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f ffERAL MATTHEW C. BUTLER, DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN, DEAD, Dashing Confederate Cavalry Leader, United Stoics Senator for Unco Terms and One of the State's Foremost Barristers. (h n. \\ itihew Calbraith Butler, of ?dgetloldi one of iii" last of Con fed ora to calfclry genoralH, <li? <i last Wed day ntghl al 11.10 o'clock at an Infirmary in Columbia, For Rome weeks Ciotiural Mailer lias boon ill. and had boon gradually growing weaker, and for several days ii hau been known tin- end was near. General Butter's death was hue lo a complication of diseases, Induced by an old wound. Me lost a leg at Bran dy sialioM. and after hi; recovery fro:.! tir- wound continued to serve throughout the war* This wound h id not bothered him until a few mouths ago. Major Or.. Matthew Calbraith But ler was born near Greenville, S. C March G, I s lit His father was Dr. William Ilutler, an assistant surgeon in the United stan-s navy, and a con gressman in 1811; his mother, .lane T.. daughter of Capt. B?rry, Catted States navy, of Newport. R I . ami sister of ( omn i .Iota- Oliver* II. Perry and Matthew Calbraith Berry. Judge \. P, Butler, rnlted States senator, and Governor PlerCe m. Butler, col onel of tii.' Balm tto regiment ami killed a' Chnrtthuseo, wore his utioles; his grandfather, Gcli. Will lam Butler,! was a gallant oillccr of the rovdlullon-i vier of his Sias- a. captain of a com- j pahy of cavalry in Hamilton's legion.j Tbi column ml took a distinguished pari ii the lirsl battle of Mantissas. > and C'apt. Butler was promoted to major to itatii from July tii. the be ginning ot hi> famous eareer III the cavalry of the army of Northern Vir ginia. He commanded tho cavalry ot the legion under Stuart In the With drawal of ta>' troops from Vorktown, and was warmly commended for Kil iane... at Williamsburg. In August. 18152, he was promoted to colonel of tho second regiment. South Carolina cavalry, Hampton's brigade, and In this rank he partli I pa tod in the sec ond Mantissas and Maryland cam paign, wlnnhu? fa vorn hie mention for gallant leadership in the affair a* Monnoacy bridge, and In Stuart's Char.ibursbiira raid. lie commanded the hinlh |>ail of Ids brigade lit the ! i frii iitii th- famous avatry battle of Brandy ? ed promotion > brigadier general fol lowed hi mh.'r. Beturiiing to service before his wound healed, ho was sent home to recover, lie suc ceeded General Hampton in brigade I command and took part in the fall ! Campaigns of the army In !>?'.:'.. and throughout the famous struggle, of I 1^?'.!. at the Wilderness. Spott.sylvan la,; and before Richmond in opposition to Sheridan, he was one of the heroic) Hgures ol this last great campaign of KASTE It HKKVICKS AT K A H.MO.NY, Excellent Music and Fine Addresses On Easter Sunday* Harmony, April 16.- We lioid our Easter SorvjOO here InSt Sunday night; tite program prepared by the Kaster committee foiled to come hi on time, Mrs. Nannie Bniciitiiie, as sisted by Miss Sc. ie Medlook and Miss Mollle llalcutlhc, prepared one Said bj Boiri ? to if the best ever held at this church, The children roelied their pieces well. Tho choir gave us some line music, led a1 Hie or,'tan by Miss Molllo lialontlnc. We wore very sorry otir pastor could not bo with us. Bev. Mr Sexton of Princeton and Be\ Mr Crane of Kmrinaii uni versity wer? present Mr. Cram; gave us a fine lecture on home missions. The children's collection amounted to seven dollars. The ladies of the church an i community had the church very tastefully decorated. Mrs. Fannie Medlook, widow of the lato Volney MedloCk. died Wei^noaday night of pneumonia, The nneral was conducted by Or. I 0 Martin of Waroshoals, at Poplar Springs church, Ti; ? sdej evening and burial in the or. Cent 'fery. Mr Crane preached at Poplar S-' rngs last Sunday. the Confederate armies. The reports ii>:' Sheridan Idlitself littest lite splon did linhi of Didier und Iiis brigade at Hnwe's shop and Cold Harbor. Ad Trevilinti station ho wa- in command ol Hampton's division, and repulsed I seven distinct and determined assaults by the largely superior forces under I Sheridan, ids command occupying ih.- most Important point Of a Con federate line and fighting as Infantry. In September he was promoted to major general tin I In lSOi" ho was de tached with a small division for the campaign against Sheridan In the ! t t.N. >i, c.iH . i : n. i tiuin attained national repute for the tlrmness and boldness with which he handled the pollth al questions which concerned the essentials of the reor ganized social life. While he power? fully advocated obedience i>> the re construction measures as the law. law being proferable to chaos, he re ceded at no time from a persistent opposition to im rin-teinonl on good government, ami was largely instru mental in securing the election of ISov. Wade Hamilton. In l^T*". he was elected to the i'nlted states senate, where admission was met by a storm of partisan protest which Is memora ble in the history Of the nation, but his career of eighteen years in thai i exalted body vindicated the good judgment and patriotism of the state, which deputed him as its representa tive. In the stormy day- of sectional debate in congress, he Was one Of the foremost champions of the South, hut vocacy of it strong navy of Civil set- ! vice reform, and u her measures now i settled In national policy; After the expiration Of hi- .- .;> Iti the senate! In March, ixt??"., was engaged in, the practice ot Inw at Washington, | i>. c In 1 S9s he was appointed a major general in the ??> lunteer army of the i'nlted States, for the war with Spain, ami afp | ? e was se cure.! he Served as a member of the commission for the removal of thi Spanish forces fr< in Cuba, L. k Simpson of Furman spent Saturday and Sunday With his pa rents and friends in the community. Mr w. Carl Owens of Greenwood was in the conununity ono day this week on buslnosf TitC lleii-rock Of Success lies III i k '.ui. Cm brain, backed by In lomltable will and resistless energy. Such poWcr coines from the splondid health that In-. King's New Lifo Pllli Impart, They vitalize every organ and build up brain and body. A. Harmon, Llzetnoro, W Vs., writes: "They are Hie lie- pi.is I have over used." -?'?<?. al Laufens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug C. Senator Francis I'.rnoiy Warren of Wyoming, (>? years of ago. Is the own er of the largest sheop ranch In the I'nlted States. Kor Constipation. Mr. L. H. Karnham, a prominent druggist of Spirit Lake, Iowa, says: 'Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tableto urn certainly the best thing on the market for constipation."? tUve th"s' tablets a trial. You are ! certain to And thorn agroonblo and pleasant In effect. Price. cents. Samples free. For sale by Laurens Drug Co. |{lto uinutism? ! More than nine out of every ten cases lot rheumatism ;mv simply rheuma tism of muscles, ?ine to cold or damp, <>" chronic rheumatism. in I such cases no Internal treatment Is required. The tree application of Chamberlain's Liniment Is all that Is Is certain to give quick it a trial ".111(1 see for quickly It relieves the moss. The medicines internally for rheumu itonous or very strong 'i ll.; ?? re worse than ! needed, and i relief. Olvo , yourself how pain and so' I usually given I than are pol medicines. usoless !:? cases of chronic ami mus cular rhe imutism. For sale by the Laurons Drug Co. A patent lias been granted a Chi cago man on an electric piano that ducos music from bells instead of wires. V Healing Snho far Burns, ('hupped Hand- and Sore Mpples. As a healing salve for all burns, sores, sore nipples and chapped ? hands chamberlain'.- Salve is most i excellent. I? allays the pain of a, burn almost instantly, and unless the injury is very severe, heals the parts without, leaving a scar. Price. 25 cent-. For sale by LauretlS Drug Co. Here/The We Want Your Health and Accident. Surety, Life Fire, Plate Glass Insurance. Give business. E.H.WILKES&SON STOCKS, BONDS A- Law Itungc Laurens, S. C. The Implement Co., RICHMOND. VA. 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