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THE COURANT AMERICAN.
VOL. XIX.
f|[ SOUTHERN
[ROSS OF HONOR
jistributingthe Emblems of Hero
ism and Faithfulness
0 THE LOCAL VETERANS
•uerestlnff Ceremonies at Opera
I House-Sketches of Local
■ Chapters. D- of C
■ Forty-eight of the crosses of
■ honor devised for bestowal by
K e Daughters of the Confederacy
Ron those who did honorable ser-
R e f or the cause of the south in
K e civil war were awarded to ap-
Rjcants from members of P. M. B.
Roung camp on last Saturday.
R The ceremonies took place at the
Rera house and were very inter-
R-,„r A rather large crowd was
Resent.
■ The exercises opened at io
Rclock by prayer by Rev, W. R.
■anham.
RMaj. C. H. Smith was introduced
Rd delivered an interesting and
Rpropriate speech.
R Tenting on the Old Camp
Round” was sung by a choir of
Rung female voices.
RMrs. A. ID Cunyus sang a beau-
Rul song. Several oilier songs
Rre rendered by the choir.
■Judge John W. Akin, who was
I'ster of ceremonies, announced
Bit the bestowal of crosses would
■ made, and called the names of
lose for whom crosses were ready
Id the veterans went forward to
B stage, where the ladies pinned
le crosses to their lapels. The
■remonv was impressive.
■The bestowal was made through
m Cartersville and the Cassville
Btpters of the Daughters of the
■nfederacv, jointly and two la
fts from each of these chapters
Btributed the crosses. These were
Bs. John \V. Akin and Miss
Brian Smith, from the Carters-
Ble chapter and Mrs. M. L. John-
Bi ana Mrs. J. C. Herring, of the
B'-vdie chapter. Mrs. Inly Brad
s' assisted by attending to the
of the names
-e ‘."i'ioain.. are those who re
tired their errs >es:
H|jpt
BGEN. p. m. b. young,
'Ui the Local ( amp of Veteran* Was
B a ained.
■ A T llday ’ W - S. Barron, R.
■ ul . J. J. Calhoun, F. R. Cal-
H l . “'chard A. Clavton, John
°ob Martin Collins, George
J. M. Davidson, Asa A.
B ’ U M - Durham, H. W. Fite,
a. M. Fcute, I). B.
■ : \ L- Griffin, D. J, Guy
, Harrison, J. C. Herring,
Bwis 8 ? o }’ x C ‘ M ' J° nes ’ J° hn
J' Lyon, J. C. Milam,
Bv 1 ?® 1 K. Mountcastle,
■ w Robert Phillips. T. A.
■rt Khea , A. H.* Rice, J.
Geo. W. Satterfield,
■ Smuh. R. b. Smith, J. A.
B)eo J ldwell ’ F> M > Ver
■ i i) e \? : i. Waring ’ Johu H -
Bv f' , Person, J. C. Wof-
B • J - Chambers, C. M. Cul-
Has a Greene ’ J- C - Wald rip.
• W*announced that the others
V f* rAfo •-
B m7i- a 5 w ?° aad made and
Hthpir e a EPLcatiou would re-
■ O J? sses m January. (It
■ H m; hat treason there
Ie ! tc number distributed
B sjPPlv ordered by the Uni-
Bdad f trS tbe Confederacy
B A and exhausted.)
Bd an 1 Route made a feel-
B exmr ro P riilte speech.
■ When?i? S T ? losed Wlth the
mt.’> the Roll is Called Up
B Vi Ue chapter, u. and. c.
B.E ! i8oS h ? c ter „. Was organized
K * ’ **- auxiliary of
Bartow chapter of Cartersville, but
in a very shoit time applied for
and received a charter and there
fore became a distinct and separate
chapter. From the first the chap
ter has had a prominent place in
the Georgia division U. C. D.
Mrs. Julia Trippe Johnson was
the organizer and founder of the
chapter. A few months after the
organization there was a proposi
tion among the members to name
the chapter for Mrs. Johnson, but
she, while grateful for the proposed
honor, urged that it should not be
done.
Cassville chapter has met with
MAJ. A. M. FOUTE,
Commander P M. B Young Camp, U. C V.
wonderful success. In less than a
year after its organization it had
placed a headstone of beautiful
white Georgia marble at each of
the 300 graves of confederate sol
diers which are in one corner of
Cassville cemecery besides mark
ing in the same manner graves of
other confederate soldiers buried
in out of way places, in old fence
corners, etc., since it has erected
a modest though splendid shaft of
the same material, giving the his
tory of the erection of the head
stones.
Following are the officers of the
Cassville chapter: President, Mrs.
Rebecca Fariss Crow; Ist yice
president, Miss Lena Teat; 2d vice
president, Mrs. J. C. He ring; cor
responding secretary, Mrs. Julia
Trippe Johnson; recording secre
tary, M ss Carrie Smith; treasurer,
Miss Bula Smith; historian, Miss
Mamie Saxon; registrar, Mrs,
Aileen Best Battle.
Following are members of chap
ter:
Mrs. Julia Trippe Johnson.
“ Kate Maxwell Searcy.
Miss Lena B. Teat.
“ Berta Smith.
“ Lily Dodgen.
“ Mamie Saxon.
Mrs. Rebecca Fariss Crow.
“ Aileen Best Battle.
“ Sue Crawford Fariss.
Miss Carrie L. Smith.
Mrs. Cammie J. Herring.
“ Georgian Vernon.
Miss Ida E. Vernon.
“ Miss Mona L. Chunn.
“ Emma Price.
Mrs. Francis Johnson Akin.
“ Clara Johnson Best.
“ Miss Hattie M. Gibbons.
“ Hattie lone Price.
Mrs. Laura Lewis.
Miss Gertie Chunn.
“ Lydie Saxon.
BARTOW CHAPTER, U. C.
Bartow chapter of Cartersville
was organized 19th August, 1898,
with 25 charter members. It now
has a membership of 36. It was
named for Gen. Francis Bartow
and in honor of the county bear
ing his name.
It was through the efforts of
Miss Sally May Akin that the
Bartow chapter was organized,
and she has been a zealous worker
for its success ever since.
Miss Mary Wikle was its first
president, Mrs. Lily Johnson Brad
ley was the next president, and
Mrs. John W. Akin is now pres
ident.
Following are the names of
members of the Caitersville chap
ter:
Mrs. Ama Hopkins Daves.
“ Laura A. Graham.
“ Mary Cobb Satterfield.
“ M. L. Anderson.
“ Kate Hudson Postell.
“ Mamie Hamiter Allday.
“ . Amie Harris Milner.
“ N. C. Edwards.
“ Annie Turpin Calhoun.
“ Lily Johnson Bradley.
“ Chas. H. Smith.
Miss Mary F. Mountcastle.
“ Laura Graham.
“ Lillian Andrews Green.
“ Sallie May Akin.
" Marian Smith.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JUNE 14, 1900.
“ Jessie lone Cobb.
“ Mary Wikle.
“ Virginia Mountcastle.
Mrs. Kate G. Akerman.
“ Francis Johnson Akin.
“ Marv Verderv Akin.
“ L. E. Buford.
“ Marian B. Greene.
“ Sallie May Renfroe.
“ L. E. Munford.
“ Jessie Smith Young.
Miss Lena Griffin.
Mrs. Laura A. Foute.
“ D. B. Freeman.
“ W. P. Laramore.
“ H. E. Cary.
“ Paul Gilreath.
f MRS. JOHNSON.
The most interested, the most
active person and the one to whom
most credit is due for the success
of the public distribution of the
crosses, has been Mrs. Julia Trippe
Johnson. Like everything she
undertakes, she went at the work
of getting the crosses to the vete
rans with unbounded zeal. She
has conducted all correspondence
in the premises and has been ac
tive to assist in perfecting the ar
rangements.
At the state convention of the
Daughters of the Confederacy Mrs.
Johnson was introduced as the
founder of the banner chapter and
was given an ovation and the Chau
tauqua salute. The Athens Ban
ner, of October 15th, last, pays
this neat tribute to Mrs, Johnson:
“Among the striking figures in
the convention of the Daughters
of the Confederacy was Mrs. M.
L Johnson, of Cassville, Ga. Mrs.
Johnson has shown her deep in
terest in confederate affairs by her
loyal work. Although lame and
forced to go on crutches, she at
tended the conventien and rendered
valuable service.’’
Mrs. Johnson was appointed to
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MRS. JULIA TRIPPE JOHNSON
Founder and Organizer Banner Chapter U,D.C
the editorship of the “D. C.” de
partment of the Rome Georgian
by the state president, but declined.
The Georgian speaks of her thus :
“Mrs. Johnson is a woman of
fine perceptions, high culture, and
heart and soul a Daughter of the
Confederacy. Every one present
at the Athens convention will re
member with a thrill the Chautau
qua salute given this brave, ear
nest and loyal little woman by the
entire convention, standing.”
OLD TIME RELICS.
Mr, George Crouch Runs on Some
of These Among His Papers.
Mr. George S. Crouch had oc
casion a few days ago to look for
an old paper of some kind and
found an old leather secretary that
he had almost forgotton about
having. He explored its various
pockets and was fairly startled at
the interesting relics that he came
across. One of the was a copy of
the instrument establishing a mili
tary league between the confeder
acy and the state of Tennessee, the
proclamation of the then governor
of that state. Isham G. Harris, re
garding it and the action of the
legislature ratifying the league. It
is printed on a slip containing four
columns of matter and its shape
and get up shows it was intended
for a general distribution among
the people. Another document is
his father’s commission as post
master during the confederacy.
Down in a corer neatly wrapped
up in a piece of plain paper was a
one dollar gold piece that had been
there undisturbed for over a quar
ter of a century. In the same
pocket was a twenty-five cent
shinplaster such as was used after
the war. There were many other
things contained in the secretary
that are interesting to look at at
tuis time.
H Best Syrup. Tut Good. Un 3
In time. Sold by druggists.
CLUB WOMEN'S
BIENNIAL.
Clever Report of the Proceedi at
Milwaukee
BY A BRIGHT REPRESENTATIVE
From Georgia. Especially for the
Courant American’s Columns—
Georgia Was at the Front.
There has been during the past
week one of the most notablegath
erings-of women, of this century.
The fifth Biennial of the Gen
eral Federation of Women’s Clubs
has closed, coveriugtho.se who par
ticipated in it with glory and filling
the minds of all with profitable
and pleasant memories, never to be
forgotten.
It is impossible in a brief sum
mary of events to give one ignor
ant of the undertakings and
achiements.any conception of what
has been accomplished by the wo
men of this grand organization.
Almost any one department alone
would give the women’s clubs suf
ficient reason for their existence,
but when we consider the variety
of work, moral, philanthropic and
educational not for the benefit of
woman alone but for the advance
ment and improvement of all man
kind, should we not bend our heads
in reverence and admiration for so
noble an undertaking?
As was said at the “Biennial”
women’s clubs are composed
chiefly of the leisure classes, who
have both the ability and time for
the r particular w r.c.
Not that we consider woman
more capable than man, but that
-the average man has not the time
to devote in this manner.
We freely acknowledge that we
owe much to man and have no
desire to ignore him, even if he
did have to take a back seat dur
i ing the past week.
| Howe:,r umft
j be to them—have been earning
I their own livelihood and their
j knowledge coining from experience
! with the “industrial conditions af
| fectiug women and children” make
them among the most efficient help
ers in “clubdcme.”
j The “Biennial Address” of the
president, our beloved Mrs. Lowe
I elicited admiration from every one
and was largely instrumental in
winning all those who were unac
quainted with her, or her strength,
ability and grace.
“Bob” Burdette said that “it is
held that women when once star
ted cannot stop talking, but a wo
man can stop them! When the
chairman, Mrs. Lowe, brought
down that gav. 1 not another word
was uttered. In only one in
stance was there any encroach
ment upon the time allotted to dis
cussion.” And that the conven
tion “was handled in a more order
ly manner than men’s are.”
Mr. Burdette, who had accom
panied his wife from California to
the “Cream City” became quite a
“good club woman,” as Mrs. Lowe
said, and is considered “the fed
eration’s latest acquisition.”
My only regret was that more
men —and there were several at
the open meetings—could not have
heard the brilliant remarks and
able discussions, by the leading
women educators, authors and
philanthiopists of this land, which
would, I doubt not, have made
“good club women” of them all.
The color question was not pub
licly discussed, but it became a
somewhat serious matter and per
haps the only unpleasant subject
during the proceedingsof the week.
When we take into considera
tion the number of women from
all points of the compass—lllinois,
Massachusetts, Colorado, lowa,
Michigan and Wisconsin sending
the largest delegations—it could
scarcely have been “Mrs. Rebecca
Lowe and a little knot of southern
women” alone, who were “direct
ly responsible for the failure of the
federation to recognize colored
women’s clubs as members” as one
of their number would have it sup
posed, nor were “women from all
parts of the country” like “putty”
in the hands of Mrs. Lowe, but op
posed the admittance of colored
clubs on their own grounds and
from their own convictions on the
subject.
It was truly business before
pleasure, for ha 1 we tried to accept
all the hospi a! ty offered in the
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beautiful city by the lake, little
business would have been finished.
There were receptions galore, a
delightful drive by the lake shore,
a garden fete, which was enjoyed
indoors of the beautiful Deutscher
club, owing to the chil
liness of the evening. . One re.-
. caption war. given at the Ajttie
nr.eum the first woman’s club build
ing in the world to be built by an
organized stock company composed
entirely of women.
One afternoon we were enter
tained at the residence of Mis.
Oliver Clyde Fuller, a former res
ident of Atlanta, by Mrs. Edward
Sanderson and Mrs. Jas. S. Peck,
president of the “Biennial” local
board. There were thirteen pri
vate homes thrown open to the re
ception of the visiting club women
on this same afternoon.
Friday afternoon we had the re
port of the nominating committee,
the election of officers and new
business.
The “straight ticket” went
through to the satisfaction of al
most everybody, especially in re
gard to our re elected president,
Mrs. Lowe.
Friday evening ithe last of the
Biennial, to all but the council
and board of directors, was a very
entertaining one. Mme. Fried
land of Macon,Russia,gave her im
pressions on American Women’s
Clubs and club women. Her re
marks by the way were most sat
isfactory to the women. While
the bright and charming Mrs. Bur
dette and Miss Burdette were both
on the programme, there were
impromptus from “Octave Thanet”
Miss French, Sallie Jay White,
Kate Upson Clark, the newly elec
ted officers; some of the old officers
among them, Mrs. Sarah Platt
Decker and others.
Mrs. Lowe’s remarks being con
sidered very apt and pleasing, one
of the papers stated the “Biennial
ends with a love Feast” and the
“really satisfied people were the
little group of Georgia women,
who have firmly established their
reputation as the cleverest and
shrewdest club politicians who
ever went to a Biennial and won
hands down.”
C. E. Fitz.
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For sale by all druggists.
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When you say your blood is impure
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your need of Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Be
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Alum baking powders are low priced, as alum costs but
two cents a pound ; but alum is a corrosive poison and
it renders the baking powder dangerous to use in food.
BADLY WOUNDED.
Capt. Fr*nk Crnshaw Shot iri the
Head In the Phil p toe:.
Atlanta Consiituiion.
Manila, June 7.—Captain Frank
F. Crenshaw, with forty men of the
Twenty-eight infantry, while scout
ing near Taal, was led into ambush
by a guide. Captain Crenshaw
was badly wounded in the head
and one private was wounded. The
ambushers w< re scattered, leaving
ten men dead and three wounded
on the field. Captain Flint while
scouting five miles east of Bianca
bato, Bulacan province, had a
slight brush with the enemy. Flint
and two privates were wounded.
Captain Crenshaw is a sou of
Col. T. C. Crenshaw, of the state
railroad commission. He is well
known in Atlanta, where he spent
several years in school. He has
many friends in Atlanta who know
of his high personal courage and
daring who will await further in
formation as to how badly he is
wounded.
Captain Crenshaw has been on
the firing line almost continuously
since November 25th last. In a
recent letter to his father he said
that hardly a day had passed since
his regiment landed in Bacoor
that his company had not been un
der fire.
The hardest battle that the regi
ment was in was fought at Putal, a
strongly fortified town two miles
from Cavite. In his report on this
battle Colonel Birkhimer, of the
Twenty-eighth, officially commend
ed his ‘‘conspicuous gallantry” in
leading and urging on his men at a
critical moment in the fight.
When Captain Crenshaw last
wrote to his father he was in com
mand of Lemaz. a city of about
10,000 inhabitants. He wrote that
he thought the fighting was about
over, but that the bushwhacking
would last for years. He said that
he had not been sick a day since
he left home.
Captain Crenshaw’s army career
in the Philippines has been full of
incident. He has been constantly
in the field and has taken part in
all of the recent important engage
ments. He is one of the best
known Georgia men now serving
in our new possessions in the far
east. His many friends will hope
that his wound will not result fa
tally.
County Orders-
Can pay as follows:
Road fund No. 142, May 1900.
General fund No. 152 May 1900.
Jury fund No. 19 March 1900.
Bailiff and N. R. W. No. 23,
April 1900.
Jail fund No. 146, May 1900.
Pauoer fund No. 448 Sipt. 1899.
J. H. Cobb,
Treasurer.
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NO. 89.