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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-22
The jackson Monument

Action OF the Sons Of Confederate
Veterans. +. F. Lee Camp. No l. at
the annual meeting April Il. 1913. on
motion Of j. Singleton Walker:
Whereas the Thomas ]. tStonewalD
jackson Monument Corporation has
erecting in the city Of Richmond an
equestrian statue TO commemorate the
virtues and achievements Of stone
wall jackson. one OF the greatest OF
military heroes. and one Of the noblest
and most patriotic OF Christian sol
diers and gentlemen, and
Whereas, while we feel that the
South has done noble and patriotic
work In erecting monuments TO others
of It's great leaders. yet there has been
no adequate monument erected to Gen
eral "Stonewalf' Jackson. who is rank
ed among the greatest of these. and
the man whose marvellous skin and
matchless achievements In arms has
shed lustre and rcnown on the cause
for which he gave his life. Feeling
that this work OF love and education for
those who co'ne after US has now been
too long delayed. be ii
Resolved, That we add our indorse-
ment to the movement and pledge our
support, both individually and coliec-
lively. to assist in this worthy cause
and push to an early termination the
objects for which this association
strived. that there he erected in bronze
this fitting tribute which could but
stimulate the children Of to-day and
those OF coming generations to higher
ideals: and
taking proposed is a work eminently
Citing for this camp as such. there
fore. be it
Resolved That z f Lee Camp. No.
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molishing anything resembling mill
tary formation As they turned to
escape, the spirit OF John Eager How
ard revived in US. Ne reformed. rode
side By side with them. Every man Of
us shot all his loads at the tall captain
and his men. but he escaped unhurt.
leaving us eight OF his fearless follow
ers dead on the plain He rot away
as he deserved. through the head OF
General Fitz Lees Brigade perhaps
1000 troopers. and TO say FitZ was mad
puts II quite mildly Had ne known
that the charge was headed BY his old
friend at West Point. Lawrence Will
liams. great protcge of General
SCOTS his ill-humor might have been
appeased.
IL was glorious charge. and so
thought Mcclellan, VINO made Williams
II major. Years later | met Williams
in New York and fought il all out with
him. lie was out scouting got in and
mad to get out, but saw his big bay
and waving sabre for long time after!
His brother. also on SCOTS staff ioin-
ed the South Lawrence stuck TO the
nag. Tho brother. distinguished SOL
der disguised himself and turned out
ltosencranz S horses for inspection on
forged pass. Very unfortunately for
! him. he was recognized. arrested with
his companion, "A youth OF nineteen
young Peters-tried bv orumhead
court martial and both we're hung at
daybreak by General Garteld have
! Williamss ring. and ii it could ONLY
talk and explain why he took such risk
we will never know
McPH ERSON KENNEDY
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The Duties Of Memorial Day.

II is customary. not only III the
south. bat q the North as we'll. at this
season OF the year TO dedicat lie one day
10 such ceremonies as will do honor
10 those who engaged in the Civil War
and either during that period or since
then have departed 10 that bourne from
which bodily presence makes no re-
turn, and IL is not merely seemly, but
absolutely necessary. that there en-
ter into these observances such acts
OF recognition OF cause and effect as
shall make our commentator both
an act OF solemn dedication OF our
lives 10 the support OF that which is
right and an earnest and steadfast pro-
test against that which was wrong in
this. the greatest OF modern con-
icts.
Nor are We 10 be deferred by any
outcry against IAN attempt to bring
from the dead past" those issues which
are popularity supposed to have been
finally settled by that which appears
TO those who view merely apparent re-
suits success"
1t is now nearly 1000 years since the
Son OF God bore His heavy burden of
the cross to Calvarys summit and
there. in intolerable agony, suffered
death. not because of fault on His
Fart but from that same doctrine OF
majority flat which. as il pronounced
the Immaculate ana oiIlnlSclcnl iOu
guilty of crimes worthy of crucifiXion,
invaded the South, pronounced South
ern love of constitutional right an
evil. and followed these postulates by
the crucifxion of right, the torture of
women. the murder of men and such n
reign OF famine, fire. sword and utter
dcscrati OF the law OF God as not
even the Spanish Inquisition with all
it's years OF bloodshed produced
!, is not that at this season men and
women OF both the South and the North
gather together TO do honor 10 their
dead. for observation of ceremonial
rites for that purpose alone, but blinds
us 10 the fact that such an awful har
vestinc of human lives, of absolute
necessity. demonstrates that on one
side existed such hideous and hcinous
departure from right as never for one
instant should be forgotten, that for
all ages To come human beings be
fully warned against by one iota af-
fordinC aid, countenance or sustenance
10 a course of action so iniquitouS MS
TO result in such cataclysm of
crimes.
At that eternally TO he remembered
last supper. we'll foreknowing the hor-
rors of His approaching crucitiNion.
Jesus, the Son of God solemnly pro-
tested against His sufferinGs ever be-
ing forgotten. for as He gave the con
secrated bread and wine with passion
ate cagerness He besought His fol
lowers
Whenever We partake of meat and
drink, pray you. remember My BODY
broken. and My blood shed for YOU
AS none dare stand before mankind
to-day and say:
Jesus was we'll crucihed: forget His
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In NJcmOrinn,.


Behold, We valiant souls whose bodies
Within the tombs we deck with flow
ers to-day.
How green your memory has been kept.
How faithfully we hold tho way
Before ye rested from your works
with God.
Well are We pleased when we your
names repeat,
But better when deep silence rings,
BY thought than speech more clear
and sweet
To name these graves of kings.
Who for the right. by hells own tor.
ments tried,
crown'd with sharp thorns. were
cruci6ed
Calm gracious queens of that dear un-
Ye whose unshrinking courage fired
each heart
And gave the strength to every hand
Which play'd for right its kingly
part
Here in your memory flowers we place.
Fit emblems OF your beauty and your
grace.
No more your eyes are dimm'd with
burning tears,
70 more your hands grow thin by
toll:
Born of the dying of your fears,
Eternal verdant soil
Hath brought the hopes each stead
fast held. full grown.
The fairest flowers about Coda
throne.
No failure marks the bitter, cruel end
OF those who. like Him, died upon
their cross:
For though their blood and hot tears
blend.
And by their gain we suffer loss
Each precious drop transforms to day
To deathless seeds that which would
else he clay
We dare not bid you sleep who all have
And stand before Him, glorihed:
But pray that we who nousht nave
done
Shall in your memories so abide
That this. the watches OF each night
and day.
We are but Gods own seeds ir Grey
THE OLD GRAY DOCTOR.
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sufferings. forget His death: il is all
over Let us Join hands with those
who crucifed Him; let us never again
refer TO His death"
Without creating such an instant
overwhe Ginning sensation of horror in
| the breast of every nearer rs no words
could voice, SO no human being should
dare request the forgetting Of that
which was wrong in our Civil War OF
that the right should Join for one in
slant in acclaimine as success tina,
crucitiNion OF All Good. which cannot
but have existed as the cause of the
loss of hundreds of thousands OF hui
man lives and the intolerable torment
and anguish inflicted on hundreds OF
thousands of women and children. as
truly crucihXion and only see
ondary 10 that OF the very Son OF God
Exactly as those who plotted His
downfall and death were successful so
/ the North plotted and succeeded in the
substitution OF majority fiat for the
purest and most explicit recognition OF
human rights ever inscribed in the stat =
utes of any nation. and added to their
ma jority the votes CT that class OF be
ings who were made in the image of
men as man is made in the image of
Almighty God.
From that day 10 the present time.
when, under the pretense of return
TO Democratic principle, there is seated
as tNc CnlSI executive OF tnlS nation
a man whose birthriEht failed TO car
~ with it that informing of respect for
constitutional law, which Is inherent
TO the Southerner majority fiat has led
this nation TO every evil under which
ii now suffers.
Unjust unconstitutional laws. fac
lions and the prostitution of the cur
rercy, the life blood OF the nations com
merce, the invasion Of the rights of in
dividuals by the seizure OF private
property. the passage of that uncon :
stitutional monstrosity. the Sherman
act, the Dissertation of the rights of
States and of foreign countries, and
practically the creation OF autocracy
whose membership is merely that of
practical politicians; have formed a
category Of national crimes only sec
ond to the invasion of the South
To whom are we to look for success
To those who. while clothed in the
they acclaim as the emblem of con-
stitutional liberty. engaged in in
vasion. arson. rapne, the torture of
women and children. the murder OF
men. and finally in that hideous sub
version of law and order TO which they
are pleased to refer as the reconstruc-
ton period"-or - those who wore the
gray. and. like their Master. their
Brother. died for right. We should and
must forgive: but shall we forget His
death? Shall we forget the death OF
our men. the unnamable sufferings Of
our women? Shall We join in those
celebrations of the glorious reconcilia :
ton OF right with wrong" which are
held forth as demanded by peace?
THE OLD GRAY DOCTOR
MAY 20 1919
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rience new to the lad who had always
found his own officers gentlemen. Co
Ing into a confectioners shop ne was
Pccosted by drunken Federal officer.
who said:
Tell Inc, arc YOU glad Abraham Lin
coin Is dead The question cnlight-
oned the boy, who had wondered why
so many buildings were draped. or
course he was glad. for the soldiers OF
the South aid not love the man whose
own Ideas OF self aggrandlsemcnt
caused him to split his party. and adj
vocate as did later politician. that no
alone was the choice OF the American
people and the defender of his country
Diplomacy young Brannon had learned.
put ne was still sore and hurt over
tho surrender, and he answered. Il don't
know
Does that mean you are glad?'
asked the officer.
You can make out OF 1t what you
wish" the hoy snapped back.
You are the d--ndcst coolies [
young reb I've seen in some time. but
III teach you lesson
The Federal officer whipped from his
pocket long dirk.
I'll ram this down your dirty
.
non tried TO explain that he was pa
rolled and was returning home and
was unarmed The officer. still angry
and unreasonable. threatened. We've
killed thirteen rebs to-day for rejoic
ing over Abraham I.ncolns death. and
yours VIII be the fourteenth" Just Il,
that moment several of the lieuten-
ants company came up. and seeing the
situation. started TO assist the lieu
tenant TO carry out his threat. Unex-
pectedly an old white haired man
whose shoulders bore the insignia OF
colonel. came up, and took in the
situation
For shame. lieutenant. to so treat
a child Abashed. the officer aked
away with his rowdies. Did 4 parole
Federal officer ever receive such treat
ment al the hands OF his Confederate
enemies?
/ The coloners name has been lost to
history. as we'll as the Knoxville baker
who fed the young patriot and gave
him a SO bill.
After reaching Columbus, Brannon
for time clerked in store. spending
his odd hours studying law. He vas
admitted 10 the bar in 1868, before he
was twenty-one years Of age, and be-
came the partner Of Colonel Ramsey
one OF the greatest of Georgia's law
yers.
In 1863 Brannon went TO Louisville
Ky. and became the law partner OF
the Kentucky war Governor Bramlette
From Louisville. Brannon went to Gle
burne, Texas where he practiced liz "
and edited newspaper. While at Gle
burne he married and moved to Wealth
erford, Texas, where he edited another
paper. practiced law and became cash
Ter OF bank. His law practice be-
came so extensive he was compelled to
give up his banking and editorial bust
ness. He was for time Mayor OF
Weatherford. and member of the ia
nous Democratic convention which
nominated Samuel j. Tildcn.
In 1883 Brannons wife died and
Brannon determined 10 enter the priest
hood; after studying in Baltimore, he
was ordained at Galveston, Texas. De
cember S. lSsS. and was sent as pastor
to Weathcrford, where he had served
as Mayor. Thus lived the drumme,
boy of Company X. Fifteenth Ala ba ma
who surrendered at Appomattox. con.
spicuous in his distinguished record a.
minister. soldier lawyer. politician
I banker and cditor.-Montgomery Ad.
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1T has a strange, quick jar upon the
That cooking of a pistol. when YOU
know
A moment more will bring the sight
to bear
Upon your person, ten yards off or
So
And so thought our squadron of the
First Virginia. Confederate Cavalry.
Colonel FitZhugh Lee commanding, on
the very fine morning Of the 9Th OF
May, 1862. Our squadron was com
posed OF company which bore the
historic name of the Howard Dragons
and a Virginia company quite as gal
liant.
We were having squadron drill in a
vast field admirably adapted for cav
airy tactics. and Fitzhugh Lees mag
nifcent voice was floating down the
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WITH FITZHUGH LEE.

rear TO march to left when we were
rudely interrupted by fist one of our
regiments coming in the field. much
faster than any drill warranted. The
cloud of dust arising from them oh
scured their pursuers, which was
convinced could be no smaller force
than McClellan's entire cavalry CORPS.
The second interruption took the
form OF a very tall Federal officer on n
big bay horse, having sword. est!-
mated length nifty feet, and Simply
moving down the rebels. lie headed.
and was followed by about tVsasnty- five
regulars OF the Sixth Federal Cavalry
y big blanket would have covered the
squad. On they came. and as luck
would have it, they struck my squad
ron. through which they charged.
killing three of us and entirely de-
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The Youngest Confederate Soldier.
MRS. TONNES RANDOLPH LEIGH,
State Historian Alabama Division, u. D. c..

which was composed mostly Of Ala
bamians. and popularity known as the
Eufaula Company.
Father Brannon served through the
entire four years drummer bow
He was n great favorite with the sol :
diers. who loved the lad dearly Colo
mel w c. Oates was young Brannon's
colonel. and this distinguished Ala
bamian was very fond of his drummer
boy, who would disobey and remain
always with his company in the firing
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Few men have had a more interest
ing or varied life than did the youngest
enlisted Confederate soldier. Rev.
Father p. f. Brannon. who enlisted
under Colonel James Cantey. in COM
mand Of the Confederate recruiting sta
ton at Fort Mitchell, Ala Father
Brannon was born at Columbus. Ga,
November 80, lS47. and was thirteen
years and six months old when he en-
listed as drummer boy in Company *.
OF tho Fifteenth Alabama Regiment,
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jacksonville, Fla.
Turncr-Morclicnd.

Editor OF the Genealogy Column:
Sir.-Ir your column sunday, May 35.
noticed a letter from Mr.. ]. II. Scales
correcting an error in my article of
last July, on the Turner Morehead
families
AS wish further information on
that branch. and as during the past
year have accumulated more data
which may interest Mr.. Scales. arr.
anxious 10 get into communication with
him. u
VIII YOU not send me his address, or
send this to him, with the request that
he writ" me" By doing so you will
greatly oblige.
Yours truly.
JEAN STEPHENSON. ~
226 Bryant Avenue, Ithaca, N. T.
May IS, 1913.
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Onkwood Contribution.

On Sunday, May 10. the tftieth an
niversary OF the death OF Stonewall
Jackson. the ladies OF .he lakewood
Memorial Association appropriated S25
TO tho jackson Monument and the
check for that amount was given in
lakewood Cemetery by Mrs -. G. Rich :
ardson, treasurer. to DR. James p
Smith. president OF the Jackson Monu-
ment Corporation
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ton OF monument such as Is pro-
posed. and desiring to assist In the
undertaking. directs its treasurer to
contribute in the name OF the camp
to the treasurer OF the Jackson Monu-
Association,
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stokes.

Will YOU kindly furnish me with the
names and addresses OF rNrties giving
geuealogy Of the stokes family, now
being published in your column?
notice the early members OF the
family lived T. Lunenburg County. Va,
and that Elizabeth stokes married Her
ring, born i7i0 These people are my
ancestors, and as I have been trying to
connect some missing links. perhaps
the party furnishing you the stokes
Cata could help me.
Thanking YOU in advance for the
kindness, | am,
Yours truly,
j. I. WILLIAMS.
IncksorvilIe Fla
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EppcS.
In Virginia Magazine of History and
Biography. volume Ill. page 39e IL is
stated that Francis Eppes. Of Prince
George County. married Sarah. dauEh-
ter OF Robert and Ann Hamlin. Issue:
Martha married Edwards
Francis married 60 and had Martha
Peter. Of High Point, married Mary
The day book., 1913-10-28

no strikebreakers can be imported,
but he will allow old miners to re-
turn to work if they desire to do so.
Ammons took this action after 36
hours of negotiation, during which he
endeavored to get the operators to
consent to an adjustment of their
difficulties with the miners. He made
them compromise proposition
which was satisfactory to the strike
leaders, providing for slight wage
increase for the men in return for
which they would waive recognition
of the union. The operators fatty
refused. 1883 ~
Yesterday deputies seized a Col
orado & Southern engine at Trinidad
and ran it to Ludlow in an attempt to
take the camp. Word of their COM
ing reached the camp and the strik-
ers lined the hills south of the depot.
The deputies opened fire when
mile and a half from the strikers and
400 or 800 shots were exchanged.
Because of the long range, no one
was hit. /,
The day book., 1913-10-28

MARTIAL. LAW DECLARED IN
COLORADO COAL FIELDS "
$3.50 So 80 - e s4
Deciding Factors in Declaring
Martial Law in Colorado
Coal Fields.
= Thirty-eight battles between
strikers and peace officers.
= Estimated loss to properties in
southern coal fields $65 900.
= Loss in wages 100000.
Eighteen men killed in pitched .
battles and large number
wounded.
= Interference with Colorado's
industrial welfare.
Danger to neutral and non-in-
= terested parties.
*&%s s#* *+s** @-sss
Denver, Col, Oct. 28.-As result
of days rioting, eliminating, ac-
cording to reports, in the death of
two strikers and the wounding of five
deputy sheriffs, martial law was de-
clared early today on the Southern
Colorado coal fields where 5000 min
ers are on strike.
A general battle between coal
strikers and mine guards has been
raging since $50 a. m. at Delagua,
Hastings, Berwind and Tobasco, coal
camps near Ludlow, Col, according
to telephone advices received by Gov
ernor Ammons at 9 a. m. The men
have been fighting in a binding
snowstorm which began at o'clock.
So far, the governor has not been ad-
vised whether there have been any
fatalities, though hundreds of shots
have been exchanged.
Three troops of cavalry, two bat
teries of artillery and company of
infantry left here for Trinidad, where
they will join five companies of infan-
try which left Southern Colorado
towns earlier in the morning. Five
The day book., 1913-10-28
ALiTTLE CORRECTION


The meeting held Sunday at 26th
street and Springfield avenue, at
which protest against the possible
appointment of Paddy LAWN as chief
of police was passed, was held under
the auspices of the Bohemian Bene-
VIOLENT Association and the Anti
Hearst Trade Union League, instead
of under the auspices of the Bohe-
mian members of the Bricklayers'
and Stonemasons' Union, as was
stated in Mondays Day Book. Most
of the three hundred present we're
members of the Brcklayers' Union,
though other organizations were also
represented.
-O-O-
E A weII-known English doctor re-
Gently made the statement that only
about 80 per cent of the present
population of Great Britain has nor
NAL eyesight, and if things go on as
they are going now he foresees a
time when practically the whole of
the British nation will be nation
in spectacles.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-20
HOnOring II Brave Nun

London Tablet: Sister Marie The
rese. When scarcely twenty years old
you were wounded on the battlefield
Of Balaclava, whilst devoting yourself
to the care Of the wounded. At Ma
genta you were again wounded in the
front line Of battle. After that you
nursed our warriors at Syria, in China
ana In Mexico AT the battle Of Reich
shofcn YOU were carried wounded from
the field amidst heap OF slain cuiras
siers. Later on bombshell fell in, the
midst Of the ambulance committed to
your care. You Immediately seized it
and carried ii some eighty yards away
from the ambulance, where IT fell to
the ground and by its explosion wound
ed you seriously. After you had re
covered you followed your vocation
here in Tonkin."
In such remarkable words did the
governor Of Tonkin. surrounded by his
staff, in front Of all the troops, lately
address the superioress of the Sisters
Of Mercy. He then bade her kneel
down and touching her shoulder thrice
with his drawn sword. added: In the
name Of the French people and army, !
confer upon you the Cross for Trie
Bravery. Nobody can show more he
roic deeds to merit it, nobody can claim
more self denying career, one en-
tirely devoted to the service of his
fellow men and his faith herland. Sol
diers, present arms!"
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-20
To Eradicate Stains
The table which follows s

The table which follows should he
kept for reference:
Acid-Use ammonia or chlOrofOrm.
BlOOd-Soak when fresh in cold wa
ter
ChocOlate-SOak i'll kerosene and
wash in cold water.
Coffee-Treat with boiling water
when fresh.
Fruit-Soak fresh stains in moilk or
use oxalic acid.
Grass-Rub the spots with molasses
and wash.
Grease-Rub French chalk or fullers
earth Oh spots.
lnk-Use salt and lemon juice.
Iron rust-Use lemon and salt or a
hot solution Of oxalic acid.
NIldew--t'se lemon and salt. or ia
yelle water.
Atud-Soak in kerosene
Paint-Use turpentine or benzine.
Nothing but boiling
will remove.
Scorch-Wet and expose to sun
shine.
Tar-Soak in warm milk and salt
Tpa-USe boiling water.
Wine-Put dry salt on fresh stains,
warm milk on old ones.
NlildeW is obstinate and difficult u
remove. If lemon and salt or Javelle
water do not remove it nothing will.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-20
JUDGE COLE RECEIVES
WORD OF FATHER'S Death

Whlc >ittins ON the bench of lhe
superior court this morning Jud-e
Franklin J. Cole received a dispatch
from Los Angeles announcing the deU'h
OF his father, John T. Cole Of FL Ccntro.
At the ase Of I3 years.
The elder Mr. Cole with Iis wife
Wont to Ids Angeles some v~,Rs since.
aui there hc has experienced general
hra2kn4 down, Which ended in death
this forenoon.
Several months ago NIr. ana Mrs.
c.Ie celebrated lib E1Cenru The fifiieth
anniversary 5r their wedding. They
have numerous relatives and 4 host Of
friends in the valley.
Owing to the fact that the Dean muir
der trial was IN in the court. Judge
. Cole was compelled to remain on The
mench today, though an effort is he
/ ing made by The attorneys in The case
to bring the case to the jury TINS even
ING.