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fl WARTIME BLUFF I | It Was Worked by Stonewall Jackson, and It Won. I ; HIS MOST IMPORTANT ORDER It Was Given by the Cool Headed Con- 1 federate Commander to ? Confused Federal Soldier, and It W*as Promptly Obeyed?A Lucky Escape. Perhaps ttie most important order , that Stonewall .Jackson ever issued? I certainly the most vital to himself?is not in the official war records. The i order was ?;iven in person by Jackson j to a northern artillery officer as he J ?A 1 **..11 rA.wl v fnr bllM-M! HI I 111 ?- UlillVl ui i r<m; tvi .... ^ . beside his gun. and. strangest of all. \ was at once executed by him. wit!) tbe | result that the battle was lost by the j Federal arms. Jackson's action on this occasion fur- J nishes a striking illustration of the j value of a cool head and presence of j mind in an emergency?on an impor- j tent occasion when the entirely nnex- i pected happens?at a time when wavering or indecision would result in disaster. That he was able instantly to grasp the situation and daringly mas- ! ter it is a tribute to his quickness of j judgment and his courage. It was on a spring morning in 1XH2. j just before the battle of Port Repub- j lie. Jackson in advance of his troops, j with only a single escort, galloped j across the bridge over the Shenandoah i river into the town, which stood on the east bank. Learning that the army of General Shields was still a good many miles away and confident that his own troops would be in possession | Jonjr before the enemy, he rode to a residence at the farther end of the village. where he spent nearly an hour. But meantime the energetic Shields? whom Jac kson declared to be his most ! formidable opponent?had thrust for- j ward a small, swift column to occupy i Port Republic, seize the bridge and j halt Jackson's advance. So rapidly did ; it more that it gained both objects : without firing a shot. More than that, i Jackson was a prisoner?if any one had known it! Jackson, fn utter ignorance of the disastrous change, mounted 'his horse and ambled down tbe main street to j the bridge. What was his astonish- j ment to see groups of soldiers?in blue! j ?busily moving to and fro about the bridgehead and throwing up intrenph- j meats and fortifications. Planted on a ; little knol! that commanded tbe bridge' and its approaches was a formidable ! field gun. Fortunately for Jackson, tte recent j campaigns up and down the valley had ! faded both blue nnd gray uniforms j into a nondescript drab. As .lackson sat on his horse and watched the busy scene he formed his plan swiftly. He could not so back. He must cross that bridge. That was his only chance, it! was the frowning held gun that he j feared. He must put it out of commis- ! \ sion loug emmgh to get beyoud its! range. Throwing up his hand to at-1 tract attention, he shouted to the of- j ficer in command of the jrun: "What are you doing with that gun i up there? I didn't order it there, and j I don't want it there!" There were authority and petulance in his voice as : sirlr?*?ri "f imh^r lin Hiifi run it over I on that knob over there!" The officer at the gun. thinking t-hat j he had to deal with some superior of- j ficer recently arrived, hastened to obey j without question, explaining in self de-1 fense that he had understood his orders otherwise. Sitting on Little Sorrel while the Federal troops worked busily about him. Jackson calmly waited until the J gun was lumbering off to its new position. Then he rode quietly across! the bridge and up the other br.nk un- j til be was well out of musket range. | Then be turned, waved his hand to the, astonished Federals, and. putting spurs! to bis horse, galloped away from the; rain of bullets that pattered harmlessly j in thp rear. i \ Had be been captured rhe Confe.der- j ate victory :it Port Republic which he j wou a few hours later would n<?t have ! happened. The able and energetic! Shields would have defeated hi^! troops, stunned by his loss.?Youth's' Companion. Palace and Hovel. Probably in Constantinople, whict j Jias beeu described as the "city of hov-; els," there is a greater ^ontrast between the public and private buildings than in any other city in the world. The streets are narrow, tortuous and ; 4irty. and even the better class of pri-1 Tate houses are mean in comparison j with those of a similar class in other countries. On the other hand, the mosques and palaces are magnificent in ! size, design and materials of construc- j tion. most of them being of marble, j white or gray. The seraglio is one of i the finest buildings in Europe. Often Happens So. 4tI wonder," says old Pop Crabbe, *'why it is that when you've stood around in a store for twenty minutes and finally given your order half a , dozen clerks immediately rush up and ask if you've been waited on."?Cleveland Plain Dealer. Fixing the Date. "Say, old man, lend me a fiver till pay day, will you?" "Which? Your pay day or the day vouTl pav me?"?Boston Transcript. ! Faijure is ve~y often the result of [ waiting fcr other people to do things i first. UGLY DRIVER ANTS i I All Living Creatures Fly Before These African Terrors. THEY BUILD LIVING BRIDGES. ' I * I When an Army of These Formidable f and Ferocious Insects Want to Cross! a Ri^er a Suspension Tube of Their Own Bcdies Provides the Way. i Why should driver ants cross rivers? | The ants of our own woods nave no ! such desire; they are busy little people.! too uiuch engaged in the practical task ; of finding and storing food to have any j vagaries of this suit. They are con- j tented and harnless if not disturbed | or annoyed. An angry ant is to be avoided, and an angry swarm can make its displeasure felt in a very unpleasant'way. as every one knows who has carelessly broken into a "est. But if left alone they are peaceful little workmen, absorbed in their own' affairs. The great v er or r?asuib.uut;.Y <iui.i however, hrs nothing peaceable in his j composition. He is nothing ir nor ag- j gressive and spiteful; neither is tie cod-, tented. In the great forests of Africa j these insects ciuitiply to an alarmingextent. They swarm in thousands, j perhaps millions, and, formidable at i any time, during the season of migra- J tion they are a terror to the whole j district in wbicb they live. Myriads of these insects are seized ! with a restless desire for change. Obey-1 ing some mysterious instinct or follow-! ing the commands of their queen, they ! set out upon their travels, and woe betide the man or beast that crosses their path!' In a moment the hapless creature is covered with ants, and in ; an incredibly short space of time noth-i ing is left but hare hones. The driver ant is so called because it drives away all living creatures. When this most terrible boat is on the march men and auimals. great and small, take flight. Lions and tigers i may be seen rushing along side by side with the timid gazelle. All are mii<?h fri<rhtpned to dream of at tacking or avoiding each other. For once in their lives they are united in their terror of l:he common enemy, j Size and strength are of no avail, and i a rhinoceros or an elephant is as much j terrified and is in as much danger as a rabbit. When the vast army of ants arrive on the bank of a river a halt is call- J ed. They have no idea of turning back, but to cross that river they must have a bridge, iand the making of this bridge takes time, and probably the engineers of the army have to bnstle up to the front. The making of an ant bridge is one of the most wonderful things in the world me ailts Nwarm uu a nee. ] choosing one which overhangs the riv-1 er. Upon the bough which reaches | farthest over the stream they mass i themselves and begin to form a thick; rope of their own bodies. This they j do by means of holding on firmly with their hind lejrs. wbile with the front! pair of legs they grasp the bodies of other ants. Constantly fresh ants range themselves in front, and so the rope grows and grows until at last it touches the water. By find by the floating chain is carried by the current toward the other side where probably grass and great! reeds spring out of the water. The j foremost ants seize upon the first ob-! ject they touch, and from one slender i foothold -to another they climb until j at last they reach land. * The nearest j tree is quickly climbed, the foremost j pairs of legs doing all the work, and; very soon the living rope is swinging high above the rivi r. The bridge is made, and quickly the army crosses the stream. Du Chaillu. in his African travels.! had an opportunity of observing one of : these bridges, and he declares that it' is made with a hollow center, the j living bodies of the ants forming the j walls of a tunnel, through which the < main body of ants travel safely over the water. When the last ant has j crossed and the bridge is no longer > needed, the ,ants in the rear release j their hold and the rope or tunnel drops ; into the river. The ants do not like water, but they are soon released from this position# for the vanguard are dis-' persing as fast as they can, and the self sacrificing ants who began the j great chain are quickly upon dry land. I It is all very strange and very won-1 dorful. Why do they travel at all? I By what direction and by what laws ; do they act. and how did they learn to j ?- - 1 1 J-., U r. I muh.e urrijjcs: uur uiuuiansis nave j learned much of their ways and their j doings, but these questions they cannot | answer; they are part of the mystery ! of life and nature of which the wisest j knows little.?J. Cutler in London Fam- j ily Herald. j Women's Capes. Cape of Good Hope? Sweet sixteen, j Cape Flattery?Twenty Cape Lookout?Twenty-five. Cape Fear?Thirty. Cape Farewell?Forty.?Ladies' Home Journal. Egotistical. "You sometimes disagree with these : scientific experts?" "Not at all." replied the serene ego- j tist. "Notwithstanding the fact that 11 have thought a matter out to a sound j conclusion they frequently insist on i disagreeing with me."?Washington Star. I FORYC Would b CHRIS! Many were mac money from th not begin now a No Charge Come in The New Newberry, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CO UNITY OF NEWBERRY. Court of Common Please. The Exchange Bank of Newberry, S. C., plaintiff, against Rosannaja Havird and Ellen M. Witt,' defendants. I i By virtue of an order of the court j herein, I will sell before the court house at 'Newberry, S. C., within the : legal hours of sale, on Monday, Jan- j uary 4, 1&15, same being salesday, to t'ae highest bidder at public auction, j all that piece or lot o:' land in the t'o?wn j cf Newberry, county and State ftforesaid, containing three-fourths of an j acre, more or less, and bounded on | . , ! t'.e north by Wheeler street, east oy i Lindsay street, south by land of R. D. Wright and west by land of Van Smith, being the place at which the said i Rosannah Havird now resides. Terms of sale: One-third of the I purchase money to be paid in casJh, j the balance, to be secured by bond of the purchaser and mortgage of the premises, payable in one and two equal annual installments, with interest j from day of sale at the rate of eight per cent per annum, payable annually until the debt is paid, with leave to the purchaser to anticipate payment of the credit portion in whole or in part; the mortgage to contain a stipulation for ten per cent attorney's fees if it is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection after maturity, and a stipulation that the mortgagor is to keep the houses in sured and assign the policy to the master for the security of the debt, with authority to the master to pay any insurance premium upon default of the mortgagor or his assigns and reimburse himself, with interest on the amount from day of payment at eight per cent; the purchaser will be required to pay one hundred dollars to the master wfoen the property is knocked down to him, and upon his failure to comply with the terms of 1 is purcl' ase within ten days the property will be resold at the risk of the defaulting purchaser on some convenient saleday thereafter. Purchaser to pay .or papers and recording same. H. H. Rikard, Master. December 14, 1914. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Newberry, Court of Common Pleas. Amos S. Wells, Plaintiff, against Sam P. Crotwell, Defendant. [Pursuant to an order of the court herein, I will sell at public outcry, to thecnighest bidder, before the court house door at Newberry, S. C., within the legal hours of sale, on Saleday in December, 1914, the following lot i of land to wit: All. tl?at lot of land j lying near the CMollohon JVlill j known as "Spearman Row," partly | within and partly without the cor- j porate limits of t'r.e town of Newber- j rv, on the road from Newberry to j Prosperity, containing two and one-1 nnt-Af m?ro rvr> locc nrtfl ll V1* f) 2T I iidiL cxv^i mux o vx a* ? .? seven tenant -houses tfhereon, bounded by lands of George M. Sbealy, 1eceased, Mrs. Clara M. McCrary, A. B. | Atwood, and by a street separating j said lot from lot of 01 formerly of -T. T. , McCullough. Terms o' sale: One-third of the ; I f endid P HJR BOY C aasm e a Membership Cari IAS SAVINGS ie happy this year b) :ir SAVINGS CLUB ind save for next ye; i to Join. Everybody and Let Us Exolaiii tiSBMrnatammmmummm berry Savin purchase money to be paid in cash, the balance to be payable in equal installments in one and two years from day of sale; credit portion to be secured by bond of purchaser and mortgage of premises sold, bond to bear interest from day of sale,, and until paid in full, at t'. e rate of eight per cent, per annum, interest to be payable annually or to become principal annually and bear interest at the same rate until paid in full, the purchaser to tave leave to anticipate, at any time, the credit portion, in whole r in part. The mortgage to provide for the payment of ten per cent, of vhe | principal and interest as attorney's j fees in case cf suit or collection through an attorney, and it a^o shall provide that if the first installment, or any part thereof, or any interest due is not paid when due, the whole amount o:* said bond and mortgage, interest, attorney's fees, costs, insurance, taxes, as therein provided s'.-.all become due and payable at once. The mortgage s?ball require the purchaser to insure and keep insured from loss or damage by fire the buildings on the premises and assign the policy to the master and shall provide that if the purchaser fail'to do so, fail to ?>ay the taxes, the master or his assigns, may pay said insurance and taxes, and any ipenalties incurred thereon, and reimburse themselves for the same under tfae mortgage at the rate of eight per cent, per annum from xi. _ i - * 1- rnu ~ ,, LXie C.sy oi sucii payments. xxit: purchaser shall be required to pay the master the cash portion of the purchase-money immediately upon the acceptance of his bid, and if the purchaser fail to comply the master will ; resell at the risk of tt'ae defaulting purchaser. The purchaser to pay '"or drawing of deed and mortgage and recording of mortgage. H. H. Rikard, Master. 11-17-et-ltawM . I STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OP NEWBERRY. Court of Common Please. T. 0. Keister, plaintiff, against Wilson Herbert, Summer Brothers Company, a corporation, and Joi:n C. Goggans, as Guardian of Margaret Spearman,' defendants. By order of the jourt herein, I will sell before the court louse at Newberry, S. C.f within the legal hours of SL.e, on Monday, January 4, 1915, to the highest bidder, at public auction, the following: All that tract of land in the county and State aforesaid, about eight miles from the town of Newberry, containing eighty (SO) acres, more or less, j lying on the public road from New- j berry to Kinards Ferry and otherwise I bounded by lands or or formerly 01 "\Irs. Sally Werts, George Werts and David B. Werts, this land having been conveyed to the said Wilson Herbert by W. H. Lcng, December 1st, 1S87, by deed of record in t'he office of the j register of Newberry in Book Xo. 4 ! at page 228. j Also that tract of land in said conn- j ty and State containing forty (40) : acres, more or less, and bounded by j lands of Wilson Herbert and tvo es- j tate of Henry Werts on the north, by j lands of D. B. Werts on the east and j south. by lands of M. J. Waldrop and i i I I , I resent ,| i >K UlKL j 1 ' d in Our CLUB j receiving their PADHC \XrL? univfj. vv ii y at* *) 41 it Welcome the Plan - I n l gs vm, South Carolina ? the road from Newberry to Kinards Ferry on the west, tfcis land having been conveyed to the said Wilson Herbert by D. B. Werts January 25th. 1893 by deed of record in the office 6: the register for Newberry county in. Book A* ? 17 ? 10: 1W. 4, <XL y<x.&v ?00. Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money to be paid in cash, the balance, to be secured by bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premise, payable in one and two equal annual installments, with interest from day of sale at the rate of eight per cent per annum, payable annually until the debt is paid in full, interest to bear interest at eight per cent if not paid wCen due; the mortgage to contain a stipulation that the mortgagor shall pay ten per ccnt attorney's fees if collected by suit or placed in the hands of an attorney' for collection; also that he is to keep the house insured and assign the policy of insurance to the master for a further security of the debt, with leave to the purchaser to anticipate payment of the credit Dortion in whole or in part. Purchaser will be required to pay the master one hundred dollars on his-purchase when tfae property is knocked down to him, and upon his failure to comply with the terms of the purchase within ten days the property will be resold on the following saleday at the risk of the former purchaser. Purchaser to pay for papers and for r2cording same. H. H. Rikard, Master. December 14, 1914. DELIXQUEXT TAX SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Newberry. "Rv virhiP r>f pxeentions delivered to me by John L. Eip-ps, treasurer of Newberry county, I will sell in front o: the court house at Newberry, on salesday, in January, 1915, within tihe legal hours of sale oil account of delinquent State and county taxes for 1913, the following real estate: 1. One lot in town of Newberry assessed to W. K. Sligh, bounded by lands of J. A. Burton, Mrs. J. E. Norwood, Harper St., and a acant lot. 2. One lot in town of Newberry assessed to B. J. Troutman, bounded by lands of John Kibler, lot No. 68 of Higfn Point land, Nance St., and Nance .Qf 3. One lot in town of Newberry assessed to Xeel Xance, bounded by McSwain St., lots Xo. 11 and 13 and a ten foot alley same being lot iXo. 12 as shown on a plat in clerk's office in Plat Book Xo. D, at page 411. 4. One lot in town of Xewberry assessed to Maud Xance. bounded by lands of Wm. Sbeppard, Annie Dawkins, and Laura Whitener and by Caldwell St. 5. Thirty-five acres of land more or less assessed to Luther and Hawkins in the town of Prosperity, said land now divided in two lots. One bounded by lands of Frank Merchant, Ft. L. ~~ " "" ? ? * * 1 *"? t -\r . i. 1 j; * Luther, .left vviCKer, Minon ..ueuioiuai churcih and Prosperity road. The other bounded by lands of R. L. Luther and Prosperity road. 6. The household and kitchen furniture of .Torn L. Cannon in the town of Newberry, S. C. Terms of sale?cash. Cannon G. P>lease. Sheriff. 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