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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-11
sIlEu|GH1s Of GETTYSBURG Reunion

A striking contrast Is seen In the
menu provided for the soldiers hfty
years ago and what they enjoyed this
year:
1868 Breakfast ardtack, bacon.
beans and coffee.
Dinner-Bacon, beans. bareback ana
coffee.
supper-Beans, bareback, bacon
and coffee.
-Breakfast-Puffed rice, fried
eggs, fried bacon, cream potatoes,
fresh bread. hard bread, butter and
coffee.
Dinner - Fricassee chicken, peas,
corn, ice cream, cake, cigars, fresh
bread, hard bread, butter, coffee, iceo
! tea.
Supper - Salmon salad, macaroni
and cheese, fresh bread. butter and
: coffee.
Chief Clerk George G. Thorne OF
the state department at Harrisburg
v told of the call made by Union vet
eran early on the morning OF the fif-
r tieth anniversary Of the start OF the
q battle, who related that his conscience
q troubled him because of the fact that
q. on that fateful morning many years
o ago he had succumbed to temptation
o and stolen quantity of onions from
# the Thorne garden, which was located
near the historic Seminary ridge. He
n. told Thorne that he desired. at this
n. late day to pay for the onions ant
le thus relieve his conscience.
ne Needless to say. his offer OF none.
%. was refused, but the Thornes woul
like to learn the identity of the so
~ diers who upset eight beehiyes In tn
~ dead Of night and appropriated all tn
he honey they contained.
inf A remarkable coincidence OF tn
yia camp was the meeting OF two men
q. exactly the same name, coming fro
towns of the same name, but In diffe
nv ent states. One fought on the unie
adj. side In the battle of Gettysburg. al
the other with the confederates.
ret. These two men are John Carson
ne Burlington, N. j., and John Carson
the Burlington, N. G.
IeIs They met by the merest chsnt
ked The Jersey Carson was walking aio
the one Of the streets, and saw man
hey gray. Just to be friendly, the Jers
man stopped him and gave him
ON: greeting. It was not until they n
hey talked for several minutes that tn
alta. discovered their names were identif
air az well as the names OF their towns
me.
they n grandson Of Francis Scott X
the composer of "The Star-Spangled B
ner." Is here. He Ia John Francis i
tally aged eighty-two, Of Pikeville, Md,
had he is veteran Of the Second Ms
ould land infantry OF the confederate ar
New Wearing a suit Of gray, Key ca
While into town, weak and almost dropp
have He has been In falling health, but
clared he was "going to see Get
n "a burg on this occasion or die"
ther
pped One OF the oldest veterans ~
nged big camp is Captain w, H. Flelt
,cked Houston, Texas, who was ninety y
Of age on his last birthday, Febr'
Ily to %. During the war he served
II as distinction in the marine departr
and Of the confederate navy. Car
boast F1eig is one of the best prese
with men in camp and is more active
r,n Of many Of the other veterans sco1
years less advanced.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-11
Many a man loves his wife TOO
much--to tell her everything.

Keep Hanford'a Balsam In your
home. Adv.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-11

If you want to really know / 8
YOU must size him up when he Id
no one Is watching him,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-11
Sarcastic.

Does your landlady allow you "
smoke?'
mo. only, the steve does that,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-11

h woman nlayed prominent in the greatest battle " n
- hat was fought lust is apt be ogon un
ramnder such as photograph is brought 10 our az
remember yet mere one VI ho
~ fought under the stars decades ago. o
Of the few remaining ones "no
comrade in Of the grizzled old veteran
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-11

The great reunion OF the blue anu
the gray on the battlefield OF Gettys'
hure has passed into history IL was
in all respects the most unique ga'h-
eriny OF the soldiers of the COS ever
held Men who fought each otner
fifty years ago this year frateriiiAeu
as long.separated brothers. Naturally
such a gathering would be producllse
NJ MANY incidents, both pathetlc anu
humorous. As many stories were
floating about as there were veterans
at the reunion.
The camp is full of unexpected
meetings. Every day brings forth nu-
merous meetings between men "ho
have not seen one another for many
wears. Many are commonplace put
some are extraordinary For IN
stance, here Is one:
D Munsee of Erie county, Penn
svlyania, q soldier in the 11lth Penn-
sylyania. was captured by the con-
federates at Peachtree Creek, da.'
, when he was one of Shermans army
an the celebrated march to the sea-
He was being conveyed to the rear
: nv confederate soldier when the
! nnion batteries, opened fire upon tne
party among whom he was piis-
4 oner The man who was guarolhg
Munsee was hit and fell, knocking
n,nsoa sown and living on top OF
n him.
Seeing his chance of escape, Nun
see Law very still under the uncon
: scious confederate while the oattie
s: ragged around them. That night ne
e, slipped from under the body ana es
IS. caped to the union lines.
II thought that fellow was dead,
II said Munsee, "but saw him today
Poor fellow, his minds bad, and n
didn't recognize me. but was sure Q
him. | couldn't even get his name, Du
yrs I'm goin over later to the Georgi
camp and try to find out who ne Is.
Here Ia story which was told b
n A. T. Dice, vice-president of the Hea
ing railway:
Once upon time there were We
~ eran In gray and q veteran In blu
!n. They came to Gettysburg and In Il
9se course OF events and visits to hote
ID. they happened to meet. They look'
MO over the sights of Gettysburg and q
- monuments OF the field. But tn
~ found they must part.
~ The one In blue lived in Orego
ghta the one In gray in New Orleans. Tn
tore went weeping together to their o
oa-4 ton and passed by train after ira
'xaa deferring the parting that must con
.~. Just what they said, just how tn
6B reached the final grand Idea OF
cyy meeting, Mr.. Dice did not know
IA But, however, yesterday they fina
arta decided that the time for parting ,
80. come. The one from Oregon CO
not figure how to reach home via n
Orleans and his gray comrade, WI
. Tea. willing to see the west, didn't ri
- the money for ticket.
1SE They lined upon on the platform
- their trains stood waiting and {
a.ales before the crowd, they slowly strip
a.TsE off their uniforms and exchan
- them there while the curious foe
u to see them. 4.
rendas The Uregonlan WIN Cdnlo piVuu.
shsa town with coat Of blue, went
proudly away With one OF gray
PM the veteran from Louisiana who DC
% ed the gray Of the south sat
ANY swelling chest in his new unifori
poi iKn 'N9e.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-15
AMERICAN RHODES SCHOLARS
DO GREAT WORK FOR RESPEC-
TIVE TEAMS-KING GEORGE
WITNESSES MEET

London, March 14.--Oxford and Cam
bridge tied with five events each in
their 1ftieth annual athletic meeting
at Queen club. London. today. oxford
won the weight putting, hammer throw
ing, high jump, one mile and three
miles, while Cambridge carried off the
100 yards. quarter mile. half-mlle, 100
yards hurdles and broad jump.
Cambridge however, made the best
showing. II. 5. o. Ashington made a new
inter-varsity record of 23 feeet, 5%
inches for the broad jump. and but for
a bad start d. Gorden- Davis would have
lowered the quarter mile record. He was
actually left five yards at the start, but
splendid squirt on the home stretch
landed him the winner by six yards,
only three-fifths of second above the
record
1t was only owing to the assistance of
the American star, Will A. Ziegler, who
won the hammer throwing and the
weight putting, improving his previous
records, that oxford was able to tie.
Another American Rhodes scholar, TT.
r. Stolz of Leland Stanford, took. sec
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-15
CONCESSION RIGHT
GRANTEDF0R 1874
Decided Impetus Given 1913
State Fair by Announce
ment of Horse Racing

A record in Alabama State Fair affairs
was made yesterday when one of the
largest concession companies in the coun-
try signed up contract Secretary
Sam Ii. Fowlbes of the fair association
for a concession right for 1914 This conn.,
pany some time ago secured its 1918 con-
cession contracts.
Two contracts for 1913 concession netting
$1,000 each were signed up by Secretary
Fowlkes yesterday. Preliminary plans for
the big 1918 fair this fall are taking shape
ra pidly now. Secretary Fowlkes and Mrs.
J. B. Reid of the woman's department
are putting all the time they can spare
upon the catalog, which is one of the
biggest jobs among the preliminary work.
The interest in the coming horse races
at the fair this fall appears to be grow
ing every day. Prospects for the 1919
fair Immediately assumed rosy hue some
few weeks ago when at a directors meet
ing of the fair association 1t was Off
cally decided to have high class horse
racing, conducted upon high plane
There was none last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-15
Real Estate Transfers

s1475-Annie Is. Kirby ana l.. Il. Kirby to
w. A. Looney; lot g. block As, East Bir-
minsham Land company's present plan
OF East Birmingham.
s2500-C. f. Bell to Marie I. King; north
:, feet of lot 13, block 222. North <Birming-
han, Land company's survey of North
Birmingham.
s1s5o-w. j. Wilson and S. e. Wilson to
+ A. Callns; south 100 feet of the west
14o feet of lot 4, according to the map
of S. C. Gibson.
so75O-P: F. Clarke to ID. r. Reese and
Sarah ,ese; lot s, block 1. DR.. J. r.
Smiths addition to Birmingham.
sl25o-T. r. McCarty and A. L. Smith
70 n. w. Proctor; lot ], block S, L. v.
Rosser's resurvey of said block
s2ooo-M. II. Freshman to c. s. Foster;
north half of lots IL and u. lot .. block
sos, Bessemer.
s225O-A. j. Stephens, Jr.. to G. p Ken
nedv: west "A feet of block g. east feet
of lot 6, map and survey of Fountain
Heights addition.
s13.50-R. A. Little and Aida Little to
T n. Doster, NJ. p. Northinston and ].
n. Bruce; lots and ., block 1s5. city Of
birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-15
DANIELS MAKES
PUBLIC ADDRESS

Baltimore March 14.-Secretary OF the
Navy Josephus Daniels this afternoon
made his first public address since becom-
ing a member of President wilson's cabi-
net. He represented the President at a
theatrical performance In the Academy
of Music here for the benefit of the suf-
ferers from the Alum Chine dynamite ex-
plosion last Friday. Actors from all the
companies playing here gave their SER
vices and the entire receipts from the
sale of the tickets will go to the families
of those who were killed or injured In
the disaster. The theatre was crowded.
Mr.. Daniels was the guest of Mayor
Preston at luncheon preceding the per-
formance and the mayor introduced MIN
at the theatre
."rhe President requests me to say
said the secretary that he is very seq
| sible of the spirit of human sympathy
prompting this generous movement Tor
| the alienation of the suffering caused by
the terrible catastrophe of last week
| a rata strophe which saddened the whole
| country In behalf of the government al
| washington and especially III penaiI OF
| the department of the navy, L nave come
here today to express the President $
appreciaton of the laudable manl1esta-
| tiou of brotherly love and charlty.
| "And would add to this message from
! the President my own grateful acknowl-
| edeement of the quick response to the
| cry of suffering by the generous hearted
| c;tizens of this country. | must add an
appreciation of the noble spirit which
prompts the members of that profession
always responsible to the cry OF human
ity in giving this entertainment to help
| those who were suddenly brought face
| to face with want.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-15
MISSING OPERATOR
IS FOUND DEAD
Disappeared From Mound
vile After Letting Two
Freights Enter Block

Moundyil1e March 4.-(Special. 1.-THE
body of Virgil Waldsmith, % years old,
the local Alabama Great Southern oper-
ator who on the night of February is Is
said to have allowed a southbound
freight to enter the Stewart railroad
block before it had been cleared by an
other freight and who Immediately dis
appeared, was found dead two miles north
OF here near the river today.
Marks on his wrists and throat indi-
cate that he attempted to sever the arte-
ries. He bought bottle of laudanum just
previous to his disappearance.
An open penknife and gold watch
containing a picture of his wife were
found by his body.
After allowing a train to pass without
orders he was very nervous and, many
believing he committed suicide, search
was made.
His wife arrived the day he disappeared
to make her home here. The body, which
was considerably decomposed, has been
brought here. He is survived by his
father, mother. young wife and one
brother, an operator for the Alabama
Great Southern at Birmingham His par
ents have been notified.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-15
CLEVELAND MAN
HERE YESTERDAY
j. Leroy Tope Represents Manufac-
turers Who Are Seeking New
Locations in the South


J. Leroy Tope of Cleveland, o., spent
yesterday in Birmingham and while here
met a number of members of the Cham
Der of Commerce and prominent citizens
who are specially interested In getting
Industrial plants located in Birmingham
Mr. Tope is making a trip through the
south securing data for manufacturers
whom he represents who are looking for
new locations. Mr.. Tope was particularly
impressed with Birmingham.
you are. no doubt. used to hearing
visitors praise your city, said Mr.. Tope
but / am free to say l have seen moth
ing in the south that approaches your
public spirit, enterprise and aggressive
ness. Your citizens seem keenly alert
to anything that is of advantage to Bir-
mingham and it has been a pleasure to
me to meet them.
by the way, 1t was an agreeable sur
prise to find my old friend Radcliffe here
as secretary of your Chamber of Com
merce."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-15
RECALLED BANQUET

Commissioner Weatherly recalled the
Newspaper club dinner after the COM
mission meeting yesterday to the ex-
tcnt Of announcing the song that Judge
Lane. was to sing Thursday night. His
Introduction, done in his characteristic
manner, created a burst of laughter easily
heard across the street
You may beat me and recall me, but
| still retain my girlish laughter. Ha!
Ha! by Hon. A. o. Lane" was the way
Mr.. Weatherly introduced his fellow COM
missioner at the conclusion. of the meet
ing. The commissioners all laughed as
they recalled the darts of wit and humor
which burst over their head at the club
celebration. The commissioners were
greatly pleased with their treatment at
the hands of the newspaper men and were
delighted with the remainder of the show
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-15
FREEMAN FOUND
GUILTY OF ARSON
Jury Reaches Verdict Late
Yesterday-TO Be Sen
fenced Friday

New York. March 14.-Henry c. Free
man, accused as member of the larson
trust that was revealed through the con-
fession of n convict, was found guilty of
arson in the second degree by a jury
late today.
Freeman tainted when the verdict was
read Judge Swami remanded him for
sentence Friday. Freeman, an insurance
adjuster, puilt ur business of 100000 a
year frum which he had an income OF
s25, ,000 according to his confession on the
stand. The states leading witnesses was
the convict, .Izador Klein, known as
"Izzy, the Painter"
"Izzy' set fires for the trust he has
testified. His disclosures involved more
than q score of adjusters. Freeman Is
the third to be found guilty. Others await
trial. The trust" is reported to be a
branch of a nationwide band of incen-
Charles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-15
PRESIDENT DUDLEY
GIVES Up S. /. A. A.
WORK FOR AWHILE
PERSONNEL OF 1918 LOOKOUT
TEAM PRACTICALLY SELECTED

Chattanooga, March 14-Barring the
battery department. where Manager FL
berfeld faces a real problem in making
his final selection, it is fairly easy to
Identify the personnel of the 1913 Look
outs at the present time, and to forecast
with almost absolute accuracy the line
up which will be used in the opening
game against the Crackers here April 10.
On first will be Mickey Coyle. The
I.ookout's' first sacker of 1912 gave abso-
lutte satisfaction in every way. and
neither Manager Elberfeld nor the fans
desire any change.
Otto Jordan will play second. Otto
won't hit 300, nor in all probability more
Than .24O. but Elberfeld wouldn't swap
him for any man in the minors at that.
On short will be the Tobasco kid him
self. Norman looks as good this year as
he ever did in hf life, and this is a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-15
.ETOWAH NEGROES
AFRAID OF GHOSTS
Beseech Smith, Condemned
Murderer, Not to Return
= to Haunt Them

Gadsden, March 14.-(special) )--Negroes
at the county Jail are in state of ter
ror. J. Smith. under sentence to die one
week from today, is the cause of it. He
has told them that after his death he will
return to haunt them, and they spend
much of their time begging him not to
do SO.
The Boys Corn club of Etowah coun-
ty has already an enrolment of 81, while
almost 100 girls are members of the Girls
Tomato club. j. e. Williams, county
superintendent of schools, has just COM
pleted a visit of the rural schools, and
is enthused with the work being, done
by the corn and tomato clubs.
The strike" of three or four weeks
at the county jail was broken today when
prisoners agreed to retire to their cells
and to talk to visitors from distance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-15
RACE HORSE LAW
IN MISSOURI

Jefferson City, Mo-, March 14-Pari mu-
tuel betting on horse races may becon.s
lawful in Missouri under a bill passed
yesterday by the senate. The title OF
the bill declares'it to be for the purpose
of promoting any fostering fair lassocia-
tions and the measure creates commits
sion from which licenses must be secured
by fairs that have horse racing. The act
says that nothing in 1t shall be construed
as giving the commission power to license
bookmalSing or pools as prohibited by law
Then follows this clause: --.-,.. s..ss
''It may, however, grant privileges moi
inconsistent with other statutes as may
be necessary for the successful Inalnten-
ance of fairs"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-15
TO LOCATE NEW
COAST DEFENSE

Washington, March 14.-Secretary
Garrison has appointed as a board to
plan and locate the new coast defense
post at Cape Henry, Va. recently au-
thorized by Congress, Maj<Gen. William
w. Witherspoon, assistant chief of
STAFF; Col. Edward Burr and Liut Col.
y. E. Winslow, corps of engineers, ana
Maj. George Blakely and Mai. William
Chamberlaine. The board will meet IN
Washington upon the call of the senior
member and proceed to Cape Henry,
where buildings and fortlhcations Will
be planned for the accommodation of
garrison of four companies of cost ar
|tillery.
Army engineers believe that the new
post with the existing fortiications at
Fort Monroe and at Cape Charles VIII
effectuallly protect Chesapeake Bay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-15
ST. PATRICK'S FLAG DAY
Proceeds for Benefit of st. yincent's s
Free Clinic

\ The Ladies of Charity will sell hags
Monday, st. Patrick's day, for the beneht
of the free clinic at st. Vincent's hos
pital. They expect a generous response
on the part of the public. A number OF
ladies' prominent in Birminghams social
life will be on duty in the office build
ings and on the prominent street corners.
large stock of little flags appropriate
for the feast of st. Patrick have been
purchased, and the committee in charge OF
arrangements feel confident that every
one of these tokens will be sold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-15
SUNDAY SCHOOL
..,. LEAGUE TO MEET

Tonight at o'clock at the Young Mems
Christian association the Sunday School
Athletic league will hold its regular an
nual meeting. The main business on the
programme is the election of officers and
ieports from the officers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-15
JENNINGS BEGINS
SPRTMC TRAINING

Gulfport, Miss, March 14.-Manager Jen-
nings of the Detroit Tigers today an
nouneed the release of First Baseman
Liggett and Outfielder Frierson. Liggett
came from St. Mary's college, Oakland,
Cal, and Frerson from the Texas league.
The team will split in two squads Sum
day morning, one squad, under Jennings,
going to New Orleans for four games.
The other squad, under Coach McGuide,
goes to Baton Rouge.
Friday the club leaves for the north
for-the opening game at st. Louis April 10.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-15
CRACKER PLAYER
WRENCHES KNEE

Atlanta. March I-tSpecial.) 1.-The first
accident of the spring trailing season was
met with this afternoon, when Outfielder
Al Nixon. the rookie from the Ports
mouth club, wrenched his knee on the
slippery wet grounds. 1t required file
combined effort of several players to pull
1t back In place. Nixon will hardly be
able to get into uniform for a week or
more as the result.
The first practice game of the season
will be played Saturday, when the locals
line up against the Seventeenth infantry
team.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-15
Elberfield's Club Looks Strong
COTTON STATES LEAGUE AFTER
GADSDEN OR ANNISTON

Selma, March 14-(special)-An effort
to get Admission and Gadsden or either
of these two cities to become members of
the Cotton States league will be made,
according to information here. 1t is not
known yet whether either one of the two
cities would accept a franchise in the
Cotton States league and put in club,
but there is no doubt but the rumor cur
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-15
REDS TO TRAIN
IN GYMNASIUM

Mobile, March 14,-Manager Joe Tinker
of the Cincinnati Reds today completed
arrangements for the team to train at the
Young Mems Christian association gym
nasium. the rain of the past week or
over having seriously interfered with
practice. The team will leave Mobile Fri
day. one bunch going to Meridian, Miss,
and the other to Montgomery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-15
CAMBRIDGE AND
OXFORD TIE IN
ATHLETIC MEET
OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE
TIE IN ATHLETIC MEET

ond for oxford in the broad jump. while
E. P. Hubble of Chicago was third in
the hammer throwing, and c. MeGor-
mick of Chicago was third in the weight
putting.
Cambridge also had an American
student, f. Sproule of Stone school, on
its team. He tied for second place in
the high Jump.
King George and the Prince of Wales.
the latter an oxford student, were pres
ent in spite of the duh weather. The
track was In good condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-15
Big Relay Race

Philadelphia, March 1.-THE number OF
colleges that have entered for the an
nual relay races of the University of
Pennsylvania here on April 26 now stands
at 65 This is said to be the largest num-
ber of colleges entered for any meet in
the history of the sport.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-15
ENGLAND INCREASES
NAVAL ESTIMATES

London, March 1.-THE British naval
estimates for 1894 announced today
total s231 ,546,500 as compared with
s225,377,0O0 last year.
The new building programme pro-
yides for five battleships. eight light
cruisers, 16 torpedo boat destroyers and
a number of submarines.
There will be under construction on
April /, ii battleships, three battel-
shin cruisers, 13 light cruisers, 35 tor
pedo boat destroyers and Fl subma-
riueS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-15
LITERARY SOCIETIES
BASKETBALL GAME

Yesterday afternoon in the Birmingham
High school gymnasium, the Ifillard
Literary society and the Curry Literary
society tied up In their first basket ball
contest. After hard fight the Hilliurd
bunch put IT over on the Curry five By
score OFFS to a.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-15
DRIVING CLUB TO
HOLD ANNUAL MEET

Detroit Mich, March 1.-THE Detroit
Driving club announced today that its
twenty-ninth annual blue ribbon meeting
to be held here from August II to 16, there
will be a stake race for free legged
PAGERS. number of horse owners asked
for class where their steeds would
not be obliged to meet the 'hobblers z
The Merchants and Manufacturers stake
Of $4,000 for 2.24 trotters established In