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More About “The Wilderness;”
Wilcox’s Brigade in the Fight
I have just read the article from the
pen of Comrade W. F. Smith, of the
Forty-fifth Georgia regiment. A. N. *in
regard to the battle ia the WHdernera on
the «th of May He io correct; it woo not
Wficox s brigade which rave way on that
memora nle day. I know whereof I apeak,
for I »aa there.
Well do 1 remember when the regtanent
os the left of oar brigade gave way, and
I understood at the time that It was a
Georgia brigade that gave way. Our line
waa never broken; we bad to change
front as the enemy were In our rear and
we held the enemy in check in onr front
until Longstreet drove them back, and
established the line; <• then moved for
ward, drove them back, and returned
to onr line, then passed to left where
th* tine had been broken and helped
drive the enemy, passed the point, where
General J** w«* wUh hl * heard
the order of General Lee: “To the rear.”
’ I raw him tn person. as he eat on his
horse, not excited but seated anxious to
loin in the tray. Never wiU I forget how
grand he looked on that day. Our brig-
A Little Sermon to the City of Atlanta.
BY ALEX W. BEALER.
I em going to preach a little se. mon
to the city of Atlanta today.
My teat will be found in the great
book of life, in the month of October,
and consist* of these simple words,
'•Mr*. Etße Covington. ”
Oneudght this week as the Southern
train rolled into the union depot the
lawyers were attracted by a poor little
woman on crutches. She had a simple
expresston on her face and It was with
great difficulty that she hobbled on her
crutches across to the waiting room.
She wore a plain dress and her face
was half hidden beneath a cheap sun
bonnet.
She copewred to be suffering and to
the officer who was called to look after
tier she gave the name of Effie Cov
ington. She told a pitiful story. She
was an epileptic. Last spring in one
of these horrible attacks she fell into
the Are with her baby. The child wee
burned to death and her feet were hor
yibiy burned. Her husband waa * car
pentee. Their home was in Clarksville.
gWnn. He wanted her to come to At
lanta. where she could have her
bums treated in some hospital. He
bad been dead a short time and she
was Ln the city and wanted to go to
the hospital.
The officer sent her to the Grady
hospital Her looks indicated that she
was one of the unfortunate poor.
What mattered it to the official that a
human creature was suffering. She
was a non-resident and under the rules
ehe could not be received. Take her
away, carry her to the police station,
and I fancy that the bones of the man
for whom the hospital was named
turned over in their grave aa the poor
creature was sent away from its
doors, within which she hoped to And
a healing balm for her terrible wounds.
To the great and august chief of po
lice and bls satellites the poor woman
told the same story. He was charged
with the duty of protecting the city.
Here was a suspicious ease-a wo
man with her legs burned nearly off
trying to break Into the city's charity
fund. He could not stand by and see
it done. She said at first that she was
fn>ta Tennessee and then she declared
that ehe came from Rome. Ga. Rome
was trying to palm off a deadbeat on
Atlanta. Hunter was called—Hunter,
the sleuth of the department! Jumbo
Hunter, the hater of dishonesty, the
terror nf petty deceiver*. To him was
committed the duty of running thia
dangerous imposter—this no-legged wo
man. out of the city. The chief did
not believe her story. What mattered it
that she was suffering. She had tried
to deceive him and that waa a crime
that could not be overlooked and he sat
back well pleased with himself while
Jumbo hustled the poor woman off to
the train and soon she waa being rat
tled away toward Rome
Last Wednesday as I sat in my study
in Cartersville a man came in to see
me He was a decent looking fellow,
but be seemed footsore and weary. “I
am in trouble, str.” be said, “and I ?
have come to you aa a minister of the
gospel to get you to help me. My
name is J. D. Covington. I am a car
penter by trade and my home has been
In Clarksville, Tenn. I have a wife, Ef
fie Covington, but she is affected with
epilepsy. God only knows where she is
todav. Last spring In a fit she fell into
the fire while holding our baby tn her
arms. The child was burned to death
and her lege were so badly burned
that some of the bones have since
come out of one foot. The crops were
all burned up around Clarksville and
I wanted to come to Atlanta to get my
wife in a hospital. I did not have much
money, so I bought a ticket to a little
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ade was on the Plank road, think one
regiment was on the right, snd I know
my regiment was just on the left. I.re
member General Wadsworth was killed
In our front and General Longstreet was
wounded at this ‘point. at least, that la
my recollection that he was wounded In'
the neck.
Never shall I forget the 6th of May in
the Wilderness. Never shall I forget when
Geenral Perrin, who was in command of
our brigade, came up and said. “Brave
men!”
Nor will I ever forge,t the May morn
ing that the order came to cook three
days* rations, preparatory to leaving.
When we broke cainp .on the Rapldan
the long roll* was called and then we
marched down the plank road. Brigade
after brigade filed intp the oM plank road.
1 can see now the long Une of glistening
guns of as grand an army as ever met a
foe. I am proud that I onee belonged to
such a noble band of heroes. '
R. P. tfCHOPFRRT.
Co. B. 11th Alabama regiment. Wilcox's
old brigade, Eutaw. Ala.
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station twenty-five miles above Dal
ton.
•There I expressed a valise in which
were all our clothes, down to Marietta.
I paid my wife's fare to Dalton and
gave her enough money to buy some
thing to eat and a bed in which to
sleep. I told her that I would walk to
Dalton and gave her instructions to
wait in the depot until I came.
“It was a long walk, but when I got
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:: Deciding Shot at First Manassas ii
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While sipping tea with Colonel H. P.
Bell the other evening thia grand old vet
eran related to ua a very thrilUng incident
of the civil war. As he intended- at the
time having It recorded, but never did,
and as it may be of some interest to
many of the survivors of that conflict,
the majority of whom are Journal read
era, I will give the substance of It as
follows:
Major Dunwoody, now one of the direct
ors of the Roswell cotton factory, was
present at the battle of Manassas and
did come gallant work. All who fought
on Manassas' bloody field will vividly re
call the suspense that preceded the signal
victory of the Confederates. After hard
fighting on both sides the Federal! waver
ed and It was apparent to all that the
crisis was at hand. The balance,of vic
tory hung with equal weight, on both
armies, but the brave deed of one daring
man would' be sufficient to decide the
result. At this juncture Major Dunwoody
who was rallying his men. for a charge,
noted an artillery sergeant of the Federals
preparing for a- center fire at the Con
federates. The major called on his sol-
:: Atlanta Typographical Union
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Adds Liberally to the. Fund •;
4 ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 6, 1901.
4 John 8. Cohen, Secretary McKinley Monument Association. 4
■ 4 Dear Sir: At a regular meeting of Atlanta Typographical union, No. 48. 4
4 held today, a resolution was adopted- unanimously endorsing the movement 4
4 to erect in Atlanta a monument to the late president, Wm. McKinley. To 4
4 aid in this the union pledged a subscription of S2O, which is in addition to 4
4 about S4O already subscribed by individual members of the union. Yours 4
4 truly, DAN W. GREEN, President. . 4
4 C. C. HOUSTON, Secretary. e • 4
4 CLOSE CALLS BRING ♦
4 OLD VETS TOGETHER. ♦
4 HHIHHHHIKUHIHH
HAMPTON. GA,. B®Pt. 29. 1901.
L like many old vets, enjoy, reading the
close calls. I will not go’ln to details of
what I saw but will say that I had my
share of hardships and hairbredth calls.
About as close as I was to being passed
over the river by a Yaak was one dark
night when we thought we were going tp
capture a squad of scouts when one guide
betrayed us into an ambush of Yankees
that were behind a rail fence. One of them
when I reached the fence piit his gun
through the crack against my breast. I
knocked the gun aside as it fired. I had
some close calls from freezing on scout
and picket duty, as I followed the war
chief, Joe Wheeler, in all his raids and
tramps with the army of Tennessee. I no-
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THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10. 1901.
• there It was night. I could not learn
anything of xny wife. The next morn
ing the day marshal informed me that
he did not believe the woman's story
about having a husband and as he did
not want her to stay In town he had
sent her down to Calhoun, 21 miles
away. I set out for Calhoun and walk
ed every step of the tray. There I ar
rived at 4 o’clock in‘the afternoon. The
people believed the stOr.v of my wife
and to my amazement I found that
they had shipped her back to Dalton
no that she could find »< Jim Hall,
the editor, and alt the other people
there were very kind tome They tel
egraphed to-Dalton to return my wife,
but the officer had shipped her over to
Rome. I went from Calhoun to Rome,
but there they told me that my wife
had been sent to Anniston, Ala. I am In
despair and I am trying to reach At
lanta so thaC I can find her. I want
you'to help' me.” •
"Your wife Is In Atlanta.” I said to
Mm as he
’"How do you knots’?” he asked In
■unwise. J*
' “Because I read an account of her
arrfvhl In the Atlanta Journal," was
, my ’
Then I hunted up the paper and
found the story just as he had told It
except that the woman had said }e
was dead.
“Her mind Is weak.” he said. In ex
plaining that, "and the officer at Dal
ton put that notion into her head by
' telling her that he tfIWHWF Ilmd run
off and left her or was dead.”
I went around among the people and
in a little while had raised enough
money to send Mr. Covington to At
lanta and he had a few dollars to
spare. I telephoned The Journal, ask- .
Ing that the woman be held at police
station.
Thursday morning Mr. Covington
pass d through Cartersville gotng to
' Rome on the trail of his wife who had
been sent back by the vigilant officials •
of the great city of Atlanta.
Now here ia my application. This is
one of the worst cases of inhumanity
that has ever come under my notice.
No. that is not too stfong. it fs hard
ly strong enough.
I care not where the woman came
from nor what sort of a story she told,
common humanity should "have given •
her some attention. I saw where a
mule suffering from the colic was
ken into police station and cared for.
but here was a crippled and helpless
woman who was suffering, run out of
the city because she did not tell a story
"to please the officers. . \
Tije stoyy Is a sad commentary on
the Christianity of our state, a suffer
ing woman footballed from place to
place to keep from paying out a few
dollars. . „ .
I hope my frind Dr. Broughton will
have this case investigated and give
some of the official jackets a dusting.
They need it and when he does It
there are thousands of good people in
Atlanta who will say amen. I for one
will join In with them. ;
die rs to pick off the sergeant. Every man
was willing, but the distance,.was long
and few indeed were the men - Who could
safely trust their aim. At last's sharp
shooter named Wallace, came forward and
volunteered hip services, lie’ had just
been wounded badly in the head. The
blood was streaming down hla face and
he was deathly pale. As Wallace raised
his gun the little squad became hushed.
Although suffering intensely he "took
steady alm and fired. The artilleryman
fell forward on his face. When the Fed
erals saw their distinguished officer fall
dead they became confused and broke
ranks. A few minutes later and they
retreated panic-stricken and the first bat
tle of the great struggle to follow result
ed in a victory fofr the southern soldiers,
who contributed so much to military sci
ence, as the annals of warfare attest. ■!'
ARNOLD B. HALL.
Cumming, Ga., Oct. 8, 1901. •
C JLMTOZI.XA.
th, Tin Kio< Yw Hm Always Beu#
ties in issue of September 21st a short
communication from James G. Ramsey. If
this reaches the above named old vet 1
would be glad to have his address. Writ
ing close calls bring many old soldiers to
gether that have lost sight of each other.
If any of Company K, First Confederate
cavalry, read this I would be glad to hear
from them. Success to The Journal, the
livest paper in the south.
A. D. MARTIN, 4
High Private Co. K, First Confederate
Cavalry.
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Most Despised Public Man.
Spokane (Wash.).Review.
The Atlanta Journal asks that Senator Well
ington of Maryland be expelled from .the sen
ate on the ground that he has arrayed him
self with “the common ruffians” tn his com
ment on the assassination of the president.
Wellington has only a year and a half to
serve and perhaps It would be just aa well
to let him retain his seat in order that the
people may have an opportunity of pointing
out the most thoroughly despised- min now
.holding public office.- ■ '
The journal to the
JI BY J. P. AUSTIN.
The beautiful engravings that daily ap
pear in the Journal are .universally ad
mired by a refined and cultured people, but
nothing has ever appeared in its columns
on that line which has aroused such ten
der emotions as the pathetic picture of the
old veteran, James R. Stringer, rescuing
the Confederate flag from the flames of the
burning Confederate home. One can see
from the determined expression of the ojd
man's face that the same spirit and heroic
valor that animated him in the 60's
prompted him in his old age to rush for
ward and rescue that cherished banner
from the devouring elements.
Though tottering on the verge of the
great beyond, not one spark of that pa
triotic devotion to the cause he loved so
well has been dimmed by time. Another
no less pathetic scene occurred at the burn
ing of the home. As these old battle
scarred veterans were gathered In groups
about the burning embers of their once
happy abode; (provided for them by the
patriotic sons and daughters of Georgia)
bemoaning their unfortunate condition, for
these old fellows had lost their all, had
no where to rest their weary bones, it
seemed to those tried and war worn vets
that the last vestige of hope had flown.
But amid their gloom and despondency, as
the clouds seemed to thicken, And tears
Unwritten Facts in Georgia History.
BY GEORGE G. SMITH, D. D.
We know from the collections of the
Georgia - Hlstortcel society and front
the joui ..:•!* of John Wesley and
George Whitefield, something of the
social condition of those who came
over with Mr. Oglethorpe. There were
none of them from poorhouses or pris
ons. There were but few of them in
dependent of* all help from the com
pany's stores. They were generally of
that class who might be called the
respectable poor. • They bad Issued to
them for the first year a regular ra
tion, which consisted of one pound of
beef or pork, a third of a pound of
both rice and meal, about the same
quantity of flour, one pint of beer each
day, a quart of molasses a week, 12
pounds of butter, 12 pounds of sugar,
five gallons of vinegar, 24 pounds of
■alt, 12 quarts of oil, 20 pounds of soap
for a year, and one pound of spun cot
ton. They were furnished with a hatch
et, a handsaw, a shovel, three hoes, a
gimlet, a drawing knife and a frying
pan. For these suppl.es they were to
work under the direction of the trus
tees for one year. The houses they Hv
was the pole cabin with a dirt floor.
It was covered with clapboards, and
the roof was held In its place by weight
poles. It was net ceiled or plastered.
The chimney was made of sticks laid
on each other aud daubed between
with clay or mud. The houses were
generally 15 to 16 feet square. The door
was made of split boards, or perhaps
of plank sawed by a whipsaw. These
were the colonial mansions of which
i our school girls so delight to write.
Mr. Oglethorpe himself lived in a
little plank cottage not much more
pretentious. The' furniture of the cab
in was all home-made —a bench or two
made of split logs, stools made with
three legs, and after a while a chair
made with a bottom of rawhide, a ta
ble made of rough plank or puncheons,
and a bed frame in the corner of the
cabin, ah oven, a pot and a frying pan,
Made the furniture of an average fam
ily.
After the Mme when the issue of ra
tions eeased, early settlers in the
low country w*te dependent for sub
sistence upon the product of their la
bors In the field. They made no wheat
or rye or barley*; they were dependent
updh the rice patch and the corn field.
Corn and riee were both beaten in a
mortar, and com was sometimes
ground in hand-mills such as were in
use in Palestine. Clothing was woven
at home. It was almost entirely of cot
ton. The long staple cotton was the
only button raised, and the seed was
picked from the lint by the fingers.
Nearly all the ' people Out of the vil
lages and many in for the first
2ft years, went barefooted in summer.
The country people had no schools nor
churches, and the Sabbath was largely
spent in moral sports, especially fish
ing and hunting. The first comers to all
this low country south of Scriven were
of European origin. They were English,
Highland Scotch, Lowland Scotch and
Germans. The records in Savannah
only go back to the formation of the
county, in 1777, but in the secretary of
state’s office we have records back to
1754. The condition of the first com
ers in the years preceding this last
date are derived from other sources
than the wills and inventories, but
those which were made after the days
of record amply sustain the descrip
tion I have given. Io show how nar
row were the circumstances, Mr. Ste
phens says that on one boat there were
two sows and some turkeys and three
shoats, and it would have been a great
disaster if they had been lost.
This was the condition of things till
about 1750. Then there was improve
ment in conditions and after the com
ing of the Dorchester colony and the
better business conditions in Savan
nah after 1762 life was much changed,
but when in the low country there was
comfort and’ even luxury in the fron
tier counties of Wilkes and Columbia,
everything was in a state of forma
tion. These people, unlike those on
the coast, had no access to markets
■nd had no products that could be
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Helen Frances Huntington, of Gaines
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have found to be the most wholesome,
nourishing and appetizing food that has
ever come to my knowleage.
"I am not a dyspeptic, but being con
stantly engaged in severe brain work I
found that I did'not .nrlve on ordinary
diet; even a moderate dinner dulled my
brain so as to be practically incapable of
critical work. • I tried meat-juice, pepto
noids, the two* meal systems of light
breakfast and no supper which brought
on nervous depletion and sleeplessness, so
I resorted to one and another of the va
rious health foods which all seemed alike
tasteless and valueless as a brain food,
until quite by chance I had a dish of
Grape-Nuts food served for dessert. I liked
it so well that I began to use it daily,
for* supper four teaspoonfuls in a saucer
of hot milk, eaten before it dissolves to
mushiness.
* “This point should be remembered, as
after* a certain time evaporation seems to
affect the sweet nutty flavor of the food
;as in the case of certain fine-flavored
fruits.
“The result in my case was simply as
tonishing. I had no desire whatever for
sweet pastrys, meats, or in fact anything
else; and my brain was as clear and act
ive at night as on awaking from a long,
refreshing sleep.
< The peculiar advantage about Grape-
Nuts food is that it supplies the nutritive
qualities of a varied diet Without the bad
results of heavy eating. I cheerfully rec
orhmend its use to all brain workers, if
not as an exclusive diet, certainly for the
last meal of the day. I always take it
with me when traveling, which saves a
deal of annoyance and discomfort.”
trickled down their furrowed cheeks, a
rocket went up from the Journal office, an
eloquent ray of light had burst upon their
clouded vision; the management of the
great paper had grasped the situation in a
moment; and at once dispatched a swift
messenger to the scene with the joyful
news that relief was at hand, and In less
than an hour after the conflagration, the
Journal had provided, at its own expense,
a comfortable hotne for the old sooldierg.
Their tears had in a moment of despair
been turned into smiles, then one grand
shout went up from those old grizzly
vets, which echoed and re-echoed to the
praise of the Journal. .» •
The Journal Is constantly putting for
ward some new and attractive feature, but
it will never present anything' that will
eclipse the grand, patriotic and meritorious
act of providing a resting place for the
old soldiers who were so suddenly and un
expectedly deprived of -the comforts o.f a
home. The Atlanta Journal will ever find
a warm place in the hearts of the people
of the South for this kind and generous
act.
I feel like doffing my hat every time I
pass the office. God bless the Journal and
all connected with it Is the pjayer of an
old Confed.
River Side, Ga.
shipped to Europe. They had moved
from Virginia and North Carolina and
many of them brought nothing- that
could not be put on pack-horses. The
upper part of South Carolina near
est them was still a new
country. The revolution was just over,
there was no money and as yet no
trade. Few rich people came with the
first comers, and life was much as I
have pictured it among those near Sa
vannah, only the up-country people
had no company stores to fall back
on, and what they had not brought
with them they were compelled to do
without. The settler generally came
to the new country in the early part
of the year and pitched his tent near
a spring. He generally chose the
lands by a creek Where he could find
pasturage for cattle he had brought
with him and began at once to build
his cabin. It was the duplicate of the
one we have described as belonging
to the low country. He was largely
dependent on his rifle for meat, and
on his corn-field for bread. The cane
brake was cleared and with his wife's
aid the corn was planted. Before his
crop was gathered he bought from his
Carolina neighbor bread and. as a rule,
beat it into meal and hominy in his
mortar. He turned his stock into the
woods and relied largely for some
years on the return irom his cattle.
He did not generally have any ne
groes and did his own work, and his
wife did the sewing, milking and
cooking. ‘ After he was able to buy a
negro or two he still lived in his log
cabin and bn his plain fare. His fur
niture was very scant and his com
forts very few. For the first few years
he had neither sugar nor coffee and
no store goods were bought but a few
Indispensable articles. The school was
conspicuous from its absence, and
there were very few churches. The
Virginians Who came after the war
brought with them sometimes a few
negroes, but there were many substan
tial citizens who had node. The
houses were furnished in the same way
and the tables had the same articles
of food. In 1790, Benjamin Hendricks,
had one bed, a flax wheel, loom, a
cotton wheel, tools, a rifle, mare and
colt, a horse. There were no chairs nor
bedsteads, knives or forks.
James Aycock: Two beds, eight cows
and calves, four horses, 50 hogs, four
negroes, three sheep.
George Freeman: 14 cattlh, IS sheep,
one hdd. tobacco, five beeves, nine ne
groes, 25 hogs, two beds, one bed and
curtains, two churns, one oven, two
skillets, two bowls, three reap hooks,
one loom, tea kettle.
Charles Head had four negroes,
three horses, six cows, two beds, one
drtper and safe, two hackles, one
flax wheel, one table, five chairs, two
sad irons, one griddle, one table, one
looking glass.
There were no bedsteads, no knives
and forks, nor books of these invento
ries.
The one room cabin soon gave way
to the double log house, and now the
newcomers were able to provide their
families with some comforts. In 1798
I find the first mention in the up-coun
try Os a riding carriage. It was a chair
or gig owned by John Wingfield, and
there is the first mention of domestic
turkeys' potatoes, sugar, bacon and
lard, and of a table cloth. He was
considered a very rich man for those
times, as the Wingfields, Terrells, Fos
ters, Bookers, and life lost its primi
tive features. It was early in the last
century that cotton began to be culti
vated largely and their fortunes were
made with great rapidity.
The ordinary life of the country peo
ple was up to the beginning of the
century, save as it was broken into by
a few rich immigrants, a life of great
simplicity. <
The country home was a log cabin,
the clothing was homespun, and there
Were no table luxuries. Coffee was &
rare article and sugar even rarer. The
high price of coffee, 33 1-3 cents a
pound, and of sugar, 16 2-8 cents a
pound, put it out of the reach of peo
ple of moderate means. Molasses was
50 cents a gallon for the black Musca
voda, and was considered a great lux
ury. There was an abundance of
hog and hominy and buttermilk and
cornbread,and a sturdy, healthy, hap
py people were the rural people of the
Georgia of a hundred years ago. Gen
eral Henry R. Jackson wrote- a book of
verses in which he pays his tribute to
the -Georgia farmer. One verse of it I
recall:
"On bacon and grits he breaks his fast;
On bacon and greens his dinner—
On bacon and ash cakes sups at last;
Bacori all the while, the sinner.”
There were three kinds of corn cakes.
The hoecakes, the ash cake and the
Johnnie eake. There are 1n the old in
ventories bread hoes mentioned. They
were made to bake on, the Johnny or
journey cake was cooked on a board
and the ash cake in the ashes. It was
not long after the people began to set
tle down before they had schools and
the old field school so often described
was found in every neighborhood. The
tuition paid was 50 cents a month, the
school term 12 months in the year, and
the school house a cabin by the
side. The pupils all studied, reading,
writing and arithmetic, and when they
wanted grammar they had to <o to
the academy.
The pioneers had great virtues; they
were ready to fight any time, and any
where, and anybody, and to be a liar
or a coward or a cheat were things
not to be thought of, but I am sorry
to say they too often got drunk when
they went to the courthouse. They
were, however, always willing to con
fess their dereliction in meeting, and
ask the brethren to forgive them,
which they did very readily. They
were a grand people, though they did
set on three legged stools and ate with
their fingers.
Wedgwood blue is one of the favorite
fall colors.
- $2.65
Rye, Palata- aedictati
k Full ;
degree. Z. /* •* *' '
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P— Everything supplied
Ws % / EJcpress r'repa.fa tn pi*in cmm.
Send for complete pric* Het, juet out# - *
6 - FIJRE RY£ S
Seven to Nine Years Zjrgy
Old /SW
°n« qt. \ - « One
w• M Glendile Springs DlstHlfnt Ce AsSS?/
MPsSL/ Whiekey.
*1 w. nitcitoliet.. Attaat*. Ga MW '’ -
No good* sent C.O.D Cash must be sont
hand-made sour mash. with each order. . - z<-. .4-
7 to 9 Years Old. third natiohrl
Little Boy Gives Money
That He Bravely Earned j
• • ■
<■ St Julian Ravenel, Jr., who has been making Ha home in New York for t
+ a year or more, is visiting his grandfather. Mr. Thomas M; Clark, in At- >
4* ianta. and is the moat recent contrib-utor to the McKinley monument and ♦
4> Soldiers’ home funds And thereby hangs a tale. "This money wa* earned
4> by the sweat of his brow and the whole-amount, W.OO, given. wUhodt a «lgh .4
+ to these two patriotic purposes. ♦
4> St. Julian, Jr., has not been leading the idle, desultory itfa.of the average +
4> 7-year-older for the past several weeks, nor can his valuable services be ♦
A commanded for nothing. He puts the dog out at night. It is a heroic thing <
4 for the little fellow to face the darkness of the back door and hear ♦
+ the voices that wtiisper things in doleful ton** ■ through thq .keyhole.. All 4
. 4> unattended he does thia, however, for a consideration, and hag learned not 4*
4> to mind. He does not even run but walks back - to - the warmly lighted hall ♦
4 and peopled rooms in front, with head held high. St. Julian also brings a ♦
4 pair of soft, furry slipper’s to the chair of his grandfather when the-night -4
shadows fall, for which there is a double compensation always waltirir-4he 4
material one goes in his’bank. ♦
4 It is not a little thing to do, to give a whole, big silver. doUat to even a.4
4 patriotic cause, as every man who can recall the -earntnga of his boyhood 4
4 days will acknowledge. ' It represents so much more than p.OOfrdoea in the 4
4 prime of life. : * 7”•
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A WIRELESS TORPEDO.
Description of an English Submarine
Destroyer Steered By Mar
’ coni’s System.
London Mail.
For some time past experiments have
been carried out with a new torpedo in
vented by a young English electrlelaik
Mr. Cecil Varlcas. of Weymouth. The
most salient characteristic of this new
weapon is that its passage and course
through the water can be directed and
controlled either from the shore or the
conning tower of a As is well
known, the course of the present White
head torpedo is maintained by a wonder
fully complex appliance known as the
gvroscope, fitted within the weapon. The
cost of the Whitehead torpedo is about
£2,000, and although its destructive quali
ties are so tremendous, yet Its chances
of striking the target are very remote,
especially if the object at which it is fired
happens to be moving. If it should miss
the target the projectile simply continues
on its journey until its propelling force is
exhausted, when it drifts about at the
mercy of the waves.
But the difficulty has at last been sur
mounted by the invention of Mr. Varicas.
By means of his devtc« the torpedo, while
traveling at express speed through the;
water, and several hundreds of feet away
from the prfint of discharge; without any
wire or other connection, may be con
trolled as expeditiously and as easily as
if an operator were on bpayd to manipu
late its diminutive rudder. How is this
accomplished’ Simply by means of wire
less telegraphy.
Externally the torpedo is exactly the
same as. the Whitehead projectile. The
dimensions are precisely the same, find
the propellor is of equal calibre. The in
terior, however, is vastly different. The.
explosive charge and the driving engines
are placed in the same positions, but the
gyroscope is dispensed with. In its place
is substituted a delicate electrical appar
atus, for actuating the. rudder. \
The apparatus upon the shore or battle
ship for the transmission of the electrical
waves to the traveling torpedo comprises
a powerful induction of coll and a small
bandwheel, reversible in either direction.
This the officer manipulates in the same
manner as the steering wheel of a vessel,
the torpedo turning to the right or left
according to the movements of the wheel.
The celerity and facility with which the
torpedo answers the movements of the
lielm, notwithstanding Its distance from,
the transmitter, afe remarkable.
It was dispatched straight out to sea.
continuing in a straight line until it had
traveled 200 yards, which point was the
maximum' range over which the ether
wavhs cofiltf be transmitted in this par
ticular instance. It then simply circled
round and roynd qntil itq propelling power
was exhausted. The range over which
the ether waves may be transmitted sim
ply depends upon the intensity of the elec
trie current, and since Marconi can estab
lish communication over 30 miles, torpe
does might be manipulated at the same
distance.
When the projectile enters sthe water
from the tube a float is detached and'dhis
serves the same purpose as Marconi’s high
mast.
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♦ - PRACTICAL GIRL. ♦
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At th<-circus the Practical Girl foupd
an object lesson in clothes. It was ‘fur
nished by the women acrobats who came
out attired in ball gowns and did every
thing, from handsprings to pyramids.
“There.” sne said. "is. an illustration.
Now just watch those skirts get all
tangleß up. I’ve been watching those peo
ple, every instant expecting one of them
to get caught and perhaps killed, apd if
the mateual weren’t* so light it would
surely happen.
."But Is there anything graceful about
a long skirt if you want to do anything?
It is all right if you want to sweep into
a ballroom and just stand and look nice.
But if you want to do something they’re
always in the way, and the modern wo
man wants to do something. . ,
"Now, you mark my words, women are
going to find out just how clumsy long
skirts are and there's going to be a revo
lution. The Rainy Daisies are on the.
right path, but they've only
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We are the only people In Macon selling
the famous - TCennAsaw Carn. - Only $2 «>; peg
gallon Best tn Georgia- . •
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WILL PAY INSURANCE.
There Win Be a Full Payment of . th#
Soldiers’ Home Policies.
The entire amount of the Insurance, on
the Soldiers’ Home building and intents
- will be paid. The loss on the bulldipg Was*
adjusted at a” conference held- Mopday
. afternoon at S o’clock with W. H. Hgrri-*
son, secretary' of the;Aoid|grS% sQtne. tn'
the comptroller general’s office at?ths
capitol.
The loss was adjusted for the full'facw
of the policies amounting tp 119,500, and*
each of the companies throughT the ad
justors, announced that they would’ not'
take advantage of the usual sixty days'
allowed, but will pay cash wlthouedis
count.
This action on the part of the com
panies Involved in the loss, will frSatly
facilitate the work that Is now being done
towards rebuilding the home and. with the
aid of the apprbprlatldii which the leg
islature will make will result in its com-'
zpletlon several weeks. earlier than was*
first aifticipated. ' .
. The losses were distributed among the
IV..owing companies:
Scottish Union .and National. * #,000;;
Hamburg-Bremen, 15,000; Liverpool and
London and Globe, 45.000; St. Paul Firs'
and. Marine. 42.500, and the Connecticut
ptre Ineuranee»oompany, S2,O(J».‘
The coq,t" of the . home, according* to
figures submitted loathe adjustors,, was
$28,720.05. rs fi'.- ‘ \ ’
' ■ The contents of the Home .was insured
for $2,000. This, however’, wak no| dis
cussed by the adjuster* Monday, as they
have nothing to do wftte' tlje Insurance
on that part of thehtgoe. ,The Insurance
on the contents is wjth theJPhoenix In
surance company, of Hartford, who, it
is understood will pay the loss promptly.-
For $1.40 we will tend The Semi-
Weekly one year and the Plve Vaseline
Toilet Articles and any one of the
premium papers offered with The
Seml-Weekly at SI.OO. T Ms'la the
greatest offer ever made and you
should take advantage of Jt without
delay.
EIGHTEEN INCHES OF RAIN.
■ i
GALVESTON, Tex., Oct. ».-A foot and
a half of rain fell here during the last
twenty-four hoars. This 'is the heaviest
ralti every experienced here. The streets
are flooded and some damage has been
caused to goods on ground floors of stores
and by ieajky roofs. The- raftf
and the .weather is clearing. *rtjerewas
prae deafly no wind and the Ude ly.twr-