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BILL ARP’S LETTER
Bartow ManReviewfi Incidents of
The "Late Unpleasantness.”
k TRIBUTE TO “TIGE” ANDERSON.
fits Sfmto « of GffordM »nd Hontncliy
Troops Formed the llricmln Which
(acncral Li b Lod
General G. T. Andorson (Old Tige)
and Colonel Tom Taylor have just
puRsed over the river. They were
near the same age aud were close to
gether during the civil war. General
Anderson was our brigade commander
•nd Colonel Taylor commanded one of
his regiments, the First Kentucky,
hince tho war one of them was made
chief of police of Atlanta and the oth
er Lonirrille, Ky. Taylor was next
to tha last of ihe surviving colonels of
that brigade. It was General Bartow’s
old brigade, composed of the Seventh,
Eighth, Ninth and Eleventh Georgia
regiments aud the First Kentucky and
a Virginia battery. Tho regiments
changed their colonels many times and
of the old Eighth only one (Colonel
Towers), who was its fifth colonel,
now survives. None but the veterans
know how uumerous were these
changes of commanding officers.
The records show that but one of the
Georgia regiments that went into ser
vice in 1801 and 1802 brought back
the same colonel it took out. The of
ficers of the companies were changed
oftener than the colonels. Deaths,
resignations aud promotions were ever
going ou. Captain "Twiggs’ company
of the First Georgia regulars had
twelve different captains during the
service. The personnel of the privates
was also continually changing—“dis
charged” or K. 1. 15. (killed in battle)
is appended to more names than half
the first muster rolls, und recruiting
was constantly going on to till up the
files.
Bnt I was ruminating about old Tige
and Toni Taylor, for after General Bar
tow was killed I was transferred to
General Anderson’s staff and followed
bis fortunes for nearly two years iu the
Army of Northern Virginia. He was
every inch a soldier. Ho never ques
tioued tho wisdom of an order, but
obeyed it.
"Ours not to make reply;
Onrs riot to reason wliy;
Ours but to do and die"
wan his motto. I do not believe ho
ever experienced the emotion of fear.
We thought that sometimes he was
too daring. I remember that ou one
morning during the battles on the
Chickahorainy lie wished to make a
personal reconnaissance of tho posi
tion of tho enemy ou its left flank, and
asked Major Ayer and myself to ride
with him. There was a wide, open
field between the armies, probably
1,000 acres, aud our wing was covered
by a forest of thick woods curving
round the opeu space iu form of a
•eiut-oircle. Wo kept covered by
these woods uutil we bad got far round
aud w ere hh neai to tbc federal bat
teries as we dared to go. The general
•aid: “Well, there is no use in going
hack the long wav that wo came. Let
ns take the diameter of this circle and
•ave a mile or two." “They will see
ns und open fire," said I. “Let them
•hoot/' said he, “they can’t hit us.
We can outride their bulls; come ou;
follow me,”
We did follow, but we dident waut
to end there was uo necessity for tak
ing such a peril. I will never forget
that ride. Tho federal batteries
opeued fire quickly as we flew along
the plain. The six-pounder seut their
balls over ns and behind us and be
fore us and some bounded along tho
ground quite near us, but the general
only waved liis hat and smiled. We
were all well mounted and made the
trip safely, but I never made another
rocoutiaisauce with him. Oue evening
our brigade was at work on the banks
of the Kappahanuock. We hail made
a long march aud were awaiting or
ders. The boys were sitting down or
lying down upon tlio grass. The
enemy were massed behind the moun
tain range that skirted the opposite
banks of the river.
We could not see them, but we
knew they were there, for their bat
teries amused themselves by firing
over the mouutains and dropping their
shot and shell at random over us aud
beyond us. They exploded in the atr
•nd did but little harm. We were not
alarmed aud watched them as we
would • pyrotechnic display. General
Atulersou was stretched at length upon
the ground aud ws were not far away.
His fine horse was cropping the grass
•nd the geueral held him with • long
rein that was attached to the bridle.
While we were chatting quietly a
•hell exploded directly over us aud a
murderous fragment struck his horse
ou top of the head and killed him iu
etantly.
Our nearness to the danger stopped
■11 conversation, but the loss of his
horse aroused and excited Old Tige
beyond measure. Looking at his
horse that waa dying at his feet he
naed language according to his anger
■ud indignation. His anathemas were
fearful. “We will pay them for that,”
he said; “I would have given my right
arm for that horse. But we will pay them
back two for one. We have come here
to fight, and old Bob will give us a
chance to get even. Blast their infer
nal batteries! All they dare to do is
to hide behind a mountain and shoot
over it.*’ We did get even, and Old
Tige was comforted; for in a few dsys
the second battle of Manassas was
fought and a great victory won. Forty
eight thousand troops under Lee ut
torly routed and vanquished 80,000 un
der Pope.
I never think of General Tom Taylor
hut what I think of the great battle of
Drainsville, in which he figured, and
n smile comes over my memory. The
fun of that battle lasted our boys a
long time, and Major Ayer at Rome is
not done laughing at it yet. The val
ley of Drainsville was neutral ground
and the harvest of hay was great. The
two armies were in winter quarters
and wanted it. Jeb Htuart assured
General Johnston that if he would
furnish the wagons und teams aud a
regiment of infantry he would go for
the hay. He said that tho owners
• e f f * in stly Boiuneru m--u and wauted
is lo have it. Old Joe was suspicious,
nit foi-ented. Tho lederals were
ueart r to it and had a large force of
Mvalry in their camp. Tom Taylor
was sent along with his regiment and
’ftjor Ayer put in charge of 400 wag
ns, with four-hots • teams to each.
It was about ii/teeu miles to the val
lev over a )■ ke real that was gener
ally wi<1 o enough for teams to pass
aeb oil or, but was very narrow where
•ut through the little hills. Many of
these cute, u hundred yards long, were
not more tha i ten feet wide. The day
amt the scheme was kept profoundly
secret. One morning about the break
■){ day our boys were aroused by the
unearthly rumbling sound of 400 wag
ons rolling over the pike, but that
Bont'd wus nothing to the roaring of
those wagons on their return. That
trum of wagons was nearly four miles
ottg and by the time the bead of the
column got. fuitly into the valley and
the rut.jor began bossing the loading
>f the foremost teams Tom Taylor,
, Mi hie men, yrere renting in the su
burbs and Jeb Stuart, with 2,000 cav
airy, were paraded on n liill overlook
tng the valley. Just then 0,000 fed
oral cavalry came charging down from
some hiding place behind Ihe woods
and for an hour or more Stuart and
Taylor had their hands full.
The fcderals had an artillery com
pany to help create a panic and they
were after tho wagon train in despo
rate determination. In the confusion
that followed the surprise Stuart or
dered the wagons that were loading
y to countermarch in double quick
1 they performed that maneuver
ill great alacrity until the head of
ine procession reached the pike and
could get no farther, for the body und
tail of tho train blockaded the highway
for two miles hack. Thou came the
great stampede. “Then rushed
steeds from battle driven.” All along
the line the alurm was given, whips
were popping, teamsters bawling.
“Turn, men; turn and save your
teams, exclaimed the major. Ihe
yankees are coming. And they did
turn, but to this day nobody knows
how. Some of the vagoners swore af
terwards they Hew over and some
crawled under and pome turned a
horse team in au eight-foot cut. Col
ouel 1 aylor ordered his men to guard
the wagons, hut they couldu t keep up
with thorn. Stuart's men were iu a
hand to hand fipht with the enemies’
cavalry and slashed them with swords
nud shot them with small arms; lint
they were outnumbered aud had to
tight and fall back at every charge.
It was about the middle of the after
noon when the roaring of the stamped
ing train reached ouu campground.
Old Joe Johnston heard it, for the
sound thereof wus like the sound of
many waters. He understood it at
once and ordered a whole brigade and
battery to double quick up the Draius
ville pike. “I told Stuart,” lie ex
o'aimed, “they would trick if lie didn’t
look out. Those rascals in that val
ley are nearly all union men and they j
got word to the enemy. I’m afraid
we have lost some of our wagons, and
it will be a hard joke on Stuart.”
Later on we perceived groat clouds of
dust gathering over the pike a.id the
roaring came louder aud louder and
nearer and nearer, and bv and bv,
with the aid of a field glass,' we could
see Major Ayer rise over the top of a
distant kill and halt. He is a fine
rider and was astride a fine horse
whose name was Selim.
He saw the brigade coming to the
rescuo and slowed up, the long proces
siou behind him. Man and beast, were
dripping with streams of sweat that
would have turned a saw mill. In the
grand melee Colonel Taylor got cut off
from his command, for the boys were
trying to keep up with the wagous.
But they all came up iu course of timo
and received the plaudits of their com
rades. Stuart worried the euemy so
bad that they left the valley with nary
wagon and Major Ayer left it with
nary hay. But they got it later, for
old Joe got his back up aud swore he
would have it.
Those 400 wagoners were for a long
time the heroes of the campfires. Oue
of them. Jim Wilkerson. our stilt former
marshal, lives hero now and de
clares that lie turned his team in au
eight foot cut and passed two more in
• ten-foot cut and had liked to have
beat the whole train to camp. His
driving was like the driving of Jehu,
for he drove furiously.
The big battle of Drainsville never
got into history, but it was camp talk
at Centerville all that winter. During
the revolution cf 1776 there was a
great battle called the “battles of the
kegs” that caused iufiuite merriment
to the continental armv and it was set
to verse by • humorous poet, Francis
Hopkinsou, but this is known to Vir
ginia veterans as the “battle of the
wagons."— Burn Arp in Atlanta Con
stitution.
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Notorious Thief Captured.
J. E. Burton, the hotel thief arrest
ed iu Memphis Sunday, oonfossed to
the police that he is uono other than
the notorious “Red” Hoyle, wanted
in a dozen cities, including St. Louii,
Chicago and Cincinnati.
GEORGIA NEWS ITEMS
Brief Summary of Interesting
Happenings Culled at Random.
Governor Cannot Borrow.
Attorney General J. M. Terrell will
file before Judge Lumpkin, in the
superior court ut Atlanta the petition
for mandamus against State Treasurer
li. E. Park to require him to show
cause why he refuses to pay the school
teachers' warrants from the public
property fund, as he is directed to do
by the act of 18SJ7.
The situation was shaped up at the
c*apitol Saturday so that this proceed
in * be pushed forwaid at once,
f Ihe warrants for the teachers pay
“icLi l ,a( l been sigued )>y (xovernor
Candler and countersigned by Comp
,rollu ' General Wright were presented
at the treasury for payment by State
i00 ^ Commissioner Glenn, and pay
was formally refused.
rbe state Hcb ° o1 commissioner
promptly notified the governor of the
treasurer’s refusal to pay. Tho gov
nor hud previously informed the state
treasurer that he wanted him to pay
ft d of 'be warrants or none. When
notified of the refusal Governor Can
dler instructed Attorney General Ter
to proceed to file suit as stated,
Though Treasurer Park has an
nonneed that he would waive all legal
technicalities, it will necessarily be
some time before the question can be
determined. Attorney General Ter
rcH expects to secure a final determina
bon of the matter by June 1st, and
W >*1 be satisfied if his expectations iu
that respect are realized,
Iu the meantime the teachers will
have to wait for their money. They
"'id not be paid until after the su
premo court has decided the issue.
Governor Candler decided that he
could not borrow S200,000for the pur
pose of making the payments. The
constitution and the statutes permit
bim lo borrow not exceeding $200,000
to meet a “casual deficiency.” As his
power to borrow is limited to a case of
casual deficiency, that being the lan
guage of the constitution as well as of
’^ le statutes, the governor considers
that lie has not the right to borrow in
tbe present contingency,
Norwood Citizen* Insulted.
The town council and mayor of Nor
wood are greatly stirred up by the ac
tiou of the grand jury ut the April
ferra of Warren superior court. The
RraU(1 jury in their general present
meuts referred to the streets of Nor
wood as “roads” and recommended
that the justice of the peace have the
roa ds wor ked. The town authorities
have always prided themselves on
t h e i r goo <i e t ree ts, and consider the
action of tho grand jury an unwar
ranted reflection, and have resented
the same by some red-hot resolutions
passed iu executive session.
New Georgia I'ostofflces.
The postoflice department has es
tablished the following new postoffices
in Georgia:
Carlyle, Hancock county, special
from Sparta, seven miles south, Julia
It. Ivy, postmaster.
Crouch, Merriwether county,Towns
ville, three miles north, Rockymount,
uee Iul * es south, Aume M. Hayes,
postmaster.
Wampum, Haralson county, special
fro ra Del 1 a * J, , bree aad one-quarter
ml , es 80U Ih, j l ihomas B. Hobbs, post
master. .
Hauora, Lincoln county, special
from Goslien, three miles southwest,
Jobu C - Caldwell, postmaster.
xmgsboro, Harris county, Hamilton,
–>« north, Catania, four miles
aou ’’ re ' osta hhshed, with John M.
Eruce as postmaster,
Cedar - Jnok ?o“ county, special from
^ P eU( ‘ 1 grass,three and one-half miles
uortbeast . Charles 1. Evans, post
master.
Pharr, Pickens comity, Jerusalem,
three miles south, Talkiug Buck, live
miles north, re-established, with John
G. Pharr as postmaster.
Winslow, Wayne county, to Pendar
ris, two and one-quarter miles, aud
Mt. Pleasant, five miles southeast,
Janies B. Beuuett, postmaster.
The following postolfiees in Georgia
have been discoutiued: Pauthersville,
DeKalb county, superseded by rural
free delivery; Snaptinger, DeKalb
county, superseded by free delivery;
Westview, DeKalk county, superceded
by rural free delivery.
J. -H. Caveuder has been appointed
postmaster of the fourth-class office
at Baxter iu Union county.
Murdrred a Necro Girl.
The Ware county grand jury has
found a bill agaiust T. J. Spence, of
Waresboro, for the killing of a little
uegro girl at that place last Deoember.
Spenee is a young man of excellent
family and had no trouble giving a
bond of 84,000 when arrested.
Melon Crop DaniHged.
Growers of watermelon and canta
loupes iu the Albauy section state that
the April cold snap has damaged the
melon crop seriously. The injury to
young ootton may be judged from tha
fact that parties in Albany who are
known to have cotton seed on hand
have been flooded with rush orders.
The Gotton Oil Company’s Albany mill
ban received orders ranging from a
bushel to a car load of seed. Some
farmers report the certain destruction
of plants just out of the ground, and
all plantings are more or less seriously
damaged.
* ort J W * w 8t,te
State Bank Examiner S. G. Turner
is making the annual examination oi
the banks. The increase in the
number of sUte baaks in Georgia dur-
Money to Loan
I am prepared to loan money on farm land*
at the lowest . ates of Interest, Time, live
secured years. Can within be afew repaid days at any utter time. application Money
Is received Any amount from $140 to 15,000
If you want to borrow money call on me.
8. K. FIELDS
Cordele, Ga
Dr. C. H. Peete,
EYE, EAR, ROSE and THROAT,
668 Cherry Street,
Macon, Georgia.
ing the last year has been something
remarkable. There are just exactly
forty more banks in the state today
than there were on September 5th
last, the time when Mr. Turner com
pleted his examinations for last year.
Instead of having only 137 banks to
examine, as was the case last year, Mr.
Turner has this year 177 of them.
Cotton Men Organize.
The Southeastern Compress Asso
ciation was organized at Savannah the
pust week by the consolidation of ths
Alabama Compress Association and
the Georgia aud South Carolina Asso
U iV/li iioui one hunartd members
of the two associations were present.
They cmtrol the compressing of
sqm.re hales of cotton in the three
states named. Speeches were made
and papers read strongly urging the
adoption of the standard bale of 24x54
inches.
Fruit Growers Meet May 1st,
The North Georgia Fruit Growers’
association will meet in annual session
at Calhoun ou May 1. President G.
li. Miller will preside. Among the
prominent speakers will be Professor
Quintanee of the state experiment
farm and Dr. J. B. Hunnicutt, editor
of the Southern Cultivator, aud Dr.
fl. C. White, of the State University.
President Miller expects a large - at
tendance and much good to result
from the gathering.
Christian Scientists Turned Down.
Judge J. H. Lumpkiu, of the super
ior court, of Fulton county has denied
two different applications for a char
ter for “The Atlanta Institute of
Christian Science,” the effect of his
decision being that Christian Scien
tists cannot practice their treatment of
diseases in the state of Georgia with
out having regularly graduated in
medicine or passed an examination be
fore the medical examining board, the
same as other physicians.
The decision of Judge Lumpkin will
he of great interest, not only in Atlan
ta, but throughout Georgia and the
entire country aud is bound to attract
great attention.
Judge Lumpkin holds that, accord
ing to the decision of a case in the su
preme court of Nebraska. Christian
Science is the practice of medicine,
and he further holds that the practice
of medicine in Georgia, according to
the state law, must be accomplished
by persons who are regularly graduat
ed from a medical school.
Georgia Soldiers From Manila.
Within a week it is expected that
many members of the Twenty ninth
volunteer regiment of the United
States will arrive in Atlanta.
The regiment has arrived at San
Francisco from Manila. It lias dis
embarked and is now at the Presidio.
It has been decided to muster the reg
iment out at San Francisco and it will
not return to Fort McPherson, where
it was recruited.
The Twenty-ninth was recruited at
the post and left a year and a half ago.
It is composed of young men from
Georgia and adjoining states, and has
among its officers some of the promi
nent military men of the state. Dur
ing its service in the Philippines it
has seen steady service in some of tho
most dangerous portions of the archi
pelago. The record of the regiment
lias been a flattering one.
I’oUoned By Wild IG.ney.
Monroe Miller, who lives near Bar
nett Shoals in Oconee county, with his
eoUj ft iftci ox toil yeais ot cut ft
tree a duy or two ago iu which some
bees bad stored a quantity of honey,
Having cut the tree both father and
son ate of the honey and began im
mediately to suffer inteuselj' from
poisou. The son died iu a very short
time, and it was only by aid of tho
most powerful antidotes that the life
of the father was saved.
•Statement I* Called For,
State Treasurer B. E. Park has saat
out a circular letter to all the state
banks calling for a statement from
them at the close of business on April
15th. This statement is called for un
der the act of 1891, as amended by the
act of 1894, relating to state banks.
Savannah** New Depot.
James H. McKenzie – Sod, of Au
gusta, have secured the contract for
constructing the union depot at Sa
vannah.
APPEALS ARE USELESS.
Itinerary of President to the West
Cannot Be Changed.
A Washington dispatch says: The
itinerary of the president’s tour to the
Pacific coast is now complete aud no
further appeals for changes in route
or stops will be consideied. The
party will spend Sunday, June 2d, at
Salt Lake City, as originally planned.
Liquor Dealers Go to Wall.
W. H. Thomas – Son, wholesale
ijq Uor dealers at Louisville, filed a pe
Htion i Q bankruptcy in the United
states court Thursday. They owe
$ 50 o v 532.14, and no assete are listed.
Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Co
Time Tables—In Effect February 3d, 1901.
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System, and with St. Jo hns and Ocklawaha Klver steamers.
NO. G NO. 4 NO. 2 NORTH BOUND NO. 1 NO. 3 NO 6
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'I rains I and 2. and trains 3 and 4 carry Pullman Buffet Sleeping cars between
St. Louis and Jacksonville, Fla. Trains 3 and 4 also carry local sleeper between
Macon anil Pulatka. Trains 5 and G are sboo-tty trains.
Full information -from the undersigned. C. B. IJHOE S, Gen. Pass. Agt, Macon,
d. G. HA 1.1., T. P. A. Ga.
8 Kimball House, Atlanta, Ga.
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