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and prayed for his brother, his com.
RACES ana himself. And on the NOR
row he was taken and his brother
left! Jacquelinc Beverley Stanard
lived for sometime after receiving his
mortal wound, aud he sent to his
mother messages OF love and farewell:
Tell her." he said, Il fell where |
wished to fall, fighting for my coun-
try, and did not fight in vain. Tell
my mother l die with full confidence
in my God; my loved ones must meet
me In Heaven" And. when from the
battlefield the distant shout of vic
tory fell upon his ear, a radiant smile
lit up his countenance and with "a
ferVent Thank God" the young hero
fell asleep"
Thomas Garland Jefferson, OF the
same family as the author OF the
Declaration OF independence, who had
received the summon to battle as to
banquet, displayed a Spartan forti-
tude as he lay bleeding on the field.
10 TWO or his companions who linger-
ed 10 give him some assistance, he re-
Piled, pointing to the advancing line:
You can do nothing for me; go to
the front; there is the place for you"
Cadet Wheelwright, who at the age
or ii had displayed remarkable cour-
age and daring in assisting i'm the
capture OF Il vessel from some trai-
tors VINO had seized it, was the young
est OF three brothers, two of whom
were in the Confederate army. Think
Ing To preserve their benjamin from
the fatalities Of war, his parents sent
him to the Institute, and he alone
fell sacrifice. Surviving until the
I'd OF June, he bore his suiYerings with
the utmost patience and heroiSm,
sending messages To his family OF
Christian hope and resignation.
An incident that has been classed
as touching the high water mark of
American heroism" is related OF one of
the cadets at New Market. Lieut..
Carter Berkeley, of a Confederate
battery, was passing over the battle
field when he attracted by the cries of
mere lad, who, grievously wounded
himself, was apparently unconscious
of his own condition in his distress
over his comrade. He sat with the
latters head upon his breast and
called to Lieut.. Berkeley: ''Sir, do
get me doctor, for my friend is
wounded" My poor boy" replied
the officer, your friend is dead, but l
will get doctor for you" They
were, indeed, all worthy of their race,
many OF them being OF gentle lineage
and bearing historic names, in the
nobleSt meaning, the golden youth"
of the Old Dominion. And among
the cadets there were representatives
also OF the best blood of some of the
Southern States. Some years after
the war Northern man came to the
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-01
PULLED ARMS FROM SOCKETS
Strong Man Badly Injured in Trying
to Outpuli Horses.

a New York dispatch OF Tuesday
says: Sebastien Miller, professional
strong man, will be crippled for many
weeks as result of the accident at
the PlattdeutScher NolkSieaSt at
Ridgewood park when two horses he
was trying to pull together almost
tore his arms from their sockets. 1t is
likely that he will never regain his
former strength.
The act which Miller attempted
was TO strap himself To two powerful
horses and drag them together by
sheer muscular force. Two big bre.
very horses were taken to the park
for the test.
. Miller strapped his hand into loops
that extended to a stout harness
around the horses, one on each side
OF him. a great crowd watched him
as he strained every muscle OF his
powerful body, but the horses did not
bulge.
The crowd cheered, and the horses,
frightened by the noise, started to
move in opposite directions. The
grinding Of the giants bones could be
plainly heard, his face was drawn with
pain until, when he could bear t no
longer, he called for help. Men rusr ed
upon the platform and stopped the
horses.
1t was none too soon; for the mans
arms had been pulled from the
sockets and the flesh broken, letting
thin streams of blood course down his
arms. A physician was soon with
him, and after putting the diSlocated
bones back in place he allowed his
patient tQ go home. Now he is un-
able to use either arm, and the doc.
tors say it will be long time before
he will be well.
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saying TO the commandant: "Sir,
was an officer in the Union army at
the battle OF New Market and was a
witness to the bravery OF your cadets,
and resolved then that il ever had
a son he should be educated in this
school OF heroes.'
Among the cadets at New Market
was young Israelite, born In Rich
mond, Va, now the world renowned
sculptor, Sir Moses Ezekiel, OF Rome,
Italy. To him, most appropriately
was consigned the execution OF the
monument to his comrades, the cor
ner-stone OF which was laid the 18th
uf May last, and which will he un-
yelled June 23. 1t occupies beauti-
ful position on the parade ground of
the Institute, in front of the entrance
to the Jackson Memorial Hall. At
the cemetery of the Institute are the
graves of the young heroes whose
fame the monument commentaries.
Sleeping, but glorious,
Dead in fame'S portal,
Dead, but victorious;
Dead, but immortal.
!. They gave us great glory,
What more could they give?
They have left us 4 story,
story TO live"
Kate Mason Rowland.
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battalion. Capt. Wise has been for
many years an honored citizen OF
Baltimore, Md, where he is connected
with the public school system, and
has made reputation as an accom-
pl!shed educator
Many touching and some amusing
anecdotes are told of the boy soldier,
and their proweSS. Gen. Imboden re-
lates that Col. w. G.. Lincoln, OF the
34th Massachusetts, was very badly
wounded, and his horse having been
killed, he was caught under him. In
this helpless plight he refused to sur
render to a cadet until the cadet
threatened TO run him through with
his bayonet. And the incident is re-
lated by Capt. Wise, of cadet who
called to a Federal officer to surren-
der, and the officer, who despised his
pigmy adversary, refusing to do so;
the boy discharged his muSket, in
tlicting fatal wound. "Oh, mister"
cried the tender-h hearted youth, as he
ran forward TO help his dying foe, Il
am sorry l shot you" And what a
fool was l." replied the other, mot
to surrender
A small cadet, eager to show his
ValOr, came eXcitedly forward to Capt.
Wise with about eight or ten Federal
soldiers, eXclaiming in triumph: See,
Captain, / captured all these men my
self" But the Captain shrewdly SuS-
pected that the soldiers were on the
way TO surrender themselves when
this doughty young gentleman came
up with them. Cadet Charles Carter
Randolph- a cousin OF Gen. Lee, was
the youngest boy in the battalion.
At the age of fourteen he had entered
the Confederate service in a cavalry
] company from his native county, Fau-
quier. lie reported TO Gen. jackson
as courier before the battle OF Slaugh-
! ter'S Mountain, and carried orders for
| him 10 the front. But he was Su
small Gen. Jackson recon- mended that
he be admitted as a cadet in the Mill
tary Institute. At the battle OF New
! Market it is said that a Federal officer
! refused TO surrender to him until the
brave youth showed his readiness To
use the bayOnet. lie was soon after
wards desperately wounded in the
head, SO that his life was dcSpired OF,
and it was fully a year before he was
able to return to the institute. He
is. now a clergyman in the diocese OF
his near relative, Bishop Alfred Ma
gill Randolph, of Southern Virginia.
Among the cadets who were in the
! battle was the young son OF the Con
fedcrate Secretary of War, Mr.. Sed-
don. The story is told of Cadet Sed.
don that he was small OF stature and
SO delicate that one OF his fathers
servants was employed to carry his
| gun for him ON the march. Gen.
lmboden had boy brother among
these little heroes vino was knocked
down and disabled for the time by a
spent canister shot.
Among the cadets who gave w
their lives at New Market, Cabell,
Stanard, Jefferson and Wheelwright
were especially noticeable for their
nobility OF character and Christian
graccs. Cadet Cabcll was the eldest
OF two brothers who were i'm the bat
TALON, and his unSeltiSh care and soil
citude for his brother, their mothers
darling, was remarked upon by his
associates. On the night before the
battle he told cOmradc OF his fears
! for the boys safety, then went apart
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Boston McnaCed.

new terror now menaceS Boston.
Somebody claims to have discovered, by
scientific methods, that the city Is
slowly sinking TO sea level. 1t is
asserted that there has been a drop OF
OF about foot in the last ninety
years. and thai the depression is
steadily going on. But, in view
the weight Of Boston intellect, the
wonder is not that the city is being
mashed under, but that it has held
up SO long.
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Another Lynchinp

mob OF fifty masked men Thurs
day morning hanged Jack Harris, a
negro, to the porch of building in
the suburbs OF Clarendon, Ala. Har-
riS assaulted and seriously injured
John Coburn, white farmer, who
lives about eight miles from Clarendon.
The assault was committed Sunday
and Harris captured the following.
The mob forcibly took him from the
custody of the sheriff and hanged him.
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Buildings DESTROYED.

The most spectacular demolition OF
buildings in the history OF the world
was begun by the Pennsylvania rail
roaG Wednesday in the very heart of
New York. Four hundred buildings,
including three churches, a hospital
and a charitable home, will be made
one grand ruin in order TO erect a
mammoth station i'm connection with
that roads tunnel project from New
Jersey to Long Island.
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the order was given to charge, the en-
counter was soon over, though the
gunners stood gallantly to their guns
until overpowered. A cadet mounted
a caiSson and waved from 1t in
triumph the Virginia State flag, the
colors of the Institute, rousing wild
yell OF triumph from the Confeder-
ates.
There was then a general advance
along the whole line and the battle
was won. The cadets, out OF two
hundred and twenty-five lost eight
killed and forty-six wounded. Gen.
Shipp had been struck down at a
critical point in the charge and t.
Capt Henry a. Wise, one OF the
assistant professors, young man not
much over 20, a nephew and name
sake OF Gen. Wise, had fallen the
command OF the battalion. Capt.
Wise tells how, amid the noise and ex-
ctement, tap on the shoulder
arrested his attention., and the news
came from comrade that their
colonel had fallen and he, as senior
officer, must take his place. The
little confusion that had arisen when
Col. Shipp was carried to the rear was
soon checked and Capt. Wise had his
command well in hand, showing con-
SpicuouS gallautry, coolneSS and de-
clsion. When the battle was over
Capt. Wise had eight bullet holes in
his clothes, though he could not
remember how any of them came
there. And he relates that both the
tails of his long military coat were
cut away. In the two large pockets
were his pipe and Tobacco pouch,
and the pipe was broken, but a piece
of it remaining. One of his fingers was
temporarily injured yet he could not
recall how or when.
| And To his memory afterwards the
action seemed to have occupied but d
few minutes, though he knew that it
had been much longer. OF one thing
at The end, however, he had vivid
realization that was the need of a
new pair Of pats, as his own were so
cut ant torn. For this purpose he
went over the battlefield to find what
he lacked on the fallen forms of his
erStwhile foes. He conSOled himself
for any impiety in "robbing the dead"
with the reflection that he was taking
what was no longer OF any use to the
lifelcSS wearer. Being Il very tall
young fellow, it, was some time be-
fore he found man of his own height.
and then he discovered, as he at
tempted the task, what a difficult
thing 1t is to take anything off of the
rigid forms OF the dead. He called
a soldier to his assistance, who, in his
turn, appropriated the poor mans
shoes. The pants were carried to an
old negro waSherwoman to be well
boiled and plugged" where ball had
gone through them, and then Capt
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-01
ENDS HIS LIFE.
A Doomed Negro Murderer Cheats
the Ga'lows
BY TAKING POISON IN THE JAIL l.
Where lie Was Closely Contined
Awaiting the Veng grc,ce orthe
Law for His Heinous

John Brpwntield, the negro who MUIR
dered Deputy Sheriff Scurry at George
town in September, 1900, and who was
TO have been hung last Friday, COM
mitted suicide i'm Lis cell on Tuesday.
June 22, 10y taking poison. The Char
lesion Post correspondent says it is not
known how he obtained the stun with
which he killed himself. There has
been some talk OF the possibility of the
condemned man taking his own life
and cheating the gallows, but there
was little expectation OF his being able
to accomplish it. Browntield made
Il remarkable fight to escape the gal
lows and carried his case to the Su-
premc Court of the United States. He
mad exhausted every resource to save
his neck, when finally he took his own
life I'm the very shadow Of the gallows.
Browntield killed Deputy Sheriff
Scurry On September 30, 1900, resist
ing the deputyS undertaking to arrest
him in barber shop. The killing
caused great excitement and a posse
|
Browniield and brought him to Jail.
There was some talk of lynchlng and
the negroes began TO gather from the
surrounding country To prevent any
such proceeding, and afterwards with
the purpose rcScuing the prisoner from
the jail. The situation became very
bad and there was imminent danger OF
race war, when Mayor Morgan APP
pealed to Gov. McSweeney to order ont
the militia. The Georgetown COM
panieS and Major Schachte's command
from Charleston were quickly brought
to the scene and their presence estab-
lished order and the trouble quickly
subsidized.
Browniield was tried and convicted
in December, 1901, and was sentenced
to hang, but he appealed to the Su-
preme Court Of the State, which sus-
tanned the judgment OF the lower
court. His case was then carried to
the Supreme Court of Lhe United
i NAa.A - u INC -
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THRILLING STORY
From the Records of the Corps of
Cadets of the
MILITARY ACADEMY
In the Var Of Southern Independ-
ence. The. Gallant Charge of
the BOY Battalion at
New Market.

1t is a record unexampled i'm his
tory, this story Of some two hundred
and twenty-five boys, under lS. par
ticipating in sanguinary and hard
fought battle, where the service they
rendered was SO timely and effective.
that it materially contributed to the
fortunes of the day. In the month
OF May, 1864, three BATTLES were
fought on the soil Of Virginia. Two
were on the eastern side. OF the Blue
Ridge Mountains, and one i'm the
famous Valley OF the Shenandoah,
whrre still walked the wrath OF Stone
wall Jackson, dead at Charlottesville
the May previous. The gigantic CON
ilicts Of the Wilderness and Spottsyl-
vania Court House, May to ! and
May 8 to IS, which fill so large 4 space
on the canvas of one OF the worlds
greatest wars, would inevitably throw
into the shade the small battle in the
valley, but for the romantic circum-
stance that on the Confederate side
it was partly fought by the cadets of
the Virginia Military Acadtute. Yet
the battle of New Market was in itself
no insignificant factor in the defence
of Virginia and the protection OF the
Confederate Capital
The Federal general, Sigel, who had
established himself at Winchester, in
April, had a force of about 5000 in
fantry, $500 cavalry and three or
four field batteries, and was making
ready for forward movement. To
meet: him, Gen lmbodin, OF the Con-
federate cavalry, who was i'm camp in
Rockingham County, over seventy
miles from Winchester, advanced with
a force OF ,492 men and 100 scouts,
who operated in Sigels front and rear.
The reserves" OF Rockingham and
Augusta counties, about 900 men,
were notified TO bc ready at a mo-
| ment's warning TO join Imboden, and
the same order was sent to the COM
mandantIf the VIRGINIA Military In
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OF denial or constitutiOnal rights, clos
ing the last appeal tribunal to the
murderer. On last Tuesday the ne
gro was brought into court and finally
sentenced to be hanged on Friday,
20. He asked that Mayor Morgan and
three prominent citizens of George
town would see him and to them he
appealed for influence with the Gov
ernor to have his senUence commuted
to life imprisonment: They declined to
do anything, but recommended that he
endeavor TO enlist the sympathy OF his
victims brother, G.. w. Scurry. Mr..
Scurry refused promptly and emphati-
cally TO raise his hand in the negro's
behalf and declared that he would
spend every dollar he had to bring his
brothers slayer to Justice.
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which enabled Gen. Breckinridge to
reach him from Southwest Virginia
with 900 veteran troops. Breck-
inridge then took command, and the
battle of New Market was fought on
tile 18th OF May. The scene OF the
conflict, little village with a popula-
tion or one thousand souls, nestled
between the mountains and the river,
in Shenandoah County, its undulating
ground smiling with orchards and
gardens and fertile fields Of grain.
The cadets left the Institute on the
llth OF May. They were up before
daybrcak making their preparations,
and, after an early breakfast were on
the march. With the ardOr OF youth
they went ioyfully to the fray. One
OF them, ten years later, recalled the
sensations Of the hour as the most
joyous moment of his life." The boys
in their gayety and eXubcrant spirits
shouted and sang and whiStled as they
swung along, all Of them joining, now
and then, in the chorS OF some favorite
air. Arrived at Staunton they had
yet forty miles TO make before reach
ing New Market. 1t proved n long
and toilSome. march altogether, OF
four days duration, through falling
rain and wet fields and muddy roads.
| But the. battle day dawned bright and
beautiful, though terrific thunder
storm came later, mingllng its terrors
and grandeur with the thunder OF the
guns. The boy battalion on their ar
rival were quickly in line, having been
assigned central position so as to be
as little exposed as possible. The
gallant kentucian in command,
gentle and brave, and one of the
handSomeSt men To be found I'm either
army, on whom had fallen the man
tle- and withit the spirit, OF Stone
wall jackson, looked tcHderly upon
the youths, called from their stu lies
to..face a field Of battle, and would
fair. have. Spared them I'll fiery
ordeal. 49,.
Riding up to the ,ddGt corps, lust
before the enlightenment, his graceful
and Commanding figure conspicuous
object On the field, Gen Ireckinridge
said: Young gentlemen, hope |
Will not have to call upon you to-day,
but know if l should be Obliged to
do 50 that you will do your duty !" And
.nobly did they respond to this expecta-
ltion. The battle was progressing
tsucceSsfully' for the Confederates,
though Stubbornly contested by the
! Union forces, when Il terrible fire met
breckenridge from one. of Sigers
! batteries, which WAS on elevated
fgrQunds doing MUCH damage to the
Confederate ipfantry. 1t was then,
at about . O'Clock IN the day, that
The cadets were called into action.
Though they had already suffered
/. several casualties from. random shells.
The boSsF with the agility and en-
'thHsiaSm Of their years, outran the
veterans who were alongside of them,
Fcrossing 4 deep and rock gully about
three hundred yards from the battery,
Under the concentrated fire OF it's six
guns, .plunging through thorns and
ErbrierS. and over fallen logs and Stumps
of-trees. Then they waited for the
GID Virginia regiment some two or
three minutes, keeping their rorma-
tion with wonderful cOolncSs while
the battery was doing its deadly work
upon their youthful ranks. When
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A Model Store

The firm of Massengale & Oliver
allows no firm to out do them in the
work of keeping their store in order
30 as to make the view within the
most inviting. 1t is the common re-
mark that no store in Hattiesburg has
ever surpassed this one in the artistic
arrangement Of the stock and the Ia
dies will just go there as they are all
fond of viewing the pretty things that
they will always find grouped and in
D, ramids there and besides they have
long since learned that Massengale g.
Oliver just won't allow any one TO
undersell them, and the ie things fur
nish the attraction. This firm in
tends making things more lively from
now till January /, as they have got
to vacate their premises then, and
this means goods at your own price
to customers until the mammoth stock
on hand is sold.
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SOuIe Business College

With pleasure we invite the atten.
ton Of our readers to the advertise
ment of this truly practical and mer-
itorious school.
This institution is one of the time
honored schools of the south. 1t has
graduated thousands Of young ladies
and prepared them to assume the du-
ties of commercial life.
Its courses of study are Of the high.
est grade, and the equipments and
facilities are superior in all respects.
Soule College never stands still.
Every year it devolyes something
new, and thus keeps pace with the
progressive age and meets the never
changing demands of the business
world Hence it is that Sodle College
is regarded as the leader and a model
of business education in the SOUTH
See advertisement in another column.
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Silver Greek

The second issue of the bright and
newsy little Silver Greek Star ha;
made it's appearance and copy of il
comes to this office. Among the
many nice sayings it contains in ref
erence to the little city from which
it takes its name we reproduce the
following, since we all feel an interest
in Silver Greek, and in our Mr..
Thomas NJ. Ferguson, to whom it in
directly refers, as it was he who sold
the lots at auction:
The auc ion sale of lots in tii
place Inst Thnrdsav was attended By
a rather small cfos d. most of whom
were honefolkS The bidding was
lively and prices not discouragingly
low. At least five dwellings will be
erected on the property sold at once,
and others are TO follow in quick sue.
cession"