The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, July 10, 1901, Image 1
LIFE AND TIMES OF FRANCIS W. DAW SON.
The Editor, the Soldier and tho Putriul
[The followh K r ketch of the life find times of Capt. Francis W. Daw ion ol Ilm
Charleston News and Courier was toad on the 4th inst. at the annual n cetii of
thj Stute I'ress Association, which v as hold tit Ciena Bprlugd ^ ? 1 ? ? > ?h
wan prepared by Col James A. tloyt, editor of The Greenville Mountai 111 1 t
was highly commended by the mombers of the Association.j
I.
It is not always easy to realize that
wo spend our days and years, be tin y
few or many, a:i a talo Unit is told, but
the Psalmist was right iu this picture ot
Ifo, and bo knew and felt tbo lloctiug
cbaraotor of human oxistonco Men
Spring into the arena and for a time
their actions absorb the attention of
their fellows, wdio admire and extol
their brilliancy or ipize with a critic's
eye upon their performances, great or
Small, and an they ascend the ladder of
fame it is to meet the stern, Inflexible
judgment of their peers. The journalist
Is peculiarly environed iu thin respect,
for ho is constantly under the search
light, and his failings are prone to he
seen and appreciated, Unlike the mau
of speech, the orator, the lawyer or
even the preacher, he comes more often
before the public view and always with
out the sympathetic sound of the /nice.
/ or the glamour of Intonation and de
livery, to deopen the impress Of his ut
terances and give potency to his ideas.
The columns of a newspaper are neces
sarily ephemeral iu character, and what
ever genius is scintillating there it is
only for Hit; passing momont, with
merely a glance from the world's tower
of observation and then it glides out of
sight torovi r. This applies to the work
of even the foremost of journalists,
whoso names may perchance bo per
petuatod, but whose writings aro literally
Unknown to succeeding generations, and
tiio>e who come aft.r are altogether
strange: s to their skdl and ability in
making a great newspaper. Hoi ace
Oreo ley is more widely remembered as
a Presidential candidate than as a jour
nalist by the majority of Americans to
day, ami the pathos of his political de
feat, as the representative of a party
with which lie was never utUlialOu, has
complete1 y hidden from sight the early
struggles and trials of the ycuthful
journalist, who was to forge his way to
the front by the wolght of his own
genius, and who was to go out into ttlO
great boy md with a heart broken by
disappointment which he would ha.v.
once dospiscd.
The older Bonnott is chiclly kno*vc as
a man who amassed money in the. publi
cation of the liisl great newspaper in
this country, laying the emphasis on the
first syllable. He was great in this re
spect only, and made friends of the
mammon ol unrighteousness, His
memoir is terse and unsatisfactory, und
yet ho held a cone iouous place as the
journalistic rival of Urcoicy. Then
there was Thomas Rickey, the pioneer
of that class who deal largely with the
politicians, but he is forgotten long
ago! The Richmond Enquirer and the
National Intelligencer arc truly "hack
numbers"' in journalism, and yet they
wore once a p >wor in the land. " VW
spend euar years as a tale that is told."
II.
This Association has Dover exerted
itself as it ought to preserve the history
of journalists in Bouth Carolina Plana
have been carved out, hut the fruition is
not abundant. We are too much con
cerned with the things of the present or
too anxious about the possibilities of the
future, and a retrospect of the past is
lightly esteemed in many quarters. It
is wise if uot encouraging to keep
plodding in thie direction, for we owe
it to our comrades of ?' the (prill ami
scissors " that their names and achieve
ments shall not perish out of the view
of mankaid. In complying with the re
quest of the executive committee to pre
pare a paper for this occasion, I have
chosen for my theme the life and times
of ono who came here as a stranger
from across the water, hut whose pass
port to the citizens of Bouth Carolina
was an honorable record as a Con fed
erato soltlier, who had voluntarily borne
his full share of hardships and dangers
in behalf of a people with whom he was
not allied In fortune or person The
brave young Englishman who came in
the ardor of his youth to espouse a
cause that commended itself to him on
the foore, of patriotism is surely worthy,
after the passing of these years, to have
his name recalled in an organisation
which he aided in forming and placing
upon a foundation that was stremg and
durable.
Francis Warrington Dawson was no
ordinary man. Gr if tod, brilliant, mag
netic, he was entitled to the place he
won among his fellow-men. Living the
years of his manhood in association with
those Whom he had j ined in a desperate
and unequal struggle, and actuated by
a sincere sympathy for the cause they
alone represented in the wide world, it
is not strange or mysterious that his
comrades in arms introduced him to the
inner circles of the homes he had helped
te> defend with the price of Ids blood and
at the risk of his life. He came to this
country for the express purpose of aid
lag the Southern people in their struggle
for independence, to use his own
language with reference to this decisive
hour of his eventful career. Ho was
not seeking fame, for he came a most
humble capacity, and with no expecta
tion that the service he proposed to
ronder was likely to ho protractod. He
" expected no reward and wanted none,
and had no Intention whatever of re
maining permanently in the Southern
BtatOB." Thero is a halo of romance
about the young Englishman as ho
Munch! an oonortunitv for outline into
execution the purpose- which had been
formed across the soas, bni which was
difficult and seemingly unattainable
Tho world was regarding with wonder
tho mighty struggle which had already
onsuod DOtWCOU the North and tho
Bouth, tho former strengthening itself
ovory day for an ultimate victory and
the latter barred out from intercourse
with other nations. Tho Masou and
Blidcll controversy had arincn, and Bog
land was considered neutral ground at
loast by the Confederates Tho sudden
arrival of Cant Poi/ram, the commander
of tho steamer Nashville, in tho dock at
Southampton, was tho signal of hope to
tho youth who was waiting a chance t i
oxecute his project. He wont to South
ampton, ami there for tho first time far
in tho distance ho saw a flag "which was
entire,! y now and strange," but which no
was dostinod to follow through buccosm
and dofct until it wan furled forever at
Appomatiox. Tho amiability and dignity
of Capt. Pegram impressed the advon
tnrous youth, who was doomed to moot
with disappointment on tho threshold o
his anxious purpose, howovor. as the
valiant old naval offlcor was obligod to
refuse him as a passenger, butuiited
ttat he would accept him as a Bailor bo
fore the mast, if he woro a mind to on
,.at fan the service, which opened the
way for his coming. !l wasjusl twenty
one years of ago, which was ah ul the
averago of the Mira then iti ho Con
Ted? rat?; ranks, ami lie was going to cast
his fortunes with them, without auy
kith or kin in tin) fur t II Bunuy South.
It wns natural ami inevitable Hi it the
il ?wer of ottrown land should make this
saciiliee, for .\ c lia>l been taiK-lit to i x
peel the contest now beb wagt I, and
for a generation the bio d had bun
heat lug on both n!< s n bh h w is onlj np
puasod by therudu Bhockof war Hut to
this youth, who had said :r 10 l-bye t>> hie
people at home, am! w.io had unlisted
to do battle under as yet au unite 'g::i/.
ud Hag, there was none of thu Btiuiulu
lion that comes with tho conviction of
right and the ardor of patriotism which
Ufled thu bosoms of the men who were
already we .ring tho gray and bearing
bunions that were, unparalleled. Tho
voyngo across thu ocoau was not without
its dangers and exciting, incidents, and
when tho Nashvilk'lran the blockade In'o
the harbor at Bcaiitoit, N. C , on tllO-iSlh
of February, |s?;2, tho loneliness ami
isolation of the youth who was beset
?villi doubt and uncertainty, noud not
be described. Otbeis were going to
meet with friends and rola'.ivcs, but ho
was ovorpowcred with tho nogntivo
side of his oxlateuco at that nionionl,
which only lime, faith, energy ami ac
tivity would reverse lu tho Hl Irring .lays
so soon a'.L-ivl ol him
III.
Ii would bo iutorosting to follow tho
fortunes of tho young Kiigllshman after
he reached llio shorea oi his adopted
land, whoro ttio god of war was rain:
paut, and whci" ovcry man, woman and
child whom ho was destiued to moot was
iutensely and exclusively aha ?rbed iu
tho progress and result of the slrugg'o
Ou the voyage ho had risen from lite
placo of a common sailor to the conti
dontial relation of master's mate and
afterw;.ids was promoted t<> midship
man, in which capacity lie was glveu an
assignment to the receiving Ship, " ( 'on
federate Stales,'' then in the Oltlug at
Norfolk, Va rids rapid proiuotiou was
mainly duo t<> tho InUuonco of (Japt
Pegrnm, basod upon his recognitl hi ami
Worth of Mr. DnwRou, and which stood
Hie latter in good atiaul alter he left the
navy. Capt. Pcgraiu was ordered in
April, 1802, to lake command of the
iron (dad " Louisiana," which was build
ing at New Orleans, and UaWSOli was
ordered to accompany him. which en
abled the midshipman to travel by rail
from Petersburg, Va., to Jackson, Mi h ,
where the information was rccoivi il til i
the United Slates tied had attacked the
forts below Ne? Orleans, causing I ..
oily to be evacuated Ou the return ti i:>
the news was given thorn that Norfolk
had been abandoned by the (Jonfodi r ile
forces and that the "Virginia" had
been destroyed to prevent bor from
falling into tho hands of the enemy, U
was apparent that the Confederate
Stales navy would become permanently
dismantled, so far as local dofonco was
concerned, as ii.c.'o was not an open
port at this time ami the blockade was
heing made more perfect every day.
Young Dawson hail been sent to an a!
leged lloatlng battery, which was lying
in the./anus Kiver, and wblchhctook to
be a dredge when he went to report for
duly. She was without Cllginos or sails,
with oily one port hole manned by a
heavy gun. anil not much prospect of
ever leaving the wharf at tho Kockclt's
Tho enthusiastic midshipmau did uot
faucy the Idle outlook, when thorc was
o.Miiinotion und intense anxiety as to
coming battlcson the land. McCleli m's
magulticonl army was In a few miles on
Richmond, and troops were hastening
to the defonco of the capltol of the Con
fudoracy The battle of Seven Pines
was being fought and obtaiuing lc ivc
of absenco, armed with a r ivy sword,
the midshipman hastened to tho Held,
and joined himself to tho Kighth Georgia
regiment, where ho was given a mus cl
and the privilege of entering the light
Which was expected to bo rene w I, ll
which did not take place the next mom
log. He trudged hack to Richmond and
sent his resignation to thti Secretary of
the Navy, giving as a reason that he
wished to eider the annv as a private
soldier. Ho joined the Purcoll battery
and reported for duty a lew days before
the Seven Days iJaltlo around Rich
mond. Tho commander of this famous
battery was Willie Peg ram, a nephew of
the distinguisncd naval olllcor already
mentioned, an 1 the camp was on the
turnpike leading to Mochanicsvillo
where in a day or two was to bo initiated
that series ol OUgagoniOUtS which have
been the study of military critics ever
since. The daring movement of Mo
Olollan to think the Confederates and
force his way into Richmond, only ft fi v
mi es distant, was moro than equalled
by the matchless defence of Itobort K
Lee, who had just taken coniinaud of
the Confederate forces, and who pressed
the foe backward every day until he
took refuge under the gUllboutS Oil the
James, far south of Richmond.
Dawson, Just prior to the Oght at
Ucchanlcsvillo, saw tho distribution to
the Army of Northern Virginia for
the lirat timo of Confederate battle
flags, "a square of coareo cloth with i
blue Hold and a red crot-s doited with
stars " which was thenceforth the em
blem of the Oonf doracy, tho inspira
tion of its soldiers, the hope of its entire
pooplo, and the only symbol now re
maiuing Of a cause which was d< foated
in the end, yet was cvor kept without"'
stain Pogram's battery was attached
to Field's brigade of A I' ll IPs division,
ami it was Hill's division t oit lud the
way across tho Ohlckahominy ami
initiated tho fight at Mockaulcsvlllo. Ii
was Dawson's first glimpse of tho Con
federates marching to meet the onoirfy,
winch hoc one a familiar Bight to him
afterwards. Tho gloaming bayonots,'
the steady tramp of the men, the waving
tlags and the rumbling of the artillery
on the turnplkQ were to him exhilarat
ing and imposing, as he testified in after
years. His battery was in the advance,
and it was not long until "a puff Of
smoko and the sharp crack of aiille"
told tho mon Unit Uiuy had reached the
enemy's line, und unit Iho engagement
had begun. The buttery mh unlimb irod
in an open field, In full view of the
enemy, and in a short t mo ho tell the
liereo excitement of '> uilo, roe* i. iig his
baptism of lire with men Sil i i o cs
being shot down all around hi n ball
in tho afternoon he was Struck 'vith >
piece of shell, which so u ped out live >r
six inches of tho flesh below tho knee
Inflicting an ugly wound, which was]
bandaged with his handkerchief, and
I then lie went hack to Ids post, Where b<
remained until the battery" ro* I rod from
tho Held after sunset. Ho was taken to
his old quarters In Richmond, vbor< ho
roceivod tho attention of tho n blfl i nd
gracious women who wore assiduous in
looking aftor the woundod Confederates,
and his gallant conduct was gazetted in
the Richmond UO .vsp.ioci>. Ho went to
Potetoburg when able lo travel, and
tlioncu to ii hospitable homo lu thu
country, where hu recuperated foi
several weeks.
IV.
Mr. I)aw6uu rooialncd lu Sussex until
he bad completely recovered from his
sovi re won id, aud his friend, Uapt.
H borl 15. Pugrum, was only two mites
dtstaut, lie was on thu way lo pay i
Uapt Pogram a visit when thty met iu I
the road, aud Pugrum gave him u note
from Mrs tj. W. Randolph tho wife of
the Secretary of War, announcing that
her husbaud uad ordered a commissiou |
lo Issuu as First Lieutenant of Artillery
for his frlvud, Mr. Dawsou. This news j
c ?ine uucxpectodly and unsollelted, an ! j
hu learned afterwards that Willie
Pegrnm rue mtnoudud tho aj poiutmuut
>n accouut of his bohavior at M< chatties
vlllc It was made under an ncl of the
Ooufoderatu Oougrvss, providing for the
appointment of forty First LieulouautH
"f Artillery for assignment to duty as
orduauco oftlcors Ho asked to bo us
dgnod to Qonorul Longstroot's corps,
with which ho was connected for the
next two years, und he joined the corps
on tho nuirch to Maryland. <>n there
turn from liagerstowu he was ordorod
hy Uouoral Longstroot to tako charge of
the ordnance trains of his corps and
move to VViiliamsport, ami in the oxcci ?
lion of this order he fell into the hands
of the enemy and was taken to Fort
Delaware. He was exchanged in a
short time and thenceforward shared
the fortunes of Longstroot's corps, in
ending the campaign In Bast Tennessee
He was pic. .ml al the Wilderness and j
? >a- with Longstroot as ho role down!
the plank road at the head of his corr.8, !
when victory was turned hit > disaster
by that fatal mistake of the Blxih Vir
ginia, which tired tho volley that uior- i
i dly wounded tho gallant Vlicah Jeukius i
au I gave LougStreet a disabling wound. !
Spottsylvaniaj Cold Harbor, the siege of |
Petersburg, quickly followed, and an :
i spi litiou to the Valley lu the summer '
was succeeded by a return to Klchmoud,
WhCII ail Older e:im<> In Mnmimluin !?.:! i
for Dasvson loroport usorduauco olUuur
i i General Kit/. Loo, upon whoso stall"
ho bi rvod until tho close of tho war
March III, 18115, at tho battle of Five
Folks, Liout. Dawson was again
wounded and hu was scut to Itiohmond,
whore frienda cat id for him, and when
ho nwoko the next morning the olty had
boon evacuated by tho Confederates and
ll 0 enemy was in possession. A. week
' >t<-i .'.one the surrender of I.ee, and the
bopes of a people were buried forever.
Tho military history of Capt. Dawson
was full of Interest and adventure, and
Ilia experience as a Btaff Olli CO r served
him admiral) y in raauy respects, as ii
gave him an acquaintance with men
from every State, and he had the happy
faculty i f making friends whorovei he :
'.vent. But ho was veritably ashore !
,'hen tho collapsocamo in April, 1805,
and those who would L'RVO been g'iid to
roudor him aid were themselves without
moan :. Ho had no occupation or pro
fessiou, and thoro was little opportuulty
in impoverished Virgiuia for a Btraugor i
so tilualodto earn oven the most meagre
living. His energy and determination
did nol succumb to the surrounding
gloom and despondency, and ho sc ught
the ? loans for gaining subsistence, not '
wai for it to turn up, He was with
friends in Bussox for a lime after re
covering from his last wound, and then
ivoul to Petersburg in search of employ- !
incut He was ou the polut of scouring
k lucrative position as the driver of a j
dray, but l-h? owner thereof concluded j
i ? employ u stalwart negro, and Capt
Daw . w.i son* adrift. It is ludicrous
do>v u> look back at this Incident, whon
;albint, courageous olllcer was will
Ing i > cngago In menial service, but was
lb i d the 'dace and preference given to
i common darkey. It is stra u'c that he
turned away from tnis disappointment
mid began making arrangements for
publishing a small weekly newspaper in
li timoud, in connection with a Mr.
K. u.s, who had intluontial relatives.
The Richmond Whig loaned them typo
Hid lie press work was to he done in
that olllco, but the Whig had oiTonded
Iho military authorities, who closed up
Lho estab ishmout and strangled tho
Btnbryo newspaper in its very birth,
. |oh ended for the time being tho
journalistic ambitions of one who was
Ic : lued to make his mark in this ideuti
:al liold of labor.
v. I
The next effort of Capt. Dawson was
in harvesting wheat, l>y which hooarned
$10, and thou lie tried book-keeping in
Petersburg, f ir which he received $40
per month and pnid $.'J0 for hoard. - ile
then decided to make anotbor effort on {
tho farm, but went over to Richmond
for the purpose of saying good-bye to
friends. On arriving there he was in- !
formed that Mr. II. Itives Pollard, who
had been the managing editor of tho
Examiner during the war, was about to
resume its publication and wanted to
BOCUro him as local reporter, lie (dosed
a trade with Pollard at ^20 a week, and
visions of coming wealth were bofore
him. Mr II R, Riordan, who had been
conucelod with the New Orleans Delta
and was afterwards the managing editor
of the Pharledon Mercury, was one Of
the most conspicuous members of the
editorial Staff, and there sprang up be
tween him and ('apt. Dawson an inti
macy and friendship that ripened into
closer business relations in a fe w years
under the firm name of Riordan iV. Duw
in, Charleston, 9 C. The Examiner
had been under the editorial manage
ment of Maj. John M. Daniel during the
,v,vr, and was chiefly read for the ability
ami caustic style of its editorials, which
criticised relentlessly the conduct of the.
war by Mr. Davis and his cabinet. Maj.
Daniel served on tho ataff of A P. Hill,
and was BOrioUSly Wounded at Dailies'
Mill. II, Itives Pollard was the assis
toil editor at that time, and afterwards
became the managing editor Ile was
not gifted or brilliant like Daniel hut
hu had an Inordinate ambition, and it is
not surprising that liu made the- Bx*
amlnor after the war the vehicle of
abuse and oa'uinny upon others, which
brought him into nolo iety ami caused
hostile meetings with those from whom
he differed Me was arrogant and self
conceited, full of bravadu.and extremely
CiruleSSitl his statements about other
men. The Federal commander at Hich
niond Bei/.od possession of the OfllOO and
suspended the publication of the Kx
aminer on account of malignant art'clos
in it ColUmUS, but tin: President issued
n peremptory ordor for its release.
Cant. Daw8on on Joy od his work upon
i e Examiner, and was always in tho
thickest of tho tight whon Pollard got
Into diflloullios, which was quite fro
(Utontly. Dawsnn had boon in a turmoil
? ii f uir yoati, and doubtless was averse
o having a dull time. The very day
t i.u the Examiner was suspended by the
I military authorities, the proprietors of
the Dispatch (-out for ("apt Dawson and
oftored him a salary of ?2? per week, to
which Mr. Pollard mule n > objection,
hi i he wont to work at onco on tho
Dlrfpatob, whoro ho was legislative and
'oca, reporter, ami soon gained tho con
fidence of his employers, who troatod
tllm ipiito handsome y, according to his
OWn account. When he loft tho I)in
palch in Huptombcr, 180(1, ho rocolvo I a
warm oppression of their sentiments
[frota Mr Jas A.. Gowardln, editor of the
Dispatch, from whose letter is quoted
I the following: " Die Dispatch will
I miss your valuable coatrlbu lous mid
j your ; jiligent aud poracvor ug etlorls
, to promote its interest* and increase its
, attractions. 1 can truly say that I never
; knew a gentle,.-an more etUUCSt aud
i energetic, in tho pursuit of journalism.
While you have displayed accomplish - |
incuts I >r the profession that are rare
and invaluable. Socially, WO will all |
feel a great loss in parti Ug with you, and
the recollections of our lutero lUrBO with
you will always he agri-oablo. While
your own talents and boariug v ill coin
maud respect for you in every COmuiUU
ity, and your gallantry in the Southern
cause wiii commend you to the hospital ,
Ity and friendship of every Southern
man, I tender you my most earnest and
heartfelt good wishes for your pros
perlty and happiness in life "
Tiiis was "praise from Sir Hubert,''
indeed! The cousorvatistn of the Dia
patch audits distinguished editor wua a
; uitimou roa'.uio of its management in
: those days, und tliis v duutary tribute to
I tliu tulout aud murii, of (Japt, Dawson
must h ive made a profound impression
upon tue young journalist, svbo bad hosi
luted to accept a position us local report
er on tbo Examiner because of tin hone d
doubt us to bis titness for the work It
was while they were both engaged on
I the Examiner that Mr. Kiordau had
I broached a plan lor starting a cheap and
? popular newspaper in Charleston, wdiere
[ he thought there was a tine field for a
I newsy, bright and onorgotio journal. He
I had not taken auy steps in that din Ction,
i for he was .vailing to find the right sort
of a man. and he had been convinced
that he and Dawson could make a suc
cess of such a newspaper in Charleston.
How very prophetic were the words of
Kiordau, and who that ever knew them
when working as partners could fail to
realize that they were specially adapted
to each other. Kiordau had not fully
gauged the capacity of his prospective
partner, however, for in discussing the
details of their probable venture he was
cau lul to admonish him that bo (Daw
son) "could not do the editorial writing,"
and they would have to engage a man
for that service ! How litt'e we know of
men until we have tested their metal
and proven them by experience.
Capt. Dawson was ins: rumental, while
' connected with tho Dispatch, in forming
' a (Joufodcrato Memorial Association, one
of the oarliest in tho South.' In thu
Hollywood and Oak wood cemotorios at
Richmond lio saw that tlie graves of
, thirty thousand soldiors, who had given
1 their lives for tho defence of the city,
wore in danger of being neglected unless
there was an organized effort to keep
them in orde>- and mark them suitably.
He began to agitate the subject in the
Dispatch and met with a patriotic re
sponse, for when did the women of
Itiohmond ever fall to honor their loved
defenders? Memorial day brought a
suspension of business, when the mill
tary organizations went out to Holly
wood, Accompanied by hundrods of
ladies bearing tlowors, and the custom
was fixed lor all time to come. Tho
rank growth of weeds was cleared away
and the graves were rearranged, ami
the plans were inaugurated for building
the monument which so well graces
beautifui Hollywood. Mrs. Mac.far.and,
the president of the Memorial Assoeia
lion, sent a letter of thanks to ('apt.
Dawson when ho was about to leave
Richmond, in recognition of his
"valuable and distinguished services in
advancing our solemn and sacred pur
pose, " and expressing regret at losing
Ids counsels, with best wishes for his
success and happiness. Accompanying
the lOttCT Was a "slight memorial" from
the ladies, which was a set of sH'.ds and
sleeve buttons of gold, with the Coll*
federate battle-Hag in enamel on oaoli of
them.
VI
It la a singular fact that tho nowspa
per project for Charleston was kept in
view by Kiordau even wlien there were
changes that soomccl to bo hearing thoui
adrift from auch a purpoao. When D.iw
son left the Dispatch he went into the
expre-s business with a company that
eo.lapsed very soon afterwards, and
Kiordau did not long remain with the
Kxandr.er, but went to work in Wash
ington, I) 0. He then accepted a posi
tion on tin; Charleston Courier, and
when Col. K Ham well Rhott was about
to resume the publication of the Charles
ton Mercury, he asked Kiordau to take
his old place, but this oiler was declined.
Kiordau advised that Dawson he given a
place on the Mercury, and Co'. Khelt
sent him a telegram, which olVered him
an engagement on the paper, requesting
his immediate presence in Charleston
lie arrived there on the 10th of Novem
her, 1800, and the next day went to work
in the oiiiCQ <d the Mercury.
The Charleston News had been ostab
lished by Cathc.art, McMillan & Co., and
the. rea: owner was Mi Benjamin Wood,
of New York, iliordan had said that
" The Charleston newspapers were very
slow and old-fashioned," but this remark
had no reference to the News, which was
conducted in a manner that math, it suc
cessful in a certain sense, but the man
agement on the whole was extravagant
and its waning fortunes induced Kiordau
to seek control id the News ito visited
New York in the autumn of 1807 and
oponed negotiations with Mr. Wood,
which resulted in the new linn of Kior
dan, Dawson iV, Co., the unknown mem
ber being Mr. Wood, who hail a two
thirds interest. The liabilities of the
, o d firm were asaumcd by their BUCC08
, Bors, und with no indebtedness of ?20,
, 000. u couple of old presses und an outfit
of old type, the youug inon net oulehoor
fully to coiKpur and oveicoine every
j difficulty. Only nowBpapor talent, coup*
'? led with energy and hard work, could '
\ have met with success under such cir
; CUtnBlancOB. Both were strangers to tho
people of Charleston for Kiordan'B pre
VloUB residence was at a time when all
I the able bodied men were in service, and
lit no peri.ul in hit) lifo did ho WRBtu uny |
! time in forming promised >U8 ucquain
1 tanccs His place was on tho tripod, und j
j Boldom did he got iiwtvy from it. Tlioy
' understood the value and iniportanoe of
1 news, and they were determined to make
their paper livo up to its own name,
I which wan the secret of their securing a
?trong foothold in the city and in tho
1 Slulo. It was soon discovered that ttiere
w's ?Mi editorial wrltoi of no metin
1 nhility at the helm, mid the cautionary
I suggestion of Uiordnn about engaging a
n: hi lor Hull work did not need to bo
carried out
VII.
It won d bo profitable to enter into
dot nils of thO splendid work which
earned for Capt. Daweon a high roputn
tion as a Journalist, for it WM merit not
I fortune that placed him caBily in the
front rank of men who knew how to I
: onrich a newspaper with thought and
I information, but the limits of this sketch
i aro already reached and only a glimpso
niay ho given of tho twenty years' work
' which followed his connection with tho
Charleston News. The collapso of tho
Mercury and tho consolidation of tho
Nowsand tho Courier made an important
and prolific flold in which to labor, and
looking back to thoso days it is easy to
boo that Capt. Dawson was roady to take
advantage of hi' opportunities, which
led to prominence and lnfluonco in the
RHEUMATISM and CATARRH CURED
?t -BY
Johnston's
Sarsaparilla
QUART BOTTLB8.
IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH.
A IVholo Family Oartd.
Mrs. C. EL Kingsbury, who keeps a
millinery and fauoy goods store at St.
Louis, Oratiot Co., Mich., and who is
woll known throughout the country,
Bays:
*' 1 was badly troubled with rheums. ?
tism, catarrh and neuralgia. I had
liver complaint and was very bilious. I
was in a bad condition; every day I bo
gan to fear that I should ncvor bo a
well woman; that I ?hould havo to
settle down into a chronic Invalid, and
live in tho shadow of death. I had
JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA rec
ommended to me. I TOOK FOU.'l
BOTTLES AND IT CURED ME, and
cured my family both. I am very clad
that I heard of it. I :vould cheerfully
recommend it to every ono. I have
takuu mnnv other kinds of medicine.
I prefor JOTlNSTON'S to all of thorn."
MICHIGAN UBl'Q CO., Detroit, .Mloh.
l<\>r 3alo by th ? Liurena Drug Com
puny, LiAUrcrjs, S. (J.
councils of the State, us represented by
the political party to which he was at
I ached In many respects he wus the
most active und vigilaut of public ser
vauta in his day und generation, and to
him may be justly ascribed the exploita
tion and development of many laudable
enterprises, industrial ami political In
the latter field he made some serious
mistakes as others viewed it. but us he
Bald, in a private letter in the heat of the
preliminary tight of '70, he was always
ready to yield to the majority of his as
sociates, and no man knew heller than
he did how to yield with grace and
manliness.
In the earlier stages of his career as
an inlluoutial Citizen, i'. may be regarded
that he did his best work as a member
of the Tax- Payers' Conventions, in whlcli
lie came in close contact with the ablest
and strongest men in the Slate, who were
intent upon removing the frightful incu
bus which was literally eating the vitals
of the body politic. As an editor he did
a full share in organizing tho movement,
and as a delegate from Charleston he
aided materially in shaping a policy that
aroused the outside world to the degrada
tiou and humiliation of the prostrate
State. The work then done was tho
precursor of the revolution which
came in '70, aud tho exposures made
in 'Til and '71 paved the way for
sympathy and respect when Wade
Hampton became tue Liberator of his
people. 1 he News and Courier did its
full share in both instances, although
truth compels tho statement that the
" slraightout " policy had its strongest
opponent in Capt. Duwson, whose fol
lowing was patriotio if it was not saga
cious.
Of great industrial movements in the
State, Capt. Dawson was a pioneer in
urging that the manufacture of cotton
goods in the South pointed to a needed
development of our resources. " Bring
the mills to the cotton" was a familiar
refrain, aud the present ascendency of
South Carolina in tho number of spindles
at work justifies the ardent advocacy of
this course. The tobacco industry of the
Pec Dee section, which has grown to
large proportions, had its origin and
6?BHllU6 iu the far-sighted policy of
Capt DawsOi: iti'.U his co-workers He
knew from observation in his native
land what the manufacture of Colt on
meant to any people, and he doubtless
realized from four years of experience
in Virginia what tobacco growing would
pay to the producer.
I Among the notable, incidents of his
newspaper career none will stund out
with greater prominence than his re
fusal to accept a challenge under the
code duello It was a most courageous
act when it was done, because it was
breaking the record of generations in
the city of Charleston. He was chal
lenged by a gentleman who had been
upon the held of honor before, anil it
was confidently expected that Capt.
Dawson would not refuse to meet him.
but his decision to the contrary startled
the community It was based upon
loyalty to religious convictions and to
his church connection which forbade
I duelling. No one impugned Dawson's
' motiVOS or suggested lack of physical
courage, for his record as a brave man
i was too well attcste.l by those who were
i associated with him in the Confederate
service, and the wounds upon his per
son were a refutation e>f any hint lhat
he was impelled by base considerations.
It is not wonderful after this ex
perience that Iiis pen was employed in
advocating the anti duelling law, which
> sent the code into banishment.
! Tho most heroic instance of newspaper
; enterprise in this country was the
prompt and regular iBsue of the News
1 and Courier when the terrible calamity
i of the earthquake wrecked Charleston
i and sent a thrill of horror through the
land. The one ray of hope and en
', couragenient which came immediately
to the affrighted inhabitants was the
invincible courage and indomitable I
energy shown by dipt. DaWBOD und bis
associates, of which a Northern editor
Bald : "Along with the most during und
thorough enterprise in getting the most
terrible local news ever recorded in an
American newspaper, not a line of which
BhOWB undue excitement or exuggora
lion, we And an editorial i age wIiobo
quiet and unostentatious pluckincss,
strength of hope and solid faith breathe
through every paragraph." Four days
after the awful stroke bad fallen upon
Charleston, when it wub in the midst of
i the most appalling conditions, the great
hearted Henry W Grady was there, and'
he wroto as follows : " Perhaps tho
opinion of a great newspaper in its com
munity was never shown in a more
striking degree. Above the mayor or
the city OflloialS, or indeed any other
person or clement, the public appeals to
Capt, Da*son for advice, suggestion
and help." What a tribute to journalism
that it not only relumed hr.po In tho
ttroasts or ft soroly BtrlOkon people, when
gloom and desolation wab nil ftround
them, hut it furnished the mnn for the
hour ftiul the occftsion, and it was Ids
uttorftncoB that brought sunshine amid
the gloom and pointed to a brighter
future that would como out of tho ashea
of desolation
But those rominiflccnccB of Capt.
I Dawson must have an ending Twtnty
slx yen im ago tho mcmbors of tho Btato
Prosa Association gathered around the|
banqueting hoard in tho Charleston I
llotrl ab tho gucbta of tho News and
Courior. CApt. Dawsoii presided, and
At tho other end of the table, was Mr.
Kiordan. This wab tho first banquet
givon to tho AasociAtion, And there, are
few now living who wore preaont that
Ievening. Tho grace, and oaso with
which Capt. DAwaon act eel ab toast
master, coupled with his wit And lofty
sentiment, rendered the occasion al
ways a delightful memory, and It was
I bo Inauguration of a uow er;', f r tho
Journalists of South 1 'amlina, coio il log
thereunder bouds which never < IhmmI
b;f>rc and which grow moro pi ; "is
and valuable as Hie y ars go ? y
Tho untimely end of our brothi und
fellow-worker med not bo cnl rued
upon at this tune Ills worthy ' umi
and ncxprossibly Bad that Ins lif was
Bumuiarily ended hy L.cans w ti i? ' ??
hail been foretttOSt ill GOIldcinnii l ii>
had plead ably Bud forcibly h r r t t
and obedience to tho law, sn hlq
knightly career was closed by II i u'.h
loss hand of another while i? <? 'v I to
monstrating against tho di9b ?) > < f a
woman under his protection.
'? God's ways arc the host '
You have poured out your lile v here
i w as needed,
And He will take cure of the rest.
II? MAY II AVIS SUGGESTED IT
McI/ntirin'H Latent Interview Has
Cnuned CoiiKiderable Speculation
The Washington correspondent of
the Atlanta Constitution s;^>:
In tlie interview with Sen,it r Mc
Laurill, given out while here a day or
tWO ?go, there was one heiltCIU'O th.it
attiaeted considerable attention hero
and is likely to excite Collum 111 in
South Carolina. That was a reference
lo the Charleston Exposition bill ami
its failure t<> pass the House of Ueprc
soutnlivos. Tho Senator was nsked
ilie question whether it was true Hint
ho had used his intluonco witli Speaker
Henderson to have the appropriation
killed by the llomic, and he entered
tin indignant denial. South Carolinians
here say there is something hack of
that question. Some of thorn hciievo
that the Suggestion that it should lm
asked emanated from Senator Tillmau,
and that Tilhnan has sotuctlnng up his
(sleeve against McLaurin with reference
to this episode. None of those who
ihtow out insinuations -_m so hit i In
give particulars, hut they do saj thoy
expect this mailer to enter into Mc
1/IU1 ill's light loi ic-eleel ion.
Tho appointment or Jell' Itichanlson
us postmaster at Cioouvillo does not
sit well with th" straight Republican
politicians, who tear that McLaurin
will yet be. able to get the scalp of Col
li ctoY Webster, the loader of the He
publican machine McLaurin is after
Webster, lor he wants the place for
some one. of his adherents. Weil in
formed South Carolinians say that it i>
UnquOStionalv true that however Ion
I ient the pariy authorities may he in
I letting Mcl.uuiin into IhO primaries, a
line will certainly be drawn again si
gentlemen hohiing federal olllcos
under the administration whosiiii cluiiii
to he Democrats ami who expect to
figure in the Democratic primaries,
They argue that no party discipline
could exist if these men arc allowed in
bold oflica under tin; ItepubliciiU ad
ministration and at the same timo claim
the right of controlling or attempting
to control the Democratic primaries.
Senator MeLnuriu is undoubtedly
seeking to use the machinery of the
administration to further his efforts to
build up a party representing Ins ideas.
While here this week he Win in conflu
ence with Senator Iltltinu's private
secretary, who came on from t.'icvc
land to look niter some political nuil
t.-rs. lie has also been in conference
with the private dolcclivo of the ite
publican national committee, who lias
been in South Carolina looking ove
the Hold for the ad mi ii ist ration pohti<
ciahs vvlicj aro doing all in their powei
to help along the Mel. lUrkb'oovcnn 11 .
-4?..,H?>- "v
A SllOWTN? Will. Kl. Ma dk.?
Mayor Smyth, <>f Charleston, is at
work on a statement t i lie submitted to
the stale hoard of dispensary control
on .Inly liith, which is expected to
show why tho dispensary law has not
been more properly enforced in his
city. The boatd has required the
mayor and the. chief of police to show
cause why the dhpoilSfirj profits accru
ing to the city should not bo withheld
because of the open violation Ol the
law. The situation has become so
llagrant in Charleston that the State
authorities ate determined to drive out
the blind tigers us the city has not
been able to do it. There are said to
be live hundred ligcis in the cily. At
the last term of court the police made
out cases against nearly one hundred
dealers in liquor, but llio grand jury
refused to ICturil true bills. This ag
gravated the situation, and now there
is a sensational turn expected.
Mayor Smyth will not give any inti
Illation of what he will have to ay to
the State hoard when he goes to an
swer the rule. It is staled, however,
that he. is gathering much information
which may he in the nature of a bomb
shell and the chances aic thai he will
place the hhltUO where it belongs.
The blind tigers bnvo grown m> bold
in tbolr operations lint the boiler olc?
uiont hero is demanding en improve
mcuti The fuel cnntioi bo denied Ibnl
the dispontary law is unpopular, and
Iboprejudice is so strong Ibat it is im
possible to con viel tlie tiger dealers.
Still, the bettor eh'inenl wants n
change, but in the drawing of ju ics
men have been secured who seem to be
in Sympathy With tllO blind tigers, or at
least they are so prejudiced thai lb' .,
refuse to convict.
In tho agricultural doparlmonl of
Minnesota (hey arc propagating new
varieties of wheat by Hclccllng and ar
tificial polloni/ntion. Some of the va?
rietius produced are far ahead of tho
host varieties previously cultivated. It
Ii? estimated that they have added $'22,?
000,000 to the value of the Western
whonl crop.
Ml?. W. II. Iliirnctt,of .Jasper, Tcnn.
wife of lllO liciul miller of the Jasper,
Tenn., flouring mills, lu\s just given
Inn ii to four child roil all of whom are
doing well. I'rovlous to llio ndvont of
these bullies Mrs. Burnoll gave birth
to triplets, and then twins. The couple
I has DOOn married live years and ten
children now adorn their homo.
CASTOR IA
The Kind You Have Always Bought
For Infants and Children.
Boars tho
Signature of
Absolutely jVube
Making
Powder
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
RO>Al BAKINQ POM M? CO.. NEW YORK.
THIS DEATH OF
CONGRESSMAN STOKIvS.
A Creditable Representative And
Faithful Worker lor His Con
stituents
Chnrlustou News ami Courier.
Tim death oi Congressman .1. Wil
liam Stokes, ai hi- home in Orange
burg, removes from the arena one of
the public men who has held a central
place since about INIK). There Is a
gnat deal thai might be said about
Congressman Stokes, of his lite und of
Ins polit eal ups and downs, hut over
ami above it all must be said that he
was a gi <><| citizen nnd exceedingly
popular aim re his own people, which,
? i i i all, i> uhoul the best test ol a
nan's worth and character.
Congressman Stokes was never of a
pushing or ostentatious disposition.
Ho did nut do much advertising of
himst it <>r Ids work, mid that no doubt
accounts for tliu sin II credit lie lias re
re tved for n groat deal bo really uccoin
p I is bod. for instance, it was be who
iiipressed the frco uiral delivery
id? a and ham no red away at it long be
fore Congress ever established the sys
tem in this Stale. Congressman Stokes
was one of ilif fat hoi 8 of the Stute
farmers1 Alliance, and it w as largely
through lids agency that be look such
a very HCliVQ part in Slate polities,
Which led to his election 10 Congress.
lie w.i-. a valuable member of the con
stitutional COUVeiltioil and did a great
deal id' work while in that body, and
had charge of the commit'oe on IInances
and taxation.
Km- Bevern! months past Dr. Stokos
has been eonllncil nl his home, about
ihrer unit s Crom Ornngoburg, und his
friends have hit much coueern ou nc
count of his condith u. IJcforc the ad?
jourmnent of Cong.oss Dr. "?tokos had
to leave Washington because <>f his
health and lie lias Rpent his tune since
surrounded with every comfort at his
elegant leime. Dr. Stokes suffered
from some stomach trouhlo, the organs
not performing their functions BUtllci
cntiy lor his food to assimilate, lie
gradually sank to a mere skeleton and
while at times he would rally, still t ere
Would come a backsot that woul 1 pros
Irate mm a :am. ror some tinn n has
been desired to take him to some sani
tarium for troatmcnthy specialists will
tho hope that sonn- go d might be dem
for him, but his condition lias not b < n
Stich that he could he moved from his
home. To hi- H h n Is, who h ir. known
los red condition, his d nth did no:
come as a surprise. He ha ' a -inking
spell ou Friday i.Dcruoon fron which
he i.ever rnllli d, lie lilitfch d through
the night and .'id Snturdi> morning a
lew minutes ii'ti i ?"? o\l i k. Some time
ago Dr si kes h msJl gave up ah
'l pe i I ia i oVel v .
IlisdeVolid ? iri iiiusid and eared
Tor him mo t nil ettonately am! ten
deily through id hU sickness, and hla
<te: t!i came as a s.\e e shock to her.
Kg ;ul al mg -he tenaciously clung to
some h,,! Iiis recovery. His moth
er, an I his sisters and' hi id'?er, M'- (i
Kdw n Stokes, wen also with him Uk'
to the last. /
It was in I SIM Ili.it Dr. Stokes wa9
llrst elected t > Congress, which was hi
a lime when factionalism in the poli
tics of tins Stale was at high water
mark, but Dr. Stokes wont i<> work in
his accustomed quiet, steady way to
servo his constituency, always ready to
lio of service to whomsoever lie might
and apparently hearing malice towards
none, so that hi* strength upon the
district grew strongei instead of weak
er with the passing years.
Il is (specially sad thill his death
should COI11U lit this time, when he had
practically ihe unanimous support of
the entire district . Ins most intense
opponents at the nine of his lirsi elec
tion being his active supporters now.
lie. commanded (bo respect of the bus
iness men of his home, ami the people
Who knew him ami dealt with him
tiustcd him.
Dr, Stokes vvns a scliolai, being well
educated ill curly lifo ; he never gave
up n a ling ami study. Politics was a
study to him and every move the re
sult of mature reflection. He was a
broad mail ami became more liberal in
his views as h<- llpened in age. It is
probable llllll had Dr. Stokes lived he
.vould not have continued in Congress
many years longer, for his love, of
homo with its ipiiulllde would have in
I liueiiced bis volunlarilv .curing from
public life in ali p>- bability,
A feW yen'-, ago while this corres
pondent was in Washington and wa
hotn^ shown around by Dr. Stokes ho
romnrked the Strong fascination that
Washington and political lifo seemed
10 havo for mosl public men, and that
man) of (hem after being deprived ol
their BCttls in Congress would still lin
?_' r around the shadows oi their former
political glory.
Dr. Stokes remarked at that time
th.it be |>: ipoicd (o relinquish bis soul
latin i iii.u. torn tin in that lile long
nnough for it to secure a hold upon
him. and already his moi'o intimate
friends knew thai ho was tiring of pub
lic lifo.
There is another side of Dr. Stokes's
I life that is not generally known, w! Ich
accounts lor tin: strong hold he h id
upon the affections of iho people.
Having no children of his ow? ? cat
for and educate, il was hi< dci.ttht i
others. There i- in my n \ " n
man today pursuing h * col lego <on s
will miss Um a--i I nice <>i Dr.
Stokes. Tin ro uro many young mon
a' homo it ml nbr ml who owe moir oil*
ucaltoii t i ihn kin I*ho ?r i d u ss (,f Di
Sink's. 01 tins I ho I ml e know little,
only Ihoso lnt< iv^ied in m I? partlcu
lar rase K now ii .? 1 h 1 fnctf?
In ihn d a h ? i U -ngr? ?stnnn stoke*
? ) nuart:lm j. U"iiuty has sustained n
I ii -in' i lots, mi I hi a timo when the
' Oobdilbua wetv such that ho could
I
prove himaolf must useful to his people
I ui.il community.
The Cougressioiiftl Uccord says :
"Hcprcscntnlivo J. William Stokes, of
I Oraugoburg, was brought opto farm
lifo, attending the ordinary schools of
his county and town until ho was nine
loon years of age ; graduated from
Washington and Leo University, Vir
ginia, iii 1870, and taught school
twelve years, graduating meantime in
medicine from Vundorbilt University,
Tennessee. In |sn;i lie returned to
the farm, assisted in organizing tlie
fanners ami was president of the State
Farmers' Alliance, two terms ; was
ulecied to the. State Senate in 1890 ;
was ii delegate at large to the National
Democratic Convention at Chicago in
181)2, and was Presidential elector on
the Democratic ticket the. same year ;
was elected to the .Mill atitl ??tli Con
gresses, and re-elected to the 50lh
t 'ongress.
INDUSTRIAL AND GENERAL.
OliCO every year (In- lirilish ship
Wye makes a trip to llio Island of As
cension and returns with a cargo of
turtles, from which royally is supplied
with soup.
It is estimated that there are 0,000,
000 peach trees in Georgia hearing this
year, and that the crop, notwithstand
ing drawbacks, will amount to 4,000,
000 crates, worth $1,000,000. This
does not include the amount consumed
at home.
Frank Stolt/.miller, the driver of an
express wagon in Denver, began the
practice about two years ago of placing
mats under the feel of his horses where
lin y stood. He was actuated by a feel
ing of kindness to tho animals, but it
has brought him considerable business,
and there is talk of the local express
men's union asking all members to
adopt the practice.
Several methods of preserving the
natural color of pressi'd (lowers have
been suggested, hut the best, it is said,
is that used in the Now York botanical
garden. After tho specimens have
been under pressure, for a day or two,
they are laid in papers heated in the
sun, mill this is repeated until the dry
in: is complete. This preserves tho
colors perfectly.
While .John Hegau, of Abilene, Kan.,
was out giving his hounds exorcise the
other day the dogs started a rabbit and
gave chase. Bunny ran straight for a
tennis court, dodged beneath a wire
screen with which the ground is sur
lOUndcd and got away. The dogs did
n u SCO the screen and crashed into it,
one animal worth $.'k>0 being killed
and several in jured.
Judge Lind ley, of the St. Louis cir
cuit court, is fond of a quiet joke. A
raw German, summoned for jury duty,
desired to be relieved. "Schudgo," ho
said, "I can nicht undoistand English
gOOl." Looking over the ciowdcd bar,
his eye tilled With humor, the judge re
plied : "Oh, you can serve ! You
won't have to understand good Eng
lish, You won't hear any here."
The hoard of health of the city of
(Jn!VCSton is arranging for a large sup
pi^ of oil from the Beaumont wells, to
in' iiscii It! lighting mosquitoes. The
oil will be itisIfJbUtcd in all the stag
nant pools in ihec.i',' sprinkled on the
surface of water in the g."l!er< *?d ,lis
triblltod free to the owners of Op"5 (>'H"
terns for use in destroying mosquitoei?
ami the fcvcr-biccding germs which
collect in the ponds.
There is a prospect, it seems, that
Maryland and Virginia may be able, to
add oranges to their annual crops. The
department of agriculture is making
experiments that promise well for these.
Stales. Five years ago the lirst exper
iments were begun with the Japanese
orange, which is extensively used for
hedges, Later the sweet orange, was
grafted upon this hardier stock, and
trees representing the cross are grow
ing vigorously in the department
grounds in Washington and are now
covered with blossom-.
Dkatii <>i .\ Git hat Scientist.?
l?rof. Joseph Leconlo, of the Univer
sity of Culilorni i, died on the Olli inst.
in the Vosemito Valley, whore ho had
gone for a brief outing. Prof, LocoiilO
was one of the oldest instructors in the
University, and had a national reputa
tion as an instructor in philosophy, his
tory and sciences.
1'rof. Lecontd became connected with
tho TJallfornia Stale University in istJO,
lie was born in Liberty County, Ooor
gia, in 1822. Iiis elementary educa
tion was roceived ill a neighborhood
school und one of Iiis teachers was
Alexander II. Stephens, In 1841 ho
graduated from Franklin College, Geor
gia. 5ic received a medical education
at the. College ol Physicians and Bur
got ih, in Now York, hiking the degree
of doctor of medicine in 1845. lie
practiced modicinoat Macon,Ga.,until
18o0, and then wuntlo Cambridge to
study under Agassi/..
In I8.")l l'rof, Locol)IC WOnl hack to
Georgia and was elected to the chair
I .f natural sciences ai Oglothorpo Uni?
vorslty. He romalnod there only a
year, . nd for the. next four years ho
served us professor of goology in tho
South Carolina College He was em
ployed by the Cot) fedora to government
is a chemist during the war, and in
18UU ho wont to California.
Dr. Loconlo'a falhor, Louis Loconte,
was iv Mirntilio man and particulady
dovotcd to chemistry and botany. Ho
I hud a magnificent lloral and botantcal
garden lu Liberty County, Oa., which
was visited by all scientific men and
botanists who enmo South from tho
North or from abroad.
Dr. and Mrs. LccontO wero in Geor
gia hull winter visaing their .laughter,
Mrs. Fin man, of Scott.sboro, ami their
granddaughter, Mrs. J. N. Talloy, of
YinoviUe,