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BARNWELL. S. C.. THURSDAY, MAY si, 1896. BREATHED THE SHORE OF BATTEL I A NOTABLE WOMAN OF THE CIVIL , CONFLICT. The Bister of Oee. John Morgen and the Wlfh of Oen. A. P. Hill. Few American women have had their lives so crowded with dramatic incidents as Mrs. Alexander Forsythe, Of Chicago, sister of Gen. John Mor gan, whose daring raid made him con- spicuoes on two continents. ' ' 1 For four years Mrs. Forsythe lived under the smotce of the cannon, being a soldier’s wife who went through the entire war with £•» httabaad.. Thrice •wadded£nd thrice widowed, twice the mother of a posthumous ehild and again on the last day of the war left desolate with a tiny babe in her arms, her experience as wife and mother, says the Chicago- News, 4» almost--un precedented. 1 After the death of her fir«t husband, Calvin McClung, she married Gen. A. P. Hill,-one of the most distinguished generals in the Confederate armv, a man whose name was on the dying lips of Stonewall Jackson and itobert E. Lee. As a bride she went to the front with her husband and was actively in- teres ted la his-company, the. LnviacL- Dies, 13th Virginia. Among other things she presented the company with a handsome silk flag, but durisg an engagement the color-bearer’s arm was shot off, aod^the flag, gripped in tbV fVcKiy-hand, was raptured by a Union soldier. Mrs. Hill promptly made aootbef and it is now hanging in the White House at Richmond ' Gen. Hill was killed the last day of the war at the fall of Petersburg. Gen. Lee made a charge and recovered his body, and a few momenta after the general had parted from his wife he was brought back to hgr, shot through crop conditions for the week ending Saturday, May 9, and In its prepara tion were used reports from one or more edrrespondeuts in each county of the State. Although the average temperature for the past week was just the same as for the week preceding, yet, rela tively, it was slightly cooler, as the seasons increase in temperature averages about 2 degrees a week dur ing May, There were several cool nights, and minimum temperatures of 50 or below were reported from the f lands of •the western and north ern counties. The -minima for* the week were 49 at Ridgeway, 48 at Che- raw and Elloree, all on Friday, the 8th. The maximum temperature was 94, reported irom Cheraw on the 6th. *f weddl ring still 00 covering his WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN. The Condition oi the Crops Improved as a Osneral Rule by Recent Bains. This bulletin covers the weather and THE CONFERENCE LAUGHS. v The Woman Question Brings to Light a Kansas Hamorist. Bishop Vincent, the venerable found er of the Chautauqua Society, presl ded at this morning’s session of the Metb- odist General Conference. The usual, routine was followed during the morn-r ing until the Rev. Dr. Lowther, of Southwest Kansas, created a great deal of laughter by introducing the following resolution : Whereas,, this conference has de cided to send to the annual conferences, the question as to whether the word laymen should be so construed as to include women, and, Whereas, it it believed by many I that on scriptural grounds women can- I net be admitted to the general confer ence ; therefore, Resolved, That we also submit to the annual conference the following questions: „ Are women included in our articles The mean temperature, for the State of religion* which read; “Man is very . _ a 1 . 1. U._< — a U ^ Ifmm swsima rr{ n a 1 i»{rrVttxar\nanAaa the heart, hk t That aigbt the army retreated la haste aad Mrs. Hill was tbs last wo man to pass the pontoon at Petersburg. U was sa awful journey, lor the ruaUs hokrd with tbs disorganised someMmss they were la the iy’s liaee aad again in their own, but all la rough that dreadful n . Mr*. Hill sat la the amneluawe by hrr dead husbaoa s body. Bold tag bar baby aad liuie daturblar la her arms She buirted Gea. Hu, at Goochland, Va», laying him away la the uniform he wore ehe# he fell. Afterward lbs body ete removed to Holly wood, but a lee year* ago Mayor G la ter donated the spot la Riebaaoad where Gea. Hill 1 organised hie I wt oompaay. aad bia body was taken ihere aad a splendid | monument erected to his memory His youngest daughter, Miss Lacy Lea Hiil, the baba of the retreating if. Is now a beautiful a of tbs board el lady World's Fair from K is Geo. Lee's god-daughter, and so bur bo by funs as he for the wetk -belrg the average of 36 weekly mean temperature reports— was 69. and the normal for the same period is approximately 69. The high est means was 73 at Poverty Hill, Edgefield County, and the lowest 64 st Reid, Greenville County. The mean temperature for the State since March 1st has been about 1.5 degree par day above normal There were quite general showers over the entire State on the 3rd, 4th and 5th, but the rainfall was never theless partial, and in consequence there remain large portions of the State where the drought is not re lieved, the ground having received only surface wetting. Over a strip of country about six miles wida, lu Pickens County, ths rainfall exceded four inches on ths 3rd, and was soootn- panied by large hall, that in the vici nity of Looper's destroyed all vegeta tion in its path aad stripped the trees of fruit. The path of lh<j destructive hail was narrow and short. Ths heavy ruins washed lands badly la Pickens nod Kdgeflald Counties, and newly planted lands have si nos then crusted over. Over ths greater portion of ths area comprised by Aikea, L»xiegtee, Rich- lead, Sumter, Fairfield, York New berry, Uaioe, Kershaw, Cheater aad Leecastcr Counties, the rainfall re mains dcficlaaW Over the remainder of the State enough rain fall for the immediate a ends of ths crops The follow leg heavy ruins ware re ported : Looper's 4.3U ; Liberty 4.00 : Augusta, Ge . I 76; Greenville ZM : | Florence iJBt Temaaeee 1.76. Trial 11 60; Held 1.75 ; Longshore 1.06; Clem- 1 see College 167 ; Klioree 126, GUUeoa- vllie 1 36 : Poverty H|ll 2.1 a Thirteen reported nmounte f id fifteen Bill ARP HAS A VISITOR. PROF. TUCKER OF THE UNITED STATES LABOR DEPARTMENT. Sample'of Fancy and Other Work, Gathered to Compare by Bin De partment With the Primitive end New Methods, Coot, Etc. far gone from original righteousness. While this question is pending be it the order of this general conference that.the women of the church obey the apostolic injunction : "Let your wo men keep silence in the churches.” That they do also refuse the knowl edge that comes from books, papers, magazines, lectures, lyceums and reading cir<-.:«e, .-ahd IT they would learn anything let them ask their hus bands. Since “ on scriptural grounds'’ some of our brethren have nerved notice that they will raise this question on the day of judgment, let the annual oouferencos decide by vote whether women are Included or excluded in the language, " Every man in his owr order," in Paul's chapter on the resur rection. On motion of Dr. A. J. Kynett, the resolutions were referred to tbs com mittee on eligibility. Several changes in the discipline, recommended by the bishops were re ported by ths committee on revinals. The first two sections of the report were adopted. A warm fight ooourrnd over the adoption of tbn third section of the report, relating to infant bap- t m ■ places reported half aa la ' av Ml to 1.68, uouats lees than half aa lank. The erase of 41 rainfall reports wan 1.03, id the normal for the mam parted la | During the debate Mr. Buckley said that he was satisfied that there were la the Baptist church over half a mil lion members who would new beta the Methodist church If they were given the right to chooa* the way they were to be baptised. He moved that a part of the disci- uiiae be strickea out, so that adults baptised la Infaocv might bn eltewad to be baptised again fb any way they might elect. Rev. A. B. Leonard opposed the mo tion. He said that the motion would discredit lafaat baptism. and that It would bo a step backward for the preat For The Constitution. « t* This is a great government. We don't know very much about It until we go behind the scenes—behind the screens as it were—and see what is going on. The doings of Congress as we read them in the papers are very noisy and exciting, but is mostly rou tine work add tells us nothing of what is going on in the various;departments, scientific and Industrial. We used to get the patent office reports that had a world of curious information and 'explanatory pictures, but they seem to have «>topped coming. And there were books on agriculture and horticultura and pestiferous insects and books that told about cattle and sheep and all the diseases to which they were subject. All these used to be distributed among the people like the garden seed afo distributed, and pretty much for the same vote-catching purpose, but they cost a big lot of money, and now are given only to the scientific. .The men of science make but little noise in the world. They cure but little for fame or fortune, but thev are ever at work studying nature and solving mysteries and lessening the burdens of life. It does qpem to be a disposition of pro vidence that great men care bat little for money. What they disoovor or in vent soon become* common property. am not speaking of the small man who takes out a patent on fish books or hairpins, but of great men. like Jenner aad Pasteur, Agassiz, Fultoa, Watte, Newton or Morse. But I was ruminating about a visit 1 had today—a visit from Professor Tucker, the United States agent for labor department. He came to Bad out about bow the silk wee conducted in Georgia fifty yi ago. So I told him bow my father, la 107, got some morus muitiouulU cut-1 lings from Washington and in years had several acme of young | aad then built a bouse, forty l square aad two stones high, aad fill ith hurdle frames aad got | silkworm eggs, aad when they hatched norms soon filled ths ‘ up oil the mulberry teavee We goteeough U neighbor to flelsh 1^1 with, aad wa boys Method 1st church. Us sold 04 ths rtMky. I for ths 6l7E •as la so It to ba hi. fell bald her la Mrs. of ths boba! raagtag from’ 38 at Trial to 88 at Waterloo, with aa average for tbs State 136 reports) of 76 per osat. Ths normal Is approximately eo The prevaillag «lad for tbs week was from the *. E., followed years after Goa. HlU's Hill mainod Dr. A is leader ertbe. Uteoe his death she cam. Chicago and bow res Idee at 161 Plaa I w w They were geaarully ■Brest. s»w was a < bematy ic |4oJ without material lafiue her youth aad her cordiality « oJ«ar. ' her to frleads aaw aad oM. The home I was eiagu- by S. light life of the Morgaa family larly happy, for there were six aad sixMaughtere to fill the hospitable home with merrymaking Gea. Mor gaa was the eldest child. He was pussloeately toad of childrea aad Mrs. Forsyths says mat 00 Suaday morning* ha used to taka a quantity of bread aad an Immoaus brlgnt tin pan fail of I molasses aad gathar all ths plaatatteo pickaninnies oa ths lawa aad lot them , " sop " the sweet stuff to their hsorta 1 1 content, la ths wlater ths poor, both \ black and white, had ths freedom of j his great wood yard back of bis factory. The betrayal nod death of Goa. Mor- I gun are asvor mentioned in ths family circles, and ths horrowfhg detail* were carefully withheld from the grief-stricken mother. The general { 00 hi* way to visit bis wife, to| 'Crops, as a ruin, l rogrea* during ths a few cool alghte decided check o to put growth of oa j aed 001 too. but fortunately tbs weath er soon turned warmer. With the ax- | osptioa of tba territory aimedy noted. | them seems to bs sufficleat moisture for most crops, but grains would bo benefited by mam rain. Tbs I levs them Is ao I baptised as aa lafaat. ” Rev. H. W. Matthews, af Collforato, sold that he did net believe is diacmdtUag lafaat baptism, bat he did bel>eve that adults who have been baptised la Infancy, should ba givea ths same right to bs baptixad, that us baptised have. Rev. Dr. J. K. C. Sawyer sold that ba thought tba Methodist eburoh would bs much bettered by striking out the foot-note. He was sum that It would help the growth of ■ellsfoolory i membership. William H. •xoapt that | Northwest Indians, emoted a eoaealloo oa bhfi Church Daniels, o? fi^Uy ■ 1 la practically osar, ax eept for wuae of the minor crops for ths bottom laad corn, aad this is making sail*factory progress. Ths following brief summaries express ths general conditions of the various crops named, and whoa a particular, crop Is not mentioned It may be assumed that ■ on it am la ths main fa- sprung the house whom bs bad hot long been married. Wprn with travel, he stopped for the night at a lonely farm house. The people were ardoot Southern sympa thizer* nod personal friends, but the dnughter had a sweetheart in the Union army. After the family retired ■he stole out, saddled a horse and rode to the nearest camp with the startling new* that Gan. Morgan was asleep at her mother'* home. A* the night wa* wild and stormy and his retreat ob scure, Gen. Morgan felt perfectly secure and slept soundly until a move ment la the yard aroused him. He out of be<i and rushed out of U x,use in his night clothes. He wa* immediately surrounded and shot. Before his heart ceased beating his unclothed body wai* flung across a horse and taken to ca/np. On the way the country wa* aroused by the sol- dhers' exultant cries. 1 —— "We have killed Morgan, the great Confederate rebel ! ” It is a matter of history that from the girl who betrayed him to tb^vnetf who shot him every one hae suffered a violent death. Mrs. Forsythe’s young est brother, Francis Key Morgan, named afte- his cousin, author of "The Star-Spangled Banner,” inherited the fearless spirit. When 1.4 he climbed into the cupola of tho old academy at Lexington and unfurled the Confeder ate flag. The- city swarmed with Union soldiers and it would have gone hard for the lad had he not been spirited away in a closed carriage. About this time Gen. Morgan sent a ’ trusty Irish boy with letters to nis mother. His bridal reins were full of gold dollars and he succeeded in run ning the blockades safely. But after his arrival the news reached the sol diers, who searched the house and captured him. That night Francis -crept under the carelessly guarded tents, cut the little fellow’s bonds and the two escaped in the darkness. —The summer just closing in the Southern Hemisphere has been ex- cessivelv hot, and the wheat and other crops of Australia and Argentina are far below the average. American far mers are la sh*pv to eupp v the deficit, aad a favorably ocatoa will add to the toad they bold in the agricultural the report* vorable. Corn continues to do well; is erallly worked clean, has good 00 | and stand* are satisfactory. Reports gen- »lor, injurv. ever kn on corn without exception continue favorable, unless that some report it •mall for the season, and that cut and bud or heart worms are damaging the stand in a number of the counties. Cotton received a slight check to growth during the few cool nights, But without *Mtaining any material — Stands are reported the beet nown in Anderson, Darlington, and Chesterfield Counties, and over the entire State the stands are good. Some complaints of grass in Edgefield and Pickens Counnties, where the ground was too wet to work. Cotton is reported a* having a good, healthy color generally. Sea Island cotton ha* a good stand and is thriving. Chop ping to a stand continues actively, aud in places cotton has been' plowed the second time. Planting has finish ed. . Transplanting tobacco was pushed during the week. Some farmers are obliged to water the plants to save them, it being necessary to transplant regardless of the condition of the ground, on account of the size of the plants. The scarcity of plants will lessen the contemplated area devoted . to tobacco. i; Irish potatoes are generally reported to be very small, almost a failure over a large portion of the State, owing to the dry weather, and are needing more rain everywhere. Potato bugs are reported from a number of coun ties, being more destructive in Char leston County, where some fields are practically ru<ned by them. Grains have made great Improvement, but spring oats are generally considered a failure, although in places the rains started a vigorous growth. Oats are about readv to harvest in the Eastern portions of the State. Foil oats are short, but heading well. bad by laqulriag If lioa was ths •orreptUfouely put la tha discipline, without nay authority from tha gener al conference. The section was recommitted, with Dr. Buckley's amendment to ths com mittee 00 revlsols. Ths committee oa episcopacy did not report la accordance with tha la- •tructlons It had received. Dr. Buck- ley stated that tha committee had as yet been unable to agree upon the number of bishops it would recommend to be created, but that It would be reedy to report to the conference the first thing tomorrow sfter the reading of the journal. The time for the com mittee to report wss extended to that hour. Though the committee was unable to report, this much is known of the deliberations at the meeting. The members agreed to recommend the retirement of Bishop Thomas Bow man, Bishop R. S. Foster and Mission ary Bishop William Taylor, of Africa, on account of their feebleness and ina bility to perform the arduous duties of their positions, by reason of advanced age. This action will necessitate the election of two regular bishops, and one missionary bishop. fruit quality. Berries plentiful,. Grapes promising. Melons doing well every where, and to places are in blossom. Larger areas than usual being de voted to sweet potato* In a number of oouatie*. Draws plentiful. 1 » Gordena yielding plenty erf Vegeta bles, although where the ra.nfail was they ooatlaue to fail. J. W. Haunt, Director Homicide at Clekbon.—The News and Courier’s corresponpdent gives the following particulars as to the shooting at Clemaon College on last Tuesday : Wm. D. James, foreman of the convict farm here, died to-day about 7 o’clock from the effects of pistol shots re ceived yesterday at the hands of P W. Lindsay, sergeant in charge of the convicts stationed here. Bad blood bad existed between the two men for several months, it is said, occasioned by a disagreement as to the manage ment of the coonvict labor, and yester day James seems to have felt especl ally aggrieved at something Lindsay had done. He went to the stockade and found Lindsay seated at his table in his office and be^an using abusive language. Lindsay is reported to have t^d him to go away, but instead James started into the room. As be entered Lindsay shot him twice in the face. James continued advancing and caught hold of Lindsay, when the latter shot him in the abdomen. The two men scuffled- for a few seconds, when James sank unconscions. He afterwards re covered consciousness, but peritonitis set in, from which he died. He leaves six children. Lindsav at oq<^e gave himself up to the College authorities, and was turned over to Sheriff Douthit, who happened to be here, iol Jus Trial Justice Hook.has summoned jury of inquest to view the body t night, and will adjourn it till to-mor row to await the arrival of Solicitor ^nsal, who has been telegraphed for. - An lugoaius use of electricity is to warm the bedclothes. This is done by beating a system of wire Inside a don ole quilt. The current can ba regulat ed at will aad the toi lalaed at the required grand jury, who never bought store clothes—and he always looked well in ht% home-made jeans. He tanned leather and made shoes for his family. His socks and suspendsrs aad turkey- red handkerchiefs were all made at home aad so was the bed-ticking and the feather »dr *Hd m»Ur« " Raise your girls to work,” said he, "andthey will make good wives and good mothers. During the war the women of Columbus, On., swore off from wearing Yankee goods, but mine do the same way in peace.” That Is pretty hard on the girls and I should think would fit them for a convent or to be Bisters of charity. I had a tenant once who believed so strong in working the children ■ that they grew up without any schooling. They dident have any themselves and dldent see the need of any. They had a bright little girl whom they called Thelby. "What U that child’s aame? ” I asked the mother, and she said: " Her name is Othello.” ,r Wby, that Is a boy’s name,” said I, but she insist ed that some man who staid all night at tbeir bouse said it name for a girl. " What is your name V ” said I, " the one you call Dee ? ” " Oh, his name is Desdemony, but we call him Dee for short.” The poor woman bad got the names mixed —Othello and Deedemona. dome of these rude people do actually love to work. They get up before dey and 000k and eat breakfast beftre sunrise and are off to the field. One of my tenants told me be was always sorry when Sunday cams, for it was a mighty long day to him. But the old-fashioned wheel and loom were very useful and pleasant things to work with. My wife still loves to tell her children how she used to spin aad weave oe Saturdays aad sometimes when she came from school in the evenings, and how Aitsey— mother—was the best weaver could make ton yards of plala day or six yards of jeaas Becky was the brag spinner and my wife was taught to spie aed weave by these family negroes, for they all loved her end were good to her aad ■ha wee good to them. She used to •pin awhile nod weave awhile and thee practice awhile oe the ploao ead it was a pleasant mixture of music oil round, aad she looked mighty pretty la her home-made Unsay areeees she did that ■ e fact. Bill AkP. Wade Hampton Chapter, D. A. R.. has determined to form a museum of Confederate relics in this oily at the South Carolina College. The follow ing correspondence will explain itoelf: Columbia. 8. C., April 17,1896. General Wade Hampton, Oolaabia, S.G Dear Sir: The Wade Hampton [Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy recently adopted'] measures for the collection and per manent preservation, in our own State, of Confederate relics, believing that an enduring State depository and request reply wee needed; f composed as it is of trlotie wi it would give me sincere comply with any reqt thorn. As soon, therefore, Ity is presented tome to do so, try to find boom relic of the war to 1 placed In your hands and if it is 1 ed worthy of your mceptseoe, 11 esteem it a great honor to have among the aacred relies of the a purty museum of such precious relics will Boldlers of South Carolina, our boy's | be valuable In nuturing proper senti- Thank In o- vnur r-ommitt, 10 me < Tip’s m< and oou cloth n ag proper menu and maintaining the I among our own people. We naturally preserve with care the treasured duet of our sacred dead, and these cherished relics of our honored heroes end guarded mementoes of our hallowed cause will serve as testimony end symbol of our loyalty to the Con federate soldiers and to the truth for which they fought. It is the duty of the generation that waged war for States’ rights to provide for the proper education of coming generations concerning the principles which our people held and the struggle they made to maintain them. The associations linked with ths relics gathered la our proposed museum will serve os a nucleus of historic knowledge, a promoter of loyal Interest, aad aa lassalivn to historic research among our young TtfT « glad to know of the movement now in 1 South, aad proen- cuted through another organization la OotwmMa, together rnUoe for a Confederate mu* vlduels they wUl aid Ing your committee the kind terms in which they pleased to spdiak of me, aad with earn est wishes for the sooeess of their patriotic work, I am, Very respectfully and truly ^ Wade Has In 1U report to the board of tors the committee well say*: '' Ths sompllmeetary aad letter is a gratifying c sympathy and approval and plan* from oar great which we hope will ieelte th< i»le of o partially expoui other im. As iadt- la mmmai the eettoe worthy of its, and of the enough when ths ag* brgae to wrap up la thnlr my like shrouds. Bet my curiosity was sxoitnd. were thlB T la tee want ■What Vo Know for ? 80 oefszplaiaed by saying irparimr-nt Is comparing ths tbeesw—the primitive me- the United all this for ? that hi* old with of snefa, aad which was tho gavo move happiness, a mlc question*. H* hod n Innths full of snmpiss of ths handiwork of western North Carolina and northeast Georgia, Every little scunr* wss pisasd to a printed shsnt, that gnv* ths aame of ths weaver and bar age and residence. Thera wars ties of wooloa and cotton and linen sllk.eamplss of Unsay end jeaas countsrpaeas end quiU* end mar ■heels end curtains aad table cloths, and some of litem ware gems of beautiful fabrics, and in those mountain counties ths hum Ms people are still ■planing and weaving In ths old-fnab- wmy and nr* nsepy. la many families thnlr handiwork u piled upon the shelves and clothes prows*, await ing tbefmnrriege of sobs ead daughters, to whom they were to be givea ns bridal presents. Professor Tucker bad some specimens of silk sewing thread and flex-thread that were made at home. Be found good people up there who seldom bought anything nod able to give a stranger a good bed nod plenty to eat and e sincere hospitality. He told me of ao old men Hit THIRD PUMItMMRirr. Ui mete With Hie Wlvee The story who, as unfortunate with missionary had token hi* wtf* with Thar* after two wives.” at home and him to India, she died, and inks It a ssoosss dan W* cannot have a lunnum of Ooulodnrato I the aid nod stimulus of I IscUua*. The two will ■tor btala pride, a toric spirit, arouse Si le tha state lor such » importance of s Rev. Hobo Episcopal Cbareh, 1 ' IelW(3I met lx nel Mebny, of Peawq got quite chammy wood ' oemg fire, end # at hh 1 Ipfelly will In X bun who said he never fell out with the United States until th* reve nue officers.began to sneak around his little still, where be had been making peach brandy for fifty years, and had the respect of his Maker and his neigh bors and ho told them that the United States wasent big enough to stop him, for the right to make it was handed down from his father end grandfather. He said they threatened him every time they came about, but he kept two pitch forks In the house—one under the front door and the other at the head of his bed, aud they dideut dare to arrest him. But after worrying with them (or three years things kept getting hotter and hotter and his neighbors advised him to <|uit stilling and he did, for he was getting old and wanted to live in peace, but is was a bod government that would let a rich man still and not let a poor man. These big distilleries, said he, swindle the government out of more tax money than ail our moonshine stills put to gether. All they have to do is to bribe the storekeeper. I .know of one Is North Carolina that sold 3,800 gallons in one year and never paid a dollar of tax on it. He told Professor Tucker that -the revenue men broke up forty stills in that region last year, out to his knowledge there were a hundred that were still running on a small scale. " The boys sorter like the dan ger of it,” said he, " and the informer catches it when found out. He gen erally leaves this part of the country as soon a* he pogfcets his bribe. The mountain people are not as honest and honorable as they used to be, and it ail comes of this bribe-taking business. The United States ought to be ashamed of it.” The professor said is impos sible to convince those mountaineers who are seventy-five miles from mar ket that it is wrong to convert their corn into whiskey when one bushel will make three gallons and they can haul a hundred dollars’ worth with a little yoke of steers. 4 But they can’t run a still on tha government plan, for^ it would cost two or three nundred dollar*, and they ha vent got the money He wanted to know If there were any old-fashioned wheels and looms used In this county. Yea, a good mamj. A good old man died eser here last year whose lomlly never wore nay other clothes as long as be lived. I knew another mm who was onlte wall off for a farmer, who was * dewcue In tha the hla-I^Y kad • of naify- permiastoe from the of hie ehureh to 1 Here he promptly aad with Mb to tha field of fata was sill of a year be Again ha •ought tba kks board to return home, bat time they gently hut firmly dnellaad, •eying iu-j did not Inal justified la th* le AMm; at '••k, imt It shall bn *6 te*e him two holiday* They .uggetod. If his desire ex pease of giving ithia two year*, delloately, however, that htmoalf tor b it wan possible tor him to tix* a friend to eeear* lor him a partner of his joy* aad sorrow*. This bs aooordlagly did, aad, after erabl* correspondence aad sundry de lays, the lwioa-bereaved widower ra ti ved word that the bride selected for him was oa her way to his The day ths steamer was slgaallad hr id eg room-sleet went down to it, aooompdbied by a married friend. Oa the return of the latter to his house, he was pounced upon by his wife, who demanded all the portloular* of the meeting Did Doctor Smith seem much over come when he sew Miss Brown was the first question. Wall—yes—a little.” Wasn’t he overjoyed ?' Well—overjoyed is not just ths word, perhaps.*' " Why, didn’t he say he was de- rhted r” Well—no—not exactly.” " But, at least, he seemed pleased ?” " Well—I don’t quite know.” " For mercy’s sake, tell me just what he did say aud do.” " Well,” with evident reluctance, when he saw her she was at the other end of the deck, and she G lnted out to him by the friend ahe d traveled with. Smith looked at her for a minute, aod then he passed his hand over his eyes, and I heard him murmer audibly: * Red hair for the third time—and after so much prayer I* ” An Edgefield Killing.—The Mc Cormick correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle says: One of the most audacious crimes that has' ever black ened the history of this section of the country was committed near here last | Friday evening. Gary Dorn, the eon of one of the most prominent men in this oommunity, killed Frank Smith, a negro man, by striking him a deadly blow on his head and afterwards sever ing the head from the body and kick ing it about five feet away. It seems that Major Dorn hod sent his son and the negro boy to a field to cut some brushes. There they got into a dis pute about a woman and, acoordini the evidence of Dorn, the negro him a liar, whereupon the difficulty began wich ended in the death of the negro. Dorn struck the negro on the head with his axe and ocoordinf to his own evidence, cut the negro’s head off after he hod fallen to the ground. A warrant wosissnedrfor Dorn and it la understood he was arrested this even ing. » ^ —The bridge to be built over the Tea ceases river at Knoxville is to be a remarkable structure in many respects. It is to bs entirelv of pink marble from near quarries, 1,600 feet long, with one arch of 240 feet, SO foot longer than any other arch in the world. At its high- I above the ling to called the parallel arseltoa ead I We fought as I aad w* should hav* a < our 1 Tha tioaal aad Stole rich mlo* So I iotas aed ot th* Oosfedoraey. brief, clear eooouet of the j foots aad essooiai th* rail*—written by tha 1 dor thereof—would make Ulus troll oa of pries! pine, a sUmeiw to leqelry and a cl*# to fruitful lavastl- gatkrn. Th* people of each State would 1 rally prize, preserve aad alasalfi cording to subjects, persons, pi dates aad svaats their raltes, and the* multiply la value th* 001 lectio*. If all oar relics were collected la 00* State, that State would enjoy a fisgrei of Confederate knowledge and inter not possessed by other States aad th* result would be that th* State owning the historic records aad rallos would be made unduly prominent In th* pages of history. Every State should have in th* na tional museum some relic or relies of each 00m mood and noted com mender, representing her sons, end also of th* Important events that occurred In bar borders. The same sort of collection should be made for each State mu seum, which would be fuller in details of persons end events of mainly local Interest. r To carry out the purpose of our chapter the board of aireotors ap pointed a committee consisting of the undersigned, and charged with the duty of collecting, preserving and ex hibiting at stated times in the large room in the South Carolina college ibrary, given by the college 'authori ties as a depository for such relics until a permanent place oen be suita bly provided. This room is devoted solely to this purpose and is under the charge of our chapter, and there oil relics contributed will be sacredly kept and exhibited under proper regu lation by * committee from our chap ter. A South Carolina collection would be incomplete without the gift or loan of a sword, or some other memooto, from Carolina’s most illustrious Con federate son and hero, General Wade Hampton! Hampton’s sword on the battlefield, Hampton’s voice and guid ing hand in the days of South Caro lina’s tflal and gloom after the war, Hampton’s wisdom and statesmanship in the oou noil halls of the republic— these are among the chief glories la the history of our State. Therefore, we hope that you will contribute to our State collection aa gift or loan, some war memento that will aid in kindling oar youth to emulate your heroism, and stead fast his sop la at a walk. world. est poiat It is to be 101 water, and 1* to have a roadway 50 -P real deal will | your 11 /(Tand^hed'you^^J^ rL * k ® d **Uleflelds of Jib/ 0 " * ood • W ith best wi*he* /QI IWthfull Mrs. R. S. Deap >• Portae, 1 Cardwell, Mrs. D. Gambrill, Mrs. thar Metis. Mrs. James H. W< your welfare, ours, 4 ehairaa Mrs. David they osr caps ta 1 rod* slowly aa soon w* put spurs to our bock to the 1 after us.” The Coni Anderson People’* duces aa interesting last days of tha by Judge Cothran exercises la Aadarso Judge Cothran, la Memorial Dag, gav history of the lost 1 federate Cabinet at At 1866. The meeting house of Hon. Col. Cothran said thought of Mr-Davis’ stand at Abbeville, on the piaxsaof the after another g against it and Mr. there was nothing done, that hataaa « he threw his head and with his face remained fc in that position w Unseen Eye could ' r on la bis „ members of the cobii ed at Col. T. C. law of Judge them was Mr. tary of State, trunks aad great numbers papers were bant Among other took out a little drew out the federate States and Mked wha it. Col. Perrin lamia, to-morr 10 <o’clock you w river at Pok [the Ar | go ||^» 1 Mr.'fi ’ illai •* * • •.