\rea has returned from Manning. Mr. C. C. Peck has returned to the city from New York Mr. 8. I. Till has returned from Manning. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Levl and Mr. Wendell I^evl have returned home after an extended visit to relatives in Chicago. Miss Etta Axh?>n. mi Charleston, Is visiting Mrs. O. M Zelgler. Mrs. R. K. Wilder returned Tues? day from several weeks stay at Glenn Springs. Mrs. L. E. White Is visiting rela? tives at Brogdon. Miss Louise Plowden, of Manning, la visiting Miss Fannie White on North Main street. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Grlggs. of Wadesboro. N. C. who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Ken? nedy have returned ?o their home. Miss Mabell Condon, the attractive gueat of Capt. and Mrs. J. F. Kirk land, on Oakland avenue, has with her. Misses Leila Peatle and Maymle Matthews, of Charleston. Rev. and Mrs. David Klein have arrived in this city from Petersburg, Va. and will make their home here. Rev. Klein taking charge of Congre? gation Sinai. Rev Watson B. Dur.can and daugh terer, Miss Leeste, formerly of this city but now of Charleston, are visit? ing friends In the city. Mr. O. C. Nesmlth. of Summerton, was in town Thursday. Mlsa Ethel Gaudelocks. of George? town, spent Wednesday in the city en route to visit relatives at Oaffney. Mrs. J. R. Way and daughters. Mlasea Ruth and Atha, who have been visiting relatives in the city have returned to their home at Manning. Mrs. W. Lor In* Lee has returned to the city after several weeks stay at Sullivan's Island. Mr. E. B. Muldrow. of Mayesvllle. spent Thursday In town. Mr. W. L. Saunders. of Stateburg, was In the city Thursday. Miss Mabel Bowman, who has been visiting her sister In Clarkevllle, Ga., for several weeks. has returned Miss Willi? Martin, of Pinewood, is the attractive guest of Miss Marie DuRant at h*r home on Hampton avenue. Mrs. M. A. Flowers has returned from a visit to her sons Messrs. A. O and T. R Flowers at Washington. D. C. I.ucIuh < Sylvester Demi. The Columbia Record of August 29. published the following notice of a well known citizen of that city. Mr. Sylvesters family formerly lived in the Providence section of Sumter county, but removed to Columbia a number of vears before the war. Ills mother was a Dlnkins. sister of the late Tyre Dlnkins of this place: Mr. Lucius C. Sylvester, for 15 years teacher and 18 years superin? tendent of education for Rlchland county, died at his residence. 142? Park street. Sunday afternoon, Aug? ust 21th Mr. Sylvester always manifested greet interest In the growth and de? velopment of the county schools, es? pecially In the rural sections. He was graduated at the Fnlverslty of South Carolina before the War of the ? ons He was born In Sumter county, but removing to Columbia at an early age, he considered Rlchland his home county. He began his most conspicuous work as a teacher after th# war and during 'he period of re? construction his efforts to rehabilitate the h?m. * o< ' urrlng to the s ?hools during the w ir w.-r?> notable. Many Columhian* who were his pupils are saddened to b arn of his death which occurred at ihe advanced age of SO year* I 'i Lahor I?.? n Kaiis The Judges for th?- hley< le races on labor day are as follows: Mennrs. Arthur Wilder. J II. Guth? rie and 8. Y. Delgar. Mr Eugene Wlhb r will get ai starter The bicycle rares. whl< h take pi o ? on Labor Day ?night to attract large crowds ->f Loth sp?M tat?>r* and rarer* as the races are well w?>rth gfalag and th* prise* are well worth win? ning The big hlevi-le races will begin at f-rn'r ??f Main nn.l Calboun stre?>t at 4 ??' lo k sharp Monday evening. September 5th. F.v.?ry lady turn out an?! see the fun. The g?ihl watch thfct will he glv n f?.r first prize in the 1-2 mile race can he M?'#>n In L. W P^afgOJS'l Whsdow, A CITADEL CADET'S MEMORIES OF THE WAR. I The Trail of Sherman's Devastating llost?How the liar Koom at Ches? ter was lioonted?A Bellicose Com? panion?WUIi Cien. Kershuw In Virginia?The Evacuation of Rich? mond by the Confederate Forces. ( By the Rev. John Kershaw in Sun? day News.) VIII. In sweeping across the State, Sher? man's army had practically destroy? ed railway communication wherever his line of march touched the rail? roads. It was so with the road from Canulen to Columbia, In one direction and Sumter in another. Owing to tho fact that Sherman was threat cuing the line of the Wilmington and Waldos Railway, the only open route to Richmond was by Charlotte, N. C.i and Greensboro to Danville, Va.. thence to Richmond. The near? est point on the railway from Cam gag that I could reach, going to Char? lotte, was Chester, S. C. An old sol? dier, a captain in Whet ler's cavalry, was also anxious to regain his com? mand, and together we set out in a buggy for Chester. Our route took us over that part of Sherman's march which lay between Liberty Hill and Camden. No one who has not followed In the wake of an invading army can im? agine the reality and completeness of the devastation. The roads themselves were rendered hardly passable by reason of being cut up by the artillery and the wagon train, especially as in this case where heavy reans aided the work of road destruction. Our pace was very slow.?we drove at a walk most of the way? and all along tho road were strewn the carcasses of horses and cattle, o'.d vehicles in which the negroes had sought to keep up with the army, and castaway clothing that had become too heavy to be carried further. Wherever the army had encamped, fences had whol? ly disappeared, and except in those few instances in which their owners had run them off to places of safety, all the cattle and sheep had been tak? en to feed the army. Most of the negroes also had followed Sherman, and this left the country depopulat? ed except of women and children. Stacks of chimneys all along showed where houses had been burned eith? er by "bummers" or the negroes In a spirit of revenge, and altogether the desolation was extreme and most dis? heartening The passage of a friend? ly army Is bad enough, but that of a hostile force Is doubly bad, especial? ly where it means, as here, the car? rying away of the laborers from the fields, leaving only the wives and children, whose husbands and father* were gone to the war. After three days of this slow travel? ling we reached Chester. The town was full of soldiers?some trying to rejoin their commands, some return? ed prisoners Just exchanged, and some who could have, j^lven no very clear account of why they were there or what they were doing. Among oth? ers were numbers of Wheeler's cav? alry, with whom my friend soon fraternized. There was a provost marshal In charge of the town, but a very lawless state of things existed, and after several bloody rows had occurred between drunken sollders, orders were issued to close the bar rooms. This created great excite? ment and was fiercely resented by many of the soldiers. Some of Wheel? er's men prepared to smash the doors of the bar rooms and get what they wanted In spite of the orders to the Contrary, My friend who seemed thirsty, fell Into this scheme, and be? ing a captain, was put In command of the lawless horde seeking a drink. I u is foolish enough to go along also. I did not wish to leave him, and I wanted also to see the fun. The cap? tain marched his gang up to the nearest bar room, kicked down the door, and we all surged In, the men helping themselves to all tho liquor they wanted, While so employed I v through the window a large force evidently coming to arrest the rioters, and I so reported to the men inside While they hesitate,1 what to do, 1 succeeded in persuading my friend to Went as far an Charlotte. There my friend and I met with a mutual acquaintance who was on his way to Virginia, and we r. solved to stick together. I went to bed early that night. 1 do not j know how long I slept, but I awoke ; suddenly to find my ?rst friend badly j cut with a knife and a doctor sew ing up his hand, while the other friend looked on and assisted. It turned out that he had had a fight at the supper table and while he had struck his opponent a serious blow I with his right h^.nd, he had caught his knife with his left and In the ef? fort to get it loose his opponent had ! turned the blade in his hand and sliced off part of a finger and some of the fieshy part of the palm, mak- j ing an ugly wound. Fearing arrest I and detention, we stole away to the railroad station and taking a troop train that passed along, with a por? tion of Hood's army, we went on to I Salisbury and thence to Greensboro, where I parted from my quarrelsome companion, and getting into a box car full of hay, arrived at Richmond, on Saturday night, April 1. I met my father at the Soldiers' Home?the old Exchange Hotel?and one of his staff, behind whom 1 rode out to father's headquarters. I re? call the fact that the horse's spinal column was very sharp and I was inexpressibly pleased when I could dismount. As we rode along, the whole Southern sky was punctured by swift flashes of light that remind? ed one of summer lightning, but In realty represented the flashing of the guns on the lines around Petersburg, where a night attack was going on, preparatory to the great final assault Of the next morning, which led to the evacuation of both Richmond and Petersburg by the Confederate forces, j The wind was blowing from the north or northwest and while the flash? ing of the cannon was very distinct, not a sound of the firing reached our ears. We knew, however, what it portended, and there was a very gen? eral anticipation that the great strug? gle in that quarter was nearing its end. On the north side of the James River, at that time were Kershaw's division of Liongstreet's corps 'minus one brigade, sent to South Carolina to oppose Sherman,) Gary's cavalry brigade, together with the dismount? ed men of his command serving as infantry, and several batteries of artillery?and perhaps some frag? ments of other commands doing pro ost duty in and around Richmond. All the troops that could possibly be spared from both armies had been sent to the south side of the James In preparation for the great final test of strength. The lines In places were very close together and the pick? ets could easily converse with one another. There was a tacit agree? ment between them that there should he no sharpshootlng, and hence quiet reigned supreme. To a boy like my? self with certain preconceived opin? ions of how opposing armies thus confronted one another would act, this peacefulness was very disconcert? ing. When I awoke next morning?it was Sunday?and from the porch of headquarters saw the enemy's cav? alry picket so near to our lines and ours so near to theirs, it seemed very strange that they did not fire upon each other. I noticed also that a hand would march to a certain point on the line and play a piece or two, then go on rapidly to another point, where they would go through with the samt' performance, and 1 naturally asked tor an explanation, which was that this ruse was intended to make it appear to the enemy that there was a much larger force present than was really the case. Whether it had the effect Is doubtful, hut i thought it a very fine piece of justifiable de? ception, war and diplomacy combined. After breakfast, while engaged In getting my hearings, T saw a courier from t'.ie direction of Richmond r'de UP an.! deliver a dispatch to one of father's aides. I noticed that as he read It he looked very anxious, and presently calling me Inside, told me that Richmond was to be evacuated that night that he had Intended to give in?, a horse and let me join one id* the cavalry compalnes from Cam den In the 7th regiment of Gary's brigade, but that in the face of the order of evacuation just received and the gre.il uncertainties that seemed SO imminent. he would keep me with himself and assign me to duty ns a courier, And this is hew I became entitled to he called, ,is l now am a "Veteran" of the late I'. B. A. IX. Richmond Ki acuated. Somehow the news of what was Impending got abroad?had news al Wayi travels last -and Indications were soon plentiful that a. great movement was at hand. Staff otll cers and couriers were dispatched in every direction with orden concern? ing the evacuation of the lines that night, rations were cooked, knapsacks packed, blankets rolled and every? thing made ready against the time for moving "on to Richmond", The day Anally ended, but the light from burning shanties that had she ltered BAGGING AND TIES ' I HE season is near at hand when the producers of the Tfleecy staple wibe ooking around for the, where? with to cover it. Farmers are to be congratuated I , on the fact that bagging and ties wi cost thenT but l""-*"*4"4 litte more than it did when cotton was seing t six to eight cents, and there is no rtice of merchandise in which they invest, that pays them a handsomer return. We carry a full line in all weights in New Jute and Sugar Sack Bagging also New Arrow Ties We have a veryq choice grade of second hand Jute bagging put up thirty yards to the roll. It is the best of its kind we have ever seen, full standard 2 pounds. Price ft cents per Yard. This is especially suited to glnners who furnish bagging and tiee and gin for special price. It will pay you to get prices on other grades be? fore placing your order. OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT. Is well stocked with cotton picking necessities: 600 bags of rice at 2 1-2 cents per pound up. 350 barrels Flour. We are selling a good flour at $6.00 per barrel. 25,000 pounds Butts *ad Plates. Meat is very much cheaper than it was. 400 Bags Meal and 200 Bags Grits 'TH HOSE who contemplate engaging in the mercantile business *? during the Fall and Winter months will do well to get our prices before buying, as there is no larger stock from which to select, and our prices will always be found as low as the lowest, O'DONNELL & CO. the men during the rigors of winter shed a lurid light upon the sVene. As I rode down to the picket line with an order for the officer in command several times I was greeted from the other side by cries like this: "Good? bye, Johnny! We'll take breakfast at the Spottswood tomorrow morn? ing." This was the name of a lead? ing hotel in Richmond. "So they have j found it out, too," I thought to my-1 self. We did not move as early as we had intended, however, for we were obliged to wait for some of our distant pickets to come up?we did not wish to leave them behind to certain capture. Finally, about 4 o'clock A. M., we moved off on the Richmond road, being joined by the pickets that we had waited for, and closely followed, though not pressed or attacked by the Federals. All of sudden there was a great ldaze of light in the sky towards Drewry'i Bluff, followed by another, and still another, as the Confederate gunboats were blown up to avoid cap? ture. The earth upheaved under the terrific concussion as In the throes of an earthquake, and the sound of the explosion was simply awful. As we neared Richmond the Government warehouses loaded with tobacco, and ?hipi In the river were seen to be burning, railway trains were rumbling over the river bridge, and an indes? cribable babel of sounds was floated to our ears as we marched sullenly and silently on In the grey dawn. As we passed up through "The Rockets" ?a part of Richmond inhabited by factory people?great crowds of whites and blacks of both sexes and nil ages lined the sidewalks. Many Were the fervent and damning fare? wells we received from this mob. Plats were shaken, curses were mut? tered, though here and there a sob was heard and a heart-broken voice said "good-bye" to the boys who had so long stood between their homes and the dreaded enemy. As we g'>t further up towards Mayo's bridge, where we were to cross the river, this mob again began to display the true mob spirit. One would hear the thud of axes falling upon front doors, a crash as the doors gave way. ami then the mob would surge Into the store <.r shop and presently reappear with dry goods and groceries of ev? ery description, blankets, tinware, hats, boots and shoes. As fast as one place was looted another would be attacked, until finally an order came to lire upon the mob and disperse it. \ battalion of troops was quickly formed and a volley fired. In the most Inscrutable manner, "in a mo? ment, in the twinkling of an eye," the mob melted away, but as soon as the troops were withdrawn the plund ering wen1, on as before. Some of the Richmond people were afraid lest the Federals on entering would find the stores of liquor and, becoming intoxicated, would add ra? pine to the horrors of pillage. They therefore went about opening the liquor stores, dragging out the barrels and knocking in their heads, pour the contents into the gutter, which in places ran with whiskey an inch deep or more. The soldiers dipped it up in their little tin cups as they marched along and drank It, but they were not allowed to halt until safely over the bridge and into Manchester. When the great conflagration broke out this liquor caught fire and doubt? less aided to spread the flames. A sloop on fire in the river drifted against the covered portion of the bridge nearest the city and set that on fire also. The Confederate treasury was entered by many and haversacks full of the valuless bills were taken. One man offered me a handful of hundred dollar bills. I looked at one and saw it was unsigned. He was much disgusted by the discovery and heaved the whole wad into the river. The Confederate Arsenal was set on fire or caught, and the bursting of shells sounded like the roir of a heavy engagement. We halted near the bridge until the rear guard passed, when we also moved on and halted in the quiet streets of Manchester. From that point the view of Richmond was ter rlble indeed. The whole city seemed to he doomed to destruction. The sun rose upon a dense black cloud of smoke hanging over the Capital of the Confederacy, while the roar of flames was audible miles away. A Hour mill, of seven or eight stories In height, near the river, was also tired, and the last sight we had of any ob jeet in the stricken city was that of this mill as the flames licked the skies from its top story. To enheart en the soldiers the hands were order? ed to play, and so to lively music we set out on the retreat. In Manchester we were joined by a battalion of de? partmental clerks and others In the Government's employ, and by the battalion of naval troops from the gunboats In the James, brave fel? lows enough, but unused to march? ing. The road soon became strewn with cast-off clothing with which many of the clerks had burdened themselves when they first set out, and many became so footsore that they marched barefooted, our ob? jective point was Amelia Court House, where it was said we would Join the remnants of the army from Petersburg. The men seemed full of life and spirit glad to get away from the monotonous duty of the intrench ments?and they were full of their jokes as they took the "route step" and plodded along through dust and mire. I was sent with a message to the rear of our column during the day. After delivering it, as I was j returning, I passed Gary's dismount? ed men, some of whom recognised me and called: "Hello! Jack." I stop? ped, shook hands and chatted as I rode along for a few minutes, then saying good-bye, I pushed on towards the front of the division. The troops just in front of Gary's men took up the cry, "Hello Jack" as I passed, and seeing it embarrassed me, It was continued along the line, I respond? ing as best I could, but finajly, when about a thousand fellows got? laugh? ing and shouting "Hello Jack," I could stand it no longer, and leaping the horse over a rail fence, took to the field, pursued by the frantic yells and shouts until I rode out of hear? ing. (To be Continued.) ?"Can be depended upon" is an ex? pression we all like to hear, and when it is used in connection with I Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy it means that It never fails to cure dirrhoea, dysen? tery or bowel complaints. It is pleas? ant to take and equally valuable for children and adults. Sold by W. W. Sibert._ UOUf Oracle WE OFFER YOU HERE 100 cents of value for every dol? lar you spend. You will hnd it doubly difficult to obtain better, stronger, more handsome and dur? able furniture than that we sell al? so to obtain lower prices than what we a$k on our goods, "A square deal*' is our way of doing businessjts a "Trade'Winner". Witherspoon Bros. Furniture Com ' pany.