The Bowie Blade. (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, June 23, 1905 Page: 1 of 8
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Kowic. (Contaoue County, Ccrae. frIOap, 3«nc 23, 1003
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SENATOR BAILEY COMING
"Will
be On* of tho Ipoakort
at the Reunion.
Mr. Jot n Speer has been in
correepondenoe with United
States Senator J. W. Bailey with
a view to getting him to make a
speech at the coming reunion to
be held in Bowie July 27-29 and
the Senator’s reply is as follows:
Gainesville, Tex., June 16, ’05.
Mr. John Speer, Bowie, Texas.
My Dear Mr. Speer—Owing to
my absence during the last thirty
days I have been unable to give
my attention to my mail, or else
1 would have replied more
promptly to your letter of May
29,h, inviting mo to attend the
Confederate reuniou to be held in
Bowie on the 27-29 of July. As
1 stated to you last year, I am
anxious * to coma a mo tig my
friends at Bowie, and therefore,
it pleases me very much to ac-
cept the invitation to attend the
reunion. I wish it were possible
for me to spend the entire three
days of the reunion with you,
but at that will be impossible, I
will thank you to fix the day on
which I will bo expeoted to take
part in the exercises and advise
me. Very truly yours,
J. W. Bailxy.
It is too oflen the case good
speakers are advertised on pro*
grams for the purpose of drawing
crowds, but the Bowie Pelhams
feel s u re with the above pro raise
from Senator Bailey, that they
are warranted in promising those
who attend a splendid speech
froqa one of the South’s most
gifted orators.
The exact dite and hour of his
speech will be advertised in due
time.
and the second by the ladies of
the Woodmen Circle, 8everal
visitors from other towns were
here and were hospitably enter-
tained during their stay in Bowie.
The erecting of monuments oyer
the graves of deceased members
is one of the features which
make Wcodoraft popular, and
the Camp and Circle at this
place carried out the customary
programme in a manner
that was as impressive as it
was beautiful. A splendid ad*
dress delivered by Prof. A. L
Malone, Superintendent of the
city schools, was one of the at
tractive features iu the program.
Death Roll.
Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Gibson, 2 miles east of Bowie,
died June 19 and was buried at
Lin dale. ------------
J. W. South, age
died at his home iu
June 10
50 years,
Bowie, on
leaves a wife and sev-
eral children; burial at Blue
Grove.
On June 16 death claimed an*-
other of the triplets born to Mr.
and Mrs. McNeal several weeks
ago, mention of which was made
in the Blade.
Mrs. Sarah Chambb as, age 45
years, died at her home in the
south part of town on the 18th
met. She was buried at Adora.
Bowie, Tex., Jane 17, 1906.
Bowie Pelham Camp met on Regular
day ot meeting. Opened by prayer by
Dr. Herald, JUapt. Levister in' the
chair. Reading of minutes of last
meeting was deferred nntil the next
meeting. The subject of the reunion
was taken np and after discussing the
matter motion carried that a com-
mittee of five be appointed to settle
the question. The following committee
was appointed: J W Brock, J M Stal-
lings, J W Slaughter, J G Rosson aDd
J T Stallings.
The committee agreed on the fol-
lowing plan: There will be a sufficient
amount of barbecued meats furnished
free for the old soldiers and their
families, also coffee and bread free to
them. AH visitors can buy barbecued
meats at tbe stands at a reasonable
price. The matter of building a shied
for the Camp was discussed and it
was agreed that all monies taken In
after all expenses are paid is to be ex-
pended in bui Iding a shed at tbe Camp.
A committee of three was appointed
on invitation and printing as follows:
_J M Stallings. J A Cummins, R M
Crim, the Sons and Daughters also to
meet with the committee.
R. C. LEVISTER, Capt.
J. M, STALLINGS, Act. Ajt.
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Woodmen Unveiling.
The Woodmen unveiling cere-
monies at Elmwood Cemetery
Sunday afternoon were attended
by a large crowd and an appro-
priate program was carried out.
Two handaome mournents erected
over tbe graves of W H, Beau-
champ and Lelia Giles were uncov
ered, the first by the Woodmen
Attention U. C. Vs.
The next meeting of the Bowie
Pelham Camp United Confeder-
ate Veterans will be held Satur-
day. July 1. Special business to
be trausaoted. and all members
are urged to attend --------------------------------
R. C. Levister,
Commander.
- Mrs. Ras, Saufley entertained
at whist Tuesday afternoon in
honor of Mrs. Blackman of Chiok-
asbs. The guests were Mesdamea
Smith. Keffer^Ciim,Harris. Weil,
Karleburg, Cummins, Blackburn;
Misses Turner. Trenohard, Lucy,
Julia and Annabelle Patterson,
Evans, McKinney, McKain, Levy.
Judkins, Hutchison and James.
Mrs. Blackburn received the
guest prize, a hand painted
China plate. Miss Julia Patter-
sun won high score prize, a hand
painted spoon tray.
New Car o! Furniture.
Just in—many elegaDt peicee
whioh which will pay you to call
and see. Am able to offer you
better values than ever before.
____J______ W. A. Wells,
Successor to Sigmon & Son.
Best o' Fellers.
Hast o’ fellers fur and wfde,‘
Never knowed it till he died,
Said all roun’ the neighborhood
He wuz nachully “no good,”
Till one day be closed his eyes
To tbe wort’ an’ to the skies.
Last words that we heard him say:
“I wuz alius in th’ way,
Jest ain’t wutb a tear or sigh:
Tell ’em all good-by—good-by!”
Best o’ fellers, far an’ wide.
Never knowed it till he died,
Till poor souls aroun’ him pressed
An’ laid roses on his breast.
Till we heard beside him moan
Folks he’d helped all unbeknown.
Little children roun’ the place
-Cryin’—klsain’ his white facet
Best o’ fellers, fur and wide,
Never knowed it till be died.
Best o’ fellers! * * That’s the way
We’re a-doin’ day by day—
Findin’ thorns in gardens sweet
When the flowers are at our feet!
When the mornin’s jest
Holdln’ of our love until
gk
Til
sight!
Hearts it might have helped are still.
Best o’ fellers fur an’ wide—
Never knowed it till he died.
—Selected
1 Stories of the
I Civil War
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£ end txais beat end U among A
the ftw gtmlnt means of recovery In
rickets and bens coasamfUen.
Send (nr lm niaplc.
CfcemMU.
SCOTT A BOW
409-OS Pearl Street,
(oc.aadSioo;sU
New York
Aethma Suffers Should Know
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many cases of asthma that were con-
sidered hopeless. Mr. Anesing, 701
West Third 8t., Davenport, Iowa,
writes: -‘A severe cold contracted
twelve years ago was neglected until
it finally grew into aBthma. The best
medical skill available could not give
me more than temporary relief.
?oley’s Honey and Tar was recoin-
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tirely cured me of asthma which had
been growing on me for twelve years,
and if I had taken it at the siart
would have been saved years of suf
erlng,” Sold by G. 0. Slaughter &
"Lots of time for lots of things,
Though it’s said that time has wings.
But there Is no time to spare
For unkindneas any where.”
A Guaranteed Cure for Pilea.
Itching, blind, bleeding or protrud-
ing plies. Druggists refund money If
Pazo Ointment fails to cure any case,
no matter of bow long standing, in 0
to 14 days. First application givea
ease and rest. 50c. If your druggist
hasn’t it send 50c in sumps and it will
be forwarded postpaid by Paris Medi-
cine Co., St. Louis, Mo.
By Judff* J. N, Campbell.
As I am not writing a history
of the Civil war, but narrating
only a few incidents that came
under my immediate observation
during those four eventful years,
I will paas over several months
that intervened between the time
I entered the cavalry service at
Vaiden, Miss., iu the fall of 1861
to the spring of 1864. The exact
time I don’t now remember,
only know It was in the spring
and that the clover fields were it
foil bloom in north Alabama anc
north Georgia. All the cavalry
under Geo. Roas, and Col’a. Pin-
son, Stark and Adams had been
ordered to north Georgia to rein-
force Geu. Joseph E. Johnson,
who waa confronting Gen. Sher
man between Rome and Chatta
nooga. At the time my story be-
gins we wsre in camp at Tusca
loose, Ala. I waa on detached
service in the town when the
oommand moved on. In a fewfnip.
days thereafter I received orders
to report to the command at
Rome, and made the trip alone
through tba country on horse-
back, passing Scottaville, Ely ton,
Talladigga and Blue Mountain.
On this trip every tooth in ray
head began to ache and before I
reached Rome I was in a rack of
pain and my face was greatly
swollen. It was late in the even-
ing when I got there.
Gan Johnson occupied a strong
fortified position just north of
the town. Artillery firing was
in progress all along the line, and
a great battle was momentarily
expected. No one seemed to
doubt Gen. Johnson’s ability to
hold his position, yet the citizens
of the town were greatly excited,
and many of them were moving
their valuables to plaoes of
greater safety. No one was able
to tell me where I could find
Gen. Ross or Col. Pinson. I had
slept none tie night before and
was still suffering intense pain
from my teeth and was utterly
unfit'just tbeu to take care of
myself, much lees to go into a
battle, yet I moved to the battle
line without any special object in
view
On reaching the trenches I
found the men resting on their
arms expecting the battle to be
gin at daylight or before. I was
informed by a staff officer that
Roes’ brigade was under Maj.
Gen. Frank Armstrong. He ad-
vised me to go to headquarters
for further information but I waa
too old a soldier to go to head-
quarters for information of that
sort on the eve of a battle. So I
rode slowly back to town hoping
to find some quiet place where I
could lie down and rest. The
not disturbing anybody much,
most of them paseiog high over
Johnsou’s lines. Some of them
dropped disagreeably near me on
my return, but the danger was
no greater than we often experi-
ence from an ordinary thunder
cloud. The business houses were
all closed and the lights out. I
entered a street leading south,
lined with palatial residences;
lights shown in most of them
and the inmates were in the gal-
leries, porohes and front yards. I
made several requests for admit
tenoe and was as often deBied
They doubtless took me for a
straggler, and felt justified in
giving me the cold shoulder,
moved on looking for a vaoant
lot where 1 oould lie down and
rest on the grass. My horse
stopped and refused to budge
another peg. Reader! There
were guardian angels on this
earth in those days and one of
them was near by, I could
plainly disoern her form, olad in
spotless white, In the front poroh
of a vine clad cottage only a few
yards away. When I again
urged my horse to moye he went
straight to the gate. I asked the
lady permission to bitch my horse
on the inside and to lie down my-
self on the grass, telling her at
the same time that I was very
sick She replied in a sweet
voice “My husband is in the Vir-
gins army, and I am alone, but
you can come in,” and with that
she opened tbe gate and bid me
go to the rear of the house and
tie my horse to a cedar tree, and
while I was so doing she appeared
at tbe back poroh with a lamp
and directed me to a couch. The
porch was oovered with vines and
fragrant flower*. On observing
my swollen face her sympathies
were greatly aroused and she
brought m* a pillow and a bottle
of camphor and bathed my face.
She was young and beautiful
though very sad. We exchanged
but few words and I soon fell into
a deep sleep, and I suppose I
was the only adult per&ou in
Rome that did any sleeping that
eventful night, and but for her
watchfulness and cars I would
have been a prisoner before sun
Just as day was breaking
she awoke me and said: “I be-
lieve the town is full of yankees.”
I hurriedly pulled on my boots,
went to the front gate and found
•he was right. A column of blue
coats was moving south in ranks
of- four; cavalry, of course.
Rome that morning was envel-
oped in a dense fog, and the blue
and the gray were not distin-
guishable ten feet away. I
mounted my horse, and under the
direction of my guardian angel,
passed out of the yard into a
street leading south and parallel
with the one the yankees were
on, I moved much faster than
they and was soon ahead of
them. I met several horsemen
but could not tell whether they
were friends or foes.
When the aun rose and th* fog
cleared away I was five or six
miles out on the road to King-
ston. The road was full of flee-
ng soldiers and citizens of both
sex and all ages* The soldiers
were those who had been left on
tbe skirmish line when Johnson
withdrew from the ireuches un-
def the cover of night. They, of
course knew nothing of the re-
peat until they were driven in
jy the enemy,, and when they
bund the tranches empty they
led through tbe town and were
the first to give notice of the re-
treat, all of whioh transpired
while I was fast asleep. The flee-
ng citizens were traveling in
every conceivable yray, and all
carried baggage and household
foods of some sort Fine car-
riages and bufgiee, londoa, de-
ivery wagons, carts, floats and
every other vehicle in use in
hose days had been hastily put
into service. Each driver seemed
intent on passing the team
MONTAGUE COUNTY, TEXAS
No Superior as an Agricultural
Section.
Montague oounty has no supe-
rior in the great State of Texas
ns an all round agricultural dis-
trict. Nowhere can a greater va-
riety of cropa be grown than in
Montague ooun’y. Cotton, our
chief produot. could be entirely
eliminated, if it were ueces-
sary, and still we oould live and
have our being and action un-
fettered by mortgage bonds. Few
other sections can say as much.
The fruit industry is going to
be something that will surprise
even the people at home by and
by. Theie will not likely be
many oar load shipments made
this year, when the thousands and
hundreds of thousands of tree*
planted last year and the year
before, begin bearing then the
eyes of homeseskers will be
turnsd this way.
Montagus offers to new corn-
ers nearly all that East Texas
aa|| and generously leaves out
the malaria.
Montague offers peaoh land,
apple land, grape land, cotton,
corn, wheat, oats and alfalfa
land,
Montague offers health, pure
water and pure air, and as near
a perfect olimate aa oan be
found where the other advan-
tages are equal.
all were making good time-
Being mounted on a good horse,
and without inoumbranoe of aov
kind, I took up a weary little
17-year-old soldier behind me
and wns soon in tha lead, forgot
that I ever had tbs toothaobe.
The boy told me that he aud oth-
ers on the picket line had to run
for dear life to get to the fortifi1-
cetions, and finding them empty
be bad been running ever since,
and was about ready to give up
when I pulled him up behind me.
I don’t know the exaot distance
from Rome to Kingston—about
twenty miles I suppose—When
about half way we came upon
some Con federate videttes be l on g -
ing to Gen. Pat Cleburn’s divis-
ion. About two hours beforo
sundown wa reached Kingston,
where we foundCleburn’s division
drawn up in line of battle north
of the depot. The line extended
as far as I oould see either wav.
There was a large ware house
near the depot full of supplies
which had been opened up, and
the soldiers were coming in
•quads from the linaa and carry-
ingout clothing. The last I saw of
my boy he was throwing off his
old tattered garments and putting
on new ones.
I learned there that Gen. John-
son was foriifying a new line 0*
battle in front of Case villa, a few
miles further down the Ga. rail-
road. Cleburn was guarding
the rear while the lino was being
established.
Kingston was a small place and
the citizens bad about all fled.
The only battle I witnessed in
which I did not in some way par-
ticipate occurred that iveriing.
(To be continued )
spelling that was going on waa front of him and the result was
Cuban Diarrhoea. __
U. S. soldiers who served In Cuba
during the Spanish war know what
this disease is, and that ordinary rem
edies have little more effect than bo
much water. Cuban diarrhoea is al-
most as severe and dangerous an a
mild attack of cholera. There is one
remedy, however, that can always be
depended upon as will be seen by the
following certificate: “I hereby cer-
tify that Cbamberlain’s Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy cured my bun
band of a severe attack of Cuban diar-
rhoea which he brought home from
Cuba. We bad several doctors bet
they did him no good. One bottle ot
this remedy cured him, as our neigh-
bors will testify. I thank God for ho
valuable a medicine.” For sale by
Q. 0. Slaughter & Co.
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