Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-08-11
LIEUT.. HOBSON LECTURES,

'N"o' iAopHou WAS lhc uIoWlhB caro-
was n success, both socially and finan.
cially. The admission charge was sc
cents per person, and over $3.50 was
raised, which the ladies' will apply in
supplying comforts and necessities
for the sick and wounded soldiers at
Fort Mcpherson.
Lieut.. IIobson arrived at the
Woman's Club. where he mad prom
iscd to lecture under tho auspices of
the Atlanta Relief Society, about
$40 o'clock. The hall was then we'll
filled and was literally packed few
minutes later. The lieutenant
entered amidst cheers and sat upon
the ntagc by Miss ELLA Powell, who
il president of the society.
Tho evenings entertainmcnt was
opened with songs by Mr.. Williams
Owen, alter which Col. Hemphill,
master of ceremonies, introduced tho
speaker of the evening as follows:
INTRODUCES HOBsON.
"Our people have been looking
with much interest and great concern
on tho achievements of our soldiers
and sailors at the front. Since t.
beginning of this war this country
has been thrilled time and again by
tho heroic deeds and glorious results
of our arms on land and sea. No
thing, however, has electrified our
people to greater extent than the
sinking of the Merrimac in the mouth
of Santiago harbor. We are de-
lighted that this was done by a
Southern man, the glorious and wor-
thy son of the great State of Ala
bama, who comes tonight, not with
studied speech, Boosting of his mag
nificent deed, but as a patriot to help
. this noble band of young ladies who
have organized for the grand purpose
of giving help to our wounded and
sick soldiers. l have the great pleas
ure of introducing to you the hero of
the Merrim'o, Lieut.. Hobson." rAp-
plause.
THE HERO SPEARS.
The lieutenant arose slowly and
with dclibcration addressed his audi
ence as follows:
GA sailor is a man Of very few
words. What few words that arc
ever spoken on the high seas are
heard by very few and those whom
he well knows. In fact, the scafar.
ing profession abhors words. If You
have ever been on a man. -of-war, you
have probably noticed that the nu-
merous cvolutions arc carried on by
simple signals or bugle calls. The
most important orders that direct
the huge engines, or swing the great
turrets during fight are given with
out words. If this committee that
did me the honor to ask me to speak
on this occasion had provided some
entertainment in which q mast and
rigging figured, I would have had no
hesitancy in accepting. could
easily have climbed Jacobs ladder
on the one side and down again on
the lee side at 2lO gait even if
this entertainment gave me a role in
which / was forced to train a gun on
q target capable of responding,
think | should have complied more
readily.
"Not only are scamen of very few
words, but they are an emphatic
class: and they always speak with
the deepest feeling. ! annot help
but think of old Casey, a quarter
master in the service for forty-fiyc
years, and the dean of all practice
ships. lie believed the new school
of fighting was nothing to be COM
pared to the old, when he and Farra-
gut went into Mobile Bay. One day
the admiraPs horse, hitched outside
his headquarters, ran away. With
out knowing it., the admiral ordered
Casey to fetch his horse. Rather
than disobey orders, Casey harncsscd
an old dray horse standing close by
and hitchcd it to the admiraPs rig.
l am as much at sea here tonight as
Casey was when ordered to get tho
horse.
SPEAKS OF TIE NAVY.
"l have the good fortune Of hav-
ing just arrived from the front,
where tho American troops have
been both on land and on sea. Some
stirring scenes have been enacted
there, and let me assure you tho men
are taking in their welfare. Those
experiences arc the oni y ouimii,ntion
of our first acquaintance with Jackey
or the sailors. remember at An
napolis we had an old practice ship
out three. quarters Of mile from
shore. One day two men by the
names of Fitzporald and Franklin