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VOL. X LIV.
NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1908,
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Coal Tongs, 20c. to 25c.
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O N T It E STAIRS.
Ho said “Good nhrht,” and ho hold her hand
In n hesitntimr way.
And ho hoped that hor eyes would understand
What his lips refused to say.
Ho held her hand and ho murmured low:
’Tin sorry to go like this;
It Bcetns so frigidly cold, you know.
This 'Mister* of ours, and ’Miss.'
“1 thought—perhaps”-und he paused to note
If she seemed inclined to frown;
But the light in hor eyes his heartstrings smote,
As she blushingly looked down.
She said no word, but she picked a speck
Of dust from his coat lapel,
Such a small, such a woo little dock.
’Twas a wonder site saw so well.
And it brought her face so very near.
In the dim uncertain light.
That the thought, unspoken, was made quite clear,
And 1 know 'twas a sweet "Good night."
-[Edward Everett Nelson,
What Became of the Confederate
Specie ?
Milford Overly. Lexington. Ky.
Very many times since the close of
the Civil War the question hns been
asked, “What became of the specie,
tlie bullion atid other articles of value
the Confederate treasury vaults were
known to contain when Richmond
fell?” But to this question no satisfac
tory answer has ever been given, and
it is altogether probable that no one
person ever knew what became of all
of it.
Writers and speakers have advanced
many theories and indulged in much
speculation in their efforts to convince
themselves and the public generally
that certain high Confederate officials,
both civil and military, profited by the
downfall of their government and the
wrecking of her treasury. In this way
much injustice has been done good,
honest, patriotic men. who gave their
fortunes and offered their lives in the
defense of the Southland and her peo
ple. Certainly those who were with
the Confederacy during her last days,
as was President Davis’ escort, had
much better oportunities of knowing
what took place there and then than
had men hundreds of miles away, and
there is not an intelligent survivor of
that organization who believes that
Mr. Davis got one dollar of the money,
or that any member of his military
family received any part of it, save in
a legitimate way.
At Washington. Ga.. Gen. John C.
Breckinridge, who was then Confeder
ate Secretary of War, received by or
der of Acting Secretary of the Treas
ury John IJ. Reagan money sufficient to
defray his expenses to a foreign coun
try, he having decided to go abroad af
ter the fall of the Confederacy. Soon
after his departure, however, for some
reason he sent part of this money
($4,000) back to Washington by his son.
Before he and Mr. Davis separated he
requested the latter to have some of
the specie distributed among the men
composing his escort, stating that a
large number of these were Kentuck
ians: that they were outlawed, and if
permitted to return to their homes all
would need money to pay their ex
penses. The order was made according
to request and the distribution took
nlace while the men were camped on
the Georgia side of the Savannah river,
some miles from Washington.
The escort consisted of the remnants
of five brigades of mounted infantry—
Dibrell’s, Vaughan’s, Breckinridge’s,
Ferguson’s and Duke’s, about 2.000 in
all. The men received $25 each, offi
cers and privates sharing alike in the
distribution. This shows where $50,000
of the specie went and by whose au
thority. The writer of this was present
and received a twenty-dollar gold coin
and five silver dollars. His son. Chas.
H. Overley, of this city, yet has one
of the dollars.
Besides the coin and bullion, the es
timated value of which was, according
to those who knew nothing about it,
anywhere from $250,000 to $2,500,000,
there was deposited in one of the treas
ury vaults at Richmond a box of jewels
—diamonds, pearls, gold watches and
other valuable articles—contributed by
the patriotic women of Georgia to be
sold and the proceeds used in the de
fense of their State and their homes.
At the Lexington Fair I met an old
comrade—all Confederate comrades are
now old—from another county whom I
seldom see. Of course we talked about
the war. During the conversation this
comrade related an incident connected
with the disappearance of the Gonfed-
Ujeir ;
$Hi or
could proceed little farther as an or
ganize! body; and ho advised them ei
ther to surrender or disband their men,
that they might return to their homes.
All decided to surrender.
Before the Kentuckians of Col.
Breckinridge’s brigade had given up
arms and been paroled half a doz-
more of them boarded a train
ind went to Augusta, Ga.. .thinking,
louhlloss. to get their paroles there,
for they knew that Gen. Upton, of the
Federal army, was in possession of
Ihat city. As the Kentuckians at
tempted to enter the rear ear of the
train they encountered guards with
guns crossed at the door who refused
them admittance; but. pushing the
weapons aside, they passed in and
(found there a man wearing the uni
form of a Confederate major, who
seemed to be in charge of the ear and
its contents and who protested against
the intrusion, stating that, he had in
the car $40,000 in specie and bullion
which he had orders to convey to Au-
ftusta to be distributed among Gen.
Johnston's paroled soldiers as they re
turned to their homes.
Our boys, one of whom was my in
formant, examined the boxes and kegs,
said by the major to contain the mon
ey. until satisfied that it was indeed
there: but the other part of the story
--that it was for distribution among
Johnston’s returning soldiers—was too
much tor their credulity, knowing as
• they did that most of Johnston’s men
were already at home and that Augus
ta was then held by Gen. Upton and
his division of Federal troops, while
other divisions of Wilson’s cavalry
corps were scouring the country in all
directions seeking to win the reward of
$100,000 olfercd for the capture of
President Davis.
In view of these facts it was sug
gested to the major that the car con
taining the specie be detached from the
remainder of the train by drawing the
coupling-pins and the money be divided
among those in the car: that to take it
to Augusta would be equivalent to
handing it to over to the men who hat
been ransacking the country in search
of it and other treasure; that surely
the men who stood by the Confederacy
till the last, moment of her existence
ought to have it, rather than those
who deprived her of existence.
But the' major would not listen to
.i.e proposition; indeed, he opposed it
vehemently, declaring that he could
not for a single moment entertain the
thought of robbing the poor, dying
Confederacy; that to do so would he to
put a stain upon his name that time
could never erase. Poor fellow! his
sense of honesty and honor had re
ceived a dreadful shock, and nothing
more was said about robbing the “dy
ing Confederacy.”
In due time and without mishap of
any kind the train arrived at its desti
nation and my friend and comrade went
directly to Federal headquarters, where,
soon after, the Confederate major put
in his appearance and reported to Gen.
Upton that the car containing the spe
cie was at the depot. That officer im
mediately ordered a guard to go to the
depot and take possession of the treas
ure.
Now, who was the Confederate ma
jor? By whose authority did he take
the money belonging to the people of
the South and give it into the hands of
their enemies who had overrun and de
vastated their country, destroying cit
ies, towns and private property to the
value of million of dollars and making
homeless and destitute thousands of
women and children to whom that mon
ey would have been a blessing? Did it
finally go into the United States Treas
ury, or did it go to Bwell the fortunes of
those who fought for pay and plunder?
That, among the many honest, honora
ble. patriotic men who fought on the
side ot the Union there were those who
cared little for the Union, for the pri
vationn and sufferings of the innocent,
but everything for the spoils of war,
there can be no question; hut were
there men of like character in the
South?
This paper is written for no other
purpose than to give to the public the
statement of my friend ar.d comrade
relating to the disappearance of $40,000
of the Confederate specie, that to some
Why Georgia Should Have a Game
Law.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
Now that the hunting season is at
hand, a few remarks on the subject
from the standpoint of the landowner
are in order, especially as he is rarely
heard from in print.
About the opening dn.v for the sea
son for shooting game, and continuous
ly thereafter, the farmer finds his land
overrun by a lot of irresponsible hood
lums, who do not ask his permission,
but’on Lhe contrary defy him and his
notices, which they riddle with shot.
If game is scarce they vary the monot
ony by shooting song birds and chick
ens. The family dog gets a few shots
too, if he ventures near. Cattle and
horses are not exempt, and in one in
stance these "sportsmen” shoot bullets
from their rifles through the ears of
cows on the premises and think it
great fun. If a rabbit happens to run
into a hole they dig the earth into an
unsightly pile and leave it, and it rc-
] quires leveling to make it presentable
for agriculture. If a squirrel runs
into a hole in a tree they immediately
cut the tree down, no matter where it
stands, whether it shades a spring or
has been left standing for some other
use. Such a thing as asking permis
sion never occurs to them. Whiskey is
usually present, and when night comes
on there is a regular orgy. Of course,
there are exceptions now and then, hut
they are not by any means frequent.
So incensed have the farmers become
over this sort of thing that “No tres
passing” notices are becoming more
and more frequent, and in a few years
the “sports” will find themselves out
of a job.
Farmers, as a rule, find pleasure in
having quail, cloves and squirrels on
their premises, in addition to the song
birds. These “tenants” of the old
farms are u pleasure and a benefit, and
far more useful alive than when dead.
We know nothing more pleasant on an
autumn drive than to hear the squirrels
dropping nuts, or to see the quail cross
the road, or hear the dove crooning
in the silent woods. Hundreds of far
mers can and do enjo.v those things.
They exist for all. But when the pot-
hunting “sport” comes along, who
cares for none of these things, not be
ing high enough in mental scale, the
tradegy is enacted and the beauties of
the forsst and roadside are tucked into
the hunting coat or wounded and left
to die an agonizing death in the thick
et. Meantime the bottle comes out and
some cheap rot-gut is drunk to “our
success, “and later, if possible, they
have their ape-like mugs put! in a pa
per. with their innocent victims exhib
ited in the foreground.
Many Negroes in England.
England is being invaded by American
negroes, who suddenly have realized
that they suffer in that country from
none of the disabilities attaching to
their race and culoi in the United
States. Thousands of them have gone
there in the last year or two and
thousands more are going. The inva
sion began about a year ago. The first
negroes to go were variety artists and
athletes, who found that they were
well treated over there. They stayed,
and wrote to their friends across the
water to follow on. A few went last
year, but the rush began this year, and
within the last few months there are
almost as many black faces to be seen
on the Strand and in Piccadilly as on
Broadway.
It is hard to obtain any estimate of
the actual number of American negroes
now in England. An official of the
American embassy declares that last
winter the embassy had hundreds of
applications from colored citizens of
the United States, who were stranded
in England, to be sent home. The em
bassy, of course, has no funds for this
purpose, but the officials did what they
could to help, and many colored breth
ren who went over to capture the va
riety stage in England worked their
way home in the stokeholds of tramp
steamers sailing to Baltimore or New
Orleans.
This year, the same official declares,
there are at least 5,000 American ne
groes in England, and 4,000 of them ar
rived this year.
A negro quurter. although not very
well defined, already is springing up in
London. It lieH in Soho, among the
tangle of narrow streets inhabited by
men of every nationality under the sun
except English, and there are one or
two restaurants where fried chicken,
corn bread and other delicacies dear
to the negro’s heart can be obtained.
\nother center is in the maze of courts
and alleys behind Fleet street. There
are one or two small saloons and res
taurants there where the negroes con
gregate at night and discuss the
chances of employment.
A BALD-HEADED WOMAN.
orate specie that I had never before extent at least innocent parties may
heard and which clearly shows what fie relieved from suspicion ot having
became of $4fi.000 of the money, hut | profited by the downfall of the Confed-
the affair is so shrouded in mystery | eracy
that it is difficult to determine whether |
it was a capture or a steal. However,
I’ll tell the story as it was told to rne
and the reader can then draw his own
conclusions.
After crossing the Savannah river
into Georgia President Davis’ escort
was halted by the Secretary of War,
and the briagde commanders were in
formed that they and their men could be
of no further service to Mr. Davis ; that
they were surrounded by overwhelm
ing numbers of the enemy—Gen. Wil
son’s cavalry corps in the front, with
Generals Palmer and Stoneman on their
right atyf in their rear—and that they
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A man’s anxiety to marrv begins to
shrink when he discovers that the wo
man of his choice is willing.
November.
The Commoner.
Thoreau culled November “the twi
light of the year.” It is the border
land—the halting place of nature; the
last trace of summer is gone; winter
is not yet ready to fill her place. All
nature seems asleep; she has carefully
tucked her children away in their cool
brown beds, away under the brown
moBses; and the falling leaflets are
softly drawing a brown coverlet over
their sleep.
But there is beauty, if only one have
eyes to see it; and music, if one have
ears to hear. The Bunsets are unrival
ed in brilliancy, the sky is bo clear and
blue, the stars glitter in the night
wonderously bright as the grand
constellations sweep upward over the
heavens. The soft rustle of the fall
ing leaflets; the silken stir in the fad
ing foliage; the low. restful sigh of the
fitful wind as it heaps the russet leaves
over the sleeping earth, or carries
them in little, eddying whirls along
the forest paths; the soft “fluff,
fluff," as we tread the earth’s brown
carpeting: the saucy chatter of the
jay, and the hoarse caw of the flying
crow.
Now and then there will come a day
of such tender beauty—warm, soft and
soothing. So restful, so full of content.
While the “gray days,’’ when earth
and sky seem blent in Quaker coloring
—so still, so hushed, as though every
thing were listening- listening.
To a healthy, heartsome nature there
is no melancholy in all this. The
“slumber month” is so full of praise: c ‘~j ved a thoroughly
so full of thanksgiving 1 . God never
meant that there should be a melan
choly day or month. And there is not.
save to one who has a “headache” in his
heart.
A family living in Atlanta was re
cently in nted of a cook, and the mis
tress of the house was considering an
applicant sent byan employment agen
cy.
“Why did you leave your last place?”
the housekeeper asked the girl.
“To tell the truth, mum, I just
couldn’t BtanrJ the way the master and
the missus used to quarrel.”
“Dear me! Do you mean to say
that they actually used to quarrel?”
“Yes, mum, all the time. When it
wasn’t me and him, it was me and
her.”
Shorn of Her Crown of Beauty
Loses in Love and Marriage.
Hair is certainly most necessary to
woman. Who could love and marry a
bald-headed woman? What charms
could one array to offset such a disfig
urement?
A woman’s goal is usually love and
marriage. Her crowning glorv is her
hair. The loss of her hair mars her
beauty, happiness and success. Yet,
right here in Newnan, there are thou
sands of women who are neglecting or
injuring their hnir to such an extent
that it is only a matter of time when it
will be utterly ruined.
Many women destroy the beauty of
their hair through thoughtlesness or
ignorance ot certain facts. They use
coloring irons overheated, or to ex
cess. which destroys the natural oil of
the hair, causing it to split, break and
come out. They do not Bhampoo their
hair often enough, or too often They
use soaps or preparations which contain
ingredients positively harmful to the
scalp and hair.
As a result of such treatment, dand
ruff is created, the hair loosens, loses
color, falls out, and baldness com
mences, unless proper and prompt pre
cautions are taken in time. Then,
again, microbes and certain diseases
bring about unhealthy scalp and hair
conditions.
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if they will but use the right remedy.
We have that remedy, and we will pos
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Most advocates of peace at any price
are married men.
