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BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1918.
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Mr. Editor: I have commenced
writing
i strHa of article4 i o r
your paper, which are my per.
sonal recollection of the Civil
War, and ..ill be d script! ve of
Mmi t if , John If VI o-ur'n
u'l v ' ) - . ': .!: miiii-ui ' I
ws uu active participant from
the fall of 1862 to the cloe of
th vrti-. onlv o;o:rfs;v for in
truditit;' on .your columns rav in
dividal experiences U,' I have
been repeatedly urged to do ro,
not only by personal friends, but
by the Chapter of the U. D. C. in
adjoining counties. From the
best information procurable, 1
am the living -representative of
General'Morgan's command any
where in this section of the couu
try. L. N. Perkins. '
Daring December 1862 General
Morgan's division was stationed
near Stone's River Bridge, nine
miles from Murfreesboro, on the
pike leadinsr to Hartsville, Tun
wivch pitvje wf.is on (he south
bank of Cumberland men There
was a camp of Federals, -about
twenty-flve hundred, number
on the north fide of the river op
posite ilurtsvillf. It aeenis lli.it
Gen. Morgan had correct infor
mation of the number and loca
tion m general. So he , cided
to srive them tv rtuipns j Htuwii,
and capture i he whole command.
Ho made application and receiv
ed in addiMoa to his own com
mand twu companies ui iul&uliy
to assist in the job. So on the
6th of December we made ready
to stai t on the'trip. The morn
ing was cold with a brisk north
wind blow iug and a fkiff of snow
on the ground. Tlie infantry,
who were also Kentuckiann and
had been prisoners of war and
recently exchanged, started very
early with two pieces of artillery
following them. About 9 o'clock
the whole command started on
the march. We overtook the in
fantry and demounted and walk
ed till about sun down, so the in
fantry could rest by riding. The
distance from Stone's river to
Hartsville is about 25 miles. It
seems that the plan was to ap
proach the enemy at night, cut
off and capture hII the pickets
and not let them know we were
near them till t hey were in a trap.
Soon after nightfall, the brigade
to which I belonged left the pike
and took an old road through
the wajds in order to eet in the
rear of the Yanks. We crossed
PnmbArland River, which was
deep and the ice funning t hick.
The moon was shining brightly
and very cold. After crossing
the river be built fires, using an
old fence that was convenient for
wood. After the men had all saf
ely crossed the river, rested and
warmed a while, we started on
the, march again. It was now
nearly daylight, and very soon
we heard the booming of cannon
which seemed to be a mile or two
from us and ud the river: the
rAttle of musketry was soon
heard also and we knew the bat
t.la wan on and w oueht to be
there. In all my experience with
cow boy and cavalry riding,
never taw such riding as we die
.ht. mnrnincr. The road was
dated with slick ice a great por
tion of the way, nnd frequently a
horse would fall down and roll
off the road, baton we went, and
by about sunrise or a little af
ter, we were ready to participate
in the encounter, We were com
pletely in rear of the retreating
YankeeBj who were being pressed
back by the infantry and artill
ery. We only fired a few rounds
until a white flag was run up and
a full snrrender made. The whole
DALE BLAIR.
The subject of this sketch was
born in Watauga county, N. C,
April 4. 1901, and died Sept. 13.
1918, in his 17th year. He pro
fessed faith in Christ aid joined
the Willowdale Baptist church,
berfi he lived a consecrated,
christian life until his death. 1
Again G d has called away
from us. from , this life of care
and ;ti ifeaii'l s idness to a life of
peace and love beyond, one of
His children. Dale Blair! How
marked is his vacant place in the
home; what a sadness encircles
ns when we re diz that his pres
ence here is forever withdrawn,
but what a joy when we reedg
nize the voice of God as bespeak
peace to all his chidren who live
and die in Him. What a comfor
ting thought that God is glad to
call His children home.
The writer knew Dale from the
grave, and to know him was to
love him. He was kind and good
to every one he met, both young
and old, and was always loving
and obedient at home. He bore
his suffering patiently, and all
thro'iri: hi ill"'." ' "l 1 mng
.id pray and oiteu uk iiU nurse
and mama to pray with him but
never expresse 1 a wish to get
well. Just before he died he sang
beautifully; to)d Ms f'ie-uis and
loved oues he was going home.
He called his brother Don to
come and cross the river with
hln th"ii close I his eu'sand
wetit off us if to sleep.
.VI r. J. K. PltESXEBL.
Elizabethton, Tenn.
command was captured except
about three hundred cavalry who
rao out before we closed the gap.
e saw i hem in the distance go-
ing at full speed but were too
ate to cut them off. The num.
berof men Morgan had in the
engagement was less than two slowly starved to death in Po
thousand, and the number of land or massacred in Armenia?
prisoners captured was 2.200 by
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actual count with all then tentu
wagon, teams and camp equip-
age. with which they were Well
supplied. Our firearms then wem
muzzle loading Springfield mus-
kets which carried a ball and
three buck shot. After I bad
fired the first round, in attempt-
ing to reload 1 found my gun was
burst open a foot or more at th -shall we befoul and taint the pu
muzzlecnd. 1 knew at once that rity of American childhood with
the cause was ice formed in it a reminder of the fiendish treat-
rom crossing the river. Hook-
ed about and saw a gun similar
to mine lying on the ground a
short distance from me. I threw
mine down and t.icked ud the
one on the ground, which I car-
ried as lonir as I had use for it.
We were then inside the enemv
lines and the thine for us to do
was to get back borne, so the
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mnles were harnedRed. and hook-
CU IV WHO 1 UfUUO Ullll vuv
plunder we could carry off was
hoHtilv Innf1..f1 anrl nut nn the
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move. The prisoners were also
hurried awny with proper guards.
I was detailei to guard a wagon
loaded with wounded prisoners,
In passing through the camps to suggest the flame from burst
after the battle someone sugires- jng grenades hurle-l by arras up-
ted to me to get some blankets,
1 had not thought of it, so I
rushed into a teut and procured
an overcoat, fjur heavy U. S.
blankets and an oil cloth, which
I used all winter, and without
which I do not pee how 1 could
have gotten through the winter omens, and bid the wail of ago
alive. It was after midnisrht the nized suirits flnat through the
second night after we Vft camp
until we got back with our sup-
ply of prinoners and booty, tired,
hungry and cold. We remained
in that camp and rested up till
about the 20th of the month
when we made another raid
through Tennessee and Kentucky
of which I propose to relate in
my next commtfnication.
(To be continued.)
Say General Perehlnf, referrinj to
one of the war work ortanbtatitma :
ft A SENSE of obligation for the varied
and useful service rendered to the
army in Prance ..... prompts me to
Join in the appeal for its farther financial
npporfc I have opportunity to observe
Its operations, measure the quality of its
personnel and mark its beneficial influence
opon our troops, and I wish unreservedly
to commend its work for the army. "
UNTIED W
rona.
levwj
Emblems of Dtitb for Toys.
(By H. H. Windsor in Deoember Pop
ular Ueebanici Magatlne.)
New York, Oct. 22. Several
thousand cases of German-made
toys arrived here today. Asso
ciated Press.
Toys? For whom? For the in.
nocents carried down when the
'Lusitania" sank? For those
tear-eyed Belgian i.-bildren who
stretch forth little bodies rest in
the '.churchyards of Italy that
died in pain from poisoned Hun
candv? For those other children
Toys? Toys made by Huns to
whom innocence and childhood
are but toys to be played with
and then crushed and broken?
Toys whose very contact con
taminate and leaves upon the
touch of babyhood invislbleclot
of blood? As well brine a deadly
serpent into the home to spew
its venom on the cradle. VVhy
ment thehuns nave gloried in
ever since that fateful August of
1914? Can one even look upon a '
Noah's Ark '-Made in Germany"
Und nut fcom hi minrl those: hun
dredn of helpless innocents whose
silken locks are twined witu wa-
weert? L'n one hold a fie nn an
doll in her arms and fnret the
"
thousands dead from famine who,
inp mn.d aladn. mot hwr'H arms?
all han 4a ahu )hai,nn.!
WUDUUi mm UCIIKUV IU vucwu-
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tortious of a mechanical Hun
Lw,, on fnro-Df-. thnao hmvc
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young men who writhed in ago-
ny when crucified on castle walls
by' these same Huns? Can a ball
colored with the red of Huns fail
lifted in the attitude of "karua-
rad?"
Let tboRe who would invite
fearsome chosts into the home
to hover round the Christmas
tree buy German toys. If one
would hang the bouuhs with evil
branches and fan the flickering
flame of candles, let him buy Ger-
maQ toys. Let those who can,
make merry with the product of
those very hands which even at
this Jmoraent are eagerly filling
shells with poison gases and
deadly flames and burling them
against our own flesh and blood.
And what of the merchant who
for Bordid gain would barter
o
Genera Pershing
these souvenir of a loathsome
nation end insult the loyalty of
lisping lips? What could more
delight the cunning Hun, what
more quickly bring the sneering
smile to cruel faces, or gladden
heartless hearts, or encourage
him to hope that even new we
tolerate his brutality and wel
come what he wants to Bell? If
now, when as a nation we are in
universal condemnation of Hun
ism, yet do we hold out our
hands to accept his works, what
will he think and with what mea
sure shall he estimate the sincer
ity of our expressions of repug
nance and horror at what he has
done since the sun rose this
morning? What mitigation can
we claim in the thought that
America was not yet overseas
when these trinkets were fashion
ed? Even while the gaudy paint
wa? yet fresh upon these trinkets
were Belgian girls being dragged
into slavery worse than death.
We do not lack for toys; toys
by tramloada made in American
factories, by hands which are
tlean- toy 9 also by carloads made
by our ally in Japan, wherechild
hood is sacred, and love, not
i nate is taugQt at mothers
breasts. Lven were tnere none,
far bet.ter our bo.vs and Prls
should go witnout man nun
pleasure in tne nanoiworK oi a
(nation which made a public non
1 j a i.i i. ik. i
aay lo ceieuraw tu -M uio
LUSltania, and Whicn in tnese
latter davs is steeped in ine
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I &10TJ oimumiruun. uuu.u
OUT little men who sacrifice
ma-
nv a childish pleasure to buy
war stamps and contribute pen
n es to the hVd t;ros. and out
little mothers who knit ho pati
ently with hands that can barely
hold the iieHillfs. would one o
these knowingly find any pleas
ure in any toy "Made in Germa
ny."
CURE FOR DYSINTERY.
'Whila I was in Ashland, Kan
sas. a gentleman overheard me
.sneaking of Chaiubei Iain's Colic
and Diarrhoea Remedy," writes
William Whitelaw, of l)es Moines
Iowa. "He told me in detail
what it had done for his family
but more especially bin daughte
who was l.vu'g at tl e point
death with a violent attack o!
dvsintery, and had been given
up by her family physician. Borne
of the neighbors ad vi ed him to
giveCbainbeilnin'sC' lie and Di
arrhoea Kotnedy, wn cn he did
and fully believes tie t by doing
ho saved the lif of h s child. He
sta' ed that he had lso us d this
reniMiy himself with equally grat
ft ing results."
From Camp Start, Ya.
Mr. Editor: Just a word to the
people and friends at home, that
thev nmv know how we are ne-
ing treated and pared for. 'For
me to try to express my appreci
ation fo the care and kin dues
shown us, not only here, but in
all the Y. M. C. A. catnp9 wheiv
our reciraeot has bpen quarter
ed, would be a task indeed.
There is nothing they haven':
done to hrfp moke us cheeifpl
ma comioriHuie. iue bjuusouu
fine entertainments, the educa
tional classes, free books from
the libraries, magazines, writing
materials; writing and t a k in g
charge of telegrams, buying sup
plies for us when we cannot - get
out of camps, etc., end comfort
ing talks, entirely without prop
aganda, has won the respect of
every man in the regiment.
But, perhaps, one of the finest
services is that of caring for the
relatives of men who come from
a lone distance to see them nd
hid them crood bve. Manv arriv !
ill oml nut nf mnnov Thou UPO
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cared for in wavs too numerous
to mention here. And when we
get aboard a transport for over
there, i unaersrana mat me x.
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to HIIU IVLUUIU W.U UU 111 KUCIn
trench-fighting. It is the bright
spot in our daily livesas soldiers
and I feel that we cannot say
too much for this splendid, help
ful organization. Wishing for
each an.l every one the best that
life can give, I am,
A Grateful Sddier,
William D. Wilson.
Battery, Act, A. B. D., Camp
Stuart, Va.
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