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THE SUN.vNEW BEKN, N. a, SEPTEMBER 7. 1908. ; Rf OLX SOUTHERN BAIL WAT Seduced Betad-Trip Tickets to Ser ; folk, Vs, Last Opportunity This . 1 . .. . Seats From the following stations: ' - ' Beaufort Dirbioa From:' Fares: .Goldsboro. . 13.00 Bests.. . LaGrange Falling Creek KlBBton.. Caswell Dover Cove .. .. Tusearora New Bern 3.00 , 3.00 3.00 3.91 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 Riverdale.. 3- Croatan. 3.00 Havelock 300 Newport 3-00 WUdwood.' MKr ntv.. 3 00 Beaufort 320 Oriental Division Reelsboro. 3.00 Grantsboro 30,) Bayboro 3-00 Oriental 300 Raleigh Division Jtalelgh $3.50 tnigntdale 3.50 Wendell 356 Zebulon 3.50 Middlesex 3.00 Bailey 3-00 Wilson 275 Stantonsburg 2-73 Walstonsburg. . 2.75 Farmvllle 2-75 Greenville 200 Grimesland 2.00 Chocowinity 2.00 Pamlico Division Vanceboro $2.75 Fiederlck 2.25 Washington 2.00 Pinetown 2.00 Plymouth 2.00 Tickets on sale Tuesday, September 15th. 1908, limited to return passage until Friday September 18th, 1908. The only lino in Eastern North Car olina operating trains into the City of Norfolk. H. C. HUDGINS. General Passenger Agent. REDUCED RATES Norfolk and Southern Offers Induce ments for Labor Day Outing Spend Labor Day, Monday, Septem ber, 7, 1908, at the great Eastern Car olina seashore resorts, Morehead City, and Beaufort, N. C, on the Atlantie ocean. Round trip tickets on sale at attractive low fares, Monday Septem ber 7th. 180S, limited to return same date from the following stations: Beaufort Division To To From: M. City Beaufort Goldsboro. $1.50 $1.70 Millers 1.50 1.70 Bests 1.50 1.70 LaGrange 1.50 1.70 Fields 1.45 1.65 Falling Creek .. .. 1.40 1.60 Kinston 1.2S 1.45 Caswell 1.25 1.45 Dover 1.15 1.35 Cove .. 1.10 1.30 Tusearora. . . 1.05 1.25 Hymans 105 1.25 Clarks.. 1.05 1.25 New Bern 1.00 1.20 Thurman . .95 1.15 Riverdale 95 1.15 Croatan.. .. .. .. .90 1.10 Pine Grove .. .. .. .85 1.05 Havolock 80 1.00 Newport -.50 .70 WUdwood .. .40 .60 Mansfield .30 .50 Bollywood .20 .40 Oriental Branch Olympla.. .. .. ..$1.00 $1.20 Reeisboro.. .. .. .. 1.05 ' 1.25 Blades Junction.. .. 110 1.30 Grantsboro . . ... .. 1.10 1.30 West Alliance .. . . 1.15 1.35 Bast Alliance . . . . 1.15 1.35 Bayboro.. 1.25 L45 Stonewall.. .1.25 1.45 Ash wood.. .... .. 1.25 1.45 Oriental .. 1.25 1.45 Fares for children five years of age and under twelve half of above fares. Conductors will sell tickets from non- agency stations. No baggage will be checked. No stop-overs allowed in ither direction. Bathing, fishing and sailing. Spend day at the seashore before the sea son closes. Usual week-end, five-day and Sunday tickets also on sale. R. E. ht BUNCH. Traffic Manager, Norfolk, Va, F, W. TATEM, Dir. Pas Agent, Goldsboro, N. C R, C. HUDGINS, . ; , Gen. Pas. Agent, Norfolk, Va. T.V- " ., ... . , . ,. ,. .; Jf:' ' v v.:i ; , Dyspepsia Is America's ears. Bur dock Blood Bitters conquers dyspep sia every time. . It drives out impufi tlesv tones this- stomach, restores per. foci digestion, normal weight, and good health. , MARSHAL SET Kinston Free Press. . . Judge O. H. Allen has Just returned from Wilkes county, where he has been holding court In the place of Judge Moore, who died during the regular session in that county. While there Judge Allen met MaJ. James H. Foote, who resides on a magnificent farm in the Yadkin Val ley. MaJ. Foote was prominently con. nected with Governor Vance's admin istration In this State, and he was a college mate of Judge Allen's fa ther. In his earlier days Maj. Foote was a pupil of Peter S. Ney, the reputed Marshal Ney, of France. While Judge Allen was In Wilkes he re quested MaJ. Foote to write out for him his impressions and recollections . of the mysterious Frenchman. Maj. Foote did as requested, and Judge Allen has kindly permitted the Free Press to give these impressions to its readers Maj. Foote was born November 8, 1825, and will thus be 83 years of age next November. The article entitled: "Reminiscences of Peter Stuart Ney, the Great Mar shal of France," is as follows: The most important epoch in my school life occurred in the years 1837 and 1838, when I was a pupil of Peter S. Ney, who I can show beyond the shadow of a doubt,' was Napoleon's great marshal. It was when he was teaching in Iredell county on Hunting Creek and I was then some ten or twelve years of age. This school was patronized by the Youngs. Houstons, Allisons, Carltons, Galthers and many of the most prominent men of the country many of whose sons after wards filled the highest positions in social, political and religious life. In the year 1816 Ney first appeared in South Carolina and afterwards; drifted into North Carolina where he I followed teaching. The pupils andj parents patronizing his school, with- out an exception, firmly believed that i he was the celebrated Marshal Ney. J Napoleon's "bravest of the brave", I who according to a! history, was j condemned to death for high treason j and was shot on the 7th day of De cember 1815, in the Garden of Luxern. berg. He died in Rowan county and was buried at Third Creek church, and over his grave is a marble slab bearing the following inscription: "In Memory of Peter Stuart Ney, one of Napoleon Bonapart's marshals and a soldier in the French Revolu tion, who died Nov. 15, 1846, aged 77 years." In The School Room The first day I entered school I was forcibly struck with the appearance of the teacher at his desk. He turned in his seat and called me to him, and in his broken French brogue asked me my name. Somewhat awed at his stern and commanding appearance I told him my name was Henry James Foote. Placing his arm around me as I stood at his desk he replied, "That is not right! Your name is James Henry Foote (reversing the order." And then without a moment's hesita tion, with the other hand he dashed off the following acrostic: "Jehovah made thee what thou art A youth of warm and feeling heart; Make then thy genius and thy time Employ themselves in things sublime. Sweet are the musings of the just, Heaven always holds their lives in trust. Forward, then! and with a pen of flame On fame's proud temple Inscribe thy name. O'er land and sea thy name be heard, To win the prize, Oh, be not afraid Eternal blessings crown thy head." It was under his tuition and In fluence I received an inspiration to obtain an education. In his discip line he was strict and required obed ience to all orders as a military chieftain; but I never knew a teacher more idolized by his pupils. Personal Appearance He had a military carriage and a form devoting great strength and courage. His features were strongly marked. His eye was that of an eagle and looked Into the depths of one's soul. He always dressed well, and 'was remarkable for his charity to the poor. He was nearly bald, and the hair remaining on his head was of a reddish hue. On his forehead was a large scar which was evidently caused by a sword cut It was about four inches long. And on his body were Mother w'ounds. He had a musket ball in one of his legs. Vaster With te Sword 1 ' He was a master at fencing and 'while he was teaching in Marshsvllle a French fencing master ' appeared and wished to form a class. The boys told the man that if he would hare a bout with their teacher and beat him they would make up a class. The fencing master then asked Ney to his room In the hotel and opened his trunk-full of swords, telling Ney to choose his weapon. As soon as Ney's eye fell on a 'short, broad sword, he seized it at once and bade him come on to the play ground. Now it is said that this was a favorite kind of sword used by the famous marshal of France. After a few passages at each other Ney with wonderful skill cut his op ponent's fine beaver - hat in twain, whereupon the latter threw down his sword and said: "Gentlemen you have a master and don't need me." Gen. James Cook, who was a pupil at that time related this incident to j me. History states that Marshal Ney was a famous Bwordsman, and in 1821 vanquished a fencing master of a French regiment Ney being then with the Fourth Hussars and was chosen to vindicate its honor. Here is a striking coincidence suggesting that these two were one and the same man. Other Pieces of Evidence As to the age the great marshal was born in 1769 and would have been 77 years old in 1S46, which as we have shown was precisely Peter S. Ney's age when he died in North Carolina. As to place of birth the marshal was born in Saretorles in Loraine, and Pe ter S. Ney claimed this locality to be the place of his birth and after wrote his name Peter Stuart Michael Ney. The marshal's wife was a favorite of the Empress Josephine's. Mr. Ney often spoke of his wife to Mrs. Dal ton, of Iredell, and of her close friend ship with Josephine. As to personal appearance Marshal Ney was of pow erful physique. His hair was red, so red that he was called by his soldiers Peter the Red" or "The Red Lion," And Peter S. Ney had red hair and a powerful frame. As to wounds they were precisely the same. Marshal Ney at the battle of Mayence. 1795, was severely wounded in the head by a sabre cut. At the battle of the There he was wounded thrice, one bullet entering the calf of his leg. Peter S. Ney, as we have shown, had a bullet in his leg, and a sabre cut on his head. How Death Was Escaped Peter S. Ney told Mrs. Dalton in confidence that he was the marshal.; He said the soldiers detailed to shoot him were his comrades In arms and that. U'hllo nn hla itat trt trio pardon nf Luxemburg, the place of the execu- tin. . U ...LI......... J 1 1J LI . ' uuu, mtrj nuisijeieu uuu iuiu mm iu fall quickly at the command "fire" and leave the rest to them. He did as they said, and the ten balls passed over his head and lodged in the wall behind. The officers on their horses galloped off as soon as Ney fell, and attendent physicians who pronounced him dead were his old, friends. He was placed in a coffin by his friends and shipped from Bordeaux to Ameri can, while the empty casket was bur ied in Piere La Chase. This you see was in 1815 In December, and early in 1816 we have shown that our Ney was first seen in Charleston, the great shipping point at that time. Marshal Moncey refused to sit in the council to try Ney for treason; for which he suffered three months in prison. He said, "shall I consign to death the man to whom so many Frenchmen are indebted for life?" There were but few present to wit ness the execution, being early in the morning, and all of those present be ing members of his old guard whom he had so often led to victory. Various Incidents The late Rev. R. W. Barber knew Ney personally and was confident that he was the great marshal of France. His brother Col. Will'am Barber, who was slain in battle in the late war. was a pupil of Ney's and always af firmed positively his billet in the two being one and the same. So did the Rev. Dr. Rockwell and many, others prominent in church and State and I have never known a case more clear ly proven. An expert Frenchman In New York examined the hand writing of Ney and compared it with that of the mar shal, pronouncing them the same. One reason it is said why Ney arrived all public resorts and lived In seclusion was the fear of assassination for him self and friends in France who aided in his escape. He had a large sum of money to his credit in the old United States National Bank, but nev er carried large sums about his per son. He charged only $200 a year for teaching and spent this on charitable objects giving freely to the poor man or woman, boy or girl whom he might meet ' He often wrote words of advice and lines of poetry in the school books of his pupils. Under the date May 21, 1836 he wrote ths remarkable poem In the autograph album of oae of his school girls: Though I of the chosen, the choicest. To fame gave her loftiest tone: ; Though I'mong the brave, the bravest, My pleasure and my baton are gone. My eagle that mounted to conquest Has stooped from his altitude high, A prey to the vulture the foulest No more to visit the sky. One sigh for the hopes that have per , ished, . ,V One tear for the work of the past, One look upon all I have cherished. One lingering look tie the last. And now from remembrance I banish The glories that shower In my brain O, vanish fond memories, vanish!!!. Return not to sting me again." ; The late Luculs Butler, of Iredell Miint ir via ea fotrVvvaif a nunll nf KTav . . : , hear of his death to come at oncel Ji, . ... . and take charge of his old trunk, for? ' in it he would find information that' , , . would astonish the world. But a stranger came ana got ine trunic alter Ney's death, before Mr. Butler could get it, and was never heard from a gain. The Mysterious Stranger While Ney was teaching and ing With Capt. HOUStOn On Hunting Creek in Iredell county, a young man and stranger came and was seen in company with Mr. Ney in private and secret conversation. ' He took his meals at the table wthout introduc tion. One night they were seen to gether at a strawstack all night, and so reported by the negroes next morn ing. After the stranger was gone, up on inquiry of Capt Houston, Mr. Ney said the young man was his son, and that he gave him money with which to go to Philadelphia to study medi cine. And now, to cap the climax of this story; I saw a notice in a news paper a short time ago of a birthday celebration in the State of Indiana, and wrote and received reply as fol lows: "Satello, Ind., March 18, 1908. "Mr. Dear Mr. Foote: "Your letter of 14th instant was re ceived with great pleasure. On the 29th of February last I passed my one hundredth mile post, and the people for more than 50 miles gave me quite a reception, more than a thousand be ing present and had I known you were yet alive I surely would have given you an extended Invitation. Vour statement In Mr. Weston's book is cor rect. Peter Stuart Ney was my fa ther and the identical Ney that fought under Napoleon. It was I who met my father in North Carolina, and your statement Is correct. We were at a strawstack all night, as you say in fact I was m touch with him for a day or two. He gave me money and I attended a medical college in Phil adelphia, and for a number of years practised medicine in Southern In diana, until I was 95 years of age. As you know my father had reason why he concealed his Identity and I like wise. "I am glad Indeed to hear from you and to know that there is one of his pupils still alive, who can vouch for a part of this great mystery. I have a manuscript that will be published after my death will reveal many things yet untold. "It would afford me much pleasuse to meet and converse with you; and if I should live to see another birth day nothing would afford me more pleasure than to have you with us. Thanking you for writing and you must write again I beg to remain your esteemed friend and son of your old school teacher, who was the great Marshal of France. "Signed E. M. C. NEYMAN." The foregoing is taken from a letter In answer to one written by me, as be fore stated and adds to the proof of the assertion that the old Tar(rh) Heel school teacher was the great Marshal of France. His Last Words But last and not least is the fact of his last words on earth. While on his death bed in Rowan county, Dr. Matthew Locke said to him, "Mr. Ney you have but a short time to live, and it Is my duty to tell you." Ney Interrupted him saying, "I know that, Matthew, I am not afaid to die. I believe in the Christian re ligion. Dr. Locke answered, " I am glad to hear you say that; but It was for this I wished to tell you. You know you have lived amongst us for a long time in great mystery, and as you are about to leave us forever, will you please tell me who you really rare? Dr. Locke said to me that Ney raised his head and looked him squarely In the face with that eagle eye of his and after a little hesita tion feebly' but emphatically uttered the words "I am Marshal Ney of France!" - : Dr. Locke told me that these were about his last words. ' , Now take bis character for truth rand be or as he had always lived a- mong us, for no man was ever more scrupulous for truth and honesty dur ing his lifs, could It be possible that he would go into bis grave with a falsehood on his Hps? ; . ... The Rev. WX Weston's-book; "His torlcal Doubts,"' wUl. relieve anyone "skeptical on the question, discussed at length In this story. "j. ' "Suffered day and night 'the torment of Itching .piles, Nothing helped me until I used Doan's Ointment It cured me permanently." Hon. John R, Oar rett, Mayon Gtrgra, Ala, ; , ; S i I ! 4 1 1 Hi.- . Entries for Petersburg Horse 8sew. By Wire to The Sun. . ' Petersburg, Vs., Sept 7. About 300 entries have been received for the Petersburg horse show, the last show in prises will be given, besides five . r,.. , silver cups. Most of the stores, whole, , . . . .... nnlnra anrl maniifaoHirara will olnaa . , . . y. ui., uu nutty Deyicuiucr xxui, ,n tlme for tte 8n0W blood Bafora t beu uf nc Cuetnti, I bad bad eon- board-lftBl"P0"'.nd"' direatad u it ihould hare bean. Now I am weU.ndthaptmpleataaTaalldtDpeared km waa not am antlraly He. I ean truthfully any that Curare ti ara juit MVWUaad; I havatakcnoulytwahoxeaof than." Uannoa It. UriHin. Sharidan, Ind. . Plaaaant, Palatabla. Pntant.TMtaOood.DoOoed, Haw 8lek, Weaken or Grip. 10c. Me, Mo. Navat Sold la bulk. Ton fanattta tablet atampad OOO. laaraataad to eura or your money baek Starling Remedy Co., Chicago or N.Y. too AXXUALSALE, TEN MILLION BOXES New Bern Building & Loan Association The subscription list for Series No. 34 of the New Building aad Loan Association which opens October 1st, Is growing daily. We expect to sur pass our last April Series, which you remember exceeded 500 shares, repre senting over 50,000. The largest since the organization of the association 20 year? ago. Some of our enthusiastic friends think it quite as good an investment as life insurance, others class it with government and state bonds; of course we agree with them heartily, because Its really the very best and most at tractive investment offered in the city, considering the great benefits' derived at so small an outlay. It only costs $1.25 share to Join, thence $1.00 month ly. Its a rainy day provision and well worth your consideration. W. G. BOYD, Boom 805 Elk's Bstldlag. Thene 406. 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V SJ : ANOV CATtUNTte s L-T Truth and '- Quality : appeal to ths .Well-informed in every. walk of life and are essential to permanent success and creditable standing. -' Aocor gjy, it U not claimed that Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is the only remedy of known value, but one of many reasons why it is the best of personal and family laxatives is the fact that K cleanses, sweetens and relieves the internal organs on which it acts without any debilitating after effects and without having to increase the quantity from time to time. - It acts pleasantly and naturally and truly as a laxative, and its component parts are known to and approved by physicians, as it is free from all objection able substances. To get its beneficial effects . always purchase the genuine- manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug gists. PUBLICATION OF SUMMONS. North Carolina, Craven County In the Superior Court Before W. M. Watson, Clerk of Superior Court Clesunie Elliot and Husband, Elliott Etta Hooten, J. L. Bland and wlfo, M. A. Bland .vs. E. R. Crookor and Bank of Lauderdale, to E. R, Crooker and Bank of Landerdale. It appearing to the satisfaction of the court by affidavit that E. R. Crook er and Bank of Landerdale as non resi dents of the state of North Carolina, you are hereby notified that a sum mon and petition for sale of real es tate for partition has been duly filed in the clerk's offlco of Ciaven County. C, in the above entitled aetion by Clemmie Elliott, Etta Hooten and oth ers. Tou are hereby notified to aD- pear before said clerk at the court house in Now Bern, N. C, on Monday the 28th day of September, 1908, at 12 o'clock M., and answer or demur to 3ald petition as you may deem best otherwise the prayer of the petitioner ill be granted. It is ordered that this notice be published once a week for four week In the New Bern Sun. This 15th day of August, 1908. W. M. WATSON, Clerk Superior Court MORTGAGE SALE Pursuant to a power of sale con tained in that certain mortgage ex ecuted by James Borden and Sutton Borden to J. W. Stewart, bearing date the 13th day of October, 1900, the same being recorded in the office et the Register of Deeds of Craven county in Book 133, Page 393, I will sell at the court house door in New Bern, N. C, on Monday the 28th day of September, 1908, at the hour of IS o'clock M, to the highest bidder for Cash, all of the following described property as conveyed in the mortgage aforesaid, to wit: Fifteen acres of land bounded as follows: On the East by John Latham; on the South by A. ft N. C. R. R. and on the West and North by Sam Brooks, being the place where I now reside. J. W. STEWART, Mortgagee. Dr. Z. V.PARKER has moved his office 3rd r Floor, Elks Temple, has well fitted offices f and would appreciate your patronage. GREAT BaUlCaAINS A SPECIAL LOW PRICES On our r entire line of Buggies, and Carriages, Never before were offered by any Buggy. Builder, in New Bern. We hope you will inquire before pay ing out any money elsewhere. We can save yon the, rocks and we will do It Come to see as.. , -.Tours ta please, G. S. tfa fi SB Why f, widest Insurance when A. K, Keutree can tasmre ye at Utile eesf and take very fair mliites ef lew tbaa la dslif se. jpitj mfr
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