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i in i. i i WADE HAMPTON. J - i Warm Tribute from an Eminent , I Northern Editor. I i \ ????? ( AN INTERESTING PERSONAL. "Il?' Was Ikcnrcil In itie School Tlial Know Only Obedience to the Sovereignty ol" tlio State." The recent death of Wade Hampton of South Carolina, removes one of the notable characters of the last halfcentury. * * * In the tierce sectional discussions which were precipitated for some years before the civil war Hampton took 110 part. While he loved the South and had all the pride of its noblest blood, lie was not an agitator, and earnestly and sincerely deplored secessions and civil war. lie was reared in the school that knew only obedience to the sovereignty of tlie State. The pride of the South Carolinian had taught him that 11 is was the noblest and grandest of all the Commonwealths an empire by courtesy called a State. The sovereignty of the State had been taught in his mother's lap, in every school lie entered, from every pulpit from which lie heard a minister of the Gospel, and the great statesmen, such as Calhoun, \l ^ I v.. A! ? * ? * - - - wci miiiic mid nayne, nan aovoeatcd It sincerely and ably, lie saw the imposing walls and pillars of the Columl)ia Capitol slowly growing up year after year to be completed In t he ureal est splendor as the future Capitol of the Southern Kepublle, if the sectional Issue should ever lead to the dlsmeml>ennont of the Cnion, and ho little dreamed that this magnificent struc ture would within bis lifetime be ^ hastily and rudely completed for a meeting in which bisown slaves would be his lawmakers: but even when this bitter humiliation came to him lie bad the courage to bow to the inevitable, and only one year after the war had ended be pleaded the cause of the negro, saying: "As a slave be was faithful to us; as a free man let us treat him as a friend; deal with him frankly, justly and kindly." Had the Southern men generally shared the broad and sensible views of Hampton the problem of reconstruction would have been an easy one and the South would have been spared unspeakable suffering and sorrow. HIS WAIl U15COHD. When war came it is needless to say that Hampton was one of the llrst to offer bis services, and he volunteered as a private, but before the company he had joined had been organized he was appealed to by many hundreds to accept the command of a special brigade, composed of Infantry, cavalry and artillery, and to be known as the "Hampton Legion." lie commanded the Legion at Hull Hun, the lirst battle of the war, and there, as in all the subsequent battles In which it was engaged, It bore a distinguished part. In the battle of Seven I'lnes, on the Peninsula, Hampton's command lost nearly half its members in killed, wounded and missing, and Hampton was severely wounded. After the Peninsula campaign Hampton was promoted and assigned to a brigade of cavalry under Stuart, and in nearly every important raid made by the Confederate cavalry with Lee's army during the war Hampton had an important part. He was regarded as one of the best cavalry ollleers for detached service, and was second in command with Stuart when the most audacious raid of the war was made through Mcrccrsburg and Chambersburg and around McClellan's army soon after the battle of Antietam. At the battle of Gettysburg Hampton received three wounds, and the majority of the ollleers of his command were cither killed or wounded. Perhaps the most important special service he rendered as a cavalry commander was when he checked Sheridan at Trevilllan's Station. In 1861, and broke up Hunter's campaign in the valley by preventing the Junction of Sheridan and Hunter at Lynchburg. He was made lieutenant general and commander of Lee's cavalry in August, and he made a number of successful raids, capturing many prisoners and at one time some twentyfour hundred beef cattle from the Union army, in one of these raids his son a gallant otliccr under him, was killed in action. THE HUKNINO OF COLUMIUA. When Johnson organized liis army in North Carolina to oppose the advance of Sherman northward from South Carolina Hampton was assigned to that amry to command the cavalry. He was in possession of his 'home city of Columbia, the Capital of the State, when Sherman advanced upon it, and retreated northward as Sherman's army entered. Before retiring he fired a considerable amount of cotton that was stored in the outskirts of the city and this gave some color of plausibility to the charge that he was responsible for the burning of Columbia. A somewhat heated controversy occurred between Hampton and Sherman after 1 u/o ? no f /\ n'L/. ?- * 1 1 " v..v. <1111 ?r? (,V/ n IIW Wilis I C'SpOIlNl DIG IOI' the destruction of the beautiful Capital of tlie Palmetto State, hut tlie weight of testimony certainly acquitted Hampton, lie surrendered with .Johnson's army to Sherman in Nort h Carolina and returned to his home with the hope of gathering up sonic remnant of his broken fortune. From the day that the war ended no expression of bitterness or resentment ever came from Wade Hampton. On the contrary, he not only earnestly urged the restoration of peace and fraternalirotlierhood, hut was one of the few men in the Soutli who appreciated the fact that the negro was not only a freeman, but a citizen, and was entitled to be treated and respected as sue)). at ciiamiikksbuug, 1802. My first acquaintance with Hampton was in October, 1802, when Stuart made his celebrated raid around McClellan's army, then in Maryland. 1 was then on duty at liarrisburg, as assistant Adjutant General of the United States, but always spent one or two days with Sunday at my home ? he ChiunberHbttrg depot on <?nc of my ionic visits fut a in l#*r rest I was sitiiiiioiH'd by tin1 telegraph operator to i p His private otllco. I !e liticl Just reeclv- ,.| ?d several dispatches froiu Mercers-; w burg st a Mug t hat a Cotifedei ate cavalry j force wastlieh in possession (>t that ,, tow n and was moving in the direct inn j. at Chamhershurg. h was startling j, intelligence, indeed, and it. seemed jj incredible that a Confederate fores would attempt to raid ('liambersbuig. ,j only an hour's distance from I lagers- ( town, where there was a large I'nliai force, with ample time and equipment ,| to bring it toany point in the Cumber-1 v land Valley. I waited for an hour j and was advised of the progress of the Confederate force as it moved steadily j toward Chambersburg. I telegraph- ( ed to the Colon commander at I lagers- | town, not knowing who he was, slat- , ing the facts and suggesting as a , matter of precaution that a small , force of infant ry and artillery should ( he hurried to t he defence of the tow n. | in charity 1 will not give the name of j the Cnlon commander, who answered that the suggestion of a Confederate force entering Chamhershurg was too j absurd to be considered. Half an hour | later the advancing Confederates had j reached Chamhershurg turnpike, and ( were moving directly upon us and only j ten miles distant. I then repeated an appeal to the Cnion commander at j I lagerst.nwn, stating the facts and org- H Ing him to send a force t<> intercept , the enemy, as there was yet ample > time to do so, hut the only reply was ( Ml, l>,< I..,, tl.nl till i I I i 11 ill l I ui I (.11(11/ nil 1 I III I y ((Mil* | mandcrs had no t ime to waste on ( lunatics. finding it impossible to got ( any relief from the t'nion army, as t I could not hopefully communicate with any officer beyond Ilagerstown, j 1 went to my oilice, and sat down to N await events and accept the situat ion | as philosophically as possible. nitst >ikktino with iiami*t<> n . f Soon after dark several Confederates appeared at the western part of the < town with a white ran tied on a stick, f and announced to the first citizens I they met that they bore a tlag to t nice ?i from the Confederate army and deslr- ' ed to be conducted to the t'nion coin- 1 mander of the town. As there were f" no troops in Chambersburg I hey were ?i so informed, and t hey asked to he con- t ducted to some citizens of the town < with whom they could communicate 1 the wishes of their commander. They f were brought to my office, where they t courteously announced that they were I by orders of their commander to ask ?'i for the surrender of the city. 1 told I them that there were no troops to op- c pose them, and t hat t here was not hint? I to hinder them from entering Cham- t bersl^urg whenever they chose to do 1 so, but as this first invasion of the 1 enemy naturally produced the wildest consternation in the community 1 said I to the hearers of the truce that I s wished to know what assurance of ! safety could he given to the people. I i asked who their commander was and i was told that his name could not be given. 1 then asked where he was and that informat ion was also refused. . I then inquired whether I hey could , lake me to their commander and as- ?, sure my safe return. They said they \ would, and, accompanied hy Col. Thomas Ik Kennedy, t hen a prominent j lawyer of the town and now president j of the Cumberland Valley Railroad, . we mounted horses and rode to the j front. If was pitch dark, and when , we had ridden out beyond the suburbs j we were finally halted with the infor s mat ion that we were now in the pre- . sence of t be Confederate commander. t It was only barely possible to see that . a body of men were in front of us, but ! what they looked like we could form j no conception. When we stopped an ^ ofliccr rode up to us and announced | that be was (Sen. Hampton, command- < ing part of the Confederate force, and , that be desired to know whether they ( could enter Chambersburg. NVeassur- ( ed him that there was no force to . oppose him, and that we desired , simply to learn from him what assur- j ance could be given to quiet the peo- , pie of the town when the Confederates | entered, lie promptly answered that s they made no war upon private citi- . zens and non-combatants; that the ( people should be advised to remain in j their homes, as they would not be dis- j turbid, and that no property would , be taken from any one except such as t was needed by the army. He then , directed Mr. Kennedy and myself to v lead bis forces into Chambersburg, and ( ina very short time the town was s practically tilled with them. The peo- \ pie were at once assured that t hey ( had nothing to apprehend and there | was no tendency to panic. A l'KllSON A I. IN< IDKNT. \ in crossing the Centre square a t snort lime after Hampton's force had entered I was familiarly slapped on the shoulder, and, turning around, recognized Hugh Logan, then a captain in the Confederate army and the 1 guide of the raid, as he had been born and grown upon the South Mountain, in Franklin County, and I had once ^ successfully defended him when 'i charged with kidnapping, lie was i one of the rugged mountaineers whose s fidelity Is equally rugged, and he in- ' formed me that 1 was one of a mint- 1 her of citizens of Franklin County ' whose names had been selected and s given to Hen. Stuart, who commanded ( the raid, to be taken as prisoners to Richmond to he held as hostages for Hope's arrest of civilians in Virginia. I told him that I had met Hampton, although he did not ask my name, s and had his assurance that olllccrs ! would be paroled, and that 1 was an army ollicer. He answered in a char- * aetcristie, terse manner: "Well, Hampton's a gentleman, and if you 'j are taken and get to him he'll discharge you, but .Jeb (Stuart) wants ' you damn bad." Seven citizens had been arrested and were taken to Lib- | by, one of whom died t>ofore his re- . lease. I asked Logan what he thought it best that I should do, to which he answered: "Go out to your home. We're in a hell of a hurry and you . probably won't be disturbed, but if (( you are taken I'll put you out tomor- j. row night." If 1 had been taken he ] would have fulfilled his promise, even s at the peril of his life. I went to my 1 home on a farm some distance outside the town, and found my ten horses ' had already been conscripted into the j Confederate army. 1 was not disturb- r ed, and thus escaped an unpleasant Journey to Llbby prison and the ne- ti cessity of an appeal to Gen. llamp- f to for my discharge. . . 1. i.ii. ? sfHHF.Ql' { S'T M KI Tf N< O S. I did not again meet Hampton null aftcr his election to t he tJovernor'lip in Ih7o. At our tlrv.t meeting <> had a pleasant evening, recalling lio interesting incidents of the Cham eishurg raid, from then until the isl few Year# I met him many tines i Washington and was always <!eighted to enjoy his genial and kindly ompanlonsliip. lie had been a can- i id.ite for Coventor immediately after tic war and before the Congressional! econst ruction of the South, but was, lefeated by (iovcrnor ()it. In is7<?. ' (lien the people were goaded lodes >eration by the licentious carpet-hag ule of Hie State, Hampton was forced uto the campaign for (lovernor against iovernor < diamherlain, who was greatv the best of all the carpet-baggers it' the State, and who would have nade reputable Republican govcrnnent had it been possible. The conest was one of unusual desperation, nit with all the power and machinery ii the hands of the State authorities, .listallied by the army and by a State onstnhulary that permeated every irecinct, Hampton was elected by ,1.'14 majority. A State return hoard n South Carolina had the authority .<> revise the returns and it bodily brew out the counties of Kdgclield ind Laurens, the first of which gave 1,000 Ileinocratlo majority and the ;ocond 1,100, by which it. returned a majorit y for Chamberlain of 51, l.'l.'t. The Senators and Representatives -looted on tin- I>enioeratio ticket in hose counties were refused admission o their seats and the result was the ugani/.ation of t wo Legislatures and he inauguration of t.woCoventors. Chamberlain had the advantage ot icing in possession, and i doubt vheteher Hampton rendered more icmic sorvice in the Maine of battle hail lie did in restraining his friends iom resorting to violence, when the dect ion fraud was perpetrated, and (riving the corrupt carpet-baggers 'rotn tin-State: lint lie held ills poo>le steadily to law and order, feeling issured that in time the right would Humph. I'resident Mayes's assurance iad been given that the Democratic state otlleers of liOuisiana, Florida ind South Carolina would bo given heir places as they were undoubtedly looted, and after several conferences lotween both the disputing parties ind the President, notice was finally riven that the Federal troops would >e wit hdrawn from (Columbia, and t hat it once ended the contest. Chamberain quietly nave up the ollice of (lovrnor, and the Democratic State and legislative ollleers were admit ted to heir seats without further dispute, laving assured honest government in lis State, his friends naturally deli red to confer upon him the highest ntnors within their gift, and he was iooii thereafter chosen I'nited States Senator practically without a contest, itid at the end of his lirtft term was 'c-elected in like manner. HAMPTON IN Til 10 HKNAT10. During his twelve years' service In lie Senate he was always one of the nost conservative and patriotic of southern lawmakers, lie exhausted lis elTort to suppress section strife. Not only by example, but by every doivoranee he ever made, he pleaded for .he suppression of sectional biiterness ind the restoration of fraternal reinions between the North and the south, lie was one of the most deiglitful of all the Senators to meet in iocial Intercourse, and his magnilicent v)..feb.n.v o?xDll?..l.. I ? nij Mwmiciiv I tearing lllKl UOll st, face commanded the admiration of til who came within the range of his icquaintancc. At the end of his welve years' service in the Senate lie viis overwhelmed hy the agrarian I'opulist element that swept the South. He could have no sympathy ,vith those who would destroy the iovcnimentcredit that Is the life of he. Republic, and he had none of the irts of the demagogue to pacify the liasses hy promising t hem impossibilities. He could have retained his posiion in the Senate until his death if ic had joined in the. tempest of paslion, blithe was honest in all things, md he bowed to it, preferring to mainain his convictions, his integrity and lis patriatie manhood to continuance 11 otllce. President Cleveland rccogli/ed Hampton's claim upon the counry by appointing liiin as commissioner )f I'acilic Railways, where he served ,villi his usual fidelity until a change >f administration deposed him; and .bice then he has quietly lived among he people who so devotedly and enthusiastically cheered him throughout lis long career, and finally when lie lad faced the storms of 81 winters he vas borne to his final rest ing place by in- pruiouiuuy sorrowing mull nunc. A. K. McClure. Huiikoi'oiis 11' N'o^lcclcd. I >11 rns, culs and other wounds often ail to lieal properly if neglected and iccome troublesome sores. lieWittV Witch Hazel Salve prevents such conicqucnces. Kven where delay lias aggravated the Injury DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve ell'ectsa cure. "I had a 'tinning son? on my leg t hlrt.v years," ;ays II. ('. Ilartl.v, Yankeetown, Ind. 'After using many remedies, I trid HeWitt's Witch ITazel Salve. A fow iuaus nr.iini iiic sore. ' iires all .kin diseases. Piles yield to it at >?cc. Ilewarc of counterfeits. Dr. E. Norton. Schley's Generosity. Admirl Schley made the following tatement regarding the death of Acini ral Sampson: "i regret very much lie death of Admiral Sampson and I ympathi/.e with his family. No one las heard me utter one unkind word ibout him. On account of his death have rcquested my friends in Haiti* nore to postpone the delivery to me, vhlch was intended to have taken >lacc Wednesday night of the Cristo>al Colone service of silver, and they ( uivc acceded to my request." hike a Drowning: Man. 44 Pive years ago a disease t lie doctors ailed dyspepsia took such hold of me liafc 1 could scarcely go," writesOeo. ?. Marsh, well-known attorney of 1 S'ocona, Tex, " I took (juant it iesof pepin and other medicines hut nothing < iclpcd me. As a drowning man grabs ,t a straw I grabbed at Kodol. I felt ] in improvement at once and after a ew bottles am sound and well." Kodol s the only preparation which exactly eproduces the natural digestive juices ,nd consequently is tlie only one which ligests any good food and cures any orm of stomach trouble. Dr. K. Norton. I. !. .. I I ... \YF, ARE NOT LAZY At T.n rr.t That It? What a Boston Writer Says IN ONE OF I1IS IIOME PAPERS. CitliCITlP 1-2 lit mpleo < Ity llim in Answer to tin* CoiirliisiiniH ol' n llriiinli IVinicy a bluer. "I'licit1 Dudley" writes in the lloston Sunday (ilohe as rollows: Mr. (filbert Parker, the Anglo(Janadtaii novelist anrl meinhcrof the liritlsh Parliament, lately visited onr Southern States, and he says tlie ellmate of that region made him la/.y. This may he true, although M r. Parker does not assure us that lie always has heon free from "that tired feeling" under other skies. When, however, he attributes what he terms "the heavy footed progress of the South" t<,> the climate, lie goes beyond his personal experience and strays into a vast Held of general discussion and investigation, lie hit upon a handy and familiar reason for tl e diH'erence in conditions North and South, but this explanat ion is not so easy as ii looks to the multitude of minds which hastily adopt it. Indeed, it is one very ditlleult to maintain when confronted with all the evidence that can be arrayed against it. Is il really true that the climate of the South is enervating? In this, as in all matters, If we seek the truth we should not generalize. "They say" is very unscientilie and a most untrustworthy witness. If wr ought not to talk about things that we don't know anything about we ought to ho equally scrupulous not to talk about people that we don't know anything about. The minute we do that we suhst itutcour imagination for our knowledge and are adrift on a shoreless, unlighted sea of prejudice and Ignorance. I f, therefore, we wish to sec what etfeet the Southern climate has on the Southern people we should not rush oil' into snap judgments on millions of human beings absolutely unknown to us, hut should eonline our inquiry to men who have come within the range of our observation, either by personal contact or on t he pages of history. For instance, all of us know a good deal about Heorgc Washington, for one Kout heritor. 11 is nature seems to have been quite as vigorous as tluit of most Northern men. It is easy to imagine how if he liad been of the North, his biographers would round their periods with tributes to the rigorous elements that had formed Ids austere character. Aside from tlie immortal commander-in-chief. the Southern contribution to the rank and tile of the continental army lias not been marked hy history for any lack of energy. Surely the most Southern of all the lighters for tlie independence, Marion, of South Carolina, did not impress the enemy as a noticeably indolent person. Patrick Henry, the Southerner, was not less lit*ry in ids advocacy of American rights than .lames Otis, the Northerner. Thomas Jefferson's energies apparently could not have suffered much impairment by the climate of the South. John Marshall is another Southerner who showed himself equal to requirements of an extremely strenuous life, .i 111.111 ?ii/ii Mien u superaounnance 01 energy that he is unanimously credited with having infused more vigor into the constitution of the United States than any other man who ever applied himself to that document, the father of which, by the way, .lames Madison can not he cited as an example of tlie ill clTeet of the Southern climate. John (J. Calhoun seems not to have been handicapped by his South Carolina origin in his intellectual combats with Northern statesmen. Nothing would he easier for one accustomed to the conventional view of the two sections of t he count ry and unacquainted with the biographical facts than to credit Calhoun, aseetlcally simple in his life, to the puritan Commonwealth of the North and Webster, convivial and lax in his private relations, to the Palmetto state. Coming down to the comparatively recent times of t he civil war the Southern armies showed themselves quite as alert and hardy as their enemis could desire them to be. The financial ability and the mechanical ingenuity with which the agricultural population or the South maintained for four years the Confederate government, with its great forces on sea 1111(1 land nrnnoi'lu lw.l,.ii.? ..r........ - '"'""if; i'ui"i'H t he marvels of history. Certainly the leaders which that long struggle (leveloped on the Southern side can not. he pointed to as illust rations of t he deleterious influence of their native eliine. i 111 vigor of mind and sternness of character .IcITcrson Davis, the Mississippian, well might pass for a product of New England. No latitute would he ashamed to own ilobert E. Dee, while I Via HAIIII ? : * * ? . uuu niiiiiaiiu piety 01 ruonewaii .lackson would make him-the pcrnnial Ixiast ; of Forefather Day oratory had lie not been a son of the South. 1 In t lie universal fondness for generalization we like to chalk olT the world and its swarm of humanity into convenient sub-divisions. This clone, we have no trouble, when anything happens, of accounting for It to our own ' satisfaction, at least. All we need to < do is to glance at our pocket charts j and say, 'Ah, that Is the result of living on one side of a river rather than j on the other, or on a mountain side , rather than Cavalier antecedents." it is such a simple and comprehensive formula that. no one likes to he without it, and It is no wonder that Mr. (Jilhert Parker carried it with him ?n his Southern journey. It was Just ' the thing for the occasion. In his climatic indolence he was enabled by it, i without mental exertion, to solve to ] Ids own satisfaction one of the great < riddles of existence, namely why people arc not all alike. 1 A New York doctor says that after long research he has discovered that indigestion makes people tell lies. That Is interesting. There must be a powerful lot of indigent ion in 1 he land. TOOK HIS OWN LIFE A Tl'itVcUiug Mini Com :i?t? *? Muse! !e >11 >i < i'l'i'livt'ii t II .)l el. Mr. \V. T. Wltehor, a tru\ ling* man of At hens, (i?. , committed sui ride in llu' Oregon Mot id at Greenwood on Thursday night l?y shooting himself in tin* head. 11c was very ; deliberate ah ?ut the deed. On the lad he had placed the clothing and clean linen which he wanted use I on his lxtdy. lie had even pi11 his cull links into clean culls. On the bureau were four letters addressed to.I. .). McMahan, Athens, Go.; K. It. Midi., Athens, Ga.: \Y. J. Wise, Columbia, i S. C., care Centra! hotel; and one to Mr. Ihdnson, proprietor of the Ore-! gon hotel. W ith the letters he had place his purse containing $21.57 also' his watch. lie had shot himself twice, the lirst ! bullet st liking him hack of the right j ear had glanced around the base of skull, making a llesh wound, lie had been felled, however, by the shock. Struggling up, after this lirst shot, however, he had made his way to the washstand and had attempted to prepare some poison. The print of his bloody lingers where ho supported himself while standing there could lie plainly seen, 'the glass in which he had prepared the mixture showed t hat the hand that grasped it was also bloody. Ho did wait on the mixture to dissolve, for the remains of two tablets were seen in the bottom. Making n second attempt with the pistol he was successful. The bullet entered just In front of the right ear, and death was instantaneous. An inquest was held at once, although he stated in bis letter to the hotel proprietor that it would be unnecessary. The members of (Greenwood lodge No. hi. A. I', and A. M. took charge of the body. Mr. Wise of Columbia, stated that he knew of no cause for the deed save that of despondency. Mr. Witeher had no business troubles that he knew of. Witcher was about *>1 years old. He leaves a wife and four children in Athens, (Sa. one married daughter, two single daughters and a son. lie was known here as the traveling representative of Clayton A Knight of Atlanta, but lccently bad been representing a soda concern. Ills letter to Mr. Itrinson is as follows: Mr. Itrinson: My Hear Friend: 1 humbly ask your pardon lor the awful calamity which has befallen me in your house. Oh, my Cod. I struggled against it but was powerless to prevent it and 1 know you will pity and forgive me. You will lind on t he last sheet t he names of part ies who I ask you to telegraph to as soon as you lind out my condition. 1 leave my watch, valise and sample case and purse, containing about $2:1. You will please pay for my board and telegrams and give i he balance to some of my friends from At bens if t hey come or send it to Mrs. W. T. Witcher, Athens, Ca., with my valise, etc. J leave |u letter to my Masonic brethren of Crccnwood which you will please give them and ask them to Kindly grant my request and take care of my body and put it in a plain cbcap casket not to cost over $15 or $20, as I am a poor man. (Don't embalm my body, as my family cannot stand the expense.) 1 ha ve laid aside t he clot hing which I wish put on me. Hope you and my Masonic loot hren will see t hat my body is sent to At hens care of W. F. DorseV. noisier nf Mminl v."'""" lodge, F. and A. M;is quirk as possible. No use to hold an inquest as loiters show the facts. You know the train schedules from Athens and Columbia and trust you will get the telegrams oil tonight, so my friends can come in on tirst early morning trains. If the Western t.'nion olliee is closed when you know my condition, you may gel thi> railroad oHlcctodo the work and deliver t he messages tonight. < >h. my (iod, this is terrible, hut. fate is against me, and it had to come. Again i ask you to pity me and to let the expense he as little as possible, as 1 am a poor, unfort unate man and my family will he left in a bad lix. I trust you and my good Masonic brethren and Christ ian friends in Creenwood to grant me the request asked, and I pray (iod to bless you and that lie will save my soul, as I believe lie will, for doing what could not he averted. Now I commit this all to you and my friends in Cj'cenwood, believing you will do what I have asked, and praying Cod's blessings, I am Yours in deat h, W. T. Witeher. Athens, Ca. A Singular Incident. A special from Washington says; 'The death of Representative Salmon seems peculiarly sad," said Representative liellany today, who occupied a seat near to that of t he New Jersey congressman. "A few days ago Representative Cillicit made a speech in eulogy of the late Representative Stokes, of South Carolina, the speaker standing just in front of my desk. After Mr. (filbert had concluded Mr. Salmon seemed effected by i>iii" miK, rompiiillCULCU i>ir. ?<111)011, and expressed the hope that Mr. iJi 1bert could say that much of him when lie died. It seems a singular coincident that Mr. Gilbert now has this opport unity. Wants Others to Know. "1 have used I>cWitt's Little Marly Risers for const ipat ion and torpid liver and t bey are all right. 1 am glad to indorse them for I think when we lind a good thing we ought to let others know it," writes Alfred Heinze, l^uiney. ill. They never gripe or distress. Sure, safe pills. Dr. B. Norton. Wiikn Mr. liryan in 189(5, in accord with the sentiment of bis party as expressed in the Chicago platform made "government by injunction" an issue nt' t lit* damtviiiril lw? un?o f.>?.i in ii IID laiiumu iu iin mi anarchist. Yet tlic Republican house of re prose 111 at ives passed an ant iInjunction hill which seeks to remedy t lie evils against which Mr. I try an was iiieh "a dangerous agitator." Don'l Sliirt Wron^. Don't start the summer with a lingering cough or cold. We all know what a "summer cold"|ls. It's the hardest kind to cure. Often it "hangs on" through the entire season, 'lake it in hand right now. A few doses of One Minute Cough Cure will set you right. Sure |cure for coughs colds croup, grip, bronchitis, all throat and lung t roubles. Absolutely safe. Acts nt once. Children like it. "One Minute Cough Cure is the l>ost cough medicine I ever used," says ,1. Ii. Howies, Groveton, N. II. "I never found anything else that acted so safely and miiekly." Dr. E. Norton. > .Ol >111 ??? rmmmrnm iwt "ikximmjiiMiii ? a i??w (The World's Greai 9 Kor nil formn of f?>vor tRk?? JOHNS( tlmos bettor than <iulnIuo ami dues I H <1o In 10 days. It's aplomtld curou uro {S uiado by qututne. H COSTS 50 Cl^ THE WEATHER AND CHOI 3. Cotton Nutrl) AM IMuntetl iiml Mai; Needed The weekly bullet in of the conditio! of the weather nnd the crops was is sued lust week I>y bireetor Matter 01 tlic South Carolina section of the elf mate and crop service of the l nitet States weather bureau as follows: The temperature averaged 72 degrees during the week ending Monda.\ morning, .May .*>th. which is about 1 decrees per day almvc normal. 'J'la week had a maximum of t>0 degrees at (iillisonvllle on the ltd, and a minimum of in degrees at Cheraw, Liberty, Longshore and Spartanburg. 011 April LHt.h. The nights were too cool early in the week, but latterly they were warm. The sunshine averaged above normal and was favorable. Thunder storms occurred on April 30th, May 1st and 3d, in ail port lorn of the State, but tliey failed to supplv the whole State with sutlicient mois turc, as some points had no rain and many had too little to be of much benclit. The amounts ranged from '"T" to l.2t inches, the latter at CiicJ raw, with an average of o.r>tl for the State. The drought in the eastern counties was broken at a number of scattered localities, but not gem-rail\ so, and over a large area it lias heconu quite serious, and a menace to young crops. Mail and high winds accompanied the thunder storms at many points, but, as crops are small, the damage was light. The weather was extremely favorable for prosecuting farm work, which advanced rapidly, and, wore it not foi the lack of moisture in places that renders still" soils too hard to cultivate, the conditions could ?'M von well be bettered. Fields are well prepared, well cultivated and clean: germination has been fairly satisfactory: stands are generally full; growth has been rapid recently, and the only untoward condition is tin* need of a general rain, and this need is not urgent except in spots that, however, represent, large areas in the aggregate. I'pland corn lias about all boon planted, and on many bottoms t h. work is finished. Stands are fairly good, hul have been injured by worms and birds, making some replanting necessary. Corn iias quite genorallv received its lirst. working and in many places has been cultivated the second time. Cotton is nearly all planted, with some still to plant in all sections. It is coming up to fair stands, and as yet has required lit t le or no replant ing, although rain is needed to bring up recent plantings. Some lields have been cult ivated. Chopping nut has tiegun and will he general next week. Sea island cotton planting is nearly finished, and, where showers oecnred. is coming up nicely. Tobacco has about a'l been transplanted, and with few scattered exceptions good stands have been secured, and the crop is doing excellently. '1 he acreage has been increased over last year. llicc is doing as well as can he expected and is coming np to good stands, while planting is not yet finished. Wheat is growing well and in place* is heading, hut owing to thin stands and want of copious rains at this critical time, the crop will not bo a full average one. Oats range fiom very poor to exeremcly promising, the latter generally where recent heavy rains have fallen. It is heading generally, low in places, and in the vicinity of Charleston harvesting lias ticgun. reaches are dropping in places, hut trees are heavily loaded. Apples are plentiful. Pastures alVord good grazing. (iardens doing well. St rawberries abundant. Truck shipments very hea vy. Potato bugs arc numerous and destructive generally, but are les^ troublesome than last year in the vicinity o!' Charleston. Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. It. artificially digests the food aud aids Waturs in strengthening and reconstructing the exhausted digestive organs. It isthe latest discovered digestant and tonic. No other preparation ma approach It In etilciency. It instantly rsllsvosand permanently euroe DliMMis. Indigestion. HeATf.hurn. Flatulence, Sour Stomach, fcausca, 8iok Headaoh?, OaatralRla.Crawipeana all other results of imperfect digeetion. IhKaeM*. and P. LortA?laceentKtnaSHtlm?4 MtaUtfU*. P.OOk all about dyepepala am Hod free Prepared by K. C. DcVMTT A CO.. Cbieaae. Conway & Sea Shore Railroad Daily Kxcepl t*nn<lay. lu effect '2. 1001 Soa'hbouu I.?N >. 10 L*a*e? Con"a.v 8 00 am Leaf < fine lelund 8 3*' am Arrive Mytl'.e nearh rt -ib am t* oribb>ut)d.? No. 14 Leaven Myrtle Iteanb 6 :i0 pro L**v?s Pine IhIamI 6 4r> pm Arrive on*ay ...0 16 i m U. f . McNeill, (Ion. Manage . P. K. BETHEA, IMiysician and Surgeon, f 'oNWAT, S. C Offi ?* -n Spi? v Mail,'if g R. B. Scarborough, CoNWAT, 8 C, ATTORNKY AT LAW. H. H. WOODWARD, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Conway, S. C. * i ? -i i? > m>. *1 in nm+t ii test Fever Medicine. *1 >N'S CHILI. AND LEV HI* TONIC. It Is 100 W n a Hln^lo Uny what slow quinine cannot CI la atrlklng contrast totho fo?ble curua If ITS IF IT CURBS. )-? ?? i r: < ' pf II' J) ( ' i. J ' I. i: It fa I II It U) c n ' , lidiilidu. Soul ii!.ouiui. N I Milv except Sunday. a. jo. Bv Chadboui tie 7-If) i " ('iareiidoii 8 10 . " Mt. Taboi h:io s, u Boris 8 ;V? ' Sail fold W 10 ' " Bavboro 0 20 I " Privet U 0 20 ' Adrian 0 i$o am , A r ('onway 10 00 am Nort lihound. No. OS. Daily except '? Sunday. Bv Conway 10 20 am ' Adrian 10 110 am , I Privet is 1042 am ' " I fay l>on> lo 40 am i " Kan foul lo |.*? am i Boris II 05Hill " MI. Tabor II 20 am " Clarendon 11 ill am II Ar. ()hnd bourne 11 60 am Southbound. No. 07. Daily except I Sunday. Lv ( Dailii Mune 11 1" am , ('inrendon 10 pin " M (. Tabor 1- 40 pin | "1 .oris 1- 55 pin " Sail Ion 1 i 05 pm 1 llayboro 1 11 pm i " I'rivet Is 1 21 pm " Adrian 1 40 pm A r (\>nway 1 40 pm Northbound. No. 2". Dally except Sunday. Lv ('onway 2 .'lo pin " Adiian 2 55 pm 4* Privet ts 3 no pm " llayboro 2 lo i?m 44 Sanford...'. .'1 25 pm " I .oris .. 3 45 pm ' Ml. 'l abor I 20 |>in * " ('larendim I ."in pm Ar (,'hadbourne 5 20 pm ^CTL A^NT* Kailroad Company or South Carolina Condensed Schedule. Trains (loin# South. Dated Nov. 10, D'OO. No. .vc No. 35. >: i'. :M. A.M. Leave Wilmington il 4b *4 15 j Leave Marion 0 34 A ri ive Florence 7 lb I Leave Florence *7 45 *2 34 Arrive Sumter 8 57 3 50 No. 52 A. M. Leave Sumter 8 57 *0 40 A rrive Columbia 10 20 11 00 No. "?u runs 11 trough from ('liar lest oil via Central IL IL, leaving Charleston 7 00 a. in., Lanes 8 34 a. in., Manning o oil a. m. Trains < Jointf Noi t h. N<i 54* No 53 A M I' M Leave Columbia *(> 40 *4 lb A rrive Sumter 8 05 5 35 No 32 r M i1 Leave Sumter *8 05 0 00 . Arrive Florence 0 20 "20 Leave Florence 0 50 I.ea\e Marion 10 30 A ri ivo Wilmington 1 15 "Daily. No 53 runs through to Charleston, S C, via Ceni ral K IL arriving at Manllinir 0 01 n hi. Lanes (I 13 n n> i 'o-h-i.-j. i I oil H 1> 111. J It Krnley, (General Manager. T M Emerson, Trallie Manager. II M Emeison, 1 ion I. Pass. Agent. THE YOUNGBLOPO COMPANY AUOt'S r A, CI \ '? OfKK K AM) NVoUlvS, NoitTII A IIOUSTA, S. C. Doors, Sasli, lilinds and builder's 11 aid ware. [ Mooring, Siding, Ceiling and Inside Finishing Lumber in ? OEDIKUA FIX lv? Ail eorrt spondence given prompt attention. July2-ly \ The World's Greatest ^ ~ Cure for Malaria. X ?; u Poi All rorins of MalAriAi pot?oi> x r;.? li-tl lakn Johiiion'a chill and Peyer ( ionic. A of Mnlarlal poison'v" i 'no tr. your blood means misery aa?i ) 'rti'ure. Blood liiftdicin-n can't i.> ns'J V *' ?U. poisoning. Thfe ontMou rA .OHNSON ? TONIC Ij- f Sr. * bottit to-day ?*IW i* iMW $ $ - U ACH AMAW l.lNfc rtTE S MKdH ?1h? * ? .^Uitnu'r will leave the wharf at Coo?**, prory Monday ?> <1 'V. .im -.lay n>? ruing V.r wii at 4 o'c ohV t< itching all in tciuradiate ?.. . a?I !c??v her wharf at Georgetown rvcry Vt?? -'lay mi l Frid y morning for Conway ?i 7 ochvk, touching ai all interneJi?*e firdiK* I? T McNeill, <4eu'l Agl and Trea* , <"r rfty, S C John 8. ltoaty, Anent. (lforccl. wn, H () i rs< rvi <; Ciuiwuy Ijodge, No. ito, Knights <> L'ythirta ^ill iiici'i regularly tIi?* llrst ami third Thursday nights of nm n month until j otherwise ordered, I). A.Sri VKt Chan. Com. C. 8j-ivkv K. H.Art ; May 14th, Ud > G. FKBD 8TALVEY, Attorney and Counselor at Law Conway, 8. C. Offiok in 8jivey Bttil<Pn? rvt) A no V Lured in :to to (?o days. UKurdI ,|V" ,li,ysl.!;^K"""1 >i Would be triad to have names of all suffering with dropsy. (>. E. COL- LLUM I)HOL?SY MEDICI N E CO., 312i;5 Lowndes Building, Atlanta, On ! DR. H. H. BURROUGHS, ! LOUIS, 'CO. Calls promptly answered night or day. IL