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\ ? Radicalism in C BY \Y. H. \ Editor of the Xe\ I wrote for my own newspaper re-1 cently of driving through Columbia, j in the early fall of 1865, with a wag-; on load of cotton, on my way from Newberry to Hopkins Turnout, about j twelve miles south of Columbia, to deliver the cotton to E. R. Walter & Co., Charleston factors, who'had es-j tablished a branch business there.; Hopkins Turnout was then the north-! ern terminus of the Columbia branch of the South Carolina Railroad, the j part between that point and Columbia! having been torn up by Sherman's invading army. The rails and crossties had been piled together and set on fire, causing the rails to warp and twist out of shape and become useless until they could be repaired at Northern iron mills. So it took some time to make the repairs and Hopkins Turnout enjoyed the biggest boom of its existence, while Columbia languished in commercial dullness. Columbia in Ashes. The Capital City was passing through a season of sackcloth and ashes?especially ashes. From the northern end of Main street to the state house there was only one building, and that a little one, about halfway between Richland street and Gervais?the only building on Main steet that survived the dreadful conflagration of the night of February 17, 1865. The people had not recovered sufficiently from the recent disaster to undertake the reconstruction of the burnt district. It was not on Main street alone that the torch had been applied; in other portions of the city residences had been destroyed?here one, there +tto nv thrpo or half dozen?set on fire by 'Sherman's men?and Washington Street Methodist church also, the incendiaries mistaking it, it is said, for the First Baptist church, only a hundred yards away, in which the Secession Convention began its work, the convention changing to Charleston before the ordinance of secession was adopted. So there were many gaps, large or small, on residence streets, where happy homes had been before that fateful night, but nowhere was there so near a clean sweep as on Main street. The Capital in 1873. When I went to Columbia in the fall of 1873 to teach in the Columbia Female College many of those gaps yet remained in the residence dis-, trict. A large portion of Main street had been rebuilt after a fashion. Going from the college, now the Colonia hotel, on Main street, on the south side of Plain street, now called Moore house (ante-bellum), corner of Plain and Pickens; Dr. John T. Darby's (post-bellum), now, I believe the home of Gen. Wilie Jones, and the Childs house, corner of Plain and Bull. The next block had been a clean sweep, but twro or three residences had been rebuilt. Between Marion and Sumter no building had faced Plain street except the First Baptist church, and it was, and is, i v ~ still standing. Between Sumter and Marion were two residences, Dr. Gibbes and the Ficklings, both apparently ante-bellum, but may not have been. On the north side of Plain, going east, there was no building between Main and Sumter except Mrs. Fair's boarding house. Between Sumter and Marion the Rev. Sidi H. Brown's printing office and his residence in rear of it are all I recall, both post-bellum. On the northeast corner of Main and Plain was the new and handsome residence of Francis L. Cardoze, negro state treasurer, and on the same block the modest little cottage of the most famous railroad conductor South Carolina has ever known, not excepting "Uncle Billy" Smith?Capt. George E. Isaacs ?and on the next block the rather pretentious residence of a Mr. Epstin (post-bellum), the beautiful marble forming the sidewalk in front of the house having a decided resemblance to that in the state house yard then. Next to that was the new cottage of Mr. Southern, a banker. Between Pickens and Henderson, facing the college, were the vacant corner lot, afterwards built on by Capt. Lowranee, and the ante-bellum homes of Capt. W. K. Backman and John "Fishpr On the northeast coner of Plain and Henderson was the handsome modern home of the Rev. Joseph R. Wilson, father of Woodrow Wilson, by the grace of God President now and for the past seven momentous years of these United States, or, as 1 would rather say, of j this United States. Thomas Woodrow Wilson a Model Young Man. I do not remember that I ever saw young Wilson, who was then about eighteen, and was known as "Tom" Wilson, his name being Thomas Woodrow Wilson. He preferred the family name and dropped the Thomas. Somebody suggested that it olumbia 73-76 VALLACE, vberry Observer. might have been to qualify himself for the presidency, as" no one had ever been elected to that office who parted hisxname in the middle. It may be the young man was off at school from 1873 to 1876. Certain it is that no young man named Tom Wilson ever gave the college authorities any trouble by trying to flirt with the college girls, which proves either that he was not at home or that he was a model young man. The Legislature in Radical Days. It was the hey-day of radicalism in Columbia, 1873 to 1876, the three years of my stay at the college; to which I had gone not much more than 12 months out of college myself. I saw a good deal of the state's rulers, as my work was only from nine to two and nothing to do on Saturdays. I went often to the Legislature, having a number of friends there who would find me a seat on the floor of the senate or the house. During portions of those years Robert B. Elliott, a negro carpet-bagger from the state of Henry Cabot Lodge, presided over the house as speaker, and Richard H. Gleaves, also a negro and also carpet-bagger, presided over the senate as lieutenant governor. A large proportion of the house and senate was made up of negroes, including Beverly Nash, of Richland county, a former hotel porter at Janney's hotel, gifted writh a large share of negro wit, who, being asked how much the senators got, replied, "Five dollars and pickings." The finest residences in Columbia "were on Richpand street, west of Main, that portion known as "Arsenal Hill," so-called presumably because the governor's mansion, formerly arsenal, was in that immediate vicinity. Among the owners and occupants of those handsome residences were Daniel H. Chamberlain, some time attorney general, then governor; the negro senator from Marlboro county, who was known as "The Duke of Marlboro," and L. Cass Carpenter, the L. standing for Lewis, I suppose; who deserves more than a passing notice. How such a miserable specimen of radical carpet-baggery could ever have been named after Lewis Cass, one of the most distinguished and most honored Democrats the country has ever known, friend and protege of the two presidents of the United States with whom "Democracy" is most often associated, Jefferson and Jackson, is a mystery. Perhaps his father was an admirer of Cass, and the son went back on the name. Edited the Union Herald. But, give the devil his due; L. Cass Carpenter is not to be confused j. t i r? t~i /-t i. ?,u?w. wiin juage -tt. .d. parpen itsr, wuuuu the Democratic party of South Carolina ran for governor in 1870, with Gen. M. C. Butler for lieutenant governor. And don't be too hard on the Democrats either, for they were in sore straits and were grasping at every straw that gave the slightest hope of saving themselves from "Radical" rule. R. B. Carpeter was a radical judge of some ability, from Kentucky and a convention of white and negro took him up in effort to beat Robert K. Scott. It was of Carpenter that Dr. Robert Cleveland said, after hearing him at Spartanburg, "If he isn't a radical, he ought to sue his countenance for libel." L. Cass Carpenter was owner and editor of the United Herald, a right lively and readable morning daily in Columbia. He was not a prepossessing individual so far as his look went. He was redheaded and had firey red whiskers. Those were the days the ambitious youth would have delighted in who wrote: "I wish l was an editor; Wouldn't I have a time? I wouldn't write a cussed word For less than a dollar a line." All the facts of the radical legislature were, by law, published word for word in friendly newspapers at so much per line, the price being extremely liberal. So Carpenter waxed fat, figuratively speaking. He flourished like the green bay tree, but of the George Washington he had apparently never heard. The paper was spicy and independent and un-: scrupulous. The star reporter of -the Union Herald was a fellow named Thompson?Jim Thompson?also a northern importation. I took a dislike to Thompson, though he never did me any harm, intentionally, but there; was a reason. On the Mineral Springs Trail. I read the Union Herald every morning before breakfast. One Saturday morning I picked it at the door and was attratced to a startling headline; it was over an article detailing the finding the day before (Continued on page 6, column 2.) COUNTY CAMPAIGN MEETINGS. , Pursuant to order of the county executive committee, the following schedule has been arranged for the county campaign meetings: < Bamberg?August 24th. The presidents of the several clubs, at these places, are expected to pre- < side at these meetings and are requested to arrange for the meetings. Ten o'clock a. m. is the customary < hour for commencing the meetings. < The last day of enrollment of voters is July 27th, which is the last < Tuesday of J.uly. All Democrats who 4 expect to vote must, under the rules, enroll. Enrollment is required every < election year. Don't fail to enroll. i Under the rules the voter is required to enroll in the club nearest his place < of residence, calculated by the near- i est practicable route, and can vote only at the voting place of such club. < All Democrats are earnestly re- 4 quested to enroll without delay and, are earnestly requested to attend'the < campaign meetings. < J. F. CARTER, Jniv l 2. 1920. County Chairman. < 1 ' - Col^s Cause Qrip and Kaflneoa LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove the cause; There is only one "Brooo Qatotoa." E. W. GROVE'S signature on box. 30c. NOTICE. State of South Carolina, Bamberg County. To all whom it may concern, please take notice: That the undersigned has lost a certificate of the capital stock of Ehrhardt Banking Co., of Ehrhardt, S. C., said certificate being No. 20, and application will be made to said bank on August 30th, 1920, for duplicate certificate of same. 8-26 D. M. SMITH. J. V. MACE SURVEYOR AND ENGINEER Barnwell, S. C, Farm Surveys and Subdivisions a Specialty, Timber Estimating. All Work Guaranteed. Grove's Tasteless cUB Tonic restores vitality and energy by iwilfriiim and enriching the blood. Yon can soon fee) its Strengthening, Invigorating Effect. Prise 00c. A. B. UTSEY INSURANCE Bamberg, S. C. The (Mae That Does Not Affect the Heed Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAX ATTT7T? nortMO riTTTMJ-WI? id Koff*>riVion nrrHnnrv M.A.W A/LWiUVf >; ?W Quinine and does not catise nervousness nor rinsing in head. Remember the full name and look for the signature of E. W. GROVE. 3Dc. NOTICE. State of South Carolina, Bamberg County. 4 To all whom it may concern, please take notice: That the undersigned has lost two certificates of the capital stock of Ehrhardt Banking Co., of Ehrhardt, S. C., said certificates being Nos. 18 and 38, and application will be made to said bank on August 30th, 1920, for duplicate certificates of same. 8-26 F. H. COPELAND. rnagm MONET BACK without qoatieoii'HuBt'sSalfe ?fkOs in the treatment of Kcscaa. flT JE*Cfi Tetter, Mat worm. Itch, ete.mgv|f 4 Don't become discouraged be- # M caoee other treatment* failed. I / Hunt'* Sale* has relieved ban* 0 / dreda of toch cam You caa't Jjf lot# on onr Menmy Bmtk Gvoranfaa. Try it at om risk I TODAY. Price 79c at MACK'S DRUG STORE, Bamberg. You Do More Work, * You are more ambitious and you get mora enjoyment out of everything when your blood is in good condition. Impurities in the blood have & very depressing effect on the system, causing weakness, laziness, nervousness and sickness. GROVE'S TASTELESS Chill TONIC restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying and Enriching the Blood. When you feel its strengthening, invigorating effect, see how it brings color to the cheeks and how it improves the appetite, you will then appreciate tu> uue ivmc vaiuc. GROVE'S TASTELESS Chill TONIC is not a patent medicine, it is simply IRON and QUININE suspended in Syrup. So pleasant even children like it. The blood needs Quinine to Purify it and IRON to Enrich it. These reliable tonic properties never fail to drive out impurities in the blood. The Strength-Creating Power of GROVE'S TASTELESS Chill TONIC has made it the favorite tonic in thousands of homes. More than thirty-five years ago, folks would ride a long distance to get GROVE'S TASTELESS Chill TONIC when a member of their family had Malaria or needed a body-building, strength-giving tonic. * The formula is just the same today, and you can get it from any drug store. bUc per Dome. ? | Just Arrived f X ONE CARLOAD ? | Titehold Shingles | X L. B. FOWLER, Bamberg, S. C. ^ / w XX XX qi VT I V: 1 J4 J II Rpvwarr VV AAV I J! 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