North Carolina Newspapers

CHURCH.. DIUECTOUY V " ' - METHODIST. Saodsy School at 9:30 A. M. Qko. S. Baxer, SoTt. Preaching at 11 A. II.. and 8:15 V. U. vary Sundays Prayer mutiny Wednesday night. . L. 9, Massbi. Pastor. " , , BAPTIST' 8anday School at 9:30 A. M. - : ' .Thos. B. Wildbr, Snpt Preaenln at 11 A.M., and b:15 P.M., iwt Sanday. - - Prayer mating Thursday night. - H. II. Mashbuksb. Pastor. - 1 ' j 1 (T "? (J"""! 'rwr 1C 4 (.re: v . C . -' : I ir; .'.t'.v A: :. ; m;::i JUT ?NRT GASSATVAY DAVIS, the I Democratic .vice presidential 14. li nominee, is a man with more - than an fordinary business and political career. In TVest Virginia and nearby states he long haarbeen regards ed as a financial giant, and his politi cal life has been -characterized by con servatism and sagacity. His nomination at, St. Louis confers upon htm the peculiar distinction of - being the oldest candidate ever select ed for the office, Mr. Davis bavins . been born in Woodstock, Md., on. Nov. - r 36, 1823." nis father was Caleb Da- v t ls,a.suecessfslBaltimore merchant. u lodges. - , . ttiedt a : f ewv years-rafter the" son's Loniabarg Lodtfe. No. 413V A. f. & r birth, and his mother was a. Miss Lou- XFISOOPAL, Sunday School at 9:30. s - Wii H. Boffiw. Sapfc. Servtoes. morning . and night , Oh lit 8rd and 4th Sundays. . -Beoinr Prayer, Friday afternoon . BY. Johx Lokdob. Rector. .. . . . . .... .; , PRBSBYTKRIA. Serf ioea 4th tiundar in each month -moratog and night. .. ; -: -. . r y Pastor. A. M., meets 1st and 3rd Tuesday otgata in each month. - .n ' I'rolbRMonal (ard ise Brownwhose sister was. the moth er of Senator Gorman of Maryland. like Judge Parker,-Mr. Davis spent his early days on a farm. He received v ever, his practical skill, courage in 1 ! energy overcame all dlrT.iniKie. Piedmont was the center of tte Cum berland bituminous coal region. The present great coal fields of that rart of the country were then nnJeTcloixl, and Davis perceived that that secCoa was one of Immense Industrial prom ise. The firm of Davis & Prf. en gaged in tfce ehirr'ns of coal nl R. FREDERICK K. COOK. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, f ioulaburg S.' C . " O "M with tr. A.. F-toratnff. : Hoarst 10 .! his education In a village school and f intl 100,000 acres. at the age .of twenty entered the em ploy -of the Baltimere and Ohio .rail road 'as a brakeman. , This ? was, the first railroad builf in 'America, and Mr. Davis', has the distinction of having ho?r.tbyapimCnt,t0 ? PV ' ,been fir8t brakeman on any rail- nesa grew rapidly. In 18G0 Henry G. DavU orsanlz.xl the Piedmont Savlcz3 bank and came Its president. This rar.k wqi sup planted by the National lUi.fc of IM.M mont, of which 5Ir. PaTl ! bw t;.? guiding spirit.--He and LU lrot:..'r, whose possessions were originally U significant, have plnce been abler to count their capital by millions, while their landed estate at one time epproxl- Before the war Mr. Davis was a Whig, while after its close he allied himself with the conservative wing of the Democratic party. He made his entry into politic la 1S35, when he was elected to the West J)E ABTH0R H. FLEMING, . h DENTIST. .r- tbmaBURa.' -l xfert- OHee Qrtit The arsen lie Tarboro, lo,fJ K. J.B. MAXONK, rMA.cmcmdPHTSICIA.R ANl snsaxoH. J IOCIBBUHB. IT. C, 001m ret Aycocke rvrug Uompany. - - i - j: )R, J.J. MANN', V ' "PHTSICIA and SURQEOK, a LOUISBCBO, K. C. ' - oaice over Aycocke Drag Co.'s drugstore 0 R.8.P. BURT, .' paAnwciso phtsician anij sukqbon, Louisborg, Cr Office ia the roar of Boddie, . Bobhitt, 4 Co Druhtore. oa Ndah strerc. - D a. b. . TAEBoaonau, - - PHTBICIAN AND STTRQBOJf.. - jr' v LonieuRe N. C. ' - "- : imim tnA ft not TSa; taillnr. rbone 30 MUcht o&lli answer' from T. W, Bickett's . , l- " -4 ATTORNBT AT LAW, - V wiirorlctlc In all the Co arts. Otte la B. M. HASHKMBUHO, .--ri t ; .ify, t.-j 4, .;,': .... t.cry. !!.- whiC, 'i: - r..i t '.:: a 1 r-:-.rrr'' n '. s f U.e cir.'.r. '. : ; i r : - - cl-'o: n n r. -: .-r .' ' t t':ut l.-l f'.jri . r . j j - t inl lit ntnt-t-1 v:;t (t'l !"...'': - f- t ili i.N'ra;; if t'.t rv, : : : Por.:V..-rn h.'rl. : .:i ; - t, , he lll ts.it C-j.-.-.r f.;";:.-- t, s:.' : t ; bit f ru-r. !. v--' t (' s I twenty-four l - vr . f !; - r. . . He f.iTor-1 t'.f .i f a i , i in r-.. - , : ( nil :-.: j t .', ' ; ' - . t:'.-!..i! rruTf..-; ,i T. r t . tlja t t J wl,, r L ; r: -'. : la 1 v-' j ar. l l..t C". ' - ' ' the rH;;i4M-rjt:c r. I f . ; It at rwt t-y ?y I;. thif Ln i r tor Davit pr-i '-xl at a 2'-?an . f In V V.'rjir.U r. 1 tl t r t j i At that t'.n- Kfn?r tj r5- gagtAl la ten :.:. j a ri"rv3 as? ta I large t'.:a.!'in at r--u-.lt t !:-: : delre-.I to nnow. V. 1 -n t,? the btuk th rrrM-t aM I uadrrsiArvd joj r--:'.-l at a Bryan mertinx Ut n'..f Ten," aaKi DavU. " J at rf I;T V. MA ( "TVtll,- ta'.J th tar.i HENRY GASSAW AY DATIS. ATTORNST AT LAW ' i'" LOCISBUKO. Will praetlM in all ths Courts of tha State , Offiee n Court Hoasa. iL'W. BODDIE," road in the United " States. He was soon advanced to the position of con ductor and. was then the only railroad conductor in the country, - An amus ing story, illustrative of, the grip of ear ly associations on a retentive nature used to be told of him in Washington. It is. .said that .well toward morning of a wearisome all night session of th senate Senator Da via was asleep, his V- head resting upon his desk. Senator tore. r: 'HAYWOOD RUFFIN, ATTOEHKY-AT-LAW, . ' vxnsBQa. , o. . ATTORN KY-AT-L A W, ' ' " LoxnsBPRO, N. C. Office over Boddie, Bobbit & Coa dreg k Edmunds had .provoked Judge- Thurr man to a speech 'and by -Introduction the - judge unfurled his red bandanna tXT FTAYWilOD RLFJslW. "-'"-:,:''-na oiew a Diasx oi more ujm usuu Tf - .'. ; , t power. Mr. Davis may have been dreaming of bis old railroad days. At any rate, he sprang to hia f eet in a half dazed condition '- and, catching sight of the red flag the bid signal of dapger and" seeming to Imagine that he had heard a shriek Of alarm from -the open throttle of a locomotive call ing 'for "Down brakes!" seized hia deskr and witlr the brakeman's quick twist wrenched it from the floor. It was while serving as a conductor that Mr. Davis met -and formed the acquaintance of Henry Clay, who was a passenger ' upon Mr.' - Davis train while going from his. Kentucky ;home to the capital and returning.- Clay would board the train in Baltimore and leave it ' at its western .terminus and make the Journey over ythe-mountains into Kentucky in the old fashioned stagecoach, : Mr. Davis got his first win nmtim in all tha Co art of Franklin and adjoining counties, also In the Supreme JonrtTaaa in the United State District aad Qlreait Coarta. - . oatee in Uooper and Clifton Building. ; , , ATToaannr-AT-tAw, , . - Ofloe om lUla atreet, over Jonee k Cooper P. S. SPRD1LL. . . attombt-at-law, : '. uomuBo, i. a - - ' '" Win attend the eourta of Praaklin, Vance ton rllle. Warren and Wake conn ties, alao tbe Bapreoie Court of North -Carolina, frompt attention given to collection. . Otttoe over Jajrerton' Store.. 1 iTTOBJm AJTO COTJUSKLXOB AT LAW. - Prompt and painataktn attention given to ' .very matter tatruated to hia hand. Bef era to Chief I astice Bhepherd, Hon John mm I a nht W WinRtnn. Hon. J. C ' Baxton, Pre. Pirat National Ban, of Win - ton, Qlenn Manly, Win.ton, People Ban " it Monroe, Cha. K. Taylor, Pre. Wake Por- ast Coilege, Hou. . w. iunwnw - uiflee over Neal k Co.' Store. ATTOBirBT AT-LAW, ' ' ' ' vouwauB. n. o. . - m all aourta. Offloe on Main street. . ' Z H TABBOaOTJQH, ATTORNEY AT iAW, v Offloe in Opera House building. Court tret All legal business intrusted to - a. J anfvil a t-t ATI ri All iJtU reeeive prompt ana m. M. F IIODCK, - CONTRACTOR and BUILDER, LO013BCSO, N c. , . THE CANDIDATE IN BRIEF. Henry O. Da via la eighty years Old. ' m " ' " - Left an orphan at an early age, began hia career as superintendent of a plantation. Became . brakemafi on the BalO-. more and Ohio at twenty - and later waa promoted to" conductor. r At thirty he waa supervisor of trains. - : ' . . - .'- -; ' " '- . '- ' ' Invested : in coal land and laid foundation of immense fortune. ' ': : Founded the West Virginia town Of Davis and Elkins..'' .; " , Was a Unionist during the war. - Elected to lower, branch of West Virginia -legislature as Union-Con-: servative 1S65 and to the senate two years later. ' - Elected United States senator In .1871 and served until 188!. , Has been delegate to six national conventions. '. . '' Tradlne Ant f or aU kind of Building tuVpUeif Artmtio Mantle and Tile. Arch. BeatuMl Dealfin SubmHtea. HOTCLC. , FKAIiKLlOTCri HOT rSJCTJITTCIT.IT.C. - Oood aocoraodAiioa for tls tzav'- J Viblia. - aoodLhb.7 At'.veJ O r- taste for politics from Henry Clay in his conversations with that great statesman during hese trips over the Baltimore and Ohio, and he cast his first ballot for Clay for president. : Later he became station agent at Piedmont : Having served with the railroad company for fourteen years, he turned his attention to commercial pursuits - and established the firm of Davis & Bros, at Piedmont. Socially h always was dilSden't, even backward at times, hut when called upon he never failed to declare his convictfona. Ia hia railroad L'e, how Yirginla bouse of delegate. - lie vu a delegate fromTVest Virginia to the Democratic national convention of 1868 and 1872. while in 1SGT he wa elected to the legislature of hia atate aa a Union Democrat, being reflected two years later. In 1871 he was mad United States senator to succeed W. T. Wiley, Republican, he being the first Democratic member of that body from the then young state of West Virginia, At the expiration of hit term he waa re-elected. . After serving twelve year in the senate he declined further po litical honors, preferring to devote hia entire: time to his rapidly lncreaalng business affairs. ; . Early In his public career he aasumd an unequivocal position on financial questions, from which he has never de parted. - Almost at the beginning of his legislative service he waa confront ed with the issue of tbe responsibility of "West Virginia for a portion of the debt of the Old Dominion, Despite the advice of friends who considered mo mentary popularity rather than Justice, he took a bold stand in favor of hia state's meeting her Just proportion of the debt of tbe mother state, when that equitable ; proportion could be ascer tained. By reason of hia determination he made a profound impression upon all his associates. Until recently Mr. Da via waa presi dent of tbe West Virginia. Central and Pittsburg railroad, which he projected, and also of the Piedmont and Cumber land railroad. ' He waa one of the dele gates to tbe pan-American eonjres and was a member of the United States Intercontinental railway commission. Today he ia known as one'of West Vir ginia's "Big Four," and had the boom of Senator Gorman materialized he wa to have managed it. In -1S53 be married MIsa Kate A. Bantz, a daughter xof Judge Gkleon Bant of Frederick, Md. lie has two sons, John T. Davis and Henry G. Da vis, Jr.. and three daughters. Mrs. Ste phen B. Elklns, Mrs. II. L G. Brown, wife of Lieutenant Commander Brown. U. S. N., and Mrs. Arthur Iee. Mr. Davis wife died two years ajro. He has a beautiful villa at Deer Part. Mi, where he passes the summer .months, hut hia home as a voter is at E'.V.r.s. W. Va., where his residence adjoins "don't ya know that the tr--- cf Bryan are or)r,l t !' T,.-xr:x Institutions la tt.! oar.trr? J d rit see how yon Can mtr. t- t: t tX cf any other for favor, fcchi:-, t' vies that yoa do." Do you mn to y, sl wi. "that the fact that I rvr,-.s! ;1 fc the DtnoTatlc party rt-Jika a.-y i'f f err do with rcy CTr'.tT "Not at all," ee!d t - rri denL "But we are an t;-'.'.-! fc any favors for strh fv-- "This la o fatov tz,m aa'.l Datta. "I am SmpIy carrytci thU eWn'.'.za li I hoaltxa tranAirtl-a, i tf y .- don't want to rvixr It til far it a- and wliMnw tay patrotuir f rv -a t bank." " The Uat rrMect grr aUrrt:.! at thla, te-atJ4 rVnator iHtt U f at'.'y lntervteI In f. ac-'.l ec t V West Vlrx'-cla. at4 h t:? l Ihu t reconsider. Iavt wru-l tt ? alder. He paid tfce ch;:rM la raii that ftrnooa ar.l rot thai t- tl list of t&tat rocs.-': Senator Davla la mcy t'. a t.'.V- llonalre. II fca (a aa r.:h ;'jiur Gorman man - t s'iw l r3ui or the DroxTatU trr.' $a txas. At one t,n h mi t wiil sprnd a mi;'.:a dj':ra t a-.- it nomicatlon cf Crr.-.anric I i; t r. mere W.i b t. tx-u t ki ti Bvny and wooWl p4 tt rronany. 8jatoe !v ta t af fable, gonial man. derajn!' is.! r-;'t. est lie d-- not lr tU t-. i:I l the casual el rvrf t ir-i:-l i4 .r to be not nor thai slt'j ZrmM lit u more than '.t f-t UU. :- iiJ atraliht a in tbe day cf h'ji K"' Illa ahocKlr ar -jrisr. lit v musclM. , lie bat a ;r'.r.;y t". ar-1 toe walk. ' TVre la ovt t r;i''t evidence of any Iom cf toT3tal er t-cl.- ly vigor. Ills face frtcr-a ar trx'.iT as-1 bold. Ilia r.oe U a z:.:s. V..$ t ore gray and aharj-ily p-.-.-rt'.:sx. t -t wrthal . ktady la tt; rw'on ar t ". wide ajart. H's fai- U tt C-: j furrowed, thocjh to wrttal ;-ar about the eyr-. JIU t-M f isow; I C -' .t that of United Btates Senator f:-; Lea B. Elkina, his son-in-law. The peo;.'e of Elklns are very fond of ex St r.atr Davis, who haa done very much for that town. He built the DavU !! rial hospital at a cost of ncr.rly : .. 000 In memory of t!s son; Lo ws drowned while cruising oa the Af.-;...".a coast. With Senator E'.klns t.e hi founded-the. Davis and L'.kiua c-, :: a Presbyterian institution nt I'. that soon wi.l be educated. lie t I also instrumental In the erection cf tl Davis Memorial Presbyterian ch-.rcl at K'.kir.s. Ei-Sc-iah-r Davis, though la 1.:. kka. srirar a : t t whlten l a f.-it ;r that '. r - to denote aiTr.vJ i lln a:,r other. The w!.aI t'Jrlnx cf I' r.a -' -n--'te A3 aVrt. !sr r; . ls'r-n hi I ' aud the ir.a,-.-- !.. it i;; ;i t! I f H;s dji-i:h:.-r. Mrv ''s ;; niklr.. 5 C-; cf WaU.- . t 1 cntertIt-.-r, r. I hfr gr -. s; t'.r.e 1 v .-i t-T r- r f . - ' v:j-iv.: eld t-.- '-i w' 5 i"- la j,u; .:.. I : - - ! a : s" of the 1 rr : r. 1 : "" t c '. 1 r. . -j " ic"It !.&'.. Mr Is:. 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