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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, FEBRUARY 16, 1909. 3IUCII DISCUSSED ESSAY TEXT OF MISS BOYSEVS ARTICLE. A Critical Estimate of General Lea as Ottzeu and Soldier Memory Honor ed bjr Nation A Dispassionate Dis cussion on the Great tieneral's Character Some Sentiments That Might I letter ile Been Left Un expressed -As Ue' World Advances and the Cha raider of Iee Becomes More Uevewled Ttiere Will Be More Respect and Honor Paid to His Memory. So much interest has been aroused over the awarding; of the V. D. C prize at Teachtrs Colloge, Columbia University, by Drs. Alderman, Smith and Flnlsy, that The Observer deems ll well to publish Mist Boysen's essay In full: The ingratitude of republics Is pro verbial. A land where every man is a potential hero accepts heroic service B hAP riit luarrl. It th nlnildttH of the hour, and straightway forgets Its origin. The sublime poem lives on, but the poet is forgotten; the Inven tion Inaugurates a new industrial era, but the inventor diss neglected in a garret; the ship of State launches forth Into a wider and calmer sea, but those whose patriotic devotion tided her through the storm sleep In un vislted graves. Happily, however, a newly read manuscript, a chance In vestigation, a political crisis brings back the half-forgotten name with all the new meaning ol accumulated years. Ruekln may be right when he says that all great work was meant to be done for noth ing; but some one else has said with equal truth that no herole service is ultimately unrecognised; and whether' or not the speed which marks every phase of present day American life has also quickened the American sense of appreciation, at least It Is true that here the process of accept ing a hero is a much shorter one than In England. Milton wailed nearly two centuries for Wordsworth's Im mortal sonnet and Cromwell even longer for the statue that should tes tify to his real place in the hearts of all Englishmen; while here the mem ory of Robert E. Lees public life Is atlll fresh when the centennial of his birth calls forth expressions of an estimate that bids fair to be both Just and permanent. It is a matter of significance that the new voice should arise in the North where until the past decade the hatred and bitterness, of the war have still been kept alive. Tet one cannot but note as a striking feature of the recent contennial the noble tri bute and lofty praise on the part of Northern orators and the Northern press. That sectional feeling should die so soon is a fact unprecedented in the history of any other war of like magnitude and Importance but that close upon Us death should sound a tribute to the very spirit of the enemy is nothing short of a mira cle. This change In attitude has come about through a new understanding of the Southern cause, and of Les himself. Men speak now not so much of the war of the rebellion as of the war of the States. (This view is set forth In an editorial article in Out look. Volume LXXXIV. p. 86S ) As we look at it from a distance It takes on the aspect not so much of a social economic upheaval as of a great hu man tragedy followed by a great calm and a wider vision. Nowhere is this more observable than in the contrast between the present spirit and that which marks the accounts written Just after the heat of the conflict. Even where these historians purport to give an impartial account they have much to say about the "Rebel Cause," In a defense of which the '"ringleaders" of the conspiracy sought to raise them selves into 'lords and potentates" over "the ruins of their country." The slaveholders were "arrogant barons" accustomed to exercise "despotic con trol" over "wretched serfs" until they had come to regard themselves as "the only gentlemen and legitimate rulers of the land." These histories abound in accounts of "Rebel atroci ties" and "Northern patriotism. or '"Yankee ingenuity" and "Rebel cun ning;' Southern mistakes are in stances of "infatuated Ignorance" and a Southern victory always a mystery. Lee Is the arch traitor, and every movement of his army Is made sy nonymous, with vandalism and law lessness. (Most of these epithets are borrowed from "A History of the Ci vil War In America" by John S. C. Abbott and published in 1866). All such accounts are manifestly prejudiced and exaggerated; never theless they Indicate what tn essence at least was once a widely prevalent attitude. On the one hand, there was the South engaged In a rebellion against the established government; on the other hand, Lee, already a Union officer and distinguished as such for his splendid services. When such a man could consent to lead in such a cause, there was but on name for his conduct. It Is Just here that the new esti mate direrges from the old. It main tains that Lee's attitude toward the war was inevitable. It goes even farther; nt insists that any other at titude would have been treason to his own convictions and to the social order of which he was the finest rep resentative. To understand what this social or der was, one need but glance at the conditions of the South as contrasted with those In the North at the open ing of the wsr. In "almost nothing were they alike. The South was of necessity agricultural. Life was cen tralized chiefly on the great planta tions or in scattered communities. In the North a vast commercial system had grown up under the leadership of great captains of Industry and con centrated In flourishing cities. Slavery had to a great extent gone out even before 1108 because Industrially It was unprofitable, while in the South the Increased production of cotton with Its dependence upon cheap labor had vastly increased the slave pop ulation. The loss of slavery as an In stitution would, therefore, involve the loss of an enormous capital: indus tries dependent upon it would In evitably shrink; above all It would mean the destruction of the whole social fabric, for In the South slavery was bound up with society. Intellect ually the South waa practically dead. Most ef the people were densely Ig norant, hence the great religious and educational movements; whlehr-ln the North had built a church, had a school house at very crossroads, hsd swept by them unheeded. But most significant of all Is the fact that these . different social and economic conditions hsd enforced dif ferent conceptions of government. TJJ. We of an Indissoluble Union had early grown.Bp in th North and had -been strengthened by the Incoming of vast hordes accustomed to a pa ternal system of government." "No State." said Lincoln, "can upon its own mers notion, lawfully get oat of the trnlon. The Union la unbroken, and, to the extent ef. my ability, ! shall take care that the laws Of the Union be faithfully executed to crrtE A cou rr one day Take TAXATCVIB BROMO Qujaine Tablet. Druggists refund money if ! fails t. cure, i, ET. W. GROVE:8 signature t on each box. j 4 Sc. in all the States." ("The Appear to Arms," by 3. K- Hoamer, p. 16, Ameri can National Series). The eame theme, union now and forever, kind led Webster's loftiest eloquence. His opponent la that famous controversy of Ideals was the voice of the whole South. For a long time events there had hastened the secession move ment. In a country where the mass ot people accepted ready-made opin ions misconceptions carried ideas for ward and made false maxims seem working principles, so that before i860 the people In general believed they had a right to secsde. They main tained that of all rights not expressly dslegated to tha central government this was the most important, inas much as it waa the only one that could prevent the ventral government from becoming a despotism- They were, first of all, citlsena of the State awn owed their first allegiance to It, The whole south was impregnated with the Idea that anything else was treason. (Chapter III, of a new life of Lue written by P. A. Bruce). It was the product Of such doctrine that Lee etood. But he stood, for much more, and it is in this addi tional fact that the North has found ground for Its bitterest criticism. Were he merely a Southerner his con duct might be (defensible; but he was the son of revolutionary officer; he had a position of honor In the Union army; through his wife he waa con nected with the Washington family; back of hint stretched a long line of heroic souls, the pride and boast of Virginia. He was born and reared on the soil that had fostered some of t.'ie stanchest defenders of the constitu tion. How could such a man with such a heritage taks up arms against the cause for which they had fought? We answer that in this very fact lies the . explanation of his decision. His training and the natural bent of his own mind had bred the deepest reverence for those immortal names. Indeed, this was the common feeling of Virginia as a whole. She shrank from the thought of secession be cause of the recollection of proud men who had stood for freedom, she knew moreover, that If she seceded her soil would become the battleground of hostile forces. But when it came to a question of coercion ny a power which In common with all the South em States she felt to be external. there was but one course of action to her. This was the position that Lee took, He loved the Union for which he had fought; but whan the Union became an invading army, he must act. He rehllzed that his decision would pro bably draw many Southerners Into the conflict, that his Arlington would be come a camping ground of the enemy. that his loyalty would be questioned; but the soil of Virginia called him. and to that call there could be but one answer. The slave system with which he thus took sides was vastly dlflerent from the general Institution of the South. In Virginia that order still retained some of Its patriarchal character; It was dignified and not material. "If I owned the four mil lion slaves of the South," he writes, "I would gladly sacrifice them to the Union; but how can I draw the sword on Virginia, my native State?" (Out look Volume LXXXIV. p. 5). Personally Lee had everything to gain by any other decision. He was tha moat prominent man In the Fed eral army, he had already betn offer ed the command of Its forces. (See Trent's "Robert E. Lee," "Chronology of R. E. Lee's Life" also Long's "Me molrs of R. E. Lee " p. But to him duty was the subllmest word in the language and so he threw him self and all he had his home, his fortune, his chances of personal ad vancement into a desperate cause He was a traitor In that he sacrificed all to aid the enemies of his country. but so were Oeorge Washington and John Hampden and William of Orange. C. F. Adams In a speech: "Shall Cromwell Have a Statue?" But things which are technically of the highest criminality may at times be of the least disgrace. To do now what he did then would be treason, for the civil war has since then taught what is right in this regard. But the mat ter of secession had purposely been left open by the framers of the con stitution, and in the minds of many sincere people both North and South It was still a question. (Page 16 Hos mer's "The Appeal to Arms." Ameri can National Series). The real Issue was not between patriotism and the want of It, hut between two forms of It and the point to be borne in mind is that those who believed In one conception were as loyal as those who clung to another. To the Southerner meant loyalty to the State and duty meant going with the State in victory or defeat. Judged from this stand point, the willingness to sacrifice any thin but honor. Lee and the South he represented "constitute the real patriotic riches of the nation." (Out look, Volume LXXXIV., p. 64S). The tragedy of the situation lay In the fact that there were patriots on both sides, and the beauty of It now lies In the spirit in which both sides accepted the outcome of the war as the best. Before long we shall come to tlflnk of Lee as the English have come to think of Washington, whom lately they regarded as a rebel; for, Indeed, he differed from the greater Washington only In choosing the wrong side. This Justification of Lees attitude toward the Union may be nnted as the first and In some respects the most important aspect of the new es timate of him. But there is at least one other regard in which a grr-at change -of feeling has come about, for there have not been wanting those who. while they granted the purity of his purpose, still found fault with his military career In a way that made him scarcely less despicable than If he had acted from the basest motives. He plunged his State and the whole South, said they, into a disastrous war by the Influence of his own reckless example. He accepted the command of the Virginia forces before his resig nation from the Union army had been passed on at Washington. ("History of the United States," by James Sohoulder. Volume VI., Footnote - p. 7). He declared at first that he would fight only to protect his State; he soon fought everywhere. "'History or the United qtates," by James Scboulder, Volume, VI., p. 7.) He Is-sue-i orders that whoever would serve the Rebel cause should have the privi lege of leaving tha stockade and finding plenty of food and clothing. ("The Boys of 1." Coffin, p. 411), If he did not directly order the starvation of Union soldiers, he at least did noth ing to prevent it. CThs Boys of sl,' Coffin. p. 411). He was always on the defensive. He roads no vigorous; at tacks. The plans for his battles ware narrow and incotnprchenaive. ' Much has been snid by tha South In an attempt to explain these mat ters and to refute the aspersions cast by the older North upon Lee's gener alship. Tet on cannot feel that his real place as a, commander can over be determined by answering the ques tions that arise In connection with any one or all of . his battled. Mora end more we ste coming to sea that tli at any estimate of Lee s generalship that does not taka into account tha whole military situation ho had to face must bo ufsr and prejudiced, for It is pon the way in which ho ac quitted himself la that situation that his title to permanent greatness will ultimately rest. Lee undertook' tha ' defense of a country without a navy, vulnerable In almost every point because of its wa terway, against what was at least the nucleus of a strong navy in the North. He undertook a war against great captains of Industry without any of the splendid resources of the sys tem they represented. He accepted the command of a few raw and un trained troops in the midst of a pop ulation vastly uneven in temper and character. He had to struggle with Ignorant and Inferior assistants who often misunderstood his orders and often made his faith In them a cloak for carrying out their own designs. Moreover, a conservative estimate places the total levy of the South on the basis of three years' service as only about two-thirds of the levy of the North. (J. K. Hosmer, In 'The Appeal to Arms," p. 9, American Na tional Series), Discipline was al ways loose and officers often Insub ordinate. At times he had only his own valor and the loyalty of a few men to oppose to the almost bound less resources of the North. Western leaders were always Incompetent, rosds were poor, supplies were scarco. and, above all. the Confederate gov ernment hs lamentably inefficient. As a result of such a combination of conditions It Is little wonder that Lee's generalship was marked by the fail ures that have given his enemies so rich a field tor criticism. At Fred ericksburg he failed to crush the en emy by not pursuing Burnslde; his seven days' riant around Richmond was rendered inglorious by his fail ure to control his forces In such s way as to bring his strength to bear on the adversary's retreating column; the hattle of Meivln Hill was scarce ly morp than an incoherent and unor ganized struggle. Yet Lee will go down In history as on of tiie great generals. His skill as a slrategi.st and tactician, together with his splendid audacity, is unsur passed in Mil history. He displayed unerring Insight into the Idiosyncra sies of his adversary and adapted him self. He watched a favorable oppor tunity; he weighed and calculated the chances of success, and only this made t possible for him to hold out as long as he 1id against such tre mendous odds. He disciplined a few scattered troops Into an army that could withstand a long established and highly organized government; he laid down a system which In Its es sential features remained unchanged throughout the war. Somehow when military nkill was wanting his auda city served him. and In studying the lives of great leaders one cannot but be Impressed with the fact that after plans had been coolly and Judiciously laid It Is this audacity that wins when it Is the outcome of Judgment. This was the set ret of Lee's success, and for this he deserves all the credit the South gives him Moreover, he con stantly grew In military power, being never greater than in his final cam paigns, which sre faultless Instances of baffling a great power with smsll resources. The outcome of the wsr cannot detract from the glory of that army or himself. But it is neither as ths product of a civilization that Is past nor as a commander that Lee will be given a permanent place For neither at the exponent of a form of patriotism which the results of the war hsve made treason nor as the leader of a lost cause could bs attract anything but sentimental interest. His real worth lies in the spirit of the man himself, the loftiness and dignity of his character, the richness and fulness of his soul. The fact that these graces were united with a fine presence and a courtly manner goes far pernaps to explain why he has been so unfort unate In his biographers. They hav pa.nted him," says Mr. Hosmer, "not only free from all faults, but from all foibles. Not content with traits of gratness; those who describe him have dwelt often upon petty things hit well-cut beard, the correctness of his dress, the whiteness of his teeth, his proper deportment until one al most expects te read as he turns the pages that his hair waa never parted away and that he never ate with his knife. The only trace of shortcom ing in him that one diligent reader of the accounts of him has been able to discover is that he sometimes slept in church when the sermon was dull. Such abnormal absence of defeat be comes depressing; one longt for the discovery of a fault to redeem to hu manity a hero so flawless. We csn admire out hardly sympathize with a character entire and perfect." ("Ths Outcome of the Civil War." by J. K Hosmer, p. 298). Doubtless his fins presence and his genial manner cast an irresistible spell over all who came Into personal contact with him, but for the historian of a later day to rep resent him as a man of stainless vir tue Is to make him ridiculous. More over, such characterisations will mean less than nothing to the chil dren of a future day i when those who felt his magnetic charm shall have passed away. It Is therefore a source of gratification that the newer esti mate has found a basis for these ex travagant tributes In the qualities that abide. Ths is especially true in the North, for in the South the feeling for Lee has never been more than senti ment. To them. "Marse Bob" has been a term for genuine endearment. It is impossible to realize the enthusiasm thtt prevailed during the war. Af ter the war It became almost conse crated, for it then had the added touch of sympathy. By the older Southerners he is still held tn greater reverence than Washington or Jef- , ferson and with the younger gen eration there is no abatement of this feeling. The South takes delight In memory because the whole spirit of his public life refutes the Indiscrimi nate aspersions cast upon their social system by the constant Insistence on the part of the abolitionists that they were trying tn perpetuate an econo mic nystem that was repugnant to the growing enlightenment of the age. But local prejudice and sectional hatred have long blinded the North to the real beauty of Lee's character, j for even those who knew him best never lost' sight In the contemplation of his human greatness of the fact that he was still the leader nf what to them was a seditious cause. It has been Tor the children of a later day to -cotne Into an understanding and appreciation of the feeling of the South. We see in him the combina tion of certain great forces, sn air of "stately columns and fragrant gar dens." which to the North gives him a untqoe - ebrrna. . We see In him something vastly more significant for oar time a splendid public spirit, especially after tha war. He accept ed its results ss a fact, and spent no time in idly repining over lost hop or fighting again the batUea of Good Cough Medlrtoa far Children. The seasoa tor ceugh and olds la aew $t hand and too much care cannot be used to protect the children. A ebild Is much snore likely to contract diphtheria or w-eriet few wfcea he has a said. -The guteksr you cure his el4 -the less a. 4 riak. Chamberlain's Cough Heated is the sole reliance -of many mothers, and (tw ei those wbo r.ave tried It are wnj. Ing to oe any other. Mrs, r. T. Starch er ef Ripley, W. Vs.. sym. ! have novo used anything other than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy tor ny children and It has nlwsy given good satisfaction.'' This remedy contains no opium er other asr eo tic and snay be circa as eeafldeaUaly te tho war, as so many Southerners did. Ho allowed no thought of the struggle to interfere with his duty. His home, his fortune, the strength of his manly vigor were gone; but he accepted none of the gifts snd none of the of fers of a home which friends both In England and the South poured In up on him. He ohose to rem'aln In America, the scene of his labors and his defeat. When a lucrative posi tion with an insurance company to be established at Richmond wst offered him, he declined it, although he was at that time very poor. He felt, he said, hla Inability to cars for funds which he believed were a sacred charge both for the living and the dead. He refused the governorship Of Virginia lest the North should mistake his motive, and gave himself Instead to the comforts of home and to educational endeavor. He accept ed the presidency of a college diaor ganiaed and poor, he left it rich and crowded. To the system he there in augurated educators still go for Inspi ration and guidance. He enlarged the scheme of studies; he put himself In to personal contact with every student; he allowed no discussion of the war, nor any criticism of Ueneral Orant, or the North. His gracious, kindly manner pervaded thai whole univer sity. He believed that education was the greatest need of the South, and In this latter events hsve proved him sr.methlng of a seer- "He stands as the champion of reason rather than passion, of fairness rather than pre judice, of progress rather than reac tion, of constructive work ratner than futile obstruction." (General Lee's Plan' of History." bv Edward Mlms. outlook, Volume LXXXIV., p. 97. This we of the North have come to believe, and In such a recognition of human greatness the land is moved forward into the light of a happier day. Men who. like Charles Sumner. placed Lee in the catalogue of those whose cause bears the "primal eldest curse, a brother's murder," and hand- ed him over to the ' avenging pen of i history" have been succeeded by men j In his own state who have voted a i monument to hit memory. Nor Is thll all. Everywhere over the North the literature of the civil war is filled with a different soirlt ' from that of forty yeart ago. In our i schools the cltlsen of to-morrow Is ; being tsught a broader conception of , patriotism snd a truer meaning of what constitutes real public service. ! Everywhere Lee is fast coming to i take his place side by side with Lin- j coin as a hero for all time. In the light of this new feeling the resolution placed before Congress not ; many days ago (March 27th) provid ing for a monument to stand In the nation's capital is peculiarly fitting and significant. Should the bill pass the House, such a monument will rise where the North and the South meet together to solve the ploblema that still confront us. It will stsnd as the testimony of a great and free peo ple to one of the supreme leaders among men. It will rise grandly elo quent of a spirit not Intoxicated hy glory, not crushed by defeat, un spoiled by praise and success the spirit of Robert JG. Lee. TWO UTOTED CASES DISPOSED OF. SampHon Jury Convicts Walter Mack Drauglton of Korgery Miwtrlal Re Rults in Butler Peterson Slander Suit. Special to Th Observer Clinton. Feb. 15. A two weeks" term of Superior Court was concluded here Saturday. The -sees of most In terest disponed of Included the con viction of Walter Mack Draughon, a notorious cltiien of the Hamburg; community of Sampson county, for forgery. He wss charged with forging a deed to a tract of land owned hy hig lately deceased fathsr. Judge Al len sentenced him to three years' Im prisonment in the penitentiary, from which the defendant appeals. Another case of absorbing interest was that of Mai. George F. Butler, against Col. Oeorge L. Peterson, which was a civil action for damages in the amount of tlO.OOO for alander. It grew out of the defalcation of the late Treasurer Aman. which resulted in a heavy lo,s to Aman's bondsmen. Major Butler was attorney for the hoard of commissioners which was Indicted and convicted for turning over the tax books to Aman without having had a legal settlement for the preceding year. Colonel Peterson was charged In the complaint with having publicly stated that Major Butler was s party to Aman's embesslement and hid, shared In the steal. In hie an swer he specifically denied having made such a statement but admitted having criticised Butler as attorney for advising the turning over of the books upon such a settlement aa was had. The trial of the case consumed three days and resulted In a mistrial, the ury standing 8 to 6. COMPANY TO BE REORGANIZED. Anderson Trsrtlon Company to Re Taken Ont of Hands of Receiver Intel-urban IJne to Be Extended From Bolton to 1'eisor. Special to The Observer Anderson, 3. C, Feb. IK. A meet ing of the stockholders of the Ander son Traction Company has been call ed for February tsth, at which time it Is expected that ths reorganisation of the company will be effected so ss to take It out of the receivership and extend the tnterurban line from Belton on to Pelxer. In talking of the matter to-day President R E. Llgon gave out some interesting figures. "The receipts of the company last year were J57.02J." said Mr. Llgon. "We estimate that the receipts on the Pelscr extension, based on the present Interurban re ceipts would be t5,000, and that the increase In the earnings of the present tnterurban line would be $7,500. mak ing the total receipts JS9.523. The operating eipenseg would not be more than $3.000; the Interest on the bonds and sinking fund would be 118,000. leaving S.S2S. and the vidl dends on the preferred stock would be 1 7,000, leaving a clear balance to begin with of I1.S2S. Anderson now has control of the tnterurban line, and the only way to keep It is to put more money In it and extend It It would ba a shame to atop the tnterurban line at Belton. after doing all of the heavy and costly work, and not go on to Pelxer and reap tha full benefit that can be secured thereby." Goes) to Jail on Embnslement Charge, Special t The Observer JTayettevlUe. Feb. 15 Mr. I. Scott, a local ifeaurancs) agent, was before Magistrate McLean to-day on a chart of embezzlement and was bound over to Superior Court under a $300 bond and falling oglve It ha was com mitted to Jail, gcott waa under bond for three similar, charges and Satur day hla bondsmen asked to ha re lieved. l macular Paine Cored. 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Join the ranks of Gold Dust users and be a contented housewife. "Let the Gold Great Coffee Shipment Moved Fast. Boston Transcript 1st. People who enjoy their cup of rof feo seldom stop to consider how many hurdreds of thoussnds, even millions, of other Individuals throughout the coi-ntry enjoy the same r Iref.hln beverage and what a tremendous volume the coffee hiiFinef.s has as sumed. It would seem that It would tf,kc a lone time for even a Kor.d-Klzcd cty to use so much as SO.sr.O p.iiinds, I and yet thet amount was sent out of J Boston a few days ago to one firm j alone The shippers were Dwinell- I Wright Company of this city, the oof,' feo was consigned to a single firm In I rharlotte. N. C. The K uester-Pharr , '"cmp'any). and routed by way! of the Seaboard despatch. There were 4 1 2 boxes, 25 j barrels snd one bag In the con- I signment, all of the famous "White I Mouse ana Oiner cnoice oranas put out ny tne local nrm. ana it was one of the largest Individual shipments from Boston to the South fur years. Not only was the shipment one of th" largest, but It was moved in the record-breaking; time of less than three and one-half days. The coffee left tiers on the. evening of jRtn:ary ISth, via Seaboard despatch fast freight line, ope rattn from Rosfon over the j New Torfc New Haven & Hartford rind Psnnsylvania systems, and arriv ed at Charlotte on the morn Ins; of January lid. This deal was put through by Dwlnnell-Wrlght's popular South ern representative, Mr. C. M. 8pong, of Charlotte. N. C. HANCOCK PLACED ON TIUAL. Allege. Embeazler Will Plead a BpeHes of Insanity Case Attract ing Mneh Attention. Special to The Observer. Winston-Salem. Feb. 15 A Jury was selected late this afternoon for the trial of L O. Hancock, chared with the embezzlement of about M.000 from the Lamb Fish-Box Com pany, of which he was general manager. It Is understood that a species of Insanity will he his de fense. The case is attracting unusual at tention here and Is likely to provoke more, owing to the charact'-r of the I defenae. Watson, Buxton Watson represent the defendant and Manly A Hendren and B. E. Gray will assist the prosecution. The defendant came here a year ago from Wilmington, where the family la well known and reputed to be rather well-to-do. Th- general ! publio here knew little of him. hut 'after his flight and capture In Call j fornia there were stories of his (having been a spender. 'Body of Negro Child Found Hidden j in Weeds. p,X!ial te The Observer i Wadesboro, Feb. 15 The body of a negro Infant was found yesterday In I a box hidden In weeds In the north ern part Of town. An investigation; was held to-day. The county physl- I clan testified that to all appearances I the child waa alive when born, but Other testimony developed the farts j that the Infant was horn dead and ( glvtn to an aged negro man for hartal ! a week ago and that he had hidden it at the place where It was found. The coroner's Jury found In Its verdict that ths child was born dead. The body was badly decomposed. ee- Endorsed For Circuit Judge. Special to Tbs Observer Spartanburg. 5. C. Feb. 15. Ths Spartanburg Bar Association met this morning and endorsed T S. Sease. tha present solicitor of the seventh circuit, for Judge of the same circuit to succeed D. B. Hydrlck, who was recently elected to the Supreme bench. A copy of the resolutions have been sent to the Spartanburg delega tion In the Legislature. , In tha event that Mr. Sease is eleotef Judge, -g. J, Nlcholls, of this city. Will be can dictate, to succeed Solicitor Sease. v Do not use Soap, Naphtha, Borax, Soda, Ammonia or Kerosene with Gold Dust. 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Much Interest In the proceed ings was added by the singing of ap propriate songs by the graded srhuol pupils, about 500 in number. Judge Ira B. Jones, who was to have spoken,, was prevented from do ing so by the pressure of official busi ness. He will deliver the address, however, at the unveiling on Memorial Day. Col. L. C Hough of Kershaw, who, wss also on the proxranime to speak, was not sble to be present, but an eloquent, patriotic letter from him waa read. Attorney John T Green read with fine effect an extract on Im mortality from Bryan's famous lec ture, "The Prince of peace." Quite a number of papers and other she looks forward to the hour with apprehension. Mother's Friend, by its penetrating and soothing properties, allays nausea, nervousness, unpleasant feelings, and so prepares the system for the ordeal that she passes through the event with but little suffering, as numbers have testified and said, "it is worth its weight in . onlrl " 1100 per bottle of dtunfisU. 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The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Feb. 16, 1909, edition 1
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