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ifif. f Hi SHIPMAN & OSBORNE GO. HENDERSONVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9 1905. VOL. XV. NO 18 AMMIHILATED.BY JAPS Four RussianRegiments Wiped Out. FULL COMPANIES REDUCED. Jap Casualties Reported at 7,000 Seven Russian Divisions En gaged in Fight at the Hun River. Washington, February 2. The Japanese legation has received a report made to Field Marshal Oyama giving the details of the fierce lighting from the 25th to the 26th of January, when the Russians were driven to the right of the Hun river. The marshal says that the . enemy con sisted of the first Siberian army corps, oDe mixed army corps, -the second and fifth brigades of the sharpshooters, part of the ninth army corps, the sixth and first Siberian reserve division., some chasseurs, etc., making a total of at least seven divis ons, one of which was a cavalry divisuu. ' The Japanese casualties were about 7,000. Prisoners state that four regiments of Rus sian infantry were nearly annihilated. Many of the companies of these regiments were reduced from 20 to 30 men each. Ths field maishall expresses the opinion that the Russian casualties may have totalled at least 10,000. St. Petersburg,' February 2. The sus pension bridge spanning the FontanKa river collapsed today while a detachment of the Delagoa brigade were crossing. Thirty men and horses were 'precipitated into the frozen river, together with a num. berofcabs, wagons, etc. The ice at that point being weak, the greatest excitement prevailed, but speedily help was sent and the victims of the accident were rescued with the exceptui ii r'o'ne dragoon. The towers at both ends were broken. The terrified cavalry horses jumped over the railings of the bridge onto the ice, which gave way. The river is narrow at the point and the men managed to aeram ble ashore with the assistance of witnesdes of the accident. St. Petersburg, February 2. The papers today discuss the retirement of Minister of the Interior Prince Sviatopolk-Mirsky. The Noyoe Vremya says: The circumstances of Sviatopolk-Mirsky leaving the miaistry of the interior calls forth sympathy toward this siucere, good man aud his unrealized hopes." Continuing. The Novoe Vremya re marks that Sviatopolk-Musky did not pos sess the self-confidence necessary to insst upon, the programme which had the sym pathy of the Russian people. The Russia refers to the administration of Sviatopolk.Mirsky as a ministry of good intention, and adds that ' in view of its short duration it would be unjust to demand any results.', Emperor Nicholas - has signed the ap pointment of M. Muriavieff, minister of justice, to be ambassador of Russia at Rome. M. Manukhein, hitherto assistant of Minister Muraviff, has been promoted to minister of justice. M. Swereff, chief of Russian press cen aor, has been removed from his post. M. Bouligan,s app. tintment as minister of the interior was signed yesterday, al though it has not yet been promulgated. It is believed his appointment will he only temporary. The friends of Prince Mirsky express relief for the sake of his future fame that he did not resign the moment it became apparent that the policy on which he ss sumed office was not attainable. Mukden, Wednesday, February 1. De, layed in transmission. After the" Russian bombardment of Bandiapu yesteiday the Japanese tried to drive them off, but fail ed. The indications are that the Japanese will abandon Sandiapu, The usual artillery duel is proceeding at. the center. Ten Japanese battalions which attacked the . Russian left were re pulsed with heavy losses. The latest returns of the Russian losses during the recent fighting show that 13,000 mea were killed or wounded. General Kondratsvitch being among the latter. St, Petersburg, February 2. The latest reports rsceived by Consul General Watts from she American eonsuls in Russia in dicate a cessation of most of the industrial centers of the countrv. The consul at Riga reports that the rioting at the palace was precipitated by students and rowdies, who fired on the, police. The police and troops returned the fire and flfty-thre persons were killed and one hundred and fifty wouoded. At Reval the soldiers were obliged to de fend a factory on Saturday against a mob. Three rioters were killed and several others were wounded. The Novoe Vrempa says the emperor's reception of ihe workmen delegates at IVarskoe- Selo was an event of exceptional importance "awakening the hope of the recstablishment of peace which constitutes the lest guarantee and is an indispensible condition of peace and fruitful labor at home." The paper adds that it trusts that the event will greatly facilitate the restoration of internal order, of which not only the workmen but all Russia has such great need. Tsinkhetchen, Manchuria, Monday, Jan uary 20. (Delayed in Transmission.) The Japanese offensive in the neighbor hood of Dziantchan, 14 miles southeast of Tsinahetchen, has everywhere teen beaten off. The Japanese left thirty killed and earned off a couple of hundred wouuded. The Russians subsequently found a large number of frozen corpses of Japanese wounded who had tried to crawl off from Chenpatin pass. The appearance of these corrses was frightful. The bodies were scantily clad. Victoria, British Columbia, February 2 On the steamer Shinano, which has arriy ed from Yokohama, weie three Japanese naval officers en route to London to super intend the construction of a 16,000-ton battle ship being built in England for de livery at the close of the war. They say a 19,000-ton battle ship is being built at , a 12,000 ton cruiser at Kailo and a UMmberof submarine? and torpedo cr a f being, hurriedly constructed. Ten merchant steamers are being built at Nagasaki, one of 7,000 tons, for the American trade. London, February 2. A dispatch to a news agency from St. Petersburg says the report -ef the committee on ministers ap pointed to devise' the best means of giving effect to the emperor's reform ukase of December 25, makes many important re commendations especially in regard to in creasing the powers of the senate over the ministers and safe guarding its independ ence urges the right already , belonging, to the senate of legislative invitiative should be enlarged, and favors the estimate of lower administrative tribunals connected with the senate. WANT WARD BILL Chairman Bailey's Letter to Friends of Temperance. To the friends of Temperance: We ar giving our support to the Ward bill, which is an amendment to the Watts act, embody ing the following features: (1) Expulsion of distilleries from towus of less than 1500 inhabitants. (2) Prohibition of bar rooms in unpo- liced towps. (3) More effective measures for detecting transgressions of temperance laws. (4 Greater penalties for offenses against temperance laws, This bill is in keeping with the principle and the spirit of the Watts act. and is de signed to streghthen that act. It has the support of those wise political leaders to whom we are so greatly indebted for re cent progress in the cause of temperance. The distinction made between require ments with regard to the bar rooms and distilleries is based upon the difference in volved in the fact that, while distilleries may crowd in upon a small town and take possession of it only so many bar rooms may exist in a town as the local demand for liquors will supp rt. This legislation is resonable; it is con structive in its character; and it is so es sential to the proper operation of the Watts act that it must command the support of any friend of that excellent measure. But we are meeting with quite vigorous opposition. I fear that unless Jhe people make it known that they earnestly desire these measures, some of their representa tives may become indefferent. I call, there fore, upon the friends of temperance in North Carolina to make known immediate ly their position on this important question. Petitions personal letters aud personal in terviews, will I am sure, be welcomed by the members of the general assembly. It was my hope that we might obtain the moderate measures needed this year with out public appeal or agitation. The fact that I am sending out this call is the best evidence that I caq no longer entertain that hope. The battle is on. The The enemy is at work. Aud every one of us must count for everything that he is worth. Do not delay The bill will very shortly enter upon its passage, J. W. BAILEY. Chairmao. N. B. The anti-jug law matter has never reached a conclusion. On acconnt of pe culiar local conditions a number of repre- sentatives will earnestly contend that their counties be excepted from the operation of the law.. If you want the state anti-jug law to apply to your county, write or wire your representative. The Organization; and Dissolution of the Western Convention. ' REMINISCENCE OP JOHN H. JUSTICE. tHE-XSj.. i JOHN H. JUSTICE. By request of a daughter of theJate John H. Justice we reprint the following, which will be of interest to all citizens of this cotnraunit), and to Baptists all over the state. Mr. Justice died Feb. 1st 1901. John H. Justice was bom on June 11th, 1816, ia that part of Buncombe county which is now Henderson county, within one half mile of the court-house atHendcr sonvilie. He is now 83 years old. He has lived in Henderson county all his life. His ruother died in 1829, aud he was raised by his step-mother. He married Mary J. King iu 1833, who still lives happily with him, and by whom he has had twelve children. He joined the Baptist church and was baptized in November, 1837, Ebeneezer Baptist church. Later there was a new church organized at Alt. Moriah, in which Mr. Justice placed his membership in the year IS 10, and has remained a deacon of that church ever since. During the war he was not in the regu lar service, but was connected with the army in the capacity of buying supplies for soldiers' families Since the war he has re sided about seven miles east of Henderson ville. Mr. Justice is regarded by his fellow countrymen as one of the best citizens -tb county has ever had a man of unblemish ed character, aad a model for young men. Mr. Justice gives the following interest ing account of the organization of the Wes tern North Carolina Baptist Convention, which is stated in his owu language: "After the war of the 'Revolution, the country west of the Blue Ridge was settled by the white people, but in very small numbers, among whom there were a few devoted Baptist ministers. My ijncle, Rev. Thomas Justice, who lived near the head waters of Suaw's Creek, in Henderson county, was one of these. Shortly after the first church was organized in this re gion a minister by the name of Humphrey Posey was sent here by the Philadelphia Association as a Missionary. Brother Posey preached to the churches which then existed aud to the Indians, and assisted in translating the New Testament into the Indian language at Missionary Ridge, in Tennessee. Other devoted missionaries, such as Benjamin King, Steven Morgan and William Kinsay, aud others who have long ago passed awavi labored in this field at the sam e time. "These events took place before thelyear 1830 accordingto my recollectidn. . Then a new aud younger set of ministers came in, consisting of such men as James BIy, Mer rit Riekmau Bailey Bruce, T. B. Justice, Joshua Ammons and others. The Indians were removed from Western North Caro lina and northern Georgia a little later than this, in the year 1838. At this time the western part of the state had no railroads, but few trails, and only two or three stage roads to cross the mountains. Manifestly, owing to these conditions, the brethern of the West were almost cut off from any in tercourse with the Eastern brethren or the State Convention. The Blue Ridge itself formed a great barrier between the two sections; the East enjoying the benefits of intercourse and the convention, while the West was almost isolated by its natural boundaries, intercourse to any great extent with ourselves or the outside world being almost impossible. i'The Western Baptists wanted toco-operate id the line of Missions, and sent mes sengers to the State Convention with this end in view, these messenger being 'J. Hugh Cbastian aud Merritt Rickman. These men traveled to Raleigh on horse-back, with bear skin for saddle blankets, and they made arrangements with the State Conven tion for the organization of the . Western Convention auxiliary to the state conven tion. The reason that we asked for this auxiliary convention can be plainly seen, to wit: The Baptists of the west could not attena the Eastern Convention on account of the difficulties of transportation, and were compelled to have some internal or ganization. At this State convention ar rangements were made for a time and place to organize the new convention, and a brother by the name of Lineberry was ap point by the State Convention to come and assist in the organization of the convention . . , x vi tit i which he afterwards did to the satisfaction of all concerned. , ''We met to organize about the year 1844 (if my memory serves me rightly) at the Baptist camp ground, two miles southwest of Hendersonville. The Convention was called together, opened by prayer, and James Webb, of Rutherford county was elected as permanent chairman. "The churches were represented by del egates, each church paying five dollars. "There were present at the organization: Dr. Johnson of Charleston, S. C, Dr. Curtis, Beniamin King, James Blythe, Merritt Rickman, Joshua Ammons, Robert Patterson and the ministers generally, west of the Blue Ridge. "The objects of its establishment were discussed: Foreign Missions, Domestic Missions, Education and Convenience of Travels There was also a great discussion on "the necessity of an organization to be know as the Southern Baptist Convention." This was brought out and talked upon by Dr. Johnson, of Charleston, 8. C. "It was understood in that day that our convention was to co-operate with the State Conyeution in missionary work and the convention for some time after this meet iug continued to seed delegates to our Con vention. Among these latter delegates, 1 remember J. J. James and others whose names I do not recall, "We looked to the State convention as a child would look to its mother, as a guide aud instructor, and not as an independent body from us. I never have been in favor of this 'independent idea that has been en grafted on the Western North Carolina Convention, for it was not so in the begin ning, and is the work of later minds. The Convention accomplished much in the line of Education. Judson College was to be a female college and Mars Hill a male college. The college at Mais Hill was about completed before the war. The female college at Hehdersonville was not completed fully, and was lost to the Bap tist denomination by reason ot mortgages placed upon it. "Good Schools were conducted in this institution by W. G. B. Morris, Prof. W. A. G. Brown, Rev. J. B. Boone and Dr. Lewis. When this school went down the strength of the Western North Carolina Baptist Convention was greatly impaired and various Associations began to draw ,off anil go to the; State Convention. I was in the last Convention held in Hendersonville in which the disolution took place. "I believe that Missions should be con- ductd by the State Couvention,that Judson college was lost apparently forever,, that the convention was weakened by Associa tions going to the State Convention, the railroads now penetrated the western part of the State that extent that intercourse is practicable and, therefore, I conculded, though with some regret, that we should go to the State Convention. "I believe that under all the 'circum stances Foreign Missions, Education, and all other branches of religious work in the western part of the State can thus be bet ter looked after and encouraged. "The above facts are stated to the best of my recollection, and so far as I am aware I am the only person now alive who took part in this organization at its first meet ing." Bibical Recorder. Things That Never Die. The pure, the bright, the beautiful', That stirred our hearts in youth, The impulses to wordless prayer, The dream of love and truth: . The longings after something lost, The spirit's yearning cry, The strivings after better hopes These things can never die. The timid haud stretched forth to aid A brother in his need, A kindly word in grief's dark hour- That proves a friend indeed ; The plea for mercy softly breath. When justice threatens high The sorrow of a contrite heart These things shall never die.. The mem'ry of a clasping hand, The pressure of a kiss, And all the trifles sweet and frail, That make up love's first bliss; If with a firm, unchanging faith, And holy trust aud high, Those hands have clasped, those 11 ps have met These things shall never die. y The cruel and the bitter word, That wounded as it fell; The chilling want of sympathy We feel, but never tell; The hard repulse that chills the he tart Whose hopes were booming high, In an unfailing record kept These things shall never die. Let nothing pass, for every hand Must find some work to do; Lose not a chance to weaken love Be firm, and just, and true; So shall a light that cannot fade Beam on the form on high, And angel voices say to thee These things shall never die. Charles TUtfkeng,. AT U M, COLLEGE Hany Things of Interasi Seen at the great In stitution VISIT, LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE Witness Dress-Parade And Dine with Cadets. Fine Display ot Young North Carolinians Raleigh. Feb. 6 1905. The Joint Committee on Education visit ed the Agricultural and Mechanical Col lege last Monday and were shown many courtesies by President Winston and his clever "boys." The Committee inspected every department of the institution and dined with cadets in the Pullen dining room, witnessing the dress parade at 4 p. m. Asked by a News & Observer reporter what there was to be shown the visitors Dr. Geo. T. Winston . replied in the fol lowing appropriate language: "First and foremost" was the reply, "we have to show you 500 of the strongest, healthiest, manliest boys in the world; boys learning how to work, not afraid nor ashamed to work with hand as well as brain. If you come at 7 o'clock you will see them up and preparing for breakfast; some have just finished milking the cows, others have fsd and groomed the .horses and cleaned out the stalls, others have been attending to the furnaces, all have put their own rooms in order for the day, and about forty are hurrying to the dining room to wait on the tables. Chapel services are held at 8 o'clock and the col lege work begins immediately afterwards. , "Wo will. show, you young farmers making the best butter in North Carolina, testing milk by the Babcock test for cream from the milk, writing up the records, calculating the profit or loss of each cow, working the dairy machinery, scouring the cans, scrubbing the floors, doing every particle of the work without a servant of any sort to help or to clean up after them. We will show you a model green house managed entirely by students, with ex periments in plant breeding, plant culture, plant diseases, etc. Everywhere, you will see that the motto of the college is work, work, work. There is not an idler nor loafer in college. Such fellows come, as a matter of course, but we either reform them or send them home. Every month, sometimes of tener, we go over the entire college roll and weed out the drones and idlers. "We will show you samples of cloth woven by students in the Textile Depart ment superior to that made in any mill in the South. You will see at work spinning, weaving, dyeing and designing cotton fabrics young men who will some day be industrial leaders in the South. "In the blacksmith shops, the machine shops, the carpenter shop and the lathe rooms you will see work done with wood and iron equal to the best handicraft any where. "In the drawing and designing rooms you will see designs of houses, bridges, boilers, engine, dynamos and all sorts of machiuery carefully drawn by students ac cording to accurate calculations from data supplied by the professors in . the various departments of engineering. "In the chemical, physical, electrical, biological and mechanical laboratories you will see experiments conducted by students with wonderful skill and accuracy. 'You will see the class in stockjudging estimate carefully the points of beef and milk cattle and of draught and speed an imals; you will see them studying the problems of stock breeding and feeding and stock diseases. rf "We will show you interesting experi ments in soil study; use of fertilizers, drainage, renovation of worn out lands, etc, "In the. bacteriological laboratory you will see the nitrogen eous bacteria, the poor man's helper, the salvation of the South; also the bacteria of various human diseases, such as typhoid fever, boils, summer chol era, etc. "Finally you shall see the cadet bat talion on dress parade, moving like clock work, handsome, erect, soldierly, precise; the yery men who were but just now milk ing, carpentering, black-smithing, calculat ing boiler designs or dynamos or bridge stresses. You will say, as you go away; This is the sort of education to make a mau of the average boy, and to develop the resources of North Carolina." And the doctor spoke truthfully. The occasion was replete with pleasure and interest. - This institution is doing splen did work and the Legislature will doubtless stand by it in making up the appropria tions. . It is an inspiration to see how they 4 'do things' out there. NOT "FREE PASSES." But an Opportunity to Make Best .. Possible Contract Wanted. To the Editor:. I note with regret ' that you find caus.e ior offering objec tions to SenatoriVYard's bill authorzing newspapers to.xeeute contracts with transportation companies without the inequitous restrictions the present law hai been construed to impose. The editors are not asking for "free passes" and few, if any of them, have ever en joyed that "happy distinction' by courtesy of the railroads. They have always given "value, received," in ad vertising space, for every mile travelled- and it is a reflection upon their in tegrity and loyalty to the State to pre dict disastrous results from the passage of a bill according to them the right make the best cdntract possible with transportation companies. Senator Ward's bill is simply an amendment to the law regulating transportation and here is the only provision: "And nothing in this act shall be con-' strued to preyent or restrict transporta tion companies from contracting with newspapers for advertising space in ex change for transportation over their lines to such an extent as maybe agreed upon between the two parties, for said consideration." The bill was prepared and agreed up on by the Legislative Committee or the North Carolina Press Association by the passage of which it is proposed to carryout the spirit of that organization as manifested at the last annual session held in Morehead City. Of the entire assemblage, only two dissenting voices were raised in the discussion and that by members whose locating is such that the present law imposes little incon venience. But why inflict in jury. upon the smaller country papers, simply be cause the larger weeklies aDd big city dailies get all the transportation they want? Just as well say a country edi tor shall not receive a cord of wood in exchange for a year's subscription if agreeable to a patronwho does not ob ject to settling his subscription account The counLry editors are doing as much for the upbuilding of North Carolina as any other agency and are never found wanting in political campaigns. The Democratic party owes its present lease of power largely to the untiring "efforts of rural weeklies. Yet because they present a modest request for permission to negotiate advertising space, it is sug gested that they seek to destroy the free pass law and thereby endanger the safety of the State. A mistaken idea Mr. Editor. The editors are them selves opposed to "free passes" and are only asking permission to contract for all the transportation they may be able to secure and pay for what they re ceive. The newspapers alone are in terested in Senator Ward's bill, which leaves the matter of executing contracts entirely with them and the transporta tion companies, inflicting no hardship upon either. It is manifestly unjust for the larger papers who get all the transportation they need for the asking or the mem-" bers of the General Assembly, by whom we country editors have stood in many hard-fought campaigns to deny us the right to obtain the best contract possible for our advertising space. The present law imposes a distinct hardship upon us and one we can ill afford to tol erate and which is meeting, the earnest protest of nine-tenths of the country press of the State. ."Give" us nothing free, but for goodness sake leave us alone to fight .-our.;.... battles without restriction or molestation.-M. L. Ship man, in Raleigh News and Observer. . Child's Play. ' "Mother," can we go to play with the other children?" "You may play with the little girls, Emily, but not with the boys; the little boys are too rough." "Well, mother, if we find a nice, 'smooth little boy, can we play with him?" Life. Must Tell Where They Get Liquor Each defendant Henceforth who is tried before the mayor or j ustice of the peace for drunkenness must Vbc prepared Ito ell his honor where and from, .whom the whiskey that caused his intoxication was obtained. A statute of the State law gives to a magistrate the privilege of putting a defendant or .witness on his oath to answer the questions that may be put to him as to where intoxicants were obtained. Refusal to answer imperils the defendant with a term of 3y days in the county jail. This statute willbe the'biggest bug-bear in the ears of the unlawful sellers ef whis key. Lexington Dispatch. m iti There's a pretty girl in ah Alpine hat, A sweeter girl with a sailor brim. But the handsomest girl you'll ever see, Is the sensible girl who nse Hockey Mountain Tea.
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