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I r THE WILMINGTON MESSENGER, TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1897. V y- A X , AS INTERESTING BUDGET Of Facts aijl Figures Regarding Past Events and Present Happening in Our Stated . , , 9 Messenger Bureau, Park ffotel,' Raleigh N. C, May 29 Tttfe question was asked the (other day: '"What is -the oldest thing you ever saw?" . Your correspondent an swered: yThis, which I saw in the dining- room ) the Tranquil 'house at Mahte, laaft ; March: 'Jesus Christ is the Master of this house, the unseen ' Tiest at every meal, the silent listen er to every con versa tianV Above this, which was attractively printed on a large card, was a snow White pigeon with Wings outspread. Tile sentiment was strangely beautiful." , V . . - -The state's collection of portraits has become to be important. It is very new, having begun only twelve years ago in Governor Scales' tini'e. The first portrait presented was that of Chief Justice Thomas Ruffin, (a full length In oil, by Elder of Richmond, the gift of Mrs. Paul C. Cameron. This was - kept in the executice office until the completion of the supreme court and library building, in 1888, when it was placed in the supreme court roiwru In this fine and lofty room are now also the oil portraits of John pouis Taylor, , the first en'ief justice, a.ntl Associate Justice Hall, -both members of the su preme court , as' it now exists. . It is to be regretted that there is no por trait of the other first associate justice, Leonard Henderson. The court I of Which these were the first members . was constituted in 1818.Before that it was called the courts of donferen.ee. , Chief Justice Taylor wears the jold--f ashioned queue. He lias a - very fine face indeed. From another canvass the face Of Archibald Murphey looks down. He -was not only an eminent jurist, but Was also the father of the public school system in this state and 5t was a fitting compliment to give his name to the Murphey public school in " Raleigh. " Other portraits, all in oil, are of Jo V seph J. Daniel (1832), Frederick Nash, " Will jam Caston, (the author of the ,"OM North State,". -written in a ltttle office building here, in a corner of the yard of Mr. Charles M. Busbee's resi dence); Matthias E. Manly, William ; 'H. Battle, Richmond Pearson, Edwin . G. Reade, Augustus S. 'Merrimon, Thos. S. Atehe, William N. H. Smith, Joseph J. Davis and William T. Faireloth. It Ts. to be most earnestly hoped that ' (other portraits of justices will be pre sented to the supreme court. ; In the library room of the court there are portraits, some in oil, stdime in cray on and some 'photographs, of Edwin Graham, William T. Dor-tch, B. F. Moore, John Manning, Henry Seawell, 1 (chief justice of the old court of con ference, whose grandson, , Joseph L. Seawell; is steh'ographer to the pres ent court) ; Thomas Pollock Devereux, Patrich Henry Winston, Bartlett Yan cey, Robert P. Dick. Thomas Settle, William B. Rodman, George. Badger, James Iredell, (associate justice of the Supreme court ' of the" United States), Daniel G. Fbwle, -John , Gray Bynum and Walter Clark. , ' Charles E. Johnson, of this" city, grandson of -James1 Iredell above re ferred: to, is the owner of the most val uable collection of -letters' in, itihift ttte, 'and of one of the finest collections of portraits of 'North Carolinians of the revolutionary period. He 'is also, t'h'e ow'ner of some very fine miniatures of that period. Part of this very choice collection was on view soih'e years ago here, and was in'sureid fioir - $10,000, which gives an idea of its high value. These are busy days In the basement of the new wing of the agricultural huilding. It 'is there that Curator Brimley is taking the Impressions! of some of North Carolina's seia products. He takes a man eating shark,' let us say, 'nine 'feet 'in length, place's him upon a bed of s and and then covers with plaster of Par'is. This brings out the finest points. Papier mache, wet is to be pressed into the interior Of the mould and by the .use of the proper paints there is a lifelike reproduction. Some of these great specimen's will he mounted on standards land some will "be placed on tops of casefe. It was lotnly a few Gays ago thait Mr. Brimley salid: "One, thing we Want is - a 1,000 pound leather-back turtle." On Thursday here came an 800 pound spec . i men. The Spaniards boast Of their "blue blood." The king cralj can lay claim fcb the same, and! with this difference that the blueness of his blood is real and that of the Spaniard imaginary. - There is a revival of interest to the s'tate teachers' assembly this year and. certainly the programme promises - a treat in Its way, if carried out liter ally. The "department system' In use for the first time, has: many advan tages. The artiid'es which your correspond ent has compiled 'from the state's War records have attracted; Ian attention which is gratifying. Interest in what is done or attempted to be Goinle al ways largely increases zeal in the doing. The home guard was organized July 7,-1863; that is, the law went into effect " that day and organization 'began It ,was officially "The-Guard for Home Defence." All persons between 18 and 50 years not actually In the confederate service, were enrolled and f ormed intio companies, battalions and regiments. In one case a brigade was formed this being west of the Blue Ridge, with headquarters at Burnsville, Yancey : -county, and John W. McElroy Was made brigadier general and assigned to command it. The total number of men enrolled in the state in the 'home guard was 25.09S. Many of these were unfit flor duty 'and surgical boards were sent to examine them all. But before the examination was completed the military bill putting all persons "be tween 17 &nd 50 in the confederate army became law. This broke up the home guard, which had been armed In all counties adjacent to and those east of the Wilmington and Weldoiu railway. iMcElroy's brigade was kept pretty constantly In the field for "several imtonths up to May 16, 1864. Governor Vance made in the middle of May, 1864, ah interesting S'tatement regarding the state troops, upon in formation furnished by Adjutant Gen eral Richard C. Galling. Up to March 31, 1864, the number of "North, Caro lina troops transferred to the .confed erate states was 64,636, number of dan scripts sent tx, the army 14,460, number of recruits Who had volunteered in the Various companies since the date of iChe original rolls 20,608, number .of troops in the state service not trans ferred, but serving under confederate vmcers 2,903, maWnfir an aggregate of 102,607. These were in 3 artillery, 6 cav fllrv and CO 'hifantrv regiments: 4 ar tillery, 4 cavalry and 3 infantry battal- loirs ana o unaiuuriiu i ui.au uiti- j panlo-s. There was one company from j 'this state in the Tenth v irgmia cav-, airy, five In the "Seventh confederate cavalry, four in the Sixty-second Geor gia infantry arid one in the Sixty-first Virginia infantry. J '' The disbursements of the quarter master's department of the state for the eighteen months ending March 31, 1864, ; were $11,680,131. The principal Items .wef e clothing, camp and garrison equipage $6,862,043, horses for two, regi ments of cavalry and artillery $147,801, pay of troops, militia and home guard $432,071, bounty $1,669,874, cotton $2,150, 998, advances to officers $186,803. 81tetch.of John J. Mclaurin, The appointment by. Governor Ellerbe of John L. McLaurin, the brilliant young congressman from the Sixth' South Caro lina district as snator to "succeed the lamented Judge Earl e, seems to give uni versal satisfaction, .judging from the press accounts of our sister state. Senator McLaurin has a number of re latives and connections in this city as well as in Anson, Cumberland and Rich mond counties, this state. He owns a fine stock farm near' Mt. Airy, where he usually spends a portion of his time when congress is not in session. SKETCH OF JOHN J. McLAURIN. John Lowndes McLaurin was born in Marlboro county. May 9, 1860. His father Philip B. McLaurin, a lawyer , of ability, died from exposure in the, confederate army in 1864. His mother was a daughter, of Colonel T. C. Weatherly. a "before the war" politician' cf note. To this side of the house Mr. McLaurin attributes his taste for politics and whatever ability he has in that line. In 1867 his mother mar ried W. S. Mowry, a wealthy business man of Charleston, who moved later to Englewood, N. J. Several half brothers are- in business in New York city. - The school system in this tate was then very defective, and young McLaurin was sent, to Bethey Military Academy, War. rentan, Va. From there he went to a school at Englewood, where he remained till 15 years old, going at that age to Swartmore college, Philadelphia. He re mained there two years, and then enter ed the Carolina Military Academy at Charlotte, N. C... where he graduated in 1880. He was noted as more proficient as base ballist and pugilist than at Greek or Latin. A two years' course in the law department of the University of Virginia finished McLaurin's education. His first case before a jury won him a law partnership. He defended and ob tained the' acquittal of thirty-two negroes who were parties to a county feud. Ar rayed against McLaurin were all the lead ing lawyers of the paunty, the law and the evidence, but his appeals torthe jury carried the day. Judge Townsend, nop assistant attorney general, was opposed to him, and at the conclusion of the trial offered to take Mr. Laurin in as a part ner and the offer was accepted. . McLaurin early entered politics and ar rayed himself against the old regime. In 1890 he was elected to the legislature from Marlboro. The . general assembly was composed almost entirely of new men, among them being the now 'ex Senator Irby,j ex-Governor Evans, Justice Gary and Judge Gary, but McLaurin at once took a stand which placed hm well in the front. At the second term of the legislature Attorney General Pope was elected asso cate justice of the state supreme court, and Judge Ernest Gary, Congressman Wlson and D. A. Townsend and Mr Mc Laurin were candidates for attorney gen eral to succeed Justice Pope.,; McLaurin had an easy victory, being elected on the third ballot. He plunged at once into the sea of: litigation. The Coosaw case was pending involving a large sum and the bank . and railroad tax cases that have since been so noted finally ending in the supreme court of the United States. All of these cases were of the utmost im portance to the state., His. record as at torney general was good. , During the campaign of 1893, Governd Tillman was opposed by, John C. Shep pard. The main fight was made upon Tillman by . Colonel Youmans, who was a candidate for secretary of state, and was a very eloquent, fluent and forcible speak er. There -were personal differences be tween Youmans and Tillman, and Till man refused to debate or recognize him in the campaign, which threw the fight, so far as Youmans was concerned, upon Mc Laurin. Rarely has such a-debate ever taken place in any campaign, in this state It was of such a character as to excite the keenest public interest, but the two men came out from it the best of friends personally. The result created a public favor for McLaurin, and when Congress man Stackhouse died in June, 1892, the J people of Mr. McLaurin s district elected him to icongress. He was seated when the Fifty-second congress convened in De cember, 1892. Mr. McLaurin went to congress about the time that Bailey, Bryan, Sibley and others of equal note, made their entrance upon the congressional stage, and imme diately began to attract attention to him self as a debator. His first fight was on the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman act. His speech was one of the very first attacks Upon Grover Cleveland's policy. During the panic of 1893, McLaurin took a leading part in the fight for the issue of treasury notes to be deposited with the banks to take the place of clearing house certificates. In the organization of the Fifty-fourth congress, Speaker Reed placed Mr. Mc Laurin upon the ways and means com mittee. Since that time he has devoted himself to a study of the tariff question. In a speech delivered on March 23 last, he attracted attention of the country. He proclaimed the doctrine that if a policy of protection was to- obtain, that the south should have her share; that all or nothing should be protected. He offered an amendment in . the committee room, 1 asking for a duty of 2 cents upon all cotton imoprted into the United States. His last speech was an advertisement of the south, which attracted notice. In state politics, Mr. McLaurin has been a reformer, but he has never been bitter, and made the first move two years ago to bring the factions together. He can not now be properly classed with either faction. Por several months McLaurin has been looked upon as the one man in South Carolina who could defeat Senator Tillman for re-election. In 1883 Mr. McLaurin married Miss Nora Breden of Bennettsville,. and they have six children. , Savannah, Ga., April 26, 1896. Having used three bottles of P. P. P. for impure blood and general weakness and having derived great benefit from the same, having gained 11 pounds in weight in f Dur weeks. I take great pleasure in recommending it to all un fortunate like v Yours truly, 1 JOHN MXDRRIS. Office of J. N. McElroy, Druggist, Orlando, Fla., April 20, 189L Messrs. Lippman Bros., Savannah, Ga. Dear Sirs: I sold three bottles of P. P. P. large size yesterday, and one bot tle small size today. The P. P. P. cured my wife of rheu matism winter before last. It came back on her the past winter and a half bottle, $1.00 size, relieved her again, and she has not had a symptom since. I sold a bottle of P. P. P. to a friend of mine, one of the turkies, a small one, took sick and his wife gave it a teaspoonf ul, that was in the evening, and the little fellow turned over like he was dead, but next morning was up holloowing and well. - Yours respectfully, j. n. Mcelroy, Savannah Ga., March 17, 1891. Messrs. Lippman Bros., Savannah, Ga.: Dear Sirs I have suffered from rheu-. matism for a long t'me and did no. And a cure until I found P. P. P. whicL completely cured me. Yours truly, ELIZA F. JONES, , II Orange SL, Savannah, Ga. The Wilson School Cnnsus Question.,' Wilson; N. C, May 29. Editor Messenger: . Your Raleigh correspondent has been led to do" Professor E. P. Mangura, superintendent of - our graded schools, an injustice in 'his letter dated the 28th, when he says that there is a "clash" between him and State Super intendent Mebane, anjd that he has "re fused to take a census of the school population of Wilson county." ' Mr. Mangum is not connected in any way with ' the public - schools of the 'county and is not responsible for the census or any other matter connected with them, He is', however, superin tendent of our graded schools, and as such is held in deservedly high esteem by our people.. Nothing but. a distort ed statement of the facts could have served as, a basis for the communica tion referred to. i Owing to the changes in the public school system, the board of trustees of our graded schools desired to know whether, in view of the fact that it could have no bearing on next year's work, it was necessary for them " to have a census taken of the school pop ulation of his district in June, as re quired by the old law. They, therefore, instructed Mr. Mangum to correspond with Superintendent Mebane and se cure his advice. Superintendent Meb-, ane replied that a eensus taken now would not serve as a basis for the next apportionment, but was necessary to settle the past year's work under the old law. Theapportionment of funds and the statistics for the past year's work were based upon the census taken last summer, and, therefore, the board does not see the necessity pf going to the expense of taking a census in June, when the census for the next year's work must be taken in November. There is no "clash, nor has Mr. Man gum refused to take anv census in deed, it is not his, duty to take the cen sus. It is surprising that a state supers intendent should ' permit the contents of private letters to be given to news paper reporters and made the basis of such a communication as this. Of course, men may differ in interpreta tion of the school law, but I cannot understand why a public school teach er, who, with a sincere desire to know the requirements of the law, writes to the state superintendent, should beput in a false position by having - his let ters made public and the facts in the ease misstated. ' as in this case. Of course, Superintendent Mebane owes Mr. Mangum a correct statement of the matter. Very truly, ' l GEO. W. CONNOR. The Ideal Panacea. James L. Francis, Alderman, Chica go, says: "I regard Dr. King's New Discovery as an Ideal Panacea for Coughs, Colds and Lung Complaints, having used it jn my family for the last five years, to the exclusion, of phy sician's prescriptions for other prepara tions." ' Rev. John Burgus, Keokuk, Iowa, writes: "I have been a Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Chuch for'50 years or V more, and have neyer found any thing so heneficial, or that grave me such speedy relief as Dr. King's New Discovery." Try this Ideal' Cough Remedy now. Trial Bottle Free at R. R. Bellamy's Drug Store. General Lee and the Tree "The Fredericksburg (Va.) Free Lance," says: "The meeting of the Episcopal convention here again recalls an incident that occurred huring its sessions here in 1869. General R. E. Lee was a delegate from j Grace church, Lexington, at that time. During his stay he visited Fall Hill, then owned by Dr. John R. Taylor. In the yard was an old tree that had been shatter ed by shells during the fight between the armies in December, 1862. General Lee observed it and asked that it be cut down. . On being asked the reason for this request he replied that it was a disagreeable reminder of the war, and all such reminders should be oblit erated. The tree was cut down." After.... Taking; a course of Ayer's Pills the system is set in good working order and a man begins to. feel that life is worth livfeg. He who has become, the gradual prey of constipation, does not realize the friction under which he labors, until the burden is lifted from him. Then his mountains sink into mole hills, his moroseness gives place to jollity, he is a happy man again. If life does not seem worth living to you, you may take a very different view of it after taking Ayer's Cathartic Pills. Schedule on Vilminoloo SeocoasiR.Ri on inner Eoy 5iii. I89T. DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. Leave Wilmington 10:10 a. m., 2:33 p. 6:30 p. m. . , Leave Ocean View 7:30 a. m.,' 11:30 a. m., 5a0Q p. xn. SUNDAY TRAINS. Leave. Wilmington 10:00 a. in.; 2:30 p. m., 6:30 p. m. ' Leave Ocean View 12:00 m., 5:00 p. m. R. O. GRANT, may 4 'Superintendent. ,Hnb and Its Surroundings. (Correspondence of The Messenger.) ' Hub. N. C, May 2. Fewtcf your readers have an idea of what a valuable plant Is here. The Butters Lumber -Company, Colonel Ed. Wright, manager, with its individual railroad, canal into the loggings and deepened river, it has timber for years to come. : : " The town is situated on higher ground,, near Lumber river, regularly laid off, with a number of pleasant home-like residences,; shaded by the carefully preserved native forest trees, and with electric lights, water works, ice factory, and j has quite a city air, and the company store would .be cred itable to a larze , town, selling- - every thing in general merchandise dry goods, groceries, canned - goods by f the car load "and providing luxuries seldom obtained out of a city. The mills are far ahead of the best the writer has seen-in Georgia; Ala bama and Florida. Instead of the cir cular saws in general use, two band saws, nearly fifty feet long, are driven on wheels and will rip open the biggest logs in four to five seconds two at once." Much timber is now being ship ped to Europe via Norfolk in solid heart loirs at $20 a thousand. I saw a train of ten cars a dayj going out with lumber shipped to Pennsyl vania, Washington, Massachusetts, New York and Germany. Agricultural interests develop rapid ly in this region, especially gardening, fruit and truck growing. . ' ' Chadbourn, the next station, still re ceives newcomers, the last just from near Boston, and purchase choice land at $25 per acre, clearing and building at once. The new colonists have good health and are free from chills and fever and are delighted with ' the cli mate. Several strawberry growers have made over $300 per acre on a total of twenty-five acres, and employed over 200 hands a day picking; and packing. Rev. P. C. Morton, after his meeting at Chadbourn, has been holding a week's meeting here, which is attended with much interest and a number have professed religion. - Two new Presbyterian, churches have been organized in one day One at Chadbourn and one at Hub. Elders McFadyen and Stanley, representing the presbytery, came and joined Evan gelist Morton for that purpose. It is proposed to erect-a new Presbyterian church at once at Chadbourn. Mr. A. F. Coultas, of Illinois, is ordained rul ing elder there. ' EFEATEP For Three Years He Suffered Could Hardly Breathe at Night One Nostril 4 Closed for Ten Years. 1 Mr. A. M. Ramsey, of De Leon, Texas, was a sufferer from Catarrh in its worst form. Truly, his description of his sufferings seem little short of mar velous. Instead of seeking" his couch, glad for the night's coming, he went to it with terror, realizing that another long, weary, wakeful night and a struggle to breathe was before him. , De Leon, Texas. Messrs. Lippman Bros., Savannah, Ga., . Gents: I have used nearly four bottles of P. P. P. I was afflicted from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet. Your P. P. P. has cured my difficulty of breathing, smother ing, palpitation of tho heartland has relieved . me of all pain. 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