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ODER WOOD HIMSELF (ilYES STORY OF HIS LIFE To Save Mother's Life Family Moved i 1 _ d\ to JiinnesoTa wnen usrar Only Three Years Ohl. Comment upon the following document is superfluous. In the first one, Senator Bankhead, if Alabama, submits to the Constitution Oscar Underwood's own story of his life. In the second, th- unadorned narrative of the Alabama statesman explodes every j petty charge of "sectionalism" made | against liis ancestry and tells a life- j story entitling him to rank among the J first of Americans. Following is Senator Fankh- ad's i letter: uln Interest of Truth.* Editor Constitution: I am sending you a statement prepared by Mr. Underwood himself touching certain j newspaper misrepresentations that j hav-e appeared concerning him. I do not send this statement with j the view of having you publish it in j full. Indeed, 1 do not Know uun n| will be of any service to you at all, j but 1 thought it was well enough to j have the facts before you, and you ; can use your own judgment and dis- j cr-etion as to whether anything con- j tained in this statement will be use- j ful to you in refuting misrepresents-; tions. It is not Mr. L liaerwooa s nauu iu attempt to correct a newspaper statement, but he thinks perhaps in the interest of truth that some of the facts contained in this statement might well be put before the people of Georgia. For instance, you will see that his father was arrested early in the war and imprisoned on account Koinor -3 Smithprn svnmathizer, and V/-*- WViliQ M kept in prison until he accepted a parole pledging him not to take up arms against the United States. His two uncles were Confederate soldiers, as you will see, etc. I am simply sending this statement for your information. Sinc-erely yours, J. H. Bankhead, ^ V* O i Ml O TI ULO.il ixxcia. "Washington, D. C., March 20, 1912. OSCAK UNDERWOOD'S OWN STATEMENT OF ANTECEDENTS Oscar W. Underwood was born in Louisviile, Ky., on the sixth day of May, 1862. On his paternal side he is descended from a family of lawyers and planters, who came from England and settled in Virginia in 1664. His j grandfather's grandfather, William Thomas Underwood, was a planteT! before the revolutionary war, high sheriff of Goochland county, and at one time a member of the house of _ delegates ot Virginia. Mis giauufathers father was John Underwood, "a planter, and at one time high sheriff of Goochland county and also a mem-; ber of the house of delegates. His; grandfather was born in Goochland county, and when 10 years old went i to Kentucky with his uncle, Edmund Rigers, and General George Rogers j Clark, who was one of his cousins. His grandfather was Joseph R. Underwood, who was born in 1790, and was a lieutenant in J:he war of 1812. He I {Relieves^ I Backache 11 Instantly! I Sloan's Liniment is a great M remedy for backache. It B penetrates and ? relieves |j the pain instantly?no rub- 9 j ' bing necessary?just lay it on lightly. Here's Proof. "I bad my back hurt in the Boer War and in San Francisco two years ago I w as hit by a street car in the same place. I tried all kinds ot dope without success. Two weeks ago I saw your liniment in a drug sture and got a bottle to try. The first application caused instant ( relief, and now except for a little st'ff1 ness, I am aimost well." FLETCHER NORMAN, Whittier, Calif. SLOAN S I UMIMENTJj is the best remedy foi H j rheumatism, neuralgia, sore tliroat and sprains. Miss E. Rim of Brooklyn, X.Y., fi writes: "Sloan's Liniment is the best for rheumatism. 1 have used six bottles of it and it is grand." Sold by all Dealers. Price, 25c., 50c., and $ 1.00. ^ iseSELT. ^ ^ j-;: was severely wounded at the Battle of Dudley's Defeat in Ohio. He afterwards studied law, became a member of the court of appeals of Kentucky, was elected to congress as a whig, and afterwards served in the United States --C T T senate as a colleague 01 num v He agreed with Mr. Clay in his ad- 1 vocacy of a gradual emancipation of; the slaves and in the early part of the fifties emancipated all his slaves who desired their freedom 011 condition that they would go to Liberia to live.! About half of them accepted their freedom under these conditions, and ' lie, at his own expense, sent them to Liberia and gave them the money to j start life. The balance of his slaves j remained with him until after the war. At the outbreak of the war lie was over TO years of age and took no active part in the hostilities, but his j sympathies were on the side of the j Union. His son, Eugene Underwood, I the father of Oscar W. Underwood, ! was born at Glasgow, Ky., in ISIS. He j practiced law at Bowling Green, Ky., j in partnership with his father, and! subsequently moved to Nashville, j Tenn., and practiced law there for1 about ten years. He was a member of the original board of directors of: the Louisville and Nashville railroad, { but just before the beginning of thej civil war moved to Louisville and engaged in the practice of the law in that city. "Southern Sympathizer." When the Union army first occu- j i pied the city of Louisville he was ar- j : rested, charged with being a Southern (sympathizer but was subsequently] released, and from that time to the; I end of the war took no part on either J side of the controversy. Two of his j brothers served in the Confederate jarmy; John C. Underwood, now living in New York, was a major in the Confederate army and was engaged on the Confederate, side in the Battle of Shiloh and other battles. Towards the j end of the war he was captured and! confined in a northern prison until the j close of the hostilities. Eugene Underwood, from the time of the outbreak of the Civil war, aligned him- j i i self with the Democratic party and j consistently voted the Democratic ;j ticket from that time to the time of j I his death. In his youth he voted the i whig ticket. Joseph R. Underwood, Oscar W. Underwood's grandfather, | was a whig up to the time of the Civil j war; after that time he aligned him-1 self with the Democratic party and always voted the Demicratic .ticket, j He was a member of the national j Democratic convention that nominated j Seymour for president. All of Oscar W. Underwood's ancestors on his pa-i ternal side were Southern people, j either Virginians or Kentuckians. All For Confederacy. * 1 Underwood's maternal grandfather j ^ *' "* ?T- - ? ? ~ in ' was Jabez snntn, wuo u^m Groton, Conn., and moved to Petersburg, Ya., when he was a boy 18 years , of age. He built one of the first cot- j ton mills in the South at Petersburg j and for a number of years was mayor of that city before the Civil war. He was always a Democrat and came j from a Democratic family. During the, Civil war his sympathies were with} the South. I He died at Petersburg during the siege at the age of 76. His son and i two of his grandsons served in the! - - ? - otq TI r]_ Confederate arm) ; one ui mo sons being killed during the siege of i Petersburg. Oscar Underwood's ma- j ternal grandmother was a Miss Walthall, of an Old Virginia family, and a I cousin of the late Senator Walthall,! of Mississippi. Vihy They Left South. When Oscar W. Underwood was 3 years old, in the fall of 3865, his mother had a number of hemorrhages. I The doctors, fearing tuberculosis, advised his father to take her to a dry j climate, and they moved to St. Paul,; Minn., when it was a frontier country i and there was only ten miles of rail- j road in th? State. His father lived there until 1875, when he returned to: -i.?. Vtrnn fflif flspar W. Tin .rveniuci\.v ctinj. 17iwu&1M, ? ... _ derwood back with him and placed I him in school in Louisville, where his father established the family home.! Oscar W. Underwood remained there! and went to school until 1 SSI, when he was sent to the University of Vir' ginia and graduated there in law in June. 1SS4. . I In Birmingham. ' An V? r\ WDT1+ , Shortly atter his 5 IdUliauun nt; 11 vui, j to Minnesota and was admitted to the j bar; but only remained there about I two months, from there going to Birj ningham, Ala., to jo;<i Lis brother, i "William T. Underwood, who was in : business in Birmingham. Oscar W. < Underwood was admitted to the bar in Birmingham, Ala., on the first day of September, 1SS4. and practiced law there until he was elected to congress in 1S94. His two sons were born in Birmingham and that city has been Vi-5- hnmrv for nearly 2S years. His ilio vy - * v A.~r - first vnfo was Miss Eugenia Massie, i whom he married at Charlottesville, Va., and who was a memDer of a Virginia family of revolutionary stock. j His second wife was Miss Bertha j Woodward, who was born in Wheel-: ing, W. Va., her father moving to Bir- ! mingham, Ala., when she was 6 or 7 j years old, and has resided there ever j i since that time. CONFEDERATE KEUNIOX. Arrangements Heiiip Made for Handliner Visitors to Reunion at 31a( <>!! )hi\ 7-9. Macon, Ga., March 27.?Temporary improvements in its local facilities! - . for'handling passengers, involving an I expenditure of more than $10,000,! I will he made by the Southern railway j to provide for the comfort and con- j venience of the great crowds that it i will bring to Macon to attend the j twenty-second annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans, to be held in this city May 7, S and 9. The improvements will include new baggage rooms, extension of platforms and enlargement of ticket offices, public comfort buildings, and parking space for 60 Pullman cars with com- j plete arrangements for light, water! and sanitation, thus furnishing a sub- i i stantial addition to the hotel facili- j ties of Macon. The location of these J cars will be in two blocks of the cen- ' tre of the city and occupants can i reach them without crossing any j tracks. A large number of parties have already arrang-ed to live in their cars while at Macon. The Southern's passenger station is within one block of Central City park, in which the Veterans' camp will be located. Arrangements have already been made by the Southern to run a large number of special trains to Macon from various points throughout the South and it is expected that a number of others will be arranged. Two additional trains each way per day; between Atlanta and Macon will be j operated May 6, 7, 8, and 9, which, with the various special trains will | allow passengers reaching Atlanta at! virmr tn fipmirp immediate con-! C4.II J wvui vv? ? ^ nection to Macon. I I In order to handle the reunion trains with the utmost dispatch, the Southern will have a strong organization on the ground and every detail of service will be given the most j minute attention. Tb* Real Quest'on. "The Ara'r.s hiPve a proverb that 'a wise man's day is worth a fool's life.' It isn't a matter of how long you have been in business, but how much busi- j ? ? ^/-m"i-io- " Prnfitflhlfl ness are yuu uu*? uv?"b. j- * v?.k , Advertising. t THINK THIS OYER. This Offer Should Gain flie Confidence of the Most Skeptical. We pay for all the medicine used during the trial, if our remedy fails to completely relieve you of constipa- j tion. We take all the risk. You are j not obligated to us in any way what- j The Tri = ConstE ATLAN1 Tuesday, Thursday, Sc Every Week. TheFarn Paper?A Imost a Daily ford to Miss It During OnJy $L0*l THE presidential canvass, and discussed, election gress, new governors, state 1< line to the smallest local offici that demands the hearing of e Tri-Weekly Constitution i farmers, the most extensivelj paper hi the world, meets all news, gives special articles of departments and regular f< member of the family?the f even the hired help. / Agents wanted everywhe postoffice, and hamle in every farming community dab oft mi, small mail preu sioBB Mid ooote?ts. Send : voti cm A ft-9? 9 arol? to anj-one the iumea &a4 addresses of t< Quest for same. SetMl $1.00 for a yearly si paper started at once, three tii Address all orders to Tri-Weekly < Atlant ever, if you accept our offer. That's a ighty broad statement, but we mean ev ry word of it. Could anyr.hing be more fair for you? A most scientific, common-sense treatment is Kexall Orderlies, which are eaten iiKe canuy. ineir ucuaj principle is a recent scientific discovery that is odorless, colorless, anu tasteless; very pronounced, gentle, and pleasant in action, ana particularly agreeable in every way. This ingredient docs not cans-.- diarrhoea, .lausea, .'laiulcnce, griping, or other inconvenience. Kexall Orderlies are particularly good for cliilurea, aged and delicat-c persons. If you suffer from chronic or habitual constipation, or the associate or dependent chronic ailments, we urge you to try Rexall Orderlies at oar risk. itememcer, you can gei tnem 111 .Newberry only at our store. 32 tablets, 10 cents; 36 tablets, 25 cents; ^0 tablets, 50 cents. Sold only at our store?The Rexall Store. Gilder cc W-eeks. LAZY LIVE SPOILS DAY'S WORK Don't Let a Torpid Liver Knock You Out of a Day's Work?There is a Hotter Way?Kead About It. A man feels very little like working and a child don't want to go to school when bilious or constipated. It' you try calomel to cure you the chances are that you will be so weakened by its after-effects that you will be laid up for two or three days more. So we say "Don't take Calomel." We have a perfect substitute for calomel right here in our store, that we can fully guarantee to cure constipation and liven up the liver just as quickly as calomel, but without any of the bad after-effects of calomel. The name of this tonic is Dodson's Liver-Tone. It is a pleasant tasting vegetable tonic that mildly stimulates the liver and causes it to work just right to cleanse the body without any danger of salivation. When you try it if you do not say that it is a perf-ect substitute for calomel, come right in and get your money back. W. G. Mayes, drug store, : Wood's Seeds For 1912. Our New Descriptive Catalog is fully up-to-date, and tells all about the best Garden and Farm Seeds. Every farmer and gardener should have a copy of this catalog, which has long been recognized as a standard authority, for the full and complete information which it gives. We are headquarters for Grass and Clover Seeds, Seed Potatoes, Seed Oats, Cow Peas, Soja Beans and all Farm Seeds. Wood's Descriptive Catalog mailed free on request. Write for it. T, W. WOOD & SONS, j Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va. II Weekly *tuition , :a, QA. tturday. Three Times ler's Every-Other-Day x r _ rr - A f . 1\U ruilllt! i~uu njThis Presidential Year. D a Year conventions, issues involved of president, of a new consgislatures and on down the als, will make a year of news jvery voter. n the homes of over 100,000 r circulated tri-weekly newsthe needs of the people for unusual value in its various matures, and interests every <ALiiei, liiuiuu, V/i-iiivii re over the South, at every t, on eve-T rural route and Splendid inducements in liumt, agents' cash eommisfor an outfit today, free, if sending his own name and 3n neighbors by post card re lbscription now aii'l ?et your Lies a week. Almost a daily! Constitution a, Ga. & TMSWQT Ut|| c1 MX W i ia\ > ^ i-irQH' 17 l /' \.< ; /\7. . i l; .' i j:/ \/5 ? // ' J ^Kfi / |4 1 -' ! -i J !'J J / :! f.^w ' Oi I'\ i 0 '.' ! : .? -7J' ! I' i \|> 5v)i /-j-i' i f'-. >'.' /j y ^t'J 1 '' s ?.'rc ; HOB - : v. , , : MI M !if ' -"3I p sri;-" I soniS^/b jS ! H /tffitu I ^f< j I ! -irvr-ita** i | f,i-i h Ami ji:&s!a\ serftsgm? i? ' \; .V V:.., , \/r'" \ \, i - * ii >-: : "'-r ..... Y .r'-Y } */ ; ; ?T: 5S5gaRgimi8^ ^ / 7 ' J H~". j:. ?.d i .v i lie !; v.ri; j dewfjr tlie prot *.? LTO-tCctj i'ior: v.vio re^d ial ! H ; ? i" v Prevents false c I ! .? ..j Tu. i? ! i.?i . u:1". r: tsi > n;c m >. contains alcol Sfii 1 1 t jH * O */ I T" > L-.4 ^'W^ClLA til' ' he* 1 *" F~cr;nsc-1 1 i?t of su^h i f'j n :L?s priori by ci br 2 physician, si r'i *? x'tar.ejid. caaahis indica, chloral i - makes the LAii^L toll if any of the \n The advertising does not have to. k;4 Voo.-J 4*?^^ T -afc^ The next ti: ???? ?-?~ * a remedy f ir.;;.u. 5, impoverished cr acid blood, sr! kbei on ?. bottle of MILAM. This pre & any other preparation of being in its cli |? anice of benefit. Look for ALCOrK i; r-fming ingredients. Any preparation 5^ advertising: NONE CAN on tLeir lab I 1 ~ READ THE I) " nor-r ran ourruTa I ' "N "^Tv S7C5Z ^T7? Zir-3 , n 1' >.>?<* ft?:} 9 TfWr si - \A. v.o." -* \ f??< ha*'^ ; . ::-n <..- A. 4^ #** 3* 43 U iJ ?.c Doctors Use Hi | Dr. Evans. Ex-Commissioner of Health, j says: "There is almost no relation between skin diseases and the blood." The skin must be cured through the skin. The germs must be washed out, and so , salves have long a^o been found worth- | : less. The most advanced physicians of this country are now agreed on this, and are prescribing a wash of wintergreen, i +v.vmr,i and other ingredients for eczema and all other skin diseases. This com! pound is known as D.D.D. Prescription for Eczema. Dr. Holmes, the well known sk:.i specialist writes: "I am convinced that the i D.D.D. Prescription is as much a specific I for eczema as quinine for malaria. We [ I have been prescribing the D.D.D. remedy ! for years." "We. ourselves vouch for the D.D.D. Gilder & Weeks, w.iwwii?nawmiwaBMH1 oTKacDHnaBonaaBaBcv [|"I Am Well"! I writes Mrs. L R. Barker, g| of Bud, Ky., "and can do M all my housework. For I years I suffered with such j pains, I could scarcely | stand on my feet. After I three diffe rent doctors had I failed to help me, I gave j Cardui a trial. Now, I feel j like a new woman." ______ ^ i The Woman's Tonic I A woman's health de- | pends so much upon her j delicate organs, that the I least trouble there affects J her whole system. It is I the little things that count, fa in a woman's life and j health. If you suffer from j any of the aches and J pains, due to womanly I weakness, take Cardui at i once, and avoid more seri- |f| ous troubles. We urge || m<? BSS Endless Chain. A mouse is afraid of a man, ?. man .s afraid of a woman, a woman it ' iraid of a mouse?iiisro you arc ?Chicago News. J Jm fk. $1 M #m $a "M fe?5#|. * w ^ If L 1L feaa^ Jl oitL The corn crop fooled lctj ji" farmers ^ 'car. a:\v fields locked rroccl but fell clown c viCi(i. < l"S Vv'Jts OVVirsy to a hi<\< ciacer of grain. \ vrr m?.:st liavc cflOupa c.;*r>*y av.LaV.;? :'OCUCC WcIi-I-l-i c3Sc ' S'.c.JKS. In r vhr?*.?*-* cnn( v? :?r o "'o'? 1; ? -it'V rn:-*in-r v. List fo 'ii tbc- ; <j 7". I.> i ". lb iiTfc", to wi '.l: ? k>- -') f.wi,j clu'vc? ivs roc' ?-u lice. rr n'< f*jrn:-:) br it;ds rich ?-:>o"eh in Potash ;' ! >. I s . > y u r :n ? )! { ' wwt \ ; r i"ic.:ttK'U 'lie b'auds k<: ao.* i.a?ry. \.:;te y.i~. >.'e \\".I e. 'I dir. ct srae'jnt /wts ?. iOv'-.h. r.""., \'. r.tc i- r ci \ !ui,.; :or lormclas ?nu directions. cE~r*rT" works,** y Cc:.th'.r.t?l etd#.. Baltimore Mcv.<*daocii Slock. Chicago Vv.V.'I.-.oy Bui.Y.in?, New Orieaca CH J37/*r>?> Ci 4.' w# " X] } u yl <"> T-*? <?'< uacs iJ 7 a Mf \ Jus t Air 5 ? / r c^Amr i rea&tae -<?# / &?<?& r?:m^^,-^^^rry^4er|| pure food and drug law jtj ection of ail, 'out it on!v w ' ^ rji )els. p Iciims?on the labels?net $ w makes the label tell if i lol. Not so in the adver- | 2 Label } I drugs as are considered dangerous |j ich 'di opium morphine, cocaine, & , arsenic, strychnine, etc., and | jm are contained in the medicine, r rherefore when buying medicine me you ara inclined to buy a tcnic or " or &nv of t!ie ill3 that coma from J? : your druggist to let you read the Kj paration has no rival. If you suspect j* ss, Read the Label. Look for a guar- g JL and other dangerous and kr.b't 3 can clai-n what we claim in their LABELS! I ^5^4 i / X? \ llUffln ! ?niiin i iimi iwiiTninm? ? & for Emma Prescription for eczema and absolutely guarantee that it will take away the itch the instant you apply it. If you are suffering: from any form of skin trouble we would like to have you come to our store, for we have had the agency of this remedy for so many years that we can tell you all about D.D.D. Prescription and how it cures ? - * _-f* eczema, in iact, we are so sure 01 wnat D.D.D. will do for you that we will bo glad to let you have a $1 bottle on our guarantee that it will cost you nothing unless you find that it does the work. For that matter a trial bottle for 25c ought to be enough to absolutely prove tne merits of the remedy. Drop into our store anyway and we will tell you all about this great remedy. Druggists, Newberry, S. C. Needed in Every Home M* A. V vm PINLAlUKA /T"VHIS wonderful Healing Oil is death to pain?it stops it quick. Nothing known to the Drug Trade so quickly and surely heals jagged cuts, 1 severe Durns, running sores, or painful sprains. Pineacura is powerful, quick and penetrating, yet is simple, harmless and natural, made of pure vegetable matter and contains no turpentine, chloroform, alcohol or other dangerous drugs. Simply the heart of the balmy pine prop erly distilled and rehnecL It does not even slightly irritate the most tender skin. It is not a counter irritant. Get a bottle from your druggist?watch it work one time and you will never be without it. 25c, 50c and $1.00 Sizes Get a bottle from your druggist today. If not on sale in your town we will send a full size 251 bottle free if you send us your druggist's name. Pineacura Remedies Co ORLANDO, FLORIDA W. G. MAYES. He Would Better Keep Still. A man who smokes and belongs to :Iubs never has any chance in an argument with his wife about expenses, v . ' . is.'.