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T. J. LIPSCOMB PASSES AWAY. Was Colonel Under Ha-mpton-Serv ed Columbia as Mayor-Inter ment Will Take Place at Newberry, His Old Home. Columbia. November 4.-Col. T. J. Lipscomb is dead. A colonel under Gen. Wade H-impton and one of the bravest of the brave men who drew sword for the Confederacy, a knight ly and cultured gentleman; for twelve years superintendent of the State penitentiary; for one term mayor of Columbia. The death of Col. Lipscomb occur red this 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 he had been on the 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 Columbia. The funeral arrangements have not been definitely decided up on, but the interment will take place at Col. Lipscomb's old home in New bery some time tomorrow. Col. Thomas J. Lipscomb was born in Abbevile county, March 27, 1833. and received his education in South Carolina college and in the Univer sity of Virginia at Charlottesville. From the latter he w.nt to Pl'jadel phia and took a course in the Jefier son Medical college, afterwards re turning to Charleston. Here he gra duated from the Medical college in 1854. On leaving college he went to Paris, France, where he remained eighteen months, having previously spent six months in New York. Re turning from Paris, called home on account of the fatal illness of his father, he bought a plantation in Lau rens county and remained there three years. He then sold out and bought a plantation near Newberry, where he remained until early in 1861, when he volunteered to serve in the Confederate army. He was made second lieutena.nt of Company B, of the 3d regiment of volunteer infantry, Col. James Wil liams commanding. He was in the first Bull Run battle and after that Gen. Bonham took hi mon his staff as his aide-de-camp. He served with him until the general was elected gover nor of South Carolina in 1862, and then served on the staff of Gen. J. B. Kershaw, who sueceeded 'Bonham, and of Gen. Jubal B. Early, until ear ly in 1863. Col. Lipscomb, then rais ed a cavalry company and was made captain of it. and his command was assigned to Gen. Wade Hampton's command. At the battle of Stevens brug he was made major and soon af ter lieutenant colonel. At Gettys burg he was made colonel and held the rank at the close of the war. Col. Lipseomb. was in the battles of Brandy Station, Antietam, Gettys burg, Thoroughfare Ga.p and in all the battles in which Hampton 's com mand participated and in the cam paign in North Carolina. Returning home to his plantation near Newberry, he there remained un til 1867. when his home was burned and he was driven from the p)remises by Radical element. losing all he had and being compelled to remain away from home about three years. In 1870 he settled in Newberry and went into the business of buying cotton, remnaining there until 1878. He was then elected superintendent of the State penitentiary and reelected by the legislature every two years up to 1890. Durinz his tenure of office he saved the State many thousands of dollars. and made many improve ments in the buildings and manage meut of the institution. After his retire:nent from the sup erintendlency of the p)enitenitiarr~ Co. Lipsambengged in business in Co lu:nbia. and for a number of years ran a large brick manufacturing plant. In 1898 he was nominated for mavor of Columbia at the head of whbt was called the citizens' move ment. and was elected. 1His adminis tration was characterized by progres sive measures. and as mayor Col. Lipseomb disphlayed his aibility as a conterrative yet fearless leader. standinw always for what he conceir ed to be the riwht. The people had confidence in his intezrity of pur pose and in his jndg:nent. During his term the old opera house and city hall w:as burned, on the e.orner now occupied by the Carolina National bank building, and the city then pur ch:sed the site of the pre;ent theatre and city hall. and the present build ing was erected. At that time also the paving of Main street sidewalks was agitated and begun. It was just the beginning of the new industrial growth of Columbia, and the capital was then only starting on its rapid deopment into a real city. Natur ally the best measures to be adopted were not easily discerned, and there was mnuch1 diVi-i-1(n of opinion as to pblie neasures. but on the whole the administration of Mayor Lipscomb was wise and conservative as well as progressive. Since his term as mayor Col. Lips comb has not hield public office, and in the last 'few vears has not engag ed in active business, but he retained a very keen interest in public affairs until the last and was thoroughly posted on the news of the political world, state and nationaL For the last two or three years he had been a great sufferer and has sev eral times gone to the hospital for treatment. being at one time relieved to some extent by an operation. It had been evident for some time to his family and friends that he could not live very much longer, but it was not generally known in the city that there was any immediate danger, and the news this morning of his death was a shock to the city, which he had serv ed, as it will be to the State, for which he fought so gallantly. He died this morning at 3 o'clock at his home, No. 1231 Plain street. Col. Lipscomb is survived by his wife and one son, Mr. T. J. Lipscomb, Jr.. of Camden. Col. Lipscomb was married in De cember, 1868., to Miss Hattie, daugh ter of William H. Harrington. and granddaughter of Chief Justice o 'Neall. To them were born six chil dren. only one of whom is now living. Thomas J. Lipscomb, Jr. The name of Col Lipsemob's father was John Lipscomb, who was born in South Carolina in 1790. His father, Nathan Lipscomb, was a fiative of Virginia. John Lipscomb was three times mar ried; the mother of Col. Lipsemob be fore marriage was Sarah M. Bonham, sister of Governor M. L. Bonham. They were married about the year 1820, and the fruit of this nmarriage was twelve children. The mother died in 1849, and the father in 1857. The funeral service will be held at noon tomorrow, Thursday, at the First Baptist church, Columbia, of which Col. Lipscomb was a member, and the interment will be in Newber ry, the funeral party leaving here on the C. and G. at 1.20 p. m. RUSH FOR THE LAND LOTTERY. Private Houses Stocked with Cots Which Rented at Fifty Cents I Each. Six thousand farms were given away last week at Dallas. S. D., by Uncle Sam in his latest land lottery. Nearly 115.000 p)ersonls made the journey in the last three weeigs to one of the points of registration. Chamberla in. Gregory. O'Neill and Dallas. and expended about $2,300. 000 for the purpose of determining the ownership to lands held by the government at $6.00,000. The lands were not exactly pres ented by the government, but they will be disposed of to the luck draw ers at about a fifth of their present value. In order to secure a ch'.nee at the land everybody save soldiers and sailors had to journey to a registering point and -personally deposit a sealed envelope containing the alplication in a metal box. Nobody could enter who was not eligible to take up a homestead, and all who draw must pay $6 an acre for the fourteen months b)efore proving up. Immdiaelyafter the books clos edfor the registration, on the night of Saturday. October 17. the whole town went to sleep and didn 't wake up till Monday morning. For three weeks every .eitizen had been on the make, and nobody slept. Notaries, ~hotel men. lunch counter proprietors, restaurant keepers, gamblers--every body kept wide :awake at all hours. All the railroads ran special trains to towvn, and they arrived,at all hours of the day or night. For the last few days of the rush everybody slept on his feet or snatched a few hours between trains. One member of the family was kept on wateh at some time during the twenty-four hours, and as every train load was dumped into town and the tired. cram-.ed 1-mdseekers, sleepyv and d-.i11 themnsel ea. wandered up-town liaghts flashed t. in front of every~ huainess house and tent harllkers before the notaries' Tmees 1and luncl(h couinters began their spiels. and the whole town walked to life iad t'ok up the chave of the aim be dollir. Boin-ir a nt tar:: publie wyas a profi h!abe busine-e. TheC lawv restricted e ch i ae to 2->ci eets for eachl certi fiati on.bt even at this small rat neurly $:1fI000 waa' reiaed for p)er f rin tis servr-e. L,echer luinged brker-. s)me of theml imporOte~d for the occasio'n. 0othe:'s callege boys out to make a little money and trans formed into while you wait spielers. h):wled out. "Register here! Register every man performed. That was real lv al ihere wZs to it-signll HIe aplilli e:uion .nid1 drop It inlito thle call. Th'lel the homjeseeker was free to go hom< igain. nly lie didOn't. Improvised lodging houses and res taurants. each had its barker. Saloon; in plenty there were, and in the bael part of each there was a gamblinlg' out fit. The usual rental asked h3 the saloon man when he wasn't run ning the game himself was $100 night. and he got it. Roulette, $20( limit faro bank, poker, wheel of for tune, anything or any game you like The gamblers reaped the riches harvest of all. Gambling is under th4 ban in most towns in this s'etion o: the west and the landseekers wer often hungrier after a chance to losi their roll than after land. One gami running here had a bank roll o: $100,000, and it was nearly double< in the few weeks the lid was elevat ed. Tacked on stalls and sides of build ings were copies of the map of th land the government had made. 0 these each bit of land was given description. hilly, level, rolling, wat ered, sandy. loam. etc. Eager group of land seekers clustered about thes maps. Most of the level land wa reserved for the Indians, as was tha closest to water. This gave rise t great indignation. Why didn't the governnent giv 'em them rough lands?'' one homi seeker would growl out. "They'vi gone. and hogged the best land. The ain't no farmers, dang 'em.' The new settlers will have a choic collection of Indian neighbors. ac cording to the map. As one local pa per put it: "Want to know where Jim Winter steen's place is," one can fancy o: a summer evening a homesteader say ing to the inquiring stra-ager at hi door. The next claim to mine belong to Lizzie Forked Tail and the next t her is John B. Circle Wing and Mol lie Standing Cloud. You just driv along there to Joe Crazy Bull's plac and turn to your right and strik north along by Eva Stands on Is land's and Pretty Voice Hawk's an( George Band Hand's and Susie Bea Pi3eld's and Christopher Colomb' ana Susan Eagle Dog's and Hi Horse's Chasings. and you '11 come t a two-story corn stalk .eastle belong ing to Pe'ter From Above. You jus tell him I sent you and he'll tell yom just where to find the claim: it's nex to Mrs. Emily Whirlwind Soldier.'' The thrifty citizens of Dallas threv open their houses to accommodate the visitors, but before doing so the: crowded all the cots they could int< each room that the family could pos sibly do without, and at 50 cents: cot they made more money than tha bank. Mrs. Don H. Foster was the pro prietress of a place on Main stree where one could wash his face. corn his hair and wipe on d clean .towe for 'a dime, and she fared better tha: if she had drawn a farm. Tw< daughters-in-law of Ex-Governo Jackson, of Iowa, and Mrs. Ernest A Jackson. daughter of Federal Judg< Munger. of Omaha, got into the gain with zeal, renting cots in their home to wavfarers at the customary rate. But this was only the beginning o real prosperity for this seeti.n. With in a year all of the million acres Wi] be under cultivation-it is good lan and the man who drew a farm wi] be able to sell it for $6,000, the pre ailing price of similar land in tht adj.ining country. Crosses of Honor. The crosses of honor applied fo to be bestowed June 3rd, 1908, faile to come in view of the fact that th supply in the hands of the custodia had been exhausted. The president o Drayton Rutherford chapter take pleasure in stating that the belate crosses have arrived and are no' ready for bestowal upon the follow ing veterans. Bruce, J. D. Caldwell, J. C. Dennis, D. L. Goggans, B. F. Griflin. George P. Hawkins, J. M. Haltiwanger, D. J. Keitt. E. S. Livingston, George S. McCullumn, John. Shealy. Jas. E. Smith, G. M. Ward. D. M. Wheeler. L. G. In calling for the above erosses th veterans must each bring a vouche of identity, from Col. 0. L. Schum pert, adjutant. Jas. D. Nance Cami asite rules gaverning such bestowal Mrs. J. A. Burton, President. 1938 Hlarrington St.. Newberry. BRACELETS of style and quality Daniel & Williamson. COTTON Nearly 15.00 a bale less than a year ago. Do you want to sell your cotton at present pr,.es? 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 Newberry Warehouse and Mr. C. E. Summer or J. D. Wheeler will teli you how to get money on it from the Farm er's Loan and Trust Company of Columbia. T. B. STACKHOUSE, Pres. FOR ALL CREATION THE Connect the Ar With a lininem NOAH'S and you have the world's gre external aches and pains. For Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lame Back, S Strains, Sprains, Cuts, Bruises, Colic, Crami Sand Muscle Aches and Pains. The genuine h - $z.oo by all dealers in medicines. Guarantee I NOAH REMEDY CO. RICHMOND Sold and Guaranteed os peotvzv o gi o ? o p -Jo8 oo anni~a~ zog * William E. Peiham &~ iWe Len BuyE We provide easy terr We enable borrowern in Monthly Installment allowed to meet obliga It is che.aper than pas to save money to buy a Contract. If you want to save rr take a Security Contra< Call on~ A. J. 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