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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-06-24
tBy Associated rress.)

Gettysburg, Pa, June 24.-The
hills of Gettysburg, where the armies
of Meade and Lee pitched their tents
fifty years ago, are flecked today with
canvas, harbingers of the tented city
which will soon arise on the battle
field The army of Civil War veterans
from the north and the south-40, 900
thread worn uniforms and all without
their muskets, to hold jubilee re-
union on the f1ftieth anniversary of
the battle. Some of the scouts are al
ready here; the advance guard will
bivouac on the field within a week;
the rank and file will follow them not
more than forty-eight hours later.
Every star of the forty-eight in the
American flag is expected to have here
its own quota of veterans. They will
come as the guests of the National
government, and of their respective
states and territories, which jointly
will spend more than a million dollars
for their entertainment and comfort.
To receive them the government and
the state of Pennsylvania have made
elaborate plans. One detail alone pro-
vides for furnishing the veterans more
than 100000 meals.
n, nj haO rNta FOR
the celebration of the battle for more
than four years. She has appropriate
ed S415,000 as her share of the ex
pense. Congress has appropriated
$4,000 to defray the expense Of the
governments participation, and named
a commission to help carry out the
plans. Every state and territory also
accepted the general invitation to par
ticipate and nearly all of them appro
priated money to transport veterans
and commissions.
The big camp is pitched on that par
Of the battlefield which lies southwes
Of Gettysburg. On nearly 800 acres o
contiguous ground 1000 tents and more
are going up under the supervision o
the war department. The camp lie!
partly on the scene of the first days
fighting and is not far from High Wa
ter Mark, Where Pickett's charge shat
tered against the Union lines.
Five thousand tents have been erect
ed for the exclusive use of the vete
rams. The camp has been laid out lik'
"a city. Each street and each tent hal
a number. so 1t will be easy for an!
veteran to look up former comrad'
or foe. In the center of the CAM
will be the headquarters of the chic
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-06-24
BEAVER DAMS CENTENNIAL,

st. GATHERINGS, Ont, June 24.-To-
day marked the centennial anniver-
sary of the battle of Beaver Dams,
which occurred on what is now the
site of the town of Homer, several
miles east of here. The engagement
was between a body of United States
troops over 500 strong, under Lieut..
Col. Charles G. Boestler, sent out from
Fort George by Gen. Dearborn, and
a body of British troops and Indians.
The Americans, although outnumber-
ing the British force, were defeated
and surrendered.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-06-24
the Emmittsburg road, down which
Lees army went after the close of the
three days battle.

the Emmittsburg road, down which
Lees army went after the close of the
three days battle.
Except for the time the main exer-
cises are being held, the big tent will
be given over to the veterans to hold
such reunions as they may arrange.
The tent is so constructed that it can
be sub-divided into many sections for
these reunions. For the Identification
of old soldiers who may not be easily
recognized by former comrades be-
cause of the changes wrought by the
hand of Time, each veteran is expected
to wear his army, corps, division, bri-
gade, regimental and society badges.
After the principal exercises on
July 4, there is no schedule of events
except such as may be arranged by the
veterans themselves in the way of re-
unions and short excursions about the
field and to neighboring places.
United States troops, whose camp
will adioin that of the veterans, will
do constant police duty. Boy scouts
will act as guides. Pennsylvania IS
state police also will be on duty.
The United States government has
erected a mammoth field hospital close
to the camp, fully equipped. The state
also will have its hospital tents and
the state commissioner of health will
keep deputies in camp for constant in.
spection work. The state fire marshal
in addition has assigned men to the
camp and steps have been taken to
prevent fires and to extinguish them
promptly should any occur.
The commissary department will be
under the direct charge of regular
army officers and will be one of the
most complete ever organized for {
camp. There will be nearly 800 cooks
125 bakers will furnish fresh breaC
every day for the big army.
The greatest care has been taker
in arranging for the twenty meals tina
will be served during the week. Thu
menu was written with due regard TO
the age of the men. 1t will be quite
different from the hard tack and coffee
and the occasional portion of beal
soup or SOW belly given the soldiers
in the historic days of fifty years ago
This part of the camp arrangement
is in the care of Major William R
Grove.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-06-24
EASY
FOR WALk-OVERS

The local amateur baseball team,
the "Walk-Overs," went to Poplarville
Monday afternoon and easily defeated
the crack team at that place by an
8 to 1 score. The features of the
game were the superb pitching of d.
w. Holmes for the Walk-Overs and
the heavy hitting of Givhan. Holmes
struck out 16 Poplarville batters and
let them down with only two hits.
Givhan got one three-bagger and two
doubles out of four times up.
The batteries were: Walk Overs
Holmes and Potter; Poplarville-Grid-
ley and Wilson.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-06-24
EVERY STATE OF UNION TO BE.
REPRESENTED AT GETTYSBURG

quartermaster. The veterans will be
encamped according to states.
Although each tent is designed to
accommodate twelve men, it has been
planned to assign only eight veterans
to each, so as to make them as COM
Portable as possible. Each veteran
will have a separate cot, blankets and
a mess kit, which will contain a plate,
cup, knife, fork and spoon and will
become his personal property when he
breaks camp. Each tent also will have
two hand basins, a water bucket, can
dies and two lanterns. With the pre-
paration of meals the veterans will
have nothing to do. These will be
wholesome and substantial and will
be served at the ends of the company
streets.
"Only veterans of the Civil War
may be provided food, shelter and en-
tertainment within the great camp
around the battlefield" reads the an
nouncement of the commission.
Therefore, no woman or child or any
man not veteran will be given food
shelter or entertainment. No veteran
should bring to Gettysburg any mem.
Der of his family or other person fol
whom he will have to obtain food and
quarters outside the camp unless all
arrangements therefor have first been
made for them before he or they
come to Gettysburg"
! No veteran will be permitted to bring
trunk into camp, his baggage being
| restricted to that which he can east
ly carry himself The care of it will
rest with him. RI
The principal events of the celebra
tion will lie held on July 1, 2, 3 ant
ia, but in order to avoid congestion
of traffic on the railroads and confu
sion at Gettysburg, the camp will b.
Opened on Sunday evening June 20, thu
first meal to be served at supper time
Twenty meals will be served to eacl
veteran during the week if he is il
camp that long and the camp will
come to an end after breakfast on Sun
day July 6.
Veterans have planned to visit his
toric places in and about the grea
area where the battle was fought ant
where skirmishes occurred that led VI
to it, and to hold reunions. The grea
celebration will be in full swing on tn,
morning of July l, exactly fifty year
to the day from the time the BATH
opened to the west of the town.
The program for the four big day
is briefly as follows:
July VETERANS Day. Appropriat
exercises under the joint direction O
the Pennsylvania Commission and tn
Commanders-in-chie of the Gran
Army of the Republic and the Unite
Confederate Veterans.
July Military day. Under the d
rection of the Chief of Staff of tn
United States Army.
July 3--Ciyic Day. Under the diret
ton of the Governor of Pennsylvania
presiding and participated in by tn
Governors of the states, if they so do
sire. Addresses and music.
July National day. Patriotic e,
ercises, orations, with fireworks in tn
evening.
The exercises viii be held in gres
tent. one of the largest in the Unite
States, capable of accommodatin
about $4,000 persons. This tent is |
the southern end of the camp. besid
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-06-24
HOPE TRIAL Will
CLEAR UP MURDER
ACCIDENTAL FINDING OF TWO
SKELETONS FIRST kNoWL-
EDGE OF CRIME.

Greenup, KY. June 24.-Ezra Crab
tree, the old man who is charged with
the murder of George Steele and Mrs.
Edith Forrest, will be given prellmi-
nary hearing in the Gr2enup county
court here tomorrow. The authorities
are hopeful that the hearing will bring
to light facts that will solve the mys-
! terry of the double murder, which but
for the accidental finding of the skel-
etoDs of the two victims might forever
remained a tragedy Of the unknown.
On December IA, 1912, George Steele,
father of family residing on the 9TH
err side of the Ohio river, not far from
Ironton, and Mrs. Edith Forrest, wife
of Andrew Forrest, disappeared. The
couple were known to have been init
mate and at the time of their disap-
pearance it was the general SUPPOSE
ton that it was case of elopement.
The husband of the woman was of this
belief and in February he filed suit
for divorce and was granted a decree
on the ground that his wife had eloped.
The last that had been seen of the
couple was when they crossed the
ferry from Ironton to Russell, Ky:
The tragic sequel Of the elopement
was revealed two weeks ago yesterday,
when two men who were hunting gin
seng in the hills near Russell found
what remained of the bodies of man
and woman, lying side by side, under
what was left of mans overcoat and
a woman's fur. The mans skull was
crushed in several places and he had
been shot through the right side, while
the skull of the woman had been
shattered into fragments.
The day after the discovery of the
skeletons son of George Steele iden-
titled the body of the man as that of
his father. Andrew Forrest, the di-
vorced husband of Mrs. Forrest, identi-
fled the body of the woman as that of
his former wife. The clothes of the
couple and purse and woman's shop.
ping bag, together with jewelry and
other articles found on the bodies,
made the Identification complete.
Two days after the finding of the
bodies the authorities took into Gus
tody Ezra Crabtree, a man of sixty
five years, residing near Ironton. Crab
tree was known to have been numbered
among Mrs. Forests admirers and II
was said that he had openly display
ed his jealousy of Steele and his anger
at the womans apparent preference
for the latter
The police are of the theory thai
after Steele and Mrs. Forrest eloped
in December, Crabtree met them II
Ironton; that he followed them acros,
the river on the ferry boat, quarrelet
with Steele after arriving on the Ken
lucky side, followed them up tht
railroad tracks and into the hills
where their bodies were found.
Crabtree has made many confiictinl
statements since his arrest. In hi
stories he has accounted for his move
lments on December IA, the day of tn,
murder, up to noon Of that day, blu
has been indefinite as to his move
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-06-24

No man can work we'll with torpid
liver or constipated bowels. A few
doses of PrickIy Ash eitters will
quickly remove this condition and
make work a pleasure
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-06-24
CLOSE CONTEST
FOR PETERS Trophy

The Hattiesburg Gun Clubs Satur-
day shoot in the contest for the Peters
trophy results as follows:
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-06-24

There is no real need of anyone be-
ing troubled with constipation. Cham
berlain's Tablets will cause an agree
able movement of the bowels without
any unpleasant effect. Give them a
trial. For sale by all dealers.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-06-24
The Japanese Dagger
Edison drama in parts.
Tomorrow at the
Greater Gem Theatre
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that ! will
not be responsible for any debts made
by Mrs. G. c. Beaumont.
23-4t Mr.. G. c. Beaumont.
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Coughs and Consumption.

Coughs and colds, when neglect.
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Drive Sick Headache Away.

sick headaches, sour Stomach, in.
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quickly after you take Dr.. Kings
New Life Pills. They purify the
blood and put new life and vigor In
the system. Try them and you will
be well satisfied. Every pill helrs;
every box guaranteed. Price s5c.
Recommended by all dealers.
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remain urn 6uu lhsVuIul W uoT
laws. 81 agG
AT the same time five delegates
from each county had assem-
bled at Jonesboro; John Sewer
was made president Of this con-
vention. They formed a consti.
tuition for the State of Frank
land, which was to be rejected or
received by another body to meet
at Greenville in Noyember, 1855.
THIS body met at the time and
place appointed, the constitu'
ton was ratified; Langdon Car
ter was speaker Of the Senate
and William Cage Speaker OF the
House OF Commons. John Sewer
vas cboeen Goyernor; David
Campbell, Joshua Gist and John
Henderson were chosen Judges
OF the Superior Court. Other Of
flcers, civil and military, were
appointed. T"0,.U
The General Assembly OF the
State Of Frankland. by a COM
munica tion signed by both spea'
kers, informed Richard Caswell,
Governor OF North Carolina,
that the people OF the counties OF
Washington, Sullivan and Greene
had declared themselves sover-
e,gn and independent OF the
State of North Carolina Govern.
or Caswen. being q soldier and a
statesman, was not disposed to
overlook what he termed such q
high.handed meas ure, and on the
25th Of April. 1856, be issued bic
proclamation against the revolt
against the laws OF North Caro-
lima. sfll :.
This paper was written viii
much forca. He stated that the
cession act had been renealed; it's
repeal had been voted on by
those engaged in the revolt; that
the authority of North Carolina
executive, judicial and legisla-
tive, and exercised q tender re-
gard for the people OF the west
bad granted them judges to de
eide OF their property rights and
military officers to protect them
and denounced the revolt as 6
rank usurpation Of power; tha'
the general government derived
no benefit; that, the revenue o
} North Carolina had been se;zet
J and the authority OF law de6ed
He told them that such measure
would bring ruin to Themselves
and disbonor to the country, ant
!. warned all concerned in this re
; volt to return to their duty anC
allegiance 10 the State, and pa.
no obedience to the self.create'
authority of Frankland, un'
; known TO the constitution an
: unsanctioned by law.
; As the State of North Carolin
still treated the new state 9
Frankland as a part Of her terr
: tory, l shall pursue this part {
the subject q little further.
J Governor Caswell closed b.
proclamation by informing th
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Frankland, that the General As.
sembly ri North Carolina would
soon he 10 session, before which
all these unlawful acts would be
laid; advising them to bring for.
ward their grievances then. let
their terms Of separation be
known, their proportion OF the
public debt be acknowledged, and
such terms and plans as were con
slstent with the honor of the
state would generally be granted
but II this advice was not needed
they might be assured that the
spirit OF North Carolina was not
80 depressed or 80 exhausted;
that means, even to the shedding
Of blood, would be resorted to re
claim her refractory citizens and
preserve her honor and dignity.
But the state OF Frankland
did not heed this warning, but it
proceeded To erect new counties,
levy taxes, appropriate money,
form treaties with the Indians,
and exercise the generalfunctions
and prerogatives of a sovereign
State. These people continued
their organization, appointed
d delpeates to represent their case
to Congress. and by making ap
polntments of officers to posi-
tions 81 dignity and power, OBJ
tacles were thrown in the way
to prevent restoration to the
rule OF North Carolina.
The scarcity Of money was &C.
verely ielt and this initiated a.
gainst the progress Of the new
State Of Frankland, The salary
OF the Governor was 200 lbs, an
nually; q Judge. $50 lbs., th'
treasurer, 40 lbs, to bepaid from
the treasury. The taxes were tt
/ be paid into the treasury in tn
circula ting medium OF Frank
land. such as they had, yiz:-Lil
en-, beaver skins, raccoon ant
and fox skins, deer skins, tallov
whiskey and the like.
| 1t was said that the salaries
of the governor and judges wer
paid in fox skins, and the fees o
lthe sheriff and constable in mini
skins, aud that the officers wer
compelled to receive the skins a
the established price; and ia sal
that even this primitive currenc.
by the ingenuity of man, was e,
tensively counterfeited by sewing
raccoon tails to opossum skint
opossum skins being WORTHLESS
and abundant, andraccoon skin
were valued by law at one shillin
and three pence each. As a net
essary consequence of such
state OF affairs, public opinio
was divided between the advc
Gates Of the new State, and tt
adherents to the State Of Mort
Carolina.
The General Assembly oil Mort
Carolina assembled at Newber
in Noyember, 1856, passed a
, act to bury into oblivion tt
: conduct OF the people of Franz
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Paradovical as it may seem,
the average man will stand up
for himself even when he has to
lie to do it..
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BOONE, wArAucA COUNTY, THURSDAY APRIL a. 1913

land; provided they would return
to the allegiance Of the State,
appointed elections to DO held In
the different counties for mem.
bers to the General Assembly Of
Forth Carolina. and also appoin
ted civil and military officers to
support the State organization.
The next year, 1856, q peculiar
state OF affairs existed; two em.
pires existed at the same time,
over the same territory and over
the same people. Courts wsre
held by authority Of the State oi
North Carolina hnd also by Gu.
thority OF the State oi Franklapd
and each government attempted
to exercise the same powers, and
often IN the came county. John
Upton headed the North Caro-.
lima party, and John Sewer the
Frankland party.
PrOvOcatiOn on one side. was
followed by outrage on the 9th.
er, which was repelled by great.
er violence. While court was
being held at Buffalo under au.
thority OF North Carolina. and
at Jonesboro, only ten miles q.
way, in the same county. under
authority Of Frankland.
While court was sitting at 10.
nesboro this year, for Washing.
ton county, Colonel Upton, with
a patty, entered the court
house, seized the papers, and tur'
ned the justices out OF the house
Col. Sewer RET taliated and be and
his party turned the clerk OF thu
cour t for North Carolina out o.
the house, in the came county. 1r
Greene County in 1856, Colone
Upton broke up q court helt
under authority OF Frankland
Upton and Sewer had some per
sonal encounters, but fortunate
ly forboth, friends OF The oppo
nents interfered, and perhaps th
lives OF one or both was spared.
The next year, 1857, taxe'
we're imposed by both admins
trations, but the people most 10
} nocently pretended that they di'
not know to whom to pay, "
they paid to neither; and as III
cannot exist long without foo
or drink, q government surviy
for q great while unless it ha
some means of collecting it's rey
nues to defray it's current expen
} seA; and being deprived oi one {
: che chief means of governmen
, the affairs OF Frankland were az
, preaching the end, like small n
: publlcs which are constantly j
a state OF insurrection. Tipto
J and Sc, ier we're residents Of tb
. same county, Washington. 81
vier was a brave soldier: be prt
e yed his valor at Kings Moul
b tain, but it was said Of him: III
was seduced by the allurement
b ofottice and ambition" He sougf
D the advice and support OF DI
D Franklin, the Governors ol Geo
z gra and Virginia but none Ga,
: him aid or advantage.
:. ITO be Continued
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WulluW N OeOOrne, OI Ore00S. Y
boro. hasBtsn appointed Conn., "
mlSslouefioi Intsrnaf Revenue N
seems likely that Charles B.*
Crane, of Chicago, will BE- noni.
mated Ambassador to Rome.
The satate Of the late John Ja-
cobAstor, who went down with
the Titeuic, 10, valued at $751;.
2lese91sF Z @ls@
'sR-Dou Laws, postmaster at
Moraviou Falls, has tenderpd
Bic resignation to take effect /
when bic successor is appointed.
The State oiNew, York will re-
eel We from three to four million
dollars inheritance tax from the
estate Of the late ], Pierpont
Morgan. 3 az,
The post Office at Pilot Noun.
tain, with two stores, was de. 4
stroyed BY fire q few days since,
entailing q loes OF q, 1000. in
R. s. Whaley, of Charleston.
has been nominated for C on
xress in the Charleston district,
to succeed Congressman Lagare,
who died recently .ab.5i8e
Carl Hagenback, the world fam.
ed animal collector, and senior
partner Of the Handles Menage-
erie and Fe'er Park at Stellings,
near Hamburg, Germany, is
dead. ''.' ,"'a ,eEuI raaat q.
At Walkertown, In Forsyth
county, fire destroyed the plant
Of the Walkertown Chair Com.
pany. Loss abo ut $4,000 with
no insurance. a.t.g4
Hickory is noted az an auto
mobile city. There are. e.about4O
Of them here, costing about $685..
600. Then say our city is not
q iast city.-Mercury.
Two English families, MIR. and
Mrs. Charles L. Baker, sou and
daughter, from Trumbrijge
Wells, Kent, England, have pur-
chased large tracts of land near
Skylaud, and will become truck
farmers. ,'"..
Rev. G. II. Church, former pas.
tor OF Lenoir Baptist church,
(well known in Watauga) and
for several years pastor at Nor
van, N. e., has recently entered
upon bis pastorate at States.
vile with bright prospects. s.-Le-
noir Topic.
Will Avery. u highly respected
colored man who lives out on
route 2 about three miles from
town, suicided last afternoon by
shooting q hole through his stom
ach. III health is supposed to have
unbalanced bis reason. Morgan
ton Messenger.
Senator Overman has appoin.
ted Mr.. Ogden E. Crowson, edi-
tor Of the Burlington News, to q
clerksbip on the Senate Rules
E co,nmittee. Mr.. Crowson is one
Of the bright newspaper men OF
tho State, and W. are glad to
hear OF bis promotion, il promo
tion it may be called.
:. Prot. Willis l.. Moore, who
J since 1895, has been chief OF the
!, Weather Bureau, has been re-
) moved from Office BY President
{ Wilson. Charges OF q serious ma.
ture we're flied with the Secreta.
D ~ against Prof. Moore. Moole
was an appoiutee OF the Clevc.
land administration.
: It has been alleged thatamong
! the enlisted men at the nayal
station 10 San Francisco, there is
. wide spread use Of cocaine.
Secretary Daniels has directed in
vestigation, made and says, he
i, will not wait for any red tape. OF
r, long collection of proofs. 1t sim
ply must be eliminated.
What we ali want is q road
4 that is good 365 days in tbs