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. HAMPTON HONORED? Veterans March In a Body to tha Old Hero's Home. MEMORABLE OCCURRENCE Qer. Hampton Much Affected by the Oreat Tribute Paid Him. Bids His Men Farew&ll While Defending Cause Wade Hampton, who has boon doeoribed by Gon. Gordon as tho groatost man tho Stato of South Carolina ever producod, was honored Thursday as but fow mon aro ovor honored on this earth. It is taro that it falls to tho lot of man to havo suoh tributo | aid to him by hundreds of mon.oaoh of whom is himself a horo. Gen. Hampton was much affeotod by tho romarkablo demonstration of affootion and regard made by tho grizzlod survivors of many a bloody battlefield and dashing ohargc; so muoh so that towards tho end of tho address to hiB men his voice was faltoring, and ho spoko with difii oulty. His heart was full to overt! ow ing. It was a sight that those who witnessscd cir nevtr forget. It car ricd to all tho lossou that honor, ohivalry and integrity have a roward that no other qualifications oan proouro. It was about 5:30 o'clock whon tho Confodorato votorans in the city foil into lino at tho intorscotion Gervais and Main stroots for tho purposo cf marching to Gon. Hampton's homo and paying tributo to him. Tho procos siou was headed by Gon. Walker and staff and Adjt. Flonnikcn of Camp Hampton, bearing tho division oolois, and Col. J. Fullor Lyon, commanding tho Abbevillo reg'tmont, bearing tho tattcroi oolors of tho Tenth South Carolina rogimont. Just in front woro Messrs. Ashor Browno and C. D. Fiborhardt of tho Columbia orchestra, boat ing tho kottlo and bass drums. Fol lowing tho votorans wore tho Sons cf Votorans, headod by Commandor llu it and staff. In tho procession of tho veterans also marched several of tho fair sponsors Tho old soldiers marohed out Gorvais strcots upon tho north pavo mont, and tho line was over four blocks ? nearly a half inilo?in longth. A number of Confedorato gray uniforms woro to bo soon in tho procession. As thoy passed a rosidonoo upon Gorvais stroot a party of ladios and gontlcmon gavo thrco ohoors for tho old boys. At Gon. Hampton's rosidonoo thcro wcro ohairs upon tho piazza, and tho mombers of Wado Hampton chapter, Daughters of tho Confederacy, occu pied thorn. Noar tho oontro sat Mm. Waring, Miss Martin and Mrs Kohn, tho oommittoo appointed to oonfer upon Gon. Hampton tho Southern Cross of Honor. Gon. Hampton was talking to Gon. .John 11. Gordon whon the beat of tho drum was heard. Tho two generals immediately said farowoll, and Gon. Gordon going out, jumped in a oarriago and loft. Gen. Hampton then stopped cut upon tho portioo and soon Maj. Hart mot him and warmly shook his hand. Tho gonoral soon afterward sat down in a largo arm ohair, as tho marching column advanood. On his loft lapel Gon. Hampton wcro a reception oommittoo badge; on tho right was a boautiful Coufodoraio badgo. As tho votorans oamo up, Gon. Walker entored tho yard and camo upon tho portioo, warmly Krooting Gon. Hamilton. who had risen to rcocivo him. llo was followed by tho division sponsor and hor maids of honor and othors. Tho vetorans lined up outside tho fonoe, ton to fiftoen doop. In front of tho portico, in tho jard, wcro a number of little ohildron. Gen. Hampton remarked that ho wishod ho had "horses for all thoso men out thoro." As Boon as Adjt. Holmes fame upon the piazza Gen. Walker turned to tho vetorans and exolaimed: "Comrados, wo have oomo to call on tho greattst of all South Carolinians, Wade Hamp ton. I want you to wcloomo him with a good old Kebol yoll. Now give it to him, boysl" This was dono in fino style. Thon Gen. Walkorsaid: "Vouboys all know that 1 liavo boon saying too muoh alroady, and, bosidoa, I think that this prosontation should bo mado by ono who followed the groat oavalry leader of South Carolina all through those four yoars: I havo thoroforo, so le3tod Maj. Hart, of Hart's battory, to presont you to our groat ohicftain." ohoors.) MAJ. II ART. Maj. Hart, of Yorkvillo, of tho oolobratod Hart's battery thon spoko as follows: Gen. Hampton: You havo heard that yell bofore, and you heard it in days when it moant somothing moro than a tribute of lovo and affootion to you; when it meant torror to thoso who stood before it. It is my ploasing privilogo to present to you tho assombled survivors of two immortal Confederate armies?the ono of Northern Virginia, led by tho im mortal Loo, and tho othor tho army of Tennessoo, which follswed tho peerless T ? L lit f-1 mi * UUBupil IV. tJOHDHlOD. 1 11080 &TC ItlO mCD who stand boforo you this evening, and who for four years carried on tho point of their bright bayonots tho argumont for southern indepondonoo and tho prayer for liberty. Hut well did they perform their mission. There aro standing before you this evening men who stood before tho red mouthed oannon at Malvern Hill and at Cemetery Kidgo. Those banners, somo of which wo saw this morning, and somo of whioh 1 think are here, havo flashed upon soorcs of battlefields beforo you, tho great lcador. I see men here who followed Leo s great line of soldiery that wore nearly always invioible; men who fought under llill, and Early, and Jaokson and Beauregard. 1 see boforo mo men-who followed Joseph E. Johnson at Frank. lin, and who on a eooro of battlefields from Lookout Mountain to Atlanta fought Sherman and nearly always ropulsed him. And, Qen. Hampton, thcro are'men standing hero who followed your knightly blade upon a hundrod battlefields; wherever you led?for, air, you always led wherever there was fighting to bo done. Applause.) There are mon here who were with you when you took k.. Command of tho Confederate eavalty iu 1804, and whoro at llawcs shop you planted its dismounted liucs betoro tho advancing oorpj of Hardy aud Sherman and wronohed Richmond from their grasp with no insignihoant liitlo body of dismounted cavalry. Tho excuse of t lie ho mon thon was that \ou had boon reonforood. That was always their ex ouso; but, sir, there was nothing in it. And so, sir, when Shorman mot you at Trovalian Station, where tho Kotiold ritle was in tho grasp of tho oavalry men lostcau 01 uio usotoss sabre, ttnorrniD as ho rodo away from tho Gold wroto to his chief that ho was met by Hampton's calvary, nut that it was roenforood by Italy's divisioa of infantry and that their oombiucd forocs woro too great for him. Hut, sir, >ou know that you, with a foroo less than half as groat as his own, had compelled him to rotiro from tho fii Id in utter disorder. And now, oomrades, 1 presout to you a obioftian worthy not only of your admiration for (Jon. Hampton has always had that; not only of your lovo and affection, lor ho won that long, long ago, but worthy of tho highost meed of praiso that man can bestow upon his follow man. 1 j roscut to you ono who has done more for South Carolina in poaco. in war, acd again in pence than all tho orators and all the strtcsmen that over camo beforo or after. When in tho dark days that followed dieastor and defeat to our arms it was ho whoMands b< foro you this evening, that lent that hopo and couiago to the hosts of invin oiblo manhood and womanhood ? If 1 may say it?of South Carolina that carried victory when defeat seemed almost tho only result of the campaign It was due to the sagacious statesmanship and tho true courage of him that in a campaign which required grcator oourngo than war, when South Carolinians fought for thoir liberty a second timo that a victory was gained. (Jon. Hampton, tboso men oomo to pay thoir re-poets to you They lovo you, they honor you, and as yonder sun which is sottiDg in tho west marks tho dcolir.g hours of a neorloss dav. so these battlo scarred heroes beforo you, with their pJay hair and wrink'od faces, indioato iho declining day of their man hood, lfut such as it is, sir, it is yours, and yours forever. WHAT HAMPTON SAID. Loud cheers followed this spcooh, and thoro wero Kobel yells as Gen. Hampton roso ar.d faced his soM'.crs. Thoro woro ories of "Hampton." (Jen. Hampton plaocd his hand on his right breast and quiot prevailed an ho address the great gathering as follows: My Comrades: I havo indeed, as Maj. Hart has said, heard that Kohel yell ofton before and when 1 hoaid it from my own men, from tho men whom I had tho honor to command, I know that wo wero safo. I think it is ono of tho British poots who says: "The kites know well Tho long league's swell That bids tho Romans close." 1 might paraphrase this by saying: Tho Yankees knew well The long league's swell That bids the ltehols closo. My old heroes L hopo it novo will ho forgotten. I hopo it will ho transmitted to your children and to your children's children ?if-uot for tlum to uso to tell how it u-;cd to ring from tho forests of Virginia, how it rang from Gettysburg to the west and how it al wajs told of won who were willing to dio for their southland, to dio for truth, for honor, for manhood, for oluvalry and for a groat truth. 1 want you to try and teach to your children and to your children's ohildron that ours was not a lost oauso. I want you to tell them that wo woro fighting for tho right. Goorgo Washington was a rebel but Leo was not. When Great Ilrilain recognized tho independence of this country sho did not rooogniz) tho independonoo tho United Statoa but of oaoh sovereign 8tato as independent and sovereign. There vero 13 indopendent and sovtroigu Stales. 'I'hey founded this union and they had the right to withdraw from it whenovor they ohoso so to do. We woro not suo oessful?it ia not given to mortals to command success. You havo done more- you havo doservodit. And now in your dccling 3oars and when mine havo extended long beyond tho period allotted to man, you, my old oomrados, whom 1 loved, whom 1 trusted and with whom I folt as s*fo as 1 do now, I want to say to you all that all tho lovo you have givon mo has been inoro than rcoiprooatod; that all that 1 havo cvor been able to do for you, for any ono of vou, or for South Carolina, has beon moro than repaid by tho honors you havo un.so lioitcd oonforrcd upon mo and by this tho crowning honor of my life. I may not sco you again. 1 rcuiembor a story of an old bishop who when ready to retito from publio lifo wont to tho abbot and said: "Fathor Abbot an old man whoso heart is hrokon by the storms of stato is oomo to lay his woary bonos among you." That is all 1 shall ask of South Carolinaa few foot of oarth whoro my kindred for six generations aro resting. And 1 am proud to say that ono or more of each gonoration sinoo thoy woro known in South Carolina has filled a bloody gravo for South Carolina. (Applause.) 1 claim no orcdit for that. Hivory South Carolinian who was truo was willing to givo his blood and his lifo for tho old Stato. 1 am sure that 1 was willing to do so. 1 think I oan say so to you, my mon that 1 never turned my baok upon any ^ C _1 * ui you wnon your raoos wcro turned toward tho oncmy. Tho greatest honor that 1 felt during the war was onoo when 1 caino upon a poor privato who w&<i dying. Iistoppod hot-i do him and ho said : "I am happy to dio lighting and 1 am proud to dio fighting undor you " 1 pray that God will bloss you and will givo you poaoo and prosperity, givo it to tho old Stato, givo it to oaoh ono of you and that you will go homo and tell your kindred that you havo soon ycur old comrade and that ho thanks you for thorn. Again tho Kebol yells burst forth as the general ooascd speaking and sat down. Sorno ono then oricd for Gordon but Gen. Walker told hi n that tho old Confods had dono mo/o than tho Yankoos oouM ever do their ooming had made Gen, Gordon run. I MtKSENTATlON. Taking iu his hand a beautiful wroath of magnolia leaves Adjt. Holmes thon addressed Goq. Hampton thus: Gen. Ilauplon) k'our comrades oouio to you today bringing hearts full of lovo and word* of ostcom and praiso and rovcronoo. They oorno also bearing a simple gift which thoy want you to hang in tho room you most frequently sit in so that as often as you may lift your oyos toward it you may reoall tho men who tiover oooo in war or in poaco faltered in their lovo for you. This wreath is made of leaves from a treo that grows in vour native State. That tree was transplanted from tho Siato of your anecstors. It was transplanted from tho Dismal swamp of Virginia and cow grows in the yard of Lieut. Col. .Julius Hlako, who himself guthcrod those leaves aud they woro twined into this wreath by Mrs. Isaacs, whoso fathor served iu Texas aud in tho Confcdorato Statos navy. Wo havo Eclcetod theso leaves for those two roasons, and wo navo uounu incui witn riDDon 01 tno bluoand whitoof your Stato?tho Stato that will bo known hereafter for all time as tho Stato of its savior, aa Wado 11 ample u's South Carolina. By this time tho yard was fillod with old soldiers whom onthusiasm was boundless. (Jon. Hampton roso and said: ''My friends I want to Bay that I thank you for tho lovo and kindness you have shown mo and to assuro you that this wreath shall long hang so that if 1 cau so control it tho last look I give on earth will bo on that mcmonto of your kindnofis." THE CROSS IHSTOWED Mrs. ('lark Warring thon iu a most appropriate manner expressing tho most patriotic sontimcnts prcsontod tho Southern Cross of Honor to Gen. Hampton, and had sot down so that his little grand daughter could put it on his coil for tho Wado Hampton ohap tor. This was dono, and M?j. Hart leaned over and kissed tho littlo girl. Tho'geuoral said ho foil liko kissing tho dear women. Ju it hero Miss Margarot Klino, sponsor lor Camp Hampton oatno up with a beautiful floral dosign proBonting it to tho general, and naively 6aid, "Aren't you going to kiss mo?" Tho gonoral surrendered and did kiss hor then and thoro, whilo tho soldiors ohoorod. A final robol yo.l was given, and thon an informal rccoption was bold on tho piazza, tho soldiors orowdiug tho ono over tho othor to shako tho agod horo's hand. The least in quantity and most in quality dosoribos DoWitt's Littlo Early Kier>ru llirt fammia ..illo ...uv.M) ?..V (HUivua I'lllO 1UI uuunuj'iltion, rd<1 livsr oomplaint j. l)r. E. Norton. A SOLDIER 8 HOME NEEDED An Advocate of the Scheme Presents Fec'i and Figures To the editor of Tho Stato. Kxouso mo for asking onoo more foi a littlo spaoo to say a word for a Soldiors' homo. Of ooui jo dotaila must bo loft for tho law making dopartmont, but lot it bo uudorstood that tho pension syatorn, or outlay, ia not to bo diaturbod. Tho proposition is to build a homo for tho dostituto, holploss and homolofa. 1 hopo that when tho mattor oomoa Up in tho Stato oamp that tho old thread baro argumont that tho old soldiers | refer a pension to spond in his own way will not bo tuado. Who would think for a moment of forcing an old vo'orau to go to a aoldior'a homo in ordor to got help from tho State? Oh. no, ao long aa ho has a plaoo ho can call homo givo him a pension and lot him stay. Hut what are wo doing with thoao who aro today on tho road, or in tho poor house? Whoro will thoy stay whilo spending thoir pontiion allowauoo? Homctnbor tho proposition is strictly for tho dos tituto, helpless and homoloss. Some ono jumps up and aays tho old vetoran will not oaro to go a diatanoo from his old frionda and homo in ordor to got into a soldier's homo. Whenever a man roaohos that point whoro thoro is no ono ablo or willing to givo him sholtcr, ho will not oaro how far ho goos. I doubt if tho number would exoood 200, perhaps loss, in tho Stato that would oomo undor tho requiromonts. Tho outlay need not ho vory groat, porhaps $25,000 or $30,000 would furnish buildings, with modorato annual appropriations. 1 believe $100,000 moots the requirements, annually, fortho hospital for tho insane, with about a thousand inmates. But oaa South Carolina afford to count oosts in dealing with this question? Thoso oion didn t oount oosts forty years ago whon somo of theso very men woro of tho first to align themsolvos along tho Potomao from Harper's Kerry to tho Chesapoako. Thon, this outlay would ho roquirod for only a briof poriod, in If) years only a few thousand of all tho hosts, north and south, of ovor throo millions of men, will be left. If anything is ovor douo it must bo dono now. Wo oan't dopond upon voluntary contribution. All difficulties havo boon overoomo in othor Statos. Goorgia has givon ovor $600,000 tohor soldiors sinoo 1880. Itomembor that wo plead for tho dostituto, holploss and homoless. O. G. Thompson, Privato Co G. 33, 8 C. Infantry. Laurens, 8. C., May 7, 1901. Mr. W. J. Baxtorof North Brook, N. C., says he suffered with piles for fiftoon yoars. Ho triod many romodios with no results until ho uso DoWitt's Witoh Hazol Salvo and that quiokly cured him Dr. K. Norton. An Odd Remedy. A physician who has rooently returned from Porsia says that tho na tivos still boliovo that human tears are a romcdy for oartain ohronio disoasos. At every funeral tho bottling of mourn orH tears is odo or tho ohiof foaturcs of tho oo;emony. Kaih of tho mournors is prciontod with a sponge with which to mop his faoo and oyos, and aftor the burial those spongos are prosontod to tho priost, who Bquoczos tho toars into bottles, whioh ho koops. i DoWitt's Littlo ltiuors soaroh the remotest parts of tho bowols and remove ; tho impuritioB speedily with nodisoomfort, ihoy aro famous for their offioa- j oy. Easy to take, never gripe. i Dr. E. Norton. i WEATBER AND CROPS Fact* About theClimutic Conditions of I the Paat Week The following is tho weekly bullotin of tho condition of tho weather and 1 oropa of tho Stato, imucd last we ok by 1 Dirootor Bauor of tho South Carolina sootion of tho olimato and crop ecrvioo , of tho lioitod Statos woathor bureau: ;? Tho woek onding Monday May Gth, . avoragod warinor than usual, boing tho Grot wook of tho loason with temporaturos abovo tho normal. Max mum '' tomporaturoH of 90 or abovo ooourrcd c generally on tho Grst three days of ? May, with an oxtrcuio maximum of '.US at lilaokvillo on tho 4th; tho minimum for the week was 40, at Uroonvillo and , Kingetroe, on April 20th, on which date ! light frosts ooourrcd at numorous . points, but without doing any material damage. Tho rainfall for tho weok was very i:?u* 1 c-.j ?ti iigm, niiu uuuuuvu uunroiy I0 1110 WCHt om oountics bordering on North Caro- [ lina. Tho ground lias boooiuo dry over , tho oastorn half of tho 'State, where " there is a marked dofioicnoy iu tho sea 1 sonal rainfall, whilo over the wholo ( Stato rain in needed to siimulato plant growth, to gorminato iccoutly planted V Eoods, to taoilitato transplanting tobacoo and to Hoftcn tho backed and J oruatcd Boil so aH to permit young a sprouts to ooinc up. Truck is suffering ' scvoroly for rain, and >iolds have been " materially diminished by tho drought. Wheat and oats also would bo greatly ' benefitted by showers at this tirno. Corn improved in appearance, Btaud and oolor, although stands continue H gouorally p )or and brokon. Late plant 0 ingsaro coming up bettor. Corn has c not boon planted over tho western * counties, and bottom landr aro now being propared for oorn. Oycrthoooutral and oastorn oountics, corn is ro ooiving it first ou'tivation, but it is J small for seasoa. This crop needs rain at proecut. Cotton that was rcoontly planlod is oomiDg up niooly whoro tho soil is ' moist, but over two-thirds of tho S ato . was nooossary to replant from ouo half 1 to two thirds of tiro ootton that was " planted provious to April 15.h. Socd 1 oontinuos soarco, and thoro is a divir v hity of opinion as to tho effect of so muoh replanting, somo oorrospondonts ?, noting a doorcase in tho acrcago, whilo many of thorn boliovo tho aoroago will H not bo matorially doorcasod thoroby. 11 Planting is about finished. Sja island 0 ootton is dwarfed, and much replant- " ing iu neoossary. robaooo transplanting is delayed by 8 drought, and it is not moro than two- n thirds finishod, although Bomo farmors a arc sotting out plantB and watoring . thorn. Hioo is doing woll. Wheat has ' iuiprovod and is heading. Oats vary ^ greatly in condition, but 111 most looalitioH oontinuo grooming, although gonera'ly hoading low. With many ex 0 ooptions, poaches, pears and and plums H will be plentiful, but applos aro less \ promising, Truok shipments aro comparatively light. Strawberrios aro j? riponing gone rally. Gardens and pasturos ncod rain. Melons havo poor H stands, and muoh roplanting has been dono. Few inscotp, exoopt Colorado bootloB, on whito potatoes, havo mado . thoir appcaranoo. Sweet potatoes rot ting in beds. A 80LDIEKS BIBLE. \ - c Something that May Interest Some g Confederate Voteran. t Tho following was handed Tho State v for publioation whilo tho Confederates t woro in Columbia last week: 1 To tho Votcrans of South Carolina: r 1 havo in my possession a Bible o whioh was ovidontly tho property of o somo dovoted Christian soldier who had tho distinguished honor of boing s ono of your noblo band of horoes dur- i ing 1861 1865. As you havo assembled in our oity to moot again face to faoo, to faco with thoso whom you onoo stood shoulder to shoulder at Gottys b burg, Ponu., and on many othor 1 equally trying occasions, I thought by i pubislung this artiolo I might bo ablo ii to return this Biblo to thoso to whom it rightfully belongs. If tho one that onoo owned it has passod "over tho river," L will gladly roturn it to any rclativo claiming tho same. K K Calvo. a 526 Klmwood Avo., Columbia, S. C. r y Tho aooompanying beautiful Hdcb H aro wrtton on tho fly leaf; Linos writton in memory of mv moat I1 intimate friend and mcssmato, Lieut. 1 A. T. Traylor, who waa killod at tho c Hattlo of Gottyburg, I'onn , on tho 2d H of July, 1863: l Oh, friend! forever loved, forever dear; c What fruitless tears have bathod thy honor- ^ ed bier! t What sighs reechoed to thy parting breath; h While thou watt struggling in the pangs of t deathl 0 Cmld tears retard the tyrant in his course; Q Could sighs avert his darts relentless force Could youth and virtue claim a short delay, , Or beauty oharni the spectre from his prey; c Thou el ill had'st lived to bless my aching B sight, B Thy oomrade's honor and thy friend's do* I light. 1 If yet, thy gentle spirit hover nigh The spot, where now thy mouldering ashes i, lie. B Here wilt thou tread, record on my heart, A grief too deep to trust tho soulptor's art. s No marble marks thy couoh of lowly sleep, * Hut living statues thore are seen to weep; ,J Allliction's scmblanco beuds not o'er thy \ tomb, 0 AUiiction's self deplores thy youthful doom. r What though thy sire lament his failing line, v A mother's sorrows con not equal mine! j. Though none, like thee, her djing hour will ohoor, Yet other offspring soothe her anguish here; Hut who with me shall hold thy former a place? r Thine imago what new friendship can cllace? a Ah! none a mother's tCAr will oeate to flow. ? Time will assuage an infant brother's love; To all, save one, is consolation known, While solitary friendship sighs alone. T Bept. 19th, 1803. T. P. Q. C Unveil thy bosom faithful tomb, Tako this new treusure to thy trust, And give these sacred relios room To 'llfiilini' in IKn oilonl .l.iut G Soven poraons woro burned to death f whilo asleep in a tonomont house at d South Chioago. A freight train of ft Bixty-fivo ears, which was standing in I front of tho buiding and whioh, it is ii olaimed tho orow refused to more, u blookod tho firemen, who woro unablo a to got noar the burning building until ii it was too late. The train orow was tl arrostod and is being held witout bail. n TRUTH ABOUT GRANT. k Sentimental Story That it Not Sustained by Facts. Tho following timely article is a comuunioatiou roooutly published ia tho VrUnta Constitution: Mi tor Constitution: Not loDg ago ou "reproduced by permission from ho Now York World's SuDday Magaino" an artijlo by Mrs. Jeff r.-on )avis on "Tho Humanity of Grant." Mrs. Davis has certainly doponded ipon imagination and hearsay in this uology on Grsut. Speaking of tho word story of Appomattox, she say: 'General Grant did not kocp it as a ropby, but rospto.fully returned it to ho bund which had tnado its farno as pathless as that of Kxoalibur." In Irant's Memoirs, volume 2, pago 41)4, 10 says: "The much talked of surendering of Goo's sword and my bandog it back, this and muoh moro that nil tuion f-aiit ftVinn' if io ilm WVVM> ?WVV it, U tuv I'UlUOl omanoo." It was j ure romanoo about Jrant roociving tho sword, and it folows that it was not "respectfully rourcod." In his memoirs, Gen. Grant says that Jen. Leo told him that in tho Coufed rato army tho oavalrymon and artilGrists owned their own homos. Gen. Irant was of opinion that the war was bout ended; that most of tho Goofed rates were small farmers and would ot bo able to make a crop without tho aid of tho horses thoy woro thon idiDg." Ho s?id to Gon. Leo about ho horsoa: "Tho United States did not rant thciu, and I would, thercforo, in truat tho oflio rs 1 1- ft behind to roetvo tho paroles of his troops to lot very man of tic Confedorato army rho claimed to oui a homo or rnulo o take tho animal to his homo." From his it will bo scon that Gen. Giant, recording to his own statement, was in uonocd by two faots in allowing the lonfcdcrates to retain their horses to ?it : Tho horses woro tho private proprty if tho soldiers, and "tho United tales did not waut them." This moans hat tho horses wou d have boon taken f thoy had belonged to too Uonfodorto Slates, or thoy w<uld bavo boon aken at.yaay if the United States bad ranted thorn. This hcrso story has boon told so ftcu that no doubt souio porsOns boievo that (Jon. (Jrant sont Gen. Loo's oldiors homo on horscbajk, but that is ot tho onso. When tho eurrondor amo Gen. Loo had only 7,802 infantry rith arms in their hands. Boforo tho pajrolos were m&do out traggler.s enough oamo up to run tho lumbor up to about 25 000. Of those bout 5,000 worn cavalry and artillery. ?hon at least 20,000 mun bad to walk lonio, and woro not boneliciarics of Jrant's magnanimiy. Tho men who id rido homo wcro allowed to kcop heir horeo3 only until thoy got in good ondition. Thon treasury agents warmed through the oountry and car icd off every horso that had tho brand j. a. or u. s. on it. Uut thin did not atisfy thorn, for thov took away cvory lortc that eomo trifling negro would ay had boon in tho army. When it oomos to magnanimous roatwont of Confederates, Grant is not o bo classed with Sherman. Gon. Jonjamia K. Bailor statos that tl oro vas an agrcoiront bctwocn Sherman and lis loading officers to provide a ship at Charleston for tho csiapo from tho oumry of Jtfferaoa Davis and suoh if his cabinot and others as ohoso to ;o with him. It is a faot that Sherman proposod o allow tho men of Johnston's army rln surrendered at Greensboro to take heir guns and go homo as if no war tad taken plsei. Ho said ho would ather have tho paroled Confederates ontrol tho south than sco it turnod ivcr to negro rule. Mrs. Davis should write no moro uoh articles for newspapers until sho i sure of her facts. Robert U. Hemphill. Skin affections will readily disappear iy using DoWiU'n Witoh llaz 1 Salve, iook out for o..unterfi its. If you get )cWitt's jou will get good results. It s tho quick and positive euro for piles Dr. 10. Norton. An Alligator jStory. \ A inost remarkablo enoouotor with n alligator oooured in tho Salkehatohie ivcr near Yciuassce. According to our correspondent's informant, himelf mi eye v. i-iiOft-s to tho iuoidont, Mr. O igcrio Walker, of Yomassoo, who is a iiin weighing ovor 160 pounds, we it n the river for a swiui, leaving his ompanioDfl, four in numSor, on tho hore, from whioh point they watched ho antics of the expert swimmer for a onsiderablo length of tirno. Suddently dr. Walker raised his left hand high in ho air and his friends on shoro were lorrificd to sec a hugo alligator fastonod hereto. Tho swimmer, who is deended from a long lino of fighting an estry, uono of whom over lost a tight r jftid a forfeit, was nothing daunted iy the faot that tho Saurian had hiui omowhat at a disadvantage, and ho oon succeeded in landing tho laitor. t was found nooessary to completey scvor tho reptiles hoad from its body fcforo Mr. Walker's hand could bo re oasod from its oavornous jaws by neans of prjiog them apart with a tout stick The "gator" was asoeraiucd, upon actual measurmont, to bo ' feet and 8 inches in length. Mr. Yalkcr's hand, whilo considerably la orated by tho reptile's hugo teeth, is iit nearly as badly injurod as it would cry naturally bo supposed would havo >ocu tho ease. "Our little girl was unoonsoious from trangulation during a sudden and tor iblo attaok of oroup. 1 quickly securod bottlo cf Ooo Minuto Cough Curo, iyiDg hor thrco doeos. Tho oroup was aastere-l and our littlo darling speedily eoovorod." So writos A. L Spafford, )ho;tor, Mioh. Dr. E. Norton. A Blind Doctor. Chioago ia to graduato a blind dootor. loorgo 8. Dobbins, who has beon blind or cightcon years, has beon givon a egroo by tho Chioago Homoopathio ledioal Collogo. To soouro his aogreo >r. Dobbins took tho four-vcar oourso a modioino, supplying his laok of sight ith a wonderful memory. Ho is now bout to begin a post graduato oourso a his work, and at tho conclusion of hat ho will ontor upon tho praotico of lodioine. KILLED AND ROBBED By a Young Man Who Confesses the Crime to HIS SWEETHEART. Tw> Fellow Wo km#n Were the Vic'ims. They Wore Waylaid and Shot to Death by the Murdsrer. A dispatch from (Jrccnsboro to tho Atlanta Journal sayH tho facts in rogard to what was probably tho foulest murder ever committed iu North Carolina havo just oomo to light in Chorokoo county, beyond tho Dluo Kidge, near tho Tennessee lino. Seventeen months ago Charlos Mason and .John Sherman, two whito mon, loft a lumber oamp in which tl ey had boon our. loyod in Cherokee and wore not hoard of again UDtil thoir skoletons wero found a few weeks ago. Working in tho Cherokco lumber camp with Mason and Sherman was a youDg man by tho namo of Claries Dunboyc, who boro a bad reputation. Under tho promiso of marriago, ho seduced tho daughter of a mountaineer, and as a result of his pertidiiy his guilt as a murdcror has now ooiuo to light. Tho young woman states that on tho day of tho disappoaranoo of Mason and Sherman she saw Dunboyo arm himsolf with a revolver and take the trail over tho mountains in advanco of his two follow workmen. Several days later, whilo in a confi dcutial mood, Danooyo, swearing his sweotheart to socreoy, told her that ho had waylaid ai.d killed Mason and Shcr man. Ho added that as soon as matters beo&mo qu:ot ho would mairy tho girl, siucjthe money ho had scoured from the bodies of the men ho had mur dcred would enable them to to', up housekeeping. Upon the strength of tho young wo man's affidavit, a warrant was issuod for Dunboyo, but ho eluded tho officers and has not yet been oapturod. 1c is bclievod that he is in hiding in some of tho almost inaeoossible mountain passos near tho Tennessee line. DeafnesB Cannot be Cured by looal applications, as thoy cannot r< aoh the diseased portion of the ear rhoro is only ono way to euro doafnoss, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafnots is caused by an inflamed conditon of tho rnuoous lining of tho Kuataohian Tubo. When this tube gets inflamed yud havo a ruuib'irg sound or ia?p.crfcot hearing, and wheu it is entirely oloscd deafness is tho ro suit, and unless tho inflammation oan bo taken out aul this tube rcstorod to its normal oondition, hearing wiil be destroyed forever; nino oases out of ton aro caused by catr.rrh, which is noth ing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. vvo wm givo uiio Hundred JJoJlars for any oaso of Deafness (oausod by oatarrh) that oan not bo oared by li li s Catarrh Dure. Send for oirculars, froo. F J. CHENEY & CO , Toledo, O. Sold by Pruvgitts, 75o. Hall's family Dills are the best. Terrific Explosion. A terrific cxplosiou ooourod at the II entry oolliory near Wilkesberro, l'a., Five miners wtro frightfully mangled by powder and mauy woro injured. Quo of a numbor of ompty oars which were being pulled up oonlaincd ton kegs of black powdor and ouo box of giant powdor. The oar dashed into tho drum at tho head of tho slop and tho powdor by conjuision. The diu a and h:ad maohinory were torn to picoo' and the up of the slopo was wreok'd. This is a critical time in farming. Everything depends on tho start, and tho start of the crops of this year is not altogether sa infaotory. Work has r.ot boon interiuptcd by the weather to any marked degroo, but tho rcont oold weather gave a decided backset to things trying to oomo up. You aro much moro liable to ducafo when your livor and bowels do Dot act properly. DoWitt's Little Etrly liincis remove tho oausc of diseaso. Dr E Norton. Atlantic Coast Line RAILROAD COMPANY OKSOUTh CAROLINA. Condensed Schedule. Trains doing South. Dated Nov It) IStlU No.66* No.3f r. M. A Y Loavo Wilmington 8:46 Loavo Marion 0:34 Arrive Florence 7:15 Loavo Florence *7:4<> *2 1 Arrive Bumtcr 8:67 8 66 No. 62. A. M. Leave Sumter 8:67 *5) 4( Arrive Columbia 10:20 11 (K No. 62 runs through from Charleston via Central R. It., leaving Charleston 7:00a. m Lanes 8:34 a. in., Manning 0:00 a. ro. Trains Going North. No. 64* No.6t< A. M. P. M Leavo Colombia *6:40 *4 It Arrive Sumter .. 8:05 6 3t No. 8* P. M. Leave Sumter *8:06 6 06 Arrive Florenoe 0:20 7 2( Leave Florence- 0.60 Leavo Marion 10:30 Arrive Wilmiaefon 1:16 *Daily. No. 63 runs thrjugh to Charleston, S. 0., via Central K. R., arriving at Manning 6:04 p. m., Lanes 6:43 p. m., Charleston 8:80 p. m. J. R. Konly, General Manager. T. M. Emerson, Tiaffio Manager. II. M. Emerson, General Passenger Agent AOCAMAW LI Hi STIAMIRB.?The Steaaer will leave the wharf at Oeaway every Meaday and Wednesday ermlag fer tteergetewa at 4 e'eloek, teaehlag all la* terasediate points; aad will leave her wharf at tteergetewa every Tuesday aad Friday eraiag fer Ceaway at 4 o'elook, teaehiag at all lateraaediate palate. D. T. Mslfeill, ea'l Agt. aad Treas., Ceaway, I. 0. John B. Beaty, Aftai, ueor(?t?wa, 1,0. R. 8. Scarborough, Oo*WAT, f. 0, AT lAW.ATTOBNIT * ... .? .... ..-J Saw Mills, Corn Mills, Cane Mills, Rice Hullers, Pea Hullers, Engines, Boilers, Planers and Matchers, Swing Saws, Rip Saws, and all other kinds of wood working machinery. My Sergeant Log Beam Saw mill is the heaviest, strongest, and most efficient mill for the money on tlie market, quick, accurate. State Agent for H. B. Smith Machine Company wood working machinery. For high grade engines, plain slide valve?Automatic, and Corliss, write me: Atlas, Watertown, and Struthers and Wells, V. C. BAD HAM, 132b Main St., Columbia, S. C. WilFsingtsn and Csnwiy Railroad. Fouthbound.?No. 19. Local freight daily except Sunday. Lmti tlAadbourn... 6 40 pM Leavo Clarendon 0 06 pin Leave Mi labor 8 21 pm Leave Lorii 6 AO pi* Leave ftanford 7 10 pa Leave Baybero 7 -0 pm Leave Privotte 7 21 pa Leave Adriae - 7 82 pm Arrive Conway 8 00 pm Northbouud.?No. 20. Lcoel freight daily except Sunday. Leave Conway 8 00 am Leave Adrian 8 2A am Leave Privette 8 80 am Leave Baybere 8 40 am Leavo Sauford 8 AO am Leave Loria 9 10 am Leave Mi Tabor 9 40 am Leave Clarendon 10 10 am Arrive Chadboura 10 116 am Southbound ?No. 97. l'as'orgor daily oxc pt Sunday. Leave Ckadbearn. 11 AO am Leave Clarendon 12 10 pm Leavo Mt Tabor 1121 pni Leave Loria 11 i() pm Leavo San fold 12 61 pm Leave Rayboio 12 68 pm Leave Privetta 1 OA pm Leave Adrian 1 09 pm Arrive Conway 1 SO pm Northbouod.?No. 98. PashODger daily exoopt Sunday. Leave Conway 3 40 pm Leave Adrian 4 01 pm Leave l'rivetta 4 04 pm Leave Bayhoro 4 12 pm Leave Sanford , 4 19 pm Leave Loris 4 10 pm Leave Mt Tabor 4 49 pn Leave Clarendon 6 00 pm Arrive Ch?4b?>irB 4 20 pai " ' STANDING ON YOUR OWN MERITS. With a diploma of our College ia your posHPHsion, you need no poliiical pu'l" or intluential friends to help you to hucochs, but oan Bland on your own merit* and advanoe surely to the frout. Ien't it worth trying. For further information addrcHB, NEWBERRY'S BUSINESS COL IjKG 10, C7oIumbiS. 0. ( "["kills { ' * c.'$D buG5,RoAeMBS.ANT5 1 ..-.wra, CR0T0NDUG5. | C. i. ' q)P!DBR?>, FlIESTlEAS. AND ALL /NS?GT LIFE. r. . >S. n Harmlr^toPeopu *-?? : '/A i>, ) 5 v" DEATH TO |N5Ect>5 J! ' 10 AND ^5 CENTS ' % V-i ALL DEALERS^ . -J Tut CAP/fOH TON C.HtMKAL fa y>" ' - tV* LALTIMORE?, MP. ' If Death Dust is not for sale l>y your dealer, wo will upon reooipt of 25 cents sond you the large package ly mail postpaid. April-16. 8t. SZfmveUfy. KJ2fcfl&c Address, B. W. Gkthinger, Box 105, Sparlanburg, 8. (3. H. U. WOODWARdT" Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Coif WAY, 8. 0. M0*Oflce up stain otor Herald ?f?? Rtuir D*. H. H. BURROUGHS, LOUIS, 8. 0. Calla promptly an?w#rad night j or day. NOTIOJE. Co*way Lodgo, Mo. 90. Kalfkto of Pjtklas will moot rogulorly tho flrot aid tklrd Thuradoj nlghu of oack onontk aatll otkorwlso ordorod. D. A.Bpitbt Ohio. Gov. J. 0. frnrot K. R.*B May Uik, H. If