The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, March 24, 1896, Image 4

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ii"no.\ si.ni? iMOit ykau Stories of the War. LAMAR UTAH, THE SCOOT. HE SLLW THE ENEMY BY SCORES, A Modest Man With a Splendid Racord? Tha Ue?t Markaman In Either Army En gaged In the Lat? War. Following tho poaceful and mono tonous avocations of a planter and a man of letters in the secluded hamlot of Lyon, In Coahoma County, Mibsls sippl, not far from Memphis, lives the most destructive and sanguinary "war rior, slnglo handed, that tho world over saw, and who in his declining days, dovoteB himself to tho muses and from timo to timo contributes to tho daily and periodical press literary articles of such fine merit as no one would credit to a man who carries tho Bears of sixty-seven bullets und has slain so many fellow creatures that he ? cannot make even an approximate es timatoofthe number thereof. Tho^Hrquiti of Lothian, in his his tory of Tho war of secession, published scvoral years ago, being conversant with many incidents i? tho lifo ol Fon talncT*says In effect that nono of tho ?iiatorical rjr traditional heroes of the ^jhlvalrio ages, no soldier the world ... 4?as cvon known whose deeds of valor have come down in story, song or fa ? bio, can hold a place alongside thia f man In the qualities of bravery, per* sOverance or devotton to duty ; and the marquis laments that, the Confederate Status produced no poet or biographer capable of embalming tho memory of this nineteenth eontury warrior. Stated briefly, Fontaine's record was this : Ho began as chief of scouts aud courior for General Stonowall Jackson. He sorved in the aarao capacity with Gonorals Stuart and Johnson and brlolly with Loo. Ho took part In twonty-sovon pitched battles, tlfty Bovon sklrmlshos and over a hundred individual Bkirmishcs in which blood was shod. Although ho was but a prlvato in tho ranks ho was once on trusted with a carto bluncho order on tho treasury of tho Confederate States. Ho was known in all branches- of the Confederate sorvice as the best marks man with rifle of revolver In either army. Ho was wounded aixty-aeven times, and thirteen times his lungs wero pierced. Fivo times in tho course of tho war he was reported in tho dis patches as dead. On two occasions he was able, with tho aid of mirrors, to ? look into apertures in his flesh and watch tho boatings of his heart. These statements might appear fabulous and altogether Incredulous but for the fac' that the man is well known by all ho veterans in these parts, who fully vouch for all these details and avor ? further that if Fontaine wero not so modest his own roeital of his career would pootn oven more remark able. Lamar Fontaine boars In his veins the besCftdOOd lo tho South. Ho is of tho stynt-fj.ainily as Senator and Asso ciate (Justice Lamar, who died a cou ple of years ago ?uIIo occupying a seat on the uupreu.o bench. Tho writer mot Fontaine in Mem phis this w^ok. Ho hud come up to attend a gathering of the local Con federate veterans' post and to road a Kaper commendatory of tho Southern attlo uhbeV' project. Ho is actlvo and sprightlv und scorns good for another ? - <?< V,Vtarier of a century at least, notwith standing his body is so badly scarred that scarcely a patch of the original ekin Is visible. Ho is under the average stature, wears a jaunty cos tume, the most conspicuous features of which are a broad-brimmed hat aod a Short jacket. Ho talks entertainingly and evinces unusual erudition on all topics of up-to-dato interest, but is not at ull loquacious concerning his per sonal adventures. Ail efforts to draw him out along that lino v/oro quite bar ren of results. However, some extra ordinary admissions were made in the course of an extend conversation Have you any idea of tho numher of men you havu killed In tho course of your w ar career V" he was asked. " ICOUtd inako no estimate. Hut on One occasion I shot sixty men in sixty minutes, and the record was kept and is vouched for by General lt. E. Lee himself-." Fontaine was induced to narrate the circumstances of this slaughter. " It occurred at Waterloo bridge, near Warronton Springs, on the Ivap pahaunock, in August, 1802," said ho. "That was about tho first time I over mot General Lee, though 1 had often scon him before and know him by sight. J was then acting as courier for Genoral Jackson, who, it seems, had been tolling- General Leo about my skill with the ritlo. On this day I car ried despatches to General Leo from General Jackson. When I had per formed my dutyGenoral Leo expressed a desire to seo if what be hod heard about my ability as a inarksm-m was true. I told him I ..would do my best to demonstrate it. Over across tho valley was a ridgo upon which'was stationed a Federal battery that was pouring shAT into tho Confederates as fast asthfpguns eould bo loaded and discharged. Drawing forth and open Ig nis watch General Leo ordered 0 to proceed. I began to shoot. "Iwould say, 'Now I'll shoot No. ,'1 on gun No. 1,' und tho man would drop at tho orack of my ritlo : 'Now No. 1 on gun 4,' and that man would drop. And so tho work continued. As fast as a man on tho oattery fell another would tako hisplaco. Finally G sneral lieo closed his watch. ' That will do,' said lie. 'Sixty men in sixty minutes is your record.' On a later occasion when wo mot General Loo asked mo if my conscience did not trouble mo. '"What for ?" said I. " 'Brcauso of tho pcoplo you have klllod.' "Gcnoral,' said I, 'does your con science trou.bla you when you kill a rattlesnake " 'Wb'/do you ask that ho replied, with t?iat peculiar smilo overyhody /?*"ll?ticod about him. " 'Because,' I answered, 'when I en listed for tho war i made up my mind that it. was my duty to kill every Fed era) soldier I could, and J kill Fedoral soldiers from the name sonse of duty that you would kill a rattlosnako.' " Fontalno was asked how ho acqulrod such tino skill in tho uso of firearms. "Among tho Indians In Texas," ho replied. " When I was a srpall boy I settled with my parents in that Slate Later I wont to llvu among the Cornau ' chea, and for thirteen yoara I nevor ? v' oaw the face of a white man." Beyond doubt the most remarkable fact accomplished by Fontaine from tho point oi view of tho historian was the carrying of dispatcher and oaps into tho city of Vicksburg when that city was invested by the Fedorals. At that tirno Memphis was in the hands of tho enemy, and Fontaine, aotlng as a spy and undo" disguisb, had boon in this city for a month or so, picking up what information ho could for the benofitof General Joseph F.Johnson, whohmi his headquarters at Jackson, Mi??. O'io day there camo a summons for hi r, to ropoift to Goneral Johnston at OncO. Simul A|icously the Federals in thl . city go(IXjowl edge of iFon- I ? ie'- o .ihd(JH_(iU presence horo. I a dangerous 1 federate 1 patched t<> covV.r all tho roads 1? Southward, to Intercept hl? progress. But ho avoided tbvin and reported on tiam (o hits General .-t .Jaokson for or ders. , , j Tho ordorsweio that ho wan to carry dispatcher and 40,000 musket caps through tho Federal lines and into the olty of Vloksburg. The appalling difficulty of this un dertaking may be judged from the fact that Viuksburg was beleagued by 75,000 Federals under General Ulysses 8. Grant; all tho approaches to tbat city wero controlled and guarded by the Federals, and there was a toward of $20,000 for the head of Fontaine. But this courier understood ,the uses of discretion as well as the neces sity for valor. He sot out on his journey. He avoided all thorough fares. In complete disguise and undor cover of darkness he passed through tho federal lines, and was aboiit to make a run for the Confederate out posts, when ho found himself in a clump of brushwood, confronted by a half dozen soldiers, who appeared to know who ho was, for on sight thoy opened Qre on him. Uo rusbed into their midst, revolver in each hand, and four of tho onomy fell dead bofore his unerring aim.. Tho other two tied and tho spy ran into the city. When ho presented himself before tbo oillcor in connnund, it wus found that be had on his body tho marks of soventeon bullets. This adventuro Is well au thenticated. As to tho numerous "fatalities" In which Foutalno appeared as the cen tral figure, somo of them had their ludieious side. John listen Gookc, the writer of a very popular scales of Confederate historical novels, was a companion of Fontaino's during tho war and used him, undor various names, us a character In his novels. In"Mohun" Foutalno Is sketched In tho cnaroctor of Night Hawk. In "Surryof Eagle's Nest" he is given tho name of Farley. Curiously enough, tho novelist, in his lust named work, Htatcs as a historical fact that Fon tulno was killed at Petersburg, which proves only that. Fontaine was such a skillful actor as to deceive his closest friends In his mortuary rolo. 41 It Is true, though," explained ho to tho writer, " that at Petersburg I was wounded In a hot skirmish engage ment, and being unablo to run away I simulated a corpse when tho Fedonds overran tho ground on which 1 lay. Whon io was loarnod In my company that I was dead, ono of tho otllcera sent off at onco for a coffin in which to bury me. About thotlmo tho coffin arrived in camp I showed up, too. That in terfered materially with tho funeral. But noxt day, In tho course of a general engagement, the officer who had dis played such friendliness for mo re ceived a fatal wound, und tho remains of tho poor man were sont homo in tbo colli n ho hud ordered for mo." It was In tho courso of his mission to Vicksburg that Fontalno was hon ored with unlimited credit upon tho treasury of tho Confederacy. It was In tho shape of an order signed by T. O. Minis, tho chief quartermaster of tho war department, and was worded thus : "Tho Confederate States treas urer will honor any draft presented him signed by Lamar Fontaine." Per haps in all the history of civilized war faro no such credit and confidence was ever before reposed in a privato sol dier. Unp'.raleled as has boon this man's acooinplifumeuts in deeds of daring, ho has not failed to win laurels in tho fairer Holds of literature. Ho is a regular and popular writer of war sketches, and a recent burlesque artl clo on the Vonezueiun controversy in which ho undertook to express tho pa triotism of tho Confederate voooran to ward the stars and stripes evoked a half-colurm editorial from Tho London Times. But as a writer ho is more widely known by tho poem, " Quiet Along tho Potomac." While the credit for his composition has been claimed by several othors and publicly accorded to a few, those who uro aware of Fontaine's claim und tho indisput able evidence upon which It rests no longer entertain any doubt about his good title to tho authorship. Cer tainly, though, ho is largely self educated, ho is a master of graceful English, and his ability to compos? such u poem is unquestionable. THE INDEPENDENT VOLUNTEER. A Brill ant Sketch of a Curious Incident in the ConfecJorate Army. [Tho following sketch has been con tributed to tho Newborry Herald and News, and tho author is Capt. D. A. Dickert, a gallant soldier of tho Third South Carolina Volunteers. No truer or braver man woro tho gray than Gus Dickert, and. ho wields tho pen with rare facility, as our readers will admit when they finish this skcetch.] Capt. Whit. Walker, of Nowberry, had obtained a commission and guth ored around him a bund of restless spirits liko himself, eager and anxious for any adventure tbat promised " fun, frolic or fight." They wer?1 now play ing soldier in earnest on tho ramparts around Charleston, with tho guns of grim old Sumter bristling defiance in their faces. Tho company mils wero all full, and applications for enrollment rojected, while tho unceasing olamor for wur wus wafted over tho land on every breeze and gaie. The guns uguinst Sumter had not yet been fired, the report of which was to reverberate around tho world ; but troops wero being onrolled all over tho State, and individuals, prompted by motive* only known to tbomsolves, wero Hooking to Charleston to offer their services to the cause of secession and States rights. While Capt. Walker, with a part of tho regiment, was encamped on Morris Island, it wus strictly forbidden to puss any one over without a passport, and none of tho troops wore allowed to visit the mainland, to zealous wore the authorities in guarding against tho in trusion of Yankco spies. But ono day, asthostoamer Champion was unload ing supplies and munitions of war, a stranger passed tho guards on tho gangway and was picked up by tho sentinels as ho was roaming over tho island viewing tho fortifications then undor construction. He was arrested, and sont to Capt. Walker, the officer of tho day and virtually commandant of tho island for tho timo bolng. Tuo stranger was a flno specimen of physi cal manhood?tall and straight; black, piercing eyes; dressed in uniform, the buttons of which boro othe stamp of Virginia Stato troops. No information oould be obtained from him as to his antecedents or his present purposes, othor than that be had "come South to enlist in tho causo of South Caro lina." Without muob ado, Capt. Wal ker had him onrolled in his company and put on duty. While nerving as private in the company, Neal. for as such ho gave his namo, had but few Intimate or porsonal friends, wassllont and moody, kooping as much apart as possible from the >ther members of the command. By some ho wus con sidered a crank, ' y others a lunatlo, whilo the most generally accoptod theory wa* that he was a Northorn spy. Aftor tho fall of Sumter a part of tbo troop around Charleston re-enlisted in tho Confederate service and wero transferred t> Virginia, Richmond thon becoming tho. scat of war. Tho other portion wer? either disbanded and returned to their homes or elso re on I h tod in the otaer regiments then forming throughout the state. In tho ??? anges and confusion incident to the disbanding of the troops Neal dis appeared as mystterlouc.y as he had come. ( The war woro/ on. Batt'es were rought?some weA, eom^ lo-t. Lee >ad mado his dl?aV>trou? campaign State in the South, I had never seen or Heard oOu word from my silent, u>ys terious cymrafli- of Mnrs Maud, lint during the memorublo battle that waa Boon after fought, Kcrsbaw bad boon ordered to reinforce- with a part of Iiis command, Cobb and bis bravo Geor gians, who wore then struggling for existence behind the Jtone wall that ran just below and around Mayroe's Hill, Col. Nance, of the 3d S. C. H , was directed to occupy tho crest of the now noted May roe's Hill, seemingly the objeotive point for which both ar mies were contending. As wo wero rushing down tho road loading to that point at breakneck speed, the enemy pouring in a deadly tire of shell and solid shot, tho bullot9 from tho sharp shooters on tho housetops falling like hall in our ranks, a solitary horseman oamo* dashing up the piko in our di rection. His horso was white with foam and apparently ready to fall from the dosperato strain he hud been under. As bo came near I discovered it to be the long lost Noal, dressed in the uniform of a Confederate major. " How are yon, Fort Sumtor ?" " Take care of yourself." And away he goes as on the " wings of tho wind." I saw no more of him for a tun ?. All en quiry for hpm proved unavailing. "Grim visuged wur" with ita "bris; tied front" still raged, and in Its wako ruin and desolation. Early wus in tho valley, playing hido and senk with Sheridan. The battle of the 19th Oc tober had boon fought, and Sheridan lay h?h lud hia works at Fisher's Hill. The morning of the 21st, Gordon, with tho sttalth of tho red man of tho for est, made tho circuit over the Massa nutten and fell like an avalanche on Sheridan's left, while Korshaw, plung ing tb rough tho Shcnuudoah, assaulted the battlement on Fisher's Hill. The attack was so sudden and impetuous that tho enemy became panic stricken and lied like a herd of cattle stamped ed. Men rushing poll mcll from their tents or their places in the entrench ments, hatless and shoeless horses galloping rlderlcbs wildly jvor tho plains; cannons, uaUons, wagons and vehicles of all kinds driven like rnad through the lleoiug throng of panto Btrlcken troops, trampling under foot everything that camo in the way, while tho Confederates, now in pos session of the enemy's works, were pouring'a deadly fire in this struggling, seething mass of humanity. For six miles the Confederate!!, now almost us badly disorganised as the enemy, fol lowed at the heels of tho flying enemy. Tho wealth and treasures of tho aban doned camps looked to tho half starv ed, half clad Confederates as the treas ures of tho Incus did to the Spanish soldiers of old ; so throwing aside all ordor and discipline a great portion gave thomsolves up to plundering and foraging, leaving but a corporal's guard to follow the enemy. The wave recedes. Sheridan is met on bis famous ride from Winchester and equally famous command, " Turn, boys, turn, wo arc going back." A j feeble advance is made, and now tho Confederates aro routed in turn. Arms uro thrown aside, wagons und artillery left standing on the pike or tumbled together in a grand "smash up," can noneers and teamsters desert their post and join in with the routed infantry; all now in ono mad chaco to avoid cap ture and to place themselves beyond the protecting waters of the Shonan doah. All order is discarded, each and every man struggling to forge ahead of his fellow-man. Grape and can nlster rake tho field, while i.ho heavy tramp of the enemy's cavalry could be hoard thundering down tho piko. I was just nearing the hkirt of & thicket beyond the road, passing over tho dead and dying that lay iu every direction, theresultof tho morning fight, when I heard my name called. " Hello. Fort Sumtor !" cried Noal, for to my aston ishment, it was tho voice of my mys terious friond of years ago. As I noar ed him he reached out his hand as if to grasp mino, and said in a faint, faltering voice, "Good-bye, Fort, Sum tor, good-by. It is all up with mo at last." Then pointing to his uniform, which was that of a Federal officer, be said : " This looks strange, but it is all right. Take care of yourself or you will be lost." Then reclining his head upon tho doad body of his horse that (ay mangled at his side ho motioned mo on. There was no time for ex planations, and as the heavy tread of the approaching cavalry told too pluin ly my danger I followed in tho wake of our beaten soldiers and left Ncal "all alone in his glory." Who or what was he? Was ho n Confederate, or a Yankee spy 'i O.- was he booh, or neither ? I will never know, and leave it to tho conjecture of the reader as to who was this silent, mysterious stranger whom I find In the first ranks of the South and leave bathed in his own blood, shed by the hunds of those whom ho first had sworn to protect and defend. .SPANISH CRUELTIES IN CUBA. The Usages of Modern Warfare are Brutally Disregarded?Non-Cornhatants are Rernor soiessiy Put to Death. The following letter has been re ceived by mail from Cuba at Tampa, Fla., and is addressed to the American press : " If tho government that unhuppily rules the destinies of this unfortunate country should bo true to the most rudimentary principles of justice and morality, Col. dull, who has been re cently appointed military governor of Matun/.as province, should bo in the galleys among criminals. It is but u short time since ho was relieved by Gen. Martinez Campos, of the military command at Cienfuegos, as ho had not onco engaged any of tho Insurgent?* forces, but vented all his ferooious in stincts against innocent and inotfen sivo peasants. "in Yaguaramas, a small tosvn near Cienfuegos, be arrested as suspected spies, Mr. Antonia Morjen, an honest and hard-working man, and Mr. Ygnacio Chapi, wbo is well ad vanced in years and almost blind. Not being ublo to provo the charge i.gainst them as they were innocent, ho order ed Maj. Morono, of the Barcelona battalion, doing garrison, duty at Yaguaramas, to kill them witn tho machete and have them buried itn modiately. Maj. Marono answorod that ho was a gentleman who had come to fight for tho integrity of his country, and not to commit murder. This displeased the colonel soroly, but unfortunately a volunteer sergeant with six mombois wore willing to execute tho ordor of the colonol and Morojon and Chapi woro murdorod without pity. *' Tbo ordor of Jull was exeouted in tho most cruel manner. It horrifies to even think of it. Mr. Chapi, who knew tho ways of Col. Jull, on being awakonul at 2 o'clock in the morning and notified by the volunteer chief of tho guard that ho and Morojon hau to go out, suspected what was to com and told nis companion to cry oih foi help as soon as they would b.j taken out of tho fort. They did so, but those who svero to oxecute tho orucr of Ju;J, woro neither moved or weakened in their purpose ; on tho contrary at tin first screams of Chapi and Mori-jori they threw a lasto over their hcaJh and pulled at it by the ends. In a w ? moments they fell to tho ground ot'oked to death. Thoy were dragged on the earth without pity to the placo where they were buried. All this bloody sceno was witnessed by Jull from a short distance. '? Providence has not willed that so much Iniquity should remain hidden forever. In tho hurry the grave where these two innocent men wero buried was not deep enough and part of the rope with which they wore choked remained outside. A neighbor looking lor a lost cow eaw the rope, took hold o victims. He wab terror-stricken and lmm?-dlately gave notice to th'i Gutrdta Civil und the judge. iTht'SO authorities *-oon found out that t:j? tuen bad boeu killed by ord?r of Co!. Juli, aud therefore pro? igt* wi " O ^uapendi d. " Tho neighbors and all civil aad military authorities know everything that I a- b ion related huio, but suoh irf the stale of affaire on this islaud, that Gen. Weyler has had no objection to appointing this monster, Col. .lull, mil itary governor of Matanzas. Suoh deeds as enumerated ^ru common. The people of tho town of Matanzas, with Jull as governor and Arolas at the head of a column, will suffor the con sequences of their pernicious and bloody inutluot*. " That tho readers may know In part who Gen. Arolas is, I will relate what has happened in the Mercedes estate, near Colon. It having come to his knowledge that a small body of robols was encamped on the sugar estate, Mercedes, of Mr. Carrolla, Gen. Arolas wont t') eugage them, but tho rebols. who were ?ow In number, re treated. Much vexed at not being able to discharge ono shot at them, he made prisoners of three workmen who were out In tho fielding herding tho anlmuls of the oatato, aud with out any formality of trial shot them. When the bodies were taken to tho Central, thoy were recognized, and to cover hla responsibility somewhat Gen. Arolas said that when ho chal lenged them they ran off and at the 11 rat dischargo of musketry they foil dead. "It seems impossible, that being so noa?- tbo United States, bo near that ! country so free, cultured and Kenero.ua, 1 innocent peasants can be butohe'red with impu iity. N.jt oven in Armenia happens wha> ia boiug witnessed in I Cuba. Tho history of the Spanish dominion In this unfortunate island ia a history of crime." GEORGE VANDERBILT'S ESTATE. Biltmore Is a Magnificent Object Losson In All the world haa hoard nbout tho splendid estate of George Vanderbilt at Ashevlllo, N. 0., and most of us have supposed that Biltuioro was simply a rich man's fad. Not so. Morton, Soctrotary of the Agricultural Department, has been spend iutr a week seeing what Mr. Vanderbilt ha6 to .show and on hia return to Washing ton on Saturday he told his colleagues at the cabinet meeting that there is nothing in tho world, owned by sover eign or subjeot, that will compare with Biltmore, oither as a residence or as an object lesson in the agricultural arts " It is a grand Idea," said Mr. Mor ton, "that young Mr. Vanderbilt Is trying to carry out. J,t is unique, and none but a man of hie enormous wealth could undertake it. Few kings have either funds or the good of their peo ple at heart sufficient to conceive and carry out what Mr. Vanderbilt has successfully demonstrated. I do not know how much money ho has spont there, nor how much more ho intends to invest, but it is ono of the grandest undertakings that individual enter prise ever attempted, and I understand that it is tho owner's intention to leave it as a legacy to the public when he can no longer enjoy it himself. "There aro (J5,000 acrea in tho es tate, and every inch of it may bo said to bounder scientific cultivation, em bracing every branch of the vegetable kingdom. Combined with it ho has tho most porfoct systora of roadways I have over pood, and you can drive 100 miles over macadamized pavement without going otT his estate. As an exhibition of landscape.gardening It is without an equal. Frederick Law Ool mated has charge of that branch of the work, and tho late Richard M Hunt was the architect of all the buildings, which for their several uses, surpass any that exist on earth. There are no palaces in Europo that can equal Mr. Vanderbllt's for ele gance, comfort and convenience, and ho is gathering there a collection of works of art that would mako it fa mous if it had no other attraction. His stables, his barn?, his dairies, his propagating houses, his henneries, and other features of his establishment are all on tho same gr*nd scale. He has undertaken to furnish the highest possible examplo of the science ot food culture in every ono of its branches. Ho has employed the beat mt n ho can find to take charge of his experiments, and pays them aularies that are com mensurate with their pervioes. There aro Germans and .Frenchmen and Italians and Englishmen, as well a* Americans, employed. The foreigners are usually men of high professional reputations, who arc attached to unl ver-iiies in tho old world, and spend their vacations, three, four or six months, on Mr. Vanderbllt's estate looking after their respective depart mints, While tho work has not yet been carried far enough to show the results, the possibilities of usefulness offered by Mr. Vaodorbilt's enterprise aro unlimited. " I consider hia work there juat as important to tho agricultural interests of this couutry us the Department of Agriculture at Washington. Ho em ploys more men than I have under my charge, and I think he is spending more money every year tht<n Congress appropriates for this department, although I do not know hia figures. Ho has nearly 1,000 on his pay-roll, and we have, about 700. His men are promoted for efficiency, according to tho most practical civil-service rules. If a man who is employed at a dollar a day to ahovel dirt shows that he In capable of something bettor, hia work and his wages aro both advanced, ami the- same rule applies to everybody on tho estato. If thore were nothing else to bo accomplished, Mr. Vunuerbilt i?, at least, building up an educational institution that will furnish scientific farmers and teachers for tho instruc tion of the rost of mankind, and I feel like thanking old Commodore Vander bilt for having given us a grandson wl o ha i tho brains and tho ^en^volenoe to devote his wealth to afford th>! pub lic such valuablo object lessons in art. architecture, agriculture, forestry, viticulture, dairying, road making and other usolul soionces. "The people down ther ? talk about tho enormous amount of money that Mr. Vanderbilt is invest.ng to gratify his ta^te and pride, to pr >vido luxuries for his appetite, and magnificent dis plays to Hatter his vanity, but the poor creatures do not co npreheod the iirst letter in tho alphube' of his ambi tion. Their vision is not broad enough, th< ir intelligence is not sulliciont to gras-) a s'ngle fragment of tho idea he ib developing, and while they imagine that hi is all due to solliahncsa, he is a great benefactor working for them, la k about the land being worn out down there In North Carolina. It's the pe;?ph?. Tho land is all right, if bruins and energy wore applied to its cultivation." ?The famous Exchange Hotel at itit hmond, V.? , for ha fa century the ?endt ZV?U8 of tho most prominent ^ta' bmen in V.rginia and other South im S'utea. as tho result of an assign ment, will clo.-to. This ho- elry was during tho war the stopping pi ico of tho leading Confederates and C I'dnct officer*. IK H.-, too. when ho visited this coun ry in Ifj?O. the I'rin e of Wales st ipped, and tho gobk-t from whioh bo drank hla fl''nt mint ju sp It still ret lined here, P.very Gov "-nor nominate by th-> Democrat! I Vi glnia for tbo pant quarter of a < e uirv had hU headquarto - in this h s<; Tho propel ty was ownod in part by th estato of the famous C mfedorate cav alry ehiuftain. G;?n. Joseph Stuart. ?T o new sol ool law will help the teach >.i. Sou; ll Carolina. It will give 1 ...e i nib land belter salaries, and consequently aetter teachers. ? Art and Agriculturo. Highest of all in Leavening Power.?Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSOLUTELY PURE ?The Piedmont Headlight Bays: I "Senator TlUman Biiggosjs that we send delegates to the Chicago conven tion inBtrueted to bolt if a Wall street candidate is nominated. If such a policy bo adopted, it is a waste of tlmo to hold a Democratic convention, and for our delegates to go to Chicago. They would be denied admittance into the national convention. Again, it would bo simply doing what wo rebuk ed Judge Haskeli for in 1890?going into a party convention and tbon re fusing to abide by the decision there rendered. Those who do not lutend to stick when they get to Chicago should follow the advico of Rev. P?. H. Held and keep out of the convention. In politics, as well as in our business re lation we must act honestly and fairly by tboae with whom wo deal." ?The Spartanburg Horald says' "The many personal and political friends and admirers of General M. C. Butler in this part of the Stato will be dellghtod to kno-v that despite the fact he gave up his long career in the service of his State as he begau, a poor man, he has been able to resume bis practice with the very best of pros pects. It in said that his practice already yiolds as much as the salary of a Senator, while he has good pro fiects for developing business Interests n this State, aldod by Northern capitalists, which will in the near fu ture add greatly to bis income. Gen eral Butler was in public life long enough to demonstrate his ability, and to prove himself worthy of confidence of the business world." ?Prof. William C. A. Hammel, of the department of physics of tho Mary land State Normal School, claims to have secured perfect photographs of hidden obji ets with tho aid of an or dinary horsoshoo magnet. Tho re sults of his experiments, he claims, are far superior to those attained through tho use of the cathode rays In that he secures a perfcot photograph of tho objects, light and shade in cluded, instead of tho rough outline as produced by the X rays process. ?Tho Legislature provided for a State bank examiner ut a salary of $1.200, anl there are bund re's of ap plications for the place already. The examiner is to bo appointed by a board 'to consist of tho Governor Secretary o' State, Comptroller General and State Treasurer. The Mount Lebanon Shakers have recently perfected an ingenious cure for dyspepsia. Their Digestive Cor dial consists of a food already digested and a digester of foods happily combin ed. Tho importance of this invention will bo appreciated when we realize what a proportion of tho community are victims of some form of stomach trouble. Thou lands Of pale, thin peo ple have littlo inclination to eat, and what they do eat causes them pain and distress. Th's Digestive Cordial of tho Shak ers corrects any stomach derangement at once. It makes thin people plump. Every one will bg greatly interested to read the littlo book which has been placed in the hands of druggist for free distribution. ?Senator Tilltnan has written a letter to E. H. Harrell, Editor of the Petersburg, (lud } News in reply to hie inculries. saying that he is not ashamed of his recent speech attacking Presi dent Cleveland, and adding: "f an> not ostracised by any Senators, though a few are 60ur in their looks. Many Senators are moro friendly since the spoech than before its delivery." ?First farmer's boy: "My fatherV going to have some men to do thrash ing at our houso next week." S;oond farmer's boy: "That's nothing. My father dees thra*h!n' at our house j every day." Epilepsy 20 Years. Cured by Dr. Wiles' Nervine. A fow years ago, Mr. L. W. Gallahcr, wu an extensive, successful expert/manu facturer of lumber products. Attacked with epllopsy, ho was obliged to give up hisbusl now, Tho Attacks camo upon lilm most In opportunely. Onotltno falling from a carri age, at another down stairs, and often In the streit. Ouco ho fell down a shaft In the mill, hisli.JurleB nearly proving fatal. Mr. Uallauor writes from Milwaukee, Feb. 10, '05 "Thoro aro nono moro mlscrablo than epi leptics. For 20 years I suffered with epilep tic) litii, having as high nu fh 'nono night. I tried any number of physicians, paying to ono alone, a fco of f.WJ.OO and have dono little for years but search for something to help mo, and havo taken all tlio leading remedies, but received no boneflt. A year ago my son, Clias. 8. Gallahcr, druggist at 191 Reed Pt., Milwaukee, gavo ino Dr. Miles' ltoHtoratlvo Norviuo, and I tried It with gratifying results, llavo had but two fits slnco I began taking it. I am better now in every way than I have been in 30 years." Dr. Miles' Remedies aro sold by druggists on a positivo guarantee that the first ,>Ottlo will iHsucfit or prlco refunded. Book on tho Heart and Noryos, free. Address, Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart. Infi. Dr. Miles' Remedies Rostcro Health Non-Setters and the Greatest Layers on Earth. Pure SiNoi.K Conn IIUOWN LEO HOHN KU08 tor gal" at 60c. per petting -HI Eoos. Kggs by oxpress in light baskets und breakiige madu good, ltcmit by P. O. or express money order or registered letter. No iKgs shipped 0. ?. 1). Satisfaction Kuarautced. s. 1'. WBLI.8. 501 East MoDoo Av., [Mention this papor.j Oieenv ille. S. C. PLUG ?"X Ij-WT ?,. Am mmm. i _ _ _ _ j? The largest piece of ^ood tobacco ever sold for io cents' _ and 71*^5 cent piece is nearly as ferJ?& aJ? Vou .get of ofher LUSD trades for 10 cents Who is Will Whitener ? He is our P ^iioiXDlo Hair Cutter and Shaver, N BENDELL.A HOTEL. ?An old man and his wifo were last summer sailing on a steamer bttween Blackpool und the I-dn of Man. As the s^u was rather rough and the wo man unaccustomed to balling, s o said tj her Mi i>t?.i : f.*ObVJuli'u', th.sRhlp t% irolng downl'* ? W.mI. nevermind, etid hi r i.u>oat d; "it ibi.*t ourb!" ?"I', is do ute tilling you to lcok pleasant," i-aid t'e proto^i ui .k r to the pretty youoe lady, "f? r you cai not look anything else." Aud his bcl en;e worked* beautifully. I_ - I L-Es? \W C URB A New and Complete Treatment, eon t- im .? ??? ?UPFOHITORIE?. Capeulos ot Ointn.eut und twu ??'<?< f Ointment. A nover-fallina Cure for Wk" >f evory nnturo otiil dvuroo. It in >'><?? an operation ? ??Ii the knife or Injocllousof carbollo acid, whl' Ii iro painful and seldom " aormnkent euro, and ofteu .luu.llug in death, unnecessary. Why endurr rhis terrible dUe?as? Wo gunranto? < boxes to our*/ any ohbo. Yoa only pay fo ?unenls recelYidd. (1 a box. 6 for $3. ?ont by uull uaronteei Issued by our ntronts. Piles Prevented i&nosc l.lv!?r Pelleis KEQULATOK an.: BLOOD PUHIFIEH. Small, mild and cl> ?? -.>?' tfl take, onpucUlly adopted for childreu's use. wj Lhikv ?JJ cents. GUARANTEES losued only by /CONSTIPATION ? he ?reot LTVBB and STOMAOlf I A $25 COOKING STOVE | 3 wrrn a complete outfit for ?? 4? a 1 i Only $12.00.| Delivered to your' railroad depot, all '? f1eight charges paid, ltoad this dcscrlp J> tloa carefully. This [? Move i" No. 8; has four R ?5 16x10 Inch oven ; in huh '? hi^h; 21x20 Inch top; nice smooth casting. I have had this stovo made for my tr.ulo, splendid Cooking 'j R Inch pot hole*; 21 tire heix . 2\ Inches ** , coin, 2 pot rov? rs, l' skillets, 2 griddles,S ** K baking pans, 3 joints of pipe, 1 elbow, 1 col- JJ '*f| I filter, 1 scrajior, 1 cako polish, 1 Iron JJ i cus- JJ ? lar, I liner, 1 lei > tea kcitlo, 1 h)iiiv. i miners aud friends la every part of the . South, for tho -airpoHoof introducing our pooplo, and to renew our " r Carriages mailed free. Address 11 L. F. PADGETT, 44 ? ? ? ? **?*"??**? 44 ? 840 Broad Street, Augusta, Qa. <j THE LAUREN'S HAK H. Y. SIMTSON. L\ D. BAltKHDAM SIMPSON & HARKS DAL Ii, Attorneys at Luay, LAURKNS, KOI.'TH CAROLINA Special attention given to the. invosti gation Ot tilies and collection of claim U. W. HALT.. I.. W. HIM KINS. w. \V. bali BALL, KIMKINS & BALL, Attorneys at Law, Lauhkns, South Carolina. Will practice in ?11 State und Unite. State? Court. Special attention give) collections, J. T. JOHNHON. W. It. RlCrtKl JOHNSON & 1UCHKY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Ol'PlCK?1 -'hilling's Ooruir, Nor Mi we Hide of Public Stjiinre. LAURKNS, - SOUTH CAHOIilNA W. II. MARTIN, Attorney at Law, Laukkns, - 80LITH Carolina. \\ ? > prneUct) in all Colli I ol 1.1 is S ? V (.Billion jfivmi to 001 I eel i?n>v. ATLANTIC COAST LINK. PASSF.NGF.R DKP A UTMEXT. Wilminyfor, V. C, March Ist, ISO 6 FA3T LINE ?3ETWEEN Charleston and Colunihia and Upper South Carolina, North Car - Una, and Athens and Atlanta. condensed; schedule Uoing Kasi No. 63. ?Charleston_Ar 8 52ptr ... LancB. 7 12 ..Siunter. 5 fis Itimbia. J.v 4 10 12 17pm .I'rosiierity. 8 18 1'.; 82 .Ncwhcrrv. 8 04 1 IT) .Clin Ion'. 2 25 185 .... L* urens .... 2 OU 2 84 _Greenwood_ 121 8?K) .Vbbcville . 12 601 5 10 .VtliC' B, <4a_ 10 Ham 7 45 ..... A11 an 1 a. h 15 6 05pm . ?Winnsboro, 8, C., !<? :ilam 8 2o ..Charlotte, N. C. 8 40 846pm Ar ... Anderson, s, C.Lv 11 ooam 4 21 _(ireccn villc_ Id 80 210 ....Spartan burg_ 1128 JfiSO Henderson ville N.C, l* 28 6 45 ... Asheville. N,C... s 20 * Dailv Nos. 52 and r>,T Siilifi trai.ifi Ik .seen Charleston and Columbia. 8. C.. and e.arrv 'hrough coach between Charleston ant) Atlanta. K, M, KM R1180N, Ass't tlen'l I'liSBen^cr Apt. .1. 11. K BN LY, T. M. KM Klt8< 'X. (ien'i Manager. TraiHo Manag? r. Atlantic Coast Line. WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUG(78 TA lt. lt. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. IN EFFECT JAN. 27, 18H6. Oolnfr South. No. Uli. No. Rl Lv Wilmington.*:i:?ipm . Lv Marion. 0 21 pm . Ar Florence.. 700pm . . Lv bioionce.*1W> pm M IS an ArSnmter. 8 M pin 4 ?.\ an l.v-''unter. 8;?ipm *i?48nai ArC'oltiDiliia.10 00 pm H OV irn No. f? runs throiiKh from Charleston via Cent ml It. lt., leavillK LanesS.;iS a in, Main,:,a 9.16 um. OOlng North. No. M. 7 No. r,:!. Lv Columbia.*.~> -:o am *4 W> pio Ar Sutator. Ui.him 6 43 pui WO. M) No. 50 Lv Stimtor. 0 40 am V> 47 pro Af Flore net. 8txiam ii... pn Lv Floronce. 7:10 am . Lv Marion. 8 10 am . Ar Wilmington.HTiOnm . ?Daily. No. ?.1 runs tbroiiuh to Charleston, S. C, vi Gi'iitral H. lt., .111 nine ManninK 'I ?\ p. n. Lancs 7 00 p. m., t-'linrloston 8 18 p. m. r uns 011 llnrtsvlllc lt. R, leave Hartsvlllt at 4Os) ft m.arriving Floyds?OO a m. ltetr-11 liiK'o've Floyds 946 P rn, nrri\ I;ik Hartn\ 10 lft p m. Daily eveent Sunclav. I. . .1 "ii South and North Carolina lt. lt., leave A Ikins Ii 40 a. in. and 0 30 p. m., i:n .v lng !>" ?? n in. and ? 00 p. in. Lei inning leave Lueknow 0 4,"> a m and 4 80 p m, inr vlng Atkins 8 IM m nnd 6 W p m. Daily < xcop1 Sumlay. Tralnflon Wllmimrtnn, Chadbotirn nnO ('on way It It leave Chfldhnum II 80 a in. i'i 'ive at 0 finway 145 pm, rcturniiiK icavo Con way at 2 Wp d, arrive Cpadbourn 4 60 p m 'cave ChadtKiurii ..;u|nn. arrive at Hub at 0 20 1) m, roturnlng leave llub 8 l/i a ni, arrive Pi ( had bourn 9 00 am. Dally except Sunday. JOHN F, DIVINE, Gon'ISupt J. lt. KKVLY, Gen'l Manavur. X M. BM^ltSON, TraUiu Muuaget m 0 pm IS um 7 19 am t) 45 am UOT5T ROYAL & WESTERN CAH l oliiia Railway. " Augusta and Atlioville Short Lino." J B. Clev land. !'.?>. < iv. r. Schedule in effect Po') 13tli, 1896. Lv Augusta. 9 40 ant Arpreenwood.12 10 pm Andersoi. .. a t<0 pm Lauren*. 1 16 pm Greenville.% .. 2 50 pm Glehn Springe.4 0o pin Spartan burg. 3 00 pm Saluda.4 -H cm Henderaonvillo. .. 5 16 pra Aaheville.6 4ft pm I .v Aaheville. 8 20 am Spartanhurg.11 46 am Grtenville.11 40 am Lauren?.... .. 115 pm Audi-; ? . 9 20 am ('reetiv.i od. * 30 pm Ar A MgusjH. 5 05 | m Savannah.0 CO am 4 05 |>m A 35 pm 6 66 ant 9 35 am 6 U? pm i.v Greenwood.? 23 pm 2 33 am Ar Lalcigh . 120 am JJOOn'n Norfolk. 7 00 am 620 pm Petrraburi:.8 00 am 5 4'1 pm Rlohhii "fl .40 am 6 45 pm T?) ATI! INS, ATLANTA AND POINTS WEST. Ar Greenwood. 2 02 am 124pm Lv Greenville.ll4oam 4 05 am Lv Anderson. 9 20 am . Augusta. 9 40am .... ... Greenwood.12 48 pm 2 42 pm Ar Athen?. 303 pm 600pm A-Atlanta. 4 09 pm 7 45 pm Close connections at Greenwood for all points on !S. A. L. and 0. & 0. Kailway, and it S| artanburg with Southern Railway. For information relative to.tickets, ra'ea^ ieh< dulea, etc., address W.J. CHA1?, Gen. Pass. Auen?. \ Augusta, Gh. ,. F.Cureton. Agent, C. H. Spei'hts, Gen Agent. Greenville, 8. C Southern Railwr PIEDMONT AIR L1N8. Condensed Schedule of Passenger Tratet. Northbound. Jan.5.1896. Lv Atlunta, O. T. Atlanta, e.T. Norcrosa. liuford . Gniuesrille .. Luis,. Cornelia. Mi. Airy...., Toccoa. Westminster Suneca. Central. Greenville . bpartanburg Gsftneya.. . ltUckalturg. King's Ml. . ?iuttt<>nia ... . Charlotte ... Danville._ Vie No. 38 No 33%?!' Dally I [Dolly! D*"? 12 OOin 100 p 2 26p 4 46 p 6 30 1> ? 18 p 7 be p Ar. Ki. hmond? Ar. Washington lialou'e. I'URI Philadelphia >iw York... Southbound. Lv. N. Y .. P R R Philadelphia Baltimore.... Washington Lv. Kiohinond . 11 10 p 12 13 a 12 00 a 8 01 a 2 23 a 8 20 p 12 uo a 2 60 a 8 16 a 8 60 a 4 07 a 4 :u a 6 iu a 0 18 a 0 S3 a 7 a.) a 7 32 a 7 68 a 883 a 1 30 p 760a > 60 a 6 3.1 a 10 16 a 10 44 a 11 04 a 11 20 a 11 30 a 11 63 a 12 27 p 12 42 p 1 20 p 2 Hi p 3 22 p 4 10 p 4 80 U 6 00 p 5 28 p 620 t II 26 i 0 00 a ?42 a 806 a 1 ' 26 a 12 63 a 0 40 p 9 4 i |> 112Jp 3 uo a 6 20 a Vea IFM Ml No 37 i No. J9 1'Hiiy I Dally 4 30p 0 66 p 02Sp 10 43 p 2 00 a Lv. Danvlllo... " charlotte . ?* Uaatotna. " King's Mt... '? J.Uckshurg.. ?? Gallncye. .. .Spartanburg " Greenville.,.. ?? centra). SellOOH.i " V, U-Unllislur " Toccoa.i ?? Mt. Airy. <? Cornelia. Lula . '? Gainesville., liuford. ? Nororosa. ? Ar. Atlanta, E.T t.v < ? - ?> '' T 6 TiO a 9 86 a ti IS n 3 60 a 6 22 a 11 16 a 12 66 p 006 p 10 54 p 11 SO p too a N?. 10 K Bun 4t?p 7*ip SUp No. 11 Tally 1 00 a 11 37 a 12 23 p 1 16 p 3 SI p 4 6?, p 8 6.1 p 12 10 a 12 23 a 1.: i>u a 1 60 a 2 X> a 8 eo a 8 60 a 4 41 a 4 btl a f. IV' a .S 2v) a 1 00a 12 20 p 1 BO p 1 0 ' p 2 10 8 18 8 ?6 p 4 ill p 6 4 ' U U ?."> p I t. p ti IK I 7 10 p " 4 I 13 p t 3o p f 07 p f 42 p II 30 p No. 17 I". Hun ?CTa 7 'JJfc 74sa 8 37 a OSta JLftA. ? ,\ .?. in. "i"' p. III. "Al" u(h?u. "X" nigbU Xos. 3; and 38? Washington and f ouihwetrtora Vestibule I.lmitod Through Pullman sleepers between Now York and New Oileai a, via Wash ington, Atlanta aud Moutgomorv, and also be tween New York and Memphis, via Washington Atlauta and ltirinlngham. Dinlne, cars. Nos. 35 and 30-Unlted States Past Mall. Pull man tleoping eara between Atlar ta, New Or leans and Now York. Nos. 11 and 18. Pullman stooping ear fcetwee? Richmond, Danville and Grcensbo o. W. H. GREEN, Gen'l Hupt., Washington, D. O. Vf. B. RYDER, 9. M CULP, Trattlf M'lfr. Washington, IX f\ CharlotU W. A. TURK, Qen'l Past. Ag't, Washington, l>. O. ?per tn Carolina. 8. H. HARDWIOK, Aas'tGoi'l ra.?j. Afi Atlanta, 04W SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Oondentod SoheUal? I? Eflfcot FKOR?ARY 83rd. 189d. BTATldNQ. iarlc?ton. Lv. d?lumhin. ?? Pronberlty., ?\r. Nowborr^ .. Ar. Ninety-Six., " Grconwood. "_Hodge9. Ar. Abbeville. Ar.Jbelton_ Ar. AjnderHon .. 7, iVr. Groenyille .., Ar. Atlanta?..77. STATIONS. Lv.TT'-eonvil.o., Piedmont TBBS No. 11. 1-' n t to 18 b?Jo Till ti 1ft Jfc to 8 it v n) 4 w_PJ? M Vv iiiuiin-itm}...,. Cv. Andoraon.7. )-V>lton ... . Ar. Donnalda. Lv. ?TiuoviiTo.7..... Lv. ii.mIkos.77*7777 M Greenwood. ** Ninety-Six_. _ Cv. T.'ovvljorry. ........... " Prosperity. Ar. Columbia. ?T>..iV No. 12.^ "id in a m 11 00 a Si 11 23 a ta TiaTT? 12 07j? m Ar. ?harlealonT..8 oo p " NllylPal' STATIONS. . Oharlostori, ? 880 8 0 4.'m? '_Columhiu." ".Anton." ".San tue." '*. Union." " .... Jonosville .... 14 " ...... Pacolot,." 24oi)'Ar . Bpartanburg.. Lv m i oj > I jv , Bpartanburg.. Ar 046p Ar ... Ailicvillo.Lv 1 Oftp 155p 200p No.UlKo 8oo?jTiToa 'i 4trp ?66i> I 86p 1 bCA 12 60? tpll] $1 Il82pll0? 12 17p! 10 54p 11 46a'10 ftp 11 2Hnil0 25p 8 au?! nflp "A," "P," p. ni. Trains IS and 16 enrry aleirnnt P\illrnan ?le<<ping onri bet WOOD Columbia and Aahovtllo, enrouto daily liotween JaokKinviile artdOinelU' natl. Trains leave Bpartanburg, A. & C. divinloii, northbound, 6:18 a. in., 3:2a p. m., 6:1(1 p. jfi., (VeRtiiiiilo Liinlttxlt; soutblxiuud 1:00 a. m., 8:0f> p. m.. 11:87 n. m., (Vestibule limited.) Trnliis leave Greenville, A. and c. divtiri??, nortlib(iund,6:2? a. ni., 2:10 p. nr. and 6:80 p. as., iVeHtibule<l Liinittyl) j aontnbound,! :60 a. ni., :40p. m., 12:2? p. m. (Venttbuled Umltod). Pullman Rervloe. Pullman palaeo almphiK cars <>n Trains 86and 80, 87 and IW, on A. and C. division. W. H. GRKKN, G<'ii. Superintendent, Washington, D. 0. W. A. TURK, Gon. Pass. Ag't. Wa?liingtonLD.J3^ J. M. CULP, Trstno M'g'r, Wanhington. I). 0. 8. n. HARDWICK, Ai t Gon. PajMi Ag't, Atlanta, Go, Columbia, Laurens an I New bony R. R. Northbound. ^niihhounti pm am Stations, pm nm ' M' ?0 ? olumbla .4 au i rift 10 0J i.enphiirt.4 55 ll(28 9 46 .. Inno .4 OK 11 37 !> 27 .. Rnlent inn .5 25 II 4ft 0 10.Whit<- Kock.5 35 11 50 K M. <'hn< lain . . 5 55 12 0'2 8 80....Lltth? Mountain...5 15 12 18 8*i. Shells -8 22 12 18 8 fo. Prosaorlty.? 41 12 2? 1 80. Nowherry.7 os 12 48 7 "/i . Jalnnn .7 35 12 59 <: M ... Qray's Lano_147 1 06 0 4?. Kinard .7 57 1 10 ? 35. Goldvlllo .8 10 1 17 0 22 . Dover . S 28 1 2ft 6 15_Clinton s 30 1 so F. K. SCriUMPKRT, Agoat as iWjat* isy