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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-23
See only the Glorious Future.

Like all ohServances nf enduring
worth, Memorial day must take on
new significance with the passing
bloody chasm." That, happily. is
thing of the past. The ugly wounds
of the Civil war have long since healed
over, and their scars even have all
hut disappeared. Though some of the
survivors of that day may still feed
upon ancient rancOrs, their children
at least have turned away from bitter
memories and, forgetting the issues
of day hong past, have set their
faces toward the future with high
hone
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-23
One Country Now.

This is undeniably reunited cOun-
try Northern and southern interests
are today identical and in an infinite
variety of ways the two sections have
been knit together so firmly that never
again can they be sundered by any
conceivable political difference. The
Civil war settled detinTeiS the prin-
ciple of Union and the South has ne
eCpted the verdict in II manner to
leave no question as to Its sincerity
and its determination 10 remain pei.
manently true To the flag that now
waves from coHst to coast and hound
ury To boundary .-EXvllmge.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-23

damage that had been done. within
three days the break had been closed,
and In addition two wing-dams con-
structed on the upper falls. The re-
naming gunboats, somewhat lifted
by the backwater of the wing dams.
were now hauled over the upper falls,
and on May -, amid the tumultuous
cheers of 10000 soldiers lined up along
the shore, made the perilOus passage
over the lower falls to the deep water
below.
words are inadequate to express the
admiration / feel for the ability OF
Lieutenant Colonel Bailey" wrote Ad-
miral Porter in his official report to
the Navy department. '"This is with
out doubt the best engineering feat
ever performed. Under the best cir
cumstances, a private company would
not have completed the work under
one year, and to an ordinary mind
the whole thing would have appeared
an impossibility. Leaving out his abiI-
ity as an engineer-the credit be has
conferred upon the country-he has
SAWED the Union valuable fleet worth
nearly 100000; more, he has de-
prived the enemy of a triumph which
would have embOldened them to carry
on the war a year or two. longer, for
the intended departure of the army
was fixed fact, and there was moth
ing left for me to do in case that
event occurred but to destroy every
part Of the vessels so that the Con-
federates could make nothing of
them"
On June II, 1864, congress adopted
resolution of thanks TO Lieutenant
Colonel Bailey "for distinguished serv-
ICES in the recent campaign on the
Red river. by which, the gunboat 10
Iilla under Rear Admiral David u.
Porter was rescued from imminent
peril" A few months later the Off
GERS of Admiral Porter's feet pre-
scented him with beautiful sword
and loving cup. and before the year
was over ne had been promoted, by
order of the War department, to the
rank of brevet brigadier general Thus
did one Wisconsin lumberjack win
his spurs and at the same time va
Ilantly serve his country, in the great
civil conflict of half a century ago.
The visitor 10 the museum of the Wis
conSin State Historical society. at the
may still see the sword and loving
cup which Colenel Bailey's admiring
brother officers presented him.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-23

w
trial and danger,
And scenes of the past
are brought back to
his view.
Though long since discard
ing his arms and
equipment,
There's one thing a vet
eran most surely will
note;
The first thing he sees on
the form of a comrade
Is the little Bronze But
ton he wears on his
coat.
CHORUS
The little Brown Button.
The Sacred Bronze Button.
The Grand Army Button.
He wears on his coat.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-23
SAVED FLEET
FROM CAPTURE
How Brilliant Exploit of Wisconsin
Lumberman Prevented Union
Vessels From Falling into the
Hands of the Confederates or
Being Destroyed.
(By Frederic Merk, Research Assistant
of the Wisconsin Historical SocietYl

(By Frederic Merk, Research Assistant
of the Wisconsin Historical Society
-IFTY-FIVE years ago, in the
~ spring. of 1864, a Wisconsin
lumberman, by a brilliant ex-
plot, saved the Red river fleet
OF the Mississippi squadron from de-
struction. He thereby incidentally af-
fOrded a capital Illustration of that
fertility of expedients and mechanical
genius which chiefly distinguished the
northern soldier In the Civil war from
his southern opponent in arms.
To thwart the intrlgues of Napoleon
Ill, who had sent French army into
Mexico, the federal government de-
sired to gain q strong military foot
hold In Texas To this end it was
planned to send q Union army and
fleet into interior Texas by way of
the Red river. Since the Red river
was navigabie only in the spring, as
that season approached preparations
were made for launching the cam
paign.
The army under General Banks,
supported by Admiral Porter's fleet
Of gunbOats, began the ascent of the
river. But matters went badly for
the invading force almost from the
beginning. The union leaders quar-
relied among themselves; the prepare
tons made were inadequate; much
delay was encountered in establishing
civil government in Louisiana; worst
of all, the Red river suddenly began
to fall, when by all presidents II
should have risen. Admiral Porter,
fearful that his fleet would be caught
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-23

WV GUILD you like to hear more
N/ about Mother Bickerdyke,
Wv now that you know she was
'the soldiers friend" during
the Civil warp "That homely figure,
clad In calico, wrapped in a shawl,
and surmounted with a Shaker bon
net" was beloved by the whole Union
army. The soldiers saluted Mother
Bickerdyke as she passed by, and she
was especially honored and respected
by General Sherman, who, in return,
was her ideal of all that a man and
soldier should be. Here are some
stories told by those who knew her:
at Chattanooga Mother Bickerdyke
had field hospital where, over huge
log fires In the open air, with the
help of convalescent soldiers, she made
great kettles of soup, tea, coffee and
cruel, and cooked beef and mutton,
and baked bread. Often the flying
sparks set her dress afire, and the
soldiers who were helping her would
run ito put her out" as she laughingly
expressed it. "The boys were all the
time putting me out" she said, land
a dozen of 'em were grabbing me
whenever / was cooking by the log
fires, for the fire would snap and my
clothes would CATCH" Now, it hap
pened that Mother Bickerdyke, clad
In spark-burnt garments-all that she
had-visited Chicago to procure sup
plies for her "boys." The ladies of
the sanitary commission, seeing the
condition that she was In, presented
her with box of clothes for her own
use. But they did not know Mother
Bickerdykel Did she keep those
clothes, when her "boys" were starv-
ingp
No! AS soon as she reached the
South she traded those good garments
for eggs, milk, honey, fruit and but
ter. But not quite all the garments,
for among them were two night
dresses, very elegant, and embroid-
cred and belaced and befrilled. These
she kept for herself, as they had been
sent to her by friends. But as she
was returning with her load of good
things to eat, she came to a shanty
in which were two soldiers just re-
leased from hospital. Their wounds
were open and undressed. They were
starving, weak, and completely dis
couraged, and their shirts were dirty
and ragged. Mother Blckerdyke i'm
mediately washed their wounds and
tearing off the h'us Of those pre-
cious nightgowns. dressed and BAN
daged the wounds. Bu' the mems
shirts were too torn and full of YER
min to. put on again. Here, boys"
she said, put on the upper parts of
these nightgowns. They're just the
thing My sakes but this is lucky :"
The boys, naturally, protested loudly
against having to meet their north
ern friends in ruffles and lace, but
Mother Bickerdyke would not listen
to them. As they were weak from
y sickness and hunger they had to sur
render, and were soon meekly arrayed
in embroidered lawn, above which
their unshaven faces grinned sheep
ishly. But on reaching the North they
refused to part with the nightdresseS.
And but few years since one of the
garments. marked with Mother Becker
dykes name, was kept by Wiscon,
sin family as war souvenir. They
may have II still.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-23

Then let us he proud of the Little Bronze
Button,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-23
EARNED Love OF
: ALL HER BOYS"
Mother BiCkerdyke Real Angel of
20 Mercy to the Wounded Soldiers
of the Armies of Both the North
and South.

WV GUILD you like to hear more
" about Mother Bickerdyke,
" now that you know she was
f,,in
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-23

You're man enough
for a tear in
your eye
That you will not
wipe away.
You're man enough
for a thrill that
goes
To your very finger
tips,
Aye, the lump just
then in your
throat that rose
Spoke more than
your parted lips.
ANAAe dp VIC wy Oii
your shoulder,
high,
And show him the
faded shred,
Those stripes would
be red as the
sunset sky
II death could have
dyed them red.
The man that bore II
with death has
lain
These twenty years
and more.
He died that the We
vain
ne thA ...nA ..,hA A.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-23
The Little Button

How dear to the heart of each gray
bearded soldier
Are the thoughts of the days when he
once wore the Blue;
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-23
The Old FIaq

on with your hat as the flag goes by,
And let the heart have it's sayI
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-23

But there was nothing else TO be
done, and at length the Wisconsin
lumberman was obviously granted
permission to put his project to the
proof. His first step was to requisi-
ton attachments of "pinery boys"
from the Odd and Goth Wisconsin regi-
ments. who understood what was to
be done and how to go about it.
In all, 5000 men were employed in
the enterprise. Brawny lumberjacks
from Maine We'd with those from Wis
cOnsin In prosecuting the work catch
ing the spirit of these instructors, SOL
diers who had never seen a iog-raft
also worked with will. Hundreds
of men were set to Telling trees other
hundreds tOiled in the quarries that
were opened for the occasion; and
200 or 300 wagons were engaged in
the essential work of transporting the
materials for the dam. Up to their
necks in the swift current. which
swept over the rapids at the rate of
nine miles an hour under the blister
ing southern sun, the men tOiled with
utmost good humor and never word
of complaint.
At the end of eight days the river
was sufficiently high to permit three
of the lighter gunbOatS to pass the
upper falls, where they had been held
and come down to position imme-
diately above the dam. ready 10 pass
the lower rapids. One mora day, and
the dam would be high enough tC
permit all TO come down in readiness
for the final attempt.
With success thus about to be
achieved, however, a discouraging dis
aster occurred. On the morning OF
the ninth day the steadily increasing
pressure of the water caused two OF
the stone barges in the middle of the
dam to swing aside, and through the
opening thus created the accumulated
torrent swirled. The three lighter
vessels that were in position to make
the passage, together with n fourth
that had meanwhile come up. promptly
took advantage of the break, and pass.
ing the remaining rapids on the food
tide, safely reached the deeper water
below.
Somewhat encouraged by the escape
Of at least four OF the vessels, the
men bravc!g set u'Mui repairing the
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-23
CHORUS

How much did II cost?" said man to a
soldier,
THAT little fiat button you wear on
your coatT'
Ten cents In good money" he answered
the stranger.
"And four years of hard marching. and
fighting to boot
The wealth of the world cannot purchase
this emblem,
Except that the buyer had once worn
the Blue;
And il proves to mankind the full worth
of a hero
"a man to his home and his country
was true"
Then let us he proud OF the Little Bronze
BUTTON
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-19
ARKANSAS HIGH COURT
HANDS DOWN OPINIONS

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, May 10. (Spl.)
The following opinions were delivered
by the Arkansas supreme court this
morning:
MoCuiloch. Chief Justice
E, F. Edwards VS.. C. G. Harris, from
Conway circuit, affirmed.
food Roads Machinery company VS..
Greene county. from Greene circuit, af-
firmed.
Fred r. Dickerson vs.. Tri-County
Drainage district, from st. Francis cir
cult, affirmed. Wood and Hart, jus
tees. dissent.
Albert Nelson VS.. State, from Lonoke
circuit, affirmed.
Wood, Justice
Giles H. Gibson VS.. Hampstead coun-
ty. from Hampstead circuit, affirmed,
Il Hart, Justice
Annie Mabel Blanton Va. Forrest City
Manufacturing company, from st, Fran
els circuit, reversed and remanded.
c. H. Robinson company Va. Hudgins
Produce company, from Miller circuit,
affirmed.
Smith. Justice
Finn Smith VS.. Buckeye Cotton Oh
company, from Prairie circuit, affirmed
S. c. We'll Va. Chicago Pneumatic
Tool company, from jefferson circuit
Humphreys, Justice
R. L. Grant VS.. j. b. Burrows. from
Miller chancery, affirmed. Hart. jus
tice, dissents.
W. B. Rhodes VS., Louis Barton ct al.
commissioners road Improvement dis.
ltrict No. 9 Of Crittenden county, from
C~rittenden chancery, affirmed.
Mary A. Free w. Laura o. Maxwell
from Polk circuit. reversed and re
manded.
Memorial resolutions for W. M, Ran
dolph, former resident OF Arkansas an
a member Of the Arkansas suprem
court bar. presented by Charles 4. Cole
man and ordered spread upon the cour
records.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-19
Activities Among
Memphis Negroes
HY REV. n o. FULLER.

The Centennial celebration is on In
full blast. The negroes OF Memphis
nave caught the spirit and are NOV
| ing with the van. Their activities will
go on during the week, eliminating
| Saturday night in n of the most
unique educatiopal programs ever wit
messed in the South. A mammoth pa
rade OF all the graduates in the city,
wearing the colors OF the classes in
| which they graduated, VIII be an at
| t~ractive feature. They will march
through the park and file into the au-
| ditorium to hear an address by Dean
L. B. Moore, of Howard university.
Sunday was special rally and tag day
for the B. Y. P. U. OF the Metropolitan
church. An appropriate. program was
presented and much interest was mani
tested.
The final rally of the Howe students
| will be made Tuesday in the interest of
the $40, 900 drive. The alumni will be
present also and make their contribu-
ton. The st. John church gave more
than $50 to the fund Sunday
The summer school at Howe opens
| June 10. There will be special classes
in primary work and Sunday school
teacher training made possible by phil
anthropy. Experts will be in charge.
Rev. William G. Walker preached an
excellent sermon at the First Baptist
church, st. Paul avenue, Sunday night.
The Rev. e. M, Seymour, OF Knox
vile, Tenn, preached, an able and
practical sermon to the graduating
class Of Howe at the st. John Baptist
church Sunday afternoon. The choir
Of the church furnished splendid music
| and tberp was n largo crowd In attend.
afce. The Howe alumni meets Mon
| day night in the Clara Howe building.
-
The Mississippi Beneficial Insurance
company, with headquarters at indian
| ola, Miss, has arranged to establish n
branch office in Memphis. Offices have
been leased over the Solvent Savings
bank.
The advisory board OF the Tabernacle
Baptist Institutional church, OF which
DR.. S. L. Griggs is pastor, held an in
teresting meeting with the congrega-
ton Sunday afternoon. DR.. Griggs out
lined his plans. which were approved.
The Central Civic league will main
tain headquarters and comfort station
for both men and women at 1853 Beale
avenue during the entire week Of the
| Centennial celebration. Information as
to rooms and all other matters win be
given here and there will be q rest
room for women with attendant, maya
zines and other conveniences. The
committee will also maintain ONE at
both stations to give information to
people coming into the city. The pro-
lection and general welfare of younger
boys and girls has been placed in the
hands OF Julia A. Hooks. The commit
tee wishes to make this the most en-
ioyable week ever had here for negroes.
| All negro business places on Beale ave-
nue. have opened their doors wide as
comfort stations and will be glad TO
' serve visitors in every way possible.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-19
HALF Of STRIKING
y CARPENTERS BACK
Contractors Willing to Pay In.
creased Wage If Terms
Asked Are Met.

or the 50 ~journsymen carpenters Of
Local No. S45, United Carpenters and
J%oiners, who struck Saturday, about so
went to work Monday morning for con-
tractors other thar the ones on whom
they struck, according TO Q. L. Biggs,
business manager of the Carpenters
union.
The 90 men who struck. mir. Biggs
said, were working for about L. Nom
bers Of the General Contractors asso-
citation OF the Builders exchange, who
refused to consent to the increase in
wages rom IS to IS cents an hour pro-
posed by the carpenters, unless the
carpenters agreed to terms which con-
flict with their trade rules,
Tho contractors do not expect TO
have their operations eurtailed by the
strike" declared r, W. G. Meers, presi-
dent of the General Contractors asso-
citation. They expect to go right ahead
with their work. There are enough
%nonunion mel in town looking for jobs
to I'LL any vacancies caused by the
strike. In fact, there are more nom
union carpenters here than union
The contractors are willing to pay the
new scale II the union carpenters will
agree to the terms which they propose
for their W protection, Mr.. Meers
said, but until the carpenters do agree,
the old scale will prevail.
"Where there has been no cessation
of work" he said, we will be willing
to make the new scale of Is cents an
hour retroactive from the date an
agreement is made to May s." May 5
was the date upon which the carpen-
ters asked that the new wage scale so
INTO effect.
Conference committees OF three each,
representing the Carpenters union and
the Contractors association, framed
and signed an agreement a few weeks
ago, which embodied the features which
the contractors. insist upon, But this
was ~repudiated by the carpenters,
though Endorsed by the Builders ex-
change, The action of their committed
was not binding, Mr.. Biggs said, as the
committee was not given power to ACT
when 1t went into the conference.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-19
NEGRO
STOPS RUNAWAY

Great excitement prevailed on Main
avenue when a runaway horse drawing
a loaded wagon ran north on that thor
oughfare. endangering the lives Of many
pedestrians and persons in automobiles
and other vehicles.
At Main street and Madison avenue
many narrow escapes occurred, as per-
sons fell and lodged out of the way
quickly to avoid being run down by the
mad animal. When the runaway team
passed Court square a negro, whom no
one seems to know, leaped into the
wagon, got the reins and brought the
horse to a stop before Jefferson avenue
was reached, The streets were crowded
at the hour OF the runaway. which was
shortly after 8 am. Monday.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-19

HUNS SELL RHlNELAND
ESTATES AT SACRIFICES

COLOGNE, May 1s.-In recent news
paper advertisements an unusually
laI ge number Of villas and landed es-
tates in the Rhineland have been Of
fered for sale at sacrifice" prices.
Many of these residences are on the
hills along the Rhine and are occu-
pied only during the summer months,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-11-21
HIGHER PHONE
RATES APPROVED
Railroad Commissions Grants
Application For New Sched-
ule For Ladysmith

An order of the Railroad Commits
sion. issued this week, authorizes the
Chippewa Valley Telephone Company,
to put in force at Ladysmith the fol-
lowing rates: business one-party, $50
net per annum; twO-party. S24.00; eX-
tension, 5000: residence one-party
S2100 net: two-party $500; extern
sion, $7.20: switching rate for road
way lines, $500.
The Company operates exchanges at
Ladysmith, Bruce, Prentice. Cameron,
and Ingram and applied to the commits
sion August 81, 1919, for authority to
increase it's rates TO it's GAS SubScrib-
ers served by the Ladysmith exchange.
The company alleged that its invest
ment had been greatly increased be-
cause of the installment Of central
energy service. and because the grade
of service offered is correspondingly
better than the grounded magnetic SER
vice formerly given. The majority of
the stock of the Chippewa Valley Co
is owned by the Wisconsin Telephone
Co. The company asks authority in
it's application, to increase its switch
ing rate of $500 per phone also. but the
commission having no data before it
upon which to determine whether an
increase is required, leaves the switch
ing rate as it is.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-11-21
BUCKS CLUB MEMBERS
ON ANNUAL OUTING

Members Of Bucks Club are off for
their annual hunt Mr.. Leblanc, the
famous French cook, who was employed
last year, will do the cooking again
this year He and his helper went up
to the camp Wednesday and the hunt
ers followed Thursday. The members
who are enjoying the hunt are: J. w.
Car0w. Glenn III. Williams, i. C..
Streater, l.. E. McGill III. +. Davis, T..
w. Day. n ]. Smith, F. E. Munroe, O..
J. Falge. H. W. True and Elmer Hill.
all of this city. and G. III. Munroe, of
Kellner Wis. Other members who may
go out later are: Fl. A. DimOck, Frank
ert Hunter, of Chetek. Invited guests
are: f. NJ. Doyle, W. A. Blackburn
and O. A. Sergent.
The members of this club are all
spOrtsmen and generally get their deer.
They have the best things in the land
to eat. including everything good, from
Flunkers cheese to Wisconsin dough
nuts.
There is 100 acres of land in the
holdings of this club and besides the
sport every fall. the gentlemen have a
good investment. The land lays half
mile wide. and three miles long, but
the hunting is not confined to this
tract. as the boys scour the whole c0un-
try for game and when tired out find
haven of rest at the big log house
with its comfortable chairs. and big
stone fireplace.
Bucks Club is organized under the
laws of Wisconsin. and the land was
bought on business basis. One-half
the purchase price has been paid and
members are assessed for taxes. inter
est and payments. The president is III.
w. True and the secretary is Elmer
Hill