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to see Gen. Hampton and the cam paign party enter the town. They were coming from Union in buggies and on horseback and were expected at 4 o'clock. They did not come until far in the night, so we did not see them. Capt. John W. Watts, in charge of the Laurens Village com pany of red-shirts, had gone out on the Union road four or five miles to meet the speakers and escort them to the town. They had taken the Laur ens Brass Band, the most astonishing musical aggregation ever assembled. Ben Ballow, afterwards sheriff, was the only musician in it, whistling be ing his long suit, except perhaps a ]ad who was an adept with ''boies.'' But no band ever did better political ser vice. The members had brass horns and good lungs. Moreover, they, or some of them, were known to ''tote'' pistols and ''radical'' criticism of their music was rare. They were par ticularly fond of one ''tune,'' for they could acttially ''blow' that tune. It was "Rye Straw'' and there was not a cross-road's meeting in tho country during the campaign at which ''Rye Straw'' was not heard over and ( over, especially at the meetings at I which Democrats compelled the Radi- s cal speakers to divide time with them. V Wayside Meetings. 0 The delay in tle arrival of the I Hampton party was (le to the fact that two or three mectings were held between Union and Laurens, people of ' the countryside gathering at Cross t Keys and other points and demanding i to see and hear ''Hampton,'' thoughis every mother's son of them had heard d him in Union the day before. When they mez the Laurens party of riders, t nire ;peeches were demanded and an- e' other 3, -av ot' an hjovir occurred. Bv r the way, I wil. [ 'nd ti 'reord of n tle !erso n. t 1 t tro I .,ens coin pany hnd while :hey were . aitin for f the I,nien narFV. Thev or, ;i e ri b in Lauirens-wvith thei~ inient -ht t I have forotten tithm. n Hovever. 1 had :.y r i.st v 1w of b red-shirts this sre ': as Jst d1-k. .\u -a imvt were drawn u p tihe old fen:all'-e school) eampu w adldressinig th'r. 7 Greenville con:ra 38 miles froin day's neetin.:. -7 Bee (all the w-;2 ''Bunch ") was in .m ''B~ ill" ''Mauldil. : - ant Governior. an. v : m was secmnd. lie The Morning 3 -tvr The piublic its C,outl with lines of 21, the top of a iii to say. around t*-, of the m - One Solic oF FUN AND A Free. STRET FAIRA Newberry Commencing Dec. 1st Ir The K. G. Barko4 will put on the best carnival ever seen in tI and recommended by!g The Shows are THlE LILLY SHOW, the only show of thi TIlE OLD PLANTATION and GEORGI and forget your troubles. THE ORIENTAL THEATRE- People fr beat show of its kind on the road. Th ere galli one tacks." ROBERTA and the Electric Theatre, all class assortment of moving pictures. The HIINPOO MYSTERY, where you e derful acts. The VAUDEVILLE SHOW--High class ASiA, the Snake Charmer. The FiERRIS WHEEL, the Trip to the S SAMSON-A fine collection of Tropical E and weighing 800 pounds, and Princess, 25 a boa constrictors and are said to be i-especti DOLLIETT, the smallest mother in the 1 weighs 88 pounds, aged 24. The baby Is11 bon 2pounds now. Rollins Trained Wild Animal Show. Mitchell's Venetian Glas~s Blowers. Liberty Electric Palace. Katsenjammer Castle. FREE ATTRA Prof. Monsulla, the champion high wire v Profs. Sceirti and Silverlake, wonderful cm MIle Russell, Slide for Life at 2.30 and 9 The K. G. B3arkoot Italian Concert Band< FREE Exposition of Mot Remember the, date, Ni lands. From these lofty uplands five main highways lead into the town. All night before the meeting the clans were assembling and by daylight from each of these roads could be heard an incessant volume of piercing cheers drowning the tramp of the horsemen and rattle of wheels. At 9 o'clock in the morning the square was jammed with buggies, wagons and a few carri ages and hundreds of cavalrymen gal loping and threading their ways be tween the vechicles. The procession was forming on the College Campus a few hundreds yards to the west, and still the cavalrymen, came, and came. I especially recall the moving picture of some 100 men approaching from the east upl) Main street. Thiey were iniformed, but the uniform was white aind their appearance excited comment is they contrasted with the prevailing Rind seemingly numberless hosts of d-shirts. Coming nearer, it was seen that. in order to be uniformed, liese riders from Hunter's and Jack's ownships and the Newberry side, had niply ''shucked'' their coats and vaiscoats and come in their ''every lay'' shirls and trousers. Here and here among them and among the red hirts as well were officers with the ride brims of slouched hats cocked on ne side and occasionally there was a lume in the hat. Other companies id not wear red-shirts and there was -ide diversity in uniforming, but the ed flannel was predominant. Some mes the officers wore sashes and in a Dw instances swords that "had seen )me service'' in even livelier times angled at their saddle flaps. Various companies had insignia all icir own. The. Cross Hillers had I flledl their club in honor of Col. 1 eautfort W. Ball. the county chair n111. the company being composed rgely of kinsmen and boyhood .iens of his. and lie having beeii rn a(d broulht up in that town-i4 lip. As a colmp1imnt to him these I 01eN wore pinned to their red-shirts I ue ha!1s of yarn. "lue having,i en his nicnamie as a boy. t A Terror of Childhood. TO I i I1. .:is n:c lv '~ b''' 1 a..isce Irladrol"S of S i :ion -h1se ani I had + i :eb 'Avrd to view 1:' wih t.indled admiration: . one c!an ima,-ine the 5.. 5 2:mhe!ess riders. vell Itt ):~ . I ': : :_Pi CO e .*i COMi 7a' v . , i: a: z t zni.1 the --..6 ni-:ht anY .:.nI the end of a e; . ean.ed. At any 0i::Il 'Irenmed until then that lhal se many men and \ Week MUSEMENT! Free. a S. c. N~ov. 26th to ~icusive. :>t Camnival Co. uis city. Every show is high class e ress and public. , as Follows: e kind in America. ti A MINSTRELS, wheie you'll laugh 0 om the far Eastern countries-the ton will see Mohammed Ali, "galli E ru by electricity, containing a high e people from India presenting won for Ladies and Children. e< a *nakes Including PrInce, 28 feet long b 'eet long, weighsing 250 lbs. They are velyl19S ears of age. world. Te mother, '28 inches hih eh months old, weIghed 4 pounds whena tI YiTIONS: alker at4.80 p.* m. and 10.80 p. m. tII sting actors at 2.00 p.m. and? 7.0.p.m. tr ivery afternoon and night.1 lern Wonders FREE ?a >V. 26th to Dec. 1 nt. ~ horses and mules in the world. The place of meeting, where the stand had been erected, was in a woodland in the triangle formed by the Ninety Six and Cokesbury roads, one mile and a quarter south of the square, the property of the estate of the late Lieutenant Governor James H. Irby, (father of the late United States Senator J. L. M. Irby.) The marshalls of the day had been promot ed on the field-for there had been mighty little planning of details for the gathering. However, this caused no confusion, for were there not hun dreds of Confederate cavalrymen, and was not every lad, as well, at home in the saddle? There were enough of Hampton's old Legion to have oficered a brigade. The procession was led by carriages with the speakers and there were pro bably, no more than half a dozen car riages and phactons in going order in the county in those days. They were all used. Gen. Hampton, I think, rode in the carriage of the late Col. Rutherford P. Todd, the last comu mander of the 3d South Carolina regi ment, and the candidate for State Senator. Col. William Dunlap Simp son, the candidate for Lieutenant Governor, who succeeded Gen. Hamp ton as Governor, and was then elect od Chief Justice, being a Laurens [mna, and idolized in the county, of :ourse, received ovation second only to Gen. Hampton. Indeed, nothing )etter illustrates how completely and lully the personality of Hampton per vaded the campaign than the fact hat lie remained the central and tow iring figure, even in the presence of ocal leaders of more than local re iown. One hears nowadays a great leal about other leaders of Seventy six, of Butler, Gary. Hagood, Brat on and Youmnans, and no one would ha'rge mnc 10witlsubstraeting fromtheir plendid fame, hut the simple truth is hat th e spirit of IIampton, in the earls ot' his people. towvred like the 1iure of Saul among his brothren in h1e eves Of 10he 1hebrews. '"I Iurrah for 1:amp11tn! '' was the el whose echoes 'ever1, diel amlolnu- tle hills. and in lhat cheer was victory. Sone Musical Features. One or two visiting brass bands. 'rm (;revinville and Newberry, -per 1aps. Were in the procession and the aurens hnd was probably not as oisy that day as it was wont to be s at "radical'' meetings, when a onservative amount of discord was he road to ultimate harmony and >eace. As tie procession moved along 'outi Iarper street one could see lit Ie of it. the (ust was so great, but ow the hoofbeats could be heard in pite of the yelling and the crash of and music. Frequently, too, there vas siniig, sometimes by a single ompany and sometimes by two or liree, and then down tie whole line. Ianty a ld tn iies were used, ut " John Crown' s B(,dy'' was the favorite to 'hhilh thle riders usuallyv caine back fler futile :ut tempts at later airs. 'le eomr ir boys, and the villagers1 ere countlv ry bys thien, wcrc not well equainte! d with sinalebei(s from popu1 ir. !omuic oipera of the day. These were he words to " 'John Brown'' that hre red-shirts sang, over iand( over We'll hang Danrr Chamberlain on a sour ap)ple t ree s wve go marching h-o-o-me!' r Tire seoendl verse substituted some thier name for Governor Chamber in's anid so on down the list. Nobody memibered then that Mr. Chamber in was an angel of light by the side f other "Radicals,'' for the battle as on, biut I have heard in the midst f that campjaign prominent Demo eats speak well of him, especially of is personal courage and ability. A County on Horseback. It was said at the time that the p)ro 3ssion numbered 2,300 mounted men, uat they wvere counted. If this be 'uie, it must have included nearly all me white males above sixteen years ld ini the county, outside of the towvns here horses and mules were not so' hentiful. HTowever, at least 300 to )0 of the red-shirts came from the >unties adjoining. There were pro ibly 550 or possibly 100 Democratic ogroes in red-shirts in the various >mpanies. The whole assemblage j the grounds was estimated at 5,000, it I fancy this was too large a figure. included some hundreds of ladies, ~ hose presence was especially invit- ~ I-the aim being to emphasize the derly character of the meetings on o re Republicans watching for pre- n' 'xts upon which to send more Fed- Y at soldiers into the State. 4 A ,part of the audience occupied bE ie improvised slab seats under the ~ cog in the grove, and I think negroes at ore especcially assigned to a section ii these near the speaker's platform. O ost of the people had to stand bt ~ e gerot ud or sit on itair hom.ss, R To make room fo' our out the profit for the n gone and then say tha goods will not stay her quote you are new go( Dress Goods!an( 86 inch Black Taffeta, worth 1$1.00 f 86 inch Black Taffeta worth $1.0 oi Waist Silks worth 60 ets. for 47 cent Gray Mohair worth $1.25 for 97 centi Green and Blue Mohair worth $1.00 f Zebeline worth 60 cents for 47,cents Melance suiting worth 75 cents for 4' Worsted, all colors, worth 35 cts. fo: Trecot Flannel worth 35:cents for 20 Silk Brocade worth 35 cents'yard for All colors Outing 4 1-2 to 14:cents yc THE SMITI Paysinger New OHARLESTON & WESTERN OAR OLINA RY. Schedule in effect June 3, 1906. Lv. Newberry(C. N. & L.) 12:36 p. m. Ar. Laurens 1:42 p. m. Lv. Laurens (C. &. W. C.) 2:09 p. m. Ar. Greenville 3:25 p. m. Lv. Laurens 2:07 p. m, Ar. Spartanburg 3:40 p.m. Lv. Spartanburg (So. Rry) 4:00 p. m. &r. Hendersonville 6:35 p. m. ir. Asheville 7:30 p. m. Lv. Laurens (C. & W. C.) 1:50 p. m. kr. Greenwood 2:48 p.m. Xr. McCormick 3:40 p. m. Ar. Augusta 5:25 p. m. Pullman Chair Cars between Au nusta, Laurens and Asheville, tri veekly. Leave Augusta Tuesdays, 'hursday and Saturdays ;leave Ashe rillo Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri lays. Note: The above arrivals and de >artures, as well as connections with )ther companies, are given as infor nation, and are not'guaranteed. Ernest Williams, Can. Pass. Agt., Augusta, Ga. Geo. T. Bryan, Gen. Agt., Greenville, S. C. STORE YOUR COTTON. The Standard Warehouse Corn >any offers its splendid facilities to he farmers and dealers of Carolina. Warehouses located at Columbia, lireenville, Greenwood, Orange >urg, Anderson, Newberry. ..OW STORAGE RATES. \JBSOLUTE SAFETY. YE INSURE YOUR COTTON. tceCip)ts good as gold. Inquire of your local manager for ates or address CHAS. T. UIPSCOMB, Secretary Standard Warehouse ompany, Columbia, S. C. Roo.m for your Cotton. Take no chance, but us a safe Varehouse. E. H. KIBLER, Dentist. Office formerly occupied 'By Dr. D. L. Boozer, Newberry, 8. 0. a'Haltha REVIVO W RORE8 VITA LITY e *Ma6o a Well Man THE g hodnee. Ane result. in so ays. Is se wertii nd uickly uro wK ter a ous en cnegitheir Icuh u ndb eanes i r"eve her ati~h !asting Diseases, and efet f eNbs ceess and indisoretion, Whleh unfits one for ua rbusiness or snarriage. Is not only cures srve ton Ic aand loodI.aS'but lea grost ock the pin1k gioiv to vale Ohee to an arca all, $1.00 per package, or sxfr 50 th guaran'tee. Ciroeulrs*r ho .dro WAL. MUDICINE 00.. Marins Bldg., ObLatoII QILDERI & WEEgs, Cut to th large stock of Christma Ext fifteen days. Do no t we did not have what v e at the prices we give y4 >ds. I Silks. * fta**. Me Women's PatentI or 67 cts. yard. Soutien Bell $2 Maid of Honor wc e 88 ets. yard. Belmont worth yard. Old Ladies' Comf s yard. Old Ladies' Comf Kennoly worth4 yard. MnS Shes -Sou Full Dress worth or 78 cents yd. Patent Calf wortl yard. Clothin Scents yard. Aspecial line of centsyard.$15.00, worth muc 12 1-2 cts. yard. Men's and Boys Shirts worth 76 cents yard. Shirts worth 60 Now is; the time 23 cents yard. cut the pr ces. rd. Hats and caps rd " - prices. I CO.'S DRY GOOI Building, just below the Smith Co. THE BANK OF PROSPERI Capital Stock - - Undivided profits ,.. Interest allowed at rate of 4 p Special attention to farmers small, none too large to enlist our to meet and greet you. Call in. G. Y. Hunter, President. J. F. Browne, Cashier. Board of D N. L. Black. A. H. Hawki S. S. Birge. J. S. Wheele C. P. Boozer. G. Y. Hunte1 NOW FC Usuol Fll "The longest pole knocks down the New York. While there secured tl cheap things (not in quality but in about complete and we invite inspecti sledge hammer prices, and in Dress C from 5c. yd. to $1.50. Elegant Ging Checked Homespun 5c. up, Jeans, Il line Clothing, men's, youths' and F New York scooped lot of Boys' ClotI This breatks all records. First lot ab< soon. 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Drt worth $150 for $1.85 pair. )rt worth $2.25 for $1.85 pair. 16.00 for $4.50 pair. ethrn Quality worth $4.00 for 8.47 pr $3.76 for $2.97 pair. k $5.00 for $4.78 pair. $3.75 for $2.97 pair. Mn Clothing! Men's and Boys' Suits from $1.50 to h more. Shirts worth $1.00 and $1.50 at 78c. cents for 49 cents. cents for 43 cents. to buy Underwear, and we have for Men, Boys and Ladies at cut )S STORE, Grocery Store. PROSPERITY, TY, S. C. - - $25,000,00 - - 12,160.00 :r cent. on time deposits. accounts. No account too best attention. It is a pleasure J. S. Wheeler, Vice-President. Hunt, Hunt & Hunter, Attys. lirectors: ns. P. B. Warner r. J. F. Browne. A. G. Wise. )R THE Scr ble persimmon." Tust returned from e new things, nice things and price). Our immense stock is on. We can only mention a few ~oods tlw new things, shades, etc., hams 5c. yd., Homespun 5c. up., [annel, Outingh full line. Elegant oys', and Overcoats. Whuile in ing which we on'er at -19C. suit. mut sold out secondI lot expected y styles. In Mlillinery we have our word, comle and see, prices c,we lead the van. Battle Sewing Machines warranted xo achine, $65-oo kind $25-oo d 60o. bu. o. IAR, s of that CHOICE TENNES-. while It lasts to go at } Every bbl. guaranteed. Sleeping Cars gh Trains. idules on All rains. all W/Inter Resorts. Rates, Routes, Etd., .ailway Ticket Agent R. W. Hunt Div1sion Pask. Agent. Charleston, S.C