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A STARTLING EXPERIENCE. By SergJ. 1*. F. Brown. Company' L, ri i First S. C. Volunteers. It was just alter the fight near Jericho Ford, on the North Anna, in tl Virginia, the latter part of May. 1 864.' V I was in charge of the cooking do- o tail. It had been raining and the f< night was very dark. We had to go o a long distance to the rear before tl finding water with which to do the E cooking. It was about 1 o'clock in tl - the morning when we finished. V The Confederate lines here were a not far from Noel's Station, on what b was then known as the Virginia Cen- e r-oil RoilrnaH nnrt tvpvp nrnt.ppfpri hv a breast works. In the rear of the a lines, some two hundred yards 01 d more were extended the Provost b Guard. The breastworks crossed a f< wagon road, but there was a wide gap or opening in the works, so that the X road was not obstructed. When the t< detail was ready to return to the a lines, with the cooked food for the a men, I cut a stick about three feet fi long and, sharpening one end, shoved it through the (middle of several t( pones of the bread and put the stick ir over my right shoulder, as the easi- a! est way to carry the load. I started p< off in advance of the detail, follow- f ing the wagon road just mentioned. F The road was narrow and bushes on p both sides of it. I passed the Provost Guard without seeing one of them. Continuing on I passed through the opening in x the breastworks, without knowing that I did tf , at the time. I was probably asleep, or in a daze from fatigue. Had I ^ been wide awake I would have seen cc the opening and the breastworks on rc either side and not gone on. There were troops in the works right at a the gap. but they must have been asleep, or someone would have *? T spoken to me. st In eighteen days my company had w fought in the Battles of the Wilderness. the Bloody Angle (Spottsyl- ^ vania) and the North Anna, which broke the rest of a good many of us. . Continuing my walk along, the road. I saw two or three men lying 5 around on the ground near the road / in a little clearing, but nothing was said to me and I paid no attention to them. The fact is. I believed I was in the rear of the lines and that these men were of the Provost c ( Guard, but in reality it was the pick- ^ et line?I was lost, but not conscious R of it. Pickets are not so alert when ^ Videttes are in front of them, and ^ 01 these must have been asleep, which may account for my passing unchal- co si lengea through otir picket line. I Oil continued along the dark, narrow road for two hundred yards, perhaps, to when from the bushes on my right a voic-e said, "Halt!" I stopped, but not seeing anyone I walked on. Again st( the voice said, "Halt!" I answered: pe / . ed "What do you mean by halting me? . and I went through the bushes to where the man was standing, distance of fifteen or twenty feet from the road. He was not the least disconcerted and if he had not been coolheaded he might have shot me. 1 do not remember having my rifle w< with me, but the stick of bread on te my shoulder gun-fashion, must have given me the appearance of being w{ armed. He felt my clothes and the co buttons on my jacket and scrutinized me as well as 'he could in the dark- ki ness. to ascertain, I suppose, whether I was a Confederate or a Union sol- a? dier. He asked me no questions, but \ to convince him I pulled the stick cf ni bread from my shoulder and said: sc "Can't you see that I belong to the cooking detail?" "Come with me," n< was his answer, and back we went. not on the road, but through the *a woods, until we came to a thin line e* of troops. He called for the lieuten- si( ant and told him all the particulars. ez The officer was a level-headed man and saw that I was lost. He asked me what command 1 belonged to, ani ecI replied very explicitly: "Company L, First South Carolina Volunteers; w McGowan's Brigade. Wilcox's Division, Hill's Corps, Army of Northern 111 Virginia." "Where is your com- ai mand?" he said. 1 pointed in the ' direction of the Union lines and answered: "Right over there." The lieutenant said: "1 see what is the C( matter with you," and conducted me n to the road. Instantly I realize:! where I was and I exclaimed: "Lieu- v tenant, is it possible that I am in ^ front of the pricket line?" "Yes, ' a] he answered, "and the man who halt- r( ed you out yonder and brought you e; to me is a Vidette." I thanked the n lieutenant and was soon with my cj company. I never for one moment -D, suspected danger. If I had I would not have committed such a foolhardy jj act as going up to the man through the bushes in the dark. It was a w /"1 a ,1 a J * /-v ^ b <"< f I r. f rv rv a /I VjUUbfiiU tu uitr uiui j nas siupycu, ^ for if I had passed the Confederate Vidette, it is probabie the Union Vi- r dette would have captured me. or, passing him, I would have walked straight into the Union lines. And to-day, instead of being the e: possessor of the Appomattox Parole b and the Southern Cross of Honor, it might be said of me: " He was a de- tl serter." a BAIL FOB HAYS GUXTER. ield Fnder $2,000 Bond as Acre: sory to Killing of Wagener Man. Aiken, Oct. 9.?At a hearing liei iiis morning before Judge Jno. : lilson, of Manning, who is presidin ver a term of general sessions coui Dr Aiken county, Mr. Hayes Gunte f Wagener, held as an accessory i tie matter of Representative-elet lugh Long, principal, charged wit ne murder of Mr. Pickens Gu.nter, i Wagener. on Saturday afternooi bout two weeks ago, was grante ail in the sum of $2,000. Mr. Gun r's bondsmen came forward immed tely and qualified, and the defenc nt was released from custody t< ay about 1 o'clock, after havin een incarcerated in the county ja 5r a period of eleven days. The defendant was represted t lessrs. Croft & Croft; Solicitor Gut iv did not feel justified in, offerin ny opposition to the appeal for ba nrT it was PTflntpfi without anv leer< ght. It j& understod that Mr. Long's a )rneys, Croft & Croft, will shortl lake application for bail for Lon Iso, who at present is at the Stat enitentiary in Columbia. IRE IX X. Y. RAILWAY TUXXEI iremen Dropped Hose in Opening Then Slid Down 75 Feet. New York, Oct. 10.?Some time be >re .daybreak to-day watchmen i te tunnel yards of the Pennsylvani ailroad west of the new station dis >vered fire in a Long Island rail >ad baggage car. The blaze quickl iread to other cars and threatenei general conflagration. When the firemen ^arrived the; und a new problem awaiting them he fire was 75 feet beneath th reet and the entrance to the track as three blocks away. The firemei jwever, found an opening, lowere. e hose, and, carrying hooks am :es, slid 75 feet straight down th< ng hose lines. SHOP-LIFTER AGAIN IN TOILS. :>ung Woman Tells of Robbing Bij Metropolitan Stores. Chicago, Oct. 9.?Mrs. Maude Wil ir, 21 years old, brought here fron )lumbus, Ohio, by State's attor :y's detectives, told to-day of rob ng some of the biggest stores ii jw York, Philadelphia, Pittsburg eveland, Detroit, and Chicago, ac rding to State's Attorney Wayman ie said she is a graduate of a Syra se, N. Y., high school, and receivec rther educational training in an Ot wa, Ontario, convent. Mrs. Wilbur was arrested as sh< spped from the doors of the Ohi< nitentiary. where she had complet a ten-months' sentence for steal g from a Cleveland store. She wil tried here on a charge of robbing department store. > i ai rnii* Charges Against Girl Dismissed. V Atlanta, Oct. 9.?Pathetic scene; ire enacted at the police court yes n'Lnn A T too W q rric I UCl \ aiLCl UUULL ? ii.^0.1 nut A )le, a popular young society girl arraigned for reckless driving ii nnection with little Alice Morris'i >ath. The child was run down an( lied by Miss Cole's electric 01 jachtree street a couple of week. ;o. While there was no necessary sig ficanace in the fact, the court roon ene gave the superficial impressioi the old, old contrast between thi :h and poor. On one side were Mis )le, daintily gowned in the lates shion, with her society friends al aborately dressed. On the othe de of the court was the heart-brok i mother, whose little girl had bee] lied. She was dressed in plaines ack, and her friends were clad ii lually plain and simple garb. r?/\niAfxr rri C TI" V? r\ TTOr OCVCidl 3UL1CIJ 51110, ?11V ?? w ith Miss Cole in her electric, testi ?d that the car was not makin ore than five or six miles an houi id the case was dismissed. Vice Crusade in Sumter. Sumter, Oct. 9.?At a meeting c luncil last night the fact that umber of disreputable houses wer eing conducted in the city limits, i iolation of the city ordinances, wa rought to the attention of councj nd that body unanimously passed ^solution instructing the police t nforce the ordinance, making ecessary for the women to leave th ity by Monday or to be brought u efore the recorder for fine or in risonment. for leading disorder] ves. Acting Chief of Police J. M. Ba: ick this morning visited the hous* nd told the women that they mus >ave town by Monday or face tb ecorder. Slie Didn't Object to Tliat. "Yes," said the conscientious dea r, "This hammock will hold tw< ut it will be a tight squeeze." "Oh, that will be all right!" sai ie maiden, blushing; "just send round to the house, please." LaMv robber suspect held. s- Detective Baughn Declares Prisoner Has Criminal Record. e Dublin, Ga., Oct. 10.?Suspected of 3. being one of the gang of safe blowers g that robbed the Bank of Wesley, Ga., rt Tuesday night and the Farmers'yState r. Bank, at Register, Ga., Monday mornn ing, a man giving his name of W. B. Murphy, is held here. Detective h Baughn, of a private detective agenit cy, to-day saw the prisoner and as2. sorted he is Ike Shafer. d Murphy, it is said, states he wak in t- Wesley at the time of the robbery i- there. Shafer, according to Baughn, i- has a criminal record. > g Quarreled With Wife, Shot Father. Camden, Oct. 12.?News of a homicide which occurred at Westville has * just been received in Camden. Jno. Hough, a former dispenser of the late Kershaw county dispensary, shot j and killed his father-in-law, Roderick West. From accounts over the telephone it is said that Mr. and Mrs. Hough were having some words with y one another when Mr. West, the fathy f er of Mrs. Hough, took a hand in it and he was shot by Mr. Hough. It was not learned whether the weapon used was a gun or pistol. Mr. West was about 65 years of age and - was always considered a good and peaceable citizen. The tragedy is very much regretted. Sheriff R. S. >. Trantham has gone to the scene of n the shooting. ' I i John : Comes i o i own 0 * I | I f)\ife, I'm going to town JU1111* to-day. I want to see Rentz and Feider. Wonder 1 what they have been doing all the summer. Want to see what they have. 1 llfjffli *es' S? a11(J see what they IT llC* have. Beginning to get cold now. Must have some i shoes, clothing, and under'? wear for thjs crowd of chil: dien. I I (Gets to town.) Good 1 JUflll* morning, boys. I've come to see you.' Want to look through to see what you 2 have. Hello, looks like you 3 got a car load of shoes. You know the boys have not hurt their shoes^ yet. Those 1 I got from you last winter ? are good now. These are sure pretty, got to \ have some for them anyhow. My, what a nice lot of Clothing, 5 "Smile" Hats, "Interwoven" Socks, "Triangle" Collars, t "Douglass" Shoes. All right, I can fix the boys up in 2 style. You've beat your3 selves, too, on the ladie's j Shoes, Buttons and Blouch2 c-rs, in Gun Metal, Patents, 3 White, Tan. Pretty Dress Goods there, too. You got all the Underwear they had, 2 didn't you? Fix this bill 2 lor me. Give me turnip seed e for the eggs. I am coming s back next week with the t whole family. 1 ...n n..n ...All ....A 1 c>, duiuif ?c aic picpared to supply all your wants and we give you your money's worth. Our only inducement is full value for your money in every item , you buy. i; RENTZ & FELDER BAMBERG, S. C. a H. M. GRAHAM ? Attorney-at-Law ? AVill practice in the United States and State Courts in any County a in the State. BAMBERG, S. C. e "" p J. F. Carter B. I). Carter ; CARTER & CARTER Attorneys-at-Law BAMBERG, S. C. is st Special attention given to setie tlement of estates and investigation of land titles. , CHICHESTER S PILLS 1 THE DIAMOND BRAND. A -v Ladles! Ask your Drujfirlst for A\ & i\ ?hlA t'hl-ches-ter'a Diamond Brand^/V\ I'UlH in Red aid Gold nietal!ic\^^^ S-y boxes, sealed with Blue Ribbon, H Take no other. Buy of your ? 1/ ~ fjf Drusatst. AskfotCIIl.CllEg-TER8 it I ^ rf DIAMOND BRAND PILLS, for 85 yP* f3 years known as Best, Safest, Always Reliable ?r SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE , . .... - s!.:-'Sy. ' " i Mmlihr \rriQ 11 frnnl I ITIIglllJ UlllUll VI vp I | But Our Prices Will Cause You to Forget It I Realizing that our farmer friends have had a hard time this year |I Jl we are making prices low and sharing in their loss. We have one M ?! of the best selected stocks in this section, and our prices will com- M M pare most favorably with the present hard times. We have m Sp bought a tremendous stock and are forced to close it out, so as to m IS? be able to meet our obligations, therefore you can rest assured II W r v M that if you come into our store we are going to %ive you the |i m best prices possible so as to get you to trade with us. It is a known M Hi fact that you can get better bargains from those who have to'sell W ij| than from those who do not have to do so, and as we are in the m H former class it is to your interest to see what we have to offer be- / |i , || fore you buy. Below are a few of the numerous "things "that we m ?| have at present, and new goods are arriving daily: |i k| FOR THE LADIES:?Tape, Buttons, Lace, Embroidery, Fascinators, || m Sweaters. Ribbons, Dress* Goods, Underwear, Skirts, Goat Suits, Waists, Short H . ?? Kimonas, Silk Petticoats, Night Gowns, Shoes, Hose, Parasols, and most || H anything needed by the ladies for wearing purposes. H ' || FOE THE MEN:?Suits, Extra Trousers, Hats, Caps, Ties, Collars, |l ip Handkerchiefs, Hose, Underwear, Sweaters, Overcoats, Shoes, and all neces- M j|! sary wearing apparel for the men and boys. American Specialty Tailoring M m Co.'s Suits, Overcoats and Trousers made to order. Over 350 samples to se- m i| lect from. - . |i ?f FOR THE CHILDRENSuits, Dresses, Shoes, Stockings, Cloaks, Ex- If _ 11 tra Trousers, Caps, Aprons, and other things too numerous to mention. We ||j H have some extra nice little sweaters and caps to match, for tfie baby. m 1 FOR THE HOME:?Suit Cases, Towels, Lace Curtains, Table Cloths, ?Jj f| Bureau and Table Scarfs, Combs and Brushes, Oil Cloth, Hand Bags, Cologne, |I m and all kind of Centre Pieces. If you want anything in the above lines you m H will find it in our store, it matters not whether it is mentioned here or not. 'jig \ m Remember what we want you to do is to come and see what we is M really have, then if we do not sell you it will be our fault and not - || P yours, therefore we have no fear if you will only come and see. || i ' <. io jot nr,ci^r7TVTi I o. ivi. rEoivLiiir l| In the same old stand of Rubin & Pesken. m >/ % " Imn ||j Next to Postofiice. Bamberg, S. C. || ? I invite the attention of all my friends and j| customers and the public generally that on @ 1 Monday, the 14th of October, 19121 H and continuing until || ? Thursday, October the Z4th, liJlZl ? I will offer my entire stock of goods (ex- ^ Icept Groceries) at and below cost. 1 ? have a large stock of g GENERAL MERCHANDISE AND MIME ? Which I intend to sell off for cash. Posi- * jf tively no goods charged. Come one, come @ all, you will be met and waited on. Make ? * ? my store heaquarters during these 1U days. ? @ I have to make room for goods that will x v' ? arrive later. This is a chance for you to ? do your early fall shopping. Now don't x g forget the date. Velry truly, ? 1J. v. i/nniiLiLiu 11 I EHRHARDT, SOUTH CAROLINA I ? ? ? : \ / \ ' ' v< ^ % m