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Graves o/J&b •^^p(c^^^wcr|^^c>utj^^ y All over the South thcro are myriads of graves unknown to the loved ones at home. A lady in Geor gia once remarked, in speaking of her life: "My riches are all in Virginia. I love the dear old State; she is keep ing all my treasures for me; the dust of my five sons is beneath her so IK' —- and here In Kentucky, scattered amongst, its cemeteries and down in tts valley along its hillsides, there I arc thousands of such mounds as these, which represent the costly and dreadful sacrifice the homes and hearts of the South paid in the strug gle of the Confederacy, to be free. The world is beginning to understand that the greatest heroes of the war were not its officers. It is not prob able that mere than 30,000 officers, of all ranks, laid down their lives In defense of the Confederacy, and there were more than 400.000 privates who gave up their lives for that land. The largest proportion of the heroism and chivalry of the army of the South wan in her ranks and the bravest men who tiled were those whose history #kVill never be yrlUen. . The scout, r HH. picket, the tnen in the skirmish , line, th»» men In the rifle pit, and on * the parapet and in the trench, were e the men who dared most, endured x most and gave most in that struggle. \lUie men who showed the greatest tiraver.v, the truest self-devotion, the most splendid courage, were those Who carried the guns and "never reasoned why, but only marched to do or die." This isolation In burial, this loneliness jji death fpeaka In no uncertain way oTrTte poverty of the I vwar's survivors and of the desolation -which followed in the wake of the South's defeat, and of the dreadful cohsoquences to its people when its banner went down before the storm. These almor.t forgotten heroes were best known to tile wives, and moth ers and sisters of the South. It was Woman's tenderness which sustained -r v# k fiEN. CLEMENT A. EVANS, Atlanta, Ua., Commander in Chief United Confederate Veterans. them and woman's heart which alone appreciated them and gave them their Jost place among the noblest of the earth. The boy who came back on his shield was to women the greatest and truest of all, and she worshiped and cherished him as woman alone can worship and cherish. The most •acred of all her treasures, ten derest of all her memories were con nected with those whom she bad given as an: • Ve to the Soutfc. She fe, \: loved best, remembored best, and in her heart lived longest and truest the deeds of those who, unknown to fame, surrendered their all on the al tar of their country. For those who haye been burled here or elsewhere without affection's recognition, the heart breathes out sweetest benedic tion and praise. It may be that in these far-away homes they only hold some garment, faded, tattered and torn, it may be a gray jacket which loving hands prepared for the young soldier when he went forth to the BIRTHPLACE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS, FAIR VIEW. KY. THE RESIDKNCE AS IT AITKAKKD IN 1880, WHEN RKPLACEDBi' A BAPTIST CHl'lU 11. __ J conflict for his country; now, as they touch this sacred and holy relic, In tears and in anguish they say: "Fold it up carefully, lay it aside, Tenderly touch it, look on it with pride; For dear must it lie to our hearts ever- more— The jacket of gray our loved soldier boy wore. Can we ever forget when lie joined the brave band, Who lose in defense of our dear Southern land, And in lii» bright youth hurried on to the fray. How proudly lie donned it—the jacket of gray. "They've laid him to rest in his cold, nar row bed, ' No stone have they placed o'er his pillow less head. And the proudest of tributes our sad hearts Could pay, 'He never disgraced the dear jacket of gray.' Then told it up carefully, lay it aside, Tenderly touch it, look on it with pride, For dear must it be to our hearts ever more, Tt»e jacket of gray that our loved soldier hoy wore." The severest and most trying of all tasks connected with the late war, was the watching and waiting for those who would nevar come-; the uncertainty and the gloomy despair which gathered as days and months passed by and no tidings were brought of the father or son. This, towards the end, became the crown ing sorrow of the sufferings which pursued the people of the Confed eracy. Prisons, hospitals, death on the battle field, and the horrors which connected themselves with the awful word "missing"—which marked the last years of the war, left their deep est touch on the homes and hearts of the women who longed for a word or a line, or a report to tell them when, where and |jow the object of, love had gone down Into the shadows of the hereafter. The "Unknown List" carried with It a terror and anguish that even the most widespread be reavement could never Impart. The activities of actual war alternated with its hardships and softened Its privations. If. was those who watched a%d waited who felt the keenest sor row that followed In war's train. Death then oftenest came suddenly and without note of warning, and it was those at home who Buffered deep est and longest; and the sharpest of all jts pangs was to yearn for forms that would never appear and to listen for voices which were hushed in death. It was the borne people—the people wbo mourn such dead as we are here to-day to honor—who real ized the war's worst trials. THE BOY lIEBO OP THE WAR. And lo! thy matchless boy, O Tennessee! With pinioned arms beneath the gallows tree, Looked forth,' unmoved, into the wintry skies, The nut-brown ringlets falling oer his eyes; He, by kind gaolers, had been oft im plored; ... "Speak but one word! To freedom be re stored!" The lifted signal, "Hold," the messenger cried; ... And, springing up ; stood by the hero • side. "My bov! Tliis bitter cup must pass you by! Too brave, too noble, and too young to die' Your mother, father, sisters —when they learn- Even now, perhaps, they wait your long return. Speak but one word—the real culprit's name! 'Tis he should bear this penalty and shame. La E« 1 A H&KN ' I p IgHHI FROM MODEL DESION OK THE SAM t DAVIS STATUE. Live for your mother! think a moment how—" "Not with the brand of fraud upon my brow! I and the 'culprit,' true, might both go free; . The broken pledge would haunt- not him, J but me. How light soever what promise man may i make, Should be kept gacred for his honor's sake! My mother! (And choking back tlie Bob, but halt con coaled, llis head drooped low! At Inst must nature yield?) "My mother!" Hashed again the tear- dimmed eyes. At her dear kiiees she taught me how to die! ller loving heart would be too sorely pained If to her lips were pressed her boy's with falsehood stained." "My brave, brave boy," the pleader spoke again; A bov in years, but worth a thousand men Like him for whom, the coward, traitor, knave, You'd lay your own brave, young life down to save. Speak out! Life is so sweet! lie free once more!" "I never knew how sweet life was before! Still—words are useless, General, but for- Rive— You're kind; yet if 1 had a thousand lives to live, I'd give them nil ere 1 could face the shnme And wear, for one hour, a base, dishon- ored name." The die wus cast! Our tears were idle tears For him. who gave one day and gained a thousand years! Centuries on centuries shall go circling bv, Hut still lie is not dead! SAM DAVIS cannot die! —From the Confederate Veteran. Pure and Spotless. The South's flag, born In the vindi cation of State rights and nurtured by the blood of her sons upon an hun dred battlefields, went down as pure and spotless as the breezes that play upon the bosom of the "Shining Riv er."—Confederate Veteran. ft ■ J -jp** HUGH T. MORTON, J*., THE SWORD OF ROBERT LEU Forth from its scabbard, pure and bright. Flashed the sword of Lee! Far in the front of the deadly fight. High over the brave in the cause of Right, Its stainless sheen, like a beacon light, Led us to victor)'. Forth from its scabbard, high in the air Beneath Virginia's skj— And they who saw it gleaming there And knew wbo bore it, knelt to swear That where that swonj led they would dart To follow—and to die. Out of its scabbard! Never hand Waved sword from stain as free, Nor purer sword led braver band, Nor braver bled for a brighter land. Nor brighter land had a cause so grand, Nor cause a chief like Lee! Forth from its scabbard! How we prayed That sword might vii-t/ir h*; And when our triumph was delayed, And many a heart grew gore afraid, We still hoped on while gleamed the blade Of noble Robert Lee. Forth from its scabbard all in vain, Bright flashed the sword of Lee; 'Tis shrouded now in its sheath again, It sleeps the sleep of our noble slain. Defeated, yet without a stain, Peacefully and proudly. —Father Abram Ryan. ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON. Ere yet the sun had pierced the eastern c skies Or of morn assumed their diamond hue, With diligence intent upon surprise In steady lines old Southlands columns drew; With sudden peal the voice of thunder woke The hills that slept in Shiloh's solitude; And valor pressed through floods of fire and smoke. Inspired with nope and manly strength renewed. When- nclcle .Fortune veiled her face the while And Sorrow, filled the soldier's heart with grief. And Victory relaxed her cheerful smile And gently stooped to crown her fallen chief, Where shades of Southland's dauntless spirits dwell. To consecrate the spot where Sidney John ston fell. —M. M. Teagar, Flemingsburg, Ky., in Confederate Veteran. • A YOUNG CONFEDERATE. Master Hugh T. Morton, Jr., Illus trates the spirit of his clas3. His grandfathers were both colonels in the Confederate army, and the little follow, though but eight months old, was manifestly as happy as older per sons. Ho was evidently the youngest '• Rebel" who participated Jn the memorable occasion of* the Birming ham Reunion. A CONSPICUOUS DAUGHTER. One of the most conspicuous fig ures at the Confederate reunion in Richmond, Va., was Miss Mary Hall, of Augusta, Ga., a Daughter of the Confederacy, who occupies a unique position in the regard of the South ern people, and especially of the vet erans who fought under the stars and MISS MARY HALL, The most contipicuoUa Daughter of the Con , federacy in the South. bars. Miss Hall, who was an earnest adherent of theJJJost cause" during the Civil War, stHr cherishes for it & feeling of reverence and devotion. She gloriee in the fact that she was identified with it, and as a token of her changeless loyalty to. It she in variably wears a small Confederate flag or badge. She is the only woman who is a full member of a Confeder ate veterans' camp, and she marches for miles with the camp at reunions, attired in gray and wearing a cam paign hat, which, with her close-cut hair, gives her quite a soldierly ap pearance. The crowds along the lines of march always give her an ovation. Miss Hall has placed six hundred silken Confederate flags on the graves of departed soldiers. At the reunions she is always an honored giiest and receives many attentions. Not Saying Much. Carrotß are s&id to be four times as nutritious as cucumbers. That is not saying much for carrots, either.— Macon Telegraph. —Cartoon by Triggs, in the New York Press. «' ?tory of the Massacre Told by an Eye-Witness ll nenians Shot Down by American Missionary's Side While Begging Official to Protect Them—"Adana Was a Hell"—Military Commander a Craven. Adana. Asiatic Turkey, via Con si intinople. The Rev. Herbert Adams Hartford, Conn., a .-nlssionary of the American Board of Foreign Missions stationed here and at Tarsus, was an eyewitness of the scenes of terror and destruction at the centre of the Moslem uprising. He gives the following story of mas sacre, rapine and incendiarism: "The entire vilayet of Adana has been visited during the last five days with a terrible massacre of Armen ians, the worst ever known in the his tory of the district. The terror has been universal, and the Government is powerless to check the disorders. Adana, the capital of the province, has been the storm centre. "Conditions have been unsettled for some time past, and there has jieen animosity between Turks and I rmenianq, owing to the political ac ivity of the latter and their open purchasing of arms. * "Early last Wednesday morning, while I was in the market, I noticed that the Armenians were closing their 3hops and hurrying to their homes. An Armenian and a Turk had been killed during the night, and the corpses were paraded through their respective quarters. The sight of the isad inflamed the inhabitants, and crowds at once began to gather in Ch* streets armed with sticks, axes and knives. A few young Armenians assembled in the centre of the cov ered market and began firing revolver shots ir.to the air. By 11 o'clock in Jthe morning the crowd had begun the looting of shops. Military Serins lon "The military commander of Ada ra was by my side in the market t'hen the firing commenced. He had lot the courage to endeavor to dis perse the mob; be returned to bis •esldence and did not venture out Tor two days. "William Chambers, Field Secre tary of tho Young Men's Christian Association, and myself proceeded to the Konak and found a howling mob demanding arms with which to kill the Giaours. We then went to the telegraph office to summon the Brit ish Consul. On the steps of the building we saw three Armenians who had bei>n killed. Their bodies had been mutilated. While we were In the telegraph office a mob burst into the room where we were and killed two Armenians before our eyes. The unfortunates were supplicating the protection of the Vail when they were struck down. "We managed to make our way Into the next room, where we made resentatlons to the Vail. This of ficial said he could do nothing. He was afraid for his own life, and he made no attempt to protect us. Some how we managed to get to the Inte rior of the Konak, where we re mained at the side of the Govern ment ofilcials for the next forty-eight hours. "That afternoon the situation grew distinctly worse. The Armenians withdrew to their quarter of Adana, which is situated on a hill, and con verted the houses that held advanta geous positions into fortresses. Here the fighting went on for two days, during which the Armenluns succeed ed In beating oft their Turkish as sailants. British Woman Cnres For Wounded. "Wednesday evening Major Daugh- ty-'Wylie, the British Vice-Consul at Mersina, arrived at Adana and estab lished headquarters in the house of the dragoman of a wealthy Greek •'Fans" Threaten Umpire and Police Place Him in Safety. Roanoke, Va.—To prevent a mob of mad baseball "fans" from doing him bodily injury. Umpire Robert Pender was rushed to the city jail by a squad of police following the Virginia League game between Nor folk and Roanoke, whfth the former won by the score of 2 to 1. The spectators declared that Pender, who formerly managed the Norfolk Club, deliberately threw the game to Nor folk. They swarmed upon the field, hut the police rescued Pender. resident, where many refugees had been received. The wife of the Brit ish Vice-Consul, who was brought Into Adana under fire on Thursday, tended personally to many wounded women and children. "Adana was a hell. The bazaars were looted and set on fire. There was continuous and unceasing shaot* lng and killing In every part of th» town, and fir?s ragec" In many quar ters. "Moslems from the neighborhood began pouring Into the city, and not withstanding our protests, the Vail distributed arms to these men, alleg ing that they were Turkish reserves. "Major Daughty-Wylie, at the head of troops which he compelled Ihe Vail to supply, went to the railroad station of the town and was success ful In preventing the villagers from coming into Adana. Later, while the Major was attempting to pacify tho town he was Eliot and disabled. "Missionaries of the Central Tur key Mission had assembled for a dis trict conference In the centre of Ad ana on the day of the outbreak. They received and protected hundreds of refuge.es In tbe American Seminary for Girls, and courageously endeav ored to pacify the warring elements. Missionaries Treacherously Killed. "On Thursday Daniel Miner Rog ers and Henry Maurer, American mis sionaries. were killed under treacher ous circumstances. "On Friday the Armenians yielded, fit n ma ur dering. "Adana la In a pitiable condition.. The town has been pillaged and de stroyed. and there are thousands of homeless people here without means of livelihood. It 1s impossible to es timate the mincer of killed. The corpses lie scattered through the streets. Friday, when I went out, I had to pick my way between the dead to avoid stepping on them. Saturday morning T connted a dozen cartloads of Armenian bodies in one-half hour being carried to the river and thrown Into the water. In the Turkish cem eteries graves are being dug whole sale. "The condition of the refugees Is most pitiable and heartrending. Not only are there orphans and widows beyond number, but a great many, even the babies, are suffering from severe wounds. situation in Adana itself Is unspeakable. On Friday afternoon 250 80-ca4led Turkish reserves, with out officers, seized a train at Adana and compelled the engineer to convey them to Tarsus, where they took part in the complete destruction of the Armenian quarter of that town, which Is the best part of Tarsus. Their work of looting was thorough and rapid. It is said that they spread with kerosene and fired the great his toric Armenian Church at Tarsus, the most important building In the city. They demolished marble statues and shattered important historic tablets. Everything portable was carried away, but the church itself resisted their attempts to burn it. Fortu nately few persons were killed here. This was owing to the proximity of the American College, where 4000 destitute and homeless persons had sought and found shelter." . Man Beaten to Death. Thomas Brown, sixty-six, was found beaten to death at his home in President street, Brooklyn, N. Y. His son Edward, seemingly insane, was I accused of the murder. Prohibition Closes Many Glassware Plants. Pittsburg, Pa. Prohlbitipn has made such progress during the last year or two as to cause a decided slump in the glaßs and tumbler man ufacturing business. A. Zihlman, head of the Huntington (W. Va.) Tumbler Company, said that the plant of his company will have to shut down for lack of orders. Mr. Zihlman said the temperance wave has so diminished the demands for glassware of the tumbler variety that m&B£» f actorW»s have shot down.
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