The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-12-19

Later on they held a bazaar, and later
on a concert and after awhile anoth'
er supper, and all along at intervals
they smiled az the merchants and 9TH
ors and got some more money and
when they run clear down, they assess
themselves. and we husbands and
fathers have TO shell out No, you
don't need a Carnegie, but II you have
one great. blg-hearted man and his
wife In your community like we have
you will not become bankrupt Where
there is a will there Is a way. And
my observation Is that women can do
any good thing they combine on.
A thoughtful man who witnessed
the laying of the corner stone, said
to me. "Thls IS the best work that
has ever been started in this town and
is doing more to uplift and encourage
our young people than everything
else God bless the women"
Lord Bacon said knowledge IS
power" It is force. It is money. A
good library Is better than a univers
ity. DR.. Johnson said, knowledge is
the wing with which we ny to heav-
en-" One Of my boys Crank is a civ
Il engineer and built two plants Of wa
ter works in Ohio for Mr.. Huntington.
One day the pump at London got out
of order and he went down in the
deep we'll to fix it, but failed. A sec
ond time he tried it, but it would not
work, and the water In the reservoir
was getting low. He telegraphed to a
neighboring town for an expert to
come by the train. He came and fixed
it In half an hour. Frank felt relieved
and thanked him and asked him for
his bill Ten dollars" he said; 1.-TWO
dollars for railroad fare, SO for fixing
the pump and So for knowing how.
That's it; knowledge is money.
Some time ago l advertised for a
copy Of General Henry r. JacksOn's
famous speech on the "Wanderer, land
also for a copy of Daniel Websters
last and greatest speech made at Ca
pom Springs in June, 1851, in which he
qualified all his previous declarations
about the right of state to withdraw
from the union under certain contin
gencies That speech was suppressed
at the north and is not found in his
published works.
Well, l have been favored with both
Senator Mangum, of North Carolina
heard the speech delivered and he
with other southern members Of con
gress had it printed in pamphlet form
and his grandson, Wiley Mangum Tur
ner, Of Greensboro, N. c., has found i
among his grandfather's papers ant
sent it to me. My friend, Mr.. Ed Hol
land, of Atlanta, Ca, has had boil
speeches neatly printed in one pam
phlet, together with a brief biograph,
of General Jackson by his friend, Jo
seph M. Brown, and this Invaluable
pamphlet will be mailed to any ad
dress on receipt of 25 cents.
It will be sent to students Of Co
leges at the cost of publication. Ad
dress Ed Holland, Atlanta, Ga.
And now here is a letter from al
old federal soldier living at Live Oak
Fla. His name is F. w. Angus, an
he belonged to General Sickles' brig
ade, and days after a battle in Vii
ginia in 1862 he found in the wood
the dead body of a confederate soldie
and he and a comrade dug grave an
, buried him. In his pocket was foun
a pass from Colonel John S. Reid co
onel commanding the Third Georgi
regiment, and the name of the sOldie
was D. P. Williams. Also another pas
, from Captain D. B. Langston, con
: handing company X.
} | find in General Avery's roster th
names of both these officers, and
: Private Williams has any survivin
, relatives and would like to have thes
passes l will send them.
> wrote in a former letter that tt
r bears of Mississippi had held a co
| vention and resolved not to come Of
. of their dens to be shot at by an
D priest or president who slandered M
= Davis. am pleased to read that Go
: ernor Longino did not invite hi
e there and that the veterans Of Mer
a phis will not attend the ovation tn
1 Memphis has promised him. After d
4 nouncng Mr.. Davis (who was dead)
r the arch traitor and repudiator,
a seems to me to be the most unblus
} ing impudence for him to put his fe
l. on that hallowed ground. He says
+ his so-called history that when N
It Davis was governor he vetoed the b
> that was passed to pay the repudiat
D debts, when the truth is Mr.. Day
d never was governor, nor did he ev
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