The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, September 30, 1897, Image 1
HE EOPLES JOURNAL.
VOL. 7.---NO. 36. PICKENS, S. C., TU-lJRSI)AY, SElPTEBER 20, 1897. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
FiX FIRMLY
IN YOUR MIND u
mKTHIS FACT.
That you intend to make your fall and winter pur
chases at the store oflering the greatest values.
XV e Moved -
To this large, new store with the determination to
outstrip competition, and to lay before the people such
unmatchable values that the Big Store would be the
busiest spot in the up country, since we are screwed
down to
The Last Notch.
And the bands on new goods are being bursted at less
profit than ever before. Quick sales and small profit is
the way we do it.
. A FEW OF THE MANY.
Good Cotton Plaunel 5c. 29-inch heavy Cotton Plannel, bleached and un
bleached, 8e. 30-inch heavy Outings 7 and ;.,-som3 others sell at 10.. 27
inch Oitings 5c. Heavy Red Twill Flannel, all wool, 124c. A better one,
15u. loavy Jeans 15. The 25c weight at 20e, 33e weight at 25c, and 4o;
Goods 3 yds to $1. Great values in Blankets, 49lU pair up. All our Wool
Blankets are made out of " free wool,"--" No Tarill." 41-inch Henriettas
25c. 35-inch Henriettas 19.. 36 inch fancy mix Worsteds, 15u. 38-inch
Broadeloths 25c. SPECIALS-15 bolts all wool I)ress Goods, in stylish col
orings, 36-inch, at 25e. People will talk, and all that have seen our new
Shoe Department s.tys that it's a marvel. The newest, the best and the
cheapest. Let us shoe you this fall. 'Twill pay you.
CAPES AND JACKETS.
Our large assortment Is rolling in. Any style or any price you with.
d. H.MORGAN&Bo.
211 NOlTH MAIN Sl'IimIT.
AUTUMN IEAVES. I make up the autumnal display. From
-- the wild riot of tints showt. by a
What. Produces the Clange in clump of trees or shrubs, the erroneous
Color-Why the Leaves Fall 1ir impression might be gained that the
Autumn. colors are accidental in their occur
Aeu. r u ii is far from tuo case, how
The October number of Harper's ever. The key-note of color in any
Magazine has an instructive article species is constant, with minor and
from .Prof. D. T. McDougal, in which local variations. The birches are a
'"fo' rf 1.T eoga,i hc golden yellow ;oaks vary through yel
he explains scientifically the changes . . -roug to yei ..... .l
In color which produce our brilliant maple becomes a dark red ; the tulip
autumn leaves, and points out their tree a light yellow ; hawthorn and
function in the economy of plant life. poison-oak become violet; while the
-we-mako the following extracts: sumacs and vines take on a llaming
The casting of the leaf is not a sud- scarlet. These colors exhi bit some
den and quick response to any single variation in accord with the character
change in environmental conditions, of the soil on which the plants stand.
but is brought about with a comlelx The plant is a most delicately self
-interplay of processes begun days or regulating organism. It 'cannot in.
poerb aps weeks before any external crease the water-supply, but it may
changes are to be seen. - Tho leaf is and does decrease the evaporating sur
rich.in two classes of substances, one face by casting or shedding the leaves,
* of .which is of no further benefit to it, a reaction which It exhibits to other
and another which it has constructed conditions as well. Like the t.rue sea
at great expense ofenergy, adwchman, however, heplant de o
is in a form of the highest possible shorten sail by cutting away its can
usefulness to the plant. To this class vas, but, by a deliberate and wecll
belong ,the compounds in the proto- timed series of processes, withdraws
- glaBm the green color bodies, a,d what- all of the substances from the leaf
ever surplus food may not have been which may be useful to it back into its
* ~ previously conveyed away. The sub- body before it dliscards the empty
stances which the plant must needs sheets of cells and woody fibres of the
discard are in the form of nearly in- petiole and lamina.
soluble crystals, and by remaining in It may be well to call attention to
l)position In the leaf, drop with it to the the pop)ular and erroneous idea that
gr ound, and pass into that great comn- the coloring and casting of autumnal
plex laboratory of the soil where by leaves are due to the action of frost.
slow methods of disintegration useful It is true that the l)henomena of
elemnehts are set free, and once again autumnal leaf-fall are duo to low temn
may be taken up by the tree and travel peratures, but, as may be seen freom
their devious course through root the above, the defoliation of the plant
hairs along the sinuous roots, and up Is not a reaction to the cold, but Is an
through million-celled-columns of the ad justment to the limited water sup)ply
trunk, out through the twigs to the furnished by the chilled roots. The
leaves once more. reduction of the watcr-sup)ply and the
The plastic substances within the beginning of the processes leading to
leaf, which would be a loss to the p)lant defoliation occur a long time before
if thr'own away, undergo quite a dif- the temperature of the air is depressed
ferent series of changes. Tihobe sub- to the freezing-point or the formation
stances are in the extremest p)arts of of frost. The Influence of low tem
the leaf, and to pass into the plant p)oratures upon the plant is illustrated
body must penetrate many hundreds by the manner in which leaves of to
of membranes by diffusion Into the b)acco) andi mclon plants blacken andI
long conducting cells around the ribs dio as the :resuilt of cool nights before
or nerves, and then down Into the the occurrence of frost. 'These p)lants
twigs and stems. The successful re- transpilre a relatively large amount of
-tet ofis tat mass rbof valuab)le water- froem t,he broead leaves, andi if
subattercs notasimpl niroblem. Tihose the temperature of the soil dlescendCs
ofbthe coontain nrgen as a part to forty degrees l"ahrenheit, the roots
ofuercaompounds rad has a cne- are unable to take up the necessary
qhenc epoery totey bunrghk.n down supply of water, and the leaves arc
lwveng exormad toa the ulgt n the literally dr.ied out, though they are in
living normsl lecta the gr color correctly described as frozen or frosted
action of the sun, but when the retreatyganr.
is begun, one of the first steps results
k ~ - in the disintegration of the chioro- --An amusing story is told of the.
phyll. This would allow the fierce meeting of the Epworth Lea'gue al
rays of the September sun to strike Cha,tanooga. One of the visiting
directly through the broad expanses members wasetrandb opt
of the leaf, destroying all withmin wereasntriedbahopa
not other means p)rovidedl for protoc- ble family and at dinner was asked tt
tion. In the first p)lace, when the carve the chicken. For his own con
* chlorophyll breaks down, among the venienco he transferred the bird fron
resulting subetances formed Is cyano- the platter to his own plt,whru
phyll (blue), which absorbs the sun's onteyugh p o therfamil
rays-in the same general manner as o h on oeu ftefml
the chlorophyll. In addition, the who had heard of the Methodist fond
outer layers of cells of the leaf contain ness for chicken and had been anxi
*other pigments, Home of which have ously watching the proceedings eti
been ma' ked by the chlorophyll, and ougo , ote',wt ter Inh
others which are formed as decomposi- ott i ohr ihtasi i
t!on products, so that the leaf exhibits voice, "He's going to take It all!
outwardly a gorgeous panoply of colors Explanations were made, and tranquil
in reds, yellows, and bronzes that it,y reigned again.
A CONFEDEF
How a German Musici
Con
WRITES REMINISOENC:
Seventy-Six Years Old
Faul
The following letters will afford a
McGowan's brigade and to old soldiers
German musician with added zest whe
tender recollections of his Confederate
from tl- is country for so many years.
to the finest writing masters of his dau
Aum-:I'tLl:r,. , S. C., Sept. 21st, 1 87.
The writer of the lLtter below% is .John
Gabriel Christopher Kruse, who was
born Aug. 25th, 1821, in the city of Wis
mar, in Mecklenburg--Schwerin, in Ger
many. Ie came to America in Is5:, and
lived at Walhalla until I i(I, and fron
thatdate until 1865 he was in the Confed.
erate army. After that he lived in
Charleston until 187$, and then in Sa
vannah for a number of years. Ie is
now interpreter for the Spanish consu
late in Hamburg, Germany. After the
surrender, he was lost to the sight of
his old comrades, who had the imnpres
sion that Lie died thirty years ago.
Some months ago the editor of the
Medium wrote an incident about the
Second Manassas, and lriuight in the
name of Prof. Kruse. '1'htt issue of
the paper wits mailed to him by hs
friend, Maj. lranz M(leert, of
Charleston. Upon this Prof. Kruse
sent us a message, and we wrote an
other article about the Second M.\anu
sas incident. Then came the letter he
wrote us. We have read it to several
veterans who were so much pleased
with it that we give it to the public.
['rof. Kruse is a man of learning and
his old comrades were delighted to
hear about him. When we told, at the
Greenville Con federate recnion a fh%w
weeks airo, that lie was still living,
scores of the survivors,including ollI,eers
and men, expressed the greatest de
light to hear of his goo.. health and
Prosperity.
lrof. Kruse has a remarkablo memn
ory as will appear from the letter.
The parties named are well known to
many of our people. lothschild at
Second Manassas told the boys that he
would show thei that he was not afraid
and then went into the battle and caie
out. mortally wounded. lie was kno n
all over this section as a great musi
cian and his death was much regrette.
Every old sold"cr will enjoy this let.
tor. It is written in excel lent styc,
and hows that the men ani events of
war times are fresh in his mind.
Prof. Kruse has an elder brother whc
lives in Kiel, in Schleswig Hiolstein, of
which place he is an honorary citizen.
A younger brother, aged 74 years, lives
in Austrilia. LIis only sister lives in
[anburg, at the age of 71 years. The
combined age of the four amounts to
300 years. and no one of them has ever
been sick.
Editor Abbeville Medium.
HA\1itUi(, August 1. 1897.
Gen. 1t. U. Hiemphill, Abbeville, S. C.
Dear Sir: W itl a hearty grecting
from an old participant in the mnemor
able war 11861 '05, the undersigned now
takes the liberty to ask you to accept
h is photogr'aph, whlicho w as taken a
few (lays ag;o.
My sincere friend and wel l-w ishier,
Maj l''ranz Melchers, had the kindness
to send mue your i nterc.sting " Med iutm,'
in which you mentioned an incidIent of
"t,he little 01(1 German, of Walhalla,
running thle scale on a clarionet, etc.,
etc." I am indleed happy to state, it
will surprise you and also my surv'iving
friends when 1 assure you, that [ do
not feel this day muchb older than I (lid
at the time atlludtedi to in the "'Medium.''
I pride myself in the thought that so
much interest is evined( in imy behalf
by my old1 comrades. It will please
them to learn from these li nes, that I
hiave enjoyed almost unin terrupJted(
good health since the last Ii fty years
less than ten dollars would defray all
miy explenses for dru'tigs, mied ici nes, COs
metics, etc. I dlevouttly thank the
Lord foir H is D)ivi no blessinzg and pro
tection. I have met wvith miany all ii
tions in my long andi chequered Ii fe,
buit 1 overcame atll its vicissitude; by
an imp)licit hope that all wotild he for
my best.
Since several weeks I am in posses
sion of another copy of your valumable
gazette of .June 24th, mailed to me fr-om
Abbevillo, for which I ami grateful to
the kind sender. I beg to tender you
my warmest thanks for your kindness
in having, by the mention of tihe ''little
incident," caused my friends and "'comn
r-ados In war'' to receive the informa
t.ion that Iam still on the list of the
quick, and I expect to hear from them.
Itemembering vividly the incidents
touched upon In yourI "'Me(dhItm,'" I beg
to say a few words concerning one of
them. At the time when the lat.e
LIcutonant-Colonel fLed better andt my
friend, the viol ini1st and vi rtuosco Roth
child(, bo0th wound(ed mortally, werec
borne to the rear, I mlet them on my
way as I was returning from the hoiuse
that was utilized for a lield-hospi tal,
whither I hiad been assisting the then
Sergean t-M ajor WVm. Mairshall1 and
another sold ier to carry ou r wou nded
Colonel MarshallI. WVhi lst we were
transp)orti ng the dying colonel, Som
geant- Major \Vmii. M . wept aind ex
claimed. "I thanik Godt, my13 father dies
a Chruistia !"O . hi, this noble1( Ox pres.
sion of the bravn e ard devou t youngi
Christian.soldier, w'ho( bhld for tIhe
last ti mme on tlarth Ihie pale coun tenlance
of his dying father As said words ol
lament wer'e tuttered by the (lying
hero's son, I said to the (d itessedlX Wm.
M.: ''Oh, Mr. Marshall !K iss him, kin
him for your imothmer !" if the thier
Sergeant-Major Wmii. Marshall shIoi(
Ibe alive nlow, he coild1( teil you that h t
did kiss his dying fat.her-. for he wouhlr
undoubtedly remember it. I shoPilt
like to bo informned whether MI r. WNm
Marshall has patssed thmrough thme wa;
unhurt; an, If 50, w,here lie r.mi,i
ATE'S STORY
an Was Honored by His
irades.
ES FROM FATHERLAND.
and His Penmanship is
less.
p reat deal of interest to the veterans of
generally, who will read the story of a
they know that he cherishes :"arm and
exle ri';nce, atlthough he has been tbsent
Is )enmnnshIp is very beautiful, .uqual
It may seem strange that I ask this in
formation, becauso I returned, after
the capitulation of our so called rebeli
army at A ppomattox on A pril 10, It5,
with General McGowan to his house in
Abbeville, where was also the home of
the late Colonel Marshall; but having
(for about thirty-two years) hcen with
out anrly Colultlnieation with may old
conrades in war, it seels to mie like
one that has read ii history, and in the
turmuoil of life has forgotten some art
of it, It is t larvel( to ile, that I
should be in doubt about the existence
or non-existence of Sergeant-Mlajor
Wml. Marshall.
I now h; to say a few words about
the late l,ieutenant-Colonei Led hetter,
whom I have known at \ValhalIa.
WVhen I wits returning from the impro
vised hospital, in order to rejoin my
regiment, I met I,ieutenaut-Colonel I,
who was bein! borne on a litter by
some of our soldiers. lie said to me:
"1y dear Kruse, as you are returning
to our regim ent. plaouse get my sword
and also Iy Ieatler pouch with two
lemons in it: thes' things must lie near
the spot where I fell." I answered,
"Yes sir, I shall try my best to get
what you wish." I observ;:d no marks
or signs that might indicate how and
in what part of his body ho had been
wounded. Alas! I did notknow whither
to wend my way, in order to fuliill my
given promise. 1 pursued a path,
which I thought would carry me to the
desired :pot. It was an unlucky hour
for us. In less than thirty minotes
there were killed more than thirty
men and otli;;crs. I did not find my
regiment at the place where I had left
it: for having I reeived reinforcenents,
our .raotPs were forcing back the enemy.
I went in a direction that I guessed
would let.d :no to our brigade. As it
was growin;, dark and I felt much
fatigutd. I I'id nyself down and soon
.ell asleep. \\'hen I had awoke very
ea-ly on the tie. xt. mlorninig, I found that
I had coil-d mcyself down iu the midst
of matny dead. \Vithin a few steps of
ie the re were lying about ten or more
corpses in blue uniforms, which how
ever did not frighten me in any way:
for around me all was serene, no deto
nation or cracking of guns and reports
of cannon Cou d hou heard. I thanked
Almighty God for Ifis Divine protec
tion. 11ing, like my many conrades,
deprived of the luxury of soap, towel,
hair brush and other toilette-stuff: and
being Iinus water to lloisteni my
narehing li)s, and nothing in sight to
bite or chew for break fast, the thought.
that I was not able to find Lieutenant
Colonel Ledbtter's sword. pouch and
lemons trounled any mind. Whilst I
was thus cogitatinig and walking ini a
di rection tunknown t.o me', I was aLL last
su-parised to findi my way to any coim
arades, who11 hailecd any return'i into thecira
amidsL with great joy, as5 I wats considl
cd by them one of the jolliest of the
jolly boys in gray.
it may lbe that I wats no0w on the idlen
ticatl spa4t descrilbed biy the "'A bbovillec
Med L ium" as the pllace wher'e a little
wa'en (known In the Gea'rman language
as5 zaun ikon1ig, which01, translated Ii ter'
ally3 into Enagl ish, means king of thle
fence, or fence kinIg), and whlea'e acr'oss
the wvay the ''little old1 Geaman
mlan, (If Wasihalla, was r-unning
thraouagh the scales on a clar'ionet, etc.,
ete."' It maty be, that I thetn plaiyedl the,
Lat thait time11 in 01ur a'egimelint, favor'ito
tune, "'Lot mne kiss hiam for his amother"'
ori someI kIndrted1 plailntivye air-.
- -was well aLcqua1(1inted w ith a'r.
lI othehll d ( pr'onounlaced I ite-si lt.). I1,
wa is geneally m3 iiisprJaonouncl~ed I L'8
child. SaId unfor-tuanate miciaO~n waLs
a g reat favorite withi Col.- l'errin andl
likewise wi th CloX . aMashallI, Col. Coth -
ran, andl our Iirast Col-.1 .ames L. )re;
later'. Judge Orr'a, and~ theni am ba-sadlor
or' aminister', whlo ied Inl St. I 'eter
hurag, lauss ia. C ol.- Cothran salid of may
ft-lend li. (w~ho was an Isaraolite-). Lthat
11e (I . ) wvas a very I intell igent man and1(
t hat he ( it.) was the noblest of his race.
NIlay lie rest in peacte!
I have- foa'r amatny' yearis naot 11(1ard
fromn G;en. S. lcGowan, ait whose br'i
gade headquaarters I ac-tedi as clerk
undeor Adjutani'G-eneraal A. C. IIlaskel .
and I nspet.-G'ie neral I I C. II askellI was
also in (leGowan'as ba igadli. Said
adjiut.an t-getnerial wats latera :oloInelI of
envatlrty, andi in anl ciounitr witha the
UIn ion ca valray he lost, one of his eyes. I
anet this genatlean a tert thae war] once~
inl tile C h arleston Ilot I, and later' in
Savanaah wher-e a relative (of his is
living, fr'om whom I hieard in thei ye-ia'
I1il 1' 2 thiat Major- 1. C. II askellI had
(lied 0on is plalntLationa at or' neair fLittle
I toc k, Arkansas.- I e<nelore a let.ter-,
d at< d A bbevilleI C. II.,' S. C., :11th Nov.,
I (5. You may see h ow kind(1ly I was
recmombor-ed by thIs noble solierca, that
lie sent, money to h is 01(1 comad(e at a
time whlen funds were scarce in the
Southernf Stat,es, that ho would entruast
me w ithltS buiness, e1t(. Said lett,er is
dea' to mle, but I aml guite w-ill Ig to
let yotu have it. Col.- A. C. II ask'llI al
so malide meO a kind oflfa' when he0 met
amc In SavaLnnahI. lI ut the lir-st who
made ine a kind olle. r when we r'eturn-led
t,>Out' homles after the war-, was my
belot-ed Gen. S, AlcGowan, w ho Look
ate to hiis residence, took mo with h11im
to the E'plscopal ohre aactIn Abbeillei I,
Iintroducaed mae. to Mr as. Gen. McGowan,
asa(lso)toI s daugh lter, M iss Mc GowanO,
who declatimled before me at poem,
"'lingen oni the Ithine." lHofor'e I left,
thle geneal's housei~ to go to myI old
- home, Walhalla, he (ller'ed mel it posi.
tioni in hi s law nhile, enmli 1mnnina
me on mlly punetutality and the keeping
of his papt'rs. Gen. McGowan wished
that I should livo at, his residenco and
hi. a perinanent guest at his tablo.
'hu its you see how k ind ly I was treated
by these nobl families.
I must also mention tho lato Col.
MarsIl6ha1I, Cot. Cotlran, Lieutenant
Colonel J. Townes lRobertson, who sub
serited my parole (as ptroled prisoner
of the army of Northern Virginia, hav
ing permission to go to his home and
tbere remain utndh turbco). This was
aft,er our capitulittion at Apponattox
Cour't 1loUse, \a., Afpril 10, .titi5.
I then went wit Gen. McGowan to A h
beviile, where I delivered to him itt his
house illl the brigade papers and books,
anti also a piece of the colors of the
I"I th regiment, of which General
MeGowain had been colonel (if I do not
err) Ifore he wits brigade genera I.
The day onil which the agreements an]d
the terms of the citpitilattion were
signed (I. e., elfect,ed) several of our
sildiers itnld non-coitln1s ioned (.licers
began to destroy their regiiehtal
COlors, IIag-stal'is, etc. I snatched from
the hards of it soldier (who wis tearing
iito pieces and cutting up the beauti
ful blue silken Ilag, with at beautiful
w reat,h, or palmtett .,tree, embroidered
on said Ilag in white silk) a piece of
said hlag and hid it under my uniform,
and its soon its I sitw it chance I hid it
under my shirt, and after h1tving ar
rived at General IcGowan's house, I
delivered, together with all our
arehives, this 'cmnant of the said blue
Ilag of the Iit regiment. I should
like to know if the general is still In
possebsionl of this relic of the .var.
V hat else could he do with it taitn to
keep it? To surrender it to the State
of South Carolinit wias shameful, its it
would have brought to light tle misiier
able conduct, of the :Iestroyers of the
ieautiful colors. It was a silameful
a t of the sohlier to commit such tin
oiti'ageous deed of insubordillittion. It
wits against, all usages of warfare.
As I keep on writing I remctnhet it
certilicate wtich was written by G.Mel).
Miller, Captatin conmitnding Orr's,i
lieimiett hliiks, S. C. \. It was in
camp oni the Italpahannoek, in \'ir
gin ina, on J an uary '2th, I 63, soon after
the battle' of i''redericksburg. I was,
at my request and endorsed by the dif
feren CommndintII'Ug ollicers of regiment,
Irigitde, Iilivision. almly-corps, tranis
ferred from the army of the Confeder
ate States to the navy of the Cinfed
critte Stales by comlmuand of (en. Rob
crt lI L-'e, and si;tneid: "'li;y comland
(If Cen. I.ce. W. 11. Taylot', A. A.Gen
et'al." I took this transfer, because I
considered myself utterly untit, for fur
ther service ir the liel on aceotnt of
Irreducible double hernia. I felt una
ble to stand the marching, and be
ileved I would be hatter able to serve
on a Confederate gunboat 01' Some
other vessel stationed on one of the
rivers or on the coast, of the Confeder
at,e State', a, I had been in service of
the Germtat, I lgian and Un ited States
merchants' navy or matrine until the
year IS.a, and hal been chiefaate of
German, 13elgiani and U. S. muerchatnt
ships for at least 10 years, of which I
could show the best certificates its it
practical seaman and navigator. A fter
having received' my paper" of transfer,
I left the Co:1federlat.e army and re
ported at or, federitte iliavy head(quar
tors to Con11tnodore l"t'rrgt'.t in Il,ih.
mond. A1tr an eXalltitation by au
geS I was declare unfit for any set
-vice, itd o'dered to go homeo to Wail
halla, 1,her'e to remaiin. 1 01pened( at
school in Walhalla, and dill well. After
a few ionths, it was claimed by the
enrolling ollicel' that I had to go back
to the Confederate ar-my to my regi
ment, 11(1 thiat, I itad not been dis
chlarged from service by General I-c,
but only tratnsferred, and that Cotmmo
dore 'in-rrest could not (Iischarge iie,
but on)3?lyL rfuse me), andl( thai i cou111d
only3 be dischbarged by3 the wer'etar1y
o)f Wair. Thu Is I h)ad to report back to
my3'001 command, Or's Ilie regiment. As
I decliaredl myself unable t,o march,
Col. A. C. Ilaskell kindly causcd mne
t,o be emploIyed ats clerk in tIhe oird
nance0 seri'Vce. A fewv monfthls litt,r
Gen. McGowaln's cleirk, Mr I. Normalin,
died( and Geln. MlcGowan then t(ok m11
in Mr. Norman's place0 ats clerk (If
headquar iitetrs of GMceGowianl's bealgtde,
uinder mi iy kin pro1ll'tector', Autjuttan t.
General, Catpt. A. C. liiaskell, unoder'
whomltt I (Iliiaited until Capt. A. C.
hi askolI lcOtenme colonielI of cavalry.
T1he last liv or 1'Six mnonths I (Ihlici..
itted under01 Adjutant-Gleneralt W. RI d
d1ick, of I\ (tt.l Siings, N. C., and1( also
itnideir Nlajor' anid Iinspletor-Generail
IAangdIon C' I laskell,woeltr I
have mentioned alttady
There are. il' somei otherI'l genltlemien (If
Abbille w vhose niamei S I r'leeber
at Liimes atnd tben forg'et thleml.
I r'lelebe it nico young mant naime'd
iIluser'. whoi lose, a leg in the lirst, vearl
(If the war(1. A ftert thle watr he1. li ved in
a li ttle houile oni thle proises o55(f Col.
Coth.11ran, ivhiero, i vlsI ted himt. lie wats
tilen a manlit)u facture loi'f cigatrs. (in
thiis occatsiOin, Col1. C1thran iittnIvi tell
me( in1to his bonse51, whler'e I wats
inltro d uced by hi im to lis famnily, and
tr'eated very kIndly. I hv alsot been 1011
at I)iie West,, att Citpt. atnd latter Col.
G. Me. I). MilIe r's house15, ivho( k inldly
wenlt ith m1 to Miaj. Melton's oIhlicO Inl
Coluimbia itind thiere claimned me its a
sldlier (If his (()irr's) lIegimenit
'llTroulg h hiis illter'cessI(in I wa Is al
lowedl, befo ore goin g bac1k to my1 reg i
1)i str'ict, S. C., LtI the saidI Col . G. Mc. I).
M iller', whol tooik m0 atlong to Virginia.
I wits very k indly treatted and1( provided
folr by the sid gentlemaun, andl hiad a
veriy agebl j.ll)Ul ouIrn ey to my1 old reol
stay itt homo1 wits oni account of a
woIundI recei ved in some1 battle, and
that I meot him acceiiental ly In the
streets of ColumNa. whIere he then
tyedl until lie recovered from the cf
feet.s (If hiis wounid.
Now, I atsk LI) meintion a few namles
oIf ouir rcgimenOitatl band, of w hich I was~
it mfemberO before I was at McGowan's
brigade hleadquariittei's. There was a
Mir. Vandiver, Mr. Win. Tribbhle, Silas
Cli nkseales, litt,lo Johnny A nsel, (If
Wa~lhaillat, Ser'gt. Bul winkle, (If Me
Gowan's brigade watgon guiard, and
otheris.
I hav now peIy lnned dlown more1 than
I t.hought I wouild be able wvhen I began
this lett,er. After reitding yor~it first
papther sent ITO by Mr'. Meher's, I in
tended tol wii'te to) 301u itt onice. I (de
latyed1 my writing a few days iand
studied ahont my m,in,ie Iet.
We Expect to Try Ourselves
THIS FALL
II 'you (o not get to Easley before Fall, you
must not fail to come to see us. We give to one
and all a cordial invitation, aid will take great
l)Ieasure in showing you as nice and as cheap line
of goods as it has ever been your good fortune to
see in these parts. We are preparing for a big
fall trade, and shall endeavor to make it to your in
terest, one an<l all, to give us your patronage. We
are now oflering
Some Rare Bargains - - - -
In un;seasonahle goods. We ecrtainly can Interest you ! We have one
lot of Mlen's i'ur i lats, ranging in priee frein $1.25 to $1.'5, all to go at
.. each. We are beginning to recelvu our ["A LL GOODS, and say
right here that it will pay you to hold to your dollars until you can got
to the Itreket, and know for yourself how iuch you can buiy at the
I A(I 1r'' STil t1' for one dollar. We arc aware that our competitors
are not stuck on is inuch, 1. o., not in lovo withi us. But be sure you do
not stop urtil yoIu are safe in the Store wihere you can buy what you
want land as cheap as you can buy any where.
\Vishing for you, one and all, good success, and William Jennings
rlryan s l" rce Silver, with Uncle Sam's seal, 1'. Pluribus Unum, we are
your servants to please,
NEW YORK RACKET STORE.
Eatslcy, . ('. CLYl)lM & NA1I,1Y, Proprietors.
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Carriages - Buggies - Harness.
W ACOS!.
WAGONS!
BUY
GONS! THE
WAXxIONS/! BEST
WAGONS!
THEY AFRE MAnF AT
GREENVILLE COACH FACTORY.
W. G. SIRRINE, Supt. - - - H. C. MARKLEY, Prop.
.ater on I began to write and kept on shilling or any multiple of one, may
writLinrg until I saw at very volurninious he made at any p)ostoilice savings
letter before ie. Af ter scanning the bank. Interst is allowed to each
contents of it, the tenor did displeasu depositor it the rate of to pr centar
in t r m . a i e idanm, when th balance t the cedit
wa tei o or o~ aifoiese sileo xe o is a c t doe bnotoxceed ?0 0
te sirii . oc urn c s 50 hat I l in a llo e on msiiore,1 tan 500. Th e
ter, I did worse. I alrmos*, lost all con- the daya onda nhih noete ouwn
lidenc in myself. it secmed to mnc ha bee deosw ua tomplst poun
that. my honest efforts to write SOmoi- of the calende Poth uprtocedn the a
what, like reniniscences of my13 sold1Icr- (lay on which the money prcing thdwe
life were not crowncd with the expect- T1he inters uo toneac (s witrwi.
ed sucecess, arnd ithus I became d1 ishcar-t- calculated to the t o Decdeor in
onled. I forgot altoget.her, or lost sight eahyer an Is to endtor an
of the facL, that wiriing aL letter about - c ~ p yart onfi the:rniade than
one0's daily business and compi~osing rparis t o frh.ricpl u h
somrethinug like aL novel, resting uponl Upo 'pun nacun h oi
facts or liction, are dlifferent tasks. It t()on rpurng to accon hither
secered to mnc that I hadL( better- leave hitIa nme o foronih,an h sr-o
"writing like anI editor " alone, ant na and onam tirfonm, and sidece
that. , but, of all would be to thankc you n,and ccupoion an lrsidoncte,
k inrdly for hav ig saved my nlame and effect thaalieo sei n tdrction torh
thle mrasigniiicant doings of your old lndircty ttled tso asnyt dumsc'tando
comr iade fr'omi oil ivion ; then t,o rcq uest, g inhsco he nme to nasms oftand
you to be so kind aLs to extend my groot- othe r her n m or pesn namhebs ofan
ing to iall friends that mairy rememboh)r the,lo oson or1c persns bnk ulesos it
()d Jlohn thre pi per, and( communicat- bie aptost ofc savnge sn, orlest
ig, by means (if pr'inlter's Ink, to all as ruster of afindl rother o-a
the world that, I inI't dead yet.aimtymban onasenduslo bter so-e
T-hyI malde aL nlew attemnpt aLnd I byth adepostfr muse alsounts tve
nowv assure youI * hat I have (lone faith- lie managdpsto acorgt the rmouta-t
fuilly all I v as able to do In my ardlent Lion ofnagedps acodienk. thes rea
decsiire to giv,' you aL sign of life. In onerirof theL psuct lraion mt b e
conicliusionr, I woulId atsk you to sentd me wpitned btshea delartnmusto by
t,he piece of p)aper with the order wom nesd kno tho hism,se or by l
wri'ittern Oil it hy rme for (Gen. McGowan. jutce fr th peace.hm,orbya
It w ill be pileaisant to me to show it to T1hcIotiiSO' eea ildcd
Wibthe nin isterd, upon the host individual fetsture5 of
With ki dent servants ech1 system in vogue throughout the
Yu'oedielN ser.vant,:, wor'ld and will embody them in his
-IIN0 .1 its- coining anmaali report, and will request
- ...that, favorable action be taken as soon
A i'()sTi Oi'iIs IInI(. as possible. [t is thought most of the
dotaLils will be copied from the Cana
I'(it mlas4ter GAenmerah oary3 Gently dlianf system, though there are asaum
inuterset lin a schrorme for its hor of others which arc considered ex
Estalishmnirrt. collent.
W%ashirngton Star.
i'ostmaiIster General Garuiy Is greaLtly ---"B the doeith of a cat, the Tern
lnterested in the schemre for estabi- 'I lS qure nLParis," saje The Boston
lishinp aL postal satvings bank systemr (Jt ransritcis lementay scools.,
aLnd is getting facts about the work- 00 frat's foristes oiena 18hools
ings of suhil systemis in for-eign coun- het'smsrs h i n19
ties. lie has just,L received from the hefr the money for the maintenance of
po)stmaister genleraLl of Canada aL full e pet cat, with the reversion at its
expanaionof hesysem dopeddeath totheodistrict municipality if ib
there, anud is mo(st favorably inmpr'esse'd j ol okatrthe cat. Itspeaks
withl the systemn in vogue there. 1HI well for the honesty of the trustees
has recceivedl letters ini r'egard to the that the cat, now dead at the age of
systemr fnrom ph'rominent men all ovi 10 years, should have survived ite mis
the country aLnd farmners, especially as tress flve years."
hank ing facilIitics for the latter are .e--.
ext'rmely limited. saLvings banks in -The sur'geon general of the United
connectionr with the post oflicos, there- States army lays claim to having been
for'e, it, Is thought, wouild be of great the first discoverer of the ylo ee
benelit to themn esp)eciaLlly. em The faou out Am era
Th'le New ZeiLland P'ost aLnd Tele- batriologist, aous i aso Amca
gr' Ll h G u d e ,ub l s h e t W 1 o i i g - I t e d i s c v r y 0a n d h a s b ee n a wa r de d a
and r'egulations of the postal savings Iailegos that several yearsgon henera
hank system as ap)plied there, has just Ithe germ, which he called the baof
boon1 received by the postmaster gon- lus X. He was .then in Haaadig
oral. in that country deposits of one a yellow fever plague., vn drn