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5imncno m Tuc Dnrrifiui unm oid series, vol. xvir. no. 22, ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1901 uuuuLuuuii iu iiil uuumiiuiinm nuimu, 11.00 PER If IE ii Ta mBTBOD New Series, Vol III. No 3 ALL NATURE SMILES UPON THE VETERANS Confederate Hosts Are Gath ering at Memphis. AN AUSPICIOUS REUNION Many Thousands of 31en Who Follow ed the Mar and liars Are iather ed Wlihiu the Gates of 3Ieptropolla of Tennessee. Memphis, May 27. By train and by boat thousands of people are pouring into the city from the four corners of the south to attend the eleventh annual reunion of the United Confederate Vet erans and the sixth annual reunion of the United Sons of Confederate ' Vet erans, which opens tomorrow. Among the notable arrivals today are General Fitzhugh Lee; Adjutant General Moor man of New Orleans; Major General W. D. Cameron, commanding the divi sion of Mississippi; General S. C. French, commanding the division of Peusacola, Fla. ; General Stephen D. Lee, commanding the Army of the Ten nessee; General Joseph Wheeler and Lieutenant R. P. Hobson. General JuQu H. Gordon, commander-in-chief of the Confederate Veterans, will come in by special train from At lanta late this afternoon. It is estimated that by noon today 16, 000 strangers had arrived. livery business block iu the city bears tribute to tue reunion by the profu.siou of flags and streamers of bunting; the stars and bars and the scars and stripes floated in the breeze side by side. The court of honor has been complet ed and lavishly decorated on Main street, and adjoining are the stands from which the parade will be renewed. Convention Hall. Convention hall, in which the recep tion will be hold, has a capacity of 15, 000, and it will be taxed to its utmost tomorrow. . Aside from the constant influx of Ten nessee veterans, the advance guard of arrivals is mostly from Texas, the next largest representation being from Ar kansas and Jki: issippi. It is estimated that by tome; " morning there will be 50,000 strau0-- within the gates of Memphis. Nature Smiles. Previous reunions have generally been attended by downpours of rain, but this occasion promises to be the excep tion to the rule. The sun rose iu a clear ky and its rays were tempered by a constant breeze from the west. It is predicted by the local forecaster that the weather will be clear and warmer. Nearest tbe Federal Lines. Jackson, Miss., May 25. At the head of the survivors of the Twenty-first Mis sissippi volunteers in the parade at the confederate reunion in Memphis will be carried the war-Worn flay which achieved tbe distinction of being the banner that reached the farthest point on the bloody battlefield of Gettysburg. The flag is. now the "property of Mrs. S. S. Collier of Vicksburg, whose husband was a sergeant in Company A of that regiment, and it was carried through i5 prominent, battles during the four years of the war. JACK-THE-RIPPER AGAIN. Another Sensational Murder In the Whitechapel District. London, May-28. A sensational mur der case of mutilation has, occurred in a low lodfjiuguou.se in Dorset street, Whitechapel, close to the scene of the Jack-the-Ripper murders of ISbS. The victim, a woman named Annie Auatiu, 28 years old. was found dying in a bedroom on Sunday morning and was removed to a hospital, where she died. The murderer escaped. Two wounds on tne lower part of the victim's body are too revolting for de scription. A pauio has been created in the neigh bor hood. I'ut Arsenic in the Coffee. Montoomery, Ala., May 23. Two young negroes. Jim and Hut Redmond, brothers, have been jailed here for put ting arsenic in the coffee of ilr. and Mr. W. W. O. Merritt, an aed couple who live in the southern end of ibis cxmuty. Hut worked for a Mr. Miher. who is Merritt's son-in-law, and was discharged. Jim worked lor the Mer ruts. As a revenge for Hut's discharge the two dropped the arsenic in the coffee and the lives of the old people were barely saved by prompt medical atten tion. ' Impairing Mobility of H;ers. Cape Tows, May 28. The dash of Kritzinger's invaders, of Cape Colony into the south was checked t Y&ruioes burg by the swift movement of Cor nnger's and other columns. The in vaders, nuding their way barred, swerved to the northeast toward C!oe the. The continued capture of horses by the British is appreciably impairing the Boers' mobility. (Jiving t hinese a Chance. Berlin, May 28 A dispatch to the Cologne Gazette, uuder date of May 26, says the withdrawal of the German marines to Tsing Tau has bejjun, and that the German quarter of Pekiujf has been handed over to tne Chinese author ities experimentally lor a fortnight. Jlloth Mm in rooks Will ume. Glasgow, May id After consulta tion with Mr. Fyfe, Sir Tuomas Lipton has decided to send the ShamrocK I to America with the challenger, iu order that he may continue tne iaccs right up to the date of the cup races. Against the (ioverniiieiit. Washington, May 27. Justice Brown of the supreme court of the United States today announced the decision cf that court in the insular (Porto Jlican) cases, which ia adverse to the conten fionof the jgovarnmeut. TARHEEL FLOOD SUFFERERS, j sixteen Residences and a Church Are V Swept Away. Marshall, X". C, May 28. The fol lowing telegram is self explanatory: "Marion. Mayf25. Hon. J. C. Pritch ard, Marshall, 'jf. C. : Following is a list of persons wliose houses were de stroyed in Bakersyille: E. Morgan, Gibbs Green, Hicks Patterson, M. Buch anan, Sam Turner, Jim Green, Bill Green, Nora Anderson, Berry Stewart, Professor Britt, Qui ton Moore, C. Sil ver, Lizzie Howell, P. P. Young, Henry Poteat, John Gudger and the Baptist church. These houses with all house hold effects were swept away by the flood. Great damage in the surround ing country. , J. L. Morgan." Will you please raise a fund for the sufferers of Bakersyille and vicinity? J. C. Pritchakd. HUNTSDALE SWEPT AWAY. Town In North Carolina destroyed by 1 lood. Bristol, Tenn., May 24. Later de tails from the flood stricken section show great damage done in western North Carolina mountains. Huntsdale, a new town at the southern terminus ot the Tennessee division of the Ohio River and Charleston railway, is com pletely wiped out. At Unaka, the large railway iron bridge which spanned Chucky river has been destroyed. The lumber and pulp mills of General John T. Wilder, and also 45,000 logs and a large quantity of lumber property of the Unaka Lumber company have gone down with the trade. Lowland Crops Destroyed. Raleigh, May 27. Governor Aycock says all the lowland crops on the state penitentiary farm known as "Cale donia" are destroyed by the raging Roanoke river, including 200 acres of wheat. He says the flood damage in the state amounts to millions of dollars. Saturday night's rainfall was heavy from an inch and a half to two and a half inches and more rain fell last night. All streams in this section are rising. Three Lost lu lUg Flood. Spartanburg, S. C, May 25. Two boys and a man were drowned at Lynn, N. C, Friday. The boys were in the swollen stream and were drawn into the current. Thomas Loving, the man, was in the workshop of the knitting mill when the floor broke and he float ed out with the wreckage. The body was found a mile or so below Lynn, ru.. froshet was very destructive about Tryon. Damage Haifa Million. Ashevillk, N. C, May 24. The damage to the Asheville division of the Southern railway by the recent storm is estimated at $500,000. The Asheville and Spartanburg branch of the Southern wiil resume its schedule tomorrow. The line of the Southern to Salisbury over the Blue Ridge will not be open for ten days. Damage Done In Tennessee Valley. Chattanooga, May 27. A special to The News from Huntsville, Ala., places the damage done to farmers in the Ten nessee valley between Chattanooga and Muscle Shoals canal at $150,000. It is thought here that the damage in the valley above here will be almost as high. PROGRESS IN GREENSBORO. Charter Obtained For an Electric Street Railway. Greensboro, N. C, May 27. The board of aldermen has granted a char ter to the Greensboro Electric company to build and operate an electric street railway in this city. The franchise is for a period of 30 years and stipulates that work on the road is to begin within the next six months and that 5 miles are to be in operation within 18 months. It is also stipulated that the company is to be prepared to furnish lights lor the city and power for the waterworks by Jan. 1 next. The Greensboro Electric company is composed of M. D. Barr and John Karr of New York and their associates. They have purchased a charter granted the Guilford Power company by the legis lature of 189. As an evidence of good faith, the comany has deposited, in one of the local banks, a certified check for $1,000. Blinded With Red Pepper. High Point, N. C, May 28. A cer tain young man, who has since left town, was paying attention to another young man's sister, which was objected to by the girl's brother, and who got the worst end of the affair for interfering. The love-smitten man swore vengeance and hid himself by the roadside to await the coming of his sweetheart's brother, and as he approached showered red pepper into his eyes, for the pur pose, it apoears, of so blinding him that it would be easy to give hlra a good thrashing, which he (accomplished by beating him on the head with a rock, brass knucks or some other deadly weapon. The young man committing the act was placed under a $100 bond. They Were on H eather lied. Raleigh, May 27. Sunday, near Norlina, lightning struck the 8-room residence of J. R. Paschal, wrecking seven rooms. In the eighth room the bolt split the posts of the bedstead, yet did not injure Mrs. Paschall and her two children, who were lying on the feather bed. At Port Royal. I Beaufort. S. C, May 27. The train ing ships Topeka and Essen have arriv ed at the Port Royal naval station. The former will be stationed here perma nently. The revenue cutter Comauche is undergoing repairs at the dry dock. Will Meet There Again. Asheville, N. C, May 24. The su preme council of the Royal Arcanum, which concluded its work here last night, has decided to hold iu next aa jinal .session ia this city, j THE OLD FAITH IS GOOD ENOUGH So Declares Southern Pres byterian Assembly. REVISION IS REJECTED General Assembly Deem It Unwise to Initiate Agitation of the "Elect In faot" Question Among the People at the Present Time Adjourned. Little Rock, May 25. At last night's session of the Southern Presbyterian gen eral assembly, the minority report of the committee on the "elect infant" clause of the Confession of Faith was rejected and the majority report adopted, which recommended that no action be taken, for the following reasons: "1. Because it is unwise to initiate at this time the agitation of this question among the people. "2. Because no modification that does not eliminate scriptural Calvanism from this section of the Confession will obvi ate the objection which comes from Ar menian sources. "3. Because the Westminster Ooufes sion of Faith is the first great creed which taught the salvation of infants dying in infancy on truly scriptural grounds. "4. Because the Confession of Faith iu this section does not teach the dam nation of any infant dying in infancy, for the reason that the contrast made in it is not between elect and non elect in fants dying in infancy, but between elect persons who die in infancy and elect persons who do not die in infancy. "5. Because, while we have a well grounded hope, founded on scripture, that all infants dying in infancy are saved, yet tbe Confession of Faith goes as the scriptures justify a positive creedal statement upon the subject." The general assembly spent this morn ing winding up unfinished business preparatory to adjournment. R. S. L. Morris of Macon, Ga., an nounced his acceptance of the secretary ship of home missions. It was decided that the ordination of a preacher by two ministers and one elder is not strictly regular, yet when ratified by the presbytery is valid. The new scheme for the relief of disabled ministers and their families received the assembly's approval. The assembly completed its labors and adjourned at 12:30 p. m. AN ELOQUENT ADDRESS. President McKinley Talks to Epworth Leaguers aud fCndeavorera. San Francisco, May 25. Last night President McKinley, at an impromptu reception by the Epworth League and Christian Endeavor societies, made a brief address. He said: "It gives me very great pleasure on this, the last evening of my stay in your hospitable city, to meet with the young men and young women of the Epworth League and Christian Endeavor, and the Christian young people generally, who have dedicated themselves to the holy cause of Christian teaching. I con gratulate you that you are to be the host of the great International Epworth League to be held in your city in the month of July, for the success of which you have my best wishes. "I congratulate you upon the noble work in which you are engaged and the great results which have followed your efforts. Truth serves civilization. There is nothing that lasts so long or wears so well and is of such inestimable advant age to the possessor as high character and an upright life, and that is what you teach by example and by instruc tion. And when you are serving man by helping him to be better and nobler you are serving your country. "I do not know whether it is true that every man is the architect of his own fortune, but surely every man is the architect of his own character. It is what he makes it, and it is growing all the time easier to do right and be rieht. With our churches, our Young Men'i Christian association, our various church societies, every assistance is given for righteous living and righteous doing. It is no longer a drawoack to the pro gress of a young man to be a member of a church. It is no embarrassment; it is an encouragement. It is no hin drance; it is a help. "There never was in all the past such a demand as now for incorruptible char acter, strong enough to resist every temptation to do wrong. We need it in every relation of life in the home, in the store, in the-bank aud in the grea business affairs of the country. We need it in the discharge of new duties that have come to the government. It is needed everywhere, never more than at this hour. I am glad to snow my in terest iu the great cause for which you ars enlisted, for you are helping all the time home and family, law and liberty and country. "I bid you all Godspeed and good night." Entitled to Mileaje. Washington, May 25. The comp troller of the treasury has deeded that United States Senators Bate and Till man, having been summoned to thii city as witnesses on behalf of the United States in the case of the United States versus Cullen, are entitled to- the usual mileage and witness fees provided by law, and that the law as t clerk and officers of the United States, which provides that iu fsuch cases they shall not be allowed mileage, does not apply to a United States senator. To Increase Capital Stock. Denver, May -.27. A special meeting of the stockholders of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company has been called for July 13 to consider a proposition to increase the capital stock of the com pany from $25,000,000 to $0,000,000. the increase to be used for extensions and enlargements of the Pueblo plants. Boys In Blue Leave China. j Washington, May 27. A dispatch received at the war department from General Chaffee at Taku says that the transports hummer and Lennox sailed May 27 (today) and that ail of the troops are to leave Giuna jtoon lor Manila CANDIDATES FOR SENATE. Three Sooth Carolinians Who Will Enter the Race. Chattanooga, May 27. Governor McSweeney of South Carolina, who is here attending the dedication services of the South Carolina monument at Chickamauga, stated this morning that he would probably be a candidate for the United States senate in the coming primary, although he had no definite announcement to make. Colonel Wilie Jones, who is in com mand of the regiment of the militia with the party, announced his candi dacy for tne senate yesterday, while en route here. He is cashier of the Caro lina National bank of Columbia and chairman of the state Democratic com mittee. He today issued a call for the committee to meet July 1 to plan the campaign. "' ''-- ' .1 ' The third senatorial candidate with the party is Hon. D. S. Henderson of the state senate. Governor McSweeney refused to dis cuss the McLaurizuTillman controversy. How the Vacancies Occurred. Columbia, S. O., May 27. During the joint debate between Senators Mc Laurin and Tillman, at Gaffney, Satur day, the latter, replying to a remark of McLaurin, stated that he was willing to resign his seat in the United States sen ate if McLaurin would and, with him, go before the people as - candidates for re-election, the one against the other. The challenge was quickly i accepted, and after the meeting was over both men wrote and mailed their resigna tions to Governor McSweeney, thus leaving the Palmetto state without- rep resentation in the upper branch of the national congress, a situation which has not obtained since the days of re oeastruotion. CAROLINA'S HEROIC DEAD. Dedication of Monument to Their Memory at Chickamauga. Chattanooga, May 27. The monu ment erected by the state of South Car olina on the battlefield of Chickamauga was dedicated today. Governor Mc Sweeney and state officers, accompan ied by a regiment of infantry, arrived at an early hour this morning. The monument is located at the foot of Snodgrass hilL Governor McSweeney acted as presiding officer and extolled the virtues of the American soldier. Rev. John Kershaw pronounced the in vocation. Addresses were then made by General C. Irvine Walker, Hon. D. S. Hender son, Colonel J. Harvey Wilson and Bishop Capers, . at the conclusion of which the cords that held the winding sheet were pulled by four young ladies. Governor McSweeney turned the monu ment over to General H. V. Boynton, who made an appropriate speech in re ply. The monument was only completed Sunday night. The bronze palmetto tree which surmounts it was made in Massachusetts and was delayed en route. It was forwarded on a special train from Cincinnati Saturday night and placed in position Sunday. The height of the monument is 33 feet. The base and shaft is of South Carolina granite. "UNCLE BILLY" ROSE DEAD. A South Carolina Negro Veteran of Three Wars. Columbia, S. C, May 27. William Rose, a well known negro of this city, is dead, aged 89 years. "Uncle Billy" was born a slave. He went as a drummer to the' Seminole war in 1836; to the Mexican war, and to the civil war. He volunteered to go to Cuba. He has held the office of mes senger since 1876 to the governor, with standing all political changes and up heavals on account of his fidelity to the white men's party before 1876. He was a courier on the staff of Governor Mc Sweeney and an honorary sergeant in a local white military company. He brought back General Pierce Butler's body from Mexico and General Gregg's from Fredericksburg. He witnessed the running of the first train in South Carolina; was here when Lafayette made his triumphal tour of America in 1825 and beat the muffed drum at Cal houn's funeral. He was buried yesterday with mili tary honors. South Carolina Pythlans. Greenville, S. 01, May 2-L The grand lodge of 'Knights of Pythias, in annual session here, has elected the fol lowing officers: M. L. Bonham of An derson, grand chancellor commander; George S. Mower of Newberry, vice chancellor commander; J. M. Knight of Sumter, grand prelate; Dr. J. H. Thorn -well of Rock Hill, grand keeper of records and seal; Wilson G. Harvey of Charleston, grand master of exchequer; Lionel K. Anderson of Spartan burs. grand master-at-arms; J. H. D. Wiggar of Charleston, grand inner guard; G. W. Reever of Branch viile, grand outer guard; D. C. Hay word of Walterboro, supreme representative. The grand lodge will meet here again next year. Negroes Helping Themselves. Greenville, S. OL, May 24. A char ter has been secured for the Working man's Savings and Loan company, re cently established here by a number of the most prominent negroes of Green ville, with a capital stock of $20,000. The corporation proposes to make loans of money, secured by mortgages of real estate, bonds or stocks or such other se curity as may be deemed advisable; to receive depo -its and savings, to build and rent houses or otherwise improve the real estate held and owned by the company; to buy and sell real estate, bonds and mortgages, bojs and stocks and other evidences of debt, and also to perform the duties of and act as admin istrator, executor and trustees. Tarheel Truck Shipments. Goldsboro, N. C, May. 2S. The shipments of berries continue heavy. This is also true of cabbage, but the price being realized for cabbage is less than cost of . transportation in many in stances. Goldsboro truckers made the first shipment of this season's crop of beans Saturday. Within a few day shipments of this product at this , point will run np to several thousand ; pack ages per day. Goldsboro being the Jars cat bean ahippiaf point in the at&xa. SAM JONES IN SAVANNAH. The Evangelist Declares He lias Ac complished tiood. Savannah, May 27. Rev. Sam Jones was seen yesterday at his hotel, where he talked interestingly of Savannah, the success of his meetings in this city, abuses that exist in the administration of the affairs of the body politic, of one or two of the officials and of the finan cial end of his engagement to preach to the people of Savannah. Asked about the success of the meetings and if he thought the results have been of a na ture to repay him and Mr. Stuart for their labors. Mr. Jones said: "One example of the good that has been accomplished by the services was shown last night, when there was less beer and whisky sold in Savannah than there had been on any Saturday night in 20 years. When such concrete in stances are offered there can be no doubt of the good that is resulting. "Of course it caunot be told with cer tainty, but I estimate that there have been 1,000 converts to Christianity made through the agency of the meet ings, while 5,000 have come forward af terwards to the platform in the taber necle to shake my hand. Not only peo ple of Savannah, but drummers stop ping over in the city nave been saved.'' WOMAN CHOKED TO DEATH. Negroes Near Dubllu, Ga., Chasing an Outlaw. Macon, May 27. Bertha Simmons, a negro woman living 7 or 8 miles west of Dublin, was on Friday afternoon crimi nally assaulted and then murdered near a small stream, in which she had been fishing. A negro by the name of John Robinson, who was engaged as a farm hand on the same plantation, mysteri ously disappeared the same day. Coroner Donaldson impaneled a jury and went out to investigate the murder. The rag with which the woman was choked to death and the pocketknife found lying near were identified as the property of Robinson, and this, with other evidence and circumstances point ing to him as the guilty party, caused the jury to fasten the guilt upon him and to cause a warrant to be issued for his arrest, charging murder. The offi cers are on a hot trail after him. The negroes are highly incensed over the affair and should they overtake him when the officers are not present it is quite probable that he will be sum marily dealt with. BAPTISTS OF GEORGIA. Convention of Young People's Union to Meet In June. Atlanta, May 27. The Baptists of the state, particularly the Baptist young people, are now turning their eyes to ward Rome, where the state Baptist Young People's union convention is to meet June 18 and 20. Already great interest is being taken in the occasion and the indications are that the attend ance will be large. For a number of years the convention has been continu ally growing. The Baptist Young People's Union work in Georgia is in a better condi now than ever before, there are a larger number of unions than there were a year ago and the reports will show that a larger number of persons have been pursuing the study courses, which are considered a most important feature of the work. TO BE BUILT AT ONCE. Electric Line From Gainesville to Dahlonega. Dahlonega, Ga,, May 25. After sev eral preliminary surveys, the North Georga Construction company, organ ized here last week in conjunction with the Gainesville and Dahlonega Electric Railway company, has decided to begin work on the construction for the pro posed electric railway from Gainesville to Dahlonega. The route has been per manently selected, a corps of surveyors has been placed in the field to grade the route and a man has been put on the road to secure necessary rights of way. The electric power for operating the road is to be derived from the Chatta hoochee river near Gainesville and will also supply a local system of car lines. Down an Elevator Shafu Savannah, May 24. Gordon Hurst, a young man who came here recently from Waynesboro and secured employ ment with the Savannah Grocery, yes terday fell through the elevator shaft of the grocery company from the third noor ot me uunuiujf. xsra. iveiier ana Osborne, who were called, found that the young man's left jawbone was frac tured and the right cheekbone shat tered, he receiving besides a death-dealing shock. One of the shattered bones wm forced into the brain. Hnrst wna ! taken to the Parkview sanitarium, bnt I . - s U Q.IOO wauiu a low uuiua. Black Klend In Law Clutches. Savannah, May 27. Daniel Wil liams, alias Brown, a negro, is in jail, charged with an attempted rape upon Annie Andrews (white), the little 5 y ear-old daughter of Mr. Harry An drews, a Plant system employe. Wil liams was watching a vacant building, and it is claimed he enticed the little child into a room and attempted to com mit a crime. He was discovered, but escaped until this morning. . ' Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar Safeguards the food against alum .Man baling powders xtz the grts xA etstoneaZ ' the present day! mrnacre O0L.I ALL COONS LOOK ALIKE, But all Clothes do not. The difference between our clothes and somebody else's is in the way our clothes are made to order by expert tailors, and also all warranted porfect well made, of the right shape and latest style, and we also sell them 15 to 25 per cent, cheaper than any other store 1 in town. r-- OUR SHOE DEPARTMENT Is up-to-date in style and prices. Two thousand pairs of Ladies' Men's and Children's Shoes, all sizes, all styles, and at rock bottom figures. We carry the largest and most com plete line of Hats, Gents' Furnishing Goods. Trunks, all kinds Traveling Bags aud Valises, which Ave will also sell at very low prices. Every article guaranteed as represented. See us before going (blse where. BLACKER BROS., Props., Sandford Building. Do you buy Drags? lliBlMllili Bigg's Old Stand Sells the Purest and Freshest on the market, and as rea sonably cheap as a business man can afford to sell them. We now have on hand the best of two good stocks, those of Mr S. Biggs and Mr. W. D. McRae. ! M. S. Biggs, A. S, Johnson and W. E. Davis are with us , and will be pleased to have their friends call around. It wont do you any harm to come in. Drop in to see us. We will be glad to see you. Remember the i in niiiY di piil Bigg's Old Stand J has whatever you want in the drug line. And in other lines, too. We have a fine assortment ot Cutlery, Soaps, Lamps and perfumery. No better in town and none so cheap. Inviting the patronage of the public, and assuring them that we propose to give value received, we are, ' Very respectfully, I ISII1II1 iji Bigg's r2 i 2 Old Stand. " 1- -. -. iii! a nil X
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