The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, April 30, 1902, Image 5

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THE HEROES WHO WOKE THE GRAY. The Reunion at Dallas a Great Success. MOKE THAN A HUNDKKI) THOUSAND VISITORS IN CITY. The 14th annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans' associa tion began at tho auditorium in tbe Fair Orouuds adjaoeut to tho city of Dallas, Texas, on tho 22 ud of April. The grounds had been converted into a camp named after Albort Sydney Johnston, the dashing leader who fell at Shiloh, and tbe tents woro crowded to the limit on tbe iirst day. The great mess shed, seating 12,000, waa opened at 10 o'clock. Au army of cooks and waitors worked liko beavers, while tbe veterans, witli a hungor born of a night iu tho opon, did their best in an able mauuer to keep the cooks busy. Tea, coffee and milk by the barrels; boans, meat, hard tack and accessories by the wagon load disappeared m marvellous fasbiou. ??r'" boys is eatin' as if they'd been separated from the wagon train for about three days," is tho way one Loulsianiau put it. Tho convention was compelled to open with General Gordou, the com mander in chiof, absent. General Gor don, accompanied by Chaplain General Jones, was delayed. Among thoso on tho atago wore Judge John II. Reagan, tho only surviving membor of the Davis cabinet; W. I.. Cubell; General Stephen D. Leo, a cousin of R. E. Lee; Governor Heard, of Louisiana; Mayor Capdeviclle, of New Orleans; Colonel Loo Craudall, who was on "Stonewall" .Jackson's staff; Miss.Lucy Lee Hill, of Chieago, the sponsor in chief of tho U. C V. and Miss Virginia Paddock, <>f Fort Worth, Texas, the chief maid of honor. Louisville and Now Orleans are both candidates for tho noxt reunion. As l/misville had the reunion two years ago it is expected that the honor will go to New Orleans. Whon tho convention opeued, the veterans, many of them comparing the bounteous plenty of their breakfasts with tho starvation they were often called upon to onduro during tbe war, were in high good humor. Tho build ing, seating 8,(500 pooplc, was Tilled to the topmost row soon after tho con vention was called to order by General K. M. Vanzandt, president of the Texas re-union association. From pillar and post hung bunting and llags and pictures of old Confederate chief tains. Electric lights in profusion gave a perfect light and added material ly to the ornamentation of tho interior. The crowds wore composed not alone of veterans, but of tboir sons and wives and daughters. Maids of houor and sponsors, some?notably those from Louisiana?in brass buttons and Con federate gray, but the majority in eool wbite?lent au air of ornamentation to tho scene. No applause was more en thusiastic than theirs, and no sympathy more apparent, as thoy were familiar with the heroic sufferings of the old men they had come to honor. Following the opening of the meet ing by General Vanzandt, Chaplain Young, of Texas, delivered a touching invocation. Governor Joseph 1). Sayers, on be half of Texas, then welcomed tho visitors to the State. Governor Sayers said in part: M Today this mighty gathering, after so many years, from every part of the Southland, attests with convincing em phasis tho enduring affection for them among tho living. Of our dead it may in all truth bo said: '?'How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest! When spring, with dewy tingors, oold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than fancy's feet have ever trod. ? "'By fairy hands their knell is rung, p" 'orniB unseen their dirge is sul g; a honor comes a pilgrim gray To btcss the turf that wraps their clay ; And lrocdom shall awhile repair To dwell a weeping hermit there." "But magnificent, beyond all dcscrip tion as was the exhibition of Ameri can genius, courage and steadfastness 4o duty in this great conflict of arms, the reconciliation that has tnkon place between tho States, that had warred so fiercely and so long, will give to history a theme with which to adorn its brightest and fairest pages. To its ac complishment it is gratifying to recall the ex-president of tho Confederacy contributed in no small degree. In one of his latest public utterances to the people of the South he said: " 'Men in whoso hands tho destiny of our Southland lies, for love of ber I break my silence and speak now a few words of respectful admonition. The past is dead. Let it bury its (load with its hopes and aspirations. Let me beseech you to lay aside all rancor, all bitter soctional feeling and take your place in the rank of those who will biing a consummation devoutly to be wished?a rn-uniteri people.' " In welcoming the voterans on behalf of the Confederate votorans of Texas, Hon. G. B. Gerald, of Waco, paid a tribute to the Confederate soldier, both in war and in peace ; condemned im perialism and opposed the ndmisslon of ' Confederate veterans to homes for Un ion soldiers, though ho said he hon ored President McKinley for his ex pressions upon this subject, adding that " he thought he voiced the sentiment of the South when he said that Mc Kinley'? death was the greatest cul amity this land has known sinco the death of Lincoln." Mr. Gerald's welcome- to tho veto, raus was in the following words : " Comrades*, Ladios and Visitors : An old time Greek has said, ( Jluild monuments of imperishahle marble to commemorate victories over foreign foes, but only those of docnying wood to perpetuate tho memories of civil strife.' Perhaps it would have hoen better had this sentiment taken deep root in this land of ours, but it has not done so, and the organization of the Grand Army of the llopublic and its Sons of Veterans naturally produced the Confederate Veterans and Sons and ?j?aflghtera of the Confederacy. The men-in'IS^lJg?t their annual camp fires, Uli tiWVRftiAB of the past, aud rejoice in the victory weft,.so, the mon in gray meet annually to rovWCt^the' momorles of the past, contribute txTfmV facts of history ; whilo they sing no paeans of victory they proudly point to - a cause that wont down in tho gloom of defeat without one stain of dishonor; ..And for this reason, I am standing hore in response to the high com pi i *4 rao ?y lhis association of 21! 7 .***WCof thcConfedcrato comrade* who h*I not only their old celebration of the ^^mo to join in tho ? nuso, but all oTu\hut not forgoU UyiM whore they coraeV"? no matter they rejoice in the vlctoryVpr whethcJ or mourn over the defeat oipf the bluet I welcome you in the nameA the giay. ifii? 10 11,0 warm not^of the city plendid women, who are fa men and of all tho gonorous qualities found among tho pooplo of Toxau, and 1 as sure you thai it is tho wish of all tho people of this most splendid of our young cities, that you muy, one and till, tiud kindred hearts and congenial sou li, and be able to recall tho days spent with us as among tho most pleasant of your lives. In welcoming the old comrades of our States, with some of whom for four long years we shared the toils of the midnight march, the dangors of tho morning light, 1 can do so with the assurance that tho Con federate soldiors'of Texas, both as citi zens of tho Stato and of tho great re public, have not proved false to their record in the past. " To the Sons and Daughtors of tho Confederacy, 1 extend to you a double welcome, for you are bono of our bono and llesh of our llesh, aud to your band is committed tho t isk of helpiug to viudieato tho truth of history when wo aro gone ; and I charge you today, Sous and Daughters, that you nevor grow weary of tho trust committed to your keeping. Hemembor how long it took tho world to 1 earn for what William, the Silent, fought, for what Horn, Eg inont and thousands of others died, and that there is surely sleeping in tho womb of time tho pen of some other Motley which will divo through tho musty records of the past as it tells tho true story of tho riso and fall of tho Southern Confederacy, and when it is told it will live embalmed in story and in song until tho English language dies." At 1.15 p. m. Commander-in-Chief Gordon arrived. Tho manner of his entranco into the vast auditorium was dramatic. General Van Zaudt had an nounced that all hope of the proseuco of General Gordon had been abandoned, and tho meeting had been turned over to General S. D. Lee, commander of the Army of tho Tenoossee. General Leo was in the midst of his speech, when a number of voices und stamping of feet were heard from the rear of the hull. Tho roar grew to thunderous proportions, and above it all could bo heard the magic word, '? Goidon 1" At that name the veterans rose to their feet. ?* 1 will speak no moro," said Gen eral Lee, when the commander had ns couded to tho platform. "Our beloved commander can say to jou words that Will ploase you more than those of any other man." " It was no fault of mine," said Guuoral Gordon when tho applause had subsided, "that 1 was twenty, hours late. Maybe you boys can remember a time when 1 was not late." Gouoial Gordon's speech was as fol lows : '? Governor, Mr. Mayor, Gentlemen of Committees and My Fellow Coum trynien of Texas : How shall 1 tell you what wo think of Texas, of hor great hearted people, her broad prairies and still broader hospitality ? 1 but poorly express tho thought of those veterans when I say that whether wo look at hor geographically, histoiically or sontimentally, Texas is about tho biggest thing wo ever saw. She can rnise cattle enough on her wild lands to furnish all tho canned beef for the armies of Uncle Sam, .lohn Hull and the German empire, and still have fer tile lands enough left, it planted in the llcccy staple to make more bales of cotton than are now produced by America and Egypt combined ; or, if planted in grain crops, to feed every man, woman and child in the Union. " With such a territory?almost equal to that of the Original Thitteen States which threw off tho yoke of bondago and wrenched freedom from the great est of empires -this great common wealth holds today within its borders a population devoted to those same imperishable principles?a population which, if the occasion should come, would wage another seven years' war in defense of this inherited republic, its Hag, its laws and its regulated lib erties. "In the few moments in which pro priety permits me to speak, I dare not trust myself to make more than tho briefest allusion to Texas history. I cannot survey even the confines of that vast Held, made so rich and so in spiring by the great deeds of her mar tial sons. Indulge mo just long enough to say that from her birth, through all her costly experiences as a struggling republic, and through sub sequent wais, the sons of Texas, whenever summoned to the sacrifice, have poured out their blood freely on Liberty's altars. From Goliad and San Jac.into, from Huena Vista and Oerro Gordo, from Chicumnuga's hills and the shivered rocks of the Hound Tops of Gottysbury, from the charge of hor cowboys and rough ridors up tho wire girdled steeps of Santiago, from every battlefield made memora bio by American valor comes tho thrill ing answor of Texas to freedom's call. No wondor she has inspired her neigh bors boyond the Ttio Grand with such wholesome respect for her prowess. No wonder that the Hone Star is so daz zling to Mexican eyos. You know that the Mexicans claim they could stand up fairly well against tho whole of the United Statos if it were not for Toxas. " Hut not only is Texas great his torically und great in her gcogra phical expanse, but she can do more in a small space than any other coun try in the world. As proof, I poiut you to little Spindle Top where*a few acres can pour out of the greasy throats of boiling, thundering gushers, oil enough to light evory hamlet in the land, and at tho same time, if govern ment experiments are successful. enough oil to kill nil tho mosquitoes from tho .lursey shore to the Moxican border. "Again, Texas has tho biggest cities of their size in all the universe Shall I illustrate by name one? Tho throb, biog heart of every votoran in this as. seiubly has already answered with tho name of Dallas?beautiful Dallas, holding nov in her loving ombrace more people from tho outddo than she has population insido. And who are these men whom she so tenderly and rso lovingly embraces? Why lids out p?urirnj^of her peoplo? Is some Prince TfeSfl^r^ aomo potentate of kingly lineage paMnTjjHa^hcr streets? There are no Prince Hoiir^^uire? no brothernor other kin of the groat kaiser. Jlut tboro are men hero, who to your thought are greater than princes, grander than potentates. Jierej&rji.men of the purest and most royal ImeSgiS?men 1? whoso veins runs the blood of tho founders of this mighty republic whoso mission It is to light up for struggling humanity the highway to freedom. Here are tho Veterans ol tho proudest of armies? iflnry with age and ennobled by sacrl 0 A Who by their own individual hero laftln the bloodiest of ware, by tho U)p$ontrol and self-reliance throug iku long oruciQzion whioh followed i have won Iho admiration of all men who honor inauhood and love liborty. In a word, you, my fellow countrymen of Texas, believe, and you have a right to believe that evory soldier who brave'- fought ia the Confederate army u^d remained loyal to its memo? rlcs, as well as loyal to tho republic, ia a prince in his owu right and by his own achievomout. You believe, and havo a right to believe, that overy gray cap that ever eholtercd tho head of a faithful Coufederato privato in a nohlor crown than that worn by any poteutate ou earth. But 1 am tres passing aud must close with the affec tionate greetings of these soldiers to I thib great Slato and glorious city. Our hats are oil' io both, aud so long as life lasts wo will hold you iu loving embrace." The applause which met the conclu sion of General Gordou's speech waa terri?c. THESECOND DAY'S REUNION Gen? Gordon Re-Elected Com mander und New OrleuiiH Next lMtlCC Of Merlin... Tho Confcdeiate Veterans* reunion in Dallas transacted important busi ness on tho second day. Gen. John 11. Gordon was re-ulected commander of tho U. C. V. by acclamation amid tho greatudl enthusiasm. Gen. Stephen D. Lee was elected for tho Army of the Tennessee; Gen. W. L. Caboll for tho Trnus-MisBissippi, and Gen. C. Irviuo Walker, of South Carolina, to succeed tho late Gcu. Wade Hampton us commuudcr of tho Army of North ern Virginia. Now Orleuus was select ed as the place for the next rounion. Tho election of ollicers took placo unexpectedly at the close of the day's session, and in each case tho choice was unanimous by a rising vote. When (ion. Gordon called tho con vention to order in the morning, me morial services wore held in honor of tho late Gen. Wade Hampton. Chap lain General Jones delivered the invo cation, and Goueral Stephen 1). ja>o followed with an eulogy of tho lament cd Southorn warrior and statesman.. From Geuoral Hampton the speaker ; had received Iiis commissions as a hou j tenant, a lieutouant colonel and a colo ! nel of artillery. His association with ; the famous soldier had boon intimate and there were tears in his eyes as ho spoko of Hampton's recent death. General Gordon spoko bristly of the dead soldier. "With his death," Bald the general, "a great light went out. No; did 1 say the light went out. The light of such a lifo can never go out? but will burn forover, a light to guide our footsteps to the highest pinuaclo of glory." "Nearer, My God, to Thee," was then sung by the audience, following which eulogistic resolutions for General Hampton wore adopted. When tho afternoon meeting was called to order Chairman J. Taylor Stratton, of the resolutions committee, i roporlcd. Among tho resolutions ! adopted was oto withdrawing tho sup I port of all Confederate Veterans from : Grant University, Tennessee, on ac count of an alleged disparaging arti I cle concerning the Southern women, which, it was stated, had been made by a professor of that university. Tho resolutions called forth an elo quent tribute to Southern womaubood. Tho roport of tho historical commit tee, headed by Gen. Lee, was adopted. It recommends : " 1. The compilation of material that will help the bistoiian and the student to understand the civil war, its causee and its results. " 2. Tho preparation of a book for collateral use and reference in schools pnd libraries. " .'{. The preparation of brief biegt a phies and school histories that will do justice to Southern leadership. South ern charactor, Southern inviionmont and Southern development." The greater part of the report was devoted to the consideration of these recommendations : A proposition to change the Confed erate Memorial Day from May 20 to June 3, the birthday oi Jefferson Davis, precipitated considerable discussion. Tho present plan, which was fixed upon by Southern women and which gives the States the right to set their own Slate day, had many supporters. Tho resolutions were amended to lix on June .'1, but to allow any State desiring a different date to take indi vidual action, and in this form wore passed. Tho credentials committee reported that 707 camps had paid thoir per capita tax and wero ontitled to 2,252 votes. Seven hundred and forty-eight camps were reported in arrears. The report of tho Davis monument commit toe showed slow progress, it showed that there was 83,500 on hand and 840,000 more was needed. De partment commanders were urged to ptosecuto the work of collecting funds. The work towards Becuring funds for tho proposed Southern womou's mon umont was also reported to be pro gressing t-lowly. The report appealed to Southorn chivalry to see that this monument should become a fact. The report of the committee on Bat tle Abbey, of which Gen. Clement A. The Bullet Of the assassin may be more sudden, but It is not more sure than the dire punish ment meted out to the man who abuses his stomach. No man Is stronger than his stomach. When the stomach is dis eased tiie whole body is weakened. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures diseases of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition. It cures diseases of other organs when it cures the diseases of the stomach, on which the several organs depend for nutrition and vitality. "i would say la regard to your medicines that i have been greatly benefited by them," writes Mr. J. 8. Hell, of teando, Van Buren Co., j la. ?i was at one time a* i thought almost fgttl at death's door. i was *GV _^aw confined to my house \A P^Sfe r iii'l |>att of the time llW i K ? to" my bed. I had r JSP taken Ration j of medl. ^BMLasB 1 dne. but it onW ted the disease; but i must >|3 say that' Oolden Med- EfB . Icnl Discovery' has fc^___^BJ cured me, ana to-day y57JBl I am stouter than I "^""^sJl have bwu for twenty ? -. ? years. I am now forty- IB / three years old. Have ?H :-v) taken In all twenty-nine /HH Mm , bottles of Oolden Medical / -B^HHl] 3 y,?* Discovery,' l>esldes two or I vflH ^L^1 three dozen vials of Dr. \ HP>*Wteg A Pierce's Pellets, but now I \ ^\\>"r?iit I take no raedlciue.? V\ JB Dr. Pierce's Pleas- m&L inj Health ** For 25 years I have never missed taking Aycr's Sarsaparilla every spring. -It cleanses my blood, makes me feel strong, and does me good in every way." ? John P. Hodnette, Brooklyn, N.Y. Pure and rich blood carries new life to every part of the body. You are invigorated, refreshed. You feel anxious to be active. You become strong, steady,courageous. That's what Ayer's Sarsaparilla will do for you. $ 1.00 n holt lo. All ilm fid sit. Ask your doctor what lio thinks of Ayor's 8:irg:i|>?rlllH. II? knows nil about tills gruntl olil family incilirlno. Kollow Iiis udvlcouiid wo will bo iittlsdi'il. J. 0. AYKR Co., I.owoll, Must. Evana is chairman, consumed tho rest of tho the afternoon's session. It was vory voluminous and was supplement ed by a history of tho movement even more voluminous. Tho report showed that of the $200,000 uccessary for the reconstruction of tho Museum tho treasury now holds $f.l70,05(>. One of tho touehiug incidents of tho day was the presentation of Judge John H. Reagan, tho last survivor of tho Davis Cabinet, to tho Veterans. " It may be tho last time for many of us to sco this venerable man. His health is frail and we ourselves are getting aloug in years,'' said (Jen. Gordon as ho hair-supported the form or Postmastor General with his arm. Tho white-haired survivor of that his toric'Cabinet bowed repeatedly, but did not speak. A vote of thanks to Wm. II. Knaus, of Columbus, Ohio, was adopted. Mr. Kuaus, at his own expense, has erect ed a monument to the Confederate doad who arc burled at Columbus. FAREWELL UNTIL THE NEXT KHUN ION The reunion closed at Dallas on Friday afternoon, but thousands had already returned to their homes, und the verdict was that Dallas had re deemed its promises in the way of en tertainment. 44 This is the saddest day of a happy reunion, for today my comrades part from mo. They part from each other. Another year and another reunion will find some of us, perhaps many, gone to tho last muster. Fach year my heart is wruug with the parting, even as it is gladdened and quickened by tho meet ing, and 1 pray wo may be vouchsafed just one more reunion, if uo more, be fore the solemn reunion of all inen und all races beyond the river." Thus spoke Commander-in-chief John 11. Gordon to a few of his old comrades, before the last session of the United Confederate Veterans was call ed to order. The tone of his voice no less than words showed the depth of his feeling. To enhance the attractions of the camp for tho last day, a feast unique in the hietoiy of reunions was prepar ed. Six buffulo, brought from a ranch famous among cattlemen the country over, were made martyrs to the cause of tho Southern barbecue. Six im mense pits were dug and as many heaping beds of coals produced. All night leng the immonso carcasses were slowly roasted and this morning were fed to thousands of veterans. Of the peoplo present during the re union it was estimated Friday morning that fully r>0,OUO had departed. Freight trains are hold on distant sidingd to al low the freest possible movement of passenger trains. Saturday morning the greatest crowd entertained in the history of Dallas had dwindled to a few thousands. Little complaint was heard. Many suffered iiiconveuienco and discom forts, but it is believed to have been no fault of the men in charge of the re union, but rather of individuals them selves who came unprepared. Percy Haddock sat lolled back in a rocking chair, the blue smoko softly pulling and curling from tho half con sumed cigarette, which he held in his hand. A look of comfort pervaded the room and the fire threw a delicious crimson light until the air seemed an ethercnl i/ed wine, and yet he thought he was unhappy, desperately and irremediably unhappy. Two mighty passions, ho said to himself", tugged at his heart the lovo of his art and, of course, the love of a woman. Ever sinco ho could remember ho had pin pose 1 to become a great writer. Ho had resolved to devote himsolf en tirely to art, and allow nothing to in terfere with this conscciation. He must observe and know tho passions, but not feel them. To feel passion would bo to be swayed from the atti tude of impartiality the artist must feel to depict life perfectly. Of course, so consecrated, ho must not allow him self to become entangled in the ii.eshes of lovo and matrimony. Rut things, as^they have n provok ing way of doing, woro about to turn out diffcrently from what ho had pro posed. Ho was about to be, or rather he had boon, sworved from this por fect calm essential to literary exacti tude by Miss Kato Murchison. He felt humiliated at tho thought that so slight a thing as n mere glil could swerve a man like himself from the plans of a life timo. Had it been some noble ambition, somo great opportuni ty liko that of becoming n great states man, whoso plans could change the map of tho world and alter tho course of history, the humiliation would not have been so great, nor the wound to his vanity so profound. But alas! lio was undeniably in love, in love, like any Other ordinary mortal who had no dream of literary greatness and no higher conception of life than that of having a good nine. Not only was ho, the seeker after literary immortality, in love, but ho had to acknowledge that he actually enjoyed the sousation and at times o vstloned whother ho would derive roater delight from winning a kiss from tho girl than ho would from achieving applause from a sonnet. Ho knew this was a Japso from his higher nature, but he citbor could not or would not help it. And yot ho had boen warned. Charlie Bawlins, his best friend, had jaaid to him, " Look heie, Perse, you ? OASTOniA. ?Bear* th? j4 H?8 Kind You Have Always Boqty ^^^^^^^^^^ MORE CO^ON to the acre at less cost, means more money. More Potash in the Cotton fertiliser Improves the soil; increases yield ? larger profits. Send for our bonk (free) explaining how to get those results. _ GERMAN KAI.I WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. nro pulling in a lot of time with Kale Murchison, ami the lirsl thing you know it will be love and a cottage and goodbye to consecration to art and the ideal." Ho replied, smiling the superior smile of the fatuous and complacent, " Don't concern yourself; 1 am simply studying 'das ewige weibliche,' and getting matei ial for a masterpiece." u Ah, I see," said Churbc. " You have revised Pope's lines: M 'Bo woman's way your study and do light; Bco her by day and dream of her by night. And then tho sale of hooks that you may write Will simply be, my boy, far out of sight.' " Accordingly ho pursued his studies very ardently, and found them more and more pleasant as tho days went by. Ho derived an added if ignoble joy from tho worry this course of study seemed to give one Howard Qriggsby. Howard was a practical, hard-working young lawyer, who had always scoffed at Percy's literary protonsions, and who when they wore boys at school together had generally gone ahead and won the prizes while ho was dreaming : about them. It was aina/.iug to Percy how much I lovelier the world seemed to him when Miss Murchison was with him. Thero was something, he thought, hypnotic j about her presence. The suulight was I uever quite so golden as when Hashed back from her hair. Once he had given I her a rose, carelessly observing and j enjoying its red crumpled petals, and the perfume drifting from its amber heart. She pinned it under her throat, and as ho looked at it again a miracle scemod to have been wrought. It was no longer a rose, but a llower somehow fallen from the walls of paradise Still he did not realize he was in love, but thought the feeling she pro duced in him arose from some occult power that women possess. But once sho went off on a three weeks' visit to I friends in liaton Kongo. It seemed to J him three years. Then ho made the I great discovery. This at first did not disconcert him. He at once resolved to cast the passion out of his heart. He would sec her no more. Though he had been very attentive to her, he had never expressed . anything deeper than friendship, and so could honorably retreat. How could he devoto his time to litcraturo with a wife to care for? Women aro such exacting, egotistic things, no artist could think of marrying one of thcin! He felt sure Kate would re gard herself as more important than an " exact adjective" or " even a great sonnet." No, ho must not think of marring his life by mating with sucli an illogical, unreasoning, exalting, ab sorbing creature as a woman, if he were married, he might have to write for money ami not for art. He burst into a deep porspirntion at the mere thought of such a sin against art. It was not yet loo late. He would break-oil, and she might marry somo man more foolish than he. Then he thought of Ilowaid Origgsby. Sho might, she perhaps would marry How ard, lie started uncomfortably at this thought. How could lie bear to have her marry Howard? Howard had al ways gotten the things ho desired and rather looked down on him with con tempt. Suppose now he should beat Howard in tho thing Howard most do sircd, who would have ground for ex ultanco then? Who could afford to bo contemptuous? Can we despise those who wm what we most desire? Had he bottor marry her after all, if he could. Literary fame is sweet, but distant, and love, too, is sweet and near. Ho did not know what to do. Ho puffed at his cigarotte, but in it was neither solnco nor inspiration. Ho Hung it in tho lire and strode over to tho book case. He picked out a vol ume of Browning, and opened it at the poem, " Youth and Art," where tho poet tells of the two who had nchioved tho famo as sculptor and singer they desired, but at tho prico of their love and happiness. He read and re-read the slan/.a. " Each life's unfulfilled, you see; It hangs still, patchy and scrappy, Thoy havo not sighod deop, laughtod free, Starved, feastod, dospairod ?boon happy." Ho threw down the book and chose another. It wns Duudct's ** Pommes des Arths." Ho read a while and drew a sigh of relief, Daudet was a sensible man, no love sick rhymer. Ho had lived in Paris, where if any where the artist can bo known and studied. Each of these artists of whom the book told had man led. Each of them had been unhappy, hindered in their artistic development by their marriage. Thoy had sold their birthright for a mess of pottage, nay, for the apples of Sodom which had turned to ashes'on I heir lip ;. No, ho would bo truo to himself and to his art. Evon I Inward might marry hor. And yot bo must see her again. Just one sight of the bright hair, the dewy red mouth, the rounded cheek to li'dit tho loveless years of his literary striving. Ho removed his smoking j ii'kol, slummed the dour und hurried towards ihu Murchison rcdidonco. Ho was mot nnd stopped by Charlie Raw lins, who said, ,; Hollo, old boy, which way aro you going?" " To the Murchisons," ho replied briefly. "That's right," drawled Charlie; M make the most of your study of the 'eternal feminine* while you can. How ard Griggsby is going up there pretty regularly." 44 What do you mean?" asked Peicy. 441 mean," said Charlie. 44 Howard is Hkely to put ati end to these studies, for a fellow isn't likely to want his wife to figure as hlorary material for another man." Percy did not wait for the closing of tho soutence, but hurried ou. It seem ed to him Miss Kate would never como down. When she did arrive, sho ex cused her delay on the ground that she had just returned froai a ride with Mr. Griggsby and had to change hor cos tume. To her amazement, tho usu ally languid and proper Percy stiodo across tho room, took her hand, and said almost fiercely, 4' I don't want you to rid with Howard any moro." 44 What right have you, Mr. Had dock, to make such a domaud?" tho girl asked but not as iudignautly as sho felt she ought. 44 No, right, no right, yot," said ho, kissiug her hand before Bho could withr tlraw it. 44 It is only a request. Don't you know, cau't you see, 1 don't wuut you to drive with, to bo with any body but mo forovor." 44 Put," said the girl,44 Mr. Griggsby has asked me to be his wife." Percy turned pnle. Was Howard to again thwart him? He caught hor baud again and said breathlessly 44 And what was your answer?" 441 told him I would give it uoxt lime." Percy looked in her eyes. Ho saw there a gleam he had never soen be fore. It was ns if a window in heaven hud been opened. Then he said very longingly and yet vory triumphantly. 44 Hut thero won't bo any next lime*, will there?" 44 No," said tho girl, 44not if y< n don't want it." INDUSTRIAL, AN1) GENERAL liev. T. Do Witt Tal In igo left a for tune of ?.'{00,000 and net a cent to chatity. A lost of wireless telegraphy as per fected by tho weather bureau will bo made near Eoanoko Island, N. C. Plvo persons on thoir way to the Dallas reunion were killed in a wreck on the Illinois Central at Dolivar, renn. President Roosevelt has decided that the neutrality laws arc not viol ? I ted by tho shipmeut of bores fro . this country to South Africa. The annual meeting of tho South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs will be held in Spartanburg on May 20th to 24th. Special rates havo been made on all railroad linos in the Stato and a large attendance is expected. Many delegates from tho clubs of dif ferent towns and cities will be present. John Sincox, of Storliug, Kan., has eleven children aud lifty-one grand children and grent-grandchildren. In hi:, family thero has boon but one death, that of his wife, in moic than lifty years. Re never lost a child nor a grandchild and in lifty years a doctor never crossed his doorstep on profes sional business but once. A Paris dispatch says that M. Cadel, an oculist of llordoaux, hus been suc cessful in the treatment of cataract without operations, by the application of baths of salicylalo of soda, lie has arrested tho progress of tho cataract in numerous cases, and is sanguine of success if tho treatment is begun at an early stago. A new portrait of President Buchan an, painted by William chase, of Now York, has just been huug in the Green iloom at tho White House, and the old portrait, which became discolored, has been removod at the request of Mrs. Harriet I.ano .lohnson, l'rosidcnt Buchanan's niece, who replaced it with the new likeness. Governor Frank White, of North Dakota, has appointed Friday, May 0, as Arbor Day for the State, and espe cially recommends that 44 an elm trco be lovingly planted and tenderly cared for upon i ground of every school aud public institution of tho Stato in memory of our martyred President, William McKinley." The recent visit to Washington of former United States Senator William A. Washburn brings to mind tho fact that his family is tho only one thnt over had three brothers in Congress at tho same time. They wero Elihu B. Washburn, of llinois, Cadwallador Coldon Washburn, of Wisconsin, and Israel Washburn, of Maine. They are all brothers of the former Senator from Maine. Great Britain is only half as big as Sumatra, and double the size of New foundland. It stands fifth In point of size in tho list of tho world's islands. England, without Wales, is almost identical in point of size with Rou manin. It is loss than one-quattor as big as Franco or Germany. Tho whole British Isles only occupy the one-six toon humlre Ith part of the surface of this globe. In tho Northern part of San Joso County, California, and lapping ovor San Malen County, lies the so-called Big linsin, a bit of tho primitivo for est. The exact area of tho tract is about 2,000 acres. It contains ono of tho iinest stretches of woodland which remains in tho Stato. The eharactori8tic trco is tho great red wood. It has boon proposed to con vort tho basin into a forest prosorvo. A movement is on foot in Spar tan burg with somo of tho loading citizens of the town behind it to have a big Fourth of July barbecuo, picnic, speech making, military drill, etc. Correspon dence is already under way with a view to securing attractions and an orator of national reputation. Among those talked of are Senator Bailey, of Texas, Senator Cat mack, of Tennessee, nnd Ex-Senator David B. Hill, of New York. An cxporimont is being tried at Bridgeport, Conn., which is interest ing to the whole country. This is the trial of a system of streot telephones. The phones aro attached to posts, with the usual nlckle in the slot arrange ment, and if thoy aro sufficiently well patronized they will bo introduced in a number of cities. Tho most serious drawback to tho utility of such a sys tem would appear to be the noise of traffic on the streets, but tho human ear in time can learn to adapt itself to almost any conditions, so that this ought not to prove a permanent ob stacle. The World's Greatest Fever Medicine. For all forms of fever take JOHNSON'S OHIIjIj and VfQVRR 10N 10. It is 100 times better than quinine and does in a single day what slow qui nine cannot do in 10 days. It's splendid cures are in striking contrast to the feeble cures made by quinine. COSTS 60 CENTS IF IT CURBS. " ,?/!.?.?.,'T>..Ji ? 'IV . ?Vcgctable Preparation for As similating iheForaanriRegula ting tl\c Stoiouchs and Bowels of lNtANIS/( HILDKKN Promotes Dige9lion.Cheerfur nessandRest.Contains neillier Opium.Morplune nor Mineral. Kot NAitc otic . /Mapc of OfW l)rSAMUEL 11TCHKR Hanpkin Sent' yflx.Smmt * Aa?r Surft * ^ilfS/fciuijrJbi?t * Aperfecl Remedy for Constipa tion, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Fcvcrish ncss and Loss of Sleep. Facsimile Signature oF NEW YORK. EXACT COPy OF WRAPPER. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THE CENTAUR COMPANY. HIW VORN CITY. The Maniln Volcano has this to say of its name in its lirst issue: " The Philippine islands arc of volcanic con formation. The country politically is in oruption. In this eruption this paper proposes to belch forth molten lava, sulphurous fumes, hot sand and other concomitants of a volcano in activo eruption. The Manila Volcano will be heard aud wo trust that the illuminations from its crater will shed transcendent light on all classes of society for the betterment of man in these islands." The Stownrt Contracting company of Columbia has gone into bankruptcy, with gross assets of ?1(1(5,000, liabilities $7!?,000. The Entering Wedge To your consideration is gon orally the cost, though cost should always bo relative to value to bo a fair tost. Tho lumber wo soli may not always be tho oheapest in price, but it's always cheapest in the long run, becauso wo givo tho best valuo. Thoroughly kiln-dried,pro perly sawed and planod, you'll find it "matchos" woll, and will l)o a life-long source of satisfac tion R.H.Hudgens&Son. Why Not Save The Middle-Man's Profit? The McPhall Piano or Kindergarten Organ direct to the buyer from fac tory. Write mo If you wish to buy an Organ or Piano, for I can save you money, I travel South Carolina, am* would bo pleased to call and show you my Pianos and Organs. A postal card will bring mo to you. L. A. McCORD, Laurens, ? ? South Carolina DusineiM Chances. 1)0 YOU want to make |f,0C0 between now and March 1, 1003? If so, send ten cents (silver) for our specialty and roeeiva free coupon which entitles you to or.B KUGbs; capital prize $1,000 tract of I ami lo cated in baurena County, Houth Carolina; bank references riven. Address TWIN-NIOKLB Co., Laurena, 3. C. Cured in thirty to Mi w (lavs Ton days treatment PR EH, Would be glad to have names of all sulToring with Dropsy O. E COLLUM DROPSY MEDI CINE CO . >312-18 Lowndes Building, Atlanta, Ga. Charleston and Western Oarollna R. R AUOUHTA AND ASHKVILLB HlIOKT 1/INB. In effect April 18? Ij02. Lv Aiken.8 00 a . A UK until.10 05 a 2 ... |> Ar Greenwood.15 30 p . Waterloo. 1 18 p . M Anderson. 7 15 p " Lauren* .1 '10 p 5 35 a " Greenville.3 25p lu 30 a a Olenn Springs .4 45p . << Hpartanburg .3 30 p 0 00 a ? Baluda. 6 33 p " Henderaonvllle. 0 11 p " Ashevllle. 7 15 p Lv Ashevllle. 7 05 a " Spartanburg.12 15 a 4 0'.) p " IGreenville.13 22a 1 45.p 11 titeurens.mk.1 45 p 1 40 p Ar Waterloo.2 32 p . hv Ano?rson . . ? 7 25 a " Gr en wood.3 07 p . Ar Augusta. . 5 40n 11 3"> a Alkon. 7 5W Lv Greenvillo . 12 22pm Ar Clinton. 2 22pm Newberry. SObpm Presperity. 8 20pm Ar Allendale. 0 20 p i " Fairfax. . 0 32 p ?? Yemassee.10 25 a 7 35 p " Beaufort.11 40 a 8 35 p * Port Royal.11 t? a 8 45 p Lv Port Royal .1 00 p 6 40 a Beaufort.115p 650? Yemasiee..2 30 p 7 40 a Fairfax. 8 48 a AUendale., 8 68 a Ar Augusta. .... ... 1100 a Glose oonneetions at Greenwood for all points on B. A. L. and O. & <). Railway, and nt Hpartanburg with Southern Rail way. For any information relative to ticket*, rates, schedules, eto., address W. J. OaAM, Gen. Pass. Agent, Augus ta, Ga, Atlantic Coast Line. TratHo Department, Wilmington, N. C, March 20, 1902. -FAST LINE lietween Charleston and Columbia and Upi>er South Carolina, and North Caro lina._ COMDKNHKl) SC1IKDULK, In elTect January l?th, 1902. QOINO wkbt. No 58 No 52 ;)' M 'AM Lv Charleston .5 26 ?00 Laues .7 35 7 51 Bumter. . .9 15 9 25 Ar Columbia.10 10 1105 P M Prosperity. 12 29 Nowberry . . 12 42 Clinton. 1 25 Laurens.... . 147 (Ircenville. 3V5 Bpartanburg. ISO A M Lv Bumter. . 'J 46 Ar Camde.. 11 l? I? M Lancaster . 2 37 Kock Hill. 3 10 Yorkville. 4 18 Hlaeksburg . ... 5 25 Hhelbv, N.C. ?09 Kutlierfordton, N. C. 7 15 Mario . ?30 Wtnnsboro. 7 13 Iharlotte N. C. 920 Henderson ville, N. 0 ..... ?u Ashavtie N. C. 7 15 ?ioin?i east. No 63 No 69 ?I'M JAM Ar Charleston.,. 920 1135 Lanes.7 IJ5 9 45 Bumter.? 13 8 20 Lv Columbia.4 11 0 60 Prosperity. 3 20 Nowberry.3 0? Clinton.2 ?2 Laurens.... 2<'2 (ircenville.12 ' 2 P M Spartanburg.12 15 Ar Bumter.6 16 ?'amden.4 15 A M Lancaster.10 55 Hock Hill.10 00 Yorkville.9 16 Hlackaburg.8 15 Bholby, N C.7 15 K?therfordlon, N. C_8 05 Lv Marion.5 00 Winnsburo.10 18 ? harlotte, N. ?.8 10 Henderaonville. N. C...9 02 Asheville, N. C.8 00 ?Daily. (Tuesdays, Thursday!, and Sat urdays. Nob. 52 and 53 8olid trains between Charleston and (ircenville, S. (). Nos. 68 and 69 carry Through Coach be tween Charleston and Columbia. H M lOmerson, Qen'l Pass. Agt., T. M. Emerson, Tratliu Manager; J K Kenly, Gen. Man. L Charleston,Creenville, Columbia, Atlanta SHORT LINE. Schedule in effect April, 13th, 1902. KABTBHN STANDARD TIMK. Read Down. Read U p Leave. Atlanta SAL. 8 40amAr 8 60 pm Athens.10 60am ? 10 pm Elberton.1155am 6 17 pm Abbeville .12 67pm 4 06 pm Creonwood.1 22pm 3 35 pm Ar Clinton ....Dinner... 2 15pm 245 pm 0. A W. C. Leave. Glenn Springs.,CA W C.i0 00amAr4 oopiu Spartanburg. 12 16pm 3 10 Oreonvllle.12 22pm 3 26 I Ar I.aureus.Dinner.. 142 2 06 f ~ SOUTHBOUND. ?No. 22 No. 63. Lv Laurens...(iOOam 2 00pm Parks.0 10 2 08 Clinton. C 40 2 22 Cold villa.U 58 2 31 Kinard. 7 08 2 43 Oary.7 17 2 9 Jidspa. 7 20 2 61 Nowberry. . 8 00 3 10 Prosperity. 8 25 394 SliKhs . 8 42 ?31 Little Mountain. 8 55 3 30 Ouapln.........916 3&t Hilton. 9 24 3(7 White Rock.0 29 4 01 Malen 1 inc.U 37 4 07 Irmo.?62 4 17 I.cap! 1 art.10 02 4J23 Ar Columbia.10 30 4j46 ?Daily Freight except Sunday. NORTH BOUND. ?No. 86 No. 62 l.v Columbia.12 80am II 10am I-eaphart.12 48 11 3J Irrno. 100 1137 Haientino . 1 15 nil White Rook.,....124 1151 Hilton . . 129 1151 Uiapin. 180 12 UJ l.iitic Mountain. 150 1212pm Hlighs. 2 02 12 Hi Prosperity. 2 22 12 25 Nowberry. 3 00 MfW Jalapa. 8 22 Hary. 8 81 12 60 Kinard. 8 40 1.U6 lUoldville.8 51 1;15 I Clinton . 4 80 1 27 Parks . 4 60 rJW Ar Laurens.6 tt) 1 47 O. L. save Columbia. 4 56pm Ar 10 CO Bumter. 620 926 Ar onarleston. 9 20 Lv 0 00 Trains (8 and 12 arrive and depart from new union depot. Trains Nos. 22 and 85 from AOL freight depot, West Gervais street. For Rates, Time Tables, or further in formation call on any Agent, or write to H. M. Kmkkbon, Oen. Freight and Pas s mger Act,. T. M. Kxsmaoir, Tratlio M'gr. Wilmington, N. O. J. F. LiviNoHTow, Bol. Ag't, Bank of (Columbia, '? W. O. Obilds, President, Columbia, B.C.