Oakland Sunshine (Oakland, Calif.), Vol. 13, No. 1, Ed. 1 Monday, March 29, 1915 Page: 4 of 4
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ROOMS TO LET.
Neatly furnished sunny rooms, in a
desirable part of the city. Price
reasonable 1278 Turk street, San
Francisco. Mrs. Francis Lynn
Flat, 7 rooms, bath, gas, electric
lights; $14.00.
Two flats, 4 rooms each, $8.00 and
$10.00 1021 22nd street. Key Route
A. G. Foster, 2431 Market street.
Nicely furnished rooms to let, with
housekeeping privileges, at 1352 11th
street. Mrs. E. C. Thompson.
List of officers of the Fannie Cop-
pin Club:
President, Mrs. Hetty Tilghman;
First Vice-President, Mrs. A. W.
Cook; Second Vice-President, Mrs.
Henrietta Bridges; Recording Secre-
tary, Mrs. Irene Redwood; Assistant
Secretary, Mrs. Josie G. Cowes; Cor-
responding Secretary, Mrs. Mayme
Williams; Financial Secretary, Mrs
Mary L. Brady; Treasurer. Mrs
Emma Chandlier; Chaplain, Mrs
Lucy Disard; Parliamentarian, Mrs
Willie Henry; Executive Committee,
Mrs. Lauretta Peyton (chairman),1
Mrs. Augustine Craig, Mrs. H. E. De|
Hart, Mrs. Melba Stafford; Member
ship Committee, Mrs. Josie Cowes
Mrs. Lucy Disard, Mrs. Emm
Chandlier.
The Idle Hour Social Club wil
hold a ladies' night the third Thurs
day of each month at the clubroon
376 Ninth street, from 9 to 11 P. M.,
President, Jas. Wood-
ard. *i«cretary, H. W. Williams.
QgpERED
a burden to iae for years—in fact, ever
since that which I first told you of.
For your mother, when I dared think
of her (could thiuk of her, I should
say), I never knew anything but love.
I was not so gr?t_f stricken when I
beard of her death as I thought I
should have been. I have loved her
better and been more at peace since
then.
Your father never let me know of
1>MI STORY \ ber deatb» 1 heard of it from a casual
friend. So Instead of a possible recon-
A cottage of nine rooms at 723 27th
street, between Grove and West, is tor
rent for $17.00 per month. See J. B.
Wilson.
Phone Oakland 7804.
CUT RATE SHOE FACTORY
All
Kinds of Shoe Repairing by
Machinery and Hand.
Men's Shoes half soled 65
Ladies' Shoes half soled 50c
Men's Rubber Heels 40c
Statement of the Ownership, Cir-
culation, etc.,
of the OAKLAND SUNSHINE, pub-
lished weekly at Oakland, California, re-
quired by the act of August 24, 1912.
Publisher J. M. Bridges
Owners: (If a corporation, give names
and addresses of stockholders holding
1 per cent or more of the total amount
of stock J. M. Bridges
Known bondholders, mortgagees and
Editor J. M. Bridges
Business Manager J. M. Bridges
other security holders holding 1 per
cent or more of total amount of bonds,
mortgages, or other securities. None.
Average number of copies of each
issue of this publication sold or distrib-
uted, through the mails or otherwise,
to paid subscribers during the six months
preceding the date of this statement.
J.M.Bridges..Editor and Manager
Sworn to and subscribed before
nie this 26th day of March, 1915.
LEE A. BROWN,
Notary Public for State of Cali-
fornia, residing in Oakland.
(My commision expires 1919)
HE original manuscript of the
following narrative is in the
possession of a grandnephew
of the man who wrote it in
the year 1862 in one of the camps of
the Federal army.
It is here printed for the first time.
The real names of persons and of
places have been changed to fictitious
ones. The signature at the end, which
was somewhat rapidly written, was
apparently added later, since immedi-
ately above it there are obvious signs
of a pen having adhered to the paper
by means of dried ink.
As will be seen, it was intended for
one who would already be in posses-
sion of some of the facts of the case,
and it is in that light that it must be
read. It is dated from the camp of
the Federal army at Jacksonville. Md.,
Sept. 25, 1862, and reads thus:
It is now 10 p. m., and 1 am to be
shot at daybreak. I am tired and have
not much time before me for writing.
Yet I am going to set down here clear-
ly and so that no doubt may remain
what happened in my case at the
storming of Davidstown redoubt the
day before yesterday and how it was
that I did what I did.
I write this to you, my nephew and
only near relative, so that you may
read it when you grow up (for they
have promised to let my lawyer have
it). You will then know how your fa
ther died, and you will also know that
nothing dishonorable attaches to my
name—our name—in spite of all. The
court has found me guilty, but that is
mere circumstance — hideous c-ircum
stance. It is not my fault, and my
conscience is clear before God, my final
tribunal.
Firstly, though, I must tell you
about your father. Long before the
war broke out he and I had quarreled -
about your dear mother. That is a
DEPT. OF COLUMBIA, U. S. W. V.
Headquarters Dept. of Columbia,
U. S. W. V.. 2939 King street, South
Berkeley, Cal.
David Holden, Dept. Commander.
John R. Green, Dept. Adjutant. 962
Sixty-third street, Oakland, Cal.
John S. H. Dudley, Dept. Quarter-
master. 843 Fourth avenue, Oakland
Cal.
WOOD STREET FISH MARKET
Fresh Fish, Oysters, Crabs.
719 Wood Street,
West Oakland.
MRS. JONES, Pres.
For long and beautiful hair consult
Miss Robinson, formerly of Chicago
and Cleveland. Miss Robinson is a scalp
specialist of years of experience and
has for sale the finest hair grower on
the market. Phone Piedmont 2861.
Residence 580 32nd street.
Mrs. V. L. North Heuston.
Phone Garfield 7081.
NEW HOTEL PANAMA.
Furnished Rooms With or Without
Board.
Francisco. Rev. W. W. Matthews
pastor. City address, 1667 Geary St
Phone Fillmore 3108. Residence 234.
Twenty-sixth avenue, Oakland. Tel
ephone Merritt 5055. Services
preaching Sunday 11 a. m. and 8 P
M. Sunday school at 1 P. M. Chris
tian Endeavor 6:30 P. M. Oaklanc
people tz.ke the Geary street car a
Ferry Building, get off at Webstet
street at the door of the church.
Sundny Service* »t the North
land Baptist Cl.urch, 29th iiree-t *.;<"•
San Pablo area"
Pr«achint at 11 A M. *oj
Rev. Dr. G. C. Colman, piitor.
F- H. Bolmer, Superintendent, b
filiation between your father and me,
a thing which I would have almost
welcomed then over her grave, I think
I hated him more. They say love can
only turn to hatred, never to friend-
ship, and so that chance passed.
It is midnight now.
Well, the next thing I must tell you
is that the man in my regiment whom
I killed was—as they said at the court
martial today—an enemy of mine.
His name was Williams, and he was
until recently employed in our firm in
a comparatively subordinate position.
He was a troublesome, self opinionat-
ed man, of no great value to the busi-
ness, and not long ago he was gotten
rid of, largelv at my instigation and
thoroughly as ne deserved. '
However, he belonged to the militia, j
and when the war broke out he was !
given a commission in this regiment. !
I volunteered for service, and I, too.
was put into this regiment as private,
and thus it came about that he so soon
Beginniig Thursday May 13th
Dancing - Dancing
And Every Thursday Thereafter
at
MARION HALL
Full Orchestra
Eleventh Street, near Broadway
MARION SOCIAL CLUB
Dancing Until Midnight
Gents 25 cents
Ladies 10 cents
Get the habit.
It's a year of jollity.
J. B. Thomas Win. Bowman, B. Owens. J. Bost. Herbert Clarke.
TWO HOURS AND" FORTY MINUTES ~~~
From
OAKLAND TO SACRAMENTO
Via the
OAKLAND, ANTIOCH & EASTERN RAILWAY
Swift, Safe Electric Service to ^nd from Water Gate of
EXPOSITION GROUNDS
And Throughout Sacramento Valley, Including
fotTnd"himself"in apposition" to~ take His i CHICO, MARYSVILLE, OROVILLE, WODLAND and DIXON
revenge upon me, and well did he do 1 Reduced Round Trip Observation Coaches
it, the blackguard. That's immaterial | Rates Every Day of And Automatic Block
now, but it is necessary that you
the Fair Signals
Ticket Offices:
All Trains Stop at College Avenue and Shatter Aves, Oakland
*1 killed that man—men behind me
SAW IT."
different story. Never mind that. It
was another hard stroke of fate in my
life, though perhaps it will all be put
right now.
We both loved her, your father and
I, and he won. I left our home and
went to New York, where I joined
Samson & Headley, then a rising
firm of engineers. Your father stayed
at the old place down south—which
I hope will be left for you when this
hateful war is over—and there he mar-
ried your mother and ran the planta-
tion.
We had been very dear friends all
our lives, he and 1. and 1 was further
embittered by that separation, coming
as it did in addition to my other great
loss, for your mother was the sweetest
woman that ever walked this earth, |
Cecil; remember that.
t
should understand that the whole regi- i
ment knew these facts, and knew, too. ,
that although 1 had supported his bul- !
lying for a long time without a mur-
mur it was not unlikely that I should
try to get even with him if I had an
opportunity.
Our regiment was almost in the
center of the first line the day before
yesterday at the storming of the big
j redoubt, and we had had the brunt of
the fighting all day. The enemy had
; thrown up some very strong earth-
i works in front of the main defenses,
and our artillery, aided by the in-
fantry, had had a lot of work to do
j in demolishing them and driving the
I enemy from them.
We had stormed the earthworks
i twice already and had lost at least a
' third of our officers and men. I had
1 two minor wounds only.
The captain of my company. Frank-
lin, was killed in the second assault;
| and Williams took his place in com-
mand.
Then the big assault was ordered on
a weak point in their main defenses
where our heavy artillery had made a
breach, and we were burled at It, regi-
ment upon regiment.
There was a surge and a roar of
fighting. One was conscious of nothing
but explosions and shouts and screams,
blood everywhere and men struggling
and men fallen. At last I was on the
slope at the foot of the breach, stum-
bling over bodies and fighting my way
blindly, half -ehoked by smoke and
dust.
And then suddenly I saw your fa-
ther. v *
I cannot explain what happened
within me at that moment. I was half
mad and dazed from a wound in the
head and perhaps half a child again.
I cannot explain, but I saw him as
though he were. the only man before
me. Despite all the years since I had
last seen him and the state he was in,
with blood and grime on his face and
in his grizzled hair, I saw him as
though we were at home together in
the old days.
It was as though a vision flashed on
me and made me unconscious of the
ghastly holocaust around us. Perhaps
your mother was near.
But it was only to be an instant. He
saw me also, and whether the same
feelings were in him I do not know,
but he stood as if turned to stone with
his gaze full on me.
The next instant some one in front
of me and to my right, I could not see
who it was, dashed forward and buried
a sword half its length in his chest.
I can see George's face now. His
jaw dropped, but his eyes remained
fixed on me till he fell.
Then I went quite mad, I think. I
felt choked, and things swam before
me. I killed that man. I do not actual-
ly remember how. but men behind me
saw it.
He was Williams, of course, the mac
who killed your father and for whom
I am to be shot in an hour or two.
I am tired and will stop. I have said
everything, I think.
But I am not sorry. I believe abso-
lutely in the hereafter, and I think
that I shall find Helen and George in
a very little time now.
Goodby, my boy. and God bless you!
—Sphere.
For Sale
!
Phone Oakland 4376.
The furniture of an 8-room huse
at 2385 Bush street, San Francisco.
Fine place for a rooming house
Roomers are paying rent. This fur-
niture like new. Rent been paid foi-
a month. Will sacrifice, as party is
leaving city. Terms if wanted. See
Springer, 77 Bacon Bldg., Oakland.
4473 E.14MSt.
THE LEADING CHINESE
PHYSICIAN
Have you k>ct laitn in other doct-
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1136 10th Avenue,
the bottom of my heart.
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Call at once and receive free (hag
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FUEL
HIGH GRADE, i^OW COST
COAL FOR THE
NEW PHOTO STUDIO.
In South Berkeley, west of Post-
office, 1763 Alcatraz avenue, known as
the Macurdy's Photo Studio.
You are invited to call and see
samples of some of the latest designs
of cards and mounts.
DURHAM FARM CREAMERY
The House of Pure Milk and
Cream
Our Dairy Products Are Always
Strictly Fresh and Equal to
the Best.
1479 Seventh Street
Phone Lakesido 610.
CHANGED HANDS.
The store locaeed at 3153 Filbert
street, corner Thirty-second, has
changed hands and is under the
management of
J. RAMPON1,
where a full line of choice Gro-
ceries and Vegetables, Stationery,
etc., can be had at reasonable
prices. All orders promptly deliv
ered.
•S&SCiSL.l
She died four years ago next Decern- j
v. i Memorial Day Like All Souls' Day.
ber on vour birthday. J . . . . . .
V +». i • 1 Memorial day is in truth nothing
Your father I never saw again until • ^ „ . , , ®
, . i| more than a secular All Souls day. It
the day before yesterday. I . . . .. J
- ... It is as much for the sake of her 1 OWeS,itS'ori%n' according to some ac-
P. N. at 7:30 p. <n., led by Mr. Drake memory as for any other reason that I co,unt*' to th® women of, *he so"th-
3ethet A M. E. Church. 1207 Pew
«.rret, San Francisco. Rev. J H
Wilson, pastor. Residence. 1062 la
< if.e street Pho.ie Frinklin 5204.
Se. vices—Sunday S :!'-jol, 9:45 a. n«
T W. Dean, supcris.tc . *ent. Preacn
meeting Wednesday timing Trua
tee Bear* meets firsv Monday each
ing II a t. and 8 p. rr Class No 1
1.2:If p tn. Class No s' r.nd pray«>
montf. IT' o'clock noon Official
Board, t.erjnd and 'ourtfi Monday, i
p. m.
Members and friends are eordfilb
invited to nlt-rnd Stm™e-ers are -r-el
Clay and Hyde streets. San Fran
Rev. Allen Newman. A M., min
ister.
Morning services, 11 o'clock. Sun
day school 1230 o'clock. Young Peo-
ple's meeting 7 P. M. Evening serv-
ices 8 P. If.
It'ftru to hate war. and.
•ivil war. for that is when
tno-i- upon earth. Thank
jot her never lived to
REMOVAL NOTICE.
The Idle Hour Social Club 'has
moved to 331 Eighth street. Bigger
and better is our motto. A free com-
mittee room will be provided for all
lodges and societies wishing to use it.
No ladies' night from now on. Don't
forget our new location. 331 Eighth
street.
JAMES WOODWARD, Mgr.
Phone Fruitvale 1127W
I Want to Sell You Your
ELECTRIC FIXTURES
My Prices and Goods Are Right
GEO. WEBBER
3306 Adeline Street Berkelev
I am making this statement for you.
When this war broke out your fa-
ther, of course, was bouud to the
south, the Confederates. I. however,
had severed my connection with the
south. I had no interest iu it. On the
contrary. I had every reason to fight
for the norlh And I have done so and
fought as v. it as any man—with what
a rests 11!
My boy
abov# all.
hell is let
God that your
see this!
As for myself, in one way I am not
sorry that this has happened, though I
wish with all my heart that I had
died fighting the day before yesterday,
for despite all my efforts life has been
Py rt-riton n£ the changed condition*
the farir.er will have to increase
twenty per cent the price of his prod-
icts. This v ill mean that the house-
wife must par twenty per- cent more
for everything she places in the fam-
ily larder. Twenty per sent more" for
flour, twenty ner cent more for vege-
tables. twenty per cent more for egg».
twenty per cent more for butter, and
bo on along the line.
The proposed eight-hour law
strikes the eight-hour, the nine-hour
and the ten-hour wage-earner with
equal force and disaster.
The problem of meeting an In-
creased expense with a decreased In-
come has never been solved success-
fully. The adoption of the eight-hour
law will present that problem in all
of its disagreeable angles. The way
to avoid it Is to defeat the bill.
It can jefMr be left <n » careful
who began the practice of decorating
their graves less than two years after
the close of the civil war. That
struggle of four years had kept our
country in a constant state of commo-
tion and excitement. Every part of the
nation had contributed its men, young
and old. to the conflict. When peace
was restored there was scarcely a
village or town that did not have a
grave to remind it of the fearful cost.
A New York newspaper first pub-
lished a paragraph stating that a few
women of Columbus, Miss., had strewn
the graves of the dead soldiers. Union
as well as Confederate. This touching
tribute caused a thrill of tenderness to
pass through the north, and it aroused,
as probably nothing else could have
done a feeling of national amity and
iove.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Estate of RICHARD LENORD,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, executor of the last Will
of Richard Lenord, deceased, to the
creditors of and all persons having
claims against the said deceased, to
exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers within four months after the
first publication of this notice to the
said executoi. at the office of Carl F.
Wood, 44 Bacon Building, Oakland,
California, which said office the un-
dersigned selects as his place of busi-
ness in all matters connected with
said estate of Richard Lenord, de-
ceased.
J. B. WILSON,
Executor of the last Will "of Richard
Lenord, deceased.
Dated, Oakland, January 21st, 1915.
CARL F. WOOD, Attorney of Ex-
eCutor, 44 Bacon Building, Oakland,
C?'
FOR RENT.
Cor-plete.y furnished bedroom and
kitchenette, with joint use of dining
room, parlor and living room. All
modern conveniences. Half block
P. E. CHRISTENSEN.
Mr. Christensen has opened a jew
elry store at 3297 Adeline street.
South Berkeley, where he will be
pleased to meet those who need any-
thing in his line. He will carry a full
line of watches, etc., and do all kinds
of repairing at reasonable prices.
Cooper A. M. E. Zion Church, Camp
bell Street, between 8th and 9th
streets; George Henry Haines
Pastor.
Residence 1587 Tenth Street, Phone.
Oakland 8873
All persons wishing the Pastor's
professional service can call him by
phone and he will gladly render the
services required.
Lord's Day Services, 11 A. M. and
8 P. M. Sermons 1:45 P. M. Sun-
day School. Mid-week Servites.
Tuesday, 8 P. M. Cl?ss and Prayer
Meeting.
The first Sunday in each month
Lovefeast and the Holly Communion
You are invited to all of these servi-
ces, and will find a warm Christian
welcome. Person ■< looking for a
church home are solicited to come
into our fellowship"and be assured of
a helpful and peaceful companionship.!
I
Phone Lakeside 163U
SIDNEY S. JOHNSON
Dealer
in
Wood, Coal & Carbin Fuel
1216 WOOD STREET
Mr. Wm. Smith, the well known
carpenter of our race, has opened aj
general repair shop at * 1812 Post
street, San Francisco. He is prepared
to do all kinds of carpenter work,'
tinting, paper hanging, plastering and!
job work of all kinds. Kitchen cabi-{
nets and mission furniture of all de-
signs made to fit any space at 'less
than furniture dealers' prices. Job
work of all kinds. Expert help in all
branches. No job too small or too
large. The smallest job will be ap-
j preciated and given his per?c,nal at-
| tention. Estimates and plans fur-
i nished for new buildings. Residence
I 524 28th street. Phone Mission 4678.
j A branch will be opened in Oakland%
! in the near future.
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