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ELBRIDGE.

F4ming some.
Big frost Monday.
Buffalo gnats plentiful.
Wheat we'll grown and looking
) fine.
Pastures good and live stock do
ing we'll.
The Cloverdale Stock Farm has
shipped number OF Berkshire pigs
and B. p. Rock chickens recently.
Farmers on the low lands are get
ting restless, as their farm lands
are covered with back water, but
the waters are receding now and
prospects are brighter.
We notice in last weeks CONNER
cial statement by Mr.. Jas. Blan-
ton relative to changes at Obion
from Carmack to Taylor. Now we
do not question that Mr.. Blanton
was so informed We have heard
the report from various sources,
but diligent inquiry fails to bring
to light the name of any man who
has so changed 1t does look like
that if there had been fifteen men
about Obion who had changed from
Carmack to Taylor that some of
raylor's friends would be able to
name one out of the fifteen. "Uncle
Bildad' and Cyclone both touched
us up recently for being against
Taylor and for Carmack. We are
glad we are with the red badge
crowd rather than the white teath-
er crowd even if some of our best
friends are in that crowd. We be-
lieve in the long-established Demo
cratic precedent of endorsing an
efficient officer by giving him sec
ond term. If for no other reason
this alone would make us for Car
mack, as even Taylor himself has
said in open letter that he cannot
find any fault with Carmack's rec
ord, But in his speech making he
does not stick to his text, but shows
the white feather in regard TO meet
ing Carmack in joint discussion.
We notice that a number of the
lightning calculators who are OPP
posed to the bond issue have figured
that it would take million and a
half Of money to build hard roads
throughout our county. Suppose
il did cost this amount, we would
have value received for the same.
We will, without fear of successful
contradiction, make the assertion
that if II cost FIVE million dollars
to build rock roads all over the
county that the expenditure would
prove a paying investment instead
Of burden on the present or tu-
ture generation, and if some of our
lightning calculators will figure
what the bad roads are costing an
nually they can readily see how it
would be a profitable investment
How many teams in this county
have been idle for the past 90 days
that could have earned from $500
to $3.50 per day if we had good
roads? How much loss. has been
sustained by the farmer owing to
sheer inability to move produce or
to haul material to make necessary
improvements on their farms? How
much damage has been done to
teams and vehicles in endeavoring
to travel over the roads? These
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In Memoriam.


Little Margaret Flora Agnew,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. S. E.
Agnew, died April 5, 1906, aged l
year. 10 months and days.
Many friends and neighbors gath
cred to pay their last tribute of re-
spect in this sad bereavement, and
silently gathered around the little
white casket to take last look at
the sweet little face. The mellow
rays of the evening sun tell softly
on the scene, reminding us OF that
better land where the dear little
one had gone, where there is no
darkness and where the sun for
ever shines.
May the bereaved parents, broth.
ers and sisters so live that when
the last call comes they will meet
little Margaret Flora in that happy
home above where there is no pain
or sorrow. A FRIEND.
April "A. 1906.
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NUMBER SIX.
U.KNow.

Mrs. Mamie Lasley has been on
the sick list the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Harrison, OF
Union City, were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Jason Wilson Sunday.
Miss Laura Calhoun, Of near
Hornbeak, has been visiting her
uncle, Mr.. VIM. Calhoun. the past
week.
Prof. d. H. Burnett, one of the
most successful teachers in West
Tennessee, closed his school at
Wells last Friday.
Mr.. Fred Taylor, of Rutherford,
general manager of the State Life
Insurance Co., visited his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Taylor, Thurs
day,
Mrs. Sam Calhoun, of near Troy,
has been visiting her daughter-in-
law, Mrs. Bette Estes, near Horn
beak, the past week.
Mrs. James Wilson, of near Pro-
temus, was the guest of her son,
Mr.. Jason Wilson, the past week
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Holloman, of
near Troy, gave an Easter egg hunt
Saturday evening in honor of that
most charming yoGng lady, Nellie
Wallace Galloway. All reported
very nice time. IA
Misses Maggie Burnett and Daisy
Lasley and Messrs. Bob Cummings
and Carl Lasley left Sunday even.
ing for Memphis to spend several
days in that city.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lasley, OF near
Bethel, were the guests of Mrs.
Lasley's mother, Mrs, w. H. Clark,
of near Troy, Sunday.
SwINGY.
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Paris, Tenn, April 10 Henry's
twenty-four votes in the guberna-
torial convention go to Gen. Patter.
son in accordance with the primary
instructions voted here Saturday.
The twenty districts reported give
Patterson majority of nearly 600,
with no hope whatever of the re-
naming five districts turning the
vote to Cox, he carrying hut FIVE of
the reported districts. Patterson
received majority of 32S in the
Paris precinct and $50 in the other
districts reported.
The total vote with one Patter-
son district yet to report was: For
Patterson, 1850; Cox, $50. No cleo
ton was held in two districts.
The vote in the Paris precinct
was: Patterson, 1888; Cox, 90.
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GEN. NJ. R. PATTERSON
Wins Out in Primaries Held Satur-
day in Lincoln and Henry.

Fayetteville, Tenn, April 10
With the issue before the people of
instructions for Patterson and no
instructions, Gen. Patterson won
an overwhelming victory in Satur-
days primary for the election of
delegates to the County Convention
which will be held next Saturday.
The friends of Gov. Cox made no
fight for instruction for their favor
lite, but those, who took any inter
est in the primary, joined their
strength to the mo instruction
faction, which faction will not have
over four delegates in the County
Convention.
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which interval the inaugurated cam
paign was discussed anew at great
length. Gen. Sherman was still in the
neighbOrhOOd Of Rome, and the ques-
ton arose as to whether we should take
trains and return to Georgia to oppose
his movements south or endeayor to
execute the projected operations into
Tennessee and Kentucky. 1 adhered to
the conviction 1 had held at Lafayette
and Gadsden. and a second time desired
Gen. Beauregard to consult the corps
commanders. together with other Off
GERS. in regard to the effect q return to
Georgia would produce upon the army
| also urged the consideration that
Thomas would Immediately overrun
Alabama If we marched to confront
Sherman. l had fixedly determined, un-
less withheld by Beauregard or the au-
thOrfties at Richmond, to proceed, as
soon as supplies were received, to the
execution OF the plan submitted at
Gadsden.
On the 9Th of November I sent the
following dispatch to the President:
(No. 37.)
Headquarters .Tuscumbia, Ney. 8.
"His Excellency. President Davis, Rich
mond: - i,
Gen. Wheeler reports from Blue
Mountain that Sherman is moving one
corps to Tennessee. and three to Mariet-
ia. / hope to march for Middle Ten
nessee by the 9Th or. 9th Inst. Should
he move two or three corps south from
Atlanta, 1 think it would be the best
thing that could happen for our general
good. Gen. Beauregard agrees with me
as to my plan of operation Would like
to be informed Ii any forces are sent
from Grant or Sheridan to Nashville.
-. B. Hood, General"
Ito be cOntinued)
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NATIONAL WAsHINGToN

Headquarters WlH be tomorrow At
Gadsden, where ss5ope MOTTO be de-
layed more than 4or hours. when shall
move for the Tennessee River.
~. .. Hood. General"
(Nos So
~ "Oct. 20.
"Lieut.-Gen. Taylor, Mobile:
II will move Tomorrow for Gunters-
Vile on the Tennessee. Please place all
the garrison you can at Corinth, ana
have the railroad Iron from there to
Memphis taken uptas close as possible
to Memphis. Have mot yet seen Gen.
Beauregard. Give me all the assistance
you can to get my supplies to Tuscum-
bia.
~. B. Hood, General"
1 proposed to move directly ON to
Guntersville, as Indicated to Gen. Tay-
lor, and to take, into Tennessee about
one-half of Wheelers Cavalry Qeaving
the remainder to look after Sherman)
and to have a depot Of supplies at Tus-
cumbia in the event ! met with defeat
in Tennessee.
Shortly after my arrival at Gadsden,
Gen. Beauregard reached the same
point. / at once unfolded to him my
plan, and requested that he confer
apart with the corps commanders
Lieut.-Gens. Lee and Stewart. and Maj
Gen. Cheatham. II after calm deliber.
alton he deemed it expedient we should
remain upon the Alabama line and at
tack Sherman, or take position, In.
trench and finally follow on his real
when he moved south, l would, OF
course, acquiesce. albeit with reluc-
lance. If, contrariwise. he should agree
to my proposed plan to cross into Ten
nessee, / would move Immediately &c
Guntersville, thence to Stevenson
Bridgeport and Nashville
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This important question at issue was
discussed during the greater part of
one night. with maps before us. Gen.
Beauregard at length took the ground
that II I engaged in the projected cam
paign 1t would be necessary to leave in
Georgia all the cavalry at present with
the army, in order to watch and harass
Sherman in case he snoyed south, and
to instruct Forrest ITO join me as soon
as / crossed the Tennessee River. To
this proposition acceded. ! After he
had held a separate conference with
the corps commanders We again debat-
ed several hours over the course OF
action to be pursued; and, during the
interview, discovered that he had
gone to work In earnest to ascertain,
in person. the true condition of the
army; that he had sought information
not only from the corps commanders,
but from. a number Of officers, and had
reached the same conclusion I had
formed at Lafayette: we were not COM
petent to; offer pitched battle to Sher-
man, nor could we follow him south
without causing our retrogTade move
ment to be construed by the troops into
a recurrence Of retreat, which would
entail assertions, and render the army
of little or no use in its opposition to
the enemy's march through Georgia.
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pass the Cumberland River at some
crossing where the gunboats, II too for
midable at other points, were unable to
interfere; then move into Kentucky and
take position with our left at or near
Richmond and our right extending to-
Stoney Gaps, in the Cumberland Noun
tains, at our rear.
In this position I could threaten Gin
cinnati and recruit the army from Ken
lucky and Tennessee. The former State
was reported at this juncture to be
more aroused and embittered against
the Federals than at any period Of the
war. While Sherman was debating be-
tween the alternative of following our
army or marching through Georgia,
hoped, by rapid movements, to achieve
these results.
If Sherman cut loose and moved
south--as I then believed he would do
after / left his front without previously
worsting him in battle-l would occupy
at Richmond, KY. a position of SUI
perior advantage, as Sherman, upon his
arrival at the seacoast. would be forced
to go on board ship, and after long
detour by water and land, repair to the
defense of Kentucky and Ohio or march
direct to the support of Grant. If he
returned to confront my forces, or fol-
lowed me directly from Georgia into
Tennessee and Kentucky. l hoped then
10 be in condition to offer battle, and,
If blessed with victory, to send rein
forcements to Gen. Lee. in Virginia, or
to march through the gaps in the Cum
berland Mountains and attack Grant in
rear. This latter course l would pur-
sue in the event of defeat Or of inability
to offer battle to Sherman. If, on the
other hand, he marched to join Grant.
could pass through the Cumberland
gaps to Petersburg. and attack Grant
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upon the Federal commanders, / can
not but become impressed with the IA
cility with which the Confederate army
would have taken possession OF the
country as far north as the Ohio II 1t
had marched in the early Spring of "a
to the rear Of the Federals (who were
at Chattanooga assembling their
forces); and when, in addition to the
troops at Dalton, Folks army. Long
streets Corps. and 10000 men from
Beauregard were proffered for the pur-
pose.
After hating two days at Crossroads.
decided to make provision for 20 days
supply Of rations in the haversacks and
wagons; to order q heavy reserve OF
artillery to accompany the army, in
order to overcome any serious opposi-
ton by the Federal gunboats: to cross
the Tennessee at or near Guntersyille,
and again destroy Sherman's communi-
cations at Stevenson and Bridgeport;
TO move upon Thomas and Schofield,
and attempt to rout and capture their
army before It could reach Nashville.
intended then to march upon that
city, where I would supply the army
and reinforce 1t. II possible, by access
sions from Tennessee. l was imbued
with the belief that could accomplish
this feat. afterward march northeast.
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in rear, at least two weeks before he,
Sherman. could render him assistance.
This move. I believed, would defeat
Grant, and allow Gen. Lee, in COM
mand Of our combined armies to march
upon Washington or turn upon and
annihilate Sherman.
Hood Natures His Plans.
Such is the plan which during the
18th and 18th, as we lay in bivouac
near Lafayette, l maturely considered.
and determined to endeavor to carry
out. In accordance Herewith, decid-
ed to move to Gadsden, where, IL met
Gen. Beauregard. intended to submit
to him the foregoing plan Of operations,
expressing at the same time my con-
viction that therein lay the only hope
to bring victory to the Confederate
arms.
On the 18th the army resumed its
line of march. and that night camped
three miles from the forks OF the AL
pine. Galesville and Summerville roads,
thence proceeded towards Gadsden.
On the 18th / sent the following dis
patches:
(No. $50
"Oct. -.
Gen. Bragg and Hon. ]. A. Seldom:
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THE CAMPAIGN INTO TENNESSEE
Sherman Refuses to he Drawn Back Out
of Georgia-HOOd Disappointed In Not
Brfnxinx on a Battle-Decides to Strike
For Nashyille-Beauregar Approves
Ten days after this declaration he
was still undecided as to the plan ne
should adopt. In truth, 1t seemed dlf'
ficult to divine when our little army
would be far enough away to be be
! yond the reach of mischief" On the
26th he telegraphed to Gen. Thomas:
"A reconnaissance, pushed down to
& Gadsden to-day, reveals the fact that
! the rebel army is not there. and the
! chances are it has moved west. If 1t
] turns up at Guntersville l will be after
! It." He writes in his Memoirs. There
is no doubt that the month of October
closed to us looking decidedly squally
but. somehow, 1 was sustained in the
belief that in a very few days the tide
would turn" Upon the same page
find the following telegram from Gen.
Grant:
"City Point, Nov 1, 1854, 6 p. m.
maj. Gen. Sherman:
DO YOU not think 1t advisable, now
! Hood has gone SO far north, to entirely
ruin him before starting on your pro-
posed campaign? With Hoods army
destroyed, you can go where you please
with IMMUNITY. / believed, and still be-
lieve, Ii you had started south while
Hood was in the neighborhood of you,
he would have been forced to go after
you. Now that he Is far away he might
look upon the chase as useless, and he
will go on in one direction while you
are pushing in another. If you can
see a chance of destroying Hoods
lxn
your other move secondary"
Gen. Sherman replied as follows:
Rome, Ga, Nov. 2, 1864.
"Lieut.-Gen. u. s. Grant. City Point,
Va:
Your dispatch is received. If 1 could
hope to overhaul Hood l would turn
against him with my whole force; then
he would retreat to the southwest
drawing me as decoy away from
Georgia. which is his chief object. If
he ventures north Of the Tennessee
River / may venture in that direction,
and endeayor to get below him on his
line of retreat: but thus far he has not
gone above the Tennessee River. Gen.
Thomas will have a force strong enough
to prevent his reaching any country in
which We have an interest, and he has
orders IL Hood turns to follow me. to
push for Selma, Ala. No single army
: CdA CdtCH anu dHl COHNlNCcu
: the best results will follow from our
defeating JEFF Davis's cherished plan oil
making me leave Georgia by maneu.
yering. Thus far / have confined my
efforts to thwart this plan, and have
reduced baggage SO that l can pick uI
and start in any direction. but I regard
the pursuit of Hood as useless. Still
II he attempts to invade Middle Ten
. nessee 1 will hold Decatur, and be pre-
pared to move in that direction; but
unless | let go Atlanta my force will
not be equal to his.
wv. 7. Sherman. Major-General."
Some Pregnant .Ifs.o
Before my attention was arrested b,
the above dispatches had written those
lines which record my surmises in re.
gard to Sherman's and Thomass move.
ments during our campaign to the Ala.
bama line. / did not, however, believe
that Sherman would follow me to Gun.
fersville unless had been able to wors,
him In battle. No better proof can be
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UNVAILING OF A MONUMENT.


The biggest day In the history of Milf
fin County. Pa, was Friday, June %,
when a fine monument to the soldiers
Of the County was unvailed with elo-
quent speeches. music, decorations and
most imposing parade. Gen. John p.
Taylor. the gallant old Colonel of the
1st Pa. Cav, acted as Chief Marshal,
and in the line the Grand Army of the
Republic led, with the National Guards.
Independent Americans, Junior Me-
chanics. Patriotic Sons of America, In
dependent Order of Redmen, Fire De-
partment any many other civic organ
izations following. Past Commander
in-Chief Stewart, Hon. William Penn
Lloyd, Department Commander, Gherst
and others made addresses. The exer-'
cises at the monument were conducted
by DIR. Walter III. Parcels, Chairman Of
the Monument Committee.
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+ States Armies.

States Armies.

adduced of the wisdom of this cam
paign than the foregoing dispatches,
together with our success in drawing
Sherman back. within 10 days. to Snake
Creek Gap, the identical position he
occupied in May, 1864. Had the army
been in the fighting condition in which
it was at Dalton, or at Franklin, / feel
confident of our ability to have at least
SO crippled the enemy in pitched battle
as to have retained possession of the
mountains Of Georgia. When I con-
slider also the effect of this movement
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The 4stA Ind. At Cumberland G.p. :

Editor National Tribune: / see that
some comrades want to know IL the
49th Ind. was at Cumberland Gap. I
belonged to the division that served at
the Gap in 1862 under Gen. G. w. Nor
gan. The division was composed Of the
49th and SD Ind; 7th, 18th, 10th and
22d KY; 18th and 22d Mich; 18th Ohie3.
1st, I'd and Sd E. Tenn; LIST Wis, LIST
Mich, and 9Th Ohio L. A.; five compa-
MES 6th Ky. Cav. "a. b. c, ID, Ed, Col.
Munday; brigade commanders, Gen.
Carter, Col. co5urn. Col. De Courcey,
and Col Landrum.-S. l. Chasteen, Co.
A, 9Th KY. Cav, Lexington. KY, Box 81
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upon Fort Sumter which hera,ded the opening of the
most desperate struggle of mocern mes.
To the writing of this history Mr. Greeley brought
the ripe scholarship Of years as result of the
study of popular questions from the standpoint of an
editor, speaker and member of Congress He was the
intellectual giant of his generation.
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The original illustrations, maps and plans of battle.
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Mercy, Micbael! The last man I'd have
{ ugh of seeing in Liverpool. Where
L. &c YOU been all these years."
Where have you been, Dick? l haven't
roamed very far from Tat's Corner, but
you!-why, nobody's heard a breath of you
Tor the last six years or more"
Dick Corbett laughed recklessly, and
looked at his one-time chum, Michael Fen
Wick, mas the later thought-a peculiarly
defiant way.
NO; they haven't; but, as that Is my
business, and not anybody's, just be con-
tent, my son, to know that We been sail
oring' In nearly every sea, and that now
I'm chief mate of the fastest little fruit
steam tram that trades between Liver
pool and the Spanish ports"
Have you a vacancy for a 'forrad
hand?'"
WHO for-for you? Why.-what's pretty
little Kitty about that she's letting you go
to sea?"
Never mind Kitty, Dick!-1'm going to
sea again, because things nave been a Bit
rough around about Tat's Corner lately"
He spoke as If any reference to his
sweetheart by the other was distasteful to
him; for he saw clearly that Dick Corbett,
since he had seen him last, was changed,
and for the worse; he was no longer the
good fellow" of old days.
For the moment Dick was inclined to re-
sent Michael Fenwick's evident disinclina-
ton to bring kitty Hazel's name into the
conversation, but thinking better of it, he
brought his hand suddenly down upon
Michael's shoulder.
Look here, old chap" he said, with a
show of good-natured heartincss that quite
deceived the other. II don't want to poke
my nose into your love affairs: I've lived
out my soft side, and don't care a rope
yarn-end' for the trimmest petticoat that
walks the earth. If you want a berth on
the Erl King, you can have tim going
aboard now; come along, and you can sign
on, and finish the business"
The two men We're standing by The high
wall which bounds the Albert Dock, and
but a few yards from tine dock gates.
"Wrhen do you sail? ~ asked Michael, as
he went up the I1rl Kings gangway
DAY after tomorrow returned the
mate, over mis- shoulder.
Time enough to send a letter to Tat's
Corner and set a reply"
Yes muttered Dick Corbett as he I'M
locked tine door Of his cabin in the alley
way opposite the engine room hatch.
You can write your letter here" he
continued. before you sign on. After that,
for tho sake of discipline, I can't say any
thing to you much in the daytime-but at
night. middle-watch sometimes, Wen have
q chance for a %'palaver.'"
Michael Fenwick's letter was to Kitty