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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-04-07
Oak Tree Items.

Oak Tree. Va. April 4.-Ths
Ladies Aid Society and w. {. T.
u. OF York River church. VIII hold
their annual meeting this afternoon
a, B;gelov's. in the home OF Mrs.
Z. {. Rowley.
Miss Rebie Evan has Just reoov-
cred from an attack OF measles.
The farmers are busy early and
late now. endeavo-ing 70 make up
for tine lest in March. on account Of
stormy weather.
The Roll Of Honor for Bige.ow
school this month. /. {. those max
ing a general average Of Is per cent.
OF more. IS as follows: Ruth Hans
ford. Edward Maynard. r.. Eugene
Rowley. f.. Lotto Maynard. Leon
ara Maynard. Emily Rowiey. Mag
sic Maynard. joyce Jones. Howard
Jones. Kathryn Bailey. Louise MAY
narG. Those making 100 per cent
II attendance are. Ray Ellis, Rich
ara Gage. Thomas Gage. Cora Haz-
elton. Ruth Eanstold. Maggie May
nari. Leonard Maynard. Eugene
Row.ey. Emily Row.ey. Rose Row
.ey. Pear. S.no,so- Wise Simonsor.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-04-07
Holdcroft News.

Eo.dcrott. Va. Aprl S.-A sd
story OF burning comes from the
.ower enc OF Charles City. 4 lady
named Mrs. Fobs LETT he1 two Ette
children In the house while she
went 70 q ne.ghbo1's for mail.
While the mother was away the
children started q lre. using kero-
sene oil. An explosion occurred.
covering the children with oil and
literally burning their clothes from
their bodies. One OF the children
died II a few hours. while the other
survived several days. The house
and contents were destroyed.
Mrs.. Mary Slater. wife OF Mr.. z.
II. Slater. died Monday morning.
Ms. Slater IS survived by her hus-
band and a large family OF small
children.
Mr.. Charlie 1. wilcox and Miss
Grace Wilcox were married al the
home Of the bride. Belfast Banks
Tuesday evening a. 8 O'Clock. The
ceremony was witnessed BY a few
friends Of the contracting parties.
Mr.. {. A. Orange. Of Norfolk.
has returned home after a ten days
visit here. Duck" as nc is IA.
niliarly known. was Tor number
OF years one Of Brass Ankles most
gallant young men and is well re-
membeFed by the fair sex Of thi,
place. Mr. Orange is az present ;
- I'D CQca Coli
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-04-07
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1906-05-26
Gettysburg
Forty-three
Years After
By J. A. EDGERTON

Copyright, 1906. by J. A Edgertonl
~ORTY-T THREE years are not long
in the life of a nation. vet they
are long enough to change the
face of the world Gettysburg,
outside the few living participants,
seems to us like a faron dream. one of
those heroic events in the remote past.
The younger generation can scarcely
realize that its battle was fought com
paratively in our own time. that our
fathers or grandfathcrs read of it in
the morning paper and that the white
headed Grand Army man over the way
heard the thunder of its cannon and
surged forward in its charges. The re-
public has lived much since that day.
These twoScorc years have been packed
with events, discoveries. transitions.
The semblancc of thin"S has been so
changed and our commercial era is so
remote from war that already the civil
conflict seems to have belonged to an
elder world Thou"h it thrills us till
we weep over it and grow proud by
turns, vet il is unreal. IL sort of phan-
tom play of giants in an aye far re-
moved
When the grizZled veteran with the
empty sleeve tells MS he fought there
we look at him with Il certain half com
prphrudiuu wonder .,s thourb ha ,vora
an Old Greek or Roman trnusnlontcd tn
the twentieth ccatury We live fast I'm
these davS, with our intrllects sub
MERGED in the present and our imn-i-
nations rur,nturr, uf thr future Tho
past with us is ONLY tn, past whether
il he that of last century or q thousand
wears ago.
Swcpt out of range hy the rrmorkohle
whirI of our life. Lincoln seems TO us
rs one of the heroes of plutarch or one
of the prophets of lSrapl-grcat and
tovrrin.e. b,it already with tho mists
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1906-05-26

south; sees her great son. the natiCn,
growing to be the leader of the wol ld
She listens to the music of industry
rising from thronging city and fruitful
farm.
She b'holdS laden trains wind
ing over mountain and prairie great
ships bringing treasures AMI peoples
to her shores mines in the npUntiinS
pouring yellow wealth into her mntS.
She gazcS on her erStwhile deserts
transformed by the magic touch OF
labor. She hears the pauditS of the
nations as her message of peace and
freedom is borne throughout the cn"th.
Sh" dwells not on the past except as
ii holds tie promise of that which is to
be-
Her eyes pierce the veil of the flu
ture and behold vision of greatness
and glory. Her face grows radiant
with the light Of better days whose
dawnS even now fall upon her. She Is
the spirit of the Union. revcrential of
the past. but more reverential of the
infinite good that shapes for her II des-
more beautiful than that of Greece
She is compassionate of the gray and
mourning shade at her side. but whs,
perS a hope of a later and greater
southland already Springing into being
And out of her goes thought of
mighty love that binds together the
two sections with a bond that will
never be broken.
Aye truly the place is haunted.
Here vet is another spirit. with Il star
in her forehead and Il light in her hand
She looks not only to this land which
is her especial care. but to all nations
and all peoples. Now her eye falls up
on Russia. over which rises the lurid
morning of bclated freedom. She
frames thought of equality. and the
workers of the world arise to claim
their own. She fashions Il concept Of
brotherhood, and men begin talking Of
a federation of the nations She medi-
htcS on the inward nobility of man,
Ind souls are stirred with nameleSS as
pirations and with divinity they can
not express She turns her eyes to her
chosen people, and America is thrilled
with the dream of purcr democracy
than earth has vet known. She looks
on Gettysburg and says: Here will
build me another shrine like those Mt
Thermopylae, at Zama, at Tours, at
NaSeby and at Yorktown. For | am
the Spirit of Liberty. and here will
men come to renew their love of me
Gnd to conSecrate themselves to my
'ervice until all the lands are ns free
rs the airs of their own moIntains."
Yet other shades are here. hosts OF
the departed who fought and fell upon
this immortal field. They wore diff
ferent uniforms and served opposing
causes. In life they We're enemies; in
death, friends. In the spirit is unity;
in the grave is peace. They struggle
no more but fratprniZe now. as indeed
do their comrades who yet remain in
the sphere we call the living. In the
battles red tide they were officers and
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1906-05-26

rs INSANE on the subject. Lincoln was
almost the only one who understood
him. and that great friend Of the com
mon soldier spoke frequently of the
humble clerk and in the warmcat
terms, If republics are truly not un-
grateful Thomas Brou-hum Baker Will
he remembered ON this Memorial day
and on all succeeding ones.
Few realize the labor entailcd on
those who max" the monuments found
in tn" national and other cemeteries
where lie our soldier dead. OF late
years the process has been much sim
plificd by the use of machinery In
stead of tie Old laborious method of
maIlct and chjscl compressed air is
now employed to drive the bit that cuts
the stone. 'Ihc power is applied
through Il long rubber tube, at the end
of which the bit works. This gives
much greater speed than the Old way,
nor is it so wearing upon the Wor&mcu.
Years ago the late President McKin-
ley recommended that the graves of
the southern soldiers be included in the
national cemeteries or at least that
the states be assisted in caring for
them. While no very great results have
come from these large hearted at
tempts as yet, the day seems rapidly
approaching when something practical
will be done toward realizing the end
that the third of the martyr presidents
had in view. BILLS to this effect have
been introduced in the present session
-.
tionaliSm has passed away is shown by
no body of men more than by the sur
vivimg Sol,jerS on both sides. They
learned to respect each other, even on
the battlefield, and after the conflict
WAS over that respect m"llowed into
love. If they can forgive and forget,
why should not all others be equally
generous ANA magnanimOuS? There
was no question of north and south
amonG tn" soldiers of the Spanish war.
WY shout / there be any such question
among the people ut large? America is
one forcVcrmore. Let the flowers of
Memorial day fail on the grave of ev-
cry soldier regardless of the side on
which he fought. by no single act can
the ties of union be made stronger
In keeping with this sentiment Il sec
ton of Arlington cemetery has been
set aside for the burial of the Confcd-
crate dead. Special appropriation was
mad" by congress for this purpose,
which action called forth Il resolution
of thanks from the United Confederate
veterans in the reunion at Memphis.
AZ - frIt lInr ,NitInurn of bn al
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1906-05-26

CHIsELING STONE WITH A COMPRESSED
AIR DRILL
with seven. Kentucky has six and 9th
cr states ana territories. mostly in the
south, each n smaller numlcr The
most notll.e of thcS" government bu-
rial gro1m is ut Arlington. Va.
No n.tlul has ever cared for its de
femG"rS as has Amrv.ca Republics
may bc ruIiateful but mouurchirS are
more so Tie nations of the Old world
rear costly monuments to generals,
aumr0lS and what not, but the common
soldier is Ec-lrctcd, to lie rs he fell or
to be piled with others in an unmari-
ed trench. But democracy marks the
resting l.lvt of the private as well as
that OF the captain. The leader is not
less regarded than in the lands gov
crued by kings and ariStOcracicS, but
the avcrl t man is more regarded.
How could this democratic tendency be
more beautifully typihcd than in our
treatment of our dead soldiers? Nor
is the care confined to northern men
alone. There are in the neighborhood
of 1860 Confederate dead in these
' 'lI iptiN '''ltl'lN'l KS. 'llll IL IL Slit 10
say that their graves are as tenderly
cherished us are those of the Union
side.
Much Of the credit for maugurating
our national cemetery policy is due to
an almost unknown und"rclcrk in vari-
Gus military departments who was ac-
ciGrntally killed by falling under
train in Chicago in 1903 His name was
Thomas Brou"ham Baker. Through
out the war between the states he la
bored indcfHti"&bly to have the gov
crnmcnt set aside national cemeteries
for the burial of the soldiers. When he
presented the plan to an underoliicial
of the war department it was only to
meet Il rebuff. Then he took the case
to Secretary Cameron, only to face
Gefeat again. But he would not give
up. lie kept DeSic%ing Cameron till
finally the doors We're shut against
him. When Edwin NJ. Stanton was
made secretary of war Baker went to
him and met Il more favorable recep-
ton. Stanton approved the idea, and
when Lincoln heard of it the great
heart of the martyr president warmed
to the plan mt once. Baker was given
clrrllS;i". in which he hc'ped keep a
record of til" burial of the soldiers, and
not few Of the perfect government
flies relating to the deaths and inter-
mcnt of the men who fell for the I'm
ion are due to his efforts.
Lincoln knew well of Bakers un-
selfish work. and if the great man had
lived the services of the humble clerk
would have been acknowledged. AS
IT was. little or nothing was known of
Bakers work until his own death call
ed attention to the part he had played.
SO asSduOuS had been his efforts in
behalf of establishing national ceme-
teries THAT COR time he was regarded
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1906-05-26

prvatrs, mt Death, the great lcvcIcr,
has mad" them equals. Gone are the
animositi"S. tn" antagoniSms of sec
tion. the distinctions of rank. Only
brotherhood remains; only the binding
tie of love May it not be that they
biVouac together at this spot where
they won glory and peace both for
themselves ana their land? May it
not be that they gather here to live
over again those three momcntous
July days when they helped to decide
the fate of Il continent and hcwcd out
through the red soil of human flesh
path that is to be followed by all man
kind?
Then. too. may 1t not be that the
great white soul of Lincoln comes
here sometimes to view the scene
where WAS played the eliminating act
of that drama in which he took such
memorable part? May it not be that
he pauScs at the spot where was de
livercd his greatest though shortest
Grafton, now AMI forever an inSepara-
bic part of the memories of this field?
May it not be that the spirit of Robert
f. Lee brOOlS here sometimes oyrr the
mi.t,En-or was il tho fotn ,,I,i,.h
lnd to .ho d.fo,t oIil.o Of hi, or,,,,. and
his c,usoq Nr,v If NOT lao t,ot norn,
olls and tho othnr leaders Who lio1
ON those bnights and in thoso vol,n,.s
return to grand reunions on this field
that is the focal point of the thoughts
of notiou2 Non,r,rIo ,cn,o, 11ar,t
al Inv. tho snuIs nf tI,,, ,I,,,,,.tnI h,I,o,,,
o,, I,,. tnn ,,nr,ori,s ,f ,I,o Ii,.inn. ,,,.,,,o
.,.rcd -. tho snnt u.hnr,,,, ,,.,, ,,.rit
tom ono mara ch,,tor j., ,l,,, ,,,,,,,ol ~
f,.o.1,,,, Mon r,,,. ,,, c,r,,rt+oI,
+i,rs ,,,,, ,.o,,,o n,,I ~, 1;+i,,, ,,,,,,.
,riso ,rj crrrIIo ,.i,,i,;,,ti,,, ,,,,',
hIosso,,, ,,d nn,i,h hrt ,yr;Io histnr',
ro,,,,ir. .I,n, shalt o,.o,. Ir, nI,,t,,,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1906-05-26

dominion. She saw the bloody red
dawn Of her day but it was n false
dawn that IapS"l back into night be-
fore the sunrise. The boOy of her hope
is dead: but She, its spirit, yet fingers
near its grave at Gettysburg
Truly the place is haunted. Another
spirit is here. erect. confident. n very
daughter of the morning. Not sorrow
full she, though Saddencd by the sacri-
flee she bchcld on this field. Tenderly
she looks on the graves OF her soldiers,
but smiles through her tears, remem-
bcring that their death was not in
vain. There is promise in her face,
hope infinite. dreams of the future
She beholds the new land, north and
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1906-05-26

copyright. 1906. by J. A. Edgerton.l
"ORTY-TIIREEy years are not long
in the life of Il nation, yet they
are long enough TO change the
face of the world (,pttySlIlrp
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1906-05-26

MONUMENT OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND
FoRTY-NINrH PENNSYLVANIA, CHAMBERS
BURG TURNPIKE
silence forever. She witnesses once
more ''the high tide of the Confeder-
Icy," reaching here its fartheSt north,
then ebbing backward to disappear at
AppOmattoX
The world may 90 rushing on to
heights of progress and prosperity I'M
dreamed of in her day, but she hears
not the music of its builders, neither
does she witness its giory. Her soul is
In "thc lost cause" She belongs to the
chivalric old south, with its dream Of
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1906-05-26

VIEW OF ROUND TOP FROM DIVIL'S DEN.
ones of marble. Still stands the rocky
delile known by the suggestive name of
the Devils Den, which, filled as it was
by the dead and dying, earned its grew
some title.
In the controversies that have ragged
over the battle, the mimic wars fought
on paper to determine why and how 1t
was won or lost, the present is not
much interested. We of today are dis
posed to throw the mantle Of charity
over the mistakes, If there were such,
md to give an impartial ~.o"y to all
those who fought here for what they
believed the right Let our tolerance
be wide enough to include both sides
of the conflict and both generals and
Ilen.
We have the old fashioned idea
most of us, ut least. that God had some
thing to do with winnin" the battle
and that the invisible spirit of right
eousness fought here and gained the
victory.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1906-05-26
a
Memorial Day
Resolution
By JAMES ARTHUR

ICopyrcht 1906. by American Press Association
NIbcrc flows the blood Of war today
w Cbc white rose blooms tomorrow
Che sunshInc on It's radiant way
Drives bach the night Of sorrow.
Heorc the dying trumpet blast
Che builders song IS ringing.
Upon the rcd fields Of The past
Jbc flower Of love ts sprtngtns.
-bc Garth Belongs to peace, and
~ strife
ls only for a season.
'Jts love that Is the law Of life,
(ubilc batred Is unrcason.
(ubat we invest in otbcrs' good
Brtnss interest of aladncss.
Mankind was meant for brotbcrbood
Hnd war Is only madness.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1906-05-26

THE WHITE ROSE BLOOMS TOMORROW.
In peace, men bcauttfy the Garth,
\ Che future Is their debtor.
Cbcy bring new blcssings into birth
Hnd mako the world srow better.
In peace, for progrcss men engage,
Hnd light to all is given.
Oh, when will come the warIess age
Go mahe the Garth seem bcavcn1
III bile bcaptns garIands on our dead,
wv Chat war has taken from US,
Let US, to cheer the age ahead,
Set up this bow Of promise:
Chat ncvcrmore shall human blood
Hnd batrcd's dcvastations,
In wars red, bltsbtins, sbastIy flood,
Be looscd upon the natione.
10 death belong the etrtfcs and
" bates,
But love Is lord Immortal.
Peace boIds the hey to bcaven's sates,
(dbtlc war IS bells rcd portal.
Eborc our dead let US decree
Our cbildrcn's bonds to sever,
from this blood curse to make them
free
Go blcss the world forever.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1906-05-26
M ng
SOldierC'
Monuments
By WALTON WILLIAMS

GCopyrght 1906, by Hamilton Muskl
"HEtE are over eighty national
Il cemeteries in the United States
n in which are buried in the
ngighhorhool of 100000 sol
dierS and sailors, of whom nearly one
third are unknown. These graves are
marked. sometimes by monuments for
groups of soldiers, sometimes by indi-
vidual slabs. The cemeteries are scat
tered through twenty-eight states and
territories, and one is located at McXi-
co City, Mexico. Virginia heads the
list with seventeen, Tennessee follows
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1906-05-26

tilted Corporal James Tanner, com
handler in chief of the G. \ r., to be
present, and he accepted with his whole
leart.
General Frederick u. Grant recently
struck Il responsive chord in the north
ern as well rs the southern heart when
he proposed that the anniversary of the
birth of General Robert t. Lee. which
occurs on Jan. 10 1901, bc ccl'brated
as a national memorial day That this
proposition should have come from the
son of ULYSSES : Grant is significant
and gratifying.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-05-21

that he has improved very much during
the last two weeks
The Picket ana Proper OF the old guarI
stu have many friends. in spite OF their
poor races. They were short OF work
when they started az Belmont Park. and
they h@Nc worked exceedingly wei IN prf-
vate since then
Adbeil and Go Between are horses that
once showed fair form. but the former has
been beaten every time he started this
year and his stable mate Dandelion can
best his easily I'm private trials Go Be
tween is an honst little horse. but Is not
above selling platter In class He is a
nmdder and over heavy track he would
have an excellent chance TO win
SECURITY MAY FIGURE.
None OF the others. with the exception
OF Security, Is figured to have much OF a
chance They are merely In the way OF
the best horses. say trainers Security
beat Grapple. the Metropolitan Handca y
winner. but there was a big difference in
weights. lie is fast. but has never been
asked TO go mile and n quarter. II he
can so the route he will be one OF the
contcr ders at the hnish
The handicap is fourth on the program
and will be run about o'clock.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-05-21
RUNAWAY BOYS WERE
SENT BACK TO BOSTON

Two boys. who claimed Boston as thedr
home and said tlay ran away from homo
picked up by Mounted omicerP MCGUIRE
Of the Second station yesterday morning
At the ststion they gave their names as
Thomas Conrors and Daniel Judson. and
their ages as Is years
They said that New York had proved
irksome and the passaee 90 this city was
accomplished IN a coal gondola They
were sent back 10 Boston by the police
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-05-21

Montreal took the last game in the
series from Providence at Montreal yes
terdsy in rather handy style Whalen
served them up for Montreal and had
speed galore. The two runs I'm the third
inning were enough 10 win tho game, bat
four more were added IN the following
innings 10 one by the Grays Ramon s
tribe leaving the arena winners 6 20 1.
The engagement was played at sham
rock park. in the extreme outskirts OF the
city. The field was poorly fitted for
baseball. BIZ Murray and his Jersey City
team saw the contest from the side lines
and plainly wanted Providence 10 win.
Cooper caught ms first game of-t}4e
trip and supported oJsslyn I'm faultless
style. He was strong with the stick also.
getting two hits that would have been
better than singles on a smooth dry field.
For the first three innings there was
nothing 10 II for Providence onhy nine
men facing Whalen. Two singles IN the
second let Montreal in. but MoFsrland's
ffne catch Of Joe Connors' fiy against the
fence. and Ia Chances great stop Of
Hartman's grounder over the bag put a
ouietus on things.
With two out in the third. Bannon
hit sharply past Kruger followed by a
long double 10 left by Wagner Huels-
man grounded 10 Rock. who fell all over
the ball. Bannon and Wagner starting the
shlng tiles 10 waving by shooting down
the gully between third and home for a
couple OF runs. Another came along In
the fourth. Jim Connor hitting a liner TO
Brodie. going 10 second on his name
sake's sacrifice and home on whalen's
hit 10 deep right for two bases the ball
barely falling fair.
II looked like a turn In the luck in the
sixth but IL was only a card OFF the bot
tom. Mcfarland opened with a hit TO
centre and Poland got in the way OF
pitched ball Dunn took n chance on
the bad ground and hit II out. whalen
getting the ball and forcing Mac nj third
Brodie took walk. nlling the bases.
La Chances grounder was helded home