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HOOK OVER THIS L!ST, SELECT YOUR HOME, AND SEE ME! CITY OP ANDERSON. 3 vacant Lots on G renn ville street. 3 House and Lot on North Fant st. ?Honse and Lot on Franklin at. 1 Vacaut Lot Main et. tither Lota in various localities. BOOK MILLS TOWNSHIP. 106 aores, improved. 3H).acree, improved. . PENDLETON TOWNSHIP. SSS acres, with G room dwelling and out Couses* 2S?>aore9, partiv in onltlvaticn. 33& ocrea, two-atory dwelling, barns tnd necessary outbuilding?, '?aaiHTREV?LLE TOWNSHIP. -tl acres, improved. l?seres, improved. 156 acros, improved. 310aerea, fine landa, well improved ?jin bo sold to aalt purchasers. VI acres, improved, good ataco of culti vation, ses acres, well improved, good water, 300? dwellings and tenant houses. CORNER TOWNSHIP. >J2 spree, 5-room dwelling, barn, Ac. HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP. .?TO acres, unproved. SOO acres, improved. ITA aerea, improved. f BROADWAY TOWNSHIP. 61 aerea, In cultivation. f 835 aeres, good dwellings, barn, well Improved, in fine state of cultivation-a good bargain. s HALL TOWNSHIP. 280 acres, in cultivation. GARV IN TOWNSHIP. 10S acres, improved. 174 acree, improved. , PORK TOWNSHIP. 223 acres, 5-room dwelling, 6 tenant houses, barns, Ac.-well improved, good water, good lands-big bargain. ABBEVILLE COUNTY. 150 aorcs, in cultivation. 400 acres, in good state cultivation. OCONEE COUNTY. Center Township. 301 acres, well improved.. 100 acres, well improved. 200 acres, 4 tenant tlv, ellinga. 138 acres. 104 acres, 4-room dwelling. 60 acres. 178 ceres, 7-room and one 3-room dwell log. 176 acree, 2 tenant dwellings. 100 acres, two 3-room dwellings. These Landa are well situated, in good localities, convenient to Churches and Schools, and the larger places will bo divided into small Tracts where daalinble. Now, U you MEAN BUSINESS come And see me. If yon want to bu or sell come to see me. 2 am in the Real Estate business for th? purpose of furnishing Homes 3ts the People, to encourage new settlers, and to help those who want to se* rare homes in the beat country on earth. .'.'?.?% 1 ?TOS. J. FBETWBI*I#, Anderson? 8* C. A. O. STRICKLAND, WAR SI The battle o?" I J. R. in N*wb Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. ll tb, 1802. OQ the morning of December 11th, 1802, Longstreet's corpa lay in camp around Fredericksburg. Jackson's corps was down tho river near Hamil ton's crossing. We were aroused on the morning of the ll th away before day by tho boom of a big cannon; iu a minute by anoth er. It seems that these were tho sig nals for the beginning of the great bat tle that was to follow. In talking about those two big guns, I heard a member of the Quitman Rifles say they roared him nearly to death, for he knew what it meant. The long roll was beat, and tho com mand to fall in was given, and we were soon in motion. Couriers were dashing in every direction. We moved in the direction of the breast works up to the right above the city. Kcrshaw's brigade took position on the right of tho Telegraph road. This road runs winding around Mayne's hill. There was a rook wall on both sides of this road, o -d th-ro was a small stream running betweon our punition and Mayne's hill. It was yet dark when we took up our posi tion here. We could hear the rattle of musketry down on the river, driv ing off tho bridge-builders-that n tho pontoon bridge. ? pontoon it> u largo bateau with two rings on each side, so they can be fastened together, and with a short chain or rope at one end, so ii can jjo fastened to a large rope stretched across the stream. Heavy scantlings are laid on these pontoons side by side, then the floor ing is laid on loose, and tho bridge is ready. This is the kind of bridge the enemy were trying to build. It was not Gen. Loo's intention to keep Burnside from crossing, but to keep him from crossing till ho oould get his scattered army in position. Ho had his army scattered watching Gen. Burnside, to see which oourse he would take; and it was on this morning that it had developed that he waB going by way of Fredericks burg. Anderson's division of our corps waa on the extreme left of Lee's army, at Taylor'.? hill. There were three of these hills on our side of the river, where Longstreet's corpa had taken position. Our division (MoLaws') was between Mayne's, on our right. Cobb's brigade of Georgians, of Mo Law's division, were posted behind a stono wail along an old road at the foot of Mayne's hil), and baok of them at the crest of the bill was another line that oould ?fire over the front lino.'. This was the point upon which all the fighting on the ieft Wis to hinge; not because of any weakness it this point, bat there was a level platean extending for nearly a mile out to the woods on the river bank, arid this place afforded a footing ? nore they oonld mass their troops after orossicg tb) river preparatory for a oharge. Jackson's corps reaehed from a little below Lee's hill along the river to Hamilton's orossing. B irksdale's Mississippians kept the Va t. kees from laying their pontoons uoiil everything was ready to ?ot them oross. It seems that Gen. Barnside bad brought np every piece of artillery he hid along our front from left to right, and opened on ns; and for about one hour they made the earth quiver. There wes hardly a house left that was not torn by shot and shell. Barkedale'a brigade, having accom plished their purpose, were with drawn, and the enemy were allowed to cross. They had laid two pontoon bridges-one right down in our front and one about a mile below, down to wards Hamilton's orossing. They were allowed to cross unmolested, and they kept it up. All that day and night we oonld hear their wagooB ?nd artillery crossing the pontoon. a , The next morning, tho 32th, aa tho fog along the river olearod away, we could seo on the hill beyond the river ons solid' moving mais ot blue, making their way to tba river. AU day long they kept ooming over-not e shot, nothing to molest them. They were walking righi into the trap sst for them, to get them over tho ri/er into the ?ow grounds, sofa* from their large guns that they could not ass grape and can i a ter, and ? only their light artillery could they bring over to the support of their linos of battle. AU tbs whole day of the 12th waa BpenY by tbs- Federal army crossing the river ?nd getting in position, We lay idle spectators, looking on, wa&sg fe? thom to get ready to give na a dare. : Their beads r?cr? playing, and when som? popular pises Was played they would "ha*tah?** and bid Jonaa^; cooli ubt stand thia; he aaa. .to play pj^^^ttd give them the rebel yell, ORIES. ?Yedericksbiirp;. erry Observer. I and we insde the low grounds ring. We thought as the whole day had j been spent in getting ready surely the I ball would open tomorrow. Tho night of the 12th was a very eold night and every thing was frozen next morning. Thero was a very heavy fog along the river in the morning; you oould not see any diatauce in front. The fog lusted till the middle of tho morning. Thc big guns over the river opened the ball by throwing acme shells away down on our right, on Jackson's part of the line. Soon every cannon on both sides opened up, and for aa hour or more there was oce continued fire. When tho artillery oeased we could hear heavy firing down towards Hamil ton's crossing. All at once in the low grounds, in I front of Cobb'9 brigade, behind the stone wall, at the foot of Mayne's bill, the Federals wera seen coming in a charge; but they did not come very far before they turned and retreated. On their retreat they met another line of battle coming. As soon as Gen. Longstreet saw this seoond Hoe coming we were ordered down to the rook wall to reinforce Cobb's brigade. Our regiment fell in behind Cobb's legion. Tho fight was on hot and heavy as we went down the street through tho town aud down to the rook wall. All our regimental officers were wounded before we got in posi tion. Capt. Hanoe took command of the regiment; be was soon killed. Then Capt. Summer took oommand; ho was soon killed. Then Capt. J. K. G. Nanoe; he was wounded, but remained and commanded the regi ment the balance of the day. As we wont in that morning every house had sharp-shooters in it, and from every window upstairs the sharp shooters were popping away at us. All of the regiments of our brigade ex cept the 3rd had good protection. Company C had some protection by means cf a sunken rca i behind the line that was up against the stone wall. We came into position just as the Yankees were making the eeo?nd oharge. And right here we stayed all day under a heavy cannonading and a galling fire from sharp shooters in the houses between the charges. The Yankees made seven or eight differ ent charges. There was one charge I want to make special mention of; it ? was the one next to the last, when j Moagher's Irish Zouaves of New York mado the oharge with empty guns. Our ammunition was nearly out the detail that had gone after ammu nition had not gotten back. The bat tery on the hill was nearly out. We could see the Yankees getting ready for another oharge. Some aBked what would we do if no ammunition oame, and we were told that we must re ceive them with the bayonet; and it began to look like this was going to be the ease. But alt at once a great noise in our rear made us look around to see a fresh battery of four guns, with well filled oaisons, oharging down the road sn i up the hill. They took op position with the battery on the hill, and in the meantime . our ammu nition came. Our batt?ry paid no at-; i?utio?to tbs Yankee batt*::s5? h?? began to play on the line of battle in our front. Sometimes a charge of grtpe Bhot woy ld strike in their ranks andeute great gap in their line. They would closeup and Come on in as perfeot orders if they were going on dress parade. On, they oame. Soon they got in reaoh of our rifles. I ncl;oed a Georgian when he got him a supply of ammunition. He took a fresh chew of tobacco, spit i\ his baods, gripped his old gun, and drop* pea on his knee with hie gun pointing oat to the front like he meant busi ness. He did not have long to wait before the business came. I don't think I ever saw a cooler or more de liberate and determined charge'.than that Irish brigade made that evening; but the fire we poured into their lino bf battle waa more than mortal men could it?ud. They had. undertaken todo an impossibility, and they could hut fail; only a few lived to get hack .-one fellow got almost near enough to reaoh the wall with) his bayonet, wr>*n \Q was killed. I do not think tw > out of a hundred got back, .They' met another line coming,'^if^| ? did not amount to much-they soon ran baok. This ended the righting on The Yankees had pressed jackson baok.from the river in tba early part of thought, hut in tho evening the tide changed an<? he .w?||?OT** them beck on the river. Hight roo lina ngiment had on'y four un-u aftr-r tho battle for roll call that night. I Tri ll give you some of tho ezperi* coceo of iw? ?i?Qibci? of Company E that day-one of them is still alive, and will vouoh for the truthfulness of this story. They were both wound ed and had gotten over behind a bank and were sitting with their backs to the bank, their faces out towards the mill pond, whioh was frozen over. Late in the evening they heard some one coming yelling like "Old Harry" was after him. He soon came over whore they were. He was a Georgian and was wounded in the arm. They oalled him to come in where they were, and be sat down between them. They scolded him for being suoh a baby. The fellow said he was going to die, and ho wanted them to bury him and not let tho buzzards eat him. So they promised. While setting there the solid shots wouid como over tho mill and strike in this pond and sometimes skip right up to thom be fore sinking. At last one came skip ping along and bounned up and struok the Georgian square in the breast. His head dropped forward and he fell over. They thought he was killed, but he soon showed siges of reviving. Then they poured some water in bis mouth, and it strangled him and made him cough up some blood, and to tbr.'r surprise he rallied and wes seon able to sit up; and when they left there he was able to go with them. They cross ed the mill race and were going through some sedge and small pine on their way over the hill to the field in firmary. As they were going up the hill the Yankeos threw a shot whioh "truck just behind them; it bouooed up and hit the Georgian in the rear, turning him a summersault. They knew this shot finished him this time. They went on to the infirmary and told the litter-bearers where to go to find him. Warriok O'Dell took three men anda litter and went to hntit Mm. They soon returned with him a.u\ reported that he was alive. These two men who were with him asked Dr. Evans to do something for that mao who had been struok by two can non balls, from front and rear, and shot through the arm with a Minnie ball and was still alive. Dr. Evans examined him and pronounced him as good as dead and would do nothing for him. They persuaded the doctor to give him some brandy; and he revived again, and when they were carried to Bichmond, a day or two after, this fellow was placed on a litter and car ried on, and the last they saw of him he was abb to be up and walking about. Sergeant Bradley, of Company B, was wounded that evening-shot through the calf of the leg-and he tock the same route back to the in firmary. When he went to cross the stream at the mill a shell exploded down by his side and blew him over the stream and broke one of his arms j ana never broke -the skin anywhere. Jack Chambers says he was put on vidette that night in a piazza and an old hen was roosting in the same piazza. He stole tbs hen asd ate her and she was the fattest hen he ever ate? Jack was. more fortunate than the ma jority of the boys that day. for they bad wounds tb nurse, while Jsok was ?iv?ug ca c?iickc" pie. . J. B< . "A Little Hasty." A writer in Trotwood'a Monthly says: ?; . . R . : ' "I remember a laughable incident on Hock's retreat at s small creek be tween Nashville and Columbia;" said another old soldier present. It was carly morning, cold and sleety., We had waded the creek, but bad t\? go back to help pull the artillery over. AB we came out of the mun and water, a long line of us tugging at a gun, a lank, solemn soldier walked hp on thc i bask, drew himself up with great dig nity , and in a sepulchral voice said: "Fellow oitizenil" Instantly every man stepped and listened for somo important announce ment; . :V; ..'.' ;.? "Feliew-ciiisens," -?ent on the mao, in a deep, earnest con?; ;Veftahmuch reflection an' me.tnre deliberation, I j have decided-, th*V South Carob*na was j a little too ItastyV -\ 7 He was so solemn ?nd earnest that he was greeted with a big laugh and shoat. *? - \ LacccHj?? Was a Consnmer. . .* - --:';Vi':'4B A few'years ago a - Fren oh'^Oan adi a ii aamed Lseosmh, who had been before tue poiiuo ?;??i??. of ^rVatsrviile,' %^ at least a'd?sen times f or idmnken ne&:^;^ei^ of Vl^Vat peidliiis" li^ttof aoottt th? Sirona grounds one day when one of tho big show? was exhibiting itt that Iwwn. Later in tae day Laop?mb was hsdfaptd aom*ny tlm^a. *?|||&r4 L ??standup, ?Yoi*;.a?e charged with ling ono pint of wb^fj^^?^Wl i -rf. What say yj&7.*T*y<*? >Jg$!?to kuowjjy ib^ Lifeless Riders A veteran of the British army ia India once saw a strange eight on a httHloRoM Aa lia ?alla oin,,/ a -?v.o. . squadron of cavalry had been held in reservo under cover of a field battery and an infantry regiment. The artil lery duel had ended. The assault of the enemy i?. ovemholmiog numbers had been repuldod by the Bteadines? o' the infantry. While a cloud of smoke hung over the field thc oavalry receiv ed an order to charge with drawn sa bers. Tho troopers started in close order for the enemy's lino. Midway they met a destructive fire from earthworks in front of them and from the woods on their flank. A young cavalryman, with his saber, drawn, was sb"t in the heart while leading in the first file. The hor jo halted, swerved to the right ead turned back, but the rider kept his seat without flinching. The other troopers weot on, carried the earth work by storm, rode at full gallop af ter the retreating force and oonverted defeat into rout. Tho dead trooper meanwhile was re turning with white face and with the blood streaming from his wound. Un der his nerveless hand the horse re ceived neither check nor leading and made its own way toward the infantry, which was now advanoing rapidly. As the smoke lifted the soldiers saw tho solitary rider ooming, with one band in a death grip upon the saddle, while the other still bold the sword rigidly It was a sight never to be forgotten -the galloping horse, with tho dead cavalryman still mounted and looking grim and fierce. It was not until the rider had gone fifty yards from the spot where he had been killed that he rolled off the horse. A similar story is told of Captain Nolan, whe delivered. the fatal blue dering order for the charge of the fa mous Light brigade. He was seen on the field of Balaklava, riding from the hills whore the staff officers were drawn, up to the quarter where the brigade was stationed. The oharge began, and what was left of the bri gade returned in broken groups. At last Captain Nolan was ?seen gal loping rapidly toward tho center of the field. He was firmly seated, straight as aa arrow and riding well? Suddenly the horse swerved and the rider toppled over. The of?oers who were nearest rush ed forward but when they lifted him' from the ground ?hey found him lifo less. Like the Indian s ab er man, he had been shot and instantly killed, bnt his horse had oarried him saf ely across the field, ont of the reaoh of the pursu ing Cossacks _ Pesca Overtures. There wo? bio id in the eyes of the two suburb" housewives as they glared dsggtr* ai one another over the whitewashed'faVoe. *1 AB for yon,'* hissed the one \n the red knit jacket, "I don't know what I could say that would ho sufficiently se* vere.1 -I bate youl? * ,<i .. . ^'''And yojo,'' retorted the ooo ib tho blue shawl,.f, "are really not worth wa?iiag breath ove-J. So therej" : ; There was a painf ul pause, and then the one in the knit jacket continued: v **I would say,a great deal raore;were\ it ?cot for your sweet little baby." , "Biv--do you really think he is : sweet?'J, ?.' .;-. ?jj ? "I do, and l &va not backward about saying it, although ? despise hts moth er. He is the prettiest little boy in twenty blocks.'' ^Then-rthen letV make Up.'' Neigh bora shouldn't bo enemies. I'll hand - you a dish of stewed prunes over the j S?nos*nr^hi?ig? ^ v\ A f|xer. . A per?eysting youth had oalled sev eral times At ?he home of a young lady, to be met each-time with a "not Cat home.". Uyon.;. one ? occasion he had seen her go in ; just before he reaeh.eo; ; the gate. H?B ring was. answered by wamali ; brother;;/"-. " jimmy,Td ?M*0 to-see your sis ter," the deter mined young mau said. suryeying; him (?is?ainf ?lly.^ $ A,g V:V,!^uti:^Btssw'her ooi^e/?tt^.'?H? ;. youth protested. >' . "?an't help that. Tell yett^ai: FU do, though," Jimmy said, ^dj?| : scoudingly. 1 'You give mc y our pac* \ ,?f cigarettes, au' W aand her down." /. ^"Yon areto?^o^^-;^ smokey sny/' ':';:''^^nBai ^DoXget'em?" Jimmy said, ?3 ; paaivsly,^^ ting raply, and the bc* was handed : over. Leaving th*? visitor seated in the . ^Sor, ; j?ni?ay' 4isl????Kt?n?. ^ rVwt? ^"ShsMt-Jfr' down 000a," ne saM^ .?EW?id yfift w Jimmyt'' th?y&ut?si^?iu^;' ;v-'-.;. . ' The ; .ooy;'; .iroryeyed- :^ito:;rw^th:,;aU amused grio. j ^AW.^told her it wasrthQ falloir ;shV a . j ..H^^ifiWMft?? ?awn aud sat wHVl A Word to Mothers. It is an ancient Greek proverb v/hieU says, "Give your child to be educated by a sieve and instead ox one slave you will have two." Tho significance of these words will be carefully considered by mothers who have their childrens' highest welfare at heart. Mothers who allow their children to spend hours each day with chance employes upon the farm, are often horrified to find a precious little one using vulgar language or re lating a stray bit of gossip quite be yond his youthful years; influence? of early life upon oharaoter are strong, and true it is that even a mature per son of a refined nature, oomiog in con tait with immorality will imbibe some thing of tho grossness. Strangers frequently aro placed upon the farm io work, and the chil dren allowed to go with them where inclination, may lead; often this proves highly injurious to the child; the mother is, indeed, worth little if she ha.,1 not sufficient wisdom to advise, control, to encourage and to point ont the Oangers and difficulties that beset the paths and to gain a strong hold upon the ohildren by daily compan ionship; it is not necessary to belong to a dozen dubs to impress us with the importance of intimate compan ionship that should exist vbetw*en mother and children. V/s do sst seed more club work but more well direct ed individual ?Sort. During a child's very early years, he is conr*antly in need Of assistance from the mother, hence is closely as* sooiatsd with her. No one oan give the little attentions' quite so satisfac torily as the mother. It is the moth er who oan soothe the grief and re move the difficulties in snob a pleas ing manner. It is dnring these early : esra, when the mother is a constant necessity to the child, that she must lay the foundation for the compan ionship for future years. The right of motherhood only, does not confer confidence and respeot of ohildren, bat to properly govern the ohildren a mother must be sll she wishes her ohildren to become. If she allows herself to display fits of temper can she punish the ohildren when they do the same thing? Ohildren gain false ideas by being allowed to so olosely associa to with the transient help on the farm? Mothers should not allow vulgar , stories repeated in their children's presence. It was a wise mother that said to a woman whose wit consisted in telling stories; "Mrs* M. I must ask you not to repeat snob stories in the presence of (the children,:their lit tle minds are occupied 'with their les sons, their games and music .andi am trying to keep them unsullied." This mother was bending all her en ergies toward making the lives of her children pare and beautiful within and without, y When -a. woman be comes a mother she becomes a model whether she wins st or nut. - It is really a noble mother who can hy ex ample teaoh her children patience, cheerfulness, hopefulness and studi ous habit-- .;. ; J.', -. Tb*. V. jv, ; Mr. Sherman, bf our China mfasic?, says that superstitions make life miserable for the Chinese, says the American Church Sunday sohool Magasine. They build their streets crooked so that evil spirits oan not a> *;thrbngh them, and haye thoir doors set in sideways to make it still more difficult for the spirits to sneak in, while all the time they are in dread bf misfortune overtaking them. But the spread of Christianity is doing ?them-great good.^^--^