The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, May 13, 1904, Image 4
THE THIRD BULL BUN.
Historic Ground Chocen for the Man
oeuvers of the Army.
BOTTE CABOLINA WILL BE TEERE
Twenty-two Thousand ltegulars and
. State Troops Will Take Part lu
Fortnight's Operations. A
Shamo Battle.
Major General Corbin will fight the
third battle of Bull Run. The gen
eral staff of the army is now engaged
upon improving the strategy of Gen
eral "Stonewall" Jackson in what is
regarded by military strategists as the
most masterly campaign of the civil
war.
From Fortland, Mc., which never
came nearer to war than seeing in thc
oiling Spanish ileets which never ex
isted, the army manoeuvers will be
transferred this year to Manassas,
V>.j which still bears the marks of
the heavy blows dealt by blue and
gray forty-two years ago.
For the first time an opportunity
will be afforded for effective compari
sons between the old army which
fought and the new ar ny which is
being trained to fight. Can the mod
ern armament and the methods ol
transportation which have developed
forty years from the days when Pope
and Lee raced from their respective
bases to thc battle ground change the
result of their manoeuvers? Twenty
two thousand modern soldiers will be
used to test thc prowess of the ancient
armies of the rcbelliou and prove
what would have happened had the
commanders whose names made his
tory possessed (Crag-Jorgensen rifles,
Dougerty, wagons and thc new army
field gun.
It is probable that no Held of any
of the great Southern conflicts could
have been selected which has suffered
so little change as the low-lying laud
in the Valley of Northern Virginia
between Thoroughfare Gap and the
Potomac.
There have been few alterations in
the general make up and characteris
" tics of Manassas since the rear guard
of General Tope's army fell back tu
"Washington. Railroad lines and roads
which afforded Hie old combatants
their only methods of transportation
other than tint afforded by the coun
try roads have not changed. The lines
shown upon the map of 18(52 are still
unchanged, except that upon what
was thc left Hank ol the Northern
army there has been const ructed a
road between Alexander and Frcder
icksburg, and a line across what was
the base of the Southern army from
Fredericksburg to Charlottesville.
These latter lines would so materially
have affected the operations of the
civil war that it is probable, if the
general staff follows its plan nf repro
ducing the campaign of 1802, they
will be barred by thc umpire.
Eighteen thousand regular army
troops and four thousand militiamen
from various Eastern states will par
ticipate in the operations, which will
continue from September .") to 20.
This is thc largest body of regulars
and militia gathered for manoeuvres
in the history of the Gui ted States.
The tieldr of Bull Run. Bristow Sta
tion, Milford and Manassas Ju net iou
will again be trod by armed soldiers.
The same strategic points which play
ed such a vital part in the contest of
military science waged between Gen
eral John Pope, the Federal leader,
and General Robert K. Lee, Confeder
ate, stand the same today as in ISiiii.
Major General Henry C. Corbin,
commanding Hie division of Hie At
lantic, will he in supreme command.
Licutant General Adria R. Chalice,
chief of staff, whose actual lighting
service In Cuba, Hie Phillippines and
Cliina in the last few years is fresh in
mind, will observe the manoeuvres,
military attaches of foreign govern
ments will witness the evolutions.
Convenient as the scene of lighting
will be to Washington and Baltimore,
and even Philadelphia and New York,
thousands of onlookers are expected
to lind their way thither. Already
Inquiries that pour in upon the war
department show that many an old
veteran who fought in the cam
paign of August. 1802, intends to see
how the soldiers of today will handle
themselves on thc lighting g mund.
To this dav wherever the veterans
of the campaign of tho great rebellion
gather stories as to "red Virginia
mud" have a prominent, place, lt is
declared there is rm "stickier" mud in
the world and no time when it is
"stickier" than the last rainy harvest
months.
The campaign of 1863 w is fought
for the most part by veterans of at
. least a year's standing. There were
four regiments from in or near thc city
of New York in that campaign, hut
they had had time to learn thc differ
.enee between thc pavements of the
. iajttnd of Manhattan and the shifting
^ Gsluftk in the wake of ? Virginia rain
?.Q - xefttforjp. lt is considered highly proba
^c \Cto !irm>' uilicers that thc rcgi
0?. ?nVehts from the stale <?f New York so
i?$sP fortunate as to he allowed thc oppor
r Ul aUL'ml these manoeuvres
.O .^wi^be apt to encounter some incon
k k^Weblence before they equal the record
yv??V "of Ge^?^il Stonewall Jackson when he
toif&itf two armies in the same day
"f? GbVycviid Thproughfari Gap at points
** iif tcjcji\*rentes of red clay apart aol
"---^W0h'.H\tj>st lah-g;y ol Hie game of |M;J.
NA\^Ob-operation of militia with regular
v^,?;^ v I rou ps, .which forms thc basic princi
v*^ ' plo of thc n:?Henal scheme of defense,
e /-twilHhe, ?kl?orded thorough operation
A\T ^n (JJ/??MC manoeuvres. General Cor
i>0^r'" roc* h Hy., wi ni lo Virginia to
j-ysA nwl^arrw^euients for obtaining per
>'\\'"t^^'H^'iM?. upon the* land tle
> sijjiki as vtWn?big ground. Properly
owners' Eolith ina,, thc army could he
;L^K^og^Ar?t^tnorc thc first week in
0* ^ S^pt?n^jti'rV 'Alun tho harvest will
\\, ?hA\V5vlVe^i,i. comu/l?ted and there will
?? ? <?^?Be i?OTngrtWoraps from tho march
*i ^jrf*infffcvtry.^caWtliy and artillery.
ON5 Bi^tlm^^^tf?^gh it has ihe ad
vaut^i^e, of bMj^p^ompat-atividy cool
v aim is coiw^nien^\'i() the Virginia
\ ta,T\^t?f?ftn^.\\J^ ara whacks. Most td
,\ tJ>erf!atiirf?j?^ gu<jtfPorganizatlons go
v.' **Tntu etan nca rid JiO^rttlieir mannen
KO0 \ ?vW* li.r?Xralv and^i?ust. Thc mill
'. \ flamen, wiHt^mS?'^Y?Mliory is an oc
y. N?upatlo^o*ccoiHutry \<f that which
ttH\v\\OriYike their are better
abie to leave H^rN?v>{ht^',s and shops
- N\ihNng thec\^MiVNsurti>Hcr months.
. v'^Whon #^M^W .(-;^iiirM:i: and
At?dbdus^rjp^V^?.G&%?Tmfc'm: up in Sep
\oc tve^^elc 0!^&^dlrvxi^^fi^V^^&r them to
"Sabtatft WuUfuVt^ dl^'Vy ^1le ci ty.
, N'^Thus Wie.\i^?fi;i^vt^res^0itliLioii will
. 'o** be 8malle\^Yk?Vp IfrY^fe-tiaff?nocu vres
*V v^re held )jf J^^^a^Cfffonth, if
. ^cV^madc thi^ftjitjh^'i?r^ot^s?wftnic war
^..opfare.jSflfiki^ in not
&?v fa?il?tt?fTi^^^fe*? V i r
inkicft aM^xV^^f^^S^i0 thc
cal for military operations of this
character.
General Corbin believes tbat al
though the militia will not be able to
remanin throughout the fifteen days
to be devoted to tho manoeuvres,
regiments from New York, hardened
by their work In the summer encamp
ments at Peekshill' would be able to
leave New York on fast treep train
Friday night of each week and be In
Manassas before daybreak, thus ob
taining Saturday and Sunday for
work In the Held, and they would be
again in New York on Monday.
THE WORLD'S FAIR.
Sonic Facts About tho Grout Show at
St. I,UlliH.
Grounds cover 1,240 acres.
Cheese weighing two tons.
Exposition costs $50,000,000.
For athletic events, $150,000.
Hose garden lo acres In area.
G laut bird cage; 300 feet long.
Special pavilion for sculpture.
Forty-four states participate.
Automobile speeding contests.
Giant locomotive at full speed.
Indian exiblt; covers 40 acres.
Fifty foreign countries exhibit.
Model India school; 100 pupils.
Special corn exhibit cost $50,000.
Natural garden of wild Howers.
Art pottery works in operation.
Model school for blind and deaf.
Mining gulch; 12 acres lu extent.
Louisianna history told in Howers.
Statue in butter of John Stewart.
Regular hat factory In operation.
Icc plant-300 tons daily capacity.
Placer gold mine minning gulch.
Phillippine exhibits; cost $1,000,
000.
Pavilion built cnterely of peanuts.
Decorative sculpture; cost $500,000.
t?ueen Victoria's Jubilee presents.
International angling tournament.
Iron statue of Vulcan; 50 feet high.
Four acres of growlt-g fresh fruits.
Thc widest boiler plate ever rolled.
Typical Pennsylvania coal breaker.
Pure-food exhibits cover two acres.
Turquois mine in actual operation.
Full-sized yacht, completely rigged.
Idaho silver nugget; weight 10
tons.
Operating lapidary and assay olllce.
Outside live-game exhibits; 10 acres.
Turbine engine of 8000 horse power.
Gem cutting, grinding and polish
ing.
Live stock, 37 acres; $250,000 in
prizes.
"Hank" Monk's famousstage coach.
Largest organ-145 stops, 10,000
pipes.
Locomotive tests throughout, sea
son.
Models of coal mines and applian
ces.
Factory for making pens of all
kind:;.
Airships tournament: $200,000 in
. prizes.
I Larucsb gas engine-3000 horse
power.
Factory where paper boxes are
made.
Practical shoe factory in operation,
ation.
Kai ti bow gardens, amid the cascad
es.
Meeting of National [lowing Regat
ta.
Manufacture of nitrogen from the
air.
Athletic sport:; and games in gener
al.
Primitive Mexican copper-mine oap.
Floral clock; minute baud i.'JO
pounds.
Display of jewelry valued at $10,
000,000.
Whale !>2 feet long; papier-mache
cast.
Full-size model United States war
ship.
L berty Hell in Pennsylvania build
ing.
Four acres of agricultural imple
ments.
Edison's personal exhibit of inven
tion.
Tobacco exhibit; covers over bali
acre.
Imitation diamond factory in oper
ation.
Butter and chose exhibit: over an
acre.
Wireless-telegraph station In opera
tion.
Athletic contests: all nations and
races.
Wireless-telegraph garden in opera
tion.
Tree H00 years old, from North Car
olina.
Bimonthly exhibit of seasonable
Howers.
Cato on balcony in Horticultural
building.
Typical frontier trading post repro
duced.
Ilelil Up and Hobbed.
A dispatch from (J reen ville to The
State says on Thursday night last,
between lo and ll o'clock. l>r. I. E.
Crimm was going to his office on Main
street, in the second story of the Bur
gess building, and he was accosted
just as he reached the olllce door in
the dark hallway with a gruir demand
for his money and diamonds, and a pis
tol was thrust into his face, while he
was ordered to hold up his hands.
I ir. Grimm was taken completely by
surpris" and as he was unarmed at
the. tinie there was nothing else to do
except to surrender for the time be
ing to the inevitable. The bandit
grasped the necktie of Dr. Crimm,
where he usually wears a diamond pin,
and then demanded his diamond ring,
placing his weapon near his victim's
temple. He grasped the right hand
ol Dr. Crimm, on which lie wore a
ruby ring, and in getting it olf the
linger was badly bruised. Ile had
asked for money and received $(1, and
just as thc ring was se.-tired by him
the passing ol' a number of persons in
Iront, ol the door on Main street
caused him to take Hight down thc
hack stairs.
Bandits Garroted.
At Santiago, Cuba, four bandits
convicted of murder were garroted in
the provincial jail, lt was the first
legal execution since the Spanish re
gime. Two executioners who arrived
there from Habana Wednesday with
thc garrote were almost mobbed while
on their way to the jail. President
Palma was petitioned to commute thc
sentences, but he declined to inter
fere.
Children Drowned.
As a result of a cloudburst in cent
ral Texas and this section Wednesday
no trains were moving in or out
Thursday. Five miles of track of the
International and Great Northern
were washed out north of here. Five
children were drowned in a creek last
night near hero.
< !oCIiin*Ghiiia liavaged.
A hurricane ravage Cochln-China on
Sunday. A hundred natives were
killed and great damage done. All
the telegrah lines In Sagigon were
destroyed. Many native vessels were
injured.
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VETERAN OPERATOR.
Tos. W. Kates, Beauregard's Suderin
tendent of Telegraph.
AN INCIDENT OF FOfcT SUMTER.
When He First Took Up the Key, the
System WAB Very Crude, and
the Bounder Waa Not in
\1Jso Then.
The Columbia State says Mr. Joseph
VV. Kates Monday retired from the
service of the Postal Telegraph com
pany after having served as general
superintendent of the .southern divis
ion of the Postal since 188U. The an
nouncement of his retirement was re
c?! ved with regret over the lines, for
he hud managed the construction of
the great system from Richmond to
New Orleans, and he leaves tho ser
vice to get a well earned rest.
Mr. Kates did some work with the
key in this State at a time when the
telegraph instrument was just coming
into use. lie commenced his work at
Petersburg, Va., in 1858-41 years agc
-before the "sounder" was med.
The messages were received on a re
cording paper register and he was jone
of the first to take messages by sound
alone. There were but two men in
the olllce at Richmond at that time
and Mr. Kates and another handled
all the exciting news of the John
Brown raid.
Ile transmitted the famous mes
sage of President^ Jefferson Davis or
dering Gen. .Joseph E. Johnson at
Winchester to make a juncture with
Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard at Manus
sas Junction, lt required over ari
hour to send the message, the new
wire being imperfect and the receiv
ing operator quite inexperienced.
Had the message been "bulled" in
transmission the Confederacy might
have met with disaster in the very
ti rsl battle.
In the fall of 1801 he was assigned
to duty at the headquarters of Gens
Polk and Beauregard, and at thc
memorable battle of Shiloh and the
preceding campaigns he shared the
dangers and privations of the soldiers.
All of the wires in the south at that
time were owned by the Southern
Telegraph company.
In 18153 he was appointed by Gen.
Beauregard to superintend the mili
tary lines around (marleston. Ile
connected Forts Sumter and Moultrie
with the land batteries. As told ir
The State recently, Mr. Kates' re
mained in charge at Charleston until
tsiit, when he was given a more im
portant assignment at Richmond,
Gen. Beauregard and others gave him
autograph idlers congratulating him
on Ids services to the Confederacy,
After the war Mr. Kates went north
where news of his distinguished ser
se rv ices had preceded him and ht
found no trouble in securing employ
ment. The following incident ol't ht
terrille bombardment of Fort Sumtei
by the land batteries on Morris island
shows the nature of Mr. Kates' ser
vices to the government of the Con
federate SUttcs:
"At one time when the lire on thc
fort was very heavy, the cable coil'
necting it with Charleston was broken
by a shot or shell and communication
ceased, much to the dismay of thc
brave defenders of the fort, who, at
long as the telegraph instrument-con
tinued "ticking," knew they were not
entirely cut off from the outside
world.
"The approach to Sumter frort
Charleston, altogether impracticable
in thc daytime, was* dangerous and
exceedingly risky even in the darkness
of night. The succeeding night thc
broken cable was examined by Mr.
Kates, who went over its route in a
small boat. Ile found that it was
deeply Imbedded in the sand, and the
whereabouts of the break could not
be ascertained. Gen. Beauregard tuen
directed that a new cable be laid,
which order was successfully executed
second or third night after the break,
by Mr. Kates, and communication re
established before daylight, and with
out the knowledge of the Federal
batteries at Cummlng's Point, only a
few hundred yards distant. V?r this
work he was warmly commended and
complimented by Gen. Bau regard and
his adjutant general, Thoma? Jor
d?n."
WOULDN'T TAKE THE MONEY.
Church Kcl'iiHcd $80,000 liecutiHe
the Giver Died io n Theatre.
Last December W. W. Cooper of
Kenosha, Wis., lost his life in the
terrible disaster of th?; Iroquois the
atre In Chicago. The Tribune of that
city says that after his death it was
found that he had willed $80,000 to
the beard of foreign* missions of the
Methodist Episcopal church to aid
in its great work. Last weekt the
secretary of thc board. A. IL Leon
ard, communicated with the county
clerk at Kenosha informing him
that the gift had been refused by the
board of missions "because Mr. Cooper
met bis death in a place of amuse
ment not countenanced by the
church." Jn his letter Mr. Leonard
said that thc decision of the board
was unanimous.
Thc money will now probably be
distributed between the widow and
daughter of the liberal minded Chris
tian who died In the theatre lire. His
good intentions, however, in making
thc gift when thc time for distribut
ing tho tinal awards comes will prob
ably st and as an offset to the resolu
tion adopted by the board of missions.
How much better it would have
been had the board followed the
course pursued hy the Citadel Square
Baptist church of the city of Charles
ton in thc liberal bequest made to it
by Kinma Abbott, one of tue queens
of the operatic stage. There is such
a thing, in our opinion, as being too
squeamish about somethings and not
squeamish enough about others. There
has probably never been a bequest to
thc board of foreign missions of the
Methodist Episcopal church, or to any
other board cf foreign missions lu the
country, which has not been made by
poisons who have attended thc the
atre occasionally. Probably there was
no objection to their benefactors,
however, because they were not
burned to death in a theatre lire.
There arc some things that good peo
ple do we cannct understand. News
and Courier.
I'olKicH Onuses Murder.
At Charleston, W. Va., during a
political meeting Friday night lean
Chandler was fatally shot by Wm.
Leachman at the Patrick school house,
where a meeting was held preliminary
to the Republican primaries tomor
row. More trouble is expected to
follow this outbreak. There have
been a dozen men shot In this State
luring thc political contest for the
Republican nomination for governor
DEMOCRATS ARE HOP EFUL.
Both Parties Organizing fo(r a Warm
Cam pal ?ii.
Whatever may be the falte of tho
Democratic Presidential ticklet to be
nominated at St. Louis In July,
Democrats in Congress believe they
have a chance of controlling the next
House of Representatives, anil they
will make a determined and aggres
sive tight to accomplish-1 hat end.
The Republican leaders, while not
conceding there is the slightest prob
ability of a Democratic House majori
ty in the Fifth-ninth Congress, will
take no chances, and are preparing to
wage an active campaign in every
close Congressional district.
There ls in the present Congress a
Republican majority of thirty-four.
Could the Democrats hold the dis
tricts they now have and capture
eighteen of the districts now repre
sented by Republicans, they would
have a majority in the next .Congress.
The Republicans assert thls|ls Impos
sible. The Democrats contend that
lt not only ls possiple. but ls probable.
The Republicans are anxlois to in
crease their majority In thp House.
During the session of Congress just
closed, the margin on account of.ab
senteeism, was often too flose for
comfort. /
To thc Middle West thd Republi
cans are looking for thar gains.
There are districts In Obio\ Indiana,
and Illinois now represente^by Dem
ocrats, which they believe*they can
carry. \
Judge Wade, who reprejints the
Eleventh Iowa district, ls Mie only
Democrat from that Sta? in the
Rouse. The Republican letters have
practically decided to nomijjte A. F.
Dawson, now private set&tary to
Senator Allison, to make lin? race
against him, and believe Hiey can
carry the district. Judge l'ad? hall
a plurality in thc lastelecti?jof about
1,200. )
Thc Republicans do not epect any
marked change in thc repr>-entation
from Eastern States, with te excep
tion that they hope ? defeat
Mr. Granger, the D?mocrate Repre
sentative from Rhode Is'andand may
capture one or more of th, Greater
New York districts now represented
by Democrats. It. is not expected
that any Republicans will b elected
from t he South, but there Hi fear in
Democratic quarters that :ie Popu
list party may be rejuvenati in some
ot' the Southern States.
Should thc Eastern conn*vat!ves
dominate the St. Louiseonuition, if
is said Southern Populists 'ho have
co-operaterl with the Demeclts t,i:;cc
18?H1 probably wou'd declhuto con- ,
thine the alliance. Sliouldthe old
alliance ol' Southern POOUJLS and
Republicans be reformed, ti Demo
crats may lose a number of ats.
Shoula such a situation aie, how
ever, it is possible thc Repblicans
would lose In the West any rj/antage
Democratic losses In the Sou? might
give them. Should party allument in
a number ol' Western State.4o back
to whore it was before the ito cam
paign, a number of Republics mem
bers might fall ol' ri-election.
The Democrats have large Ians for
capturing thc next Iluuse, fl they
count on diff?rent channels I politi
cal thought to help them in li?rent
parts of the country.
Not only have the D?j-ocr) nnrk
cd- Mr. Ovcrstreetr tl?- Sj r?a^
the Republican commit^ sfcat,
but they declare Its chairm?ti Mr.
Babcock, is in danger of suffeig a
like fate. In tho last electh Mr.
Babcock had a pltrality of moithau
8,000, but thc Democrats count! the
disaffection of LaFollette Repulcans
to wipe this out. In Illinois th 3em
crats arc planning aggressive.cam
paigns in thc districts represend by
Me.-srs. Routed, Marsh and Wrner.
in Iowa they insist that not on1 will
Judge Wade retain his seat, bdthat
the Democrats have a chance opeat
Ing Mr. Lacey in the Sixth dtrict.
They expect to regain the Corado
seats formerly represented by Issrs.
Shafroth and Bell. They count d sen??
timcnt for Canadian reciprocity to
help them along the canad latffron
lier.
The Cont ol' Government]
The appropriations made i the
Sessions ol' Congress just enccl ag
gregated nearly i>SOO,000,000. This
is the lirst session too ol' digress.
When the second session of tb!Fifty
eighth Congress closes it is grtain
that thc sun of the appropriates of
it will bc somewhere near a pillion
and a half dollars. Yet only ? short
lime ago the people were horded be
cause one Congress earned the name
ol' the "Billion Dollar" Congres. Cer
tain large bills such as the Rivr and
Harbor, too were shorn of theiiusual
proportions, and Hie appropriations
for public buildings were u usually
meagre. The forty millions ,nid to
the French Panama Canal Coipany
arc not included in total voted lt the
sessii n of Congress. Whence thou
comes t his demand for such a sum?
The Army and the Navy, excluye of
Pensions now cost the 1'nited [tates
more than $200,000,000 animally.
Pensions alone in 1803 cost $13"42f>,
040, and for the ensuing yei! the
amount is larger. The omnloi fact
is that our expenditures largcV ex
ceed the revenues. Each yea the
dclicil grows larger. Roosevelt' Ad
ministration thus far has expanded
$883,000,000 more than Clevelmd's.
The enormous extravagance d Re
pul iran policies will make a Sirong
campaign argument for the Lemo
ciats in thc Presidenta! election,
-. I
Where la Itv
Re . ?rds unearthed in the tnlce of
the Treasurer of the United .frates at
Washington show that a find of
$100,000 was raised about fort/ years
ago to erect a monument to [lincoln
The money was raised by popular'Sub
scription, thc design for tht monu
ment accepted, and then the project
mysteriously drooped out tit" sight.
What became of the $100,000 is not
known. Most olllcers of the association
formed to carry on the work have
long since died and those now living
profess to have forgotten the very ex
istence of thc scheme. The monument
as planned was to be erected In front
of thc capitol and was to have been
of granite, seventy feet in height.
He Wan Particular.
At Pittsburg, Pa., William L. Hart
ley, white, and James Edwartls, color
ed, were hanged Thursday In the
Allegheny county jail yard. Roth
men had an ample supply of nerve.
'J1 ney were hanged separately. Hart
ley asked that he be not hanged with
a negro as be feared his family would
have to bear thc disgrace of the pub
lic, having thc impression that he
committed crime with a negro. Ills
request was granted by Sheriff Dick
son.
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THOUGHTS FOR I? BS.
Good Advice for the Mho Make
tho Crops
The following we ?oin the
Greenville Mountaineer.
THU CHUKN
Every man ought to a little
about: everything that i-ns him
and a great deal about a things.
Our strong point ls dmr 'e speak
of churns for the famllj not for |
dairies and large creas. The
old style dash Churn, whemude of
wood or clay, turns out.ejmt but
ter and butter milk. '. ls the
best cheap churn. But it than
that ls thc revolving twinging
churns. There is no daand no
machinery about therdrby may
be a little slower than thei churn.
They are dust and Hy pn Of the
revolving churns the barihape 1B
perhaps better than the cal, for
lt is stronger and not Mab > warp.
About this time of the yeae 'Ven
ders of patent churns wllkrt out.
Do not listen to them. ;o your
hardware store for churns I not to
traveling agents. Last ya large,
good looking man by ttume of
Foot came here with a san churn,
warranted to make butt? three
minutes from fresh milkeam 01
sour milk. He was not lous tc
sell churns, but wanted tul coum
ty rights. De was placea Yorl
Jail a few days ago for frai Then
Is a lirm in Spartanburg t is oui
$25 to the same Foote. 1?re is
perhaps, a man in Green vi ?Vb. o ba
suffered In the same way b woul?
admit it. The swing chura also :
good one, simple, easily mared am
strong. Let these fine avelln
agents alone. Buy no countr Stet
rights for anything.
CULTIVATE CROPS EAT.
Farmers cannot begin thiultlva
tion of their corn and cotton.) earl)
Weeds and grass are going tome u
with cotton, or a few days aid of I
The liest and most eLTectivtorkin
may be given with a harrow weec
er and before the seeds arc u The
missionaries arc needed all vcr tt
land to impress farmers witthe ldc
that keeping crops clean Igiot tl
only object in working then: Killie
grass is a mere incident. If the
was not a grass seed in alield tl
cultivation would be neeeary. 1
stirring the topsoil air antsunligl
get into it and evaporation cut o
Tile moisture below, insteaof esca
lng in thc air, goes ti) the rets of tl
plants and keeps tbc plat: food
soluble form. Let no one go it in
his head that he will work is crop
certain number of tines ancno mot
After every rain it vould e well
run over the land and break.bc- crus
i )f course, il the shovcrs fal sevei
clays in succession, that ;annot
done. These cxpandng harrows
cultivators are excel lint on smoo
laud. One may clean la corn or ci
Lon row at one run. fy running eli
to one side this week Ind then ch
Lo thc other thc next t will keep t
top soil broken all thc time. Ne^
plow corn deep after itbegins to se
nit thc lateral roots auoss tho ro\
The shallower thc better. Begin
jime, work often, keep ut lt. Ne'
et a hard crust form in the mi adi
THE CROW SEASON.
At this Lime of the year a thoug
ess farmer will loie a day or t
Hinting and destroying a crow's ne
Io. will also fret and fume because
ew crows light in his corn tield ea
ii tu.a ?- -i ??il rf?o?\rov.-{4jil?*
?wo of grubs and worms. Toe ci
las a bad name, not on account of
?ompany he keeps, for he Is very a
.ocratio and quite particular ab
lis associates. It may be his ci
;hat has brought him into disrep
imougst farmers, for it is certai
lot thc harm bc docs. Thc fact
ibo crow is very much like his enei
nan. He has an Idea that the fai
ir ought to strike a balance sheet :
place his good deeds over on thc crt
nile against his wrong doing. Thc
;ouut would stand aboul this w
)n thc credit side would be thousa
if bugs, worms and injurious Inst
iestroyed. ( )n the other side wt
oe only a few hills of corn pulled
md a few watermelons pecked Sr.
Lhe crows. They do more good tl
barm. Cut worms, bud worms
Other insects destroy ti tty times
much corn as the crows do.
ADVICE TO YOUNG KAKMEKS.
There are. hundreds of young fa
ers in the State. They begin tl
work with high hopis and much
thusiasm. That ls right, ir
thus inspired, it would be belter
Hiern Lo give up farming and hire
by thc day. In Hm lirsL place
debts have to be made for land, st
or supplies, be sure to meet the i
ment. If before pay day comes
see that you will not bc ready,
your creditor, make a plain Staten:
to him and have a fair understand i
Make a friend oui of the man
owe. l>o not try to farm with c
weak stock and worthless Implctne
As you purchase plows, harness
the like get the best, (iel those t
will last. l>o not buy according to
scrip tion and advertisements. If
need some special implement that
have never tried and any o? y
neighbors are using it, take a day
go and see lt at work. If you
that it has been lying In the fi
corner or under a shelter without
ing used- let it alone. Beware
men willi patent labor saving Im
ments. The hardware merchant
supply your wants. Get in thc h;
of keeping tools and harness In tl
proper place. Du not scatter ll
around, (let In the garden lut
Never neglect that. (Jet dower ?
and rose bushes and give the wit'
chance. Mingle with your ncighb
Swap days and dinners with th
Keep on good terms with them. \\
ahead so as to give thc wife a day
even In thc busy season. Remcm
that when you are in thc Held the I
afternoons seem to bc about 24 ho
in hiring hands to help you make
contract very plain. Ray them w
you promise and if they do thc v
well praise them. In that way
can always get good hands if they
in the neighborhood. Then by
lng in a kind and generous way
wards your neighbors, you will alv
have their assistance and sympc
in misfortune, and they will rcj
with you iti prosperity.
Jumped from Bridge.
A dispatch from New York says
lirst suicide by jumping oil the
Williamsburg bridge of hundred
thirty-live feet, was committed
morning by an unknown well dre
woman. Thc woman walked to a u
near thc centre of the bridge clal
to thc railing and with a wild
jumped. She went feet lirst and
skirts acted as a sort of paracl:
She struck the water over a hun
feet below with un Insulllclent I
to Ink but to stun her. She was
ried down the stream by the tide
~ank. Her body was not found.
THE BEBT TIME TO DIB.
A Thoughtful Article from tbe Pen
or Mrs. W. H. Telton.
It v?as a great poet wW wrote the
following:
"Whom the gods lovo die young," WUB Bald of
And maur deaths dei they escape by this,
The denth of friends, mid that which sjays Btlll
more,
'Hie doath ol friondsHp, love, youth, all
that is,
Except moro breaths, and sluco tho silent
shoro
Awaits at last even those who longest miss
Tho old archer's shafts, perhaps tho carly
grave,
Which men weep over, may .bo..meant to
save.
Perhaps I am not correct; hut 1
have long felt that Death is often
times the best friends that poor mor
tal man may have, when life is hope
lessly lilied with weariness of spirit
and thc burden of sorrow. If Death
means a release from suffering, men
tal or physical, who will dare say that
Death is not a friend?
It ls the philosophy of life to bear
the inevitable with resignation and
patience, but thc abstract proposition
here considered is whether lt is the
best time to go before there is noth
ing left but endurance and "mere
breath."
I know and understand the Chris
tian belief of "Thy will be done," and
would fain make lt clear that it is
oidy God's gracious promise which
can sanctify grief and hopeless sorrow
(thc promise to be with us in "fiery
trials" and "deep wators"), but still
1 contend that the best time to go b
when your good inlluence has reached
its zenith aud those who love you besl
will mourn you most, whether in in
fancy or in four score years.
Have you never seen a person out
live health, wealth, friends and hap
pl ness?
What is there so pitiful undo
Heaven as a creature that is bank
rupt in all except "mere breath," l
poor mortal who ls a burden to th
world?
You have seen boys of line promise
fine family, line fortune make abst
lute shipwreck of all except the C?
pacity to breathe, to exist. Go
aimed to have them do well, but the
would not.
Who will say they had not outlive
their best time to die?
When I was a girl just entering rr
teens, a clean hearted, upright, raoti
erly neighbor made an afternoon via
p. j to my iiouse and told the painful stol
1C I of the downfall of her daughter to u
' mother's sympathizing ears. Tl
tragedy, the mother's grief, thc awf
blight that fell on that home, on h
young sisters, on the parents, on hi
poor self, was ruy first view of tl
awful gufferin" mich conduct mig!
and would entail on those who sa
such youth, love and friendship die
cruel and unnatural death.
Now, was it a sin when that po
motlier wailed aloud, "Obi why didi
she die when she was a dear, swe
little baby?"
After thc grief-stricken mother lei
and my own dear motlier clasped n
in her arms and warned mc of tl
evils and temptations to which th
poor young woman bad succumbed,
it a marvel that 1 have always fe
that such misery was the deepest sr
row and the blackest gloom that cou
ever fall on any pure hearted mothei
life?
If the poor creature had died in i
fancy how thc tears would have fa
en, and her memory would have be
cherished! Hut She outlived, ot
-wore, outraged the patience, me i
fectlon and the comfort of those w
have died gladly to have made h
the clean once more.
"Perhaps the early grave that m
weep over may be meant to save
Who knows?
Long years ago I read a story of
trip by s-.-a from New York to Charl
ton. A gay party on deck were ta
lng of the dangers of the sea, ant
young motlier said: "If my little b
should be taken from me, I know
should die, 1 never could give li
up."
A passenger, a woman in mourni
dress, who bad not spoken befo
said: "Lady, you speak rashly:
knew a woman as young as you i
who loved lier boy as devotedly
you do, and 1 heard her make 1
same remark time and again. ()i
her child was sick and she cried
anguish: "Save him, L.crd, to mr
must have him. 1 cannot live wi
out him."
''That woman lived long enough
soe ber boy a convicted and conder
ed felon, a murderer, and lie died
the gallows tree. She must bi
him, she said, and she did have hi
but she wished ten thousand til
ten thousand, that he had died wi
she thus clamored for his life."
Hising from her seat the bl
rotted woman said: "I am that d
boy's mother, and your clamor
your boy has wrung this story fi
an anguished heart. He careful wi
you demand.'1
The world is full of suffering. '.
outside weeks of griefs are only a ti
of the sorrow tlie world furnisl
The secret trouble, the hidden
guish, the untold woe arc the dre
fu' Mi'niis which riot in poor moi
lives, li the roofs could be lif
bow these car king carts would
pride of its glitter and vanity of
gilded display.
lt is only righteousness which
alteth a nation and a contented m
is the only true beaven of mortal
istence. We should daily pray fi
proper understanding of the best ?
truest things for our own souls!
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Died from Chloroform.
At Clinton, Landrum Hunter, a
of 1:2 years of age, and son of Mr.
1). Hunter, died there Wednesday
half past 1 o'clock from the effects
chloroform. The drug was adminls
ed in order to extract a splinter wi
the boy stuck in Iiis foot about tl
weeks ago. The operation was ]
formed Wednesday morning aboi
o'clock, after which heroic meas'
were taken to restore the boy to 1
but to no avail. Additional ph
clans were called In and all hop
restoring him to life was not abane
ed till half past 1 o'clock. HU
mains were carried to Cedar She
Spartanburg county, about 1? n
from that place, for burial.
lind iii>ir Breadth ICsoape.
A party of eastern tourists tm
lng through Yellowstone park 1
had a narrow escape from being d
ed to death in a chasifi along
Golden Gate road which leads Into
park from Gardiner. A coach cont
lng live passengers slipped over
side of a precipice, lt was oaugh
brush and its descent stayed for
instant, during which the passen
managed to extricate themselves
and escape, clinging to the rocks
brush. The stage soon fell wit
crash to thc bottom of the cat
700 feet below, killing thc horses
demolishing the vehicle. All the
bengcrs were painfully bruised.
BEGINS WORK with the first dose,
cleansing the blood of all thc poisonous
?ddt that produce RHEUMATISM, driving
out all the dangerous germs that infest the
bo dy-th oj is the way cures are effected by
Other medicines treat Symptoms; Rhiumati?t rtm?vu tbs
faust, and, therefore, its
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Everybody Should Reed This.^
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Kussiu nml Japan.
The recent .Japanese victories over
the Russians on land have caused
many to believe that the war is nearly
over and that the japs will have no
trouble in bringing the Russians to
terms. People who take this view are
not familier with the history of Rus
sia. The war has hardly begun. Rus
sia's enormous resources and endless
Kt.aj'Jna. .aufttlliUW-Jjvajy^iiot -yeU-,eouu\
into play, but they will. As the At
lanta Journal says ''the most strong
ly marked characteristic of Russia
through her entire military-history
has been dogged tenacity. Defeat has
never dismayed her. She has never
known when she was whipped. What
she bas lost through force she has
ever regained through persistence. A
people who could burn their ancient
and sacred capital in order to starve
out an invading army are not a people
to weaken over the loss of a few war
ships or to cry f jr peace even if all
their far-off Pacitic dominations be
taken from them.
It wits her early was with S weeden
which not only taught the world to
know her but taught Russia to know
herself. Her navy that had been years
in building was destroyed in the tirst
engagement, but she proceeded to
build ano tb sr, turning a marshy wild
erness Into the great city of St.
Petersburg, as a nnvy base. When thc
land forces of the czar were ignomini
ously defeated in the tirst battle, hil
only comment was, "The Sweedei
have the advantage of us at tirst, bu
they will teach us how to beat them.'
Por nine years the eagles of victor;
persistently perched upou the banner
of the Swedes, who had overrun al
western Russia and were making thei
triumphant march upon Moscow. Ru
at last Russia was ready. At Pul
towa the Swedish army was annihila
ted.
"The same indomitable spirit hal
i marked every movement of Russk
from the time wheu at the close o
the middle ages she was a semi
savage, semi-Asiatic power, so hem
med in by barbarian lands and hostilf
races as to be almost entirely cut oil
from Intercourse with the civilizer,
world to the present, when she ha!
pushed her lines out to the seas 01
every side to the Caspian, the Arctic
the Azoy, the Baltic, the Black anc
the Pacitic. Men still living remem
ber Russia's marvelous exhibition o
power and pertinacity that made tb'
Crimean war one of the most remark
able in history. With England
France, Turkey and Sardina com
bined against her, she held out mag
ni ticen tl y for three years, making tb
siege of Sebastopol the most mern
orable and destructive of all time, am
yielded only a thin strip of territor;
along the Danube as the price o
peace.
"But the Issue was not settled. I
never is with Russia. Within ;
quarter century afterward she, hai
gained all she had contended for, am
more-the war of '77 gave her every
thing she had lost in the Crimea
struggle, while Turkey was shorn u
half her l-airopean possessions. Jt i
impossible to sympathize with Russi
civilization, hut lt is also impossibl
not to recognize lier mighty prowes
and her undying persistency. Wber
ever she has found herself up again?
a stone wall that could not be sui
mounted she has patiently worked bc
way around tb-the signillcant thin
ls that she has always got beyond il
She furnishes the world one of it
best lessons In patience and pe
severance."
Charges In Uniforms.
The Columbia State says there wi
be several changes in the Souther
railway uniforms this year. All wi
be made up from 14 ounce chcvlo
Tho conductors will wear doubl
breasted skeleton lined coats, wit
vests and trousers to match. Instea
of a single breasted east as heretofor
tho tlagraeu and brcakemen will wei
a double breasted sack coat, wbich
the regulations will require to be worn
buttoned up. The porters will bo
uniformed as Pullman porters and
will be required to keep their coats
buttoned. Instead of the familiar
monogram, "S. R.," the lettering on
the collars wh\ be "Southern," those
of the conductors in gold and those
of the trainmen in silver. The Coast
-Iiiuo monjil! weat ?ar?a . .j,rrihft p.nn,tr
will be singlb breasted with veal
The conductors will wear plain bia?
buttons but those of the train mea
will be brass as heretofore. "A. C. t
D." will appear tn gold on all the col
lars, except on the porters' uniforms,
where the lettering will bc silver.
Diet! From Old Wound.
Samuel S. Stafford, a prominent
lawyer of Oxford, N. Y., ls dead there
at the age of sixty-seven years. His
death was caused by blood poisoning,
resulting from a wound received be
fore Port Hudson on June Iii 1863.
Ile was lirst lieutenant of Company
A, of the One Hundred and Four
teenth Regiment, N. Y. V., and for
a number of years bad be'en secretary \
of the One Hundred and Fourteenth j,
Regiment Association. He repre- rf
sented Chenango County in the StateJ
Asssmbly iu 1805.
Nearly Starved.
Miss E. Huesse has been fouffad un
conscious in her residence, 4 iori Grand
Boulevard, Chicago and tsffken to a
hospital where lt was 'uwvr? her weak
and emaciated couoUtlons was the re
sult of a fast lasting/rur . more than
twenty days. Miss wtuesse lives alone
in a handsome bous? and ls regarded
as wealthy. The ipollce assert that
recently she joined| a new cult, chief
of which ls said to
grains of wheat, p
air are necessary t;
may reftover.
)e that only a few
re water and fresh
sus tai u life. She
In the last twfenty years, according
to the ligures &>t the labor bureau at
Washington, onere have been more
than 22.000 stnlkes, involving a loss to
employees and/employers of over 8400,
000,000. Th
themselves if
that of their
loss to the workmen
as been more than twice
employers.
DR. HATHAWAY.
MenjndWm
who are In nt-eil of th?
bent medical treat
ment Hhould not fall
to consult Dr. Hatha
way at once, a? he Is
r c ? o K n 1 r. e rt as tho
leaning and iuost3uo
cessful specialist.
You are safe In
placing your case In
his liando,as he ls the
longest established
and has the best rep
utation. He cure?
where others fall;
there ls no patchwork
or experimenting In
hts treatment. Per
sonal attention by Dr.
Hathaway, also spe
cial counsel from his
associate physicians
when necessary, which no other omen has. If
you can not '.all, write for free booklets and
question Wanks. Mention your trouble. Rv
?rything strictly confidential. J. Newton
Hathaway, M. D. '
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