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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-16

London has to vacate his present
building on January |, and is offer
ing any suit in the house for Sl0.j0,
any $3.50 and $500 shoe for $295
All goods 20 at cost. 1873
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-16

]. NJ. Critchlow Of the Dundee com
pany will arrive here from his home
Friday or Saturday He will prob
ably meet Mr.. Watchorn in Newton
Kansas, for a business conference
Mr.. Watchorn will be on his way
to his home in Los Angeles
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-16

Heartburn Is symptom of indiges-
tim. Take dose of HERBINE in
such cases. The pain disappears in
stanty. The bowels operate speedily
and y'u feel fine, vigorous and cheer
full Price soc. Sold by Bomar Drug
Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-16

Eat Berry's lO-cent cream loaf bread.
s.u
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-16

Msdden's open evenings until min
o'clock Shop early.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04
BATTLE HYMNS BIRTH.
Story Of Writing of Famous War SONG
by Julia Ward Howe.

Story Of Writing of Famous War Soma
by Julia Ward Howe.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe told the story
of how she came to write her stirring
song, the Battle Hymn OF the Repub-
| lic."
ut was during the second year of
the war" she said, land | had gone
to Washington with my husband and
my pastor. the Rev. james Freeman
Clarke. L had wished many times that
1 could do something for my country.
but the way seemed closed. My hus-
band was too old and i'll TO go; my son
was only boy. My children were so
young that ] could not leave my home
for long myself. While we were i'm
Washington there was a great review
or the troops across the river. We
drove out to see it. While it was i'm
progress there was dash made against
some of our troops by the enemy. 1t
was repulsed. but the review was abau-
doned, and the troops came thronging
back to Washington and we with
them.
The progress OF our carriage was
slow, for the roads were crowded with
the soldiers. To encourage the men
we began singing various songs and
hymns, and they would join i'm the
chorus. After we had sung John
Browns Body Dir. Clarke turned and
asked me why ! did not write some
new words for that music. / replied
that had tried several times. but new
or could seem to write any good
enough.
The next morning just about !
o'clock | woke suddenly As 1 lay
there in bed the words Of the hymn
began to form themselves I'm my mind.
| got up and by the faint light Of the
early morning scrawed them on a
piece OF paper and then went back to
bed and sound asleep again That is
the way the hymn was written Sat
urday Evening Post.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04

Photo by American Press Association.
WOMAN NURSE AT GETTYs BURG REUNION.
with mighty love :nl earncstncss
in their hearts, lore and pi5y, and
ability to show them fUit:
Moved by an indonl.ta .e C,'.ire to
serve I'm person the victi 5 of wounds
and sickness, few h.: idred women.
impelled by instincts which assured
them of their ability TO endure the
hardshlps, overcome tie obstacles and
adjust themselves to the unusual and
unfeminine circumstances in which
they would be placed, made Their way
through all obstruction At home and
at the seat of war or in the hospitals
to the bedsides of sick aud wounded.
They We're really hSro.nes. They
conquered their feminine Sensibility
at the sight of blood and wounds: their
native antipathy to disorder. confusion
and violence subdued the rebellious
delicacy Of their more exquisite senses;
lived coarsely and dressed and slept
rudely; they studied the caprices of
men to whom their ties were simply
human-men often ignorant, feeble
minded, out of their senses. ravlng
with pain and fever. They had a still
harder service TO bear with the pride,
the official arrogance. the hardness or
the folly, perhaps the impertinence and
presumption, of half trained medical
men whom the urgencies of the case
had fastened on the servioe,-"Wo-
mans Work In the Civil War"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04
fl Southern SDU
vAMemorial Dap Story .
Copyright. 1911, by American Press Asso-
einiinn-l
BY CAPTAIN F. A. mitchell

copyright, 1911, by American Press Asso-
eiauon.l
I'm our regiment In Virginia I'm 1868
was soldier I'm the ranks who
~ was a thoroughbred, No one even
of his own company seemed to
know exactly when or where he en-
listed, where was his home or any
thing else about him except that he
said he was a Marylander. Maryland
was a border state, the inhabitants be-
ing part nor ,hern and part southern I'm
their sympathies
There was nothing unusual about
Davis fighting on the Union side, for
I'm the border states whole Federal
regiments were made up OF their citl-
zens. But II was singular TO hear
him abusing Confederates with the ac-
cent OF a southern man.
Davis I'm other respects was good
natured fellow, perfectly fearless and
seemed TO have no selfishness i'm his
nature-indeed, was a type Of the real
southern gentleman. We wondered
why hc had not been able TO obtain a
commission, but he reminded us that
the flower Of the Maryland population
was on the southern side. Maryland
was not a good state for northerners.
We were cavalry, and Davis was
one Of the best OF us 50 far as horse
monship was concerned. lie was CON
stantly being punished for roaming
about wherever he liked. He rode all
over our camps ana, whenever he
took a fancy to do so. sailed forth sin
gle handed against the Confederate
pickets That he was a good fighter
was evident whenever there was trOu-
bic on the picket lines. ON such oc-
caslons ne would ride right up under
the enemy's rifles. He always came
back unhurt, and we could never un-
derstand how he managed to escape.
One night while out ON vedette duty
Davis disappeared Shooting was
heard In the direction of the point
where he was stationed. and # was
believed that at last he had reaped
the payment OF his recklessness. A
party was sent out next morning TO
look for his body. but it was not found
Six months passed during which ev-
erything was changed with us. Armies
are like packs Of cards they are con
stantly being shufiled. One day while
on picket duty ] saw man running
from the Confederate lines toward
ours, while men on that side were fir
ing at him. There comes a deserter."
] remarked. The man stumbled two
or three times. fell, got up and came
On, reaching US Ia safety was at
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04

the time sergeant in command Of
the picket post into which he ran, and
he came right up to me.
What was my establishment to see
Davis.
Davis astonishment at seeing me
was equally great. Besides astonish-
ment, l noticed chagrin. His face fell
momentarily; then, grasping my hand,
he shook 1t heartily, exclaiming:
How are you, Charlie? What luck
to come in right among my own boysr'
l withdrew my hand, saying to him,
II don't shake with deserters."
"Deserter. reckon l am de-
serter. had to be or fight with those
cursed southerners."
Il mean deserter from our side"
Davis looked hurt. He told a story
OF having ridden on the night of his
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04
"War' Governors
North and South

ERE is the list of war" gov
ernors: California furnished
- = John G. Downey, Leland
Stanford and Frederick Il.
Low; Connecticut, William A. Buck
ingham: Delaware, William Burton
and William Cannon; Illinois, Richard
Yates and Richard j. Oglesby; Indi-
ana, Oliver L. Morton; Iowa, Samuel
]. Kirkwood and William NJ. Stone;
Kansas, Charles Robinson and Thorn
as Carney; Maine, Israel Washburn,
Jr., Abner Coburn and Samuel Cony;
Massachusetts, John A. Andrew; Mich
igan, Austin Blair and Henry III. Cra-
pc; Minnesota, Alexander Ramsey and
Stephen Miller; Nevada, Henry G..
Blasdell; New Hampshire, Ichabod
Goodwin, Nathaniel $. Berry and Jo-
seph A. Gilmore; New Jersey. Charles
s. Olden and Joel Parker New York,
Edwin ID. Morgan, Horatio Seymour
and Reuben Il. Fenton; Ohio, William
Dennison, David Tod and John Brough;
Oregon, John Whitaker and Addison
G. Gibbs; Pennsylvania, Andrew G
Curtin; Rhode Island, William Sprague,
John II. Bartlett, acting, William G.
Cozzens, acting, and James Y. Smith;
Vermont, Erastus Fairbanks, Frederic
Holbrook and j. Gregory Smith; West
Virginia, Francis III. Peirpoint, provi-
sional, and Arthur l. Boreman; Wis
consln, Alexander w. Randall, Louis
p. Harvey, Edward Solomon and
James II. Lewis.
The southern governors were:
Alabama, Andrew b. Moore, John
Gill Shorter and Thomas ii. Watts
Arkansas, Henry NJ Rector, Harris
Flanagan and Isaac Murphy; Florida,
Madison s. Perry and John Milton;
Georgia, Joseph Il. Brown; Louisiana,
Thomas o. Moore and Henry w. Al
len; Union military governors, George
Il. Shepley and Michael Hahn; Missis-
sippi, John p. Pettus, Charles Clarke
and Jacob Thompson; North Carolina,
John w. Ellis, III. II. Clark, acting, and
Zebulon b. Vance; South Carolina,
Francis w. Pickens, NJ. l.. Bonham
and A. G. Magrath; Tennessee, Isham
G.. Harris and Andrew Johnson, Union
military governor; Texas, Samuel
Houston, Edward Clark, acting, Fran
els II. Lubbock and Pendleton Muir
rah; Virginia, John Letcher and VIII
liam Smith.
The border state governors were:
Kentucky, Beriah Magoffin, James f..
Robinson and Thomas Il. Bramlette;
Maryland, Thomas III. Hicks and A.
w. Bradford; Missouri, c. F. Jackson:
Union, III. II. Gamble and T. c..
Fletcher.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04

The first observance OF Memorial
day I'm the north was In 1896 at Wa
terloO, n. y when General Murray
had the veterans Of his post decorate
the graves Of their comrades. I'm 1857
T. Q. Campbell Of Cincinnati marched
HIS post TO the graves aud laid wrcatbs
ON them. Tn 1868, following General
Logon's request there was "a general
observance Of the day wherever Uuion
soldiers we're buried
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04

him the fact that he was n south
erner, ordered that he be held under
arrest and charges OF desertion be
made against him.
Davis laughed at the idea OF charges
against man who hated COnfederates
as he hated poison, and If he felt the
least doubt about his being able to
clear himself none OF us could de-
tect It,
But the evidence came in heavy
against him. He was recognized as
having belonged to an entirely differ
snt corps from ours and as having
played the same game before, doubt
less serving as a Federal soldier and
carrying information to Confederate
generals. Before the court finished the
case IL came out that Davis belonged
TO an old Maryland family. that he
held commission as lieutenant colo
mel In the Confederate army and was
high I'm favor with several Confederate
generals, whom he had furnished with
enough information to enable any army
to defeat twice It's numbers
Davis was sentenced TO be hanged.
His family might have saved his life
had he been convicted OF desertion.
Indeed, they were handicapped, know
Ing that he was a SPIN fact, an Of
ficer Of high rank In the Confederate
army. The best they could do for him
was to obtain a change I'm the mode
OF his death. The sentence was made
shooting instead OF hanging
Davis maintained the same GOODNESS
OF outward appearance TO the moment
OF his death. Before he was a spy OF
the enemy; now ne was one OF natures
princes.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04

CidliOul
lT1HE few survivors left of all
A That mighty host of stall
9 wart men
Who answered once the
country's call
For help are gatherednow again.
While meath the flag they fought
to save
They totter on their weary way
10 deck a fallen comrades grave,
Their dreams are of a vanished
day.
Asmemory takes a backward sweep
What recollections crowd their
soulsl
They see again the red fame leap;
Above the plain the dun cloud
rolls.
Below the locks now thin and white
Andwrinkled browof age we see
From those old eyes leap into sight
The deathless soul of 90.
Those four dark years, when tears
and blood
Mixed in carnival of strife,
10 us are but an episode;
To them they shaded all of life.
The march through cold, heat, snow
or rain,
Body andnerve strained overtime,
The wounds that manned with rack
ing pain,
Made Of them wrecks before their
prime.
The few now left are marching on;
They'll cross the river soon and
rest.
It's well before the last are gone
That they should know we hold
them best.
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Disappearance right in behind a Con
fcdcrIto camp The opening was
closed behind him There was moth
Ing for him TO do but surrender Be
Ing sOutAerner. as was proved by
his accent, ne had told his captors. he
said. That he had been forced into the
northern service and had long been
watching for an opportunity to desert
notwithstanding this story. 7 march
ed Mr.. Davis up TO headquarters.
where the general commanding inter
Viewed him. The general not being
satisfied with this passing from one
side TO another aud weighing against
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04
Whole Army From Little Rhody.v

Whole Army From little Rhody."
One of the Rhode Island boys in the
civil war on picket duty near York
town. Va, declared truce with a
Confederate soldier. This frequently
happened during the war. what reg
iment do you belong to-" asked the
inquisitive Yankee. 1.-The Seventeenth
Georgia." was the reply. "And what
is yours?" "The One Hundred and
Fifth Rhode Island" The Confeder-
ate gave a long, low whistle and de
parted
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04
General Smiths Threat.

Extra Billy" Smith, the Confeder-
ate general was as irascible as he was
brave. One day he had his soldiers
ia an exceedingly difficult march.
~r-aen they halted the general had a
hard time getting them started again
Finally he exclaimed, "If you fellows
don't get up pretty quick I'll march
the regiment off without you and leave
you all behind"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04
"Five Minutes For Memories,

4 custom which is becoming nation
al IS the silent dedication Of the Eve
minutes beginning at noon ON May 80
10 those civil war heroes who now are
passed away. Soldiers. veterans. pub.
Tic men and just plain citizens am help
to observe the beautiful custom Of dc.
voting FIVE minutes to the memory OF
the men who fought TO keep this coun-
try one nation.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04
Chickamauna.

The word Chickamauga is Of Indian
origin. It Is said to be Cherokee
name sigpifying "the river of DEATH"
The stream received its name from the
accidental drowning Of the people of q
village by sudden rise attributed to
oloudburst,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04
AN OLD BATTLEFIELD.

The softest whisperings Of the scent
ed south.
And rust and roses in the lannon's
mouth.
And whore the thundcrs Of the fight
we're born
The winds sweet tenor In the stand
ing corn,
With songs OF lsrks. low lingering
In the loan,
And low skies bending over love
and home,
But sim the thought. Somewhere
upon the hills
or where the wales ring with the
whippOOrwills
Sad, wistful eyes and broken hearts
that beat
For tho loved sound OF unreturnlng
feet
And when the oaks their ieafy ban
ners wave
Dream OF tho battle and an un-
marked gravel
Frank l.. stanton
a. q a a
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04
31st Year, Whole No. 1881
Cali for Mass Convention

Executive committee Tor Cal
houn county, West Virginia, ru-
tic Is hereby given that a mass
convention will be held at
Gran sville in said county on
Saturday, June 9th, 1914,
at II O'Clock Eoon IF that CAV.
for the following purposes, to-
wi:
lst. To nominate candidate
for House of De'cga' es, a candi-
date Cor Clerk Of the County
Court, ndida'e for c., minis
siol er of the County Curt,
candidate for Clerk Of the Cir
cult Court, and q candidate for
Superintendent Of Schools.
2n1. To nominate candidates
FOR magisterial district Offices in
the several mag s., rial cis ricts
of said county, and TO nom ma e
cand dates FIR any vacancies in
any ,ilice that MAJ Ee lawfully
nominated at sucl mass coavcn-
ton
3rd. To EJECT tlit, dee
gates to each of the fJiiu"ing
conventions: tn Sta Conltn-
ton which meets a Parkeis-
burg on June 9th, 1914, iur tie
purpose of non.ina ing a candi-
d &c for Ccngress-.t a ge: the
Fourth District Congressional
Conven in wien NEE at Park
ersbmg on JLae 23rd, 1914, for
the purpose of nominating a cam
didate for Congress, AMI the
Tenth District SenatOri Il Con-
vention which meets at Su ton
on June Goth 1914, fer the p r
pose OF nominating candidate
for State S nate.
4th. tt elect an Executive.
Committee for said Ca houn coun-
ty, consisting of one m, mixer
for each magis t. rial district
therein.
And we, the undersigned COM
mittee having been requested so
to do by the said Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee for said coun-
ty, at a meeting held by it in the
town of Grantsville, West Vir-
ginia, on the 4 h day Of May.
1914, do hereby s gH,st The fol-
owing rules foe the government
of the said mass c .nven ion:
1st That th4 convention pro-
coed to nominate its candidates
in tn order herein above named.
End. That ch maeisterial
district assemble TO itself and
yote separately upon all candi-
dates, whether for county or
magisterial district Offices, and
report TO the chairman of said
mass convention their vo upon
all candidates.
3,d. That any candidate for a
county Office receiving a major.
ity of all the votes cast in the
several dis jricts Of the county
shall be declared the nominee of
the conve ton; and cand da eJ
for district Nominations rtce,v.
ing a majority Of all the Vo' es
cast in their res pectiye districts
shall be declared he n.m'nee Of
said convention.
4ch. That in determining the
result when voting upon any
candidate in the several districts
that tn teliers +, Quire tie vo-
ters to remain in position until
the vote of their re pective dis
trict shall have been ascertained
and reported to the chairman Of
said mars convention.
5th. Ttat only mem ers of
the Democratic party, or those
" no wish to affiliate with it here.
after aud who at The next ensu-
/ ing election sh4ll be quail fled
voters, shall be emit led to vote
in said mass convention. And
that no person shall be en- it'e4t1
'v.te S We in the magi teri. dis
tlict i'm which he resides and
wherein he is known as a quail
fed voter.
r sp ctfulJ submitted,
c. A. JARVIS.
a. c. MATHEWS.
r. T.. HAYS.
Committee.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04

OF VINO moved among the camps
and travelled with the corps, were an
exceptional class-as rare as heroines
always area class representing no
social grade, but coming from all, be-
longing to no rank or age of life in
particular, sometimes young and
sometimes old, sometimes refined and
sometimes rude, now of fragile phys
ical aspect and then of extraordinary
robustness, but, in all cases, women
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04

fhdvn
til oand
aide but
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04
t On Memorial Day
t Honor Women
t Nurses of the War

.HE women who did hospital
service continuously, or who
kept themselves near the
base of armies i'm the field
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Memorial
Day,
BY JOHN c. DOISEN


Copyright. 1914. by American Press Asso
citation
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-22

% That state aid to the Univer
sity of Vermont, Middlebury aud Nor
witch university be discontinued so
that these funds may be available for
the use of the public schools.
TO finance the system that would
grow out of these changes the commits
sion recommends a state tax of 10 per
cent in lieu of the present eight per
permanent school fund as at present,
and a direct appropriation of $450,00o..
To meet the question of the advisa-
bility of so large a direct appropria-
sion the commission points out that
approximately $4,000 in appropria-
tons was paid out by the state during
the fiscal year 1913-14 Thus the in
crease would be less than $4,000 in
return for which the towns of Yer
mont would receive double the bene.
fits they are receiving now in the way
of expert supervision, trained teachers,
vocational education and transporta-
tion, besides getting the benefit of a
fund of $23O,000 which the commission
recommends be established for use in
equalizing school opportunities and in
the reduction of rates of expenditure
in towns where aid is most needed
Space forbids the discussion at this
time of the commission 5 recommends
tions in detail, but as previously stat
ed, the more we study them the more
convinced we become of their wisdom.
If the Legislature that eonvenes next
month is honestly DESTROYS of establish
| ing in Vermont system that will in
sure all children of the commonwealth
an equal opportunity to secure use,
full educational equipment for life we
believe it will adopt the commission 5
recommendations in all essential points
in spite of opposition that may devel-
OPP from personal, local or institutional
loyalty.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-22
MILITARY AVIATOR DROWNED.
Lieut.. Gerstner of the U. S. Army
Meets Death Near San Diego

0CEANSlDE, Calf, Dee. 22.-Iicut.
L. !. Gcrstner, observer in one Of the
six United States army scout aero
planes that started yesterday on a
flight from san Diego to Los Angeles.
was drowned in the sea 10 miles north
OF here. Capt l.. II. Muller, pilot of
the wrecked machine, was rescued by
Capt. l.. w. Patterson, another army
aviator, whose aeroplane had been
wrecked near where Lieut.. Gerstner
met his death.
Capt Patterson saw the wreckage
of Muller 5 machine in the water and
summoned aid. Muller was rescued
but was badly bruised by the fall aud
exhausted. Gerstner S body was re
covered.
Three of the six machines that en-
tered the flight were brought TO the
earth near here. The other machine
reached Los Angeles IN safety.
Stormy weather and bad air conditions
We're held responsible for the acct,
dents.
The aeroplancs were to have made
the flight back from Los Angeles to-
day to report the number of troops
maneuvering in the vicinity of San
!, Diego. The contest was for trophy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-22
FIFTY PATIENTS EXAMINED.
Victims of Infantile Paralysis and
Boston orthopedic Surgeon.

BURLINGTON, Dee. 22.-Fifty pa
tients suffering from the effects of in
fantile paralysis were examined at
Mary Fletcher hospital Saturday and
Sunday by Dr.. Robert w. Lovett of
Boston whom the state board of health
brought to Vermont. DIR. Lovett was
assisted by DIR. John b. Wheeler, pro-
fessor of surgery at the University of
Vermont, who will have charge of flu
ture examinations Of patients treated,
and by Miss w G. Wright, an author
ity on physical culture and muscle
training.
The examinations were conducted IN
the hospital amphitheater which was
crowded with physicians and others
who were Interested in the work. The
patients examined varied from those
having slight paralysis to persons
who were practically helpless, and in
each ease specific treatment was pre-
scribed.
Each person treated appeared to be
hopeful of results and the result of the
treatment will be awaited with inter
est. DR.. Lovett and Miss Wright re
turned to Boston. On Jan. 2 and 3
thew will be at Barton, where the dis
ease was epidemic, for examination
aud treatment, and in the course of
the winter will go to other parts of
Vermont