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His reputation for wealth was confirmed by this reckless prodigality . There were some small souls , of course , among the lower whites who were heard to express disgust that , so far , only `` niggers '' had profited by the colonel 's visit . The _ Anglo-Saxon _ , which came out Saturday morning , gave a large amount of space to Colonel French and his doings . Indeed , the two compositors had remained up late the night before , setting up copy , and the pressman had not reached home until three o'clock ; the kerosene oil in the office gave out , and it was necessary to rouse a grocer at midnight to replenish the supply -- so far had the advent of Colonel French affected the life of the town . The _ Anglo-Saxon _ announced that Colonel Henry French , formerly of Clarendon , who had won distinction in the Confederate Army , and since the war achieved fortune at the North , had returned to visit his birthplace and his former friends . The hope was expressed that Colonel French , who had recently sold out to a syndicate his bagging mills in Connecticut , might seek investments in the South , whose vast undeveloped resources needed only the fructifying flow of abundant capital to make it blossom like the rose . The New South , the _ Anglo-Saxon _ declared , was happy to welcome capital and enterprise , and hoped that Colonel French might find , in Clarendon , an agreeable residence , and an attractive opening for his trained business energies .