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MRS. JOHN W. BALE
Mr*. John W. Bale, the third Pres
ident of the Chtckamnugn Daughters of
the Confederacy, was Mlhh Adele I.atl
iuer, of Nashville, Tenn.; alie la (lie
wife of Hon. John W. Hale, our Solle-
Itor-Ceneral of the Homo Clreult, and
the recently a|i|K)lnted Commander-In-
Chief of the I’ulted Hons of the Confcal
eracy by Nathan Bedford Forrest,
grandson of our beloved (leneral Kor
reat. Mr. und Mrs. Bale came to l.u-
Kuyette to make their home In JKtrj,
and lira. Bale, like her predecessor In
office, has ao completely identlfled her
aelf with tieorgla (ample and (leorglu
Ihtereata that ahe waa recently heard !
to regret ahe were not a native born
fleoritlau. She la one of the Charier
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Mendiera of Chlckumuugu Chapter and
aluce lta organization haa la-en one of
Ita moat efficient officers, tilling the of
llceof Vlce-I’realdent two year*. In July,
11(10, ahe waa elected I’realdent of the
Chapter, but refused the nomination In
ITbecause of other dutlea demand
ing ao much of her time and attention.
Her term of office following ao closely
the erection and complete payment of
our monument, ahe gave the chapter
a much needed retd, at the same time
ahe kept the lutereat of the chapter
fully In touch with the work at huge,
rea|Mindlng liberally to the cull from
the liabun Cap school and many others
IMM'tulniug to the great work of the
Culled I laughters.
WALKER COUNTY MESSENGER, APRIL 26, 1913.
EXTRACTS FROM A
SOLDIER'S DIARY
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How The Southern Soldiers
Often Went Hunery-Glimp
ses of Soldiers Life
The following incident* of the service
of J. A. Park, 39th Ga. Vol., were taken
from his diary and letters written to
the folks at home and wu* compiled by
his daughter, Mrs. Fannie Park Stiles:
May 10th, 18 2 —Oc to the war today.
Leave my wife and two little boys. Have
my trunk, quilt, pillow, razor and
blanket.
Clinton. Teiin., May 15—Arrived safe
ly on a wood train. We were mustered
in Tuesday morning by Lieut. Col. Jack
son. They did not examine Wesley (J.
Wesley Smith) and myself. I shall ex
press all my things back except my
blanket.
McMillan, Tcuni. Sept, 5- Voir say pa
wants to know something alsmt the salt
arrangement. If a man will furnish a
wagon, team and driver, the Confederate
government will furnish them rations,
load them with government stores to
carry to Lexington, Ky., then come back
by the salt works and get a load of salt
for government and bring back by Knox
villc. They will then tie paid in salt.
This is the salt question and I do not
think it will pay to come from Georgia
to go into it; better go to the Virginia
salt works and rent water nml make salt.
A great many are doing this. After re
ceiving this letter mother and her peo
ple continued to use the salt made from
water dripped through dirt from floor ot
smokehouse.
Aug. 4—Received orders to march with
out rations; started at 9 o’clock; march
ed all day without rations; gave 10c for
a pone of cornbread.
Aug. s—Waded Clinch river at 3 a. m.
One soldier gave another 50c to ferry
him over; middle way they both fell
Mrs. Hale Is the mother of one little
daughter, Hellen, 12 years of age,
bright and attractive, almost fairy-llke
in form; she bids fair to reproduce the
many splendid loyal traits of her in
tensely Southern parents. May she, like
they who today live more In the l«ist
than the present, strive to perpetuate In
memory the historic deeds, the sublime
defense of her growl-fathers, sacrlflci>s
of her grand-mothers and liecotne a be
loved Daughter of the Confederacy.
down.
Aug. 25 —Stood on post duty all night;
relieved at 8 a. m.
Oct. 4—Frankfort, Ky. Was at in
auguration of Richard Hawes, the Con
federate provisional governor of Ken
tucky.
Oct. 9—Halt and sleep till 2 a. m.
Pass through Salouse at 4 a. m. Eat
parch corn for breakfast ;half biscuit
for dinner; 3 Irish potatoes for supper.
Oet. 19— No breakfast this morning;
halt in edge of Ilarrodsburg, Ky., and
draw rations, first in two days.
Oct. 11—Up at 10 p. m. and off again;
had for breakfast half cracker, for din
ner parched corn, bacon ami walnuts;
marched 19 miles today and halted one
mile from camp IJick Roberson; draw
rations this evening and having no cook
ing vessels, we made up our flour in a
little bucket and cooked it in ashes and
around poles. This is the second meal in
three days.
Oct. 15—Twelve miles from Richmond,
Ky.; was married five years ago.
Nov. 6 —Got a furlough today and
started home. Oh, that peace was made.
Nov. 7 —Arrived at home at tl a. m.
Annie well; my little boys cheerful and
playful; visited my lonely cottage
(Mother with her two little boys, Hec
tor and dim, lived with her father dur
ing the war.)
Nov. !)—Off to the war again. Annie
and boys came as far as Ringgold with
me.
Vicksburg, Miss.. March 24, 1863—The
gunboats and transports that 1 wrote of
liefore will fall into our hands.
April 29—Yanks shelling the town;
Capt. Brady preached a good sermon to
•lay.
May ltl—Yanks shelling the town.
Capt. Brady preached a good sermon to
day.
May lsl —In fight on Champion Hill,
near Baker’s Creek, got lost from 39th
and was fighting Indian fashion from
tree to tree when a Yank ran up union
flag iai 29 feet of where I stood. That
was the first I knew of our being whip
ped and that I alone was fighting against
the Yanks. I walked with trembling
limbs to a hollow and succeeded in get
ting away, meeting up with Col. Mc-
Connell, who was wounded. I stayed
by him and cared for him. going on to
Jackson, Miss. By getting lost during
battle I missed being in siege of Vicks
burg
•lust before the battle of Lookout
Mountain the 39th Georgia marched
down in vally and across to Missionary
Ridge; formed line of battle on crest
and fought all day; That night retreated
in direction of Dalton, camping at Dalton
all winter.
Just liefore Christmas, Robert. Smith
and I slipped off from camp and visited
home. While there we kept a lookout
from an upstairs window for Yanks. We
stayed at home two days, leaving liefore
daylight. Soon after we had gone a
crowd of Yank cavalry came to the house
and demanded breakfast. My wife and
her mother cooked the breakfast, for the
slave women had refused to cook for
the family any more. While eating one
Yank remarked: “We killed two John
nie Rclis over on the ridge this morning;
see my new grey coat; I took it off of
one of them.” My wife had just made
and given me a new coat, just like the
one he had on. She was waiting on the
table and heard his remark, so with a
breaking heart she passed him a biscuit
und quickly stooped and turned up his
coat to see if it was lined like the one
her loving hands had made. Thank God
it was not, so she calmly passed on and
the Yankees never knew what a fright
they gnve her. Roliery Smith, her
brother, still has a little grey home
woven coat she made for him whim a boy
of 16 years he went to war, Our negro
boys were true, followed us to war and
cooked and waited on us; slipped back
home with letters. Henry waited on
Robert Smith during a spell o ftyphoid
fever during siege of Vicksburg. Dick,
Henry and Buck, slave boys, were as
true to Confederacy as any man.
Dalton, April 7, 1864—1 wa s elected
lieutenant in Co. F; will lie commission
ed tislav.
April 21—1 feel hopeful; brighter days
are beginning to dawn for us. You may
look for the Rebs in your section before
long. I don’t think this is fancy tulk as
all the Yanks are being defeated on all
sides.
May 19 —In battle commanding my
company, as Capt. Fox was killed at
ltesaca, a piece of shell took off my left
arm. I dropped my beautiful sword. My
fighting was ended.
CATLETT
Rock Sp'ring, Rl, April 24—The
Holiness people have their church
weather-boarded and covered;
will put the windows and doors in
this week and put the floor down
We farmers are doing very lit
tle on the farm; it looks pretty
gloomy.
Henry Shipp, son of W. V.
Shipp, while hauling logs last
week, fell off his wagon that was
loaded with logs and both wheels
of the wagon ran over him. He is
in a serious condition, though the
Doctor says there, are no bones
broken.
The Sunday school and prayer
meeting are on a boom here.
SAM .
Pure
Groceries
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store; no line of general mer
chandise mixed up with our
Groceries; just the purest and
best groceries to be had.
They’re Always Fresh, Too.
1. J. Rutledge
W. L. STANSELL, Mgr.
Next to A. M. Street LaFajette, Ga.
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Trion, R 2, April 24—The setMa*!
quarterly conference convene*! *l.
Trinity Saturday and Snnfitof -
Bro. Irvine preached an exce&sKf
sermon Sunday. $99 was raised
for the support of the P. C. and! I”.
E. the past quarter. The next *««.'
ference goes to Kensington.
We made a hurried trip toC'feoift
tanooga through the county ,*.•
few days ago. We noticed
and farm work generally *»
backward. However, we noAterl
that Price Dunn has a fine eiwhi.
patch and that J. A. Graftal i.
hasa real fine field of wheat., tv
is a pleasure to behold such
as one travels along the biglrasr* ..
Guild McWhorter, who is ** 2h*
state sanatarium taking t**ssß—
—for tuberculosis, writes 3Gua»-
parents that he is well pleasw*!?
and doing fine His friends wifi
be glad when he recovers and? t%-~
turns home. He is an excelferfs
young man.
Homer Davis, who cut nis foK‘*f
sometime ago. is still unable &■>
do much work.