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"NUBLACK" SLACK POWDER SHELLS The "Nublack" is a grand good shell; good in construction, good because it is primed with a quick and sure primer, and good because carefully and accurately Soaded with the best .brands of powder and shot. It is a favorite among hunters and other users of black powder shells on account of its uniform shooting, evenness of pattern and strength to withstand reloading. A trial will prove its excellence. ALL DEALERS SELL THEM The Furniture Store. Furniture is up, an advance of ten per cent having gone into ef fect January first. ?.-.?.? Oar prices are not -affected ? 'Maua because we knew the rise was coming end bought heavily to protect our trade. ^ g We can always^, save f you money. Remember kwe-ha?e The Only Furniture Store in Orangeb irg. Imperfect material or workmanship in a vehicle often proves more expensive than one would rt first consider. Tins isespeciallv so with vehi<*lt?s constructed mainly with an object of getting up something cheap Our line comprizes the leading makes in- the country, all of which are fully guaranteed against Haws in material or workmanship. Call and see our line of Wagons Harness, Laprobes, Umbrellaa and Saddlery Hardware of every description. County agency for the Rock Hill buggies: the Standard of Excellence. Terms to suit purchaser. SIFLEY & FRITH. Watches and Clocks repairea in first-class manner and at reasonable rate. Why not patronize an old Confeder ate soldier? Why not patron ize an old man that will save you money? W hy not patron ize a man that will give satis faction. Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded. Russell street, Orangeburg, S. O, Parler's old stand, oppo site Times and Democrat. AJDJWej^Jew^ Surety Bonds. For Administrator, Guardians, Trustees, Receivers, Dispensers, Cash ier Attachment, or any other position of trust executed without delay in the NATIONAL SURETY COM PANY. Don't ask your friend to sign your BOND?let us write it for YOU. Rates reasonable Wolfe & Berry, Phone 155?A ATTORNEYS. Dr. William K. talker, DENTIST. Office Second story Edisto Biulding, Orangeburg, S. 0. Office hours S a. m. fi p m. Trespass Notice. ALL PERSONS ARE HEREBY forbidden to hunt, fish, cut wood, haul straw or in any way trespass upon my lands in Vance, Providence and Cow Castle Townships. D. F. Bell. 1-174*. Parlers, S. C. ? TO C-i FRIENDS ? a In Orangeburg and Joining Counties ? ? _____ B We want to Bay that.we wil* be in the HOUSE and MULE busi ness this winter for all we are worth. Also want to call your at tention to the fact that more than ever will we be in tht B?OGY and WAGON business. We havo greatly enlarged this branch of our business, and have opened a buggy house on Russell Street next to the old PostofBce building. Here you will find the celebrated OLD HICKORY and TENNES SEE WAGONS. A full line of Two and One-Horse Wagons When it comes to a display of Buggies and Carriages, it will be full and complete. All the latest styles of rubber tire goods, both ball and roller bearings. We han dle the famous BABCOCK and TYSON and JONES high grade bugRics. Wo will also handle medium and lower grades that will represent full value for prices asked. You will also find a full and complete lino of Harness", Lap Robes, Umbrellas, Whips, Saddles, etc. If you will kindly call to see us and look at our goods, we are sure we can suit you and save yoa money. I Bryant Bros.. ?*4eBeB?fl?B?B0B9B?B*R9?B*i! For Sale, 1 A 000 SOFT SHELL PECAN XU? trees. Prices from 10c to 25c according to age and size. Jtjde Robessoh, Rowesville, S. C. 1CREAT80LDIER Gen. Robert F. Lee, Commander in-Chief of the CONFEDERATE AEMY First Section of an Address Delivered . Recently by Dr. John A. Wyait Be fore the NiW York Southern Society. A Grand Tribute to a Grand Man. The fol'owing is the first section of ! a speech recently delivered before the New York Southern Society by Dr. [John A. Wyatt. Next week we will publish the second section of thlF [ speech. Both sections should be read tn every school in the cjuntrv : The South may claim with' pardon able pride that it furnished not onl* the president of each of the divided sections in the struggle for the estab lishment of a eparate Confederacy, nut the great central figure of the Civil war for the North -as well as for the South. History will accord that Abraham Lincoln was the one conspic uous figure on the side of the Union, and for the South none will challenge jihat claim for Lee. They were, more over, representatives of the widely divergent classes of our section, the plebeian and the patrician. The story of Lincoln might well be classed with 'The short and simple annals of the poor." while Lee came straight from the cavaliers and their descendants, the wealthy cultured" arlstocraoy of Vir ginia. His father, Richard Henry Lee, better known as "Light Horse Har ry," the beausabreur of the American army, was a conspicuous figure in the first continental congress. It was he who, on June 7, 1776, moved the reso lution "toat these united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and in dependent States; that they are ab solved from all allegiance to the Brit ish crown, and that all political con nection between them and the States of Great Britain Is, and ought to be, totally dissolved." He and his brother were singers of the Declaration of Independence, and and it was this same' Lee who pro claimed George Washington as the "first In war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen." Upon his mother's side he claimed the lineage of the Carters oJL Shirley. Born on January 19, 1807, his child hood and youth were passed in the cul tivated circles of the tidewater region of Virginia. At the age of 18 he en tered West Point and completing the course of study without a single mark of demerit he graduated seoond in a class of 46. For several years he served in the engineer corps constructing coast defences, and for a part of this time in charge of the astronomical department of the government. In 1832 he married the daughter of George W. Parke Custis, the adopted on of Gen. Washington, and later was made captain on the staff in the Mexican war.. Of all the brilliant reputations among the younger group of officers which were won in that campaign Lee's was the most conspicuous. Upon him the commander-in chief leaned as upon no other. At Cerro Gordo he was breveted major for exceptional gallantry.- At Contreras and Cneru busco he was officially proclaimed for meritorious conduct, and on account of a wound received in the assault on Chapultepec, September 13, 1847, he received his promotion to lieutenant colonel. It was here at Contreras, when the army was baffled, that the quick eye of Lee discovered, by a dar ing reconnaissance, a line of approaon bidden from the enemy by which the position might be taken. This the commander-in-chief of the army char aci.er.zed as "the greatest feat of physical and moral courage performed by any individual during the entire campaign." In his official report Gen. Scott said: I am compelled to make special ment.on of Capt. R. E Lee, engineer. He greatly distinguished himself at the Biege of Mera Cruz, was indefati gable during these operations In re connaissances, as daring as laborious, and of the utmost value. Nor wa3 he less oonspicuous in planting batteries and in conducting columns to their stations under the heavy tire of the enemy." He further says: "Capt. Lee, so constantly distinguished, also bore important orders from me, until he fainted from a wound and the loss i of two nights sleep at the batteries." After the Mexloan war he was ap pointed, in 1852, superintendent of the military academy at West Point, and in 1855, lieutenant-colonel of thej second cavalry, under Col. Albert Sid ney Johnston. In 1859 he was direct ed by the president of the United States to arrest John Brown and his followers in their murderous invasion of Virginia, and on March 10, 1861, he was appointed colonel in the Uni ted States army. When the Southeru States were se ceding and war seemed inevitable, upon the recommendation of Gen. Scott, then commander-in-chief. Pres ident Lincoln offered Lee the com mand of the armies of the Union. Virginia had not yet seceded, but Lee, looking into the future and feel ing assured that his native State would upon any act of aggression make common cause with the other Southern StateB declined the tempting offer. 1 In a letter written April 20, 1861, He made that never to be torgotton 'aration: "With all mv devotion d^c'a Grove* |f has stood the test 25 year bottles. Does this record Enclosed with every b i to the Union and the feeling of loyal-1 ty and duty as an Americau et zeit, I have roc b9en able to make up my mied to raise my hard ?.g:iinat my relatives, my children, my home. Save in defence of my native State, wich the sincere hope that my poor services may ne?er be Deeded, I hope [ may never be called upon to draw my sword." Whpn at length hostilities began and Virginia took her place in the Confederacy the peopl of the Old D .minion with one voice turned to him as commander of ner army then: Forth from its scabbard,, pure and bright, Flasned the word of Lee! \ * Fa' in the front of the deadly fight, High o'er the brave in the cause of Right, Its stainless sheen, like a beacon light, Led on to Victory. Out of its scabbard! Never hand Waved sword from stain as free, Nor purer sw^rd led braver band, Nor*braver bled for a brighter tend, Nor brighter land haa a cause so grand, Nor cause a chief like Lee! The Ptory of his military career is praetiedly the Htory of the army of northern Virginia, and it reads more like romance than' history. Through four years of the bloodiest war known to history at that time that army, composed Of the flower of Southern manhood, under ivs matchless leader, made a record of victories never sur passed in the annals of warfare, a record which we of the South and our children:s children to the remotest ages should claim as our proudest heritage. He assumed command of this army in June, 1862, when McClellan was immediately in front, of Richmond. On June 26, with an army inferior in numbers and equipment, he attacked the forces of McClellan in their in trenohment and for seven days tbe bloody conflict raged, until McClellan took refuge under the protection of his gunooats at Harrison's Landing. This army defeated, Lee turned upon a second larger than his own, march lng upon Richmond from another di rection. By one of the most brilliant and daring movements in tbe history of wars Lee with his able lieutenant, Jackson, routed Pope' army at Grove ton and Second Manassas and drove him for safety under the protection of the fort. 'Kations at Washington. Mo Olellao had been removed for his de feat and Pope followed in his train. Disregarding both of these defeated armies, Lee moved rapidly into Mary land, captured Harper's Ferry and its large garrison on the way and fought at Antletam on September 17, 1862, the bloodiest battle of the Civil war. McClellan, who after Pope's defeat had been reinstated in command, was again removed for failing bo inflict a crushing defeat upon Lae, and Burn side was made commder-ln chief of Che army of the Potomac. In December of that year this same army of Lee signally defeated the army of Bumside at Fredericksburg. Burnside was removed and Gen. Hook er placed in command. In May, 1863, Hooker marched on Richmond, having issued a general order in which he said that the Confederate army must either ingloriously fly or come out from behind its lntrenchments, where certain destruction awaited." A few days after this announcement was made Hooker's army was surprised and attacked by Lee and Jackson sim ultaneously in front and rear at Cban cellorsville and overwhelmed, fleeing in the greatest disorder from the field. Lie then invaded Pennsylvania where at Gettysburg after three days of bloody conflict, unable to carry the Federal position, he remained 24 hours in line of battle with his armv in their immediate front Inviting attack and then withdrew without interruption to Virginia. It was in 1864, in the campaign from tbe Wilderness to Pote-sburg, that the star of Lee reached its zmlth. Under bis leadership tbe army of northern Virginia up to this time in offensive warfare had held every bat tlefield upon which it bad fought with the exception of Gettysburg and Sharpsburg or Antletam, and upon these fields, although it failed to beat the army pitted against it, it stood in battle array on each occasion for 24 hours, was not attacked and marched away unmolested. He was now to bhow thjtt in defen aive fighting he was a greater master of tbe art of war than in his off msive operations. Grant, with the larg:st army ever marshalled upon this conti nent under a single commander, with unlimited res urces of men and money with the world to draw upon for alt that was mo^t useful in destructive warfare, advanced up^n this army of Lee's wanting in everything but val or, and so decimated that as Grant expressed it l,it had robbed the cradle and the grave" to fill tbe gaps be tween the veterans that still survived. There followed from May 5, 1864, in the Wilderness, at Spottsylvania court house, at Cold Harbor and the North Anna a series of confliots so frightful in their havoc that the his tory of this campaign might well be written in blood. The most recent, and In my opin ion the most reliable, history of the United States, written by James Ford Rhodes of Boston, a conscientious stu dent, a capable analyst and just re corder, says: "Grant's loss from May 4, to June 12 in the campaign from the Rapidan to tbe James was 54,029, a number nearly equal to Lee's wholh army at the commencement of th<* Union advances. The confidence In Grant of many officers and men had been shaken." At Sp ittsylvania Nicolay and Hay, authors of the "Life of Lincoln," say "Grant was completely checkmated." That this is true is evident from the fact that turning aside from the direct route to Richmond, with Lee'3 army in front of him, which army he | announced in the beginning of the campaign as bis objective, be march s T<E8?@!@ss ?? s. Average Annual Sales w of merit appeal to you ? I ottle Is a Ten Cent? package of Grove's I ed toward the James river, which he crossed in the ttfort to capture Peters burg by supris?. Toe army of Lee was, however, at I Petersburg lu time, and there held Grant at bny for nine months of the bummer acd wicter of ,64 and '65. As far as tue Confederates were con cerned, the annals of the stiee of 'Petersburg might well ba. termed the annals of starvation, txoosure ano misery. True to its colors the arm? of Lee was starving to death. The com missary general reported that ' the armv of northern "Virginia was living literally from hand to mnutb." Beef sold for 36 per pound and flour at $ 1 000 a barrel. At one time, pleading wit; his government for food, Lee said that for three days his men had been it: line of battle and had not tasted m"it lathe early spring of 1865, hi er nine months of persistent effort, Grant with 113 0U0 men well fed, clad aufl armed, broke through the lines de fended by Lee's force of 49,000 veter ans, half starved, ragged and moss or them shoeless. Then came the end at Appomattox when on April 9,1865. the remnan. of tteis otce magniticant army, now numbering less toan 28,000 (if whicn only 15 000 were carrying arms) sur rend?a, and the Confedercy was nt more. Uoon this world's stage no more pa theiic scene, no more heroic incident has ever been witnessed. With what orlde the generation yet unborn shal.; olaim decent from those who, true to tnelr sense of duty, whiph Lee bim se! f said was "the subll meat word in the English language," fought under the banner of this immortal soldier and died on those victorious fields, or, in surviving, stood true to his colors at Appomattox. In his farewell addres3 to his army, he said: "You will take with you the satisfaction that proceeds from the consciousness of duty faithfully per formed: and I earnestly pray that a merciful God will extend to you Hih blessing and protection, With an un ceasing admiration of your Constance and devotion your country and a grat6ful rememurance of vour kind and genoror msideration of myself, I bid you an < udCtlonate farewell." Soon after the surrender be accept ed the presidency of Washsngton col lege at Lexington, Ya. He had refus ed large proffers of money for his ser vices or the use of his name for vari ous enterprises. He declined them all, saying he felt It his duty to live with his people and to endavor in educating the youth of the South to do all in hit power .to aid In the restoration of peace and harmony and the acceptance of the policy of the State or geueral government. Though war in all ages and with all people arouses that whloh ?is worst la human nature, and though bloodiest and bitterest Is Internecine war, it seems difficult to believe even after the lapse of so short a time as forty years that for the part this noble man took In obedience to his conviction of duty Andrew Johnson, then presi dent of the United States obtained his indictment for treason. Against this unwarranted and ignoble act the great soldier Grant arose and stayed the hand of malice and persecution. It seems Equally incredible to conceive that within two months cf the. death of Lee. which took place on Ostober 12, 1870, speaking to a resolution wnioh uad for 1 s obj st the return of Arlington to the family of Lee, Char les Sumner said in his place in the senate: "Eoquent senators have already characterized the proposition and the traitor it seeks to cjmmem orate. I am not disposed to speak of G.n. Lee. It is enough to say that he stands high in the catalogue of those who have imbued their hand* in their country's blood. I hand him over to " he avenging pen of history.'' As n ao and soildier "the avenging pen of "ls'ory" has already written this of L e. In nobility or character, in moral grandeur, attested by his hu manity, he lived "the mooel for al future times." la the annals of war his place is with the greatest. The second t:ec'ion, which we will publloh next week, will show where j "the avengmg pen of hiBtory" ha^ placed the immortal leader of the Confederate armies, whese name will shine in thf. pages of history long after the fanatic Sumner has been for gOuLon. _ Compulsory Education Hilled. Tue compulsary cducar;ioi bill very nearly passed the house last week. Oa the motion to strike out the enact ing words there was one vote major ity In favor of the bill. Subsqueutly on the motion to indefinitely post pi-ne, the motion was car. led by three majority. Liter it developed that aosentees from the hall who favored the bill would have saved it. Bat the motion to postpone indefinitely was clinched and the bill has been disposed of finally. The strength of the advocates of the bill surprised a great many people and with a little more pushing it would have passed. It was singular that although the mill presidents ha7e rrged the vote frumAnderson, Greenville and Spar tanburg counties killed the bill. Oa the other hand the Aiken delegation voted for the bill. Spartanburg gave some votes to the bill. Public lu Aroused. CJ The public is aroused to a knowl edge of the curative merits of that medicinal tonic, Electric Bitters, for sick stomach, liver and kidneys. Mary H. Walters, of 546 St. Clalr Ave., Columbus, O,, writes "For sev eral months, I was given up to die. I had fevar and ague, my nerves were wrecked; I could not sleep, and my stomach was so weak, from useless doctors' drugs, that I could not eat. Soon after beginning to take Electric Bitters I obtained relief, and in a short time I was entirely cured." Guaranteed at Wannamaker Mfg. Co's drug store; price 50c, Only a few warm numbers left, such as blankets, lap robes, and com forta to go at reduced prices. J. C. ?RinoiSalo, I Tonic rer One and a Half Million to Core, No Pay. 50c Hack Root. 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