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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-12-22

tanning IAirty-seven and S1-100
(37.SI) acres, and circumscribed by
line beginning at corner one. same
being corner SIX of the John Lochrie
smith HhltUn nr" tract, an oak post
being set iG a mound Of stones, and
scribrd J. g thence with the line Of
the lands o. VI, d. Lee S $50 so e.
to corner two, thirty-siX inch pop
lar scriUed; hence to corner three,
six inch s0UrwOod; thence with the
boundary o. 10 w! n. Moore tract,
S. rs - D.. 20 corner four, rock
with wjtu.Szns, IN oak post being set;
thence 90 corner five, an eight inch
hickory IA edge of branch, blazed and
scribed thence to corner six, an oak
post being set; being also corner Of
the 3Ghu Lochrie "Smith-Whitner"
tract and thv ". n. Moore tract;
theme with The boundary of the John
Locbric "SuitH-Whitner" tract n
37o 81 ~ 80 corner seven, a rock
with ot' 'oss"s, Al oak post being set
in a mound -. tones; thence to the
place Of tcr Dnilg.
All gersJsS il terested in said tract
Of land. re Aoreby required to come
forward or the 18th day of January,
=. ID. 1915, and file with the Clerk Of
his COur ~ his Office at Greenville,
\. c., iicir objections, If any they
shou)d have 10 ne proposed purchase
or acquisition OF said tract of land,
by the tnitej States.
!. WILLIAM THURMOND,
United States Attorney.
A True Copy.
(SealD J. 3. KNIGHT,
Clerk United states District Court
for the Western District Of South
Carolina, 1851
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-12-22
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
I'm the District Court OF the United
States-FOr the Western District
of South Carolina.
THE UNITED STATES

OF South Carolina.
THE UNITED STATES
Versus
A certain tract Of land containing
37.81 acres. more or less, situate
IL Pulaski Township in the County
Of Oconee, in the State Of South
Carolina, known as George W.
Smith tract.
Notice that Application has Been
Made by The United States to Ac-
quire the Land Herein Described,
by Condemnation.
Pursuant TO an order made by his
honor Joseph T. Johnson, United
States Judge for the Western District
Of South Carolina, on the 18th day of
November, A. d. 1915, notice Is here
by published that application has
been made to the District Court of
the United States for the Western
District Of South Carolina, in behalf
Of the United States, for the condem-
nation for the public use and purpose
OF National Forest Reserve, OF cer-
tain tract of land, owned or supposed
to be owned by George w. Smith and
Matte Smith, and an accurate de-
scription Of said tract of land being
as follows:
All and singular that tract of land
known as the George w. Smith tract,
situate and lying in Pulaski Town
ship, Oconee County, State of South
Carolina, heretofore said to contain
hfty (5O) acres, more or less, but con-
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-12-22
In the District Court Of the United
States-For the Western District
of South Carolina.

Notice thnI &ppIiCnti0u hHa Boon
Made is Tho United States to 4 q"
Vutre the Land Herein Described,
Ivy Conformation.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-02
Engineer Gillespie Killed.
William Council, Formerly Of Macon,
Seriously Hurt.

William Council, Formerly Of Macon,
Seriously Hurt.
Tuscaloosa. Ala. June 29.-W. P.
Gillespie. of Artesia. Miss. an engineer,
acting firemp In of the Mobile & Ohio
southbound passenger train No. 107,
which left ksre for Montgomery this
morning at { 20 o'clock, was instantly
XII, and + Iineer W. H. Connell, of
&C. S11,.af n. afd Engineer e. l..
Troy, OF IN {sstisAsssd light engine.
were seriou|ly iaEwhen the two en-
gines collidhd s,son just above Law
ley, near MApe-l1De, this morning about
8 O'Clock. Aranber of the passengers
were shakanea fand bruised, but none
of them sustained serious injuries.
The two engines, going at full speed,
struck at a sharp curve just this side
of Lawley land were telescoped, rolling
into the ditch. None of the passenger
coaches left the track. The accident,
according to information received here,
was due td the failure of the light en-
CINE to OBJ serve the signal to take the
siding at l.awley.
Gillespie, Connell and Troy live in
Tuscaloosa. Roy Chapman, news
butch, also of Tuscaloosa, was serious.
ly but not fatally injured. The dead
and injured were brought to this city
on a special train, which was made up
to carry doctors and nurses to the scene
of the accident when the news was first
received this morning.
Gillespie was killed instantly and 9TH
er members of the crew sustained in
inries of more or less serious nature.
The train was an. eastbound regular
passenger train, enroute to Montgom-
cry, when the collision occurred. 1t
was stated In official circles tonight that
a misunderstanding of orders was the
cause of the accident. Blame for the
affair has not been placed.
Gillespie is survived by wife, who
is at present in Baltimore hospital suf-
fering from complicatinn of diseases;
a father, Silas Gillespie, an engineer on
the Mobile & Ohio; brother, Jim Gil
lespie, both of Artesia, and brother
in-law, Tom McWhorter, Meridian,
conductor on the main line of the Mo-
bile & Ohio. The remains were shipped
to Artesia for burial.
A later telegram from Tuscaloosa
states that Engineer Connell has ap-
parently sustained the most serious in
juries. He was bruised about the head
and fearfully scalded. He has been in
several railroad accidents and only rec
emily received serious injuries. Mr..
Troy was badly hurt, but it is not be-
lieved his injuries are of dangerous
nature.
MIR. Connell has relatives in Macon
and is we'll known here. His brothers,
Messrs. Jim and Charley Connell, who
are engineers on the M. & o., spent
their early life here with their aunt,
the late Mrs. Jamison.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-02

histories they studied that MIR. Davis
was not a very great man.
When the monument to the Confeder-
ate soldiers was to be designed for the
Vicksburg cemetery, part of the COM
missioners decided that they would put
statue there, representing history
on the monument, and it was suggested
that this should be a statue of Mr..
Davis, As they stated that no one could
represent Confederate history more
than this grand old man, our first and
only President. The commissioners
tied up on this. and we did everything
in our power to break this tie. and
have this done. | introduced one or
two measures in the legislature, in
structing them to have this done, and
would have continued to fight for this.
but it was finally defeated, and am
sorry to say that owing to the influence
of lady. who was the daughter of a
great Confederate soldier. that mytho-
logical statue representings history is
on this monument.
We know that Mr.. Davis made mis-
takes, but he represented the cause for
which we fought. more notably than
any other man, and when the Federals
captured all his papers, public and pri-
vate, after search, they could find
nothing in them to bring a blush of
shame to the brow of any Confederate,
and when Gen. Sherman charged that
Mr.. Davis used some of the Confeder-
crate gold and silver that was in his
hands at the surrender, the charge fell
fiat even among the northern people,
and they SAID that however much they
thought the Southern leaders were to
blame for the war, that they were
bound to admit that their hands were
free from taking any of the filthy lucre.
So let us teach our young men to honor
the name and fame of Jefferson Davis.
Big BUD.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-02

would ever see him fighting to ensiaVe
brave and noble people. This being
repeated to General Meagher, he said,
"You are mistaken. young man, l am
fighting to preserve the best govern
ment the world has ever seen." After
chatting with William a short time,
Meagher asked him. "are you a fair
sample of the rank and file of the Con-
federate Army" And Bill replied,
mo sir, most of my company are COL
lege men and are sons of large plant
ers." Meagher turned to one of his
staff and said. "if that young man is
telling the truth, we are in for a long
and bloody war. for that class of men
will not be easily conquered" This
was prophetic, was it not? In the first
battle of Petersburg, Barksdale's bri-
gade distinguished itself in holding the
city against Burnside's entire army and
prevented the laying of the Pontoon
bridge until late in the evening; it was
here the gallant boy hero, Pelham. OF
Alabama, commanding Stuart's horse
artillery did such splendid work. and
received such encomium from Gener'
al Lee, who said: ut is wonderful to
see such courage in one so young. .
Gallant young Pelham, who was to re-
ceive his billet so early in the war.
We soon passed the historic little city
and filled with the thought of the dear
boys who had been with me when Twas
here before, and saddened by the
thought of never seeing them again in
this world we went on our way to our
Nations capital, the most beautiful city
on the continent. However, ! must
wait for another letter to tell you of
our visit to Washington. So goodbye
for this time. BIG BUD.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-02
To the Editor of The Beacon.

To the Editor Of The Beacon.
On nv return found that had left
out the names of two splendid young
men in my list of the young men who
graduated this year at the A. & M.
1t was claimed that did this through
inadvertence. This is mistake. l
published the list just as it was given
me, and l would have been glad to
have included every young man from
Noxubee county, and l am sure that |
would not have left out the names of
those two young men, for Mr.. Meth
ery's kin folks are all my good friends,
and Mr.. Peters father was good
-fsie,ai. 4 ! -a..ae. and has nothsr,s kin.
the Russells, have been like kin folks
to me ever since | soldiered with old
Ira and Jack; but very few of the boys
at this school, if any, have kick COM
ing if | never mention their names.
Although | visited the school several
times this year, and spoke at least once
from the platform, only two or three
came up and made themselves known
to me, and spoke to me, which they
ought to have done.
If you don't believe the people read
the BEACON, just let me leave out the
name of some good man, in my letters,
and will hear from it. All are agood
deal like my old friend Mr.. Jarnigan,
long time the dean of the bar of Ma
con, and one of the most influential
men that ever lived in this county, who
said once, that if any of the young
lawyers go to Brooksville or Shuqua-
Ian, the BEACON is bound to notice it,
telling of these visits, as the people
in the county care what these boys are
doing, and then said. II may go to
New York, and be gone a month, and
they will hardly notice it." So you see
we all like to have the old BEACON tell
our friends what we arc doing, and |
think this is a very laudable ambition,
especially in the young men when they
distinguish themselves in any way.
By the way, notice that the COM
mission appointed by Gov. Brewer at
the request of the Panama Canal CON-
missioners, to pick out the most dis
tinguished statesman of Mississippi,
both living and dead, selected John
Sharp Williams as the living statesman,
and | suppose their action in doing this
will be endorsed by almost all true
Mississippians, but when they selected
the gallant Col Lamar as the greatest
dead statesman, they were only toady-
ing to his distinguished son-in-law. MIR.
Mayes. now the leading lawyer of Miss
issippi, for am satisfied that when
ever we think that the time has come
to place the statues of the two most
distinguished statesmen in our Hall of
Fame at Washington, that Mr.. Davis
will be chosen for the first place.
But in these times it seems to have
gotten rather common for the people
to slight this grand old man. Too
many school books have been used like
the one they had in the Macon school,
some years ago, when DR.. FAINT was
trustee. He called his little son, AL
bert, to him one day, and said, "Albert,
who was jeff Davis?" and Albert
promptly replied, "He was arch-trait-
or" and Uncle Josh said, where did
you learn that?" and he replied, SIN
my school history" and there it was.
Of course, The history was taken out
of our school at once. but some of our
young men have been taught by the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-02
Uncalled for Letters.

List Of letters remaining in the post
office at Macon, Miss, for the week
ending June Both, 1915:
Mrs. Ellar Cockrell Mrs. Rosa May
Miss Gertrude Nasany Walter Pallo.
When calling for the above letters,
please say advertised, and present one
cent stamp at the general delivery win
dow. A. q. FAINT, +. M.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-02

The nearest some men ever come to
getting their pictures into the. paper
is when cross (X) is shown on the
half-tone to Indicate where the Inno-
cent Bystander stood when lit hap,
pened. Cincinnati Enqnirer,
Evening star., 1915-04-25

belonged to the Bryan family. The
Rambler knew them well.
The Bryans lived on the road between
Surrattsville and Piscataway and the
Blandfords on the road between Sur
rats and T. B. Their houses were per-
haps three miles apart in straight
line. Both families attended st. Mary's
Church at Piscataway. Members of
both families row attend St Johns
Church at Surratts and a good many of
them are sleeping in the sad and SOL
emn grounds of both churches. On the
Ramblers last walk through that coun-
try he heard that DR.. Blandford. son
of the "old DR.. Blandford.' was still
in excellent health, though advanced
families named are living in Washing
ton.
Would not any of the Rambler's read
if while out walking with no particular
way old colored people who had been
ante-bellum servants of folk he knew
SO well in another part of the worldo
And while ones thoughts are flash
Ing back and forth between the Arline-
ton hills in Virginia and that part of
Maryland between Piscataway creek
and Tinkers run the Rambler presents
the photograph of an old house which
stands on the northerly ridge above
Piscataway creek, which looks across
to the Blandford and Gwynn properties
on the southerly side. and which is an
interesting house itself. On his Booth
trip the Rambler left the main road,
Evening star., 1915-04-25
SUNDAY WASHINGTON G. APRIL g. 19l5-PART z

beth Carson. daughter of DR.. James Car
son OF Alexandria. in 1886. and lived at
Oakville. a big white house outside of
Alexandria. The house was long ago de-
stroyed. After the death of Philip Roach.
James and his wife moved to Prospect
Hill and completed the construction OF the
big mansion, which stands there today
James Roach and Elizabeth (Carsonl
Roach had nine children. and four OF
these and four grandchildren are living
today The wife of James Roach died at
Prospect Hill in 1863.
The narrative of the granddaughter
follows:
THE Union soldiers came to Prospect
Hill May "a, 1861. and took possession OF
the house. and James Roach and his son.
James Carson Roach, were made prison
ers. Philip. another son. was at George
town College He left there on hearing
of the arrest of his father and brother.
and was himself taken prisoner and sent
to the old Capitol prison, and later to Fort
Warren. Boston harbor where he was held
until his release in August. 1865. James
Roach and his son were not allowed TO
go to church, but the Jesuits at George
town College often said mass at his home.
Mrs. Roach had to swear allegiance to
the flag SO she could have pass to go
to Washington and Alexandria.
"The soldiers destroyed everything they
had, and turned the government cattle to
Craze in the grounds surrounding the
house Many a night the family were
awakened by soldiers tramping through
the house under preteXt of finding fire
arms concealed there. No wonder James
Roach, his wife and daughter died during
the war. Their hearts were broken over
their lovely home being destroyed. Forts
Albany and Runyon were built on the
Evening star., 1915-04-25

remembers when Park road east-that
is between Georgia avenue, or 9TH
street and the Soldiers Home - was
called Taylors' lane.
Some time about the middle OF the
nineteenth century William Tayior,
bought tract of land between the ith
street pike and the grounds OF the Sol
diers' Home and built himself house
near where stands now the w hitney
Avenue Memorial Christian Church
The little private road which LED from
the heavily travelled pike to TINS mouse
came naturally to be called Taylors 3
lane.
Whitney succeeded Taylor in the own
ership of this property, and the tract
name was changed to Whitney close,
and Taylors lane in time became Whlt-
ney's lane or Whitney lane. and as the
city extended around 1t and houses
We're closely built along its sides it be-
came Whitney avenue.
In the early '50s-perhaps it was in
1S5o-Dr Charles L. Page lived at the
northeast corner of Park road and
Georgia avenue. DR.. Page was an IN
ventor of various things. and among
these was n locomotive which in some
way was going to revolution1Ze the
transportation business. After building
the locomotive it was tried out on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad between
the station. which was then on Penn
sylvania avenue at I'd street, and
Bladensburg. Mr.. Frizzell recalls that
the rails were then strap-rails spiked
to wooden runners. The Page engine
ran from the station and got out as far
as Bladensburg. where something hap
pened. and it was towed back to the
city by switch engine.
Living in that pretty country near
the intersection of Park road and
Evening star., 1915-04-25

dred yards south of the point where
that road crosses the Columbia road.
At that time the Rambler was not able
to get very much information concern
ing the builders and owners of that
fine property, which. after a period OF
decline, has been restored by new
tenant.
that ramble a descendant OF James
Roach, who with his family lived there
at the outbreak of the civil war. wrote
to the Rambler that James Roach in
herited the property from his father.
Capt. Philip Roach. who came to this
country from Ireland and who was
contractor. This descendant of James
Roach. who is his granddaughter, wrote
that Philip Roach was one of the con-
tractors on the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal, and built several sections of that
historic and useful waterway. He be-
gan the building of the handsome place
overlooking Washington, but died be-
fore it was completed. The grand
daughter of James Roach wrote:
James Roach was never in the Con-
federate army. He organized caval-
ry troop, of which my father. James
Carson Roach, was to be the captain.
but the Union forces came suddenly
into that part of Virginia. and both
James Roach and his son were kept
prisoners in their home.
James Roach died the last year Of the
war. leaving his property to his children
My father, James Carson Roach. lived
sold to a Mr.. Windsor of Alexandria.
From that time on it was rented and went
to ruin"
The Rambler wrote to this grand
daughter of James Roach for more in
formation about the family and the prop
Evening star., 1915-04-25

Shorter where the Convalescent Camp
was The bent old fellow almost
Strengthened up because of his interest
in the subject and hobbled out of the
house to point out a tree on nearby
piece of elevated ground. He said that
the fagpole stood about where that
tree grew and that Col Mckelvin's
tent Gf the Rambler understood the
name) was close by it.
"Ole kuhnI Mckelvin,' said Shorter.
in reminiscent way. "he was a. ZOO
aave. he wah--old Kuhnl Mckelvin.
All waited on i'm. sah.''
Shorter pointed out where the wooden
have talked longer than he did. but the
Rambler had had enough Of the Con-
valescent Camp.
Where did you come from" asked
the Rambler.
From Prince George county, in Mary
land said Shorter. He told that his
father was named George Shorter and
that his father and he were owned by
the Blandford family. which lived be-
tween Surrattsville and T. e. His
father, he said. had been the coachman
for old Dr. Blandford Now comes the
coincidence The Rambler had just
been through that part of the country
following the road which Booth took
from Washington to Dr. Mudd's and
thence to Col. Sam CoXs place, Rich
Hill, and then to Thomas Jones place,
Huckleberry. The Rambler had known
the Blandfords nearly all his life, and
he was able to tell Shorter of many of
the changes which have taken place in
Evening star., 1915-04-25

men with hobbies. 1t is said that men
ride their hobbies. but those the Ram
bles often meets walk their hohhtes-
They are very pleasant men as class
and they are especially agreeable II
you will keep silent on the subject OF
your own hobby and let them talk OF
theirs
When a man has a hobby In which h-
is violently interested-and II is not
a hobby unless he is violently interest
ed in it-he is never quite comfortable
unless, talking to you about II. II he
is very polite person he Will let YOU
tell little about your own hobby. but
he merely endures the conversation
with more or less impatience until he
gets the chance to switch il back I"
his own hobby. One of his favorite
WAYS of switching YOU off and him
self on is to say something like this;
Now that is indeed most interestinS.
but in the matter of my own line Of
work I have observed. etc. etc
The other dav the Rambler made tho
wayside acquaintance of man who
was examining the rails of a broken
down worm fence He said he was
looking for cecropia-that Is. he was
hunting for the cocoons of the cecro
pia moth He was a cocoon hunter
and of course he was interested in
others than the cecropia moth. but the
rail fence, old stumps and trunks or
trees and fallen logs We're the most
likely places to find the cocoon or the
cecropia.
When he moved away from the old
rail fence he began to eye the sassa-
fras and alders, the spice bushes ana
the winter -shriveled sumac- Here he
was looking for the cocoon of the
promethea moth. another very hea1i-
tiful moth Now and then he would
stop to pick the cocoon of the luna
and polyhemus moths. He was inter
ested in moths and could talk moths
for miles. Moths Were the most i'm
portanf things in the world.
Evening star., 1915-04-25
Mystery of a Big Pistol.

NNE of the numerous letters received
w by the Rambler in connection with
his recent account of a trip over part
of the route which John Wilkes Booth
and Dave Herold followed in their
flight from Washington after the as
sassination of Lincoln has come from
Miss Irene Milstead. She tells of the
finding of old pistol under the Sur
ratt House. at Surrattsville. Firearms
were hidden in the Surratt tavern, but
it is believed that those which were
stored there to be used. presumably by
the abductors of President Lincoln.
were taken from the place by Booth
and Herold when they stopped there at
about midnight in their flight from
Washington.
Miss Milstead says: About nineteen
years ago the old house at Surratts
vile was either rebuilt or remodeled.
or. at any rate. part of it was torn
down, and under it was found old
pistol. After reading your article in
The Star I wondered If there could be
any possibility of the pistol having
been hidden by Booth or his compan-
ions. 1t has been in my possession
ever since it was found. 1t is a very
large pistol of the Beale make and
seems to have been made in 1856"