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WAR SI
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Nowbj : ry
loline of battle fear I?rock*.s Cross
:oa:-. Where we fought ou tlic morn
ing I i the Hih of May, 1. \V.
woj'v moved froui this po.-itiou i. the
iOth t-> one farther i" the right about
Lhrec-'juartcr.i < ! u mile near Spott
jylvania courthouse ami about half a
mile '. ? tli>' kfi of tin- "hor.-c shoe
bend ?>: the "bloody angle." a> it is
!on :. nly called, whereon the lL'ih
of May McGowan's briira-io immortal
ized itseli by holding the angle for IH
j>ours in a hand-to-hand fight. 1 saw
two men t'roiu the first regiment of
ibis brigade at the infirmary the next
Jay after the battle with bruised
shoulders: caused by rebounding of
their guns?Wilson Davenport and
J( hn F. Golden.
On the morning of the 10th, as we
7?ere drawn up in lino of battle just in
jrear of a battery, the shelling was
pretty lively. Shells passing directly
over us through the piue tops and
bursting over us made us want to get
to the works very bad, but we had to
wait and let the other troops move
?arther to i.be right. While wo were
in this position, at ono time a battery
of the enemy's threw several shells
7igbt over, bursting light at us.
There were some pits right in front of
us full of water; one man could not
otand it any longer?he made a dive
:or one of these pits, and like a frog
)t? sank his body all but his head in
the water. Some of the boys laughed
i' him and nailed to him to come out;
ij.U he preferred to stay mit.
We were soon moved up and took
our position behind the works. We
had hardly gotten in position before a
ihell passed through the works and
3truck one of Co. K, mortally wound
ing him. His brother went to him to
help him, and another shot passed
through the works at nearly the same
place, striking him in the head, tear
ing away his whole head. He fell on
his brother; both were dead in a few
minutes. That company was from
Sparianburg county, auu my recollec
tion is that these brothers' name was
Wofford. During tho shelling Young
Franklin, a member of the littcr-bear
9rs, tells a story on himself. He had
been handling a shovel and had just
passed the shovel over to another man
:\nd he was lying down resting, when
he noticed a shell coming rolling to
wards him spitting tiro from the fuse.
He just spread himself on the ground
and waited for it to burst; he waited
iill he could stand it no longer and
made a frog leap for the hole in the
ground, going in head foremost on the
other man. He said the other fellow
lid some "suuoy talk" to him, but he
did not take it to heart at all, for he
did not think him half as dangerous
as that shell. Strange to say that
shell never burst?the fuso went
out.
During the day, whilo shooting at
some of the Yankees away over in a
field to our right, my gun tube got
stopped up and it would not fire. I
got out my tube wrench and had ta
ken out the tube; when they got up a
considerable racket right in our front.
We expected a line of battle on us
every minute. In the confusion and
excitement at the time I lost my gun
tube and never found it until after the
excitement was over. If the enemy
bad come on I think I would have
done like the Irishman said when they
gave him a bayonet: "Well, begorra:
if they don't run before I reach them
with this thing I will run meself."
Qu the night of the 10th the one
:ny'6 Aarp-shooters came nearly up to
our picket line and dug little pits in
the ground, just large enough to hold
one man. Right in front of these pits
they would place a box filled with
dirt and rocks, with rooks placed un
der it to hold it two or three inohes
off the ground. They would lie in
these pits and poke their guns under
these boxes of dirt and shoot at us.
We.-could oat see them and if we
showed our heads above the works the
chances were we would get hit. One
man by the name of Jenkins, right to
our left, kept shooting, attracting
their fire to that point. It annoyed
Lieut. J. C. Wilson, and be told the
man to stop, he was doing no good;
hot the fellow persisted in shooting
regardless of Lieut. Wilson's order.
After awhile he stuck his head a little
too high, and a ballet passed through
Iiis mouth, clipping the end of his
tongue and knocking out a few teeth.
The fellow turne i and tried to say
something. L'eut. Wilson said: "I
guess you will 3top now; they have
stopped your gib for awhile at
teaet."
On the same day, late in the after
noon, I was sent on a detail from the
regiment to go baok to the Brook
house after rations.. It was sundown
iwVen we got there. There vas an old
oitizen raising a row about KershaVs
brigade burning his rails. John G.
ORIBS.
rives Some !Headfible
sconces.
( H ?erver.
j Xi'l.-on, tin man from our company
with m?t, being light smart of a wag,
went up (to t he old man and told him
, l'r Kyans would | ay h?tn for hi- rails
i!' he would gu to see him there was
! a sa vim? among* ii.<- men of the ?l
ivgimuni, whenever a man wanted
anything, thai "Dr. Kvans had it."
Nelson (.escribed l?r. Kvans to the
citi/.cu and gave him some directions
where to iind him. We never heard
any more from him. ( >u our way
back tlial night I was carrying a torch
and had my bacon in u sack on my
shoulder. Nelson had the crackers
in a tent-fly, holding to the four cor
ners. The Yankees could see our
light, and being just in rear of the
breastworks, they threw a shell at the
light. It passed right over us. Nel
son ducked his head and lost his grip
on the tent-fly and let some of the
corners slip out of his hand, the scat
tered hardtacks all around, everybody
calling out, "Put out that light." So
1 stuck the torch in the dirt; and
thero we were in the dark, and our
hardtacks scattered around; but we
got down on our hands and knees and
felt around till we got all we could
find. There was some complaint
about the crackers when we got fa the
company, but we never give the facts
in the case till after next ration day.
On the morning of the 12th, about
4 o'clock, we could hear firing out on
the skirmish line to our right in the
direction of Spottsylvania courthouse.
It kept drawing nearer and getting
barder. TM* wa? tho prelude to the
terrible buule that Was lo be fought
that day. In a short while the whole
line from the "horse-shoe bend"
away beyond Spottsylvania was en
gaged in a death struggle. It seemed
that Gen. Grant had massed his forces
hero in a determined effort to break
Gen. Lee's lines. They were driven
back at every point. But at the
"horse-shoe bend" they were held at
bay, but they could not bo driven off.
They stuok at this point all through
the day. We were not engaged. We
were moved nearer to the tight. All
day long we could see fresh troops
from the enemy going in that direc
tion. Gen. Lee had no fresh troops
to send to the relief of McGowan'a
brigade, for it was McGowan's that
held this point of the line, and for IS
hours these men stayed there under
one continual pour of shot and shell,
until about 10 or 11 o'clock that
night, when they were withdrawn to a
line of works in their rear on the part
of the line straightening the "horse
shoe" in tho line. The firing was so
severe that no one could get to them
with ammunition. They would bring
it to a point on the line and pass it iu
small packages by hand from man to
man till it rcaohedthe ones who want
ed it.
I have heard Col. \Vm. Lester of
the i:>th regiment of this brigade
giving an acoount of some of the
scenes of that day. He said he Baw a
young man killed; he fell into the
ditch behind the ,vorks in the water:
his father was near him and saw him
fall: he stopped fighting and went to
j his son and raised him out of the
ditch and laid him on the bank and
straightened him, and while stooping
over him he was shot and fell dead
across his son. This day's fighting
seemed lo satisfy Gen. Grant at this
point, and be began another flank
move in the diraction of Hanover
Junction.
Wo stayed Where we were till the
evening of the 14tb, when we were
ordered over the works and "forward
march." I thought for sure we were
goners now, but we only found a fow
sharp-shooters. Wo went on over
their works, then right flank and down
their works. We did not go far till
just in our front was some woods
and in these woods thero was a strong
skirmish line. We were halted until
our skirmishers could drive them out.
Right in front of us the Yankees had
butchered a beef and left the pauooh.
One of our men was bo badly frighten
ed by the bullets whistling near us
that he went and lay down behind
this paunch for protection.
As we were coming over from our
works we passed where a Yankee bat
tery had been shooting over the tops
of some small pines and for a hundred
yards or more in front of the battery
the ground was literally strewn with
I little sauoor-shaped blocks of wood
that had been strapped to the shells
to attach tho oharge of powder. The
battery must have fired several hun
dred shots?the pines for 20 yards or
more in front were scorched by the
fire from the oannon.
John W. Reagio.
? Even a natural born poet will
forget to put verses in his letters to
a woman after they have been married
awhile.
A Cavalry i lilcTtain.
To the Editor of The State
In your editorial on the late Gen.
Fitzhugb Lee, you say. "Of the
group of dashing cavalry leaders that
included Lcc, Ashby, Younjr, Mosby,
Forrest and Stuart, only Mosby now
remains. Forrest and Stuart, it i- ad
mitted by military historians, created
the cavalry of today and they were, it is
equally admitted, the most brilliant
and suce '.->ful leaders. Forrest, in
deed, will doubtless rank as the great
est rivalry leader in history.'' Gen.
IjQiigstreet not only helped to make
history, hut was u military historian,
and here is a copy of his telegram to
Gen. Wade Hampton's family dated
11th April, 1003. "Gen. Hampton
was the greatest cavalry leader of our
or any other age. (Signed) .lames
l.ongstrect." ?Jen. Stuart was a
brave dashing cavalry leader, but did
not have the power of concentration.
Gen. Hampton was a brave, dashing
cavalry leader aud had the grit of con
centration. The difference between
Stuart and Hampton is very simple.
Stuart never gained a battle; Hamp
ton never lost one. Sheridan never
talked much about Trcvillian, because
Hampton whipped ?him there. Sheri
dan had about 10,001? of the best
equipped cavalry in the world (see
war records) and Hampton, had 2,424
men, commanded by Gen. M. C. But
ler and about 15,000 men under Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee (see war records), but
Gen. Lee's men were never actively
engaged in this light.
Hampton was the first to introduce
in warfare the fighting of cavalry as
infantry. Butler opened the fighting
on Saturday morning and fought
Sheridan for two days?Saturday aud
Sunday, 11th and 12th June, 1864.
Gen. Custer, Sheridan's best fighter,
"Handsome Fannie," as his men call
ed him, met the gallant and dashing
Rosser where Butler's keen military
eTc had placed him; Kosser soon
routed Custer, who was utterly de
moralized and retreated back to Sheri
dan. Gen. Kosser and gallant old
Mart Gary were both dashing officers.
During MO days between the 8th June
and 8th July, 1801, Hampton had
killed and captured moro men than he
had in his command. Did Forrest do
more? After Hampton hod driven
Sheridan behind Grant's army in
June, 1804, keeping his men in the
saddle eight days and nights, he went
to the right of our army to arrest
I Gen. Wilson's raid, who had 3,000
well equipped men at Sapony ohuroh.
Hampton's men were so jaded that
some of them aotually went to sleep
while fighting these fresh troops.
Butler suggested to Hampton that if
he would allow him to select 100 men
and give him one gun from Hart's
Battery, ho would rout Wilson with
his 3,000 men. Hampton consented
and Butler was at 2 o'clook that night
in Wilson's rear with his gallant little
band, who routed Wilson and ran him
behind Grant's army. Did Mosby
ever do as much? Gen. Hampton has
said moro than once that Butler was
the best cavalry officer he ever Baw. I
write this beoause it is history and we
should strive to keep it correct.
U. R. Brooks,
(A private iu Hampton:s cavalry.)
Columbia. April 30, 1005.
The Women In The War.
Memorial Day in the South?that is
the day when the graves of the Con
federate soldiers are decorated with
spring flowers and.their virtues exalt
ed in oratory?comes a month earlier
than the date observed in commemora
tion of the Union soldiers in the
North. The day is observed aB gener
ally and with as much enthusiasm as
our own grateful and graoious festi
val.
It is claimed that this manner of
honoring the dead soldiers was in
stituted first in the South. We do
not know certainly how that may be,
! but the late James Redpath surely
began this form of honoring the dead
of the Northern armies by a decora
tion of the graves of Union prisoners
of war buried near Charleston, S. C,
in the summer of 1865. The Hoo,
James L. Koy, in a Memorial Day
oration delivered last week at Mar
shall ville, Ga., made a proposal whioh
the Southern newspapers regard with
much favor. "There ought to be
erected," he said, "somewhere in the
heart of the South a monument to the
women of the Confederacy. It ought
to rear its lofty head far above its
kind, where the sunbeams that stream
over the Southland will first kiss it
and the evening's golden tints will
last dwell upon it."
There can be a doubt of the splen
did devotion of the Southern women
to the cause whioh the men of the
South espoused. The suggestion of a
monument in recognition, of their aym
I pa thy and sacrifices is not inapt. If it
; wer? built, we suspect that the North
would be likely to undertake another
similar emblem; for the hearts of
Northern women were no less heroic
in fortitude and sacrifices for the
cause to whioh they gave their dear
est with a noble oonseoration. North
and South they wero American wo
men who failed not to illustrate the
supreme virtues of womanhood exult
ed by conscience and patriotism.?
Boston Herald. /~';J.'^:}i.; .; >
Pulpits Versus Venn.
It is a very usuil thing to hear the
whole blame for the discouraging con
ditions which prevail in so many
churches laid up.-u the minister of the
church under discussion. We ore
told that he is not a good preacher;
that he has not ihe power to attract
people; that he cannot interest the
young, and so they wander o(T to
other churches: that Le it) too old, or
that he is too young; and a do/en
other things all tending to prove that
the lamentable condition of coldness,
indifference or pecuniary difficulties
und? r which the church suffers is
wholly and solely the fault of the
minister in charge. No doubt it
would be a fine thing for all our
churches if their ministers could pos
sess all of the gifts above enumerated;
but, eveu were such a thing possible,
they could not do very much without
the earnest co operation and hearty
sympathy of tho members of their
churches, and in most instances where
depressing conditions prevail it is be
cause of the lack of such co-operation
and sympathy.
In the last issue of the Living
Church, of Milwaukee, there is an
editorial upon tho "Faithful Lay
man, " which, though primarily in
tended for members of the Episcopal
Church, has much in it that is quite
as applicable to members of all church
es and is well deserving of their atten
tion; since fault-finding with their
ministers is by no means confined to
any one denomination. It is the opin
ion of this writer that it is just as in
cumbent upon the lay members of a
ohurch that they be "found faithful"
as it is that the pastor should fulfil all
the duties imposed upon him by his
position; and that no church can be a
flourishing one in which these require
ments are not complied with. A few
of the discrepancies between what the
layman expects of his minister and
what he does himself may first be no
ted.
Let us take the matter of Sunday
observances. Without question he
expects the pastor to be in his plaoe
in the chancel, the pulpit or on the
platform?whichever it may be?at
the time appointed for divine aervioe.
Think of the surprise of the congre
gation if he did not appear until long
after tho regular hour, or of its con
sternation were he not to come at all;
alleging afterwards as an excuse that
he had had a slight cold, or a little
headache; or that he had had a busy
week and was tired, eo did not get up
in time to go to church; or that there
were ?orne business affairs whioh re
quired his attention at the moment,
which kept him until after ohurch
hour; or, in short, any of the excuses
which laymen think all-sufficient for
uot being in their places promptly!
It may be said the minister is engaged
to do o?rtain things, and that it is bis
bounden duty to do them. All minis
ters know that and therefore, they
fulfil their duties; but the faithful
layman made certain engagements also
when he became a member of the
ohuroh, and he is quite as much bound
to keep his oompaot as is the minister
to keep the one he made with the
congregation. A member of the con
gregation may imagine it is not incum
bent upon him to go to ohuroh every
Sunday, and to always be there in
time; but if all the members acted
upon the supposition there might be
times when no one would bo pres
ent.
Again, with regard to the finances
of the churches, whioh is too many
cases are in a deplorable condition; it
is tho duty of laymen holding suoh
offices that tho peouoiary affairs of
the organization are in their hands to
see to it that those affairs are as care
fully and as faithfully administered
as are their private one. And yet it
is a very usual thing to see the larger
part of the official committee?what
ever its name may be?composed of
shrowd business men who have so
ably conducted their personal affairs
that they are in a flourishing condi
tion, while the finances of the ohuroh
to whioh they, belong are on r the verge
of bankruptcy. It is a frequent sub
jeot of remark that praotioal, success
ful business men appear to lose their
oommon sense and judgment when it
oomes to the administration of ohuroh
business. Nor is this the only way
in which they arc affected, for mass
who are liberal and publio-spirited in
whatever is for the good of the com
munity in whioh they live, become
parsimonious whenever it is ?question
of doing anything for their own
ohuroh or for the varions missions in
connection with it. So that it is little
wonder the ohurch languishes and is
always in monetary difficulties, that
members wander off to other congre
gations where .there appear to be more
life and seal, and that the minister
becomes discouraged by the lack of
sympathy and interest so manifest in
his people. Under suoh*- oiroumslan
ses who oan be enthusiastic and elo
quent? He might ae' well try to
warm the ohurch building of a win
ter's day by his breath as to stir up
my zeal in his people by personal xdsl
?od example. It is well for those
who would be faithful in spiritual as
they arc in temporal things to realize
vow unjust it ia to expeot tho . minis
hi
ter to fulfil Iiis duties down to the la?t I
item, while hie people are neither up
holding his bands nor making any
earnest effort to fulfil their share of!
the work of the church.
Everything that is of interest to, or j
for the good of the church should iu
terest the faithful church member, j
He should understand the history and
doctrines of bis particular denomina- j
tion- Buf?oiently well to discuss them
intelligently and to defend the lavier
if need be; but especially to explain
them to those who may be interested
iu the subject. To this end he can
read what has been nrrittcu by the
authorities of his church; and where :
he is at a loss seek information from
those capable of giving it. This is no
no time of the world for men to be
lieve blindly that this or that church
is right, without knowing what it
holds, and without being able to give
a reason for their faith. And he
should also keep abreast of the ques
tion always reining up for discussion,
and know all about the work of his
church at home and abroad; and this
he may easily do by taking and read
ing one of the ohuroh papers v/h ich
are published for these purposes.
Multitudes of persons who would be
ashamed of thsir ignorance of any im
portant item of daily news, whioh
has appeared in their morning paper,
know nothing whatever of what is be
ing done in or by their ohuroh, ex
cept it be in the congregation with
which they occasionally go through a
form of worship. This is about as
stupid as it would be to know nothing
more of his politioal party than what
he can learn at a ward meeting of the
preoinct in which he lives. This is
only a few of the ways in whioh lay
men show their unfaithfulness, for
the most part without realizing that
they are failing in their duty; but
we have not spaoe to give pH the in
stances of their failure to do duty
with which they are charged by the
writer in the Living Church. Nor is
tto bo hoped that unfaithful laymen
of all denominations will be moved by
what he says to a better fulfilment of
the things to which they have pledged
themselves, since it is hard to "seo
ourselves as others see us"; but if it
has the effect of making them pause to
examine their own conduot in church
matters when they feel inclined to
criticise and blame their minister, it
will have served a good purpose.?
News and Courier.
Lash For Wife Laaters.
Portland, Ore., May 18?The
"whipping post law" paused by the
legislature January last for the punish
ment of wife beaters went into affect
in this State today.
The new law provides that a man
convicted of wife beating may be pun
ished with whipping, not exceeding
20 lashes, but this is only an addi
tional punishment and not the ex-1
elusive punishment for the crime.
The old punishment by fine or im
prisonments still in effect under the
new law.
'According to the new law the whip
ping is conducted within the walla of
the county jail, and by the sheriff of
the county or by a regularly appointed
policeman as the oa6e may be.
? It is figured that one rioh man's
son who has all the money he oan
spend will spoil ten young men in the
course of his life and not half try.
i?Some men never know when they
have got enough until they have gotten
too much.
Wounded in Battle and Elsewhere, i
I
A much-scarred veteran occupied a
Beat iu a traincar, and opposite to him j
nat a benevolent looking old gentle
man who gazed with seeming interest
ou the rugged face, and at length
said:
"I th ink, my friend, you are the
possessor of some exciting expe
riences."
''I should ju*t think so, sir," re
plied the warrior. "This gash across [
my brow, this scan) down my cheek,
and this cloven chin each cost more !
than one life iu a hand-to-hand
fight."
J>ear me," f-aid the old gentleman;
"I can quite believe it. And how did
you come by that deep indentation on
your noee?"
The warrior hung his head and
seemed unwilling to reply.
"Come, now, Joseph," said his
better half, who was seated beside {
him, "tell the gentleman how you got
that one." ,
"You keep quiet, Maria," sr arled
the warrior.
"I won't," snapped Maria; "it
fairly riles mc to hear you bragging of
the marks you got from the nasty,
dirty Arabs, while you ignore the
most noticeable of 'em all?the one I
gave you when I hit you with the fire
shovel."
The warrior looked very uncomfort
able, and the old gentleman looked as
if he deeply sympathized with him.?
Tit-Bits._ _
Bristles Were Not Included.
One of the ablest lawyers and advo
cates New England ever produced was
Roger Minott Sherman, who was
also famous for the quickness of his
wit.
A story whioh fully illustrate^
Sherman's powers of repartee is
quoted by the late Senator Hoar
in bis book entitled "An Autobio
graphy of Seventy Years."
On one occasion Sherman was argu
ing a case against Nathan Smith, a
very able but rather coarse lawyer.
Mr. Smith had discussed the question
of law with the subtlety for which he
was distinguished. Mr. Sherman said
to the court that he thought Brother
Smith's metaphysics were out of place
in that discussion; that he was not
averse to such. refinement ai a proper
timo and Would be willing on a fit oc
casion to ohop logic and split hairs
with him.
Smith immediately pulled a hair out
of his own head, and holding it up
said:
"Splitthat."
Sherman replied quick as light
ning:
"May it please your honor, I didn't
say bristles."
? It will be the most natural
thing imaginable for some people to
go to heaven. No o^ther place would
seem at all suitable to their sweet
noss and serenity of life. When we
look into some faces we are assured
of the reality of heaven.
? Some women are so eager to kiss
the men that they don't take, time to
raise their veil.
? ? woman'b idea of a successful
politician is one who euoceeds it get
ting the pictures of his wife and chil
dren in the newspapers.
I ? On her wedding day a girl always
imagines that she has her mother
beaten to a standstill in the selection
of a husband.
mm
Scripture Used Against It.
The custom of women removing
their hat? in church is causing consid
erable discussion among the ladie? in
tlie city. A large number of women
are heartily in favor of the practico
and ure hoping that it will become a
genernl practice, while others ciaim
that it is uot just tue proper thing
lor a woman to remove h?*r head cov
ering in church. They contend that
the Bible condemns removing hats in
Church, and in support of their argu
ment they eito the 11th chapter 1st
Corinthians, which says that a woman
dibbonoreth her head if eheuncovereth
lier head when she prays.
There are a largo number of women
who are fond of wearing hats because
they have very fetching looking and
costly bonnets. One young lady said
the other day that she hud just paid
out quite a sum of money f or a hat and
she was determined that her hut should
be seen and admired.?Spartanburg
Journal.
Minding His Own Business.
Wallace Cutnmings, v'.o used to
drive the old stage whioh ran between
Brightou and Portland 'way baok in
the '70s, and which is still in exis
tence to day, was noted during his
time as a wit of the sarcastic order
and one whom it was very hard to get
ahead of.
One day Wallace had as a passen
ger out of Portland a young oity chap
or dude, as Wallace called him. The
scenery along tho stage route was both
beautiful and diversified; the young
man was very much interested, and
as he eat on the box, or post of honor,
beside Wallace, literally plied him
with questions as to what mountain
that was and what river that was,
eio.
The old driver, who detested this
sort of interrogation, stood it as long
as he could. Finally he blurted out;
"Say, stranger, if you'll mind your
business, I'll mind mine."
Thus snubbed the young man re
lapsed into silence.
.They had driven about ten miles
further when they came to a long hill,
where the driver was obliged to apply
the brake. As he shoved his foot to
ward it he immediately noticed that
the mail bag, whioh always lay there,
was gone. Evidently it bad dropped
off along the road.
Wallace stopped his horses; then,
breaking the long silence, he said:
"Say, stranger, did you see that mail
bag slide off?"
"Yes, I did; some tea miles baok,"
calmly remarked the yottog man.
"W?dl, why is the thunder didn't
you tell me?" gasped the astonished
stage driver.
xThe "dude" looked him squarely
in the eye for a moment and then he
drawled, imitating Wallace's tone:
"Say, driver, you mind your business
and I'll mind mine."
The rest of the journey was driven
in cold silence.?Boston Herald.
? Upon a thorough and oareful
canvass by the Union County super
visor of the books of registration com
paring the names upon the petition
asking for an election upon the ques
tion of dispensary or no dispensary,
the supervisor oould find only 270
names of qualified electors on the
petition presented to him. This not
being the number necessary to war
rant the ordering of an election, no
eleotion will be ordered.
t? la the presence of more than
thirteen thousand people in the Con
vention hall in Kansas City, Mo.,
toe memory of the late Col. James A.
Hoyt, of Greenville, was honored at
Memorial services of tho Southern
Baptist Convention. Col. Hoyt v/aa
formerly vice-president of tho con
vention,' and one of its wisest lead
ers. The Rev. A; J. S. Thomas read
a sketch of his life, and spoke of his
work. .
tria w* I ;t jokM a KXw\i uio^:(K] ?g^i;T?QrA y/
A man's mark is his nonor. It stands for him and
he stands for it. It's the old Saxon way of signifying
good intentions.
The right to be protected in the exclusive use of a
trade mark has been long recognized by the common
law and enforced by the chancery courts of England
?nd this country .
... ' . v.
The Government puts its mark on a bond to give it.
value.
The National Biscuit Company puts its trade mark
in red and white on each end of a nackage of biscuit,
crackers. and wafers to distinguish these products and
to guarantee the quality, and it does.
To more clearly comprehend the teal value of this
trade mark, try packages of BUTTER THIN BISCUIT
and LEMON SNAPS.
Its
Trade--Rlark
