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THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1905. H. A. LONDON, Editor. Next Sunday is the fortieth an niversary of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virgiuia at Ap pomattox Court-House and the collapse of the Southern Confed eracy. The 9th of April, 1865, was on Sunday just as is the 9thjbie peace terms of April, 1905, and because tins anniversary is on Sunday the ex ercises attending the unveiling of North Carolina's monument will be held next day, on -the 10th. This monument is the first and only one thus far erected at so historic a place, and it is eminent ly right and proper that North flarnlina should have erected the! first monument or memorial. With out disparaging the bravery of anv other Confederate soldiers (for they were al brave) Noi th Carolina proudly boasts that she ""''. TP 1 ' A A L L was tne ' uasc at Ajpomattui . because: 1. A North Carolinian, Major General Bryan .Grimes, planned the last battlef ought there and commanded the infantry engaged therein, the greater part of which were North Carolina troops. 2. A North Carolina Brigade, made the last charge and fired the last volley of any organized body of Confederates immediately pre ceding the surrender. 3. A detachment of North Caro lina troops from the 4th and 14th regiments did the last nghting ot . any infantry after the withdrawal of the main body of the infantry. 4. North Carolina troops (Rob erts' Brigade of cavalry) captured the last cannon that were captur ed by the Army of Northern Vir ginia. These four facts, which have been fully proved, make it most appropriate for North Carolina to be the first State to commemorate and perpetuate with a monument the heroism and unshaken fidelity with which her sons remained faithful to the end, even after ali hope of success had vanished. Those Confederate soldiers who fought at Appomattox deserve more credit than those who fought in any other battle of the war. During the first half of the war the South was confident of success, ! and until the last campaign there fvas hope of success. This confi dence and hope cheered and en couraged our soldiers, but 'when Richmond and Petersburg had fallen and the "thin gray line" had was knocked down amidst frantic reached Appomattox all hope had aPPse and cries of "Long live j . t ti it ui Switzerland and "Long live Italy! fled. And yet that feebte remnant Bandg played the rQal of what had been the grandest j march and the Swiss anthem, and army that ever shook a continent j the two parties embraced and kiss with its tread, after all hone had ,ed each other. Engineer Brandau fled, fought as gallantly at Appo . t - mattox as at Manassas. Think for a moment of the ter rible physical condition of those men who fought at Appomattox. Many of them had been wounded;?,8 ?our,sf of wbich lie Sflid "Tbe more than once and had endured the hardships of a Confederate : soldier's life for nearly four years. All of, them had passed through a winter of unparalleled suffering and privations. Week after week for weary months they had suffer ed more than seemed possible for human endurance in the trenches ! around Petersburg. For the, week immediately preceding the surren- der they had marched almost con- ' tinuouslv dav and nio-hf fio-i.H aim wuu aimost notniBg to xny slowly ragged their : wearyaimos and emaciated bodies at "Annomflttn, r,leoi ftVbul"- - T f : . ." V Vr"ey W1B. nansiea witn con- pf tanc marching and righting,' al- t most stupefied with the" loss of sleep and famished with hunger. v And vof in f hot j;? ,r.-.u - iw? T u "T ".""gashed into an almost unrecog Grant s encircling hosts pressing sizable mass, with one arm cut off, from every side, at the word of the hand of which is still grasping . command, formed a line of battle ; the emergency brake. as if on dress rjaradp. and wUKl steady ranks and the old rebel yell charged and droye back " vastly superior force! Surely such heroes deserve to 1 as both legs broken, besides se l)e held in grateful remembrance ';i'.terJnternal injuries, and cannot " - - uuuuxo UCIOCU . in erecting a monument to perpet uate their memory! Andrew Carnegie has offered 550,000 to build a library at Chapel Hill if the University will raise an equal amount for its endowment. 1 Pocahontas, the Indian princess, This offer : has been accepted by daugbter of Powhatan, brought the executi committee of .SSSSL trustees of the University, and the old Jamestown churchyard very effort will be made to erect during the period of the James the building at an early day, town tri-centennial, in 1907. The Japanese-Russian War. ' ' rrom Ttie Char"lofte":OterYe&-8rd. - The war Operations id the Far East during the-past week have been of little importance in them selves, and more attention has been sriven to the alleged prospects t of neace than anything else. A few'days ago it seemed likely that negotiations for a termination of me wi wuum ouu" u.v.v. " "j uuii mc oivuonuu - " tilities may drag on at least some months yet. It seems cer- tam tnat leeiers resraram haSlS'ifa,'W the United States assent iiu ueeu puii yui, fQ j. appointment oi American but little, if anvthinsr, accomplish ed thereby. Russia, it is stated, is sending fresh troops and snp- ! plies to the field as fast as possi i hie, and from Japau come reports ' that fresh levies of troops are be , ing made and continually for 1 warded to Manchuria. The Russians uow appear to be ' centered around Gunshu Pass," a i-uilrnail afatinn about SO milPS ' n, t rv; d.. anA anma i?k - . mill, ii in i in a a,aa auu. ouiw i w . miles south of Harbin, with the Japanese gradually pressing in on them. Reports from Harbin in llussiang were not -any meaM ceriaiu that' they can: hold, that ' . . '1 11 f 1? ., Tl point lor any lengcn oi lime, xt is said that women and children have been ordered to leave -Vladi-. vostock, indicating that the Rus sians expect the port to be put under siege soon. There has been considerable snow in the section now occupied by the armies, and the roads are getting in bad shape, which will doubtless retard activity on any pronounced scale. In the eyes of the, world, as has been the case for months past, Russia is regarded as irretrievably defeated, and it is hard to divine why the Czar should determine to continue a hopeless struggle, with the prospect of indemnity growing daily. Simplon Tunnel Opened. Rome, April 2. The Simplon tunnel, the longest in the world, was inaugurated this morning, when, from the Swiss and Italian sides, the first trains passed through, meeting at the center, where there was an iron door which originally prevented the overflow of a torrent of hot water, and which today was opened for the first time. The weather at the entrance to the tunnel was spring-like, though the surround ing mountains were covered with snow; but, once inside, the temper ature became very high. Engineer Brandau, who had di rected the work on the tunnel, conducted the Italian train, which, for part of the way, was lighted by miners with lanterns. The (trains from the Italian end was the first to reach the iron door, but a little later the traiu from Swiss end was heard on the other side of the door. There was a brief time spent in communicating through the door by means of hammering, and finally the door shook hands with Engineer Rose mund, the director of the work on the Swiss side, and the Italian Bishop Noveara enabraced the Swiss Bishop Sion. The latter then preached a short sermon, in Church blesses progress." In the name of God, he blessed the tunnel Fatal Railroad Wreck. Augusta, Ga., April 2. A spec lial from Branchville, S. C, to The Chronicle says: The worst wreck that has occurred on this division ! of the Southern Railway in many , 1 . i j 1 three o'clock a few miles below Branchville near a small lumber station called Badbam. The ' through freight from Columbia to ran into each other at the above named pornt, .There was a very aense iog av. 1 ne time - it- is re- Wltch. was 30 minutes slow, and that this was the direct cause of tbe wreck. So far, four are known to be killed outright, as follows: I Tom Conton, engineer on pas- ' 8en"er and one of the oldest men i ia ine service, uonton a oody is Another white man named fif ' rakeman . ia killed, and , also two negro brakemen, Adams a ' and Stp.nhpna. : : - -. - Freight engineer Arthur Reed Pocahontas' Ashes. Richmond, Va., April 3. Gen eral Fitzhugh Lee, president of the Jamestown Exposition Com pany announces that an effort will bermaue to have the remains of Washington Letter. fFrom our R!uliir Correspondent.! . Washington, March 30, 1905. The President has reached a de cision with regard to the Domini- niY npo-nfiatioTis which oromises tideover the delicate situation vocn.nnf. f,.0m the Senate's ad- journment without action on the ominican protocol and obviate an possiDlllcy OI CODUICI Willi iur- eign powers over tut: queauuii ui consists of the acceptance of 'the Dominican government's proposi- appointment oi American citizens who will, when appointed by Santo Domingo, administer the affairs of the Dominican customs houses and deposit in some New York bank 55 per cent of the cus toms receipts, : the remaining 45 per cent to be paid over to the government of Santo Domingo. The 55 per cent deposited in , New York will remain intact pending nntinn Kit f lio TTniforl Slfn.t.Aa Rpnatfi n.. n t in l i.iin iviiiui iiiunu iiiu ldli;i. ja. such action is favorable the money will be paid prorata on ' "ie aa- indicated claims against Santo Domins-o. If the Senate rejects the treaty the whole amount will be returned to Santo Domingo. ; Contrary to his usual methods of procedure the President sum- moned to his assistance benators Gorman; Spooner, Lodge, Foraker and Knox, and it was only on their ad vice tuat tne course aaoptea was tue only one mat properly could be pursued that the Presi dent gave his final consent to the arrangement. The President has already, on request of Santo Do mingo, named two men to act as receivers of Dominican customs . 1 t M 1 I when tuey shall have been ap pointed by President Morales. The present indications are that the Dominican protocol will be ratified by the Senate next fall The Democrats in the upper cham ber administered a severe rebuke , ' , -V . , 1 V.i V to the President for what they be- heyed to be his intentron of acting m this matter without consultinor in this matter without consulting the Senate. Having doue that and demonstrated to him the necessity of conducting the foreign affairs of the nation in accordance with the provisions of the constitution, they are now prepared to act on wholly patriotic grounds and will consider the Dominican treaty solely on its merits. The circum stances surrounding the Republic of Santo Domingo, its close prox imity to the Uuited States and its appeal to this country, to assist it in meeting its obligations at a time when no other power can ren der such assistance without com ing into conflict with the Mouroe doctrine are all likely to appeal to Democratic as well as Republi- can benators and tne prediction that the treaty will, eventually' be ratified seems to be well founded. Diplomatic circles 111 ashing- ton are extremely interested in the reports of peace overtures having been made to Japau by ltussia aud it is generally believed tliat'fnrtv miners had descended into President Roosevelt has played an important part iu tue progress thus far made, although it is prob able that his good offices have been exercised iu an unofficial manner and without formal request from Russia. The impression pre vails generally that the Russian Ambassador told President Roose velt that his countrv would con sent to no forfeiture of territory and to the payment of no indem nity and that the President com municated this fact to Kogoro Takihira, the Japanese Minister. Be that as it may, this informa tion has reached Tokyo and the decision of Japan as to whether or not peace negotiations can be entered into on these terms is anxiously awaited. The President has called for and received the resignations of all the members of the Panama Canal Commission and will shortly an nounce the personnel of the re organized Commission. This step was taken in accordance with the President's intention, announced some time ago, to reorganize the Commission on different lines and place in the important positions men of energy and exceptional ex ecutive ability. Thus . far, the President has selected Judge Chas. E. Magoon, of Nebraska; now law officer of the bureau- of. insular affairs, for Governor of the Canal Zone. Judge Magoon, - who will thus become a member of the new Commission, will also act as Unit ed States Minister to Panama. Chief Engineer Wallace, who has all along had charge of the engi neering worfc ot tne canal, will also become a member of the Com mission, and present indications are that Theodore P. Shonts, presi dent ot the Clover Leaf Railroad, will be appointed chairman of the Commission. The President is exercisiusr the utmost care in the I selection of the new: Commission. Ife is far from satisfied with the work of that which has just re - signed, although he . appreciates that it has -labored under some grave aisaavantages, ana ne nopes now greatly to expedite the work of constructing the canal by the selection of men preeminently fit to conduct the work. A bullet fired in the air by Po liceman Heck for the purpose of stopping a runaway prisoner, at Martinsburg W, Va., on last Sat urday, crashed througn a winao.v of a residence and seriously wound- ed Miss Sallie Harlan, a member of a family prominent in that sec tion. The President's Trip. Washington" April 3. With cheers and -o6d wishes resound ing through the Pennsylvania I Railroad statidn, President Roose velt left at 9:05 a. mS today on a special train fdr a trip through the Southwest. The special train, Ppnnsvl - Tai fPnt out of which is one of the finest the lroad has ever hington, consists of three coaches, the President s private car. Rocket, the Pullman sleeper, Forest,. and the combina tion bagrgage and buffet car, Vice roy. The train is handsomely e(J eTPry knon ann:anfa tn ;nc,irfi Hi mmfnrt aud safey f the pasSengers. The trip is being made primari ly to enable the President to at tend the reunion of his old regi ment, the Rough Riders, which is to b3 held at San. Antonio, Texas, next Friday, and to hunt big game in Oklahoma and : Colorado. In cidentally, the President will de . liver notable addresses at - several pia-ces enioute His first import- anf ofrtni wrlll Via flf finiliavillp TTv tomorrow morning; where he will be tbe est tb-city for three! bmirs He'lwilf o from Louis-! -n a;..ah ric thence,-via?the Missouri, Kansas $& Texag rroad to Sah Antonio, stoppiur 4 several places , on the w among them -Sherman and jjajjas Texas -" ; Afte'r ieavin" San Antonio, the president will go to Oklahoma for a wolf hunt and proceed thence to j Colorado to hunt his game in the mountains. . Unless it should be necessary oh account of unforeseen circumstances to curtail the trio the President will be absent fromj At last the South Dakota judg , Washington about two months, i ment against North Carolina has i Definite plans for the trip, after! been settled by the payment of the he leaves Oklahoma, have not! been made, the purpose of the President being to adjust his plans lane I to the conditions as they may exist at the time. While he ex pects to be in the wilds of Colo rraao ior a consiaeraoie time, ne wiH k in constant touch bv means of couriers to the nearest ui v .:ii- ttti- rado for a considerable time, he telegraph station, with Washing ton, and thus will be enabled to attend to such important business as may demand his personal at tention. Dr. Lambert, who ac companies the President, was his physician in New York, and has hunted throughout the country which the President will visit. Fatal Mine Explosion. Benton, 111., April 3. Some fif ty miners were entombed today in Joseph Leiter's mine at Ziegler by a terrific explosion of gas, and it is probable that thirty or more of i the buried men are dead. -.Thus , fJir 15 bodies have been recovered. aud more than. 30 are said to be dead. . . . . ; . ;- -The explosion, dne to -theT fact it is that said, was the Leiter mines re nht worked on Sn nd:i j ti,nH allow ing gas to accumulate : iu the lowest workings. When between thirtv-five and the mine todav to resume work, u horrible explosion blew the mouth of .the mine high into the air. One of the steel cages was blown to the surface from the bottoni of a 500 foot shaft. The shock of the explosion was felt at Benton, twelve miles northeast of Ziegler. A teamster driving .along ,a road half a mile from the mine, was covered with falling ciuders aud debris covered the floor of his wagon an inch deep. One miner was killed and four were severely injured at the mouth of the shaft at which the explosion occurred. The work of rescue was begun at once by miners, who were ar riving when the explosion took place. But the main shaft was demolished so that rescue work has to be carried on through the air shaft. Davidson Dispatch: For forty years and more Mr Adam S. Hed rick has been a consistent member of Alt. Carmel Beformed church, located a few miles from Lexing-; ton.- During all these forty years j Air. Hedrick has been absent from the regula'r monthly services at his church on only two occasions and then he was detained at home by illness, r. And he lives several miles f rony , the church, it 60. Is there a rittrson toiae 'found who can equal this recbrd for faithful ness in church attendance? I FARMER - A ' V; - The Greatest Cotton Fertilizer Made. The Standard in North Carolina for over Twenty Used by over 75,000 Planters Each Year in ' &t ' f& ? QSee tbat the F. J c &&&P&&&&&&& ; Making a New Town. Salisbury, N. C , April l.-Hotel Whitney has just baen opened at Whitney, the new town being built at the narrows oi the Yadkin river some thirty miles from this city, where the Whitney Reduction Company, of New York, has ex tensive improvements under way. Plans have already been drawn for a complete water works and sewer sj'stem for the new town. Electric lights will be maintained. A large number of dwellings are now in course of erection at that place where perhaps the largest water and electric plant in the South is being developed. Killed on Trestle. Ppeclal -to Charlotte Observer. -Newbern, April 3. Mary Stiles, colored, was killed at James City by an Atlantic & North Carolina freight train this mornings The i woman was on a trestle over a small creek. :'A small girl was with her and in her efforts to save the girl she was caught and drag ged about 100 feet. Her body was horribly mangled. The caped injury. ? . - -, . - girl es- Wife and Children Burned. 1 . ' Charlottesville, Va., April ,1. The home of W. VJ. Thompson, ten miles east of Charlottesville, was destroved bv fire today during- the husband's absence. Mrs. Thorn o 8on and two children were burned to death. The origin of the fire is unknown. 1"" amount. . Mr. Ed. M. Ferrell, janitor of the State Capitol, was killed by the explosion of a boiler at a saw millj on last Tuesday near Raleigh. Elections were held in the larger cities of Kansas last Tuesday. The Democrats carried JKansas City, Kansas, and Leavenworth, this being a revolution and entirely unlooked for in each case. FIRM DISSOLVED. Notice is hereby given that the firm of Tally and Pepper has this dav been dissolved by mutual con sent. W. J. Tzlly takes over the business and all claims against the firm will be presented to him and all accounts due the firm will be paid to him. ...Cumnock, N. C., March 7, 1905. Coffins and .0 A full stock of Coffins and Jaskets always on hand and sold at all prices. 1. 11 kinds and sizes. B. Nooe, Pittsboro, N. C. Jan. 26, 1905- RIDDLE, i The Blacksmith and :: Wheelright y. Thanks his patrons for their work in the past and solicits their patron age in the future. I promise you better work and more work tor less money than ever before. All Kinds of Repair Work done on short notice. Give me a call and be convinced A. B. Riddle, BYNUM, N. C. Tcke Laxative BromoQ,iinine Tablets. Seven MHIion boxes sold in past 12 months. ThlS Signature, B ONE N. C, S. Trade Mark is on S. ROYSTBR . NORFOLK, VA., For sale hy Poe-Atwatef Mercantile Co. A Quaranteed Cure For Piles. Itching1, Blind, Bleeding or Pro- truding Piles. Druggists refund money if Pazo Ointment fails tojand a portion of New Mexico fnr cure any case, 110 metier. 01 now . . 1 1 t . r 1 long 8tanuing. in o to h days. First application gives easeand rest.. 50c. If your druggist Wasn't it send 50c.'in stamps and t will! be lor warded post-paid by; iraris Medicine Co.,- St. Louis, Mo. 11- Iofants Poisoned, ' Chicago, April 1. At the meet ing oi the executive committee of the National Association, the State Dairy and Food Department re ports were submitted, showing that 455,000 infants died in the United States last year from the effects of food poisons. This claim was made by J. N. Hurty, Secre tary of the Indiana State Board of Health. Hurty produces figures to show that -65 per cent of the total deaths of infants in America last year was due to poisons ad ministered in impure loods and deadly concoctions placed on the market by fraudulent food manu facturers. Renewed efforts toward prohibiting the sale of food pro ducts containing poisonous adul terants is to be made by the Association.- .-V FOR TORPID LIVER. A torpid liver deranges the whole system, and proiuces x SICK HEADACHE, . Dyspepsia, Costiveness, Rheu matism, SaSJow Skin and Piles. There Is no better remedy for these common diseases than DR. TUTT'S LIVER PILLS, as a trial will prove. Fake No Substitute wm inns mm If you want to buy a nice buggy and harness call on G. D. Frasier, uulr, N. U. 1 have just received a car-load of BUGGIES AND HARNESS which I will sell cheap for cash or time. I also have a full line of one and two-horse Farm Wasfons, Coffins and Caskets . j at all prices. Do not fail to call on me before baying elsewhere. G. D. FRASIER, ! GULF, N. C. March 23, 1905. - SEABOARD .AIR LINE RAILWAY. SPECIAL LOW RATES TO , PACIFIC COAST. THE I Pi Seaboard announces the sale of j 4 one way second-class colonist tick- nnci R FOOlfU ets from all points in North Caro- j 1 Ci Una to the Pacific Coast, commenc-i ing March 5th and continuing on i sale until May 3 1st. I Hate Raleigh to San Francisco is Is tne OLD RELIABLE," that $48.25, Wilmington 10 San Francis- b depended on not only for co is $48.25; corresponding low rates from other stations will apply to all the ; principal points on the Pacitic Coast. ! -For full particulars, time-tables, elc' ap&As. a gattis, latest News Traveling Passenger Agent, llaleifchN. C but for its advocacy of all measures . that wiU best promote the prosper 1 Send model, sketch or photo of invention : report on paten taDinty. rrr in c i,-. Si TRADt-MAHp.8 . I? r Patents To Cure a CoM In One Boy FERTlLlZbK C. and Ga. 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Tickets sold May 7th, 8th, 9th, final limit Mav 15th. y Account of Southern Baptist Con vention, Kansas City, Mo., May 10th-l7th, Seaboard announces raie of one fare plus 50 cents in addition to 25 cents for validating tickets, Tickets sold May 7th-llth, inclus ive, final limit May 23rd. . - Account of Annual Association of Manufacturers, Atlanta, Ga., My 1.6th-18th, Seaboard announces rate" of one fare plus 25 cents. Tick ets sold;My 14th-15th, final limit May 20th, with the privilege of ex tension. Every Citizen OF ought to Rsad THE CHATHAM RECORD which for has been doing its utmost to build up our grand old county. ity of all the people. SUBSCRIBE Only 3 cetats a week. Cures Crip ia Two Days. on every box; 25c Years. the States of None Genuine Without it. 1985, CHATHAM TOT ml w CO.,
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