The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, October 16, 1901, Image 1
B1XI, ARP ON THIS WKATH?R
He Discussea the Winde and the
Rains and Touches on Politics.
Atlanta Constitution.
The ?lt im nl? are unsettled. The
wind seem* m he veering southward.
Roosevelt keep* on buying kind words
about us and the Republicans are in a
state of appiuhension. Tho G. A. lt.'s
made the llrst assault on him because
ho dared to oxnit the bravery and
patriotism of our people; but he uu
swered them hack nobly. And now
they are in consternation because he
invited Clnrk Unwell in diue with him.
The City of iShuahun is perplexed. It
looks like there is a power of good
political fuu nliend ol us, und wo cau'i
bo wonted. McKinley wanted to he
kind, and they wouldeut let him, but
my opinion is that. Roosevelt is going
to run the machino accordiug to his
emotions. Ue ib a man of emotions?
good, gouerous emotions?and our emo
tional nature is the beat part of our
nature. That is the reason that wo
men are better than mon; they are
more emotional. A selfish man, a
greedy man or a politician " por so "
have no emotions. They plot and
scheme for personal advantage. Ham
let said that a politician is a man who
would circumvent God. They bribe
aud deceive to gain their end. But
Roosovelt is outspoken, candid and
fearless. Tho politician's utterances
are cautious and come from his head;
Roosevelt talks from his heart, and if
ho feels like inviting Clark Howell to
dine he is going to do it without con
sulting Mark Ilanna or the G. A. R.'s
or for a moment considering what the
party will say about it.
I like Roosevelt because he has a
wife and children; in fact, ho bus been
married twice and has two sets of
children. That's all right if tho child,
ren harmonize and tho last wife is as
good to the children of the first wife as
she is to her own. Our nearest neigh
bor for long years had three sots of
children. Colonol Bayard, a widower,
with two children, married Mrs. Hand,
a widow, with three children. Two
more children wero born to tho last
marriago, aud all was peace and har
mony in that household. This reminds
mo of another family, where theio
wero three sets, and they dideut har
monize, aud one clay whon they were
quarreling in the back yard the wife
came running in and said to her hus
band: "John, you'd better go out
yonder with a switch; your children
aud my children are fighting our child
ren."
I am pleased to learn that our Presi
dent is coming to Georgia next fall
aud will visit his mother's old homo at
li'jswcll. Thiuk I will meet him thero
and show him around, for almost
everybody else is dead but mo that was
thero when his mother was a girl. I
will show him where wo boys played
bullpen and town ball, and where his
uncle half Dan or half of his Uncle
Dan aud I played sweepstakes and Dan
always won my white alleys. Yes, 1
will show him around, But that
colony of fine Savannah people, all
blooded stock, nre not there now.
There wero the Kings and Duuwoodys,
who were in college with me. Not all
tho King boys, of course, for there were
nine of them, and only one sister for
the whole crowd?a beautiful girl. I
havo a very dear cousiu in Birming
ham who has nine girls and one son.
What a pity that those two families
were not neighbors and cotomporaries
so that tho children could have mated
and Intermarried. I liko families with
numerous offspring. If I had the
making of tho constitution, whether
Federal or State, I wouldent let a
bachelor hold a public office; he
shouldent be eligible to go to Congress
or the Legislature. It as not possible
for him to feel deeply concorned about
the perpetuity of government. It is
the children and the grandchildren we
fathers are living for. An unmarried
man lives for himself. Ho may be
smart and moral and well educated,
but, as Kipling says, he can't under
stand tho paternal anxiety.
All those Roswell boys were manly
aud well favored. They made good
preachers, good soldiers, good archi
tects and manufacturers and were good
citizens. Poor Tom King had his log
shattered at Manassas, and as soon as
he could walk was in the field again
and was killed at Chickamauga. He
was a bright, cheerful, handsome man,
and everybody loved him. Old Bar
rington King sent North for a teacher
and got one by the name of Eels, but
the boys dident like him. They said
he was a hypocrite and an abolitionist,
and was just fooling papa. They called
him Slickfisb, and guyed him until ho
wu." pent back to where he came from.
Colonel llnyard married Harrington
King's sister, the widow Hand, and
moved to Home. He was a courtly
gentleman, a descendant of Chevalier
liny a id, and his grandfather, was
Nicolas Bayard, a French Huguenot.
He was a cousin to the Senators Bayard
of Delaware. He was an export
swordsman, and loved to show you the
back stroke bv which his ancestor,
while flying from some troopers, slow
ed up his horse and, as they came up
on the gallop, cut their heads off one
by one with this same back stroke.
One of his granddaughters, Miss
Flonda Beay, has recently wedded a
Mr. Tracy, of New York, a nephew of
B. F. Tracy, who was secretary of the
navy. One of Mrs. Bayard's daughters
married Bishop Quintard. druggist,
doctor, preacher, soldier, chaplain and
then bishop. He got a beautiful and
dutiful wife, and everything elso he
asked for. Kind-hearted aud lovable
as a woman, he alwwyo untried a satchel
fall of cake and candy for other pen
plc's children when he traveled on the
train. We college boys knew him well
in A then* when he was first a drag
clerk and next a doctor, and we let
him pull our teeth just because he
was so kind and genial.
Well, now I have written all* this
about ltoswell because our President's
mother lived there and married there.
I like to speak of him as our President, |
and I don't want any Georgia paper to
call him Teddy or to make sport of him
In cartoons. Some Idiots think these
caricatures of our Presidents are very
smart and funny, but the people who
have respect tor the high office think
they are shameful. Ton can't de*
grade Iho man without degrading tho
office.
But we will have to wait sonu? time
on Mr. Uoo8uvelt. You can't always
sometimes generally tell, as Cobe
would say; we must wait and 000 hew
long this south wind blows?tho
sweet south wind that breathes upon a
bank of violets," ms Shakespearo Bays.
Aud wo aro the violets. Wo have both
hope and confidence, for a man of
emotions can't go back upon his an-1
cestors nor the place of their nativity. I
The Bullochs have been houoi 3d in J
Georgia. More than one huudred '
years ago we named a county for Uov-,
eroor Bulioch, and wo wouldent mind
uaming another for his great great.;
giandson. Georgia has never hud a
President, and wo will bo proud to
have eveu half of one, especially the
matorual half?most ail great and good ,
meu have bred after tho dam.
Bill Ahi\
GEN. HAMPTON FOR SENATOR
State Chairman Thinks the Place
Should he Offered Him Unan
imously.
Columbia 8tate, Oct. 7.
A statement was given the press on '
Saturday by Col. Wilie Jones, tho
chairman of tho Oemocratic party iu
this State, who has been au avowed
candidate fur Senatorial honors, which
will set tho people aud tho politicians
of the State to thinkiug and talking.
Col. Jones withdraws from tho race,
and in doing so makes tho suggestion
that the other candidates for Senator
McLuurin's scat step aside also, and
let the posit ion be unanimously ten
dered to Gen. Wade Hampton, tho
most noted ligure today in South
Carolina's political and war history.
It is a proposition that will startle
many at the that, but its appropriate
ness aud merits will bo ceitain to com
mand much con8ideratiou from the j
people of tho State.
Hero is what Col. Jones says of tho i
matter in his statement:
"I have concluded not to enter tho
lace for the United States Senate next
year, beeauee I feel that I cannot give
up my home business interests, unless
there be a special demand for it. 1
have a very large personal acquaint
ance with the Democrats of this Stale.
Judgiug from letters received and
many personal interviews I feel satis
fied that my chauces for the nomina
tion to this distinguished position
would have been fully as good as Unit
of any caudidate whose uame i3 now
mentioned in connection with the Scu
atorship. 1 would have uo political
fear to run ugainst any man in this
State except two, namely, Senator
'fillman and Gen Hampton, because I
believe either of them could beat mo
or any other man in the Slate.
"By tho way, I think the very best
solution of the Senatorial contest would
be for all of tho young men who are
now candidates for the plncc to an
nounce their withdrawal on the con
dition that Gen. Wade Hampton ac
cept the position and let the old gen
eral be elected without opposition.
"Without any reflection upon any
candidate now in the Held I believe
that Gen. Hampton's views on na
tional politics meet with tho approval
of practically all the Democrats in the
State. Such a happy aud gracious
event as the selection of Gen Hamptou
at thi;< particular timo would mako tho
Democratic party of this State abso
lutely irresistible and save us of much
agitation and feeling when there is
so much oIbo for our people to do.
"I happehed in 1877 to bo one of
tho six Democratic boya who carried
Gen. Hampton on our ahouldors from
i ho platform where he was Inaugurat
ed through the streets of Columbia to
the hotel, and today again it would
be my great pleasure to cooperate in
elevating him to this high position, be
cause I believe it would be for tho
good of the great Democratic party of
my State."
Coming as it does from the Stale
chairman, the proposition is one that
is of peculiar interest. That it will
meet with the unanimous approval of
all veterans in South Carolina goes
without saying, and there will bo many
who uro not veterans who will approve
of it. It is of course impossible to
forecast the course the other candi
dates will pursue. One thing is cer
tain, however, and that is that should
Gen. Hampton, the man who redeemed
the State from negro rule, be sent
back to the Senate the people of South
Carolina would be represented on all
the important ieauea by one who bas
ever been true to his people in time of
war and in time of peace. To send
him back as a crowning glory to a long
and useful life would be a compliment,
indeed an act that would show to tho
outside world that South Carolina ap
preciates a son who has done for her
what nothing she can do for him can
repay.
MOKE ABOUT THE " HAMPTON MOVE
MENT."
The Columbia State says that Mr.
John J. Hemphill was in that city on
the 9th inst., and as some curiosity has
been manifeste?I in regard to Mr.
Hemphill's view > upon the proposition
to make-Gen. Wade Hampton the suc
cessor of McLaurin, he was interview
ed on this point.
Mr. Hemphill expressed the highest
admiration for Gen. Hampton, but said
he had not fully determined upon his
eou'so, particularly as Mr. Latimcr
declines to withdraw in favor of Gen.
Hampton. Mr. Hemphill stated that
his candidacy was not altogether of hi*
own motion, and before giving up the
fight he would have to confer with his
friends. He had just come from Spar
tan burg and declares that he has met
with encouragement whorever he has
been. Ho seemed to think that what
ever he might or might not have done,
the action of Mr. Latiraer would pre
vent any further action among the
candidates to withdraw in favor of Gen.
Hampton.
CONGRESSMAN LAT1MKR
Has announced definitely that he will
not withdraw from the race. An in
terview given by him to a Washington
correspondent runs as follows :
" Representative Latliner, who is an
avowed cwftlldate for the Senate to
succeed Senator MoLaurin, refuses to
consider seriously the magnanimous
proposition of state Chairman Wilio
Joucs, who is hIso an n-pirunt for Sen
atorial honors, that all of the candi
dates withdraw in favor of the * Grand
Old Man,' (Jen Wade Hampton.
I 4i ? There is not a man in South Car
j olina,' said Mr. Latiiuor, ' who has
' greater respect for Gen. Wade Hamp
j ton thuu I have, and 1 would go as far
as any other man to make hisdccliuing
years comfortable and happy, but I
cannot ugiue with Col. Jones' sugges
tiou to drag Gen. Hamptou back into
the excitement and turmoil of political
lifo.
44 'It's all very well for Col. Jouos to
invoko sentimental and patriotic mo
tivus in behalf of Gen. Hampton. It
im? n magnanimous llavor, which may !
appeal to the sentiment of a number of j
people who are not eutirely acquainted
with the actual conditions entering
into the Senatorial fight in South Car
olina. Col. Jones hus an assured posi
tion, which pays something ovor 85,000
a year, aud he doubtless realizes that
he cat) hardly make the rienatorialship
iu tho pending contest, so in a burst of
sympathy and zeal for Gen. Hampton
he proposes thai all of tho other candi
dates, who havo already stripped for
the fray and havo commenced their
canvass, shall step aside so that Gen.
Hampton may be iuduccd to come out
of retirement and again take up the
trials aud responsibilities of politics.
, I aui frauk to say that 1 will not give
my consent to that proposition ; and I
, do not believe Gen. Hampton and his
best friends sanction the move mado
. by Col. Jones.' "
Col. Wilie Jones expressed himself
as delighted at the manner in which
tho peoplo of tho Stato havo received
his suggestion that Wade Hampton
should bo elected to the I'nited States
Sonate. He stated that ho had receiv
ed many letters from over tho State
und had heard a great many leading
men express themselves, and in every
instance the suggestion had been re
ceived favorably. Regardless of for
mer party alignments the peoplo had
shown au eagerness to do honor to
Gen. Hampton. He had not heard
from Gou. Hampton directly, but had
heard indirectly that if the people so
willed, tho old warhouse would go back
into harness.
A Story of Gen. Morgan .?One
of the most interesting stories that I
find in tho old war scrap book is that
about the capture of John Morgan by
tho home guard in Rabun County,
Georgia. It was published m The
Athens Watchman iu 18G4. The story
as given in the paper is as follows:
M Au incidont connected with the
remarkable escape of Morgan from his
Northern impiisoumeut came to our
knowledge tho other day, which will
bear repeating. Having mado applica
tion to two respectable citizens of Clay
ton, Rahun County, for a night's lodg
ing and been refused because they
thought ho was an impostor, a third,
who bad scon him before and recogniz
ed him, invited him to his house,
where he spent tho night. Iu the
meautimo it had been currently re
ported in the villago and vicinity that
an impostor, pretending to be John
Morgan, was at tho house of Mr.-.
M Next morning about twenty of tho
" Home Guards' assembled, and under
tho direction of their eiliciont captain,
arrested him. He quietly submitted
and assured, them that if ho failed 10
prove his identity he would accompany
them to Atlanta. About this time one
or two gentlemen who bad seen him
recognized him, satisfied the Home
Guards that they bad captured the
voritable John II. Morgan 1 Of course
ho was at onco released. Before leav
ing he addressed the crowd briefly,
commending m the highest terms the
vigilance they bad displayed, advising
them to arrest all persons who could
not give a satisfactory account of them
selves, and closed with tho playful re
mark that twenty men bad accom
plished in Rabuu what it required
forty thousand in Ohio to do. The
crowd gave nine cheers for Morgan,
aud he proceeded on his way to Wal
halla."
Beiiind the Times.???It isn't my
fault," declared tho bachelor. " I
would have been married long ago if
tho fates hadn't been against me. I
simply gave up when I discovered that
the race was too swift forme. There
was a time when all my future was
centered in a certain young lady wh >
lived in this city. But I bad a detested
rival who caused me a good deal of un
easiness. At last I resolved to settle
tho matter; so I dressed myself in my
best aud made for the girl's home.
Say, butl was boiling mad when I met
my rival at the door. Something told
me that he was on the same errand,
and we stood there and glared at each
other untd the girl's mother came to
the door and informed us that the
young lady had gone to a neighboring
town to visit isn aunt.
" As I turned away I chanced to no
tice a hack passing. I knew that there
was a train leaving town for the town
where the girl was, in a few minutes,
and it gave me an idea. Making a
dash for the hack I jumped in and
shouted to tiie driver that I would give
him $10 if he would got me to the
station in timo to catch the train.
Then I waved my hand to my rival as
long as he was in sight, and chuckled
to mysolf at the success of my coup.
" Well, 1 arrived at the town, found
where my friend was staying, and call
ed without loss of timcj as 1 had an
idea that my rival would bo up on the
next train.
" Say, 1 hope to nevor get married
if that miserable fellow hadn't called
her up by telephone and settled the
whole thing before I had even caught
my train/'?Chicago Journal.
The oldost veteran to march in the
parade at tho last Grand Army reunion
was John A. Reed of Decatur, Ind.,
I who is 103 yoars old.
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TIMROD'S GRAVE IS MARKED
The Labor of Love Finished?The
Poet's Nam'j Snatched from
Oblivion.
The State, Oct. 5.
The bumble marblo shaft which has
marked the spoc where sleeps Henry
Timrod has been removed aud a more
pretentious granite boulder has taken
its place. In a retired corner of Trinity
church yard, hallowed by the dust of
choice spirits of the commonwealth,
Henry Timrod was buried on the 7th
of October, 18G7. It is indeed appro
priate that the grave should be marked
suitably and permanently before to
morrow, tho 34th anniversary of his
death.
Tins is tho closing work of the Tim
rod Memorial association. Three years
ago this band of devoted South Caro
linians determined to rescue Timrod:8
name and famo from tho dust of time,
aud to erect a memorial to his mem
ory. This was dono by obtaining
the right to publish and to sell tho
poems into which tho dead poet had
breathed his lotty mind aud beautiful
spirit.
Four thousand copies of this volume
have been put into the bands of those
who have learned to know i>nd to lovo
Timrod through companionship with
his genius. Fiom tho proceeds a beau
tiful marblo tablot baa been erected iu
Timrod's homo, Charleston, ami tho
erecting of tho stone which marks his
lowly couch iu Trinity church yard
completes the work of the association.
Tho roughly quarried gray granito
boulder is 5 1 ? foot high, 3? inches
squaro at tho base aud a little smaller
at tho top. On its face is this inscrip
tion :
1829-07
llonry Timrod,
Poot,
and his only child - Willio -
lio buried horo.
1901.
That is all. A plain epitaph but
enough for Timrod, fur bis name aud
his fame will not soon perish. The
stone which marks his gravo is taken
from tho soil of Carolinn, aud Timrod
would have had it thus. In appear
ance it is bold, ns was bis spirit; and
the inscription is simple and direct, as
was his iiiu.
The committee in charge of this
work, ex-Gov. Hugh S. Thompson,
Dr. F. C. Woodward and Capt. W. A.
Courleuay, did not stop with tho erec
tion of this stone, but had tho sur
rounding burial lot enclosed in a uow
granito coping surmounted by an iron
picket fence. Within this enclosure
sleeps Timrod, and by him lio his
child, bis sister and his mother.
Next south of the poet's grave is
that of his youngest sister, now marked
by a small, rough granito tablet upon
which is this inscription:
1838-65.
Edyth O. Timrod,
wife of
A. H. Corbott.
1901.
And beside her lies tho venerable
mother of tho poet and bis gifted sis
ter. The mother's grave is marked
with a stone of appearance similar to
that of the daughter's. Tho inscrip
lion reads:
1705-1870.
Thyrza B. Prlnco,
Relict of
Oapt. W. H.Timrod
of
Charleston, ?. O.
1901.
This small burial lot adjoins that of
the Gibben family and is but uino feet
square. Tho work of tho committee
of tho momorlal association will not
only change in a marked manner the
appearance of tho spot somewhat no?
glccted"in tho past, but is a tribute of'
love and admiration which will with
stand the elements.
But the groatest monument which
has boon erected to tho memory of
Henry Timrod is the placing of his
written work into tho hands of thous
ands of people who might not have
heard of him but for the collection
and publication of his poems, To
Capl. W. A. Courtonay bolomcs much.
of the credit for this work of lovo. He
has devoted time to it, because he
knew and loved Timrod. Capt. Cour
tenay states that a copy of the poems
of Timrod recently found its way into
the hands of a man of letters in Can
ada. The poetic fire in tho book
brought from this stranger a warm
encomium and Tirarod's fame is
through him being given to tho people
of other sections of the coun' ', for
"the poet to the wholo world belongs,"
This gentleman in Canada had not
heard of Timrod before, but is now
telling others of the beauties of the
poet's writings.
The small shaft which formerly
marked the grave of Timrod was
erected in 1880 through the efforts of
Gov. Hugh S. Thompson, Prof. Wm.
J. Rivers, tho historian, Dr. Jas. H.
Carlisle and others. It was hard then
to do more than to mark the spot, for
the country had not recovered from tho
effects of tho civil war. Tho work just
finished was donn and done well by
tho Stewart Contracting company of
this city.
4t Poverty scatters all things," said
Capt. Courtouay yesterday. 44 Tim
rod's sister was gifted with u mind
very much like that of her brother aud
composed beautiful vorse. Sho had
collected this into a book in manusenpt
form but it has been lost. Thoy were
too poor to keep their treasures safely."
A biographer has recorded that whoo
racked with diseaso and sufforiug in
the general poverty of the State just
after the war, Timrod said, ** I would
consign wvery iino I have written to
eternal oblivion for #100 iu hand."
LTenry Timrod was born in Charles
tou iu 1829. His father was an officer
iu the German Fusiliers during tho
campaign against the Seminole In
dians in Florida and thorp, contracted
the disease which was iuherited by his
son. The eldor Timrod was hiruKclf a
writer of verso of much moiit. The
youuger Timrod studied law under
James L. Petigru, but devoted hie lifo
to literature. William Gilmore Simms
took a great iutercst in Timrod, Paul
Hamilton Hnyne and other talonted
young men. Timrod's ilrst book of
poems was published in 1800 and was '
hailed with delight by his friends.
When the war came upon his bo-!
loved State, Timrod's bold spirit was
tired, aud he wrote a number of pa
triotic and martial lyrics which mado
him very popular in the South. When
tho war was ended he was in Columbia,
where ho had been editing Tho Caro
linian when the city was destroyed,
ituincd in fortuno, with tho hand of
diseaso tenting at his lifo, with starva
tion and suffering facing him, Timrod
lived but a short while after the war.
He expressed to Capt. Coiirtenay and
others a desire for his poems to bo
collected, and that was the inspiration
which prompted tho noble South Caro
linians to lend their energies to giving
Timrod's name its proper place on the
scroll of fame.
Capt. Courtenay says that in youtli
Timrod was looked upon as an athlete.
Ho was rather short of stature but
very broad shouldered and his very
walk indicated strength. But con
sumption wasted his frame aud he died
at tho age of 38 when life should have
been but beginning. The pallbearers
who attended the body to its last rest
ing place wero Gen. Wade Hampton,
Dr. A. N. Talley, Dr. lt. W. Gibbes,
G07. Hugh S. Thompson, Melvin M.
Cohen and Felix G. do Foutaine.
In 1873 Faul Hamilton Hayne col
lected and published a number of Tim
rod's poems aud three years ago the
Timrod Memorial society secured from
Mrs. Kate Lloyd, relict of the beloved
poet, tho copyright to his poems on the
condition that whatever protlt might
accrue would bo used in eroding u
suitable memorial. Over $2,000 has
been raised and spent in this way and
the copyright has recently been sold
by Mrs. Lloyd to the B. F. Johnson
company who will get out another
edition.
Timrod's gravo *?through tho sack
cloth of tho Reconstruction in South
Carolina remained without a stone."
But, as Timrod himself wrote of tho
host of Southern dead in tho wnr:
" In seeds of laurel in tho earth
Tho blossom of your famo Is blown,
And somcwhoro waiting for Us birth
The shaft is in the stone."
HAPPY Hits.?So many mon u-e
neglecting business to match around
in parades that the women havo cause
to bo proud of themselves.
This is the scasou when callers arc
taken into the cellar, and expected to
rave over the rows ol jars of preserves
and pickles.
A town doesn't lose its country ways
entiroly until tho young people living
in it stop giggliu'g in tho back seals at
public entertainments.
The merchants complain that every
woman who returns from a trip calls
to tell them how much cheaper things
are away from home, and they arc
getting mad about it.
When a man has had bad luck, and
takes his wife to live with his son-in
law, there is great indignation for the
son-in-law, but uovor notice auy indig
nation when a young man takes his
family to live on his wifo's fathor?
Anything that can be piled onto an old
man seems to bo all right.
The most severo critics old-fashioned
people have are girls between twelve
aud twenty years of age.
It is a rare girl who docs not alien
ate her real friends by being too much
of a princess from sixtcon to twenty.
When it is announced that a woman
will entertain informally, it means that
she will buy things ready-made at the
baker's.
So many women think thoy havo
done their whole duty toward a man if
they put a wet cloth on~his head when
ho has a hoadacho.
When a man's wifo flatters him, it
may cost him tho price of a hat, but
when other women begin it, it may
cost him everything he has.?Atchi&on
Globe.
Congressman Galusha A, Orow, who
is known us tho Doan of tho Houso at
Washington and tho father of tho
homestead law, finds one of bis great
est pleasures in conducting a little
Sunday school of about 100 scholars
at the Qrow homestead, Glenwood,
Susquohanna County, Pa. Tho Bthool
was organized forty years ago by Mrs. I
F. P. Grow, the Congreaaman's sister-1
in-law. Ii'h membership includes near
ly everybody in the little neighbor
hood from children to men and women
with gray hairs.
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AT PICKENaVILIvK MUSTER.
A Place of Importance in the Hal
c\ on Days of the Past.
?Tho Idler," a contributor to tho
Spartauburg Journal, gives tho fol
lowing reminiscence of Old Pickous
villc, which will bo rolished by our
readers:
Ono old Southern institution, how
ever, has departed for always. Tho
changes of the manner of life, the de
velopment of the country, the concen
tral ion of nmuHcmeuts and organiza
tions in tho Iowas, largo aud small,
arc tiio reasons for its going. That
was the muster. It is acne but not
its memories. ! have heard tho oldor
people talk of musters audtuy Irish
blood has been raised by numerous rc ?
mini8cenccs. I havo heard old men
tell of the great crowds, the gay dress,
the gorgeous drunks and the glorious
lights that used to bo features of tho
gatherings at the general muster
grounds in the up-country. The militia
was the pride of the State and it wus
thick with generals and colonels aud
majors and there was vast pride in
thcHO and the miuor otlices, and tho
wearers of opaulots and titles 44 did
strut pow'ful." After the rcviows ?
often by tho governor?tho iuu would
commence. The neighborhood bullies
would go aguinst each other and 14 fist
and skull lights" ensued thick and fast.
! It was cowardly to U80 a knife or pistol
l and tho man who did lost his social
! standing. Brandy and honey was tho
I favorito beverage and tho result of the
I mixture of that seductive draught, with
? enthusiasm, July sun aud militant am
i hit ion is not hard to imagine. Cider
i and t?ingor cakes were the delight of
i the sober element and great articles of j
i trade. There woro mighty fighters in I
i those times nnd tho stage-bouts of
I these days besides a muster day scrap
j would bo a dumb show of fools. Ilorse
I trading, barbecues, and dancing to the
I music of the fiddle played by a fiddler
added to the charming features of the
day aud sank them deep m memory.
The people who did this wero the
sinew of the country and they wero
simply a little rougher aud more en
thusiastic in their sports, than we,
their descendants, arc with ours.
Ono of the most famous of these old
muster grounds and gathering plsces
of all the tribes was FickensvUle,
which was a hundred or more years
ago the court house town of the part
of tho State now comprising Anderson,
Oconcc, Pickeus and pa is of Green
ville and perhaps otln.r counties.
Pickensville was a placo of importance,
and was perhaps tho woolliest point on
the map. In fact it came to be dis
reputable and finally becatno little more
than a name and a memory with many
odious features. There wore a num
ber of killings thero in tho first half of
the last century and public hangings
had an cuormous attendance; killing
and hauging wero associated i:i those
days before the gentle expedients
of insanity aud self defenso came
into fashion. Horso thieves fared
badly. There were some remarkable
fights, somo being pitched battles be
tween renowned bullies. Drinking,
gambling, horse racing, chicken fight
ing aud;other sports still in vogue, but
more quiet, were indulged in \vith
frontier earnestness, aud many stories
of financial and moral ruin had their
beginning there?aud the fast days
and furious nights arc inwoven in
tragedies that long have darkened up
country homes.
Pickensville, as I remember it from
first sight, in my childhood days, was
a small, deserted village, encompascd
by senile gloom. A large tract of land
was grown up in a tough aud then
dreaded grass called " Tom Bell " ou
account of a local legend connecting it
with his Satanic majesty; scrubby
pines growing near by furnished sighs
and wails that tho nervous might as
sociate with tho past. A few houses
then remained and tho race track could
bo defined. A few hundred yards
away, on a tract of granite, there wero
dungeons cut in the solid rock; that is
where some of the old-time teirors
wero kept, under the old jail.
I hear this is all changed now. Tho
dungeons aic no more and the granite
has been blasted for building rock.
Several years ago an enterprising far
mer tore up tho faco of the earth and
had a terrific battle with tho jointed
grass and was rewarded by gaining a
magnificent cotton field. Tho old
shacks have disappeared. A milo
above, on the Southern Bail way, is the
prosperous town of Easley, and a cot
ton mill has boon built there with a
settlement reaching almost to the pre
cincts of Old Pickonsvillc. The 41 big
house " of tho place, once tho hotel,
is, 1 believe,' standing and is the res
idence of Wm. A. Neal.
A quaint theory was once advanced
about Pickonsvi'lo. The toonng up of
tho 44 Tom Poll " grass was followed,
it is ?nid, by ?n extraordinary outbreak
of trouble in Easloy, a mile above.
Tho town was torn by factions and tho
churchos wero made scenos of war.
An old citizen said that tho 44 Tom
Bell " had mercifully come to Pickons
ville and formed a tough covor and
that the devil was covered in. His
theory was that tho tearing up of the
44 Tom Poll " lot tho devil looso and
hence all tho trouble.
Dr. Thuraton, who is much moro at
homo in the mazes of theology than in
tho amomliuB of tsociui lifo, not long
ago was introducing to a younger cler
gyman, a handsome widower, a former
parishioner of his own, no longer
young, and extremely sensitive to the
fact. "My brother," said Dr. Thura
ton, leading tho lady forward while hie
face beamed with genuiue affectiou.1
"this is Miss Aineda Jennings, one of
my old sheep "?Harpor's Magazine.
Farmers, bring or send the fruits of
your labors to the State Fair at Colum
bia, Oct. 28th to Nov. 1st, aud you
need not exclaim, as many aro heard
, to do evory year, "I can boat that."
Mrs. Helen George, of Franklin,
Pa., claims to be 120 years old. Her
oldest child is 00.
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When using baking
powder it is always econ
omy to buy the Royal.
Royal makes the finest,
most wholesome and de
licious food.
COTTON CHOP IN 1900.
QUANTITY PRODUCED IN POUNDS AND
BALKS IN SOUTH CAKOT.tNA.
The Journal of Commerce nnd Com
inercial Bulletin hns published reports
compiled by the ccusus bureau, which
shows in detail the productiou of cot
ton by counties iu tho different States
in 1900. Tho quautityof cottonginued
iu pounds aud commercial bales iu the
counties in South Carolina was as fol
lows :
POUNDS. BALKS.
Abbeville 10,102,002 21,170
Aikcu 12,273,340 25,097
Audorson 17,104,331 35,550
Bamberg 7,133,209 14,171
Barnwell 10,934,580 32,427
lleuufort 1,435,411 3,422
Berkeley 4,975,959 10,047
Charleston 2,351,370 0,071
Cherokee 3,559,995 7,042
Chester 9,724,148 21,207
Chesleriield 5,708,308 11,790
Clarendon 10,405,006 21,003
Colleton 4,208,394 8,004
Darlington 13,834,743 27,G15
Dorchester 2,998,003 0,377
EdgeUeld 9,407,474 19,513
Fairfleld 10,745,790 22,274
Florence 8,325,958 10,742
Georgetown 051,710 1,323
Greenvillo 10,055,086 23,888
Greenwood 10,041,110 22,830
Hampton 0,041,341 12,159
Horry 2,705,130 5,047
Kersbaw 8,474,245 17,253
Lancaster 8,850,400 18,880
Laureus 14,015,508 30,991
Lexington 0,390,380 13,994
Marion 14,525,515 30,720
Marlboro 17,583,898 86,089
Ncwberry 9,519,882 20,980
Ocoueo 4,792,444 10,254
Orangeburg 24,807,881 52,293
Pickcns 4,210,311 9,199
ltichland 5,770 328 11,554
Saluda 5.744,870 12,492
Spartanburg 14,538,409 31,322
Sumter 22,904,583 45,523
Union (!,992,513 15,003
Williamsburg 9,323,709 18,804
York 12,744,741 27,134
TotalforState 374,302,722 780,782
If you gave some fellows a talent
wrapped in a napkiu to start with in
business thoy would swap the talent
for a gold brick and lose the napkin
and thoro uro othors Unit you could 1
start out with just a napkin who would |
set up with it in the drj-goods business i
in a 8 all way and then coax the other]
fellow's talent iuto it.
In the Bargain Store?Mrs. Barnes:
Why, how do you do, Mrs. Howes.
Isn't this the last place you'd expect
to see me? I only came, in just for
fun, you know. Wouldn't think of
buying anything here, of course.
Mrs. Howes: Of course not. The
idea of anybody buying anything in
such a place.
Later ?Mrs. Howes (solus): H'ml
she can't fool mo. I'll bet sho does]
all her shopping here.
Mrs. Barnes: Now I've found out
whero thut woman gels all her cloths.
I might have known by tho looks of
them.?Boston Transcript.
Juni after the fall of Bloemfontein
soldiers were [called upon, owing to
tho scarcity of civilians, to work the
railway. The wcaiy men wore lying
in camp one night after a hard day's
work when a sergeant called out:
" Any of you men want to put your
names down as railway potters, drivers,
stokers or for any other appointment
connected with the railway ?"
The silence was broken only by
snores. Then one Tommy slowly
raised his head and drowsily muttorcd:
" Put me down as a sleeper.''
A citizen of Wilkinaburg, Pa., owns
an old lottery ticket which reads as
follows: No 257. Presbyterian Church
lottery. Authorized by law. Thi8 tickot
will onlitlo tho poasessor to such a prize
as ahall bo drawn to its number, if
demanded within twelvo months after
tho drawing; subject to 20 per cent
deduction. M. Wilkins, president of
tho board of mauagers, Pittsburg,
Juno 3, 1807.
Bishop Potter and Cbauncey Depow
wero mvited to the same function,
recently, and both wero expected to
apoak, which moved the Bishop to re
mark: "This reminds me of two oystors
who were in attendance at an ecclesi
astical festival. Said ono to the other,
?What is this anyhow?' 'It's a church
fair,' was tho reply. 'A chu.-ch fair?
Then what in the world do they \. ant
with both of ua?"
The Governor of North Carolina
does not approve of pardons for con
victed criminals tha* do not moet with
popular endorsement. He says he wdl
grant no pardon, the application for
which has not been thoroughly adver
tised in the newspapers of the locality
of the prisoner's offence.
" No sub," said the old man, " my,
boy didn't steal de mule; he wuz
practisin' ter i'iue a circus, en whilst
he wuz a-turnin' or a double-somerset
up in do elements he lit on de male's
back, en do oreetur got scart, en run
away wid Mm ("?Atlanta Constitution.
, Ths KM You jjjg Alwifl Bought
The New York Eveniug Telegram
says: " It appears that the distillers
of tho Blue Grass State have banded
together for tho purpose of thwarting
the will and interfering with the
liberties of tho pooplo. Their specific
overt act of oppression is tho agree
mcut to limit the season's output of
whiskey to 27.500,000 gallons l It re
quires but a slight knowledge of Ken
tucky's conditions to be aroused to an
indignant sense of the gross injustice
of this agreement. There are in the
State?the figures are taken from the
returns at tho latest election?468,008
qualified voters. This means that
under the agreement of the distillers
there will be only 50 gallons, or 472
pints, for each Kentucky gentleman's
consumption during the course of the
yearI Divido these figures by tho 365
days of the year and the result is shook?
iugl Loss than two pints of whiskey
a day for eachl Woll may one shud
der at this Bhowing and ask: ' Where
will tho hand of the oppressor fall
next?'"
The efforts of Senators McLaurin
and Till man, Representative Elliot,
and others of tho South Carolina dele
gation in Congress, to secure for the
coming exposition at Charleston tho
United states government exhibit, has
at last been crowned with success.
The action of the cabinet in agreeing
to send the Buffalo exhibit to Charles
ton is very pleasing to the Charleston
ians interested. The exhibit will he
sent, and the clerks who were desig
nated to look after the government
exhibit at Buffalo will bo sent to Char
leston with tho exhibit, being desig
nated by tho heads of their various
departments in Washington for that
purpose.
It is stated that the longest railroad
tunnel in tho United States will he
built through the Sierra Nevada Moun
tains of California if tho plans of E.
H. Ilarrlman are carried out. The
tunnel project, which will involve an
outlay of from three to five million
dollars, contemplates tho boring of a
hole 27,000 feet in length through the
heart of tho Sierras. Besides saving
a climb of 1,500 feet the tunnel will
shorten the Southern Pacific line about
seven miles. Preliminary surveys are
now being made.
" I saw you sitting in a car last
night when there were ?'?vcral ladies
n.Jnding," ehe s??''1 rather frigidly.
"Yes," .'..replied, "but my wife
was there, yon know, and the ladies
who stood wore all young and good
looking."
Having been one of those who stood
the permitted him to lead her away to
a corner whore they could bo alone.?
Chicago Record-Herald.
" I went so high in do balloon I
could hcah do angels singin'," said the
old colored deacon.
" What fer you come back, den?*'
he was asked.
I " Kaze hit wuzn't my intention ter
I meet de angels dat way; 'sides, I'd
I done tol' my fambly I'd be back fer
supper!"?Atlanta Constitution.
I " I have found out ono thing about
my hu&band," said the bride who had
been married before, " that surprises
me greatly."
Her friend moved up a little nearer,
so that they could whisper, and asked:
" What is it?"
?? His salary is just as big as he told
me it was."
" Pardou me, sir," began tho ped
dler of the supplies, " but may I ask
what is the stylo of your typewriter ?"
" Right up-to-date," replied the
I business man, enthusiastically. 44 El
bow-sleeves, lace insertion, shirtwaist
iul all that sort of thing."
Advertising may be too much of a
good thing. Some weeks ago an item
went the rounds of the press comment
ing on tho scarcity of train hold-ups
this season. Since then they have
averaged about one a day.
44 That white cow," said tho wag
gish farmer, 44 is the one that gives
milk."
44Ah," exolaimed the city girl, "and
those brown ones, I suppose, give beef
tea."?Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. Mary Minich was sought for
eight years by a New York banking
iirm that had a legacy of 840,000
that was loft to her only to discover
that the woman died about a year ago
in the poor-house.
The Sultan of Turkey has six sons and
seven daughters, who are kept in the
securest seclusion, the former never
leaving the grounds of the house in
which they were horn.
I Select specimens of your choicest
gralus, vegetables, finely brod stock,
including poultry, for exhibition at the
State Fair. A little effort on your
part will secure one or more of tha
handsome premiums.
The Siberia, ono of tho largest ships
ever built on this hemisphere, will be
launched on October 10th at Newport
News, Va. It was built for the Pacific
Mail line and has 18,600 tons displace
ment.
When a young mau asks a girl to
clip a thread off his necktie, and there
is nobody else around, she may be ex*
cused for being disappointed it that is
all that happens.?Somerville Journal.
It's usually the head of the family
who foots the bills.