The Cedarville Herald, Volume 51, Numbers 1-26

HMPi tmmm. mli» warn. CedarviDe Man Believe* He Has Original Copy o f Lee’s Farewell Address DAVID R, JOHNSON Document Worth More than $2 5.000 If Proven Genuine, Is Opinion Of Authorities. Historical dates . serving ’ to strengthen his claim, Davi- John-. soft, retired, farmer of Cedarville, 0.,! , , has in his possession what he believes, . to he the original copy of Gen, Robert E. Lee’s farewell address to his .soldiers following, his surrender at. Appamottax Courthouse, April 8, 18®, ■’ , , Tha document which, if proved? to ' ha the original will, in the opinion of experts, he ranked along'with Ameri­ ca?* most valuable papers fit to be preserved with the original' of the of Independence -or the -Oowlwtiott o f the United States, A fetter rimilah to the one in Mr, John* sou's possession is Measured by a Louisville, Ky.', attorney,1who, accord­ ing to press dispatches considers his document the original and values it at approximately $25,000. The date of this letter, however, reads April 10, and .Mr. Johnson's strongest rclaim lies in the fact that history teUs us that Lee surrendered on April 0 ,18GB. Several Copies. It is known, however, that the several army corps comprising Lee’s forces. required 1an original copy of the order. Library officials at Louis­ ville, jWho have been investigating, the matter* have found mention of only two other copies of the farewell mes­ sage in addition to the one Owned by the attorney of that city, hut assert­ ed tha neiher had been produced or published. Mr. Johnson’s copy came ino his possession through his mother, Mrs. Agues James Johnson, a native of Culpepper county, Virginia, who re­ ceived the document from her cousin, Lewis Doggett, an officer in the Con­ federate forces under Lee, He' re­ cently discovered the; lejtter within the leaves of a Bible which had been his mother*^. The Jphnson manuscript reads: Appomattox Courthouse, Sunday, April 0, 1865. ‘^General Order, “No. 9. “After four years-of arduous serv­ ice, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the army of northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and re­ sources. . . U,f . -a “I need not tell the brave sur­ vivors o f so many bard fought battles, who- have remained steadfast, to the Iasi, that I have Consented to this re­ sult,from no distrust of them. “But feeling that valor and devo­ tion could accomplish nothing that would compensate for the loss that must ,have attended the continuance of the contest, I determined to avoid useless sacrifices of those,whose past services.have endeared them to their countrymen, “By the terms of the agreL lent, officers and men can return to their homes and remain until exchanged. You will take with you the satisfac­ tion that proceeds from the consci­ ousness of duty faithfully performed, and I earnestly pray that a merciful God will extefifi to you Hispleasing and protection, . ’ “^fith an unceasing admiration of your constancy and devo'tion to your country, and a grateful remembrance of your kind and generous considera­ tion for myself, I bid you all an af­ fectionate farewell. “R. E. Lee, "Genl." i ■ —Dayton Journal. 11 Q 5 emember you can have ^S u ick a X this moderateprice —amx/Buick in everyway--with flashing getaway andmightypower-princely lux* serutfS u*y And beauty*—supreme comfort And Kitesto*109* riding easts. ♦ms «>*»*so Choose from three popular models at this price-—Sedan, Coupe or Sport Roadster. S E E K S Pay on die liberal G . M . A . C. plan. And you will always know— whether you P*? jt t * # fo r your Bukk, or more— that v m m yo^poesess the utmost la motor car vatu* XENIA GARAGE CO. &Detroit St. Xenia HAVE YOUBEENTHINKING— II not yonwillwhenJack Frost cornea. One o f onrnicePABIDEFURNACESwillkeep theHomeComfortabie.We have both larite and iauaBekes. . SERVICE .HARDWARECO* U-♦ <*• ♦»*♦-»■ ♦HtWfitfteBH-♦»*'r•-■**"■ ♦« It CUSSING AND i PRAYER Hr DOUGLAS MALLOCH T HE rocks were rough, we felt the brumbies tear; The inn heat dov/ii. The old guide wiped1id* brow. “ We m?g!it to tnuha It in tut iinur ; front now*.” He said. ” *oi nil we need to hind us there Is just some cir i-ln and a lot of pray’r,” ■ I l imighed ut that. I hadp't heard That pray’r nmt “cussing'' mixed so very welt; • ■ And so l thought my duty was to tel! The Mfeiv that his language wm absurd. . - And speak about religion, and the Word. i That’s long ago. I walk the city streets, Where spiders lure the young with many a light, •, Where man’s a man by day and ■ brute by night, : > And clients the low. and blames.the , law lie clients, 1 Makes gold his god, nnd Babylon re- . peats. , Vet men shall henr, the hardest hearts must care. . < ; My mind behold? another rock ! strewn path. t May we hbve strength to speak our j fnith, and. wrath, . j If'ctr now we need what once we needed there— A little cussing and a lot of pray’r. f®. 1929, DouRlnaMalloch.) ’-------O ------- . orWXXXHOOOOOO^OOOO'OOO^Ot^OOO / mm rnmm ttmm How It Started By J ean N ewton ao<>000<KK>00<^09<>0<K>000<>0000 THE “ FREE LANCE” "pHEKE are “free lances” In'many A vocations, but the term is familiar especially with reference to literature. The man who draws no salary from, any particular JpuhllShing house, who is not attached as an employee to any publication, but tvlio sells to or- accepts commissions jfrom any who desire to engage bis services for a particular piece of work, is a “free, lance.’’ - e The expression is a relic of the Mid­ dle ages, when its significance was literal, “Free lances” were unottnehed npd roving companies of knights add men at arms who traveled tram oh#* state to another, selling their services to any rord who would pay, for their aid. In other Words, they. Were mer­ cenaries, Tiie “free lances” played their most prominent parr In Italy* where they were known #» condorclerh During the latter Middle ages they were fa­ miliar In Europe, also, under the name of Braboncons, from the fact that large hands of mercenaries from .Bra­ bant Were raised by William of Ypres in 1135 for Stephen of Blnls. the claimant of the English crown. The. name, first applied only to. the hire­ lings from Brabant, seen came to he" employed for mercenaries in general.* It is in the term “ free lance,” bow* ever, that the geDfry have survived In modern speech, • (Copyright) - » T HE YOUNG LADY ACROSS THE WAY The young Indy across the way says ;he Liberty bell Is toe precious a relic to be carted around the country and ought always to 1>6 left’ right there In Washington. m byMcClureWowepeperSyndicate,) ftii.l fcmVilWi f\pr,ni«lrl.f Gasoline V*. Milk Parents who buy gasoline at the ex­ pense of a well balanced, wholesome died for their children ore usually saving Up trouble at compound Inter­ est. A quart of milk per day will ul timately tiring more joy and jpleumm to a youngster Umb two or lliro- ;;;ii Ions of gas and mi em-li'fim rble ’n old Mis.—Illinois ’ i.'piu»■*'"* lie Hearih Hot On* The story is, told of two opposing English politician# who met Iff the parliamentary lobby and smoothed over their differences, But the oppo­ sition fangs did hot remain In very long. "Why is it that you always heap coal* of fire on my head, comradcr steed the Socialist M. P, “I heap coals of fire on your head because 1 fet* the smell of « wood fire,” was tbs T#*y retereHio*te» Transcript, Py Dcauyrmr w m m M tfeWnfehtA A NNE riMbod -nos m -post ch« after* atom l«i#rs Crate rite l&tls sub* urban xbvp hr wMri» site worked- She hud stuffied rim tetters bate ter beg «mj as she reacted tte rod-letter hex .oi) the comer *t» pmllefi out the bulky lot Htui pB»Kod teem riwoush She open­ ing. . Then, a# she capsid. away, she gueped. m i reuvetted ter bag. Yes, she ted- Mteoci la the tetet private letter ste M rocrired tlmt very nmralrur—the one in which the mnimger uf rimshop tn wMch she was emjiloyed, had proposed to ter. It was tmthlnksble that John tlrtruen’ lovely tetter should be tend­ ed about the pom ofele for every postumo In ite vUMtte te read. That's wlmr Anne k»ew would happen- and then they would all spread the new* *that John Barnes, proprietor of the village* department store, had pro* pored to Anns Hardwick, “Whatever shall i doY* Anne asked herself desperately, and decided first that she had tetter mart? him so that he would oot have to hear the title #*t “rejected suitor” among the village tensers. Anyway. Ante luid about de­ cided that questUni in ter own mind. -She was very fond o f John, and after nit lie was an exceptionally good match for any girl, ’ ' . Then, all of a sudden she realised that she -might go to the post office and ask one of the postmen to get her letter for her. Surely that would he quite Simple. Anne went straight around to that government building and waa -soon dismissing her case with, a decidedly pleasant young man, “I’ll tell -you the only tiling we can do,” he told her, and Anne liked hla smile,, "since we must: not open the letter box until collecting tlme-^per- hnps you could be there; at 7:43 this evening and £the postman will *then get your letter for you." “Ohirt sold Anne with a- lovely blush, “it fe very good of you, I wouldn’t have wanted my letter lost— It’s a—very—” Thp youhg man didn't exactly like the emotion Anne displayed regard* ing her letter. It Iteked almost as if her love affairswere a settled thing. No girt would act ljke that over a mere letter even if it were an inti* mate epistle. No—If must be a lore 'letter, . .- -■: 1- ‘T ‘unddretnml." laughed Elswoml, “and since yon must have It back— you shall most certainly have Jt V;»u Just pop Along to the tetter .box. at 7’,45. The .collector wtU got It foe ■you*”. - •' --■: Anne hesitated., . . r “Yon will tell hint—so f. won't have to explain again?” she questioned, "Yes,” said EfsvwwL “I’ll tell hMrt that a very lovely ydnng indy- is M a very distressed condition because she had dropped M'<> letter bov *<— wrell a note from h' maiden' aunt.” Anne looked up and caught twinkle tn his eyas mud a quick blnsU ijrewaiirted him: “Well ,v»i« wouldn’t want the leva tetters -you h«d written' to Ihf girl yon Were going to marry rend hy everyone In the town!” she anhpped hack at him. “I don’t ,write love letters and I’m dot going , to .wgrry any' gltf^-at least—’* Anne smiled ami fromjhe kind of smile It wnh Elswood knew she h/:d found- <nit what she wanted-.to kic'w. It rather pleased hint that she Was ite- .slrous of knowing wltether or not- ha was ’Awake* up," a* lr were "Well--*1* Anne ;tefl wickedness In her eyes n«w. “pei'hflte- If t% post office la Abie to w«fw* my love ie**'>p —We will IWvite the nnttee stnf '<» the wedding," and with that she m»d back *to the idee counter of* John Barnes* stare. ! , , , "There's one yoi won*t per to your wedding, little lady.” Elswaotf ta’d that vanfslifUg foim. “unless he’* »ho man who says, 'I will.*” And that evening, feat whop “a sun Wte ntnlctng In glarton* apt * r behind the great bitfe Shat -hugge outer rim of the Iowa, Anne ^ , 1 beside she red paid box, festr if thinking uf Jnte Ifefewar wit *♦ Ing again tte tefehlng face of '>a young mkn who aas to get her 1- :f back tor her, and tte more ' c* thought of film the tesq inflined u felt to answer that letter In the nffirm* atlve. * Then lit tte near dtstance slu* -w the collecting tKatmitn uppr>t- q and for a second vhe didn't quit* f* fee that he was the young mnn )t whom her tlmught* were centerc* Anne was possessed by A gre - !e* sire to run awny—why. she dhh< x* actly know. Bui she stood- her r d and tn another moment Elawoi» -d raised Ms cap to her. “Just In time.” be greeted ho* ‘ h a taught “you are more than « is to get that letter hack. 1 supfm m want to put «lt Along with red - ea and other treasured memenroc.- Anne sthlltd. That peevl -ns meant a Wbole lot to her She glanced a» her watelr ’fa wdlectlon time," she reminded • Efswood gave himself the are of a .long tedt Into Antic -s, and what he saw there tmv‘ 'm more Willing to unlock the lei'' ‘X. A few mlnutea later John , >sf love letter was restored to lm ;pl* ent, and in another second, writ a soft little smUe, Anne fere it into a thousand (fieces—“ttef* Otat," ate said.'' Mhmtfi Shutt*r$ life tete tm trnm t door Shutters ana automatic eoutriraace* for a lot of otter thin#*, bat *p to UUe rises te Invtetor pm filed appamUjou fw « pat«t on an automatio mouth (Mutter. »nd goodUMs knows they could be wed to good sdvaafege. Tte priori- ps* trouble to aelMsg them would be to -cooWare the one who should have such a helpful device that ft would be just the thing tor him.—Hartford News. , , ! CWrftefi m * A r t j Areblfecture fe tte moot ancient of j tte fine arts. Tte earLfest fitted archi- 1 tectural rpmalas are those of the Babylonians, from as far back as dOQQ B. (I Their building material was brick, and they were the first to con- street 'vaults and arches. Not All Bad Land* Dmsert The Bad lands of South Dakota cannot, strictly speaking, be classed gs a desert region. The term Is some­ what misleading, as the land Is fer­ tile, except where It is so steep that vegetation Is washed off. In level po|Pf rions buffalo graaa grows and supports great herds of cattle. Good water is Usually found in shallow wells and considerable farming Is carried on, rmtmmmmm Give us a man, young op old, high or low, on whom we know we can thor­ oughly depend—who will stand firm when others fall—the friend faithful and true, the adviser honest and fear­ less, the adversary Just and chival­ rous; In such an one there is a frag­ ment of the Bock of Ages.—Dean Stanley. - Cm m o f Y tem im It ft wst battered that tkwder J* reused by the torrei efi air tefe * vacuum, but by tte riatent boating and disintegration qf tte air along it* path, which produce # sadden and great expansion of the same nature as an explosion. Vnclm Eban **W# all hopes to get to heaven," retd Uncle Eben, “but If some folks finds golden-streets dey’s g’lnter tear up de pavin’ an* carry It off to de safety deposit.’’—Washington Star. - CongcitnceJHo Guide No man’s conscience can tell him the rights of another man; they must be known by rational investigation or historical inquiry.—Johnson. 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