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One Hundred Years Ago
THE CIVIL WAR
Harper’s Ferry, in Virginia,
was to have more than its share
of the events of the Civil War.
Site of John Brown's Raid, the
small town was the anchor of
the defense line which guarded
northern Virginia
By the middle of June in 1861,
there were some 10,000 Confed
erate troops in and around Har
per’s Ferry. The New York
papers said of these: 7,000 were
Virginians, 1.160 were from Ala
bama. 900 from Mississippi, and
500 from Kentucky.
New York papers published a
letter from a young Virginia
soldier to a friend in New York
He said he was enjoying solder
ing. but that in Harper's Ferry
he found many people who were
very pro-Unionist so that they
made him feed unwelcome.
The same young man men
tioned his commanding officer,
a T. J. Jackson, a “fine officer
who has the rank of colonel."
(within two months and the
world would know of "Stone
wall" Jackson, but that would be
in July after the Battle of Hull
Run.)
Said the soldier of Colonel
Jackson "He has good admin
istrative ability, and has thus
far conducted the preparations
for the defenses of Harper’s
Ferry energetically. He is a
graduate of West Point, went
through the Mexican war, win
ning several brevets, and, as a
brave, determined, and capable
officer, is one of the best in the
Southern army.
The soldiers from Kentucky at
Harper's Ferry, were described
as being “A fine body of men.
but poorly disciplined."
“We can't help that." said one ■
of the Kentuckians. "We ain’t
much for follerin' a drum and
whistler, but when it comes to
tall travellin' after Abe Lincoln
sogers, jest count us in the pile "
One Kentuckian demonstrated :
for a reporter what he called his j
"Military drill." He stuck his
bowie knife in a tree, edge out
ward, and then from fifty paces
he split a bullet on the knift
The uniforms of the Confeder- I
ates were described as "various.”
The men from Alabama wore
“dark green coat, grey pants, or i
they wore pants and no coat. '
with Just a flannel shirt and no
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other outside garment.
The Kentuckians wore a “plain
blue shirt-like coat, gathered at
the waist, and drab pantaloons.
They had a black felt hat,
turned up at the side.”
One company of men was very
tough . . . they had, said the re
porter "38 men who have been
marked by musket ball or pistol,
or with Bowie knife, or sword,
who have killed their man in
duel or combat.”
Jackson became famous for
his actions while at Harper's
Ferry He had, before this time,
seized 56 locomotives and more
than 300 cars of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad. The locomo
tives were hauled down the
highway to where they could be
placed on the railroad at Stras
burg for use in the South.
Jackson fortified the moun
tain tops across the Potomoc in
Maryland. The governor of
Maryland objected to this, say
ing it was "an invasion of the
Sovereign State of Maryland.”
Gov. Letcher of Virginia
agreed to abandon the Maryland
Heights, but Jackson said: “We
many as well abandon the town,
for if the Unionists get com
mand of the heights they can
blast us to bits and never receive
i a shot from us." Jackson had to
abandon Maryland Heights, and
soon he also retreated from
: Harper’s Ferry.
Virginia, a week after the
formation of the new state of
West Virginia asked the seceding
counties to return to the Com
monwealth. Said the Governor:
: "You owe allegiance to either
Virginia or Lincoln. You can
not remain neutral. If you pre
fer the government of Lincoln, j
he now calls on you to betray
your State or incur the penalties
of treason . . . you are setting
up an usurped authority in her
• Virginia's! borders Let your
motto be: One Virginia, cast
and west, we will stand or fall
together’. ”
The coming war would cost
money Said the Portsmouth
Ohio Patriot: "The President '
should establish half a dozen
mints to coin money to pay the
expenses of the civil war "
Retorted the Richmond En
quirer: "To this project should
be adder) that of making the
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SETS GRAND OPENING— EarI Stansell (right) owner
of Stansell f urniture and Appliances and Russell
Baker, sales representative for the firm, talk over plans
for the grand opening in the new location—the Har
rell Building south of Trion. The formal opening will
be held today through Saturday.
Stansell Furniture
Sets Opening
In South Trion
Stansell Furniture and Appli
ances will hold a formal open
ing in its new location south of
Trion this week-end.
Special prices, free coffee,
cookies and gifts will be a part
of the- occasion, Earl Stansell,
owner, has announced.
A native of Chattooga County,
Mr. Stansell was in business as
S and S Furniture in LaFayette >
for 10 years before locating
north of Trion four months ago.
The move to the Harrell Building j
south of the Triangle Shopping
Center site provides the firm
with much additional room, he
said. Free parking also is pro
vided.
Mr Stansell has the Gibson.
Norge, Motorola TV and West- I
hens lay two eggs a day to sup- I
ply any deficiency in the pig |
crop.”
THE SUMMERVILLE NWS. SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA
inghouse TV lines, as well as a
complete line of furniture. His
firm has recently won six sales
contests—one to New Orleans,
La. and five to Jamaica and
Panama.
Mr. Stansell, who attended
school at Teloga and who is an
Air Force World War II veteran,
and his family plan to move
back to Chattooga County from
LaFayette in the near future.
The Stansells have three chil
dren, Patricia Ann 15, Larry 13
and Dennis 10. He is a mem
ber of the Church of God of
; Prophecy of LaFayette.
In addition to Mr. and Mrs.
Stansell and Mr. Baker, the
! Stansell Furniture firm staff in
cludes Charles Trotter, book
keeper.
'KONGA' AND
'PROFESSOR'
COME TO TOOGA
A science fiction spectacle,
“Konga,” will be shown Wednes
day and Thursday at The Tooga
Theatre in Summerville.
No mechanized monster is
used. Instead, a live chimpanzee,
through “tricks” performed in
sidt, the camera, will grow into
a monstrous gorilla standing
over 100 feet tall to threaten the
city of London and many of its
fain ou s landmarks including
Big Ben.
A hilarious comedy, “The
Absent-Minded Professor,” will
be shown Friday through Tues
day. It stars Fred McMurray.
Nancy Olsen and Keenan Wynn.
Chattoogans Join
NW Ga. Coin Club
Several Chattooga Countians
are among those comprising
the newly-organized Northwest
Georgia Coin Club.
Others who are interested are
invited to join, officials ha\e
announced Meetings will be
held at 8 p.m. on the first
Wednesdays and third Thurs
days in each month at the Boys’
Club in West Rome.
Twenty members attended the I
charter meeting. M F. Ward of
Rome was elected president. ।
Other offi ce r s are: John
Grigsby, vice president; Don:
Milton. secretary; C. C. Poplin,
treasurer; H M McKenzie, pub
licity chairman: and Clarence
Cochran, membership chairman. |
John Adams, second president i
of the United States, once vol- i
unteered to fight with the U.S. j
Marines during a sea engage- :
ment in 1778.
In 1891, a special detachment
of U S. Marines was assigned t
the Navy's Pacific Squadron to’
halt the wholesale destruction of |
seals in the Bering Sea by
poachers operating out of sea
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Mr. and Mrs. Marnell Ricketts,
of Chattanooga, and Miss Lenell
Hartline and Jackie Pierce were
visitors of the Carlton Reynolds,
Jr., Saturday night.
Theresa Parris spend the week
end with her grandparents, Rev.
and Mrs. Clyde Parris, and fam
ily.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dodd and
Preston and Sharon Croft were
visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Dodd
Wednesday night.
The Rev. and Mrs. Willard
Ramey and Ray were visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Buford Ratliff Satur
day.
Rev. and Mrs. Oliver Pledger
were visiting Mr. and Mrs. Carl
ton Reynolds Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Billie Joe Lee,
Janet and Frankie were visiting
Mr. and Mrs. John Dodd Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ragland
and Miss Julia Loop visited Mr.
and Mrs. Lon Reynolds Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Elrod
and Allen visited Mr. and Mrs.
Carlton Reynolds Friday.
Donnie Ray Parris spent Sun
day night with Mr. and Mrs.
Cecil Parris and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Dodd and
Robin were visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Carlton Reynolds Thurs
day.
Raymond Reynolds was Sun
day dinner guest of Mr. and
BIGELOW BUILDS
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The construction of 9,600-
square-feet of additional office
space has begun at Bigelow-
Sanford’s Landrum Mills, Lan
drum, S. C. The completely air
conditioned second-story annex
will furnish office space for the
accounting, production and in
ventory control operations of
Bigelow’s southern plants.
Construction of the annex was
provided for in original building
specifications. The new opera- i
tions will be aided by an RCA
"501” Computer.
In addition to the velvet car
pet mill at Landrum, Bigelow'
has manufacturing plants in the
south at Belton, S. C„ Calhoun
Falls, S. C. and Summerville.
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By Myra Lynn Dodd
Mrs. Leric Reynolds and Lamar.
Mrs. Grady Dodd and Thelma
were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
John Dodd Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Nell Green, of Atlanta,
spent the week-end with Mr.
and Mrs. Hubert Dodd.
Joe Reynolds spent the week
end with Sonny Dooley in Dry
Valley.
Mrs. Johnny Elrod and Allen
were Sunday dinner guests of
vacation
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Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Reynolds.
In the afternoon they visited
Mrs. Frank Stewart.
Mr. and Mrs. Billie Joe Lee,
Janet and Frankie were visiting
Mr. ano Mrs. Lon Reynolds
Sunday.
Over 20 million people in the
United States, or 1 out of 9 per
sons, get farm surplus through
relief and school lunch pro
grams. After these needs are
met, CARE and other foreign
aid agencies get Government
allocations. Every SI sent to the
CARE Food Crusade. New York
16. N. Y„ delivers a package of
this abundance to the hungry
in other lands, as personal food
for-peace gifts from Americans.
THURSDAY, JUNE 29. 1961
IN MEMORIAM
In loving memory of our
precious husband, daddy, and
■ granddaddy, William Carl Ben
; nett, who died one year ago
; June 30. 1960.
What would we give to ciasp his
> sweet ole hand
. His happy face to see
i To hear his sweet voice and see
his sweet smile
, That meant so much to us:
' His smiling ways and precious
t face are pleasant to recall
; He had a kindly word for all
: and died beloved by all.
f MRS. CARL BENNETT
MRS. OTTO MILLER
' MRS. BOBBY GROCE
MR JAMES W. BENNETT
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