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THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
TUESDAY. MAY 14, 190T.
THE MARVELOUS CAREER
OF
E MAN OF THETWELFTH OF MAY’
it’
COL. O. N. SAUSSY
The 25th of May will witness an Im
posing function in Atlanta in the un-
a-et nr and best xrlng upon the State
of .. - : i th- equestrian statue of her
b»rn-*">n. Lleuf.-Gen. John Brown
Bl-hm md ha* the (treat Virginian
In t moddle and on the JOth of Mny
t . n )onj of unveiling the oror.ze
• Mioferi art her other ica! ant cavalier,
• ;•■' J<*b" Stuart. will occur. Colum-
1 a > plan'd nr th» State Gapltol
• unda the mouited siml.itude c,f
Carolina m gallant eon. Wade
Iik’m ten: Memnhia has placed on
ri.'i'l ver ier d*M!ny "the Wizard of
■ m Saddle” |n enduring bronz”. and
t u follower* of 'I.ittle .Toe" hope to
*• e -i same patriotic spirit shown
Augusta. the birthplace and former
T >r e of Lleut.-Gen. Josenh Wheeler.
T’ rrl»nt and succes.-'nl effort of
Hen. Wheeler with anljr 2.ft00 m»n at
Wat ni to In thwarting the plan of
Sherman when h<> *ent the Fourteenth
Arm.' fnrp* anti Kilpatrick’s Corps
d'Armv '.t Federal horse to seize that
city, pee vented A Jgustn being captured
an 1 much rt h loot to the enemy,
turvIvors of Wheeler’s Cavalry are
ready to aid Augusta In erecting an
eqije-trlan hr. r.ze -o "Little ,Tn»."
Tie above two paragraphs ar»
diversions from t e of this arti
cle. vet arc : ime'v. showing the feel
ings of . nr people In appreriatlon of
the services of the Pouch's heroic sens.
The unve'linc of 'he Cord n statue
hrl igs tin rr.emorl s of the enldler-
ptalwnvin, espo lallv that parr of his
career where. Iik>- Bartow, he went “to
Illustrate hi native State" Few offi
cers were so uniformly successful as
Gorl'i). Entering the service as a
capta'n. In lilt e more than a year we
find him < om>- andln-r a brigade. Hs
Gordon cams upon the form of a
wounded Federal general lying prone
In the hoc July sun. He had him
moved, gave him water out of his own
canteen, trade a memorandum o? hi*
name and rank. That night Gen Gor
don. through a flag of truce, advised
this officer's wife of his cond'tion and
offe-*d h»r saf- conduct to her hus
band's side. In the s'renuoue days
that followed the Is* of July. Gen Gor- 1
don forgot the incident except to be-
lleve the wni|cd in the Federal g n- j
era] must hare been fatal.
Fifteen years later at a dinner In '
Wa*Mngton. Gcr Gcrdon we* Intro- : ony
reports, placed Lee's army at “5! 626 of
all arms.”
Thu* stood the combatants who for
three years bad faced each other and
had often struggled in the deadly em
brace of battle. Let the student of his
tory sit end calmlv analyze the condi
tion In Virginia the 1st of May. 1R64.
and his final conclusion must result
In utm-.*' astonishment at the audacity
] of Gen. Lee. As was the disparity In
I forces. In the same proportions were
resources. But the Army of Northern
Virginia under its peer>** commander
never faltered one moment.
When Gen. Grant passed the river,
and his huge army was well meshed in
the den-e net of "the Wilderness” the
. genius of Lee grasped t te situation
I' was !mpo**ible for the enorm-’us
Army of *he P-unmae to maneuver in
that fe»rfu! tangle, and Gen. Lee rec
ognized the opportunity and at on-e
bo'dly attacked *h? mar<-h:ng column.
Let the reader remember that up
to this time Grant had never me->*ur“d
j'words with the great Virginian:
1 there!: re when the attack began he
liven, "that attack Is
diversion by a small force In
duced to a Gen. Barlow. Naturally he 1 tond -d ortv to d«ta n ”* while Le
asked (f the^present genera! was re- with his rra'n armv is hurrying to the
North Anna to take up a new line of
latefl to a Fed“ral genera! who was
killed st Gettysburg. To his surprise,
F-en. Barlow said: "I am the Gen.
Rar’ow that fell at Gettvsbur. Are vou
related to the Getl. J. B. Gordon wv>
killed me’”’ ‘I am the men sir.” an
swered Gen. Gordon. There was a
Gen. James B Gordon, of North Caro
lina, a gallant envalry leader, who had
been killed In ar-tlon. and Gen. Barlow
defense." How little he knew of the
lion in his path. It did nor take long
to convince Meade that the movement
we5 some'hing stronger than a "diver
sion." Ver we mu*t characterize Gen.
Lee's attack a* an act of great audac
ity. for he en,*re,d "the Wilderness”
fight wl:h but Hill’s and Ewe’l's corns
, . that gave him but 28.000 muskets. He
The supposed it was Georg a's hero-Foi. I w«s in no w av ignorant of Gen. Grant's
Apparently minor incidents often- ; tremendous odds. Perhaos no mere
times became the most potent factors forc'ble and laconie expression ever
in deriding the result on tie field of . fitted an eeeasion than that us“d hv
battle. History is replete with then . 1 president Davis when he called this
The general eemmanding cannot s*e , rrion • „ battle of m'nd against rtmt-
who!r* battle so that muoh 1 tAj*" But details cannot be eu’arer^d
of the details fall upon subordinate ! j n tvs sker. h of "the Man of the t?rh
officers Gordcr. with the genius of j of yr-, v " j, jjes to do mninlv wi'h
a general, saw the *ituatlo n of affairs I <qen. Oord n’s immed'ate connection
at the first day at Gettysburg and was , w |»h the strenuous affairs then cul-
wlth enthu*!"sm pressing the flank at- j minating. "T ie night ot the 5th of
tack his troop had made. Hear nls May was far soent when m.v command
»>wn words: "On the first day ne|t ~er
Gen. Early no- Gen Ewell could possl-
h|v have been fully cognizant of the
-lfuatlon at the time I was ordered
to halt. The whole of that part of the
Department In hi*
Seven Pines and
Days' Battles we
troops faking con
fix
Justified the W
advancement, j
Richmond's S- v
find him and h
splcuous p.'.rt In those bloody dramas.
Second M.anss r as testified to the
werk of his command, while fiharns-
burg Is :aioed with the glorj of Gor
don and his brigade As*lgn»d by
Gen. Lee to hold the center at all haz
ard. Gordon construed that order to
mean as long a- a man could load and
fire a rifle. His own share of that
hazard was In five de»perate wounds.
Tut he he'd the line as he promised
tin'll sundown, but the price was a
fearful cost In gallant men. An Inci
dent of that battle was the piercing
of his cap Just abo 'e his brow. Labm
n Federal bullet smashed through his
fare and threw him prone upon the
field The General relates hot for
that ho’e In hi* cap by the Federal
bullet, he must have strangled in his
The*e men of the Lone Star State ! Dunn, eoualfv determined to die In
could not be convinced-that the grav- j the harness which he kgs worn since
lty of the situation required so great a 1S39. has borrowed a uniform and ac-
sacr’.flce. ‘Go back. Gen. Leo. go cep'ed the transfer without a murmur,
back!" excla med the Texans. Then a i In one Eddie Lewis, hitherto un-
tall lank form clad In ragged grey * known to fame. Wall street has a bud-
kindly but firmly took "Traveler" by j ding financier whose business acumen
the bridle and led him and his precious may one day fill the breacit which wi’l
burden to the rear. Bowing to the j he left by the retirement of John W.
storm of bullets that beat pUtbess’y j Gates. At present "Eddie" is only a
upon them, (the gallant Texans telegraph messenger w*ho*e frequent
smashed in Hancock’s front, then with j trips to the vicinity of Wall street and
Tige Anderson, Lion Benning and ; Exchange Place have given him un-
Law's Alabamians they bum the blue j limited opportunities to observe things
cordon and threw Hancock back to his j while "ragging” the humble venders
own entrenchments. j of lunch commodities who cater to the
So .it Spottsylvar.la anoth»r act in | modest appetites of the erub brokers
the bloody drama brought Gen. Gor- and their messengers. For a long time
don and his Georgians conspicuously : Eddie's on!v dally sandwich and glass
on the s'age. “Alleghany" Johnson oc- j of nrlk were purchased at a certain
cupkd the salient jus: in front of Gen. ; popular stand until he noticed that the
Gordon’s position. A bold and sudden ; taste' of the brokers ran particularly to
irruption of Hancock's powerful Sec- i sardine sandwiches, and that the stock
ond corps tf*amn Old 1 ffghsney." I waa never sufficient to meet the in-
capturing 4.00b of his men and taking sis*enf demmds. The next day was
his w rks, began to p^ur through the ptt”ed off the only successful corner
ur.ture r.ght ^r:d let' . | Wall street has seen since the famous
X w was the e—t= s of ;hn evistonoe Northern Pacific coup. Before the
of the Army of Northern Virginia and , lunch hour arrived. Edd'e made his
no man realized that more than the appearance with five of his comrades
great Vlrg'nlan who had so ofteen led in uniform, and together they pur
It to victory. In this grave crisis Gen. ' - —
Lee proposed to lead the troops to re- w .
cover the works. Let Gen. G'raon tell brokers appeared, hunprv for sardine
the story: "The bulk of the Confeder- sandwiches. Eddie and his confeder
ate armv was In such imminent peril ates stood on the s'dewalk and offered
that nothing could rescue It except a to dispose of their holdings at dniblc
■BLBonmiPMn®
By BRIDGES SMITH.
fc4—H—;-H—;„M„j,M~l 1 f i-f* i
tm:
counter movement. Quick. Impetuous
n^d derisive. Lee resolved to save It.
and if noefi be save it at the sacrifice
of his own life. With perfect seif-
polse he rode to the margin of that
tlorr were ranld bttr hls career Federal artry in my front was In in- J r 0 * t },^|
reached its destination on the extreme
Gonfederate left. The men were di
rected to steen on their arms during
the remain'ntr hours of darkness.
Scouts were at once sent to the front
extrlcable confusion and flight. Thev
were necessarily in flis-ht for my tro^ns
were upon the flank and rnp'dly
sweeping down th» 'ine*. The firing
upon my men had almost ceased. Large
bodies of the Federal troops were
throwing down their arms and sur
rendering. because In di-organized and
confused masses thev are wholly pow
erless either to check the movement
or return the fire As far down the
lire as mv avp con'd reach, tbc Fed** *'!
troops were in full retreat. Those at a
d's'.anee were sti'l re*I**lng. but giv
ing ground, and it was or.lv necessary
for me In press forward In order to ;
Insure the same resu'ts which Inv.a- !
rlahlv follow such flank movements.
In le*s than an hour my troons would I
have swept tin end over th s* hills, the i
possession of which was of such mo- j
mentnus conseouerce. It is not sur-
wav through the thicket*
breach and appeared up' t the scene j n dreaming of what thev would do
just as I had completed the alignment with a corner If they cauld get one.
of my troops and was In the act of ; Among the p'eturesoue but unprof-
movlng in that crucial counter-charge | itehle possessions of Father Knicker-
upon which so much depended. bocker which are passing away before
"As te rode majesFca ly in front of j the march n T progress are the various
my line of battle, with uncovered head public markets owned by the city. Five
and mounted on 'Old Traveler.' Lee years ago there were ten of these ex-
looked a very god of war. Calmly and pensive relics of an earlier day. nine
grandly he rode to a point near the i n Manhattan and one in Brooklvn.
center of my line and turned his wtihln that time, however/ three of
horse's head to th" front, evidently re- them have beep forced to give place to
solved to |esd in re-son the desperate ! other and greater needs of the city,
eharg* and drive Hancock back or per- - the old Cenire Market becoming the
lsh In the effort. I knew what he
meant, and although tha passing mo
ments were of priceless value. I re
solved to arrest him in his effort and
thus save to the Confederacy the life
Instead of delving deep into the past,
let u? take a rapid transit trip, as be
becomes these progressive times. t<
some point in the future.
• • •
Has the reader ever thought what
Macon xsatM- be some of these days?
Let us set the date at 192o—that's not
so very far away—and yet there are
I lot* of us who will not be here then
I Time flies fast, and 1925 Is not long
I in the coming And this reminds me.
1 • * «
| One of the greatest disappointments
in the life of the brll'lant Henry Grady
grew out of an attempt on bis part to
tell of Atlanta's future. It was. I
I think. In TR75. Grady was the bright
chased lift snrd're ~ sandwiches—The ■ on t hf> Constitution, and the idea
ire stock of Ae place. When the occurred to him to draw a picture of
Atlanta as she would appear in 1900.
At that time 1900 looked a long way
off, a mere speck in the distance. So
he railed together, as was his custom,
the editorin', staff and the foreman and
had a conference. He told them that
on a certain day of the following week
the Constitution would be dated 190ft.
and that the foreman must see to It
that by no oversight was any other
date to appear In the paper of that
day. Every reporter was assigned a
task of writing an article just as
though he was living In the year 1900.
Mention was made of ail sky-scrapers
to occupy certain old corners and
places; mimmoth factories were to be
mentioned as being in operation: must
speak of the Capitol and other public
buildings just a* though they existed:
to spread out the city limits until they
almost touched the boundary lines of
adjoining counties, and to refer to the
population as being one hundred
thousand souls.
the usual price. In exactly fiiteen
minutes they had e'eared up their
"corner" at a tidy profit snatched from
under the very noses of the wise gen
tlemen who spend their waking hours
and ascertain, if nosslb'e. where the
extreme rieht of Grant's line rested.
At eariv dawn these trus-ed men re
ported that the'- bad fnurd It: that It
rested in the woods onlv a short dis
tance In our front, and that It was
wholly unprotected, and that the Con
federate line stretched a eo*»sidera''le
dl-dence beyond the Federal right.
ovee'anp'nT it.”
, This Information wa
Imnorfapce that G»n rtordo-.
scouts to examine and report. These ■'
verified the statemerUs of the fleet j"
scouts Gen. Gordon commun'eated
th's important information to h's di
vision. a'so corns commanders. Eariv
Insisted the* Rurnside r.-as in the rear
site of the new p'liee headquarters
building and the Clinton Market a
storage ground for the street cleaning
department. The old Catherine Mar
ket was abandoned. Five of the re-
of lt« great leader. I was at the center | m-'int-'T marke* ■ o,-,-ur- .-nr-«vi-''~’-i.>
of the Ure when Gen. Lee rode to it. I structures in which stalls are rented
With uncovered head he turned his ! out to hundreds of individual dealers
face toward Hancock’s advancing eol- ; | n produce of every sort, and tlie sixth,
umn. I instantly spurred my horse Ganseveort Market, Is simply a vacant
across 'Old Traveler’s' front and space occupying an ent're block in one
grasped the bridle. Then, in a voice i of the citv’s busiest districts, whore
which I hoped might reach my own the small truck farmers who cross the
men and command their attention. I ti-n- fee— p the ng*" hen-e .
ea’.'ed out: ‘Gen. Lee you shall not of the morning with wagons piled high | "'ft* as ^rady had planned. Not
lead mv men in this charge. No man with vegetables pay a fe° of *5 cents a ,1 * nt ^ lla ^ escaped from those
of so much can that eir Another is here for a day for each wagon. The ten acres who were ,n the secret - Th<> datp
1 that purpose. These men behind you of land now oecup'od by tbpen markets of the P a Per had been changed, the
are Georgians, Virginians and Caro- I are valued at something like $5.0ft0 OftO articles had been written and put in
linians. They have never failed you. Thev provide positi-ns and salaries for i tv be. and Grady was in the best of hu-
Tney will not fall you here; will you, a small army of politicians, but the [ mni \ chuckling over the trick he was
ho'-*c" The reonopse came I V* a , revenue which thev produce in the • Pl®5'ing on the public, and bappv in
mighty anthem that must have stirred way of rentals and fees dwindles to an ; tha exploitation of a new Idea in Jour
Wonderful prophecy!
• « •
The editorial writers were instructed
to write on subjects that related to the
proeress and growth of Atlanta since
1876, and Grady himself wrote a mas
terly editorial on the wonderful strides
Atlanta had made since that year.
* • •
On the night before the morning this
curious paper was to appear, every
prising, w'rh the full realization f the j sm » rf i„ n 0 f Bed—vlcV S rear and th
ron«equepc»s of a halt, that I shoti d total lack of rar» and prepara'lon es
own blt»*d, as he fell with hi* face in ; have refused to obey the order. Not : wr ]’ as absence of reserves e r suonort
hi* cap which would have filled with , until the third or fourth order of a ' o,-, e^nbat'e was hnitnu* "Old .Tube's”
hls bio d and suffocated him but for ; most peremptory character reached m* 1 insistence that Gen Om-finn wa* in
♦ he vent left In the.cap by the Yankee d'd I oV*y. I think I should have error that Lieu*-Gen Ewell accented
'«“< risked the conseqeunces of dlsohedl- p*., v i„ n ., 0e n Gordon chafed at
Then came a battle royal between j ence even then, but that the order to I t v, ta ratal bltinde- and de’av H°re lav
the grim monster^ and Gordon's won- ; halt was accompanied with the ex- j Fv ,.eU-s corps inactive whl’e Hill and
planptlan tbs' Gen. Lee. who was sev- I Tj -,nestrrer were rec eiving the t*rr|Me
ernl m'le* away, did not wl*h to give 0 r ereaOv -nnerior femes. As
battle at Gettysburg. It is stated on caged Ton chafes so Gordon fn*ned
the highest authorlfv that Ge n . L*e „ enforced inaction Nine fata!
said that If Jackson had been there he J hour; „. prF „. a «*ed when Gen
would have won 1n this battle a great ' m e fo th e left c» Ms line to n sce*tain
snd possiblv a decisive victory ” The ) fhp r „„„ inaction while Lonesdreet
hls emotions as no other music could ln*lgn fleant sum after the expenses
and siipnnrtlne Sedgewick^ and^Gor- | have dr)ne Although the answer to have been deducted. Now a move-
these three words, *\5 i.l you boys?* ment ! s under way. backed by a num-
oame in the monosyllables, No. no. no, . her of TVest Side business men in the
we'll not fail him!' yet doubt’ess to . vicinity of Vesev and Washington
him they were more eloquent because streets, where the largest and most
of their simplicity and momentous objectionable of these mttrke's is lo
! Now there Is not a frame house on th*
entire street, which is lined on both
sides with brick and stone business
buildings.
« • •
Our old friend Mal'.orv Taylor says
he can remember when there was no
thought of Fourth street ever being a
business street. It is now one of th*
most Important business streets of til*
city, filled from Mulberry to Boundary
with stores and business houses.
• • •
The new directory for 1925 is Just
out. Ir shows Macon's population to
be S3.295. or mere than double th*
population of twenty years ago, before
ill the suburbs were annexed.
• • »
Another lion has been added to th*
den of lions in the Zoo at Central
Park. The white swans In the lake
continue to attract attention.
• • •
Two hundred and ten trains now
run into the terminal station daily.
Visitors to Macon never fail to sing
the praises of this depot. There are
many who remember it as the old
union passenger shed, as it was called
many years ago. It i« longer by 10(1
feet than the old structure, the Ffth
street subway allowing the extra
length. The station is also much
wider, taking up what was formerly
a yard, and the site of the old Schofield
foundry.
• • •
Think of the growth of the publio
school system! This Is best shown by
the amount appropriated to it from
the county. In 1877 this was J10.000;
in 1906 it was $70,ft00. and in 1925 it is
*100.000.
• • •
At the last meeting of Council a res
olution was adopted unanimously to *
pay a handsome pension to former Fir*
Chief L. M. Jones, who ha* retired on
account of old age. This is In recog
nition of his long and efficient service.
• • •
Strangers in the city never fall to
visit the cemetery and are often heard
to sav that it Is the most beautiful
In the South Before the merger of
Riverside and Rose Hill, the latter
was con'idered a lovely spot, but with
the addition of the former, and the
conversion of the old hill tit front of
the Rose Hill entrance Into a park. It
deserves all the fine things being said
about it.
* • *
The trustees of Wesleyan never did
wiser thing than when they took
nalsm. Everybody around- him shared down the fence around Wesleyan Park
flon would in turn be outflanked and
overwhe'med. Gen G rdon gave Early
th» tr>f--mat<on of bis n*rsont' !n-
his good humor.
* • »
Those were the days of tramp print
ers. before the use of the typesetting
machines, and this class of shiftless
printers, good, care-free fellows they
rated, for the'r complete abolition or ! w( ‘ re as a rul< ‘' 1 traveled all over the
drrful vltal'ly. The «o f| d nutsing of
«l*on Gordon, of whim, when Gen.
Gordon later in life was asked to name
the greatest citizen of Georgia,
prompi v answered. ".Mrs. John B
Gordon" Five wounds in one battle
is greatly above t'e average, and Gor
don's battle for life was as heroic as
hls baft e to hold I/ee's center at
F a arpsbiirg
Nearlj seven months Gordon nursed
thn*e five wounds. On his return to
the front he was r*sis-ned to a Goo-,
gla brigade Quoting hls own word
meaning.
"I s'-outed to him, "You must go to sale to orivato intere-ts which will
the rear.’ The echo. *Gen. Lee to the ma ke them a credit instead of a dls-
rear, Gen. L»e to the rear!’ rolled back , gr-i-e to the ottv.
with tremendous emphasis." That a universltv Is not a series of
The pledge had been cl'-en: its re- 1 bui'ding*. but a collection of teacher*
domption meant liberal libations of he- nnd scholar*, has been demonstrated
In the remarkable work of the free
public lecture '■■ystem of the New York
City Roard of
ago. in i
long onotsV-n from Gen. Gordon ,
shows h’s ideas were verified by re- I.
suit* and is hut another Illustration
of the potential power of the little
ro : c blood, and as Gordon gave the
command “Forward!” or.wa*d the line
swept, and like the resistless storm
waves of the ocean the three skeleton
L”” j brldages threw themselves with savage
Impetuosity upon Hancock. The gal
Joint 1 —oops of Ranneeur and poficM
country, from city to city, sometimes
by train, but generally on foot, never
failed to drop in on Atlanta. It was
very late that night when one of these
old printers dragged himself up the
long *talrs of the Constitution office
into the composing room. He had just
walkpd In town, and wanted the price
Education. Nineteen 1 a and and a drink,
first *ese'on. the ' c "’ u, d t if - frnm * h ft b,1v <'
in the rear of that grand old building.
* • *
Crowds continue to visit Tattnall
Square. In the evenings there are
flocks of'children on the green sward
listening to the band, and the lake with
its rustice bridges and tiny boats is a
never-ending source of delight. This
square, with Its hundreds of shade
trees, paved walks and grassy lawns,
is Macon's summer breathing spot.
The new directory shows that Macon
has 116 factories making almost every
thing useful from wood, from clothes-
If he 1 pins to refrigerators; ton cigar facto-
Rut the I rles; six broom factories, thirteen
nrrry. It was of course a trying mo
ment to mv sen^'bllities when the time j
came for m’ parting with my old com- .
mand. with which I had passed
through *o many hitter trla’s: but i
thCM." men were destined t" come back j
1 i me attain. It is trite bur worth the
”d H'lt v-od h»«n so in'*n«»!v enr ,| t»'l.. came as a timely assistance and Han-
TV* was ‘ate in fh* afternoon. Ea-lv j c <?ck was crushed back to his own en-
a»»'n insis'ed unen his be’ief of the ! trp”eh”'ents.
. -- _ - , , , Fefl»r«i situation. Then Gen fiord”**. ! Further details would tax The Tch»-
word If. If Gen. Gordon had dis- j „ ith nlI t v, p for „„ * aT1 o.,h P
oh*ved these nrd"r and continued the ( maced v. ntan before Gen
pursuit, there Is every indication that | T T W master m'nd at o~re grq.n"d
I crucial paint ox me war. jt is true , fo BttflpV 0 e n . Gordon, be if
Oen. Lee could not have compelled hprM thro „ rh „eonts hv
"No more superb material ever- filled I Gettysburg would not have been the the se
the ranks of *nv command in any j crucial print of the war. It is true | * tt
Meade to fight at Gettvshurg. for that
caution* commander had slreadv c-n-
temnlnted the defensive line of Pipe
creek, where he u-ou'd await attack
from the Armv of Northern V'rglnla.
Ft'll the moral effect tinon tha' mrt
r- petition to say there ere few ties > of the Potomac army would have been
stronger or more sacred than those j l*>teps*lv de-r»'c'ng and by ♦h*> hurv-
wh'eh bind together in immortal fel- ting up :f reinforcements, who at th’s
ion ship, men who with unfaltt ring ! date is prepared to solve that problem
faith In each other, have passed 1 then !n Its formative state?
through suc.i scenos of terror and j Meade’s army was stretched out for
blood." thirty trl'e* and In that cond'tion the
When Gordon a*stim»d command of j mighty genius of T>>e would have put
Ms Georgia brigade. “Fiflgbting Joe" | In operation the Napoleonic p’8n of
■was n anning that campaign that re- j crushing in de'all the long-drawn-out
suited In hnw dlscomfl'ttrp," and that | Armv -f the P-tomc.
shed the brightest Ittsfre unon the | No general can plan aeeuratelr the
n ime and fame of the great Virginian de*a!!» of a battle: he mu*t act as c'r-
Fo sure was HooVer of ultimate sue- ( cumsta’'res demand and .are thrust
res* after announcing "the finest army i upon Mm. From the knowledge , V e
on the planet." wa» about ta a«*um* have of Gen. L»e and his general grasp
personal Inspection, had unveiled t*m
Federo' situation eariv in the day. The
uobe’Ief end obstinacy of hls sune-
r*/a-' p ff Ippc * 1 cs el *- r>p*i t -o j ? ** o LIq - I s " • ♦
and It was almost S’mdown when Gen.
Lee h'mee'f orfler-'d the assault as
p)*nn»l hv Gen Gwdon.
Sweeping * round the Federal right,
there burst from *h» throats of Gor.
don'* Georgians that florae ve 1 that
no man ever yot heard unmoved unon
t*-e fletd of hatrle Bo imo»tuous was
the assault that S , 'd«-e-e' 1 ck’s vete-ans
broke in wild confusion and as th”
fire front and flank r'l’ed upon them
the*’ w»re thrown into utmost demor
alization.
As M'ellin gt on at V"aterion nra'-ed
graph beyond proper limit. The splen-
called. gave 186 lecture? before 22.149
auditors. In the season which closed
with a banquet of the free lecture co ps
at the H A tel Astor a few evenings ago.
more than fifty men and women—
hers of col'ere fortuities and pres
dor of that campaign can be*t be found
in Gen. Gordon's "Reminiscences of
the Civil War,” beginning with chap
ter xviii.
Nowhere in the annals of the world [ every subject that can arouse human
is there chronicled more superb evl- I interest is treated upon in these ]cc-
denecs of patriotic heroism than we tores. Art and music, first aid to the
find in the conduct of the Tpxans at
"the Wilderness" and Gordon's skele
tons at Snottsvlvania. A devotion su
perb. unapproachable. Men who in
devotion to pr’neiplc and love for their
"Peonle's Fniverslty." ns it has been h<1 Vs were too intent on getting nut a foundry ar.d machine stops, two sus-
-- - - ' ’ ” ' wonderful paper to pay him much at- j pender and one corset factories, two
tentlon, so he loafed around to wait I tanneries an<l eight shop factories,
until the work was done for the night. I There are twelve cotton mills, six ho-
* * • ! sier.v and ur.derwrear mills, and any
Following the habit of printers, he ! number of small manufactories that do
_ leaned over the type that made up the 1 not use motive power. One reason for
idents of universities as well a's 'spe- paper, and which he could read as well . the location of so many of these faeto-
clolists in many of the practical Walks a * Print, and his eye eaught the fig- . ries and mills in Macon is the low cost
of Jife—delivered 3.450 lectures in 160 ' ureas 1900 in the date line. Knowing 1 -' * “-*-*■ ‘
different places, before nearly a mirion nothing, of course, of the reasons why
and a quirter attendants. Almost ,!,e date should read 190ft. he took it
for granted It was an error, and he
quietly picked out the figures wherever
they appeared and substituted 1876.
believing In his soul that he had saved ; for Macon. One can leave the station
the paper from appearing next day ion Poplar street and take his choice
eluded in the scheme, and discussed with a glaring error in its date line. | of a trip to Albany, Columbus. .Atlanta,
as thoroughly as in any university When the werk of the night was done. Valdosta. Hawklnsville, Dublin, Sa-
the boys chipped in and gave him the
price of a bed. and nerhaps a drink.
injured, philosophy, practical science,
poetry, travel, civics; all these are in-
of electric current which is generatede
by water power.
* * * •
The schedules of the Interurban rail
way lines are vastly improved The*e
Injprurhan lines heve done a great deni
The next morning the Constitution
appeared as usual, the date all right.
nor tail out of the reading matter.
course. The immigrant who has Just
great commander cheerfully and en- lended can. on the very evening of hls
thusiastic-’lv w”Pt to fi-ith j a.-rK-il hr oondvote'* fo a lo. ; — hell
"And so laid down | where in his own tongue he will he
The cross for glory's crown given the first lessons in American c't-
*■ 1 noklv di*d fy Div=>" Izenship. The tired worker in office
That heroic enisode that spring or factory whose limited mean.* has
mcrr*ng inspired the muse of th» gal- denied him the advantages of a college Young men of the city were alluded to
lant R bert Falligant and In cheering education, finds in them an opportunity a * venerable citizens; there was men-
sonr he recounts "The Man of the to make his little Visure profitable, tlon of beautiful buildings on vacant
Twelfth of May." while the student who wishes to pur- corners; a handsome terminal station
Then on down the bloody corridor of sue more extensively a given topic bad taken the place of the old car
Crn night would come, so Gordon be- j time Gordon and hls gallant command finds In long courses in electricity or shed, and It was located in another
—m *ho -vw o* Jf*"' I naarked epochs in the career of the literature, or modern European his- and more suitable part of town; there
n'Ght stop the sun in orfier to com 1 ' — ' ' ' *-* L ' **—
Savannah. Athens or Augu*ta, and
leave any hour of the day. A sleeper
has beep put on the Macon and Sa
vannah line. The cost of a berth Is
one dollar, and this with two dollars
but the readers could not/ make head 1 fare, makes a night trip to Savannah
just three dollars. Col. .Iordan Mas-
see, president of 'the United roads, is
contemplating extending the Atlanta
line to Chattanooga.
the nggre.**1ve, he did pot believe he
bad an attack of excggerated ego when
be dlsnntcbed Hill "The rebel
army Is now the legitimate property
of the Army of the Potomac.”
Cordon's port 'n those wonderful
battle* of Chance ’-rsville was on the
C mfedernte extreme right. where
Early with 9 ftftft mtiske's withstood
Fedgewlt k with 4ft.ftftft blue so’dier*.
Overpowered. Enr’y yielded Marie's
Hill to Sec'gewlck. but later Gordon
■v*s orde-ed to assault and retake the
Ml'. Aga'n 1 quote Gen. Gordon:
"When we were und^r full headway
prd under fire from the he'ghts I re- 1
reived an o*der fa halt, but the or*er
. cine toe late Mv men were n'resdv
tinder heavy Are and were nearing the
tort T'-ev were ni*8'rz uno '* with
tremend'u* Imnetuosltv. I replied to
the order that It was too la‘e to bait
♦ hen and that a few moments more
w"Uld decide the re*u’t of the charre.” .
On *we*'t the rn’endld "Cracker” brig- ,
jtde »rd so in the works were rewon. ■
the Star-cro'sed Mnuer of th
plans waving back *he glad assurance , of Northern Virginia
that "from the nettle danger valo* h-.d ; rji-r*in'," cot "t-dad
of situations. 'Vo know if he had been
nresent and fu’lv aware of the bene
fits of G/>n. Go-don’s flank attack, t'-ere
would have been no bait order. It Is
but an apt illustration, however, of
Now and then, for we know now he
solution of the nrohlem. then In its
format’ve condition.
Etirther detail-- of Gettysburg are not
neces«*rv: ir only remain* to add. with
Gettysburg the fortunes of the Confed
eracy v ee*n to wane.
Again the line of the Rapnahannoek
and the Ranidon historic of Chnnre!-
lorsvil'e and Erede-lcksburg, boxo-re
the temporary quarters of Lee's elastic
*rrnv An abortive movement of
Meade's known ns "the Mine Run
flnsoo." where the Potomac army
"marched up the hill and then married
down again.” ind the effort of G*n.
X,ee bv the long »we“p of n left flank
movement to enve'ooe Mend, resulting
in Meade's ha=ry withdrawal as far as
Centerville without Oen. Lee’s ahl'ltjr
to bring him to a general ereagem ?nt
aid known in the annals of the Army
"the Brlstoe
operations
nlete the grandest r
I ever offered a com—'an
ne fbe great Wir B rt t
1 Tn the brief hn'f four
nnortun'tv that
d'ng officer dur-
v"cn the States,
if fiti*k he scat
tered ftr-T
permitted
's r>br. and if he had been ; scene
Atlanta Is growing more jealous of
Macon every day. With the exception
_ of the old Gate City, Macon has ad-
Armv of Northern Virginia. For ten tory. lt mav be. the equivalent of a was a big marble Canitol building that , vanced more than any city In th*
months 'onger them veterans g?ve ter- eol'ege course they knew did not exist: the city was : South Every street within the old
r'b> evidences of devotion to duty The strange looking, near-white 1 the biggest tn the South, and its popu- j limits has been paved. She owns her
nmmlnertlv nroones these the storm- bird, with long, sharp beak and claws lotion was referred to as being one own waterworks and light plant. There
ing of Fort Steadman, and the last and curiously marked with tiger-like hundred thousand. People stopped ‘ are trunk lines of storm sewers all
to
»ke tbe a**ault two or
" i
plucked the flower sa'etv" for Ear'v. j in V'rglnla for the year 1R6S.
Gen. Eariv remarked after tbe re- i M»nv commanders are the re*u’
m”re hour* enrl’rr wbo is prepared to
pre'Slet the fri'lt* of ylotorv?
Judging the then present bv the past.
tb —e wOU'fi *— U ffo- T -- o
v’otory sttrDass'ng Gbanoellorsvil'e.
We-.r Go-don - E" dv in his
book state* that Geo. Fwell s*ri«ii
with h'm a« to t'e Imno'icv o' moving j
the momlne- Sink st'eck wh|oh I
earnest’v urged. A!'*! he did:
the 1‘ght of reye'ati'ns subseo
made bv Fedem' officers, no
gent military cr'tfe. I think, will fall !
tn sympathize w'th mv lament wb'oh i
was even more hitter th»n at Ge'tvs-
hurg. o'-e- tbe irre—orablo loa* of .7•»ev-
son But for mv firm f.a'th In God’s
Erovidenoe and WIs control o' ’be des
tinies of this rer.uV'e. I should be
temnted to imitate the confident ex
clamation made to tbe Master bv Mary
and Martha: 'Hadst *hou been here
our brother had not died ’ and na-.i-
nhraslng the quotation. ‘Had Jackson
».mn
the la*t act of the bloody
Appomattox. While these
incidents are excitingly interesting,
they w'll exact too much snace f ir re
cite] bere. Tbe Telegrc.nh ha* been
ge-e-nus in giving so much space to
, -lines. i nuzzle to ornotholoadata i each other on the street and asked , over the city, and her system of sanl-
generrilly, which for tbe past week or ! what It meant, and If Grady had gone j tary sewers has been extended so a*
two has been hovering over that por- j crazy. to reach every_ section j>f the city.
tion of the city which lies between the
City Hall and the Tammany wigwam,
has at last been identified as the bird
Then Grady saw the paper, and has
tily, without thinking of the date line,
ran over the editorials and local artb
from Crump's Park to Tenth street,
and from Fort Hawkins to Newburg.
of Ma>
more.
it would be a trespass to as!:
of
capture of the fort that success had
saved Gordon fp m being court-mar-
tla'ed fo- dl*obedience of orders.
A brief *fi*en of rest after Chan-
ci lorsville. ;ben Gen. Lee sot the Army
,.c No-tlie-n Vi-eiiyn in motion for the
Potomac and be\"nd.
Tax'd bv th * bru'n'lty cf the enemy,
tbe men in grav felt that the ironv of
f
acc'dent*. Recent!' - tbe question has
been debated "Was Grant an acci
dent?" and the decision Is yet pend
ing. Anyhow, his successes in the
West b-ourbt him promotion and the
rank of reutenant-reneral was be
stowed upon him and the com—and of
all the Federal armies In the fl*’d put
under hls immediate control. This was
pl.ai ed In their hands I a sMtpend'US proposition,
the method of war. the | Th
NEW YORK, May 11.—These
sorrowful days for New York’s police
force, fer since the passage of his bill
Commiss'oner Bingham has been
busily engaged In attempting to secure
there the Confederacy had not ! detectives who can detect and patrot-
dlcd.' ” i men who patrol. Political power and
is recital of "The Man of the Twelfth of political peace, somewhat the worse cIes - which read Just as he wanted Macon'* four tourist hotels ar*
for wear. Ex-Judge Morgan J. O’Brien, i them to read. He enjoyed hls late J *“ ““
"'Big Tim” Sullivan ->nd Corporation : breakfast and walked down town with
Counsel Ellison are endeavoring to lure a h?ht heart. He had prophesied At-
lt from the skv to a nest in Citv Hall lanta's future, and believed in it. Then
Park with a new k'nd of bird food in ! he met a friend who was puzzled,
the form of an agreement between i Like many others, he couldn't under-
Mayor McClellan and Boss Murphy : stand It. Grady was constrained to
which contains t'e apparent!' - irreepn- Pity The poor man. but several others
cilable elements that the former is to rnet him and asked the meaning of it
remain unhampered in all the appoint- all. "Look at the date line, he said , far into Monroe County on the left,
ments and policies of his off'ce while to them. They looked, but there was The Oemulgee, on "’bat^ was formerly
refraining from such as would indi- nothing the matter with the date line. 1 * ~~ ^
~ 1 Then Grady looked at the date line
for the first time!
StM POLICE FORGE
SEW YORK’S HOPE
now closing doors for the season,
which has been a remarkably succe?*-
ful one. each hotel being crowded to Its
capacity. F?- m the veranda of the
Aragon on Megrnth’s Hill one has a
view of the country for miles around.
The city lies below, but beyond one
can see Brown's mound on the right,
the old red hills of Jones in front, and
, cate antagonism to the Tammany or
are ganlzation. The police commissioner's
baton, it is said, has been named as
the price of peace; for, say “practical
men.” what is the use of peace with-
When the indignation meeting that
was scon thereafter held in the edlto-
out perquis'tes, the espeefa! food of ! rooms was at white heat, when the
the svrchol c bird. And ti“rm>islt''s : foreman swore that he had attended
have been mighty *carce and poor In i to the date lines himself and knew !
known as Oemulgee Park, has the ad
vantage of ample ground, though th*
Westminster in North Macon disputes
the claim. The Cherokee at Summer-
field has a first-class golfing ground
and other attractions.
• • •
The County Commissioners hav*
done wonderfully well In making bou-
fiavor since the Bingham police bill
they were all right, and every printer 1 levards of the public roads of the
Failure was written on Grant’s ban- 1 graft It is hoped will at last be sue- ( was signed. The commissioner, how- j had sworn by ail that was typograph- | count}-. A few years ago when the
i-s t*
this M« firs* -"r*mil Minur’*- 1 reeded by efficiency. Of al! the shifts
or'inue* rn wield the refnr-n are ical that he had nothing to do with , county did not owe a dollar of debt.
anen. . . _ . _ _
with Lee's army. Bwlnton sAs great and changes which have marked the j with a vigor which contains no hint of changing the date, the old tramp | they issued_ bonds to the extent^ of
many fajlures ajid^ defeats of Potomac army was impressed that It ) village of Canarsie. Dunn is 75 years
had .aga'n met reverse* a*>d must re- \ old. fifty-one years of which he has own pos'tion, and his corporation
treat. But Grant could not pla-e such spent on th» po'ice force. Thirty j-ears counsel. "Peace with honor,” he reit-
ar.d more in Wall street, and before ! erates while Tammany sits tight and
that a sleuth connected with the main says nothing,
detective bureau at 300 Mulberry
had be<
end it
that grand, g-s’d woman. Fanny Har- ! the Potomac army had depleted Its
lev tailonis should now permit tbe j rrore!e. Failures had In .a measure de-
people of Pennsylvania to taste some I pressed the rark and file; therefore
■>" "the bitter lee* of life." But Gen. i Gen Grant devoted hls energies to the
Lee anticipated any such feeling or ' building up of It* phvsica! and moral
pr-mpting. tini issued imperative or- ! gcructure Thenceforth "the hammer”
d'es .iraip-t any retaliate
the part of hls troop. Human nature , po*omac army. never maneuver!” m his attempt
cried >ut for redress hut the God-like ' Wintering at and around Culpenner ' flank Lee by a night
nature of Robert Edward Lee most
forcibly forbade It.
Gordon and his brigade were eon-
-pictous actors In the bloody drama
of Gettysburg While In York, for his
courteous tr<-*r«trtent of its cit zens.
Gen. Gordon was presented by a little ] upon and fastened deer* fang
maiden with a fine bouquet of flowers. ' ‘ ‘ " ' " ' ~
discouragement came unon th* Pmo- : recent shake-up in the police depart-
mac army and the belief prevailed. 1 ment. but one may be said to have
rank and fl’e. that the army would re- | caused general and disinterested regret,
tire the n'gbt of the th’rd day’s batt’e , That was the transfer of Lieutenant
to the nether bank of the Rnnidan. j John J. Dunn from the head of the
The experience of previous eamnnigris I Wall street branch of the detective
came up as the ghe*t o' years and th“ : bureau to de*k duty in the little flsh ng
wanirg power, and "Big Tim,” who printer, who was still loafing around | 1500,000, and today the roads of Bibb
always nlays the game both ways from ■ waling for a Job, overheard something i County are better than the streets of
the middle. Is industriously saving about charging a date line. He put f more than half the towns of Georgia.
which hls head In the door and told with Not only has the trade from the out-
othing. Fo most of the talking, which j
has a war-iike sound, strangely remi
niscent of Mr. Carnegie’s famous
gathering, is left to the mayor, who
reasserts the unalterableness of his
cloud upon his reputation, and while
>ao v»o
fight It out on this 'ine If It takes all
_ , summer.” end had In discussing the i street, he is one of New York’s most Secretary Cook Appointed Delegate,
action on ; was the control.ing influence of the campaign with FmlnMn stated. “Oh. I famous personalities. Great secrets of
is attempt to tva!! street are hidden in the brain of
_ march unon
with p'ckets up to the Rapld.an. Gen. Spottsvlvenis. proved both hls sta*e-
Grant utilized the time of Inaction !n I men's not we>! grounded. Putting his
strengthening and re-eauipping the huge blue columns In motion. h
msss’.ve Army of the Potomac. j sought to take Le° in reverse by w?
ATLANTA. May 11.—Secretary of ,
"old Johnny Dunn.” as he is familiarly ? rate Phn Cook was toda >' a PP°!"ted '
ca'ted He knew Jav Cooke. W. H. Gov - Terrell as a delegate from
... Vanderbilt, Jay Gould ar.d Jim Fiske , Georgia to a convention which will be
te I intimately In their day. and among the he’d at the Bureau of Standards in
, . - . _ _jv * Dr^sent generation of Wall street Washington on May 16, at 10 o'clock a.
Across the yellow Rapidttn lav the c f bis fLee's) r ght flank. When th» i financiers whom he counts as friends, m - ‘be purpose of taking Into con-
chart l'c-1 that had so often sprung morrine's sun of the 8th of Mav sflided ! are J. Pierpont Morgan. Edward H. sideration the question of securing a
and the treetops and the moving blue line j Harriman. H. H. Rogers. Thomas F. i uniform law relating to standards of
j weights and measures.
The appointment was made at the
1 request of the ttnited States Depart-
1 widen with a fine bouquet of flowers, claws Into the body of tbe Potomac chanced from column into line and j Ryan. James R. Keene. John W
x :-’inlng the gi.t. he discovered a j army. Gaunt from lack of supplies, marched upon the key point, Fpott- Gates and many others. For years hid
ro:c. unsigned, but which gave him th” c!d fires of rotriotism burred ami j ev’vapia. Lee's veterans rose up and j office has been in the old and new
r'ain information. It accurately de- j glowed In an abiding faith in Its j delivered a terr'fle volley In the face
scribed a ravine by which the bridge I leader and the righteousness of its ; c f the advancing foe. For days the
over the Susquehanna could be safely | cause. demon of war raged upon the'battle
approached and which Gordon used. [ AYhen spring again threw her ban- ii nes of the contending armies here at
banking the Free defending and send- 1 ner of blooms and leaves to the breeze j Spottsylvania
Inc them in rapid retreat to the nether i each soldier knew the time for action ; " At "the Wilderness” at the crucial
ba-k of t ie Susquehanna. j was again upon them. Gen. Grant. ; moment when it looked like Grant's
Returning front the Susquehanna. ! through Secretary Stanton, reported —eat masses must *weep the field of
Gordon was thrown squarely upon the ; to Congress the Armv of the P'tomar j Hill’s and Eewe!”s ' men. Longstre*t'.«
right flank of Meade's advance. With j bow numbered 149 164 present and i eo- ps came un-n the field.' Heading
Mvldlng r'ver ! the First cc
now numbered
.a ringing yell, the Impetuous Georgians I eouinoed. Beyond the
Iflung themselves uron the Federal
right flank, thus lifting the heavy
rressure on the Confederate left, and
drlv’ng Howard's Eleventh corps In
c infusion through and beyond Geltys-
hu-g.
It was at this Juncture that Gen.
lav the gaunt Army of Northern Vir
gin's with but few accessions to re
place the losses of the pas? campaign.
Wi'lism Sw'n*on. the rrsphie his-
♦-'-*'o e* the P'tn""ir »rrrv who had
chronicled all Us battles and cam
paign. ca.refu.ly analyzing all official
the First corps came Gregg's Texans,
heroes of Ccld Harbor. F*eond Manas
sas. Sharpsburg. Gettysburg and
Chickamauga. Brurring “Traveler” to
a position on their marching flank.
Gen. Lee greeted them as old and tried
companions and stated that he would
personally lead them in the charge.
buildings of the Stock Exchange, j ment of Commerce and Labor, which
whence he has directed the activities j has requested the appointemnt of one
of the Wall street squad against the
hordes of crooks and cranks who ven
ture to cross the “dead line” to prey
upon the financial district either by
force or cunning. Once before, when
McAdoo was commissioner of police,
was •* *>13*1 o*a fo"»t to forr*
Dunn to resign: but the big men in
delegate from each State. Secretary
Cook announced that he would attend
as the representative from Georgia.
One of the chief defects in the pres
ent laws with which this convention
will deal is the variation in State laws
regarding the number of pounds of
various products which constitute
Wall street whom he knew intimately bushel. A bushel of corn in Georgia
organized a parade and threatened to j for instance is 56 pounds and in Ala-
march upon headquarters in a body bama 58. These differences are found
and demand hl« retention, if less sn”c- ! in the laws of the various States on
taoular means were not effective. This j this subject. An effort will be made
*:me however Co-Tir"iss’o T 'er Bingham j to prepare a uniform law on this sub
ha s firmly decided that the time has j Ject to be submitted to the various
come for him to retire. But old Johnny I States for enactment.
pride how he had corrected the error!
It .was one of the sweetest traits of
Grady's character to forgive, and as
th* humor of the situation struck him,
with that chuckling, musical laugh of
hls, he forgave, and forgave freely.
* • •
Despite the failure of the paper of
that day in 1S76 to bear the proper
date, nearly every prophesy in it came
true In 1900. Now. let us see, and I am
no prophet, nor the son of a prophet,
what Macon may be in 1925.
* * •
"William J. Bryan, of Nebraska, is a
guest of the Hotel Georgia. Mr. Bryan
was a candidate for the Presidency
some twenty years ago. On his last
visit to Macon the corner on which the
beautiful Hotel Georgia now stands
was occupied as a shoe store by our
venerable friend. E. B. Harris.
* * «
A runaway took place yesterday on
the viaduct on Walnut street leading
to Central Park. A horse became
frightened at the noise of an electric
motor attached to a passenger train
from Savannah passing underneath.
• * »
The excursion seamer Dixie is tied
up at her wharf at the foot of Seventh
street. The freighter Central City will
leave the wharf for Brunswick tomor
row with a full cargo.
♦ • •
There is not a vacant store on Third
street from Mulberry to Oglethorpe.
Twenty years ago there was but one
■tore on this street from Poplar out.
lving country and surrounding coun
ties been vastly improved, but the
roads are the delight of automoblUsts
and those who sti’l love the horse. One
can start from the beautiful monument
to the W-men of the South In front
of the auditorium, and take a ten-
mile trip in any direction on paved
street? or macadamized roads, and re
turn without a trace of mud on th*
wheels.
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
ATLANTA. Ga.. Mav 11.—Defeating
a motion for a half holiday, the broth
erhood of railway tralnment today de
voted both sessions to further consid
eration of the report of the commis
sion on insurance claims. The dele
gates were entertained tonight at a ball
given by the local tra'nmen and to
morrow will be devoted to street car
rides to various parts of the city and
the surrounding country.
ONE BUSINE8S BLOCK WAS
BURNED AT BOCA3 DELTORO.
MOBILE. Ala.. May 11.—Advices re
garding the Bocas Deltoro fire Indicate
that one business block was burned,
and it included some of the largest
mercantile houses in Bocas. The suf
ferers Include Wm. Thiemann & Co.,
general merchants, loss total, with In
surance of *100,000.
The total loss is estimated at *200,-
000. The fire broke out in the stor*
of Abrams A Co., on the morning of
May 4.
INDISTINCT PRINT