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One Hundred Years Ago
THE CIVIL WAR
July of 1861, and the Civil War
Is taking shape. That first week
there was fighting out in Mis
souri at Carthage . . . the South
won. A Union column under
Rosecrans and McClellan was
pushing a smaller Southern
force out of West Virginia . .
and the North was winning.
Armies of ten to fifteen thou
sand men were in motion all
through Maryland and Northern
Virginia.
Kentucky was neutral Young
Kentuckians were going south
to Tennessee to enlist in the
Confederate Army, or north into
Ohio or Indiana to join the
Union forces. Buckner, a good
friend of U. S Grant, but a
Secessionist, was placed in
charge of the pro-Southern
State Guard of Kentucky. The
Kentucky Governor Magoffin
Was pro-South, the legislature
was pro-North. The legislature
refused funds for the State
Guard.
Another State Guard was
formed with headquarters at
damp Dick Robinson with Gen
Nelson in command This group
Was pro-North, and when the
South objected that the North
Had violated Kentucky neu
trality. Lincoln (a prime poli
tician i merely said that the
rhen were Kentuckians on Ken
tjucky soil
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Auction Co.
We Sell the Best Part of
Chattooga County"
Maryland was for the Union
. . . mostly. Many Southern sym
pathizers in Maryland found
themselves in jail. Here are
some of the headlines from
Maryland: “George P Kane,
Chief of police of this city, was
arrested by authority of Gen
Banks Kane was charged with
'Aiding secessionists, and the
Government cannot but regard
him otherwise than the head of
an armed force, hostile to its
government.’ ”
Before daylight, on July 1, all
the members of the Board of
Police Commissioners, except
the Mayor, were arrested and
sent to Ft McHenry.
Ever since the bombardment
of Ft. Sumter, there had been
* secessionist activity in Mary
। land. Southern sympathizers had
: burned bridges, torn up railroads,
i and created havoc generally. It
| was estimated that probably
3,000 citizens of Baltimore had
slipped through the Federal
lines to Virginia to enlist in the
Confederate army.
The South needed canvas for
tents and haversacks. Maryland
people had smuggled thousands
of yards to the Confederate
troops at Harper’s Ferry. A re
i port from Harper's Ferry said
that a Southern lady living in
I Philadelphia had smuggled in a
I dozen revolvers “hidden under
her crinoline. Other ladies ar
rived In Virginia with bolts of
canvas under their hoop Skirts.
Rubber capes, rubber ground
cloths, for soldiers, and medi
cines and all kinds of arms were
being smuggled to the Confed
erate troops.
There were reports that the
Maryland legislature had met
secretly and passed an ordinance
of secession. Maryland Governor
Hicks was for the Union, and
asked for Union troops in the
Maryland cities to “guard
against an attack by the rebels."
Maryland was no longer neu
tral.
Reports from Baltimore said
that Union cannon and Infantry
had been placed ", . . in various
sections of the city, and are
posted in Monument Square, Ex
change Place, and in the Eight
Ward, Broadway and other
pdlnts . . For the preservation
of the peace.”
The United States mail was
officially discontinued in all
Southern States except the
western part of Virginia. The
order did not include the east
ern part of Tennessee which had
a great majority of Union peo
ple. The South blocked East
Tennessee from the North by
fortifying Cumberland Gap. The
reason given was to . . . “pre
vent the National troops from
passing through Kentucky to aid
the Union Men in Eastern Ten
nessee.”
(Next to Virginia, Tennessee
was the chief battleground for
the War between the States,
with 454 battles and skirmishes
on her soil. The people of East
Tennessee were so strong in
their Union and anti-slavery
feelings that they furnished as
many men for the North as did
the remainder of the state fur
nish to the South. Many of
those men had to slip through
the mountains by Cumberland
!Holland News;
By Mrs. Mark Strawn
Mrs. Clyde Bennett spent Fri
day at her sister's, Mrs. Enoch
High.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Howell
visited Mr. and Mrs. Sam Chap
pelear at Coosa Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Enoch High vis
j ited ills sister. Mrs. R. P. Brison,
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Taft Pursley,
Mrs. Della Moon and Mrs.
Myrtle Sizemore, of Supuner
vllle, were visiting in Holland
Sunday.
Mr and Mrs. Henry Strop, of
Gilmer. Tex., were visitors at
Mrs. Minnie Holland’s Monday
Mr. and Mrs. T H. Holland
had as Sunday visitors: Mrs.
I Julia Loop and Mid M Allen Jr.,
iof Summerville: Mrs. Minnie
। Holland and Misses Bertha and
I Mary Holland.
Last Friday, Mrs Minnie Hol-
I land and Misses Bertha and
i Mary Holland visited Mrs. Daisy
1 Worsham in Pennville.
Mr and Mrs Bob Brison and
I family left Friday for Arizona
j for a visit with Mrs. Brison s
parents
Webb Hense, of Chickamauga,
;is visiting relatives here this
week
Mrs Gordon Green and Miss
Martha were spend-the-day
guests of Mrs Mattie Worsham '
Wednesday. Mrs. Mark Strawn ।
and Miss Eva Worsham visited
them in the afternoon.
Mrs Lois Barker returned last
Tuesday from St Augustine. Fla
She was accompanied by Mrs.
Marjorie Barrett and Bill and
Miss I.ink Killebrew who will
I visit here until August.
Mrs Gordon Green and Miss
Martha spent Friday In Atlanta
। with the Johnny Green fam'ly.
Mr and Mrs Hill Clark and
Jimmy spent several days last
I week tn Miami. Fla. They took
Mrs C F Green and girls home]
I after their visit with Mrs
I Green's parents
1 Mr> Marjorie Barrett and I
Miss Mary Barker visited the
I Mark Strawns Thursday night
LGail Strawn stayed from Thurs
day until July 4th with her'
grandparents
I Mrs R P Brison is spending
several weeks at her home Mrs
Sum Garner brought her up
from Atlanta Friday and stayed
I a few days
Mrs Daisy Worsham visited I
I from Sunday until Tuesday with |
I Mrs Minnie Holland, then she ।
I • went to Lindale to visit her
I daughter. Mrs Archie Mills, and'
1I family
Mrs Fred Hall, of Rome, was :
| a visitor at Miss Minnie Smith's
11 several days this week.
| Mis Minnie Holland. Misses
I Bertha and Mary Holland. Miss
I Mamie Smith and Mrs Mark
I Strawn visited Mrs Jolin Edge
Lin Rome last Tuesday
I Mrs Bob Brison visited Mrs
I Nally m Summerville on Thurs- :
11 day
| A group of relatives attended 1
I the funeral of a former resident.
I Mrs Della Chambers, who was
I buried near Trion Sunday Sym-
I pathy is extended to them.
I Mrs. Mattie Worsham and
I Miss Eva were dinner guests
I Thursday of Mrs Roy Worsham
I in Summerville
I Mrs. Fred Hall, Miss Mamie
I Smith. Mrs Mark Strawn and
I Gail visited Mrs Lois Barker and
I Mrs Minnie Holland Saturday
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS. SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA
Lion* Elect
International President
|
I /
Per Stahl of Eskilstuna. Swe
den, was elected International
President of Lions International
at the Association's 44th Annual
Convention in Atlantic City.
Lions International, with 620,000
members in 112 countries or re
gions, is the world's largest serv
ice club organization.
Lions International is best
known for its many youth pro
grams, community service proj
ects, sight conservation activities
and aid to the blind. Last year
Lions Clubs around the globe
completed more than 200.000 in
dividual community service proj
ects.
Gap to join the Union armies.)
Reports from Missouri said
that 10,000 Missouri State
Troops were camping on the
Osage River, 100 miles south of
Independence . . . Federal forces
were 20 miles in their rear. State
forces were said to be increasing,
and Federal forces numbered
only “2.600 to 3.000.” ( Events
were leading up to the Battle of
Wilson’s Creek in August of that
year.)
Mrs. Ben Vaughn was Mrs.:
Clyde Stephenson’s visitor on ■
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell White,
Richard and Nancy are vaca
tioning in Panama City, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Worsham
and Bobby were Sunday dinner
guests of Mrs. Mattie and Miss
Helen Worsham.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Green
and daughter spent Saturday
■ night With Mr. and Mrs. Gor- i
dfliTTlreen
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Worsham ]
are spending their honeymoon I
in North Carolina. Best wishes |
go to the young couple.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Ratliff
were here Saturday visiitng their I
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs Luke :
Ratiiff.
Terraces, patios and outside I
living areas should be designed ■
] in scale with the house and lot, j
{says T. G Williams, Extension]
landscape specialist.
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ELVIS PRESLEY
SET AT TOOGA
Elvis Presley in “Wild in the
Country” will appear at the
Tooga Theatre Sunday. Monday
and Tuesday.
This is the story of a Shen
andoah Valley farm boy whose
endless collisions with the law
have brought him to the point
where he must go either to re
form school or into the per
manent custody of a prooat; m
officer appointed by the court.
HEAR THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST
IN THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST
»
AT THE
NORTHSIDE CHURCH OF CHRIST
JULY 9-16—NIGHTLY AT 8 O'CLOCK
J. LEO SNOW
NASHVILLE, TENN. — SPEAKER
CONGREGATIONAL SINGING
LED BY JOHN MILLS, LINDALE
PETER MATTIS, LOCAL EVANGELIST
It is Irene, played by Hope
Lange, the psychiatric social
worker who shifts the balance
of the court’s opinion and be
comes the influence for good in
the boy’s life.
Depicting one of the most
colorful and exciting periods in
American history. “Sitting Bull”
will be shown Friday and Satur
day at The Tooga. The other
feature on these dates is "Trou
ble in the Sky", a sensational
. thrill-film.
“Sitting Bull” is the crashing
climax to the so-called “forty
FLOOR STOCKS
TAX EXPLAINED
District Director of Internal
Revenue A. C. Ross has issued
the following release calling at
tention to the floor stocks taxes
imposed by the Federal Aid
years’ war” between the Indians
and the U.S. government. The
other movie is about an airline
pilot who became a martyr to
modern-day aviation.
THURSDAY. JULY 6,
Highway Act of 1961 which was
: signed into law on June 29, 1961.
The law basically provides for
floor stocks taxes as follows: 2
cents a pound on tires for high
way vehicles; 1 cent a pound on
all inner tubes (except for bi
cycle tires); 2 cents a pound on
tread rubber.
The floor stocks tax does not
apply to used tires or recapped
; tires, unless recapped from bead
to bead so that original identity
is lost. This tax does not apply
, to tires for bicycles or non-high
way motor vehicles.