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(First Published In the Weekly News-I deceased, and executed by said
Sta,« S"™, ?e<' 1913) f0,Cpl1 C chr,">V and Marga-
of Okiahonu, PotUwatomle retha Chrisney, with Interest thereon
I„ Tty« °kltth°ma " at "" rat" «< 7 «nt per annum
In the Superior Court in and for from the 1st day of July 1813 and
the aforesaid County and State, for costs of suit, including One Thou-
NOTICE B\ PUBLICATION | sand ($1,000) Dollars attorneys' fees;
THE SHAWNEE DAILY NEWS-HERALD
s.
(No. 2066.) : and alf,° a further /udgment decree
C. Vinson, Administrator of the ! ,ng "iat the State National Dank hai.
estate of Rnos Nichols, deceased. no r^'^' Wle or Interest in or to
Plaintiff «ald note or th
Joseph C. Chrlsne/ and Margaretha
Chrisney, and the State National
Bant, a Corporation, of Shawnee,
Oklahoru., defendants.
Said defendants, Joseph C. Chris
ney and Margaretha Chrisney, will
take notice that said plaintiff, 8. C
Vinson, as administrator of the es-
tate of Enos Nichols, deceased, did
on the 8th day of December, 1913,
file his petitio* in the Superior Court
sitting at Shawnee in and for Potta-
watomie County, State of Oklahoma,
against the defendants, Joseph C.
ChrlBney and Margarctha Chrisney,
and the State National Bank, a cor-
poration, of Shawnee. Oklahoma, and
that said Joseph C. Chrisney and
Margaretha Chrisney must answer
said petition herein on or before
the 22nd day of January, 1914, or
• fd petition will bo taken as true BL B
and a Judgment rendered in said ac-[30 of Mortgage* at Page 223 of the
tlon against the defendants, Joseph C. i mort *e records of Pottawatomie
Chrisney and Margaretha ChrlsneyJ''ountJr, Oklahoma.
mc aaai "!T, °f 1?mecn 'n'ou8ttnd Ari ^Judging that default has been
($15,000) Dollars upon a certain pro- made In said mortgage by reason of
r °7 "0t" daU!d th0 l8t of th" "'"turity and non-payment of said
July, 1907, payable to Enos Nichols, note and the interest thereon, and the
mortgage hereinafter
set forth, and for costs against the
said State National Bank; and a fur-
ther Judgment rendered in said ac-
tion against said defendants, Joseph
C. Chrisney and Margaretha Chris-
ney, for the foreclosure of a certain
special real estate mortgage securing
said promissory note of oven date
therewith, which said security also
overt all Interest and attorneys'
fees upon the following described
real estate lyilng and situated In the
County of Pottawatomie, State of
Oklahoma, to-wlt:
Lots Eighteen (18) and Nineteen
(19) in Block Twenty-four (24) as
hown by the Amended Plat of
Northwest Quarter of Section Nlne-
n (19), Township Ten (10) Range
Four (4), East I. M., now on file in
the office of the Hegistcr of Deeds
n waid County and Territory; that
mid mortgage is recorded in Vol.
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attorneys fees provided for In said
mortgage, and that plalntltf have a
first lien on ald premises above
described to the amount for which
Judgment will be taken, to wit, Fif
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and forever barrring the said de-
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nee, Oklahoma, from all right, title,
estate, Interest, property and equity
of redemption In or to 3aid premises
or any part thereof.
Witness my hand and the seal
of i.ie Court this the 9th day of De-
cember, 1913.
(Sea W. K. DIXN,
Clerk of Superior Court
F. H. Belly, Attorney for Plaintiff.
NOTICE.
(First published in the News-Herald
December 18, 1913.)
In the County Court in and for Pot-
tawatomie County. State of Okla-
homa.
In the matter of the guardianship of
Ernest Downey, a minor, J. V.
Downey, guardian.
Notice is hereby given that J. V.
Downey, guardian of Ernest Downey,
a minor, has filed In this court his
final report and accounting as guar-
dian herein ard that hearing on said
-* account is set for January 9th,
1914, In the said county court room
in the city of Tecumseh, said county
and state, at the hour of 9:30 a. m.
of said day, at which time all per-
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same.
Dated this 11th day of December,
1913.
HAL JOHNSON,
Judge of the County Court.
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Thty nttdtd a icafieoat and thty pitched o* ui.
IK the camp of the Molllecoddles,
at the rear with the baggsgc
wagons, men sat silent about the
•res and avoided one another's eyes.
Kow and then one cursed bitterly
tsd the others would turn his way for
to lutant and then come back to
their raoant staring. Bewilderment
teemed to be their attitude, utter
Itlind bewilderment.
nerer had a chance," rout-
|B d one. "We never had a chance
Another suddenly Dung down .
Cper he had been reading In the red
ht, eurscd like a drover for a mo-
ment, and fell silent again.
In his tent the colonel spoke bit-
terly to his adjutant.
"They needed a scapegoat, and
they've pitched on us," he said.
A oommon sentiment ran from the
bead of the regiment to the meanest
private In the ranks. It was, more-
over, a perfectly legitimate, well-
founded sentiment, and the facts
Upon whlcl t was based were these:
The Mo..iecoddles were a brand-
••w roglmunt. Most of them had been
clerks and small business men In a
certain well-known city. Their handB
were white and soft and their chests
not astonishing either for length or
breadth.
Therefore, because the spirit'Is less
easily discerned than the-flesh, their
comradeein arms, veterans of two
campaigns, dubbed them the Mollle-
coddles on their first appearance.
The regiment suffered the label
with only a mild resentment Indi-
vidually, they knew they were not
cowards, and they trusted confidently
In the future to Justify their presence
In arms.
As a regiment they had not yet
found themselves. They had no esprit
de corps. They were a collection of
units Instead of the single and par-
ticular entity a regiment should be.
Then came the catastrophe.
The army was facing the enemy
with a river In the rear, and It so
happened that the Molllecoddles held
the extreme right wing. Here tho
general commanding made his Initial
mistake.
There being no natural defenses to
protect this wing, It should In com-
mon proudence have been flung back
to rest upon the river and thus pre-
sent a line of fire In the event of a
flanWng movement by the enemy.
This was not done, and the Mollle-
coddles were left strung out In air.
Not even the colonel, wbo had been n
successful merchant, understood the
perilous Insecurity of their position,
and the regiment calmly laid itself
down to sleep that night, expecting
battle on the morrow and confideut
of acquitting itself well, but feeling
Itself secure for the Immediate future.
Anon came a heavy column t>f the
enemy, driving In the pickets, and
Itself arriving on their heels. The
line of battle faced south. The attack
lell from the west.
Two companies succeeded In form-
ing, facing about on the new line, and
firing a round or two before they were
overwhelmed. Then tho regiment,
and after it the brigade, was rolled
up, telescoped, crushed, with hardly
a chance to fire a shot.
It waB not their fault. The best
and most seasoned regiment In the
army could have done no better un-
der the circumstances.
But when the mnjor-general had
collected the shattered remnant of his
forces on the safe side of the river,
he felt the need of a scapegoat, as
the colonel had divined, and recog-
nised the Molllecoddles as the logical
and helpless candidates for the posi
tlon.
He nominated them accordingly In
his report, and the army, bitter over
defeat and not at all understanding,
instantly elected them unanimously.
In two days the whole country knew,
beyond hope of refutation, that the
Molllecoddles had brought disaster on
the division by conspicuous cowardice
in the face of the enemy.
The Molllecoddlos, battered and
still dazed, reviewed the situation
with a sort of savage bewilderment.
Individually, they knew they were not
cowards Collectively they' were In-
articulate, uncertain, perplexed
Consequently they suffered many
things, though by no means with
meekness. There were blaek eyes
and broken heads In neighboring regi-
ments. and a lively lust for blood and
slaughter In the minds of the Mollle-
coddles.
In the meantime they were detailed
to the rear to guard the bagguge-
traln. and the cup of their humiliation
overflowed In bitter murmurlngs
against their lot. But Fate had her
eye upon them, and while they were
yet In the mood to kick out viciously
at the touch of a feather, she s nt1
them a golden opportunity.
Having hurled his opponent back
across the river, the enemy proceeded
to take the offensive. By a rapid
inarch in the night a long column
crossed the river some miles above,
aiming by a wide detour to fall sud-
denly and unexpectedly upon the rear
of the demoralized force.
So silently and swiftly was this
maneuver accomplished that no word
of It reached the rival general till his
communications had been cut and a
frightened crowd of teamsters and
camp-followers came streaming up
the road.
Close on their heels appeared the
van of the eager enemy. In their
way Btood only the despised and re-
jected Molllecoddles.
At the first sign of trouble the
colonel of the regiment deployed his
rten across the road and prepared to
hold that line "till the cows came
home."
A stone fence afforded excellent
protection and the Molllecoddles
spread thomselves along this breast-
work with the hot blood humming in
their veins. Cowards, eh?
They would show what sort of cow-
ards they were. They ceased that
moment to be a collection of units,
and were In a way to become a regi-
ment.
They were mndmen, most of them,
ready to go red-eyed and homicidal
at a pin prick. They had been goaded
and buffeted with no chance to reply.
They had read ironical newspaper
comments by men who (lad never
smelled powder till their nerves
were strung like hair-triggers.
Almost to a man, they yearned for
slaughter with the primitive thirst of
savagery. They wanted to get square.
They wanted to clear themselves.
They wanted to Bhnw up their critics
for the blatant ilars they were.
Across a field In front of them came
a line of hurrying men, followed by
another and another. They were
overlapped on either flunk. What
matter? An aide galloped up to the
colonel.
"Hold them for twenty minutes!"
was his cry, almost despairing. "Hold
them If you lose every man."
"I'll hold 'em," said the colonel
grimly.
He knew the temper of Ills men It
was identical with his own
Directly a battery whirled up and
unllmbered In the road. That would
help. The staff officer had gone lo
hurry up the support. The colonel
stalked along his line.
Across the open ground In front
the enemy neared rapidly. They came
almost recklessly, expecting Utile op-
position. The only ta«k they saw be-
fore them was tn drive their foe Into
the river.
They made for the slone wall with
a yell. At sight of the guns in the road
a shout of triumph broke out. These
should be the first fruits of their vic-
tory. The colonel, crouching now be-
hind the wall, surveyed them coming,
only his head projecting above the
coping.
The Impatient privates fingered
their weapons and cursed beneath
their breath. Would they never get
the word to fire? Were they to be
run over again and trampled on with-
out a chance?
yance was in skirmish formation and
far more difficult to stop.
Men began to fall behind the
breast-work. Bullets sang over their
heads and spat viciously Into the wall
in front of them.
But fifteen of the needed twenty
minutes had elapsed. If they could
hang on for five more!
They were firing at will now. The
volleys had ceased, but there was a
steady, continuous rattle of musketry.
The colonel walked back and forth
A hundred yards away a compact ,ln,e. colonel walked back and forth
line of men was tolling up the slope. behindhis line, fiercely chewing his
In the road a column swung forward ' "lus'ac*>e, pausing to glapce at the
full in the face of the silent guns. skirmishers coming steadily
Then when men's nerves were fairly !)n' or °ting with a groan that his
snapping with the tension, the colonel Ilett was overlapped for a quarter of
gave the word. a nnie and must speedily be (urned.
The front of the stono wall burst holrfW^hJ1.01! be h®'1>cd- He was
Into flame, and above, the rattle of c0l,tl' >Mt his line
musketry came the bursting roar of becomln J t fi moment
the guns In the road, as the gunners ! le^'s'toolf a'steady ton^ bl"'
* uiuouiig iwi ui
the guns in the road, as tho gunners
leaped from concealment. Out on the
grassy slope the first line of hurrying
eager men melted into shapeless
masses on the ground.
In the road tho grape and canister
tore great holes in the compact col-
umn. Tho surprlsers were surprised.
The front ranks recblled, shattered
out of all semblance to formation.
But the attack was delayed for only
moment. Behind that foremost
rank was another which came Btead-
"y on' leaving a man now and then
sprawling out or writhing in the
grass, but driving straight forward
notwithstanding. Down the line be-
hind the stono wall went the com-
mand, "Cease firing."
It almost caused a mutiny, but the
officers persuaded the madmen to
obey The enemy came on with n
yell then. Evidently It was but an in-
significant force In their front. They
were minded to run over them.
Yelling llko fiends, they rushed
across the open. It was Bunker Hill
repeated. Again the colonel lot them
come within a hundred yards before
he gave the command to fire, nnd
again when the order came and the
of burst forth the advane
ing line withered as before the breath
,ro"' a blazing blast-furnace.
Flesh and blood could not face It
They were men who would go un-
flinchingly where there was one
chance of coming through.
Here there was nor.e. It was death
wm°*„nJhR Bl°P0 before the stone
";!!! a m"88 cf men pressed forward
yelling. The thin line behind the wall
concentrated all lis fire upon them
out It no longer availed. On thev
came, dogged, determined.
Men dropped steadily, but still thev
The twenty minutes were
up. -n here were the reinforcements?
. T.he. colonel glanced about. Woods
jehlnd him Bhut out all view of the
regiments nnd brigades hurrying
breakneck to the rear that had be
come the front.
ll? 1<ntw wa® that ho was "lone,
protecting the army from overwhelm
Ing defeat. Cowards, were they?
Even in that red, fiery moment he
had time for nn Instant of bitter pride
and exultation as he viewed his dead
behind the stone wall.
The rushing mass In front was
close up now. He knew he could not
stop them. He lacked the men. He
had held them back for more than the
time demanded of him.
Should he order his men to fall
back? The regiment had done Its
work. More could not reasonably be
asked of them.
They were outflanked on either
hand, and about to be overwhelmed
Should he order thera back?
„~.There c'ame ,0 hlm another thought
They called us cowards," and with
that he hurried along the line with
:he command. "Fix bayonets."
He would stay there and meet
but
At
bald and certain.^^ Thoi. could th™ Jm?m VS ,here nnd
recoiled . down the *lope. Many | "?£££?£%? ITsJ^
stayed silent in the grass.
Mennwhile the carnage |n the road
™'™r i11: The steady plying of the
guns oaded with grape and canister
had piled the ndvanelng column in a
mass or dead and dying till the order
came to halt and deploy across the
adjoining field.
This added tn the labors of the de-
voted Middles. The next ad-^ would stay to*the Tnd.'
"This is our chance.
On came that yelllns wive In front
Loading and firing r i f„ t , « tl>ev
eou d, the remnant <f the r, m
&?0t !tOP ' « fan be-
hlnd the stone wall ft ,r hed before It
The inevitable weaMlnps that are
In every regiment had 1 n<T sl"o
sought the rear. Those who stayed
would ufav ♦ .« i
They were lamentably few,
those few were bad men to face.
their colonel's call they rose, gripping
their weapons, whole men, men with
bleeding heads,-men with limp arms,
men who rose only to fall again and
again struggle to rise.
With a yell the wave broke over
the stone waH, and in an instant the
were overwhelmed.
Mghting like demons, madmen or
heroes, they went down before su-
perior numbers. but not before they
" n Iul1 to11 for their defeat.
Through his glasses the general in
command saw their heroic stand The
regiments breaking from the woods
behind saw it and burst Into cheers.
A sudden wave of firing broke out on
either flank, and then the conquering
enemy reeled before the charge of
the advancing regiments.
A moment of fighting hand to hand,
bayonet to bayonet, and then the
tresh Hoops dropped behind the stone
wail and poured a galling fire into
tile retreating foe. The day was won
Lve„,armL,wa" 8aved- an0 was the
Molliecoddlcs who had done it
In the camp of the Molllecoddles
that evening men sat weary and de-
jected about the fires. Their attitude
seemed much the same as on that
other evening. There were gaps In
every group, and men's voices were
low and awestrlcken.
They discussed their casualties with
an appearance of wonderment. "Tuck-
er's gone, eh?" "Billy Aken got It in
the head." "They've took off Mor-
ton's leg," and bo forth.
"How's the Old Man to-night?"
asked one. "Heard anything?"
"They say he's doln' well. If he
pulls through I reckon they'll make
him a brigadier."
bld they got hIm' He hadn't
ought to have stood up."
"Well, anyway, we held 'em."
That was the finale always. No
matter what had come to pass, no
wninrt.H ,ad dled' or who was
wounded, or who was missing: "Well,
we held em."
A battery came past, the trace-
In the' ruts'.""8' th9 WhBeU Clanklng
officer'!'" reglment tha"" called an
"The Molllecoddles," came the de-
nant answer.
' 8aid the officer, and the bat-
tery moved on.
But every gunner's eyes turned sud-
, L'°*ard the camp-fires, and [he
Mcllleooddles returned the gajie with
a-Aod • "! >S' " w", • though tney
would yen be?™' U8' w""r8
And fron. the faces cf the gunners
on; understood that tlicy had no ade-
quate answer.
riylit Tltc Frank A. Putney ( 1
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