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VOL. III. NO. 139.
South Carolina Railroad.
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T-i CHANGE OF -SCHEDULE. T
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v
\\
“ ^ „ Up D»y"Eaesengcr—Mail. ,
(Thts Train connect with Tra ! n frotn Co
• • • lumbia at Uranchville.)
,/Leave Charleston
Leave Columbia - , .
Branchviile
Midway
Bamberg
“ Grahams
*• Lees
•• lilackvills
Elko
M Williston
” “VtBdsor.
“ Monlmorenci
•• Aiken
\rrive Augusta
Dowu Day Passenger—Mail.
9.00 a m
5.30 a m
12 05 p m
I2.8l4> m
12 42 pm
12.54 p m
1.10 p m
M«pm
1.35 p in
1 43 p m
1.05 p m
2.27 i> m
2.40 p m
8.40 p m
bi**t Br»nchvill«.)
Leave
AnguiU
8 00 am
•- • 4
Aiken *
9 04 a m
41
Monlmorenci
9.18 a m
Windsor
{>.41 a ni
• #
Williston
Ji»:02 a ih
II
Elko
-'lO.ll am
• «
Blackville
10.28 » m
• l
Lee's
10.38 am
41
Cirnham's
10.63 a m
I*
Bamberg
11.07 a m
II
Midway
11 17 am
a - «•
Brnncliville
11.60 am
Arrive Columbia
SIGHT EXPRESS —Un
Leave Char!eaton,
Leave Branchviile
Leave Blackville
Arrive Augusta •
Dowx.
Leave August*.
Leave Blackville
Leave Branchviile
Arrive Cbarleaton
Connects with night Trains
villa to and from Coinmbis.
rneioHr and accommodatiom—Up
2.l6pm
5.37 p m
10.15 p m
2.55 a m
4.-G>0 a m
8 35 am
7 40 p m
IT.28 p m
1.30 a m
5.5t» a m
at Branch-
Leave Charleston
Leave Blaekville
Arrive Augusta
7.2fi a m
2 89 p ra
0.15 p in
with
4 .20 am
8.48 a m
5.20 p m
Trains to
BA.RNWELL C..^, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1880.
$•2 A YEAR.
Dowx.
Leave August*
L -are Blackville
Arrive Charleston
Connects at Branchviile
acd from Columbia.
Th>* day Mail and night Express trains
run daily. The accommodation trains run
daily, except Sundays Sleeping cars on
all the night trains. On Saturdays and Sun
days round trip tickets are told to and from
all stations on the road at one first elassfare
Tor|Uie round trip, good till Monday noon to
return.
Magnolia Passenger Route.
PORT ROYAL RAILROAD. \
AvaitTA.Oi., April 4, 1880. /
The following pusenger schedule will be
operated oa and after tain date:
BaHl<>e 11 32 Down,!
Baldoe .4 l*.* Up
Allendale 10 00 Down
Alleadala # 8 45 Up
DAILT rASSENGER TRAIN.
Going South.
Leave Augusta
Arrive at Yemasaee
Leave Yemassee
Arrive Savannah
Leave Savannah
Arrive Jacksonville
Arrive Charleston
Leave Yemasaee
Arrive Beaufort
Arrive Port Royal
Going North
Leave Port Loyal
Leave Beaufort
Arrive Temasse*
Leave Jacksonville
Arrive Savannah
Leave Savannah
Arrive Yemassec
Leave Charleston
Leave Yemaasee
Arrive Augusta
Ague Cure
fa a purely vegetable bitter and powerful
tonic, and is warranted a speedy and cer
tain cure for Fever and Ague, Chills
and Fever. Intermittent or Chill
Fever, Remittent Fever, Dumb Ague,
Periodical or Bilious Fever, anil all
malarial disorders. In miasmatic di.v •
tricts, the rapid pulse, coated tongue,
thirst, lassitude, loss of appetite, pain in
the back and loins, and, coldness of the
spine and extremities, are only premoni
tions of severer symptoms which termin
ate in the ague paroxysm, succeedA1 by
high fever and prof use’ inspiration. —
It ia a startling fact, that quinine, nr»
■enic, and other poisonous minerals form
- the basis of moEt of the ‘•'Feyer and Agne ■
Preparations,” *• Specific*, “Syrups,”
and “Tonics,” In the market. Tlie prep,
arntions made from these mineral poisons,
although they are palatable, and may
break the chill, do not cure, but lemvoth’e
malarial and their own drug poison in
the system, producing endnism, dizziness,
ringing in the ears, headache, vertigo, and
oth«r disorders more formidalde titan
the disease they were intended to cure,
Atrk’s Aock Cltuc thoroughly eradicate*
tfcese noxious poisons from the system,
and always cures the severest cases. It
contains no (jninlne, mineral, or any thing
that cbnld Injure the'most delicate pa
tient; and its crowning excellence, above
its certainty to cure, is that it leaves the
system aa (ree from disease as before the
attack.
For Liver Complaints, Ayer’s Acre
Core, by direct action on the liver and
biliary apparatus, drives out the poisons
which produce these complaints, and
■UmnlatA* the system to a vigorous,
healthy condition.
We warrant it when taken according
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Practical and Analytical Chemists,
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346 BROAD STREET,
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6
4
9 00 p m
1 50 a m
2 30 s iu
35 a ui
10 a in
7 15 * to
8 0O a m
2 20 a in
3 45 a ui
4 00 a in
11 00 p ra
11 23 p m
1 00 a m
8 30 a in
8 45 a m
9 00 p m
1 20 a n>
8 30 p m
2 00a ra
6 30 a m
Going South, connections made with S,
F. A W. K. R. at Savannah for all Florida
points.
Going North, connection made with Char-
lotts, Columbia and Augusta Railroad for bit
points North and East with Georgia Rails
road for Atlanta and the West. Also, with
South Carolina Railroad for Aiken and
points ol line of said road.
Woodruff Sleeping Cara of the roost im
proved style and elegance are operated by
this line only, between Augusta and Savan.
nab, without change.
Baggage checked through,
toap*Through tickets for tale at Union
Depot Ticket Office, Augusta, Ga., and at
ail priucipal ticket offices.
Robert G. Flemiso,
General Superintendent.
J. 8. Davakt,
General Passenger Agent.
fharlotte, Columbia & Augusta R F.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Ch ablotte, Columbia ft Augusta R. R. I
General Passenger Depart»»*t, 4—“
Columbia, 8. C., April4,1880. j
The following passenger schedule will he
operated on and after this date:
Day Passenger Ko. 4J.
South.
Lt Charlottel 1.27am
DayTPaswnxer No. 45.
Noxth.
Lv Auguata 7:45 a m
Ar Columbia 12.05aMi Ar Columbia 4.20pm
Lv Columbia 12.12am
Ar Charlotte 6.00 p m
Lv Co.ambia 4.25pm
Ar Augusta 8 30pm
Arrive at Washington, via Danville and
Lynchburg, at 7.50 s m, next day, and at
New York, by limited express from Wash
ington, at 8,45 p m, or by mail train, at
Night Express No. 47.
Nobth.
Lv Augusta 7.00 pm
Ar ColMmbialO.48 “
Lv Cehimbia 10.55 “
ArCharlotte 3.40am
Danvills to
4.45 p ra.
Night Expires No. 48. .
South P. M
Lv Charlotte 12.85 am
Ar Columbia 5.80 am
Lv Columbia 6.87 am
Ar Augusta 9.45 Am
Reclining Chair Cars from
Washington via Lynchburg.
Pullman Palace Sleepers through
Augusta to all Northern and Eastern cities
via Richmond on both trains.
Trains leave by Washington City time,
being 20 minu es faster than Augusta time.
For information, time cards, R«s*rvaUon
of SlMfiing Car Berths, apply to W. A.
Ticket Agent, Union Depot, or to
' CMAS. L. DIBRELL, So. Trav. Agent,
V ^ . BwyikAMgM^.0*.
D. CARDWELL, AasL 0. P. A., Columbia.
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Also, the "Stewart" Family, superior to
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every re-pect.
All the above mentioned Maebino~,-are
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V^Special attention given to the repairing
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Needlee, Oil and Attachments, for all
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nr rose' n.tRf"wieHF”Tnokr*'.
r A ' ■. 1 . - 1 :
Ljttle^chihl, when twilight shadow^
> (float the western gstes-ijf gold,
Thjsn those loving arms of uiotLor’s , ^^
Tcnderjy ’about th^efoM
Qver lip, and cheek, and ft>tehkad,
Like a shower caresses fall;
For a mother’s kiss at twilight,
' Is the sweetest kiss of all, . 1
Pretty maiden, at the gateway;
8hy^sweet face and downcast eyes,
Two white, trembling hands imprisoned,
How the golden300111601 flies!
Lips that softly press thy forehead,
AH the rosy btfishes call; '' 1
For a,lover s kiss tit twilight
Js the fobdest kiss of all.
Happy wife^ihy nob'e h isband.
More than half a lover yet— , r ; ^
For those sunny hours of wooing
Are too sweet to soon forget—
On thy smiling Ups uplifted,
Full of love his kisaes-fall,*.
For a hushand'ffliDsnt parting "
- Is-tli* dearest kiss or nil:* i •• -
tfeary mother, lijtVe ehitlren
With their dimpl*dj»ands a^faiiy^. T
Paising eyhr the«4< a ml forehead,
Soothe away all pain ahd'ctsra,
^.cad yOur doubting heart to heaven,
Where no dreary shadows fall,
For the kiss ofsinless’childhood
IS the purest kiss of all.
The Ylarkcd Grave.
Bowie’s ranger- vuit on tbo trail.
Had gallopf'd fmm f-arly dawn :
T5ut the prairio road waa cool and Sweet
And gryen as a garden lawn,
nd the stroiiff fair stirred the blood like
wine— ’
The strong air, scented with flowers and
Pine. . • ^
KHont and stern ami ready to flight, -
They followed tholndian foe.
Till Bowie cried : ‘T>'t'tTm bridles fall,
For thesun Is sinking low.
We must feed and rest or we shatf fatty
,.f*' ’
A C ONFFDICU lTK HOY!A.NSCTL
T3k Vo0NO : Color Of a Vir
orNtx REomBNT Wno %As Killed
. With the Oolobs is his Bobom—A
Cbtt.d's Apron Wmcn Floated Over
The Battle-Field. - -
i ■' ’ : t
At a meeting of the Southern His
torical Society recently held In Louisa
vllle Kentucky, MaJ. E. McDonald
submitted the following paper,which is
lull of intercut to all who love thrill
ing war Incidents : - *
In the Spring of "1853, while the
army of Northern Virginia whs en
camped on the Rapljan Jllver, pre
paring for that memorable campaign
which included the battle ot Gettys
burg, there caroO to it from Hamp
shire County, Va„ a beardless boy
scarcely eighteen yeaui-o^ age, the
eldest son of a widowed mothef. His
home was within the enemy's lines,
«nd he hnd .walked more than one
hundred milts to offer. Tds services^ to
H«6Ut in repelllmt a foaf which was
then preying upon-the fahrest portions
pf his native State, He made applica
tion to join Comjiuny ‘‘JD,” Eleventh
Virginia Cavalry, which was made op
principally from his county, and there
fore con taifted many of bis acquain
tances, and seemed much suprlsed
when told that the Confederate govc/n-
meet dkt net furnieh its cavalry with
horses and equipments. Sumo mem
bers of the company presenL^who
noted his earnestness and the dlsap-
pOjioitnent caused by this annoupce-
ment“rrora the officer, miid: •Enroll
him, Captain;and we will see that he
ha j .a horse and equipments thp next
fight we ge’ Into.” In faith of
promise he was enrolletl James M.
Watkins, Company “DJ” Eleventh
Virginia Cavalry, Jone’r HBrigade.
fihortfyaftcrwafd the campaign open
ed with the fight at Brandy Station,
in which twenty thousand cavalry
were engaged from daylight to suu-
down, and before the battle was over
P
M.
HOTOGRAPHIC iVlATERIALS.
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the way of
Stcreopticons and Magic Lanterns.
Each style being the best of Its c lass In
the market. Beautiful Photographic
Transparencies of Statuary and Engrav
ings for the window.
Convex Glass. Manufacturers of Vel
vet Frames for Miniatures and Convex
Glass Pictures. febafi-4 months
DB. F.S’.SKOIIS,
Druggist 1 Apothecary,
BLACKIILLE, ^ - & Ct,
DAB on hand and to constantly reiving a
I well SSktoted -took of-jwrs DBOGB,
terms for cash oc country produce.
Professional calls in town or country
prntn>tlT ■ttsndH to- ooUt-ly
T. B. GOLDING. ’
Attorney A.t Lawi
s«p25-lj A1TLET0N, 8. C.t
Though fifty miles on the Llpan traU,”
groro of mIghtyt" Wtrt ^ toa wa ^ mounte< ^ ap ^^ ul| y c( l llI P
ped and took his place with bis com
pany. It was nor. long after this en
gagement that Gen. Lee advanced the
whole army and crossed into Mary
land, Watkin’s command covering the
rear. During the battluof Gettysburg,
on the 3 I and 4th of July, we were en
gaged several times with the enemy’s
cavalry on our right, upon which occa
sions he was always found fn the front,
and while on tho march was ever
bright snd cheerful.
On the evening of the 4th, Gen. Lee,
in preparation for his retreat, began
tojsend bis wagons to tbe rear iu tne
direcTToff 'of ~ Wtlttamnpert, 'when tv
was found that the enemy’s cavalry
had gone around our left and taken
possession of a pass In South Moun
tain through which lay eur line of
march. To dislodge them required •
stubborn fight, lasting late Into tbe
night, in which Geo. Jone’s brigade
waa engaged, and he bMsself, becom
ing separated from his men In the
darkness, was supposed to have been
captured or killed. * - . .
~ Finally the Fed< ral4_were repulaed,
and the wagon train proceeded on iu
way to Williamsport. In the morning
Wathin'n cotrnnsnd vnas ordered to
march on tho left fiank of tbs train,
to prevent a renewal i#f the attacks
upon it, and on approaching Hagers
town those in the rear of the column
beard loud and repeated cheering from
the men in front. After having been
in an f Demy's or untry fighting night
and day, iu rain and mud, those cheers
came to those who heard them in the
distance as tbe first rays of sunshine
af e: a storm. Many were the con
jectures as to their cause; some said it
wae fresh troops from the other side
of tbe Potomac; others that it was the
ammunition wagons, for the supply
was known to be short; while others
surmised that it was Gen. Jones re
appearing after his supposed death or
capture. Whatever the cau e was,
Its effect was wonderful upon the
morale of those men, and queers went
up all along tbe line from those who
did not know ttye cause in answer to
those who did. When the command
bad reached a stone mill about three
miles Bouthoast of Hagerstown, they
found the cause—only a ITttle girl
about, fotrteen years of age, perhaps
theptUler’s daughter, standing In the
door wearing an apron in which the
colors were so blepded as to repre
sent the Confederate flag.
— A trivial thing It may seem to those
who we-e not there, but, to those war
worn menu was the first expression
of sympathy for them and their cause
that, had been openly given them
efnee they had crossed the Potomac,
.Bad their cheers went up In recogni
tion of the courage o( the UttTe glrl-
snd her parents, who thus dared to
give their sympathy to a retreating
army, almost in sight of a revengeful
foe. When Company D was passing
tbe house the Captain rod? «P end
thanked tbe little girl for haFtng done
so much to revive the drooping spirits
of tbetroopujand asked hex if she wou’d
not give him a piece of the apron as
a souvenir of tbe incident. -‘•Yes,
certainly,” she repHed; •‘You maybave
It all.” and In her enthusiasm she
tore it off, not waiting to unpin it, and
handed it to tho officer; who said it
should be the flag of his company as
long as it was upon Maryland soil.
“Let m^bethe color-bearer, Captain,”
said young Watkins, who was by his
side: “I promise to protect It
my life.” And fastening it to a •staff
be resumed his place at the head of
the company, whioh was in the front
squadron of the regiment. Later in
Tltev had reached the
oak«.
Into tho shadows they went:
The saddles were loosened, and beasts and
men
Were triad of their leafy tent
S*ld Bowie “Jn«t t*k«your rifle Hoys,
And see how the land around us lays.”
The youth went forward with head-up
step;
fame haek witti n quteker tread.
"C-<ptain, I found henonth v<m o,.k
A man that is ” “Dead?” "Quite
dead.
His saddle and whip ho*lde him lav,
I reckon hto horse has strayed away.”
Ye*, dead he lay in the blowing grass,
' LSI’sTeofiViTFTlir* ctrttrt
OH« arm was mwW hi* curlv bead.
His lips still faintly smiled.
Rooted and spurred he bad gone to rest.
Hut looked like a man that death had
blessed. jt_
There was not s wonnd, or mart, or stain,
There was not* line to tell
From whence he came, or what was his
name.
Where w« know nothing at all, ‘God i
knows!”* _
They dug him a grave benegth the oak,
And Bowie, with a bunting knife, , •
Cut deep in It* living baVk the date
When thestrangejrstepped from life.
Then glancing down, with a solemn pansr,
Cut under the date two words: “God
knows f”
—Lillie E. Barr, in the Independent.
4'onragc In IXiaenwe.
• Many a life has been saved by the
moral courage of the sufferer. It iff'
not alone in bearing the pain of opera
tions or the misery of confinement in
a sick room Ibis self-help becomes of
vital moment,.but in the monotonous
tracking of a weary path, and the
vigorous discharge of ordinary duty.
How muny a victim of Incurable dis
ease has lived on through years of
suffering, patiently and resolutely
hoping against hope, or, what is bet
ter, living down despair, until the
virulence of a threatening malady has
died out, and it'uaS ceased to be de
structive, although its physical char
acteristics remained. This power of
"good spirits” Is a matter of high mo
ment to the sick and weakly. To the
former it may mean the ability to sur
vive, to the latter the possibility of
outliving, or living In spite of dis' ase.
It is, therefore, of the greatestj im
portance to cultivate the highest and
most buoyant frame of mind which
the conditions will admit, The same
emergy which takes the form of mental
activity is vitafto the work of the or
ganism. Mental influences affect tbe
system, and a joyotls spirit odt OBiy
relieves pain, but Increases the mo
mentum of life in the body. The vie- 1
tims of disease do not commonly suf-,
flsently appreciate the yjaluft ahd'uee
of "good sprits.” They too often set-'
tie down in despair when a profession
al judgment determines the existence
of some latent or chronic malady. The
fact that It is probable they will die of
a particular disease casts so deep a
gloom over their prospect that through
fear,of death they are ail tbeiriife-
time subject to bondage. The multi
tude of healthy persona who wear out
their strength by exhausting journey^
and perpetual anxieties for health is
very great, and the policy in which
they indulge ie exceedingly short
sighted. Most of the sorrowful and
worried cripples who drag out miser
able lives in this way would be less
wretched and live longer if they were
more hopeful. It is useless to expect
that any one can be reasoned into a
lighter frame of mind, but it Is desir
able that all should be taught to un
derstand the sustaining, and ofteh
even curative, power of ‘•good spirits.”
—London Lancet.
tbe charge. The battery was taken
and retaken and then taken again be
fore tbe Fedexals withdrew from .the
fleld, followea- in the direction of
Boonaboro until dnrknees covered,
.their retreat.Th-fiB ’ tEwr itaperat*'
surges ttofniy, toent down on both sides,
and it wae not until after it was over
that men thought of their comrades
and ioqluriee wrte made for the mis
sing. The Captain ot Company D,
looking over the battle-field for the
killed and wounded of his command,
Lrtind Watkins lying on tbe ground,
his head supported by the surgeon..
In reply to bis question, “Was he
badlv hart?” he answered : “Not
much, Captian, but I’ve got the flag !”
and putting his hand in his bosotn^e
drew out the little apron and gave it
to the d&lcer. When asked how it
Came there, he said that when b? was
wounded and fell from his horse the
Federate were all around him, and to
prevent their capturing it he had torn
it from the staff and hid it in his bo-
I om. pie surgeon toid tbs Oaptato
side tflat his leg was shattered by
a large piece of shell, which was im
bedded in the bone; that amputation
would be necessary, and he feared the
wound was mortal. “But,” he added,
be has been so IntebT upon the safe
delivery of that apronipto your hands
as to seem utterly unconscious of bis
wound. After parting with Ids flag
the bravo boy sank rapidly. He was
tenderly carried by his comrades
baek to Hagerstown, where a hospital
had been established, and his leg
amputated. The next morning his
Captain found him pale and haggard
frotn suffering. By his side w^s a
bouqnet of flowers; placed by come
".which seemed to cheer him
much. The third day afterward be
died and was buried In a strange land
by strangers' hands, without a stone to
mark the spot where he sleeps. Thus
ended th* mortal career of this gallant
youth, who had seen scarce sixty days
service; but though he lies In an uo-
Forlloy* to Remember.
A gentleman advertised for a boy to
assist him In his office, and nearly fifty
applicants presented themawlvcn to
him: Out of tbe whole ftamber he in
a short time selected one and dismiss
ed the rest.
“I should like to know,'* said a
frtend, "on what ground you selected
that boy, who had not a single recom
mendation ?”
"You are mistaken, my friend,” was
the reply; “he had a great many, and
if you care to listen l will enumerate
a few of them. He wiped bis feet
when he came in, and dosed ths door
after him. thereby showing that he is
careful. He Instantly gave up bis seat
to an old man who Is lurae, showing
that be is kind snd thoughtful. He
Uok off bis cap when he came in, and
answered my questions promptly and
respectfully, showing that bs Is polite
and -gentlemanly. He picked up the
bodk that I had purpostly laid on tbe
floor and replaced it on the table,
while all the rest either stepped over
It or shoved it aside; and he waited
quietly for his turn, instead of push
ing and crowding, which evinces an
honest and orderly disposition. When
I talked with him' I noticed that his
clothes were cleanly brushed, his hair
in nice order and his teeth as white as
milk, and when he wrote bis name I
also noticed that his finger-nails wers
dean Instead of being tipped with jet
like that handsome little fellow’s in
the blue jacket. Don’t you term those
things letters of recommendation ? I
do, and I would give more for what I
cau tell about a boy by using my eyes
for ten mlnates than sli the floe letters
jo a can brtog me.**
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f L Iff writisg <• tRl on btsiifes* at
why* fcive four mae Aid Coat OfficraafldVetX.
2. Bti'inm* lriler»and communication* lo
bt pnMtihed *tiouW bewritto*** Mparst*
»hrci«. and thc.okjfel of each clearly Indt- gi''
cated by ncceoaary uoi
3. Article*for publication nhoeld b# writ
ten in a cleat, legible bund, and on 'only on! ’
itfeof iKtyege-^ jr|g
4. AU ohfingn* I* advertisements Blast |
- te*ek ba oa fries/.,
nb *. «ce«jiM ruVw.
Am Artful Dodge.
AUendale, Friday
Fiddle Pond, Ball
Gut southern fellow-citizens assert
that ths colored man will not work, ,1
and that big presence casts each a*' '
blight upon chickens that no white
man cau profitably engage In raising.
Mr. Dodge, who recently emigrated
from Mass., to Ala,, has signally re
futed the Southern estimate of the
colored man, and has succeeded not
only in keeping chickens,but in induc
ing thirty-four colored men to work
for him without wages.
Mr. Dodge arrived last spring with
the Intention of cultivating a farm.
The white population received him
courteously and wished him success,
but they warned him that be could
no^ Induce a single colored man to
work on his farm except at preposte
rous wages. When he introduced the Gnham’s
subject of chickens, they assured him r BUokTille,
that there was an African church With- Williston,
in a mile of Its farm, and that be •VUmotk't
might as well try te keep icicles in a
hothouse aa to raise chickens In such
a neighborhood. Dodge was a stub-
bora man, and; an Ingenious one. He
determined to prove that bo couldtlo
what they 1 * said he could not
do. Aecordiogly, ho offered to bet
that be would cultivate his new farm
with colored labor, and itiat he would
raise chickens without losing ft single
On* by colored larceny, TJ»e bet waa
taken, and Mr. Dodge went to bis
farm and begah operations. L_ ’ ‘
Mr. Dodge built a magnlflclent
chicken bouse, with accommodations
for live hundred feathered guests.
The windows were made so small that
not even a consumptive colored boy
could pass through theg) v lD one side
of the house Mr. Dodge required the
carpenters to leave a round bole of
about two feet in dlaiprter, foj a pur-
£ nso which he declined to explain.
iuch pity was felt for him on the
ground that be was wasting his money
in a vain attempt to struggle against
chlckcn-steaUng,bnt Mr. Dodge“guess-
(vl” lift ora a rJcrht anrt "pu Ion In la,!”
knowo grave be has left a Dame which pd” he was night, and "calculated
will outlast the most costly obelisk that ‘hat his chickens wouldn't beetolen to
wealth or fame can erect. Gentle as a
woman, yet perfectly fearless In the
discharge of fals duty, so sacred did
he deem the trust confided to him
that heforgot even his own terrible
sufferings while defending It. Such
names as this it ly our duty to rescue
from oblivion and to write onnbe
page of history, where the children of
our common country may learn from
them lessons of virtue and self sacri
fice. In his character and death he
was not -1 isolated from many of his
comrades; he was bat a type of many
-men.young and old. whose devotion to
what is now known as a "lost cause"
make them heroes in the fullest ac
ceptation of the-tenn, flinching from
neither suffering nor death itoelt if
coming to them in tbe line of duty.
At the conclusion of tbs paper the
Major stated that he was not In posses
sion of many mementoes of the "Lost
Cause,'* bat be was trappy to be able
to present the society with the apron
which he hnd reference, and which
ths gallant Watkins bad borne through
the fight. The oofurllng of tbe apron
battle-flag was greeted with a round
applause, and, upbn a call from the
audience, it was passed around and
examined by every one present.
1 i
Professor John FIske, the critic and
lecturer, is a large, tall man, dark curl
ing hair and a thick red beard, with a
pale face and gold-rimmed spectacles.
He passed his boyhood in Connecticut.
While still in college he wrote a criti
cism of Buckle, which led that writer
to send to this country tor the name
of lbs author of it.
There is not a shadow of founda
tion, says the London Truth, for the
report that George Eliot is writing aa
autobiography. George Eliot Is not
writing anything.
"Johnny Cake” is the romaotlo
name ot a summer retort near Elmira.
*. t
the evening, In obedience to an order
brought by a courier, the Eleventh
Cavalry moved at a gallop in the
direction of Williamsport, whence the
roll of mueketrvand report of oannon
bad been heard for some time, and.
rejoining the brigade, was engaged
in a desperate struggle to prevent the
Federal cavalry from destroying the
wagons of tb« whole army, which, the
river being unfordable, were halted
and parked at tMa point, tbsir princi
pal defense against the whole cavalry
force of theienemy being the teamsters
and stragglers that Gen. Imboden had
organized. The Eleventh Cavalry
charged the battery In front of tiiem,
this gallant boy. with his apron flag,
riding side ip side with those wfco led
■w-—
The Value of Advertising.—We
stepped the . other day into tbe store
of one of our mercantile friends, and
was greeted with tber remark that his
advertisement bad been of great bene
fit to him. We were informed that an
article advertised by him bad been al
most entirely sold, and that the sale
of it was for the most part due to the
with I Advertisement. This is good and sub
stantial benefit of letting tbe world
know what a man keeps in his store,
or. is doing in his shop. A merchant
sometimes thinks that his use of
printer’s ink does him no good, but
such is not the case. An adveitise-
ment benefits him in ways and times
that he kn^ws not of. It Is a well
known fact that the most successful
business men at the North have at
men
tdbuted their success to keeping their
names and business before the public.
Bo let our friends never grow weary
in the good work of advertising.—Rock
Hill Herald. ,
Nothing so takes the courage
of a social story teller as to
yarn to an absept-mlnded man
who not only neglects to laugh, butw
five minutes lat*r tells the funny man
tbe same story and expects him to be
Intensely amused.
apy extent. When the carpenters had
finished, Mr. Dodge unpacked'* bun
dle which he had received from tbe
North, and after dark filled bis chick
en house with three hundred chickens,
and went to bed.
▲bout 11 o’clock that night a lead
ing citizen made his way into the
chicken house through the hole which
bad been left open. He obuokled at
tbe foiiy of Mr. Dodge to locking ths
door, and forgetting to close the hole in
the side of the chicken house. When be
had selected a dozen chicken*, he
undertook to epsep. out of tbs J»l«
but found his egress Impeded by a
series of projecting spikes. He real,
ized that he bad been canght in a trap
of tbff same nature as that variety ot
mouse trap Into whlcfe tbs mourn en
ters through a wire-lined passage, tbs
pointed ends of which prevent him
from escaping. Tbs colored dtlzeo’e
cellmate of th* white intellect under
went a sudden change, and h* sat
down in ths Corner of the chicken
house to invent,some tale which would
account for hi* preveao* when tbe
moment of discovery should come.
Half an hour later the mloifter of
tbe colored church entered, and was
warmly greeted by bis predecessor,
who waa beginiog to feel lonesome
From midnight until dawn the arri
vals were almost Incessant The fact
that three hundred chicken were in
Mr. Dodge’s chicken house was known
In every cabia within a radius of two
miles, and the oppressed race bad
risen and resolved to have those
chickens. At halfH^ 1 three there was
standing room only in tbe ohiokea
boose, and gentlemen arriving after
that hour were compelled to return
home disappointed.
After a comfortable breakfast, Mr.
Dodge took bis shot gun and tbs key
of the chicken boose, and proceeded
to ascertain what luck bis trap had
brought him. To bla great pleasure
he found thirty-four able-bodied
colored men in the chicken bouse,
and, after careful investigation, he
asoortaioed that not a chicken waa
missing. He put no questions to the
colored men whom be bail caught, as
to why they had crowded into bis
cticken bouse, but merely Informed
them that he* supposed they bad
come to assist him in planting, and
that he was greatly obliged to them
for their kind assistance. At noon
Judge Slemons arrived at tho farm,
and gazed with amazement at tbe
spectacle of thirty-four colored men
working energetically in the fleld.
When the Judge was convinced that
no chickens bad been stolen during
tbe night he admitted that ke had lost
Ms bet,
Since that day Mr. Dodge bag never
lost a chicken. He has, however, only
caught a few sporadic colored m6n,
and has thus been ob'lged to hire most
of bis labor. Nevertheless, he has
refuted tbe assertion that no white
man can keep chickens in Alabama,
and has induced thirty-four oolcrcd
men to work for him without pay.
Whether his plan would be successful
in other parts of the Bouth is nocer-
taln; but there is good reason to sup
pose that it would Increase the security
of chicken property.—M. T. Times.
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Cotvrt TaKASCta%-0imiii>»4 &
Barnwell 8. C.. April 6,1880» L ,
TBE TBEA8UKER WILL BE A**
Ike following places for the coUec-^,,
tlOO, Of the first IriHtalliucnt of taxes OB ,
the days msotJonsdr Irv ’
Dunbarton. Saturday, May 1,- 188a L.:
Prleeter’s Store, Monday, Maylf * fv.‘ t
ppaefes
Midway, Friday, May 7,. d * 'I: *.
“ mberg, Saturday, May 8, “ ft
-d Oak. Monday, May 10, **
arse’s Store, Tueedav, May 11, M
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-IT*
Robbins. Saturday, May
Georges Creek Club Hou
^ May 34
Barnwell, until 1st June.' 'SiltH'.frr'l
Hate of. Taxattc
Bank toltejjSowifl^Wver Cota, re* T
delvoable tor tatrtL
ALFRED ALDRWfl; ’ mA
■ i 4 Treasurer Barnwell County, i
—ir.—*- -Jtf-KG
Office Ciu r’k Df.m. Ei. Committi*, >
BauAwell County, m >
Blackville, 8. C, April 5,1880. )
Tt f t Chairnuu of the Democratic Clithe of
^Barnwell Counlg /„
At a meeting of the jfixecntlve Com-
niiuee, held this day at DafttWmu 1
H , called In accordance with instruc
tions from the Rtate Executive Com
mittee, Jt was determined r*
1. To call a convention ot the pftrtv.
to meet at Barn well C. H , at 10 13
o’clock, a. m., on the third Monday in
May. b-ing the 17th of tbe Month.
3. It is suggested thUB’MM IfftoU
Clubs reorganize by a revision of their
rolls and a selection of officers for the
next two years—that this be done on
or before the 1st of May. :
8. Delegates CO tM-.aDBVMtioa wilt*
be elected on tho basis of one te *uch
twenty-flte members In a dob. ’ • ^
1 Club Chairmen will Me to the eg- 1
tension of rhese proceedings to their
affiliated clubs, In order that they may
be property represented. “ * • * - sEj*
5 Pull ami complete rolls of the
clubs must be presented at tbe open-i
log of the contention.
0. Tbe convention will elect a county 1
chairman and other officers for tho'
ensuing twoyaifli.* ‘TfD Ttn*Vt- #of♦ *
I 7. Will elect to the State
Convention, which meeis In Coolumbb*
OB June let. ' , JT ‘
t. Will sxpNfli afl opinfoir by a
numerical vote a* tothe repeal of tbe
two-tblrds rule as now la f*roe In the
National Democratic Convention.
9 Will wrpr**** by a ITka*f otS Ihfft
sentiments of the party a# to the pro
priety of nominating a State tleket St
the approaebm* June convention or
of making the nomluatlono at a later
period.
10. And to take each other action 1
as may he deemed good for the party.
^ lioepectfuRv suhmlttod,
G.B. LaMWMl 'riq J
Chairman Executive Committee.
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Cuu uwian Stobt oy a Kisa.-A man
as walking along one rfgt'Aad a
■woman along another. The roads
finally united Into one, and reaching
■the point of JoocUjn at the same time,
they walked on together, The man
was carrying a largf iron kettle .on bis
back; In one band beheld the leg* of
a live chicken; In the other, a cane;
and he was leading a goat. They
neared a dark ravine. Said the wo
man : “I am afralif, to go through
that ravine with you: U la a lonely
place, and you might overpo’wsr Old
and kiss me by force.” Said the mam
“How can I possibly overpower you
and kiss you by force, when I bav*
this great Iron k at tie on my back, a
cane in one hand, a live chicken In
the other, and am leading this ghat? I
might as well be tied band and foot”
“Yes,” replied the woman, “Bat It you
should stick your cane in thn ground
and tie your goat to It, and turn tbe
kettle bottomjfde np and put the
chicken under It, then yon might
wickedly kiss me In spite of my resist
anee.” “Success to thy ii
woman I” said the rejoicing
himself. "I should never have tho
of this or similar expedient”
when they C aine to the ra
8tu«k hie cane into the
tied the gout to it, gave
the woman, saying : "Ho'B
cut some grass for tho gpa
then—an rims (he legend—l
the kettle from his shoulders,
the fowl under it, and wickedtyHH^^H
the woman, as she was afraid ha ' 5 '
would.—Chambers' Journal.
m
Doino Much.—Many persons seem to
be always in a hurry, and yoi never
accomplish much; others never seem
to be hurried, and yet do a very great
deal. If you have fifty fetters tp
answer, don’t waste time in Isokfng
over to find which one should be n
ed first; answer the one yon first
your hands on, and then go thre
the whole pile. Some begin a ti
and leave it partially completed,.
hurry off to something else. Abet
plan Is to complete whatever vofl
undertake before you leave it, and be
thorough in everything; it is the
going back from one thing to another
that wastes valuable time. Another
thing; deliberate workers are those
whp-ancompfish tho most work in a
_ i ui wiBuum, wfj ttutm
of some men who will live t^ba one
hundred and forty nine yeafk old, and
still carry about with them a head as
black as a raven's wing.
KtntnplrygtriB have been married
in .the Mammoth Gave, and Buffalo
on tbe Niagara Sospensioa
Bridge,—Boston Post. Tbe first must
have deemed matrimony a ceil, and
the latter a state of suspense.
A man can buy a hat for one dollar.
It takes from ten to fifteen for a wo
man to go conq a.atlvely bareheadkL‘ten.—Hair$ JauroAl of Health.
'3
General Joe Johnston has never
liked Congressional life and declined
a renomination. He says he is not
adapted for the position. How few
men exhibit an equal modesty and
candor. ( . • _
Gen Schofield, commanding at West
Point, was of tbe opinion, upon a per
sonal investigation of the Whitaker
case, that none of tbe cadeta were
guilty of maltreating tbe youth.
If, as we have been taught, flrrey|gfyen time, and afs. leea Urqd at the
hairs are a sign of wisdom, we know endofiheday than many who have
end of the day than many
accomplieed half as much; the harried
worker has often to do his work twice
over, and even then it Is seldom don*
in the best manner, either m to neat
ness or durability. It Is tk® delibe
rate and measured expenditure of
strength which Invigorate* tbs non*
stitutlon and builds up tbfc ktalttf: r
multitudes of firemen have found an
early death while the pjougboy *tm
healthy and lives long, golkg dowa V>
hto grave beyond three scorsq ang