The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 28, 1901, Image 1
VOL. XV. '
(JEN. R. E. I.EK.
Q?n?rHl R( sim s Estimate of the
Great Command#'.
HE DEFEATEO OEN GRANT.
The Great Confederate Leader
Merely Played With Gens
McClellar, Bumsidn
Pope and Hoc k?r.
Gen. Thomas L Ko6sor, of "If ugby,"
Alfccrtnarlc Co , Va , has bcon engaged
in writing and publishing a series of
papers on tho war between tho States,
and his oonoluding artiolo is as follows:
"Tho wisdom of General L^o's invasion
cf Pennsjlvania in 1863 has
nffon Knnn nnoaf innnd Vv* milif a?n ? ???
as woll as statesmen, but when you
remcmbor that at that time Grant held
General Pemberton by tho throat at
Vioksburg, and tho hope of tho ultimate
siicco'8 of the Southern Confed
eracy was faint and flickering, you will
ag'oo that the situation oallou for dos
porate aotion.
"General Leo had gained an ca(y
victory over General Hookor at Chanoellorbvillo
in early May, and having a
low estimate of Mb military ability, he
felt that a viotory over him north of tho
Potomac was not boyond tho bound of
reasonable liopo, or ovon probability,
and tho prospoot was too tempting to
bo disregarded.
Leo bad lost his lieutenant. Stonewall
.Jackson, and whilo Longstreot
was with him, neither Ewoll nor Hill,
who had recontly boen promoted from
major to lieutenant general, had ever
commanded a corps in a battle, and
while Lee must bavo foltsomo anxiety,
if not misgivings concerning them, he
had confidence in his suporb army and
resolved to tako tho movo, not as Na
polcon marohed on Mosoow in 1812.
but as Seipio (Africaou*) went to Carthago
in 201 B. C , in ordor to loose
tho hold on Virginia of tho invading
army, and at tbo samo timo strike a
blow whioh would awaken an eoho to
bo hoaid in Europe and through diplomacy,
end the war in favor of tho
Southoin Confederacy.
General Lee planned to givo battle
as near tho range of South Mountain
as ho oould, so that in the event of disaster,
ss was tho ease, ho ould drop
haok through tho narrow mountain
passes in whioh ho oould resist tho
enemy and avort pursuit.
Had General Leo doolincd hattlo on
mo za 01 July at. UottyHburg, an Uen
eral Longstrcct claims ho advised him,
and Meade had beon forcod by a flank
movo of Leo, baok on Washington,
and a battle fought and Lee defeated
near Washington, his hi my would
doubtless havo been dostroyed bofore
ho oould havo reaohod a safo refueo in
tho mountains or reorosscd the Potomac
at the nearest ford, which was
wost of the mountain. Therefore, Lee
actod wisely in fighting whero he did,
and tho only mistakes ho made wero
taotioal, not strategic, as shown in my
provious lotter.
Had Gonoral Leo died at Gettysburg,
ho would not havo rankod in history
as a great general. His victories over
MoCiellan, Popo, Burnsideand Hooker
would havo been asoribod to tho genius
of Stonewall Jaokson, who participated
so gloriously in all of thorn, for wo all
remember that in the winter of 1861 2
General Leo did not aoquit himself
with oredit in his campaign against
Rosecrai s in West Virginia, and the
failure 11 Gettyburg with tho dangerous
halt at. Falling Wator and Williamsport,
waiting for a freshet to run out
of the Potomac so that ho might pass
his army over it, occasioned very unfavorable
comment from many of our
highest officers.
General Leo was doubtloss a groat
general, but his great military talent
did not shine out fully in all its radiant
pplondor until ho met General U.
8. Grant in the Wilderness in tho
spring of 18(54.
General Lee had merely played with
Motllellan, Pope, Hurnside and Hooker
?taking great liberty with them and
violating every maxim of war in his
campaigns against them?6uoh, for instance,
as going off after Pope and leav
ing McClellan and his fino army on tho
James within a day's march of Richmond,
and in leaving Hooker in June,
1863, with an army dcublo his own in
number at Prcderioksburg, and marching
around him to Culpeptr?liberties
whioh poor nood mistook for strategy,
and in trying to imitate them loft the
road open to Sherman, which he soooptod,
and marched upon Atlanta and
the sea, while he, poor follow, was defeated
at Pranklio, Tonn., and had to
be relieved of his command by General
Joo Johnston.
Lee does not appear to havo gotten
striotly down to business until he was
confronted by Grant in tho Wildomesn
in tho erring of 1804.
General Grant Was greatlv surprised
when General Lee permitted him, unmoleeted,
to oross the Rapidan on the
4th of May, 1864, with an army of 164,000
mon and a train of 4,000 wagons.
Seeing nothing of Lee or his army,
Giant believed that he had fled, and all
ho had to do was to pursue, overhaul
And destroy him. He little understood
bis great adversary. Leo was thoroughly
informed as to every move Grant
made, and when Grant begun, on the
morning of the 6th of May, to uneoil
his gnat army, whioh lay in many folds
around Germania Ford, and serpentlike,
<xtctd its fiery and bristling bead
through the dark jungles of the
Wilderness, Leo, who was holding
his little army of 60,000 men massed
and well in hand on his flank, fell upon
him with the fury of a oyolone, boata
m
iDg hiui at evory point, and compelling <
him to recall his advanced oofps and to '
prepare and fight the two-days' battles
ef the Wilderness in whioh Geuoral
1 j50 and his littlo army most signally /
triumphed.
General Grant now saw that in the
gamo of skillful raanoouvering ho was
not a match for Gonoral Leo, and foolinj
that, tin nnnld nnt iltivn Viiin mil n4 C
"O "V vv?.^ **V? ?'?"? VUW W? v
bid path, ho begun a sorieR of tho rnout
roa.arkab)o tactical evolutions ever cutployed
on a battlefield. Q
Grant's army wad so much larger
than Leo's that ho oould easily cover
Loo s entire irent, whieh ho did, but
fearing Lee's superiority in genoraL
ship, ho entronohed himself with as
much care and caution as if he wcro tho
dofetiBtvo, instead of tho tffonsivo leader.
Holding a ooDtinuouuentrenched
lino all along Lco'b front, and prossiog r:
with a constant strain at ovi ry joint, 0
he hoped to bo ablo to slip h s reserves ^
from tho roar and extend tl oui to Leo's
right s> as to get in botween him and 1
Richmond and cut hiui off from his
supplies. Rut as ho pursued this f
"earth-worm like" xuovouioutof cxlond j
ing his head, and drawing up his tail,
Leo kept paoo wiih him, and wherever
tho head of his army appoart d, Loo was 8
there to striko it. Thus Grant edged s
along, and fought all tho way to Cold a
Harbor, wbero ou tho 1st of June, ho
found himsolf at a point whonoo ho
would either havo to foroo Leo's lines, n
or give up tho ory of "On to Richmond" 1
which had boon tho rofrain of tho Army r
of tho Potomaofor tho past thirty days. ^
At Cold Harbor, Loo occupied tno
position which MoClollan held on tho
27,h of Juno, 1862, and Grant tho po- v
sition whioh Leo hold at tho sauio time,
and from which ho attaokod and drovo ,\
MoClollan Hero Grant made many j
unsuccessful assaults on Loo, and fin- j
ally do6pairing of suoooss gavo up tho ],
job and ontronohed in Leo's front. (
Tn Intvn (Inlfi Hftphnp with I.nn in -
i ospession of it was to turn away from p
Richmond; to persist in assaulting Loo 0
was huniau butolury without oompon- p
satory punishment of Leo?thoroforo n
he gave up tho assiult, ordered up sicgo J
trains and tooK up MoClellan's methods r
of zg z*g approaohos as his only hopo 0
of dislodging Leo and his little half- p
starved and half olad army. But ho v
was so far from his baso of navigablo 0
water that ho soon gavo tho sicgo un v
Grant, in his Memoris, pago 276, j
Vol, 11, Bays: "I havo always rogretted
that tho assault at Cold liar- *
bor was mado." His losses hero were f
bo vory heavy is tho reason of his ro- i
gret, no doubt.
Grant had boen outgeneraled by Loo
at overy turn, and leaving Cold Harbor
ho rosumed his "orabliko" side movoment,
whioh onablod him to reaoh f
Hotorsburg, wherj ho found Loo oon- t
fronting him as usual, and whoro ho a
was oompollod to rosort to tho zig zag a
method of approach and mining, with \
tho hopo of making a breaoh in Leo's \
lines, but failing oarly in tho spring of t
1865 ho rosumed his "orabliko, oarth- t
worm" movement by tho flank, and 0
prosscd on to Fivo Forks, whoro ho suo
oeoded in breaking tho last lino ovor ^
whioh Leo oould gather supplies for his
army, and thus by destroying tho p
kitchen he starved tho great and im- p
mortal army whioh with all his mighty j
host ho oould not whip.
Thomas L llossor. ^
Tho stomaoh controls tho situation.
Thoso who are hearty and strong aro *
thoso who oan eat and digest plonty of ,
food. Kodol Dyspopsia Cure digosts
what you eat and allows you to oat all
tho good food you want. If you suffer 0
frrtm indiaooHnn )ia*rlKnrn Vmlnhinn
> vua .uu<Qvu*?V>t) uvwuuviiuj wv*VU?ug
or any othor stomach trouble, this pre- *paration
oan't help but do you good. *
Tho most sensitivo stomaohs oan tako "
it 1
Dr. K. Norton.
Growing Rapidly.
The production of tobaooo in tho ](
United States is now about 725,000,000 g
pounds, of whioh about half is oonsumed
in this oountry. Tho crop has nearly
doubled siEoo 1870. It was first taxed ^
for revenue purposos in 1873. Sinoo H
1870 the rcvonue from tho tax has not n
fallen below $25,000,000 annually. In ?
1900 it was $59,000 000. Sinoo it was 0
first imposed, in 1863, it has paid re- t
venues among to about $1,200,000,000. /
Tho tobaooo and ootton farmers do not (
get so muoh consideration from tho /
Government as the proteotod minufao- M
turers, but they mako a groat deal more 0
money for it. \
Prof. Ivison, of Lonaooning, Md.f ?
sufferod terribly from neuralgia of the t
stomaoh and indigostion for thirteen p
years and after the dootors failed to 0
euro him they fod him on morphine. ?
A friend advised the useofKodol Dyspepsia
Cure and after taking a few bot- 0
ties of it he says, "It has oured me entirely.
I oan't say too muoh for Kodol ri
Dyspepsia Cure." Itdigosts what you n
eat. &
Dr. K. Norton. p
An Exnerimont. ?
* u
Minnesota is to try a oombination d
high liconse looai option disponsary
scheme. The propased law leaves the
six oountios oontaining oities of the S
"10,000or over," olass under the operation
of the present high lioense law.
It provides that in >11 the other ooun- ?
ties the question of liooese or no lioense h
r hall bo dooided by popular vote. It e
provides further that town liquor dis- u
Gsnsaries shall be established in no K
oense counties upon the petition of p
two-thirds of the voters?tho liquor to i<
be sold in packages (half pint or larger) a
and not to be drunk on the premises. I1
All the dispensary profits are to go to h
the oonnty treasuries. h
Their promptness and their pleasant b
effeots make Do Witt's Little Early Ris- n
era most popular little pills wherever 0<
they are known. They are simply perfoot
for liver and bowel troubles.
Dr. E. Norton.
t pi t
CONW
V PATHETIC STORY.
^noth?r Unf xpectod Effect of th?
P?n?ion Act
UORY OF A WORTHY WIDO*
>f a Daad Confederate Hero About
to Be Debarred of Her Pension
Pittance by its
Provi?ions.
Whilo this Stato is unablo to givo
iccdy Confederate veterans and widows
f veterans any largo pensions, it h
oing the best it oan to aid them. As
n all pension systems, abuses crept in
nd tho department found itsolf pajing
lonsiocs to many who wcro really not
n need, until tho (Jonfodorato votorans
rganization took tho matter up and
ot tho now aot passod. This was doigncd
to throw every possible safeguard
nd is working well. Sovoral very ex
eptional and unoxpretod results of tho
ow sot have, however, arisen. The
^ho caso of tho Byrd orphans has ul
oady been mentioned, and Tho State
ias rcooived several subscriptions toward
paying tho amount of tho pension
phioh oannot bo allowed
Anothor oaso even moro noteworthy
evolopod Wednosday. Thorocan bo no
ioubt that Mrs Amanda lloohester of
kndorson oounty is tho widow of a gal
ant fellow who gavo up his life for tho
lonfcdoraoy, and that sho is sadly in
iced of tho pittanoo allowed, jet tho
? MAnMlMAO ih.t -I i- I
?rr ic<|uuvd viiav niiu uiutn nave ccrtlll
atos fiom living witnesses to her husand's
sorvioe and death. Sho oannot
btain thoso. Yot flho has wriiton cviionoe,
and has presented that whioh is
eally stronger than any othor evidenoo
ould bo. And it is up to tho Stato
oard at its ooming meeting to dooido
rhothor tho lotter of tho aot must bo
beyod, shutting off tho pension, or
phothcr it oan bo allowed on tho ovitonoo
furnishod.
Tho btard roturned Mrs lloohoRter's
pplioation when it first came in. Tho
oltowiDg was rooeivod on Wednesday
u oonscquenoo.
Andt rfon, S. 0 ,
March 18, 1901.
Dear Sir : Kaouso mo for returning
Ira. Amanda P. ltoohostor's potition
or ponaion, and papors oonnootod
horowith. and ospooially calling your
ttontion to Judgo Simonton's aftidrvit.
nd ospooially to the lettor of Lieut.
V. H. Bartless, Jr., datod Juno 20th,
80 4, in oonneotion with Judgo Simonon's
papor. I bog to oall your attonion
to tho faot that a papor 37 years
ild proves itsolf.
I am not a paid agont in this oaso,
mt know tho poor widow porsonallv
nd tako an interest in hor sad loss of
lor gallant husband, whoso momory sho
as ohorishod by hor long widowhood,
t dooB seom to me that any oourt would
ustain hor olaim undor tho law with
ho testimony of Judgo Simonton and
ho letter of tho lieutonant, now dead,
nd tho othor proofs sulmitted.
onolopn affidavit, nf H A M?
Mister, an offioor, but who is an ap
lioant himself, and his testimony rulod
ut, hut I sond it anyway.
I was oolonol of tho Fourteenth South
Molina Volunteers, and my long sorioo
endears mo to the poor, who saorioed
so muoh, but to nono more than
ho worthy womon.
Vory truly yours,
Josoph N. Brown.
The affidavits referrod to read as folows
:
Itato of South Carolina, Charleston
County.
Boforo mo personally appeared
lharles H. Simonton, who, being duly
worn, says that ho was ooloncl ootnlanding
Twenty-fifth regiment, South
Molina Volunteers. Confodorate States
f Amerioa, from 18G2 to tho ?md of
he war. That ho know William
t. Hoohcstor, who was a private in Co.
I of his regiment That paid Willinm
l Rochester was killod in battlo
rhilst serving with his company in a
hargo at Swift Creek, noar Potoraburg,
M That tho letter attached to the
otition of Mrs. Amanda Rochester,
igned by W. II. Bartless, Jr., lieuenant
commanding Co II, is agcnuino
3ttor, as howoll knows tho handwriting
f Mr. Bartless. That tho said W. II
tartless Jr., was at the date <f said
jtter in command of said company, its
aptain, W. ti. Soabrook, having boon
illed. That Rochester and his oomades
in that company were gallant
ten, the oompany having been almost
nnihilated by casualties in aotion dur
ag tne war. t hat ho does not know
Irs. Amanda Roohester. but that he
eliovos her to bo the widow of bis
cad oomrade.
(Signed) Charles II. Simonton.
tate of South Carolina, County of
Anderson.
Personally appoarod B. A. Mo Alitor,
who, being duly sworn, says that
e has known Mrs. Amanda Roohestor
ver sinoe her ohildhood, he being altost
her age. That she was a Miss
toward before her marriage. That she
tarried William A. Rochester, who, it
i said by affidavit of Judge Simonton
nd bis lieutenant, waa killed near
'etersburg, Va., in 1864, and that she
as remained a widow evor sinoe, and
as oontinued a resident of the State
11 the time. That the petition signed
y her is true and though poor, she is
lady of high ohtraoter and has had to
raggle for a living ever sine* the war.
B. A. MoAlister.
The letter from the front at the time
V
ntti
AV. S. C. THURSDAY,
of tho death of tho husband reads as
follow?:
Trenohos Twenty-fifth 8 C. V., Hagood's
Hrigado.
Near Petersbnr. Va ,
Judo 20, 1861.
Mrs. Amanda Rochester.
Dear Mal am: Your favor of tho 20th
jest at hand. I am truly sorry to in
form ye u that tho account of your hus
band's death is oorrect. Ho fell, shot
through tho body, in a ohargo upon tho
enemy's lines at Swift orcok, noar
Petersburg, Va., whero ho iB now
buried.
It stf irds mo pleasure to say to you
that ho'wns a good soldier. I never
l v.:?i.:_u : - ?t j._
h uu w iiilii iu nun n iu tiiu uuio Ul u?u
ger. Our company has lost many pood
and bravo mon, bill n one bettor than
ho I roprct his loss very uiujh. Ho
died in a glorious cause, and hid ntm*
will ho handed down to posterity as one
of thoso martyrs who fell in the oauso
of frocdt in and all that man holds dear
on earth.
Very rr spootfully,
W. H IJartloss, Jr.,
Co H. 25th 3 U. V.
i* S Oorpl, Ucc'iestor is duo pay
from October 1st, 18GJ, to May 7th,
lh(? 4. and soma littlo money for oommutation
of lost things. The exact
amount I cannot now sond, as my oom
pany papers are away; will, however,
do so as soon as practicable, lie had
nothing with him whon ho was killed,
his keepsakes and other things having
heon previously lost.?Tho Stato.
Counterfeits of DoWitt's Witoh 11azol
Halve aro liable to oauso blood prisoning.
Leave thorn alone. Tho original
has tho narno DoWitt's upon tho
i r, :? i 1 -- ? J
uva nuu 11 10 I* 11 ai ill lUCia i*uu
hoaling Halve for skin diseases. llocquallod
for piles.
Dr. E. Norton.
Ends a Useful Life.
A dispatch from Yorkvillo to Tho
Stato pays our oomuiunity was groatly
Hhookod Tuopday morning, 10th inst.,
at tho announcement of tho doath last
night of Col. .John K Asho, prcsidont
of tho Yorkvillo ootton mills. Col.
Asho has been ovorworkin** himsolf ro
oently in tho intorests of his mill, and
tho strain hat* boon groat on him. Dur
ing tho ui<ht his wifo missod h'tn from
tho room, and boooming alarmed oa'bd
tho neighbors, and soaroh was mado for
him. His body was found in a woll in
tho yard. At a mooting of tho stook
holders and directors of tho mill this
ovouing Mr. P. M Qrimop, tho popular
superintendent, was oleoted temporary
president. Upon examination of tho
mill's affairs it was found to bo ontiroly
solvent and ablo to moot ovt ry obligation.
Thoro will bo no stopping of
tho mill, and undor tho managomont of
I'rosidcnt Crimes sucoobb is assured.
Liko Olivor Twist, ohildron ask for
moro when given Ouo Minuto Cough
'Juro. Mothers ondorso it highly for
croup. It quiokly ouros all ooughs and
oolds and ovory throat and lung trouhlo.
It is a specific for grippo and asthma
and has long boon a woll known rcmody
for whooping oough.
Dr. E. Norton.
A Valuable Bed.
A story whioh roads liko a fairy tale
of old oomos from Soio, N. Y., where
Miss Clarissa Spiuguo, a manhating
spinstoi and nonogonarian, diod last
wook. Miss Spraguo lived all alone
and bcyord owning tno hovol in whioh
ttliA rnai 1/nl mau t * a
muw tuuauvvi rv nu VUVU^IiV VI/ J'UDDUtin
nothing but hor pot oat, an animal of
unusual strength and sizo. (Jornorod
by sovcral dogs this oat had booome
badly injured some moaths ago when
ho was rosouod by liufus Sprague, a
oountry lad and distant relative, and
oarried to his mistress. Miss Sprague
was profuro in hor thanks and told the
boy that when sho died alio would
mako him hor hoir and loavo him tho
bed sho slept upjn. Kufus claimed his
prizod Thursday and was about to firo
tho straw tick whon ho was amazod to
find it stuff 3d full of gold coin. A oaroful
searoh was made and more than
11,000 in gold was found.
Soo that you got tho original DoWitt's
Witch Hazol Salvo when you
ask for it. Tho genuine is a oertain
euro for piles, sores and skin disoases.
Wannamakor Mfg. (Jo.
Dr. K Norton.
Beggars Waiting.
A dispatch says tho arrival of Mr.
and Mrs. (Jarnegio, at Southampton,
Kngland, is awaited by dologations from
various elymosnary institutions who
want chocks. Theso inoludo representatives
of oitics seeking libraries, and
agents of a variety of institutions dosiring
aid. Hartley oolloge, Southampton,
a toohnioal institution, has a depu
tation of bO awaiting tho Steamer's arrival.
Tho looal msnagor of the Amor
loan line, who had important letters
and tolcgrams from all parts of the
kingdom for tho philanthropist, says
the envclopos indicate that they are
from all sorts and o9nditions of people
f/om unirorsity presidents to mendioants.
Whon you aro bilious, use those famous
little pills known as DeWitt's Littlo
Early Risers to oleanse tho liver
and bowols. Thoy never gripe.
Dr. E. Norton.
Ho is Right.
The Rev. John L. Bewail, pastor
of tho First Congregational ohuroh in
North Hrookfield, Mass., has announoed
to his pirshioners that he will aeoept
a reduction of 10 por oent. of his salary
of $l,r>00 a year, icaimuch as many
of the congregation are faoing a 10 per
oent. roduotion in their wagos earned
in the local shoe shop.
The lingering oough following grippe
calls for O09 Minute Cough Cure. For
all throat and lung troubles this is the
I only harmless remedy that gives immediate
results. Prevents consumption.
Dr. K. Norton.
I
pmd
MARCH 28, 1901,
OUR OLD HEROES. I
Confederate Reunions In Columbia
and Memphis
DIVISION SPONSOR NAMED.
Olfcinl Circulars Issued by OenerhI
Walker in Refererce
tn Rnth M?atirnr* Tha
Railroad Rates.
Tho Columbia Stato says on ovory
flido tho wotk of thoso ohargod with tho
arrangomonts for tho Htato reunion to
bo hold thoro early in May is going forward.
Tho looal fioauoo ooiumittoo
has bcon roco ving Mib&oriptioDS in ro
npooBO to its oiroular lottor to tho oitizons,
and in well satis hod with tho ro
suits preliminary to tho oanvass. Tno
work of tho oommittoo charged with
scouring homos has boon dolayod a Initio,
but not liutorially, by the sicknoss
of tho chairman, Col 8. W. Vanco
Below is given tho oopy of tho gon
oral order of Gon C. I. Walkor, isi-uod
from tho hcadquartors of tho South
Carolina division United Confederate
Votorans, in Charleston, in regard to
tho Stato reunion:
General Order No. T>2:
1. Tho sovonth annual reunion of tho
South Carolina division, U. C V., will
bo held at Columbia, S. C., oommonoing
May Sth, 1901, at 8 p. m. A large attondanoo
of oomrados is expeotod, and
tho good pooplo of Columbia will do all
in thoir power to mako tho oooasion
pleasant and profitablo.
2. Railroad ratos on tho most
economical basis havo boon secured.
3 Miss Klizaboth C. Teaguo of Aiken,
S. C , has boon appointed sponsor, and
MiBs Annio Norwood of Orcoovillo,
maid of honor, for tho division for tho
ourront yoar.
I All oauips, rogimonts and brigades
of tho division aro oarnostly requested
to appoint, oaoh, ono sponsor and as
many maids of honor as thoy soo tit.
A most boautiful and apprcoiatcd fea
turo of our reunions has boon tho
mingling of tho daughters with tho old
votorans, and it is hoped that each or
*111 . \ m ?* -
gamzauon win ao uhoii tno nooor oi
being rcpropontcd by a sponsor. Whou
sponsors and maids aro roooivod by tho
oonvontion, eaoh will maroh in, carrying
tho oamp, regimental or brigado
bannor.
5. Eaoh oamp will ploaso bring its
oamp bannor and oome into tho convention
hall with tho same.
6. The Ladios'Oonfodorato Momorial
assooiation, of Columbia, has asked the
division to partioipato in tho solomn
momorial services of May 10th, and tho
invitation has boon aooeptod. Tho
division, with its osoort, will movo out
to tho oometory, whero tho tributo will
bo paid to our dead.
Details of tho parado will bo announced
hereafter. Oapt. W. D. Starling,
tho oommandor of tho looal oamp,
Hampton, No. 389 U. C. V., is announced
as grand marshal of tho pa
rado.
By ordor. 0. Irvino Walkor,
Oommdr. 8. 0. Div., U 0. V.
Jamos G. llolmos,
Adjt. Gon. Chief of Staff.
N. B. Camps that have not paid thoir
auoe ior two t,Z) or moro years aro not
in "good standing," and are not ontitled
to delegates.
The following has also bcon issued
by Oen. Walker in regard to the general
reunion at Memphis:
Oen Order No. 63:
1 Tho 11th annual rounion of tho U.
0. V., will be held at Memphis, Tenn.,
May 28, 29 and 30, 1901. Delegates
from all tho oampsof this division aro
oarnostly desired to bo prosont.
2 The Southorn railway has boon selected
as tho offioial route, and all arm
rados are askod to go by that routo and
go togethor. Tho dotails of tho hours
of leaving various points have boon
announoud in goneral order No 51
3. Tho offioial trains of tho Southern
railway will roach Chattanooga, May
27, at 7 a. m., and run down to tho
Chiokamauga battlefield, so that tho
comrades will havo tho opportunity of
participating in tho unvoting ceremonies
of tho South Carolina monumont.
4. The South Carolina Chiokatntuga
Monument commission have extended
a oordial invitatioD to tho veterans of
tho South Carolina division (J. C. V.,
to partioipate in tho unveiling oeromonios.
liy order,
C. Irvine Walker,
Oomdr. 8. C. Div., U. C. V.
James G. Holmes,
Adjt. Qen. Chief of Staff.
Wolves and Sparrows Suffer.
The wolf hunters tod the sparrow
shooters of northern Illinois havo just
dosed a very prosperous season. Lee Sam
uolson, a Winnebago oounty boy, has
made a reoord of 3,415 sparrows for
whioh he reoeived from the oounty
treasurer $69.22. Joseph Gallisdorfer,
a lad of the same oounty, killed 2,410
birds, for whioh he was paid $48.20
oash. Nearly 40.000 sparrows have
been killod this season by the boys of
Stephenson oounty, whioh is a big inorease
oyer the business of last year. In
Deoember the oounty paid bounties
amounting to $152 16; in>'January $208
84; in February $422 1(5;' total $782.6(i.
Crushed to Death.
Bob Kelly, Dan Preston, Riohard
Battle and Cornelias Davis, negro miners,
were killed at the Sloss-Sheffiold
No. 2 ore mine Thursday by a fall of
ore near Birmingham, Ala. The men
bad loaded -20 tons of ore, and, thinking
all of it had fallen, entered the
mine. As soon as the? were in the
great mass fell, oroshing them to death.
IA.
MARYLAND IN LINE
The Election Law Disfnnchising tho
Illiterate Pastes.
Tho now olootioo law has paascd the
Maryland Ii?gislaturo. It w ill diafraoohiso
fifty thousand iilitoralo voters.
Tho final paasago of tho bill was mark
od by tho utter absonoo af anything of
a sensational oharaotcr Io tho senate
but ono protost wis ontorod which o uno
iothoforinof a speioh from Smatcr
Dodson, U'l ublioin, who character zod
tho entiro pre ou di' g< a? a I lot up n the
fair natnos and honor of t ho ^tato. The
final voto was 1 I to 11, a t?triot party
division.
In a quarter of an hour after pa-tssir g
tho Honato tho bill wan before the house
whoro its consideration v tu iuuucdiato
ly begun. One by ono the senate's
amendments wero taken up and eooourrcd
in witliout division. Then it was j ut
upon its final passago with r.o Attempt
at d lay upon tho part of tho minority,
oxoept a motion to allow them ono hour
to oonsidi r tho aiuoruiin n's. Tnis was
promptly voted down, and tho bill was
passod by a voto of fill to 'JH, tho Dornoorats
having six votes more than tho
majority ro?jui:cd by tho constitution.
K.vo Democrats, Ruokoy and Laiuin of
Krcdoriok, Koys of Cecil, I'attison of
Dorobostcr, and Garner of St. Mary's
voted with tho Republicans.
The mopt important change in exist
ing mothods aooomplishcd by tho enaotment
of tho now law lies in depriving
illitorato votors of tho assistauoo of
ballot olerks in preparing their ballots.
Undor tho provious praotioo theso
olerks aooompaniod such voters iuto
tho booths mul uiarkod thoir ballots for
thorn, or showed thorn how to do it.
Tho Democrats olaim tiat this practice
utterly dostroyol tho socrooy of tho bal
lot and mado it possible for corruption
ihIh to learn through signals from tho
ballot clerks whether bargains mado
with corrupt votert had boon carried
out. Tho nrrangomont of tho naino i on
thoballotH has boon altered ho that tho
oaiididato for oaoh iflfico aio grouped
instead of boing arranged in groups aj
ojrding to tho par y they rej rosont.
Party ombloms arc abolished and othor
ohango* mado whioh make tho now law
very nearly similar to tiiat in cxistonoo
in Massachusetts.
Tho e If cot of tho law is, of course,
largely a mattor of o it j icturo, and one
upou whioh tho paity loadors widely
differ. Tho Democrats expect that it
will disfranchise about 32,000 uogroos
and perhaps 10,000 white vo'om who
oannot read or writo. Of these, it is
olaimod, all tho Dogroos and about 50
por cont. of tho whites voto tho liopu
blioan tiokot. With thoro out of tho
way tho Stato will bo Bafoly Douiooratio
for maDy years to oomo, and tho
immodiato result will tho olootion of a
Domooratio Hiato legislature next fall
and of a Democrat to suoocd Unitod
Statos SoDator Wollington in 1902.
Lepors aro Many.
Marino hospital Surgeon Worry, <iu%rantino
offioor for tho Philippines, has
sent an official roport of tho leprosy in
tho Philippines. Ho said: 'Loprosy
is widoly provalont over tho ontiro
arohipolago, but the groatost numbor
of oasos exist in Luzon aud tho Southorn
islands. It is quito prevalent in
Cobu, tho numbor of lopors boing osti
mated at 2,000. Total numbor of oasos
in tho inlands is estimated at 20,000
Tho oasos in Manila and surrounding
oountry arc isolated in a hospital undor
tho auspioos of tho Manila board of
hoalth. Thoro is also a leper hospital
at Cobu. An attempt at segregation
and isolation of tho lopors has boon
mado by tho aroiy offnials and sovoral
months ago orders were issued directing
that a hospital in oaoh district bo sot
asido for tho isolation of all loperi that
oould bo approhondod and tho guard of
military was detail; d rooontly to carry
out tho ordor for a leper colony, intontion
boing to doport all oasos of lepers
to thin placo for segregation and notation."
A Negro Pensioner.
Comptroller General Dorhara Friday
roocivod a letter from Abb ivil'o county,
proHtoRting against a negro drawing a
poDsion in that county. Mr. Derham
said tho negro had Vo?a placed on tho
ponsion roll in 18!?7 by tho Abbevillo
country ponsion board and tho records
showed ho had boon a good and faithful
Confodora'o soildicr and was entitled to
tho pension. Ho will oontinuoto draw
his ponsioD, dospito the little-minded
protost.
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NO. 35
A SAD STORYT
An Insana W(nnn Mu d?r? H#r
8 x Chlldr< n.
ATTEMPTED HER OWN LIFE
But Failed, and Then Taikt
Rationally About Her Awful
D*rd. She Astlgna
No R<tH8rn.
Mrs Lizzie Naramoro, of Coldbrook,
Mass., wl ito in a fit of insanity Thursday
afternoon, killed hor nix ohildron
at her homo, a farm houso half a mile
from tho village, and thon triod to tako
her own life Tho ohildron ranged from
ten yearn to a babo of ten months and
their lives woro taken by tho mothor
with an axo and a olub. Sho laid the
blood drenched bodies on tho bods, two
on one bed and tho other four on a bod
in anothor room and thon attomptod
to tako her own lifo by cutting her
throat with a razor. Whon discovered
she was in tho bod on which tho bodies
of four ohildron wcro lying. Although
sho out a doop gash in hor throat and
suffered tho loss of muoh blood, it is
boliovcd sho will rooovor.
Frank Naramoro, tho husband and
father, loft his homo at tho usual hour
Thursday morning to go to work at a
sawmill and at that timo his wifo did
not attraot his attontion by aoting
strangoly.
It is supposed tho crimo was committed
shortly aftor noon, tho disoovory
being tnado by (Hoorgo Thrasher, an
employo of a grocery store, who visitod
tho Naramoro houso about 2:45 o'olook
for tho purpoBo of dolivering grooorios
that had proviously boon ordorod bv
Mrs. Naramoro. Ho was nn?kl? ?n
iu tho house by tho d >or and ho looked
in a window and noticod blood on tho
floor, whilo Mrs. Naramoro was lying on
a bod. Ho was surprised also in tho
absonoo of tho ohildron, whom ho was
accustomed to hqo playing in or about
tho homo. llo roturnod to tho village
and told of what ho had ooen.
A party was mado up and a haaty
visit was mado to tho Naramoro house.
An ontranoo was otfootod without delay
and tho mutilatod bodioa of tho six
ohildron in two bods woro found. Mrs.
Naramoro was removed to the village
hotol and tho attonding physicians wore
oonlidont alio would survivo.
During tho ovoning a number of
noighhors of tho family saw and talkod
with Mra. Naramoro and to thorn aho
told how she killod hor six ohildron.
At tho timo tho party of villagers
found Mra. Naramoro she was asked
haw she did tho doed, and aho said that
oho took tho livos in four different
rooms, and as fast as she killod ono
ohild tho body was plaood in a bed.
Tho ohildron woro throe boys, and
thrco girls, Ethol, 10 yoars of age, the
oldest, whilo tho ages of Walter, Charlie,
Chostor, Bessio and Lena ranged
from eight yoar to ton months, Lena
boing tho baby.
Mrs. Naramoro told her most intimato
friends that aho first killed Ethel,
and thon followod with tho five others,
oaoh timo taking the next eldest. Five
woro killod by boing struok on the
hoad with tho baok of an axe while littlo
Lona was killod with a olub. She
aays aho fully oxpeotod tho trash in h#?r
throat would oause hor death and when
hor husdand roturned at night he would
find all of tho bo J ion in the two beds.
Sbo appeared rational and displayed
signs of sorrow for the deed she had
committod, although sho is unable to
give any roasoon for killing tho ohildion.
W'hon Mr. Naramoro reaohed the
home ho was prostrated with grief by
tho loss of his family.
Ktoh of tho ohildron had ovidontly
reooived several blows as their heads
woro torribly bruised and blood was
Mttcrcd in all parts of the rooms. Mrs.
X iramoro had ovidontly made preparations
for tho dood, as tho doors were
all lookod and barrod with stioks of
wood.
At about 1) o'clock Mrs. Naramoro
exporh'uood a ohango for the worse and
it is bolicvod that sho will not live
through tho night. Her husband has
boon in tho hotol, but ho has not made
any request to sro her sinoo his arrival.
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