The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, July 18, 1913, Page 2, Image 2
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KILLING OF CALVES WRUNG
VIEWS OF MB. J. W. TWITTY.
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Our Venerable Georgia Correspondent
Writes of Various Matters,
Baseball, Soft I>rlnks, Etc.
To the Editor of The News: i
What about killing calves? Iu my
last letter I had a word to say on that
subject. The object was to advise
against the aluiost universal practice
of butchering calves for market.
The more I think about the matter,
the more convinced 1 am mai n
wrong and should not be persisted in.
Now if prices of be??r ruled as they
were 15 or 2 0 years ago it would not
be so bad (would be wrong in that
case) but as it is, it should be viewed
as a crime. 1 hope that the far- |
mers and cow raisers throughout the
country will turn a leaf at this point
and not allow their calves butchered ,
up as the practice is or has been ior
years. It might be suggested that 1
am on a point out of my line and
consequently incompetent to advise.
All I ask is a consideration of the
subject and if there is not good sense !
In the matter brought forward, then
heed uot the suggestions. 11
The election for sewerage passed j
off quietly and developed very little
opposition to the bond Issue. I am
glad it so turned out and feel sure 1
the town will never regret its action.
I am prepared to credit Charlie
Jones' manly stand for the success
of the enterprise?he is a chip off the
old block.
If allowed to do so I will have
something to say on soft drinks,
moving pictures and baseball. I
want to create a sentiment against
the supporting or patronizing the .
three things mentioned. I,
I am perfectly satisfied that all ,
are to be condemned. Some months
ago 1 intimated that my opposition
(it was known that I opposed the ('
game as conducted) to baseball
u ?? f.irtJior Iireod. but I
WUUUl IIUV 1/c iu. vUv>.
take that back and Insist that it is
wrong and should be discontinued.
Of course I would not oppose neighbors,
at a proper time and place, enjoying
a game, but to travel miles, j
Incur considerable expense, very
often teams disagree, fall out and
quarrel, abuse the umpire and worse
than all betting (gambling) on the
Rame. It is such a temptation to
boys along this line that it certainly
ought to be condmened and stopped.
I condemn the moving picture
craze because it is so fascinating and
our people put in too much time and
money attending its exhibitions and
no profit whatever in it. I
What shall I say about soft
drinks? My, my, our people have
gone wild on the subject. We blame
old topers and claim they are on
dangerous ground, and so they are,
but let me tell you, my dear reader,
that if there is not a check to what
Is called soft drinks?Coca Cola, etc.
?the country will certainly suffer.
It is admitted that at least some of
these drinks are injurious and jeopardize
health and the quantity consumed
is marvelous. The amount
paid out for the stuff is immense.
Unlike the old fashioned grog shop. '
patronized by men. women and children
are crazy about soft drinks and
are allowed to keep tanked up day
after day. Let the preachers and
persons of influence talk it through
the country. This trio of evils is like
country. This trio of evils is like
Tlanquo's ghost, I fear, and will not
down, but I am fully convinced that
the country would be much better off
if baseball, moving pictures and soft
drinks could be relegated to the
rear.
In a late letter to The News, I ex-1
pressed a desire to know B. P.
Adams' ancestors and my old friend, i
W. G. A. Porter, promptly gave me
the desired information. I am un- '
der obligations to Major Porter.
Ves, I know Aaron Adams well and ;
intimately. He was a good man, unasKnming
and had a good war record. |
H. F. Adams, his son, as I thought
and believed, is a good citizen and
an honorable gentleman.
R. E. W. gives your readers a nice i,
letter from Gettysburg. I am not ,
sure that the gathering there (Blue ]
and Gray) proved a success in every
particular, but I must believe that
the two sections are in fuller sym- i J
pathy with each other.
I was shocked this morning to note
the death t>f Ed Allison. I regarded
Ed as one of our best men. There ]
was nothing about him little or un- 1 ,
crentlemanly. Peace to bis ashes. .
I am sorry E. D Smith failed to ,
reach Kershaw at the hour appointed
but I hope he had a crowd and made '
a good impression. .
A few days since I got a nice letter ,
from R. D. Runlap of Clarksvllle, |
Ark., who has recently visited your ,
city. He is a son of Jeif Dunlap. who
was well and favorably known to all i
the older citizens about Lancaster I J
court house and the upper creeks ,
The young man (R. D.) was delighted
with his trip to the old home of !
his parents and says lie has made |
many trips but never got as much
pleasure out of any as this old home !
trip. His father. It J. M Dunlap.
was a good citizen and soldier.
Young Dunlap is related to the Cas- i
keys and Nelsons, many of whom he
met on his recent trip. It appears
that he is in the stock business and
I presume Is doing well. His father
knew bow to make a dollar and how
to take care of of it, too.
At the proper place, in this letter,
I forgot to mention the fact that a
large majority of the governors in
this (U. S.) country favor Sunday
games of baseball. It ought to shock
the country to know that friends of
the game have such bight (co re
-*?'4 r>nf it certain
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ly a gross desecration of the day and
shows to what extent our people are
out of the line of duty.
I did think I would Introduce and
criticise modern dress, such as Is
worn by a certain class, but I am not
posted and cannot Impress and condemn
the fashion (so-called) as it
deserves to be. However, I will call
attention to the many strictures
emanating from the preachers and
our best people. These things ought
to be altogether sufficient to cause
the devotees to abandon and pro<
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uounce against the pructico. Such f~
apparel in public is to be condemned
and it is hoped that it will be and
that it will be left off?narrow J
skirts, etc.?let it be so.
Day before yesterday (Sunday) I.H
attended church the first time since
the unfortunate accident. It de-'. _
manded a walk of near four blocks, .V
aided by crutches, I made the trip j
without much fatigue. The brethren '
(and sisters) seemed glad to see me
and manifested much concern in my .
behalf. I am not quite so well as I **
hoped to be. During the day my feet 1
would swell more or less and cause "
some pain and concern. I hope the ' n
new symptoms will not prove serious.
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It is quite warm here now and
somewhat oppressive, hut like tern- Jn
perature from every point of the 1?
compass, therefore, we should not
complain. Crops are reported good 111
in this section, especially caute- e<
loupes, melons and tomatoes.
It just now occurs to me that this
letter is about finished without men- i
Honing the name of your governor ?'
(Ulease.) I must say he has got his ly
foot into it touching thu appropria- h<
clou for the military encampment? tc
so acting that the government at
Washington refuses your state her di
pro rata share of the funds she is en- fc
titled to in the premises. Still give ni
him rope and let him hang himself,
Kind words to all friends and rela- fa
fives. Yours truly, i tt
J. W. TWITTY. ) rc
Valdosta, Ga., July 15, 1913. |l<
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One on (lie Editors w
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Ueorgc Fitch. I ^
An editor is a tirea, nervous man,
who decides what shall go into a st
newspaper and explains why it got in j)(
afterwards. j
The editor works upstairs at an
antique desk entirely surrounded by
old papers, and produces the results (j(
which enables the business manager a]
10 sit down stairs in a room fitted up ,
with mahogany furniture and a Per- r~
stun rug and to respond to toasts at
great banquets in solemn state and
dress suit.
It is the editor's duty to feel the ?
pulse of the world and hold the A
stethoscope to business; to assist at |
the birth of history, to translate the ,
present, refuse the past and arrange P
the future; to illuminate ignorance.
reward merit, put the spotlight on
villainy and the pulmometer on re- ,
form; to make statesmen and dessl- j ;
cate demagogues; to elect presidents, j
crown heroes and secure bigger sal- w
aries for baseball pitchers; to act as j
an alarm clock for public opinion, as
an elevator for political candidates n,
and as a goat for every man who , (
says something in a careless mo- ' j
ment and who repents later by de-'_
daring that he was misquoted; to ' w
embalm truth, annihilate error, to
bring the national tear for great misfortunes
and the national laugh at tt
great foolishness. For doing all this (M
some editors get as much as $200 a tj
month. , u
An editor can lower a tariff, head .
off war, harness the wrath of the J.j
whole people and raise a million Jol- j
lars for flood sufferers. And some
editors are so powerful that they can t)
raise their own salaries $10 a week. n
Editors are seldom praised, but jj
they do not tnind that. If the red- ,
faced man who is seeking an editor
fails to find him and has to lick the ?
-j"? ?? ...?ii r?'
janitor lnsiean, me t-uiim In
satisfied with 1!fo.
Kditors do not often ride In auto- (
mobiles, and If they save any money n'
the business office feels a.s cheap
about It as if It had paid too much
for printer's ink. Kditors would he J*
the wisest men In the world but for .Jl
one thins?they remain editors. i
Some men are horn editors, hut a
more die at the job. ; K'
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The happiest man in the world I? :..
rhe common, even- day chap who makes
his owr. living, pays his own . |
bills and has the respect of his ,
neighbors. He saves a little money
ts he noes along, but doesn't try to ^
set a corner on his local output and
le is not a slave to ambition or so- f
icty. Ifnever expects to wear out
lis trousers in the senate, and when ,i;
ie glides out of l?ed in the morning j jfj
le never wastes any time to pick out '-s
lie righr tint of socks, suspenders A
uid necktie that will blend with t.heip1
teneral effect. 1 _
lie only wears a hfgh collar when cj
ie feels like it, and when his pet corn I a)
>egins to Jump, he jerks out his ; '
Knife and cuts a four inch gash in =
the side of his shoe and nothing is ' ^
-aid about in the local paper. Re I
never has to sit up at night to poultice
his conscience. He believes in t
the doctrine of live and let live.
When he encounters one or the needy
he doesn't stutter with his pocket p
hook. The plain plug of a man is
hnrmv because be is satisfied, and lie
doesn't spend half of his time yearn- |
ing for something which his salary H
will not permit him to hay. (live us a
more plain men and the world will Le i h
better. n
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Pleasing tlie Bnbv.
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It was a steamy, cultry, stocky | li
afternoon in August, and the Mazing ! V
sun beat fiercely down upou the I t<
pavement. All the world was In i h
shirt slaves, and the "counter skip- i C
per" leaned somewhat flabbily e
against his goods. Two ladles enter- j
ed his store and In the arms of one , h
there basked a crowing Infant. g
"Can you," the lady said, "can you . I
please show us some rugs?" jy
"Madame, I can," he answered, s
And he did. Boll after roll he spread v
before their eyes The perspiration g
rolled down his cheeks. He gasped, c
he tottered, he staggered. At last? t
"Don't you think," said one, glanc- j r
lng at her watch, "that It Is time to a
leave?" jl
i "Not quite, dear," said her friend, je
patting her Infant fondly on the i
cheek. "We've loads of time to j
spare to catch the train, and baby I
so loves to see him roll them out!" a
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THE LANCASTER NK
The Ignorance Th
card's Dairyman.
In a rather remarkable series ot
tters, "Touching Unrest, Cause and
emedy," by William M. Babbatt,
e find the following reflections upl
the question of human food, parcularly
as relating to the milk suply:
"Briefly speaking advisedly and
ithout reservation under Christian
lie, there is not a spot, where, in
jverty or affluence, during the first
ul important years of their lives,
lildren are started properly so as to
aKO neauny men or women, in rav
nig experience, I am sorry to say it,
have not found a woman, and there
re few, if any, men, truly acquaint1
with all that pertains to the prosit
food obtainable for the rearing
[ children, for the rearing of man.
"For example, in 1895 upon my
rrival at a town which is universal- '
credited with being in the very
part of science, 1 crossed the street
? gain a view of what is said to be
rchitectually as perfect a catheral
as there is in Europe. I soou
lund myself in the midst of clergy- i
en and priests, who had come from '
rery quarter of the globe. Being
imiliar with the building I soon reirned
to the court and sat down to
>lls and tea. Upon paying the bill
HO cents indicating the class of
atel) just across from my table cans I
! milk were being taken from a
ass of garbage in a covered van
ith the inslgna of the emperor on
Unlike the remainder of the visl
>rs 1 ucguii invuHUK.iiiiiK me cuuui- |
ons of the people living In the seven |
rests under the shadow of the j
autiful cathedral. Being familiar, J
was not surp 'sed to find that of j
tery ten born, there were during |
le first twelve months four or five j
paths. While these percentages are I
liove the average, they, or similar I
The Real Reason for
ugusta Chronicle.
Possibly the most oft repeated
hrase of the present day is "the
Igh cost of living," and if you ask
le average man or woman what it
leans lie or she will immediately belli
to talk of the terrible cost of livig
nowadays, and of how the luxues
of the table, house rent, servants,
ages, and everything is so much
igher than it used to bo that life is
fearful struggle, except to the
Lulti-millionaires. People have talk1
so much about it that everybody
ates to oat?dreads to keep house
-and feels oppressed with the awful
eight of this cost of living! But
they would study the subject earelllv
they would find out that the J
ouble with the expenses of the av- !
rage household is not that this and ,
nit is a few cents higher than it
sed to be?it is because people's
andards are higher and their deres
greater to a large extent than
i former times?because what were
ixuries to our grandmothers or even
> our mothers are now considered
ecessities to the present-day houseold.
Then another reason is because the
merican woman, especially the
outhern woman, knows so little
bout household economy?houseold
economy in both it literal and
lore extended meaning. As for
lings costing more, while it is true
>me things cost more, others cost
>88, clothes, for instance, can be
ought much cheaper if "meat" is
igher than four years ago. Certain
rticles of food like canned goods
st cheaper rather than higher. All
>rts of ready-prepared foods, cere
Is, and so forth, are now on the
mrket that were not known some
!?ars ago, and so the expenses eat
lemselves up. The trouble is, as
as said above, the housekeeper does
ot try to see how she can overcome
le advance of prices along some ,
nes Iry substituting other things-?
>w women take the trouble to even
ivestigate the prices prevailing at
liferent stores to find out if she
>uld get better prices somewhere
se they simply "follow the line of
ast resistance," and phone to some
ore where they have shopped be?re
order what they want without
iking prices, and then when the
ills come in wonder why everything
so high, and complain bitterly of
le present cost of living! Almost
rery store has some specialty where
certain class of goods can be pur- '
nasod cheaper than at other stores, ;
lid every store has also special sale
IVCKSS OF A HliIM> PHYSICIAN
I i in I From llirtli, He Studied Mcdi*
cine and 1'assed fvxaminat ion?
Makes Diagnosis bv Touch.
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nainain itecorn.
As it Is well known, the most won- j
erful deaf, dumb and blind person
ving is Miss Helen Keller, whose
lertness of mind and perserverance
ave caused her to make such relarkable
accomplishments despite
er three-fold affliction since birth,
t is now claimed that a rival to this
emarkable woman has been found
1 Chicago In the person of Dr. J. ,
V. Bolton, whose appointment as afcendant
physician at the tuberculosis
ospital at the Dunning Asylum,
'hlcago, has recently been annonncd.
At the age of 14 Dr. Bolton, who
as been blind since Infancy, was
raduated from the Illinois State
lospital for the Blind and for many
ears traveled all over the country
elling typewriters, finding his way
without assistance and making a
Ami llvlnrr I.ator hu fttildlfiil merit.
Ino, being the first blind man to
ake the fall four years' coutho In
nedlcine and to pass the Illinois eximlnatlon
for medicine and surgery,
t Is said that when he was graduatid
from the medical college he could
lame 500 of the 600 men In his class
ust by shaking hands with thorn.
)r. Boltcii Is now only 25 years old
ind during the past few months has
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V\ S, JULY, 18, 1913.
at Is Destructive
conditions prevail everywhere.
"Doubtless the largest percentage
of university men, scientists and
students of books is to be found in
France and Germany. Yet in this
vital question, to wit, normal milk
production and distribution, while
the world's most costly dairies present
soino most unscientific condi- ;
tions, it has been almost Impossible, |
due to filth and stench, for tne wunout
first covering my face with a |
handkerchief, to quickly walk i
throuRh some of the cow stables of ;
reputable French and German dair- '
ies. For man's well-being, rather i
than the intelligence which is indis- j
pensable, this denotes the ignorance
which is destructive.
The same author makes the following
statements which at least j
challenge thought and study:
1. At recent prices, the entire
produce of the earth would not I
cover the cost of restoring the fertilizing
elements taken from it.
2. The earth is not producing
sufficient to properly feed and bus
tain all its inhabitants.
3. At recent prices the earth's i
production is insufficient to properly ;
clothe and house all the people.
4. At recent prices the produce of
the earth would not return a fair
compensation for labor and for the
proper maintenance of farm Improvements.
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5. Prior to commercialism there
was never relatively so large a decrease
in the world's food produc- I
tion, and so large an increase in the
number of people in a state of hunger
and starvation more especially
since 1800.
6. This brings out the fact that,
through and under the guise of philanthropy,
they would make the pub- !
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lie Nil IliM ItfVi.*, lllf 1UU1IU |iwi ifio uuu
centralists cannot in any sense provide
for a small fraction of the peopie
they pauperize."
High Cost of Living
days, when prices are greatly re- j
duced. Many and many a dollar f
would be saved the average house- \
hold if the housekeeper would study .
the advertisements in the newspapers
and take advantage of special !
sales. But the two great faults of j
the American housekeeper are her ,
habits of wastefulness; not dellbeiate
waste, but careless or ignorant j
waste, that amazes and horrifies a
French housekeeper or any foreign- |
er; and her Ignorance of the sub- j
stltutlon of one thing not so expensive
for another. The greatest com- !
plaint that housekeepers make is
along the line of meat, yet, here (
above all other places, could dollars
be saved if women knew more about
how to buy meats, and what the dif- j
ferent cuts can be used for. A !
French woman takes a cheap cut of j
meat that costs less than half what j
the usual cut bought here costs and i
can make a more delicious dish than !
any piain roast con in ever no?sue j
knows how to buy, what to buy, and
how to prepare It after it is bought.
Nothing is thrown away in the kitchen
of housekeepers that really know
what they should know and are willing
to take some trouble?but here
again that strange apathy or indifference
makes her leave all that to
the cook, or possibly she will say in
justification, "Oh, my husband can't
bear left-over dishes." That is because
the housekeeper does not know
how to prepare left-over dishes as
they can be'prepare^ If any household
that is today Si Terlng from the
Increased cost of living would first of
all find out if they are not requiring |
more than in former times and running
their households by much more j
luxurious ideals than when they be- :
gan housekeeping, and if the house- j
keeper (whoever runs the house and 1
makes the purchases, whether a paid
housekeeper, the wife or the hushand)
would study where to buy
cheapest, what to buy, and what to
do with it after it was bought?and '
then would see that waste was cut
off?the chances are they would find
in a month's time that they were llv- !
1UK JU?i? an luiiiiui tuiiij aim uu irnn
mnncy than Ave y^nr* ago.
The higher cost of a few foodstuffs,
the few dollars more for rent
arc not what is making It so hard for j
the average household to live?it is
the ever-increasing insistence upon
luxuries? the great American habit
of waste, and the ignorance of domestic
economy on the part of the
housekeepers or their unwillingness
to take the necessary time and trouble
to cut down expenses.
examined 3,500 patients at the municipal
tuberculosis hospital, less than
60 of whom knew he was blind. His
diagnosis is made wholly by touch
and he gives the exact temperature
by feeling the skin and can give exact
pulse count without the aid of a
watch. This blind prodigy says he
can take his raised type books to bed
with him and read all night in the
dark, thus giving him an advantage
in siunying. 11 is nara 10 conceive
how anyone blind from birth could
attain so great a success In the profession
of medicine.
A Tribute to Southern Women.
Edward Lansing CowJes, In Columbia
Record.
1 Southern women, born to preside
o'er our destinies, reared In the
cradle of generosity, nurtured In the
arms of eternal wisdom, gifted in
grace, endowed with beauty, rich in
refinement, priceless in their loyaltv,
tender in their mercy, calm in their
patience, proud of their virtue,
Southern women! Ah, mighty have
humble men become In the heights
of their ambitions, for were not
their rewards based upon a woman's
love? In all the land no fairer women
cast their sweetening Influences
upon human kind than here. Southern
women! The Impelling force j
that moulds a genius from the common
clay, inspirations for nobler
lives and higher purposes. The
Great Sculptor of a billion faces pays
His tribute In the atmosphere of n
roses, amid influences of Southern 0
valor, chivalry and hearts of tenderness
that pulsate with the warm,
red glow of animation from the well- V
springs of eternal justice. No cloud
are dimmed their loyalty, no doubt jvj
Bre betrayed their confidence. Slow
to love and slow to anger, quick to
resent a stain upon name or purpose,
gracious in demeanor, courteous in
treatment, beautiful in expression,
their love is their life and to live for
you in the life you must live if you K(
gain their heart. Treasure it, place ?l
upon it every ounce of value In
golden virtue of appreciation. Deal
thoughtfully, soberly, well. Turn r
your footsteps toward the goal of '
"her" ambitions 'til the day will
come when you will occupy a statesman's
chair. Listen to the music of
her voice, the soft ripple of her w
laughter, the songs 011 her lips from
h#r heart and her soul, every human
impulse Is for you.
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The Cleveland Star. la
For twenty years the heroic and P"
successful struggle and achievements Ji
of the blind, deaf and dumb Helen G
Keller, a native of Alabama, have c<
been the marvel of the United States. A
Deaf, dumb and blind, by unceasing bi
effort and distinguished teachers, bi
like the celebrated Alexander Bell, e<
of Bell telephone fame, and other, fi
she has overcome this triple hand!- ai
cap and has learned to sing. tl
She Is a genius that has triumphed b
over every difficulty, laughed at ob- o
stacles, has become the apostle of c<
rnnH cheer and a noble insniration T
to the weak and afflicted, for her tl
book and success have won for her , Si
a national reputation. tj
Reading and writing with her sen- a
slvitive fingers, and talking also to w
normal hearers, "he has shown what h
a plucky woman, ' 1 whose vocabu- w
lary there Is no sl i word as "Fail,"
can do in life's struggle.
It appears as If it were a miracle, ' H
that this brilliant and resourceful If
woman, c{\n write fc>ooks showing her <1
genius and is taking voice culture 1 w
and learning to sing. Here Is a liv- t'
Ing monument to heroic perseverance a<
and a rebuke to the more fortunate A
and normal people who accomplish
so little in life. ?*'
She has achieved one victory after ?
another by many years of struggles ^
until this child of silence has made a
her dumb lips to speak and sin?. C(
To be a deaf-mute Is a double s]
affliction, but this child of silence is K
now taught to speak or imitate words ^
she does not hear yet she can see and N
enjoy life notwithstanding this hand- C
icap. The loss of these three senses, ^
sight, hearing and talking, is consid- ^
ered a triple and unsurmountable
handicap almost equal to death. But d
Helen Keller, aided by noble and b
self-sacrificing teachers, had the w
genius ror conquering aimcuities until
she has made herself famous and 1
her achievements surpass the majority
of younR women of her aRe G
possessed of all their factultles. The h
people's interest in this brave heroic w
woman has increased and the climax
wns reached when the papers said n
she now sinps successfully. "Helen n
Keller, the iivinR testimonial to the
miracles of intellectual resurrection, ^
makes hope a duty, and despair itself
a sin." ^
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Richmond Times-Dispatch. n
The historic Runs that for sixtythree
years have done duty at the ^
VirRinia Military Institute spoke for
the last time, when upon the 50th
anniversary of Stonewall Jackson's j
death, they thundered their saluteH
to their former commander. "Let _
this battery, which has known so .
much of toil, like the sword of Jack
son, rest, but not decay. In sacred
idleness," was the order read to the
corps by Commander Wise, and then
Col. William T. Poague, of the Rock
Bridge Artillery, who had commanded
the guns In the War Between the
States, and eight of the surviving
gunners fired the guns for the last '
time upon the same parade ground ^
whence. In 18f>7, Jackson marched
the cadets to the camp of Instruction
at Richmond.
"Venerable with age and honorable
service," the guns tenderly have h
been placed to rest about the spot
where Jackson In fmmortal bronze
surveys the Valley of Virginia, in 1
whose defense he waged a campaign n
that earned for him glory that grows brighter
and brighter with the years
The silenced guns are rich In asso- ^
elation with him. A year after they f
had been given to the institute by
President Zaehary Taylor as an evi- ^
dence of his admiration for Its en- 0
dets, who were his personal escort jj
at the unveiling of the Washington j
monument there. Thomas Jona- s
than Jackson came to the lnstitu- s
tion, and, serving as Instructor in n
artillery, usee tne guns ior nis worK ^
in that connection. They were a part n
of the armament of the 'Itock Bridge e
Artillery and one of them fired the j,
first hostile Confederate shot in the
Valley. They roared their defiance
at First Manassas, when the Reliant ^
Bee christened Jackson "Stonewall." ?
The caison of one bore him to burial.
They were captured by General Hunter,
of the Union army, and were
taken to Washington, two years later
to be returned to the Institute by .
Lincoln's secretary of war, Stanton.
They remained in use from that time f
until their retirement, on serving as I
the evening gun.
Never silenced by the guns of the '
Invader, they are now by reverent i
hands mounted to stand in eternal
guard over the hills where sleep Lee
and his mighty right arm, Jackson. 1
Silent for all time to come, they yet
will speak from generation to gen- I
eratton concerning their captain, '
who lived and who shall live again 1
in the shadow of the wings of i
Jehovah.
As a uenlus a inan ?r th* real
thing if he ran buy his wife a $6.98
hat and r.n.ke her forget thaf it was
an electric runabout she wanted. ,
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ACK TO GETTYSBURG
IEVVS OF LANCASTER SURVIVOR
ajor W. G. A. Porter, Co. I, 12th
UeRlmcnt, McGowan's Brigade,
Writes of His Recent Trip.
d the Editor of The News:
After fifty years has past and
>ne, with a small number of the
irvlvors of the battle of Gettysburg,
>ught July 1, 2 and 3, 1863, by the
d of state and county, our way
lere, and back was paid. It would
ave looked too bad not to have ac;pted
this kind offer and not go and
iok over the field where two of the
randest armies had met and we
ere a part of one of them. The
fes of the nation for the last few
lontlis have been turned to Gettysurg.
The meeting of the Illue and
ray was on that bloody battlefield,
here fifty years ago they fought in
eadly conflict on Seminary hills
1th over one hundred cannon
minting over to Cemetery Hill, a
ille away, where the Union army
iy, with as many cannon, and more
srhaps, pointing to Seminary Ridge,
illy 1st the battle was begun. Mcowan's
South Carolina brigade was
immanded in that battle by General
bner Perrin. History may tell o!
rave men and deeds done in battle,
ut when that gallant brigade charg1
the enemy in the morning of the
rst day from behind the stone fence
nd routed them and drove them
irough the little town of Gettysurg,
there they were halted by their
wn general, who said. "You have
jvered yourselves with glory, rest."
hat night when the roll was called
le loss of Company 1, Twelfth
outh Carolina Volunteers was thirr-seven
killed and wounded. That
wful night pf July 1, the heavy
heels of artillery, the tramp of
orses, the cries of the dying and
ounded, made It a night of sorrow,
>r many a brother was dead. July
nd two armies, one on Cemetery
[111, the other on Seminary Ridge,
ly waiting. At day the artillery ?
uel begun. All day long the guns
ere roaring so awful that the earth
embled for 20 miles around. The
scond day passed with but little
ghtlng in Hill's corps.
The morning of July 3rd came, the
Lin rose on thousands living but set
n thousands dead, tot that was the
ite of the Confederacy, to settle
nd sure enough It was ,but what did
nst? The following figures will ,
how:
[tiled on Union side 3,155
[founded 14,529
li8sing 5,365
onfederate killed 3,500
[founded 14,500
lissine 13
As the sun was rising that awful
ay little did I know that I was to
e one in that large number to be
ounded, but I was. While our
ompany was ordered out to support
tie sharpshooters, I was wounded in
lie arm. then I bid farewell to
lettysburg and made my way to a
ospital. All who were able to walk
rere allowed to save themselves,
hlrh I did. How different was the
leettng fifty years after. We were
let by open arms. No booming of
annon andl rattling of small arms,
iften in shaking hands you could see
tie tears rolling down the cheeks,
ye whre shown nothing but kindness
rhile I stayed. Yes, it was a great
athering when I think of it, when
early all the old soldiers had past
tie 70th mile post and worn with
ears. Before I close this sketch
want to say to any that
lay criticise the Gettysburg renion,
had they been there in
tiat great battle and the reunion
tielr minds would perhaps be dlfsrent.
And now before I close I
lust give my opinion of General
.ongstreet, this I hold everv man is
ntitled to, and this is mine. There
ever has been a better fighter nor a
etter fighting corps that ever went
n a battlefield than Longstreet's.
Well, perhaps I have written
nough for this time and thanking
tie state and county for paying our
'ay to the greatest reunion the nalon
has ever had and hoping the
eunion of the few remaining Bolters
yet living and nil their friends ..
'ill have a good time at Dixio July
1st. W. O. A. PORTER.
It is better to pay doctor's bills
tian to have the undertaker collect
Is from your estate.
It's easy for some people to take
hings philosophically?if they are
ot nailed down.
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