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HEROES OP THE SOUTHLAND. Tribute to the Valor and Bravery of the Southern Soldiers. The following paper, which was writ ten and read soveral years ago by the late Mr. John C. Cook, of Cross Hill, on the occasion of the first Memorial Day observed by the citizens of Cross Hill, has been sent to us with the re quest to publish: "Occasions like the present call forth many tender memories and fill the heart with sadness. If there is an innate prin ciple, an inherent essential to our na ture, it is the love of our native land, and it is no matter whether one is reared amid the cold snows of Northern winters or rocked in the cradle by the spicy breezes of our own Southern clime, the same spirit impel* him to re joice in her prosperity, and to spring to her support in the hour of danger. "When the tocsin of war sounded in '61 the world was soon convinced that our beloved Southland is a land of he roes. "Clan Alpine warriors never rallied to the sound of the Pickrock with more patriotic zeal and ardor than the Cane Creek, Mudlic and Beaverdam boys rushed to the standard of our country; and nations yet unborn will catch the glowing theme, and sing of the deeds of the brave Southern boys on the grassy plains of Manassas, the gloomy jungles of the Wilderness, the rugged heights of Gettysburg, Shiloh's dark and bloody field, and on many other battle fields, where brave and willing hands were ready to do or die; and for four long years, undiscouraged by reverses, un daunted by defeat and undismayed by disaster, they fought and suffered as only brave and determined men can fight and endure suffering. "How appropriate for kind and lov ing hearts and hands to pay this tribute to the memory of these brave soldiers who died in the defense of our country. "Sleep on brave boys, and when the roll is called in Heaven may not one of us be absent." ONE STORY; TWO MORALS. First, Don't be a Snob; Second, Don't be a Fool. Here is a very good story that we found in an exchange. It illustrates two morals: An old lady went into a store and asked to be shown some silk. The young clerk showed her some, saying: "We can do this up for you at $1.60per yard." The lady asked for something better, but the clerk replied that they had nothing better, whereupon the pro prietor came forward and said: "You must excuse my assistant, madam; bo is new to the business. Here, madam, is a superior article at $2.60 a yard. If it were not for the fact that I have bought it some time ago, we should have to charge you $3.75, for as you doubtless know owing to the re cent epidemic among the silk worms, the price of silk has increased enor mously of late." The customer took the silk. A few days later the same old lady came in and asked for some tape. The clerk said glibly: "Here is some that we can let you have at 16 cents a dozen yards. If it wasn't for the fact that we have had it some time we should have to charge 25 cents for it, as you are doubtless aware, owing to the recent epidemic among tapeworms, the price of tape has gone up enormously." The old lady struck the young fellow with her umbrella, of course. The first moral that this story teaches is: Don't be a snob. The second moral is: Don't be a fool. "Old Wash's" Wonderful Dream. "Old Wash" is spokesman for Trot wood Moore just as "Uncle Remus" stands for Joel Chandler Harris. In the May issue of Trotwood's Monthly "Old Wash" had a wonderful dream, wherein he died and his spirit starts on its journey to the undiscovered country. All went well for a time. "But, bimeby, everything stop whar two roads met, an' I know'd one of 'em went to heab'n, but I cudn't say which one to save my life. I got down on my knees, an' prayed fur light, but no light cum, an' 'stid of it I heurd all de little birds singin' in de gold trees all aroun' me: " 'If you foller the road of sorrer an' sin, An' don't pray fur light in de wurl'you am in, No use fur to pray in de nex'.' "Dat mos' par'lyzo me, boss, an' I'd a gi'n ennything ef I hadn't spent so much time aroun' race-tracks whilst I wus alive an' had spent mo' of it look in' for dis heah track, an' tryin' to fin' out which road to take. Dar dey bofe lay, jes' alike, shinin' in de glow of eternity. An' yit de very silence seem ter speak in thunder-tones, an' de still ness was louder dan de noise of battle. It all depended on de path I tuck. "Bimeby, I thort of Ole Marster's little boy dat I seed die so long ago, an' dat I useter nuss an' carry in my arms, an' of all de little chillun I seed born one day, an' die de nex', an' I got down on my knees in dc golden dust ob dat 'ar road an' I look fur ter see if dar was enny bahy tracks dar, fur I knowed whar de baby tracks wus, dat wus de road dat leads to heab'n, fur de sweet est nuss dat a baby eber had, whilst he wus on earth had sed, 'De little chil lun I'll take keer of them,' and I knew dey had all gone to him." The old man stopped, an' I saw him brush away a tear, and I myself had to take a turn around the room to stop be fore the picture of a little curly-head over the mantel, and listen again for the prattle of a laughter which began one spring with a bird's note and ended with the first anow in a new-made grave. Whes I came back, the old man was laughing. Tears?smiles?twins that dwell in the secret chambers of the heart, and they join hands so quickly at times! For strength and beauty and expres sion we have seldom seen this extract equalled. Be sure to let us show you our line of China Closets that are made of solid oak, beautifully finished in different de signs and sizes. S M, ? E H. WibVe? & Go. OEM. PICKENS'S QRAVE DESECRATED. Relic Hunters Despoil His Qrave Near Pendleton. Anderson, May 25.?The grave of General Andrew Pickens, near Pendle ton, has been desecrated, presumably by relic hunters. The foot stone of the grave has been stolen. Several years ago pieces of the tombstone wero chipped off, but the guilty were discovered and required to repair their desecration. General Pickens was an officer of the Continental armies. Pickens dis trict, afterwards Pickens county took its name from his. WORK FOR YOURSELF. Then Yon Will Have n Chance to De velop Yonr Individuality. It Is well known that long continued employment In the servleo of others of ten cripples originality und 1 'util ity. That resourcefulness and u uess which euiue from stretching of the mind tu tat .? geucies or from adjustuieut of luuaus to ends is seldom duvelopud to its ut most In those who work for others. There is not the same cotupelllug mo tive to expand, to reach out, to tukc risks or to plan for oneself when the programme Is made for him hy anothor. Our self made men, who refused to remain employee:: cr subordinates, are the backbone of the nation. They are the sinews of our country's life. They got their power us the northern oak gets its strength, by Oghtiug every Inch of Its wuy up from the acorn with storm and tempest. It Is the hard schooling that the self made man gets In his struggles to elevate and make u place for himself iu the world that de velops Lim. Some employees have a pride in working for a great institution. Their Identity with it pleases them. But isn't even a small business of your owu, which gives you freedom and scope to develop your Individuality and to be yourself, better than being a perpetual clerk in a large institution, where you are merely one cog lu a wheel of a vast machine? The sense of personal responsibility Is in itself a great educator, a powerful schoolmaster. Sometimes youug wom en who have been brought up In luxury and who have known nothing of work ' when suddenly thrown upon their owu resources by the loss of property or compelled even to support their once wealthy parents develop rcmarkahlo strength and personal power. Youug, men, too, sometimes surprise every body when suddenly left to carry on their father's business unaided. They ' develop force and power which no one dreamed they possessed. We never know what we can do un til we are put to the tost by some great omergency or tremendous responsibili ty. When we feel that we are cut off from outside resources and must de pend absolutely upon ourselves we can fight with all the force of desperation. ! The trouble with working for others Is the cramping of the individuality? the lack of opportunity to expand along original and progressive lines?because : fear of making n mistake and appro- ? henslon lest we tuke too great risks aro constantly hampering the executive, the creative, the original faculties.?Sue cess. Cap'n BllI'M Kxplnnntlon. After the visitors to the island of Nnntucket had covered the course over which sightseers nre always conduct ed, says a writer in the Boston Her- ; aid, one of the ladles of the party re- ] quested that the drive be continued tv "Sheep pond." "The place where the natives used to wash the wool on their sheep in the old days," she supplemented. "Ev erybody goes to see It." The driver and guide, Cap'n Bill, looked perplexed. lie was evidently puzzled as to the location of this Inter esting sheet of water. But an old sailor and town character is rarely nonplused, and presently Cap'n Bill snapped his whip, determination in his eye. He drove to a neighboring hill and stopped bis horses. "Here 'tis," ho said, with a sweep of his hand. "I don't see any water!" was the gen eral exclamation. "Not now," Cap'n Bill gravely ad mitted. "You see, the sheep was so dirty that the bloomln' pond got filled up."?Youth's Companion. The Mlnerable Mnorn. The lives lived by the Moors are, without perhaps any exception, the most precarious and miserable that eon be Imagined. The poor man Is thrown Into prison for sums ho never possess ed and con never pay, the rich to Im squeezed of all he possesses, while those only can hope to escape who aro members of families sufficiently power ful to arouse the fears of the local gov ernor should he attempt extortion and not sufficiently powerful to stir up tho Jealousy and avarice of the sultan. Even the governors of the provinces suffer themselves ns they make otheru suffer, for Just ns they squeeze the ag riculturist and the peasant so nre they tn turn squeezed by the sultan and his viziers, and should they fail by con stant presents to maintain a good opinion at the court they con expect only Imprisonment and cften death. The Only One of It* Klnil. On nn evening somewhere about the end of the sixteenth century a travolef from Sweden might have been observ ed at the door of the Hose theater In London. He was going to see a new piece called "Titus Andronlcus," and In order to follow It In the uatlve lan guage he bought a copy of tho play, price sixpence, at tho theater door. When he went homo to Sweden he took the book with him to show his wife and friends what strange stuff tho foreigner ranted. For 300 yoors it was preserved and In 1004, being discov ered In the home of a countrywoman, was tronsferred for safety to the Lund university. The book Is the only ens of its kind known to exist. Binding- '? llnrnnln. In the book of Huth a shoo is men tioned as being banded over to ratify a bargain, and the custom In a sense seems to have been repeated later, for In the year 1002 certain bishops wero put into possession of their sees by re ceiving a glove. These may havo been richly Jeweled gloves, for such formed part of the episcopal habit, and when some abbots thought fit to array them selves in similar hand covering pecul iar only to bishops they were forbid den their use by the council. Proof. Prospective Pnrchaser?You say this is a healthy place, yet the man next door Is confined to his bed. How do you account for that? Real Estate Agent- Oh, he's a doctor and is slowly dying of starvation.- Chicago News. THE PENSION OFFICE HUMOR THAT SPICES THE ROUTINE WORK OF THE OFFICIALS. tome of (he Quaint and (trlnlnnl Ap nllcatlo&c For Parmcnti That llnv? Been Handed lu to tho Iteitrcauuta tlves of I'ncle Sam. If lie dared to do so the commissioner of pensions at Washington could com pile n delightful volume, putting there in the strange applications for pensions thnt t'omc to his oltlce. Sonio of those letters belong to the "too good to keep" class, and they Und their way out luto the world, where they add a good deal to the hilarity of nations. Some appli cants for pensions mnulfcst the most childlike ignorance regurdlug the meth od of proceduro necessary wheu apply Mng for a pension. They seem to think that all they have to do is to send an application to the peusiou office und Uncle Sam will forward a check by re turn mall. Soon uftor the close of the civil war there came to the pension ottlee in Washington the following unhpie and poetical application for a pension that wont the rounds of the newspapers i years ago: to Commissioner of Pensions Washington. thcso many years I've, tried In vain an honest petition to obtain For wound received in Sixty one at mst Uattlo of Bull Run one of ohloes sons ao bruve who went to the front tho union to save And whilst Engaged In abovo said nght a robel Shell took half my sight Not content by taking an Kyo thin treacherous shell In Passing by took my By* Brow Clear of tho bone and Left mo as unconaclous ns a stone burning- ?? blister of Crystal Clear from the Jaw bone to tho Kar but thanks to god my life was spared Choek and Eye brow but Slltely Scared and one Eyo was left to mo for to wrlght and read Poetrc I hope that with that Eyo to Bee the day when unkel Sam his Cripples will Pay. Much more recent is the lettor sent to the commissioner of pensions by an applicant who had contracted blood poisonlug In the following remarkable manner: I got blood poison by bolnge hit with a hons eg wen 1 cam back from tho frunt. Tho eg wan not good wen you send my pension 1 want the Deed miulo sos my wife can't get none of It. Sho throde tho eg. Sho wur a rebbel. Equally appealing and remarkable was another letter sont to the pension office In which the applicant set forth his clulms to n pension In this wise: The way I got my War lngcry was a ketchln ot a hog. Tho Hog war wanted by our captuln for forego. Wo was chasln the hog and she crawled threw a hole nn I thot I were about the slzo of tho hog and tried to crawl threw, but 1 stuck an In tryln to wiggle out I throdo tho rales off an ono It hit mo on my hed und noekod mo senseless. I do not think the hog had nothln to do with my line of duty, for I did not ketch tho hog. Wich she nevor was caut, so plese send along my ponslon. Ono aged pensioner had evidently made a serious blunder by taking unto himself a wife in his old age, for love of gain seems to have been the motive of the woman who married him if the following letter stated the facts in the case: Dear Mister Government, Plezo to fix up my penshun papers so as my wife cant draw my twelve dolors a munt when I am ded. she say she marryed me for lov an to be a ole mans Darling but now I *o It was for to git my penshun on hcr ?elf by being my widower so pleno let piy penshun end with me but plese doant let on to hor that you got this from mo or 1 would have a hot time of It and times is hotter now than I can stand. So when 1 send word thut 1 am no moar then send her this If you want to but not until tho penshun Is shut off whitch It in her Just desserts for marryin for money an In a Mershcennry npirrut. One day there came to tho pension Office a very old and subdued looking man who could scarcely totter along with the help of two canes. By his side was a very robust and perfectly self reliant young woman of perhaps thirty years of age. When some one went forward to ask what was wanted the young woman said: "Well, I'll just tell you. This is my husband, and we ain't getting enough pension- Unit's what we ain't. We're getting only $10 a month, and we know a man that wasn't in the war half as long as my husband was and didn't get a shot in him and he gits his $112 a month, and we want our pension rulsed to that figger or more." One applicant was willing to give the most palpable proof of the genuineness of his injuries, for he wrote as follows: If you don't think I was shott In tho war I am willing to come on thero and you or any one else can lay their finger on the bullet Imbedded In my back which panes me when I stoop or lay on It and which It has brought on permnent dis utility no I can't work llko I used to could I guess If you would .-?peak to Pres ident Mayklnley and toll him about tho bullet ho would say to send on the pen tlon and any medlkel doctor would nay tho same. A doctor here will go his af fydavitt that he has layed his fingers on tho bullet wich I am proud of as scars of War where I lit and bled for my country wich It is America and Union forovor. ?New York Tribune. AN ODD REVENGE. Tlie> Visit Hann Ohrlntlan Anderiea Paid ill... oiii nenn. Among the many amusing things Hans Christian Andersen treated us to wns a little anecdote which, cu riously enough, since It was so very characteristic of him, he omitted from autobiography. lie mentions in his "Life's Story" that during tho autumn of 1844 he was a dally guest of the Danish royal family at Four, and was on terms of Intimacy both With them and with tho family of tho Duke of Augustcnborg. Ho told us the following Incident about his stay there: it had been one of tho mortifica tions of his younger days that the dean of the diocese, who in ids day had confirmed him, had tronlod him badly, and put the affront on him of placing him, ns a poor boy, down In the bottom *jf (he church, among the curate's poor OAudWIntcs, although he properly bo Mftged up above, nmong the dean's own. He chanced to bear that this man now held n post In tho Island of Kohr. "Ho I asked the king," said An dersen, "If I might for once have ono of the royal carriages, wilh coachman and footman in red livery, the same ns Uie royal family themselves used, placed nt my disposal, to pay a visit. Tho king smiled nud snld, 'With pleas ure.' So I drove out In the royal carriage, with pnnnehed horses, nnd coachman and footman, to pay a visit to my old diocesan dean. The carriage waited outside while I wnn in the house. Thnt was my revenge." It seems to me thnt we have Andersen's whole self, his romantic bent, ids old ImmlllaUons nnd his vehement, half childish greed of honor, In this little story.?George Brandes in Contempo rary Review. Cat}an of tne Row. Mrs. Popley ? For goodness' sake, what's the matter with Willie? Mr. Popley (from tho bathroom)?Oh, he wants the earth. Mrs. Popley?Wants the- earth? Mr. Popley?Yes; at least thnt portion of It that I'm trying to wash off his honda and face.-Philadel phia Press. BLUFFED BY BEN BUTLER. Made General Hlna-ham Bellevo II? Had Booth's Diary. General John A. Binghaiu was a member of the military tribunal that tried Mrs. Surratt aud the Lincoln as sassination conspirators. After the trial iu tho subsequent de bates lu tho house General B. F. But ler frequently charged that the com mission had arrived at an unjust ver dict and had convicted an innocent woman. In a memorablo debute he boldly proclaimed that if the contents of a diary which had been found on the deud body of J. Wllkes Booth were ever mado public it would discloso the fact that It contained tho proof of Mrs. Surratt's innocence, which proof had been Infamously suppressed by tho commission. When General Blngbam made a movement as though he would repel such un accusation, Butler dra matically drew a memorandum book from his breast pocket and held it aloft, but did not utter a word. Bing haiu naturally supposed that Butler had a copy of a diary such as he had spoken of. As a matten of fact tho book contained nothing but blank leaves. Geueral Butler was just bluff ing. Tho diary was in possession of Sec retary Stunton, but President Johnson finally demanded it. It was an Inter esting book, but It threw no light upon the greut couspiracy. Johnson's pri vate secretary, was W. IW. .Warden, who was the correspondent of the Bal timore Suu, and besides was in the em ploy of the New York Trlbuao bureau to supply it with all the information ho consistently could. To h^Im Andrew Johnson intimated that he won id not be averse to the publication of Booth's diary aud permitted him to make a copy of it. Warden took it after midnight to James Hankin Young, the Washington correspondent of the Tribune, and tho next morning tho Tribune and the Bal timore Suu had a big beat. Sam Bowles of tho Springfield Republican reproached his correspondent for fall ing to get a copy. "Well," said the correspondent, "I am not like Jim Young. I have a home to go to, and don't have to prowl around till daylight." Nobody enjoyed this re tort as much as James Rankln Young. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. V' No one likes a man who is everlast ingly saying "Beg pardon." The man who talks too much, ns a rule, does not talk enough at the right time. Two bends are better than one, but one of them nearly always does tho business. Most men have the same experi ences. The only difference is that BOine men talk and some don't. When you are working very hard take some comfort In this: Those1 who nre Idle don't seem to bo having a very good time. We suppose newspapers do annoy their readers a good deal. Still news paper men, as a rule, do the hegt they can. It is an annoying business. The word "homemaker" Is working overtime when applied to any rich woman who keeps several servnnts. The real "homeinnkers" work overtime by not keeping any.?Atchlson Globe. The Vncomfortablc Howdah. The elephant's howdah is that bed of Froerustes in which ono can neither ?It nor stand with any approach to reasonable ease, and In which a re cumbent attitude Is Impossible. Its ad vantages are, tlrst, that, standing In It, a man can shoot on every side of him; second, that It Is convenient for the carriage of the occupantfs parapher nalia, his guns on racks on either side, his ammunition in a trough in front, bis other requisites In leather pockets here and there on the sides of the ma chine or, ns to that, bee blanket on his seat, aud. third, that in the hinder com partment an attendant can sit or stand to hold that monstrous umbrella over his head or, when quiek loading Is re quired, tako from his band the gun Just fired and recharge It. Those are advantages; otherwise the howdah Is nn abomination.?Blackwood's Mag azine. Kdwln Booth n* it Smoker. Without a cigar Kdwln Booth, the tragedian, was scarcely ever seen. Even while engaged on his professional duties his beloved weed was present In the wings, ready to be snatched from his dresser's hand for enjoyment dur ing the sometimes exceedingly brief in tervals between the exits and en trances. Twonty-llve cigars a day wero at one time his usual allowance, nn al lowance, however, not Infrequently ex ceeded. The Nation'?? Timekeeper. Americans get their correct time from a little room lu the naval observatory, located on Georgetown heights, In tho suburbs of Washington. The observa tory was originally Intended to detect errors In ship chronometers and to regulato them properly. This work constitutes one department at the In stitution, but perhaps Its most im portant function Is that of being tho nation's timekeeper. Broken Vovr?. "You promised, madam, to obey me when we married, and you've never done it." "Huh! You endowed me, sir, with nil your worldly good: , and you never had any."?Baltimore American. r -' 1 ? " ' m IT DOES THE WORK ! Boyd's Cough and Cold Mixture. Read what Mr. Holt says of it: Laurens, S. C, March 6, 1900. Mr. S. S. Boyd, Laurons, S. C. Dear Sir:?I have been trou bled with lung trouble for ten years, and with catarrh for about fifteen years. I have taken two bottles of your Cough and Cold Mixture, and I now seem to be porfectly well, and I recommend it to all who may be so unfortu nate as to suffer from these troubles. Yours respectfully, (Signed) J. M. Bolt, I Laurens, S. C. Sure Cure for Coughs and Colds. It's Laxative. FOR SALE l?Y S. S. BOYD and at LAURENS DRUG COMPANY. !- ? -* Summer Specials AT J. E Minter & Bro Ederheiraer Stein & Co. MAKERS There's is a swing and dash to these new Double-Breasted Sack Suits at $10.00 and $15.00 that can't but appeal to knowing dressers. The coat is long with well-proportioned shoulders and large shapely lapels. The trousers are gracefully pegged, and made in plain or turn-up styles. And the clothes will wear as well as they look because of the- thoroughly good tailoring that's put into 'em. There are several dozen fabrics- of the newest designs to choose from. And just $10.00 to $15.00. The good old summer is here again, when we must turn our attention to lighter wearing apparel. We are very proud of our showing of Summer Goods, we feel sure we can please you inequality and in price. We have had the big gest business this month we have ever had at this season, and we are going to make a great effort to wind up this month with a rattling good business, and to do so we have made some Special Prices in all Departments. We want you to make our store your headquarters. We have a resting room for Ladies up-stairs, and lots of Ice Wat er. Specials Throughout th<2 Store: A big lot of beautiful Lawns and Organdies, per yard IOC. A lot of Remnant ioc Lawns in Bargain Basement at 5C . Lot of Lawns, Bargain Basement price, per yard 3}ic Wash Pants for Men in blue and brown, with belts to match, $i.oo. Don't forget we have the best suits for you at $5.00, $7.50, $10.00, $12.50 and $15.00. Straw Hats at sr* ^cial prices, 5c to $5.00. One lot of Laces slightly damaged by being wet by the overflow of our - water works, to go at half price, per yard, 2 J/c and 5c. Slippers for Child** "> 5oc t() '<l-25 A big line of Knee . Pants for $1.00. Vor, irs to please,% J. E. MINTER <& BRO ttx 1 Offer Subject to Sale the Follovr ing Property 1 Investment? One G-room house and nice lot on Harper, prop erty known as Downey property, for $1,900. One nice lot on Harper St., 60x180, highly im proved, $500. One nice cottage and store house at Laurens Cotton Mills, $2,200. Three large store rooms on Main St., known as the Bailey property, all rented and good paving investment, for $11,000. Four large lots on Estes estate, large fronts and very deep, will sell cheap and on good terms. Eight-room house in first-class repairs, 4-acre land, located on Main St., in what is known as Brooklyn. INVESTMENTS: Ten shares National Bank of Laurens stock, at $101.50. Ten shares Watts Cotton Mills, $87.50. One share Bank of Laurens stock, $137.50. Twenty shares People's Loan and Exchange Bank, $200.00. I want to buy the following: One share Laurens Bonded Warehouse. Name best price. Thirty shares Enterprise Bank of Laurens stock. Ten shares Wares Shoals Mfg. Co. stock. Ten shares Bank of Laurens stock. Fifty shares Laurens Furniture Mfg. Co. I write Fire, Life and Accident Insurance. See me before you buy. QEO. W. SHELL, Broker. Laurens, South Carolina.