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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-14
General II. T.. Lee and rra

some time back | saw piece In the
SADDLE Horse Chronicle, in which il
S G inc horse ridden by General r.. r.
Lee Lee was a bay, horse and had been
shown At the fairs before the Civil
war ana had carried Off several hluc
| Ties. Now | beg TO differ with this
worth room in your valuable name
and you Will allow me 10 add in ;,
rev "reminiscences OF the Civil Wa.
! IN, .;iiNc this statement more complete,
l WIN give the facts in regard to this
noted horsc--almost rs noted as his
confederate master
I'm In the year of 1855 Mr.. obediah
,pcnO Dooley. OF Flat Rock Precinct.
, OF % Bou uaiI, county. KY bred a gray
P PTm county ~ sired sired by Mr., Labc Lttons
spring Of 1856. She foaled a gray stall
lion colt Mr.. Dooley raised this coli
ana ir It he thought he had n rcpro'
InIio.Ioh OF It's great old sire. Bcntons
ii'lonede, the most beautiful horse thar
mug ever been shown up to that time
y aapplcu gray as spotted as a leopard
! am. anu when he came In the show ring
1aere was no horse could equal him
IN 1850 Mr.. Dooley took his vounp-
morse to Cass county, No., with the In
! i ,h OF making the season of 1861
IN tna .; COUNTY, but the Civil War began
IN april OF that year. and Deaf Doolev.
Delng n true Southern man. came bncI,
~ r.! kentucky and Joined Captain Walter
and T' wep Son mp; y or bourbon county
eral Marshall. He had left hjs hnrsa
IN IN Missouri with John Henry, who
tali OF SCI the war spirit had cot re
ne little uncomfortable in that sec,
.loh and MI Henry had been n uttI.
100 Tree to express his feclInns liz
ann MS neighbor and friend WjIl;sm
ttthi n S, who had taken hand IN
o1 Mas ana had been In the bgttla
Gi i.-fSington and several smaller lights
Hneciaed to leave Missouri and COM
, pack TO Kentucky. They started
through by land, each with Ills wo,snn
and and FAMILY, and with them Mr.. Doolev.a
,I nrsS: ON the road they had to talk a
INC federal oath three times and sisn
Two death warrants. but at last InnI9'i
safely back on Boone's Creek, In mo,,rl
P pon county; In the spring of 1sG" Mr.
pooley slipped down through ~
mountains OF Kentucky and tool, lie
morse n; back with him to Virginia, are
rNtnE at Abingdon snfcIy He con-
clndcd he would so to Richmond an,i
see If he could find sale FOR him IL.
sol TO Richmond and met one
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and Hcth's Commanded BY Petit
grew was supported by Lanes and
Scales's brisades. under General Trim
bic. Tho troops moved steadiIy on
Under heavy fire OF muskctry and
artillery, tho main attack being di-
rected against the cnemp's loft CEN
ire. Ills batteries opcned as soon as
they appeared. Our own. having near
~ exhausted their ammunition In the
rrotracted cannonade that preceded the
advance of the infantry, were unable
TO reply or render tho necessary sup
port to the attacking party. Owing to
this fact, which was unknown to mo
when the assault took place. the enemy
was enabled to throw strong force
OF infantry against our left. already
~aHerinB under 4 concentrated fire Of
artillery from the ridge In front and
from Cemetery Hill OH the left 1t (the
ieft) finally gave way. and the right,
after penetrating the enemy's lines,
entering HIS advance works and cap
turing some Of his artillery. was at
tackled simultaneously In front and on
both nanhs and driven back with heavy
loss"
Hoy say you, gentlemen. in the case
of Grimes vs. Loo?
General Longstrect said: "Pickett's
! troops. after delivering iirc advanced
TO the charge and entered the enemy',
lines. capturing some of his batteries
ard gaining his works. About the
/ same moment, the troops that had be-
fore hcsttated broke their ranks and
fell back in great disorder many more
falling under the enemy's fire In re-
firing than while they were attack
Ing"
What say you in the case OF Grimes
W. Longstreet?
could quote General James II. Lane
! and Misc Northern generals TO the
same effect. viii. however, quote
! only one more report Colonel Low :
rance. supporting Pettigrew, and In
command of Scales's brigade. used the
following language In speaking OF
Scales's men: But ere he had adj
vanccd cvor wo-thirds of the way.
troops from the front came tearing
through our ranks, which caused many
OF our men TO break, hut with tho re-
naming few we went forward until
the right Of the brigade touched the
enemy's line OF breaatworks..
! am no military critic, but I he
lieve the charge of these few mainin z
men of Scaless brigade. going up 10
the breastworl,s of the enemy after
they had been run over by Pottigrew's
! division. (which I.ongstreet said fell
back In great disorder, and which camo
/ tearing through Scalcs's brigade, ac-
| WI uiHB ~ bSi"EeESc, Is lNuctC worthy
10 be ciassed with the immortal charge
/ OF Pickett'g division.
Major London, above referred TO.
! said In his ''lsecollections' that at
charlottesville Ramseur's North Caro-
iinians ran over the troops from an
other State. that had been ordered for
| ward and refused to move. This may
! be true; but Laurence gives the only
authenticated account that have seen
| m nj, NO.
! What say you In the case OF Grimes
vs. Lawrence?
| write solely in the interest OF
truth and / Will gladly apologize for
anything in this letter not found to
! be true.
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Jackson 10 his face and send him
about his business. That was General
jackson. lieutenant, and look out; he
mas been attending to his business you
sen, him on: up there he comes.
Reid looked up toward the BLUFFS.
ana there. sure enough YVES large
humber OF the enemy's guns being
trained on the bridge, which at once
became all too hot for our men. ana
they rctrcatcd With Lieutenant Douglas.
whom they aftorward left at a house
In tho rear to be cared for. / know
this story has been discredited by
some. but am satisfied II IL true and
that Jackson crossed tho Port Repub-
forces reached his own"
go do We said the thirteen 9th.
ers. I've were there and we saw
about ali that was going on and knew
episode We Fought Jackson the neX1
day--June ,. 1862"
Yes" said Husey. I'VE fought him
after having been fed on pint OF
we're only 1000 strong. Our limo was
on Deep Run. We faced southwest 10
ward Pont Republic. We expected no
re-enforcemcnts ana had no reserves
JACKSON held the Port Republic bridge
Keys"
IN never forget" said tho mar
next to Hasey. how Jackson's twt
brtgades came out Of tho wheat fields
the morning of the Sth and went
against us. Five times was the at.
tempt made to break our lines ant
i've times 1t failed. Jackson never cup.
tured US; We lost that day eight
pieces OF artillery, 26S killed ant
wounded and '53i missing, bu, INF,
losses were over 1000. We literally
moved his men down"
Gentlemen said Hasey. 'le, II.
drink TO- tn dead of both sides ant
the past"
Fourtcen mon rose and the Iibatior
was poured.-Chicago Record Herald.
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ONE OF JUDGE MAns,l,Ll,s JOKES

:, The recent death Of Cyclone jim.
Marshaii reminds us of joke he was
war experiences. Tie had a number ~
Drothcra, who. like himself. All enlist
ea' ana II happened they all participated
In inc battle OF Seven Pines. The ncws
or me dlsas trous light was carried 10
; Mrs' MARSHALL who inquired after the
boys one by one, except ,Iomss IN
messenger, having James In mind. was
puzzled at this omission and vcnturad
20 remind her that she had not Inquired
"u""i inc younger son, James. ''Oh.
.ts' James! INT didn't you say the bn
'lc WAS ut Seven Pines? Well. 7 have
n" i'ar Tor james for ] am sure If
mere are seven pines there James wav
Deninc one OF rhcin,' replied the nrotId
lhothet OF the m0nntnim statcsnnn
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AS aaghp Glnle8 plgpaIcb 90
GENE CT ezE5 G0t5f55lF7ffha

sarah Jane. Judith Anna. VII.
nam, susan Francis. Seth William
and Prudence twins (the nrst william
evidently diod) John and .rohapnu
Fifteen in all, and never did nfteon
eh'lhFen make less noise in the world.
Most OF them simply vanished. wine
the record OF the stafford Thornton's
Is quite plain. The genealogy Is NOT
enact but II IS on record that the nrsi
William was vcstryman OF rct.sworth
parish IN 1917, his son in 1910. Francis
Thornton in iIli Seth in 1919. William,
IN 1873. Thomas Thornton in 1918,
Niilinm in 1913 John in l77a. sterling
IN i7f.s. Presley in 1881. Mary In 1854.
Now Wheclera Is a land OF fathers and
sons We cannot definitely state. but II.
looks so, This is tentative but rea-
sonah!e rs regards 10 tn" Ti.nrnton's
VINO remained in Gloucester William
had William (e>, who had Francis ta),
seth 90, and William (Gl. From one
q these came Thomas 90. William
o.. John CO, and Sterling %,
William vcstryman lI23 born in
''Ha dlfa i'!i. ard tho inscription on
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NOTES AND auEn,rs.

Editor % Gencaiosy Column, Times
Dispatch:
Will SONG one who knows kindly
state who were the parents OF Fran
els Calvert: lIo married. Grst, Miss
Elizabeth Witt, OF Bedford county.
Va, December 90, 17?l: second, Miss
Elizabeth Rose. OF the same county.
September l. 1902. Miss Elizabeth
Witt was daughter OF late Lewis and
Anne VIII. and great aunt OF lion.
Samuel Brown witt, OF Richmond. Vi.
u, ID. HuFcRp.
bedford City, Va
Editor OF Genealogy Column. T!mes-
Dispatch:
Dear Sir-I have read with mach in
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of General II. T.. Beo's staff officers. who
stopped MIR. Doolcy and asked IL that
,has \, was SO. for sale. Dooley answered
with the officers to General Lees head
quarters. The general camc out. was
introduced to Mr.. Dooley. looked ut his
General II. T. Lee became the owner
of Deaf Dooley's young Ifooten, after
wards called hr General Lee Traveller.
h rne prize ~ IVA was 70, good price for a
or Traveller Called by General Lec),
was at his time six years old. He
was bred In old Kentucky. light iron
mede, dam by LItton's Hooten. History
tells us he was II horse of great en-
u ,,,n ana Of Intelligence, Do you
Kentucky saddle-bred horse is the most
intelligent breed or horses ever bred In
the world and can stand more work.
go long distances quicker. and did It
during the war. In Morgan's cavalry
while other horses OF different breeding
would break down the Kentucky sad
dier would be ready for another trip.
Air. Dooley served through the war.
,, and when the war closed vent to Mig
souri, and died In Kansas City in 1908.
William Giilaspie In 1862, when
OFF the iron-clad obligation imposed
upon him and went to recruiting for
tue confederate army. lie got together
ABOUT forty men from Nicholas. Bour-
added to a squad from Bath county
The number now was sixty-cIght men
and g. NJ. Coleman was made captain
OF this company. and the company be-
came Company ID. Ninth Kentucky Cav
! airy, w. c. p. Brcckinridgc, colonel
from the Saddle and Show Horse
Chronicle, Of Lexington, Ky. October
Il. 1911.
From General Fitzhugh Lees Book
on General Robert e. Lee, 1894, page
Traveller" the most distinguished
| OF the generals war horses, was born
near Blue sulphur Springs. in West
virginia, and was purchased by Gen
eral Lee from Major Thomas l. Broun
who bought aim from Captain james
w Johnson. the son of the gentleman
who reared him. General Lee saw hlir
! hrst In West Virginia and afterwards
IN south Carolina. and was greatly
pleased with his appearance. As soor
! as Major Broun ascertaincd that fac
| the horse was offered the general ms
n gift, but he declined and SInio,
Broun then sold aim. lie was -four
| years old in tho spring OF 1861, ant
therefore only eight when the wal
/ crossed. He was greatly admired FOL
ms rapid. springy walk high spirit
Doid carriage and muscular strength
! Mncn colt he took the FIRST pre-.
MUM at the GrecnbrIer Fair. unde
| the name of Jeff Davis The renora
changed mis- name to Traveller lie of.
ten rode him in Lexington after tn,
! war, ana at his funeral Traveller fol
| lowed the hearsc. lie was appraised
| pS board in August. 1864, at 81. 6Ol
| IN Confederate currency,
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Observation-Disclosures Todd.


William Thornton took up IT.: acres
on the YORK in 1856. and founded II
family like Abraham of old--plentiful
rs sands upon the Seashore. Besides
this small acreage YIN. Thornton had
other large tracts of land. He, him
self moved to Stafford county and his
descendants. were leading citizen IN
thai locality intermarrying with the
most prominent families. and this
branch Of the Thornton's has been
deliberately treated in Vim. and Mary
Quarterly ". y. VI. etc, and, also. in
the columns OF this paper. William t2)
Thornton the Oldest son of William re-
manned In Gloucester and married
generously. but the names of his three
wives have no distinctness. They are
absolutely merged into his own.
He WAS vcstryman. of Pettsworih,
ana had Elizabeth Margaret, Gather.
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\ uoY CONFEDERATE.

stranger came to my house. in
Grcehtank. West Va day or two
ago whom l had not seen for forty
SiEht years ago to-day. On the Sd OF
November. 1863. General Avcrill's great
army, more than ten thousand men.
pnssen through Greenbank on their
way TO Droop Mountain, where they
defeated the Confederates. General
ANer!lIs army canpcd ut Travellers
Repose on the night OF the I'd OF No
veinber- but we knew nothing OF this
TACT at Grcenbank. The next morning
nay dear mother and myself went 10
spend the day at Mrs, Jane G!lespIe's
nome, which was in the direction OF
IraFelcrs Rcpose. My little baby girl
was almost three months old and :
carried her In my arms 10 Mrs Gill
,esple's. Just about II o'clock we
hearo a great hallooing and shooting.
ana when we ran 20 the door n yotn {.
BOY In Confederate uniform dashed
p!, ana right close after him came n
sEgat troop OF Federal cavalry whose
ptStois ana guns We're smoking from
tlc shots The young Confederate SOL
ater and Fedcrals passed out of sigh,
1ust as First saw them. nm now
seventy years old. and l never saw 50
sIl and thrilling n sight in ali my
ire us when I saw all those mon ,ry-
ing TO Kill tina; one boy. Hut the
saddcst news L heard during the war
vas Inc next spring, when heard
mat my dear husband. George Wash
lnGton .srbogast. was killed on the I2tb
OF MAY. 1861. when General Hancock
Angle oous
When / met the stranger the other
gay, Knew him to he the boy who
cral <Averill's army
MRS ADEIINE y ppn1I->
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MRS. ADEIlNE L. BROWN.

CIh" above letter we clip from n re-
cent Issue of the Pocahontns Times,
ana good Mrs. Brown has told of tho
nuHahce OF General Avcrill's army 10
lsht the greatest battle that was
iought during the Civil War, west nj
the AlleghaR!es. on Virginia soil. For
" We nave always understood from the
men who participated in the
oattic or proop Mountain that Tho
Confederate forces were worse defeated
ana routed ut that time than any 9TH
CT place west OF the VALLEY OF Vir-
sinia' Then. again we have ,inderstood
.n.t General Avcriil's forces greatly
outnunbercd the Confcdcrates and that
he mad under his command nj this hatn
ne more troops than any Federal gen
arai ever mad in n single engagement
oh what Is now West V!rginin soiI
The boy in Confederate Uniform !"
VINO made the dash to escape in order
70 70 carry the news OF the advance or
General Averill's army. is stlll living
a., nnd ~ known to We editor. and lives
, u, our town OF Lexington, and from
present appearances still nnjoys Ma
rations. Lexington Gaz.1tc.5
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-10-04

Fighting moving pictures is
the very newest kind of war game
TO be practiced in Europe. This
would seem to be a very easy
thing to do, but the soldiers of
France have found it not only
difficult but highly exciting. The
moving picture machine has been
adopted by the French war office
as an adjunct to target practice
and French soldiers have been
busy during the past few months
potting at enemies flashed out on
a screen. The device is said to
give excellent training to the
men.
The picture of the soldiers that
attack the marksmen are flashed
suddenly forth. The pictured
trooper is supposed to jump for
ward, point his gun straight tc
the front and fire. The marks
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-10-04
FRENCH SOLDIERS FIGHT
MOVING PICTURE ENEMY

men are required to watch care
fully for the appearance of the
man on the screen and to fire
before he has chance to raise
his gun. If the soldier in the
picture fires first the real soldier
is supposed to be dead" and his
shot is marked accordingly.
The hits are counted in ac-
cordance with the manner in
which the shot strikes. AS the
pictured soldiers appear in the
same place on the screen every
time, it is not difficult to tell
whether the marksman has plug
ged his man through the head or
heart or simply taken off a piece
of an arm or leg.
The screens on which the pic
lures are thrown are made OF
steel, painted white, and can be
placed at any distance desired.
For long range shooting, opera
tors of the picture machines are
placed in bullet-proof pits in front
of the targets with machines that
project the pictures at consider
able slant.
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THE ADOPTED CHILD.
By Frank III. Williams.


To Mrs. Standish, the adoption
of a child was merely another OF
the crosses imposed by the living
of a truly Christian life. 1t had
come to her one Sunday, after a
particularly stirring sermon by
her pastor upon the waits OF the
city. that it was her duty to take
under her care one of these poor
orphans. The adoption of bright
7-year-old girl followed rapidly.
1t was an entirely impersonal
interest which Mrs. Standish took
in the little girl. She purchased
books, dolls and other playthlnss
for the child, saw that she was
placed in the proper class in the
public school, and borrowed sew
eral books, which she thoroughly
perused, on the subject of THE
Child, Its Training and Develop
ment."
But for all Mrs. Standish's book
knowledge of children, she appar-
emily did not have much success
with her charge and this fact wor-
ried her. While at first the
youngster had been interested
and fairly happy in its new sur
roundings, she soon found it aloof
and unhappy in her presence. She
read more books on the subject,
but without obtaining light, and
finally, declaring that she had
done all possible to make the
child happy, she gave up further
trying and looked upon the
moody, unchildlike girl as true
affliction of Providence.
Little by little the two grew
even further apart than they had
ever been. Margaret" Mrs.
Standish said ever day, "how did
you stand in your lessons today?
Come, tell your mother about it."
Mrs. Standish insisted upon the
girl calling her mother" and
this she did. The accounts which
she gave every day were always
truthful, and Mrs. Standish made
but little comment, no matter
what the standing had been. She
felt that teaching was a portion
of the child's development in
which she had nothing to do, and
consequently argued that the
teachers knew best how to make
Margaret learn what was neces-
sary.
From time to time, though, It
became evident to Mrs. Standish
that the girls per cents were
gradually getting lower and low
er. Evidently the child was not
doing as we'll as she could in her
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The Times Daily Short Story

think anybody cared what hap
pened to me. oh, wish had a
mother!"
To Mrs. Standish'n further sur
prise a lump welled into her own
throat at this display of the child's
lonely heart, and she gathered the
slight figure irto her arms.
"Dear. DEAR" she cried into the
girls ear, IT do oare--I didn't
know how much cared until
just now. You've grown into my
heart, dear, more than I knew,
and now-now I'll be real moth
err"
And as Mrs. Standish Rugged
the coomforted girl tighter to her
breast she felt that her "cross"
had slipped from her.
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LOOKED THAT WAY.

When Thomas P. Gore, the
blind United States senator
from Oklahoma, was in In
dianapolis to attend the Mar
shall notification ceremonies
he told a story to illustrate a
political point he had made.
"Old Abe was a negro in
Arkansas who had never seen
an automobile until he went
to. the city one day and
was nearly struck by a ma
chine as it went speeding
down the street at about 80
miles an hour, The old man
jumped to the sidewalk and
gazed openmouthed after the
car.
"'Foh de good Lawd!"
calculated Uncle Abe, dat
mans bosses, mus a been
goin" some when dey bruk
way from dat kerridge. -
indianapolis News.
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Editor Times: Having inst
read your article Of yesterday re-
earding the graft on Jake Furth's
interurban line between Tacoma
and Seattle, / am inclosing
you decision by the public SER
vice commission for similar Of
tense last March. am the Seat
1Ie man that made the kick on
being held up for 25 cents and I
have all the correspondence now
IN regard to the claim and copies
Of letters from the public service
commission to Puget Sound Elec-
trio in which they ordered the
r. s. d. to provide seats for pas
senKers and refund my so cents,
Hnd got my so cents back, too.
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| studies, and yet Mrs. Standish
did not care to interfere. This
feature of the case, however, ad-
ded another annoyance to the
trouble which she felt her cross
was causing her; for she had de-
termined that it was her duty
to see that the child developed
as rapidly as other children OF her
age. This, she realized, Margaret
was not doing.
At length the half-yearly pro-
motions were made, and Margaret
was not promoted. Now, Mrs.
Standish felt, she really must
speak.
Margaret" she said to the
child, "Pm very sorry you didn't
pass
To Mrs. Standish's intense sur
prise, the remarkable girl burt IN
to a flood Of tears at this.
ooh, OH" sobbed the forlorn
girl. 81 didn't think you cared.
You never said nothin'. l didn't
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Flowers Quickly Wilted.

The case had been conclud-
ed and the attorney who had
defended a man ON charge
of assault rose to make his
final address to the jury
which was to decide his
clients fate. He was a flow
cry talker and his argument
ran something like this:
"It was a beautiful even
ing. All nature was smiling
ly at rest. The birds twit-
tered their farewell to the
sun, knowing that the moon
would son be up. And just
at this time, gentlemen Of
the jury, in this peaceful en-
vironment, the prosecuting
witness came out from be-
hind a billboard and called
my client a liar"
The jurors laughed and
convicted. - Kansas City
Journal.
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JOKES
NOT so FAST.

81 hope you won't encour-
age young Swift in his atten-
lions. l fear he is too easy
going"
ooh, father, he isn't easy
going at all. l yawned a
dozen times last night before
he took the hint"
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There is quite a bunch Of letters
but / have them all, which you
are at liberty to read, and which
you'll see that the public service
commission has ordered the rail-
road company not to hold up pas
sengers for 20 cents when cars
are filled. Yours truly,
J. A. COwAN.
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MODERN.

"His wife is a business wo-
man all right. %
what makes you say that?
"She's installed a time
clock in the hall, and he has
to punch it when he goes out
nights and when he gets
back"
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POSSIBLY.

Henry-Do you think she
would accept me If l should
propose?
Ethel-Why, of course.
She has accepted lots worse
looking chaps than you.
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ONE SHY.

MaZie-Why do they OBJ
tect to him?
Kitty-There are seven in
her family and his auto holds
only six.
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Rent your vacant house through
q Times Want Aa. Only 1c a
word. Phone Main II. sss