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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-12
Tunnels Holes Cut in Freight Cars Bluffs and Daring All
Served at Times in Effecting His Release from
DURANGO for Greater or Less Intervals

escaped from other cars. One of th.,
was Honeycup. Of East Tennessee. Ara
another was Beck, from I don't knov
where. All were strangers 10 me.
I'VE walked along the railroad IN n.
sleet and wind. and increased my nat,
and misery by falling into a cattle gu,,,
Soon after that gave out. was fro,.-
to the bone. We saw a light and foun..
ca bin The negroes took us In. warn,
and fed us and hid us in the woods w.
remained in the neighbomood sey.,,I
days. and then the negroes guided u,,.
a slashing far back in the forest. w.
slept on the ground. lying close toee,b.
TO keep warm. The smoke OF Columns,
which was burning, drifted acrosa ~.
sky. and we understood that shern,,
was in the vicinity.
THE sixth day we heard firing a.
Sunday as many as fifty negroes vi,I,s1
us. Not one Of them betrayed us "a n.
enemy; but we ran out OF food. uo,e,'
cup went one way and / went ano,h..
1 heard the tramp Of troops. the ron a,
wagons and hoof beats OF horses
slipped down into a tangle OF dead we.a.
and underbrush. When the Confedera,n,
were passing I tried 70 catch sone,h,,.
that was said. They'll be here about 20.
morrow was al that heard. but f. wa,
enough. / knew that the Yankees wer.
meant. We had told the negroes %
bring Union soldiers 70 US II anu a.,
peared. On Washington Birthday I.
colored man came through the wood,
saying: Rise, men. rise; your frI.ra,
are here
we stood on our naked feet and saw
a party Of soldiers on horseback rb.n
belonged to the 18th Missouri. TIN,
took us up behind them and that r,gh,
we slept under blankets IN Sherman,
camp. | marched with the Fourteer,,
Army Corps for some time, but va.
i'll and the surgeons sent me HON. !,
thirty days reported TO my colonel n.,,
Richmond. While q prisoner, va,
made a captain. A little late,
marched in the grand review.
"One man was recommended fra,
each brigade for a commission IN ~.
regular army. / was named, but v.r,
to Albany, and was graduated from N,
law school in that city. practised IN
Southwestern Missouri until 1854. when
I went into coal and zinc mining.
never struck 1t rich. however, but MAXI
no complaint on that score. In 1874
was elected to Congress. Only Speaker
Cannon and myself remain OF all thu
men who served with US in the House
Of Representatives that met thirty.slr
years ago last December"
Copyright. 1911. by James B. Morrow.)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-12
Continued from second page.

sion IS made to some place Of historic
interest in the neighborhood Of Dublin.
Combined with this, there is also an In
dustrial exhibition of Irish goods.
An interesting change has taken place
within the last ten years in connection
with the various industries OF Ireland.
The older people. who have joined the
league, but who have not the time TO
study the language. have adopted the
motto Support Irish Industry" with the
result that now nearly all Irish manu-
features bear the Irish trademark which
has been granted TO the Irish In
dustrial Development Association and
which is a guarantee against the many
spurlously marked Irish made" goods
palmed off on the Irish people for years.
In addition to the ard-fheis, there are
lesser feisaenna held all over Ireland,
varying from the provincial feis, which
is often on as large scale as the
oireachtas itself. down to the little viii
lage gathering at which local talent is
displayed
The money which supports this organ
ization is obtained, in Ireland, princi-
pally from the Irish language week col
lection, which is the name given to the
week in which st. Patrick's Day falls.
At that time every effort is made to Sc
cure a large amount Of money. Posters
are pasted on walls calling on the people
TO contribute; collectors stand with boxes
outside the churches on Sunday; hand
bills are distributed, houses arc visited
and other means resorted to. All of the
work in connection with this collection
is given gratUitOusly
The work which the Gaelic League has
done within the last few years has won
APPRECIATION from many sources. Dur
ing the time he was President Theodore
Roosevelt said that he hoped that an
earnest effort will be made TO endow
chairs I'm American universities for the
study Of Celtic literature and for re-
search in Celtic antiquities"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-12

] was hiding The theory worked out
perfectly.
after the train had disappeared in
the darkness I got up and looked around.
Nobody was In sight. In few min
utes. however, ! met two other prisoners.
Strange as 1t may seem. have forgotten
their names. / didn't investigate any
further. Three were enough In that
sort OF an adventure. One night we
walked forty miles. We buried ourselves
in the woods during the daytime once.
followed by dogs and men on horseback,
we reached q deep. swift river. Two OF
US could swim. The other man, Union
soldier from North CaroliUa. couldn't
but he plunged in just the same. We
helped him all we could. IL seemed to
me he was on the bottom most or The
time. lie not only got across but he
beat me and the other fellow. and was
shaking the water out Of his clothes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-12

company, and myself told the guards
we had been detailed to get firewood'
BALDWIN and / afterward served to-
gether in Congress.
"That night We met at rendezvous
in the forest agreed upon several days
in advance. We hoped to reach the sea-
coast and signal one Of our vessels on
blockade duty. The third night Ewing
who was III and weak. delayed US. Al
daylight we found that we were In an
omen country Of plantations. Negroes
saw us and soldiers came and took us
10 the county Jail at Warren From
there we went to Columbia. where we
began two tunnels. Sherman's army
was approaching, so we were quickly
loaded on cars and started toward Sa-
vannah.
Deep in the night Of February a.
1865, I again went through hole in the
floor of a freight car. had been In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-12
Colonel Charles Henry Morgan Veteran Congressman from
Missouri Had Only One Idea When Prisoner OF
War and That Was, whats the Way Out?"

, we were told that tho tunnel had been
completed. Persons who have heard Of
that remarkable piece OF engineering
work will remember it was conceived
and carried out by Colonel Thomas e.
Rose of Pennsylvania, assisted by Major
Archibald G.. Hamilton, Of the 18th Ken
lucky Cavalry. All the tools they had
were a broken penknife and an old
chisel. Their time for work was from 10
o'clock at night until 4 o'clock in the
morning.
with many others. Rose and Hamll-
ton were imprisoned In a large room on
the ground floor Of the warehouse. They
dug into the wall of the fireplace. going
down about eighteen inches to the cell
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-12

1JNGK1 men, pdIe4OOlVu an" iiY
tt shreds. said that Charley Morgan
- - had escape on the brain"
But that was not So Colonel Nor
gan explained to me as he stroue
back and forth across his office. rs
Gaping had become my business, and
Just worked at it as would have worked
at anything else"
The first flight was from Libby, by
the famous tunnel through a stone wall
and under a street. Twice afterward lie
cut a hole in the floor Of the freight car
in which he was riding and dropped TO
the railroad track beneath. once ne
walked past the guards. bluffing his way
TO freedom by saying he was a workman
instead OF q Yankee in restraint. AT
another time he simply vanished and
after a day was caught in the woods.
On the fifth attempt he got away for
good. That night he slept In Shermans
camp. He was in the army, and not
far distant when Beauregard whipped
Mcdowell IN the first battle at Bull Run.
He was a private soldier then. In 1870
a captain Of infantry for ganantry IN
action. he marched in the grand review
before the President.
COMPANY II. Of the Dist Wisconsin"
he said, stopping his tramp back anu
forth across his Office "cut to pieces Dy
Confederate bullets. only the bare oohes
Of what II had been, contained the pest
fighting men on earth when 1t swept
mast the White House on that last day
before disbandng-as did every other
company OF lean and hardy veterans III
the opinion OF its own commander
After a year Of Intermittent persua-
sion. Colonel Charles Henry Morgan OF
Joplin. Representative in Congress from
the 18th Missouri District, was telling
ma the story Of his life as a soldier
Even then, there was a supulauon-the
article was not to be printed until Con-
eress had adjourned and he had gone
back TO his coal and zinc mines In Mis-
souri,.
81 would rather lose $1,000 than to
have nv colleagues think that
Dragged to you about my military ex-
periences." he said, IN plainly evident IN
tegrity.
At the call for troops in 1861 Morgan
was a student at the Fond du Lac High
School. He enlisted in the 1st Regiment
of Infantry. Before he was twenty-five
he had escaped five times from prison
and had fought In eleven pitched battles
and engagements. He puts no embroid-
cry Of woe or heroics into his narrative
it is thrilling enough in simple facts
but laughs at his hardships, at his shoe
less feet and the rags that clothed his
starved and miserable body During the
war with Spain he was lieutenant colonel
Of the 9TH Missouri Infantry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-12
GAELIC IN AMERICAN COLLEGES

While that has not come 10 pass in
very great degree. there are now four
universities in which there arc AT least
Celtic departments 1t is 10 Harvard
University that the honor Of being hrst
i'm that field belongs. II started the
movement good many years ago with
the establishment of a department OF
Celtic.
Then came the Catholic University at
WASHINGTON. This. while being the sec
ond in the movement in one sense, was
the first to establish n chair Of Celtic.
The credit of establishing this chair be-
longs TO the Ancient Order Of Hiber-
mans. as they did so in 1896. The pres
ent holder of the chair is Or. Joseph
Dunn, while the president of the Wash
ington Gaelic Society is Monsignor Sha-
han. a member Of the faculty Of the
same university.
There Is also at the Catholic Uni
versity." said Patrick j. Haltigan, editor
Of The National Hibernian," the official
paper of the order. "a Hibernian scholar
ship that pays $3.50 a year for four years.
II is awarded comparatively, and the sue
cessful candidate must study Gaelic as
one of his subjects"
Following close upon the heels of the
Catholic University came Columbia Uni
versity, OF New York City. which estab-
lished department of Celtic. Then a
comparatively short while ago the Uni
versity of California established a de-
partment of Gaelic
Professor f. n. Robinson, of Harvard
University. says that the study Of old
and middle Irish cannot be disconnected
from that of the modern Gaelic dialect.
both In Ireland and Scotland, and see
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-12

prison many months and was much re-
duced IN strength. The night was bit
terly cold and a sleet storm was cover
ing everything with ice. Ny feet were
wrapped in rags and my clothing was in
tatters. The night was SO rough that
was the only man in my car to take the
chance. l ran forward, Just as l did at
Milan Junction, lay on the ties and the
train passed. ! joined four men who had
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-12
Bv JAMES Il. MORROW.

men, barefooted and IN
tt shreds, said that Charley Morgan
had escape on the brain"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-12
FACT AND FANCY.

The fire OF genius won't make INV
boil. ID
OF all queer children those WIZ
questions are the querist. IA
Votes resemble dough in tnat WV
need them. a.
Sailors are perhaps called tars W
count OF the pitching OF the snip
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-12
New Campaign to Save Irish Tongue

with the greatest pleasure the revival
among Irlshmen Of interest In their "a.
tional speech"
From the pen OF Matthew Arnold came
as pretty a compliment as could b.
wished for. He wrote: "If I were asked
where English poetry got these THREE
things, its turn for style. its turn for
melancholy and its turn for natural
magic, for catching and rendering the
charms Of nature in a wonderfully nea.
and vivid way. I should answer with
some doubt, that II got much Of its turn
for style from a Celtic source; with less
doubt, that it got much Of its turn Il;
melancholy from a Celtic source. ani.
with no doubt at all, that from a celt,
source IT got nearly all It's natunl
magic"
II should he very sorry II the lrh
language should die out" says Protes~
Hclger Petersen Of the University u
Copenhagen. FOR thereby Irlshns,
would lose their own nationality and be.
come Englishmen; for as soon as TIE
Irish language ceases TO exist there Will
be no Irish nation. And that would b
a great loss. for il is the Irish nation
that bestowed medieval learning upon
Europe. It is the Irish nation that pos
sesses the most wonderful medieval H.
erature, and the Irish language Is TIE
most interesting language IN Europe
am a Dane and | should be sorry II the
nation that was once our teacher should
cease to exist for I am convinced tha'
II Irishmen continue their national ex'
istence they will contribute largely 70
human civilization"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-09-15

The Commonwealth has never
taken bvt little stock in pcize
distributions to get subscriptions,
advertising and job printing, and
we have firmly resolved not to
resort to any such schemes again.
If you want this paper, and will
pay the subscription price, we
shall be pleased to have your
name on our books, and will do
our level b st to give you N
return a reliable, readable, decent
local newspaper in exchange for
your money. On this basis your
patronage will be appreciated.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-09-15
ENFORCE II Law.

Judging from the following
comment in a recent issue Of the
esteemed Greenville Democrat,
things are getting in a very bad
way in our sister city over on the
Father of Waters, and leads to
the pertinent inquiry, why don't
the officers enforce the law? The
Democrat breaches its fellow
citizens a good sermon in these
few words:
The Sunday violation in Green
vi lie is a s.race to our 'ciyiIiza-
ton, and t is time every good
citizen was looking into it: Fhe
observance of the Sabbath is not
a question OF religion; it is a
question Of law, and every true
American citizen is under obIiga-
tons to observe it, regardless of
his religious views. In the eyes
of the law every man is first a
citizen and patriot. You can have
any religion or no religion, but
you must observe the law if YOU
propose to ca m its protection"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-09-15

President Finley of the Col ege
of the City of New York thinks
that a man can still have a gooC
deal of pleasure in his legs, if it is
the age of contrivances for caus-
ing him to dispense with them
He loves walking for its own sake,
and his enthusiasm will be imp :rt-
ed to all who read his article in
The Youths Companion Ct Sep
temb,r 18th.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-09-15
oNlY esE IElepsssNE coMpAnr.

The Yazoo Valley Telephone
Company has passed into history.
This Company suspended bust.
ness on or about September 1st,
at er operating in Greenwood and
LeF1ore county for a number Of
years. This company had an in
ves:ment of about 100000.
During the career of this company
a good many people of the city
were taxed with the necessity of
using two telephones in order to
secure a complete telephone ser
vice. The Cumber and Telephone
and Telegraph Company, which is
one of the city's charter public
service corporations, has grown
with the city and will continue to
give its patrons efficient and salts
factory service. The Common
wealth regrets to see any business
institution fail to prosner, but the
passing of the Yazoo Valley Tele-
phone Company only again clear
~ demonstrates that two tele-
phone companies cannot success
fully operate in Greenwood or in
cities Of similar size.
In our judgment any town re-
ceives better service from one
company than from two, and the
people are not forced to the
additional expense to receive the
service one company could render
without competition. The city is
now left with one telephone com.
pany, the Cumberland, which is
the best in the South. This COM
pany's facilities are unexcelled and
its long distance service is practi-
cally perfect. To keep pace with
the progress of the city, the Cum
berland is preparing to install a
c. ntral energy or fash light
system in Greenwood and are
daily expecting the arrival of
material necessary for the change.
When this work is completed our
metropolis will have as up to date
telephone system and service as
Chicago or any other large city
enjoys.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-09-15

Don't you think it about time we
were paving some of our principal
business streets? The Common
wealth is most heartily in favor of
paving as many of the streets as we
possibly can at present, and believes
the good work should be kept up
until we have the most thoroughly
paved city in the State.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-09-15

While the boil worm, the boil
weevil and the army worm have
done injury to the cotton crop,
the daily rains of August did the
cotton more harm than all the
other destructive agencies corr
bined, says The Greenville
Democrat. 4 wet August al
ways means q $ 'ort cotton crop,
and August, 1911, was the wet6est
August recorded in t us SECTION
for years.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-09-15

The September issues of The
Youths Companion contain two
stories of the adventures OF
agricultural explorers-that is, the
men sent out by the Agricultural
Department to find Ilants which
may be domesticated here at
home. One of these is story of
an adventure Among the Betsies''
the natives of Madagascar; the
other an account Of one who was
"Mobbed in a japanese Forest"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-09-15

The Commonwealth solicits 8
share OF your printing STRICTLY on
a basis of making a reasonable
profit on same. We vii give yon
good, Clean W. TX, printed on first
class material. and execute your
orders promptly. We have just
received a large assortment OF
new stationery, added another Job
press. and are better prepared
than ever to take care Of your
orders.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-09-15

Let's all work together for the
material upbuilding and advance.
ment of Greenwood and Leflore
county. There's no time to waste
on our imaginary differences So
cut out these little things and gel
busy with matters that viii. ROT
only rebound to the good Of this
section. but will make us all feel q
great deal better.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-09-15

A recent issue of The Neshoba
Democrat says: The progress of
a people is judged by the condition
of her highways. In ancient and
modern history you will find the
most advanced nations having the
best roads. A tax levy for road
purposes always pays ample re-
turns"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-09-15

There is not a city in Mississippi
more in need of 4 first class street
railway system than is Greenwood,
nor is there q place o. the same
size where q car line would yield
a better revenue. Our neighbor,
Yazoo City, owns and operates
successfully and satisfactorily a
street car system. Why not
Greenwood? II is to be h ped
that our City Fathers will give the
pr position G ansiderati n.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-09-15

The city and county officials are
to be commended upon their late
effective work in rounding up a
large number of b ind tigers. OF
course they can't expect to wipe
them all out, but a kin occasion
ally makes it easier to contend
adds to peace and order.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-09-15

Some of our citizens are cutting
the unsightly weeds on their
respective premises. Why don't
the balance of you do likewise?
If you don't do it at once the
authorities should force you to
do so,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-09-15
VACATIONS BAYS ARR ovrR.

VACATION BAYS ARE OvER
Vacation days end with all. The
school children return to their books
On the 25,h, and the President II
turns 10 his desk. The capitalist is
hack from his summer trips and is
looking after further development
for the interests of his city and his
own. These days. after all, are the
halcyon days Of childhood. The
brightest picture taat can be looked
back upon, when the hair whitens
and the bones grow rheumatic, is
the picture of these dear old days
of youth that have gone forever.
Some people grow old early in
life. Others retain their youth
even as they totter to the grave.
Youth f.ds its Judgment in the
heart. Only the peevish and selfish
Fcompiain.
There are dear old grandmothers
of today who ere so bright, SO cheer
full, St youthful, in their love to
those about them, that time seems
to have stood sill with them. 1t is
true that speeding years have left
their visible marks upon them, but
when the heart is young no one no
tees the visitation of time.
There ale others who leap almost
instantly into decrepit old age. 1t
is because they have not met the ex-
igencies Of life in a proper anu
cheerful way. They have filed
their days with worry. They have
found about them only discomfort
of The ir own imagining or making.
They have been dissatisfied with
their sphere. They have conceived
troubles that were not possible, but
for their strenuous efforts to force
their coming. Such people age
quickly.
All, old or young. en- " vacation
days. Vacation days to the old
mean rest and the return of mem
DRY, which surges forth from hidden
recesses Of the vain and brings
| forth beautiful incidents of youth
before them again. To the young
these vacation days lay the founda
ton for similar memories, which
will return to them when they grow
old, and when their days are being
shortened.
It is always we'll to get all the
Joy possible out of this old life
Everyone should have "a vacation oil
some kind. S)me cannot afford it
while others enjoy unnecessary lux
uries. To those that can have ava.
cation, even if it is but s feW dzyA
II should give renew "a hope d life
and renewed confidence in the fu.
J tQre.
Great mechanical machinery is
always better for a rest. Big en-
gines require rest for a few days>in
order to preserve their vitality
They cannot 60 on without lest,
unless they EXPECT to have a final
breakdown from which it is impos-
sible TO come back.
Vocational days should become
national. All wise employers should
follow the policy, even if it is but
for a week. They all need it, for
they are the days of life that, in the
end, are the most sustaining and
the most e enjoyed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-09-15

Henry Clay Beattie has been
properly sentenced to death by
the electric chair route for the
murder of his wife in Virginia.
Unless granted a new trial by the
Court Of Appeals, he will be
executed on November Oath next.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-09-15

The contest for the Democratic
Presidential nomination seems to
be between Harmon, Wilson and
Clark. The Commonwealth is
inclined to the opinion that Har-
mon can win at the polls, provided
there is a chance for the Democrats
in the show down.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-09-15

Greenwood is not only the largest
but the best cotton market in Mis-
sissippi. Our buyers and factors
are among the staunchest in the
South, and you a implicitly rely
ontheir giving you a fair, square
deal every day in the year.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-09-15

Beattie found the way of the
transgressor soft enough, but
that the place he arrived was
hard.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-09-15

The county fair boosts good
roads, better crops and works
wonders where the institution is a
success.