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ettysburg emorial Carolinians Honor The Day of The Great Battle, . , : Colonel Lane's Speech Grand Army Band Played .Dixie. North Carolinians Are Given a Most Cordial Welcome: The States War Record, Written By Mr. John -Wilbur Jenkins Now of Maryland.- . Sunday's News and Observer con tained a complete account of the cele bration by North Garolinians, at Get tysburg last week. We clip the fol lowing: "The celebration of the fortieth an niversary of the Battle of Gettysburg on the battlefield, of that famous and once bloody battle ground on Friday, July 3rd, 1903, by North Carolinians, was one' of the most appropriate co memmorative events in the history of North Carolina:' Circumstances pre pare vented the presence of a company of North Carolinians, but there were present men who gave im--mortal i m. ... Except V Carolina. At.no period ot. y-fcas -North,:. Caro lina won so "much fame as upon that1 battlefield. More' than that ;4 No regi ment in any " wa , rin the history of 'any country won such renown as did the Twenty-Sixth North Carolina reg iment at Gettysburg. It was a matter for gratification that Col. John R. Lane, the only surviving colonel of that famous regiment, could have been present oq, Friday and delivered an historical address. That regiment had three notedd colonels. - Zebulon Bair Vance, elevated to the great office of War Governor of North Carolina; Har ry King Burgwyn, who gave his bril liant young life on the battle field for hi country; and Colonel John R. Lane, of Chatham county, who sur vives strong in health, young in pa triotism, and full of interesting remin iscence. The speech of Colonel Lane, delivered, near the spot where his glo riovs regiment made glorious history, Colonel Lane is not much given to public speaking. He has written here an autobiography .that - will live for ever because he tells of deathless deeds ol men whose tame will grow with every passing year. , . "The idea of holding this celebra tion on the battle field of Gettysburg "was born in the brain, of -Mr. John A'llbcr Jenkins, Secretary of the North Carolina Society, of Baltimore, now on the staff of the Baltimore 'Sun and for merly on the staff of the News and Ob sorver. He presented his idea to the North Carolina Society of Baltfmore, which embraces in? its membership 'many of. the most patriotic living North Carolinians, apdthey enthusias tically undertook the celebration. The whole state owes a lasting debt of grat itude to that society - for cenceiving t -o celebration . and carrying it out 'in a way to give honor and credit to t..e ate of their birth. The Celebration. i ne celebration was in every way a. notable success. The Post's Guard A my line band played Dixie and the P-'.'ople of that historic town gave the North Carolinian's the most notable icceiiion ever given to any body of '3 .uihcrners. There is no place-in thQ . world outside of this good-State where 'North -Carolina valor is esteemed at k-, true worth than in the town of Get :urg. For thirty years the people v studied every position on The bat .''eheld. They know where he troops ol every regiment; north and south met the lurious rain of shot and shell, and they have learned the truth that while all were, brave , and all' ready to .give up their lives, that North Carolma went "furthest". r into the" Federal lines at Gettysburg.; Of course, the event of the celebration that created most enthusiasm, was the presence of Mr. Charles H. McConnell, a member 1 of the famous Twenty-Fourth Michigan regiment,- who forty years ago at the stone fence shot Colonel John R. Lane, Colonel of the Twenty-Sixth North Ca rolina regiment.When these two brave American soldiers formerly foes in battle, clasped "hands near; the- spot where .the Carolinian was wounded, there was an enthusiasm that was gen uine,and touched 'every heart that can beat : with patriotic fire.The climax of the day Vas reached, when 4 Mr. ; Mc Connell, in a glowing speech declared that the "TaV Heels" were the great est soldiers he.ver saw. ."The celebration took place at the very hour and the very place at high water- mark, where forty years ago the Confederates pressed furthest into the.' Federal , lines in the most desper est soldiers he ever saw. "Col. Lane, whose regiment went into the charge with eight hundred and .twenty men, and came out with hav ing lost seven hundred and eight men, was warmly greeted by the Fed erals and Confederates alike." TH ESTATE'S RECORD IN THE CIVIL WAR. - (By JOHN WILBUR JENKINS.) North Carolina, at the outbreak of the War between the States,had 112, 586, voters. She furnished to the ar mies of the Confederacy 125,000 "Tar Heel" troops. She also furnished to the Union army 3,156 men; This rec ord has never been surpassed by any country in the world's history. The Twenty-Sixth North Carolina regiment at Gettysburg went into the chage of Pickett and Pettigrew with 820 men. It lost in that" charge' 86 killed, 502 wounded-, and 120. missing a total of 708 men, the largest loss re corded by, any command In either.nrmy in the war between the states. The three Colonels of the regiment were Zebulon B. Vance, Harry K. , Bur gwyn' and John R. Lane. In Capt J. B: Carlisle's table of Cas ualties, in the Confederate, Military History, page 502, he states ", that North Carolina lost 40,275 men in the Civil War, the next largest loss of any State being 17,682. The total dead of the Confederacy recorded in the rosters- was- 133,821 men,, but General Stephen D. Lee declares that the total loss was 325,000 -y. Losses of the leading North Caro lina regiments at Gettysburg were: 11th, 209; 45th, 219; 55th, 198; 6th, 172; 47th, 161; 3rd, 156; 2nd Batal- lion, 153; "52nd, 147;' 5th, 143; 32nd, 142; 43rd, 147; 23rd, 134. Of the 27 regiments which suffered the greatest loss, 13 were from North Carolina. WIFE BEATER JN J All- Conservative Citizens Avert Sensation al Tragedy by Indignant Persona A special to the Morning Post of July 3rd, from Salisbury, N. C, says: : W. A. Cable, the wife beater, who was given a hearing before Justice Miller here, yesterday afternoon, is now in jail. The evidence brought out at the: triaL was of such a na ture as to arouse-the highest indigna tion of the entire community. The fact that a. very sensational- tragedy has thus far been averted is attribut ed to the cool heads and sound judg ment of the citizens who are willing that the law shall have its course. 'In the trial witnesses testified- that Cable forced his wife, at the point of a -pistol, to place her - head between his knees, where he held her and beat the blood from the bare skin. It was fur-, ther shown that he then forced her to :swear that she would never tell the matter to any one. This occurred in their own home, and the unfortunate' woman made her -escape only when Cable had gone into another, room to gc,: another pistol with which he said hp woul d i kill her. , Cable has been notified by the Southern Railway, for whom he worked as a freight conduc- kor, that his services will be no longer needd. Nothing has touched or arpus.- ed the indignation of the community so for years. . - - CONFEDERATE VETERANS TO. HOLD REUNION. Colonel J.- B. Leigh , the ' enthusias tic adjutant of thgGonfederate Veter ans of Currituck county proposed to have a grand reunion and celebration of his 'comrades at Currituck. Court House, July 23rd. It promises to be a great occasion. Prominent speakers have been scheduled, y Pigs have been penned for barbacue, musicv has been secured, and in fact the coinmitte has spared no pains to make it a memor able event in the annals of Currituck. Hospitality will be lavishly extended. The First National - - - , ' IT'S SUCCESSFUL CAREER OUTLINED JN DETAIL The Bank Has Made a' Creditable Showing And is One the Proofs of Present Day Prosperity. This Sucessful Career of Cashier Old. The following compliment to one of the leading monied institutions of Elizabeth City will be read with plea sure here as it is culled from the pages of the Raleigh News and Observer, where a compliment is always . valued and always given, to deserving, rather than to solicitious institutions. It is a? follows: No city or town in North Carolina has made greater progress in the last ten years than Elizabeth Cit.3 It has bounded forward in one la from a small town to a flourishing, prosper ous and rapidly growing city. It is easily the commercial metropolis of Northeastern North Carolina, ami is destined soon to be the largest city in the State. Ope of the factors that has contributed most to the develop ment and progress of Elizabeth City, has been the First National Bank, which was established in 1891 with a capital of $50,000. It now has a sur- COL. ,W. T. OLD. plus and undivided profits amounting t.n fnrtv thousand dollars., and during its existence has paid dividends amounting to -forty-one thousand five hundred dollars.- The following state ment shows the steady growth of the deposits of this Institution: ; COMPARATIVE DEPOSITS. April, 1893 T '$ 83,000.00 ' " -1896- 136,000.00 " 1902 : . . . . 17fi,000.00 of " 1903 276,000.00 It is managed with conspicuous abil ity and wise conservatism by the board of directors, composed of sev en of the leading business men of the city, as follows: Chas. H. Robinson, '"The Fair," dry goods, etc.; James-B. Blades, Blades Lumber Co.; J. B.-Flora, of J. B. Flora & Co., Wholesale grocers; D. B. Brad ford president of Elizabeth City Ho siery Co.; G. M. Scott, secretary and treasurer of North Carolina Works ; W. T. Old, president of Bank of Plymouth, N .C. ; M. II. White, Hertford, N. C. Charles H. Robinson, president, is one of Elizabeth City's foremost and most succesful merchants. He has built-up .a trade that goes throughout a very large section of country and has a store that in size and equipment has no superior in North Carolina. Vice President, J. B. Blades is a member of the famous Blades Lumber Company, one of the largest lumber companies in the whole south, with plants at Elizabeth - City, New Berne, and in a half dozen other towns in Eastern North Carolina. He is a public-spirited citizen and "leads in all progressive movements for his sec tion. The cashier, Capt. W. T. Old, was one of the original promotei'-s and one of the first officers of the State Bank ers' Association. He is one of the most- progressive, useful and popular citizens , of Elizabeth City, and under his active management the bank has become Elizabeth City's foremost in stitution. On Septembr 1st, a Savings Bank and Trust Comp.any will be : opened for, business. Captain Old . has been elected president of that .company.The other officers have not yet been cho en. The directors are: W. T. Old. J. B. Blades, E. F.- Aydlett, Geo. R. Bright, C H. Robinson, C. W. Gricey J: B. Flora, C. E. Kramer, and W; H. Jennings. ; - - , - y . It will fill the need "of a great and growing town like Elizabeth City, and under the cashiership of Capt. Old will rapidly ' grow into one ": of. the State's strongest financial institutions. Capt. Old "is one of the most popular officers of the State Guard, and one a leader in, military affairs, boating and athletics as well as." in business and-in finance. . Captain Old ? is" also" presi dent of the Bank of Plymouth, a new bank recently established. , HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE. - , : (Comunicated.) Whenever any man, or set of merC show a magnanimous spirit, or do a npble deed, they deserve to be com mended. : Our suspicions- of their sincerity, while 'the v admonish us to be" cautious, should not clo;-ie oui eyes to facts. It is a notable fact that a le markable change is coming over the outward ' spirit of some of our distil lers and liquor dealers. Not many years ago they- openly ridicule! and defied public sentiment. They boldly boycott and financial ruin to any man or party that for a moment questioned their supreme authority. But their at titude seems to be undergoing a re markable change. - Not that they have surrendered "the boycott method, but they do not' alk so much about it now. tiate public sentiment, which they once defied. Some temperance advo cate may say that this is not sincere, but it is forced upon them by the faithfulness of temperance workers. Well, you may draw your 1 own con clusions, fhe purpose of this article Is to call attention to the change that has taken place. - At a recent convention of liqnor makers and dealers held in Pittsburg the Executive Committee ' reported : "It is apparent that a wave of prohibi tion sentiment is again beginning -to sweep the land, and this matter re quires the immediate attention of the trade. The situation in the State of Texas is alarming, and in many other States there are . indications that we are entering upon a period of hostile agitation." At another . convention recently held in Raleigh, it was brought out that -there .are imw only." about one .Jmaded places in the. State' of North Carolina where liquor jnay be sold ac cording to law. From all parts of the country similar reports go up ,to these conventions. The attitude of many re ligious bodies against the liquor trade was deprecated in the Pittsburg con vention saying, "this prevents many engaged in our business from taking that interest in religious work which they would otherwise be glad to do." And this body of liquor solemly (?) voted that there is "nothing in the Old or New Testiment to justify such op position." (Reader, hold your tongue here, Don't comment on the spectacle of a convention of lipuor dealers for merly interpreting' Scripture. They were very solemn. Remember that they proclaimed to the world that they considered the liquor business actually to diminish intemperance, and that the promotion of sobriety is their fundamental aim.) And if any one stil doubts that hey have actuallp joined the ranks of the, philanthropists refresh your memory with regard tp their attitude toward the army can- teen" law When, the covin try abol- ished the "Canteen" this noble com pany ot philantropists (sic) spent thousands of dollars to induce the the country to adopt he' canteen-again saying that they sold more liquor without the canteen than with it. Think of it; spent thousands of dol lars in trying to get a law passed which would hurt their business ! That is what they said. Who ever heard ci s:.icli unsoiflshness before? Is it not remarkable? But that is not an Isolated case; it has actually been excelled right here in our town. The whole world should tuf n its eager eye to this favored part of the "Moral (?) vineyard." Here the very business itself is about to be put under the ban by Jthose who are engaged in it. The saloon men of Berkley, after a heated contest in which they won 'a temporary victory, had it published in all the daily pa pers that they, of their own accord would place many restrictions upon themselves, such as not selling on' Sunday, to minors and after ten o'clock at night. They verily thought they were - making a wonderful display of generosity, and no doubt, would be come indignant at the man who would dare suggest that they did it to curry favor 'with the public. But these ne ble spirits ought to take lessOns in philanthrophy from the brethren ji in our progressive city. Here, our sal oon men are so opposed (?) to the sale of liquor in any form that hey are said to be circulating a petition for an election which shall make even a dispensary impossible. This is an interesting situation. Such, a change of front is , phenominal. Some unsypathising people may be disposed to ridicule these -philanthropists, "and say you - are ' not sincere. But remember, friends, that all people do not see alike. - - CLAUDE -W. DUKE. - istnet Confer dice '';' -''''.-., V-,. -::,,-v r.t;--v:-ri ,5 .e't-7 Methodists at Hertford I Con- k elude Their Meeting, j Siinbufy. tbe Next Town Regrets Were Numerous as to the Closing of the Greensboro Female College! Delegates Are Chosen. - Preachers Report to the Assem blage. : The Doctrines Discussed. In the report of the Conference pub lished last week, it was stated that three of the preachers were absent.; Two of these arrived later, leaving on ly one absent. - This one : was Rev. G. W. Starling of Perquimmons Cir cuit, who isin the ' western part ot the State with his sick wife.. .There was prcsent fifty lay-delegates and local preachers, making a total enrollment - ot seventy, - i TheT reports of the preachers were more interesting than any that have been presented heretofore. This was . due to the fact hat they were made out of special - blanks prepared for . thepurpose: A great many f acts as -tothe stae 'of "the churches' in4 the" y District were brought 'out that had : been overlooked "at previous sessions. Much emphasis was given to such sub jects as family prayer, infant baptism1 the Lords Supper, etc. From these reports it was seen that the Epworth League work in the Dis trict is' not in a satisfactory condi tion. The following were made a. standing committee on Epworth Lea gues Revs. W. F. Craven, A. J. Par ker and C. L. Reed. It is hoped that ' through the efforts of this commit tee a much needed impetus may.be given to this work. - ' ' On- Friday afternoon the tinteres-f of the Woman's Missionary Societies' were considered. Mrs.- C. W. Hoi lowell and Mrs. J. E. Underwood pre thA work of the Woman's Home- Mission Society, and Mrs. T. C. Blan-, chard presented the work of the Wo- mans Foreign Missionary. Society. Many expressions of -. regret ' were heard as. to the closing of Greensboro Female College, affid the Conference by resolution exessed the' hope that it might yet be reopened and continu ed as a Methodist College for" Wo men. . The following were elected . dele gates to the Annual Conference: L. G. Roper, W. S. Blanehard,; W-- J, Woodley, S. -A. Griffin. Alternates; Z. Fearing, G. II. Riggs, J. W. Evans H. B. Cro33. . ' . ' t r r The next session c-f the Conference': will be J held at Sunsburry, in Gates county. . - jt Distriot "Conference. - , Brethern; We, your committee on Temperance, beg to report, that we ap- predate the fact that there is a general" awaliening in the great cause. of tern- perance. .There is a grawing senti ment towards the enactment and sup- ' port of temperance Igislation. That . the force of this sentiment may be ; felt in the direction of good there .-Is-." need or organization. We, therefore, heartily endorse the Anti-Saloon League 'in. the State, and League in -every county and communi ty where it is practical to appeal recommend the organization of local ty where it is practicable. " We appeal : to every 'friend ot temperance who can possibly do so to give his presence and influence at the Statft Convention called to meet in Raleigh, July 7th. We hope to see this convention put an active campaigner: in the field who will give himself whollly to the work. ; Until wc shall do this ,we cannot reck on ourselves as seriously engaging hi conflict with the great drink evil. We want to see our people thorough-" ly awakened to this great cause of tem perance, then, all aiming at the com mon destiny .r strive to reach' the top-' most height of temperance legislation. Not until we take an active part in these conventions, and cast our votes right in the sight of God at the ballot boxes w will have our:state,our com munities and our beloved homes freed': from the abomnible curse of liquor. T. 3: DALY, Chairman. ; S C. PUGH, Secretary. . -. ;
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