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The (Etaithmn itctrrd II. A. LONDON, Editor. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1911. REAMS STATION. Next Friday, the 25th. is the forty-seventh anniversary of one of the last victories won by the Confederate troops, and it is a victory of which North Carolin ians have especial cause to be and has been for more than for- to drag the other by main strength over on his side of the breast work apparently oblivious and indifferent to what was going on all around them. Finally with a mighty effort Capt. Lawhon pull ed both the flag and its gallant defendant over and across the breastwork and captured both flag and bearer. It may sur prise our readers to know that this gallant Confederate is now. The Work of Congre?s. Washington, Aug. 20. Con gress will adjourn before Tues day night possibly tomorrow and the most strenuous session of recent years will pass into po- Killed by Flying Stamp. Special to the Charlotte Observer, Troy, Aug. 18. Late yesterday afternoon at the close of a farm ers' institute at Star a large num ber repaired to the new college proud, for it was won chief ly, almost entirely, by North Carolina soldiers. We refer to the battle of Reams Station, about ten miles south of Peters burg on the railroad from that city to Weldon. This battle was fought on the 25th day of Au gust, 1864, and was described in the official report of Gen. Han cock (who commanded the Fed eral forces) as "one of the most determined and desperate fights of the war, resembling Spottsyl rania in its character, though the number engaged gives it less importance." After the disastrous repulse of the Federal troops en the 30th of July, 1864, at the battle of the Crater, Gen. Grant did not deem it prudent to attempt again to capture Petersburg by assault, and so Jhe continued to extend his lines farther and farther to his left (and our right) in his ef forts to cut off all communica tion from the south with Peters burg. He realized that his best plan to capture that city was by a siecre and starvation. For this purpose Grant determined to de 6 troy as much as possible of the railroad running from Peters burg to Weldon, which was one of the two railroads by which Lee's army was supplied from the South, the other road being the newly constructed railroad from Greensboro to Danville. In August, 1854, Grant sent a large force of cavalry and infan try to destroy the railroad lead ing to Weldon and that force did destroy several miles of that road. Gen. Hancock had en trenched with a large Federal force at Reams Station and Gen. Lee determined to dislodge him and for that purpose sent Gen. A. P. Hill with several brigades of his corps and some from Long street's corps. After an unsuc cessful assault - by some of tne Confederate troops had been re pulsed by the enemy, a second assault was ordered, and the only troops engaged in it were the three North Carolina brigades of Cooke, Lane and MacRae. This assault was made late in the afternoon and was entirely successful, resulting in the de feat of the Federals, the capture of nine pieces of their" artillery and about 2,000 prisoners. It required unusual courage to make this successful assault, af ter other troops had been re pulsed, on the enemy strongly entrenched and superior in num bers. Notwithstanding the odds against them and the dangers and difficulties to be overcome, our gallant Tarheels rushed upon the entrenched enemy "with great fury," as stated by Col. Batchelder of the Federal army in his official report, and drove the enemy out of the works in disastrous defeat. So deadly was the fire of the Confederates that 250 of the Federal artillery horses were killed, as officially reported. Both sides fought in this bat tle with obstinate bravery, and although 'the Federals stood to their guns most manfully they could not resist the fury of the Confederate attack. Many fought hand-to-hand when our men rushed upon the breastworks of the enemy, neither side being willing to give away. One in stance will illustrate the desper ate nature of this fighting. Cap tain W. H. H. Lawhon, of the 48th N. C. regiment, lead his men up and on the enemy's works, and saeing a Federal color-bearer defiantly waving his flag, he grabbed one end of the flagstaff and tried to wrench it from the hands of the Yankee, but the latter gallantly held on to nis nag, determined not to give it up. There they stood on opposite sides of the breastwork, the Confederate and the Feder al, struggling for the possession of that flag, while bullets were whistling around them and shells bursting, carrying death and de struction on every side- Each tried ty years, a devout Baptist preach er in Moore county. So pleased and gratified was Gen. Lee with this victory of our North Carolina soldiers that he wrote a letter to Gov. Vance on the 29th of August, 1864, com plimenting most highly the brig ades of Cooke, Lane and Mac Rae, saying they had won the admiration of the army." But all this courage and sacrifice were in vain, for the coils of Grant's encircling army gradu ally grew tighter and as his lines extended our line already weak and too thin became little less than a skirmish line from the Appomattox ri ver to " Burgess's mill on Hatcher's Run. And so, when the final assault was made on our lines on the early morning of Sunday, April 2nd, 1865, the enemy found "the thin gray line" too thin and weak to suc cessfully resist them longer. litical history. The net results grounds to witness an exhibition of the session, in comparison of stump-blowing by the Dupont ..i i i ... . PnujnQr I .i"vTYI nonir pjaill ManAsa witn tne ammtious program "r , J Congress has at last adjourn ed its extra session, which has lasted about five months, and yet all that time, labor and expense have been almost in vain because President Taf t has vetoed the im portant legislation enacted. The result of the last election indicat ed that the people of the United States were not satisfied with the newAldrich-Payne tariff bill, en acted by the last Congress, and therefore the Democratic major ity, elected last November, deem ed it their duty to amend that law as far as possible and give all the relief possible to the peo ple from its oppressive provis ions. This good work the Democrats in Congress, with the aid of some Republicans, at once undertook and successfully passed both branches of Congress several tar iff bills that would afford much relief to the people, but their la bors have been in vain because the President has blocked all their work with his veto. The issue is now made plain and clear cut for the campaign next year, and the people of this country at the election in November, 1912, will decide with their votes which was right, the Democrats and Insurgent Republicans in passing these tariff bills or the President in vetoing them. On this issue the Democrats need not fear the result and may expect to carry the next election by an overwhelming majority. The first of these tariff bills that President Taf t vetoed was the one reducing " the tariff on wool and woolen goods, and for this veto there is less excuse than for any other, for he him self had publicly declared that the wool schedule of the Aldrich Payne bill is too "high and that it ought to have been reduced." When his veto message on this bill was read in the House that body ordered the publication in the Congressional Record of his noted speech at Winona, Minne sota, made soon after the pass age of the Aldrich-Payne tariff bill. So that his veto message and speech appear printed in the same, issue of the Congressional Record and his inconsistency is thus made manifest. In his Wi nona speech on the Aldrich Payne tariff bill he used the fol lowing language: "With respect to the wool schedule, I agree that it is too high and that it ought tb have been reduced, and that it probably represents considerably more than the difference between the cost of production abroad and the cost of production here." And yet, when he has the op portunity of helping to reduce this wooTen schedule, he not only refuses to help, but with his veto defeats the relief offered by the bill which Congress had passed by a large majority. adopted at the outset, were not large. Canadian reciprocity .was brought as near reality as the executive and legislative depart ments could advance it; state hood was assured for New Mex ico and Arizona; campaign pub licity legislation was. enacted in a form satisfactory to its most earnest advocates; provision was made for an enlarged House of Representatives based upon the last census, and a few other mea sures of minor importance were passed. A Democratic House, the first since 1895, seized upon this ses sion as a vehicle to convey to the country the views of the Democ racy on the subject of tariff re vision, but executive disapproval rendered futile all efforts to im press those views upon the stat ute books. Two tariff bills, one materially reducing the existing duties on wool and woolen goods of all classes, and the other placing on the free list articles of machin ery and tools used by farmers, and amended to include many other items, were . vetoed by President Taf t. The House, under the leader ship of Representative Under wood, of Alabama, chairman of the ways and means committee, and speaker Clark, endeavored to pass the bills over the veto but the necessary two-thirds-vote could not be mustered. These failures to overthrow President Taft s veto messages were a strong factor in determining leaders to bring the session to a close. a well-to-do farmer and one of the best citizens of the county, was instantly killed by having the top of his head literally severed by a flying stump. Mr. Maness was standing within 32 steps of the stump, under which was placed the deadly explosive that caused his death. No blame is attached to any one, it being considered purely an accident. Mr. Maness stopped too near the stump. He leaves a widow and nine children. Negro Graveyard on-Fire. Winchester, Va., Aug. 18. Ter rified negresses ran pellmeli shout ing "Judgment day is here!" when fire was discovered in the Orrick cemetery in which hundreds of colored people are buried. A lot owner had gone there to burn dry grass off his lot, and the fire made rapidheadway, envelop ing the entire cemetery in nimes in a short time. The heat was so intense that some of the graves cracked open and many tomb stones were damaged. The col ored people were badly frightened and some of the more supersti tioua declared the fire was the work of the devil. Daring Robbery. From the Smithfield Herald. On Wednesday nisrht of last week two negroes held up and robbed a drummer at the junction of' the Southern and Atlantic Coast Line" railroads three miles east of Princeton. The drummer travels for a Chicago jewelry house and had left Princeton to go to the junction to see a coun try merchant. After seeing: the merchant he went to the juuction to take a train for Goldsboro. While waiting for the train two negroes came up to him and pointing- pistols at him demanded what he had. They took from him his watch and coat, his mileage book and about $40 in money. Next they went through his suit case and took from it such articles as they dewired. Haying accom plished the robbery they sent him toward Princeton with instruc- ions to run for his life. Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., is be ing tried this week for the mur der of his wife near Richmond, Virginia, about a month aero. The trial began last Monday at Union Veterans' Reunion. Rochester, Aug. 11. (3ne hun dred thousand grizzled veterans are here to attend the Forty-fifth National Encampment of- the Grand Army of the Republic this week. President Taft, Govern or Dix, State Treasurer Dunn and many others prominent in the official life of the country will review themaneuvres of the sur vivors of the , civil war. The State has appropriated $50,000 for the decoration of the town and everywhere flags and bunt ing, lights and band stands evi dence its expenditure. Today will be devoted to the reception of Commander-in-chief John E. Gilman and the national officers, a general reception of members -and a fraternal re union. Tomorrow reunions of all the New York State regiments will be held at the various halls; there will be automobile trips through the country and trolley trips to Charlotte, the Coney Island of Rochester. In the evening a big campnre will bring back memo ries of nights spent on the battle field, and prominent army men will entertain those assembled with war-time stories. On Wednesday the grand par ade of veterans will be reviewed by President Taft and other dig nitaries. The line of march will be the shortest in the history of the G. A. R. encampments, cov ering over two and one-half miles, all through shaded streets and over the best pavements in the city. Scarcity of Workmen. Raleigh Cor. Charlotte Observer. In connection with the fact that Raleigh has never been known to have so much building under way at one time in her whole history there comes the serious complaint that numbers of buildings under way are al most at a standstill and others for which the preliminary ar rangement have been fully made cannot be gotten under construc tion purely for the lack of work men. The situation is declared by those in a position to know to be really serious. This is the condition in spite of the fact that strenuous efforts have been made here by those interested in build ing to attract workmen here from elsewhere. This is accounted for by the fact that other North Carolina towns are unusually on the "up grade" and are afford ing so much work that their cit izens are not seeking even tem porary employment elsewhere. Baby Drowned in Pail. The 13 -month-old baby of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Falp, of Winston Salem, was found Wednesday af ternoon drowned in a pail of waste water about one foot deep. The mother had crone down to her husband's grocery store and left baby and five brothers in charge of their oldest daughter. Verna Fulp, who is 14 years of age. Ver- na had gone into the coal-shed to get some wood to make a fire with which to prepare supper and when she returned a few moments later) was horrified to find her only baby sister submerged in a pan of waste water into which she had fallen from the porch, three feet above. Died of a Broken Heart. Los Angeles, Cal.,' Aug. 17. Major David Castleman, son of Brigadier General John Breckin ridge Castleman, of Louisville, Ky., died here vesterday from a broken heart, following the re ceipt of a telegram from Louis vilie telling liiui that his beaati ful wife had filed suit for divorce He was deeply in love with his wife ami could not be brought to believe that she sought to divorce him. David Castleman, often called the haudsomest man in Kentucky, married a Miss Railey ten years ago. Rats Cause Fire. Special to the News and Observer. Spencer, Aug. 18. Fire which is supposed to have been started by rats destroyed a large two- story store and postomce build ing at Barber's Junction, Ho wan countv, early today, entailing a, loss of $5,000 with 3,000 iusu ranee, i tie nre starred at 2 a. m and Mr. E. A. Barber, the post master, who was asleep in the building, had a narrow escape from burning to death. A large stock of merchandise and all the mail in the building was burned. Fines on Absent Witnesses. Special to the Charlotte Observer. Asheville, August 21 In the event that fines imposed by Judge Lane in superior court this morn ing on witnesses for failure to re spond when called in the "search and seizure" case against George Cathey stand, the school fund will be enriched $2,000. There were twenty-five witnesses who failed to respond. 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