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VOL. II NO, 72. SUMMARY. freight train in California is wrecked ,n,l anion? the goods destroyed was a valua j,!el!lo.k-l hoi-', which was so badly hurt that- it had to' he lt;- A little girl on vltinlav tVH from a third-story window, J jiint: mii her he-.ul- I our steamers landed I:, jhnmigrant-s at"Castle Garden yesterday. JilAlphone Kothcliild lost $15,000,000 by the collate of thexopper syndicate. In the lime h'me shops of the Pennsylvania rail roa,l nine hours will hereafter be considered mlavV work, su the employes have been in tunned by the authorities. A farmer in Indiana had four daughters bitten by a mad ,' a few days ago. Their ages are from three to ten years. -The Dismal Swamp ctii d ha been sold to asyndicate of Northern capitalists. U. M. Falkner, who was once t wealthv New York lawyer, was yesterday arreMc-'l for obtaining $."0 under false pre U.IM.,( n Saturday, while serving war rants en saloon-keepers in Granville, Iowa, a (-(instable was badly beaten and an attempt to lynch him was made. The Illinois Cen tral Hail road Company has given notice that it will no longer ship liquor into Iowa from Iuliiiciie. EDITORIAL BRIEFS. Ir b most time now for light over coats and heavy colds. Can anybody tell us why it al ways rains court week ? Pi-imam's new courthouse is a thing of beauty. May it be a joy torever. Many of the trees are budding in spite of the disagreeable weather and backward spring. I'arnell's attorneys have Pigott's diary. It very probably contains some very interesting reading. -InxiE IJyxum says our courthouse is the best arranged and handsomest n'i? "he lias been in in the State. The ceremonies, at the opening of the court in our new courthouse were very interesting and very ap propriate. We have only one fault to rind with the plan of our courthouse, there should have been two stair cases -to the second floor. Mk. .Blaine keeps up his enmity to (Ion. Logan by visiting it upon his triends who apply at headquarters tor recognition in the party. hh. Wanamaker has two daugh ters who are studying in Paris. One ,)f them will make her dtbute in ashington society next winter. It is hard to realize that a man can bejis imprudent as our Wash- mgton letter shows Col. Shennard. of New York Mail and Express,' to have been. What is the matter ? We have received the Wilmington Star or 'wngfr of last Saturday. These Papers ri-ht frenupntl ' way of (ireensboro the afternoon a,l publication. "l-FlCKS are wnrth enmotln'n ',r England. The Duke of St. Albans ls hereditary P-mnH Ti,ai.ftn0r r,f ,reai Britain and receives a salary of inousmd- pounds, sterling, for iJUinK the offinp Te Wilmington Star, of Snndav. 'l V i.T- ' 7 -a-'S. I IIAn i 1 i -- . - i-u unit-ring ine x irst isap- gin Cllurch yesterday morning, the Vii and most nrominont sltrht- timt ot one's gaze was the legend, 'to 7Jin ln 1890 which was printed 11 large letters flniVetril-irirr lot M u-n 0(t. i "nauneu 10 nearly every Pew, besides being scattered the en e length of the main' aisles and Impended from the front of the gal- gati' evident that? the dele" ln1011 from Durham were deter ea that the next Annual Conven- - 01 the Y. M. C. A. should be 11UU m that go-nhPrf v Some one has unearthed an old speech of Secretary Tracy's in which he argued in favor of high wages to workingmen as essential to national prosperity. What have the Fall River Republican mill owners to say to this ? There are several members of the Federal Supreme Court who 'are en titled to retirement. Now that we have Republican appointing power we look for them to take advantage r ii, . i I i ui uieir age ana cause several va cancies on the bench. The New York World and the Federal Court of Baltimore com bined, are about to work a revolution in the treatment of sailors on Chesa peake Bay oyster vessels. The World has done good work in bringing to light the cruelties practiced on these vessels. i The Wilmington 'Star say a: rHere is the way the Republican adminis tration is distributing the good things: 'New York Massachusetts 1, Michigan 1, California 1, Minne sota 1, Indianna 2, Illinois 2, plaine 2, Iowa 2, Ohio 1, Pennsylvania 1, Wisconsin 1, West Virginia ij Con necticut 1, New Jersey 1, Delaware 1. Total 23. A pretty fair jdistri bution as far as it goes. New Hamp shire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Ne braska, Missouri, Oregon, Nevada and the Solid South are vet I to be heard from.' " i TOWN TALK. This has been a busy day at the new courthouse. I -Peach trees in this section are nearly in full bloom. One case before the Mayor this morning a Sunday;drunk ; $10 and cost A marriage license was issued Saturday to C. II Norvella II. Davis. Ellis and Miss Durham County Medical Society hoMs a special meeting at Dr. A. G. Carr's office, to-night, at 7:30 o'clock. Regular meeting of Golden Link Lodge No. 114, 1. O. O, I?., to night at 7:30 o'clock. Street cars pass the door. Work in degrees. Come. - Durham receives honors at Oak Ridge Institute. W. P. Whitaker has been elected a Society represen tative at the Commencement in June, and Willie Guthrie! a marshal ibr that occasion. j Odd Fellows' seventieth Anni versary will be celebrated by Gplden Link Lodge No. 114; and Alma Lodge No. 5, Daughters of Rebekah, at Stokes Hall, April 26th. The an niversary address will be delivered by Rev. J. H. (Jordan,, It. m. The Moreliead Banking Co. The Stockholders of the Morehead Banking Co. elected the following directors : G. S. Watts.. W. H. Wil lard, B. Cameron, J. H. Rissbee. T. B. T. Pinnix, R. Fuller. Q. E. Rawls. J. H. Southgate and T. H. Martin. The directors elected the fnllnwincr officers : President, G. o. Watts ; Vice-President, W. H. lard : Cashier, W. Mi Morgan ; Wil Teb ler,E. C. Murray ; El G. Lineberry, Book-Keeper, and T.! E. Cheek b As sistant. It is said the Bank will be r ut in proper shape and begin opera tion the 1st ol April. Tli ft Fire Alarm. The fire alarm Sunday evening at ,5:30 o clock, was caused by the burn ing out of a chimney in the O'Briant building on Main street. A big crowd gathered, the fire department turned out and the bells rang. It was a most exciting time for aj few momenta We make special mention of the fire department. It is claimed that from the time the first alarm was given until the reel cart drawn by the two powerful iron-grey horses had reached the spot j. and "unlim bered," ; scarcely two minutes had elapsed. We saw the horses going down the street at full tilt. They work splendidly. Aj description of them and the manner of hitching ,oo montinnpri in THE PLANT a ieW VV A-- w - - , days ago. DURHAM, N. C, MONDAY, MARCH 2 5, 1889. GOVERNOR LEE. Governor Lee is a grandson of the famous "Light Horse Harry" Lee of the Revolution, and a nephew of the late; Robert E. Lee, the Southern military chieftain. He graduated at West Point in the class of 1856 and entered the regular army as a lieu tenant in the second cavalry. For three years preceding the rebellion he was on duty on the frontier, and once in an encounter with the In dians was desperately wounded in the chest. At the outbreak of the war he resigned from the army and followed his State into secession. He fought in the Confederate army throughout the rebellion, acquiring distinction as a cavalry leader. After the war he settled in Virginia as a farmer and miller. In 1875 he en tered political life and in 1876 at tended the National Democratic Con vention, as a delegate ; the next year he was a candidate for the Demo cratic nomination for Governor, but was unsuccessful. The same year General Lee attracted general atten tion by an address which he deliv ered at the Bunker Hill celebration. In 1879 he became a candidate for the State Senate on the Democratic ticket, but was defeated by the Re adjuster candidate. On July 29th, 1885, General Lee was nominated for Governor of Virginia by the Demo cratic Convention, which met at Richmond. He had for his oppo nents some of the most prominent men of the State and the struggle was fierce, it being remarked on all side3 that the personnel of the con vention was superior to that of any of late years and reminded old poli cians of the great gatherings of anti bellum days. Whiskey Seized. A white man named Crabtree and a negro, Smith Cameron, wTere tried before Esquire Angier this morning, and bound over to court in a bond of $100, to answer the charge of vio lating the local option law. We learned from the testimony pre sented in open court, that Saturday night, about 12 o'clock, Waylon Rollins was approached by the fellow Crabtree. and asked if ho did not want to buy some whiskey. At first Rollins refused, but afterwards went with him to Crabtree's wagon, in which was the liquor, and, after "sampling," bought a pint, paying lo cents tor it. Rollins gave the whiskey, which is said to have been a good article of corn, to Ed. Smith, and coming up town notified officer Brown that a mnn was violating the local ootion " " r o law and agreed to guide him to the place. Policeman Brown notifying officers Faucett and Tyson the three went to the place designated, and sur rounded the wagon. Several dusky customers seeing the officers, fled. Policeman Brown seized Crabtree, who was standing against the wagon bodv: unawares, and the negro Smith Cameron, who was in the act of drawing the whiskey irom a ten gallon runlet, jumped from the wagon and started to run, but was caught by officer Tyson and Waylon Rollins and borne to the ground. The men were brought to town and confined in jail. The wagon, horse and whiskey were neia oy me om cers. The whiskey was "blockade" and thus becomes a case for the rev enue officers when the State, by whom the prisoners were first taken, has been satisfied. Revenuer Black nail, of Raleigh, was notified. He came to Durham on the Oxford train this morning and took charge of the liquor and team. COURTHOUSE DEDICATED! A BIG DAY IN THE HISTORY OF DURHAM. Many Ladies Graced the Court Room -.With Their Presence The Speech Making Excellent. ! ' - A big day in the history of Dur ham county. The dedication cere monies at the opening of the new courthouse this morning were inter esting. A large crowd was presentand especially noticeable were the ladies. The order of ceremonies, arranged by the Durham Bar, which met in the Clerk's office this morning, at 9:30 o'clock, ! Hon. John Moring, chair man, was as follows : Procession to form in the Clerk's room at 11:15 o'clock, in the follow ing order, and march to the court room at! 11:30 o'clock : High Sheriff F. D. Markham, Judge John G. By um and the Cnaplain, Rev. H : T. Oarnall, and Rev. Dr. E. A. Yates, pastor of Trinity M. E. Church ; members of the Bar; county com missioners and architect, county offi cers, mayor and other town officiais, members of the press, citizens. The space within the bar had been reserved for the Bar, county officers, town officers, ministers of the Gospel, and members of the press. The following lawyers were pres ent: WJ W. Fuller, Jas. S. Manning, R. B. Boone, R. C. Strudwick, S. T. Ashe and W. A. Guthrie, and the chairman, John M. Moring, and So licitor L R. Stray horn, j . The press ; representatives were J. A.- Robinson, Daily Sun ; H. B. Hardy, State Chronicle; E. C. Hack ney, Durham Recorder; T. E. Whita ker, The Tobacco Plant. On proceeding to the courthouse, Mr. J. M. Moring, as president ol the Bar called on Mr. Darnall to ipen the proceedings with prayer. Ir Moring then explained the object of the meeting. Mr. Boone then was recognized by the chairman, and, as Attorney j for the county, tendered the courthouse to presiding Judge Jno. G. Bynum, who replied accepting it. Among other things in his neat and well timed speech, the Judge said about as follows : " Gentlemen of the Bar : In ac cepting from your representatiye the emblematical scales of justice, I am impressed with feelings of a grave character, and made deeply to feel the weight of responsibilty imposed upon me by my office. " I have not the words to express my teeling in accepting this temple so pleasantly dedicated. 1 am not much of a speech maker ; I am a 'plain, blunt man,7 but when I die I desire no greater epitaph written on my tombstone than: 'Here lies an honest man.' " The ancients personified justice as a noble sand maiestic woman with bandaged eyes, holding the balances in one hand and the sword in the other.- In action, themis was the. source of law, and her predic tions of truth, as she presided over aisiriDuuon oi justice, ine prin ciples intended to be illustrated m this personation were purity, impar tiality, equality, justice, punishment. The beautiful female was emblem uie of mat purity and probitv vhich should ever characterize the unite judge; the filletted eyes of that dindness to human distinctions and that rigid impartiality which should always be observed ; the balances of tne good and exact measure of jus tice which should be meted out t all ; and the sword of the avenger of law who swiftly follows every in fraction of it with certain and de served punishment. "The first clause of the Constitu tion of our State will ever be a monu ment to justice : 'All men are created equal. The sovereign law whicl shall here be administered holds her aegis over the rich and poor alike. When a man enters that door he is the equal of every man in this house Doubtless, sometimes the law fails of its great end. Its principles are the same, unchanged and unchang ing through the ages. "Gentlemen of the Jury, remember this courthouse is a Tem pie of Justice, in which you are ministers equally with judge and lawyer ; never forget that you are ministers here, and that - t 1 ' - ll your nign mission is me ascertain ment and declaration of the truth. And crime will be greatly dimin ished when witnesses learn that the oath is something more than a mere form. "You are to be congratulated. This courthouse is a credit to Dur ham county and one of. the best in the State. "It is evidently prober then that th is magnificent edifice should be dedicated, so that it may be rever enced by our people and may be used as it was designated to be, as a temple in which, the judges, the members of the bar, and the people may gather around the altar erected here to-day and as ministers of jus- ticemay unite their efforts to do justice." Mr. R. B. Boone, as County At torney, made the presentation speech. lie was iollowed by Judge Bynum and then by Messrs. W. W. Tuller, V. A. Guthne, Solicitor I. R. Stray horn, P. M. Briggs and J. S. Man ning, i ne speeches w ere well timed and cleverly said. We have no full report of the speeches, and fearing lest we might do an injustice by par. ticuianzing, we embodv such re- marks from the various speeches as found their way into our note book, and present them as one speech: "A. high regard lor law marks the greatest type of civiliz.ition. We must obey law because it is law. It is the only power that binds society together that sustains government without which society could not long exist. Justice is the standing policy of civil society. Adminis tered by private agencies it is not of a uniform character. The pure and enlightened distribution of it is an evidence of the high degree-- of wis dom in the construction of the gov ernment, or of great virtue in the ad ministration of it. "It has been reserved for us and our civilization' to establish the American svstem and correct the evils in the administration of justice which existed so many centuries. The cardinal characteristics of our peculiar judicial system are purity, independence and individual re sponsibility of our judges, trial by jury, limited in. power and numbers, and the honesty of the bar. "Justice should be administered through the medium of mercy. An attribute of God is justice. Here every man's wrong should be righted. This courthouse, is. an evidence of the right, liberty and life of -our fel low citizens. North Carolina excells in a respect and regard for the law. It is voluntary, not born of fear or held by power,, and will continue to be so as long as all are honest. Laws are not made only for the punish ment of the guilty. It is a cheering thought and sweet consolation to know that in upholding the law in its letter and spirit is to enable the judge to sustain the- cause of the weak against the strong, the ag neved against the aggressor, the innocent against the guilty." The ladies were" -kind enough to grace the occasion with their pres ence. The Plant cannot close its description . of the dedication cere monies, without a word a3 to the propriety and significencc of their gracious approval of these cere monies. The child's' first lessons are irom us motner. tew men among those who attain distinction in life can be found who do not cheerfully acknowledge that they owe success to the pious teachings of tender Christian mothers. The scales of justice in ancient mythology were represented as be ing held, not in the hands of a god. but a goddess. hat a striking and beautiful symbol of justice tempered with gentleness, tenderness and mercy, those cardinal virtues of wo- xuan, to personify her as a soft and gentle female, holding the scales with an even hand. Benediction was pronounced by Rev. Dr. K. A. lates. The court crier, Mr. J. T. Davis, at the instruc tion of the Judge, announced the opening of court; the Grand Jury was drawn, the oath administered. the Judge's charge delivered, and business begun. " , Ine hrst case tried in tne new courthouse was State vs. Anderson McDade. Charge assault with & deadly weapon ; verdict not guilty. We will give more of the court proceedings to-morrow. Our space is exhausted. $5.00 PER ANNUM. Plant Photographs. Miss Julia Crews is on thesick list. Solicitor Ike Stravhi Sunday. Mr. Eil. Clifton snout the nftpr- noon in Raleigh. Mr. Charles Robbins. of Robbina & Stone,.has gone North. Mr. Beriehan Cameron went down to Raleigh on the noon train. Maj. John W. Graham, of Hills- boro, arrived on the noon train. Mr. J.-F. Slaughter. Jr.. went over to Lynchburg Saturday evening. Mr. J. B. Warren is renorted, crit ically ill at his home-in Durham. Mrs. Crawford, of Graham, is visit ng her lather, Col. W. A. Albright. Brother Hardy, of the State Chron. icle, is here in the interest of his pa per. Mr. Clyde West: of Charlotte, snent Sunday in Durham visiting his par- ents. Mrs J. A. Robinson has returned from a visit to her parents in Mor risville. Mr. T. J. Winston returned from a visit to his home in Franklin countv Saturday night ' Mr. A. L. Robinson left Durham for his home in Louisville. Kv.. Sunday evening. Judge John Gray Bynum arrived in Durham Sundav and recristered at Hotel Claiborn. Willie Guthrie returned to Oak Ridge, Sunday evening, after a short visit to his parents. Messrs. W. L. Holt, F. O. Walton and J. H. Erwin. of Burlinerton. spent Sunday in Durham. .Mrs. Li. w.. liighsmith left for Goldsboro to-day, to visit her sister, Mrs. Rogers, who is quite sick. - Mrs. J. B. Exum and Mrs. Thomas Edmundson, who have been visiting Mrs. II. N. Snow, returned home to day. Elected a Delegate. Trinity Sunday; School, Sunday morning, elected its superintendent. Col. E. J. Parrish. a delee-ate to the World's Sunday School Convention, which convenes in London, England, in July, andtvotcd $200 to defray his expenses. This is a worthy compli ment. We understand that Col. Par rish will go. Our Chief of Police Returns. Our Chief of Police, Mr. J. A. Woodall, returned to Durham Sun day evening on the 5:45 train, from Florida. He didn't "get his man" because his man had just been ad judged guilty of forgery and sen tenced to the Florida penitentiary for five years. Mr. Woodall says that soon after entering the State of Florida, he heard at one of the sta tions that the Governor was going to leave Tallahassee the next day. He boarded a freight train and arrived at the capitol without delay, but the Governor had left the city an hour or two before he arrived. He went to the Secretary of State, however, and had that official to give him the proper requisition papers', lacking only the signature of the Governor. He went down to Jacksonville and met the Governor on the street Some one introduced him and he told the Governor that he had some papers he wanted him to sign, and took them from bis pocket and handed them to him. The Governor glanced over them and said : "Well, I am sorry, bat I cannot sign these. Your man Hart has just been convicted of forgery in Orange county, and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary, but be has taken an appeal and should some thing occur to cause his release in Florida you shall know it in time to get him in North Carolina.,, There was nothing left Mr. Woodall bnt to return home, which he did with all possible haste, arriving in Durham at the time above stated. Mr. Wood all says that his going and his mis sion had been heralded by the press dispatches, and at nearly ev ery large city he was interviewed by reporters, and asked : 'Woodall, did you get your man?" Mr. Woodall made a quick trip. He left Durham Wednesday and returned Sunday. Hart was tried at Orlando, in the county of Orange, Fla., on Wednes day, convicted of forgery, and sentenced to the penitentiary for five year8,'the same day Mr. Woo dall left Durham, i V VMiVA v Jj i
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