The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, May 10, 1900, Image 1
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80M IM94IiISSONS 0 .i IHCNT WA tS.
The Use of Moduern Weapons ItH
levolutioniedL De'ensive War
rare.
Columbia State.
Sir William l acormae, the dis
tAingAshed British surgeon who has
been a volunteer in South African ho-s.
pitals for several nlintlhs, announces
on information which he considers un
Impeachable that the Boer losses in
tlhe battle pf. Culenso were but 30, of
whon live only were killed. The
British losses were 1,1.')0. This i-s an
impresilve revelation of the defensive
power of entrenched troops armed
with modern riles; for it is agreed
that the Boort successes have becu due
to their weli-aimed Mausers rather
tban to their cannon. Contrary to the
stater'.ant of the INaglishman Whose
.letLser to a Columbian was pr) itILcd i)
The State yesterdav, statistics show
that the Maxim-Nordenfelt rapid
tiring cannon, or " pomn-posi " as they
are nicknamed in South Africa, whilu,
terrifying by reason of their incessant
Jire, do comparatively little daimage,
wlille the lyddite'shells of the British
-ifave not been rotably eflfective.
The INngllsh-speak Ing nations have
come to understand a good deal more
about war than they did two yvars
ago,' and especially about dufc,!ive
war, with Mauser ritles on tap. By
expeitience only they have hooghit
knowledge which, before 189S, they
rather disdained; for -,omehow they
learn only by personal experience, a
few students and experts expected.
The Americans learned first., in the
battles blound Santiago, the great de
fensive power ol the modern r 11
against frontal attacks : the l3rii-h
refused to applv the lessons taught ny
San Juan and ICI Cancy until Nlagers
fontein and Colenso emphasizsd thcn.
In their turn the Aniricans had
learned nothing from it war in Cuba,
which had bgen going on for' three
years before 1898, and which was the
first war In which the modern long
range, hieh-power, smokelesb-powder
ri had been employed. It used to
be a common boast before the San tiagQ
campaign-we have heard it, often
that :10,000 Americans coul-d sweep all
the SpanIards from the island of Cuba.
It was taken for granted that bull log
courage was the only quality needed,
and cheerfully assumed that one
American was more than a match for
ten Spaniards. There were a great
many people ir. this country who could
not understand why the Cuban Insur
gents did not capture and hold a lot oi
towns-why they did not take Habana
itself. It was fashionable In some
quarters to sneer at the Cubans for
their Inability to establish a perma
nent capital, while a larger class were
almost contemptuous In their regard
for a people so inetlicient as not tc
storm trenches and capture cannon iin
stone forts. In just ~this spirlt the
pr3itish began their South African
eampaign ;y the Boars were mere p~ot
shooters, skulkors behind rocks:
British bayonet charges would . makc
them run ; 25,000 troops and $50,000,
000 would open0 a way to Pretoria and
take that capital. Now .tLhat the osti.
mate of time has increased fourfold,
the estimate of troops tenfold and the.
estimate of money fifteenfold, thit
British are wIser than they were.
Those who are interested in thhl
question will find in Harper's Weekl3
of a week or so ago an article on th<
Iaod defenses of Hiabana which iua.3
open their eyes to what the Cuban In
enegents had to contend against iI
t~heir strugglo for independence.- Thel
will see there that, the Span ish fortifi
eations protecting Habana were o
siuch a characeter that itr would havi
required a minimum force of -100.00i
men wIth a mInImum less of 20,000 ti
capture the cty bylarid ; Ahat Unitet
States olicdrd have found no 'less thai
I50 different forms of defensIve works
so ingenIously and skci))(ully executei
that after a~ .'ei afoIti -it rruasterinj
pbir detail they ayre to .be 4,ed. a
9rddels for the enlighterirpnot ou
vwar college.
Spanish miiayengineering, In
deed, Is most advanced, afs the'defen
sive works of Pilloinos formerly ln tel
drnyof Spain have democnstvnted- a
ilearly as the Spanish fortifications-11
-Ouba. What Is said of Habana' aj:
.plies with almost equal force to ever:
censiderable town In Cuba and to mana
Inpo4iderable hamlets and posts. N
Ierritory of equal area was ever sa
-.oQveed with defensive we ks. LittlI
.villages of three or four hop~jred .i
h~bitabts wqnre r~Ingesl aboiut wl'th .els
..bprate barbed v'iro oost,ructionis ain
~pw 'half a dozejn to a dozen blook
b fuAses. Th'e palm-shack town tc
,orou, ft .the head .of Abe .oastor
; chy, was syrroun aded by no less tha
Scome to se ul for ay V I hinlg that IIIen
en's Suits Iu flom .l .00 to .2.0I.
e Pant Suits Si.50 to 80.00.
Oim S1.00 toI 57.5',
Of Men's and lOys'' IInts inl both
rawI~ goods.
Shot! mlvde for IlIel.
Un(erwear, ainiolg' wilich is the best,
kundered whil shirts an(1 coloried slits
hie trade for 50 cents.
deisure inl sholinlg you throigi the
ilf t oodi in (ur I l ie in the liedmont
I the prices are-( all riv hIt.
BRISTOW
..NVIL LE. S. C..
19 block-houses ; th trochta itse.ilf was
a broad swath. cut. through the forest
from sea to sea, with a railway through
the centre, lities of barbed wYire cn
tanglemcntp on each side, small block
houses every hundred yards and big
ones every mile. And these block
houses wera many of themi formidable:
we have seen one suffer three I)om1
bardments, two of them with 5-inch
nav I guns. gnd at, the close it was
standing withoutta, visibl.e breach in
its valls.
Spain had almost as many eiln in
Cuba as Great Dritain has in South
Africa: regulars au.! v-lunteer , thLy
footed up 220,000, whih- the Cuban at
no time had over 10,000 in the li,!ht
'Thie Spiniards we-re armed v. i th
MIauepr r. lies and K rupo ield pieces :
the Cubans mainly with Winchester
and Itemin Lton carbines, anid they had
practically no cannon exoept a battery
or two of 2 1-2-inch pneumttic (iyna
mite guns with a range of a. mile-but
with theo tney took a number of
towns, both before and after tLhe A mner
ilean invasion.
The difference between the Ameri
cans and the iritish when they "went
up ag ainst" ' Mausere ri les trench e
was that the Americans won, while
the Brit-ish did not. This is pleasing
to our nationtil pride, but when the
circumistarces are ztudled it will he
seen that there are reaons for the dif
ference unrelated either to courage or
skill. Toese arc that the Americans,
unlike ie Britih, attack anv.emy
vastly inferior in numbers and in
shooting abiity. The attitcki on the
"an Juan and Canev hills were. like
those on the lagersfontein and uCl
enso kopje!-, dir-ct frontel ass-aults,
unailed ny itrateIry. The British
Were poorer shots than the A riericans,
that is evideit. They con ttndeI
against, the inest. mxarksmen in tihe
world w hile the Spaniards oppo-ing
our forces in the Santiago tights were
among th pooret, r111c pr; aticu bi-ing
unknown in the Spanish army. Bult
i the nlain differerxeu was of numbters.
It is held by experts that direct front
al attacks on an :entreniched enemy
well armed with mcder-n r-itu-s using
smokeless plowder requ4 ire a1 numceia
supteriority of live to one to be s-ucces
ful. At Magersfontein and Colenso
the B3ritish were urobably two to one.
At San Jluan and Idi CIaney the Amecri
cans were ten to one.
You will niot hind this point dwell. (In
by those American writers whose aim
Is rather to flatter national vanity than
to tell ,he -sober truth : but San J1uan
and 10l Caney were but outposits andI
their works held only I,5001 men atgaintst
the 15.000 attacking them. These are
the olicial ligures. At 101 Caney there
were:>20 Spaniards. T1hey held at hay
ror- ten hours fronm thr ee to live thous
and Americans abnd only retired when
they had lost 250 men, their general
anud other ollicers. Comxipared with~
the Aoeris at Colenso, who) lost 310 mn
out of perhaps 8,0010, these Spaniards
had a hard time. The war ended13( be
fore the main lines of the Spanish de
fense arou nd Santiago were attem 1ted.
Theli capture of Manila was a sham
affair, by previous arrangement only
nominal resistance being made to the
American entry. On the only oc
cabsions, thoroefor'e, that Amencrican met
Spaniard in set battle the Spaniard
did credit to himself, proving again
his national pIower of resistanceo and
thn poteney of the Miauser ril113.
it is well to consider facts Ii ke these
If only to broaden the mind andi reduce
I-he race anid nationual arrogance which
is too often the prodluct of slheer ignier
anne. We wouhd like to see the timein
come when justice of thought will be
the rule iand the merits (If an ailien anud
even hosti lo people will he recognize
andi ad mitted abs frankly abs those of
our otwni or a kindlred race. Such a
cond itlin will make for internaltionl
peace. Most wabrs result from the pre
j udleie wich ab~cmipa is ir itI-intforma I
tion ; and without, pr-ejud ice tlhere can
he no international feuos.
--Birmningham Is thte onily placu it
which manufacturing crowns is aft ini
dustry that may be said to Ilourish.
-The trade Is principally with Africa,
-where -the native kings have- come to
aregard a Birmingham crown as a far
s more elegant emblem of royalty than
thu-stove pippo hat which they formerly
affected.
-A recent visitor to thn hoime of
Gen. Cassius M. Clay, In Kentucky,
Ssays that.the old man is In the best of
helt bnd splirits, despite his ad
-vanoed age. The -trouble he went
through on account of his latest mar
riage does not scorn to have affected
him at aill,
e--T1hore are only 26 females out, of a
SChinese -population (If 3,700 In New
/--alandl
H11lsh AILl' SUOIC IS DI)IlAIw.
lie Takes the IFttive CharsneeICy to
Task loi lii 1. 1 teraicesi A btout ifhe
Ilaibrita Ii'retchi' Story.
Whittier is dead, butl. his totie li
Ceeire aMd slatnders still ilve. He was
I! ldeh a fainiatie a-, old John Ilrownr
and it doubt old John1 i mbibeu froii
hIl his i lit lessons in hatred of the
Stutli a'nd slavlOry. Whittier's 1,oem111s
tro hef~ore me aid thirty-seven of thei
are waiiings for the slave andti iri ig
ant stingr against tihe Soltliertn
statesitan l ticluding CalL.i, and the
Soutlieru people. lit- wits an initise
SeceShiorlists, and whem Texas wikt nd
mittel he prayed in vcrsc for a yawnt
Ing gulf to open antd separatet tie
North froi. the South. When miel
Webster iade his lIast and greatt..-t.
speech at Capon Springs, in which lie
defended the So Li 1,11id deClred t . at
We hadtt the right to withtdraw froitn
the Lnion when we blieved tLit. :d
eral compitet had )e!n -i brokci, W int
ier Hew to ms inkt-tanl and wty Ie Lhis
of hit:
" Sol fallenl : So l ' Tlhe lii nith rn
Wichfii 'ice ie uire:
The gliry from iis ,r-,Y h:tr n
For evernirire.
L~et nt the, Ilnd onlev proulid -f himl
lusulit him no4w.
Nor brand %\ t dee-per shline hi, ani
Ilaishonor~red bron.
All else is ;ne: tl'rm in- great eys.
The stiul is lieti.
Wein intith i- lost airnd h mnoriiere
The tma1n i. dead.
Theit pray the r-\ erenc if o1 tnia
To his tdeti lameiit.
WaIli back w ard n itli averted -:ret
And idte his -iamie.'
That, is pa't, of the tribute he pid to
the immortai Webater. Lte granti.,t
ligure in Ne w i'ng liand liistory.
But I was not t-roub ilng ityself IaOit
the giltedI old faattiv. I was' ritiitt
ing about, iariuncey I )pew, who ib not
dead and whoevery little while bobs up
screnly to get It little more fame as a
humorist. I , seem]t3 that wien General
lErly passed through 1-redurick CitY,
inl Niary ilaid, h1lie Jausej d lorg enou' tI Lo
tXiCt fI'00 10 good p-ophc tthe rot of
$2'.0U,000 for arOy purposes, for ar W iia,
ier wrote of tnei, tLiy were ' a atm
islhed horde," ind now tHO t city i:, ap
ptiled tro Cung res fo' a re futinig of tUiut
money, and one "eason they give i1 tIa',
an11ii ivotlntl it her nintety--IXUi year
Waved tihe 1rinionll 1.Ig at the t*rh:. itItd
Stoniewali Jacksot ordered hi, imi. i to
lire at her, and Lhey' tired aid br,oku thie
wiidow glasi and riddled the 1l lg atio
knocked it out of her haiu ant ;-n..
picked it up aid waved itaain. Tnat,
tibe p)etic 3atr that Wiittier tod
about Barhara -'reitch ainld a comitit,
tee from i'rederick City las been lie
fore Congresa and s tid it was -o.
Chulinecy D. p'w heard it all an1id said
it was v ortli i200,000 to LI ie th ti Li
of the story e( tthlished, anid lie noueoii
his ead appriovingly aid oaid thia
" old Barbai a wits One (if the idols (A
his clild t hood, and wIheni he played
ar.>und his IttibIer's kinees his icar
tlhobed with --ympathy lor the grtay
haired old wor mrn wihose paLioLi in
defied the tenmes of his coitry."
The old INip Van W.nkle : I rueion)
that is one of iris late:-t jokecs, for Ie
Was Iori in IS:1I, and watLiven LYtirnit
y'ear- old w blL utl" artl y was n I:'WreI -
erick Uity, and heits itthin pinayinig
around his mother't knee., in the N w
York begisature,
Dr. J1. WHill doe, Iichnl.ond,
the ligIett it hority oil Ciinedirate
hi-tory, has published in the March
numiber of Tite Conh-driertc vetcran
aiother exposiire of ia wantri imil g
niantL myth aibolu, H~rirnara FreltcIel,
and does so only b' cl!i tiet' nOi iii Inas
oitteI in!,o somel SortLiern .-clioulbooks
and hle wiriles to braid With falsetiokd
ihis vile nnlndter - on Stonewal Jackoti
Tihe whole tmt 'erable tin ig was inv ent-L
o ated nt111 at,. Wan-lhinilon. h.t, on ithe
n-po~t at, Pied ericr City, and IL was es
tiablished yeatrs agor tlhtt no) Con fedler
ate troopis par-seud in n-h'hlt of the old wo
man's house :tinat no i sg was wavedr:
that Stonewall J ackson iwan not, then
wvithi hisi troops, arnd that old IBarbara
iwas bed-r'iddenl anid pararlyzed anid coould
not have wav'ed a flag if she had had'
one. T1he danme's nephew, V'alerius
IMhert, hnas published his certi licate
thiat the Il .ig story is alt a my Lti
iithout '.he sIrlibte:-t foundation, andi
that his ol~d aunt, was at that time bed
r'iddeni and hart lost tlte piower o( loco
motion. i'tei't was there at, the Lfti,
anti was the adinr itIisti'atr oni her es'
tite wh len s he diedr and neer hea icinr f
any ii .rg, anti yet, oneo of tire r'ascals whoii
is after' that moneily test! idcr that he
very last curse- ini theC liile is again tut
himr th makeri o ittlii eth a ire. and'it,
mrakest no di lf;eienn wrietbir he is a
pot pr'ient (r Sentio rl, lhe ill Iind htm
self ini iawfuil bad comtipaniy in the world
to comie.
Yearsn ago this mtythi was expliodedi
in The N aw York Son while D ania wiat
living, butt now thatt he Is (lead it, has
como1 to light again in its columns.
Thei papellr's tmotto used Lt) bet" If yotu
see it, In Theiu Sun it's so." but, now If'
yout see it in 'Thei Sun it's not, so, would
lit it botter. I i h thaitevery Conifed
orate sold ier and their CliilIdren andl
grtandchild ren would suribnile for Th'ie
Veteran tand keep, up with thie best moe
imot'les of the lzjst Cause- a cause foir
wivch e we are stillI proud, for it get~s
brighlter anti purer as the years rol
on. Some mnths ago Dr. And rews,
the great ed ucartor, declar'ed and pub -
Iliedi that eery pm-incipie the Sotuth
fouight, for had since been before the
Suapr-eme Cou rt of the nation and die
cidled ini is favor, atnd recently ia nota
tble New En-g landi min Ister has declaredi
thatt neg!rro suilt-rgo wits it mniserable
bl1unider andti that thre lifteenth and six -
eeittli amtendimtentLs to Lime consttitLotion
shldiIr he trepeal ed.
Well, Lime; is it goon dioctor, tand the
Sth i is tin tihe uapg!rade. Tnei I itiub
I icon patrty imay ire re-elected, but the
Soutth cianmnt lie wrrted.- The diry will
crme whlen pensons0 andi back paty will
be given our old n-oldier's and our Con
fedeorate w idoiw s, a nd ourm Nrthorn
slarnderers will taukn oil their hiats and
ap~ologiz/e. We ar te tr-ying ha ird itt my
hou1se5 toilt ihercinle- to forgot andt
forgive, tand hre ralm in rd serene w hen
hold Ing soitanl iintLe rcour sen w ithl those
who lit, on the otiber'n rh' tand we got
along prtetty well as- lng ars they imeet
us on htrt 1waty gi-roundn, burit it- for thiesei
vile slantderi r's whno keep un lying and
rubbing it in, we aire v'ery miuch like
my lamentted fricnd, Geornige Adiir,
said about a pireher' ini wholm he had
no Contitdnno - ' Well, he mirvryrgtt to
tie11ven, for the Trac.e of God is very
reat, but if I got tlhe r I'll iot hunt
hii uii) to sAy howdy-I don't w.nt to
live on) the salme street willi him."
111t1,1, I\ .1 v..
TWO CAMPAiAN PSI'E3lAl't4e.
Prettictioiln 4)1' Repiblicanl ai Ilem
oi-rtit LeatIers Abouit the ICletoral
Vote.
As we near the Presideitial cam
paign the wise Inen of hoth the great
parties are beginning to make esti
mates of the next electoral vote. The
New York World publishes the follow
itnlz table which gives the prediction of
Gneral Grosveror, a very .:lose frien .l
(if Pre.ident McKinley, as to the num
ber (if electoral votes he will recevye:
A-l- : i N 'I ll V ) I N iiEY.
Cal ifornia........ !, North )akota ... 3
Connecticut...... iOhi:-.............2:3
Illinois . .. .. .'I O regon.......... I
Indiana. .. .15 'Pennsylvania. . .32
lowi .. . . . . ..13 Rhode Ishino . . -1
N nine ........... I South ).kota . . I
NI iissieli t i ts.. . 15 Virm on . . . I
N liebigan ........1-1 W asi lon.. I
11nn,-S otait........ I W est \' -irg iia 4i
New .lersey ......10 Wh-icon.,in.. . 12
New II tinpshire.. 4 Wyomi -ng
New York.......361
Total..
C'E:RT.\IN V''0C BIYAN.
A labhima . .. ....\ Montana.
A rkansac... .. S Nebraska..
(olorado..... . I Nevada.........
l '.or da .......... 4 NorLI C raro na. II
Geor'ia.... .. . 13;south Cal iu Ia.
Klentucky. .... l iienet.e.. 12
Idaho ............ 3 1'exa ............5
SInuisi a........I Utah......... .. 1
larylad... .....~ \'irgina ... ....12
NI I-nissi opi....9
.11issouri ..... ... 7 Total ....... .. , I7
I)ubtful: 1Kansam and I)Iaware.
This is a li0ber1 estiiate for so ex
trei and nthusiasilqe partisan ai
General Grosvenlor. lie considers MIe
K 1 h.-y .ure of only 260 oleclorsl votes,
wherea . b,e reci vea 271 in 18sg.
Goneral Gro: venor concedes to Blryan
NlaryIand and K-iucky, both of which
went for NIcIK inley in) 1961, thougfh
lyan got one of K-inLucky's electioral
vol- . Dliawvare, which also weit, for
,It K uiily, he places in the doubtful
I I:.t. lie a'so puts down l a nsas as
douotful. t1hogh the lIeplihicanit- ar
riel * i i IOs by a plurality oif 1 1:!
J'he only Statt e vlaimed by Gencral
G1rozvenior for Nh Kinley in 190110, which
wnt (fr liryan ino B m if) , are South I) -
kotla. \Vanhin-gton and Wyomini. \ll
of L e I)0ut together have only 11
electf'-al voles.
The World publiahes alo the follow
ing est.i mate of S-nator J. K. .ones
chairaaic of the National limocratie
collmm it tv :
DE.114 H A TIC '. T FKS.
A..abaia........ 11 ,ontana.... . . .. . :
Arkans-a....... s Nebraska ....... .
Colorado......... Nievaoui.... ..... :
I). Laware. . . :; North Carolina. . II
l'iorida.......... I ''moth Carolina.. -I
Georgia.. 13 1Te1nne~s.ee.......12
Idalo . ... ...... : I 'exas..........15
K a n -,, 1 s . . . . . . . . n i s Ia h . . . . . . . .
K -ntuckyv ....... I \ irg i a .... ...12
Lj misianat. ...... w et't \'irginia.. 1;
. \ary land .... ... Wyomi ng. . 3
NI issis npi...... 1I
bliw o ri. .. ....1 lotal.... . . . 191;
Total, 21 sure Dmooratic States.
Old -'.l' . \ N I .\'i'i.-. .
C ailfornia... . . . r g n . ........ I
Cl ne tcu ..... 6 -'n s lv n a . ';2
lilinois. . .. I M iod. I-lnh o . . I.
i was. . ..13.,! u) th D~akoti.. I
NI aint. .. .. . . \'ermont........ I
Mam-saebau etts I..1 WasiIngton . . . . .1
NI fchlivan ....... H Wiheonsin .. 12
New flampsre.. 4.
New .lirmy..1
Noth lI)kota ... : Total .. ... .I
Tit al . I? sure I :pubhiicani Statesc.
New York........36iiinuestai . .... 0
Inudiana..........l11 - -
Ohio..............2:lTotal ...... . I:
Total, 4 doubtful States..
Chirmnan Jones gives lBryan as cor'
taini .30 mi~oe eeCtorl vo1te tha n he*
received In I18tll iand NI cK inley 193 less.
As 22.1 votes are re quired to elect.
Chairman JIones leiaves Mr. Bryan 28
votes. short, hut ha.. expe)cts 1.hat more
than this number ill b e furnhiihed
from the 8 votes of the States whsiieb
itletion esti mates are i nte.reitinug
wvho have cteptionalhl isource of in for
iLies fior ))1 obsrvtlin. it 1 il aso itnte r(st
inig to re ad them afitoIter' the eleict ion
antd see liow neairlIy Lihey camne to pr~e-I
iietinog t he resu ilt, or how farl they
miissed it.
WNlmiiEY (1nowl~ N' NMANIsl --TIhe
Ne w Y ork P ress saii s : Iknglan d, Seot
land. Ireland aind Wales' consume 95,
t000,l)00I gallons oIf pure alcohol annually
-not in thbe art but down the guillet
in w.-hi sko v, w.'Inc and heer's. Th le year-i'
lv costui of I'daghltnii's lhijor'ing is abot)L
$Mti0.000t,000l. In the last l100 years the
Wh~t.1iskey' is g rowing meaneri~l ever'y year'
---not thibe original goodis, but, the hot
stulf Iihiat is pa~SS~i ed ver theC averaig.
bair to the customer. A nd if omen
,vOuld pause toI learn'i how thme poisoni
that stieals away their brai ns is maide
they miighmt desire it less. Six thou
eand( barrel, of w.h iskov wt re hold inl
Louisville last, week at 45 cents a har
rel . Wi'hat does the g'rogseiler do':
Mixes together te folwing : 2 l-1
ions of whiiiskey at $* 5I :t 15) gaiins oif
spirits at $1.30: a pint of rum. Sl0tcunt-;
a pinit (f syrup, 10 centa. : 8 lpinto of
prune juice $I. 10 ; g alions of water
arnd a q ua rte r's .vorth of hea d oli 'or
coloring. Tlh kit rives him 4si II gallons,1
oif r'otgu t for $j59.S5, a little less thani
$1 .29 a gaillon1. ThlmIs conco ation is sold(
over the bar' at IS cents ai drink o; two
for a gunarter. Tn'ere being sh0 driinks
Li) the <?iIiln, he takies ini at sinvie
drlnks $12, andl at two lor' a q~uar'ter
$i1l, leaving a prohi t in onle ease (If
$10.71, and In the other $8.7 I. Ile callis
this vile man-k ilier a blended w hissey.
-A, dummny clock has been piaced
oni I ndepenidence hali, of 'a'hiiaodelphia,
at the point where the real clock
marked the time in other (lays. its
hands point, to the hour when thle do
clav'atioan was ultomi
E'ID)GA R A. POE ANI) "THIC RA VICN.',
114) Wrote time Great Poelmimi at tile
Bremai iotetieai lit ie Siahuurs
Ili New York.
0-n1. Jiim6es I O'ililerne, of New
York. told the stor'y of Poe's " Itaven "
to a party of trienus i few nlighits ago,
says the Mail aid "I~pes. " in spite
of the oft-rmepeated story that Eddgar
Allk-n I 'oc coimposed lis masterpiece,
The lIven,' in the Poe cottag.'e, at
l''ordaim, the most indispiutitbie trai
LIMIt pIrOVe1 Lh . t the Ioimi wits W'i tt:li
While 'oe was spending the t umo il'r
am the homestead of PaLrick Brenitian,
father of Thoetmas S. irenailna, of time
departitnent of ebiarit its aImti corrt c
Wion.
"' 1,r Allan I'oo," contiminud G ti
4-,ral () I1m11e, "spent the suillimmrs of
i,1- anId I"'1 I at. tibe hoelistted of mlly
father-in aw. I have frtquently iar
tihe htLory fron ily wife's itps, who was
about 1 years old when she becalime
at quaintied with the gr eat poet. In
I lo:-e days, more thati aii(f a cmenitim'y
nt'eo, 'atrick Birenan owned a farm of
"16 acres, extending from a point
atitmit 2o feet, oast of Cntrial 'ark
west tio the ilildson river. It we z a
pi e pt 'quo t110t, anmd t.1e neuig horing
Lrr'tory Wias Considered a suort of sumn
lm'r mCsor't whlitme' a iubitme' Of pei'
imms migratid in the hot, weathber.
Thte lot whIe-re the oild house stood, oi
I', m hity-fou rtlh street, between A lie-ter
tlai in vii enne al.ul time l0ouevard, is at,
mirsent tihe -only vacant one i in t.i
ilock and cintiLains a tree and the rem
nints of a --tone well fr-om whichm I'o
imraink omanmy a tine.
" Iln the 'innmeriicm of 18-1, 1 'o. went to
tie thome of M,-. Bremnmi, taking with
thin I hi invalid wife. Virginia, and
her mother', Mrs.clemimi. If Poe's bio
r-al hies. which paitli him its a md is
.-ipated man, are ti-rie, then they mu tist
r1fer to his younogerm days, fo' Mrs.
lh 1'mnnin invariatbly dtilmed the'se
chaM-es wIhieni they were miade, inl imem'
" Imri.ng two yVIVs -le kiew Himl inl
timiiately I and never msaw 1m1nm allected
hV Ilqiqmo' or do aughtl that, evidelncedt
1the wVIld impetulous nat-ure Wit~h whichl
line hts been iceredited. He wa-- the
gtlost n of iiushands and devoted t,
his invalid ivI fe. P'r ( iqently w hen
shm was weaker than t-uail, he carried
hm-r tenderly from ii- roomn the
dimirmium table amid sati-licd her every
w 1i nim.
" Mr4. Iirteian was noteti fur h; er
kind hevartednetts and sympathetic nat
ire, and ovee I lieard her ,ay Lhat I'Oe
read 'The IUven' LI) her' one evminmmg
before lie bellt it to the 'Mirr-.',
" It Wias 'o'ts CeAtomi to Wander
away from the limot-m il pI.iant weith
em' to 'Mount Tom,' an lllimen'iie ro k,
whieb maiity still be seei ill I vt'ersidte
Iark, whiir'e he would sit malone for
hoims, gizing out upon tie lt.Hud-,on.
* Other days he would roa m through
tle stumimouiding Woods and, returning
Iin time mfternoon, sit in time ' big room,'
as it used to be alled, by a window
and work unceasingly with 1)311 amid
paper, until tihe eveling sIaldows.
"No doubt ii was uponm Such an even
ing, when sitting later than usual by
the window, 'ileamimng li' dteiia. Io
mori'tal ever dared to thai befome,'
mmiitil very ilo eise had rered ani
tie moon hidden her light behind a
Liolud. that he 'heaii tilie tapping, s
[)f nome one gent-ly ra14110ng,rapn
at im al 'mIe der.' li e tiiart- mit
listens for a ilomeit anii thenl liitgs
open the door, mieiticiving lomme miid
nmight visitor --ho 'da-kn hers t 'e and
nothing incre.' Por aivhitie he pke-r
out, into the dai kness, lit lie can nee
no one and i'tum'ris to his chatir.
- TheI agaii line hear.., 'thu rapping,
so mi.whiat louder thima before.' Tb is
~imen tihe blitind milppar-enfl y co mes I rom
thbe inidowi mind lie Itiing- open~l the
-hultter, 'wh len ithi lmiany a Iit an mim
ii tterin, in L,berc Lu.00s a -Latn- Iy mavyen
mif the sainttl y days of yore.'
"- A bovc the dour, iJpeninmg inito thet
haullw ay, thlerme stoodi the 'id iii bust ii
IPaellas.,' It wais a little plaistur casht
timd occupied mi shell nailed to the icoor'
eaisiniL. Iinmiediamely hoind thbe hust
and occupyIig time space lhet~ween ilihe
topl casing and the ceiling, a numnber
of iIttlo panels-i of smooky glass Loo~k time
laeni of1 the par titioni.
''ThiIs bust of M inmerva was ol i mur rn
mfovedl or briokenm by mone Cof time Ilire-im
nan tenianits aftem' Lime fiammily hand moiv
ed to thei' city anid no trace of it, amn be
found ait thle prosent, tLii.
"Poei~i iwas extmreimely fond of chliildren m,
amid M lr9..< 'Ilie ir itu msed Lt) tel If (ily Ing
oni Li~be ll ')or ait. hi fet manid m'narraging m
hii S mianusmcript.. She diidn't, unrder
tau why bi3'le turnmedl thei wiviitten Ide1(
towar-ti t~me Iloor', andiu she woitil r'
v err-e it an.i arrmanigo Limo pagj~es actordi1
inig toi the mmi mber u pon them.
" iMrs. I iinna wvas neuver v-exedl
iwith I 'o, except omi onei occaisoin,
whe hicile secratchied his niamie omi Lime
mmteieucc in his room. It wais a
ver'y quiainit and ii d-fashioine'd aitfair
with carved trml andiui vines amid leaves,
amid Mrms. I irennanmiii aways kept, it,
carefumlly pitied. Oin tie dnay ini glii s
tionm Il'oe was leamninig aginst time mnim
tmlplcece appaimrently in mied itaitiotn.
WVitlbout thinmking, ille tr'acmd his namime
oni the hilackI mn iitel, anmd whieinI Mrs.
lirenn ni cal his itttenition to whaimt
lie wa, dloing hie -minilied anmd a k - lier
pard'(on.
"I t, seemtis stranmgo timhat piele w vill
persIst inm m'myiamg that 'IThe Illaven'
was wivmit teni at time I 'oe coittuagl i Ford
hiamm, while it is well knomwni that the
ato iir did no it miove to I-ord ham ontLii
IMit, anditheii' poml appiteared in the
New Yiirec 'Iirror' in .1 mnuary, I8.15,
andl was coied time lotllow ing mmonth in
Tihe maln tel upo~nn wihich Po scr'atchm
i-i is nmimie now adorns tine libhrarmy
Ii re-jilace oif Mr. W illilam I Iemnstreot, at
Nm Ist1 lier'geni iitre"et, lirooiklyn, whc
hought IL when the hirennan hiome
steadl was demolished, about twelve
yea.mrs ago.
MIrsm. Manley, a dauighter oif 'atr'ick
hirennian, hits the lock from IPoe'
chamber dlor, It is ain old-fatshiioned
ma fair and fulIly 1ix i nohes lonig anid
live wide. Mrs. Manley took it, as ma
souiveni r when Lime Boim lirnahomie wais
taken down.
TIhe p~resent, ocecup1ant of the l'oie cmit
taige at IFordham makes the aissemrtioni
that, the poemn was composedl ait time
latter place, and exhlibits to time ereu
lousB Sightseers the very winidow "
where l 'oo wrnote hiis i mimrtal verses.
-N.- V. Maii tini texir,s
A CONiElAiliitArT,; MARI'Vit.
Him Native Stato Will Irect a Moe
mntur to in Memory In lite Capit
Grounids at Nasihville.
1111 Arp, in (rie of his recent letteri
alludes to the martyrdom of the youtl
Sam )avi, who gave 1) his life rathe
than bt eak ils word and Letray anoti
or, and expross the Wish "that ever
boy in the southland knew of the su
and glorious death of this hero " Tel
nessee intends to perpetuate tho namti
and heroreiim of this bravo youth, an
tihe Legislature has atthoriz Nd the It
cation of v monument to Sam DJavi
within tihe capitol grounds, andt a com
m] ittee has solectcdLl the site on the mos
ii n1g and uniquIlne promontory withi
Life beautiful eec ilosuir. The figure o
-iaim IM:s on the moniunent will be o
icroi si/.', clothed in his Con federat
gray jacket, v.ith trousers tcked it
cIavalry boit,', just a- worn by tie iiar'
tyr whin' he bravely met, his deatl.
Sam llDavis was a youltih of Ten nessec
wll), like ntatiy atit her of hier' boiiys
We.t to war ini I SG l for hoime ami
friends, except, tbat he wit., triid i
ever 'sld ier wits. anild throigh 1 hi:
tria, live'4, and the wonderfful story o
Is life will. rk garolessi of seLitna
inS, stinlalte mn) iand women tL
ste-itice i' Irkih ant iriiciple.
Young D.tvis eioiige-d to Saw'
Scots, who, under orders from Oler
Cheatiiam. were operatinig in Tonne
see ariund their very homes, whe
they w,"e nearly all, including (Capi
Shaw hin-elf, catiureil by the ilt!
rals of (en. D ).lget's commanl.i. \aIli
able papers were fooild oil tlhe Icrso
of i)tVIs, clearly iiilicating hi1u
SIiaw was in the pr ieOn aleo at tl
tiei, but escaped dtteetion Ilirong
havinig been known by tie name c
Coleman.
D1v08 was tried by coulrL-Imiartia
The evidence being Clear, Ie was Con
vieted anti sen iten ced to be hanged
The -ame death ftor tie violation of ,11
ram rule of war with mut by Natli
Hlale Ui lity year's before, when ictini
iimilor Gni. VILAhiltoi ord'r, til
dIff reCI-b-, Vivin111 D11vi4 t-heU gr a3ti
distinction , b in that, he was olloret
life and liberty tinlIer codol itions wilitI
be, rigard i rng it dishonoIrable Ie
cline d.
At, ihn is went to his deat h imuiinit
,vas ollerCd im 11 if h10e woould tell wli
gave hii tLht' per fond oil his per
son. Ili. captan, -batw, had givt'
Lieiii to lim, aid Wa- thin inl the saii
lirison tit l'ula-ki. le reflu d to pur
clbiiate lib ownii life it the pr:ce of atn
other's.
A c0rsionden1 oL tlhe A LIanLit Con
titution Lotris t, that paper a pomli
"Sai IDavis," which was writ,ten Ihl
John Trotwood Moorc, inr commemior
tion of the tragic incitleit, whiebh c1i
th' lift of the youinx',g mirartyr, akI'd is a
lollows :
I 1ell mle lit. liune ai Y114. are iree.
I he 'e eril snid. n lile I'rm 0:4m ir-e
T,11- grim ll - daw-lgleel threal inn:wk.
The birdls vee ed 1in; -e --hainpy binils.
IThat saw! of hornie lit, mnither. nori ls.
The sujnslane kiss;ed is ee - dear sun.
It loves : hife 'ile rinl iegon '
Tlhe very brec/e., hel tir brteuhi
I o wch I e lie ight 'ri it life :nl dear 1.
A*it , i ( , !.i -m\ i nm : ir r -i e :ti ; tr
Sniled b c:te ile b ;i ' i e in Ii''
sili-d I thi hi : ill , as it Il o Iar
" Oht. !,ia y Yflir life ior ii toilaiv
T4 lle ,,riii e anidl -\- r t re i i l '
r li -i- t' r' 1i1it. '''er 1 - i1: i1 ' n i l'
N li1alv 'i n te reli b l refrni ii,
1,41 Ibi ,. Itl :na w h ie - tiicnr
A it : r ;l_ au d h-m mwd tihe r:id k- i i sm
i1h bai s r t pd ' ui t h den ir rI l
h IIV : Iw l rl e1114 a-l-~ 4ear \tar.
l ai rilt4rit of til iritormo lie 3 '
hI t I iylo ked uI p - t %\ Ia. i, i, the v ear
---~'
\lmni woie m hann'io-break mYr
Aci' Lear Is r'n ilt ititeral g-ve ii .
.\tY o y, I haltl ti ) tio e i or
Git'ti anme t hi r o tto une aevnl c
Ay aule i hr walkill see L;ar he a
"irely ailled aio. 'leo Inf.mahone
liiard ill phouad yie ho the.eiiLiiix
Ll le t nnher o npat Ivdgeith l~i,
valaorn I f all pron'lert nd h
Lue 'uros for ain. '1'h eceityfi
I Your utry.ha een ohva ei ntsor'em
The hi ualed back an farel stie f
The breao ws abbed trhis hai'tawiuby
W irdl ro ke l$ ult i soit e faic n .ieim
yotr viliewrs isl hi i-ilick gcti lit
fohey leaink his ame rig thfo'ei star.
),arn, hurr Inw hlis brothers areit
t'o fliint ' that I olinslilsre i af a j]dt
rin hitvi wh itd i r ctru thatI andri ir
crart yrIbii )i ifsal kmriiv iththeuvi
ham ea oiitra i an Iog van i' \an
-Compwiitrle Generaili siirhtain
der te gestnirl auonthorvti~ gienit
byrla oto catluli'i o sah repots ah
dillrtniaeda ti call fria epttth
-yeart rmte vist1,on mnufacturin
coner n. Tho bla).nksa wilioo h'eprr
paredii and- nd muillinth lnevealcou
Mrtylnitr who will vnete thniltheyar
prop er of lilensacTha inforatio ha<
quited ill deoaly be wthe capitalizt
the( iumeriy cofs pe ratioveIs, th s sot
valuatin fi val rnsersto Adgte an
sucther dataaout acres rafpidtly p groin~i
heury n s bLieen oitus ofo on:i
Monromrald lwey arn lesaingi I
Chiagam was asyndictilleet iby
"onowillyoisu an 1tatemen deaioad
you viealawil nthe ptbei cguetnh
exortevn. asigo orCiao
4*
EVER GROWING!
We're Getting Bigger and Bigger,
Chleiecr' and Cleaiper Every Day.
r
Sterilnig values. gol(di opportunities tire
e the inlvitaitionsi extendled to voli inl this
td lottse. A little molev here* goes a lung way.
. If you have not botghlt of its before, try its
iotnsC, youl will be pleased with tIe resilIts.
.1 1is drilp in aId !ee the throngs in our
store all the titte. 1i, You want to know
t the reasuit
Fin1r-leiause we have the largest,
prettiest and best selected tock if tooids
f ever shown itn Greenville.
Si. i i--We nidersell tll competitor,.
I We'll matlh or heal any price. No matter
-from whot sojurce.
Plums Worth Picking.
Ieritlar '4 li M sses Hibbed 1l1ose alI sizeis
o to 11 .lat lil..
3!1tilr . Ladle,; Niichelieul ii ed
lIte tlar Ilti Sim enir lorsts, ontly 2)i(.
Nmore after this; lot
Itecilar Iri h li ri ity l ,fr 1-4e. We
onitriol Ilien (mn this market.
lcgiilar $1 .' laik Paraols f.ir $1 it.
l'hev are blealtie.
Ihvimular Sl :, I It- I -Spreadts for Spl 411. Yo-i
all:u ti b n I i 11 VW Irv.
Lace CLrti'IIIns and Mattiings.
I his is the !easonII to take up thte old
- tljpet alt put down matiting. Come tip
Lo 1($ to 1d it fil-or l * (Will linle I,; co l ete
and niew. We have olnlv of tilhest va*lute,,
i i .\lattin:- and L-ace 'urtains we have
ever hmd in iur house.
Black Dress Goods and Silks.
Tin S slock sttrlasses any we have ever
cliiwi. It y uIt are going lo* iuiv i Skirt ol
Waist see l hat we lave.
'ee our line (of \'ash Silk for waists at
:i t Ih e v a r e s et l i i f a l . -s a n
A nithr hlt ot those line tIrgandits and
elids t l 'awlii a t the tidictil is low price
(of It v.,c ari lneIrgandie, 72 inche
wide.
If we tried to) mentioi a small part of
lite tli w: %\e have tI show it would take
vverv' coltmi in this paper, and thien ttietre
woul not he space eniugh.
-all and see'our lotii, whelier yoilu wati
-any' thin lor nit. ltememb er: ' Nothingi
is 11lr1t1tile ti o ; 1 ,t will add1 to Your sil
.in t ii. No bilutler, no winly state
m bll ulino m %alie th a lr( alp'revinted
- i telli lten uier'. Thalt ; whatl Vii
theret.
R. L. R. Bentz,
('ash DrY 1iLmiicam I Shoes.
J AA11. T< ).N K IN(
anilerEasle I tian ch .
'vilh. Si r. . -
-l i 'lres Rig 11cra In, 0. - [ain St.
Act lnctta fon litner eki s'iens.)'uto
tAttt Polirtl in Or Faor
ihoeistoikua iItyle. it aid td urabelit tr
lhei~ $t ont shoes tols elsewherloest rapidl
ferel,ecau you*iti i lhay stes at $1omfor
.2 tI) andi $2 !li are handil made~t, bestl white
L' iai biit tiomis, antd e very pair gttaral.
L' teeid. It wtill pay y.oli to lok over our'
H tocik b efoirc. hiuyot.
P1u1DB & PA'1TON,
106 S. Main Street.
tA i5" l''IrsLt d oor a bIove
d 12 pscomt b & Itusl'
g ---Th l.,l~oo of a cotal iuno necar
eSat, I.I ake, litahl cost the l ives of mtoro
thtan tree hundr11 ted ninerli. Th o hod
r le's of two hun rd red h ave been recover
aed, tand nto one1 enttetalns LheO faintest,
:hopo that t1hero Is a living man In the
in~~E. TJhte facl, that the rush of alir
-fromt thle miouth of the ma~tin entry of the
mt~Ino was LiuIlicient to blow a man and
r is teami across thet gulch, almost ?,0t0
-yards, will setrve to inodieato what forc
WII waseerted within the workings of the
. minesIu and int the immutedhiate vicinley
of thin exl5lodion.
I"or vo years l)r. .l. Neowlon lIIathiaway
ha'us i siuicesifiully treaite'd ehtronie dliieas.
ii that lhe is a''kniiowlIedgeid today Ito stand(
.Ut the heici li lf hi roifessionl ini ithis line,
ItH exluslive' mehed 1 o11(f treatmeunt for
\'ar. ('ile :ut N-ricture, wi'thiout the aid
of kie ior cautlery' Irue itt 90 pecr cent,. of
tall iiaw''. I a lhe treat mentt o)f the loss of
\it atliFres. Nervouis I)isorders, Kidner
udii I rillary Compinitts, Paralysis, 111oo1(
H isniiniiig, lheumtatismn, (atrarrh, and( (is
ni ('ase peCII ha r Ill womentl~, lhe is equnalty
dI'li uciessfu l . lIr. IIlathI away 's practIce is
in lire t han ili tile I that of anty other spie.
tn l phsicians readti ly yield to hiis troatmnt.
Write im today futlly about your case.
'IeI makes ino charge for consultation or
advOlice, either at, his ollice or biy mail.
.fl. Newtuot 11athtaway, M. I)., 22% Southt
Broad street. Atlanta, Ga.