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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-17
THIRTY-FIRST ALABAMA REGI- MENT, INFANTRY

The men who composed this regiment came rem the counties of Montgomery, Shelby, TalladeGa. Randolph, Calhoun, St Clair, Cherokee and DeKalb. It was organized at Talladega on the 18th of April. 1862. by the election of D. R Hund- ley. Colonel; T. M, Arlington. Lieutenant Colonel, and G, W. Madison, Major. who remained It's field officers to the closing scenes of the war. About the 1st of May, It was sent to General Kirby Smith at Knoxville, being then upwards of HOO strong and remained with him in East tennessee du.tng the summer; and in the taH of that became a part of Bar ton Brigade participating in the bat tie of Tazewell and the investment of Cumberland Gap under General stephen son After the aoa ldonment of the Gap by the enemy 1t went into Kentucky as far as Frankfort under the latter Gen eral his command being then part of from Kentucky, as a part of Stephen son division. it was transferred to Nlcksourg to reinforce General Pember- ton. In the spring of 1868. it became a part Of TracY's Brigade, and participated m the battle of Port Gibson. After the fall of General Tracv General Stephen D. Lee took com nand of the brigade and under him it participated in the battle or Bakers Creek, and the siege of Nicksburg and was surrendered with the rest of the army. Upon the exchange of prisoners. this regiment reassembled at Demopolis in the fall of that year, be-
 
 was c1mLosed of the Fist, 33rd, 31st and 18th Alabama Regiments) and was soon after sent to General Bragg at Chatta- nooga, where 1t participated in the bat ties of Lookout Mountain and Mission ary Ridge 1t thence shared the fortunes of tho army of Tennessee; was with Johnston in his retreat to Atlanta, talk. ing part in all the principal engagements, and went with Hood on his march to Nashville. After the return of the army to North Mississippi, Pettus's Brigade was sent to North Carolina. and took part In the battles of Kingston and Benton vile. and was finally surrendered with General Johnston's army
 This brief outline has not given even the ndnes of ali tine battles in which tine 8lst regiment was engaged. and, of course, can give no conception of its patience in the midst of toil, suffering and priva- tion, or it's dauntless courage in the midst of perils. Its roll of gallant dead who fell in action, which cannot be given here. is its best eulogy. Whether fight ing in the open field as at Port Gibson, or defending entertainments as at Vicks- burg, or charging breastworks, as at Columbia, or resisting charges of cavalry. as on the retreat from Nashville, it al- ways proved itself worthy the State from whence 1t came, and the noble cause 1t struggled to uphold.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-17
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES ~
 =. AND HISTORY OF ALABAMA.
THOMAS h. VwEN, Director.

transferred to Gen. Thomas H. Taylor brigade. Majol Tait resigned. and was succeeded by Capt. J. J, I.ogmire of Will cox ] .e reRiment remained with Briga- dier-General Taylor. forming a part of Major-General C. l.. Stephensons divis- ion, Kirby Smiths Corps, through the Kentucky campaign of 1882 marching nearly to the Ohio River
 After coming out of Kentucky the troops from the same States were thrown together as much as possible. and the Srd. with the 10th. 31st and 46th Alaba ma Regiments, were formed into a brigade. at Lenoirs Station, near Knoxville, and placed under the command of Brigadier- General E. D. Tracy of North Alabama. The brigade was soon after ordered to Murfreesboro. and thence to the Depart ment of Eas. Louisiana. It arrived al Vicksburg, January 1st, 1863, in time to participate in the engagement at Chick asaw Bayou, under Gen. S. D. Lee. The brigade remained in and around Vicks- burg until the latter part of April lS6S when 1t moved in the direction of Grand Gulf, below Wcksburg,. and at daylight on the morning of the first day of May, met General Grant at Port Gibson Miss. where, with General Bowen's division, making in all less than 5000 men, they
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-17

wheat with 1S.5 inches of rain. The prO. duet of wheat in the first case was near Iy twice as great as in the last. # such a relation hola@ for the United States. 1t b easy to understand what great sf~ feet 6 general drought may have on the food product If the amount of wheaA raised in the UAitsd States were reduced one-half or even one-third by a year of deficient rainfall, 1t is easy to imagine an enormous strain en the business of the country, and with a succession of such years the effect might mean disas- ter. Such a deficiency in the wheat sup ply, with wheat at 30 cents e bushel, would mean fer q single year Q direct loss in wealth of more than $1oo. .Ooo. oool 1t would mean that nearly all the wheat which Is usually shipped abroad would be needed at home; # would mean that thousands of railroad cars and ships which ordi" rily transport this grain would lie idle; that hundreds of men who usually handle this grain in transport would be out of employment; that farM- CTS in large numbers would be unable to meet their obligations: and conse. quently. that banks and business of all kinds would suffer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-17
FoRTY-FIFTH REGIMENT, ALA,
 BAMA INFANTRY.

The 46th regiment of Alabama volun- teers was organized at Auburn. Ala, about the lst of May, 1862. with tho fol-
 lowing field officers: Colonel. w. A. Goodwin of Macon County; Lieutenant Colonel, James G. Gilchrist of Lowndes; and Major, E. B. Breedlove of Macon. with credit and ability, the office of Colonel of the regiment. Five of the companies were from Macon County, two From Russell, two from Barbour and one from Lowndes.
 The regiment immediately after its or Sanazation was ordered to, Corinth. and met the army under Beauregard at Tu- pelo, Miss, where in the severe ordeal or new camp life, the regiment was call ed upon day after day, to pay its last tribute of respect to the mortal remains of many of it's most gallant and merito- rtous members; but this gloom and dis pondency was soon displaced by the pros pect of breathing the pure air of Ten nssssS and Kentucky, and Ia a short time
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-17

Cleburne leading them on to victory or death; and with hiA tsTey met death calmly and herodcallV; human valor could do no meTe. And as we pasB on let us breath the name of Captain John R. Car son, Company K, of Macon County, A noble and gallant youth who fell here
 At Nashville 1t sustained it's ancient and acknowledged character fer bravery and homer and though 1t participated ta the disordsrly retreat 1t preserved It's honor, eRtirA. and so to the last, away In the pinsy woods of North Carolina when compelled by the fate of war to surren- der its arms, each man, as he placed his gun on the rack to be turned over to the cohqueror. felt a conscious pride that he had belonged to regiment that hal at all times and under all circum- stances, sustained a high and honorable name and received the approving com pliments of General Lowery and General C1eburne.
 It surrendered at Greensboro, N. C., about Aprdl 2s, 1865, having been consol- idated with the 1st, 18th and 18th Ala sama volunteer regiments. a short time before under the name of the 1st Ala bama consolidated regiment, with R. H. Ab"rcroTnbie. Colonel; James Jackson, LieuteDant- Colonel; Ellis Phelan, Major, Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-17
TwENTY-THIRD REGIMENT, ALABAMA INFANTRY.

This regiment was organized November 18th, 1861. in Montgomery, Ala, and elected the following field officers: Colo mel. Frank K. Beck of Wilcox; Aeuten- ant-Colonel. J. E. Blob of Montgomery; Major. Felix Tait of Wilcox. Soon after organization, the regiment was ordered to Mobile, and attached to General Glad February. Is62-when it was ordered tc the Department of East Tennessee, com manded by Gen. E. Kirby Smith, and placed in General Leadbetters brigade. It was soon afterwards transferred to Gen. Seth Barton's brigade. While un- der his command. the regiment marched
 almost constantly up and down the dif-
 fgrent valleys and across the mountains
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-17
Rainfall and Wheat.

Popular Science Monthly
 J. T. Wills investigated the relation of the rainfall to the wheat product per acre in South Australia for the six win ter months, Cthe growing season there), and found that for the seven best years there was yield of 12.4 bushels of wheat with 1S.5 inches of rain; for the next best years there were 10 bushels of wheat with 15.4 inches of rain, and for the six
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-17

Submarine divers have not yet succeeded im reaching two hundred feet below the surf&ee with all the advantage of arnor, air supply and weights te sink them The effort has been made to reach wreck In 70 feet oa water The accounts state that at 30 feet the diver began to experience serious trouble. At two hundred feet. after suffering terribly. he lost consciousness ana was hauled Hp. Divers cannot work much below one hundred feet
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-17
der in May, 1865.

der in May, 1865
 The 23d had between eleven and twelve hundred men, from first to last.- 1t left Rocky Face" on the 9th of May. 1864 with aJ0 muskets. Surrendered at Sails bury, seventv-six men, the balance hav- Ing been killed and disabled in the diff ferent skirmlshes through which the command had passed, and few deserted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-17
No. 20.

Sketches of Alabama commands, from Ferry and Smiths Directory of Montgon- cry, lS66. are continued. They should be clipped for preservation in scrap books or portfolios.
 Corrections and additions are respect fully invited.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-17

The King of England is an excellent boot maker the trade which he was taught bs the wish of the Prince Consort, who had an his children taught some trade
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-16

Tn glad tn ia-ads firm tn New York
Chamber " Commerce had a good time
in England" said Mr.. Dooley. II don't
know what q chamber ~ commerce real
ly is onless It's q place where business
men go 10 sleep but anyhow, tn ia-ads
firm th wan in New York have been
callin' on tn other hands scrost tn sea.
an now we're SO nrmiy ceminted to-
gether again wanst more that We cud-
dent tear US apart with a steam winch.
They've travelled acrost tn ocean law
In thratl Nv morthar behind thin like
a bricklayer comm home firm wurruk.
an they've got me so closely knit with
Lord Salisbury, nrst be ties Nv blood. thin
be common language which we both
speak at each other, an hnlly be a SHOW
elful Nv oenint. that feel like wan ~
III enthries ~ Q three-egged race at
9 picnic.
An tbs only a few years ago whin II
wan Nv our chamber Nv commerce whit TO
London, he was sarched at tn dock fr
counterfeit money an sometimes, Hin
Missy, successfully. / used TO pick up
pa-aper an r-read, 'Dhreadful accident
70 an American in England Frozen TO
oeath at a Garden Party or Singular oc-
currence at Chelsea; American gintleman
thries to enter society through a thran-
SOM But that's all past by. Hinnissy.
IFS all past and gone, an we're as well
come In England as II our language was
less common an our ties Nv blood wasn't
ready made. Ye see, Hinnissy, an Amer
'ean business man. whin he's In this
country, Is a business man an that's
what he is. He's downtown in tn morn
N at o'clock thrytn' to beat q check
70 IN bank. He keeps wan eye on tn
camper an tn other on tn dure till 6.
an thin he's homswsrd bound in ca
oie car with a hand on tn sthrap an
ehother on his watch pocket. He leads
simple, pasthral life an is widely an
pop larly known as Cy Tn on'y polly
Hcs he's interested in Is who's goin'
20 be ilicted ASSESSOR an how much an
WIN he wants to know who's sicrety ~
Tate he asks tn typewriter who's just
out w college an has time to larn these
great facts.
But whin he goes 20 England. he's
nnother man. All we hear about him at
W time he laves, Is that cys been asst
70 partake Nv tn Merry Roast beef Nv oil
''s and, which he prob'bly met whin
vas on IN hoof. an tn hands ar-re
s.ad he's got a vacation 20 that he can
nave a r-rest an they can sind out IN
ah without fear Nv bein' locked. An
lAin. 10 an behold we pick up tn pa
apefs an see that Cys suddenly become
on ambassadure. They've raytooced
Aoate 10 tn FRANKS an Cy Is ambassa-
.ufo eNthraordin'ry an invoy plinitotoo-
NOnsry, resldln' at or near tn Coort ~
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-16

st. James. He's met at tn dock be tn
King an rile family who escort him to
tn rile lodgins in Windsor Castle, where
he has a fr-ront room with bath an
there's jock to unpack his thrunk. Yes
terdah,' says Cy to tn rayporther, I
spint a long time with tn noble King.
He's a splendid fellow. regard him as
a most competent King, painstakin', ac-
tive an agreeable, an always willin' TO
show goods. He felt thurly tn impor-
lance iv our visit, cemintin' as 1t does
tn lieance between tn two great An
glo-saxon cannin' establishments. said
we were bound together be a common Ian
guage, an he asked me II l spoke
Fr-rinch. 1 said, Noble King, blood is
thicker than wather." I'VE ought to
be proud Nv our blood" says he. I'VE
would shed it FIR each other" says. "Ye
wud," said he. my prisince here" says
/, "cemints tn lieance between US"
says L. He said 1t did, but they'd been
so much cemint applied that day ne be
gun to feel like a cellar dure. He gra-
ciously asked me IL I wudden't like to
walk around tn rifle domain as far as tn
railway station. cud also see gr-reat
deal Nv 1t firm tn window Nv tn car.
thanked him, an as I was LAWN. tn
Queen enthered--wan Nv tn most atthrac-
niver forget her gracious smile as
heerd Il goin' down tn steps. hope tn
people at home APPRECIATES what I've
done f1r thin. They'll niver be another
war as long as live. I've written TO
Mark to sind fr Choate. He might as
well go home an go to wurruk. Cincin-
natl pa-apers please copy.
"Th' mex day. Cy had a gr-ran' time
in London. He was allowed to pay his
bill IN advance an go out tn fr-ront dure
iy tn hotel. Gr-reat crowds welcomed
him, not with tn glad cries Nv US expen-
sive Americans, but with such hearty,
bluff English expressions as. Get out tn
wsy.' Even tn busmen an cab-dhrivers
offered to give him a ride That night he
was entertained be tn WorShipful Com
p'ny Nv British Merchants That Have Sold
Out or Are Coin To- an ye bet Cy made
speech. Be this time he was an orator
as well as a diploma. Me noble lord
chairman, me noble lords, me noble gin
tlemen. me noble walters he says. Dye
raIize that this is wan Nv tn most i'm
nortant ivlnts IN tn histhry Nv tn wur-
ruld? IT'S tn first time I've been here.
(Cheers) Befure come to this fair land,
which has so Hospitality welcomed me,
an see ye'er noble an even rile King
thev was a gr-reat gap between tn two
branches ~ tn English speakln' people
slv'ral times we've been at tn pint ~
var-vanst raymimber in sixteen siv-
entv-atx an again IN eighteen twelve.
don't know who STAYED II on thin. Twas
heh,re I whit into tn butthrine business.
hut that day has gone by. done u.
saw / but tn other can speak fr thin
s,ives Tn inthroduotion " me Golden
creamery Butlhrins into ye'er fair lana
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-16
MODERN FABLES.
BY GEORGE AIDE. st. oA..> ~

Copyrighted 1901 by Robert Howard Rus
sell.
Once there was a Man who lived out
where the Soft Naples grow. The Silence
never was broken except by the Noon
Whistle at the Grain Elevator. The Man
was planting every Week so as to be
Strong when 1t came time for his vaca-
ton. He smoked Pipe in order to Cut
down Cigar Bills and he never went
against the travelling Troupes or had any
dealings with the Livery Man Every Sun
day he took in at least one Service, and
II he could sort out any small Coins that
were Shiny or Plugged, he would drop
them in the Basket. He watched the
Laundry List like Lynx, and every time
he missed a meal at the Home for the
Friendless he either got rebate or there
was War. He had the Name of being as
close as the Bark on a Tree, for when he
made small Loan he figured Interest
down to the last Minute and then went
after 1t like a Siberian Blood Hound
By pursuing these Tactics he succeeded
in getting together Bundle so large that
he had to keep Rubber Band around it.
When he thought he had enough he
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-16

her Turnstile did not check as many Wis
itors as that of her Chum across the
Way. The other Girl might not have
COPIED off many Prizes at a Beauty Con-
test, and it had been remarked that her
Piano7Playing was Fierce, and yet she
caught a majority of the Callers.
One Day as the two Friends were chat
ting, the one who had the Looks put up
a kind of Whimper.
why, Oh, why is it." she asked, that
you contine 10 stand Ace High with a
lot Of Boys who seem to have passed
me up. always used them right, so why
do they take the other side of the Street
I know that I am counted more of A
Beauty than you; my Musical Education
cost twice as much, and I have got you
sewed in a Sack when it comes to Cor
rect English, yet you draw the Crowds
Where do 1 make my Fall-Down?'
''Dearie, hate to let any one else in on
a Snap, but suppose must replied her
Companion. 81 will admit that as I
Grammarian you are Peacha maroot, but
do you ever stop to consider the Topics
that you spring on your Young Men?
Huh? Why, you sit in front of
them and you tell them what a
bother 1t Is to shop all Afternoon
and what Girls you saw down town and
what a Time your Mamma has been hav-
ing about a Cook, and how Grace said
something that just made the other Girls
shrek. For a whole Evening you Blat
about your own Affairs. OF course, Com
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-16

Caloric on the Ground and another to
open the Gate. When the Word was
given there would be a low, rushing
Sound and something would nip up the
Street in a Cloud of Dust. Dogs would
bark and Children would fall off the
Fence. When Caloric struck the Speedway
he made the other Roadsters look like a
winding Procession of crippled Goats.
The proud Owner would come home ell
Splashed and with his Pockets full of
Gravel. All the rest of that day he would
stand around and Blow about what he
had done to them. Sometimes he chew
ed Straw and gave weighty Opinions on
Knee-Action and Reach. He began to
wear a striped Shirt with a Whip for a
Scarf Pin and he had a studded Horse
Shoe for a Watch Charm. He cut down
Household Expenses in order to buy a
Stop Watch. Also he took down the
Fish and Game Painting in the Dining
Room and he put up Picture of Caloric
standing in foxy Attitude looking over
a Fence. The Family had Horse for
Breakfast. Horse for Lucheon, and Horse
for Dinner. The only Rest they had was
when Father went out o. the pumpkin
vine Circuit with Calordc to pull down
some of the $50 Purses. At times he made
almost enough to pay for Feed.
One Day the local Banker brought in
a bay Fflly from the Blue Grass Country
and began to make his Boasts. A Match
was arranged and in three out of five
Heats at the Driving Park another World
Beaten did the Flicker. Cslor1c finished a
bad Second, with Daylight in between,
although he came under the Wire in q
Drive.
That Night the Box Stall was festoon-
ed with Grape. The Owners Wife made
the Children hush and go to Bed early
because Papa was sitting in the Front
Room with wide, staring Eyes, a Picture
of Grief. She went in and touched him
up and asked him If he had got enough
of the Horse Game. If So would he begin
to pay little Attention to his Family.
He said he was going to try Snaffie Bit
and a Pair of Binders and some Hob
bles, and he thought they would help
some. He said Caloric would have won.
only he was OF his Feed and had Sore
Toe and got Bum Start and was crowd
ed into the Soft Footing Next Day he
engaged Trainer with an overhanging
Mustache and a peaked Cap who substi-
sisted on Navy Pig. This Expert took
charge of Caloric and put enough Rigging
on him to fit out Shamrock II. The own
er was up at Sunrise to see Caloric work
ed Out and hold the Watch on him. The
Family had evening Readings from the
that his wife was Slow because she did
not know the Time made by The Abbot
and Lucille.
When she filed her Bill for Divorce she
alleged that Horse had come between
them
MORAL: The Ambition to pass every
thing on the Boulevard does not Nbe with
a quiet Home Life and an everyday SAL
ary
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-16

/ mon Politeness requires the Gentleman
to throw on the Fixed Smile and pretend
to Follow you, but he is Bored. No Man
cares much for what she said and then
what you said to her. Yos never can
win Home by sitting around and talk
ing about yourself and your Girl Friends. "
And how do you manage it?" asked the
other.
"Oh, suppose I don't know a Thing
about the Male Sex, do I?'' asked the Pop
ular One with Squint. From the Min
ute that any Charley-Boy shows up at
my Workshop 1 talk about Him and
nothing else. l make him tell me about
his Clothes and how he has his Room
fixed up. / repeat all that l ever heard
any of the Girls say about him. If I can
recall a good Philopena, 1 fake one. Any
thing to keep him Warmed Up. l throw
the Lime-Light on him all Evening. He
has the Center of the Stage and makes
all the Hits and gets all the Flowers 1
am simply present to feed him his Cues
and demand Encores. Sometimes it is
hard work to Boost all Evening, but I
seldom fail to land him. When he gets
up to go at Eleven o'clock, he is thrown
otrt in front like Pouter Pigeon. Nat
urally, he thinks I am just about the
Main Lady of the whole Works, and he
is back to see me again next Evening"
but We are not OrlentalS, Salo the
Good-Looker, proudly. IF there is to be
any Flattering or Incense-Burning, let
the Men do It, do not believe that Mod
ern Woman should put Man on a Pedes-
tai"
Some Day I will single out one and
marry him. said her Friend, in a conf
Dental Whisper. "And when I do, he
won't stay up on any Pedestal more than
Twenty Minutes. You know me-"
II begin to Tumble" said the other,
thoughtfully. II think I can find use for
your little Pointer
MORAL: 1t Is better to hold back a
few kinds of Conversation for those long
Evenings at Home.
the Filing of the Suit.
There was once a Man who owned a
Family Nag named Dolly that went fat
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-16

was tn beginning " this era ~ peace,
an now that we've seen me, tn man be-
hind tn firkin ye know what to expict.
Hereafter whin a dispute comes up about
a coalin station, we'll take 1t out Nv tn
hands Nv politicians firm Irish disthricts
an lave il to tn comfy on weights an
measures Nv tn Chamber iv Commerce.
IT'S a most INTELLIGENT body iv which /
am Chairman an have such associate dip
lomats as Higgins tn Machiavely Nv the
dhry goods thrade, an Hoontz tn Bis
marck Nv tn pickle Industry. Fr we
ar-re no longer rivals in business, but
friends, ye havin' retired. We have tn
same language an nanny ~ thin, tn
same Bible or Bibles, tn same missin'
Gainsborough a common SHAKESPEARE OF
! have tn name r-right) an an uncom-
mon lot ~ bum actors playin' him. We
ARE achooated be a common purpose fr
TO march on, ankle to ankle, ceminted so
close We cudden't squeeze a five-dollar
bill between US. carryiE' 10 tn ends Nv
TIL earth, tn blessin's " civil an rellig-
Gus libery an shootin thin into tn in
habftants thereof an teachin' thin tn
benefits iv ye'er gioryous TRADITIONS an
our akelly gloryous products. among
which is Higgins Golden Creamery But
threine xxx II melts in tn mouth
That ought 20 settle it," Mr.. Dooley
went on. IF Cy was goin' TO stay over
there, we cud adjourn Congress an give
Mack his time. But tn throubie is tn
ambassadure may have TO come back to
meet a note an thin our relations will be
about oh same as tn County Kerry's
with England again. / suppose we'll have
to keep Choate SOS ne can look afther
things whin Cy il home"
who th' divvle made him ambassa-
dure anyhow" asked Mr.. Hennessy an
grily.
''sh-hp' said Mr.. Dooley. Hes q siif-
made man. But I wish he wudden't put
on tn cement so thick. I'm beginnin'
TO feel sticky"