Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WAR SI ^VIM'II Grorcloii JoiiK M Thc ?Sutii A few days ago wa.s printed a letter 1 .."rom t!:< editor ol' a New Vork magti :inc, asking foi old photographs of <jeneral Jehu I?. Gordon, or any t f his sol-tiers belonging tu the li rv t .company he c uiiriiandcd, organized by bini in Alabama, where he resided in ??>r.i. While it is true that .! ? i m vnlun? .leered i:i thc ?'rr\ icc 'i'll ('on fe der icy fro tn Alabama, il ii* ti Iso a fact that 'iisii rs t warlike step -his li rsi pu ol ic ict pledging his armed ?apport to ihc ..au-c ol' the south - was in lin eily of Atlaatz, tn Itaccmbcr, 1 'I lie ?;ory ir- worthy of ti place in the annals o? those stirring day.-. At that .'.imo excitement wa.-* at fever heat in .Atlanta. li cf ore the presidential election Colonel Thomas C. Howard ' ook LIIC lead in organising a body of '"minute mon," and the movement K/a- eo popular that about IOU citizens ??nroiicd their names. .Tho object ni tho association, as -Huted by Colonel Alexander M. Wal Aaec, laror .cgallant confederate officer, vwhe '?7L5 to organize a body of citizens ?who would pledge themselves to stand "by thc rights of thc southern states against a black republican government. ."Resolutions were adopted binding the uieeticg to aid any -southern state -that might secede, to the last extrem ity. Ur. Willis V. Westmoreland presi der thc meeting ?and among .aker* were Colonel Tom llow Colofp'i Tilomas L. Cooper, Uni jud Hen Yancey and Colonel A. I>. oc-l-i. Many of the best citizens signed tine roll. Karly tn December the minute men -held an enthusiastic meeting. Fiery speeches wore delivered and resolu tions were adopted declaring that the selection "f Lincoln made it necessary -for Georgia to secede. Henry Rhodes, DO years old, a sol ?dier under Jackson at thc battle of New Orleans, came all the way from Vireono county to join the Atlanta Minute Men. The gallant veteran was the lion of the hour and his cxamplo Grcd the .hearts of tho young men and caused <hem to euroli thoir names aa rapidly -as they could bo called out. In the crowd that night might have been Been a tall, splendid lookiug .young mao, who, though a stranger to cno9t of those around him made a high ly favorable impression upon all who ^aw him. He was passing through Atlanta to bis home in Alnbama, and hearing of tao meeting had boen drawn there out .of curiosity, and on account of his ?deep interest in every effort to as sert and maintain tho rights of the ?south. At an opportuno moment he briefly --explained that, whilo he was a resident .of Alabama, the Minuto Men of At Canta eo thoroughly represented his .sentiments that ho desired to join thc 'Organization. The remarks of the chivalric look ing visitor were received with applause and he at once signed the roll in a bold hand a name destined to become famous in tho military and civic his tory of his country-tho name of John B. Gordon. On thc night in question among the new members were George S. Thomas, Warren Jourdan, W. T. C. Campbell, Daniel Pittman, Thomas M. Clarke, -John W. Leonard, Kd Murphy and Harry Krouse. The graceful and handsome stranger from Alabama remained in tho hall several minutes after the adjournment of the meeting, but among his old and 'new acquaintances not a single one dreamed that thc mau beforo thom ?would rank among the greatest gener als of thc agc-would lead many of the Atlanta Minute Men in Virgin ia-would bc Georgia's senator and governor and most honored citizen. That wa- several weeks before Geor gia seceded, but thc temper of thc people WHS such that they could not wait for thv formal action of the state 'Convention. They wanted it known in advance ?that their hands, hearts, fortunes and .4 i ves were ready to be risked in the ef fort to establish a new republic in ?which the state rights of the south would bo duly guaranteed and pro jected. Thc act of signing thc roll of min iute men was equivalent to volunteer ring in thc military service of the state ?and of the future confederacy. Even .if the signers had suffered their ardor ito cool at a later day, public opinion .would havo forced them to narry out 'their agreement. , * So, while it is accurate history to ta^y that Gordon volunteered in thc .Confederate service from Alabama, is thc captain of the company raised ?ibero by his efforts, it is just as true WI BS. Ci eor? ci;t"s -Mini i tc cn. iy South. in a t! to say that tho lir>-t tuno lis services was made in Atlanta, ti. <ugh th re was thru no governmental organization authorized j tu accept his offer. ? lt i- not surprising that young '?fir don joined thc; Allantaos who were so eager For thc fray in tho turbulent .lays following the election "r Lin coln. .lu-: at that time Atlanta was an important political center. It had many northern citizens who wen un ion tuen, but they were t ilt need by their scces.sionii t neighbors. Night after night iullamiiiatory speeches were < e?vered hy l'rari.sis S. Harlow, Howell C'obb, Kobert Tooiubs, William L. Yauoey, Henry K. .Jack son, Lucius S. G artroll. Tom How ard and others, and Governor .Jos eph \], Brown and his north Geor gia orgau. Thc Haily Intelligencer, were anything hut peacemakers. In such an atmosphere a sensitive, high-spirited, patriotic young south erner like (Jordon naturally chafed at any delay in submitting tho burning ouestion of thc- hour to the arbitra ment of the sword. His voice was for war, and if his At lanta friends were ahead of tho Ala bamans in their hostile preparations, he was ready to join them. He want ed to be among thc first to reach the front, and if Alabama had lagged be hind he would have crossed ever to Georgia nnd j <inod ono <>f thc c. >rn uiauds of i tint stale. i hope the New York magazine will be obie to secure the desired photo graphs. There may ho a few in the possession of the families of Gordon's old soldiers, hut they aro more likely to he found in Alabama than in the vi cinity of Atlanta. General (Jordon's war reminiscences will be looked for with much interest. The general has Caesar's peculiar gift of being able to handle the pen as ef fectively as the sword. Whether he speaks or writes, he is always bright, strong, original and graphic, and no living man is more devoted to tho truth of history. The surviving members of the At lanta Minute Men of sixty have good reason to be proud of their comrade and the record ho has made. How Atlanta Was Humeri. Today is the anniversary of Sher man's first day's march through Goor gia, forty years ago. It is true tho war is over, and wo have buried the tomahawk, but thc memories of it are not over, and I shall never forget my experience as a soldier in Co. A, Kloventh Georgir cavalry, commanded by Capt. Madison Bell. They were camped at Athens, Ga., when I enlisted as a recruit, not quite 16 years of agc. Wheu Hood's army moved uorth we moved down around Atlanta and camped near Lovejoy Station. <>a the morning of November lil, ISO I, north of thc Central railroad and east of Oakland City, my command, accompanied by General Ilannon's brigade and a portion of tho Eighth Texas cavalry, dismounted and attosk ed the federals, then occupying the Loftia house, latelj sold by Colonel Anthony Murphy to thc L. & N. road. Mot more than twenty of my company over got over thc ditches and pits up even vi tb the house, so hot was tho federal fire upon us. Two of our boys, Scott and Bowden, wore killca beside mo, while Lieutenant Isaao Alexander was shot in thc head and arm. I dodged behind a friendly old oak tree, which is standing there yet, but which is soon to como down to make way for tho railroad yards. I remain ed behind this tree until tho shower of shot and shell abated somewhat, when I jumped like n cat back over thc bresatworks and caught my com mand. Later 1 saw Atlanta burned - on the night of November 21, 1 Si?4. At first I could not understand such a pheno menal light. It was gorgeous and as high as heaven. I found out, though, that Sherman had applied tho torch and removed his army, leaving Atlan ta in ashes. Tho next day we fell back toward Jjno>boro. Near Lovejoy six of us we're left to guard the road. While on this duty the whole federal army passed down another road, complete ly cutting us off from our com mand. There were threo roads, and they occupied those on each side of us, leaving us in the middle In trying to get out of this situation I ran my horse into a fence, sprained his shoulder, and then I was helpless. Before I could run across thc Fayette v* i i I t? i a*l (.?enera! Kilp ?tr.?!.'.- eayul ry wort? th ero in -i^i:t. I ran for a 1 .-.ii-?1. but on itpprn ?.; fi i II ?^ it a lady, Mr?, Illizubeth Cooper, ran out thc hack door crying: "Go back, b'iy. thc ?Iront jard and latir arr full of Yankie-. Get back as quickly as you can!" 1 ran back to thc edee of a crcok swamp and plunged into thc thicket, where 1 stayed all night, within three hundred yards of fi cn eral Kilpatrick's camp. It was thc longest night I ever spent. Nota wink ?lid I sleep in this dark wood, with nothing ?o see but the .-tars which dotted thc broad and blue canopy above. I thought of thc cock that used to crow from the old family clock at home to let mc know t!..it darkin SH was at an end, but be w i- not hero to crow, though some times it soi un d iK.it I could hear that old clock ticking -oiiie.vbcrc in tl?< d irknc-- about mo. i?;it all at once thc general's bra?*: baud begun to play; "Get out of lin Wilderness," and soo? al ter the Fed eral army lorin moving, on all .-ide towards the south, lt dawned upoi me then that thc great anny bad imp united mu from my command, and 1 was nearly one hundred miles Iron home, my horse crippled, and will nothing to cat but u little raw cori ami potatoes left ih the track of Sher man's army. .1 felt indeed like a mi rooucd sailor. After the army pissei 1 started for my home in Morgai county. 1 landed there to hud tb whole country in distress. I was sic! from exposure, but reported in Atb cns, where my uncle, .Judge Williar. T. .Martin, of Hanks county, procure mo a furlough for sixty days. That ended my war record. 1 wa a wiser boy, a great deal sadder fe the experience. Puring my years c railroad service I have passed tbroug the mill iii wrecks, aud have bee quarantined away from home in th niid-t of yellow fever, but I bail ratio I" iee thu J'ev-T aiol go ? brough a doze wrecks than one battle. -Z?ich Ma: tin in Atlanta Journal, Nov. 2'?. - ? -*^m Sume Notable Surrenders. "General Williams, you have mad yourself a name in history, and po: terity will stand amazed at the cudu ance, the courage, th edi sci pli ne wbic this siege bas called forth in thc ri mains of an army. Let us arrange capitulation that will satisfy thc di mands of war without disgracing in inanity." In these noble and gene ous words did the Russian Gcucr Mouravicil address the. gallant ma who for six months bad conducted tl defense of Kars ngainst overwhelmit odds, says the St. Louis Globe Dem erat. And it was only when cbolci had devastated his garrison and thei was no longer a scrap of food left thi tho iutrepid Fenwick Williams wou even liston to such a word as surrei der. When thc great Napoleon hud pla; ed his lau car l and realized that tl game was over ho wroto this letter I the prince .agent: "Royal Highness A pory to the factions whioh divit my country and to the enmity of tl greatest powers of Europe, I have te ruinated my public career, and I com like Themistocles, to scat myself the hearth of tho British pcoplo. place myself under the protection of i laws, which I claim from your roy highness, as thc most powerful, tl most constant and thc most gcneroi of my enemies." Then Napoleon walked with prot step and gallant bearing on board tl Bellerophon and surrendered himse to Captain Maitland-tho first staj of bis journey to exile and death St. Helena. Another historic surrender was th of General Leo to hi| adversar Grant, in tho civil war. When, * the end of his long and keenly foug duel with Grunt, the Confed?ralo ge ?eral found himself hopelessly hemm, in by an overwhelming foroe of tl enemy, ho aooepted Grant's invitatl to surrender "in order to avoid uselc effusion of blood." The conditio were made easy and honorable for hi by his generous foe, and on April 1865, General Leo handed his BWO to Grant at tho Appohiatox: cou house, while thc remnaut of his on great army, now reduced to 27,S men, followed in his wake, lcavii their weapons behind them. Thus oi of the most destructive wars in hum: history came to a dramatic and hone able cloie. At that supreme moment in tl desiiny of Napoleon III. whee ! found himself at Sedan with thc d moralised remnant of his defeat army, surrounded by 250,000 of tl enemy's troops, he sent the followit noto to his conquerer, thc l'russit king: "My brother, us I am not ab to dio at the head of my troops, place my sword at your majesty feet." On the following morning tl crushed emperor and Bismarck met the sordid Upper room of a weaver cottage, and the terms of Burrend wero arranged. "It was the most m comfortable hour I ever spent in n lifo," Bismarek used to say late "In fact, I felt more awkward thi whoo, as a young man, I had a partn at a danoo who wouldn't or couldn talk." The surrender, we nc? scarcely n;cal|, was absolute. Napo leon wag neut a captive lo the castle of Wtlhclmsuhohe, near Cassel; ami j.'<-nera!-. 230 Star! oiliccrs and -?'J ii1*') II:' u heeauie prisoners ol' war. lint perhaps the most gallant gen eral win? ever surrendered to tho en emy was Osman Pasha, the irfiujurtal defender of Plevna. Surrounded by an immeasurably superior army of llussia, Osman kept his flag living for 142 days, inflicting a loss of over 40*, U'JO men on the enemy, and lobing HU, Otjo of his own garrison; and it was only when both provisions an ammu nition failed that he decided ou that desperate attempt to cut his way through the investing army. The attempt, one of the most dar in.' and resolute in history, failed, and (isman was at last compelled to throw up the sponge. So impressed, however, wire the enemy with his valor that, as he was carried wounded j i through their r-nks, they greeted him ; \ as a conqueror with cheers aud pre- I s"uted arms. ' t I t i Bishop Ihim nn on Society Bishop Duncan, who is presiding over the North Georgia Conference now in session at Marietta, used some very plain words in a Thanksgiving sermon delivered in the latter city. Thc Bishop declared that society is leading women to their ruin, and that many violations of the law by the so ciety set aro winked at. "I see," said the Bishop, "when I am visiting around during the year, the empty beuches at the prayer meeting, the lack of attendance at the church so cieties and the non-attendance to thc ordinary religious duties. What is the matter with the women? I will tell you. They are going to their clubs auu societies. They have to go to their Shakespeare Club, and their Browning Club and their Tennyson Club. It isn't so bad for them to go to the Browning Club, because if they ever get so that they can understand him thc only reason can bc that they have been hard at work studying him. To know Browning one must study and study hard, aud even then the chauces are, if yon ever meet him, and tell him the meaning of something he has written he will not understand you. If you give him your interpretation of what he has written the thought you express will probably never have oc curred to him. But why organize Shakespeare or Browning or Tenny son clubs? You never hear of a Da vid Club or a Paul Club or a Mark Club. I defy the combined geniuses of the world to put all they have ever written together and rival with it the beauties of the poetry in the book of David. "Now, during our recent Confer encein North Carolina, Bishop Cres hire, of the Episcopal Church, carno before us and made an address upon that fearful evil of divorce. Why was it necessary? Let me say to the wo men, and I never discount women; many say that I praise them too much -they become unmanageabls nt home. But I want to say seriously, that your clubs and federa ions of clubs and societies for the study of things are going to be your ruin. If you keep on excluding your husbands and sons andSmeet behind closed doors by gas light without a male present, you need not bc surprised if thc men go to their clubs and their saloons. "Oh, your tete a-tctes and your functions-functions," exclaimed Bishop Duncan in a burst of sar casm. "As long as you insist upon giving f unctious you need not be surprised if the men become Elks and join thc clubs." The Bishop then told of the evils of card playing aad wine driuking at these "functions," and illuetrated with the story >f a gambler who had died drunk and who had first learned to gamble in his mother's parlor by playing for a cut glass vase and who had first learned to drink at a "func tion" given by his mother. "You oan call ita cut glass func tion if you want to," said the Bishop, "but the devil calls it 'gambling.* " "So does the law," interrupted one of the ministers from thc floor. "Who enforces it?" asked the Bishop quickly, looking in the direc tion from whence came the interrup tion. "They made a show of enforcing tho law by arresting a crap game, and the newspapers aro full of the splen did effort:* ?of thc officers to break up gambling, but all the while the cut glass women continue. Keep it up, you women, and you will see hore in Georgia that I saw recently in Butte, Mon. I saw a saloon with a side door to it, marked 'Ladies' Entrance.' Think of it. An entrance for La dies."-Spartanburg Journal. - When a man is his own worst enemy it is np to him to make friends with himself4 4 - No, Maude, dear; there is no similarity between a dinner coat and an Eton jacket. - A sharp tongue may give vent to blunt spoeoh. - Lots of hotest mon nave never been put to the test. - It is possible to talk yourself un. without running other people down. , Hirth Kate DciTiaslng Statisticians declare that there \> n alarming decrease annually in thc drib rate of the United States. In 890 thc 1? i rt li rate per thousand was l?.bS; in 1900 it was 2i{ 48. The suc ecding years have shown a steady de rcase until ecclesiastics of all dcnoin nations have raised their voices in tretest against a condition of things rhieh they declare to be demoralizing o the human race. There arc many auses to which the decrease in birth ate in this country can bc attributed, ?ut it is probable that the most im tortaut factor in the change is the de ibcrate and voluntary avoidance of hild birth in thc upper circles of so iety. This being so there is little ?rospect that the birth rate in thc 'nited Slates will show any increase n future years. Thc lessening of the ?ir(h rate may not be regarded as bo ng in itself an evil, or that it will be rorth while to attempt to increase the ?irili rate merely for the sake of main lining a constant increase in popula tion,because neither to this or the next ;eneratiou would such increase be ben >ficial. But considered as one of the jigos of the forces which are at work to modify the existing conditions of society, some of which appear to be of 2vii tendency, Lhe decrease of the birth rate merits careful consideration by statisticians, sociologists and all who are interested in the physical and moral well-being of the inhabitants of this country. We remarked above that the tend ency to have no it'amilies is practically confined to the upper circles of so ciety, A prominent New York di vine recently declared that married women of the wealthier classes now considered it extremely "unfashion able" to rear children, and he further stated that to meet this condition all the sanctity of marriage was trampled under foot. We take it that this ieolaration will not be disputed by those who have taken the trouble to investigate the matter. Thi9 modern sin, how ever, is not confined to thc United States, but it is practiced extensively in Trance and other countries of Eu rope. "We do not suppose that all the preaching in the world will ever put a stop to a practice which is little short of murder, but the fact remains that the evil exists, and if we com plain of djeicasing birth rates we have not far to seek for the primary oau*e.-Asheville Citizen. - i- ? ? - - Some people put on so many airs that it makes them stoop-shoul der-;d._ GIN PHOSPHATE CURES KIDNEY DISEASES URINARY AND BLADDER TROUBLES FOR SALE AT ALI* DI ?FDH Gil fl IE 8. BE HUMANE! G?t your faithful Horse a BLANKET to keep him warm these cold days. We have them from 75c. up. H. G. JOHNSON&S0HS. BRING ME ST RI Xii BEANS, BUTTER, EGGS. , CHICKENS, HONEY, Ac. Best possible price paid In Cash or ?roceriee. ,s J. C. TEMPLETON, _ 131 North M?ln 81 Notice to Creditors. A LL persons having demanda or CX. claims against the Estate of ?. J. Norris, deceased, are hereby lott Qed to present them, properly prov? n, to the undersigned within th? time resoribod by law, and those indebted re not?pod to make payment. .' r-MRS. ELIZA. A, NORRIS. ^^T:.-. Adm'x. Nov 30, 1904 . 1 24 8 Notice to Creditors. AU persons having demanda against the :? rate of Tho*. M. and Mary Murphy, de aned, are hereby notified to present iom, properly proven, to the undersign A, within the time prescribed by law,and lose indebted to make pavment. W. S. MURPHY, AdTB'r. Nov 30, 1004 24 3 I ? kn old Story Retold. Former Senator "Hilly" Mason tells of an amusing incident at the St. Louis fair, says the New York Globe. A young woman from California, in com pany with some Chicago friends, was entering one of the pavilions when she suddenly exclaimed: "Why, if there isn't a real Chinee!" And she direct ed her companions' attention tcyin Oriental lady in native dress sitting quietly by herself. "Well, girls," continued the dash ing Californian, "I'll bet anything the poor thing is frightened to duath here all alone. I'll go over and speak a bit of pigeon Koglish tu her." And thc girl from the slope walked over to the small, dainty figure in the odd dress and seated herself beb'dc her. She smiled and nodded. The Chinese lady smiled and nodded, too. Then the Californian remarked: "Yon comee alic wiy from China? How you like the Melican kluntly?" The bright ejes of the Oriental twinkled. "Oh," replied she, with the purest of English accent, "I like it very well, indeed. You see, I w?.s graduated in medicine iu America some ycara ago." Then the little lady, with a polite bow, arose to meet her friends whom ohe had been awaiting. The Californian subsequently learn ed that she had been speaking her pigoon English to the distinguished Dr. Yamee Kin. -If the streets were paved with gold there would still be objections raised to tho dust. - Misery loves company, perhaps, but society at a large does not recip rocate tho affection. - The pin-and-ink artist may bo classed among those who draw tho color line. ^ ilii ?k A?A?i?4>AAAii?\4A?i?(4?\?? if* ?% m 9 i CET THE HABIT ! ? To Buy Your Shoes [ AT THE BOSTON SHOE STORE WE have the strongest line of Boys' and Children's Shoes that ever came te Anderson. You 6nd the best Plow Shoe to the very finest Dress Shoe. We sell only Shoes which we can guarantee. Why should you buy others when you can get the VERY BEST wear at the very least money. Do not buy before you have eeen our Shoes. Buy your Shoes in a Shoe Store. You get the right fit. If you have corns or bunions we can shapa your Shoes so \/" that you will be relieved of pain. We have a Shoe for Sunday. We have a pair for Monday for work. Surely we have a pair to please you. r o Respectfully, " ? MARTIN SELIGMAN. ? Next to the Farmers and Merchants Bank. 4 > Car Load Studebaker Wagons just arrived. Car of Kentucky, Old Hickory and Tennessee Wagons to arrive. Also, three cars of Buggies, Carriages,* Surreys and pleas? ure Vehicles generaUy. Call and see us. FRET WELL - HANKS CO. ONE CAR OF HOG FEED. Have just received one Car Load of HOG FEED (Shorts) at veiy close prices. Come before they are all gone. Now is the time for throwing Around your premises to prevent a case of fever or some other disease, that will cost you very muoh more than the price of a barrel of Lime (8100.) We have a fresh shipment in stock, and will be glad to send you some, If you contemplate building a barn or any other building, see us before buying your CEMENT and LIME, As we sell the very best qualities oily. O. D. ANDERSON. A. C. STRICKLAND, DENTIST. Office Over Farmsrs aid Merchante Bink. SPECIAL attentlonglven to the higher classes of Dental work. Crowns, Bridges and Porcelain Inlays, such aa aro done in the larger cities. All kinda of Platea made. Gold Sitt ings in arti finial tssth any tims alter jriatea are made. Osyg9? Gas! and Local Anaesthetics given For the Painless Extraction or teeth. Bleeding and;dlseaBed game treated. ?StT* All calla to the country and near* by Towns for the Painless Extraction of ?Teeth promptly attended to by a oompe~ tent assistant. A Up LOOK AJSEJj) A man thinks it is when the matter of lue . insurance saggwta itself-but circumstan ces of late have aha wa hew lire hangs by a thread when nar, Heed, hurricane and fire soddenly overtakes yeo, and the only way tf/be sure that your family is protected in case of calaHfcy overtaking you is to in sure in a eohd Cfeaapany liktr Tho Mutual Benefit?Life Inp Drop in and see us about it ? M. MC, MAOCXI?Oni. STATE AGEST. Peoples' Ban* Building, ANDERSON, O S.