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. , . - % / - -r?? r- * V " UNION'S ADVANTAGES. ^I^TTT^ T TT\1 Ti Yl\T r|^T~fll /I~~IT^O P0PULA"..uN OF UNION. " In July, 1890, Union will have ?j I I I ] J I 1 1 K I 1 Rl I W I ] I U. S. Census 1890 1,070 uiorc Spindles than any other in- n H B I A VI V' I V W V I H WHHJL/a Poliee Census 1895 2,990 eoi pointed place in the Stuto. -?- -H. ^ ' *- *?' ? - ?^ ^ Kstiniated now ? - - - 3,500 % VOL. XXVII.?NO- 23. UNION SOUTH CAROLINA JUNE 5,1896. $1.50 A YEAR. I S.C- IN THE REVOLUTION EXPLOITS OF PATRIOTS IN Til PIKPMONT REClIOX. The ilistoiieal Sketch W hich Won (told Medal?Entertaining I5< \ i? \v of the Country and the People. The following is thcpiizc rs.?uy wiilti by Miss Mary Earle L\ ley, daughter i Mr. Win. Lyles, of Columbia. wliie captured for the fair author the heautifi gold uadal offend hy the Colunih ehapten* of the I laughters of tholievo'i tion for the Inst historical slab presented. Upper South Caiolina "unbraced, says Logan, "in the modern l>islri<ts? Ableville. Anderson, Ei'git.eld. <?nei villi*, l'iekens. New ben y. I.aunn Union, Spartanburg, Fail Held. (Teste .Lancaster, York and Richland is t! classic ground of the American lie' oliition.'* That it was a country of surpassii beauty and fcilility is abundantly show by the testimony of the writers of lh; l?eriod. Lord Cornwallis said of Fai Hold, a typical country: "1 can conceit / of no fairer region, taking into consii ( ration its fertile roil, mild climate, i Ion*; drawn U autifnl \ alleys and glorioi highlands.*'' The forests have bee described as peculiarly grand and in posing, and through their open depll could be seen stretches of the countl for miles around. Kxlcnsivc plains wei filled ith w aving masses of eanc; gnsl ing springs bubbled out fu m the sides < the hills and I lowers of every hue bio soined in the giacii valUys and orni niented the tops of the mountain Abundance of game was found in tl woodlands, and the streams wi re lil'a with lish of the choicest varieties. In this new and salubrious ngion. on fathers of the revolution had built ihci cabins, and were felling the priuievi forests and cultivating the virgin soi Hut, though nature Was here seen in la "kindest pKKligidity," and the simp! want of the pioneers were easily supplic l'rom her well tilled stoic house, the l'otii.d many dilla-nltus and dangers i the way of their advancement. Tl country was alia aoy iiihabited hy a rai of 11 dians. who would not tana!; vie) to stiengiis the j o?session of their ric pasv'ti'* lauds and idtal hunting ground: Step Ik.' step the ml nun utarttdtl progress the utthis and suhjeete .men for many long \?ars to all tl .hornus <?f savatre warfare. Wild U-as d'slurlid in their naliv< fastnessc: l\ prowled anuud the e.ioin?r i f$il' pionters, | i t pan d |o ?-pi inn' iipo the jlliuuix neiij aids. So rpaicl settled v-es the coiihtiy. that there eoiil J*' little unveil of aetieii m easi s? danger. Jait e\i ivjnaii relit d lor salrt ii| titi ll:e lVitility i f his ow n n.-ourei and tie sin njitli of his ja>ul ri-.dit am 'J'lnis. at i asti n.i d to dan^ci r and iiinri to a*?) osiue, time "\"oiis of the soil were pi/pari d to w in tin* haul l-attlisi the Hex ola,'ii'ii. Hi mote fn.ui i lit- sea eoast and i ill o In tin all 11 ininerei.ij ""litres hy alnio iinpit?.Nl?le loads and stream- nilen .?ipi^l luoie tianjii roiis 1 ?y hands of ho.?ii J nil la; is. i.nr f* It li is lieli I little intereonr: with the outside world. Tin ir inieres were holh ayrieiiitural and their trai was praetiealiy etiptiped to I i;e tow ns i Charier Ion and Aii^n. ta Thtrel'on t1?t? oppressive measures ? t i,?,c,!ioi "Vhieli jh,M w ith m? iniieli force upon tl shipping (? 't/ie inhabitants of the ens had little efi'tjet ?ipi?li the |?t ople of ti up t oniitry. ami tin s took no active pa! in the opt iiin^ set lies of tpc Ih volulioi Hut Charleston, real iziii<r(ii>K i.'. woiil ike tin} ossiHe to tit lend her coast w ilii rdisaftt.'ljleil coiintry in her rear, in .linn 177 *?, dispatched two eoininissioiii r Colonel I i rax/on and Hex. Willial 'l*i nut t. into the interior to explain I the people the causp of ilissal islaetioi and to endeavor to enljM flair ei a... i??? o. 11... . I,.' ....... Mtioiior t lit'lii);ilist !i aiiers, 1 liese }fe;it !i ivji'li mil with lit! If iinmmctliatf Mirers l< was a ilillienll lor a imputation: ,li>'.le.ii}o^eneoiis in character as that < its- mj) e.t)iiutrv in arrive at unaniuiilx < opinion. T.hev hail no substantial ean: for rivolt apiijrv* lin^laiul to whoi ^ many of them were iivwicly attaehn llial hail up to this period e\ci?i;'l hi I'm to protect the infant eoloti). neither h; v any inelinat ion tm \pi?e t he ipiai r .of t/i,i"ir brothers on the rust, who hi atiowia'i ,1)11111 :ii;all 11 presentation >'lw- .isscnihi,. ami I;; 111 treated their pilhl liieJl wit h hilt ha le II .spi el. lillt. illliel 11 ifli liaim.d to the eviHsc of iudcpen 1 nee of tinaij/lit ami actio:, lalixes hardship ina new ami n* i i>> I 1 ? ii? tin re were those who eUarly precrivt the 11:infers that lay in the principle '"<ht e'li0"" without rcprcscnta) ion. T.h?nt? v>cre many, too, ;imoi,iln iiiiiiiIh'i wIm, Ii,iiI come across the -e seeking a i;<?o?..',v where the\ inii: worship < ?i?i a?U*' 'I"' dictates llwir -owji rouseieueos whi le tin iiioriit enjoy li** ri'-jht of cm i\ nan in I a freeman. Mep soeli as these were i>. k*. _ to 1? < l ttl i.lo iimrity by the tnjo * j lix lit if :t | UM iit prosperity. Tin | united w.'.ii the patriot forces ulmu K <??1U? t*<1 ;;d who known sis Whin Anii.g do.i i.o man excited a wid inlUalae (on. Andrew Picktn the th\olid it a; ry hero, 4*|uirexcellence ' of the no i omit ry. His courage ai ahiiii} i s.d Ian ahead}' displayed in tl war with tic C'larokecs, and the! ipii-.litit and. d to his modesty, great fi.cc'.i'iii i in iii his i onntryineii. 11 'I hote among the inlisibitants who ;i< <f licarid to ;i * King were called Torie li Tlaa vol. ,n n,any instances, men( ,j homst c< i.\'i t ii.ns end sincere loysilt it was thin- mi.-Intone that the di 1,1 afi'ceUci. (i.e idle, aid the vicious we; t- down into tl.tir itmks hy British eini !i snrics. l-'ieiee and bawdy wsus the col I'.iel w.pid let ween two parties in np)x .. Ninth t'aioi,:..: during the Wevolntion. As South Catolina was the lii-st 1 I enter a piotist against the. tryamy i it- Kngiai.il, mi tin- liirt 11 al battle of tl - war, (the cm outlier at Lexington bein considered as only a skirmish.) was ah fought within her borders U-tween tl \\ libN : i i 111 Ti irii s II i :i 'i * i i t*i f 1 v- Savage's Plantation. near Ninety-Si: ivlric (jcncral Williamson, entreiichc with a paily of al out tlnee liundrt " Whigs w ithin a fort hurriedly const mete " of fence rails, was attacked hy a force < it iiin; tun hundred Tories under (ienen It< 1 insoii. After scvetal days lightin in whieh neither side gained the a> vantage, the eoinhatants agreed il]Mm |?n ly. Crucial Williamson consented t ts surrender the fort hut not his met is Colonel Uiehardson, who was hustenin to tl.e relief of (tenorsI Williamson wit a foteo of three thousand men. proceede again.-l the Tories. tnciaw iug and di: is poising them hy his superior numlien v Most of tiieir leaders were taken prisone] j. and sent to Charli stou jail. This endc the eampaign for the winter, stnd tl militia was disktuded. ' The hriilianl victory of Fort Moultri in .June. 177<'?. which relit vol Carol it _ for more titan two yea is of the present of the 1 tritish, iiatl not the sane hupp s* t fit et in seeming for the up country tl to ee.ssti ion of hostilities 11 twi en the Whif d tuid Tories. "Other Slates," sit Siiiims. "kiutw nothing of the liorroi which were the consequence of tlics tlouit'slie feuds of the South." Tl i1 Tories after their defeat hy C'olont d K.ehatthon Ik tl into the country of tl I ( T.eiol.ecs, where tliev ineitcd the Intliat to rSt against the Whigs. They, then 1 lore, hognn their inasstcres ui?on tl fioitliers. The panic striken inhabitam tl unahle t?. defend themselves, fled to tl iy stoektide forts which hatl l>een built ft their protection in such emergencies, j !l (totahleone of the these massacres was tin ttfthe Hampton family, whieh oecuml i e Soaraniline county and to wide ,1 C i ci so til Hampton so eloquently rofertc , in his >.|m at that countv const I mil? J' hi l-X (uncial Williamson. having raised fnrici.f three hundred men, proceeded t <1 attack the savages, and captured s? sma loily ?>!' tl i in, ;iinoii? whom lliere wei , thit'.icii w lute men, disguised us Indian: " This Menu d only to intensity the hat re s of the W'ldgs and Tories. "They pursue ?f eneli other." said (leneral (tales, "lik i, wild 11,'as! " (ieitcral Williamson cam . open the in tin liodv of the ( "herokecs ; (lei o'.eut> ( reek, where he defeat*1 '' lh? in and laid waislc to tin ir ten it op ?f The s siad for peace and wei \ compelled to < (de to South Carolina a s them lai.d> now comprising the counli* of I'iekcns. Oconee. Anderson an ' j ( reel I \ iile. 't'he campaign 01*1780 opened wit South t siion.i.! ;d*'er her long respite, ; if the pi'ia'iul theatre of hostilities, Aft* the mii render of Charleston on .May 1: (.ciii r;'.I Clinton, determined to snUhi the whole stale, sent three ariuies int 1 the ci.terior; one under Colonel Crag* d towards Ninety-Six. another under Lor i ('oi nwailis :<> ('air,dm. and a third mid; Colo,':. I I trow it to Augusta, while tl * * I lliin:1) Tsrlctoji" was raging at larjj ts over ti:e whole State. !< I haling of the advance of Co'oin f Itiiiort with four hundred eoiitinental: Colour! Taihton with seven bundle ealxai) and mounted infantry hastenc ' lo intrri?pi <ii111:11 Waxliws. Neimtatioi a |'oc surrender failed, and while the I. soiii?lit i.<1.1,1 r Tatlelon IV11 upon tl 1(. irln Is wiili a iiirv c?junir,l to the anna j of Indian waifare and cut to pier*1* (li command. 'I'arlclon's (Juaiter" is t ' tliisda> a provnli for wholesale cruelty Id As a irsiilt of these combined disa: ;1 his. 11 it* spirit of tin* Caiolinians scenic hioUi ii C!; n leston bad fallen and the country \\;;> <?.,. ;ri:n by an invadin .11111> w li.ch the\ felt tlieiuselvcp powei it ss hu>p|.<?r. At this juncture, (ienen ( Clinton ofiVird a pardon to all \\h would take Ihilish protection. Tli people ;;i ncrally. those of York accept** ,* took advantage of these terms, an 1 (ienoral Cliiaoii, bclieviti}; tla* subju^; tiouofrlu < i'ltrv coinplete, sailed f< New Yo'k. leaving i-oh) (prtwallis i )( eoiiiniand. Hut the Ihitish made ll ( fatal mistake of calling upon those w h had ucri nh b their nrotectiou to take u l" ai ins their countrymen. H Then it was dial, these sturdy hart (<l wood-men. in sided and alone, took u ,.| tlie >!11 tor iude|H ndenee and U-jja ,,l that pai i ; aii mul.ue w lii' h Jipnlh drov in I lie Itrilish i join (he State, When it i, 1U11<111I<1<1I awaited what odds (lies ijr people were liulitiui;. how they had t ,|. eoiit 1 nd not onl\ against an invading f< ,,l lint ii'mi (la ir \indieti\e iieighlmrs. an n thus wiihoiii pay. without provisioi 11 saxnwhal th<\ could supply for then ni M'l\is. A'llioiii arms or siiiimiitiiti?i e\c? pt as ea,?i<io<i i'r.iiii the enemy, ii will he seen how m 11J lend oils was die id ;,v del taking. now inaiwclous the result, lit it v.as at this dying hI that tl ol women of this stale, seeing the straits I i'\ which ti.eir hiisliands and brothers wei he rediir 1 d. performed so many heroic dec< ?t land . vhihiieil those qualities of endu y- ance, patience and devotion which were 1 t*y ufterwards emulated l?y their grand- ' ly daughters of tlto Confederacy. Simct* i ;s. fails to sjieak in details of the youthful er and daring Kinily Geigcr, wlio can red a j is. message from General Greene to General , Sumter through a country inf&ttd with J id Tories; of Dieev I Kingston, wliu swain ! ie the detp and rapid Tyger to warn hit* J se brothers of the approaching of. "Jilooily ; ly Dill'1 Cunningham, of Mix Dillard, who ! lisle sixty miles through the ddrkucss to ! tl- save Colonel Clarke and his men, en- ' s. camped at Cedar Springs, from u surprise i>f by the Tories; of Mrs. Drat ten, l,\\l.oj y, would not have her husband <uiul liis , s- comrades owe to a cowardly stvntngein re the victory they could gain in the field of i s- buttle;M of the lovely Mary Musgrovo ! 11- and thecounigeous Kstlier Guston, w hose ] !'i" gentle ministrations soothed the plans of ( the wounded and dying; those, and many ' to other noble deeds have been recorded in j )f history; some are preserved in family ie tradition; others again ate known only to ig that ever watchful eye whifli taken notes so even to the fall of a sparrow, le The most a<ti\cof the partisan leadit ers at this time were Pickens, Sumter I anil Marion, the three great and choice ii spirits of the Itevolution. Marion il operated from Camden to the sea csasl; d Sumter from Camden to Ninety-Six; )f while Pickens traversed the country id from Ninety-Six to Augusta. On the ig loth of Juiv, Sumter at Williamson's " Plantation in York county, engaged a a detachment of British ami Tories eomo maudeil by Colonels Ilueh and Fcrgu1. son and completely routed them, killing ig l?oth these otiieers. After an uusuecessh ful attack upon the enemy's post at d Hocky Mount in Fairfield county; he s- moved on to Hanging Hock, where lie s. defeateil a large hodv of British and ps Tories. Colonel Williams, another laavo parti,e san. always on the alert to harass the enemy, attacked and defeated, on the ie 18th of August, a considerable ImmIv of ia of British and Tories at Musgrove's Mill r(1 on the Knoree river. The notorious '> Cunningham were of this neighborhood 10 and it were perpetrated s*>ui.? of the Is murderous acts of "Bloody Bill" Cunninghain, the leader <?/ the "Bloody l_s Scout." It was here that he shot Major j *C ('iddwcll ill tiis miwiici" ;nnl i' ' ^ was here that he surprised Colonel llay J with twenty men in coininand of a block ie house. In eonipliance with the wishes j ,s of some of his men t he wohien\ and J children were spared, hut the houso was i ie tired by throwing heated irons iipol^ :t, ta and the men after having surrendered ,e themselves, were deliberately massacred. *r In July, 17b0, General Gates the hero * of Saratoga, was appointed to the eoin^ maud of the Southern forces and wits npn proaching with an arm\ from the North. 'l lie directed his march towards Camden, " where the llritish under the command of *' Lord Cornwallis wore entrenched. O.i July 10, the two armies met within a lew a miles of the town. The ever oonkdent J o General Gates displayed little ability in 11 the management of this Kittle; the miii- j e tin, K'ing placed in front, gave way lie- I s. fore the charge of the Hritish regulars, I1 d creating a jmuie which it was impossihle j d to arrest. Among the killed was the , ' a* brave Ha roll de Kalb. who had generous- j ic ly taken up arms in the cause of iude- j it )M'ndenee. General (iates. having lost <1 almost half his men and all his baggage, i i'. tied into North Carolina. *0 .1 Aiit>ther disister was sustained l?y the j ,s Americans at Fishing (.'reek, where nuiii- j ('j tor. encumbered with prisoners and hag- ; gage, was surprised and runted hy 'i'arle- ! ton. Almost his entire eomm.mil Nunc i '' either killed or captured. Lord Corn-I l* wall is, sei'ing the reUd forces disposed. | ,r proceeded to Charlotte. Icav'ng Tariejot | - and Ferguson to overcome tin- iuhaniu> tantsof the hack country.*' Ferguson ? encamped oil Kings' Mountain, where 1 he was attacked with great fury hy a '' party of Whigs, collected for the purpose ,l" from the ii|?-country and the adjoining a" States of Virginia. North Carolina ami > ' Kentucky, under the leadership of Col's. Ca|ii|iU;li, Cleveland. Williams, Sevi; r ; t'l and Shelhy, Tho aihlrk was niadesiinu!- I s, hideously from the four sides of the ; d mountain, the several divisions advaiie<1 ing under cover of the trees and deli verts ing their lire as they went. The action v was short and decisive, and the death of ie Ferguson was followed hy a surrender of Is his force 1 tut two hundred of themes- i ie caped; leavingls'hiud them thirteen linn- i o dreil comrades, killed wounded and 1 prisoners and fifteen hundred stand of *- arms. The gallant Colonel Williams lost i d his lift* in this hat tic. His friend Colonel ir Hammond, went to his side w hen he fell < g and received his dying command. Never i- up tin* urn. (.it'll. (i;itt's?, l.;u mg his i p "NorthernlanivlsforSouthern w blows,'' ; ( '(j was recalled, and General Greene was j (j a p| mill led in liis place. In Deeeink r. ( HiHO, lie reaelied I lie Sunt hern army I ( which lie himself deserihed as a "shadow i \v it 11? Mil a sulistaiiee." The undaunted j Sn||iter. after I lis defeat at Kisliingt'reel, ' had eolfected a new eoip.-> oi \ohiiili'u--, | Willi this small force and no <'ontinei t- ! al army in the State, lie had kept the ! , lield for more than three months, and I k" liad so harassed the enemy that they | I' could only move with caution and dilli- | " eulty. lieoperated ahout Kiauee. Broad I y a ml Tyirer riveix. (General Gree>? -.id j ls (leueral A(oijt?ui w iih a p;iri 01 ins force. I to the relief of Ninety sj\. I.ord ( urn- | ? wallis, who had returned to Mate, dis- ! H* patched Tarleton to overtake Morgan. (' which he did at Cow-pens. A fierce and ' hard fought kittle ensued in which the '* British were defeated, with a loss to the 1,1 patriots of only twelve men kilhil imd I sixty wounded. Never was a more sig-! n:il victor) .|chie>i,<i |h?:o. .e.uoi c.u.? Ion destroyed the terror of liis name ai.d ! le the friends of lilicrty look fiedi courage. > io ('ongrcss preseuteil a gold medal to l.en- j re end Morgan, one of silver each to Ideals tenant < ieneruls Washington and Howard, r- a sword to General l'ickens, aud promol ( <1 othors \vl moronity di-tinsuislu<1 thomsolvos. Lord <.\?ii:\vnllis, toruovci'tlH1 prison( rs, iit1* 1 l?> intoivopi Morgan. l?ut tailed tieeamv of a riM* in the (.'atawha river. S!:orfly attei wards (icntml (inon arrived and t< ek command of Morgan's army. Ito oiitinmd llio retreat ami closed tho Yadkin river so olosoly pursued to the lirilish that ho lost a pail nt his luggage. Cornwallis was a second time deterred from the pursuit l?y a i*is?* in tlio tivor. and retreated into North Carolina, where li" was in tinn pursued by Green;. Al'ter tlie luttlc of Guilford court house, General Greene returned to the help of the struggling |urtisaus in Suitli Carolina, lie tool; possession of llobkiik's 11 ill. w here on April '2~\ l~s1, he was attacked by Lord Ituwdon. For u while, victory seem to Ik on the side of the Americans, hut Lord Hawdonhya ma ici ly disposition of his forces compelled Genearl Greene to retreat. lie proem ded to Ninety-Six h\ way of (franhy, dispatching <teneial I.eewith a force to siiUlne that fort. Altera biief contliet llie garrison, consist ill); of four hundred men. surrendered, '1'lie tciuis of the capitulation giving the enemy the privilege of carrying otT their baggage, were greatly complined of hv Col, Thomas Taylor and other Carolinians, who were indignant at seeing wagons, drawn by their own horses, and tilled with the produce of their own homes, driven away IH'fore their eyes, tleneral I.ee*s excuse for this action was that Lord ltawdon was rapidly approaching to the relief of the fort. On May ?1. Greene tool; up his position before Ninety-Six and, after I?eM'iging it for nearly a mouth, attempted to carry the place by assault, but w jis ik'ateu olT with heavy hiss. Me fellluiek before Lord Lawdou, until the latter, weary of the hopeless chase. diseoutiiiueil the pursuit and gradually withdrew his army into Charleston. Smn after "this, the news of the surrender of Lord Corn wail is at Yorktown rt'aehed South Caroliiia; and, on May 14, ITS-.', tin* lhitish evacuated Charleston. Th" war was over; the colonies were free; our heroes laid down theiraruis and uturned to their plow sluucs, rejoicing that iheir struggle had not lieen In vain. The love of liberty and the inflexible devotion to duty that were displayed by men during the dark ami gloomy I ^-ind of the revolution, have kept aglow the flame of patriotism upon the altar of their country. It was tlnjir example that inspired such sons as Andrew J.^ek- , son, the hero of the Uiitlu of New" Orleans; as .loliu C. Cahoim, the apostle of State's rights; as our own loved martyrs of the l.ost Cause, whose honored graves we still water with our tears and rover with the sweet emblems of immortality. J hit not only for themselves and for their children did our worthy forefatly rs gain the blessing;-, c.f froeuom. When, in ill not distant future, the shadow of the Matur of lulierty shall fall the shores of Culw; and, when, in the progross of t he ages, its reflect ion shall h:' cast up>n all lands that are down-troddt n and oppressed, then will history u cord, '-The Patriots ?>f the American lh volution won a victory for the world. ' M MJY Mi s lliiVK.' i'K NIC / CAN 1,1*1.1:. To tin- Mditor of 'J'he Times. SAXTI'C. Msiv -IS ?Oil last. Salm-.lav tlic 'J'!, one of the grandest picnic that ever was given in the eountv was held at Mr. Dave Thomas' old residence, a lew miles from Carlisle, situated on the old Ninety six road, in a beautiful grove a regular old Southern home \,uw tike many wiihoul ??ceup:mts. The ratals that lead to and hy this old home are iieaulifitl. On the morning of the picnic the clouds had veiled the sun. and Ik lore the morning winds had driven tin m away we were all in the grove. Vi'ter the candidates had shaken hands and the ladies had passed kisses, the attention of the crowd was (hy.,,,! vu the hints by .iplenuhl music, furnished hy i'loi. .loiiu Mctiowan. tirady Stokes on violins, accompanied hy the gentle Miss Mamie Mctiowan on her organ. As each couple gaily trijied the light fantastic toe, the little "dids" were lulled to sleep in adjourning room hy the sweet enchanting music. At the hour of one o'clock dinner was announced, and such a tahle, ail the nice things th;t', In*.tuft hands co'al'i iii tiie was spread lieforeus. There were many kinds of refreshments. i< e cream and lemonade in the greatest abundance. Some of those from a lisi an *e were as f illows: Col. .1. I,. 1 hit'er and Miss Sadie l?:fon fronil.o-kliait. Miss Hoherson from Cnioii, Miss I'annii and l'.ii.,ii.i (lyiu.r iroui Ne\\ neri v, Miss Kearney from N. C., ui'.d nt hers. Much credit is due to Mr. W. M. Ihitler. Mr. Jim Mctiowan ami the pupils I Mrs. I tiller's school, for such a delight fill occasion. & . Tlio Ideal VniiiU'ca. .lames !-. l-'raneis. Alderman. ('iiieago, ?i\s: "I legard Dr. King's New Discover) as ;iii Meal Panacea for coughs, l olilsaicl lung complaints having used it in my family for I lie last live yearn v? Die exclusion of e|.ynj( i,,jt lue.-fcrlptioli ,,i ..ill. i inepcraliniis. ?{cv. .lolin Ihngus. Keokuk, fowa, w.iles; % I have lieen a minister of the Methodist Kpiscopal church for lil'ty years or more and never found anything so beneficial, or that gave mesncli speedy r< !i i as Dr. Ding's New Discovery. *' Try Iliis ideal cough remedy. Trial hot ties free at II. F. I'osev's Drug store. + A cow lias been known to recognize liic pielnre of a calf, and the tiger is said to de drawn to a trap by the picture of a companion. The timid horse, however. lakes no notice of a picture, and the cat will not spring at a painted bird. 1 WM. A. Nici ? BAN I V1TIOJN Kespectlully solicit y< REPRESENT COMPANIES W1 >! ?0< RAMIL. FUTL' HK OF A 0 IJ FAT A M EHICAX INDL'STUV ASsl RFI). The History, Uses and l'ossi hi lilies ol" tlie Mast Valuable of Textiles*?Far Superior to Flax- Advanee in Miu ninety. One of the inasl iiu]>nrtum industries Itogun in the United Stales for a great many years will soon If established in I litis city. This will l>c :i plant for the purpose of treating r.unie fibre for the manufacture of all sorts of textile fabrics. The movement, if successful, and according to the representation of responsible men, there is uodoubt of its success, will, in a short time, completely revolutionize the textile fabric industry in this country, as well as of khiroiH*. The plant to be established will, by a secret "degunitning" process recently discovered by a New Orleans chemist, making it possible to produce ramie yarn at a commercial cost much less cheaper than any raw material now in use. And herein lies its wonderful value, for there is little doubt that in time it will most seriously affect, if not in some instances drive out, tlax, cotton and silks in the munfaetured product from the markets of the world. To all people familiar with textile fabrics there is nothing new concerning the IKxssibilities of ramie. It has l*seu used for years in an extremely limited way. and is even no\y cunmieroinlly profitable in the markets of KurojK>, but not to such an extent as the American pioduct will make it, when the new process is in full oiieration. While the textile world understands its use, it is doubtful if there is one person in a hundred in the lay wo. ',d who has the slightest conception <\f ramie, its origin, usee or possibilities. Tojgo l?ack to tlie beginning, rumie is know 11 .as ('biuagrass. It is not, however, a grass, but a plant that grows as a bush. In China it readies a height of from four to ?ix feet, and has wide, spreading\o^\'yA In the Southern Stales and ty.UAtories of this country nuuic grows lo a similar height, but its slal^a are straighter and eon-'j tains more fibre. than the Oriental | laid, liotb plants have a prolific gro.ilh of J loaves, which can do so treateii as to produce the highest grade of lxtukuolcand writing papers. China lias cultivated ramie for centuries; it was Vuoun in Kgypt as long ago as '.Urn years. From specimens of 4,he woven clotli found in old Kgptian toinKs, it is certain that tho ancient "Fgypfians, as well as tiit* Chinese, understood the cheap process of degumming, lost in modern times until Samuel 15. Allison of New Orleans, after worki g lo years continuously dually brought his cheap degunmting process to profeetion less than a year ago. The attention of the textile world ??? > liecii drawn to this wonderfyl yarn only within the past qiuivtv-r of a century. TtHlav it is excbiu'g more interest than ov',\lUetoiv, but ex evsince 1 Si>.*> the I'nited States government has Ihjcii urging Southern planters to cultivate the ramie as a protilahle diversitieation from cotton and other crops indigenous to the Soidh. Ilamie cannot lie grown north o.f ihe frost line. A few Southern platers ha \ cycled uiHin the advice uf I'rof. (. juries Diehard Dodge ju the 'jist- few years. and have sueeyyilerl ih making great progress in its culture and development. There are at present perhaps d.lHMacres under uultivalion in the South, lad just as soon as a number of the new process mills are in oiH'ration many wcaltuysoutherners who have for some time liecn cx|?criiiienting in a small way will begin its production j extensively. i Ai?v \v< i, ?..% \% \( 111N 1:1;v. hi 1S??;; a st. Louis inventor succeeded iu inventing it deeortiating niaehiiie for tin* sepalt ion of 11 n* I'll ill* of tile |i!itlit front (lie stalk. It was the lirst kind ever patented, and the inventor lyw already found Nile in l*tuvi*e and some South Ameeie.m countries, whore nun if yam has tor thi- last three years lieon produced. Another innehiiie. one tor successlulh weaving the yarn, followed this invention, so thai gradually the way lots Won cleared step hv step fur !,lu latest improveinent, thaf ,.,i vMoinically '-deguinining," ?iie tibre at an expense hirtherlo unheard of. A ftltKAT SA V I NO t^ |*UO>|*l--.( I . J Iii shaking ui* tin* iirw company's plans ri-contly, Mr. rariucutcr, \vln? is interested ill-tin* ww xeniure said: "Wti V.IU kv incor|N?rut<x) within the ncvt tew wwks, and will then be ready to give the details of tlx* husini'ss. Now I do not want to ap|x-av to In- working extravagant claims, hut when I say that nearly all, if not all, textile fabrics can In* manufactured at a much ehea|?er price than froincotton. w?x>1 or Max, wi?U our processus a basis, I am oid.v suiting what can lx: scicn.it!c,i!\\ aad mechanically deiuon.si'^^eup to every textile fabric ;^am>uictmi-r in the country. Allison u'S)*h only simple chemicals that can lxpurchased cheaply, and do not injure the strength of the lihre in anyway. The few Kuropean processes, on the o\)x* hand, are much more expensive ,*ui ieduce materially the tepsiU; .strength of the yarn. The Xe\\ Y'ork chemist whom we iiava \yitu us has already perfected a >o ? C < IOLSON & SON, I KERS S r s. o. ; our FIRE 1SURANCE. TH $40,000,000.00, OF ASSETS. process by which the "by" or was to product can lie utilized lor making a fair quality of laundry soap and other products, so that practically wo can produce the yarn ready for spinning for nothing. "I am not ready to give our exact ligures for producing, but you can get a fair idea of the profits when 1 teli you that one mill in (ionnany returned ?18d,?hii? from a 180 tons of ramie in 180 J. One French factory in l.SO"> produced 400 tons of yarn in the manufacture of which they cxin'iidcd double what we can produce it for. The raw product eon now be laid down in N'i-vv \ ?? L- ?i-:? ' - *v.i. >r'i,i \ iiiiui iui" 3*00a ton. when the Smih ran raise enough llhro for the thousands of silk, wool and Ihix looms in the world, the producing cost will be lessened to $10 or moron ton. Recent quotations show that it now costs $23~? n ton to lay down Russian lias. I in Now York while the Holland, Belgium ^ and Irish varitics aro worth more than double that amount in Liverpool; thoy would cost in this country, duties paid, close to .'10 cents a pound. Ramie fibre is cheaper. It is l'ar superior to tlax in every respect, and in Liu opinion of all those qualified to express themselves, if has been sufficiently shown that when ramie libro can l?e produced in sullicient quantities, it will entirely supplant tlax and stop its cultivation. If. for instance ramie yarn should lie.--old on a basis of > the present priee of ilex, the product would W? lot) per cm!. The AngloDutch Ramie Libre and 1'aprr company is preparing to cultivate 1,000 acres in Arizona. "Last year 7u0.ot.? pounds were exIHirteii to Kngland, hut this wasn't a tithe of the amount which the foreign looms would alone take if lliey could get it. Twelve hundred acres in one farm are now under cultivation in Texas and nearly *200 small farmers are now exqwiinciiting with it.'" - % MANIK01.I) 1>KS Of llAMIIS* To what spueUie use cau the yarn be put?" was ask.i), -liruTthfe l'vvm. vaniie is belUiTintH"c\ long and silky and strong, closely re- ' . . \ sciuhling silk, in lustre and strength. It cau lie u?*ed as an aiultenuit, or bo entirely sulr>tit :ii"d for it in the l^inu1 act are of lino textiles. Gloves, like ?msu'uti, are inane Hum it, anil it forma an excellent inljm.i t to wool in tho manufacture ol' lino cashmeres and woolens, improving tli?' strength and appearance of tltose goods. Taliiioloths anil napkins are inside from it tlial excel in lustre tin* Ik'sI Irish linen; also delicate laces, vcl\cUs damasks and brocades of brilliancy unsurp;is.se;I by any other material except silk: in fact, ii i. frequently interwoven with silk. It has three times the strength of llussinn Uax and douhlo that of l?est Holland, Heighim and Irish varieties. It hen lnv.i estimated thai the annual importations in the. United States ot liUva, wool, worsteds and woolen p.<sMts, silk and its manufactures, together with t!a\ lim n goods, amount in round umulwrs to "Mamie libre that ean lake the place of most of this, ;awl largely with our products of wool and silk, cipials or excels much of it in durability or gnish. Some tlcrmau mills are making a lienutiful duality of stockinet and men's hose. VVheu wo get started, we can manufacture hose, for i list a nee, thai is now sold for S$4.oh a do/en, fop .">() cents a do/en.'* "As to the ]hi ssibilities of ramie manufacture, there Minis t<> be no limit. St tilled floods for men's wear, upholstered. curtains, laces and embroideries, phtnlies and velvets, stockings, sheetings, s;iils. daek, cm pet*, cordage, llshing nets and yams and tiireiids i'or various ns<? nut imimrraled." H ON I IN I i.l> ON 5' A < i K l>) (JO TO Pool & Whisenant FOIl? Flour, lhicon, Lm.rI, Molasses, Sugar, Cofi'.-e, Tea, Tobaceo, Son n, Soda, Starch and IJlueintr and everything else you want in the GROCERY LIME. We sell Leggett s Famous Royai Ruby Cigar. O v virrci \r i?p!vt iv O O .150 JK. CAI.L ANDSKCOL'U 1'llICL'S. POOL & W1SEIABT." A' y c ? ?&*&&