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r? iOUTHI i "By Cyrus Tot i Author of "Woven With t "The Quiberoi Copyright, not, by Ci "Oars!" ho ci'ietf instantly, and, as "4b? men stopped rowing, ho dropped f c the yoke lines, 8tenne<l frtrn-or.i . . .?MkU <4 11VI picked up the boat ling from where It lay in its ease along the bottom of the. boat, en me back t6. the stern sheets, uncased It deliberately, shook out its -folds coolly nnd then stepped It aft in the socket provided. lie did not do this a moment too soon. The forward pivot gun on the Hartford, of Which he was right abreast, had been turned on him. Seeing only a boatful of men In the smoke, Iguornnt that It Was one of tliojr own, supposing, perhaps, that It might have been a torpedo boat, the locksttlng quivered lb the hand of the olHcer to speed the bolt which would have blown the cutter out of the water. ' "For God's sake, sir," cried one of the men of the gun crew, recognizing the young officer as he peered over the raH, "don't fire! It's Leftenant Peyton!" -,At that opportune Instant the flag rippled out. llow the men 011 the ^Hartford cheered as they saw It and r^- pow the men on the ffartford cheered a? they saw It! noticed the sturdy oarsmen pick up the stroke and shoot the boat ahead toward the place where the Tecumseh had gone.down 1 ' An olllcer uud n few men ready to give Up Were swimming oxhoustedly In that vortex o( J1 re when the boat swept alongside them. The cutter had gone ahead of the main battle to reach the place where the Tecumseh had been sunk, and as she came bursting out of the heavier pall of smoke she. ,was In full view of both the fort and the ram. General Peyton caught sight Of the boat first. ?"I,ook there!" he cried to the nfeir of the iicxt barbette gun to his position, pointing. "Fire on that bpat! Sink -her!" colonel l'lensnnts, however, stand Ing by his side, lind fortunately caught tlie boat at the same moment In the field of ljis glass. "By heaven, sir," he cried, "there's your son!" "Should I spare my own son," cried the general sternly, "more than any other man who is an enemy? Fire np<Jn him, and be d d to you!" he cried I to the hesitant gunners. "No!" said Pleasants, springing to(Ward the gun. Was he too late? The piece had been trained on the boat, and the gun * PLAIN PROOF What This Gentleman y Says is a Mere Statey ment of Facts, No one can have any reason from dissenting from the particulars and proofs which follow, for verification of the Mine is within easy reach of every resident of'this vicinity. That Doan's Kidney Pills promptly and effectually cure Idaney complaints is substantiated not only in this particular case, hut by all vrho have given them a fair trial. Testimony likewise shows that you do not have to take them indefinitely to be cfired. Walter McLachlin. a machine hand, employed at J. Holiday & Sons pinning mill, Wheeling, w. va., aaurmoujz Jacob atreet, says: ' Had I not used I Joan's Kidney Pills when I did I would not be alive now. I was in a terrible condition, and although I took quarts of medicine I got no better, but worse. Friends spoke of my bad appearance and thousands knew about it. I could hardly get around and felt and looked like a 1 dead man more than a living one. ' ftoan's Sidney Pills were a blessing to *. me, fe#Jf a box relieved me? three boxes ohtirely ^ured me and now I feel as 5 though my bj?ck was as strong as that of any horso jo Wheeling. I would v rather have a bos of J>oan'B Kidney Pills than the services of *)} tjie doctor) tu the state." . For sale by all dealers. Pi ice 50 oents. Foster Mil burn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., solo aarenta for the U. H. .Itemember the name?Doan'a?and ?Uke no other. , 6 4> ^ i\!s>wVv'4l :?* \2<s<iVt'{-J ERNERSl 'jvn*send "Brady he Ship/* "Hohenxollern/' i Touch/* Etc, !*<,\'v'V'V.* ?^ ? ^^v^5s25i?i I /rua Tmcnacnd Hradu '? \$s-'*:V7 J captain's arm had alrond'v tnntoii~i upon the lockstring. In another moment the hammer would fall and the shot be aped. The distance was too short to miss, the aim perfect. The old general covered his eyes with his hand. Ills duty bade him flre; his heart would not lot him look. Rut Pleasants Intervened. lie threw his hand over the vent of the piece, and the hammer struck the back of his hand a sharp blow, numbing it with the force with which it fell, but the gun was not discharged. "General Peyton," cried the young man, still clutching at the vent, "they are on an errand of nietcy! They have no arms! They are picking up men from the Tecumscli! For God's sake, don't fire 011 them!" "Thank God!" cried the general, greatly relieved. "Pass the word not to flre 011 that boat," he added, turning to a staff officer near, "if it can bo helped! Hurry, sir! It is saving drowning men!" Now it was the ram's turn. Willis Teyton had charge of the forward division of guns on the Tennessee. As the little boat cunie shovlnfc through the smoke he turned one of the Hrook rifles on it. She was too far nwnv fnr blm to recognize his brother, but presently bo divined the errand of the boat was one- of nierey, and with cbtvalric gallantry?for which, when he learned the truth, he thanked God thereafter?lie depressed the breech of the gun, and the holt, which would have sunk the cutter to a certainty, went screaming down the line Into the bunched up fleet. Meanwhile Boyd Peyton, unconscious of all this, went coolly, if rapidly, about his work. He had no time to linger and he could not afford "to think of the horrible peril menacing him and his men. IIin mental salvation consisted In thinking of nothing hut bis duty then. An admitted cognizance of consequences might have killed him. Just as he flred Willis Peyton saw the Hartford break from the mass and bead toward lilm. Admiral Buchanan, in the humped pilothouse forward, saw her at the same time. The helm of the Tennessee was shifted and the ram was headed straight for the flagship. Expecting every moment to" see the latter blown up by the torpedoes, the Ironclad slowly moved forward just above them, waiting for her. When the llartford passed the line of torpedoes unharmed the Ironclad made for her, but the ntteropt of the Tennessee to ram was frustrated by the quicker movement of the llartford. With a quick prayer that it might not And bis brother, wiiouj no sun believed to be 011 the ship, Willis Peyton poured the shot from his division nt short range into the flagship and then attacked in succession the other ships as they eaine swarming up the channel In the wake of the admiral. Boyd Peyton succeeded in saving an offlcer, eight men and the pilot from the Tecumseh, and a few others gained the heach under the fort by swimming, oil that were left of the 110 on hoard. Carefully and deliberately scanning the water to see if any others were struggling there, he finally turned the prow of his boat toward the ship and rowed over toward the fleet. If that boat crew never pulled hard before, they did it then. The Hartford had passed up long since. The Brooklyn was Just heading up the channel. The Richmond and the rensacola were going ahead. But the renrmost ships were almost stationary. Ilia only chance would be to get aboard one of these. Sweeping around to port he rowed down the line through the lire awept sea, with his flag flying in u magnificently gallant passage of the channel. He might have darted through an interval between one of tlio pairs and rowed in comparative safety down the port side of the fleet. To have done that would have been to lose time, however, and might hnvo prevented him from getting aboard of the ships. At. any rate, with cool and thrilling courage ho chose deliberately to pass between the ships and the forts still heavily engaging. By hard rowing he succeeded In gaining the deck of the Oneida, the last ship of the line, <1 Bllttlll Itioup <IL \>nr. The Oneida being without support received the concerted fire of the fort nnd the Tennessee, which had passed completely through the fleet, dealing dc.iu i?:'d destruction to It on every h ind. As Peyton cininbered on deck Captain Mullany, glad indeed for such re-enforcement, for his ship was suffering severely In officers and men, gave him command of one of the forward divisions, and distributed his men among the depleted gun crews. As the Oneida drew up opposite the fort she was forced to pass through a terrific benoin of fire. A heavy shell from the fort exploded one of her boilers, killing all the men in the fireroom in tho most dreadful planner, scalding . them to death, Indeed. Another* shell from the rum struck the captuln nnd tore off his arm?ho was wounded in no less than live different places that doy. Another set fire to the ship. Had It not been that the monitor Winnebago gallantly Interposed between the Oueidn and the Tennessee the wooden hip.nnd her consort would have been toru to pieces and. sunk theu and then*. > The courngo of tlie crow of the Oneida was beyond nil praise. With the captain weltering in lila blood, the ship on Ore, the boilers exploding beneath them, the men below shrieking and screaming In agony, they stuck do their guns as coolly as if nothing were happening, deliberately firing upon the fort and the ram as long as they were within range. Helpless themselves, they were carried up the channel by the valiant efforts of their little consort, the Unlenit; and the ity rushing tide, as Farrngut had planned. I By and by they, too, reached the fleet and anchored. Stopping for noth lug, r?7ion iook nts boat and started at once for tbe admiral on the Hartford, swinging quiet nt anchor above the middle ground. The gnus had heen secured, the decks washed clear of their blood stains and the wounded carried below to the busy surgeons doing what they could for them. On the port side of the quarter deck lay a long line of dead men. As l'eyton stepped through the gangway he asked the officer there where the admiral was. "There," replied the young nian, pointing to the quarter deck. As Peyton went aft to report to him he saw him standing with his feet apart, his hands clasped behind his back, staring down at the bodies of the poor follows who had been killed in the action. Tears glistened in the old man's eyes, the young man noticed, as. he looked at him. The dauntless hero of one of the greatest naval battles of modern times was mourning like a woman over his lost men. CHAPTER XXXVIII. TnK LAST DA8II OF T1IE TENNF.8REK. mOWN under the guns of Fort Morgan lay the Tennessee. She had l>oon lightly rammed by the Monongaheln, and, although she had been struck possibly a hundred times by heavy projectiles mainly from the nine Inch broadside guns of the ships, she had suffered no material injury save for a few holes through the smokestack, wlileli easily be repaired by her own force. After careful Inspection her officers reported her otherwise to be in perfect condition. The Tennessee was a casemated broadside Ironclad 209 feet long, with a beam of 4S feet. She was armed with six heavy Brook rifles, 100 pounders each in round numbers, fcsvo in each broadside, one pivoted forward and one aft; her ports, of which there were ten, were so arranged that the fore and after pivots could be fought in either broadside. She was entirely a home production of the Confederacy. The ship was built at Selina, the guns came from Richmond, the iron plating was made at Mobile from ore mined in Alabama. The casemate, a sort of deckhouse with slanting sides, was plated with iron armor varying In thickness from four to six inches. The plating was carried In an unbroken slant below the water line and then bent back Inward to the hull, the knuckle angle so formed being filled with a solid wooden backing, which was a great protection against ramming. From the bows of the Tonnes see a lormuiablc iron spur projected below the water line. No wooden ship that floated could have survived a fairly delivered blow from that rani. There were two or three fatal defects In her construction, however. Iler engines were taken from an old Iron river steamer and were woefully weak and inadequate; the method for closing her gun ports was faulty and the shutters working on pivots were liable to jam; but the most serious error of her designers had been in exposing the rudder chains by which she was steered, on the open deck, without protection of any sort. Iu spite of these things, however, she was without doubt the most formidable vessel afloat. By the time her Inspection had been completed -and the few minor repairs necessitated by tbe notion had been made Farragut's fleet had reached the deep water above the middle ground, a shoal extending westward across the deep water, some four miles from Fort Morgan. It was now about 8:45 in the morning when the lookouts discovered the Tennessee standing up the channel from the direction of Fort Morgan. The old admiral meant business, it was quite evident. The hlnck smoke was belching from her tall stuck as she came on single handed to attnek tlie twenty-three vessels in the Union fleet which had already successfully encountered the gunboats, the fort and her CONTINUED ON 0TH PAGF.. Tired Out " I was very poorly and could hardly get about the house. I was tired out all the time. Then I trior! Ayer's SarsapariUa, and it only took two bottles to mak$ tpe feel perfectly well." Mrs. N.S. Swinney, Princeton, Mo. Tired when you go to bed, tired when you get up. tired all the time, wny? Your blood is impure. You are living on the border line of nerve exhaustion. You need Ayer's SarsapariUa. li.M a bottle. Alldrentots. Auk yonr doctor what he think* of this I grand old family medicine. Follow bla I advice and wo will be satisfied. I Take Ayer's Pills with the Sarsa- I parilla. They act on the liver, cure I biliousness,headache,constipation. U J. C. AYER CO., Lowell, Mans. | . Summons for Relief. (complaint served ) State of South Carolina, 1 Court of ComCounty of Union. j mon Pleaa. C. II. Peakc, Master for the County of Union in the Stato aforesaid, Plaintiff, against M. C. Ray; Mary Graham; Fanny f! Prt/O- I> W ? nr i v? j. wij aim IV. II . VUlUrj ?Y J. II. Walters, Wm. II. Pagoti, James McWhite, James II. Cator, F. 1*. Cator, and George Cator, partners doing business under the firm name of "Armstrong, Cator and Co."; and | William Morse, doing business under the firm name of "Wm. Morse & Co."; and Hugh T. Inman, John A. Smith, Ilenry C. Leonard, and Hugh Richardson, trading as the firm of "Inman, Smith & Co."; and Solomon Frank, Charles Adler, and Simon C. Adler, partners trading under tho firm name of "Frank & Adler"; and St. George It. Fi<z.hugh, V. M. Flemming, and A. D. Tapscott, partners trading as the "Eagle Shoe Co."; and John E. IIurst, Llo}d L. Jackson, Wm. B. Hurst, Alex. C. R. Wilson, IlenryS. Hurst, John E. Ilurst, Jr., and Millard F. Burgess, partners in business trading under the firm name of "John E. Hurst & Co."; and Jacob M. Lauchheimer, Robert M. Lauchheimer, and David II. Lauchheimer, partnerts tradiDg under the firm name and style of "M. II. Lauchheimer and Sons"; 1 A ..1 1^- T - ' " - iiuu -rvuurej i carre, james iM. ? isoer, Edward Y. Shord, Wm. II. Miller, and Harry C. Davis, partners trading under the firm name of '-Pearre Brothers <fc Co."; and Wm. T.Tucker, trading as ''Tucker & Co.", Defendants. to tiie defendants, above named: You arc hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, the original of which Complaint and Summons were duly filed in the of- 1 fice of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Union county, S. C., at < Union C. 11., S. C., on the 12ih day ] of March A. D, 1903, and to serve J a copy of your answer to said Com- ( plaint on the subscribers, at their of 1 fices at Union, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service here- ] of; exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, , the plaintiff in this action will apply i to the Court for the relit f demanded '' in the Complaint. , Dated at Union, S. C., March 12, i 1903. I. Frank Peake, Clerk of Court. (^eeai.; Hydrick & Sawyer, 1 Plaintiff's Attorney To the defendants: It, W. ( Cator, W.J. H. Walters, Wm. H. Pagon, James MeWhite, James II. Cator, F. P. Cator, and George i Cator, partners doing business under J the firm name of "Armstrong, Cator j & Co."; and William Morse, doing i business under the firm name of c "Wm. Morse & Co.", and Hugh T. ? Inman, Jobn A. Smith, Ilenry C. 1 Leonard, and Hugh Richardson, trad- , ing as the firm of "Inman, Smith & < Co."; and Solomon Frank, Charles 1 Adler, and Simon C. Adler, partners trading under the firm name of , 'Frank & Adler"; and St. George 11. Fitzhugh. Y. M. Flemming, and A. ' D. Tapscott, partners trading as the "Eagle Shoe Co.", and John E. j Hurst, Lloyd L. Jackson, Wm. B. < Hurst, Alex. C. It. Wilson, Henry ' 8. Hurst, John E. Hurst, Jr., and ; Millard F. Burgess, partners in business trading under the firm of < "John E. Hurst & Co."; and Jacob ' M. Lauchheimer, Robert M. Lauch 1 heimer, and David II. Lauchheimer, partners trading under the firm name and style of "M. II. Lauchheimer & Sons"; and Aubrey Pearre, James M. Fisher, Edward' V, Shord, Wm. II. Miller, and Harry C. Davis, partners trading under the firm name of "Pearre Bros. & Co."; and Wm. T Tucker, trading as "Tucker & Co." Take notice that the complaint in this action, together with the Sum-" mons. of which the forermimr in n / - ; - o o "v copy, was dulv fileo in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Union county, S. C., at Union C. H., 8. C., on the 12th day of March A. D. 1303. Hydrick & Sawyer, Plaintiffs Attorneys. Union, 8. C. March 12, 1003. Dr. R. M. Dorsey, Specialist on diseases of the RYE and EAR ?and? OPTICIAN. Successor to II. R. Goodell. Alexander's Music Hall, Spnrtanburg, 8. C% ' 47-lyr. Variety Is said to be tbe "spice ol In the selection of a man's ing, it is certainly tbe onl that appeals to all tastes variety is one thing, and ju( variety is another. No or has seen our stock would 1 to arsert that it presents nc the greatest variety, but tl Best Variety As well. There are no out-c date styles here?no antiqu; t< fashionp, but the widest divers!' of all the new, dressy, stylish, el gant garments ever appeared i Union. The man who buys he can always feel certain that 1 has the style best suited to his ii dividuality. J. Cohe Education Tlint Pnlri. "Was it worth v. liile to send your four (laughters to that fashionable school "Sure. One eloped while she was there, and the others came home engaged." The GenliiKCM. I We nre not in favor of pensioning geniuses. It this is done, it will mean a deathblow to tlie newspapers, for ail the newspaper men will quit work and live on their pensions.?Atlanta Journal. What lie Tlmiijcht. Tom?Do you think your cousin Julia would marry ine if 1 asked her? Jack?Well, I have always considered her a sensible sort of girl; still, slio might.?Chicago News. Cures Blood Poison, Cancer, Ulcers If you have offensive pimples or eruptions, ulcers on anv part of the body, aching hones or joints, falling hair, mucous patches, swollen glands, jkin itches and burns, sore lips or gums, sating, festering sores, sharp, gnawing pains, then you suffer from serious blood poison or the beginnings of deadly cancer. You may be permanently cured by taking llotanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) made especially to cure the wor?d blood and sain diseases. Henl* sore or ulcer, oven deadly cancer, stops all aches and pains and reduces all swellings. Hot a n ic Hlood It aim cures all mafigant blood troubles, such as eczema, scabs and scales, pimples, running sores, carbuncles, scrofula. Druggists, $1. To prove it cures, sample of Hlood Halm sent free and prepaid by writing Hlood Halm Co., Atlanta, (da. Describe trouble and free medical advice sent in sealed letter. F. C. Duke. CONFEDERATE VETERANS' REUNION. Cheap Rales to New Orleans, I,a., Via Southern Railway, On account of the Confederate Veterans' Reunion, to be held at New Oreans. La., May 10th to 22nd, 1003, the Southern Railway will sell round-trip :ickets from all points to New Orleans, La , and return at rate of 1 cent per mile listance traveled. Tickets will be on jale May 10th to 21st, inclusive, with final date to leave New Or\e?mH without validation May 24th, 1003. Oiiginal 1 purchasers of such tickets may secure an jxtension of the limit to June 15, 1903, by depositing tickets with the Special Agent at New Orleans not earlier than May 10th or later than May 24 h, upon receipt, of a fee of llfty cents. The Southern Railway offers convenient schedules and most excellent service, an< every effort will be made to assure Veterans and their friends attending the Reunion a most pleasant and jomfortable trip. Unsurpassed Pullman accommodations will l?e afforded, and the service in every respect will be all that could be desired. Full information and particulars as to schedules, etc., will be cheerfully furnished on application by any agent of |1A D-Jl liio kjvmcuciii ivainvay, ur, It. W. Hunt, Div. l'as. Af?t., Charleston, S. C. ?? Subscribe for The Times. THE Great Highway of V?n II ROUGH THE SO Excellent V co Quick 7 , Any Trio I ? di Travel via THE SOU", The Finest Dinin?-Car For detailed information as to TIcX rations address the nearest Agent ? 1 W. A. TURK. 8. H. UARI Pa???n|?r Trafflt Manager. General Pantn WASHINGTON. D. C. W A SUING T < %jr sbhbbsbi iSi 'JIU.UUS /, <?? |?; || ' I I ' 3' W \1 !*|Wy iii /totamjfijj iJjj| ,e y ga Miljj ;" %j JL | Summons for Relief. (complaint not 8ekyed.) Slate of South Carolina, 1 Court of Com* County of Union. j mon Pitas, D. G. Smith, Plaintiff, against 1 .T.M.Smith, Mrs. Eddie Hames, I). I E. Smith, C. L. Smith, J. It. Smith, 1 Mrs. Novem Cole, .1. II. Parr and 11. j M. (Irimbal) and W. C. Wallace, Dcj fendar.ts. To the Defendants, J. M. Smith, Mrs. Eddio I lames, 1). E. Smith, C. L. Smith. .1. It. Smith. Mis. Novem Cole, J. II. Parr and II. M. Grimball and W. C. Wallace: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which is tiled in tbc ofTi e of the Cleik of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said county, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscril>er at his law ollice No. 13, Law Range, Union C. II., S. C., within twenty days after the service heroof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within ihe lime aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated Apiil 14th, A. D. 1903. I. Fkank Pea ke, Clerk of Court. S. Means Be at y, Plaintiff's Attorney. To the Defendants, D. E. Smith and Mrs. Eddie Ilamee: Take notice that the complaint in this action, together with the summons, of which the foregoing is a copy, was dnlv uitu in mo cilice of ( he Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Union county, South Carolina, at Union C. II., S. C , 011 the Pith day of April, 1903. S. Means Beatt, Plaintiff's Attorney. Union, S. C., April 13, 1003, lG-Gt Citation to Kindred and Creditors. State of South Carolina, I County of Union. ) By Jason M. Greer, Esq., Probate Judge, Whereas, P. II. Jeter lias made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration on the estate of G. II. Jeter, deceased. These are, therefoie, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said G. II. Jeter, deceased, that they bo and appear befors a*", iu the Court ol' Probate, to be bel<l it Union C. II ., SOUtli Carolina, un ttao Iti.li day of May, next, after publication aereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the 'aid Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and sral this 'Btli day of April, Anno Domini, 10 J3. Jason M. Queer, Pfobate J u 1g i. Published on the 1st day of May, 1003, in The Union Times. lS-2t. NOTICE. PEBBLE, the thoroughbred Stallion, will stand at Wilcutt's Stable, and will he at Maybinton Friday and'Saturday next. Fee $10.00. RICE & W1LCUTT. 1 i\ i r XVJ-IX RN RAILWAY TRADE, and TRAVEL UTUERN STATES. 'ime Convenient Schedules re Trip to those who rilERN RAILWAY. Service In the World. el*. Rotes end SleeplnjJ-Car reeer* t of THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY. JtVlClt, W. H. TATLOL gar Ag.nl. Anlil.nl Can. t.wiajar Ag.al. >N. O C. ATLANTA. OA.