The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 08, 1896, Image 6
In the Confederate Army.
A glerious eight, that Christmas
eve of 1864, crisp, cold aod exhilar?
ating to the young soldier who rode
rapidly down the Osborn pike, leaving
the lights of Richmond behind, think?
ing of the Christmas eve cheer he had
enjoyed with kind friends in the city,
who were more mindful of thc boys in
the trenches than of the dangers to
their homes.
The officers bad a hut at the head
of the parade facing the fortification,
and as tho captaio dismounted his faith?
ful man, Caesar, who could get nearer
to a battle, hide safer, and emerge
sooner than any man in the army, ap?
peared from the shakedown in bis "dug?
out" and talked to the old sorrel as he led
him off.
"I'se sequestered a bag of oats dat
squandered from de major's waggiu, an
you gits a Christmas bellyful sure : I'm
glad of dat, bat whar's de grub for
Caesar and de captrin and de rest of de
boys on Christmas day?"
He muttered something about Elijah
and the ravens and the Lord, aod the
sparrows that fall ; but a few minutes
later disappeared in his comfortable
hole in tue ground, singing "My love
she of a coal black rose" in happy-go
lucky style.
For a few minutes they were silent,
half sitting, half lying on their blankets
before the fire. Suddenly the captain
dived into the pockets of his overcoat,
and holding bet?re each officer a bril?
liant little piece of silk ribbon patch
work, exclaimed :
"A Christmas present for each of
us from the loveliest Virginia girls you
ever saw."
"A silk tobacco bag by thunder.''
said the first lieutenant.
"The very thing I wanted," said the
first sergeant.
They enjoyed the smoke. The first
sergeant, who was caterer for the ness,
told him that next to a good meal,
which they couldn't get, a smoke would
satisfy the keenest appetite.
"That reminds me, bow about a
camp Christmas dinner ?" said the cap?
tain. "When I called on the commis*
sary to-day be hoped to have a little
bacon to add to our allowance, and told
me that the 'home things' of which the
Virginia and North Carlolina families
have deprived themselves to give the
soldiers one more Christmas dinner
would probably reach headquarters
this evening."
"They haven't come yet," said the
lieutenant, "bat the commissary ser?
geant is now at headquarters with a
detail to bring down what is to be is?
sued.
"I found two or three boxes for the
men," continued the captain, "at the
South Carolina borne in the city, in the
old 'Exchange Hotel,' and ordered
them sent out with the quartermasters'
stores. But the railroads are io a
dreadful condition, and the only safe
route now to the South is by the Rich?
mond & Danville road, so that our men
will be sadly disappointed io not getting
boxes containing something from
home."
Tired of waiting for the "spider
wagoo'7 as the commissary wagon was
known, the man had gone to bed ; that
is, had exchanged their situation in
Turk fashion for a lyiug posture. But
a sudden shout, 'Come and get your
rations !" brought a member of each
mess, eveu at that hour cf the night, io
the commissary's quarters, if a plank
or two laid oa stumps could beso desig?
nated. And with infinite care and
absolute impartiality, the beef aEd flour I
and salt, a ?lice of bacon and a handful !
or two of cow peas-tho last two items
an almost unknown luxury-were par?
oled out to each mass. And then were
apportioned the four or five turkeys and
cabbage, our contribution for a Christ?
mas dinner to the army. A feasc for a
king, but scarcely a bite for 200 hungry
soldiers.
The officers gave up their share.
While some of the messes drew lots
for a turkey or a bead of cabbage,
which was not enengh for two, others,
composed of stroB-g and hearty men,
gave up theirs to the weakly or deli?
cate.
The captain and his mess of six offi?
cers held a council before turning in,
Caesar and the caterer forming the ad?
visory board. The result was an ap?
propriation for Christmas of $75 in
Confederate money, being one-sixth of
their combined month's pay, for no
boxes were expected from home.
Their combined month's pay was
$450 in Confederate money, worth ?1$
in gold, or, rather, in what gold would
buy in the besieged city, for no gold
was actually to be had. Caesar at day?
light started for the city, with orders to
do the best he could with the Confeder?
ate money in a big roll in his pocket.
In due course Caesar relumed from
the city, and disappeared with the cat?
erer in the "dug oaf" ealled the
kitchen, with a half dozen bundles and
a-jnysterions air.
In e?ch mess in camp the "cook"
was busy, every other member hung
around the fire, gave officious advice
about the art of cooking, and got snub
bed for his pains. While some smok?
ed their pipes to keep down their appe?
tites and pass the time of waiting,
others organized a footrace, others
practiced from an old book of songs,
and all looked with affectionate interest
at thft bubbling pots and glowing coals.
We were located in what remained
of a pine forest, and no holly berries
or mistletoe or Southern moss was at
hand. That one Christmas dinner,
the pick of three days' rations, was
ready, at last, in every mess ; and in
the captain's quarters Caesar an- j
ooaoced, with a dignified bow, that din?
ner was served.
"Why, bless my soul," said the
jolly first lieutenant, "here's a stuffed
roast pig with an apple in his mouth,
and a rioe parleau and sweet polatoes.
and a huge tin cup of black coffee *'
"Caesar," said the captain, "you
always was a trump, but you reserved
your best card for to-day/'
"I don't kuow about cards, *ir," ie
plied Caesar, "but I was raised 'bout
de culinary of a roast'n pig, and you
bab my respects for a good dinner and
merry Christmas."
With this exordium we collected
around the board, or rather two boards,
which formed the table, using our
folded blankets as divans. Armed with
a knife and homemade wooden fork and
spoon, and a tin plate and cup, each
proceeded to discuss the viands. There
is art in carving as well as in cooking a
pig ; but why discuss the dinner?
The meat was fat and juicy, and
although the meat was rather dark and
less delicate than a Chester county in?
fant, tbe diners did not discover the
fact that it was a ground-hog, captured
by some of Caesars sable friends io a
hill on the James river, until a week
after the feast. Each particular grain
of rice stood on end, and it would have
done credit to the best South Carolina
cook ; and the coffee, which contained
a few grains of the genuine bean to
give flavor to the toasted wheat, was
pronounced strong and delicious.
As the dinner progressed belts were
loosened, faces expanded, the health of
the fair ones and dear ones was repeat?
edly quaffed in the black decoction, and
the hardships of war were forgotten
Live "to-day," is the soldier's motto,
for be can take ho note of thc morrow.
CAPT. HUG. R. GARDEN.
Commanding thc "Field Artillery."
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Carlisle's Call.
Bids Asked for 8100,000,000
30 Year, 4 per Cent Bonds.
WASHINGTON, Jan 5.-At midnight
to night Secretary Carlisle prepared
the following notice, which will be
issued to-morrow :
Treasury Department,
Office of the Secretary.
Washington, January 6, 1896.
Notice is hereby given that sealed
proposals will be received at the of?
fice of the secretary of the treasury
at Washington until 12 o'clock noon
on Wednesday, the 5th day of Feb?
ruary, 1896, for the purchase of
one hundred million dollars ($100,
000,000) of United States 4 per cent,
coupon or registered bonds in de?
nominations of fifty dollars ($50) and
multiples of that sum, as may be de?
sired by bidders.
The right to reject any or all bids
is reserved.
Th? bonds will be dated on the 1st
day of February, 1895, and be paya
able in coin 30 years after that date,
and will bear interest at 4 percentum
per annum, payable quarterly in coin,
but ali coupons maturing on and be?
fore the 1st day of February, 1896,
will be detached and purchasers will
be requited to pay in United States
gold coin or gold certificates for the
bonds awarded to them, and all in?
terest accrued thereon after the 1st
day of February, 1896, up to the
time of application for delivery.
Payments for the bonds must be
made at the treasury of the United
States at Washington, D. C., or at
the United States sub treasuries a;
Nev/ York, Boston. Philadelphia,
Baltimore. Cincinnati, Chicago, St.
Louis or New Orleans, or they may
be made at San Francisco with ex?
change on New York, and all bids
must state what denominations of
bonds are desired and whether cou
pon or registered, and at what place
they will be paid for
Payments may be made by install?
ments as follows : twenty per cent
(20 per cent ) upon receipt of notice
of acceptance of bids, twenty per
cent. (20 per cent at the end of each
10 days thereafter, but all accepted
bidders may pay the whole amount
at the date of the first installment,
and these who have paid all install
ments previously maturing may pay
the whole amount of their bids at
any time, not later than the maturity
of the last installment. The bonds
will be ready for delivery on or be?
fore the 15th day of February, 1896.
Notice is further hereby given that
if the issue and sale of additional or
different form of bond for the main?
tenance of the gold reserve shall be
authorized by law before the 15th day
of February, 1896, sealed proposals
for the purchase of such bonds will
also be received at the same time
and place, and up to the same date,
and upon the same terras and con?
siderations herein set forth and such
bids will be considered as well as the
bids for the 4 per cent, bonds herein
mentioned. J. G. CARLISLE,
Secretary of Treasury.
The Solicitors Loan & Trust Co.,
of Philadelphia, has failed The
failure was caused by crooked specu?
lations by J. Hush Ritter, a real
estate officer of the company.
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Hood's Sarsaparilla and yet it is only because
flood's Sarsaparilla, the one true blood puri?
fier, makes pure, rich1 bealtby blood.
Hood's Pills for the liver and bowels, act
easily, yet promptly and efficiently.
Cotton Growers Called to
Meet.
President Lane, of Alabama,
Calls a Convention to be
Held at Memphis January
21st.
ATHENS, Ala , January 4 -Presi?
dent Hector D. Lane, o? tl ie Ameri?
can Cotton Growers' Protective Asso
iation, has issued a circular to the
cotton growers and handlers through?
out the south asking general attend?
ance at a meeting at Memphis on
January -1st. The meeting is to
take action regarding the acreage of
the crop for the present year. Mr.
Lane's association helped the cotton
planters last year by bringing about
a considerable reduction of acreage
and a consequent increase in the
price of the staple. As is indicated
in his letter Mr. Laue believes that
similar concerted action this year
will result in similar benefit to the
growers. The following is; the text
of Mr Lane's letter :
HR. LANE'S ADDRESS.
The time has arrived when next
year's acreage in cotton should re?
ceive your most serious considera?
tion. Our enemies, the cotton
"bears," are anticipating matters by
industriously circulating reports that
it is the intention of the cotton grow?
ers to enormously increase the cotton
acreage and double the use of com?
mercial fertilizers the coming season,
which will result in the production of
a crop of from ten to twelve million
bales.
Information comes from Texas that
New Orleans "bears" are reporting
that Texas will plant four million
bales. These reports are* circulated
to induce the Southern people to sell
the balance of this small crop at
present low figures.
According to official data America
has exported to Europe one million
three hundred and twenty-three
thousand bales less than last year.
The Northern mills bave taken four
hundred and fifty thousand bales
less than last vear.
Stocks of cotton at American ports
and interior towns are about the same
as last year, but as the season pro?
gresses, the stocks at the ports will
daily grow less as compared with last
year.
On the other hand, the mills of
England. America and the continent
are running full time, and if they
keep up the present consumption un?
til September they will need all of
our cotton ; they cannot wait for the
next crop.
What then, prevents your obtain?
ing remunerative prices for the re?
maining portion of this crop ?
This is easily answered,. The spec?
ulative "bears" of New Orleans,
New York and Liverpool. They are
thoroughly inc'Yerent to your condi?
tion, and recko.i little of 37our wel?
fare. They would be glad to see
cotton selling at four cents, and
would contribute their aid in press- j
ing it down to the lowest point, ie- j
gardless of the dsstitution and sorrow i
that would ensue throughout the j
South under such conditions.
IN THE POWER CF DESPOTS.
The Southern planter has the ?
power to depose these reckless des?
pots and wholesale despoilers of our
prosperity. Destroy the annual sur?
plus, their able coadjutor, by a judi?
cious decrease of acreage, and these
gentlemen will be out of a job.
Plant only a moderate crop and you
will be better] off with a seven to a
seven and a half million bale crop,
selling at ten to eleven cents than a
ten million bale crop selling at five
to six cents.
Do not be led into the error that j
you can deceive the great firm that j
buys your product. They have their ?
agents in every town and village ; j
they are ever scrutinizing your ac?
tions and know more in regard to the j
general acreage than you can possi ?
bly find- out yourselves.
Conceiving this to be a matter of
paramount importance to the material
interests of the South and being im?
pressed that this question in its j
most comprehensive form should be j
considered gravely, I therefore deem j
it advisable that the cotton growers !
meet in convention, that we may
formulate and adopt some intelligent
rule of action through which we may
be enabled to combat these agencies, ?
whose pernicious methods are so i
destructive to our prosperity.
j
ALL COTTON MEN INVITED.
On account of its general accessi?
bility, I hereby name Memphis as j
the place, and Tuesday, January the
21st as the time of meeting.
I earnestly iuvite all classes of (-ur
citizens that are directly interested
in protecting the values of our main !
commodit}7, cotton, to join with us in
our deliberations. Tho invitation ;is
extended to all agricultural societies,
alliances, granges, cotton exchanges,
commission merchants, factors, asso- j
ciations, etc.
The movement is strictly non-po?
litical, but essentially industrial ;
therefore no man should say us nay
on account of political affiliations
I respectfully invoke the aid of the ?
press. Recognizing the demand for
heroic action and the disaster that is ?
to folluw without it. I appeal to all j
patriotic people to join in this strug- j
gie to emancipate our people from a '
bondage that is as oppressive and
ignominious as was ever inflicted by
the czar upon a serfdom.
No longer can we live prosper
ously and happily under so tyranni?
cal a system The demand o? the
occasion is for honest, earnest men,
who have the intelligence to appre?
ciate prevailing conditions and the
courage to take up arms against a
sea of troubles, and by opposing
them end them.
I remain, sincerely yours.
Hector D. Lane,
President American Cotton Growers'
Protective Association.
THE SUPPLY Ol'' COTTON.
Latham, Alesander & Co., Issue a
Comparativo Statement of the
Supply and Price of Cotton for
the Last Four Years.
NEW TORE, Jan. 4.-Messrs. Lath?
am, Alexander & Co., have issued
the following comparative statement
of the condition of the cotton market.
The enumerations in each paragraph
are for the years 189G, ?95, '94, and
'93 respectively :
Total visible supply in IT. S., Eu?
rope and at sea, 4,093,920 ; 4,872.
522; 4,615,162 ; 4,413,177.
Cotton marketed to date, 5,004,
471; 7,098,637; 5,575,116; 4,859,-,
208.
Total exports, 2,233,519; 3.603 . ?
610; 2,816,602; 2,373,275.
Stock in ?. S. ports, 1,100,644;
1,304,503; 1,296,826; 1,183,729.
Stock in Liveroool (all kinds),
1,059.000; 1,214,000; 1,354,000; 1,
593,000.
Afloat for Europe (American),
499,000; 813,000; 635,000; 373,000.
Middling uplands in New York, |
8 5-16cts.; 5 U I6ct3 ; Sets.: 9?cts
Middling uplands in Liveroool, I
4?d.; 3 l-32d ; 4 5 16d.; 5 5-16d.
From this statement the total visi- ?
ble supply of cotton in the world is j
778,602 bales less than last year,
521,242 bales less than in 1894, and
319,257 bales lees than in 1893.
The amount of cotton that has been
marketed of this year's crop is 2.094,
166 bales less than last year, 570,?
645 bales less than in 1894, and 145,
263 bales more than in 1893.
The exports this year are 1,370,
091 bales less than last year, 583,083
bales less than in 1894, and 139,756
bales less than in 1893.
The stock in United States ports is
203,859 bales less than last year,
196,182 bales less than in 1894, and
83,085 bales less than in 1893.
The following was the price of cot?
ton for future delivery in New York,
basia middling, on January 3rd of
each year :
Jaor. delivery,
Feb. "
M-ch li
April "
Mar
Ju'je "
Julv
An* "
1896. 1895.
7.98 5.46
8 03 5.47
8.10 5-51
8 15 5.C6
S 20 5 61
8.24 5 65
8.37 5.70
8 28 5.75
1894. 1893.
7.78 9 52
7 94 P 64
8 93 9 75
8 02 9.85
8 10 9 94
8 18 10.02
S.25 10.07
8.30 10.10
The price cf cotton :s now 2.59 eenis j
dearer than last year, 0.17 cents dearer |
than in 1894. and I 65 cents cheaper <
than in 1893 for March contract?.
Tiio amount oc cotton that has been I
marketed from September 1st. to Janu-?
a ry IK: (four mooths) for the cotton!
years ceotiooed below, v;as as follows : 1
1896, 4.931,870; 1895. 6.994,673;!
1894, 5,466,092; 1893, 4,790,455. j
Thc amount therefore, that has come !
into sight this jeir to January 1st is !
2,062.803 bales Ies3 than last year,
534,222 bales less than io 1S94, and
141,415 bales more than in 1893
Tho average percentage of the total j
crop marketed by January lr.t for the ?
past ten years baa been 72 42 per cent, |
and if the 4,931,870 bales that has
come into sight to January 1st should
prove to be 72 ?2 per cent of this crop,
the actual torai crop for 1895 96 would
be 6.810,093 bales.
Our advices from all the Southern j
States continue to report rapid shipment j
of cotton to market, and that tbs \
amount remaioing in the bands of j
planters, is lees than for many years at
like date,
Since November 30th, the date
of cur last circular letter, the price of
cotton has declined about 60 points,
nearly half of which has been recov?
ered.
Io face of tbe apprehension of war
with England, which caused a panic
and heavy depreciation in securities of
all kinds, and other adverse influences,
we think the price of cotton held up re?
markably well.
Nothing but a widespread opinion !
that cotton was cheap at current price3 j
and the inherent strength of its statisti-1
cai position could have supported it J
against the violent disturbances in the j
monetary world.
Holiday receipts were unexpectedly j
large and that alone might have induced
more than half of the decline that oe- j
cured.
Thc holders of cotton have cause to
congratulate themselves on the way it j
has stood the storm, and now that I
Americans far and wide have voiced j
their endorsement cf tho President's j
patriotic and dignified message, and i
the recent scare in speculative and finan?
cial circles seens to have been without
any adequate cause, the indications are
that prices for cotton snd business gn- :
erally will improve meterialiy with the ;
new year.
LATHAM, ALEXANDER & Co.
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Blairs pen aDd pencil tablets.stationery o
all kinds, ink, pens, pencils, blank books,
typewriter supplies, etc., at H. G. Osteen
& Co's., Liberty Street, next to Watchman
and Southron office.
From the Wires.
London, January 1.-The ^British
cruiser Pallas has been put in com?
mission at Portsmouth, and ordered
to join the North American station.
She will sail in two weeks The
Pallas is a steel screw vessel of 2,575
tons and 7,610 horse-power. She
carries eight guns and a crew of 217
men.
Lexington. Ky. January 2 -Mayor
II. T Duncan will probably refuse to
turn Iiis office over to Mayor-elect S P.
Simrall uexf Monday, claiming he was
elected for four years, instead of two
years. Some of Simrall's friends
threaten to take the office by force.
January 4.
The Trainer Mfg Co., of Rome,
Ga , has obtained a charter to build a
factory which will make wool?
len and fine cotton goods. Captai
stock ?2,000,000.
The street railway strike in Phila?
delphia is off.
The Cuban insurgents are gaining
strength by accessions to the rank* of
Gomez's army and by the increase in
the number of sympathizers.
The Franklin County (Ohio) Chil
dren'8 Home was burned yesterday. !
A telegram from Columbus says that I
it was thought that all of tho 147 !
inmates were save. The loss on the
building was $125,000.
Denmark is making arrangements
to sell her islands in the Carribean
Sea, St. Johns, St. Croix and St.
Thomas.
Garvin Allen, a young white man, j
was shot to death at a dance near
Hamburg, S. C. The particulars of I
the tragedy are unknown.
Birmingham, Ala., is to establish al
large steel plant.
Creston, [Iowa, was wiped out by |
fire yeaterday. The loss was S150,
000, with very small insurance.
The withdrawals of gold from the
Treasury amounted to ?1,000,000
yesterday.
Mrs Alva Vanderbilt, the divorced
wife of W. K. Vanderbilt and mother
of the Duchess of Marlboro, will
marry Oliver H. P. Belmont.
Governor Levi P. Morton, of New
York, is an announced candidate for
the Republican Presidential nomina?
tion.
January <5.
Waco, Texas, January 5.-The
wholesale and retail hardware and
machinery firm of Ed Strauss, located
in this city, was totally destroyed by
fire last night. Loss ?60,000; in?
surance ?41,000.
Georgetown, Texas, January 5.
The rear coach on a train on the Great
Northern Railway left the track at
5 o'clock last evening and was turned
over, killing Sol Gainer, colored, brake?
man, and Fred Seary, one of the pas?
sengers. John Little, another pas- ?
senger, received internal injuries.
Philadelphia, January 5.-The band- j
some club house and the casino of the ;
Merion Cricket Club, at f?averford, a
suburb, were totally destroyed by fire j
of unknown origin this morning. The j
loss is between ?125,000 and ?350,00Q :
and the insurance is $75.000.
New York, January 5.-A cable- ! 1
gram has been received from the BrirL-b
Alliance requesting thai Christians !
throughout the United States be invited '?
"to join British Christians in a fervent ;
prayer next week especially cn Wedoes- j
day, that Christ-like counsels may pre?
vail in the preseni crisis." In response
to the above, the executive committee ! 1
of the Evangelical Alliance for the ! ]
United States yesterday passed the fol-1 ]
lowing resolution :
"Resolved, That in accordance with
a cablegram from the Evangelical Al- |
liance of Great Britain, the Evangeli- j
cal Alliance of the United States invites j
the Christians of America to unite in
prayer with their British british breth- J
ren on Wednesday of the week of ?
prayer, that in the relations of their j '
respective Governments pacific coun- j ;
sels may prevail."
January 7.
Frankfort, Ky, January 6.-it isl,
said that the Democratic members of j I
the Senate have decided to expel a Re- '
publican Senator for every Democrat j
the Republicans unseat io the House, j
If this plan fails the majority of Senate j >
aod House Democrats will absent
themselves from the joint assembly, :
thereby breaking a quorum and making
the election cf a United States Senator ?
impossible
Gov. McKinley recommends a high- J
er rate of taxation in Ohio as the reve- j
nue is not sufficient to meet expenses, j
The Treasury reserve fell to $61,
351,826 yesterday.
Three negro oyster dredgers were I
frozen to death at the mouth of the Sa- j
vancah river.
The mercury fell to 3 degrees below
zero in New York yesterday-tho cold
est weather known for many years.
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EXECUTORS' SALE.
THE EXECUTORS OF DR. S. C. C.
Richardson, deceased, will offer at pub?
lic sale, at Sumter Court Hou9e, on nest
Salesday, the first Monday ic January, 1893,
the plantation known as the J. J. Knox or
W. D. Blanding place, about 7 miles above
the City of Snmter, on the road to Provi?
dence ; to be sold in two parcels. One on
which is the residence, containiog 763 and
7-10 acres, represented on a plat made by
J. R. Haynsworth, surveyor. The other, on
the other side of said road, containing about
100 acres.
Terms-one-third cash, the balance on a
credit of one nd two years, in equal instal?
ments, beariog interest at 8 per cent, paya?
ble annually until the whole be paid; to be
secured by hood and mortgage. The pur?
chasers to pay for papers and recording.
The said Executors also offer, at private
6ale, on similar ternis, if desired, other tracts
belonging to the estate of said deceased.
1. The Isham Moore tract, 91 acres.
The James Sinkler Moore tract,
2.
acre
89
3. The Wm. B. Moore tmct, 94 acres.
4 Th?? Scriven Moore tracts, one of 250
acres, and the other of 100 acres.
5. The McLaurin tract, which was sold
by C. M. Far man to D. B. McLaurin, 600
acres, less 150 acres sold off. Said ?and lies
in Providpr.ee Township, adjoioicg or near
hinds cf Mr. R J. Brownfield.
6. TLe Jo3 F. Rhame Tract, 390 acre?,
more or less, adjoining lands of C. J. Ivej.
Mr.;. Margaret Pollard and others.
Acplv to
W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH,
One of the Executors, Sumter, S. C.
Dec, 25 -2:.
GUARANTEED IN WRITING. Sal?
ients' complete course in HALF the TIMS at
?ALP the EXPENSE of other colleges. 24 placed
[a?t month. Address a? once GEORGIA
BUS. COLLEGE, Macon Ga.
Nor. 6.-o
SUMTE?, S. C., Jan. 1, 1896.
J BEG TO ANNOUNCE to my friends and
? former chen is that I have resumed the
prac'ice cf law.
Office in rear of Court House. Office hours
3 to 8 p. m.
H. FRANK WILSON,
Jan 1-3m. Attorney at Law.
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