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knowledge of Hooker's movements
In conclusion he says:
THE case as stated against Stuart
| is (D disobedience of orders in leav.
ing Gen. Lee, who was with Long
street, and going to Ewell; (2) that
Gettysburg was the point where the
concentration was ordered, and Stuart
was not there; (3) that Heth, being
In advance, ran unexpectedly against
the enemy. In published letter
Heth says that he stumbled like a
blind man into the fight.
IF Heth had stood still he would
not have stumbled. His official re-
port states exactly the reverse
"The plea to the indictment against
Stuart is-C) he was ordered by Gen.
Lee to the Susquehanna; (2) Lee new
er ordered the army to Gettysburg;
Stuart was absent on the first day for
the same reason that Gen. Lee and
Longstreet were absent; 90 Heth did
not run Unexpectedly against the en-
envy. Hill and Heth knew on June
80 that Buford's division was at Get
tysburg.
But, admitting that Stuarts alb
sence was the cause of the defeat, his
critics reason in a circle in defending
Lee and blaming Stuart. Stuart was
absent obeying Lees orders. Gen.
Lee is responsible for what Hill and
Heth did.
'If Jackson had been with Lee
there would have been no battle at
Gettysburg. My theory Of the cam
paign exalts Lee as commander at
the expense of his own report.
Gen. Beauregard wrote me that
before reading my Bedford article
(1S91) he had always condemned
Gen. Lee for the Gettysburg campaign.
His opinion must have been based on
Lees report or on the accounts Of
the campaign by his biographers. The
late Col John M. Patton, after read
ing what had written on Gettysburg,
wrote to me and urged me to write
for Gen. Lee the same excuse for his
report that Macaulay makes for Will
ildlu VI Oldh6S III bLO
for the massacre of Glencoe-that he
signed without reading 1t. John C.
Ropes of Boston, the historian of the
war, wrote me: Lees report is all
wrong as to Stuart and the cavalry
There is a floating legend that
Gen. Lee assumed all the blame of his
defeat. He did not. His report,
which was written by Col. Marshall,
put all the blame on Stuart, and 1t
was accepted as true.
There Is not q word in the first re-
port about Hill and Heth making a
reconnaissance or about the two cav
airy brigades that were left with him
and Longstreet. The report is dated
July 81, 1868, and was Immediately
published in the Richmond papers.
Then began the criticisms of Stuart
that almost broke his heart.
at is from no ambition to be a
historian that have dared to tell the
truth about Gettysburg. / wish some
one else had done it. 1t is a cup which
/ wish might have passed from me.
I have simply tried to do justice to
man to whom owe all that / was In
the war"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-12-22
THE JURY SCAMPERED
DOWN SNOW-CLAD HILL

Sharon, Pa, December 90" Bar
gain stand as it is; each party pay half
the cost. Jury escaped"
This was the entry yesterday in the
docket of Justice of the Peace Allen
after suit over horse trade. 1t had
taken six hours to try the case. The
jury retired and soon a slip of paper
was handed Justice Allen bearing the
jury's verdict, that the deal should
standard the costs be divided between
the litigants. Declaring that no such
verdict should be rendered in his court,
the jvstice went to the jury room. He
found the window up and saw the
Jurors scampering down the snow COW
cred hill.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-12-22
Eight are Rescued.

The cause and extent of the disaster
was in doubt for several hours. The
first rescuing party to reach the scene
succeeded in bringing seven men and a
boy to safety and later recovered the
bodies OF five victims.
AT the moment of the explosion
flames spread through the affected
passage and smoke and poisonous gas
filled the mine.
The plight Of the miners was render
ed more dangerous by mishap to the
machinery of the shafts, where the
cages refused to move for time, pre-
venting quick escape and interfering
with the ventilation. The rising gases
were checked by distractions and
driven back upon the entombed men.
Meantime the fire ragged fiercely and it
is supposed that many who were not
killed by noxious fumes were burned
to death.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-12-22
LOWERED Fl. sUMPTER FLAG
Veteran Of Famous Battle Celebrates
Anniversary Of Event by Play
ing Billiards.

April Is was the forty-ninth ami
versary of the taking of Fort Sumter
by the confederate forces. There has
always been some doubt as to the
identity of the man who fired the first
shot in that famous fight; but there
has never been a question as to the
identity of the man who, on that 18th
Of April, 1860, lowered the American
flag from over the fort in the first de-
feat suffered by the Union army in
the Civil war. The man was Lieut..
Col. II. w. Hammer, now a resident
OF Los Angeles, and the old man, now
more than seventy years old. cele-
brated the fall Of that famous fort by
playing billiards all afternoon with
fellow soldier at his hotel.
Although having passed his three
score years and ten, the old soldier
Is hale and hearty. and the hand that
held the billiard cue was as steady
and the eye as clear as they were 40
years ago, when he lowered the flag.
1t is his boast that he can outwork
many man 20 years younger than
himself. He neither drinks, smokes
nor chews, and he thinks nothing OF
starting out in the morning for ten.
mile ramble over the hills.
Colonel Hammers memory In re
gard to the taking of the fort is won.
derfully clear, and to hear him tell OF
the events which took place during
the battle, one would think they had
happened yesterday instead of nearly
half century ago.
Il was regimental quartermaster
sergeant, First artillery" said Colonel
Hammer. Il was assigned to Fort
Moultrie, but was transferred with
two companions of artillery to Fort
Sumter, which was located about 300
yards from Moultrie. The reason for
abandoning Fort Moultrie was that il
could be easily swept by a rifle fire
from the tops of the nearby houses.
THE confederate troops were sta.
toned in front of Sumter, and when
they saw us transferring all our forces
to that fort they began building bat, /
teries. The next day, the 18th of
April, they sent demand to Major
Anderson, who was in command of
Fort Sumter, to surrender. Anderson
refused, and word was sent that un-
less he surrendered within an hour
they would open fire
Our supplies were low. He had
heard that lincoln was sending relief
but whether or not we could hold out
until 1t reached us we did not know.
Our ammunition was low. too
Anderson agreed that unless pro.
visions reached us by the fifteenth we
would leave the fort, and meanwhile
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-12-22
Mrs. Fenbee of Tennessee.

The stomach is such an easy organ to get
out of order. One is troubled with it in tn,
form of indigestion, another constipation
another heartburn hatulency, etc. Mrs
Fenbee, OF Cumberland Furnace, Tenn,
suffered for seventeen years from sour stom-
ach. Naturally she tried everything y
and she says nothing ever benefited her I'M
til she took DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin,
and that cured her. =
It is absolutely guaranteed to do what is
claimed, and il you want to try it before
buying, send your address for free sample
bottle to Pepsin Syrup Co, II9 Caldwell
Bldg, Monticello, III. Il is sold By all
druggists a soc and 81 . bottle,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-12-22
Where Is Your Friend :

The south is the best country for
him or anybody else. The railroads of
the south are trying TO get southerners
to g come back home, = and The Comet
wants to help and wants you to help
in the movement. Call at our Office
for blanksl on which to give your
friends names and addresses. 1t
costs you nothing, and may result in
good to you, your friend and your
country. 2a7tf
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-12-22
MEANS LOWER RATES
FOR PULLMAN BERTHS

Washington, Dec, 21.-Tentative APP
prevail of the interstate commerce COM
mission has been given to the fixed
charge for upper berths in Pullman
cars at so per cent. of the charge now
paid for lower berths. The new charge
is to become effective throughout the
United States on or before Jan. 20,
1911.
Commissioner Lane announced that
the Pullman company had accepted
the conditions of the commission that
the rates for the long distances on
lower berths and on all upper berths
should be reduced.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-12-22
Skin and Scalp Troubles Yield to ZemO-A
Clean Liquid Preparation for
External Use.

The City Drug Co. is so confident that
Zemo will rid the skin or scalp Of infant or
grown person Of pimples, blackheads, dan
druf, eczema, prickly heat, rashes, hives,
ivy poison or any other form Of skin or scalp
eruption, that they will give your money
back if you are not entirely satisfied with
the results obtained from the use Of Zemo.
The first application will give prompt re-
lief and show an improvement and in every
instance where used persistently will destroy
the germ life, leaving the skin in clean,
healthy condition.
Let us show you proof of some remarka-
BILE cures made by Zemo and give you 81
page booklet how to preserve the skin. The
City Drug Co. 2w
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-12-22
EIGHT MEN ARE
RESCUED ALIVE
QUICK ESCAPE PREVENTED
Mouths of Shafts Were Blocked
and Poisonous Gases Driven
Back on the Miners

Bolton, Eng, Dec. 21.-An explo-
sion followed by fire and causing many
fatalities occurred in the Little Hutton
colliery Of the Hutton Colliery COM
pany here this morning soon after 290
miners had gone below the surface to
begin the days work.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-12-22
SAM ROBERTS
IS ARRESTED

Sam Roberts, baggage master on
the f. T. & w. N. q. r. R., was
arrested yesterday by postoffice in
spectors charged with tampering with
the mails. He was caught with de-
coy letter containing marked money,
and was given a preliminary hearing
before Commissioner f. ]. Vaught and
bound to court. In default of bail he
was taken to Jonesboro and placed in
Jail. Roberts denied his guilt, but
was found with the goods.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-12-22

If you are suffering from biiousness, con.
stipation, indigestion, chronic headache,
invest one cent in postal card, send tc
Chamberlain Medicine Co., Des Moines
Iowa, with your name and address plainly
on the back, and they will forward you a
free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. Sold by all dealers.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-12-22
Gun Ahead Of Armor.

Rear Admiral Bacon of the British
navy believes that the race between
the gun and the armor of battleship,
which has been going on for over half
century, has been decided, for the
moment, in favor of the gun
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-12-22
EXCHANGE.

l will exchange some old stale ice
accounts for coal at 25 cents on the 81
due me. You can find these accounts
in my office. After January LIST will
advertise them for 10 cents for every
81 due me. will not have delinquents
remain on my books. Truly,
HUGH +. WEBB.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-12-22

Many persons find themselves affected
with persistent cough after an attack of
influenza, AS this cough can be promptly
cured by the use of Chamberain's Cough
Remedy, it should not be ollowed to run on
until it becomes troublesome. Sold by all
dealers.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-12-22

Babies don't mind cold or take cold if
kept well with DR.. Fahrney's Teething Syr
mp. Get it anywhere. Sample (no-dc
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The Little Want Ads
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ing by Thousands of
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suits. Try one. Only
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-12-22

Mrs s. w. Price is quite ill with
toasilitis.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-12-22

The stork visited the home of Carl
Whitlock Tuesday, and left a ten
pound baby girl as a Christmas gift.
Miss Kate Gilmer came down YES
terday from Sullins College and Will
spend the holidays at home.
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1910-05-12

formation you can get nowhere
else and in these days when we are
making history SO fast there is
scarcely a person but who wishes
access to a good map many times
week.
And speaking of maps, the new
one gotten out by the Minnesota
and Dakota Farmer, Brookings,
5. d., is a little the best we have
yet seen. Really it is four large
maps 2Sx36 inches in size and
shows the map of Minnesota, map
of North and South Dakota, Mon
tana, United States, map of the
World, together with a large map
of Central America showing the
Panama Canal zone in detail. On
the main sheet is shown map of
the World, fanked by attractive
scenes from all parts of the world
which makes it not only interest
ing, instructive and entertaining,
but an ornament as well.
This Office is in receipt of one of
these maps and really we do not
see how the Minnesota and Dakota
Farmer can put them out as cheap
ly as they do; one being given with
each three years subscription to
that paper at only $1.15. You
should send for one today.
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1910-05-12
Protecting Homesteaders

That the general land Office in
Washington is looking after the
interest of the homesteader is
shown by the contents of a circular
received by officials at the South
Dakota land office last week. The
evident intent of the circular is to
prevent professional information
from the books of the Office. The
circular reads as follows:
Department of the interior,
General and Office,
Washington. April l6, 1910.
Registers and receivers, United
] States land offices.
Gentlemen: The following in
structions are issued in response to
the request of many local officers
who are in doubt as to the proprie-
ty of permitting the general public
and especially agents and attorneys
to have access to the Serial Num-
ber Register.
Department instructions of Oc-
tober 6, 1904 (33 L d., 267) pro-
vide that applications to inspect
records shall be denied in all in
stances in which the orderly dis
patch of public business would be
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1910-05-12

materially interfered with" The
access of agents, attorneys, and the
public generally to the Serial Num-
ber Register would not only, in al
most every instance, seriously ham
per the orderly dispatchof business
in your Office, but is open to the
further objection that 1t would af-
ford the unscrupulous and litigious
a complete docket of every matter
pending before the land depart
ment, whether before you, this
bureau, or the Secretary of the
Interior
1t is believed that in almost ev-
cry instance the status of any tract
of land may be obtained by refer
cnce tothe plat and tract book; and
if inquiry by party in interest be
directed to any application or 9th
er matter to which a serial number
has been assigned, you may, if it
be compatible with the orderly dis
patch of the public business, per-
NIT such party to examine the no.
tations upon the register under
such serial number, but no other:
and such examination must be
made under the observation of an
officer or clerk.
Inspectors will be required to
report all violations, by local Off
GERS, of these instructions.
Very respectfully,
Fred bennett, Commissioner.
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1910-05-12
Alex G. johnson Promoted

An announcement has just been
issued from the general offices of
the Chicago & Northwestern Rail
way in Chicago to the effect that
Mr.. Alex G. johnson has been
appointed passenger traffic manag-
er of the company. This is big
boost for Mr.. johnson as it places
him at the head of the passenger
business of one of the largest rail
roads in the country. Alex John
son is known to half the business
men of South Dakota. Less than
twenty-five years ago he was work
ing as common laborer in one of
the Van Dusen grain elevators in
the eastern part of the state. But
the Northwestern railroad found
him. They have given him lots
of work to do and he has made
himself useful. He understands
men and has consequently been a
political power for the company.
One of these days when Marvin
Hughitt, now nearly eighty years
of age, Alex johnson will become
president of the company. Mark
our words. And he car fill the
place too. For in of the vindic-
tive damning that Alex johnson
has from time to time received
in this state he is not bad fellow
and he understands railroading
from A to Z.
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1910-05-12
An Explanation

Three years ago this week / be-
came the editor of the Bad River
News. AS such editor l wrote the
first newspaper everpublished with
in the corporate limits of the pres
ent city of Philip. Then clients
were scarce and was glad to earn
a few dollars each week with my
pencil. With successive issues of
the paper my interest increased,
and an old time love for newspaper
work returned. For three years
l have written locals, editorials,
occasional advertisements and have
clipped exchanges. During much
of this time / have been in a po-
sition to give the contents of the
paper personal supervision. 1t
has not taken u great deal of time,
and that time has been gratefully
given. For the past twelve months
however, other work has constant
ly claimed more and more of my
attention. Not infrequently |
have been called to the county seat
for week or more at time. On
such occasions, and even when at
home in Philip my newspaper work
has been interrupted. In a word,
the attention | have had to give to
other matters has made it impossi-
BILE for me to give the News any
such consecutive and coherent
effort as my position as editor
would seem to demand. Conse-
quently it occurs to me that if the
pressure of my other work is such
that am unable to be an editor in
the fullest sense of the word, it is
best that the title should be drop
ped. II is therefore announced
that l am no longer editor of the
News and my name has been re-
moved from the head of the edi-.
torial column as such. This is
done simply for the reasons l have
stated. There are no others. The
present owner of the News and /
work together in perfect accord,
and my connection with the paper
will not be wholly severed at pres
ent. Next week l leave for a three
weeks absence in the eastern part
of the state. Upon my return l will
continue to lend a hand at the News
Office until the management is able
to make other arrangements. But
as editor, and as the person respon-
sibIe to our readers as such, /
hereby tender my resignation and
gratefully step down and out.
Alvin WaggOner.
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1910-05-12
Midland
(From the MaiD


p. j. Gallager, r. E. Stoddard
and number Cf other Woodmen
went to Nowlin yesterday after
noon to assist in the establishment
Of y Woodman camp at that place.
Milford, (Iowa) Mail;-Frank P.
Ryan, a former we'll known Mil
ford boy; but now a resident of
Midland, South Dakota, has been
nominated Nby the democrats of
Stanley county for the Office Of
treasurer. We do not know what
they mean but if elected Frank
will make q first class public SER
yant.
George w. Egan spoke in the
opera hopse Saturday afternoon,
= ! hiS d 1udience. He i !
spealr q - ability, and pre-.
sented hil cIaIlis to recognition in
a.clear "a M nanners Hill
I'll i1lx y hil
alform and ~ ! 3 \ " the au
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1910-05-12

it is fact. Andrew Renning, one
OF our progressive farmers living
northeast of town, has made sever
al shipments of seed corn to Iowa
parties who were out here and saw
the fine field of corn which he raised
last season. This speaks we'll for
Stanley county and particularly
that part of it adjacent to Kado-
ka, and should prove a valuable
demonstration of the value of Stan
ley county as a corn county.
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1910-05-12

man trial, telling how he was dis
barred that his enemies might for
pecuniary and political reasons, get
Mrs. Kaufman free. His speech
seemed to create very favorale
impression upon his hearers.
H. L. Burns big steam blowing
engine pulled out of town yester-
day afternoon, hauling a train of
twelve plows, a large cook shanty
and two water tanks. The outfit
was unloaded from the train here
sometime ago, but in crossing the
railroad track one of the traction
wheels was broken causing a long
wait for repairs. Mr.. Burns will
turn over large amount of prairie
sod with that outfit before the sea-
son closes.
The house of Clinton Finvold on
his claim near Old Trail was des-
troyed by fire on Wednesday of
last week. The fire is supposed to
have been started by a match with
which he had lighted lantern,
and which he supposed to be ''dead'
and had thrown away. Nothing
was saved from the building, al
though Mr.. Finvold had an arm
quite badly blistered in trying to
save a trunk.
A wrestling match has been ar
ranged between Flamme, of Philip
and F. G. McMurrin of Midland,
to take place in the opera house
here on Saturday evening, May IA
-one week from next Saturday
night. Flemme is said to be
good wrestler and is about Nc
Murrin's weight, SO good match
may be expected. If Mac is beat
en- this time it will be the first de.
feat he has sustained since coming
to Midland.
We are informed that arrange
ments have been completed for a
big political meeting in Midland
on Wednesday evening, May 18th,
with governor Vessey, John f.
ISchrader, candidate for congress,
and Royal 9. johnson, candidate
for attorney general, as speakers.
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1910-05-12

Small grain in this end of Stan
ley county looks good and the fall
wheat is coming to the front after
being on the sick list all spring.
Some fall wheat fields have. been
recroped with other small grain.
This end of the county will make
q big showing when harvest time
comes, but it don't seem to make
much right now in politics--Cot-
tonwood Register.
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1910-05-12
Fort Pierre
(From the Fairplay)

\HlOlA OlC Il Ill PAoJJ
Since our last issue, word has
come in from the western part of
the county that G. L. Millett of
this city has entered the race for
representative against DR.. G. j.
Lavery. Mr.. Millett is a member
of the stalwart wing of the repub-
lican party. o.
Gov. Vessey recently purchased
the extensive ranch interests of
George w. Harris near DeGrey,
thus demonstrating his faith in the
country along the Missouri. The
property is we'll improved and con-
tains $500 acres. It is reported
that Mr.. Harris will 60 to Mexico
to continue his cattle business.
The installing of cement walks
on Main and Deadwood streets has
been impeded somewhat by the
damp weather of the last two days,
but our two principal streets will
show great improvement when the
work is finished. The Curran
forces have been working on the
Fort Pierre Bank property at the
corner Of Deadwood and. second
avenue, and Manley brothers have
have been filling in several gaps on
the south side Of Main street. Let
the good work 90 on.
State Fire Marshall, Frank Graft
was in the city w Wednesday. Heis
> brother Of Charles CsAft Who lives
On Big Buffalo, and -was out to
visit him and .fsmily. d
Stanley county ~ sfssai1hine eed
corn forI IeEa laz ema
like : renaslablo Glnl md
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1910-05-12
Where Is That Town?

A good, up-to-date, reliable map
is a necessity everywhere. In a
home it is next in Importance to a
dictionary. In business it is next
in Importance to a mercantile re-
port. 1t furnishes quantities of in