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HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1894.
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A LEAP TO
HIS DEATH,
Colonel James M. Winstead
Jumps frcm a Clock Tower.
NO CAUSE KNOWN FOR IT,
The Banks ol Which He Was President Are
All Rifcht His Friends Think He Fell
Over the Rail.
Richmond. Va., August 23. Colo
nel James Monroe Winstead, one oi'
the most prominent citizens of Greens
boro, N. C, ami president of bt..:h
Peidmont and the people's banks
of that city, ended cxi.-tenco today
by either jumping or falling from the
clock tower of Richmond's new. city
hall.
Friends and' relatives who arrived
here this evening think that. Colonel
Winstead, v.-ho was subject to attacks
of vertigo, walked out on the eorridr
nearly a hundred feet above the street,
became dizzy and fell over the balus
trade which came up to his waist.
The more general impression, however,
is that it is a clear ca?e of suicide and
all the circumstances bear out this
idea. Colonel Winstead arrived here
yesterday afternbo i and retired soon
after supper. 11c seemed to he very
nervous at breakfast this morning and
impressed most ot those whom ho met
after entering the hall as being in a
state of great excitement. When told
it was too early to be admitted to the
tower, the visitor stroked his gray
beard with trembling hand ami said
he would not harm anything and was
anxious to get a look at the city be
fore leaving at noon.
VKl.h ON TIIK FKXCE.
Reaching the base of the lower,
Colonel Winstead removed his shoes-,
and these, together with his hat and
cane, preceded him on his fatal down
ward ilight. Only two persons saw
him fall, but many heard the "thud as
his lifeless body - fell upon the sharp
pointed fence which guards the area
to the hall. The head and body hung
downward inside the iron fence and
over the mouth of the area. It was
suspended from one of ythe sharp
spears which had caught the left leg
just at the hip joint as the body fell
faee downward, and the force of the fall
had torn it entirely out of its speket.
The head was gashed across the scalp
and there were bruies upon the tore
head and nose. The chest was fear
fully crushed.
The right arm was broken above
the elbow, the left was broken above
and below the elbow joint.
The friends of Colonel Winstead are
unable to assign any reason why he
should have desired to tako his own
life. His banks are both in good con- ;
dition, and his nephew, Mr. E. V. j
Winstead, who arrived tonight from
Milton, N. C, says none of his private j
affairs are in condition to seriously
trouble him. In an unmailed letter;
found in his pocket addressed to his;
brother, Colonel S. Winstead, of Rox-
boro, he used this language: "My
land company business is worrying me i
no little, but we are likely to get it
in better shape.
Colonel Winstead was a native of
Person county, North Carolina, and
was seventy years old. He had been
in business at different times in Dan- j
ville, Ya.and Atlanta, luu, and wa,
at the time of his death, interested- in
a large number of enterprises. He
was president of the Henry P. Scales
Tobacco Campany, of Atlanta, of
which his wife's son is secretary n.nd
treasurer. Among the papers found
upon him were three notes of this
concern for $2,5K) each, and a check
for sl-V'jl.US drawn by him August
1Mb, in faer of the tobacco company.
Colonel Winstead late in life married
Mrs. Scales, who survives him without
issue. He was a prohibitionist, and
made a good run for congress a few
yoars ago. He was well known in Rich
mond, Va., banking circles, and the
Piedmont bank had money to its cred
it here. The remains were taken to
Greensboro, N. C. tonight.
Colonel James M. Winstead. who
suicided by jumping from the clock
tower of the city ball in Richmond
Thursday, was in Atlanta on Sunday
last and was at the Markhain house,
where he spent the day with a number
of his friends. During the afternoon
he complained of feeling slightly ill
and the next morning went to Lithia
Springs, where he spent Monday.
In the year 1882 Col. Winstead sold
his one third interest in. the wholesale
Drug firm of Pemberton, Iverson and
Denison to Mrs. M. E. Thornton, for
ten thousand dollars cash. That firm
were the originators of coca-cola. Col.
Winstead was a very loveable man.
The writer had forgot about his resid
ing in Greensboro.
STATE NEWS.
It is rumored that Capt. 5. A. Ashe
will he taken care of by the Federal
administration.
Hi: John C. Tipton is said to be ne
gotiating for the purchase of the Sal
i s b u r y W a t c h m a n .
Col. J. M. Winstead, of Greensboro,
president of the Piedmont and
Peonle's banks of that citv, committed
suicide on Friday by jumping from a
clock tower of the new city hall - in
Richmond, a.
The Lvimbertou Democratic conven
tion nominated Hon. James A. Lock
harr .; Congn - s 0:1 the 310 bailor.
Bellamy .;f Wilmington. made a strong,
showhig in the convention but exhaus
ted his paslbi lities this side of the
goal. Mr. Loekhart, the nominee, is a
comparatively you'ng matt, but of a
strong pVr-omdiry, Talented and. elo
quent. II is : Uctio:; is awn red.
lion.
Atkinson, of Asheville,
t!:ed at Sal?bv;ry at -the residence of
Mr. Lee S. Overman, the Coth inst., at
S c'ork a. in. lie had been unwell
for i:t;e time, and was on his way to
Morehead. Owing to his weak condi
tion, ho stopped over there for rest,
lie was preparing to resume his jour
ney, when he was taken suddenly ill
and died in a few minute.?. He was a
brother-in-law of the-late Judge A. S.
Merrimon.
Con'-Wiion f Business In Congress.
Several important meisures repor
ted from the House Judiciary Com
mittee and passed by the House re
main undisposed of. Among the more
important is the bill to prevent inter
ference with the collection of Statef
county, and municipal taxes against
corporations in the hands of receivers
appointed by the Federal courts. It
parsed the House as a substitute for
the bill introduced by Mr. Latimer, of
South Carolina. This bill went into
conference, but no agreement has been
reached, and it will probably go over.
The anti-lottery bill, designed to pre
vent the traffic in tickets of foreign
lotteries and to remedy other evils of
the lottery system, has passed the
Senate and has been favorably repor
ted by the committee. An attempt
was made the other day to pass it un
der the unanimous consent rule, but
objection was. offered and it is now
pending in thci House. It will pass as
soon as it can be submitted to a vote.
Another important bill in a state of
suspense is that reported by Mr. Lane,
o( Illinois, to make all contracts pay
able in lawful money without regard
to the kind of money specified in the
contract. Quite a number of impor
tant bills, including the Bailey bank
ruptcy bill and the bill to revise and
amend the law with regard to United
States court commissioners, have
passed thellouse and are hanging tire
in theSenate. Among these alsois the
measure for the insject'on of immi
grants and to exclude paupers and
criminals. . .
Millions in Siht.
The Alaska Tread well Gold Mining
Company of Douglas Island, Alaska,
has declared a boiKis dividend of 73
cent per share, or $150,000. The
T red well mine original y cost the man
after whom it was named 150. About
&?00,000 has been spent developing
the mine; $300,000 was spent experi
menting with ehlorination. About
COO tons of ore is milled daily, at an
average cost of $1.23 a ton. The com
pany is said to have refused $10,000,
000 lor the mine. It is thought that
there is nearly $25, 000. 00?) in sight.
Mining and Scientific Press.
During the hot wiather impurities
in the blood may serlouslv annov vou.
Expel them by taking Hood's Sarsap
arilla, the greit blood purifier.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, Aug. 27, '04.
President Cleveland will, in honor
of the Uniformed Rank Knights of
Pythias, now encamped on the
grounds at the foot of the Washington
Monument, remain in Washington un
til Wednesday, and possibly until
Thursday, although he is just as
anxious to get away as any of the
Congressmen, and the most of them
were so anxions that they could not,
wait for the formal adjournment, to
morrow afternoon, but have already
gone. i
To-morrow morning, in every cus
tom house in the United States the
new tariff law will be put into effect
and McKinleyism will be dead forev
er, unless the voters have undergpne
a great change of mind since the last
Congressional election. The work of
the iew law will soon bring out its
maiiy good points, and perhaps the
baiffeatures may not prove as bad as
many good deuiocrats, including the
President, fear them to be.
People who are oversmart often over
reach themselves. A case in point is
connected with the new tariff law. As
soon as ft became definitely known
that playing cards were to be taxed 2
cents a pack the five or six manufac
turers of them in this country were
Hooded With orders for the wholesale
dealers, who had an idea that the tax
would only have to be paid on those
manufactured after the new law went
into effect. They will learn better
how, and the knowledge will cost them
just 2 cents a pack, as the tax must be
):iid on every pack of cards sold. Had
these wholesaler been less greedy
they would have saved money, as all
cards made after the law takes effect
will have to have the 2 cent revenue
stamp attached by the manufacturers',
while the stock in the hands' of dealers
will have to be stamped by them.
Representative Hall, of Minnesota,
has published in pamphlet form his
speech giving in condensed form that
Congress has lone, and it will proba
bly enjoy a wide circulation. He' has.
had ths cover of the pamphlet printed
in fac simile of that blank pamphlet,
irst brought to the attention of Con
gress during the silver debate in the
Senate at the extTa session by a would
be wit, with its fiaring title "What
Congress has done. Mr. Hall shows
what it really has done and as his sum
mary discloses it h;is been all things
considered a creditable session to the
democratic party. It has made all
money equally taxable; restored confi
dence in our currency and finances;
given to the people the opportunity of
living better and cheaper; shattered
the protective trusts of McKinleyism;
placed the burden of taxation upon
the rich man's surplus as well as upon
every man's needs; restored the free
dom of election; placed the transac
tions of the government and its
method of accounting upon a business
basis; greatly reduced theexpenditures
of the government and the number of
office holders, and has maintained an
unrelenting light against trusts and
monopolies which' protection created.
At the close of the summary Mr. Hall
prints the quotation "it has fought
the good fight, it has finished the
course, it has kept the faith.'
Representative McCreary, of Ken
tucky, says pertinently: The house
has passed more good bills and enacted
more important legislation than any
of its predecessora in ten years, or of
any in which I am familiar, and 1
have been watching the course of
legislation for 20 years. Of the new
tariff bill he says: "It is not as sweep
ing and comprehensive as I desire, but
it is the best tariff reform bill since
1S57, when a democratic Congress
-amended the Walker tariff bill of 1S4G
by reducing the tariff rates to average
rate :of IS per cent. The new-tariff
bill places wool, salt, lumber, fanning
machinery, cotton ties, cotton bagging
binding twine, and a number of other
necessary articles on th free list. The
duty on woolen goods and clothing
has been reduced from an average rate
of OS to -13 per cent, and millions of
dollars annually will le saved to the
people on clothing and woolen good
alone.'
The Democratic Congressional cam
paign committee will now begin to
rush things. The news received is
growing better and better, and even
the republicans are now beginning to
admit that they have nothing upon
which to base hopes that they will
elect a majority of the next House.
They have not yet reached the stage
where they are willing to concede a
majority to the democrats, but let
themselves down easy by expressing
their belief that neither democrats
nor republicans will elect a majority
of the next House. . This implies a be
lief that the populists will elect a- suf
ficient number to enable them to con
trol the House. The democratic com
mittee is in constant communication
with trustworthy correspondents in
every Congressional distriet, but they
have no knowledge of anything that
indicates any sueh increase in the pop
ulist strength. On the contrary, they
are confident that the next House will
be democratic by a good working ma
jonty. .
' EDUCATION.
Not Less for the University, but More for the
Public Schools and a Better System.
Intelligence in the individual, or
general education, was the principle
which culminated in the Revolution
and freedom. It gave us a form of
self-government, based upon the idea
of intelligence in the individual.
The perpetuity of this form of gov
ernment, both state and national, de
pends upon the character, capacity,
and intelligence of the whole people,
and these arc moulded by our educa
tional influences, public and private.
That system of education which reach
es the masses as well as the classes is
the proper system.
The masses receive their education
at the public schools of our country.
In an address at Salisbury, a short
tiKie ago, our State Superintendent
said that ten out of eleven in our State
receive their entire education in the
public schools.
Charles W. Eliot, in an article in
the Forum for December, 1S02, says
that more than ninety per cent, of our
school children never go beyond tho
primary or grammar school grades.
It is clearly seen from these state
ments that a good system of public ed
ucation is absolutely necessary for gen
eral intelligence.
In our State the average length of
the public school term is about 02
days, or a little more than three
months. The Constitution demands
four months. The provision by our
State legislature for local taxation to
extend the term has proven an entire
failure, in Catawba county, at least.
The average salary of public school
teachers is f23 per month, or about
j $69 per term. At such rates talent
seeks other fields of labor, and our
public schools are botched by incom
petent teachers, 'ami faith and interest
lost in the system.
Our system of public education
should be such as would call into the
work men and women of age and ex
perience, instead of ;o many yet io
their "teens.' the a:re of levity and
courtship. TIr teacher hs much to
do in forming the character ;u;,; ;.t
its of tin pupil.
Statistics show . that wt p-i'y..l. pr
capita for ourpub'ic xii'!r- ni...i
other State in the Uiiii. In ;i iis. ;
illiteracy we have always l t-ri i-i-
every other State.
Hon. John H. Whtvh r. in 'o- ,,;?.,.
rv. of North' Carolina in itv:. .;
that out in every t-tctu with,- p.
could neither read iir tris-. i? t
time for a great State tik- r: Ji ar
olina " awake from b r b;p Wj V. in
kle slumber and gi.v r.x a bet! -ys-tem
of public education, mid th by
decrease ignoran.- m.d crime, it is
stated that more than seven? y-f even
per cent, of alrcrmn i committed by
illiterate person under twenty-one
vars of age.
Not less for tin- University, but
more for our public schools.
A. P. W.
Against his protest, the Democrats
of the four extreme western counties,'
composing the thirty-fifth senatorial
district, have nominated Kopo Elias,
Esq., for the State Senate. The nom
ination was unanimous and by accla
mation, and, coming a.s it did, Mr.
Elias cannot ; afford to decline it. It
wa a remarkable testimonial to him
by the ieop!e who know him lest,but
one of which he is quite worthy.
There is no better Democrat nor bet
ter iarty worker, and iie has proved
himself in the past a safe and prudent
legislator. Personally, Mr. Elias is
one of the most lovable of gentlemen.
He is frank, genial, generous, kind,
and wholly without malice. Char
lotte Observer.
It is very gratifying to us to publish
:md endorse the above complimentary
notice of Hon. Kope Elia..
THE WIND
OF DEATH
At Least a Thousand Corpses
Strew Its Fatal Path.
SWEPT THE SEA OF AZ0FF.
Fishermen Never Return Ajpdn Whole
Towns Were Destroyed, and the
Desolation Is Awful.
St. Louis, Aug. 20 A special cable
gram to the Globe-Democrat from St.
Petersburg says: A wind of death, and
no other name, can describe the cy
clone that swept across the sea of Azoff
yesterday. It will be impossible for
days yet to come to compute ihe dam
age done, but it is almost certain that
at least one thousand people have per
ished, some of drowning, others by
being crushed under falling houses
and trees. The excitement is great
among the American colony in this
city, for it is feared that at least two
parties of American tourists were on
the sea of Azoff at the time the. wind
did its deadly work.
At Marinopole over 200 people were
killed and nine-tenths of tlm houses
destroyed. At a fishing village named
Nogaisk, all the meu were out at sea.
The town was destroyed and none of
the boats returned to shore. At the
hour of the latest report not one of
the steamers that touch at the port of
Berdainks have arrived. Fears are ex
pressed that every craft in the sea has
gone to the bottom and that every
passenger is drowned. When the wind
swept over the northern end of Azoff,
it took a new course, going southerly
along the coast of the land of thel Slack
Cossacks. In turn Eisk and Achuev
were ravaged, each town being almost
totally destroyed. Telegraphic com
munication with this district is sus
pended and it is impossible to learn
the extent of the destruction, but at
least 1,000 persons must have .died on
the two shores. The storm, as nearly
as can now be learned, seemed to sud
denly lose its force near Emrink and
passed off, with comparative quiet,
southerly over the Black Sea.
1 ROARING REED.
The Mcine Politician Has some Congested
-i
Views About Principles.
Oli Orchard, Maine, Aug. 25.
Ex-Speaker Thomas B. Heed opened
the Campaign in this State this after
noon in a speech which called forth
the heartiest applause from -the thou
sands present. Mr. Reed's main effort
was to prove that "the Democratic
party had shown itself incapable of
ruling 'he country in a manner satis
factory, not only to the majority of
the people but even to the large and
respectable minority which helps to
compose it. .
He said the principal difficulty with
the Democratic party today was, as it
had been in the past that its great
majority resided in the South. These
people, he said, were incapable of ap
preciating the prosperity which had
come to the North and to the country
through the Republican government
then too, the Democratic party had
been a failure because it had no under
lying principle on which to be united
Mr. Reed reviewed the work accom
plished by the government in the past,
pointing out what had been done in a
blow and sloven vray and in a manner
of the least possible service to thi
country.
After the repeal of the purchasing
clause, he said, it was the government."
duty to pass a tariff bill that would
give a reasonable assurance that tho
basis established would be permanent
at least so long as the victorious party
was to be in power. Instead they had
orvrere About to mike law a tariff bill,
which even learned Democrats repu
diated and one that they admitted was
not a finality. In alluding to the pro
tection furnished the sugar trust in the
bill he feaid it would give that monoio
ly $12,000,000 tliis year, outside of pro
tection to refining.
There were more earthquakes in
Greece last Sunday. ,
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