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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-01-21

Hostess-You appear 70 be In deep
thought, Tommy.
Tommy Yes'm. Mamma told me
II YOU asked me to have some cake I
was o ~ q ,mething, an I've been
here so long now / forgot what it
was.-Philadelphia Press.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-01-21

In the course OF his magnificent
lecture on Robert E. Lee, which was
delivered at Atlanta several months
ago at the invitation of the various
Confederate veteran camps in this
city, Judge. Emory Speer. the gifted
orator, in the course Of q magnifi-
cent peroration, paid this thrilling
tribute to the dead hero. which was
received with applause from bis
comrades on the stage aud his friends
in the vast audience gathered TO hear
the distinguished jurist. He refer
red to the fierce onslaught by the
Federals upon the flank of the Con.
federate forces in the tremendous
conflict at Spottsylvania, and thus
graphically describes q thrilling in
cident of the fight.
The moment was critical. The
Confederate Army was cut in two.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-01-21

The inspiring war ballad entitled
The Twelfth Of May" was dedicat.
ed to General Gordon for his magnif.
icent part in the victory over Han.
cock at the battle of Spottsylvania
Court House on May 12. The noble
ballad follows:
When history tells her story.
OF the noble hero band,
Who made the green fields CORY
For the life Of their native land.
How grand will be the picture
OF Georgia's proud array
As they drove the boasting foemen bael
On that glorious twelfth Of Mayl
Whose mein is ever proudest
When we hold the foe at bay?
Whose war-ery cheers us loudest
As we rush to the bloody fray?
'Tis Gordon's-our relianes,
Fearless al on that day
When he hurled his grand defiance
In the charge OF the twelfth of MAY.
Who, who can be coward?
What freeman fear to die
When Gordon orders Forward
And the red cross floats on high?
On, onto the fieldl AWAY
And we see the foe retiring
As IT did on the twelfth of May.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-01-21
ALL LOVED GORDON.
Next 10 " StonewaIi'' jackson.
Most Picturesque Command
er I'm the Confederate
Army.

AflaAfa ConstitHfioa.
Next to Gen. ''Stonewall" Jack
son, perhaps, Gen. John B. Gordon
was the most picturesque command
er in the Confederate Army he
was handsome and brave and dash
ing. rode superb horses: in short,
he looked the man he was, and the
soldiers loved to plunge into danger
where Gordon led.
When the first sharp rife crack
OF the Civil War rang out young
|Gora0nwas engaged IA the mining
business In the mountains of North
ern Alabama. But the wave of pa
triotism swept even to those noun
tain Businesses and the depths of
the gloomy mines, swept there and
carried Gordon with them.
The mountaineers in the country
round the mines took rifles in their
sinewy hands and formed a compa-
ny, selected the dark haired, hand
some John B. Gordon as their cap
tain and with him at their head
marched out to the front as a part
ofthe Sixth Alabama regiment. And
the Sixth Alabama, with Captain
Gordon and his ''Raccoon Roughs, "
for so the company was called, soon
found the path tothe fighting. Months
went by and Captain Gordon, for
bravery and other soldiery qualities,
became Major Gordon and then col
onel of the regiment.
Just before the fighting in Penn
sylvania he was made major general,
and assumed command of Gordon s
Georgia brigade, which he led to
battle for the first time in recaptur-
ing Marye's hill, before Fredericks-
burg, from horde OF Federal troops
who occupied the position.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-01-21
er joyful in tho midst y aashing

er joyful in tho midst d nashinr
muskets.
Gordon,s George brI ~. which
formed the right OF Earl division,
drove back the Federal esn before
Gettysburg. back throu The fown
and beyond TO the SLOPE Cemete-
ry hill staying hundrs and cap
turing other thousatds
The battle is over. ~ sun Is
sinking deep in q ] fed glow.
Men in the woods and de| ~ ere lay
ing away the dead. The uted Fed
erals COVER on the bin Yond the
town. Drawn up in LONG 1es In The
suburbs stand serried a i of vic.
torious men. in gray. 4 oflIcer on
a superb black steed Iz6s up to
each section Of the long feay line In
turn. He stops before i vssa< smani.
Thirty -6rst. be calls, and his
voice goes booming away on the even
ing breeze, "men of the Thirty-first,
General Early says you're the brav-
est soldiers he ever saw"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-01-21

est soldiers he ever saw"
For an instant there is silence save
for the echoes muttering among the
hills, and then the slight figure of a
fair haired youth leaps out from the
long line. Like flash he snatches
the soldier cap from his head and
shouts back.
You tell General Early, by -,
we've got the bravest general he
ever saw"
And then from a thousand throats
there rent the air rebel yell" of
the kind that history will ever re-
member.
The man on the black horse before
the lines was Gen. John B. Gordon,
and the boy who shouted back at
him was young Sapp, who before
that day had never taken part In a
battle.
These are some of the stories told
by Gordon men, and there are
countless others like them, showing
what he was and the devotion paid
him by his men; but here is another
showing Gordon in different situa-
tion:
That point farthest north and
farthest east ever reached by Con-
federate troops was Wrightsville,
Pa. to which village General Cor
don and his brigade marched one
day to capture acertain bridge span
ming the Susquehanna river. This
bridge was about one mile long and
led across the river directly into
Wrightsville
When the Georgians hove in sight
they found force of about 1000 mi
litiamen in posture of defense, but
these fellows soon gave way, firing
the bridge as they retreated. The
men in gray swept on, fighting the
flames as they marched, and reached
the other side before the structure
gave way; but the fire had spread.
A lumber yard at the rivers edge
and some OF the houses in the town
were burning.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-01-21

At that time Capt. W. H., better
known as "Trip" Harrison, was i'll
In the hospital. but as soon as word
reached him that the campaign was
opened he rejoined his regiment
the Thirty-first Georgia, a part of
Gordon's brigade. The first day he
returned he asked some men of his
company "how they liked their new
general.
You ought to see him ride a
horse,' said one. He sits. his
mount like a veteran cavalry gene
raj. Why, 'Jeb' Stuart himself can I
beat him riding"
An then another said: He s one
OF the haadsomest men ever saw :;
his face is glorious.
And then another said: He has
the greatest voice l ever heard.
Why, Captain, he took the whole
brigade out and drilled us one day,
and every man in the whole line
could hear him call out, Forward. ;
The word went booming across the
country like o cannon shot"
And then another said: He S
got big, warm, tender heart in his
breast"
And then still another said by
-, the man that won't follow Cor
don won 3 fight at all. He's the finest
leader that ever ordered charge. p"
When General Gordon first rode
into the lines Of the brigade that la
ter took his name. he saw two men
astride a wooden pole, while guard
paced up and down near by.
What are those fellows on that
pole for ?" demaned the general.
Some one told him the pair were
culprits, court-martisled for shooting
ammunition at squirrelsin camp, and
now being punished for this infrac.
tion OF command. The general
waited TO hear no more. but sat down
and wrote an order directing the col
onel of the regiment to which the
two belonged to release them both
at once. That was the very first or
der John B. Gordon ever wrote as a
brigadier general, and the story,
spreading through the brigade like
wild fire, made him an idol from that
moment on.
That is why they called him kind
hearted at least that is when they
first spoke OF him in that way.
Major Robert Styles, of Richmond,
author of -Four Years Under 'Marse'
Robert, says General Gordon in bat
tie was the most glorious human be-
ing his eyes ever looked upon. He
describes him in the first day s fight
at Gettysburg, his face radiant. his
figure erect, mounted on q splendid
ebony charger, with cleaning eyes
and proud, arched neck. The rider
fairly stood in his stirrups, aud
bareheaded. waved both hands,
while his sonorous voice rolled out
such exhortations as only he knew
how to make tosoldiers. Thus they
1 Ah.-~~a1 --:sl xL.Hf,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-01-28
Death of Mrs. Hanson.

Mrs. Alma l.. Hanson, 80 well know
to many people If our town, died at he
residence of c. W, Taylor, early Wed
nesday morning, aged So years and
nearly two months. She was the wido"
of William Hanson, who died nearly II
half century ago. Two sons, william
II. a, d Samuel. also a daughter, Miss
Hattie, are also deceased. Mrs. Hanson
was the daughter of Elias Morse OF New
Portland but lived In this town nearly
all of her long life, and has a large mum
Der of friends here to honor her memory.
She WAS a devout member of Bethany
Baptist church and funeral services are
to be held at Bethany chapel, Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by
Rev. DR.. W, H. Spencer, pastor.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-01-28

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS: The fol.
lowing are the real estate transfers re.
Gently recorded In the county registry
Fairtield-Wm. r. Harrington to V. r
| Common, 81; F. f. McFadden to +. j.
| Lawrence, $1,000; Hattie Avery to jacob
Weymouth, 81; Jacob Weymouth to
Ethel M. Toward, 81; G. S. Jewett to
j. d. Ames, 81.
Pittsfied-T. N. Drake to l.. II. Good
win, 81; w. M. Prilay to Benz. d. Prilay,
$1.O0
Solon-Timothv Smith to Turner
Davis. 81; Louis Gould to l.. F. Board
man, $3.50.
Brighton-C. F. Church to Edward
Johnson ct al, $500.
Binghman-F Fl. Preble ct al to E p
Page, 81; D. S. Tozier TO VIM. j. Keiger
81,
Cambridge-A. NJ. Bailey to S. w
Herric 500.
Ripley Elizabeth ID. Greedy to Wm
II. Lombard, $3.50; Rosa f. Lombard tC
F. A. Packard, 1926.
Smithfeld-Frank Peavey to FREQ
Withsm, 81.
Hartland-Alonzo Huff to L. M. Huff
81.
Harmonv-Grace G. Symonds ct al tC
Harmony Grange 1874, $500
Mercer-James Tuttle to Geo. Fl. Tu..
tie, 81.
Smithfield-James Tuttle to George Fl
futile, 81.
Cornville--Aaron S. Soule to Claus
St, ffens, 81.
| Send lob printing to this office.
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Send job printing to this office.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-01-28

It is announced that Postmaster Gen
eral Payne will resign at the end of his
term and return to Milwaukee Senator
Quay has been ordered by his physician
TO take the rest cure" in Florida Gen.
Bahu. the Persian minister, has left for
his new post in Vienna Mr.. Henry
White secretary to the American embas-
sly in London, and Mr. Henry Clay
Evans, consul general to London, have
returned to England.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-01-28

Miller; reaulnE, Ia lne hfppdudL-
nock," by Mrs. LILA s. Salley.
Geo. 8. DUDE died. Friday morning, OF
pneumonia, after brief illness, being A.
years of age on the day of his death
The deceased was born 10 Orono, coming
here five years ago and he had since fol
lowed the trade Of painter In this place
At his funeral, which was conducted by
FIR. Lacroix at ST. Mary's church on Sat
urday, the Catholic Order of Foresters
the Painters Union and the Independent
Order OF Foresters, in all OF which ht
held membership, attended. He is sur
vlved by a widow and three children
The remains were taken to Orono where
the youngest daughter of the deceased
was buried about one year since.
Simeon F. Newton Of Jackman died
Sunday evening, at the residence Of
Chas. Holden on the Smiley farm In this
town. He was attacked, Saturday after
noon, with acute bronchitis and this
with pulmonary disease from which he
had suffered for many months resulted
In his death on the following day. Mr.
Newton will be remembered as an i'm
portant witness In the Terrio trial snG
his death coming so quickly after it'
final disposition adds another striking
incident to that already famous case
The remains were taken to Jsokman fol-
interment, Tuesday afternoon, by Sulli
van Newton, a brother OF the deceased
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-01-28
DIED.

skowhegan,-Jan. 2s Norris Routhier, aged
81 years
skowhegan,-Jap. a. Simeon F, Newton,
aged Al years.
aged rs years.
North Fairfield, Jan. Is, Mrs. Mary Church
Hoxle. aged 80 years.
Skowhegsn,-Jsn. &c, Miranda Soule Sawyer,
aged "a years
Harmony,-Jan. 20, Cyrus NJ Bartlett, aged
II years
Norridgewock,-Jan %, Mrs Maria Tobey,
aged IS years.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-01-28

Senator Frye of Maine, president pre-
tenn of the Senate, had talk with the
President, Thursday, regarding some
measures pending in congress in the IT,
terest of American shipping. The Pres
ident promised to aid in securing legis
lation looking to the advancement of the
industry.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-01-28
MAR RED.

New SharoD,-Jan. 21, by Rev. j. r. Remick,
Mr. Clarence f. Brown and Miss Hattie F.
Williamson, both OF Mercer, Me.
solon .y-Jsn. 81, Fred Louis Adams and Miss
Flora Emma Pierce.
Skowhegan,-Jan. q. by Rev. Daniel Onstott,
Mr., Fred c. Morrill, OF whitman, Mass. and
Miss Arabella F. Hill OF Skowhegan.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-01-28
BORN.

Madison,-Jan q, to the wife of Crisis How
ard, 8 eep.
May6eld,-Jan. 81, to the wife.of Thos, White,
a daughter.
Bingham,-Jan. Is. to the wife of Henry
Adams, q son.
Bingham.-Jan. &c. to the wife of Hosea
Whipple, a son.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-01-28

Lawrence Washington, a great-great
grandson of Georges brother, lives in
Alexandria, Va, and is clerk in the
library of Congress. He has twelve
children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-02
Army Orders.

Capt. N. F. Mcclure, 9TH Cavalry, at Fort
HuacLr ca Ariz., has been ordered to tenn
porary duty at Whipple barracks, Ariz.
Leaves of absence have been granted as
follows: Maj. William Lassiter, 18th Infan-
try, four months; First Lieut.. James L.
Bevans, assistant surgeon, twenty days.
Capt z. B. Vance, 18th Infantry, three
months extension.
Sergt. Maj James Wrin. 9th Infantry,
and Color Sergt. John Grim. 23d Infan-
try have been placed on the retired list OF
the army on their own application.
Second Lieut.. Francis w. Clark, 11Sth
Company, Coast Artillery, and Second
Lieut. Guy E.. Carleton, 10th Battery, Field
Artillery have been transferred to the un-
assigned list and ordered to duty at the
West Point Military Academy.
Lieut. Col. Richard E. Thompson, Signal
Corps, at Vancouver barracks, Washington,
has been ordered to take station a Seattle,
Wash, and assume charge of such sections
Of the Alaskan military telegraph system
as are now completed or may be turned
over from time to time.
Capt. Charles B. Wheeler, ordnance de-
partment, in this city, has been ordered to
visit the powder depot at Dover, N ].
First Lieut.. Mark Brooke, Corps OF Engi-
neers, who recently returned from tour Of
duty on the Isthmus of Panama, has been
ordered to New York for examination as to
of engineers.
The leaves of absence granted First
Lieut.. Charles E. Mccullough, 18th Cav
airy, and First Lieut.. Charles w. Van Way
18th Cavalry, have been extended fifteen
days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-02
Value of Military Schooling.

Col. A. L. Wagner chief of the third divi-
sion of the general staff, in memorandum
report giving the results of the annual In
spection of institutions having regular army
officers attached as professors of military
science and tactics. expresses the following
general conclusion:
''In the majority of cases 1t is to be noted
that the faculties at the various institu-
lions do not attach due weight to the value
of military instruction 1t is thought that
II their attention is called to the fact that
by intoxicating a spirit of military disci-
pline subordination and patriotism in the
growing youth Of the country they can as
sist in building up a reserve which Will be
invaluable in time of war, and 1t Is believed
that II a proper appeal be made. not only
to their patriotism but to their self-inter-
est, they will appreciate the advantages OF
military instruction at their institutions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-02
CROP CONDITIONS.
Favorable Temperatures Have Prevail
ed During Past Week.

The weather bureaus weekly summary
OF crop conditions is as follows:
Very favorable temperatures prevailed
during the week ending August In nearly
all districts, and while droughty condi-
tons are beginning to be felt over limited
areas in the central valleys and southern
states, the rainfall has been generally am
pie for crop needs.
Corn has experienced week of favor
able temperature. and while needing rain
in portions of the Ohio, central Mississippi
and Missouri valleys, the crop as whole,
has made good progress and continues In
promising condition.
Thrashing winter wheat has advanced
under favorable weather conditions In the
central valleys, but frequent rains have
interrupted this work in the middle At
lantic states. The quality and yield OF
grain are proving disappointing in the
lower Missouri valley, where the crop SUI
fered much from excessive rains during
the period of harvest.
Unfavorable reports respecting spring
wheat are more pronounced as we'll as
more general than in the previous week,
rust being more or less prevalent IN all
of the principal spring wheat states east
of the Rocky mountains In portions or
Minnesota and North Dakota. however, a
good crop is promised. Harvesting is IN
progress in Iowa, Nebraska and south
Dakota and will begin about the 9TH IN
80
Oregon with better yields than were ex-
pected. In Washington spring wheat is
ripening somewhat too rapidly as a re-
suit of hot winds.
Oat harvest Is in general progress IN
the more northerly sections, and is largely
finished in the central and southern dis
tricts. Rust has caused damage In North
Dakota and portions of Minnesota, and
rains have proved injurious to oats In
shock in Maryland, Delaware and New Jer-
sey
Cotton has made good growth in the
central and eastern portions of the cot
ton belt too rapid growth being reported
from portions of Alabama, Mississippi and
Louisiana. Complaints of rust and she'd
ding are more general than in the pre-
vious week in the Carolinas. Georgia and
Florida. Shedding is also generally re-
ported from Texas, where most Of the
crop would be benefited by rains, drought
being most serious in the north central
countries. Much of the crop in Mississippi
and Louisiana is grassy Picking continues
in southern Texas. where 1t Is expected
to be general by the middle of August,
and has begun in Alabama and Florida.
The condition of tobacco is less favor
able in the Ohio valley where much OF
the crop is in need Of rain, but from Vir-
ginia northward tobacco has made good
growth and topping is in progress. Curing
is progressing in the Carolinas, the crop
in North Carolina being much lighter than
uSual
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-02
Best Men for Foreign Service.

Cen Greedy, chief signal officer, has in
structed the officers of that corps to exer-
else the greatest care in the selection of
men for foreign service. Men of lndlf-
ferent character or dissipated habits Gen.
Greedy says, should be kept on duty within
the limits Of the United States, where they
can be disciplined and supervised; nor
should men Of weak physique be recon-
mended for foreign service. Unsuitable men
are a source of weakness and injury, either
in Alaska or the Philippines. where signal
service men generally serve on detached
DUTY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-02
LABOR DAY PROGRAM.
subcommittee Rapidly Perfecting Re
port of Events.

port of Events.
IT is stated that the arrangements for the
observance of Labor day by the Central
Labor Union at Benning are being rapidly
completed by the various subcommittee,
as reported at meeting of the general
committee held last evening at Typogra-
phical Temple.
The subcommittee are as follows:
Barbecue-J F. Helmuth, chairman; ].
G. Schmidt ]. Newlands, George Baker
smith, Louis Myrtle.
Pike amusements.-Edward Northnable
chairman: w. S. Crown. E. c. Adams, F.
B. Mcguire. l.. B. Diggins.
Sports-H. c. Wells, chairman; H. T. Lee
Clair, E. ]. Roche, c. A. Pfau, c. H. Stro-
bel.
Grounds-E ]. Ratigan. chairman; F. ].
McKenna, j. A. Daley, s. Beckett, William
Lewis
Refreshments-Jere F. Mccarthy, chair
man: ]. j. Burns, NJ. Donnegan. w. Rob-
erts. w. Shaffer.
| hurry. John Neil. John L. Keen, A. Z.
Cummings, John B. Colpoise.
The general committee Is composed of
Milford Spohn, chairman; r. G. M. Ross,
secretary; J. M. Heisley. treasurer; E. j.
Ratigan C. A. Pau, E. C. Adams, E.
Northnagle, II. ]. Wells, Jere F. Mccarthy,
T. C. Fox. John G. Schmidt. A. Henderson.
c. Schroeder. E. ]. Roche. w. Roberts. g.
Amberg, r. F. Joncher. j. H. Babcock. F.
b. Mcguire, J. E. Smothers. H. w. Sher-
man. L. Rubel. G. Malone, C. H. Falbush.
A. T. Baker, N. Tofson, w. Silver, T. o.
Pyles, w. s. Crown, H. T. LeClaire. L. A.
sheetz. Charles Richardson. F. J. Nc
Helmuth. J. A. Daley. ]. I. Bland. s.
Beckett. r. c. Powell, L. B. Diggins, Charles
Brown, N. z. Cayton, q. r. Bachrach.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-02
War Relics as Ornaments.

Within the past week a number of old
smooth-bore guns have been sent to Fort
Washington by the army authorities here
on the steamer Kent and will be used for
display about the Fort Washington
grounds The old guns look like relics OF
the civil war. but are well preserved and
are handsome pieces of ordnance They
came from an army storage post in the
north, where they have been for the past
forty years, and will now see peaceful serv-
ice as ornaments at the fort. The old guns
II is stated, will be mounted and placed
about the parade grounds and will serve
as an object lesson to show the difference
between the old-time ordnance and the
modern guns now at the fort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-02
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

LIE DRO1T PARK-William Butterworth
ct ux. to Richard 8. Wolfe, lot 10, block
4; $40
EIGHTH STREET SOUTHEAST between
B and c streets-Laura M. Moore to
Joseph H. Milans, part Of original lot 8,
square 923; s2,7OO. ~ :.
WASHINGTON HEIGTHS-Jennie S. En-
mons ct vir. George E., to Helene
Downing, lot "a, block 4; S,75O.
TRIN1DAD-Mary F. cOrme to Milton Nc
Donald, part of lot 49, block 10; s., 100.
BLOOMlNGDALE-Fr A. Blundon ct
ux to John Waldm.n, lot %, block IA;
$40.
CLEVELAND PARK-Thomas E. Wagga-
man ct Tx. to John Sherman, lots y to
33, and part of lots 8 to q and "a; SO.
kALORAMA HEIGHTS-Grace Z: Morey
to Joseph N. Young: lot 81, block 3; $40
18TH STREET SOUTHEAST between A
nd B streets-Walter E. Wright ct al.
to Edwin A. and Sadie A. Sweeley; lot
49, square 1887; So
NO. s12 B STREET NORTHEASTERN
A. Skunk ct vir, Alonzo W., to Ada ".
Stone: lot n, square OIL; SO
CLEVELAND PARK-Minnie e. H. Keys
to Eleanor P. Lord: lots to 10. block
8; So Eleanor P. Lord to ]. Murray
Burrell, same property; $40.