The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 08, 1903, Image 8
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
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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.
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TE?E ADVENT
Of spring usually reverts to that old topic and disturber of the
family peace, "house-cleaning," during which so much is found
that is a little the worse for wear, lt may be a chair, a door,
the* walls and ceilings of the kitchen, the stoop, the fence or
possibly the entire exterior of the house or barn.
The application of
MOORE'S PURE HOUSE GOLORS
a pure linseed oil paint for interior and exterior painting will not only beautify, but
preserve as well.
There are paints and paints, but they do not all preserve or even beautify, yet are
sold for just as good as Moore's.
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 $1.24 Can't Be
Beat.
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March 24.
16 W. Liberty Street.
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load of Kentucky R
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A!
Full line of vehicles of all kinds.
? Large quantity of Native llust Proof
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Sumter, S. C., Sept. IO, 1902.
CON, 8*. SUMTER, S. C. ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
Artope & Whitt Co.,
G. E. RICHARDSON, - - Manager.
Marble and Granite Monuments, Head?
stones and iron Fencing;.
Large Stock Finished Work on Yard.
You will find our prices much lower than you
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Special discount for the! next thirty days.
Office and works 33 E. Liberty Street, Sum
ter, S. C. Aug ll
Will You be One?
Our Customers are our
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sell others.
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you is to fit your friends in the future.
We correct all defects of the human eye
that glasses will remedy.
DR. Z. F. HIGHSMITH,
Graduate Optician,
Corner Main and Liberty streets, Sum?
ter, S. C.
Feb 4-0_
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
SUMTER,
STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE?
POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C.
Paid up Capital.$ 75,000 CO
Surpins aDd Profits - - - - 25,000 00
Additional Liability of Stock?
holders io excess of tbeir
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Transacts a General Banking Busiocss.
Special attention given to collections.
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R. L. EDMUNDS, President.
Cashier
GUN AND LOCKSMITH.
I take pleasure in giving no?
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to do any work in the
line of Guns, Locks, Sewing
Machines, &c. Prices reasona?
ble, work done promptly and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Shop removed to No. 22
West Liberty street, two doors
from Osteen's Book Store.
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-MAN??FACTURERS OF
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Materia].
oSice and Warerooms, King, opposite Can?
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far while at work I am very
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buggy for five dollars and no
gift Buggy tops ?9.00, fitted
on. Whee's, steel tires, painted
and put on ready for road,
?10.00 per sett Shafts, paint?
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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.