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The News and Observer. Volume LV. No. 129. lk®BQifls ®OD W®\pm ©a ip® Do on® [P®[jD@pg Bod ©©ftOo fflmoO'Wu^^.Offlfto®® THE HISTORY OF WILSON COUNTY Historical Association Or ganized in Wilson. IT STARTS OUT WELL $ .... Prof. R. D. W. Connor's Interesting and Instructive Sketches of the Distinguished Man Foe Whom Wilson Was Named. (Special to News and Observer.) Wilson, X. C.. August 6. —“The Wil son Historical Association of Wilson was organizaed here today by promi nent and influential citizens. Mr. J. W. Hays, County Superintendent of Schools, who had been the prime » mover in the organization, called the meeting to order. After explainiig the objects of the meeting he called upon Judge Connor to preside. The Judge made a brief and wise address, touching upon the duty of preserving the honorable history of the county. As officers of the association the following were elected: President, F. A. Woodard: Vice presidents, T. J. Hadley, Jesse A. Moore and R. D. W. Connor; Secre tary and Treasurer, James W. Hays. Interesting and instructive addresses were delivered by Hon. F. A. Wood ard and Dr. Cobb, of Whitakers. It is proposed to gather all necessary ma terial for a complete and accurate history of Wilson county. It is one of the younger counties, having been created only a few years before the War Between the States, and the his tory can be gathered from men now living and records that are at hand. The county of Wilson was named In honor of the late Hon. Louis D. Wil son. Last spring Mr. R. D. W. Con nor contributed a newspaper article ~i Cenerai Wilson that is now of special interest. It is as follows. Cenerai Louis D. Wilson. tone looking over the journals of our ante-bellum Legislatures, is forcibly struck with the length of service most of the members rendered their coun ties and their State, if a man showed any special ability to be of service to his people, lie was returned to the General Assembly for term after term. We find, for instance, that in the Sen ate James Kenan represented Duplin county for ten terms; Daniel Glisson for six in the Senate and thirteen in the House. Richard Dobbs Speight was in the Senate from Craven for ten successive terms. Chowan sent James Iredell to the House for eleven terms. Granville was representd by Thomas Person for eight terms in the Senate and for fourteen in the House. Greene county did not seem able to do Avithout the services of William V. Spaight and called him to fifteen suc cessive terms. Xasli sent William L.oddie for twelve terms and Hardy Griffith for sixteen. From Mecklen burg Robert Irwin served twelve terms m me Senate and Caleb Phifer thir teen in the House. Northampton sent John M. Benford for seventeen terms to the Senate, and New Hanover was represented for a like period in the House by Joshua G. Wright. .For twenty-one terms Willis Reddick look ed after the interests of Perquimans in the Senate. These instances form ed the rule and not the exceptions. No wonder the State had leaders in those days; No wonder laws were wisely drawn and carefully consider ed. The pernicious custom of rota tion in office had not yet closed its de stroying fangs upon the interests of the State and men were given a chance to he of use to their people. With such records as these before us we are not surprised that the good old county of Edgecombe found a son worthy to be called to represent her for five terms in the House, and after i oat for fourteen in the Senate, or her people had the wisdom to avail themselves of his ability and ex perience. This man was Louis Dick ens Wilson. General Wilson’s life is an interesting one. Starting as a clerk in a counting-house, he died a colonel of the Twelfth Regiment of Infantry in the United States army, an appoint ment which came to him unsought and upon the recommendation of political opponents. The manner in which General Wil son—he was a General in the rnilitia came to enter the United States army was an honor to himself and a credit to the State, and is one of the most dramatic episodes in our civil history. During his fourteenth term as State Senator war with Mexico was de clared by the Congress of the United States and the President called upon the Slates for volunteers. Parties were sharply divided on the question and feeling ran high. As a conse quence volunteers were slow in re sponding to the call. General Wilson was ardently in favor of the war and used all his powerful influence and experience in urging the State to- do her duty. He was at this time 5.1 years of age, his hair was snow white and his health delicate. After one of his tiery speeches calling upon the State to do her duty, a young member of the Senate is said to have risen to liis feet and tauntingly exclaimed: “Mr. President? It's all very well for the honorable gentleman from Kdgeeombe to be so enthusiastic over this contemptible war since he knows that he is too old to be expected to go.” It was an electric shdrk. The old man sprang to his feet, his face flush ed, liis features set, and every nerve in his body tingling. His voice was no longer feeble. It rang out like a trumpet’s call as he then and there announced his determination to resign his seat, hasten home, raise a com pany, and go to the front. With withering scorn he turned to his younger colleague, who sat aghast at the storm his words had raised, and called upon him to follow. It was like a thunderbolt and the Senators sat dumfounded. After the first burst of passion. General Wilson in a calm, steady voice prayed for leave of ab sence from the Senate. It ivas grant ed, and as he turned to leave the Senate chamber, the members spon taneously rose as a body and stood with bowed heads as he passed out from that body he had so long adorn ed—never to return. It was a scene to be forgotten. A committee appointed to express in the shape of resolutions the senti ments of the Senate on this occasion reported through Mr. Francis, Senator from Haywood, Macon and Cherokee, as folloAvs: “Whereas/ the Senate has been in formed that one of its members is about to leave the balls of legislation, in North Carolina, to assume the more arduous and perilous duties of the camp and battle-field, as commander of the volunteer companies from _ the county of Edgecombe; and “Whereas, no difference of opinion as to the commencement of the pres ent war between the United States and the republic of Mexico should in duce members of this body to Avith hold the expression of the opinion they entertain as to the self-sacrifi cing and patriotic conduct of the | Senator referred to. “Be it therefore unanimously re- : solved by the Senate of North Caro lina, now in session, that, in separating from their fellow member, the Honor able Louis D. Wilson, Senator from Edgecombe, Avith whom many mem bers of this body have been associated for years iiv the Senate chamber, thCA cannot withhold the expression of their high sense of his able, dignified and patriotic services, as a member of the Senate, and further, to express tiie conviction that in the more ardu ous and hazardous duties of the bat tlefield he will be no less distinguish ed for patriotism, courage and never failing devotion to the cause of his country.” Upon motion of Senator Gilmer, of Guilford, the yeas and nays were call ed and the resolution passed unani mously. General Wilson found no difficulty in getting men to folloAv his lead and he Avas soon on his way to Mexico. The President of the United States, without General Wilson's kmnvledge or consent, appointed him to the com mand of the Twelfth Regiment of In fantry in the army of the United States. While in Mexico he was seized with fever and died in camp. In Con gress a brilliant eulogium was deliver ed by Governor Brogden, in which he said “Louis D. Wilson was one of na ture’s noblemen, and his sympathies were ever on the side of justice and humanity. He was a man of strict integrity of character, a friend of th» poor and needy and possessed of many of the best traits and qualities of hu man nature. He Avas affable and so ciable in his manner, the embodi ment of patriotism and the soul of honor. Studiously neat in his person, i he Avas a favorite in all circles: he won the sobriquet for years of the Chesterfield of the Senate.” General Wilson was a bachelor, but he had a large family for the affection that most men center on their OAvn blood relations he gave to the people of his cotinty. His Avill left his patrimonial estate of lands and sla\n;s to liis nephew and niece, but the greater part of his wealth. $40,000, was left to the poor of Edgee >mbc county. His body rests in an obscure grave on the banks of Tar River, over grown Avith weeds and grasses and shrubbery. The Stale has honored him by naming a county after him: and the people of Edgecombe have shown their love and admiration for their favorite son by the erection of a beautiful monument in his honor on (heir court-house green On the fr<*n« of this monument is the following inscription: i “Colonel L. D. Wilson was born May 12th, 1789. ,and died August 12th, 1847.” On the second side appears this sen tence; “A tribute to his public service and priate Avorth.” The third side has this sentence from his will: “I give to the chairman of the County Court of Edgecombe county, his successors in office, the residue <>f my estate, both real and personal, for the use of the poor (paupers) of said county.” The fourth side has engraved upon it the following: “Erected by his fellow-citizens of the county of Edgecombe in memory of Col. Louis D. Wilson, of the Twelfth Regiment of United States Infantry who died at Vera Cruz on his way to join the American army in Mexico.” R. D. W. CONNOR. The Old Songs. I. For all the modern poets, Avilli the melody of rhvme, They sing the old songs over, an’ they re sweeter all the time! Their music’s in the past time —the ripple of the rain. The twinkle of the sunshine in the valley—-on the plain! 11. <>h, they sing the old songs over! — they know the way they go— The rojjes and the rainbows the sum mer an’ the snow! The green grass of the gardens—the heaven overhead — The singers are hut echoes of the great days that are dra<> —F. L. Stanton. Mr. R. L. Durham has moved from Spartansburg S. C., to Charlotte, and wil carry on his cotton business there in the future. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 7, 1904. A BIGJONMNCE Revenue IVlan Written Up as Woman’s Dupe. Will Sue Richmond News Leader for Libel— The Tale as Told by Musk rat Mike and Flossy May Mostly ‘•Poetry'". The tricksy moonshiner and the de vices used by those who engage in the profitable but risky business of beat ing Uncle Sam out of his liquor tolls have ever been fair game for news papers and novelists alike. If amid the gross surroundings of the sequestered still, there can be painted the miracle of a marooned lady of quality whose innate gentle ness and refinement has remained un spoiled Avhile she grew up Avild in the Avoods; if one can picture with suffi cient vididness the passion and the snares of Muskrat Mike for this corn lieker lady with the alabaster skin and the jet black eyes and the curling golden hair; if, in contrast to this, lie I can work in a band of revenue officers of supernatural acumen and a hound like persistency in search; and then a dapper young minister of independent fortune who starts out with the reve nuers to correct the morals of Smoky Gulch, only to fall, head oA’or heels in love vith Flossy Mag and for love of her dear self comes finally to condone the moonslihiing business and Avear overalls and drink “white light ning' Avithout a cough; if he can stir up enough blood plots on the part of jealous Muskrat Mike against the life of Parson AJgenon and can then wind up the story with an impromptu reA ival in the still house at which moon shiners, revenuers and Muskrat Mike are all converted and Flossy Mag de clares her love for the Parson; and then prologue the whole thing with a marriage in the cathedral, tvith red lights, and Flossy in a goA\ r n from Paris and a newly discovered Banker Papa, and Muskrat Mike pumping the organ, while- the salty tears roll down his beard—why he can eat up “Sun day space” by the yard at six dollars a column. And the moonshiner and the dis tfllery cheat — poor dogs- -are s<p timid that they dare not rebel. So that when Jonah Smith, who has 1•• struggling to rais - a family of children A'ith t .•-g.-.i'ou '-'i'l nai “cut up” every six months, and living j a life that is half the time in the pen itentiary and half the time out, dis covers that his simple, unassuming and retiring character has been trans formed into blood-thirsty Muskrat Alike—why he can only sigh deeply, light his corn-cob pipe and, in ex tremity, take a drink of his own brand of concentrated lye. Therefore, to those who know the true diffidence and harmlessness of the breed, Avho appreciate the fact that their liA-es are full of a grinding labor that leaves no time for senti ment, who have seen an old, bald headed man Avith a copper still on his back skedaddling through the Avoods like a Avild turkey at the approach of- nothing more harmful than a com pany of bird-nesting boys, there is a feeling of something very much akin to a sense of justice delayed when one of these worms avlio has been dragged from the ground and “writ ten up” presumes to turn. All this to get down to the fact that Store-keeper and (lunger Carter, Av-ho Avas stationed at a still in Wilson county, Avhere the government Avas “done,” is preparing to sue the Rich mond News-Leader for libel in pub lishing a story of his alleged love of a "moonshine girl” and neglect of his duties at the beck of Cupid. According to the story as printed in the Richmond paper, under a Ral eigh date line, Carter was the govern ment officer at a distillery operated on Black River, in Wilson county, by a man named Morgan. The still was situated in a dense forest on a bluff, overlooking the river, and was about four miles from the town of Lucana. It turned out afterwards that the stili had under it a tank that held 500 gallons of AAhiskey. From this tank one pipe ran to the rher and another tank to the cistern room where it was connected Avith a funnel. The still Avas one of ten-bushels capacity, and, under government regulations had to make 30 gallons of spirits a day. Everything over this was poured in the funnel, Avent in the tank and when the tank Avas full, boats came up the ri\ r er at night, loaded Avith barrels, into Avhich the liquor was turned from a cock-stop in the pipe that ran from the tank to the Avater. On the occasions, said the New <- Leader correspondent, Avhen the boats came up and Avhen the liquor Avas ' being formed in the funnel to the un derground tank, Guager Carter would he off trysting Avith the Flossy Mag of the story: but the stock story here took an original turn, because the damsel fell in love Avith the officer and the officer fell out of love Avith her —and Avhen the girl got ready to wed. and there was no Avedding to follow she got mad —mad as a hornet —and she gave away the distiller and the store-keeper and herself, so that Morgan avhs tried and fined a thou sand dollars at the December term of Federal Court here and Carter Avas tried too. but acquitted. All this the News-Leader printed with graphic detail, and now comes Carter and shah there wasnt any girl and that he has been damaged in his char-akter to the sum of urnpty dol lars and odd cents —and the Noavs- Leader must pay. And Mr. Carter has sued the News- Leader and the paper’s lawyers are corning here to Raleigh to see how they can best get out —and Muskrat Mike is revenged. Capt. Crosland says corn is fine but cotton is later than it Avas last year and he expects the crop to be rather short. —Rockingham Anglo-Saxon. MEET AT MANASSAS Details of Pdaneuvres of the Troops There, In Sep ember the Regulars and State fn Hilary Meet on a Historic Battlefield in Virginia. The following from the Army and Navy Journal, in relation to the com ing maneuvers of troops of the regu lar army and State militia, at Ma nassas, iff September, Avill be read Avith interest: The Manassas maneuver held in cludes fifty square miles of territory in Prince William county, Virginia, ex tending from the hamlet of Thorough fare to Bull Run. Headquarters will be established about a quarter of a mile southwest of Gainesville, Va. The forces participating will he divided into two main camps, each to consist of about 12,000 troops, both regular army and militia of all arms. Maneuver camp No. 1 Avill be lo cated about two and one-half miles northwest of Manassas. Camp No. 2 will be about one mile west of Thor oughfare. Brigadier General Fred erick D. Grant, U. S. A., \\ ill be in command of No. 1 camp, and Briga dier General J. Franklin Bell, U. S. A./ of No. 2. Other officers parti cipating in the maneuvers Avill be Gen erals Barry, Bliss and Wint. Colonel A. L. Wagner Avill be chief umpire. None of the residents inside the maneuver area have refused to sign leases. There Avas some apprehension felt when tin* matter was first tak*<, up *with the property owners that their private property would be dam aged or molested, but the officer/? in charge of the arrangements Avere able to allay any fears that existed by in forming the residents of the good character of the regular army, for which they were able to vouch, and also by assurances that the militia of the various States was made up of representative citizens Avith reputa tions to maintain and that there was no ground for believing that they would conduct themselves differently when away from home. \ It is earnestly honed that the as lufanees of good conduct given by fv>! me! Loistaud and Captain Moss h,- mad»by the actions of ... p.irticip.e n g troop- , as i* is be lieved that the pmstion of holding future maneuvers will be largely de termined by the behavior of the citi zen soldiers at Manassas As an evi-i deuce of the confidence that can be reposed in the regular army a com pany of engineers has been roaming at Avill over the maneuver field for the past six Aveeks, and not a single com plaint- has been received from a resi dent; on the contrary the men are on the best of.terms with the property owners. That the maneuvers are popular Avltfi the National Guard is attested by the fact that as soon as organizations have been designated to take part ap plications for enlistment have come in to such an extent that many appli cants have been necessarily rejected. The Southern Railway is making ample provisions of sidings and stor age tracks tit both main camps for handling troops and supplies. A board consisting of Generals Grant, Barry and Bliss, have been on the maneuver field the past week, formulating problems to be worked out by the troops. It is understood that the two cainps avi 11 be maintained during the maneuver period as hos tile forces, liable to attack at any time, and approaching as closely as possible to the conditions prevailing in actual iA-arfare. The following roster of troops to take part in the maneuvers is official up to date, but it is subject to re vision hereafter: COUPS TIEADQI MITERS NEAR GAINESVILLE. VA. One Troop Seventh Cavalry—A Siege Battery Without Guns—Division Near Manassas, Virginia. Two companies United States en gineers, and hand: 6 officers, 153 men. Eight troops. Seventh cavalry, head quarters and band; 36 officers, 583 men, 619 horses. One troop Connecticut cavalry; 3 officers, 65 men, 68 horses, fine . troop New York /cavalry (Squadron A); 4 officers, 72 men, 76 horses. Twenty-third and Twenty-seventh batteries, U. S, F. A„ 12 guns and 1 veterinarian; 8 officers, 85 men, 191 horses. One battery Massachusetts F. A., (four thirty-two inch guns); 5 offi eers, 85 men, 65 horses. Eight companies Fifth infantry, headquarters and band; 31 officers. 511 men, 14 horses. Eight companies Ninth infantry, headquarters and band; 29 officers, 250 men. First Maine infantry; 52 officers, 550 men. 20 horses. First Connecticut infantry, 53 offi cers, 816 men. 18 horses. Third Connecticut infantry, 53 offi cers, 816 men, 18 horses. One Separate j company, Connecti cut infantry; 3 blliceis, 6a men. Staff, Connecticut; 9 officers, 5 men, 14 horses. . , Fifth Massachusetts infantry, 5a officers. 773 men, 2 5 horses. First Tennessee infantry; a4 officers, 480 men, 22 horses. Florida infantry (Provisional regi ment); 54 officers, 640 men, 24 horses. Fourteenth New York infantry; 5 officers, 800 men, 18 horses. Seventy-fourth New York infantry; 38 officers, 538 men, lj horses. Fifth New Jersey mfanti \ . 0 m men Seventieth Virginia infantij, IS of ficers, 509 men. South Carolina infantry; aOJ men. Georgia infantry (Provisional mgi mint); 54 officers, 606 men, 18 horses.. 16 Pages -Section One-Pages I to 8. Alabama infantry (Provisional); 910 men. Texas infantry; 58 officers, 750 men. i Two troops Georgia cavalry; 9 of ficers, 9 8 men, 107 horses. Georgia brigade headquarters; 10 officers, 10 men, 10 horses. Battery A, First Virginia artillery (four three-inch guns); 4 officers, 50 men, 44 horses. Total —7 22 officers, 12,67 9 men, 1,- 40 5 horses. Division Near Thoroughfare, Virginia. One company United States engin eers, 3 officers, 7 6 men. Eight troops Fifteenth cavalry, headquarters and band,; 2 5 officers, 599 men, 541 horses. One troop New York cavalry, from Troop C; 6 officers, 69 horses, 75 men. F. A., 12 guns, 1 veterinarian, 7 of ficers, 4 5 men, 4 9 horses. Third and Fourth batteries, United States, F. A.; 12 guns, 1 veterinarian, 7 officers, 181 men, 191 horses. One battery Connecticut F. A.; four S-6-inch guns, 5 officers, 82 men, 49 horses. One battery Connecticut machine guns; 4 30-inch gravity feed, 5 officers, 30 men, 13 horses. Three companies First infantry; 10 tffieers, 195 men, 2 horses. Four companies Eighth infantry and band; 11 officers, 260 men. One company Fifth infantry; 2 of ficers, 64 men. Ten companies Sixteenth infantry, headquarters and band; 20 olljcers, 401 men, 9 horses. Second Maine infantry; 51 officers, 352 men, 20 horses. Second Vermont infantry and band; 5.’: officers, 74 2 men/ 2 4 horses. Eighth Massachusetts infantry; 53 officers, 773 men, 24 horses. Ninth Massachusetts infantry; 53 officers, 773 men/ 24 horses. Massachusetts staff; 11 officers, 8 men, 2 5 horses. First North Carolina infantry; 55 officers, 580 men, 16 horses. Two battalions West Virginia infan try; 35 officers; 440 men, 19 horses Third Tennessee infantry; 54 officers, 540 men, 24 horses. Second New York Infantry; 62 of ficers, 1,060 men, 19 horses. Twelfth New York infantry; 36 of ficers, 850 men, 24 horses. Fourth New Jersey infantry; 600 men. First Maryland infantry; 53 officers. 480 men, 17 horses. south Carolina infantry* 510 men. MEET AT MANASSAS —TWO 7890 7 Second Georgia infantry; 54 officers, 606 men, 18 horses. Texas infantry; 58 officers, 750 men. Four companies Delaware infantry; 16 officers, 2 0 men. One troop Georgia cavalry; 4 of ficers, 49 men, 53 hoises. Total second division, 746 officers 1 , 11,541 men, 1,225 horses. Grand total, 1,539 officers, 24,284 men, 2.644 hoises. Note. —When Strength is given by mu number only, it is fen approximate a; mv gale and more definite informa tion is not at hand. Una,signed—Maine, 2 signal corps. 1 officer and 20 men; 2 ambulance i orps, 1 officer and 20 men. Connecticut, 1 medical corps, 13 of ficers and 13 horses: 1 hospital corps, 39 men; 1 signal corps, 5 officers and 4 8 men. Massachusetts, 1 signal corps, 1 of ficer, 26 men and 1 horse. Maryland, 1 signal corps, 11 men. JUDGE PARKER ON TRUSTS. Hints At Time Coming of Government Ownership of Monopolies. (From the Kingston Daily Freeman of February 22, 1900.) Within the next fetv years there AVill arise questions of public policy, but wo must not take hold of them rashly. There is a great deal of difference of opinion in the commercial world whether it is ivise to have great com binations of capital in control of the business. Some see in them a great menace. Others are of the opinion that they are but the natural order of development, and that no great harm will be done. It is argued that such combinations can only work successfully when they get wages down to such a point that not similar combination can be form ed to enter into competition. Compe tition is the life of business, but it was long ago settled in England that whatever tended to thwart the good of the country or its people Avas il b'gai. The common law there became the law here. In an article by a laboring man, a\ hieh 1 read the other day, I Avas struck by the ideas advanced. This man reasons that in spite of all the people Can 'do, when you set a prin ciple in motion it will develop. In business the fact that people are in the same work causes competition. A partnership took the place of the in dividual. Later still, more capital was needed to reach a, higher plane, and the corporation found its place. Its Avork Avas an aggregation of the Avork of the individuals. After a time men came to a still higher state of perfection, still larger capital and labor interests were need ed, and there came into existence a partnership of corporations knowni as the trusts, and now we can’t stop i it lias grown as naturally as business required it. Eight or ten years ago a man who undertook to support the » osition that the Government could do all the business of the country, or that any business could he done under one head, would have been laughed out of the business world. It Avas thought that no man had intellect enough to do that, and so it was idle to talk of the possibilities of the future as Ed ward Bellamy talked of the GoA'erri mont conducting all the business in Ins hook, “Looking Backward,” where every man shared in the work of the Government of which he was a distinct part. , It has recently been demonstrated that the oil business could be and is conducted by one man, at a less cost per gallon than when there Avas com petition. It is the same with sugar, and it is soon to be demonstrated that thi steel business of the country can be carried on under one man. The business must he conducted cheaper, so as far as the consumer is concerned, or else other combinations of capital will be formed, and when some party arises which will Like the position that the Government can do the business for the people and do it successfully, the people will have an Price Five Cents. PICTUREOF DAVIS Drawn by Pen of Former Resident of Raleigh. Mr. Scott Says He Reminds One Strong ly of Robert E. Lee and Z. B. Vance. “ The Two Greatest Men on Whom My Eyes Have Chanced to Rest.’’ In a private letter to Ed. Chambers Smith, Esq., of this city, Mr. Charles H. Scott, of Elkin, W. Va.. Avho form erly li\-ed iti Raleigh, Avrites most in terestingly of Hon. Henry G. Da\ r is, the vice-presidential candidate. Mr. Scott lives as a near neighbor to Mr. Davis and has had peculiar opportu nities to know his real character and worth. Mr. Scott writes: “That Avas a great and good piece of work that you did in nominating Senator Davis for vice-president. • We who knew him aacll out here never doubted his fitness for any place in the councils of government of the country —even the highest—but we greatly doubted whether his simple, modest, unassuming ways would not hide the facts of his eminent abilities and fitness for high place from others. “Senator Davis is a man who ‘does things.’ He has shown administrative and executive ability of the highest sort in the management of large af fairs; and in all, and through all lie lias never seemed to be lacking in J power or readiness to meet the de mands made upon him. “it requires but that acquaintance with him to enable one to realize that he is one of nature’s noblemen, cast in h large mould. "His uniformly even temper, and simple, quiet Avay in discussing mat ters of great moment; his invariable courtesy and consideration fdi the per sonal feelings and interests of others, even the lowliest, remind one strongly of our own great and good men of old Virginia and North Carolina, Robert E. Lee and Z. B. Vance, the two greatest men on Avhom my eyes have chanced to rest. “He is not at all like what one often naturally fancies or sees the success ful man of our day to be—hustling, bustling, nervous, excitable, or fussy or shOAvy—but all the same, perhaps largely because of the absence of these characteristics —one soon sees and teels that be is talking to a man of clear intelligence, of broad mental view, of high and noble character. “L should bt glad, indeed, if every man in North Carolina could know him as I do; for I am sure that such knowledge Avould drive them to the polls in November, and bring out such a A - ote as the old State never gives, but to the best and bravest of her sons. “The voters of North Carolina will make no mistake in doing what they can to put ex-Senator Henry G. Davis, of West Virginia, in the vice-presiden tial chair. He is of the very type they have ahvays delighted to honor*—a man of solid worth —free from sham, pretence, arrogance and affectation of every sort—wise, just and brave; sim ple, magnanimous and upright; and certain to do all that any one man can aa el I do in the place assigned to hup or any to which he may be called to give us a safe, peaceful, dignified and honorable government, in all our rela tions, domestic and foreign. I have yet to meet the man who, knowing Senator Davis, doubt or questions this.” opportunity to demonstrate their be* lief in this. This year a contract has been let by a municipality for a road to be built underground. Ten years ago it was supposed that no municipality had this power, but it has been seen that it can be done. These questions which grow out of public conditions arc:? not to be treated rashly, hut with careful thought. There will be for all of us questions of interest, not only to our selves, but to our descendants, and when the time comes for theili to be met they will be met Avith a careful ness and sincerity looking always for the greatest good to the greatest num ber in city, county and State. Watauga News Items. (Watauga I iemoorat.) Court next week with Judge McNeill presiding. With the Potter and Wat son murder casco, and a number of others of more or less importance on the docket, we may look for the en tire term of tA\o weeks to be con sumed. Mr. Clarke Mcßride has shipped 6,- 200 sheep out of this county to date that have brought the people of the county $18,600. Mr. Mcßride is a mov ing man and may he live long and prosper accordingly. Architect Wheeler, of Charlotte, avlio furnished the plans for the new court house, arrived in town Sunday and inspected the work on Monday morn ing, leaving at once for Jefferson. He expressed himself as being. pleased with the Avork on our building. A few days since Mr. Wiley Hodges was traveling the road near Mr. L. H. Trivett’s heard a noise, and/ upon in vestigation he found a weasel and a large black snake in deadly warfare. The weasel Avould pounce upon the snake, bite it and then jump off be fore his snakeship could do anything to defend itself. He watched the op eration until he saw the snake was about dead, and Avith a rock lie dis patched the weasel. The sn ike Avas much mutilated, .he worst ayouuJs be ing about its head. It Avas noted in The Express last Aiek that the store of Alfred & Ew ing. at Aberdeen, with its stock of goods, Avas destroyed by lightning, and that the loss Avas estimated at $3,000. In a letter they state that the loss is $6,000, with no insurance. They ex pect to rebuild. —Sanford Express.
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