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-^rezjpsrr/sr T? VOL. XXIX. - ~ • ' j s • FATAL WRECK. BARNWELL, S. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1906. WOBK ON TflK FABM J i Passenger and freight ttains on the Seaboard Collide. SOXK PRACTICAL 8UOOE9TIONS BY A PRACTICAL FARMER A GREAT SOLDIER to i# THREE W&N RILLED. t ' ' ■ r-— The Bafiaeer ud Piimaa •! tbt Frdgkl Trail, a Mall Ckrk BwM !■ ♦ « ” * ,* ^ ^* * * t tte Wreck, WUck Wu Cawed ^ ky a MiaaadcrttaodhK of 1 ' Orders — ^ * ' r it’ Paaaaoffer train 66 on Use Soaboard, north bound, and a south bound tralght, oollldod noar, Blainays four- inorthot OolumblaoD Tuaa- Ior of last week, and as a art dead and jtwo, E 10 art seriously the A orders. The lumbla Flftr and It Sou ok, Injured. A coord In* hots an tbt- pas- st. wsook was tsused misunderstanding of pMaenger train leftOo- hour lats. Tpe P.ortda dtbo freiRbt at blalntys la btlleoed ’that Eigloeer In charge of the might, tbodgbt that there watt deer road ihttl % HO pulled out of the siding with twenty tart attae wd, and Jut ahead Wit p—onger train spprootbod It waofoo late to stop the freight, bat EWfAur RMblueoa,xef the pse- senger train, applied hie sir brakes and the train was bronghtop <rith a J »rk, throwing every one oat of their seats. It was doe Jtot nerr i hf n that the Uvea of Ti Urges His Brother Farmers Push Their Work Along AK Lines ' Dr. H. F. Freeman, of Wilson, N 0., offers some praotlosT suggestions to his brother farmers In a com muni cation to the Pregressive Farmer of Bsleigh, N. 0. Now Is the time for our famt s. says Dr Freeman, to be gin terdo all the plowing they ean. Where the land has muci litter on It, or where it ley out last year, these leads should be broken now and again before planting. “ T You should remember that for some years rlCW*odr.springs have been late aod the land wet, so It wu bard to get land broken Id time. So look out for the good days now and start tbe two horse plows from six to eight In ohesdeep, and where the land is rough, pulverise It with barrows. Now Is the time to clean out dlteh « and let off water eo the land can dry out thoroughly: This oau not be Acme It the but advantage Juet before planting. Glean' out, o’ear up aud keep clean every foot of spaoe ahjut the home and farm now while you have time. If ytu have not already plowed up your garden do so tbe first nice day 1 that oosees. Plow deep and spread broad east wlthauy tough litter ma nure you have on tep after the plow Gen. Robert F. Lee, Commander- in-CUef of the CONFEDERATE ARMY Plnl Sect! os of •a |Addre ss Delivered Recently by Dr, John A. Wyatt Be fore the NtW York Senthern Society. A (head Tribute * to a Or sad Mae.. ~ ‘ ••• 1 The fol owing is the first stefeion of a speech recently delivered before tbe New York Sottbern Society by Dr. John A. Wyatt. Nut week we will publish the second section of this speech. Both sections should be iced In every school It the oouhtrr: Tee South may claim with pardon able pride that It furnished not only .lie president of each of the divided sections In the struggle for the estab lishment of a separate Confederacy, but the great central figure Of the Civil war for the North as well as for the South. Hlstofr will icoerd that Abraham Lincoln waatbe oneooaeplo- uoua figure on the side of. the Union, and for the South none will challenge make common canse with the ether Southern States declined the tempting offer. . In a letter written April 2C, 1861, he made that never to be forgotten declaration: “With all my devotion to tbe Union aod tbe feeling of loyel- ij and duty as an-American dt zsn, I have not been able tb make up My mind te raiser sty Jbend sgalnst my relatives, my children, my home. Save In deferoe of my native State, with the slooare hope that my poor services may never be needed, I-hope I may never be called upon to draw my sword." When at length hostilities began aud Virginia took her plaoe In the Confederacy the peopl of tbe Old D.mtnlon with one voloa turned to ilm as commander of her army then: Forth from it* scabbard, pure and bright, 1 Flashed the word of Lee! Fa- In the front of the deadly fight, High o’er the brave in tbe cause of Right, Its stalniese sheen, like a beacon light, Led on to Victory. Out of its scabbard! Never hand Waved sword from stein as free, Nor purer award led braver band, - Nor braver bled for a brighter land, Nor brighter hind had a grand, Nor cauae a Chief like Lee! cause sc Do this twice this spring hafota pleot i r -.r. nnr,.V lug and you w'll have a good gar Jen *«n over, repreeentet 1 vee of the widely aa the oraah oame the pec organtxwi a reeoue eqisd. J. W. Byblnsou wee fouud his engine with both lege broken. Hie colored fi.eman, Dsn Douglass, was aleo under in« d brls badly bruised up, Soglueer A. A. Smack, of the freight, and fireman W. A. Herbert, colored, were hurled under the ruins of tbe freight engine- -both Instantly killed. Tbe mall ear was the only One of tbeptsaenger can demolished. Mall Clerk H. A. Batik) was busied under the wreckage and Instantly killed. It It reported that a helper on the mall train laal«> killed, but tbe post (Dm know nothing ofjt H E H nkoo had Us shoulder fraoiand, bub Goo duotor W. M Wnitehurst, In eharge of the passenger train, escaped unin jured. At soon as the newt of the wreek was * beard, arrangements were "Hide' for bringing toe train to the city. The bodies of those killed oould _ ne| be brought cut of bhe wreckage, " buttbe iejoied were brought in at ■one and removed to tbe hosptt.li. Engineer R>blnson Me* In that cityi rvaldlng at Mr*. Waaou’s, on .Laurel street. All of tbe others re side either In Raleigh or Jaokaou- VgUe. Tbe railroad commission, accmpa- , tied by a number of newspaper men k and Dr. E 0. L Adams and Surgeon feeton, of tbe Seaboard, went up to scene of the wreok about one Po’ock. An Investigation baa bteo ordered by the oommlwloo and testimony will be taken as to the caueee at once. RUlroad men here say that tbe morning wu very foggy and that It wee almost Impouible to see earthing a abort distance off. It le also laid that the freight omdhotor had been on doty thirty hours and wu phjsl oally unable to Interpret the orders. This will all be bnu/ht out In the testimony to be taken before the railroad commission.—Columbia Re cord. - - -- - """" '• If the net is done„a< well. Toere are huiidiedi of little thlogi that you can do now, which will add wonderftlly to your success this year, If you will look out for them and do them now while you have time. How about tho cow and calf? What are you going to do them this summer? And tikMe iboats, which you expect bet? Where are you going to keep them? Gan you get to your bom, cows, or hogs, without jumping from place to plane to keep from going int) the mud up to your ih «e string*? Where Is tbe stove wood—under tbe woodshed or out In tbe mud aome two hundred yards from the kitoaeu? Now, my friend, you see all these things to be done; but don’t get too busy to be organic )d into tbe Oottea Qrowera' organisation. Tots Is the most Important thing you will be oalled upon to do this year, for the general good. Toe age at will soon be la your count?. Be sure to look out for him end help him all you oau. Take up this matter and get all tbe luformablcn ycu ean, so when the or- Wffifi you wTITBe ready to help him. Bs sure to eee that every men In your town«h!p goes to tbe township meeting* when the time oeme. Now, by the first of April every township should be organised la South Oar oil a*. Bs sure to keep down, the acreage. la planning for this year's crop don’t forget to out tbe oottoo crop aod put la plenty of eumrpeaa. potatoes end garden crops. AS the Gotten Gr i we's’ Association in Cj lumbla go> d men were elected difeo tors, who will have onarge of the bus uessof the Ass >oiatloa. Tuese are as good men aa we have in the State and they will do all Id their power for tbe good of our farmers. Sa be sure to oo-operate with them and help In every way you can. The cost will be only three to ten cents on each bale of oottoo you saade last year. The As sociation has already raised the prioe •20 on tbe hale since It was organ z^d N aw of this *20 gained ycu oau easily, aod I ana sure willingly, pay three to ten earns on the bale. Look out for the agents. 8'mmks Hns MoUrnr. “I will hill you for that,” cried seven year-old W.ir.s Hatton at Gamp- ton, Ky., ou Wedne day to hie moth er. 8 ae had just spanked him for not returning promptly from ao errand Toe child rushed to a bureau drawer topic outjL'a, lathiI’uamilver, divergent classes of our eeotloa, the plebeian and tbe patrldan. Tbe story of L'nooln might well be classed with "The sho't and simple annals of the poor” while Lse oame straight frsm the oaviHers and their descendants, the ginia. His father;. The story of his military career Is praotloeliv the story of tbe army of northern Virginia, and it reads more like romanee thee history. Tbr ugh four years of the blood lest war known to history ot Shot tone that army, composed of the flower 1 of Southern mAnhood, under tte matchless leader, made a record of victories never sort ■ed In the annele of warfare, a it card which we of the South and our children's children to the remotest ages should olalm as our proudest heritage. He assumed command of this army la Jane. 1862, when McClellan ess Immediately In. front of R'cbmonfl. On June 28, with an army Inferior In aristae raor of Vir-4«mib?ri and t qutpHrffE; 'he tbe forces of MeOlellan in their in trench men! and for seven day* the bloody oocfl et raged, until McClellan took refuge under the protection of hie gnnboats at Harrison’s Landing. This army defeated, Lee turned upon a second larger than hie own, march- log upon Richmond from another di rection. By one of the most brilliant and daring movementa in the history of wars Lee with hie able lieutenant, Jackson, routed Pope’ army at Qrove Grant of many officers and been shaken." At 8p >tteylvanla*Nloolay and Hay, authors of the “L fe of Llnoolu," say '‘Grant was completely checkmated.' That this le true Is evident from the fact that turning aside from the direct route to R'ohmond, with Lea’s army In front of him, which army be announced In the beginning of the campaign as bis objactive, be march ed toward the JamSs river, which he crossed in the effort to capture Peters burg by suprise. Toe army of Lee was, however, at Petersburg in time, end there hold Grant at bay foe nine months Of the summer and winter of ,64 and '65. Aa far as the Confederates were con oerued, the annals of the stise of Pdtenr.urg might well be term* a the annals of starvation, exposure and misery. True tolls colors the arm? of Lm wu starving todaath. The com missary general reported that ‘ the a-my of northern Virginia wu living literally from hand to mouth.” Beef sold for S6 per pound and flour at Sl.eoo a barrel. At one time, pleading with his government for food, Lee said that for three days his men had been In line of battle and had not tubed meat la the early spring of lj$65, after nine mouths of persistent effort. Grant with 113 000 men well fed, olad ^nd armed, broke through the llnep de fended by Lee's force of 49 000 veter ans, half starved, ragged and most of them shoelem. ' - Then earns the end at Appomattoe, when on April 9,1865, the remnant of this Otoe magnificent army, numbering leu than 28.000 (of which only 15 000 were carry fag arms) sur- rendtd, aud the Coufedercy wu no more. Uoon this world’s stage no more pa thetic scene, no more berqic Incident bu ever bun witnessed. With what pride tbe generation yet unborn shall claim decent from thou who, true to their sense of duty, which Lee him- ae f said,was ‘‘the suhlimut word in the Eighth language," fought under HE TALKED OUT. jf ' * A Colored Preacher Praises Gen. Wheeler in a Sermao. i SEVfiRLY CRITIC) Z ID Booker WeshlBgios, Whom He S.ylea the Arch Eeemy of AH Americas . iS ProfreJ* eed Vilest Strife Breeder Between the Race* oi the Coetleeet. A dispatch to the Atlanta Jrirnal from Macon, Ga-, says that the Rev J. G Robinson, D. D., colored,' Pu to of tbe African Metbodlat Church In that city on tbe Sunday after General Wheeler died paid a glowing tribute to that old Confederate hero and veteran aodeeverly criticised Bupker T. Wash ingtou. While he wu talking many of hie congregation forgot thenuelvaa aud applauded bis utterances u though he > addree lag an ordinary canVen Mon. The remarks made by Dr. R ib 5^* insod created <4 lite a sensation, and is the touio of general dhcisslon among She negroes of the city. Among other things be said: "The nation, yea, the dvlitzid world hangs Its bead in mourning today. God hu oalled from earth’s labors one of the greatest futon of civilization. I re fer‘ty Gen. Joe Wheeler, the most dashing military genlu* of modern times. TMs mighty man—this brave aOffliF-^thla great military hero tm er T. Washington operated to tbe ex ternal detriment of my people." - The better elsu of white people— want to traet us; want ttf* help u*. They took hold of Booker T. Wash ington and built him up; thru lie ran north and east, and would hunt white lodging houses to atop In, thus giving the acutbern people tbe thoughts that the negro harbors Id hls breast a' de sire for aooial (quality. Again Wash ington hu with one voice urged the negro to keep out of politics, end within the next breath bob nobbed with politician* of the country with i-uoh deceit, a r roltne*s and u*lng tbs great influence given him by the • mthern white man antll be bu rob- bad tha satire raw of every vintage of man hoed aod it fl tenoe It once bad under the leadership of Fred Djug- laaa ard Bishop Turner. I declare to yea that I look upon Washington u tbe monumental enemy, tbe greatest fake an! vile it strife tree Jar bat ween the races that Americans have ever produced, Governor Vardaman not txcepied Richard • t Henry Lee, better known u "Light Hone Har ry," tbs beaasabreur of the Amariosn army, wu a conspicuous figure In the first continental con gram. It wu be who, on, June 7, 1776, moved the raso luUon "taat.theae united colonies are. and of right ought to be, fiee and In dependent State*; that they are Nab solved from all allegiance to the Brit isb crown, aod that all political oon- Diction between them aud the S.tates of Greet Britain lej and ought to be, totally dissolved." He and nis brother were lingers of the Declaration of lodtpeodenoe*, and and it wu this same Lee who pro and died on thou victorious fields, or, in eurvlTlng, stood true to hit colors at Appomattox. - ’ ' „ Id hls farewell address to hls army, he uid: "You will take with you the utlafaotlon that proceeds from the oonsoiousueu of duty faithfully per formed: and 1 earnestly prey that a merelful God will extend to you His bier King and protection. With an ua- oeaeiog admiration of your oonstaaoe and devotion to your country and a grateful remembrance fife?our kind and K4KI YOUR SUPPLIKft. All Farmer* Should Divanity Their Crop* This Year. too and Second Manama and drov. I getorou* cons!deration 0 f myself, Ibid him for ufety under the protection cf I you sntff *otionate farewell. the fortifications at Washington. Me Olellan had been removed for hls de feat and Pope followed In hie train. claimed George Wuhlng’op u.the Dlirrgardlng hath of ihase defeated "lint th war, first In peace aud first in the hearts of bis countrymen ’’ Upon his mother'* side be claime< the lineage of the Carter* of Shlrleiy Barn on January 19 18J7, his oh 11 hood and youth were passed in the cu tlvated circles of tbe tidewater region of Virginia At the age of 18 he en tered West Point and completing the course of stud# without a single mark of demerit ha graduated second in a c ass of 46. For several years he served in the ongloeer eorps eonstructlpg coast defences, a id for a part of this time la charge of the utrnnomloal department of the government. -la 1832 he married the daughter of George W. Parke Cuitis, the adopted <«□ of Geu. Washington, and later wu made captain on the iteff in the Mexican war. Of all tbe brilliant reputations amodg the younger group of officers armies, Lse moved rapidly into Mary land, captund Harper’s Ferry and Its large garrlaoa op the way and f >ught at Anttetam on September 17, 1862, the bloodiest battle of the Civil war. McClellan, who after Pope’s defeat had bun reinstated In command, wu again removed for falling to Infl et a crushing defeat upon L*. and Burn- aide wu made oommder lU chief of the army of the Potomac. y " In December of that year this reme of Lu signally defeated the army of Bu’’aside at Fredericksburg. Burnside wu removed and Gen. Hook er placed In oomouuDd. In May, 1863, Hooker marched on Richmond, having ■sued a general order In which he uid that the Confederate army either lugloriouely fly or oome out from behind Its Intrencbmente, where certain destruction awaited. ” A few days after this announcement which were won -in tfaak eaaap^gn ^made- Booker’a - army wu surprised Let’s wu the most conspicuous. U pon him the commander In chief leaned as upon no other. At Oerro Gordo he wu breveted mvj r for exceptional gallantry. At Contrara* and Cberu- bu-c 1 he wu offic'ally proclaim ad for meritorious oon duct, and on account ' Highly Connected SecK*r. With hie mind wrecked by yean of haidehlp, George Adame Robinson, a descendant of two presidents of the United Statu, a Harvard graduate o' tbe elau of 1861. a , veteran of tbe civil wu, a thlrty-ii 0 md degree Ma son, stood before the oily court at Bridgeport, Gone., Tuesday morning pleading for bis liberty.. Two pseks ago Robinson wu taken In charge by the author!tlu for uklng alms 00 the ru placed le tbe alms Roblnaoo, who . Is seventy years old, Is the son of a Dr. Robin •on. of Boston. His mother wu a‘ daughter of John Qilnoy Adams, sixth president of the United State,, and a grendaugbter of John Adame tbe second president. R blnson la a mining engineer, and hu spent much of hit time in the West. The year he wu graduated from Harvard be en listed In tbe Eighth regiment, Man aehueetts volunteers, aud saw service under beth Sherman and Sheridan. Live* Owe of Door*. Bav. Dr. John Clendennin, a eon-in law of Horan Greeley, bellevn he own hie life to llvlcg tot of doors day aod night When he took np hie abode In tbe open last Siptembor he was thin end emaciated and had a ** bad comb, but from the time be be- I tSgao sin ping cat of doors he began to B show Improvement end now believes V^ lke hu been cured. Daring the lut Mx months Dr Clendennin hu precti- telly lived in the open etr spandlug hot little more time within doors thnn It teku tout. He drtvn dur " the dsy or indulges In long tramps, bathe sleeps on a balcony off the ' third story of hie boose. shot hls nffHher. Then he threw himself upon the form and screamed: "Speak to me mam&; I didn't mnn no barm." But ■te wu dead. The father Is J >hn Hatton, a large pishter living near Rogers In that county. ° Killed By a Train. Mr. J. R dand Hill, racently of Aloolu, wa* killed by train, No. 53, on Atlantic Coa->t Line Wednnday night nur Brogdon on^Ahe Central Rtilroad of South Carolina. Particu lars at this heur cannot be obtained, but It Is Said that he wu riding on the rear end of train and wu known to have been intoxicated while in Sumter the same day he wu killed. He wu a sawmill man, well thought of— hla only fault being tbe whiskey habit. Ha leave) a wife and several children. Killed Himself. George Whitney, a member of tbe Marine corps stationed at the navy yard at Charleston, accidentally shot and killed himself at Saxon, a elation on the Atikutlc Gout Line some dis tance shave the navy yard, Thursday. The accident resulted from the care- leu handling of a pistol. The body wee taken charge of bv the coroner of Berkeley oountv and the inquest will probably be held Friday. — AQnmly Joke. Burglars entered the home of Joseph Rep pier, editor and proprietor of Puok, In Staten Island, urly Wednes day vnorning. After carrying off SI,- 000 worth of valuables, they left a note uylng: "We apprec rt 1 a good joke, hat we think tbe Joke Is on you this time.” of a wound received in tbe assaqjt on Cbapultepeo, September 13, 1847, he received h.l& p^motion to lieutenant colonel. It wu here at Ooutrens, when tbe army wu heffied, | to Vl rg lnt ^ quick'eye of Lee discovered,l)y a dir rushed tug reaetmii-tstnce, a line of approsch and attacked by Lee and Jackson sim ultaneously In front and rear at Chan- oeDortv lie and overwhelmed, fleeing in the greatest disorder from the fi 'Id. L e then Invaded Pennevlvsnla a here at Gettysburg after three days of bloody aoofliot, unable to oarry the Federal position, he remained 24 hours In line of battle with bis army lu their immediate front Inviting attack and theh withdrew without interruption hidden from the enemy by which the u might be taken. This the commander-in-chief of the army char acterzod as "tbe greatest feat of physical and morel courage performed by any Individual during the entire ompa'gu." In hie cffljlal report Gen. Scott said: I am compelled to make special mention of C*pt R. E Lse, engineer He greatly distinguished himself at the siege of Mere Cruz, wu indefatl gable during these operatious In re connaissances, u daring u laborious aud of the utmost vaiu'. Nor wu be less conspicuous In planting batterlee and In conducting columns to their stations under tbe beayy fire of the- enemy.” He further uys: "Oapt. Lm, so constantly distinguished, also bore important orders from me, until he fainted from a wound and the loos of two night* sledp at the batteries." After the Mexican war he wu ap pointed, In 1852, superintendent of the military academy at West Point, and In 1855, lieutenant colonel of the aeoohd cavalry, under Col. Albert Sid ney Johnston. In 1859 be wu direct •d by the president of the United States to arrest John Brown and hls followers In their murderous tnvulon of Virginia, and bn March 10, 1861, he wu appointed colonel In the Uni ted States army. . Wnen the S mtheru States were eta ceding and wu seemed inevitable, up>n the recommendation of Gen. Soutt, then commander ln-ehlef. Pres ident Lincoln offered Lm the com mand of the armies of the Union. Virginia had not yet seeeded, hot Lee. looking Into the futon and feel log amurad that hls native State would open any sot of It wu in 1864, In the from the'Wilderueu to Petersburg, that the star of Lm reached its z nith. Under hi* leaderehlp the army of northern Virginia up to this time In cffanalve wufare had held every bat tlefield up:1i which It had fought with tbe exception of Gettysburg and Sbarpeburg or Antletam, and upon these fields, although It failed to beat the army pitted against It, it stood In battle array on each eeoulon for 24 bourt, wu not attacked and marched away unmolested. J He wu now to show that in defen sive fighting he wu a greater master of the art of wu than in his cffanalve operations. Grant, with the largest army ever marshalled upon this conti nent under a single commander, with unlimited res ureas of men and money with the world to drew upon for alt that wu most uefol in destructive wufare, advanced up"n this army of Lee’s wanting in everything but val or, and eo decimated that u Grant expressed It "it had robbed tbe cradle and tbe grave” to fill the gape be tween the veterans that still survived. Thus followed from May 5, 1864, In the Wllderneu, at Spottsylvanla court bouse, at Cold Hubor and the North Anna a series of oonfllcte eo frightful In their havoc that the his tory of this campaign might well be written InJslbod. The most no mt, and In my opin ion the most reliable, history ef tbe United Btntas, written by JeaafcFord* Rhode* of Boston. • oooeeientiOfaMtu dent, a capable analyst and Joel re corder, szji: "Grant’s loss from May 4, to Jane 12 in the campaign from tbe Riptdaa to tbe James wu 54,029, a number aeuly equal to Lee’s whole army as the eomsoeneement of tbe Union advances. Tbs sonlilms in I Soon after the surrender he accept ed the presidency of Wuhengtoo col lege at L zington. V*. He had refus ed large proffers of mCqpy for hls ser vices or the use of his naan for, vari ous enterprises. He declined them all, uylng he felt It hls duty to live with his people and to endavor in educating the youth of the South to do all In hls power to aid in tbe restoration of peace and humony and the acceptance of the policy j>f the State or general government.' _ Though wu In all ages'and with all people arouses that which (is wont la human nature, and though bloodiest and bitterest is interuectne wu, it seems difficult to believe even after the lapse of eo short a time af forty. - - . „ . years that for the part this noble man but hls Influence^ta wipe Spanish took in obedience to hie conviction of fteE ue from the face of^the earth, duty Andrew Johnson, then presl- entef the United States obtained hls iudiotmeut for treason. Against this unwarranted and Ignoble act the great soldier Grant uom and stayed the hand of malice and persecu’.lo It seems (qua 1/ increciole to conceive that within two mouths cf tbe death Lee, which t ok plaoe on Goto aer 12, -1870, speaking to a resoutioo which bad for its obj et tbe return of Arlington to tbe fam<!y of Lse, Cbar lu Sumner said In bis place in tbe senate: "Eoquent senfiort have already characterized the proposition and the trsltor if seeks to 0 mmem orate. I am not disposed to speak of G.n. Lu. It is enough to say that he stands high, in the catalogue of have imbued^their hands Id Ihilf fibuniry s blooa. 1 hand btm over to tbe avenging pen of history." • As man and solldler "tbe avenging pen of history” hu already written this of Lee. In nobility of character, by hie due and bravery during tbe struggle of tbe 60'e. So oooegeous, yet sympathetic wu he that he woo tbe love, raeoeet aod oonfldeuoe of every section and every race In this eo untry. - Hls dashing military 4x plolte, tha conquering manner It which he sat In hie saddle and led the famous calvuy that made hi# name illustrious caught tbe eyes of tbe world and all nations looked ou with wonderment and J )tned In one voice acclaiming him the most bril liant cavalryman that ever sat utrlde a horse. "When Cuba-wu bleeding on count of Spain’s cruel tyranny Dur own dnu country had became of the ’bloody shirt,' and our great Motions—the north" __ . south, Still had a wide gap bet' them, the Halos went down In Havana harbor and ISe^Hoi Of America called for revpngtfyM, their blood oriel for Justice, au^ when the lamented McKinley oalled men of every section and race to oome forward and defend American honor and man hood, Gen. Joe Wheeler bMrd the cry, and said: ‘Let there be no north, no south; our country must be defended,’ and left the councils of tbe na tion’a congress and rushed to the front, giving not only hls oonrsge, M In and to oement the handi of love end ps trlotlsm between the blue and the gr»f. The story of hls bravery and mili tary leadership during tbe Spanish American wu la too reoent lor re hearssl. 1 will Dot say more. Adieu. General Wheels ! you have gons up to meet Joab, Alexander, Napoleon, Jackson, Lse, GranvManeo and tb* military heroee ef the ages pu", but among them all no ot.e will shine brighter threu <h tbe agM t > oome, mo name will be more greatly revered, no life h*8 left greater Inspiration to the young manhood of the world ana chsraotei will* be studied yore Dust to dust, meet A writer In the RUelgh Progressive Farmer uye: 1 “The article by President Harvle Jordan on diversification of crops Is not only timely, buteooleu that even the mo*t ignorant 0snoot fail to an- deretind. it. Na use to appael to 'the farmers to lessen cotton- sera- age and there by curtail production. Tola bu been tried too often—nota bly In tbe year 1904, when tte agri cultural paper and every writer In tm South appealed to tbe fafmer to re duce acreage, with what iff.ct we have seen. Many farmer* planted cotton ta the exo union Of all otter crope. Tbe you 1906 found tium4n- tpe world Mrely without u their credit bring. . * If anyone thinks they are reauy to make tne urns blunders he le not uqualoted with vary many of them. Tbe farmer goes to hls mMt- 1 log or read* the appeal of President Jordan'inThe Progra*alve Turner, be goes bom j and resolves to reduce hi* 20 acres to 15 acres. But later, be remembers that John wants to go to school next year, so he pate in three seres for Jabd; te hu baeo promising Sarsb to get sojnv new furoltare, ea be pete in three acres for that. There if* good, out in the earner of tbe field of four acre*, eo be plants that to pay Thus he reduou hle^orop five aeres and increases it ten acre* ROSSI MMI MIL shorten tte oottoo crop Is the Lord. 80, now, let tvery influential person ao than Ifcaf of youneir *£bes to ubet; adieu, till we^att in some brighter clime, where all na t ti- na will know ea< In every eMnesonUy take up President Jordan’s nesta—Uomand insist upon every fumer wtyo plants cotton to fir*t arrange to raise an abundance •>t home supplies. This will solve tbe problem. . — 1 "With plenty of oorn, wheat, oats, bacon, garden vegetable, poultry, eggs, beef, milk, and butjter, and fruit at hand, with plenty of rough*ge and pasture, oottoo can’t hurttmrttouih. But It you attempt to ralu cotton So get money to boy tbete neoMarlee, your name le mod. Try It and be ooo?ii*oeL*'_' fttaoda by Use Comb. Both President Room veil' and Speaker Cannon have eat tte seal of their disapproval in plain terms npeo tbe proposition of Congressman Kill er, of Oulo, and Crumpacker, tt In diana, to cut down representation of M mtbem states In oongrau for dle- frar.c atsing ignorant negroes. Ka.fer oalled at tte white bouse to talk wills the president on tte subj act and It le said he received an Arctic chill. 3a a former v.flt for the same purpooe tha oresldent is reported to have said -to Kelfer that he mould never approve any such measure, bat wodld use hie tofluenoa against It. Bath K alfer and Crampaeker have been told oy Speak- Cannon that be wu In favor of a in morel grandeur, attested by bis bu inanity, he lived "the model for all future times.” In tbe anoaU of war hls plaoe Is with the greatest. The second sec ion, which we will publish next week, will show where "the sveng ng pen of history” ha* placed the Immortal leader of the Confederate armies, whose name will shine in the’' peg** of history long after the faaatie Sumner hu been for gotten. 111 Want It. The Wubicgton correspondent of the Charleston Post uys the opinion (f South Carolina Senator* Cbd Rep reMatatlves here l* an indication of opinion In South Carolina the Legis lature will not bother with the diapi n sary law and will leave the whole thing , to tbe people for settlement this summer. It le almost the unanl nous conclusion among tbe South Caroline Coogreumen that a vut majority of the entire vote of tbe State Is in favor of the dispensary system If remodelled to eradicate an poulblll tlu of corruption and graft. Oompreae Bmrnta - At Norfolk, Va., on Wednesday morning lire destroyed the compress building of the International Com press Co. and six hundred bales of oottoo were destroyed. The body of Jacob Jacobs, who slept In the com press wu found burned beyond no ogoltlpo- The lose ta a hundred thous and. All cotton warehouses In tbe city containing a thousand bales of cotton and a long lines of wbsrvsa wen eodangend. under the leadership of tbe Prince of Poaoe, the Man-of Calvaiy; Jesus Oarlst, we will dwell In a united king dqm to live throughout eternity.’’ After paying the above tribute to General Wheeler, Rev. Rjblnson be gan to talk on tbe questions confront log tie American pe pie, and Inci dentally referred to tte negro que* tlon. He uid: "We are here a part of th'i coun try’s population; we followed Wash ingtou during the revolution; we fol lowed Jackson in 1812; we followed Grant and Lae both during the 60 , ’>, and we followed Shatter and Wheeler during the Spanleb-Ameriean exilic!; we have tried to abide the will of tbe national and state legislatures during tbe forty yean of oar freedom, yet today our existence here and our fu ture destiny la tbe burning topic in American politics. To say that our being brought here 11*4 enslaved un der tbe American white people, where we oould Imbibe their civilization was providential should not be questioned. But to take us and throat tbe bal lot In oor hands while the country waa yet bleeding and tbe two Motions were apart waa tte greatest blunder ever committed by a dvlllmd country. Yet the negro was not responsible for this blunder, and should not te made to suffer. Other blunders and mis takes have been made to thee extent that the southern heart has become excited and that Sooth Carolina pro duces a Tillman, Georgia a Hardwick, Mississippi a Vardaman, Tennessee a Carmack, Arkansas a Jeff Davie, and Texas a Morris Shepherd, end tbsM men with eloqaence charged with fire kMp the weaknemee before the eyes of the world. Coextensive with tteM men sod their senttmtirta has Book bill to ocm* up In tte house of repre sentatives which seek* to punish states for providing for a purer boilot. Cannon ttdty told a LHaitians repre sentative that he was looking out tor the measure of Kelfer end Crumpaok- er, aud would promptly throttle them et tbe flr«t appearance. A Luum 1 rip At Freuklyn, Pa., Wednesday MaJ. Cum. S Miller, who recently purchas ed an air ship, gavrout something of nis plana "Jf my present plane otrry I shall be soaring around over Frank- in within the next five weeks," be tald. "Lae S .evens bee contracted to deliver my ^airship in New York by March 1, and u soon as I get it he and I shall start in It for Freaklla. "The balloon will make fourteen miles against tte wind, which should land us here in thirty hours after starting. "My taking np ballooning as a sport is worrying my family, but. after they oome to learn how devoid of danger It Is I am ran they will want to tty with mo.” Waftta m Dlvorww. Mrs. Rosanna Nolan, of Poqnouoock, who hat been married twenty font years and hu bad twenty-Mven chil dren, fourteen of whom are living, hu sued ter husband, James Nolan, a tobacco grower, tor divorce. She el- legM habitual intemperance and er> elty. Mrs. Nolan recently created a sensation In her town by .running sway. Nolan took ter back bat she remained at home only a day or two and then went to live wktoter in Windsor Looks. Mrs. Noiaa to have the custody of tour daughters. She war married to Bolen when sixteen yean old anA ta forty. 4^