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1-n tr MasMmG For North Caro lina: Fair Temperature for the past 24 hours: Max. 44; Min.26 VoL XIII EALEIG-H. N. - C. TUESDAY DECEMBER 8, 1903 No. 7 Post. Annual Review pf the Various of the Government HIE II W B Panama Canal gomes Last in Order but First in Importance TREATY THAT FAILED Birth of the New Repub lic arid the Relations joi this Country to It Frauds Upon the Naturaliza tion Laws Graft in the Post Office Department. Alaska and Venezuela. Arbitration Of International Differences Irrigation and D Fnraof Praoarwatinn Plwil Service-Military and Naval Affaire Mcmw Minnr Mai- AnaiTo lYiany minor lYiai ters Treated Briefly ..I Jo the Senate and House of Represen natives: T"Vi rAnn fir ? e? t rv ra frin cry a f-llla fori - . . . . . .,? 9 tie unt of Eubsf tu1v."-. ent which has marked the past year "joth as regards our foreign ana as re- , , A, . . r&rds our domestic policy. . -- fAViih a nation as with a man the acst important things are those of the icusehold, and therefore the country i especially to be congratulated on ihat has been accomplished in the irection of providing . for "the exercise If supervision over the great corpora tions and combinations of corporations fr.gaged in interstate commerce. The as i a ji a i toiigress nas creaiea ine uepai lxhcih f Commerce aad Labor, including the pureau ot corporations, witn tor me prst time authority to secure proper Publicity' of such proceedings of these r.ertt corporations as the public has he right to know. It has provided the expediting of suits for the en- creement of the Federal ami-trust tw; ana by another law it nas secured 'fjal treatment to all producers in the rr.nsportation of their goods, thus tak--g a long stride forward in making r'fective the work of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The establishment of the Depart- E.nt of Commerce and Labor, witn fhe Bureau of Corporations thereunder, liarks a real advance in the direction 3oing all that is possible for the so- ation of the Questions vitally aff ecting j qr:rita!lsts and wage-workers. The act treating the department was approved In February 14,'. 1903, and two days tter the head of the department was tominated and confirmed by the Sen- te. Since then the work of organiza ion has been pushed as rapidly as the nitial appropriations permitted, and vith due regard to thoroughness and he broad purposes which the depart ment is designed to serve. After the ransfer of the various bureaus and iranches to the department at the be rinning of the curent fiscal year, as 6vided for in the act, the personnel fm prised" 1.283 employes in Washing- n and 8,836 in the country at large. 5 he scope of the department's duty n i authority embraces, the commer ial and Industrial Interests of the na n. It is not designed to restrtct or r ntrol the fullest liberty of legitimate fcusiness action, but to secure exact nd authentic Information which will id the executive In enforcing exist- laws, and which will, enable "the pengress to enact . additional legisli-j fion.'if any should be fodnI Tiecessa-. j in order to prevent the few from timing privileges at- the expense of imlnlshed opportunities for the many, i BUREAU OF CORPORATIONS." The preliminary work of the Bureau ff Corporations in the department has piown the wisdom of its creation. Pub- Pity in cornorat Affairs - will tend to o away with ignorance, and will af- trd facts upon which intelligent ac tion mnv h talran 9vtvil Intl- nt investigation is already-develop- fS facts the knowledge of which is issentlal to a right understanding of ne needs and duties of the business f'orld. The cornoration -wbln.b'ls hon- s'ly and fairly organized, whose man- Isers in the conduct tst Ma biTine ecognize their obligation to deal luarely with their stockholders, their ompetitors. anfl tHo. ttiKH ynm nnf to fear from sunh mmervlslon. The purpose, of this bureau. is not to em barrass or assail legitimate business, but to aid in bringing about a. better mausinai condition a condition un- der which there shall be obedience to law, and recognition of public obliga tion by all corporations, great or small, The Department of Commerce and La- bor will be not only the clearing house for information regarding the business transactions or tne nation out the ex ecutive arm of the government to aid in strengthening our domestic and for eign markets, in perfecting our trans portation facilities, in building up our merchant marine, in preventing, the entrance of undesirable immigrants, in improving commercial and- Industrial conditions, and in bringing together on common ground those necessary part ners In lndtistrlfl.l nrftPTPSs oanltnl nnrf labor. Commerce between the nations Is steadily growing in volume, and the tenflency the times i toward dc-er j trade relations. Constant watchful- jness is needed to secure to Americans chance . to participate to the best ,'al,cttrSS dePartmen wln Justify the expectation of its creators by the exercise of thfs watchfulness, as well as by (the busi nesslike administration of su"h laws relating ta our internal affairs as are Intrusted to its care. In enacting the lawsboVe enumer- ;ated the congress proceeded on sane and,- conservative lines?" Nothing rev- olutionary was attempted; but a com mon-sense and .successful , effort w in thel dlrection-of seeing that - , , corporations .-are so handled as to sub- . , f . serve the purlic good. The legislation was moderate. It was characterized throughout by the idea that we were not attaching oorporations, but en deavorinng to provide for doing away with .any evil in them; that ' we drew the line against misconduct, not against wealth; gladly recognizing the great Igrod done by the capitalist who alone, or in conjunction with his fellows, does his Tv'ork- along- proper and legitimate lines. The purpose of the legislation, which purpose will undoubtedly be ful filled, was to favor such a man when he does well, and to supervise his ac tion only to prevent him from doing ill. Publicity can do no harm to the honest corporation. Ther only corpora tion that has cause to dread it is the .corporation which shrinks frotm the light, and . about the welfare of such corporations we need not be over-sensitive. The work of the Department of Commerce and Labor has been con ditioned upon this theory, of securing fair treatment alike for labor and for irrrital. ! CAPITAL' AND LABOR. The consistent policy of the Natlon- ai government;, so lar as it nas me power, is to noia in cnecw. tne unsuru pulous man, whether employer or em ployee; but to refuse to weaken indi vidual initiative or to hamper or cramp the industrial development of the coun try. "We recognize that this is an era of federation and"combination, in which great capitalistic corporations and la bor unions have . become factors of tremendous importance in all Indus- trial centers. Hearty recognition is given tne iar-reatuiusi ueueuueai wuiii which has been accomplished through both corporations and unions, and the line as between different corporations, as between different unions, is 3rawn as It is betwen different individuals; that is, it Is drawn on conduct, the effort being to treat both organized cap- ital and organized labor alike; asking nothing save that the interest of each struck it with a whip, whereupon the shall be brought Into harmony with animal leaped upon her and disem the interest of the general public, and boweled her at one stroke. The woman that the conduct of each shall conform shrieked once and the three other lions to the fundamental rules of obedience joined in the attack on her and fought tr jw.: of individual, freedom, and of justice and fair .dealing towards all. Whenever either corporation, labor un- . ' - kns, or individual disregards the law 1Qr acts hi" a spirit arbitrary and tyr ranous interference with the rights ot others -whether, corporations or indi viduals, then -where the federal gov ernment 1 has jurisdiction, it will see to It that' the misconduct is stopped, paying not the slightest heed to the position or power of the corporation, khe union or the individual, but only to one vital fact that is, the. question whether or not the conduct "of the indi vidual or aggregate of individuals is in accordance with the law of the land. Every man must be guaranteed Tils lib erty and his right to do as he likes as ne aoes nw. """"s,15 iib ux others. No man is above the law and no man is below.it; nor do we ask. any man's permission when we require him to 0DeT it. Obedience to the law ts nte rests demanded as a right; not asked as a I favor. J We have cause as a nation to be ythankful 'for the steps that have been bo successfully taken to put these prin ciples into, effect. The progress has ibeen by evolution, not by revolution. Nothing radical hafs been done; the ac tion has been both moderate and reso- lute. Therefore the work will stand. There shall be no backward step. If in the working of the laws it proves dcsJrable that they shall at any point be expanded or amplified, the amend- ment can be made as its desirability is shown. Meanwhile they are being administered with judgment, but with lnsiStenCe upon obedience to them; and theIr need has been emphasized in slgnal fasnion by the events of the past year. RECEIPT'S AND tKXF,CINpiTURES. From all sources, exclusive of the p&fctal service, the receipts of the gov- ernment for the last fiscal year aggre gated $560,396,674. The expenditures for the same period were $506,099,007, ; the surplus for the fiscal year being $54,297,667. The indications are that the surplus for the present fiscal year ; will be very small, if indeed there be any surplus. From July to November the receipts from 'custom were, approx imately, nine million dollars less than the receipts from the same source for : a corresponding portion of last year. ! Should this decrease continue at the same ratio throughout the fiscal year, : the surplus would be reduced by, ap- : proximately, thirty million dollars. ; Should the revenue from cus toms suffer much further de crease during the fiscal year. the surplus would var'sh. A large sur lus l3 certainly undesirable. Tw plus is certainly undesirable. Two rears ago the war taxes were taken off with the express intention of equallz (Continued on fourth page.) MORPHINE DID IT JohaSheehan Found Dad in His Bed at Spencer - Salisbury, N. C, Dec. 17. Special. fag published in this correspondence last Mr. John Sheehan, a former resident ot week was carried out and at each of Wilmington, who has been, spending e three services held the auditorium some time in Salisbury and Spencer in which has a seating capacity of nearly the interest of his health, was found 2,000 was filled to the limit. ; dead inhis bed Sunday morning at the The celebration was continued to home of Mr. C. H. Nailor of Spencer. night with an elaborate banquet by with whom he was stopping for ,tht the Men's Brotherhood, given to the night. The deceased had been addict- i male members of the congregation in ed to the use of morphine for some honor of the opening of the new build weeks, and was deeply under the in- ns and the tenth anniversary of the fluence of an opiate when he went to the home of Mr. Nailor for lodging. He was shown a room and a fire was kindled for him. He immediately took to his bed and the family thought he was sleeping soundly at a late hout when they retired. Upon visiting the room early yesterday morning it was found that he had been dead some time, and the physician who was sum moned is of the. opinion that death re sulted from the excessive use of mor phine. It is not believed that deceas . ed had suicidal intentions, though the facts are not known He had been drinking periodically for some weeks and at times showed signs of mental depression. Mr. Sheehan Is said to have been at one time a successful druggist of Wilmington jand has rela tives there. His remains were turned over to Sheriff Julian, f who shipped them to Wilmington. i TORN BY LIONS Tamer Rent jn PieCeS Before a Great Throng Dessau, Germany, Dec. 7. Frau Fischer, a lion tamer, was torn to pieces today by four lions in a mena gerie cage and in sight of a great crowd of people. She was trying to make a lion spring through a hoop and among themselves for fragment of her .! - flesh. There was among the specta a frightful panic spectators and many per- sons were injured. . DURHAM COURT Two Capital Cases Are for Tnal This Week Durham, N. C, Dec. 7. Speeial It is i. court week in Durham. Judge" O. H. Allen is on the bench. The term Is for one week and for the tnal of criminal cases only. When court con- vciicu 11113 iiiiume iucic wcic auvui ..... . ... ;J. Armstrong, wmte, is cnargea witn killing Harry Kelly, both . of whom were confined in the city lock-up at the time of the homicide. Armstrong j I -: : - . was in the lock-up under charge or j being drunk and disorderly. As soon jas Kelly H3 placed In. the cage, be ling charged with drunkenness, Arm strong seized and began to beat hjm. The result was that Kelly was so fearfully beaten before the arrival of an officer that he died that night. The other capital case . Is against Joseph McKinsie, colored, who is charged with criminally assaulting his step daugh ter,, a small girl. -Most of the other; cases are for . small violations of the laws. j INGRAM IN JAIL A Guilford Murderer Arrested in Pennsylvania Greensboro, N. C, Dec. 7. Special. Chief of Police "Scott received a wire ! today from Harrisburg, Pa., saying ! that William Ingram, colored, was in ! Jail there awaiting n officer from this, : state. July 4th. 1900. Imrram shot a negro named Scales Morris at Guilford Battle Ground, killing him instantly and making his escape. Officers her?. . located Ingram two weeks ago and sent a warrant for his arrest. WAGES LOWERED , . Cotton Mill Operatives Will Work for Reduced Pay Boston, Dec. 7. The wages of 15,00b the Norfolk an(J western Railway and cotton mill operatives were reduced Mrg Q L Satterfield on the other about ten percent today in New Bed- gide Mrs satterfield ordered a sew ford, Baltic, Conn., Taftvllle, Conn., ins machine fr?m a Chicago firm which Fisherville, Mass., and Pawtucket. R.I. was snirpe(1 c. O. D. via the Norfolk The total number of mill hands who and Wej5tern Railway. The sheriff ln have had tehir pay reduced to the sistea that the railway agent could present time is about 80,000. Five thousand additional operatives in Berk shire . county have been given notice that their pay will be cut next week. Most of the mills which have par- ticipatea in tne cut to aate ronow me course sol the Fall River r schedule adopted November 30. Of-the .opera- tives affected by today's notice about 12,000 are employed in New Bedford. SUNDAY SuHflOi BUILDING ORENE Greensboro, N. C, Dec 7. Special. The exercises yesterday , markiag the formal opening of the Smii;h , Memorial building, the fine structure- adjoining ,5e - :"? cu iui tuc ouimaj purposes, were impressive and appro priate to the occasion. The program pastorate of Rev. Dr. Egbert W. Smith gapt. a. y. mm In Hid Heath flatswha I nSRR in tnu vvsMko r Vnliiohlp f!iti7Pn . Hickory, N. C, Dec 7. Sper.'al Capt- A. Y. Sigmon, a citizen of more than local acquaintance and sphere of influence, died. here Friday night, af ter a Drotracted illness and was buried ritv rpmptprv Sundav afternoon in the presence of a large concourse of sorrowing friends. He was in the highest and best sense a self-made man. Beginning after the war, without means and with limited schooling, he was one of the first young men .of that sequence would be, not a simple inter day, with keen and unerring foresight ference with interstate commerce, but to appreciate the great wealth whichh a practical destruction of , one impor lay in the forests and rivers of the tant branch of'it." south' and from manufacturing in a l The court declares also: ". ' . small way, he in later years, command- j "While it may ba entirely true that ed large means and became one of tlif the property in th thing sold does not first producers in this section. He be- pass under a C. O. D. consignment un lieved in the. possibilities of honest, til the delivery -of goods, and hence it legitimate labor and not only gave em- may be said that the sale is not com- i some 0f the dangers threatening the ployment to man' persons but was in- pieted until then, yet . as a matter of j Elks, suggesting that the order was not terested in their welfare and the con- fact the bargain is made and the con- s doing what it should to exert a good In stant friend and adviser of all who tract of sale completed as such, when; fluence on the outside world. Dr. Har- labored with him or sought his assis- tance He was altogether one of the broadest-minded most liberal hearted men and truest friends It has ever been the misfortune of this writer to lose. The intensity of his local -pride and his state and national patriotism were remarkable. He served for many years as a member of the board of al- . ........ dermen, contributed largely to vux schools and his hand and brain have left . their permanent monument in the beauty and vigorous growth of this young city. He was a member of .the state senate for the years 1895-1S58,. and Introduced 'and had adopted by that general assembly a resolution inviting Immigration' of capital and labor into this state which was so thoughtful and timely as-to attract, the attention of the newspapers of the entire country. He was a member of the penitentiary hekl that states have no por to tax board and labored constantly for the directly or by license upon the Im betterment of the conditions of that in- porter, goods imported, from foreign stitution. His life was a constant ef- countries or other states, whilo In their fort to grow and strengthen and. de- ,.,., v,. ' K..nf n v " ..Z Z 7. VJ- tion and his state as well, and the. tidings of his death has been received with, profound est sorrow. Si iurerae a Nor Th State Cannot Tax a Chi " cago Firm That Sends. a Sewing Machine-C ! 0. D. to a Purchas er Here The Reasons Given -e- Cy TH04AS Washington, Dec, J. PKXCB 7. Special. The supreme court of the United States unset another decision of the North : ,... .i-,,. cas"e was one involVins a license tax k .-ih a un- ty shenitaiten.pied to enforce on a r Lhinont r-rr, Q fnrM.m state- tion of interstate commerce regula tions relating to original packages. The opinion was written by Justice Brown and was concurred in by all the members who sat on the-case. Jus tice lioimes was not present at the hearing. I The action was a controversy bVtween Sheriff Sims, of Person county, and not deliver .tlie sewing machine with- out paying the license tax of $350 im- posed on sewing machine agents by the legi5?Iatua-e of North Carolina, The ximreme court oi iNori.n Carolina ucm that the Chicago firm was indebted to the state for the license tax and that th , vv UT)0n the machine was lawful and valid and the plaintiff was ordered j to sell the machine and apply the pro- ceeds to the payment or tne tax. The decision of the court today was no surprise, having been anticipated by members of congress who heard the ' argument. Justice Brown, who wrote the opin t m n-P V a. ni l r t calrl " ! "To the ordinary mind it seems sotriewhat startling proposition that . a ,fv,W,i dolng lts main,,business in ,a distant citv. ha ving no "manufactory " in North in Railroad Circles fnr tho m o fir its eooH9 Liiere. aiiu for the sale of its goods there, and no agent authorized to sell them,4-can be competed to take out a license re quired of ail those 'engaged in the busi ness of selling' from the mere fact that it had done what hundreds of others were doings-sent a single machine there upon a written order of a customer and under an ordinary C. O. D. consign ment. If this may be done the revenues of every. states may be largely increas ed by Adopting a similar system, since a large part of the business of retail boos in the principal cities is done by orders received and the goods de livered in the same way. If this were the law it would also follow that the consignor of every cargo of wheat sent to New York for export under a bill 'of ' ladinsr accompanied by a draft for the payment of the money in the usual mpthnrt. misrht be compelled to take iout a license in the state of New York as a dealer in prorluce notwithstanding that all the real business was done in Chinsro- or North Dakota." Evidencing the error of the North Carolina decision tha supreme court says further: "So too, what the state may do directly, it may authorize its munici palities to do, and if, under legislative sanction, each of the large towns in the state of North Carolina saw fit to adopt a similar license tax. the con- the order is received in Chicago, and the machine shipped in pursuance thereof.1 The court says the substance of the sale is the agreement to sell and its acceptance. Hef erring to the words, T,rrc.A in the business f selling the -0"0 - - - - . game within the state' the court ae-; dares further, "it is evident the state , ,j. l courts wtiia uwi .1 . - & ..v. which would operate as an Interference with interestate commerce and that i upon this question the opinion oi mis court is controlling." Judge Brown says that the cases re lied upon by the state do not support the contention. - The court declares that "for the past seventy-five years and ever since the original case of Brown vs. Maryland (12 Wheat.. 419) we have uniformly original packages, or before they have v, r-.oA with tho iron era! Hctinrtive cnnrcter as imports. . t f the - AllLi Vitlllo - AAQ v court says: "Finally, in Caldwell va North Caro- Cour t Reverses m Carolma Una (187 U. S., 622) another of the same line of caws, It was held that a city ordinance imposing a license upon any person engaged in the business of selling or delivering picture frames, etc, was an interference with Inter state commerce. 60 far as applied to picture frames made In other states and shipped- to an agent in the state Of North Carolina." Concluding its lengthy opinion, the court declares Indeed the cases upon this subject are almost too numerous for citation, nomination or Gen. Leonard Wood to and the one under consideration Is he major general ot the army and clearly controlled by them. The sewing the nomination! or 1S7 other army,om machine was made and ,sold in another cers whose promotion is dependent on state, shipped to North 1 Carolina In Its tnat of General Wood. 'Accompanying or i'nal package for delivers- to the. these nominations were those or abvut consignee upon payment of Its price. It twenty-five civilian appointee, includ had never become commingled with the lng that of Dr- Nv- ll- Crum ; to be col. general mass of property within the lector of the port of Charleston. S. C, state. While technically : the Utle of and 80me oih whom the president the machine may not have passed until . nominated in, the recess, the price was paid, the sale was actu- j Ttl" appointments' are ComaderM by ally made in Chicago, and the fact tne President and his' advlsera. to he that the price was to be collected in recess appointments. The nueitioa of North Carolina is too slender a thread tne,r status has been discussed thor upoa which to hang an exemption of .oughly by the president with the be the transaction from a rule which ; lawyers concsrncd with the a'lmlnts. would otherwise declare the tax to be i tration.- The conclusion has been an interference with interstate com-! reftched that between the time of the merce. j falling of President pro-tern Frye' "The Judgment of the supreme court ' Zvel' 'mWnR the conclusion of the of North Carolina is therefore re - versed and the case remanded to that court for further proceedings not In consistent with this opinion." fThe decision reversed was rendered y.- tl- fll;AT, ,nnrim. oiirt in ion? opinion was written by Judge C1 k d the unanimous oninlon of the court.1 Woman Wanted Revenge, WtnstATi-RnlATTi "NT C . 1. 7.Sne- c-u. r -..ofo attemntlne to comrnlt the nameie8s. ! . ,-, ,, r,, crime upon Miss Claude Pegram at her father's spring, three miles north west of town last June, was given a preliminary trial today. Miss - Pegram, afr identifying the negro In the court i room, exclaimed in a determined voice. ; it i uau my wtty juu wuum fievcr gci out of here alive. Moore was ordered to jail without ba!Ito await trial at e February term of court ,.t. -" ' Asheville, N. C, Dec, 7. Special. It is rumored here today that General Superintendent McManus of the west ern district of the Southern contem plates soon going to the M. and O. and that he will be succeeded by Superin tendent Loyall of the Knoxville divis ion, who in turn will be succeeded .by Snuperintendent Ramseur of this di vision, with the promotion of Train master. Simpson of this division to Mr. Ramseur's place. Superintendent Ram- seur said today that he had heard the rumor but did not believe that om- cials of the Southern would shove him around over the country without first telling him about it. The opinion pre vails among railroad men. however, that Mr. Loyall is slated for McManus' place. ! ' . ELKS SURPRISED Roast for the Living Instead of o , Eulogy for the Dead Charlotte, N. C, Dec. 7. Special. Charlotte Elks were treated to a gen uine surprise yesterday afternoon at their lodge of sorrow. Several hundred Elks and many of their friends gath ered at the academy of music, accord ing to annual custom, to pay tribute to the' departed. A sensation was sprung when Dr. Martin D. Hardin, pastor of Second Presbyterian church, the epeak er of the occasion, instead of eulogiz ing the dead Elks, launched a flow ol criticism at the living. . In the course of his address Dr. Har din spoke plainly of what he considered ain prefaced his remarks by stating that he was not very familiar with the order of Elks and : that he consented to deliver the address on condition that he select his subject and say what he pleased. While the speaker admitted that the Elks comprised a great fra- ,- ll.Jr'l iurma.Lion that the Elks were doing much to draw men away from the churches. If this were true, said Dr. Hardin, the order must be condemned. To say that the Elks as well as theli friends' were surprised expresses It mildly They had been abused publicly in Charlotte by an evangelist, but Dr. Hardin's criticism was something new and startling. Court Denies Motion Washington, Dec " 7. The United States supreme court today denied "for the present the motion to dismiss the case of the state of Minnesota vs. the Northern Securities Company and T-trr, fnr(h r,MaMt( on Its merits. j Mr. Wm. King of Cary spent the day t here Decision REGESSAPP01NTMENTS The 'President Renominates Wood and Crum and' All the Rest Washington. D. C. Dec 7.-Pre3ldent Roosevelt today sent to the Senate the , i.iijr enon ana tne canm to order of the Senate In the regular session of congress, an appreciable lapse of time occurred. In this time the appointments technically were - a . s a m Inaue- Aac-V Rre regaraea oy tne ad- I ministration as recess appolntmente and the aPP'ntees, therefore, will re ! celve the and exercise all the au- thority of the rank to which they are promoted. The commissions of the army officers have been made out on this under- 1HO"ul"- n" Jl nu nrr aaifa q.ick to the time last summer when the ari- polntmeni. originally were made. ' With a view to Fecurinr a ln.l tM. sion. however, Secretary Root has au thorized the paymaster gtnral to make a test case and bring It to the j attention of the comptroller of th mo treasury ment. - at the earliest possible CONFEDERATE PEN- X SION WARRANTS Will' Be In Hands of C1- of Superior Courts for Dis tribution Dfc. io... Major B. F. Dixon, state auditor, an nounces that he will have the pension warrants for all the Confederate pen sioners in the state for the ensuing year in the hands of the clerks of tht gUperIor courts of the several countle; on December 15th, s-:o tht the old sol diers can call on the clerks In their re spective counties on that date and et the amounts due them or at leat the warrants on the state treasurer for the amounts, and th??e can be cashed by the banks any v.t.rrc in tho stato. Here tofore these warrants have been cnt to the registers of d-el3 for distribu tion, the last 'legislature 'having mad the change to the clerks of the superior courts. The warrants will be mailed utJ ampl from the state auditor's office In e time to reach, the most remot County seats before December 15th. the date for distribution to the old soldiers. Col. Robinson's Eloquence i New Bern, N. C. Dec. 7. Special. New Bern Elks held a lodge of sorrow yesterday at the Opera House. Th orator was Col. Jos. -K. Robennon of Goldsboro and his addre.s was mag nificent. The teachings of the order were impressed fryorably and his ef fort was considered by everybody as , the finest of the kind ever heard here The vocal solos by J. E. Benton and J. W. Watson wer? well received. The exercises were closed by "Thanatop sis." In a splendid interpretation oi Tom C. Daniels. The beautiful refer ence to the departed dead by CoL Ilo' I lnson brought tears to many eyes. Usd a Shot, n Richmond. Va.. Dec. 7. Jamei M Reeves, fifty-one years old. commute! suicide in Petersburg, Va.. lat night ahnnt ft o'clock In his home in 8treett Dy 8hooting himseir mrougn u i head with a shot gun. .-so one w . the house at the time, his wire navin r gone to attend service . church Reeves had been, drinking much of late and his act Is attributed to his recent intemperance. He was a native of North Carolina and a tailor. Elizabeth City Will Be Dry v Elizabeth City. N. C.. Dec - Sp" ciaL-Tbe aldermen of Elizabeth City have refused to grant liquor license by a vote-of 4 to 3. Pendleton voted ye.. LeRoy. McAdoo, WUUams and Fearlrr voted no. Charleston, w7va, J5'7--? Bla.-hfrfd. comedian Hh Al O. VM minstrels, died here today of apoplexy. He va known in England and Amr- . lea as "the coon. from Arkansas He was engaged n writing to his children when he was strlclcan. ! It 1 i i ;.t i i i H : f I 4 , . 5
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