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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-05-13
DECORATION DAY.

The 30th Of May brings the an.
nual decoration Of the graves, and
people gather from far and near.
Flowers are usually scarce at that
time, but there is one grave, near
where the oriole sings, that has
never yet failed to be covered
with a wealth Of blossoms until the
turf is hidden beneath their frag
rant petals-the grave Of the his.
toric drummer boy Of Shiloh
Though flowers be few, the pater-
nal care Of the government pro.
vides a decoration for each grave,
and a small flag is planted at the
head and foot of each mound, then
the scene becomes beautiful and
impressive beyond description
The blue sky above, the river
sparkling through the trees, the
sunlight in bars Of gold across the
white stones, the tall monuments
of glistening marble and the earth
all a-hutter with the stars and
stripes forming q rich mosaic
Of color with a background OF
tender green inlaid with red, white
and blue.
When Decoration Day closes
the genial and clever superinten.
dent is always dismayed to see
only a scattered flag here and
there, where hundreds waved in
the early morning. But of late he
has grimly determined that relic,
seekers shall not carry off the
decorations, and he usually has a
number of special police on the
ground, and many a well.dressed
woman has been mortified beyond
measure, on slipping a flagstaff
in,o her closed parasol, to hear a
voice say; Madam, put that flag
down instantly" But the flags
continue to disappear mysteriously
and if you want to see them
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-05-13
A Secret.

If all the ladies knew the simple
secret that a bad complexion is
due to disordered liver, there
would. be fewer sallow complex.
ions and blotchy skins. This i'm.
portant organ must be kept active
and healthy to insure a clear and
rosy color. DR.. j. II. McLean's
Liver and Kidney Balm, as a
beautifer, beats all the creams and
lotions in existence and will pro.
duce more permanent effect.
Removes bad taste in the mouth,
offensive breath, yellow tinge in
the skin, wind on the stomach,
and that dull, bilious feeling which
so surely indicates the torpid liver.
Price, 81 a bottle. Sold by Nc
Dougal Drug Go.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-05-13
WAR NEWS BRIEFS.

Commodore Dewey's report to
the war department of the engage
ment between the American and
Spanish fleets, at Manila, Sunday,
May 1, was hailed with much in
terest by American people. 1t
was a complete victory from start
to finish. just how such o victory
could be achieved with the odds
he had against him, is a mystery.
Only six American soldiers suffer.
ed slight wounds, while on the
Spanish side 800 were killed, sew
eral hundred wounded, and II wal
vessels sunk. Dewey now has
charge Of the Philippine Islands
and Manila is at his command. So
well pleased was President Nc.
Kinley with the victory that i'm.
mediately after reading Dewey'a
report he promoted him to the
position of admiral. No American
vessels suffered any serious dam.
age from the enemies guns.
At the time of going to press
indications point to an engagement
expected to take place at almost
any hour between the American
and Spanish fleets at Porto Rico
The American fleet is under com.
mand of Sampson, who awaits
re.inforcements to move on Porto
Rico, where the Spanish fleet is
ouartered. If Uncle Sam is vic.
torious in this fight, it will no
doubt hasten the end of the war
The whole world at this time is
watching with interest the out.
come of what will take place with,
in the next few days in Cuban
waters. Dewey still holds pos.
session of the Philippine Islands.
Uncle Sam is rushing troops to
Cuba to at once take the island,
Spanish fleet or no fleet.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-05-13
Wards,

We are sorry to report Miss
Cora Green right sick, but wish
her a speedy recovery.
Hurshel Keer was welcome
visitor of VIM. Porter Thursday
night.
Sunday school is progressing
nicely-four more additions last
Sunday.
Mrs. N. Il. Porter, who has
been sick ever since last August,
is able to 60 about over the house.
Miss Mackey Porter was the
guest of Miss Matte Kelly Sun.
day night.
Harve Dickson passed through
our midst Sunday.
A. p. Franks and wife spent
Saturday night and Sunday with
B. Il. Green.
Alva Porter and II. NJ. Dickson
went to Nixon Tuesday.
Mackie Porter is suffering a
great deal from a felon on her
finger.
w. Fl. Dickson and G. B. Convey
entertained the family Of w. j
Porter Tuesday with some nice
music.
Miss Fannie Hardin spent Tues.
day night with the Misses Ward
Among the visitors of Miss
Cora Green recently were: Misses
Minnie and Viana Kendall, Mittie
and Ida Ward, Matte and Minnie
Kelley, Mackey Porter and Minnie
Stricklin; and Messrs. Wood
Franks, Brown Covey, Arthur
Porter, Shelby Cherry, Louis
Shelby and Alf Kendall.
Mr.. Will Bivens was smiling
among the young people Sunday.
Tishie Porter is spending {
week with her grandmother
Aunt Jennie Jones.
James Dickson was in oul
midst last week.
Mrs. Mary Copelin, of Pinhook
was a welcome guest Of Mrs. Nc.
Claim Sunday.
Mrs. Nancy Grimes spent Sun
day night with Mrs. N. E. Porter
While blowing up William Por
ter's farm, Alva Porter plowed
into what was supposed to be
an Indian grave and found a few
bones and some teeth. The grave
was about three feet long, Is in
ches deep, and walled in with
rock, after which it seems it had
been burnt. On the head was q
pot of some kind of earthenware.
The grave was covered with large
rocks.
Farmers are hustling about; the
women are looking after their set.
ting hens, geese and their gardens,
May 6. PoCAHONTAs.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-05-13
Gibbs.

War seems to be taking the day
with us now. A great many of
our boys are just waiting for a
call-then they are ready for
Cuba.
Sunday school is moving along
nicely at this place now.
A. Branum and daughter, Miss
Ida, made business trip to Sa-
vannah Saturday.
The farmers of this community
are planting corn and cotton. Some
of them have corn up and it is
looking very nice.
We enjoyed a cold wave Satur'
day, which the farmers say made
crops look bad.
Messrs. David Paulk and John
Wood paid us b pleasant cal
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Qualls visit
eu the latters parents Satufua.
and Sunday.
Mrs. Ii. Mckee was q welcome
visitor of Mrs. A. Branum Sunday
B. B. Branum is fixing fora tril
to Henderson in the near future
Quite q number of our youns
/ people anticipate going to Shiloh
w. d. Polk, of Cerro GordC
made flying trip to Gibbs las
week. PAT.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-05-13

There comes n time in life to all
Of us when we feel mean and "Out
of sortsn and in a condition to in
Vite disease. 1t is then we need
such a remedy as DIR. j. II. Nc
Leans Strengthening Cordial and
Blood Purifier. To persons ex-
hausted by sickness or overwork
its invigorating influence is sur
prising, promptly restoring health,
energy and cheerful spirits.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-05-13

the scene. He jingles his hands |
in his pockets, and hundreds of
landowners in the vicinity run
in great haste to write deeds for
his acceptance. He says; "There
shall be a national park" and it
springs into existence; but there
is a naughty little rumor abroad
near the scene Of operations that
he is very slow to pay-but tell it
not in Bath, for he might hear of
it and decide not to pay at all. BE
that as it may, his payroll brings
a lot of money into circulation, and
when the promised railway be.
tween Selmer and Pittsburg ma
terializes, connecting the Tennes-
see river with the Mobile q Ohio
railroad, then will open up de-
cided era of prosperity to this
whole section, the park in pros
pect and the park in reality being
important factors in the develop
ment of that prosperity.
Figure No. 1 shows the ceme-
terry as seen from the front
entrance gate, the river being seen
family through the trees at the
right
Figure No. 2 shows the famous
Bloody Pond, whose waters in
that dread time, instead of reflect
ing the April sky, held, in angry
crimson solution, the blood of the
wounded soldiers who lined its
banks and rushed through it, re-
CARELESS of the life fluid dripping
from their wounds. Today the
visitor sees only placid sheet of
water prisoning the sunlight in its
limpid depths and smiling back at
the blue sky and green trees that
mirror themselves in its crystal
, bosom, and the visitor involun-
, tarily exclaims: "What a lovely
, scene!n No hint is there of the
, blood-red waters that layed its
, banks in 1862.
, WHERE JOHNSTON FELL.
1 The fourth picture shows a spot
$ where the tears of the South well
g might pour in one vast downpour
: the spot where fell, MORALLY
: wounded, Albert Sidney Johnston
S A noble oak points mournfully to
n the sky and speaks of a tragedy
Q that changed the current of war
J. and rolled the gloomy waters o
y defeat over the Southern flag.
$ The above numbered para
l. graphs refer to pictures, which i
i is impossible for us to reproduce
d --EDs.
l. Another place Of interest to tn,
1t tourist will be the Shiloh Spring
If Gushing from beneath the hill
II bubbling over the gnarled root
IS of a towering oak, the pure waite
n cools the thirst of the pleasure
seeker today as it did that of tn
1t dying soldier after the battle o
+, Shiloh, and the mind goes back t.
y the loved ones wounded unit,
e. death, whose last moments wer
k blessed with a draught of its coo
Ut waters, and you drink a gourdfu
IN to their memory and pass on.
ID If you have never been t
o. Shiloh, go; if you have neve
lie thought of helping erect a monu
L. ment there to Southern soldiers
al think of it.
~ The above article was write
by Mrs. ID. A. McDougal of thi
~ ~ city to the Commercial Appea
" " and feeling that it would be of il
Vi terest to Courier readers we cop
II it from that paper.-Eps.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-05-13

JUDGE JOHN NJ. TAYLOR and
Judge John r. Bond, the West
Tennessee candidates for the
Democratic nomination for Gov.
ernor, have with drawn from the
contest, leaving the Hon. Benton
McMillin and the Hon. A. b.
Woodland the only avowed candi-
dates at present in the field.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-05-13

For the many accidents that
occur about the household or
the farm, such as burns, scalds,
bruises, cuts, ragged wounds, bites
of mosquitoes, or other insects, or
Of animals, gals or chafed',Spots,
frost bites, aches or pains 0l6anS
part of the body, or the ailments
resulting from exposure, as neu-.
ralgia, rheumatism, ETC., DIR. j. II.
McLean's Volcanic Oil Liniment
has proved itself a sovereign rem
edy. Price, Zoe, SOC, and 81 o.
bottle. For sale by McDougal
Drug Co:
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-05-13

rTNllE tennessee hoWS sllenlly |
by; the clouds drift softly |
overhead; the high bluff rises
sheer and bold and between river
and sky, overlooking the one and
arched by the other, 1900 sleepers
lie in silence, n silence unbroken
by the musketry of years. They
have slept for more than a third
of century, nor will they awaken
till the finger of God shall turn
back the hands on the dial-plate
of Time. By battalions, by regi-
ments, by companies, they lie with
their faces to the east.
And they have a lovely camping
ground whereon to pitch their
lowly tents till the last trump shall
sound, when the camps will be
broken and the last mighty host
assemble on the plains of judg-
ment. A spot, every rod of which
is consecrated ground and dear to
thousands of Northern hearts, be-
cause of its sacred dust - the
Shiloh Cemetery, enclosed by a
stone wall and terraced down to
the river, its picturesque beauty
is silhouetted against the sky.
The fresh breeze rolls up from
across the river and stirs the
leaves of the trees whose branches
throw cool shadows on the quiet
mounds. The visitor wanders
along the pleasant walks, which
wind and Irvine and inte:sect with
mathematical precision, until he
looses himself in meditation.
Strolling down the wide avenue
leading from the terrace gate,
there unrolls before him broad
field of green, dotted with rows
upon rows of small white tablets,
and the head is reverentially barred
in the presence of the grim con-
qurer.
THE ARMY OF "UNKNOWNs."
Many of these graves bear
names or initials on white stones
but 1900 are marked unknown
over 1000 soldiers whose mem
cries are enshrined in the hearts
, of loved ones, but whose resting
places are not identified.
Following the wide path you
, pass under n widespreading oak
from which you are greeted by 6
burst of melody so sweet that yoy
gaze upward and wonder if this i;
a salute from an invisible choir t.
the spirits of heroes departed
Your gaze encounters a peculiar
shaped object pendant from {
bough, gently vibrating in tn,
breeze, and presently you set
darling from it a small featheret
songster, who is almost splittin!
his throat with liquid harmony
I and you salute the Baltimore orr
i ole. Ever since the first gray,
was made, this giant oak has beer
e peopled with the singing orioles
y and on decoration days and othe
public occasions their sweetes
g notes grace the programme ant
It few visitors leave the ground
without hearing their music an,
S taking a look at their curiou
}, hanging nests. They have bee
;. christened "The Shiloh Guard.n
, On each plat of graves Their
:. stands a post bearing a meta
page, inscribed with verse fror
!, some stirring military poem, an
Il the eye catches strain tina
seems to have taken Oh a newe
u and deeper meaning from ii
II surroundings
~ On Fame's eternal camping ground
- Their silent tents are spread.
While Glory guards with solemn round
q The bivouac Of the dead.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-05-13

CONGRESSMAN Il. w. SIMS is at
home from Washington at present
looking after his political fences.
His record in Congress is without
blemish.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-05-13

Ask any merchant on the Ten
nessee River, and nine out of ev.
cry ten will tell you they will sell
more Plantation Chill Cure than
any other medicine, because they
and their customers know that it
will do all that is claimed for it.
For sale by j. w. DeBerry.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-05-13
Don't Delay.
There is danger in delay, so have
your Dental practice done now.
Il. G. Williams. Savannah.

| have been "A sufferer from
chronic diarrhoea ever since the
war and have used all kinds Of
medicines for it. At last | found
one remedy that has been a sue
cess as a cure, and that is Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy.-P. Il. Grisham,
Gaars Mills, La. For sale by j.
X. Barlow.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-05-13

Mcleod & Co., Hamburg, say
they can only sell Plantation Chill
Care because the people have
tried other chill tonics and find
Plantation is the one they can de.
pend on to cure chills and all ma
Iarial troubles. For sale by j. w.
DeBerry.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-05-13

Chambers & Son, Pittsburg
Landing say they sell more Plan
tation Chill Cure than any other
tonic, because it gives better sat.
isfaction. 1t is guaranteed, j. w.
DeBerry.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-05-13

CORRESPONDENCE.

Correspondents should mail
their articles in time to reach us
not later than Tuesday of each
week.-EDs.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-05-13

SO month to man who is
wiling to work. If you are
hustler you can make $75a month
ut home. Address in handwrit
.ug, enclosing stamp for reply
standard Pub. Co. Vineland, n. j
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-05-13
For Circuit Judge.

We are authorized to announce
ID. w. BROYLES
as as. candidate for Judge of the Ninth Judicial
Circuit composed Of Maury, Lawrence, Giles,
Lewis, Wayne and Hardin counties. subject
TO the action of the Democratic party.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-05-13
For County Register.
We are authorized to announce

as as me Republican nominee for Register of
Hardin county, election first Thursday in
August 1895.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-05-13
ANNOUNCEMENTS
For County Court Clerk.
we are authorized to announce
A. A. WATSON

as the Republican nominee for County
Iourt Clerk OF Hardin county, election frs
Thursday in August, 1898.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-05-13
Savannah Courier. 800
a. u THOMPSON, | EDITORS AND
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offlce 1l5. Williams Block.
FRIDAY. MAY 10, 1898.
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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-05-13

On Fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread.
While Glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac Of the dead.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-05-13

The park will contain about
1000 acres, 1000 of which have
been bought and paid for. The
commission is acquiring titles to
the lands as fast as the abstracts
and deeds can be obtained aud
approved by the encouragement
Of the United States.
All states which had troops en-
gagged in the battle are expected to
appoint commissioners to desig-
nate the positions occupied by
their regiments and to select To-
cations for monuments to be
erected by the states. Several
commissioners have already dis
charged this duty.
The Shiloh National Park Com.
mission is composed of Col. Cor
nelius Cadle, Cincinnati; Gen. d.
C. Buell., Paradise, KY; Col. r. L.
Looney, Memphis, Tenn; Maj. d.
w. Reed, Evanston, ILL.,; Capt. j.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-25
GEN. PANDO
Reported Wounded In an Engagement II
the Cauto River District.

Reported wounded In an Engagement in
the Cauto River District.
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-Reports have
just reached Havana from the Cauto
river district, where Gen. Pando has
been operating, to the effect that Gen.
Pando has been seriously wounded in
an engagement with the insurgents,
says the Havana correspondent of the
Herald.
No details of the fight have been re-
ceived here, but late reports show that
there has been hot fighting along the
Cauto river. Gen. Pando is now in or
near Manzanillo, his operations against
the rebels having so far been prac-
tically without results.
Despite the heavy force he has with
him the insurgents, aided by natural
defensive positions, have been able to
prevent him making any headway, and
at last reports Gen. Pando was await
ing the arrival of more artillery and
troops from Havana before making an
other important move against the
rebels.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-25
FOR GOVERNOR.
Former Marietta Boy May BE the Chief
Executive of the Buckeye State.

Former Marietta Boy May BE the Chief
Executive of the Buckeye State.
Muskingum County Republicans are
in the field early with a fayorite son
for Governor in 1900.
This son is DIR. Edmund c. Brush, a
native of GAINESVILLE, and a true-blue
Buckeye. He is descended from Revo-
lutionary stock of the fighting kind.
and his ancestors were among the
early settlers of Washington and Mus
kingum Counties. DIR. Brush has al
was been a Republican, but never u
politician. His friends know his sterl-
ing worth and stability, and believe
that he is peculiarly adapted for the
chief executive Office in Ohio.
At home he has been honored with
positions of trust and responsibility.
He is one of the trustees of the Soldiers
and Sailors Memorial Building, the
John Mcintyre Children's Home, the
GAINESVILLE Library, etc. He is surgeon
TO five of the railroads converging in
GAINESVILLE and is progressive and
successful physician.
Inheriting love for the military,
DIR. Brush has been for twelve years
identified with the First Regiment
Light Infantry, National Guard; for
six years he has been it's Colonel.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-25
A SENSATIONAL REPORT.
Turns Out to be False and New Mata-
moras Still Exists.

Turns Out to be False and New Mata-
moras Still Exists.
SIsTERsvILLE. Jan. "a. "A telephone
message was received here early Sum
day morning by the city officials ask
ing that aid be sent to New Matamoras,
o., as the town was on fire and there
was no means of fighting the flames.
On account of there being no boat or
train on which the department could
go it was not sent, but quite mum Der
of people walked five miles through
the mud and binding snow storm
only to and out when they arrived
that there was no fire and the people
of the town did not know anything
about the report.
An effort is being made to find out
who sent the message, but So far all
efforts haye been of no avail. Who
ever did it has covered up his tracks so
we'll that it will probably meyer be
known who it was.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-25
Great sporting Event for Marietta.

The Auditorium next Friday night
will more than likely be crowded by
the sport-loving public of this and sur
rounding towns to see the first athletic
carnival ever held in our city. That
the event will. be good one and give
entire satisfaction to the general pu b.
lie there is no doubt, as the gentle ema n
who is getting it up is well up in the
organizing of athletic shows and he
says that the entertainment will be a
clever show from start to finish. The
boxing features will be first class
There will be several good gos Jimmy
Rowan, well known here as the cham
pion lightweight of Ohio, West Vir.
ginia and Pennsylvania, will meet j i'm
my Kelly, of New York. They will go
for ten rounds Big Joe Briscoe, for
merly with Jim Hall and other pugi-
listic lights. will be here to go on with
Prof. DAILY for four rounds for points.
George Edwards and Dick Jones will
box six rounds. There will be very
interesting wrestling match between
well known heavyweight of Marietta
and Bill DAILY. Club swinging, bag
punching, and few vaudeville fea-
lures will be feature of the show.
The funniest boxing feature ever seen
is the grand battle royal which will
conclude the evenings entertainment.
The general public should turn out
strong for this event.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-25
THE CRETAN FLAG.
Di= Dlack Cros. ON a white and LittI.


White Cross on a Blue Ground.
The number of countries having
national flags, their number is now
more than 10o-is to be added Crete,
the patriotic Cretans believing that the
selection of flag should precede rath-
er than follow autonomy. The formal
acceptance of the Cretan flag was made
at the Monastery of Arkadi, on the
scene of the stand made by the pa
triotic Cretans against the Turkish SOL
diery in the revolt of 1866.
The Cretan flag is to show black
cross upon white ground, symbolic
"of the mourning of Crete for the con-
tinued postponemento of her national as
pirations." White and black on flag
is not an approved combination, except
among pirates, and for that reason the
Cretan flag. at some sacrifice of SYM
metry. has been further embellished
by second and smaller cross in the
left-hand upper corner, white cross
on blue ground, the Greek colors.
The portion Of the flag occupied by the
Greek colors is symbolic of the hope of
ultimate consolidation of Crete with
Greece.