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MR. SHAKESPEARE HARRIS AS A SCOUT Tells How He Was Sentenced To Be Hanged. CHEATED THE GALLOWS * Meets Fellow Scout at Chattanooga Who Saved His Life. hi ' * i? <*$*$> fe'-'' One of the best-known and most youthful-spirited of Confederate veterans in these parts, Mr. Shakespeare Harris of Concord, a frequent visitor to Charlotte, figured in an unusual episode at the recent reunion in Chattanooga when he met on the street Jim Sloan, not the Secret Service sleuth but a scout of the olden days who saved Mr. Harris from the hangman. The Chattanooga Times tells the story in this fashion: "Being tried and sentenced to be hung at daylight the next morning and then escaping about an hour be' "* - * 1"'x ? fVtrillin cy lore trie cxccuuuii, ?a? ure luunmg experience of J. Shakespeare Harris, now a prominent business man of Concord, X. C. Mr. Harris is one of the regular attendants at the reunions and there is probably no man better known in the Army of Vir[ ginia than he. v , . "During the four years of the war, Mr. Harris seldom wore a gray uniform, although he was of more aid to . the Confederate army than if he had | been a regiment of men. He was a scout for Hampton's command. He posed during the war until his capture, near the close of the struggle, as an officer for the Union Army. Being admitted to the conferences and having access to the plans and pa- ! pers, he proved himself a valuable spy. At one of the battles in North Carolina he gave the information as to the plans of the Union forces to the commander of the Confederates. A charge was to be made and during , the night the Southern forces con- j centrated their men. The charge was made by the Union men supposing Pthe Confederates to still be asleep. ' The first volley from the Confeder- | ates killed 220 of the Northern men. ! throwing the regiment into utter con-1 fusion and rout. A monument com- j memorating this battle now stands on the field. During the battle Mr. j Harris remained in the rear in his j Union uniform and directed the battle to the advantage of the Confederates as much as possible. . How He Escai?e<l. "Near the close of the war, suspi- ! cion fell upon Mr. Harris-, and one j night by a prearranged plan he was ' drugged and intoxicated and he then j admitted the truth. He was tried; with another spy, Jim Sloan, and:; sentenced. Shortly after midnight, | Sloan, having small hands, freed i himself of the handcuffs. He jumped ; into the river and swam for a mile, 1 where he found a skiff and was safe. ! Not deserting his comrade, he went j. in this boat into the lines again, and ?^ I after breaking the shakles off Har-: ris helped him to make his escape in the boat. V?,'1 v "At the reunion in Dallas, Mr. Har- I | ris was walking along the street one j J 1 -* K/wca V> uay wiieu a i.iuui nnv,utu , to a still worse buggy, came along j the street with one man driving. Har- j ris gave a mere glance at the man and then went to him and threw his ' . arms about him and wept for joy. The man in the buggy was Sloan and it was the first time they had met since the close of the war. Mr. Har- ; ris had prospered with an abundance j of fortune and Sloan was practically penniless. Taking his money out of his pocket he gave to his rescuer $150, and then told him he would give him a home and a large acreage of ground for the rest of the man's life in North Carolina. The offer was not accepted, however, and now Sloan and Harris visit each other often and talk of the eventful night in 1865. "Mr. Harris will not talk any of his war record to anyone but a few veterans, where this bit of history was secured yesterday by a Times re- j ^ - it. a porier. i"itJ JS mui mi uug (iuu ucaiiiji j and is a modest man in every sense. Pleasant and good-natured, he always has a crowd around him listening to the war tales he tells, but never a word is mentioned about his part in the struggle. If asked what part he too, he merely answers he was in Hampton's division."?Charlotte Observer, Friday June 6. A REVOLUTIONARY HERO. Captain Mugfocrd Ran the Briti: Blockade and Captnred Powder Shi Had Great Britain made peace wi the American colonies after the Bri ish army had been driven from Be ton, James Mugford would be a po ular hero today. But Great Brita continued the war for eight loi years, and so many heroes were ma< that the name of James Mugfor "the world forgetting, and by t! world forgot," was lost. Mugford died 137 years ago tod; in an insignificant fight that the la gest histories barely record now. I and his 27 companions were attack* by 200 British marines. They foug most all night, and the British we whipped, but the gallant captain w killed by a pike thrust. The British under General Gas evacuated Boston, in March. 177 The British fleet remained behind Boston to blockade the port. Gener Washington hurried to New Yo with the main Colonial army to di pute the proposed British landii there. General Artemus Ward w left in command of a pretty sizeab American army around Boston; b Washington had taken all the powd and most of the guns. The Americans were at the men of the British ships, only the Britii didn't know it. General Ward zea ously guarded the fact that his po> der supply was nil, and planned fill his magazines at the invader's e pense. Accordingly two small ships, tl schooners Hancock and Frankli were outfitted and ordered to sea f< the purpose of capturing a supp ship. Captain Samuel Tucker cor manded the Hancock. James Muj ford, a citizen of Marblehead, Mas? was appointed master of the Fran! lin. His vessel carried a crew of S including himself. On May 7 Captain Tucker capture two brigs laden with valuable su; plies; but no powder. He took h prizes to Lynn. General w ard cor municated with Captain Mugford ar explained to him the desperate strai the army was fronting. "I'll get some powder," said tl short-spoken Marblehead. And 1 did. The British ship Hope, carryir war munitions for the British, wi due. It had powder for the flee Captain Mugford heard of its expe ted arrival and put out to sea. Almost within sight of the Britis fleet he met the Hope and capture it. But how to land the prize? E didn't have men enough to take it 1 Lynn or any other port very distan The British fleet lay between him ar the American army in Boston. Captain Mugford choose to run tl British blockade and fight the who fleet of a dozen ships or more, if ne essary. He put a few of his best m? aboard the Hope and made the Bri ish crew sail it. Then, in the Fran! lin, he arrogantly sailed toward tl British fleet and dropped a few cai non balls its way. The British were astounded. Wh,* could this crazy skipper mean by a tacking a fleet with one dinky litt schooner? They -would teach him lesson. The whole fleet maneuver* ? J * Ll /\tt? r\ fF t V 1 UUUU IU UiU W me r a aiiAiiu \ju. bi bay. Meanwhile the Hope sneaks in the harbor, and then Captai Mugford outsailed the British fle< and got in himself. In the hold < the Hope the Americans found 7 tons of powder and other war ston needed just then more than men ( gold. Mugford had made good h word. Very naturally the British we: angry. The admiral issued an ord< that James Mugford was to be ca; tured by any hook or crook ar promptly killed. Somebody told Ca; tain Mugford about the order. "Oh, piffle!" he said, or somethir like that. "I'll run by this derned O; fleet every day in the week and twi< on Sunday if I want." The Sunday following, May 19, 1 76, Captain Mugford, in the Frankli with 21 men. and Captain Cunnini ham, in the privateer Lady Washin: ton, a vessel carrying seven men ar a few small swivel guns, started 1 puncture the British blockade agai They would have succeeded, but tl Franklin grounded. A flotilla < small boats from the fleet, carryir 200 well-armed men, started for tl attack. Captain Cunningham refuse to leave his companion, so both 1 and Captain Mugford prepared f< battle. It was a fierce fought contest ar lasted the better part of the nigh On May 20 General Ward made tl following report of the engagemen "Captain Mugford was very fierc !y attacked .by 12 or 13 boats full < men, but he and his men exerte themselves with remarkable braver beat off the enemy, sunk several < their boats and killed a number < their men: it is supposed they lo 60 or 70. The intrepid Captain Muj ford fell a little before the enen: left his schooner. He was ru through with a lance while he wi cutting off the hands of the pirat< ENGINES WITH HISTORY. sh One Has Covered a Distance of 2, p. 000,000 Miles. th One of the big engines of the Lon it. don and Northwestern Railway com pany has just completed a distanci of 2,000,000 miles. An English lo comotive travels, on an everage, onl; *n about 20,000 miles a year, so thii wonderful performance is equal to < hundred years' service on an ordin ary basis. As a matter of fact, th< engine in question has been worke< five times as hard as the average and has accomplished its task withii r" a period of 20 years. *e Quite how long a well-*built loco motive will last in running order i ht hardly known. Six years ago thu re famous "Lord of the Isles" wa as "scrapped" at Swindon. She wa: one of the famous Great Westeri ?e broad-guage engines, and was buil 6- in 1842. She was in perfect runninj in order up to the end of her long lif< al of more than sixty years. A carriage, if well used has ; s- very long life. In the Museum o Coaches at Lisbon is a coach in whicl as King Edward VII drove during a visi le to Lisbon ten or twelve years ago The coach was built in 1821. er Ex-President Roosevelt owns am uses a phaeton which was made t< cy his grand-father's order at least 7< years ago. It is very comfortabli and as good almost as the day it wai v~ built. t0 Motor cars, alas! have no such Ion* x_ life. A car is old at five years, and though there are some single cylin ie ders still on the road which date fron n? the beginning of the present century 3r they are stared at as curiosities. O 1>* inventions for purposes of locomotioi a~ none can match a ship for long life. Only last year the Seal left Bide ? ? ford for Durban, a voyage of 6,00( miles. The Seal was built at South ampton in 181G, and in 1823 wa: driven from her moorings at Pooh in a fearful gale and found in a tur P" nip field. is There are still afloat at least i Q~ dozen sailing vessels which hav< l(* weathered the storms of a century ts The record is, or rather was, held b: the Italian vessel Anita. Built ii ie Genoa in 1548, she made her las' ie voyage in 1902. That was from Ten eriffe to Naples. She was thus mon lS than 350 years old. Alas! she ha; 1S been broken up?a cruel fate fo: such a wonderful old relic. c" Steamships seldom last more thai forty years. Of those built betweei ^ 1815 and 1835 there is not, we be lieve, a single one afloat. The lif< of the modern steel ship is mucl t0 shorter than that of her wooden pre decessor. As for warships, they an l(* usually scrapped at the age of 20. Of all machines made by man norn ie can compare for long life with th< *e clock. The life of a clock is as mucl c~ longer than that of any other machin *n ery as the life of a man is longer thar that of a dog. The French city of Rouen has i 18 great clock which was built in th< tt~ year 1389 and is still keeping gooc time. Except for cleaning and a fev necessary repairs it has never stoppec during a period of more than fiv( le centuries. It strikes the hours anc a chimes the quarters. i(* Ornaments last longer than any ie thing else that man makes. Ther< ^ are brooches and necklaces in oui ln museums more than forty centuries et old. Monuments, perhaps, stand sec ond, and houses third. The life o: ? furniture* is shorter still There i: "5 very little furniture left in Englanc which dates beyond the year 1500 1S Pictures last longer than furniture and there are paintings still in fail r condition which have weathered si? 3r centuries of life.?New York Press p id Judge C. A. Woods Confirmed. P Washington, >June 5.?Judge Char ig les A. Woods was to-day confirmee [d by the Senate as the successor of Sen ?e ator Goff on the 4th judicial circuii of the United States. 7- The Senate also confirmed the fol n, lowing postmasters in South Caro g- lina: James A. Cannon. Fountaii g- Inn; E. C. Bethea, Latta, and Pearle id H. Padget, Saluda. Won in Race Against Death. 1 New Orleans, June 5.?Four men rtfuicinor nn T.nkp Pontchartrain to l? day, won by a few seconds a sensa10 tional race for life when their gaso ^ line motor boat caught fire a mil* 10 from shore. Heading the blazing r craft for the street car pier of ar amusement park on the shore of tin lake, the passengers fought desper' ately to keep down the flames. The? e succeeded in keeping their clothins from taking fire, and as the boal e~ struck the pier leaped to safety. Less 31 than a minute later the boat's tank exploded starting a fire ashore whick ' destroyed more than six hundred feel Df of the pier and caused several thousand dollars' damage, st g- as they were attemptingto board him iv and it is said that with his own hands m he cut off five pairs of theirs. Nc is other man was killed or wounaer or 3s the Franklin.?Kansas City Star. H. MOODY SHOT BY P. SANDER - Wordy Dispute Ended in Shootin at Big Fork Schoolhouse. Horace Moody wes seriously, . not fatally, wounded by Perry Sar 3 ders Sunday afternoon at Big For schoolhouse, following, it is said, y dispute about a fight between Sar s ders' brother and others. Words le l to blows and when the two me _ clinched Sanders drew his pistol an ^ ^ J ^ V> /\r* g urtu, il is dncgeu, ue uuncu cuicnu i Moody's abdomen from the left sid< ,t Sanders claims that Moody tried t ! cut him with a knife before he shot. Se severe was Moody's wound thz . he was taken to a Columbia hospitz s Monday morning, where an operatio e was performed. According to reporl s received here, there is apparent! s little hope for his recovery. 3 Perry Sanders and two others, Jo t Lee and Rufus Sanders, were arreste r Monday and lodged in the count 5 jail. Lee and Rufus Sanders wer given a preliminary hearing befor ! Magistrate Best Tuesday mornin f and as there was no evidence tendin ! to show that they were implicatec t they were discharged. Perry Sandei however, is still in jail. He is a so of Charlie Sanders and was himse! 1 shot several months ago by a M; 3 Hogg. All of the parties are whit ) men. 5 Young Moody died in the hospitz 5 Tuesday night.?Barnwell People. Took the Trick. y A conversation relating to the fac - value of cards the other evening cau: i ed Senator Bradley, of Kentucky, t , become reminiscent. ? He was reminded, he said, of a ma i from the mountain zone of his stat< who once bought a jug of whiske: - and not wanting to carry it aroun ) with him, decided to leave it at th - corner grocery until he should b 3 ready to go home. - In order that the jug might b - properly identified, the man took deck of cards from his pocket, e.> tracted the six of spades, wrote hi name upon it, and attached it to th handle of the jug. This done, h happily rambled forth, leaving th jug on the end of the counter. Two hours later the mountainee returned, and great was his constei nation, as well as eloquence, to fin that his jug of electrified had fade away." "Look here, Jim," he agitatedl cried to the proprietor of the stor< "Do you know what become o' the jug o' mine?" "Of course I do, Seth," was th prompt rejoinder of the proprietoi "Jake Howell come along with thei seven o' spades an' took it."?Pitts burgh Telegraph. A. C. LUMBER CO. TO REBUILD. New Plant at Georgetown to Hav 750,000 Feet Capacity Daily. Georgetown, June 4.?It is lean ed here that at a meeting of director of the Atlantic Coast Lumber Corpoi 1 ation of New York last "week it wa ' unanimously decided to rebuild on 1 grand scale where the disastrous cor ' flagraticn of April 21 left the mai mills of the concern in ashes, and de stroyed the immense power plant an dry kilns, comprising probably one c the largest lumber manufacturin plants in the United States. On th same site will be erected one grea concrete and steel mill, indestruct: f ble and permanent, in which the ver ' latest machinery will be operated b electricity instead of steam, and wit a maximum capacity of 750,000 fee ' of lumber per day. Mr. R. J. Cliffor president of the Atlantic Coast Luir w! ber Corporation, has returned t ' j Georgetown with this inspiring an j welcome news, and large gangs of la borers are at work clearing awa . the debris. 1 Mr. Clifford, a man of wonderfr . 'executive capacity, and one of th I most experienced of American lum bermen, is heartily behind the move . ment, and all of his powers will b . concentrated toward an eany com 1 pletion of the monster mill, powe i house and dry kilns which are no^ being projected by the architects an contractors representing the grea mill constructing firm of Allis-Chal mers Company. Never has bette ? news been announced that this fo the people of this community. Th population has become electrifie with new life by it, for many misgiv ; ings have been felt as to the actio] ' j to be taken in the matter of rebuild 1 j ing at Georgetown. TRIED TO ENTER WRONG WAY. r Negro Doctor Knocked Down at En > I trance for \\ mces. i ~~~~~~~~ Spartanburg. June 4.?Declaring it is alleged, that he was "as good a . any white man." Dr. John W. Sexton a negro physician, thrice attemptei to-day to enter the police statio: through the entrance for white peo pie. Each time, it is reported, h< ; was knocked down by Policeman W > T. Cudd. The incident caused excite t ment. Sexton tried in vain to get i warrant for Officer Cudd's arrest. S PURE GRAFT SAYS PREACHER. g Refuses to Accept Any More Money For Marrying Couples if Chicago, June 5.?The Rev. Aimer l- Pennewell solemnized the first "antik graft" marriage yesterday since his a recent announcement that he believi ed fees accepted by ministers for offid ciating at weddings were nothing n 1 thfln o craft anri that in tho fn d ture he would make no charge for g this service. He also asserted that \ 5. couples must "present clean bills of .0 health from reputable physicians." Clifton Walker Hunt of Cleveland Lt and Miss Dorothy Maize of Oak Park, il a suburb, were the principals at the . n wedding. The father of the bride at- j :s tempted to force a fee upon the clerly gyman, but was unsuccessful. "I get a salary for my services and 'e couples should not feel that they are ? d receiving charity," said the preacher. e J. A. Hunter will save you money r >e on Planters, Distributors and Culti- e vators, Paints, Screen Boors and n g Windows, in fact on anything in the a ? liardware line. Don't fail to call on c 1, him while in town. s Cures Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't Cure. i ? The worst case9, no matter of how long standing, I If ire cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. " Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves " ?ain and Heals at the same time. 25c, 50c, $1.0*' I FACT Local Evidence. Evidence that can be verified. Fact is what i we want. ;e Opinion is not enough. 5_ Opinions differ. 0 Here's a Bamberg fact. You can test it. n D. J. Cain, N. Church St., Bamberg, S. C., says: "I suffered from kidney j trouble for two or three years and 1 during the past six months I had such * I -11 1 i. 1 i- T - 1 J 1 nmr Eevere atiaujis mat i tuuiu uul uu mj work. The pain in my back was so ' e acute that I could not sit down without catching hold of something for e support and I could hardly get up. My a kidneys were in had shape and doctors seemed 'unable to do anything for me. is FinaHy I got a supply of Doan's Kide ney Pills from the People's Drug Co. e and they made so great an improvement that I hardly know how to thank them. I am now able to work every day and I feel like a different man. !r 1 gladly confirm my former statement regarding Doan's Kidney -Pills. I have d used them occasionally since that time d and they have always brought the most satisfactory results." y For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-M\lburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and e take no other. r. r Piles Cored in 6 to 14 Days Your druggist will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days. The first application gives Ease and Rest. 60c. FOR SALE, e / BARGAINS IN REAL ESTATE. 118 acres fine land partly in town of Ehrhardt. 38 fine building lots in town of Ehrhardt. s 16 choice building lots in town of Bamberg. ,s 1 store house and lot next to post office on Main street, Ehrhardt. i acres fine farm lands two miles l~ | west of Ehrhardt. n Apply to J JOHX F. FOLK, * Bamberg, S. C. if To Cure a Cold In One Day g Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It stops tin c Cough and Headache and works off the Cold, g 6 Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. L? E. W. GROVE'S signature on each box. 25c. 11 Colds |f; monia, and other fatal dis- j e eases, can be traced back to | ^ acold. At the first sign of a I | cold, protect yourself by I thoroughly cleansing your | system with a few doses of I THFOFflRD'S BLACK- I I I DRAUGHT a n || the old reliable, vegetable || IS liver powder. |j t< :: 1 Mr. Chas. A. Ragland, o< II a II | Madison Heights, Va., says: ||| t] ; nir'l have been using Thed- BPJ Mil ford's Black-Draught for jyUj 0 " i ll stomaeh troubles, indiges-f/ll tl WW tion. and colds, and find iitcWW d jjAj be the very best medicine J ^ '' KK3 ever usec*' 1* makes an old Q/j s jfin man feel like a young one." ai/| \ ' T-l 1C Jl? 4V.^W t? JK^*1 insisi on i neuiuru a, For Weakness and Loss of Appetite ^ " The Old Standard general strengthening tonic a iROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives ou Malaria and builds up the system. A true tonii ind sure Appetizer, For adults and children. 5Q< f? More Time ^ \t Home ^ 1 F0 and from work?four trips a day?a wheel will save ten ninutes each trip or nearly an hour J xtra?three hundred hours a year nore at home. You'll feel better nd act better. Gets the cobwebs iut of your brain and honest hunger , x nto your stomach. The fIVER JOHNSON p has more strong features, is better built and finished and runs smoother than any wheel you ever mounted. You needn't buy till you try. Trust the Truss. . licycles, Guns, and Automobile Supplies, Key Fittings, and General Repair Shop. First-Class Workmen. I. BU1ST BRICKLE ! Bamberg, S. C. , i|P|j 11 ordinary fw Sj corset :can ^ style, 4 fit or wm 0 pirella R3Bf (not sold in stores) 1 will call at your home by appointment, and give you any information on our corsets with no obligation on your part. Telephone or send postcard to MRS. A. A. ZEIGLER, , . ^ ' Bamberg, S. C. _ 785 1913 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON 129th Year Begins September 26th Entrance examinations at all the ounty seats on Friday, July 11th, at ? a. m. Full four year courses lead to the J. A. and B. S. degrees. A free tuition scholarship is assign- '$ d to each county of the State. * * Spacious buildings and athletic rounds, well equipped laboratories, nexcelled library facilities, and the nest Museum of Natural History in he South. Expenses reasonable. For terms ' ' ' nd catalogue, address IARRISON RANDOLPH, President. E. H. HENDERSON M Attorney-at-Law BAMBERG, S. C. i 'eneral Practice. Loans Negotiated. .. . | Winthrop College SCHOLARSHHIP and ENTRANCE EXAMINATION The examination for the award of acant scholarships in Winthrop Col3ge and for the admission of new - 1 tudents will be held at the County !ourt House on Friday, July 4, at 9 . m. Applicants must be not less han sixteen years of age. When cholarships are vacant alter Juiy 4 hey will be awarded to those maklg the highest average at this exmination, provided they meet the onditions governing the award. Aplicants for Scholarships should write :> President Johnson before the exmination for Scholarship examinaion blanks. f . Scholarships are worth $100 and ree tuition. The next session will pen September 17, 1913. For furler information and catalogue, adress Pres. I). 15. Johnson, Rock Hill, . C. RUB-MY-TISM ; Will cure your Rheumatism leuralgia, Headaches, Cramps, lolic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and tarns, 01<3 Sores, Stings of Insects Jtc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used inirnally and externally. Price 25c. Up-to-date line of stationery just jceived at Herald Book Store. 1 ". V ' ' -?u*"V*' JjV r"