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A blue mark hera means that the ub critr to this copy of The News is b e b knd oa subac rfption. Please make a pay meat as soon as convenient. 11 fox. .rxm MOUm AIRY, WORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. MAY S, 1913. JVO. 37 v J STORY OF THE SURRENDER. Authentic Account cf the Great Event at Appomattox. Statenville landmark. ' The Landmark in publishing the followed by request. It in (if historical interest arid of cspins ial interest to Confederate vet era n.s : , Mr. Editor: I clipped from tli-e Journal aid Tribune, of Km x v i I It. Tetsiii., the following account of tin .surre!:led tf General R. K. Ijcc to cGncral U. S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Va., by (Jeneral Jloracc Porter, (Jeneral Grant's cliief y staff, ;xid send it with the request that von pub li.h it, as I foil it. will be read by your thousands of subscribers as the mot accurate acccunt of the surrender (as 1 was there) that has ever been in print. H. J. Rogers. Native of Mecklenburg coun ty, Va., veteran Confederate States of America, lSfil-5. In mate Soldiers' Home, Richmond. Va., February 10, 19i:. The best and most reliable ac count of what happened in the McLean house- is from the pen of General Porter, General Grant's chief of staff, who was one of the eye-witnesses of the momen tous treaty. General Porter says in his "(lampaignirig' With Grant": "The hou.se had a comfortable wooden porch with seven steps leading up to it. A hall ra i through the middle from from, to back and upon each side was a room having1 two window, one in front and one in the rear. tKach room had two doors open ing into the hall. The building stood a little distance back from the Street with a yard in front, t aaul.to the loft cm entering was a. gate for carriages and a road way ruianimg to a sfable in the rear. We entered, the grouixls by this gate wid dismounted. In i". i ... r : .. . i me ivrn were smi a- line, inr gray horse, which proved to be General Lee'a favorite animal, called 'Traveler,' and a good looking, dark-colored mare be longing to Colonel Marshall. An orderly in gray "was in charge of tliem and had taken off their bridles to let them crop the grass. "General Grant .''mounted the ateps and entered the house. As ke ateplped into the hall Colonel Bibcock, who had seen .his ap proach, from the window opened the door of the room on the left in which ho had been sitting with General Lee and Colonel Mar shall awaiting General Grant's arrival. The general passed in, and an Lee arose and stepped for ward Grant extended hii liand, naying, 'General Lee,' aul the two shook hands cordially. "The members of the staff, Generals Sheridan and Ord and some other general officers who had gathered in the, front yard, remained outside, feeling that General Grauit wouhl probably prefer his first interview with General Lee to be in a measure private. In a few minutes Col onel Raibeoek came to the front door, and (making a motion with k' hat toward the itting rooms, Mill: 'The general tuya come in.' w then about. 1 ::!(, on Sun day, April 9. We entered. uid liiUJid General Grant in the cu ttr of the rK;m and Lee kitting in a plain armchair, with a erne 'at, beside a stiarc, marble t p jH'd tle juar the front windovr, in th ornr opjositi the door by Yh entcnsl, and facing Grant. (Vdoncl Marshall vu ttti;dxig at his loft with his ritrht elbow renting upon tin mantle 1'iece. We walked in softly and ranged ourselvtw ipiiet'y about the sides of the room, very much ai jn-ople enter a sick chamber when they exin-t to find the pa th Jit dangrroi'jdy ill. Sme fand .ats n the sofa standing tjaiiut the wall, between the lo dHrs, and on the few plain chairs which constituted the fur niture, but most of the prty at ood. ontrut Between the Two Com- majiden. "The contrast between the two eonuuiU'ders was invulurly strik ing, and could not fail to attract marked attention as they sat, six or eight feet apart, faeim rich other. General Grant, tl feet eight inches in height, withjdeiitly anxious to proctM.il to the shoulders slightly stooped. Hi .formal work of surrender, and he hair and full beard were nut- j brought the subject up again by brown w.ithoiit a trace of gray i saving: in them. He had n his single breasted blouse of dark blue flan nel, unibuttuicd in front and showing a waistcoat underneath. He wore an ordinary pair i f top boots, with his trousers inside, and without spurs. The boots an portions tsf his clotlie-i were spat tend with mud. had worn a aair of thread gloves f a dark yellow color, which' b had taken off on entering t!i" roni. His felt sugarloaf, stiff brimmed hat was re.stii g n lii.s lap. He hail no sword or sa.-li and a pair of shoulder straps was all there was i about him to designate his rank. In fact, aside from these, his ixiiforni was that of a private soldier. "Lee, on the other hand was j six feet ar.-d one inch in height and erect for one of his age, for he was Grant's senior by sixteen years. His hair and full beard were a silver gray, and thick, ex cept that the hair had become a little thin in front. He wore a new imifoim of Confederate gray, but toned to the throat, and a hands nip sword and Hash. The sword was of exceedingly fine workmaauship and the hilt was studded with jewels. It had 'been presented to him by some women iu Edigland, who sympathized with the cause he represented. His top-boots were comparatively new and had on them, near the top, some ornamental stitching cf red silk. Like, his uniform, they were clean. On the boots were handsome spurs with large rowels. A felt hat, which in color match ed that of his uniform, aint a pair of long, gray buckskin gauntlets lay beside him on the table'. We endeavored afterward to kjam how it was that In? .wore tach fiue clothes, ajwi looked bo much as if he had turn-ed out to go to church that Sunday afternoon, while with ih our outward garb scarcely rose to tho digtiaty of the ' shabby -geutoel.' One explan ation was that when his heado,uar .ters wagons had Vntne pressed so closely by our cavalry a few djays before, it was found that his of ficers uld haw to destroy all their baggage except th clothes they carried on their backs, and each one naturally sought to pro pitiate Ui good of destruction by a sacrifice of his second-best. Another reason was that, in de ference to General Grant, Gen eral Lee had dressed himself with .special care for tlie purpose of meeting. General Grant Begins. "Grant began the conversation lly saying: 'I met you once be fore, General Lee, while we were serving in Mexico, wlin you came over from General Scott's Ibead'piarters to visit Garland's brigade, to which I then belong ed. 1 hav always rcniemberc'l your apjx'aranee, and I think 1 I should have recognized vou any where.' 'Yes,' replied General Iee, I kninw I mot you on that occas ion, and I have often thought of it, and t'lcd to reeolleet how you looked, lut 1 have never been able t recall a single feature.' "After sonic further mention of Mexico, General Lee said: M supipo.se, General Grant, the ob ject of our presnnt inci ting is fully understood. I a.sk-d to see you to ascertain 'upon w hat terms you would receive the sunsinl.r of my army.' General Grant re plied: 'The terms 1 propose ;nc thuse Klated substantially in my letter of yesterday; that is, the officers and men surrendered to be paroled and divpialifU d fn in taking up arms again until pro-j perly exchanged, and all arms, nmu'iunition and supid'us to be de Kvi red no as criotiinsl nroix rU .' Iee iwubb-d an assent, and said ; ; , . ., .... ' I i i V'T ,arf ttuoui u.e eou.niH,.','," ..... ... ... . ... h,ch I expected would be pro-:j rately took up the drait f loosed.' (Jeneral (irant, then co.,-;the t.-rms, and proceeded to nn tLtuiet 'Yes t iinJi ..ur eorees- ' pondenee indicated pretty clearly the action that would Jm taken'.""' top luie ot the s con.l p;nge. it our meeting and I hope it may icaa to a gc.ura suspenswm, of hostiht.es and be the no ans of . in vcnluiL iuiv uri icr loss of life. P - - - - - .1 l-e iiiclineil lus lit-a.l as in-, d'leatiio? his accord with thin tii.i, a,.,? !r-.t t,n went on to talk at w.ne leigth in a very pleasant vein n)ut the " 'I presume, General Grant, we have both carefully considered the ropcr .st's to be- taken, and I would umpi'c'Ht. thait you commit in writing the terms that you have pn '.posed so that they may be formally actd Tijoii.' "'Very Well.' replied (Jrant, 'I will write thvm out.' And call ing fur his manifold onUr lo k, lie oM-neii it. iaii.it on a small i oval Woudeli- t-'lblc, lll!ch Colollel Parkt r b rought I'i'mii tin rear of the riitiin, and write the terms. ' Let' ii so pnpared j)resi(nis i f the made. He wrot aid did not iau.se jU'oceedcd to I'he lea vis had that three im writii!g wi-re very raj)idly, until he had finished the sentence ending with 'officers appointed by me to re ceive th em. -"Then he looked toward Lee, a itl his eyes seemed to be resting ou the handsome sword that hung at that officer's side. He said afterward that this set him to thinking that it would be an un mecssiry humiliaticji to require the officers to surrender their swords, and a great hardship to deprive them if their personal baggage and horses; ami after a pause he worte the sentence : This will not embrace the side-arias of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage.' Terms of Surrender. "When he had finished the let ter he called Colonel Parker to his side, and looked it over with him, and directed him as they went along to interline six or seven words, ami to strike out the word their, which had been repeated. Whem this had been done the general took the mani fo!4 'writer; ihj .right-ha.q-kjtv teaidAt hii arm towanl Lee and stiartexrtu rise from his chair to hand the book to him. As I was standing equally distant from them, with my bck to the front window, I step5ed forward, took the book! and passed it to Gen eral lice. The terms were as fol lows : " 'Anpomattox Courthouse, Va., April 9, 1B6:". " 'General II. K. Lee, Command ing C. S. Army: " 'General In accordance with the sujisrtajiee of my letter to you of the 8th inslant, I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia on the following tenuH, towit: Rolls of -all the officers and men to he made in duplicate, one copy to be given to an officer designate! by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate. The officers to give their individual jaroles not o take up arms against the gov 'tTumenit of the United .States un til properly (exchanged). And each company or regimental corn nuuiHler to sign a like parole for the men in their cumjiwinds. The arms, artillery and public pro iwrty to be parked and stacked and turncil over to the officers apjMMtuted by me t receive them. This will not embrace tlie side arms of the officers, nor their private horncs or baggage. This done, euch officer and man will h allowed to return to hLshifme, not to be disturbed by the I'nit ed States authorities so lung its they observe their paroles and the laws in force where they may reside. Verv Iles-pectfully, " T. S. Griuit. ' ' Lieutiiaut-Geiieil.' "Lee pushed aside some books and two brass ciindlestieks which were n the table, then took the . "'ok and laid it down "before him. while he drew from bis -pocket a pair of steel-rimmed P'-'aebs and wiped the glasses IcapMiilly with his handkerchief. 1 1 - crossed his legs, adjusted the i i.. I i .... 1 and UKIIl at lelll I Vrl v. I lley coilslsMl "f two pages. When he reachisl ' 'od up ami said to (.enen, ;uer u.e .u ' I -M-r the word exchanged - sttnuu 10 ue iniiuiii. You jdodtl.rsH intcJithsl to use that ,r.l ,,,',,., , "h.v- .v"8' sau (,rant : I tliought I had put in the won! 'exchanged.' '1 presumed it had Continued to Page 8. been FOR MODEL ROAD IN NORTH CAROLINA. Forty Thcusajid DoDaxs Govern ment Money Secured for Work. Senator Simmon has securtsl 10,(XX) of (roveriiini.nt money for experimental work iu building model good roads iu North Caro - lina. This is part of an appro - priatii n of .s"(Nt,(lM) carried in, the p'Moffiee a piiropriat :n bid; l ist year Tor model siriivtiiii. It was lgiiw a c n- j incorporated i iu the bill bv au amendment of- j f red by Senator SLmmoiis, and is I the first big appropriation ever made for the purpi.se by the Fe leral Government. The countrv Iris been divided into eight grps, and North Can- lina lias been selected as the sr...t.. t,k i. i.ik.. t i. . n..ruiieiit e in ttie rsoutn Atlantic group. This was agreed upon after many conferenecs between Mr. Simmons Postmaster (Jeneral Burleson and Secretary of Agriculture Hous twi. Governor Craig will be re quested to make the selection of the, road to be improved. The Agricultural Department will insist uinm constructing the lest type of road, the Government payirur one-third of the expense and the local community two thirds. The roads will be built under the direction of the Divis ion of Public Koads of the De partment of Agriculture. Instead of buildkig one road of 25 or 40 (miles in length, Csen ator Simmons hopes that Gover nor Crai and the department will arrange for the construction of at least two roads, one in the eastern and one in the western part of the State. The Postmaster General and the Secretary of Agriculture are anxious to begin the work. tin soonT as" 'possfclleso that Tts "suc cess may be noted and a report made to the next session of Con gress and possibly furnish the basis for a comprehensive plan of co-operation between the Federal and State Government in high way construction. AsheMille Oar Strike Comes to Abrupt End. Asheville, May 2. The strike of the motormen and conductors on the local lines of the Asheville iPowcr & Light Co., which was declared last Saturday at noon, ended at 9:15 tonight when the company aamounced its willing nets to make certain advances in the wages of the men. The new rate ranges from -20 cents an hour for the first year to 25 cents an hour for the fourth year, and every year thereafter. The settlement of the strike was brought about by the good offices of Governor Craig, ;who rived here this morning, and a committee of 10 citizens appoint ed at a muss-meeting last night. After two conferences between the company officials, headed by Charles lv Johnson of Kalcigh, president of the company, and the codumittee, the loeal company ac cepted the. committee's proposals, and these in turn were accepted by representatives of the street car workers' union, and by the strikers at a sub.seipient meeting. The strikers will return to work tomorrow morning the new scale id' wages. und e r Save Prise ner's Life. adesboro, Mav 2. A young j white man charged with assault! by a negro L'irl was this after-: noon rushed from Pee Dec to jail; at Rockingham, after having been' threatened with lynching by aj large mob of negroes. C A. ; Musselw hite ,,f ,.,. Dee male the arrest, and with the assistance of: two negroes. Wat. Hein-her and j. i, ff '. 1 tin i, eld the prisoner ; . Uitl, 1( arrival ((f s,H,rin L,w-, .sh.ut.d to the Republicans. " Vou ,.rv aIlll ;l frija tltls im ltWniw t,. selltim(M!t ;n,,u.,u.r aitl. ,.r;itt S(,(.nl r,.aUv;,lf tl(, ,.;,., U ,M.bird jto have saved the life of the jcused man by interfering when I tl... .n..t. 1. ...... fl I ,. , jjim M white sto,l his ground anl said he vM km th first wJj( M Uxn the arrival of the .sheriff ; "changed their minds at the rc and posse trouble was averte.l by j ijue.st of the Prcs'ib-nt." placing the prisoner oti the train j "(iuulidly," answered Mr. for Rockingham, it bein deemed Un-b-rwiNHl, "this bill originally best to hurry him off by rail, as! was written with a duty if 15 there was unite a number of neg- per cent i raw wool. P.ut the roea gathered at Pee Dee for a difference Wtwt-en vour party BITTER ATTACKS ON DEMO CRATIC TARIFF BILL. Underwood Hurries Tariff Pro gram cn With Worst of Tan- " v W-ishinjtoji, May .1 The wool ! schedule was pas.sd without j amendment, by the House today ! in its consideration, of the I'n- derwix.il tariff bill. It went through with little excitement, its pa.s.-agc causing seareelv a ripple i n uie smooin waiei.s oi tne i h- moeratic tariff program. The Kepublieans consentrattsi ineir anacKs on me sene-uue by presejitnig a blanket amend ment as a substitute for it. This substitute, prepared by Kepresen- it' i A I .1 111 i tative Payne, provided a rate ot l-s cents a pound ou raw- wool. piais-a on tne iree list in te Underwood bill, and comparative rates based on a d'utv of 1S cents a pound on the wool contest of ! Stevens of Minnesota, protested the various stages of man u fac- j against the pnniosed tariff on tuml woolens. The Republicans j skins. Mr. Steenersoii said it loudly proclaimed their substitute was an injustice to the eoimmon to be in conformity with the re- pet pie of his section to place a jKrt which the tariff committee j ten per cent tax on the skins un made on the woolen schedules two dressed ami 40 pr cent on the years ago. I lie Democrats as' emphatically declared it was not. A deviation from Democratic lines by members representing wool growing States failed to materialize in the vote on raw wool. The Republican substitute was defeated and the Underwood schedule passed 74 to 10.1. With the silk, paper and sundry schedules still to be passed, Re pnwentative Underwood hurried the House on after the wool fight with the worst of the tariff wrangle out of the way. Attack of Republicans. The Republican attack on the Underwood wool schedule was eral debate Republican Leader Mjum and Democratic Leader Underwood siunmed up the dis cussion. ".Several years ago," said Mr. Mann, "we Republicans1 pro viVd for a tariff board. We propose to stand by the report of that board ami present a wool en schedule based upon the in formation ascertained bv it. For years the woolen schedule has been a point of controversy, and for the first time in the history of our tariff making we propose a scientific woolen schedule and we will appeal to the country to formation. " Mr. Mann pleaded for the sup port of the Progressives, "tem porarily estranged from tho Re publican party, Uit soon to re tun to our ranis," On the vote the Progressives divided, some voting for and some against the snjhstitute. "The Democratic party admits this schedule means the death of the wool growiitg Industry in this country. One Democrat tells this bill will kill the- sugar industry, another tells it will kill a part of the cotton industry, another that some other industry will be ruined. We might get along if only the wool industry were slaughtered," he continued. "We might do so if the cotton indus try were sacrificed. We might get along if only one industry went down, lint to slaughter all these together, that cannot be done and retain prosperity in tlie land and I feel sure that the pen pie will siMin return to that economic )licy which insuns prosperity Reply of Underwood. Representative Underwent plied to Mann, ih-clarii.g ti: re Re- publicans themselves wen harmony in sopjvirt of th amendment, "Vou say that you are ine t..niw-tbinr fnm the learn-, tariff! b ar.l abtoit this schedule,"' he,.) ae-'the D-mocratic party and party tariff bill." Representative Mann ;uked whether the Ways and Means Committee bad not at firtt favor ed a dutv on raw wool, but had gether and you can't." "Kxcept on raw wool," he continiwd, "your bill follows the rate in our bill very closely. It als a j "proximate! the tariff board reKrt. Hut you kimw that on the subject f the duty on raw wind the tariff board was divided. Ifjs report on tlut sib-jts-t was a, K-otei verdict." A.s sonn hs the V(K1 schedule w.is passed tin' House liurri d thr ugh the .silk seh. dul". A single c-mimittee amendment j enangii g cninoiis rrim .hi per jcei ttofil) p-r cent ;id valorem I In -irg the onlv change made. )l) The piper and lok schedule (;f the tariff .bill was adopted wits i nly minor changes as to classi fication proposed by the Ways and Means Committee. The sundries schedule, whwh wxs concIuiWtl. was the ve hicle cf several livelv discussions. i Representatives Stecnerson and fur clothmir made ui. He mswt- ed that if this were carried out an amendment he offend to tax other fur-bearing skins so dear to the hearts of women of fash ion should be adopted. Represen tative Harrison of New York, for the committre, insisted that the rich fur merchants of the twin cities of Minesota should bear their share of taxation and that those who objected to it really indini'tly represented the Hud son Ray Fur ComjKuny. Representative Davis of West Virginia soiwrht to restore ooal to the durable list and Represen tative' Moivdell of Wyoming, as- V"" -; at free coal would result of husinefcs and the British . Col umbia coal mines then advancing prices to American consumers. Raleigh Pays Water Company $250,000. Raleigh, May o The board of arbitration for the sale of the Wake Water Company to the city for ! municipal ownership report ed to Jiultre Carter today, hold ing that the city will have to pay the company $250,000 for the jilant, the company to retain all cash on hand and accounts on the books at the time the sales w coiwumated. This finding is final aixl the next step is for the city to ipssue boinls and pay oyer to the company the purchase price. Then it will be up to the city- to make, the improvements and en largements of reservoir capacity that have been such a crying need for so Ion;. Judge Ctrtiir still has under advisement the matter of allowing The News and Observer to sue the water com pany for the burning of its plant, as the plaintiff alleges, through the failure of the water eomwmy to igive direct water pressure when the fire alarm was sent in and the call for such pressure made. The matter of conditions under which the suit shall be brought is being considered, the company demanding that there shall be ltonds executed by the I plaintiff for damage tliat may accrue through having auv pan. 1 f its funds tied up pending the detenu iimtii n of the suit. Commissioners Sale. liy virtue of an order confer ring authority upon n, by ) the Cbrk of the Superior Court of Surry County, in the ca.se of John not in j Banner iu:d Joseph William Pra Payne) ther, Kxn-utoi.s .;f Ji-se ; H. I 1'rather, and others, we will sell to till' highest bidder on th premises in Mt. Airy, on Sat unlay une 7Ui, 1!M:', at 1 o'clock. p. m. the following described real estate towi :t Six vacant lots on Main St., this j adjoining the lots of J..P. Raw Mev, H;uiiier and others, same be- i'.g lots Nos. 4, .", ti, 7, and if the A. I lines pn.jH-rty. as r plet made by Otto Ko-htitzky. Terms of .sale: Hue third cash; One third in twelve months; Hal ari'e in Eighteen Months n.t with aproved security . re-piinl for deferred jsivmefits. Th.s Mav 7. 1913. W. F. Carter. H. P. Graves, Comcilaioiiers. nearly 43 years of age, wa prospects of peace. Iv was evi- lot sale and ochool commemH-uierd and ours is that we can get V a. f