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PAUL JONES AND OUR NAVY MrrDhences of the Doughty Little A< -toiral -in the Early Organization of the Service. John R. Spears. the author of "Hi ,vory of Our Navy." writing in Cc er's for July r, tells the full story John Paul Jones. He says: 1n, biographies of John Paul Jon, (born John Paul. in Scotland). sho that he was a sailor in the merchai service at twelve. a second mate sever,teen. a master at twenty. ar that when twenty-six. being then corn.3:and of the brig Two Friend fyin; in the reach of the Rappaha zec: iver, he left the merchant se vice and settled down for life. as upposcd. on a plantation of 3,0 acre. of good Virginia land. which I bad tust inherited from his broth William. William had inherited tl lard from an uncle named Jones. at had assumed the uncle's name wh< be did so. It was provided that Jol Paul should also add the name Jones when taking the estate, ai thus John Paul,1 the merchant capta vf excellent repute, became John Pa Jones. a Virginia planter. That l -was thus made in law and in fact .fellow-citizen of Washington seer :to he worth mention, because ign rance of facts has led people- into e cet- regard to the status of this f - ini- fighter of the revolution. Jol Pa"l Jones was a rebel or a patri according to the point of view, b the statement that he was a pira comes only from ill-mannered ign rance. How Jones, the planter, w the regard of his neighbors, how l knocked down a British naval lie tenant for speaking insultingly of Vi ginia women, and how that little fr cas was taken seriously by all of t Cc'lnial newspapers of the day, c, be but mentioned here. The story -what he did for the American na begins in 1775. It was then appare that war with the old country was hand. and the Virginians saw that t' people of Massachusetts woud be t ones to bring on the rupture. Ti 'Virginians were fully determined -stand by the New Englanders in ti crisis, while Jones. with his natur instinct for war, was so anxious to' his -oart that he left his plantatic and -ith his little twenty-ton slo< stared on a voyage to Boston. ear is 'irY spri-ng. He was visiting Net York. for his voyage was that -a vachtsman, when the news of tl bat:le of Lexington arrived April Seeing that war 'had come sooner th; be expected, Jones turned back hot to prepare for actual service. T] -passage wasmade in threedays, sho, og -hat hie would carry on sail whi Sa ~hurry, even on a tiny slo op. a - the -in he arrived (April 27) '~'~e to !ouir members of the Con nential congress. asking them to ke him in mind in connection with "al per->vs.: .that may be taken for WhBile '.ones waited for a rep] to~ i-rench frigates-one of whic T~'erpsich'are, was new-came im mIipton Roads. They were cart ing Lo1i; Philippe. Duke of Char-tr< -r 3-schooling voyage, for the Dul 'a ^to 'become high admiral "Franjce From his own and the neig ~be-r;u plantations John Paul Jon *k.rded his sloop with produce plea * TO aiors just in from a sea vo age, a?nd going down to the Fren< sWs .fered the load with his cor 'pen-s. The Duke was he who b are Philippe Egalite during tl Fr ench revolu-tion: he wvas not afra ofj M:mg dignity by making a frier ci The Virginian planter, and he ke: 'oniio the Te: psichore for thr< zay's as a guest. Tihat was a great social triumph f< Jones. but -it was planned and secur< 'with' a patriotic end in view. F< 'en Joznes left the ship he carri< eU details of her constructien, hi *ba:try. and even copies ef ner a .p 4s naval architects the Fren< -her. jed the world, and Jones knew E e pected to go to Philadelphia co.-ath congress about the buil m :a naval force for the defence< ci -.onies. and he thus made pr< s-:>a r the event. T:-c':nngress met on May to. C nm-:a commi-tee was appoinlte Scon= :der a naval defence. On Jul -18 >or Paul Jones arrived in Phil: Neghia, 'ty invitation of the commi ree. To give them the benefit of h Mccwledge. At the behest of th moment. He acted as a member of A a commission for the examination of : the twenty different merchantmen le which had been offered for the con- mn; version into warships. They selected mI the six vessels that formed the first American war squadron, and because in Jones confessedly dominated the corn- to mission. it may be said that in placing of these ships on the naval list he. in a co way. founded the navy of the United si( States. p. Jones understood very well that the revolution was a war for the defence at a of the colonies-a fight for peace- a d and knowing this, he declared that the ca best way to accomplish the result was a tu) force the fighting in the enemy's i Sterritorv. e "I have never been able to con- fo D template with composure the theory ha e of the purely defensive in naval lir r tactic." he wrote. e1 e John Paul Jones began his work on d the American navy by instructing er , congress. He followed precept with T in example. and few such pacemakers as a of he have been seen in any navy. The . id wily John Adams had Jones put at ar n the head of the list of lieutenants in Pt ul order that Dudley Saltonstall, of the tr he Alfred. might have a most efficient th a executive officer. In accepting this B1 ns inferior position Jones first set the wi o- pace for those who were to come after ha r- him. Lacer he set the pace again by wi ha- an effort to drive Saltonstall out of or in the navy, an effort so determined that >t it required all the influence of the as ut friends of Jones to keep him from ha "te shoo.ting the New Englander in a th duel. For Saltonstall had proved it mn himself wholly unfit for command, la he and Jones was determined that no -ch u- such man should wear the uniform. w r- Having urged that aggressive war ot a- was the best defence for -the colonies, de he Jones in time applied for the com n mand of the frigate Trumbull. He ; of thought it would help the cause to fil .y show the French a frigate like that et nt merely as a sample of what the colo- to at nies could build, the influence of in he what he hoped to do with her. He b( he got the sloop Ranger instead. On na he her he put a battery of fourteen nine to pounders and four sixes instead of is the twenty sixes intended for her-a ot 'a! characteristic act-and on October th 3o 2. 1776, he reported her ready. but he at n. held her back until the battle of Sara- m )p toga. It makes the blood of the pa- of [y triot tingle to this day to read how a m [n messenger rode for thirty consecu f tive hours from the foothills of the tAdirondacks to Portsmouth. New t.!amipshire, where the Ranger lay. mn I"I will spread this news in France e in thirty days," said Jones. when he ie got his sailing orders, and in spice of etwelve days of fierce northeast d a quall.s and three of southeasterlies, N ihe landed in Nantes in thirty-two 20 e dlays,.a ti- The influence of the work done sc p with the Ranger was far reaching. iyJones had advocated aggressive work, a and now he showed how to do it. t He alarmed the coasts of the enemy. Lv. HeI attacked and captured the Drake, h. ja ship of superior force. The excit to ment created in Europe by this stmall ybattle was tremendous, and for the s very good reason that in it was then S e demc istrated for the first time that f a British ship could be compelled to Cl - surrender by an enemy that was at s best of no greater force. s-And that was not all. "I had lost -no opportunity of training them in great gun envrcise." wrote Jones of the Ranger's crew. It is a matter of -record 'that in the battle with the eI)rake "every shot told, and they gave d the Drake three broadsides for two qt dat that." He (demonstrated what th t Farragut said after, that "the best "1 elprotection against the enemy's fire a is a well-directed fire from our own pl >rguns." The influence of Jones in this fic dmatter is apparent to this day. w >rIt was during *che first half of 1792 h dthat Jones contemplated acepting the se r commantd of the French fleets. In C( i a letter written to a lady in July of th hthe latter year, he speaks of his to thealth being so much improvedl that in o he ventured to hope that some career worth while was yet before him. and n.f July n he attended a session of he assembly where he was honored with the privilege of the floor during nthe debate upon the decree declaring C d the' country in danger. It was pro- tic j)posed that he address the assembly fic on the naval deeds of the nation, but N this he declined *co do because he on s feared that the strain upon his voice is would bring on one of the fits of ter the assembly adjourned he went supper with a number of the iders. and in the course of the even made what is called the most morable speech of his life. Nevertheless death then had him its grip. Soon after his return Paris he had, at the urgent request his good friend Aimee de Telison. nsulted a number of the best phy :ians of Paris. They told -him tinly that one lung was permanent affected. but that with care he ight live for several years. But proper care of himself, as such re is now understood, Jones did not ke. and could not take in the social des in which he lived. The supper the Cafe Timon was his last ap arance in public. The next day und him suffering from an ex usting cough, and with swelling abs. The attention of his friends abled him to rally somewhat, and len. on Sunday, the 15th, Gouv neur Morris called at his house (42 )urnton street) Jones was found in hammock at the rear of the garden, iere he was attended by "Mme. T. ,d two young ladies," as Morris ts it in his diary. "He was ex mely cheerful, and seemed better an for a } long time previously." it three days later he dictated his 11. knowing that the end was at rnd. Gouverneur Mo:-ris was a tness of this document. The work it was finished at about 7 o'clock the evening. When those who had sisted at the making of the will .d gone. the housekeeper brought e admiral a bowl of broth for his pper and left it with him. An hour ter. on going to carry away e tray, she found him lying th his body on a couch, his arms tstretched, and his feet on the floor, ,ad. As has often been told, the body 3s well preserved in a leaden cof i, and buried in the Protestant cem ery, and now, having been brought light once more, it will be buried the one place of all others the st-at the Navy Academy of the tion he served so well. We ma'y be wrong, but somehow other we have suspicions about e men who are forever agitating out a "noiseless Fourth." The an who has forgotten that he was ice a boy might forget to be a an in a business deal. MENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that we, as ecutors of the estate of Mrs. E. ne Barre, deceased, will make a al settlement on the estate of said ceased in the Probate Court for ewberry County, on Thursday, July ,1905, and immediately thereafter ply to said court for letters dismis ry as executors of said estate. All rsons holding claims against said tate will present the same, duly at sted. by that date. S. C. Barre, E. A. Griffn, Executors. 'ATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY,. iarles J. Purcell and Patrick E. Scott, partners doing business under the firm name and style of Purcell and Scott, Plaintiffs. against Henry B. Hair, Defendant. To the defendant Henry B. Hair, You are hereby summoned and re ired to answer the Complaint in is action, of which a copy is here th served upon you, and to serve copy of your answer to said Coin int on the subscribers, at their of e at Newberry, South Carolina, thin twenty days after the service reof; exclusive of the day of such rvice; and if you fail to answer the >mplaint .within the time aforesaid, e plaintiff in this action will apply the court for the rehef demanded the Complaint. Hunt, Hunt & Hunter, Plaintiff's Attorneys. June 1, A. D. Igo5 To the defendant, Henry B. Hair. You will take notice: That the >mplaint in the above entitled ac in has this day been filed in the of e of the Clerk of the Court for aberry County, and same is now file in said offce. Hunt, .Hunt & Hunter, Plaintiffs Attorney's. June I-, 1905. RECORD4 SOUTH CAROLINA OF TH EQUITAB FOR THE FOUR MONTHS New Business actually ps Premiums Collected - - Excess over the same per Death Claims paid - - STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, I COUNTY OF YORK. Personally appeared before me J. H. Miller, who, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is Cashier of the Branch Office of the Equitable Life, at Rock Hill, S. C., and that the above figures are correct, being taken from the books at the close of business May 1st, 1905. J. H. MILLER, 1 Cashier. Sworn to before me this 11th 4 day of May, 1905. t C. L. COBB, ( Notary Public. t MORAL:Insure in the]I MORAL: " 'The S W. J.Roddey, Manag R. C. BRUCE, Special Al eyMorpine ci Whiskey Hbt H ab$t, Mrhn,C Cured by Keeley Iustitut 329 La dy St. (or O. Box 75 )Columbia. S. C. QUIT COUGNIN There is no nE Lungs out, wt tIe of Murray' lien and Tar. A few doses of this Household lief. A positive cure for Infin Throat. Anti-Spasmodic in C THE MURRAY DRU CO1ti.21%ia, S. Out of Date PIumt Plumbing fixtures and -installed some years as at that time, but so many improver in sanitation that an old plumbing but is a menace to the health of which it is still in use. Is 'Your Plumbinj Let us examine the condition correct defective piping and install tures made, namely "4tndad" I "$tan.dard" Ware is guaranteed. be healthy and more comfortable Home Plumbing." C. C.DnAVIS.,N )x- T-E GENERAL AGENCY E LE LIFE SENDING MAY 1, 1905. Lid for - - $973,548.00 - - - 179,126.48 Lod of 1904 10,949.79 . - - 133,029.20 Under date of May ist, 1905, (ice-Presidelt Tarbell Writes: "The number of policies issued >y the Society for the month of Lpril, 1905, is more than one housand in excess of the num >er issued in April one year ago. )ur actual paid business thus far his year is almost exactly $5,000, 00 ahead of the paid business of he first four months of last year. zquitable Life, rongest in the World. er, Rock fill, S. C. ioot, Newberry, S C. re - _ All Drugsd Tobacco e of South Carolina. Cc nfidental correispondence solicited. Ced of wearing your en you can get a bot s Horehound, Mul Remedy will give immediate re. enza, Bronchitis and Diseasses of C cc., o. ing is Unhealthy 'f ~ystems as made and o were very effcient nents have been made recently system is not only unsanitary, the occupants of the house in Out of Date? If so, the members of your household are constantly risking their heazth. Defective Splumbing gener ates -'germ-bearing se w er gses which pollute the atmosphere and cannot hep but be breathed by the occupants. Sewer gas is dangerous and the Sstrongest constitution. cannot long withstand its ill effects. of youi plumbing, in order to the best and most sanitary fix aths and One-piece Lavatories. If this is done, your home will Ask for booklet ''Modern ewerry.C. S.