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! "Make Your Home Ire COMFORTABLE" ll Nothing will please your wife more than a good water system-will take a lot of hard work t*t******fiS% her. . - I TVtnlrc1 ?fc^W^ . - , Cast Iron Watering Trough. I Towers I LAr -*8B' Ca8t Boi|crs *? **norac I I Pump jacks Flt L*""dry' j I g** |, j I 8% Get Our Pricefl on this^^ || ? ll?lip Ik^yilllQGFS Wfm Wk fore huvin? W&?fO~&it%k? I ---For bot? Shallow and Deep Wells fwBBM 7 ' I ? UM I II Nilling but the Best All Brass ^M^^Pfc*^ GOOD ? TM THE JACK%IAT JACKS THE WATER." I -.-(lf^in'>Aiiaiiwm;) ^ I ?it?firsnn Msinhin?rv & Foundrv Comoanv... I ANDERSON, S. C. Phone,243*, 1 Brig. <?ss. i*?;3 ??aaoT?S? Brig Geh. James Chin?t Brit . QM Kantard K B*e. Maj Gen. ? C Batter. Brig. Gea. Brattan. Brtgw GM. L. Bo?Bam, Brig. Ora. S. C..Evans. Brig. Gen. Stepha PHfott, Jr. H riff. Gen. M. W. Gar? Brig. Gen. Thea. P. Draytes o o o o o o o o '^m^^0W/^JL^M^j?^*^?* ant? garftttH||^HH^VSlt ? * ? * #1 wMeh-'lo 'deck owr white swiss dren? * ?*E 'WAf *A^?fi&?atkf^^* ** ^.^l?^lL^ll?'iff^' "fo ooooooooooooooo oWiTPw? alway* hod whal^Ep M M j * rho??? aueen waa crowned, nat] (By M. A H.). j ehe. with all her ?objecta and the eea May day la my cnJKaocd ?eanaa to?sona. the &iam, the nympba, tai hare been alway? bt?gttt aid warn*, j mat?te. ftrtree. and **en aotne of th? .me rosee, eyr?s*?-aad crab foddeasee from : Olympia, woul<3 bioeaoms never fall to bloom in h^el r^d 4UH?l*pyte<J away ?or tb * time for our reatrai*. We eonld make and all "went merry aa a marrlagt bell." Bat one day in May stands out in memory in ahorp contrast with these-that ot 1865-the close of the tferibie Civil War! On this, day the several schools, therefore all the young, people of the town, were picnicing out in the coun try to different attractive points. I, with a girl friend, deserted our town school and companions for that day and wore the guests of another school by' special Invitation. t remember how we enjoyed the merry ride out In the country. Kow'pure was the air; how fragrant the flowers; how en trancing was all nature, especially to the unclouded hearts. We were as free and .happy as the birds on the wing until about noon, whilst we were eagerly enjoying auf picnic dinner, a runner from town brought the start ling newr, "the, yankees < are com ing! "-?-they were even then near the town. Consternation reigned su preme! With what haste, anxiety add excitement, we scattered- There was no order or. discipline in leaving. - I can't remember when we were put out or how lt was, but I know that my friend and I Were alone ion our road home, almost running every step, when down near our old depot we all at once were itt the imldsi of a com pany of cavalry riding rapidly, and with mean triumph, toto our town. We cowered tdge'.ner, tn* terror, ea one side of the raid, expecting to be mo lested in BC ma way. Ou r thoughts went to our/valuables, bur breast pthB and our earrings, thinking we vf aid at least be robbed; but to our surprise and Joy, they passed on and never no ticed? us; and ?we gazed after the great company of Yankee soldiers, the first that we had ever seen with our fears somewhat allayed. We reached our homes, which Were adjoining lots tn safety and. were met with open erma by our dear ones. 1 found my brother Just starting out to bunt me, as 1 ? was- the only one missing from the family circle. My alster and her friend' addr guest, a fair young lady, had just arrived from another pic nic excursion ajad a young gallant, who had eocorted them, hld behind oar neighbor's fire screen ' for' some time. M? did not want to be eantured ind. they are now prominent and wealthy cltltena of Charleston. 1 -found,,on reaching home, our beautt Ml carriage horses , being ridden oD by horrid, blue coated thieves, and some of the same were in eur houjw demanding of my mother tbs fire arms. They eagerly took possess tor of several small silver mounted pis > tels my bather had ??rchascu, ?itt a view to teaching each girl how t< 1 use them, for defence, if need be. Tte - gutta, he and my brother used foi > bunting, - they took and smash? i against the chimney outside of th? bouse. ' The wines, etc., In the close they poured out tm the grnuraaV\?lm > by .hat ?rte, the door beti rang an? Ian officer appears*!, saying he wouu asad as a award At -> once, which h< did, and wo ware In a measure re lloved. *Tb*y again showed some ku , tmaatty, waua my one-araie? orc-tne il was ordered to march b^-^r? then?, u B?M^MW 9HHHI SHI SSL W? M ' . S'S- - ~. loader had cora passion . and saut: "Mjdapi?.?, if vnu will only return, I pfoffila? that your hhsbaau will come back to you unhurt." Not till then would she be separated from bim abd the man .kept. his "word. ^ ^ My father, on the approach of the enemy, had left home-with ?oma of our leading men to hide in some safe pise? till dancer was past, fer tb* now A had come that all who had ft?l in the Secession movement would he hung or killed In some way. Imagine cur constant anxiety about H fear that ho would bo found j Every^Ight'^for about a^r?c^i we^ i servants, and ochers that-oarrhousel Ijrguld M Isin^ttowu thai; night, j wayu? wjp wouitf ?t?r-V thai ?ach day ? , would be our tar-t at b^i^e.; ' We wore ! I two solU'JBnnw and put other ap ; parel in gave . them, to . th? negi n their cabins, r and aent borne &>o?e poorer houses l ia. tba^paa?gW?a^ran^ . ?br us. , Our old^nnily^JJ^1 '1fSTS??^ i handed out alt tb* valuables to dlifer . ent servants ??eorete when tho Yan i kee? were eoming. and there was no , ttmc to thlnk^ahe JttsttriMted them 3 Our gardener wont off to" a-marshy r place, about a. mile distant and buried I our allver, leaving some plated ware j tor us. Other valuables were hidden t In "the ash hopper and other obscure U Pln^.^'lL?Jy^ ?.'. ? ' ' r;< ?au 1 . We M?d only bni??negre, . s> girl ,v Off i l the plantation, abut-? '17 y w? old. to :. 1 dena??-^Mibijii bway with the raid-1 - ora. leaving' her : aid parents very - much distressed. r nany or oar people farra worse > than we{ by far-?they -bavfnj no-guard JQ Chfeck Ute thieving/ 1 BoB^VfJtT*, riett?d -hydrates, who,- ts make-theft^ lal iver up their Jewels, would go so rar as to threaten, and even, attempt Braams purple ring around their throats for a. time, so roughly had they been KtaMd, la.oao>vhousa, Just ont of town, I bad some friends who suffer ed. The marauders uftcc tabing all i?rsir va?r.sn?r-j', -ver? ?.?JOB t?iwr ja?^wv, BdhTee, etc., and stripping the pillow cases off of the bed would AU them. Brown surer and things they did not want, they Btlrred into the ashes in the fireplace. 1 They even rifled tho trunks of tho dead sons who had died in the Confederate penrice, and' wrung the heart of tho dear old mother hy wearing off the sacred uniforms. And at last they kindled a fire tn the cen ter of the room and put on it a box of the old lady's capp, 1 among other things, ?ha ?rdcred "a negro" man. ono cf their faithful servants, to keep it burnragk -and thu* destroy'the?bwtld tng. The servants said nothing, bot would quietly trample the starting flames under foot till bc had put them out entirely. This is only one out ot hundreds ot like and even worse ex periences. \ f Tho Confederate, treasury, as you know, was here'then afid the bul'dlng which bad been the "Johnson Female University," a famous school, for wo men, snd which .we have ' recently known as tbs P. M. ?. for men. With hellish delight they threw to the tour' winds ot heaven, the plate and die that madsMHir Confederate money and treat sheets of billi, yet unstamped. 'Were scattered and. strewn up and down the hill. Oar servants would made U into tine note paper and tn-, veloprs. and felt rich in a sense, aa 4be war time stationery had been coarse and brown and mean, or made ?at of anything that we coulO find that would ins wer the purpose. dry, goods stores were al:o rifled, the .goods thrown Into the i.treets and tba astonished negroes invited to come ^g^s^h^ey^ln^j en^ngHshman, Coard ton?wno'waa^ connoisseur/ and his fine wines were taken and all they did not want to nae, they poured out ? ito the street. would have become drunk and bfeatly )n our midst. The war being then Drastically over, they had no right to 1^Vm^?(!iaw>iaiaat/*<-'^rvi?yi^ri<rt eeten slbly hunting Jefferson paris, but In reality they wera pillaging and commiting every fiendish depredation they could *o our poor, defeated Southland, sud brutally enjoying the an equal victory ever ba. *V'IriKf: Our young mea had all \>?en se ?crv? prs^pt?y s?d h*u ?? dilsusJre in ear Court House for, sometime, ftair ieadera wbre wipe m thia andi hajgettteg np all oar firearms, or they mighmi have met with Os r*si?i*&*e they drserved, oJtbo* tba war -aa? Brig. Gen. ino. H. Preston. Brig. Ge?. Mager Bi Brit. Gea. JJ. M. Legan. Maj. Gea. Ravid R -lear? Brig, ?ea. Micah Jenkins . Prig. Get. Jonnxon Hagoed Brig, ?en Jantes Cennor Brig Gen. 8. W. Fergaaen. Brig. Gea.Jaita V. Kennedy. Bri: Gea; 8. B. Gist over, and ?re In their power. Bra ?way fled and our upcountry towna they secured our men. there waa a Were filled with theta, and they lived group of them standing on our square here until tho war waa over, and that excited their suspicion and they some, longer. We learned to kuaw fired Into them, killing one of our and appreciate eeaftyflHe' -i -'"harieeton- youth, who was. naver. would na loved awl 'esteemed ' and. who?" peo- Our? WHS a commwrJiaie3e? a oora nie wit? a crowd of others, had come mon sorrow and** -common loss, to na 2er reface. rrindahips and ties wore iurjaed that ^A^^.rs":"'u .sss ?rr^AawFt %? ^ra???ed ? eaM?T^s?tl all-who tales, hroagMffiM\%{s?n that ftw isoutd not fight and *wcrb able te get iel wer. .