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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-01

Betsy Ross Stars and Stripes flag fol-
lowed in 1777.
The press telegram that Maj. Gen.
Robert S. Foster, United States Volun-
teers, is dying at Indianapolis, Is cor
rect in stating that he was one of the
founders and the first junior COM
n1ander-inc chief of the G. A. r. This
honor has been wrongly given to Maj.
Gen. Joseph R. Hawley, U. S. ". of
Connecticut, who is also critically i'll.
Foster served in 1867 and Hawley 1868.
/ had an idea that my old
friend John Goods, Jr., of Virginia,
died some few years ago, but the Nor
folk Ledger says he is also a surviving
Confederate congressman. The Mont
gomery Advertisers also adds the
names of John P. Rails and Henry c.
Jones, but the name of Henry Cox
Jones does not appear in the printed
list of Confederate congressman. He
was opposed to secession and refused
to sign the ordinance, and yet he was
elected, report says, to the Provisional
Congress. The other survivors are
John Fl. Reagan and T. N. Waul OF
Texas; James L. Pugh and John P.
Rails of Alabama, S. FL. Ford of Ken
lucky, Hiram P. Bell of Georgia, John
Goods, Jr., of Virginia, George G. Vest
we'll of Florida are the surviving Con-
federate senator's, so far as known.
Albert Everson, who recently died in
poverty at Marysville, CAL, from ex-
posture. is reported to have Commanded
a gunboat of the United States navy
during the Civil War" 1t is evident
that Albert Everson has been confound-
ed with Alfred Everson, as the latter
was acting master, while the former
was only acting First Assistant En-
gineer. His death in poverty was a
sad ending to a once active and useful
career. For half dozen years he had
lived alone in a little cabin on the banks
of the Yuba river, and only in death
did his friends and relatives in New
York come TO his assistance, and then
to give him a respectable military fun
eral. BY marriage he was said to be a
relative of Lieut.. Gen. Miles. - A
correspondent of the Belfast, (Ie. }
Journal in a letter from st. Augustine,
Fla, speaks in glowing terms OF the
long sea wall, which he calls "a spien-
did promenade" begun in 1890 and nm
ished in 1852 by the United States
government. Col. Francis l.. Dancy of
North Carolina, who graduated No. 10
In the class of 1926 at West Point, was
the engineer In charge OF the building
OF this noted sea wall. One sketch OF
Col. Dancy says he graduated IN some
class with Jefferson Davis. which Is an
error as Cadet Davis graduated No. %
IN the class OF 1898, But Gen. Albert
Sidney Johnston, Gen. Heintzelman,
Gen. PieasoDton. Gen. Eaton, Gen. Ca
seE aAa @9n. Edmund Kirby Smith. and
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-01

Legislature to pay the Street Tax As
sociation $500, the amount paid by it
to bring the mastS to that city. 1t is
an expensive present.
Veteran S. p. Odom of Vienna, Ca,
in a brief sketch of Company f, of the
Fifty-ninth Georgia Infantry, refers to
the capture of some Union soldiers and
their flag. Gen. George T. Anderson,
"Old Tige," was in command, and
when the Union colonel was brought
to him he said, pointing to the Stars
and Stripes: Il have seen the time
when / loved that flag and would have
spilled the last drop of my blood in its
defense" Veteran Odom explains this
remark by stating that Gen. Ander
son held a captains commission in
the regular army during the Mexican
War" In this he is mistaken for Gen.
Anderson did not become a captain of
the First u. s. Cavalry until March
8, 1855, and he resigned June H. 1858.
He was only a second lieutenant of the
Independent Company of Georgia
Mounted Volunteers in the Mexican
War, and associated with him were
Gen. w. T. Wofford (captain). and
Gen. Edward L. Thomas (second lieu
tenant, same battalion. There were
two other Andersons from Georgia in
the Mexican War-Gen. W., a second
lieutenant of Mounted Volunteers, and
Henry c., a second lieutenant in. the
Georgia Infantry Regiment.
The announcement of the death of
Rear Admiral Lewis w. Robbins, U.
S. A., retired, is very misleading. as
it should be Robinson, a native of New
Jersey. The Sheffield Scientific
School of Yale University has hereto
fore been satisfied with mere military
lectures from the West Point grad
yates detailed there from the regular
army, but this year Capt. Samuel A.
Smoke, U. S. A. (retired), military lee
turer, has organized a cadet corps for
instruction in tactics as well as the
art of war. / see that the re-
form schools and reformatories in the
South are adopting uniforms and mill
tary drills and discipline for their boys
and girls. Rev. w. +. Mumford, at
Macon, in his reform school. is making
quite success of this feature, and so
is Prof Means In the Fulton County
Reformatory, near Atlanta. 1t inspires
the boys and girls to greater activity
and they take pride in their neat uni
forms. At the North and West the
military feature has long been In use
and with great good results.
One reason why ! do not accept the
claim that the Stars and Stripes"
fiag was born az the old Washington
home over IN England. as claimed In
the Woman's Companion, Is that
Washington chose the Union Jack" In
place 81 the stars for the first striped
flag used "a January. 1875. This Was
called the Cambridge aag, and Tie
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-01
THE WORLDS
GREAT MYSTERY.

One of the great mysteries of the
world that is left TO explorers to solve
is the course of river in South Amer
lea and the land through which it
runs.
The river is the Pilcomayo, and the
land is the territory known as the
Chaco in Paraguay. Explorer after
explorer has entered this unknown
country and none has returned. Last
year the famous explorer, Erland
Nordenskiold, one of the great Nor
denskiold family of explorers and
naturalists. tried to follow the Pill
comayo to its source, but although
he penetrated further than any other
man ever managed to go and return,
he did not succeed.
Enemies who could not be seen.
surrounded him day and night and
at last the mysterious terrors of the
region forced even him to return. He
has announced that Chaco still waits
for the traveller who can conquer its
secrets.
So constant and Interchangeable has
been the doom of the explorers who
tried II, that the natives have named
the Piloomayo the River of Death, and
they speak of the Chaco as the I'm
known Land.
Geographers know where the Pill
eomayo River begins. II Is In the
high pleateau OF Bolivia. Near Asun-
cion in Paraguay a broad and beau
tiful river empties into the Paraguay
river. II is rallied the Pilcomayo, and
Il Is supposed that Il is that river.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-01

or naval staff 1t is all nonsense to
talk about Republic and a free coun-
try, and all that. in this connection.
The President apes no foreign mon
archial custom when he appears as the
commanderin-chief in a uniform, and
with rank in keeping with his SUI
preme authority. Under a strict con-
structlon of military law the title of
commander-in-chi should rest upon
and be sustained by supreme rank.
The Army and Navy Journal of New
York, of March 16, 1889, printed a
sketch of THE Society of the Cincin-
NATL" now being republished in the
South, in which 1t said: Upon Wash
ingtons demise he was succeeded as
president general (of the society by
Mai. Gen. Alexander Hamilton of New
York, general-in-chief of the United
States Army" But l desire to state
that Hamilton was never "general-in-
chief of the army, not being COM
manding general, only an inspector
general" in the Provisional Army
which was disbanded on June Is, 1900,
and Hamilton "honorably discharged"
from the service. Washington was the
only general ever designated by act
of Congress as chief"
No such title ever belonged to the
United States Army, nor the other IT,
ties, often assumed and very often
seen in print of "general-in-chief' or
commander of the army" Congress
did create, in March, 1899. the title of
General of the Armies of the United
States" but Lieut.. Gen. Washington
declined it. However, in July, 1866,
Congress enacted that "the grade of
general of the army of the United
States be. and the same is hereby, re-
vived." In Washington's day there
were two armies. the regular and the
provisional. but in Grants case there
was only one army-the regulars.
Mai. VIM. f. Tucker, u. S. A., of
the Pay Department. who has just been
promoted to be deputy paymaster gem
eral with rank of lieutenant colonel, is
the paymaster whose nose was pulled
by an Atlanta hotel manager a few
years ago and because he did not re-
sent the insult his removal to another
brother officers He married the daugh-
ter of Gen. John A. Logan years ago.
Last year ! corrected Milt Sauls
report from Washington in his news
paper correspondence that the Masts
from the Spanish war vessels Don
Juan de Austria and Oquendo, we're
erected on the capitol grounds In
Montgomery, Ala, and the Santiago
flag presented by Gen. Wheeler was
floating therefrom. I wrote that the
masfs were stiil lying on the ground
IN front ~ the Capitol. and they are
there nov. Congress donated the
maate a. the request 0f Capt Hobson
ana now Bill is before the Alabama
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-01

place and live in the former. For this
savage remark the Texans always
hated the general. A similar case was
that of good old Sanford Bell, for
some forty years an honored conduc-
tor on the Western and Atlantic Rail-
road. One night he found a passen-
ger drunk, and when he finally aroused
him and asked, Where are you 60
ing?' the fellow replied, Going to
hell" Sanford responded, well, give
me fifty cents and get off at Carters-
Vile" The story got in the newspa-
pers and / don't think the Gainesville
people ever forgave Conductor Bell.
But another case, more like Sheridan's,
was that of the old Seminole Chief
Coacoochee, who escaped from San
Marco prison in st. Augustine, and
went to Arkansas. However, he got
Disguised with that country and came
back to Florida, saying: 81 had rather
be killed by white man in Florida
than die a natural death in Arkansas"
Sidney Herbert.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-01

But no man knows, for no man has
followed the great stream from its
source to its mouth.
Men have tried to follow the Pill
comayo in canoes that were hung with
hides to serve as protection against
the arrows and spears of the fierce
Indians who occupy the Chaco. But
after days Of fighting they were
beaten back and accounted themselves
lucky to escape alive. Some of the
best men in South America have lost
their lives there and of the parties
not one man escaped to tell what fate
had befallen them.
F1ercest of the several tribes of In
dams who hold Chaco against explor-
alton are the Tobias and Chorotes In
dams. They are utterly uncvilized,
subsisting entirely on game, fish, wild
honey and roots. Their few garments
and shelter are made from jaguar
skins. They rub pieces of wood to-
gether to make fire.
Most of them are gorgeously paint
ed and tattooed, and they ornament
themselves still farther with feathers
and flowers.
They do not know anything about
netal-working and do not even use
fints for their weapons, but make
them entirely out of hard wood, even
their arrows belng made simply out or
pointed wood.
They bore holes through their lips
and ears and thrust pieces of polished
wood through them. They are splen-
didly formed. immensely strong and
agile, but hideous in countenance; and
they will not have anything to do with
strangers, but seek to kill them as
soon as they find them. They fight
f1ercely among themselves, also. and
1t is believed that they are cannibals-
at least part of them.
The forests of Chaco are immense
and so thick that it is necessary to cut
way through them inch by inch. But
the trees are so short that they give
no shade. So the explorer in the mys-
FERROUS land finds himself lost in I'M
penetrable primeval forests through
which he cannot see, yet on his head
the hot sun beats as if he were in
treeless desert.
Excepting along the course of the
rivers, there is no drop of water any
where. Nearly every bush and every
plant has long thorns, many Of them
with barbs. and they hold man fast
as If they were traps.
This is the country that has lured
explorer after explorer in the last
twenty years without letting one re-
turn. 1t appears probable that II will
continue TO defy the world for many
years 10 come.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-01
SIDNEY HERBERT'S LETTER.
TITLES THAT SHOULD BELONG Ex-
CLUsIVELY TO THE PRESIDENT.

The Rank That Hamilton Held in
the Army-Veteran Odum's Sketch
and Some Comments ON It-A Mis-
leading Death Announcement.
Mai. Gen. RObt. 6. Foster of In
dianapOIis One of the Founders of
the G. A. R.-The Mistake of n
Mexican War veteran-Other Mat
tiers of Special Interest.
Pine Crest Villa, Maitland, Fla, Feb.
2s.-It seems very foolish for anybody
to kick" about Gen. Robert E. Lees
portrait, his monument or his place In
the Hall of Fame" in New York, or
"Statuary Hail." in the Capitol at
Washington. Ever since the Spanish
American Wan that made us re-unit-
ed people-a nation in fact as wen as
in name-al sensible, patriotic persons
have dropped. if they ever took up, any
such matters. For years Gen. John b.
Gordon has been lecturing for Grand
Army of the Republic posts all over the
North and West, and after his lecture.
in many cases, the Union soldiers gave
him a bouquet. They did this in my
native city "a stronghold of Republi-
canism) Bangor, Me. Years ago o.
N. Mitchell Post of Jacksonville, Fla,
furnished room in the Confederate SOL
diers' Home of that city. and later on
o. n. Mitchell Post, G. A. r. of At
lanta, did the same thing twice for the
Georgia Confederate Soldiers Home,
and now G. A. r. posts all over the
country are contributing to the Con-
federate Soldiers Home in Alabama. II
bill Arp" and Mrs. FELTON, and the
blue ribbon donkeys" at the North and
West would keep their pens and mouths
quiet the great mass Of people would
make this nation as harmonious as the
notes Of hooking bird. The fool kill
er has not finished his legitimate work
IN this direction.
have always opposed, and still op-
Iose. the creation Of the rank Of gen
eral" IN the United States Army and
the rank ~ admiral" in the United
states Navy. c0utending that both
these titles belong exclusively 20 the
President u the United States as COM
mapoer-in-cnief of the army and navy
tnefeof I have eiso oOntsnded. and
ffii contend. that on Ell military and
naval OCCASIONS fbe President should
appeaf n me uniform " general o.
a. @1miral, accompanied BY a military
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-01
Rev. DR.. Woodbridge and Rev DR..
Parks were classmates of Col. Dancy.

Rev. DR.. Woodbridge and Rev. DR..
Parks were classmates of Col. Dancy
Congressman Adamson has finally Sc
cured pension for a Mexican war vet
eran, who says he served under Capt.
Golden" 1 think he is mistaken IN
the name. First Lieutenant Edwin r.
Goulding of the Georgia Infantry, be-
came captain of the Battalion of Geor-
gia Mounted Volunteers, of which Capt.
James 5. Calhoun of the Georgia Infan-
try, became lieutenant colonel. This
battalion not only made a fine record
in the Mexican War, but furnished
three generals to the Confederate army.
George I. cold Tige'O Anderson,
William T. Wofford and Edward l..
Thomas. Wofford was captain and
Thomas and Anderson were second lieu
tenants, and all were given a vote of
thanks by the Georgia Legislature for
their gallantry in Mexico. Gen. Henry
R. Jackson was a colonel, Gen. Alfred
Iverson, Jr., a second lieutenant; Gen.
Chas. j. Williams, a major; Gen.
! Goode Bryan an Alabama major, and
Gen. A. T. Hawthorne, who lived IN
Atlanta several years. was an Alabama
first lieutenant. Gen. Tennent Lomax,
who was Columbus editor for some
time, was an Alabama captain. Geor-
gia soldiers all made fine records in the
IeXaS struggle ana the Mexican war,
conspicuous on the roll being Gen. Mir
abeau B. Lamar, soldier, statesman and
poet.
OF one thing the Indian race in
America can be assured-that the
! names of their tribes will never be
forgotten. Everywhere, and in a
hundreds different ways, these names
are being handed down to posterity.
Even our most aristocratic social
clubs-like the Tomochichi. in Savan-
nah-are bearing the Indian names
down the corridor of Time" The
Boston (Mass.) Herald of Feb. s, con-
tains a full page group picture of the
club houses of that city. and the AL
gonquin Club has one of the finest,
and it is on Commonwealth avenue
one of Boston's swell residence
streets. The club. it is stated took
its name from the historic Algonquin
family of Indians, to which belonged
the famous New England tribes of
Pequots, Mohegans and Narragansetts,
and by so doing aids in perpetuating
one of the oldest names in America
This name is also being perpetuated in
fashionable hotels, and the Clyde Line
has the Algonquin the Seminole and
other Indian names on its ocean
steamships. In 0sceola county, Flor
ida, and Cherokee county, Georgia,
and Tuscaloosa county, Alabama, old
Indian names will live forever.
II was Gen. Phil Sheridan. who
once said that II he owned Hell ana
Texas, he would rent out the latter
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-01

Mail Orders receive prompt and
carefd attention. Charges will be
prepaid on orders for $500 or over,
except on Furniture and Carpets.
Write for samples and state just what
VOC want and we will be sore to
please You.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-01

Every line of street cars pass our
doors. Ten the conductor to stop at
Foye & Eckstein's. Visitors are al
ways welcome. We deliver packages
at Union Depot IN time for departure
of trains, When IN the city make
this store your headquarters.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-01
Look Out
For Our Opening.

The date of our Grand Millinery Open
ing will be announced very shortly We
are now preparing a Spring Festival of
French Pattern Hats, Flowers, Fruits,
Foliage Braids and Novelties that will be
unrivaled for beauty and style. Exclusive
ness, will be one of the features, and you
will not be aware of the correct styles
until you see our Hats. Wait for our
opening and you can be assured it will
eclipse every showing ever made in Savan-
NAH This week we will commence to show
advance styles of becoming shapes. These
are lovely creations from the most cele-
brated Modistes of Europe and America.
And we invite you to come and see all that
is truly new.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-01
FOyc 4 ECkStcin.
Stirring News
About Dress Goods.

A delightful assortment of the latest
from the looms of the best makers in the
world Here are Striped, Checked, Dotted
and Flaked Mohairs, All Wool Batistes,
Nuns Veilings and Albatross, Wool Crashes,
Shepherd Checks, Wolfe in dots. flakes and
plain, Sicilian Melrose, Drap de Alma, Cote
de Cheval, Cheviot, Zibeline and Camels
Hair, Examines. Creppilon, Dotted Crepe,
Plaid Wolfe, Basket Granite, Plain and
Mixed Panama, Silk Warp Eolien in checks,
polka dots and plain, Silk Warp Crepe de
Paris, Soilines, Silk Sublimes. Here are
200 styles of Black Fabrics. including
Grenadines and Irvine Cloths All the IA
vorlte styles in White, Cream and Evening
Shades, every fashionable color for street
costumes. Prices 39c for Pure Wool
Goods and up, but always "the lowest"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-01
UnriVaIed Line
of New Cotton Goods,

The greatest showing of Wash Goods
and White Fabrics ever seen in this city
The variety is endless and comprises every
make in white and colored, from the modest
Nainsook Checks at Sc, to the most ex-
travagant styles at $500. There are
special fabrics at loo. 15c, 19c; others at
25c 30c, 800 and upwards
Particular attention is directed to some
gorgeous colored Organizes lust in" ...39c
The favorite Damask Patterns in white
mercerized Damacettes 49,. Doc, 39c and ACC
The trimmings to go with all the mate
rails are here to suit. Linen Embroideres
in sets of All-Overs. Gallons and Edgings.
A superb stock of Medallions, -Four ageres,
Ornaments Drops, Bands and Lace Effects
in white. cream and colors Come now
while the assortments are most complete.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-01
Spring Styles Open
in Ladies' Low Shoes.

Our line of Ladies Oxford Ties and
Strap Slippers is complete and is made up
in all the new lasts for spring wear.
At $500, see our composite" Shoe,
made up in the new lasts in all kinds of
leather.
If you suffer from tender feet and
want to get comfort, try a pair of Gro
ver's" soft Oxfords. You will find sure
relief.
At $500. Our line of Oxfords at $500
are the same you pay $3.50 for in other
stores. They are made rp on all the up
to-date lasts and in Southern Buttons,
Southern Ties and Oxfords. We have now
Is different styles to select from.
At $1.98. We have in stock $50 pairs of
Ladies Low Shoes. sample lots, $780, $3.50
and 50. 90 kinds, all styles, and sizes l to E,
we will offer them for Monday at S198.
Bring the Boys and Girls. We will fit
them with the Best Shoes" at Small
Prices"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-01

WHAT'S your hurry7" Il promised
my husband I would meet him at
o'clock" But it's only two now
Life.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-01

II was Gen. Phil Sheridan. who
once said that II he owned He'll and
Texas. he would rent out the latter
La Junta tribune., 1903-07-22

some Denver or Pueblo snide
house that could not do a decent
job of printing even il they should
receive decent price for doing it.
"And YET the local papers must
maintain a cheerful mein and ever
lastingly boom the town, ,"talk for
the advancement of every local
advocate and advance
every sort of public benefit, work
nights while the people mostly
benefited are sleeping, and to do
a thousand things just because
he is in the newspaper business
and IS expected to do these
things And the newspaper man
usually does them uncomplaining-
ly. as he should. but the public,
and especially the business public
at least owes him the courtesy of
being given an equal chance with
to make a living"
La Junta tribune., 1903-07-22
1,sss"ts Some Good Points.

The Salida Record man recent
ly Indulged in plain talk to the
business men of tha, community
that will apply to almos, any 9th
er. Ii is as follows:
"a little plain talk occasionally
will do no one harm, II the talk is
founded on right and the persons
addressed are disposed to look al
matters fairly. This little talk is
founded on fact, is made in a
friendly spirit, and we believe that
Salida business men. of all lines
and classes, are dispossi to give
fair question fair consideration.
"The business man who figures
to save four or FIVE dollars durin
the summer months, when bust
ness is iaclined to be quiet, on his
advertising bill expects the news
paper to go right on booming the
town and all OF its interests Just
the same. This business man
would feel offended, maybe he
would actually complain, if the
local paper reduced its size to one
half the ordinary, laid off halt its
force and issued a poor excuse for
a paper just because "it is the hot
summer season and business is a
little dull" Now don't say you
would not, for you would. You
are all interested in having the
local newspaper maintain a high
standard.
1.-THE writer Of this article has
never during his rather long resi-
dence in Salida gone into a busi-
ness house in Salida and 'dicker-
ed about prices on any class Of
meschandise nor on the price
charged fos any kind Of work or
service. We defy any man to
prove the contrary. Yet there
are many, . great many Of the
business men and the people gen.
erally, with whom the Record
does business that never fail to
sdickef' on psrces of work in our
line and Who. Il they have a FIVE
doltas job to be done will run all
oves town for prices and then
some will eooplaie because the
price - higher thas that aske By