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6 A MONDAY, DKCEMBKR 2.1, 1363 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON CIVIL WAR Bleak WartimeChristmas, 1863 TTTTS WAS THE By MERTON T. AKERS United Press International This was Christmas 1863, the third of the Civil War: In Richmond "No war news today. . .It is a sad Christmas: cold and threa'ening snow. My two youngest ch.'dren, however, have decked the parlor with evergreen, crosses, stars, etc. They have a cedar Christmas tree, but it is not burdened. Candy is held at $8 a pound..." John B. Jones, clerk in the Confederate war department. In Washington "A lonesome isort of Christmas. I breakfast ed, dined and supped alone. Went to the theater and saw 'MacBeth' alone. Came home and slept alone. . ." John Hay, one of President Lincoln's sec retaries. In Richmond "We had for dinner oyster soup, besides roast mutton, ham, boned tur key, wild duck partridge, plum pudding, sauterne, burgundy, sherry and madeira. There is life in the old land yet!" Mrs. Mary Boykin Chestnut, wife of a Confederate brigadier gener al. In Belle Isle Prison Camp, Richmond "One year ago to day first went into camp at Coldwatcr (Mich.) little dream ing what changes a year would bring... (Christmas) supper... was a big thing, consisting of corn bread and butter, oysters, coffee, beef, crackers, cheese, etc. . . costing the snug sum of $200 in Confederate money or $20 in greenbacks. . .As (the bells) rang out Christmas morn ing I imagined they were in Jackson, Michigan, my old home. . . " Sgt. John Ransom, 9th Michigan Cavalry, who had been captured in Tennessee in November. In Tennessee South of Chat tanooga in winter quarters with his regiment, the loth Michigan Infantry, Corydon E. Foote, a drummer boy who now hod at tained the ripe old age of 14, ate hominy made from corn snitched by a fellow drummer from the mule lot. That and hardtack made up his Christ mas dinner. A Confedernle camp near Orange, Va. "1 am hare foot ed." (He also had a cold and disentery.) "1 think the South ern Confederacy is broke, for it seems so to me." Ceoigo Woodward of Wilson, N. C, wrote to his brother. In Ohio Union Mnj. Gen. Wil liam T. Sherman arrived in Lancaster, his home town, his first vacation there for 20 years. He found himself a hero. For .even days photographers newspapermen, autograph hum ers and jusl curious people crowned around him. A couple of years before newspapers had said he was "crazy. Now he was the man of the hour. As al ways he stood the adulation for a time but then grew gruff and avoided people. He talked politics with his father-in-law, Thomas Ewiug. He felt, and said so, that President Lincoln's amnesty proclamation was "unwise" and he was high ly critical of the Federal prac tice of paying bounties of up lo $400 for enlistments. The proc lamation looked like weakness, he said, and bounty would become a national scan dal in a few months. Dictator Davis In Richmond Mrs. Jefferson Davis rounded up some randy for her children and a few pres ents. President Dnvis gave Mrs. Chestnut what she described as a "love of a parasol" as a Christmas present. Davis could read that day in the Richmond Examiner that he was "a dicta tor." En roule to Georgia On. Jo seph E. Johnston was traveling to Dallon, Ga., to take com mand of the Confederate Army of Tennessee, replacing Gen. Rraxton Bragg who had been "promoted" lo mililarv adviser to President Davis. He would 1 fig leaf, ordered placed on the take command on Dec. 27 under j bronze statue ol a naked discus orders from Secretary of War thrower here hv city officials. James Scddon, who "desired" I was stolen Sundav N0W-A NEW BUDGET FINANCE PLAN OFFICE IN MEDFORD! LOANS $25 f0 $1500 Scimethino new under Mellotl, Offqon sk.es! Will J I 50' pay up ill your installment obligations and gn vcxi en caih bended You may .only (or a $1500 loan ,t monthly payments as low as i7 87 spread over 2 month. Free Budget advice and quick loan service CHRISTMAS IN WARTIME Christmas 1863 was a day not un like others in war-torn America. In Richmond, Va., Mrs. Jeffer son Davis was able to round up some candy and a few gifts for her children. In Washington, one of President Lincoln's secretaries wrote that it was a "lonely day." In the field, on both sides, soldiers paused for prayers, a few carols and what ever they could gather together for a Christmas dinner. Some received packages from home and shared them with their com rades. The packages were few and those who received them were fortunate. This drawing from the Library of Congress collection shows soldiers in camp at Christmas time opening a parcel from home. (UPI) Johnson to rcslore "the discip line, prestige and confidence of the army, and to (increase) its numbers" and to "leave no means unsparcd to restore and supply its deficiencies in ord nance, munitions ana transpor tation. Another letter a few days lat er from Davis urged Johnston to "prompt and vigorous ac tion" to whip the army into fighting trim and recapture Tennessee. Johnston bridled at what he considered "prodding." He saw "difficulties," the army was far from ready lo go on the defen sive. But the soldiers liked the gen eral they called "Old Joe." Pnpnl Recognition In Europe The Continent read with disciccd smiles that A. Dudley Mann, Confederate representative in K.urope, had obtained a letter from Pope Pius IX addressed to Ihc "Illustri ous and Honorable Jefferson Davis, President of (he Confed crate Stales of America." To Mann Ihis was lanlamoiint lo recognition of Ihe Confedera cy by a European ruler, tor tne Pope was temporal head of Ihe Papal States. 'We are acknowledged, By as high an authority as this world contains, lo be an independent power of Ihe earth. I congrntu- Inle you, I congratulate the President. I congratulate the cabinet: in short, 1 congratulate all my true-hearted countrymen and countrywomen upon this benign event." Neither Benjamin nor Davis could read recognition into Ihc Pope's letter, particularly since -Mi, Small Worlds Around Us lynn W. Wirkln. ftf liter it Trlfcunt lypdlctU. HI3 One-Source Method Of Gift Shopping Would Be Welcome lhn Pnnn hud riiMori the conflict jumping. ..... ., cnmlni unil.h the Confederacy never acknowl edged. To have done so would have refuted its claims that it was a separate stale and not a rebelling pail of the United Stales. A civil war, Ihe Confed erates held, was a war be tween separate factions of the same stale. It had seceded and therelore was sovereign in its own right Mann, who had sworn never lo return until Ihe Confederacy was victorious, remained in Eu rope the rest of his life, dying alone and neglected in England. KILCIIKS" Kllf lKAK HEM El. HEMPSTEAD. Eng land il'PI) A controversial Family Council Kditor's Note: Ihe Family Conn. Ml consists l a judge, a psychia trist, three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a Women's editor, ana two writers. Kaen artlrle Is a sllL.marv of an actual case history. The Council report on problem that nave been dealt with hv respon, alhle agencies and counselors. (Copvrlrht l!tB:t General-Features Corp.) Gail R. He acts like a one man Board of Health and mor tifies me. Max R. You can't be too careful when it comes to clean liness. Gail R. In mv husband's work as an accountant, it's good to oe mcucuious and watch out tor every little detail. Rut at home this is a nuisance. To put his mind at ease I leave much of the cooking, serving, and cleaning-up-after lo him. B u t my problem is his behavior when we eat out. Whether in restaurants or ill other homes. out comes his handkerchief lo test for dust. He uses his nankin lo wipe silver and nlalos. smells food before lasting it. examines glasses. Max II. Cleanliness never killed anyone, but filth and germs and bacteria do. I try not (o annoy Gail or anyone else about Ihis, bill I have a delicate stomach anil can't trust il to restaurants or anvonc else without taking precautions. A few years ago, while on Ihe road, I suffered from ptomaine poisoning and Inter, from a stomach virus. By now it's auto matic for me to watch out for lipstick and egg stains, chinned glassware, soap strculcs. and other dangers. The Council: Cleanliness may be next to godliness. Max. but perfection is next to impossible. So why get "impossible" about it? No point going hiiKs over "bugs." Your passion for sani tation might be better served by a change of vocation, say sup ervisor of a hospital laundry. "Hospital clean" is what vou seek, and there you'd have the gauges to show ICO degrees Fahrenheit for sterilizing linens, plus an array ol potent anti bacterial rinses. But if you'll relax a bit. keeping your resist ance to infection high, you can remain an accountant and a compatible husband, loo. Can't Licorice Used 2000 Years Prior To Birth of Christ The small boy with the penny never suspects the significance of his purchase, when he planks down his money for a piece of licorice. Most adults have, at some time or other, purchased and enjoyed licorice even if now they may deny it, thinking such a liking to be childish. But it's still an important act of child hood, buying licorice which still comes in chunks, plugs, sticks and tubes. There has been more licorice used, over a longer period of time, and by more people than any other flavoring discovered. Quantities of the sweet root of the licorice plant were found in the tomb of King Tut; put there probably by his subjects to sweeten his long journey into the hereafter. The use of licorice goes back a long time before the birth of that ancient Egyptian ruler. Records show it was extensively used 2,000 years before the birth of Christ. Little wonder that present - day investigators call the licorice "the mystery plant of the ages." Even today, after 4,000 years of use, licorice has never been completely analyz ed; neither has the flavor ever been duplicated synthetically. Yet the flavor of genuine lic orice is so strong that one part in 20,000 parts of water can be readily detected. Chemically it is 50 times sweeter than cane sugar. I'ca Family The plant from which licorice is derived is a member of the pea family; of a scraggly growth, requiring four years to develop long, limber roots large enough to use. Licorice is a Greek word meaning "sweet root." The roots are dug, crush ed and boiled; the resultant juice dries into a brilliant black solid which will break at a tiny fracture. Licorice is extensively culti vated in Spain, Italy, Turkey, Greece and throughout most of Northern Europe, as well as Western Asia where it is sup posed to have originated. Tons of licorice are shipped to Ameri ca. Besides flavoring for con fections, il is used in curing tobacco, sometimes being almost 21) per cent of the finished prod uct. It not only flavors the to bacco but retains in it the prop er degree of moisture to keep llie tobacco Iresh. This moisture - retaining pro cess, as well as the thirst quenching quality of licorice has never been loo well understood. It is claimed that licorice car- j ried in the mouth will quench , thirst for long periods of time. I Records shoyv that soldiers of ancient armies neid licorice in their mouths on long marches across arid regions and suffer ed not at all from thirst. Medicine j For 4.000 vears, rich) un to; the present time, licorice has , been used as medicine. It was once supposed to cure coughs, i colds, and other disorders of the human respiratory organs. ' A couple of thousand years ago, it was used as an elixir (or the postponement of old a'le and in keeping the body sunnle. A piece of licorice root, soaked m water, wns a refreshing drink thai perfumed the breath, and gave Ihe indulger Ihe benefits of ils pharmaceutical qualities. The curative effects of lic orice are recognized bv many people for soolhing irritated bronchial lubes. It is used by public speakers to clear over worked throats. Although modern medicine takes little notice of the cura tive benefits attributed to lic orice, il is peculiar that any thing which has been in use for 4,000 years, by so many mil- NEW YORK (UPI) -To one who has survived the annual holiday shopping rush, sugges tions on how it could be made easier in the future would be welcome. The one-of-its-kind object, or the cluster of the same gifts to spread around to a number of recipients, all may have been elusive, and required time and labor to find, unless the buyer knows one spot to which he can go and clean up the whole job in a hurry. Advantages Long Known The advantages of the one source method have long been known to businessmen, particu larly to manufacturers and tech nicians who suddenly face needs for components not in stock; the missing essential part, the replacement for a broken or outworn item. In few industries is this more true than in the electronics field, with its thousands of items needed in today's complex ma chines functioning in factory and home, school and hospital, office and communications. Max I. Epstein, head of Fed erated Purchaser Inc., Spring field, N. J., one of the largest of the nation's electronic distri- Businessman Gets Triple Damages PORTLAND (UPI) - A fed eral court jury has Friday awarded a Vancouver, Wash., businessman $1,009,213.71 triple damages in settlement of a suit against Standard Oil Co. of Cali fornia. Clyde A. Perkins, former ex ecutive vice president of the Portland Beavers baseball club, charged Standard had discrimi nated against his Perkins Oil Co. by selling petroleum pro ducts to competitors at a lower price. Perkins operates a chain of Champion stations in the three West Coast states. He sued for $600,000, but the jury fixed the settlement at $336,404.57 which, under federal anti-trust laws was automatical ly converted to triple damages. The jury received me case Thursday, six weeks after the trial opened. More than 20.000 exhibits were introduced before Judee William East. An earlier trial which ran five weeks ended in a mistrial after Perkins' attorney, ignoring an admonition of the court, made a statement that Standard had hired one of the plaintiff's witnesses. Santa Claus Served With Subpoena N.Y. (UPD mayor of the SYRACUSE, Gerald Jones Syracuse suburb of Manlius, was playing Santa Claus for the children at a shopping cen ter Saturday when a man ap- "are proached him and asked, you the mayor ; "Yes," replied Jones. The man promptly served Jones with a subpoena in con nection with a dispute over a proposed sewer program. "Oil To Burn" S&H Green Stamps MEDFORD FUEL CO. Phone 772-2111 butors with a coast-to-coast chain of branches, points to in dustry statistics to show how the distributor plays a key role in the marketing of electronic components. In 1932, there were about 500 electronics distributors. He es timates the average one carried 5,000 items of 50 manufacturers. This was seven years before Ep stein's firm came into existence. Millions Of Units Today, Federated estimates it handles the product lines of more than 500 manufacturers. I with more than 200,000 different items representing million of units, in stock. Naturally, electronic aids are used to control the complex or der filling and bookkeeping pro cesses; and Epstein plans to extend computerization to inven tory control. Federated likens its operation to that of a supermarket or de partment store, where the user of its products can find any thing from tiny components to complete instruments and sys tems. It estimates that there are about 2,000 electronic distri butors in business today with about $1 billion in annual volume of business. ? 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