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VOLUME xxxxvii, XC'Mt
EAIjEIGH, !N. C. StlNDAT, DECEMBER 137, 1908
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Nature's Wonderful In-
ternalia at Hattcras
"THE PORPLE LIIOT"
A , ncauilful Story of Remarkable
J I Community sfnd a North Carolina
i i SjKJt WlUi si" Terrible Name But
About TV'lilch Little of the Truth
llaa Really eti Published A
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Craphio Picture by a Well Known
Raleigh Arttet.
Tlv .T ACOT7FJ? RTJSnETL
Don't take calomel! . Tajce the gA
boat from Manteo that carries . the
mall. I XoIsq a of artillery practice,
vibration .enouKh to shake the, faith
of Martin Luther, odor of ten thou
sand skunks. .v It not only stimulate;
the liver but the spleen. In mid-sound
you are transferred to a maller,oat,
passengers, bagaffe and freight.
After dearly acquiring wisdom you
Hnd that the trip" can be comfortably
made on a fish and freight schooner
from either Elizabeth. City or Wash
ington. 4 7 , :' ''
Far off on the dim horizon loom up
tho Pillars of Hercules -twin towers
that stand majestically against the
sky. "They are the Hatteraa Light
and wireless station; from the dist
ance apparently the same heights but
the wifeless is 225 and ; the Light
House 190 feet You strain your eyes
as you approach the shore for the
wharf. Ah yes! and that is only a
tramway for the " saw mill. You
must be landed in. a skiff:; the water
: is too shoal for even the little gas
boat you remember how ; frequently
ishe has scraped and bumped her bot
tom en route. At last you stand on
Ilatteras rather you -mire on. the
wige of a marsh, bag and baggage,
two miles from the house where you
arc to board and you start undirected
to .plow your , way through sand and
burning sun. The road J almost a
street-with .iribauya.r4!y . painted
house?!" onlther side .and prosperous
with lightning rod. Youpon bushes,
rvthmically irlmmed by sheep and
cattle, hedje the way.- They, resem
ble boxwood, only red berries give a
dash of Ta' in winter. Dwarf Pal
metto and long gray Spanish moss
complete an ensemble so tropical that
it is more like Florida, than Florida
Ss like itself. It is the northern limit
of this palm. . .
. From the Light House balcony Hat
teraa Jles spread, beneath you as a
map. FrqmCape to Inlet 'the island
is ten miles long; a series of high sand
hills densely forested and combed
v with parallel ; sedges running- from
east to west the entire length of the
island. The beach is a mile wide, flat
of sand dotted with shallow pools of
standing rain water. - (Fortunate for
the many sheep,, cattle and- horses
i that it is not salt) - '
The famous - cape is a harmless
enough looking- point of sand, for to
day the sea sleeps: but far out the
waves break lazily In a suspicious
way and you -know that beneath the
flood crouch, the Diamond Shoals
The graveyard of the
American I
Merchant Marine." ilatteras was
woefully disappointing. It ; was not
the"; place -Imagined. V It did not look
- -
its tname Pronounce vbut the word
and! you cast a spell.;
A vision of mad waters and storm
wrecked coast looms up through mist
- ana fog to the mind's eye. Breakers
1 appalling leap on the Diamond Shoals
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An is desolation. Instead 1 you find
2nXai-?..-?"iw
with t the growth of live oak and
w iiii i riK arris w sii 'in is vs iih bt unii
laurel, palm and pine, encircled by
blue water- a smiling sea.
The woods are fascinating but not
paintable. They are jungles and
tangles ' of. strange sub-tropical
growth. 'tail pines, huge hollies, im
mense laurels, with a twining of yel
low Jessamine: live oak, water oak,
youpon. dogwood,! 'pilantery. perslm--
xron. nazei and everywhere the blue
green of dwarf palmetto. , The sedges
that . intervene are filled I with a dark
- gtowth of cat-tall ten feet high, pink
marshmauow r and r a hundred un
known : plants. . The people . seem
strangely incongruous j in surround
ings, i You ' certainly expect to meet
on the road half naked brown or yel-
Ww men, or at least negroes; but only
one inegro uvea on the oanks ten
" miles below the Cape at the town of
Ilatteras.' near the inlet.
Even the Light House Is impossible
from 'a ; picturesque standpoint; ...
Holrally painted black and white tow
er like .a barber's pole in mourning.
The I dread .cape is a sand flat three
miles long and a mile wide with noth
ing to break the' monotony but the
House which backs ud cautiously
towards the woods.
However, as you near the tip .of
- Key post has a piece nailed- across
the top like a rude crucifix; and be
yond the waves rush at each other to
' . ;
burst In thunder, while far out over
the I Diamond- you see the white of
breakers on the shoals.
. . You .have found : your . purple mo
This Is Indeed "Golgotha . of the
. Sea." -.yy O-vIX
And the clamor of the surf be
co.mes the voices of the drowned.' the
muititudlncus drowned of many lands
andVtime& the countless corpses that
of : this creeping, shifUng sand that
lies in wait beneath the t waves but
never shows its Hydra head.' - .
The iown of Ilatteras is: ten miles
below lh a -Tape at the Inlet. It Is a
charci!iigr neighborhood.' . nestled
among scrubby live oaks,the houses
percisd on any high ground that re-
' malra: for tne place Is blowing away;
fifty itars ego the woods waved tro
-jnll33 to sa where now porpoise play.
Th3 beach is a velvet lawn dotted
wtih ch?rap and . cattle, and looking
- oa.7?- the town you unconsciously
ihe cine the rottlns? wrecks f ma'nv have ben negroes, ome 75 or 100 in 1 getting ready to bring suit Hayes North Carolina Agricultural and Me
vpLpuPiu Lllr the usual cost I is 13.85 j for fumed up at the home of his father, chanical -College, (Dr. Stephens and
say to yourself "Bucolic." I You miss
the soft laxy southern accent, for ne
groes havj) never lived onj the banks.
It la hard 'to place this language, jit
is not Yankee. It is not Southern--What
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v Then yon will note the use of many
obsolete words, old English . words
dead these hundred ; years quaint
turns to phrases, unusual accent. And
you "will recall that up to a few years
ago the mall boat was an event, I a
sort' of pleasant and exciting accident.
- These : people have, lived in isola
tion. Little change comes) to a plac
unless travelers come to It: and but
few travelers come except; by wayjof
the dread) Diamond Shoals. Several
grandfathers came that way and j a
fine Maltese Tom that behaved Just
as t the grandfathers. - j - j r.
Even in the "land of the mocking
bird.V you are struck by the quantity
at Hatteras. ! It is -impossible to sleep
on r moonlight nights, for . the air
throbs and palpitates with bird
vrnia ndth nrvnnd nf the HtA ' IfV A
lAarromnnnlmpnt'thflt draw I
you out into this luminous darkness.
Then when you ; have , wandered i a
half mile, over o the surf you marvel
that night was made for sleep. ; The
town has been virtuously ; abed since
nine o'clock. .
- In several ways It Is a remarkable
community There is not one pauper,
neither la there a -'man of wealths
not a rented house or one soul who
is ostracised. . ,
The health and manliness of - the
populatlonyis striking for they - live
with the breath of the Atlantic in
their nostrils and a "mess" is for the
taking rftsh and i crabs, -clams . and
otersaiid through - cold weather
game Jn plenty. .What more could
man ask for? - - " 1 I -
The life saving station strikes the
key-note ot Cane Hatteraa. . Not till
you haveSknown -the surfmen Jn ftlljfrora the Lumber
uieir - ruKrea mannness; not uu you
have lived Jn the little . group . of
buildings tnat' crouch far but on the
Cate do , you feel the charm of v this
desolate place. For It haa a charm,
subtle, Indescribable, elemental - I
The night was luminous without I
moon or stars, only Ilatteras Lieht I
winked like a drunken star and the
wlnd north, northeast, blew with such
rreshneas and strength that you could
call It a-gale iOou wished, though
the surf man said it was only breezing
up. 1 struggled in the loose blowing
saijiT to keep Up with "his rythmical
stride, j As we approached the ex
treme point of the Cape the tumult
of the breakers Aieetlng each other
In counter currents around theend
caused sudden and unexnected nnfu
A stimulating the Imagination that I
expressed a wish for a wreck: to see
some tragedy of waves and wind.
There was an indefinable something!
the nense of a sinister nreence rnimcii
by the Sudden clapping of waves, oi
shells rattled by the wlndbfrn-rrrd t
htAwn intn min .nL.t . r 7
1 f'Ood kriows. J don't." said he' tJ-
JMYou ought to have been here last I
January. -A; wreck came ashore and !
every soul was drowned. We couldn't
gee nownere near them. We could
hear a t man calling, calling through
a megaphone, but we couldn't so to
him.' The Ma. vm nmeihincr
Ih surfboat upset .twice but she's
as self-bailer and Kelf.risrhtP. vnn
know, i la twenty , minutes there
wan t no sign of that vtneL Rh'd
one 10 wrecK. That waa the most
piuiunest call T. ever heard nan
hear It now, I can always hear : It.
when I listen." ; , V . . j
The Wind cut awav murh nf 'til.
story," but I had heard enough.
AFFAHtS AT HIGH POINT
Electric Railroad Talk and a Carriage I
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AlltltnOhHA Thfl Athiaa ! k I
(Special to News and Observer !
High Point. N. C Dec. 9t Mri n
?-? ti0.m nauve of St. Joseph. Mo
rH , m .
this city, left yesterday to spend the 1
ottiiv: vt- iaie ims oeen rename in
holidays With his family. Mr. , HoTil
with Mr., e. D. Steele has interested
nimseir m the affairs of the North Car
olind Electric Company and the Caro
una valley Railroad and has - been
instrumental in getting the affairs of
these companies in definite shape for
the building of the projected road
1 between ttiru Point nA ?rhA,-TOiiL. 1
and (irlhnrn. "
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Mr. E. D. Steele, of this cttv. inausru
rated an Innovation yesterday as far
as High Point 4s concerned when he
rode around the city in his splendid
-MnvmciDie scnact" carriage-automo
bile. Jt has solid rubber tries like
the rubber-tired buggy, built , high
irom tne ground and resembles a
buggy in every way except it looks like
It needs shafts and a horse to make
it complete; Mr,. Steele is delighted
witn his machine, and says it is- easy
10 Keep upland that it can ; go 'any
where a buggy can. ; j
-j. a carioaa or poio ponies wenti- to
Flnehurst ia Hisrh Point this morn
ing to be used in the winter sports at
this popular resor,
NEW BERN XEGROm
V AND "DAWG8."
Pile of .Lumber Fractures Man's Lee
t nnri nivnnna rntiM TniiiMui It:
,J . 'TO " -
(Special to NMvi and Observer.
New Bern. N. C. Dec. 26. Every
day for a week or more- owners of
1 1Z" wiTTi- T r : IT"
decrease. Most of those hauled up
. An w - llnnw F riAM a mA A W m 1 . rwl
each. . Many of the dogs are admitted
to be worthless yet a poor negro, will
pay 13.85, Just, to have them "around
the yard.
HI m T
Tti t t Tfe c4 t.. eA,.
TlXZuJ&JSZStl i"
sanatorium suffering from a fracture
oi one or nis legs, ue was at wora ai
the new mill of the Roper Lumber
Comoanv and Jn some waV a Pile, of
lumber was overturned, throwing a
' rw
piece of 4X4, which fell on him with
thi.nii t,r. rr-v. ; I
the Meadows marine railway undergo
ing repairs she has a bent shaft and
I hroken propeller,
Eight Victims of Alcohol.
(Dunn Guide.)'
Well, the Dunn dispensary lias only!
a few more days leit. in its iast a ays
il naa scoreo anouier victory anu jaiu
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away Its eighth victim directly, but no
count could be kept of the lives .gone
out Indirectly. When we think that
our vote IS registered against it we
are made to rejoice.
RETUnnS TO LIFE
Four Months After Fu-
DEAD" BODY IDENTIFIED
Believed to
HaVo Been Drowned I
While Fishing-r-Three Weeks After
His Disappearance the Trunk of i
Man Wearing Harley Hayes' Clothes,
tlus Pockets Containing his personal
Effects, Was Fished From the Lum-
- . - - - ,
ber River, Reins Identified' by the j
Wife ftntt Father an tle Corpse of
Ilaycs.
There Is I perhaps not on record i In
this State a more sensational reap
pearance of a man proven to be dead
than Is the i return home ' of Harley
Hayes, of Fair Bluff, Columbus coun-
ty. A body,- wearing. Hayes' clothes,
with his personal effects, was fished
river, over four I
months ago, identified as that of Hares 1
and taken j to his father's home in I
Marlon county. J South Carolina, I
Where the funerajr was held. r
Hayes, about the first of last April. I
moved- from Marlon -county to Falrlthirty dollars worth, of" guano was
Bluff,Just across the line from Robe-
son cdunty.1 ! The Lumberton Robe
Jsonlan publishes the'story of the'mys-
terious disappearance
and i return as
follows: 1 ;
While living at Fair Bluff Haves
was: engaged chiefly in fishing in Lum
ber river. He has a wife and' two or
tnree email children. About the latter
part or July he went flahlne with a
companion about one mile below Fair
Biuir and xished until about 11 o'clock
at night. The other man surcrested
tnat they go home, but Mr. Hayes
said he wanted to try his luck ' lower
down, so he rowed down the river J50
or T5 jards. - After waitlne a while the
otner man called, but received no an-1
answer, and after waiting II f teen of
meniyjyunutesaonger. h&-
healled again
I'louaerr out still received
no .answer.
BeomIngva.larmed, he went to town
nd tdld Mrs. Hayes that he feared her
pusDana nnad been drowned. At day-
pariy wfnv lO me river lo
search and Hayes' boat waa , found
shoved up to the bank, with its chain
around a stump, and on the paddle In
ine ooat was round Hayes - hat.
Search waa continued all that- day
which was Sunday- and for - several
days thereafter, but no further trace
of the missing man was found. "
fresrabouTonrmlle below"
Hayes was supposed to have been
About three. weeks later, .after .a
drowned - a. man uv n. ttnrlv flnntlnr 1
on the river. He went back to town
and reported and the coroner, wlthn
the wife and father of the deceased
and a jury composed of some of the
most prominent citizens of Fair Bluff,
ent to the river. to Investigate. -The
body waa only ; a trunk the head,
ti rm a ' Tastsi tfADA rm n ' a Kama
was every indication that the missing
members, had been nlbled off by fishes.
Thorough Investigation i seemed to I
prove conclusively that the body was
that of Hayes. 'The coat.V buttoned I
11! sj-ound the bodyVwas identified j
as the coat worn by Hayes , on i the
night he disappeared and his wife pro
duced from her home among her hus-1
band's effect th vest to mstch the
coat; thebelt and watch chain, trous
ers and shirt were all positively Iden
tified as belonging to the musing
Hayes; and if any doubts remained af
ter these evidences, ti
ter these evidences, they were all dls- j
pelled when the coat was unbuttoned
m - . .i
and a search was made of the pockets.
where tax receipts; a bank deposit for the new building funds.:. He con
book showing drafts and checks re- suited with the neighbors, and a plan
celpts for sales of cotton all belong- was agreed upon. . ;
ing io nay ana a raemoranaum
book, . with many entries in . Hayes
hanfl, were found. The body appeared j
to have been in the river several
weeks,
The coroner's jury returned for Its
verdict that the body, was that of Har-;
ley Hayes and that he came " to his I
death by accidental drowning In Lum
ber river, ahd the father carried tne
body to his old home m South Caro
Una, Where a Tuneral was held J and
thebody interred, and Harley Hayes 1
was mourned as dead. i
Now Hayes' life was Insured In the
rMetropolltan Life Insurance Company
of New York and the Life Insurance
Company,! tof Virginia, three policies, i
aggregating 95.000. . In due time
I proofs of ; Hayes death were fixed up.
I and forwarded to tne insurance-com-
Panles, but they refused to pay on the
ground that thev did not believe Hayes
to h. ded. Thev were criticised se-
J vereiv hv citizens of Fair Bluff for
Mrs.
rr '"a-,i,lcl ".""".
Hayes to employ counsel, which she
did, and ijust as the attorneys t were
1 . w M &. ,t.. u Am
jm r. j. ts, najrtw, uu ntf a.& a
Mills, S. C. - t !
" Mr. Hayea senior was In Lumberton
I Saturday, but he would offer no ex -
planatlon of his son's disappearance.
j t wiel
or wkhere he sojourned during the
... eA or
I hi. tiVrW ttw. W- .tron.it elV -
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i n a waa nnaa Ta nna nr ttisbj wtihti . wi iitinp r i
,"K;rt iv thin that cmM hive
I Is about the ottly thing tnat cpuid nave
r..,A or if ?tit.. wn
brought T and XlXtM.
More than four months elapsed i be -
twoon the aunosed drowninr of Haves
and his reappearance. Where he spent
the Intervening time, how the I body
fouhd In the river happened to have
on the clothes Hayes wore when ne
uisappearcu, wun
his tax receipts.'
etc.. in its Dockets these things have
i not been learnea.
A I I
Tramn (to servant at door) Can I
see the lady of the house? , : u t
v RArvnnt No: sne'f engaged. :
Tramn That don't-.make any dif
ference I don't want' to curry her.. ;
THEL0CALSGHGOLS
How Holly Springs Leads
in the New rjovement
REAL UDOB THE KEY ODTE
Cultivating a Crop on School Property
to Raise the Funds That Are to
Build a School Rouse and to Create
a "Sevr Idea in tlus Way of 3faklng
Schools. ; v ' ' ,
During the last few years the Wake
county public schools have been
Uves but no of her work has
been 'more Interesting perhaps than
her novel ; method of supplementing
the Ideal school i fund by means of
growing, a money crop on the school
grounds. " ' . " .
The first effort of this kind was at
Holly Springs.: where three ' acres - f
the school elte were' planted In cotton,
The labor Jn planting, cultivating and
harvesting the crop was donated, like-
wise the seed and fertilizer The
men and boys of the community did
the plowing and other of the roughest
work, and the women and children
chopped and picked the cotton. About
given by Prof. J. N. Chamberlain. :
At school No. 3, SL Marjs. locally
Here Is Shown the Work of Raising a
known as th Parker school, a little
less than ' two acres . , of the. school
grounds was jtown In cowpeas, from
which a fine lot of peavine hay was
mowed. ' The cotton . crop at Holly
hundred dollars; the peaylne hay
nui ueeuuuiu.
One school Is seriously contem
plating planting next - spring three
acres of the school site, which is fine
tobacco land, tn tobacco.
School No. 8 Swift Creek.
Another; interesting case of this
school farming is In ; district o5,
Swift Creek Township. 4 A few days
since the County T Superintendent of
Public Instruction was asked to take
his camera and drive six miles out to
a two acre school site that was pur-
chased for the purpose of erecting Im-
mediately a good two room building.
It was soon seen that according to the
lowest bids made on the contract for
building the funds of the school were
Insufficient. Consequently the build
ing was postponed, and the school . Is
still conducted in the old school house.
A wideawake committeeman soon
saw In these two acres of ground an
opportunity of making some money
i . When- the County Superintendent
I
ne b0erved s , fre8n plowed and
smoothly harrowed plat of ground.
Five men Messrs. John Stephens, 8.
H. Pool. R. M. Bagwell, C. E. New-
som and Henry Campbell, were stand
Ing by resting from their labors. With
four two-horse plows, a one horse
plow, a two-horse disc harrow and
two light one-horse harrows, they had
nicely prepared the ground and sown
line two acres in wau .
I Three neighbors, Messrs. josepn
I Woddard. J. E. Newsom and John
Stephens jgave ' . the seed wheat and
Prof. Chamberlain donated four sacks
of fertilizer. ; - '
These school fanners expect fprty
bushels of grain from this little farm.
I! l iiuau Urix
J- J
?ound to cow-peas next spring arter
the Wheat.
It is interesting to note that so great
ah opportunity for teaching scientific
agriculture is not being lost. - More
than a year ago two professors of the
i jrroi. gonnor; , were wxen oy wt
I v ; .
1 County Superintendent: on a lecture
J tour through the county. The main
1 topic of discussion was seed selection.
That year a first and second prem-
I ium. worth twsnty-ftve and fifteen dol
J il" ' " 'V 7 "V,- . " v. . J.
1 Lr iz , .
th. Carolina Agricultural Society
to those public schools In the State
i . . j . .
aonrtraUn tne best metnoas or
i aavia. - - oirrtciiitiir ..... th. ert
premium was won by school No. 2,
Panther .Branch Township. . Wake
1 county. This year the same prem-
I iums were offered. The first prem
J lum was won by the same school as
I last year, the second, premluni be-
lng awarded to the . Holly Springs
j school, Wake county.
,AiiotherVneoi7,' ;j y !
Tve Just figured out how th
Venus de Milo came to lose her arms.
"How?" .
"She broke them off trying to but
ton her cnlrtwalst up the back'!.
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THE STATE'S BEST
historical rjonit
The Colonial Records and
! : State Records
The North Carolina Historical Com
mission Was Created by the Legis-
. . lature for the Purpose of Contuiu
Ing ; the .Work of lreerving the
Source of the 8tates History; Ably
Begun by the Late Colonel laun
ders and by Chief Justice .Clark, i-
To the Editor: The North! Carolina
-Historical Commission wm created by
the Legislature of 1B3. tor the pur
pose of continuing, the work of pre
serving the sources, of .North Carolina
history so ably begun ' by .the . late
Colonel William L. Saunders, and by
the present Chief Justice. , Walter
Clark, n their monumental . work.
The Colonial. Records and State Re
cords of North Carolina, in .twenty
she -volumes. The publication ... . of
these twenty-six . volumea has done
more to set the history of North Caro
lina! right In the eyes bf ,the world,
anditn tho eyes of our own people,
thari any other. work ever undertaken
In the Stateand is a monument to
the ability and patriotism of their dls-
Money Crop on the School Grounds.
tinguished editors. The volumes con
clude ..With the year 1790, and , de
monstrate the wisdom or the legis
lature of 1907 ; in - making provision
by the reorganlratlon of the Historical
Commission, for the permanent con
tinuation of the work. - ? ; -
The Commission consists "of - five
members appointed by the -Governor.
At ; present they are "Honorable J.
Bryan Grimes, Honorable Thomas w.
Blount, Dr. D. H. Hill, Mr. W. J.
Peele and Mr. M. C. S. Noble. The
Commission has equipped offices, j In
the State Capitol for the filing and
preservation of Its documents.
Speaking of the Commission's work
for the biennial period Just closed. Mr.
R. D. W. Connor, the secretary, said;
"The most . Important duty .of the
Commission is to collect, file and pre
serve the historical' sources of North
Carolina wherever they may be ac
quired. r The greatest and most - im
portant collection of such documeats
are those in the -public archives in
the State r Capitol. . This ; material
ranges from the close of the seven
teenth century to the present day,
covering more than 200 years of our
history, and Includes an immense col
lection of documents and manuscripts
absolutely: essential 'to - the - preserva
tion of the history of North Carolina,
and of great importance In the eluci
dation' of the history of 'the nation.
At 'present these documents are stuff
ed away In dark pigeon holes. In box
es and corners, without order or sys
tem, or are thrown belter skelter here
and there In leaky attics, in various
parts of the city. The chief work
of the Commission for' the past two
years has been to collect and preserve
this material. Such work shows for
little In a report, but It has required
no I small amount of time, labor and
thought. Many years must a elapse
before it can be completed. The chtef
handicap at present is lack of room.
For the present, the Commission has
Salpped a room on the third floor
"the Capitol, with steel roeler
shelves for large bound volumes, and
steel filing cases (for loose. . manu
scripts.. The bound , volumes fill 669 1
roller jshelves. , and there are many
others lor which there. Js no room.
They Include all the journals of both
houses of the General Assembly since
1777, and some few prior to that date,
the Journals of conventions, and Jour
nals of "the Board of Internal Im
provement, the journals of -the Coun
cil i of State, the letter-books of the
Governors, the records of bur troops
In the war between the States.1 the re
ports of the Lands Frauds Commis
sion, numerous volumea of wills and
inventories, and many, miscellaneous
documeats. The loose manuscripts
Include the correspondence of the
Executive" Department from, the ad
ministration of Governor Caswell in
1777. and numerous files of miscella
neous manuscripts These ars being
filed systematically as rapidly as pos
sible, and will ultimately be Indexed
sofas to be made available for stu
dents. "The commission has also - made
valuable collections from other sour
ces. Newspaper flies of the Colonial
and 'Revolutionary periods In . libra
ries in Charleston, Wilmington, Kich
mond and, Boston have been searched
for North Carolina data. These files
include The ? Boston Evening Post,
.1719-1770; Tha Virginia Gazette,
17761776: The South Carolina Ga
sette and Country Journal. 17 S3
1775 inclusive;- The South Carolina
and American General Gazette, 17 6 1
1772 inclusive: and 1774 to 1780 in
clusive: The Royal Gazette (Charles
- , . . . . . . - -.-, I Jf -. . . ,i . . . -
ton. RiC.) 178M782: The City Ga
sette or Dally Advertiser (Charleston,
S. C.) 1789-1790: The State Gazette
ef South Carolina, 1786, .1788. The
Gazette of the State of South Caro
lina. 1777, 1783, 1784. 1785: and The
Charleston Morning Post. 1787. In
the absence of North Carolina news?
papers of these periods, these throw
much Interesting light on ; our early
history. .
"Through the courtesy of Mr. John
G. .. Wood, of Edenton. the present
owner of Hayes, the f ormer residence
f Governor Samuel Johnston, the
Commission has had copied some of
the valuable manuscripts presented In
the Hayes collection. This collection
includes letters of .William Hooper,
Joseph Hewes, Samnel Johnston,
George ; Washington. James Iredell,
and other leaders of the Revolution
which have never been published, j
Through the agency of B. F. Ste
vens & Brown, of London, the Com
mission has secured from the present
Lord Dartmouth copies of many
valuable private papers of the Earl of
Dartmouth, Secretary of State for the
Colonies in 1772. which relate to
North Carolina affairs. .
"The Journals of the Board of In
ternal Improvements and the Letter
Books of- several of he early 'Gover
nors of North Carolina : have been
copied preparatory to publication.
"The Commission has added to Its
archives three valuable collections;
the letters and papers - of John ii.
Bryan, member of Congress from
North Carolina "1825-1829; of Calvin
H. Wiley. Superintendent of Common
Schools ,1862-1865; and of Jonathan
Worth..' State Treasurer 1862-1865;,
and Governor 1865-1868.
Altogether tha following additions
have been made to the 'historical
sources of the State: -
The Bryan Collection, 703 ? docu
ments. .
The Wiley Collection. 85 docu
ments. The Worth Collection, 1,507 docu
ments. Paners of General L. O'B. Branch,
48. documents.
1 Transcripts from the Hayes. Collec
tion 82. - - - . v - -:
Transcripts- from- the Dartmouth
Collection, 63. . .
North Carolina Items from the Vlr
elnia Gazette. ,
Miscellaneous Transcripts. 9. . v
. Making a total of originals and
transcripts of 3,135. v ; .. .- :
v .-"The Commission"" has published
during the last biennial period, a bul
letin entitled !The Beginnings of Eng
lish America; Sir W'alter Raleigh's
Settlement on Roanoke Island, 1584
1587 39 pages. Illustrated with cuts
of the De Bry engravlncs of . John
White's paintings, of ? Indian life.
which were-prepared as part of the
North Carollna lllstory Exhibit at the
Jamestown Exposition; : Ealk t'rt I"t.
:l.,4paiRT'r.l lof-.XS.-'i ""''.?.. cm: T 1-.
tta-y of - the work n "1 pUr.s . r f . the
.Commission; Bulletin No. 2. : t-ac--cqunt
of the North Carolina History.
ITxhlblt at the Jamestown Exposition;
rfnd -aNvolume' of ,623 pages entitled
"Literary and Historical Activities in
North Carolina. 1900-1905." edited by
W. J.- Peele, assisted by E. P, Moses
and Clarence H Poe. . . ; Tt
"he Legislature of 1907 required
the Commission to assist In making a
history, exhibit at the Jamestown Ex
position. . As a. part of this exhibit.'
the Commission enabled Mr. Jacques
Busbee. the well-known artist of Ral
eigh, to paint a. number of historic
landscapes Illustrating the scenes of
the first English Colony in America.
These paintings formed part of the
exhibit at the Jamestown Exposition,
and are now on exhibition in the Hall
of History at Raleigh.
; "The Commission believes Quite as
much In the brush and chisel as In
the pen as implements of history
writing. Accordingly a contract - has
been made with Mr. Frederick W.
RuekstuhU a - distinguished sculptor
of New - York City, for, a marble bust
of William A. Graham, eminent in
his history of his country as Legisla
tor, Governor, Cabinet Minister, Sena
tor. Statesman and Patriot. The art
ist, has completed his model and the
bust is now being carved In Italy. It
wiiLbe delivered to the Commission
In the summer of ,1909. and will be
set up with suitable ceremonies in the
rotunda of the State Capitol. Jn this
rotunda are eight niches deslgaed to
hold busts, and statues of eipht ,of the
eminent sons of the State. They have
been vacant for nearly, three-quarters
of a century. It Is the, purpose of the
Historical Commission ultimately to
fill these niches, and the Graham bust
will be the first of the series.
"The ; law charges the Commission
to encourage the study of North Car
olina history In the schools of the
State. 'In compliance with this re
quirement, the Commission is en
deavoring 'to cooperate , with the
teachers of the State by furnishing
material to help them In their work.
A copy of the bulletin "The Begin
nings of English America." and a
copy. of. the "Literary and Historical
Activities in -North Carolina, 1900
1905," have been placed in every one
of the nearly 2.090 rural libraries In
North Carolina. In addition to this,
the : Secretary of the Commission at
the request of , the State Superintend
ent of Public v Instruction., prepared
the "Program of Exercises for North
Carolina Day," which was celebrated
on the ; 18th of December in the
schools of the State. The subject for
study wa the German Settlement In
North Carolina,. The Commission is
endeavoring, to . cooperate with every ,
upward movement along this .line,
holding itself . ready toserve in . any
way possible any patriotic organiza
tion in the State or any individual Jn
the State who is interested in the
preservation and dissemination of our
splendid history.
The Legislature has been liberal
to the Commission, giving it ample
powers and ample -means for the
prosecution of Its work. The Com
mission therefore has nothing to ask
except an opportunity to , demonstrate
the Importance of the work which
It Is undertaking. There was a time
when it was a customary boast in
North Carolina that we made history
and other people wrote it. I think
it marks an Important step in the de
velopment bf the intellectual life of
our people? that thia boast -is rnow
heard less often than formerly. We
have come to realize that it is scarce
ly less important in the development
of a great State to record the great
vents of its history than it Is to make
them. It may be; said then without!
exaggeration that although we are
now living in the most progressive
period of our career as a. Cute, North
Carolina today. U vrriUr-i ' as much
, nisxory as sne w rr.t:uz-."
CYME STIES
IISOO CIICII
Whole Lamm Family Xmas
J Frco Fight .
SET GinL'S DHESB fllUE
Heavy Sales of WhlskT? Got :a Bis
pack of rclt WCson's Jolly Chrlsv.
mas Timo--Blg lr CJrackcr Rx
' plosion Results' in Segro iJolng
' -Some, of nis Flngc?s--ReiUs tor
;-t2;rcn.'":. 4;;'':.; -; .v
TTllson, T7. C, Dee. 2Jv-About two
o'clock In the afternoon c black cioud
hovered over the city. anC for 4 while
It thundered, tha lightning darted In
every direction, "the wfcjd roared and
rain and hall came down in torrents.
This correspondent 1j informed I by Dr.
F. D. Swindell, pastor of the Methodist
church, that a gentleman who was
standing In the postotf.ee door! when
the storm was at its worst. Isaw a
f unnell-shaped cloud blacker than the
black cluods In the back ground,
pass directly : over , the - church.
The tail of this cyclonic 4ioud struck
a chimney Just over the organ: room
of tho church, breaking off theichim
ney short with tiie hip of the roofing
as though. U had been a frail reed.
1h3 chimney fell with such fotce on
the roof that the plastering overhead
In the paf tor's ttudy was scattered to
the floor. Workmen were sent for
and blankets were wrapped around the
organ to. keep It from being damaged
by the weather. i . j "
On Christmas eve' ni-jht when the fire
works battle was in full swing a negro
waa holdins -a "Thunderbolt j dyna
mite cracker' In -his hand bshind Mm.
Some one applied a match to the fuse.
After the ' explosion tha uafortusiatQ
fellow was tr.: n to a r hyrician'a o;Sce
whera it wej found necessary to am-.'
putate two or three cf Angers. .
!lr
ing con-;
oyed-; by
tr.ir.i;:T -i Ia. ........ ry,; ;
trc, v,..:;. al -i ff r! -:-t C-- j i
wi The sales o v.'hikey i.i iSUtli Croek ;:
on i.i cr.a rrioon are raid
to have been very hcavj. cbout $2,000." ,
On Wednesday the Wilscn dispensary ,
sold about $1,200 of . the stufL and
Thursday about doutla that. 1 Which
means that" vhiskey will - do much
deviltry durlr-s the holidays. ' '.
i Wednesday nisht, teU'een eight and
nine' '.o'clock, at Tripsins' Mill, four
miles south bfx V7Ilson. - there .was a: '
Christmas trao, at th3 Light and
Power School. Whll3; many! were "
gathered 5 around ,the tree admlr- -.;
infc the many presents hanging
from . its llmba some one ii threw
a large fire cracker through the front
door. When the Etariled crowd re
covered from the tl.oclj of th report,
and the smoka had cleared away, a
young Miss who had oa a Jacket made
of outing cloth, v.-:j ceen to be aflre.
A jroung lady eeeins the peril her
playmate was: In pulled her down on .
her knees and vUh her dress sm.oth
ered out the Cane a, tliat were playing r
over the child's f.irury Jacket. !
After the esciteosnt .had subsided
Mr. T. A. Itlcka went to the front door
and asked: '' "Whc Is the man who
threw that fire cracker in the school '
room? ' .... ,v . i ... "';:!.' a1; .'.
Messrs. Jesse and Jin? Lamm, re
plied: ' "We are tha tien, what busi
ness is It of yours?" 1 .-. j .:
; Whereupon Mr.-HIcs said: i "Tou -are
commoner peopl3 than . jl took
you." . ' " . - :-. ' ;'
,-. Words followed, whoni there was a y
general mix up wlti several of the
gentlemen present. While speakln
of - the matter Mr. Picks,.; was wa
here this morning to swe?r out a war
rant for the CTenders,.?2id. "I whip
ped the whole Lamm fazsily. although
my face looks lika I had tumped Inta
larbed wire. fence,"...- j ; - :.ijr.j;
i. uut or the iars' nuKtbat-- or cases ,
tried at the December tersi ilson
criminal courti only fop? we.'e sen
tenced to the penitentiary aafi one of
these Cleve Jones---vva6j ?s03:-Uenced
from a previous court. lie goes up '
for fifteen years for; attempt && crimi
nal assault. The ! other thr33 are:
Will Stroud, the ' . notorious house
breaker and Jall escapsi, whc &cea for
ten years; Viola V.'illiams, lacaay, one
year, . and John Lanr:tw ha goes to
the department for the tiialiiali in- -sane-
he having . m?fip; . various
times, assaults' on his mc .liar ' and
ether members of the famiiy.' ,- -
Etroud wrs taken to BrU'jh last
Tuesday. John Lamm. C'ere Jones
and Viola Williams will possibly be -sent
next week. - .. i
A week j ago Messrs. W. IL Bryant
and Doane Morris went deep down in
the wilds H of j Tolsnot swamp, i where '
they have i been ever since living the i
life ot true woodmen. , Today they
returned to the city with a pack con
sisting, of forty-cine Sides ready for '"
the market, of twenty-iwo musk rats,
eleven minks, - c 52 tt ecu irre Is, i three
coons and one po? sun:., the value of
which. is between fifty, s.nd sixty dol
lars.. .; ' - ,; ' . -,, j ;.. -
Christmas eve nisht Was a jollytbno -In
Wilson, and perriirsfon v having:
been given for fireworks ,jn Nash
street It was a place of to're, light,
excitement and fun. Tta :lke has
never before been seen hs?3 ijfor.
- , - The . Kc-l Thirds .
' ' (Chicago News;;
. Mrs, Tluehos?. Who 13 ?rai:r favorite
writer, lira. Ehc!:! h? . ! '
I'rs. rhepr!-h. 1 'j hvsciuC--"
::r3.'L!uehc-. t;: I t aware
that he was cf p Li iar; tusi." " .
. i:-. Chci ' .-r .. Ci, j c.s writes
checks.' i ,v,
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