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TH E PEOPLE'S JOURNAL.
VOL. 7.-- NO. 26. PICKENS, S. C., TIIJRSI)AY, JUL y '-9 ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
A RED HOT TIME IN OLD [DEFIEl.
I.1(GI0ST M1EETING OF TIlE SEN
ATO;IAI. CAMPAIGN.
MeLaurIn and Irby Ilavo a Lively
Time-l.vans Says There's a lil
Out-lMayllold Declares That l
lerbe Wants a New Party.
The largost and livoliest meeting of
the campaign was held at Edgeliold.
Between 100 and 500 people were pres
ent. The usual routine was broken
when Senator McL-urin, following
Cohjnel Irby, went for the latter's
career in the Senate. Mcl.aurin, arm
ed with the Congressional Records of
the Fifty-second and 1"ifty-third Con
gresses, frequently brought Irby to his
feet to make explanations.
Colonel Irby, the first speaker, was
greeted with some applause. 111 was
in Edgelield for the first time since
ISU, said he, to sce the reception of
the people's great tribune, lien. Till
man. le was hero then lighting com
binations and was hcre now lighting
the 'State Iouae gang," whi;h was at
tempting to parcel out the ollices of
this State from Senator down to coro
ner. '"I am running as ai)emocrat,"
declared Irby. "I am the only origi
nal Package in the lot." McLaurin had
patented his speech. At 13eaufort, he
wanted protection on rice, at Charles
ton on rice and long staple cotton, and
so for eve'-y county, but he didn't think
he had a patented protection speech
for Edgelil Id. McLaurin had the peo
ple fooled. 1le is not on the same plat
form as Tillman. Tillman had declared
he wasn't.
Proceeding on a now tack, he de
clared that McL-urin had gotten Gon
zales for his political dad''y and the
world can't beat hin'. T-, then declared
that he and Tillman were political
daddies of all of the candidates, but
thought they were treating him with
disrespect by opposing him.
He had been pomltica:ly assassinated
ana thrown out for dead because he re
sisted the great conspiracy last year
against the Denocratic party. lie was
a l)emoeart, always had been and could
be nothing cIse, because he was for the
interest of the people.
Colonel Irby thch attacked McLau
rin's tariff views, declaring that Till
man had said they were iniquitous,
and "I know will believe him if you
won't ne. You people here love him
and believe what he says."
Colonel Irby attacked the newspa
pers. le declared that Mr. Gonzales
had prevented a Conservative from en
tering this race. Mr. Gonzales had
called him a liar in to-day's paper,
which was unparliamentary ; no one
usually ca.',ed him that when close to
him, how-vee. He attacked the 1'orty
movement,. le believed that every
white man should be allowed to vote
and therefore disapproved of the con
stitutional sullrage clause.
Colonel Irby made the assertion that I
he and not Tillman had made Evans
Governor. He, with Tillman, ho do
clared, had had Saluda made into a
county and left Edgeulicld Conservative
with Sheppard to run it.
Reviewing past political history, Irby
asserted that last year he could have 1
gone to the Chicago convention as a
delegate. Gantt, said he, came to him
at 2 o'clock a. m. and said that the
State convention had left a place open
for him. ie sent word back that he
would not accept because he was unal
terably opposed to the declared bolting
pillicy fif the'. p y..
Editor Ball next came in for praise
for coming out against the newspaper
combination at Columbia. The Elierbe
Watts episode was repeated, bu, elici
ted no applause. le declared that he '
could prove that the "State IIouse.
clique" were going to tur-n out Mclver
anu that Tillman knew they wet-c plot
ting against, him.
lie concludled by reviewing his rc-,
eoi-d and declaring that he had always '
been with the people. Crl. lIrby was
w ild ly applauded when he t.30k h is seat.
HeI kept the cr-owd in a good humor and
they listened attentively.
Senator McLaur-in began by ireview
ing his i-ecoi-d as a l.teforamer-. The lRe
form movement, he declar-ed, did not
depend on the lifeoof any man, not even
on that of Tlillmnan. I 1e julmpedl on li-by
for saying that he made TillIman sup
port Evans for Governor-. He thought
it time for- a Reformer to step) in when
a man lik i i-by boasted that ho made
the Governor-. "Who ought to make
the Governors of South Cai-olina, the
wh Ite voters or Jlohn airby '.
Irby, from his seat-'" The white vo
ters."
"But you said just now that you
made Evans Governor-."
Irb-ly : "' Wel-l, I helpled." (Laughter.)
McLaurin attacked hima for devising
the Colleton plan in order to foist
Evans on t,he peoll when they dIdn't,
want him. Senat,or McLaur-in caused
much merriment ,by pai-aphi-aslng
Hcnr-y lV, substit,uting I rby for l"al
staT, Evans for Prince Hal and Larrzy
Gantt for Pistol in t,he scene wher-c
Prinice Hal becomes king and Ignores
He had no political daddy, ho dec
clared, but he did not know befoio that
Editor- Ill was act,ing in that, capacity
for Col. Iteby.
Mr. Ball hotly interr-uptod, saying
that he wais the piollticai daddy of no
man11 and was opplosedl to 1rb)y.
"Well, you ar-c not for ime."
"That's tiruc, too,'' rejoid Mr.
H all, md
Senator Mel aur-in then proceeded
to severely att,ack Iirby's recoi-d while
in the Senate. llufore beginning he
ex plained the termis "'paired'" and ''vote
cal led.''
1Irby's record for the lit-st session of
the l"ifty-seconad Congress was as fol
lows: Votes taken, N), I aby voted I13
times, pairaed 10 times, not palired Oh.
The hirst session of the Fift,y-t,hird
(Oongr-ess, lie said, was called to ri
peal the put-chasing clause of the Slher
man act. Senator I rby's love for silver
should be seen in his recor-d dui-ing
this session. There wetre .1 votes
tak&n ; irby voted 19 times and did not
voteo:30; was~ not, paird 22 times ; dli:
not answer- to call of Senate I i calls.I
Col. Irby' trecor-d for this Congr-ess
was gone I to further-.
Sentator McLaur-in then declared:
"'I-am sick looking up such a r-ecord.
I-lre was a life and death struggle foi
silver and absolute indifference as to
1ta fate.
As to his absenco from the l'ifty
third Congress, Col. Irby explained by
saying that ho and Senator Buttler ab
sented themselves to break a quorum
and keep the Senate from repealing
the Sherman purchasing clause. It
was a filibustering measure. Ile was
always on hand to cast his vote.
As to his absence from the Fifty
second Congress, Col. I rby said that
was a I'resit,ential election year and
he was at home as State chairman
looking after the interest, of the party.
" You all know the Conservatives
didn't know they were whipped, and
they were planning to capture the May
convention. Till man was running for
re-election. We wanted the delegates
to the Chicago convention. I was sent
there, and this passing b-tck and for
ward accounts for mulch of my at
sence." Besides, continued Col. Irby,
he was paired on all political questions.
.' other questions his "pair " would
al ways ascertain by telegram how he
sto(.
Senator McLaurin again returned to
the Congressional Record. After a lit
tle he asked : )o you want to elect
a man to the Senate to represent the
Statt; and then lot him absent iimst'l
to run all the parties of the State Y"
Irhy-" I have quit that now."
" Yes, because the people have quit
you," answered McLaurin.
Col. Irby, s etting permission to in
terrupt Sena-or Mcl.aurin, jumped on
him for his ailliliations with so many
parties. le again excused his ab
'ences from the Senate on the ground
>f sickness and death in his family.
Senator AleLaurin con,inued on this
Eggressivo line for a while longer and
then proceeded to make his usual tariil
3peech. Ills speech in till lasted about
Lwo hours. It was frequently applaud
3d and the crowd evidently favored it.
Before taking his seat, McLaurin took
i hand primary on his tariff views.
About one-half showed their approval
by voting. It. was after 2 o'clock when
3enator McLaurin had concluded. The
,tudience at once began to leave the
ourt house for dinner.
'Then Mr. Mayfield arose to speak.
Hr. May fi ,1d made his characteristic
ntl-dispensary speech, but in addition
mid that after introducing his bill for
its abolition he had had conference
with Governor Ellerbe. The Governor
.sked him to withdraw it, which he
lid. Mr. Maylicld said that inasmuch
is McLaurin charged him with being
in a combination that he would say
MlcLaurin is the appointee of the Gov
ernor and Governor Ellerbo declared
to him (Mayficld) that he would back
McLaurin with the whole force of his
.dministration. Ellerbe urged him
lot to run, saying they intended to
avor a new party composed of con
crvative Conservatives and conserva
ive Reformers.
By the time .Mr. .John Gary Evans'
urn to speak came around the crowd
md returned from (1inner. le made
its usual tariff adeeelh and in itsevere
y attacked Mel.aurin for his views.
:ie read favorable comments from tle
mublican papers. IEvans charged that
dcLaurin had never been faithful to
is friends. Had It not been for Nlc
laurin, he asserted, Judge Wallace
vould now be a juttice on the supreme
>ench. While he was working for him
iieLaurin was knifing him for Pope,
n order to get l'ope's place as Attor
icy General. When he was running
or the Senate last year McL-urin
cnifed him, he declared.
McLaurin, who had just returned
rom dinner, said that he had helped
:vans in his race for the Senate. ills
lefeat was due to Irby having forced
lim, as Governor, down the people's
,h roat.
Evans declared that the lie was out
omowhere. Then McLaurin satsilent.
A lively spat on MeLaurin's vote on
he tariff bill ensued. The crowd lis
ened attentively. There was decided
~vidence of vindictiveness towards
';vans, while the crowd checredl Ac
nturin at every opplortuinity.
When IEvans finished the crowd be
ran t) call for McLaurin. He declined,
uowever, to resp)ond.
L'I TRIUSTICICS MAKE AN SWIVER.
L'ho Counclusions of tihe State Board
of' IIcalth are Not Acceptedl as to
the Naturlie andl Causes of' thIie
SIck ness.
Concerning the report of the State
Lloard of Healt,h in regard to the fever
it Clemson College, the Board of Trus
ces makes the following statement:
"The Board of Trustees of Clemson
Jollege, mindful of the impo'*tant
arust in their charge, feel called on to
make a statement for the information
f the people of the State in regard to
tho recent sickness at the college and
its causes.
"We have road the report of the
Staito Board of Healt,h, and have also
had under consideration the report of
t,bc college surgeon, Drm. lHedfearni. In
addition to the light thus thrown on
t,he subj.aet, we have made a p)ersonal
examinat,ion of the college buildings
and the surrounding grounds, and we
are not satislied at all as to the nature
of the fever which has p)revailed or as
to its cause.
"We have great respect for the
scientific ability and learning of tl.e
State Board of Healt,h, but we are
houndm to qjuestion their conclusions,
from the fact that eminent p)hysicians
n the neighboring counties have de
clared the fever at the college to be
malarial and not typlhold in it,s nature;
and there is grave doubt whether moroe
than fourm eases of typ)hoidl fever havq
have been at the college this year.
"' The cursory and imper'fet exam I
nation muade by tihe Stato lloar~d of
Health is shown by tho fact that two
palumablo errors are made in their re
poet,~ The dai ry, which they place
under the ban as a probable cause of
disease, was not built, on a pondl w hiich
had been ll ied In, andl there is not a
single privy on the "surroendling
lills " above the dairy. The water
from the only p)rivy in the neighbor
hood reaches the ravine below tihe
dairy. Then the statement, is made,
thrmee sep)arate times, that the water
closets should be, out,side the barracks
and not inmsdo, and should be "'detach
fd " from them. In( fact, the water
closets were removed from the build
ing more thani two years ago, and they
are now detachedl, with an open cur
rent of air passing betweon. They
are reached by a latticed gallery
fifteen feet long, and there Is no nos
sibility of sewer gas gett,ing into tit
building.
" liut We are not dispos 'd to criti
else the State Bloard of Ilkalth, amt
will cartry out all-of their recolmmcn
dations that are possible, and leave nt
stone unturned to allay all causo of
doubti as to the proper sanitation of the
college buildings and grounds.
" We h1ae never had any trouble
before, a:nd we ant,icipate none in the
futoure other Lan the u,ual climatic
and unavoidable diseases of the ;ouu
try.
" The vacation will be changed,
and Instead of being in the winter
will be in sumnier, the scholastic yea.
heginning hereafter on the second
Wednesday in September and closing
the second hur'1'uslay in J une.
" l,very suirgested or possi ie cause
of fever will he removed and the build
ings thoroughly I is nfee'l and pILt inl
good order.
" We do not besit ate to give assur
alees that the collire w iA be guarded
agailist it recurrence 01 the trouble, if
it be possible."
A CAUSTIC RI'JOINDIEIt.
Chairman Taber FilrlMt' Exposes
ile Sit uat iot at Clemson College.
To the Id:dil'r of The Slate:
In the latter part of .J utne, the comr
uitteu of the State hoard of health
were instructed to investigate the
cause and type of fever at Clemson,
and to report, the results to the gover
nor. This was done and the report of
the committee wits 1)ulished through
out the State. The iegister of the
10th of July contains a statement by
the trustees of Cletnson, in which they
criticise the report of the committee,
and while denying certain statementk
made by then, they aIllrm" additionally
that the examination of Clemson b
the commit,tee had been "very cursory
and imperfect." Against pIrofe:siotnaI
gentlemen, sent upon an important
mission by the highest authority of the
State, these charges are grave, and
cannot pass unchallenged. The coni
mittee were content to determine the
type of the fever, and, by ruyuest, to
imalke whatever suggcstions they
t,haught best. They blamed no one,
even by insinuation, and were very
glad to be the neatns, if possible, of re
lieving the olliciuls of Clemson of utn
pleasant embarrassnent. It is to be
greatly regretted therefore, that the
trustees failed to appreciat,e the dell
elte position of the comIn mittee, and
have forced them into print in self
defence. The trustees claim that the
"cursory and iipelrfect examinat,ion
made by the State board of health is
shown by the fact that two palpable
errors are made in their repetrt. The
dtiry which thwy place unl_er the han,
ais a probable cause of d isease, was not
built, in it pond which had been titled
in."
In reply wo beg to state, Upon au
thority, that the present site 01 H Ie
dairy had been a bathing pond made
by the Calhoeuns and had been tilled in
with earth and then und erd rained.
Our informant even pointed out
where the dan stood. There could
have been no motive for one deeply
interested in the wet fare of Cl-mson,
to have invented this statement, the
truth of which we had neither inclina
tion, nor the right to question. in
fact the stat,ement is apparently con
lirmed by the character of the soil and
its surroundings.
The trustees in further denlial of our
report, assert, that there " is not a
single pr;vy on the strrounding hills
above the dairy." We were informed
that the hills were often used for un
sanitary purposes in place of the water
closets. This we found to be true.
On the hill tbove, and to the north
of thle dairy, and at the foot of the hill
wvi thin thrtee or four' feet of t,he spring,
wye found abundant excrement,itiouts
maitter.
Thiis condition of th ings was really
wlorse thanti a privy oin the hill top). On
the oppiosi te lilil, at, the hotel, there
were twvo privi' es-one at thie stable,
wh'ich waIs visited by myself and D)r.
I ieese, and the other att tIle hotel,
examIi ned by Dr). 'vanis. SomlewVhat
southeaCisterly from thae (iry P'Is a
dlwellg, whtereS we were informed,
there wVas an additional privy.
I iut more LI) n all these, and how
ever i ncredlibhle, we foundl a spring
(provy ? ) locatted w'ithi in0 the dairy3. It0
or 12. feet f romn the mnilk and buttter,
anid thelroo lOin ( whlich the privy wits
plIacedl was lilled withi olfensive gases.
t"urthernmnore, from the grounld wvith
out the buliling nIoxious1 gases' were
escinitg, ei thier froun the~ pipe oIf the
lpivy OP from the senel r, wichlel,
stranlge to say, rUuns wi thin two or thri ee
feet of the dairy.
We <pi'ote aginI from the t.irustees,
who claim that "'the stat,emert Is inade
three separat.e t,imrs that the water
closets shioulId be outsi de, of the Ibar
racks, and not i nsidle, 1and should11(
be detached from themi. In fart, the
water closets were remzoved from tlae
bu1id i ngs more than two yeiars ago."
liy substituting a"buit' forp "tand,"
as was1t initendedi, tiht senattec wIill be
changed to a simupie al lirm ationm that
water cilosets shltmd niot ihe VId wihin the
main1 h bulIdingis. Th'le report oIf the
commiiitteo was1t hasetily3 prepared~ and
illegibly wr1itten, bmenec it numlber (If
typ)ograph1ical errors appeaar. The
secondt time the staternenot is miade
"'thatt wat,Vr closts shlou Id bie Ih-taed
from dwel lings,"' has irefernceIII ptainly
anId tile third Li me the statmnentt is
used to impreI'ss tIle fact, thait wa'ter
closets should bie detteed fromI buiildi
I ngs. There Is, thae refo re, no( ground1iit
for the truIstees to assono111 tha tt LIha
commini ttee f ailed to irco g n iA.LIthat. the
waiter closeLs wereI detachied froia thle
blarracks by~ It hit,t.i rad galer (135I fact,
lomt!. T1he L truistees imighlt hiava visi ted
JCemson for it gamle a,f "Iit b ind iman's
Ilitber to Lhe ic onnnitteLe con lined0
themsel ves to reporItingi thi fiaitary ii'
defects of (Clemson.l Wha tt shltl tbey
say (If its mlaaIeent,'- Shial we
s peak of tile diett, pIronounced001 iade
qlute for stu1den1ts I who,e phIysial andi
mlontalI pIowers are. tatxed by ian ex
hausti ng cuiulum 111 and1 by3 theC
severity (If Illilitary dliscipline 11 Thait
the studeints arle r altired, when th
day's work is enIded, Lto be shiut upl iI
their roomis from an hour1 a tfter sunset
until bedtime, to swye1irl it buiillldi
little supeOrior, In satnititry arratnge
mnnte to t.ha ibby nerIan i.n Lieh
the students have been crewded like
Criniinltls, four in it room, barely liarge
enug i to alford breat,ling space for
two '
Shall we tell them thata deep ditch,
reek ing t, ith aCcutiulated excreta,
was ' inteitionally rt'rested in its Ilow
and -ohjeeted to tite duecomposing te.
tion of intense solar heat, antid that the
students were kept workiig in the low
lands beside it, day by day, under the
beaintg noonday sun-a menace to
their lives y
Shail we tell that the mlilch cows
were driven daily through this poison
ed water, of which they p erhatIis
drank, and which mtust have splashed
upon their udders-iin either in tance,
enough to alfect the m11ilk in irmuosly
Shahl1 we tell that, the f,rest itater
venling between this pe.tifuous dit.h
and the barracks, the o.:ly protection
for the students against the inrush of
poisonous etliutvia, was t eklesly de
stroyed y
And that an Ill :ial tetit'ed, Of his
own per onal experience, that the
barracks were invaded by a "':orrihle
stench '"
.1ust think of it : All t,hi- right
under our" noses, at Clenon. wh ieb
aspires to be the br ightest j nwel in the
educational erown of South Carolina.
Sieack not of typhoid fever att t Clem
son.i It, cannt,t and must, not he : le
te the i horrible itscril)tionl over the
gates of Iiades than that of t"pidenic
typhoid fever at Clemison
Guard the secret-and let fathers
and met,blers cotne, and after weary
days and nights of ceaseless vigil, and
with bleeding hearts, earry back to
their homes their own dear diead.
MIight we not write upol the walls
of Ciemnson that the " ( t o-a "' of igno
ranee is piled on the " i'elion " of i im
beellity :
C.l.\ni,i:s Ut. T.lm.:U, .M. I).,
Chatir. Coin. State li.aard of Healt h.
ort, Motte, July 1 .1 1i7.
IMVW '10 MAK'l I ND).
"arrttes eln Incr-ease Area by 1':n
Iarging Pr1ot ion.
'ratclical Farmer.
It is sald that an Enaglish politician
who claims that "t,hu land is the prup
erty of the naation," recently assutired
the beaters of one of his speeches that
we can make boAts and coats, build
cathedrals, railways, c:i nal's br-idge",
tunnels, and nake all Lite other at Iiclos
which we associate wit,h the necessities
of mtode-u life, but no m11ani ever mad
lan(. No mnL ve made ani aire one
foot lon..rer or )re foot hroadcr." Jle
cause o' this difirtnee hetwecn land
and various articles of human mani
facture the speaker claimetd that a dif
fereit rule rerarding owner-hip and
t.axat,ion should be m ade and enforced.
Tllr artie a ;ret. Iltl,jy pelMie bt: Ill
Country, a, well as abroad, who seem
to thiuk that the fartier has nothing
to (10 wit.h the .arking of the land
w bhc he owns. Ationug them there
are rut. a few farru.s wtho,e pratctiee
is In advance of their theory, but who
do not reail.:e hotw inuch t,hey are a
ready doing in the way of nmtking 1 tnd.
There are, also, many other, wlo, have,
as yet, made no use of their oppo'tuni
tics in this direction.
If the making of the land Is regard
ed merely as at creation, the formatittlot
of the actual elements of which the
ground is coin posed, we shall, of course,
be obliged to adllit that the I-::glish
speaker was correct in his assertion
thatt "no man evr made? c1."'ni, if
we take it in at broader sense, and rc
gard the matter in a practical light,
we shall lind that, to all Intents and
)ur"pus:s, man can lake Ind. Not
only can he convert great areas which
are ,ver-llowed by rivers or seats, into
fertiho soil, as has been done in Ifoi
land on tin extetsi ve seale, butt lie can
also(, by3 ~ wise mainagenient, greatly in
crease thte pIroductiveness (If ti-acts al
recady uinder- culitiv~ationL. ''The mant w~ho
maiikes hiis farmi prtodulce tw%'ice its mutch
ats it, did at an eartlier pletiod, hits prac
tically entlartged it,s iarea. So, too(, has
tbe main who1( by sub isoiIi ng '( drati ni ng
hais dheepenedi thte solil hat he citIt,ivattes.
As lhi:teisoni sid (of the fat-trer of Con.
cotrd w ho adoIpted im proved tme Lb,hIds,
ho has found a fatrm uinderi the oneC that
ihe fornierly enultiv~ated. The iphtnts
have a inuich gre-atert surfaace fr-omt
which t.o (obtain foodi atnd mioistur-e.
I 'racticatlly the arcai of t.ho lanid htab
bteeni enil artged.
Th~len if wei takc produ ctivenecss in
stead (If area ts thte st,andard-( of mecas
uisemt,i the manti whIo seedst hiis land)4 to
the blest adOvanitage ireally3 gins l5'a good
deal over the oneI whot( does itot fully
uit,i ilze the ateca that lie cuiivates.
'lTus at man11 lanIiting ptatitoesli in hills
I. vo feet aplart aitd ini rows three feet
apar-t will have abiout 2,100) mtore htills
oni ant iaci' thantt will otte wilo plants in
rowsV oIf the~ samte, wvidth, but who1( has
the hills thriee feet, atimeit ini the ro(w.
I f the landt is ~in good( conldition to Ill
dutce the erop, and fetrtilizors arei Ipro
peirly us5ed(, thte closer plant,ing shou)ld(
yil I as mtuhel to the itill ats thte other
andtI a ver-y muitcihitarget- crop will be
secured3( itt at considerahtloe lower- cost
In te vatriouis ways3i we have tmci
ti (nledi, antd itt other1sN uni ch will siug
gest thtemtselvyes toI titoughitful in tds, it
'S possible1 to do( wvhat, its fare as results
atre concl(ern'tedl, IS eqivailt,t toli mak in g
tthese~ miethiod s is openci to iabiint eve'ry,
ftamer. it working (lit somet (If thes
plantis not a few farnmer-s wouldhi ind at
wvhich now weigh heav-ily uponli tI.tem.
An itlwork in this direct,b>n caries it
dloubile r'ewiard. It gives mtater-ial hen
cli ts w hiich can itbe reckoned in doll uri
and I cenits iand atlo g)jivYes eour iage
men3it and)4 pleasulre' and( tan inIcr-easa of
toI thintk het,it.orits triiy aA Ite lot.irns
toI work b)ett,lr. TVhiat he( not 0only ae-3
colisljhes muchel in the present, but hue
alsof quatlitiUsjh imlself folr still mor01- elli
cilent cutfort ini thte ft,tare.
--A iar'ty oIf St. I,oulis commiTericail
travelers to save htotel hul;I, haivc dbar
tred ia ral Xway citr Iitted til ats at hotel
and sailesoma fort it "it days tip. I''orty
chiants wi I comue tI the ear to ibuy.
'FThis is a new wrKik
Skindo111lita' i- tadvIer ing is good(s for
sitie formi a - f raction (If the i r rel
valuto.'" "' Yes, abiouit eight-li fths, I
guess."1
BEHIND STONE WAL AT FREDERICKSBURG
IIOW' GEN. T. It. I. (01111 1t'I1,
Gra)hi(r Sr3' Sr hf e It ghtt nhg W'hert
T%wenty-itie inndirel ('onI'eiler
aterl Killedl and Wonnede iycg
'I'ThollNiati h'elerals.
The ren't'11L deniise of Mr. 'lhoaItl
I". IZ. Cobb at her home in Athen., (Ga.,
recalls the tragic deatlh of ert;t brave
and gallant husband, (;en. T. lR. it.
Cobh, on the I:LI of I)ceenber, IS-'
at, the battle of I 'rederickshiurg, \'a.
G;eneral Cobt was in eomllnuand at til
mlo,t bnpi)trtant point on (Gen,'raIl i.:'e's
tine of hattle, and hisspiendid deft-lnce
of a strattegic position gained the ad
iration of the entire airmty. I Iis loss
was sincerely lamtnented, not only by
it is own conuilnand, ht titrolghout t he
niagiiili(elt. corps under I Aongstret.
(GeneraI Cobb was killed behiiinil the
famnous stone wall at th^ foot of Marye',
l leirht,, where for tL ree days his colm
iiatd, in snow all ice, haid foug it one
of the liercest battles of the war. ''hc
slaughter was terilie, seven or eighit
thouland l''ederals being killed fit
vounded by Cohh's brigade and tll
Con federate hattterics on M are'i
Heights, while the killed In Cobb'
brigade ninered only 'cigiteen.
('apt. W. A. Starnes, of Atlanta, wa
in Cobb's legion, and was near the gen
eval when .he was killed. Spieaking (
that fateful day lie said : "Genera
(')hh was one of the bravest, the hies
and the nohlest, men the world ha
ever known. Illssoldiers loved him a
a father and would have followed hili
to the ends of the earth. We had bee
IigliLing three days behind the ston
wall. The weather was hitter cohl
and snow and sleet hid been falling
T'he wall was several hundred y ard
long and was ILL the foot of the height
n)o n whib about one hinndired ('ifed
erate grnl were planted. When Lii
l"ederals would mlove out of Lie totwt
ulpon the openi fi id ive lines of hatit
deep, the cannon woul play upon then
with t'rri ble slaugiter. (Cienra Cobb,
behind the stone wall, would order hi:
mlen to reser ve teir i;r"e un til the I"cd
erails were within easy reach.
"'liKep cttol,' he would say. 'Ke.p)
cool. Wait nntil they comi up; don't
fire unt,il the i)rder is gi ven.' lie moved
1upi and down the line, cont:t.ntly giv
ing thee instruetios with words of
cncou)tlragmt'Ilient aid liiself showed
abll utelv tit fl'ar. ( )a the lieti, diny
elb'rge :aftcer lIargo was inade ulntil the
l"'edirals literally natc breaStwot'ks of
their dead. .l ust before t charge sime
Qf our mhen exposed theiselves Indi
General Cobb went to where they were
and cauitinicil them to t th ure careflul.
Al. that itrint a shell ex ihiidct ah,)ve
him. (Onel piece struck Gener:al (.olhh
ill the thigh and lie fell and bled to
detath., A:; he wait wound ed thme Chrge"
advlnct'al in thi , lir b(e lLe itt " errilie.
In the midst of tL.e fearful hbttle ill
as his life blood hbed away he said to
those ahout him: ' Widid your position.
boys: hold your position : be ltiuiet: I'i
all right.' lut lie was mt all right :and
in IL few moments he wa, dead. 'w(
of his comrades who trid tocarry him
from the lield were shot am!l kiluei,
lie was one of the lo: t heroie men
ever seen in battle, and one of Lte
coolest.'
"The brigade behind the .to)e wall.'
continued CIltain St.arns,"W..- ,' , mi
posed of Cobb's legion, I'hillip legion
the Sixteenth ( aorgia, the I',igIteentt
Georgia, and the Twenty-fourth (Genr'
hot.''
L.tN\ w;t i- :I-:'l''$ l)-: unm '-'rt .
Generai Lungstr'eet's graphie de
scrli)tion of the light before tibe stoui
wvall is aLs follows:
in front of MarLIye's I Jill Is IL pliateaut
a11 nd iiinedilately ILL the baLse of the ihil
there is IL sunken roadLC, known aLs Liii
telegraph r'oad. (On the side of L,h
r'oadL next, Li) the town w'as at stonie waLlI
should ber igh, aLginst whiiichi tile eareti
wasL banked, forning an1 atlmlost 44nap1
prhoachleI defense. it was imipossibe
for LI)e tr'oops) occu1pyig it, to expost.
morei' Lthan IL small por'tionl of their
bod i, s. ]Hehtindi this stonle wail 1 had
Geni. T. I I. lI . Cobb's br'igade, and14 a
portLion of the brigadtte of Genelltral li'r
shaLw, hoit,h of MeLaw's ivisIoni. i t
mu 4st, noiw lie uinder'sLiood thait, the l''ed -
erls, Lio reachi whallt appiiearetti to b)e
miy waiki't pint, wold have to pias
diiirectly' over Liihis wall, ihildi by Cobbl's
inlfan.try.
(if aLrt,illr iy, hauml hie ytehiping the li guns,
and4 in goinig iivier the liel wit,h him
nonil. I :,igge-tedI that, lie p)lace it so)
aLs to aid inI covin g L,iim phd ii in front of
.\arye' i| i. i ie' anlswer'edi,"Gnr,
we Lviii comb I i it a if w' IhI ai ie-toothi
A li t.tle he'fiii'i noun, I sirit, orders Lii
iali my1 battteries i tipin lire Lhthrogh
tbe sLtreet 4 iLL at,iany pintt whleret Liii
troopst) were' sern abitI theii city, as a
diIverioni ini favor of .Ilacksoni. 'Thiis
inl hinid ftr my3sel f. Th'ie l'iderial tr'oops
tiled (lit, of t,be it,y lIke htiis tout of aL
hive, c:omin rg liiini loule .1ilk marLieb
and1( lilhirig Lihe edtgte of the lieltd in)
frionit of Cobb I. Thiiis as juis.t whIi(e
w'et had(i(: expecittd attack andli I wvas pIre'
beftori uis. thety were'i mhtiil aLnnoCyed by
the lire't of our hatLLt,eiis. The ifi eld waLs
te vaIst 11 n ,ib' of troops thaOt had
I~s t, fiear'fui eaII'riage. WVit L ur ar1' It. ii
l'iry fromi tIle front, i'ight, antd left, te:ar
inig LI(through their iranks, the l''ederials
pre'tssedi forward with abnitosL ininciilet
sLtady st.e p't andI icoting up their biroken
ranks8. Thius re(sioluttely they3 mlarchetd
upon)1 the stonelt fencie, behiInta whiei'e
waited LIhe Con feder'ate bigaden of
G enerail Cobbh. As thle i"-'(derials en me
withiiin reaIchi o)f thiIs brigade, a stormn
of head waLs p)ouredh intio thleir advancing
irnks and t.btey weire swept from Lthe
tiehl like cha~Lf befoi'e the wind. A
c liud of smiiok e sihut ou0t the scene for i
mromienrit, andlti, i'isinflg, reCvealied thlt
s11ht tred fr'agmnts recoiling firon
their gallhIant but hopeless charLgi
The art.iller'v st,ill nlomhed throurl
'lmllitt is, we are too 1)l:
[.ow Prices keep us )usy,
The Iacket Store is LII
ways )tuy what you wvtallt cl
e 11('ia What. eVC Say.
:utr corllipctitor's call iu
atcklllobige (ie charge an<
of this cotill y to say wlcill
Stoi'e l1is been 'a etllct to
i1s goods as the bc st.
Bought at Low Prices,
andl(l our (tcistoincrs rejoice i
Rtcket, Store is doing foir t
Askitng that one aind tl
to " U nderbuy and Unders,
Yours in dett
NEW YORK l
P. S.---Still reCiem etr
w i1ll rt u nitce (UC carriage this
the ranks of the retreating i"eiorals
iand sought the jht's of concealentler
into which the troops had ptlungedi. A
- vast, nutmb(1er wenL, pell-me l into anii old
railroad cut, to escapeu fire froi the
rIght and front. A battery on I,UU's
Hiil saw this and turned its fire into
the ent,ir length of the cut, and ii
shells bugan to pour down upon .hi
l'cder"als witi the nost frighltful de
struction. They found their position
of refuge more uncomfortable thnt the
tied I of bhe assault.
''hus the rig htV grand dliv. ion of the
Army of the I'otonlac found itself re
Illsel and "lat.t.e d"l ii, as iir-t at
bemplt . do rivu us from Marye'sc lill.I
Ilhadly was this attat-c !'ithe tie h1.l
when we saw ,bie leteruinedt I"-edcralk
again liling out, of I'rclcrickishurg and
ii'eparing for anither charge. Thie
Gon(fvtlcrate's under (Cohhl rsrvcdl
their lire ani riuietly awaiteid ti' ap
toi>ahe of the iin y. The I. irals
Camett nearer" than be"foru, but were
forced1 to r.L ir"i ' b;!fore te v- .liro-e tl
gunite of C'obb's brigadu andtt the lire of
thu arl.illury un the. hi;.:bt.-. iBy that
tune thei Ith1 in front of Cobb was
Lh ick ly st,reLw n with tii dead and dy
ing I,'udcral. biti, aain thuy formned
vi,II des,eurate cuurage ar.d ruenewedi
the attack and were aigain diriven oil.
At each attack Lhe litugeiilr way so
great, that, by the tilni. (he third att
tack was r"lr,piisel, the t'inrund was so
thickly strevii with dat! 'thtt the
botlics seriouisly ilnii.p-de.d the a>proach
of the t-ed-rals. (;u-ral . lu, vho
was with iime on I, "', Ilill, bietenme un
cay when he saw the attacks so
piin11il1y rn wet a i tiushi i ft~/".
"i - wi rb4en-i, itil feartd-t the
I-'. h-ratlii'lt h reak througrh our' Iinu.
A\ ftii Lithei thr ebmamr e the .aiid Lto me:
"G neral, th y art nas-irig Very
ht"avily and will break your tie, I atmll
afraid." "Gcner al,"' I rulplie'd, "if you
pit every Imtn noiw (In the othr side
of the I'ulo tiitti on that liuld to ip
troicl me nver the v tsam line, uand give
ime plentby of anniunitin, I witll kill
Ltieiii all before Ithey reiach iniy liine.
I 4ink to your right; you) are' In some
dainger' Liiere1, buit no oni iliniy linre."
I thiink the fou rthr l,hno the i-'ederials
camne, a gallin i t felowi reaich ed it, in i
on hundrei xiii'd feeL of Cobbli's pos5it,ion atnd
then foil. Close behind hi im etne somen
few sent,b,rI ng ones, but, thLey were
cithe r killed or Iiedi firin certin deilath.
Tihis 0 imrge wvas Liie onlty e i>rt that
iiookeii like aniy i'eailt danger Li) Cobb,
and aft,er it wvas repulised I felL noap
preheinsion,~ assur-ing iiysel f thatt Lhere
was enough oif the dead I''ederails on
the fielid to g'ivye rme hal f the biattleo.
The anxiety shown by Gehneral I ,ne,
hiioever, I inued ime Lto bri ng upJ two
or.Li hr'ee ibrigadiles, Lto be0 on1 handi, and i
G;eneralt Kerishiiawi wvas orde cred, ithLi
Li,he i'itraer oif iIs hi'lgadioe, idown to
Lthe stone wail, but r'athera to canrry am
muniiiioni t,hani as a reinfor'eomnti for
Cobbi. Kershraw ditshied dowvn theo de
1,1iviby ini Lim to Li s ucceedt (obb, whoin
fell fi'rm a wvoiuind in thie L,i gh, and
ied in a few miiinute Ls frorm loss of
A Iif, iiLIme tIbe i-ieeeratis formiied and
chargedi'i anad iier' reptiulsedl. A sixth
L,im the;Li y chiar'gid and we re dir'ivein
liack, whenun night, eamne Li) end the fiear
fri eatiriage, atnd Liithe ederalis with
dr'iw, leaing thie bat,ble-tield liLeratlly
hcapedl wv it,h the bodies of thieir deaid.
Inefor'e the weillirecbti fire- of Cobib's
briigadi,Li t,heledratls hnad falleni like
Li,b etiy dr'ippirng of raini fr'om Lthe
eaves of a liouso. (ou~ir maunsketry alone
had kitled arid woundiied at leatst 5,000;l
atnd Lihese, ith thiLze sl aughlter by Lihe
artiller'y, left, over 7,0001 killed'u aral
wou)1ndd bI efor'e the fioiit of M arye's
itill. Theii deatd wer,ie piledl soimetirres
thr iee deep, andt when mring bi'oke,
ire spicL,aele t,bat, we sawv iuon Liibe
b,lie-flie ld was~ one (of thu imost,i dis
tr'essing t ever itnessed. Thie
eliatrges hiad been itd5~espert,e atnil bioloody
hut uLterly hiopetess. I thouighit, its I
sawi Liie i-'ed eral s corne atga in and iagain
Lto Lhir d ieath, Lthat Liihey deired ' i suO
cess If eonurage atndi dainig conuld n
title sohliers to vietor'y.
Goveirnor' lIhierboii Wil Seizor All
IIi irni's WVhier' Oihginaol Packauges
atre lirok err.
Thle Columbia I O gister', in noting
the fact thatt ani origil piatckatge str
.wias iraled in lPlorenc atnid i contents
con1fiscetd by the constables, says:
Tis wias the second closuro of tho kind
since Ju dge Simionton's decision amd
indicntes a deteMrminattion on the part
of tihe SLtLa to close upi these place;
on the leatst violation of the law as lat
down hy .Judge Simnonton. in thii
- paricular case it anna. thn.t. t.h
,y to write very much. Our
e place where you can al
ueip. When we say cheap,
by cheap namres, and we
I leave it to the good people
er the New York Racket
them or not. Our goods are
so let our competitors weep
it the good the New York
is people of this county.
I remember that our motto is
ll," we are
d earniest,
ACKET STORE,
<1,Y lI: & NA I,l.Y, Proprietors.
thie Stirry of'er. Some one
fall FREE 1
dealer was closed up on a more toch
nicalit.y. He was rogularly an agent
of a foreign firm, but, It appears that
his half pint measures were not half
jIints according to the dispensary mea
surenent and he was arrested. le
was selling in what ho called half
pints, but becauso they were not up to
the usaal ilspensary neasuremont the
dealer was arrested for violating the
aw. l"rom this it Is soon that the
Stato is going to take advantage of
every possible loophole and nake it
as troublesome as possible to every
original package dealer.
The Govcrnor stated in this connec
tion that he would certainly order
5i4ed all liquors found in any place
where the original packago had boon
broken, and by original package he
,Aid he meant the box or other cover
ing in which the bottles came. He
said that ho certainly did not intend
that liquor should be brought into the
State and sold unless in original pack
ages, and by that turin ho means that
a certain quant.ity in a bottLe cannot
he taken out, of a package and sold.
In other words the Governor holds
that each bottle of liquor must be
shipped into the State separatoly in
order to constitute an original pack
age. He goes further than that and
says that. if bottles at.ro shipped by the
cur load packed in saw-dust or paper or
any other packing t.hat It. must be sold
that. way else the original package Is
broken.
If this Idea is carried out then the
original package people are not going
to have any pie ile and the dispensary
:ll,avu iii tie serious opposition. Thus
it will he seen that every possible
t,einicality will he taken advantage
of by the Stateu in order to uphold the
monopoly of the business. It is even
held that the order of Judge Simon
ton in the case of Moore is only a
tou mporary injunetior, that being all
that was asked for in the complaint,
and that, therefore, the State has
anotber chance of having the whole
thiing reopened before Judge Simon
ton w Ith the conseqjuent delay which
atlways attends the settlement of any
ease. It Is not. likely that such a pi)Ont
will be taken advantage of, for it would
he a foolish wast,e of time and money,
but like a dIrownting man every st,raw
Is bieinzg grabbed at by the staito.
While the original package estab
l ishimenits are sure to dlecrease the
prof()it,5 of the dIspensary, yet, the
ligures shouw thait the (decase has not
been so1 .erions as yet., and taking them
as a enriins as yet the diispensary
ollicials are inclined to believe that
the business Is not to be seriously in
terfered with. t''or instance it Is
pin ted (out. that the business has niot
only not. deercased arce the first du
cision of Judge Simnonton, but has ac
tually boon1 great,er. Taking the
mont,h of June the showing is that for
thIs month In 189J7, 7,0:34 crates of
lquor were shipped out, as against
ti,E;N5 for the sarme mzonth in 18961, being
a dill'olrence in favor of the present
mont.hlI of :Ilt cases.
In the inattor of boor the shipments
wer :1:1:1 and :15:3, a di l'orence In favor
oif the rnonth for this year of 20 bar
rels. Taiking the first eleven days of
the prosenit month the showing is a
sh ipmlenit of :1,uit01 cases of liquor for
I1Sltt, as against :i,f;Iti for the same
po: idc oif 1897, hbeing an increase of
s!xty-threce cases. Per the eleven days
of the month in I89)h the boor sales
were 202 barrels as against 218 for the
same time in 1897, an increase of six
teen barrtets.
Th'lese figures are taken by the ofl
cials to lhe evidence of tbe fact that the
ortiginat package b)usinesa is not going
to seriously hurt the dispensary. The
comnparison for the year 1897 Is for a
period wheni the constables were on
joined, andl when in Charleston plartic
ularly, the original plackage stores
were in active operation. Taking this
as a criterion the ohieals are of the
opinion that the dispensary will be
able t.o hold its own. U pon these fig
ares they base the opinion that the de
cision is not going to materially injury
the dispensary. However the evident
intention oIf the State to take advant
age of every point, no matter how
technical and far-reaching it may be,
shows that the State does not welcome
the comp ietition and that it will do all
it can to break it up.
-There is a man in Glasgow who,
when he goes to church, notes the
hour when the sermon begins, and it
it does not exced 20 minutes he sub
scribes two shillings, sixpence to the
collect,ion bag; i over 25 minutes he
subscribes one shilling ; but it it goes
over that time he buttons up his pocket
I and gives nothng.

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