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VOL. 21. SMITH FIE LI), X. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 18. 1902. XO. 0.
WADE HAMPTON DEAD.
Noted Figure of the Confed
eracy Ends a Long Lite.
JUST PASSED 84TH BIRTHDAY.
The Noted General Elected Governor
Twice and Served two Terms in
the United States Senate.
Columbia. S. C., April 11.?Gen.
Wade Hampton died here at
H:50 o'clock this morning from
valvular disease of the heart.
He had been uacouscious several
hours.
The General had just passed
his eighty-fourth birthday.
Twice during the winter he had
attacks which greatly weakened
him, but he rallied wonderfully
011 both occasions. He was out
driving a week ago, but it was
evident his strength was desert
ing him.
The death of Wade Hampton,
who was a lieutenant-general in
the Confederate Army, leaves but
three officers of that rank sur
viving ?James Longstreet, Steph
en l). Lee and Alexander 1'.
Stewart.
General Hampton was of Rev
olutionary stock. His grand
father, who bore the same name,
served under Sumterand Marion.
In the War of 1812 this stout
old Revolutionary veteran was
made major-general and given
command of the army on Lake
Champlain. When he died in
1835 he owned 3,000 slaves and
enormous tracts of land, being j
considered the wealthiest planter
in the United States.
The sod of this Wade Hampton
and father of the soldier who has
just died kept up the family's
prominence in arms. He served
gallantly during the War of
1812, aud was inspector-general
under Andrew Jackson at New
Orleans.
The third Wade Hampton was
born in the Khett House, Charles
ton, S. C.. March 28, 1818. He
was graduated with honor at
South Carolina College in 1887,
and then studied law, but took
up the pursuit of a planter.
At the outbreak of the Civil
War he enlisted first as a private
and was a member of Capt. A. It
Taylor's Congaree mounted rifles
during the attack on Fort Sum
ter in 18(51. He then organized
and bore a large share of the
expense of equipping the
"Hampton Legion," made up of
cavalry, infantry and artillery,
of which he was colonel.
He took port in the Peninsula
campaign, having been promoted
to brigadier-general. In the bat
tle of Seven Pitas, or Fair Oaks,
May 80-31, 1802, hecommanded
a brigade in Whiting's division
of Johnston's army*, composed
of the Fourteenth and Nineteenth
Georgia regiments, the Sixteenth
North Carolina and Hampton's
Legion.
He took part in the battle of
Chancellorsville, May 1-5, 1803.
In June of that year he was in
the engagements near brandy
Station, where he commanded
both the Confederatecavalry and
the mounted artillery.
A + i mrcr ho vvnu
ill firui ? ? w " w "??? "w
time? wounded, and out of twen
ty-three field officers of his bri
gade twenty-one were either kill
ed or wounded. Foi Ins conduct
at Gettysburg he was promoted
major general and commanded
the first of three divisions in
Stuart's cavalry corps.
fie successfully opposed Gen.
1'. H. Sheridan at Trevillian
Station, June 12-13, 1S64, as he
did at White House, June 21,
and at Samaria Church during
the succeeding days.
In Septenil>er of that year he
struck the rear of the Federal
army at Cilv I'oint, bringing
away 400 prisoners and 2,4S0
beeves.
General Hampton fought Gen.
.1 W. Wilson at Sappony church,
broke his main line of battle and
pursued him to Ream's Station,
where he was intercepted by the
Confederate forces and roub-d.
In a |>eriod of 23 days Hampton
marched 400 miles and fought
six days and one entire night,
capturing 2,0O<> prisoners, be
sides guns, small arms, wagon?
and materials of war. He de
feated the purpose of twoformid
able and well-conceived expedi-.
ttons of the Federal Army. In
this exploit he lost 7I'd in killed,
wounded and missing.
In January, 1865, he was or
dered to South Carolina, where
he reported to General Beaure
gard. He fought General kil
patrick, who commanded thei
cavalry of Sherman's army in
the march from Savannah to
Washington and had his last en
gagement at Bentonville near
Raleigh, N. C., March 19, I860,
after the evacuation of that city
by the Confederates.
After the war General Hampton
returned to his home in South
Carolina and sought to build up
his fortune ruined through the
conflict. He also took a leading
part in the redemption of his peo
ple from carpetbag rule.
I11 November, 1876, under his
leadership, the people succeeded
in breaking up the ring of politi
cal adventurers who had gained
control of the State government,
and his diplomacy and modera
tion won for him the respect even 1
of the men he overthrew. He
was elected governor of South
Carolina over Daniel Henry
Chamberlain, the candidate of
the party in power, by a majority
of 1,165 votes, but was not al
lowed to take office until after
President Hayes had withdrawn
the United States troops from
the State. On Marcn 5, 1877,
the State passed from thechaotic
misrule of 10 years to a condi
tion of law aud order.
TK<i n/lminiof tmfmn r\f r^onopol
1 UC aULUXUlOUiU/UUU Ui VJ UUtI Ml
Hampton as Governor was so
successful that in 1878 the entire
staff of State officials was re
elected without opposition.
While hunting November 7, of
that year, he was thrown, break
ing his leg in two places, so that
amputation became necessary
subsequently, ana for some time
his life was in danger. Relicious
conferences prayed for his recov
ery and negroes lifted tear-stain
ed faces, "wrestling with the
Lord for Mass' Hampton."
He,recovered, to be elected to
the United States Senate as the
colleague of Gen. M. C. Butler,
another one-legged man, and he
resigned the Governorship to
take his seat in the Senate, April
1(>, 187'.). General Hampton was]
re-elected for a second term, in
1884, but was defeated in the
election of 1890, when the Till
manites got control of the State.
He was appointed United
States Commissioner of Railroads
by President Cleveland in 1893,
and was retained in office by
President McKinley until the fall
of 1897.
bun Bursts ana Kills Ten Men.
Queenstown, April 15.?The
British warship Mars, which ar
rived here today, reports that
one of her twelve inch barbette
rifles burst during practice off
Berohaven yesterday, practically
annihilating the entire gun crew.
Two lieutenants and eight men
were killed instantly and four
men weie badly wounded. The
wounded men were taken to the
Queenstown hospital. The force
of the explosion was terified and
uei'innjlv (latiuxroil tlio naiirliKnr.
ni i iuu viiv
ing parts of the vessel, lieutenant
Bourne, the gunnery officers, and
one of the men killed by the ex
plosion, were blown overboard.
The scene around the burst gun
was terrible. Dead and wounded
men lay in a heap, many of the
latter horribly disfigured.
Died at 19, Wed Three Times.
Wilkesbarre, l'a., April 15.?
Though not quite lb years old,
Mrs. Paul Panon, of Hazleton,
who died last night, had been
married three times. She pos
sessed the largest matrimonial
record for the short space of her
life ever known here.
She was first married when
nearly Id years old. but after
some months her husband left
her. Later he died.
She married a second husband
witlnu a year. He did not treat
her well, she alleged, and she got
a divorce. The third she mar
ried about a year ago. She would
have been lb years old on April
i 25rd.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Some Happenings of the Week
. Tersely Told.
Many Items of Interest Concerning
Tarheeldom Clipped and Culled
From the State Press.
A horse which had been bitten
by a mad dog several weeks ago,
died of hydrophobia at Golds
boro Friday.
John Fashion, of Troutman,
was kicked by a mule Sunday
afternoon and died Monday from
the effects of the injury.
W. E. Abernethy, of Ruther
ford College, lias announced that
he will be a candidate for the
congressional nomination in the
Ninth district.
The capital stock of the Kesler
cotton mill at Salisbury, of which
Mr. F. L. Bobbins, a Statesville
man, is manager, will be increased
from #125,000 to #187,500.
Capt. John Henry fell over
board from his vessel?a sharpie
?into Xeuse river at New Berne
Thursday evening and was
drowned. His body was not re
covered.
The Chronicle says the com- (
missioners of Wilkes have let the
contract to L. W. Cooper & Co.,
of Charlotte, to build a new court
house for that county. It is to
cost over #12,800.
w nue Durning corn stalks in a t
field the 15 year old daughter of ,
Mr. E. P. Leach, near Mocksville, (
was burned to death Friday
afternoon. Her clothing caught j
from the burning stalks.
North Carolina has more than 1
doubled its appropriation for ex- 1
Confederate veterans in the past
ten years. In 1892 its appro
priation for Confederate pen- 1
sioners was $92,280. For 1902 1
it is $200,000.
Milton Belfield, the negro who ;
shot and killed Thomas Stephen
son at Roxabel, in Bertie county, j
last week was arrested at Weldon.
He attempted to escape when the
officers approached and was shot ,
and seriously wounded.
The North State Manufactur
ing Company's plant atThomas
ville was burned Saturday morn
ing. Loss about $8,500 with
inshurance of $5,500. The com
pany manufactured (grain!)
cradles. The origin of the fire is
unknown.
The inter collegiate debate be
tween the chosen representatives
of the Universities of North Caro
lina and Georgia, which took
place at Chapel Hill Friday night,
resulted in a victory for the
Georgians. Judge Conner, Prof.
Crawford and Prof. I). Matt
Thompson, of Statesville, were
the Judges.
The Charlotte Observer says
that John Pope, a reckless youth
of Linwood, while beating a
freight train from Lexington to
Salisbury, met a horrible death
Sunday afternoon. He was rid
ing a box car and while passing
other cars on the siding at Lin
wood leaned out his head, which
came in contact with the other
cars. He was killed in stantly.
In I? u rke Superior Court Friday
Jesse Mean, indicted for the kill
ing of Hilly Hayes, plead guilty
of murder in the second degree.
Judge Council sentenced him to
the penitentiary for 2o years.
There was no evidence of premed
itation and it appeared that the
men were friendly until a few
moments before the crime was
committed, which was about
three weeks ago.
At Hamlet Saturday afternoon
David C. Loughlin, of Henderson,
while intoxicated, made a dash
at a train which he thought was
leaving him. He fell between
two cars and both feet were cut
off. Loughlin was for many
years a rider in circuses under
the name of Cnstella. He has for
fifteen years been a barkeeper at
Henderson. His wife was also
widely known as an equest rienne.
Three vears ago his brother was
killed by a train. Loughlin said
that his injury was due to his
I own carelessness and to drink.
Preliminary surveys have been
made for a railroad to be run
from Raleigh to deep water at
Washington via Wilson. The
parties who are interested in the
road are confident that it will be
built, thus giving Wilson a com
peting line of railroad.
Ex Senator Ransom has been
invited by President W. W. Fuller, ?
of the North Carolina Society of
New York, to deliver the address
on the occasion of the celebration
of the Mecklenburg Declaration
of Independence by the society on
May 20. Roth of the present
North Carolina Senators will
also speak on this occasion,
which is to be made a memorable1
one. The celebration will be held
at the Waldorf-Astoria.
The Washington correspondent
of the Charlotte Observer says
that North Carolinians have
contributed their portion to the
McKinley memorial fund and
Senator Prichard will promptly
forward the amount to the
national committee. In fact,
North Carolinians have evinced]
more generosity than was ex
pected of them and have sent in
more than the sum apportioned
to the State, which was f1,000.
DR. TALMAGE IS DEAD.
One ot the Best Known Ministers of
the Country Passes Away.
Washington, I). C., April 12.?
Rev. T. Re Witt Talmage, the
noted Presbyterian divine, died
at 9 o'clock tonight at his resi
dence in this city. It had been
svident for some days that there
was no hope of recovery and the
attending physicians so informed
the family. The patient gradu
ally grew weaker until life passed
away so quietly that even the'
members of the family, all of
whom were watching at the bed
side, hardly knew that he had
gone.
Thomas DeWitt Talmage was
born in the State of New .Jersey
in 1832. He graduated at New
York University anu later stud
ied theology at New Brunswick
He was called to the Reformed
Presbyterian Church at Syra
cuse, N. Y , in 1859. 1 rom 1862
to 1869 he was located in Phila
delphia. In the latter year he
began his connection with the
Brooklyn Central Presbyterian
Church. Here he made such a
reputation as an orator and
preacher that people flocked to
near him. An immense "Taber
nacle" was built In 1870, but
was destroyed by fire two years
later. In 1874 a new building of
brick and stone was dedicated.
It was of Gothic architecture and
had a seat ng capacity of 4,600.
This was destroyed also by fire
in 1889, but was rebuilt. A
great debt had been involved
however, and it was owing to
some misunderstanding about
this that charges of falsehood
and dishonorable business con
duct were brought against Rr.
Talmage before the Brooklyn
Presbytery. He was acquitted
and the decision was sustained.
The Tabernacle was for the
third time burned iu 1894, after
which Rr. Talmage resigned the
nastorate and accented a call to
a church in Washington, where
he has ever since preached.
Dr. Talmage was one of the
most eloquent men that ever
adorned the American pulpit.
There was such a demand for
his sermons that they were syn
dicated and published all over
the United States. The country
papers especially ran these ser
mons; and in this way I)r. Tal
mage became the best known
minister iu the country. There
is hardly a Christian home in
the whole land where he was un
known, and his death will cause
genuine regret to thousands.,
He was no less celebrated as a
lecturer, and when he made a
tour of the country, thousands
flocked to hear him His lecture
on "The bright Side of Things"
is one of the best known and
most widely admired.
"(lirls, don't place too much
faith in flattery," warns the
Manayunk Philosopher. "Just
because some fellow calls you an
angel it isn't necessary to begin
Taking lessons on the herp."
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS, j
Brief Summary of the Week's
Happenings.
Some of the Most Important News ot
the World condensed tor the
Readers of the Herald.
Hooker T. Washington, princi
pal of the Tuskegee (Ala.) Nor
mal and Industrial School, has
bought a house at South Wey
mouth, Mass., for his summer
home.
Mrs. Edward Tower, wife of a
millionaire at I'oughkeepsie, N.
Y., last week shot and kiiled her
son, 14 years old, and then killed
herself. The only reason assign
ed for the deed is that the woman
was temporarily insane.
The cholera conditions in the
Philippines is alarming. The to
tal of cholera cases in Manila up
to date is 24"?, while there have
been 1!>2 deaths fromthedisease.
In the province there has been j
41H cases and .'518 deaths.
The grand jury in St. Louis
has indicted seven of the alder
men for accepting bribes ranging
from $.'$,000 to fo(l,000. One of
the little fellows has been con
victed and sentenced to the peni
tentiary, and two of the big ones
have skipped the town and
State.
I he funeral of Gen. Wade
Hampton at Columbia, S. C.,
Sunday afternoon, was attended
bv an immense concourse of peo
ple. Notwithstanding the wishes
of the dead man and the wishes
of his family that the funeral
should be private thousands
were present to pay their last re
spects to the old soldier.
Henry Fletcher, a negro, was
hanged at sunrise in St. Louis
Friday for the murder of Louis
Koth, aged 1(5 years, in 1900.
Thirty-five minutes after the fa
tal drop the sheriff received a tel
egram from Governor Dockery
granting a respite of fifteen days
in order to investigate testimony
to the effect that Fletcher acted
in self defence.
\ severe hail storm did great
damage to berries, cotton and
corn in Texas this week. The loss
to strawberries alone is estimated
at $00,000. In Fayette county
cotton and corn were beaten into
the ground. It is asserted that
hailstones more than an inch in
diameter fell in the locality of
Swiss Alp. A number of cows
and hogs were killed by light
ning. One life was lost by drown
ing.
In Detroit last week Prof. Jos.
M. Miller, a music teacher, bru
tally murdered Miss Carrie M.
?Jennett. a young girl whom he
had ruined. Miller was arrested,
plead guilty, and 7'2 hours after
the murder was sentenced to im
prisonment for life. Miller had a
wife and children. The girl want
ed him to run away with her.
He refused to leave his family,
but offered to provide for the
girl. She declined his offer and
he killed h->r with a hatchet to
get rid of her.
i tie executive committee 01 trie
Democratic congressional com
mittee is composed of Hen Cable,
of Illinois, chairman; Lewis Nix
on, of New York, chairman of the
finance committee; David Over
rrieyer, of Kansas; Thomas Tag
gart, of Indiana; Richard Olney,
of Massachusetts, and Daniel La
mont, of New York. The execu
tive committee will do the real
work of the campaign. It will
be noted that Olney and Lamont
are both Clevelandites an l ex
niembers of his cabinet.
President Roosevelt has taken
out a lite insurance policy for
$30,000, besides continuing other
policies which he took out before
he was elected Governor of New
York. President Pooscvelt's
policies. i( is understood, exceed
by si3,000 or !?20.00u those
lield by President McKinley at
the time of the latter'sassassina
tiou in Huff do Mrs. McKinley
was |>aid $00.0(10 on policies on
her husband's life. When Mr
Roosevelt succeeded to the Presi
dency he became convinced that
it would lie prudent for him to
largely increase his life insur
ance.
Washington News Notes.
The House Saturday passed a
bill granting the widow of Presi
dent MeKiulev a pension of
$5,000 a year. The measure had
previously passed the Senate.
The President has appointed
Eugene Ware, of Topeka, Kan.,
Commissioner of Pensions to suc
ceed H. Clay Evans, resigned.
Ware is a lawyer and was for
years a newspaper man and a
magazine writer of note.
Representatives Champ Clark
and Cochraneof Missouri,have de
clared themselves in favor of Sen
ator Joe Ruiley of Texas, for the
Democratic Presidential nomina
tion in 1904. Bailey's rise and
advancement since he entered the
Senate have been truly remarka
ble, and though oneoftheyoung
est members of that dignified
body, he is easily one of the
strongest.
The Senate last week passed
the river and harbor bill, pre
viously passed by the House,and
increased the amount of the ap
propriation. In the increase is
an item of If 150,000 for the im
provement of the Cape Pear
River at Fayetteville, N. C. The
bill now goes to conference com
mittee and whether all the items
added by the Senate or that part
of them will be allowed to stand
is yet to be determined.
President Rhosevelt informed a
party of Southerners Tuesday
that he intends to make a tour
of the South as soon as he can
conveniently do so. He is en
thusiastic over his trip to Char
leston and delights in telling vis
itors that he never received such
gracious treatment in his life.
The President, will be invited to
visit North Carolina on this trip,
and it is almost certain that he
will accept the invitation, as he
was most favorably impressed
with the Tar Heel representation
at Charleston.
Representative .Moody, of
North Carolina, Friday reported
from the House committee on
agriculture the bill establishing
a national forest reserve in the
mountain forest regions of Vir
ginia. West Virginia, North and
South Carolina, Georgia, Alaba
ma and Tennessee. The bill car
ries an appropriation of
000,000, of which f2,000.000 is
immediately available. The re
port sets forth the need of pre
serving this region and argues
that the national government is
the only power to conduct a work
of this magnitude.
The United States Senate last
week passed the bill giving the
Shipp Monument Association
permission to erect the monu
ment to Lieut. W. E. Shipp,
killed in the Cuban war, on the
government grounds in Char
lotte. Mr. J. P. Caldwell, presi
dent of the monument associa
tion, was present in Washington
when the bill passed the Senate
and he invited the North Caroli
na congressional delegation to
be present at the unveiling of
the monument May 2()th. Sena
tor McLaurin, of South Carolina,
a schoolmate of Shipp, was in
vited to deliver an address at the
unveiling and accepted the invi
tation.
.senator rritchard spoke at
length Tuesday afternoon in op
position to the Chinese exclusion
measure, in which he upheld the
cause of the southern cotton
manufacturers. The speech was
a carefully prepared one, and
gave much valuable information i
on the extent of the trade enjoy
ed by the southern cotton goods
manufacturers in China and the
Hast. Senator Pritchwd took
the position that these interests -
would be greatly injured if the
proposed stringent Chineseexclu
sion bill should become ti law. j
Ihiring the course oi his speech
Senator lTitchard declared for
the construction of an Isthmian
n all and the ship subsidy bill?
measures, he said, that would
vastly benefit the growing indus
trial enterprise in the South.
Character is a unity, and till
the virtues must advance to
gether to make the perfect man.
| ?Druinmond.