North Carolina Newspapers

STATE FAIR Ml The AMOciation Publishes ! * About the ?i"'h 1 The State Fair Association have Just Issued an advance premium list for fair of 19 10, beginning Octciber IT. The following will no doubt be of Interest to Dally. News readers: tyn Content- ? Ror Men. Moat prolific and best exhibit, any variety, to consist of twenty^ears ac companied by six stalks with ears at tached. First premium. $100; second, $50; third. $25. For Boy*. Most prolific and best 'exhibit, any variety, as above, made by a boy un der eighteen years of age on August 1, 1810,. First premium, 1100; second. tfiO; .-third, $25. f Cotton Contest. \. Most prolific and best exlhlbt,\ny variety, , to consist of three stalta with open bolls attached. I First premium, $50; second. $251, third, $10. f It Is provided taht there mut$>f?e at least ten entries In -each of the foregoing contests. Should there be less than thai number of entries, the judges will make suitable recommen dations and the Society w^ll give pro per recognition to tfie most merl torlus of the prod nets exhibited. Corn or cotton entered In these contests can not be entered for any other pre mium. It is Important that the public shall know the varieties, and for that Rea son each exlhlbt must bear an at tached card, giving the name of- the variety of corn or ootton. ? - KectiOn 'A ? Com. Best ten ears (unnubbed) of pocke's Prolific corn, $2. Best ten ears (unnubbed) of Week ley'* Improved corn, $2. Best ten ears (unnubbed) of Big*' Seven-ear corn, $1 ? Beet ten ears (unnubbed) ctX Sand ers' Improved corn, $2. Best ten ears (unnubbed) ot Holt's Strawberry corn, $2. -? U?? ten ear, (ttn.ub^) of u,y oth.>r white corn. $2; second prise $1. Under this number Prof. C. L. Newman, of A. * M. College, offers $4 for first and $1 for second, all corn to go -to Collsge. *" Beet ten ears (unnubbed) of any yellow* corn, $2; second, $1. / Best- single ear of' any variety, em phasis being placed on shape and slse ot ear and Kernels, $2; second, $1. Beat ten stalks of broom corn, $1; second. 50c. Best ten eacs of 'popcorn, $1; sec ond, 60Q* 4 ^ ~ ... Beet ten ears of sweet oorn, $1; > second, ?0e. r - ; Section 11 ? Cotton. ^ Heat bale of cotton, $4 ; second. $2. Best stalk ot- cotton,, any variety. $*f Jelond. -?<; Beat group of five stalks of King's .Improve xotton, $2; second, $1. Best group of* five stalks ot Rus sell's Big Boll eottotn, $2; second. $1. Best group of five stalks of Simp kin's' Prolific cotton, $2; second, $1. Best group of five stalks of any Other p6re variety of cotton. $2; sec ond. $1. c Best and largest display of stalks of varieties of cotton, diploma. Section . F-?? Tobacco. ^ Best five pounds shipping tobacco, second, $3. * t Best five pounds tft-ight smokers. ' $5; second. $3. Best five pounds cutters. $5; sec ?on*,- -$3. Best five pounds fillers, 9$; sec ?'pad, . - T. ??? ? ??> Beet five -pounds sun?curid fillers. #5;' second, $3. ~ Best five pounds sun-cured wrap pers, $5; second, $3. . Best paakage cigars. North Caro lina make, diploma. j Best box plug tobacco, North Caro lina make, diploma^. Best display "cigarettes, North' Car .ollna make, diploma. Best display cheroots. North Car* llnfc matte, diploma. Best display, cigars, North Carolina make, diploma. - Best display fine-cut chewing ld~ bacco. diploma. Best display of fiue-curad bright lemon wrappers, bright mahogany wrappers, bright smokers, cutters and filler*, by one producer, not less than five pounds each variety; $10. I " (This display must not Include any entry for stnglsf premium.) Section H ? Cowpeas (Field Peas). Beet bushel of Unknown or Won IE PREMIUM LIST Some Valuable Information 1910 Fair. derfnl pea*, |2. Best bushel of New Era peat, |S. Best bushel of Whippoorw!!! peas, ft Best bushel of Taylor or Whittle peas, $2. Beat bushel of Red Crowder peas, IJ Beat bi^ahel of Red Ripper peas $2. Beat buahel of black peaa, 92. Beat buahel of clay peaa. $2. Best buahel. of black eye peaa. $2. Beat buahel of Iron peas. 42. Beat bushel of Lady peas. $2. Beet bushel of an y other variety of psas, 92. Beat display and largest number of varieties of peaa, /not less than one peck of each variety, 94. Section M ? Soy Beans. Beat peck of any variety of aoy beans, 91; second, 60c.. Best Ave plants of any varlaty of soy beans. 92; jsecond, 91. H . Section X? Hay. Beat' bale of cowpea vine bay, 13. Beet bale of peanut vine hay, 93. 1 Beat bale of Crimson clover hay. 1 Beat bale of Red clover hay. 93 Beat bale of Mammoth clover hay. $3 Beat bale of Alalke clover hay, 93. Best bale of Japan clover hay, 93. Best bale of soy bean hay, 93. Best bale of Alfalfa bay, 93. Beat bale of German millet ^iay, 93. 1 Best 'bale otr Bermuda grass hay. 93. i Best bale of ^|mothy hay, 93. Beat bale of Crab grass hay, 93. i Beat bale of Red Top bay* 98. Beat bale of Blue Oraaa hay, 93. I Best bale of Orchard graaa hay, 93. 1 Best bale H mixed hay. $3. Beit bale of corn stover, 93. ? . Turnip*. Beat peck of Purple Top, 91. Be*l pjeck of White Milan, 91. Beat peck of Yellow, Aberdeen, 91. Boat peck of any other variety, $1. 1 Largest turnips, six specimens. 91. ? Best collection of tornlpa, not leas 1 than peck each of Ave verities, 93. 1 roll art la. Best four individuals of any va- I riety, fl* * j Largeet collarda, four specimens. 1 ? 1. Beet collection of collards, not less 1 than four indivlduals of at least four < varieties. ? Sweet Potatoes. Beat peck of Norton yam, 9l> ? ? Beat pecmk of Barbadoes, 91. I Beat peck of Southern Queen. 91. | Bett peck of Hanover. 91. ' V ? 1 Best peck of Kansenrond, 91. 1 Beat neck of Georgia yam. II. * 1 Beat peck of Carolina yam. 91. Beat peck of any other Variety. 91 1 Beat collection' ^of sweet potatoes. . not leaa than peck each of five varle tlea, 93. Irish 'potatoes. '? Bttt peck of Early Rose, 91. Best p?ck of Red Bliss. 91. Best peek of White Bliss, 91. Beat peck of any other variety. 91. Best collection of Irish potatoes, not leas than one peck each of Ave varieties, 93. . Cabbage. Best four heads of Charleston Wakefield, 91. Beet four heads of Succession, 91. Beet four heads of Flat Duteb'; 91. Bast, four heads of Danish Bald head, 91, Best four beads of any% other va riety. * 1 ... Largest cabbage^ four specimens. Best collection of cabbages, not lesa than lour heads of five vkrifetf es. Best peck of Bon Air rutabagia, 9\. Best peck of an$ other variety of rutabagas. $1. rj Best collection of rutabagas, not lesa than peck each of Ave varieties. $?. . .Miscellaneous. ^ Beat and largest pumpkin, Ave specimens. BeaL peck of Aeld beans, 91. ?Best quart of castor beans, fl. Beat quart of velvet beans. 91. . Beat peck ot chufas, 91. r Best peck of fall-grown anap beans, 91. Beat collection of gourds, not less than ten apeclmens. 91. Best novelty or freak, not daael Aed, 91 General Collection. For the beet general collection of vegetables, all grown by the exhib itor, $10; second, 95. Premium A ? Beat dlaplay by any LITTLE TUDOR SUITS The best-made play i material. They save m< health. Boys and girls 1 See display in front < ? ? ? i. ilts ? and made of the best ley and promote |TA^ e (hem. Price . . PRESBYTERY Albemarle Presbytery Miiti in This City Beginning Tomorrow Night at First Presbyterian Church. Albemarle Presbytery meets in the First Presbyterian Church tomorrow evening and will continue until Fri day. The opening sermon will be de livered tomorrow evening byxRev. Dr. McQ. White, ot Raleigh, K. C- After the sermon the Presbytery will or ganise by the election ot a moderator and clerks and also fix the hours (or the business sessions. On Wednes day morning the Presbytery will as semble for business. . Wednesday evening Bx-Oovernor Robert Glenn, of Winston-8alem, wljl deliver an address on "Home Mis sions." Governor Qlenn Is a speaker of national reputation and has. only recently returned from a lecturing tour in a great many 8tates. The ptibltc is cordially Invited to attend any and all services. Albemarle Presbytery Is one of the strongest religious bodies In North Carolina. Some of the brightest pul piteers of the Presbyterian Church are among Its members. . Washing ton Is glad to have this body as Its guest and the Dally News hopes their stay In the city will not o^ly be pleas ant but profitable.' . FIVE CONVERTS. * Rev. E. Hoffman, assisted by Rev. J. A. Sullivan, who has been holding a series of meetings during the past week at Chocopinlty, gives the informaton that as a result of the meeting there were live convlrslons. county in North Carolina. First, $250; second. $200; third. <150; fourth, $100. Premium B ? Best display by pub lic school of North Carolina of meth ods of teaching agriculture. First. $25; second, $15; third, $10. Six hundred dollars In special pre miums offered jointly by the State Board of Agriculture and the N. C. Agricultural .Society. The State Board of Agriculture of fers $200 for first, and $100 for sec ond premium for the most varied and most artistically arranged collective agricultural exhibit by a resident of North Carolina. The Agricultural Boclety has added the same amounts offered by the Department, making the premiums as follows: For the best, most Varied, and most artistically arranged collective agri cultural Individual exhibit. $400. For the second best, same condl-_ lions, $200. Conditions ? Frist. Each exhibitor is Required to make affidavit that the products showr. were grown on exhlb Itpr'i farm during the current year and not a single product obtained elsewhere. . - Second. That no premium be awarded whenr. In the opinion of the Judges, the exhibit Is not meritorious In variety, quality or artistic arrange ment. Third. That the following scale of points.be adopted In Judging Indi vidual exhibits. Recognising 100 points ase perfect: Agriculture, 60 points; Vegetables, 10 points; Home Industry, 10 points; Fruits. 101 points; Artistic Arrangement, 10 points. ijr-> ;% i Nqfe. ? Articles entered for the foregoing premiums csn not compete for the Individual premiums. This does not prevent any exhibitor from tonipetlng for any number of prem iums, provided the same ^rt^lc not entered more than one time.. AH exhibits entered for competition mtu*t b? grown k>r produced by the person competing or under his or her direction. ?? j/v-.w . ? "f 4> Htmpkins Prtxe. . Mr. W. A. Simpkinp; .ot. Raleigh, ofTers the following: .fW. '.y. ? t Greatest dumber of open bolls on any one stalk of Simpktns' Prolific Cotton, by any exhibitor: First prlxe, $26 , Second prUev%10. 4 , ' V; TrrfetJrig Contest.' 4 , Best display of trucking. wljlch may fnclude the following: Turnips, beets, cktfots, parsnips' Onions, to matoes, okra, lettuce, beans, pump* kins, celery, squashes. Not less than one peck of each kind to be'shown: First premium. $25. Second premium, $15. I . Third pren^lum. $10. V ? Corn k6d Cotton Contests. As s special feature of the Fiftieth Great State Fair and tiome-comtag Jubilee next October, the society has established two corn contests, one for men anyone for boys under eighteen years of age on August 1, 1410. also a cotton contest. Instead ot giving the premiums for the greatest amount of corn or cotton grown to aay one acre, the piisef are offered for the most prolific and best exhibits, to cohsist In the ease of the corn contest of twfcnty ears aqcom* panted by stic stalks with ears attach ed. anjt Id the case of -the cotton eoa test to conalst of three stalks with open bolls attache*. Ljl S Jn>d?lnt tha will b. dm to proline* .1 ?na trpm at ault. ?ndl? tvddni. tka cotton. enphaaU will ko-fem* to MO HflcMT, ITPO or atalk nl boll *nd ekMKtw ?bt> P*rcea(M? of M?u WILD OVER?TEODY A Remarkable Demonstration in C - *** ? ' ENTIRE POPULATION OUT The American Colo>h mrtifml Ev erywlwjt ? Tbe P?Uy Wu AlwMt Swamped by the Hfcrglng Crw#d of Thousand* ? ?'??Aorary Cltlsen" Conferred on tike Kx-President. Porto Mauflfto, iLly. The entire population -dT thW pretty Utile old Italtah towp.. nestling amid groves of orange andj^ive trees, gave Mr. and 4pra. Roosuyolt a CrtUy re markable welcome wlen they arrived this evening from Genoa. For days the residents have befcn decorating in honor of tbe visit, anfr American col ors fluttered everywhere. Many del eora'tlone Jn the poorer/quarters were home-made and the} (Ingenuity dis played Ihl their composition was elo^ quent testimony of t ate deep Imifree Mbn the coming of tflM Ez-Preeldent of the United States (lad made. Dead walls were cqfered with pos ters bearing such Inscriptions as: 'Roosevelt Forever.3 "Long LlVe Roosevelt.'' j . JV .. The Municipal Cougcil at a special meeting today decided to confer the tftte on JHr. Roosevelt of "Honorary Citizen ' and to name^the new Onore drjve. which Is now pnder construc tion and la the pride of the town. "Roosevelt Boulevard." These and [other ceremonies .wjfl. occur tomor row. The mayor's announcement of the visit of the distinguished American, which has been posted In the streeet, refers to Mr. Roosevelt as "n man who. as President of the Uulted Statesr constituted himself champion of the peace of the irorld. and, dur ing the MeBSlna disaster, manifested his own and the friendship of tlje great reptAMr. 'pree*fm hi g thoe-the bond of fraternity and human soli darity." When Mr. and Mra. Roosevelt ar rived. not only was Aver man. woman and child In the town massed about the station or lining the streets, but thousands from the neighboring com munities had come In to add their I enthusiasm to that of the townspeo ple. The dine of the welcome was al most Indescribable, as the Ex-Presl dent and his wife emerged wrom the station. After greeting Miss Carew. ^r8. Roosevelt's sister, at whose i home the villa Monte Carvaria, they will spend a few days, and receiving the formal welcome of the prelate and mayor, the party started forward' for the carriages, a band struck up: "Hall* Columbia." and the crowd cheered lustily. - A group of school children fa white, heaping flowers, treld to march, protfeted by naval cadets, but they were prevented by the surging, cheering throng. When Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt reached their carriage the Ex-President arose and waved his hat, .whereupon the cheer- 1 Ing was redoubled, and the school children who were yet some distance away. In despair threw their flowers toward the carriage, roost of the flow ers falling under the wheels and a'mon^ the people. Again the crowd surged forward, bringing the carriage to a standstill, but Anally a pathway was made .and tbe party, proceeded under an llluml nated triumphal ^rch bearing the word "Welcome." . ? ' ? * ' . INJURED Mr*. C*. X. Francl* FpMm and Injures Her Hip ? Accident Occurred Saturday* Night Ust. Mrs. C. *?. Francis, formerly 6f Conrord. N. J., now milking Washihg- 1 ton he* home and residing with her ! brother. 3#r. William Randolph, on East Second streej, met -with (he-mis fortune to fall in the back yard ?at her . bogKJ" Saturday night about 9 o'clock, Injuvying her right4 Mp' Dr. John C- Rodman was called and ren-^ dered medical aid. At this writing the physician . has not been able to ascertain whether the limb la dislo cated pr not, owing to the condition of Mrs. Fnmcis. She Is about 84 years of age. The news -of Mrs. FrahCls' mishap will be received with i egret all over the city for she Is a woman with many friends. It Is to be hoped the Injury will not prove fatal. She taken to the Fowl* Me morial Hospital this morning for treatment. COOMS8T K*LACK IN WASHINGTON The Gaiety has Just installed Its new faas and H is one of the coojee < pla oe? In 4be city.. Tonight ttf*4opu lar theater win show "Told In the GOlden W*et." a beautiful Western IMM/M 'VThe Gfrot," pawUral scenic.' ???>?? ?rerr ni?tat bjr Mr. POLITICS IN NINTH i M'Ninch Boom to Be Dynamited is tbe Report. REP. SMALL IS HONORED The Rhode Island legislature Has Invited Cotgitnnwn John H. Small and Hampton Moore, of Pennsylvania, to Address That Body on Inland Waterway. Washington, D1 C., AprH 9. ? The near Republicans and Dllletantls who are trying to frame up a candidate for the Republican congressional convention In the Ninth District so as to make the party "respectable" are likely to receive a severe jolt. Word came to Washington today that the mountain Republicans back In Mit chell aiulotber counties in the Ninth, who roll utKthe bulk of the Reftub Jfcan vote, resent the suggestion dbat they must takeVformer Democratic officer or' a near DetSlPctallc jjinoer to make a respectable showing In the congressional election. According to the Information that came here today the Republicans hro going to give tfielr support to Charles "Gfreen, the Republican clerk of the'eourt of Mlt l&ell county, and what they ^rlll do to 8. 8., McNInch or any other near Democrat they assert will be more than a plenty. These Republicans fr6m the mountains make no hesi tancy in stating that they will attend to the McNInch boom In the congres sional convention, but they say also that if they should fail they will make no mistake the day of the elec tion. , * ? The Rhode Island Legislature has , honored Representative John H. Small, of the First District, and , Hampton Moore, of Pennsylvania, by adopting a joint resolution inviting them to address the two bodies next , Tuesday with reference to the pro- ; posetf Inland waterway froth fort to Cape Cod. flThe next meet ing of the Inland Water Association is to be. held in Providence. Representatives Small and Webb j delivered eulogies In the House today ?, In memory of tbe late ,RePre*enta- j tlve De Armond. of Missouri. A remarkable case that has come.,. t<^ lie attention of the Senate of the , violation of the rights of that body by the executive branch of Hie gov ernment InvolvA a North Carolina pos' mastership. For two years J. M. Burrow h.-.s been postmaster at Asheboro without being confirmed by the Senate. When appointed by President Roosevelt, hcarges were" preferred against Bur row. and an Investigation by a post office Inspector who was dispatched to Asheboro. wan unfavorable to him. The case has been held up at the post- j office department at the instance of some one In authority and recently another postoffice inspector has been } sent to make, an Investigation with the result that Burrow ha* a clean bill of health. Of course, the Presi dent knew nothing of this effort to keep a man In office without the con sent of the Senate, and when Senator Simmons called It to hts attention to 3ay he wrote the postoffice depart ment for the facts. Senator Simmons alao talked with the President about the invitation ex tended hipi .to visit Durham next month to>lay the cornerstone of tlTTT Training School tor the colored race. The Senator urged him to make the trip, falling attention to the fact that the colored people of North Carolina are law-abiding and industrious, and that In no State In the Cnlon do thfc two .races get along* better together. The President said he was mighty glad to hear such testimony from Senator Simmons which he declared, .confirmed information be has obtain ed in the pasv about the good treat ment of colored people In the State. ..Senator Overman has accepted an invitation tot deliver the Memorial D^y address at Henderson May 10. He has declined an invitation to de Ii?rr the address at the commence ment of the Maryland 9grlcultural 'College der some pretty cornet solos during his engagement here. . Don't forget prise night. Bare your coupons each night. When It romes to keeping grafters out of politics, one might aa well try to keep worms out of chestnuts. ? NEW AfcVKRTlftEMRNTS. ? ? Gem Theater. ? ? Gaiety Theater. ? ? Brooks' Shoe Store ? Oxfords. ? ? Madam Littler? Mllllntfry. \ ? ? Ruas Bros. ? rPlcture Frames. ? ? Ttfe Hub ? Clothing ? ? J. * Hon ? Whit* ?oo4s. Etc ? ? J?? E. CUrk Co? Suite for Chll- < ? ChMVMke 8Uaa*Mp ^ ? ? J. fc. O'Qataa. Flortn ? Bulba. ? ? l>tO OlDtMBt. J *1 ? drea. ? Tabard Jaa Library. ? ? I# Hyoi*L ' " ? Woods' Sea*a. ? ? t SWEPT JfJUMES Seventy-Five Buildings Burned at Middletown. LOSS OVfiR, HALF MILLION -d. The Kntlrr Buslnejui Section Con nuin?*<l? -Four Block* Were Burn ?l? Tl? Katlre ToAvn Was in l>an gfr For Several Ho urn ? Caused b j Over- lica ted Stove.' Harrisbur g. pa., April 9 ? The bus iness section of Mlddlotown. nine miles from this city, and an impor tant manufacturing town of about 10,000 people, was swept by fire to day, about seventy-five buildings be ing burned with a loss of about $4 00,000. The town was in danger for two hours until by the combined efforts of firemen of this city, Lan caster, Columbia and Sleelton, and the use of explosives, the spread of the fire was stopped. With the exception of about a dozen buildings, such as the audito rium, Y. M. C. A.. market house. Ddd Fellows building and a few large itores and residences, the majority af the .buildings destroyed were small one-ttory- ./-fame structures, contain ing stores, restaurants, pool rooms md offices. Many of the occupants lost everything. Most of the stores had laid In a large, spring and sum* tner stot fc! and nothing was saved. The fire was due to an overheated itove. iwod to burn the refuse of the market house. It set Ore to the build ing and the ttamcs communicated to ihe auditorium and swept right and left ^mong the stores. A high wind ?arrled the sparks 'for a long distance md several times set fire to the plant if the Raymond Manufacturing Co., Init employes saved it. Sparks also gnited the grand stand and building* it the Middletown Fair Association ind the home of David Brubaker. in Royal ton, half a mile from the burn ing section. The fair buildings and twelve frame houses in Royalton were burned. The Are burned over a territory covered by four blocks, the spread !?elng so rapidly- under tlfe Btiff breeze that people had no time to move their belongings and many be came panic-stricken. Less than half a dozen persons were luirt during the fire, none of hem seriously. K IH < WTION A I. SK It.M< ) X Alarge congregation greeted Rev. Robert Hope, the pastor, at the First Christian Chuch Sunday morning, to hear him discuss the subject of "Bd ucaMonJI^'he pastors of the city are during the feonth of April Special sermon on thqs subject, and Ihe time for Pastor Hope was yester day morning. Those who were pres ent greatly enjoyed the logical and timely discourse. Rev. Mr. Hope 1r fast gaining a warm place in the hearts of his congregation as well as the entire immunity. The church under his pastorate Is rapidly forg ing ahead. His sremon yesterday is pronounced by those who heard It a \ most arWe one. J ? THB GKM. Tnree reels of pictures will be ??<fwn at the Gem tonight. Robert Macaire. or the Two Vaga bonds. i sa pit^ure of strong dramatic qualities. Nat's Conversion Is a strong melo drama. which portraya man's down fall from drink; later his redemption. This picture has good moral quail ties which leaves a lasting impres slon. Johnny and the Glue Pot. a roar ing comedy picture. A Young Girl's Sacrifice Is a strong melodrama. The Gem has secured the services of Mt Herbert Bonner, baritone, who will be heard nightly in Illustrated songs. Mr. Bomut possosjses a barl tone volte of much quality which he control* In a masterful way. Tonight he will sing "My Prairie Song Bird." a beautiful Indian love song. Ren'c^ber. tli<2 orchestra plays to night .Nearly any woman can be happy at home for an hour or two If she has something loose to put on. II TRIBUTE TOLEE '?*& Loftiest Type of American Qd len, Says Speaker. ADMINISTRATION PRAISED rIM|p?J??fer* ?r Georgia, Laud* Rob ?T< B. I^ee Before the Hamu2a C lub of i 'I i Irn^o? H? jb t lie -Mptfit of,. Hev-tionallsni Is Djing Out-? A Serlotw Affront to Southerners. Chicago. April 9 ? Attorney Gen eral Wlckersham addressed the Ham ilton Club membership at the annual Appamatox Day banquet here (aat night, warmly upholding the Taft ad min 1st ration. .Midge Emory Bpoer, of Georgia, discusffed the dimly reced ing line of sectionalism between North and South, and Governor Adolph O. Eberhardt, of Minnesota, addressed himself to the subject of the "New North." Mr. Wlckershaui declared that the first year of President Taft's admin istration so far as possible in that short space of time was a fulfillment of .pledges mad* In the Republican platform. Judge 8 peer MMDO&dJn* to the toast: "To the men surrendered ? and since hare carried tfce fag and kept to the music of the I'nWn. pal* tribute to Geneial Robert ,'fc. Ljie. leader of the Cons 'derate tc^rcea which surrendered, sno pralp*?d-v4n highest terms the action of "JeaenvYv Grant In making liberal terjns foi tfce Confederate!* at Appomatox. H*. quoted historical data to show that from the closing days of the war to the present time the spirit of section alism has been gradually dying out In all sections of the country. After drawing a graphic picture of Lee presenting himself before the Inlon generals and the conferences preceding the actual surrender, he described Lee's return to his troops lo break the news. "It has not been permitted to his countrymen to know the emotions In the lofty soul of the noble figure In gray, as he regarded for the last time that army of tattered uniforms and bright muskets which in the words of a Northern historian "opposing a constant fror\t of the mighty concen tration of power brought against It, vital In all parts, died only with Its annihilation." "That his military career, brilliant and unstained from its inception had ended, he clearly knew. But every act of his life and especially that moet critical and criticized, demonstrates that of all earthly considerations his personal fortune were lo him the least. He had declared that duty Is the Kublimest word in any language. And it can he made plain to any Im partial mind that this loftiest , type of American of the Southern States cast his lot with his native State and its subsequent allies, from a sincere conviction of duty as holy and unsel fish as that of any martyr, who, post ed at the shrine of truth, had died in her defense." Referring to the antagonism to placing a statue of Lee In Stauary Hall and declaring that the sincerity of Southern men in their efTorts to remove all traces of sectionalism can no longer be questioned. Judge Speer concluded: ? , "Nor can our country afford to de preciate or discredit In any manner the warlike character or the military honor of the American States called Southern and nothing could be more afTrontlve to a strong and fearless ffeople who have in the clearest way demonstrated their devotion to the flag, that any authoritative attempt -to sully lluit Southern nymlml Ihp stainless sword of Lee. It would ob literate In every such State the felici tous influence of the personal knowl edge of the genial, courtly, manly President Lincoln, the tender mer cies of the gentle McKlnlev and all else that lias been done or attempt ed to cultivate fraternity between the States only disordered, discordant and belligerent." IUSIDKNCK KRr AIRED. The realdenre on Pearre street for merly occupied by Mr. H. M. Jenklna la being repaired and many Improve ments made. THE FAMOUS TABARD INN LIBRARY OF PHILADELfft+A will" establish a circulating library in this city if they can secure sufficient membership} They furnish the very latest novels and other good reading matter at a very small cost. | All who are interested, please phone Nos. ? or 3*5