circulation in their
columns to this announcement.
Geo. S. Bernard, Charman.
Hugh K. Smith,
Robert G. Thompson,
Richard B. Davis,
S. Edward Whitehorne,
Committee.
A STORY OF RESCUE. ,
Tho stories of Indian warfare and
al ventures are universally attractive
to young poople, but ono would
scarcely expeot to find a thrilling
story of Indian life in the Congres
sional Reoord; yet it is just there I
found one of the finest descriptions of
bravery? generosity ?nd noble heroism
that I have read in many a day.
Two days ago (24th of March) the
senate was discussing Indian affairs
and tho annual appropriations which
are made for tho "wards of tho na
tions" Senator Quay offered an
amendment to a pending resolution
j - nd iu discussing the amendment the
story^oame out. To abridge a long
recital, I will attempt to relate
tho story aa briefly as I can at this
time.
There was a terrible ' massacre of
white settlers in the year 1862 by the
Sioux Indians. They raided Minne-;
sota, swept it witb torch. and toma
hawk abd carried Mrs; Julia.; Wright
and Mrs, Emma 'Deely with six chil
dren into captivity. This was donia
by the Santee Sioux tribe. .'
There were eleven boys-belonging to
the Yankton Sioux, none of them
over 17 years old, hone who had ever
been assDoiated ; With.the whites, who
were moved upon to rescue the ??pV
tives.4 There was no white mao near
them, no influence about them save
the geiiuina love of humanity which
sprung up in' the hearts of these, ?cys
and' their efforts to rescue these for-,
lorn Women and . children reads like,
the finest passages in tfenimore
Cooper** novels. Th^r/^eig^ora''
and friends laughed at inem-r^called,
thomi th?4,0rai^B?nd.M
They, f ound but the captiv?s were
I in the^hahds of Whh)e Lodge, the
chief of the Santee Sioux', and were
within a hundred miles pf them.
The boys gathered , up /what they
conlan provisional took their ponies,
ri?es and wagous and want 'towards
l^the White Lodge camp. ?hey found
j wh?oh resulted in an indignant rc
fuettl 'firom - the blood-thirsty rna?
ifjfhe! boys reposed/-ij? -{east them,
to ?nd a near way {to-their')tearW,-^'?
rey had carried with ^em sugar and
? delicacies; ^te?ui:>t?v .Jhe : 8s?t&
slates, and they eat iiat the gppd
j things v *^oreV,tnomVi;',^Th?^;"aa?^
i^jatew^iaiVwd^ i;e*>> wnat'-.Ljyp?:;^want
. ?r? ?gp. '.home... au'd;^*? ,us"'.; th*-- .cap..'
tive? and wo will send them t/ their
#hite X?dge and his Ijrav?i 'ate
w?rei the' boys" set forth, but scorned
? the ; latter proposai .and said; 'MW*
InotWriend* pf At tMft**.' . Wej
?id many of t?ow people, asd ws
keep on doing bad things. We
' ski until we;are^ad;'V _ I
boya rejdiedJ ?iyou see
$fe ?ra;;.im?y &ysV, - Ou? /?
.j^;C^;?s'e^ ..
spmpihing V mair .owns1 .
something gijfod ho ' ??M ii and will
seU;yoa our gane ?Qd\a?r:^h^^:{p?r'
:$e-^l^
you ;?a^'hr<^,el? : you;;sieel :'W^??*; and
^?^rw;au?^run >*?*F-' Thrco; timos
will come against VDU and then we'll
eeo if you are brave."
White Lodge bad a eon named
Black Hawk. He was young like the
Yankton Sioux, who came "to do
good things."
Black Hawk heard what the brave
boy3 said to his father. Tho young
man spoke up: "You young people
have done right. Your grub tastes
good. I know of you. You are
'straight young men respected with
your people. Father does not know
you. I have one white child. I'll
give ii up, for we are starving. Let
others give up theirs."
At last they- eonoluded to trade the
captives foi' the ponies. The /boys
wont to their camp and brought in the
horses.
They were conducted to tho tent
where the women, girls and little
children were guarded. Bira. Deely
I had her children, but Mrs. Wright's
I baby had been murdered by a young
I savage.
I The captives sat io a row and were
j nearly naked, and in most pitiable
j plight. Each one was separately
j traded with hardest bargaining and
I jockeying, until they got to Mrs.
I Wright, and the boys wore traded
I out of' all but one horse and four
I guns.
j White Lodge refused to let Mrs.
I Wright go. Black Hswk proposed at
j last to get Mrs. Wright away for the
j remaining horse and he would do it
J secretly.
I When the brave boys started with
j the captives they were a hundred
I miles from home without horses and
I without food, in the midst of a Da?
J kota winter. The massacre tooi
I place on August 20 and this was No
I vember 20th. The captives were st
j bare of clothes that these brave boyi
I took off their blankets for them.
I The first night out the fear o
j White Lodge was so great that thorn
j boys wslked all night round the groa]
I of desolate, nearly frozen women ao<
I children.
Next morning a friendly Indiai
j dame along and they traded their re
I maining guns for his horse. The;
j hastily fiixed a sort of sled, to whio!
j they hitched the horse and the obi!
I dren could ride. The youngest ohil
j rode on an Indian boy's back and th
j women walked.
Mrs. Puely bad no moccasins, s
j Charger, the spokesman and leader c
I tho boy band, took off his and mad
j her wear them.
I Five days of such travel and Whit
j Lodge with five warriors appe are d'an
j demanded Mrs. Wrights But tl
I boys bluffed him and finally he l?f
I They struck another friendly ludia
I and traded their last gun for ad" ol
I cart. . Mrs. Deely [ and the. ohildre
j then rod? in the cart and Mrs Wrjgl
j rode, the horse. The boys seeur<
I Homo food and moccasins from otb
I friendly Indians and, next day th<
walked 34 miles : beside the horse at
Cart,, sometimes pushing th? cart
help, tho pony along. At last th<
reached the river opposite their ov
. home, but they walked all day ai
night to make the trip at tho last. 1
There, was a trading post near .1
attd the owners put blankets on tl
naked ones and o arr ted them aero
tho rivery and; one 'half breed toi
tho captives. to his homo, and ke
them three days?
, The nearest mHitarr:: -post was Pc
BindsH and &|S^^pp|H|^^|
; ^wagons to that place, and the co:
mandant CoL John Patted kept the
in his- quarters., with his .. wife ai
daughter and sent a message to thc
friends. In , twenty days later th
.were carried to their homes.
, ;. Of the;eleven^ brave boys, ;?even:*a
still living. They are men of distin
tion in tho reservation on Cheyon
river, but when their ; heejts^irs
moved:to . tb o rescue of those *retc
ki captivoa they had no scboolia
were beyond the influence cf missie
aries, .without hope, of reward/-*
prompted only by the instincts
humanity, implanted by, the Gre
.Spirit. I S .
,r Senator Quay's amendment propos
to appropriate f?,5?^ to . pay tho
nobie Indiana, fer their horses, gn
aja4 ; ot>;erv properi* by Whi?h th
rawom?^ thoBfe white captives frc
White ?odg? and his warriors,
read lt aU eager?yv f wanted to ch?
thofie;.^le;!??diatt boys.' aa.I perca
the atojfy? ^ X\ wan ted *ho senate,
gc^op-db^
cheers andi tigert before they pasa
n> that; ?oney^hioh Jfe?g?
?aid would not be simple inU?eat
||^ont^ . ./
[f. thoped there would bo no delay
! in my ?life v shat X eo?l<j ;bave' ? vol
l?ii?&?ji$$^^ and ;:%nc
r,w^'{?;,i^>fcV
5;la?^^8e^e|*}^?d? ^t?te aleti
tb, ihoae l?t^ jwijg a?^?n^d ? i^?f ip
how mucK;^ a?e ? ^!^^rt^t??tb
-
10 do^ob? t^fngs^ to
a?m?tbin^.jflod.&Waai?ipi?tnjroJ
anV*rtitit?/.-.'V: .
captive -'twiaife- w^e^ero^f^**?^
appeared in their Ubelf?
Crude OH. j
"Did you eyer see aIuogor around
n drilling rig?" asked Bill Myers, who
has drilled oil wella io every field
from Ismalia, Egypt, to the Kern
Kivcr district in California.
"You never saw one in Kansas?
Then if you can't find one in Kansas
show me one in Pennsylvania, and if
you can't find one there show mea
consumptive in any old oilfield in any
old place- Egypt, Kussia, the dinky
place when the Japs have some
wells or anywhere else. Produce the
lunger or tho name ci* ene and get the
ooin."
Nobody mentioned a name, and,
after waiting, Myers went on:
''You can't show 'em because they
don't happen. That's why. It's agin
nature for A driller to have consump
tion.
"Now, any tenderfoot knows there
is ooal tar and there is sulphur in oil.
There is lots of both io the . Kansas
oil. The driller and the tool dresser
and sometimes the man who is putting
up the money and bossing the job get
this stuff in their eyes and their noses
and their clothes. You can't smell
anything else.
"What does sulphur and coal tar do
for a man?" .
"Now, I have seen hundreds of
men go to work in derricks who did
not have enough wiod in them tc
propel a good cuss word. They would
kind of lay round and handle the tools
tenderly at first as if they were ba hie t
and liable to break. ' I knew one o'
them kind at Milleraburg, .O.
"He was ? sickly lot when he go
i to work, and he just could say enougl
j to tell you What he wanted. But say
after that fellow had crawled arouni
for two or three months'- he rose u;
one day and licked the driller clea
out of his boots and trussed tho on tir
outfit good and proper in languag
which showed that he was- born, fe
work in the oil fields.
"I have had some of them ont i
my rigs here. They talked aboi
dying, but when ? put them to. w*ft
they got out of the notion o? going (
heaven.
"The first thing I do is to mat
them drink some of the orudo, Ev<
drink crude? Try it, and goat's mil
will lose one boy and the buttinsi
olub will go in mourning. It i? goc
straight, but some of the hired boj
like to take it soaked in a lump ;
sugar.
"I'll bet some money that arour
these 3,000 nells in-Kansas there a'
i1hwnuru'dtijul'-*:r,Jt ^e oil fields. I expe
to. see the >|rjf^aeh orudo is sold 1
the small bottle just as it is by tl
barrel and all : the lunger oamps wi
go.out of the .business','/': It a man w
Stay, by ; crude oil he will never ha
lung trouble, Und if he has lung tro
bio he will last longer:-;on a crude <
'diet than on anything elae. Thal
all I? ve got to say about it."
The boys sfho had. been laughing
Myers started out the. next;: day
prove him.np. They went to!the dc
sulphur inhaled were gobi f?r t
lungs and they {ouhd also that anio
the thousands of drillers in the KanE
.'.fl'e?dv-.virhd mike their he?'io^a^
1 '?????iMit il-il ii ' ililli ?mm niMiii
here there has not boca a ease, of con
sumption reported. More than that,
there has not been a case of catarrh.
Anybody oau see the drillers ?lip their
tongues in the oau from One to twenty %
times in the afternoon and lick tho i
grease from their dripping hands.
Occasionally they will take a swallow
out of a can, but whatever they do
and whatever quantity of oil they con- '
sume they are not troubled with dis
ease of throat or lungs.
'And the other people are catching
on. The oil habit is beginniug to take
hold. Some of the women have taken
to it, and if the number of its a?vo?
oates continues to grow it will be a
fad.-Chaaute (Kan.) Cor. New York
Sun.
Ju?ge of Probate's Sale?
STATE OF SOUTH GAROMNA,
: COUKTT-OF ANOKSSOH.
In the Cburi of Common P?eos.
W. JJ. Dean, J. M, Dean, Mrs. Lenora P? .
McCown. Mrs. Amy Dean Bussell,
Luther E. Desa and M ra. Annie Dean
Allen, Plalntiu^, against Harold a.
Dean, a minor ander 14 vesra of age,
Mia. Stell--?? Dean and JohaT, Mo?
Cown and L"rtwr E. Dean, as adminis
trators of mo estate of B. fi. Deau, de
ceased, Defendants.-Partition, etc.
Pursuant to the order of court in the
above stated cas?; I will sell at public
outcry to the highest bidder on Salesday
In November, nest, iu front of thu Court
Houoo ut Anderaou, 8. C., between tho
UBual hours of sale, tba following de
aoribed Lande, ali Bltuate in Anderson:
County, 8. C., to-wit :
Elrst. Tract No. 2, o? theW. L. Dean
Lands, containing *2 ?cres, moro or lera,
on the weat aide of Tipplns Road, and oa
waters of Generostee Creels, adjoining
lands of Mre. Queen Hall, Tract No, ivpf
the W; L. Dean Lands, Green Jenkins,
Lewis Bolt and A. Martin Bolt. /
_ Second. Tract No. 1, pf the W. L. Dean
i MW?D, iy tag CK .?i?s nSanJt sids of Tipples
Road, on branches of Generoatee Creek,
in Ceatervllle Township, containing 148
aerea, moro or ic?B,adjo?niugMra. Quoen.
Hall, Ja?. A. Bolt, J. B. Banders, Groe&
Jen kino and Tract No. 2.
Third, W. A. Dean Tract, feaowrV-aa
Tract No. 1, of the old home place, Bltu
ate In V?rennos Township, and on
Mountain Creek, waters, of Generostee
Creekr containing 351 Sores, more or leas,
adjoining landa of G. B. 'Thompson,
Tracts Nos. 2, 3 and 4 of the old hume
place ?f B. B.. D?an, deceased, S. 0? Dean?
A. A. Dean and Luther E. Dean.
Fourth. Tract No. 2, of the old home
place, containing 50 acres, mote or less,
on Mountain Creek, Waters of Generostee,
Creek, adjoining tho W. A. Dean Tract,
Tract No. 3, of ft. B. Dean, deceased, I*.
A. Dean and S. C. Daau.
Fifth. Tract No. 8, of the old home
place, ^containing 102 aere?, more or lesa,
bounded by L. O. Dean, Tract No, .2,
Mountain Creek intervening, sud Tract
No. 4. > ' .; ; . . -,
Sixth. Tract No? 4, of tho old homo
place, containing 134 acres, more or lee*,
bounded by landa of J. F. Watson, Tract
Np^ Tract-No. ^Mountain Creek in
tvTTvuUig, ?UM 'Wt xx. "Glonn.
: ; Seventh, Traotr No', 5. known as- tbs
Crow place, containing 25 air**1, more or
lesa.aojolnin^
Jay. Gen?iy^?'ai, and ?y?ng ?u braaubw
s\f finn nw??>an' fljAafe- .. ". ? ' .- .
~Elgbtb~ Tract No. 1, of the Trlbble
place, containing 20 i-iu acres, more or
less, lying oa the ea?ts eldo of the Gen
erara Hoad, two miles south of Anderson
Court House, bounded.by lauds of MTB.
Mollie Oi Skelton; Tract No 2, of the
Trlbble Lands, and B.F; Hall and S. E.
Moore. . '
Ninth. Tract. No. 2, of the Trlbble
Lands, situate . on the jeaat side of the
Generara rona, two miierj BOCIU or An
dersen, containing 51 acres, more or lees,
bounded by Tr?ot No. 1 and Trabt No? 3,
of the TrlbbLe L ?nd?, J. F. ' Watson ano
Hali and Moore; - :
; Teritb. Tract No 3, of tho Trlbble
^Shda. lying on the east side of the Gen?
, -PB Il-iad, 2? tollos south of Anderson,
bonn clod by Tract Noi 2, JV F. Watson, J.
F,Pant and H'i'3 and Moore. ,..
Plats are on exhibition; at'my ofHce.:.
. .tT?rms of Sale-One-half cash, balance
on a credit .of twelve months, . to. be
secured Ky a bond of tho purchasers, and
? mortgage of the, premises, with leave
teniy aH oaeb,.
Parchasen to pay extra for all necea
' sary pe/p?ts. -v
< ' '* ?? ? B, Y. H. ?TANOE, ' ?
. Judge rf Probate aa Special Bsfereje;.
. Octl/lOOS. y.-r-:. 16 -5 ??
FfilENPfcY WARNING;
Shortness of breathy black v speaks ( It does not contain opima in any
before th?i eyes, furred tongue, disszi- f ?rm; acids^ ; ?tot?b'ol^ or ' any other
ness, belching of gasses or sou? food/ harmful^ drug br ?het?ioal. It is a
.w?akn|se^^^e^Uity ire;all signs of pure .ramedy'that heals the irritated
catarrh of the ; stomach. There is no mqc??s'membrane', stisinmlatcs the so
need to be unduly alarmed, for this iar plexus, ?nd aids digestion
disease eanj^ 0^M^fi0h^^y^?M^^
ii theo?^ remedy gujirahk^i^^
root of the evil and actually cures the o*V It costs hat 59 centos box, and
disease. your money ts teturrwd iHt does not
?_. t .i, .i.-.iiiiia m.mn i MIMI. help you. '.?wVX^Vtl?^S'''-*. .'
caa have one hy purchasing one of our Fine- ,. ,
It, not a- * ^ 3?^O"' j |
Sra^et?^05^ ?ttstrttmwit lt yoa baw no timo or oppo*fcanitty ia