The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 16, 1901, Image 4
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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.
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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. \
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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,
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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