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the only one LEFT OUT of ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE) "Y~? ? ? ? J*Ol4fr BURV1VOH OF HKCK8.S10X olCJ>l.NANt>K HOW RK?U)K^ I AT WAliUAlM M, C. In uu uupretuullouti ^ftw office lu VVulLmlltt, S. C? col Kobt. Thomp son, sole survivor of the 163 mon who slgued l ho neeesslon ordinance] itt Charleston 61 years ago, dally atteude to hi* ?tl?J growing law practice. Gol. Thompson is 86 years old, but one would pot think it to look at him. He has the appearauce of : a aoldlor scarcely ripe for retire ment. Had the outcome of the war been dlffereut bis najne might have been blazoned in the memory of his countrymen ob gloriously as if he had signed the declaration of independence. But Col. Thompson! it) glad that the outcome Was not different, and bin eyes fill with tear# when he tells how glttd he ie. Yet he did his duty as tta euw it, has never regroUed it, ami - re members with love tuo great men of the Confederacy who fought by his aide and qaat tua r lot with bib. Walhalla lies snuggled among the mountains and Col. Thompson has assimilated somewhat of their rn?* gedness. In his idle momenta, which are few, he swlnga Ins! deek chair so as to gase *f. them thru the window, and he 1b always looking at them when he 1b talking] in a reminiscent strain. "The great convention," he said not long ago, "of which I had the onor to be a member, met at the ;all of the State legislature, in the Baptist church in Columbia, Decern-] $r' 17, I860. There were no re . strict ion b barring any citizen act ing as a delegate. There were more white headed men in that con- 1 ventlon than In any gathering I have ever witnessed. Seriousness pervaded the very air. There was| no disturbance, no violence, no habte. Every ih^n knew what was certain to take place. Secession | had practlcajly been agreed upon before the convention met. > "Every profession was represent-) ed. There were ministers, lawyers,! members of the legislature, mem- I bers of congress, judges and chan cellors. I was commissioner of eq uity for Pickens district at the! time, and made my home at Wal- j "When the convention was called there was a rumor about. Columbia that smallpox was rampant, and It was decided to hold the convention In Charleston. We met there o** . the second dayln "St. Andrew 'a hall, j During the first day of the conven-j tion in Columbia we orgainlze.d by, electing Gen. V. F. Jamison, of| Barnwell, president, and we elected B. F. Arthur, of Columbia, clerk. "Upon his election, den. Jamison made a ringing speech urging se-j cession. On Thursday, Dec. 26th, I860, the great ordinance was read in the convention. No speeches j were made pro or con. There. was, no cheer and no debate.# Articles w'ere revised and amended, but none objected to the proposed action. At 7 o'clock in the evening the con?, ventlon met in the Institute hall. The legislature was present, as was] Governor Pickens and hlB staff. "Hundreds crowded into the hall and the streets for blocks were al-, so jammed with those wfco 7 could not gain admission. "Silence' brooded over all, si? > lence which y-meaat more than flre-J works or vsnouting or processions. I felt as if I must scream because ? of -the strain* "Amidst an awful silence General Pickens rose and merely called the names of the different parishes and districts represented in alphabeti cal order. As each district was named its Tepresentatlve arose quietly, stepped to a table in the, centre of the room and affixed his; signature to the ordinance, "which j had been emblazoned on parchment. "When all had done so, silently General Jat&ison rose and without! preamble sald:ij|BJjP(HL |P|j|l|W|| " 'The ordinance of secession has been signed and ratified, and I pro-| claim the State of South Caro\lna an Independent sovereignty.' * "Applause, stamping. and shouting] shook the very building* Hats and canes were waved and broken. Out side, fireworks boomed and crack led. Scores of bonfires were kind led, and processions wound through the streets. The pent enthusiasm of a people had burst the armor of dignity and reserve which they had preserved until the final step had been taken, thlnklngly, purposely. ?r this history-making l^ji jjl ftTj - k i* ? the flrat ordinance was a destrovod >t* * tkii ?RUAJUmAm i'Ti * f 1 1 fbs ? ?] *>? 1 . ? Tin' ? liMUM IHin'ifliLllJffl ??wi pnrcu infill or tuo ordinance. "|t'* Just the lu?:l^ at the middle '"an tu be the last to plunk," Ujc says ubout U cheerfully. I Im) lOlOM) watt born near I'm dleton, 8. 0., on Twelve Mile River. He worked hard on his father's] farnj during hi* boyhood, and u pe culiar /circumstance lb responsible for his" abandoning the tilling of the soli. lie was plowing new Kround when hlti plow-chare caught In the roofH of a heavy stump. The mule was unable to draw the plow | through the tough roots, and the boy coi^d not drag k back. iiu is not tfie nature to skirt around trouble. He smashes through-, and #o he dtd with the plow. After suf ficient urging the mule tugged so, hard that the roots snapped, the) plow with jerked through the ulr, ftnd the share hit the plowman mo hard a rap that he keeled over , on the ground. ? If he had been older li 1h probable that he would have contluued his farm life, taking thel mishap philosophically, but instead of that he went home and told his1, mother that he was done with thai farming life. I hen aud there," he. says, "my parents put together for me a few amuli belongings, and 1 went off to Pendleton to become a printer's! devil on the Pendleton Messon ger." Until 1868 he worked In different capacities, on various newspapers,] and was then appointed commission er of equity. Robert Anderson Thompson back ed his action of signing the seces sion ordinance by volunteering for ?the Confederate army, and later in the reconstruction period, entering the war as a commissioned officer he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel for bravery In the field. Of this it Is very difficult to persuade Col. Thompson to talk. In fact, he! has very little to say of the ,many personal Incidents which reflect] considerable credit on his name, For many years he has eaten two meals a day contending that . more] la unnecessary for one of his age. The distance of a mile and a half from his home to his little office in Walhaila he walks almost every day and there are younger men who do not care to keep pace with him.' He takes abundant pride in Pickens district, an Is fond of talking of ' great southerners and patriots who | have lived there. "Way back In Revolutionary timea(| Pickens was famous,'* he says. "Wef had Gen. Cleveland, Gen. Anderson, and 'Horseshoe' Robinson. There -have? been two governors of South Carolina named Pickens, both na- 1 ?lives of Pickens district. Gov. P, W. Pickens, the war governor, was a very great gentleman, one of the) Old school. "There are Very few of us vet eran Confederates now left; fewer] than of the Grand Army, and we are no longer 'Confederates.' We are Americans, and I can honestly say that we have striven to do and to achieve for our country. yThe old quarrel has been forgotten, and we love the new South as 'well as ?the old. It Is a part of our coun try." ? New York Herald. CHATTEL MORTGAGE SALE. _ ? Under and by virtue of sundry I Chattel Mortgages executed to Paul T. Vlllepigue, deceased, by Allen Brown, Alfred Atkins, James Major and v Bob Burroughs,, the conditions of which have been broken, we the undersigned Administrators of the Batata of the said Paul T. YiHe pigue, have taken possession oT hnd will sell for cash at public auc tion before the Court House In Cam den, S. Cv^ ba the first Monday 4n February, the following live stock; I One (1) Black Mare Mule, named "Mary." One (1) Mouse Colored Mare| Mule. ? One (1) Red Mare. One (1) Black Mare Mule. John M. Vlllepigue, v Mary D. Vlllepigue, Administrators Estate of P. T. Vllle-| plgue. . Camden, S. C., Jan. 22, 1912. For Sale. ? 100 head of young grown chick ens for sale. Can supply a limited amount of fresh eggs dally. ' Mrs. S. M. Mathis, phone 257-L. For Sale. Any one wishing a Franklin heat ing stove, in good condition, or a second hand ' cooking stove will learn of a bargain by calling on Mrs.' Rebecca W. DeLoache, presi dent Methodist Parsonage Aid So ciety, on Fair street. Poplar Camp No. 860 W. O. W. Meets Monday p or ;"before the full moon in each month. Bi B. Sparrow, C. C. - ~ Campbelle, Clerk. 'to DnJughon'i practi College for aale cheap POWHATAN. On a high platform ' shaded by boughs sat a grbttled Indian. On either side of hl.ua stood one of bis favorite daughters. B?low the plat form were ranged forty guards. He yond were a mass of auvageii. Id tioin of the dais stood a tbtck bearded white man. This white man - fearless adventurer, amazing liar, founder of Virginia, ideal soldier of fortune ? was Capt. John Smith. Tbe grizzled chief on the platform was Wah-un-so?na-cook. He Is' better known to history by bis official native title, "l'owhatan.'^fej Capt. Smith's Rescue. hftd l#ft t,le Struggling Eng? f colony newly established at xdMe8l0Wn' an<1 ha<1 g0ne lut?\ ***? wilderness on an exploring expedl d i a iih i?Hhad befu caPtured by In dlans. and passed on from tribe to tribe until be had been brought be *Lhata" For three days and ghts there had been coremonials to determine whether Smith wan the ja?fcr ?f * *??d ?r evn spirit At last Powhatan Btopped tho Investigation hy ordering Bmlth put to thla " ^0,Jlt~*acoordlng to Smith b own story, which has of late years been doubted? Powhatan's thin daughter, Matoaka (' "7'n to the English as "Pocahon hJl * <hnrtt from her P,ace at her father a side, threw herself be tween Smith and the executioners and begged Powhatan to spare the cap Stt SKjKir vei>o the means she employed, It Is certain the girl made some sort of plea for Smith's life and hat the soldier of fortune was not only spared but sent back to his fel low-colonists laden with provisions. Powhatan was born about 1550 and v^n?er6*dI^ry Ch,ef of ?Mfrt- small Virginia tribes. But by successful warfare and diplomacy he soon foudd himself Sagamore, or head chief, of k o!?1*8' wIth wld* territory and about 8000 warriors. He had twenty aons and ten daughters, but Poca f?."a8,hl8 favorlt? child. Here is Smiths description of Powhatan's appearance at the time the two first met in 1607: ? "He is a tall, well proportioned man. w 1 i a sour look; his head somewhat ?ray; his beard so thin that it seems none at all; his age near sixty; of a very able and hardy body to endure any labor." ? . .Powhatan did n6t wholly welcome the coming of the English. Sometimes he posed as Smith's dear friend; sometimes he clamored for his life. More than once he sent provisions to save the Jamestown colony from starving; again be planned that col ony s massacre. Smith was the only white man who c<!>uld obtain favors from the old chief. Capt. Christopher Newport, of the colony, went to Pow> ta? on a trading expedition to get supplies for Jamestown. Powhatan Interrupted Newport's proposition by grunting angrily: It is not the wiBh of so great a chief as myself to trade like a ped ajer. place on the ground all the things you have brought. I will take what I like and pay what I chooSe." He took every gift Newport display^ ed and gave him in return^nly three bushels of grain. Yet soon afterward he sold Smith 800' bushels of grain for two pounds of 'blue beads. Capt, Newport still thought he could win Powhatan's favor. So he went to England and brought back as presents for him a pitpher and bowl, some gay clothing and a huge gilt crown. He sent word for Powhatan to come to Jamestown to receive these gifts and <by the English King's gracious or der) bo crowned VEmperor of the In ?Ie!'v. ^owhatan W vastly flattered >y this honor. But instead of coming to^ Jamestown he sent Word: VI am as much a monarch as the King of England. If he has sent me girts, let them be brought to me. I thfttt not ge one step them." / A Ludicrous Coronation, . So Newport was forced to carry tho presents arid the crown to Powhatan's village on the York River. The Cap tain arranged a solemn coronation cdremony and bade Powhatan kneel to receive the crown. Powhatan re fused. There was a hitch in the coro nation until two big English soldiers seized Powhatan by the shoulders and pushed him downward into a sort of crouching or kneeling posture. Then the heavy, ill-fltting crown waa lammed down over his gray head. He was hailed as Emperor of the IndleB, and a royal salute was fired. Provisions again became scarce in the Jamestown colony. Smith 'plan ned to kidnap Powhatan and hold him for a ransom of grain. Powhatan foiled the plot and sought revenge by a night attack, on the colonists. But Pocahontas heard' of her father's plan and sent Smith a timely warning. Powhatan then demanded that Smith he slain. But a display of firearms cowed him Into momentary tsubftis sion. J . After Smith left Virginia Capt. At ? i\.a rou*k' semi-piratical member ? colony, stole Pocahontas and held her as hostage to wring favofig father. Powhatan grieved bitterly for the loss of his beloved daughter, but would not yield. Only when she married a colonist named Rolf# did he consent to nuke peace again with the English. This peace endured untiJ Powhatan's death in April, 1618, after which new and dead lier trouble soon broke out. *Copvrt*hi.> . ''jjc (!? VT ; V*r BATTLE WITH "SOL'S" RAYS QIH Who Lovtd Sun?hlno Finally Find* Material for Cushion Thai Won't Fade. "My big south buy window Boat U (ho dearest purl of my room," said a real "homo girl," who i? gaining much useful experience sluoo hor monthly allowance has been couotod on for tho adornment and "replace men l a" of her pretty, sunshiny bed room, "but for a few mom ha the mat ter of keepiug it respectable threat ened to keep me poor. All the sun shine there is 1 went, to it oornes in without hindrance, and right across the uoat cushion* uud the pillows that I set up to lean against. The consequence was the denim 'covers faded almost as 1 looked at them. It took seven yards of SO lnch denlui to m-cover the totfB of thoso sont cush ions and I couldn't get anythiug re spectable in appearance under twenty live or thirty cents a yard. "I would take a haVf day off and have a beautiful "spree* putting on tho new covers, shaped to fit. Tbo room would brisk up and be twice as liv able as ever before, so it seemed. Then one day I would lift up one of the loose cushions and find that un der it tho denim was six shadoB brighter than out where the sun had shone on It. Nothing that I could af< ford seemed proof ugalnst fading until one day, when 1 was studying over the problem, I happened to notice that the plain ingrain filling around the edge of the big rug was Just the color I wanted and always had been. "It got just as much sun as tho window seat, in that part of tho room,. ? and had not altered its huo. It took me no great while to figure out that Ingrain carpet filling, even if I paid a dollar a yard for it, would outlast a dozen sets of denim covering and save the work of recovering ? every few weeks. So I Raved up and saved up until I could afford tho carpet. Work? It does! It Is as nice and fresh looking now as when I put It *m, six months ago." Chinese Talleyrand. Every Chinese is an enigma to th* western mind, but the greatest enig ma of them all is the man who has been called to the helm of state In this storm, the only man, if there be any, who can pave the empire from ship wreck, Yuan Shl-Kal. He has been suspected and trusted alternately by Manchu and Chinese, reformer and conservative, foreign and native. .The late emperor, who had made him his chief adviser, cursed him with his last breath as ti traitor and cause of all his misfortunes. * The late empress dow ager, who bad favored him above all others, denounced him at her last council. The present regent, his bit; ter enemy, has now made him virtual ly dictator of the empire. He la a pos sible Intermediary between Manchus and rebels, because jach party believes be Is on thelfside; the Manchus trust him to support the dynasty, the rebels trust him to promote reform. Trained In the school of deviouB diplomacy un der that consummate master of the craft, Li Hung-Chang, he has pursued a toMuous course through the troubled waters of Chinese politics ever since. ~Hls career would make the plot for a melodrama were It not too sensation al and Improbable for the stage. ? New York Independent. Three Curious Wills. Becoming a woman hater because, as he said, his wife deserted him after Inducing him to assign half his prop erty to' her, an E^ansvllle (Ind.) man stipulated In his will that none but men should attend his funeral. By the will, of an Upper Sandusky, Ohio, man the Income of 115,000 will be used for the benefit of church and university work. He provides foj* a fund to maintain preaching services each Bunday and Sunday school as well. The testator requested that a copy of a portion of his will be print* ed In large letters and hung In the church. After directing that her body be cremated and the ashes scattered around tbe rose bushes In her garden a Quakeress of 'Moorestown provides by her will that $5,000 shall be held . in trust, the Incomo of which nhnll be -| paid annually to tbo National Wom an's Suffrage association until such time as women shall have the right to vote at all elections In all the states. At that time the principal of the trust fund ta to be paid to a rilepe of the testatrix. ? Case and Comment. ? ? \ 8eek Rest In Churches. "Quite astonishing Is the number of male and female derelicts who float In- . to church at this time of the year," ob1* | served a veteran New York sexton. ?Particularly on stormy days Is the at tendance big and there Is a line al ready* formed before we unlock the doors In the morning. ? These unfor tunate humans seek rest and refuge from the Inclement weather. Why, it often happens that I have to awaken these friendless beings from sound slumbers. *Not4 content with sleeping while in attitude of prayer, they fre quently stretch themselves full length on rear pews,'Atid I get my^eue from the well-developed snores." ? ? v : - ? Flubdub ? Why have you never mtr? rted. Singleton? EHngftnon ? Well, the women have ways regarded me as an unfortunate' fellow who wasn't bad enough to need reforming or good ^enough to mike a deslrabltf husband .?LI "Did you, rfet that old miser to | dpcrnl .much fit your charity bawr* 4 | BLANEY HUB & BUGGY CO. ^aney, S. C. Buggies, Wagons and Harness. Full Line of Farming Implements and Hardware of all Kinds. We wish to thank' the public for the very liberal patronage given us in the past and solicit a contin uance of it in the future. We now occupy our new brick building and our facilities*tp serve the public are better than ever be fore, and it shall be our aim to give them the very best in our line obtainable* We Guarantee Everything we Sell. BLANEY HUB & BUGGY CO. Blaney, S. C. REAL ESTATE ) SELL DO YOU WANT TO > ?qJn ) BORROW I May Help You. LAURENS T. MILLS, CAMDEN, S. C.a, * Ladies and Gentlemen's Clothing, Rid Gloves and Slippers DRY CLEANED. Our prices fcure reason able, and we pay express charges one w$y. SUMTER, Soath Carolina FOR SALE-CHEAP r buiWings w^Cbmer_DcKalb.and^Bi^adJ^8^ Camden, S. <C. Lot 30x200 feet, 1 and 2 story store buildings, first store brick, second store frame. One , brick office buiMing, 25x30 fe?t ? all in fair condition. Rents now fpr $600 per year. Terms cash. Price right. This is the cheapest piece of property ever of-; fered in Camden. HOUGH REALTY CO. 1645 Main Street V ' ' Columbia, S. C. ? j } ? rt $U ? - Or See W. C. Hough, Camden, S. C. Phone 257-J or 14 seeklnf ness colleges COMBINED. MMgWMMi 48 College* I 11 ? Bookkeepers all over that Draughon's SysteA ol Bookkeeping saves them 25 to 50 per cent In work and worry, ?rthaad. Practically ?UU. 8. offi W1 - yo?ii to tisr. Colleges than Indorse all other bttsl 18 States, international reputation." of fiattkcasmffiM hers ar<jp? ? Horn* Study^"'^?^ ?or "'or Aw cat '??t?g5*Hm m 5*S1