The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, March 29, 1901, Image 1

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"Do Thou Liberty Great. Inspire Oar Souls and Maka Our Lives In Thy Possession Happy, or Our Deaths Glorious in Thy Just Defence " VOL. XXVI BENNETTS VI LEE, S, C., FRIDAY, MARCH 29. 1901. NO 13 GEN. R. E, LEE. -0.enht.nt Rosser's Estimate cf tho . Groat Commander. HE DEFEATED OEM. GRANT. Tha Great Confederate Lender ' Merely Played With Gens. McClellan, Burnside. Pope and Hoc k?r. Gtn. Thomas L.ltoBsor, of "Rugby," ^ Albermarle Co., Va., has boon engaged in writing and publishing a soriosof paporn on tho war botweon tho Statos, and Ida oonoluding artiolo is as fol lews': "Tho wisdom of Gonoral Loo's in I vasion cf Pennsylvania in 1863 has j often boon questioned by military mon pnk;?8 woll as statesmen, but when you |] romombor that at that timo Grant hold '|N:;;c.Goncral Pomborton by the throat at Vicksburg, and tho hope of tho ulti mate sweoots of tho Southern Coofed ..? f ,' er?oy was faint and flickering, you will ag?eo that tho situation called for dos porato aotion. . "Gonoral Leo tad gained an eapy vintory ovor General Ilookor at Chan ! eollorfcvillo in. Varly May, and having a ' low/ptimato ot bis military ability, ho ' folt'that a viotory ovor him north of tho i; Petomao waa not beyond tho bouud of /' reaeonablo hopo, or oven probability, and, tho prospoot was too tempting to ' bo disregarded. ' . Leo had lost hi? lieutenant, Stono IXVwall 'Jaokson, and while Longstreet was with him, neither Ewoll nor Hill, V.'wh? had rccontly boon promotod from mojor to lieutenant-gonoral. had ovor , eommaodod a oorpa in a battle, aud v? hilo'Loo must havo foltaomo anxiety, ? if not misgivings concerning thom, ho bad o?ofidcnoo in his superb army and resolved to tako tho move, not BB Na poleon m arohod on Mosoow in 1812 .;:.ba(;!aH.:Soipie (Afrioanu-) went to Cer iVjthagd in 201 B. O j in ordor to looso tho hold on Virginia of tho invading army, and at tho oamo timo strike a \ blow! whioh would awaken an . coho to bo hoa?d in Kuiopo and through diplc macy, end tho war in favor of tho . Southoin ?joofoderaoy. ?Gon?r?l IJOO planned io givo battlo rfnear tho -rango of South Mountain . o could, sp that in tho ovont of din V.. M was tho c?BO, ho . could drop through tho narrow mountain in whichvho could.resist ;th? y ?vc.d .avert pursuit. .? C? ^ ?h?'i- ^ottynburg, as Con ?^0DRP?^\?? eliaims no advised him, $loado bad boon forced by a flank $.oi Loo, baok.on Washington. ^ ?nllfa battlo fought and Loo defoatod ? \ l'oar Washington, kia army would ; .v loubtloBS have boon dostroytd bofoio q cquld havo reaohod a oafo rofuaro in . thoy. mountains or roorossed tho Poto ' ; 'mao at tho noareat ford, whioh was ' Wost of tho mountain.' Thsroforo, L"0 itod wi?ely infighting whoro ho did, - d t tho only mistakes ho raado were jotioal, not strategio, as shown in my , previous lottor Had Gonoral Leo diod at GottyBbUrg, ho would not havo rankod in history > ai a groat gonoral. His victories over 'Mcclellan, Popo, Burnoidoand Hookor ?^d?/td havo boon amribod to tho gonius . /.M ^tonowall Jaokson, who participated - jf'T/ffi' oriously in all of thom, for wo all 'i'?Mfdumber that in tho winter of 1861 2 ^."eij|? oral Leo did not acquit himself ??^yUu ?: orcdit in his campaign agninBt i^tOooerans in Wost Virginia, and tho failuro *t Getty burg with tho dangor ) OUshalt a\ falling Water and Williams i .port, waiting for a freshet to runout of tho Potomac so that ho might paos Inri, army ovor it, oooa?ioncd very un ' faverablo oommont from nany of our ' ?; ;:.highest officers. ?';?' Gonoral Loo was doubtless a groat ' j gonoral, but his groat military talont J j did not shino out fully in all ita radi t Bplondor until he mot General U. .Grant in tho Wilderness in tho .big of 1864 General Leo had merely played with oQlollan, Popo, Burnsido and Hookor -taking groat liborty with thom and violating ovory maxim of war in his -suoh, for in " ope and loav i army on tho ) .?apios within a day's march of Rich mond, and in leuving Hookor in Juno, )nl863. with an army doublo hi? own in lilli' number at lfVodorioksburg, and marok ' j?g around him to Culpoper-liberties <.w.hioh poor Hood mistook for stratogy, and in trying to imitate thom loft tho road opon to Shorman, whioh ho so ,ooptod, and marohod upon Atlanta and tho sor?, whilo ho{ poor follow, waado [v;, jr?atod. aji,Frankhu, Tonn., and had to o'?dlioved of his oommand by Gonoral $00 Johnston, < Leo doon not appear to have gotlon \itfiotly down to businoss until ho waa ? ,i ^onfrontsd by Grant in tho Wilderness in tho spring of 1864. m Gonoral Grant was groatlv surprised v/hon Gonoral Loo permitted him, un moloatod, to oross tho liapidan on tho th Of May, 1864, with an army of 151, 00 mon and a train of 4,000 wagons. I i Seeing nothing of Loo or his army, ?V:;;] A rrant boliovod that ho had hod, and all ' " bad to do was to pursuo, ovorhaul Lily ;J. j dontroy him Ho little understood 'eat advowary. Loo was thorough ?<\ Pi' OJ Vmod as to ovory movo Grant V ^m- and when Grant bogun, on tho yf^^morniag of tho 5th of May, to unooil <V) j j','his great army, whioh lay in many folds i \ifittii$fol Germania Ford, and sorpont f H(Ai/l|l<0i extend its flory and bristling head ^tte8h th<> dRrk Jttogloa of tho WildlrnoflB, Loo, who was holding UH little army of 50,000 mon massod ?nd woli in han d on his flank, foll upon Mur with the fury of a cyclone, boat ughim at ovory point, and compelling win;to recall his advanood corps and to Mepalro aud fight tho two-days' battles 'of tho Wildorncss in whioh Gonoral Loo and! his littlo army most signally \i{ j triumphed' ,7, Gonoral Grant now saw that in tlio I. ;gamo of skillful ruanoouvoring ho was v not a match for Gonoral lice, and fool ? b, nig that ho oould uotdrivo hjui out ot A, his path, ho bogun a aorios of tho most romtxrkahlo taotioal evolutions oyor om cloyed on a battlofiold. \ G rant's, army .was eo muoh largor than Leo's tb nt ho oould oaB?y cover Loo's ontiro front, whioh ho did, but loaring Loo's superiority in gonoral ship, ho onlronobod hiuiBolf with as much caro and oaution as if ho woro tho defensivo, instoad of tho offoasivo load or. Holding a continuous ontronohod lino all along Leo's front, and pressing with a a justant strain at overy point, ho hoped to ho ablo to slip his rosorvo?; from tho rear and cxtond thom to Leo's right BJ RS to got in botwoon him and Richmond and out him off from his supplies. But as ho pursuod this "earth-worm Uko"movomontof extend ing his head, and drawing up his tail, Leo kopt paoo with him, and whorovor tho head of his army appoared, Loo was thoro to strike it. Thus Grant odgod along, and fought all tho way to Cold Harbor, whero on tho 1st of Juno, ho found hiinsolf at a point whoneo ho would oither havo to foroo Lao's linos, or givo up thoory of "Oct to lltohmond" whioh had boon tho retrain of tho Army of tho Potomac for tho past thirty days. At Gold Harbor, Loo occupied tho position which McClellan held on tho 27ih of Juno, 1862, aad Grant tho po I sition whioh Leo held at tho samo timo, and from which ho attaokod and drovo MoGlollan. -Hore Grant mado roany uosucoobbful assaults on Loo, and fin ally despairing O?BUCOOSS gavo up tho joh and ontronohod in Leo's front. To loavo Cold Harbor with Loo in possession of it was to turn away from Richmond; to porsist in assaulting Loo was human butchery without compen satory punishment of Loo-theroforo ho gavu up tho assault, ordorod up siego trains and tooK up MoClollan's mothods of zig zig approaches as hin only hopo of dislodging Loo and his little half starved and half clad army. But he was BO far from his baso of navigable water that ho soon gavo tho siego un Grant, in his Memoris, pago 27G, Vol, ll, says: "I havo always re gretted that tho assault at Cold Har: bor was mado." His loasen boro wcro so vory heavy is tho reason of his re gret, no doubt. Grant had boon outgeneraled by Loo at ovary turn, and loaving Cold Harbor ho resumed his "crab Uko" sido movo mont, whioh onablod him to roach I'otorsburg, wher J ho found Loo con fronting him as usual, and whoro ho was compelled to resort to tho zig zag method of approach and mining, with tho hopo of making a broach in Loo's linea, but failing oarly in tho spring of 1865 ho resumed his "orabliko, earth worm" move ment by tho fl ink, and proseod on to hive Forks, whoro ho suo ecoded in broaking+tho last line ovor whioh Leo oould gath or aapplioa for his anny, and thus by destroying the kitchen ho starved tho great and im mortal army whioh with all his mighty host ho oould not whip. Thomas L. Bosser. "".v 'Jo?T^tis i.- Iidt?; Jacob Dearborn Marr, a farmer liv ing eight milos from Clinton, Maine, killed his throo ohildron, Atico M., agod 13; Edwin, agod 0 and Holon, agod 7, with an nxo shortly aftor tho family had rison from tho dinnor table Thursday. Mr. Marr has boon dospon dont for some time, but his aotions woro not MI ih as to mako his wifo boliovo that ho had any serious troublo to brood ovor. Tho oldest daughter was washing dishes at tho sink whon hov father wont by hor to tho shod and got an axe, Ho oanio baek into tho kitohon and struck tho girl a Blngloblow on tho head, killing hor. Mrs. Marr saw this and ran soroaming to tho house of hor husband's fathor, Samuel Marr. Tho husband, apparently, walkod upstairs to whoro tho youugor ohildron woro playing and dealt each a singlo blow with tho axe handle, killing thom both. Whon Mr. Marr, Sr., oamo in, tho youn/ or Marr was washing his hands at tho Bink. Ho wa* askod why ho had dono tho docd and ho said: MI don't know.' Lalor in tho day ho was placed undor arrest and taken to Watcrvillo A Valuable) Bcd. A story whioh roads liko a fairy talo of old oomes from Soio, N. Y., whoro Miss Clarissa Suruguo, a manhating spinstoi nod nonogenarian, died last weok. Miss Spraguo livod all alono and boyond owning tno hovol in whioh sho resided was thought to possess nothing but hor pot oat, an animal of unusual strength and size. Cornorod by several dogs this oat had booomo badly injured somo moaths ago whon ho was rosouod by B-ufus Spraguo, a country lad and distant rolativo, and oarriod to his mistress. Miss Spraguo was profueo in hor thanks and told tho boy that when sho died sho would mako him her hoir and loavo him tho bod sho slopt Upon. Rufus claimed.his prized Thursday and was about to firo tho straw tick whon ho was amazed to find it stuff jd full of goldooin. A oaro ful searoh was mado and moro than $1,000 in gold was found. Beggars Waiting. A dispatch says^ tho arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Carnegio, at Southampton, England, is awaited by delegations from various olymosnary institutions who want ohooks. These inoludo represen tatives of oities socking librados, and agouti) of a varioty of institutions do siring aid. Hartloy collogo, Southamp ton, a toohnioal institution, has adepu tation of 60 awaiting tho Stoamor's ar rival. Tho looal insnagor of tho Amer ican lino, who had important lottors and tolegrams from all parts of tho kingdom for tho philanthropist, Bays tho onvolopos indioalo that thoy aro from all sorts and oonditions of pooplo from uni/omity prosidonts to mendi cants. Growing Rapidly. Tho produotion of tobaooo in tho United Statos is now about 725,000,000 pou ads, of whioh about half is consum ed in this country. Tho orop has nearly doubled O?BOO 1870. lt was first taxed for rovonuo purpoeos in 1873. Sinoo 1870 tho rovonuo from tho tax has not fallon below $25,000,000 annually. In 1000 it was $59,000.000. Sinao it was first imposed, in 1863, it has paid re venues among to about $1,200,000,000. Tho tobaooo and ootton farmers do not get no muoh consideration from tho Govornmontas tho protect od imnufao turora, but thoy mako a groat doal m?re money for it. A PATHETIC STORY. Another Unexpected Effect of th? Pension Act " " STORY OF A W?RTHY WIDOW Of a Dead Confederate Hero About to Ba Debarred ot Her Pen sion Pittance by its Provisions. Wbilo thia Stato is unablo to givo nocdy Ooofodorato votorans and widows of votorans any largo ponsiona, it ia doing tho host it oan to aid thorn. As in all pension systoms, abusos orcpt in and tho dopartmont found itsolf paying ponsions to many who wcro really not in nood, until tho Oonfodorato votorans organisation took tho rnattor up and got tho now aot passed. This was do sigQod to throw ovory possiblo safoguard and is working well. Sovoral vory ox ooplionai and unoxpeotod roaults of tho now aot havo, howover, arieon. Tho Tho oaao of tho Byrd orphans has al ready beon mentioned, and Tho Stato has roooivod sovoral subscriptions to ward paying tho amount of tho pension whioh oaonot ho allowed. . Anothor oaso ovon moro noteworthy dovolopod Wodnosday. Thoro can bo no doubt that Mrs. Amanda Hoohcutcr of Andoreon county is tho widow of a gal lant follow who gavo up his lifo for tho Confcdoraoy, and that Rho in sadly in nood of tho pittanoo allowed, yet tho law requlros that oho must havo oonifi atoa fiore living witnossos to h'etj hus knd's sorvioo and doath, Sho cannot )tain tho HO. >?ot oho has written ovi donoo, and has prosontod that whioh is rosily stronger than any o thor ovidonoo could ho. And it ia up to tho Stato board at its ooming mooting to dooido whethor tho lotter of tho* aot' must bo obojod, shutting ot! tho pension, or whothor it oan bo allowed on tho ovi donoo furnishod. Tho board returned Mrs. Boohostor's application when it fir it carno in. Tho following was roooivod on VYodncsday in consequence Anderson, S. 0-, Maroh 18, 1901. Doar Sir : EKOUBO me for returning Mrs. Amanda L\ Hoohostors potition for pondon, and papora oonnootcd therewith, and especially calling your attention to Judge Simonton'u affidavit, and ospooially' to tho lotter of, Lieut.. W. H. Bftitloss, Jr., dated Juno 20th, toi b paper. I bog tc ir atten tion to tho fact that a 4 *7 years old proven itself. I am not a paid agont in this oaso, but know tho poor widow personally and tako an intorest in hor sad loss of her gallant husband, whoso moraory sho has ohorishod by hor long widowhood. It does soom to me.that any court would sustain hor claim undor tho law with tho testimony of Judgo Simonton and tho lotter of tho lieutenant, now doad, and tho othor proofs But rob tod. I ondoso affidavit of ii. A. Mo Oalistor, an of?cor, hut who is an ap plicant himsolf, and his testimony ruled out, hut I sond it anyway. I was colonol of tho Fourtoonth South Carolina Voluntoors, and my long sor vioo onde?is mo to tho poor, who sacri ficed .so muoh, but to nono mero than tho worthy womon. Vory truly youra, Joseph M. Brown. Tho affidavits reforrod to road aa fol lows : Stato of South Carolina, Charleston Oounty. Before mo personally npponrod Oharloa II. Simonton, who, hoing duly sworn, says that ho was colonel oom manding Twonty- fifth regimont, South Carolina Voluntoors, Oonfodorato Statoo of Amorioa, from 1862 to tho end of tho war. That ho know William A. Hoohostor, who was a private in (Jo. II of hia rogiment. That said Willinm A Hoohostor waa killod in battlo whilst serving with his company in n charge at Swift Crook, noar Petersburg, Va. That tho letter tattaohcd to tho potition of Mrs. Amanda Hoohor tor, sigood by W. II. Bartloas, Jr., lieu tenant commanding Co II, is agonuino lottor, as howoll knows tho handwriting of Mr. Bartloss. That tho said W. Il HartlcBS Jr., was at tho dato cf said lottor in oommand of said oompany, its oaptain, W. H. Soabrook, having hoon killed. That Hoohostor and his ooin rados in that oompany woro gallant mon, tho company having boon almost annihilated by oasualttos in action dur ing tho war. . That ho docs not know Mrs. Amanda lloohostcr. hub ?hat ho bolloves her to be tho widow, of his dead oomrado. (9ignod) Charlo* II. Simonton. Stato of South Carolina, County of Anderson. Personally appoarod B. A, Mo Al istor, who, hoing duly sworn, says that ho has known Mrs. Amanda Hoohostor over sinoo hor childhood, ho hoing al most hor ago. That sho was a Miss Howard beforo hor marriage. That sho marriod William A, Hoohostor, who, it is said by affidavit of Judgo Simonton and his lioutonant, was killod noar Potorsburg, Va , in 1861, aud that sho hasremainod a widow ovor sinoo,. and has oontinuod a rosidont of tho Stato all tho time. That tho potition aignod by hor is ttuo and though poor, sho is a lady of high eharaolor and has had to strugglo for a living ovor sinoo tho war. B. A. McAlistor. Tho lottor from tho front at tho timo of tho doath of tho husband ronds as follows: Tronohos Twenty-fifth S. O. V., Ila good's Brigade. Noar Potorsbrg, Va., Juno 20, 1861. Mrs. Amanda Hoohostor. Boar Madam: Your favor of tho 20th just at hand. I rm truly sorry to in form you that tho account ef your hus band's doath is correct. Ho foll, shot through tho body, in a ohargo upon tho onomy's linos at Swift oreok, noar Petersburg, Va., whore ho is now buried. It affords mo ploasuro to say to you that ho was a good soldier. I novor know him to shirk in tho timo of dan gor. Our oompauy has lost many good and bravo moil, hut nono bettor than ho I icgrot his loss vory much. Ho died in a glorious oauao, and bid nain y will ha handed down to posterity as ono of thoBo martyrs who fell in tho oauao of fioodtm and all that man holds dear on earth. Very respectfully, W. II. listless, Jr., Co. ll. 25th 8 C. V. P. S Cjrpl, UcoHoHtor is duo pay from pclober lit, 1803, to May 7th, 1801, and seme littta monoy for com mutation o? lost things. Tho ext cv amount I oannot now bond, as my oom pany papers aro away, will, howovor, do HO as soon as practicable. Ho had nothing ivith him when ho was killed, his koopsakes aod other things hhviug hoon previously lost.-Tho ?tato. Tho Old Veto? ans. Tho Columbia Stato atys if tho si ato reunion of Conioiiorato y^torans in that city in ?May is not a SUCO:SB it will not bo tho fault of thosj who have hoon placed in ohurgo of tho arrangements for tho various features of tho ontrtaiumcnt. Neithor will it bo tho fault of tho railroad?. Tho do siiod cent-a milo ratci haB boen socurod and tho oommittco on transportation fools that tho groater part of tho work has hoon done even hofcro it oould havo a mooting. Chairman Hiohidson of tho southern Pasfiongor 6S?ooia'ion has is sued bis oiroular in der dato of Atlanta March 15, announcing ' a ralo cf ono oent por milo in caoh direotion to Co lumbia, S. C., androturn from all poiu's in tho Stato of South Carolina; also from Charlotto and inteimodiato peints in North Carolina, and from SaVAnnab, Maoon, Atlanta and iniormodiato points in Goorgla, aco.unt of oooasion ahovo spooitiod : Tim following round trip rates on this basis will govern from tho j'motional points named: From. H ?to. Abhcvillo.$2 IO Allondalo. 1 55 Andorson.2.55 Athons, Qa. 8 45 Atlanta, Ga.. d.90 Augusta, Ga .,f. 1.70 l?noksburg..'. 2-15 Calhoun Falls. 2,45 Camden. 05 Garlhlo. 1 05 Catawba Junction. 1.60 Charleston.2 60 Charlotto, N C. 2.10 Choi a w. 1 75 I Oboster.1 25 j Clinton... 1 30 Denmark.*, 1 05 Elbortpu, Ga. 2.80 Fairfax. 1 55 Groonvilio. 2 25 ?Greenwood...'.,.''. L7? Lancaster. 1.45. ,X?M?h?^ < ^ ' . . .? ' ' t ^ Wdoji, ua.??... .. 4 15 Madison; Ga.._.. 3.75 Millodgovillo Ga. 3.50 NowDorry...,.. f. 85 Orangoburg. ...... 1.00 Prosperity. 70 Hook Hill. 1 60 Savannah, Ga. 2.85 Spartauburg.1.85 Sumtor. 85 Ton nillo, GA.3 40 Yomassco.2.10 Yorkvillo. 1.70 Tho tickets will ho rostriotcd to con tinuous passago in caoh direction and aro to ho sold on May 8 aud 9 from points within tho. Stato of South Caro lina, and on May 8 from points in North Carolina and G/argia with final limit of May 13, inoluBivo. Tho rato pro mulgated applies tn tho Sotthorn rail way, tho plant system, tho A. C. L. tho Contral of Georgia, tho Oharloston, and Wostern Carolina, and tho Georgia railroad. Tho Soahoard will no doubt, moot tho ratos of tho assooiation lines. Lepers aro Many. Marino hospital Surgoon Worry, qua rantine elli ocr for tho Philippines, has sent an official roport of tho leprosy in tho Philippines. He said: ''Leprosy is widoly" provalent over tho nntiro arohipolago, but tho groatost number of oasos exist in Luzon and tho South ern inlands, lt is quito prevalent in Cebu, tho number of lepors hoing esti mated at 2,000. Total nuinhor of oasos in tho i.-Unds is ostimatod at 20,000. Tho oases in Manila and surrounding oountry aro isolated in a hospital un der ihu anspioos of tho Manila board of hoihh. There is abo a lopor hospital at Cebu. An attompt at segregation and isolation of tho lepers has hoon mado by tho anny ofihials aud sovoral inonlhd ago orders woro issuod dircoting that a hospital in oaoh district ho sot asido for tho isolation of all loper J that oould bo approhondod and tho guard of military was detailed rooontly to carry out tho ordor for a lopor oolony, inten tion hoing to deport all oasos of lopors to this plaoo for sogrogation and isola tion." ISntls a Useful Lifo. A dispatch from Yorkvillo to Tho Stato says our oommunity was groatly shookod Tuosday ^morning, 19th inst., at tho announoomcnt of tho doath last night of Col. John ll. Asho, proBidont of tho Yorkvillo ootton mills. Col. Asho has boon ovorworking himsolf ro oontly in tho interests of his mill, and tho strain has hoon groat on him. Dur ing tho night his wifo missod him from tho room, and hooomiog alarmed oalled tho noighbors, and soarch was mado for him. His body was found in a woll in tho yard. At a mooting of the stock holders and director* of the mill this ovoning Mr. P. M. Grimos, tho popular suporintondont, was oleotcd temporary prcsidont. Upon examination of the mill's affairs il was found to bo ontiroly solvont and ablo to moot ov< ry obli gation. Thoro will bo no stopping of tho mill, and under tho managomont of Provident (J rimes suoooss is assurod. Wolvos and Sparrow* Suffer. Tho wolf hunters and tho sparrow shootors of northern Illinois havo just oloBod a very prosperous season, Loo 8am uolson, a Winnebago county boy, has mado a reooid of 3,415 sparrows for whioh ho roooivod from the oounty treasurer 169.22. Joseph G alli ?. dor for, a lad df tho same oounty, killed 2,410 birds, for which ho was paid $18.20 cash. Nearly 40.000 sparrows have boou killed this season by tho boys of Stophonson oounty. which is a big in ?rense ovor tho husmos? of last year, In December tho oounty paid bounties amounting to $152 10; in*January $208 ? 84; in Fobruary 1422.16; total $782 56. OUR DEAD HEROES. -- Preparations for tho Uuveiling and Dedication of tho OHICKAMAUQ^ r/lONUMEN n ? wi?t?3: df fha Monument. j? Worthy off th? Immortal M&rOea Whoas ?M> Gallantry km Death it Commemorates. After many ycnr$| of waiting South Carolina it* at Wt going lo do a small but douoivod honor to tho gallant soldiery that battled go bruvOjiy for tho Southern on uso at Chiokamijuga, Stato after Stuto has orootod jujiuunonts to its bravo soldiors on this historio batt lo - field, and no w SoutuiOarolina isto.>n to orcot an imposing ^vonumcnt. Many Sintos havo a dozen W moromagni?oont monuments, many aro thoro to rogi* meniH, hut South Carolina is to havo ono largo monument to its toldiory that struggled so nobly on Ohiskainauga's hold. Wi Qeverncr MoSwcWey, Gon. Flojd, Major C. K. Hender,son and Capt. J. Harvey Wilson is tao oommistion in ohargo of tho erection jof tho nionumont. Gon. Wnlkor, who j served sith, dis tinction in tho bloody battle, has do voted a g.cat deal o? ??imo to tho ar rangement and has kindly, prepared tho following elaborate programo of tho exorcises: ,. . tfor tho oonveultinoo of Votorans, HOL H. tho Stato volunteer troops and all ci tizo n H attending tjio Haut horn, Hallway has made special arrangements and this routo will boltho effioial routo. Thoywill anneunoo (Jatos of loaVing various pointe and rates, This official t v.iin will bb run down to Lytlo Station, near thy battlefield, and about half a mile.from, tho sito of tho South Carolina monuinont. The dis tanoo oan bo' easily -walked, but ar rangements will bo in ((do for hacks to oarry over suoh visitors: as prefer rid ing and paying. > At tho station tho prooennon will bo joined by Gon. J. W..(, Garnish, ohiof marshal. ' 1. Band. . 2. South Carolina Volunto ors. State troops, under command of an oflioor to by designated, by Ad j t. Gon. Floyd. 3. Sons of Confo'c^r'ato Veterans; under command of W?Uo'? H. Hunt. 4. Votorans of Southe Carolina Divi sion U. C. V. 5. Visiting; Vctf j;ab^.\. 6. Distinguished gr in e^fiages. ?. 7. Visitors. t." l''^O.?<&a-' . t?^i.n|,.alOW5,, ... Snodgrass Bango. ?\ striko tho Vittoloo IlouBo thoy ,i' soe a largo markor, markod .lOih and ltftli South Carolina regiment, fought for throe hours on Snodgrass Bango above this point. Grthorod undor and around tho bat tle soarrod fhg of tho 10th South Caro lina regiment, which led them to viotory on tho heights above, will bo tho visiting votorans of that command.. Tho procession will saluto and un cover as it pas?os tho group of horoes. Further on is a similar marker mark ed 24th South Carolina rogimont _ and Oulpcppor'B battory, fought about ono milo io tho northoast of this point, and noar it tho flags and tho mon of thoso gallant commands. Further on, as tho road to tho South Carolina monument loavos tho main road, will bo found auothor marker to tho immortal mon of Keisha w's brigade, marked "Korshaw's brigade, 2d, 3d, 7th, 8th and 15th South Carolina regi ments and James's South Carolina bat talion, fought for Ovo hours on Snod grass Bango abovo this point." Tho battlo flags and horoes of Kershaw will bo saluted. Thc prooossion now arrives on tho ground saorad to tho valor and tho worth of South Carolina's sons, for it was that ovor whioh Korshaw swept as ho drove tho onomy back to their last stand on tho rid go. Arriving at tho monumont, tho veterans will press to tho front, tho Stato volunteer troops saluting. Tho park commissioners will havo crooted a largo H tr. go and sufficient Boat ing oapaoity for tho votorans and visi tors. Governor MoSwooney, Govornor of tho Stato and chairman of tho com mission, will proside. Tho mooting will bo oponol with prayer by tho Hov. De. J. H. Thorn woll, ohaplain general, Scuth Carolina Division, U. O V. Gan. C. 1. Walkor, ono who won dis tinction on this and other battlefields, now tho bolovcd oomrnander of tho South Carolina Division, U. C. V., and who has taken a deep interest in and materially aided in tho accomplishment of tho memorial about to be dedicated, and a loading mombor of tho commis sion, ?viii then deliver tho historical address. Addrosses will thou bo mado by tho Hon. D. S. Honderson, of tho Sonate, and Col. J. Harvey Wilson, of tho House of lloprcBontativcs, through the liberality of whioh bodies South Caro lina has dono jmtioo tohor heroic sons. An addross will thon bo mado by Goncral, now tho beloved Bishop Kl lison Capers, who sorvodon this battle field with his vi oil known gallantry. Bishop Capers's addross will load up to tho unvoilfng, whioh will bo done by four .young ladies, representing eaeh ono of tho four South Carolina com mands ongagod in tho battle. For Korshaw's brigade, Miss Elborta Bland, a granddaughter of tho distinguished Col. BIbort Bland, who gavo up his lifo fighting with Kershaw uri Snod grass Bango. For lOvh and 19th South Carolina regiments, Miss Ada Ovio Walker, a granddaughter of Gon. C. I. Walkor. For tho 24th South Carolina reglj mont, Miss Mario DuPro, graudniooo of Col. C. H. Stovons, who gallantly led tho 24th South Carolina rogimont in tho battlo, and also tho grandniooo of Llout. Col, Millson Gapors, who sue oooded Col. Stovons to tho command of tho rogimont and was also badly wound' ed in tho battlo, For Cul pepper's battory. Miss-rv As tho ribbon J aro pulled tho oovor W?1 fall and show ono of tho hand somest monuments in tho park. It is built of South Carolina granite, a flt emblem of tho horoio stand reado by tho South Carolinians on this Hold-on .cither sido is a bron/.o statuo, original, and mado espooially fer this work, OQ ono sido an infantryman and an artil leryman on tho other. South Carolina had uo cavalry in this battlo. drown ing tho wholo io a bronco palmetto of exquisito workmanship, surpassing in truthfulness to naturo tho wonderful bronzo palmetto at tho State IIouso. On tho front of the uppor stono is tho shield of South Carolina in br .rn zo. Tho inscriptions aro as follows ; On tho front, oomposod by Bishop Capers, with grand siropiioity : To hov Faithful Sons at Ohioamaoga, South Carolina Iflrcots this Monument to Cominomorato tho Valor They Provid and tho Lives They Gavo on this B&tllc?old. Ou tho baok : Korshaw's brigaio, 2J South Caro lina regiment, 3d South Carolina r<gi mont, 7th South Carolina regiment, 8th South Carolina regiment, 15th South Carolina regiment, James's 31 ! South Carolina battalion : . Killed, 65 ; wounded, 438: missing, 1. Of Manigault's brigtdo, 10th South. Carolina regiment, 19ih South Caro lina rcgimont, consolidated : Killoe!, 26 ; moitally woundod, 40 ; wounded, 170. Gist's brigado, 24?<h South Carolina rcgimont. Killed, 43 ; wounded, 114 ; missing, 12. Culpoppor's hatton', wounded, 14. Tho total height of tho monumont is 33 foot. Tho work was dono by tho Stewart Stono Company, Columbia, S. C., and ri Hoots tho highest orodit on thoir tasto and skill. As soon as tho monumont is unveilod Govornor MoSweonoy will turn it over to tho park oommisslon aud it will bo reooivod by Gon. Henry V. Boynton, ! tho Chaiiman, Ai*V VVAViUVUlUn AAA? TlUfS VUUVU V . ? v crowd will disperso over tho battlefield to study and admiro it. Tho Offioial trains will rolum to Chattanooga in tho afternoon, and after timo for supper, oto, tho Votorans for Memphis will spcod on their way, reaching that point early on tho morn ing of tho28th of May. Tho other visi tors will tako tho train for North Caro lina. Around the monumont is a 12 foot circular pavement of com nt faoed with granitoid. Tho markers for South Carolina troops aro plaoed on tho batt! o Sold as follows. ; Kershaws brigade-Oa tho slopo of Snodgrass Raoge, ono for on oh of tho regiments. . For 10th and 19th South Carolin? regiments tho position in gonoral dur ing the aftornoon is shown by tho guoe of Dent's battory on tho crest of the ridgo. Advanoipg from this point, they mado repeated ?hargos on tho onomy, and tho point of furthest advanoo it shown by, tho Q^utli, P^aVc^-7^$?^K?^: tito marlcor is placed ou ICoilVs f?v;? near tho "Bloody Anglo," and near th( .Sholl monumont to thoir brigado com mander Oolquittt For Culpopper battery, in tho Poi fiold, near tho Georgia monument. It is hoped that Gon. Ger lon, o )in mander of tho Unitod Confederate Vot orans, on his way to Mamphis will bc able to stop ovor and take part in th ceremonies. Govornor A, 0. Candler, of Georgia has boon most pressingly invited am writos that himsolf and stan! will b prooont ' 'unless providentially hindored Tho oommsssion had to fix tho.day fe tho unvoiling to tako it on tho way t tho Mom plus Kennion. At tho oloso o thoso reunions tho Votorans saattor an it would bo hard to get them togotho for any oeromony roturning. Tho r< unions usually oommonoo on Wodnoi day, but this yoar it begins on Tuosda: which n?cessita tod tho solootionof Mot day. This foreod tho oommonoomon of the movomont io Chiokamauga ot Snndsy. While it will not prevent tl groat masB of Votorans and visito; leaving homo on that day, thoro ai many who have oonsoiontiom eorupk against traveling on Sunday. Tho ut voiling of a monumont is hold as ho! an object as ono oould havo, and woul oortainly excuso all such. But tho ooo mission ??ked for and havo sooured tl dato of selling tiokots to oommonoo Sa urday, so any ono oanreaohOhattanooi from South Carolina boforo Sunday. Tho battle flag around whioh tho Vo orans of tho 10th and 19th South Cat lina rogimonts will assomblo is tl worn and tattered flag of tho 10th Soul Carolina rogimont. lt WAS saved fro surrondor almost providentially. At tl battlo of Bontonvillo, tho 10th Sou Carolina rogimont, thon commanded I Capt. II. 'A. llarloo, penetrated tho o omy's lino, but reinforoomonts corni) up, tho lino was reformt d and 06} llarloo, Sorgt. Albort A. Myers, boarli tho flag, and,about twonty men. half tho regiment, so roduood was it, we out off; they took to tho swamp ai hid uutil night. Sorgt. Myers tim away tho staff and put tho flag und his clothing. Tho party mado tho way through tho swamp and gob baok tho Confodorato linos. Tho remnan of tho 10th and 19ch South Carolit rogimonts wero subsequently consolid tod into Walkor's South Carolina bs talion, and so surrendered. Whon Co Walkor returned from wounded fe lough ho oould loara nothing of tho 10 regiment's il AK that of tho 19th Sou Carolina boing usod as tho battalion ot ors and at tho suirondor properly surro dored it as tho flag of tho battalion, J Col. Walker rodo out of oamp on t! way homo Capt. llarloo handed. him paokago, giving it with express otipul tion that it should not bo oponod un ho roaohod homo When ho roa o In homo ho oponod it and found it tho fi of tho 10th South ' Carolina regime? Ho hastroftsurod lt most siorodly ov sinoo. Tho uppor half of tho flagstaff ii piooo of tho flag nt?if of Fort Sumti whioh was usod by Major Andorson d ing tho attaok on tho fort of April, 1HC It WAS glvon to Col. Josoph Walkor, tl father of Col. 0.1, ii Walkor, by Go Beauregard. Altogether tho fl?? steff is A most hi torioally valuable momento. It waa prosponod to first lay tho o< norstono of Ino monument bofoto t dodiofttion, but tho oUbor *to Manor ooromonion would havo taken too ma timo from tho limited timo availob no thin function had to?.bo roluotani dispensad with. Tho monumont hai oornor-ntono and in it will bo dopoa I od: i i, Col Dle\ert> jaluablo skotoh Korahaw'fl brigado, 2. ColO/ I. Walkor'g skotoh I . [continued on pago four.] "MEN OF THE TIME.' .... Very Valuable Work Under taken by ? Editor O?rllngtoa. Mr. J. 0. Gerlington, editor bf tho Spartanhurg ll or aid, has undor taken to 'proparo and publish ? handsome volui?o that will bo of inoaloulable value to many olaesos of South, Caro linians, . No library of tho period will ho oomploto without it. It is to bo en titled '?Mc-, of tho Times," and is to bo a "biographical encyclopedia of cou temporanoous South Carolina, loadors." Tho 6copo of tho volumo will include South Carolina authors, ar?hitools, artists, . agriculturalists,- bankers, oom posets, divinoP, dootor, engineers, ed ucators, investor, journalists, Jumts, manufacturers, min ?legit tn, philan thropiutf, poota, politicians^ statesmen, travolcrs and warriors. Thoro is now no work pf the kind latter than MoCrady'a "Iflmirioht Men of tho Carolinas" and what Mr. Garling ton i? doing should h?vo been under' taken long ago. Mi'. Carlington is ho ing congratulated by those who have so ofton found it nooonsary > to turn to tho MoCrady volumo on having under taken tho work. Tho book is to bo gotton up in hand some stylo, vory BWAII typo and half t?n o portrait! being used. . It will con tain about 600 pagos. In his prospectus Mr. (tarlington says: , - "It will ho beautifully bound in'cloth and is dosigned to be a book that will adorn any library, Its fioopo is to bo a comprehensive oom pc odium of con temporaneous biographies. Aoour ato tketches of tho mon who havo boen foromos in dovoloping Sobth Cttrolin*, during tho clo .nug years of tho nine teenth oontury aro given. "In rm I nr to i nunrn rmmirAny. nu d' to inoludo only thoso whoso aohiovomonts ontitlo them to a place in a biograph ioal onoyolopodin, committees havo boon solootod to pass, on tho names of. such mon as aro presented. Thoso oom-, mitteos aro oompoBod of tho recognized loaders in their various lines; 'This book isa vory oxpjnslvo pub lication, hut it is boliovod its impor tance justillos tho publishor in making it a work of art as woll ai . a biograph'' ioal onoyolopodin of tho mon who aro now making South Carolina, in many lines, foromost of tho southern Slates. "This book is notltko numerous pub lications that .aro offered from limo to time, whoro any man who pays his monoy or subscribes to tho hook oan bo writton up. It is necessary to i known in advanoo how many, copies will bo takon, so as to be able to contract with tho printer, but biographical skotohos aro -not .dependent on subscriptions. "Tho book ip designad to bo re pre sonativo of, tho boat talont in every linor-an onoojolopedi?--giy|n?: ,/fbio^ ;. 13WI-iBkhtaiiW of'tHoo*. iiowhh .-M - .. :ormiaur wnb^hfive uti u.o'. rmmofehing- in tho world.' It ia' not ? catch-penny* ad vertising Bohomo. jVhoso who aro on titled to ref rcBon-'ah ofi in this biogra-, phioitl onoyolopoUM will ho given suoh notioo as tholr prominence domapds and not ono dollar will bo collected for a'-'writo-up.' ", ' Tho prioo to all purchasers will he $5 a volume. . MARYLAND INLINE. The Election Law Diafrrnohising the Illiterate basses. Tho now elootion law has passed tho Maryland Legislature. It will disfran ohiso fifty thousand illitorato voters. Tho final passago of tho bill Was mark ed by tho utter absonoo af anything or a sensational oharaotor. In the senate but one protest was entered whioh carno in tho form of a speech from Senator Dodson, Ilopublio*n, who oharaotbriecd tho ontiro proooodings as a blot upon tho taimamos und honor of the Stato. The final voto was ll to l l, a strict party division. v i In a quarter of an hour after papssing tho sonate tho bill waa boforo tho houso whoro its eon sid oration was immediate ly begun. One by ono tho' senate's amendments were takon up and concurr ed in without division. Then it was put upon itt. final passago with no .attempt at delay upon tho part of tho minority, exoept a motion to allow them ono hour to oonsider tho amendments. Tbis was promptly voted down, a d tho bill was passod by a voto of 53 to 28, tho Demo crats having six votos-more than the majority required by tho constitution; Fivo Democrats, Buokoy and Lamin of Frederick, KoyB of Cooil, ?Pattison of Dor oho? tor, and Car nor of St. Mary's voted with the Republicans. ' >/ Tho most important chango in exist ing mothoda accomplished by tho en actment of tho now law Hes in depriv ing illitorato voters of tho. assistance' 0! ballot olorko in preparing their ballots. Under tho previous praotloo thoso dork? aooompaniod such Voters, into tho booths and marked thoir ballots for thom, or showed thom how to do it. Tho Dom 001 ats claim tn at this praotioo utterly destroyed tho sooreoy of tho bal lot and mado it possihlo for corruption is ta to learn through signals , from tho ballot dorks whether bargains made with oorrupt voters had boen carr tod out. Tho arrangomont of tho namoa on tho ballots bsa boon .altered so that the candidato for oaoh office are groupr.d i n H toad of being arrangod in groups ac cording to tho parly they ropresont. Party omblorus are abolished and 'ot hoi changos mado which make tho now law vory nearly similar to that in oxistenoe in Massachusetts.1 The effect of tho law is, of course, largely a mattor of cor j ?oturo, and ono upon whioh tho party lioaders.? widely differ. The Domoorats oxpoct that j it will disfranchise about. 33,000, negro OH and perhaps 16,000, white votera1 who cannot road or write. Qf thoso, it. is olaimod, all tho nogroos and about GO per cont, of tho whites voto tho Hopu blioan ticket, With thoeo oui of tho way tho Stato will bo safely Domoora tiofor many years to eomO, and tho i inmediato result will tho election of a Domooratio State legislature next fall and of a Democrat to ?uoood Unitod Stutos Sonator Wolli og tort in 1902; lTourtopn P?rishod, Tho atoamor Ohomnitts of tho Ger? man*Australian Steamship oompany and the British steamer Tay Collided Thursday night in tho Flushing Hoad ?toad. The Tay sank and- onTv throe of hor orow woto saved.] Tho Tay had put into tho Flushing Roadstoad owing td tho provailiag storm,, Fo.uttoontpor BOPS perished, including (ho wivos of two naUorrfwho b?ard?d tho y omi cn a faroweil visit, Ml A SAD 8?QRY. _? Art Insane Woman Mut dor? Her 8?x Children. ATTEMPTED HER OWN LIFE But Failed, and Then Talk? ; Rationally About Her Awful De?d. She Assigns ND Reason. Mrs LW? Naramoro, of Coldbrook, Maas., while itt a fib of insanity Thurs- ' <iay afternoon, killed hor eix ohildron at her homo, a farm houso half, a milo from tho villago, and thou tried to Uko': her own lifo. Tho ohildren ranged}rom ton years.to a babo of ton months and their divos, worp takon by.Uio mother with an nxo and a ?l.ub. 3h? laid tho blood-dronohed bodios on tho bods, two on ono bod and tho other four on a bod in another room and thon attomptod to .takq hor own lifo by cutting hor throat wjth a razor. Whon disooyorod oho v/nu in tho bod on whioh tho bodies of four.Ohildrbn wcro lying/ Although ?ho out a doojp gash in hor' throat and suffered tho loss of much blood, it is boliovcd sho will recover. Frank Nisramoro, tho husband and f athar, lol t his homo at tho' usual hour Thursday morning to go to work ab a; sawmill and at that timo his wife did not attract .his -attontion hy ^acting strangely, ? ' ' - ;V ji r J iv* ~-s_*?. --~_ji . . *v.in nu|>|ivauu wv vtiuiu nno VVJUIHIV ted shortly, after noon, tho ' disoovory boing mado by Goorgo ; Thrasher, ' * au employo of a groeory ?toro, who visitod tho Naramoro houso about 2:45 o'olook for tho purposo of delivering ?roooric? that had previously boon ordered by Mrs. Naramoro? Uo was unablo to get' in tho house by thodjor and ho looked in a window and noticod blood on tho floor, while Mrs. Naramoro was lying On a bod. Uo was surprised also in tho obnonoo of tho children, whom ho was aoousbomud to soe playing in or about tho hou6o. Ho returnod to tho villago and told of what ho had soon, A party was mado up and a hasty visit was mado to tho Naramoro houso. An ontranco was offootod without dolay and tho inutilatod bodios. of tho six , ohildron in two bods woro found. Mrs. .Naramoro was romovod to tho yillago . hotol and tho attonding physioiana woro oonfldonK sho would survive. During tho evening o numbor of noighbors of tho family saw. and talked I withJMrs. jj?:?;; :. }^\h. At tho ?uioV tho party of - villagers found Mrs. Naramoro she was asked btw sho did tho dood, and oho Said that oho took tho .lives in four differont rooms, and aa. fast ns sho killod ono?, obild tho body waa plaood iu a bod. Tho ohildron Wero thro o, boys, . aud threo fjirlsj hlthol, 10 years of ago. tho oldoBt, whilo tho ages of Walter, Ohar lio, Chestor, Bossio and Lona ranged from oight year lo ton months, Lena boing tho baby. Mrs. Naramoro told hov most inti mate friends that sho first killod EJthol, and thon followed with tho fivo o'^rro, caoh timo taking tho next eldest! vIvo woro killed by boing slruok on' tho hoad with tho baok of an axo whilo lit? tlo Lona was killod with a club. Sho says sho fully cxpootod tho gash in hor throat would oauso hor dc at li and whon. hor hUsdand rot ur nod nt night ho would . find all of tho bodios in the two bods. Sho appoared rational and displayed signs of sorrow for tho dood sho had commit tod, although sho is unablo to givo any roasoon1 for killing tho ohil cLon. Whon .Mr. Naramoro roaohed tho hourn ho was prostrated wich grief by tho loss of his family. Kaon of tho ohildron.?had. oyidontly rcooivod sovoral blows as thoir hoads woro torribly. bruised and blood waa sottored in all parts of tho rooms. Med? NwamorO had oyidontly mado prepara tions for tho deod, as tho doors were all looked and barr od with s ti ok J of wood. At about 0 o'clo ok Mrs. Naramoro oxporionood ? ohango fer tho worao and it is believed that sho will not Uvo through tho night. Hor husband hai been in tho hotol, but ho has nob mado any rcquosb to soo hor sin ooh is arrival. Fanners' Asked to Meet. ( liar vio. Jordan, president of tho Southern Cotton Grower.*' Protective assooiation has issued a oall from At- . lan tn, Ga,, to tho cotton, producors.of tho southorn Sbatos,; asking thom to moot ab tho oottnty soat of ovory coun ty in tho south on Saturday, April 6, for tho purpose of. adopting some plan to our tail tho a oro ago of tho o ott on crop for tho soason of 1901 and 1902. Prosi c*ont Jordan urges immodi?to notion by tho farmers boforo tho eo#d for tho noxt orop aro plaood in tho ground. Ho claims that tho plantors will not bo able tb moot thoir obligations asaumod for guano, mules and o thor farming matorials with tho prloo of cotton at six oonts, whioh ho ?on?dont?y pro? dio ts will result from ? largo aoroago. An Experiment. Minnesota is to try a combination high lioonso local option dispensary sohomo. Tho propasod law loaves tho steoountios ooptaiuing olties of tho '10,000 or pvor>" olasa undor tho opera tion-of tho proBont high Hoonso law. It provides that in all tho ?thor oouh ties tbo question of lioboso Or ho-lloonso ?hall bo doolded, by popular voto. It provides further that town liquor .dis? ponsaries shall bo. ostablishod in - no liOonno eountloa upon tho politl?n of two-thirds of tho votots-th? liquor to bo sold in ppokages (half pint or larger) and not to bo drunk on tho promi?OB. A U tho dispOOBary mo?ts oro to go' to tho county treasuries. , Wani to Jflntortain Thom? Governor MoSweenoy has rcooivod a lotto* from Mr. \T. C, . Thompson, of Chattanooga, asking aim whon ho and his party would amvp in Chattanooga i&?$edioafo, Confodorato momuhoiit, idW many would bo in tho party and how long ?hoy would Vom ?in iu Ohatta^coga. ?Tho South Carolinians who live iii Chattanooga,wish to oxtoad Oourtoaloa to,tho South Carolina patty.