North Carolina Newspapers

9 4 - " r V' . '.,41.-,.. : . t v . , 'i lift J one i M'V i't i HIKl t hat 2 .'y be h fM 'i ' i io. :, Correspondence of 'J lie C'lserver. " '. ' :. ,; Manteo, , Roanoke. Isiand; . Jeb- 1. Ihia. hLslorlo Inland., where the first fcettlement vrna made, came, last, in ruy Journey in the fotateps of the' pi ' oueers. This stoiy will be a mixed 4 - me. and in to cover Kden;on, jEltea. 4 beth City and this place, with peeps J ' at the territory between, t .'. f !'?-. :i Edenton. Itself has been-; described. 'fcA-nnd, aa It w" deserves, .-with .e, loving p - pen. The place ls within 1U own !.,-,'-.- boundriee -rich enough -in hlHtoiical objects,- but within ' gunshot la , ; "JUajs," that heme of the great-John-, , Hon, family vtoich atanda unequalled . ' in the state and which has come ' down to us, after a century and a half of noble life, in the hands of on- Iy.four persons,.., stout old Oeneral Kamuel Johnston, its founder; his eon , James C. 4 Jphnstom Mr. Wood and the. otter's, eon Mr. John Wood, the present pwner; U gentlemen , of One : . breedings culture and . real,, as a result of ; whleh-v the place la preserved in tact -Old father time fell - asleeo there that -May , day, 4n 18$5, when , the last -of -the Johnstons died. ..That w jtcmmiuHni.TOfnorin ; m ; nis win mat , hei-desired the property kept aa it was. HiM: wish has .been scrupulously ub served. The property was devised to ' hler friend' Mr. r Wood, the Johnston falmi being "run out.. The stately r cemetery, , with . Ita lof ty , fence, tells the atory- on f ita marble slabs. - "Hays has beert a place for aearly century -and a half, where the le&d- lna; men.if'lbe State and nation have C , een siesta, f The building now. In use jirt wa built. in jaoi. and -waa the second Stood fiearpr th iAwrt havino turn torn down. ..its foundations showing v t 'i '1he enVl. l9 Jibe grounds is sucb ai y o give .a noDieand swinging view. , , taking in the eouth .of Edenton- bay, tjInfcthe foreground la a triangular field , of ;cottoa as .fine coton, by the way, 4 Texas eaa shpw; and the, ery tri J, i fnevjlaritx to,coift a, -word." Is a fea ' J 'tu'" of ail the grounds, and Is quite irv ine.oia jsipgusn style in every'way. In fact. t is really bit -of old Emr. f, land, transplanted. ' The house fronts 'f," water,, and, oa, this, front are tha live colufans .which support the por i t'co. There, are winss, connected-by , v -a!, covered way or portico.- aivlnsr ar. V fW to the kitchen wing and the Ii -i, - orary. .wucn,was the fashion ot the i ' .reat noi??$ M Ha .days." " Mount jx v vernon it an example. TheT , now y nar!y spne i'palace? of General Try n at Newbern is 'another. "In' Bt '? , V - ?a.ry' tfamale College at Raleigh this ' -'-n 'Jtyle la-, followed, to A some ' degree. -.The old" 8u dial ia al the 'entrance, 1 - vrythjn f Is old-fashioned, .formal, V. atately. wThe BvIsitor walk slowly J. ' ?niMt'lre,?. ln:.very' wprd, and gea, - tur to show .respect for the man ' whd bultded ' auch a- Place a this, -r The only defect about ; - the, front s grounds .lthai they are toe-limited fAA A GCAftATEjpD CTKB FOB PILES J. Itching, lind, Bleeding, 5 Protruding rff , Piles, - Druggists are authorised tor re , fun4,'vpriey lfJAZO OINTMENT 1 fails, to -.our in. .to .14 , days. ;f, SQc, -Wl V A 4) I s. i 1 1 . r 'J J 7' s. ft Jf " -1' V-Wms to it I 1,V' ft-v '.4 , :--.-Oo'dileo' - 4 l ' ' . t: '!:" ;. '.. I ' V in ,' ). i'. I tiro In t i 1 ' n i Ml yd! I. Ill til or to libO, w 'n Uio'v tn u'y &ui)p 1. 'lit' examples .of bindh'T ' and lliere ure a ii i pers of early 1j-- ue. 'j ot these of much ';j ; i one i wi' a per tectly preorvod cry Gazette' of June 13, a copy of the I ' tlons of May 31, 177 (.f 1 ue iM'-wbern 17 7 j. containing ilctiburg resolu . This paper Is reallv as frf -H . ami unmarked as !U printed only a year or two. ago, and is addrebM'd to Joseph Hewes. There Is a long letter to Hewts from Daniel Covdel. of the Newbern commlttea. of safety, transmuting this paper and saying the langunge of the resolutions Is the boldest up to that time. " Pho tographs were taken- of both the pa per and the letter, -mesa eetng tne first ever-made. ' The library ia full of memorials :of ?yyt olden . daya,'. Here in .the' corner :: is" the : tali cane. six feet In length, , which Governor Johnston used in hla last daya: here other canes used by the Iredells, Hewes and other notables, astronomical In slrumenta, et, the waks are adorned by pictures . and the) lofty mantel and niches above the ' painting . bear busts of Chief Justice " John Marshall. DtWitt Clinton, John Jay, Alexan der .? HamlltonS, ; Washington, Clay, Zachary t Taylor Webster; glr - Walter Scott, ; Chancellor 'Kent, and ' James L. Petttgrew, of South Carolina The paintings are those of Chief, Justice Ruffin, Garvin Hogg,v John Stanly, Thomas Baiker (the husband of the noted Mrs., Penelope. Barker, the her oins of, me "juaenton -tea party, tms picture ' being the best, in the entire collection and being the work, -of the famous Sir Joshua : Heynolds,; Judge Irede.l, the elder, Peter Brown;" a rich and eccentric Scotchman . who is bar led" in the city cemetery t Raleigh: the Duke of Wellington (who was greatly admired by Mr. Johnston); Alexander Hamilton" and , Governor' Samuel Johnston, the first owner of the; estate, and JaroeB C, 'Johnston, his son. UA f ,hV V " REMINDERS OF OTHER DATS. -. t The" cplor schema of the house is now red and buff, .but lo older timea it was white" with green blinds, .'.Ev erything in - the ; house, as in the li brary, has been untouched. , The doorway is of great site., The door knocker - lr .superb, ; the lock Is fif teen Inches long and it requires two turns of the . key to lock or unlock It, this having been & favorite device of .the old lock-makers. ' .The ' property was bought by Johnston In . I7C0. There was in 1781,' at the point "where the negro quarters now stand, an old church, -A' Frenchman had the first known dwelling on. the place, but in 1751 he ' left for Jamaica Governor Johnston' died In 181, and deeded the place, of 1400 acres, and other vast ear tales, up in.the State, to his eon, Jaa, C: Johnston. The rooms are of great size, with' lofty, ceilings; and the ef fect is most palatial, - In the dining room there are other notable portraits, those of "George E. Badger, William Gaston, John M. Morehead, 'William A, Graham, Frederick Xaeh, Daniel Web ster Henry Day, Chief Justice Mar' shall and : Peter Brown, . this being a liner portrait than the one In the li brary. ' Mr. Johnston-was the dearest griend of all -these ; noble r men, He greatly admired Henry Clay, and oil one occasion paid -the debts of that gentleman, amounting to 130,000. Most of thenv visited hlnw Everybody - of note knew "Hay a" and lie owner. Mr. Johnston .'taste fn pictures is manl "a-s f w. S' W?'V T "V," ' r 1 It 'u"(iv; f.r "-itf , -j S6ftie:trdcts;;roni me a much1 less important matter ii the college itself than the facUhat in ,;:bopk hoiioris done'to Avery and his ideate.?. ''CTsa great V-;tberegret that not more of his work could be-inCv lS . , ;,' ' f . t,;::" : Everybody, who knowsji North Carolina 'marniersl-; ; ' eluded.; AH who read it are enriched . through its - -,"I am more tfcan -pleased with it in every par r - 'moodfi scenes and men will find it true and inter- ': ' Whjtyacou Aff ; : 1 I ! i ; 41. ii., .- . . lil, . V 1. 1 t .iirioii-4 Autitnsui .1 p:l: - f rU, I i e, -. 1 fi 1 r mi 1 1 liiLvn i v , t ' 1 e ! . 1 1 "voitm u i. - ina iiiereKO. In t;.e hi ' 'it t, of tin1 liou (i Ii.hs S(A'in-d to i t i iiiiHipal entiame, and mo-t ' us use the foi mer uar doorway, iin.4, to, be sure, , & a noble, portal, with a feml-clrcle af pillars supporting a low roof of most pleasant design, A - study of "Hays" - by architects would give them -acores of good points. The furniture in the house is exquisite, most .of it mahogany .and some of the rarest .Chippendale . designs. , The'ldrlveway to the house enters af ter passing through a crescent of ce dars of great slse, with wide-spreading tops, ,by a gateway, where there is a straight alleyway to the residence, and here everything Is -English in the ex treme. The park-like grounds are shad ed by -whits oaks, , elms, beechee and wlldch erry, ; many ; being the original growlh.,The '.view of the house from The gateway la striking. Tha walkway to the house i straight and is partly bound by cedars and elms, and It ends at a gate in a few yards of the library. There la a wrlten; catalogue, of part of the library, this having been made by Mr. Thomaa W. Alston about 185Q. It covers jnost of the oldor books, but none of The law library. It embraces about 160 volumes. - Mr.' Wood most kindly lent this to me and he pre sented a rare map of Raleigh, made in 1792,i by the exciting- of .capital There Is no catalogue of the letters .which fill a large mahogany cabinet In a room in. rear' of the Hbraryi The State Cught to get copies of a great many of these letters, very few of them even having been, copied, Mr,. Wood telle tne. - The United States desires to copy the portrait- ot Webster and perhaps some others.' That of Henry Clay waa the last one ever made of htm, and in fact waa painted only few months be- rore healed. .-..'"- I j. GRATES' OF GREAT MEJf- . In - thH eemtery"whlcb-ii one - of the many remarkable place at r'Haya are the graves of many men. who have made American history.. Photographs were taken ai some of the monuments. notably those of ' Governor1 Samuel Johnston and his talented friends, Ire dell the tlder and Iredell the younger There I curled Judge James! Wilson, a Scotchman, who aa one of the dele gates from Pennsylvania . signed the Declaration" of' Independence.4 He was appointed by President Washing ton a , justice 'of, the ..V, fl. '. Supreme Court rat-the same . time as Iredell and those former compatriots are Close in death,; as. thy. were in - life. Wilson became pecuniarily ,' involved add s In 1798 came 44 Ddenton to' be the guest of Iredell and of course both ot them spent' much time at, "Hays", Dath came- to him while Iredell's -guest. The grave is not - marked by a slab, but the brlek work Is plain.; Tha body ef Wilson is soonto be . removed to Philadelphia,: The eminent Dr. 6. Weir' Mitchell was quite recently at "Hays'V to. arrange for this removal Jn '' the spring; Senator . Knox.- Governor Pennypacker. Penrose, . Schwab, - and ! Mr. Kunkle are Interested In this, and - the "last-named gentleman will carry t out. the detalla , The graveyards bout IS feet square an id inside it .are sixteen great cedars, j he tombs are iw most cases Costly, The tombs are In' most cases costlr and nearly all era marble, , The largr- est, must weiga several -ions, and is over the grave ot James C. Johnston. It' waa built a number nf veara ;t, sfAM. his death and his burial was provided for in his will.; There are , burled -in this placeGovernor Johnston and , his ! wife. Judge James Iredell, Sr.. and his wife; Judge James Iredell. Jr.; Samuel TredweU and his wife. Francis Pollock Lenox, 'also another wife, Helen Blair. Dr. WHUern Cathcourt 4and his f sr ' . t issuing this v'r; ' neriorof this'bv AverV. tam enamoured t : i i "erizle Catncart. h-c. .-'ihe last' toinb a ante there is Inset in vti stone slab .a "heait" blue slate on which Is following inscription: made of 1 well ut t Here ly-f n I ii led ye body of Mrs. Ann Rlce, i' l is years,, who departed this life a77.", lliere Is, the tomb which marks the prives of Thomas and Pen elope Barker, she "lying beside him,' aa the inscription sets forth. A hand some couple they were, as their picture in the house show.- There is a double monument,, topped bj two- great vaaea Of marble which are' nearly rose-col ored by the weither, over" the graves i of Helen end Frances Iredell., Jet oth- er graves are those of Helen, daughter or frarauei ana. Frances Johnston f Penrose Kwann, , and Ballle Wynn, "consort of James pi, Wynn, Eeaulre." .TneCOUO NJE3QRO QUARTER.,"! rTbl ia merely a peep at 'Hay.? i "g'J Zzoa C1?.- 10 i ,e tno -negro quarter half airdle away, Mr. j Wood took me to see the perhaps, and there one can see the old lire as it was in the days when Mr. James ,C.. Johnston owned 8,000 slaves. He was perhaps the largest slave-own- f.'n T5u"try- f only .a faw. perhaps 200, were on- this farm, Many were on hla "Caledonia"', farm on the Roanoke river. He was a farmer on an Immense' scale. Mr. Wpod told me that his account sales of corn one year at Charleston aggregated 19.000. There are now on the "Hays" place 300 acres of cotton, all the farm being dl vlded Into ten-acre plats. .'Mr. Johns tons conducted his agricultural opera tions with the same talent which, he applied to other , matters. The out houses are , well 'preserved. In - the stable is a carriage in which before the civil 'war -Mr. Johnston used to drive to the White Sulphur " Springs. - Mr. Wood is' one of the richest men in Eastern ' North, Carolina. Hs 'has traveled much, at home and abroad,1: ana is a ciose stuoeni. . - : ;v,j. -.v, , It was With regret that I left "Hays", and Jts kindly owner and his charm ing wife, but the Journey must be pursued. and Elisabeth City was the next point to be visited. Through the old. town of Hertford the route passed, but in thls there is no particular in teresting historical objects of which have any knowledge. At Elisabeth City I had the pleasure of procuring tne loan of . a notanie portrait In oil; that of Theodosla Burr, the daughtef of the notable assassin Burr and the wire of Mr, "Alton of South Carolina, who lost her life oft the North Caroli na eart somewhere about Nag's Head ! while on her way from Charleston to New Tork. Some time afterward this bicture wae found . In the home of a 'woman ' at Nag's "Head. There Is a story " that the -"wreckers" at Nag's Head made the unfortunate Theodo sla 'walk-the plank." Members of the Burr family say they think the por trait unquestionably: that of Theodo sla. I obtained -the loan from Mrs. John. P. Warroan, to whom the picture came from her? father, the late Mr. Pool, one of the most prominent men 1 In Northeastern' North Carolina Manv neoDle ha v visited micnhath Oity te see .this pfcture. The tragic fate of Theodosla has been the theme ! f many a story, v I had the pleasure of -a delightful conversation with the ver delightful and" perennial Richard ju. v;reecy, now. going into tne 3rd year." and who- carries under his fine head of snowy-hair the smile of a youth, and who has also the heart of a ! ooy.' -t t - . rt, The Sttmmer-Ifke weather which had prevailed for ten days or so and which--had-brought out the summer girl" iff all her daintiness of fluffy frocks, had ended . the day I was at j owned the property, had dug much, Elisabeth City, Gone was the sweet I and further that a Philadelphia news and soft south wind and It was re- ! paper man had been here for a month, IE m w a, Personal LctterstTo Thcr Publishers X v honor to North Carolina'that ","',-,:' XX n ...i i' j placed by a "isllff nor-eaHter," as ! the sailor men say..' We were : three ! hours late In getting off on a tub of a (steamer for historic . Roanoke Island, and the further we went the higher rose the Bale, until aa -we swung out ' Into the broad Bound, the rather tlck- inn ; trail roiiea ana uancea aimooi, flat-bottomed end - sometimes i hitting the bottom with a resounding thump. Presently we were bard and fast a-ground- and so .we' remained . for., an hour. "It .was' well nigh' midnight -when, iwe reached Skyco wharf.. Sky co Ja.the "pott ot entry" ofjManteo, which- is the principal -place on this wana, , which is eleven miles long ana j three, miles wide,- and on 'which about 18,000 people live. It is North Carol! na a largest island, ; , w y v" V . ;:Vai SEARCH . FOR"' REUC&',1 -'.i I came here with purpose, I may whatever', could " be , found ' of the first colonlstB., Of couwe. it wu hko'. a wua-gooae cnaae,vine jcdwi " lilr point of Interest on ,the Island 1st The tides in these shallow waters old Fort Raleigh. Of .course I knew, fare practically 4w entirely to the as all knew, that the colonists were t wind, and last Saturday the water here tout a little -while, and that be-1 was lower than in many years. This fore, relief came they went with their 1 exposed the bottom for a, great ais Indlan friends and allies to tha 'main t tance - at a olnt whete the Federals land. . The Jnllana were poor hands as bad a fort, the place being known as seamen, and of course nevef went on f "Bumalde's Headquarters," after that the eea itself, and were, not orenarea for even moderately rough weather In 1'thelr nnnr eavee. Nn dnuM thev nrsred 1 their- new -white friends not to face a; second winter onthJs;'..lsland,.'.;vThal..'!'.Manteo''- is now graced by a court people now here have not the allghestVbwse which Is a credit to the county connection by blood with the first coKtr of Dare, -but the public school la tar onlsts, and to be aura their interest ). - . . in that quadnt earth-workv the old fort, Is languid Indeed. When I waa first nere l went to irort ftaieign ny a roaa way, but this time I went by a boat. The storm had kindly abated in the early hours and a kindly sunshine made the most of the day enjoyable. We went near to the site of the little earthwork, and got ashore in a small boat. No, Indians met us, but on the beach ; were .a. couple of native boys whose ' reticence was amaslng. The sand hill s, covered with scru bb y trees, pitch ' rather . sharply ' a few ' yards from the shore, and then there are hills and dales with grape vines and those of the yellow jasmine laolng the tree trunks. -Upon more level land Is seen weather beaten farm bouse, and bard by a much dilapida ted rail fence, in the center ot this en closure rising the granite, monument erected by the "Roanoke . Memorial Association", in 1895. I described years ago the Inscription on one side of this, but since my "visit the mainspring of the movement. In other words, the la mented Major 1 Graham Davis,: has passed away. On tha other aide of the stone Is the following Inscriptions "In memory toe-of our founder, and first President Erected by the Roanoke Colony Memorial Association Novem ber 24, 1895, Graham Davis, presi dent; - John A, Bassett, secretary and treasurer:'' Professor W. G. Cottrane. the principals of the Manteo graded schools, and four ot his students. Bennle Evans, Jerome Griffin, Samu el Casey and Erskine Miller, accompa nied me.- we had slender iron sound' Ing-roda.' With which we reached deen- Sly into the earth at all -points within the old earthwork, but the rods struck no hard substance anywhere and there was no need of digging. The only re sult of this exploration was to appar ently locate the well, this being near ly In front Of the memorial stone. It waa learned later that during the civil war, at soon aa the Federal troops oc cupied this Island, they began to dig in and around the fort It was also learned that a man named Dough, who m V" i f(" (1 ' VI congratulate you not only on the handsome , manner in which this volume has been gotten up - i ' but also in trivihfir to the public the ' opportunity ot - of it It i' "I am sure that some ot these happy.little' one of 'hefcj;'.' sketches and ' V-.;- ". ,. ... ... digging there almost daily.: So far as can be learned none of these 'explorers found anything, ; It Is said that when the first regular colonists, arrived here they found some relies of the first Englishmen to come. This of course waa many year later. . The first col onists had cannon, ' aa history sets forth clearly. The search we made, though- uneventful, was f yet interest ing. One night, many years ago, a man who did not give hla name, came here,9 hired men r to ..work, .went to a point- some ' distance north -of the old fort, and working all" night dug a pit some sixteen feet in , depth and as large aa an ordinary room. What the man found, if anything, no one knows, and he left here the next day. , lam told that in. a field, seven hilies (from Manteo, there , was 'unearthed last summer, some brickwork, perhaps a couple of feet under the ground, ana that some queer -nints were there found W t??t?"lD i Federal general., as a reaures mere were to be seen numbers ot cannon t. shot, havonets and bullets, and a lit- r tie eirl nicked nn a 10 cent piece. ,, y 0 vs Remember tha gxauve urorao CaraaColdtnOneDay, STATEMENT PRUSSIAN NATIONAL OF STETTIN, Condition December st -1905, December gist OtafnlMPv r.rnnnlt , Amount Iedaer Assets Dec. 81st previous year . 1,129,4,4 Income-From Pollcy-holdere, S10,G9S.7; Miscellaneous, W7.862.70 848,05 nisbursemeats-To Policy holders. I3S9.5J8 S4; Miscellaneous, (3(4.119.68.,, 96.4j-' Fire Risks Written or renewed during year; $88,057,362.00; In force.. t.10US.S76.W . Marine and Inland Rinks Wrlttsn er renewed during year, lu4,6$6.00; In force Mf,.r.. ;...... ",138 0 h . f v 'ASSETS. jl .s'r''."" Book Value of Bonds and Stocks .................. .,....,.....i'..,..'.,..,......tl,09l,574M. Cash In Homs Office and deposited In Banks v,,,,.-' ' M,B-9.!T ' Agents' balances, representing business written subsequent to Oct J, 'OS", 134io.a ' Agents' balance, representing business written prior to Oct 1, 1906... w- A - 99.48 .;: Interest and Rents due and accrued '.........i. ' t,9.is 'ioiai , ..,.. u Assets, not admitted Total admitted Assets ...k LIAiJlLITlES. ' losses and claims unpaid ! ......... ......... unsarnea rnmiumi ........ ., All other Liabilities as detailed in statement ..... Total Liabilities as to Policy-holders... Capital deposit Surplus ... Total Liabilities BUSINESS IN NORTH Losses IncurredFire, 7,59.jSi Paid Losses now unpaid .v. U. B. MANAGER THEO. W. LETTON. Head Offioe, 11143 Monadnnck Block, Chicago, HI. General Agent for service. H. LAMBETH, Manager, Charlotte. Business Manager for North Carolina, Managed from Chicago ..- ..-:.' .-.V-V, . H'i'ATJS, PIT t " ' ?, ' I, James R. Toung, Insurance Commissioner, do hereby certify that the above is true and correct abstract of the state ment ot. the Prussian National- Insurance Company, of Germany, filed with this Department, showing .: the - condition of said Company on the list day of December, 1906. . - ' yvuness my nana anq ontciai seai me aay ana oaie aDove wntttn, ' , - j ,i . JAMEi R. XOUWO, Insurance Commissioner. it y appreciatrng the most charmmgr .bit :,New,XorkCity, JanS, 190S.1 descriptions will live "much.longer ' : 'V-:'''' ''i --ft"-' V.. 5. V V ' it W li h tlm ti.i.-nt In CliIM, h, i ' i ' ' . Thomasville, V eb. 2 - ( accident 'occurred' this .ii'.-ni. what 1 known as Juii ni av nuo j th& Cramer factory. - "inn Utile t and-a-hatf-year-old daughter of I C Russell was sitting out on the f steps of her home, -when' a wag."' team belonging ta Mr. Trnwan I : came along end the teen tunic t and ran away, demoliiMre f'ont f.'.-i-to several houses along the ih. , settled row,' and the wagon h struck the head of the Uttle girl cm lng her skull and killing her alnu, instantly.. Much Sympathy Is felt f the family,'-' 'Cfi s 't . w Grave Trouble . Foreseen. ; . : It' needs but little foresight to t..:i that when, yonr" stomach an live' are badly affected,; grave 'trouble li ahead, unless you h take the i propbr medicine lor" your disease, asHrs., John A. Toung, of .Clay, K. "J" dnl. She says: - "I had, neuralgia of th liver and stomach, my heart was weakened, and I , could mot eat I waa very bad for a long time, bnt in Electrtn Bitters. 1 found iunt what I I needed, for they quickly re.teved and Icured me.". ,, Rest; medicine for weak. women. t sold under guarantee by ic H. Jordan & Co., Druggists, at 66c' a bottle.-1 . .. . , , 9nmvtry ton. 2Sc INSURANCE COMPAliV GERMNNY. as shown by statement filed. ' . - ,tl ZW.WV M ,,t fUSBS.S3 SI : ... ..A I'.A CT. - ,..tl79,893.J6 C89,44R.3 .... feM, .. 414 59 .i....t,,.v.t5.w 122,978.57 , CAROLINA IV 1905. .r.n79.s93ie ..111,918 97 .. 7.S0170 469.09 nae. . .ej Office. NORTH CAKUulNA, INSURANCE DEPARTMENT. - . 'Raleiah.. January 29: 190& , 99 (I. -A 4, s - 'If, . ,4l ' . V' ' s S V i if - '.H,x, s' I . a i