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lit V V yj. VOL. XXXV-'-MO. 6310 E BENNETT ' PAYS BEAUTIFUL T1UTF. TO DEAD Tha Grand Old Man of Anson Fully Sustains his Splendid Reputation as One of the Best Orators of the Old North State, And of the South. Mr, T. W. Alexander Handsomely Introduced the Orator of the Day. Program as Published Yesterday was Carried Out. Many Join in Decorating Graves Throughout the Southern States tc .";: flowers sweet harbingers of .'. and affection are being scattered over the graves of those who fought !()! their Southern land and it's hal lowed traditions. In Charlotte, where sleep the dust ot so many wave soldiers of the "Lost Cause," the exercises of today proved ii.iv renting in the extreme. At the Academy of Music this after noon the young and the old gathered to hear that grand old man Judge rustlen Tyler Bennett, deliver an ora tion. There never was a man. more gifted in the oratory of old than he. His address this afternoon was typical oi the man and it sneaks for itself. The introduction of Judge Bennett i y .ir. .1 nomas w. Alexander, was I hi lendid and does credit to this young gt ntlcman. All of the PTrerpiapia wpro inriTootinrr - - - ' i . 1 I. V. 1 Y Ol.lll in int.- t--ueme. in introducing judge l;e:mett Mr. Alexaxndcr said: Mr. Alexander's Address. Ladies and Gentlemen: With the sullen roar of the guns at Fort Sumter, awakening the peaceful stillness of Charleston harbor on that memorable April morning, came the announcement to r.n expectant hem isphere that the South had matriculat ed in the college 'of warfare for a full four year Course. How well she conformed to the cur riculum of that grim institution is the i'tii'l ose of this hour to inquire. If we cannot answer so that he who runs may read, then we unveil our own ignorance and leave the acts of the Southern Confederacy without excuse. That she carried off the honors and stood on her graduation day April Cfh, 1SG5 the wearer of the laurel crown cf heroism, endurance, bravery, undaunted" courage and ability in the face of incredible privation and une qualled conflict, as compared with all the fierce resort to arms the world has ever known, is a truth beyond mere history. I take it that our privilege and this presence here today is to commend the rurpeso and performance of those, who, for more than four long years, carried upon their bayqnet the for tunes of the Southern Confederacy; and to kindle anew the sacred mem ories cf those, who, like the Spartan hand at Thermopolae, can truthfully point the living to the Lacedemonian inscription and say "Go Stranger, and to the Southland tell, that we lie here, beneath the sod of more than an hun dred battle fields., in obedience to her behest." We come, therefore, today wdth flow ers in cur hands and sadness in our hearts to pay a brief tribute to the soldiers of the South; to the men in ranks and to the officers who led them, who, like little Cigarette in "Under two Flags" had no guide star save the stars and bars upon the standards; who had no sons save the reveille find " Dixie;" who had no sense of duty taught them save to face fire boldly, never to betray a comrade and to wor- j ship but two deities the God of Hosts and the Southern Confederacy. And while we thus pause in our strenuous business activity to honor the heroes at the front, let us not for get the heroines at home. The women oi the South, who, while their beloved ones faced the storms cf leaden rain, toiled with loving hands and under went untold hardships and privations without a mtirmer. that those who v.-ore the gray might have, the best 'from home,' and who, with their prayers, anxiety and gentle sweetness rendered an equally potential service.. During all the weary months and years ft waiting not a cry of selfishness escaped them, and this too during a period when a wail of distress, or the news that the torch had been applied to a single home would have disband ed every Southern corps. Then to her, tlio woman of the Confederacy, should "-ve pav cur most exalted tribute, for I hold it true that to suffer silently and alone the exquisite anguish that warfare must mean, requires far great er fortitude than to bear the shock df pain amid the shiver of pierced steel and the tumult of a far-flung battle line. It is therefore appropriate that the humble and the foremost of our land, in every walk of life, are here; it Is appropriate that the soldier's widow and the soldier's son are here; it is ap propriate that these exercises should he conducted by the Daughters of the Confederacy and' the veterans still sur vivingfor all too soon the day will come when the graves must be decorat ed by hands unused to the implements ef warfare, and the orations made by hps that never answered to a roll call. We are therefore fortunate, Ladies fand Gentlemen, in having with us one, who from his personal experience, his lofty patriotic love and civic virtue, fan pay a sincere and profound tribute to the noble" men who followed Lee and CITY EDITION Stonewall Tfl.fVk" arm T h KJiJ. x i now have the oi : th f "uclnS to you the orator nett ta'fe of C?inel.Risden T'ler Ben Army thG Confeierate States irfnirSr h-U a,1(ince at mrfst have E,Ti V th fe2linSs pride KonnZ " native state. Judge "vn oaiu, Judge .Bennett's' Address. Madam President, Ladies of the Unit- citiSS? of the Confederacy. jJJ nh? nistrious man, William Imv art Gladstone, lay in the crisis of Mav 1S ClSed in hi3 death' f 1 ' ' usages, of sympathy rrorn the foremost men of our Crhistian wcrla were read to him and he mur mured at intervals: "Kindness, kind ness, kindness;" at length, as prayers ended he exclaimed: "Amen." 'There is sunshine in my soul to day. You have given me manifesta tions of sympathy akin to affection. An old man, taken in the act of- trying to do right, is your guest today. I value beyond weights and measure the good opinion of our people, whether they be plain peupie, omcial people, or such as de termine alone or in council, public opinion, that mysterious and invisi ble power which no man can resist more frequently right than any man can fathom or forecast. Need I pause to define public opinion as the concep tion of the best and foremost thought of the time, the day, the hour? It is not the cry of the multitude: "Crucify Him! Release to us Barabbus!" but of the still small voice: "Be just and near not." I quiver with emotion in the pres ence of this audience, cultured and adorned with every embellishment of beauty. I reckon the census of im mortal events wrought here by the good limbs of our people. I miss the lion-hearted Jones, the intrepid Flem ing, the unmatched Wearing, glorious Greer, my virtuous friend, John E. Brown, the steady Barringer and the and John McAden and others. "At their tombs my tributary tears I offer for my brethren's obsequies." I asked my wife if It would be risk ing too much with this assemblage of worthies to indulge my sense for hu mor; with confederate precision, she retorted against it and I am sworn to a severe demeanor. Iam not to herald discordant notes. "Peace on earth to men of good will" enthuses me. If I may twang the bow of Ulysses, yet I recognize that you cannot annihilate the Past. Verily, you must not sus pect me capable of infidelity to that Past. "Genius, when young, is Di vine." Charles Dickens, the most pathetic of all English writers, in one of his letters from Rome, represents the ear ly Christians of Rome as having sought and found sanctuary in the catacombs of their Eternal City where they worshipped the God of the Chris tian. Their hiding place having been discovered, fathers, mothers were slain by the Men of the Law the Lynchers of the Apocalypse, the mob of to-day, the men who hang others upon the Statute of Liberty while professing a mission for free speech, freedom of conscience. The children of those slain for their faith, witnessing the awful tragedy of fathers and mothers immolated, rush upon their tormentors crying aloud: "We are Christians." By an access of unspeakable tender ness, they were lifted above fear and looked upon death as a mere incident of life. . '-.""' Those of us, who were completely possessed with the principles of 1861, on fire with its scope and energy "A Burning Bush!" We are Confederates now, henceforth eternally. Our meth ods of observation and reasoning, now as then, are the sheet anchor of our principles. We extenuate nothing, naught exaggerate in malice. Calum nies cast, at the Government are not our weapons. "Who would not love his country with all his might? Is she not made of our secular traditions, our unrivaled glories, our reversies, and of the genius of our great men. writers, thinkers, poets, orators and captains crowned with victory "or sanc tified by misfortune? Is she not made cf the brilliance of our cities, the charm of our villages, of the soil which covers the remains of our predeces sors, of an industry whoes power is miraculous and of the earth which the workmen render fruitful? She is all this, the thought of her fills and pos sesses us, it makes our hearts beat, it uplifts our souls and dominating us, allows this high creation to be great in the world and respected." "A nation may succumb to force, but when her Honor remains, Eternal hope ' Continued on page 8. iTdiriiror CHARITIES OPENS The. First Business Session ot the 33rd National Conference oi Charities and Corrections Opens. Papers Read on Re lief Work of Salvation Army." By Associated Press. Philadelphia, May 10 The first bus iness session of the 33rd National con ference of Chanties and corrections opened today. Papers on"Relief Work of the Salvation Army" were read by Edwin D. Solenberger, General Manag er of the associated Charities of Min neapolis. He declared that the social relief work of the Salvation Army ,as carried on through its homes, lodging houses, and other agencies,- is pqprly organized, and poorly administered, and that the "so-called charitable work of the Army Is" largely' subservient to financial interest." THE ONLY EVENING CHARLOTTE, STANDARD OIL CO. IN TOILS. Inquiry Into Relation Between Com pany and Railroads is Begun. By Associated Press. . , Chicago, May 10. The inquiry by the Inter-State Commerce Commission, into the relation between the Standard Oil Company and the railroads of the country began here to-day. The points upon which, it is said, the investigation will endeavor to throw light, ,are the pipe lines of the Standard Oil Company, which are laid along the railroad rights of ways, and the purchase of the galena oil by the railroads for headlight and signal pur poses. E. M. Wilhott, of Topeka, Kansas, now an independent oil operator, but ten years ago agent of the Standard Oil Company testifies that while in the employ of the Standard Oil Company, he had, in following out the instruc tions of his superior officers, bribed clerks in the offices of the raidroads and employes of the independent oil concerns to obtain information of the details of the business done by the rivals ofthe Standard Oil Company. He declared that the agents of the Standard Oil Company are held per sonally responsible for all the oil sold in their territory by independent com panies. J Commissioner Clements a't the com mencement of the hearing announced that it was held in pursuance of a res olution passed by Congress, and that the present session was a continuance of the investigation conducted some time ago at Kansas City. Killed by His Brother. Monteuma, Ind. May 10 W. H. Syl vestor, president of the First National bank of Montezuma was shot andkill ed in his home by his brother whose mind is believed to be affected. The Thompson Orphanage Guild will meet in the vestry room of St. Peters Episcopal church tomorrow af ternoon at 5 o'clock. Business of im portance will -be transacted. MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS VERY ILL The Aged Widow of the President of the Southern Confederacy is Very III at Hotel Gerard- She is 80 Years of Age. Her Daughter Sent for. By Associated Press. New York, May 10. Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the president of the Southern Confederacy, is dangerously ill of grippe in her apartments in the Hotel Gerard in West 44th street of this city. As Mrs. Davis is nearly 80 years old it is feared the attack may . prove fatal. 'Her daughter, Mrs. J. Addison Hayes has been summoned from her home in Colorado Snrinsrs. Mrs. Davis has been living at the j Gerard several years and is frequently visited by her daughter. Dr. Robert H. Wylie, who is at tending Mrs. Davis, said she is suffer ing from an attack of grippe and as she is SO years old it appears serious. GHAW U. COMMENCEMENT. Number of Students Given Diplomas Reward for Capture of Man Who Assaulted Woman Near Here. Special to The .News. Raleigh, May 10. The forty-first an nual commencement of Shaw Universi ty was held to-day. Diplomas to ten graduates and certificates to 22 others were granted. The honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred on Rev. S. H. Witherspoon, of Charlotote. State Auditor Dixon went to Tar boro to-day. to deliver the address for the Memorial Day celebration there to-day. Superintendent E. C. Brooks of the Goldsboro graded school spent the day in the city arranging for the closing of his school May 18 when there will be the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the schools. Governor Glenn offers a reward of $150 for the arrest of the unknown assailant of Miss'MsCord in Mecklen burg Sunday. . This is the case in which the woman was caught and bound and brutally maltreated by the fiend after she had given him food for which he had beg ged. The Wake county Democratic Execu tive Committee met to-day and decided to hold primaries June 2 for the purpose oj electing delegates to the county convention June 9 for the selection of delegates to the State, judicial and con gressional conventions. There will be a" primary called later in the sum mer for the nomination of county offi cers. STATE OFFERS REWARD. For the Capture of Miss Mollie Mc Cord's assailant. ' In a proclamation published today Governor R, B. Glenn offers a reward cf $150 for the capture of the unknown man vho so brutally used Miss. Mollie McCord Sunday. Up to this afternoon nothing had been heard of the man. The" officers of the city and county are putting forth every effort to capture him. Miss McCord,' the victim of the terrible attack is gradually getting better. Mre W 'ThnrnwpII Mr.Kav III me ineuus ui. .mis.- vv - luuiuwcn McKay will regret to know' that she is quite ill at her home in Dilworth. She has been sick for the past several- days. ASSOCIATED M&dS NEWSPAPER N C., THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1906 HEW ACT OF GREAT HISTORICAL DRAMA BEGINS IN SPLENDOR Lovely May Day Greets Uprising ot Curtain for New Act in Drama of Russia's Struggle for Liberty. Parliament Opens in Scene of Splendor. Representatives cf the Russan Millions and the Russian Em peror are at Lasl Face to Face. The Fate of the Empire at Stake. By Associated Press. St. Petersburg, May 10. An ideal May day like a. happy Augury greeted the uprising of the curtain for the new act of the great historical drama, Rus sia's struggle for liberty. Never did the showy northern cap ital cf Peter the Great present a more brilliant picture than that for the in auguration of the Russian Parliament. The city . seemed swarming in a flood of light, while the golden domes of the churches, spires of the Admiral ity and St. Peter and St. Paul fortress and the shining minarets of the pal aces seem to float above the mass of yellow buildings. The yellow imperial standard with its double headed eagle flew from the winter palace, flags, by the order of, the police, were displayed from every house, and streams of multi-colored pennants fluttered from the yachts and shipping in the harbor. Banks, stores, schools and factories were closed in honor of the occasion, but there was no general holiday, the government su perficially discouraging the suspension, of work in the industrial districts ow ing to a fear that the crowding of the workmen into the center of the city might provoke collisions, disorders, and perhaps bloodshed. There was something distinctly awe inspiring about the day,' with visions ,of the chains falling from another branch of the human race and the Rus sian people taking up the march of modern civilization. Representa.tiev.-j of. the Rusian mil lions and the F cpi .n EmperoV were at last lace to face. and the i'osuit was to determine the fate of the nation and country stretching from Germany to the Pacific coast, to the Polar seas and to the burning sands of Central Asia. . ": Religious Ceremonies. Like all great state functions in Holy Russia the ceremonies began with religious exercises. - At ten o'clock, the whole city reverberated with bells and chimes from St. Peters burg's myriad of cathedrals, churches, and temples, summoning the people to thanksgiving. " " : , Not only at St. Petersburg, but at Kremlin of Mascow, the bells rung and te-deums celebrated, thus giving the oc casion a solemn, religious, as well as civic, significance necessary to impress the Russian masses. While the bells were still ringing the Imperial Yacht Alexander with the Imperial standard at fere moved ma jestically ' up the river. Their majes ties landed under the grim walls of the St. Peter, and St. Paul fortress, which they entered by the Imperial water terrace, driving hurriedly to the immense cathedral inside the walls, where repose the remains of the Ro manoffs. There, before the tombs of the Emperor's ancestors, the Imperfal family knelt for 20 minutes and made their devotions. Emperor and Empress Depart. The Emperor and Empress after leaving the palace entered the launch, passed down the river, boarded, "the Imperial v Yacht Alexander and return ed to Peterhoff. ABOUT THE DEATH OF SPIER Investigation Conducted Into His Mys terious Death His Finances were In Bad Shape. By Associated Press. New York, May 10 Interest in the investigation of the mysterious killing of Charles Spier, confidential agent of H. H. Rogers, was mainly confined to day to the statues of his financial af fairs which have been found to be badly involved. Accountants were at work on his books and it was reported that ,they have already discovered in dications of discrepancies which might account for the suicide theory in ex planation of Spier's death. .The where abouts of certain securities belonging to Mrs. Rogers was one of the points investigated by the accountants. BRIDGE ACROSS ROANOKE Senate Passed Bill Authorizing Erec ;" 'tion of Bridge Across Roanoke River. Bv Associated Press.' v'r Washington. May 10. The Senate passed the bill authorizing the North ampton and Halifax Company to con struct a bridge across the Roanoke river in North Carolina. ic Rv an Enaine. Harry Price, colored, narrowly averted death in art accident hear, the nnarlntte Pine and Foundry Company this morning about 10 o'clock. Price was crossing the tracks just in front of the North bound train No. 30 and Ms wagon was struck by the engine throwing him some distance in the air. He was: badly bruised, about the legs. : ;- v ; '-":;";:v :;;;;T-vv IN CHARLOTTE. PRESIDENT TO ATTEND. Accepted invitation to Deliver address it Opening of Jamestown Exposition. By Associated Press. Washington, May 10 President Roosevelt will attend the forma! open ing cf the Jamestown Exposition next. ;year and will deliver the address on I fhn - 1 mat. utuasiou. an invitation was ex tended to the President to-day by Har ry St: George Tucker, president of the Exposition Company; C. Brooks Johno son and Lieut. Gov. J. Taylor Ellison, of Virginia. The President accepted the invitation, saying he had the deep est interest in the Exposition since the inception of the project. The opening of the Exposition will take place April 26th", 1007, and assurance was given by President Tucker that there would be no delay. AFFAIRS OF ZION CfTY. Dowie and Voliva Reach an Agree ment Today. By Associated Press. Chicago, May 10. John Alexander Dowie and Wilbur G. Voliva reached an agreement in court upon the prop osition for a mutual representation in the management of the financial affairs at Zion City. Dowie forces appoint ted John A. Lewis, while Voliva nam ed Alexander Granger; The; third mem ber of the committee is still to be chosen. FROST DID DAMAGE. Entire Crop Probably lost in Tennessee River Valley. By Associated Press. Decatur, Ala., May 10. There was another heavy frost last night in the Tennessee river valley and this with the frost of Tuesday night has probab ly killed all the cotton in that section of the State. In some places it is said the entire crop will have to be replant ed. - .- From all Over Mecklenburg. There Comes Reports of the - Great Damage Done the Young Plant, Freezing Point at Greensb&ro. From all over Mecklenburg county there comes the report that cotton has been badly damaged by the frost of this morning. In many sec tions the young plant has been en tirely killed and in others the dam age "wrought by this cold weather and frost, is severe. Mr. F. M. Hinson, of the Arlington section, ,A telephoned The: News this afternoon that he has made a careful examination of a number of fields of this section and he finds that replant ing will be necessary. Mr. L. H. Robinson of the Provi dence section reports considerable damage to the young plant especially on the low lands and Northern ex posures, He states that replanting will begin at once in his section. Mr. A. M. Rea. telephoned The News this morning that the frost had done incalculable damage through out Sharon section. Mr. W;. S. Pharr cf the same section of the county states that great damage has been done. What is true of Sharon, Providence and Clear Creek .is." true of the en tire county. The cold snap has done great harm to the young plant and it is a matter of conjecture at this time the exact amount of damage that has reallyi been wrought. : The weather man in his ' report to day states that Greensboro the temper ture dropped - to 32 degrees and this low temperature is reported from most of the sections of North Caro lina. In speaking of the . weather Mr. Bennett the local weather man says: "An area of high pressure moving slowly southeastward from- Missouri over the- east Gulf states, has caus ed fair, colder weather generally over the South. Temperatures are this morning 10 to 15 degrees below nor mal over the east'. gulf: and south Atlan tic states, and frost is ' reported from stations as far. south as Macon, (hi. and Meridian, Miss. The minimum temperature at Charlotte this morn ing, 38 degrees, was as low as has been recorded r during - the "month of May fn the past 28 years. A minimum temperature of 32 degrees was re ported at Greensboro, N. C. As the high pressure area now central over the east Gutf states, . continues its eastward movement, fair weather with slowly rising temperature may be expected in this vicinity tonight and Friday." ' "' .DEPOSITORS TO BE PAID I . State Bark Examiner Says There was No Shortage and Depositors will be Paid in Full. By Associated Press. Pittsburg," May 10 State Bank ex aminer -Peter G. Cameron, who took charge of the Columbia Savings and Trust Company today, announced that there was " no - shortage or - defalcation and the depositors will probably be paid in full. CONDITION OF .WHEAT. Crop Report Shows the Condition of Growing Winter Wheat at 91 Per. Cent. ...... .'- - ' . . ;' ' Bv Associated Press. 1 "Washington, May 10. The condition of growing winter whet is given at 91 per cent., by the -Agricultural De partment's Crop report issued today. A BIC FROST DOES DAMAGE TO COTTON C!TV EDITION. FELL FROM REPAIR WAGON. Mr. Julius Mullen Gets a Bad Fall This Afternoon Froirv a - Wagon. Mr. Julius "Mullen, forman "of the construction force of the 4 C's Com pany fell from the top of the repair wagon cn South Tryon street . this afternoon at '3:30 o'clock and was seriously injured. Mr. Mullen was' on top of the wagon repairing a cross wire when a car passed. The trolly pole slipped from the trolley wire and as it flew through 'the air, caught the platform of the wagon on which Mr. Mullen was standing. The mo mentum of the car pulled the plat form around throwing the man vi olently to the ground, a distance of about 20 feet. Mr. Mullen held a hatchet in his hands which cut him about the face. Several men rused to his assistance as quickly as possible and carried him in the office Drs Register and Montgomery. . FOUND DEAD IN BATH ROOM. Mr. S. M- Spangler, a well Known Drummer, Found Dead in Bath Room of Benbow Hotel This Morning. Special to The News. Greensboro, May 10. Mr. S. M. Spangler, a well known drummer, for a Worcester, Mass. glass firm aged 52 years was found dead in a bath room adjoining his sleeping apartment in the Benbow Hotel this morning. Aa inquest revealed that the cause of his death was heart desease. An unsealed letter addressed to his wife in Balti more saying he was not feeling well which he had evidently written before retiring was on the table. Disrobing he had gone in the room to take a bath before ging to sleep and must have dropped dead. The re mains were sent to his, home in Balti more for burial this afternoon. GREAT METHODIST CONFERENCE Rev. E. Sanford Advocates Decreasing the Number of Official Organs. By Associated Press. Birmingham, May 10. At the sev enth day's session of the general con ference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, Rev. E. Sanford, of New York, secretary of the inter church committee on federation, in his address, said he was' sure the church could accomplish more as a united body than by working as separate bod ies. The committee on Publishing In terests recommended that a number of official organs should .be "Substan tially reduced that their excellency may be increased and their influence augmented." ' CONVENTION FOR DURHAM. Ninth Judicial District Convention will be Held June 14. Special to The News. Greensboro, May 10; At a-'ineetir of the Democratic Executive Commit tee of the Ninth Judicial District com posed of the counties of Guilford, Durham, Granville, Alamance and Or ange, at the Benbow hotel here last night, June 14th at Durham was nam ed as the time and place for the Democratic nominating Convention to name candidates for Judge and Solic itor. MR. H. W .STANLEY APPOINTED General Superintendent of Seaboard Announces Appointment of Mr. Stan ley. By Associated Press. Norfolk, May 10 Mr. C . H. Hix, General Superintendent of the Sea board Air Line Railway has issued a circular announcing the appointment of H: W. Stanley as " Superintendent of the fourth division or the Seaboard with headquarters at Jacksonville, Fla. The new superintendent has been a train dispatcher at Atlanta, Ga. ! MISSIONARY UNION MET. Reports Were Read Big Convention of the Church Open Tomorrow. By Associated Press. Chattanooga, May 10. The Mission ary Union of the Southern Baptist Church metJ Reports were read by Corresponding Secretary Miss A. W. Armstrong and Treasurer" Miss E. V. Ricker, both of -Maryland. The con vention of the Churchopens tomorrow. Meeting of Alumnae Association. ' Every member of the Alumnae As sociation of the Presbyterian college is reauested to be 'present at the annual business meetins Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Officers will be elected for the year. , ' The Daughters of the American Rev olution will meet" tomorrow afternoon at 4.30 o'clock with Mrs. J: A. Means on North" Tryon. street. Their Skulls had Been Crushed in with Hatchet and their Throats Gut.' Thought to Haver Been Work of Robbers A Horrible Tragedy. 'r-:" ' V By Associated Press. .. . ; New York, May 10. James Mucchio and his wife Gelesti were found mur dered in their rooms in the rear of a boot-blacking stand which Mucchio conducted in Court Street, Brooklyn. Their skulls had been crushed with a hatchet and their throats cut. The police' believe "robbery, wag "the'-motive of the crimed ' ' "' ' ; " ""' ' '-' ' ': : v:" MAN AND WIFE WERE FOUND MURDERED PRICE: 3 CENTS MEMORIAL DAY IS OBSERVED III ALL SOUTHERN STATES tntjre South Land Joins in Doing Honor to the Memory of the Confederate Veterans. Mem orial Day Celebrations in Differ ent Sections. . A Great Throng Gathers at Raleigh at Celebration. Eulogy on the Late Senator M. W. Ranson. The Celebration aiNorfork and Other Places. Special The Newsv Raleigh, May 10. The principal feature of the Memorial Day celebra tion today in ' Raleigh was . the ad dress at three o'clock by Gen W. H. S. Burgwyn of Weldon on "The Life and service .oj. Gen Matt'W. Ransom" which was heard by an audience which taxed the capacity of the hall and included the members of the Con federate Veterans Association, the Daughters of the Confederacy and a delegation of veterans from Gen. Ransom's old home in Northampton county. -1 Right after the address a proces sion moved to the cemetery where the graves of the Confederate dead were decorated. At dinner was served to the old soldiera who participated in the celebration at one o'clock in Capitol Square. Memorial Day at Norfolk. By Associated Press. Norfolk, Va., May 10. The Con federate Memorial Day was observed in Norfolk today, the orator, being the Rev. Dr. Joseph Rennie, Presby terian, who said in part: "We are ac customed to speak of the Confeder acy as the Lost Cause. In one, sense this is true. But in the truest sense it is not a Lost Cause. No cause is ever lost that has" truth as its beacon righteousness as its principles and justice as" its ground. : The greatest incubus that ever rested on any people was African slavery and the real slaves were the owners. It humiliated and rendered ignorant that . larse class . termed 'Poor whites.' It put an effectual, stop ' upon ..commerce, the manu facture, the development of native resources, and' the confined ' energies, of the South to agriculture. 1 That war emancipated us. That which, was intended to. be a humilia tion is proving in the hands of God her real blessing." DEATH OF MR. J. H. SADLER. The End Came This Morning at 8:45 O'clock, at the Mercy General Hos pital. Mrl'John H. Sadler, one of the best known citizens of the county, died this morning a't 8:45 o'clock at the Mercy General. Hospital. An operation was performed on Mr.' Sadler Tuesday afternoon and while the operation was successful the pa tient was not relieved of his trouble. Last night at the midnight hour a decided change for the ' worse took place. His family was summoned to his bedside and remained with him until death claimed his spirit. Mr. Sadler had been in failing health for about two months. He was" a pa tient at the Mercy General Hospital several weeks ago. He 'improved rap idly and after a week's stay "-at, the hospital he returned to his home in Paw Creek. Last week, he had a return of his former, trouble and Sunday afternoon was again taken to the hospital, this time for an operation. He consented to having the operation . performed nd was hopeful of permanent relief. Up to yesterday afternoon he was cheerful and there seemed to be abundant hope for his complete restoration to health. As the midnight hour approached, the Death ' Angel camped beside his couch and at the hour named above this . good man passed into the Beyond. " The deceased was a native of Steele . Creek township. After his marriage to Miss Maggie Wilson, he purchased property in Paw1 Creek township and ; has since made that his home. He was 56 years old and is survivedby a wife and six children. These are Messrs. Frank, Thomas: Ralph,' Clinton and Wilson Sadler and Miss Madge Sadler. All of these were at his bed side except Mr. Ralph Sadler, who is a; student at - Davidson College. Two brothers, Messrs. George and William Sadler, also survive. "- - The deceased was for. many years, a member of the -board of county com missioners.; He was a man - of exceptional-business ability and made the county a most faithftil officer." ' ? Years ago, Mr. Sadler joined the Presbyterian church-: holding for a time; his membership at Steele Creek church. Later, he joined the church at Paw Creek; and v?.s one of this church's most valued members. He was one of Mecklenburg's most valued citi zens1' and his de.th will cause sorrow of the1 keenest type. The bereaved family1 have: the sympathy of a wide circle" of friends ' and relatives. -The funeral services jWill be held from the' home at Paw ' Creek tomor row: morning at 10 o'clock Rev. k P. H. Gwynn, assisted by Dr. J. R. Hower ton, will conduct the services. The interment will be at. Steele Creek church tomorrow at the noon hour . i ! ,--"'
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