The Logan County News (Crescent, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 31, 1917 Page: 4 of 8
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NOW - - HIT OLD "H. C. L." A GREAT KNOCK!
We quote the following prices for this week's selling. Twill pay you to look em over!
<» n Pi«r Prur-if. Fox Coffee 25c iOc per
tl/viir Gallon White Karo 75c Two 15c Washington
MOUl i ^llon White Ribbon 40c Ci isu. •• •
4S lbs Gold Medel Flour . Rallon White liaro 40c I^rKe Package Rolled Oats
Higheat Patent *3.70 Ojlon Wild Rose 70c Medium Bm Pkg. Rolled
24 lbs Perfection Flour ; * K&i|on Wild Rose 35c Oats ■ ■
Highest Patent . *1 F„nrl 20c Pkg Mother Wheat
Breakfast Food
2 Medium Size Pkg Crack-
25c ers 25c
25c 2 Large Size Pkg Crackers 55c
35c Can Norleans Steel
10c Cut Coffee, 2 35c cans 55e
30c Value Peabcry Coffee 25c
3 pound Can Louis St el
Cut Coffee $100
I round Pkir O"r Fine Red
25c
10c
Fox Coffee
5c Box Uest Matches, 6
boxes for
Large 16 oz Can Pet. Hon
ey Bee or SuDer Milk
15c Can Good Lock Bak-
ing Powder l^c
Buy vour Fruit Jar Rings
at last year ■ prices
from us
25c 10c per doz. Jar Rieg", '
dozen for
5c per doz Jar Rings, 6
dozen for
10c Pkg. Macaroni 3 for 2Sc
10c Pkg. Spaghetti or
Vermicelli, 3 for....
5c bar White Laundry Soap
6 bars for
I P G. Naptha "«»ar>
25c
25c
Bearts 1'"
Svrun Two 15c Poat Toaities 25c
'"J1"" 1 _ n!,,u 4 Small Size Pkc Crackers 25f. . . _
GjiiosW^Wbbo^ TScTwo Bc__wl __ Dre88 Trimmings Fancy Blbbon* S5c Talue for 25c ^
Aprons and House Dresses _ reselling We are offering big values in Ribbons we Men's Fibre Silk Hose, in b ac ,
We have !nst received a large assortment, We have it-all .kind.. And are g lm,e lhe j t assortment in town. white, our price only 25c.
and have some big values to otter in them.|»t price, that will plea.e you. _ 1
l'ring us your Poultry, Butter and ' I'^P
We always pay the 1
nDrCQ SIURTS. Our line- was
I J p\ P..OO never more complete.
WAS OPENING SHOT OF
WAR THAT FIRED AT
LAWRENCE, KAN.?
THE SQUARE DEAL STORE
Fgtfs-
WHEN Lawrence was flr"'
mickad on May 21, 1HW1, t>y
Mlssourlans and proslav-
cry men directed by terri-
torial ofllclHls, I>«vld A. Atchison, at
one time United States senator from
Missouri, figured prominently in the
•work of Inciting the mob to it*
rash deeds. Atchison had at one time
served as vice president of tli«- I nlted
•lates, but during tbe Kaunas trouble
be hovered about the bonier towns of
Kansas and Missouri helping greatly
to Inelte the lower classes of Mis-
Hiiurltins to violence toward the free-
»itate settlers, especially those 111 Law-
rence.
When Sheriff .Tones and his allies
came to Lawrence on May -1. 1S.>i>. t"
abate the Free Stute hotel and the two
newspaper offices ns nuisances—tech-
nically tliey were charged with "con-
structive treason"—Atchison was in
the front ranks, says the Lawrence
Journal-World, and incidentally slight-
ly tipsy. He made a famous speech
that day, to the effect that "Hy « .
boys, I'm a Klckapoo ranger, and
riaong other things urged his men to
shoot down women and children If it
seemed at all necessary. 1' is a mel-
iincholy fact that many helpl
sons were slaughtered.
to regret me inutnpn or mat cause tor
which s" many I nlon soldiers i>er-
South and North, we are on*
• our Interests are mutual and
moil, and could only thrive so long
as we remained one nation. Thst Abrn-
hom Lincoln's vision was true the pe<s
pie of the South are today wllllu* U>
concede. _ ^
FIRST ENGAGEMENT OF
CIVIL WAR WAS ON
MAY 24, 1861
"Just Us Few
T
HE war proper may be said to
have opened on the tweuty-
fnurth of May. 1801. The en-
gagement was at Bethel
Church, where lien. H. F. Butler was
In command, and in western Mrglnla,
(Jen. (leorge li. McClellan began to be
u conspicuous figure. In the latter
part of May General Morris won an
engagement at l'hlllppl, anil on th«
eleventh of July General McClellan
gained a victory at Ulch mountain.
(Hi the tenth of August, General Kose-
crans drove out a detachment of the
enemy at Carnlfar Ferry. On the
eleventh of June, Col. Lewis Wallace
made a successful onset at Uomney.
These and other minor engagements
j occurred up to the sixteenth of July.
when began the Hrst battle of Bull
' Itun. On that day the Federal arias
per- I moved forward and an Important en
: gagement took place between ('enter-
, . , , viile and Bull Uun, They pressed ror
But It was not until the work of - , twenty-first day of
stroylng the Free State hotel com- | ^^ f"",,,, tho »m.%i,y strongly posted
rnencud that Atchison really did him- , • ^^ ^ i(ul| Uun .m(, Munassllfl June
self Justice. The offices of the 11. (jeneral Mel-owell. successful at
aid and Freedom and the Kansas • m • u,0 re-en-
State had already been sacked and de- first wa.
inollshed, und theu the mob turned MW „„camP n battlefield
<>Q the Free State hotel. I ir. t | .^intendlm: armies. Captain
hotel was bombarded with cannon, but for . ^ [)roml|tlj, Bt
with little success; the shot simply Nutliuu d
made holes In the walls, and the . Camp Jack^ £ator,
actual work of destruction was finally saved the a decided ad
accomplished by blowing the building (.eneral L>o K^ flf(h
up With kegs of powder and firing it vantage rtg umU,r Col.
with paper from the newspaper offices, of July the 1 ^ successful at
Not to be kept out of the public eye, Iran . . ^ ^ ^ August
Atchison insisted on firing the tn^t ar 'M' \,nttle fought thus far In
shot at the hotel. A small howi„er , the tald-rtbattlo ^
was dragged out Into the street east; he nprn( Lj.on w(l8 klllea. Oen.
of tho hotel and slightly north a >«» | Fremont followed the enemy
where the ear track now tun, east or .lohn C. ^ llL ttnil wa»
(wnslbly a few yards farther east j a. a iri)(n)ed by 0eUoral Hunter,
and Atchison went about aiiuing the ther strong detachment
gun at the hotel. The howitzer used The e.iemj, Icd^a ^ (,,lp.
was not loaded with the cus omar in i _ town of Columbus, where
round cannon bull, but with tii shell u r batteries so as to com-
two
set In a brass jacket—the only one
of the kind the company had.
Atchison sighted down the gun bar-
rel, but his good tight eye told hiiu tho
gun was not properly aimed.
"Lower her a little bit higher, boys;
lower her a little bit higher," he com-
manded.
That done, he touched the cannon
off—and completely missed the hotel'
The shell went screaming over into
the west of tin- town and was heard
distinctly by many people, who de-
: -r'bed its passage as being accom-
• anted by a peculiar whistling sound
unlike that of any other shot fired that
day.
position was 10 tne
rltfht. «'f the lii»f. Beyond this, or,
in fact, to ihe extreme right of the
engagement, General Gregg was sta-
tioned in command of 10,000 cavalry-
men.
The Fnlon wagon train lay to the
rear of the center of the line, which
was exactly back of the famed "hlgli-
water mark." This train had been
from the beginning of the engagement
the objective point of the Confeder-
ates. With Its capture victory for the
Northern soldiers would linve been
doubtful. Thereupon General Stuart
made an effort to get to the rear of
the Union line to destroy the train. He
made his charge around the right
wing, when he was met by General
Gregg, and, following a fierce engage-
ment, General Stuart was forced to
retire defeated.
This would make Stuart "the man
who failed." But as a matter of fact
no one failed In that great conflict.
It was for the good of all that Lee
should see defeat, that the charge of
the valiant Pickett should fall, and
that the high tide of the Confederacy
should begin Its recession on that
bloodiest of days. General Gregg, no
doubt, did his part, but It was the
omniscience of a God who foresaw the
future that guided the events at
Gettysburg.
TRIBOTE TO GRANT AS
IMMORTAL SOLDIER
ANOSTATESMAN
Just us few, boyr. tn blue,
Gathered together today,
Where comrades sleep and women weep,
Scattering flowers of May.
Just us few, boys in blue,
Old boys in blue and gray,
Thinfting of days, when Sumter ablaze,
We marched to the v/ar away.
— "Copt. Jack" Crawford
ooo, and general mien. wn<> eoininmia-
ed another army at Louisville, Ky . be-
gan the first of the colossal military
movements.
The stain of eelflsh thirst for fame,
Undue ambition's fatal blight,
The itching palm's enclouding shame
Too often dim the golden light.
But when the shilling name appears
Of one whose strength was truth
and worth;
Who no ambition knew, nor fears,
Save for the country of his birth;
Who had no thought of selfish ends, ^
But fought to win his country's
fight
And change her foes to loyal friends—
That name shows full effulgence
bright.
The youthful soldier's laurels green;
The citizen's plain, useful ways;
The victor's glad, yet modest mien,
When honored with a nation's
praise;
The manly heart that could but feel
Compassion for a fallen foe;
The statesman's patriotic zeal
All on his name their glory throw.
The soldier of immortal fame—
The grandest chieftain of his day—
What title can precede his name
And not due honors take away?
Oh, may that name, throughout ail
time,
Desire in youthful hearts implant
To emulate, in worth sublime,
The soldier and the atatesman,
Grant I
Boys No Longer Make He oss <
boys, and Girls Are Abandoning
Their Paper Dolls.
On; Great. United People.
■ S uitli tie 's not celebrate the
. M morlnl day with the North;
, Its own days for paying tribute
s w idler dead. Yet the South has
V .', after Hi" liiose of fifty years
they planted batteries so as to com
maud the Mississippi and the Missouri
1„ order to dislodge them. Col l Ijsms
S Grant was sent with a brigade of
three thousand Illinois troops, by way
of Cairo into Missouri, whetv he made
ii vigorous and successful attack at
Belmont. Thus closed military opera-
tions In the West for 1861.
(Jeneral Scott was unable to bear j
loncer the burden rest I up upon mm
and Gen. George It. McClellan was
brought from West Virginia to tnko
command of the Army of the <'«tom,|c-
\S an organizer and disciplinarian the
young commander had no superior.
Krom the first It was seen by the fed-
eral government that the command of
the sen coast was an eaientlal of sue-
cess and a . lose blockade was placed
upon all Southern ports.
At the beginning of 1S(V- the Federal
forces numbered about 450.000 men.
(leiieral MeClsllan (,'oninuin.lliit 200.-
Remember Source of Blessings.
Through all our consideraii m o!
great national and International ques-
tions this Memorial day, we will re.
member him who in mercy watcl.ei
over us as a people, realizing that the
blessings that are ours as a nation
come from him, and from him alone
will come the strength to permit us tu
play our part among the nan
earth in behalf of the lughes, in-
terests of humanity. We are the
friend of man in proportion as we are
the friend of God.
MEN WHO FIRED LAST
SHOTS OF THE WAR
AFTERWARD MET
tne p«*"it<"T7*t jMint'iiuri nrtnt; soon i
the troops were .sent home.
A -trange pnrt of the story is that
long after tbe war Osyor met nt l'.ir-
mlnghain, Ala., a man named Amos
pson, who was lame—said he
had bein wounded ill the Confederate
service and, comparing notes, they es-
tablished to the satisfaction of both
that Thompson was tbe man who was
In the tree on the edge of the Durham
swamp back In W>, had shot at Osyor
and been shot in turn by him. Osyor s
bullet struck Thompson in the knee
. and made him a cripple for life. They
• I agreed that they lmd fired the very
last shot on each side In the Civil war.
,1113 FOLLOWING poem in trib-
ute to Gen. U. S. Grant by Dr.
Thomas Calver was read by
the author at the exercises
celebrating Grant's birthday at the
Metropolitan M. E. church, C street
aad John Marshall place, Washington.
GRANT.
Whan history uplifts her scroll
Within the beams of Glory's blaze,
Few names are seen upon the roll
Reflecting fully all the rays;
ACOLUM15US (Ohio) maa
claims to have fired the last
shot of the war of Seces-
sion-David N. Osyor. th«J
Columbus Dispatch states. He was a
member of Company r, Ninth Ohio
will be
Tonight!
AT HAPPY HOUR THEATRE
"Shooting His 'art Out" 2 reel comedy
and "The Hunchback's Romance"
Admission 10c to All See these Sood picture S
Saturday Night, a five Reel Show
"Giant Powder," a Mining Drama, and
the Animated Weekly — 10c and loc
Seventh Chapter of the great Serial—
"Peg 'o the Ring," Monday Night: 10c
cavalry. On the morning of April IT,
1805, that command was near Dor- j aligned ivith <
ham Station. N. C. it was Keeping ... h..
close watch on Gen. Joe Wheeler'i
cavalry, which was on the opposlt#
side of an extensive swamp, l'art of
the Vnion cavalry was ordered to dis-
mount and wade across the swamp to
distract the Confederates, while the
rest constructed a corduroy bridge.
They used their carbines " vi|_">rou»ljr
that the Confederates surmised that R
very considerable force was eoniiiif! Rt
them, and the road builders gut Ht'hfc
fine with their bridge.
Near the other edge of the swsmp
Osyor says a Confederate bullet just
clipped bis sergeant's chevron and tbe
skin on his arm. Looking for the
source of the bullet, be spied the long
barrel of a gun anil the gray 1. gs of u
Confederate soldier In the forks of a
tree In front of him, and he tired at
them. Ho saw tjie legs withdrawn
and the owner of them crawl slowly
away.
Just theu n flag of truce came In
sight and the Union men were ordered
to cease firing. The occurrence, Osyor
said, did not Impress him at the time,
but that flag of truce was really the
sign of the end of the Civil war, for
Duty Before Men of Today.
in an address nt the Ilomewood eetn-
etcrv, Pittsburgh, Itev. J. E. Norcross
of the Shady Avenue Baptist church
salil: "We are living In the best period
of tbe world's history. In spite of war
and rumors of war humanity is ad-
vancing. The rise and fall of nations
form stages in the evolution of the
race. National crises are not mere
happenings; they are the meeting
places of broken laws. God waits for
nations to move, but G<"1 moves while
we wait. Nations, as well as individ-
uals. reap their harvests. Much will
he required of us. To falter will be
reckoned cowardice. Our strength
f
In his love of romance Prof. Thomas
Stockton Baker finds the American boy
fins discarded his old heroes and
turned away from his favorite pirates
hnd Indian fighters. The kingdom of
boyhood is ruled by the advent urers
who navigate the sea In submarines
Lud sweep through the clouds In air-
planes. Under the Influence of tho
war In Europe the workings of the
juvenile Imagination have undergone
a swift and dangerous change.
After all, It is not surprising thfcr
the healthy, alert youngster should in-
vest with fancy events that lie hears
his elders dully discuss and should
)ivo them over in his hours of play.
If the ideals of piracy are essential
\o the moral training of the young,
some day another popular play may
Jielp to safeguard the future welfare
of the race.
It Is not yet time to despair because
high power motorcars and undersea
boats and flying machines occupy the
attention of the normal boy in his idle
hours. It would be really painful if
jie were devoting his time to unravel-
ing the tangled skein of old world
diplomacy and determining the exact
terms of peace on which the belliger-
ents shall agree.
As for the American girl, have any
pf our eminent psychologists experi-
enced a sinking of the heart at tho
Ihought that she may abandon her pa-
per dolls and amuse herself by play-
ing at lied Cross nursing and muni-
tion making? If she does, will she re-
cover or head straight for eternal per-
dition, like her little brother whoso
mind ruas to the mechanics of war?—
New York. World.
qual to omnipotence if we are
id. It is our specific
mission to help America fulfill her
unique destiujr.'
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
NOT UNDER GUIDANCE
OF MORTAL BRAIN
Mot an Amateur but Expert
TIIK question of what man lost
the day at Gettysburg for the
Confederacy and won It for
the Northern forces will prob-
obly never be settled. O. Henry prob-
ably came as near its solution as any-
body ever will when in the greatest
short story in English he said "If
Longstreet ouly hud."
The question, long a matter of argu-
ment, was brought to the surface of
the news for a minute by the death 111
Pennsylvania of Oen. David M. tir.-gg,
the last of the 1'nion officers who bore
the rank of general at the greatest
battle of the war.
The I'lilon forces were strung out
from little Ilound Top over to Culp's
First Grade Ccrtifi£atc(
(ill A HAM SCIENTIFIC HREED1NG SCHOOL
This is to certify that R. B. Tibbitts
of Crescent, Oklahoma, has duly passed
the required examinations in Scientif-
Breeding. Given under my hand and
at, Kansas City, Mo., this 13th
of January, 1917.
1C
seal
day
(SEAL)
FRANK B. GRAHAM, Mgr.
R. B. Tibbitts
llreoiiiiiii Hum Located at the Old Planing Mill
The Ne*0s does job vrinting"!!!
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Hubbard, Ernest L. The Logan County News (Crescent, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 31, 1917, newspaper, May 31, 1917; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc287800/m1/4/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.