The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, April 18, 1902 Page: 3 of 8
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GEN. HAMPTON DEAD.
distinguished, soldier, statesman and
GENTLEMAN, DIED AT COLUMBIA, S. C.
DEATH NO T A SURPRISE
For Weeks He Has Been Gradually Sink
F:~ Eighty-Four Years.
YwT Long
Columbia, S. o. April 11.— jHamptou, one of the heroes
Gen. Wade Hampton died this | of the Revolutionary War, reput-
morning at 8 o’clnuk from valvu-1 ed at the time of his death in
lar diseases of the heart, having
been unconscious for several
hours.
o
The General had just past his
eighty-fourth birthday. Twice
this winter be has sustained at-
tacks that have greatly weakend
him, but rallied wonderfully. He
was out driving a vreek ago, but
it was evident his strength was
deserting him.
No arrangements have been
made for the funeral, except that
it will be at the General's ex-
press wish v *hout pomp of any
sort and will take place Saturday
afternoon.
The Governor issu°d »h:s proc-
lamation:
“Whereas, uio j. Wade]
Hampton, a former governor of
South Carol5na aad a United
States Senator, died at his home
Columbia, this rro dng at ten
minutes before 0 o'clock, full of
years and of hoi :
Therefore, I, M. B. McSweer-
ey, Gove .c. of South Cr oli-
na, '*'> r cognuion of his dust >-
guished services to his pcop e
p^d his country throughout his
long and V"r ' veer, and in
fu-ihwi- -oCOgDiiloi of his broad
siatesmar*sL,.p - d true nobility
of character and h>s high'patriot-
ism and devotion to duty and h:s
State, do request * "at on f 'mor-
row, Saturday, p 11 public offices
in the State of South Caro’i-ua
be closed as a fu~tner testimon-
ial to his worth, that the Hags of
the* State and of the United
1834 to be the wealthiest planter
in the South. The third Wade
Hampton who has j ust past away,
was born in 1818 in Columbia,
S C., was graduated at the Un:
versity of beuth Carolina, end
afterward studied law, but with-
out the intention of practicing.
Under his father's training- he
became a good horsemaD, a fa-
mous hvv ■* mcompbshed
fisherman. He served -n the Leg-
islature of South Carolina in ear-
ly life, but his y critical views
wc-3 those of a Democrat of a
national, rathe** than a secession
tendency, and were not popular.
His speech agabist \ the r(
opening of the siave ir. fe was
caned by the New Yo-k Tribune
“a d?n> ;p:eceof logic directed
by the noblest sentiments of the
Christian and patriot.” His earlier
life was, however, devoid to his
Plantation into csts Mississq -
pi and South Caro'ina, and 4 the
pursuits of a man of fortune.
When the Civil WarbegaD, Hamp-
ton first enlisted as a privale, but
soon raised a c^-^acd of infrn-
try, ca!v?"y jrd ar* ’e.-y which
was known as Hampton’s Legion,
and won d st moon during the
war. At Bull Run 600 of his in-
fant j held for some time the
Wairenton Ro: 1 against, Keye’s
corps, and were sus* .in' ig Lee
when Jackson came ‘ ; their aid.
In the Peninsular campaign they
were aga n distirguishtd. and at
Seven Pices lost half their num-
ber and Hampton himself was
painfully wounded in the fcoh.
tie, Hampton was made a Major j office. The remainder of his life
General with'rank from August! sP^t at his home in Columbia.
3. 1863. -In 1864. after several; 4uken a great deal of in-
days fighting, he gave Sheridan ! terestn the veterans of the Con-
a check at Travilian's Station, I federr' p'*my janjl’-WFn for sev-
which broke up a plan of cam-] erp1 yni’s and until his death
paign which included a junction | commnderof the, At my of North-
with Hunter and the capture of I ei'n Vrginia Department, United
Lynchburg. In twenty-three ! Confee'•ate Veterans, Earlv in
days he cap,. ed over three j lire ^n. Hampton married Mar-
thousand prisoners and much raa-! garet?reston, youngest Vaught-
terial of war with a loss of 719 er °Lien. Frapciss Preston. His
secon. wife was the daughter o£
Senatir Geo”ge | McDuffie of
SouttCarolina.i -J..
men. He was made command-
er of Lee’s cavalry in August,
with *. rank of Lieutenant Gen-
eral, ard in September struck the
rear of the Federal army at City
Point, bringing away 400 prison-
ers and 2486 beeves. Soon after-
wards, in another action he cai
tured 500 prisoners,
these atti iks he lost his son in
txcursion Rates via T. & P.
battle. Hamp'on was then de-j
Marshall,. Ter ]■ and return
--“.TO op account of meeting of
*resyter.y of Presbyterian
one of j churh. Tickets sale April
17 anl 18, good for return until
fi'EE 44-21
SHOT HIMSELF TO K! LL.
£
•!C,- 9
James Morgan, a Former Bonha.
Citiien, Commits Suicide in
. | DuranL- Assigns the Cause
to Family Troubles. . ,
Last Friday morning James
Morg?n shdt md ,k'Jed 1 mseTf
at his home in Dut ant. I T. T'e
weapon used was ?~i old cap myd
bull.pis* )1, and-the b'^’et went
through the head, causing in-
stant death. Mornran formerly
Ti red; in this ci for a number >f
yefiis, but went f > D ir e
years ago. He is said to, I
acquired a considerable am'-** , .
of property.
, He lived m his own house and
had a young tm*n 'working, f
him. This young mr ’ savs *'>•
The Way It Does "at Georg :own.
The Georgetown Sun says that,
Georgetown really enjoys prohi-
oition. G orge4 >wn will not be
env ied, as most of us are nor,
hanke. ng after that kind of an
article. However, if George-
j t ;vcn er”y hfs that article on
i exhiuition, il dese ves a pit 'e in
the pa1" ’eof frme.—New Braun-
J fels‘Herald.
i It is easy enough for ns to n i-?
ders4 aid that they’ve got prohi-;
j bition, but we can’t sense.i,,y
body’s “e ijoym’ ” such a sU o
' h 'ngs.—Alkali Eye.
j If the editorsof the New Brauf
I fels Herald ard the Alkali Eye —
! f theie reafly is such a paper as
the latter—will come to George-
’ tiwQ trey will see for themselves
that we “have that article on
Morgan had . told h’m several exhibition" and that the most of
tached io take command of Gen.
Joseph E.. ok ison’s cav?]ry, and
did what he could to arrest the
advance of Shermm’s army
northward f;om Savannah ’ 1 the
spring of 1865. 1
After the burning of Columbia,
S. C., on its evacuation by the
Confederates, a sharp discussion
?rose between Gen. Hampton ard
Gen. Sherman, er 'h changing
the other with the wilful destruc-
tion of the city. After the war
heat once engaged -G cott in
planting, but was not successful.
He accepted from the first ?’l the
legitimate consequences of de-
feat, an entire submission 4 ) the
law, and the ciy5' and political
equality of the negro; but he
steadily defended the motives and
Sat Antonio and return £12.20,
on acount of Street Railway As-
sociaion, April 18-21; Battle of
Flowirs, San Jacinto Day, April
21; Jorse Show, April 23- and
Spansh - American • Veterans,
Apri 21-23.' Tickets ou sale
Apri 17, 19 anol 20. Good to
leave San Antonio until April 24.
Nev Orleans and return £15,45
on account T. P. A. Convention.
Ticksts on sale April25 end 26,
good for return until April 29.
’• 44 2t
To CaHfornia points, secoad
class one wi ' , tickets on sale
everyday in Apt if at’rate of
£25.4L Round trip fiirst class
tickets on sr'e durmg months of
.Apriland May at £52 40; dates
of sate April 1^, May 6 and 20
Good for ret on 21 days from
date of sale. T- - , -
times that his trouble was great
er than he could be^4. i The
trouble was sepa^a^lon frorrf his'
us enjoy it. .A^d they will see,
too. that the money that is spent
in “wet” towns for whiskey and
wife# the couple hav ing parted beer is spent here for the support
of families and the promotion of
morality and religion.—George-
own Suu.
several years ago. He left a
letter 5n which he staf d that he
wanted his children to gi^e £50
to each of his sisters, pn*d the
balance of his property was. to be
divided alnoug his children.’
requested that he rbe bfiriei . Y
Bonham, and. .j^hat C. T. Tbgf*■ m Ine Nationr’ Baptist Aimiver-
see that he was piope^ly ca^ed ! ^n. es o be heid at St. P’aui May
Cheap Excursion Rates to Minne-p?-
} s and St. Paul, Minn.
for. In accordance
with his l.»• -0th to 28th. F'^al limit can be
, ,, , ■, ,• 7:- , extended to June 30th.
quest, the body wasbruo;,;; here !■„, Annua, of
and on Sunday was ’ " ’
buried
Willow W:1d cemetery. -
Quitkest Time by T ; & P.
.The Annual Mee/.ng of the
Na onal Edu^a o^al Association
u !1 be at M iea; olis July 7 -11.
F nr* limn can be extended to
S pi. 1.
• n the interest of those who will at-
The traveling pno-Ji.c wi}l please ; tend these conventions, The Chicago,
Waco and return £6.05, on ac- 'Remember that the T. & S.'iis the Milwaukee dc St. Paul Rail^-aj7 will be
. count K. of P. meeting; On sale fshortest and quic’ est line to a'5 A r ■
connuct of bis peop.e ?ud their April 20 and 21,‘ good to' leave! points in ihe Southern [state
lQQr,Qrc In 1866, speak;vig of j Wacc April 26.' !•»/>«-n-i^ cu......
leaders
‘the negro, he said:
‘As a slave, ; El Paso and return £15.F0, on
he was faithfu1 to us-, as a free account of Knights Templars
man, let us treat him as a friend.
Deal with him frankly, justly,
kindly.” During the reconstruc
tion period Hatnp4 >n's concilia-
tory policy touud little-lavor fori acc“™' .r;>t“beritneu's Associa-
some time, bac in lb/6 be wasj^ good to leav^-Houston until.
meetimr-. Tickets on sale Apk,
13 and 14. good to le^ve El Paso
April 30th.
Houston and Return £10.95, on
States be put at half mas. on the ] g00n afterward he wr - made
capitol ?nd other publ’C build-
*-> 5n the state, and remain in
that position until the funeral
r lees were held.”
The family of Gen. Hampton
objected to a State funeral.
Bells were tolled to-day in all
. towns of the State,when the news
was received and many schc j!s
were closed.
Gen. Wade H p n III wi
the son of Wade Hampton II.
who served on the st: ff oc Gen.
Jackson in the war of 1812, " ’d
the grandson of the; first Wade
was
ct.d for detacned
Brigadier '#^uera' of cavalry, and
was a°s:,.ned * Gan. J. E. B
Stewart’s ccL :.nd. He
frequently s
service, in which he was uncom-
monly successful. In the Mary-
land and Pennsylva lia campaigns
of 1S62-63. Hampton wi s active-
ly engaged, and he d'sringu'shed
h mself at Gettysburg, receiving
three wound,*. It is said that
i^eotv-one 0ijt of twenty-three
tielu officers"; ha more than half
the nuen in Hampton's command
were killed or wounded in bat.
nominated for Governor against
David ft. Chamberlain. Both
claimed to be elected and two
governments were organized, but
Mr. Chamberiain finally yielded.
In lb78 he met with
April 12.
prepared to furnish perfect facilities in
the way of eueh through train service
reached via Memphis; Shr.tVi’S- as .may be required, and the most
port or New Orleans, and the dis- modern and luxurious equipment, con-
iance is 64 miles shorter than the sitting of sleeping and compartment
quickest route any riv?1 ‘ye can cars, dininu aod buffet cars, chair cars
offer, and the time , orn four and up-tc 7ate coaches,
hours to half a day quicser.;; We! Ticke be sold to both Minne-
bave also much the shortest apoiis ana St. Paul and retui I at one
OUte to Dallrs Ft. Wor‘V ard regular first cla?s limited fare plus
all South and West Te*“S poib , ; $*2.00. the final returning limit being of
Austin, San Aufon' *,.■ LI Faso. 1 such liberal character that it affords
JoustOQ, Galveston f ;d' inte - i opportunities to the passengers, to visit
mediate points and c^n give- the j the many points of interest in the North-
Sherman and return £1 10 bn -/best time of any othet line..to an'*1 west. I or deiai.ed iniormation ad
account Sunday School Iusfitu.e,.;^ above points from 4 to6*hours.
Methodist church,’^North Texas borne to brick depot for tickets.
Conference. Tickets on sa e
an accident; Apri1.8af1d®- Sood for returL’
by which he lost a-leg; but whi'q | UnUl ?f:J# m. BGoan, Ageut. *
his life was despaired of he was.
elected to the Senate, and in 1684
dress
F. A. Millfr, or
Gen. Pas. Agt.,
Chicago. HI.
M. F. Smith,
Com'l Agt,,
Dallas,.Tex.
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was re elected.
We have just completed a 3-
r„ EET c room cottage, two porches, brick
In the Senate aueIrom *0 gfbpnd iu every
his course was that of a conser- room. Every room canvassed
vative Democrat. He advocated and papered and house under-
a sound currency, resisting all1 pinned and painted,y.vo coats of
inflation, and generally acted in
Mafetic paint. The lot is a corn-
er, and it is on the b*Tl southwest
_ -Clf n . w.... . . of the cotton mill. .Will rent for
In lSdO the Tillman party tri- ,kg 50 per month,. which is 10 per
concert with Thomas A Bayard.
umphed in South C?"ol‘ 'a and
Gen. Hampton was not retyned
cent on £780; bu]. .we only ask
£550, with £150 cash and balance’
to the X cit'd States Senate. Per mouth. Evans & Mc-
When Grover Cleveland wa-[ K‘nne} • ‘ M .__
elected Prendent for ihe second ] Vendors Lien Notes on good
time, he apjointed Gen. HampTlands extended for ,five years at
n>n Commissioner of Railroads, f,3 per cent interest. Bramlette,
^nd he held that position until Evans &: Pritchett, West Fourth
President McKinley Came into j sir; m ;
tf J. M. Booth, Agt. T. <fc P.
Judge Evans received a. tele-
gram Sunday from Austin. Stat- j a ii uu
. ■ , , r . 0 J Ail of the rust has been rubbed
ing that Jesse Brownlee had\l ed off the tire bell lately. It’s con-
in Abe lu-natic asylum. Mr. i soling, however, to know that all
Brownlee was adjudged a lunatic wFo have burned nave had some
about six weeks ago andi serft to insuraQCe- What about your in-
jsurance? We mean you. You
* won't burn? Well, that’s whit
we all think. Better have us
the asylum from this p’ace.
Toney AvenueT
If you want one of the.pretfiest
homes on one of the finest resi-
dence streets in Bor bam, Jet us
$ write you a policy—Evans
McKinney. -
&
Happy is the man*-who sees
things as they should be, not as
show you a piece Oj. propeiii^ on they .are.
Toney Avenue; corner- lot, all ___:_r , ,_
modern conveniences and a two j John Ciud'e will sell his home
story residence. The price will on West 6th Sr. at a very reason-
make you buy if you wa^l* a alle price, This is only two
home.—Evans <N: McKinney., over blocks from the square.—Evans
First National'Bank. „ ; McKinney..
donham property for sale
The 6 room residence of John Caudle ;n 2! blocks of the square is for sale at £2500. On easy terms.
If y iu want a n'ce little cottage of 4 rooms and hall, we can satisfy, you in t .e Max Brown ’property'on West p./urth street only S olock.s from the square.-
Why don’t you take a look at the Joe Saunders’ property on West Fourth street? The house is new and is oi 'V J blocks from the -quire.
Beecher C-'Mwell’s hou e and one acre of ground in north Bonham can be bought for only £1575. Easy payment^. *. ’ . ' - X.
If you want a p ecu of our-iness property we can sell you a new store V^iildDg on the S. E. corner of Block 10 in Bouth Bonlihtn now occupied by Mr.* Wes’ * The price is only £1250.
If you a e exj cting io pu chase property in Bonham we would like to show you the 6 room ho isGof D S Gatbraith, on Noph Center street, occupied by Harry Martin.
Ine Geo. Myers cottage on West Fourth street, contains 6 rooms, and is a very fine bargain at £1450. Remertabgi* that there is a good sid ,-walk all-the wa£ to iowp
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Out id Fail view addition we have a new d room house with porch, 2 lots ami the price is cert tinl c very low uti-£525. £200-cash anl balance £5 per month,
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Ti e Carroll«cot‘ag-e of 3 rooms, porch, ha1!, g od cistern ru'd 4 ot-* located in Faifvi-w can be bough* for only £ltUCh’f Veryeisy terms., -■ *v
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Jim Ccvington has just completed a new cot’age of 4 re oms, hall,*'- p mche- in Lipscomb’s a ‘ditiop, but wants totsejh The lot contains 1-2 acre, good st h'l|, we’1. Only £12 >0
Th6 4 room house of R.‘A. Flippo in northeast Buiiham, can ! e had fora v ry rea o.-able price.
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We can give the best terms to be had,. Rememember we have many small houses and lots for sale on thf* installment plan.
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-SEE US BEFORE BIDING.
EVANS &. MCKINN
OVER FIRST
NATIONAL BANK-
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Evans, Ashley. The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, April 18, 1902, newspaper, April 18, 1902; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth913641/m1/3/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bonham Public Library.