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PLYMOUTH, N, C. FRIDAY, FUNE 18, 1909.
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Government Accepts Statues. Gen. Federick D.
Grant Receives Statue
Presented By United
Vicksburg, Miss., Special. Several
thousand Confederate veterans wit
nessed the unveiling of the heroic
statia to Gen. Stephen Dill Lee here
Friday. The splendid monument, de
signed by Kitson, stands in the Na
tional Park Upon the exact spot from
which General Lee directed the move
ment of his troops during the siege
of Vicksburg.
Vicksburg had been prparing for
the dedication for months. The town
was galy decorated with flags and
bunting, the Stare and Bars and the
Stars and Stripes always entwined.
The parade formed at noon and
headed by Gen. Fred D. Grant, Unit
ed States Army, and an escort of cav
alry, proceeded to the National Park.
The Warren Light Artillery fired a
general's salute and then Henry
Watterson called the assembly ', to
order.
Upon taking the chair as presiding
efiicer, Mr. Watterson said:
Standing by the Father of Waters
let me first give thanks to God, that;
from the Falls of St. Anthony to the
Gulf of Mexico, it flows through an
unbroken successoion - of ' American
States; at once a chain and an em
blem of perpetual union' between the
North and the South. '
It was to gain this outlet to the sea
that we acquired the Louisianas of
France. It was to keep it open that
the yoemen of the great Northwest
took the field. The purpose. to-close
it proved an error of far-reaching
magnitude; but if it be true, as Gib
son tells us, that "History is little
more than the register of the crimes,
follies and misfortunes of mankind,"
what must not all of us have to an
swer for, when reason comes to the
final disposition of the facts of a con
flict, which even now baffles philos
ophy; because the South, foredoomed
toMefeat, risked all and had every
thing to lose; the wonder being, and
the glory, that against such odds the
self-confident but - vanquished aid
vanished Confederacy was able ' to
hold -out so long. ' i
After a most eloquent and toufhing
speech and the unveiling of the. mon
ument Gen. Fred I). Grant was intro
dueed. ,
irai Grant referred to ''ibis ac
quaintance with General Lee 'which,
he said,, continued through,, many
years anc afforded him the greatest
happiness lan gratification. He re
viewed the -n-eer of Gener al Lee,
who died, having an untarnished
Tecord, end a memorv deservedly
honored with adiration" apfl -respect,
"because of his noe ifo and charac
ter, of which his Vsurvjv;no, fon and
friends will be ever VT0TU, Snwhieh,
all who follow hin, rnay "emty'ate."
Continuing, GeneUl Grant said:
"I myself, am especially srrateful, to
have this opportunity of speaking in
THE VETERA
Memphis, Tenn.,
zied demonstration
men in gray for tl
MS IN ;RAY
Special.! i fren-
pf welcoi (3 bv the
c son of the man
who conquered t
mem, marked the
final scene of the kneteenth reunion
of the United Cor
Thursday. It tool
federate Veterans
place during the
parade. In the rt-vKowino- cfor,.i
uen. rederick
United States an
divisions in line passed with only a
limited number recognizing the son
of the man who accepted the surren
der of Lee. But fenally, a cavalry
division approachtl and its com
manding officer, ' freneral Tyler, of
Hickman, Ky., old! and grkled, peer
ed steadily at GerW 1 Grant a mo-
A BRILLIANT BANQUET FOR THE NEW JERSEY BAR
Atlantic City, JS. J., Special. The
annual banquet of the New Jersey
Bar Association, held at the Mavl-borough-Blenheim
'.Friday night, was
the most brilliant! and snesafnl ?.i
its history. Never .before in the his
tory of the association has this occa
sion been honored With so many dis
tinguished men. Ajnong those pres
ent were: The Gcjvernor of New
Jersey, judges of te United States
EDWARD EVERETT HALE,
15 os con, special. The morning
light was breaking ia the venerable
Rev. Edward Everetk Hale, D. D.,
chaplain, of .the United States Senate,
Unitarian divin.-, philanthropist, ' au
thor, journalist' ond lover of peace,
breathed his h,t ThurMsy in Ms
home in RoxU-.ry. 1
It seemed as if the whole eauatry
joined in mourning the t of Dr.
Hale. Messages, expressing sorrow
and esteem, -poured into the Hale
household, one of the first blbg from
Resident and Mrs. Taft. pr. Hale
- - '. fif '
TET0R.E.LE
of Confederate General
Confederate Veterans
honor! of General Stephen Lee's mem
ory, a,s less than two years ago, he,
my ki3 f riend' and hospitable host,
took mf over these very historic
grounds at Vicksburg, and we recall
ed together the incidents of the fear
ful struggle which occurred here, in
1863, fhere he and I had both been
wounded General Lee serving during
that struggle,, as a distinguished of
ficer of the Confederate army, and I
being ith my. father, who command
ed the forces of the opposing Union
army. We talked over the battles of
the pass with no feelings of -bitterness,,
bt only with rejoicings, that
peace j had been established and that
harmcjmy, patriotism and loyalty to
one ag now exist throughout our
great land.
"Ill the shadow of this beautiful
statuq, built to the memory of this
knigh
ttly and chivalric soldier, I am
glad
ished
fathei
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Amer
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o recall the earnest wish cher
eonstantly by my own dear
, Generela Ulsysses S. Grant,
eace and harmony among the
can people. .- This wish was
in the terms granted here at
Vicks, burg, and also April 9, 1865,
when at Appomattox, upon reading
that t he side arms, horses and private
prope "ty of his officers and enlisted
men ?ouia e retained by tnem, tfen-
eral Kobert E. Lee said to General
Grant
, These terms will have, ' m
a most happy effect upon my
and upon the whole South.'
am glad to recall that this sen
deed,
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tence U or harmony between the North
and trfie South, begun at Appomattox,
was rfherished by General Grant un
til tne end of his life, as shown hy
him, during the administration of
President Johnson and the Recon
struction period, when General Grant
5'tocd , firmly and determinedly, for
the promises he had sriven to General
Robert E. Lee and to the South, as
lie did. also, throughout his own two
administrations, as President of the
United States,, even up to the last
hours of his existence. This is evident
in a message written by General
Grant during his last illness, after
the loss of his voice, to one of the
physicians attending him, a short
time before his death, of which mes
sage, I will read a few lines :
"I?Iy father wrote: 'I am thankful
for the providential extension of my .
time, because it has enabled me to
see for myself the happy harmony
that has so suddenly sprung up be
tween those engaged a few short
years ago, in deadly conflict.. It has
been an " inestimable blessing to me,
to hear the kind expressions toward
;-me, in person, from al parts of our
country, ironi people of nil nationali
ties, o? all religions, an.? from Con
federate and National troops alike
they have brought joy to my heart of
they have not effected a cure.' "
PARADE ENDS REUNION
ment. Then he turned in his saddle !
and yelled:
"Come on, you dids, here's Gen
eral Grant come to life again, in his
son." j
With one of the old-time rebel
yells, the division remnants of For-
rest's cavalry charged upon the stand -.
and jostled one another for an .op-
portunity to shake the hand of the :
son of their- old-time enemy. From I
that moment every gray-clad veteran
who could reach the stand rushed up '
to shake hands with General Grant, j
The stocky armv officer's cold 2Tav i
eyes filled with tears and his shoul-
clers snook with emotion as he mur
mured, " God bless you all, boys, God
bless you!"
circuit and district courts for this
district, judges of the New Jersey Su
preme Court, Congressman and Sena
tors, and the two guests of honor,
Justice David J. Brewer, of the Unit
ed States Supreme Court, and Hon.
White head Kluttz, of North Caro
lina. '
Mr. Kluttz came with a notable
message and delivered it with force
and eloquence,
SENATE CHAPLAIN. DEAD
had been chaplain of the United
States Senate since 1903. The news
of his death reached the Senate early
in the day and was received with
general expression of regret. " Dr.
Hale wore a long clerical robe when
officiating in the Senate, and mad
the prayer service impressive rather
than perfunctory." It was his habit
to repeat the Lord's prayer. Former
ly he would ask the Senators to join
with him .in doing so. On account,
however, of repeated failures to ob
tain a response, he at last desisted
in this practice.
MEET NEXTJN MOBILE
United Confederate Veterans Ad
journ Their Business Meetings on
Heels of a very Stormy Session.
Evans is Again Commander.
Memphis, Tenn., Special. After
re-electing General Clement A. Evans
commander-in-chief over his vigorous
but futile protest, and electing Mo
bile, Ala., as the next place of re
union, the United Confederate Veter
ans adjourned their business meet
ings Wednesday night on the heels of
a very stormy session.
The only candidate for commander-in-chief
placed in nomination was
General William M. Cabell, comman
der of the trans-Mississippi division.
Just before nominations were in or
der, .General Evans read an announce
ment to the convention, in which h
declined re-election. He said he ha
served in every capacity, from the
lowest to the highest, and that he felt
that he highest honor in the veterans'
gift shoufd be passed from one ex
Confederate to another in turn. -
But the delegates disagreed with
him and by a vote of 1,540 to 744
for Cabell, re-elected General Evans
to command. With tears streaming
down his cheeks and shaking with
emotion, the stately and aged sol
dier bowed to the commands of his
comrades. His election followed one
of the stormiest sessions of the vet
erans .which old-time delegates can
recall. "
After Mobile, Houston, Nashville,
Chattanooga and Oklahoma City had
been put in nomination for the next
reunion, some one began to introduce
outside speakers. Sweltering in a
temperature of over a hundred de
grees, the veteran delegates objected
strongly" and yelled vigorously for a
vote. But the disorder was desultory.
Used Mails to Defraud.
- Cincinnati, 0., Special. Louis W.
Foster, John M. Gorman, Walter
Camubell, A. C. Baldwin, Edwin Hell
and J. M. Scott were each sentenced
to six months in jail and to pay a
fine of $200 and costs by Judge
Thompson in the United States Dis
trict Court here Tuesday morning for
using" the United States mails to fur
ther schemes to defraud in conduct
ing a bucket-shop. The defendants
conducted the" Odell Brokerags Com
pany. ' , .'
, William J. Odell came to Cincin
nati frem Savannah, Ga., with $10,
000 cash and opened a bxfeket-shop.
When OdeU diedj a few years ago, he
left an estate valued, it is said., at
$2,000,000. . .
All the six defendants sentenced
Tuesday were lerks ; and telegrpah
operators for Odell. They reorganiz
ed the Odell Brokerage Company
with a capital of $25,000, of which
only $19,000 was paid in. The public
furnished the defendants more than
$1,000,000, it is said, to devide among
themselves.
Spring Wheat Condition.
Washington, Special. Spring
wheat condition averages 95.2 per
cent, winter wheat 80.7, acreage
sown to spring wheat, 18,331,000 ; rye
condition-S9.6, oats S8.7, and barley
90.0. This summarized, was the re
port of the Department of Agricul
ture on crop conditions on June 1,
The spring wheat condition is com
pared with 95 per cent a year agb and
a ten year average of 92.6. Winter
wheat average is against 84.5 a month
ago, 86 a year ago and a ten year
average of 80.5. The spring wheat
acreage is 6.9 per cent more than
sown last year.
, For the f following winter wheat
States the June, 1 condition and tea
year average, respectively follows :
Tennessee 88 and 80.,
Virginia 93 and S3.
Texas 56 and 73.
Kentucky 88 and 81. ,
' North Carolina 91 and S3.
Six Burned to a Crisp.
I ' Wheeling, W. Va., Special. Six
men liteerally burned to a crisp,
i twelve fatally injured and ten more
1 or less seriously injured, are the re
. suits of an explosion Wednesd ay
j night at the Martin 's Ferry, Ohio,
; blast furnace of the Wheeling Steel
& Iron Company. Twenty-four pth-
ers had miraculous escapes from hor
i rible "death or "injury.
Meet in New Orleans Next.
Louisville, Ky., Special Noblts of
the Mvstic Shrine, in thirtv-fifth an-
; nual convention . chose New Orleans
for the 1910 convention, set the date
of meeting back from June 12. to
April 12, chose Potentate Elias D.
Jacoby, of Indianapolis, as imperial
outer guard, the lowest office on the
imperial divan, and put the other offi
cers forward one step, thus making
George L. Street, of Richmond, Va.,
imperial potentate.
Charters" were granted Wednesday
for Shriners in Norfolk, Va., land El
Paso, Texas, A eharter was xn fused
Msfon, Ga.
BLOODY STREET BATTLE
Two Dead and Five Injured Fued
That Had Been Previously Marked
,With Tragedy, Breaks Out Anew.
Meadville, Miss., ; Special. Two
men are dead, twn were perhaps
fatally wounded afyt.i three others
slightly injured in a 'btoody street
battle here Monday afternoon, waged
by parties to a bitter fued that had
been previously marked with tragedy.
As a result of the affair, feeling here
runs high and State troops were rush
ed to Meadville from Brookhaven to
guard against pssibility of rioting.
Those killed in the affray were Dr.
A. M. Newman, clerk of the chancery
court of Franklin county, and Silas
G. Reynolds. Dr. Lenox Newman, a
son of one- of the slain men, is be
lieved to havebeen fatally injured,
and Herbert Applewhite, an attorney,
may not recover, as the result of his
wounds. Emmett Newman, another
son, was shot in the leg. The three
.were taken to Natchez for medical
attention, after having been formally
placed under arrest. Two men nam
ed Boyd and Parr, alleged to have
been involved in the affray, were
slightly wounded but escaped and
have not been captured.
L. P. Prichard, a brother of Corne
lius Prichard, whom Dr. Newman kill
ed seven weeks ago, was arrested and
charged with complicity in the trag
edy. The killing of Prichard by New
man was the first bloodshed to mark
a fued that had existed between the
two men, relatives and friends, for
months. This bitter factionalism had
its inception in a political campaign
in which Newman and Prichard were
opposing candidates.
Newman was tried a few weeks
ago for Priehard's murder ancKwaa
acquitted. This served to arouse
even more bitter feeling among the
relatives and friends of Prichard and
the Newman family and faction.
Monday's fight occurred almost on
the same spot where Prichard was
Elain. Apparently Newman was first
fired upon as he was passing the But
ler building in his buggy. The skot
came from one of the rooms on the
second floor of the building. It fail
ed to take effect and Newman, jump
ing from his buggy, rushed to the
front of the building, drawing his
pistol, it is asserted, in the meantime.
Gigantic Plot Unearthed.
Norfolk, t Special. Packed in
piano boxes and ready for shipment
on a filibustering steamer bound for
Venezuela, a quantity of rifles and
ammunition, destined, it is believed,
to Cipriano Castro's revolutionists,
was discovered at Franklin, Va.,
Monday,
The rifles are believed to be a part
of the 15,000 Mauser weapons ship
ped from New York to St. Louis and
back to Franklin, billed as pianos
and packed to weather the trip to
South America. The filibuster sus
pect steamer Nantichoke was lying
near Franklin, and in the Blackwater
below the steamer was her consort,
the tug Despatch. The revenue cut
ter Pamlico is blockading the two
suspects, and it is not believed that
either could pass her, even in the
darkness, although there were per
sistent rumors that an attempt would
be made to get away. Orders have
been issued from Washington to take
prompt action ii case the steamer
should lift anchor. -
Apparently the gigantic plot of
Castro's supporters, unearthed by se
cret agents of the government and
present Venezuelan regime, .and at
first not considered very seriously at
Washington, for the overthrow of the
opponents of the exiled President,
was verified by the discovery of the
Mausers at Franklin.
Whether the entire supply of rifles
reached Franklin or the filibustering
steamers were waiting for the arrival
of other piano boxes from St. Louis,
is not known, but the State Depart
ment has again blocked Castro's
game.
Italians Convicted of Conspiracy.
Fairmont, W. Va., Special. Nine
Italians, members of an alleged black
hand society on trial charged with
conspiraej' to rob and kill Orazio
Beredelli, who was initiated into the
society on March 27 last, vrere Mon
day found guilty as indicted. Ten
others who were in an adjoining
room when the place was raided,
were convicted of a misdemeanor.
Storms Do Damage.
Big Stone Gap, Va., Special. Five
deaths are reported and damage to
property estimated at upwards of
$100,000 as the result of rains and
electrical storms which swept over
this section Saturday night " and
Sunday. Railroad tracks were wash
ed out, causing landslides and a 10
foot rise in the Powell river in two
hours. .The Interstate road lost more
than two miles of road in the six-mile
stretch of track between Appalachia
and Stonega. The Powell Valley
Light and Power Company's plant
here was put out of commission by
Iijhtninjf, and crops were injured.
ORTH STATE
Items of State Interest Gathered from Here and There and
Told Brief ly for Busy Readers.
Hunting Wild Cattle.
Fayetteville, Special. For the
last several days a hunt for wild
cattle has been in progress within
I ten miles of Fayetteville. A number
of years ago Major J. B. Broadfoot
turned several cows loose on a stretch
of land he owns between Carver's
creek and Cross Creek.
There they have been ever since,
multiplying and growing wilder with
each generation, until now the herd
numbers fully a hundred, all wild as
zebras. These animals ranged for a
distance of seven, miles between two
creeks and along their banks ten Or
twelve miles.
Finding it almost impossible to
catch any of them and hearing that
certain parties were hunting them
with rifles Major Broadfoot decided
to take a hand in the matter himself
and enlisted the services of J. A. Rat
cliffe, a crack rifle shot. So far the
last several days accompanied by a
pilot, a man in the neighborhood, who
knows the wild cattle and their range
Mr. Ratcliffe has been having real
sport.
So far he has been able to get with
in rifln r?nge of six of the animals
and he has brought them all to the
ground. One of them, a great bull,
after being shot twice, made a dash
for Mr. Ratcliffe, and it took three
more bullets in the head before the
animal dropped at the hunter's feet
The pilot,' Sam Elliott, estimates the
number of these wild animals at 100,
having himself seen as many as sev
enty-five different ones. (
Wilmington Wireless Station.
'Wilmington, Special. A commer
cial wireless telegraph station for
Wilmington is included in the plans
of the United Wireless Telegraph
Company for the present year, and
an office , of the company has just
been opened in this city.
The eastern operating department
of that company, which has its head
quarters in New York, has announc
ed the placing of an order for 250
complete sets of wireless instruments
all of whih it is said will be install
ed at stations to be established dur
ing 1909 in cities east of the Missis
sippi river, requiring an expenditure
of $500,000. .
Besides the stationat Wilmington,
others are to be established in North
Carolina at Newbern, Raleigh, Greens
boro, Charlotte, Asheville, Hender
son and Winston-Salem. The com
pany already has stations at Eliza
beth City and Cape Hatteras, and the
United States government operates a
wireless station at Beaufort.
The wireless station to be estab
lished here will probably be one of
the long distance kind, of from 5 to
20 K. W., which will transmit long
distance messages, under all con
ditions of weather, for a range of
from 500 to 2,000 miles overland and
from 1,000 to 3,000 miles over water.
Killed by Lightning.
Mt. Airy, Special. Thursday even
ing at 5:15 o'clock, Mr. Jesse L.
Bunker, a mute, son of Chang Bunker
one of the late Siamese Twins, was
instantly killed by lightning while at
work in his corn field. He lived two
miles west of this city. At the same
time four cattle were killed by light-,
ning on the farm of Mr, S. C. Frank
lin, a near neighbor of Mr. Bunker.
The bolt or force, struck Mr. Bunker
on top of the head, tearing his clothes
up considerably. His wife has been
very sick for several days and it is
feared the terrible shock will be more
than she can bear. The deceased be
longed to the Baptist church and was
highly respected.
Vote on School Tax Was a Tie.
Salisbury, Special. At Granite
Quarry on the 5th inst., an election
was held to determine whether a
special school tax of 25 cents on the
$100 worth of property shall , be
levied, and the election resulted in a
tie. A new election will be ordered
as soon as the law permits another
to be held. The friends of the pro
posed increase of tax are working
hard for the schools.
Fire Destroys Two-Story Building at
Southern Pines.
Southern Pines, Special. A two
story biukling on Pennsylvania av
enue owned by I. L. Hamlin, occupied
by Newton C. Zuver's barber shop
and James Bethea's meat market,
was entirely destroyed by fire at 4
o'clock Tuesday morning. The loss
is $1,500, insurance 500. When dis
covered the building was beyond
hope, but the fire department pre
vented any further damage, although
another building was within seven
feet. Nothing was saved from the
building. Mr, Zuver's ollertTba of
e&rioa w$ a total loss.
NEIVS NOTES
Found After Seven Years. ,
Charlotte, Special. The mystery
surrounding the disappearnce of Mr.
Ellis M. Moore, on the night of May
20, 1902, was cleared Friday TBorntog
when the remains of the missing man
were discovered fifteen feet below the
level of East Boulevard in Dilworth,
at the intersection of Winthrop aven
ue. Negro workmen had been set to
work digging up the street for the
purpose of making sewer connections
from the line on East Bulevard with
WTinthrop avenue. Two .negroes were
shoveling dirt from the bottom of the
hole, when the shovel of John Twitty
struck the body of the dead man.
The earth was then taken from
around the skeleton and before it was
removed, Chief of Police T. M.
Christenbury and Coroner W. A.
Gresham were notified and arrived on,
the scene.
Mr. E. V. Moore, a brother of the
dead man, was then called and posi
tively identified Che remains as his
brother. . Mr. Moore was able to iden
tify the pair of trousers the dead man
wore, and stated that he had given
them to his brother" several days be
fore his death occurred.
Many Charlotte people remember
the sudden diappearanoe of "Mr.
Moore seven years ago, but until Fri
day there was no positiva knowledgi
that he was dead, though his w'.a
and brothers have , always thought
that only death could account for the
long absence.
Terrible Hail Storm.
Millboro, Special. One of the larg
est cloudbursts and hail storms pass
ed through this county last evening
that was ever known in this country.
It lasted about one hour. The hail
literally destroyed everything in its
path. It hailed for about one hour
and the stones were as large as quail
eggs. The wheat is down flat on the,
ground and lots of it beat off the
heads, while the corn and vegetables
in the gardens are completely de
stroyed. Beans, tomatoes, cabbage
and other vegetables are cut smooth
with the ground. It killed a lot of
young turkeys for Captain Lineberry
and Mowed down his tool house. For
tunately he had his binder in. the
wheat field but a mowing machine
and corn drill was in the house and
received some damage. It reached
from Millboro to Lineberry station,
a distance of five miles, and every
thing in its path is obut destroyed.
Fruit Crop Good.
Elkin, Special. The cherry, crop is
much better than at first expected.
They are now ripening and a great
many are being brought to' market,
where they find a ready sale. The
blackberry crop is full and there will
be lots of apples and a fair crop of
peaches in some sections. The wheat
crop will be excellent if nothing hap
pens to it. The farmers ought to be,
happy and not complain, for every
thing seems to be in their favor.
There has been no time in the past
forty years when all kinds of farm
products brought as high prices as
they are doing now, and yet there is
not enough to meet the demands.'
Cashier is Short 5,000.
High Point, Special. S. B. Ben-
ner, cashier of the Southern Oil Com
pany, has been arrested in Baltimore
on charge of embezzlement. He will
be brought back here by Chief Ridge.
The warrant charges the embezzle
ment of a normal sum, but it is un
derstood that the real amount is
about $5,000. The shortage was at
the High Point and Asheville of
fices. Benner left here last Decem
ber, but the shortage was not dis
covered until a month ago. Benner
is from Philadelphia.
Spencer Woman Hurt in Runaway,
Spencer, Special. Mrs. Eilie
Owens, well known here, was severe
ly injured in a runaway accident near
Spencer Tuesday afternoon, being
thrown down an embankment by a
horse which she was driving. The
animal took fright at an automobile
and Mrs. Owens lost control and was
badly bruised in the face and shoul
ders. Methodist Children Home Opens
August 1st.
Winston-Salem, Special. The
Methodist Children's Home here will
be opened August 1. The directors
representing the Western North Car
olina Conference have purchased the
Davis school property for $12,500 giv
ing the orphanage site about two
hundred acres, same being one of the
finest and most valuable 1raHs in the
State. Many useful furnishing?, gift
etc., are being received daily. Prof.
A. II. Hayes, of Reidville," sup-friii-tendent
of the orphanage, cetera
cn fcia work July 10.
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