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. By Jamn on he mOrning of the 15th early in fact a little before day we (tha wai *eLaw's division)left our cam] (:little Tennessee river and took ul Or line of march along the railroa leading to Knoxville. We were to g and relieve' some troops at the ga placed there' by General Jenkins t guard the gap until the armf had al passed through. We were hold at th gap for some time. General Jenkiri had gone on to Lenoir's Station to at tack the enemy there and did nc know which side of the river we woul be needed on. When General Jenkiti reached Lenoir he found the yankee nearly all gone and nothing but eewknosmaallaiB shrld rdl inoinin small guard and a wagon train o supplies, camp equippage, tools an ammunition all of which were ver much needed at th6 time, especiall the rations as we were forced to foi age for all the rations we got. W left the gap and advanced along th road to a little station on the rai road called Campbell Station whil General Jenkins followed after th retreating yankees. We were to ei thei off at Campbell's Station. W expected General Jenkins to have t fight his way from Lenoir, but yal' kees were too smart for us and lia left Lenoir and beat us to Campbell, Station and were there in line of bai fle ready for us when we got ther< General Jenkins took up position o tihe right and as we caine up1) we too up position oi the left. This wi aboutt non. We did not attack thr in front, as they, if beaten, woul fall back on Knoxville but we wante to flank them and ent them off an captulre them, -so a direct front a: tack was delayed to see if we con make a imlove ron11d t1heir ri flank. Col. Nanee detailed T. M. Pa sinler of, Comlpanly C., Younl.. Fnmli lin, of Campany )., and W. T. Tai ran111 and J. 1H. M. lu1Tf. of Comlpanl E., to go over into peice of wood lway to our left and find out thie ps ition of the encimy and come hac and report. .On their way over i the woods, they saw a stray yanke going ahead of them, lie (lid not sc them, so they decided to follow hii and see where lie would lead them t( They kept at, a distance and follow right. there in plain view, lie slow them their line of battle. Th< Could see farther to the left ti eneimy's cavalry. T. M. Paysin, went to the left to watch tile caval. him. Ie went over the hill a1 W. T. Tarrant stayed (to watci I infantry in his front. wlifle Frankli aiid iff came back to tle roeime atid reported. TPhicoy had1111'p)laiti to get the reimitent over t here, sl upl oni the yankees and give them surprise. So far, so good, Fraiikl andl Ruff succeeded in getftig the re inment over to where Tarrant w w~aiting for them. We got up behii the hill to wvait unit il Tarrant c(ou show Col. Nance where they wei Col. Nanlce deOcidedl to c'harge t hiem, lie caime back, gave the command forward. We went over and( in 'those yankees, but let inc tell yo *liey did not. skear' or runtt a b)it,. at insteadl of? surtprising the yainkees. " met with a surprise. TIhey gave / An Ide * - Barbara By ELIZJ "There is somethin ex. ceedingly winsome about B3arbara: she is such a merry madcap of agirl, and yet as feminine as one could wish or imagine." - Brooklyn Standamd-Unlon . "Barbara, coquettish and .-. fickle, liht-heart and ,:& - gy, but dauing in e face o'danger and true as steeL N. Y. Mal. ' -. -A gird who mtasquerade a '6ffte, Isan,vning him.,uad then the heroimi fthis charuming tall wheth~r 9oticoas or doubW 'K IIustriated by s Mitchell. a warm reception. It soon got too L hot for Johnnie and 'e came out of there protty nueh every man for him self. Some of the boys jumped into the railroad cut, but it got too hot. for them there . As we ran through the bushes some the boys said the but a lots striking the saplings cracked like I the popping of a wagon whip. All e of our slipping and charging came to s naught and we had to go back to our . place on the line and wait to see what t tomorrow would bring us. I That night out on the vidette line, a Frank Moon went a little way in a front to.get soine water and lost his a course and ran up to the yankee's 1 picket post, where one of the men f halted him. He saidl he knew from E the man's voice that he was a yank. Y lie had to do some quick thinking, Y so he told the yanks he was sent out to tell them the Rebs were going to try to surprise them that night and e the must keep a sharp lookout. He asked them where their next post was e so he would know which way to go. e This threw then off their guard and I he got away from them. There were three large brick farm houses along our front at the top o the hills. I think it was said they Werle own1ed by three brothers by the Mle of Armistrong. One of these holses was oi the hill in our froit. On the morning of the 1Sti, while we wOre lounging around, some of the bhys wePre cracking and eating wal n1,t1s. wleni the coiminand caine to fall inl and) prepare for action. We, were to try to take the rail piles at the top of the hill. We were ordered up the hill and at them we went, but just before we c.it to the rail pile, thin-s got t4lo h1t and everybody lay t l.wn. It looked like we were oii to haux fire. whln an ('icer eaie -n hsh ingI upj iin hiorsebaclk. ordered a - harg1111(l he led the charlgeT% on his -horse, we followe.l. IHe made his v horse leap the rail piles riglh t into s flite yankees. Ie was shot in the - shoulder, but mianaged to ride his ' horse back over the rail piles and get a back. We charged right over the e rail piles into them. Our line was a e little longer than theirs and when we n crossed the raiL piles and our line be >. gan to lap around them the bear got d loose, an(I Billy lit out and let us d have the works. It had come their tiie to run. While we were lying hdown Core-liuis Boozer, of Company rC, lost his arm and just as we reached i le rail piles, or just as the yankees d were leaving, Sear-t. CT. F. Loig said eI that lie was just drawing a head on the broad back of a yankee, when ho I was shot. llis g 1u droppe1d, from his dhands and he never' tired and his man ygot away. When we drove the enemy afrom this positio n they fell hack on Btheir main line aro und Knoxville and all fighting from this side stopped s and cha ngedl to thle south amid west (d side. This was thme 18th~ of Novemnber. d ' A t h ini' thait some ne0 dloesn 't find am' t withI is seldom worth having. On:e way to make peole believe i youi is toI pretendi to believe in them. 8tumehow thme neighblors always think the sad look onm a married .wo 'manm's face is dute to thle actions of Sher husband. al Heroine Winslow, bel BETH ELLIS "Barbara is an alluring '. creature--a girl of bravo . heart, sweet spirit, high - courand fascinating , m andqualities." CM ago Record-Herald. ? "Barbara is one of the most winsomneof the seven. teenth century heroines we have eonteredi iz$c. tion. . Dettoit Free Press. ian's attire, fights a duel with a King's falls desperatelj in love with him, is iS arbard is an entrancing creature, tdhose. Her acquaintauine Is ell W.3L Rut"A jweler wyberry'.a.O. W. B. RIKARD s now in The Herald and qews Office where he will do rour work promptly and under GUARANTEE. Give him a trial. NEW STORE. I am now opening up a nice tock ot gocds in the store oom formerly occupied by E. A. Evans & Co., on Main St., ipposite the court house. Am sking now the pubic general y come in and inspect my tock before making their pur :hases. My stock consists of Dry xoods, Groceries, etc. Call n to see. Will be delighted to nake you close prices on every hing'-and satisfaction guaran eed. Yours for business, W. R. REID. Prepared to furnish every hingi n the,way of supplies. leal Estate and Insurance. Do you have Real Estate to sell or 'ent which you do not care to have bdvertised to the general public? If o, place it in our hands and we will ~ive it our personal study and atten ion. We have standing ,buyers for cer ain kinds of land. Do you want to buy Real Estate? f you mean business come to see us or we have some property for sale hat might greatly surprise you as vell as. interest you. If you don 't mean business come o see us anywvay and we will tell you 11 we know about the-weather. We undertake to sell -no property >efore we have inspected it and ap >roved the piie.. - Loans negotiated .on approvAd eeurity. Rents and accounts collected. We are agents for the Aetna Life nsurance Company. It will pay you o see what this old reliable and edn.. ervative cornpany has to offer before ylacing your Insurance. More and more men are beginning o understand what, this statement neans. Office over the Commercial Bank. ~. t SLIGH & CbMPANY BrickI Pol' Sale by C. H. QAN NON Zy~. .W!, O~ Mi o Deded to r News and Courier. Columbia, May 4.-o4da f the Housq of RepresentaiQV- L. Smith, of Camden, . hat he is a candidate for goei- d that he is in the race to the:QI For some time there :bokV been suggestions that Mr. Swmit would not run, and that some of his'friends have been trying to ho1'h i back "for othbr things," or that h9 had not been able to make up -hi4ind to make the race. This afternoon positive and direct information has been received from Mr. Smith that he will male the race for governor, and-that he will 'be in at the fliish. There can be nQ questioniis to the force and strength of Mr. Smith and the possibilities of hij campaign. He is a man of the most pronounced ability. What Mr. Smith's attitude on va rious public questions will be is not known and has not been announced. ] He has heretofore been recognized as friendly to the dispensary system. What his attitude now is,"as a result of the sentiment in the State and of the investigating committee's work, is not known, but lie will make his position perfectly plain when he gets into the fray. Mr. Smith is very well known tlrougliout the State and his candi aley has been geneirally accepted. TOOK $25,000. Teller of Ridgeway Bank Takes Amount Equal to Capital Stock. -Father of Teller Pays It. Columbia, May 5.-The directors of the Baniik of Ridzeway, a small town, loented a few miles above here, today issid ai statement stating that (Ie frmier teller (,f* the bank. W. Herbert Ntuff. had mnisappropriated $25,000 of the bank's funds. The statement goes < on to s,y that the total amount will be ima1de up and that the bank will C not suiffOr in any way from the young man 's actions. The statement says that Mr. Ruff, the former teller's father, wiho is also president of the bank, will pay $20,000 toward tie j loss and the directors will make up the remaining $5,000. A Strong Institution. The Bank of Ridgeway was a strong institution, capitalized at $25,000 and t the stock was quoted on the market at 175. Herbert Ruff was a young man who hiad been in the ser-vice of the blank -only a few years. He was a1 heavy speculator and it is under stood that (lie bank's funds wNeint in tiis ma11iner. The Baik of Ridgeway was organ ized ton years ago. as a building and loan comipany. Mr-. Rutf, father of U the dlefaulhtinig teller-, has been con-] nectedl with the bank since its incep tio)n and has.. been a strong factor in the remarkable success of the insti tuition1. The defaulting teller is a young man about twenty-five ycar-s of age andl us connected with several promi nent families of the state. He was formerly a studenit of the South Caro lina college, but didi not stay until gradlua tion. He was alIways regard edl as a highfiyer and of lato was knowni to have speculatedl in the cot toni market very heavily, lie was some time ago removed fr-om the po sition of teller- of the bank of Ridge way. Ruff' was in this city on Tues day nigmhut anid it has been impossible to lind ouit where lie is at present. It is thought that lie is at his home in1 Rlidgeway. LEIAVING SAN FRANCISCO. 300,000 Persons Carried Out of City Official Figures Southern ] Pacific. Sain Francisco, May 5.-a-Acordm 1 to thie official figures of the S3,mther-n Pacific Company during the exodus from San Francisco following the I carthiquake and fire ,the number ear ried was 300,000 frece passengers ,for nine days from Apr-il .l2 to 2b'. Of these 7,000 were darrmied to interior California points; 7,684 to other staces and 226,000 to subur-ban points a round San Francisco Bay. The vnlue of this free-transJoi'tation was s-so 000. 'In addition 185,000 person' pt i thein nay out of San Francisco. i1th t.he Rumorists. *Sprhignis i$oubtedly here" IHvM6 ydu heard the nightlnao at nighti" - N,o, bult I'M "hearil the ga~'. n # le.~A tm86R Chronicle. - v Best Me 1-5cm Beetrt 7 Don't pay any more, don't b along, save money and b4 y fron Our immense stok'of spring tieb and fancy goods and staplet ing novelties in millinery., Con right thing in prices, style, qual ply cannot beat us, we don't r you up on balance, people g< and looking out more for No. z. Forty years experience counts don't you forget it, xm kL PROSPE STA I Of the condition of the Excl the close of business March mity with an act of the Gene Resources. Loans and Discounts .. $137022 Furniture and Fixtures 3324 Due from Banks ...... 6223 Over drafts.......,. 111 Cash and Cash Items .. .. 15501 $162182 Personaly appeared before me M. who swears that the above statemei belief. Sworn to before me this the 2nd d Attest. Edw. R. Hipp, C. J. Purcell, Geo. B. Cromer. STAPT Of the condition of The Cor at the Close of business, Ma Resources. Notes Discounted .. .....$377487 Furniture & Fixtures. . . 3051 Due from Banks ........51531 Overdrafts .... .... ....2807 Cash and Cash Items .. .. 13934 $448812 State of South,Carolina, i County of Newberry. I 'I, J. Y. McFall, Cashier of the statement is true to the best of my I Sworn t< Attest. Z F. Wright, Jno. M. Kinard, W. H. rt. For the i WE 50 B i Sack switched off by argument, come rI&t i us. goods arriving embracing all the noil. , our Mrs. Moseley'in the North sle t. e and see us, we are prepared.to do the ity, &c., for an all round bill you si'i. iake p cut price on one thing and buri itting educated and opening tieir eyes Come and see us and be convinced. something, we will treat you right and RITY, S. C. 'EMENT. iange Bank of Newberry, S. C., at 31 st, 1906. Published in comfor ral Assembly. Liabilities. 71 Capital Stock ....... $50000 00 15 Profits less expense .. 4713 14 17 Deposits viz. 65 Banks $1142.56 19 Individuals 80550.83 81q93 39 Bills payable ........ 10000 00 Re Discounts ........ 15776- 34 87' $162182 87 L. Spearman Cashier of the above Bank, it is correct to the best of his knowledge and M. L. Spearman, Cashier. ay of April, 1906. J. C. Wilson, J. P. N. C. 'EMENT. nmercial Bank of Newberry, S. C. rch 31st, 1906. Liabilities. 64 Capital Stock ........$50000 00 93 Profits less all exp. p)aid ..42645 72 70 Due Banks .. .... ......4339 89 42 Dividends Unpaid.. ......707 00 12 Re D)iscounts ...... ...70000 00 Individual Deposits .. ..281120 20 81) 448812 81 bove named Bank, swear that the above Enowledge and belief. - J. Y. McFall, Cashier. before me this 2nd day of, April, 1906. H. T. Renwickc, N. P. of S. C. Cial! ixt Ten Dads OFFER arrels OF:: ht Flonr