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DAILY EDITION. $8.00 Per Annum, In Advanoo, 3.00 for 6 Months, In Advaixe. 11 Mr U 1 J 1 I O 1-50 for 3 Months, In Advance, fayi:tv.:villz, l IIURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1910. If' NEW SERIES-VOL. XXVIKO. 3,383 Ok iin p TV t tl t I V 'Vfl in licit I'A lllllll a; fur 11 ,1 .! .lit t.- ;to diiiV in it ir;f,-rnMo such as pills, to Violrlit 1)111 divei-l, tblw.i, cto. Cures C011 1: : t' riiiirniai'y. tl nation. Bon- Q. K. N I MOCKS, , Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law, OFFICE In K. of P. BUILDING. Fayettevllle, N. C, . 'Phone 229.' ," 1 U.S. AVERITT, Attorncy-t-Lawr ; Notary Public. Office National Bank. Building Kay Street Fayettevllle, N. C V. C. DULLARD, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, 1 Notary Public, Surveyor, : Office K. of P. P" "ng, !.. . FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. H. McD. ROBINSON (Notary Public ) AND TERRY LYON, ATTORN EY8-AT-LAW. Office: National Ban Building, Fay e'teville, N. C. Special attention given to corpora tion matters, collecting and conveyanc ing. Do a general practice. . Prompt and exact . 8PRUNT NBWTON. ' K. W. HERRING. HEWTON & HERRING, . Attorneys-at-Law, ; . Jno. A. Oates, Business Associate. ' Rooms a, 3 and 8, K. of P. Bldg., FAYETTKVIU.E, N. C. Practice in all Courts. Special attention given to .Collec tions. -Estates and Conveyancing. ' W. W. BAKER, CIVIL ENGINEER. Land Surveying and Municipal En gineering, ovor Shuford, A Rogers' Store, Fayettevllle, N. C. E.J. S. SCO FIELD, M. Di ' Office 212 Hay street, Phone 386 I i I Residence 234 Green street, . 164-J. : Phone I UK. J. A. MaCJti.C1 WAIN, I MacKethan Building, Fayettevllle, N.C. OFFICE HOURS: 9 A. M, to 1 P. M. 3 P. M. to 6 P. M. - 8PECIAL HOUR8 by APPOINTMENT PRACTICH LIMITED Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat, Office " Work and Consultation. 'Phones: Long distance 331, Residence '. " 205. . ' -" QR. J. 'CARSON, OSTEOPATHIC PHY8ICIAN.; Office in residence 842 Gillespie Street . , 'Phone 160. . Chronlo Diseases a Specialty. DR. IRENE THORNTON, Office and Residence: 102 ROWAN 8TREET, near Monument . ' 'Phone 357-U D. G. MacKETHAN, M. DM ' PHY8ICIAN and 8URQE0N, Office: . MacKethan Building, Market Square. Residence: 11 Cool Spring. Office 'phone, 331, Residence 403. Dr. A. S. CROM ARTIE, ..'. DENTIST, Office In MacKethan Building, 102 1-tt Parson street ' 'Phone 338. ' Fayettevllle N. C. G. B. Patterson, D. D. 8. ' ; J. H. Judd, D. D 8. Drs. Patterson & Judd, Offices 219 1-2 Hay Street, ever Dunn '4 Co.'s 8tore, 'Phone 55. DR. W. A. RAY, ' ' - ': DENTI8T. . Hlghsmlth Building, 113 Green Street, 'Phone 405. " ; ' Office formerly occupied by Dr. John R. Hlghsmlth. 1 am nere tor business. Let me have a chance at your work. Twenty years' experience. Large or small contracts opreclated. All work guaranteed v 'Phone 65-J, 828 Ramsey Street DAN J. HUMPHREY. ' DcKethan Heal Fatate. Loan and TriKt R(l Market Square, FAYETTEVILLE, ! i N. C. Real Estate bought and sold. Loans negotiated and guaranteed. Rents and Interest collected. Titles examined, couveyances made. Insurance premiums taken and loans made. , E. R. MacKETHAN, Att'y; $300. Small uncleared farm Raleigh Road. $1500. 60 acre improved farm, eood buildings. $3000. 103 acre farm with improve- nionts. $2000. dwelling, $1500. t!m. ' . $1200. $360. B!roit. MOO. ' 141 acre farm, mill and 60 acre farm near Wade Sta- House and Lot Person etreet House and Lot New Wharf Houko and Lot Broad street. f'M. Lot Weft Kowrni strnet. Ei;:5. Lot. South Cool Fir)n street. r ':,o. :-. 'i bit t l . s ill. . . 10 ac-rn Luinbiirton Kond. K Lot Wnd-r strict. f-.O to $ 1 r.O. tiubm-him Lots, Fair pund iTtrit. IMvrr View, tNormal An x, Normal I'-iJ'H, Unit's Hill, !i'thwe:jt l'ii.v-.'-!-vllk, l-'aylvpe. ;'" : ll :iUilri!ll MER- CHANT MARINE. Free trade bus doubled British over sea shipping In the past forty years, and a protective tariff has reduced American oversea shipping to little over half In the same period. The Norfolk Vlrglnlan-PUot writes conclusively on this subject as fol lows: - , If the subsldy-chrlekers , were as anxious to upbuild an American Mer chant Marine as they are to put the public purse under contribution tor the benefit of a handful of privileged shipowners and operators, It might be worth while to direct their atten tion to the figures dealing with the growth of oversea shipping of the four most prominent maritime nations during the last four decades, contained In the British Blue Book -of Foreign Trade and Industry: , ' ' il l a t. if J J p Averages 1870 4.. 5. "-T-1875-9.'.. 8.3 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.3 ' ; 1880-4.. 6.9 ' ; ' 1885-8.. 7.5 ": 1890-4.. 8.5 ' 1895-9.. 9.0 ' v 1900-4.. 9.9 1.0 1.6 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.1 1 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.6 1.6 2.2 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.8 . 1905 , I , .JLVt i nT ' ; 1906 ...11.3 ' 1907 ...11.5 ",. 1908 ...11.6 Not known. The figures are, representative of millions of tons, gross In the case of the United States and net in the case of the other three nations. It is to be observed: First, that the country which has made the most phenomenal gain in commerce and shipping Is that whlcn has also consistently and persistently pursued a policy of virtual free trade Great Britain. ' British shipping en gaged in the oversea trude is today more -than double what it was forty years ago. Second, that the United States, with thousands of miles of seaboard and with resourcesr advantages and oppor tunities unexcelled by those of any nation on the face of the globe, has shown a decline steady and common surate with the restrictions which it places upon trade. Third, that the country which, next to the" United States, makes the poor est showing is also the country which subsidizes Its shipping most extrava- aul'y BUU lue ouiy cuuuury wuicu buu- siaizes lis ireignw;aiTiers-r ranee. . These facts sDeak for themselves. and the tale which they tell is so plain that he who runs may read. It Great Britain's oversea merchant ma rine, repression of trade nas aestroyed I ours, . it we would restore tne Amen- can mercnant flag - to anything like its one" time supremacy on the high seas, we must unshackle trade and bring some measure of sanity Into our Benseless navigation laws. Nothing more is needed; nothing less will suf fice. - . , SOUTHERN. FARM CROP8 AND THEIR IMMEN8E INCREASE IN THIS DECADE. The Manufacturers' Record gives an exhaustive account of .-Southern farm crops other than cotton. First It gives the aggregate production ot corn, tobacco, wheat, hay, oats, Irish- pota- and rye crops common to the whole country in the South as a sec tion in 1908 and 1909, and in 1900 and 1909; next the production of the crops mentioned separately by States. The Record's article is a highly in teresting one, not only to the farmers of the South but to all persons, and la as follows: - ' V-i r,- . . Southern Farm Crops. Inherent agriculture strength ot the South has, perhaps, been . no more strikingly, demonstrated in recent years -than in the fact that the in crease in value in the year Just clos ing over the value In 1908 Of nine crops grown in the South is close to $200,000,000. Of course, the greater part of that increase is in the value of the cotton crop, with the seed, in the face of a short crop variously es timated at from 10,200,000 bales . to 11,000,000 bales. But, for the mind that has difficulty in getting away from the impression that cotton absorbs the greater portion of Southern farm energy, the significant point is that seven crops in the South corn, tobac co, wheat, hay, oats, Irish potatoes and rye crops common to the whole country, Show this year an aggregate Increase over 1908 of $32,112,634, from $789,613,561 to $821,726,095. : The com parison of the two years by values of these crops Is made in the follow ing table ! , Crops 1908 1909. Corn $547,059,000 $557,866,000 Tobacco ..... 65,256,561 Wheat 67,953,000 72,670,095 71,431,000 61,473,000 32,576,000 ' 24,496,000 Hay 60.649,000 Oats "... 33,976,000 Irish potatoes 23,566,000 Rye 1,154,000 1,214,000 Total (.....1789.613.661 1821.726.095 Ie will be noted that there was an eral crops except oats, which showed a decrease ot $1,400,000. . These in creases in value were accompanied by increases in quantities only in the case of tobacco and Irish potatoes. The year 1909, though, is ' really ft poor year for comparison with 1908 as a guage of the advance made in South ern farm production. . It was a year of drought In many sections. A Better comparison Is that of 1909 witn 1900, as In the following table - Crops 1900. 1909 Corn ........$234,648,000 $557,866,000 Tobacco ..... 40,193,000 - 72,670,095 Wheat 68,205,000 71,431,000 Hay.... 42,466,000 61,473,000 Oats . i 80,371,000 32,576,000 Irish Potatoes. 10,254,000 24,496,000 Rye 1,307,000 1,214,000 Total .v. . .$427,444,000 $821,726,096 Between 1900 and 1909 there were in creases In all seven of these crops except rye. The value of corn more than doubled, increasing from $234,648,000 to $557,866,000 and thut of Irtish potatoes more than doubled, incronalng from $10,- 254,000 to $24,496, 000. In that porlol the value of tobacco increase i ( $40,193,000 to $72,670,000; of hay, : $12,466,000 to $61,47.1,000; of v frora $tiS,205,O0O to $71,431,000, b oats from $JO,271,000 to . $32,5Vu WHY WE HAVE LOST OUR Mention of crops by values Is hardly measure of actual productivity, val- uqs depend upon too many circum stances. But there Is much of sug gestion In the accompanying tables making an exhibit of quantities asc well as of values of the crops. ' " There was an Increase of more than 100,000,000 bushels in the corn crop of Corn. . Bushels Value.' 43,646,000 137,099,000 , 50,400,000 36,288,000 8,319.000 6,966,000 61,160,000 ' 62,698,000 103,472,000 . ',. 64,163,000 ; 51,198,000 . 35,327,000 States Alabama , Arkansas , Florida .. , ; Georgia . . Kentucky , Louisiana ' Maryland 21,980,000 . 14,287,000 40,745,000 ' : 33,003.000 Mississippi ,; North Caro-:, Una . .... 48,686,000. : ' 41,383,000 South Caro lina .. ...... .37,041,000 78,650,000 122,250,000 47,328,000 33,337,000 65,055,000 92,910,000 35,023,000 Tennessee , Texas Virginia . .. West Virgin ia ....... 27,632,000 20,448,000 ': Total ;. . 742,667.000 $557,866,000 United ;v'V ' " " -States 'urr;U,772,376,000 11,652,822,000 the whole country, but a decrease of more than 44,000,000 bushels ln the Southern corn crop. The drought left Its mark deep upon ' Texas, where there was a decrease of more than 78,000,000 bushels, and in less degree upon Alabama, Arkansas, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, The losses in those sta tes In the aggregate were too great to be overcome by the notable increase of nearly 19,000,000 bushels in Ken tucky, nearly 18,000,000 bushels in Louisiana, nearly 8,000,000 bushels in South Carolina, more than 7,000,000 bushels in Georgia and nearly 4,000, bushels in West Virginia and nearly 2,000,000 bushels In Florida. ' It was a hard year on soutnern wheat,, that showed a decrease : of Wheat-n.-; "-i- Bushels Value. . 1,029,000 II 338.0C0 1,721,000 1,893,000 ' 2,450,000 " 3,552,000 .7,906,000 . .:; 8.776.000 11.165.000 12,282,000 States : Alabama .'.." Arkansas .... Georgia. ..... Kentucky ..... Maryland Mississippi . . North Caro 11,000 w.ooo lina ....... 5,415,000 6,877.000 ; 6,563,000 9,568,000 6,959,000 10,176,000 5,435,000 South . Caro lina ........ 3,810,000 Tennessee ... 8,320,000 Texas 5,050,000 Virginia . . 8,848,000 West ' Virgin - la ......... 4,810,000 Total 60,535,000 $71,431,000 United , , States ..... 737489,000 $730,046,000 about 6,200,000 bushels, against an in crease in the whole country of 72,000,- 000 bushels. The crop ot Texas was cut In two. belne reduced bv more than 5,000,000 bushels, and there were re ductions in Alabama, Kentucky, Mary land, Mississippi,' North Carolina and Virginia, some of them slight. South Carolina showed a notable increase ot nearly 900,000 bushels. The falling off in oat production was Just about as great as that in wheat, Oats. Bushels 4,455,000 3,739,000 627,000 6,650,000 8,858,000 640,000 711,000 2,400,000 States v Value. Alabama .-. , Arkansas ..: Florida ..... Georgia $3,118,000 2,206,000 395,000 4,722,000 1,968,000 397,000 Kentucky . . . Louisiana . . Maryland . . Mississippi ; North Caro - 348,000 1,632,000 lina ...... 3,234,000 2,134,000 3,190,000 2,120,000 7,130,000 2,062,000 South Caro lina ' 4,431,000 Tennessee . 4,000,000 Texas ...... 11,500,000 Virginia .... 3,800,000 West Virgin- la 2,166,000 ' 1464,000 Total . , 62,101,000 . $32,676,000 United -- States .....1,007,353,000 $408,174,000 and thff drought In Texas marked off 10,000,000 bushels. There were slight declines of 64,000 bushels in Maryland, 66,000 bushels In North Carolina and 20,000 bushels in Virginia, but there were Increases in all the other South ' Hay. . ; "-;,'. Tons States ' Value Alabama . . Arkansas . v 166,000 4 "248,000 2,241,000 22,678,000 - - 390,000 - . 1,849,000 : 7,771,000 . ; 364,000 6,126,000 Florida 26,000 Georgia 117,000 - Kentucky ...... ' 653,000 Louisiana...... 34,000, Maryland ...... - 356,000 Mississippi .... 122,000 North. Carolina. 242,000 South Carolina. 81,000 Tennessee ' 675,000' 1,403,000 3,485,000 1,256,000 8,640,000 ; 6,985,000 8,060.000 Texas- ........ f. 687,000 Virginia ...... . 606,000 West Virginia. 844,000 11,225,000 Total .I...;.. 4,767,000 $61,473,000 United States , ,4,938,000 $689,315,000 em States. The increase in the whole Country was about 200,000,000 bush els. -., ;,. ..r i . The country's hay crop tell oft 6,860, 000 tons, and the hay crop -In the South fell oft ; 734,000 tons, every State showing a decrease except Lou isiana, Mississippi and South Carolina. -The South has not vet begun to realize upon' Its. opportunities tor hay production, largely because of the com- j parative lack of necessity for forage crops, but also because the South is not feeding as much stock as it ought to feed. . ' : . . . So, too, in the case of Irish potatoes, there is hardly a fair basis of com- ft ' : Y:V , Irish Potatoes. v:'fV States r r Bushels ' Value. Alabama ....... 1,360,000 . $1,333,000 Arkansas ..... 2,310,000 2,125,000 Florida ,......'; 475,000 , 670,000 Georgia V. ,s . . . , 810,000 810,000 Kentucky ...... 3,680,000 2,356,000 Louisiana . ; , . . 1,200,000 1,092,000 Maryland 2,800,000 -1,848,000 Mississippi ... " . 783,000 , ' 744,000 North Carolina 1,850,000 1,498.000 South Carolina 765,000 ; 880,000 Tennessee . .. . 2,250,000 1,698,000 Texas ..;...,.'.; 3,000,000 3,180,000 Virginia 6,620,000 8,864,000 West Virginia. 8,821,000 2,699,000 Total ....... 80,625,000 $24,496,000 United States.. 876,537,000 $206,545,000 partson between the South and the rest of the country, the South produc ing less than one-twelfth ot the total crop of 376,537,000 bushels in 1909. The , potatoes that the South has given t attention lo, raising about 80 cent ot the total crop of the coun- having an annual value of about i), Quo, are sweet potatoes. . But has been a steady advance in potato growing in the South In , years, and sometimes, as in 1908, the South has Inr-?'- 1 Its Irish potato crop, while there was a do- crease in the rest of the country. In 1908, against a falling off in the coun try amounting to nearly 20,000,000 bushels, there was an Increase of more than 2,000,000 in the South over 1907, while this year the South shows an Increase of 2,700,000 bushels and the country an Increase of about 98,000,- 000 bushels. - - - v . , Eye is hardly a Southern crop, the largest State production in 1909 having Rys. States : Bushels Value. $31,000 22.000 Alabama, 23,000 Arkansas . ... ,". . 21,000 .", Georgia ' . ; . . . . . . ; 126,000 ': Kentucky 165.000 189,000 145,000 220,000 120,000 65,000 83,000 65,000 155,000 133,000 Maryland ....... 282,000 North Carolina.. South ' Carolina.! 122,000 ' . 39,000 .86,000 45,000 184,000 148,000 Tennessee,,...., Texas ............ Virginia West Virginia... TotaL 1,241,000 $1,214,000 United States. . .32,239,000 $23,809,00" been 282,000 bushels in Maryland an.;' the annual production having varied only slightly one way or another In re cent years. ( This year s tobacco crop in the Soutn nearly 19,000,000 pounds greater ':'SV 5:; v Tobacco. "' States : ' " Pounds. Value. 360,000 $104,400 640,000 81,000 3,195,000 ( 1,086,300 1,470,000 499,800 350,700,000 , 87,17400 9tn nnft . . qi inn Alabama Arkansas.. Florida.... Georgia . , , Kentucky . Louisiana , Maryland . ,' 17,750,000 1,473,260 Mississippi 50,000 13,000 North Carolina. 144,000,000 13,680,000 South Carolina. 32,000,000 2,336,000 Tennessee . .... 63,290,000 4,166,620 Texas ......... 650,000 170,300 Virginia .120,125,000 .10,210,625 West Virginia. . 12,600,000 1,803,200 Total ........736,950,000 $72,670,095 United States. .949,357,000 $95,719,365 than the total crop in the country hut year. There were decreases in Arkan sas,. Florida, Georgia, Maryland and Texas, but considerable Increases in West Virginia, from 4,650,000 pounds to 12,600,000 pounds; in Virginia, from 114,100,000 pounds - to 120,125,000 pounds; in South Carolina, from 25, 085,000 pounds to 32,000,000 pounds; in North Carolina, , 10,000,000 pounds, and In Kentucky, 156,000,000 pounds. The great increase In Ken tucky is traceable to the fact that the crop ot 1908 was seriously affected by the nlght-rtding ot that year.- : One Southern farm crop, rice, is full of interesting developments. - This v-C '" ' Rice. ' '''.'. States . Bushels . Value. $28,000 .1,008,000 . 20,000 , 87.000 10,013,000 Alabama ........ 85,000 Arkansas ........ 1,120,000 Florida 25,000 Georgia ......... 100,000 Louisiana ... . . . .12,675,000 Mississippi . . i U ' 30,000 North Carolina. , ' 13,000 24,000 11,000 433,000 South Carolina.. 476,000 W ..,. 9,894,000 Texas 7,717,000 Total ;..,...'..24,368,000 $19,341,000 year's crop of 24,368,000 bushels Is greater by 2,478,000 bushels than the crop of 1908, and its value is greater by -$1,670,000. Louisiana produced more than half the crop, its produc tion being 12,676,000 bushels, and Tex as ranked second, with 9,894,000 bush els. Arkansas, which raised a hand ful of rice at the beginning of this cen tury, ranked third, with 1420,000 bush- els, and the average yield per acre, 40 bushels, was greater than the aver age yield of any other State. ' Here are suggestions for all stud ents of Southern ; agricultural condi tions. One fact which should be em phasized g that the South is not main taining in the production ot wheat and oats, and perhaps . corn, the splendid record which it is making in other crops, and that therefore, the annual value, $2,500,000,000, of Its agricultur al production is by no means repre sentative of its full agricultural abili ty.-- ' .- -, - THE STRENGTH OF DR. COOK'S CASE 18 PROVED BY THE AS- 8AULT8 ON HIM IF COOK WISH ED TO "FAKE" HE COULD HAVE PAID . CAPTAIN LOOSE AND THEREBY 8ECURED DATA THAT ; WOULD PA8S MUSTER. Durham Herald. ' ' But knowing Dr. Cook "to be a fa ker, why did they -consider it neces sary to tell so many lies on hlmT . There are many things about It that we cannot understand and one of them Is that Dr. Cook did not take Captain Loose's observations, pay tor them and use them If they would stand the test, this of course admitting that he was faking. THE HOUNDING OF DR. COOK. , The latest concerning Dr. Cook is contained in a "special" from - New York, dated December 26, which ap peared In the morning papers ot the next day. 'We reproduce thlB "special", with the caution to the reader to bear Un mind the pressure brought to bear on Charles Wake, who supplies this narative fixed up in the "special"; and to note that threats were made aga inst Dr. Cook's life, as well as that -ms 'of detectives hounded htm everywhere. In what honest behalf could such things bet and what in terests 'supply the very large sums of money required to maintain such an elaborate surveillance?. The ,"speclal""eays: t , Charles Wake, the" Insurance man, who has been one of the staunchest backers of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, has at last concluded that his faith in the Arctio explorer was misplaced. He Issued a statement tonight in which he told the full story of his relations with Dr. Cook. After relating how Cook had been practically driven into seclusion - by denunciation and threats, Mr. Wake tells of the eteps he took to assist Cook. . "The doctor and his wife evinced an increasing anxiety to have me wlih them," says Mr. Wake, "and beginning with November 19, 1 spent every night at the Hotel Grammatan. So great was their fear for the safety ot his original records, that from the second night I consented to the door between their room -and mine being left opon, They urged me repeatedly to go with them to Europe to safeguard the origi nal records, but I did not consider it necessary and could not see my way rsc : : : clear to do it During all the time that I was with them, the doctor was unable to get any sleep, night or day, and at tne nd he was practically a nervous wreck. He became even more uncommunicative tnan usual, and would not express his thoughts. Under Assumed Name. "It was finally arranged that Mr,' I Lonsdale, Dr. Cook's secretary, shou'd sail for Copenhagen with a typewritten copy of the records on the steamer United States, of the Scandanavlan- Amerlcan Line, sailing on November 25, and that the doctor and his wife, carrying the original, should sail for Genoa, under assumed name, on the Cedric, leaving on November 27. Lons- dale, after be bad deposited the copy, I was w go, accompapniea ny some trustworthy person to 8tettln, Ger many, to meet the doctor and his wife. Lonsdale and his companion were then to take the originals to Copenhagen, and Dr. Cook was to remain within easy distance of the university. Their passage on the Cedric was secured, but subsequently is was agreed that their departure should be deferred until It became more certain that they would not be detected and followed., When left the hotel Grammatan at noon on Wednesday, November 24, it was understood that the doctor and Lons dale should come to my office at 8 o'clock that afternoon to arrange some of the details of Lonsdale's departure, to allay the anxiety of the doctor and bis wife, I had arranged with a de tective agency to have him constant ly shadowed, and the detective was at my office at 3 o'clock to pick him up. ... , Oook did not appear at the hour appointed, but about 4 o'clock Lonsdale telephoned my office that 'everything was all right I was not surprised that he did not say more, for by that ume my telephone, as well as Dr. Cook's was leaking badly (I, too, was being followed by a corps ot detectives day and night), but I was greatly as tonished when I failed to receive any further word for several hours. Dur ing that anxiety period I imagined all sorts of things, and repiovtitl myself (Or not having had tbe doctor shad ewed earlier. . Told of Disappearance, , "Lonsdale eventually connected with me on the telephone away from my office, and at 9 o'clock he met me and told me the story of Dr. Cook's dis appearance.' He said they came down from Bronville at 2:30 o'clock that af ternoon, intending to go to my office. On their art-lval at the Grand Central Station they found the usual array ot detectives waiting to shadow them. They hurried through the crowd and saw a southbound Madison Avenue car Just getting under way. On seeing the car the doctor sud denly exclaimed: 'Here's a chance to get away from them and I am going to take it 'Come on,' They caught tbe car lust as it was entering the rare Avenue Tunnel, and were cer tain that the detectives had been left behind.- They left the car at Thirty- third etreet, and went into the subway, where they boarded a southbound train, after making sure that they were sot followed. ; They . left the train at Bleeker Street, slipping out lust before the last door was closed again to make sure that they were not being shadowed, 'From there they went to the Penn sylvania Depot -by a circuitous route, and Dr. Cook took a train to Phila delphia. On the way to Jersey City he had his mustache shaved oft and exchanged his derby for a soft felt hat. His parting words to Lonsdale were: 'Now I shall be able to get some sleep. Tell Mr. Wake I will write him using the name of Harper, but tell him I trust him to keep this se cret along with the rest "I was greatly surprised and at first highly incensed that the doctor should leave in this fashion, and for the first time began to feel some misgivings as to his good faith, though I did not communicate them to his wife, for she was already greatly perturbed -by his actions. I concluded, however, that the severe strain he had been under was an extenuating circumstance; that perhaps bis mind might have been af fected, and that therefore he should not be held too rigidly responsible, for in such an event he was more than ever in need of my friendship. ' Wrote from Toronto. "Lonsdale sailed with a copy ot the records on the United States on Thurs day, November 25, and on the follow ing day Mrs. Cook, who knew noth ing more about her husband's where abouts than I did, moved to New York. On the next day, the 27th, we receiv ed our first word from Dr. Cook. It came in the form ot a letter post marked Toronto, Ont., to Mrs. Cook. In it he told her to meet him In Europe at once. . 'If the hounds are still pur suing you.' he said, 'put my original records in a safe deposit box and leave the key with Mr. Wake; it they are not following you bring the records with you. My life is of more import ance than the polar matter, wmcn can wait it necessary.' "After she had sailed I received an Inquiry from Dr. Cook, who was then in Europe,' as to bis wife's where abouts, which I communicated to him, - Mr. Wake said that the records tak en to Copenhagen by Lonsdale were, as far as he knew, exact copies of the originals left behind. They consisted ot two parts a running story similar to that published by Cook and a copy of his diary, which contained the data from which the story was written. The originals. Mr. Wake eays, have - not reached Copenhagen, but even if they should, he cannot see how. they would alter the situation. The threatening letters, Mr. Wake Said, were partly anonymous and part ly signed. They had a tremendous ef fect on Cook, who was greatly per turbed by them. POORE8T OF THE PRESIDENTS- YET ANDREW JOHNSON - WAS NOT A TAKER OF GIFTS. New York Son.) ' .' , : - This country has had Ave accidental presidents r -John Tyler, of Vriglnla, who succeeded to the office at the death ot President William Henry Har- rison; Millard Fillmore, who owed his elevation to the death ot President Zaohary Taylor; Andrew Johneon.who succe eded Lincoln; cnester A. Arth ur, the successor of President Garfield, and Theodore Roosevelt who was President McKlnley's successor. ' To Andrew Johnson belongs the dis tinction of. having been the poorest ot the presidents. Other presidents have been poor men, but he was unlike all others in that he went to the White House almost as poor as when he entered the legislature ot Tennes see, while yet a tailor. i The earlier presidents were men of means, excepting the second and the sixth, who were John Adams and his son John Qulncy Adams, and who may be described as comfortably oft. Tyler was a poor man with a large family, but his degree of poverty was so tar removed from Johnson's that it ap peared to be wealth by comparison. Tyler, had a Virginia plantation and slaves to plant and harvest crops. Johnson owned his little tailor shop and his home at Greenville, Tenn., and the latter was scarcely more than a rum. It had been used as a hospital by the Confederates and was spared from complete destruction only be cause It served the purpose. Many - public men in this . country have risen from humble surroundings, Jackson and Lincoln among the presl- dents being notable examples; but no man or national repute has sounded to the same degree the depths ot pov erty and obscurity that encompassed the early life of Andrew Johnson, yet no man has left a record of greater integrity. He was tbe personification of honest industry, and as a boy and man he bad a passionate hatred of debt. His enemies, and he had his full share, paid tribute to his honesty, and his bitterest foes, such as Isbam G. Harris and Parson Brownlow, of Tenn essee, admitted that he had an invin cible shield in his probity. His attltde of dignified, cheerful ac ceptance of his fate from his boyhood made him strong friends. He never al luded to his poverty and never shirked tbe consequences of being poor. When he was a lad in Raleigh, N. C, his birthplace, he worked at any task as signed to him, and he uncomplainingly accepted his fate when his mother bad him bound out as an apprentice to a tailor. Tbe following is a copy of the document which indentured him: State of North Carolina, - Wake County. At a Court of Pleas & Quarter Ses sions begun and held for the County of Wake at the Court house in Ral eigh, on the' third Monday of Febru ary A. D. 1822, being the 46 year of American Independence, & the 18th day of February. ; Present The Worshipful CHARLES L. HINTON, NATHANIEL G. RAND, MERRITT DILLARD It is "Ordered that Andrew Johnson, an orphan boy, the son of Jacob John son dee'd, 14 years of age, be bound to James I. Selby until he arrive to lawful age, to learn the trade of a Tai lor. Why he should have been referred to 4s an orphan is inexplicable, be cause his mother and his stepfather were both living in Raleigh at the time. The popular idea that John son was the only son ot a widowed mother is incorrect He was her youngest son and she was hot a widow dependent upon him until after the death of her second husband, which occrurred near Greenville after John son had been elected to the legisla ture. In the autumn of 1826 Johnson and his mother and stepfather went from Raleigh to Greenville. They traveled in a cart in which was carried all their household goods, and they camp ed the first night in a lot which is now a part of his old home. As if led by some unseen hand, Johnson select ed tne spot and then explored the vil lage. It pleased him, and Its nearness to the college made him desirous to remain. His mother was of Irish parentage. Her first husband, Jacob Johnson, was tue Janitor of the courthouse in Ral eigh at the time Andrew Johnson was born. He died when the boy was very young, and Andrew Johnson never knew a lather s care or had a real home. He was not yet 20 when he arrived In Greenville. The family had started to go to West Tennessee, where his oldest brother was living, but the young man saw in Greenville the place of opportunity for him and he refused to go farther. In Greenville In May, 1827, he was married. Johnson's bride, Eliza McCardle, was the daughter of a widow, who sewed for a living. She lived on the pike leading from Jonesboro through Green ville, and the day that Johnson passed the house on his entrance into the village her daughter stood at a window of her home, and seeing Johnson said to her mother: "There goes my sweet heart; that's the .man Tm going to marry." Mrs. Patterson, tne eldest child of the marriage and the idol of her father throughout his life, Is the authority for this account of the meeting of her parents and also for the facts given in connection with her father's life in Greenville. From 1827 to 1830 Johnson worked and studied, living in a log house ot two rooms, one ot which was his Bhop. At first his young wife helped him, doing the lighter work, such as sew. lag on colars and the like, but it was not ldng before the young tailor could hire help. He had all the best custom of of the place, and when he abandon ed the business he had seven men in his employ. He was twice elected Alderman and then was sent to the legislature. While away his Shop was run by his fore man, overlooked by Mrs. Johnson. When he was elected to Congress he sold his trade, but not his shop, and no one ever occupied it after he left it -He taught, his young daughter to sew, and when she had learned to do good sewing he let her sew on the sleeves of coats. For this he paid her, carefully measuring her work, and estimating its worth.- She was put at school at the age of 6 and knew bow to read before that age. . Her fa ther had taught her, and as soon as she was started at school he studied with her. In after years she said ot those days: My father would sew all day' until about dark, and then he would go out to meet me as I came . home -from school. - We would walk together slow ly to the house. - At that time xur home was separate from the shop. His invarlble greeting was, "Well, daugh ter, what have you learned today?' and I would tell him, and then repeat all that I could ot the different lessons. "After supper we would read over the lessons tor the next day, and .thus he studied my lessonB and learned them sometimes better than I did. If I knew my lessons better than the other, girls sometimes I would be faul ted with the remark, 'Oh, your father helps you. " All the way along hla Journey from obscurity to the White House, John son lived in an unpretentious and eco nomical manner, studying every day and trying always to get knowledge from everyone' he met. The course he pursued of avoiding debt and culti vating a contented mind enabled him to live a comparatively carefree life. When called to fill the highest office In the land he entered upon its duties poor, but not oppressed with any sense of poverty. His family' remained lp. Tennessee for a long time after he and his oldest daughter took possession ot the President's house, and when they were finally ' established there Mrs. Patterson had it under the same careful control that bad characterized the governor's house at Nashville. She best knew the sllmness of his purse, and she had all the ambitions for him that he had felt for himself. It was with no little anxiety that they considered the management ot the salary ot the presidential office and the demands of a puD.lc nature that would be upon It The one simple rule of his life he insisted should be carried out there, and a man never' had a more loyal and faithful co-labor- er than was this daughter. Johnson bad not the moneymaklng spirit ' He was too ambitious to let a love of money dominate him, and he treasured his personal Independence as above all wealth. As President much was required of him, and he was eager to meet all the requirements of his position. His family knew his wishes, and plain and unassuming though they were, they sustained the dignity of their 'positions, while his eldest daugh ter became a popular hostess. . ' , ' The White Hirase in the time of President Johnson's administration was a simply furnished and unpreten tious place as compared with its pres ent condition. All its appointments were plain, while Its equipages consis ted of a plain old coach and a general utility carryall. The President's fam ily rode about Washington In a car riage that had done duty there since Buchanan's day, and It was driven by a colored coachman whose only sign of livery was a high hat Spartan simplicity characterized the stables, the kitchens and the drawing rooms. It never 'entered the thoughts of any one to wish that a new carriage, was needed. In the early days of his admin istration, before the shadow ot the impeachment trial had fallen upon the President, and while he had the good will of both political parties, some of his admirers in New York conceived the idea of making him a present It was finally decided that a suitable carriage was most needed at the White House and ft was ordered to be made. A pair of horses was purchased to ac company the carriage to Washington. To notify Johnson of tne gift a large piece of parchment was selected and a suitable envelope was made to hold it. The letter, which is now pub lished for the first time, was engrossed on the parchment and the names of the donors appear on it in three rows. The list as will be seen, represents many of the leading bankers and mer chants of that day. Tbe letter was sent to Washington by a' personal friend of President Johnson, a Tenn essee Union man, who, knowing him well, went with many misgivings as to the reception of the gift The let ter Is as follows The undersigned Citizens of New York take great pleasure in sending to Washington, by the Camden and Amboy R. R. Cars, a Coach, Span of Horses, Harness, Blankets, et cetera., respectfully asking Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, to ac cept the same as a token of their high- appreciation of his fidelity to. the coun try as a statesman, well approved by word and deed In all the various offi ces to which he has been called. Phelps, Dodge & Co., J. S. Schultz, Hoyt Brothers, Hull, Southwlck & Co., John R. Lawrence & Co., Wick smith Co., S. B. Chittenden, Sprague C. Holbern, Winslow, Lanier & Co., Peter Cooper, M. Armstrong & Sons, Hoover Calhoun & Co., Horace B. Clafiin, Henry A. Smythe, Lathrop, Ludington & Co., Daniel S. Ross, Daniel Drew, Henry Clews & Co., Chas. A. Meigs & Son, Eugene Kelly, A. A. Low, Arthur Leary, William H. Fogg, Edwin Hoyt Sheppard Knapp, Vermilye & Co., Peter Hay den, H. J. Baker, William T. Blod gett, Wm. W. Deforest & Co., E. A. Qulntard, Wilson G. Hunt, Chas. B. Bosdick, Arnold Constable Co., Hunt Tillinghast & Co., L. P. Mor ton & Co., Ketchum, Son & Co., Reeve, Case ft Banks, George H. Potts. - New York, May 17, 1865. The answer that was returned was this: . Washington City, May, 22, 1865 Messrs. A. A. Low, Phelps Dodge ft Co..- Hoyt Bros. J. S. Schultz and others. Gentlemen: I am in receipt of your very complimentary note dated New York, May 17, o65, wherein you re quest my acceptance of a coach, span of horses, harness, c. as a token of your high appreciation of my public course. While I fully appreciate the purity of your motives in thus generously ten dering me such substantial evidence of your regard. I am compelled solely from the convictions of duty I have ever held in reference to the accep tance of presents by those occupying high official positions to decline the of ferings of kind and loyal friends. The retention of the parchment con veying your sentiments and the auto graphs of those who were pleased to unite in this manifestation of regard is a favor I would ask, and I assure you, gentlemen, I shall regard it the highest mark of respect from any portion of my fellow citizens. Trusting that I shall continue to merit your confidence and esteme in the discharge of the high and impor tant duties upon which I have but Just entered, and with best wishes for your health, &c, individually, I am, gentle men, yours truly. (Signed) Andrew Johnson, It is a fact that after the death of Andrew Johnson but one present was in his family's possession. This was a sliver service consisting of a pitcher, a dozen goblets and a salver, given him by the Union men ot Nash ville. These men were not a numer ous body, and they had been closely associated with Governor Johnson in his reconstruction work in Tennessee. They asked permission to give him a token of their apppreclation ot his ef forts before he left Tennessee, and be agreed to receive the oflering in the spirit of comradeship In which it was offered. This gift was ta.en with him to Washington and wrs one ot the features of the prlve'-e dining- room's decorations while he lived In the White House. It occupied a place of honor In his home In Greenville and remained In the possession of a grandson. The Union men of Nash ville were his personal friends, and as he was leaving then for an indeft- nite stay he made their wishes his own, and this was the sole exception to his life long rule of Independence In the matter of gifts. - . , , i -It was said of him by his neighbors who had known him longest and best that he never borrowed a dollar In his life and never spent one that he htd not first earned. . 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