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IIEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN,/ ATLANTA, C,A„ SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 19in. CEMENTED BE Alabama Congressman Sweeps Vast Crowd With His Oratory at Gettysburg Celebration. Gray Army Leaves Scene of Strife and Reunion WALKER S FATE •!•••!• +•+ •!•••}• +•+ +•+ +•+ •!*»•!• +•+ •!•»•!• +•+ +•+ •'•»•!• +•+ 11 III n Bin 1 O 1 IIIHT Veterans Rejoice Over Chattanooga Meeting GENES at Confederate reunion at Chattanooga. Above is shown the car bearing the maids of honor to the Sponsor for the South. Seated, reading from left to right, are Miss Bachman, Miss Todhunter and Miss Caldwell. Standing, reading from left to right, are Miss Armstrong, Mrs. R. W. McKinney. Miss Murphy, Miss Brown and Miss Sholar. In the lower picture. General Bennett II. Young, commander-in-c'iief of the veterans, is shown at the dedication of the Florida monument. In the group, reading from left to ri-rht. are General R. F. Lake, Colonel R, E. Burlington, General Young, Colonel Harold, General Hen- 0i , n , r n ry C. Meyers and Colonel W. M. Epps. State Board of Health Prepares Bulletin Telling of Dangers of Having Bichloride in Home. Minister’s Resignation Explained When Relations With "Miss Blank” Are Related by Wife. GETTYSBURG, May 31.—Final ce- menting of the broken ties between the North and South is believed to day to have received tremendous im petus through the Memorial Day ad dress of Representative J. Thomas Heflin, of Alabama, delivered yester day to hundreds of veterans of the blue and thousands of loyal Pennsyl vanians on the Gettysburg battlefield. The speech of Mr. Heflin had a pe culiar import. The young Alabama Congressman has always been regard ed as thoroughly unreconstructed. Previous actions and utterances of his led to more than considerable doubt in both the North and South as to the wisdom of his being invited to speak at the most hallowed spot of the men who wore the uniform of the Union in the war between the States. % Press criticism of the invitation has been numerous. It was feared that he would impetuously say things that would offend the people of the North and embarrass the people of the South. Patriotism Is Broad. Instead, his address is considered one of the broadest patriotism by the old soldiers who heard it. His elo quence swept his audience throughout his address and the cheer9 that greet ed him have rarely been accorded a young orator. Representative Heflin said: My Countrymen: It was an im portant day when our fathers for conscience sake determined to leave the Mother Country. It was a kind ly light that led them frotn the persecution and tyranny of the Old World to the pleasing possibilities of the New. Their dogged determi nation to better their condition— their love of religious liberty and their willingness to do and dare for the right was splendid material with which to build a republic. They seemed to hear the voice of one crying in this wilderness of the West saying, “This is the land and here the opportunity for building a genuine republic—prepare ye the way.” The hardships and suffer ing that they endured, their heroic deeds and daring exploits, testify how well and how faithfully they prepared the way. W T hen we look back over the path that our liberty has come, we do not see her winding through laby- rinthian shades of ease and luxury, but we behold her coming up through human sacrifice and heroic •suffering—through life to death. King rule died in the thirteen colo nies and this republic of the West was born. Civil War Had To Be. But, my friends, there was an other great battle to be fought be fore the unmistakable status of the Union was Anally flixed. It was the conflict of internal ideas and forces—the final and crucial test of the republic’s strength and dura- * bility. The combat took place on the field of battle in the War Be tween the States. The right of the State to secede and the right of the Union to prevent it—the status of right and relationship between State and Federal Government had to be settled once and for all time. This .question could not be de termined in the councils of peace; it had to be settled by the arbitra ment of the sword. Dr. Ellis, a Northern man. in his history of our country, says truly that the question of secession was never authoritatively settled until the war settled it. “Hopes precious pearl in sorrow’s cup, Unmelted at the bottom lay. To shine again when all drunk up, And the bitterness should pass away.” So the republic once abounding with conflicting opinions as to rights and powers belonging to State and Federal fGovernment is To-day har monious household of sovereign States—the home of a brave and happy people. Here we bow with solemn reverence in honor of our nation’s dead; here we pay to their blessed memory the tribute of our united love. Heroism never had truer representatives than those who made the battlefield immortal. Here the 9old-ier in Blue and the solider rn Gray read in each other’s eyes courage born of conviction— devotion to principle—and a will ingness to do and to die for what they believed was right. Here the soldier in Gray met a foeman worthy of his steel, and here the soldier in Blue met as brave a warrior as ever shouldered a gun or drew a battle blade. A Tribute to Valor. Here Union and Confederate sol diers. by their daring sacrifice and heroism, challenged the admiration of the world. Here Northen valor drew up in battle line the bravest of her brave, the noblest specimens of her patriotic manhood, and here Southern chivalry marshaled the flower of her army—the noblest types of her splendid citizenship. Here the brave Union soldier check ed the march of the hitherto ir resistible Confederate soldier—here the tide of war was turned, and here many contend the decisive bat tle was fought. Here fought and fell the heroic representatives of the two bravest armies that ever crossed the fields of carnage, or battled for what they believed to be right. Here both armies fought for .the right as God gave them power to see it. Here in the red glare of destructive battle fire two mighty lessons were taught, one that the Union should be pre served and tbe other that the Union should be ever mindful and considerate of the rights of the States. So, my friends, the soldiers of the two armies who baptized this soil with their blood did not die in vain. Here with their blood they started the work of cementing the bonds of an everlasting Union, for it seems that the fates decreed after this battle that the bonds thus ce mented with the mingled blood of brothers. North and South, should never be torn a^-sunder. Fifty years have come and gone since Gettysburg received her bap- Gem of blood. Here death claimed a fearful toll from the ranks of both armies; here Mother Earth drank alike the blood of the victor and the vanquished, and here in this hallowed battleground sleep the knightly warriors of the Blue and the Gray, while above their dreamless durt floats the Stars and Stripes, the loved flag of a reunited people. No fair-minded American can lis ten to the story of the battle of Gettysburg without a deep feeling of reverence and admiration for the heroes of both armies who fought or died here. I bring to you a message of good will and fellowship from the people of the South. We honor the memory of the soldier who wore the Gray and we honor with you the memory of the soldier who wore the Blue. As an evidence of our recognition and appreciation of the valor and hero ism of both Union and Confederate soldiers, and as a token of fraternal love now permeating the hearts of our people, I bring these floral of ferings from the flower gardens of Dixie, one for the grave of the soldier fn Blue and the other for the grave of the soldier in Gray. When I recall the deeds of dar ing done here—the acts of undaunt ed courage and heroism—I declare to you that the sublime valor of the heroes of both armies is the priceless heritage of all. In the month of July the survivors of the two armies who battled at Gettys burg will meet in friendly reunion here No More Hostile Camps. These war-tested veterans are no more divided into hostile • camps— no longer arrayed on opposing sides. Their guns have been beaten into the implements of peace, and against each other they shall know war no more. My friends, what a glorious reunion that will be. The angels will smile upon that gather ing. and the God of our fathers will bless and approve it. When bleeding Cuba was smitten, sore with the rod of Spanish tyran ny. and lifted her pitiful pleading eyes in hope to the Stars and Stripes. I saw the old soldier of the Blue and the old soldier of the Gray, and their sons, bivouacked around the same camp fire and marshaled beneath the same flag. I saw Fighting Joe Wheeler, of Confederate fame, and General Shafter, of the Union army—Fiu- hugh Lee, the cousin of Robert E. The death of B. Sanders Walker, the prominent young Macon capital ist who came to his end through ac cidental poisoning, is the inspiration of a health bulletin soon to be issued by the Georgia State Board of Health, warning the public against the dan ger which lurks in even the innocent use of bichloride of mercury' in the home. Walker swallowed a bichloride tab let by mistake, thinking that he had taken a grain of aspirin. The strug gle of the young man against death aroused the sympathy of the entire nation. This story will be used as the text of the warning by the State Board. Beginning with an explanation of the deadly nature of bichloride of mercury, the bulletin will discuss means of keeping it without danger to those in the home where it is used. More pointed probably will be a dis cussion of likely measures to restrict the sales of the drug, or to provide for its sale only upon prescription and for an avowed useful purpose. Home Treatment Suggested. Home treatment of mercury poison ing will be considered fully’. Dis cussing the subject yesterday. Dr. E. R. Park, of the Board of Health, of fered the following suggestion as to an antidote: “One of the best anti dotes of mercury is the white of eggs —the white of one egg to every two grains of the chemical taken into the stomach.” It is explained that if too much al bumen is introduced the chemical is likely to dissolve it instead of coagu lating it. However, while the phy sician is on his way the introduction °f and milk into the stomach is the first step, and after that the emetic or the stomach pump. The bulletin will discuss the sub ject fully. It will show that bichlo ride of mercury’, rhich is commonly known as corrosive sublimate, is one of the most powerful poisons known. It is used as a disinfectant and phy sicians make free use of it in steriliz ing their hands and their surgical In struments. The common form in which it is sold is in 7%-grain tablets. The standard formula for antiseptic solutions is one part of bichloride of mercury to 1,000 of water. The poison is colorless, usually, but manufacturers, in order to prevent it from being mistaken for water, add to the tablet some mineral or vegetable coloring matter, usually green or blue. This gives a tinge to the solution and serves to draw attention to the tablets themselves and to impress upon the customer that here is something un usual in their composition. Tablet Peculiarly Deadedly. “The bichloride of mercury tablet, ’ said an Atlanta druggist yesterday, “is peculiarly deadly, because it is compounded with some other chemi- I cal usually to Increase its solubility. The bichloride is not readily’ dissolved In water. The surgeon is usually in i hurry and can not wait for the slow process of making a solution. For that reason the pharmaceutical chemists j incorporate a little ammonia chloride, j To hold the tablet together, a little | inert binding material is used. This 1 makes a tablet containing the lV-> I grains of bicholride weigh about 10 grains. It is a sizable enough lozenge, and one which a man who had his j mind on what he was doing would i look at twice before swallowing. “Many methods have been suggest ed for protecting the public from in jury from the bichloride and similar j poisons. Occasionally advocates ap- j pear of the spiked or corrugated bo T - | ties. One of the appliances consisted . of a small lead or wooden ball at-j '.ached to a chain suspended from the I neck of the bottle. There have been bottles invented with peculiar stop- pers. These appliances, however, will I never take the place of continuous \ alertness and, indeed, many’ pharma- j °ists think that they breed a con- | tempt for danger or a familiarity which may lead to serious conse- ( quences. The druggist must be con- ! tinually on the alert and the layman can not be too careful as to the man ner in which he uses poisonous sub stances.” NEW YORK, May 31.—The mys tery that had surrounded the Rev. Henry A. Buell’s resignation as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Wash ington, N. J., on May 4, was cleared away yesterday by his wife. He had given no hint of his reasons. Now she announces that she is about to sue for divorce, naming the daughter of a Philadelphia clergyman. This young woman’s friendship with Mr. Buell was based, the two explained, upon “religious enthusiasm.’’ “Miss Blank” Close Friend. Withholding the name of the wom an she accuses, and mentioning her as "Miss Blank. ’ Mrs. Buell made the following statement yesterday: “She and I were the closest of friends, both being interested In mis sionary work in Philadelphia. It was I who Introduced her to Mr. Buell. My husband was instantly drawn to the woman by her charming ways and brilliant wit. During her visits to Washington they were very inti mate, and seemed greatly interested in church work; at least, they made me believe that this was the case. He Quieted Her Fears. “At various times certain things happened that aroused my suspicions, but when I referred to them my hus band quieted my fears by assuring me that the friendship w’as inspired by religious enthusiasm. Watched the Kissing. “Thus the affair went on until about February 13, Mr. Buell and the woman being in each other’s company a great deal. They were often to gether in the study, excusing them selves on the ground that they were conferring upon religious subjects. The evening of February 20, I came upon my husband and ’Miss Blank’ in the hall of the parsonage. They were kissing, or I thought so.” Mrs. Buell says that she thereupon ordered the other woman from the parsonage and she and her husband agreed to separate. “This led to his sudden resignation two weeks ago,” Mrs. Buell continued. “When we parted, Monday of this week, he cried; but of course I shall never have anything further to do with him. “I have letters in my possession which Mr. Buell received from ‘Miss Blank.’ They are of the most endear ing nature, and I shall use them in divorce proceedings. She sent him candy kisses too. Once I opened a letter he had ready for mailing to her. In it he addressed her as ‘My own precious baby girl.’ ” It's “Good-night, w to all such ailmentsias, I POOR APPETITE SOUR STOMACH SICK HEADACHE INDIGESTION. CONSTIPATION if you will only - begin your meals with HOSTETTER’S STOMACH BITTERS It tones the stomach and assists digestion in every way. Try it to-day. Lee. and Frederick Grant, the son of the Union general to whom Gen eral Lee surrendered at Appomat tox, all grouped beneath Old Glory’s sacred folds in the war with Spain, and I said in my heart, land of our fathers through thy length and breadth a tremor passes—look, the dark is done and on thy proud form shines the splendor of the sun: thine own children with heads erect and light on all their faces are happy in the blessings and benefits of a reunited country. Rallies Living to Flag. With love for our living and tears for our dead, we put behind us the things that divided us once and glory in the beauty and strength of the Union ties that bind us together now. This, thank God, is our coun try—ours to love “and cherish—ours to guard against evils from within, and ours to defend from dangers from without. Let the heroic dead of the War Between the States—the Blue and the Gray, sleep each in the mellow moonlight of his own proud memories. Let the living join hands and hearts about a com mon center for the good of the re public. Let North and South ana East and West all work together for the good of each and each for the good of alL Here on this battlefield, incar nadined with the blood of patriots North and patriots South, let us in the language spoken by the im mortal Lincoln at Gettysburg. 50 years ago, resolve that this Gov ernment of the people, by the peo ple, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth. Let us here declare anew that the welfare of the citizen is the highest end and aim of constitutional government. Let us strive to make our Govern ment so good and pure and just that every heart will love it. and every hand will defend it- Let me in conclusion employ the language of the loved and lamented Grady of Georgia: “Let us resolve to crown the miracles of our past with the spectacle of a republic, compact, united, indissoluble in the bonds of love—loving from the Lakes to the Gulf—the wounds of war healed in every heart as on every hill—serene and resplendent at the summit of human achieve ment and earthly glory, blazing out j the path and making clear the way up which all the nations of the | earth must come in God’s appointed time.” Opportunity for Old Soldiers to Visit Famous Battle Grounds of Civil War Drew Record Crowd. CHATTANOOGA. May 31.—The last of the old soldiers and visitors who attended the twenty-third an nual reunion of the United Confed erate Veterans here this week left to-day for their homes scattered throughout Dixie. The exodus, which began Thursday afternoon, following the veterans’ parade, continued with every outbound train of the last two days crowded to the guards. This year’s reunion from some viewpoints was fraught with more interest than any heretofore held by the heroes of the gray. Coming in the semi-centennial year of the great battles of Lookout Mountain, Orchard Knob, Missionary Ridge, Rossville Gap, Chiekamauga and the campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta, an his toric setting was afforded that has never before marked such a gather ing. Thousands of the veterans attend ing the reunion had participated in these battles of 1863, but hundreds of them had not been back to the scene of conflict since that time, ex cept, perhaps to pass through with out stopping, while en route to re unions elsewhere in the South. Go Over Old Battlefields. This year’s gathering gave these old soldiers an opportunity to again go over the battlefields and recall where this division, that brigade or some regiment made a spectacular charge or valiant defense. It is true that one reunion had been held here before—23 years ago when the United Confederate Veterans w’ere organized—but then only a handful of the veterans attended and the bat tlefields did not have the attractions | that they have to-day. Since that first reunion the United States Gov ernment has created the Chattanooga and Chiekamauga National Military parks and has preserved the strate gic points of conflict for future gen erations. Thousands of descriptive markers, giving accurate information of the commands occupying the positions and the losses in dead and wounded by each side, are posted over the city and suburbs. Cannon Mark Artillery Positions. Hundreds of cannon, mounted on gun carriages that went through the war, designate the important artil lery positions. Many State monu ments commemorating the bravery of th’e soldiers from those respective States stand on commanding emi nences. Magnificent boulevards and automobile roads connect all these historic points and make them easily accessible and interesting. Observa tion towers, 70 and 80 feet high, sur mount the highest points around the Chattanooga Valley, giving opportu nity for bird’s-eye views of the bat tlefields. The most elaborate monument erected is that to the Georgia sol diers, standing in Chiekamauga Park. Next in importance is the New York monument on the pinnacle of Lookout Mountain. Two Southern monuments were unveiled and dedi cated at this reunion—a tall shaft for Alabama and a marble pergola for Florida. Veterans and visitors from these States conducted appro priate dedicatory exercises. , But all the work of preserving these battlegrounds has been done since the first reunion. At no other Southern city where a reunion has been held have the fields of conflict been so preserved. The work at Chat tanooga and Chiekamauga is under the direct supervision of veterans of the North and South, who actually participated in the Chattanooga campaign. Major J. E. Cummings, of Augusta, Ga., is one of the Confed erate commissioners. Florida Promises Entertainment. Next year the veterans go to Flori da, the Southern State that saw per haps the least of the actual warfare. But there will be other attractions to interest the veterans, and the Jack sonville veterans and business men promise a most elaborate entertain ment. Because it is so far South the reunion of 1914 will likely take place in April, before real warm weather sets in. General Bennett H. Young, who presided at this reunion and was re elected commander-in-chief to pre side at the next, expressed himself as more than pleased with the Chatta nooga gathering. He particularly commended the locaj committees for the arrangements made to care for the veterans—those provided with quarters In the veterans’ camp, be cause of their inability to pay both railroad fare and hotel bills. In the camp the veterans had nightly camp tires and retold their experiences of war times. General Young declared this to have been the most successful reunion yet held. Four spectacular parades marked the reunion festivities. There was a full dress march through the city of the Eleventh United States Cavalry, stationed at Fort Oglethorpe, on the edge of Chiekamauga Park; an au tomobile pageant for the sponsors and maids of honor, a parade of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, and last, but most important of all, the parade of the veterans themselves, which for mally closed the reunion. Army of Sponsors Present. The social side of the reunion wa«. as is always the case, of particular interest. With the army of sponsors and maids from every State and city of the South, the social life of re union week has become a feature vie- ing in interest with the assemblies ot the veterans and sons. For these young women the Chattanooga enter tainment committee arranged an aft ernoon garden party at one of the city parks, a ball by the veterans at the reunion pavilion, and another dance under the auspices of the Sons of Veterans. Besides there were many private parties, receptions, teas, etc., at which Chattanooga hostesses entertained. Decorations formed an attractive feature of the reunion, the downtown business thoroughfares and many res idence streets being gaily bedecked with the Stars and Bars and the Stars and Stripes. At night the streets were made attractive by white way lights and thousands of incandescent globes. The central location of Chattanoo ga, particularly for the Southeast, coupled with the historic attractions, made the attendance several thousand larger than has been the case in re cent years, since the old veterans have been passing away so rapidly. The attendance is said to have been close around the 100.000 mark, includ ing those who came in from nearby sections for a single day. Sad Incidents at Reunion. At each reunion, though, there are always saddening incidents—deaths, accidents or sickness of veterans. This year was no exception. Three deaths occurred during the three days of the gathering, two of those who succumbed being veterans. G. W. Mullenix, of Lindale, Ga., died from heart failure in the dining room of a local hotel while preparing to eat lunch. Robert Nolen, the other veteran to die, broke his neck by falling down a flight of stairs, fie was from Beau mont, Texas, and made the trip alone. W. L. Hurt, of Scottsboro, Ala., died after receiving a blow from Spe cial Officer W. T. Yarnell at the ball park Wednesday afternodn. A dis pute over tickets began the encoun ter. He was married and leaves, be sides his wife, four children. More than 200 cases of prostration were handled, but the local medical arrangements were so complete that all were revived. Not a single acci dent occurred from congested traffic. One of the most touching scenes of the reunion was staged Thursday aft ernoon. when Miss Kate Daffln. of Texas, sponsor for the South, was presented with a beautiful diamond brooch by tbe people of Chattanooga. I W. E. Brock, chairman of the gen eral committee, presented the gems. The closing social feature of the re union. the ball at the Bennett H. Y< pavilion Thursday night, was a brilliant function, practically all of I the maids and sponsors attending. I W. E. CARTER ELECTRIC CO. 12 WALTON ST. Ivy 5666 COTTON STATES ELECTRIC CO. 13 S. BROAD ST. ivy 314 GATE CITY ELEC. 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