The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, March 28, 1901, Image 4
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BY THOMAS
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CHAPTEU III.
SKIKIXO INFORMATIO.X.
James Melvin was In no very pleas
ant bumor to begin with. . ’* *
* since early morning he had been In
tba saddle, and for 12 long tfours he
had followed the tortuous course of a
dimly marked road whieb wound un-
cartalaly np and down anC In and out
among the rugged hills that border ~a Ve r, be said
Missouri river.
His assertion that the horse he rode
possessed a gait like that of a cow was
Dot an exaggeration, and neither was
that other assertion, that he was hun
grier than a bear. He had eaten noth
ing since early morning, and his break
fast. secured at a log cabin back In the
Mil, had not been anything like as
sumptuous as he could have desired.
Amt now, <mi top of these discomforts,
James Melvm had suddenly awakened
to a realisation of the fact that he was
lost —lost, with night and darkness
coming on and nothing to guide him
back to hla course.
Since leaving Keckctt's Mill he bad
traveled the main road for a short dls
tance, then had turned off to follow a
path that led up a ridge through a
dark, heavy forest For s time be got
oa very well, but by and by be came to
a point where tbe path gave out. and.
"No. But why”—
“Then what you mean by comln
a-foolln around me this a-way? Think
I’m a dertted fool an don't know noth
in? Reckon 1 don’t know It’i^a. nice
day? Reckon I don’t know It's a rough
country? Reckon It’s anybody’s busl
ness whether I’m deaf or not?"
Melvin was so surprised at the old
man’s words and manner that It was a
full minute before he recovered su©-
clently to make a reply. At last, how-
having nothing to further guide him.
he began to ramble alwiut the wood In • -j ^
aa ••certain manner. This he rooUh i
I am sorry If 1 have offended, you,
and 1 beg your pardon. I meant no
harm. I nssure you. I-l have lost the
road.”
•‘Waal, s'pose you have. I ain’t
found It"
"I thought you might be able and
willing to direct me so that 1 can find
It"
“Did I cause you to lose It?” *
"Certainly not”
"Am 1'anywise responsible for your
losln It?"
’•No."
< "Then It baln't none of my duty to
help you to Hod It. I reckon.”
. "Don't you ever do anything to ac
commodate people?”
*T ’tend to diy own buslnesa."
"And you won’t even so much as di
rect me to the road?”
Tbe old mao was silent for a mo
ment Then, straightening himself np.
•ad ter an hour before be discovered
that ha waa merely wandering around
be was toat
He reined gp bti
bis attaathm and t<
alter do
Ua&MMoJ
waa tie easiest th
lbat day Th.
bate pnaaeaard other sin
|ba apeed with wbleb be
was errtalnly far tW sir
While Met i la sal tbres
bla attwattna aaatde i..
W%f to *tfcftt tits Bttr-fttftw
ad by a no*se abb-h earn
Joot heyo*».I a eta«r -
see Jest b»w It are. stranger. You
are gwlae to keep on a-foolln around
here an rha win on tbe rag till my
I dander'll begin to line, an then I’ll Jest
and it dawned .m him that | n ( t)t m on yon an give yon
tbe allflredeet wont Hekla ever any
hady got to *11 this wogld.”
Melvin drew back from tbe old man
him. and In bis rtiugh wa/ lie bad
always lieen kind ••‘■r. treating her
with more consideration than she bgd
ever received from sn> one else.
A( the age of ir» she terelved an offer
of tnarsllige from Kim. and. urged on by
her parents, slw* had accepted him
Then came the year ai college and n
few moafha later lhe,wedding.
Then there cant# an awakening °t
which she had never ilrentnfi—• sad.
hitter awakening Unit wna tike * cruel
cruclllxlon. She realised that to make
marriage sacred and happy there must
Ik* mutual love, and she knew that on
her part there waa none, nud she felt
that the lime would never come when
there would lie.
Sluing alone In her room that’night,
she folded her arms on the table and
{Allowing her ,head on Uietn. wept as
though her heart would, break She
had known many unhappy hours, but
never any so thoroughly miserable a?
that
She fell toward her husband as she
had never felt before. Often and often
site had experienced a feeling of dla
like for some trail of his character
but It was not until now that ape'fell
tliai she timed the mail himself There
had been many, times when Ida nli
setice was a relief lusher, but It was
never until lids night that she had
wished with all her heart that she
might never sec him again
That .lames Melvin had much to do
with hei feelings she could not help
hui admit, although the admission
caused her face to hum with shame
The knowledge Unit another man. and
that man at that, could be the uieatis
of making her despise her hnsliaud was
bitterly humiliating and she wished
with all h.-r heart Mint she could display
Melvin as well: bul. alas, ibat was
something she could not do
While she sat there Him came Into
the rtioni It .was late, and lie had
walked I wo miles mu' mm lire count rt
And lank He was resil.-ss and uneasy
and far more unhappy tlmii be had
ever lacii In all hi* life
Mr* Matin * pmphf. v
ll»- words I.ihiism had
fall In love with every man that comes
along r
"No; I never said anything about you
fallln In love with anybody.”
“Dwn’t you losluiiate anything of the
kind either. It will be time enough for
you to accuse me of thinking that matt
great when 1 have said or done some
thing to give foil a reason for doing It,
but not before. You continue to say
such things as that to me. and I'll hate
you with my whole heart and despise
you so' long a»1 live.”
8he arose and awept out of the room,
leaving Kim dumb with astonishment.
It was the llrsttlme In her life that.she
had ever shown such spirit as that, nnd
walked no down the street, ebucklfkg
softly to blmaelf. But could he have
seen the expression on Mrs. Mann's
fare at that moment nnd the sfecly
glitter In her eyes he might have had a
premonition,of sm'S'c things that were
to follow.
When lie had .puhmisI out of sight, a
figure crept out of the shadow of (he
fence und stole quietly away In the op-
t.ie.rv ' ." ,
[TO BK CO.TTIRU*©.)
STATE S MONUMENT
AT CHICKAMAUGA.
he did not kh#w wlint to makp'oT It- I ... _ ... _
> n-n« more reiolced than amrer- PfOglam of the Unveiling Cere-
Still. he was more rejoiced than anger
ed by her words, for he reasoned that
they proved conclusively That she had
not been struck by Melvin’s appearance
and tliat there was no probability of
Mrs. Mann’s prediction cwnrthg true.
Almost light hearted lie ktfnt out on
the street and walked up and down In
the cool night air. He Ill'll! lieen walk
ing so for a quarter of an hofft when In
passing a hpuse he heard his name call
ed •soft.ly. He stopped and looked
around, and a woman steppjed out of
, i.
I horse lo run* xb-f
i try to ib-rUto what
•Wilrr ,Sbo otomiate
4hM
FWt thing be had at
The animal may
f strong points hot
Mr to a halt
ral
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I ha crasy 11 ml bla atumumi heea, leaa
den wratv be w«mM have imaned on
wittomt •aiuag I# et^hange atodber
wand, but msdev tba rlri amstaneea be
fsdt that he gam awme tofavma
thm from tba aM man If pmmlblr. e«ew
•l tba risk a# getting a aght an bla
band* lha be nmda «me mrwa effaaV
"Day." be kagnn * dasbneaa la nmn
tog ami I ran I think af agamding
t.iade n tut
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|| fanl Its 21
moniea—The Oration and Other
Arrangements.
The unveiling and dedication of the
monument on the Chickamauga battle
field, which Efouth. Carolina is erecting
to her sons who fought and who died on
that historic spot, will take place May
27. 1901. The date was arranged so tha|
the veterans, sons and others going to'
the MempBTs-rtmuion. could easily stop
over and take pHri. The Chickamauga
Commission extend through the press
of the Btate a cordial invitation to all
the citizens of South Ckrolina to join in
the most impressive and interesting
ceremonies
For the conveiience of Veterans
Sons, the State volunteer troops and all
citizens'attending the Souihtru railway
has made special arrangements and this
route will be the official route. They
will announce dates of leaving various
points, and rates.
This official train will be run down to
Lytle Station, near the battlefield and
about half a mile from tbe site of the
South Carolira monument The die
lance can be easily walked, hot arrange
meats will be made for hack* to carry
over such visitors as prefer riding and
P»r«»!5
At the station tbe procession will be
Joined by Ucn. J. W. ( arnish, Chi
Marshal.
f Band J
2 South Carolina
Troops, under camii
to be designated by
to appoint, each, one sponsor and M
toAny maids of honor as they see fit. A
■oat beautiful and appreciated fratutji
of our reunion* haa been the mlngllog of
the Daughter* with tha old Veterans,
and It i* hoped that tach organization
dll do it self the honor of being” repre
aenled by a sponsor. When sponsors
and maids are rtceived by the conven
tion, each Dill march in, carry log their
camp, regimental or brigade banner.
V. Each camp will please-bring it*
camp banner and come into the conyen-.-
don hall with the same.
Vi. The Ladies’ Confederate Memo
rial Association of Colombia have asked
ih« Division to participate In the solemn
memorial services of May 10th, and the
nvitation has been accepted. The
Division, with its escort, will move out
o the cemetery where the tribute will
oe paid to our dead.
Details of the parade will he announc
id hereafter. Capt. W. D. Starling, the^
ommander of the local c&mp, Hampton.*
'io. 389, U. C. V., is announced as grand
narshal of the parrde.
By oj-der,
C. Irvink Walkkk, '
Comdr 8. C. Div , U. C. V.
Ja.mks G Hoi.mks,
Adjt. Gen’i, Chief of Staff.
N. B. Camps that have not paid their
■ y . , .... 0 ,, ,. I dues fartwo (2| or more years are not
r TT“-’ Kh Sin* I in "K ( ? 0d standing," and are not entitled
to Delegates.
^ Every cotton planter should
write forourvalualile illustratee
pamphlet, “ Cotton' C villure.
It is smit free.
v * S.-n«l-trtnie atnl .i.Mn-. t-»
il KM AN K A'. I Wf.IRKN, q? N i-.-m Nt.. N.
regiment, James’ 3rd South Carolina
Battalion '/ Killed, 65 ;, Wounded, 438;
Missing, 1.
Mantgau t’s Brigade, 10th South Caro
lina regiment, 19th South Carolina regi
ment, conao'idated : Killed, 26; mor
tally wounded, 40 ; wounded, 170.
Gist's Brigade 24th South Carolina
regiment, killed, 43; wounded, 114: miss
ing, 12.
Cu
Julpepper's Battery, wounded, 14.
The total height of the monument i»
!3 feet. Tbe work waa done by the
Headquarters South Caro ina Division.
Charlkston S C . March 11th, 1901.
General Order No 53:
I. The 11th annual reunion of the U.
0. V will be held at Memphis, Tenn ,
May 28, 29 and 30, 1901 Delegates from
all the camp* of this Division are
earnestly desired to be present.
II. The Sonthcrn Railway has been
selected as tbe official route, and all
Stewart Stone Co., Columbia, 8 C , and komrades are asked to go by that route
Volunteers,
land of an i
Adjutant 1st
late
Beer
era)
I"
>a l'
>f Confei
,ud of Wl
a
n fi eta the higheat credit on their artis
tic taste and skill
Around tbe monument is s 12 fdtl
circular pavement of cement, faced with
g rani'old
As soon sa tbe monument is unveiled
Gov McSweency will turn Is over to the
Park commission and it wilt be received
by Gen. Henry V. Boynton, chairman
The ceremonies having ended, the
crowd will disperse over the taltlefield
to study and admire It
The « fflclal trams wt
tanooga in the aftcroot
.U.
Di
ran
: ti
for
i tt-
•iu
point
of Mi
I# to
Hi
m •
rcturo lo Cbmi
Mil tfi •r time
Tana for Mem
wny, reaching
aornint of tk*
Car-
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ib*l
•ktrUar«ii«fJ
»rebaw*s BrigaJa
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and go together. The details of the
hours of leaving various points have
been announced in General Order No.
.»
III. Tbe official trains of the Southern
Railway will reach Chattanooga, May
27lh, at 7 a m and run down to the
Chickamaoga battlefield, so that the'
comrades wilt have the opportunity of
jarticlpe’lag in the unveiling cere
monies of the South Caroline mona
ment.
IV The Soath Carolina Chlckamaaga
monument commisai >o have estended
a cordial tarnation to tha ret era os
.f the Sooth Carollaa Dtvialoa. I’.
C V., to participate ia the navelliag
cercmmir* * _J
By order
„ C Ikvihb Wsiatla.
Ir S C., Div , U.U. T.
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wt psaaiim kl t#p
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lew fee he had tto (tosshl that ha
•ed fwaaed the
i a wMfc hta
•wd hta
I asaa w he
ig a aatire
to ekd fed
old
d If
ssj gala rrasa aim
•ewewewr? k* gwide hit
refage toe the IMgtSt
■atohervsl that Me4*i
•tvoager to Peaassm M
■toasters a ad pereftar
pie. Had he aet he*a
heea tor teee toBgaler
the dtoresess ef the
Approach tog to w
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d tell me where I
M*4vM
tfl
ea
tote to ta
t aa t fwm"" she ether aatd "Waal,
to tltoC rase why d*mt yew git aM af
II ttoW *'
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*'1 aes w
Jtol • ttitte
•ed e hessae
"Ftod N aay whese yew hdawse pleaae
tor all af wse Pwal I hwemed aay
ha.l tmew tees
tew anew whwl I mewa *
Iterate yew asewa w hat yea aay "
I tor*a rawT yew divert ase to a
tore I rwa speed the aSghl V*
Mehhy I ramld
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Melvin tens plod to see the old felt01c.
tion. To bis surprise, the other took no
notice. Approaching still nearer, be
tried again.
"A pleasant evening," be said.
Still no reply nnd no movement on
tbe part of tbe other.
Thinking the old man must be hard
of hearing, Melvin advanced nearer yet
and, raising bis voice almost to a shout,
said:
"Pretty rough country around here,
Isn’t itr
No reply, and not even so much as
tbe stir of a hand or foot. Apparently
the old man was totally unaware of
Melvin’s presence even.
Becoming desperate, Melvin drew
clgser still and. raising his voice to its
highest pitch, shouted: '
"Are you deaf/” ^
There was a momentary silence. Then
slowly the old fellow raised his head
and, looking Melvin over calmly and
deliberately from head to foot and
back again, said quietly;
“Young feller, air you a-Bp’tiin for a
fight?" ' ... -
Melvin started back anff opened his
eyes wide in astonishment
“Why, no.’’ he stammered presently;,
“why do yon ask that?"
‘ J *Are you aebin to be chawed up?”
.the old man contlnned, taking no no
tice of Melvin'a question.
"Of course not”
“Are yoo wanUn to be larruped
•round here among theta aaplln's till
your hide's Dora plumb Into fiddle
strings an thar ain't • piece left of
yoa big enough to halt a fishhook?”
"Cwrvatoly not Whit do you moan
by gakiDf such thingsP’
"Are jam pinto for me to taka you by
• tbraat tba baahias off of a
of acre* of ground with your
aa I ato t agwtoe to atsad
lack More af year footto.~
"A*«i sow wow't direct toe to a
"It am t my bwatfewa to direct yoa ta
"Bat yew”—
”You gttr
dd man rose to bla fret add
started forward, bla eyrs gleaming
with anger. Melvin •<-ruled ariioua
trouble and put spurs to hla borer and
moved on
*T almost wlsb now,” he aald to him
self. “that I had taken I he chances
and stopped at Beckeit’a Mill. It
would be no worse to Vuh a little risk
there than It la to sleep out in these
woods and go without food. O God. If
I could Just recall that one act which
shadows all my Ufe I’d give the worl<[|"
CHAPTER IV.
THE TENDER PASSION.
There were three very thoughtful and
serious people at Beckett's Mill that
night They were Mr. and Mrs. Banks
and Mrs. Mann. Tbe rest of the popu
lation, both men and women, collected
In little groups, either at a neighbor’s
house or on the street and discussed
tbe war and the events of that day.
But those three remained aloof, their
thoughts centered on things of far
more Interest to themselves.
Mrs. Bauks had never felt at fahme
among the people of Possum Ridge, at
least never since she had spent a year
away at college. She knew that as a
class they were good people and wbll
meaning, but for all that she did not
like them, nnd It was not because she
did not wish to like them, hut because
she could not The whole trouble was
IBat she and they were not congenial
spirits and there was nothing In com
mon between them.
Unfortunately she felt toward her
husband aa she felt toward the TPSt
He waa like them, and try as sha
sea to
"Mi
fee k-w
baa *
I I I
IK
•steel pas seat
Iks Das lack
■Itna day.
I I >aa af on
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11 wt
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to Imnt. an I no .in' 'ei
He pauM-O as if ri|
•peak, bnt Hsr- rrmamrit *t*i
hoped lbat site would be
Wiii fur •jM-aklug **» ■irougl.t -t
fense. aod ImaJcII hurt when
t ^swm ♦ ■sssaHev
ia—to"-, ~ * r.
jSsaaskt
i> t*ei) UBS
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toe
Kim. yvu
>•*• assMve.
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tai.y
He
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B" tat fflg
totoa^a - ■d?aenW ■ m rvrHHew '
toil moet sacredly ever
Balf of tbe fi tt •inf!
M III,
T ile
look
lords. Pn-m-utl) in
would she could not separate him from
them. She found between herself and
him that same feeling of restraint, not
to say antagonism, which held her
Aloof from tbe others. Instead of his
presence affording her that feeling of
sweet companionship which, a wife
should find lo tbe company of her
husband. It annoyed and Irritated her
sod made her restless and unhappy.
8ha bad married 81m when ah# waa
mere child. She bad Uked him then,
sd aba bad ballavad that aba loved
Ditb
In* Jell h
no notice uf fils wo
went ou. »ay lug
- '"l-ln-m wm* bnrd thing* you *aid
about me dowu-there to.ln;. 4 !.uuev*y.
an I'd uever/a’ thought you'd *a' done
IL I giiena, I hough, you didn’t mean it.
did you?”
'*T>o you waul me lo tell you a lie?”
she asked In turn.
“No, of course not”
“Then you’d better not aak such ques
tions” • .
“You did mean It, then?”
She hesitated a moment, then said:*
’’If I hadn’t meant It, I wouldn’t
have said it. Now I hope you’re sat
isfied.”
Sim was thoughtfully silent for al
most a minute. Then he said slowly:
“I know It was cowardly for me to
act like I done, a-runnln from them
cattle. But, Lord a-mighty, how was
l to know they was cattle ’stead of
soldiers when I dldn’t.lbbk hack to see
what they was?”
Why didn't you look back instead
of charging up there the way you did
and making such a spectacle' as you
did of yourself?’ Of course 1 was
ashamed of you. How could 1 help
It?”
“Humph! |t’s all mighty fine to talk
that a-way ns long as you ain’t never
been In my place. 1 guess that Mr.
Melvin, with all his grand an mighty
airs, wouldn’t ’a’ done no different his.
self even If you dor think he’s so
greaL*”
Louisa raised her bead and fixed her
eyes on Slnii. There was an expression
In her face and a look In her eyes that
were new to him, and they caused him
to shrink away from her and looit on
her with a feeling of fear.
' *’81m Banka.” she said, “you be care
ful what yoo say, for I positively will
not bear to be Insulted by yott 1 u
submit to wbat Mary Mann may say.
beesuaa I can’t help myself, but you
attempt to say such thing* and l’U
leave yoa ta • minute nod never live
with yoa again, le your opinion of tue
•* Poor that yoa think 1 am going to
ran-
"No. I gti. «* I
but yon done tauccmy wryii
no r’ght to *ay that
gvr
“No. I hadn't. Kim
But I can’t t>uar to
l I" tuadi »i. >'
it that «tn
• til ce tver the
Addresses*;
8. Henderson oi
Harvey Wilson
-mocr •
butofk
I be t&j
tbe 8<
of the
I km
hear
w that now.
•I adilres*
Je by ike d<>n D
u*te an ib Col J
House of Kepre
[scnlatives. through the liberality ol
which bodies SoulU Carolina has doui
A pi
Foil
jrt
von talk.sl »“• 10 ficr heroic sons
aUtut the way you was. an I felt I jest
bad to take Isiticcsy down a peg or
twit. I oughtn't to have Maid It. hut
since I have said It I ain't goin to take
no backwater. Loueeay don't lowe you,
an she never will love.you, hut as cer
tain ns my name's Mary Mann she'll
fall In love with that Melvin if she ever
gits to know him.”
. “I don't believe it. While ago she got
as'mad its a wet hen ’cause 1 said
somethin ’bout her thinkin him great
shakes.” j>
“Humph!. You don’t know . much
about women folks or you wouldn't
set no store by that. I know Wliat
I'm talkiu about. Sim Ranks, an. as 1
aald before, if you live you’ll soc l' do
Loueesy don't love-you. I know she
don’t. But let her go, Sim. She ain't
the only woman, an there's one I know
that does love y,ojn with her whole
soul.”.^-
- “One! Who'/"
“Great I.ord! Are you blind—plumb
blind and d.umb?"
Sim” did not reply at once, but stood
uneasily twirling Ids hat about In his
hands, firsit looking down at his feet,
then castir>g„a furtive glance at his
companion. t-Wben at last he did speak.
I^jvns In cold, tin impassioned tones.
"I reckon 1 ain't so blind an dumb as
■fr' might ■ N-,' ,, '-trt»"*nld.'' "hnr .rurr tlTTiT
called no names, an I ain’t tuakin n<>
guesses.” ',
“IT you ^wasn’t as blind as a bat an
dumb as an owl,” Mrs. Mann said soft
ly, “you wouldn't need for me to call
no name*, an you wouldn't heed to
make no guesses either.”
“Mebby (tint's so.” 81m replied hIow
ly. “an If I am blind I don’t know that
I’m aorry. There's times In a body’s
life, Mrs. Mann, when It's best ta v be
that a-way.”
Without .a word Mrs. Mann
away and. entering the boost
tha door shot behind her
; ta.be
turned ^
alam r .
An address ■:•! me a be made by
Gttieral now the beloved U shop, K.lt
•on Caper's, who served on this battle
field with his well known ga lanlry
Bishop Capers' address will lead up tt
tbe unveiling w inch will, lie done by
four young ladies, repr senting each odi-
of the four 8outh Carolina' commands
engaged in the battle. For Kershaw s
Brigade-Miss Elberta Bland, a grand
daughter of the distinguished Col K.
bert Bland, who gave up his life fighting
with Kershaw on Snodgrass Range.
For Kith and 19th South Carolina reg 1 !-
ment —Miss Ada One. Walker, a grand
daughter of Gen C I Walker
_ For 24th South Carolina regiment
Mtps Marie DuPra grand nfeceTTf Col.
LVlir Stevens, who gallantly led the
24tb South Carolina regiment in the
J^h^tle and also the grand niece ol Lieut
Col. Ellison Cdpers, who succeeded Col
Stevens in the command of the regi
ment.
For Culpeper’s Battery - Miss ~
As the ribbons are pulled the covet
will fall and show one of the band-
somest monuments in tijs^Bark It is
built of South L'aiolita granite, a tit
emblem 0/ the heroic stand made by tbe
South Carolinians on this field-^in
either side is a bronze statute, original,
and made especially for this work, an
infantryman on one side' and an artil
lerymsn on the other South Carolina
had no cavalry m this battle
Crowning the whole is a bronze Pai
me-He of exquisite wop*nMH**hH»,~ sur
passing in truth!ulness to nature tm
eonderful bronze Palmetto at tbe State-
House.
On the front of the upper stone is -the
shield of South Carolina in bronze.
The inscriptions are as follows :
On the front, composed by Bishop
Capers, with grand ai-nplicitv :
To her faitnlnl Sons at Chick mtuga
South Carol na
Erects this Monument 10 Commemorate
the vni< r they proved and the lifts
they gave on this 1 a tit ti old, <
Onthabsck:
Kershaw's Brigade, Sd Booth Carolias
rtflTTT * M Sou b Caroilaa reguneat
7th Ae« b Caro in* regimaat, $Jh South
ias iriatwreu 11 m wt swer
1 Tjc upper half of tbe
piece of tba !l*d Staff of
ter wtri b was R>Md by Maj i
dming tbe attack 00 the F
II, 1*61. It wm given to Col
sueeph Walker, tbe father of Col C. I
Walter, by Gen Beauregaid Allogeth
er itefitg staff is a most historically
Taluahia nMMucnto %
It was proj used to first Isv tbe cor
ner stone of the monument befyrethe
dedication, Lut the elaborate Maspnic
ceremonies would have taken too much
time ft%>m the limited lime available,'so
this function had to be reluctantly dis
pensed with The monument has a cor
ner stone and in it will be deposited: -
l.'Col Dickert’s valuable sketch of
Kershaw's Brigade
2 Col. C. I Walker’s sketch of the
loth South Carolina Regiment,
written manuscript...
3 Sketch or loth and 19th South Car
olina regiments/ by Gen. Ellison
Walker for Adjutant General of South
Carolina
4. Sketch of loth and 24th South Car
olinai regiments, by Gen. Ellison
Capers
o..Sketch of Culpeper’s Battery.
6 Roll' 1 of 19ih and 24th South Caro
liua regiments and Culpeper's Battery—
'the ro Is o' Kertfhaw'a Brigade beimz in
t'apt Dickert’s book, and of I Oik Sou h
Carolina regiment in Col. Walker's
book 0. «
CONFEDERATE \ETBRANS.
Coaled
Look ai your tonfue.
Is it coated ?
Then you have a had
faste in your mouth every
morning. Ypur appetite
is poor, and food dis
tresses you. You have
frequent headaches and
are often dizzy.. Your
stomach weak and
your bowels are always
constipated.
There’s an old and re
liable cure:
The Annual Reunions in Columbia
and Memphis—Unveiling the
Monument.
Headquarters South Carolina Division,
Charleston. 8 C . March 11th, 1901.
imieral Ovdor-NwvWt
I Tbe seventh annual rennion of the
South Carolina Division, D. C V , will
be held at Columbia, S C , commencicg
May 8th, 1901, at 8 p m. A large atten
dance of comrades is expected, and the
good people of Colombia will do ai} in
their power to make the occasion pleas
ml and profitable.
II Railroad rates on the most aconom
ica 1 basis have lieen seenred
HI Miae El ztbetb C. Teague, of
Vikeo, S C b*s been appelated span
♦or and Miaa Annie Norwood: of Green
ville maid of honor, for Iba Division for
be earrent year
IV All campi. rrgim< ato •• 1 brmwfiee
of tba Diaksioa era aaraaaUr raonealad
Don’t take a cathartic
dose and then stop. Bet
ter take a laxative dose
each night, just enough to
cause one good free move
ment the dayjollowing.
You feel better the
very next - day. Your
appetite returns, vour
'‘dyspepsia IT cured, your
headaches pass eway,
your tongue clears up,
your liver acts well, and
your bowels no longer
give you trouble.
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