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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-05-22

ran In front of the battery, and into
the swollen current Englemann's Forty
third Illinois plunged, swimming across
to drive away the g%unners. The Sec
ond Kansas. colored, emulated the val
or of their white comrades, and the
enemy was driven off.
AT noon the Confederates gave up
the fight and Withdrew. They had left
nearly 400 men on that bloody field.
Steele lost LOO. Steele's force con-
tinued their weary way on to Little
Rock. He was menaced with dangers
behind and before. Horses were with
out food and could not pull the guns
over the miry roads, and the men
themselves took hold. SO they dragged
slowly on toward Little Rock. At
length May 2. foot sore. ragged and
half starved. they reached the city.
Desperate Fight With An Ironclad.
May 5, 1864, the Confederate ram
Albemarle whipped a Federal fleet, yet
lost the stake she was fighting for. In
the hope of worsting the Federal gun
boats and r~egalning control of Able
marie sound and Hatteras inlet she
steamed down the Roanoke from her
moorings at Plymouth. Three weeks
before the ram in a maiden dash had
sunk the powerful wooden gunboat
Southfield at one blow.
After the loss of the S%outhfeld Fed
eral commanders in Albemarle sound
no longer doubted the destructive pow
er of the new ram and a very ener-
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-05-22

GENERAL s. A. RICE, o. S. A., HERO OF DEs-
PERAT DEFENSE AT JENKINS FERRY.
Wyalusing and Miami, the armed fer
ryboat Commodore Hull and the gun
boats Whitehead and Ceres. The total
armament of the feet was thirty-two
guns and twenty-three naval howit-
zers, ffty-five pieces in all.
Admiral Lee thought the vessels
should approach the ram In a double
line with double enders ahead. The
first two should attack the ram. one
on a side. and fire solid shot with
heavy charges. Shells were to be
thrown down the smokestack Of the
ram. The shots. it was believed, would
loosen the armor bolts and the con
cussion would stun and demoralize her
crew shut up in the iron plated cham
Der. Also by ramming the admiral
thought she could be driven into shoal
water and beached, and finally, II all
else failed, by mounting her low ends
and sinking her by dead weight.
Before the fleet vas ready to proceed
to the attack the ram appeared again
on the scene as the aggressor. After
the capture Of plymouth by the Con-
federatcs, following the sinking OF the
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-05-22

getic correspondence took place be-
tween the authorities at Washington,
Admiral S. P. Lee of the north Atlantic
squadron and the officers of the North
Carolina fleet. This correspondence
resulted in instructions on May 3
from Admiral Lee to Captain Melanc-
thon Smith that somehow or other the
Albemarle must be sunk or blown up.
Smith had in the Albemarle fleet the
double enders Mattabesett, Sassacus,
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-05-22
The War Fifty Years Ago

Last Pitched Battle of the Red River Campaisn---ke-
suit of Reverse to General Banks Federal Army on
April 8---FederaIs In Arkansas Forced to Retreat
From Camden to Little Rock---Fight For a Crossing
on Saline Ryer---Confederates Repulsed---Confeder-
ate Ram Albemarle Ridden Down by Wooden Fed
eral Ship--Three Hour Gun Duel---Retreat OF
the Ram, Disabled by Gunfire.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-05-22

- @@E+@ - 2A~f @.A1 y
"IFTY years. ago, April 80, the
last pitched battle of the Red
river campaign was fought on
the banks of Saline river, Ar
kansas.
General Frederick Steele, with a
Federal force originally approximating
1900 men, had made his way south
ward from Little Rock, Ark, to Cam
den, on Washita river. Some point in
Louisiana south Of Red river had been
his destination until the expedition I'M
der General N. T. Banks, with which
he was to cooperate, ended disastrous
ly April s.
After repulsing Banks advance the
Confederate commander in Louisiana,
General Kirby Smith, set out with
5000 of the victorious troops to re-
enforce another army then confronting
Steele in Arkansas. General Sterling
Price was Smiths lieutenant opposing
Steele.
Federals Make a Hasty Retreat.
When Steele a~scertained that Kirby
Smith with a large army was on the
way to Camden he prepared to re-
treat northward. 1t was necessary to
make his way back to Little Rock with
all haste, If indeed there was yet time.
Camden is on the southwest bank OF
the Washita. On April % Steele's
whole army crossed this river and re-
treated north toward the Saline river.
April 80 1t reached jenkins ferry, on
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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-05-22

the Saline. Steele had escaped from
Camden, but he was not in time to
escape Kirby Smith. Part of Steele's
command had already crossed the Sa-
line when the Confederate army over
took them, led by Smith in person.
There followed a desperate battle,
fought on a field of mud, for the cen
troll of the crossing at jenkins ferry.
For a fortnight the Federal troops
had sustained a running fight, harass-
ed at every step, their supply trains
captured and every conceivable hard
ship forced upon them. At the Saline
they turned for one desperate strug-
gle. They were wet from d~renching
rains and hungry from days of fast
ing. The ground was a quagmire into
which they sank knee deep.
Steele prepared to resist a large
force. The bad condition Of the roads
and heavy rain falling, combined with
darkness, prevented the main army
from crossing during the night. A pom
toon bridge had been laid and a part
Of the force passed over The remain
der halted in bottom lands west of the
stream. General Frederick Salomon's
division lay two miles back from the
river. its line resting upon water at
both tanks.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-05-22

Eouthfeld and the dispersion Of her
eonsorts in Roanoke river, the Abe
marie lay off Plymouth. On the 9th OF
May she steamed down the river to It's
mouth, intending to enter Albemarle
sound and get through to Newbern.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-05-22
Battle of Jenkins Ferry.

At daylight on the 30th rain still
fell In torrents. Although expecting
an easy victory. the C~onfederates open
ed the attack under cover of a ruse. A
body of them dressed In blue drove a
flock of sheep toward the river, assum-
ing that the hungry Federals would
welcome the forage party as belong
ing to their own camp. But the men
on the outposts were not easily de
ceived. They opened fire and brought
the enemy to the front in swarms.
The first onslaught was repulsed, al
though Salomon's men were driven
back 200 yards.
General Prices attack fell upon the
brigade of General S. A. Rice. One
after another, fighting h~eroically, his
four regiments were forced back. To
support Rice General Solomon sent
forward Colonel Adolph Englemann's
brigade. Lost ground was recovered.
WEAKNESS, hunger and the enormous
odds were forgotten by the Federals in
their logged determination to hold their
ground. There was a sting in the
snakes tail, even though hunting his
hole.
Repulsed in front, the Confederates
crossed the river on the flank and
tried to establish batteries to enhlade
SaIomon's line In the swampy bottom
land. A creek three or four feet deer
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-09-03

busy season of the year and paid their
own way to Minneapolis to consult
over the party's success. The gather
ing gave every one there confidence.
There was no disposition to make light
of the enemy and its resources, but
with such body of men behind him,
representing thousands more at home,
Mr.. Lees prospects surely are very
bright.
There were many new faces In the
meeting, showing that lot OF young
blood has been injected into state poll
tics. There was a leaven of the old
fellows, too, including workers from
both of the factions that fought things
out in the primaries. The spirit was
one of cordial cooperation. One after
another, men who had given the best
efforts in them to Governor Eberhart
pledged their hearty support to Will
liam E. Lee and predicted his election
One thing was impressed on the
mind of every man who attended the
meeting. That was the force OF the
Experience" argument in the case OF
Mr.. Lee. Whatever issues are raised
in the campaign, the people will not
lose sight OF the fact that the state is
needing the services OF business gov.
ernor. The man elected this fall will
have the direction of business spend
ing $16,O00,000 year.
Mr.. Lee has promised that if he is
elected he will see that the taxpayers
get hundred cents in return out OF
every dollar invested in government
Those who know Mr.. Lee know that
this is no idle campaign prom e, tc
be forgotten right after election. They
know Mr.. Lees success and his repu-
tation as business man, and they
know that he means what he says. II
any man ever stepped into the COVER
nor's chair fully equipped to give Min
nesota business administration, II
will be Mr.. Lee. He has shown him.
self born executive in his private
business. He carries on several en-
terprises together successfully because
he knows how tn handle men to gel
results. He knows how to eliminate
waste and build up an efficient organi,
cation. AS house member, speaker
superintendent of an institution anc
as one of the organizers of the state
board of control, he has mastered the
essentials of state business. He woulc
be "on the job" from the first day il
every sense. Most governors are just
learning the business during the first
ninety days, when the legislature is II
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-09-03

session, the most important period in
a governors term. Mr.. Lee in the gov
ernor's office will be real force in
the campaign next winter for effici-
ency and economy.
Mr.. Lee has never wavered for a
minute in his stand for county OPP
ton, and it looks as if this would be
an important issue in the campaign,
though nobody has heard from Mr..
Hammond on the subject yet. An at
tempt by hostile paper was made
after the state committee meeting to
show that Mr.. Lee had "ducked" coun-
ty option Republicans will do well to
take warning this fall against the tao
tics of the opposition. Through their
newspaper mediums the Democrats in
tend to keep Mr.. Lee on the defensive
by distorting what he has to say, and
misrepresenting the facts of the CAM
paign. Already much of this poison is
being distributed, not only by Demo
crots, but by another political party
which always makes claim to high
ideals. Most of the campaign stories
are so foolish that they carry their
own denial, and they will be ignored.
The republican state committee has
undertaken a big task. This year for
the first time there is no provision in
law for local party organization. The
state committee and the congressional
committees are the only legal bodies.
There are no local candidates sailing
under party colors, and it is up to the
state committee to perfect local or
CARNATIONS all over the state. That
is why the committee was enlarged to
take in at least one man from each
county. The state committeeman will
act as county chairman, and through
him the executive committee is getting
list of precinct workers who will be
appointed members of the county COM
mittees 1t is big job but it is being
done with care and thoroughness SC
the party will not lack the strength
that comes from organization.
While the Democrats are making
big claims for public consumption, mer
who are trusted with the real "dope'
at Hammond headquarters are being
told that Hammond has a fighting
chance-that if he wins it will be by
the skin of his teeth. All the conf
dence that callers see at the st. Pau
hotel is merely front"
Even in St. Paul they do not believe
all they hear about Hammond having
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-09-03
NEW YORK,s NICKNAME.

Gotham is the name of village in
England whose inhabitants, according
to ancient tradition, were noted for
their unsophisticatedness and simpli-
city and hence were called, by way of
ridicule, "the wise men of Gotham. :"
English legends and rhymes refer to
the wise men of Gotham, and Wash
ington Irving, in Salmagundi, applied
it as nickname to New York be-
cause the inhabitants were such wise
acres. The nickname has survived it's
original significance, if it ever had
any. It's such people who use cheap
better instead of a standarn brew, like
sZumalweiss" VIM. Schreiner, Tele-
phone No. IA. advertisement.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-09-03
High Grade
Household Goods
FOR SALE

AS l am about to remove to Calif0r-
mia, l will sell the following House.
hold Goods at private sale:
/ fine mahogany Davenport
6 fancy Chairs
1 Mission dining room Set
Library Chairs
2 Rockers
1 Roman Chair
1 mahogany Music Cabinet
small fancy Tables
1 oak Chiffioner
1 Golden Oak Dresser with bevel edge
mirror
2 iron Bedsteads
Bed Springs
l spring box Couch
1 ladies' Writing Desk
/ large 8-day Clock
Hair and wool Mattresses
A cane seated Chairs
1 Dinner Set
Cut Glass Pieces
Kitchen Utensils
1 Spring Cot
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-09-03
POLITICAL CHAT

Minneapolis, Mimi, Aug. 31.-lf
there had been any doubts about the
enthusiastic support that will be given
to William E. Lee and the whole re-
publican ticket this fall, they were
swept away by the splendid spirit OF
the recent meeting of the republican
state committee. It was the largest
committee gathering ever brought to-
gether in the state by any party. 1t
certainly meant something when such
a body of men left their homes in a
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-09-03

a "cinch." The real estate men are
on William E. Lees trail, and already
he has been offered his choice of sew
eral handsome homes available to be
leased for an executive mansion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-09-03
FOR SALE.

Nine room house, modern, water,
bath room, laundry in basement, cleo
trio lights, rooms arranged to rent.
Income will pay for property. Sold at
right price if taken at once. w. A..
Moore Land Company.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-09-03
NOTICE!

Parties wanting ice will please call
up 263 or 235. Leave orders the night
before. Peoples ice Co.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-09-03

For Sale.-A 2 seated top buggy
N good condition; will sell cheap. Also
4 seated platform buggy.-Sauk
Centre Meat & Mercantile. Co. lib
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-09-03

The above articles will be sold very
cheap for cash. First Come First Ser
ved.. Inquire at the Rect0ry.
The Meeker herald., 1914-05-23

Dissaslrs opIuros With csnsG !.
Speaking Ut walking sticks rsalp4s
o. Of youns Diseasu. wEttin9 49,
Gibraltar. and telling his sister = y
form their mother what sensafioa u
waistcoats and studs wers maki1g
among the o0ncefs. be added: II hate
also the fame Of being the nrst WHO
ever passed the straits with two canes.
4 morning and an evening cane. I
change my cane ON the gun DIRE and
hope to carry them both ON to Cairo
1t II wonderful the effect those magi-
cal wands produce. ( owe to them
even more attention than to being the
supposed author of-what II It? for
get" The fault Of many walking sticks
10 that they are too short Walk with
stick that seems at tirst intended for
man taller than yourself and you
acquire an upright carriage. A Brigh-
ton shop that pass occasionally b
selling any number Of sticks through
pushing the testimony Of 4 well known
doctor a. to the health advantages Of
long walking sticks.-London Chroni.
Gle.
The Meeker herald., 1914-05-23
SUMMoNs-..DIvoRcE

STATE OF coLoRADo.I
COUNTY or RIO BLAxoo. County Court
Emmeline B. eellars, Plaintiff
Edward y. BsiIAss, Defendant.
fMu PnovLs ~ 1nn efAFn or COLORADO,
10 Edward 81. 1eilars, the defendant shove
naAod. 0reetfngi
You arc hereby required 70 appear in an
action brought against y0u BY tho above
named plsintin, In the County Court Of Rio
BIAnco County, State Of Colorado, and ans
wer the complaint therein within thirty
days after the service hereof, II served with
or. II served out of the State Of Colorado,
within nifty days after the service hereof,
exclusive OF the day Of service; or said action
may ba regularly set for trial the same as
though such appearance had been made and
issue had been Joined on such complaint.
The said action y brought by plaintiff to
bonds Of matrimony now existing between
plaintiff and defendant, on the ground Of
non support and desertion and for an order
OF court awarding the care and custody Of
9 minor child OF plaintiff and defendant.
Joseph e. sellars to the plaintiff, and for
costs OF suit. as will more fully appear from
complaint in said action to which reference
IL here made and copy Of which is hereto
attached.
And you are hereby notified that II you
fail to appear, and to answer the said COM
plant rs above required, the said plaintiff
will apply to the Court for the relief therein
demanded.
Given under my hand and the seal of said
Court, ct Meeker, in said County, this 5th
day OF May, A. d. 1914.
[s1ALl A. L. sTREHLKE,
may23-lel8 Clerk Of the County Court.
The Meeker herald., 1914-05-23
Decoration Day

Following 10 the program arranged
by the local camp, g. A. R., for the
Observance Of Decoration Day:
ORDER OF MARCH.
MAT q, 1914, AT 10 O'CLOCK, A. Il.
OAcsr Of the nay.
Mayer aaA CITY council h carriages.
Nodsfn Woodmen.
Lincoln Camp No. ~, W. o. W.
Independent Order Of Odd Fellows.
Ladies' Of the @. AR.
School Children.
Martial Band.
Grand Army Of tho Republic.
The order Of march to be reversed return
ing from the cemetery, and . halt will be
made At the bridge. where the water will be
decorated with flower. in honor Of the
Navys dead.
The closing exercises will be held 1t the
Rooney Hall, at o'lock y. m.
Introduction.
Reading Of orders.
Music.
Invocation by Rev. Lacey.
Idncolns Gettysburg address, by W. g.
Montgomery.
Acknowledging, Miss Marcelle Mont.
gomery.
Address by Rev. r. N. Bacon.
Music.
Address by Rev. McKendree DeMotte.
Music.
The music will be by the choir under the
direction Of ]. W. Rigby.
ArrEsr. Jro. A. WATSON,
Adjutant.
MCKENDREE DENOTE,
GEORGE W. STONE,
JNo. A. WALTON.
Cnrv1 unittaa
The Meeker herald., 1914-05-23

Last Monday, A. J. Widener was
before Mr.. Justice Sanderson charg-
ID with taking . shoot 1t . passing
deer. The complaint was entered by
Game Warden Sam Wear. A fine
Of 500 and costs was assessed again
st defendant who will appeal to
Judge Shervin's court. Mr.. Wide
per claims he was shooting at jack
rabbit Tho warden 10 from. Mis-
soai and wouldn't stand hitched-to
that explanation.
The Meeker herald., 1914-05-23
TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO
should auId acquaintance b forgot,
And never brought 70 MINI
lrrom Tho Herald Of Nay Is. lsssl

Copious rains were the principal
announcements.
1t was noted that Henry A. Wild
hack had gone into the dairy bust
ness on Little Beaver. But he soon
tired Of this bucolic stunt.
Tom Warren, after an absence Of
six months, came In to look after his
White river farm. Tom 10 still en-
gagged In the laudsble occupation OF
making two blades Of grass grow
where one formerly popped out Of
the ground.
May u, 1850
Not much doing-locally speaking.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Baer came In
to spend the summer.
T. d. Riley was the pioneer winter
wheat farmer in the valley.
A deter mined war of determination
on prairie dogs was inaugurated.
B. T. Napier (now ssnator) was
over from Glenwood on business.
The county commissioners rented
rooms In the school house for county
officers.
On the previous Sunday, Rev.
Williams baptised nine children
three on the Mesa and six In town.
The Meeker herald., 1914-05-23
A Queer praeties.

&WVWs SV3Ves0Os
A queer practice which ID general
throughout oil the tribes Of Australia
ID the rubbing Of the skin. When the
children arc still young long cuts are
made across the chest, down the up
per arm and leg and even across the
back and ribs. While the wound ID
quite fresh the cut il opened and q
mixture Of mud II grated In. the skin
being pulled ~ far ~ possible over 1t.
The skin eventually srows completely
around the mud dlling and forms
ridges varying in length and size from
an ordinary lead pencil to the thick.
ness Of q mans little finger and ex-
tending from armpit to armpit-Lon-
don Standard.
The Meeker herald., 1914-05-23

Mrs. Osmer Smith left yesterday,
to join her husband at Pendleton,
Oregon. Many friends here wish
this able teacher and charming lady
. pleasant summer Of 1t on the
Pacific coast.
The Meeker herald., 1914-05-23

William Laidlaw, manager Of the
Meeker electric light plant, returned
to town Sunday, after months alb
sence ut his old home In Illinois and
other eastern points. MI. Laidlaw
comes back looking ~ though the
trip agreed with him.
The Meeker herald., 1914-05-23

Professor and Mrs. Patton departed
last Friday, In an easteriy direction.
A short stay will be made at Denver,
then on to the professors old home
In Ohio. Later, Washington, d. g.,
and other points OF interest in the
east generally will be visited.
The Meeker herald., 1914-05-23

Serial u66A
Department 1T the Interior, q. 9. Land Once at
GlenwoOd sprin9s, Colo, May 10, 1914.
NOTICE Ii hereby given that Lee Ona
Harkcr, formerly Hammer. Of Meeker, Colorado,
who. on September LIST, 1911, made Prescription
IL. Ell sek. Bee is, Up IN, & % ", eth p. NJ,
has Aled nOtice Of intention to make Final
Presumption Proof, to establish claim to the
land above described, before Henry J. Hay,
U. 3. Commissioner, At Neeker, Colombo, on
the End day Of July 1914
Claimant names ~ witnesses:
Edward i. DAVIS, James A. Davis, Alanson
stith and August Strahl. all of Neeker, Colo
E.E. FORDHAM.
mayz8jeT Register.
The Meeker herald., 1914-05-23
800 And $500
SHOE SALE.
All good Numbers
and all
Good Sizes.
Come In and look them over.
A. OLDLAND Il co.
Announcement

Having purchased the ). J. Bowen
property, We expect to open up the
blacksmith shop next Monday, May
18th, and respectfully solicit . share
Of your patronage.
We will try to live up to the motto
IA Satisfied Customer"
Respectfully,
REYNOLDS d BABCoCK.
The Meeker herald., 1914-05-23

ca oans may be secured for Improve.
~ ment or other purposes, on
farms, orchard lands, business or resident
property and to extend or repay mortgages
or other existing encumbrnnees, terms At
trecttve, special options. Correspondence
solicited; address 81 Gas 4 Electric building
Denver, Colorado. ml6ieN
The Meeker herald., 1914-05-23
Beware Of ointments for catarh tina,
Contain Mercury,

as mercury will tureiy destroy the sense of
smell and completely deranRe the whole system
when entering It through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians, as
the damage they will do is ten fold to the rood
you can possibly derive from them. Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney
q Co., Toledo. o., contains no mercury, and is
taken internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the system. In
buying Halls Cstarrh Cure be sure you get tho
genuine. 1t is taken internally and made in
Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney l. Co. Tcst,.
mOnials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 7sc per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for combination
The Meeker herald., 1914-05-23
Legal Notice
orrurcr CORPORATION.

In accordance with the provisions Of
Chapter q, Session LAWS Of ipIS, hereby
declare the following corporation Defunct
and imperative and no longer competent
to transact business within the state OF
Colorado.
THE MKEKER LAND AND IRRI0ArIor Co.
In Testimony Whereof, have hereunto
set my hand and afnxed the Great Seal Of
the state Of Colorado. Done 1t Denver
Colorado, this Eighth day Of May, A. D. 1914.
(SBALl JAMES b. PEARCB,
Secretary OF State,