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T. J. LIPSCOMB PASSES AWAY. ? . v Was Colonel Under Hajnpton?Scrv- \ ed Columbia as Mayor?Inter- i ment Will Take Place at t Newberry, His Old v Home. I Columbia, November 4.?Col. T. J. ? Lipscomb is dead. A colonel under ' Gen. Wade Hampton and one of the c bravest of the brave men who drew 81 sword for the Confederacy, a knight- 1 ly and cultured gentleman; for twelve I years superintendent of the State ^ penitentiary; for one term mayor of Columbia. ' The death of Col. Lipscomb occur- | ! red tliis morning at 3 o'clock at his ^ home in this city, where he had lived | for the last thirty years. Up to the ^ last few weeks lie had been on the j streets almost daily after the severe illness which kept him confined for ' some months several months ago, and while it was realized that his days were few the news of his death this morning was a shock to his friends in j 4h. Columbia. The funeral arrangements w have not. been definitely decided up- -j on, but the interment will take place at Col. Lipscomb's old homo in New- , bery sonic time tomorrow. ^ Col. Thomas J. Lipscomb was born c in Abbevile county, March 27, 18.13. | and received his education in South ?i Carolina college and in the Univcr-j( sity of Virginia at Charlottesville, j d From the latter he went to Philadcl- 'J phi a and took a course in the Jefr'er- f son Medical college, afterwards re- I turning to Charleston. Here he gra- ( dilated from the Medical college in J 1854. On leaving college he went to ,] Paris, France, where he remained r eighteen months, having previously f spent six months in New York. Re- s turning from Paris, called home on '| account of I he fatal illness of his 1 father, lie bought a plantation in Lau- \ reus county and remained there three d years. He then sold out and bought a plantation near Newberry, where he remained until early in 1801, j when lie volunteered to serve in I he ,, Confederate army. He was made second lieuteiuiiit of tCompany B, of the .'{<1 regiment of | volunteer infantry. Col. James Williams commanding, lie was in the first Hull Run battle and after that Cen. Bouham took hi moil his staff as T his aide-de-camp. lie served wiili him ! until lite general was elected rover-| nor of South Carolina in 18(i2. and then served on the staff of Gen. J. R. Kershaw, who succeeded Ronham, and of Gen. .Tubal R. Farly, until ear- ' ly in 1 Col. Lipscomb, then rais- N ed a cavalry company and was made captain of it. and his command was assigned in Gen. Wade Hampton'si" command. At the battle of Stevens-! brug lie was made major and soon af-| ter lieutenant eolonel. At Gettvsv burg he was made colonel and held ' ' the rank ai the close of the war. Col. " Lipsconih. was in the battles of Rrandy Station, Antietam, Gettys- '' burg, Thoroughfare Gap and in all v the battles in which Hampton's com- (> mand participated and in the cam- v paign in North Carolina. ' Returning home to his plantation * near Xewberrv, lie there remained nil- '' til 18tu, when his home was burned [ and lie wa> driven from the premises!" i by Railical clement, losing all he had ' V I and being compelled to remain away *' | from ln?ine about three years. In '' ? 18<() he settled in Xewberrv and went " i into the business of buving cotton, ! remaining there until 1878. lie was '' I then elected superintendent of tliej" State penilentiarv and reelected by!' ( the legislature every two years up to 111 j 1800. During his tenure of office he i w saved the State many thousands of 11 ' dollars, and made nianv improve-1'* I ments i|i the buildings and manage-j ' | me'! I of the inst it at ion. I '' Alter his retirement from the sup-! ( or:nte;>de!iev of the peuiteutiarv Col. j ' Tjij>Si-oinb engaged in business in Co-j ? lir.nhia, and for a number of years j f \ ran a large brick manufacturing.0 plant. In 1808 he was nominated for j mavor of Columbia at the head of M what was called Hie citizens' move-1 ' i ment, and was elected. His admiuisi tration was characterized by progres- '' , sive measures, and ;is mayor Col. j ' Lipscomb displayed his abilitv a< a''" ] conserv.M ?ve vet fearless leader. ! standing always lor what he conceiv- ' '/ ed to be the right. The people had " confidence in his integritv of pur- s ' pose and in his .judgment. During j'' bis term the obi opera house and cilvi hall was burned, on the corner now j ? occupied by the Carolina National ! t: i bank building, and tlie citv then pur-;! cha-i'd the site of Ihe present theatrejf and city hall, and the present build-in ' ing was erected. At that time also f jjj. the paving of Main street sidewalks jb 'j. was agitated and begun. It was just I the beginning of the new industrial h growth of Columbia, and the capital f f/ was then only starling on its rapid b development into a real city. Natur- h i t: .V illy the best measures to be adopted e< vero not easily discerned, and there 1\ vas much division of opinion as to e; ntblie measures, but on the whole the ll idininistration of Mayor Lipscomb i'j vas wise and conservative as well as >rogressive. (i Since his term as mayor Col. Lips- it loinb has not held public office, and p n the last few years has not engag- ?> id in active business, but he retained fl i very keen interest in public affairs n mtil the last and was thoroughly n >osted on the news of the political li vorld, state and national. ti For the last two or three years he lad been a great sufferer and has sev- h >ral times gone to the hospital for b reatment, being at one time relieved 1' 0 some extent by an operation. It <> iad been evident for some time to bis U 'amily and friends that he could not ri ive very much longer, but it was not renerally known in the city that there it vas any immediate danger, and the e< lews this morning of his death was 1 shock to the city, which lie had serv- n id, as it, will bo to the State, for which l;i ic fought so gallantly. ITe died this tl uorning at 3 o'clock at his home, No. d 2.31 Plain street. Col. Lipscomb is survived by his o nfe and one son, Mr. T. J. Lipscomb, n IV., of Camden. Col. Li|>scomb was married in De- <*1 ember, 1808. to Miss Ilattic, daugh- g or of William TF. Harrington, and I iranddaughlor of Chief Justice!', )'Xcall. To tliom wore born six cbil- s< Iron, only one of whom is now living, o, riiomas J. Lipscomb, Jr. The name ai >f Col Lipscmob's father was John jipscomb, who was born in South Carolina in 1790. His father, Nathan ^ iipsoomb, was a fiat ive of Virginia. n lolni Lipscomb was three times mariod; the mother of Col.'Lipscmob beore marriage was Sarah M. Bonham, I ister of Governor M. L. Bonham. I riiov wore married about the year '! 820, and the fruit of this marriage ' vas twelve children. The mother !' lied in 1840, and I be father in 1857. y The funeral service will bo held at ] loon tomorrow, Thursday, at the ''irsl Baptist church, Columbia, of vliic'h Col. Lipscomb was a member, j nd the interment will be in Newber- p y, the funeral party leaving here on q lie C. and 0. at 1.20 p. in. 1 ;n LUSH FOR THE LAND LOTTERY, a 'rivate Houses Stocked with Cots I r Which Rented at Fifty Cents j ,jn Each. |( Six thousand farms were uivon oj way last woek ;it Dallas, S. 1).. by tl 'nolo Sam in his latest land lottery, ei Cearly II.>.000 persons made the e; ournoy in the last three weeks to si U'' "I I In1 points of reyist rat ion. | < 'hamborlaiu, (Ireyory, O'Neill and lb: )allas. and expended about $2..">00.00 lor tin* purpose of determining pi lie ownership to lands held by the ? overnniont at s(j.ooo,oo0. j, The lands were not exactly pros- f'< ntod by tlit? government, but they if nil be disposed of to the luck draw- d: rs at about a fifth of their present Jj alne. In order to secure a chance at lie land everybody save soldiers and M ailors had to journey to a registering w "int and personally deposit a sealed !h nvidopo containing the application ii a metal box. Nobody could enter iv no was not eligible to lake up a in inmost cad, and all who draw must be ay .*(> an acre for the fourteen ai mill lis before proving up. I>< Immediately after I he books clos<1 for I lie resist rat ion, on the night !lt 1 Saturday, October 17. the whole nwn went to sloop and didn't wake }) (ill Monday morning. For three oeks every citizen had boon on the lake, and nobody slept. Notaries, jf otol men. lunch counter proprietors, Sl estaurant keepers, gamblers?every- j,. 'I'dv kept wide awake at all hours. rj All the railroads ran special trains p! > town, and they arrived ^at all hours ci f the dav or night. For t!*.e last rc ew days of the rush everybody slept in n his foot or snatched a few hours etwoen trains. Cue member of the amilv was kept on wale!) at some imo during the twentv-four hours, ml as every train load "-as dumped uto town and the lircd. crani.ed nnboekors, sleepy and d dl lliomsolwandered '.lp-town lights flashed ' I i:i IV ?!u of everv b i :incss house ml lent barkers before the notaries' Ihces and lunch counters began their piels, and the whole lown walked to fe and I ?ok up I lie clnwe of the >iimlo dollar. Heing a notary public was a profiable business. The law restricted v< ' e charge to 2."> cents for each corti- ol iealion. but even al I his small ral p< earlv $:i0.000 was reaped for per- in >i"niuf* ll'is service. Leather lunged rc arkers. some of then imported for he occasion, others college bovs out i> make a little money and trans- H orniod into while you wait spielers. | awled out, "K'egister here! Register [B ere!" And this was the first duty | /cry man performed. That was real-1 ' al (here was to it?sign the appliilion and drop it into the can. Then le homeseeker was free to go home srain. nly he didOn'l. Improvised lodging houses and resuirants, each had its barker. Saloons i plenty there were, and in the back art of each there was a gambling nlfil. The usual rental asked by le saloon man when he wasn't riming the game himself was $100 a iglil, and he got it. ltoulette, $200 mit faro bank, poker, wheel of forme, anything or any game you like. The gamblers reaped the richest arvest. of all. Gambling is under tho :m in most towns in this sbction of lie west and the landseekers were flcn hungrier after a chance to lose icir roll than after land. One game mining here had a bank roll of lo0,000, and it was nearly doubled i the few weeks the lid was olevat1. Tacked on stalls and sides of buildigs were copies of the map of the md the government had made. On icse each bit of land was given a oscription, hilly, level, rolling, walked. sandy, loam, etc. Imager groups f land seekers clustered about these laps. Most of the level land was ^served for the Indians, as was that losesf to water. This gave rise to real indignation. ''Why didn't the government give m them rough lnnds?" one home eeker would growl out. "They've line, and hogged the best land. They I in't no farmers, dang 'em." The new settlers will have a choice olleetion of Indian neighbors, acirding to the map. As one local pacr put it: "Want to know where Jim Winterecu's place is,'' one can fancy of summer evening a homesteader sayig to the inquiring stranger at his nor. The next claim to mine belongs > Lizzie Forked Tail and the next to or is John B. Circle Wing and Mole Standing Cloud. You just drive long there to .Toe Crazv Hull's place ml turn to your right and strike' orlli along by Eva Stands on Is- i ind's and Pretty Voice Hawk's and eorge Rand Hand's and Susie Boar hi eld's and Christopher Colomb's nd Susan Eagle Dog's and [lis orse's Chasings, and you'll come |o I two-story corn ?lalk castle belonsr- | i~ l'? IVler From Above. You just j '1! him I <onl yon and he'll tell you' i-i where fo find the claim; it *s next > Mrs. Emily Whirlwind Soldier." I lie thrifty citizens of Dallas threw >en their houses fo accommodate ie visitors, but before doing so Ihev owdod all the cols I hey could into leh rnom that the family could pos lily do without, and at .">0 cent-; a] >t tliev inside more monev t!i:m 111" ink. Mrs. Don II. Fo.-ler was the pr >- | I'ietress of a place on Main street ' here one could wash his face, comb is hair and wipe on a clean towel] ?r a dime, and she fared better than ! she had drawn a farm. Two inghters-in-la w of Ex-fiovernor ickson, of Iowa, and Mrs. Ernest A. ickson, daughter of Federal Judare linger, of Omaha, got into the game ith zeal, renting cots in their homes, i wayfarers at the customary rate. Mm this was only the beginning of al prosperity for this section. With- ; i a year all of the million acres will ! under cullivation? it i< good land i id the man who drew a farm will | 1 able to sell it for $(5,001), the pre- I liling price of similar land in thlo litiuinu countrv. I i Crosses of Honor. The crosses of honor applied for j i he bestowed June 3rd, 1008, failed j > come in view of the fact that the ipply in the hands of the custodian i id been exhausted. The president of! rayton Rutherford chapter takes I leasure in statins that the belated j osses have arrived and are now j >ady for bestowal upon the follow- | ig veterans. Bruce, ?1. 1). Caldwell, J. C. Dennis, D. L. flogirans, B. F. flritlin, fSeorce P. Hawkins, J. M. Haltiwanger, D. J. Koitt. E. S. T/ivingslon, George S. McCullum, John. Sbealy, -las. E. ! Smith, CJ. M. | Ward, I). M. Wheeler, L. (\. In calling for the above crosses the derans must each bring a voucher i identity, from Col. O. L. Sebum-j rl. adjutant, Jas. D. Nance Camp,! ! the rules governing such bestowal-, quire. Mrs. J. A. Burton, President. i Harrington St., Newberry. RACELETS of style and quality Daniels & Williamson, f FEEBLE OLD LADY Has Strength Restored By Vinol Mrs. Michael Bloom of Ixswlstown, Pa., who Is 80 years of age, sayH: "For & long time I have been so feeble that I have had to be wheeled around la an invalid's chair. I had no strength and took cold at the slightest provocation, which invariably settled on my lungs, and a cough would result. My 6on learned of the cod liver preparation called Vinol, and procured a bottlo for mo. It built up my strength rapidly, and after taking three bottleB I am able to do most of my work, and I can walk a quarter of a mile easily. Evory aged or weak parson who requires strength should try Vinol. I am delighted with what It has dono for me." As a body builder and strength creator for old peoplo, dellcato chlldron, weak, run-down porsons, and after sickness, Vinol Is unoxcelled. If It falls to give satisfaction we will return your money. William E. Pelham & on, Newberry, S. C. KILLS FLEAS, and cures tho worst ease of mange, Bieaises Mange Cure. Not poisonous. For sale by Dr. Van Smith, Solo Agent. Hi! ARK our trade mark, f -ENIMENT t?st remedy for nil Internal and )ne trial will convince you. iT Joints and Muscles, Sore Throat, Colds, , Indigestion, Toothache, and all Nerve, More | 4 Noah's Aik on every package. 25c., 50c. ?nd 1 or money refunded. Sample by mail free. VA., ANO BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A. by Gilder & Weeks, VijyN fK?wrnnnw 111 mimumy|^ I I |jrt oauqr>jm<I jo uohovjbh?b oajS 3 o^ii) louiiuo H>Hu.?u|p 1?I(1 unpjpuoa I Hw) .w \; tuoip pun MOU v o^uj, fl ggMy 3W3H S,3MniVN? j|Bf of jionn ijopjo (ioo3 ii| H|O.UO(J pen} EMsl } 11 ()ooii j|oin }<> iuo iii?iru<a Hlfdfl ?^i>oaio>{ poou invpjxlsg BBS8 I aio nmajmusrtusMnasKriAfPm wxecffl y \ Son, Newberry. S. C. 1 Money I o lomesl is of payment, to accumulate a fund on which interest ta ions at maturity. r\ff rent, if you wnni home take a Security r>n?y fr?r nny purpose t. It pays. \sstant ":ecrptary nnd ner Boyco arid Adams Poland Brothers. - '!vi i >1 t i V JW.)l .W. A. 9 COTTONj Nearly $15.00 a bale less than a year ago. Do you want to sell your cotton at present prices? If not, store it in the Newberry Warehouse and protect it from [danger and fire. Do you owe debts, and want to pay them, without having to sell your cotton? If so store your cotton in the j Newberry Warehouse and Mr. C. E. Summer or J. D. Wheeler will tell you how to get money on it from the Farmer's Loan and Trust Company of Columbia. T. B. STACKHOUSE, Pres. FOR ALL CREATION THE Connect the Ark With a liniment NOAH'S I and you have the world's grea external aches and pains. C For Kheumatisni, Sciatica, Lame Back, Sti Strains, Sprains, Cuts, Uruises, Colic, Cramps and Muscle Aches and I'ains. The genuine ha: f i.00 by all dealers in medicines, (iuaranteed NOAH UE.MEDY CO. HICHMONU, Sold and Guaranteed "" IWMHIIBI I I I Mil II I HI I 11 llllll II Mill I i i IIIIIII H II HI AjyV |f | xoh '?s: M sin JiaAiq aoi SH item H *popnnjoj oo \WH ot pooin^jonS bi xoq /joa;.j *P|oi( pooa ijjus u| tuoie?s mu.< tloujj ui \|| 'J0I30Q jnoA aa ..AO J '?OA|S t| JO,1(A pilll 1(3 jtllfrJI H 01(1 1 llil aXoupiJI 'joaj'I 'n-muioia tloi?>t o 1 IB *n0,|y 0tt' 03tU* ?* 'I poou:<.,.,qMX UN) s^noi (jW/? William E. Pelham & WeLeni T< Buy H We provide easy terrr We enable borrowers in Monthly Installments allowed to meet obl'g'iti It is cheaper than payi to 8ave money to buy a Contract. If you want to savft nm take a Security Contrac Call on A. J. Cihson, Treasurer, at ofi?c\ < or streets, next door to <Jo orfMipn-y! o % y $ *r i'k V? Newberry Hardware Company ? "V ^ 0 3 NEWBERRY