The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, July 17, 1906, Page THREE, Image 3

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aADPT.~RTUS' WINS Condemnation of French Offici Without Trial 1'sAnnulled-Jus-.. tice at Last. Paris, July 12.-The . Supreme Court announced the decision: annull Ing the C6 ndqmation -of .Dreyfus without W're*-trial. The effect of the decision is the comipletse vindication of Dreyfus, en. titling him to restoration to his rank in the army qs though lie had nevel been acensed. The scene was one of impressive dignity. The Court, consisting of 49 judges, gowned in flowing red robes, solemnly mounted the bench.. Deep silence prevailed as the presiding judge read the lengthy decision, mlinlut-ely reviewing Ole series of sel sational events of the last. 12 years, and eompletely disculpating Drey us of all wroig. doing, freeing him of the accusation of being the author of the famous incriminating documents, on which .-the entire charge wah founded and ordering the annullinnt of all judgment of Rennes Court Mar tial with the publication of the final aniouncement of his ivnocence iin 50 newspapers to be chosen by Drcy fuIs. The reading of the decision lasted an hour and it was only at the close that the spectators realized the sweeping nature of the vindication. As the final determination was an nounced there was a buzz of excited comment and some exclamations of approval, which tihe court officers sternly repressed. fattlhew breyfus hastily despatcl. ed a messenger to bear the good news to Captain Dreyfus and Madame Dreyf us. Outside the court the crowds re ecived the decision without. making any demonstration. - The circumstances of Dreyfus re turning to the army have not been determined but it is expected that lie will take the grade of Lieut. Colonel of artillery, Which lie would have reached if t1ke service had not been interrupted. The Cabinet will hold a special ses sion tonight, to deterinilie on the course to folloiv. Already it has been deternined, that besides the restoration of Drey fus to the army a speeial bill will be presented to Parliament authori, ing the Minister of NWr to restore Colonel Piequart, whose sense'of jus tice brought about. the quashing of the verdiet of the 'Rennes ' Court martial to the army from which lie was degraded owing to charges which lie brought against the late Col. Henry. Dreyfus said: I have nothing to say against my accusers. Being a gain an officer I ani obliged to obey the army regulations of silence and I am inexpressibly thankful to all who assisted in the maintenance of t ruth. Piaris, .July 12.-In the Chamber of Deputies today the discuissioni of thle Dreyfus case was post ponecd owing to the assurance of Prince Sarrion thait D)reyfus would immediately be re stored( to the army withI the ,rank of Brigadier general. Some Famous War Horses. Washington Star. The selection of a war horse, one that will stand( the ha'rdships of an active campaign, requires keen dis crimination 'and judg'tnent. A mecre horse will not (10 so. Aside from this conformation, n;li~hih should be more or less compact, and h6ne which should be of dense quality and of fair ly good size, lhe must have some pre tensions of good breeding. Without the latter no horse can stand the wear and tear of active service in the field, a service more exhaustive than any other known, beecause frequently he must go on short rations while be ing ridden desperately for hours at, a time, and frequently compelled to go suppeorless to bed. Ini addition to breeding lie must have such necessary qualities as intelligence, good dispo sition and cheerfulness of tempera ment and must resp)ond promptly to his master's command, whether on the firing line or on review. As a general proposition the better the war horse is bred the bettor fitted he is for his arduous duties.' When President Theodore Roose velt rode to the war with Spain he so looted a Texas-bred horse of medium size( a bay ih color, and which he call ed Tens, in"hionor 'of its native State. It proved to be orye of those wiry and tdif*h -edt fr whieh' the Southei-n plains are noted, and of the breed Fr'emont rode in his long and rapid trips in times of stress and danger in southern California, sometimes cover ing over' 100 miles in a day, the ani mnal's ,only forage being buffalo grass. To be historically correct, however, the president took to Cuba two horses, one of which died while being'landed, the survivor being Teas. The latter wM3thePrid6lt? tount diikg his service ini.Cuba and returnued with him to,0yster B. There he died a few years since, the president, out of ,rratitude for twe faithful service of the beast, gave him a decent burial on Sagamore hill. Doubtless some . day the president will erect over Texas' remains a monument on which -will -be inscribed fitting words. Gen. Robert E. Lee, like nearly aill the Lees, was not. only at splendid figure Oil at horse, but at fine horiseinan IIn(] at good judge of a horse. Whenl ia young iman, anld in middle life, ho liked a dash of thoroughbred in his mlloun1its. His father, tile celebrated "Light Horse Harry' of the Revolul tionary wari, was, next to Washington, Ile best lorselmanl ill Ie(l continental ;irmiy, and the most. coitiandinlg fig. In'e. The Lnees of Viinia inherited their love for the horse and ease, 11(le anid skill inl the saddle from a long flne of ancesors -wN-ho had served their kings in file field. It was one of TobA. E. Lee's progenitors, Lionel Lee, who rode to the Crusades with the lion-hearted Richard, and it is re lated that the coat of armior worn by this Lee can still be seen in the Tow er of London. It, was general Lee'. father who imported into this section the celebrated Liidsay'sArabianl fronl New England. The horse stood in the district of Coilumllbia onle or two SeaSOnls suibsequelit to te lRevolition nry wall. 11n(d it is a m Illatter of history that his get were highly prized here anld inl Vir-inlia. .- Washinl."fin and "Light Horse Harry' X"had notied dui11rig tile war that the New Englatn mieni vere uniinted on1 horses of i un tisual beall(ty, strel'gth, eour1ilag ani eni(111'1ance, and learned (hat nvaly al weIle descelidans of 1 horse calle(I Lindsav's Arabian. Whether lie was a fullb)lood or not. is nlot kniowin. T was at Washingloin's suggestion tha Henry Lee purchased tile sallion. Pure-bred Arabiansll are classed inl tl< stud books as horouhbreds and ean 1be registered as such. Cen Robert E. Lee's favorite wal elarger was a eob--built gray geldinp called Traveler, probably lamed afte: the celebrated riuning horse that Ili: father had onee owned which was r Sont of the thoougihbred Traveler The gray gelding was foaled ill Wes Virginia, where Genl. Lee diseovere< him, and lie rode him in every bati ill whilich he was engaged from ti siege of Rielimolnd un1iil lie surren dered the Arly of Northern Virgini at Appomattox Court,m House to Oter Grant. Traveler survived. his aninste 0110 or two years, when his life wa! cut short by loekjaw, one of his fee bein.g pucleturedI by 1 rusty nlail While at the lead of the Washingtoi and Lee university at Lexington, Ger Lee was ill tile habit. of taking dail outings on Traveler, and quite fre quenltly might be seen riding a1on1 tle streets of tile town with a lit t miss perched in front of him on th saddllle b)ow. Genu. Ulysses S. Gran311t had( 31 grent fondniess for goiod hiorse and1( was pime 11 judge of hiorseflheshi as was1 ii grea 1t ntgoniist Lee. Dutring th1 Civil Warl 11e had many11~ mlounts, lhu thle horse lhe iked best and1( pri.e most15 was a small11-sized ba1y geldhing. whichl was31 tinken fr'om the1 phlntaltio' oft Jeffer'sonl Dav1is inl isisipi) whlile thie generlal was1 enigaged ill Ih siege of' Vicksbur'g, anid whlich hi named1( Jeff Davis. .Jeff, from t h (late of ownerishiip, was the general' constant companlion. He-rode him o nearly all the str'icken fields of th Southwest. The faithful bleast eat r'ied him safely through the mnorasses bogs and( entanglements of the~ Wii erneiss and1( along thle bloody tr'enchec ill thle recgionl arioundic Spot tsyl vaii Court H-ouse. IHe w1itnlessed, with hi mnaster', (lie terr'ible slughiter of Col Haribor1, where 12,000 Federals tur:1 0(1 rigidl faces to the1 sky iln upward 0 one hour1; lhe bore the genieral acr'os (lie .James and( in fr'ont of Petersburg lie traveled thie long lines for monlth at al hiouris of day anld nlight. Who lie end( came1, lie shiar'ed his master' riuimhis, and1( if a dumb beasl thriiouigh (lie mercy of God, be peirmit 1.ed to t hiink as we!l a3s feel, share, his hopes for' a restored Union and1( stronger bond betweenl the State than had existed from the hour of th aidoptionl of thie feder'al constituitior It has been denmonstrated over an, over that large hiorses, lik large mn, are not as wvel fitted for the march anld othier dutie of the field as horses and men 0 medium size. A single ilhtstratio: will suffice. During the four year of civil war Glen. Abe B3ufoi'd of Ken tucky rode a son of the tboroughbre Wagner, he that defeated the pride o Kentucky, Gray Eagle, in a famou race of thlre miles heats along ii tile 50s. The son of Wagnier wvas seni ecly 15.3 hands ill heighlt and wveighe oinly a trifle over 900 pounds, whiil Glen Buford stood six feet in hi stockings and weighed 350 pounds. 1 is almost incredlible that a horse o BIG CLAR EXTENDED F( All sales record brokei ific selling we have deci nce sale one week. Eac hat the trading public k hey see it. Lots of vc flack Dress Goods that's Ve make our own pricec 36 in. cream Silk worth $1.00 for 49c yd. 10 pieces colored Lawns 2 I-2c yd, 10 yds to customer. Sensational hbur Embroidery Sale Wednesday morning from 9.30 to 10.30 o'clock. We will sell good Embroidery Ic. the yd, limited. The same hour we place on sale 10 and I 5c Em broidery and Insertions at Sc the yd. Come to the Lowest Fair a> The Right ] is dam being a daughter of Ball 's Nellie Grey, the lorizel, which John Randolph once ballad. Nellie 01 id was never beaten and never felti under the gener e touch of Wi) or spur. Boston Wiinelester, whn red Lexington who was an inmate Early up I he val [ the stables of Senator Blackburn's Gen. W. T. Si ther. Hero, invariably pronloinced so mlucl for styh L Longstreet's Irish groone Hero, he would demand as the Genl. mount at Gettysburg his menage sho amd also iii the Wilderness, where should be well g is master was desperately wounded earry him wherev bile on his back. A "fool horse, Gen. Jeo Stuart had many mounts 111 sill) ahis strenuous, but short, military onln.Pn ~reer'. His favorite was a thiorougha- trIwii15i C ed mare called Virginia. Ini his - i r oughIi is hanl st baittle at Yel low Taivernl, where sI ood1 him be list ai i' met Sherida n's forces, lhe rode a thle mia rch to thle adsome gray gelding whiebi made i'iwiiWsaj ie great ca valry leader a conspico eu- sa iae is mark fo r Federal bullets. An- .eliia.mitiI her horse oft which thle genieral was tin i nms nad wits a handsome hay called Buil- liieeth Gent. Wiade HIamplton, who succeed-tie(whh i .1 t Hrt n cniatioft le Cn ell was toO lase rn Viginia hal so niiiiyioos s ml a horsl 'oundd 111(1 ille nudr dictha to__mellow_ is htardto kee omadill of them.nfd Where Lnooklnas ore thain any other officer in the Bostoni Post. rvice oif the South lie had the large It is related th serves of horseflesh to diraw from, dent Lincoln was d of the very best 1)1ood( in the coun- aristocratic Amei y. His father was not only a v'ery Udiited States, w rge bireedler of thaoroutghbreds' bitt ' 'T love my count ported numerous not ed horses from much grieved tIr ugland, thle home ofP the modern common peoplei orouglhredl. The tIost notedl run- ' 'Bitt, madam, m' the Hlampitons owe'nd was the Pa- have loved t hem; outs Black Matria, whirlh m one r'ace ' the splil heats ran 20 miles, an ent. unparailleledl iup tot that dlate. en. Hlamiptoni roide none buit hor ses ' proudlest lineage. 'The one lie 1 est <ed, on accomnt1 of his superb oetm,addsrbda i i nur--st T i .t and endurance, was a 16 1 -2hands rse in the Confederate Army. Hie as named Beauiregard. lie was munded at Gettysbttrg sooni after his ast.er was bore from that stricken cordially il eld. He followed the general to the >spital. There lie was unsaddled ad tunbridled. Then thbrowing peo lem-e ulf down outside the hospital tent lie ed. ' d ra c Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, like Sttuart and ampton, wvas at bold and ubiquitous der, and like them he also had many Once est ounts dluring the Civil war. No nr horseman ever drew rein than s favorite son of Virginia. In wvar profitable. ys lie was slender and stupple and 'ithanl musctuhar. All thle Less rode <e centaurs; it .was their birthright. J. D. D A VE I is choice of mounts was a beatutiful pple-gray inare with a mane anolR c.G RI ,ii like silve, nnd he called her such size ai weight could carry a man of such bulk, especially when it .is to be remembered that, added* to the general's weight must be taken into account the saddle, blanket and other necessary accountrement, whichI must have weighed something over 100 pounds. Nevertheless it is stated that he did all these things and came out of the service sound, as far as limbs and wid 'are concerned. ''Stonewall'' Jackson was as pie-' turesque in the saddle as he was on r foot. The grim old Presbyterian el der had riden il his 'youth in vest Virginia in races for, anl unicle, of hicht at inl later y'.ars he was not proud. At the beginiing of the Civil Wvar #.rI therelibonts, somle o f his admrlli-ers prelsenit-ed - hin with a war t elarger suitable foi a man of growing .amne and brigIt mlilitary fuiture. He E had been riding luip to that date a rather underside'4d sorrel gelding of very imeek aplpearance, which was One of a earload captured by his coimand at some point on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and consigned to Wash inIgton. This particutlar animal the general gave the name of Fancy, al though from all acounts of Confed erate soldiers it fell far short of the title int equine attributes, except in Onle res)ect, lie had a faiicy whenever the colnilld halted for lying down anld rolling like a dog. What tile general liked mnost about hint, aside from i his quiet ntnners was his gait, w%hieh he hiiself deseribed as being Is ''easy as a eradle.'' 'vidently the aliial was otf tle hoby horse spec The ioun seleced for Jaekson was (ite alother. aInimal in blood, dispositont and 'spirit. Ont a certainl review tie genlerall, dressedl int l ew uiliformlt inl tile place of the dingy gray he had lolt,,-,- wont, appeared Oil (tharger, but when the band struck til ''Hail to the Chief,'' and his men burst into loud cheers, the horse bolted, threw ''Old Jaek'' and trailed - the new uniform int the dust. Faley was tiever thereafter displaced inl his affection and esteei. He rode him in his valley and peninsular can paigns and was on his back on the evening of May 2, .1163, at. Chancel lor'vilie, when he received the wound which restlted int his untiielv dealh. For a1 lon,g timtle Fancly was host after the above event, but was finally found by a Confederate soldier, and subse qtently given a home inl the family of Jackson's father-in-law, Dr. Morrison, h Lineoln county. N. C. Fancy lived to F a most extraordinary age, dying about sq 18 years ago. His skin was prepar- tj ed by anl expert at tached to tie Snith- si sonian institute aid is tnow on exhjhi- *, -11ion at tle Conlfederate Soldiers' t. homie, Riheltimotd, Va. h The black gelding' Sheridan rode in " his camlipaignis inl the Southwest anld inl Virginia was a Miehigan bred ali- I imal, and m1tust have Comie from good stock to have perfonmed such long and artduou,s service. Those who kntow n t Sheridant best admuit thIat hte was a a' hard t askmast er. ''1Little Phill'' was Ib a hunman dyttmmto. nThe nertvous5 ener- Ii gy 'onfIiined1 withIin htIis compact framte h wats su fficent Ito stocl4k thIe organismt ht of half' a dozetn cotmmontplace beings. t (Chami ~ons i of the Morga n breed of' " horse have always mtaintained that" Shernidanti's favorite war chtarger was a itga andl tfrom thle descrip tionlt Sheridan giv'es himtself (of htis chtarte teristies anid general conformat ion it is (quite possible that thIey are cor rect. Despite b)revity of stature Sher'- e idant was an inspirinlg figure on a u horse. Nature cast a soldier' after it lher ownt heart where site forth It 'forth Shteridani. Wherever andi when- 8 ever he appeared ini pubtlie no0 placard r. nleedetd to bte pinnetd to htis baick to a tell one hte w~as a soldlier. HeI was war i 5incarnate int war timnes, and w heth etr l int peace or' war he was a muan of ae- nI tion-ai man who did t hings. Titue, I' lie crucible in which public reptuta tionts are' tested, ill demonstr'ate that ji in thte f'acility to use4 intfanttry ando Ir cavaltry effectively at the p)sychologi 1cal momuenit bt one other ever' existed c ienczi, SheridanI's war chatarger, ailso ' -lived to a ripe ohld ag'e, prov'ing that Ii int somec instnces active service is it conduct ive of lonigevity. b) lein. .Josep)h E. Johnston 's favorite mnout 'was a beautiful thoroughtbred 1bay mnare called Fannie. Althought a she carriedl her master throught uni I merouts battles site was nevetr wounid a ed(, anid the general never seriously I e butt oncee, whtich occurred on his 'e-a a treat to Richmond in 1862. After a thte war Fanrrie was retired to a farmn .. where shte spent the remainder of her i days in leisure. - e Getn Longstreet was a connoiseur s of htorseflesht. The best wa'us none4 too goodl for him. His favorite charger t - was a handsomne 1 6,hands bay gelding ol 1 called Hero, by thoroutghbr'ed Red a Eye, and he by a son) of the celebtra- I ted Boston, who ratn 48 races at one, t two, three and four mile heats antd won 50. Boston wna by Timmoleon. t ANCE SAtE )R ONE WEEK i. After 10 days of ter ded to extend our clear h day's sales have proven now value and buy when flue for you. Silks and,. right in quality and price. NOT THE HIGHEST BUT THE LOWEST. 36 in Sea Island worth 6 1-2c for 5c the yard, limited. - Best Drill worth 8 1 -2c for 6c the yd. Cottonades worth 20c for I Oc the yd. Cottonades worth lOc for 7 1-2c the yd. Wool Jeans! Wool Jeans! Jeans that you will pay double in 60 days, we sell at half price in the good old summer time. Price Sale on Earth. Havird, Price Store. title of his favorite tiem. ray was killed while A soldier nt Nhose hollse wll a :i at the hattle of boy Ulleolli paused ill his t11amps in m Sheridan drove Illinois, all(] who loined him a whet ey. stone to sh n his jackknife, iet erian did not (Care hi l e war, in \Vashiirgll. ill his mounts, blit Lineolli remembered tile incident, and nthat the horses inl Spoke of the use oI, the whelstone. uld look well fed, "Y-a-s, 'dr"wled otit. the old Sol roomed and able to divr. I I Wha (ever did you do with the 'er lie wanted to go. whet st olle ? I ii.l.ei ind it. one that. could not We lowed Ilebbe you took t Illong d fire, he would not Yom. 'No-o, I put it o] top ig his four11 yearIs of o h ~1tl111- t iih le 1)re of horses passedl''Mbe~4l i t 144l leei is. Th'le horse that haerili4 it ii 1)1'(I tSC I seh andiathhe grand(iitogttE 44ktleeluii' hr ion 114 wat ot li C aph. ws Etld hn t a lee sized! haiy (or b)rElI o rtwnle(att h ll'il -ini alt his pIropor ofi grealt gamen('tess.PondPrgap . upj atitl tatlk oni war 4 ifr eint.) lhe al- fil ipsi o (ln toi pay ni triib)ut e 11'he011o tle iliniiin W (e and1 eniduriiance of ~ iii i((V''Ile5(iQ.o ep Put the Wetone. iiW'y~1i( ' -Q) 1 hml)esati oneta tdimiee iPretsti conv'ersing withI ait n itsi islI0:l)ya cle b 'i-nn lady 1nhou1t thel 'ii( tg(t51111'I 1111i)t ott oen she rematinrka~d: Sl-aemni t sii~~' ohv r'y, of courlise, but tnm ga it(d fo i's'Io I Xe' ni it.'1 1' IIelelied: M (4 ltle~ ay ln o e tinik how (1od mtust 0iQgvnt ml aki ag ln li(' A1s1h(ier a0 whise'houfetwtiesa Eic one hrei Bnkeme Linteolnhebusinessrad conerainend n ofdientor. 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