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The People's Journal PICKENS S-C. MBi4L ARP ON THE FREEZE. HIS OWN STORY AND OTHERS H Talks About tho Cowd Days Sixty Years Ago When lie Was a Mall BIoy and Vameo Near Freezing. I remembor-yes, I remember the cold Friday and Saturday of '39, when I was a little male boy-1 mean a mail boy-and had to ride the. mail from Lawrenceville to Hswell, twenty-four miles and back in a day. Friday wp's my day, rain or shine, cold or hot, and my motber cried when father helped mue on the high dromedary horre that morning; but I was bundled up good, and had warm woolen socks over my shoes and a pair of home-knit mittens on my hands and a woolen comforter crossed around my neck and ears. I thought I could stand it, for I was young and tough, and lull of bI ol, and tiad beon raised to work in the cold and to chop wood and go to mill, and my father always said that boys who wore raised easy would tie no account and die hard. I made my trip to 1tos well in good time, but it was growing colder anu colder, and the drizzling rain had turned into tleot. For about an hour I sat by the postmaster'e lire and got thawed. lie urged ime to stay all night, and said I would freeze to death on the road ; but I knew my mother would imagine I was some where dead on the way and be dis tressed, and so the postmnaster helped mo on the old dro nedary and I gave hini the reins for home and held on to the horn of the saddle. lie was a line traveler, and paced up hill and down hill the dame, By the time I got to Greg.r,' bridg ,,on tleCh attah o 'l.e ', I was pretty well clad in ice, and tle horse's mano was a bolid sheet and his cars were full. I stopped in the shelter of the covered bridge a few minutes and found I was getting colder, for tihe sleet had blown under me on the saddle and got into my seocks. A feeling ol alarm came over me, for my linger, were numb and my feet, too. i)eslera toly I clucked to the good horso. and away he wont, for there were yet six teen miles to make, and the blizzasru was on in earnest and it looked like the darkness of night had alm"ost come. Mile after mile was left behind, and I felt that we could make it: but all of a sudden, when I got to l'airview church, I reauzd that, I had alboul lost feeling. I coulient unclutch my hand from the horn of the saddle antl 1 dident know whether my feet wert in the stirrups or not. I was only two miles from home and my good lors palced on. They were looking for miii -my father and mother-anti as Lb. horse rounded Up to tne hack door I almost fell into their arms, and n1 hand was wrenched from its froz grip on the saddl!. I r iememer tha, for it wasd tile cold i.riday, and the next day was colder. .1 was ribbed with turpentine and oil and tenderly nursed, and a few days was ready forl another trip. Vo hid no ther wometers then, and thero is no record how cold it was, but, I remembher that birds were frozen in the woods ati chickens on the roost. I don't, know whether these tbermoImetters are any advantaga or not. Tth otiher iltrlinig I got up soon and made a lire inl two rooms and then went out to the coal house to get more coal or up h)stalirs. I noticed that, the back hall bloomr and thme steps and platform cracked strangely as 1 walked on thbem, and I felt, iut., was cold--very cold---but ! nuver M Mi zat the thbermometer f' w ;.,- :.>oku and it was 7 degreen .', ir if an hour colder imnmediat.; oelow zero. I go aeon the merc.- Ly, for I had nevoi opinion is " 'y that low befoto. M is about. .nat 10 degrees above z*'n yo . scold as 10 degrees helowi r'' aveno thermometer. I can' ~~alze the dillerence, and thbat is clo 'reason why our Northbern bretlbri make so little luss about weather and 40 degrees below the mark. I u like the engineer who was called inx b, a railroad committee to give h is opiti ion about speed. T.Lhey askedt him in i was more dangerous to1 run ifty ,oInil an hour than lorty. 11e said no."i you runslxty as safe as iorty<" "Yen. said ho. "I-How about seventy 0 eighty ?" " Just as safe as fort3',"h said, ''for if you jutnp11 tbo track n, forty you will go to the devil, and thu is as far as you casn go at 100 omilets a hour." Just so I don't, car' mnec where the mercury goes to af ter it gel below 20. I was talking to an old frienid froi Maine about the weather, and lie sai he had suffred about as miuch dow here as up there, but, dident, sulfer 1loni a a time- only a day or two ;but ni 'here 1t was several long weary month "Where I was raised," lie said, "ih mercury was far below zero for month at a time, and I remehembe on long weary night when it, dropped 1 30 and then 35 and 40 TIheire wmas a oldfashloned box stove in the big roo1)0 it was made of thick malleable iroi and on bitto: nights we crowded ii wood and 1)ino unitil it was red hot al round. On th,hi particu lar night IwI boys bad to tturn round~ amid roun md tI keep from freezing on one 51ido whmih we were woorching on tho other. A bon midnight the mercury dropped to 1 and the house cracked and popped0( likt little guns. Father got alarmed, and being ,anod-fahoned CThrstian man down and pray.' After prayerw pled nrore pine into the heater. Fa'ther said to mother :' Who ]Clisha Kent Kane was in the arctics h maid that he found that fatty matte was better than tIre and lie made hi crew stuff themselves with whal blubber and seal oil and grease andi saved their hives. And so, mothet in the pantry.' M'Ot-hor turned us a loose on her lard and butter and fr meat and we crammecd it down and did do us good. But the mercury ker on dropping. Father' had an old (donke that brayed incessantly all the fort p art of the night, but aboult 3i o'cloc he ceased and father said :'My chik ren, the poor old donkey is dead About 4 o'clock there was a fire in th little village, but nobody went to 1 The fsmily lied to the nearest liens for refdge. Just before daybreak lh mercury began to r1s9 a little an father said :'Come, children, let u ( kneel down and give thanks to God fo His mercy.' "Well, it was glorious to see lh big, round, red sun rise amnd shine I: the windows next morning. Abou his time we heard a racket in th barn which was near by and fathe ai:'Boys, go out and see if tha donkey is alive.' And sure enough h< was and there he stood facing the (1001 with an lcicle sticking out of his moutLh three feet long and as big at the base as a coffee pot. Ils brays had frozen and frozen to a sharp psint andJ had stopped up his mouth so effectually he 00tuldenot bray any more." ) That's what my frennd told mc, but N. B. he was a newspaper mab. Wel I'm not going to write a poom on th beautiful snow, for I don't like I especially when I am the bov--th only boy about the hous3, and have t keep trotting to town or the woodpil or ccalhouse, or somewhere. But, th children like It, and thero's som1e con fort in that, and the other day whilo was tramping slowly to town on th slippery walk I mot a pretty lady, middle-aged matron, and just bofo: she got to me her foot slipped back ward and the other extremity had t bend forward and she made me th, prettiost little courtesy I over hat made to me. She never lost her per pendicular, but just como down grtce fully on one knee like I have seen girl in the parlor dance. Of course, tipped my hat and said " Thank you madam." She colored up and smile and spoilt it till by saying, " I didon mean to." I havent told my wife abuu it yet, for our golden wedding is neal at hand and it is no time for these irre gularities. It was the bautiful, till slickory, trickery snow that did it. I had to shovel it out of the pathwaj iroin my house to the street, 150 yard so that my womjn folks could wall without wetting their shoes and stock ings, but every one of them, even to my wife, prepared to wade in tit beautiful snow and the girls found t ditch where it was knee deep ilnc waded in that. That's the way they impose on a poor old boy like ile. But there is net so mnucih dIYUrenet between heat and cold after all. 13,; destroy sensation and vitality aid wither and blast vegetation. The are iery close akin. Not long ago i mian told ie he witnesscd the experi ments made in Now York with lnhpiii lied air. Hie -wv tine discoverer plaet a tumbler half full of it, in the cuIter of a large pan of water and in ls, than a m ito thbe water was till froz into solid ice. Then he took an iror rod tihr-ec feet, long andi as large round as a cedar pencil anti put onil' eIn :: tine tumbler and while it rested tlerl he touched a lighted mnatch to thei other end, and it Look lire and lnIJIl furiously iint il the whole rod Va lnon sumed. lie declared that, a teasnion fiul of this lininilied air placed i;n a rI.. Irigerator' would revi.1 eveurythim it it and keep it froz i for tiree or 1.u1 days, and tlat ice would nm lhe inuiok at II0 Ucents for a thounn:id poundins, 31 adl the ice fa' tonri h ulostud forever and he said tiat tihis y 'iiid air hat iYvU tiins thne destrnuite pownr 0 dy inatunnite:. The penULatUr n nnnIiIt inm-m ade ainil olitt,alI- for tne u mit'y nin frozu ticbni by diroippnrlit a very sin1al dr1op in each guis-s. [tow i., that? Bklit. N. 1%. Thi gentleitian V'Who solinn nly Ltil tiis is 1nUW)lnewsppe 1nan, toin. I 1, A n. TilEi ItAItI ii(hsn ;'031nl181StN. A (lteneof itsm CoP1tars Anll a !.takCt lnienl it 111 ilin fliq.s W hicb in lit Conlerret t'o 'ii l'w nieh. 4)f i,1 State. 'I'hi (ol'nlnnni innrnn.-norre iollonnt nif tin ,Ne-ws amid Coltrier mnakes Lhe follo.-; stattemnenint in regard it tine work of Lli ra1il roatd cnuin issinn : TheIr ia, Inen cn:-iderabl ntnt said rolative to tinth railroad cmn sion of this State, evein 1n1,Lnntion., a to its being wortless. T'nere is .n a tiling as overdioing a tinling ui 0 leaving L false iIIreH.4ioni. It , nlw t,) apprciat that, 1imt. h .li - .n n nc; resentmatves oI tht' nortl.. -r fAl' sigliteti nIn n, annl thit . it. '. hnas bee~ln ni- ,n' npeL'atnin tnhat wh'aI nil iii~ ~ . iredi hna bneen minioi vv iitin a view'. to getting ant, tint fact' itiforinaldon ainti datal havte beeW .l'n beg inni witin, t~ne nai ln'noadn lnninlini: sitn by', itts repornnnts andt tiei.,nomns ha ~ lldg mf tine varin'nn.u nailnrnanl <| il:4.-in thnat hanve annilen ainidli- LM i in iren tmin tin puinn ei nnphunonn, tt as. ton eerit co)nst.:iint inllinuenn upnn rilroaintl innn a ngens and1 unnke it. a fnorce in sicuini r nefonrmnn, win.lei. att thie uamie 14 ime, i t hn bnrouel bnt nabount a~ h 't ter idnnerstamnnlin tnf thn liintinal ril-il ni oii thn:ent:pn tiihns alnlti te juil e. Spini jh'aliy. libt ninin ini.~K nn hIn hel V tioladm hn iri: the mtani : n0 In:- tint uat galtedimit archintI andi Ii xii Lih re-pnsn nn.liiy thni-reftnr, whethernan mn thntenco pii't i (ir: temir angt'nts. aniti it in nani.tti 0.n the' n inndilino n onf a bnetIt tinnlimpmlent annil thet adopninnn of aill Elb iti.i'u-t. apin ncti fnnl or tin. Safty of Era' illen-. it hamm hetlpued tn u'meein-me bmttne aniinn inniaii tinn- atndl fai itin fnnr Inn oi nptlacems. minil has nmnnl rid reu-sedm nmn. rn'ievnc~s nof andt in bia' - amndl cminnun tn~ Lte inattr nif Itihe rate'. mnn fentil -r. the(i ltt*ain gn rdutins hit' lnmen nnmde .i:t' thne adopnt nnnn onf Lih Eoatin d''.t it rentini 'ectmio of ni StaI 'te a it th unnn hf thIn pa~ssago mnf thi act.I The' rat- on fertih .:rn fronm Umna lesitonn ton all tnt' litdmtnn:, se'.ctionI Line S'.at-e~ varnnied fromnn $1 3I tno $'n mu Loin. TIns ttrritoryV i nov Ioveredi a blainle ir ate inf 9' i10 per ton. Infif ic ents. of tis releto~n hans bnelen r lcently mnadte. inn tine I el:e A s- etin thne rattli vanriedi Iro ninn$2 , 0 to $'3 20p per ton :tolday ltnhis te rnru itoy is co)vert by a stnrai ght in mage rate tinatt doi) nolt averiage onver~ a ratn onf $2 2n) pa Loh. Th~e loncal rites on fertilI ners I all roads have bnenn nedce inu ni i average of! 5n0 ceints lper. oin omn all I hobi Is ttnes. Ver 1 m' atern'i at r.'unlEthn h iavne beeni made in otlher ari~tclesi.. Thle e it jiv.ation of tob accoo hvinr.'i assio 11 I nedvey conide~iurablne p rotponrti1 in tis State~ it was found upomnn inlvesi ngation n of tine nratsm thait w.e ro h chanrgedl that tine nailroid s wy r.:-: rtin tn the devlopmennn~nt of thne Ousine st ware hnounsing of the tobaiceon, aind tu, the rates used were very mniuin bin tinan t hose unsed in \ nrginia ali-1Nd ni Carol inna. 'IThe boanrd red ue'&'d the r'.n onl tobaeo., gilvi ng tine niees..nr reu~ to tinis Iindl u- try. t (Complaniit wa madeiunntnn by' thie lI '11111 carriage and buiggy innnonactum tinat they coun ll not ciomnpetet wn.ith i W estern mnnuinlfacturiner is fin nth huii . ness iIn tinhis State withi tinhenn rat frni Ci necinmnati mnadte thnenimv I-Int n': ra i . Thlie connimsslin tonk ibi -- ra.tt ui and so redtnuc'l thnen unit ii nnow Inn h iomne nnnunnfacnturner5 arne abh' ton in in compnietitinn with alni outide dellli Ior nmanunfactur nerns andl coin trol tine Slocal territory. r On coipi tnt of the: wvod dealers< tine cities~ of Coluin n iai, SpannrtaIninu I ock llillI, Sm1nteri n andl Char tnlesto Ithant tihe wvoodl ra~.'s were Lto inighn ti bear:, after fiull investintionn of ti matter, made~l a reducnta~oln of 50nt pn cent. in the woodi ratns andl I ncrelat tine mnminmum earload fi'mm n-ighti. c-t to tenI cords :this reut'n' it ioniwas mnn in 1898. In 1897 tine nrat, nn hingh~ wans r'educed 2(1 pe ceint und ni c'aI of lumber wore sIIppi u-at wni nat wn ihon rate on rough Inumhilr, man~kiing emn slderattion reducntion Inn tinh' ranti. On compnlaint of Mr'. Joh unm A. Sn iti reaui, the rates on oil and sugar (non Charloaton to Interior points were ri o duced. , It was found thut the titanufacturci u of paper boxes in the city of Charici I) ton were being charged too Inuch b U the rilroads to elania them to con 2 peto with tho manufacturers of b.>xi beyond the liinits of our State. Tih 1 board remaovad this discriminitation b L) redulcin. the rates. Upon inveistigation the comliDillissio were of the op1inion that the rato o coal wats too high, anti they had a r( duction made of 10 cents poer ton. Tlher 3 arc many te-luctions and udjuitineit I that have been nlade 0& other con -nIoditlCs if we desirect to continue thi Traille managers of the railroads I I this State, in iS97, tiled with th board an application to I -icrease th r rates on cotton seced and cotlton sce hulls 100 pe. cent., cotton in bales cents per hu1nd reId poun lds, agriculturt ilipleientLs 2. per cent , ice .40 pe cent., cotton secd oil 20 per cent., v( hicles i all kinds 2 pIer cent., coal 2 per cent., granite and marbie stonce i per cent., piaper boxes :"l per cent I'hose arc a few of tibe articles 10ii tiot.et in tl is application for an advanc; ill rates. The rai road co1iumission rC fused to alloW it. All these iatter are from the records Ill the ollije C thbe railroad Comm1Ill ission. Inl tb Iin atter of the passenger si vice given tili pilbli it las been iuc liirovei on the reconi Ini ndatiori an sug gestiOins iid co-pieriatioll of L11 (10111li1-sion. 1I 1,.iih oil the Cheraw and Darlitig tol ibiir;ioad froi |oretco tohUtlera oil tilt aillucestlelr and Anl!usta li. ioad fronii S.iuitiur aid to Giboon. anl from Al.Ciriijnick to Anid ron tile col IliSiOn had dtily tr lngur trains tpu onl inl phaeu of Wivo Inixtt trlain' 1111 had bwi tile actoIllliodatioins afflrde by 1,beau roads, O.Io of theU nlos-t, in:] portanl, setrvices runderded the pubi 1i1143 Iwell the iniprove Inu1t, in the dep itucotulidatiols that have bet u1 ot taUiet tllroulgh the ellfrts of tile com tail:-Sloil. 01 tht LI'ectiolilendationi of the hoar very IllaLteILI I ililp re uei nts Lhav elcl miat.t Ill the tittprit, aec lil~a l along tilh ine of lu S1oILlurn It.ii wiay Ciilupaly, aill )i" the [111(4 illipol IIor.antL of whIila a0 Lilt, deplot- it Spari~t;uaburg, (itei le, I look Lli dtii.- i(ir iis l it out v tim A ial t iwu oita i ,It( I I t ot eioll at Su11 -1 Coiway ani i nmrk upOn Whe re (n itil hth) i M'I Of ft i board. O)y a LI Sotn ii Iiol iia;l org i a i t vur) . tiiis w f l '1 ie nt ' e tui d oni tih ~. i i' ti v Ii ti, o his th (Nt'il lias ' .11111i t i ldt d W illi lun pi lat I Sa itIr It , iti . Ii il 'iti a i it'd i W al dLilttt btic at wi i tili a ii) h t ii ti l , . u i iT 11 ailaa ly I I I VOi I (' ;tlt ii'lii!, i rott~til Li iih.! 1i-i id -' i i 1111 a r ll i i *il . c v " - ct 11 - b tilI 11 lC L II .) iti I I', -11I it 1.0ti I I ( . iii j Io mill i o );t d vi'r L t I L? \ - -,It H - L I it t t i, I Lii A I t Iit I t w itii Ii 't's'all.iiti It 111.ly1 LilllrtLeiy ittiti t'i'l:, lil, andiiii iii hI it LI.tVt tI IIt.II 0lel l l i l l I . it .' i t)h60 i ii iii \\ a i .if L' 16lion of1 : Ih K ii le n t til a tt (lii t ii ' i t.'l ;. i i ' i .- < t: i ti - Lirif the i t i, p o n . iIll' -. ) i t l. ,i teen ituug te I- lreial I' i i,iit'.ii.i L *i - ii tii lil re ni en .n r e l't lia1. -- !! t il, i i i i ' i i l t'' ill: I il itI 1 i ' t~t :illi ) it li -r i t I litt a llt in i I' 1. l . i ii() a I r ,he t Ic.h i aroin y t'V 'ilii3 )f tit, ~ i wi ie t \\ pu;ity et i'L t-tloll t. i lei' lW strig tt i I LV ltlu ! Li il IL Il li tti al 1111t til l - ~ ~ u ct i i o f tite t'ilotl , lianti - th y [e > tll here, to insist on their immediato departure. 't On linding that the men they were I- looking for were. not In the city tile cit y izns spent about two hours around t'>wn before startiog for their homes. Buforu leaving they trade urgent re (3 (jlests of Mr. T. FI. I00leV and othei y Qitdz ms no(t to al.Ow inly of the Tol bertai now itide' proseipton to again n take up the.r rcsidetcew in the city for n1 any length of time. The people in the lower portion of e the county, It was represented, hait .5 sulfered for many ye ars at the hanIs k- of the Tolbert, and they have resolved b tihat they w il not .mI1er from this Cuuso any longer. They do rot be n llevo that peace and goodI order can be e maintained with tile Tolberts in the County att presetnt and they do not, pro d pose to run any risks. Tney ,aid that 2 if the Tolbeits had shown any sign of i regret for their past conduct and the r c:Jnsequences of it, or had made any pledges as to good conduct, in the 5 future, their return might nave been U oloratod; that until thu Tolbert, show ed somne desire to have the friendslhip - and good will of the peoplo of the county u they would not be aliowed to live in this county again. The citiz 3m said they S thougit if this was known the better I, would be for all parties concerned, and tit, the object of their visit heru was to make tills fact known in the m most uninistakail miainer. iL The erovo duliring the two hours #tay in the city was generally (iuiet and dIl 'Iy. LL"-mMO of the iLt1n nal beeni -1 di'111n1r, atId :ie or tvo w0re disposed to hnd titre ime 11 lim(ake ase of . thc n-t! Vv'-, but, thle gri at, Inajority weret : oberrae and ob.;r men~l werle -'trtai.;ly inl chiaru of tiu er'owd and t, diTrcted i5ts moelnenths. hie leaders I f 'he rowl Were tsing lis In evie'ry Il- r I to keip down atny dt i l..oldely or- uLn - seolnly Conduct, F The Crow- Ar% ti out of toI% n in tb , direction of I 'i.(' ic ix ablot elev nti eo'clock. A top was inade a. th hoeme - lf Ae. WN. I1. Ntpietr, in t~.e ouitkirts If the cit y. Mvr. Napier is a brotier ti-law of Jlamna,- \\. Tolb- -t. ToIbert Has betn ther for two week-, past, but 114t, it is aid, e ve l I I tys i-go. %Ir. Napier via told not, ai low Tioult to L thia . l10 li. N api r t-l atedI 1 ye iterd aty tahe rot' ti, during ilhe istop at his :.o , 's quiet, and orderly, that n0 '~ rient wer e :1;ttlc a.'l tiL t 1 10illsive T!. in.lx r- ePoter talked with H0]. J. M. Gainte over t~h: tietephonlite yester day aflertom. it-. Gaines was at his bo-t , liftwLn mileS ill tt, country. ie teu thi. Li t, oiini, a ftert lea.' Ing tihe city T ieday tig It, all Ie trned (pietly to their hines and weu yestertLty Ntt di n 1 g1 L II the )i bui- a k ow al. -L NiJal.a vll It.trn's Ahitit, tihe Shortage inl it~ ~~~1 1-!- it tit~otl It't-tiItiit. nialts at Tinmron;;11havestipgation. I in- ' . ' . I I int aul. (d. ' . .\. Neal, suiperintndlent of th01 Jat I penWItmn ary, ret lune to t l !te 'Tu-'-daty light, after um netlu inl Aniderson onl na.it State busttine-s comtibineti. I aond. of Lthe snomw torn, (ol. waI pt imhiotmor live days at . -il-,tr L m and~ :t thi telayed htis re tirn L thi eity. \ hbel ls n iti re !Ar ti m ml r, ;i whil his 61li'ial e tiin~ia. has. , 1n 11 1un qj'1eotione'd, . \ I 'tlked freely inl a gk t-ral li ean by saing t i~he rep)orts thait 1. unt - 'rt inii h:5 accoutiL w.ere all rot and I ~ L t ita il nt~rue. lIe said that, whi ii, e ilhii ltrned over to his W! - m n'ythi~ing wili b.e found to b Le rt all I in per feLt condition so -f a- theLLi~il acout s and man ittagemtient u-t ticmrnd. lIe inviteud a lull in u- aiin tnd w'a glad that a legis ae purpo-e antd lie would aid heum y -ay, po-iblie. Hie stdtei that, 'i.lLo hn wILmtLverP to fear fronm Sis: at in. T ne co.ntm ittee, he I' -.i: iy otne man oli it who vited aiKt tbe ieibet's are all fait., Lin antd would do what, was a i ii id he inu adhiad it pleatsant, enla :y morn'111intg with ?his due - pi . GrnIllih, and it, hias beeti I ' t, Coil Nes almuld give up r, w hlichl takes place I \~ ~ -said lhe would take great, h'i-trtttiion aboilt, thbe institu * a it, s 'ork inus and int~anled t~o I i uL. - x tilt everythintg. Hie ii i t eily thitng whiich wast~ not ni h ii Le(Lr was on~e or1 towo damtis ii Ii li--itu a'LL 01 I L ed farmtis, a : -L ni Lii Ltj 1red by thbu receiit * inIl the WVatoree. The out iilienir -.L0t, lie said, ele all andI Capt.. th'iililih's admtiinis * xpre-hsedl hiis frtiend ly feel toim 'u C.Ltpt. Gril lit Lbeveral N al tr-marked that he had held - . fo' -r.ix yucl rs, w bicl wias abouit alI-~ny tialt everl'd( it, and h10 :; e U~ *ll ilsrit at is defeat, he e alyfeeithisof ressenilment, -. .rd Llho1 whIo oppiosed him. lie x'-ets to go baick tto hiis fitrtm near Ii itv ir to Ieratin lain health. llis famtily 'I vo I lit tL ieitt homu er t a'ii - iL' 1atiiiitLl'a . Co. Njeal wltll go'titL TI j ic-c t iati vt L:v' 1- ,I invesi~itatn 3 .\l I )w'.. 3I . d L tuve so n isl ciiinali 3' by tile vite ol the comm i tte~e. Th Johnltt Tayvlotr, for'tierly of t'ie Stitte iLI't,rn iur I's tlli:, its ti. ir cxpet, to ex Pl. PTy lilt wi. athoL.tez .dl to be-giln at:-awill (L~itiniv.s i~t every 12thig fro ,h bieginn pi toL i the o Col dent.tL Tfoio l committ'tt wiol nt, nextl~ on. Lrch th at> 12oenewe the exaL Oh. f rtii Le u x litd '.1 mialke ai t ies Lttalpa renaiotl tiis of the Un nual terd of 12.1k 01'g Lestudn w1 fil cieg i tit, whi Ili . utevehii ol tech i't. sae READY FOR TilE VETERANS. Tihe Arrangements for the Conftc(er ato Reunion iII Citraleston Are Progrosing Fincly-Historic Forts Will be Open to Visitors. The preparations for the great Con federate reunion to be hold In May at Charleston are progressing on well de lined lines, and matters are taking shape definitely. The committees are all hard at work and the various pre litninaris have been accomplished. Te linance committee has been very suecessful in Its efforts to raise funds Over six thousand dollars have been jubscribed already, and ten thousand, it is thought, will be suicelont to de fray the working expenses. Th - ox ecutive cotmittee now holds weekly meetings and goes over the work of the sub-conimittees at each sitting and lays out tle new lines of effort. The coin inittee at its last meeting considered pa-ticulariy the question of housing and bohrdi for the tbnousands of visites that are expected. This matter Is con sitdered the most serious feature that the city has to contend! witb in connec tion with the reunion, but plans are being devised to overcome whatever obstacles are inl the way. l'crmission has been secured from the stUcretary of war for admuission of visitors to the harbor forts during re union week. Thu concession is a very welcome one, since an enforcerent of the regolations would have barred the ve-terans fron the his'oric Forts Sun ter and Moultrie. Tne work on the big auditorium was delayed somewhat by the blizza..rd weather, but the building is proceed ing rapidly. The front elevation is al most, cnplete.1 and promnises a very handsome i))eaI'aice. Tile State at large has joined hoartily with Charleston to inaKe a success Cf the reunion. Substantial aiu is being given from all parts of Sout.i Carolina, eacti of tihe counties contributing gen erously of supplies and money. The rusolution of the general assein bly (xtending to tile Confederate Vete rais the freedoni of the State has been engro-sett and signed by the presidert of the Senate, the speaker of the IHlouse and the chairmen of all the atanding committe of tie two housts. It will be forwarded to General Gor don, commander-in-ehief U. C. V. The text of tile resolution isi as r"11 "iu it resolvei by the House of INLApresentat'es, the Senate concur ring, Tht, tihe btate of South Carolina heireu. extends ior loving welcome to 0;.u United Confederato Veterans, w 1ho, its tier guests, are to gather in the month of Alay next at Cliar-leston, tiena and there to hold their last great annual reunion of the century, under tLhU shadow, as it, wero, of historic Lort Sumter, and hereby grants to them and their heirs, male and feuale, ' tihe freedom of the State.' And that the people thro.ghout the length and breadth of the commonwealth be, and tlie' are hereby called upon to lend their full presence and give amply of their substanee to the royal greeting and princely entertainment that are due to and await such well-beloved guests in the birthpiace of the high and holy hopes which once inspired thben and their Southern brethren, ' part of w hose host have crossed the 11.>od and part, aie crossing now.' " R_ solvcd, further, That the Gover nor be i quested to transtnit to the commainier-in-chief of the United Con federate Veterans a copy of tihe fore going, attested by Ihe president of thbe Senate and the speaker of the House of ilipresentatives, and also of tbe chair men of tile standing committees of the Senate and [House." -"' I spoke the truth, and the lit 2ral truth,' rejoined the hal'3 and hearty old gentlemnan impressively. "Belle ite me or not, as you may, 1 anm not, mere ' than sixty years of age, and yet fot more than tifty of those years I have eaten nothing." TIhe elegant young mtan looked r-ather uneasy. "' I don't want to be offensive,'' he observed, "but,, realty, are you sure tbat you'reI feeling well in your mind Y'1 The hale and hearty old gentleman laughed out right '" No, I am not ci-azy, if that's. whlat, you mean," he returned ; "' but see here, I'll explain. Otut of the twenty-four hours- of the uay I never spiend more tihan three, all toltt, for j muy breakfast,, lunch anti dinner, and often not as much as that. But let us say three. That leaves twenty-one dur ing which I take no food ; thbat, is to say, seven-cigottis of my time. Seven eighths of sixty years is lilty-two and onc-hnilf ; so, you see, it is literally true that, for mnore thban Ii fty years I hiaven't, eaten a thing, and-" [lut tbe elegant, young maun had gone olf as fast as his legs could carry hiiu. --A biti hias sen introdueedl in the Kansas Legislature which pirovidos thbat, a residence of three months in t to I the Slate shall give a pci-son legal standin,. to bring a divorcoe suit. A W~Ont':: does ntot ihave -. it nnde-rani N- rav U5ttoisho to al bieholders that ~ sihe is sitfTer itig (rotn ill. helthI iti. Ill htealtht uarks thtati it dIoes a titan. It de- A stroy-s the x sparkle ini helr he cheek, her v iv aei t y of ttatiner, hi e r spriflhtlinecss i of cat-i age and ,Genrall l'1I hatht ist a wotnati is d ie to disoirders or detrantgeninents of te delicate atil tut portanI t feiittine ot gaits wh~itich are the eradle- of Ithe race. No wotnaut wh-io sitf fers itt thiis n'ay east retaini helr good looks 0r hetr atrac i vettess. The datly bu31rden~ of4 tot inttig, dr aggintg paiis that shte carries, will s(oon nutake0 hter a plitysical wreek, andt~ event nally (itheitr k ill hier or drive hier to insantly-. Atny wontatn tuay restore reid re tatitht heal th and stret ith in a wottanttly1 way by~ tihl use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Ptescription. It eitre-s absolt-hly and~ cotti -1 hilletely the weak tiess attdl diseases peetcit ar hito er sx. It does awa'~y witht tihe ncesR sity', for the ttioxiots "e (xatit itotts " atid "local treattietits " ittsistedl ltpott by tnearly nit physicians, anid eniables helr to treat her ia-if it, thetprivacy of her hiottle. It is the tttVettitti of Dr. R. V. Pie-rce', for titty years el' ie f conisul tng physiciatn to the I tival ids' I Totel antd Sigical I tottitte, at litti.ldo. N. V. Anity wotntantt tay cotinstilt hit byi1' letter free of chtarge. Alt corres po1(-tiee sneredly3 con fidet ii. I"T was sickly for sixtee-t yea rs with prolap suts. weatknOes, dilsagreeablte itr' itdrai p itt i the Isi,tl of ,tny buctlk andn costiventess" wr ites Mirs. as-V Ashiliti, of Inarrontt. Iiarront C.o., Wi-i. " whlen, I biegatn tak ing Dr. Pieree's Igavote i i'n,.cr ip~itio I could~ tit sit upi. After taking it to: t n weeik I go'itip andtdid nhit tv hetsework. hv ik eni foutr h ot t les oft tihe ' tsvoriter Presc-rip). 3 t itn. -ione ht'ii ll of the ' GoldteniMt lita D iscov ery ' atid t hi ce- bottles of the 'Pleasati i'ellets. TIthe-e ineietness taeinredttttt ie. I fee-I as weti as I eve-tr did. Seven of the best docto.-s ini the' mulml t reated~ .. ase hut a-.. tue no i-ele.. The Kind You Itave Always Bought, at In use for over 30 years, has borno and has been mi sonal supervisli Allow no ono to d All Counterfeits, Illitations and Subst perimentsi tbart tr-iflo with andi endait Infants and Clildrei--Experience ag What is CASI Castoria is a substitute for Castor 011, aid Soothing Syrups. It Is Harmless contains ielther Opium, Morphiio n substance. Its aigo is its guarantee. . aund allays Feverisliness. It cures Dic Colic. It relieves Teethluig Troubles, and PFlatuleticy. It assimilates the F, Stomach and Iowels, giving healthy The Children's Paunacea-The Mother CENUINE CASTOR Bears the Signatur The Kind You Have Ah In Use For Over 3C Tna CENTAUR COMPANY. TT MURRAY STREET. N 7HE HONEST WIlTE OAK HOME-MADE =W A GO, MADE AT THE i-REENVILLE COACH Are the Oheapest ani Special Pr'ices for "5c. C Call and see us G. W. SIRRINE, Supt. - - - H. (G. 6OUTHERN RAILWA'7q tedensed Sehedulie of Paqseng,, TOUa. In Effect Nov. 6. 1898. cornde IVes. No.18 rat.M1 _____ Northbound. N".12 jNo. 3i8 Ex. N.. 84 ftaityv I 1ally. Sun. Daily. sTrATH' ,v. A tlanta. C. T. S ~10 t46 1~~ LY 'liili " Atlanta, Et.T. 'ILI0p68p120 " uor i. . .. p 1 . . ~ er " inesville... 13.~ 2p74p*0 Nnt-i " Lula. ......p 01 3~ ~rouo tr. Cornella......6pA. logtt 4v.Mt. Airy... ........... Ttuccoa....0p i~iotn.. Westminster11 1 i.........2 af .. " enea .. .. A...o i N Central....452a A. renil " Green ville 2 . ' 12 . 5a .Alit. 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Greenville, A. and CI. division, 45 a. m.,2:84 u.wi and 5:22 p.msa., Imitted): south'..uund.1:25 a. a., ~a 10erPeeat Plmaa etween l~ umbla a'ad Asheville, bet woon Jacksonville and Oinela NNON, J. M.CGLP 8. JI. HARDIWICK,( o. Lb. C. Atlanta. ha. No gorvT l $100 KEFOR CGONORRHIA ANDOGLEET. wYa.sorO o VAcoi5ra. Asa ros Y.ti.E TNE~R TRY IT TODAY. iii ex pres~4 on r:'ceipt of 35sc. ,I A TOR~ i.i1N I1M N'T CO., Charleston H4. C. IOR NE'S Acwsl Bushas. No TeiS BoeSa ap boasd. Sewd for Cataegne.