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HE PEOPLE'S JOURNA
o- 2O. PICKENS S. C., THURSDIAY 11 . ONE DOLLAR A YEAR .
o the Readerlsof
We invite you t<
'and boys we:
Our linIe of Mt
our Holys' Knet
Mlenls P'ants fr<C
A Conplete liit
felt and stri
The besit 130
I-'very .;ing til?
line( of un11,m
knlown to ill
We wVill take pll
sectiniI, aIdII
- - V hII3ursinly,'
SMI-TH & I
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slMMIl Pib.I0iUIla) itY BULItmCFs.
____ .~ .
A Virginia Ilditor and a l'roimiiieit,
Laawyer M1e on I I P 1l41 o.1 Ilonior
.Tke I'yenmt WaI ''ragiitilmi Son
sationia,.-' -
The recbnt deatir of Capt. 'aie. Ne
(.arty, the celebrated t iitior ati' dtatl-I
Ist, has recalled the Lragic I'lf-au in
which hie was one of the prinicipals.
and a correspondent tells the story as
follows :
Captain 'age Mc..Carty w e the last
of the famoub Southern duelists. ile
- was in May, i873, one of the pri nici pals
in an atfair that wa- rolaniLc as well
as fatal. He killed John Moruaeeni, a
prominent lawyer, and 'was h im-elf
terribly wounded. Tio lady who was
at that, time the belle of the SouLi wias
tho Innocent cause of this duel.
McCarty came of the best stock. One
%f his ancestors was speaker of the old
lfoule of Burgesses, away back iu 1715.
-lie and Mordecal were nton.t the same
age. They were deskinalte at the Uili
versity of Virginia when' lawv students
there just before the war. McCarty, as
i- voluriteer, was present at ,bo timo of
the time of the captur of 'arpur' .
- L"erry. He was then a btardless youth,
but it was not long before he was rap
- idly prolpoted from private and became
a c'aptaln of antil .rv ,
After the war Cap ain Medarly turn
ed his attention to newspaper and
literary work. In the yea- 1813 lie and
his old friend, Mordecai., were both
desperately in love with Miss Mary
Trpiett, who was at that timo the nost
celebrated beauty in Virginia, if not in
the whole South. A grand ball was
given in April of the year mentioned,
and all the fashionable peoplo of Rich
mnd were there. On this' occasion
liss Triplett wounded the feelinks of
Captain McCarty by showing a decided
preference to dance with some one
else. Shortly after the ball the fol
. lowing verse was printod -in a local
newspaper, but no name was signed
to it :
'When Mary's form diviiie I press,
In 8trauss s sweetest waltz.,
-'lhose lips 1. too, would faina caress,
A ltho' th'o lips he fae."'
-John Mordecal was sitting at a res
taurant on Main street waiting for his
order for breakfast to be fillied when
he read these lines. Ills friend, Wil
hiam Rloyall, one of the leaiding lawyers
In LRichmond, was with hi mi. Mor~iecai
sigid It was evident that McCarty had
written tho verse and that the'"Mary"
ref.erredl to was Miss Trriplett. Lle an
nounced his purpogo to hold McCarty
peF~onally responsible. Mr. Riuyall in
sisted that if the author of ,he pu0 blica
tion was to he punished thero was lio
reason whby Mordecai shouldiundertake
to do it, as the k.ady hadly grown bruith
er and other mnale relatives. But the
young lawyer was terribly angry and
he would not listen to the advice of hkis
5friends, lie sought the counsel o f Wl
11am Lt. Trigg, the present, head of the
W. 1.1. Trrigg ship building company.
Mr. Trigg took the same view of the
matter as did Mr. Il'eyali and Mordecal
was .finally eonvinced that, it would
ho a mIstake for 191z t~o 0.hallenge Mc
Carty. ., . . . f
The old Itichmond Club was then the
place where tihe-utltra-fashilonable geni
,timen of Richmond spenOit their even
in~s.' McCan'y~ anrd Mordecal were
'eimbers. One evening McCarty's ne
- pihev heard. Mordpci-.roundly abusing
his uncles and reporq .the matter to
Wle cap' ain, 'J here was some corres
buhilen e passed atid IL ,Is said M pOar ty
denied 'the -authbeship of thd lines.
1 Evgry.bqdy belicypfl/hat tcoublo .would
bco.ayor'ted after 'i'. A iw weeks
la'or MeCai ty and Muidocal met in the
cafe of tho'club andi 5~ome angry words
were passed.. .This dIspute resultaed in
Mordecal knocking McCarty down.
The latter at once sent, a challerge to
a duel and it, was pri'barptly accepted.
*.Tho: meeting place wa5ejust, tside of
~uburbs.of Ilchmond: .lt wa4- an ideal
May' morning. .William'br Ib.yall and
William it Trigg acted ias seconds for
Mordecn'd and Colonel Waillam.H. Tabb
and Jiohn S. Meredith .nr there
as friends of McCairty. D~r..Hiun~.r
McGuire, w ho had .en Storiiall,
JIackson's chief ilied ical director andit
.who attended -ti*L t gre't soldiea after
- -he roetVed bis' i.Al wound at Chari
cellorsvtllo, tvas present as surgeon 4tura
.Mordecal e The li~e Dr. .J... Diorsey
Calen,. who was surgeon -on:Uienera)
James. Lorigstroot's stall, -vwon t,"along
- toQattend M cCar ty in case ,be rece!vod
a wotnd.. -
Both niori facea each othber with the
*courage, and coolness evbb possese(i
-At tnoe first fire the ball fr-om Mor
decal's. pilstol, struck. Megar.ty in his
right, thigh. Mordecal was shiotrin hiu
abdomens Both men had to he carried
Icome to see us for ally ting that IIIenl
Lr.
i)i' Stuits rIti f'-i-0 1S .(11 to -..t ,
Pl'at Suits 81.5 o I.II
1il $ .00 to. 67.,.
of Meni's and loys' 1:il. in both
1W groods.
Shoe madi e for inen.
Uniderwea r, alliong which is tile hest.
o1der-ed white shir-ts :nni volored sinr1ts
i. troe I'mr -A) cents,
eitu I n showing you through (Ihet
C* gods in iour line inl the l'iedillont
I he pri4-e are all right.
3RISTOW,
NVI-L E, S. 0.
rom the field, and Mordecai died two
lay liters. McCat-ty's life was despair
Md of for several weeks, but he finally
1 V !:'. 1.
This aflair occasioned a tremendous
enSitio throughout, the country. The
ieconds (veroe all arrested and kept in
Ihe IRichionil j il six weeks. They
4In .eLd to testify and under thbe laws
)f the State Could not be forced to do
io anid were released.
Mc Carty a f er hIs recovUry War; al'
vet'd ard tried. lie was convicted
told SI)tteed to srrve six month s in
Lit titl d toI ImyN at filne (if $501). The fln
Wa14 IrmtptIly imid. li0 lad been21 inl
til hut a short.. Lime when the surgeon
Af the prizon -i tili Id Wiht longer con
inelnit woild reslt in his death,
Ind1 he was IdIioIed bIty Governo
kep ip1r.
Soon after the d Rlel Miss Triplett,
who, it is said, Lad 1lore than lifty
iiiitor, Wats mar riei(d to CaptaiIl Il'ilip
Iluxall, a wealthy 11 ,nr maufacturer.
-he reignied as the acknowledged and
indiputIL dsocial qun of HichmorA
until her death a few years ago. Me
Uarty never again sought the -oeiet,y
>A ladies. He de-voted his life to j:our
La1 ism .and to literary work. As a
political editor he was at bold and fea'
iebS writer, The Democrats had hiit
to edit their campaign papers, and he
nado several tierce and savage attacks
.ipon the late General William Mahon
Ind other Itpublican lIaders.
It, was oft6-' ttoight that, he would
,)a ch. tllengeiy by his political oppo
iente, but he never was. Shortly oc
ore his death he said in these articles
>e was ever careful to irdulge in legi
.lmat.: crit ic tm and to avoid personal
tbuse, for ho did not want to light
mother duel.
The Deinoct-.s presented him In
L883 with asplendid watch and a medal
or his work. Ills health has been de
lining for the iast s iveral years. Mor
lecai's only brother died a few weeks
$go.
WEA1'ilI-.it AND CROP It EPolT.
Woekly Bullotin of the Weathe r lMa
ruan for Soutii Carolinia.
COLJM uA, S. C., Jlune 5, 1100.
About niormial tempei~rai~uro cond i
Aons prevailed during thes week end
.ng 8 a. mi., Monday, Juno -ith, but,
3arly in thlo week the nights were too
i3001 for rapid growth of cropis, with,
lowever, fisvorableii conditions at the
T1here was anl entirie absene of rain
until l''riday, w 'mnt light showers oc
curred over the extreme north western
portilons, followd iionl Saturidaiy and
Sunday by shower'y weather over the
cenltral and easta ni po'rtionfs ahoi. lI ain
was had ly needed over the elastern
half of the State, while the mioituIre
conditions were qit o favorable over
the westerni haif.
The weather was ex temiely favorable
for the cultivation of crops, during thbe
week, most, of which have been weli
worked, iand for harvesting wheat and
oats now under way, except in the ox
tremol northwesteru' counties, where
both are fast ripening. Wheat, is an
excellent crop generally, while Oats
varies greatly, but falls lIttle, if at tall,
below the aiverage of fortmer years.
tUplanid corn is small, but healthby,
and( lfas good stande. lUottomn land corn
has mtado good growth, but standiis are
kept badly broken by the raviages oif
worms. I'',irly cornl is ini silk anud tas
sol.
Ti'lo coiols nights retarded the gr~owthI
of cotton whiich is iunseasonably smiall,
'ind also..caused it, to (lie on1 cert.in
soils. Stands are generally full, but,
very Jiousy in places. Cotton is gener
Illy well Worked, lint, ta few lields are
stiil grassy. l'iarly cotton is lput
ting on forms. Sea- island nleeds ra i.
'l.he weather conditions at theo close
of the week were very favorable for
cotton.
The condition of tobaclico ranges frotm
good to very poor, andii geerally the
p)lants are smaillI for to season and in
Marion Cou n ty are hout-wn ing. \Virmns
lare nu mer'oup and ibougigl I. Somebi
tiolds have been laid by
Itice, truck, gardel:, sweet p)oltts,
sugar cane anld sort'I bum are ido In,
well, but .sero ini t o.If IratIn, whIi c
has .boon quito cdlLolusly suplidJ.
'iuit, p)rospdcts, exo-.pt for app1les,
continibe promising. Th'iu shipm.,nts
(If fi/caches have hbeun.
-Many fi;riior hi-v- t'e.gun to plant
Ipeas in cornl ltelds, whidcu is uiiusuailly
-The cityv of Stock LOln, Otal., wIll ro.
eeive on the li'ourth u' .1 'aly the famous
01(1 guns used by Commoedore Htoekton
InI thu conquest, Oi '.alifornia. r'ho
guns are now at Mare I eand and Sec
rotary L'mng Iast wetek signed an ordelr
for~ thleir transfer toi the city natned
after t~hnle mmI~laldr
ICHOES OF THI
4OUISVILLIX REUNION.
WilY STilt ASIfES 01 TH1A, PAST?
hireaCntse! Our lDeal lioroem Shall Not
Go Without Their Famio.
I t. 11l. .Palmer, D.D., the annual
otrator of the Confederate reunion in
Louisville, answered this q uestion as
follows:
"Accustomed through sixty years to
address public assemblies, I ai iever
theless subdued with awe in your pres
ence today ; for we stand together un
der the shadow of the past. I t is the
solemn reverence one mig ht feel in the
gloom uf Westminster Abbey, sur
rounded by l'ngland's Illustrious ilead.
Indeed, we are here the living repro
sentatives of countless comrades who
sleep iII lonely cemeteries throughout
the land; where perchance a single
monumental shaft Is the ghostly senti
nel keeping watch over the hivouae of
the dead.
" It is live and thirty years since tihe
Confederate war was closed, and about
thirty-nine years since it was hgun;
and it is sometimes asked why we
should Atir tihe ashes of that ancient
feud, why we should not bury the past
in its own grave, and turn to the living
issues of the present and the fliure.
'To this question, comiiirades, we retmu :
the answer with a voice loud a. seven
tlinders, because It is our history
and the history of our dead horoes,
who shall not go without their
fame. As long as there are men who
Wear the gray, they will gather the
charred embers of their old camp fires,
and in the blaze of these ruunions tell
the story of the martyrs who fell
in the defense of co intry and of truth.
"Nay, more than Lhis: It i.s the story
of a strife that marks an epoch in the
annals of the A merican people. It is
known to every school boy in the land
that two parties existed at the formna
tln of our government, who could not
agree In locating the paraloiulit sove
cignty which should decide upon all
issues arising between the States and
themselves. The lederabsts, as they
were termed, demanded a strong gov
ernment, concentrating power in the
national adilinistration: the I epubli
can.s, on the otner liano, contended for
the distribuLion of power among the
States, ciaiming their original sover
elguity a.nong their reserved rights.
Both parties were too strong to allow
the question to le determined by arbi
tration or through forensic llicusision.
It was, therefore, permittei to sumnber
beneath certain ambigui tics of ex
pression in the constitution itself, to be
,ettied by the exigencis of the future,
not as in abt act pri lci ple, but as 1n
accompliled fact. I need not
reilind youi how 1his hsue v. as.
raised in I 132, and was )ostjp(oned
through the conciliatory legislation of
that period. Such nll issue could not,
however, sleop forever. The admis
soUn of new States into the Union, with
their conliicting interests, nut, reopen
t ;( qutsLion and compel discusLion.
Thus it aroso in our day, leading to the
establishment of the boouthern Confed
eracy and to ihe civil war that followed.
" It is simple folly to suppoed that
such a sponltaneous lprisillg as that of
our people in 1860 and 186l could be
effected through the machinations of
politicians alone. A movement so sud
den and bo vast instantly swallowing
il ali minor contentions, would only
spring from some great faith deeply
planted in the human heart and for
which men were willing to die. What
ever mry have been the occasion
of the war, its 'eardo causae,' the
hinge on which it turnleid, was this
old question of State sovereignty as
against national supremacy. As there
could be no compromise between the
two, the only resort was an appeal to
the law of force, the 'ultimai ratio
regum."' The suirrendler at Appotuat
Lox, when the tattered remnant, of
Lee's great, army stood guard for the
1ast time over Southern liberties and
rights, drew the equatorial line divid
ing between the past, and the fu Lure of
American history. When the will of
the strongest instead of tihe 'consent of
the governed' became the base of our
national structure, a radical transfor
mlation took place. The pri nciplle of
confederation gave wazy to thlat of con
sol idathun and the Amierican nation
emierged out of the Amtierican replic .
TIhe following~ i nteres!,ing art ic was
contributed du ring LIhe runniiion to Lthe
Louisville l'obt by Geon. J1. A. Walker,
of Virginia, the last comminande if the
Stoniewall blrigade:
WA'hen V irgi nia s~eededi in A pril,
18h0l, she did not, immediately become
one of the Confederate Statcs, but for
a brief perlod remaIned an~ independent
sovereignty. OJn the adoption of the
ordinance of secession by the V irginia
convention, the Governlor, as eoim
mander-Inl-ehilef of the State ilIitia,
ordered the organ Iied vohunteer comn.
panies to assemble at, var-ous p~oinlts.
Col . Tr. J. Jiackson was iplacedI In m
miand of the ti'rops at, 1Iar per's lFor ry
onl A pril 30t, i8til, andit remiained in cow
mianid of that post, unotil Vi rginlia joine~d
the Confederacy, when Goni. J1osephi l'.
Jiobnstor, "' "" Confederate armly, on
lay 2nd, I18iI, suph., *ded himi. T1'he
Vir-ginia companies at .'ie lerr-y were
organized into regiments.
Colonel Jackson was in. do a briga
dier general in J1uly, I18ti , and the
Second, lFou rth, lFifth, Twenty-seventh
and Th'ilrty-th ird VirgInia In fantriles
formed a br'igade known as the LFirst
V irgin ia brigadle, and Geoneral J1ackson
was assignIed to its commhland. Thlose
reg imlenits composed0( the famous Stone
wal ii gade, anid none others eveor he -
lnged to It,. Thle fame of thIs body
of troops so i nd Issol ubliy conniectedi
withb the niamle of Its first commliiandor
was establilhed onl Ju ly 31st , 1861,
when staninlg like a stone wall on the
II enry house lhiIill amid the retrecatinog
anld dIisorgaitiizedl troops, It, retieved
the day an~ I won the battle. On Oct~o
ber 4th, lI 1, when General J ackson
was promloted to the rank of major
general and1( as-signedt to the Valley
dlivIii, lie wast~ separatedl fromn the
1"irst brlgade for -uliort pieriod,. loe
partecd from it w Ith retLrret, and hiis
only roc "ded elfort at oratory is In the
speech 110 niad ill hiddcinog farewell to
this command. 1ie reviewed, and in
conclusion of his few brief remarks, he
dropped the reins on the neck of his
horse, and raising his hantlds sid with
deep emotion:
"In the Army of the Shenalinidoa
you wrothe li t brigadi, in the' Arm
of the Potomac you are thu Ii rst hr
gLade; you are the first brlga:tdle in tI
aTfections of your gene ral, and I imi
by your futurn decils and bear ye
will be handed down to posterit.y a th
first brigade in this, our seicoi wart
independence. Farewell."
Tihe .eparation was of brief iuraitim
for in a few weeks the lirt bl iv
was ordered to replrt to him at \\*
chester, and Gon. I 1). Garnett wi
assigned to itN coullnd as brilie
Hie remained in command until aft,
the battle at erntitown, in hareu
1802, when lie was relieved, allnd ;e
Charles S. Winder was assigied to th
cmiumand. W inder was Ic l led at Ced
Mountain on August 11, ISti, and afti
the lapso of three In ths Ma. i iy 1.. I
'axton, a momber of General .Jack-oi
staff, wits promoted to tVie rank i
brigadier general, and assiumted c1n
iland. Ceneral l'axton w;,s killed e
Chaneellorsville on May :3, 1 s:. th
day after General Jackon was mm ta
ly wounded.
On thu 10th day of Mu ky, 1i:;, .
A. Walker, of the 'Piiirteenth \ irgini.
infantry, was promoted and ai net
to the coimiand. lie relmailited in cmi
mand until at Spottsylvan C. 11. th
brigade was annihiIlated and itsi min
never again appeared oil the r(o; )
tibe Confederate armnies. The siml
remnant left was consoditU~d with th
fragmentas of ,Johnston's division iito on
smiall brigade, and the fainoui old bri
gade, which for tihree yeaIS ha
breasted the stormis of war on twent
battlelields, and in combats anI lkii
mishes innumerable, which liha
ialrched thousands of miles over val
e10, mountain and plain: which had ex
u itantly borne aloft its hattlciII 1g it
suminer's beat ant wiliter's t)rNO
which had strug 'I d for freceloii m1
the loftiest peaks .f the Alleglianics
at the Mel)well. on the rocky slope
of Culp's hill, at (Getty- burg, in tih
swamips of the Cun: kahomin ily, and i i
never faltered in eib darkest ho :r
pasezed into historv. Hilt, inl pat-.4ng it
left, a fame as bright, its the hLtUars, a
enduring a-s the agt*.s. The be:ultifti
Shenandoah valley is fIlled wi h th
ineoie cs of its tr Inphn11t war Che;
and brilliit victorics. The traveal
who today gllzS oi the placid boson
Of "the daughter of the star il,"l o
the bold peaks of the Massailutton
tI tik not of the duky warriors w host
Ianuiage is prpetiated in limintail
and Strealtm, or of tile K night of tht
Goldetin HLiorsez hoe, led lby thev roylla
governor, who lirst, rid iii tlie t ,vurin ig
heights of tle Il lidt: ge and SOt tit
f mt. of white men in the greal \'allev
of \'irginia, Or o.1 th.e I iirfax-, ne
proprietors of this lofty lield; or 11
Washington, the youth f l urveyor
wivti chiatns and hima btof t .lmnt
wall Jackson and hit, Imeni. Thu WILUer
of t!he Senandtoah, a they glide peace
fully 1'nirougih frIb. lieo, to the go'
geous paSUs at. Harperl' i lerry, wher,
its tide mi ngles with the I'tollmae
murmur of Jackson and lNvei, w
ltrly and Ashby. The rugged Mas -a
nulttonl *pringing mid way from thbe val
and the uiij.-,ie blue iountains wh iul
atuard thebe boundaries of tihe valbyI
stand as silent eternal telLtiniels ovei
the imperishable fame of the bravi
soldiers who wore the gray and fouogi
for the cause and for the land they
loved.
The old brigade wa- kowi, at dii
ferent timnies by several name... A
Manassas in July, Ilil, it was clli-iiiii
designated "tho l'irst Virginia bri
gale." Afterwarid the brigades wer
called by the name of the'.r command
erIS. and it was Garneut's, Winder's
I'axton's and Walker's brigade. A fte
(JeneraIl Walker was assigned to thi
coiiiand, it was oflicially designatel
as the "Stonewall brijgadte," whiul
namne it bore on the rolls of tlihe Aim
of Northern VTir~g inia for one yecar, ani
until it ceased t,. exist.
All the brigadlier- tenerals exece.
Walker wetrc k illed in battie, and hi
was severely wounded at Spottsylvanit
C. H. Winder was killed at Cetda
Mountain on August 9, 18112. Jackso
diled of wounds reei vedl at Chancel
iorsv Ille on MIay' 2 1, 1Ii1. GIarnett wVa
killed at Gettysburg on Ju ly :11, li:t
lBesid es the re3gul Iar com1wma ndler., the
old brigade was temporarily coin
manded for brIef pleriods by regimnentla
olliLers, and several of these wer,
killedl in battlte.
Colonel AllIen, of the S.w.oind rei'
menlt., was kililed at Col i,..:-bo
C~lolnel ihlaylor, of the. l- fth, wa- kille
while commandiin g the b, igadse a
and1 Coh'ton wvere all k Iil or I itl
froml woll us recei vedl ill hattlec.
T.h at ther I'!were oither0 troops ini thi
Con federat1 Ie arm liy as blrave anti de sers
Iig as thei Stonewall b rigade isi not t
be0 gin said ; hut it, is praise enoutgnI t
say that therel~ wer none 1111 braver I
bette r in tihe Conlfedle rate or l''edi ~
alrlmies. Thiiat, this5 famous brI'igad e we i
not, on1 every lid i up to its hii ghle
miark is undoubtedly trule, a1s it Is of a
troopsh), for it was tunfor ttiunate ini los in
soi maniy commailinder-s and in the null
her oif reglimetil llileors toiimpiorarl
In commiiand by senilority. A I! were ii
skill ful a~nd ellicienitor possessed of LII
c!onfidenIcei of the men. Th'le Ii nest, th:
bravest, soldiers inI the world will I<
comei unisteady and1( inllicient when le
by timIid and icomilpet~llnteammi iaiider
The old adage, "'Show me hi eo'noan
andi I w ill s how you the inan,'' imay I
truthfully palraphbrastau, "'Show i
the oflieer and I will show y'iu taI
soldier."
On) two ocecas ions1 (nie of thbe Ilralve
and staunilehbet br Itad es in the Arim
oIf Norit herni VirginIa beha veid hadi
undler f~ ire, bectause thei y be lie v 'd thi
colonel temra )i1rily ini commlliandl wi
wailtinug in the couiirage and1 ii kill
A\ mong t~ho viniltors Li) thie reuniiotni
fLouisvillu were M.'sris..Jaimes andl I
lI ogers, formerl0 y (If IBourbon (3 oin t~
K y., the sons of the late Col1. W.V
lI ggers, antd both of themi were
Miorgan's cavalriy . .1 ames I (ogersl~ hI
reided si ne the war at Ninety-Six.
C., and II . iogerIs ill Shrev eport, la
T1hoy were both d a- ling soldieriis, an
partiecipated iln th I last sc~iout h)ofoi
the surrender (If Gein. J1oe Johnb lsten.
I 'resident Davis was at Charlotte,
C., when tile news of the armistic~ b)
tween Sherman and .11oh1nston was a
nounhed . General Stonemian was tlht
on a raId near Charlotte, threatem
Stlt hritgei across the Catawba river
Stwenty in les Soith. TIe terTgrapi
lino soutli Sudcenly Ucaised to Vork
11nd it ws fearf'd that ie had burn
the bridgeo and cut oilf comninnililcatdon)
It was imuportant to aintiouae tOh
k itrmiisticte to tile troois at. Augusta,
Miacin and other pointis. Col. .1. Stod
dard Johnstoni was adjutant, general tc
( ; Iner' l I llols, t en in cOmma1iittnd 01
L hat d istrict., and voluintie red to take at
: of truce. to Gsenetral Stonwiman and
ii II ncomuicatU U iLi on With 1he SLb ouh.
i rthis puroose lie slecLed live men,
('apt. Ilarry LI. Clay. now of Ilawkins
. (l 1. y, TIe nn.; Tom Moreland, of
t hv'enibre; .lames and Iii ItIigers, and
"ne iOther. With thes. and it tele
r graph operaitor w itli a lid instrumien,
r they left Ciarlotte onl a hItasti Iy mn1ad e
up traini. Wi t a lag of truce on Lthe
ingin, tholey proceeded catu tioul-V, but
(in arriving at Lth e IXt ia briver, founi
the briige blint, the telegralphi wir v:lies
L . i utmild stonlemlan Just dep'larted.
F l''iiln the enId o f thIe ( wirek Owhe
- oinine cominuicaltionl wviith GeneI-ra~l
I. - ls a d then lirst heard o)f th its
. :ei naim tion oif Presidet- klinenin, anl
ittannolucementt received With deeip rel
I rret. as the worst low wiiel eould
Live liaiened to th Sith. Night
-wa- coming onl anid aItormi, but Colonll.
-Jolinston securedtil an old liatiat and
f snecedd(I il ferring hi, party across
tie iriver. Afivr seairebi in the dark
hW sothrned Of the Wire( WaI found)(
and tie news of the arisiiitieu tele
vraphe'd to Augus-11-ta anld Macon. It
Iiprov(d the aitlvatjioll if the latter place,
as. Genl. .1. 11 . W 1-il n was a bout toU
assau.ltIL with Ia eiavy force the next
I morning. Whten Goen. GustavI V
- mihii in commad if the Con federitte
foree decfendi ng, eoimmiiuicated by3 ii-(g
Ithe annuouvment anld the attack was
:suspendedcc, at capituilation follrwed.
TIe pa 3y then found their way to
Ilt, hou-e Wf a wkealtl.y jilaitcr. severatl
iiMiles ol, who, fetrig Lhcy were lt'd
erals, fi r-t pleaded irbility to tu ut
I tain tl Lbu t im i l'in w Mr, Who thei
were! and th Oew why bore, OPenl.-'!
his houise old S.,nIterltained. them rotya~l
ly. ill) to chat timell thlt hmose wa inl
hdiikniiss, l i aftir tev ha1d b1u(on
Shown t.o riomis fil rfreing tei
selves, it was brill iaitly liL up, aind
Whel they were invittid to sopper
loan a lalrge- compllany of h.-auitifuli
Y0I : u girb and illi ir of it rn k
chr ic-toLi comnIIyI3', who hla cd till theni
b in conli lini nt. k'ilonel . i nII
stion p esented all I i ''lad, introdne
ing tiei wi th Litie, nionie heiow iap
taint. After a fin spp r, dancinit aitd
mui fohved itind the Itrty ' was kept
up u111ntil a late hour.
CONFIRDIRATE 1AND-S1IAK1;
-The. iA1erieno lict '4 F-'very Vta
W oulti Fill at l'inmo111 W ith 111a 1tres
--The ra Atleires.m (W' Dr. Vi'aimer.
It would take ol wcuk of time aid it
whole rellg iment of writc,i to tel aboliut
tile gr1at Coifederat Vetorais retin
ion itt , mitsville. Notlimn like it his
been iitnsned !sinrce thie cloe. of the.
civil w.tr. It ia thii c IirelIen. ii.
'his is Thu r.sday, the r3IC(iid dayq, and
there aie nw hee tDwi ce as imiany vute
rans) as8 e-er gathered anlywhere. P'or
matny yeatr wie were not aillowed to
vit''ber any wherv to jubilate, but now
we go wIher w'ie plia.-e and say wihit w'e
please anil Voice u(it old Cu fiederate
sientinmeiits and sing " lixle " and uin
furl our haitiers and even thiet hoyzs inl
blue jpin ini tile genwral hilarity. I re
ieimlibetr whili (Gnertl G.orge H .
Thotma.'s wias here inl 1IiW, and I have
pleserlved a letter from him in Which
lie 'aid we l(u Illiis must not xhl ibi,
Confeder'ate lltg ilny no1re in public
nor1 teen keep (tne in iivate, for Iii wa
the Cmlem ofii i tr'eason, ani d LIbC puniriish
men(tt of treattont wasi deaith. Our li:)
man(11 yoiuiig men and iaidens had usec
it anild Lat~tered banneri~i in it tahiu'eau~ ex
hi bitLioni tht, wias giv'ien in the i:Ity hl
to ritise a lit~le money to piut back somii
))ews in the city chunrchecs, for the le.
.eratls nad ti'ikena out the pow~'is antd used]
., t.hem0 for' h orseo trong hs ani J1 u sed the
,l I Churc foir poviendeir. Thlat old wiui
, taiuied banniior wits thu oneC our boys of
the Ilig h~ LbGeorg ia reg imen1t, matirched
I ito Lthe fir, h attle of M anits~ias with
. tider G eneratl lhati'o , itndi our i youing
pleolel thioughlt IL no hairii to pilace it
ii a deatt sillicr's hiatnd ini a rallcin
we were t'hmwvd Lti tLink wha It, we
p ased, I:. t'u' we emtt .ty wihat wiie
ple it- anid dli whaI it we pl~iIease andii
wi, a it Iederatl solier who opiened the
ball itt I lhnix hall lait,t night, itnd gitvei
it wielcomii Lio thei veterians. Captaiin
irtie vwas iiti of the boys ini hhm0, but
ha pa1 iid Lribute- to us itind spok : k ind
atnd hiving wovrdIs andi wioulId put. us. nii
the pension rolls if hie coulid. iie is it
greitt, hig heated gentimnmi lie is.
T~ Ihiere are'u II ,000 veL~arios here niiw
-- siur enouiighi vtLrani- whii wore thie
g ray, andi they aire ihie hi vest men' in it
deiti cauise the woiiid ever'tuw. Th'eire
iarei Lwici ias manyii3 hier c a wi-re iti ( lbar
listoni litst, yitari. Catptaie I 'irtic said in
c his imh tess mofW weemne : Time ci ty is
eyouris, itndi it Is. Such hiospitality wasi
tiiever' wiitnmesscd any3 where. JustL reatd
dj the papecrs itnd It, wvil amattiz 3 you.
Tmimre are veteratns here ini business
y'v who enitertin every oin' who is lef', of
Stheiir ol regiimti3s. II".r'e is Captain
'ioron whoi wenit out, froti ICm wfii thi
ethe Iidghit, G ntrds and ha's aeccumulatedl
It fortiuril litre :- inec the war, lie w rote
ita I:Lt-ir to e3 iery surviving memnber' o1
ythe l, ghthi ( oria regiment, urginig
y the t Licomel itnd LI) be his gule.ts.
e atn, proud( Lto b)1 1)0e of the~m, and Col
oiiel To~wer's Is herei1., too, givitng iIrdere
o from these heatdquarters. A yeiar agm
of Liibe Conf!ederanite vet eraniis itnd w.
t. teally feareid we woiuld n evcer more5
gather enough oi f thena, to make~ ;t
nterestinig. Ilut hie re they bamvie dou lild
-in number atnd Lri bbded in ti ife and it
Cani't hei. It3counti(d for ui-a the Stat:
hatvi increased their piiniioni. Moriny
hels Li) pr'oling. life, no dout itfi it
Georgia now gives hi a ill11ion it yeic
*to her old sldier. and they juit ke
lIving oni and( on.
liCcet ai lenisione iodier.
3. 1iut hi m l i i
~- As fast asi they\ r'w ob'ler.
g hitt Imnttltiii( mit emwloacd out hto
generous hainds so fir and so wide and
has been so lavish in her preparations to
receive them that they dropped every
thing and came. It Was worth a pill
grimiage to Mlecca to hear Dr. I'almer's
Igreat..ddress--groat, is the word -great
and grund. I wani, every eon and daugh
tor of a Confederate veteran to read it
I aid feel Inpired with Confederate
prlde. The truth Is, wo havo whipped
this light and the victory Is ours; after
140 long a time we are slowly and surely
killing off the slanders. Barbara Welt
chie and Sheridan's rido arc dead and
burled. Tho M'at has now b00n estab
lished that little Phil Sheridan never
rode at all-or, if ho did, he rodo the
"ther way--General Manning has set
tied that, and even the Northern press
ad lits it. lie is the braggart w ho said
he would make our land so desol ato the
crows would have to carry their rations
with thei whenl they IIlow over It.
But the crows didetit. The South Is
all righit- no crows--no buzzards and
no earpet baggers-thanik the good
I'ord for 1is mercies.
As we journeyed hither the boys
joined us all along the line. They came
with a shout of hilarity, " All aboard
for I dolisville." Car after car was at
1.acIied at the un011try Lown 11d11 rail- aut
road junctions, and before we reached
Chatcatn ogza there were twelve coaches
full of ur1-epIntllat, un reconstrucLed
ri-el1s. (),ar Car-ters ille ioys were Ii
ipu et andi s'r, b'It evein old l"atii.t
Allday wil; as halluppy as if 1-e had been lb
sit-tine in the amea coriineI of tile NIeth
od i st, IiureI. tit, too, had fought and
bled with i the Texas lIangers, anl the
Conft derate cause is part of Ills relig
ion), for it) is n).ow at preacler. lie
,anlg a hong, part of wdih was "ixie"
and the otl'er art " -iward, Chris
tiall Soldiers." and It had a refrain
about, "|-'itzht ()n, my soul:, Ne'er
think the victory von, Nor lay thine
arlor dow."
At 'T'uluthoma ho spi- d some heaut!
ful stral'wberrieI-s and bioight a wIlo I
CerntLe of thirty-six haskets, and his
nod ptrioltiie wife. distribulted them
to tbe vtralIs i) lOu' car. There were
jut thirty-six Of us, and wO had a
whole biat,4L for iech. All along the '
lIti ill Te'1 is-ce pretty girls ca 111 to
the doors (if their homes and cheered
u, andI waveld little Confederate Il Lgs. e
I ct)i)d not, hli r all LIhe good Stories
the boVs were tel liig as' wo speeded A
alontf, but scraps cllmtle to my eagetr
"a's-, raIs about old .loe Johnston '
antI Chickaimuga aI M I .urtreesboro
ani)d l'"raii In and 11000 and l ,bmg.
street I t1hink we whiiped 'eum every
wlere, from the way the boys talked
11,t, it wotild ttire a book to narrate
the 1,1ries of the boys, fot' it is a fIact
t-hat the Pxii tIenceO Of most any veto
rall wold till a book full of ilteresting y
iea.i tig. Smie )Of it wold he thril ing, I
some sad, sOmeii aluinS1g, and ill ilter
In11;. The ca:11p) lire tories of tho civil
wal' ill IILever hie wl'itteni. 'PT 1hou
sond books- cou ld not con tai n them, hut,
it hese reunions man)11)y of them are re
tohl, andi the boys Iinld willing listell
e rs. 'TIhese reu)niols ire preservers Of
hitoiy aii of herolsi. They im) press
Li Noriti with it feeling of resp)e a(n
reveri-e nce for Our)' eatr nustness and our G
abiding faith in 1,b1 justlieu of olIt'
cauSeIc. There is no weiakellilg, nI) sir
renldering of principle ; we still say to
tbe N ortle)rn soldir, " You thought
volt %vele I ght, and111 we forgive you,
but. youll misent do so anay 111o o."
The venerable an1d venerated )r.
I 'alhner delivered at g'rand 4.1 tddress that
should he reatd and pondered by tho
youth of the 4uth. 11o has exhausted
tile argu'lent ItId 11 anwe!' n1111 be
Ilalle to it. lo1uisville is all ablize
With Co..federate eiMblems and Confed
urate glory, lld the city is ours.
lut I can't, see tie end of this great
reunion. Cominades have nearly shak
en) my~ armtl o)fl alr eadly, anid tile bloys
hav e Lrodden (onl mI) y oreC toe a1 hundr( ied
times. My evenling naps1 are' birokeni up1,
and)4 my1 gar ideni neod s loo kin g after, for
I am Lh 1)bIoy- tihe only boy ---and(1
knfow tilhat my3 little pets arfe4 moani~lIng
for file. Anld m~oreC than all1 Lbhis, Lo
morli: (wi is m~y wif'3s bIrtLhdaly ;1and, ais
Co -per wrote (If Jo0hn G ilp)in:
" Tomorrolw is heor biirthday-,
Anid how the folks wouhd share
I I she. shotuld dline at (Carter-.svillei
A od I shoinlt not be lhere,"' f
HIl i. A u'. I;
(Ilin-kAMltm^. l'AlU.-Gen. 'U. I.
l ina divisinon lltnitedl Contfederato y
V 'tLi 'ela- ret~turn'led to Lie ci (1ty ti)is $
mIi~nfi 14, sa1ys thbe Chlarleston l'(st,, "
having attllinded the IlaIuI5isvie reunio 1(
of Conf, ederate \'Vtirans andc vi sitLed
the batttIliel of Chilekamnauga as a
mtembierti of the (orniilssioni to Ii x the
site of the State mionumoent on thbe
sne.0ne of that great, struiggle.
(;on. Wal ker says thbe l aiuisville
reunion1 ' wa, an uniiusually success fulI
pre vente tt- heb pariad 0, hiit, oltherwiV se
initelrfe red littlu with the occas115ion. -
A hoult, il0,00 v isi tors alttend(ed1 the
re of)ion. TJhe4 SolI~ Caro(Ilina veteranls,
Gen. Wlker' saId, were royally
tre4atud ,i)4 anUveriy one4 (If them i eaj oyed
the reuiiOn to tbo full.
The Chliekamulga comm~l15is1io ws
met at the park by Gien. 11. .. ioynson,
thbo chiman of thle nationall com~isI
81t1n, and1( Capt. Sumart, (1ne. (If the ait
tachoes, andl~ the party was taken to theo
h it~eieield to select, thu site for South i
Cabrolir~a's monum~ient. Th'is was fVi inaly a
hxcdl, after' a thor'ough inspection, oni
tImbC ext (If a knull whIch was ecros.-edI
hy Ker shawl I'S )I briade in a e harge up lon [
the enemyII. Th'e spot, is ideal for its
pu)1rpo'e,1 bing vi-il o fr'om a w ide
range4 1. GenO. Hiyn)toln and Capt,. Smtart
ilhoweid (Ivery courtLesy to) tihe Sout~h
Cairolin pia Jrty, andt thieirI iimait -
knoiwledige of all te po(Iiti0ons on the
coeriitsation) mio-t delightful and in
*(>)e of the mo(st, impor~lltant in1us
tries of the I abhamia I ilantis is the a
gat~ihering (If pInk pear' s. It is thu
(lnly l'acle in the woIrldi where those
piearlk are found.- They aire not taken
fromn the Oyster shll , but from a shecl
resemli ng a large snail shell, called a
"(or1.0 " These15 peals, w hen per feet,
bri ng very hiIg h prices, it is81(1 s i-a rang
ing fi'om $50 to) $,,hI00.
-Senator Spooner's specch, 0on tile
l'hlilippino goveri nmenlti bill takhes uip
thirty plagei in the Congressional lF (
cold and14 ceeuplod thr iee days in dle
r livory.
( n't W r "ecause you find On
0J11't Iy looking through our
tock t hat yot have been paying too much
or your goods. II the future trade with
is anit your worries will cease. We offer
10 baits, but sell all our goods at the uni
orm rate of a slight advance over sost.
An Encore C Customers are so de
An Enco - lighted with thle tone
>f our bargains, and the ;weet music of
>ir "price quality" duels, that they de
nand a repention, a fow of which we will
nen ;ion there are hiuidrede that lack of
ane prevent ielitioning.
French Val. Laces.
A big lot just iii and to go at Knock O(ut
rices.
30 doz at 10c, worth I5c.
: 10doz at I5c, worth 20c.
; doz at 20c, wort h 25c.
:It; doz at 25c, worth dMe.
:3t; doz at :5c, wort Th '.,
Real Val. Insertion
and Laces.
A iew loI just received.
Six pat terris at 15c a pir, real value 20C.
Towels. Towels.
A not her lot of 15c TurkislI Towels to go
9c. They go faster than lightning.
Rugs. Rugs. Rugs.
Your) last ciantice to get a nice rug at a
t Ie over half the real value. Note the
e and price, see the q uality anI you are
tuiul to tbtuy.
I tour M1 ats 53c, wort I 75.
1s inch Itiugs $ 71), worth 31 M0
21 " " 1 J2, " 7 75
2 " ;15, 2 541
:10 " , 3 25
:;' 2 98. 4 (H)
-1 x 7 foot " -.1 4, 7 00
Ilies and Childrenis
Hermsdorf Fast Block
Imported Hose.
lies R ichelieu Il ibbed 25c, valtie 35c.
iirets " " 25c'" 33k.
ice, " 20c.
ILadis Ribbed Vests.
lull bleced I.udies \ests, handsome
mb1hitat i'on ribbet, at loc. 25v and rtl(!.
These goods are worth more than we
k for them.
A1ens lialtriggan Vests aiid Drawers, an
4eptiolal value at '2.I each.
I he A mcrica i Lady Corsets are ilie best,
niew lot in summer oics at 25c, 50c and
(1t. Si x diff'erent styles at $1 0 and $1 150
long, ml edilmi and short leng 11.
Remember oir line is com pete and we
i otfer special valtes in i many lines not
etgionted.
"-Icst on the market for the money
I rish l iimities; at tse.
ioni F. licytinuis Shoes for men.
llentzt Siocs for ladies and children.
Ibtterilk Patterns.
\V lC are lnt the 111Y o1nC that. 'AN save
,m itey but we are the only ()nies that
L R. Bentz,
Cash Dry Goods and Shoes.
MI'.T'ON KING,
Manager Easley- Branch.
reenilvfilt Store, ........
Corner entrance, 201. Main St.
O' Agent for thutterick PatternB.-1
neesn.A /e on s zew ow yu
Aol Pea on find nOu Favsscor
'bleh ain drblo eopeis Jtt ours.3t~
Plow Shoes.
Outr stock of shoes for the farmners tare
inughtI from first hianids antd at lowest cash
rices. Our line of itay States at $1 50,
'00 atid .$2 50 are hiain madte, best white
tk tain boll omas, and i every 1pair guiaran
ed1. It will pay you to look over our
ock beforc buing.
In plCjrice to all.
IPRIl)k & PA'ITION,
106 S. Main Street.
W liIrst dhoor abovo
I lpslcomb & Russoll's
PIT T'S
iseptic Invigorator!
l'tresq dyspepisia, itdigestion, anid all
umnchi or bowel troubles, colic or cholera
Iorbusif, teethintg troulhes with children
utnIey troiubtles, b~ad blood and all sorts o
res, risinigs or felons, cuts and burns. 't
as goodi ant isettic, when locally apnlie:l
anty thing on the mnark et.
'Try It andt yu will~ft pr'aiso it to othere
your1 dtruggist doest't keel) it, write to
itts' Antiseptic Invigorator Co.
T HOMSON, GA...
ir. CAIRPENTEIR B3ROt.,3
O'eenvihle, H. (i
Oh l 0 GIL.A'TICST' RP'EUIAL18ST.
Foir 20 years l)r. J. Newton Hathaway
as so, sutccessfulfly treated ohronic diseas
s that lie is ackntowledged today to standb
,t the head of his professon in this line.
I is exclutsive me tthod of treatment for
'ar.cocele atnd Stricture, without the aid
'I knife or ciautery cures in 90 per cent, of
di canses. lin thte treatment of the loss of
/ it aIh" orces. N ervous Disorders, Kidney
md4( I.rintary Complaints, Paralysis, Bloo~d
oiisinilg, Rheumatism, Catarrh, and dis
ases peculiar to women, he is equally
utccessfutl. Dr. Hathaway's practIce is
noire thant double that of any other spee
alist. .Cases pronounced helpless by other
>hysvicians readily, yield to his treatment.
Write him today fuLlly about your case
lie makes no charge for consultation or
iitvice, either at his office or by mail.
J. Newton Hathaway, M. D)., 22% Bouth
broad st.t A tlanta, d.

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