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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-04
REV PRONG RELEAsep.
Governor jerks Of Alabama Extended
Him a Full Pardcn.
fgnppiaI 70 Tho po.tA

Montgomery Ala, October 3,-Rev. Me.
udith Provo OF Cameron Texas, who was
delegate 10 the coiorcl Baptist conven.
tlon at Birmingham, who stopped over here
and was arrested as an escaped convict.
was granted q full pardon today nv GOV,
ernor Jelks. He gave bond IN the other
the tacit Understandable hainr thnf no nrose
cutlon Will follow him and hc len for
nome The grounds Of elemency were thot
ne had been away twonty,slS years mad
become good citizen and Us now an nrcd
man ana the white people of Cameron
asked for his pardon. John s. Wntson NJ
Cameron was here representing him before
the governor,
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TEXAS MARRIAGES.

URPHY-JRESTRIDGE - San Angelo.
Texas, September 20. Mr. John George
Murphy and Miss Liunie May Prestrldsa
beth Of this city were recently married t
Elkhlrt, Ind. The groom Is publisher OF
the STANDARD
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sn,allnnu u Riunrslde

Riverside, Texas. October 3-An epl.
demie Of smallpox Is prevailing iu this
community: confined to negroes exclusive.
"; two deaths from it during the past
week
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San Antonio, Bexar Count, ,.Ss !
Der 3.-Reports OF dapage ' s5,s
received at San Antonio anu M y
Headquarters IN this city sss )
road has suffered consideIapna. M
of washouts during the reeTs'
fan. The bridge near saiA, KIN
bents, caused by ceuly ,,s,,s.
wished against It. Several Va i.
reported between Gonzales, .s m u
the Lockhart division; Nv ls,F ,.R
M all along the line ThufsasSsi
count OF the Insecure c. nsins q
track caused by the heavy NV, silI n
age is being rapidly repsnsss IA
service will be fully reslViJss n
The rainfall along the hus sors
the heaviest known LOT s
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n, W. ~ ,,aSslhiiNSFON.-The Mexican govern.
te ! s Y lending its authority and assistance
sesnmercial interests 10 canffre : fhsre ~
.~s Haes % Central and South America.
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LoNDoN.-The report i1ssrsm,i
loan Is 70 be floated IS cpn hss5, y
600 Japanese consoliaateu oSshlT 4
per cent interest VIII ps0''
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Laxative Bf0mo.Q uiniue Tabls,s
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-10

After much parleying General Pember-
ton surrendered the Confederate forces OF
Vicksburg to General Grant on the 4th
of July, 1863
The Confederate small arms were stack
ed parallel and just in rear of the forth
flcations, accoutrements hanging on the
bayonets. BY companies we were marched
I'D town, put in line in front of a Federal
off1cer's quarters and each man paroled.
This chaplain only received a pass to
come out of the lines. he being considered
a non-eombatant. His conscience was not
altogether easy, however, as he had gone
out on picket posts a number of times
and fred at the enemy's pickets.
After the parole we were marched back
in rear of our former position on the line,
below the city not far from the river. We
were in Bartow's Georgia brigade. The
Forty-second Georgia, in which were Col
onel Hulsey, Lowndes Calhoun, General
L. p. Thomas and A. ]. West, were on
the extreme left and next to the river be-
low the city.
Returning to a small valley in rear of
former position, our soldiers made des-
perate charge without saben or gun. II
was a charge on a few barrels of hard
tack Some kind Federals rolled the bar
reis out among us and knocked the heads
out. What a scramble of a thousand men
after the bareback, which was found to
be more palatable than the mule beef and
pea-bread which had been issued for a
few days past. This scribe with a fever
on him. lay under a small tent-hy and
witnessed the engagement between the
hungry soldiers and the hard crackers,
himself with no appetite to eat anything.
The Federals that day drove up the Con-
federate horses and mules that were
browsing in the canebreaks, their only
food. 1t was on the cane the 100 mules
kept fat that were slaughtered and is
sued to our soldiers as rations. DR.. Os-
burn now of Gainesville, Ga, issued the
order for the slaughter of the 100 mules.
The last staggering beef. so called, had
been butchered. the blue beef had be-
come exhausted in its place appearing
the good fat mule beef. Some of the sol
diers humorously said II tasted like a
wet saddle blanket smells"
The chaplain lying under the tent fly
to shield him from the scorching July
sun, fell sleep, failing TO watch HIS horse
which was driven up with the other
horses and put in lot half a mile away.
Feeble as he was he went to the place and
asked General Lewis. in charge, to return
TO him his horse. The general replied:
mo, sir. parson; you lose your horse by
being engaged I'm the cause you are in"
Vexed at the heartless general, excited
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-10
LIttIe Essay on Trash.

In the course of his annual report,
George w. Martin. secretary of the KAN
sas State Historical society, philosophi-
yes as follows:
81 think the collections gathered by this
society most remarkable in completeness
and in quality. with minimum Of what
critics-who have never seen ii and who
have no idea of fits use-call trash. OF
course there is trash in it. There is trash
everywhere. If the society had always
been as well located as IL is today, the
quantity of its material would have been
larger, with the result OF lowering the
per cent. OF trash. The question of trash
has existed since the world began. Trash
abounds in all collections, and in all
books, and, If unnecessary. it is at least
harmless. 1t is not near as annoying TO
the investigator as the thing he wants
and cannot find. 1t is maintained and
perpetuated because, after all, what Is
trash is a matter OF personal Judgment
Everybody who gives any thought to the
subject Of trash runs up against the same
stump. We are told that there is two
thirds trash and one-third useful, but the
objector adds. who viii pick out the one
third?'"
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Hon / Came out From the Siege of
WckSburg
$
BY w. A. PARKS.

with pulse running above 100, the chap
lain replied, well, general, keep the old
horse If you are bound to be so cruel to a
sick chaplain; I'll stick to the cause If
never get out of this place or ever own
another horse" BY the stipulation officers
were allowed to come out from Vicksburg
with their private property and side-arms.
, Staggering back to the tent-fy the chap
lain began to cogitate as to how he was to
get out from Vicksburg. THAT heartless
general has my horse, am unable TO
march out as the soldiers leave tomor-
row; to remain here with perhaps no med
ical attention 1 may die and. never get
home to see my precious mother and the
girl left behind me. They will never
know what has become of me-" He
turned over and wept. the tears running
down his fever scorched cheeks. Awhile
he slept waking with a higher fever and
throbbing head. When our men go out
tomorrow will these Yankees let me lie
here or take me to a hospital; or what. will
they do with me? II I had my horse,
would ride out of here If able to sit on
him." Friends administered to his wants.
DR.. n. H. Howard, surgeon SD Georgia,
now OF Dahlonega, Ca, gave him medi-
cine. All night, pillowed upon his KNAPP
sack he rolled and tossed, dreaming Of
home and loved ones.
On July 9Th the sun arose over the aban-
doned breastworks of the Confederates
with his beams to cheer. but there was
no cheer in the sunshine or anything else
among those ragged. half-starved, sur
rendered Confederate soldiers. For forty
days they had been on constant duty in
the trenches, with no relief day or night,
under the almost vertical rays Of the sun.
under shot ana shell; bombshells from
Grants army in half circle around the
Confederate lines on the east, shells from
the gunboats below on the river. shells
from Porter's mortar feet across the
peninsula, from parrot guns on the west
across the fiYer, bombshells big and little
from the east. south and west, ricochet-
ing, whizzing, roaring, exploding killing.
Now and then stray minnie ball taking
off a comrade. Saddest Of all, the sur
render Whether true or false, false no
doubt, the common expression was sold
out by Pemberton." Yet strange to say,
the surrendered soldiers almost persisted
out, overpowered by superior numbers
were cheerful; cracking jokes, playing
pranks on each other. Has the world
ever produced Drawer men?
Whitesburg, Ga.
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Atlanta. Ga.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-10
HAS At LIVING CHILDREN.
Is Now Living With His Sixth Wife
and Is Only 1o2 Years Of Age.
Naahuilla Rannar

On the farm of Jason Gibbs, I'm this
county. lives a remarkable old negro. His
name is George Gwinn, and he is one of
the few centenarians in Carroll county,
being 1902 years of age. But the most re-
markable feature I'm connection with
this old darby is the extensive list of his
lineal descendants. They number more
than two hundred.
Gwinn was born in 1900 on Gwinns
Creek. Carroll county. His parents were
named Williamson. and at very youthful
age George was bought by Ed Gwinn, the
father of DIR. Gwinn of Mckenzie. Picka-
ninny George was hardly big enough to
sit astride a horse, and his purchaser tied
him behind him on his horse with a large
red bandana handkerchief and brought
him to town.
While yet young man George was
married. and by his first wife had four
children. He is now living with his sixth
wife, and by the entire six is the father
of AZ children. All of the AZ are still liv-
ing; all are married and have had an
average of three children each, making
40 grandchildren. There are also ten
Observation-Disclosures and three great-great
grandchildren.
The children of George Gwinn, with
their families. are scattered all over the
state. The only one of his children in this
immediate vicinity is Lewis Thomas, who
lives i'm Huntington. Lewis is ga years of
age or four years older than MS fathers
present wife. He has one son and two
grandchildren. Lewis is the only one OF
Georges AZ children who stays near him
in his declining years. Gwinn's first wife
was taken from him more than so years
ago, sold into slavery and carried to Lit
tie Rock. He never saw her again. He
then married Iris Dickson, an Indian wo-
man. He then took unto himself in success
sion Patsey Gwinn, Charlotte Thomas.
Maria Matthias and Minerva Randle.
Gwinn is rather lively darby, consid-
ering his extreme age. Although compelled
to go about with the aid of a cane, he can
still work some and very often does a
fairly good days work, He uses neither
liquor nor tobacco, having quit both sew
eral years ago F~oause he thought they
were undermining his constitution. His
mind is still q I'd and he delights to
gather about him a crowd and talk of
events of four-score years ago. He says
IL is his intention to make a crop the
coming year.
Sixteen inches of room would seem an
inadequate accommodation for each pas
senger in a street car. Yet this is the
space to be allotted in Westminster Abb
hey to those fortunate 5000 who will be
hidden to attend the coronation.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-10
Jem Mace's illustrated Warming.

The article recently published under the
heading Wonderful Old Jem Mace. re-
minded a well-known Baltimore attorney
of the following story of that famous
pugilist:
Mace, with a number of other men, was
in a barroom in Dublin when local
fighter entered and ordered every one TO
leave under threats of dire and immediate
punishment OF those who remained. Some
of the men hastily left, but Mace re-
manned sitting quietly at a table The
man approached him and said threaten
ingly: You'll have to go"
Before replying Mace took hold of
pewter pot on the table. The vessel
was so large that he could grasp It only
with the tips of his fingers. but his
strength was so great that he crushed the
sides in Then he turned to the bully
and said: Il am Jem Mace. If you fool
with me I'll shut you up just as did
that cup
Then the bully said he did not want any
of Jem Mace and ordered drinks for the
crowd.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-10
Graphic Description of The
Battle of the Wilderness
Y A MICHIGAN VETERAN.

days. June 30. Jenkins takes the advance
OF the battle OF Frazier Farm. Beats back
the enemy. Holds the battle ground He
has commanded r. II. Anderson's brigade
in both battles His reglmental loss is Sc
we're. himself severely wounded. The Pal
metto regiment alone sustaining loss or
S75 and no prisoners reported After a
march OF over two hundred miles. on hai-
rations. We find General Jenkins again on
the old battle ground of Bull Run, or
Manassas No. 2, on Longstreet's right.
Porters' federal corps left, this time he
fights Maxey Greggs, old enemies of Gains
Mills. jenkins brigade has some desper-
ate lighting and himself again severely
wounded. and brigade loss about $50. He
Is one Of the officers mentioned in Gen.
Longstreet's report of this battle for ex-
traordinary bravery and unexcelled hero
ism. His brigade, now in command OF
Colonel Joseph Walker, of the Palmetto
SharpshOoters, advances into Maryland
and goes into action in the battle Of South
Mountain. sustaining a loss of 20. then
back to Sharpsburg. or Antietam. Their
field of operation was not far from Gen.
Lees headquarters, becoming desperately
engaged and drove the enemy at every
point. losing 2oS officers and men, hold
ing their battle ground and browning their
wounded Jenkins with glory and sustain
ing the proud record of the old brigade.
Thus Lee had beaten McC1elan's army
of the peninsula, destroyed the grand
army Of the man whose headquarters
were in the saddle and had fought the
combined armies at Antietam to stand
still. This is the most bloody and desper-
ate OF the ages. The only mark of victory
20 be credited to either was their battle
fields.
During the Gettysburg campaign the
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General Micah Jenkins Was Not
Killed and General LOnsstrset
Not Wounded at Gettysburg.

gallant Jenkins. being assigned to the de-
partment of North Carolina, performing
valuable service also around Richmond
Petersburg, and the Black Water, he very
urgently requested in his many applica-
tions to the department commander ana
the authorities in Richmond to be permit
ted to share the battlefelds of Lees army
along with the divisions with whom ne
had been so long, and often in bloody con-
fict in defense Of his cherished rights and
glorious Stars and Bars but alas, his
wish was only gratiied wnen Lee and
Grant met in the wilderness on the orange
Plank road, that fatal 9Th Of May, 1864.
Although his cause, and mine, was at
war, / loved him none the less. He was
noble and brave, and such as he gave
worldwide glory to the American field en-
battled. The spirit of such men do not
sleep with the tenement of clay but lives
again I'm great deeds. The newer genera
lions of the southland will have their
Lees and Jenkins, but nowhere else on
this convex world 1t would be sad indeed
were we only to find them in dusty and
time-worn volumes and on cold and mutt
lated stone. 1t Is pleasing to note the
presence OF the distinguished officer OF
whom my feeble pen has written persona
fed in young Major Micah Jenkins, the
hero Of Santiago, one whose daring deeds
have won the applaudits of the Western
Hemisphere T. r. Jackie,
467 vinewood Ave, Detroit Mich.
Late a lieutenant 18th Mich. Vet Vol.
Infantry.
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PAID CHARITY WORKERS.
Salaries Now Paid for Visiting the Sick
and Helping the Poor.
PhiIadeIphla Record


THE newest profession for women II
that Of a charity worker" remarked a
prominent club woman yesterday. You
needn't laugh. There really is such pro-
fession. and it is new, and If were a
young woman I would enter into training
for IT. There is not much competition as
yet. and the opportunities for studying
charity work are limited, but still It is
now possible.
New York has established q training
school for charity workers, and 1t Is meet
ing with success. The women who enter
are put into active service at visiting un-
der proper lectures upon the different
phases Of the leadership, and then there
are courses of subjects. 1t is quite worth
entering from a financial standpoint al
so. Philadelphia is proverbially conserva-
tive, and yet we pay the young women at
the head of our organizing charities the
salary OF 5000. and she can greatly sup
plement IT by lecturing and literary work
upon the subject Of her profession.
"Other cities do better than this and thg
time is not far distant when all charita-
BILE work will be conducted in a method
zeal manner by an expert, who Will be well
paid for her services"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-10
Appraising Christianity Too Low.
BY BISHOP WARREN a. GAMBLER.

lions (or even more Insignificant
schemes) could rest on and still hold
up their heads in the business world.
What must be the effect of such
things on the business world?
What must the children Of parents
think OF q religion that is appraised
so low by their parents? Alas Our
children can see and count.
What must the Master think Of such
treatment Of his church? The Holy
Scriptures teach US that He gave
himself for it, that he might sanctify
and cleanse it with the washing OF
water by the word, that he might pre-
sent II 10 himself a glorious church.
not having spot or wrinkle, or any
such thing: but that it should be holy
and without blemish." Can an insti-
tuition for which he died be treated as
a mean and cheap thing? Can that
for which he gave himself be I'M
worthy Of the most generous and de-
vout support?
For one 1 am tired Of this miseraibly
low appraisement of Christianity and
the church by those who profess to be
Christians I protest against such
shabby treatment of the hottest insti-
buttons. The world has had quite
enough of this sort Of thing. 1t is posi-
lively contemplate.
1t is time we went about our Fa-
theirs business as If we believed II to
be the serious and important business
which it really is
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-10

the SOth of November, 1864. We were few
miles below when the battle opened, but
failed to reach the scene until quite dark,
when war clouds hung heavy over the bat
tie field. With sad hearts we camped in
little grove by the pike and saw the
wounded who were able and retired this
way Early in the morning we marched
out on the battle field to join our COM
mand, and there lay outstretehed before
me a field of carnage; brave men by the
thousands, heaped up in the trenches. and
over large space covered by this battle
lay dead from the hands of an enemy. The
god of battle had done its work-brave
men had yielded up their lives for home
and honor; many an orphan and sad heart
from that rash days work. There / saw
two colonies, one in gray uniform, the
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-10
Home Treatment for Cancer.

DR.. B. F. Bye's Balmy Oils for cancer is
a painless cure. Most cases are treated at
home without the service of a physician.
Send for book telling what wonderful
things are being done by simply. annoint-
ing with oils. Gives instant relief from
pain. destroys the cancer microbes and
restores the patient to health. Thousands
of cancers, tumors, catarrh, ulcers, piles
and malignant diseases cured in the last
three years. If not afflicted. cut this out
and send IL to some suffering one. Adj
dress DR.. B. f. Bye, P. o. Box 245, In
dianapolis, Ind. go
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Wanted, Land Warrants.

lssued o soldisrs q ne War Of ne RsVola-
tea
Tsrued 20 soldiers q ire war OF fsIl
Issued % soldiers q the War with Mckee.
IEEued % soldiers % any war. VIII also pur-
turai College Scrip. Soldiers Additional Home
STEAD rights. Forest Reserve Land. or any
valid Land Warrants Land Scrip. VIII pay
Gpot cash delivery % papers.
W.EMOsES.JacObaon, Bldg. Denver, Col.
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Hood At Columbia and Franklin, Tenn.

other in blue, arm and arm: they were
brothers. The dead upon the battle field
presented quite a contrast The Confed-
crates were pale in death, while the dead
enemy presented a swollen, darkened hue.
AT war in life; such a contrast in death.
J. w. COOPER.
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Though the Bibles used az modern coro-
nations are lost 20 the public. England
possesses I'm the CottOnian library a vol
ume asserted go have been used az the
coronation Of English sOvereigns go years
before the stone now en- the coronation
chair was brought 10 England from Scot
land II Is a Latin manuscript OF the four
gospels. on which the tradition asserts
the ancient kings OF England took their
coronation catha.
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