The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26
nY Wal. r.. sI,I,IoNs.

A favorito and. to young folks, high
" exciting, game at Christmas time in
partienlar Interest by yoSns ladies' and nd
fancy for each other. 1t sometimes
began on Christmas Eve, but always
over tho nuts. when a Young lady came
across an almond with two Kernels.
she gave ono Of them to the young
gentleman OF hor fancy and the same
evening. next morning. or at any con
Venient opportunity. In handing "A book
or any other thing TO him. In rcceiv-
Ing anything from him, would cay:
''irilipino," The young gentleman was
then mulcted for pair OF gloves. Il
co'ding TO agreement. or course. IL
tie young gentleman was quicker I'm
was the loser but IL the swain nour-
ishcd II secret tenderness for his op-
ponent In tho game. he was sure to be
caught unawarcs. and forced TO blush
ingly congratulate the winner. 1t was
great fun and a delightful play on the
tender passion.
But. alas. ioyemaking was. soon TO
become secondary consideration. Mar
making. blood etting. became the rul-
ter advanced signs OF strife multiplied.
Men talked OF little but war. Military
sides OF Masons and Dixon's line. in
st. Pnufs even the boys formed com
panies and armed themselves for
palmetto branches.
Raised Liberty Poles.
Liberty or death was the common
expression. and. 10 stimulate the spirit,
liberty poles were raised at all OF the
chief centres. remember witnessing
the raising Of n liberty pole on Meet
Ing Street nj the southwestern angle of
the Charleston Hotel. 1t was in the
evening ana the locality was brilliant
IS Illuminated The streets about the
hotel were packed with people There
WAS At that time an upper and n low
or piazza supported by massive square
columns along the entire Meeting
Street front OF tho hotel. The upper
piazza was crowded with ladies There
also, at the southern end, close TO the
pole, gathered the speaker. who In
cluded almost every man OF note In
Charleston, besides celebrities from tho
interior OF the state and elsewhere. 1t
was stirring occasion and the oc-
CASTOR OF many stirring expressions
The pole Itself was like n huge flag
stair, with q top piece fashioned in
singular resemblance to a fools cap.
Abopt the time Of that c:ent the
city, indeed tho whole State was
thrown into a Juror OF excitement bv
Major Andersou's night lime withdraw
~ from Fort Moultrie to concentrate
lis force tn Fort sumter. Carollnians
generally regarded ii as a treacherous
ana thrtat"ning mhnocuvre, and their
feelings were not Soothcd by the graf
ihc&tion with which the move was
viewed ut the North. Next came ru-
morS that the United States authori
ties proposed Ia rcipforco 49,
derson I'm fror, s,,,,, ".joi an
$50 ~ - sumter. IN TACT. IL was
known that he had asked for addt-
tonal mcu and supplsc. The c.,t.
authorities had hoo, ,,,,,,, 49,"
son r., ,,a,,i. ~ u''Pt 10 Sarri-
-''ou'tic hah batteries Gov
tr!nr Fort sumter and the entrance
OF the harhor were hastily o,.n.ea
St,r.i, ,t o., m. 'iiF cicctth on
80 '.'iiNhH islands. There
80 4" 1htcu states arsenal on the
site OF what is now the Porter Mil
tary Academy ! dn no, - "
whether /, b.d a i'"ien'per
CUSTODIAN. but ! have an indistiuct
recollection that IL was seiznd .no,, .
ter iIafor Spdarso, o,.. - aooi, az
Moultrie evacuated fort
First Sounds of W,r
however yer,, cir,rI,- y, W ~.
stiffness ~ III. a,.,ns. - tccuilcct ;he usual
broken ono Mareh afternio, oy w atafmlnsly
ct nrnn our farnti,. a. - nc booming
Island. think i, MAS nearcp'u aonees