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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20
BY n. n. SHEPARD.
priyntc Company q, First Tennessee
Infnptry.

Infnptry.
Many commands have contended for
the honor of having fred the last gun
under General Lee. but few writer's,
no far as know. have ever attempted
10 show what soldiers and when. i'm
der his orders. fred tho first gun for
the Confederacy. Belonging AZ ! did
10 General Lees first Confederate COM
,nand. as member OF the First Ten-
,essec Regiment. and serving In his
memorable West Virginia campaign. u
NAV be able to shed soinc light upon
this Interesting point.
Despite his known merits. General
I,ee had not been promptly assigned to
command in the field after he turned
over the Virginia forces which he had
collected to the Confederate /uthori-
ties. General Beaurcgard and the
others were then tho heroes of the
hour, beside whom the merits OF Cen
eral Lee seemed then comparatively
small. When ut length he was given
a position In the field 1t was under dif-
ffculties which would have tried the
snlrIt OF any soldier. General Loring,
IL VIII be remembered. was placed IN
command in Northwest virginia after
the disaster at Laurel HUI and the
death OF General t'hTHet'< ITO Sph'-
mand was small, tie main force con-
sis.ing OF TRIO brigades made UP re-
spec,iveiy OF three Tennessee and twe
Virginia regiments
The latter were under the command
of Colonel Gillian, OF the Twenty-tirs
ytrginIa--an officer who waG thor
considered as a coming man from M
former connection with Virgin;
Military Institute.
In addition TO this little ARM, Gen
eral Loring had two regiments in from
or Cheat Pass One OF these was fror
Arkarfsas and was commanded b,
colonel Rust. the Other was from Vir
einte, and was under Colonel TaliafeF
no. But including these men. Genera
I.oring's total strength did not e%cee
$500 men.
General Leo came to the Nortfwes
about the middle of August, 1861, an
assumed personal command, with hi
headquarters at Valley Mountain tn
troops which he mustered at this plac
lid not number more than $500.
Lees Difficult Position.
But his difficulties only began wit
his force The country in which /
was placed presented n still create
problem. Randolph and Pocahonts
counties, the field OF his operation
are about the mos, rugged and mouF
famous country In the entire sectio
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20
WERE NUN FORD'S TROOPERS
LAST TO LEAVE RICHMOND
Private Of Company c, Second Virginia Cavalry
Claims Distinction of Crossing Mayos
Bridge as 1t Burned.

and find out what was going on. he
came back in short time. and said he
come up on the rear guard OF General
Garey's Cavalry, and that the army had
retreated towards Richmond He said
we must make our escape at once. so
we started for Richmond, nine miles
off. and as we passed Chimborazo
Hospital we were stunned b. the eX-
plosion OF the powder magazine. The
boats in the James River were all on
fire and most OF tho buildings on Main
street were on fire. We had some diff
nculty in getting to Fourteenth Street
where we wanted to cross Mayo's
Bridge. When we reached the canal
the bridge across ii had been burned,
so we had to cross over in boat to
reach Mayo's Bridge. This was about
s o'clock A. NJ.
Gnrey's Men Not Last.
Colonel Clement Sulivane, of General
w. II. f. Lees staff. says General NJ
w. Garey's cavalry were the last troops
TO cross Mayo's Bridge befort 1t was
burned. and as he was in front Of our
command on the retreat he crossed
before we reached Richmond. Captain
y. b. Sanford. OF Philips's Georgia
Legion, must be mistaken Also He says
his command crossed Just after day
Hight and Mayo's Bridge was on lrt
| at that time. He must have referree
to the bridge over the canal. Mayo!
Bridge was set on fire Just as soon a
our command crossed at Sl5 o'clock a
NJ, on April 8. and as l stopped Q
| Weisiger's Confederate Clothing De
| partment, which had just been brokol
1 into. helped myself to several OF
4 ficer's uniforms. This delay made M
the last Confederate solder 10 eros
/ AIayos bridge,
Il Company c, second Virginia Caviar!
\ Gala. Botetourt county, Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20
CARE OF NERVOUS CHILDREN
DR.. ballard Says Mother. Are OFF

nr. Bullard Says Mothers Are OF.
Responsible.
81 cannot too strongly emphaslze =!
nervousness in the chliu lS Oh n4,
and It should never be forgotten =
nervousness in the mother IS aiW XI
a defect and often a SIM" SAID Dr. w
liam n. Billiard in his lecture at
Harvard Medical School, on NerVeJ
| Diseases in Children
children as long as they are ,untI
| her care Every child starts IN
world with It's nervous system more
/ less impressionable. II the persons
i charge are nervous and lrr.tLpts,
child win be badly influenced a. a az nv,
are brought to me. oh, II could OF
treat the mother In the maJor|
OF such cases, il the parents couid
treated the children would set wei
i alone or in combination with ott
j disturbances, and II may or may \
/ Be a serious matter. 1t Is often vi
i porary. In some cases the herVo4
/ ness is apparently Inherited or temp'
amental But the sur roa,,.i;n5 Of ~ i
condition. and the proporlon due
/ inheritance and that due to surroul
ings is impossible TO determine.
4 "The child with so-called nerve
/ temperament Snoulu pS ti So, :.
4 its earliest year. All physical sour
4 OF Irritation should be removed.
4 should Do sheltered from all forms
excitement, whether pleasurahlel
otherwise, in infancy, and trained
4 self control later Discipline should
strictly maintained. but no undue
verify should be used.
NERVOUS children must mot overf
J, Children who overeat are ant there
to become more nervous throush
resulting stomach irritation. Thereft
: the diet should he n mixed diet OF
! binary food and should simply be \
; tied as regards quantity. they sho
s 20 to- bed early and sleep fairly y
!, and they should have as mueh Is =,
Y nir as possible all the time. ~
( should be out OF doors as much
! possible and should have their y
\ doWs omen at night. In this ciim
: tMere is no risk in that Boston q
aid. *. Vi s sy
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20
.sOUTHERN GROSS" ADOPTED
TO DISTINGUISH OUR ARMY
Confusion at First Manassas Led to Conference
Which Approved Design for Flag SUB
nnitted by .Beauregard.

tho Stars and stripes looked at a dis
lance so much alike that It was hard
to distinguish one from the other,
General Beauregard. thinking thar
serious mistakes might be made IN
recognizing our troops, after the battle
of the 18th OF July, at blackburn Ford,
ordered that a small red badge should
be worn on the left shoulder by our
troops, and, as was chief auartermas-
tor, ordered mo to purchase q large
amount OF red flannel and to distribute
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20
LEE AT WEST POINT
Portrait 0f Southern Hero Adorns
waits OF Present Mess Hall.

Editor Confederate Column: =. -,
Sh,--There Is an error In DR.. w. w
Balsey's interesting article in your COLI
uinn several weeks ago. which error
take the liberty of correcting. a por-
trait of Robert u. Lee hangs In the
nlestt hall or the United States NIL.
itary Academy. 1t was painted about
eight; or ten years ago from a daguer-
rotyt., belonging to the Virginia His
torical society. The picture is not
large. In fact. much smaller than most
portraits in tho mess hall. but 1t has
a beauty and dignity all It's own. IT
Is painted In tho uniform of colonel
OF the United States Army. Tie hair
and rOustaclle arc very dark, the eyes
splendid, and the face and figure mag
niflcen5.
There Is. too. q very beautiful tree
| on tho. border OF the parade grounds
which Is pointed out as one plant ed
| by Robert Il. Lee. The tree is regard
cd with intense interest by all visitors
| 1t Is a curious tree, but very beautiful
| with dropping branches. Our guide
| seemed not to know it's name.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20
,y,,IA,I :. cADELL.

nv GENERAL. WILLIAM i, cAnEhL.
NJ ,ro,nnel wlngtield peters United
confeaerato Veterans, Of Balu iIao ,l mas
recaived rho following letter hr tha
SeMe a,a nf the southern cross as
t the Confederate battleflag,-lsai'or,,l,
- when tho confederave asmy, card,
n nna the Tederal army confronted eact !
other n at Manassas, in July, 80 lso y. !, =,
Was seen thet the Confederate ia . CIV
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20

%. p. c.. stanton Va: The auar]
in Your letter would require q tsdicl
search, and after the search the inld
nation might not be obtai Nas 81
pVirainia Historical Society and
STATE Library.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20

Neighbors to Moss Neck" the &C
bin home referred to on the 18th !.
February, were "Santee" aid Pre-
pect HILL" the homes Of the Gordon
We have not sufficient data for :
sketch, but now make an appeal
the children of 'Santee" and "Pre,
meet Hill" for information.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20
Had Cavalry Bccn Thcrc

had our caValEy been In position,
General Lee would have known of Rey-
nolds's approach in the direction of
Gettyaburg twenay-fou hours before
this corps reached Gettysburg. Gem
sral Lee could and probably would. had
he known the enlsmy were in motion,
have occupied Ge|ttysburg on tho 2ath
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20
:. perereu. Jnrratt cinibor,

Slaughter.
Can any one give information as
the ancestry of this gentleman, w
was a prominent Methodist mlnisseI
He was born near Sntherlands ~
ton, twelve miles from Peterspu1
Va November s, 1917. and died /
Rnckv Mills. Amherst county. NoVe1.
ber 8, 1870 He was a son Of c sal,,!
George Slaughter, Of Dinwiddie, c NJ ]
Was he descended from the Ciaipoih le
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20

we are 50 pleased with this le i,
cnntained, as well as the bouquet.
appreciation. and assure the writ
tlp although the outlook is not g
crnuraging. we will not lose sight
the Sarah Bruce who married Capta
Thomas CaSSOn.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-06-01
Railroad Accidents Decreasing

A good deal is said about the
danger of railroad travel, but &C.
cording to the annual report of
the Railway News and statistics,
it is almost as safe to- travel, at
least on some roads as to stay at
home. According to the report
seventeen railroad companies of
the United States completed a
six-year term without a passen-
ger killed, 95 companies a five
year term, LIT companies a four
year period, 228 companies three
years, 287 companies two years,
and 347 companies, out of 1863 re-
porting, one year of immunity.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-06-01
MacOmb, III.

Editor News;
| will write few lines which
may be publis he'd in the News.
/ came to this State in 1907.
three years ago. 1t is a fine
place to make money. Those
who work make money and those
who don't work just steals what
some poor man makes.
Some people are very good
while others are not fit for
buzzard bate. We see some big
fat men running around with a
check book in their hip pocket and
they think that they are all in all,
but what they have, some one else
made it by hard labor and they
tell big lies to get it in their pock-
ct. But by and by the time will
come when every head will bow
and all tongues will talk.
| will close for this time. l
receive the News every week and
enjoy reading it very much.
Mrs. J. w. Cobb.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-06-01
COrrOIItOn, Mo.

Editor News.
Enclosed please find money
order for $500, one dollar to pay
for the paper from Jan. 1st 1909
to Jan. 1910 and one dollar to
pay for it from May 1910 to May
1911. have been without the
News for A months, there is none
of my neighbors taking your pa
per and l get but little news
from old Adair, the place where
| first saw the light of day.
| am living Ia miles north and
west of Carrollton, and 5 miles
west of Bogard. We are having
lots of rain and cool weather,
had some frost on the 18th and
18th of this month. The biggest
part of the corn crop will be a
little late. Men that planted the
first part of April are fixing to
plant the second time. Grass
is looking tolerably well, oats just
common and the fruit crop will
be short. Corn selling at 40 and
60 cents per bushel, flour So. 10
to $500 per cwt., bacon 20 to %
cents per pound and horses,
mules, cattle and hogs are high
er than a cats back, but still
everything is lovely and the
goose is hanging high in old
Missouri.
AS this is the first time | ever
made an attempt to write to
your paper will close out for this
time.
Very Respectfully,
j. 7. Taylor.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-06-01
DanVille.

We are having a lot of rain
and blue grass farmers are get
ting behind with their work.
Wheat is looking fairly good,
but gardens are not so good; cut
worms are very bad this year.
The C. N. o. & T. P. railway
is doing a big business. They
haye given most all of their men
increase in their wages. The cal
men got a nice raise of 81 cents
more on the hour and the car in
spectors and repairers sure ap.
preciate it.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-06-01
The Kings Last Words.

The last words uttered by King
Edward were: Il think | have
done my duty" What greater
consolation can one have, when
the shadows of life are closing
about him. than to feel that he
has bravely borne the RESPONSE
bilities of life and conscientious
ly performed his duty?
The mother looks back over a
long life of service, recalls the
infancy of her children and their
growth into manhood and wo-
manhood, remembers how she
has labored to develop character
as well as brain power, and feels
that she has done her duty, even
if her children have not measur-
ed up to her hopes and expecta-
tions.
The father, too, finds consola-
ton in the consciousness that he
has Gone his duty, even though
hayward sons have brought his
gray hairs down in sorrow to the
grave, if he has set an example
worthy of imitation and by wise
counsel, done all within his pow
er to guide his children Alright.
And the citizens, also, must
rest for comfort in the closing
hours upon the conviction that
he has lived up to the obligations
imposed upon him by citizenship
has been true to every public
trust and has not shirded the
voters duty.
The pathos of death reaches its
maximum when one enters the
unknown world distracted by the
hooking memory of fleeing
pleasures purchased by sin; even
those who find that they have
done their duty can approach
the grave like one who wraps
the drapery of his couch about
him and lies down to pleasant
dreams. ''-Commoner.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-06-01
COLUMBIA DISTRICT, THIRD
ROUND.

The following make up Presid-
ing Elder Hulse's appointments
for the Columbia District, going
over the territory for the third
time. 1t is requested hat the
membership keep these appoint
ments before it and attend the
meetings:
Cane Valley, Clear Spring, June
4-5.
Columbia and Tabor, Columbia,
June Sc.
Gradyville, June lip.
Tompkinsville, June 1913.
West Tompkinsville June 21-
22.
Temple Hill, June 25-26A
The District Conference will
be held at Glensfork, KY, June
10, 1910.
T. L. HULSE, P. E.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-06-01
Kentucky Fair Dates.

The following are the dates
fixed for holding the Kentucky
Fairs for 1910 as far as reported.
Officers of fairs are requested to
report to US any omissions or cor
rection of dates:
Madisonville, July 1916 days.
Henderson, July 26 5 days.
Lancaster, July 27-3 days.
Versailles, August Sd days.
Danville, August 3-3 days.
Berea, August 4-3 days.
Lexington, August Sc days.
Russell Springs, Aug. "a days
Taylorsville, August 81 days,
UDiontown, August 9-5 days.
Harrodsburg, August "a days
Vanceburg, August 1O-4 days
Lawrenceburg, Aug. 16-4 days
Burkesville, August 1874 days
Shepherdsville, Aug. 1913 days
Brodhead, Aug. l7-3 days.
Ewing, August IA days.
Columbia, August 23-4 days
London, August 23-4 days.
Shelbyville, August 23-4 days
Elizabethtown, Aug.24- 3 days
Erlanger, Aug. PA days.
Bardstown, Aug. 80 days.
Frankfort, Aug. 30-4 days.
NicholasviIle, Aug. 30-3 days
Fern Creek, Aug. 80 days
Hardenburg, Aug. 30-3 days.
Barboursville, Aug. 31-3 days
Florence, Sept. Is days.
Paris, Sept. 6-5 days.
Hodgenville, Sept. 6-3 days,
County Fair, Sanders, Sept.
"A days.
Mayfield, Sept. IA days.
Monticello, Sept. 6 3 days.
Glasgow, Sept. 28-4 days.
Falmouth, Sept. 28-4 days.
Kentucky State Fair, Louis
vile, Sept. IL 6 days.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-06-01

graceful palmettoes and whisp-
ering towering pines and imagine
that Savannah is one of the most
beautiful cities of the Sunny
South" Annie Smith,
Columbia, KY.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-06-01

joyments that have given you.
Do but once think of what |
have suffered for you; if you do,
it will be we'll for you in this
world and in the world which is
to come.
"Whosoever shall have. a copy
of this letter and keep it in thei
house, nothing shall hurt them,
neither pestilence, thunder nor
lightning, and if any woman be
in birth and put her trust in me
she shall be delivered of her
child. You shall hear no more
news of me except through the
Holy Scriptures until the day of
judgment. All goodness and
prosperity shall be in the house
where copy of this letter shall
be found. Finished"
The story goes that the little
child who found it passed it to
one who became a convert to the
Christian faith. He failed to
have the letter published. He
kept it, however, as a sacred
memento of Christ and it passed
down to different generations of
his family for more than one
thousand years.
During this period the family
suffered repeated misfortunes,
migrated to different countries
until finally one of them came to
America, bringing the letter with
him. They settled in Virginia,
then moved further south, still
followed by misfortune, when
finally the last member, a daugh-
ter, approached her deathbed
and called neighbor, Mrs.
Thompson, giving her the letter
and related it's history for more
than one thousand years. The
Thompson woman began the at
tempt to have it published and it
first appeared in the Rome (Ga.)
Tribune on Oct. 81, 1891. 1t
then appeared in the Dalton (Ga.)
Citizen, and Mrs. Workman, now
living in Marion, Ind, clipped it
and kept it in her possession for
many years without an effort to
have it published. She was fol-
lowed by misfortune, which she
attributed to her neglect in try
ing to have the letter published.
Mrs. Ruby Crutchfeld, of
Trezavant, Tenn, is also said to
have had a copy and failed to
make an effort to have it publish
ed for three years, and was fol-
lowed by a varied lot of misfort-
unes which she attributed to the
fact of her neglect in this re-
spect.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-06-01
KeIf The hing at Home.

''For the past year we have kept the
King of all laxatives- DIR. Kings New
Life Pills-in our home and they have
proved blessing to all you family, F"
writes Paul Mathulks, of Buffalo, N. Y.
Easy, but sure remedy for all Stomach,
Liver and Kidney troubles. Only 25c
at PAUL Drug Co.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-06-01
Ideal Spot Of The Sunny South.

produce market of a rich agricul-
tural region, its magnificent har-
Dor open to the shipping Of the
world, its railroads radiating to
the North, South and West. With
it's location and facilities it must
in time become a manufacturing
center. But unlike most all
other towns OF the so-called New
South, Savannah has not forget
ten to be attractive in its eager
ness to attain wealth and great
ness at a bound.
The streets of Savannah are
broad and beautiful, with a per-
lection of paving that no city in
Kentucky, or any other state in
the United States can surpass.
Wherever you go there are mag
nifcent shade trees palmetto,
live oak, varieties and species
that are very familiar in the
Sunny South. "and every where
grass plots, grassy street mar
gins and street centers, any and
every excuse for shade and grass
and air snatched at by the peo-
pie that they may be happy
when not laboring and that the
children of the city may never be
forced to know the smother and
torture Of child-life as it is in
other cities.
Savannah was taken by the
British during the Revolution and
was the scene of fighting during
the civil war. Even the old
colonial cemetery in the heart of
the town-the bivouac an d
cavalry, grazing ground of hostile
soldiery in the two wars, with
the dates on the gray slabs
changed by mischievous boys
until they record ages as great
as that Of methuselah-has now
its comfortable benches under the
fragrant magnolias and other
trees, while the portion that still
remain of the palm-shadowed,
wistria draped walls are no
longer a barrier to the weary one
seeking rest in life.
There are perfect shell roads.
as hard and smooth as a city
boulevard, leading out through
the intrenched fields of
the sieges of the Revolutionary
and civil wars, and winding under
live oaks and beautiful pines
draped with streamers of Span
ish moss, to some near by or dis
tant point.
Whether mansion or cabin, /
each dwelling has beautiful sur
rounding such as wealth can not
buy in the central and northern
states. One of those giant, moss
hung live oaks would double the
value of any building site in Ken
lucky. The scent of wild jas
mine and the big creamy mag
nolia flowers arises like incense
to permeate each breath.
Savannah is located so near
the Southern coast that outspread
before the door, ready to the
hand, await shoals of fish eager
for the hook; beds of great lus-
cious oysters; shrimp of the ex-
act sort that are best in salads.
The Sunny South" is a country
in which a happy, contented life
is possible, and those present oc-
cupants evidently know how to