The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, February 15, 1906, Image 4

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t GREAT SOLDIER ; Qco. Robert F. Lee, Commander. in-Chicf of the CONFRDKBATS AEMY 4'c Last Section of aa Addr.g* Orlivered Beceatty by Dr. John A. Wyatt Be* fore the N?w York S 'Utheni M Society. A Qrend Tribute to > Grand Man. ; r What of this charge of treason rnr' ' what kind of traitor was I. ? A dh> tiogutahod soldier and ctt son or Mass achuaetta, Charles Fraocitt Adams, roared in the New EaKland sc ool tf politics, himself throughout the wai in the army that confronted La sod of that Charles Francis Adams who as United States minister to Eaglano durlig the Clyll war probably did as much aa any other man to defeat the Owuse i f the Confederacy, gi auiisou of John Quincy Adams and great-graud ion ot tnat elder Adams wh > suco ed ed Washington aa president of the United States, a man who so d ff reo "from Lss In his Interpretation of the duty an Arierioan c't’zso owes as be tween bis SUU^and the crntral guv ernment that he declared he would g against MwaacbusettH for the Union has written this for bhtoay. ' If Robert E Lee wad a trait >r, s< also and ludispu ably was George W^ahlngton. Waai ing^on fufntsi es s precedent at every point. A V-irg|n Ian, lUe L'o, he. was sjsoa B liftd ■ubjoc*; he hud fought under the Brit lab dag, as Lee bad fought-undar that of the United States; when, la 1776 Virginia seceded from th? British em pire- he went with his State, just ar Lee want 85 years later subsequ mtiy Washington commanded armies In the Held designated by those opposed to them as "the rebels of ’76,” much as Lee later commanded and at last sur rendered.much larger armies, also de signated “rebels” by those they oon fronted. Except In their outcome the oases were therefore, precisely al ke; and loglo Is logic. It cons q reo th mmt to fdtrow that lYXw was s traitor Washington was also.” He furthur stys: “lo hto. there are oxirr.pl d d tho.e lofty elements of personal character which, typifying Virginia at her high ast, made Washington pusitbie. E* sent«ally a soldier, Uibert E Lie was a many sided man. I might speak of him as a strategist, tut of this aspect Of the man enough has perhaps been, ■aid. I might dilate on his restfalm In Tlotory; nis patient endurance in the face of adverse fortune, the serene dignity with whloh be In the end trl umphed over defeat. But, passing over all theae well worn themes, I shall oon fine myself to that one attribute of hla whloh, reooguisid in a sc liter by an opponent, I cannot but regard as his surest and K f :Iest title to eo during fune. I refer to hla hufoanlty in arms and his scrupulous regard for the meet advanced rules of modern warfare.” Denying the contention that war must be made hell, holding up to exe the authors cf the bloodiest in history, this generous foe and Am.rloan said: “I rejoice that no such hatred at- to the name of L f e, Reckless of Ufe to attain the legitimate ends of war, he sought to mitigate its hor rors. Oppose to him at Gettysburg, I here, 40 years later, do him Justice. Ho more creditable order ever issued Item a commanding general than that formulated and signed at Cham be re- burg by Robert E. Lee, as toward the olose of June, 1863, he advanced on a war of invasion. ‘No greater disgrace,’ ha then declared, 'em befall the army, and thnugh it our whole people, than the perpetration of barbarous outrages upon the innocent and defetc.‘less. Such proceedings not only digrace the perpetrators and all connected wi-.ta them, but are subversive of the dls cipllne and efficiency of the army, and destructive of the ends of our move ment. It must be remembered that we make war only on armed men,’ “In scope and spirit Lee’s ofMr was obsarved, and I doubt if a hostile fffifee sver advanced Into an eoamy’s ebon toy or fail back from it In retreat leaving lem cause of bate and bltter- nsm tha . did the army of northern Virginia in that memorable cimpalgn whloh culminated at Gettysburg.” In dwelling on this theme, In oon- to Lee’s humanity, may not avenging pen cr history” quote “Ohio in the War” by the Hon. telaw Reed, at this time ambass ador of the United States at the Court Of St. James's, who In speaking of the burning of Columbia wrote: ‘‘It was the most monstrous barbar ity of this barbarous march. Before hla movement began Gen. Sherman begged permission to turn bis army loose in South Carolina and devastate it. He used this permission to the foil. He protested that he did not wage war upon women and children. But, under the operations of his orders, the last morsel of food was taken from hundreds of destitute fam- iliea that his soldiers might feast Id needless and riotous abundance. Be* ton his eyes roes, day after day, the mournful clouds of smoke on every aide that told of old people and their grandchildren driven, In midwinter, from the only roofs there were to abetter them, by the flames whloh the wantouaeae of his soldiers had kindled. Yet If a single soldier was punished tor a single outrage or theft durlog that entire movement we have found no mention of It to all the volumin ous records of the nffirch.” May not this avenging pen of hla lory whloh Sumner Invoked record that order of Gen. Hal lack, chief of •tall and military adviser to President TAw«rUw, which mid to Gen. Sherman, “Should you capture Charleston I hope accident the place may ibd if a little salt should table It may prevent the growth of future crops of nulllfl cUlon end anoesloo,” and Sherman's r* plv In his dispatch of December 24, 1864, “I will bear in mind your hint u to Charleston, and don’t think salt • IB be Escwsary. Wben I move ths Fifteenth dorps will be on the right pf the right wing, and their position will bring than, naturally Into Char 'eston fir t; and if you-have watched UAbiBtory of that corps you will have retra<k(d that they generally do their w‘(« k tip pretty'well. The truth Is the whole army Is burning with an in ^a* table d i-ira to wreak vengeance upon 8 u h Carolina.’’ And may it not transcribe upon lip pages that other order to his offlclent LI- ut. Hu iter: “He (Grant) further says that he wants your troops to eat out Virginia clear and clean, as far as •hey go, v B ) that crows flying over It for the balaroe of the season w|.!l have *o O'Trv their provender with them. Of Lmj as e general, Prudent fl<v» v it, in bis life of Thomas H Ben.on,says: “The f-world has never seen better l-i this action Lse violated both o »h« maxims of Hapoleon—never to di v de an army Into two columns unable w cimmunicate, or attempts June ion In the nrosence of a coooentrater enemybut L^e Jknew bis msn. H* violated theTaat section of this max <m bemuse be knew Pope, and the 9r-t because he knew Jackson. It 1» rare indeed that tuih trategv sue ceeda. Hasdrubal divided from Han nihal by many miles and a C insula •rmy, fell back to the Metarus, and Romo was saved. Two thousand year* •ater Prince Frederick Charles, d!vl led by a few marches and two A us triad army c^rpi from the Crown Prltoe, lingered so long upon the Isei that the supremacy of Prussia trem bled in the halaoca. But the chsrao ter of the Virginian soldier was of i loftier type. It has been remarks'! that after Jackson’s death Lee neve again attempted those great turning rovemen's which had aohleved, hb most brilliant victories. Nevrjr again old he divide his army tib reunite 11 on the ti til of battle. The reaeon is not far to seek. There was no genera) In tbe Conftd 'rate army to whom be dared confide the charge of the de tached wing, nod in posesaleg one such general be had been more fortn nate than Napoleon. It la noteworthy that Moltke onoe, at Konlggratz, cirried out tbe opera t>on referred to: Wellington, twice at Victoria and Toulouse: Napoleon, al though be several times attempted it never, except at Ulm, with complete juoces-. In hie “History of the Amerloai to," Lieut. • lUoirF etcher of Eag 'and sayt; “The armies of Grant and Lie were still in the vicinity of Spottsylvanla court house. The former notwith standing his vastly preponderating strength, was awaiting reenforce-. men<s. The latter, with only a small \nd overworked army to rely on, was xpre tag the arrival of troops from the Shenandoah. “It must ever remain a marvel how this s nail foroe, 111 supplied, over worked and harassed by oontinual lighting and marching by night and by day, could hoi<yts ground against tbe almost Innumerable .host la Grant’s command. That it did eo indicting losses far heavier than it sustained and creating a belief In the mind of the eoemy of numbers far targer than it contained, has been al ready shown; “Two of the three armies or Slgel, Meade and Butler had been feroed to seek shelter behind f irtilled lines, tbe third bad been brought to a halt to await reenforcements and the arteries which supplied life to the capital of the Confederacy bad bean preserv ed.” Of the movement to the North Anna river in the Wilderness cam palgn, he says; “Here Lee by tbe exercise of ccusummste generalship folled hts opponent.” And of the final end of Grant’s endeavor to crush Lee many battles and losses of whloh few ware can affird a parallel and whloh surpassed in number the whole strength of the enemy’s foroe. Gen. Grant bad brought his army to a po sition which McClellan had reached with far greater ease and far less ex penditure of Ufe two yean previous ly." From the history of the United Spates by tbe distinguished writer, Mr. Jamee Ford Rhodes of Boston, I quote this concerning Lee. “The Confederates had an advan tage in that Robert E. Lee espoused their cause; to some extent appreola- ' ted at the time, thlx ls reality was an advantage beyond computation. Had he followed the example of Scott and Thomas and remained In service iun der the old fiag la active command of the army of the Putomao, how differ ently might not event* have turned out. “Lee now 54 years old, his face ex hibiting the ruddy glow of health, was physically and morally a splendid example of manhood. Able to trace his lineage far back into the mother country, the best blood of Virginia flowed In his veins. Drawing from a knightly race all their virtues, he had inherited none of their vices. Hweet sincere, simple, magnanimous, for bearing, refined, oourt#ous yet digni fied end proud never lacking aelf command, be was in all respects a true man. Graduating from West Point his life had been exelustvely that of a soldier, yet he had none of tbe Midlers bad habits. He used neither liquor nor tobaooo and Indul ged rarely In a social glam of wine, and cared nothing for the pleasures of the table. He was a good engineer and under Gen. Scott <had won dis tinction In Mexico. The work that had fallen to hla lot ha had performed In a systematic manner and with oon- seientlods care. Doty la the sabli- mest word In our language,' he wrote to his ion. Sincerely religious, Provi dence to him was a verity, and it may be truly said he walked with God. “A serious man, he anxiously watched from hie station In Texas the progress of events since Lincoln’s election. Thinking slavery as an Institution a moral and political evil.’ having a soldiers devotion to hie flag and a warm attachment to Gen. Scott he loved the Union and it was espec ially dear to him ss the fruit of the mighty labors of Washington. Al though believing that the Sooth had Just grlevaoosa due to ths aggression of the north, be did not think these evils great enough to resort to tbe remedy of revolution end to blni 'ie* oesslon was nothing less. •StUL’ he wrote in Jsnusry’ 1861, e uni >n tbit esn poly be maintained by swords and Wonete and. In wbloi Htrife and otti! war aye in take the p)?oa of b otherlylove and kindness res do cnarm for me. If the U lion tiTdissolved sod tbe government dls opted I shall retura to my . native Stale and share the miseries of my ocople and nave la def noa will draw ny sword on none.’ Summoned to Washington by his chief, Lee had arrived there a few days before tbe Inauguration of Lincoln, and he had to make the decision after thn- bom hard men t of Sumter and tbe presl dent’s call for troops whether be serve the national government or Virginia. The active command of s Idlers than those who followed Lee, and their leader will undoubtedly rank ss, without any exceptions, the very greatest of all ths great ov tains that the English speaking people have brought forth—and this, although the last and chief of his antagonists may himself calm to stand a* the full equals of Marlborough and Willing too v 1 *—■" * From no more oxpable source could nigher praise be given. lathe “Story of a-Sildler’s L'fe,’’ Field Marshal V.soount Wolseley oommander-ln chief of the British army, sBasking of the Seven Days battle says: “Gen. MoUlsllan’s splendidly equip ped army had been driven from the oenluiuls end Gen. Pope had been made short work of on the Bappahan nock. They ware unable to oope with Gen Lee’s army though it was far in ferior in strength. - In fact, th* Oon federates bad won ail along the line, thanks to the ably conceived and well calculated strategy of ths great Vlr gtnlan leader and the brilliant tactics of Stonewall Jadnoo and other cap able soldiers and to tbe superior fight log qualities of their splendid and pa triot ic rank and file. That campa'gn was a masterpieo' both in oonoeption and exioutton and did high honor to the soldierlike spirit and patrlotlsn of the ill shod, over worked, badly clothed regimental of fleers and men of the Southern army: Asoording to my notion of mill tary history there is aa ntreoh instruc tion both in strategy and in taot'es to be gleaned from Gen. Lee’s operations of 1862 as there Is to be found in Na poleon's campaigns of 1796. 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BOBBITT CHEMICAL CO.. ^ ^ UXOINNSD COTTOI. f , The Much Sought Figures Given Out ■ to the Public. nevertheless achieved great things His men were an badly shod (Indeed, a considerable portion had no boots or iiboec) that at the battle of Antletam Gen. Lee assured me he never had mare than 35,000 men with him. The remainder of bis army, shoeless and footsore, were straggling along the roads in the rear trying In vain reach him In time fox the battle. ” Of this visit to Lee Gen. Wolseley says: T “As I waited outside of Gen. Lee’s tent while his aide-de-camp entered to tell him who I was and to deliver him a letter from the Oon federate secretary of war, I remarked It bad tbe -name of a colonel of some New Jersey regiment printed upon it. Subsequent- sight into character, had played on Pope (at Second Manaems and his strategy was Justified by tucoees. In the space of three weaks he had car ried tbe war from the James to the Potomac. With an army that at an time exceeded 55 094, he bad driven 80,000 Into th* forMfieatioiu of Washington. He had oaptured 30 guns, 7,000 prisoners and 20,000 rifles He had killed or wounded 13 600 Fed erate, destroying supplies end mater' aihalosstoS^femteeSyi*^’^? lb U**™}*^" 000 offlrers and men.” If, aa Moltke av?n. the jreaction of iwo armies on the field of battle Is the highest sohievement of military genius, the campaign stalest Pope has seldom been aurpemed; and tbe great counter stroke at ttsassmae is suffloisnt in Itself to mske Lee’s repu to tuion as a tactician. Tried by this test alone Lee stands cut as one of the greatest solfllsrs of all times. Not only against Pope but against Mo Glellan at Galnae’s Mill, against Bum side at Frederick burg and against Hooker at Ghanoellorevills, he sececd- ed In carrying out the operation of whloh Moltke speaks; and each case with the same result of surprising bis adversary. None knew better how to saUon with him. He laughed and said; "You will find every tent, gun, even our blankets, accoutrements and all tbe military equipment we stamped with the United. Atates ini tials.’’ Every Incident in that visit is Indelibly stamped on my memory. All he said to me then and durln. subsequently conversations Is still fresh in my recollaetlon. It Is natural it should be so, for be was the ablest general and to me seemed the great est man I every conversed with, and yet I have had the privilege of meet ing Von Moltke and Prlnoc Blamark. “Gen. Lee was one of the few men In this campaign be says: ‘ ‘After whoersr seriously Impressed and awed Jy I. referred to the fact Ip mjoanTex-l^pptytbat great principle of strategy, to march divided, but to fight concen trated. the Federal army with the suoorstlon to tbe chief place was virtually offer ed to him but with his notion of State rights and his allegiance to Vir ginia his decision, though it cost him pain to make It, could have bven n j other than It was. He oould not lead an army of Invasion Into his native State and after the ordinance of se cession had been p tscdbytbe Virgin. ta convention hercTirned fils commis sion and accepted the command of the Virginia forces. “Northern men may regret that Lee did not see his duty in the same light as did two other Virginian, Scott and Thomas, but censure’s voice uppn the action of such a noble soul is hushed. A careful survey., of his oharaeterand life must lead the stu dent of men and affaire to see that the oourserfeTiiook was from his point of view and judged by hla inexorable and pure comclenoe the^ath of duty to which a high sense of honor called him. Oouldweehare the thoughts of that high minded man as he paced the broad pillared veranda of hU no ble Arlington bouee, bis eyes glano ing across the river at tbe fl'g of his country, waving over the,dome of the Capitol and then restfifg . on the soil of his native Virginia we should be willing now to recognize m him one of the finest products of American life. For sUrely aa the years go on we shall see that such a life can b: Judged by no partisan measure, and come to look upon him as the English of our day regard Washington, whom little more than a century ago they delighted to call a rebel. Indeed in all essential characteristics Lee resem bled Washington; and bad tbe great work of his life been crowned with •uooess, or he had chosen th* winning side, the world would have acknoled- ged that Virginia could in a century produce two men who were the em bodiment of public aod private vir tue.” “The avsaglng.pen of history” has placed the name of Lee aide by side vvttii Washington; So writes the historian of today and so will the future historian prolong the noble records. The fame of Rabert Lee Is secure in that last appeal to: Time the beautifier of the dead, Time the corrector where our judg- . mints err- „ The test of truthj ^ J Early Cabbage Plante Guaranteed to Satisfy Purchaser ^ Speaker Uannoa Friday made pub lie 'the census butsau figures on un- ginned cotton immediately after tbe house was ealisd to order. The tola 1 amount of unginned cotton shown by tbe report is 250 884 bales with 1.643 glnoerise unheard from. This pubtl vffcbi The Sims revolution par-ad by tbe bouse requiring Director North of the oen sub b’lresu to furnish to congress all data on ungiuned ,cotton tf the crop of 1905 collected before Jan. 16. An tff irt was mxde to bsvs Speak er Cannon ordsr the report read In tbe house, but he flatly refused to do this, saying the document must pass through ordinary ohaonelH a n d an nouaft.d that he thought ths figures weremtsinformatlon, rather than in formation; that the® were based on partial returns and of little value. The report had not arrived at the house when the speaker rapped for order. In response to inquiries from the department of commerce and la bir as to how the report should bi CARlY JERSEY WAKEFIELD The EarUtat | flxfoafm. me with their Inherent greatness Forty years havs come and gone since out meeting and yet th* mejasty of hla manly bearing, the genial winning grace, the sweetness of his smile and ihe Impressive dignity of hla old fasb oned style of dram oome back to me among the most cherished of my reo olleotlons. His greatness made bumble andl never felt my own in significance more keenly Ilian I did in bis presence. H* was then shout 50 years of age, with hair and beard nearly white. Tall, extremely baud some and strongly built, very aoldler- Ike In bearing, he looked a thorough bred. gentleman.-Cara had r however, already wrinkled his brow and there cam* at momenta a look of sadness nco his dear, honest and speaking dark brown eyes that Indicated much his overwhelming national re sponslbllitles had already told upon him. He. was indeed a beautiful character and of him It might truth fully he written ‘In righteousness did be Judge and make war.’ ” Lieut.-Ool. G. F. R. Henderson, professor of military art and history n the Staff college of the British army, in his life of Stonewall Jackson, says: “If the names of the greet captains; soldiers and sailors be recalled,-it will oe seen that It is to the breadth of their strategical conceptions rather than to their tactical skill that they owe their fame. W* have the strate gist, a Hannibal, a Napoleon or a Liee, bers triumphing with inferior nom over adversaries who are tacti cians and nothing more.” In speaking of Lee’s audacity In attacking with a fores Inferior in numbers and’ equipment MoOlellan’s thoroughly organized army in their ntrenohments la the Seven Days’ battle he aaya; “From Hannibal to Moltoke there has been no great captain who baa neglected to study tbe character of his opponent and who did not trad* on the knowledge thus esquired, and it was this knowledge whloh justified Lee’s audacity. He was no hare Drain ed leader, bat a profound thinker, following the highest principles of the military art That he had weighed the disconcerting effect which the sadden appearance of the victorious Jackson, with an army of unknown strength woqid produce upon MoOlell- an goes wltbMt toying,” tews extraordinary In- Made a Change. No small stir has bean made In the religious world by tbe recent conver sion of Edward Events Hale, Jr., third son of Boston’s eminent Unita rian . from Unltarianlsm to evangelieal Christianity* Mr. Hal* Is profeeeor of English literature In Union OoUegSi Schneotady, N. Y., and he will soon Join th* First Pree- bytertan Church of that city- It matters little what the Legisla ture does with the dispehiary* toie question will not be settled until tbe people eetUe It In the primary this CHARLESTON SUCCESSION AUGUSTA LARGE TYPS TRUCKER FLAT DUTCH WAKEFIELD The EAFlUatnu A lluteUUr Largest and LatMt Baomnd BirUaat H—d Variety than iHinimaUa - -CaAtiaga - PRICE: InloU Vlt to4 m,at 11.60 parm.. S to 9m. ot 11.25 por m., 10 m. and over,attt.00par m. F. O. B. YOUNG-* ISLAND, *. C. My Spaciai Express Rote Ml Plants la Vary Low. P.naranlM 1 E a » r » r '' < 'e Planta »o glra parehaaer aattafaetlnn, or will refnnd the porchaae V-iuaranice pries Se any enutomar who la dlasatlaSed at eud of season. Theae plants are grown In the open leld. on Seaeoast ef Sooth Carolina. In a climate that le last salted to growing the hardiest plants thdt can ha grown In the United atates. Theae plants can be reset in the Interior of the Sonthera Staterdaring the mbntbs of Janaarr, February, and March. Theewlll stand asrere cold wllhoot being injured, and will mature a head of Cab bage Twe to Three week* aooner than If you grew your own planta in hot bode and cold I nun 66. ¥? lATtyjl 0a6lom«Ft *re thelUrket Oarfantrs Hearth* interior towns »nd cltlea of th. /Their profit depends mpoo them hArtiur Early Cabbage;for that reaaon they par- the Soath. ee my I also heir prodt depends open them having Earl nts for their erope. I also grow a full lino of olheriPlanta and Prnlt Trees, nnoh aa Strawberry, Sweet Potato. Trees, Ftg^foabea. and Grape-Vines?** * ^ Pvoojb Fear, Plum, ry -Oud Apriooi Ipetial terms to persons whe mike at dab Vf/NA Y - * /TRATV BOX 5*- wdan. Writ* lot Ulatuatad caulocua.-' .' »* "*• 11, YOUNG'S ISLAND. L C COTTON GINNERS AND MACHINERY OWNERS. Write lor Prices on ihe Following Lubrlcitqri Bilt, R LK»»r Ej' • •♦•♦•♦••♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦a* —gj, 5 The Guinard Brick Works, V. OQ3UVTNU3IA., S3, o. Manufacturers iirick. Fire Proof Tam Oatta 'till L i! n< j- Flue linings and Dram Tile. Prepared*4o fill orders for thou andi - or milHcne. ^— «i—om» ———ggiigc Babbit Couplings Guagei Lubrleitqn " Bilt.Gvily Drills Guage Cooks Oil Cups Belt, R nrur / Drill Press HackSaws Oil Cans Bolt, leather Ejtetoti \ Ili nn-jri naadled-ha repUad-thaMto would turn It ovor to the i turnal clerk and have (k ^-Hftin.r aui ai/chin^ it ovortowie j >urnaicierKana nave else in machinery supplier it made public through the public do e/ . oument room in case it arrived before Columbia Supply Co.. - . . .__Ulunib s. S. ,C. the whole. O.iierwise, he said, It must wait until th h^use came out of a oommLtee of tbe whole as he did □ot purpose. deviating in the least from the ordinary procedure for the purpose of cublishimf figures of inter est, chisfly to speculators. Officials of the department of «cm- mercc and labor hurried the report to the capital, rs thay did not wish to be responsible f jr (Jelay and it ar rived in time to be placed in the speaker’s charge before the house took up the day’s work Under orders from the speaker a clerk in the public doc ument room read the figures for a largi group of members of the bouse and newspaper men who were eagerly awaiting the totals in the report. Southern members expressed much dissatisfaction with the figures and skid they wet* far from the truth. Members from the Northern cotton mill districts were equally harsh ln| .. their criticism of the totals and de dared the ginneries unheard from might mske a radical difference lo the figures. Tne report shows running bales, ex eluding lintere and tnunting round as half bales. The report by States Is as follows: '-.F - ' • - Alabama. . . . : .11,843 Arkansas Florida \ E W -AT: W -A,T»-gL JX Georgia ...:, Indian Tferrltory....., Louisiana....... 3 059 17.373 14 113 15 399 Mississippi 43,281 Missouri. North Carolina. Oklahoma, South Can ill ns). Tennessee.r... Texas Virginia. 1,785 9,033 12,068, 9 760 11,954 72,734 396 Total 250,884 Blow Open Safe, At Forsyth, Ga., the safe of the Trio Manufacturing company was blown open at 1.30 o’clock Wednesday morning. The town’s night watchman was overpowered, gagged and tied by three masked men and was found early Thursday morning In a precari ous condition. The burglars got about •100 in rnohey, but it is impossible to estimate at this time tbe value of pa pen taken and destroyed. An Honest Taxpayer ^ The State says the treasurer-of Cook county, Illinois, wlllreoslve 120- 000 in commissions from the estate of the late Marshall Field while un der the inheritance *ex law the State will get more than 11,000,000. In death Marshall Field remains the champion honest taxpayer Four Anted. A runaway Northern Pacific freight train c'eahed into a passenger to in near Helens, Mont, Wednesdny, wrecking it completely. Four per- one . Wen (killed with a pribabtiity that two more may have been burned n the wreck. Valuable Medical Books Seat Free. Dr J. Newton Hathaway, The South's Most Expert Specialist, Has a Number of Books, on Dif ferent Diseases, Each Complete J But In Plain Language, Which He Will genii Free Of Charge To Every Sufferer Write For One Or More. Dr.'J. 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