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II .- -..-.-.. ThE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL VOL 9.---NO. I.PICKEiNS S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1899. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. . THE BATTLE 0] IN SEARCH OF MICHIGAN AND SOUT The Captors at Gaines I Captives at A lFrom The Gruenvile Mountaineer. Onn of thu' iost, remiiarkabe in cldents of any battie in the war be tween the Staten tiok l).ace at Gaines' Mill on t' e 27th of June, 1,862, during the Seven D)%3 s !,t? : around Rich mond. It was a hatnd-to-hand confliet htweii the Sixteenth Nich igant and the l 'afimelt.to ',j a y -3footers, and this incident hats r'.t..o TAI %tracted an unt usuai degree oi att: .tion by reason of articles that have a 'Pared in the Confedea- \' ''j. . 4thin the last few timnit's. Ihe ,it'or of Ti.: AloUNIA INici.:t several weeks ago Mrc pared an t 0a The Vteran, in whaich he hasm; told the inciatent as he baw it, and whiel diffears int soie re spects from the aountIL givoen by a lPcderal soldicr, bu1t only e nough to verify the general features of the in cident itself. It was not our- intention to pri nt the btory fromn the Con federato point of view until it had appeared in Thue Veteran, oresumably the issue for May, but the publication of letters from othera in til. Charileston Sunday Nows of ite 23rd inist. makes it proper to altici pate t'iO a)pea(raIl'ce of ourl! contribitioni in a : V . ran, and it is given lierew ith. Tihe Chiiia cor1e podent of the Sunday NUV-e tv a ;etter just re ceived by Govir-nor W.il. Kilerte wit,h reference to thi ri- n of a flag capl tured from a M.en;%i.an regiment, which i.. is follov . The 'ark, 1- L. 1,>in, lich igain, 'A pril 11, I'1 . I ULu,. T. Rt. l/u-k , )D,Lroit, Mlichi gan-Aly Dcar Y01ki1 our veary in tureting favor of tne 9h instant is just received. fa Inel at ion to the Stitt colors of the 16 :.t n. (laines'b Mill, Va., taken ny CGu Junkins, of the 1st South Carolina Si arph- hooe rs, ('al - imictto,) it wollmaIi r a1mo-1, gratifying to the r'eg imnat ecoml tney be returaned to IiI( azen icization, an(d by that body turned in to _11o adjutant, genaera's oflice, at suitch tiii' a iC a-,ociationi should designat. Th rfoae, as pres i(e nat, at SixteotLh I egiient Michigan Iafantry Veteran Volun tcur:' Associationl, 1 rospectiully as k you, in its bhi, te nter into cor respotndeniCe w itia wo South Garolinat authorities with this end in view. Please give it your immuediato atten tion. I am very truly Yours, Late 1Lt., Col. I6th lIgt, Nich. Inf. Vet. Vols, e't, Col. U. S. Vt;.s. Thi- lette e Is folkved by another of eonidicrable leogth from MXr. Lackic. in which lie portirays the incident at Gaines' Aill froan the standpoint of a l ederal, anad the. fams in the main are correctly stated. His stoary is as fol lows: IDk.T~i'rl, NE 1Q11., Am-il l10, 1l9. TI.o bi., Excel lercy, William 11. Elierhbe, Governor of lte State of SoutL Carol ina---Sir :I have the honor of addr'esing "our Excellency oni a suab ject the imilpetance of whliich you will lind fat the enclosed letter of '3ta1. Ed ward 111i1I, secretary of the l3utteur field A\ssoci ation, cona.psed~ oaf the fol low inag infantry ae inments of veteran vol unateeras, I12t h, -Il Llh an;d lIth New York, 16th NIliehigan, bId l'ennisylvania and 20th NAlaine, Gean. Daaniel Ilutter' tioid, prtesadent. The filth Michigan, originally known as Stockton's 1st Michigan independent regiment,, was organ izedl at Camp Hluekus, D~etroit, Michi., by Col. T.* W. H. Stocktoan, of fl Iit, MIich. U nder' direct, authority fromt the Stecretary of WVar, belore It left, Detroi t for the seat of waro, the fadies of Detroit, %Ihrough Mrs. Charles 1iliott,, trented to Stock ton's regi mnt at suIpearb flag of Iineast bIlue silIk, i nseri hedl ther~eon S. ockton's Inodepent (lent fliegimaient. TIhae State armri on one sidte andir on thle rc eerse thae at'mis of the. Unai ted S3tates, lintely e'xecuted; on which w'as the anaotto, "'Stand hy A\t th battle (of Gainies's Mill, Va., Juane 27, ('62, tis~ flag was captured by Col . M. .lenkin.' l 'adlmet,to Sharap -tanees: iaate in thec eveinig of 1-bhat the Confeteati armiy util bten a eein unablo to liaiI lara huis I a.-'ieatns weore thro'twn to thie a(e. leitz 'John l'crter's left at r 1artinad ale's br'igatae ) r'ux.h' it liHko a tor'nado, beat it ud I *. it, along with It the right 'ii bria . '.I. h ai rgadeI a a -im left of I 'Orter'si lint-; . 'a (f6.h) the left of ineth ltter' being now 'oriie at iew fr'ont on its ii r i C -k.iSokl.on's brilgade wn-,rNoriaian F. WAellhi, an n ha,* to - r' inal post tin w\ t at o .,,le adivancing arei ti atiat . if toi ,ltrike our ud d* o I iak Thi- h. iade pr a I 7 - G .- 'If. i i.,\m rl ni . coi ,:i C..'.,l o ~ . Saj> the 1i: in - ! fiit'iimed a june i n' ii Ii etii itloain!, noit etaI in in t of eveninig '1.i .b nk n 115 hi tie n th ty, pu. of iura linte a nii d i to IiurrV'! r. .\ajor' I)- o if vn'' " im i n-I' v ti uth ' CrOlii an , th SGAINES' MILL A LOST FLAG. H CAROLINA TROOPS Vli11 Surrendered to their .ppomattox. ranka a withering volley of musketry and repeated it by regiment, the front regiment kneeling. Our ranks were mowed down like grass. Corpl Pideau, w ho Carried the silk lag, was shot down. The Confederates had now charged us and were ii:to our ranks. Some one of our men stOO1)e1 d diown i tO recover the fallen flag, and he, too, was shot down and the flag captured by Jol. Jenkins's l'almetto Sharp shooters. On our right hellish deedis Were being enacted on both sides. Sc'eaCing dem1ons, clash of sm1allI arms, roar of cannon, bursting shells, dense powder smoko and night-dark nu5-s made it worsu than two hells. The 1i0h was beaten back and took refuge on the Chickaboinny. Though thi s last onset with the South Carolitniamns did nvot last over fifteen milnutes, the 11,th lost over 220 killd, wouided and pri-oneirs ; the prisonors were few inl iluding Col. T. W. 1. Stockton, %% ho was related to Gen. Longstreet. There fore, your Excellency, although we lost ou' hlag, we nobly defended it, until by overwhelminur force it was wrested from us, and we appreciate Aho fact that no braver, no nobler men aver marched into battle than the 'al met-to Sharpshooters; hut it, might yet. I hope, not appear inlvidious for me to discriminate where all the troops m that fiold fought so well. When Uen. Lee surrendered at Ap )omattLx the Palmetto boys stacked Abeir' arms ill front of tihe Iit,h M ichii ran. One of their oflicers oil i.qIiry earnling wilo we were, remiarked to is rmlen the incident of us firing on Ahem in the hollow and the captuire o" ur lhag. We were glad to meeti, Mn riendly terms and would have gladly ihare( witih them our lat, m1or! of ood or ou:' lastL pllly. Some time ijlat alt a (I SCussiOl l ie between .eve ral ,urvivors of that t.ruggle as to v.wat )rigade firsit pCietrated our lines and woun1d Up tibe fight ( the 1e2ft. t. all Ip)ieiared inl tihe C(onfederate, Veteran, of w h ih I .m a 0) cri ber ;and to give eredit, to Ilood's 'exans an:d .Jen kin.'h Soutih C-.rol in an. I wrote to Tihe Vteran in ianiary last.. Aftcr it- appearance I 'e.:eived a score 0l htters from U s ede rate V.veterians Ver'' com1p limein (:ta ry ,( ile, especially ole from a l'aleiltto oy. I have sent it It) Le Veteran for ublication. The thag it question w as, )y perminission of Gen. it. I.". ILee, pjre eited to) the Gv..or of outS0h Car na, and I believe is (;ow in the archives )f your State Cap)itol. And i1ow that all ,cetional feelin is )bliterated, the Nortth and the South inited by the tenderest ties of brother i0od uider one h-.g that hinds with rolden links these glorious Uniteo itates through theso circunmstaices of 1torious change, I appeal to the kind less of your Excellency and tile Vete 'ans of the 1st Pal metto Sharpshooters hiat the Ilag be retu rned to our organi .ation, and iot without giving in re ,urn some lasting menorial to its ga: ant captor that will huar iiis name lown the ages of fame andi the or'gan aitionl to which Ihe belonged. WVe, oo0, v ill h-Lve tihe 11lag. not for its in .rinrstc vatlue, but in ireinmbra nee of hose w ho presented it, to us. Mies. Dunk111s is d ead, andI Mirs. llIiott, whio. 'iusbanid, it. TI. Pilhiott, was liy calptainl mnd major connlnanldirg thet. regimienlt .vhenf the was killed att Go1ilpotomy~ Dree k, Virginia, May :1'20, I %i : .\lajor Welch, afterward colo~neh, 1iiled at ~he battle of l 'cables l1irmi, \'a., Sep om b~ier 80, 154i. A nothe i irothier of Nla~jori 1 l iott, a inaljor, t.o. -.1 s k lleu n the Wilderness ; one aged brothier r1 ited to the flat g. I tlearnIed throughI hle daily press that a Nirtht Carol ina 'egimient returned a captu red flag t~o he 14th M ichiigan, whil ,caused ine o write Col. IIill, with the hope and prosp~ect in view of getting our Itag re ~urned. lilence my appieall to youri I:xeelleincy im behalf uf our' association mud the memory of those loved ones how imssed to the Otiber shiore, I have ivyen yourl t'.xcel leney alt the facets in his mratter as I know them, andu now utly b~eliev ing thamt your l'xeehney will give thiem uo 1consideration, wilt tuwait yourl replly, w ithi the hope) and prayer that the gallant hieroes of Jon kInus's Il'at mett() Sharp~shooters will Jonsent, to return our1 long lost Itlag, no .altlantICl catuired andl so hionorably3 out, I have the hlonor' to be1 very3 rc plectfiuliy your Qbed icnt servant, We can speak with conftidenesi foir Ghie suiiVvors of tihe P almtetto Sharp *,hooter's LIbut,, werie It possible foir thu flag to be1 ireturined, ever'y man of thlem would( gladly give his consent, btt dllng withi othbor ca ptuired IIlags the beau11ti fui ,iilken hannter of the. Six teentl.h~N .\ieuigani was destroyed inl the conthmgration which 'iwplt, Clumbliaihi on tihe ith of Llbruarny, 14o:>. This flag had1( been de iooe L'i for .1.1 keep-i ing in the (o1d a w.ei building, whichm was among the lir t sacrifices in thle mxemnorable Gri' whichi laid waste the capital of South. ( lina. The writer' renremnber's the . scription as it Is g'vcen by Mr. Laekit, a di recalls the admiration which he~ f,. for t-ho men who stood so nuly 90'at tho flag and whoc surrei'ndered~ it with tech reluctnc,. 'LThe fateo of war ha '. taken them, and nlOW after thInrtys '. Vears~ tile reinnn of a heroii bn M. scarebiing I r vain for this eimbhin ii 'ir State andi coun tr'y which ha r. into the custody I of estwhie ene The articie sciit to Th \'teran by I the cditor of TlM: Mit'NTAIN1-.l.:n Is as S follow., t ] A\NIl-:l iSON'S HIRitbADY: AT UAINE-S' t Ml A'. t EditOr Confederate Veteran: In the lebruary issue of your excel Iclnt m agazi ne I i lid the report of a lederal soldicr as to the part borne11 by his brigade on the extremto leftof their a lint at the battle of Gailnes' ill1, Va., oil the 27th of Jelile, 1862. As I was ia inimber of the l inetto Sharp Shioot- t ur, which captdured the Hag of tho Sixteenth iichigan to which Ml r. Lackit) belonged, I wili give you a brief account of the action of It. 11. Anderson's brigade in that ight. Mr. iLackie is miistaken in saying that Col. Mlicah Jenkin. (not J1ennings as ho 11as it) was ill command Of the brigade, as wNill appear later. oil. AnditerIson's r brigade was coinposed oc South Caro lilialls, and tile live regiments arc propirly dueignated, exce)t that t.he a .ouri-th was only a battalion at tat timile. The Second Itilles had arrived only a few weeks before froml1 South Garolina, and was participlting for the lirist timiie in UI engagement. Tn is o br gade as one0 of Lhrue formig Long street's ioriginal division Ias it Was Or ganized at Couterville, and had been P ild inl reserve a ll tie after noon. Gen. Illongstreet says it was lieal sundown ic whell this reserve was sent forwitrid to reclaiim the day which was then well igll liost, hut tie in tense fightjig ha thielilud th eneilly's ranks and fouled their. guns so greatly that our lasto charge won the lield, whilei gavo the i victory to the Con federates and com pelted ciiGen. MciCllan to make for his w gunboats oi the .Jamics river. I In going forward with the assallit iing cobiuinn, Andoerson's brigade was oi the xtremlen righut, of 1,he Con federate M liie, and dabe dowin the slope anti int:) Lilt ravine, above which were L, enilly's bat.Orie- id Hines of infantry with tiemporary entrenchments. An- a deron pre led u) tho steep IscenIt acro-, the ravine ani Iluet with little reistanic, alt bouugi unlider a col.ist n lire, whiile tle hattle was raging with Illore Viguor oil oulr left where lood's and I 'ieket,' brigaes were engaging th I'ederal . We pressed to the fi ont in) purruit of brokent lines which were moving~ towards: the mllainl body of . til rnil' and l'ilce ghttig ill everytLiiin g before Ltie in. It was a. mo1mcInt (if ili tese anxiety. The htu it had ot, and the moke Of battle wia~ drifting (AT to the valley o! til.h Chicka nlolill julL bi;Lleath the ihi ill which Lh we h:ui cilarge Lte nemy 'L inis. GeU!n. Aidur.-onl with the gallant Lo Sixth, tiie SCecoxnd tZ1ies and Lih e'Iti g baltal1ion m1110Ved stra ight, forwadi' for sevelral 1utndred yards after we reached the OpenI on the crlet of the hill, and 0 lie had dir'etid COL. iicaii JVIenkins, of Liie l'allmetto S:arp Shoote rs, to take his own comilland and the i'ifthx S. C. under Col. Jackson, anid 'uove toward- S Lthe Chi ckahomy115, ini0( orer' to pirotect y the right ilink of i-e's army. it was nlot im1a.gilned tha t thlero' werie any~ 1e i'iederals1 ini tiimt vicinity, butit was as raidlty niearing ight, nd at the timie w a lneceptlid oly a' aS ILC i e prCcauii- i tfin whib i si ooni rl'ltedl in a blrisk and deiP ledi~ engagenin1nt. Stoiukton's Six t::>ot~h Niiebiigaii rL gimient, and the i'ight y-Thi ird Ilnyl''aniax under Col . army~~, andi~ Cl. Stonek tn U.:ume com.k ing to, extr'iente hi.-tl commasi firoii Lthe per'ilois po~sit~ion. Iis Lioo xii ame:Uil from tIe woodi anid on Ldie slope to-I 'vardiis the Ch:iekahioin ia, and1 I ita sulppoised i~haxt no, was ,...1 U an i--Cap dIowni the vahey, unde11r cover' of theL smoi~ky atmosi~lphi~iru and( Llhe fast fabirng shadowi% of the eveninig. Coi. Jacks.on wiitih the iFiftlh S. C. was on the crest i of the hilli and lhe repoi~rte'd at on1ce toy Col. Jenxkin, that troops were mnoigng out fromi the woods on our r'iyht , andi inI a fewv l minuteLs Lie heaix'd of1 Lthe coilumn11 wa'ne v'iii1C to the Palmiiietto .Shar'p a Shlooter's, aL hundred'ix yarids dolwnl thea hill. Col. .Jenkins inistantly prleparledIr Lt) give h~att h;f neuccar'y, and~ it wa~s a mailt1I lient ili ghit to look upon111 Lies .S nliJn lmarcingxl .0 steadiiy, hut, tlbehir lings we re furiled or at least the folds wvere too ini t.init LI) kno2w , wheother they werc frienids or foes. Thie Six teeintih NIlibigan wvas In front, and when21 it appihr:-nebed~ Ourl vicinity Cot. Jenlkins deman:~di'd Lto kniow what tr'oopjs Lii y' w' erei, to) wichl no ret.pon)Ise hi was mlade. Ii i eiee they camiie on1, .S onliy thbe ste~ady traill bireauking Lhi il Li lie woul firiie i.pon'1 them huines they a Lohi toi w.hiich army11 they beioniged, andx Li yet Lih'ee .vas ne ret'sponi.e. Thelir~i L 1,1noni v-a- ILt morel tlian lifty yardi a r fot, miarebinrg bly the ilanik, d wV hI. .r na ii wiirie at the readly, and1( fi as. t~b. -.a of .ir colum 111 cameII in in commandlih)( .d t*,, 'iie: bly Say- ri rel ieuf ., " i.'ire'," an aux , .,;iley miade (deadly worvuik ini thbelr i -i.s Thryl 3 (juiCkivly'returned theo firo- when:1 Jen-' k ins ordered the lbar'ge, ii. fiv II, illi luesLii liin eum11 writor - ni ii delay aund the a 'ifth S. I. and the Mighty-Thlrd 'enn lyvania had a sImilaihir eXperienCo on ho lill, and resulting in the same way. 'ho ShaIrp Shootors secured hL!e 1a1g of ho Sixtonth M ichigan. a beautiful ainer that was never trai led in the ust, and as Mr. lauekio says it was L'it to tle G)vernor of our State, wio eposited it with other captured llags a) the old Stato House. which was de troyed on the 17t, of l'ebruary, ING5, y the careless unanner in which Uen. herinan's men were hanildling 11iro oni lat daiy in Columbia. The loss of the Sixteenth Michigan i that brief engagement wis 17 killed, L1 wounded and 53 mii-sing, a lking i )tal or 21-I, in addition to thei prisoniers ikei. I was sent by Col. Jenk ins with detail to look after the wounded aid risoiners, and my reeollection is thiat o killed, wounded and captured -ached 375, while those reported istiing lIed to the Swimip bolow. Col. .It. Stockton wat mortally wounded, Rd a m1oie gallant soldier wis never Oi aiy battle-field. The I-lighty-Third Plennsylvania lost, killed, 51 wounded iad 10 missing, ak ing a total of 19i casualt-ies, out the 551> present, according to ''ederlal aisties. Col. Mel'aino Wias killed. his reginLt wias said by Gen. Me lellan to b ono of th bes., in the adoral army, while another hu sitid lat it cIconitcred more fighting aid At m1orO 111011 Inl battle tlan anily o.he' Llnn1sylVaiRia reginieit, its losses being ic second highest in that arMy11. Truly, thrse wero " foemen worthby our mteel," and tihe light between e1 aid the South Carolint regimenti thu oIly incident of the k ind iln the ar botweena the States, ho far ai ! ROW. Then there wag tho meeting once' ore itt Appomattox ! I wais not there, account of ai disabling Wound re ived at few montlhs before, for which aRm1 Clrryinlg a Clutch alt thtis daiy, it mily CoirIPadets told InRo with 81adlnes-S id yet saitis faction thit they ottaeked iRIs inl frolt of the Bixteen til l i-l;bi nII. " W haat regilienit is that ?" I , ks thle uiniiVswered question at Gaiene0 ill, but this tim1e1 the responlso was, 'almetto Shairp Shooters !" and tle ichigan boys broke rakllcs again, but was to rush across the line, rha.. P longer to divide LiemII. aild press * hian ds of t1e South Carolinians, 0 rmIlAnant of tihe comm1RUJand taut bore I tC i Illiag neIrly th reea3 irs bfore. Re heroie Jniniills was not there, for s gallant soul had gole to a better nd, out there vere 21. oflilerIs ain:i 3.5 iviawC, the largent 1111nnbt.r of men it e final -uelllder of any reg imlt, In e Arniy of NorLhon Virginia. I aversack and CaIteCn11 WerC opeed the falllished " robs" by tle Michi Ln sol di ers, and there- was r iejoicIg Hid the gloolil of AppomiatLtox, by mRn ho had faced each other 1muarely oiR te lild of battle and had llade Llthe uae.- .a t, of eatch othe-'s, 1 manhood. I t asingular fact that the Sixtecith iebigan and the I'almietto Sharp booters wrce organizet for pecaial ier cC in thir rpIec~tlive arm11ie, anld yet. sither fuil illed this~ pu rposeo-; the0 heavy uses in I8Si2 lprOVented. TheIR SIxt n LCIRhA t1s know n as1" Stoek ton's I ndep~lerlent Iegimfent,"' and( It, had1 twelve coml 1,IesC: tIhe Sharp, Shooteris were P orl LInIe urCIde111r a spec ill act, of t ,I Coin LIurate Co~ngrPess for 1 harpl- h OOtinRg aln11( iieulIdent, r eg Ilnenl,, anid ah., Lit twlelVe compailnies. TheII Six teenith 15sRa reel)rdt of ?-71 killed andalI wounded1-C. IC SharIP) Shooter's had aI loss of Ti,0( lIIed adwundAI ~lR~ed from Ma fi , I ti2, J1 un C "t, a, I mi2, less thRl ansI x ty d alys, eludtinlg thle battles oif Wil limbulrg, Voiln l'ain.,, Gjaines' Mill and11 I<'razie's5 S0IneIwlIere there (iught, LII be a I'e laiR of the Si xtt~Inth M ichi gan ami11 Ie l'a llnetto Sharpi'j Shoo(ter' Iou Old lbe aI glhoious.- oppor)tuity niext iiarI for t~he suivor o(P~(f LbheLC il co alids IA) ltueet cabh ctiber one IInoie. hIat Ra llood1( of rem1aiCiseenes wVouh Ibe I Juredl folnth, and1( under' Ithbo Iag (If 'ROwl our1 fidl ity1 to acotheICLaCr, recogI zinug It s LIIChIe mblem io (f freedm and 11( 113y thae' e.mra)'tc(- thleI wholeC unIion of Gr'eenville, S. C. elisonr, wIVeb)(l wasl rI'a hi to hI r by I> Ur fathl'r, Adlifr'R l''Irey.Tw panishLl captinsj camlie I C1 board the, Igshlip wiVth 1 aj rIuet to be albwt xee "1,he greaatest -eniiaan inllh ill wentL on de.<-- forge-ts ti,ba alt, lilt mo1)r)ent is l('goi were IJoundI I p IlL 1C kne's and~ ankles with ii-1- of CII On w ith red) tapet. Ti'i- hadI beenl )Ine LtoC allay thle irritithIII ailiing I<I rooIiis it n 1 I- heI 'n a, I. lt I hat will I ieve pain1 anel aIb.. I e r Irr~IIitnbi ill nolt do1 im All igarne bIn11111ent1 ill, il petr a 11 1 C- II otai l I',r1Iug r te se Iof AllIgior0 Ii lijhlenlt Hohl every A LOOK IN I'O THIM PAST. 11111 Arp Talks About FrieiN of ils Youth-n GI rowing Old 1ei lIko So Talk of tho Long Ago. I low those old mon do cling togotler. Almost every day brings a good kind lottee from sono venerablo man who is I n. soin --o:- has a Omm utnity of in rest With ile, and wi1nes to writo, for he knows that I will liston. Thoro aro tilally tlloro of theni living than I thiought, for Old 11101) grow sil1nt as they nitar thet) end. Thy ponder an riuninate, but mtuke no noiso. P rovi dene is kind ill giving to mosit of thorn chihielin anld ChildCren's childreon to comfort theto ald brighton ut1p the p-&-iig hours. An old Inan1 imust bo forlori' inloced, who has 110 of theso. Charlest icim, in his old and4 nmellow days, Wrote 8Ittdly whiien hO Said ' " W her are m liy playilallttes, thle Col) lliouin of tmy ebtilhood ill tle joyful schiool d ay. A I1, al aregonle-thO old flaItniiar' faces giollo 1).fore' 111 to that unknown and siltishore." Biut ILamlb -vas wift-hvi., :111 childless and had at riglt to b' sad. Ile should have adtopted Soeine bright, litt-it. orphani hilild who oV'ul d love him ani1 d .14! hit father id ("Hog to 1111 in his detclinling yer.Every old hacelor 1 lilv. j1u., 'ceivCI I ood long9 eot. i a l old aItid forgotten frientI whorin I kinew inl tho long ago nild 81up lamemd Wat! decad. He Iis niearing Is four ,cmre 3'lyars. blutl writes the san1 old .vh >l Itin4as~ter'1 hand that his gun eratioin were L:tauglt to writo. Ito is inl goo halthl anld stronig of tulind anid IloVeI1( to elltiununo With mm114.!lories of th a i--thi ihleyon daly.4, as h140 call., thell. I wonder how n1ialny col Iege hovt kn ow thbat tilO protty word ha1leoni cmliles from two Gre130k words that tn1antthe sea and an egtr. When011 tile eidert- dicktlIays her eggs on the Cliffs h.* the sa, it is always Irmu and pleasant w-ather, andt( beneo0 camei tilb) Word Ih-34n -ils, tie sa, and oon, anl g i. My I rui-nid's niarno1 N. J. J. Rtichards alnd iv i- the survivor of tho three braot-r--, Williami;U. and T. Addis~on litilrd, who were milu forcinost liter ary 11n.1n away back in tle forties. They puhu1shed " Gerga iustratedl " an4d 111c (Jrion Miagazineft, and m1an1y Ieautiftu ltinis of th Cherokoo in diltib. Thi bOIlthl' Iilisll'1hd 1a Warl' paper ea.1010( Th10 WHdOrM)'ren, Of whicb I hikvt enecopies; isz.uot ill 1S61, inl Altwuta.i (;a., and ar1. lat'le I bo)th inl editIIc Wlrt l i Ielee t 1nftr. 111in lives not fart from Meil'herson harracks, near At~lanta, 14n1d is the ia1si ter' 1a16 GohItlell ( aLt,e, flnds timeic and11 picl.astau inl Writing poetvy whlii thlt- spoir tioves 11111n. 11f, Loo, has49 lidded solo verses to ", John Andersonl, My .J00." These Old muln do not ethe, way that I iti1s ieft, John anid bli .i( nin-U1)ig at 1b foot Af the h ill, ist wian t tibuiln t~o r ise agailn and e11joy ieaIVen. Wala1ce I0iCd ought to gro out t~o that, Glohdln Gatw and inl Lerview Mr. W.ichardsi and chroulele. joinlu of is nlicitlorics, for ho ka about Am only iitIerary link hletwenl thbe res111, 111d 1,h Iast. These piolICrs ilould not ho forgotten. Most all dloneers are. Wt. eat the fruit of the reha4rds ad viieyards an( taklo no 1oneern about who plant(Al thei. Not L (znll peoplo in lIO, 1a city of 13,000 )cople, know Who planlted the trous ,hat, gIVo tiuch inagnificlunt haLdo ti1oulni tuM CII4.I'hChs, Or who irt ,laid )lit and(1 ornamen11V~teti LhM beautifull \lyrll hill cieItLery. W ho knows of Ahe iong an1d patient toil of Murk A. J1ooper inl develolling andl building 111 tli Iron1 in1u(IstLry of (Ceroke( G rgIa? What e 1inier sought, anal folund the win-1iing iay for. a riailroad from AL lanita L,) Chattalooga earitti'y sixty y01ars rligeo ? n t long aig I aski{ . alclndut torl 1on the NahlIIlo an.td (Chiattl4anooga rilroad11 tioii Wll' ki who p'J5lani'(J nl tbar 1101tland n Ilut.14lIn, aund h1a COul It tell no0w the ltaiversity of Geor'gi, and11 Will LIICone1ived and1(1 pro~jcted~iLi th (estab.1lish met4! of the WeIsleyanl learlel cIlleg4, theo fire. fonita4lo I cllege1 In thIe wor1ild y anI~cit 21oin1 a4r.d1 furn'it~ur and(s1( carlos, butL car1'' notlhinig for' thbe pIIioneerst of the1 wildernnes and1( blaz2/ :4d thio way for m11 that~ a4 one-armed C( (onfedera It'.O 8(o1 Jier' wVho isI no1w plinChed with 1,OVerty wVishes Li) soil tWo very old1 vo~lis Lihat. were'I pubished101 in lia42---the "'Iliad "' and1 " Odyssey " (If I lomnor'. The4. hi.l tis 18In whitish lieatiiber wIth raised1 images~t and1. flo~wers Stamped on( (I l4r'e Albe4rt, Pri'lnole Glenhevi', and11 Ilhjill~llp nolchto. And1( there' Is 1a I ..4.i' inscrliptIin 1as follow.s - ''Sum Now if this ihe i MelanchV~thion's genulineli auto1(gl'raphi Llhese voII 1.m1s areI (If greIat i ,Iri: valu41, fior nio gr'eateLr man4.1 ha1.s thi man4.1 at 'Vho~se feetL I ,ber1:l I knielt ini hi s learn.i'jn;<, how exIaILtod is hiis vi r LIIuo." Thlese L~wo, iLthecr alnd Me1.lnch thon,)e-e-Jcp 81ido by3 t'ide in WVit ten berg and1( ini 18 !'l ,boLI k ing (If I 'r si a I'.I 1.1 retoil 0over hi s grai4vI 1a 104 bat ifuil monument,11 ~ aI dup!lente (If tlihalL over I Lit4ber's. do not know wVhitL(VI( evideCe Lin vote ran.1 ha14s thalt,.V Melanb1, I hon vol. owned11 tibese anIcIit voltneH, bult, I wvili kno~w. it, is certa1in, ho(we!ver,' thaIt Lhiboy were' puished01 inl his daly aIndi 114 coulId ha4.vI) TheII I ,i4tin1 insipjtioni 'omiinds one) of bamall4. It, Is 1on Lhe toip (If a malssi ve gobII i headm1 I (a4.11 thait, is an.1 heirlooml lin LIhe faily 3. 'l'er is 14 crown i n sor,"' wieb1!I is not, g'oId htIn nor11 11 lreeik, but1 I 84pposJare~t abb~hrelviation(s1. AL1,.1any ral4te iey 1pa4.8 my3 011 comp'.l ,ionl. Thei caneOI decscnded~ fromi at is LInIguibedO~ Epil.,I:(pal bishop~l (If Now York. Their mlore I try LitIo 14lv suhli plems1'1i LIIb) mhore I am11 coniniV liCed ais ric her Lit,ha Lhe man11 wI. has 4. much.. and..w. nt...m.r....) A RSensctly Huggetestt( 'or I lit I)e'oea o1tit (14 Wontenm ai ie I ris in Mrs. Loulio M. Gordon, of Atlanta. hasit invited an1 oxpression of viows from prominent n11101 and women in Gtorgia a i to the best man11101 for tho protection of fetale iln country dis tr icts, and11 ainong othber rse1j0lntien that were iniado IN the foilowiig from1 ex Governor W. J. Nortien, wtich will be found suggobtivo and interosting : "My Dear. Mrs. Glordon-I am just i receipt of your message, asking me to Say, for puimLcationl, what in i my judgment, is best to be donio to secure absolutto protection aigailst Criminal asait luiolln woliel w have their homnes in the i-olatied rural dist 'icts of 1,h1e State. " I trust that you wi ill ho a hle, fromln tibt 11111ltitide of counsel u01 are 80k i.ng ,'to doteorminlo Ipon som1e satisfac tory rueeidy that will liet the die mands of your iug uiry. Th is is a grave problem, and it holod iot, go longer wvithout Solution. Wo have horno It, illi alreaty too ioeg, and 1 1111m more AnM gilad to rIenII' Whiat help I mtiaV bIe ablo to Stop this diabolim. "What 1 shall say may seeml rad Ical mnd ruvolutioiary, hut L tho tini- ih1as -ollo for heroile actiol, andiw ttlare not lesitato lit an1y diniands thiat pro miiso sclur ity. " My tirlst suggestion is that ail u ich l.oeiti as y3r.1 l1amo11 shall bw malte ittni iature arsetils, lit leat,L t4 the vx Lont of oti gotuI wichlehesLer ati olit goo1 piStOI ; that. WOInII be 1lloiwe04 tii :larry weapllon6 11pon teLuir personli, coicealed, if so dlesired, and tibat thmoy b0 tauglIt the uso and handling of hire amL1s, So that, tlhy iabty becomllo their own protectLorH Inl tibo absenco of the husband or mastor of the house. All oclcasionittL negro lying dead I in the ick yard, shot by a brave wioman in defelse of her honor, will do iore to stop this aw futI cim teLban alh thle 11 ' 12 lynchiig Liiat may occur. in at year. " Second. I would hav every coui - ty siipplied with at, least half do.on1 well trailned bloodhounds and eatsily 't, eessilble ill caiso the worst sl1ott1d lt any Limie happoln, Solis to h pit In hot pu. suit and to malLke tho cptilre in tb shortesit thime polssible. " ThIr. I Iwould hav an oraniza Lion of at least twonty mlion in on1h county appointed by some stitable iu 1,hor1it~y andl 0th4n nandWO sel-perpet)uat ing, and consitin'ig of tfho hoet ion of thg coLiltmnity---business mule or men A INfairs-w ho Should hav st iporvision) tf all lawlossniss and disordersi inl th county. " Theo ofusiness of this orgallizationt Would be to m thllat oim aii "re tiipplied with s1l tale u itrveiralm for defense : to Obtin andl give proper] caro and trainl Ing to ti (1 trail dog's oggestd1i to holi uinder. proper guarod tbe uruninal, When apprexity nfedII : t.o tak ilt) (t' clkud intO the l rnit ilLo) of Ili- vie imll Sol it; to hav e her prononce, in thir penlt' lbce, upo his g1uiL, itr hiy inmo cnLc ; t Lo then ) demi au spe ial and imlLIui'diato 21 SSioll of til uti f111or W-r1a1 ; to give, i t h el vei' i , th ttill mionlly of th in d 11 w111 loial, witboti , himr pre scle ill court, a d If 1 ,L aLli ifed is prollounced guilty t'o me that bf It, exectuted under diu proceii of law, at th t arlifL mointvil poesibl. " Thero hialf holI n complaiti, aboullt, Mb lait'Ny of Law ; tlt) inelleienicy om ,bm courtti and 1,bo escakpo of criminals1th fp0n wbar tehnyiCalitiLl. I nako It 01h0 fUrt1-hor dlt~y Of the rgni ,a1ttionl, hereinl provided for, to lookc ill A) and settle all 1.heso complint.e,, if hely li just. iLavy in :, dim 1116. law and mak . it conplt aIptie Ah itgh proper legit'lationl. IrI it, i beca ti fi t . I I iIy f igsla.., w I I '. V'i iifour iib Ioso ot esl lf-im Vtny 31la11mf mikersIi~h an XLili puiin L.hir y lteiul inei who-ll presLer li ve 111b11 lumor(I Loif thr zens 1iniir inltoN andlo keep up1 with tbH Cpat~ien A C.le of 1b-tour IfMti, and i.f tIbi llibr nolyera tim ay (I ils~ I. omptilin te il ,l t, 1,heirt f I r ply r Niit~iio'lsh I deatlud lrfe a il weared tr once nti hett ur 111 moeno (put,111 iny-r " i reolawyerIs ae Lcuti IIeing e pro(Itec on iofmt ennlgn. hdn deays, haves 1,bo forever barredi frot pvrcthcond tn till rwitl havf wino moe cmplsan~ lacur. tfisin lir 1,tiI wheisinrm eopi ndiao, bet, a n GREENVILLE'S New StoreI Upon tho ashes of the handsome storo room occlpied by J. H1. Morgan ? 1) prior to their lrio has IuunI roar d at now hn.int-ss. which la a credit to tho city and ia money saving institution Lo tho surroiiting coun try. A largo mid hriand now stock of Dry Goods and Shoes LhaL i4 unmiuatled in assortmont, and lnmilatchable in Its ilonoy saving prices. A visit to til" noew store will '101nv1ice ytou tLit, hero you r monoy III 1i nd its g-frettestI . worth, for In Sver 1y dInIr'tnLint llt Viliws ~~o A straw will ind ientlO the direction the wind is blowitig, lnd the cr'owde Wd inostirate the poiniar store. W111i11110 9 % Nia lour o stiorI your heiadquarteri, i'vury coil VenI ielc. plellty of roo), and at large hitll hIng lot at hack of storo for your iitams. Our Shoe Dol itmei The mos1, comnpleto-very pair i now 011, th is SIasO'111 iakO, and h at, MOaN i ich for shoes aro1 not lIko liquor -im prove with ago. E keumember we are agenits for thle e -r1111att'd M ic ' Vall tiwar Patterns, prico :i l F ce is. Mlake it : i inl (to visit tie New Stor al Owhir-;i oppporlin it *y, ait J. If. MNIorgan &t titiher's ol I tanm d. MAHON & ARNOLD, 211 lIpperc NIlain St. GEiOLNVILLY. 1'ointed Paragraphs. I 'ro('blleao Iirgap ocord, Woois Invest first and invoestigate ator. lai-arning an-l wisdom ario not always iml golod torm18. I iVO ill 16 cottago i but anotihor minlo for ai labor uni1onl. I 'oplo who livo Inl glass houses hlotil hitivo tibumi frosted, A i man preprCe for the worst iv h il hoping for the~ host,. Nearly every married womfan th Inks a lot of othbor womeon envy hier. Thei~ fIinnbito1 is naible to got sIx eel dramtlts out, Of tan olunco of w hiskey. I tookc agents anid Waliors U1ood wind nI theu ir nvas. AL a w''dd Ing theo mo10 all pity the icrcie and1 till WOmein till pity the Ai't.ions mayI1 spea0k lOoo tithn Words mtt w.omieni wvIll conlt~Inue~ to uso words. A w.'ise man11 neIverI qulostions a child I pul ii' untless hot 18s uro of the an ieasy lie's the hoad1( that wear a :lown I, but smeP~ oither heads(1 seem1 to I il~ieeay enough' i. A hoiut the c-iest, tIng In the world to lohi I ii ditary,. It 18 almno:.t im 1possi Li ~ kec'p one for tany length of <)tlyV thuoie w.ho, d wll whoro there .,re mount11 alit w' ithoutL valleys export men1 joy'sIV wiout, iorr'ows. ! avtaa w rappers mnako good smok I re's and we1( Iathior prodiotlons us AbnI~y at girl livtts to rigrot the day Theuc 11nan1 who waits until tomorrow 'v *r accolI 1ishes13- aniyting. lIchaps15) all mon01 ar' liara, but there lie time10s whienit IsI uniso to say sto. -omoe girls ar1o kopt so busty getting 'ngaigedl tbat, they have no time to Au n honest, man10 it not, only the no >bec-t work oIf the Croator, out also the It is hbteor to d1o one thing good hant only to partly accomlish two A 1181h dhot may not strengthen the. ralin , but1 lioIng l18h ing often invigor ILIS the Iiaginatie'. OcasIonally a wise maiin makes a fool I ilisoli~f bly gotting marrIed. 'i' he'oihnist kicks becaiuse of the hrson roses, whbile the optimist re loices because of tho rosos (n thorns, l 'robably nothing b'oros a moan mnore thiban to haveW another- man begin "nt 0Ix laatbilon of stomethilng he was .lust going to ex plain. IDoaf mutes a'o familiar wIth signs, buit only drlunken men try to1 shake hands(1 with the wooden Indians in front of cigar stoe. CASTORIA For Infants andi Children. The Kind You have Always Bought Ia theo~~~jrwm7h