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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-09-06
West Milford.

Miss Nellie Morrison, Of Crawford,
and Misses Grace and Dale Morrison
of weston. are guests of Mr. and MrS
CB Morrison. At.
Mrs Sarah West and Miss Fannie
Davis were shopping in ClarksourE
Thursday. ,..
w + Gore, of Clarksburg' was here
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs f II Post visited Buff
falo friends Sunday.
DrLA Davidson made a business
trip to Fairmont last week.
Mrs CASTOR and daughter, Laura
Of Freemans Creek, visited at the
homes Of Mr. j w Castor and II Post
last week.
Misses Amy and Manda Kelsey OF
Bristol, spent several days last week
visiting Miss Shada Ladwig.
Mr. and MrsG b Morrison were 1T
Clarksburg Thursday.
Miss Mary Michael, Of near FAR
mont, and Miss Florence Clelland, oil
Buffalo. visited Mrs T T Post, Satur-
day
NIessrs + E and c h Highland, Of
Clarksburg, Sundayed here.
Mrs Ladwip and son, Waco, visited
Lost Creek relatives Sunday
Mr. and Mrs Charles Fittroand Miss
Blanche steele, OF ClarksburE' yiSlea
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-09-06

George u. Hornor, of Dayton, left
Monday night for Charles City, Iowa,
where he takes charge Of the com
merciaI department of a leading col
lege and becomes professor of political
economy. Mr.. Hornor holds to the
old-time principles of the democratic
party, but modern democracy has so
many heresies that he concluded u
year ago to affiliate himself with the
republican party and is now outspoken
in unfolding its principles. He has
our hearty congratulations and very
best wishes for success.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-09-06

owing to unavoidable circum-
stances we are compelled to ask
the forbearance of our readers
this week, but promise them a
much better and larger paper
next week.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-09-06

s.rahrstar'. sarslpaulla t. w. most f7wrfi1
hIo6d yariarr known. u u aaa keep you
blood pure quart Bottles.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-11
TwIN.cAPTAINED SHIP.
cuoRED IN THE PRAIRIE 1T
roRMs A MISSION HAVEN.

.srend morrill, Twins Built 1t
Attraction to Sailors of the
lat Lakes, and Are Now Build
.nvn sister Craft-The Gospel Ship
49,, congregation of 12,0OO-It
s.nds out n Gospel Wagon, Also
sh,,-Sbape, TO Cruise About Chi
= and Gather in COnverts-Ev-
ming About the Religious Ser
To-. Is ms Nautical as Possible.
chicago, Aug. 9.-Out on the wide
u.sn of prairie land along the shore
rake Michigan, into which the SUI
s,rbs of Chicago are creeping, stands
vt seems to be stranded vessel.
IA hove it project the stumps of two
lasts The bowsprit remains, but be-
S.oth the bowsprit, instead of the
usual figurehead, is a cross made of
heavy timbers. A close view of the
stranded vessel shows that in reality
q. &c a building erected in nautical
shane. The people in the vicinity call
a. the Gospel Ship, and by this title
a. ,s known to every sailor on the Great
Lakes.
IFS Incorporated name is 1.-THE Gospel
rbin of the Morrill, Baptist Church of
chicago" and its purpose is, as its
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-11

women shall be allowed to travel.
What has particularly served TO
bring the matter before the officials
notice is an incident which happened
a few weeks ago, when a young wo-
man entered one of the carriages on the
Southern Railroad reserved for ladies,
and in a few minutes after the train
had started from Brussels lit cigar
cite and began to smoke 1t. whereupon
the other women in the compartment
became very indignant, threatening TO
complain to the guard as soon as the
train stopped
81 am in a carriage reserved for Ia
dies" observed the smoker blandly,
land I am not aware of any law which
prohibits ladies from smoking.
When the train stopped the guard
was informed of the proceedings. but
was 10th TO interfere, and the result
was that when the lady smoker arrived
at her destination she consulted law
yer, who has now, by an action in
court, raised the interesting question:
Should railroad companies be compell-
ed to provide separate smoking cars
for ladies who wish to smoke while
they are travelling?
Some of the companies, however, APP
pear to have taken time by the fore
lock, for il is understood that arrange
ments have already been made on some
Of the Belgian railroads to provide
smoking compartments exclusively for
women devotees Of the fragment weed.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-11

It is gratifying to note in this Regis
ter that Cadet Julian Larcombe
Schley. OF Savannah. is member No.
s In the third class of 104 cadets. He
is next to Cadet Ulysses Simpson
Grant third son Of Cen Fred D.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-11

IN clerical black frock suit, with
white choker and a nautical hat, he will
see benevolent looking man with that
prand of side whiskers, denominated
oy the irreverent as mutton chop.
On the starboard side of the deck the
visitor will see apparently the same
man, with the same whiskers, the same
clerical garb, and the same nautical
nat. 1t Is not a case of illusion, how
ever but of twins. The Reverend
Messrs. Morrill,, or, to give them their
more fa8iliar title, the Reverend Nor
m Twins, are the founders, builders
and captains of the ship.
Inc Morrills are regularly ordained
BAPTIST clergymen, having graduated
from the Baptist Theological Seminary
AZ Rochester, N. Y. Following a special
Dent for mission work, they worked for
tlme among the slums of New York
ana other large cities, and became spe
clally interested in water front mission
work. For time they conducted mis<
alons IN Liverpool and other British
seaports; then. returning to this coun-
ny " they decided that the sailor of the
great Lakes was getting less attention
10 his moral and religious welfare
man his salt water brother and tina
Sne vicinity of Chicago, where hum
uIeds of lakesmen are laid off part of
.ne winter, offered the best field for
Shelr endeavors. The Gospel Ship, built
rom their plans and partly by their
S"h hands, is the result, Its large
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-11

meeting room will seat nearly 900 peo-
pie and still greater number can be
accommodated on its broad deck, where
the summer services are held in pleas
ant weather. It<has an active and hon
orary membership of 10000
Although primarily intended to ap-
peal 10 sailors, the ship is open to all.
Ihere is kitchen in the stern. and
Tree meals are served to the needy, a
practice which endears the institution
TO numerous tramps. The expenses is
sustained entirely by contribution, as
no pew rent is charged. Everybody
who visits the ship is expected to at
tend to at least one service at the call
OF the bell, which also rings the hours,
nautical fashion. There are special
services for women, conducted by the
Rev. Ella May Solicit, who is an of
iicer of the ship. While the institution
is UNCONVENTIONAL, the services are
made as simple as possible, so that
they may appeal to persons of all de-
nominations. Music plays a very large
part in the services, hymns with nau-
tical references being selected as much
as possible. Both of the brothers en-
ploy seafaring terms and SMILES pro-
fusely in their sermons, which are
short, simple and friendly.
AS sort of side issue the Morrill,
Twins have had what they term a
Gospel Wagon" constructed This is
in the form of a boat on wheels, car
rying two masts. 1t contains a small
organ and pulpit, and is large enough
for five or six people. In this they
travel through the slums, dressed in
their clerical garb, but wearing sailors
caps.
In this way they advertise the Cos
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-11

Grant, u. S. A, the head Of the class
being Cadet Douglas Macarthur, son
of Maj. Gen. Arthur Macarthur, u. S.
A. Cadet Phil H. Sheridan, sJr., son of
the late Gen. Sheridan, U. s. A.. is No.
Il in the second class, with 81 members.
Cadets Macarthur and Schley are First
Sergeants in the Cadet Battalion, with
Cadet Grant as Sergeant Major. Cadet
Henry J. Reilly, whose father died so
heroically in command of his battery
in China. is one of the corporals of the
battalion. The Georgia cadets are
Walter H. Smith, William A. Mitchell,
William M. Davis. Troup Miller, Cliff
ford Jones. Carl Boyd. Joseph A. At
kins. William C. Fife. Dewitt Clinton
Jones and William Whitehead West,
Jr. Cadet Eugene Palmer Fortson was
discharged for deficiency in mathe-
matics and drill regulations. Cadet AL
bert G. Wimberly was found def
Gent in third class and turned
back to the fourth class.
Sidney Herbert.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-11

founders phrase it, ito rescue wave
beaten shipmates lost in the stormy
night of sin and drifting toward the
lee-shore of destruction, from the bill
lows of humiliation"
Seen from the side, the Gospel Ships
resemblance to one of the big, clumsy,
staunch, slow going like barges is very
striking; but from in front or astern it
Is seen to have a much greater beam
than a ship of equal length-200 feet
would have. Four doors, two on either
side give access to it, instead of the
usual gangways or ladders, and inside
It is divided into a number of small
rooms and one large meeting room,
equipped with benches and an organ.
On the hull are painted notices, fire.
Quently changed, but always expressive
Of good hope, couched in nautical
terms, such as Pull for the Shore"
IA Light in the Darkness" Seek the
Safe Harbor of Salvation" Jesus, Our
Captain" The Stormy Waters Obey
His WILL" Rescue for All Sinners"
life Preservers for Souls"
The inexperienced visitor who has
not heard of the ship is likely to be-
leve himself the victom of an optical
Illusion on his first visit If he happens
to find the founders on hand. Sitting
on the port side of the deck, dressed
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-11

I am surprised to find in the Atlanta
Journals war articles of Aug. 3, one
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-11

which was disbanded June 1, 1921, thus
ending his career in the regular SER
vice. Lieut.. Col. John Pelham had
four brothers with him in the Confed-
crate army, but only two OF the fve
sons are now living. John was re-
markably fine cadet at West Point, but
resigned lust before his class gradual
ed to Join the Confederate army. OF
him Gen. Lee said he had courage
sublime in one so young" and his early
death in battle was deeply deplored.
But his deathless fame has been secure
ly embalmed in song and story Tor
future ages to admire and applaud.
l am deeply panied to see that Presi-
dent Mckinley has decided in the case
of Mai. f. e. Eltonhead of the Four
tenth United States Infantry, that the
term "officer and gentleman" are not
necessarily inseparable. The Major not
only got drunk while on duty, but also
swore at and abused a subordinate Of
ficer, and misbehaved himself in the
Army and Navy Club at Manila. AS
his promotion to majority is quite
recent, the Presidents action in pre-
venting his dismissal and putting nm
at the foot of the list of majors, is a
very feeble punishment. Another
Pennsylvania and West Pointer.
Lieut. George c. McClelland,in 1S47, was
ashiered-dismissed from the army
for drunkenness on duty" and con
duct unbecoming and officer and gen
tleman" This officer had made good
record in the Mexican war, but Presl-
dent Polk, unlike President Mckinley,
did not consider that a sufficient ex-
cuse for setting aside the sentence of
dismissal from the army 1t does seem
to me that this political pull" infiu-
ence can of late years keep almost any
kind of an officer in the army, despite
court-martial verdicts fully justified by
the testimony recorded.
Sometimes-as occurred this week
during my bad spells" I feel that
must give up all literary and news
paper work. But along comes a kind
ly, cheering letter that makes me hesl-
tate to take such step. 1t is heaNy
tax on my poor old head-my only en-
cyclopaedia--to recall dates and facts
and names of long ago, in correction of
younger and less careful writer's. Ac-
curacy and impartiality are worth
more than the most brilliant mental
endowments, and yet few writer's put
on the brakes and ''go slow" when
handling events in the domain OF his
tory. Here is an extract from one of
the cheering letters just received; Il
trust you will not think me presump-
tious in addressing you, for have
heard of you all my life and feel that
I know you quite well. l believe have
read every one of your Mornig News
letters for the past eight or nine years,
and never feel that 1 have done with
my paper until 1 find and read your
thoroughly interesting letter. 1 am a
great lover of history, and therefore
prize all you write concerning the Civil
War. But come by this very natur-
ally, for 1 am the grandson of the late
major general -" Now this grand
son of a heroic Confederate general
and distinguished jurist, is not the
only one to cheer an old battle scared
soldier in his writings, as 1 will show
next week.
am surprised to find in the Atlanta
Journals war articles of Aug. 3, one
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-11
SIDNEY HERBERT'S LETTER.
MEDICAL INSPECTOR BOYD NOT A
NATIVE OF GEORGIA.

FIOrida's New Adjutant General j.
GeOrgia-A Suggestion to the Man
agement of the Confederate Sol
dier's Home-PainfuI Action of
President Mckinley in Separating
the Terms "Omcer and Gentle
man''-The Increase in Size of
West Points CONCEAL Register"
other Matters of General and
Special Interest.
Pine Crest Villa, Maitland, Fla, Aug.
10.-The statement that Medical n In
spector John C. Boyd, U. S. N, is a ma
tive of Georgia, is unfounded, as he
was born in and appointed from South
Carolina. AS his commissions date
only a year ahead of those of Medical
Inspector Presley M. Rixey of Virginia,
the President would not strain a
jump the latter over the former and
make him Surgeon General with rank
of Rear Admiral Opportunity, with
proper qualifications, is what develops
heroes and pushes some men above
their fellows. 1t was this combination
that made Capt. Leonard Wood, as
sistant surgeon, U. S. A, a major gen.
eral and military governor of Cuba.
Commander Rixey has rendered the
country good service in the Presidents
family, and such service has always
been properly recognized as perfectly
legitimate by Congress.
% IN h0 InfnCf
source from which Florida draws her
popular adjutants general. If 1 mis-
take not my old friend, the late Gen.
Patrick Houstoun was native of Sa-
vannah, and his successor, Gen. j. G.
r. Foster of St. Augustine, was also
born in the Forest City" The for
mer was from old Colonial stock and
the latter of Northern parentage, but
both men of high character and mill
tary attachments. 1t appears
hard to get the name of Col. Peter c.
Hams, United States Engineers, right
in the newspapers, where it is printed
Haines. The Colonel was a brigadier
general of volunteers in the Spanish
American war, and is well known all
along the Atlantic coast as an expert
army engineer. He will probably sue
coed Gen. Gillespie as chief of engin-
GERS in the future. It is graft
flying to see so many of Georgia's gal
liant volunteers in the late war APP
pointed to lieutenancies, and few to
captaincies, in the regular army. They
have won their life-appointments by
good and heroic service as volunteers.
note the reported visit of Maj.
Frank d. Darlington, U. S. A." to his
mother at Milledgeville. His name,
however, is not Frand D., but Frank
de Launay Darlington. He entered West
Point in 1874, graduating four years
No. %, in a class of 40. In Discipline"
his standard was l, and in Dement'S"
it was 0, which is better than many of
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-11

the star cadets do. His steady promo
ton shows that his good conduct at
the Military Academy has been con-
tinued in the army, where he is now
major of the First Infantry, at Fort
Leavenworth, the regiment to which
he was assigned in 1873. In the volun-
teer service he won the rank of lieu
tenant colonel of the Eighth California
Infantry. mistaken idea
has gone out in regard to the new ma
tional Soldiers Home at Johnson City,
Tenn. 1t is not to be open to the Blue
and the Gray, as reported, but to all
soldiers who served in the Spanish
American War, ss well as in the Union
army in the Civil War. If any old Con-
federates served In the former war,
they will be admitted to this home
without question as to where they
served in the Civil War, just as "Joe"
Wheeler and "Fitz" Lee have gone
back into the u. s. A. Another error
is about the Soldiers Home in Wash
ington 1t is solely for soldiers from
the regular army, and not for volun-
teers. Brig. Gen. George D. Ruggles,
u S. A. (retired), is the present Gov
ernor of the home
saw recently in an Atlanta paper
the advertisement of a woman for a
so that she might be near her husband,
who had just entered the Georgia Con-
federate Soldiers Home. 1t then struck
me that some place might be found at
the home as housekeepers, or other
help, for such soldiers wives as this
one. Mrs. Abner c. Cassidy of st.
Louis, to whom l referred in my last
letter, says the Daughters of the Con-
federacy of that city and state not only
l. 4. IL 49,
federates, but also erected cottages on
the grounds for such soldiers as had
wives. This plan might be adopted in
Atlanta, If there are any more cases
like the wife who advertised for
housekeepers place in order to be near
her husband in the Soldiers Home. AS
time wears on, however, there will be
aged, feeble, poor couples, childless and
homeless in their declining years, to
whom such retreat would be almost a
paradise on earth. Better do this than
spend the money in bronze or marble
monuments to the Women of the South,
whose noble and unselfish labors for
the soldiers, in war and in peace, will
always stand out before the world as
their proudest and most enduring mon
ument.
Northern magazines appear to be
giving their readers plenty of excellent
sketches of Confederate gallantry on
the field Of battle. The June issue of
the American Boy Of Detroit, Mich,
has a full-page sketch of Gallant
John Pelham, the Boy Artillerist," by
Annah r. Watson, being the fourteenth
OF a series entitled Stories of Boy
Heroes" The author states that his
uncle, Peter Pelham, was a major in
the war OF 1912, and died in command
at Pensacola, Fla, in 1885," If this be
true, IL was not while he was in the
regular army. He was appointed from
Massachusetts a second lieutenant of
the Twenty-first United States Infan-
try. July 6, 1872 and promoted first
lieutenant on April 16, 1918, and cap
tain Feb. %, 1914 When the army was
reduced and reorganized in 1915, he was
transferred TO the Fifth Infantry,
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-11

from P. D. Beacham of Cherokee.
Texas, on 1.-THE Battle of Franklin"
in which he refers to Mrs Reeds arti-
Gle of July IL, in which ''she describes
the magnificent charge of the Confed-
crates under Gen. John Adams" AL
though he was in the battle, Mr..
Beacham says: II do not remember to
have ever heard of a Gen. John Adams
being in command of Confederates, nor
even heard of such a general being
killed that day" 1t is true that half
dozen Confederate generals were killed
in the bloody battle of Franklin, still,
it seems strange that any Confederate
soldier, in that battle, should at this
late day proclaim his ignorance of gal
liant John Adams, the heroic cavalry
general who lost his life on that ILL
starred field. He was a West Pointer,
in the class of 1916, with "StonewalP
Jackson. Dabney H. Maury, VIM. d.
Smith, D. r. Jones, VIM. Montgom-
cry Gardner, S. M. Maxey and George
E. Pickett. He graduated into the First
United States Dragons and won the
brevet of first lieutenant for gallantry
In the Mexican war. He was on 'front.'
Ter duty as captain when he resigned
to enter the Confederate army, leav-
ing behind him a fine record in the
old army for daring and faithful SER
vice during Indian troubles. For a
time he was lieutenant colonel on the
staff of Minnesota's Governor. Being a
Tennessean, he entered the G. S. A.
from that state, and fell heroically
battling upon her soil, Nov. 30, 1864,
less than forty years old. Well may
the question be asked, when such
hero is said to be unknown by one of
his own comrades, what Is fame?"
Veteran Beacham ought to read up a
little on the history of the battles in
which he was participant, as his
memory seems to be badly at fault
about General John Adams"
Old graduates OF West Point Mill
tary Academy will be greatly surprised
at the increase in size and attractive
ness of the "OfIlciaI Register" Just is
sued for 1901. Supt. A. L. Mills and
AdJt. w. C. Rivers deserve credit for
the much needed improvements. The
Registers Of twenty-five years ago we're
only 7x4l inches in size, while the pres
ent one, is x6 inches. The plain title
page and light drab color of the cover
has given place to q more ornate title
page and a darker and more pleasing
color. There was a slight increase in
the size OF last years Register, but
this year the improvements are quite
marked. georgia is represented In the
faculty by two very talented young Of
ficers, Capt. Cornelis Dewitt Wilcox of
the artillery, assistant professor of
philosophy, and Capt. James P. Jer-
vey of the engineers, assistant profess
sor of engineering. The list Of superin-
tendents shows that no Georgian has
ever held that position. Major and
Brevet Lieut.. Col. William j. Hardee
and Capt and Brevet Lieut.. Col. will
liam Henry T. Walker were comman-
dants of cadets, the former succeeding
the latter in 1856 and serving four
years.
It is gratifying to note in this Regis
ter that Cadet Julian Larcombe
Schley, OF Savannah. is member No.
5 In the third class of 1o4 cadets. He
Is next to Cadet Ulysses Simpson
Grant, third son Of Gen, Fred d
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-11
THE REV. MORRILL, TWINS BICYCLING.

pei Ship itself and attract the atten-
ton of many who otherwise would rot
visit it. They also make frequent BIZ
cycle trips into the towns near Chi
cago at the invitation of church peo-
pie for the purpose of holding services
in the slums. At one time they rugged
sails on their bicycles, but this method,
while it served we'll enough on the open
prairie, was found unsuited to the mar
row city streets and was given up. Re
Gently the Morrills decided to build an
other Gospel Ship out of canvas, big
affair, holding 500 people, as an add
ton to their present craft. 1t is to
be rugged somewhat differently from its
prototype, but the main feature will be
the same. In time the Reverend Cap
tains expect to have regular fleet on
the shores of Lake Michigan.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-11

From the London Express.

Smoking seems to be growing in fav-
or among the fair sex, especially on
the Continent. So apparent has this
become of late that the railroad au-
thorities of Belgium have been serious
ly considering the advisability of in
PRODUCING smoking cars in which only