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VOL. XXVI.
ANOTHER STORY OF THE FIGHT.
New York Herald Tells of the De
struction of Cervera’s Fleet.
New York, July 4—The New York Herald from its
loi'kTfO| U T Sa . lltia °°’ has received the following de
rm 0l th ® destruction of Admiral Cervera’s fleet:
llnee of the -Spanish cruisers that were bottled up in
Santiago harbor and two torpedo boat destroyers were
pounded into helpless hulks by the guns of Admiral Samp
son s fleet on Sunday m a vain attempt to escape from the
harbor. The vessels were beached in a last effort to save
as many of the lives of the crews as possible.
Admiral Cervera, on board the Cristobal Colon, headed
ins fleet m the attempt to get away at about 9 :30 o’clock,
bo little were the Americans expecaing Cervera’s ships
that the flagship New York was cruising up the coast to
the east and returned only in time to see the finish of the
figh t and to fire a shot or two at the torpedo boat destroyers.
Ihe lowa, Indiana, Oregon, Massachusetts, Texas,
I>iooklyn and the converted yacht Gloucester, formerly
the corsair, formed in position to give battle as soon as
the Colon was sighted rounding the wreck of the Merri
mac. The American vessels did not open fire at once;
they waited uutil Cervera’s ships were out of the range of
Morrb’s guns before giving battle. Cervera headed to
the west, the Colon in the lead, followed by the Vizcaya
and oquendo and the destroyers all firing rapidly.
All of the American battleships opened fire at once and
the Spanish were soon in a hurricane of shot and shell,
but the Colon kept on bravely till, when about ten miles
from the westward of Motto Castle, Admiral Cervera
turned his vessal to the shore and beached her. She was
blazing in a score of places, but her guns kept at work,
and the white flag never showed until she was completely
disabled.
The Oquendo and Vizcaya were opposite the lowa,
Texas and Indiana, and went down to defeat with fearful
swiftness, covering only half the distance made by the
Colon before the captains ran them ashore.
The crews fought with desperate bravery, but their
courage was no match for the courage of our men, added
to their supberb gunnery. The Spanish shell went wild
for the most part, but the American gun fire was marked
by merciless precision. The two cruisers, both on fire,
were headed not more than one-quarter of a mile apart.
The most dramatic feature of the battle was the contest
between the torpedo boat destroyers and the Gloucester.
The latter was struck several times and is the only Ameri=
can vessel reported damaged. At the first the Gloucester
fired upon them with her six-pounders, but they ran past
her and engaged the battleships. Finding the fire too
hot, they turned and attacked the Gloucester again, until
both destroyers were afire and had to be beached. Their
crews threw themselves into the surf to save their lives.
Just before this the New York came up and assisted in
giving the finishing blow to the destroyers.
There was explosion after explosion from the beached
vessels.
RELIEF ASSOCIATION.
The ladies of Jackson and surrounding country
propose to organize a Relief Association for the bene=
fit of the soldiers who are patriotically volunteering
their services to our country. The call for the first
meeting should have appeared in the last week’s
Argus, but the manuscript came in in too late.
The friends of the movement are requested to
meet at the home of Mrs. F. S. Etheridge on Wed
nesday afternoon next at 3 o’clock. This is certain
ly a worthy movement and is most creditable to' the
ladies of Jackson.
Hobson is Free.
As we gp to press we learn that Lieutenant Hob
son and crew of die Merrimac have been exchanged.
iThis is good news to all America.
ipcisoM SVtps.
JACKSON, BUTTS COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 189S.
TEACAERS’ MEETING
As Seen by One of Our
Popular Teachers.
We reached the Wigwam just in Ome
to secure a comfortable room before
the Ga. teachers rushed in from the
after-noon trains, Wednesday, * v fh,
ultimo. It is said to hkve been the
most pleasant and profitable session
of the Association.
Indian Spring is one of the most
delightful resorts in the state and a
more charmingly picturesque spot can
not be found elsewhere.
The fine oaks with their grateful
shade, the terraced grounds and love
ly esplanades, invite you to linger
about the healing fountain in search
of perpetual youth.
The old-fashioned mill addsgreatly to
the picture and is a constant remind
er of George Eliot’s mill on the Floss.
The water of the stream hurls over
the rocks, and as it turns the wheel,
we think of the solemn refrain of the
old song! The mill will never grind
litrle water that has passed.
The historical association of the
place lends another charm, and we see
in retrospection the Red Man of the
forest as he pitches his tent near this
medicinal Spring—happy in the pos
session of its health giving water.
The historian searches for the rock
upon which the brave Mclntosh stood
while he spoke to the ang”v savages
concerning the sale of this spring.
This tragic death was the penalty
for his defiance of t-heir threats.
Such were the surroundings of the
teachers of the association.
This body was attended by the
leading educators of the state, who
give to it dignity and power.
State School Commissioner Glenn
declared it to be the finest body that
had ever assemDied.
The papers presented were progress
ive and practical.
Mr. Charles Woodward read a fine
paper. .
Butts county has reason to be proud
of her son and representative.
Mr. Woodward is a peer of the best
talent in Georgia, and holds a high
position among her educators.
He is a true exponent of mental,
moral and physical manhood.
Miss. Mamie Pitts of Atlanta made
the best speech of the occasion.
Her subject was Literature, and she
spoke ably and eloquently.
Mr. Lawton Evans commended her
industry in committing her paper to
memory, while he rebuked the men
for failing to do so.
He said that men often “miss the
mark by shooting through manu
scripts.
Mr Evans is one of the brainiest
men of the association, and when he
speaks he is heard.
We haven’t time to give a synopsis
of his speeches in this paper.
They were all interesting and edi-
fying.
Among the able educators present
were Ex president Wright of the
Jackson Institute, and Prof .Slaton of
Atlanta, Prof. Stewart ofDalonega.
and Pres. Pound of Gordon Institute
and many others.
The sociality of the occasion was
highly enjoyable.
These associations brighten the
teacher's life and broaden his mind
and arouse his enthusiasm for-his
grand profession.
R. K. S.
N. IT Lucy and Bertha et* joyed
every i hing and we a re* under obliga
tions to them for many glasses of
fresh spring water.
NEW SEAS TO SAIL.
m
“Give us new seas to sail! —the cry is, give us n >w seas to sail!
New seas to sail, be they ever so mad, and we ship in the teeth of the gale;
For the old seas pail on our souls like death, their deeps.and their tides we
know; 4
The slope of the continents under the brine, and the black ooze-beds below. ”
—[Song of New Seas.
Advanced, on the deep and tremendous seas, our flag, imperial, flies
Over far-oIT lands, where the stars look down from the antipodean skies;
<>ur colors are up, and the conquering blo>d of the race.is aroused, at last;
The national awakes with quick answering heart to the sound of the trump
et’s blast.
\\ e have broaen, at last, from the fettering past the sequestered and gold*
rimmed years,
From the slothful ease of a soulless geace and the net of our selfish fear,
Wy are out of the swaddling clothes, thank God, and into the shining mail,
Me have taken our place, in the van of the race; we have found new * as to
sail!
It’s Great America—Great- in hope, and greater in heart and mind,
America, fronting the threatening world in the cause of oppressed mankind;
America, slow in wrath, but firm in defense of the rights of men,
M ith her own strong hands she will anchor the lands bv the plan of a larger
ken.
Let us not be deceived, we shall not be reprieved, the long battle must be
sustained ;
It’s the Eagle, alone, with the crag for a thronb.'it’s a fight till the field be
gained.
\\ e must arm and be strong for the righting of wrong, we must bring not
woe, but weal;
And we want no drones while we buckle the zones of the earth with our own
good steel.
On the eastern sea, on the ocean West the sheltering wings shall spread.
And the bristling crest will defend the nest, and the growing brood be fed:
The strong beak, fierce—the eyes that pierce—they were made for days like
these;
When the talons, bold let go their hold, it will be when the Bird shall
please.
By sea and crag, when ever our flag, victorious, be unfurled,
It shall stay, if we say, to the judgment day, in spite of the snarling world.
And the wheel will roll to the destined goal of the glorious years that wait j
We will never turn back from the shining track of the healding stars of fate!
Each rich-wrecked age is warning page, let our wisdom ponder it well,
For shrewn with the dusa of the thrones unjust is the easy slope ol hell.
With the lesson well learned, with tyranny spurned, with the world and the
future of face,
Our measure of might is the cause of Right and the blood of the Saxon race.
We have broken, at last, from the shackling past, we have done with the
dawdling years,
With the slothful of a selfish peace, the nurse of a weakling’s tears;
We are out of the swattling clohtes, and, now, we are into the woven mail,
In the van of the race, and, by God’s good grace, we have got new sea> tJ
sail - ’ ROBERT BURNS WILSON,
June 10th, 1898.
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