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t r VOL XLIV. NO 38 NEWBERRY. S. 0. F.RIDA.Y MAY tO. 1907. TIEAWE.$.0AYA LIVING THE OLD DAYS OVER. Old Soldiers Hark Back to the IAci dents of a Hundred Battle fields. News and Courier. Colnilbia, May 8.-Veterans of the Lost Cause, -soldiers who met de feat, survivors of a conquered army -what have these men to be proud of? Why should they and their chil dren glory in the records that have been writ on the pages of history? A generat,ion after the surrender of Robert E. Lee, a generation since these men laid down their arms, and gave up the struggle-here are the survivors. gathered together, bowed with years, yet not ashiamed. Thiere is Uothin- in history like un1to1 it. It is a scene that will live in the memories of the yoin-er o-enerations and hence it is meet and rittin.g that these rein ions slould be held. ie the youlinger generations catch anything of the spirit of tqhese old men and are taught the lesser1 of sacrilice and valor, the money and time spent in these reunions is not spent in vain. And besides there is the pleasure given to those who -will not long be here, who will soon join the silent army under Lee and Jackson and Hamp ton. ''Tt was at Frasier's Farn," or "Do you recolleet that fight at Gaines Mill,'' and other similar sratches of reminiscent conversations could be heard on all sides .aq one passed throug-h the lines on the streets and on the State House ground-s today, cwhere the Veterans gathered in groups to talk over those stirring days. .The old soldiers seem to en joy tiese informal talks and reun ions more than anything else, and hundreds of them congregate there in small circles, putting their arms the'(lay to-morrow. It will start. at 5 o'clock inl the afternoon, and w~ill b coiosed of the Veterans and the local battalion of the 2d regailent, National Guiardl, the sponsori and one of Veterans. Sme local interest Tis .aroused in the parade by the offer of 'Mr. Charles F. Sentz, the jewel -ler, of a silver loviing cup for the compsy making the best appearance in passing in review, the offer having been made today in a letter to Ma por' Lewis W. Haskell, commanding tloe battalion. Maly of te old soldiers went home this afternoon and otmhers will - to morrow. Three ayrd is a longer ofer of (Mf tile thaF. IlSen wish to Sta ayfrom hoei at this sasarn d they soon -o tired ot. Bit oiere will be enlm.Uli lett to ninke a creditable showing in tile line of march, and thor afetrero and Te hes .Ilao - Perrw Teheiny in S ouer pr iMdgofzie ofhantimoey wioh Mstay Onwth fothoer had this hseanern they think abirout. or ut oire what beoenbodh elefti toak hi ceiabut theme wrett haeabuelyav beno wpian i Horsein riner and t Trainhrs. PeP lk tieaecin ini out henn elrm Maagazie'~ilhne f Batie fome ay:'' ii o n heouer ha, the rstaier mst forst bouall kout andrsesiWhat tooued tems a toeldchim advante thwill hin aveci absotxei n t eicht ~ ie callsn himef a o trainr or. whe tol have aosek lary paidhim,em en alfymen, perhap memer o a aily; o smn loalxiotician. the liestoin hish hres oruhis orstth n esrn samue maem ittune the padvatage ndl mhnov anrusave their begh inrtor doealingdithua erelyo basea maerll prnimpellf hretrainer of iseahersempoye or tmember of fml ofrelog "eduitioan. stHesan,"o tomualregar comri his mss ut mohe value mahidento ne the pellf soe ane movle an tahe bti bseing i ofatory qualingwiidcation ust to ah hteaner empore rce inumber tafk -' ' 3,500 VETERANS REGISTERED It Takes a Large Quantity of ro, for the Delegates. News and Courier. Columbia, May 8.-The offleial i cords show that over 3,500 V< craiuL were registered 'by noon t day. It has been one of the proble of the reunion to see that all of the %fisitors were fed and fed abundai ly. Many of these men were cared f at private homes, but others pref( red the temporary return to caqmp li afforded by the -tents on the Sta House grounds, and it was for the and the tralnsicits that tile comm sary (omm1ittee was put to the sev est test of the week. The arst floor of the ;,how CaVolii National Bank Building had been p in service as a large diniiin hall. i? Iand white 'hunting decorated, t walls and columnis with the names great battles giveni speci'al proli ence. Overhead a spread. canvas le a military air to the scene. In su, surroundings were many of the V( erans fed. On Tuesdlay it is estimated th over 1,200 men satisfied the inn man at the restauia-nt this provide Yesterday breakfast was ready 1 8 o'clock and large squads of me varying from 300 down to 50, we fed at a time. Dinner was serv from noon till 5 o'clock. Bread a butter, boiled ham, roast beef, hoi inv, boiled rice and potatoes were t chief articles of diet, but the Vet ans seemed to relish more than an th'ing else the hot coffee that w served in unlimited quantity to ea and every one. Forty gallons of coffee constit ted Tuesday's rations and over six gallons were required yesterday. It estimated that over 2,000 were f twice during the day. The ladies of the City looked aft the serving of meals, and that Inca that it was well done. Tis t daughters and granddaghiters we given an insight into the mealnin" tle soldiers' wayside home of the si ties. The times have changed, but t. spirit of Carolina's daughters I mains the saine. This the Vetera recognized and appreciated if o may judge from the expressions many as they left the dimuing room. Inquiry at the commissary depa1 ment showed that these supplies we issued for the day: Five hundred pounds of rot beef, 300 pounds of boiled bonelc ham, 550 loaves of bread, two sac iare, t wo sacks hominy, one barrel potatoes, 40 pounds of butter, wi swinar. eremn and he condiments; libillulm. Capt. W. ). stail"ig had gene01 oveIsiihit of tile feeding problem, 1: ain assisted by Dr. J. W. Babco( of the State Hospital. Crops for Grazing With Hogs. Prof. A. M. Sonic in Southe Farm Mag:azine of altimore f May: Whlenever crimsonl clover will gr< it should b)e utilized, as it furnish the earliest desirable gidazing thl c'ani be ob)tainled ini the spring. somei sections rye is used wit h fa success, but hogs will often nlot e it with relish, particularly after beg.inis to grow rapidly ; and t here a other crops which cnn .be ut ilized the fall to better advantage. Aft crimsoni clover is gone a good bh grass of Bermuda will answer un lie earlyv-matu ing ci'owpcas havi e Ji cned far e'nougih to turn thle hiogs e Then it will the a simp)le mat ter malintiin a suiccessionl of' cowpens u til the soy beanus are ready in t fall. Soy beans may also be growvn suceOssIin aind utilized for fo through Novembdr, and even up Christmas. .By that time hogs shou have made at least 180 to 200 pon in weight. In some sections it (doomed advisable to fatten thiem corn for at least a moGnth or a weeks, but manly laces this pre tiee is .being abandoned, because .co peas and soy beans yield anywhe from 20 to 40 bushels of grain p acere, and it is not necessary to to corn to harden up the flesh and fin off the hogs grazed on these croj as it would be where peanuts, ehi fas n.nd some oth.r crnna nae used. BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD WAS NEARLY FINISHED. Eighty Per Cent of the Grading -of the Highway Across the Moun tains Completed when the Work Stopped. it o- Anderson, lay S.-Every .now and as ten some Ie:-tion is made of the so completion of t.he Blue fidage Rail t- road across the mountains into Ten :)r nessee and a close study of the r- amount of work already done toward fe the building of this road, -which would to mean much to tihis country, reveals se the fact t1hal about SO per cent of s- Ilhe acital ring of the road be r.. t weeni Walhalla and Knoxville. Ten,., is nipletedl and the renaininig 20 m 1 per cen'lt represeits about forty Ililes. lit The route 4of lIhe ,ppsed road ;-. d trogI) a verv mlountainmus le couuito'. In facl. the road will have f to pass th1rolu-li thiree Iunels making . a tial dlistiune iiundei r "lroNuInd of more it ha,:- two miles before it reaeles tle ?Ih (eorgia 'line. i(fter it crosses the t. s'tate line there are other places- where tunnels will be necessary and' one at tunnel alone in Georgia will have to er be a mile and ai half long. d. The proposed route of the line )y leaves the present road at West Un n, ion and goes to the right of Walhal re la. The old promoters have con 3d strueted a riuniber of large fills not ,d for from Walihalla toward Stump I.. House Mountain. ie The first tunnel of the route after r- leaving West Union is known as Sad y- (lIe tunnel. This tunnel will be one as half of a mile long and it is said that ,h t'wo-tiirds of the work on this tun nel is completed. The next tunnel is u- known as Poplar,Gap, which is one ty fourth of a mile long and one-half is of this work has been completed. ed The largest tunnel before the road reaches the Georgia line is at Tunnel er Hill. There is a little history con 119 nected w.ith the digging of this tun hle IL which will be wortli Imlenuitionin?g. re It was way back in 1852 that the actual work on the route bet,ween - Vest Union and Knoxville, Tenn., coniienced. The railroad authorities lie had a big undertaking on their hands - in tunnelling Tunnel Hill and they nls deoided to get t.he work done by con e tract. The contract was let in 1855 of to a man by the name of Banks. Mr. Banks lacked labor, so lie secured ' five iundred able-bodied Irishmen re and their families to come from Ire land especially to dig this tunnel. ss Tlhese Trishmen came axid proved to b)e good workmen. but after work o ini", several months Mr. Banks failtd ti financially or otherwise and the eon i tract was lien let to ITuibert and IIitclicock for con plel ion. al The Trislimen bilt a small town of e- their own on top of Stump House M, ut1tainl. near the mouth of the east eil of the tunnel. A number of the descend-ants of the workmen are .now living on and( abiout the moun lain. rn or Humbert & Hit.eheock. like Mr. Banks, -failed after working on the tunnel for several months and since 1W the failure of these g'ent.lemen, very Cs little, if a.ny, work has been done to tward the conmplet ion of the tunnel, .for it wvas then that the War Be tween thle States b)roke out and1 the pr*oject was dlesert ed. reTepr'omot ers of' Ithe road, when in tihe wvar comncd had spenl large er amounts of' money on the road. In efact, more' than a million (lollars til must ,have been spent oni thle grading ..alm:e. n. "'he tunnel tibranimgh Tunnel li'l to ' 'l h'.vi to be i'm aind :' quartemr n. roe lon;4 and of' Ihis distance at lbe bt'st t.wc-thlirds hes beemnnomhetedl. ini The east end of thIiis tumnnel is not ed ' omr than one hundi(red vairds fromi to t-" famous Tssaquieena Falls. of wvhierb Id so much has beeii writ ten. The work nls was commenced at six p)laces at one is time. Tt was st aited at the east and >n west ends and then four shafts were IX made at. certain distances apart. A Ce- p"rson can wvalk from the cast end a" lo' . tinnel pass shaft no I, w.hich re is 220 feet deep, and nearly to shaft er No. 2. This latter shaft is 275 feet al ri..p and the wvork has hbeen deserted, shi the ma.ny springs in the shaft h.ave sfun ishled enough water to f,ill that I- part of the tunnel completed from shaft No. 2 and also filled the shaft. The water,is saidl to -be 250 feet de in this shaft. Between shafts 1 a 2, thier reinains yet 40 feet of sol blle -ranite to be blasted out. Wh the work vvastd il Nlese shafts. I .tist e mw ht w e tih Iwo gangs blasters was so little that t,bey (01 hear each other at their work. Sha t No. 2 is on the top of Shi HouiIst Monntaini. This spot is I,S feet above the sea level and .is mo tlia.i 650 feet above Walhalla, whi is only six miles away. The propos road bed runs 275 feet below the t of the mountain, and, therefo climbs a grade of only :175 feet 1 ta'veel West Union and the tum1 which is a little more than six mil Nvar Iswineea FaHlls. there n contr-11ed a pmowder fact0orY to mll iufacn1ire Ilwi powder iweess5aryW blat hw tmnel. The ohd facto bliidi -, was dest roved bY a ,ori fire nt. m1ure thInl twenty yvars a *4, Capt. F. W. Wa_enler, of Charlest ownl 1114 4h141 jm wder plail site a11 alsl mvis cons-i(lerale property that leiT.?horhood, including Is queena Falls. After the road leaves the west e of the tuiinel under Tunnel Hill leads toward Clayton, Ga., but 1 fore reachingF this town the roi chanres its direetion and pies town Frankldin. Ga. Not many miles fro Clayton is lie Dixie Creek tun which will be one a.nd one-half mil long. The majority of the work this tunnel is already completed. T road leads from Franklin to Kn< Ville. Before the ehan-re in the offici, of President Samuel Spence death, rumors were afloat to the feet that the Southern,Railway pected to complete this road, whi for si many years has been aband ed. Should the road decide to eco plete it, it will opon up a vast timi country. There are milliont; and n lionis of feet of all kinds of tinl in the mountains w'hich can 1e ma: eted only by the completion of t road. And then, too, the propo. routle is the shortest route leadi from the west to Cha.rleston a Vince Charleston is the nearest 1a1 port to the Plana ma' Cnta, the eo traffle, etc.. will be enormous and doubt the road will prove the best vestment of all railroads in this cot Iry and the country which it touch and the country whdch it traverses. Money in Truck. Southern Farm Magazine of Ba more for May. IIn Florida potatoes are brngi retirns of $800 an aere. strawberr $500 an acre and celery- $1500 avre. Surely if such profits are p sible from the soil, thire sholi1 no 1reason why the farminer ias at his command a resource Ihat P mi'es, with careful allenlioln, tunris that will repay him for Wra1ing in it. The North is depei (ent nearly altoget her upon 1he Rot forii veg'etables out of season, and use of early veg.etables is constan on thle increase andl thle demand1 all times far exceeds thlu supply. other attractive feature about I class of farming is that it does5 I requiire a large acreage, and this fords the poor man an opportun not only to engage in an indusl lhat will g'ive hinm a living', but a on (ithalit will enable i tot i get tu112 large ctnJOlh for himi to hr' a hank accotunt and to expandl it her lines. Gardeners of the No: know. thaliit such priofit s are niever< tauined' in that se't ion, ando als C Flotrian paper tpus it, ''Why dli t1 1n41 lc'mel down here ? i Do they t hi one fiures are 4too hr'e?" The (i aniiweri to such quest ions is thait il nmust believe thait. such prof'i ts ipossible, and t hat t hose wrtid about the industry are overdraw it. Tf they will not believe these ports which are constantly comi from reliable soutrces In all parts the South, let them investigate conditions themselves by visit] these sections personally, -and ti will see things which will open th eyes and convince that truly Soutth is the garden spot of the coi try. Bravery isn 't niuch credit to a bi dog. He hasn't sense enough to afraid. W. W. BRADLEY ELECTED TRUSTEE OF CLEMSON. I Succeeds His.Fathor as Life Member of Board of Trustees of Clem S Stt.son College. TheI( State. p Anderson, May 8.-Several mei 00 hers of, ile ollardof htirustevs of Clem re n011 eollege came here tolliglit froi L31 the College and from them it was learned that W. W. Bradley of Ab P beville was elected a life member of e, the board inl the place of his father, e- J. P,. Bradley, who died a few weeks lei aoro. - Mr. V. WN. 'lidleyN. is Congre a mnan Aiken's privil sverelarv. n- Mr. Badl(ev was forieN,rly cha1ilrman.1 to olf Ile state ho.InI of v;qullizaltioll. Iyhain been 11he primie mover inl tHaM 5 holy's or-aniizataion". lie is about 40 'n- The bo id o, 11tr tvs attii'le(d to reu1lar routinbsim4s. Nil matters Sof import11anc ea-Ile up for diseus 4- sion. Senaltor Tillm a2n was present, it heing the first nieeting lie has at id 4ended il imany mionths. it ---- Ib- News from Excelsior. te Excelsior, May 9.-We spent Wed rd -neslay in lColunThia. There was ia i larCe rowd of tihe old Veterans in eL, the t.v, a.nld they all seemed to be es in good iumor' a.nd enjoying theisel an ves. These annual gatherings are al lie ways enjoyed by the old soldiers and x- their friends. Mr. lirooks Miller, of Columbia, Vs spent SuIlldly wit-h his sister Mrs. 's J. S. Wheeler. If- Mrs. J. 1). Boozer and children are x- visiting her sister Mrs. E. 0. Counts. el Sorry to learn Mrs. J. W. Hartman a is still con'finledI to .her roon quite m1- sick. .i' Tie fruit crop is killed and the il 11rain is badffly i.ijire'l, some say it wont Ihe much more than one halt' k~ of a crop. 11s ed A good (leal of the enrly plant-ing ng of (ottonl has been plainted over in this seet,ion. ge Mrs. 0. 1. Domiinek and .hillren )al of near G'reenlwood have beil onl a no visit to her imother Mrs. J. C. Cook. n1- Good many of pnr 'people are at n1- telding tle reunion in Colunbia this Ds, week. Mr. and Mis. Wilnai'd Mechanit, of Newberry, have been oil a .vis.it to M'. J. 11. Cook's family. ti- Mr. Mahalffey, of Anlcrson. or .alizer of the Farmiers Union has nf been inl this Section for a I few days. es Mi'. MahafI'fey orgize ii'Ad ai uion 4 at an xl.xvAioi, Mt. Pilgrim anI Jolly )S- Stree. Mr.1 Mafflmrey is :I -om] fialk le er 1111 seeis to h1'a.ve1. had m1uclh 'X ot p)rieNWe i.n!. var1ions neccupaltions. We '0.. holop these inions wvill provo to be r.- ti uclh hefit to the fariers. Signia. sFarmer's Union Bureau of ly Information at ni- --Conducted by the is South Carolina Farmers' Educa o. tional and Co-Operation Union. f.. ?illCommunications intended for this ty department should be addressed to J. C ryStribling, Pendleton, S. C so--------- - - .\tI the14 nn-elime im ( iie vilb I 4 n4 v 'tliar Ii the4 Stati' I-'xo''ive (''nnuoit >h- Car:iolimn State l11ti(ameS' l'ion~i. This tne mee1'(tingt will 1h4 i'nlled by the Statle ey' pres'ident41. 0. P'. (1oodwin,. to4 meel' at ly At this connucil of' thle buineoss fo' ('y e'45 of thle l"armners' U'nioni of the Lre state alI iGrenville it was a general11 ngICX expression1 of' delegates that t.he per' "t' sonne of its i'epresent atives wei'e re nmuch improved, and that, their adl ng vancement in the knowledge of t.he of business sidle of' the Union was appar he ent to all. W. C. Mooi'e. our11 state ng agerut, wais comiplimentred for his I ~.ter'i lini.aacter as a man, and exe r cutire business qualifien.tions as the he head of this dlepartmnent of t,he Un n-l ionl by a rising vote of the delegation. Big Fish Eat Up the Little Ones. 1I- There is nothing new in this fish be eating b)usiness. You all know how this thing works. but mighty few of yoti have tile pluck, grit a.id energy to go oit harpooning for tle big fish foi fear yol ig migt drop (lt of the boat and go down into the belly of Some1(b Wh1ale ilike old Joiah (did. Now, old Un1icle liJonah made a mi6 take, like some of our uinorganized farmers are doing today, and got in tile wrong boat ; and when the t roub led wiltes told on the old traitor lie had to take his chances in the big, open- sea by himself; and as Jonah could not swallow the whale, Jonah Imad to ake a dive under the troubled waters in the belly of 'the whale. Moral:--All you little fish cot.ton farmors that. are eontiniiallv beiig t-;!allowed by sleculators must join ill with tlie Farmer's' 'llioll, where yon will grow int o) a big fish at once --tIen you will be in the right boat, with sm141othi sailing il tlie still wa (ers. Add youri stre n-th to the rowtll of ie armers' ITIion, and 1111ke your ams' pr r lnizt ion kin mnon th i fish thenlal. suckers aift sharks will bv. readv to flee from thlie wrat.h or tile king of' (whales. At It Again-Broke Out In a Now Place. Prices on cot,ton 'ties has made a jumip upwards. Now is a mighty good time for cotton growers to make a ,iump for rouitidi lap 'cotbton bales and knock t hie cotton ties oilt altogether. After look,iig iiito the matter eare fully for a lonig time T am stiek on the round cot ton hale. We iave dtlone a 'big sight of blow ing about, using u) our idog-tail cot ton for covering, but the cot ton hooks and otilher rough jags in handling tear it too easy. Biut it does up .the job all righdt enough on t-he round bales, anil, this home consuimption will take a la'rge lot, of' this hard stock of cotton off tile markel at a fair prive, atid att the same time knock out both tho j-.te bagginl iust and the cotton tie 41rust by making 1ur1. oNwN cotdton cov-. ering in the Soith. Parmilers, von linve said en1ough about lhis cotton ba hiig business. Von must L-et to'.-ether ani1(d endorse this roul hale. :1nl lo r aloill' in solid habir fi yo mln invtorvst, and14 let fle tit trust t ake nre of it selff. The Profits to the Farmer in Using Round Bales for Cotton are Many. The rot'I'd bale saves from 55e. to V5e. on every 500 pounds of lint. The round bales are vory much easier to lianldle, and take up oily about one fouiI as mn111el room in warehouses, wronls and ears as the square hales ii14w hlae. (-mfblcln hlas, eovered withmlf liiid vothlton hales cvervied withi 'I tmn haling proleets all tie linlt froml 'lir.. 21rimuiv and pillage. anl all hales vnle h l' made of extra nniform w%'eii.,-htI. aind size aii deenit in -oppearane. .\hoot all that has kept this rounid bali' bacik is t.he era fty gred of thle ('oirporuat ion ik. chairge of' the mnachine ry, bitt as I 't'ee is nowu a not her riv~al in thbe fiel thle outlIook fir a i'api)d impr iovemen( lt ini b)aIi nu of cot ton is very good ideedt. IfI the farmiers'. will (lily gnt togethi eri arnd demnid that r'oiund bhiling ma cnery lbe -put in lby other' eiins, or lInit uil r'ounid haliing mlacieryi of' th'i own'. thre thli nj will lie dlone in short ordr, andl a11 wihIlit be well. Something in This for Farmer's.. . l'armers must atltend to t heir owni affaiiirs. If youn uns.t you r buisiness5 in the' hainds of others, than those that are diect ly intereisted~ aloniu' the' samre lIi'e witlI Vout, it is e'iit raryv to 111imiut iiatuire for otlhers to d'rip t heir own in terei'st int thleir wn biusineiiss anid take car'e of thle farmersl'i5i affairs firist. T have attended quite a large nm beir of farmers' business meetings in time, bust for tact and determination lie F'armner's' Union meet ibg of Sout.h Carolina t,hat met in Green v'ille on the- first of' May showed up more goodl ,iudgment and( business Aunlities than anly before in~ this state. Results of' good work in a busi ness wvay showed up more actual dol lars to the number of men in it than we were looking for. If you waht to know more about .this business mee-ting go out :to your next county union meeting and.get it.