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VOLUME LXXXV NO. G8
RALEIGH, K". ., SUNDAY , MORNING,1 FEBRUARY 9, 1907
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DEBT OF COUHTRY
TO 'REGUL
F.lr. Holt's Distribution of
Historic . Post Cards ,
THEIRS 'FIRST BLOOD'
The ' Battle of "AbKnncet I AVitli
the
, Ximen of PugtV HusbwuU and
,. MeMeJ1 Appropriately Com
i inemora jpl r by Son : of , .
TruKas Family.
j 4 - -. i- 1 . . , . - ,: .. ' ' . . ,
' who are Interested ia the movement
' looking9 to the preservation; of the
salient acts' of orth Carollnk, revo
lutionary history and the! ptand taken
by the colonists which made for the
. I)ecUraUon "of t Independence . are
tinder a debt of gratitude to Mr. Erwin
JV. 'Holt, of purlington, who has had
printed - and;- widely Undistributed
thfougrhout the country twoj handsome
poet-cards descriptive of the "Battle
of the Regulators" and commemora
tive of the iatriot of . Alamancewho
' were hanired by , the -order of theTTory
Governor Tryon. o fl '
!; One of the cards bears a handsome
lithographic reproduction of the Bat-
tie Monument of the Battle of Ala-.-..o
'-...a tiM fttiriinsrton. and the other
M a reproduction of the memorial at
the Guilford' battle , ground ito james
Pou. one of the twelve regulators con
ilemned to death aiterUie .battle by
the British Oovernor. it .
. Th . Dostcarda ' have occasioned
wide comment : throughout ; the coun
try in which generally the significance
of th battle of Aim an ace upon revo-?,
luiJonary, history is yet largely unap-
. Commenting upon the. Historical
.' facets sot- forth by the cards the Utica
Globe, of 'New York,, says', r 1 '
Kiw nersons realize that North Car
ollifa is A rival to aiaissachnsetts for
first hodor itv bslng the site of open
hostimi33 between the arounsed colon
ies and :io mother country. '. For
tome iijns .historians neglected "to
lve du i-?co?nitJon to, the claim of
North Cr.roiina, and It war not unui
1880 thai a monument wa erected to
mark srot where, , as the facta
1 seem tc. Jlicv, tho first blood wa ahed
that vli3 jolunlea. might be. free.
Vh'.s r.oiiment is nine, mil south
' of' 2ril-igton. N. J '.' on: f the fle?d
whs3 wi 3 battla wSilch it commemorr
at3 K3 .'crglit. In the engagement
- th-3.1"Jsii .Tjmbered "1,100, their
klllsti ir vounded 81 j Regulators 2.
000, .ltd- iotal loss about 200., The
forciey commanded by Governor
Tryon, rIioso order was noi at first
obe3u, an he in great anger re
pecisi.: ? 'ITire, flra them, or fire on
m3. -?,.?h9 ;oattl9 lasted two hours.
Tho Raiatcrs "being - poorly . armed.
' an2 uicri of ammunition, -could , not
aucc23if2iir 2CD3 with Tryon's forces.
. anfi; ecra took to tree fighting
tuxC1 HKly? dlspersad ; to i escape
- uapne rz.c. axecutlon. . which fate
bcfvii', cOvsrLook . several f- of the
lerdjra cu othanrv The inscrip
tion i o.i ' il.e four cides ;-. of the
. mouujj3.il; a--3: "Hare was fought the
baiua o: jis.taia:q, May 16th. 1771,
" betTT3iakih3 3r!tish and the Regula
tora." Tcarty.-.'rsirrt-IJatUe.of Rev
', oiu;ioju- ;63y. . - ! t.:
Tii.c iatas was tho outcome of
trotsola iliat 2iad been brewing for
ithras or more, when a isociety
known lh-3 Rsgulators, was organ
ized o2 03 purpose of resisting sucht
xo.biini ; sazss ana oppressions as
livi bca tlaosed by the mother
coanto. ittaong the Regulators cap-
tursd u.i4S wis flght. was one; James
ruzu. vr.io -jro.'xaa gresxjtiavoc among
the 3aali Corcsc before hd wU cap-
. xurw. irw "was uia.naro wnomaea
IS t Vyon'a nin from behind a rock
In tha ba ;tl a of Alamance, and it I
ITS (v - m . - - T '
sca nis wii3 cssijtsc mm in ioaa-
inr aafl ve-locdirsj, while engaged in
-the &o congest. Together withfive
othsr rsrul2itovs, he'' was taken t
Hlllsboro, end there xectite0 y'Try-
on on xft&X la now the Cameron e-
tate, vhere he is also burted The pic
ture shown is ta!ten from a memorial
dab at the, Guilford batUe. ground.
Greensboro. The other Ulultratlon is
i taken from a fine picture post card
recent.y published by Erwln A Holt,
of Burllnston. a descendent of Edwin
M. Holt, founder of the old Alamance
Cotton' Mills, which marked the be
prlnnlns of industrial development in
the South. E. A. Holt-is a member
of the firm vrhlch still carries o cofr
ton mills, but in addition to his busi
aess afialrs, he is greatly interested is
local history end the preservation of
all conactsd therewith, - j.
' The claim Chat the battle of Ala
mance masked first of those that
made a free' paople of the fearless
colonists- is well oundd. ; Referring:
to Wheeler's Utetoy of North Carol i-
I 'na, the conclusion o his version reads
' as follows: 'Hr3 wts the first blood
spilled in the Unilsd States in resist-
ance to exactions of English rulers
nd oppressions fcy .the English gov-
x rnment. Ilad this batile terminate j
differently (and five ysars afterward
uch. would have ea the case) i the
hank of. Alamance would be: vener-
ted as another Bunker Hill and Hus
, hands. Merrill anj others ranked as
Warrens and patriots of another day."
The reproduction 6f the Pugh me.
morial contains this quotation: !
"Of i twelve Regulators condemned
at;, Hlllsboro. the following six - were
xecuted by the British Governor;
, Js mes, Purh. Robert Matear. Benja
min Merrill. CapUIn Messer. and i two
4 others, whose name are now un
'Oi'rj blood will , be . good
sd in good J ground, that wlir oon
Produce, one hundred fold James
, A jnan doef n't have to know very
Tiich about a thing to j gain a reW
tatloti atj It if
poise about Hj
he can make a toud
A woman considers it a compliment
sbetauseshe knows it ought to be.
ATORS
MANY WANT THE BABY.
Tlie Infant Left With a ICttcr on the
Porcli Vour Deaths I iTom
i , Pneumonia Asherllle l ,
; :I-tS--:;i i - Mors Show.
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Aslievllle. Feb. S. The prize lists
and rujes and regulations for the
sixths annual meeting of th4 j Ashevllle
Horse;: Show association to r be heia
Anrll 28 and 29. have been issued.
The i feature of the prize list is the
gi-eat increase in the amounts of the J
cash I prizes, .wmcnwere piacea large
In nrHr in attra.rt nrnhnhlft Pihihltors
from Tennessee, South Carolina, and
Virginia! j The show bids fair to be
as great a success this year, socially
and financially as during the past !
seasons!-if-o - ,i i.,.1: 1L ;
Twoideaths occurred here yesterday
from; pneumonia while two; other .;
deaths from this disease were;reooru- j
ed earlier in the week. Mrs. Martha
T. Wllbar. widow of the Hate John j
Wilbar died yesterday 1 morning at her
home oh Patton avenue after: an Ill
ness of less than a week. Mrs. Wllbar
was; etuyears of age and had lived
in AsheviUe and Buncombe for the
pasti.40years.- .."1 .." I'i A:
Mrs. Mattie L. Clarke, widow of the
late iw.il P. Clarke, died yesterday
morning! at 11 o'clock of pneumonia
arla!L"!"e0
George H. Starnes of this cltyi ana a
nemberT of the First j Baptist church
and the order of the ' Golden Cross.
She ; was a consecrated Christian
wonian.T i-'": v--.-''. ; "' it'll
The funeral services were conducted
thl afternoon. I . ii)
The Alsheville postofflce receipts for
the month Jof January! 1908j Ishows a
marked Sincrease over the receipts for
the sam month of tne jear previous,
the increase being in, round , figures.
$75t.1.
f tt'rtv
reauests . have
been made by
nunU - lsirfncr to adoot the " three
weeks old infant left on the front
porch of Former Sheriff and Mrs.
Reed's riome late one hlght this week.
The child was taken by Dr. and Mrs.
R. R.! Swope and placed in the Balti
more hospital. . More than two dozen
applicants: have put. in it an appearance
pleading! to be allowed to adopt the
.babyttMth bay ,ls a flne 1Ittle KrI
and apparently of excellent parentage.
- Judgeil Peeble , presiding over the
present term of Superior court for the
trial of criminal cases, ; 1 striking ter
ror, to the! hearts of tvil-doers. The
first conviction in the court of 'blind
tlgering'l.in AsheviUe i-sincei prohjor
tion became effective was that of Ad
dle Freeman, a negro ! woman. Vho
conducted a hotel for the blacks here.
Addle'; was given ; twelve months in
Jail ? by J)dge Peebles. - The woman
is perfectly able and would like to pay
a. fine but she must remain behind the
barsJ'H'-Tl' :f '-'. r-"'--rTr.s ,4;, ,;( !-..:,
. it v t'1 H . i4- V l-V
WORDS OF ISDOM. -
Judge j Bennett Kmpliasises Ue Impor.
r' sriitance of : Good . Seed. V." t.T
. I will not fatigue your patience by
frequent lrecurrence to the advantage
of the best cotton and corn eeds in
our asrrWulture. ,1 will r not j run- up
against: circumstances. Buy the. best
cotton.' seeds for next year's planting
to be had of an honest, - veracious
neighbor. In ; like manner acquire
yourt seed corn. , - v- i -'-' ; '-'
His Honor, Nathaniel Macon, wish
ed that th4 choice of a wife should be
made front rooftree r whereat ; the
smoke was visible to the groom as It
ascended in feathery coils, Likewise,
the ' choice ! of a wife should. t as the
new moon resting in the arms of the
old moon, be very intimate and reas
suringr - - . -.-; '-::fN,;
The 'corn crop of this year is ; so
abundant! that we may get very ex
cellent choice with small trouble.; Cot
ton seed deteriorate more fiquickly
than! corn seed. Cook's Improved for
all lands, King's Improved for low
lying landsj Rawdon's Texas above all
the Oklahoma fetched by Mr. Duke
from the: distant west will give you
38, 39.; 40 pounds of lint to an 100
pounds of seed cotton. !
It hasben sandof the Nile since
HerodltuSj that It was the wet nurse
of Africa. 1 J Victor Hugo said of that
country It was the continent; of the
next -300 years. The queen of Sheba.
whose descendants -through Solomon
now j occupy Abyssinia in thb 5th
personality.! a . long time agoi ; mined
the surface gold of Ophlr. lih v
This w;orld is a high and lofty tum
ble. Come and recline with me while
we penetrate the uttermost parts of
the earth in the effort to resolve the
questions, enfolded in our past, How.
savage we have been laying hands ohj
God the Immaculate! Let us call the
roll in the shadow of the cross. 1
a - "v- B. T. Bennett 4 i
"FRCTT OF HIS FOIXY,"
Play
Time .nddlersTwo Cases of
Puenmordju;
(Special to News -and Observer.)
Oxford, IN. C. Feb. 8. The old time
fiddlers will, give an entertainment in
the opera 1 house. In Oxford, next
Thursday: I evening which . Is looked
forward to by many as an occasion of
pleasure and fun. :( i
. , The ! play "Fruit of ! His Folly,"
which is being rehearsed by amateurs,
will be presented February 14th and
promises a; rich treat. The "cake and
candy' sale! for the Presbyterian car
pet fund yMH be given Saturday after
noon. I )!:;)( !) .-!; '. . ..
Mr4 Hampton Brooks,; a popular
young ! man j of Oxford, is seriously, ill
with pneumonia. ' '-; : h., : .L..-.-.-!? '
Miss Bailie Ellis who has been very
sick for several weeks with pneumonia.
li now better. - . f ' il
'; -HenpeT.
Her eyes are like" the evening air,:
Her ! volttej Is like a rose; -iL.-: r - .
Her lips are like a lovelysongj
- That ripples as it flows :
And she herself i sweeter than
The sweetest thlrtg she! knows.
A slender J haunting, twilight form
Of wonder and surprise; h
She semdi a 1 fairy or a chlldil
.Till, dep! within her eyesN ' V
I, saw j the homeward-leading star'
; Of Vomanbood arise. !l -. , :j 5
'.-J'; --,?!! if- j Henry Vian Dyke.
- 1 1 v "K I- ', a -
i A woman thinks Jt a disgrace If her
husband drinks and.' a man i thinks
he isldlsgjrkced.-if ' his wife won't let
him drink, ;::; j-- . : r
5
We start if hunting for fame and
we settle Iown to looking for ja llv-
--i ::'. 1 " .' ' '" -r ! 1 -, ! .
A Troman logic is awfully amusing
to a man unless he's married to her.
II LaV f. K v-ft- r-KHts: IL srY-V- II II foT Killing a Nrro No Damage UIU lUlkl UMIL.ULJ
kc Deal 11 u (JC o 1 . IL kc y 1 : r
'Sotith?s
By
(Published by permission -of The Sat
urday Evening Post.)
P
ROH1B1TIOX and, the
South Thirty years ago
the 'evil and Holy AVatr"
would have lxMn considered a
more likely pair: of running
mates. But, .'unless )mething
steins .the prei?ent tile, it is a mat
ter of inonths until there will not
be a saloon from the "Potomac to
i Uie Itio Grande, and a toddyless
will stretch from on
and Dixon's line to tho Gulf of
Mexico. This gigantic movement'
-1 ...
has never stopjed or tnrnel back.
In this it resembles Marcelhis,
rarcellus, an overgrown negro
boy, was pow'ful skittish." The
older darkies wduld stuff bin with
Kukhix stories, then send him
home alone with the whites of Ids
eyes shining in the dark. Across
the -fields, through the new
ground, " along - the big road Mar
eellus went, whistling to keep up
his coutage. It was easy to locate
Marcel Ins, Mischievous, boVs
j tlresse! in sliets would "lav f er
to skeer Mm.' They "skeered 'ira"
all right enough, but lcnever
once turned back. Marcelliis kept
rilrt on ahead, awkwardly
haps, but he kept a-going. HeM
climb, feioes,' dodge under stiles,
tear through a brier patch, or
swim the creekbut he never tunn
ed back. Someway or other he got
there. ' - , --.
"Tlie South Tho-e who get
their ideas ipm colnie "supple
ment Avill conjure pip -a, vision, of
two portly colonels, with fierce
mustaches -.and abroad hats, leaning
tb-eir cHmiws on the bar and caress
ing heir jules. . The delicate tint
ing of their noses does not- come
from, exclusive use of water, and
their bulgiug hip-pocketf are not
full of temperance 'tracts.
"Kernel , , sah," says one.
thi
licker is ten vears old."
, '"I think.noV ali; not over nine
and a! half, sah."
Immediately they i shwt to set-
110 tneir uinerence or opinion a
punctjjiously courteous affair with
which the law had no concern, it
leing a iersonal matter tetvreen
gentlehien.
It seems a shame trrise and re
mark that men are jailed in Miss
issippi, and that to drink whiskey
on a railroad - train is a crime in
tho .cowboy State of Texa.
HOW THE SOUTH HAS
CHANGED FROM WFT
TO BUY.
There was once a youth in tho
city of Xew York who found the
"broad white way" too placid. He
read ime novels, witnessed rancho
plays 1 and became enthusiastic.
His adventurous spirit hungered
for excitement, ho thirsted for red
skin gore. So he made an appro
priate toilet and lit out for the
wild and woolly West. His tirst
Texas night he spent in the lock
up for carrying concealed weap
ons and the .illusions of his life
were shattered.8
Things are not as : they used to
le. It is error to suppose that
every! steamboat captain throws a
barrel of whiskey and a barrel of
sugar into the Mississippi Kiver so
that his crew may have long tod
dies from Yicksburg to :Xev Orleans.-;.
The pioneer Prohibitionist of
the South must' have felt like
Unclc .Take, wh had the habit
of preaching to himself. Up and
down the cotton row ho pulled the
bell ; corrt over ! his mule and ex
pounded Scripture. One day a
gentleman - reinel up his hoirso be
side the fenco and called :
"Hello, Uncle Jake -preaching
to yourself?' ' - : r : '
"Yas, suh; you aee, I loves to
listen to, a real gool preacher ; an
'sides dat, when I preaches I loves
to. have an intelligent congrega-
tion.
WBUHrOlHrBfr - flO'rjlT 1; lOri i KrfbnimirinirBll Superior Court- adjourned .yesterday ; ..1111 IIJI.Ill I II I
HARIRIS - DICKSON
Every Southerji State to-day has
vast areas of dry territory. ..'' rjoull
Carolina has closed her saloon and
establfslied dispensaries j the GI or
ernors of Xorth: Carolina, Florida
and Mississippi j re t avowed ' Prp
hibitionists ; West jginia is con
sidering legislation X to v sjtopT liota'.
manufacture and sale; Kentucky
has buf FOtTIl counties 'that sire
entirely weti ! a'ga lnstf , ninetyjfour
thai are, entirel v lrvj In Missis
sippi there are but seven-counties
where liquors arc;?old; there are
only four irrigatioii spigots in Ten
nessee; whiskev stahds. in the last
ditch in Alabama. In Oklaii
oma
and Georgia they ha! e Sinade!
drought unanimous, j'l:,
the
- v,
This "is hot a revoliilion. It is
an evolution,! not a luntanical
spasm, but a cold-blooded business
proposition. It marks: thejchnge
that has come, over fho' spirit of
a people. The SoiUh baa, changed,
and is-changing- her 'industries,
social fabric, political j institutions.
xno views 01 uer people are cnang-
mg, but those people remain
ime. ;owberean;menca.
there 'such- a largci; wiiceiitage
the
"-is
;of
native-born tpopidatiori; nowhere
is uiere a purer strain 01 Anio
Saxon blood.' - Jdassaciutfor
instance, has 30.5 -pejr jen ?ior-eign-born
popiilati6n.r"lH sii BoBtlv
erh tatesihe average foreign-rti
population is af raction Ive: onc
half of one Tr.oeut- j1 ''4
of people living in thd country,1 is
$.5 per cent. white in theae ii
Southern States - more hait-88
cent, of tho people are f plain cbiu
try lone a 1 wo jtnings are
fore tme: , I
; 1. In these six Southern States
the laws ar uiaile -b- the faniier.
2. Those -farm'ers
are, pure
blefactor blooded Anglo-Saxons.
The negro is a negligible5 factor
and his influence nil
in shaping
public thought, however much
lis
It
mere presence may affect it
becomes interesting then to sec
how the Anglo-Saxon! who lives
upon -.-his. own acres' deals with a
world-old problem.
Fift
v vears' ago the Southern-
gentleman sat upon .Ids!' broad ver-;
anda and looked out j upon hisipver the hitl as Irapidly as mules
fields. Across ilFem. ho could hot lic-ould travel Ih. 1 tlie cdark tivb
look, for they stretched beyond his wagons
view. Contentedly he azed uponiiiions J
his slaves smgmg 111 thej helds, but
count them he could iiot, for he
did not know how mauvlhe owned.
- i i
The stonr is told of Judge, Chester
that, when riding along the road,
he observed a young negro man
take off his hat: and stop. He was
so good'looking nd smiling that
the judge reined- up his 1 horse and
returned, the salutation
"Cxood
evening. Whose boy are youl"
The .negro grinned: j "Lawdy,
TT 1 - TV . - I 1
o cage : ; uon t you Know yo . own
' ' ''29 j ' ' . ' 1
niggers i : . . ;.
Their white-col unmedj mansions
crowned every hiil; their doors
stood open j and tl.ieir htjarts M'dre
wide. Hospitality was j their; re
ligion, "stranger" a sacked word,
honor a shibboleth, and jthc cock
taU became a national institution
The sideboard was famous, anil
making the julep a stately-function.
- The dnitler, bent Hvith ago
and stifling with family pride,
brought silver cups for master, and
guest. Xone but a plain silver cuji
was fitted for a julep.- '.The .mas
ter's own hand stirred sugar and
water until it dissolved--tinkling
a bit of ice for music's sake. The
mint came crisp from the deepest
bed beside the spring, 1 cherries
from the pantry..
SOUTHERN - CXVALIfiRS OF
! BYGONE DAYS. y -The
master used a" decanter tha ;
hia graudsire had brought - f ron
England; his 'whiskey .was of arisi'
tocratic age and pcdigreeJ : -After
tho fino crushed ico. was added this
r-.ii.S-' ! .-" -
nec&ohe' gods . must stand un
til thefrpst came there sliould be
no unsjeeinly ,ha.ste about a. julep.
As he and his guest ?aat -pitching'
a delicate white" tracery father
round th'e cups, they exchanged
antique courtesies after J the fash
ion of ' good old Sir Roger; do .Cov
erlet. ' .'!-. : '--. f '' r' r
': Xhee Juienwould have regaijdecl
Prohibition as a fanatical interfer
ence, with personal right. : , They
would pave thought it km to ; those
sumptuary laws by which'a tyrant
king attompted to regulate- jflie
length! o : shoes ; that gentlemen
might wc ar. -: ' v1 !
''"r. Suclk rere the ; cavalier They
settledlinj the South, following the
sunshine jas naturally as thj Puri
tan sught the ?tern XeFngland
coast;- . .y
" But Hheir whole 'structure . was
builded-upbnrtlie quicksand of hu
liian slay0r aiii cbuld, not endurel
War . oa nke; -' The ' aristocrat, per
ihedon jt battlefield;"iis nijan
sjoii ; frttr.IIis goveranient
f Fhe ;drlcil3 . negro, safo"guarded
iroin every; , ; lempxauon, ' passeu
from on t sla verj . into 1 another
cbiigljjuiite thkt
dread triiimxirate, W hiskey, Car-pjBt-baggeij
ian4 Cocaine, For .ten
riotous tyeprs ) t h&- Southern , whites
hadCno y$s&- ui Jtheir ' ownaffairs.
jiiel'.lwt4r5l ivi:on top hut
thehotto&''railjJwg
jTgntea tnemseives. Jier. a ruvo-
lutipn 61 bloodshed J and ;f tnrlml
ence; t -vvhite inan 'iieestablished
his 'dominion 'and spt:alK)ut! restor-
mg onler. 1 V',f' .'- '-v.r-.?-.
.In the venues, at, every cross-
roadsV AVliedbkgefe where the
new-niadie fivagC'' citizen gathered, I
listening
o' carpet-haggex and
The "kvast i ma jority of
their, old -masters, arid,
scalawag;'
them
if left ajoiile, . woiild have done lit
tle hariit rnflamcd hy cheap whis
kev; and ;infited by renegades, they
took : pbession ; of the higliways,
'-..i.M't.-- ilti'.i... 'k- i."'il':U
spreading oihck icnor Hirouguouu carounaf should withdraw their pa
the landil . L :; 44. ' -;. - - ; rJ-' itrorage from lheHe;eltie. i Wo do not
: ' 1 ' ' I ohWt to the Vlrelnla towns fighting
UErmw: TUUiirliKll rUK
1
SfcLF-DKFKXSK.
.Two '
I wagons L went;
creakinc:
jrrofn town bearing', provi-
for the f afni. They toiled
throuj2:h
lark -cut shadow
fd bv
ocuct; bushes?, black as the pit it
self. Irivoluntarilvj the two itieu
who drove ibreathed f rcer .as' they
emersred -into the! semMiirht above.
A : doublc'barreled. shotgun lay: .be
side each driver on the seat: ' Sitd
denly, tlie' front .; wagon stopped
and the I d: iver snatchetl - up, liis
gun; hefM'as an Void man, gaunt
and thinJ le sprang from his dx
joseil poJat in and crouched behind
the mule f The .son ran forward
to his faihrs side. A" What's the
matter, dad : ':-y - :-t:
.-' "Shi 'yYojider's a, fire; looks like
a nigger jmltin" ;Y. r ? r
: The glarej from fa: fire pulsed up
ward ;anupnf; the tree-tojw; seral
ngures were; moving around, ana,
inules stQhifie :? :
rThe tyro peered : long and earn
estly ;.; theii xb younger; straighten
ed up aniil spoke aloiwl : ; "It's all
right, dad; them's" white men. .It's
Mr. Anderson; that's his . new
wagon ymider.".' 'Tlis.-keeii young
eyes, sharpened .by fear, searched
among :'the shadows i and . found
. th re - wagofis ; ; each : loaded . wi th
two bales 6
cotton.
voice
tree at the
came " from rbehiud-' a
edge 'of ;the 'road---a
cautious voice,
vet so close that
both i men itartedTT8 - that you,
Lige 'Hawkins?",.- .... .
i "Yes," the youhger man in the
,road replied ,
. . This is lpi)ly .Andersih."- A
slender figure istood up, Winches
ter, in harid.'l "That's pa ,and brotli-
! "" - '(Continued on Page Six.) v
Damage Against Southern Railway
: for Killing a IVrrro No Damage
.. for Killing Horses. r- 1
(Special toNews and : Observen) -Statesvillo.
N..C,. Feb. 8. Iredell
Superior Court-' adjourped .yesterday
and Judge Council, who presided, has
returned to his homeat Hickory. A
number or civil caeea ofi unusual inter
est was disposed of by the court dur
ing the past few days. I The .case of
Francis. Krlder administrator of Peter
Krider vs. the Southern Rallway tCo
resulted in a verdict for
Krlder, k colored, was
work train , while In the
$1,000. Peter
killed by a
employ of the
Southern as a. section - hand, and suit
was Instituted against the railroad for
damages In the sum of $3,000i . . ;
Probably i the most , interesting. ccase
in - the-.court, was that- (of the, Iredell
livery 'Co-yvs.. the Soutnern Railway.
I&st .summer two' ffrie jsorrell horses
belonginc:, to, the -Iredell Ltvejy" Co.
were left standing loose 'near the de
pot at night by one of ihe company's
drivers. The horses became frighten
ed' and: ran- away, dowty the railroad
track. About. two 1 .relies east iof
Statesville they met westbound passen
ger train No. ;J5 and wejre-kllled. The
livery people claim that ; the ' horses
turned and were running - from - the
train when killed, " and the engineer
of the. ttafn held that - hey met ; his
engine , head-on ' and: that he did not
have time to stop when they, came in
side the Jtght of the he idllght of the
locomotive .The livery; 1 ompany sued
for the value of the "horses MS
but the jury decided In favor of the
railroad. " . - : " -X:;::
-' DEATHS AT ,ELl3tB
3TII CTIY.
.. y:-;i ;:
Sirs. AVro.' V. Griffin
loee Husband
, ' Was Prowned, and
--.T.; Steger.
-lr.''J.tF.".:;-.i't
EUxabeth Cltsv N.: C-, Feb. 8. -Mrs.
William ,W.j Griffin.. widow t the late
William . W drifTln, a T?rkminent lawr
yer of . this, city, who - years ago -met
a tragic death by drowning, .died last
night, at ' the - family honie on Cturch
street. . Mrs firifrin was I stricken, sev
eral 'days asro-with paralysis-and wa
Unable to .move or speakjand her Ufe
was soon despaired of. ; Telegrams to
Beaufortt brought her daughter, Miss
Mattie, I and cousin, ; Miss , Mattie
Leary, I who ' are... ; teaching Mn that
town. A telegram was sent her aon,
Mr. Maurice Griffin, at Denver, -Colo
rado. but it was learned that he could
nofreach herein time for the funeral
service.; Mrs. GrifTln wap . a staunch
Episcopalian and was-oM of the mest
beloved and devout womcin in the city.
She is survived- by. , seven children
Missea Maatle, Lizzie it laml Annie,
Messrs. Wilianv W. ?Teler of the First
National - -Bank Maurice. of; Denver,
C0I04 J3dwar and -Vaugpan. , - . r.
' ' Mr.' J. F. Steger. proprietor of
the-'BtegerBottnnWof ks, et - tills
elty, lled yesterday at his, home, hav
ing been sick for a long -while and his
death not , unexpected. . Mr. ; gteger
was about' sixtj- years . of age and
leaves a wife-a'nd several children. .. ).-
jtfi midvuD : condemn :rr. ij ; j;.
Iff Vlrghrta Tovrns Help Railroads to
id Discriminate ; Against, xortu uax-
r ollna thp Merchants A8soci-
ation should Speak Out. ,
Mr Editori--In your paper of Feb
ruary an article on -"Virginia Cities
o Aid of Railroads." ; we are: led to
believe that the- Virginia ; cities - will
try 0 keep the railroad : from giving
North Carolina a fair rate ana inai ine
uniust : discrimination' asrafnst ; TCorth
Carolina shall continue.
case, then the Retau sjercnanis Asso
ciation in every town ' in 1 North- Caro
lina should meet and condemn such
action ' and. the merchants of is ortm
to prevent their Tates from being in
creasea." but they should be willing to
do ' unto others a ; they would have
othera do unto them.'. They have a
right to protest against their rates be
ing raised but they should not attempt
to profit at the. expens of ,North Caro-.
Una and if they do they will find that
the merchants of North Carolina know
of other markets, in; fact: Baltimore
Is the market, for the . South any iway.
Xo merchant of any conslgnence goes
to any market except ?DalUmorev . or
New' York ; to buy; goods, and these
smaller towns are only fiUers ir. Give
them to understand at. onfce If they
Interfere with our affairs ; that, there
is such A thin as kHUng the goose that
lays the golden ; egg. ' ; ; --':.'
Tr ;" ; James iJmpsey Bullock;
, THE SOVTII AT WESTEUX';
.';; -.' - i: " 1 ;,"-v-'-- :vi-4.
o Halt In the Consimction of This
'-.':-,- c'fniportsnt Line.
T : 1 (Spartanburg Herald.) '
A recent dispatch ' from ; - Johnson
Crly. Tennessee, appearing In: the Bris
tol ' Herald-Courier says - . some ."addi
tions are being- made t ihe at
work alonsr the line of ih South and
Western Railroad, -particularly where
tae v heaviest work i Pi;.r J?,tit' V
opening the mans tunnels in the west.
ernT North Carolina; mountain v This
l- in accord with the bet InfMrmatioTi-to-
be had at .this end of tlie line,
ihich Is to the - eit th.it hiuvy
frce are to Je put on" all along v?lie
permit grading; to; be done.
, Since the "panic" and . the subae
tUent receivership of the Seaboard
;Air Line, there has; been ome ques
tion .here as to tte plans of the South
and Western." and the fear haa1 been
expressed that the Seaboard's troubles
would involve; this road. ; From the
beat; Informed "sources - it , is. learned
that-no halt in construction or change
of plans la contemplated w.nd we aro
assured that the road Is; to be built
into this. city. The Seaboard's present
embarrassmen.toea not "reach the
South andWestern. as it id ah entire
ly . separate anj distinct proposition,
though It is being financed bv men
largely Inierested ' in this propertj-:; ; '
Duff Too Many- Graves for People to
. Tolerate Small Objections. ; -
, '- v -1 ' ' '"' f -.
' (Charity "and Cliildren.) ..
The temperance .wave has struck the
whole v coun try - and the voles of tne
nan who cries out for personal llr.r
ty" and warns against "sumptuary
legislation" winding up wlth.the state
ment that "prohibition will ' not ; pro-
hlbItrV-H drowned irr the clamor-of the
great -! public . for a V prohibition Uw.
The fact of the matter Is Uauor. h;s
dug -too many, graves for people to
tolerate small objections. t
A man's : moral position ; - depends
largely -on ' his financial standing. .
Famous ; Clcantaincor of!
Yanc3y,a Notahla
Chcrcctir
FQUnD DR.J dlTGUELLi
f . . j-i ; .' j. -..".-,? f j I. - '.
' Dody of tbe Farnoos Edentt V.Tio
IiMt Uls life and is Carica - -
- On' the Blomitaln That - . ,
-"'. . ...
' f Bean Hlj ?,eme. k
THe death of "Big Tom! tniaen, ''asj
the i age of - 8 5" years, . which lo-rurrJ
last week . at.i his ) hotnej la' 1 Tanoey
coanty, , marks . the passing of one- of
the roller ot -the J mountaineers .w-h
have been" made the type of "heroic Cc-
tion and romance.,-! kyAyA.. '
.Aa'so often happens, In-the cas '
recognised A "types" " that appear in '
books, tlie "type" la in; redity the ex- '
ception. "Big Tom,".aa hundreds can j
testify, was , during- i tho. hola' of-hW
long Hf '.both; the idecl rACttitati crr
and.the practical erecaou to' te
u-e. a .-' . - -- . i -ft''' " .
s:vOf - great "... statue,; of erculean
strength. . fixed with tha homely; phi l - '
osophy ot a rough life cn Mfce gently
sarcastic humour o! on9 who has lived
close to nature toward Shrirt :Vbo '
come upon her with tha condescension
ofthe city, "Big Tom" wu cm much
one of the sights end in pme manner '
as really one of the lnsplrctln e.
anything afforded; by -this, mountain
among wbich he lived."- Th?ouh hr
reneratljns he han hscn'i.-pCsmniw
throughout the couniry. th ; great
magazines devoting-- parres to. his. char
acter an.l -pablishinsv.-cudlcss- of,-h!i
great and. picturesque frcmi'. Sinrf la
Of tourists have. mad 3 palaful;;.ril-"
grimage tc hla hom? ;o sja tti-n; - and
yet there Vas' always ihs sm; str.rv.
primal -riianr vith ih; ;. : ilL-.r.S33 lM
his. strength, the wlsc'trv c2 cSsar-cyed
aesociaUons with ti. t. '"-? moun-'
uins ar.u me nuraou, svmcr. .noce who .
live larg-e acquire in ih 3 &snu3d con
templation ,of those v,ha ilvs'- ei.iill
, Eveif.aK a younjr nis.n "TSij Tom"
was Mated to know tlie than unknown
mountain better thanl tny oiher,' TTe
was in large demand as Ciie and
party" that he took out iato the roli
tudes but . that cams bacls to ihe cltirV
withihls memory in thai? hears. ; lie
was hunter and.trappar by profession.
knowing t the detail that would put
to shame the most succasul: nature
fakirs the habits and characteristics of
every creature that went the ways of
thn monntnln; With tit -til lift hore
tnat roDDea him or tne rcuits wnue it
brought cut in. him . thp vlrtuee- of the -
men; the mountains I b
eed. ' In tim? 'i
at danrer. and' thev were man? in hl,
life,, "Big Tom acted with the dlfei
simplicity of the rare breed that ha
heard of fear but does not recJgnsae
it by 1 experience; whei the call W3;
jug uuiuauiij sa"s m c&9 kuuv -c -
woman. w--'-
v it is narrated of "Big Tom tt on
a time he was persuaded by frjwpis t
go to.wumington and see th; oceanw
He was distressed ; witih t ita fltn?
and perturbed 'by the motion. Th
smug an! unbroken! hprizoh" lrritate-1
him. - .He chafed - and Lcut his. vf.ait
short that he might j return to the
j great hilts that he oveJ that," almost
j personally, seemed to love hltn." '
I . - - 1 Ll. ' : " . ;
! 1 . round Dr. JOtcwll s TJody - , ,
-Jt'was as the dlscoveKr of the df si
body of Dr. Elisha Mitchell that "D!?
,Tom'r.wii ;be chiefly
- rememuerea.
ln .which hun-
After a veek's search
dreds participated HI'
as."cix Tom"
who, by; a process of deduction learned
from intimate association wittt , the
great ' scientist ; and ; explorer, : knew
wherjs in the mountains to search for
arid find , his trail, v And it was the
party led' by "Big Tom" that "ate at
night d'sepvered where' Dr. Mitchell
had slipped upon the ledge and after
wards came. upon his ,b03' lying at
the bottom" of a clear' pool of moun
tain water- many feet : below. The de
tails of the aearch and. finding . of Dr.
Mitchell'J body made a story - that
"Big Tom" was accustomed to tell
with' unvarying "graphic detail to tho
day of his death-;:.;. "'.;' -7-"..- ;;:'" ;
?i.'--ynce Story of tlie Servch .
Now thatH'Bis: Tom" is dead.- the
narrated by Zeb Vance, who' happened
to bbe in the mountain as a student
on Vacation at the time' and who rn.
of the search party, gains renwp l
interest at this time. It was v to visit
Big Tom" that Dr. Mitchell hsd turn-;
ed aside from his party on th oA-;
that hev was lost The finding of the
body is told by Governor Vance, in the
AsheviUe Spectator,, as follows: , ; -"About
; one ; o'clock -: in the night,
just as the writer was about; closing
hiii eyes in. troubled and uneasy slum- '
ber (at the Stepp Cabin on Mt tlltch
ell)r a loud, haloo was heard 'from
the high bluff that ' looms ', over the
cabin. - It was "-answered from- with 1 n.
and In - a moment" every, sleeper v g
upon' his feet Mr. Jlsse. Stepp. Capt
Robert Patton and others,, then cam
down ,ahd told us that the' body -vv 3 s
found. . Mournfully" "then n0-l
those hardy Bons. of the mountains
seated themselves around the- smoul-
derlng" cabin-fire '. and on the trunks"
of the fallen firs, and : then, i In t )t
light of a 'glorious full moon, vho
rays - pencilled the dark-damp forest
withi liquid silver, seven ' t"iou?a'nd
feet above theUldewa?ned ani
the Atlantic, the metancholy tale, wa
told. Many a. heart wss rti'led.wi'h
sadness as ths awful, trut!i Avas en
closed., and many pma-h f4p c...
(ConUnued rtJr Five.)
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