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white oak, hemlock and chestnut. so it was
possible to replace the parts with same
material found still growing the very spot
from which it originally came.
"In replacing the bricks used. said to have
been brought over from England, some hun
dreGs of specimens OF clay had to be baked
before it possible to obtain those Of tho
same composition and color as the originals.
Specimens Of all iron work, such as hinges
latches bolts and bars, as we'll as such utenslla
knives and forks with which to equip tbe
barracks, were brought to light and rcmade @
a snlithy at the fort.
THE walls of plaster were restored from
an old lime kiln on tho grounds. formerly used
for this very purpose. The floors Of heavy.
thick tile We're replaced and the stones Of TIE
walls put back in their original positions. The
same methods were pursued in regard to the
heads and jan1bs OF the doors and windc'ws.
The roof of the bastons was carried on heavy
beams surmountcd by several rect Of earth and
crowned with fagstones, forming the floor of
the bastion itself Under the four bastons
AT the corners Of the fort, used for powder
magazines and storerooms were uneartbed
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The historic the
tain a Place. British ptuuing the

toration begun in 1908 by Stephen II. G. Pel
In cooperation with Alfred c. Bosom. tho
New FORK architect. The work. stopped by
the war, was resumed at the end of host'iities.
Today the regeneration of the fort is prac
tlcally complete, at least far it is MIR.
and Mrs. Pells idea to finish it. The aim is to
restore only such portion of the works as to
afford a concrete picture of the original plan
hot to stife tradition nor TO put curb on
the ina gination.
The result of Mr. Pell's project is to re-
visualize this famous ruin and to arouse both
mAtary critics and students of history to
renewed study of the fort, the principles in
volved in its construction and the military op-
erations conducted there as we'll as a consid-
Grafton Of the more intimate revelations of
personal heroism in battle pronounced by
historians to be the bloodest and most desper-
ately fought of any in early history
The story is one repete with patriotic sig
nificance, and the glory of the gallant French
men, the valiant Englishmen ard the brave
Colonists who served on this historic battle
field is yet undmmed even in the light of mod
ern history.
Fort Ticonderoga has been called "the lock to
the gate Of the country" for the fair region
about Cheronderoga, the Indian name by which
it was known The fort occupied the one in
vulnerable spot on the old water highway from
Canada to the Hudson, site below the falls
gaarding the outlet of Lake George. 1t ever
stood as obstacle in the path of invading
forces from TIE north.
J. Vaa also termed "the gateway Of the
great trail" and rightly so, for down
through this passage came the Algonqulns and
the Hurons and the other Indian tribes that
sought invasion and supremacy over their ira
dltlonal foe, the Iroquois. 1t was to meet and
Vanqush the latter, found intrenched in
1ide stocxade at this spot later to be success
sively known as Fort Vaudreuil, Fort Carlton
and Fort Ticonderoga, that the valiant Mar
gus de Champlain came in 1909.
Seeking to build up great Franch empire
Tn t.-e western world, he initiated the first
act in the great war drama that followed and
engaged three nations in a contest the echoes
OF which were heard in the council chambers Of
she world. Champlain's attack picturesque]y
styled the "curtain raiser" in the tragedy to
follow. not only put to flight the Iroquois, but
Il also served a factor in making this
country English instead of French, for tho
lro1ucis charged the French with their defeat,
and for century and half afterward sought
| revenge in warfare that took grewsome toll
from their enemies, savage and civilized alike.
The climax in the struggle for the possession
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band he thrusts into a compartment of
special sealed timing clock and sets the time
of arrival by locking the compartment The
results of the race are not known for some
time, for the clocks must be sent to the
racing committee which examines them and
computes time and distance flown to the va
rous lofts, the award, of course, being made
on the basis of the best time made
Homing pigeons are drilling in the govern
ment loft at Camp Alfred Vail, Little Silver,
N. J. They are ir readiness at their stations
on the Mexican border, from Texas to Call
fornia Their army has not been skeletonzed.
In Panama one of their detachments is de-
pended on for night and day emergency trips
across the Isthmus, when electric storms and
wind have incapaciatcd the regular mechanical
agencies.
With the homing pigeons, both veterans and
recruits, and the mobile loft in which they
went to war, the good word is preparedness,
which, after all, is just we'll.
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of
in the French hundnd ndiunv

been built The other side of the water for the
mode of construction used.
"'rhc first fort, known as Grenader's
Battery, was built on the bluff and practically
at the waters edge. This was found imprac-
teal, as it was exposed to fire from ridge
half mile to the rear, SO It was decided
to make the headquarters on a knoll with a
level ridge of rock. The foundations to the
construction were placed in practically ali
cases directly upon the rock, in contrast to the
modern method, and dirt was afterward piled
in around to raise the yards to the desired
level.
"Whcn finished it will be enc of the few ey-
amples Of construction Of this kind to be found
in the country and should form an unlimited
source Of inspiration to all who see it.
"At first it matter Of serious consd-
GRAFTON as to what the orr gnal timber and
joinory had been owing to the fact that it had
all been destroyed in the last fire to which
the place had been subjected. The solution
was found at hand, for lhe ends of the beams
built into the masonry had (some of them)
ESCAPED the conhagration. These charred
pieces of timber lent absolute proof Of the
kind of material employed. This proved to bo
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most reliable messenger service in the world,
and theirs is a war citation from General Ed
wards to the effect that 95 per cent OF the
dispatches they carried under fire and other
wise for the A. Z. +. were delivered.
There are present at least two hero birds,
Lord Adelaide and Lady Ethel, which served
with our tank corps in the Meuse- -Argonne Of
fensive the former being wounded in one
leg. There aiso are several German hom'ng
pigeons, captured at St. Mihel and in the Ar
gonne Youngsters bred from these birds
have proved to be as fast flyers as any we
have.
The show proclaims something "from the
housetops," something that is not generally
known--that hundreds of roofs in greater
Manhattan, Of skyscrapers, apartments and
houses, are equipped with pigeon lofts, which
are the homes of homing pigeons.
Every year races are scheduled from 100 up
to 1000 miles, which is appointed the maxi
mum distance for race, since for longer than
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that the birds lose their determination to find
their home through having to alght at night
and grub their way through. The pigeons
average a speed of three-quarters of mile
a minute in races. Sometimes a race of 600
miles terminates on the day of toss, for to the
homing pigeon there's no place like home"
For the races express car is chartered,
the birds are assembled from their homes and
shipped in the car to liberatlng station, the
starting point. The birds are freed and the
race, futurity or otherwise, is on. The stop
watches click The racers mount into the ar
and with that mysterious instinct which they
possess shape their courses for home.
There are anxious watchers at the lofts from
the earliest possible moment of arrival on An
owner on the roof of lofty apartment house
dcscries a speck winging across the roots. "A
tire pigeon futters into its home. The owner
gives it no rest, for time is precious but SEXES
the bird and slips an elastic band, marked with
a secret number from one of its legs Ihe
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of bearing the III which the
presented o the to formerly there

at times devastated it, the works gradually
fell to decay. Their ruin was hastened by
the settlers in the region who were wont to
supply their building operations with material
from the ruins, to which no one seemed to
have claim.
After peace was CONFIRMED the site, con-
sstng of 600 acres, decided by Governor
De Witt Clinton to Columbia and Union COL
lcges. In 1908 William Ferris Pe of New
York, leased it aud built a summer residence
there. His father, jamn Pcl of Pelham
Manor, having at the close of the Revolution
removed to Burlington, VT. some fifteen years
later Mr. Pcll purchased the property out
right
In this atmos pherc, so rcdolcnt of American
history, several generations Of the Pe family
grew up. Stephen II. 2. PclPs boyhood was
spent amid the ruins Of the old fort and his
mind was stepped in the romance and trad-
ton of this historic spot, so it was not at all
strange that he should have cherished the
dream of preserving it for the benefit of
future generations. 1t was in the fall of 1903
that he finally put the thought into action and,
securing the services of Mr.. Bosom, who
undertook the task in the same fine spirit that
animated the owner, started work on the
project. 1t is interesting TO note in this con-
nccton that Mr.. Bosom, himself ain English
man, should have been the one to restore the
fort for the possession of which his country
men fought desperately, and which in the
final stage of its history they rebuilt
Colonel Robert NJ. Thompson, father Of Mrs
S. II. p. Pcll, also proved an able and enthu-
siastic ally, and graduate Of Annapolis
in full sympathy with the undertaking
and personally helped to accumulate a large
and valuable library On the subject. Access
was given the movers in the enterprise by the
United States government to the valuable war
material at West Point, and the British
French and Canadian governments also CO.
operated, allowing permission to search the
archives of the various museums, where host
of data was uNcarthed, such as orderly books,
drawings, surveys, journals and the official and
private correspondence of soldiers. 1t was
from this wealth Of valuable material that the
restoration Of the fort was made
Aside from the actual work Of restoration,
the fact that Mr. Pell and his associates left
no stone unturned in their effort to reproduce
not only the technical methods originally en-
poyed, but the kind OF material used, even to
its very texture and color, tends TO make this
work. when complete, extremely valuable. OF
the original methods employed in its construc-
ton Mr.. Bosom says
CAS- Engishmen were the who built the
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crombles methods, was prepared to charge
instead Of to bcsicge it, In this he was 80
successful that the French retrcated in haste
to Crown Point but not before they had blown
up one powder magazine and attempted to de-
stroy the works.
General Amherst, who is given the credit of
never being long in place without building
fort, started at once to restore the damage
done, rebuilding the fort on similar but much
more elaborate lines. The military signh-
carce of these Notifications to the British may
be imagined when it is said the British gov
crnment voted nearly S40,000000 to recon
struct and maintain them.
Colonel Eyre British engineer under AM
hclst. drew mp the plans upon which the pres
ent restoration made. 1t is interesting L
note, in this connection, that the best maps Of
the military reservation made by Brit
ish spy named Jetfrics, sent to make surveys
by the Prince of Wales, later George III.
The fort was built in the shape Of a five
point Nauban star and is $50 feet wide in it's
greatest diameter 1t is approached on the
north by low wall, on the west by level
grassy slope which forms a counterscarp, and
on the east by a high wall, the entrance Of
which guards the approach to Lake George
The center Of the fort, or the place d'armes,
is incloscd on three sides with barracks and
on the fourth by bomb proof.
The deepest interest naturally ccnters
the west barracks, now completely restored,
since it was here that Ethan Allen with his
small band of eighty y-odd Green Mountain
boys, made his dramatic entry on the morning
Of May 7, l775, when, "in the name of the
Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress-"
he cap.ured tie fort
A few lines from Aliens own account OF
this memorable event lend color to the picture
over which Americans love to ljnger. OF it he
wrote: "The sun seemed to shine with
peror luster on that day, and Ticonderoga and
its dependencies smiled its conquerors, who
tossed about the flowing bowl and wished
cess to Congress and the liberty and freedom
OF America"
Despite the fact that it was bloodcss vic
tory, Ethan Aliens name has become so in
dissolubly connected with the spot that the
many evidences of his life and history to be
found there to-day will awaken the memory
Of his achievements and to dedicate
anew the part he played in the romance of
war at Fort Ticonderoga.
An incessant interchange Of hostlities fol-
lowed, with the British in ultimate possession
of the fort After the evacuation of the
British in 1880 Attic was done to preserve The
fortifcations and, SCARED by the wounds Of
many battles and the effect Of the fires that
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many relics in the way of balls, picks, shovc's
and the like, which now rcpose in the museum.
"Outsidc the fort proper were stone block
houses end earth and sand rcdoubts. The
blockhousc of Captain German is
pletely restored, with its moat and bridge, and
is now occupied by Iiowland Pcll. another
member of the Pell family. whose wife is de-
scendcd from Captain Ebenezer Stevens, conf
mandcr OF artillery there during the Revolu-
tionary period
No more fertile field for historical writer's
could be imagined than this building, where
the relics dug up stand as mute testimony Of
the fortunes Of war. supplying pathos that
needs no element of fiction to vitallze them.
In clearing the walls great trenches dug
on either side, often it being necessary to go
down sixteen feet in order to reach the orig
inal surface.
The accumulation of centuries lay buried in
these trenches and among the debris found
were firearms of the period, pieces of hard
ware, pottery and large quantity of buttons
from the soldiers uniforms, many of the
latter being regiments the history of whose
presence there is lost. One reljct which
will hold peculiar interest to Amherst
onians is part of an old punchbowl in blue
and white, across the bottom Of which is the
inscription Success to General Amherst" It
is supposed to have been gift to him by his
friends in England or by those in New York
while on his way to assume command of the
fort.
The old hull of the Revenge, which now re-
poses on the grounds Of the Pell estate, is an
other relic that makes g distinct appeal. OF
the schooner type it was built on the lake and
fitted out at Whitehall. When the work of re-
storing the fort was actually determined upon
in the fall of 1908 advantage was taken of
the ice to raise it from the bottom of the
lake. A cable of chains was carried through
the ice, with which the relic was carried along
until the shore was reached.
Fort Ticonderoga, aptly called by on~
writer 'the school ground of the Amer1=
can Revolution is by far the most conspicn-
Gus relic Of that historic period left to tho
American people to-day, and its renaissance
will form not only a point of general interest.
but military academy at which the younger
generations may learn their countrys history
by visualizng the events Of the past. Mr..
Bosom says that of all the operations he has
undertaken since coming to the United States
some fifteen years ago, none Of them has ever
had the appeal of the study and restoration
Of Fort Ticonderoga.
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OF this strategic point
came 150 years later,
when, in 1859, two
years after the British
declared war on the
French, Montcalm de-
feated Abcrcrombie in
what historians say was
the greatest proper
tional defeat the Brit
ish ever suffered at the
hands OF the French.
The mighty valor Of
She military leaders en-
Gagged in the operation
and the brilliant STRAIT
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w audible it is curious fact that
military critics can yet bark back
y one OF the most spectacular events in Amer
IAN history-the taking of Fort Ticonderoga
TO trace there the absorbing steps of mill
ery maneuver and to pay homage to the cour-
tge Of the men who took part in the various
engagements recorded in the forts memoirs.
Fort Ticondcroga, now being restored
through the patriotic interest of the Pell fam
ly of New York, in whose possession it has
Seen for more than century, is once more
IN object of concern to the American people
In its renaissance the pages of history are
,cing turned back more than 500 years. and all
he tradition, romance and military lore en-
oodied there are being brought to light con-
,ernng the train of events inaugurated before
Hendrick Hudson sailed up the river that bears
us name and nearly decade before the found
ng of New England
The presentation to President HARDING Of
chair made from the old Revolutionary
schooner Revenge, that figured in the history
II Ticonderoga, is but incidental to the res
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fort. it is natural they
should have been infu-
enced by what they had
left behind. The eor-p
Of construction pre-
vailing in England WAS
adapted here without
exception. The roof
construction can be
seen to-day in tnnu-
merable cases in Eng
land. The walls were
formed with large
stenes with plaster al-
piled directly to them.
In fact, it might have
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cgy Of Montcalm has been favoritc topic for
historical writers from that day to this. The
feat Of the French commander, who "in the
space Of a single night, with the limited force
at his command. threw up earthworks across
the promontory,' dealing death and desolatlon
to the ranks Of the British, stands unrivaled
in the annals of military history.
The irregular shape of the breastworks, re-
corded as being nine feet high and twenty
feet broad at the base, not only allowed a
deadly cross-fre on the enemy, but for 100
yards beyond an impossible abatis Of fallen
trees was laid their tops, sharpened at the
ends, turned toward the foe, served to decl-
mate the British forces Of provincals and
regulars--the famous Black Watch, "who could
not 30 forward and would not 60 back" nearly
suffering annihilation.
The British lost no time in retrieving this
disaster, and in less than a twelvemonth Gener-
al Sir Godfrey Amherst, rated as one Of the
most skillful strategists of his day, sent by the
King as commander of the British forces in
America, was prepared to renew the attack.
The fort had meanwhile been greatly
strengthened, so Amherst, who reversed Aber-
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w. ISARMAMENT has another stumbling
\ block, being emphasized by an event
R of to-day in New York. 1t already
has been pointed out that the dye
works Of peace easily may be converted to the
poison gas factories of war and that the air
plane which carries mail has an equal capacity
for bombs.
To the sound Of that dovelike cooing which
is symbolic Of peace it is being demonstrated
at the 9th Coast Artillery Armory that the
carrier pigeon which races and bears messages
in time Of concord may be trained to perform
the very same services in battle and perform
them successfully when all other means OF
communication have failed.
The event is the racing pigeon show under
the nanagemcnt of the United Homng Pigeon
Concoursc OF New York. More than 1000
birds will strut proudly about, and we'll they
may, for they bear the same Of being the
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eGumGy
htonGuu
No More Fertile Field Writers ThouTh
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wv II ITH the echo Of the trench guns on
XA the battlehelds of France almost
w audible it is curious fact that
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-05-09
Miss Bernice Martin

The Newberry A. R. P. church lost
AR. Presbyterian.
one of it's most devoted and loyal
members in the death of Miss Ber-
nice Martin. Since the death Of Mrs.
Rosa Carlisle she has been the super
intendent of the elementary depart
ments of the Sabbath school, faith
fa worker in the Young Ladies So
ciety, and an active supporter of the
work of the congregation.
In connection with the Sabbath
school on April 30th short memorIa
service was held. DIR. Kennedy pre-
sided and made fitting remarks. Mrs
S. P. .Crotwell spoke words Of appre-
citation from the elementary depart
ments of the school and announced
that a room had been furnished al
Bon Clarken to be known as the Ber
nice Martin room. Mrs. H. L. Parl
spoke for the school, Miss Mamie
Pearson for the Y. L. society, anc
Rev. j. w. Carson for the congrega
ton. These services were impressive
and indicated the high esteem II
which Miss Martin was held by tht
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-05-09
SHALL THEY LIVE?
J. . o o o 0 0 o . o o o o o . o

y q o 9 @ . @ q o o y q @ q q 9
A famous thinker of the nineteenth
century, in one of his many cyni'
moods, advanced the theory that sym
pathy is merely the reaction upor
then mental picturing of ones sell
in the plight of the sufferer. The i'm
pulse to help the beggar who extend;
to US his pleading hand and exhibits
his soiled rags or his crippled limbs
is, according is, according to his
opinion, the result of, the unpleasant
impression created in our minds by
the piteous sight, that perhaps we
might ourselves be in the helpless
condition brought to our notice.
Sympathy then would really be equi-
valent to pity with ourselves.
Without going the length of dis
.cussing this theory or even refuting
its fallacy, it is undoubtedly helpful
at times to visualize the sufferings of
Others and contrast their dire fate
with the comforts which have come
.te US and the fortune which is smiling
upon US.
At this time millions Of Jews find
themselves in most horrible and
cruel situation. Poor widows and or
.phans have been forced to pass
through the hot furnace simply be-
cause they were Jews. No other rea-
son is back of the cruelty under the
hot breath of which their souls were
-singed and their bodies wasted and
de6led. Once upon a time, these
now hapiess sufferers and martyrs
were men and women who earned
their own bread and often gave Of
their comparative abundance to 9th
sers. They had provided schools for
their children and they maintained
homesgfor the aged and the orphaned.
They never held out a hand for help
to others. But now, upon them has
been laid the load which good Jew
always deemed the heaviest to carry:
They are compelled to ask for aid.
The people of ,Newberry have al
ways been liberal in. contributing to
"a worthy cause and surely they viii
not fail to5ao% their share when called
upon to contribute for the relief of
suffering Jews in Europe and Asia.
<All contributions sent in to Rev. E.
W Babb, county treasurer, for this
drive will be acknowledged and ap-
preciated.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-05-09
sHRINERS MEETING AT
ROCK HILL MAY IS

The Spring c 'eunial session of
Hejaz temple of the Mystic Shrine
will be held in the city of Rock Hill
May 18th. A fine program has been
arranged for the day by the Rock
Hill Shriners..
"a special train for the Shriners
will be rum on the S. A, L. railway
on the night of the 18th, passing
Clinton, S. C. at about $50 p. m.,
arriving in Rock Hill early in the
mprning of the 18th.
r. turning this train will. leave
Rock Hill about midnight arriving
back in Clinton early the following
morning.
The round trip on this special
train will cost s1O.51 from Clinton,
SIC, including use of the Pullmans
for both nights:
sShriners from Newberry county
who wish to go on this special train
viii have to make their reservations
by May 10th in order to get same.
These reservations must be made
through Noble Geo. H. Ellis of Clin-
tho, S. c., and check for s1O.51 sent
to- him. Any Newberry Shriner who
may want any information regarding
this special.train can see either of the
following MOBILES, Glenn Bullock or
Tom P. johnson.