.2 , : ; -;(l? Q &
This Argus o'er the people's rights,
No soothing strains of Maia's sun.
JJoth an eternal vigil keep
Can lull its hundred eyes to sleep"
f.
. , )
;
""'I
Vol. XVI.
GOXiDSBORO, N. C THURSDAY JANUARY 24, 1895.
NO. 62
i
A
i
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
o
An Avalanche of Kills In Kotli Houses:
Vp to Date It Has Heat all Former As
semblies In the Number of Hills Pre
sented. SENATE.
Bills introduced were as
follows:
To reform and improve the
proceedings in criminal actions.
To prevent the issue of free
passes.
To establish graded schools
at Mt. Airy.
To incorporate the Southern
Manufacturers' Fire Insurance
Company.
To extend the time of settling
State taxes in Cherokee. Gra
ham, Jackson, Rutherford, Clay
and Macon. (This will pass.)
Other bills were to prohibit
the use of railway passes by
county officials.
To amend the Constitution in
regard to enforcing the anti
trust law.
To allow Charlotte to increase
graded school taxes.
A resolution was adopted ask
ing the Secretary of State for in
formation regarding insurance
companies; agents, what they
pay, etc.
A bill, in regard to the public
printer, providing that he shall
be the lowest bidder, and that he
must be a resident of this state
and a pratical printer, was re
ferred. The ratification of the bill to
reduce the Sheriff's bond in Pitt
county to sixty thousand dollars
was announced.
The principal new bills intro
duced was by Lindsay, Populist,
of Rockingham, to reduce the ex
penses of all the public institu
tions one-third and to appoint a
special board of three members
to visit all such institutions and
see that this law is enforced.
Bills passed extending two
years the time for beginning
work on the Norfolk, Wilming
ton and Charlestou railway.
There was a long debate on
Lindsay's bill, changing the code
regarding thanksgiving procla
mations, so it will read:
"The Governor is empowered
to request all Christian men and
women whenever he may deem
proper to offer up prayer before
Almighty God to avert from the
State the tyrannies and oppres
sions of unequal laws and the
baneful effect of the acts of the
wicked rulers and people, and
moreover to render thanks to
Almighty God that the condi
tions are no worse than they
are."
Lindsay said there was a little
to be thankful for this year, and
nothing for which farmers and
laborers should give thanks.
A bill offered an amendment
insisting the "political "before
consideration" in the bill.
Starbuck, Republican, said
there was too much to be thank
ful for.
Moody, Republican, ridiculed
the bill, which was finally ta
bled. The Senate on motion of
Adams, Democrat, adjourned
until 3 o'clock Monday as a mark
of respect to Gen. Lee's mem
ory. HOUSE.
At the Hous3 session the prin
cipal bills were to prevent dis
crimination by railways in giying
free passes.
To abolish the office of county
superintendent of public instruc
tion. To amend the insurance laws.
To prevent lynching.
To relieve building and loan
associations from taxation.
Both Houses went into election
of an enrolling clerk. John W.
Brown, of Granville, wras nomi
nated by the Fusionists and J. K.
Culbertson, of Rowan, by the
Democrats. Brown was elected.
Henry F. Brown, of Jones,
was given the seat, upon a com
mittee report unanimously in
his favor, and by a unanimous
vote, he was sworn in.
There were long debates on
the Pitt county sheriff bond case.
It was finally referred.
There was quite a discussion
of a bill to require the commis
sioners of Pitt to reduce the
Sheriff's bond to 72, 000. This
gave the Fusionists, led by Lusk,
Phillips and Cox, of Pitt, and
Young, of Wake, opportunity to
attack and denounce the county
commissioners not only in Piit
but in other counties.
Ray, Democrat, niade a good
defence and rebuked the fusion
ists for the attacks upon the
fairness of the jury, system
which they made in the course
of the debate.
The bill was finally referred.
It is claimed that it is a private
law and hence 30 days notice is
required,
The House passed the bill to
caange the time of holding courts
in Craven and Bertie.
THE SWORD OK KOBEKT LKK.
FATHER RYAN.
Forth from its scabbard pure and bright
Flashed the sword of .Lee!
Far in the front of the deadly light
High oer the brave in the cause of
right
Its stainless sheen like a beacon light
Led us on to victory.
Out of its scabbard where full long
It slumbered peacefully,
Roused froniits rest by the battle's song
Shielding the feeble, smiting the strong
Guarding the right, avenging the
wrong
Gleamed the sword of Lee.
Forth from its scabbord high in air
Beneath Virginia's sky
And they who saw it gleaming there
And knew who bore it knelt to swear.
That where that sword led, they would
dare
To follow and to die.
Out of its scabbard! never hand
Waved sword from stain as free,
Nor purer sword led braver band,
Is' or braver bled for a brighter land,
Nor brighter land had a Cause so grand,
Nor cause a chief like Lee.
Forth from its scabbard ! how we prayed,
That sword might victor be;
And when our triumph was delayed,
And many a heart grew sere afraid,
We still hoped on while gleamed the
blade
Of noblo Robert Lee.
Forth from its scabbard! all in vain
Bright Hashed tho sword of Lee:
'Tis shrouded now in its sheath again,
It sleeps the sleep of our noble slain:
Defeated yet without a stain,
Proudly and peacefully.
A PATTERN OF VIRTUE:
Such was the Life of the Late W. F.
Kornegay. A Urief Sketch of His
Career. Resolutions Adopted
The committee from the Board
of Stewards of St. Paul church,
present the' following brief
sketch of brother W. F. Korne
gay, and recommend the adop
tion of the accompanying resolu
tions: Brother W. F. Koruegay was
born on his father's farm in the
county of Wayne, about six miles
from the town of Mt. Olive, on
the 8th day of June, 1832. He
remained upon the farm until
early manhood, when he began
a collegiate course at Wake For
est and Randolph Macon Col
leges. He was married to Miss Lou
Borden, of Goldsboro, on the 6ih
day of October, 1857, and about
two years thereafter moved to
Goldsboro, where he lived at the
time of his death.
He joined the Confederate
army, belonging to the cavalry
of Gen. Ransom, but was com
pelled to leave the service on
account of rheumatism.
His first wife died on the Cist
day of March 1883, and he was
again married on the 15th day of
July, 1881 to Miss Annie Snow,
of Raleigh.
He connected himself with the
Methodist church of old Waynes
boro in 1843, under the ministry
of Rev. Ira T. Wyche, one of the
pioneers of Methodism in this
part of the State. He was super
intendent of the Methodist
Sunday School for a period of
fifteen years, and was trustee
and steward of his church for
more than twenty years.
He was for several years
chairman of 1 he Board of Com
missioners of his county, and
about four years ago was ap
pointed, by Gov. Holt, President
of the N! C. R. R. Co.. which
position he held at the time of
his death, being reappointed by
Gov. Carr.
In his dealings with his fellow
men he was just, kindly and
charitable. As a citizen he stood
for the right and for the test
interests of his community. He
sometimes had the appearance to
the superficial observer of inde
cision upon public questions, but
these arose from his - earnest de
sire to learn the truth and to fol
low it.
As a public servant he was
faithful and conscientious, and
guarded with care all interests
intrusted to him. He attended
constantly upon the ordinances
of his church, and supported its
institutions. But he was more
than a mere member of the
church. He was a warm-hearted,
working Christian, whose faith
was shown each day by his
works.
He died on Oct. 31st, 1894,
while sitting in church. Without
warniug his head dropped noon
the shoulder of his wife, and the
spirit took its flight to the God
who gave it. He had often ex
pressed the desire to die in Lis
accustomed place of worship. A
fitting end to a useful and noble
life.
7.JW.v.7. That the State lias lost one
of its host and most useful . utizeiij. tlw
distressed, n symjw i heti.- friend, and
the churi-ti one of its most siii-iist, and
truest m embers.
That this memorial be spread upon
the minutes of the Board of Stewards
that a copy be sent to the family of the
deceased, that a copy be sent to the
Raleigh Christian Advocate and to each
of the Goldsboro papers- for publica
tion. W. R. Allen,
T. R. Robinson.
s - . M. J. Best. ' r' :
The Perfurr.e of Violets
The purity of the lilv. tte elow of the rope.
and the flush of Hebtj combine in Pozzomi's
I wenoxoua Povraor.
DEMOCRACY UNDEFILED.
THAT IS THE DOCTRINE THE
ARGUS TEACHES.
And it is Recognized by its Read
ers Everywhere In Response to
Joe Collier's Recent Letter from
Georgia Will Pike writes Flu
ently of his Native Town and Elo
quently of Its People The Boys
who have Grown to Manhood
and what They are Doing The
Old and the New way of Farming
W. L. Didn't "Get There" but
he is a Democrat ' Right."
Pikeville, N. C. Jan. 7, '95.
Mr. J. W. Collier, Hahira, Ga.
Dear Old Friend: It was
with much pleasure and interest
that I read your letter in a recent
issue of The Argus in which
you referred to several of our
citizens, 1 was indeed glad, to
learn of your whereabouts and
what you were doing. After
reading your letter my mind was
swiftly wafted back on "mem
ory's wings" to by-gone days
when you and I were careless
school boys.
I am truly glad that The
Argus, which is a favorite paper
of mine, found its way to your
Southern home. I ho e you
will continue to get it. It is a
strong advocate of pure Democ
racy, and the success of the
Democratic party in Wayne
county is largely due to its un
tiring energy and influence.
Pikeville has undergone many
changes since you were here. It
is now an incorporated town with
about 175 inhabitants. It has
been incorporated about four
years and has improved consid
erably during that period. We
nave a warehouse here and an
express office and a telegraph
office. Pikeville is a very small
town, but for pure Democracy,
p:etty girls and gallant young
men it is hard to beat. You asked
in your letter what the boys up
here were doing now, and I will
try to tell you as best I can.
Pharaoh Perkins, or "Phate" as
we use to call him, and his
brother, Zeno, are running a
lumber, planing mill and hoop
factory at their father's home.
Their brother Charley is engaged
in farming.
J. P. Smith's boys, Jack and
John are still here. They are
both married and are engaged in
agricultural pursuits.
Joe, our farmers don't do now
as you and I used to do. IE you
remember, we use to haul com
post and heap logs and burn
them and use the ashes as a fer
tilizer. What a contrast between
then and now ! Now they depend
upon buying their fertilizers,
which in my opinion is very det
rimental to their success.
You mentioned the Berger
boys in your letter, Dave and
Nathan are both citizens of
Goldsboro, and we learn that
they are doing well there. Louis
their elder brother, I know you
remember him well, has "crossed
over the river and is resting be
neath the shade of the trees." He
was called to the "dreamland of
man's sublime destiny" in the
prime of vigorous young man
hood. As you said, -this section has
produced some noble and broad
minded boys, and w e are glad to
say they have kept the Demo
cratic faith.
Yes, Joe, I was defeated for
the nomination of Register
of , Deeds, but you may rest
assured that I still keep the
faith. for,as Hon. C.B. Ay cock
would say, "I love my party."
Charley is a statesman indeed.
He is one of the most brilliant
orators the "Old North State"
has ever produced, and is one of
whom we are all justly proud.
No, Joe, Charley's school bell
will be heard to ring no. more, but
his strong, clear voice has al
ready been heard in all sections of
this glorions old commonwealth
in defense of the principles of
the grand old Democratic party.
We believe thai Wayne couuty
has as good a sheriff in the per
son of B. F. Scott as any county
in the State. You know that
"Britt" always was a clever fel
low and the Democracy of
Wayne showed the ripest wis
dom and the "yisest discretion,
when it selected , him for that
position. I am quite sure that
he will fill Ihe position with
honor and credit to himself and
with entire satisfaction to his
constituents,
Well, Joe, you ask in your let
ter the question who sent The
Argus to you, and that you
would like to correspond with
! the one if you knew who it was.
In ' conclusion let me .tell you
that we Democrats have been Ho
cused of lots that we feel to be
clear of, and I think you ought to
be satisfied with the paper with
out knowing who sent it, ha!
ha! ha! !
Joe, my little fellows, bless
their souls, cannot and will never
be able to vote, but they say that
their husbands must vote the
Democratic ticket. Should they
do as they say now you can count
four. I may be gone, but I hope
they will keep the faith. ,
W. L. Pike.
THK GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Rills Still I'lood Both Hansen; The State
Guard and Naval Rrsprves Muat Go,
That Anarchy and Riot May Have No
j; enaco in North Carolina.
SENATE.
In the Senate the most impor
tant new bills introduced were the
following :
To prohibit the printing
and distribution of false and
fraudulent election tickets.
To repeal the act of 1891 re
garding delays by railways in
frieghts.
To define lard and butter and
regulate their sale.
To abolish county boards of ed
ucation and to reduce salary of
county super inendents.
To incorporate the Piedmont
Stock Insurance company.
To compel all railways to pay
taxes.
To amend the game laws so as
to protect growing crops.
To make the education of blind
children compulsory.
To facilitate the trial of causes
and reduce their expenses.
To extend the time for the
building of the Cape Fear and
Northern railway.
To extend the time for begin
ning work by the Holly Springs
improvement company.
To abolish geological survey
To amend the constitution by
adding a section forbidding cor
porations to give free passes and
forbidding franking privileges by
telegraph and telephone compa
nies. To amend the constitution by
reducing the exemption on real
property from 81,000 to $500.
and on personal property from
8500 to 200.
To incorporate the Farmers'
Mutual Insurance Company.
To reduce the marriage license
fee to 81.50.
A report was received from
the Secretary of State saying
that there are 107 general insur
ance companies, that 200 compa
nies haye paid for license, and
that these three exceptions are
foreign corporations.
There was a long debate on
the House bill to reduce the
bond of the sheriff of Pitt coun
ty to 860,000. It passed.
The bill to incorporate the
fhe Southern Stock Mutual In
surance Company was taken up
and passed its second and third
readings.
By consent, bill for relief of
W. J. Sutton, Sheriff of Bladen
county passed its second read
ing. The report of the President of
the University was read and re
ferred. Resolution in regard to immi
gration and the investment of
foreign capital in North Caro
lina, by consent was taken up
and passed its second and third
readings.
By Senator Grant for the re
lief of certain soldiers in the late
war.
Bills passed changing the time
of the courts in Bertie and
Chowan and repealing the act of
'93 in regard to the Farmers' Al
liance. HOUSE.
At the House session notice of
contest was filed' by Joseph E.
Person against W. C. Monroe.
from Wayne, J. F. Newson
against B. B. Winborne, from
Hertford, and Hodges against
Harker from Beaufort.
The chief bills introduced were
the following;
The bill reported favorablv bv
committee, raising the age of
consent to twelve years, was
made the special order for Wed
nesday. The principal new bills were
the following:
To extend the time of sheriffs
for settling taxes.
To raise revenue for public
schools from pistol sellers.
To allow county officers to give
bonds in security companies.
To repeal the act establishing
a battalion of naval reserves.
To provide for a Supreme
court reporter.
To abolish the criminal and in
ferior courts and establish courts
of oyer and terminer.
To equalize tax assessments.
To provide for inspectiou of
illuminating oils.
To license physicians and se
cure their payment for services.
To give notice of application
for pardons.
To abolish the State guard.
To repeal the act of '93 in re
gard to uniform taxation .
To relieve members; of volun
teer fire companies.
To amend the charter of New
born. After a loug debate a resolu
tion was adopted, allowing the
Secretary of State to return pub
lic printing bidders their bids
and 8500 checks.
The bill to reduce the bonds of
the sheriff of Pitt county to sixty-thousand
dollars caused quite
a debate, which was highly parti
san, the fusionists taking occa
sion, as on yesterday,- to attack
the system of county govern
ment. f .
The bill passed.
FOR U. S. SENATOR.
MASON AND OVERMAN ARE THE
NOMINEES OF THE DEMO
CRATIC CAUCUS.
Perry is Sentenced to Twenty
Years in the Penitentiary The
Next Teachers' Assembly Im
provements at. the A. & M. Col
lege Bridges Washed Away The
Sentiment Against the University
Wimberly Not Guilty, That is
the Verdict, of the Jury in Wake's
Sensational Murder Trial.
Argus Bureau, j
Raleigh, Jan. 19, 1895. f
This morning Wyatt H. Perry,
who was last week convicted in
Superior court in the second de
gree, for the killing of Tom
Bailey, was this morning sen
tenced by Judge Starbuck to
imprisonment in the penitentiary
for 20 years. Mr. Purnell, Per
ry's counsel, made a .motion for
a new trial, which was refused.
He then took an appeal to the
Supreme court.
This afternoon at 3 o'clock the
executive committee of the
Teachers' Assembly met in the
Park Hotel. The members of
the committee are, Capt. C. B.
Denson, Raleigh, president; Maj.
E. G. Harrell, Raleigh, secre
tary; E. P. Moses, Raleigh; C.
W. Tones, Durham; C. F. Siler,
Holly Springs; M. L. Shipmau,
Brevard; Joseph Kinsey, La
Grange; P. P. Claxton, Greens
boro. All were present. The meet
ing was called to arrange a pro
gram and engagement for the
next meeting of the Assembly.
Major Harrell tells me that the
meeting promises to be the most
successful and enjoyable one yet
held. Engagements have been
made with prominent Northern
educators to be present and ad
dress the Assembly. Among
those already engaged are Dr.
Winchell, of Boston, Dr. Budem,
of Syracuse, N. Y., and Dr.
Morey, of Cambridge. It is also
expected that the celebrated Col.
Parker, of Chicago, will be pres
ent. The committee meets again
this evening.
Work has commenced on the
water works system and electric
light plant that are to be added
to the A. & M. college dormitor
ies. The cistern from which
water will be obtained, is al
ready in place and work has
commenced, on the tpiping. An
electric dynamo has been pur
chased by the college and is now
being put in place. The dormi
tories and the buildings and
grounds will be lighted by elec
tricity. At the wreck at Wake Forest
it is learned that one of the en
gineers was badlv hurt. He is
now at Wake Forest. The rail
road people keep the wreck very
quiet.
Cotton receipts have been
quite heavy the past week, the
lateness of the season cpnsider
ed. The farmers seem to haye
given up all hope of higher
prices and to want to get rid of
their cotton as rapidly as pos
sible. The destruction of bridges by
the recent floods will, it is said,
cost the county upwards of
85,000 to rebuild them. Several
county bridges were washed
away.
It is a curious thing to see the
way in which Republicans deny
the charge that Butler is boss.
The very haste and indignation
with which they deny this is
both amusing and suspicious.
Whether Mr. Butler is "boss" or
not it has been very noticeable
so far that whatever Mr. Butler
particularly desired has" come to
pass.
In this connection it might be
said that Barnes Brothers, who
want the public printing are very
confident, for no apparent reas
on. It is well known that Barnes
Brothers and Mr Butler "stand
in" very we J. Perhaps the
"boss" has condescended to put
his fingers in that little pie
It is strange what a
change
can come over a man or a set of
men in a few days. A week ago
the Baptist Legislators were in
for entirely abolishing the Uni
versity, if such a thing were
possible; now they say they will
be very conservative injury ac
tion that they may take on the
educational question. Dr. Dur
ham is in favor of only limiting
the appropriation to two jTears,
while Dr. Tyler, of Wake Forest,
simply wants the Legislature to
knock off a portion of the appro
priation to uphold his principle.
It may be stated, on authority,
that the plan of limiting the ap
propriation will be the one which
the anti-appropriation people
will undertake. Either of these
measures will be a decided come
down from their former plan and
again there is a strong sugges
tion of Butler's influence.
There was not a little comment
on the street last evening about
the Democratic caucus hare in
session. The caucus met at 8:30
o'clock and at 10 o'clock it was
given out that the caucus had
done nothing, but that was all,
the proceedings were kept very
secret. At about 11 o'clock the
caucus adjourned, and it was
learned that the complimentary
nominations were given to Thos.
W. Mason and Lee S. Overman.
This afternoon the noted Wim
berly trial came to an abrupt end
in the unlooked for acquittal of
Wimberly. At 2.45 o'clock the
jury filed into the court room.
Neither Mr. Busbee or Mr. Pur
nell, Wimberly's counsel, or
Wimberly himself were in the
court room at the time and they
were sent for. Wimberly came
in first and was shortly followed
by his wife, who sat at his side
and wept bitterly, but silently.
Wimberly was very much affect
ed; at first his face wore a hard,
set expression but, as he glued
his bullet eye earnestly on the
jury, his lips parted and his
breath came hard and fast, For
over twenty minutes he awaited
his lawyers' coming and the sus
pense must have been terrible.
When the words "not guilty"
were spoken Wimberly sat down
as if he had been shot, and burst
into tears; Mrs. Wimberly seem
ed dazed and not to know what
the verdict meant. Wimberly
leaned over and told her and they
left the court room
Who Voted for Abe? a
Brown's Summit, N. C. .Jan. 19.
To Editor News and Observer:
Sir: Please publish the votes
in your next issue by which the
negro Abe Middleton defeated
the one-legged Confederate sol
dier. I mean give the vote by
names. Voter.
The writer is referred to the
list containing the name of ev
ery member of the General As
sembly who belongs to either
the Republican or Populist par
ty. Every one of them voted
for Abe, because it was the joint
action of both bodies. Raleigh
Xswsand Observer.
Levy for Taxes.
This is to give notice that I nave lev
ied on real and personal property of
tne parties nameu Deiow, who have
failed to pay their taxes for 1S!M, and
will sell such property at public out
cry at the court house door in Golds
boro. on Monday, February 4, 1805, at
la o'clock m.
Nathan Atkinson
James Ashford,
Simon Brewer
Benjamin Iirown
Luther Britt
William Burden, jc
William Burden, sr
Isham Barbery
Wiley Barnes
Kaiford Best
$1 !0
1 84
2 41
1 9.',
a 25
1 84
1 08
1 84
1 :i
M E Broaden 13 09
Albert Bradley 1 84
Miss M Burr 8 09
M K Crawford 35 8(;
Thomas (Japps 1 88
Lucinda Capps 5 84
,T B Capps 4tj
William Crawford 1 84
John Cox 2 12
John Davis 1 84
Albert Dav . 2 08
John Ellis" 1 84
Isham Exum 1 84
Wiley Faison 1
J E Flowers 1 W
A A Green 2 00
Bennett Grev 1 84
M H Howe! I 2 10
il T Howell 4 58
J no B Howell , 2 7fi
Taylor Howell 1 f-0
Dan Howell 1 84
Henrv Hill ' ;"0
R, W Hines 1 !)2
Frank Hooks 1 84
Jethro Holt 2 29
D Louis Kowoll 24
A J Hall 1 84
Henry Hinton 1 84
J H Johnson 1 84
Troy Johnson 1 84
M T Kennedy 3 29
J B Kennedy tio
J R Kennedy 11 21
J B Kennedy pnd John Tolor 2 20
Isaiah Langloy 1 93
Oscar Lee 1 84
Bill Lane 1 84
Henry Moses 1 84
Gaston Parnell 2 87
John Pate 4 3G
Outlaw Powell 1 84
Pearson & Howell 2 1"
Jesse Pearce 2 f0
J W Rose 1170
ELReid 4- 5 19
Stephen Rouse 1 84
Charley A Reid 3 92
Ransom oasser i m
THSasser 110
Rufus Smith 1 84
Lynn Smith 2 38
William Smith 1 84
John Smith 1 84
J W Sampson 4 09
Joseph H Stevens 1 84
J T Sampson ' oo
C M Suggs 94
JN D Southerlana io oi
Jesse T Stafford 2 31
J R Smith 8i)9
Wm Singleton 2 20
A H Toler 34 06
John.Tiner 8 02
D M Whitley 3 04
" " for Pate heirs 4 3
Cicero A Whitley 14 34
Isaac Whitley 1 84
Jesse Henry 1 84
Kit Williams 2 22
Marshal Wallace 2 2.
J W William 4 02
Mrv-Whitehmul 31
V. U. GlJAN'THA.M.
Tux 'nlleoU.f Fork Township.
January 2. lH"i.
Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment
Is unequalled for Eczema, Tetter, Salt
Rheum, Scald Head, Sore Nipples, Chapped
Hands, Itching Piles, Burns, Front Bites,
Chronic Sore Eyes and Granulated Eye Lids.
tor sale by druggists at zo cents per box.
TO EOBSEOWITZBS.
For putting a horse in a fine healthy con
dition try Dr. Cady's Condition Powders.
They tone up the system, aid digestion, cure
loss of appetite, relieve constipation, correct
kidney disorders and destroy worms, giving
new life to an old or over-worked horse. 25
cents per package. For sale by druKgist
MISS STEVENSON DEAD.
SHE l'ASSKI)
AWAY A
II.1.NKSS.
I'TKK A I.OX(i
Tlie Vioe-lVesiiloiit ami all tHe l'ainily.
Kxcept I-e-uis, Were lit Ht l$Mlsifle:
Her Sickin'Ss bewail witli a Cfiltl 'u
tracteil in Maine and Ie velopeil into
Clironic FiMMiimmia, and otlier Compli
cations Sit in: The Interment to Take
llace Momlny at lUoomiiigtoii.
Asheville. N. C, Jan. 13.
Miss Alary L. Stevenson, eld
est daughter of Vice-President
Adlai E. Sterensou, died this
afternoon at 1:15 o'clock.
Miss Stevenson came to Ashe
ville about the middle of October,
accompanied by her mother, suf
fering from what was at first
considered to be a lieayy cold
contracted on the coast of Maine.
This, however, developed into
chronic pneumonia, with tuber
culosis, and complications of
kidney trouble. All of the fami
ly except her brother Lewis, were
present.
Preliminary funeral services
will be held to-morrow at 2:30
o'clock at the Battery Park Ho
tel, in the parlor adjoining the
Vice-President's suite. Dr.
Campbell, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, will offici
ate. The pall-bearers will be
Mayor T. W. Patton, E. H. Mc
Kessick, Hon. Thcs. D. Johnson,
Joseph W. Sender, Collector M.
E. Carter, Postmaster John P.
Kerr, and Dr. Chas. S. Jordan.
Friends have sent many lioral
offerings, and the remains will
leave Asheville in a special car
for Bloomington, 111., at four
o'clock. Interment will occur
Monday.
The Hoard of Aldermen ad
journed to-night with expres
sions of sympathy for the family
in their bereavement.
The car in which the family,
accompanied by Manager Mc
Kessick, of the Battrry Park,
will leave, was placed at the
Vice-President's disposal by
President Ingalls," of the Bi
Four route.
DAVIS'S LAST SPEECII-
Almost His Last l'unuc utterance as
Chief Executive of the Confeder-
racv Was .Made in Charlotte.
Charlotte Observer.
It will be interesting to our
young people to learn that Char
lotte, famous already as the
birthplace of liberty May 20
1 to, will also be celebrated as
the city in which the . brilliant
star of the Southern Confeder
acydisappeared in a total eclipse
Within a stone's throw of the me
morial tablet placed in Indepen
dence Square our city fathers
have placed another to mark the
spot where, four score and ten
years later, were sounded, like
the notes of a dying swan, the
despairing wail and bold, defiant
utterances of the Confederacy's
president, who claimed, as did
the Mecklenburg patriots, but
one purpose, but one mission:
'The preservation of the true
principles of constitutional free
dom.
I enclose the speech, the last,
probably, delivered in support of
the war. President Davis stood
in front of the corner where the
Southern Express office now
stands. The copy of the speech,
the notice of his arrival and wel
come, 1 extract trom a statement
of Col. R. A. Alston, reprinted
in Vol. 2nd, No. 1. of The Land
We Love, December. lSGrt, and
which reads as follows:
"Dismounting from his horse,
he was met by Col. Wm. John
son, a prominent citizen or c-nar-
lotte, and president of the Char
lotte & Columbia Railroad, who
said: "Mr. President, in behalf
of the citizens of Charlotte, I
give you a cordial welcome to
the- hospitalities of our town.'
Mr. Davis, who was dressed in a
plain suit of gray, and wore a
low-crowned hat nearly covered
with crape, bowed low and
gracefully, saying as he did so:
I thank you sir.' The large
crowd, consisting almost entirely
of soldiers, with tearful eyes and
overflowing hearts, said, with
deep earnestness: 'Speak to us,
let us hear from you. He turned
with his kind, benignant look to
the crowd and said:
" 'My friends, I thank you for
this evidence of your apprecia
tion. If I had come as the bearer
of glad tidings if I had come to
announce success at the head f
a triumphant army this is noth
ing more than 1 would have ex
pected: but coining, as I do, to
tell you of a very gi'eat disaster;
coming, as I do, to tell you that
our national affairs have reached
a very low point of depression;
coming, I may say, as a refugee
from the capital of the country,
this demonstration of your Sve
fills me with feelings too deep
for utterance. This has been a
war of the people for the peo
pld, and I have been simply their
executive, and if they desire to
continue the struggle, I am still
ready and willing to devote my
self to their cause, True, General
Lee's army has surrendered, but
the men are still alive, the cause
is not yet dead: and only show
by your determination and forti
tude that you are willing to suf
fer yet longer, and we. may still
hope for success. In reviewing
my administration of the past
four years I am conscious of hav
ing committed errors, and very
grave ones: but in -all that I have
tried to do, I can lay my hand
upon my heart and appeal to
God that I have had but one pur
pose to serve, but one mission to
fulfill; the preservation of the
true principles of constitutional
freedom, which are as dear to
me to-day as they were four
years ago. I have nothing to
abate or take back; if they were
right then, they are right now,
and no misfortune to our arms
can change right into wrong.
Again I thank you!''
"These were the last words of
Jefferson Davis to his vanquish
ed and scattered people, and few
among that vast audience who
will not remember them. God
knows they sunk deep into my
heart, and I can never feel again
what I then felt, when I heard
my noble chieftain bid us what I
felt was his last adieu. Many of
us could no longer restrain our
sobs. Ii. A. Alston."
THK ETHIOPIAN AT WOHIv.
The readers of The Argus
are familiar with what is referred
to in the above heading it is
none other than Marion Butler's
newspaper, miscalled the Caucas
ian, now published at Raleigh
and posing as tho "orgiu"' of Fu
sion in general and Populism in
particular. .
The AliGus is curious to know
just how old line Democrats who
went over to Butler and Popu
lism and joined in the Fusion
plan of campaign feel about it
now especially the old Confed
erate soldier eliment who. at the
organizatiomof the Legislature,
saw one of tho comrades in arms
and confreres in politics, a one
legged veteran of the Gray,
kicked out of the assistant door
keeper's place, and several other
wounded and maimed veteran
applicants disregarded, and the
burly, Republican negro politi
cal! Abe Middleton, of Duplin
county, elected to that position.
But some may say, that the
Republican wing of the Fusion
is responsible for Abe's election:
that the Populist, could not help
it: that Butler had nothing to do
with it: that Maj. Grant alone
was the man who worked it?
We know, too, that Butler has
schooled his deluded followers
up to believe nothing they read
in a Democratic newspaper. But
every Populist who read the
Caucasian last week read these
words from Butler's own pen in
the editorial columns of that
paper: here are his very words,
commenting on Abe Middleton's"
election :
"The negro is a citizen. He has
to bear the burdens of citizen
ship, lie is entitled to the digni
ties and honors of citizenship
whenever his intelligence and
character qualify him for them,
and the white man is entitled to
them upon no other ground.
"To make the negro's real or
supposed racial inferiority an
argument for denying to him the
honest fruits of his achievements
is to do him a great wrong is to
do a great wrong against elemen
tary ethics is, in plain speech,
wicked."
And yet, he calls his paper the
Caucasian.
The Aug us insists that it
should henceforth be styled the
Ethiopian, and so referred to in
all future comments by the press
of the State
mxmm
Absolutely Pure.'
A cream of tartar baking pow
dcr. Highest of all in leavening
strength. Latest U. S. Govern
ment Food Report.
ROYAL,
BAKING
106 Wall st.
POWDER
. n. y.
CO,