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VOL. XLVI.il. - NO. 10: ONION, WITH CARINA.-MARCH II. LSiis. ~~ si A vi-'.ar
GREGG'S i!i?i'JA.)M O.F S. C.
bloody :::c;oh i>- o?- kdkr a l>
and confederates.
Or;'s First Regiment of Rfles headed
the List on OurSide--The Eighty- ;
Third Pennsylvania Led the
Federal Hosts. j.
Tbo bloody "records of (lie civil, !
.K';; - sliows s<<inc htcrei'ting parallels j
'"lienrrtnt tbo uf r^iiyeiit* on
the opposing qide.*, ?s sltown nyt'
' -(ienv^c L. Kumcr, writing in the I
Now York Sunday Ailvcrtiser.
Pennsylvania chatnpioni ?l in the
X'-.. I. : -I --- . ??e O 1??~
urn ii hi inr contest ior nrst nlace
on ilif roll of In.nor. and a trifle ovet
seven per cent of liei <|tiota of soldiers !
mo? de.itli on the ha'tlefield. South
1':l o 1111;i led the Sou hi ill St ir. s. and ,
mi niied over 2per eent of h? r mil- j
itirv p mula ion as it stood in 1S<JI.
1! t::e uuhat been left to those i '
f\v > t'otimi tiwi'i ths the Keystone
\v ?il l h ive ansiihdae I the I'.iliu t'o ; 1
t i ' ('
, an t 11:ivi* cnuio on* of the contest with
an annv lar^e ^enough to intimidate
the umpire, if ?o disposed.
.v ut i ( arolin.i furnished the rc-j~ (1
iuo'tit til it lost the highest number I
hi ii' in ha' tie tlurino the wjtr?()i r's !
So it i ' iv.4ina liifl which piled ,
Up a t'.eatii roll of d j( Sb- ? f~ri
furni-lied one for second plaee "ii the p
Stuither i sid ?the 1st >outh ' aio-j0
lina Volunteers, which scored L?M. , j,
fhe ilrst jilaee on 'lie I nion s:de i i
\v.i- taken by the .?'h New i ! i111j> ; i
phi e. with a >e.?re of LM.b"> ami tile | t
seeo.ul ola *e fell to a IViins lv:i-iia 1
re'/imeT, t' e sod. whidi had a list ;
of US-. I
Here h('i?i|is alioliier illiei betwi.n I
the Kevst lie and l'alo ett- . I'lie Sdd 1 ,\
rolled up a si-ore of i'l i kill d alio i (
\\ 'IP:ilr<l; i In1 11 at! s, :is Imf uv smti d ! s
l'cucllinj 1!**J. I'lip 1st >ou It Caro j ji
lilrt h ul ibj'l I;i 1 l?'?I ami wounded, the ?
deaths jsi'iirinir ,1
1 l.l* x>j'l 1 'v Ili.r \ i van. in i'ui??
boiiij; as a leor-em /.at ion o! a ro?*i | (|
lili'ii' c nijiosed "I volniitcor ami mjl- j J
itiu eojiij,: nh,s that i eswoipip 1 to
IVi'sidetr Lineon's fiist call, and : |i
serd th;er months. j ;;
I h col 'm l at tim load if both , a
IV; tim t<. John NN . Mrf.alip. ha . tl
sel'v-d as a volunteer ollieer in tin ! (
Mi \icati war. and di-tin_oiisln <1 him j n
hell as a tua-t'T in nrouni/.u i"ti atnl a
d;i 1. Thi* 1st South Carolina had a l<
similar l is orv. for it \\ as lot up d nt t
of the oisli.iiith d 1st South Carolina
oft e Provisional arm v. raded into |!
hcin^ hv t c Convention w 11? 11 the
St'te ei'iilcd ill I )i'i't'tiilirr. I >* ''. },
That renin.ent was math* tip oi dm j,
old militia f liijianies and volunteers (
fill is rd i sei \ e till* State si\ mm tlis. j j
Tl s ''r< visional regimen' and the i I
one formed out of it were erea'ed and I t
led v the s iiiie c i'oiii 1. M i\ey |
' i 1 i ....... i- .
<>l' j/if. v Ito 11 'I' I NC'ii a \ <>i ii it i "i- | |
ficcr in h Mexican war. ami 11:i 1 (
acnililtcd ) I us an aide <1 seip (
i i
liiiai an and master of drill. Ai.d it t
. iiajipi'iicd licit at tin* vrl'\ time * * a
in Miii. and almost t?? a dav. when }
t'n (i re// ?. as <;? din; iiis Palmetto (
111 ii ;; of lie o d liar ess in o new
a.i ?> ?: i. I i them up w i f) i III Mix- j
ieuii war icmiii-scences. i nl. Mel,one |
m,i- ii ii/ tin1 saiiu' tli ii/ v. it It his ,
Ki - on' la) s. Tin* No was ready |
fit or I r in tin- i'ati id IStll. and tm- ,
1 -f South ( at'i-liun.
1^ai'li ttci.t to its i e-peetive stat o -s
for a- i/litnci t to place in liln*. and
lirv.!; h .;:?n their lijihtintr ciircor on
tii iui;e dav and on the same Ii* Id.
\v. i.Ii h n/ rin/e rifle shot id eaeh
ot' . r. !' linsv Ivan in is lilimheri
d a' ii* > '!) lie ii. the (' in din inn 1
?iit a 11 ill" !e.-s. They wi-ri' iiot j
duietiv opjut-i d nini'i tli it Held, I
(i., tie - .\liil. din e 27 I >"t?2. nor i
*' ttl> II liny other, except at NoiiIi All
na. \ a.. May 21 lNV?2. hut were en-|
/a 'e l fur the wli' le thiee \cns in
the oj?| osin/ arunes o! Northern \ if
T.iu ami the !' to iiae, often en the
M IUO hattle /i oillid
No fine in I coin pari-nil could heighten
t!ie ji.iral ei Th" regimen .siiote
flirty eij eil. at d loth w. re in j
the th e c-' ?.i the li/h'. with varv
in/ iiu.nh r-i e-e/ t/' d and vat vi'-o
1 os v i*s iii illtlciciit i nines iiisi
UV : .! 'Miii.cr. (1 '?.y the Si*llic llOilt.
They cimr/el with ;i tit t I.-nit :i'*
m i ! cijii il. < Mi. ii . 'iwits ii >t ti ilnc).
J? i' t w;i? "Vi I'y 'ike" if.
v' I. Sutt li Car liniuits struck Irml
tin s in fli ir !ir t li^Ii' ti' (1 nines'
Mill. Ti i y u i r? 11' i u ji 11 ! with lour
o'Imt rcjj'imoits IV hi the same Slu'e.
(1-tli. l-itli, l lili ami Orr'a IJilles.
mentioned above,) and Colonel, now
|T ' *
t >' ,
I A. c
General Gregg became leader of the
whole column.
Tho color guard went down to a
man. and.the colonel, D. II. Hamilton,
took tho ilag and culled on his
uien to stand. Gregg, seeing the
daughter and the uselessncss ?>f trying
to advance, ordered the regiment
to retire by tiling through the Jintervahi
of the second lino. Tho lieutenant
colonel (Augustus M. Smith, of
Abbeville.) one captain (C. L. Bong)
and three lieutenants (Grimke Khett.
Robert W. Kliett and Ashlev)^
wore killed, and five lieutenanpi wej^
wonnned and twenty men we're"fflHed
and 125 wounded?15") in all.
"The 1st was not enmnrod ?<*ntn nn.
rill record Hull Run, August 20,
(mistake.) faring better than its Union
double. which was terribly punished
?t Malvern Hill f..ur days after
Haines' Mill.
Ai secuid Hull Run the Carolina
uiiratl;- was ordered to defend the
' irons lailn.a'i cut. which was Stoiievall
Jaek-Mii's key in that desperate
amtest The 1st was sent across the
nt a< skirmishers t meet an at ack- j
iig eo'unin. Retiring step by step j
inder lire it rejoined its lines behind
lie* cur and helped repulse the Union j
itarge, at tune* ligliMtig the enemy i
Mi par< s. Kxeited ?ncn often rush 1
I 'I ead ?.| their ranks and grappled ?
1 d adiycombat I officers used their t
? iM~.':itel i iilghi iliat . (
In- ia^t lion's, or moments, perhaps, i
f tin- hand 'o hand struggle the 1st ]
,ts ijunta for the day and eatne ]
nt mains 2 1 killed and 1 10 wounded, t
otal of l-l-? out of 2h:l taken into c
he light, its commanding officer, |
, eiitenant ('oloiie 1 1*Mwaid MeCradv I
a among the wounded. Capts. C.
t. I? n> dale, John C. McLemore, (
.it'll John M uiiro were killed; Capt. 1
I. I' i'aiker. Limit. Thomas Me a
'rtolv. <? o R. < Vingdoii and Zucii J
111i ii. n juta'it. were wounded. The j
xt r.f'rniooii the Sid Pennsylvania l
ii rued upon 'he railroad cut, then t
lende I by other troops, ami 'QSL-j,
unu , i -nwUJilielt in t
;u k Micee.-ston, and 07 men out of 1.
21. n
In ilie Maryland campaign follow
io see ml 1 'nil Run the >outli Caro- t
ni l . i.arid in the bloodless victory r
t ! I:irjn*r's Kerry, ;ni?l later on the j
I e I<l <m1v 17th of September iloubic j,
nicked to Antietam just in time to x
i n_' e tiieir d?ad with the fallen J
round the I>unker church. The 1st i
s o I men out of its raster of less (
an LVb j
At 1\ <h rieksnurg. in December <
ullow ing, it again found a warm
i nier by one .if those accidents of .
. it 1" tii if do n it lessen the sting of i
hi 1. ts even iftliey win no victories, i
ire_"/.s iir uade occupied the second i
in" in front of a position charged by
"tii'iti lo ops. Owing to a misplaceneiii
there was a gap in the front
in . ami a Cnion charging column
in -t tlir-nigh and struck the 1st
in; a it i t> regiment, Orr's JSouth
'..inlina Utiles, so suddenly as to
luow it tut i confusion. The 1st
tood n \t to the Kilbs, and is coma
iidcr. (Incut. Col McCradys,) imi.ed
ately swum: it around at right
mg! s w. h 'lie old lino so as to buffet
.ie enciiiN's advance. Again the
raged at arm s b ngtli, or it few
. ....... ..I..) ti n l /orlinnnt ctiwul
| >:;rrs ii' . .imm ih\ > \ m*uiv.iv .v"w.?
i groii> ?1 in til support reached the
?. tit. Tlie nll'tireost one officer (Capt.
I". II. L\l.>) inn I fit'eon men killed
ii I toni- officers (Cnpt. T. 1*. Alston,
Lieut Jiimes Armstrong, W. I.
Delph i.nd Thomas McCrady) and
AS men wounded?82 in all.
Gs.gg unskilled in the gap trying
to tight things, and nnother colonel
of' the brigade, Samuel McGosvan,
to k (-ominai.il. giving his name to
tin ore in /.a'ion. ( I hi> is a mistake.
oi. It. II. I lain.It >ii. of the 1st,sue*
r .led t-i the command of the brigade
up n (.. i. Gregg's fall, which o<\
emr 'i ju-t before the brunt of the
battle fe I on the let. Col. McGowiiti's
pro'm-.tioii took place after. Ld.
N. ami ( .) The 1st would have been
wiped out at Fredericksburg hut for
11.<? return of its wounded to duty, and
: .lie sin. *d Conf. derate system of
[ cons- ripting into old organizations.
l?y he time "Stonewall" .Jackson,
who w is its corps loader while he
live.I. was once more on the warpath
to double up the Union army, the
r giiue.it had picked up a lighting
s reng h of .h?o, a,,.l started out on
ISund.y morning. May *>, to drive
ohi "S-oiiewaH's" wedge home to the
; heart of I looker s camp at Chancellors
house. It was not as plain sailing
as was expected, for Sickles's ore
Union corps wag moving in tho mum
direction just ahead of the "Johnnies" i
and wouldn't bo hurried even to suit ?
Lee's "luvincibles." The 1st rcgi- 1
raent passed in splendid line over a 1
bare knoll, at the base of which i
Sickles's men lav under cover. The c
Carolinians stood it so long as man f
| could and then retirod to tv line of r,
breastworks, and the pursuers took a^y
turn at punishment and thenjt^^Ktt
ning away.
The 1st lost
well filled rank* iHm/A . F. ItRP d
was their corps leader in place of the ei
dead ''Stonewall." With them they it
assaulted Reynold's corps, in Me- it
Phersons's Woodson Jul}' 1. As ar \ ai
Gaines's Mill, a battcrv confronted ; ti
their advance, and rained shell and ! T
can Ulster into ranks, chiefly upon the ! S
1st regiment. The batiery was,loom. 1 r<
ed. One piece wus the prize of the J,
1st, and they dashed forward w i Jumf >
11 halt until their banner was float ng j
in the town, the first Conlbderae 11..g i
in Gettysburg. i
One day later, almost to an 1 our. . T'
it the other flank of the same field. '
the 83d Pennsylvania fought gallant '
y to defend Hound Top, with success (\.
xjual to that of the Carolinians, in i ;i
heir charge. The 1st lost one officer ! tw
nen killed; six oflicers"('Ca|\is.*Vi'. R' | V,!
M. lion, Josiah Cox. Armstrong as ; ;,i;
icutcnan', W. M. Murray and .J E. ; ;n
1. Caldwell) ami 04 men wound* d. ! j,
>ne 120 in all, which was more than , o|,
uilf its membership. ;'fl
In the Wilderness battle, on May ; tin
>, 1SG4, the 1st led its brigade and ! tin
livision in an attack on the Union ! M
eft on the Orange plank road, and ; h->
it the same hour its double, the 83 1 j |l;i
Pennsylvania, had the place of honor b?t
n a Union attack on the Confederate tin
eft along the Orange turnpike, a nit
:ouple of miles distant, Both regi- lin
D^nln jiiifiV'nyV i/-1 r T. mi. . W
layKthel Vwiwn* loss of sixt^?rt?Ai
silled and one hundred and fourteen tlu
vounded, besides six oflieers killed. CI
At Spottsylvunia, a week lat< r. <?c
he 1st, reduced to a handful, entered he
he ''Bloodv Angle" with its brigade, tli
n the forlorn attempt to hold its ;?sluilauts
at arm's length Its com- S<
nandcr, (Col C W. MeCreary, ol ?. 1
Ham well,) and five others were is
.vounded, the second in command. I gi
Lieut. Col. W. 1*. !S hooter. of Mar- ] er
on,) killed, (also Lieut. E O Shoot !
;*r ami Cap's. E. 1). Brailslord. W . \ ?
A. Kelly, James Ann>trong, Limits. or
A. E. Miller and M 11. Tharin.) sa
and the ranks lost nineteen killed lb
and fifty-one wounded. At the end as
of another week, after almost two pc
years of this eccentric duelling ilie ;1)
two regiments met fairly at Jericho tIt
Eord. North Anna lliver, on the r<?ad hi
to llichmond. The 1st charged at
the head of McGowan's brigade, and tb
ran into a batteiv suponrted bv the fa
l'ennsylvanians. The regiments m
grappled for an instant, the emu- V
mandcr of the Carolina brigade was at
captured by one of the 8ild, and the in
leader of the first (Major Tlios. ti
I'inckney Alston,) was killed in the si
tnelee. The 1st lost twentv-five \,
prisoners, the highest in any battle t!
of its career. ni
Bloody Cold Ilarbor next follow- ?l
ing, both escaped, and through the w
siege of Petersburg their lines ran "
scpara'e a^am, though with propor {?
tionatc lossos. Almost tit the close si
of the brigades to whioh each belonged
were supports to companion *
brigades that fought at White Oak r
road. March ill, 18(h>, otic week
before Appomattox. ^
The affair ended abruptly, and *
neither regiment was severely engaged
but the colonel of the Is*. (Col. C.
W. MeCravy.) was shot di ad hv a !
stray bullet. This was the l.ist day ''
in tlie regiment, and the score stood j
2H1. The record of wounded elos? d
April 2, when the major (E. I). 1
Urailsford) commanding and one s
captain (James Armstrong) \v? re shot
down, making lt;"?0 in all.
On March ill also, the 8'd seored J
2.S1 deaths, and on April 1 added j
1.:.... ow.i ..u. , ,
<?;n t iiiuwiii^ in"Mi ? ^
of wounded nt tlic same time. S<> ' ,
tlio duelists stood, at Appomattox.
0f>0 against 1?71 casualties <>n tin*
battlefield, almost the maximum war
strength of a regiment.
(Gregg's "Old First,'" as it was
. called, was composed of three comI
panics from Charleston?the MAi !
> ^ Volunteers, the Carolina Liglu in-J
I
^?r ?;
fan try and the Hic^arason Ouards?
>ne frohi Colutftbiai^-the Kichhuul
Volunteers?one frgt?*i>arnwe!l, one
Vom Newberry; one-"fawn Marion, one
rotn I lorry, one from fcdgo(i. Id, and
.composed ojSki ' ?organization
i duly, 180t,' harnig been present
l the bombardment that fort on
ie 12th and ISth of April, 18G1.
he regiment thus went froui Foit
ii'i.ter t > uppomattnx. where it sur ndereil
under t hi com nia? id of
Sent Col. A. P. BJkler.?Ed. The
iimiav News. i
A TOUCHING APPEAL,
-k
le Author of "Dixie" Struggling
With Poverty In His Old Age.
Tin iv si re songs that rieycr?duu
iIlnl forth t>y some j-"j\i:o ever en
ri:iti"St s that gave it
' ( l', I'f tli<$ writer of (lie
og Hjis pns?cd from.the memory of
in. I>111 its inspiration lives on
ratgh the passing Acars. Where
the Southern l.oar that iloe.s tiot I
)\vnt the familiar sovpid of "Dixie." I |
ie memories of ttie Soil'.h ami all i
;;t pertains to the trving times ol t
i' past is preserved with tender care, t
anum m?:s have Leon reared to the >
mes p.sscd away. The survivors
ve heen eared for^jvs far as woman's i
e and man's sympathy could aid ;
[>tn. hut there ygweinains opportu- I
ies for tho te^dK* miiiistrations of |
tie acts of oetie't'.tMejiee and appro- |
lii^iil(IW'i'[iiiWilwniiltiiti.i|nliWf. in
in cold hands. Mi-s Virginia 1
ay, in the Iluntsville (Ala ) Dem- t
rat. makes a touching appeal in
half of ihe eoniposer of "Dixie, 1
it inspiration of the Southerner: t
The sail new- has reached the
>u'h that the author and composer :
Dixie." Daniel Decatur Einmei, t
ill in Mt. Veruion, ()., arid drag <
!.<? out his No wars of life in pov i
t\ and want. This should neve l
allowed, as long as there are any
teratis of the Confederacy, or soti>
d ni'diters of those who loved the
ered eai.se for which their fathers
nght in existence. "Uncle Dan,'
he was familiarly called, has ap'.ded
to tlie Eolith for aid, an 1 his
ipc.ils 111 nl<* tlii?>n11 the columns ol
e "Co; I'. derate Yetcian," must not
in vain. in Alabama.
Kiiiim-t wrote the snug in ltf.Vd
a< gave him aa immortal name and
me in the South, when he was a
ember < f llryant s miosucls in New
oik. lie was asked by Jere l>rvit
one Satirday night to write a
my "tun. aio.iinl lor the boys. lie
,d so before he r< tired, ami the re
lit was, "I wi-li I was in Dixie
iml ?'.lie original name With
ie nimbi ngs ol' war graving .omler
ul nearer each ilay, ami the loyalty
f true Southerners was growing
jirnier, the song to- k like wildfire
i the South, a ml was received with
re it etrhusiasm. It was placed,
ing and wliis led everywhere.
I'nele Dan" had siruek the right
eynotc, and had found ;i responsive
h -rd iu the hearts of Southerners.
Wisii I was in Dixie ' was soon
;ou hern property and will comitate
> he ours, echoed ami ro-echoed
own the ei rridors of time.
Iviiinc w is iheotdy person allowi?
10 vi"g "Dixie" in the North durng
the w. r. and he sati^ it. in a New
fork theatre from 1 H.V.' to 1M?0.
i liou.rh ne n ly forty ye ns have
i.nsed since i'.- birth, the first har
till inspires a Southern audience
\itli renewed | atrio'i-m and love for
:|)e Ian' ob corn, an' dc lan o' cotton,
I '.i i\ii.i iik.ii m>r>il M n ? . nilv l.r,lt<im
F ranee I- is her M irseilhiise,"
Waifs li< r "Men of 11;ii lech. Kiijj
and her "(ind sue the Queen, "
(f in11 'Ii\r her NVuclit am HIn-iii.'
rim (J I'I'ii ! I i^lilainl' rs their C"cki>'
t'li'.N rtli." all of them 111:11 tin 1
airs coniii rtcil with the various j>eriiids
of siorins avd t.e?s of the laud
.f their hittli or adoption, and arc
*i>n^s that have made lienor's ;
\vh:!e " In' I ind of < *1 011. palmetto
uud ijus liur '\pj$ic/ wUtwU
inspired our hetocs by inheri *
fiom their tn*h is and nu:.srd i{ in
their modicr-' milk. c
Though D.nirl |). Knrti't wi> "
horn at Mt. Vernon, 1 i- par- . ^
outs were of Smitiicn hi ii. a, 'J
inspired nun v..: i ><>ntiuTii : atr >> - m
ism. n
Wo sags*- ** that tiie v:u on-- <-h i t'.'
ters of the Dauglr* rs <?f i!s:> (f'onfedI
. t *
ernev have ent'-rfainiiieiit < for t;e
benefit of Mr. Kunneiit - f' Southern 6
songs and tablev. Aid hiui now.
and do not wait to eivet to him
memorial monument?Laurens Ad
C< - CI
vertiscr. . i
a
fJt i
In the Event of War. '
c.?
SI
If war should corneal! the fighting
would be in and about Cuba. Sp i;n ! ^
would elideav- r to jrcvent us from l >0
landing an at my on the i-lan 1. <)::? vj
navv would act as a eonvuy i r .-hips [-*
earrvimr rim a k-1
r " 1' <? < i
would nttack it. An army ?;l" A
icans once landed in t'uha wt.li tie
friendly co opera ion of < J no /. w>i; ] [jj
soon occupy the i -1:111 1 :.n I ] ?
once under Amorieiii occu; :iti?>:. . ?
would ih'V( r In; iclcasid. That
would end the war. ?
. v.Thj; i-:i nav , is - if;i? iontlv , j?
in the endeavor to 1 n I troops. f.,V m
the resources ?>1* the I.'nited Suns ty '
are so inneli urea'er than t!o.?e of
Spain t at the ev< n d trim.pi
America wotil ! lie :i; . ;.d !
I?:?t it \vi u'.d I: T : a ' ..e O "ii
breakfast f? w . Sj. ; i ~
tiOsse-S < Hi?:i i In ! \n ie- : h; _
. ,. iii. ' 0*3S
(l^r'its on iii'l. [ill t .lei - "i iv w
:liis could he :H*c?i!!|?ii-ie d. art. t.d. .1. '
;o d niht. hy triva* lo.-s of .!e an 1
dleddine of hlood
The Spanish amy <f ,;.ati< n 1
n Cuha is larger limn the ivgil r ?
iriav of tie* 1 nited States and haicon
on the i.-dand long enough ;.i
nirtly acclimated. 1 hey would o )o?c
us, therefore, with more ti nned ?.
ipltljiHi^ihiy1 lirein1.'"hi iimm ihatM.i I
iehl to fairly overp >w* r all the tro .|>>
hat Spain could send to (.'itVt.
The Spaiiiatds are te>T e nvr r 1>.
Whatever other fau'ts they in iv haw !
hev have always long' t well.
The fact that the i i ny M-as-.n i- j
ihout to begin in Cuhi. : t ninchj
ime military per.i'ions are pv.c i- |
allv impo-sih'e, is an t; or e nipiiea j
ion. 1 f we |i ttr d hnteire ' ot ;
thousands ot our raw rec.ints i to j
t'uha now they \m uhl he pent n|> it. |
ho cities tvliil'1 t:.is nttnv mv:- n ;
lasted and would hccomc victim- :<>
pestilence as well as war. j
It will he a gear. dra"' het ? r if we j
have no war. hotter J'or Spain and j
America, hut tin n ii" we must j
fight we will fight as AmcviiM:- |
have always t'oujrht I hi lum r j ^
<?f the nation will he n; In hi and vjr ^ w
torv in the end will he a-sinedl oars. ,
?-Nashville \ nieric'tt. j
Thankful Wold - W ; it. i l.v M.s. Ad
H. Ilait, of (Jroton, S D. Wast d;<-n 1
with a had cold which >?11'. d ?:? m\ ;
lungs, cough si t i:: an-i land's term, ante i i ,
in consutii|i! ion. four no -tor- uavi n:?- j
up. sa\ mttl.it 1 <-ui|td it.' hv?? hu? i 1 ...
, , , i | v. i_ aS( i
-lioit 11me. 1 it i^c no- < ' ttn ; > i
Saviour, dflt'"uiin; I 1 ,-,,u d m- t s: I sttliK
with niv ftina 1 . oa p-th. I \v . iM in I v -0..|.
my aim lit one-- ah.>v?-. M\ !u:- and wa | ' 1
advisid to irnt D.. K ANi-.v lhsc.o.rs , Sadd
for consumption. < ".i_Is - a e Id- 1 f ' t
gave it a tri al, h o\ i t ?-i lit hot tie . 1
t has cured inn, and thank (? id 1 am you <
saved and now a well and heaiilo t i
woman." Trial Imltlr- Vice at Dr. I' ^D.Cl
(' Duke's drug store. If yo
All c
The hum.!', without a n.-v,tgage lacks
one of the modern eoave liet res.
IM'CKI.KN'S All Nit "A s\l.\'i: Wt! 1
The hest salve in the w o- .i t'o- en* - ;uuir
bruises, sores, ulcer.- -.ii' thrum. lr\< : .
sores, tetter, chapped li.ti.d-. e'i a-. die 1
corns, and all -kin e.ir.t. hi-, an j p->- 1
ively cures piles, or no n ?\ n paud. It i ^
is ouaraiiteed to ' vc '.'e. t'.-i ! s it i-f ic! i.ri
or money ??'Ti11n! ? 1. 1 'i routs jmt j
liox. For ?;!?. ?>v F. ('. I>?i.
, . ,
I lit nil ion is win if }>.'o|> > < rin fo !i .\ |
whrl> ilicv make a ijnnil unpss.
Tl
Tin: sriu: l \ < i;i:. j ? -l
Thorp is no use si.iYpi ii <_r fnni 11 ,m~'"""
(ln'M'lful malailv it" \ a \\ ill o;,l\ t Ha !
rnfM ipniPtly. Von air i>nviir_r i-aai
Ilirootr'i vonr hvly. vmr liwv i of
oriler. ! nvc iio }ij>: t'|Op. ii<> "... or , li - \
i (ion. have a bill roM in l e i air
pll'1 el V ||-ill I: J>. ft'er! I : 1I ' I p| i>M ii- i S
only reinnly ii'ii' nil! i\ yoo p ompt
iliiil ship ipMpI". Th"\ a" ?!i'?;:,y 0:1
vonr livpr. slonrieh sin 1 kabno-. toiip C
up th? whole s\ t"in mil) make yon !' ?*1
like :i ii"w i> in" 'I'1 ' to
PlllV Oi j>
; in \ . r. li !.) ' .. _
i cents y> i little. |
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ca::kt g dj::;<iss & your fire insurance, |
\ ii.1 pj ?>r? . ou tin- 1 est | r< tccticn and tlic best service.
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TO THE LADIES!?:
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OUR NEW LINE OF 2
FIXE SHOES!
u
For Spring arc now ready for your in*
spection at the
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JNION SHOE CO., Union, S. C. i
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:re's a
prise in Store
| For the 111:111 who has been sadly J
j brushing his last year's hut and re- '
marking sternly to himsely that it- 1
will have to do. It won't have to do.
: j There's no necessity of it "doing" ;
! when we sell the Famous HOWARD !
1 . HATS at ipl. Every hat guaranteed j
! 1 to give perfect satisfaction. They are !
|| t he equals to any .frl.oU hat in America. J
New shapes for spring 1808 in both |
i ' Soft and Still HOWARD HATS now j
\
on sale. i 5
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Yours for a New Hat,
5A1ITH CLOTHING CO.,
2w Hardware Store
rim I'nion 11 anlware Company is a new concern, suc>rs
to Scott Brothers, and doing business in,their old
1. We have the newest, cleanest and most coninlete
; of 1 Iardware, Tinware, Crockery, Stoves, Harness and
lies to be found in Union. We have a very large stock
arness that we are going to offer for prices below any
::vcr heard of. We can supply you with any shape of /
plow you may want. Also plow stocks, singletrees, etc. m
u want bellows, anvils and shop tools we have them.
/f our stock is
New, Clean and Up-to-date.
:ire not "gassing" to hear ourselves, but if you will ex
ie our goods and prices you will find that your dollars
ike rubber, and they will stretch further and buy more
Is in our store than in any other store in Union.
Yours for Business,
ie Union Hardware Co.
'
\ DR. H. K. SMITH.
y DENTIST.^
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