The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 03, 1894, Image 4
<Duv iamihj Story.
SAVING THE CLAIMMrs.
Ashbv stood in the open door
way of her little sod cabin and gazei
longingly out ucross the broad stretol
of level, Kansas prairie. She wuh i
frail, broken woman, whose dooplj
furrowed features and great, hollow
eves told a pitiful story of mental am
physical suffering.
Like many of the j>oor settlers 01
the ^reat \\ osteru plains, she had ex
perioncod the bitter trials and hard
ships of a long and unsuccessful war
fare uguinst poverty. There was i
yearning, soul-hungry (expression 01
her sad, wan face that was touching])
pathetic.
Upn across the prairie from th?i
west came another woman. She was
yoUug?not above twenty at the most
She was tall and slender, almost ti
frailty, and her face wore that sad,
wan expression that characterized
Mrs. Ashby. but without that hopeless,
despairing look.
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un eager, questioning tone, us the
younger womap appronehud and sank
to a seat by the cabin door.
"Dick Ennosa will 'not buy the
claim, mother," the other replied,
folding her hands in her lap.
Mrs. Ash by stared at her daughter
in amazement.
" Why, Mary !" sho finally exclaimed,
"how is that? I thought he
wanted to buy it."
" lie did. mother, while father watliving,
but he has changed his mind
now."
" Hut why has ho changed his mlndV
Ho surely needs the claim now as
much as ho needed it tlieu."
" Yos, ho does."
"Then, why doesn't he want it
now V"
" Ho does want it, mother."
" Then why won't ho buy it?"
Mary hesitated a moment, then
rising and drawing her form to its
full height, with angry indignation,
replied:
"Mother, Dick Enuoss is a rascal,
and ho won't buy our claim because he
thinks by waiting a little while he can
get it for nothing. He was anxious tc
buy while father was living because
lie knew father could hold it, but lit
thinks now wo will bo compelled tt
give it up and move away, and then lit
will have nothing to do but enter it ir
our stead."
"Surely, Mary, Dick Enness did not
tell you that V" Mrs. Asliby said in
cred ulously.
i" No," Mary answered. "But lit
said enough to make his meaning
clear. He means to get this claim,
and without paying anything for it."
Mary twirled her bonnet nervousl)
and an expression of set determination
.rM.wl..?ll -- ? * #
^ i uu uuii > ovurspreuu nor matures
With a deep sigh Mrs. Ashby at lasl
broke the silence.
" Well," she said, " if what you saj
is true, Mary, 1 don't see that there it
any hope for us. It is hard to believe
that Euness would take advantage ol
our helplessness and deprive us of out
land when we have worked ho hard ti
improve it. I would never have
thought he could ho so heartless."
' Neither would 1," Mary replied.
" It is a poor return for the way futhei
helped Oick Enness when ho came
here and the way he nursed him and
helped him in his crop hist year when
he was sick, lie might at the leasl
pay us for the work that's been domi
on the claim, rather than to hoo ut
turned out in the world with nothing,
But, mother, ho shall not have oui
home. 1 thought it all over as 1 canit
buck across the prairie and 1 made ut
my mind up my mind we wouldn't
give it up."
"Why, Mary," she said, "how car
wo help giving it up V We have uc
means of living here unless wo cat:
raise a crop."
" i know that, but we'll raise u
crop," Mary replied, with a quiet
determination.
"But how can wo?" Mrs. Ashb}
asked. "Wo haven't a dollar to hirt
noip ana- nobody is going to work foi
us without tho money in hand."
" We won't ask anybody to work foi
us," Mary said. " We'll work for our
selves. We'll sow the land in wheat,
just as father intended to do, and I'll
break the ground and drill tho grail
myself."
"You?" tho mother exclaimed, in
credulously.
" Yes, I," Mary replied, firmly.
" Hut. child," Mrs. Ashby protested
" think what a task it would bo, anc
you're only a woman."
" 1 have thought, mother, of al!
that, but wo must not mind tho work
I'd rather go through anything almosl
than to give up our homo and leave
hero with nothing."
" But 1 can't think of you trying tc
manage a farm and doing a man'.work,"
Mrs. Ashby objected.
" 1 can think of it much better that
1 can think of giving everything ovoi
to Dick Ennoss. 1 may not prov<
successful iu my efforts to raise t
crop, but I'll try. Wo have the team
tho plough and the seed and I'll mukt
use ol them."
Mrs. Ashby did not acquiesce readily
in her daughter's plans, out she finally
gave a reluctant consent, and Mary al
once set to work to carry her plain
into execution. Fortunately, she wai
.used to hard outdoor work, having
aided her father on the claim tho twe
years they had lived in Kansas, and a'
the same time she had gained an idct
of farm management that stood her ii
good stead.
At the end of three weeks she hat
forty acres of ground broken ant
ready to seed, and she felt that the
worst part of her task was done.
" I'll go over to Dick Enness'," she
said to her mother, " and get tho dril
nnd put the wheut in, und then I'll bt
through with tho work for tho presoni
and have a little time for rest."
"Goodness knows you need rest,'
Mrs. Ashby replied, casting a look o
love and svmoathv on h?r (limirho..
" You're not strong enough for suet
hardships us you have gone through.'
"Oh, I've not hurt myself iu th<
least, mother," Mary replied, "ant
now that the hardest part of the work
in none 1 shall get along all right, li
will only take a little while to dril
the whoat, and the work is not hard ai
all."
Mury harnessed tho horses, and de
parted for Knness' to fetch tho drill
Knness was at home, and when sht
came up to his yard-gate, he walketi
out to meet her.
"flood morning, Miss Ash by," lit
called. " Where are you starting st
earl y V"
" I came to get tho drill," she repli'
ed, " to put in our wheat. I have tht
ground ready, and I tliought I'd use
?i>c unil wiiile you are timshing youi
breaking, so that you could have ii
when you arc ready to use it."
Dick Enness looked at Mary very hare
for uti Jiiatunt, then cast nis glauct
down while a tlush overspread his face
" I'm sorry to have to refuse you t
fuv >r," he said after a while, "but .
i
<
don't nee how ! can let you have my
drill, for I shall nee<l it myself for
.. several days."
"Your drill?" Mary exclaimed in
surprise.
" Yes. ma'am," Kuness replied, without
lodlcing up. "1 sup|H>?od you
? anew it. was my drill."
I ' I didn't know it, Mr. Enness,"
i Mary said, "ami i can't understand
4 how it coiues to bo your drill. I know
that you and father bought it together
r and i know that he paid half of its
j cost."
"That's true enough, Miss Ashhy.
, Hut ubout two months ago, just before
. your father's death, I bought his Intor.
est and paid him for it, so now it is all
. mine."
4 Mary Ashhy looked at Enness in
i wonder. That there was a word of
r truth in his claim she did not for one
moment bcliove.
f "Mr. Enness," she said at lus?, "it
< surpri ses me that you should claim |
uuii wmcii is not yours. I never would
, Uuve bolicvod thut you would bo wo
huso us to rob two helpless women uiul
| especially tho wife aud daughter of a
man who did so much for you us my
father did."
i " Miss Ashby," Knness replied, with
s cool eiTrontcry, "the drill is mine and
you can't have it, and that is all there
' to it.'*
, lie turned on his liool and walked
away, and Mary," realizing her helplessness,
returned homeward with a
heavy heart.
She understood Knness' purpose and
she knew that be had had more in
, view than tho simple possession of the
drill. His object was to thwart her
, attempt at raising a crop, so that the
claim would come to him, and if he
could deprivo her of the use of the
1 drill hotargued that her efforts would
he balked, lhit he had a different
spirit to ileal with than he had anticipated
and one that was capable of surmounting
the impediments ho placed
: in her way.
She thought the matter over. Before
she reached home she had a plan
formulated. It was useless, she know,
i to light with Knness for her rights
and it wa*? equally as useless to seek
elsewhere for a drill. Yet she was determined
to put the wheat out and she
( adopted the only plan that was open to
i her for the accomplishment of that
, purpose. She would sow it broadcast.
and harrow it in.
And sho did, though it took days of
hard work. She persevered until the
last foot of land was planted and harrowed.
Knness, who was watching
her movements and who chuckled to
himself when she began, thinking she
would soon give tip the undertaking,
changed his tune and felt somewhat
crest-fallen when ho saw the work
completed.
" I had no idea she was half so
grittv," ho mused, "and it begins to
look like I'll not have a very easy time
getting her olT that claim, hut then
the chances are that her wheat will
fail after all.''
Hut Knness was doomed to a disappointment
in his hopes of a crop failure,
for her wheat grew and prospered,
and at lust when it was ready to harvest
it was the finest field of grain in
that section.
Miss Ashby had a long spell of sickness
immediately after getting her
crop out, hut she was well and rftrong
again at harvest time, and though Knness
did all he could against her hy
hiring her harvest hands away from
her, she was able to got her grain secured
without loss.
When the wheat was all threshed
and marketed, Miss Ashby counted up
the proceeds, and found that she had
$.">00 clear of all expenses. She was
justly proud of her achievement, and
it was with a feoling of pleasure that
sho looked back oil those days of hard,
weary toil, when sho broke the soil
and planted the seed that brought
such a rich harvest.
Knness learned full soon what Miss
Ashby had gained and the information
came to him as a death-blow to his
l,m.n0 A( /
, u./^uii vi ov.nn injj ui? ui?iiu lur inn llt,
i"trIlo
decided tiiut if lie was to secure
r tho claim he would have to buy it. and
, he felt that tho sooner ho bought it tho
. hotter.
So one morning ho walked over to
- Mrs. Ashby's sod cabin, and after pass.
ing a few commonplace remarks, said :
"Mrs. Ashby, I've concluded that I
I might aiTord to take your claim off
, your hands being as you're so anxious
to sell. 1 don't really need it, but to
. accommodate you I'll buy it."
" What will you give?" Miss Ashby
asked.
" Well, it ain't worth it," Knness rc[
plied, "but I'll allow you what you
asked for it when you offered it to mo
[ shortly after Ashby's death."
" 1 told you thou you could have it
[ for $200, 1 believe ? Mary remarked.
, "Yes. I think it was $200, and
though that is too much, I'll give it
, just as a matter of accommodation, as
, 1 said before."
"Mr. Knness," Mary said, " if you
, want to buy this claim you can have it
. for $1,000.*
j Knness started and stared in amuzet
ment.
"You surely don't mean that," ho
j gasped.
" I do mean it. We won't take a
r cent less."
r " But you offered it for $200.
I, " Yes, because we felt that wo wore
^ comnolled tn soil it lint, u-n .l/.n't mm
4 so now."
44 You will fcol so," Enness said, as
he arose and left tlio room, !' You'll
fail on your crop next year and then
you'll he glad to get what I offer, but 1
won't promise to give it."
Ho stalked hack across tho prairie,
angry and disappointed. Ho had never
dreamed that his offer would bo refused,
and he really wanted tho land,
lie consoled himself, however, with
the thought that Miss Ashby would
yet come to his terms and be glad enough
to accept his offer, and ho determined
to patiently hide his time.
"I'm very sorry to have to decline
your generous aid, Mr. Enness," Miss
Ashby interrupted, with a queorsmile,
" but tho truth is we've contracted the
claim to the railroad company for a
town sito for throo times what you offer."
Without a word Enness left the house
and walked hack home. Ho was too
, completely beaten to say a word, but
he thought a good deal. For the first
time in his life it appeared to him that
it win very easy for g recti to overstep I
- nseil.
It was manifest to him. too, that even
> a woman could accomplish a great
' deal when she resolved to try, oven
though she luborcd under adverse cir5
euinstances.
? A few weeks later Mrs. Ash by stood
in the doorway of the little sod cabin
and looked out across the Kansas
' prairie for tho hist time. Her face
5 was no longer sad and wan, for she
' was very happy. She whs at hot
k going back to the old Eastern home
for which she had so long yearned, and
I the old, dark days of hardships an I
' privations were only a remembrance.
Mary Ashbv's indomitable will and
i energy had brought hotter and brightI
or times.?Chicago Saturday Keconl.
FACTS AHOUT AN OIA> FHIKNI).
Crowing Vuliio ami I'hch of tlie
Uroumlnut.
Under the varied names of peanut,
goober, pinder, ground pou und other
titles neurly every body is acquainted
with the groundnut. Hut its uses and
history are not so well-known, and the
facts given below will give some in- j
sight as to the value of this eominon
little article.
The humble and slightly esteemed
peanut is beginning to ussuino importance
in the world. It is likely to be i
adopted for rations by the army of
Germany, the Department of State is
informed. In that country the oppres- j
sivo cost of a gigantic military estab- |
lishment makes demand for the cheapest
possible food for soldiers. This requirement
is ujet by the "goober."
which is more nutritious than the best
beefsteak and highly digestible when
properly prepared.
Hosmln ? ' 1 1 '
wi nnvuiiin wiiu uuvo ueon invostigating
the subject haxe jfound
tliut pranut "cake"?tho residue after
oil hup boon expressed from itiu{ nuts
?is a highly concontruibd 'foofl and
suitable for human beings. It iscalcu- 1
iatod to ho of grout value to thoj peas- I
ant and industrial classes of Ktirope.
which bavo suffered from a long and
nearly exclusive diet of bread and potatoes
Hitherto it hutP&ifly been employed
as forage for cattle, sheep and
horses. The problo'lti 'confronting tne
experimenting scientists was to convert
this crude material into a palatable,
nutritious and wholesome human
food, cheap and easily cooked. This
they have perfectly accomplished, producing'
several preparations suitable
for different purposes which have already
been placed on the market. One
of these is peanut grits- the coarse
stulT dried, purified, bolted and packed
in one pound boxes. In this form it is
used for soups and cakes, or as a veget
able.
I'eilnut flour is similar to the giits.
except that the material is ground and
bolted like ordinary Hour. Another
preparation is in the shape of dry,
light and palatable biscuits or "crackers."
Tho low food is especially recommended
for tho use of persons afflicted
with diabetes. Also a fairly acceptable
substitute for coffee is made
from peanfits.
Peanuts, raw or roasted are not nutritious
at all, for the reason that the
diL'OHtive fiini'llnnu 4"
n ~ i viuou v\ f ?:>n111111 u tu I
thorn. The ebowod particles puss
through and out of the body almost
unaltered. It is the same way with almonds
and with nuts in general. The
"goober" has to be thoroughly cooked
in order to be profitable as an article
of diet, lloiled peanut grits, for ex- j
ample, are perfectly digestible, oven
by sick people.
For the sukc of a tost, peanut soup
was fed to one hundred and twenty pa- i
tichts in a public hospital. More than
half of them found the new food en- ;
joyablo, and ate it gladly whenever it
was offered. Others consumed it with- j
out complaint, while about a dozen dis- j
liked it extremely. They complained
that it had a runcid taste. Hut all I
throve well on it. Such being the case I
with invalids, some of whom were suffering
with dyspepsia and other diges- j
tivo weaknesses, t his cheap and nutri- j
tious diet ought to ho most valuable
for persons in robust health.
The Gorman military authorities,
promptly accepting the suggestion offered
by the savants, have been making
experiments with peanut meal and ,
grits, served to the garrisons at Frankfort
and elsewhere. They have reported
favorably to the ministry of war
at Berlin, and. if further trials are
equally satisfactory, the new food will
be adopted as an element of the rations
and 44 field sausage " of the armv. It
is likely also to find acceptance in tlio
navy. One important quality is its
sustaining power, enabling the consumer
to endure much fatigue. In this
particular it surpasses even tlio hitherto
unoqualed "soja bean" of Ciiina i
and Japan.
But the most conclusive evidence in
favor of the peanut is furnished by analysis
made by German Chemists of
high authority. They have compared
it in respect to nutritive value with
other food, vegetable and animal, Peas
are more nutritious than beefsteak, I
white beans are more nutritious than
peas, soja beans are more nutritious I
than white beans, peanuts are more
nutritious than soja beans. In a pound
of peanut grits there is nearly twice as
much nutriment as in a pound of pons.
Ono pound of peanut meal is nearly
equal in nourishing power to three ,
pounds of beef. Peanut meal only j
costs 1 cents a pound in bulk.
At present the most important use >
of peanuts is in the manufacture of oil. J
The American "goobers" are larger, j .
sweeter and better llavorod than any
grown in the world, but they are not
so rich in oil as the African, the tincst
of which comes from Senegambia and
the east coast. In Bast Africa and India
great quantities of peanuts are
thrashed out by machinery, only the
seeds being exported, so as to save
bulk. At the oil mills the kernels are j
tiruuiiu una men pressed. Tho best of
the product is used for salad oil, the |
poorer quality is employed in making
soap and as an ingredient of olcomar- |
garino. Thoresidue,or "cake," fetches
$110 a ton. The shells of tho peanuts
constitute about 2d per cent, of their
weight and are utilized in Germany as
material for paper. Only a portion of
tho so-called "olive oil" sold in this
country is really what it pretends to
bo. The balance is made from peanuts
mostly. Tho best peanut oil costs only
$1 a gallon, furnishing a cheap and
passable substitute or adulteration. I
Comparatively few people know tho
difference anyway. Cargoes of peanuts
are actually sent across the ocean
from America to be roimported as ;
"olive oil." The easiest way to distinguish
the real from the falso is to
pour a drop or two of nitric acid into \
tho sample to be treated. Peanut oil j
thus treated will char, but olive oil
will not.
This country donends for supplies
of peanuts chiefly upon Virginia. In
that State 3,000,0(H) bushels of them
are grown annually?more probably
than the crops of all the other States
l>ui vogeinor. J'ennesseo comes next 1
with 000,0(H) bushels. North Carolina, \
Georgia, Michigan and California also t
raise peanuts largely, hut the \'ir- >
ginia 4* goobors " aro finest of all and t
fetch the highest price, and tho area 1
of farming land devoted to them is he- i
coming greater every year, as the hus- <
handiuan learns tho profit they can he t
made to yield. t
Tho greatest ponnut market in the 1
l.'nited States is Norfolk. Petersburg
comes second and Kmithfield third. <
In thofeo towns there uro many big I
factories employed in the business of f
rendering marketable the nuts that c
aro sent in by t lx? farmers. They are \
first thoroughly winnowed and screen- v
ed to cleanse thorn, and then t hey are o
sorted, the had ones being picked out t
by young girls, who stand on either v
side of revolving bolts, upon which t he t.
nuts aro thrown. Finally they are 1
packed in bags of 10'.) pounds each and c
shipped to jobbers in various cities, i
The jobbers soil them raw or roasted, r
tin; latter to grocers mostly. They do
the (rooking in groat cylinders that
will hold twenty or thirty bushel# at u
time. The cylinder revolves at a moderate
rate of speed, while the hig iron
"winds'' inside of it remain stationary,
the result being that the peanuts
are kept thoroughly stirred.
A generation ugo most of the peanuts
consumed in this country were
imported from Africa. The African
"goober" is small and round, the shell
containing only one kernel usually.
The American "Ground nut" is simply
the African nut modified by conditions
of soil and climate in the i.'nited
States. i'lant our peanut in
Africa, and before long it re'yerts to
the original African typo from which
it was produced. It is said .thut the
negroes brought the first peanuts
hither.
Now the American nuts have driven
the African nut out of our markets
altogether, and the latter are regarded
as a curiosity hero. Most of tin
Delimits iri'nu'i'i in (l... -1....I. . .
( II II I IK ? I ill l\ I 'Mill lit! II I, | *
are bent to Franco through tlu? port of ! <
Marseilles to bo pressed for oil. The t
tinest of all l" jfoupi;i>are the Span- j t
ish, which arc eoh>i.CF'red a fancy t
article, andMiro ' nityt(y consumed by \
oonfOctlomy-.-. Th4iV>1 "c/ist cents a i
pound, r'ot-iih Jind JijJe a!> ?ut one-third <
the ftizo of \qr\Smiiry*p>nes. The big I
nuts are novAp bo wcdl flavored as lit- '
tie ones. Tonnosseo ground nuts often t
have live or six kernels in one shell, fl)ut
the meat is rank. In many largo t
qilios of the United States peanuts i
have becomo a recognized article of 1
comtnorcc, and are quoted eAoh iliiy on
'change, liko corn or wheat! ' I
It appears from what-''has all-eady' ^
been said that peanut's are OxtrUordi- I
mildly nutritious, and that, thongh al t
most wholly indigestible raw' or roa->t- 1
ed, when reduced to meal and boiled or \
otherwise thoroughly cooked, they arc .
readily assimilated. Owing to their I
low proportion of sugar and standi <
they may serve to enlarge Pn a most i
welcome degree the bill of fare of per- \
sons under treatment for obesity. In jother
words, they are ideal anti-fat \
diet. From two points of view their ^
value as food is of interest to Amori- <
cans. In the lirst place, would it be t
desirable or practicable to introduce >
the meal and grits here? Secondly. 1
is this new discovery likely to stimu- ?
late the demand for United States pea- |
nuts? The latter question is likely to '
be answered in the negative, inasmuch 1
as this kind of crop can bo grown and i
gathered in Africa more cheaply than
in this country. i
Of course, as a matter of fact, the 1
peanut is not a nut after all. it is a t
sort of pea?an annual that lias to bo 1
planted every year and dies in the fall. 1
The blossoms of tho plant put,H forth a 1
little appendage, which makes its w:iy ?
into the moist earth anil swells out bo- i
low ground into u pod that has from I
one to four pease in it. When they
are ripe they are pulled up, stacked in t
the tiold to dry and finally cleaned and I
sorted for market. ? Washington Star.
AS NOIiDIUIl ANI? MAN.
Tribute by a Private to t he Date
Judge.I. It. Kershaw.
To the Kditor of Tho News and Con- I
rier : Intelligence has just readied us (
of the death of the eminent Christian s
soldier and jurist, Judge.). II. Kershaw, i
bettor known, perhaps, to his old i
friends and admirers as Major (Ion. .1. i
II. Kershaw. i
Many public expressions of sorrow 1
and regret, in prose and verse, clothed 1
in elegant and recherche diet ion, will t
no doubt communicate the demise of t
this groat and good man, and it is be- i
coming that such should be done, but 1
these few thoughts, couched in bum
bio language, emanate from the mind 1
and heart of one who knew him wed I i
in his brilliant military career, and i
possessed many and excellent oppor- l
tnnities for forming a proper estimate i
of Itis character. t
Tho history of our State and of tho
Southern States has not and will not I
record mo career ol a truer and purer t
man than Judge Kershaw. In his ear- j
lier public life he, liko his fellow inor- ti
tals, had his faults; but, as is well i
known, lie struggled manfully to over- h
come them atftl his success has been i
clearly evinced .by his public life sinoh t
the war between the States. The judi- c
rial ermine has never honored nor n
been honored by a better man, a man a
who in dispensing justice was merciful, v
yet uncompromising in the porform- t
unce of his public duties. v
Judge Korshaw led to the front the v
old historic 2d regiment of South (faro- t
Una Volunteers, which, together with t
the .'id, 7th and 8th regiments and g
Kemper's battery of artillery, formed o
what was originally Honhatn's brigade, k
and, if 1 mistake not. waJ termed "the p
1st brigade, 1st corps, army of the Po- t
tonne." This brigade at the tirst hat n
tlo of Manassas was placed in reservo a
and was so to remain throughout the ti
battle unless wo should hp heavily i e- e
pulsed or heeome suddenly victorious, e
In making this disposition of our bri- t
gade (Jen. Heauregard fully expected v
the timely arrival of Kirhy Smith's h
brigade, then on its way to Manassas ti
from Kichmond. It is generally known c
that Smith was behind hand, caused w
by a traitorous railroad otlicer, but it p
is not generally known that a portion n
>f our brigade was ealled into action, o
in consequence of the failure of Smith, h
in timo to cany out the pluns of our n
commanding general. l.t
At about d o'clock p. in. orders sud- n
u.?i - >
?v i.U41UH.5 wruernig iwo oi our rogi- o
incuts and the battery to the front.
Hon. lion ham was required to remain w
it his post. This was galling to the 01
gallant oal man, who was. anxious to ??i
dmro in the danger and glory, lie d
forwarded, under tho command of Col. II
Kershaw, the 2d and 8th, the former |>'
Kershaw's own regiment, the latter ti
commanded by Col. K. 11. C. Cash. The li
esult of this movoment was a thru in gi
he tide of battle. (Jim- two regiments g
vent into battlo under (1 might say to tl
,'oung troops) horrible circumstances. i'i
VVhen approaeliing the battlefield wo d<
vould meet being borne out soldiers tl
vounded in every conceivable way: w
uniie with one or both legs hanging-; s<
iomo with a part of their faces shot g?
?IT: some terribly wounded in the
>ody. The sight and groans of these
vounded men and the declarations of
imid ones who had volunteered to aslist
off the field wounded comrades. ^
that *' we were cut all to pieces," wore
tot calculated to increase the ardor of (j)
aw troops, and two or throe in our
inmmand sleeved the white feather at ^
his point, and never could be induced j
o face the Minnie ball in subsequent i
)attles. !>l
t'ol. Kershaw's conduct in this trying
irdenl was something roniurkublo. < ''
fad 11o been conducting a body of his
Mends to a picnic he could not have
xhibitod personally more noiudialanco.
.Vhvnover ho uttered a command it fj
ras without, a quivcr of tho voiuo. No ei
xeiteinent oid he exhibit in anything tli
lint he said or did. 1.1 o spoke a few ?i
I'ords of encouragement and sympa- C't
hy to some of tho wounded men that tit
to met. The conduct of Col. K? rslmw to
n this trying maicli into battle did cu
norc to keep us in heart than all the to
oaring and snorting and cavorting so fri
rojuently indulged in by oltlcers ?iilor
auch circumstances. f wua vor.v
,-ouug. porhana the youngest l>ov in
Kc> Hth. uinl I remember tlmt I kept |
ny eyes on v,ol. Kershaw nil tlio time;
11s very calmness had a good elTcot on
no, and all the ethers too. Wo be- i
: ,ine sofpai a" < ?' I'r'em h 111 a little while. I
11 he had di reeled our eoloael tochurgo '
,(trough a small pie ie of woods. Our
.\yo regiments for a lit.tle while did l
lonie huyd lighting and lost many good
nen. but "we won a glorious victory.
\'.though 'mo have* hot received tin'
; -edit that is duo us', it is undoubtedly
,rue,th;p >ye V.u: ueci the tide of battle.
iVhen.we drove tl\e New Vork Zouaves
rem tiielr position there was a giving
vity all along'tin lino, which soon torniaatoil
iu,an utter rout.
(jeii.. fihinbuiu. having been elOeted
ioveripa* of South ( 'aroliuu. resigned
i sliurt tiiue after this battle, and Col.
\ersbaw was promoted to the com*
naud of the brigade for incritorioOs
icrvicos on the battlelleld. Under his I
omiifaad our brlgado entered on a
areer tiiat iraineil fee it ?u.? > *
viii uwu
he tu'iny tin enviiible reputation for
mivery and cniiuruuec. At tho eup uro
of tlarper'a Merry our brigudo
vas placed temporarily under tho nunmind
of Gun. ' Stonewall'' .luckson.
>ne of the Maryland Ifoiyhts, called
Mnuaclo Lfvflit, was in the hands of
lie enemy and it. was ipy'ossnry that;
his should lie raptured, as it was eonadored
tho key to JlaVper'a Ferry.
)nly one hi igiute'jfloiild engage in the*
nfanl ry attack" nu'uccnuut of the peeuiar
JpejjVidn of theenoiny.
Marly up the morning of Hep to rubor
3, 1 Htl:!. our brigado was nut in niption.
iVo had'been informed the night hoore
that 6m' brigade bud bifen selected
o elfect the capture of tlfts height
After ascending u few hundred yards
ve came in eontael with tl\e enemy.
Advancing. as we had to do, over stub |
)le that hud been burned over our men .
xperienei'd great difficulty in roloadng
their pieces, ami a bayonet charge ,
vas an utter impracticability. Wo
deudily, however, drove the enemy to-'
yards the suiYmiit. When wituin u|
(hurt distance of tho summit they |
leased firing and .retreated rapidly,
,browing themselves behind breustvorks
which hud been constructed to
neol such an emergency. Here wo
utue to a'.-halt as-it was utterly imlossiblo
to dislodge the enemy from
heir well chosen retreat, which both
luture and art had combined to render
inpreguuhle. What were we to do V
Must we give up in despair after ins
tig so many bitavd. comrades? We
vere ordered to protect ouyselves for
he time from the missiles of thb one
ivy. Aitor waiting about fifteen minites
wo we're oi'ilerbd to c'hnrgo tho
ireastworks! Not it soldier hesitated ;
very ono fdlt assured thaj, our general
vould not iuvodle^iy sacrifice bis inon.
Jndor a terrible liro wo approached to
.vithin twenty yards of tho fortilicaions.
wbon. to tho astonishment of all,
lie enemy gave way apd ran poU-uiell
lowii tho mountain in,the direction of
larpcr's Kerry. I was lying wounded
ioar tho breastworks yet I noticed astonishment
on every face at the conluot
of tho enemy after lighting us
vravoly all tho morning. Tho o.xplanaion
was soon given, however, (ion.
ivcrshaw had detached a fowcompanies
rein the right- of the Tth regiment
uid, taking .command of themsolf,
nude a circuit around the summit and
miuugcd to flank the' enemy. Our
jhurgo was commenced at a signal
igreod on botw'ecn him and Col. Wiliams,
whom he left iu charge of tho
vrigadu'. Ah soon as he had Hanked
he enemy ho ordered the companies
,o open an enliSadclire ; this, 1, presume,
vas the signal for us to charge the
iroast works, Tlie result of this successful
expedition was the capture of
Harper's Kerry, with 11,Odd prisoners
ind large numbers of stnall arms und
ibout tliirty brass cannon. Thus you
vereoivo Cien. Kershaw contributed in
in eminent degree to .the success of
>ur ai'ins in two great battles.
1 cannot refrain from mentioning a
ittlc incident that goes to show that
his bravo man.of war possessed a kind
ind gentle heart. After^geMlng my
inn attended to by tlie-.surgeon, in dong
which he was'compelhod to use a
hiugle in the place of a splint, I was
naking my way to some better localiy.
As was his habit whenever lioi
otlld U<) SO, (rOtli Kershaw, liooomnu- I
ilcd by ? part-of his staff. was looking
dtor vthe wounded. Their position
kus very bail, situated as many of
hem wore on or near the niountain top,
rhcro tin y could get no water, and he
viis making every exertion to have
hose who could ijot walk conveyed to
he foot of the mountain. As 1 was
roping my way along very slowly, he
nine up to me. I had been personally
uown.to Gen. Kershaw a short time
revious to the war, having several
imos visited hisolfico in Camden with
iy father. Lie was then conducting
n estate matter in the courts for my
ithor. As soon as lie apju-oaehed near
nough to discover my condition he
xelaimed : " Why, ILolleyman, what's
he trouble witli you. my boy?" 1 was ,
cry weak, having fainted twice from
iss of blood before my woprnl was at- J
mded to and was in a condition to oxito
his pity, lie got oil' his horse and
'ith the help of the officers with him
laced m'o in'thd saddle, hut I could
ot endure the jolting of the horse
veil in a walk and I bogged him to
avo me taken down. After directing
10 what course to pursue be roluqtant{
left, me. This uet. of.kindness made*
jo forgot my pain and helped mo to
vercomo the difficulties before mo.
Gen. Kershaw's conduct since the
ar, in view of the strlying for olficc
11 the part" of his fellow surviving
Ificors. is somewhat remarkable, lie
id eoni-ent to renresnnt Hlo
t v .1?Q I'll
le State, but iurthor -promotion ho
usitivoly refused. YVitb l?'is wtir p roego
ho could havo boon Governor <?f
is Statu, and could with case have
uincd a scat in the United Kt'utcs Oonrcss.
lie l'mally consentod to assume
10 judicial ermine, which hovoluntaly
laid aside a short while before his
ath. It. is useless for mo to say anyling
commendatory of his course
bile a Judge. His was a knightly
ail, with a heart as gentlo as the ^
ntlest woman's. W. M, II. 1
VVl?ito 1'iains, S. C.
m
The Southern Inlcrestnto Immi- J
ration and Industrial Association and
10 convention >f Southern (lover- fi
irs will meet in Augusta, May 30, to I
ooncJ 1 * '
^ in mouHiu:ij pians to induce \
ipitul and immigration, to advortiac J
nl to correct many erroneous opinions
tout tho Sotith amonjf Northern pro- ?
?. *
Japanese Liver i'ollets nro small but
eat in their effects ; no griping ; (>< f*
>se:> ots. SoM b,v t'ai jumt' t Bro-., i)
recnvlllo, 3. C. a
Wo aro pleased to announce that e
ir pent or Bros.. (Jr< nville, S. (!., our J
iterpriaing druggists. have secured *
o agency (or the Japanese Pile Cure; .
most wonderful d eov ry for the
ire of Piles oi cvry kind, which It
oy will > 11 v itli a written guarantee \\
refund fiie money if it does not a,
re. It is sa'd to lie a specific for 1.bat
rrible and dangerous .disease. (.let a .
Bo sample and try it.
STATU NKWS IV ItlllHI'.
Interest in:; Votes IVoin \ ni ions Knurt't'S.
- S. T. Inula net. of I >enin irk. i oeontly
s ii|?|>t*<i t wo l>.is r us ? ; I t t >
lticliuioini. Va,., and one lu A-J \itlo,
N.
? Tin* 1'resident Jias iioinitDit d tin.'
tho following postmaster* liu* South
Carolina: ('. .1. Shannon. Camden:
Mrs. L. K. Morris, A ikon.
?The Stato Hoard of Medienl Kxatninortt
hold its lirst mootin;.' on tho
2lth inst. in Columbia. Tin < xnmiuutions
wore orul. and '.nirty-one unplii
oauts for lieoti-es to praclico inodieiuo
wore passed. 'l'liroo of to it* number
wero colored.
?Tho Corn J ?troll or (1 :i mil ! a-sent
otit to tho clerk* of court of t o counties
of tho Stato tho pension mints.
Tho ?- -i
A ..V> V <l ll IJU Ul'ilWU a ii'i pill (Hit
at once to tho anxious |???i?-;<?ii -,s
Knob old soldier or tin- wido.v of a
h >1(1 it i* will rooeivo about -Jli.
?Jack Prince, tho profe-slona 1 y- '
clist, won a twenty-mile rare a ... .i-t
throo fast horses at Columbia on las'
Thursday afternoon. The race was th
run in exactly one hour, on minute ln
and forty-two seconds. After having
raced nearly twenty miles ho made the wi
last quarter in US seconds.
-^-Collector of Kevemie 'J'ownes h is in
appointed Joseph On/.Is. of Ivigefield, n'
as deputy collector of the fourth di- *j'
vision of this State. Mr. Ou/.t - is a son Si
of Sheriff Ouzts, of l&dgoliold, and is a ?.
young man. Tho division comprises
tho following counties : Oconee, Pick- hi
ons, Anderson, Abbeville. Newberry ,n
and ttdgetiold. i ^
?Tho first known application of ,M
I electric power to cotton manufacturing
' was made last week on tin: Columbia n
canal. The success of the experiment ^
will revolutionize mill construct on.
Canal sites will ho of secondary importance.
Mills can he estubl >ii i jj{
within any reasonable distance of a n
water power. Tho dynamo docs the b<
rest.
I
?Tho recent decision of the Su- 1
promo Court of this State on the Din- ?
ponsary law contained ahout 22,000
words. Associate Justice i'opo's d< cision
contained uhout 13,090 words ??
and that of tho majority ?>f the court
8.7(H). it is believed that tho court
would be glad to hoar a test cast* as to ; .
whether prohibition is now in force in
this State.
if'
?Stock is being' taken at the State tol
Dispensary. It is not known exactly w?
how much is on hand, lait it is esti- Mi
mated that tho total amount is about an
$90,000. In addition to this it is said sii
that the county Dispensaries owe the
State institution about $1 lb,000. The ha
State, therefore, has a stock of goods an
on hand valued in the neighborhood of \\ I
$200,000. ha
?The State Hoard of Control has always
required that Dispensers should N "
protect Dispensaries from lire and
stealing even if necessary to sleep in a.'
tho buildings. It is understood that
since the robbery of tlie Dispensary at
Sumter orders have been issued that
tho rules must bo strictly complied P*
with in tho future. This is to guard XV"
against further robberies.
" no
?Tho railroads are about ready to '
pay the hack taxes due the State. Tho bit
payments are to be made within a week nu
and must he made to the county Irons- fat
urers. In addition to the amounts To
owing to each county tbo roads must in
pay the lb per cent, penalty and all 1
costs whore executions hud been is- | we.
sued. The total amount due the State im
by the roads is about $2on.ooo, aim this lie
will be a snug sum at this time. yei
? Tho dispensary at Sumter was
robbed on tho night of tho 23rd. Some t
one entered by a false key which was on
a bunch of kovs which t.h?> ;..!*?
- nli
the front door. .lust how much was ir
taken from the place is not known at " ^
this writing hut it i.s said that there >u>)
are eight keys and several cases gone. '|i (
The dispensary is located in the Ma- j
sonic Temple in the most public place j
in the city.J and it is said that a wagon (,i)t
was used.
?The transfer of the Columbia hoi
postollieo was made last week. All
Kverything was turned over to Col.
William Wallaoo, tlie now postmaster,
ami Postmaster Clayton severed his
connection with the olllco. The (
changes, if any, will be mudo slowly.
All the present force will be retained, fll(
it Is thought, for some time, as the ^ju
new postmastor does not want to im- Vil)
pair the cHioieney of the postal service j)V
and will not do so. I,'0j
?Constable Cain, charged with the v:i'
killing of Lewis Redmond at Darlington,
was released f"om the l'eniten- s^()
tiary last week and is a free man. He by
went to Charleston and will go from ,na
there to his home in liarnwell County.
The bond of $4,000, in which sum
Judge Watts authorized Cain to he ad- ]ia<
mitted. lias been given by the aeeussed. t h
Five prominent men signed tlie bond. an(
McLmvlon is still in the l'eniten- '
tiary. hut. his friends are preparing l'')s
his bond. Ho will be turnod loose in a vlc
f l - -
iow nays. | tor,
_w |one
For Breakers Ahead jffi
irhen Dlmnlp* V?r?5io *? ? ?!?.?1? ? ^
t , UU>.U) v?i uuuuiei una nesn
iko manifestations of impure blood to r<
ippcar. They wouldn't appear if
rour blood were pure and your sys- j
em in the right condition. They 'j""1
how you what you need?a good uwft
>lood-purifier; that's what you get men
vhen you take l>r. Pierce's Golden
kledical Discovery. *
It carries health with it. All
Slood, Skin, and Scalp Diseases,
roin a common blotch or eruption v.
o the worst Scrofula, arc cured by , ,pt.
It- invigorates the liver, purifies i,^
nd enriches the blood, and rouses
very organ into healthful . etion. |RE
n tho most stubborn forms of Skin
)isenses, such as Salt - rheum,
Ic/.cma, Tetter, Erysipelas, Car- Mod
uncles, and kindred ailments, and
ith Scrofula, in every shape, and
11 blood-taints, if it fails to benefit piexi<
r cure, you have your money back, aioar
, is the cheapest blood-purifier sold. Cahi
a stka!;k hsk.
How an Enemy was Foiled.
Tho following prnphlo statement will bo
mi with intense Interest: "I rnnnot desrrlbo
c mimli, rri<r|iyioDBHtton tliatovlHti'd in my
his, hand* ami legs. 1 had to rub and boat
ose parts nutil i hoy wore sore, to overcome
it mt'.-i-ure mo ueau reeling murium uikiii
vsscssion of tliom. In addition, 1 hud a
range weakness in my hack and around my
list, together witli an indescribable 'gone'
ellng In my stomach. Physicians said It
;is creeping paralysis, from which, nccordg
to their universal conclusion, there Is no
lief. Once it fastens upon a person, they
y. It continues its Insidious progress until
roaches a vital pointand the sufferer dies,
tch was my prospect. 1 had boon doctoring
year ami a half steadily, but with no par ular
benefit, when I saw tin advertisement
l>r Miles' Restoratlvo Nervine, proeurcd a
>tt lo and began using It. Marvelous as It
:iy seem, but a few days had passed before s
ery bit of that creepy feeling had left mo,
id Micro has not been oven the slightest
t Ilea I h >u of Its return. I now feel &3
ill as 1 ever did, and have gained ten
?unds in weight, though I had run down
om 170 to 117. Four others have used Or.
lies'Uestoratlvo Nervinoon my reromenition,
and It litis been as sat isfaciorv lntheir
sett as in mlno."?James Kuno, I,a Rtio, o.
Or. Miles' Kostorntlvo Nervine Is sold by all
iiggists on n positive guarantee, or sent
reel lly the Dr. Allies Medical Co., Elkhart,
id., on receipt of prlco, tl per bottle, six
it ties for Jfi, express ore paid. It Is free from
hates or dangerous drugs.
Sold y Carp, ntor lirj.s., Druggist.
COTTON NO li<)M;i:il KINtJ.
lull a I': osjierotis l-'arill r Is Doiuj;
Willi iloj>s uiiil Cattle.
Mr. \\ . .lowers, t he < rst while cottou
n-r of \Vi b..l< r tin 1 one of the largest
il moat successful planters in Gcorii,
was in Americus yesterday, and
I<1 of his losses by the freeze last.
dc. Idke every progressive farmer j
r. .lowers'crops were till inlvuneetl,
(1 It is loss by the freeze was eonlerable.
besides oats ami wheat Mr. .lower ?
(I several hundred acres of corn ?o
d row in y finely, every stalk of
tlch was killed to the roots. Mo
s already replanted about at JO acres
corn and hopes yet to soeuro a cood
Id.
Mr. .lowers hits turned his attention
gely to Moek raising, and instead of
owing cotton at a loss lie will raise
gs an l beeves at a profit. Last year
saved enough meat to supply his
intation for twelvemonths, lie now
s a drove of <> "> hogs on his farm in
ebster and will kill at least 2oO fat
rkers next winl< r.
riiini "fa (ieorv ia farmer witli (it 10
fand Lille h< r? ?.ing in his fields
d mead >ws, '.I"> I of which will he
. enough to kill tins winter. Can
xas heat that? b cs farming pay
Cleorg ia V
Sir. .lowers has full corn cribs as
11 as a full smoke house, but is foedr
h i - i t gs on p? as just now, of which
save nearly ?.? ) Inis iels of last
urs' er. p. Ih -me-iiogs he has any
mher of beautiful .lersey rows as
11 as t tin r line eattie, and already
fin - that stock raising is not only
jier but far more profitable than
sing cotton and hoarding free ne108.
kVhoro he onee i> voted hundreds of
es to cotton culture, Mr. .lowers
w has green lields of wheat and oats,
sides the large acreage planted in
n. Ho lias by no means abandoned
.ton, but that staple is no longer
ig on his plantation and the hog and
ininy schedule has full sway.?
iiorieus Tiincs-lieeorder.
i.'i,.,. i.. / -.i ?
. ... > a <> ii 111 DI;I.
UOIjUMHIA, S. April 2o.?-Firo
s afternoon destroyed th>> hosiery
:tor,y situated within the walls of
) penitentiary and operated by pri,e
parties. The huildiivr was owned
the State, and was a total loss, there
iijjf no insuraneo. The building was
ve il at $s OOP. Total lo.-s by lire was
ine uuing tlie maeliinery and
ek of goods. The mill was operated
convicts. Owing to the inllamtmv
bio material of the stock it was imisible
to get the lire under control,
e convicts had to quit work, and
I been marched to their quarters,
or was n > stampi do among them.
1 gome of them assisted the tiromou
lighting the Humes. The lire is suped
to have been started by a con- .
t, who wa- left te lock up the ffte^j
y. .In' n Graham, of tliis city, wulr '
i of tlio principal owners of the mill,
i hosiery,{machinery and stock was
urod for $U,OdO, in the following
lpanies : Southern, $1,000; Sua
tuul, $1.0(K); Am riean, of i'hiladola.
$1,000: rimmix, of 11 irtford,
i00: ITart fort, of Gonnoctiout, $2,;
Georgia I loiuo, $2,000, The mill
stock wore valued at $12,000.
-The greatest disaster that lias Imped
for many years to Uidgo Spring,
lincst fruit section of the State, is
recent cold snap which totally dotyed
the fruit crop for this year,
ire are shipped from this point and
10tta, three miles distant, every
r from (iO.OOj to 7f?,000 crates of
t, bringing at an ordinary market
n 70 cents to$l per crato : bringing
he aggregate from $10,000 to
Tlicre will not he a pencil to ship ^
n this section this year. With the
t crop goes the crate making busii,
which is a new industry started
year bv .T. W ? '
?u.h ii r cc. son, nod
I'-jr,. 'XTOentage of tlic nursery busii.
T'uo canning factories nv ill have,
smp.in closed.
The > i a I'd of directors of tbo I 'eniiary
i >ivo decided to extend the
cry factory. A contract to etxoiul
Inn Id in# sixty feet bus just been
I'dcd and work will be at <>neo cone
oed.
f.tSSfc JOHNSON'S
MAGNETIC OIL .
aslant Killer o* Pain,
.f Internal and Extornn;..
JJL ' euros niiKi ' vn ni. Nr.m'.v..iftJV
OlA, l.??mo ciK k, Hpraln' > oiiso 4L>
, yd swt-iiinu-, sen Joint!', curiOM.!
QnBJsjfr.UKA.Ml'B InstAnUy. eholor vAI >
?l Avtfj bus Croup, Dlptherlft, HoTo Throat,
ADACUK, as If l?y maylc.
HORSE 'BRAND, W&CKiI?
>st Powerful and PoiietrnUiml.lTiiinentf^r M*n
ist in exihUnoUs J.argo II bizo 7&c.f 60o% !i>o.
JHNSON'S ORIENTAL SOAP.
Icatod and Tollot. TlioGreat RKbi Corn and
Oeautlfler. Ladies will ftnd it tho ma l
ate and highly porfumed 'Collet Soap on
xrkot. It Is absolutely puro. Mnkos Iho
oft and volvoty ana nwtoros tbo lost com?
on; Is n luxury for tbo Oath for Infants,
ys itonintf. c1ohji?ch thosi'iilp an-1 promolVO
uwth of hair. 1'rlOO 25o. Vor nalo by
I'.titt li'fCH v GHK NVU4UK. Si <J