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THE 11suBR0 w1n4 Thie Relionl at .P-01 agolti: TruAN A 111UNDRlEMl TI Tihe 14th annu11al relunion of the Uited Confiderate Veterals associa tion begani at the ailitoriiil inl the Fair Grolilds1 adjaceit to the city of ])allas, Texas, on the 22nd of April. Tho grounds hiad been convertt'd ilmto a caillp named after Albert Sydney johnston, the dashing leader who fell at Shiloh, and tle tents were crowded to the limit on the first day. The great mess shed, sealing 12,000, was opened at 10 o'clock. An army of cooks and waiters worked like beavers, while the veterans, with a hunger born of a night In the opeil, did their best in an able manner to keep the cooks busy. Tea, coffee and milk by the barrels; beans, meat, hard tack and accessories by the wa-on load disappeared in iarvellous fashion. " The boys is eatini' as if tly'd lvee separated from the wagon train for about three days," is tile way one Louisianian pullt it. The convention was icopll led to open with General (;ordoui, tIle 'o111 mander inl chief, abset. GVeal ( or don, accomlpnilieI by Ch iplain GenerA ,lones, was delayed,. Amiong I hose on the l' %age wri.J ill -e ,John . ItcaSfan, tIhie (l. survi "i Illember of the D avis cabinetl: W. I. Cablol; G Ueneral Sieplihel 1). I'e, a cousin of h'. I'- Iee IMT.i1i01' Ih-(0i'i, of Louisiana: Mayor (ailt'viielte, ()I New ()rleans: ('ololel Ie 'raindall, whot was (onl "StonewallI" -lack -on's staf;- Miss I1l(y f.ee I i if ('hicaero, the spionsor in cliet of the '. V. and Miss \'irgnii ll'' k, of I'oit Vorth, Texas, the chiel maid of iour, L.ouisville and New ( >riulia iie hit i' Camdidates finr the net- reunion. AS iouisville hall the runin iwl o ye\ars ag(o it is expeted that tile hi r will go to New Orleans. \Vhen the cvi niCitin 41en1 i'd, the veteralls, ilially ('I i1 i ni p ' muiiuil it-, bounteous plenty of th fi breakfasts wili the starvatiml Ihiy wire oltei Cafled uponi to endufiire dlring Ihv Var, were in lig.h goid hiiinno'r. Tli hi-ld. ing, seating s,00 peopa-, was lill(d to the tiioslll)t I lW -wfln afiteur tl ('4ein venition was 4-a1 ued il 'nd by ineral K. M. \-an, ionit1, prlo liden 4f thet Texas re-uninii aw-iatin. P-'rom pillarl andi lI$ost l l h billitinil' iad Ilig's and pitue 46f (l ( nfedecrate chief tamls. Eletr11ic iih inl profusionl gave a perf'ect lilght :111- :11h4t.1 mnaterial ly to the oraimenItaiInii 1f lie inteior. The crowds wie C41i11p1Ir4 4nt alone of veterans, bu1t 14 thlleir sns' al iWives and daughters. :lai- t oIIIlor and spouisrs, sime ntaly t Ise from l.olislalni--in rass 1u111 and Co-ll federate gr'ay, hl Ihe ni:ijmity inl cool White -ltanl all. 41f (1 listinelltatioll to) the seiie. No ;pplaiit- ias more ei thimsiastic thaii tl irs, ;til li ) svinvlpal ly in110'e 1ppif lf4 1ht , :ws the1 w r fiv o . ii itl Ivith the hieroie sulrig's f the 41(1 F'ollowinog the l~ pin of th le mneet ing by (mneli a.tidtf, ( 'hpliiii liivocation l~l. half of T1exas, th1e1 wvih Ilineda thei v'isitor's tlin Li tat511. 4\ Ilirnor Say':'s " Todiay thii' iiihlty ';athermgi4 after so4 inaniy y'ears5, ti14in evii5 pat of the phlasis the eii'ui ;iff ion 41 fior themi amnlg the thmz. <>f 'I .hadl if mnay rest, By all thleir ('441i1 Iitty w io- lest ' Wheun prinlg, with dew)s Inugers, c'oht, hettrrns to deck~ their b:lihlwed moulh, She there sh~ai dress a weeter' sod T'han fani'y ' fiet hav e 'ive r tro~d. "'By faiiry hanls their knell is ruing, By forms unseen their dir ge is suing; TIe re hionor cin(4 4114 flihrrlim gray I o bless the turf4 that w rans5 thelir elaty Anid freedom shalil awhlie' repair' T1o dwvellI a wveeping hermiiit therce.'" . "Uiii inllilii hteyota4l~l all dlescrip-. tion as5 was I I. ixhii t ion11 of Amier'i (all geirnus, i i-tra ge ando st eadf'astnless to dutty iln [fhis -:reait coul liet of' arms, I he r'econliaj on t41 ifha us tafken place betwee'n thei "'ttes, thfat had1( wm-r'ied so fiercely aiif No Ilng, will give to) historly a~ tfii'ie withI whiih to adonim its brightest atli haiest luige5. To) its ac-~ c'omllishlient it is gzratifying" to recall the i'x-p ri- identI of thie Confedferacy CII i n 'iu- ii n m no small degi'ee, .lim onle of hli" itest pubbelt utter'ances to~ the Pleili 4 f Ite Soth lie sid: "'Men ini whose ha tiiis thle desti tny of ouri ~ 'lutlaiil lbes, for love of her brik m iy silence amu sf peak no ai WI with its hoes al1al asp1iraitionsi. 144 lml beisee'h youi toi lay aside all rancor', yourih place ill the ran1k of' those who will biing ia consuilmmai~ion devoutly to he Wishiedl-a re-uite peop I leI. ' ' Ii weeomning~ the ve(teransll Onl behalf of1 the Conifederate v'eteran1s of' 'I'Cxas, lion-. I . Gerab of Waco, paid a t ribul to U the Conf'ed erate solierou, both l4erialfisln amid opposed5l' the -doisoio oif Conlfeder-ame v'eteranls t4o homesi~ l'r (In ion schherids, tho loozl i sal ied 11(1n ored Presuilentt M Kil ey for! his exn i rossions uplon thliis subIijeef ,a :Ibing that11 le thought lie voi'ced thle sent iment'l of (lie Soth whenl lhe sai that Mi. .~ne' eahWits thle greateist ei'i amity this hand ha knons ie(i dcat h of I .mmcol n.' a onsic h Mr. G etaalis welcomel to) the vete'. r'ans was mi the folfowinig wormds 'Conmraides, I adi es andt y 51)' An o1ld time' Gretek has salid lul m1onuilmentIs of imperi'Iishable fiarlt commflemiorte v'ictories over for'meiga foes, bt only those oif d''eylgWu to per'pettuafe thle menrie'ts of civil strife.' P emhaps it wouldI have beencm better hatd this Renltiment taken de'p root in this landl of ourms, but it has miot dlonc Ho, andi( the organizationm of thle Grand Army of (lie Recpublic and its Sons of Veterans naturally pr'odumedr theConfedlerate Veterans anmd Soins and lbaughters of thie Confedleracy. Th'le men in blue light their aninual caimi fires, tell the stories of the past, aid rejoice in the victory Won, so, (lie men WORE THE GRAY, in try yo as a Grent Success. acl thi oil IOUSAND VISITORS IN CITY. laI m1H in gray moot annually to revive the ci m1iemnories of the past, contribute to the frc facts of history ; while they sing no bo paeans of victory they proudly point to a cause that went down in'the gloom of of (lefelt without 0110 Stain of dishonour; - i, Int for this reason, I am standing here bit today III respoinse to the high compli- 01 ihnnt paid m11e by this association of Dal we luoing in behalf of the Confederate ho: soldiers of 'exas not only their. old miC comrIIades who have como to join in the hl celebration of the lost, but not forgot- ti ten cause, but ill others, no matter so from where they come, or whether poi they) re& i je the victory of the blue Pr 01 inICoIi'II over the defeat of the giay. kii I weleolic yoi in the name of the city Th of allas to tih warm hearts and hos- no piabli homes of iti noble men and ka slnid woicil, who are but typical to of ll he geierous qualitics found pri :unohng tle peol)le of Texas, and I as- It( sui re yot that, it is the wish of all the ro, je!ojle of th1is most splendid of our rui youni.4r cities, that you may, one and mi l d kindred hearts and congenial ig souIs, :iui he ale) to recall the (lays hi, s1pnt. with us as among the most ye lleasanit of your lives. In welcoming ho the ohl comrades of our States, with fie some1 Of whom for four long years we ist shai red the toils of tile midnight march, 8e: the (daigers of the morning fight, I can th <do so with the assurance that the Con- hi federate soldiers of Texas, both as citi. wl zens of the St ate and of the great re- In public, have not proved false to their of iCO'rd inl the plast. to 1 'o the Sons and Daughters of the br C'oifederacy, I extend to you at double ar w/elcome, for you are bone of our bone rit and lesh of our flesh, and to your hand a I is committed the 1ask of helping to ov vindicate the truth of history when we hit are gione ; and I charge you today, Sons gr id1 .Uiters, that you never grow of weaV of the trust coimitted to your tio keeping. Itemember how long it took po 1the world to learn for what William, pa the Silent, fought, for what llorn, L';g- ic 1n mt and thousands of others died, and h that there is surely seeping in the ha w oih of t111 tlhe pen of some1 otrllt hf, Mlotley which will (live through tih el musty records of the past as it tells the it'ie story of the rise and fall df the sic Souitlerni Confederacy, and whei it is tom told it, will live emhalhed ill story and in song until the EIng lish language I' lie s." At 1.15 p. i. (ommander-in-Chief ( ("or-donl arrived. The mannler of his I entrance into the vast auiLtoriuim was ] iiramatic. (eneral Van Zandt had an niouiced that all hope of the presence . of', (ieneral (ordoni had been abanldoned, mimd til meeti ng 1 had bee ll turned ovelr lo t ineral S. 1). Lee, comilander' of B Lhe0 Army of the Teni1-ssee. of ,lit (Genial Lee iO was inl the midst of his I). peech, when a 11n1mer of voices and t talilminir of' fee. were heiard from the l r'eair of tihe hail. The r'oar grew 1->'i ill (could he0 hieard the4 mag ie worid> ais G oll n'! At tlmt 11an11- the v'eteranis Oise to tliei r foet. 0 ral I.40 IVe lhen thie coinanderili~~ had1( as- 111 ended1CC to the plaut formI1. "Ourii belove OI'4 V ill lea'use you more10 than1 ths of1 any "I. 1was no0 f'aul t of iine,'' said114 id subisided, "'that, I waIs twenity hour11s hlai ate. Mayb y110~ ou boys can rememberlilh~~i ('1 L ime when C was niot hate."' f4, (ioticial Gor'don 's lwecht' was asM fof- (Ci ows :Fr " overnor, MI r'. Mayor, G enlIemien e >Il C'ommittees and1( My l.'ellow Coun-~ ter r'yinen of Texas : llow shall I tell ne y'ou what we think of' T1exas, of her01' 'reat. heartedpolhrbodpare aii 1114 still broader' hospitality '? I but i)oorly expre'ss tihe thought, of tfi'-se veteranlis w~heni I say that, whetheri we ook at, her' geolgraphiical ly, hiistoi'icallyti >ri sentimnentallly, Texas 1s about, the N biggest, tingl we ever sawi. She4 cani 1e 'aise cattle eniouigh on heri w iki lands fl Lo furn'iish aill the canne~td heef for' thle Ci Lile Germilan emp1 Ille, and14 t fill have feir ile lands enouigh left, if lanited ini tile ti hecy staple to maike mxore hales (of whi .otton thain are 1now1 pr oduced0( by in America and1( Egypt, comb1ied ; or, if' plantedl ini grain crops, to feed every ca1l man11, womian and chil ill the Uinion. "NWit such a territory--almuost equlth Lo that of tile O riginal Tii l een States which threw (In' the yoke oIf bondaige and4 wrenceid freedom from tuhe great. esjt of em1pires tis grea1t, comonli wealth hoh)ls todaly within its border's ai plaiitionl devoed to thlose same11 whIichl if tilthe ociC0Mon 81houhi4 come1, wouhll walge ano(thleri sevenI years' Warl ini defens o10(f tis inhlrite't repu'l~i C), 7 its flag, its laws and14 its r'eguilated4 lib er'ties5. "'In the few miomeonts in whlichl pro priety plermlits me to) spea1k, I dlare not1 t rust, imysel f to mlakte molre thlan the briefest allusion to TIexas5 histor'y. I (ann11 l sur5i1ve.y evenI tihe 4conities (If that vast, field, mad141 s4) rich 1and4 so ill- ') spii'ing by tile great, deeds (If her' mair. it ial sons, Indulge tie just, long mn enloughl to say that fr'om111 hbir'th, hul throuigh all hier costly exp1oences as 11 i" 441eqet warts, the soins (of Tlexas, whenever summhl~onedt to the sacrifice, or hlave poured0( out their blood4 fr'eely on cu I ibeirty's altais. lFrom Giohiad and eui Sain Ja~tO, from hiuena11 Vistia and1 wl Cer'ro G ordo, from Chicamlauga's hills '" and14 tile shliveredl rocks of the Iloundl T1op~s oIf Gottysbury, fromi the chiarge m; of' iier' cowb~oys andI rough riders up the wire girdledl steeops of Santiago, ao fionm every battlefield made(1 mlemior'a- " ble by American valor comles tile thrill- o ing ans1wer of TIexas to freedoml's cali. , No wonder01 shle has inspired her' neih- li hior beyonid the lRio Grand with such1 & whlesomei resp~ect for her prowess. No Ci wondiier that tihe Lone Star is so daz/- Li zfing to Mexican eyes. You know thait the Mexicanis ciliml they cou1(1ld ia stand up fairly well against the whole x of tile Umited States if it were not for ii Texas. ri< "' But not only is Texas groat is- 44a torically and great, in hler geogra- a hical100 exnanse, bult she ca ...ore a small space than aniy other cculi in the world. As proof, I point I to little Spindle Top where a few ,es can pour out of the greasy oats of boiling, thundering gtshers, enough to light overy hamlet in the d, and at the saie time, if govern nt oxperiments are successful >ugh oil to kill all the mosquitoes m the Jersey shore to the Mexican :dor. 'Again, Texas has the biggest cities their size in all the universe. Shall lustrate by nanie one? The throb. g heart of every veteran in this as ably has already answered with the no of Dallas-beautiful Dallas, ding nov in her loving embrace re people from the outside than she ; population inside. An( who are isc men whom she so tenderly and lovingly embraces? Why this out. iring of her people? Is sonic lice Henry, soRne potentate of gly lineage passing in her streets? ere are no Prince Ilenrys here brother., nor other kin of the great ser. But, there *ar men here, who your thought are greater than neE, grander than poientates. re are men of the purest and most ral lineage- onen in whose veins is the blood of the founders of this ghty republic whose mission it, is to lit up for struggling humanity the ;hway to freedoi. Iere are the Lrais of the proudest of armies ary with age and ennobled by sacri 1, who by their own individu 1 hero a in the bloodiest, of wars, by their f-control and self-reliance through 3 long crucifixion which followed, ve won file admiration of all men to honor manliocd and love liberty. a word, you, my felIw countriymen Texas, believe, and you have a right believe that every soldier who ively fought in the c(onfederate mly and remIiainled loyal to its memo I, as well as loyal to tile reptablic, is >ince in his own right and by his 'i achievement. You believe, and ye a right, to believe, that every :y cap that ever sheltered the lead a faith ful ("oifederate private is it bier crown thaii that worn by any tentate oil earli. But I aln tres ,sing aid must, close with the aifec. iiate greet ilgs of these sonldrs to s great State and glorious city. (ur ts are olf ,to both, and so long as lasts we will hold you inl loving ibrace." 1'hie aipplaise which met the conclu n of (eneral (,'ordon1's IRecCII was 'riic. I E, SICCONl l) )A'S 1l9i HUN ION '"- G1orion lRe-I l.eICtI A c ou. iantle'r a( N wv (orlea ns Next 'inee of ~l C Meetig. l'he Confedeia ta Vcterans' reimon Dalhais tranlsacted unlportant., husi 1i oli the second day. (feln. ,Jolmu Iordon was rte-clected comn lilalide r tihe 1I. C. V. by acclamation amid greatest enthuiasmi. ien. SI ephieni I,1c was elected for the Ai iy of Tenlicessee; (ien\V. I, Calil for Tlras-M~ssissippi, ami tin. (. 'ine \IValker', ofI out h ( 'arolinia, to eeedI the httc. Gen. \V'ade llampiltonl comnimuarier of I le Armliy oIf N orthi VI"irginia. New ( )rle:tu s was select. as thle phiace for thle n ext rcunniion. 'he election of1 otlice rs t0ook Place .xpectedly at. t~he close ofI the dlay's shin, andl~ ini each~l case the choice was unmllous by a rising' vote. Vh lil ioen. ~ (odo calledi the noni I liil to order in the moring ii, me rial services were hield in honior of latec ( len. \Vado l lampton. Chapij S(enera J.1 1ones delivee theii nivo ion,~ and1 ( inerl~ Stechen I). L~ee 6owedl with ani eulogy of the lamient Southern warrio~r anid statesmani. an ( leneral lamipt~on thle speaker I recei ved his comi i on~; ls as a lhen anm.. a lieutenaint colonel( and1( a colo of art illery. II is associations with faumious solier hadt been1 initunate I there were tears ini his eyes as he >ke of Iilmton 's recenit (death. eneral ( 1)rdon1 spoke( bri .*ly of the ud sohlier31. "WIVith i s de tath,"' said general, '"a great l igh t went ou'it. ;(did I say the Ilight wenit (out. Thle it oft such a life can nieverI Lgo out. will b urn foreveri, a I ght to guidel 'tootateps to the hiigh est p~ inacle oIf ' Nearer, My God, toi Th'ee ," a ni sunmg by thle andiien 1ce, fo ll ow ing ich eulogistic resohtionis for ( Ieneral myjtoni were ad(opted. Yhieni the atfternhoon me'et inmg was ed to ordecr Chiirman Ji.. Taylor The Bullet the aissaini may be mnore stulenc, but is no(t tuore sure than the dire punmish.. nlt teted ont to the titani who ahnlses stoiach. No timn is strotmuger thani stoima~chi Wheni thle s tmuach is dis.. sd theit whlne biody is weakenled. IDr. IPieree'su Goldeni Medical I iiscovery res dliseases of thle stomiachi -and ot1huer res diseases (If othler organis whien it res~ thle diseas~es of the stonich,*i on uieh the several organs~ depend for tritioni ando vitality. I wouldl say ins regardi to voir iediwicie lies NI r. J . S. l , ofI IEteando. vast ltten cu., "I wsYI at (otte tin teat h'ls door. Iiwast fineitd to. tv htanse a pait of theC Itie ntly bed I had en~ ganionis of iedi- -- e. hntt it onily fed i i iscover v ' a a in slmoutqr I ttt I v'e been for twety .Iamn now forty -ee years old. nl a v' e tenii lnial twient y-nn tes (of ' oldenm Nfiedii cal icovery.' besiaides t wi or rce's Pelets, buit nowv. I :c noi nteicllinie." D)r. Pieree's Pleas t Pellets cure con nation. MORE COTTON to the acre at less cost, mneans More Potash in the( Cotton fertilizer- improves thle soil ; increases yivtid-larger profits. Semi fopr ouir lo-,ok (free) explainig how to get these re-ults G;kluf AN KAL.I WOR KS, ,J3 Nasmu 't., New Ytork. Stratton, Of thle resioluitions committee, reported. Amng the resolutions adopted waS 0r.e Withldra-1Wing thle sup1 por t of all C"onfederate Veterans from G'rant, University, Tennessee, Onl ac count, of an dilleged disparaging arti cke conicerningt thle Southern Ivomlenl. Which, it was st-itted, had been madt~e by it professor of that university. The resoluitions calledl forth an elo fluent, tuibute to 'Southerl nWomanhood. The report of the histotical commnit, L~ee, headed by Genl. Lee, wasB adopted. 1I, recommends : "1 1. TPhe compilation of nmaterial that Will help the historian and the st~udent to uinderstand the civil war, its causes and its resmults. "1 2. The preparation of a book for collateoral use and reference inl schools IInd libraries. '' 3. The preparation of brief biogia phic8 and school hist.ories that will do justice to Sou1thern1 leatdersh1ip. Sou1th crn character, soutt'hern en vir10 oment and Soutdhcrn de-velopment." The greater part of the report was devoted to the consideration of these rcM redations : A proposition to change the Confect erate AMemorial Day from May 2 to .un tle:1, the birthday of .efferson )avis, precipulated consider able discussion '. The present plan, which was1 lixed upon by Southerin women aind which !gives the Stat- the right to set their own St4ate. day, hiadl maniy supporters. T tt o th e resolutions amended to fix of - lle of, but to allow any State deu ing a ihfl*rent date to take indi vidual ctieii aI n th tiis formil were passed. The credlutions comlmitet reported that 707 eanps had paid their per caluta tax a d wer.- entitled to 2,25-2 votevs. Seven hiui1dred and forty-eight cainps were reported inl arrears. The repo t of the Davis inostnment commit tee sloed slow peress. 1L showed 1ill t he t Ivre was :, I t hand atd f-tt ,0 0 mI oe w a wedt it I -u.e pttmenits reunadweeredt The 2.orkh towpat seurng ofunds for cller was aso reforee in b prho gresing Uieoly ITheaotl repor happeailedit t Souther schivlr hitoise that wiltis monumcet souli becamei ap facth CThe raetor, otertiomm 'titte iBt '1e bb e ot'which tGen Clemont A.l devotns to himi cosi ind thee ofI~iii ththafrnon'sa sesion Iti feds (dbat istorya of thy frnvMayn~toe mornie v8hn, o.the ritdyo cIertsowed)ai thap of t h( e tisipet ane iciss or th treasu rn holas. hich na fxe poneli otht~ tohin nidnt wof isthe atas te rint to et .thdie .lh Slat deaa, thei~ lasty survioreof thf~e ivis, taiet wtr teiiVetranos.i "n It may bet ht timow fory Sate heahhii s aianiw ouelear Gordonlas hen-sudotedt the fom.. er l'stmatr Generalwth form ar. torie ('bie t!:tb od iit repeaedybtd did nt 7speak.t adpultei e Aepot of thnks )to~ Wton un [.i congiit, tflinnbustherie was adopet)e. .\ar. pliiusit hi onexpns , hawerec1to wed cu n t o ohe Cotngfuda. d1eali wore t uried at1 ('ollumbu itisfo INielt aTilt)iale t i~po l'Uhreit loseelOi~t. ha decidatd that Athey netral. c ityaw arent voa thias ioutr toa rSouth A frnica.h h r ofuthe the ar yeart thaiser Ithas veryorated nhioi aewer thas ,-17ppersonst cith byaithe ryo a ltar ovaeibn -a e thtoflelm 2 111cended thecethiy orne. Admns ial Dewcyf ha bieen tinited to tDenver' nas a oues of hoo ta aqe whc te it leg nenti of itett Colf r~ad Natnal iuar wilta Wivt to. Geg. .ioia II Frede~iunt, te ont urvivor of the deartm(abent, o therdo on eray 1, th anvry of he haittli e fo naia o To mse t, use byhi ar Iohn heathrik fatith Nrtheo ridef yen are. 01o1d, an Alpi 9 n hasfs~)r been thpfrm sentedbys hlis to grea thrandisibiri. the only emi~ning membe'r of thhe tondc i i et bei desle 3cinLte fSyate diofse in sto freaknetprs .ci h (cfineoxi, iof Si , ado ane., hasr denauh, tat.13 o his w ise, hasmret deady whear bie nve at a chlildnor CADISTOR IAA I Fortth infutan tsvl and notildren, T u i he paYtu yHarvt Al asegt mratl etherasa r ibn never crossed his doorstep on profes. sonal business but once. The recent visit to Washington of former United States Senator William A. Washburn brings to mind the fact that his fam'ily is the only one that ever had three brothers in Congress at the same tine. They were Ellihu B. Washburn, of Ilinois, Cadwallader Colden Washburn, of Wisconsin, and Israel Washbuttn, of Maine. Theyaro all brothers of the former Senator from Maine. A Paris dispatch says that M. Cadel, an oculist of Bordeaux, has been suc cessful inl the treatment of catoract without operations, by the application of baths of salicylate of soda. Ie has arrested the progress of the cataract in numerous cases, and is sanguine of success if the treatment is begun at an early stage. A new portrait of P'resident Buchan an, pailited by William Chase, of Now York, has just been hung in the Green Room1 at the White llousc, and the old portrait, which becane discolored', has bceu removed at the request of Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnison, President Buchanan'b niece, who replaced it with the new liker'e.s Governor Frank White, of North Dakota, has appointed Fr iday, May 9, os Arbor Day for the State, and espe cially recominids that (4 an elm tree he lovingly planted and tenderly cared for upon the ground of every school and public institution of tie State ili memory of our martyred President, William McKinley." In the Northein part of San lJose Couity, California, and .ipping over San Matt(o County, li s 'le so-called I'i. lasin, a bit of the pi imitive for est. The exact area of the It r tet. is about 2,!00 acres. [t cnntnin( tlic of the linest stretcels of woodland which remains inl the State. The characteristic tree is the great red. Wood. It has beeni prolposed t > con vert the basin into a forest pr, rve. Health " For 25 years I have never missed taking Ayer's Sarsaparilla every spring. It cleanses my blood, makes me feel strong, and does me good in every way. John P. Hodnette, Brooklyn, N.Y. Pure and rich blood carries new life to every part of the body. You are invigorated, refreshed. You feel anxious to be active. You become strong, steady,courageous. That's what Ayer's Sarsaparilla will do for you. Sl.00 a bottle. Alt druggists. satkr (otork wa tst letituiso sgyari ol f., ii it 'lc:,o. F~ollow his advice and 4 J. c. AVER ('o., Lowell, Mass. Women as Welt as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor y and cheerfulness soon ~; *~disappear when the kId-a neys are out of orderg or diseased. .Kidney trouble has become so prevalent \~', that it is not uncommon -~A for a child to be born S afflicted with weak kid- " neys. ifthe child urin --- ates too often, if the urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child reaches an age when it should be able to control the passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wetting, depend upon It. the cause of the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first step should be towards the treatment of these important organs. This unpleasant trouble is due to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose. Women as well as men are made mis erable with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need the same great remedy. The rnild and the immediate effect of Swamp-Root Is soon realized. It is sold by druggists, in fifty cent and one dellar '; sizes. You may havea a ii sample bottle by mail U free, also pamphlet tell- nomo of Bwamxp.nioot. ing all about it, includinig many of the thousands of testImonial letters received from sufferers cured, in writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, gq. Y., be sure and mention this paper. Why Not Save The Middle-Man's Profit? The Mcl'hail Piano or Kindergarten 5 Organ direct to the buyer from fae- f, tory. Writo me if you wish to buy an Organ or Piano, for I can save you money. I travol South Carolina, and I would ho pleased to call arad show you my i anos and Organs. A postal card wIll bring me to you. pi L. A. McCORD, [Laurons, - - South Carolina BusIness OCtances. i)() Y() i want lo make $i,000 btetweeni low andI Miarch I, 190)3? if so, send tent renc couponr for onr specialty and recei ve reecouonwhich entiltIns yon to one ins; capial prize $ l,000 tract of landt lo m1ted inl Lauirens County, 80outh~ Carolhnas; ,anik references ivon. Address TWIN-NlI[~Id Co., Jiauretns, S. C. SOl unred in thirty osixy days IIII'ITen days treatmient tF'ic i~ LJIU~O WoulId be glad to hi ave names of all anul'ering with IDropsy C) I COnLUM~ IlOPSY ME~DT IN lt CO .,.'all 13 Liowndes linilding, slanta, Ga. V. I. CA bI IOUN. At lorntey at Law, 1 I Wi CourIt~ St. UREENvILLE~I, S. C O I ce t in all the couirts, 8ta te and 00 STROPS -777,- ___. For Wnants and Children. STO RIAThe id You Have AVegetable PreparationforAs A similatiig theFood andile 'ula ting (tie Stomachs and Bowels of Promotes Digestion.Cheerfui ness and Rest.Contlains neiher OpiumMorpltine nor Miral. of 'NOT -NAlic OTic * FAyeeWASM R&M ILMI 1orIfa Seea AAl..ways Bg h I 1&Bears the Fixc~imlc Signatureo I.'-orlikv/-. IMULPUM A t. viol g -%u Id oSn - Use Ape'feel Remei forConstti ioSour~ Stoinach, Diarrhoca Worm's,Convulsions,Feverish ness and LOSS OF SI1EP. ar U Fac Simite Stgnature of' REEEER ______ _____Thirty Years EA- PYOF WRAPPE.R. CSORI Selling at Cost! iEver'ything. self mo Im ..,vinced arniaes Sual rrml ey cs WB inrevs ac, Cut-n yo onsait aiog thruske h e-, ons. a ndci ig fr Wagonsh "d.bke a'iu nAt a l-nim Arolu te Sa.c~brTaice! Ca nog art, prolir. or no4 pIr ouif 1121 season3 Io li.Muitles a11411 Ilorses5 is prEtl ty w.iell overI bult wef have a1 few'. hargalins et, lIemebe r, P( we' paa: nIo house rent4 r vif er k 11ire., own11 ouIr own, 2 repository andU~ 0 Oun' on-ww n' ~k. \\ wil se'l l yi hg weV4 haive for cash or good paper 1(-I. Polite aol kin 114 ren:1 I ment I o all. When31 inl 4 ~Ir(4envill i c ai113 11 ee us.f \V, ar alOP 1ways 1114 fto -P Ih lin-ple(l whieI her Iher3 '' wilh to 31ny or not. CHARLES & McBRAYER, CorilI4r CourI t, River i and~ .Jaeksonm Streefs. ( ltI C'N ViI iE, S. 0. VAI,'''-:it W,. Willi.:- WVII,1, E. WVIllTEI W HITIE & CO., MvAFRBLE AND GRAN17TE kniown'' to t he( iradeI :uli emloy1 11(ne1 bot Iir.I-lchis kmoana if ,11I44'1:,v liIilI - . l i'll'1 a1141 a'l ii our aOddre'ss will brinig a3 man13 -ices. SW'litoN ylkNrIi Ab I OI 'PNo Sl''rIi I- a gv telo.s 311urs fori Irade1, W HITE & CO., Anderson, S. C. . 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No. 9 Conn'cts with Southern Rtailway - No. 12. - No. 12 C!onneccts w.itha SouthIern Ratilway ANDERSON BABB, No.: 11. w~s vtl8o31c23la~a )11 tl'd{01' aII(I Bllil(ler' N< .Fiior any In formation l~y to Pikn. .e Gna nage'.