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HOW LAWRENCE M. KEITT DIED. Heroisa of a Famous South Caro dinian Rtecalled by a Veteran of the Confederacy. (By 0. 0. T.) The notica of the death of Miss Anna Keitt recalls the tragedy of Cold Harbor and the glorious bearing and fall of Colonel Keitt. The writer had reached home at the time, having been furloughed on account of severe iwounds received at Spottsylvania Court House on the 8th of May. I spent the summer at home, but 1recall very distinctly (t .priicipal events of the campaign from the 'Rapidan to the James. Grant crossed the Rapidan the night of the 4th of May, 1864, with 147,000 ien. Lee, not waiting for his antagonist to get into the open country with hIs vastly su. perior forces, thrdw his columns into the Wilderness and in two days of awful conflict, beat the army of the Potomac. Then followed the ten days' strug gle at spottsylvania Court louse, be ginning the morning of the 8th of Alay. liaftled and beaten by the su perior leadership and figh ting of the Confedrates, again Grant and Meade withdrew from Le's front al(l sought to pass by his right toward Rilimond. Again Lee showed to great I(lvaIItage over his adversary by (rawing hin into a position at the North Anna River, where lie could not give battie land esc(ae the ettailty of defeat. Once iiore, resorting to iils flanking tacties, Grant miarihed is forces to Cold Harbor, theie t(c find I'eC aga ini across lis track. It was here that, two years before, the right of .lc Clellan's great army was beaten and broken up. h'llis fIeld now became the scene of one of tlie blooilest t ragedies of the great war between the tVwo great sections of the American t'nion. The lighting was heavy on the 1st an(d 2nd, but it was in the early morning of -the 3rd day of Jutne that Grant as saulted with an immense force, in which he lost 12,500 in :o minutes, from a force of about 100,000. It is doubtful if the annals of war show a greater proportionate loss in such a brief length of timie. So crushing had been the repulse and so ghastly the tragedy that when orde's were given by the Union com mander to renew the attack, t lie traops flatly refused to move and merely Opene(i fire Where they lay, Hilancock, Smith and others of divi sion an(d corps commanders refused to repeat that order to their troops. A section of the line was known as the "Kershaw Salient". Kershafw was then commanding a division. The old brigade originally composed of the Second, Third, Seventh and Eighth Regiments, until the autumn of 1862, following the battles of Sharpsburg and South Mountain, when the Fif teenth Regimpnt.and Third Battalion were attached to the brigade and dur ing this campaign was, I think, com manded -by Gen. John Kennedy and others. It was on this field that the Twentieth South Carolina Regiment, led by Col. Lawrence M. Keitt, joined the old Igigade. This regiment was fresh from the coast of South Carolina, had seen little of active service and with full ranks had perhaps something like a thou andi men. The boys called it Keitt's Corps. I think it was on the 3rd that Colo nel Keitt, on horseback, I think, led the brignde in a desperate charge and ,vas killed undeir circimstances of great gallantry. Hie had been greatly (listinguished in civil life, having served as a member of the lower house of congress prior to the war and also the lower house of the Confederate congress. Ile was ani ardent disciple of State rights and when the crucial )eriod came, in the relation between the two great sections, stood for sep arate State action. On this field he, along with ihousands no less brave and loyal, sealed with his blood his (evotion to dlity and to country. Tle threve (lays' fighting at (old ir bolr closed the ca mipaign froi thle Rapidd mi to tile .Jallies. On tile night of the 12th of .uine Grant pulled alway from lee's front and taking a route fart her castward and crossing the l'aminkey and the James, set before liicllmond and went to ditching. A month's awful slaughter in wiich lie had lost 60,000 out *of I-17.000 mien, a numblliner very nearly equal to Le's army at tle beginning of tile cam paign, had convinced the Union com mander that lie must adopt other methods than direct assault againat the incomiparable infantry of the Army of Northern Virginia. The Strong Withstand the Winter Cold Better Than the Weak You must have Health Strength and En durance to fight Colds, Grip and Idfluenza. When your blood is not in a healthy condition and does not circulate properly, your system is unable to withstand the Winter cold. GROVE'S TASTELESS. Chill TONIC Fortifies the System Against Colds, Grip and Influenza by Purifying and Enriching the Blood. It contains the well-known tonic prop erties of Quinine and Iron in a form acceptable to the most delicate stomach, and is pleasant to take. You can soon feel iti Strengthening, Invigorating Effect. 60c. LANFORD NEWS. * Lnford, Jan. 20.-The quarterly meeting met with the church at this place. The presiding elder Rev. Mr. Jones, preached a most excellent ser mon to a gqod sized congregation. The school children were privileged to hear him. 1Mrs. J. * R. Platterson, entertained some of her friends last :week with a quilting. Those enjoying her boun teous hospitality were Mrs. 0. F. Fow ler, Mrs. W. L. Patterson, -Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. C. L. Waldrep, Mrs. C. D. Cox, Mrs. J. T. 'Bobo. They all voted her a charming hostess. -Misses Grace DeShields and Mary Higgins have recovered after a case of influenza. -Mrs. Fowler and daughter, Carry, are much improved and Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Drumnimond are iwell and able to be at Sunday School. Mr. Charlton Patterson, one of our boys who has been in France In the medical department, has returned home. lr. W. ). Patterson Is some better, though not entirely recovered. Mrs. John Nelson from Woo(ru ff, was burled here Monday. She leaves a large family and muite a number of relatives. They have the sympathy of the people here. Miss 'lucile 'M1oore is spending a'hile in Mc'ormi(ck 'with her sister, Mrs. Harry M\arsh. .\l's. Toml Harmoni visited lier par ents in Woodruff 'Tuesday. .l r. C. C. Cox is in reenvllle with AlM'. V. . ohnon, overaliaulilg ma ( hinery. ONE DOSE RELIEVES A COLD---NO QUININE "Pa'S ('lid ('omp und" enids had 'olds or grippe 11 a few hours. Relief comes ins 'itly. A (lose taken ev 'y two hour until three doses are ta en will end grippe misery and break up) a sevle cold either in the head, test, body/or limbs. it. proiptly ope s clogg 1-up nos trols 'and air pass es in the head. stols nasty dischar e or >se running, relieves sick head che, 1ul8ness, fev erishness, sore thr. at, Ineezing, sore ness and stiffness. Don't stay stuffed up! Quit blowing and snuffling! 10ase your throbbing head! Nothing else In the world gives such prompt relief as "Pape's Cold Compound", Iwhich costs only a few cents at any drug store. It acts with out assistance, tastes n1ice, and causes no 'ncoin ven leice. Be sure yoiu get the genuintlie. 0 Bailey uttended he /D. A. . conven- A number of people attended' the! OLINTON NEWS. tion In Columbia last wee funeral of Mrs. . M. Wilkes In Lau *Mrs. Julia Griffin spent the %veok-end rens Sauyday. * * * * * ** ** ** *in Spartanburg with Mrs. Will Glenn. 'Mr. and Mrs. Giles and'Mk'. and Mrs.. Clinton, Jan. 21.-Mr. A. B. Gallo- Dr. and Mrs. Luther Brown are visit- J. 1. Coleman ent Sunay in Green- - way, of Abbeville, spent the week-end Ing Dr. Browo's father here, wood. with his family here. .Mr. Tor diobertson spent the week Mrs. W. B. Owens, ir., spent several end with his family here. [lays in Laur-ns last week with Mrs. Mr. Reese Young, of 'amp Jckson, oro"t's by phfli~onlc tionrs inalCoyluembiba lastistweek.a 10. H. Wilkes. ts spending a few daes with his per- rching the blooCn doucan oon feel It Strearb Mrs. J.'T. Robertson and Mrs. W. J. ents, Mr. and Mrs. r H. Young. n. 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