The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-16
IN CALENDARS.
FEATURES or THE NEW DATE
hooks FOR 1901.


shed In behalf of American Ii
berty May Have Becn THAT of
NeEro-Caiendars showinE SER
Ecant Jasper Raising the FiaE at
Fort Moultrie Distributed 60 che
school ChiIdren-The Mutual Life
illustrates the Improvement An
Methods OF transportation.
The calendars Tor lsn are out and the
Insurance people. who Cor the most part
supply this demand Of modern c.vi.iza-
tiou. are as usual sending out nne spe 4
mems % combined arts 90 the printer. the
photographer and the eugravcr. The pos
dulAues va tne way u new and handsome
calendars seem to have been almost cx-
hausted in former seasons. and those nov
beng issued for 1901 are mostly o. the
couveuttuua. type. though hand omriy got
ten up
The Mutual Life Insurance Company Of
New York repeats Us Performance Of last
year in getting out an elaborate calendAr.
the illustrations 10 that Tor 1901 consist
Inc OF scenes comparing ancient AMI mod
crn methods Of transportation. The In
E
schooner. the oid-ume coach and the I'D
side-wheol river steamers are shown along
wl,h illustrations Of the modern Atlantic
liners vestibuled trains and automobiles.
a feature Of some OF Laa Calendars are
the historic incidents illustrated and de-
scribed The New England Mutual Life
has handsome card calendar viii a
large Illustration OF the Boston massa-
ere wh4cn took place March 8. lflO The
picture shows the BRUSH troop arms
upon the mob. with CrtspuH Attucks ~
the front, falling AZ he has received his
lll.h wound Attacks r. pictured IN the
engraving as "a negro The histories ami
o.ogra phios describe him as "a 'muiatto.
Or nalf blood Indian" some Of the cur
rent histories speak d Attacks as a me-
gro. ard this gives che negro race grolnd
o claim that OF tho drst blood shed IA
the cause OF American liberty. one OF he
three men killed was a negro.
Even the patriots OF Boston. however,
Gid not altogether approve q the con
duct Of the mob and the soldiers. who
were given a trial IN the courts were
defended BY John Adams, then and AZ
forwards one OF the leading patriots AID
later president OF the then unborn re-
public The soldiers were acquitted.
The feaurc Of the small but neat call
endar gotten out By the Cont MENTAL
Fire Insurance Company 10 that 81 the
replac nE II the nag by Sergt Jasper a.
Fort Mo1ltrie IN Charleston harbor
Jasper ts REPRESENTED climbing back up
he hreastworks bear ng ne catered ba
tlefag in his arms while the British ships
in the harbor are pouring their shells
upon the fort The scene Is euthled the
Defense OF Fort MoulJr.e" and the fol-
lowing account Is given u the inc dent;
"On June l. 1T76 news was brought 70
Charleston. s. c.. that che British heet
~ sail were some twenty miles north OF
the bar Work had been pushed viEor-
ously on the defeuses. and especially at
sullivan's Island where a fort Of pa met
10 wood was built and manned under the
direction and commlnd Of william Moul-
frie Continental troops arrived from the
North. Also came Gen. Charles Lee, %
whom great Difference was paid on ac-
count OF his rank Ia the Continental army.
aud stil more because he was an Eng
lishmau He made an early visit TO Sui
iivaus Island, pronounced the fort use
less and advised lts Abandonment Moul-
trie a very quiet man of few words. re-
died fhat he Thought he could hold he
fort Lee. who took the British view THAI
British soldiers were inyiuclo.e. then pro
Z ceeded 90 do everything In MS power 10
make them -. and being unable 20 In
I
cf fhe Island he withdrew some OF the
/ troops and then devoted himself 20 urg-
ing Moultrie to build a bridge 20 retreat
over Moultric. however. had come to
aeht. not retreat and he went on
7 building his fort and paid little
attention 70 The matter Of the briige
/ a month elapsed before Admiral Parker
az the Brit sh feet attacked. but he az
! last bore down toward the fort on June
] % "a ~
] the morning The palmetto logs stood
/ the shoss admirably. for the balls sank
INTO the soft wood, which neither broke
I nor spllntered and when the iong, hot
I dsv drew 20 close, Admiral Parker with
/ drcw fleet Alfoge her. the British lost
| sf5 men killed and wounded and one man
! of-vvar The Americans lost eleven men
/ killed and had twenty-six wounded. Il
was a very wen-fouEht action. and the
I honor OF the day belonged 10 Mouitrie.
l whose calm courage and excellent dispo-
/ sifions enabled him TO hold the
/ fort and beat of the enemy.
/ II was during this engagement that serg q.
| william Jasper performed the daring teas
/ pictured above. AZ the commencement OF
/ the action the Flagstaff was cut away
bv a ball from o British ship. and the
| Crescent Tag o. South Carolina (shown
| al,ove as tho original American iag) fell
| outside upou the beach. Jasper icaped
the parapet. walked the length OF the
| fort picked up the flag. fastened u upon
a sponge stan and In the midst % the
/ iron hail pouring upon the fortress. and IN
| sight OF the whole feet. fixed the nag
I firmly upon tho hastion. Cheers greeted
| his a. ne assembled 40 the parapei ana
leaned. unhurt. within the fort. On the
| dav after the battle. Gov Rutledge re-
| warded Jasper for his valor by present
ing him with his own handsome small
sword. and thanked him IN the name OF
his country lie offered him lieuten-
ants commission. bat our hero, who could
neither read nor write honestly refused
IL. saying u am not M 20 keep officers
company: I am a sergeant"
Mr. A. C. Harmon. the company's agent
at savannah has distributed about l.eS
OF these calendars among the school chill
dren Of Savannah.
The Columbia Bicycle Company has got
ten out its usual pad calendar with a sep
arate sheet Tor each day IN the year
Many OF the local firms have gotten out
/ calendars. some OF them very handsomely
gotten up. which they are now distribut-
ing TO their customers. The Ellls-Youns
Company Is sending out very handsome
llthograph
-
Royal shows Here.
The Great Rhoda.R Royal Shows arrived
IN Savannah over the Plant System last
night and are located at Bolton aud East