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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-28

Tells How Great Section Of. Old
dominion w as Devastated
i'm Year Of 1865.

G#IAREEST0N, March o7.-Fffty
years ago. conht Ions in stanton and
Augusta weEs mot unlike the plight.
IN which WEI stricken Belgium finds
herself TO-DAY A. DOW erful invader
had practicaffS siIbiugated the valley:
there was little food, and like The re-
mains of KinE AIbert's noble army,
there We're but Small. depleted forces
II TO resist the fnyad srs. says ID. q. Cal
laher, an old augusta boy. who is now.
a prominent CHARLESTON attorney and
who hasS Tisten a story OF the fight
lng around 81 taunton in March, 1865.
which u graphically Interesting.
His story appears in the Stanton
daily LeadeT it recalls the stirring
events. OF TT 81 wears ago to many OF
y the older cit ems of that section and
OF this.
fr.sGaiIaher;w was a member Of Co.
u First VII gfIta cavalry, an Augusta
command. which took part in the last
battae az the valley, fifty years ago,
Besides shis personal knowledge OF the,
events on that time, he has referred
TO Official printed reports Of both ar:
sliies, and mis- INT eresting recital, which
fclls5Ws n rs taken as und teddy. re-
Liable:
The Situation in 1866.
The situat ton in Virginia north of
the James river early in 1866 was
tempting ripe for Just such events
as aetual ~ occurred Grant was.
ightening his starngle hold around
Lees deplet ed and half starved army
at Petersburg Man and beast every
where were suffering for subsistence.
Even the Shenandoah valley, Justly.
called! the granary Of Virginia. had
been stripped bare by both armies
and in the preceding fall, Sheridan
had burned many homes and mills
and every barn and had carried off
every foot OF stock to be found by
his soldiers. a somewhat prototype OF
Belgium today. The farmers too old
for Military service and their. families
throughout Virginia and elsewhere
We're Keeping body and soul together
with the scant remnants left by the
agents OF the Confederacy who Sim
pressed. everything possible for the
army.
The Gonfederacy Starving.
The CerHederacy was starving, The
only reliable main channels of supply
were. twb railroads running into Rich
mond, the Virginia Central (now the
CO Or r. y from west of Stanton,
and the old Richmond and Danville
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-28
Houses are Required i'm City,
Country shore and in
Mountains.

/ Il .
NEW Y0RK, NJ ar. q THE number
of Advantageous summer colonies Is
Legion, and 1t would be- difficult to se-f
1ect any one which has not among
it ,sIne eBt1efs IA few select individuals.
whoge friendship is desirable But
there is a reg la i routine for the SUM
smer planned by the so-cal1ed society
folk. There must tbe for one thing
the country house near New York,
VII ch, ifsnot kept open all winter for
Neekyends is opened early in & the
spring and is the first step in the
summer campaign.
Country Places Charming. S
Country places near New York have
eachsand all different sports to make
them, attraetiye OF course. hunting
leads and hunting is$becominE more,
and more fashionable all the time for
sspart Of the duty Of every parent
toEseE that sE1is children arc instructed
II inst he art OF Ehorse hip. The rising
generation rides uncommcnly we'll and
Isl absolutely at home in the saddle.
While the older people are, well known
onsthe hunting field. There is q regil-
larEhunting season in the spring. the
very earl spring, at which. it is exc
.cee1ingly smart to be seen. The first
OF May opens the racing season., and,
ofSScouR &c; That means that society is
out of town
war las changed the usual
Summer sch edlIle very adically The
trip abroad, with the opportunity OF
S-taking part in the season in Paris and
Icndo has for years been just as
important as the winter season in the
cities, If not more so. Now that is
al at AMI end, and society is really
piizzledL GS4t how to fill inSthe time
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-28
Tie LOnes one Gray !:

2, From the Indianapolis News. 8
A. Old gray nag, With ! droop anu
reve,tp at tie rnrb tsals
And, as horses talk as well as bail;.
We heard the old steed say:
Were are the friends, tile gooa Old
friends
knew in the days sone by:
The Bills and Petes OF t.1e city streets
Are sonehut herefam T..
The motor rave Of tbs speed nal
@ Has driven them ali sway,
Till now m classed with tie Iiazy
past 8Isys#
And known as the lonesome Gray.
Il gaze to right and nj only sig.t
Is motors OF divers sty:e:: NJ.
7 look to left and my soai's bersft
or even an Old pals s1r i,e.
They're to have a motor show
glad A.
Old days Of the lcng ago.
b. Z
They'll shine and rub each spoke
and hub,
They'll make the bodies shed
A lustrou sheen a Ike that I've seen
put on the thoroughbred.
..-rhey.ll talk If nIi,n;,s f.sn,.ins, and
bumps.
They'll gossip Of tools and tires.
But never. a word will there be heard
OF love for line OF sires.
Well, 4 suppose wise progress knows
The need ofa the world today.
But my old eyes blur W hen men prefer
Honk honk to a friendly neigh ~
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-28
VETERAN Or CIVIL, WAR
SAYS VIFl GINA VA I. <El'I
WAS BELGIUM IN. 1865

and the Virginia and Tennessee via
iLyncflburg, and the small and slow
boats OF the canal also from Lynch
burg TO Buchanan. General Grant
easily designed to cut of absolutely
even those feeble arteries or supply
from, Lees army near Richmond and
directed Sheridan then IN command
at SEincheste ter, to do So
Sheridan quietly spent several
weeks in getting together some eight
thousand or more picked cavalry, ar
tillery, wagons, etc The official re-
ports show there were within his
reach and control over twenty three
thousand cavalry in and near the
lower VALLEY. guarding railroads, etc,
and attached to his main army at
Winchester. Mosby's ever vigtlant
andTdaring command liable to strike
at any hour or place, necessitated
the presence there OF this unusual
member OF the enemy's cavalry. Every
ma horse, wagon and equipmen was
carefully selected for Sheridan's ride
through Virginia to join Grant at or
near Richmond. and on one of the
last days OF February there rode out
of Winchester on their mission of
ruin and destruction the best equip
ped large body OF horsemen ever seen
on this continent There was but lit
tie to oppose them They were head
ed for Richmond and expected to. as
they did in fact, sweep the valley clean
of SConfederates and to destroy as
they Went. and the results of their
bosom Of destruction were, indeed, vis-
ible for years after.
Command Had DMindled.
fatalities and assertions and most OF
it4had been sent to hard pressed Lee,
except some OF Wharton,s division,
which was then way in the rear In
winter quarters near Fishersville, six
miles east of Staunton. and even frop.
1t frequent desertions were occurring
There was no subsistence for the cav
airy down the valley, and hence they
were scattered, some at Swoope, tof
Rosser's commandl west of Staunton,
and some. near Lexington. (of Lo-
max's command but very many We're
at home on furlougll or elsewhere
feeding and saving their horses for.
the expected spring campaign y
Sheridants spies and :. Jessie Scouts"
(spies in Confederate uniforms)
swarmed over the valley and inside
our lines, making daily reports, as
TOMS hingly accurate, for Sherfdan's
reports showshe know details of the
situation far better than Early, who
had only about one hundred and fifty
cavalry between him and Winchester.
p pic and scouting around AHar
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-28
California Woman IS
Mother Of s Qudds 81
q Mell though they are frail:
IiT1. Pafristi, of At ilasille, attended tie

- "
case as S,s 81 " SssEs
Mrs NfcKnight is the nIotlaeF or nine
other en- ilareu. 4
Weighs Only 10a Pounds.
Mrs. Mcknight. now the mother Of
pounds. She Is aged As and her nus
band IS OF like age. They are humble
people. In rather poor circumstances
and live ON the Joe Barnes place, NJ
miles south or, Bella Vista
The happy mother is doing Well
There We're no eompl ;cations in tic
acconchmcnt. Every thing came abonts
in a normal way. ~
The first was boy. To the. sur.
prise OF physician and lother this
was not al
There are wins, X said the; physi-
clan
In the course Of half an hour the
second chill ia girl came into the
world. s. s58 n ssa
Hold on, said the astonished
sician. There another one, 4, and at
1890 the second boy. or third child,
came into the world and set. up q 1iisfy
yell.
attendants Kept Busy.
The physician and parents we're
sasIounu ea----ar q sess a nd at544
remnants had t1elI nds full TO proT
vide for. three little ones, for cloth
llnlgs mad been provide cd TOT only
- ~ me Wcnae IS NOT ne
lncIner was Still in IA Dor
heres another: declared the ass
founded physllan, an dat ~; a. tho
io cui chi Id cir, little one
came into the world, and q dusty vel
from its little lungs was an assurance
l % she was an ana we
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-28
Gives Birth to NO Boy and
TWO Girls, and aIl8are Alive
and 10 Tell.


Ma =. ~
eahs ree,fos ior sslalloIl,
ne save olltn we. Wy J sae ~
q s. TTe I, fttla ~ ~ arc Is i've an oing
IA Iss
$500 ---= :.
s,,.,,. ~, -, ,,ct;e rs u, forces
Iii. =. Is -, T.,
- ~ &
y, 80 IL. s.
q = sss4e
" tse ,os g
N q bal game q lev e nas
y NJ ~ - ss
&c. \. 81. J:
Reports from the rural district OF
the central and northern section OF
the state indicate that the crops that
will be planted this year will be the
most extensive Of many seasons. Pre-
Tons OF shortage OF many uppilles mas
lions non ol shortage OF many supphes nave
ms l sure3 anun !1val1 crops.
--'--
u: = proinl1ent inner y;
on the county, d1ed AFednesdaF at MS ~
nome near the city5anu the Is ondy'
was was inferred on HfilldslS i1e was a
f llast or the county
&. Sc
THE Rev George n !. Trail CT the
Home: Mission board. was present at
81 snissjonarv tst.on Ference ,S-i,icl, wa {
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-28
llIIl5
HOLDS. IAl
|l||0IlA| LABEL
And Gives Man Two Months
Road Sentence for vioIat-
ing Yost Law.

GRAFTON. Mar. 22T.-Found guilty.
Of carrying more than the Il. permits
ss.ble two quarts of intoxicanfs In Il
s1,1 case. which had only rag giv-
ing its bill OF hiding, Benny Res
ter was fined 400 and put to. work on
the county roads for the usual two
months period.
All Grafton and surroundin dis
trict was horror stricken this week
by the tragic death OF A.tEs.. ~ Means.
ex-sheriff of TAYLOR county, Republt-
can party leader, and a prominent
real estate and insurance man Means
VISA accidentally shot to death by fall
Ing on shot gun while climbing
over fence on the. Armstrong prop
5erty. six miles from this city. He
was alone at the time Of the accident
and the body lay in the field nearly
three hours before it was found Death
is believed to have been almost in
Simultaneous as the entire charge OF
shot entered the body in his side near
the heart. His widow mother; one
brothers and two sisters survive him.
Service has been made of al petition
IN bankruptcy upon the Columbia Tile
Company. a S 109. 600 concern. "a OF this,
cit The petition is returnable on
April 6 to the United States District
Court Of the North fern District of West
Virginia, which convenes at Philippf
ofine vapor, said To- have igniteds
from an open gas ligh wars the cause.
of fire which Quilted the interior OF
a small building on the property kof
the Crystal Ice Company The loss.
will not exceed $500 ,s5s
The ROYAL Window Glass Company
has closed down its plant here for al
period az thirty days, assigning as the
reason the over produ ctfnn of window
ssiass II throughout the United States.
About 220 men are ffected. s4
The Beaumont Glass Company EN-
nloying, bout 200 men at its plant.
here. will Increase its force in the.
near ne Y future. after having been run
Ming on light time for several weeks
This plant makes pressed glass ware.
3f the lyceum course, uni Ter the aus
pices or the Young Mems Christian
Associa ton. closed a successful sea-
son here THURSDAY snigh t with the APP
.pearance OF the Kel1erma b Dramatic
Company u {
) At the meeting OF the CITY commits
sion this waek,Sa nambe r of new city
ordinances We're passed These pros
0hibit use of punch boards and similar
devices. prohibits the sale Of intoxi-
cants, regulate storage of gasoline;
and place taxes upon slot machines.
~ AZ 49, -.
Mrs: Susan Suffer. aged rs. was
burned TO death in b erS home at sBer-
erly Tuesday when. her four room
cottage on Main street was burned to-
the ground. An explosion of oils
thought TO have caused the fire
The West Virginia Industrial School
ftors,Boys, at Pruntyt town, is the only
institution in Tay lor coun III which IS
.affected by the inability Of: the state
to pay salare etc, and provide funds
for new tbuildin gs J. WI ichi have been
authorized. The Institution as ard
hit but will be able to continue as at:
presenter a. time unit lnorH money
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-28
D!RIGIBLEs
Are Sought by United States
Goyerrnle mt and Bids.
Are Requested.

"a .Rr me-
NEW y ORR, ar. lard upon
Inc news OF; Gcrmany,s spectacular
Eleppehn raid upon Paris comes a re-
port from the United States navy that
1t is in the market as a purchaser. Of
two dirigibles. Particulars for bids
for the construction Of these new air
craft N.eEes made public by the navy
department. ,6
Henry odhouse, chairman OF the
dir glble committee and governor Of
Aei:oAsC Cub of America, has re-
Iceived proposal blanks for use BY.
bidd els This Is an Important and
timely deyelopment,' = said Allan II.
EiaMley president of the aero club.
The nat ions OF tn e ord have close
to- Zoo dtrtg5bles which have been
shown to be Of great value for some
purposes The navy is to be COM
nended for@tiiis pew departure % 81
of Company 2, with heroic daring.
checked the enemy and some we're
captured General Rosser, with a. \
alf1dozen men selected by him, left
the pike on the hill above Fishers
vile as the enemy came in view, and
rode around Sheridanss forces to as
certain IL the latter, like General
Hunter did 3 was going to Lexington
and Lynchburg via Greenyille, and
was only making a fient towards,
;Rocktish gap. Rosscr sent back from
near GreenYille to EARLY a courier.
who, after running into the enemy.
whose main forces were still insfWay.
nesbpro that nj g.ht, escaped ana some
years after met General Earlygfor the
first time and ID liSered Rosser.s be-
lated dispatch verbal andsnot much
to Early pleasure Sheridan rode
unopposed thereafter, crossing Rock
fish gap to Charl ottesvtlIe and thence
to Columbia destroying the Central
"a tlroad and the cana, and finding
the James river too swollen TO cross.
and stroytng the railroads on the 4
south de as he QrlginaH y int ended,
tWenfs ~ III anoyer court house and on /
the s1xtesnth Of March Joined Grant
at the White louise, being followed
which General Rosser had stily
gathered UP, but who never overlook
Sheridan, the roads being well nigl,
and after continuous
heavy. rains SO cut up were they BY 4
Sheridan, that the deep ruts OF his
tracks remained forsyears after
II early In the mo rning OF March ttI. |
ALL ount ackson. the heavy conror
Of apriso art u lers wa CONS. etc.
sent to Winchester from Wayueaborn.
was fruitle ly attacked by a. body of 1
cavalry attempting reg
cue. aud here the last shot by an orr
iganized body Of Conf derates wasSl
'dredz la that Wall ey rendered iu1rnor-
tai four years OF the most renark-
mod srr iistoFysl
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-28

The Beaumont Glass Company en-
nloying about 800 men at. its plant
here. will increase its force ia the
near future. after having been run
Ming on light time for several weeks
This plant makes pressed glass ware
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-28

The ROYAL Window Glass Company
has closed down its plant here for al
period az thirty days, assigning as the
reason the over production Of window
ssiass throughout the United States.
About go men are affected
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-28

s The lyceum course. lnd der the aus!
pices OF the oung Mems Christian
lAssocia ton. closed a successful sea-
son here Thursd ays night with the ap7:
.pearance OF the KelIerman Dramatic
C0mpany, 81 \ sssssss
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-28

; At the meeting OF the CITY commits
sion this week, a numb Ter OF new city
ordinances were passed These pro-
hibit use of punch boards and similar
devices. prohi bits the sale Of intoxi=!
Icants, regulate ,storage. of gasoline;
and plac e taxes upon slot machines.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-28

Mrs; Susan Suffer. aged Is. was
burned TO death in b er HON ef saBer-
erly Tuesday, when her four room
cottage on Mains street was burned to
the ground. An explosion of oil is
thought to have caused the fire. s.:
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-28

Service has been made of a petition
IN bankrupt upon the Columbia Tile
Company. IS 100 900 concern. OF this
city The petition is returnable on
April 6 to the United States Bistrfct
Court Of the North fern District OF West
Virginia, which convenes at Philippf
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-28

Gasoline vapor, said To- have Ignited.
from an open gas ligh wars the cause.
of a fire which Quilted the interior OF
a small building on the property of
the Crystal Ice Company The loss.
will not exceed $500 is5s
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-28

C. o. Mcknight, father OF the fol
is a :laboring man in the employ or
the Shasta Land and Timber. Com
ipany. He us a steady worker and as
good proYider as III sIneans pei nlit
The couple came from Texas two
wears ago
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-05

-OHN J. McCloslzey will leave Tues
day night or Wednesday morning.
on a hurried trip TO Tucson, Phoe-
nix and Nogales to see how things
are progressing for the Rio Grande
league on the western end Of the
circuit, and also to investigate condi-
tions at NOgales, which IS seeking a
franchise.
a tentative sci edule Tor six clubs
has been made public but in the event
that Nogales looks good, an effort
viii be made to get either Douglas or
Bisbee into the circuit and make it
eight clubs. Should that fail, Noga1es
VIII be kept as a sort OF reserve city
in case any other city should drop
out
The officers Of the league are deter
mined, however, that as time is slip
ping away, no chances will be taken
and that the league viii positively
open on April p. Six clubs are now
ready and il it is possible TO get two
more, they will be admitted. Otherwise
the circuit viii be six clubs
The first annual meeting Of the
league viii be held next Sunday.
Whether il will be in Fl PasO or Tue
son has not yet been definitely de-
cided- The western clubs prefer Tue
son but Ell Paso is more central and
taking the meeting to the Arizona
city will mean a very long trip for the
Albuquerque delegates. Consequently
it is likely that FL Paso viii be the
selection.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-05
Southwestern Sport Gossip

@HE Silver City high school ball
team DEBATED the Deming high
4 in a fine game of baseball at
Demins a few days ago. by a score Of
6 to .. a rally near the end OF the
game gave the Silver City boys five
runs and enabled them to nose out
victory. Errors were rather numerous
DCming making ten and Silver City
five, but there was plenty of excite
ment throughout the game. Carl
SchadeI, who pitched for Silver City,
allowed but five hits and famed ten
while Hardaway. of Deming, was
found for eight hits. He famed nine
The Deming team was: Wing. SIS;
Phillips, %; ROsch, 1b; Sipe, If; Sod
tero. If, Hamilton, C; Hardaway, p;
Burr, Of, Robbins, Sb: Taylor. r.
The team Of the Silver City high
school is: J. SchadeI, SIS; Graham, Oh:
Wylie. IL; Hateley, IT, and Oh; Laing,
3b. Dunlop. 1b; McGraw, IF; Stevenson,
cf: Rose, C; g.. Schadel. D.
A grammar scho- track and field
meet will be held at Deming on Fri
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-05
In Boyland:

/ a couple OF hours Of work on the part
Of any player to earn his spit
Reports OF the Saturday games were
slow in coming in this week. Owing to
the big fight in Havana and the conse-
queut pressure Of work on the edito-
rial department. it has been found
posing room earlier than usual today
and several accounts of games have
been unavoidably held over.
Managers are asked to remember that
If they want games for next Saturday
to have their requests reach this office
early Thursday morning, if possible, so
dates may be published in Thursdays
issue.
The FL Paso Giants defeated the Lone
Stars on the Lamar school grounds sun
day. by score of tOIG. in a good ex-
nibitiou of baseball. The feature Of the
game was the action Of manager Ken
meth Cummings. at third base for the
Giants, in yanking himself from the
game in the second inning and sending
Austin Baker to the position. The Lone
stars had nice little advantage up
to the seventh, but in the eighth the
Giants began TO find the offerings of
the Lone star pitcher and sent in
three runs, repeating the dose again in
the ninth.
The FL Paso Giants used the follow
ing team: Floyd Harris, c.; VIII Leach.
D.. c. Nichols, 1b; Bob POmeroy, Oh;
Ken Cummings and Austin Baker, 3b;
alter Vance. IS: Mccarthy, If; simon
Terrazas, CT, W Murphy, r. The Lone
Star lineup wasSnot sent in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-05
Rheumatism? Here
Are Some Real Facts
How to Overcome the Tor.
ture Without Harm
full Drugs.

A legion'of people have used s. s. s. and
have overcome the worst forms Of rheuma-
tism.
This disease Of the blood IS little under
stood because Of It's strange symptoms,
scarcely two people having it exactly alike.
and yet, no matter what its form or how
painful and distressing. s. S. S. seems to
have almost a divine influence in driving 1t
ont releasing the nerves from pain and clear
ing the joints and muscles so they work with
out restraint The best explanation for this
happy result is the fact that in S. s s are
certain Ingredients which act as an antidote
They are natures providence TO man.
Just as the meats. fats. salts and sugars Of
our daily food provide US with n0urishment.
so does s. S. S give TO the blood the exact
medicinal requirement 70 clear the stream,
DIVE out impurities and reconstruct the
body If destructive germs have gained a
f00thold. Go to any drug store today and
get a bottle Of s. s. S It viii do you good
But be sure to refuse any and all substitutes
And Il yours is a stubborn case, write 10 the
Medical Adviser. The Swift Specific Co.. 100
Swift Bldg. Atlanta, Ca. This department
is presided over by a physician proud Of his
name by virtue Of his distinguished family
and foremost doctor On his own merits,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-05
TWO HORSES DEAD AS
RESULT OF RACE ACCIDENT

One horse was Instantly killed and
another so badly injured that IL had TO
be shot, in a spill on the Juarez track
Sunday during the running of the first
race George OEuard. running in
fourth place with clear going. crossed
mis- 1orefeet and was thrown into the
railing. breaking his neck and send
ing jockey Brazel flying TO the track.
The rest Of the field was back far
enough TO swerve from the fallen horse.
but jockey Thomas. on Mike DouIin,
and Feeney. on Coos. apparently were
unable to turn their mounts Mike
Donlin hit the fallen horse at a good
speed, hurting his rider to the track
and breaking his own les Goes escaped
better and was not injured.
Jockeys Thomas and Feeney at once
scrambled to their feet and went to
the assistance Of Brazel The latter
was somewhat bruised and had suffered
badly from the shock but was not seri-
ously injured The horse Mike Donlin
was shot.