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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
THE OAK PARK TEAM
WINS BIG ATHLETIC MEET

Pole vault Won by f. Foss, Univer-
sity High school, Chicago IL feet, 8
inches.
220-yard dash: Won by C. Herritt,
Greenfield, To-; time y As.
12-pound hammer throw. Won by f.
Bedell, Iowa City; 15S feet, inches.
220yard low hurdles: Won by G..
Corey. University High school; time
"a As. breaking the United states rec
ord of 25
Quarter mile (first race): Won by
Shirerick, University Tigh school; sec
ond, j. Evans, West high, Des Moines;
| third. c. Swelt, Hyde Park. Chicago;
fourth, C. Nelson Ardmore, Okla.
Time SO As.
Second race: Won, by F. Slagle, Lake
Forest, Ill, academy; second, A. Mel
| ton, West high, Des Moines; third, G.
Parker, Stockton, Cal. fourth, j. Gallo
way, Hobart Okla. Time SO 3-5.
Running broad jump: W on by j. Irish
| Oak Park high; second, Kabillar,
Medill high; third. c. Nelson Ardmore,
| Okla. Distance % feet, inches.
| Missouris squad was cddppled by the
cold. Nicholson, the Olympic star, re-
| lied upon to land at least two firsts
failed to get point In the hurdles
| Individual point winning honors were
| divided by Thatcher of Missouri and
| Parker of Chicago, each winning eight
points for his school.
| The heavy wind spoiled Illinois ef-
| fort to break the relay record The
best the quartet could do was 1927 1-5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
ENGINEERS TO HOLD
MEMORIAL SERVICES
AT First Methodist Church
This AfternOOn-The Rev.
Barnwell to Preach

The Brotherhood Of Locomotive F.ngi-
neers, locals Nos. 156, 1856 and 1876 will hold
memorial services this afternoon at 3:So
o'clock at the First Methodist church.
Onward Christian Soldiers" sung by
the entire assembly, will open the services
The choir of the Church of the Advent
will furnish the music, ard following the
.orening hymn will sing I'm the Resin-
ming God Created Heaven and Earth.
II. M. Smell, who is chairman Of tins
general committee. viii be master oi
ceremonies. Other members of the com
mittee are: c. L. Barnard vico chair
man; William X. McKenna, secretary;
c. A. Riley. treasurer. From local 3s6
II. NJ Smell, C. Il. Barnard b. f. Smithi
from local 156 William McKenna, ]. A
Varley, j. d. Jessie; from local 3S6, C A.
Riley, j. A. Young and c. K. Hall.
An address will be delivered by the
Rey. J. w. Johnson, and the sermon VIII
be preached by the Rev. Middleton s.
Barnwell. a large crowd is expected al
the exercises.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
TRAVERS REGA|NS
STATE GOLF TITLE
Defeats Kirkby at Baltusrol
Club in a Brilliant
Match

Hills, N. j., June 7.-Jerome D. Travers
of Upper Montclair, N. j., holder of the
National and Metropolitan Amateur Golf
championships. regained the New Jersey
state golf title, which he has now won
four times by defeating last years win
ner, Oswald Kirkby of Englewood at the
Baltusrol Golf club today.
Travers won by up and l to play, fin
ishing the SO hole match during a terrific
rain and thunderstorm which converted
the putting green's into miniature lakes
During the first round Kirkby held his
opponent safely and was 8 up at the
eighteenth green. 1t was not until the
pair had reached the fifteenth green or
the second round that Trayers took the
lead.
The storm broke furiously at that stage
and almost blinded the players. Kirkby's )
ball went into a brook on the second shot
for the sixteenth and lie simply floun
dered while Travers plodded on. winnins
the sixteenth hole in 8 to 8, the figure,
being approximated Getting the bette,
drive from the seventeenth tee, Traver,
won the hole in to and the match b,
up and l to play.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
MUCH ACTIVITY IN
MILITARY CIRCLES
Indications Point to Reor.
ganizatiOn of Several
Companies

Much activity in military circles has
developed in the Birmingham district in
the past week and indication points to
banded companies and the mastering in
of a new company Captain Carlisle,
commanding Company X, Fourth infantry
regiment, Alabama National Guard, states
that new company is being organized at
Bessemer and that 1T will be mustered
into service inside of 30 days as a part
of the Fourth regiment.
The Woodlawn Light infantry, the COM
pany that was famous throughout the
state when under the command of Cap
tain Joseph Scully, who is now adjutant
general, will be reorganized and differed
by former Capt. John Abel, its former
commander; First Lieutenant Park and
Second Lieutenant Harry Adams. II is
the intention of these officers who are
all experienced soldiers to restore the
company to its former position.
Company l.. East Lake, will remain in
the service. it is understood, and will be
recruited up to it's full strength. Capt.
fancey Sem, member of the old Huey
Guards, is being spoken of as captain
under the reorganization. Captain Car
Isle of Company * announces the early
election of first lieutenant to be held
In the company's armory at the city hall.
With the reorganization of these COM
panies 1t is expected that increased in
| terest Will be awakened in the National
| Guard In this district The approaching
| encampment of the Second infantry regi-
| ment Alabama National Guard. under
| command of Col c. r. Brcken. at Bir-
| mingham in dhe early part of July has
| caused much interest in local military
| circles. and reviVes the suggestion that
| the government intends to purchase ad-
| ditional ground adjacent TO the rifle range
| at Boyles for the purpose of establish-
| Ing permanent camp at that point.
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Marshall Field, Chicago, June Oak
Park. ILL.,, high school won the twelfth
annual interscholastic track and field
meet held at the University of Chicago
today. Hoyt of Greenfield Ia, equalled
the United States record in the 100
yard dash, winning in 2-5 Hoyt broke
the 220-yard dash record for this meet,
taking the final 22:45. Korey of Uni
versity High school. Chicago, set a
new mark for the 220-yard hurdle, talk
ing the jumps in "a AS, the best time
previous in the series of meets being
a5 flat
Goelitz of Oak Park was the individual
star making Is points. The weather
was cold and the events were contested
in high wind.
The Oak Park high school lads won
the meet with 26 points. The Univer-
sity High school took second with 49, "A
points, and Ukiah High school, Califor-
mia, third with Is. Among other scores
was Ardmore, Okla, g. and Hobart
Okla, /.
120-yard high hurdles: Won by II.
Goelitz, Oak Park high; time 16.
High jump: Won by Sheppard Park
high; 5 feet, inches.
Mile run: Won by G. Tenney Des
Moines; time 446 20.
Discus throw: Won by II. Goelitz
| Oak Park; III feet
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was General Barlow he asked If he
could do anything for him. Barlow
declared that he was dying and ex-
pressed wish to see his wife before
death came. General Gordon rode
away and dispatched a messenger to
Mrs Barlow, who was staying at the
Eleventh Corps headquarters. She
was conducted through the Confed-
crate lines and found her husband still
alive on the field. She had him taken
to the Bender home nearby, where by
her careful nursing he recovered.
Twenty years after the battle General
Gordon and General Barlow met at
banquet in Washington:
Are you any relation to General
Barlow who was killed at Gettys-
burg?"
Yes. I am the man." answered
Barlow. Are you any relation to the
General Gordon who was reported
dead at Gettysburg?"
General Gordon was under the i'm
preston that Barlow had died soon
after he left him on the field, and as
there was a General Gordon of the
Confederate army killed each thought
the other dead.
Iiit llTSl udy nSnl was IL SlOOIIy
one for the Union forces, and had the
Confederates known of the complete
disorganization of the Federal troops
they might have pursued and captured
large part of the army General
Meade was several miles from the field
when he received the news of the
death of Reynolds. He at once sent
Hancock to take general charge until
II Ii Garara1
Hancock came on the field late in the
afternoon and his presence had ten
denoy to cheer the fallen spirits of the
men. He assured them that reinforce
ments would arrive during the night
and that victory was surely in sight on
the morrow.
Thus ended the first days fight on
that great battlefield, hours before the
arrival of General Meade, and had it
been all to tell of Gettysburg, another
defeat of the Army of the Potomac by
Lees gallant sons of the South would
have been added to the many which
had preceded it, But both of the COM
manding Generals decided to continue
the engagement there, and orders were
issued to gather in their respective
outlying forces for the terrible carnage
which would follow on the morrow's s
MORN Lee had lost Jackson at
cellorsville-perhaps the greatest
| Corps Commander the world has ever
known, and there was no one to take
his place. Stuart for some unaccount-
able reason had failed to appear on
that day and his exact whereabouts
were unknown. But Meade had gath
cred in all his available forces and the
two armies rested that night within a
short distance of each other waiting the
coming of the dawn, when the trum-
pets should sound the roll-call for the
! day-the last one on earth to many
thousands of those brave soldiers who
on that beautiful July day were to &c
to their final roll-call beyond. the
grave. zz--
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and shows the old man with his gun
In his hand and in the costume he
wore during the battle-baggy trous-
ers and a swallow-taile coat.
The only civilian killed during the
Battle of Gettysburg met death on the
first day. 1t was young girl by the
name of Jennie Wade. AS the wound
ed soldiers were being brought into
town 1t was discovered that the food
supply was running short and several
of the Gettysburg women began to
bake bread. Jennie Wade who lived
in a modest home on Baltimore Street
was one of them. All day long she
worked, the bread being given to
friend and foe alike. During the prog
ress of the fight her home came In
exact range of the two lines. of battle
and she was adm onished to leave 1t
but refused and continued her work.
Just before the first days battle ended
a stray bullet pierced her heart and
the girl fell dead in the kitchen of her
home. At about the. same hour a
Confederate officer Of high rank was
killed near the house and his COM
rades were preparing a coffin for him,
but before 1t was completed they were
compelled to leave and the body of
the dead girl was buried in the coffin
intended for the Southerner. She was
inferred in the Citizens cemetery at
Gettysburg and a beautiful monument
has been erected over her grave. 1t
is said that both her father and her
lover were fighting on the Union side
at the time she met her death. and
that her father was killed in the en-
gagement
One of the curious incidents of the
first days battle was that neither of
the commanding officers desired to
have the battle take place at Gettys-
burg. General Meade was anxious to
fight at Pipe Creek, and General Lee
desired to meet the Union forces at
Cashtown, but the battle focused near
Gettysburg The colored
population were in a state of panic,
for they had been taught to believe
that they would be totally annihilated
when "the rebels" arrived, and many
of them managed to get farther North,
dragging all their earthly belongings
| .sh them. An old resident of the
/ town tells how he saw the negroes
! moving, and how when the little chill
dren did not walk rapidly enough
their mothers would say. "Fo' de Lord
sake, you chillun come right long
| quick! If dem Rebs dun kotch you
dey tear you all up!" The warning
usually had the desired effect with
the thoroughly frightened pickanin-
MES. However. when the Confederates
came it was found that they wanted
fooC money and horses and that lit
tie attention was paid to, the colored
people who remained in the town.
At one time during the battle Cen
eral Gordon. of Georgia, had charged
| across Rock Creek and reached the
summit of hill now known as Bar
| lows Knoll. He observed a Union Of
| ficer of high rank lying on the ground
| He dism ounted and finding the officer
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shooter had penetrated his brain and
he fell forward, dying, upon his horse.
His fall was not noticed by the troops
who swept on and compelled Archer's
brigade to surrender. General Reyn-
olds' horse carried the body a short
distance, when 1t was borne to the
rear in blanket just as Archer him
celf was being brought in prisoner"
The death of General Reynolds was a
severe blow to the Union forces, and
no casualty of the war brought more
widespread mourning. A splendid
statue has been erected to his memory
near the spot where he fell. 1t will
be noted that in this statue the horse
has two feet off the ground, which in
dicates that its rider was killed.
Statues on the field at Gettysburg
where the horse has one foot off the
ground indicate that the rider was
wounded, while those having all four
feet on the ground show that the rider
escaped unhurt.
Even the death of General Reynolds
could not stay the fury of the battle.
General Abner Doubleday succeeded
to the command of the First Corps.
BY one o'clock both sides had been
greatly reinforced and the line Of bat
tie extended north of the town from
Seminary Ridge to the banks of Rock
Creek. About the middle of the after
noon the Union troops were being
pressed back towards Gettysburg and
five thousand men under the command
of General Carl Shurz had been cap
tured, nearly half of the right wing Of
the Union forces were either dead or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
DELEGATES OFF
FOR BALTIMORE
Representatives of Birmingham Ad
, Club Leave on Special Train-TO
Advertise Birmingham

The delegates of the birmingham Ad
club to the meeting OF the Associated .Ad
Clubs of America left yesterday after
noon on a special train for Baltimore
where the meeting VIII be held. Tie dele
gates from Aiontsomery and the spec;a
will arrive in Baltimore today at noon.
The following will represent sic Ad
club at the conventions: f. j. Holberg
advertising manager Of Louis SaXs, and
Mrs. Holberg: j. D. Rosenberg president
Of the Birmingham Trunk factory; Will
lard j. Wheeler, president of the Wheeler
Business college; Mr.. and Mrs. james
Culling Miss Rose sparrow. w. c. Rad
cliffe, Mitchell Coxwcll of the Southei II
railway. and others.
Numerous plans .ror advertising Br-
mingham have been made and it i, ex-
pected that the representatives Of the
Ad club will be hard from in Balti-
more,
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forces seemed to be getting the worst
of it when 1 suddenly saw the corps
flag of General Reynolds. I had no
one to communicate with so I sent
one of my men to Buford, who rushed
up and seized my glasses, and on see
ing Reynolds said, Now we can hold
the place. Very shortly after this
General Reynolds and his staff came
up and seeing Buford in the cupola he
cried out What's the matter, John p
The devils to pay!' and going down
the ladder he met General Reynolds,
who said, I hope you can hold out
until my corps comes up reckon
I can,' was Buford's reply Reynolds
then suggested that they ride out and
see about it. General, do not expose
yourself too much" said Buford, but
Reynolds laughed and moved nearer
still. After giving some directions to
Buford, which showed his determina-
tion to concentrate and to fight, Cen
eral Reynolds again mounted his horse
and rode away to meet the head of his
column. The woods at this time was
full of Confederate sharp shooters
who were picking off men here and
there. When General Reynolds, ac-
companied by his aides, Captains
Mitchell and Baird and Orderly
Charles H. Veil, rode up one of the
Union regiments was approaching the
woods. Reynolds exclai- Led, Forward,
men, forward for Gods sake, and drive
those fellows out of the woods! He
turned to look for his supports and to
hurry them on. but before he could
speak again the bullet of a sharp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
SUNDAY SCHOOL
LEAGUE RESULTS

The following are the results of the
games played by the teams in the Sunday
School leagues.
LEAGUE.
Eastern divisions: Avondale, Methodist
S, Grace Episcopal 0. Batteries: Glozner
and Cooter; Helen and Graham. Glozner
struck out II men.
East Lake Methodist I, Ruhama Ban
ust 3. Batteries; Bobbitt and Tenant;
Natrin and Calhoun.
Woodlawn Methodist IA, Wopdlawn Bap.
tist 4.
Central division: Mt. Vernon S. Eas,
Birmingham Baptist A. Batteries: Love
and Reid; Lovelace and Brown.
Southside Baptist TO- Fifth Avenue Pres.
byterians 6.
Western division: Walker Memorial G
Ann Memorial 8. Il
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
WILL HOLD JOINT
MEMORIAL TO-DAY

Old Hickory camp of Woodlawn.
Avondale camp, and Poplar camp OF
East Lake, Woodmen of the World,
will hold a joint memorial service this
afternoon at o'clock at the Fifty
sixth Street Baptist church, Woodlawn.
The memorial address will be delivered
by tho Rev. j. NJ. Graham of Mont
gomery. A special musical programme
will be rendered.
Uniformed ranks under command OF
Major Brook will decorate graves at
East Lake and Woodlawn cemeteries,
as is the usual custom of Woodmen OF
the World in all parts of the United
States. the first Sunday after June 8.
All Woodmen and their friends arc
respectfully invited to attend this
service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
First Soldier Killed Pennsylvania Death of Rey
nolds Stories Of John Burns and Jennie Wade
Meeting Of General Gordon and General Bar
low Gloomy Day for Union Army.

south. and it is said that this is the
only time in the Civil War when the
two armies stood opposing each other
the engagement from the north. Lee
and his army were cut off from retreat
into Virginia by the Federal Army to
the South of them. On June 2Sth,
Private George Sandoe, a member of
a volunteer cavalry regiment from the
State of Pennsylvania, went down be-
fore a Confederate bullet when on
Gettysburg.
The night of June 30th passed
peacefully but early on the morning
of July 1st, it became evident that a
battle was imminent The troops
were then in the positions shown by
the accompanying map. Buford was
early in the saddle and he watched
eagerly for the Confederates to dis
close their purpose. He had not long
to wait for shortly before ten o'clock
there was a shot from the enemy
which was returned by the Union
forces-three shots being fired as the
signal for a general engagement along
the line, and the Battle of Gettysburg
was on.
| 1t is not the purpose of the writer
to give a technical or even a general
description of the movements OF
manoeuvering of the two armies, but
merely to relate incidents of that fear
full carnage. The tragic death Of Gen
eral John F. Reynolds occurred less
than an hour after the beginning OF
the battle. The best account of this
has been given by member of the
Union Army Signal Corps He was
watching from the tower Of the Theo-
| logical Seminary on the edge OF the
town. THE engagement was desper-
ate" he declared. land the Union
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
BUFFALO BILL AND
PAWNEE BILL COME
HERE WEDNESDAY
Will Give TwOPerfOrmances
and Big Street Parade.
Cowgirls a Notable
Feature This Year

SkylarlSng at speed, throwing the lariat,
feviving the methods of the PonyEx-
press, the "sying your neighbor'' quadrille
and the charmngly graceful reel, balanc-
ing themselves on the goat-gyrator of the
plains. the wild bucking Broncho, the
original Dip of Death" creator, are a few
Of the excellent feats of horsemanshp
and the most astounding roping exhibition
executed by the cowboys and ranch girls
led by Lulu Parr, with Buffalo Bits wild
west and Pawnee Bits far east which
comes here next Wednesday.
The riders of the far east section are
equally as skilled in their peculiar art
In the saddle, led by the Russian cossacks
who compete strenuously for equation
honors
Novelty is the slogan this season. The
most startling since the Noah flood as
tcnshed mankind is the auto-polo, prop
er description of which would need a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
GUN CLUB SHOOT

Only seven shooters were at the
weekly shoot of the Birmingham Gun
club yesterday. Weather was threat
ening and the dark clouds kept down
scores
of his 100 which was high for the day.
He was followed closely by John Lam
beth and 1t was a race to the finish
to see who would win. The long run
was made by j. c. Broyles. who made
run of Al.
DR.. Sellers was trying a new gun
which accounts for his bad score.
Mrs. Carl made four scores of 2t
each out of her 20
Mr.. Heckler was shooting below his
average owing to the fact that he did
not have the right powder.
Scores were made. as follows:
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the greatest battles of the world
was fought; it was there that the
greatest conflict Of the Civil War oc-
CURED; it was there that took place
the only engagemer. north of the
Mason and Dixon's line; it was there.
1t has been conceded that the Con-
federacy met Its most effectual check.
for from that time on its fate though
delayed was certain; and it is for these
and other reasons 1t is fitting that it
should be there that private and pub
lie bounty should be more generous in
perpetuating the memories of that
field of carnage than any other of that
great strife between brothers.
1t ministers to the pride of one as
well as saves that of the other that
the turning point in that terrific
struggle between the States should be
located on the north of that historic
line which divided the slave States
from the free Commonwealths. To
the North 1t means that an invasion
by tn, foe has been repelled. while to
the South there is consolation in the
fact that the decisive battle of the
war which sealed their fate was not
fought on the battle-scarred soil of
the Old Dominion.
After Chancellorsville, Lee and his
council of war determined to invade
the North, and in a few weeks he was
over-running southern Pennsylvania
between Chambersburg and Harris
burg. The Army of the Potomac fol-
lowed him to check his onward march
and after some manoeuvering portions
of the two armies met just north of
the city of Gettysburg-the Con-
federates coming in from the North.
while the Union forces were to the
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presidents, w. c. Radcliffe. Birmingham
w. N. Connolly, Live Oak, Fla; Fred
erick Houser, Atlanta; j. a. Warburton
Salisbury; A. C. Johnstone, Greenville
5. c.; l.. NJ. Ward Sherman, Tex; II
Herring, New Orleans: John NJ. Tuth-
err Memphis; A. p. Bourland, Washing
ton. ID. c.; r. G. Bracham, Baltimore
F. II. Andrews, Vicksburg Miss; 70. c.
McCarty. Charlottesville. Va.
The next convention will be held In
Vicksburg, in 1914. The delegates are
scheduled to leave here this afternoon
for Baltimore to attend the national con.
vention of advertising clubs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
Bruce Kennedy Heads Southern
Commercial Secretaries Association

Charleston, S. C., June Bruce Ken
nedy of Montgomery. Ala. was elected
president of the Southern Commercial
Secretaries association at the closing ses-
sion of the secretaries annual conven-
ton here today.
Other officers were elected as follows
. A. V. Smell, Charleston, secretary treas
-urer; A. W. McKeand. field secretary; ;
executive committee, H. II. Richardson,
jacksonville: Adolph Boldt, Houston.
Tex; John NJ. luther, Memphis; vice
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
Engineers to Meet

The regular meeting of rhe Birmingham
Association Of Electrical Engineers Will
be held tomorrow night at o'clock in the
directors rooms of the Birmingham Rail-
way, Light and Power company A Paper
will be read by Frank Hammond on
Modern Illumination of Factories
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Has Not Sold business

To the Editor of The Ase-Herald.
Please correct an error in the Besserer
items of one af our evening papers that
l had sold ou- my. business at Brig ehton.
Ala. have not confirmed any trade and
when I do shall notify the commercial
agency of same. Parties have been ne
sotiating with me and If I can make a
profitable sale I would not hesitate il
TIE least to do so. L. B. LANlER.
Brighton. June !, 1914