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WE HAVE FURLED IT. Judge !. F. Simmons' Reply to Father Rayan's 'The Con? quered Banner. "We have furled rt ? slowly, sadly ; Once we loved it, proudly, gladly, And we fought beneath it madly, Fought in bloody, deathly fray ; For we swore to those who gave it. That in triumph we would wave it,_ Or life's crimson tide should lave it, Ere to blue should yield the gray. Onward, fearless, 'mid the rattle And the dm and smoke of battle, While death hurtled on the air, We have borne it ; never counting Cost, while on the ramparts mounting, Every obstacle surmounting, But to plant that banner there. Tes, 'tis taken down, all faded, And, like those who bore it, jaded, For through lakes of blood they waded, Nor did weary footsteps lag. Oh ! t'was hard to fold and yield it, While a man was left to shield it, Or a sword and arm to wield it, For 'twas Dixie's bonnie flag. Yet we furled it all in sorrow, .Nor could hope or comfort borrow From the promise of the morrow, For our flag had ceased to wave. And we knew no more defying Foes we'd see it o'er us flying, Us to cheer and soothe the dying For 'twas furled o'er Dixie's grave. Furled it, for the hands that held it While the foe with fury shelled it, And had torn, but never felled it Now, alas ! were dead and cold. Now that banner, which so proudly Thousands owned and cheered so loudly, And not one e'er followed cow'dly, Never more would spread a fold. Furled it, to unfold it never, For we'd made our last endeavor, And that banner hence forever Must a tottered emblem be Of the hopes dead comrades nourish? ed, Hopes we all so proudly cherished, Hopes that have forever perished, Perished in a bloody sea. Those who bore that banner loved it, And, though conquered, they have proved it Upon many a field of strife ; They have borne it when 'twas riven, When by fiery tempests driven, For its triumph fought and striven, And, to shield its honor, given . ? Heart, and arm, and blood, and life. We have furled it, but its story Of misfortune and of glory Until unborn heads are hoary History and allegory Will preserve its colors bright, N And the few hands that upbore it While the shrieking missiles tore it, .And its foemen fell before it, Ne'er will fade from memory's sight. Furled it, when the hosts dismembered, Al! their hopes and visions embered, .Furled it sadly, but remembered That its record stainless stood, That no coward hand had borne it, Foes, though conq'ring, could not scorn it; Stains it had, but these adorn it, Stains of hero n^rtyrs' blood. Yes, we furled it, ne'er forgetting That our once bright sun was setting, Setting in a somber sky. And when darkness brooded o'er us, Fortune gone, oppression wore ns, Hope held out no light before us, Only honor comfort bore us, This was left-we need not die. And, though sad and weary-hearted, -Sighs we gave to hopes now thwart? ed, Tears to comrades, friends departed, On a new life then .we started, Hopeful for the by and by. -Atlanta Journal. TIE QUEEN OF COFITiGHIQUI. forman Suggests That a Celebra? tion be Held in Her Honor Next Month. To the Editor of The State : Nearly 363 years ago a strange scene took place on the banks of a large riv? er. It was a scene full of historical interest and importance-a scene that -may well be painted by some great artist, for it was the meeting between the proud and haughty Spaniard, Hernando DeSoto, and the beautiful queen of Cofitachiq^i. Just here let us pause and say that most of our readers know just about as much concerning the queen of Cofitacihqni as did Abraham, Attilla or Haroun ?1 Raschid, so we will simply state that she was an Indian -ruler with an interesting history who entertained DeSoto in the spring of ?540 and whose town of Cofitachiqui is supposed by some historical in? vestigators to have stood at Silver JBluff, in our modern county of Aiken, -lt is not our purpose to write an article about this queen, only to sug? gest a celebration in honor of her memory. It appears that DeSoto left the In? dian settlement of Cofitachiqui early in the month of May and as that would be three centuries, three score and three years next month, we think the time would not be inappropriate to hold a celebration. Our suggestion is simply this; Some time next month let the white people in the surround? ing country have a picnic at Silver Siaff and let some one be invited to deliver a short historical address on the queen of Cofitachiqui. We think the Hon. D. S. Henderson would be an excellent person to make such an address. He lives in Aiken county, is a graceful speaker and we think could make the subject interesting to all ^present. McDonald Furman. Privateer, Sumter county, April 1. At four places in bis coming Western trip, says a Washington dispatch, President Roosevelt will break away from all the members of his party and go into the woods far from zhe eye of man, to commune with nature. It is safe to assume, however, that the photographers and the reporters will be on hand during the communing to illustrate and describe to a waiting and anxious world just how the Presi ?ent does it. WHOLE FAMILY Of Women Successfully Wed by One Man. V ____________________ Married Widow and Two Daugh? ters in Turn and Now Takes Youngest Girl to Wife. Tallahoma, Tenn., March 31.-In? formation has reached here of the marriage of John Newberry and Miss Patsy Barrom. Newberry lives abont forty miles from Tullah oma on one of the spurs of the mountain. There would be nothing unusual in the marriage if it was not for the previous matrimonial ventures of Newberry. About thirty-five years ago he married the widow Sallie Barrom, who was then the mother of three daughters, Judy, Martha and Patsy. Four years after the marriage with the widow she died, leaving one child, a son, by Newberry. After waiting about one year he married Judy, the oldest daughter of his deceased wife. In two years Judy followed her mother to the grave, leaving a girl baby. Again, waiting a reasonable time to mourn, he then took unto himself Martha to wife, who after living a number of years, followed her sister and mother to the grave. So the marriage last week of Newberry and Patsy absorbs the whole family of original Barroms. Now the question arises what kin to each other are the off springs of the four marriages. CONSTERNATION AMONG TIGERS. Chief Constable Osborne Inaugu? rates His Regime by Giving a Warning to Those Reported to Him. A. S. Osborne, the new district chief constable, paid an official visit yes? terday to the places in Columbia which had been reported to him as "blind tigers." To the proprietors he gave warning that they might as well go out of business, as he intends to enforce the law and will prosecute those whom he finds violating the dis? pensary law. The keepers of the places which are on the chief constable's black list seem to think that he acted very' fairly with them in giving them notice of his intentions to seize whatever fix? tures his men may come upon, and that, instead of merely confiscating the liquor and the paraphernalia, he will proceed to have the parties indicated in the courts. The people who have been handling liquors and beer say that they have not been? violating the law as flagrantly as has been done elsewhere. They think that for a while it will be more profitable for them to "go way back and sit down" in the jungle.-State, 3rd. SHOT BY ONE OF HIS SCHOLARS. Fortunately Not Badly Hurt. Special to The Stete. Anderson, April 2.-Mr. J. F. Har? per, principal of the school at Lown desville, was shot twice this afternon by one of the pupils, but will recover. He had notice that some of the larg? er boys were going\o absent themselves from school yesterday on account of it being All Fool's day and warned them not to do SO, The boys stayed away from school as they had threatened and this after? noon the teacher kept them in after school to punish them. He began on James Latimer, a boy of 17 years, and Latimer produced a rod of iron from his clothing and began to resist. This was taken away from him, when he pulled a Smith & Wesson pistol and opened fire on the teacher. The first shot hit a button on Mr. Harper's coat and the bullet and but? ton both penetrated the flesh. Then a' second shot was fired which struck a rib, inflicting a flesh wound. Ic was at first thought that Harper was mortally hurt, but the physicians say that his wounds are not serious. Latimer fled. Young Latimer is a son of Mr. J. T. Latimer, a prominent merchant of that place, and nephew of Senator Latimer. Four or five boys of about the same age were implicated in the affair. Crum is in office at last and probably he enjoys the little brief and offensive authority which President Roosevelt has put into his hands, but his people may well rue the day when he sacri? ficed the regard of the community upon which he is dependent for a short tenure of political office.-Charleston Post. Record of the Past No Stronger Evidence Can be Produced. Look well to their record. What they have done many times in years gone by is the best guarantee of future iesults. Any one with a bad back, any reader suffering from urinary troubles, from any kidney ills, will lind the following evidence proof that relief and cure is near at hand: Mr. G. M. Myers, the well-known shoe? maker of Winchester avenue and 14th street, Ashland, Ky., says: ''Doan's Kid? ney Pills are like Irue friends, the longer you know them the better they are appre? ciated. I can add nothing to the state ment I first-made in 1896 after I procured the remedy at the Ventura Drug Co.. and took a course of the treatment, which cured me. I was absolutely free from all backache for I nearly three years, then I noticed a slight j ache, as the result of a cold, in my back. ! A box of Doan's Kidney Fill^ disposed of \ it. I have lecommended this remedy to many, and have never heard of one who did not endorse the claims made for it." For sale by ah dealers. Price. ">0 cents, j Fosfcer-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. V.. sole j agents for the U. S. Remember the name -Doan's- and take no substitute. 2 THE LAST OF JEFFCOAT. Following is from the Lexington j Dispatch : 12 "Mr. W. L. Laird, formerly of this i county but now a resident of Emanuel county, Ga., was on a visit to relatives and friends in this county last week. He witnessed the burial of Charley Jeffcoat, who was given a Christian burial by his people. The widow of Deputy Sheriff Flanders, who was killed by Charley while the latter was attempting to epcape into this State, paid the Alabama deputies who brought the body of Jeffcoat to Swains boro $200, the amount of the reward offered by herself for the capture of Jeffcoat dead or alive. The governors of Georgia and South Carolina have refused to pay the reward offered by i themselves respectively. In the tragic life and death of this young man we are forcibly reminded that "the way of the transgressor is hard and the end thereof is death.'' PROF. EDWARD E. PHELPS, M. D., LL. D. Greatest of Al! Physicians. Eminent Discoverer of PAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND .< Prof. Edward E. Phelps, M. D., LL. D., was born in Connecticut and graduated at Yale. His unusual talent soon brought him reputa? tion and prominence. Erst he was elected to thc professorship of anatomy and surgery in the Vermont University. Next he was ap? pointed lecturer in Dartmouth College. The following year he was chosen to the most important professorship in the country, a place that he occupied when he made his world-famed discover)' of Paine's Celery Com? pound. This infallible cure for those fearful ills that result from an impaired nervous system and impure blood, has endeared the great doctor to the world. DIAMOND DYES COLOR ANYTHING ANY COLOR. Dresses, cloaks, suits, ribbons, coats, feathers, stockings.-everythin^ wearable, Diamond Dyes make to look like new. We have a special department of adrice, and will answer free any questions about dyeing. Send sample of goods when possible. Direction book and 45 dyed pamples free. DIAMOND DYES, Burlington, Vt. W^m'?0&k REST0RES VITALm %^t\ Wade a '^^3x ? We" Man THE ?bit)" ^S2^ of Me. TJTRENCH REMEDY produces the above result A1* in 30 days. Cures Nervous Debility. Impotency, Varicocele, Failing Aletnory. Stops all drains and Josses caused by errors of youth. It wards off In? sanity and Consumption. 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Our representatives, THE BURNS HARDWARE CO., SUMTER, will be pleased to furnish color card and quote prices on any quantity. SSKJA2IZ2T 2I00RE & CO., Manufacturers, Brooklyn, 2T- T. - - - - Chicago, 111. Men 2-e o d-m a m j & s A HAMMOCK Is one o? the things you need to aid you to enjoy the spring weather. We can supply it. A large stock of new styles opened today. Prices right-$1.25 to $5. Our Low Price Leader at $1.24 Can't Be Beat. H. G. ?STEEN & ??. March 24. 16 W. Liberty Street. HAVE mU^mimmiQf THIS ? The Watchman and Southron has made an excel? lent arrangement for its friends. It offers : ?~_~ THE TWICE-A-WEEK NEWS AND ?G.RI.R ? AND ?'K&TK WATCHMAN AND SOUTHRON ^? It is a wonderful offer ! The Twice-a-Week News and Courier will give you all the latest cable, telegraph, general and State news as well as serial stories and general reading. The Watchman and Southron will give you ali your home news. Take two, for the price of one. 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Agent for Council's Self-lu? bricating Axles. O (lice in Curtis Houses, No 326 South Main street. H. B. CURTIS. 'Phone 196. I paint signs.