Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Kind YOU. ??avo Always " which has been, in uso for over 30 years, <..- tho signature of ^Jp i- and has i made under his pcr S sonal sui?:, vision since its Infancy. ^fiaryy4 /-CUcAtM Allow no ono to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-tfood" nm but Experiments that trifle with and endanger th? health of Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Gastoria is a lin rm less sahst ?lulo for Castor Oil, Pare goric, J>rops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. IC contains ncitlici- Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic) substance. Its ago is its guarantee. It destroys Worum and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation ami Flatulency. It assimilates tho Food, regulates tho Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep? The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of He KM You Me Always Bought in Use For Over 30 Years. THW eiMTAUM COUPAN V. TV HUD?? ?TAKT. NSW VON? 04TV. In the Piedmont Belt of the South ? Anderson County is the HUB of th? Piedmont Belt, and and you can select from the following and let me hear from you In the City of Anderson: *i| .??.' House and Lot on North Main Street. House and Lot on South Mainstreet. Vacant Lot on South Main SireeC in Carterville Townships 155 acres, improved ; also, 6? acre)?., ?. In Broadway Township : 61 acre?. In Pendleton Township : 77 acres. 3n Fork Township : 104.900.105 and 52 acre Tracts, . la Hall Township : 289 acres, ALL MORE OR LESS WELL IMPROVED. In Pickens County I have 285 acres in one body and 75 acres in another! x? vs???c? Cuuuly ? ha ve several Troci?, ruuui?g 164, 418, 75, 33?, loo, 309,166-all in Center Township. There are no better lands to produce than I offer you above, and if yon ?e interested in buying or Sellins; lands in the city or country, s?*o me and le. me tell you what I have to offer. Yours for building up the country and city, J03. J. FRET WE LIL, .biders m, 8. C. JD. a. VANDIVER. OFFICE OF fi. P. VANDIVER. 9 AGENTS FOB, ARMOUR'S GUANO AND ACID. ? r,:'- -. ALSO, - , ?o??uii Seed Meal, narnu and all kinds of Fertilizers. FLOUR, COFFEE. TOBACCO, Best grades for least money. aW^Vour^patronage * appreciated. Your truly, VANDIFER BROS. To afford you an opportunity to have DELIGHTFUL CHRISTMAS MUSIC And pleasure for the rest of the year we haye made Sr^OIAliaOLIDiT tfood until New Year's Day, on new FACTORY SAMPLE PIANOS. $125, $150, $176, $200. Handsome oases, best quality tono and material, fully war* tauted. Two Gar Load? ORGANS of our standard lines? may be yours ou easy terms at lowest possible pri?es. Graphaphones.VViolins, Guitars, Banjos, Etc. Come to see or ?writ e us for these spacial prices. THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE, C< ??PP3BRS0W, 8. C. QS3C? *vor farmers and merchants Bank, Anderson, S. G. ? WAR S'i Confederate Soldieis Gen ii. Vi. Duke, A great deal has been written about the treatment of the prisoners cap tured on holli bide? in our Civil war, and enough hat) been told to demon Htrute that thc lot of the prisoucr v?aE not a pleasant one, that, indeed, the hardships endured in captivity were harsher and harder to bear than those fullered by the soldier io the field. I have always believed that a more heroic fortitude was required of the Confederate soldier, subjected to a long term of imprisonment, to remain faithful to his cause than the severest strait! of active service demanded. It is not my purpose, and would, doubtlees, now be inappropriate, to revive a discussion, once so prevalent, regarding whoso fault it waa that so many brave men of both armies were compelled to endure an incarceration so tedious and painful, and apparent ly so unnecessary; nor shall I allude to tho cruelties which each Bide ac cused the other of having inflicted. No one cares now, I presume, to Hateo to Buoh recitals. But many things could be related of that prison life which need not arouse unpleasant memories; many of its traits and in cidents which could, perhaps, interest and amuse the readers of today, es pecially the devices and expedients by which the unfortunates sought to fol get or alleviate the terrible monotony and tedium of their condition. The methods by which such diver sion was obtained were as various as thc tasten and temperaments of those who required it; and the multitude of recreations their ingenuity invented is amazing, when the limited oppor tunities their confinement permitted are considered. The more artistic be took themselves to carving a great number and variety of small orna ments out of oannel coal and vulcan ized rubber; and the extremely ima?i native devoted a great deal of time to writing poetry. M uah of the carving was excellent, and many articles so produced were sold for fairly good prioes. Quite probably the poetry also was of high grade, although there is not arneb testimony extant to that effect, mod I oever heard of a poem haviog been disposed of at any prioe. The poets, however, seemed to enjoy it very much, no matter how their work may have boen appreciated by other people. Many prisoners de voted themselves to really serious and profitable study. X? ?vas nuits com mon for men, previously entirely ig norant of those languages, to acquire in prison a tolerably good a? quaint once with Fresoh end German, abd, a? the purchaseqi books waa allowed ia ali the prisent, thoie who could aff >rd to buy them might pursue almost soy branch bf knowledge they ohose. Fortunately no one-at least? so fat as I can remember or am informed essayed to learn mario.. Nor do I k.i;...._ .1... _._ti -- i_-. ?>.?Jiv<tu?ll HUjVUC TTVFUIU ll KT O UCOU auf?, red to have prooured musical in struments for such purpose. Even had the guards and jailers felt no oon cern for the comfort of the prisoners, wbo would have been compelled to listen to the efforts of the amateurs, they would, deubtlsss, ^ST* stos?y dotiitd any snob privilege on their own account. In suoh prisons as Johnson's Is land, Camp Chase, Fort Delaware, etc., where mnoh open ground waa contained within the cnoloepres, the prisoners frequently amused them selves with athletic games and oporto. At Johnson's Island a favorite pass time io winter wss a mock battle with snowballs. Parties would bs told off for the contest and regularly organ - tied, ofitoers selected aod military usage observed ss oloaely as possible. Snow forts and entrenchments would be erected, and tbs spectators were always greatly edified by the orthodox oonduot of tbs "generals," who, with proper dignity and cautioa, caref ully kept out of tbe way of the missiles, but sent in the "staff" ?cd ordered forward tbs troops with commendable alacrity. In the Ohio penitentiary,' libero a number of Morgan's offioers were con fl oed for so vcr al months, thece open air recreations were of conree impos sible, and we were forced to resort to more sedentary methods. Chess was a ' very.. ' ; popular '. diversion. ' ffifflM those who never learned to play tbs game with any skill, o evert taloa s bought books on chess and talked as wisely about tbs various gambits AS j the experta. Wbs& two skilful play ers became engaged a crowd was al way s collected to watcb tbs:gAras,la^1 ciitioisao and advice were freely The knight, as was natural wita oayatrymen, waa a favorite pisos wUb . the spectators; and when either play er would make what seemed to be a doxt?reas flank movement with thai sigil? ? co.mbft.tan t, . hs was sure to -rs?' ;?rs XsppHuse. -; Osrd playing was doubtless much resorted to i? all the ORIES. in Northern Prisons. in Horco and Form. prison?, and waB especially in vogue at Fort Delaware. One versatile of ficer ran a gambling establishment in the room of the barracks where ho lodged, wherein all kinds of games were conducted during the week under his auspices, and on Sunday religious services were held thero at which he assisted with exemplary decorum and piety. The nervous irritability which pro longed and close confinement induces was often exhibited io a manner that minds in a healthy condition could scarcely understand. In tho Ohio penitentiary the most animated dis cussions would bogin, BO soon as wo wero permitted to leave our cells, upon all sorts of topics, and would usually degenerate into clamorouo and angry debate. The disputants be came as earnest and excited over sub jects on which they had, perhapB, never thought before, as if they were mattera of vital and pressing impor tance. A heated and finally acrimon ious dispute at one time arose regard i ti g generally Joseph E. Joh onion'o height. One party positively assert ed that his stature was just five feet nine inches sod a quarter. The other oontended with a constancy nothing oould shake that he was no taller than five feet eight inches and a half. Many men deolared tha.t they had frequently ptood near to him and bad compared his stature with their own, and that it was about tho same. If I these statements were as true as they were dogmatio, the General's height must have varied in a remarkable manner. Warm friendships of long standing were interrupted by this issue for days, until happily a new question was sprung and parties were reorganized. A grave and radioal difference of opinion arose as to whether Selma was on the east or wost of the Alabama river, and everyone scorned to cottle the question by an examination of the map. Two intimate friends got into an argument regarding the relative excellence of the ancients and mod erns io material civilisation and the mechanical arts. 'Daring this dis cussion, which continued for three weeks, each alluded, in support of his respective contention, to architectural and engineering triumphs wbioh the most learned eneyelopsdist might in 7a|s consult his books or rock his rnagiAW tn tr?VlfV. Tl ??? ??? ieSgth \ dropped unsettled, but for months'the slightest allusion to the Egyptian pyratnidi or the bridge over th? Menai Straits would pyo?uoe a coolness be- j tweou ibexn. The battle of Waterloo furoisbed an inexhaustible therre for controversy. Wellington did not wish for night on the day itself half ?B earnestly as he would have done had he been compelled, to Hsies to these conflicting opinions about his iauiicai diapuailiona. It was prudent, however, on the part of the prisoners to conduct theso discussions entirely among themsel ves, and by no means to attempt them, with the guards and turnkeys; indeed, it was a rather dangerous matter to address one of these officials at alt, except on the most necessary obos ?ions. If a remarle made by ? prisoner to one of them was construed; or mis < on s trued, as oritioism, or evan levity, the o fie udor ran gre ti danger of con eignetent to ooo of the punishment cells, or "dungeons,-* aa they were' termed, which were extremely dis agreeable places to visit. On one ao oasion Major Elliott, quartermaster of Morgan's diviiioo, and a gentleman vory much accustomed to speaking Us mind freely, got into trouble and was sent to one of *.bese ?ells under circumstances which excited the sym pathy of his comrades, but also, in a considerable degrao, their amusement, A dish whioh was almost , invariably, served to us at breakfast was hora{tt|?; Gettiog it so constantly no one, of conree, eared muoh for it unless it was ,Y9tf nicely prepared. ' '; . v .'? One morning the hominy was very d ar k i a col or ; i t look ed as if - soot had. fallen' into it. Whoa tho meal waa concluded Major .; Elliott ; call?^||? Scott, ?ne of .'-ft?i >'turnkey*; saying that he desired to ?peak with him. Scott came and asked what he wish ed. "I wish to condole withHy?s?| 'said Elliott,'^becaus^ the kitchen.", ; n W "Whet ?? you mean ?" said Booti,l "? inforj" Elliott replied?! ?ith?* someone in the kitehen must have died because the hominy is in mourn Thie remark!, .wat*. este?in<^^^^ do, and therefore insolent,: tant| ,'? the'! Major'-.ysiii. immediately escorted W j the ; dunoon? ' He remained nearljft .^en^tofc^ inst be?ore,bres^ Buring,the . meaVna\e>att?t^ who cai near him that he hed d??V* t?o^a,~ and had come to thc concludion that it was of little avail to a prisoner lo bo Bulky and "kick against tho pricker," that ho had made up bis mind to be diplomatic and tako matters amiably. Io pursuance of this politic resolution he again notified Scott, when break fast was finished, that he wanted a word with him. Scott approached, and Elliott said in a very gushing ranimer: "I desire to compliment and congratulate on the excellent qual ity of tho hominy this morning. It almost reconciles a man to remain in j prison and get such food." "Very well," said Scott; "you just j oome along back to the dungeon." "Back to tho dungeon?" yelled El-1 liott; it had not occurred to him that his language might be deemed irouioal and consequently impertinent. "What must I go back to tho dungeon for? ' "Why," said Scott, 1 for what you've just said about the hominy." "Ail right," said the Major, very sadly; "but it's d-d hard for a man ia this prison to kaowexactly what to say about the hominy." Daring Paed of a Scout. Io the wioter of 1801 and 62 while we were in winter quarters, one of the favorite pastimes was target shoot ing with our army rifles. At tho time we thought it was nothing more than pastime and reoreation for tbe soldiers, but the sequel will prove that we were getting ready for business. There was a young soldier in Corn pony A, of the 13th S. G. regiment who always went to the target shoot ing. He seemed to have a keen relisb for . anything that would enliven the monotony of camp life even if it Brunched of a little danger. While he waa not a oraok shot at the beginning he sooa made ooo of the best long rango target f hots ia the regiment. ?s time rollod oa and the summer campaign op jned the target shooting was forgotten until ono day the Col. received an order from brigade head quarters to eend them ono of the best marksmen he had and a good trusty soldier also. This was au easy matter settled. Every one said send T-, he will just fill tue bill. This suited T-, he was in for anything new, even if there was a little fighting mixed in. On Bhort notioe T. reported to bri gade headquarters and from there be was sent to corpa headquarters. . He was put on what we oall the army de tached servioe, and was made a special sharpshooter and given a Whits worth's rifle, one of tho finest long range gunn that we had. lt also had a globe sight. Now, with this globo sighs . man oould take as aoourate sight at a half mile aa ho oould with tho naked eye at a distance of 75 yards. With the aid of a graded guido sign's and a certain number cartridge a good _..t__.- _.---?J v~.il*.i.M?fil .SS;SS!SS5 C"SiS S?i?iiii - wuu a - - 800 yards. Now to give some idea what e. sharpshooter with one of tbssa guns oould do. While ?we were in line of battle not far from' Spottsylvania, oar videttes were in ? body of woods OD one side of a field and tba federal vi dettes were in a field of woods, on tba other sida at a distance of 700 or 800 yards. A sharpshooter oa oar side noticed a Yankee officer in the woods on ino Oiner side with bia ?eid glase os, going from one point' to another, examining our line. He osma to the nearest point to this sharpshooter, took a position behind a large tree, ad justed bis glasses, with bis shoulder resting against sba tree and his heid stuck oat looking at us. The sharp I, eh ooter took aim *t his hsad and fived, striking bim and killing! him. #0? Pay singer, wbo was an .independent ooout in tba yankeelines, that nigbt brought tba : newt that ons of, oar sharpshooters bad killed G?nerai 8edg ilt could tee them, jut he could not y gaiu any information. He could see I that they had some map? ??id papers I and were doing " some writing. He i wanted those papers and was deter mined to get them if they did not car ry them out when they went. After along time, the officers went out and went upstairs to sleep. He thought now was his chance, so he slipped into tue room, gathered up every paper Lu could find io the dark, walked boldly out of the front door and by the guard at the gate, arc asked him if he kuew where the fellow was that at-; tended to the horses. The guard volunteered to go with him and they found the fellow at the stables. He told him to bring out one of tho best horses as he had a dispatch to carry and had to go a long ways. He did not know whether ho would try to come baok before day or not. He mounted his horse and rode for the Confed?rate camp with all his might Next morning at daylight found him riding up to Gen. Leo's headquarters with those papers 'io his po-kot on as fine ahorse as any Yankee over onn ed, whioh he called his own, but he did not enjoy owning him long, for he rode him on ono of his tripa and the Yankees came so near getting him that he had to leave his horse and let them have him. Now, this was the sort of work that T. was expected to do. Ho waa brave and daring and a great ronny of the boys felt uneasy for him; they were afraid that he was too daring and would expose himself unnecessarily, which I think'he often did, but he always came out. right side up, and went through the whole war, with the exception of a severe shook of a shell burstiog near his head, without s wound. y In the summer of 1864 as we were fighting Gen. Grant, as he came from the wilderness, I think it was near Deep Bottom that T. went out on a scout down on the Ohiokahominy river and was going through a wheat field. The wheat was in full head and nearly no high as a man's shani der. He was out between the lines dose to the Yaokees and was in a lit-J tie path when he ssw two yankes coming toward him. T?ey did not sse him, so he got C?? io one sids be hind a largo rook and waited for the Yankees to como thinking he would keep quiet and let them go by. Bot as they drew near be saw the one in front was a lieutenant and the other a corporal and bot one of them bad' a Igoa. He decided that he weald try to capture them8 so/'as. fcbsy got righi up to him be Jumped up and drew. uOwU fla iii?m, Commanding them to throw op their hands,? at the. same time tolling - bi B own men *w keep them j covered with their guns. This .was*, ruso io foo i tho i'ankees and it work* ed like, u charm. . : B4-t^liii^OTP?se: tnere woo. .e?iniher Yankee right ?j be hind these tw??. ou? he hs^'ttOg^^an^ surrendered )m.tboatV- s>;wojrd.;: ':' The lieutenant had ? -saber - and Vpi?tol. ; t^cs throT ?Ov?u their ??wi and rasrehed all three over i ito our lines. v ; . . ;;-;;io;my /oext letter I wilt tell you Wore about this lieutenant and bf kind treatment to him by T. and the !frail it bore, in the days of recon struction, when T. and a good j&f?? of bio neighbors were arrested as iS?i Klos.-By James Miioh^i, io Kew berry Herald and Nows, A ' New Form of Patty Swindling. g?? new form of petty r>'ew1nd||nig; whioh has been worked with suooess in atv least eoe o as e io Maldenh as been brought to light;: A wei? dreise? woman went into the store of an Ital \ ian fruit dealer in that city to msko ;. a small purchase, and while tho pro -. ^iftor ' waa busya^ing op. .het?feo?t abe -, appeared. f^r /;|be Vsea^ : something oo;tW??w?rJ:3?W^nen eat* ' plained to tha fruit dealer thai she . had lost ?^^tety>ajt??l? ^^rfng; : |rbfabn^^ ; took off her glove, and perhaps it had rolled but of sight somewhere ia the ? store. Qr ^lb^ ; ^rore^i^?nit? :i*e .atore. ] feeds further search for the- mis&? v ring? and then the. woman then, ' firat giving tao''Italian her name sod ea cootoinM^^ pr:.o^:v!B^n^j^i^j JP^de^ io- examine by ; in : 'the ' .^??ow,;of ; ijtelrtjji j i$M Italianti&i ft iras^ a ring j valuable" ring. This turned out to bo worth perhaps a quarter of a dol lar. Moreover, the "finder" of the riug, of course, really had it in band when he pretended to pick it up from the sidewalk.-j?os?on Transcript. Lay Up Treasure in Heaven. One dollar at compound interest, well invested, at the end of & century will be about three huudred dollars; at the end of two centuries will be worth ninety thousand dollars; at the end of three centuries will be worth twenty seven million dollars; afc the end of four centuries it will be worth about eight thousand million dollars. If man csa make oo much out of invest ed funds, how much can God make? How much do you suppose the dollar you gave to Christ will be worth two or three centuries after this, when in heaven you behold its glorious fruit. - A woman in Davenport, 'towa is reported co have declined a legacy pf thirty thousand dollars left to her by a wealthy friend of the family, on the condition that she should change her religious faith. "Thirty thousand dollars," she said, "is an immense sum of money'to refuse, but loannot think of obaoging my religion or be lief for any amount of money." Wo OE J not change? our convictions for money. It would be moral suioide, and God would abhor ouoh trafilo in souls. - Success never comes to aman who is afraid to face failure.. You oan't always tell what is in a man by trying to pump him. - The skin deep beauty of a girl may he good for a marriage lioenoe* - His satanic majesty will trust any man who is good at making ex cuses. * . Judge o? Probate's Sal?. STAT* OF SOUTH OAEOLINA, , AKDEESOK Q?virirr.y In tMihurt of Qmmonflta?* ~ -1 Btf ra WlMamao^ . Washington, Marlon Washington, {oav ... Waabtngton. Mar* Bk5kman,-0*ea* r Richie, jalile;. ^l^^^-^ohle, M?dle RlcbW Beufc? RleM^Tea Richie, lin** mt^^SmmMm?Mii^ ? Pursuant to order of aaje, grant- . M he vein, I will sell on Salesday in ffiiy?^ext4m ip fr?n?iOf the ^oort ^f?^mVr^? Land altuate la the ^^m^f^m?^. and ^uoty aforaaeW^oom^ ^^^^^^^ Fari?bat^to pay for all o(>oe?*ry