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The Confederacy
and Its Prisoners.
BY TAMRS CALLAWAY.
On Memorial Dav it is proper to
recall the efforts of the Confederacy
to alleviate the sufferings of federal
prisoners. The English govern
meat in appropriating $20,000,000
for rebuilding the Boer uomes de
stroved by its armies was never
more magnanimous than the Con
federacy in its unceasing tfforts to
rclea>e and relieve the prisoners.
No subject is so little understood,
not only in the north, but by our
own people of this generation.
Wtieu Ben Hill delivered his
Andersonville speech in the United
States senate in reply to Blaine, it
war. thought he had for all time
spiked the guns that had shot forth
such calumnies and misrepresenta
tions against the south concerning
treat unit of fedtral piisonets.
But not so. The south is yet crit
ici red
The states went into the com
pact in order to form "a more per
feet union,” and, now that we are
united again, it would seem that
the truth should be told. The Con
federacy always advocated release
of prisoners. It urged this policy
witn persistency, and deeply re
gretted Mr. Stanton’s order annul
ling the cartel for exchange and
release of prisoners on parole.
O 1 July 22, 1862, the cartel was
adopted. Ad prisoners were to be
released in ten days after capture.
The very day after this cartel was
signed Major General John Pope,
on July 23. 1862, issued order.* that
allowed his soldiers to shoot as
spies and a. enemies of the United
Scales all Virginia farmers who
were feund tilling the soil or sow
ing grain or cultivating crops on
their farms withiu his rear, even
outside his lines. Hundreds were
shot down in their fields before the
Confederate government got the
order rescinded. It is thought by
many that tHe Spanish General
Weyler in his wicked orders in
Cuba took his cue from General
Pope, finding in him an illustrious
American example.
By persistent effort the cartel
was continued to he recognized
until July 3, 1863, lasting only one
year—when Mr. Stanton issued
order No. 209, breaking the cartel.
By this order 209, federal prisoners
were not permitted by their own
government to be exchanged or
paroled. If paroled they had to
go back into the federal army.
This order, so unexpected,
caught the Confederacy unpre
pared for the prison problem. But
the emaciated condition of such
Confederate prisoners as had been
exchanged intensified the desire of
the Confederate authorities for
prompt action. Every effort was
made to induce exchange. Colonel
Onld, Confederate "xchange agent,
wus given the largest authority,
and he stated the case fully to Ma
jor Mulford, United Stales agent,
emphasizing the fact that the Con
federacy had no medicines nor phy
sicians, and scant of food —not pre
pared to hold the captives. Colo
nel Ould further insisted, if ex
change was refused, that surgeons
and medicines be sent. No reply
was ever made to this request
fot and >ors and medicines. Thus
eveiy effort was made to abate
prison-suffering. Where rests the
responsibility ?
In the summer of 1864 the Con
federate government offered to de
liver 15,000 sick and wounded at
Savannah without exchange—
without any equivalent. It was
the last ot November, 1864. before
the offer was accepted, although
the condition of the prisoners was
urged as a reason ior has'te. Fed
tral ships came and carried off
13,000, among them 5,000 well men,
and brought us not a single “old
reb.”
After the cartel was violated,
and so many prisoners to care for,
and no medicines or food except
the rough, unbolted meal and cow
peas and sour syrup, such as were
issued to the guards, the Richmond
authorities selected Alexander H.
Stephens, the vice president of the
Confederacy and personal friend of
Abraham Lincoln, to repair to
Washington on amissionof mercy,
and intercede for exchange of pris
oners, and, failing in that, to offer
to buy medicines and secure doc-
\ always keep on hand 1
fPain'Kittevi
There is no kind of paln<
or ache, internal or exter- i
6 nal, that Pain-Killer - will t
* not relievo. /
> LOOK OUT FOR IMI T VTIONS AND SUB-J
. S T iTUTES THE GENUINE BOP lF ’
V HEARS THE NAME, (
l PERRY DAVIC A SON. J
tors for the federal prisoners. Mr.
Stephens was much chagrined at
the failure of his mission, which
re-ulted only in haider terms being
put on our prisoners—under excuse
ot retaliation. Mr. Davis, in his
etter borne by Mr. Stephens, urged
that the war be waged as civilized
people would wage it, and be di
vested of savage character, and
isking clemency and mercy and aid
tor the federal prisoners.
In the summer of 1864, by order
of the Confederate government,
Robe.t Ould offered to pay for
medicines for the federal captives,
and offered to pay salaries of sur
geons to be sent to dispense these
medicines —to b paid in cotton
delivered where the United States
au'horittes directed. All in vain.
Our zeal did not permit us to
cease effort. It was understood
that the vessels on the coast would
take the prisoners. They were
marched from Andersonville. The
captains refu-ed to accept them as
a gift, saying they had no author”
itv.. The poor things were marched
back. I hen the lemnant were
later marched to Jacksonville by
order of General Howell Cobb,
Capt. John Rutherford it’ charge,
i .and when in sight of the citv they
were told— ‘Go to your own”—
our soldiers flefing to prevent cap
ture. And thus ended Andersou
ville!
A larger percentage of deaths
occurred in northern prisons, The
sufferings of our men excited sym
pathy in England, and a fund was
offered through Mr. A. I B. Ber
eslord-Hope, member of parlia
ment, for relief, but it was ehurl
isblv refuse '.
Pe.cy Greg, the English histo
rian, speaking of prison treatment
on both sides, savs:
"But, alter all, they did not die
as fast as the Confederate prison
ers Irom privations and hardships
for the infliction of which no ex
cuse has or can be preferred. .
If the sick perished for want ol
medicines, it was the fault of their
own government. The Confeder
ates offered to allow medicines to
be sent to And.rsonville and other
prisons in charge of federal sur
geo s for sole use of federal pris
oners. This generous offer was
met with silence.”
Greg, the English historian, fur
ther says: “The Confederate re
ports suffice to show that the Con
federate government anxiously de*
sired to alleviate the miseries they
lacked the power to. cure, waiving
every point disputed by the north.”
Such is th 2 view, such the testi
mony, of an English historian.
Lincoln’s plan of restoration was
discarded; Thad. Stevens’ plan of
reconstruction was adopted in Its
stead. Slander, calumny, misrep
tesentation were necessary to up
hold the Stevens plan. Has not
all that gone into the past? Wld
partisan versions in a history now?
It is too far back to Appomattox
for passion and prejudice to con
trol and hold sway. From this
time on, in this more perfect union
of all the states, let the truth 1 e
told—and descend from sire to son.
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In Bed Four Weeks with Lit Grippe.
we have received the following let
ter from Mr. Roy Kemp, of Angola,
Ind.: ‘I was in lied four weeks with
la grippe, and t tried many remedies
ami spent considerable tor treatment
with physicians, but I received no
relief until I tried Foley's Honey and
Tar. Two small bottles of this med
icine cured me, and now I use it ex
clusively in 111 v family.” Take no
substitutes. The Greene Drug Cos.
OALiI'ORIA,
ars the /) The Kind You Have Always Bougfr
Languor and weakness, due to
the depleted condicioti of the blood,
are overcome bv Hood’s Sarsapar
illa, the great vitalizes
Kiieiiinnt i<- Pains Relieved.
The prompt relief from the severe
pains of sciatica and rheumatism,
which is afforded by Chamberlain's
Rain Balm, is alone worth many times
its co*t. Mr. Willard C. Vail, of
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., writes: “lam
troubled with rheumatism and neu
ralgia of the nerves, and Chamber
lain’s Pain Balm gives relief quicker
than any liniment I have ever used.”
For sale by Greene Drug Cos. may
A Cure for Piles.
“I had a bad case of piles,” says G.
F. Carter, of Atlanta, Ga., "and con
sulted a physician who advised me
to try a box of DeWitt s Witch Hazel
Salve. I purchased a box, and was
entirely cured. It is splendid for
piles, giving relief instantly, and I
heartily recommend it to all suffer
ers.” DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
is unequalled for its healing qualities
Eczema and oti.er skin diseases, also
sores, cuts, burns and wounds of ev
ery kind are quickly cured bv it.
Sold by M. F. Word. may
j It Keeps the Feet Warm and Dry.
Ask today for Al.en’s Soot-Ease, a
powder. It enrea Chilblains, Swollen,
-sweating. Sore, Aching. Damp feet. At
all druggists and shoe stores. 25 cent*
Are You Using Allen's Foot-Ease.’
into your shoes Allen’s Foot-
Ease. a powder. It cures Corns, Bun
ions, Raintul, Smarting, Hot., Swollen
’eet. A t all Druggists and Shoe Stores,
25 cents.
Fob 111.- Li 11 LE ONES.
Odd Plscts In Y.V.ieh Dirds Lay Thsir
The niffy p.jui- übi re birds won’t
lay e_v 1- iiiiinc v, ...i r. They iay
them I>i in-i v*bn 1 l.v ground, ou the
sides of vlilfs, ns iiOtis dug in the
gaud, on top of bum bos of swaying
grasses, in chimney.- ana amid ice
and snow, and some of them, like
the mergansers anil divers, get pret
ty near to laying eggs in the water,
for they lay them on little floating
islets of driftwood and floating stuff
in swamps.
Wild ducks lay their eggs among
the reeds in ground so low and damp
that floods often destroy thousands
of them, (lulls lay eggs on rocks
and sand without attempting to
cover them. The ostrich and other
desert dwelling birds make a shal
low burrow in the hot sand. The
northern divers and penguins sit on
their eggs almost on top of snow
drifts or ice fields.
Many of the song sparrows lay
their eggs in nests that hang preca
riously to the very tops of slender
grasses. The English sparrow will
utilize anything. There is a record
of a sparrow having laid eggs in a
nook just under the top of a wagon,
and thereafter, us the wagon was
driven around on business, the im
pudent bird sat in it calmly and
hatched out its young.
The owl will lay its eggs even
while the snow is coming down
sometimes, and young owls have
been found with snow all heaped
around the entrance to their home.
Many varieties of birds are so
careless about their eggs that a big
proportion of them is lost each
year through rolling out of the in
secure nests. Other birds are just
the reverse and will fight snakes,
beast and man to the bitter end to
prevent injury.
His First Suspenders.
George is four years old and has
just arrived at the dignity of his
first knickerbockers—with suspend
ers, just like pap wears. They were
the pride of his heart, and at night
he would take them off his trousers
and clasp them tight in his arms
when he went to bed. His mother
found them there the other night,
and as they seemed to be making
the little chap uncomfortable she
took them away and laid them on a
chair by his bed.
The next morning he had a long
interview with his mother.
“Didn't you tell me, mamma,” he
said, “that angels watched every
thing 1 did?”
“Yes, Georgie.”
“Are they watching me when I
sleep ?”
“Yes, my son; they watch over
you always, whatever you are do
ing.”
“Do they come right in my room
at night ?”
“Yes, dear; the good angels are
everywhere, always.”
“Then,” said Georgie meditative
ly, “I bet they’ve been monkeying
with my ’spenders.”
An Orange Chinaman.
A lifelike Chinaman can be made
from two oranges, one large and one
small. Cut into the jacket of the
little orange, carefully removing
part of the peel so as to form the
eyes and mouth, as shown in the pic
ture. Make the eyes small, the nose
nat and broad and the mouth large.
Then cut flaps out of the sides and
turn them outward. These are the
ears, which should be very large.
Now you get a chance to eat part
of the large orange, as you are to
’ 3
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AN OKANGE CHINAMAN.
clean all the fruit from one half
and turn the peel up neatly all
around. This makes the hat with
its brim. Stand the other half on
its flat side, its curved top forming
the Chinaman’s chest and shoulders.
You can further dress him by
paring off a piece around the hat
brim, which will do for a yellow
scarf. His eyebrows are formed by
two sharp cuts over the eyes, and
he is completed by a pig-tail made
of a strand of twine, which can be
fastened to the hack of the China
man's head.
CONDENSED STORIES.
Good and Sufficient Reason For the
Cessation of Hostilities.
President K. A. Alderman of Tu
lane university, when he was in
New York the other day, was telling
some friends about what lie con*id
ered the queerest reason he ever
heard for the suspensior. of hostili
ties. llis nephew, who is a cadet at
West Point, had a tight not long ago
with another cadet. Each of them
weighs about 200 pounds and is very
muscular and athletic.
“How long did you fight?” in
quired President Alderman of the
nephew.
“About two hours and a half,”
was the reply.
“They tell me that it was the
fiercest fight that ever took place at
the academy. Were you very badly
hurt ?”
“I only hope the other fellow was
hurt half as much.”
“Which got the worst of it ?”
“Both.”
“Anybody separate you?”
“No.”
“What made you stop, then?”
asked Dr. Alderman.
“Well, you see, we heard the din
ner bqjl ring.”
Senator Fairbanks’ Ancestors.
There was a celebration of the
two hundred and fiftieth anniver
sary of the founding of the town of
Lancaster, Pa., recently, and Sena
tor Fairbanks of Indiana delivered
the principal address. When it
came time for the senator to speak,
the presiding officer did not rise to
introduce him.
“Are you not going to introduce
me?” asked Fairbanks.
“Oh, no,” the presiding officer re
plied complacently. There was
a
“ABE THEY DEAD?”
nothing for it but to talk, and the
senator arose and made his oration.
After he had finished the presiding
officer said:
“Senator Fairbanks asked me if 1
intended to introduce him. 1 told
him I would not. The senator needs
no introduction to a Lancaster au
dience. Some of his ancestors have
been resting in our churchyards for
200 years.”
“Are they dead?” asked a little
girl who sat on a front seat in an
awed voice.
Dan Daly and Literature.
In his younger days Dan Daly, the
tall comedian, essayed to write fic
tion and went to the editor of a
Boston paper with his first effusion.
The editor criticised the work se
verely and advised the future come
dian to study Nathaniel Hawthorne.
The vein of humor peculiar to
Daly had developed even at that
early date. He said reflectively:
“if piy story were printed it would
measure about half a column, would
it not ?”
“About that,” replied the editor,
wondering what that had to do
with it.
“Your rate of payment is $5 per
column, I believe?” pursued the
young man.
“Yes.”
“Good day. I like to be pleasant
and agreeable and popular with
everybody. lam even willing to de
throne Hawthorne to please an edi
tor, but not for $2, not for $2.”
Whereupon he casually departed.
—New York Times.
The Seat of the Trouble.
There is an old story of Queen
Alexandra when she was Princess of
Wales. Coming one day upon a very
small boy who was weeping bitterly,
the princess stopped to inquire the
trouble from the youngster’s fat,
comfortable grandmother. She re
ceived the laconic reply, “Well,
ma’am, there ben’t no trouble, ns
you might say, hut no stomach can’:
stand nine buns.”
If the family physician were
equally frank he might explain a*
tersely a large proportion of the
aches and pains and languor tint*
keep his business lively.
High Pressure I)ny*.
Men anil women alike have to work
incessantly with brain and hand to
hold their own now idavs. Never
were the demands of business, the
wants of file family, the requi ements
of so -iety m >re numerous. The first
effect of me praiseworthy e ’ort to
keep up with ail these things is com
monly seen in a weakened or debiii
tated cond tion of the nervous system,
which results in dyspepsia, defective
nutrition of boffi body and brain,
and m extreme cases in complete;
n jrvous prostration. It is clearly
seen that w lat, is needed is what will
sustain the system, give vigor and
tone to the nerves and keep the di
gest.ive and assimilative funct'o is
healthy and active. From personal
knowledge we can recommend Boon's
Sarsaparilla for this purpose It acts
on all the vital organs, builds up the
whole sys em and fits men and wom
en for these high-pressure days.
■ • Till June 15th.
*loo—T>r. E. Detchon’s Anti-Piure
tic may he worth to you more than
$ 100 if you have a child who soils bed
ding from incontinence of water
during sleep. Cures old and young
alike. It arrests the trouble at once
sl. Sold bv Young Bros ’ druggists.
Cartersvile. Ga 1 yr.
An Op ,j n Lettr.
From the Chapin. S. C., News:
“Early in the spring my wife and I
we-e taken with diarrhoea, and so
severe were the pains that we called
a pi ysican who prescribed for us,
but his medicines failed to give any
relief. A friend who had a bottle of
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy on hand gave each
of us a dose, and we at once felt the
effects. I procured a bottle, and be
fore using the entire contents v e
were entirely cured It is a wonder
ful remedy, and should be found in
every household.” H. C. Bailey, Edi
tor. This remedy is for sale by
Greene Drug Cos. may
Cured llis Mother of Riieuinati'in
“My mother has been a sufferer for
many years with rheumatism,” says
W. H Howard, of Husband, Pa. “At
times she was unable to move at all,
while at all times walking was pain
ful. I presented her with a bottle
of Chamberlab.’s Pain Balm, and at
ter a few applications she decided it
was the most wonderful pain reliever
she had ever tried; in fact, she is
never without it now, and is at all
times able to walk. An occasional
application of Pain Balm keeps away
the pain that she was formerly troub
led with.” For sale by Greene Drug
Cos. may
Johnson’s Tonic does in a <la v wnat
slow Quinine cannot do in ten da\s.
Its splendid cures are in striking con
trast with the feeble cures made bv qui
nine.
If you are utterly wretched, take a
thorough dose of Johnson’s Tonic and
drive out every trace of malarial poi
soning. The wise insure their livesand
the wiser insure their health bv using
Johnson’s Chill and Fever Tonic It
costs 50 cents if ir. cures; not one cent it
it doe* not.
Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver
Tablets ’. a Doctor’s
Prescription.
Mr. J. W. Turner, of Truhart. Va.,
says that Chamberlain’s Stomach
and Liver Tablets have done him
more good than anything tiiat he
could get from the doctor. If any
physician in thi country was able
to compound a medicine that would
produce such gratifying results in
cases of stomach troubles, biliousness
or constipation, his whole time would
he used in preparing this one medi
cine. For sale by Greene Drug Cos.
may
IT DAZZLES THE WORLD.
No Discovery in medicine has
ever created one quarter of the ex
citement that has beer. caused by
Dr. King’s New Discovery for
Consumption. It’s severest tes’s
have been on hopless victims of
Consumption, Pneumonia, Hem
orrhage, Pleurisy and Bronchetis,
thousands of whom it has restored
to perfect health. For Coughs,
Colds, Asthma, Croup, Hay Fe
ver, Hoarseness and Whooping
Cough it is the quickest, surest
cure in the world. It is sold by
Young Bros.’ who guarantee satis
faction or refund money. Large
bottles 50c. and SI.OO. Trial bot
tles free
Itch on human cured in SO minutes
by Woolfords Sanitary Lotion. This
never fails. Sold by Young Bros.
druggists ' 1 yr
H ParkeltS i
HAIR BALSAM
Cleanses and bea.itifies the hair. I
Promote* a luxuriant growth. *
Never Pails to Restore Grayv
Hair to its Youthful Color. \
Cures scalp diseases & hair tailing, i
50c,and sl.<>o at Druggists I
_ HINDERCORNS.
The onlv sure Cure for Corns. Stops all pain. Ensures coni
iort to uue itet. Makes walking ea sy. 15cla. at Uruggism
dence. They have never ifilEs
HHs failed —wonfall now.
Administrator’ll Sale.
GftOßOi Bxr’ow County.
By virtue of an order from the
Court 01 Ordinary ot *aid county,
will be sold at the court house door
iii stun con 111\, on tlir* iiri Tnes
day in June next, within the lege hours
ofsele.ihe lodowing property, to-wit:
Lot of land number 212. in the 23d dis-
Irici ann s.ennd of said county,
containing one hundred and sixty acres,
more ■ lc.-s, ua*t* e property of C.
B. Bagwi It. >ate of sam county, de
ceased. Terms cash
\Y. 11. BAttVVELL.Adininistr t< r.
Georgians!
satisfaction^
new pair fe #jl
y° ur W
money /|S\
back
on 6
“President*
Suspenders
Comfort and Service. No rust or leather
to toil the ahirt. 50 cents and )i at
J. BERNSTEIN’S and other stores.
Made and Guaranteed by
The C. A. EDGARTON Mfg. Cos.
- SHIRLEY, MASS.
Atlanta and Birmingnam
Air Line Kailway.
West Bound East Bound
Read dotvn Effect N >* 8. 1903 Rph'l up
,>oB. Ni.-s.—
89 23 21 22 2-1 83
AM PM AM PM AM AM
( L<vN) (LAX)
Dlv’ ex. I)’|\ ex
MON ATI.Y. I’ent Time DAILY. MOM.
... J 30822 1. Atl (W*Ar7). a. 730 11 45 ~
250 020 10201 1 artersville. . 5 15930 220
302 31 102*.. Ia .ds 505922 2(0
317643 10 42 .Stileshoro .. 453 911 149
329 h 52 1052 jTh ylorsyille 441901 133
3437 01 11 ol|. .Davitts 432851 117
344706 1105 ..Aragon ... 429 8- l! 112
4027 16 1114 .Rock mart ... 4178 3t 101
409733 11 31 . Fish Creek . [3 58 81712 41
425 741 1138:... Grariv. !3on 810 12:10
4468 04 11 57 a *’edai town .1.332 74812 13
528 .... 12 43 i.Esom Hill a 250. . ill 38
535 . 124* Warners. .. -’45 ... 1] 31
543 ..11257 Palestine 238 ...11 go
603 ... 1 10. Wilson Ridge 2,18 .... 10 55
616 ... 129 . Piedmont., . 204 . 1044
035 .. 147 .. '’rices 147. .. 10 25
657 204 .Tredegar 128 .] 10 05
2 20 ArJacksonville Lv 1 10
710 258 Lv. .Tampa Lvl2 33 951
720 315 Ar. Dukes 12 22 935
725 ... Lv Dukes (LAn) Ar . . 915
8 2o ArAnmslon •• Lv... 8 25
350 Arliadsden ( LAX )' 11 45
410 “ Attalla •• 1125
• . 329 Hebron 12 02
... 354 . Lock Three.... 11 20
4 15 Ragland 10 55
4 42 Ethel 10 20
4 36 J nman 10 17
452 . Coal 1 it* 10 00
■ ■ 514 Ar. Peil f’itv. Lv 930
955 Ar.. Birmingham (So. Ry) ..Lv 610
Close connections as follows: At
< artersville, Ua., with W. AA. R. R.;
at Rock mart, On., with 80. Ry.; at
1 ’edartown, Oa,, with C. of ija. Ry.; at
Piedmont, Ala., with So. Ry.; at Pell
Ditv, Ala., wit!) So. Ry.
Direct connections in Atlanta lA
points east, northeast and soot!
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OVKK THE
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flir Line Railwag;
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av stem at
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and are good over
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covering the following roads:
Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Kau
wa.v ; Atlanta and West Point Railroad’
western Railway of Alabama; Atlantic
< oast Line; Louisville and Nashville
Railroad; Louisville Henderson and
Louis Kaiirnac; Nashville, Chatta
nooga and st. Louis Railroad; North
western Railway of South Carolina; Bal
timore Steam Packet .Company; Plant
System; Brunswick and Birmingham
Kaiiroad; Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac Railroad; ( harleston and
\ estern Carolina Railway; Washington
.■southern Railway; Chesapeake. Steam
ship Company ; Seaboard Air Line Rail
way; Columbia, Newberry and Laurens
Railroad; Georgia Railroad; Western
and Atlantic Railroad.
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