li jrftc gbatbam TRccorb- H. A- LONDON ESITOS AND PROPRIETOR. TmnS OF SUBSCRIPTION: SI-SO Per Year J IT Kill II i. 1 I rRlctLY IN ADVANCE y VOL.XXXI. PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5. (909. NO. 38. tEbe Cbatbam -Recort). : RATES OF ADVERTISING: One Square, ona Insertion One Square, two Inssrtlons.... L5 One Square, one month........ S.O? For Larger Advertise-' merits Liberal Contracts will be made. "lit::,,.. I .....uvVW.- yC - cpiTaixlnfoiot!2 Graves oj) All over the South there are myriads of graves unknown to the loved ones at home. A lady in Geor gia once remarked, in speaking of her life: "My riches are all in Virginia. I love the dear old State; she is keep ing all my treasures for me; the dust of my five sous is beneath her soil" ar.d here in Kentucky, scattered amongst its cemeteries and down in its valley and along its hillsides, there are thousands of such mounds as these, which represent the costly and dreadful sacrifice the homes and hearts of the South paid in the strug gle of the Confederacy, to be free. The world is beginning to understand that the greatest heroes of the war R-ere not its officers: It is not prob able that more than 30,000-officers, of all ranks, laid down their lives in defense of the Confederacy, and there were more than 400,000 privates who gave up their lives for that land. The largest proportion of the heroism and chivalry of the army of the South was in her ranks and the bravest men who died were those whose history will never be written. The scout, the picket, the men in the skirmish line, the men in the rifle pit, and on the parapet and in the trench, were the men who dared most, endured most and gave most in that struggle. The men who showed the greatest bravery, the truest -self-devotion, the most splendid courage, were those who carried the guns" and "never reasoned why, but only marched to do or die." This isolation in burial, thi3 loneliness In death, speaks in no uncertain way of tha poverty of the war's survivors and of the desolation which fdlowed in the wake of the South's defeat, and of the dreadful consequences to its people when it3 banner went down before the storm. These almost forgotten heroes were best known to the wives, and moth Era and sisters of the South. ;It was woman's tenderness which sustained loved best, remembered best, and in her heart lived longest and truest the deeds of those who, unknown to fame, surrendered their all on the al tar of their country. For those who have been buried here or elsewhere without affection's recognition, the heart breathes out sweetest benedic tion and praise. It may be that in these far-away homes they only hold some garment, faded, tattered and torn, it may be a gray Jacket which loving hands prepared for the young soldier when he went forth to the death, it was the1 ho'riie people the people who moui-ri such dead as we are, here to-day to honor who1 Real ized the war's worst trials': THE BOY HERO OP THE WAR; And lo! thy matchless boy, O Tennessee! With pinioned arms beneath the gallows tree, Looked forth, unmoved, into the wintry skies, The nut-brown ringlets falling o'er hia eyes; lie, by ' kind gaolers, had been oft im plored ; "Speak but one word! To freedom be re stored ! " - The lifted signal, "Hold," the messenger cried; - And, syringing up. stood by the hero's side. "My boy! This bitter cup must pass you by! Too brave, too noble, and too young to die! Your mother, father, Bisters when they learn Even now, perhaps, they wait your long return. . Speak but one word the real culprit's name! 'Tis he should bear this penalty and shamed 3 s -3E -3 if g9 FROM MODEL DESIGN1 OF THE SAM DAVIS . STATUE. Live for your mother! Think a moment Low "Not with ths brand of fraud upon my brow! 1 and the 'culprit,' true, might both go free; - The broken pledge would haunt not him, but me. How light soever what promise man may make, THE SWORD OF ROBERT lEfit Forth from its gcabbard, pure and bright, Flashed the sword of Lee! Far.iri the front of the deadly light, High 6ve'r hb& brave in the cause of Right, Its stainless siheeri; j;ke it be'aedit lights Led us to Victory; Forth from its scabbard, high in the air Beneath Virginia's sky And they who saw it gleaming there And knew who bore it, knelt to swear That where that sword led they would dare To follow and to die. . - Out of its scabbard! Never hand Waved sword from stain as free, Nor purer sword led braver band, Nor braver, bled for a brighter land, Nor brighter lard had a cause so grand, Nor cause a chief like Lee! Forth from it3 scabbard! now we prayed That sword miht victor be; And when our triumph was delayed, And many a heart grew sore afraid, We still hoped ca while gleamed the blade Of noble Robert Lee. Forth from its scabbard all in vain, Bright flashed the sword of Lee; 'Tis shrouded nv in its sheath again, It sleeps the sle-p of our noble slam, Defeated, vet without a stain, Peacefully and proudly. Father Abram Ryan. ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON. Ere yet the sun had pierced the eastern skies Or daws of morn assumed their diamond hue, With diligence intent upon surprise In steady line3 old Southland s col umns drew: KJk.1 C With sudden peal the voice of thunder woke The hills that slept in Shiloh's solitude; And valor pressed through floods of fire and smoke. Inspired with hope and manly strength renewed. When fickle Fortune veiled her face the while And Sorrow filled the soldier's heart with grief, And Victory relaxed her cheerful smile And gently stooped to crown her fallen chief, Where shades of Southland's dauntlesa spirits dwell, To consecrate the spot where Sidney John ston fell.' M. M. Teagar. Flemingsburg, Ky,, in Confederate Veteran. A YOUNG CONFEDERATE. Master Hugh T. Morton, Jr., illus trates the spirit of his class. His grandfathers were both colonels in the Confederate army, and the little fellow, though but eight months old, was manifestly as happy as older per sons. He was evidently the youngest "Rebel" who participated in the memorable occasion of the Birming ham Reunion. 1 L' -."'. V. .-Ji '4 . 1 . s-:w. t.v..- ""Si BIRTHPLACE OF JEFFERSON PAVISAJRVIEW KYHEESIDNjCB AS IT A1TKARED UN 1850, WHEN CEN. CLEMENT A. EVANS, Atlanta, Ga., Commander in Chief United Confederate Veterans. them and woman's heart which, alone appreciated them and gave them their j'ust place among the noblest of the earth. The boy who came back on his shield was to women the greatest and truest of all, and she worshiped nd cherished him as woman alone an worship and cherish. The most sacred of all her treasures, the ten derest of all. her memories were con nected with those whom she had given as a s;-- 'fice to the South. She conflict for his country; now, as they touch this sacred and holy relic,-in tears and in anguish they say; "Fold it up carefully, lay it aside, Tenderly touch it, look on it with pride; For dear must it be to our hearts ever more The jacket of gray our loved Boldier boy wore. . . . Can we ever forget when he jomed the brave band, , o n Who rose in defense of our dear Southern And in his bright youth hurried on to the How proudly he donned it the jacket of gray. "They've laid him to rest in hia cold, nar- rnw bed. No stone have they placed o'er hia pillow - Ipss head. And the proudest of tributes our sad hearts could pay, . 'He never disgraced the dear jacket pf Then it up carefully, lay it aside, Tenderly touch it, look on it with pride, For dear must it be to our hearts ever? more, , , Tie jacket of gray that our loved soldier boy wore." The severest and, most trying Qf all task connected with the late war, waa the watching and waiting for those who would navsr come; the uncertainty and the gloomy . despair which gathered as days and months passed -by and no tidings were brought of the father or son. This, towards the end, became the crown ing sorrow of the sufferings which pursued the people of the Confed eracy. Prisons, hospitals, death on the battle field, and the horrors which, connected themselves with the awful word "missing" which marked the last years of the war, left their deep est touch on the homes and hearts of the women who longed for a word or a line, or a report to tell them when, where and how the object of love had gone down Into the shadows of the hereafter. The "Unknown List" carried with it a terror and anguish that even the most widespread be reavement could never impart. The activities of actual war alternated with Its hardships and softened its privations. It was those who watched ad, waited who felt the keenest sor row that followed in war's train Death then oftenest came suddenly and without note of warning, and it was those at home who suffered deep est and longest; and the sharpest of all its pangs was to yearn for forms that would never appear and to listen for voices which were hushed in Should be kept sacred for his honor's sake! My mother! - (And choking back the sob, but half con cealed, His head drooped low! At last must nature yield?) "My mother!" flashed again the tear dimmed eyes. "At her dear knees she taught me how to die! Her loving heart -would be too sorely pained , Jf (a her lips were pressed her boy s with falsehood stajned." "My brave, brave boy," the pleader spoke fgain; "A .boy in years, but worth a thousand men " . Like him for whom, the coward, traitor, knave, You'd lay your own brave, young life down to save. Speak out! Life is so sweet! Be free once more: ?'I never knew how sweet life was before! Still words are useless, General, but for give - You're kind; yet if I had a thousand lives to live, 'd erive them all ere I could face the shame Anq wear, for one hour, a base, dishon ored name." The die was cast! Our tears were idle tears. , . , J?pr. him, who gave cne day and gamed a thousand years! Centuries on centuries shall go circling by. But Btill he is not dead! baai jjayjb cannct die! From the Confederate, Veteran Pure ond Spotless, . The Scuth's flag, born in the vindi cation of State rights and nurtured by the blood of her sons upon an hun dred battlefields, went down as pure and spotless as the breezes that play upon the bosom of the "Shining Riv er." Confederate Veteran. A CONSPICUOUS DAUGHTER, One of the most conspicuous figf ures at the Confederate reunion I9 Richmond, Va., was Miss Mary Hall, cf Augusta, Ga.f a Daughter of the Confederacy, who occupies a unique, position in the regard of the South em people, and especially of the vet erana who fought under'the stars and HUGH "T. MORTON, JR., E MASSACRES AT HI Missionary to turkey Writes of the Horrors Perpetrated. MISS MARY HALL, The most conspicuous Daughter of the Coii federacy in the South, bars. Miss Hall, who was an earnest adherent of the "lost cause" during the Civil War, still cherishes for it a feeling of reverence and devotion. She glories in the fact that she was identified with it, and as a token of her changeless loyalty to it she in variably wears a small Confederate flag or badge. She is the only woman who is a full member of a Confeder ate veterans' camp, and she marches I for miles with the camp at reunions, attired in gray and wearing a cam paign hat, which, with her close-cut hair, gives her quite a soldierly ap pearance. The crowds along the lines of march always give her an ovation. Miss Hall has placed six hundred silken Confederate flags on the graves of 'departed soldiers. At the reunions she is always an honored guest and receives many attentions. Not Saying Much. Carrots are said to be four times as nutritious as cucumbers.- That Is not saying much for carrots, either. Macon Telegraph. HER SCHOOL MENACED BY MOB Miss Elizabeth S. Webb, Missionary From Illinois to Asiatic Turkey, Writes Dramatically of the First Days of the Slaughter. A special from Adana via Constan tinople, says: Miss Elizabeth S. Webb, a missionary from Bunker Hill, 111., has written as follows of the first days of the massacres in Adana when the jrirls' school to which she was attached was in the greatest danger: "Our friends came to school as usual on Wednesday (April 21). Al though we heard there was much un rest in the citjT, we went on with p.-spaiations for a school entertain ment, to be held nest day. Soon firing began and before noon we were afraid to send the day scholars home. There was constant firing. We tried to go . cn with our annual meeting, but were interrupted by the scream ing in the streets and the shooting. "Mr. Chambers attempted to go to the government building for a guard, but found it impossible to get through the mob. Our Turkish chil dren were present and we thought it would be possible to send word of our danger by a Turk who had come to take them home. Accordingly notes to their fathers and to the Governor were written, but there was no response, "As night came on fires began, to flare up in all directions and we were fearful that the rioters would break into the school buildings. Finally, about 9 o'clock, there came a knock at the gate and in walked the English consul. He left three of his guard of Turkish soldiers to take care of us. 'All through the night we seemed toJbe in a state of siege. In the meantime fires about the city had in creased and the sound of shooting, could be heard from every point. At last the consul passed. He was able to spare only one man, but thought this one would be more useful than ihe other three, who had run away. Soon after fires broke out in the ad- iacent streets. Unless something was-J dene speedily our school building must be destroyed. - We had hung Turkish flags on all sides of the building, but this did not stop the thousands engaged in the riots 'from firing their weapons?, although ap parently they were not. directed against Its. "If our building burned, the Cham bers house must burn also. Our only safety seemed to be . to check the flames. The women and girls carried water, "while the men cut down the shed and an old house in the corner of our yard. A shed on the opposite side of the street was also town down. About this time we were horrified to learn that Mr. Rogers and Mr. Maurer had been shot. It seemed that they had been fighting the fire and were not with the other men cutting down the sheds. They were brought into aur dining room. Mr. Maurer already was dead and Mr. Rogers only lived a few minutes. The Rev. Stephen R. Trowbridge, who was near them at the time, eseaped, 'A new misfortune overtook us. Our guard of one man disappeared. I came to my room, where the girls were waiting. For me to tell them, what had happened would only cause a panic, so I said: 'We have done all we can now; let us pray.' "Before I had finished praying, the bugle of the consul's guard and the Turkish officials with 'c whom he was patroling eounded. He could not spare a guard, but promised to send one immediately. It was a terrible situation; women and girls practi cally alone in the building: a mur derous, bloodthirsty " mob outside, with knife and bullet for the Armenians, and the torch for their homes. To add to the misery, there were the dead on the floor below, and the widow of one of them, Mrs.' Eogers, with her infant, 10 week old, to comfort. The afternoon and evening passed and no guard came. The following day we learned that the British consul had been shot in thf.trm. That night younj? men from the Gregorian and Protestant committees patrolled' tha itreata around our" building. : Tha situation was gravi. A great crowd, beat on plundering, had gathered at the rear of our house for an- attack. Oar Armenians asked those below to tend one man to confer with a representa tive of our side. "This was agreed to, but in plae of one man, hundreds started to come. They demanded that we give up our arms, but this meant certain death. We decided to take the girls to Mr. Chambers' house. Here refu gees cowered everywhere. Both Houses and court apparently had been overflowing with refugees before our arrival. AMOVE FOR BETTER ROADS Davidson County Making Strenuous Efforts to Vote a Board Issue For That Purpose. , ' Lexington, Special II. B. Varncr has secured the promise of the good roads bureau of the Department of Agriculture to aid. in the campaign for a bond issue of half a million dollars for-the improvement of the roads in Davidson county. Mr. Var ner had a very satisfactory talk with Mr. Paige, the head of the bureau, who agreed to send to the county a number of lecturers prior to the election. The officials in Washington are greatly pleased with this move ment for road improvement on such a large scale. It is thought there is little doubt but that the people will approve this issue of bonds and when the work is completed Davidson will have the fiuest public reads of-all the counties in the South. The invest ment is one ofthe best possible the county could make and that is the way our people are looking at the proposition. Granits-Jnterest Combine. Salisbury, Special. A consolida tion of the granite interests of Rowan county has taken place and the re sult is the W. A. Esson Granite Com pany, an organization with a paid in capital stock of . $1,2'50,000. A char ter for the new company was sent to Raleigh Wednesday. The companies consolidated afe now working 500 men at the quarries several miles from Salisbury and it is stated that soon the number of employes will have been increased to 2,000. The American Stcne Company, The Rowan Granite Company, and the Balfour Pink Granite Company lose their identity in the new corporation. Four lions Are Bagged. Nairobi, British East Africa, 3y Cable. Four lions are trophies of ex President Roosevelt's camp in the Mau hills. The lions were bagged Fri day, and Colonel Roosevelt's mighty gun brought three of them to earth, each on the first shot. The fourth of the jungle kings fell before the rifle of his son Kermit, who, however, took three shots to kill his quarry. 'Both father and son are jubilant. Confederate Monument. Salisbury, Special. The Confeder ate monument on Inniss street is to be unveiled Monday, May 10, the cere mony taking place at 10:30 o'clock. Large numbers of veterans and others are expected, not only from this coun ty but from a number of places, both in and out of the State. Mayor A. H. Boyden will be orator of the day, and Gen. Bennett Young, of Louisville, Ky., will also deliver an address. The memorial will be unveiled by Mrs. Frances Fisher Tiernan, daughter of Gen. Chas. F. Fisher. Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, of Charlotte, and Gen. Robt. F. Hoke, of Raleigh, are among the prominent guests who have already signified their intention of being pres ent. - Summer Conference Discussed. Chapel Hill, Special. At -the reg ular meeting of the Y. M. C. A. Tues day night the "Summer Conference for Southern College Men" was dis cussed. Frank Graham, chairman of the Summer Conference committee, presided over the meeting and bore ample testimony of his deep apprecia tion of the conference by saying he had studied it for the last three sum mers and wag looking " with more than his usual zeal to this summer's conference, to be held at Montreat June the eleventh, through the twenty-first. Dynamite Hurts Boy. Lenoir, Special. Friday afternoon little Samuel Dysart, aged 0 years, bad two fingers and a thumb blown off his left hand by a dynamite car tridge. He found the cap near the cemetery and not knowing what it was started home and on the way un dertook to strike a match on the cart, ridge and it exploded. It is thought the cap was left by some men who had been blasting nearby. The little fellow was badly frightened. Tlie Morning Star Sold. A deal has been consummated by which a stock company has secured The Morning Star, Wilmington, which has been published for 40 years by Maj. W. H. Bernard. The purchase price was $26,000, Crushed Skull With Plank. Troy, Special. A misunderstanding oyer the incorrect driving of a mule team at the Guilford Lumber Manu facturing Company's shops Rnfus Smith struck Mart Thompson with a piece of plank Fiiday and crushed his skull and Thompson is not expect ed to live, whereupon Smith wai ar rested and taken to jail to await ths results of the wound, Death of If. D. Smersca. Wilmington, SpecialTelegraphic advices Friday morning conveyed to hundreds cf friends the news of the death of Neil Davis Emerson, only son of President T. M. Emerson, of. the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad which occurred Thursday night at Phoenix Arizona, where he had been for some time with the hope that the climate would be of benefit to his health. He improved for a time until his heart began to fail and his de cline was rapid. DUTY ON CjnTON GOODS $39,000,000 Tariff Paid Annu ally By Cotton Manufacturers. -1 MAKING OF A TARIFF BILL Difficult and Tedious Task to Frame ' Schedule of Duties Figures for tho Year 1907. Washington, D. C. Under the pres ent tariff law cotton manuf aciurer bring into the treasury one-seventh' of the; total amount collected through the custom house. TweHe articles, or rather clashes . of articles, pay three fourths of the taini duty col lected by the United Stales. The average amount collected is $300,000, 000, and of this cctton manufactuiers pay ?3a,000,0t0. In the year 1907, which 13 the year Senator AJdrich .figures cn in making his calculations as to the piuoabJo proceeds of the tariff bJl, the Ligli water mark in cutton-j coliectini was reached. In that year S32i,uOU, COO in duties were collected. Tho following twelve articles led ell tho others in contrioutin tiis turn: Cotton manuf actuics Sugar , Manufacturers cf fiber. . . , Manufacturers of silk . . . Manufacturers of wccl. .-. Raw wool Spirits, wines and malt 11- quort Manufacturers of iron and eteel . . . Eailhen and china ware . . Chemicals, drugs and dyo3. Fruits and nuts . . . . . .saa.uoo.oo'i co,ooo,n:o 22,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 1C.500.000 16,000,000 12,00ff,000 8,000,OCO 7,500,000 7,000.000 Total $2&0,000,WiO These figures are taken from an elaborate statement covering. In out line, the tariff history of the past 88 years, which has just .been published, by the bureau of statistics of the de partment of commerce and labor. The difficulties to be met and over come In shaping a revenue tariff bill are such a-s almost appall the Imag ination. Duties are not assessed against articles of one kind or arti cles In o&e class at a uniform rate, but the rate of duty differs with tho varying qualities cf gocds. Fcr In stance. In the cotton schedule the number of threads to the Bquare inch in the cloth i3 made the basis for assessing the tariff duty. Details cf fixing the rates cf duty, and of 'determining the amount of duty which should be paid and of cal culating the amount actually collect ed, .are, after all, most difficult and tedious, and explain in some degree the difficulties of the task of making a new tarift. FiGHHftG AHMiIaIJmEET. Ijichi and 'Evans Say War is Very Improbable. Los Angeles, Cal. Admiral H. Iji chi, commander of the Japanese training squadron now at San Pedro, had a long talk with Hear Admiral Robley D. lilvans. The two admirals, who are old friends and who are now staying at the same hotel, discussed international question?, including the possibility of war between tho Unit ed States and Japan. They agreed that war between the two nations was impossible. "I see they have been trying to get us in trouble," said Admiral Evans. "Ye3," replied Admiral Ijichi, "but such a thing is perfectly lmp&ysiblo. The United States and Japan under stand each other too well for any. thing of that kind. Tho people of your country and mine have too deep seated a friendship for each other to ever allow any trivial matter to bring about trouble." Military Commission. Adjutant General Armfield Friday issued the following military com missions: C. H. Banks, captain; J. A. Turner, first lieutenant, and J. R. Perry second lieutenant, Co. D, Third - Infantry, Louisburg. A. L. C. Hill, captain, and J. O. H. Taylor, second lieutenant Company B Second Infantry, Kinston. First Lieu tenant J. I. Brown retained his commission. MAIL 1 LZZLE SOLVED, Letter Inadequately Addressed Very Promptly Delivered by P. O. People. Wasbington, D. C. a few days agQ. a letter mailed at Abbeville, Ga., and bearing no other address than "Sky ot Tufts, V, 8. A.," was delivered promptly to the pessca for whom it was intended. The postmtster at Abbeville sent the letter through to Mcdford, Mass,, where the Tufta College is located. The postmaster there Unow "Sky" was the nickname ot Irving Tollei, a Junior." The letter reached Tollea, SETTLE DIFFEKEro. Miners and Employers Reach an Agreement, Scranton, Pa. After weeks of con sideration and much conferring, tho final stage in the work of-settling the differences existing between tho an thracite pine workers and their eni? ployers has "been reached. The trl? district convntion cf the union mint ers in the courthoueo here unanimous and authorized them to sign t, which, they dl4; " ' E. Hi Harrlnitn Flans to Comblno 12,CC0 M.les cf Road. New York City. According to a re port circulated in this city, E. H. Har riman has Instructed counsel in this and other citte3 to devise a meanu of merging the New York Central lines into one $1,000,000,000 corpora tion, with a central management and one treasury. This, if effected, would operate more than 12,000 miles of railroad, including the New York Cen tral, West Shore, Lake Shore, Lake Shore and Michigan, Southern, Cleve land, Clncinati, Chicago and St. Lou is,' Pittsburg and Lake Erie, Lake Erie and Western and the Canadian Southern. CONVICT LEAPED FROM BR1DGR. Shackled Man Took Desperate Chance But Was R;:aptured. West Point, Ga. John McGann, a white man serving a fifteen day sen tence on the roads in thl-3 county, made a desperate leap from the bridge which spans the Chattahoochee river at this point, diving forty feet before striking the water. Notwith standing the fact that the man was shackled, he swam half a mile' down stream before he was overtaken by officers in a gasoline launch. 5 .1? 1 .' if I 'i: ! ' :' I. f r It 1! ! tt : f ' V i1 V:l tf It , I' 'i ''. I' t i n t ! if; t 4 II