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VOLUME 30,
lMJESIDEST VISITS CAMP.
PROTECTION 1 INDUSTRY 1 ENTERPRISE t PROSPERITY I
HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER ,8, 1898.
HUMS
A DAY OF INSPIRATION AT MO NT AUK.
lr. MtKlnley Review the Cavalry and
Make a Speech A Notable Day at Camp
WikofT-Oencral Sbiftcr Told to Keep
Mil Seat and Then Congratulated
on the Succee of the Santiago
Campaign file Wheeler
the President Ouide.
' 'ami Wikofk, Montauk Point,
S--jt , 3.' President McKinley spent
fivi hours in the camp to day, bare
, alki most of the time, visiting the
nek in the hospitals and inspecting
mm well in their cantonments.
He made a speech to the assembled
infantrymen, and reviewed the caval
rymen. He expressed his opinion of
t lie ramp to the reporters and issued
an order directing the regulars to re
turn to their station east of the Mis--issippi.
With the President were
Vice President Hobart, Secretary of
War Alger, Attorney General J3riggs,
Senator Redfleld Proctor, of Vermont;
Hrigadier General Eagau, commissary
yi the army; Brigadier General Lud
dingloti, quartermaster of the &nny;
Colonel Henry Meeker and Secretaries
to the President Porcer and Cortefyou,
The ladies of the party were Mrs.
' Alger and Miss Hicker, a daughter of
Colonel Hicker.:
General Wheeler, his' staff, and
nearly every officer of prominence in
the camp, met the President at the
htation, except General Bhafter, who
is still in the detention hospital.
After greetings and introductions on
the railway platform, the President
took General Wheeler's arm and went
to a carriage. Colonel Theodore
uinong a group of horsemen near by.
Mr. McKlnlev saw him and got out of
the carriage to'speak to him. Colonel
Roosevelt hastily dismounted and
tussled with a gauntlet for fifteen
'Seconds so that ungloved he might
shuke hands. Tlie column of carriages
Mounk up a hill, escorted by the
Third Cavalry Regiment and, the
mounted baud of the Sixth Cavalry..
The party paut-ed a moment on the
hill and the President looked out on
the wide, undulating.; ' cape,- water
bound on either side, and whitened
011 the levels and hilltops by the tents
of 18.000 men, laid out iu geometric
lines".
Mr. McKinley drove to General
Shatter's tent in the dentention camp.
The general, who was Hushed and
oak from a uiild case of malarial
lever, was in full uniform, sitting in a
i ehairat Uie'door of the tent. He
tried to rise, but Mr. McKinley said:
".Stay where you are, general. You
ire entitled to rest." '
The President congratulated Gen
eral bhafter oh the Santiago campaign
and after a few minutes rest pro
e eded to the general hospital T10
soldiers recently arrival on transports
and detained in the detention section
of the camp linedVup irregularly oh
each hide of the . road and cheered.
Mr. McKiuley took off his straw hat
then, and scarcely put it on for more
thau a minute at a time, during the"
remainder of his pi ogress through the
camp. Mla Wheeler, the daughter of
the general, happened to be in the
firt row of the hospital tents and she
, , i I st inted praise of all your
divlaion. General Wheeler announced 1 LJi i.
1 iuu qui vue uruui 01 1
in each ward: "Boys' the President
ks come to see you,n or, "Soldiers,
t he President of the United State."
Some of the soldiers slept on uncon
scious, some T listlessly raised upon
their elbows, others feebly clapped
their hands. Mr. McKinley gently
"but I wish I were home.
"I hope that we may soon get you
there," said Mr. McKinley.
He had many such bits of talk with
the men. and seemed to -be in no
hurry. He almost outwore the pa
tience of all his party ,by his slow
going through ward after ward.
When seemingly all the wards of the
general hospital had been gone
through and the President was about
to get into a carriage. Attorney Gen
eral Griggs detained him.
"Miss Wheeler has told me,n said
he, "of a Lieutenant Prado who is In
a tent back of here by himself, and he
is in a dying condition. He has asked
about your coming, and Miss Wheeler
has promised that you shall see him.'
"Certainly. Let us go to him," Mr.
McKinley said. The others of the
party; discreetly remained outside the
tent, ; The President reappeared with
the nurse a minute or two later. His
eyes were moist and downcast.
As it was inconvenient to go back
to the doors of the long tents, Mr. Mc
Kinley said he would go through the
frame work at the ends of the tents
and jump down. The general hospital
I? pa a slope and the height of the
floors from the ground increased with
each ward. At ward F the jump was
nearly six feet. Mr. McKinley took it.
Vice ; President Hobart, who is a
bulky man hesitated. "I balk here.
Can't go over this hurdle," he said.
Neither would Secretary Alger, who
had taken all the jumps until then.
But General Wheeler sprang lightly
down. -'
Today was hot. Mr. McKinley wore
a black frock coat with a waist coat.
The perspiration streamed from his
face. A glass of appolinaiis was of
fered to him, but he declined to drink,
saying that he was too warm. He
proceeded to the infantry plain, as it
is called. The men of the Ninth
Massachusetts, the First Illinois, the
Eighth Ohio, the Thirteenth, Twenty
first and Tenth Regular Infantry were
assembled without arms. About 5,000
men stood in close order. Ueneral
Wheeler said:
"The President of our great country
has come here to greet the soldiers
that inarched so gallantly up San
Juan hill on July 1st. He comes here
to express the Ration's thanks. I wish
to tell you that when the President
sent me here two weeks ago to com
mand this camp he enjoined me in the
most emphatic language that I should,
without regard to expense, exercise
any and every authority necessary to
make comfortable this body of brave
men who by their courage have raised
this republic to the highest position
among the great nations of tiie earth.
I have the honor and pleasure of in
troducing to you the President of the
Uni ted States."
President McKinley said: 'General
Wheeler, Soldiers of Camp Wikoff
Soldiers of the Fifth Army Corps; I
trust that you will put your hats on.
I am glad to meet you. I am honored
to stand before you today; I bring
you the gratitude of the nation to
whose history you have added by your
valor, a new and glorious page, j You
have come home after two months of
severe campaigning which has; em
braced assault, siege, and battle, so
brilliant in achievement, so far-reaching
in result as to command the un-
eountrymen.
the battle on
THE NORTH CAROLINA PENITENTIARY
Y
Letter From 5periateadeat newborn
Number of Acre Call! rated. Etc.
Raleigh, X. C, Aug. 20, 1808.
Hoy. A. Y. 8iomos, Member Board of
Directors, X. C. Penitentiary.
Hickory, N. C.
Dear Sir: In reply to your letter of
inquiry of recent date In regard to
matters pertaining to the penitentiary
I beg to say: In his " report to the
Board of Directors, 1S9G, Su.pL Leazer
stated that, "the area cultivated in all
crops this year is estimated to be
11,300 acres, that the average number
of convicts in the Penitentiary this
year is onl 1,193." I suppose the
usual amount cf brick were made.
The number of acres In all during the
years 1897 and 1893 respectively (not
including gardens, cane and potato
patches, which.will this year amount
to 240 acres) are estimated as fellows:
1897. Cotton Cora Permute Oate Peaa
Wheat
Halifax farm C00 1000
Northampton 10C0 1000
Caledonia No 1 1300 1200
Caledonia No 2 1500 700
Castle Haynef 50
Anson 900 500
8
80
80
125
50
There has not been a dollar of ap
propriation to the Penitentiary. It
has run entirely on credit and it own
resources. In the above statement no
account whatever has been taken of
gardens, potatoes, fodder, straw, hay,
peavines, sorgbuxu,etc,, a large amount
of which ought to be on hand at the
end of the year. Yours truly,'
J. M. Mkwbourxk, Supt.
DLSASTROU5 FLOOD IN CHEROKEE.
ra- Oate iVa R ce
note Wheat
25
Total 5300 4450 8 291 ; OQ
Total of all crops 10,099.
Average number ol, convicts from
January. 1, to July 1, was 1,143.
1898. Cot- Corn
ton
Halifax farm 500 100 100
Nor'hmpton 1200 1000 , 400
Caledo.' No 1 1050 1300 275
Caledo.'Noa 1050 1000 125 300
Tillery 900 150 200
Castle Hayne 440 1C0
Rice Farm 265
Anson 500 400 S 150 100
Total 5200 4390 485 2125 200 2G5
Total allcrops 12,570. ;
Average number of convicts from
January!, to July l, mis year was
1050. . r
In addition to the area cultivated
this year there has been carried on a
railroad work with an average of 90
hands, a shirt making business with
Mills. Bildcee, Cropa aad Roads Wtad
Away River Hlf hr Thaa Em Befor.
McRrnv, N. p.. Sept. 3. The ter
rific rains of the last two days have
swollen the streams to the highest
point ever known. The Lower Valley
river bridge Is gone and the upper will
perhaps follow.1 There is great dsm
age to crops and fences. The water is
still rising. ; .
September 4. Reports from the
country today indicate that great
damage was wrought by the storm of
Saturday. Hanging Dog creek is five
feet higher than was ever before
known. It has swept all the bridges
at Patton's, Gentry's and Farmer's
Mills. The crops are almost destroyed.
Axley's mill, near, town is reported
wrecked; also Hayes mill on Valley
rirer.
The floods of last year were less dis
astrous than this. Cherokee county
is damaged many thousands of dollars.
The upper bridge. Valley river, in
town, is injured; the lower is gone.
Trains may be delayed three days.
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SENATOR J. C. PRITCHARD
Will speak at Rutherfordton, Mon-
day, Sept. 12th, and at Llncolnton
Sept. 17th. Everybody cordially in
vited to come oat and hear him.
State (kirn I
ten's Hal .
TO THE REPUBLICANS OF CATAW
BA COUNTY:
The Republican voters of Catawba
Andrews, N. C. Sept. 5. Cherokee I County are hereby called to meet at
county has . never ; suffered so badly
from high waters as it has from the
freshet now on tis. Quite a number of
county bridges are gone entirely, while
others are badly wrecked. Great
damage has been done to the crops.
The country roads are impassable all
over the county..
Sam Farmer's wheat mill, three
miles below Murphy, is gone. Jeff
Hayes corn mill at Tomotla is gone.
Some railroad trestles are washed
away, and others are badly wrecked.
The track and roads are badly dam
an average of 30 State convicts, and I aged.
brick making with an average olj 20, 1 The old citizens say the waters have
You can readily lee by comparison j never been so high' as this in the
that Supt. Leazar had an average of I -county's history. andukws sua.'
1198 convicts from which to draw to 1 Brysox City, N. C, Sept. 5.-
cultivate 11300 acres, Supt. Smith 1,143 I There were heavy rains last night.
1A.II1 A. 1..T. .
cum-1 uut no special damage was done ex-
usual I cent on the line of the railroad. Sev
eral trestles are gone' or eut of line.
The trains transfer at Deep Creek for
this place. Communications west are
cut off. -Asheville Citizen.
convicts from which to draw to
land. You bore yourselves with su
preme ! courage, and your personal
bravery, never before excelled any
where, has won the admiration of your
fellow citizens and the genuine re
spect of all mankind, while your en
durance under peculiar trial and 1 suf-
vate 10.099 acres and make the
amount of brick.
This year the average number of
State convicts has . been 1,050 from
which have been drawn hands to cul
tivate 12.570 acres not Including gar
dens, cane, and potato patches) carry
on railroad work, shirt .making and
brick making during crop time as
stated above. ;' ;
The various crops are very fine at
this time and bid fare to make an
enormous yield. Of course severe
storms or freshets may -sweep; very
much of them away which would in
terfere greatly with the following con
servative estimate, included in the real
and probable indebtedness and resour
ces of the penitentiary to Jan. 1, 1893:.
Rents ' $11,700.00
Indebtedness to Aug. 20. $90,000.00
Probable Indebtedness from
now (Pay Rolls) $21,000.00
Probable Indebtedness from
- now (Food and clothing) 11,000.00
Probable Indebtedness from
now (Commutation) 1,250.00
Probable Indebtedness from
! now (Incidentals) 1,550.00
their respective voting places in eacl
precinct on Wednesday, September
7th, at 2 o'clock, p. in., to elect thret-
delegates and three alternates to rei-
resent their precincts in a County
Convention to be held at Newton, N.
C, at noon on - Saturday, September
10th, to nominate candidates for
county offices and arrangv co-opera
tion with the Ponulist party. It U
very important that every Republican
voter attend the precinct conventions.
This call is made at the roquet t and
agreement of the leading Republicans
of Catawba county.
A. E. HOLTON,
Chm. Rep. State Ex. Com.
August 27th, 1893.
GOLD IN THC TREASURY.
OS! J. O. WXLCOX DEAD.
Ts pbold Fever Carried Him OB 5ao4ay A
Floe Phyalclaa and a Qeod Cltlxaa.
Elkin, Sept. 5. Dr. Joseph Orren
Wilcox died at his home at Dresden,
Ashe county, yesterday morning at 10
o'clock.
For the past four weeks he has been
ill of typhoid fever, and strong hopes
a m
were eniertainea lor ms recovery up
to a week ago, when his condition be
came critical. Four physicians were
in almost constant attendance, bat all
their skill could not cure him.
Dr. Wilcox was twice married, the
first time to a daughter of the late
David Worth, of Ashe county. By
this anion one child was torn, lira.
W. W. Barber, of Wllketboro, Hit
second wife was a Miss Henry, of Ral
eigh. Six children bleated this anion
three girls and three boys. All the
The Total Rsrr Fund Now lb Ilhtlv
History.
. Washington', Sept. 3. The gold in
the Treasury ia ateadily climbing u
ward, and today again broke a record
with a total reserve of $220,910,22, the
highest in the his tory of the reserve
fund. United States Treasurer Rob
erts, speaking of the upward trend of
the gold in the Treasury, said that
out of about $10,000,000 yet to be paid
In for the new war loan, it I likely
that $25,000,000, or ,000.000 will be
in gold. "It would not be at all
strange," he said, "If before the tide
turns our total gold will be coruidera-'
bly over $250,000,000.
Total
$133,500.00 1 children, with tbelr mother, survive.
. Real and probable resources:
From U. S. Government for
at ' a - a ' I
mkok nanus wuu many, ana at every faring ; has given meaning to your
heroism. Your exertions made easy
cot he paused an instant and if he saw
the sick man looking at htm he bowed
in a direct and personal way.
In the second ward the President
entered. Sergeant John A. Alexander,
of Company D, First llliuoU, who has
a fever. wa rather startled by hear
ing Geae ral Wheeler announce the
Preideut. The rcaiit half raiitl
up on . his cot. Mr. McKinley, at
tracted by the movement, took Alex
ander's hand and aid: "I atii torry
to teivyou ko ick. 1 hojn? xli&t you
are getting better." ;
"Thank you, 1 think 1 hall gel
well.M he repl!).
iDo you wih for anything!" iu
ttulrvd General Wheeler.
"No, I have everything gol for ne,
1 t;ue,' AUauudcr replied wtriJy,
of Porto Rico under
army commanded by
the conquest
the resistless
Major General Miles, and behind you
to proceed at a moment's summons
were more tnan ou,uuu or your com
rades, ready to support you, dixap
IKlnted that the optortunity which
ou bad did not come to them, yet
niled wtth priae at your well-earned
fame aut rejoicing upon your atgnal
victory,;;. ; I - . ' ! i; .
"Yoaj were on the line of battle
They no lcs than you were in the line
of duty.; All have eerfed their coun
try in it i.exni; a)1 wiilxrveit o long
i they iiiay b- mjuirtd. anl all will
forever havi the thanki and regard of
(CutliiUed ou Eighth p&gv) j
supporting prisoners
From Brick
From XL iC Work
From Phosphate Mines
From Shirt Factory
From Wheat (over and above
what will be needed for use)
From Oats-
From corn on hand (crop of
1S97, yet to be eold)
Estimates of Cotton growing
C.f00balra
Estimates of cotton seed
i growing Wf0O0 bushels
Estimates ct corn growing
1 100.000 bushels
Ltiuiates cf pranut grow
Ing !5,CtbuheU
Htirnat of Lnwlaxni Ric
IO.WjO bushe-U growing
Estimates of boe 700 head
$ 5,000.00
5,000.00
J, 500.00
2,ooaoo
1,500.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
Dr. Wilcox was the leading physi
cian In his part of tha 8tate and hit
practice extended oyer several coun
ties. He owned a magnificent farm
and was considered quite wealthy.
He has represented Ashe county In
the Legislature, and was the indepen
dent Republican candidate for Con
gress in the eighth district this year.
He was the regulir Republican candi
date for Congress six years ago. bat
1.000,00 1 defeated by Hon. W. H. Bower.
His death leaves the ' anti-Linney
G0.G0a.00 I men without a candidate and wnat
.
they will do now I not known. It is
3,000,00 1 dollars to doughnuts that they will
not Dominate another man.
i,000.00 I Dr. Wilcox was a good citizen and a
Kind neighbor, and will U greatly
7,000,00 1 luiised in hU section. The fane ral
services iook place today.
10,000.00
talax Depea4 Osr
Mr. James Jone, of the drag firm of
Jones t Son, Cowden, UL, In speaking.
of Dr. King's New Discovery, says
that last winter his wife was attacked
with La Grippe, and her case grew so
serious that physicians at Cowden and
Pana could do nothing for her. It
"-mied to develop Into Hasty Con
sumption. Having Dr. King's New
Discovery In store, and selling lots of
it, took a bottle home, and to the sur
prise of all she bgan to get !tter
from first doae, and half dozn dollar
bottles eared her sound and welL Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consump
tion, Coagha and Colds Is guaranteed
to do this good work. Try it. Free
trial bottles at Shnford Drag Col's
Drag Store.
Total $UG,5ou.oj
Balance la favor Pesites. $iy,V5.W
The Populist Senatorial Conrentioa
for the 2Vth DitHct will be he!d in
Hickory ca the 13 ill cf September.
Some unknown person apprmehecf
an open window at Mr. Hock Klnkle
home, in Davldaon eonntr, on night
recrntly, szmI rmrhiog In. at aijhexl a
sleeping child. The wound U arrioas
and th child has rot xu sb! to
lak inc she wa !alticti. Corrts
lndenoe Charlotte Obaerrvtr.
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