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V- fi 1 1' 1 THE TIMES DISPATCH: JMYHIMONT) VAt SUNDAY AUGUST 15 1909 3 Js meson Wood daughter Wood of Essex PipSwWpaltb Queries Answers ENEAtOGICAtxOtU Addmv "Query Fit! tor Time -Dispatch Richmond Sian real muna' draiRd betituma name lor publication Persona aakina for poem etc should send i GiW If tamp given pais good for thirty dnyik''r and before that time expires th ploys In question leave tha services? question leaves the services she had always proved herself a good staunch ship at all tlmea and In all emergencies Hhe had been our homo over six months at sea and in port We steamed up in Fayetteville on hoard the steamboats and marched serosa to Goldsboro and took the train for Richmond thence to I Drewry's Bluff and remained ther until Richmond was evacuated when we marched out with the Naval Brigade This gallant llttls ship carried the flag nearer the city of New York than any cruiser tha Confederacy had afloat If we had had a few hours mor of daylight while off the Capes of Delaware she wull have made a prise of the Great Rnigiblir the largest sailing shlff stiost at that time When sighted she was bound out and we had boats off for two prises When she got close enough to make us out she bore around and put back night coming on wa lost her Respectfully it LEE Passed Midshipman on Board 6 8 Chlckamauga not forgetting Mr Burwell and hit family Prey If you hear any Virginia news forget to mention It and am dear Bland youra with tha utmost sincerity I beg let rn know Ingeniously how th affafr goes on between you and Miss I Direct mo to tha ears of George llanhury Williams Kq at rnidsbrooke near Abergavenny in Monmouthshire Hlr Peyton was then only twenty years old and Theoderlrk Bland was horn In 1720 and married to France Bolling in 1739 As ah lived until 1774 ws understand the allusion to Miss Can anybody explain It? Tha 'will of Hlr William (1) Bklpwlth who died In 1714 on record in Middlesex county It begins with pious exordium His oldest son gem the lion's ahara of his worldly gouds His other children however are wall provided for He mentions his well beloved coueln Mathew Kemp Sir Henry Kklpwith first knight of preslwould married daughter and coheiress of Sir Thomas Kemp Knlghi and ah was tha grandmother of Hlr Grey the emigrant hnd great-grana-mother of Sir William who mentions Mathew Kemp in hi will This la a little straw which might show tha location of the Kemp family In England of the company can It be used by tha party within th time limit without violating the-rulinga of th Interstate 'V Commerce Commission? IL IX A Answer if th employ resigns a po iif'-J Itlon with tha railroad the rtilina') tlon to take effect at a future ditai until that data arrives a peas granted by tha railroad company might ba ns4 without Infringement of legal reauir Infringement of legal requir- manta by an employs But when a aar- 'iv vice contract between an employe tho company has bean put an end Lo by resignation or discharge such pass Is no longer legally available r-" 'V: Geaea to woe mra -Will soma on kindly publish through tha Weakly Tlmes-Dlspatch -how to put up sweetmeats made of watermelon rind AN OLD SUBSCRIBER Zero Va' tnyy Answer Groan th melon rind by aU lowing It to simmer In a kettle of alum water covered with grape loaves for about thirty mlnutea Then put In coltr water for twenty-four hours chang- ing tha water once and keeping tho melon covered Then boll gently in wafer until tender Soak in lea wala tWy-M a second time to remove all flavor oi tho alum and tor the sake of flriu crlspneaa Weigh the melon and to 'v-yl each pound allow two pounds of loaf -5' oSj auger and ona quart of water maka a X'iZ syrup boil tho melon In It for half an hour put them In Jara and cover 7 tightly to keep In th steam Every other day pour off tho syrup hell it and pour It back on tha melons Re- peat tha process until the syrup 1' thick enough and tha last time It la boiled lot the syrup get cold before the Jara are covered Just before tak-Ing the syrup from the stove for tha last time season It to teat with blade gt mace white ginger beaten fine apo 'Ofr-' tied In a thin muelln bag and lemon' alteed very thin This 'recipe la taken from the collection of Jan Hamilton a noted Virginia housewife Blackberry and Grape 1- Pleas tell me how to make grape i-f win sweet 2 Blackberry winau Mi 3 Tarboro Answer: Mash tha fruit and strain it then let tha juice stand until It ferments and to each four quarts of juice add three pounds of sugar i Let it ferment tor several days skim Vi ming each day Turn into a cask e'ork loosely and after twenty-four hours seal tha bung from air and do-' not bottle for five months Then rack off lightly 1- Gather good rlpo blackberries or dewberries mash and strain them to every gallon of Juice put one quart of water and four pounds of brown auger Let it stand thirty-six hours skimming oft tha scum that arisen Then put In a eaak or demijohn cork ing loosely Leave until November when It should bo drawn off and bot- 1 Electoral Ticket Query Editor Tlmea-Dlspatch: I have a "Virginia Electoral Ticket1' election November 6 1841 Jefferson Davis of Mississippi for President Alexander Stephens of Georgia Vice-President electors for tha State at larg John Edmunds Halifax A Caparton Monro ei For the dis trlcts: Flrat Joseph Christian Middle-' sex Second- Clnctnnatus Newton Norfolk: Third mond Fourth W- Thompson Din' Daniel Rich- '7 of Carter Query II Is it known who Richard Minor of King William county hu1 for fattier? Wry respectfully MRH 11 NAYLOR 1028 Simpson Hired Bronx To the Genealogical Editor of The Tlmes-Tilspatch Cun you give me any Information concerning ths Hill family a Dr Sill was living In (probably) King George or adjoining county in 1744 earlier and later His only son was killed In Rrsddock's defeat Ills only daughter is said to have married a Mr Kklnker Hr name was Mary Did sho merry first a Mr FowlettT At Hr Hfll'a death his estate reverted lo the male line Mary did not Inherit Also Information desired nf Mary Fowleit widow who married William Kklnker of King 'George county Vs her second husband August 14 1773 By her first hnshand sho had two daughters Anne who married James Macllnachan May 16 1793 and Ellxa-beth who married David Wilson Kcott Novemher 24 1798 Boon dln September 28 1848 In th eightieth year of her agp She left on daughter Mary who married a Mr Foot and died In Alexandria Va several year ago at an advanced ago Any information as to the ancestry of Mary Powlett Kklnker will bo gratefully received by MRS A fi 10 Prospect Place Cumberland Sid tic Let me know what you liave to say promptly as my memorandum lor the United tilatea Department is almost in! hed and 1 want to turn It in and congratulate you on living and other things over forty years or so There was in th harbor of Faint when we arrived lying near tha entrance tv the harbor and unuer the gun of the English fort a large Scotch built iron-hulled ship with tine lines with two engines ami two piu-pcllera three masts two smokestacks We soon learned that she had been purchased In Liverpool by our agent and loaded with naval stores for the Confederacy She was brought to Bermuda by an English eaptaln and crew under the English flag where she -was turned over to the Confederate consul That shrewd Yankee consul got wind of her destination and Cargo and had her aeixed by the governor and taken charge of on th ground of a neutral flag carrying supplies to her encinlea We sailed around her In small boats many times in tha afternnon to plan how could cut her out and get her to sea on the quiet Boards hanging over the aides read "No one allowed One afternoon w0 aallei about dusk along the side and asked permission to come on board the watch on board warned off We afterwards met on of her engineer ashore In the hotel enjoying pay received In gold tor bringing the vessel over Attracted by our uniform lie came to the table where wn were seated Introduced himself and volunteered Information that if the Admlrallty Court turned her over to the Confederate consul he would help to take her across When asked how much coal she- baa In hey bunkers his reply saddened our hearts nnd dashed our hopes to the winds When he replied carried such a large rargo only coal enough on board and on day extra to bring hr over to that settled It a far aa we were concerned On our way out 'to sea we had to pee close by her and knew If she only had five coal -lii her bunkers we would have taken her to sea the night our ships sailed and awaited there the decision of the courts We steamed slowly along homeward bound past ana hailed a number of vessels showing them different flags Invariably they all hoisted the Norwegian or some other national flag We dtPPd the flag had up and prorerded on our voyage trusting for better luck next time which never came The Florida Alabama and the Shenandoah had demon strated what a vast amount of injury might he Inflicted on th commerce by a few swift cruisers Tnv Northern press raved and called us rebels and pirates during the war for our depredations upon their com mere Our ports were so closely blockaded it wa Impossible In semi our prizes In The rorelgn powers forbid our sending captures into their ports Right there Is where the Yanks as usual had the advantage their pockets were flld with prize money belonging to Confederate captures on sea and land We arrive on the Nqrth Carolina coast In very thick weather and tha captain thought ho was near soundings The deep-sea lead was hove and when hauled aboard showed a depth that astonished us The North coast pilot after looking at the mud and gravel sticking to the bottom of the lead was satisfied were close to the shore About this time the lookout sang out "Breakers ahead and close aboard" The weather very thick ths ship was stopped and anchored wltli a kedgre with a hawser for a rahle A boat lowered a pilot sent ashore he returned In about a hour and reported he could not recog nlxe the shore The captain asked you see no vessels on the "Yes sir were they broadsldo on the beach and close together Tlie third bows nn and a cable length to the north of "All right I krjnw where ah The Chlckamauga waa put under low steam one watch at quarters and nr waited for daylight to cross tha bar When heaving the anchor up the fog suddenly lifted and revealed two blockades close aboard on our port quarter steaming towards us "Cut tha hawser and let the anchor waa the order given "cast loose after gun and tha thirty-two amid Wa mads a run down the coast towards Fort Fisher they opened lire on us and ws returned it Boon another blockader Joined thmn and tried to cut us off from the bar Fort Fisher took part and they hauled off Shortly afterwards we crossed th bar and anchored inaido the at New Inlet Wn remained In port waiting for coal several weeks when th Navy Department derided to load her with cotton and send her to Liverpool Egg'-' land dispose of It and bring b-tek nival stores of which the Confederacy was sadly In need BeYora-wa accomplished coaling Fort Fisher waa cap turod Wa ran tha ship a far aa possible up the river above Wllmlng ton Guns roal cotton and craw were transferred to1 two steamboats and a barge and orders given to fire and scuttle her We all felt very Inter to France and Jane (4) who married Edmund Ruffin No race-sui-cldo here to ha aural Kir Peyton (4) married two Anna and Jane Miller sisters The children of these several marriages were Lilia (6) who 'married Georg Carter the last owner of land had JDr Charles (8) Carter and Mary (6) who flrat married Joseph Cabell and secondly Om-ge Tucker Her pet name waa Hlr Grey () who tpsrrled Harriet Townshend Peyton (ti who marrlau Cornelia Green Helen (5) married Tucker Coles and left no Issue Rellna 'll!) married John Coles and had John (6) 'Peyton1 (6) and Tucker (6) whoso splendid in' Albemarle county have long been famous for- elegance and hospitality and Humliertston (8) who lived at his father's estate lr Mecklenburg county named for the Leicestershire eatate He married first Nlvlson and had Helen (4) the wife of the Right Rev Joseph W1 liner Bishop of Louisiana by second marriage with hi cousin Leila Robertson daughter or his uncle Pulwar Kklpwith he had Pulwar () of Preetwould Grey 14) Leila It) and Hellna who married his cousin Tucker Coles Robert (4) HklpwHh married a Miss Nicholas and had George Nicholas (5 who married Mary Murray of Amelia county and had Robert (I) George (4) Cornelia (4) and Thomas (4) Henry (4 Kklpwith married Tahlths Vt'ayler sister of Mra Thomas Jefferson Ho limit Henry (I) who married Ann Robertfton Martha lit who married Edmund Harrison of Amelia snl Mary (5) who married Thomas Randolph of Dungennees Jane (4) Bklpwlth married Edmund Ruffin and had a eon George (4) who marrt1 first Jana Lucas and had and1 Hanover the famous agriculturist II married second Rebecca Cocke and had Jans it) who married Dr Dupuy of Nottoway Julianna (4) who married Dr John Copeland of Williamsburg the ancestor of Rav Robert Copeland of Baltimore and Elizabeth (6) who married It Cooke and had Rebecca who married Ir Henley and is this ancestress of th Williamsburg Henley Edmund Ruffin (4) the great farmer wae the grandfather of Bishop Beck-wi'h of Georgia The Kklpwith Strang to say held no polUirsi off) res but two bishops In one family Is a much greater satisfaction Preetwould in Leicestershire is registered no longer as th home of the Bklpwlth We read In a history of Leicestershire published In London 1430: "In the large parish of Prest-would Is Preslwould Hall the seat of Charles James Parke Esquire It Is a large mansion standing In a fine Th chronic! proceeds to mention the possessions of the Parken among them is a portrait of the Right Hon Hlr Christopher racks J-nrJ Mayor of London jess who had seven The various deceased members of the rik family sre Interrea at Preetwould "where their titles ages virtues etc ar set forth In monumental inscription Hlr Grey H) Kklpwith who succeeded hi father Hlr Peyton (4) married Harriet Townsbenrt and went back to England Ii died In 1853 This nn-tlre appeared In the 1-ondon News of May 23 of that year: death nf this venerable baronet occurred on th Instant Kir Grey who wa sixth In descent from th first possessor of the tie could tra-'e Ills unbroken malu line from Robert Eetotevllle Baron of C-itlngbain at tit time of th Cun-quest whose grandson Patrick Estotevllle inherited from his father th lordship of Kklpwith and thus originated th present -family name The deceased baronet's immediate predecessors were residents of Virginia' North America to which colony Kir Grey Kklpwith the third haronet Immigrated during usurpation Tha late Kir Grey Kklpwith sat In Parliament as one of the knights of the Shir for Warwick from 181 lo 1834 He was bom at Preslwould In Virginia 17th peptember 1771 and married Harriet third daughter of Gore Townshfrnd Esq of Homlngton County Warwick and bv her who died In 1830 had ten son and eight daughter i ho of tbs former Is now Kir Thomas George Kklpwith Th name of the eighteen children of Kir Grey will be found in Burke's "Peerage and page 44 Besides the Sklpwlih of Preslwould In Leicestershire there ere two extinct baronetcies Kklpwith of New-hold Hall and Kklpwith of Wetherlng-ham Th former became extinct In 1790 and the latter In 175 Th family of each is the same We have run across a very plesesn' lelter from Kir Peyton Kklpwith written to Theoderirk Bland Jr In 1787 which may ha of Interest Monmouthshire December 25 My Ter Bland For weeks have bn the most melancholy creature In the kingdom 7 hv boon scarce ahl to writ read or even Ihlrk A few day after 1 wroi you from Bath I was taken with a violent cold attended with a very disagreeable cough insomuch that the physician Inform'd rg Gist without the greatest car I must Inevitably go Into a consumption You may easily Imagine the sat a person of my lively disposition must have been In at so sad a reflection to think that after the gay life I had led for twelv months past without ever giving myself th least tlm for reflerllon to he snatrh-ed away 111 th most expeditious manner The thought was frightful I assure you However I was at length prevailed on by my good friend Mr llanhury Williams to go with Mm to ble seat In Wslea and ther llv reg ular (which could not do at Bath) drink milk and breath the fresh air From th first moment I landed in Wales I perceived myself grogr better and have continued to mend until this moment I have perfectly recover'd my spirits and hops in a few days to be a well as ever was In my lifetime TJiis gentleman wa hlr to the great Blr Charlee II Williams and lives like a prince in a most agrreabla house that' war Ms furnished In a more elegant manner than any house have ever been in It 1' situate at the font of the great Welch mounterns and th country-about It la better cultivated and more beautiful than any I have seen Our chief diversion an bunting shooting and sometimes a gam of wlilst 1 shou'd be extremely glad to know when lou think of going to 1 North America For mjr part I am pleased with tha thought of going with you anil am determined to make your time of going mine I shall exfrect to hear from you by th' first post and aa yon ar something of a politician and in the midst of news pray be devilish -con els and laay hut writs ms all tha news relative to Mr Wilke Martin the burning of the North Rrltoln etc Pray make my compliment to your cousin and his good family Col Lu1- Help la f'enteal Query Editor To assist me In a contest will you please answer the following questions next week: 1 What Bre the ten largest cities In the world? 2 What are the ten oldest universities In the United Htatea? 3 What wars have had the greatest effect on the history? 4 What ar the five beat books In tha world's literature? A READER Lebanon Va 1 London New York Faria Toklo (Japan) Berlin Chicago Vienna Canton Peking and BL Petersburg 2 Harvard 1611 William and Mary College flrat atapa taken toward establishing It In 1117 chartered In 1811 Vela 1700 removed-to New Haven in 1718 Columbia chartered a King's College In 1754 named changed to Columbia College In 1784 and to Columbia University In 1596 Princeton founded in 1148 aa the College of New Jersey received present name officially In 1896 University of Pennsylvania beginning at Philadelphia in 1740 chartered as a college In 1755 received Its present title In 1791 Washington and 1a Lexington Va 1749 Brown University I 1714 University of Nashville Tenm 1785 and Western University Pennsylvania 1716 You ask for universities Rutgers College dates hack to 1766 Dartmouth 11 1789 ilampden-Sldney Virginia to 17 16 Washington College Maryland to 1783 Ht John's College same State to 1789 and Georgetown University to 1791 I Tha Graeco-Persian War culminating in the battle of Marathon and the defeat of the Persians th war between Alexander the Great and Darius In which the latter waa overthrown and European customs introduced into the East the ware between the Romans and tho Carthaginians ending with the defeat of Hannibal at the battle of Metaurus 207 the war between the nations of Europe and tha Huns In which Attlla was slain A 451 the war between the Europeans and the Saracena in which Charles Martel by the victory of Tours A 733 delivered Europe from Mohammedaq power the war between the Saxons and Normans culminating In tha battle of Hastings and tha conquest of England by William tha Norman A 1016 tha war between England and Spain and tffb destruction of the Spanish Armada In the war of th American Revolution ths Napoleonic wars tha War Between the States 1161-1865 th Franco-Prusslsn War and tha South Afrloan War Time has not yet passed Its verdict oo the Spanlah-Amerlcan War and tha Russo-Japanese War 4 Th Bible llomer'a "Meditations of Marciis Aurelius" dramas Bunyan'a As this list is purely a matter of personal opinion It does not pretend In any sense of the word to be authoritative It la altogether tentative aa all Hats of such a nature must be Registered Pharmacia is Fleas answer the following your next Sunday's issue: Give tha number of regietered phamacieta In tha State of Virginia IL Give tha number of registered assistant pharmacist In the Htata of Virginia III Give tha number of registered apprentices In the State of Virginia Petersburg' Answer: 865 II 145 III 57 The questions asked are answered according to tho records In the office of the Board of Pharmacy It must ba borne in mind that a great many of these pharmacists and assistants are not practicing Soma are living in other States retired from business and for other reasons are not engaged in pharmacy Direction of TaaaeL Can you Inform mi whether or not th Church HIU tunnel runs under the northeast corner of Twenty-fifth and Broad that Is under the- site of tho new Church Hill Bank building? Answer: Th map of Its route indicates that It docs Tbe Correct Fasllsh Will you kindly state In your Query Column Sunday which la th correet English to th following? It has caused right much lost tlm on account of sickness it has caused right much loss time on account of alrknesa It has caused right much loss of tlmo on account of sickness Lawrencfvllle Answer: A correct construction in regard to English would be: Much loss of tlm has been caused on account of sickness West Foist Academy Please publish In your next Query Colhmn tha answers to the following queetlone: 1 Who la superintendent of West Point Military Academy? 3 If a- boy of fifteen desires to enter West Point Military Academy how can he do It? IL IL Answer: 1 The superintendent of West Point Military Academy is Colonel Hugh It Kcott 8 A 3 The first thing a boy desiring to enter West Point has to do la to secure a congressional appointment and pass required exaYnlnatlona A hoy of fifteen In debarred however as th required age Is from aeventaon to twenty-two years Isformatlen Desired Can you eld me In obtaining Information regarding tho Presbyterian Church In Culpeper which was used as a hospital hy both armies during the war? Wa want to prove our claim for damages from the government hy some competent witnesa or witnesses who occupied It or who encamped In or near Culpeper Courthouse during the winter of 188S and 1844 either Northern or Southern soldlera I trust thli Inquiry will attract tha attention of somo one who can give the desired Information Rrandy Va Answer On page 168 In Dr "Notes of St he states that the Culpeper Presbyterian Church was organised In 1813 and that tha Rev Samuel Davies Hoge father of the late Mosea lloga of Richmond wtfs its first pastor lie describes th building a situated at tha northern end of Main Street Culpeper and says that It was destroyed during the War Between the States That tna let was sold and tha money invested In th lot en which the present Prm byterlan Church erected In 184 stands I suggest your writing to General G'naworth of the War-Department Washington If tho chprch fee red to was used as a hospital during tha war-time period hts record will show th fact 1 Railroad Employe If a employs of a railroad company '-iSs wlddlo Fifth Wood Bouldln Char- Th Family af ftklpwlth 1 It strikes um with trna Joy to treat real lord there qre go many high-sounding and myaterloua references entirely unintelligible to the plablan mind hut sweet to tha ear a vaa that word to old darkey a ho carried It alone- home from tre fervid medley of tha Sunday aermon tickled her acnalblliilea and the attrlbutea of nobility tickle oura Henry III King of England waa he forbear of the baronet Bklpwlth Besides tila royal piajeaty'a high eatate and great power lie ponseeaed not a noble characteristic Nevertheless he iwora tha purple and It sounds well to declare my ancestor Henry Jit" was wont to do thus and so" 2Iis wlfa was Eleanor of Provence (Who Induced her weak conaort to knake England a dumping ground for foreign prlncea and Induced him to Elevate her relations to tha hlgheel jdaces Henry Flanlaganet Karl of Leicester waa their con He married Blanche daughter of Robert Earl of Artois and granddaughter of Louie till of France They had Henry Plantaganet Earl pf Leicester who married Lady Maud slaughter 'of Patrick Chaworth and Jd Lady Juan Flanugsnet who mar led John third Baron do Mewbrsy John de Mowbray married Elisabeth iinly child of John Lord Segrave married Lady Maud daughter of Baron do Qreystork and had Hlr Lionel de (Welles who married Lady Joan daughter of Hlr Robert Waterton Lady Margaret de Welle was their child Hhe married Hlr Thomas Dys-Xioke knight of Hcrivelsby and hau plr Lionel Dysnoke who married Joans daughter of Richard Griffith of Stock-ford They had the Lady Alice who married Hlr William Bklpwlth Knight of Ormsby end had Jane the mother of Fir William Henry Bklpwlth of Ornis-ty and Preetwould Leicestershire who married Margaret daughter or linger Cave and had Hlr Henry Bklpwlth Baronet of Preslwould who married daughter of Hlr Thomas Kemp Sir Henry sold Preetwould In 151 to a Mr Tarke Hlr Henry wee probably more of a man of letters then a man of affairs He Is spoken of as having good tils person his valor his learning hi Judgment and Wisdom do challenge more than I can es press'' commences a contemporary vu given to witty conceits acut epigram poems mottoes and device'' Fill! he sold Preslwould Sir Henry was succeeded by his son Ftp Henry who died unmarried and the title went to Fir Grey who enmv to America on account of proin well Ills name was Aim and his only Fun Hlr William (2) married Hnrnh daughter of John Peyton of -Islcham tthen In Gloucester now In Mathews county Vs i and had seven children Fir Grey )i succeeded to the title but he dying young (1 honor passed to Ms brother Fir William (3) wno married Elizabeth on! daughter of John Hmiih of Mtddlerea The first mention of Kklpwith In tho county of Middles in Virginia where-the family settled 1 'The Lady Ann Fkipwlth of this parf'-h departed this life 5th of March and wan burled 4th Pf March tans The other records of the Kklpwith In this Inlsreetlpg old register are daughter of Hr Wm Bklpwlth and Lady barah (Peyton ha wife jorn July SI "Gray Kklpwith te son of Sr Wm and Harsh Kklpwith ady his wife was born August ye and Baptised Seth Hon or Sr Wm- Kklpwith ft t-ady Sarah his wife were baptised Fept 21 "Wm son of Hr Wm Fkipwlth- waa horn September ye IS I "Henry son of Sr Wm Kklpwith and Lady Karsh his wife horn IVto: 22 baptised ye 21 171 "'Harsh daughter of Hr William Bklpwlth ft Lady Harsh his wife born Ap 21 baptised Ap 14 "Fuller son or Sr Wm Bklpwlth and Laay Sarah Ms wife horn March ye 2 17t9 baptised March 27 "Fllsabetn daughter of Sr Wm Bklpwlth ft I -arty Harsh hi wife born March 22d 1723 baptised Ap 11 "Elisabeth Fkipwlth dyed May ye 11 and wss burled May ye 12 1724" "Lady Sarah Kklpwith dyed 24 ft wan burled ye 10 Toor Lady Sarah having done hr best for her generation went the way where till never rounf at least this I what we are told The force of Virginia aristocracy and majestic precedence is nowhere more emphatic than In th-: parish Vestry hooks Th biggest hug signed first In the Middlesex vestry book for years stood at the head the name of Sir llcnry thlchclcy knight and baronet and Deputy-Governor a well and a close second was Hlr William Kklpwith whoa Imposing signature suggested knight and baronet If not Lw-futy-Governor So the children of Hlr William (2) and Lady Sarah fPeyton) Kklpwith who were th forefathers and toremothers of tha American strain g-ra Ann -'7i Grey (1) William Rohcrl tli llenry 4 3) Sarah (3) Fulwer (1) and Elisabeth (I) the baby who only lived two year Hho cart the first shadow over tha Virginia iths whlcn shadow win deepened by the death if her mother two years later Mr Slaughter in Ms History of Bristol Parish leaves out Anne and Elizabeth and inserts Dorothea who does not appear In the Middlesex register Grey (3) died young and William (If Inherited the title He married Elisabeth daughter of John Smith of Middlesex He left Middlesex and liven at a pise called on the 'Appomattox River where I or was a sort of pedigree tombstone which rloaes with these words: "He desesnded from Sir Henry Fkln-Wlth of Prestwould In Leicestershire rested baronet by King James was honored with King Charles I'e commission fur raising men against the VFurplng power and proved loyal to his Ring 9o that waa deprived of hia estate by the usurper which occasioned his and Ms son's death except Fir Grey Kklpwith grandfather of thv above said Kir William who was obllg ed to come to Vltglnla for refuge where the family hath elnc Th hlographlcal ml Morlcal value this atone is Immense Sir William (8) enT wife Ellws-heth Smith hnd elgnt children William 14) who (lied young Blr Peyton 4) seventh baronet Robert (41 lVen1-ry (41 Mary (4) who married William Randolph of Chataworth Sarah (4) who married Robert Kennon of Con Neck Elisabeth (4) who mar lotto Sixth Goggln Seventh Rudolph Albemarle Eghth Jamas Walker Madison Ninth Asa Rogers Loudoun Tenth' 4 Samuel Williams Shenandoah Eleventh Samuel McD Reid Rock-bridge Twelfth A Edmondson iv' Being bf Their Own Miss Lucy Temple who is spending the summer at Lewlsburg Va having seen In the papers the protests from Vermont against tha order of the War Department stationing the negro rrglimmta' Just returned from th Philippines within the limits of their Htat recalls an experience of her schoolgirl days just after the war when negro troops were holding high carnival In Virginia It Is to bs hoped the Vermonters will not furs as badly at the hand of the Benegambian soldiers aa tha Virginians of that day did or a th people of Brownsville Tex did a few years ago when their town waa In this connection we may remark that our Southern women like Miss Lucy who remember the war and reconstruction days will nver be entirely reconstructed They make very atrenuous and prayerful efforts to forgive but they can never forget Lewlsburg Va August 18 Dear Major Apropos of the complaint of New England that- negro troops have been stationed In that section for the first time let me relate an experience which will Illustrate the brothcrllness of the Union into which we were whipped and whoa disciplinary measures seem In the- eyes of Northern statesmen to be still needed by the South In the summer of 185 two emaciated young Virginians arrived at Keysville en route to Chrlstlanavllle now the well-known Chaae City distance twenty mtlee "Tell my eons that we have no money to furnish a conveyance to this so ran' the note which the mother wrote to be delivered to them on thdr arrival travelers they were from the happy prison ground of Point Lookout chosen for Its eye-destroying sandbank and brackish water Hungry and worn were the boys aa we called them but we were happy In the return of peace and the reunion of our family 1 was a schoolgirl and all unconscious of anything unusual going on In the little village sat on tha lawn At the back of the house studying Suddenly I heard say "Coma In the In tones I never heard from him before He waa trembling as If with ague I ran In and found my father and these two late prisoners of war gaslug on the sight of a marching regiment of negroes officered by tdro whit men On of them pointed hie gun at my father and ex claimed: a damned rebel Ilka to have hla rushed In the house and seizing gun cried: la time for us to My father in whose veins flowed the blood of Lee calmed him with a word and the menace marched jpn Finding it Impossible tokeep these troops in order within a few months they returned through the village again They passed through without going Into and again we wit nessed a scene but this time humor ous enough An old colored -we knew Mm for a friend he made the coffin In which our mammy was burled he was careful to stain it too and we appreciated that In those hard wa watching tha regiment out of sight when a powerful negro soldier strode bftok to where he was standing and accused Mm of stealing pointer dog he waa carrying with him No doubt about tha negro soldier heV' Ing stolen him 014 Bannister kicked the dog and told him to go Tong ha did not want him yon dare to kick that dog again air I'll thrash you' My master never struck ms sir and not do you had a dozen master and a dozen mistress sir do "Oh go said old Bannister with annther kick at the dog 'long'' Tha brave fellow went along and rapidly too In tha meantime a young friend of Bannister's had silently tken bis stand at hla side and tha old gentleman and the boys were sitting on the porch and the regiment had marched out of sight My father questioned one of these officer are you bringing these colored troops her at this time? You know they ar going to make trouble He tric'd to explalfl that they war regulars and that there was no reason why we should resent It Now of course the War Department ran have no reason for humiliating Vermont sijd possibly thought it waa time to share tho benefits of having negro sol filers stationed among them of which the South and West have a monopoly Hurrah for Taft! picked him out for a kind Yankee three years ago He grins but he doesn't ehow his teeth LUCY TEMPLE Tbe Number nf Ceufrderstee Prastoa-rra lu Vlrslnla and the Amouit Pnld to Them Last Year Danville Vs July 28 1909 Editor Confederate Column Times Dispatch: Dear sir Will you please put In Tlmes-Dlspatch the number of Confederate soldiers who draw -pen alone and oblige old vet Respectfully LEWIS The number of Confederate pensioners Including widows Is in round number's fifteen thousand and th amount paid out to them last year was four hundred and thirty thousand and thirty-four dollars and elghty-on cents A compilation hy counties of tha name of ths pensioners with their companies regiments and military services so far ss disclosed by ths re cord hs been made by th offle of Virginia Military Records for us In th compilation of th Virginia roster Edward Hcott of th First Auditor1 olfic Is th clerk In ehsrg of pension matters -w II Tha publio schools of Cleveland may equipped with book holder which enabl the acholara to sit erect while studying The Mexican government ta experl meriting with varloue methods for ok tatnlng th beat results from Irrlg' tlnn Th dry-farming method also to be well tested Beery I Can any on tell mo from what Wood la descended (John) Carte Wood of Essex county "William R- Matthews who died In 1830 married (second wife) Marie' CRVI3E OF ft CHICK AMAl'GA Uy Past Mldablpman Dan Lee- CHAPTER IL (Continued From Last Sunday) The Vanderbilt being a side-wheeler was a great roller Ona of her wheals could ha seen high out of th water jwddllng the lr the other smothered up In the sea left them from th start and by dark ah was "bull Wa could Just discern her black smoka on the horizon our coal making all steam we wanted and little or no amoka Running abort of coal tha course was changed for Bermuda Wa anchored off the port of Bt George's and sent the first cutter ashore with an officer and crew to get permission from the governor to come Inside He made us wait for twenty-four hours and kept the coat and crew until next day before allowing It to return He gave us a deal of trouble from the time wa got there until we left The con sul had his ear We lived high on the coffee ths real thing white sugar butter lard by the ke guava Jelly condensed milk flour all tjlnda of banned goods and from the Shooting chickens fresh meat to asy nothing about cognac and all other kinds of good liquor Quite a contrast to our home fare in the Confederacy where we lived on coarse meal Nassau bacon bean coffee brown sugar sorghum molasses Every prize contributed her part to our purser's store The engines needed repair we were short of coal and fresh water and the governor allowed twenty-four hour In port and forbade us to coal ship afterwards allowed twenty-four tons of coal to carry us to the nearest Confederate port AHhougu ho had been notified by our captain that the ship was regularly commissioned and on a cruise at the time th fortune of the Confederacy were on tha down grade and he wished to kqep in with the winning aid Quit a contrast from the English naval nf-fleers they all seemed in sympathy with us Our consul complained to the British admiral at Kalnt Thomas where there waa a naval station at the north end of the Island He sent an officer to Inspect the ship and report what repair she needed etc Next day our captain got permission to remain eight days In port to com-'pleteMMlL repairs and coal ship with two SfiWTexira allowance for bad weather and delays on tha homeward voyage Yellow fever waa raging In Kalnt George's at the time We had to take every precaution when ashore from catching it As It was we left half or our crew In the hospital lost a good many bv desertion heard afterward that many of them died After getting our engines put in good repair ths ship overhauled and fepajiited: t0 C0Rl we lai 1 a few tons the bunkers they claim- we had seventy-five tons and th 1 twenty-five they allowed would ba sufficient to take us home A diary kept hy Passed Midshipman Clarence Cary one of the young officers of our ship on that sent me some time ago from hla home In New York has this to say: we euchred the English governor his dear friend tha Yankee consul It Is on this point I would like your recollections I will use what you say with or without your name as you may prefer A I recall th occasion you were chosen to look after the English custom house chap and had much difficulty t0 get him to tak hla first nip to the vast relief of the rest of the young officers who were dancing jfga of Impatience about decks and hehlnd the deck houses etc 1 further remember there was no great trouble to get our friend to take drink No 1 and so on till you put Mm below to sleep It off At four the barque Pleiades hauled alongside to give us coal Coated all night got seventy-two tons stopped at 4 A when ah was towed out to her anchorage she left the afternoon before "When the officer went ashore next morning his tally hook was cheeked up to exactly twenty-flva tons not one ounce more though wo worked hotn hatches and got the seventy-two ton mentlonsd which Bur consul paid' for You will of course remember we had little enough coal to get home with as It was even with the extra amount we smuggled on Also thr ship was flying light on arrive Not enough weight In her hunkers aa I recall It to keep her magsxlnea' below the water line whn got in that scrimmage off the bar Again that id any case wa would not have had coal enough to run back to sea to wait a second try at the bar1 the next night so we were obliged to get In when we dd whether or no Opr treatment by tha English government was brutal and unfair and your surronsful work with the custom' house officer wa not only effective but in th hUtfiMt-- degree neceasargand ftaUlo Roanoke Thirteenth Sheffey Smyth Fourteenth IL Fisher Ma-son Fifteenth Joseph Johnson Hand-son: Sixteenth IL Fltxhngh Ohio Is It of uy valuo as a relic? 5 Also' la there any value attached to 1109 Con- federate notes of 1864 or of 139 Confederate notes 1864? MRS MACDOWAUU Delaware Avenue and Pollock Street' Highland Park Answer: Yonr electoral ticket If In-teres ting enough to be valuable oa relic that has historic and 8tate value -The Confederate notea bring only cent per set of 5 810 20 50 and 1100 pssssotpQ CspMatlea Tex Will a person becoming of age An-gust 1 1909 bavo to pay capitation tat six months prior to tha election in November 1909? Answer: He will not HsK-Pesslea Kindly state In your paper tha value )iQr of tha following coins: 1 United States 1-1 penny (1888) 1 United States pen-ny (1819) 1 United States penny (1811) the above in good condition VVVa A READER' Answer: 8 cents 60 cents 19 cents These values are given tar coins In first-rate condition Cesta and Halt-Ceats Will you kindly tell me the value of the following If any: Copper cents dates 1805 1891 1816 1817 ona-halt cent 109 half-dimes 1851 1859 1843 ona threa-cent piece 1854 one ten-rent piece 1185 and two 60-egAt plecea'- '(S dates 1810 and 1834 Ck Answer: If (n perfect shape 8109 25 cents 10 cents 10 cents 19 centfcVfe no premium no premium 0 cent 1 cento 11 cent 13 cents no premium Worth of Allf I have a largo copper cent made la 1848 also half-cent date 1810 also a 15-cent note of greenback: Pleas let me know what they are worth through your Query Column and oblige a subscriber to your paper Afton Va Answer: On first no premium Second Is worth 15 cent Tho nolo Id only valuable aa a relic '-'it a tat Value I have two dime one dated 1831 and the other dated 1813 Pleas stats tho value In next week's paper-BrookneaL Va Answer: 11 cent 11- cents Aa ISM Peasy Pleas' Mate In 'next Query Column how much i can-get fork penny made In 1164 If can get anything pleas style place Islafld Va Answer: No premium IL nH Put Them ua Dry Tred What will prevent th estivation of horses When eau-wd by their pasture? A Farmvllle Va: Take them off the pasture keep their mouths well washed out and put the oa dry feed for several dog a A kind of wax suitable for soap and candle making 1 obtained In South A Tries from th berry of a shrub (my rice cnrdtfnlla) which la used for bind sad when wa saw her burn and slnkiliog drift sands ptied william Short United state min'jJLweU aad hUMr Dinwiddle-and- hit I 1 it:.