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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
Drowned Fifteen Hundred People
on Island Of Simalli.
FEARFIJL DIS
IiuddredsS Drowned on Other Nearby
Islands. Sinslu leland Has Almost
Disappeared, tlreatest Dlsaas
ter ThatiIas ylsIte6T'bst
Section Of the World.

(. The tidal wsva which devastated
some Of the Dutch Cast Indian is-
lands, south OF Atch'n, % announced
Jan. IL, practically engulted the Iss
land OF Simelu. ACCORDING 60 Sl,a
Latest information sSimalu has almobt
disappeared. Tt Is said that about
1880 persons lost their lives. ! Violent
earthquake shocks continue to be felt
daily. The OWL governor OF Atohin
has gone to the scene OF tho catas.
trophe. 4 81
According to the brief official dis
patch which first announced the al
vaatation wf0ught by the tidal lwtlyo
In some of the Dutch East Indian
islands, 300 persons permitted ON tile
island Of Tana and 40 ON the island OF
Simslu. PudS Bsdi or Simalut ID sit-.
usted off the northwest coast of the
islsnd OF Sunatra and south OF the
province OF Atchin. "
The tidal Wav0 was csuaed by i d,
great earthquake shock out 40 ncs
near this group OF islands. H0rtus
natelY for Kingston tho EARTHQUAKE
shpok was on land and not on ntla.
Otherwise tho whole city 90 we'll ag
tho island upon which IL is located
might have been destroyed. Th0Ye
has been o considerable nunbsr OF
severe earthquake shocks In different
parts OF the world already this year,
and the year iB NOT month old YET.
Let us hope THAI the United Statel
Will be spared any nuoh calamity.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
Legislature Election.

In the joint assembly Wednesday
Solicitor John 8. Wilaon waa elected
Judge of the ohird circuit over Repre-
sentative j. B. Fraser, by 9 vote Of
S4 TO 76. Cspt. D. j. Gfiflbh wa8
re. elected superintendent OF the peniS
tentlary without opposition. For
three penitentiary directors MessEs.
Mobly, Kirby and Sanders were noni-
mated for reelection and JIG. H. Gain,
Of Richmond, and Jasper W., Smith,
Of Colleton, In opposition. The first
ballot resulted: Sanders 106, Mobley
l42, Smith lot Kirby 70, Gain SO,
Messrs. Sanders, Mobley and Smith
were elected on tho frat ballot.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
Tlllman'e speech.

In writing about TIllman's great
speech to the New York American,
Julian Hawthorne says To-day will
be remembered long by those who.
have followed the course Of Ghs Senate
In Washington, and many yeara fEom
TO day students of our national Con-
gresg, and men who wish TO read for
themselves how much Of the anpieria
energy and eloquenoe whioh made 10
renowned Ia the era OF Olay and Web
ttSr, Calhoun and Benton, will find In
the latest utberanco of Tillman, OF
South Carolina, words and thoughts
which will make them know that
there is still at least one statcsnnaSt
loft who has force, sincerity and that
natural and spontaneous elcquenoe
which is seldom heard ab any time,
but which, when 1T is heard, stamps
Itself upon the mind and feelings In a
way which Gime cannot effaoe."
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
VOTED AGAINST TILLMAN.
Wanted Some Ono Rise for United
States SENATOR.

Wanted Some One Hise for United
States SENATOR.
A dispatch from Columbia says Rep.
resentative Coke b. Mann injected
some life into the session of the House
Of Representatives Tuesday when
things were dragging Bit by refus
ing to vote for the confirmation Of
Senator Tillmen'a reelection, send
Ing up these reasons" written on o
sheet Of paper to the speakers desk,
which the reading clerk called out In
perfunotory tones:
Il wish to state my reasons for not
voting for the Hon, Benz. Il. Tillnnan
to aucceed himself In the United
States senate. W
"Birst. He made q want0n and ma.
licious attack upon the ministry Of
South Csroiius, charging them with
being Ia league with the ex barkeep-
era Of the State, with Col. James A,
Hoya. as the standard bearer OF the
prohibitioniSta, TO defeat and destroy
the 1ispenSAry law An South Carolina
This be knew yga5 10 AlEa and an out
! sHgssm Nasamon. dscel,eY N 9
1880 ID. Before I could vote TO
him 1 should have to know how mucl
money he returned to Mr.. Hubbell q
rebates allowed the State Of Sou6l
. Carolina. / contend that as governo
q he was handling the money Of Soutl
= Carolina and he had no right to re
q turn the money TO the liquor hous
q any more than the presont board {
directors has the right to appropfiet
~ to their own usa, or to such otht
"a purpoaes as they might SEQ fit, K
~ bates belonging to the Shate.n
" Several of Senator Tillman' % fyien
a were on their feet before the readir
" clerk had finished.
Finally Representative Richar
WAS recognized. He said he wanted 81
r. "reasons' stricken from the recor
he because the people OF South Oaroli
49, WON'T stand for anv such sentiment
" " Speaker Whaley induced him
10 wait till the vote WAS tabulatt
~ .a' which showed all voting, 114. b
-, voted for Mr.. Tillman."
~ Mr.. Richards motion was then Z
"a ,o and the house adopted 10 by'a la1
ha m me jority, porha pa. half 8 dozen Il
- voices among thenn.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
Robbers Oapturod.

Sheriff Weeks posae captured four,
bank robbers In the woods eight nileg'
out of Green Cove Springs, Ella !
Tuesday afternoon, and reooveYea
o.. 500 and papess stolen from bh8
Green Dove bank. A pistol duel WaH
fought by the posse s>pd the YohberBS
One of the latter was wounded I'm th0
head and shoulder, aud the others Rur-
-endered. The wounded man will re-
cover. Tho robbers feared o lynching
wlian taken to town, aeeing the
crowds gathered on the streets. 1.-TWO
gave .their name OF Riley and the oth.
orsrefuse to tell who they are, One
SAYS he Is from Texas.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
loans Nroin stoanIer.

The Clyde BteamBhip Oommanohe,
which had the misfortune to be run
down by q sailing vessel on her last
trip north lost passenger by suicide
on her following trip South. While
still in sight eff Sandy Hook lightship,
iust about dusk Tuesday, . Bte0rage
passenger named Patrick Burns was
seen to leap from tho forward raj
into the yea. a buoy and line Wai
thro nm ct once, but the man paid M
heed TO It,. Tie ship WAS stopped ant
o boat with the second oiiicer In charg
was quickly put down but after 81
nour the search was given up and tn
Oommanche proceeded to Charleston
Burns was alone and booked for Jack
aonvillo.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
cal ''bred,in. the. bono x Yankee, ~ ss he
calls himself. 10 serves TO mark She
long march that humanity has made

cal ''bred, in. the. bono Yankee Ss he
calls himself. Itssryes TO mark She.
long march that humanity has made
in forty years. "a
But, when all tho praise ts said
whom the paeans have Q Il been sung
whom the greatness and the majesty
and the splendid power Of the warrior,
have been adequately weighed or
measured or appre rehended, how do We
think of Lee2 In what aspect does
he MOST deeply and tenderly and low.
ingly appeal to our heartsp Not chief.
ly 40 the mighty victor, nor so the
towering genius whose great soul, diff
fused into his soldiers, waB able to-
counter. balance and overwhelpn this
superior numbers Of his onemiea; but
as the man, the simple, minded, great
hearted man, father and brother and
son, patriarch and prophet and ex'.
emplar. We think Of him rs the gen.
ius of the South, it's lofty and hra.
pure spirit. He is ours ours; though
We gave him to the nation and to man'
kind.
Said Mr.. Adams, In tho speech we
have already quoted: Speaking ad-
viaedly and on full reflection, say
that of all the great characters OF the
Civil war. and 1t WAS productive OF
many whose names and deeds postegl'
by will long bear In recollection, there
was not one who passed away In the
serene atmosphere and with the Rra-
olous bearing Of Lee"
No other pan In our history had
that serenity Of character, that Braol-
Qua bearipg OF Robert &c. Lee. In thehe
qualities he was superior to Wash.
ington, as he WAS far superior to him
In military genius and In moSb quail.
ties. Ii la q crown Of glory TO y coun
try to have uwO such men--both
SOutherners, both Virgihtans--to to the
Brotherhood Of man. When the wal
ended and the shadow Of disaster val
darkest, Lse Was still the leader OF hil
people. He represented ct Its best ant
highest the new spirit Of tho land. H'
turned to the no less renowned and Ia
nohler victories Of peace, and 10 pri
vate life, aa citiz sn and 8s teacher o
youth and age in all the lessons o
the lecture. e.room or the the cares o
life, triumphed even more splondtdl,
than on any Of hiB magnificent fold
OF war. 1t is for this, moro than 10
his martial Victories, thab the Soutl
hoaors and loves him.
Let his great example stand
|, Colossal, seems Of every land,
And keep the soldier firm, the states
man pure:
Till in all lahds and through all hu
man story
The path of duty be the way TO glor'
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
aIinir Thief,

The many friends Of Mr.. w, FL.
Leopold, grand keepes OF fecords and
seal of the knights of Pythias OF
Georgia, will regret to learn that q
sneak thief entered his homo In SAY
annah on Monday night and atole two
hundred dollars worth Of jswolry. The
thief was young man. He net .
young lady ss he left the house ant
remarked nonchalantly THAI he
friends were waiting for her upstairs
He then disappeared.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
HAD a ROUGH T1MR.
A Seaman Adrjrt I'm an 10y Sea For
HOure.

A Seaman Adrjrt I'm an 10y Sea For
Seaman William Lorenzen, OF tho
balkentine Frances, which was run
into by tho Clyde steamer Oom-
anohe last Friday night week OF Hat.
teras, arrived In Charleston Thura
day, having been picked up at sea and
brought to Charleston by Oapt. John
Harrison, OF the schooner GKaoie D.
Buohan9a.
Upon arriving Captain Harrington,
reported TO his consignee, the picking
up Of the seaman of tho dissblod bar.
kentino, who had probably been
thought to be lost. Lorrenz9n was
taken from some wreckage fifteen
miles southwest by west of Diamond
Shoals lightship, after he had been In
che water for nearly three hours.
Lorenzsn was in bad shape when he
was picked up. Wet to the skin and
In water which was 10y cold, with 3
bleak wind striking him and making
the cold all ths mt penetrating, 1t
Is to be seen that exposure was OF
kind which might have proven fatal
to less hardy seaman. Under Dap
tain Harrington's attention LoreDzsn
was soon gotten into good conditien
and today he bears no eVidenos Of the
shook and strain of the exposure III
the GOLD waters
Lorrenzeh, was on the deck Of the
lbarkentine when the collision. oo
IS r"s"sa, 81, and was knocked overheard IL
'Itho breaking OF the sup0rstrocs1Io D
the barkentine. The collision Oocurr
ed In o fog, both vessels coming on
bows foremost. The Oomanohe wa
bound from Charleston for New Yorl
and the Frances for Fernandina. Th
sailing vessel was of course the wors
damaged Of the two boats, but th
Oomanohe was also badly used up, I
already stated, having had hol
+ stove In her bow above the water linz
9 deok rails smashed and one Of ht
j life boats damaged. The barkentir
was hunted for by the revenue cutie
j: M sminole and towboats and final
;, found by one Of the latter and towt
to Norfolk
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
KiI,sd in M reole.

Four mon were killed and 90 least
10 injured Thursday Afternoon on the
New York Central, Mohawh division,
about half . mile west CJ Albany, N.
r., by the collision OF light engine
with D oaboose filled With railroad Ia.
borsra. The workmon, about 2b In all
had been at work at Gamers, between
here and West Albany, and were on
their way back to this city. All the
men killed &nd injured were residents
Of this oiby or ReDnaola0P,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
WANTRD TO FIGHT
About the Marriage of tho Vioe-Pres-
ident's Son.

About the Marriage of tho Vioe-Pres-
ident's Son. l
At Steuhenville, Ohio, on Wednes.
day, men high In tho town govern
nnent and In legal orioles OF the state
SO far forget themselves ia court aa 70
indulg IN. ssnnalittep,s psRs,,t iac y y
and then to cap 1t all, try to land on
each other with clenohed fats once
outside the oourB room.
The encounter WAS brought about
by some reference made slightingly
regarding the recent Indictment OF
Fred O. Fairbanks, son Of the vice
president, who is under Indictment,
charged with perjury In taking out
his marriage license some time ago
| In this oity. There was some little
formality TO go through with the pa
pars In the case in court, and PrOsocu'
ting Attorney w. n. Allan and OK
Probate Judge FL. Kerr met With
Mayor Scott and Bome Others IN
court.
Allan is pushing the Fairbanks case
and he has taken several ilings at ex-
Judge Kerr. In open court lie aocus.
ed Kerr of unfair dealing in exsmina'
tion, and then before he could be stop
ped, ACCUSED the ex-judgc OF term o.
offioe az judge by the illegal traiiic II
marriage licenses.
''You are b liaI" thundared ex
B Judge Kerr, as he started ACROSS afte
3 the prosecuting attorney OF Jtffsraoi
! county. IT repeat that you arc
Q liar! II there has been anything IN
I fair hore. 1t seems strange that ]
o woL | take you four years to lind
n out. You are only making o grand
!. stand play on this Fairbanks case
q because he 10 the son OF the vioa PREF
Ii ident
10 BY this time friends were betwee
l, the angry OK judge and the prosecu
't ing attorney. How over, when ooul
o. adjourned they mot outside and eac
tried to get at each other, Btriklr
10 several blows g. piece, either In III
OF air or landing on the shoulders
Id Mayor Scott or some Of his friend
0 who threw themselves into tho fr'
le In order to save the town from III
nt ther disgrace. The mayor threate
II cd to lock up both the ex'judge a.
the prosecuting attorney II they d
e. not quit trying TO chip osch Other.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
Cotton Ginned.

The oenaus report shows IL, l67.873
bales OF cotton, counting round as
half bales, ginned from the growth OF
1904, to January 16, 1907. The mum.
her OF aotivo ginnerles this year is
%, 525. by states, tho amount OF cot
Ton ginned Of the growth OF 1905 IL
the following In bales: Alabama, l.,
2l6, G73; Florida, 60 428; Georgia
| 002. .7l3; Louisiana. 837 837; NORTH
Carolina, b88 .3l5; South Carolina
887 1872; Tcnneasee, 262 sol; Virginia
1881. Sea Island cotton ginned t.
January 16, 1907, distributed b
states Florida. 23 8G6 bales; Georgia
"a 775. South Carolina, 1851.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
Aften Ruoket ehops.

BY q two TO one vote Thursday the
State Senate passed Senator Oarlisle'i
bill outlawing bucket shops In this
State. The bill makes 1t @, misde-
meanor FIR ",The keeping Of any room
or plaoe where contracts are made fol
the future delivery Of any stock
bonds, cotton. grain, meat or any 9th
or animal, mineral or vegetable pro
duct of any kind, without the sellel
being the owner and without any IN
tention on the part Of either the sell
er to deliver or the buyer receivini
| the aAm0.n
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
STATE D1sPENsARY.
The state senate yotos to Abolish
tho Institution.


The State Senate after q brief do.
bate on Friday voted TO adopt the
Smith resolution to abolish the State
Dispensary by the following vote:
. Aye--senators Appelt, Bass, Brice,
Brooks, Carlisle, Carpenter, Ohrlsten-
sen, Crouch, Hardin, Holiday, Maui.
din, MCGOWAN, Otts, Sinkler, Smith,
Sullivan, Tcole, Williams, BAtes-l9.
Senators BivenB, Black,
Rlsase, Clifton, Earle. Mdrd. Greydon,
Griffin, Kelly, Laney, Rogers, Stack
house, Talbert, Townsend, Walker
WfstCn-- 16.
The pairs wero Wells With MoKeith'
an, Raysor with Haynes. Messrs.
Wells and Raysor were present and
would have voted against the leholu
tion. Messrs. Hough and Johnson
who were slso absent, are State Dis
pengary men.
The Columbia Record says the dis
penssry psoplo do not appear TO bt
discouraged. Senators Smith anc
Talbert have expressed themselves ~
opposed to the Carey Cochran bill
and 1t Is said Senator Carpenter vii
vote against 1t. This would make
tie, with tho deciding vote to be CAB
by the president, who has always beer
q firm supporter Of the State dlspen
ssry system.
The original Smith resolution ci
rected the joint sonate and house iu
diolary committees TO report by q bill
. measure to take the place Of Oh
State dispensary System. Now wha
that joint committee will roporb an
what either or both houses will do !
as uncertain as what 3 womah will d
the next minute. TIE senate judl
o.ary is certainly pro-disponsary.
The Smith resolution IA amende
and passed called upon these join
committees to draft md report bil
to Garry out local option as betweel
county dispenssry and county prohi
hilton
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
Oen't Have IL.

The supreme court Of the United
States handed down . dsc:s!on on
Tuesday sustaining the state supreme
court In DENYING to ex.JudgeBuohanan
the additi0n OF $500 year to bhe
salary he received while he was
Judge. He oontended that the reduc
tion from e3. 500 to $4,000 did moi
Affect him, stUD
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
Trial Re0un.

The trial OF Harry Kendall Tbaw,
the young Pittsburg millionaire who
killed Stamford White, about his wife,
On ex chorus girl, began In New York
on Wednesday. Two hundred news
PAPER mon some OF them from fore
ion oountriot applied for admission
to report the trial, which ta expected
10 be o moBt notable one. Thousands
of persons were turned away from tht
courthouse for lack OF room.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
Death OF an Omoor.

Midsoipman Isaac w. Hayne, son
OF NJ. z. r.. Hayne OF GreenVille,
died on board the United States ship
Charleston at Magdalena Bay, GAL.
ION Sunday. He graduated ab tht
naval academy at Annapolis IN 1905
and was o young man Of fine pro
rnipa st ,t,ss I. .U5
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
Oommittad nnioida.

Harry Fejkenau, forty-three years
old, we'll known In Chicago 40 o musi-
cal critic and Biblophile, committed
suicide Thursday ab his homo, Oolonna,
Mich. q town on the shore OF Paw.
Paw Lake. He swallowed eArbolic
acid and died three minutes after 9
physIolan arrived. Mr.. Faldenau haf
had troubles with insomnia for years
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
wnl Como Again.

The Whittekind sailed from Bse-
ulon for ohaSleston on Wednesday
with about four hundred carefully
selected immigrants for South Caro-.
lima. The trip viii take from fouy-
teen to eighteSn days.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
prioe Iuoreaao.

An increase Of prices In all grades
OF fine writing paper, amounting ap'
proximately to 10 per cent, Will soon
be made, according to the announce
mnet Of ono OF the largest writing pa
per manufacturing companies In the
country.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
Voted 1t Down.

The attempt to form new county
out OF Greenville, L2urons and Spar.
tanburg with Fountain Inn as the
county seat, was defeated In Tues
days el action by o considerable ma
jority. AT Fountain Inn thore we're
1870 votes for the now county ano
mono againet Ii.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
Several Killed.

Twenty three persons were crushed
or burned to death In arailroad COL
lision besween passenger and q
freight train at Fowler, Ind, on
Saturday and ten others were sefi'
nnslY hurt.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
He w ae o shooter.

In q single handed combat real
Monte eaums, Mexico, Bert Seeley,, an
Arizona cowboy, ahot and killed sis
Mex!oans. He killed three each In tw(
seperate fights, and then escaped.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
Oauxi,S Him,

Philander n. Fitzgerald, wealthy
lawyer OF indianapolis, Ind. pleaded
guilty on Tuesday In the federal
court to the charge Of using the mails
to defraud and was fined $500 and
0Oata
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
~, :, -As adaTa Hawl.

plokpcokets r0bbSd Chsa. I. Hart,
Law. a retail grocer of Little Rock
Ark., OF 90, 900 while he WAS stebpin(
iropa 8 brain Rt New Albany, Ind,
on Sunday.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
shos nv grhIav,,ea.

Rohbsra tried to blow opsn the aafe
% Midyale, Cas- on Hrday With
dynamite, Gsahter q. w. Powers
Ssaa ahot thgee .Sinsa sy Gha y0hheGa,
and Will pFolaahlg dle,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
MANY starved.

a oablogram received at New York
by the American Bible society from
Rev. Jno. II. HykeS, the agent OF the
society In China, says that there have
been millions of deaths among tho
Chinese from starvation.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
h'our n1en Killed.

Four men wero killed and IL injur'
cd near Albany, N. Y, on Tuesday
by a collision between q locomotive
and n nahoose filled with lab0reYs.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
Kin&d His Man.

John Foster was shot and Killed at
the home of Mrs, Swink In Fganklin
county, Va, on Ftlday nigh6 BY
| Arthur Stanley.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
Saye twenty.

Jno. d. Rockefeller, the oil king,
attended negro church In Augusta
on sunday week, and dropped s2O In
the collection basket.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
Knonlran in tho Head.

WIN Kennedy, aged 20, was ssSuok
on the head with q plow handle bY
Nlmer Mahan, aged Is, at Rorae Ga,
on Saturday and killed.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01
Haley Gle

Bailey Was reelected Senator by
Texas legislature on Wednesday by o
large majority,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-01

OF ell the captains bDSO bne nnBliun
speaking people have brought forth
and this, although the last and chief
OF his antagonists may himaclf claim
, to stand % the full equal OF MarlboY-
0 boro and wellington"
v This had already been the expressed
!. Judgment of authoritative military
orltioB, and Ii will remain unreversed
until some future war produces q
greater military leader who may rank
;, with the first captains OF the Qorld-
n Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Napo,
Vt leon. Noxb to then with Frederick
lie and one or two others, but above such
10 redoubtably commanders as Cromwell,
p, Marlboro, wellington, Turenne, Conde
.e stands the titanic though illugtri
as Qua and noble and altogether gentle
III figure Of Lee.
ab The State points elsewhere TO-DAY
40 less than tithe OF the outpourlng o
nd praise OF Robert IG Lee on tho ocoa
SO alon of the centenary Of his birth, bu
IN enough for the reader to form som
he Just estimate Of the respect, In whiol
m Lee is held throughout the oivilize
,k- world-bhe reverence In which we Q
the South hold and will forever hol
him. One OF the mo8t renarkabl
expressions 10, doubtless, thai mad
leS by Charles Francis Adams at the un
up. verslty oyer which the grsab ohie
'oh tain presided after the war. OF IL
ce' as general speaking Of him alor
pa. with his ipvincible lieutenant, Ston
Cho wall jackson he said that these t1
brilliant soldieYs completely outolai
ed their atiyorsarieg - "eOmetimes II
hv rIbly, sometimes ludiorously, alwa
" \ hopelesBly. This is the mature jut
: aent OF O New Mnglander, OF q W