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of war. General Oates tells of his own observation, that in battle the privates each man for himself fought inte1ligently without the necessity of immediate leader. There is no room for dispute, that the eight millions of whites and four millions of blacks of the South possessed the resources of self-defence. in 1861, sufficient for the emergency. Forrest, John H. Mor- gan. John s. Mosby. moreover those men and their type that General Oates commanded were a million strong. We were the most martial nation ever born. Our statesmen had ruled the United States.
 The tribute the author pays to Gen.
 eral Lee is unsurpassed: Not the slightest intimacy existed between him and the common soldiers of the army yet they all loved him. He never courtmartialed any of his officers or
 sanctioned the death penalty on any of his soldiers. nor on an enemy, even when caught as a spy--yet he main- tained good discipline in his army. A word from him would calm the fiercest passions and allay all contentious and conflicts among his subordinates. The fear of incurring his displeasure at all times enforced implicit obedience, except in the case of Longstreet at Gettysburg" William c. Oates, Captain of Com pany c, was promoted in 1862 Colonel of his Regiment. His descriptions of the great battles he saw are vivid. He possessed a soldiers instinct, and un-
 derstanding the things that ought to have been done. as well as the things done, his narrative presents a rare col- | lection of facts and an intelligent crit icism of the utmost historical import
 ance. He was several times wounded.
 In the fight at Fussell's Mill, on. the l Darbeytown Road, near Richmond, he
 lost his sword arm. Several days later the hemorrhage from the wound, broken out afresh, would have cost him his | life in a minute of longer continuance but for timely arrival and skill Of Sur geon J. B. Gaston. Red tape at the
 War Department removed Colonel Oates
 from the command of the 18th, to his
 undisguised sorrow, but q personal in-
 terview with President Davis resulted lin his immediate assignment to com mand of the 48th Alabama, from which IShefleld had recently resigned after a noble service. The latter Regiment was recruited from the northern coun- . ties and was, as the case with the 18th, a part of Laws historic Brigade.
 ! we nave lndeed Vlr1le book at a
 time of definite need of it. The author
 as a lawyer law maker and soldier has been in close contact with the springs
 of society for half century. The brief but positive career of the Confederacy presents to the student and reviewer Iexhaustless theme of high contempla- tion. There were men of deeds and philosophers; martyrs and heroines; homes and their happiness; the white
 people and the black people. We look back upon all and behold it:
 | Even as a broken mirror, which the glass
 In every fragment multiplies: and makes
 A thousand images of one that was, l The same, and still the more, the more l it breaks"
 l Leroy Pope Walker Secretary of
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presents a nobler and more inspiring example. So the wonder grows.

The pivotal personality of 1881 was John c. Breckenridge. At the Novem- Der election of 1860 Breckenridge cleo tors received the vote of all the Cotton States. Breckenridge electors received many votes in the North. Mir. Breck- enridge might have chosen with con- sistency one of two courses open to him and in the choice of either changed radically the face of American events. The opportunity lost by him had no parallel in subsequent opportunities of men. He was in office as Vice-Presi- dent of the United States and was also Senator elect from Kentucky when MT Davis took the oath of President Feb1 ruary IS, 1861. He had just entered upon his 10th year. already with some experience as a soldier in the Mexican war He was distinguished among his fellows for beauty of person and a most knightly bearing.
 If MT. Breckenridge had come to Montgomery to meet the Congress, of which every State represented had just cast its electoral vote for him, the ire sistible inference is he would have been made President. But there was wider opportunity than this even open to him.
 Either Lincoln or Breckenridge was
 
 in November. 1s6O. Had Linc"ln ar Breckinridge the legal right to the officer Considering the condition or the public mind, if Mir. Breckenridge had gone to Washington March 4, 1881, taken the oath of President and claimed the office as his right, the probability was that he would have been &C., knowledged by united South. a divi. ded North and the great powers of Europe He had received seventy-two electoral votes to 1S0 for Lincoln, All Lincoln electors, except the eight from California and Oregon, that Is 172 Lincoln electors came from fourteen States in a condition of revolution against the government in each and all Departments Caleb Gushing said in speech at Norwich after the Novem- ber election and the refusal of the Lincoln States to repeal their acts of notification that those acts were acts of secession"
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What Sulphur Does
Fer the Human Body fin Health and
 Disease.

Fer the Human Body in Health and
 Disease.
 The mention of sulphur will recall to many of us the early days when our mothers and grand d-mothers gave us our daily dose of sulphur and molasses every spring and fall.
 It was the universal spring and fall "blood purifier" tonic and cure-all, and mind you, this old-fashioned remedy was not without merit.
 The idea was good, but the remedy was crude and unpalatable, and a large quantity had to be taken to get any effect.
 Nowadays we get all the benefits of sulphur in a palatable, concentrated form. so that 8 single grain is far more effective than a tablespoonful Of the crude sulphur.
 In recent years, research and experi- ment have proven that the best sulphur for medicinal use is that obtained from Calcium Calcium Sulphide) and sold in drug stores under the name of Stuart's Calcium Waters. They arc small chocolate coated pellets and con- tain the active medicinal principle of sulphur in highly concentrated effec- tive form.
 Few people are aware of the value of this form of sulphur in restoring and maintaining bodily vigor and health; sulphur acts directly on the liver, and excretory organs and puSifies and en- riches the blood by the prompt elimina- ton of waste material.
 Our grandmothers knew this when they dosed us with sulphur and mo- lasses every spring and fall but the crudity and impurity of ordinary flow CTS Of sulphur were often worse than the disease. and cannot compare with the modern concentrated preparations of sulphur, of which Stuart's Calcium Wafer is undoubtedly the best and most widely used.
 They are the natural antidote for iiv- CT and kidney troubles and cure constt patton and purify the blood in a way that often surprises patient and phy- sician alike.
 Dr. R. M Wilkins while experi. menting with sulphur remedies soon found that the sulphur from Calcium was superior to any other form He says: For liver, kidney and blood troubles. especially when resulting from constipation or malaria, I have been surprised at the results obtained from Stuart's Calcium Waters In pa- tients suffering from boils and pimples and even deep-seated carbuncles. I have repeatedly seen them dry up and disappear in four or five days. leaving the skin clear and smooth. Although Stuart's Calcium Waters is a proprie- tary article. and sold. by druggists. and . for that reason tabooed by many physi- clans. yet know of nothing so safe and reliable for constipation, diver and kidney troubles and especially in all forms of skin diseases as this rem edy."
 At any rate people who are tired of pills. cathartics and so-called blood s'purihers,' will find in Stuart's Cal cium Waters. far safer. more palat- able and effective preparation.
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sThe War Between the Union and fhe Confederacy and its Lost Oppor- tuntties," by General William c. Oates, fiiustrated; pp. sos; The Neale Pub fishing Company, New York and Wash tngton; 8.
 The title page here is timely and too long neglected protest-"War between the Union and the Confectionery" Civil War is paradoxical, inasmuch as the facts and the theory upset the phrase. Stephens introduced war between the States" upon his title page, but his noble text page successfully contradicts the misnomer. In this case and under the disappointing circumstances, mis- placement of the rank of the belliger- ent, disingenuousy or not is the most effective, if not the sole impeachment. of the civic issue and the fact of gov ernment behind it. General Oates fixes in the literature of the revolu- tion a reform full of meaning upon the evidence that follows.
 A volume of this character is cer- tain of two practical results; an ad- vertisement to the world of the high character of the people of Alabama and of their Government. and the ele- walton of the personal character of
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TOOK A STRAW VOTE. Interesting Experiment in a Restau-

An advertising agent, representing a prominent New York magazine, while on a recent Western trip, was dining one evening in a Pittsburg restaurant.
 While waiting for his order he glanced over his newspaper and noticed dyspepsia preparation, Stuart's Dyspep- sia Tablets. As he himself was a reg ular user of the tablets, he began spec ulating as to how many of the other travelling men in the room were also friends of the popular remedy for indi- gestion.
 He says: counted twenty three men at the tables and in the hotel of- them and was surprised to learn that nine of the twenty-three made a prac- tice of taking one or two of Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets after each meal.
 One of them told me he had suffered so much from stomach trouble that at one time he had been obliged to quit the road but since using Stuart'S Dys- pepsia Tablets had been entirely free use. especially while travelling. on &C., count of irregularity in meals and be- cause like all travelling men he was often obliged to eat what he could get and not always what he wanted.
 Another. who looked the picture of health, said he never ate a meal with out taking Stuart Tablet afterward because he could eat what he pleased
 
 sleepless night or any other trouble still another used them because he was subject to gas on stomach, caus- ing pressure on heart and lungs, short ness of breath and distress in chest, which he no longer experienced since using the tablets regularly.
 Another claimed that Stuart's Dys- pepsia Tablets was the only safe rem edy he had ever found for sour stomach and acidity. He had formerly used common soda to relieve the trouble, but the tablets were much better and safer to use.
 After smoking, drinking or other ex- cesses which weaken the digestive or- gans, nothing restores the stomach to a healthy. wholesome condition so effec- tually as Stuart's Tablets
 Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets contain the natural digestives, pepsin. diastase. which every weak stomach lacks, as well as nux' hydrastin and yellow par lila. and can be safely relied on as a radical cure for every form of poor di- gestion. Sold by druggists everxWh ara,
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individuals and of the public spirit in lessons of patriotism and sacrifice.
 How far the dangerous flood of books for a market alien to Alabama must be accepted as evidence of gem eral debility of mind and morals. we may not here enquire. but the book trust is capitalization of the most im- portant of the enterprises of com merce. For more than forty years the commerce in books in the United States has attempted with too much success to smother that class of literature whose title page promises to reveal the actual relations of the Government to the basic principles of the Govern ment.
 The 18th Alabama Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia, was composed of farmers and their minor sons from the adjacent counties of Russell, Ma
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26
Excursion Rate. to New York.

The Central of Georgia Railway Company will sell on February 2S, round trip tickets via Savannah and Ocean Steamship Company, to New York at $SS.75, final limit March 14. 1905. Tickets include meals and berth In hrst-class state room aboard ships in both directions.
 For further information telephone, telegraph or write Fred B. White, Com mercial Agent, No. Commerce Street, Montgomery. Ala. adv-tf.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26

Twentieth century physicians are rather slowSoing plodders. after all. Cingalese medical books of the sixth century are stated by Sir Henry A. Blake, Governor of Ceylon, to have de- scribed sixty-seven varieties of mo squitoes. and 424 kinds of malarial fe- yer caused by mosquitoes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26

war was an educated mind with power or acute observation. General Oates thihks that better political status might have been secured to the Con- federacy had the Secretary avoided fir
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey

preventive consumption  
 
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GL OWING TRIBUTE OF TWO
 CONFEDERATE VETERANS.

|CoL
 tle of Northern Virginia, l Hardhps PureM | Has Nerves.
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S B. They admit They Owe to Duffy's Pure Malt Whis- key Their Wonderful Restoration to Health, Strength and Vigorous Manhood. invigoaing
 
 
  t heart tonic.
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Thousands, Both Men and Women, Have Had Similar Experiences With the Great Tonic Stimulant, Which is a Form of Food Already Digested.

Col s. B. Arbuckle. 1s6 3d St, Memphis Tennr says:
 T recommen Duffys Pure Malt whiskey the best stimulant Some years ago down and nerves all unstrung. I vised to take tonic stmulant tried several that did not do any good. My doctor prescribed Duffys After using bottle could that was doing good in good health today and feel it to your Malt Whskey."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26

South Hill P. O., Va, June Is, 1904 Dear Sirs: am old Confederate soldier of Army of Northern Virginia; Colonel the Thir Regiment of Infantry of Pickets Divson will seventysix the 18th of this mouth; lost at battle of Malvern Hil and shot through the other arm and thigh in the charge of Iicketts Division Gettysburg After the thirty chronic trouble of the bowels having frequently fifteen operations daily which times incapactated for business and confined me to my bed tried bottle of Malt Whskey with wonderful effect. It helped digestion, gave fine appetite; a delight full, restfu sleep consider 1t invaluable medicine many complaints, particularly beneficial in trouble of the bowels, take pleas ure in recommending it for the complaints it is known benefit. Respectfully.
 Col Powhattan B.. whittle.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-01-20
E.oCAr. AFFAIRS
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

d. r. Bird, Administrator. Blacksburg
Gives notice to the debtors and
creditors of Cynthia and John 8.
Bird, deceased, to make immediate
settlement and present their claims
duly authenticated.
]. Edgar Poag, Broker-MaKes some
timely remarks on the subject Of low
and high prices. He also gives
list Of York county property on
which he. wants offers. i,
Adickes' Emporium-Is making specia!
prices on tobaccos by the box, land
calls your attention to Club House
cheese, peas and beans, molasses,
pocket and butcher knives, etc.
J. E. Lowry, Mayor-Gives notice that
a special municipal election Will be
held on February 14th to elect an
alderman for ward 5.
Jas. M. Starr-Wants the farmers VINO
use fertilizers to know that he Is
still prepared to fill orders for Ma
vassa guano, which has been sold on
this market for so many years.
J. c. Wilborn-Publishes professional
card and tells you that he will give
prompt attention to. all business
Star Drug Store-Says that STAIRS 8
white pine syrup and tar for coughs,
colds, ETC., touches the spot. 26c.
Miss Rosa Lindsay-Will receive or
ders at any time for OUT door work,
and will fill orders promptly.
Sam NJ. Grist-Gives some history IN
regard to the formation and con-
duct of the Mutual Benefit Life In
surance company during its sixty
wears of existence.
Foushee Cash Store-Will have a
special sale on Monday next Of odds
and ends' Of children's and ladies'
goods. Will also sell &c and 10c
goods at half price.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-01-20
brothers and the town officers of Tusk-

brothers and the town officers Of Tusk-
egee, Ala, Monday, one McBryde was
killed and the other severely wound
ed. The two McBrYdes were resisting
arrest for disorderly conduct. Ike
Vail, known all over the United States
and Europe as the king of Bunco
Men," died at his home near Fiskkill,
N. Y, Tuesday, aged 70 years. He
was several times convicted Of swind-
ling to the amount Of several million
dollars and gave. the police Of the large
cities much trouble. :. Ira A. Sanger.
formerly of Chicago, but for several
years past. engaged in mining and
ranching in Mexico, was ambushed and
killed by bandits in the mountains
near Sinaloa, Mexico, Monday. Rob-
berry was the motive as the dead man
usually carried large amounts of mon
ey on his person. ..... Two men were
killed and one dangerously wounded
by the explosion Of a boiler in a saw
mill, near Washington, Ga, Wednes-
day. DIR. v. G. Hdtt, former secre-
tary and treasurer Of the Association
of Physicians and Surgeons of the
Confederate army and navy, died at
his home in Atlanta Wednesday,
aged 65 years.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-01-20

this was upheld by the provisions OF
the interstate commerce law. Justice
Brown delivered the opinion OF the
the court and said in part: while
this court is alert to protect the
rights Of nonresident citizens. and
has felt 1t its duty. not always with
the appreciation Of the state courts. to
declare the invalidity Of laws throwing
obstacles in the way of free inter-
course communication between the
states, it will not lend It's sanction to
those who deliberately set out to de-
bauch the public conscience and to
trample upon the laws Of state. The
power Of congress to regulate COM
merce is undoubtedly beneficent one.
The police laws Of the state are. equal
ly so, and it is our duty to harmonize
them. Undoubtedly a law may some
times be successfully and legally avoid
ed If not evaded, but 1t behooves one who
stakes is case upon the letter of the
constitution not to be wholly oblivious
of it's spirit. In this case we cannot
hold that plaintiffs are entitled to Its
immunities without striking a serious
blow al the rights Of the states to ad-
minister their own internal affairs"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-01-20
Dispensary Investigation.

If the dispensary investigating COM
mittee is appointed, 1t will give the
editors Of the Spartanburg Journal
and THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER a
splendid opportunity to make good:
These brethren seem to know good
deal about dispensary corruption, and
they owe it to the people Of the state
to come down and tell all about It.
Columbia Record.
Along in the same issue In which the
foregoing appears, the Record has a
long editorial in which 1t argues the
uselessness Of the proposed investiga-
ton. The editorial concludes as fol-
lows:
AS we see it now, the only thing
the committee will be able to do will
be to examine officials and employees
Of the state dispensary and go over
their books. There is standing com
mittee already which performs that
duty, and 1t appears entirely unneces-
sary to pay seven men 81 day and
mileage to do that work over again.
Moreover the appointment Of a special
committee will be reflection upon
the legislators who have served on the
regular dispensary committee In the
past. AS we have said, we do not wish
to be understood as opposing the full
est publicity being given all the acts OF
dispensary officials, or any other kind
Of official. But we do not think any
investigation ought to be gone into
at cost to the state, when only rumors
are at the base Of the charges and
when there Is nobody to come forward
to stand to them. Not only is such a
thing costly, but 1t brings all such
Investigations into dispute.
That the Record, which is a strong
friend ct the dispensary and its man
agement Is sincerely opposed to the
proposed investigation, we have no
doubt. It understands as we'll as
does THE ENQUIRER, that under ex-
listing conditions, the result will be
only another whitewashing. But 1t
also knows that the honest people Of
thoroughly disgusted with these
whitewashings. While it is quite true,
probably, that no evidence of corrup-
tion could be secured by thoroughly
efficient committee Of the dispensary's
enemies, even the report of such a
committee would hardly be sufnclent
to establish confidence in this institu-
tion.
AS to the fling that our contempor-
ary has seen proper to make at THE
ENQUIRER, we have only to say that
If the management of this paper were
able to offer any legal evidence Of cor
ruption it would certainly do So We
would not only publish it to the world
In our columns; but we would testify
to it under oath. But we have an
idea that If it was known that We real
ly had some testimony of the kind the
committee is supposed to be looking
for, the Record would not be so anx-
ious 10 secure our attendance.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-01-20
. FEES OF THE CLERK.

Representative Ardrey has introduce
ed a bill to reduce the fees that the clerk
of the court for York county now re-
ceives for recording papers, etc. The
fees of the clerk are now fixed by
Section 3,1O3 Of the general statutes,
and Mr.. Audrey wants to apply the
provisions Of Section 3,102 instead.
The provisions Of Section 3.102 are as
follows:
For recording a deed to or a mort
rage on real estate, with or without
renunciation Of dover, and certify
ing the same on the back thereof, sew
enty-five cents: Provided such deed or
mortgage does not exceed hfteen
hundred words, in which case tney
shall be entitled to receive and collect
an additional sum Of eight cents per
hundred words on all words over one
thousand; for recording each chattel
mortgage over 500 and certifying
same on the back thereof, fifty cents.
Provided such chattel mortgage does
not exceed 1000 words In Which case
they shall be entitled to charge' anu
receive an additional sum Of eight
cents per hundred words on all words
over 1000; for indexing each chattei
mortgage under one hundred dollars
and certifying same on the back there-
of ten cents; for indexing each agrl-
cultural lien, and certifying same OH
the back thereof, ten cents; FOR recora-
ing each lien and mortgage combined,
and certifying same on the back tnere-
of, fifty cents; for entering eacn sat
isfaction on the record Of a mortgage
of real estate or chattel mortgage,
and certifying same on the pack
thereof ten cents for recording OF
copvine plats Of not more than six
corners, seventy-five cents, for every
corner over SIX six cents; for every
probate in writing twenty-five cents
for every certificate except the certl-
ficates on the backs of papers recordea
by them, and certificates Of judicial
records in their offices, required for
court or a Judge thereof twenty-five
cents: for recording any other paper
required by law to be recorded, except
judicial papers, eight cents per num-
dred words.
The section regulating the charges
under which the clerk Is now operat-
ing reads as follows:
For recording and copying deeds and
other papers, per copy sheet OF lou
words, 10 cents; for entering salts
faction on mortgages. 25 cents; for
recording or copying plats Of not more
than six corners, one dollar; for every
core more than six, six cents; Tor
every probate in writing 25 cents; FOR
every certificate other than that men
toned in section 3106, twenty-five
cents: for filing, indexing and certify
ing any bill of sale, chattel mortgage:
or other instrument in the nature OF
lien on personal property, where the
amount secured Is not more than one
hundred dollars, fifteen cents.