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THE WILSON AD.VACE: NOVEMBER 26. 1896.
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0;v Thursday, November the 19th,
without one note 6t warning xand
ff'jtKout one sign of premonition, the
spirit oi Joe T. Ward, the gehiarand
"afuble proprietor of Ward's Hotel in
this place, passed. from earthly scenes
to the Presence Chamber of the Great
j.jVm. '-He had been' a ,reat sufferer
with neuralgia for many months,.and
no one can describe the agony he en
dured; And notwithstanding he was
such a sufferer no one dreamed that
he was so near the Sunset, so near
the precious surcease of suffering, so
near the blissful repose, so near Hea
ven and its "harmonies, its peace ancl
.'its glories. As stated above he died
suddenly, and without a struggle.
Seated with two gentlemen, and with
pencil in hand 'making some calcula
tion, he threw hh head back, and Joe
WardAvas at rest, his suffering ended.
In iris death another brave and chiv
alrous confederate soldier, whoseleg
less pants told of scenes of heroism
and of daring, has "crossed over the
river," and joined the other fetterless
martyrs in the grand Valhalla of eter
nity. Joe Ward "was a high toned
gentleman upright and fair minded,
a devoted and loyal and faithful hus
band, a fond and indulgent father ;
and these are the virtues which will
keep his memory green and .cease
the tenderest feelings to liang around
the grave of one so tender and yet
so brave, so noble and so true. .
liryari Electors Officially Notified.
Proclamation by the Governor :
"State oi North Carolina,
Executive Department.
.Whereas, the Secretary of State
..; has under his hand and the seal of his
office, in the manner prescribed by
liw, certified to me that the following
nimed persons reeeived the highest
number of .-, Votes as electors- of
President and Vice-President for this
State on November 3rd, 1896, - to
wit : : t .. -v" '" .
Locke Craig, Ninth, Congressional
district, i
Robert B Davis, Sixth Congress
ional district. ' ;
Ralph Howland, First Congress
ional district.
Howard F Freeman, Second Con
gressional district. o
j Charles R Thomas, Third Con
gressional district. .
William S Bailey, Fourth Congress
ional district. ' V ;
William D Merritt, Fifth Con
gressional districts .
Benjamin F Keith. Sixth Con
gressional disirict. ".-v..,
Theodore F Klutz, Seventh Con
gressional district. ; ( '
Tyre York, Eighth Congressional
district. V
Robert D Gilmer, Ninth Congress
ional district.
Now, therefore I, Elias Carr, Gov
ernor of the State" of North Carolina
do, as directed by law, issue this my
proclamation, doclaring that the said
- .Locke Craig, Rubert B Davis, Ralph
Howland, Howard F Freeman,
' Charles R Thomas, Willim S Bailey,
William D Merritt, Benjamin F.
.Keith, ' Theodore F . Klutz, "Tyre
York; Robert D "Gilmer, have been
duly elected 'as electors for President
and . Vice-President of the United
Suites, and I do warn each of th,ern to
attend at 'the Capitol in the city of
Raleigh on the 'Tuesday preceeding
the first Wednesday in December
(December ist,)i 1S96, to discharge
the duties imposed upon them by
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Done at the "city of Raleigh th s
the 1 8th day of November in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-six and in the
twentyfirst year of American Inde
pendence. ' -
. ; ELIAS CARR,
Bv the Governor, '
S. F. TELFAIR, -private
Secretary.
. Our Naw. .
Asthe present indications show we
1 may almost at any time with very lit
tle notice have a rupture with Spain,
our war resources will be of interest
to all. At present ' the Cuban ques
tion is agitating the diplomatic circles
of several countries. It seems that
the United States will in a short while
put an encLto this struggle. If such
happens Spain will turn her guns
from the Cuban insurgents to our
shores. The unusual activity in war
preperations during- the last few
weeks is proof that the authorities at
Washington' feel that trouble may
arise at almost any time. Believing
this they have put forth to strengthen
all of our war resources. The Chief
Engineer Commodore Melville made
his report.it shows that all the modern
ships are in good condition ; a few. in
which machinery is being overhauled.
The old time ships are, as usual, re
ported antique, but serviceable con
sidering their age. The New York
Navy Yard has done the largest
quota of work,hexpenditure $346 ,
927 on vessels, and the ' yard ex
penses $130,537. The Norfolk, yard
disbursed $122,320 on vessels, and
$49,471 on the yard. The Boston
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Navy Yard spent $602 on vessels and
$10,115 Pn the yard. The Mare Is
land, California, yards disbursed
$123,362 on vessels and $73,451 on
The report ,urges that a boiler-mak-ng
plant be provided at the Norfolk
Navy Yard, and the League Island
yards. As to the new dry dock at
Port Royal, S. C, it says :
"The completion at this station of
the only dry dock, on the Atlantic
coast, which will take the battleships,
makes it imperative that there should
be facilities for doing the ordinary re
pair work when one of these vessels
is placed in dry dock. The necessi
ty for providing for such repairs is
too evident to require argument, es
pecially as the great draft of water
of these ships renders it almost im
possible to take them either to Nor
folk or New York Navy Yards j for
repaits." . f
A Nasli County Diamond.
We are informed by a reliable bus"
ness man that a farmer, in Nash count
ty found some time ago a diamond of
this siz oty his Mrm. Our informant
states that he saw it one evening
about dark and it illumined asmall
room about 16x18. It was found
some years ago. The business man
states that he offered toadvance $ioo
on it for the farmer to send it on to be
examined by experts. Rocky Mount
Phoenix. j
Bnxton an Embezzler.
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Mr. J. B. Buxton, a prominent law
yer of Wilkesboro is missing. He
j disappeared -from homea few days
ago and some very unpleasant de
velopments have since been made. - A
warrant has been issued for his arrest
charging him with forgery and em
bezzlement in signing the certificates
of the county clerk and register upon
a mortgage deed by which he obtain
ed money from A. L, Richardson, of
New Vork. "
r RADICAL- EX-MINISTER CURRY.
lie Objects to-tlieftars ami Stripes Float
ing Over iSchstoIliousrs..
"RaIeigh, N. C., Nov. 20 Dr. Curry, x
minister to Spain, ttml trustee of the Pea
body Kncl Slater funds, made an ad sirens
yesterday before the colored students of
Shaw university here, in which he used
this rather startling language
"I don't believe much' in the idea of
having the -United States flag over our
schools. I'd like lo know what the United
States grovernment has done for our pub
lic schools in North Carolina to demand
that the flag should hang over them. It
never, eave a cent to North Carolina
schools except to the A. arid M. colleges.
It is a deception and a fraud to put the
flag there. It is the state that gives you
education."
Spoakiiig of.the negro he said: "I never
could understand why the negro popula
tion remains so compact inthe south in
stead of becoming scattei-ed all over the
Union. The .northern men freed the
negrro. Why is it the negro does not go.
ndrth, to be with his friends, instead of
staying in the scutKamong his enemy."
As to suffrage. Dr. Curry said: "I don't
belfeve a man who cannot read hi 1: illot
ouht to be allowed to put it into the
box." - !
V A Fatal Initiation.
DES MorxfcS. Nov. 19: Edward W. Cur
ly, chairman of tho(Democratic state com
mittee, died at the Savery House yester
day of blood ppisoning, the result of initia
tion into the filkslodge here a few weeks
ago. He was seated in n;. electric chair
and horribly burned bet ore those operat
ing it realized what they were doing. It
was kept quiet till yesterday. It was given
out. at his request that he had hemor
rhoids. " 1 :- ;x
Death of Actor Mestayer.
New Yoek. Nov. 23.-fAfter several
months' illness, W. A- Mestayer, the well
known actor, di&l , Saturday night of
Bright' s disease. Mr. MesTayer Wrote,-in
conjunction with James j; Barton Key
"The Tourists in a Pullman Palace Car,"
whiqhmade him quite a fortune. This
piece was followed by other works, in
cluding, "We. Us and Co.;" "Toboggan
ing" and "The Grab Bag." '
Twelve and a Half Year for KIcliCer,
Pittsburg, Nov. 23. William J. Rich-
ter was sentenced to t welve years and a halt
in the penitentiary on Saturday for the
murder of James McConnell, his 13-year-old
nephew. Richter made an address to
the court, in which he said :v "I thought
my life was conspired against, and that
taking the life of i that boy would save my
life." . John Jack, of MpKeesport, - Was
convicted in the second degree for killing
George C.( Welsh during a political quar
rel. - . - S - - .
Another Law Declared Unconstitutional.
Chicago; Nov. 23. Judge Carter, of the
county court, has decided that the inherit
ance tax law passed by the lust Illinois
legislature is unconstitutiorml. The de
cision was rendered in the1 estate of the
tate John B. Drake, against which the
rounty attorney Iwgan proceedings several
months-ago in the county court to collect
the tax. The object of the proceedings
was to test the validity of the law. -
t ntnl Collapse" of a 'rilge.
Birmingham. Ala , Nom23 A jmrty of
a dozen ynnyr lojjle. who left 'Ensley
City Silt urday nirht for a hay ride, had
their merriment transformed into death
and disaster before they had proceeded a
mile m their journey. While crossing a
bridge the structure collapsed and all
were thrown into Village crevk, fifteen
feet below. All were injured, three prob
ablv fatally. . .. j
Wife .'lifluervKentenc,d' to Six Y-arn.
St. Paul, Nov. J20. Kev.JJ.jC. Hull, the
oreacher on trwlcharged With attempting
io poison hi wMe, yesU'i-day afternoon
pleaded pnilty ttUu vis sentencfett to state
prison far six ycata.
W. F. Hart, of iiouisville, Ky. , who has
had nine wives, was sentenced to prison
for bigamy. j
Henry Hicks, one of a.mob of outlaws
near Columbia, Miss., was! shot and killed
bv a lpnuty sheriff.
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demonstration of af
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people only realized just what bad breath
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