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A NEW STORY OP THE CIVIL WAR. { A Glowing Tribute to one; J of the South's NobleI1 Sons os a Gallant Sol-j* dier and Christian Gen-,<3 Neman. J s Mu. Kimtoi;: When the war cloud , t of ISO! hovered over thissouthland 1 how quickly her sons rallied to the r lianner of right, and with those1 ^ days some of the sndest inemoriis i interspers? d with some of the sweet- 1 est charms, and my reader, let is i take the bright side of this, make t it as ] erfectly as in our power to i do, as we are journeying to that 1 country from wh nee no traveler i over returi s. We should deal truly I and justly with this sk<tch. j. In the gray dawn of those early i i r 1 I 1 1 .1 1 I i ?lays oi carnage aim uioousnw, me < young men of tin* country rose in i their manhood and nir.de plain to ' an amazing world their greatness, I and, good reader, will you allow , s me to say that 1 am one of the God 1 gifted recipients of old father time, j i These are pleasing thoughts that ] have n< stled about nie in my wan-1 I derings of other days, and am made i; to rejoice in the happy reflection in j the years gone I y. ; I shall speak briefly of this one i subject which is entitled to more , than a passing notice. This one 1 subject of cruel war, one of the noblest of God's creation. 1 am 11 persuaded by n.y religion which t teaches me that 1 shall treat this j with the profoundest solemnity, t and at the same time add the i blessed memories and, too, the ? sweetest charms of those we loved j and admired so much. They fell i in the very zenith of manhood; they ^ fell at a time when the world was looking down on them with the keenest admiration; they fell at a time when love stories were to load out in bright pictures of a glorious future; they fell at a time when all J the world was looking down on the * battle field as a glorious heritage to ( the Confederate soldier. 1 With those blessed memories we * shall mention the name of one whose hallowed influence has had a ' lasting impression, and one whose 1 indomitable courage has portrayed the very nature of a Uun soldier; ' one who the very sound of his name echoed and reechoed over the hills ' of his native land; one whose pathos and tender emotions has had the environment of the knightly plume ' and wj.s one of (Jod's noblemen and endowed with the purest of motives ^ and one, too, who always looked to J the sunny side and for the better- * ment of the human race. The hill-' tops have proclaimed the virtues of * this gallant and brave soldier. In ^ *i?. u?;n i d' \ i ir) 11 lii< (rnnfln vnipn i 1 was dreamed of, and with rich and 1 beautiful enchantments wafted out I on the morning breeze. The soul |1 that dwells in the sublime glories *>f Clod's people had almost a dis-.J1 iju'tiveness that was enviable to.1 jlis fellow man, and by his kind and geniaj nature was loved by all , \who knew him, and through all : the long years since the 2oth day of, May, bS(>2, his memory has been ; as pleasant dreams. On that day ithc god of battle claimed as his victim and the sweet spirit of .Jack ! i files returned to th ; God who gave jt. .Had indeed when the news 1 same that J. II. Giles was no more. 1 The God of all nature had called him from labor to refreshment, ' taken him to the realms of eternal bliss where the angels of heaven would shout with an endless joy. These arc pleasing thoughts that wells up in our very soul after the elapse of forty-three years. Jack Giles had spent his years in t:ue devotion to his fellow man and was endowed with a disposition that always won the sunny side of his 1 fellow creatures. 11 We love him as a brother. Me 1 was kind and generous to all man- 1 kind, but seemingly more especially to me, as I was yet tender in years while I served under him, and he seemed to think that 1 needed the loving care of a mother instead of ' the orders of an army otfiecr. Jack Giles was one of the true landmarks 1 of our dear southland. Grand and noble specimen of manhood and ' had wooed and won for a life com- , pan ion one of Union county's fair i (laughters* of which with pride, ;md I pleasure wo speak fair eulogy. She ' was one of those nohle specimens of womanhood. She was one of i the prettiest and fairest dames of I her day. Blessed he the man who 1 should 1m; so fortunate in winning1 such as the pretty Mary Jane, as ' she was hotter known. 1 had known ! i her through my boyhood days, she was a splendid typo of southern refinement. The rays of sunshine that lighted her pathway has brightened the future of others destiny. < Blessed l>e the tie that hinds the human race in the way she lias been blessed. The subject of her first c betrothal was one of the tlowera of 1 his race, and iny dear reader, we 3 4 4 y ./ \ rould not have you think this any J >art of a romance. God works out he destinies of men. God is pointng out the way to future greatness md worketh all tilings well for j hose that love and fair him. God ins seen fit to open the way to hese great problems. When the xuel hand of war made that home lesolate and in mourning, the ;reat scroll of time rolled hack and wealed and made plain another cone which has made the people of . hat fair land rejoice and are happy. Here is another one of God's noblenen appeared upon the scene and vith a fixed and steady purpose of nind, sought the hand of the i*#?t ir T i . 1 h.iuimu aiary jane, aim woocu mil won her to his great heart and through all the long intervening ream that home has been full of !iope and sunshine. Many of the 1 readers of this sketch know that the ! tirst subject was commander of the! "?t 11 S. C. V. The second subject was commander of Co. D. 5th S. V. They shared the same canteen and the same mess table. : They rested their weary, careworn ' bodies nn the same blanket and ?ide by side on the battle's front. I How beautiful for brethren to dwell m unity. I In our wanderings we have looked , through the backward mist of time md with the deepest emotions of gratitude that it has lieen our happy uul I>lessed privilege to east our lot ivitli such grand and noble people, lack (liles was dear to me. Peace e to his ashes. ('apt. J. T. Douglass has spent lis years in the service of his counry. May he live long to do much ' good in tlie world and grow rich in lie grace of (iod, and when the iine shall have come to lay us lown to our last long sleep, Clod grant that the call may he to come up higher thy good and faithful ervant. G. G. Biciiannan. Lockhart News. Lockhart, July IB.?Tin* writer, it the last meeting of the Union bounty Interdenominational Sunlay Sc hool Convention, was made president of Pinckncy township, in die work of the convention. One of the duties of the township president is to organize and help to sustain a township convention. Hence, hy the authority given me from the county convention, I hereby most cordially invite and call all Sunday school workers in Pinckncy township to meet at the Presbyterian church at Ixackhart on the 2nd Sunday of August the 18th day of the month at 10 o'clock a. 111. for the purpose of organizing a Sunday school convention of all denominations in Pinckncy township. We hope each school will send hree or as many delegates as may >e desired. la^t local schools send tp a report of the work done for the past year. The following is a program of subjects and speeches for the occasion * How is the Sabbath school related to the church, and what interest should the church take in the Sabbath school? Mr. J. (.'. Askew and Capt. J. Cary. How can we secure the l>est average attendance the year round, and the l>est kind of teaching? Mr. J. S. Adams and Mr. Watt Farr. Question 1h)\. Does the Sahhath school take the place of, or supplement the work of the parents? Jvjh*. .J. JI. Wilburn and W. J. Wea thereby. What is the chief benefit of a Sabbath school? Messrs. W. B. Cranford and Hon. JL E. Little. Experience meeting. Let the delegates give their encouragements and discouragements in their Sabbath sc1kk)1 work. vrt..,. o..1:. 1 iiivvi HIV r?V4 UJUV^IO cl 1K" UIOCUBOUU by the speakers named, they will he thrown open to the house. We do wish that every Sabbath sehool in the township may l>e represcnted, and we invite all Sabbath sehool workers and others to he with us. \V. H. Wiiitk, Pres. Pinckney Township S. S. ('. Ilotr Wines Are Colored. "Most people think white grapes make white wine and dark grapes make red wine," said a visitor. "That Is a popular error. "Iled wine is made by fermenting ;rape Jnlre and grape skins together he skins giving tho color, and white wine Is made by fermenting grape luice alone. "The Juice of white and of dark trapes doesn't differ In hue. In each sort of grape the Juice Is almost coloress, like the weakest lemonade. "Champngne. one of the dearest of he white wines. Is made of a grape so lark as to he nearly black. Hut the Inlee of that nearly black grape Is julte as pale as the Juice of the blondest white grape."?Minneapolis .Tourlal. There would he moro excitement lu the world if flsli and hailstones were is big as the stories told about them.? Washington Post. I have seldom known any one who Jeserted truth In trifles tlmt could be rusted In matters of Importance.? > Paley. J I Truths that I Your grocer is honeet andI you that be knows very litt sells you. How can be know, S how i ?or coffoi yotxe ^ ??rat dirt. H In each package of M01 I pound of Pure Coffee. Int 5 {lion head on every package.) I (Save the Lion-heads I SOLD BY GROCI ) tp. i ? ? ........ ? ... i ..... * When : SpoKe Oy LOUISE J. STRONG Copwi'jUt, IMS, hi/ L'lutxc J. Strong a > Hetty peeped out cautiously. She would not Imve them see her for a fortune. Yes. there was Bert, the center of the Jolly erowd. and Addle at his elbow. That had been her (Betty's) place for so Ions that It had come to be considered? And It might have been hers yet if I*crt lia^not? Oh, well, of cour.-e she was some to blame. It was not all Bert's fault. She admitted that reluctantly, for Betty thought a good deal of her little self. He was flrrvnl f ill l\- nmri\L*itwr K??# *'<"? ?"Li Iinvo made up weeks ago If alio had not gone to suoli 'lengths and reared an impassable barrier between them. "And that's the truth, Betty Brown!" she apostrophized now. "Why did I do sueli a ridiculous thing? I might Just have said I'd never speak to him again; girls always say that. And I ought to have stopped there, hut when he grinned so knowingly, a< if there was nothing in that, as there isn't usually: I let it provoke me Into declaring that if I ever did speak to him again it would he because I had made up my mind to marry him. Why, it will be the same as proposing if 1 ever speak to him now, when I've evaded? I can never do it." she sighed. Bert had not been greatly crushed by her ultimatum. lie spoke to her cordially at every opportunity in spite of her nonresponse with something like elated expectancy in his manner that stung Betty to a more determined stubbornness. "I suppose he thinks I will, but he'll gpp " uho atl lil llrtnlf She had persisted iu ignoring him icily until at length he seemed to conclude that It was hopeless and avoided meeting her. All the time, of course, Hetty had been hoping he would, somehow, make her speak, though she would not have confessed it, nor the disappointment she felt at his llnally abandoning his eiTorts and accepting the situation. She flirted desperately, which gave her small satisfaction, as it apparently did not disturb him In the least. He flirted, too, and so fervidly that it began to look serious In regard to Addle ptark. Betty felt that she was losing all the fun of life and nil {be Joy ps well. She had simulated successfully a gayety of spirits almost boisterous at the moonlight skating purty, but had really been so miserable at seeing tboso two. Bert and Addle, gliding about, always together, that she had determined not to go to the coasting route. She had refused all offers of escort, but now, at the passing of the gay party, she suddenly changed her mind, whipped on her suit, tucked the becoming enp on b>r curls and darted after Ned nn<l Iiis chum, who had Just storied. "Tagging!" Nod chaffed. Bat he made no object Ion, for Betty was as good at coasting as any boy of them, fully as fearless and as fleet footed, and now she rushed with them down alleys, through bnck yards and over fences, going across lots the nearest way. Thus when the crowd arrived Miss Betty was triumphantly sailing down th? longest, steepest eours^ with the yelling boys, cheered by the mob of town youths usually on the hill. Most of the girls confined themselves to the short, easy slope at the side, unless In charge of a strong, capable escort. "It Is dangerous, Just with those boys, Betty," remonstrated her friend, Alice Hoover. "And It Is unladylike for a girl to go floundering down with a gang of fellows," commented Addle Star!:, superciliously. "You don't dare to, that's all," Betty retorted. "I'm not the only one. Bert said"? Bert's appearance out short the speech, and, laughing shrilly, Betty ran away to the boys and coaxed them over to a still steeper spot, where only njqro skillful and (jjui&ff ventured. J J Jk I Strike Home -if ha cares to do so?can tell le about the bulk coffee he , where it originally came from, it was blended?or With What when roasted? If you buy your ? loose by the pound, how can xpect purity and uniform quality ? N COFFEE, the LEADER OF I PACKAGE COFFEES, Is ofl sslty uniform In quality, gtb and flavor. For OVH A in OF A CENTURY, LION COFFEE been the standard coffee In Ions of homes. N COFFEE 1* earctuKy pecked ?r factories, and until opened In hont, has no clinnee of being *?tiled. or ol coming In contact with dust. n ST COFFEE you get one full 1 list upon getting tlie genuine. I tor valuable premiums.) I :rs everywhere ! W00L8ON SPICE CO.. Toledo. Oblo. I Her blood was hotting! So Bert hu< boon criticising Iter to Addle! I seemed (lie boldest treachery. As foi Addle?the little eat!?she was envlou: because she had not the courage to un dortake the long descent. She looko< scornfully over at Bert, taking taim little flights, with Addle clinging to liin shrieking In exaggerated fear. Bett: ; knew how he loved the rush of the lonj liill, with the jounce at the end tha seat theiu flying across the bottom They had taken it together many times Now It was unladylike of her, was ltand she with her own brother! Her Indignation grew, and with it lie; recklessness. Little by little she drev the boys toward the post that bore i danger sign, which marked the 11ml of the coasting ground. Beyond tin post the hill was flne, but at the too the railroad Hwuug up against it as i curved to cross the river, and it w?! not easy to see a train till it was clos< at hand. It was plainly no place foi coasting, though a- few ventured a tluies, the spice of danger adding zes to the sport. Betty had always wanted to swooj down and fly across the track, perhap catching sight of an oncoming train. I would l>e thrilling! But she had no in tention of undertaking it now, thougi in the mood to go as near it as pos sible. "Look out, Ned!" some one called "You're getting too close there! Belte come back." "There isn't a bit of danger," Bett: laughed as they flashed by. ?But you'd better come over here,1 Will White urged when Betty and tin boys had climbed the lull ana were pre paring to descend again. "You're so close now a little bum would throw you 011 the. track. Don' you see that, Betty?" Alice interpose anxiously. "Oh, Betty wants to show off!" Ac die sneered, and unfortunately at th same Instant Bert commanded: "Ned, you l>oys bring your sleds ove here at once! You're foolhardy!" With scarlet cheeks and flashing eye Betty snatched a sled and ran to point directly over the railroad an prepare^ for a downward flight alon< Command her, would he? Of course h meant her! She'd show him! Tlier was an uproar of warning shouts froi: the young men and shrieks from th girls, but Betty was too angry to heec As she started another sled shot dow dlagonallj* and midway the hill ra into hers, throwing them both into th deeper snow, where they rolled ovc and over nn^trought up at last in tangle on the orlnk of n plunge just a a train swept along below. White and shaking ut the narrow et cape, Betty took herself off th.e head o her rescuer, sobbing: "Oh, Bert, Bert! Have I killed you? At the instant of collision she had seci who It WflH nt*finniH?n? ' 1 .. IU omj ua IUUI lrth flight at the risk of his life. Sh had been too angry and excited to un Iderstand that a train was coming?bu she had been silly?so silly!" She covered her face as Bert sat uj saying as he brushed the snow froi his eyes: "It's got to bo soon, sweetheart, so can take proper care of my wlfel" "But you called me unladylike to Ad die, and this would be"? "It's a mistake. When Addle oalle you unladylike I said you were Just i good, sweet, wholesome girl and n finicky lady," he explained, addlni calmly: "They think we are about kill cd, we are so long stirring. They'll b on us in a minute, but we sit here til we understand there's uo going bacl on what you said. You've spoken t me, you know." "Y-yes," she admitted faintly. "And you'll fulfill your word soon They'ro most here!" "Y-yes," she said again, hlushluj hotly. And he swung her to her feet as th< crowd surged about them. ??t * Doomed, "He'll never reach the top In his pro fesslon." "Why, he believes he's there now." "That's the very reason that he'l never get there."?Philadelphia Ledger A good action Is never lost It Is i treasure laid up and guarded for th< doer's need.?Calderoo. ??? - KEEP THE KIDNEYS WELL. ' Health Is Worth Saving1, and Some Union People Know How to Save it. Mauy people take their lives in their hands by neglecting the kidneys when they know these organs need help. Sick kidneys aro respo"?iblc for a vast amount of suffeiing and ill-health, but there is no need to suffer nor to remain in danger when all diseases and aches and pains due to weak kidneys can be quickIv and permanentlv cured by the use of Dean's Kidney Pills. J. B. l.ee, of Chester, 8. C., stove and pump repairer, who travels through many counties in South Carolina, and is genet ally known over the whole btute, sajs: "My back hasl?een so weak at times ihat I could not atlend to business. It pained me all the time right across the small f it, but Bince using Dunn's Kidney Pills my back has been much htronger and has not pained me at all. The pills did me a whole lot of good a> d I am going to give them the credit for it.*' I For sa'e by all doalers. Price 50 cents. Foeter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents fortho United States. ltemember the name?Doan's?and take no other. American After Dinner Wit. "After Dinner Oratory In America" appears to be one of the subjects forever Interesting to the British reader. The manner of It would seem to pique him a little and shock him at the same ? time. In the Nineteenth Century Daniel Crlily gives some account of the 1 origin of the peculiar American habit 1 of treating serious matters humorously r after dinner aud contrasts a banquet * In New York with, say, a Mansion House dinner lu London. He quotes 1 Lowell's ingredients of after dinner e oratory. "They are," said Lowell, "the 1 joke, the quotation and the platitude, V and the successful platitude, in my < Judgment, requires a very high order t of genius." As an example of Atneri* can wit Mr. Crlily gives the follow' lug: "I chanced to be In Chicago (said this gentleman at a dinner board to a comr pany of fellow New Knglandcrs) two 7 or three days after the great fire of 1 1871. As I walked among the smoking * ruins if I saw a man with a cheerful s air I knew that lie was a resldeut of 1 Chicago. If I saw a man with a long ' face I knew that he represented a * Hartford Insurance company. Keally ? the cheerful resignation with which r the Chicago neople endured the losses 1 of Now England did honor to human t nnturo." P Prlnoiiora of m Great City. * A husband and Ills wlfo, respectable * looking and well dressed, recently * moved Into a detached house In the Bronx. Tbey were very quiet and did ' not mingle with their neighbors, but seemed to enjoy their surroundings, ' particularly tlio garden, In which they r began work at once. Of course the neighbors were curlf ous, but all early efforts to And out who the couple wero or where they " came from proved of no avail. Final& ly one of the neighbors, meeting the J- man one dny, asked him outright how long he had lived In New York and p what his business was. t "Our past Is a secret," said the man, d "and we are try lug to live it down. My wife and I have just completed a I- long term In prison, and we are now e quietly enjoying life." "Well," said the neighbor, "I am asr ton 1 shed at what you tell me. But I for one do not want to continue to s punish those who have paid the pena nlty of errors In life. What prison d were you confined In, may I ask?" j. A merry twinkle came Into the eyes e of.the man as he said: "It was a ITnr leni flat. Wo wore confined there three i) years T'?Now York Press. e 1. 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You can call us up at any time and f shortly have delivered at your door whatever you need in the line of drugs or sundries. We are willing also to call for as well as deliver prescriptions. All prescriptions filled by a Dr. of Pharmacy. Palmetto Drug Co., Huict & Rcnwick, Owners. Prom Frigid to Torrid From Coal to Ice you think, one is no mora a luxury than the other, i ii- ? . uom are a necessity I will deliver |(? at your door Buy your ticket, it is economy and saves you ^ trouble. Ice house opposite Southern Passenger Depot. V J. B. RICHARDS. { THEY HAVE COME! m I always made special preparations for the summer r^ months, for I know that almost everybody has to buy hot weather specials this time of the year, so I ask you to come and look through my lines, which are complete. JUST RECEIVED | lots of real good things in Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats, Clothing, Hosiery, UnderVear, etc. ^ i All of the above mentioned j are correct in style, best in quality and low in price- So 1 trade here, save your coupons and get a fine set of dishes 1 GEO. W. GOING. j|