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About Conyers weekly. (Conyers, GA.) 1895-1901 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1900)
71 CON YE wmmm v i & ••. *•. s is: JJ H ... m ■ WEi. p~^ - \ L^l OL. XVUI. stter From naj Almand, OXTISI'KD KR-M last wjsek. sc niust he reiueinhered that ji the first American kS a are mat ll ad been lure, and Marinduqae had been in -rtiion of the ii8..r^ni« long before Man Ua was ince A met i< ans. The by I he statement is true at'out line Ticoa and Bunas. at ,bate placed under The town was ihtavy pi- otection, aud Co. A. lastalled. Capt. Hash «!y with L H i ley as imanUing- S and Lt W elis M. and <T . I; Gtlp f ^° rt * of the 29 h (!ndie morning .0 under n,y command was n hike” Ga¬ rdered to take a l i to town about 12 miles from u, a *ac. ships ■\y P t-mbaiked in the cats at six-thirty o'clock a. m. jnilwere soon on our w* v - We bund a tine highway from Boac Gvzau, a magnificent road, in list say that no road in Rock lale vmU favorably compare bill it. It was about thirty wide, well graded and rain™- It ran through a val by ranging from three hundred lards to a mile in width. The (cad ivas lined on either side by finestluxurient tropical growth L oocoanut palm l.omg ex Lgjvely prominent, and the [■Koval [reqacnt Poinciana” a not in sight. | yhe road is almost a town Iron, one end to the other, the Curios, crowding thick one ,s Eon the other- Tho lmuses, kith few exceptions were of fie usual nipa, aud bamboo Lid Over tne 8,reams which L highway crosses are splen¬ did I sume bridge's. tl;e load [im people along viTo in, iidly, and white fiaj.8 pasted uVhi every gateway and uut at least one window of ev¬ er) pretentious residence. We arrived at Cu zan about i leven o’clock a- m. and took quatteis in the Ci y Hall which iv as quite a nice building- Ibe town was cilmost deserted, but pveral of the most prominent citizens stay ed. The usual white iiag iioated from the louse and to all appearances fte would never have known that we were in the enemy’s country. They have a church aud two good wooden school buildings. My men cooked their rations,which they brought with them in their haversacks, wd made coffee for dinner. About two o’clock the \ dialo¬ gs. with Col. Hardin on boaid, arrived and we wero soon a l.oaid aud back to the Iudiaoa *esteamed after our flays work. I must say that Mariuduque fra fine place, My company taplured in the arsenal used by 'life Phillipinos at Gozan, four K'Uis, one bolo and a splendid M’bcimen of a Philiipina Hag frhich was presented to Col mel Lifdin. Two ot the guns J 'ill bring home, if po-sihie, to Lp them. Quite a nunibei ^tmns were captured at Boac— Mw of them quite worthless kd others only wooden forms. Ti.ese were used by the in VU! > , i!ts to support their reai frtik, and their bolo men. V iu can account for the few g Ullg captured hy our •* when you know that for ’ T ‘ rv f-ervicfable the gun in in Hi" n 1 lines there two bio CONYERS. GA, SATURDAY, AUG. 4- 1900. men (soniHiimeg three) the one who has the gun and the iua_n behind him to tak«"’tlie gun ! shotilil the front rank loan get killtd. It is nearly uupoHsd\J« to wet, a gun in battle uniees you are in the very midst . . of , the . eiteiuy. On the afternoon of the 29 Co’s. It and C. took a march acioss the island to Santa Cruz, a distance of about twenty five miles. They camped that night on th« high mountain whi h extends up and down the Hand and across which thetraib ito Santa Cruz led. My compa¬ ny remained on board the Indi¬ ana and sail-d around the south end of the island and at rived at Santa Cruz about 8 o’clock a m on the morning of tlm 30th When our boats ascended toe river to Santa Cruz they that Companies B and C already reached their destirm Ron. Thepe companies were taken aboard and at about two o’clock p in , Mav 1st, we I« f* tt i c be a n t i f i jl ha i; bo r. where we had lain for two days nnd star led for our final juumev. On the morning of May 2nd we came in sight of Mush.-,re nna about, six thirty o’clock we dropped anchor in the beauti¬ ful harbor about four hundred yards off shore. Companies U and D. under general com maud of Mol. Har din, was to form (ho 1- tiding party. As about eight o clock my company wont into the He Ieria'h boats aud company 0 followed in the Indiana'* h »a,ts. As soon as. the troops wo e set¬ tled in the boats my comi any moved off, towed by the Hole mi’s launch and followed by the Baltimore .with U Oomuauy in tow. We had hardly h ft ihe Indi ana-wh* n 1 he insurgents open ed lire on us, which was replied to by the rap d tire guns on the Helena. The Helena then di¬ rected her shells to the old foun¬ dations of a house which was occupied by the insurgents as a fort and point of lookout, and which commanded the entrauce 0 to the harbor- The boats soon grounded on the sandy beach aud jumping into the water my men took extended order and climed up the steep hill which came down to tha water’s edge. Just on top of this bluff was the stone fortifications above men¬ tioned and just to the right of the fortifications were trenches so well made that it was possible to discover same from the ship. The insurgents could not stand again3t our charge and gave way, my men prese !j n g fi ieln very hard. About two hundred yards from the point where we first landed is the church which was deserted. and just beyond the church we catne in clear sight of the in j s urgents who had lied before jus. Tne pursuit began in ear uest and was quite lively. Our right was fired upon a bout this time and the peculiar souud of the Mauser, Reming -on and Murata could he plain ly heard over the report of our Krage. Their attempted stand i only made my men press for ward more rapidly, and one of the insurgents who tried to take a pot chot was duly made n “good Philiippino.” I got his gun, cartridge box and bolo.; The gun was presented to the Colonel, the bolo aud cartridge I ox I will ke.p and it theyj don't get lost will bring them home. ThRwasIhe only gnu captured, though q me a mim- ! her of the natives were w< mu¬ dwl. if not killed, hut dime fed . lows succeeded , , . carrying them . i in from the ground. After advatl-j through the town as far as the cemetery, which is about 1 one and one- half mile’s from the church , ree l’d was sounded: the troops, which had gone far in the advance, gave up the pursuit and “rest” was ordered. Chaplain Miller of the Cavalry was with n.y company. He took charge of the dead man and in the af ernom gave it a deceit bu'ial Outposts were establi-hed and the day passed without furihur incident, except the cap tare of , t wo natives, . one or t whom has since proven to lie lie order I v to ,!ih commanding <flreer of the Phillippiiie foices on this island. So passed May 2,1900. TO BE CONCLUDED. OASTOBIA. B»wi the Ih0 Kind Y otl Hava Always Bought Signature e( t perfect Permanent Health I X Can only be secured by good •!< £ | digestion. he of the This perfect can be remedy had by £ use I \ T. & P. Stomach Tablets, | | W, *. aO X gtornach and live t , ❖ and keep tne system nealtny. » X Fifty cents buys a box at any drug store, d hey are made by ,t, ! MaCon's exclusive wholesale £ drug house. X ^ i The m. I ayioi i . i*. 5 CCK t, ? CA Drug Co. .j* v EM JTJSS To PATENT may Ogr aid. be secured Good Address, by Ideas , _.. ™ Blacksmithing ad Wood Work! * ALL KINDS 4 Of New and Bepair Work Done on short notice and in good condition. 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V.'orc Onrp l'*P(l l*» » (harcli yard I :i Srntlnnd. in tho <*»rlli*r half of the niiietmUli tho practice of stoaliujr bodies from Hit* Hum-Uyimls for the purpose salt* as subjects for dissection, which w:is kuowu us "boilv switching.” w»» fo .. u ti|11( , vprv H(V Various plans won* made to (Went : tlu* nofarlous and sacrilegious proceed tugs of tlu* "body snatchers.** or "re&ur rectionists.” as they were sometimes called, a very common one being the erection of two or more small watch bouses whose windows commanded the whole burying ground, and In which th(> friends of tlie decensed mounted guard for a number of ulghts after the funeral. A usual method of the grave robbers was to dig down to the head of the coffin and bore In It a large round hole by means of a specially constructed center bit. it tvus to conntornct this maneuver that the two curious coflln like relics now lying on .either side of the door of the ruined church of Aber foyle, in Perthshire, were constructed. They are solid masses of east Iron of enormous weight. When an interment took place lowered one of these massive slabs was by gnjtal) j t , derricks, tackles itnd chains on to the, top of the coffin, the grave was filled in. nml there It Was left for some considerable time. Later on the grave was opened and the Iron nrnior plate was remove-d nnd laid aside ready for another funeral. These contrivances still lie on the grass of the lonely little churchyard, objects of curiosity to the passing cy¬ clist nnd tourist.—Scientific American. Th. RsplMimtlnn. One mon.ing the renders of a pertain newspaper were perplexed to see In type the announcement that ‘•the Sco tiis handed down an Important deci¬ sion yesterday.” The afternoon paper of the town, with which the morning paper for years bad held i*. hitter con¬ troversy. 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