The Times-Record. (Blackwell, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 1, 1899 Page: 1 of 8
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The Times-Record.
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Republican In Principle. But Devoted to the Upbuilding ot Blackwell and the Development of County Kay.
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VOL. •-
BLACKWELL. KAY C0UHTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JUNE I. 1899.
HO. 87.
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Grand Reduction Sale!
In order to buy very low we bought very heavy this season and our patrons are to be
the gainers thereby
WE MUST UNLOAD THIS STOCK.
But we will set you down to a Feast ot the
Greatest fisnis in Smile M Tie
Wo luive decided to otter our 3taiiimotli stock ot Hardware, Implements,
Stoves, Ranges, Gasoline stoves, Screen doors, Etc., tor tlie next
30 Days AT COST 30 Days
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we advertise inside of the store as well as out, we believe that you wiU take advantage of this opportunity.
Spot Cash Hardware.
HUGHES BRO’S.
HONORED THE DEAD
Tribute of Flags and
Flowers in Memory of
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THOSE WHO HAVE GOIE.
Appropriate Memorial Day Exercises
Under (Ik Auspice of 0. A. R.
Post—The Address of
the Day by Mon. R.
' P. McCullough.
Memorial Day was beautifully and
appropriately observed in our city.
Flags and bunting were displayed
from the business houses, residences
and decorated the horses and carri-
ages. A large procession lead by the
local G. A. K. Cost proceeded to the
cemetery south of town in the morn-
ing where the city ol the dead was
strewn with flowers and honor done
to the names and memories of those
who have gone before.
T h: exercises of the day were held
in McClelland park iu the afternoon
and they were such as to impress all
with the noblest impulses of patriot-
ism and a respect for the dead such
tntlon to address the citizens' of
Blackwell and Kay county. Far and
wide this county is known for its fer-
tility of soil and the abundance of Its
harvests; while this city is every-
where recognized as among the grow-
ing and enterprising cities of a oew
territory.
Being here. lam face to face with
a new civilization and 1 speak to!
those who have made it. You have
fulfilled all prophecy and are now
making history. The marvelous de-
velopment of Oklahoma is one of the
wonders of this century. The chang-
es wrought out here are such as are
possible only to men of grim deter-
mination and earnest purpose. The
manhood of Oklahoma was cast in a
heroic mould. When but recently
our country called upon her sons to
do battle for the right, Oklahoma!
contributed of her strong and young
and brave. At El Caney and at San
Juan “the Hough Riders-’ won imper-
ishable fame and added new luster to
the history of this, the youngest In
the sisterhood of states.
Standing here with the history of
the past, the stiring events of the
present and the hopes of the future
crowding in upon me, 1 greet these
soldiers livings and 1 salute the sol-
diers dead.
This day grows in sacredness as the
years puss by. Each recurring year
we come with a greater wreath of ten-
derness and love and lay our garlands
down upon the graves of those who
tlvitie* of life. The years have gone
by filled with wonderful development
and progress in every part of the
land. The bitter feeling engendered
by the war is gradually dying oat.
The words of the great commander,
Grant, “Let us have peace,” have
touched the heartland conciencesof
our people and borne good fruit. To-
day we are far removed from the
hatred of the past and as a united
people we salute and honor one flag.
Let us not revive any of the animosi-
ties of the past. We come rather to
honor those who made the present
possible, and over their graves w«
offer the hand of full fellowship to
every citizen «f our reunited country
wherever, under the starry hanner,
he may live and labor. This occasion
warrants that we draw lessons from
that conflict aad that we teach that
those who peacefully sleep exempli-
fied in life.
The rebellion resulted from a mis-
conception of the ideas embodied in
our constitution. There were those
who held that the constitution
contemplated a consolidation of
the different states into one
supreme asri sovereign power,
while others held that the states
were themselves supreme and that
each state, upen occasion, might
withdraw from the union. These
conflicting views found expression iu
the legislation, the public utterances
as is the best indication of the high-
est order of civilization. The speakers! died that we might nave a country
stand was wreathed in the national] and a flag. Each year we dedicate
colors. The stars and tripes were j new monuments to valor, erect new
donning in tnc- brfeze beneath the statues of our heroes and weave into
large elm trees and the lively gale song and story the history of great
that blew from the south land was j deed s. And thus w. seek not only to
apparently set to the music of the
Star Spangled Danner.
The business of the town was sus-
pended in the afternoon. The ideal
Cornet Band lead the procession to
the park. Post Commander .1. .1.
Carson made some introductory re-
marks on behalf of his comrades.
Rev. McMahan invokeu the devine
blessing and W. C. Tetlrlck in some
chosen sentancc* Introduced Hon. R.
P. McCullough of Anthony, Kans.,
who delivered the address of the day.
Mr. McCullough’s remarks were not
of the spread-eagle variety but elo-
quent, patriotic and tensiable. He
spoke as follows.
THE ADDltKf S OF THE DAY.
Mr Post Cou»ui."u .. r, soldiers and
Citizens: %
It is always a pleasure to address
tl e soldiers of the Grand Army and
to s|icak in their behalf.
1 am greatly honu.t.. by the invl-
and the literature of those days, The
ubl
tno
wan to endure. It took four years of
bloodshed and carnage, a million
lives ana millions of treasure* bat
when the contest was settled at Ap-
pomattox the whole world new that
■“government of the people, by the
people for the people should not per-
ish from the earth.”
These for whom I speak were a
part of that splendid manhood that
carried the constitution through the
susoke and tire of battle. In all the
history of wans there is not to be
found a better army than was the
army of the republic. Composed as
it was of the very flower of our man-
hood it stands as the highest example
of volunteer service. We of this gen
eration do not fully comprehend the
spirit which animated that armv. I
fear that we do not have the spirit
of patriotism as it was developed in
the men of I860. To them the pro-
tection of the flag and the salvation
of the government was the supreme
thought. For these principles they
willingly left home and friends, busi-
ness and pleasure, position and pros-
pect, and endured the march, the
battle, the prison, and, if need be,
the grave.
There was a fierceness about this
devotion to the cause of country
that was irresistable. it found full
expression upon the battlefields. My
attention has lately been called to
the fact that the loss of life in that
charge of the Light Brigade, so fam-
honor the dead but also to inspire the
living with that same courage and
patriotism.
The American people do not foigct
those who battled for liberty, and
fought to preserve the union, and
died for humanity. Enshrined in the
memory of our people are the names
of Washington and his generals, of
Lincoln, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan,
Logan, Farragut and Porter. And
there, too. are the names of those
brave officers and men who in Cuba
and in the l’hillipines, have suffered
and died that oppression might, cease
and that the area of human lino/tj
might be enlarged.
The war of the rebellion was an en-
expressably sad war. In it father
uar arrived against son ami brother
agansl br alar. Its battlefields were
dyed with the blood of kindred. So
sad was it that the people north and
south sought to forget it in the ac-
learned jurist. Marshal, sought to de-( ed in •mg, was hut small when corn
tine the powersof the general govern- j pare" with the loss of various regi-
ment. Chief Justice Taney sought I menu in many engagements of our
to define the powers of the states.! war, 1 find it a well attested fact
Webster and Ilayne, chosen chain-1 that while the percent of loss in that
nions of the perplexing problems, con-! charge was 36, the percent of loss
tended like gladiators for their re- of the 141st Pennsylvania regiment
spective views. The question was j at Gettysburg was ttt; and regimeut-
envolvcd in the Lincoln-Douglass de- al losses of 60 per cent were nst in-
nate.-; and when the war of words frequent. These figures indicate
devotion and patriotism
There was a color bearer la one of
oar regiments. One day his colonel
called him out, and, in the presence
of a thousand men, gave him the
regimental flag and said: “Take
this flag; fight fer It, but never sur-
render It.” And the young man; tak-
ing the flag, said: “I will return
this with honor or report to God the
reason why.” In a fierce battle that
soon after followed this young sol-
dier was killed. He fell with the flag
under and about him. He did not re-
turn It; he did not surrender it; but
he reported te God the reason why.
On a hot day in July 80,000 Union
prisoners were huddled together in
that horrible pen, Andersouville pris-
on. They were sick and faint. They
were suffering from wounds and sores.
They were dying from starvation and
famishing for water. Suddenly there
appeared a commissioner from the
confederate government who offered
them liberty if they would declare
allegience to that government. One
old soldier heard the word “liberty."
Weak tnough he was, he managed to
raise his heaa and inquire who offer-
•eemed to me that It would he ouly
just and right la the resurrection day
that this soldier should cdflU fcrti
from his resting place clothed la
that faded suit which he ee loved and
has so greatly honored.
The debt of this nation to the men
who saved It caa never be fully paid.
It Is most fitting that we set asldo
one day la the year to hallow the
memory of the dead. But we ewe a
greater duty to the living. Our grati-
tude for what they did should take
the form of generous pensions and
comfortable homes. Every living
soldier has earned a right to this day
of rest and should be accorded such
substantial remembrance as will en-
able him to spend his remalng years
free from anxious care. 1, too, have
one sentiment for the soldiers living
and dead, homes and pensions for the
living, tears and flowers for the dead.
The mind of every soldier is like a
picture gallery, wherein is hung the
stirring scenes of war, and the por-
traits of comrades and commanders.
1 imagine, that on such a day as this,
the galleries of your minds are flood-
ed with the light of memory, and
.... i,.„ithat, with reverent thoughts, you
edit? For the word had brought to ’ .. . *
, . , , , * j look again upon the faces of the
him visions of a home up north, and , .
: ,, .... , , dead. Here is the face of one whs
of a wife ana children. A comrade
explained to him the terms. Then he
fell back and asked that he might be
given a package to be found in his
poii.it. It was dune. He opened the |j|M comnta.nil you encamped before
package and took out a little Union . r^,t„lv minri, aml
has a deathless name. At his com-
mand you stormed the slippery
heights of Donaldson and wrested
that fortress from the enemy. At
Vicksburg, and resolutely mined and
tunnelled until that citadel fell.
Under his eye, you crept up the rug-
ged sides of Missionary Ridge, fought
flag. Holding it in his feeble hands,
he said: “Boy*, I can die for this
flag, but I cannot light against it.”
Some years ago I’addrcsscd a Grand : ”h<u b.lUle in thc eiou.!-, and set
Army post, and there I learned a I lbt, „^ar8 nf glory there. You fol-
touchlng story of a soldier s love tor iuwej hi,,, -m tbe campaigns that fol-
the Hag of his country. 1 lie post was |owt.j) until tr.e veterans of Lee
named In honor of this soldier, and j grounded their arms at Appomattox,
his comrades told me this of him. I. Vs you look upon the resolute, but
failed to settle the question, resort
was had to the stern arbitriraent of
the sword.
The struggle thus inaugurated was
the most stupendous conflict of all
time. And the issue involved waWhe
most momenteous of history. Speak-
ing of the issue, on the occasion of
the dedication of the battlefield of
Gettysburg as a national cemetery.
Abraham Lincoln said; “Four score
| and seven years ago our fathers
brought forth on this continent a new
{ nation, conceived in liberty and dedi-
cated to the proposition that all men
are created equal. Now wc are en-
gaged in a great civil war, testing
.v hetlier that nation, or any nation
s > conceived and so dedicated, can
long endure.”
The geverumest thus ipjken of
that toe men who fought the battles
of the republic were desperately in
earnest. The word patriotism
was literally burned Into their
souls. Upon their taces was the
expression of sterness which is
born of high courage and exalted de-
votion. Nothing moved them from
the single purpose that the union
shouli. be preserved. Uribes of mon-
ey, offers of liberty, promises of pre-
ferment and honor were alike reject-
ed with scorn. They were out and
out for the final triumph of the gov-
ernment though the way to that
triumph might lead through the val-
ley of .leath.
Let me tell you of what I have
read and what I have bad from the
lip* of eye-witnesses concerning some
individual examples of courage asd
He was iu the grand review with
which the war closed. Just before
that occured he lia 1 obtained a new
suit of blue, and he wore it proudly
in the last march. Then he laid down
patient face, you recognize that
masterspirit of our armies, thc Sil-
ent Soldier, Ulyses S.(.rant.
Here is the face of one whose fan e
rivals that of Giant. In that con-
the implements of Var and took up , CCrted movement East and West
the tools of peace. He laid his suit which we ca|| “theGrand C'ampaign’g
carefully away. On each succeeding ; be wa# assigned to a work of grave
Memorial Day he got it out, and ar- responsibility. It was ’ hjs. part te
rayed In it he joined his comrades in solve a problem that high.authority
the proper observance of the day. He
moved from place to place and finally
drifted west. At last, worn with the
battle of life, and bearing its many
scars, he bowed his head to the grim
conquerer, death. Hislast words were
that he might look at the suit. HU
last request was that he might be
buried iu it. Bo he died and was bur-
ied in it. Every year his comrades
mareh to his grave and stand un-
covered. As 1 heard this story It
in Europe and America, declared
could not be worked out. The prob-
lem was to swing a vast army loose
from its base of supplies, and, while
protecting that base, to march it a
distance of three hundred miles,
through forests, and over mountains
and across rivers; all this to be done
In the face of a brave and desperate
enemy, well equipped for attack aad
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