Newspaper Page Text
-
'•
THE UNIoft-UCOaDEB, WLLEDCEVILLK, G*-. SEPTEMBEK U, IUO
GEORGIA SETTING
OF WAR ROMANCE
By SUSAN BIYRICK
Confrdente company; • enntcan
used by Mrs. Crawford’s brother,
several pistols of the strange looking
sort used in the sixties and along
with those Confederate relics, n
handsome walking cane which Mrs.
Crawford describes as "Yankee*’, for
it belonged to her grandfather Ad*
fU® d:
Romance, chimerical and plctur- nephew oi the famous Henry Ward ams.
imbue, an old house which Beecher and *>„ of my troth.-old There four h , ircloth cnmi
,hc corner of Liberty atreet frmnd. She n plcancd end received ch>ira u m . uh Ac , nd „ oM
and invited him into the hom*. ^ witb bulgihg d „ wers ,
. “ S "° rd * nd , eled door, below and leaded pane,
laid it on the very ,ofa where you!, bove Foar
rooms open into the
’ **" Then he removed^ hall, after the manner of houses of
century ago, each door facing de-
■ jlilledgewflle; the street, itself,
“meuing the imagination by reaaon
“ !be f,ct that it is only four blocks
long and with wch a name, once
lid fiom the penitentiary to the cem
etery. *
The story of a lover clad in Con
federate gray, hidden in the attic
hi | t , a Yankee protector was bill '.ed
jn the guest room; the soft girlish
tear:.- going pit-a-pat as flounced
ar.d ruffled skirts swirl and lovely
maidens make mocking obeirance to
fnion officers; of entertaining such
Ji-adtrs os the fiery Bob Toombs, the
masterful Benjamin Harvey Hill, the
brilliant Alexander Stephens; of dan
ger and laughter and love; of such
things is made up the history of the
house which has been the home of.
Mrv. C. P. Crawford for more than
three quarters of a century.
The house was bought by Richard
McAllister Orme,
Crawford, who
sitting.
his pistols and placed them in the 1 '
same placet My mother invited him .
into the back parlor where the ladies
were assembled and introduced him
as our protector and friend. The
young captain bowed deeply and
said:
" ‘Ladies, I am a Yankee, but I
trust, not a villain.’
"That night, Alexander, who had
fou.nd that he could not make his
escape because of the lurge number
of Federal troops in the neighbor
hood, stole back to our house and
while the Yankee protector slept in
the bedroom in the guest room, my i
sister’s lover crept softly up the I
stair ? to our attic, where we hid
him in the little cubby hole closet,
fatlier~^of*""Mrs" 1 shaI1 show >' ou * * nd ke P l him for |
editor of the a wcek - untU his €8Ca l >e ml * ht bc l
Signed in a manner as beautiful at ft
must have been difficult of execu
tion. There are three triangularly
shaped projecting mouldings along
the facings and the usual cornel?
blocks, decomted with three raised
circles; whereas the corner block of
ir day, counts itself lucky to hsve
center and one circle. Each door
decorated with six evenly spaced
panels and each is at least a foot
taller than modern doors.
The first door on the right of the
ball leads to the living room which
i spacious, white-walled
with twenty-foot ceiling, decorated
with a simple cornice and
ing the same uncracked plastering
which it has enjoyed for more than
a century. The mantel is high and is
perfect Adam- design, with large
sunbursts above the fireplace, and
smallei; ones on the sides, the side
panels possessing the same style of
triangular decoration as employed on
all the door facings, on the smaller
teale.
On the sideboard, I noticed a sil
ver tea set, in morning glory design
and of unusual shape. "That was a
present irom my grandfather to my
mother when she was married,’’ ex
plained Mrs. Crawford. “He gave
one just like it to all his children
when they married. I find pieces of
sets at the homes of all my niecea
and nephews, when I visit the East."
Recorder, during the stir- trran P« d -
rim: days of secession when Mil- “That is the most exciting story
litigtville, a? the capital, resounded I ever heard," I declared bringing
to the oratory of worthy statesmen: ' my»elf back to modem times, with
effort, for I had been engrossed
in the Btory and nervous lest "Broth
er James" be captured. "It must
have been most trying for your
mother, having both Yankee and
Southern sympathies."
Mrs. Crawford laughed gently.
"General Gleason and his staff called
on my mother with great formality,
during the Federal occupation of
__ Milledgeville und General Gleason is
than . hundred year*. »»‘d to have reported to Sherman,
the tragic years of recon
struction when her proud people held
their heads high and struggled brave
ly to overcome the poverty, oppres
sion and bitterness which was theirs,
as a conquered people.
Mrs. Crawford, daughter of Mrs.
Orme and granddaughter of the
teacher, John Adams, told me the
story as she rocked gently in a chair,
itself in the possession of the fam
ily for
"It v
and Dr. J. F. Aloanndor of Atlanta i { ^ ^ ^
who was ihvn a ® n somt ‘ _ sofa upon which i sat, n mahogany
captain of t -• on c OT n y piece, with the beautiful lines of Co
on leave to pay a vent to h„ wife. whicb Captain Bee-
my sister. It was a very cher ha(1 bls s word. It is one
time for word had gone out that the * . . ,
, .... . , of many handsome antiques which
nz «»
square hail, with its exquisitely pan
eled baseboard, nearly two feet in
width; its free standing stairway
were afraid of them for,
many reason?, but chiefly on account j"
of the young officer in our home.”
TAKE THE WHEEL
.. AND MARVEL!
WE INVITE YOU TO DRIVE
THE EIGHT AS
UICK
BUILDS IT
\
Ralph Simmerson
Milledgeville, Ga.
The soft gent'e ’
i stirred with
with curving mahogany rail which
recollection of the thrilling. wouU brillg . Joy to tbc bcort of
though trying times. “1 remmber irch itcct or an artist, and its ceil-
that it was a beautiful Sabbath aft- , decorations of unusual beauty.
ernoon; my sister Mary, and Cousin
Rebecca went calling. As they walk
ed along the street, they heard a
Negro cry out 'De Yankees is corn
in’!' De Yankees is cornin'!’ The
girl* flew down the street toward
home, coming by the bock way.
When they reached the back gate
they were so excited and breathless
that they cried out to Uncle Peter,
the carriage driver, ‘Throw us over
the fenco, Uncle Peter, throw us over
the fence.’
".Meanwhile, ladies from all over
the neighborhood, hastened to our
home. Most of the men were away
fighting, and the ladies were fright
ened by the incoming enemy. There
must have been a dozen of them
in our back pnrlor, talking in hushed
tones and wondering if Dr. Alexan
der had escaped, when tnere came a
knock at the door, loud and com
manding.
"My mother went to the door and
on the porch, stood u handsome of
ficer in Blue.
“The officer clinked his heels to
gether, bowed again from the hips
and said, 'l am sent by General Sher
man to act as a protector for you
and your family during the occupn-
t on of the city. May I introduce
my .-elf? I am Captain Henry Ward
Beecher.’
"My mother looked at him and
-aid, ‘Are you Tom’s son, or Wil
liam's? For in her girlhood, my
mother h-.d been reared in the same
town with both William and Tom
Beecher, and had known them well.
The officer turned out to be the
Above the sofa, hangs a group of
souvenirs of the War Between the
States. There is the sword
Captain Crawford when he led his
WEAK, NERVOUS
Mississippi Lady Says She Vcli
Stronger, Better After
Taking Cardni.
Greenwood. Miss.—Mrs. W. D.
Taylor, of 1313 Carroll tori Avenue,
this city, has written of her use of
Cardul as fallows:
"About five years ago, I was In
111 health. I suffered a great deal
of pain in my sides and in the
lower part of my body. I was weak
and nervous, and at the least noise
I felt like I must scrcrm.
“At times 1 would have to go to
bed. My h.-.nd would ache. It
would take me three or four days
to get over these spells.
"A friend told me to take Cardul.
which I did. After my first bottle,
I saw some improvement. When I
had taken three bottles. I felt
stronger and better than I had ir.
some time. I did not have any
more of those bad spells.
•*I certainly recommend Cardul."
Thousands of other women rec
ommend Cardul. after having found
it of valuable assistance to them
In building up their health.
The medicinal value of the herbs
from which Cardul is extracted have
been well-known in the history of
medicine for more than six hun
dred years.
Try it for your trouolea. NC-220
LOOK and LISTEN!
The Road Don’t Get too Long
Or Either Too Short
I have been in the transportation business for 15
years and f am in it yet—two first-class trucks and
licensed to do long-distance hauling. D° n t have to
slip around the back way.
i-C ALL —
Day Phone 441 Night Phone 228
Service With a Smile
J.C.IVEY
decorated I m #
= Education
Thousands of prescriptions for this
remarkable formula were tilled by
druggists last year, over 20,000 phy
sicians, oentlsta and welfare nurses
recomihand and endorse A-Vol as
a harmless, safe, rapid relief for
palo, depression, fever, cold. Bu.
Contains No Aspirin or Othsr Heart Depressant*.
A-Vol stops pain la headaches,neu-
ralgta. dental pain, rheumatism.
A-Vol now comes in handy tabes of
IS tablets. 25c. 30 tablets 60c. medi
cine chest size fl.0t at any pro*
sciiptlon druggist or on receipt of
price from A-Vol Co.. Holton, Has.
The time to start your children toward suc
cess—is at birth.
Open a Savings Account from the very
first day—and watch it grow.
At first the child will not even understand,
but with undersanding will come pride and
the spirit of thrift
And' later, the habit started in childhood,
will be sustained in maturity.
Many a prosperous business man owes his
success to the thrift education which he re
ceived from his parents.
Exchange Bank
MiUedferiAe, Georgia
OTTO M. CONN, President, DR. RICHARD BINION, V-Prcs.
H. G. BANKS, Cashier
H«ii«cfcnt CUdil Nmalgia! DmtsINaf
There’s one big idea in this
store for fall—and we are
going to
hammer it into men’s minds
HERE IT IS
LOWER PRICES
BIGGER VALUES
In
HART SCHAFFNER
& MARX
CLOTHING
■
John Holloway
'TheMans Store