The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 15, 1902, Image 4
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WADE HAMPTON. J
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Warm Tribute from an Eminent ,
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Northern Editor. I
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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.
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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,
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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
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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.
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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.
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\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
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?; 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