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( Vuturonsioiial flft.up liuiniUancon by chock*, drafts >ir?'t pioial tnonoy order# ahonld he ramie j?i? s i? ?? I ? to W. I?. MohOW'Kl.I.. Ciiiii'lcfti S. ( File Is Composed or. It too t requcnt'y oconrH that the praises of officers ore sung wh< n decifs of tb<w#ank and file to whi< h tnahy glorious victories arc dee, an unnoticed and forgotten. AVe are euro that tl.o following nurativo oi ti private's daring doed together with the recollections generally of n gron1 buttle, wriMon by rk of ('oniM Hough, of our county, for 1 1. 1 ?'umtcr Herald find from which p> per we tako it, will ho rend with gfeat pleasuro : lOditor of The Snmter fleruld : Worth has beoo wiitlen and pttblisn i;d i'm the newspapers of t!n' jj;nl I ni? I ry displayed hv gtnorals in lending their men in ehu'ises njiniiiHl tlio en emy's lines, just at the opportune tini", and often tinning a defeat inf. n brilliant victory; hut it in seldom "*v 1 1 v f\ t such if all ant leadership at sneh times, hv individual nieiubein ol the rank ami II I ?*, ?s even pnblidied in the newspapers, much less to lind i's way in history. Hut I propose ti ' ?' to give your re ad era my recollect ions of the battle, as participated in, by the 2nd S. O. Regiment on the ?>?' casion related h?h?w, which will load your readers through the surround in^ circumstances am! to the point m t.tic crisis of the battle which imjedl cd So recant Rcmbcrt to pcrfoini 'It*' heroic deed * Kershaw's Hi igade h n? I I ah* u their position in lifiu and had t - n.- 1 1 . v thro* u up temporary breast- w?u i.s for our defence, and feeling ?"ir beives at>out ready for the enemy s advance, which we were moment ai i! v expecting. It was t lull that- tit*1 startling1 newa reached vi.-? that I he enemy had broken our lines on oui rijili t and were in possession of our fortifications there, and that the Jnd S. Regiment and the llrd Rittal lion of Kershaw's brigade wor? or dered by General Kershaw to go to the rigid, and storm and retake the works, out of which our forces had been driven, and beh nd which the enemy were posted. W o dr? a?h'd this move, knowing that it jvr.s a des perate undertaking to drive the ? n - emy out of this position, sod that it it could he done it must he done quickly, as the enemy would us quickly as possible push forward hi roinfercement.s for the impending battle. We obojed th>' order of our general, however, (with uncomph mental y remarks against those who would not bold thoir line*) and started >on our desperate undertak ing. While en route lor the battle field we met those making their way to the iSiiir. who hud l-een driven out ? of the fortifications, winch, we wer?% then going to take. We called on them to go back with us and help us lake the works, b'ome >'1 them could not stand the appeals. which were showered on them ihiei; and fast, an?U.7Tft*d ok in the chaig?\ /WTttmut goiftg further into de.ad Jlst lure I will stop long enough to describe the physical feature .1 ot the halt It; fh'ld as near as I can no?v i< collect after the lapse of nearly years : Facing to the southwest Irom t fori ificat ions, which ?<?. htoi'uwd arid caj. lured, lav n large, open and on cul i vntrd field iilmut f?ne-f uirtii <>! a mile in extent to the ijorlh ea>t t?M ?initiating at a skirt of woods and on elevated ground If wav in t i* : skirt of woods, just at the e Igc "t the field the eneiey were poWid l ??? hind the breastworks la'cly !ield by our forces. Ahout !!???? yards in front of the fortifi?*ations, on an iit cline from the fortifications, and parrallel with them lay a depression or a ravine, w.t !? elevuted ground to the rear over e t.ith we had advanc ^ ? ednnd to the front where the enemy Jfiy. We were halted in tlrs ravine and aliened for the final cliaige, the enemy's bullets passing harmlessly over our heads as wo were below the range of their musketry, the Colo. I nel ordered us to charge ns s-?(?n as; * wc wtro aligned. We obeyed the command by moving out of the d? piesbion ia the direction of the ene- j my. until we came in doadly eontuet j srith the range ot their mnsketry and i then fell back into tho duj-ression or. ravine referred to, without any pHi- 1 ic. 'I he Colonel ordered us again j to chargo with the same ro^tilt. 1 i ?U> hot now recoUect JiuwSfeo.iny.j ti^nes this move vyas repeated wuh tbV Mme result each time, but T do rec??li?ct tlMkt it did continue until Heargpant Rembert, of Cspt Ora ban'* Company, of tbo 2nd S. 0. Regiment, advanced in front of the nilMd kit oap, H! 4*$, and iu?tii for th? J I?r< mkI IvK, and fvrf y M'?" ?" llu> lie. in* i?f, so In r an I know, fi 1 1 I Inm. and so f|titcl. !y unci imja titooMv WHS llto chalet* niadii I hat \*t: io.nl but IV w chii it 1 1 ? i diow i s <?. cuiy ontol 1 1*0 lortitU-fttion. riM'HMi'>id'in?j H?m anil rii.tnrif" tin* '1 Sili Ntt\v York I f ?? - in* u 1 * h H I haV ?' thought that thia gallant cluiryo I ? v the two command* nl"W' I irlVl'U'd to luluh: (IciU-fHt 1\ i IS 1 1 't A It Major (icmual, a* lift wan promote! on tin' ImiI.I >?t the m.<coiiI bal l In of ('oil llar'air for jodlantrv aid on r t. 1 i) SjU'Jl klH}{ to (]<??.' lilt l\< ?.t tin' v'lilant conduct ol Servant Rcmberr not tonpr hrt'nrr l-n ?tonr hi' htaJ?i l t<i Inn Unit h?* wii-Ik- I I'" 1, ail known it before, and h id he lived loMU eliouuh I o have c inj-li '? tin; history u hu ll i'k atun; ii| ? <i hint to ?mhh pi !*?. I im dent of M'ar^'catu la'iiilu-ii wouM Itavo hi c.'t i i-r.Of i !?.'l us "i } ii. L of li.-.l hihtorv , 1 have >i" loi.l.t J in: vi' written thi-i fotieir ?" .i tier to tin- mime "t lli" ;fallaiil Ser vant w 1-orn I hue lenrnrl now fit'ii ! , bo I hat t( is u chh nt ot hi iii ean I..- |> ?t j?fl iiui i. 1 ! v 1,1,. r? l?t t ? l-v Iii ' h u*ndn and l>y I '< i *? d.ant neon!: oj r; n ? 1 1 1 ? r county "I' w hid. 1 11 * rt a s t it; c<? n t' 1 1 ' ' 1 1 ami a ? i . . >w . ? Coi'lV l"f i!f soldier, as mieli Im ro.c ilc <h ale u Id ii? ? t be f'M ^oU, ii. .I.K.! ll'U^tl. ( 'ivui-h 'i. >. ( . ?) ;i a ilai V I "V ( >.u i colcia will tio f.|a?l 'o ham , I Uu L 1 liti l?iM? ahu V' u I'ol iu fi;d to am 1 : w h<? Mr lloiiuli t lionijiil was dead, in istiil !?;;?'? In eon \ i'1'Hiil ion witli i ,\|r. II ?uvf I* a l> w days a;;o we loain ? | ( 1 1 ;i! i i luii! i ; ? c i i v i i ! a .'Ml I I I O 1 1 1 Mr. l!ein!>ei I and liimllv 4-oiimi iili-l to !>?! jii|l>lisii t M" let 1 1 1' all 'I w" ; ' ! i v?- 1 1 in fall ??<?!.. w : Sunitrr, S i.V, I V b 1 1 ; M<-. .|m:' lloll^l". 1 Jem Sir : i I li av< ]ii-t IhhhIhmI r<'Hilin;( \otir | ur : iclo vv l.icli \\ a1* I'uI'IihIh'I in lln.' ; Vuinti-r ll' i'aM, in irft i'i net- to llto | a' la at cl>ar?'(: wlin.ii vva.? at by nn ; in (he bal In at Col l Harbor, w liicli ! > n ? i i ? ? ? ? I i" v. i i v t! im, an 1 yon Imvi* u , : an in ntfly ;?! veil a ? i t.ln i I (?> I in ! i wiint. i.l t !n' t?al I !?? I ? vi' (a i i ii ill.on.jitt of It.oKi- tcii-blr davn (?( ? \s a 1 1 i ri- a 1 1 1 i lib. o! I '? net I "i n '1 ' iio a >\ tin! liaT' I , .b i | 'a wliU'-i lit*' t ? tit fi'i If <i f ?* [htibln-r.s sulkrctl. tilnl rliiiurtal, nml I iio- n ??:?( ni.-; (,f i .1 ! if will in s n" bi : t-ni nl Itoui n:y iiu'inoi y till m\ I licai ! i i-at os I" In at. ami mv br inn bio ~i"4 i! -i |>oVV(-r \ i i'I hi at ?'< I w 1 1 ll" iwritint; that you iia I h aiin?l ('.lit j :.nt lii-iiibt-rt , of < JrahiunV 1 " . was ih ;\i). but 1 ain vi'a I t'? la.oi in S on 1 1. at I am M-ill liviy^'. ami am (?i.j >M'i;: t'lb-rabh' o^ood hf'ilt !i b?r : in M m -Mo r wh i ?'/ V<l,?rs of a.'i 'I -iin r . a i ' ! i ' i j ; o ; i a tann in CoiMirtr?l i I itv, n?>!ii|>. 7 iiiif-s ? 1 1 r??f I i-.lht }ri>!ii i ^ ii n 1 1 * i 1 ol'tmi U;inU cf 1 1 ?? b ittlo jlt.a! v.-.- I'.u.'ht al^-hl llalbor an t I I tvrll n m " i : i *>?? r whr.t I ib-l whi<-h i \ . it call a gallant ci:ar-?'. but I only j {??>!i.c:<b,r? ? t it in v i In I \ at a ili' , Ian I I m-vt-r ;niajiii< :l that any on" | wouhl thin L it wort ? iy ol jiiiblnniliun. I :->o |>K* ii.si allow mi1. i-< ? xU*n*l y 'U i mv man v thanks lor y c ? 1 1 r 1? i 1 1 < 1 rr intMii la l ainH' cf im , whn'h I '^rcatiy j a j ?( > '? ci ia ! c 1 SIMM M t !irou_'li tin1 ? w^r without bi-itij^ wounded ami w.ih taken | rinoncr en tin' 1 '.Hli ot ( ) *(o j In r, 18ii I with tin' rc^iinont ftl ll ?}Jf in 1 my haml ( as you know I wa* color i h: ar.'r at that inn . I staid in }>ri:< on 8 n.vir.t !>.? an ! waa jiarolcil <? : i tho j 1 V 1 1: m .1 u no, 1 ^i'a. | "II you ^houhl i'.'.d a.; nj-.-oituuil i\ to mnwrr this I vvii! he cxt rouu-i \ ! la 1 t > lu ar Irom v<m i V oi;rs t ? ill v. M K ' ' in hi it I SrMitlor Tillinnn IJitiHjtiHled. ' C?Miy:ras adjourned on !;;<t N;it I urduy and stance :ih it ii>ay.. -nil j Seiiatot l i 1 1 ti) u c i was luiii<|Uetli'U on [ Wed A V ni-'lll hv till* | > I ?* ?? of [ fill n id li i a. !!'? w;>H acc..>mpanicd hy 1\ i prt'i'i' ii I I vet f n.im'il'Hj j LlWi'i of \V a })!: I tl i? Ion, W. Cmv | li o r \ 1 of .M i i, ,1 .1. MioWuiei of j IVnr.f?\ I ?* n 1 1 i r ? , J.tl.n Shafi.iili of Colorado, ! >i .,i ! W :t : i i -?> <>f M t ??? u I. -i -? ' I ? , ?! A. Conn:il!v ot I /to- i -i i nil'., Wilsoi:, \ jl\ I.rit'iiiici Hi;J Nor! oi, of :,iliri.\V(l S ? ; 1 t ? ? . A! till' hatl.plri i S< Ti!ii<>r I i ? I ill *i !) did li. 'I- itftkf :i } i o i j t? ; ) i \ ? pi'i t.' ii. 11.' siii I :un ^!*l ! t \ o 'i a;?airi after I niny !s:iv a f un \?-ar* ? ? i . ? nee. I would ? ri ? ? t 1m -hi j ? t i s ? 1 1 , if i lir l < 1 1 s vlitd ujt.it in v tl f j ? :t r ^ uii' 1 1 rt \ 1 ed 1 In' < 'u'V'iil i <? >?> tint i! will !' 'll I ' I \ hoat without lsvir i u i j ?r- ? v t* - I in i? ?i t ??. * * II?* < ? v i ? ? i > i 1 1 1 1 ; 1 1 s? i ' 1 1" from i f is M lu l" m j n !i i 1 > \ S hat In ? was very much !.?lii:utcl hv the eon l inuous .-Mission df t ho senate j ti -t | prior I o adjournment , at.d with the ; fat tiji.c <.f tr.avili i?'?r. lie < oiu hnl | ? ' < 1 l? v h :i \ i n : ? * IJ ?? in i * tn Ijit that I mil in the senate '. el and will see j you ai?nin. am! th:-n vmi /will hear | ll ail.'' ()T*Mieir visit wo ! ??]<?? the fol !owin?/ fiom the < Y'iutnbia\Htu.lc : N Ye*t#?rdny was ,4penre and unity i 'lay ' i :i C'oluft) 'oin, and, to unc t [phrase of n retired .statesman, r*i?trfi tijje proct'i dintfs were in or Ili."' One of Sin. i mau'a soldier*, who hnii visited or tried to x i -? i ? this city on a certain inemorahle Mte.cusion ill years ago iv;\s a jjuest of honor at Iho ha*qiiel I a hie of a new (Joiurnhia, sprung up since lie left us hist.. An ardent H stkcllle" acted r.n loaslmasler and in I rod ne ed Senator Tilittutu, who w?* re ceived with "deafening applause'1 by a Columbia audience. The whole outfit, wo IwiUvo, drank dis peota ry liquor waln ut a quhlm. 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U- h! n.?l. an I especially tin1 I=*?r s? \.; ?|,,vr brim rnMVin.T bencfitM of vuur paper nn?i t ha' one ,,f "nr !:',r : , I ,? 1 1 . r l J t ? - r -? I an. a.'.piai .??.! wiMi dent from Colnnihift. ' but ns she IB Of the fair *ex. I vcn 1 < nrt? (!>.' abortion) will f?ivo you <ta jtft 1't "in I In; capital of our: sUt.\ 'whirli will ho inMnu'tiv."1 ana lentei j liiinii-.fr. . f It v\ ,v-? 1 1 ? <> h:oh l"' ro^ i i > ?. ?' : . oU rile. t<> u'-t -nd the ec>bnil.o?? i.lrib.Uy 0.,v .ii I l->n .11 I. "I 11,0 If! were to ntti^ipt to outline mo i i . r? ? i i.i I- "'. >' would l.r an m-i" ? sio? ..si vou. Suffice it to . r.y tl-.:i? ? ihe children il.'i reirarka. y w?d. A ; p"., tr. . ? wuv ,Nt.t<d an.l iM.Mi.Htm rrprr^nhn:,' ; m'lti 1 v ..?1 H??' or the hn f un.lv, (Mny. I ?K ! \\'t.o?l I'uw, M m ?'l ?ra Itirton. 'fneen i y ??i ia fiii' 1 many other* ?erc re uiMiilinroil in tlnvdodioat in<j ot the iff 0 3 Kntl.u?ias io addressi'* wore i.nK.l'.i l.v IMS. 1 .eat horn and F linn of (| .> ?>?? iiiil Si:pt3 M.'M'i : |.,i? Vnd ( '.iporc, of Sisit.- nn 1 ( ou n 1 \ ,! ..meotn.lv. Tn;? 1 soliool in 1' ?' c "intv. A toucher, of ' .? i,r:....t|.nl U. '.I.-' /r..!. ll'"? \.|i,rr.' i a ? 1 ' 1 \ i ? i tin* u.-ililinjJ JnlH h.vo : .? Mr. M IK M "l- '?> ? \|' j .. ?; Ann'.o w.-n? uoitoM bv \ }. |>l\ i--?l W w .l:l\*? ^ It i , is a!>.. . l-nf I w -'; ,H'" u 7 '"'j I.M'jtio. ? v.. 1 ip.-.ila n to lio.ii the woi'i | marry. (',,i j' Pisor. sv' 1 t'ioy V'.iir i'-'iii ; ni'iir r i' i -lit. NV'' sr"!,i 1 *'1:c t,> i v.'.nr Pxprri- n-o- n'iatM to u? almu1 ;1?. !"i:..'.' ?':.p ??'. :i pupil ? : , , ... i wlsll.' >. u v.i ro ti-ai'lii!'.;,'. ? ? " ' ? vi\ .inti" viv imn^. W. Hampton Co' I . l'inc Orovo. M r. I'M it or :~A- it l.a- a ? si t! ot* : liavo ll l? 'i to givo I Ih.'i.a.l.is of vmir vain a I>1?' pnpo. j i' |. \v liu.'H li> ii in't I ?????"' i<< ft . II. W.' I.avo li'.ol a f.oo.l .loai of ruin ! | j t {???? f i fozi'f. ?| Ik- f. h mors aic liavit.U a li?i<l ! timo lo pet tUoir la?nl? f?n<b* ?'?? piiuitin;.;. I | VVo uilondinj; tl.o ftchool nrouk ! i j> u ni r.o:?v? r Dam on March ?'I'm! wfu. ti has bt'Cll t a n }ili t l)V TJt'V lUft'lI.-y. I !.?' J with recitations fiom tl.e hcIk.Uu? | whij. lt weio |{o.Hp, Ibon u apt'cch j frr?"inV*?Jiir < I' ihw riualccu, Mr. K. R. KMi??N, which short luit; ? rood enough. Ho K'*vo Miss iicy : prniu' for the way *hc had con ilucUit) the 8(1. ooj. Wc arc ^lad ' to know that she lokcs ?tuli a grCftl inl^rcsl in lcainiuu Ibc chiUrca, That i? U?o kind of teachor to i>c t. There was plenty of dinner left after nil were done rating. Abont seventy- ft* e pupiN were there and all enjoyed them^lven well enough. I will close with be*t wi?be? to the dear Clnouicle ?ud ll? reader?. ... . Qi. mJ* 8* j AVeWciabk i'rcpaiatuJufuiAw : shnilotingiiwrooiiii u!K< liji? lliC v > tOUUvCt\S <mtl ! !o'.\V!.? t. l ! iYoritoU's l)i\<estioit ( kviful ! iiessandltest.Conl.nu:> neither , C)i)iiii(t.Mor|>liino nor Minuvjl. ? Not N ak (;oth'. j <SOU: lit \ V-.'L iL l 'llllli.il .r,? J. . tlx Sui/m ' JtcAilh .) ulh j .4iuu. Stt J ? Hp/* ruunl ) lit (1,7 ('Mt'ttt SuJi* > j //'V/'i Ji til - I Sugar ? hitiii.j/HJi Hui'ur; J ji Apcifi cl Itcinedy lor ( orv.lipa . lion . Sour Stornach.l )iai rhoca, Worms .Convulsions . I everish j| ticss nnd I of SLfctl". lacSuiulc Signature of KK\V VOWK. EXACT COPY Or WRAPPER. The Kind You Have Always Bought, Bears the Ffio-similc. Signature or OF EVERY ! BOTTLE. _ THE KIND YOU HAVE i ALWAYS BOUGHT1. THE CINTAUIt COMPANY NfW fORH CITY This is the bc<:inuin^ of another season with cotton at I and ~> ? ' v ? i 1 1 per pound. This means cheap gnosis or no sale. 1 have s^ot the jjoods and they have j*ot to 1 kj sold and as I have always said I never alimv anv one to uud. rscll me, the money is what I want and that I am '_r"in>.( to have it you come in my store. i have a hii^ s t ? >c lv as usual, Iresh and nice; never have and old stall? stock. eionin^ in everv d.iv. ! went in business in 1891 when cotton was about the same price it is now and I am stiil here doing my share; some 'predicted that 1 would not pull through that j^ea ?<< ?). l ow priced cotton don't frighten me, 1 have jjone through a boiler battle th:m this. I sold my j^oods fbr such small pro fits, I lirid that it pays to make .small profits and quick sales. I have kept it up and I don't want to change it. 1 will say to : those who ha\e stores in the country to come in I will divide the profits with \ on as I have always done. Some business j houses ma v t< !l you they carry a Writer stock than I do; you 'can say to them \ >u ?j;et more for a dollar I AT HINSON'S 'tbair' you p*t from them, it make but little difference to you .how much ftork they carry. Wh<?t you want i a all you can jeet fbr \o?ir ironev. I am salified with the nasi and 1 know ] ? ? ? ^ % t i ^ ! will he witii the future for 1 am working just as hard for yuur i trade as I e\cr did. ("ome oil you will find me at the same ; place. Yours Kcapcctfully, Camden Furniture Store. 1 want !?: \ KRY LADY in Camden and surrotiridinu country to conic and inspect niv New Stock of Household and furiiisbiii'r tfoods. Tlie most complete ever shoVn in ( 'auiden. < 'onsist i n?r of GO ClT -*s: rx:: c_> u?_ Cl^> h cz> 00 1 l_i CJZ I \irlor Suites, 1 > t ? ? 1 room Sn i'rs, I>t (l I rads (;ill sizes,) Cradles and Kal'V ( '.?irrin^cs, l>rd Springs and Matt rossrs, II. ill Hacks a ud Hook Cases, Window ( 'ml a i ns and Poles, ( 'arju't < >dd Sjnares, Kui^s and .Malt ini;s. CO) s CJ3 ZZ 1 C7D m GO CD r? - CZJ CD GO | STOVES, . all grades. Get mv pricox. AX ft D CAKKY MOWING M AOINNKS, \ Lamps, I ;i u i p Slunlrs and Hnrnurs, mid in fact cjverj* ijliinu- neccs>Hry to f 11 rli tnli your house. Don't i'orgct to onno and see, liie when in town. (J^THoods sold on ' r? IlfSTALLMENT PLAN. Don't kit < ho price of cotton keep von away. ? Kcspcctftilly, * / Sumter, S. C., Bought By ?4Iirsc!i Bros. $ Co.? WHICH WILL GL ON SALE UNTiL JHE ENTIRE STOCK IS DISPOSED OF AT PRICES WAY BELOW THE ORIGINAL COST, CONSISTING OF: FINE DRESS GOODS, LADIES FINE SLIPPERS, OXFORD TIES AND SANDALS, MENS AND BOYS FINE SOITS, MENS flNE PANTS, HATS, FINE WHITE AND NEGLIGEE SHIRTS, &C., &C. THE GOODS ARE VERY ATTRACTIVE AND AT PRICES BELOW ORIGINAL COST; WILL SELL QUICK LY, SO PLEASE COME AND CET THE FIRST SELECTION. VERY RESPECTFULLY, THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION ' Reduced Rule For Two Papers. j . i Take Your Home Paper ami The Con stitution ami be Happy. We call Apeeitsl attention to our. dubbing arrangements with 1 he j j Weekly C"U3lit ul i?>ii , published at | Atlanta. 0 a. '1 he clubbiny pi ice ol the two papers heing only tfl.fi" p^> | vear, subset iptions to he sent through this <-flice ar.<l the terms to be cash. ! It. Ik a fact perhaps not generally kn??wn tliiit the weekly ? "on?titution j lii\? the largest tsreuhUh.n ot *iuy , | ncv^pnp'T on the wc?ti!i n hernia I phevo. Only ft few m-mthu ago ?t large news | a pel' db eelorv quGstion o,l the claim of circulation made by i I The Const it ?t on ami put tip a tor- j ! fojr of $100 that it oouhl l>e disprov ed t l>ftt it had more t li i" 1 OU.tiO'J e-r dilation. 'Hie Constitution prompt- j My accepted the offer atld SllLmiitud j its books to the representative of j the firm. Mr. George I'. Howell, publisher of the newspaper directory, j ueknowledK'i d his error publicly and j paid the forfeit, , The Constitution, \while being nj democratic newspaper, is first and! above all things a newspaper. * It is j a twelve pape, seven column weekly, j [making eighty-four qolum na each | week. Its sub: crptioii -.price is 81 a I \ ear. but if taken under the arrange ment with this paper wo can give | them boch at the price u'ove named, j The Constitution baa a spenial o r- ' j respondent, in every important citv in the United States and a repreaon- j tative in all of the leading centers oft lie world. Purng the war with Ppa:n, which has just boon brought to a cj^se, the report * <>f no newf.pi per in tho South ! could compare with i n news pro-en- j tation from the front. Its special! ztr.ft representative sailed with the army when it Ibst. embarked from Tampa, ami of the l'JO Correspmi- j dents who went to Cuba, he was one j of onl v si- veil who remained to see) the tlag hoist ed over the pubi c buildings in Santiago. Its special representative rdso accompanied tlie j Meet in the Cui ribenn Sea, and its i Washington special service covered i every detail of the important war re- j ports originating at. the capitol. The Weekly Constitution during the late Spanish war served the news "f all the notable events, from first to last, with the prompt ness of a daily. Tho vctorvof J)o\vey at Ma . ni la, the death of Ensign bngljr, tho iiio\ement4 of troops and fl ets, the desTAetjon of C<'iv*-in's tleet, the operation* in I'orto ltico, the treaty, and the. unfurling of the stars and stiipes over Morro Castle. Havana, were ab given in Tl?e \Se*-kly on Monday, on the very day the ttewa first appeared in the daily. v* The Wccklv Constitution make* a special feature of its ngricuilnrul page,, wli oh is presided over l?y Col W^VJ. Hrddmg, director of the Gtf'rgU'vprrtmentf farm, and a man who ?* recognix -d us an expert on all agricultural topics. lie give? ? full pajo every week on agricultural, * matter*. A page i* demoted to (be women and a page lo cbi'drcn. If eat I WO dap it t men t* l?rf pttfcUd vttr a bv Mrs. W'iliium King. Among tin! regular staff members i?r Tin* ( '(institution mo .loci Cliand I ? ; r Harris, Frank J i. Stanton . imhI others we!! known throughout t lie country ; while among its special contributors nro such men as Wal lace 1'. I teed, Hill Arp, Sarge i'lun ket l. Hetsv Hamilton, Dr Talmngo and others of national reputation. The Constitution has just complete cd the thirtieth year of its existence, (Mark Unwell brio;: the editor and Colonel W. A. Hemphill its business manager. Its nunio is a household ^ wor?.l in every southern ?tate, from Virginia to Toxac, It ban itlwn>H "? been in eupeoiallj' clean touch with tho agt {cultural tna^oes of tho south, and in having rone lied a circulation which carries it into 150.000 hoiiiof* it has won a unique distinction which ranks it among tho ^rcates^ of Amoiieau weekly newspapers. The Constitution will send a Ram, plo copy of its great Weekly free ti* any one sending bin own name and the names of six neighbors, on postal eard. 'I he constitution should be in ev-? cry Southern home! Every man should take bis county newspaper before anything bli>e, nnd next 10 this he shonhlf nkl? a good general newspaper snr A\ as Tho Cou? stitution. 1 1 is count/ paper given him tho local home news?, which is not supplied by a newspaper furnish ing (be general news from all partft of tho country and from all over the world Ib'fore a man siM-ks in form A* tion I'rom outride, ho slu nld Ibst feel sure that he is being kept posted on what is going on nt home. That, is why he ?hould take his county papov lir*t. When, however, the opportu-* nity is offered to get the best weekly p ipi-r in this count 13- with your liomo piiper. t!ie indncement is such as to elicit prompt response from our read eis. We will bo glad to receive club, ling subscript ions with The Chroni cle and The Constitution, nnd if there are any who are now subscribe ers to The Chronicle, who wish to take The Constitution also, we will, be glad to receive mbscr ptions to the latter and forward them. * m lo the B>fTO? t?f finen itootutl remedy for Consumption. % Ms timely mm ? thoia&b of hopeless case* fctwe been already permanently cured. So proolforthe ?wl o < its power ttut I rnmMrr II taj datjr lo V uai two bo* tin frM to tbOM at voarKueif who have Consumption, Tbro?t Bronchial or tun* Trouble, If t bey ?B wr*e mtMr ? express andponoftot address. Sacatlr. m. jhi ?jhim^.iup ii 11 wTmmmrn n_ ? 1 1 10 A 1 > AOII Bo 11 rtnl in 20 nilnut?>sby l>r. Mltm* I'ain l'n.us. "Ono ccnt ii AtdruBtflsta. J Kverrbody S?|i So. Cascareta Candy Cathartic, the most won derful modical dlscovcrv of tlio ago, pleas ant and n:fr. ?liui? to tho taste, act gently, uud positively ori kidneys, liver and bowels, clcansinK tho eutire system, d1*|>el cold*, cure hca.laohe, fovnr, habitual constipation ami biliousness. Please buy and try a box of C. C. C. to-day j 10, fcv r-e cents. Hold ami (rnarantond to cure by aU dmgglif.