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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-31
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Miss Jerrine Hinton was spend
the-day guest of Miss Erskine Thomp-
ton today.
$50:
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. D. Woodruff and
children were visitors to the State
Fair in jackson Friday
50:
Mrs. j. e. Stephens has returned to
her home in Epley, after visit of
several days to friends in Hattiesburg
80:
Nrs., f. E. Butler and Misses Bes-
sic and Ruth Clark, of Petal, attended
the fair in Jackson Friday.
So:
Mrs. T. NJ. Saunders, Miss Lizzie
Ldyett and Mrs. W. J, Loyett, were at
tendants of the State Fair in Jackson
Friday. II
ks. D. E. Kelly has returned from
jackson, where she went several days
ago to meet Mr.. Kelly and enjoy the
State Fair.
So.
Miss Leo Myers, who has been
guest Of her aunt and uncle, DR.. ana
Mrs. J. J. stevens, returned Friday to
her home In New Augusta.
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Misses Mayme and Ethel Baylis' Oh
Eatonville. left Friday for Houston
Tex. where they will spend the winter
with relatives and friends
49,
News from Mrs. D. Il. Edwards VINO
is spending fortnight at Cooper
Well. is to the effect that her llttls
daughter. Roberta Is improving even
more rapidly than had been hoped
Mr. and Mrs. ]. S. Clark have re-
mrued from Meridian, vhero they
were the guests Of the lstters sister,
Mrs W Fl. sturdivant during the ses'
Aof the Observation-Disclosures FAIR
rs. J. R, Crittonden' OF khoRv'i'o'
Tenn. Al Instant Grand Vice-pre'laen u.
Of the Auxiliary to the brotherhood Oh
locomotive Engineers, was in Hatties'
burg two days of this week In interest
NJ The auxiliary and while here was
tbs guest of Mrs. j. C. Messer' Oh $40
Hardy street
Misc Ruth Bowen leaves Monday Tor
,anrel and not today as stated in FIJI
DAVIS News, to be guest OF MISS Der
nice Mckinley for fortnight ana 70
attend the prenuptial festivities 10 Do
tardered Miss Mckinley. whose mar
r,.gs to Mr.. Chas. Cowden, OF MON
roe. La. will be an event OF the ii.n
aay of November, at which time MISS
Bowen will attend the or'oe do '
of-tonor.
married. Ladies' Card Club
,,.s =. Hutcbins entertained the
med Ladies' Card Club FRIDAY a.
On at her home on Short Bay Bay
= ,shen there were two tables
r. embroidered linen handker'
i were offered as prize and won saa
Mrs. F. H. Dshehs0n. At the hs.. con,
huston Of the games the -. h0S Mrs
served sandwiches and no. tea sss,, Mas
4 o. Russell was the on =. s,ns wsre
"a the club members playing N'l
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-31

plant would perish. This treatment is
good for peonies. lsrkspur. hollyhocks,
columbines, iris, paltycodones, and pc
rennial poppies.
cannas, DahIias.
As soon as the tops of cannas, dab
las. gladiolas, caladiums, and similar
plants are killed by the frost, the roots
or bulbs should be dug and stored in a
cellar. where the temperature will re-
main about IS degrees and should new
or go below so degrees OF above so
degrees. No more earth should be
shaken from the elumps of cannas and
dahlias than is necessary to remove
them from the ground. The plants
may be placed on rocks or in slat boxes
30 the air may circulate freely through
them- No frost must reach the roots.
nor must they become too warm or
dry.
With dubious plants, such as caladi
ums, gladiolas, tube-roses. 1t is desira-
BILE to remove all the soil and dry them
In the open air a day or two before
storing.
The killed tops Of all vegetation may
well be removed from ones flower
beds after Jack Frost has visited them
This is merely for the sake of appear
ance. as 1t has nothing to do with max.
ing the garden more successful the
coming season.
Panstes.
If pansies are expected to do we'll
In the South they must be set out in
the fall. and need the protection Of
manure as do the perenn.als. In the
South, pansies make the best showing
in the early spring. and later in the
summer are burnt up by the hot sun
North of the region from New York
City Of Springfield. Illinois. pansies do
better II set out in the spring than II
planted In the fall, for In these regions
the flowers viii not be affected by the
strong sunlight and they should bios.
som all summer. M
ceraniums. u
The ordinary method Of carrying 81
raniums over the winter as used b
florists 4 - foIlovs;
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-31

Young Me~ fer Action.
Young men are litter to invent than
% judge: litter ior exseution thaa for
opunesl. --Baoon. ~
Evening star., 1914-11-22

called the incident with a smile, active
hostilities between the two armies in
the Shenandoah valley had ceased. The
larger portion Of each army had been
transferred to the lines around Peters,
burg, but Sheridan remained with his
large force of cavalry at Winchester,
where he had defeated Early in Sep
tember.
THE partisan corps which I COM
manded. however. did not by any means
suspend its operations on account of
the weather; we kept up an incessant
war upon the Federal outposts, and 1t
was while engaged In one of these at
jackson Thanksgiving day-that /
had an adventure which came near
ending my career and my life, although
in the Anal result little harm was done
to me and 1t was the Yankees who suf-
fered a loss most material at that
tfme-the loss Of their Thanksgiving
dinner. When in the very heat of the
adventure. Fate seemed to have done
Of chance for any of US to escape
with our lives, the whole affair seemed
anything but funny. In the retrospect
over fifty years. however, the matter
seems but an amusing comedy.
Late in November. 1864. with half a
dozen men / had crossed the Shenan-
doah river and spent the night at
Greenway Court. the ancient home Of
Lord Fairfax. The next day one of my
captains, William Chapman, Joined me
with thirty or forty additional men.
"A short distance away We could see
the smoke Of Sheridan's campfres. but
this did not disturb us. AS a matter Of
fact. we oftentime bivouaced and built
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into his TANKS, dashed out of that
festive camp with the same speed I
had dashed in. Not a shot was fired
at their strange and unbidden guest by
the astonished Federals. But they did
not invite me to stay for dinner; in
deed. I hardly think I gave them time.
Meantime, when I got back to the
wagons my men had unhitched the
teams and were driving them off. Still
without control, I dashed through their
midst in the same unceremonious man
ner I had Just invaded the Yankee
camp. My horse was just as unman-
ageable, running away from the Yam
KEGS as he had been running into them.
My men hurriedly followed me with
drovef Of mules.
THE Yankee camp was now thor
oughly aroused. Their bugles rang
out and soon the bareback squadrons.
with flashing sabers. came pouring out
Of the forest. Then there was a race
to get over the Shenandoah river with
our booty before the Yankees could
catch US. The mules, however, couldn't
all our captures and were glad to get
OF safely ourselves. Three Of my men
were made prisoners. My loss would
have been greater, but Capt. Chap
, man and Beattie rallied the men sew
eral times and checked the pursuit.
ITO sum up. 1 had chased the Yam
KEGS into their camp and they had
chased me out of 1t. But when they
returned to camp they found all their
luscious Thanksgiving turkeys burned
to cinders. It would have been better
Tor them II they had invited me to
stay to dinner and then let me goi
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our campfires in the midst Of Sheri'
dams troops. They could not distin.
guish a Federal from a Confederate
campfire. and the very boldness Of the
act was our surest protection.
Now, Capt. Chapman had just gotten
on the trail Of a Federal foraging party
that was hauling Off a farmers corn In
their wagons. A cavalry guard protect
ed it. We overlook the wagon train Just
as it was entering a dense pine forest.
A strong cavalry brigade was posted In
the forest, but 80 intent were we on
capturing the wagons that we took no
notice of the smoke ascending from
their campf1res, a short distance in
their rear. 1 was riding some distance
in advance Of my men. l remember
two of my best men, were riding be-
side me.
LAS we came within striking distance
I ordered the charge and my men dash
ed in. The picket and guard fired a
few Intellectual shots and fed. each man
to take care of himself. leaving the
wagons and horses in our possession.
Most of the men halted and commenced
to unhitch the horses and mules, little
|suspecting that a brigade of cavalry
was camped few hundred yards dis.
tant in the pines.
t II was riding that day q fiery
young sorrel horse that had never
been under fire before. In the
heat of the attack the curb
OF my bride broke, leaving me
utterly powerless Wild with the
strange excitement of the fight. my
steed dashed by the wagons and, like
a fash Of lightning, bore me into the
Evening star., 1914-11-22

lines and right upon the heels Of the
flying Yankee squadron.
Probably few of my men follow
ed me: I don't know, being too intent
upon my own predicament
"As fond as was of attacking Yankee
cavalry. all this was very much against
my personal wishes. I had not the
slightest control over the maddened
young horse. which seemed intent upon
making a hero Of me. willy-nilly.
was as little Of a volunteer in that
wild charge as Mazeppa was when he
crossed the desert on horseback to q
throne.
II don't remember that recalled any
poetry fitting the occasion just at that
juncture. Flying fast upon the rear OF
the flying troopers, burst like a
thunder clap upon the astonished camp
OF Tibbetts' cavalry brigade. Never
was there a more unwilling visitor.
know 1t.
"It was Thanksgiving afternoon! All
around me were bubbling kettles, boil
ing coffee pots and savory turkeys
roasting over blazing fires. Tibbetts
brigade had somehow struck 1t rich
and were celebrating their Thanksgiv-
Ing in truly patriotic style. All around
lay the hungry soldiers impatiently
awaiting the preparing feast.
Had I been a ghost risen from the
grave they could not have been more
thunderstruck at the apparition Of a
Confederate cavalryman thus dashing
unheralded into their midst. Before
they could collect their scattered
senses, / had managed to wheel my
horse around and, driving my spurs
Evening star., 1914-11-22

river was neared. Even the smallish
man was concerned. although the radio
had told him of the combined attack
from headquarters and the approach or
the infantry corps. Determined In
make a last desperate stand he fell
back to within three miles of the
bridge, where his engineers had hastily
scraped up all the intrenchments the
small force could prepare. and there
they fought It out s.
They fought it out, with the gallant
defense of each man and gun. until the
breaking of dawn, until the thin ranks
were almost spidery In thinness. until
the dead and wounded strewed the field
and field guns changed hands. there
being no one left to fire them. Just
when it seemed as though the night
was irrevocably lost there came
shout from the rear and the clatter
of artillery dashing up. and the tired
little man smiled again. for he knew
that the Great Soldier had not failed
him, and that the corps was up. to take
the tight out of his valiant hands
Then the real battle began.
Copyright. 1914, BY the Wheeler Syndicate ise',.
Evening star., 1914-11-22

came the scattering shots which told OF
contact with outposts; then came the
heavier firing of the line OF resistance.
where the supports had hurried, ana the
engagement became general throughout
as the outpost was pushed back with de-
cisive movement. -
The infantry Ieaped from the motors
and formed before pushing ahead. And
as they moved forward. long lines OF
horses were passed, linked together un-
der the charge of a few troopers, while
the dismounted men were out on the
line, blazing a way forward.
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Immediately, under releasing orders.
which had been issued ever since the
cavalry column left, the depleted forces
in the front near headquarters were
put in motion. and a night attack was
launched But, what was not generaliy
known, after the cavalry had detrained
and left on it's raid. trains continued
to come in from the south. from which
division after division of infantry had
disembarked and followed the trail OF
the cavalry off to the northward.
The problem which was now up to the
smallish man. the cavalry chief. was
to hold his position for ive hours more.
for the cavalry had that much time on
Evening star., 1914-11-22
"REMINISCENCES OF civil, WAR TOLD BY WASHING

''On the whole. think I got rather
the best of 1t, or they got the worst of
It. The following spring I met Gen.
Tibbetts at Millwood under a flag of
truce and we laughed heartily over
my narrow escape
A tale of Thanksgiving day at sea
is related by Capt. o. 8. Lilley, u. S. N.
retired. who was with the Union feet
during the civil war.
my first Thanksgiving" he said
was the one that fingers in my mind
I was an ensign aboard the Poca-
hontas, which was doing blockade
duty of Mobile. We had been at sea
for days and our supplies were getting
low. On Thanksgiving morning there
was a strong suspicion among US that
we would have a day of fasting in
stead Of feasting. We could not pos
sibiy have run down to Pensacola for
fresh supplies.
Fortunately for US. We had not
During the forenoon weird smells
emanated from the galley. We began
to lay wagers that the cook had SNUG
gled a pet zebra on board without our
the table. One officer almost broke
down when the horrible thought came
to him that the cook. in a moment OF
misguided zeal. had slaughtered the
ships monkey.
by the time the dinner hour had
arrived the officers were in a frenzy
of curiosity. We seated ourselves al
the table. In marched the cook, hold
ing above his head the most gigantic
pie have ever seen.
"'What's in itT shouted the officers
In chorus.
The cook saluted.
Everything 1 could flnd, he re-
piled, modestly.
Never In my life have eaten a
more astonishingly favored dish than
that pie. The cook had told the truth
Eating the pie became a sort of sport
Ing affair. One moment we would be
munching salt pork, then we would
find a bit OF smoked beef. a section OF
potato or remnants of canned goods.
"'Sea pie was the name we gave
that dish. The flavor of it fingers witt
me still. 1t was hearty and filling. Il
had three layers OF dough instead o.
Evening star., 1914-11-22

the world were there. Passing. in the
gloom, lines Of cavalry disnounted, the
officers peered into one anethers faces
In their effort to distinguish who was
who.
well, I'll be darned. Tom" said one
.,,teriay heard from Lane that you
were at Boul. a hundred miles away"
"Was," said Tom, until this afternoon
Bye" And he pushed along with his
troop.
Then the lines of cavalry waiting at
the. roadsides and in the nearby fields
gave way to long parks OF motor cars
and trucks. In which interested Infantry
men packed themselves as tightly as
their officers permitted. Motor parks. In
turn. gave way to parks of horse ar
! ti,lery, with horses hitched to the guss
and the gunners loungins beside them.
and at the end of the line. before the
ammunition carts were reached, the gray.
ghostiy bulks Of an advance guard light
pontoon bridge train loomed in the night.
Ambulances were there. motor and horse.
while mounted detachments of signal and
Evening star., 1914-11-22

These fights occurred from November
23 to 25.
"Thankssivins day we had nothing him
mems clothing was almost gone and
their shoes were about useless. but
never did an army oner up sincerer
prayers of Thanksgiving than did We.
Every regimental chaplain offered up
thanks to the Almighty. and men who
were not of the religious type bowed
their heads as they realized that saliva
tion had come"
After slight pause Col McElroy
added with a slight smile:
$50. You see. it isn't always neces-
sary to have big dinner In order to
celebrated Thanksgiving"
A more picturesque experience came
to Col. McElroy. though. because of
its relative unimportance as ma
tional event it failed to impress him
as deeply as did the Thanksgiving of
the year before.
In 1864 this veteran was prison.
er with 5000 other soldiers, in the
sonville. Word came to them there
that Savannah had fallen and a little
later they were taken on fiat cars In
a beating rain, to Millen station, which
was fifty miles away.
Il was glad our cause had won."
said Col. McElroy in telling the story,
''and for that reason I gave thanks.
Personally l had little to be thank
full for. 1t was the most unpleasant
railroad ride In my experience. Our
rations comprised a quart of meal a
day. We were without salt. Thanks
giving dinner consisted of a small por-
ton of the meal. mixed with water
and baked over glowing Goals"
Col John S. Mosby. the Confederate
cavalry leader, not only furnished the
theme, but likewise played the role OF
leading actor in this one-act serio-
comedy, a wartime drama. with the
valley of Virginia as the stage. the
Blue Ridge mountains as the back
ground and roast turkey as the piece
de resistance around which all action
centered.
I'm the latter part of November. 1864.
said Col Mosby the other day as he re-
Evening star., 1914-11-22

faced man Of rugged mien. leaned against
the door Of the tonneau. shook hands
with the smallish mSa and said, Good
bye; good luck and I passing officer al
most fell from his horse in surprise.
Good Lord" he said to himself, 'it's the
Old Man himself talking to the cavalry
chief; things are about to pop"
At a definite hour and minute. the
advance guard of the cavalry moved
out, taking its proper formation. not
eastward toward where the enemy lines
lay, but straight northward. Following
closely there came regiment after reg
silence, the column broken here and
there by artillery and the numbering
lorries with their loads of grinninE
infantrymen. 1t seemed as though the
passing troops would never end And
what the staff knew. what every OFF,
Ger suspected, was that each road for
some miles was choked with a similar
column, all headed in the same direc-
tion.
Soon after leaving. the columns took
Evening star., 1914-11-22

r ATE autumn. with all of its bit
terness. descends upon the en-
battled legions of Europe. add
IL ing to the suffering Of long
enduring armies. In this coun-
try the month of November is a cheer
full one. for Thanksgiving is near and
Europe's war is far away. But the re-
currence of the day brings back to the
minds of civil war veterans recollec-
tions of other Thanksgivings spent on
the battle line half century ago,
when this continent was the scene OF
desolation and suffering.
Col. John McElroy was describing
the other day his memories OF Thanks
giving.
1T became a national holiday. you
remember, during the civil war;" said
he prior to that time it had been
regarded more as New England Gus
tom. distinctive as is the Mardi Gras
today. AS ] remember. the first proc
1amation was issued in 1862.
II believe that my most vivid recol-
lection of wartime Thanksgiving days
was during the campaign of 1863, !
was then a sergeant in the 18th Regi-
ment of Illinois Cavalry. You will re-
member that earlier in that year we
had won the victories of Gettysburg
and Vicksburg, and the tide of the
southern advance had ebbed.
During the fall the army of the
Cumberland. to which my regiment
was attached. suffered severe reverses.
Finally. late in November. We were en- :
camped near Lookout mountain, and
we were decidedly apprehensive. for
s. looked as though the enemy would
3ina3ly succeed in starving us into sur
render. There was practically no food.
We. had fought for days on parched
corn. The country had been SO dew
Rstated that unless supplies reached
VS. we must give in.
Us think that 1T was September 20
when.: We first heard the report that
Gen. Grant was coming to our relief.
1T seemed at first that we might be
mistaken. But we were not. He reach
ed our army and in the battles Of
Lookout mountain and Mission ridge,
rolled back the southern soldiers
Evening star., 1914-11-22

ports Messages commenced to tick in.
supplemented by q clear line telephone
conversation between great soldier and
subordinate chief. following which
number Of mysterious orders were Is
sued.
The supply department got busy and
from the various elements of the COM
mand the lightest and swiftest trans
portation from the various units mobil-
lied at different points, yet within easy
communicating distance.
Engines pulled the standing box cars
from the sidings to some other place In
rear Details of men began erecting
sloping ramps at different points along
the line of the sidings and the quarter
master corps men stack grain sacks
and cans of petrol at convenient points.
while every automobile and truck with
In twenty miles was notified to report
to a certain place an hour after sun
down. Evidently some one had some-
thing to conceal from prytng aeroplane
eyes.
with the coming Of dusk, trains be-
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last moment. Then the limbers whirled
up, picked up the guns almost from
under the noses Of the enemy ana
dashed away to a new position. The
horses crashed into fences and scat
tered men. There was no time to PICK
and choose, although scouts galioped in
front with swaying lanterns striving
to pick a way for the retiring guns.
The cavalry, brigade which mad been
left facing eastward was now neard
from. From in rear the enemy mad
launched a force of horses In desperate e
advance for the bridge and river, and
the little cavalry brigade was STUB
bornly countering, with the assistance
Of Its horse artillery.
Slowly coming together, the oivioeo
forces Of the cavalry chief met at last
and made q common front as they were
pushed back.
/. The thunder Of the guns came closer
and closer a. the enemy's batteries
moved forward. The infantry lines
came thicker and thicker and the cav
airy was almost thrown OF its feet by
the vigor of the attack. Yet the thin
line, while 1t gave way. held intact.
though very wavery from the lack OF
vision as to its fellows, but the distance
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Copyright by Underwood

up a speed Of about seven miles per
hour. The horses trotted and the ma
chimes groaned g. little on heavy
laden springs, while toiling transmits
sions and differentials growled under
The added burdens.
For about five hours the northerly d.
rection was maintained, the columns
gaining in that time nearly thirty
miles. Then, with careful detachments
covering every few yards of front, the
columns turned squarely eastward. and
the men frightened in their saddles and
swaying seats, for they all knew, by
the grapevine telegraph of the service
presided over by an accurate Dame