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CONTINUED.
E o pushed on as best he could, guessing
his direction by what ho knew of
the position of the Caroline and of
the probable whereabouts of Jackson
in reference thereto, aud, before long,
he found himself in a focus of converging
ballets. The missiles swarmed
|>as; him like fretful bees. Then
was a rush with loud yelliug, and he
was in the midst of a rough-and-tumble
fight, where guns wero clubbed,
knives flashed and swords clinked
savagely. He tried to fall in with bis
friends aud take part in their behalf,
but the struggle shifted the coin*
i 1 t 1. .
batants so suddenly xuai ueiore no
could do anything ho was surrounded
by men wearing the uniform of the
enemy. This he quickly noted by
the flash of a rocket which fell, still
burnibg, not far away.
Luckily, one of the excited and
tU3hiug British soldiers appeared to
recognize his uniform. He was hastening
to reach the cover of a hedge of
bushes growing in an ill-kept fencerow,
and had nearly reached it, when
? tail man faced him and called out:
( "Halt! "Where do you belong?"
In the darkness, Fairfax, of course,
could not make out the challenger'*
features; but the voice had a familiar
ound, though his memory of it was
not at the moment certain. He knew
that he mnst answer instant!v, and he
did.
I "I am Fairfax, of General CofFee's '
tan'," said he.
i "Then surrender!" came the short, i
tern command. j
I Fairfax responded with a sword- j
troke as he leaped toward his would- I
be captor. He was deceived by the j
fog aud the night's blackness, *nd so i
missed his point and his blade cut '
-only the air. This threw him around
just in time to disconcert the other's j
aim. which else had been deadly.
The flash and report of a pistol
came together on the moment. By
that instantaneous glare Fairfax saw
the dark, cool face of his antagonist.
It was the face of Pierre Baineau.
the face of Colonel Loring, who was i
replacing his pistol in hi3 belt and |
drawing his sword.
? The two men went toward each
other; the thought of capture or sur- .
render was vanished; for recognition
bad been mutual, and both felt a
deadly hatred taking the place of
mere soldierly animosity.
? It would have gone ill with Fairfax, j
killfal fencer though he was, if the
combat had been permitted to pass on |
to tho end; but their swords never '
crossed. A heavy cannon-shot struck ;
the ground between them and buried
itself. Loring sprang rway, thinking '
it a shell that would explode.
| Fairfax took advantage of tho lflo- '
meat aud jumped through the liue of !
weeds and bushes. It was not a heroic j
way of escaping from an unequal fight: j
but he did not think of this. Like a
flash it had come into his mind that j
the fate of the American army might !
iianan<l nnnn >ii? flndincr franeral Jack
?*|/vw ?? ? ? ?0 ?
sou. The fall of the cauuon-shot had
reminded him that ho was in a battle,
not in a personal conflict.
J On he ran till at last he came tc
some of Major Flanche's men whom
he know. They had a torch and were |
working heroically to assist a party oi i
artillerymen in getting a gnn out of a j
little bog where its wheels had mired. ;
\, Jnst then General Jackson himself
eame np and exclaimed:
j , "By the Eternal, men, save that
gnn!
k Fairfax leaped into the mnd and set
is shoulder into the strain. It was
as if Jackson's appeal had given new
strength to all. Out came the gnn,
and was soon again in working order,
f; The gun was quickly wheeled into
position and began bellowing away,
its balls bnmping and thumping and
crashing among some cabins not far
off.
j A party of tho enemy, guided by
the flash, ran np to within short
" nlr wonnrA mul fi vn/1 o. llArtVV Vol
IUUCACB Aau^V HUV4 M4VM v. J . -ley.
The gunner fell dead.
1 "Stand by that cannon, men! Stand
.. firm! Give it to 'cm!" stormed Jack^
Bon.
4 Fairfax oprang to the piece and took
the dead gunner's place.
' Then came another and heavier vol- j
ley. A ballet hit him hard in the ;
breast, but he fired the gun, now i
loaded to the muzzlo with grape. It'
was a destructive shot. By merest |
chance, the storm of missiles went;
straight to the light board-fence be- j
hind which the British were massed |
and swept them away almost to a ;
man.
In the space of silence that fol- J
lowed, Fairfax reeled, groaned and j
fell aciWss the guu.
CHAPTER XXfl.
A TENDER NURSE.
Fairfax returned to consciousness
after twelve hours of insensibility,
and found himself in a beautiful fur
nished bedroom. There were bandages
around his body, and his head
was deep-sunk in a luxurious pillow, i
Around the pale-blue tester on the
tall, heavily carved bed-posts clung a
festoou of the most delicate and costly
lace. The linen that covered him was
fine, soft, fragrant, and on the walls
of the chamber hung tapestries from
ceiling to floor. A mahogany dressing-ease,
tall, slender, dark, with at
< 0 F;k_
:Y ISLAND
during the war or 1212.
THOMPGON.
y Robert Trrtter's Pong.
leuuureu carveu ieg? uuu ciu?r-ice?,
stood across one corner, anil opposite
to it a narrow cbeval glass, framed in
gold, was flanked by curious dogeared
vases tilled with roses.
The windows of the room wero
large aud cut into minute square
panes by heavy oak mullious that
showed darkly through the close folds
of tho lace eurtaius.
On the dressing-case were various
things suggestive of fomiuina needs
aud tastes?a gold thimble, a brass
jewel-case finely decorated and surmounted
by a sleeping Pan, a curious
tortoise-shell comb, a fan of ebony
and heron-plumes, a pair of wee
gloves and a silver tray full of gay
floss, scraps of embroidery silk and a
pair of scissors.
The instant that. Fairfcx moved, a
small, hump-backtid mau?Crapaud
Orapoussin, in fact?arose from a lowchair
and slipped noiselessly out of
the room. In a moment, he returned,
followiug a petite brunette, whoso
face was saiutly iu its beauty. She
was young, delicate, graceful aud tho
dead-black of her dress contrasted
strangely with the soft, roso-iiKe underflow
of her cheeks aud the bright
flash of her ruby lips. Her hair,
black and wavy, was simply done in
a Greek knot, and it crinkled with
charming effect around her low forehead.
She came straightway to the young
man's bedside and stood there, looking
down into his face, a rare smile
on her half-parting lips, her head
bent a little, aud her dark eyes beaming
softly with teuder inquiry.
Crapand slunk down again into his
chair with a peculiar celerity and resumed
reading a French novel bound
in black leather. He had been a
great admirer of Fairfax ever since
the night when the young man rescued
him from his burly antagonist in
the street, and it was he who had
06ked tho privilege of briuging Fairfax
to New Orleans when it wasfound
that he was badly wounded. Crapand
had volunteered as a soldier in
Planche's battalion and had fought
like a demon iu the battie of the 23d.
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Dwart tliougu ne was, ue wum suuui
well, and he was as courageous as
Jackson himself.
"Oh, you are awake! You have
slept so well!" said the young woman,
smoothing the snowy bed-clothes as
she spoke.
On her tiny hands were rubies and
emeralds and diamonds; at her throat
an euormons peurl shimmered all
alone.
"You feel refreshed, don't you?
Ah, to be sure you do; and you are
hungry. I will give you something
good."
Her voice was so tender, so sweet,
so soothing. It was the voice of a
French Creole speaking good English,
but with an indescribable sub-accent
engagiug as it was strange and soft.
Fairfax looked steadily at lier, but
for a while did not speak.
"Some sonp," she went on to say;
"that will be nice for you. Go, Monsieur
Crapoussin, and tell Felice to
bring it."
Orapaud slipped away through the
door in noiseless haste.
"You are so kiud, mademoiselle,"
Fairfax presently found tongue to say,
"so very good. Where am I? What
is the matter with me?"
He was half beginning to remember
the battle.
"Sh?h?h!" she exclaimed. "You
must not speak; the doctor said so,
and he knows. I will talk for both of
us. You are not so badly hurt; you
just need to keep quiet for a few days,
and then you'll be all right, the doctor
says. Sh?h?h! Don't try to speak."
The tapering, perfectly modeled
finger that she touched her lip with
had on it a superb sapphire.
Crapaud came in after a while, followed
by a servant with a tray, on
which steamed a bowl of broth.
Fairfax could not move; indeed, he
felt no inclination to; nor was be yet
quite aware of what had happened to
him. The young woman fed a few
spoonfuls of the warm liquid and prattled
to him the while. Crapaad was
deep into the book again.
"The surgeon says your wound is
really not a bad one," said she; "the
ball only tore the muscles a little and
did not touch your lung. But you
must not speak to-day."
When she had given him enough to
eat, she sent the servant out with the
tray and sat down beside him.
"The general says that yon fired the
gun that turned the tide of the fight,
n't it glorious to be wounded when
that is said about you? No, no; don't
try to answer. I'm to do the talking.
I'm so proud to have yo in my house
onu flip honor of nursing you.
I wish I were a man! Ob, bow I would
fight!"
Fair/ax remembered everything
now. The circumstances of the past
few days came back to hiui all at once,
and with a cold shiver he thonght of
Pauline, a prisoner in the British
camp. He closed his eyes and groaned.
"There, now, don't. You must bear
up and be strong," spoke up the sweetvoiced
little lady, rising and bending
over him. She laid a cool, soft baud
on his forehead and 'smoothed back
tho tumblod, brown hair. The touch
was electrical and' soothing. "You
are my patient, and I am to mako you
well," she continued. "Tho doctor
has gone down to the army; all the
~ \ #
j men wuo arc not to? old are gone; we ,
' women have to take care of the city *
I ?od tho wounded; wo are making ?
1 clothes for the men, making bandages,
cooking food aud sending it down to
them. They nro brave, brave raeu |
aud will never let those English come
here."
She stioked his temples aud forehead
uutil he dropped asleep again.
For a good while she stood gazing at ^
his pale, handsome, half-boyish face,
then turning to Crapaud, suid:
"Watch hiui all the time, and if he l
needs too come lor me.
As she turned to 50 out of the room
she paused before the cheval glass and
looked into it over her shoulder. It
was a quick, bird-like, comprehensive
glance. She smiled, gave a little satisfied
sigh, turned her eyes once mora r
to tha bed and, shnkiug her jeweled 0
finger at Crapaud to signify that ho d
must bo watchful, went out. c
Crapaud read on and on, now and B
again lookiug up when Fair/ax drew a |
deeper breath than usual. The novel .(
was one of mystery and adventure that ..
stirrod the liuuchback's blood and set
his imagination into ectasy. Wheu it a
was read he fluug it on the cushion ol '
the priedicu whore it lay an hour later n
when the young woman returned. A
She noticed it immediately aud t
snatched it olT with a chirruping crj t]
of disapproval, s
'A romance there!" she exclaimed. 0
with the peculiar rising inflection ol $
the upper-class Creoles. 0
Her little flurry disturbed Fairfax, t
"Sh-sh-h-h!" she hissed at Crapaud, b
who had not so much as breathed n
aloud. "You'll wake him!" tl
The book was placed ou th? dress. a
ing-case; then she went to the bed and 11
bent over the sleeper just as he opened ?
his eyes.
m
" famine, ue munumcu, b
wistfully, "Pauline, where are you?" t]
"There, now, be still," she said p
coaxingly, stroking his forehead until n
he again fell away into sleep. v
"Crapaud," she presently spoke up, h
turning to the dwarf with sudden in- tl
qniry, "that's his sister's name, eh?
Paulino is his sister, isn't she?"
"Yes. mademoiselle "
"No?say, 'madarne,' sir, say "
"madame* to me!" 0
"Yes, madarne, bis sister, a beautiful
young lady, that Pauline."
Crapaud had no particular object in
telling this lie; it came to him prompt- d
ly, spontaneously, just as his breath g
came and wont forth aud just as g
lightly. S
"And she lores him very much, b
doesn't she?" e
"Yes, madarne, it is a beautiful love e
that sister has for him, very bcautiful."
t(
"Aud he loves her the same?"
"Oh, yes, madarne." tj
She clasped her little hands, keep- w
ing outermost the one bearing the tl
richest jewels, and turning her head s
to one side, looked admiringly at the o
wounded man's face. c
"Is she like her brother, Crapaud?" S
"Very like him, madarne."
* "How beautiful she must be, Cra- ?
paud, how very beautiful!"
An underglow showed in 4her dark b
cheeks. tl
"What did you say his namo is?" tl
"Fairfax, madarne." o
" * d. . T Irn awt Vt a woo ?'
*1.11, II UUU uauic. X ftut n uv *? uc v
an Americau."
She gave the bed-covering some
dainty touches and went out of the
room, singing under her breath a u
snatch of old French Song. V
The next day Fairfax was feverish
and sleepless: his wound had inflamed
a trifle. ?
"Crapaud," he inquired quickly. b
' who is this young woman who is ao ^
good to me?" b
"It is Madame Souvestre, mon- u
sieur." n
"This is her house?" s;
"Yes. She is a widow. She is a
very rich." ti
"How came I here?"
Crapaud told him all. c
"But you must not talk, Monsieur
Fairfax," ho added. "She forbids ?
If >> 0
II' . tl
"Tell me, Crapaud," the young ^
man persisted, paying no heed to the t<
? . U. I a n s? "Koro wntl w
prumuiiui J Wiuuuauu, UM?? T1
beard anything from " tl
"The yonng lady?Mademoiselle
Vernon? Oh, yes! I have heard.
She's safe. She's at home. She
came back. Oh, yes!"
Of course, he was glibly lying ^
again. He had heard Fairfax talking
in the half-dclirinm of his sleep and *
had made out his secret. He thought
it would please him to be told that *
his sweetheart was safe at home. r
It seemed easier for Fairfax to con- g
verse in English, so Crapaud drew fl
upon his limited vocabulary in that y
language.
"Yah, sab, Mees Vernon she varce
well at prayson, sab."
"When did yon sec her, Monsieur
Crapoussin?" ^
"i'eestidy, I see ub. I waint down
zere w'en yo's sleepin', sab. Sho *
l look varee pooty?zee?lak?lak?lak
a beauteous angel." 8
"Then she is net in the hands of d
the British? She is " d
"Oh, no. monsieur; she is at home, p
Tt was all a meestake. The ladies a
came home. Oh, ye?, monsieur, 0
they're all safe. I tole yon zat pay- r,
i santlee." ii
Fairfax smiled and slept agaiu and E
, murmured brokenly. Crapand put h
I his ear close to the pallid lips and 0
i caught evory word.
1 (to dg continued.)
To From r. lliinsfnt Bullilln:.
Crawl ou the floor, the clearest air ol
is the lowest in the loom. Cover the b,
head with a wet woolen wrap, ia which ^
, holes may be cat for the cyco. Keep
your wits.
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<11 of Mules. si
Since the beginning of the war be- w
tween 20,00fJ and 30,000 mules have b<
beM- landed in South Africa, and have N
< Ujfn distributed in depots at the va- ^
rious bases. '
STATE OF MILITARY
ne
nteresting Report From the Army ?
.and Navy Departments ro
# sh
iOME SOURCES OF OPPOSITION
nil
* Mi
in forfaln Puarters St
.auut ucaubia w?.. .....
Contend That Our Army is An Op- (
Di
pressive Agency. q,
# foi
Washington, Special.?The annual j.^
eport of Acting Adjutant General Hall AI
if the army, was made public Wednes- Ne
ay. It deals with every phase of the 1
ailitary establishment. The actual
trength cf the army on October 15.
903. was 3.651 officers and 55.500 en- ^
isted men. Over one-half of the report ju
3 devoted to the militia and it gives ye
detailed account of the workings of rio
he act to promote the efficiency of the Jjj.'
lilitia in time of national peril, the 1
idjufant General states that "although nf
ho obligations cf officers and men of nw
he militia to respond promptly to a n?'
udden < all of the President has been P!"
n the statute books more than a nun- UJl
n
red years, and of the organized militia .
f National Guard for nearly forty, and .
he neglect to so respond is punishable
y such penalties as a court-martial j
lay direct, experience ha3 shown that a?(
his obligation is a tlieory rather than
fact. Without going farther back
han the late war with Spain, the proortion
of the membership of militia
rganizations who have actually re- ?
ponded to such calls of the President .
as borne a very small proportion to *
hose actually borne on the company .*
alls." The Adjutant General com- "
lents at length cm the opposition deeloped
in some quarters to the militia
ivr. which he says is less on the whole <
han was anticipated. He says it is ia;
rue that certain radical leaders of the tin
ibor unions regard the miima as a ?<>
lenace to their purposes, although it wa
j doubtful, he adds, if this enmity ex- gai
?nds to any considerable proportion wl!
f their membership. of
vil
One Hundred Petitions. cr<
Washington. Special.?Several hun- iia
red petitions protesting against Reed ^
moot retaining his seat as junior
enator from Utah were filed in the f0]
enate. Most of these were offered
y Senator Burrows, chairman of the
lections committee, tnough nearly
very St^te registered objection,
trough petitions filed by their Sena- *'
">rs. The churches, religious organiza- eld
ions of all kinds, universities, col- ^
?ges and other educational instituions
are among the organizations pla
rhich have filed protests. Some of me
tiese petitions charge that Senator the
moot has practiced polygamy, while SU
thers rest their obpections on the thi
harge that he is a member of an or- ma
anization which countenances the Im
ractice of plural marriages. Senator brc
iurrows said no action will be taken am
y the elections committee until the arc
ne vacancy on the committee had roi
een filled, and that it is not likely
tie charges will be considered before
tie last week of the special session ?
r the first week of the regular ses- wa
Ion. citi
me
Bryan Interviewed.
New York, Special.?Before he CO!
ailed for Europe on the Majestic. ?"
Ifm. J. Bryan was asked by an interiewer:
"Will the Democrats go to an'
tie polls next year as a united
arty?" "I think all Democrats will
e united at the polls, but not, of
ourse, those who are not Democrats.
? - ... ter
'hose who are not Democrats win not .
e with the Democrats.If all agreed
pon you, would you accept the nomiation?
I am not a candidate. I have
aid this before. I repeat it. I am not i
candidate for the office. On my re- .
urn I shall simply resume my fight 1 0
jr Democracy, and what I shall do the
an be gauged by what I have done In
ie past. I hope to keep up the fight .
t least 25 years more. I will then be ai
8 years of age. and in the meantime
here will be six presidential elecions.
Even then I may not be too old
3 continue the fight" Mr. Bryan
rould not discuss the Panama situa- ^
on at this time.
tfci
Grandson of Patrick Henry Dead. the
Roanoke, Va., Special.?J. R. Hen- the
y. an ex-Confederate soldier, and a at
randson of the famous orator and 1
ret
tatesman, Patrick Henry, was struck
y a Norfolk & Western freight train pjv
t Elliston. ten miles west of Roan- ^
ke, Wednesdajyand killed. His son, p
laniel Henry^fwas ki.'led by an en- . '
ine blowing up on his first trip as a (
ireman on the same (road several '
ears ago.
the
pre
Labor President Surprised. ga]
Boston. Special.?James Taasey, rha
resident of the Textile Workers of i
Lrnerica. who is here from Fall River int
ttending the convention of the Amer- nef
?an Federation of Labor, expressed /
reat surprise at the notice of a out- yea
own at Fall River. He said that he 2p
- /\/\
id not see how a cut-down would ?
rove a remedy ior existing c oi>auions
nd would express no opinion whether
r not the operatives would resist the s e
eduction. In his opinion, other mills 1
i Massachusetts and Southern New Mo
Ingland would be likely to follow the
?ad of Fall River, in which case SO.00
to 100.000 operatives would bo af- F'01
eeted. 111 r'
Hunt-Vanderbilt Suit. ^
Asheville, Special.?The damage suit
[ Hunt vs. Vanderbilt. for $30,000, will ^
e taken up in the Federal Court. ,{1(
here is a large volume of evidence his
> be heard in the ca3e. and it is ex- eV)
pcted that several days will be ooa- 0v<
imed in the trial. This is the ease in Be
hich Hunt was injured by a stone am
eing thrown from a blast, while the <*.2
egro Young Men's Institute, of thi3 set
;ty, was under construction, which wa
andcrbilt was having built. 50
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
F. Marion Crawford says that lift
ver roads newspapers.
Premier Combes, who is to retire
oni the French Council of Ministers,
of English ancestry.
Emperor William of Germany has a
Election of walking sticks of all
apes and cut in every part of the
orld.
riio Iter. P. Aldon. of Streaior. 111.,
uety-seven years of age. is the oldest
ethodist minister in the United
ates. v
leorge S. Buxton, a friend of Charles
ckens. and at one time a playmate of
leen Victoria, died recently in liock
rd. III.
ieorge P. MeClellan has been elected
ecessivoly President of the Board of
dermcn, Congressman and Mayor of
iw York. ^
Etfthard T. Laflin. of Worcester,
iss.. will go to the Philippines early
11XV4 to superintend the construction
electric lines in and about Manila,
rhe place of the Von Buelow family
German history dates back 7."?()
itrs. No other family during the pert
has contributed more officers to
* empire cither in military or civil
p.
'or fourteen years Clark Russell, the
velist. has been crippled with rheu*
ttism. and has not set foot to ground
had a day's freedom from racking
in. Nevertheless, he works with
ich youthful energy.
rhe bronze statue of Cecil Rhodes,
rich was recently completed at Fulin.
England, for shipment to South
rica, is one of the largest ever cast
England. It is fourteen feet high
il weighs over five tons.
'harles FT. Voorhees has just died
idenly at Lexington. Ky.. at the age
sixty-two. lie was perhaps the
ist famous American duelist that
s ever graduated at Heidelberg, hav:
on his body at least twenty scars
ised from wnnnrts received in duel.
Daughters of Confederacy.
Charleston, S. C.( Special.?Wednesy
the tenth annual convention of the
.ited Daughters of the Confederacy
s held in this city. Governor Hey,rd
welcomed the 300 or more deletes
to the State, and Mayor Smyth
II voice the welcome of the people
Charleston. Mrs. James A. Rounsale,
of Georgia, the president of the
ler, responded. Elaborate receptions
s extended tothe visitors. The order
s already collected $62,000 for a $75,)
memorial to President Davis at
chmond and doubtless will take
ne steps at this convention to raise
i halanoe of the fund.
Great Day For Catholics.
Ubanv, Special.?One of the most
.borate ceremonies in the history- of
5 Catholic church of Albany took
ice Sunday, when Most Rev. Diode
FaJconio. apostolic delegate of
? Catholic church of the United
ttes, paid his first official visit to
s city and celebrated pontifical high
.ss at the Catholic Cathedral of the
maculate Conception. The occasion
>ught thousands of both Catholics
J Protestants * for many miles
lund, and the church streets surinding
were packed with people.
Threatened Assault on Jail.
Cewbern. N. C.. Special.?Newborn
s thrown into a state of intense f#c
^m^nt Wednesday afternoon by a
ssage received from the sheriff of
les county, fo the sherifT of Craven
inty. to the effect that a movement
foot around Trenton to raise a body
men to come to Newbern by road
d raid the county jail for the purse
of liberating the murderer, Discon,
Jones county, who was convicted
1 sentenced twice to be hanged for
murder of Weber. His last seniro
is that he. Dixon, is to hang on
first day of December of this year.
News Notes.
Admiral and Mrs. Dewey arrived at
iff oik and inspected the navy yard
ire.
The Norfolk and Southern raiiroaa
s been indicted, charged with vioing
the "Jim Crow" car law.
The Oyster Commission reported to
i Virginfa Legislature, which met in
chmond, recomjnending the lease
planting of about 170,000 acres in
i Baylor survey.
Postmaster General Payne estimates
i deficit of the postal service for
f fiscal year ending June 30, 1905,
$8,613,709.
lear-Admiral O'Neil in his annual
>ort says the greatest need of the
reau of Ordnance is a larger sup'
of guns. '
Two hold-up men robbed Assistant
shier Melville Wheeler, of the tele>ne
company at Knoxville, Terin., of
900.
tepresentative Denny introduced in
House two bills providing for apipriations
for the improvement of
Itimore's harbor and a deep-water
innel to the sea.
Ir. John P. Morgr.n denied that be
ended to retire from active busi
8.
inncuncement was made that last
ir's contributions of the Methodic
iscopal church has passed the $1,.000
mark.
ilrs. D. T. Mollis, of Camden. Delit
and killed her husband as he
pt. She is said to be insane.
'lie Amalgamated copper mines in
ntana resumed work.
'he German Imperial family was re terl
much alarmed at the Emperor's
lady.
Engineer Earned Money.
When Engineer Warboy took the
?eial train chartered by Mr. Lowe
take him to his daughter's bedside,
; latter, in his anxiety to complete
i wonderful journey, offered $50 for
?ry minute gained by the engineer
?r the schedule. The run from San
rnardlno to Los Angeles Is 60 miles,
i Warboy covered the distance in
minutes, nine minutes ahead of the
tedule. A great part of the run
s at the rate of a mile for every
seconds.
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For a Closer Union.
Greenville, Special?The following
order has been issued by Geo. John B.
Gordon, commanding the United Confederate
Veterans, with reference to a
closer union with the Sons of Veterans:
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Headquarters, U. C. V.
New Orleans, Oct SI, 1S63.
General Orders No. 303.
I. The commanding general announces
with peculiar pride the Intense staisfaction
he feels in directing attention
to the closer relations that are to be
established between the U. C. . and
the U. S. C. V.; and he is confident
that this feeling animates the breant
of every member of our beloved organization.
II. The commanding general directs
particular attention to the following
report of the special committee wha
hr.d this matter under consideration
during the recent reunion, which report
was unanimously and enthusiastically
adopted by the convention.
"The committee appointed fbr the
purpose of a conference between the
United Confederate Veterans and
United Sons of Confederate Veterans
with a view to the closer association of
the two confederations, having met
and exchanged views, submit the following
as their unanimous report:
1. "That there shall be appointed a
standing comipittee of five members of
the United Confederate Veterans and
a like number from the United Sons
o! Confederate Veterans, to be selected
b ythe respective commanders-in-chief,
to he known as the joint committee on
cooperation between the veterans and
sons; and it is recommended that the
several divisions appoint similar committees.
2. "That at all the reunions of the
United Confederate Veterans the United
Sons of Confederate Veterans shall
have the privileges of the floor, but
without the right to vote. That particularly
at the opening or welcoming
ceremonies the sons shall be seated
with the veterans, and the commander
of the sons shall respond to the address
of welcome as well as the commander
of the United Confederate Vet- 4
earans, and the veterans have similar
privilages of the conventions of the .
sons. That divisions of the United Confederate
Veterans be authorized to extend
similar courtesies to the sow at
all division reunions.
4. "That the camps of the United
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uonieaerate veterans SUdll uv
ized to enroll in associate membership
the sons, giving them, for each eamp,
such privileges of membership as such
camp may determine; provided, such
son is a member of some duly organzed
ized camp, belonging to the United
Sons of Confederate Veterans.
5. "That the sons be urged t? uniform
themselves in historic grey, but
in so doing omit from such uniforms
all designations of military rank; and .'
that they be urged in the designation,
of their officers to use no military .?
titles.
"That all camps and all officers
of the United Confederate Yeterans be ?
earnestly recommended to assist in
every possible manner in the organisation
and support of camps of sons; and
that the veterans see to it that in all
Confederate gatherings and celebrations
the sons shall be given prominpnpp.
Thev are the heirs of and must.
by association with the veterans, m
taught the glorious heritage that belongs
to them.
"C. IRVINE WALKER.
"Chairman for Com. U. C. V."
South Carolina Items.
Mr. H. M. Dooley, chief law agent
of the Southern Railroad, went to
Rock Hill Monday night from Washington
and after conference with Mr.
R. A. Willis, of Edgemoor, who was
so seriously hurt in the Fishing
Creek wreck, gave him a check for
$6,000, full settlement of all damage
claims against the road.'Mr. Willis is
still on crutches and the probability
is he will be more or lees crippled
oermanentlv.
Constable Jenkins of Rock Hill
went to Fort Lawn Thursday and before
he had been there a half day ?
captured two tigers for selling and
one for storing and keeping contraband
liquor in possession. The three
offenders were taken before Magistrate
C. T. Minors Monday and the
two sellers were bound over to eonrt
in the sum of $300 each and tUe other
in the sum of $200. This action oc- '
casioned consternation among the
i-i-1 o ottonriaH tlV all
tigers. i tie umi ?*?o .
the negroes for miles around .
Aquilla Ehney, of Orangeburg county.
shot a negro, his wife and baby
with No. 3 shot, a few days ago. but
neither was dangerously hurt.
The Olympia Mill, in Columbia, the
largest mill under one roof on the con--,
tinent, was placed in the hands of receivers
by Judge Simonton Tuesday.
but he subequently rescinded the or- I
der. The company will be reorganised. I
The Bank of Piedmont has recently m
been organized with the following of- V
fleers: W. A. Simpson, president; E. M
P. Vandiver, vice-president; Jos. Norwood,
cashier and manager. The di-^H
rectors of the bank are the following^^
well-known gentlemen: Jas. L. Orr,^
W. H. Hammett. J. T. Long, M. W.
Merritt, W. A. Simpson, J. M. Long,
W. S. Mauldin, E. P. Vandiver and
Jos. Norwood.
In a house of ill fame, in Greenville,
Homer Everett shot and seriously
wounded Henry Haynes of Spartanburg
Sunday night at 3:40 o'clock'.
Everett, who was said to have been
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shortly after the shooting and has not
been seen since. Haynes says that
Everett came into the house and shot
at him without any provocation whatever.
The bullet entered the right arm
and passed through into the right
breast. Dr. Mauldin was summoned
and gave Haynes's wound proper attention.
It is not thought that it will
result fatally,