The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, January 03, 1901, Image 1
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VOL XXIV-
BARNWELL SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY
BATIXB OP TRBVILLIAN’S.
One of the Hardest Cavalry Con
tests of the Confederate War.
[Mr. W. W. Goldsborough in the Phils-
deluhia Record givea the following account
of the great cava'ry tigltt at Trevil ian'a, in
which Gen. Hampton was victorioua:)
After the death of Gen. J. £. 13.
Stuart, at Yellow Tavern, Gen. Wade
Hampton was placed in command of
the Confederate cavalry in Virginia
and he was a worthy successor to that
most illustrious cavalry leader. In
deed, there are maay Confederate
cavalry officers still living who believe
Hampton possessed many qualifica
tions as a leader that Stuart lacked, a d
lacked few that he possessed. During
his career at the head of this arm of
the service he was emineutlv success
ful, especially when pitted ag ust
Sheridan, who was regarded iu the
North as without a peer iu either
army.
After Gen Grant bad es'ahbshed
himself securely on the York and
James rivers, finding the country un-
suited for the operations of cavalry, on
June?*, 1864, he dispatched Sheridan
in the direction of Gordonsvdle with
two divisions of cavalry, along with
artillery, to co operate with Hunter,
who was moving on Lynchburg.
Hampton was immediately informed
by bis scoots of Sheridan's departure,
and be at once started with hi* rwn
diviatcu and that of Fiu Lee to in
tercept him. On the evt-uing of the
10th he found himself several miles
ahead of Sheridan, who had g >ue into
camp ea*t of Treviliian Station, on the
old Virginia L'enlml lUilroad.
Finding be had oui-mpjwd Sbend in
to hH march to o>-opcr*tc Jiuh.
Itunti r, Hampton raatad and deter*
mined to await bit further advance.
Hampton'a U
of the brigade* of ftuller. Koaacr and
inferior,, force. In each engagement
Sheridan should have destroyed his
antagonist, for his snperiority did not
consist mere$ in his larger force, but
Au the vast advantage of the breech
loading repeating carbine over the
muzzle-loading gun. His generalship
was gt fault and it was the general
belief among Confederate cavalry offi
cers, and it is today, that as a cavalry
officers be was inferior to many of the
generals under his command. I have
heard it asserted that Sheridan was
not by nature fitted for the command
of cavalry, as he was too dull aud slow
for That arm of the service aud, when
we analyZ'i his many battles, it would
seem that he was successful only wbeu
iu command of infantry.
A PLAN TO CAPTURE LINCOLN. . ‘
Dming the winter of 1863-4 Col.
Brndley T. Johnson, iu cimmaud^f the
Maryland line,’ originated apian that
had for its object the capture of Presi
dent Lincoln. At first glance the
uuderlakiug seemed a foolhardy one,
hut alter all the details were laid before
Gen. Hampton he fully approved of
the undertaking, as did Geo. Lee.
Indeed so enthusiastic did Hampton
become over it that he asked to be
allowed to conduct the expedition at
the head of four thousand horse and
might have done so but fur .Sheridan’s
advance. . .
During that winter the Confederate
authorities were, if possible, more i
than usually well supplied with mfor-1
tnalion from friends of the cause in
Gilmore was a generous and grateful
man, and never forgot to retarn an act
of kindness with interest, and the
most likely reason for Gen. Franklin’s
escape is that he had befriended Harry
when he was himself a prisoner at
Fort Warren, and in return proved his
gratitude by setting him free.
BALTIMORE IN A PANIC.
The Maryland boys were now upon
their native heath, and many of them
for the first time since the war broke
out visited their homes in Baltimore
Couuly, and some even entered the
city. Baltimore was in a dreadful
state of panic at the close proximity of
the daring raiders and the friends of
the Sojilh were in a happy frame of
mind, whilst the Union people were
quaking with fear lest the city should
be captured and some (Id scores set
tled for tbeir persistent persecution of
those friendly 4o The Confederacy.
Gladly would the boys have remained
longer id Green Spring Valley, which,
to them, never looked so beautiful
before; but time was pressing, and
they reluctantly bade farewell to
friends and kindred, alas, with
it wa* for the last lime.
1 regret to have here »o record an
act of retaliation that was only made
poMible by the incendiary acts of
Hunter in ViftOtl*. Among the
beautiful mansions that adorned the
suburbs of Baltimore was that of Gov
ernor Bradford, one of the most pro
nounced enemies of the Confederate
many
Washington and they knew perfectly I I’erhaps had he not been so
well whcie every picket post wa* i blUcrl 7 to the South he
•ocaled aud the number of men com **•«« •p*red, hut, as U was,
posing each. I WM considered a very proper sub-
To carry out this apparently des-jj** 4 10 retaliate upon. Hnnter bed
4Mi ili>t>ii*ou wa*
Young, whi
made up of
and Lumax.
or tb.rteea r
ivimoo was comp
of Butler, Itoeecr
it/, law's dikieioa
Lrigsdee of . Wick
ia ail fits trig
riateai* sad *is battal
pers e ui
uif rtsSi**-
V* take
tbw~tet !
many of
whose men
th# vlcit
■ tty of Wi
city its*
If, knew
Johnson
was to c
baa
IY9 4 •
Msrvli
abers.
i*hinir
the e
roes* I
take
ie.1
of
the
o
be
•ri<iaa bed on
It's and Gregg'
•it brigades
fats, which il
ler his cotutnsud I <
t divWioes, rumpus
or iweaty-foar rei
it pi&m in acc grc&i
l be
ko
, slu
' the
II
l*« •
IWQ. It
avaliy kn
sod i hen
<tne where it
ut Liocuia I
bias, eead b
4}vt^
D<I cmvairy, |
‘oailng from j
■>o aod the j
Hiolry wed
be I'otomac
a dash at a
rwn to be
pash oa to
the nrswkeaee of
la-tcber, near faxingleu, Va-, and
why should not another Governor's
house atone for it? Lieot. Blacketnoe.
of the let Maryland, wae detailed
with a.amall party to do lb
he performed hie daly well.
1‘eeeiag around the city of Halt
Johnson beml«*d for Washington
lea afog that a considerable b<
infantry was at Inarel a uclou
work
I va*.
more, | dP
On ’ mu
.4. nf «
GOOD OLD SAINT NICHOLAS.
Bill Arp Writes About the Holiday
Made Glorious for Centuries
Christmas has comoagain. It is out
annual uiihstone aud. the miles get
shorter and shorter as anno domini
lolls on. Time keeps sb:iukiug aud
the view of eternity expHtids as we
draw near the line. Like the Ssbbtth,
Christmas was designed, onUiu^d, **a-
labliehed for our g^od, our rest aud
pleasure. In the north temperate zone
it comes about paid winter, wbeu the
weather is hard and c >ld aud summer
fruits and flowers have gone and the
birds have migrated and nature has
gone to sleep and the eatth is wtapped
in its blankets of snow and ice. It
comes like the school boys’ re :es* a id
brings good cheer aud brightens up
the family hearthstone. Christmas
never wears out nor becomes old or
stale, oi as a back number, j ear after
year a new generation is ready to "e-
ceive it aud herald its coming with a
glad and happy welcome. Blessings
on the holy fathers who established
the Christmas holidays aud on the
good igen who for sixteen centuries
have preserved it for us aud our chil
dren. All Christian people have ob
served it with happy greetings, except
the old Puritan*, and 1 don’t know
whether they were Christians or not.
They condemned everything that gave
pleasure.
ChriaUnfit was first observed by the
.lt<>man Catholic church at Jerusalem
and Home. Later on the Charc^ of
England took it np, and so did the
Protestants of Germany and other
coanmvs, fvt litt: bulb u( Ibcdrauuur
was owe e**-ni I ha* *M4 IsvtsStawa saw id
ceb l>rate with gratitude an I -joy. In
Raphael 1 great painting of the nbUvttv
a shepherd ia seen at the door pl*tj |, l
oa a hagpipa. The TyroUse of Italy
aa<H corns down from the mountains to the
va no jChri
tag sweet
ai
outnui
uben
rtl that uo<
ler II snip
IskO.
l lckrtl ruro t
Karl
ly ua
ifif oi* mi
tax at tb
1# 11 th
IQVilr IKtrMlM
Hamp
mu t*
x* th* bri
igades ut
Vuiia 4!
1 M|lr■tXIII fr 1
aad 11
miff
Atuf BKlVri
1 to Ihe
ffitifK k
mi ih« a irtA
At the
* mhh
t time Till
’ 'Lee wa# •
’ •ii«l tb#a rhj
to arai
I# $■
I hr
■MS ut 4 I
. MaiyUoa u»l
of
IlM
a smsii
i mam
art the i
all party
I C V % tl
ieJe i
• mai
I. j
luts dan
large dr
bmll
(*r avoMkad.
ve of male*
we* Cooslilerad a
l, aa mow a ted oa I
a could ha ma I
, ovea if it was l
was
At
wa*
lUOSt l
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b tb
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i iba
to nraveat:
14
dan Irraa turaiag ••ff
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ptob gas* C-*d
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la the dt**ei
.d G-mi| MisvtLe befurr
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BfY t*Mf ||l« lllj
L Tbe brat b.
rracbiog Ti
loll §• It toiff wAt to ut
, IO lh
9 X htoaxi a O B o
11 v c-Mwaraad
aruuud Iu g
(B41 lisMlffii
; C Od F •
■liy BcloXMpi
aad ’.he straw
Th* row
miry
bviug very baatUy
i ni« ti
ix th« Mtn
aod cavalry pi
wooded tb)
K IX
u allacktag heigade*
1 •Oil f
by xhlid* B0tM
dag th* k >i*)*
wvr* ili*a»4-
I4lb*(t
I, unde cummaad of
uiix^ hi# n
tc b ta t**Mich
Gaa. Bat l*i
r a(h
1 the botass seat b.ck
1‘OM
Ut hr Xffit prt
vested from C)
to Trevillu
m'*
f.-r safety. Ahertdta
mi hi« m\t h cl
brush'd plan b
tntned Grn
II i* wt**« Fill 1-ec.
r to >4a flea
Early w ith hie
kept Custer
the sadsli# for rmer-
1 imlvn
ii, as his aatt
tee* were args
g* o* i#s, an
4 di<
samioiad MsmUaud
r l to covar
that geae’al’s
D«via t > "|
»po*e
Bailer.
! wfasi-
> he went aft)
rr tlaaur, who
A tsmAc
bau!
!e rusu*J, which as«*rr
bed upon 1.) o
■cbbsrg.
aaerii reset
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Li > 1 >
I ois tuUoiiv
Hi
kl it 0**1 been
fur this aaezps
m*atthan
009
hrtweea cavalry, for
. laur
rupU Mi w r11’
might bare gi
tbe men on
both
•ales f.Might uo foot
; out <j
>t thta joderu
skin.’, bad It
Merritt an
d IK
■via were at Irngtb
1 B(|4 Cl
raafal, sod wb
Ml l«*rtQ| vox
driven back by
HaUer, aod Fira Lee
| have
had no the fu
leXfX CtHlJUCl ul
was c<>m iM
; ct|
to retire to Loutea
i war?
Gea. Ji»hos<
t»X hx# U id XI# 1
Court Hous
* brf
4trr Gregg.
Ibat
be felt roafi i
lent ot »ycce*<
igr*.
. kr«l
> aod
itaad
arry-
ty aa
bat-
a
captarrd, and It
lortlitlAlr r«}>lUl
amlrM aai c—14 be hm I u
tb# c^r^lrjr f
cat Airy ,
It oppiag at fteltarills only, to feed,
John***** tuuk up bt* Use of ■arrb tat
1‘otnt Liaikutit. aod had peaaaadaA
».-m* omIos ua hi* ruad whoa ha re
ceived a peremptory order to retrace hie
•tepe and jnto Geo. Early at a potat
i near Waahlagton.
Tike raped coaceatrai
troupe tuC iba defcoeo
which fart t*ea Jabase
1 near Baluanwa, am
| eary, for thot gvaer
he hod failed la tbr
if always
festti itiei
fro
iKi
MMI.
the
Tl
bay
I
tar i
i mart*
war*
tie am
tree
«*r c
bus gone out into thousands of little
beans and reached tbeahme.
“ Mary had a little l*mb ” is another
that will never die. Wadsworth, the
poet, says : “ The be*t portion of A
good many lives are the little namdess,
unjttmyflibered acts of kindness and of
love.” One of ihe world's greatest
teachers snid : .
* M <v ererv soul that touches mins
Get tnerefroni some go d—
Some litt e grace, one kiud'y thought
One bit of cnioaxe lor th • darkening sky.
One , learn of faith t> iira> e be ills of Lite,
One glimpse of brighter skies beyond the
• misia.”
About 3dO years ago au old poet
wrote:
“(%'UnCthat day lost if ths d see* ding sun
Sees fyimthy hand no aorthy action
What a good maxim is (hat to steer
byl Do some g’ od thing every day or
count the day lost. Ch< er someb«Kly,
help somebody, nTxke some child happy,
*peak kindly to some |)o r old man or
woman or negro, or yet hi a dog, aud
see how thankfully he w tga his tail.
Christ inns is a good time to make
good'resolves, aid all ihb next year a
good time to keep them.
Four bumlrwd years ago one Thomas
Tusser wrote :
■ Christmas comes but oars a year.
Now 1st us play and hast rood cheer
THE PERILS OP THE PARTY.
i;
ILL Ai:i
INDUSTRIAL AND GENBRaT
ha?
Ex-President Harnao
ceived hie 91GO,OUO fee
Venezuela in the rectal
bilraitoo prueee«iitigs.
The Czar of Uuaaia’a
just re
ts counsel for
boundary or-
suits cooaiats
*eventr three
Grover Clevelaad'a Explanation of
Democratic Defeat.
Ex-President Cleveland in a copy
righted article for the Saturday Even
ing Poet has given his political views,
in wbiih he reviews the history of the
DcmiM*ratic party and discusses its de
lect* since 1864 in detail.
In taking up the question of the
present condition ot the Democracy he
says lbat the success oi the party in
18h2 was so decisive and overwhelm-
lug that a long continuance of its *u
pr* mat y was anticipated. Then came
“the Ld<cv of free silver and Popu-
li-m.” He continues as follows ;
u The culnduation of Democratic
woe was reached when its compact
with these undemocratic forces was
complete, and when our rank and file
were summoned to do battle andei
banners which bore strange symlmW
and were held aiofl in unfamilar hande.
The result of such a betrayal was fore
doomed. The ahandoi mviit of the prin
ciples of true Democracy, thta contemp
tuous disotiedieoce of iu tradi Ions,
aud this deliberate violation of the law
of its strength and vigor were by a de
cree as in* xorable as tho«e of fate fol
lowed by the inevitable punishment of
•tunning, -laggenng defeat. ’
“ The disaster of 1872, invited by
similar adimiure, was qnickly follow,
ed by a re i urn to the professions aod
pnatiers if sane Democracy. But the
etisni am! persistency of oar wander
ings in lfv6 is illustrated in a m<«l ■
toUDding way by kite command, issued
on the >la ut our rout aod •liacomdt-
of liJ |mraotis, of wbi-uj —. *(u11 ,uiw i
art getu es'i ^i..t *, v. iii,| «t.^ ...i^^. | u^t’. that a se^ood little should he
KSSmT ' " pq^nt ( U the >ame Arid, with the
false war c rtea aod the same leadership
that bad bt ought In us the surrounding
Andrew Carnegie
kj.ijod to lh* city of
pit hue library, oa k
has prear
4'haUaiMMU
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a year to be sxpviiuvd by
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gloom of defeat.
Thus, ia 1M/U, th# Isaana ot I8M
waa cootrni|4u< -uaiy rejected, sad every
hope ul Iwakncrelic succms wae wu-
fall) ea-t aside Agato our long euf
Irnag r *uk and A e, whose loyally aud
wbedkrB *a ilaasrvad batter things, wave
•a. nil*-, ia a caw** tbel,s os*t| ia a*
sad age >B kl waa demon*) raiad, but
bmki rieaily than seer bafors, that ths
• »oiy
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th
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« of Fadaral
if the Capital,
oa learned uhde
this order a sees
•aw aA ones that
ihjact of his vm
pcdiGoo and that
l‘‘<4 aaac ialo Vu
course lAt him.
ratr
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rs have bona dssovnts
them. All lovsra of aatsrv gtv
come |<* t u*eai is add winter, f i
bring good < hevr uhcu thsra
other *igii of living v see talk at
<i*rp green bollv with its rod
hemes, the roaemafy. the
ivy aud Ihe asksiietoa harm
the poettr MOUmeala of ou r
lurs. In the good <dd Eng
gtrie and buys wjv* wren*ha
lets of evergreen during the
uh
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lists
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that ram «
adherence
principle#
rralu: a
ia Ikssaorratkc
l* reiogaiaad
and nd
Ua
There are
Ihe sc bouts 1
Gs
1. a
tbuat K.tnujno I u|h1s la
of tbs t* oiled Hi at#* as
imanv ( France and Italy
ad three times ihe »ur<>l
Met)
beeu
gl'MEEK CHRIST AA HATuMs
Custer now s«w bis o
«rttiD
•li
IT
Ro«.
and, that from the lofuraialioo in his |
(mm-csshui, the uodertnking was not
near so diA!> u!t as one would sa^isc
. Dunug Early’s operations against'
Hunter Col. Johnson was promoted
i. iuaQdltoiha cosamanduf a hngada ami- y-
Tiiw-cureT^fgi^IlJetner T hi* esrhrst n<|Ueit, he waa permiiteo
meetings
from a Ism
oa her bn
sad use ct
and kovs t
•1
ki.
tv anil
hetweva Hampton and Fm
la*e, bat for an accident would hav
inAtcted upon lI«mplon a crashing d<
feat. As soon aa Co der reach. <1 ib
riderless bor*es_pf Butler’s commaod
‘ tN Wurk
with all the ambulances and wagon ;)
bat a wounde<i,Georgia cavalr) m tn suc
ceeded in reaching Kosaer and made j
him acquainted with the slate of |
affairs Horser at once put his irraip*
in rapid moUon aud, coming upon
Custer unexpectedly, charged him
with the fury of a whirlwind, rooted
him with heavy loss, rccaptureil all
that bad be. n lost, and pursued him
to his wagon train, which he captured
along with Gen. Cu-ter’s headquarters
wagon contaimug his private papers,
aor effectually broke up bis ' brigade,
and thus gave Hampton au opportunity
to withdraw Butler from his exposed
position, although this movement was
attended by hard fighting. ’
Late in the afternoon Hampton or
dered an advance on Sheridau’s lines
near Trevilliau’s, but in the meantime
that general had gained possession of
the railroad cut and could not be dis
lodged. That night both commands,
exhausted from a day of continuous
bloody fighting, rested on tbeir arms;
but to the morning Sheridan concen
trated his foicc and assumed the offen
sive, attacking Hampton with great
'fury, but notwithstanding his superior
numbers he was unable to drive Hamp
ton from the strong position he had
taken during the night.
A HARDLY CONTESTED BATTLE.
The contest was renewed several
times during the day without material
results to eithe"side, when, on the
night'of the 1'Jtb, Sheridan, fearing'
further disaster, quietly withdrew and,
crossing the Maitapony, as well as the
I’amigiky, he finally reached Grant’s
army, after a long anJ tedious march,
having been completely foiled ia his
efforts to co-operate with Hunter.
The battle of Trevillian's, which
lasted thewgrealer part of two days,
was one of the most desperately con
tested csvalry engagements of the war,
and yet much less teems to he known
of it than »«f any of the other great
cavalry battles. . „ .
Geo. Sheridan had come from the
battlefields of the West with a splendid
tecord aod much was expected of him;
bat as yet he had done nothing to sue
tain his great rspulatioa. In bU at
tempt upon Richmond be Lad been
foJad by S.aart with a great by tofenor
force sad here again at Traviiiiao’s be
van drives tmek apoo Grant by another I troopers ot the 1st Maryland
attach tbt- lvt~Mary land ballallion
iind Giifuoie's 'JJ Maryland to bis I
brigade. On the. olh day of July be j
was ordered by Geo. Kaily to cross Ute j
l*-4i>mac at Sbarp«burg and take the {
advance in that general’s invasion of
Maryland, which had for its main j
purpose the investment of the Federal
L’apital.
After be had effected a crossing
Johnson shaped his course toward
Frederick, which be was to threaten
until Early came up with his tired iut
fautry, for these had been marchiug
without iutermission for many weeks
and their movements were necessarily
slow.
In connection with this movement
into Maryland a scheme for the libera
tion of 15,000 Confederate prisoners
confined at Point Lookout had been
approved by Gen. Lee and Gen. John
son, with his brigade, had been
selected to carry it out if possible.
This matter was dependent, however,
on Early’s being able to maintain a
position to which the released prisoners
could be conducted
SHELLED HIS OWN HOUSE.
While Johnson was making a
demonstration iu float of Frederick ky
throwing an occasional shell aimed at
his own house, Which had been con-i
fiscatcd, Early came up and engaged
Wallace at the Monocacy and after
that battle, which resulted m the utter
rout of the Federal army, the cavalry
struck off iu the direction of West
minister, or their way-to the line of
he Northern Central Railroad at
Cockeysville, at which poiiR Gilmore,
with his battalion, was detached, with
instructions to destroy the Philadel-
phitr, Wilmington -and Baltimore llail-
road at Bush antLGunpowder rivers.
Gilmore www^uaessful beyond his
expectations, for he not only succeeded
in destroying the road at these points 1 ,
but he also captured a passenger train
upon which waa Gen. W. B. Franklin,
one of the tpost distinguished generals
in the Federal army. But Franklin
waa not destined to lie a prisoner long,
as he mysteriously dtsapp ared a few
days afterward. It was given oat that
Geo. Franklinmade bis escape owing
to the fact that bis guards slumbered j away
oat night, hot iba story waa aavar
given the slightest
Among the Chrwtasas observances
that grew up by d>grere all ovsr Ea
fupe, many ut ib. m grotesque and ab
•aid, aod •.woe with profuse aad ua-1
•eesaly accompaniments, watp also not I
a few of a a*<>rs pleasing aad buman
humanizing kind, aad among ihe rural
population the brute sreaiiua was la-
clmled as laicrrsted parties. Shake*-
panes tails hoar ^ .*r . .
fainsi ihkt
at Bight,
At with a rosmaai
>w waa coaakdviad
tiled •*a kiss under
ih*e|.ored aoder a mi
to be Lwl
•i<
IDo«Cr c
h** rose
ha
•eaaau
some sav. that svsr
-— — -» _
V* herein our Honours birth is celebrated
Tbs bi-d of (leaning stagetb all night
long. “
by the
Harry
crown wAt too |*urv
traved. • •
Afar back ia the reaisnes there •■»•
a good oM man named Xic las IL
lived ia the third evata/y and was so
good aod kind aod geucr<xt* ibat wh* a
he uie.1 the church saimed him smt • v»r
since then be h*• beta called At. Nk'.»I-
as, and he is cal Ini the pair-n saint nl
iittits* it** liaiamh riatug ta raiuke*
Claus. Tba Russian* say I'latST
N icluas, when he was oulv a man, *«•
very rich %nd on CbiUtmas nights h«
would disguise bimsell and go arimud
among the poor people and slip, in
while they were asleep and put a purse
of gold in every young girl’s stocking,
if she was in loyeur engaged to be
married. The gon was to buy her
wedding outfit. He also left a little
present for every little child iu the
family. Didn't he have fuu f 1 think
1 would like that. And so it Is said
that fiom him came the custom of
hanging up stockings and waiting for
old Santa Clan* to come down the
chimney with his pretty things for the
children. It is said that iu Bavaria
there was another good man named
Knight Rupert, who while he lived
did the same' kiod of things, for he.
too, hunted up the pour and left pres
ents while they were asleep, but did
not leave anything for bad boys. He
was not their friend, and if he lived
over here now I don’t reckon a cigar
ette boy would get anything from him.
We are in the midst of our family
Christmas now. We could not get all
the far away children here at one time,
but we will have them ail during the
liolidSys. New York city and San
Anlouio got here'Together, and we are
daily expecting Florida and Mexico.
What I want now is an addition to the
family mansion. I want a sky scraper
flat lor New York, an Alamo^ annex
for Texas, an .adobe cottage for Mexi
co, a sanitarium wing for the Florida
doctor, and a few extra apartment* for
kindred and friends.. That is my idea
of the paternal mansion of a numerous
aud interesting family who have long
been multiplying aud replenishing ac
cording to Scripture. We want, plenty
of room for children and grandchildren.
It is pleasant to see them gather here,
for they come bringing love and finding
more, “stealing and giving sweet odor,”
as Sb tkespeare says of the sweet south
wind that breathes upon a bank of
violets. ' ^ —
It is the little things of life that
make it happy—the small, sweet cour
tesies. What a sweet, expressive iiitle
But oar nast^er-of-fact times and' poem is (Bat which Miss luiia Fletcher
modes of thinking are rapidly driving wrote sixty yean ago : *• Little drops.
i piaasaot illusions, ul water; Utile graios of sand.” It
wall as individuals will last as long aa our language kod
ia like a pebble dropped into a pool.
Iu tnfiosoca, like the curling waves,
Among he fanciea of tbia kind that
longest survived in Europe, aod even
became naturalized in our own prosaic
laud, was one that the cattle, at one
o’clock on Christmas morn<ng, when
ever they were free to do so, would’
turn their heads to the eastward, and
get down upon their knees to worship
Ibe King that was born in a stable;
aud still another, which cintinued to
comparatively recent times, that dur
ing tue Cbustmas season the barn
yard cocks were accustomed to crow
with more than usual force and fre
quency, both by day and night.
The earlier inhabitants of the great
Scandinavian peninsula were accus
tomed to celebrate, at this season, the
great festival of their gods. When
the people of the peninsula became
Christians, although no lees zealous
for their Christian observances, they
retained some of the old practices, and
are to this day careful to associa e
with themselves in its festivities every
living thing about them. The author
of “The Land of the Midnight Sun”
tolls us, in his account of a Christmas
in Norway:
“The Christmas feeding of the birds
is prevalent in many of the provinces
of Norway and Sweden. Bunches of
oats are placed on ihe roofs of houses,
on trees and fences, for them ' to feed
upon. Two or three days before, cart
loads of sheaves are brought into the
towns for tfiis purpose, and both' rich
and poor buy and place them' every-
where. Every poor man and every
head of a family had saved a penny or
two. or even one farthing, to buy a
buuch of oats for the birds to have
their Christmas. On this day, on
,4 many of The farms, the dear old horse,
the young colt, the cattle, the sheep,
th* goats, and even the pig receive
double their usual amount of food. It
is a beautiful custom, and speaks well
for the natural goodness of heart ot
the Scandinavian.”
many i
rmabti
as*ul ui Great Botaa a***! If* t
A»e mar* a* as**) ae Res#**, with tta
p4*p«iUu M) of 11)0^X10,100.
A shtpasaat at Ua\f eagiava will
shortly La aval la France f<4MB 1*1111*-
4iclphu. The*4i have ta*vs c aiptv,**4
at th* Bahlwin L*otao tv* Work* ia
that city, aod will be L*dr«i ua iba
Nu-aryisa stcanMtiip F"Clsaa at l*4«*i
R tL«ao •*), asakiag oa* at th* lirgast
rmtaoaa ut ibis ku**i *ver iakra ia use
-hipoaral friar aa Aasvncao j» -rt.
Even th* tarda are n »t forgotten ai
t tin-imssii le by it*# Hacdish pra-an
If. At the il.iof of ewry faiaser’s
h* a*e i* *r» ct-d a pul*, t* lb* | >p u#
t»Miod a larg*. lull shea! of
at ia ati
• i'h hi-
uuiil I**
** Why •hosild wa not ratara la tl
aad ia th* it naa» agats aehsava ne-
i*.ctre bo >4s* glorious aad ratio'
i baa wara < •era Im Use days ut com
oa* advorarf of oar time hum rad
STATE NEWS AMD
Qaihsrsd Krone Oa
Other Sowrora.
The Norria cotton nulls, U
are ready to contract for the
of a dam ot approximately
feet of stone. ,
J. C. Wallace, of Union, la
fisted In the organization of the i
pany that intends bnildiag n
factory at Carlis e.
The addition to the Deriington i
ia nearing completion and many
houses for operatives had f
farming a village which will be
as Helena.
The town council of Leoreae I
thorized the mayor to draw aa
ance dividiDg the city into war
has also decided to mark ths
and number the booses.
It is the intention of the Greenwd
cotton mills, Greenwood, to
another mill about the same ai
the one already to operation.
10,000 spindles aod 384 lootnA
Mrs. William Carter hae di
snullpox in Union aoder anueaally i
conditions. Abe waa married Ji
year aod waa only twenty yean
She leaves a baby two weeks old.
A. F. Martin, a Fairfield
I vlog at Rocky Moaot, was ah
while standing ia his doorway byt
oia ia the dark. Ha died ths
day. A negro aappoaed to hafs i
the kitbag has been arrested.
McDonald Paramo writes that RI
been just 100 years etses ths
0*1 d. Jallies Kincaid, of
tXxnty. who h«Ut the Aral eternal
witter ia tbie Heat*.
cotton barer in (hi
as raiMjneil, has
years in the actael
•• sosaiiat lh*u b*i
•atMsrbs hove gals
total H rial •wed ta
Agaew FaMa*, i
Ury.
Das. 10. He wm
eh *h la
g am. Tbcra id i«ut a p*as
nwr4l«-n abu will au d4<wn
cbiMrao to a Cbrisinrat iliuue
Christmas din-
'Jmi live in Lie
I j taith * Are owr prtscipks so sbirp
* •rn or aatiqaateu aa ia raqatra rvoo-
vatloo, or ibate difpiacrmcat by oihara
nsora faehioaahla ? Thera is aot aa
boavet Ilemuctal ta this broad lead
that will tone*da these thing*, aor la
th*ra one who wuahl aot bait the pro.
cl*mati»4W at th* old faith with that
Agbueg sot bo*lasm that foratohaaa
Deioociaitc tnumi b. As new ouSkdit-
iWmm aria*, war priscipiaa must be ap
plied to lb*m ; bat ia lh* creed that
ha* gatdad ua throagh a ceatary of
party vzistaoca we ahsll lad the hay
to every *04 h apptiraUaa; aor shall wa
a#*d the lesic to of 1‘upaiiMu to aid at
ia imerprating this creed.'*
Mr. Clevvlaml Lescbse ta tarn on
fra* silver and iba Federal courts, aad
b> lievaa that all- tnsa Dima'■rata am
iratuel c miemoing * the general gov-
erumenl f«r protecting itself in the ex-
rinse of its f'lDCtiou against tbdeol
•ajs :
•• 1 believe no Democrat will have
the hardihood to deoy that wa have
fought 0 ur last two esmpaigos in al
liance with undemocratic tttrcaa, aod
that ihu allisnce was immensely costly
in defeat. Is there nut g'-oJ reason
to supp<jse tbai even in succesa such
an alliance would have proved un
profitable and dangerous 7
“ .Sincere Democrau of every condi
tion and in every part of the land
realize that the situation of the party
needs repair. Reorganization is not
necessary, but a return from our wan
dering is absolutely essential. Let us
bu frank with ourselves and candidly
acknowledge the futility of attempting
to gain Democratic victories except in
the Democratic cause and through De
mocratic methods. Reorganization is
worse than useless, and the arrogfetion
of superior party virtue will breed obly
mischief. This is a time for sober
thought, tolerant language and frater
nal counsels. We are dealing with the
condition of a party that cannot be de-
stoyed by external foes, aud since its
ruin can be wrought only from within,
it should be imperishable. Above all
things, there shmld be a manly {enun
ciation and avoidance of umue sec
tional control. Di mocracy will not op
erate efficiently in sectional lines.
“ There is much for us to do, and
the future is full of Democratic duty
aud oppottuuity. Our fighting forces
will respond listlessly and faltenugly if
summoned to a thtrd v defeat m a
strange cause, but if they hear the
rallying cali .of true Democracy, they
wilt gather for battle with old-limr
Democratic enthusiasm and courage.
“ If 1 should attempt to epitomize
what I have written by suggesting a
plan for the rehabilitation and restora
tion of true Democracy, I should em
body it in these words: ’Give the rank
and file a chance. ’ u
at the
hwycai
will ha flraa
R to oat
H will ha gt
baa staled tl
I
■all ot th
|bdtil aatioBaB
have|
children again.
sometimes to sigh to be
bas first raised sL-ft a
ua. tor ibe ImiI* buds
c«4d sD4l • oa wuhojt. ‘
At th* coating session of the ftocfb
Dakota Legislature a bid will be *u-
lr *IU4cd to ael aside a sum tor llic
coileclioo of dotuiueu's, relics, etc,
bearirR’ on the early history of the
•enilcry now embraced by that btaie
ami to furnish suitable quarters for
the same. The first Legislature of
Dakota Territo'y, which met in 1862,
Incorporated a historical S4icie.ty, wKich
iucluded among its members many
prominent pioneers.
The annual report of the Ccmtnis-
sioner General of Immigration show*
that in the last fi«cal year the total
number of immigrauts who arrived in
this country was 44H,. r »f2, of which 23,-
209 came through Canada. Of the
whole number, 304,148 were males
and 144,424 females. This it* a net in
crease over 1899 of 136,857. These
figures, however, the Commissioner
General says, dd not show the total
number of alien arrivals, as 65,635
aliens came as cabin passengers.
Dr. Herbert Howe, of Chamberlain
observatory, Denver, is collecting data
concerning the largest meteor seen for
more titan thirty years. It was
observed December 8 between 3 and
4 o’clock in the afternoon. Reports
came from Rocky Mountain divide as
far north as Saratoga, Wyoniing, and,
as far south as Delta, Col. Judging
from these distances Prof. Howe esti
mates its height above the earth as at
least 500 miles'. It appeared nearly as
large as the moon and was incandes
cent. . When apparently just above
North Park, Cnfc, it exploded with ac
companying phenomena resembling an
earl fiquake, houses being shaken and
a rumbling sound perceptible for miles.
A novel application of the utilization
of the power of the wind for the pro-
(inction of electric energy is being em
ployed at Wiltkifcl, a small town near
Kappein, a. the entrance of the bay of
that name, in the Baltic Sea. The
wind motor, constructed by C P.
lieumann of that place, hasadiametei
of 40 feet, with a wind sutfsce of 1,000
square feet. It is of thirty horae-
powet, and turns eleven times per
minute. It operate* a dynamo; runs
at normal spet-d when the wind is three
and lhr» e-qAsrter mde* an hour. 1 be
dyoaao is a-oally eatrfoy-d to rhsrge
the accamaUtors which fu**i*h th* he mu*4 spend a day ta jah
lighting of the town aod th* driving of half duMar of the toe over thirty
the
A persevering gentle man in 8L
John, Kao, has been convicted of
violating the prohibitory law by selling
whiskey. There were forty-nine dis
tinct violations of Ui4 law and ha has
been sentenced to forty nine months to
jad, as wall at j( fins of $100 for
• fane*. As ha cannot pay th* I4JM0
waa bora Ust.
his sixty-*
of the Sod
•aerie# tor
dilsea ail hit
true aod lepal
Governor
p<>n ia regard to lha t
in this &UU. It shews
much iaus of the disaaaa ia
at present than ia generally supposed.
Thera is mote or Ism of it ta ths
counties of Fairfield, Union, Bpartaa-
burg, Barnwell, Beaofnrt am) Orange
burg. For a while during the summer
it waa confined almost aotiralv to
Union County, which has aot bean
free from it for a year.
The traffic managers *of the chief
railroads of Booth Carolina
deavonng to get the railroad
•ion to increase the rates oa cottoa
seed, making them equal to
maintained in other states,
rates were reduced several yean ago
when small oil mills needed narsing
and have not since been increased.
They are much below the rates ia
every other Southern State. For a
haul of fifty tulles the rate in Sooth
Carolina is 95 cents; in Georgia, $1.80;
for 100 miles the South Carolina rate
is $1.20; that in Georgia, $2, aud the
same proportion exists at other dis
tances.
During the year just closing, the
Secretary of State has granted char
ters to 31 co turn milling companies,
who«e authorized capital aggregates
$4,860,000. During the Mine time,
permission was given 14 cuttoa milting
companies to increase their capital,
the aggregate increase authorised be
ing $2,945,000. During the same
petit d, commissions were issued to IS
cotton milling company, corporators,
who have not yet obtained their
charters, whose authorized capital
wtU be $1,495,000.
m
■
OUR GRKATCtT MPR IAUME.
Por 20 years Or. J. Newton Hathaway
has so successfully treated chronic dissaa
es that hs is aeknowisdgad today te state
at the head of bis pvofsssiaa ia this has.
•I % ‘
His sxcloMva
Var.corals and
of knife or
all cams, la
vital
and Ufin