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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-30
GOOD MAN GONE RIGHT.
He Stops His Semi. Weekly Paper, But
That Doesn't Save Him From
Trouble.

The editor OF the Greenwood Journal is not
only enterprising, but Is Discerning. He ia
beginning to notice little things. For time
that paper has been Issued Twice week LOT q
That scheme was commenced when the en-.
terprise was an infant industry, but hereafter
the "infant industry" shall have grown q
little more In age, and when he and his
competitor have had little more experience,
we predict that the price will be raised: A
worth more than dollar. and when the
editor takes q few more lessons in the art OF
making money which should be laid BY for
rainy day, the price will 80 up. The la6orer
fair price for good paper, even II II is high
or than the city papers that sent from the
daily offices, and which have little concern
ing the home county.
wood Journal. is a good business man, but we
think he is making a mistake in allowing
Bryan to tag his Commoner TN TO the tall of
kite like the Journal. The experience OF this
to let the pretentions papers run their own
business. while we paddle our own canoe.
The first year that we published the Abbe.
Vile Press we tried 10 help ont magazine
which was published In q distant city. me
recollection of that experience is a torture TO
IF however. Mr.. Bryan wants to club the
Commonsr with the Press and Banner we
orders which be may send us, but we haven't
time TO fool away on his paper. We are
strictly In the business OF running this print
ing Office, always willing. and anxious to
show kindness to any brother editor, but
we can't neglect the Press and Banner to
solicit subscriptions for any OF them. we
have no system OF bookkeeping that won Id
warrant Us in tagging on any paper TO the
Press and Banner. Each man for himself,
and the Sheriff for the hindmost, Is about the
correct way TO run printing office.
We notice too, that the Green wood Journal
has had trouble with the engine that runs, or
ought to run, the press. We know how TO
sympathizs with Brother Gardner on this
line. Last year our own engine suddenly
went to pieces, and II was no good. " 9
sent It to the maker, and when he was at leis-
ure and presumably after the machlntst had
taken bis vacation, 1t was sent back 70 us.
with bill of repairs and freight ntlng
to about $50. II had been boxed, and when
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-30

You traverse the world in search of
happiness which is within the reach
of every man ; a contented mind con-
fers 1t on all.
Being forced to work and forced to
do your best will breed in you temper
ance, self-control. diligence, strength
of will and a hundred virtues which
the idle will never know.
We are too fond of our own way.
We want to be doing what we fancy
to be mighty things, but the great
point is to do small things when call
ed to them in right spirit, and 10 al
ways try to do them well.
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Ito be continued.)
GREAT DISMAL SWAMP.
All Sorts of Wild Game is Found There in
Large Numbers.
Forest and Stream.l

The Great Dismal Swamp is a region
strange and interesting, weird and soil
tary 1t occupies billOwy plain some
40 miles in length by % in breadth along
the Atlantic seabOard, extending from
Suffolk, Va, in a southerly direction well
into the bounds of North Carolina.
Its deep shades, great stretches OF
brake and its very solitude make it re
gion of interest. To the naturalist and
sportsman it has much to offer. In its
silent Businesses the black bear finds a
home admirably adapted to his protec-
ton and in every way favorable to his
increase. Here amid the dense growth
of underbrush and timber he may live in
comparative safety. And there is per-
United States of like extent which can
offer a larger population than this great
moraSs. The white-tailed deer is also an
abundant denizen of the swamp, frequent
ing the elevated parts.
In addition to the deer and bears there
is big game feature of n rather unusual
nature. The swamp abounds in wild
cows. These animals, of brown color
and somewhat smaller than the ordinary
COW, having for many years been under
the peculiar conditions of the swamp, I'M
til they are almost completely specialized,
are extremely wild. They are feralized
from the herds of the farms adjacent to
the swamp, and are the descendants Of
cattle which many years back wandered
into the Businesses and were lost to their
owners, finally becoming wild. Being no
longer recognized as property, the sports
man may call game all that he may have
the prOWess to shoot.
Lake DrummOnd, some 10 miles from
Suffolk, Va, is the only great body of
water in the swamp. 1t is a beautiful
sheet of water, of an oval contour, and
fringed with Il heavy growth of timber,
mostly cypress, white cedar and black
gum. Its water is of a dark color, owing
to the decaying vegetation of the sur
rounding country, but is suitable to drink,
and possesses the quality of remaining
pure longer than most other water. For
this reason it is often carried to sea by
sailors on long voyages.
The characteristic mammalian fauna is
of semi-tropical nature as regards the
smaller forms, while there are many trOp-
ical plants. OF birds there are not many
kinds, parliamentary, hooded and Swain
sons warblers and the Maryland yellow
breast being the principal smaller forms.
The trees, some of which are primeval,
are large and beautiful, while there is a
luXuriant growth of ferns and aquatic
plants. Cane grows in prOfusiOn.
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How jamie Landed His Big Fish.
Nebraska State JournalD

A 52-pound catfish was taken from a
shallow pool formed by the subsistence of
the Platte River, near Fremont, Neb., a
few days ago. Jamie Mclean, a boy of
about 10 years, was going after some of
his fathers horses in Saunders County
and happened to hear splashing of the
water behind him. He looked around and
beheld fish of huge proportions founder
ing around in the pool. He at once
formed lasso of the rope he was carry
ing and proceeded to fasten it round the
head of the fish. While he was thus en-
gagged the creature knocked him down
once with its tail, but he finally managed
to get the rope in place. He then
mounted his horse and fastened the end
of the rope to the saddle and started for
the shore. The fish was so strong that
progress was made bat slowly, and at one
time the horse began to sink in bed of
quicksand, but after considerable pulling
and hauling the catch was safely landed
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An Episode of the Biograph.
(Everybody's Magazine.l

A pathetic incident in connection with
a biograph scene occurred in Detroit
Mich, March II last. A view made al
the occupation of Picking was being
flashed across the screen. 1t represented
the gates of the Chinese Capital. As the
last file of soldiers seemed literally step
ping out of the frame on to the stage
there arose a scream from a woman who
sat in front.
My Godr she cried Historically
there is my dead brother Allen march
ing with the soldiers"
The figure had been recognized by 9th
ers in the audience as that of Allen Nc
Caskill, who had mysteriously dis3p
peared some years before. Subsequently
Mrs. Booth the sister, wrote to the Wal
Department and learned that it really was
her brother whose presentment she sc
strangely had been confronted with.
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THE AMERICAN CONFLICT.
By Horace Greeley Large 8vo.; two volumes;
ortraits and 80 views. maps and plans Of battles

There is no substitute for Mr.. Greeley's
great work. 1t is a matchess story of
mighty events which covered a period of
the Nations growth from the beginning
of the Government to the close of the re-
belliOn. This work is so important Co..
tribution to our literature that no library
can lay claim to being complete without
it. 1t is scarcely possible to be thorough
ly acquainted with the up-growing of the
American Nation out of Il collection Of
struggling colonies until finally ccmented
into one homogeneous union by the civil
war without reading this book Our edi-
ton Of this great work is exactly iden-
teal in matter, size of page and type and
illustrations with the original. There has
been no Infringement or curtailment of
single line anywhere, but in addition to
the original work we have added n brief
sketch of the life of Horace Greeley.
We have the sole right to publish an
edition of The American Conflict at
price which brings il within the reach of
many who hesitated to buy set of books
the cost of which varied according to the
binding, from 50 to Sl3.
All who are interested in political af-
fairs, or i'll the study of the great qucs-
ticns which for more than 80 years di-
vided the country practically in two, and
everyone interested as n participant in the
various wars in which we have engaged
should have this work. Mr.. Greeley pos
sessed the wonderful faculty of being able
The National tribune., 1901-08-22
THE ROADS OF palestine.
Report From United Consul Merrill at Jeru

tscpOII OAlscu OOuSAA GA-A Al az SSA "a
salem.
United States Consul Merrill, at Jeru-
salem, has made an interesting report to
the State Department in regard to the
thoroughfareS Of Palestine, IL which he
says:
Zone of the greatest thorouShfares in
Palestine is that between Jerusalem and
Nablous, the ancient Shechem. For cen
turtles it has been only a camel path, in
many places rough and stony, and in spite
of the vast amount Of traffic it was not
until 1900 that an effort was made to con-
meet the two cities by n carriage road.
Early in that year the route was surveyed
and specifications sent to ConStantInOple,
whence orders for the construction of
roads must emanate. Work was begun the
following Autumn, and in March of the
present year the first carriage passed over
the completed section between Jerusalem
and Birch.
'The extreme width of the roadbed is
10 feet six inches. After the grading,
bed of cracked stones eight inches in
thickness was made, over which the earth
was spread. The road was then well
rolled. The grade is good, there being
very few places where a horse cannot
trot. l refer, of course only to the COM
pleted portion between Jerusalem and
Birch. The cUlYerts and small bridges
on this section are 20 in number, with
three additional bridges of fair size, the
largest having two 10-foot arches sep
arated by 10 feet of solid masonry. These
culverts are necessary to accommodate
the small torrents created by the Winter
rains, which often do great damage.
From Jerusalem to Sinjil is a little
over 10 miles, and from Birch to Sinjil
about 10 miles. The entire distance from
Jerusalem to Nablous is 3S12 miles. Amer
lean travellers will remember Sinjil as
their camping place the first night out of
Jerusalem, going north toward Damascus.
1t is a curious fact that 'SinjT is an
Arabic adaptation of st. Giles of the cru
sades, and Birch is the Biblical 'Beeroth'
mentioned in Joshua ix, II. Birch has
a good spring, and there has been talk
of bringing water thence to Jerusalem.
1.-THE contract price for building the
completed section of the road was about
$4,000.
1.-The distance between Birch and Sinjil
is only one mile greater than that between
Jerusalem and Birch, but the country is
more rugged. There are many natural OBJ
stacles to be encountered, and the esti-
mated cost of that section is from 100000
to $4,000. Specifications have already
been sent to Constantinople, and it is
hoped this portion of the road will be
built next year. The money will be
raised in the Jerusalem district by n tax
upon the peasantry. Jerusalem district
ends at Sinjil; what is north of that point
comes under the jurisdiction of Nablous
This route is associated with many IA
nous historical events, and the contiguous
country contains the sites of the ancient
cities of Mob, Gophna, Beeroth, Bethel,
Ramah, Shiloh, etc.
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little while a very good feeling seemed to
prevail between them.
Our men would battle in their own side
of the river, and hold interesting CONVEX
sations at the same time with a rebel on
the other side, who, leaning on his gun,
would watch our lads as they disported
themselves in the water. Papers would
be exchanged, and tobacco and coffee;
and, in fact, proper picket feeling"
was soon established.
On arriving at the bank Of the P0to-
mac, the Maryland campaign was virtual
one for Gen. Mcclellan and his army, and
caused much rejoicing in the Northern
States.
At its conclusion, unlike that Of the
! Peninsular campaign, our army was in
splendid condition, and ready for an i'm
mediate move. 1t is not in or power,
even if we had the desire, to state the
reason of the idle days which ensued..
One morning our cavalry crossed the
river, causing the enemy's pickets to fall
hastily back; our troopers followed them
rapidly, felt the enemy after ride OF
nearly 20 miles, and, after slight Skin
mish, returned to camp. An infantry re-
connoissance was speedily projected, and,
among others, our regiment ordered out.
FORWARD TO sHEPHERDsTowN.
| We crossed the river, finding the water
| in some places very deep, and through
which our men had to wade, the water
reaching to their waist, causing them
much trouble to secure their arms and
ammunition from getting wet. We crossed
with but little opposition, and proceeded
cautiously forward, our force being I'M
der the command of Gen. Humphrey. At
ter a short march, we reached Shepherds
| town, where we learned that a strong
force of the enemy had just passed
through, their rear being but about an
hours march in advance; our line was
halted, and a strong body of skirmishers
deployed to feel the enemy and secure our
advance.
We rested in the main street, awaiting
information from the front, and had,
therefore, plenty of time for observation.
| Shepherdstown seemed to have been
quite an enterprising place formerly, as
| it contained plenty of stores. but with
very little in them; what there was was
marked at such exorbtant prices as to
! find but few purchasers. A large num-
Der of paroled rebel officers and soldiers
could be seen; the former in most cases,
looking from windows, tete-a-tete with
pretty female rebels, who looked with
cold disdain upon our bold fellows as they
rested upon the curbstones, gazing curl
ously about them, while the rebels saun-
The National tribune., 1901-08-22
Discovered a Snake Mine.

The settlers along White River, near
Interior, 5. D., have been troubled with
rattlesnakes, and it was often noticed Tat
they were numerous about certain bluff
on the river.
a few days ago r. p. Whitefeld, a
rarcner in that vicinity, accompanied by
one of his men, investigated and found the
bluff hOneycOmbed with small caves full
of snakes. The rancheTS dug out and
killed 23T on the first day. Some of the
reptiles were monsters of their kind,
measuring several feet in length, and their
rattles showed that they had occupied
their hillside home for many years. The
following day they returned and dug out
and killed 40 more, making over 800 rat
tiers disposed of in the two days.
They dug into another of the caves.
which was filed with bones of dead
snakes, which is believed to have been
place where the dead were dragged.
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON THURSDAY

dangerously wounding him. He was
moved into an adjoining field on n
stretcher, where we left him with the
Surgeon of our regiment. The mans
After firing heavily for some time. we
made another advance, and in a short
time had the pleasure Of driving the en-
envy.
Having discovered his whereabouts, the
object for which we started was attained,
and toward night we marched back, and
after moving from place to place for near
ly an hour, and throwing out pickets, and
calling them in-all this time under a
pelting rain, and up to our knees in mud
we continued our march, and, late in
the night, recrossed the Potomac, again
wading through, and, weary, wet, ex-
hausted and thoroughly miserable, lay
down by our fires to sleep and dry our
clothes.
ITO be continued.)
The National tribune., 1901-08-22
NnEDC0NVTI Story Rebel By John McEoy
NULKOUNf ILLLs Complete volume Eghtythree bril-
IA liant chapters 654 pages; l54 spirited illus
Substantially
By John McElroy.

periences Of a cavalryman than there is
TO be found in this story. The reader
of these pages will go with the author
into his life and see how the boy was
transformed into soldier; will march
with him over mountains and across riv-
ers; will camp on the hillside and stand
guard in the moonlight and in the rain
storm; will be with him as yidet in the
lonely forest, and again in the wild charge.
The humorous, the pathetic, the pre-
pOsterous, the eXtravagant phases of war
are all told with the pen of a master.
Finally comes grim battle, the defeat, the
surrender, the travelling through the South
as prisoner of war; the experiences in
Richmond prisons and at CHASTITY Belle
Isle; then comes the climax in the prison
stockade at AndersOnville itself, with its
20. 1000 men, its poverty, its starvation, its
death. All these things are told with the
dramatic power of truth, and they are
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BIC wagon roads already existing in

The wagon roads already existing in
Palestine are:
I'D Jerusalem TO Yafa, 40 miles; begun
in lS6S, but number of years elapsed be-
fore wagons could pass over it, and then
only with difficulty, 10 to u hours being
required to go down to Yafa and II to
10 to climb back up the mountains. Thou
sands of tourists will rememberNthe great
discomforts of this trip. 1t was only in
1892, when the railroad between these
two points became n certainty, that the
Jerusalem and Yafa road was made fairly
comfortable for carriages.
90 Jerusalem to Hebron, % miles;
completed in 1880.
"(3D Jerusalem TO Jericho, about %
miles; completed in 1898. Ten years were
spent in building this road.
III Jerusalem to the top of the Mount
Of Olives, about four miles; made in 1898
for the Emperor of Germany.
"5l Jerusalem to Birch, nine miles;
just completed.
1T is true that carriages go from Jeri-
cho to the Dead Sea and the River Jor-
dan, but there is no road, the carriages
driving where they please across the plain.
Likewise wagons go along the roadles5
sea coast from Yafa to Haifa, at the foot
of Mount Carmel, the road which was
made for the Emperor of Germany in
1898 being entirely in ruins. Wagons also
go from Yafa to GAIA, but no road was
ever made there"
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loss of his star; he looked about for his
Yankee friend; not seeing him, at last he
said: well, gentlemen, I've never been
North, but I've heard Il great deal about
Yankee sniartneSs, and wooden hams and
nutmegs, and L concluded the 'Ianks'
were pretty smart; but l never did tnlnk
one of them smart enough to steal a star
from under mans chin before"
Another, though painful incident, oc-
Cured here. A boy, about IA years old,
was one day undergoing the process of
amputatiOn. He lay upon the stage,
dressed in his rebel uniform, his face pale,
and his large blue eyes gazing wondering
ly around. His injured leg was stretched
before the Surgeons, who were carefully
feeling it about the -wound--a black
break, about the size of a nickel cent. a
sign from one of the doctors, and the in
struments were brought and placed upon
d large box that once contained army
clothes, but now was partly filled with
bandagcs besmeared with blood. The Sur
geon selected one of the instruments; G
cloth was held before the nostriis of tn.
work. The skin of the white leg was cut;
in a little while the bone was off, the
arteries taken up, tiie ekin laid over, the
bandages applied, and the whole bound
carefully up. 1T is finished" said the
doctor, as he wiped the blood from off his
hands. He said truly; the work was fin
ished.
ON THE MOVE AGAIN.
The boy was dead!
On the evening of Sept. is, while lying
close to the banks of the Potomac, we
received orders to move. The enemy
were reported to be in force ON the other
side of the river, and sharp fight was
anticipated. The 18th Pa. were ordered
to cross the river and engage the enemy
posted on the high bluffs overlooking the
Potomac. The river, or that part of ii
which divided us from the enemy, was
scarcely 200 yards wide, and easily florida
bic. The 11Sth Immediately took to the
water, and moved across the river. As
they approached the opposite bank, the
enemy opened n fierce fire upon them. The
Pennsylvanians halted, staggered q mo-
ment, and then, seized with panic, turned
about and fed.
But this desertion Of the flag was fierce
ly avenged; for our batteries upon the
bank hurled their shot and shrapnel
among them until they attacked the en-
envy, who captured a large number OF
them. But the true metal of the 4th
Mich, backed by the Irish 9th, turned the
fate of the battle, and in a short time,
after fierce and gallant contest, the en-
envy retreated, leaving in our hands q
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In the course of his work the Surgeon
laid down q small pair of scissors, which
the tall Yankee picked up. and seemed to
examine with great curiosity, at the same
time turning his eyes upon one of the
glittering stars adjoining the collar Of the
doctors coat, indicating his rank in the
rebel service. By n dexterous, and, to US,
almost imperceptible application of the
scissors the Yankee flched one of the
stars, and, whistling the National air,
walked coolly away.
In a short time the doctor noticed the
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T is i'm p o S S i bic,
briefly, to give an ad-
equate description of
the scope and char
acter of this immor-
tai chapter in the
history of the civil
war. 1t deals with a
great subject, and
one little understood,
because it was a
tragedy enacted be-
hind the scenes, OBJ
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tention upon the ever
changing panorama of
active warfare, the voice
of heroes dying in prison
pens was lost. No news
came from the men herd
ed like cattle beyond the
mountains OF the South.
The Nation knew little
of the horrors behind
the stockade.
The author of Ander-
sonyille has told a thrill
ing story II it has hor-
rors they are not of his
invention.
The book, however,
will be found to treat not
only of prison life, but TO
abound in incidents of
the camp, the march,
~ ..lc 81
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number Of prisoners and several pieces Of
artillery.
This engagement is known as that of
Boteler's Mills. 1t is the same place
where Gen. Banks destroyed so many mil
lions worth of rebel property, including
all the mills in that vicinity from which
the rebels were supplied with grain, upon
his famous retreat from the Shenandoah.
In this engagement two pieces of the ar
tillery captured were found to be of those
which were taken by the enemy at the
fist battle of Bull Run. Gen. Griffin was
exceedingly pleased at this recapture, and
highly complimented the gallantry of his
brigade. One of the guns taken here
turned out to have been one of those
taken from the Generals battery at the
first battle Of Bull Run.
A TEMPORARY TRUCE
Next day our regiment encamped few
yards from the banks of the Potomac,
having its picket posted close to the
river, as it was deemed unadvisable to
post a force on the other side. In a few
days the enemy's pickets gradually ad-
vanced, and moved down to the banks of
the river, on the opposite side, and opened
communication with our lads, and in a
The National tribune., 1901-08-22
Growth of the sugar-Beet Industry.

In 1850 there were four beet-sugar fac
tories in the United States, located in
four States, with total capital OF $780,
600, employing $50 hands, and turning out
products valued at S2S2,572; in 1900 the
number of factories was 81, located in IL
States and Territories, with a total cap
ital of S20,95S, 519. employing 1910 wage
earners, and turning out products valued
at $7,323, S57.-Everybody Magazine.
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secured by the smoke Of battle in
front. While the public was kept
daily informed of march and siege and
desperate attack and repulse, fixing the at