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' ^Lnay Offlctn Foroet. • ; ! Bsam famous i \ J Ltat, Which Bmbrace* Only > Who Roce to Hicjh Rack that" fri 1 - Ik. iS* 5 ! the New AraiT Followed Lee. ^ ' Ington Star says from in-' tly made has been learned wgular army officers resigned f the Confederate service dor- r ^e civil war. The movement gntdual, beginning on December SI, I860, and continuing to August >3,1861. The first officer to resign * was Captain and Brevet Major Henry C. Wayne, assistant quartermaster. ■ He sent in his resignation on the last ; my Of I860. On the following day 1 Brevet Second Lieutenant Wade H. Gibbes, 2d cavalry, resigned and also Second Lieut. James II. Hollinquist, 4thartillery. Up to January 28, 1861, ***' seveh other officers resigned. In Feb ruary twenty'four more resigned. Wlien the bombardment of Fort Sumter “fired the Southern heart” resignations followed fast, causing uneasiness in the Tforth, creating grave doubts concerning the loyalty of regular army officers, of whom so much was now expected, and also-gen erating Intense and unjust prejudice against the West Point Military Academy. The. humble rank of many aLthe opfaet who afterward held high command is Interesting to note. The late Gen. James LongstrOet, . who shattered the army of Rosecrans at Chickamauga and would have done a great deal more had he not met a great Virginian—Gen. George II. Thomas was a peaceful paymaster ~when the war began and never turned bis back on the Government till J une 1, 1861. Robert Edward Lee resigned the colonelcy of the 1st cavalry on April 25, 1861. He had been superinten dent of West Point—the best mill- tery achoeHn-the world.- - • ------ Gen. Fltzhugh Lee was a first lieu tenant in Uie 2d cavalry and resigned Maj^l. Gen. “Joe” Wheeler was second lieutenant In a regiment of mounted riflemen, and resigned April 22. Both armies dill led and fought by “Hardee’s Tactics.” The day before the battle of Shiloh began Hardee (a Confederate general) sat on Ids horse and watched a brigade of Grant's sol diers drilling by “Hardee’s Tactics,' and the next day cried out to a cap tured regiment: “Boys, I law you drilling by “Har dee’s Tactics’ yesterday. To day you are fighting by them.” "William J. Hardee was lleutenan > colonil of the lit cavalry and resigned «n January II, 1861. Albert Sidney Johnston, who fell at the head of his victious lines on the first day at Shllbb, was colonel of the 2d cavalry and brevet brigadier gen eraf He resigned on May 3. He bad commanded an expedition against the - Mormons. Gen. Earl Van Dorn, who fought so desperately at luka and Corinth and who afterward at Hotly Springs burnt up the supplies and ammunition Grant had gathered for the Vicks burg campaign—who defeated Grant’s advance through Central Mlssissppi was major of the 2d cavalry and re signed on the 31st of January. After bis raid on Holly Springs ne was kill- . -ed by an injured husband. Gen. John H. Winder, who won 111 fame as chief oommacder of Ander- sonvilie prison, was major and brevet lieutenant colonel of the 4th artillery. He resigned on the £7th of Aprlj. ‘ Capt. Lucius B. Northrop, of the 1st dragoons, resigned on January 8. Gen. Kirby Smith, whose name was s household world west of the Missis sippi, was major of the 2d cavalry and resigned on April 6. livery veteran of the war knows what a Sibley tent is. It was invent ed by Major Henry H. Blbley, of the 1st dragoons, who resigned on May 13. Gen. John B. Magruder was captain and brevet lieutenant colonel of the the river and rest fa the shade of the trees.” When Grant was crashing Ike lines at Petersburg Lee said to Hill; “General your meu are gl vlng way.” Hill galloped Into the melee and fell. . . . 1 Geo 3ohn B. Villeplgue, who led a wing of Price’s army at Corinth, was first lieutenant of the >d ‘ and resigned on March 31. Gen. John B. Hood, who fought with Sherman At Atlanta and with Thomas at Nashville, was a first Hen- tenant of the 2d cavalry and resigned on April 16. Oapt. Lafayette McLaws, of the 7 th Infantry, resigned March 23. On the second day at Gettysburg, as a general of Longsireet’s corps, be almost cap tured Bound Top—the key of the bat tlefield. He made assault in oonjuno Mon with Hood. Meade afterward said that if Bound Top had been taken “nothing could have been held." Gen. John S- .Marmaduke bore a leading part )n the fighting west of tbe Mississippi. His raids Into Mis- sburi made him famous. He was a se cond lieutenant of the 7tb Infantry, resigning on April 17. It Is a good time since the war and if any mistake Is found in tbe preoed Ing let some Southern^ “vet” correct •It Of these disaffected officers three have since been In the •Is^rvioe of tbe United States Government— Gen Flthxugh Lee, Gen Joseph Wheeler and the late Gen Longstreet, the, lat- ter having been related by marriage to Gen Grant and having a son now commanding a company In the 13th United States cavalry. It Is probably well known that a soldier of the Mex- can war who afterward served In the Confederate army is nevertheless en titled to a pension for hls service In Mexico. " ' * A : \, . ! -. c -v •AID WAi FABODHS A Promote* Who Told Felrey Stories „ - of Mythical Town... 7 i - The Charleston Post lays the wilds of Berkeley county have never been to be the fine and try, as one 4 D. L. Blsley, president of the Berkeley Railroad Company, has ^the represented the place to be, in bis efforts to induce settlers to BXATfi TBl 1X00XD, ^ ,ih —r-;.'"' We# Married Tea Times end Divor ced Eight Time* “Peter West M the most married and most divorced man in the United la the cnmMant of Pension Commissioner Ware, on Aad Retarded to the Relativee of the _ 014 Hero. „ The lost ha been found-a beauti ful silver chained sword. The lopg lost Kword of Gen.* Wade Hampton of MM Rtt, application of Peter West, of Pendleton, Ore., formerly of the hmr nrn. Severn h U. S. Cavalry, who was mar- « DU ^ jpled-^t en times and divorced eight perty and settle In tbe alleged flourish- ti mQ g. h« was, it appears, a private log colonies of CbiOora and Berkeley. A few days ago Attorney Julllao Mitchell, Jr., representing William S to fiord, instituted proceedings In the United States circuit court for a rc celver of the Berkeley railroad and to secure possesion of certain stock. Th numerous affidavits which Mr. Mitch ell took in the preparation of the papers to show that Risley Is not tbe proper party to manage the property* cast some Interesting light on Bisley’s character, and furnishes at tbe same time some amusing reading. Never before was Berkeley county represent ed as a “paradise,” which Risley claimed for it, abd It will be news to the public to learn that a regular weekly railroad service is operated between B :rkoley and Chicago. The Berkeley jailroad ls ft small affa'r. in tbej company of Mr. Ware. Welt found difficulty In getting hls marriage and divorce record on one application blank. “ He therefore made additional comment to the ef fect that the Govern meat might give more room for such detals. He makes appllcftion on the ground of physical ailments, 'such as rheumatism and diabetes. Hls marriage record fol lows: ‘j Elisa Hubbard, in Waterloo, Iowa, divorced in 1868. Bertha Melrs, married December 7, 1868, in Independence, Iowa; divorced in Waverly, Iowa, In 1873. Enma Dixon, married In Sicra noento, Cal., October 12,1875; dlvoroed January 18. 1879. in Iowa City, la. Eilzibeth Bray, married July 4 1879, in Winnemucca, Nev., divorced running from Mwnck’s Corner to Chi oora, a distance of ten miles, and ac cording to one Garrlt Dewirkel, a Hollander who sold out all hls pro perty in Minorsjta and edme South to settle in Berkeley, upon Rlsley’s rep- resentatlons. the-road Is in such a- ndltion that after getting the free over the road which was given as a further inducement foflits settle ment in South Carolina, he wast^fraid to use ii^nd walked the distance ot the road rather than risk hls life and limbs «n the Th» following affidavit of Dawinkel is similar to those tried with Die court which now has the matter under ad visement, and it w *l be Interesting and amusing reading to those^peo ially, who are acquainted wlth the primitive conditions of life and busi^ LWgm xue u»i* B U. I,u« ness pursuits in the county which is assessments upon candidates p j ctured in 8uch glowing ferdis By the wpta rl«r rlpfl noon. * Frances Westfall, married August 20, 1882, Rve Pitch, Nev., divorced June 10, 1885, at Winnemucca, Nev. - Mary Pendleton, married November 24, 1886, Oakland, C>1.; divorced' De cember 19,1890, at Reno, Nev. —Lucy E. Jobnson r December 44, THE STATE CAMPAIGN " f The Assessments Upon the Candi dates tbe Same as Last Year. Tbe State says the sub-committee appointed to arrange a schedule for tbe State campaign met In the office of Gen.*Wllie Jones, State chairman, at tbe Carolina National bank last night. The dates of the meetings were decided upon. At a former meeting it was decided not to require attendance upon all the meetings by candidates who are with out opposition* The assessments fixed Thursday night Are; For candidates for governor, S50; for lieutenant gov ernor, 112.50; for adjutant general, $25; for all other State offices, $37 v 50; for congress, $56; for solicitor, $26. Tbe itinerary as mapped out'by tbe committee is as follows: Sumter,^Tuesday, June 21st. Manning, Wednesday, Jnne 224. Monk’s Corner, Thursday, J une 23. Georgetown. Friday, 4une 24. Kings tree, Saturday, Jqne 25. Conway, Tuesday, June 28. Marlon, Wednesday, June 29. * Florence, Thursday, June 30. - Darlington, Friday, July 1. Beffnettsvllle. Saturday, July 2. ; Blsbopville, Tuesday, July 5. Chesterfield. Wednesday, July 6. Camden, Thursday, July 7. Lancaster, Friday, July-8. Yorkvllle, Saturday, July 9. Union, Tuesday,’July 12. Spartanburg, Wednesday, July 13. Gaffney, .Thursday, July 14. . Greenville, Friday, July 15. Pickens, Saturday, July 16. Walhalla, Tuesday, July 19. Anderson, Wednesday, July 20 Abbeville, Thursday, July 21. Greenwood, Friday, July 22. ^Laurens, Saturday, July 23d. Newberry, Monday, July 25. Orangeburg, Tuesday, July 26. Bamberg, Wednesday, July 27. Si. Georges, Thursday, July 28. Charleston, Frldajy.-Jaly 29. promoter: State of South'Carolina, Charleston county—Personally appeared Garrlt Dewlnkel, who being duly sworn, says be has been living at Springfield, Min nesota. That he Is ’a native of Hol land, and not well acquainted with tbe language and the country. That be wai Induced by Mr. D. L. Risley to a me down to Chicora, being induced thereby by letters from Mr. D. L Risley to himself, setting forth the nourishing colonies of 1890. Rmo, Nev.; divorced February 13, 1896, Pendleton, Ore. Melinda E II mley, July 2, ISSl at Pendleton, Ore.; died May 17,1898, at s ime place. Laura F. Burget, married August 21. 1698, at Pendleton, Ore.; divorced April 4, 1899. j Pauline Miller, married October 25, 1899, divorced at Pendleton, Ore. Only one of tbe eight divorcees ap peals to be dead. Long as West has been on wives, ie Is short on children. There but fota. and none of them, were he to die today," would secure an orphan's pen sion, allDejng over sixteen. Of all bis wives, figures show thal he liked Emma Dixon best; he was her husband for fourteen years. It is shown that he got divtaoes in almost as many States as he haH^ngers or wives. ; Berkeley. That Berkeley was anew colony and, that from the letters from Mr. D. L. Risley and also from Mr. J. I.. Risley be came to the conclusion that tbe country from its description must be a paradise, and determined to come down and buy a farm. _ He was ako informed tbatr they had a delightful house, barn, chicken h^use and outbuildings which he could rent Very reasonable on tbe farm, and that the/ also enclosed to blm a compli mentary pass over tbe Berkeley Rath road Company. That efforts were made to get him to pay down some' money before leaving his home, which Be declined to do. That upon arrlv-. Ing at Chicora- he found no settle ment ft all at Berkeley, and none of the facts stated In the letters to blm to be true, and that everything had been misrepresented to him. That the bouse they showed him was back out Imthe woods - there were no barn, chicken house and outbuildings on tbe farm and erne could see through the roof of the bouse at almost every point. That the railroad was in such a condition that he was afraid to use Looks Out for Himself. The Southern Cultivator and D1x ! Farmer grows..quite indignant over the argument that the wor!ds de- Chicora and} mand for cofoa will make R impera- fijlscomplimentary pam and .walked 1st artillery and resigned on April 20. Gen. Richard S. Ewell, who made such trouble on Meade’s right flank at Getysburg and was heard of at othpeiiaces, was a captain of the 1st i and resigned May 7. 5wall” Jackson was a first itenant in the 8th Infantry and IgMd April l. Qefi. JohP^C. Pemberton.'who aur- rendered Vicksburg and 37,000 Men to Gen. Grant, and who till then had been a special favorite of Jefferson Davis, was captain and brevet major in tbe 4th artillery and resigned on April 29. He was a Northern man and was led to join the Confederacy by hls wife, a daughter of the South. ■ •Gen. Pierre G. T. Beauregard, of South Carolina, who superintended- tbe bombardment of Foift Sumter, who comtaanded at Shiloh after the’ fall of Albert Sidney Johnston and 1 who fortified Corinth against Halleck, was captain and brevet major of the corps of engineers. He resigned February 20. GenS^iewls A. Armlstead, one of .Ahe heroes of Pickett’S charge at Get- tysburg, was captain and brevet major of tbe 6th infantry and resigned May 26. He was a Virginian, as all of Pickett’s men wero. At Gettysburg he led tbe forlorn bops across tbe stone wall and was killed about twelve paces inside "of '4t'* ' AV ben be fell Lieut. Cushing (Union) was ten jiMoea in front of him and wa%-kUied while firing a charge of grape and / canister into s.;*. _ the last available gun of tbe Bog battery. Georgf E. Pickett resigned from tbe 9th infantry on June 25 He led the famous charge at Gettys burg aad was desperately wounded. Capt. J. E. B. Stuart, of thraMi cavalry, resigned May 14 to become 'Gen. “Jeb” Stuart, Lee’sgre* .Lee’s great cavalry leader, who was mortally wounded la bftttle. Gen. £mbfhieF,.-Hnir “Lee’s right was i flnt lieutenant of tbe and resigned March 1. dying delirium Stonewall Jack- said: “Order A. P. Hill to pre- actlon. Pass the Infantry to as if tbe fray bad 1; “Let o$ cross Beaufort, Tuesday. August 2 Hampton, Wednesday, August 3. Barnwell, Friday, August 5. Aiken, Saturday, Augubt 6. Edgefield. Monday, August 8. Saluda, Tusday, August & Lexington, Wednesday, August 10. Chester. Thunday, August 11. Winnsboro, Friday, August 12. Columbia, Saturday, August A3. Although tbe candidates for the State offices have until June 20th in which to file their pledges with the chairman of the executive committee, Gen.' Wttlfl Jony, nieveflff have al- ready formally entered by sending their pledges accompanied by tbe money. Georgia Cotton Crop* . A well known’traveling man of At lanta, for a number of years in the 7 cotton'fiusiness j^tbat alty and M$ ; coq, who has just returod.to Atlanta from a two months trip to ajPpiHro 1 Georgia, declares that tbe outlook for anything like a full cotton crop In that state Is the gipomiest since the civil war. With the single exception of a small area of territory afound Al bany* Fort Valley and Bleckley, there Is no Indication of an average crop. In some sections he says not more than a third of tbe cotton acreage has been pta&ted,.And what seed have been put in the ground has only partially ger minated, owing to tbe prolonged drought, He gave it as hls opinion that cotton would oSH again for 15 cents per pound before Christmas, ow ing to the calamities to the crop in Georgia and tbe weevil pest In Texas, the two large producing states in the Union. „ “ - * :k. That the whole thing as des cribed to him was a fraud, and that he, a poor man, has been put to the great expense of using hls savings to come down for nothing. That be In tends to return to Minnesota. That he sold out .everything he owned In the world at auction to come down and buy this farm. That be was also Informed to bring his machine and other appurtenances of hls trade as tailor—that be could get a number of cuitomer< and do a lucrative business as tailor in this new settlement. That on his trip up to Chicora bf never saw a single man who bad evv had a suit of clothes made order tive for the South to supply an enor ormous crop next season. All such talk, It d. clarrs is diametrically op pos:d to the interes’s of the farmers and in favor of the factors, manufac turera and transporters. “It is win derful,” says “The Cultivator, “hOw much intenst these parties seem to f el in the welfare of tbe Indian, the Egyptian, the African, and the Ger man, and fear that tbe American hr mer,.In looking after-Tils own inter ests, will fail to look after the inter fs’s of all these otlrr nations. They would greatly prefer to see the tolling Southe.n farmer straining hls credit and his strength in tin effort to cultivate two or three million of extra acres of cotton and producini 1 two or three million extra bales* am selling the entire output at 10 or 12 cents, and thereby making about nothing as dear profit, rather than- a him with comparative ease ana mfort to himself cultivate the usua amount and produce the usual 10, 000,000 or 11,000^)00 bales and sell it as they claim at eighteen or twenty cents They seem to be^utterly obvl ous of the fact that the 300,000,000 or 400,000,000 extra whi^b'the smal crop would bring to the South and and distribute among the farmers and through them would produce state of business activity and pres perlty - as was never known in the South before. In other words they asked every farmer to pre fer to raise twelve bales of cot ton to the horse and sell it at 10 oents. rather :>tb$D produce ten bales anc sell It at 18 cents. Theyr do to care wbat beqomes of the all this great battle in the| world. They brazenly forego bis own Interests, to South Carolina, has been returned to hls relativ a 1 A special dispatch from Marietta^!a., to the Atlanta Journal says throVfeh the long and continuous efforts of Major J. Gid Morris, of (that place* the sword wliffeh was presented toGen Wade Hampton by the ladiee of Richmond, Va., during the civil war, has been located and returned to the nea r est relatives of the lamented General Hampton. . While discussing the building of the Polk monument with a union s Idler who was visiting the Kennesaw bat tlefields, the sword was located and found to be 1n the possession of Capt. Joe Major.-', of Eureka, 111 , who was captain of company A, 86th Illinois reglminti “' It was the purpose of Mr. Morris to have this sword sent to the Marietta Camp U. CL V. at this place, and have this camp turn it over to General C A. Evans at the approaching Nash- vi le reunion, and have h m turn it over to General C. 1. Walker, of South Ciro’lna, and by him delivered to the relatives of General Hampton. But mKtaklng the plans of Mr. Morris, Captain Majo's sent the sword direct ly to Governor Hey wo d, of South Carolina, and he has turned it over to the relatives of the ton v Major Morris has been more thi n two years In locating and having re- turnei Ihe sword carried by General Hampton 'n the Confederate service, led he is very proud ‘of the fact that t has at Inst been returned to those who prize it more highly and to whom it rightfully^belongs. Captain Majors has written to Ma jar Mori is stating that he did notcap- ture the sword nor did he steal it dur ing the war, but that he purchased it of a union soldier near Columbia on the night prior to the evacuation of that-city by the Confederate sUdiers, about the Dt of April, 1865. —Onn of thermnst remaTfeablr^nct dents connected with tlie location and retUnrof this sword after an ab sence of 40 years, is that the man who n >w returns It—M? jors— JOSt Wswomt the battle of Kenne saw mountain on June 27th, 1864, wfio was rel’eved of—It by a man mimed John William*, a Confederate Idler at the famous Cheatham Hil ht. and returned to him on the thMy fl'th anniversary of that battle’ 1 bya^g rand son ofthe man who cap tore; The het that Newton M. Morris, a brother or Major J. Gid Morris, was the courier oLGeneral Hampton from Georgia during the entire Confeder ate service, -Is an additional cauie of rejoicing on the part of Major Morris, that he was-instrumen’al in locating and returning the sword to the rela tives of the general with whom hi- brother was so closely associated, be Dg with him through many s in log scenes, by his side when wounded, am surrendered-with-h+m in North Caro lina on April 26tb, 1865. * 'Akbough the plans were not carried out as originally intended by Major Morris, bis nevertheless very glad that tbe swprd which wan no doubt hold iu deare t es'eem by oce of the south's mos* 1 gallant soldiers, has at last teen returned to his relatives. n . 3. Sr? CIHICD Htiffins cmffffit. MgjgP &W8S& ■ j * OT ■■ IVI • k# «■ l MVHW ■a J» ,rr fonrSHBOMACn 11*(» to get I ««e4 IN. I. f. I«l*( Mr -. rate •easrrr OHKMICAL CO. ilk**’ MataMW >■ twtrf gKtUkW. L« SENT ON MSklS*t*^**y-'- RonmcTORO. oatnEsst, J 1 11 PfoleworB 17 InitructoH. 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Xwime clement, I^Itawier, C.4 oorreapBod- HR ALIN G THE SCABS OF WAB. Terra Cotta Pipe, Roofing Paper, Oar lots, small lota, ifctd. Carolina, Portland Cement Co., Charleston, b.'-C. A Southv rner Is Surprised at Senti ment ofthe Decoration Day "Orators. I wi>*h I could reproduce In every paper in the South utterances and sen timents made public here Decoration day. Surely tbe north has awakened to tbe fact that the war is over and the south entitled to credit for tbe part It took in tbat great struggle, must say I was agreeably surprised ’tis said, regretted writing tbat exag gerated story and said bad she foreseen tbe stir and wide publicity she never would have permiMed its beingjiut In print;yet there are these up here wtio have never beard of this and naturally look oil that work as authority and condition south tbe black man was in. •it was the sale of the negro girl at auction by Henry Ward Beecher, from Monday night but In April only eigh teen. hundredths cf an loch fell aad May up to Monday was even wone. in tbe two months not enough -fain had fallen to make one-resectable shower. The severe drought extends over Beauf rt and Hampton counties, use it as reference of the real, true ^yt these places have had a little is own Injury, to plant, produce and L f ttr .would ever have one made to | gather an extra large nop, simple thd . " • ' / • .* e "Isolely for the benefit of the factors, manufacturers and foreigners.”- We folly agree with The Cultivator aad. K i - Dixie Farmer. The Southern farmer! the mpn who wore tbc blue should look out forhimselL ' The Ohio Wsy. ; A dispatch from Springfield, Ohio, says another lynching was attempted there Thursday night. . A crowd of negroes surrounded the jail at mid night to lynch Walter Fisher, colored, the Oonfederete~ranktr 1 ' U£der &rre8t for kll llng Edward Boone, ^ colored. Sheriff Routzihn had just returned from Dayton where be took Fisher for safe keeping, and so advis ed the crowdVvrhlcb yelled back that they would get Fisher when he was brought back for trial. The Farmers' Friend. The State says a governme nt exi tlmates that in Virginia atone the consumption of weed seed by ridges Is no less than 673 tons a This expert further avers that the partridge is the deadly enemy of boll weevil. And the partridge is only une ot the many of tbe bird tribe which work unceasingly for tbe weki fare of the farmer, who evil than good to his 0 Found Charred Corpse, j Detectives of Delawarti«-eeu*ity and Philadelphia, Pa., are working ba¥d an endeavor to uh ravel the mystery connected with the finding of the body of a man on Decoratloirdiyln the marsh close to tbe banks of Darby creek, south of the city. On the banks of Darby creek are scores of boat bouses,'many of them being tbe rend ezvous of dissolute men and women who spend nearly every Sunday dar ing the summer .months In drinking and carousing. It is evident an at tempt bad been made to destroy all means of identification by v bufping tbe body and tbe murderer or mur derers covered tbelr tracks well. Within a few hundred yards of tbe spot where tbe body was found Is the farm house of Horne. On the night of Sunday, May 22d, a rope and two pieces of chain were stolen from Horne’s bfcrn. . This chain was found cjoqe to tb0 body of the murdered Man. It had been fastened to fence pests by staples and after close in vestigation, the detectives have borne to the conclusion that tbe man- had become Involved In a quarrell over a game of cards In one of tbe boat bouses and bad been murdered; tha}< hls body was chained to tbe posts', saturated with oil and then set on fire.' A two gallon oil can, oompara- tlvely new and which had been sto' from the Horne residence was lying close to tbe charred trunk,' which would seem to bear out ibis theory. Two suspender buckles, half of a hand, and the toe of a shoe are tbe only means by which tbe detectives can hope to identify the murdered n. ; ;• .• " ~ ^ Killsd^Llwhcaiaif^ ' The Columbia State "says a bolt of lightning instantly killed little Ji'bdb Wages, a 13 year-old cotton mill oper ative of the Olympia village, Tuesday afternoon at 20 minutes to 7. The boy was sitting on a little bench next the stoop of Gaine’s store, whichis locat ed on Bluff road in the mill vil lage about 100 yards, from Wages’ borne. The boy’s face was slightly scratched, but otherwise there were no marks on tbe body and the coroner's physician testified tbat there were no bones broken. Standing In tbe door of the store within two feet of the ,boy was C. C. La whom, also an operative. He was knocked backward on the floor but was not injured. T. E. Mitchell, the clerk, wno was standing behind tbe ooqnter near tbe side door,, about 25 feet from tbe front door, was ndt even shocked, he says. The Hash fol lowed by the loud report like that of a tnon frightened a horse attached to a wagon near tbe side door and Mr. I Will Haag. At Greenville last Week Fletcher Bird and Palmer Oroswell were found guilty of murder in the- first for •go. '$&S£ Mitchell ran out and stopped him from running away. W. T. Cox, a laundry wagon driver in the store at tbe time, was only slightly shocked. The bench on which the boy sat was under a shed which shelters the door and surround ings. Near the bench a high wire fence Connects with the corner of the store room. There waft no’scorching of any of the surroundings. The Privilege Tax. : The privilege tax recepits up to June Uhls year are $10,380.60, or over 10 per cent, greater than they were up to the same time last year, which In dicates a heavier cotton crop- Tbe to $101,- for the . .. . year. The tax this je&r is the same as it was last year- no such conciliatory showing has ever before been made. The good people south began the good WOTKwhrn they at Florence, S. C. for the first time decorated the graves of the northern soldiers buried tberet Awone very pro mlnent speaker said here, “They for ever banished our anger, when they garlanded tbe graves of our dead.” President McKinley followed with hls memorable speech: “The American soldier has never been d, feated except by ah American soldier. Hereafter let us remember on these occasions both and the men who wore tbe gray.” The occasion this year seems to have keen the climax for fratemaltsm and on all sides the kindest things were givecr utterance to. Your correspon dent attended some of the ceremonies, which, by the way, are big one$ up here. He went expecting to hear un pleasant flings at the Confederacy, >ut, to the contrary. Robert E, Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Joseph Wheeler, M. C. Butler were all alluded to by name and in tbe highest terms. So suprised was tbe writer tbat be has through the press here expressed his agreeable surprise and in doing bo told these people that they were on tbe right track at last, and suggested tbat now they curb or control the few of Um press and pulpit—all tbat remato —who occasionallyjfjve utterance to uncalled for, unfair, untrue state ments. ; I know the south wilLread with both interest and pleasure the news that the north has about ceased Its abuse, that an entirely different feei ng from the past prevails, esplallyl 1 bis pulpit one Sunday morning, to de monstrate conditions prevailing south, tbat did mote ft) fire the north and bring on the war than all the news paper articles written and speeches made. Beecher was a brother of Mrs. Stowe and together with Lyman, . ^ Beecher, these three-persons forced* rom Georgia^ Florida and portions the war. Otherwise the commercial In- South Carolina, wBere the drought tereste that stood it off so long would continues. Lice are not so generally have continued powerful and control- reported in the central and eastern' led, conceding demands the s uth districts as In tbe previous week ex- made from time to time. Not that oept In Georgia, but JtoU.JttexUla.«»>- these. business interests loved the W nue to Increase in the southwest end more rain than Charleston. i The national weather bureau at Washington says although cotton continues small, a general improve ment In Its condition is indicated especially In the central and western districts where rains have been well distributed and generally ample. The least favorable crop reports are recelv- -47" •t'ur*- - south but they loved—their pocket books. Be all this as It may, a sensible view is at last being taken and by people of weight and if they hold out as they gtvrprdm&e tcflt means much for loth sections towards true reconciliation. . H. W. Finlayson. 676 Broadway, New York City. DBOOOHT FABTLY BXLXIVED. central cotton counties tff Texas, a rule the crop is well cultivated. Many Sections ol State Still la Sore ■Meed of Rain. The Columbia State says the re* ports that came in to Section Direc tor Bauer Tuesday Indicated . that the rains of the day before bad entire ly relieved tbe droughty conditions in Alabama and Georgia, where v frpm one to two Inches and over fell on sill sections hfiWse States, but only parts of South Carolina weiie relieved. Wes tern North Carolina and the western '.’Aiaatibv when.they can be assured of this by one from the south who not only watched and listened to these sentiments but weighed them well $a they were utter ed, and could see they were sincere. Rev. Dr. Charles Eiward Locke, who officiated at the McKinley funer al, and who made himself famous by some very patriotic utterances on that oocasion.is now the pastor of the lead- ng Methodist enureb in Greater New 1 York. Dr. Locke is one of the speakers alluded to tbat I felt like applauding frequently during the delivery of hls address. With a few very slight chang es Dr. Locke’s sddress would have been as fitting on the 10th of May aouth as here onthe 30th. The doctor needs enlightening on the authenticity of Uncle Tom's Cabin,” and The iAtbor, Harriet '■. counties of South Carolina and the suffering Savannah experienced 1 rains, almost as much as they heeded, but the remainder of the State had light rains. Lexington, Aiken, Saluda, Greenwood, Newberry, Laurens and Spartanburg counties were the most generously dampened, while the rainfall ^westward was light, as it? was In the Congaree valley. Those sections received enough rain to bring up late cotton and corn, con cerning which there has been much fear* the past few. days. The rain came too late for the wheat and oat cropa generally over tbe State, but these crops are in fairly goods condi tion in the western count! as. In Charleston county, Observer Jesunofsky reports tbe most severe that section * ‘H i •> u f,, ■’d ssnl to ■ f th a t> c o • lr >ubto, »ena mr fre© booklet nid «af| © lamination blank*. No. 1, Nervoia Debill. tj (Sexual '* eakneee), No. S. Vancooele, Na .S, Stiictu n*. No. 4, kid ney and 8'adder Com plaint* No. I, DtaaaM of Women. No. a The ffoDo* King (Stood « lrM ?' M W No - K <*• Urrh. Theee book* •hoo.ubalo the band* •d. is br Hathaway, the anther, u reeoc- *» th* beit an thortty and expert In .the united Ruts* on .SLgg .«*”*>*■ w s - %•*<(. w. WHAT MAKES A GOOD PIANO? Good Materials. Skill;- Kuowledire Ure.ndUctofn'tu, 0( * t “X***-!*/ lSS much as D*. NtTWlWAT you can. -We are factory rei tbe most celebrated m ere. Whatever ofaGOOD to 175. Address? u*. you are. fan toch'oatataKM. v- ,