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, GASTONIA, N. C. TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1010. . ,
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OVER GASTON OUNTY,
DINNER TO CONVICTS.
. Good Women 'of Concord and Smyr-
na Neighborhood Spread Temut
I Ins Repast "for . the" Unfortunates
v Grading Work Progresses Rap-
Correspondence of The Gazette.
- BESSEMER. CITY. R. ,F. D. 1,
July 1. The ladles of the Concord
and Smyrna neighborhood, on Bes
. semer City route one, gave the pris
oners at camp no. z a sumptuous
dinner on Saturday, June 25th, and
also provided plenty for the guards
and for upt. R. A. McArver and hii
wife. The dinner was given at this
time instead of on July 4th, as usu
al, as several of the prisoners will
, be off before that time.
Mrs. W. T. Watts deserves praise
for getting the dinner up. , ,
Mr. McArver is getting along
nicely with the grading work, hav
ing finished over a mile of it. He
Is expecting Capt. Todd soon with a
force to take up the grading work
and then Mr. McArver will begin
laying rock. Mr. McArver is a
splendid man and has made a fine
Impression on the .neighborhood
where his camp is located.
Mr. Sam B. Hovis, who has been
In Virginia for some time, is at
home now.
DIG TICNIC SATURDAY, 9TII.
Mountain Island the Place -Addresses
by Congressman Webb and Mr.
, Mason Baseball and Other Forms
of Amusement, ' ,
Correspondence of The Gazette. ""
MTN. ISLAND, July 2. The
Mountain Island, Nims and Wood
lawn Mills are planning for, a big
picnic to be held at Mountain Island
Saturday, July ' 9th. Everybody is
cordially invited to attend and those
who can are requested to bring bas
kets full of. good things to eat.
There will be addresses by Con
gressman E. Y. Webb and Mr. O. F.
Mason. ,
In the forenoon there will be a
baseball game between Mountain
Island and Hoskins and in the af
ternoon one between Mountain Isl
and and Huntersville. There will
also be other forms of amusement,
something to interest everybody.
Music will be furnished by the Mt.
Holly Band.
Mr. and Mrs." L. W. VanPelt, of
McAdenville, are visiting relatives
here and also at the home of his fa
ther, Mr. " James VanPelt, at River
Bend. Mrs. J. M. McKelvey is vis
iting her father, Mr. E. Hope, in
"River Bend this week. Mrs. D. F.
Ware, of Yorkville, S. C, is visiting
her father, Mr. A. L. D. Bumgard
ner. The son of Mr. Wales Sanders
died Friday and was buried today.
MOUNT HOLLY; MATTERS.
Mrs. Sadie E. Helms Passed Away
Saturday Funeral Sunday After
noon Personal and Social News.
Correspondence of The Gazette. . .
MT. . HOLLY, July 4. Dr. L. L.
. Nash came in Saturday to assist in
the protracted meeting at the Meth
odist church this week, and preach'
ed a very able sermon Sunday. Much
interest is being manifested in the
meeting.
Miss Mildred Babington returned
home last week after a visit to
friends In Cherryville. Misses Bess
Grlce, Mary and Eva Bowles spent a
day in Charlotte shopping, last
week.1 Mount , Holly was defeated
in the game .of" baseball with Mc
Aden vlHe at McAdenville last Sat-
orday afternoon. The .score was 11
to 2. . .. . .:
Sadie Elizabeth , Helms, was . born
January 11, 1882, and died July 2,
1910, at the age of jtweaty-elght
years, five months and. 21 days. She
was the daughter of Julius and De
llthia Moss, of Catawba County. The
father is dead and the mother still
survives, together with two sisters
and four brothers. . ' She ' was mar
ried to James Luther' Helms . Sep
tember 8, 1901. She was the mo
ther of five children; one dead, and
one a two-weeks-old infant.- She
was a member of the Baptist church.
- family, residence- by Rev.; J. A.
Bowles and the burial took place at
Flat Rock Sunday afternoon. . She
had been sick only a few days.. The
pall-bearer were: J. W. Skldmore,
J. L. Perking J. if. Skldmore, R. C.
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Lowell Locali
Correspondence of The Gazette.
LOWELL, July 4. Miss .Maggie
Baker, who has been . teaching and
doing mission work In Anasco, Por
to Rico, for nearlywo years re
turned .home Saturday. Mr. p. P
Murphy left Friday to spend a week
or more with relatives and friends
in Wilmington. Miss Moena Hand
returned from Salisbury Thursday
accompanied by her cousin, Miss
Lois Campbell. Mr. Drayton Ba
ker, who has been working In Ashe
county, came home last Tuesday.
Misses Irma Reld and Annie Miller
are, spending a few days in Char
lotte with Mrs. J. K. Hand. Miss
Mabel Leonhardt and her guest,
Miss Beulah Rhyne, visited Mrs. D
P. Stowe in Belmont last Thursdaj'.
Messrs. S. M. Robinson, John C.
Rankin and Coit Robinson were
business visitors to Concord Satur
day. Mr. Arthur Ford, who has
been in Denver, Col., returned home
Saturday. Miss Etta Baker is vis
iting friends and relatives in Con
cord and Salisbury.
Misses Essie Lindsay and Mary
Knight, of Gastonia, spent the week
end with Mrs. Annie Titman.-Mr8.
D. P. Stowe, of Belmont, visited rel
atives here Saturday. .Mr. Vance
Fite, of Charlotte, was the guest of
Mr. B. F. Leonhardt Sunday.
High Shoals News.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
HIGH SHOALS,' July 4. The mill
here has closed today for the holi
day and to give the people a day for
an outing. We are1 all having a good
time visiting, boat-riding, playing
ball, etc.
Mr. James Haynes, who has been
sick for some time, we are glad to
state is able to be out on the streets
again. Mr. B. A. Correll is all
smiles today it's a boy. Mrs.
Cronister, who has been very low, is
convalescing. Mr. Dan Hoover, of
Concord, was in town several days
last week on business. Mr. and
llrs. J. W. Daniels and little son,
Webb, have gone to their old home
at Forest City to take in the cele
bration today. Misses Lettie Lof
tin and Marguerite Smyly, Messrs.
Paul Hoover, Laddie Hemphill and
James Clark are Charlotte visitors
today. Several of our young peo
ple took in the barbecue at Cherry
ville last Saturday and report a nice
time.
STANLEY PICNIC.
Annual Picnic and Reunion at Stan
ley Friday a Big Success Sjteech
es by Judge Graham and Hon. C.
It. Hoey.
The annual picnic and old soldiers
reunion at Stanley last Friday was
as usual a most successful and en
joyable occasion. Although the
crowd was not so large as on some
former occasions there were several
thousand people on hand to partake
In the pleasures of the day and the
arrangements for the comfort and
pleasure of those who attended were
complete In every detail.
Excellent speeches were made by
Judge Graham, of Oxford, and Hon.
C. R. Hoey, of Shelby after , which
dinner was served to the veterans In
the grove near Mr. C. F. Smith's res
idence. Music for the occasion was
furnished by the Clara Concert
Band, of Gastonia. In the afternoon
an interesting game of baseball be
tween Stanley and Llncolnton teams
resulted in a victory for Llncolnton
by a score of 9 to 8. At night a most
enjoyable dance was given the
auditorium, a large number of young
people being present from all parts
of the country and from other places.
Sleeting Postponed.
'. Mayor T. L. Craig received this
morning a telegram from Mr. G. L.
McKay, of the Isothermal Tractiov
Company, stating that, he Is-sick and
hence unable to -be here for the
meeting which was to have been held
In the city hall tonight,' at -which
Mr. McKay was to have talked, with
the citizens . of the town regarding
nit company's plans, etc. He, also
received a telegram from Dr E. B.
Harris stating that Mr.. McKay hat
fever and might be able to leave the
house in a week. The Gazette Is re
quested to. state, that the proposed '
meeting Is postponed indefinitely. ' "
Hoffman, W. L.' Tucker and J.
Honeycut. ,
COUNTY CONVENTION MEETS.
Gaston Democrats Canvass ' Vote of
Recent Primary -County Vote Dl
. vhled Equally Between Allen and
' Manning Lee Gets 15.5 , Out '"of
17 Votes for Corporation Commis
sioner Brown Gets Full- Vote
, Webb Unanimously Endorsed
Mr. T. L. Craig Choeen County
Chairman A Harmonious Gath
ering.
The Gaston County Democratic
Convention was held ' In the court
house at Dallas at 1:30 p. m. Eatur
day. July 2nd, 1910. The house
was called to order by Chairman C.
B. Armstrong of the county execu
tive committee, who called on Mr.
O. F. Mason to- preside as temporary
chairman. In the absence, of any
representatives of the county Demo
cratic press, Mr. S. S. Shuford was
chosen secretary of the convention,
and Mr. A, L. Bulwlnkle assistant
secretary. On motion Mr. Mason
was made permanent chairman of
the convention.
Mr. Mason presided most grace
fully aud ejected into the convention
a spirit of optimism which predicts
an overwhelming Democratic victo
ry for Gaston county this fall.
The first item of business taken up
was the canvassing of the vote of
the several precincts of the county
in the recent primary for sheriff.
one member of the lower house of
the General Assembly and solicitor.
Following is the total vote as cast
for the candidates for these three
offices:
Sheriff: J. D. B. McLean 1549,
Shuford 1486, majority for McLean
63.
Legislature: N. B. Kendrjck 1,-
443, Mauney 1197, majority for
Kendrick 246.
Solicitor: George W. Wilson 1,-
715, A.G. Mangum 804, C. C.
Childs, 11?..
Following the canvas of the coun
ty vote as given above, the conven
tion passed to the election of dele
gates to represent Gaston at the
State convention which meets in
Charlotte July 14th. For. this pur
pose the chair appointed the follow-
ng committee to name suitable del
egates to represent us at this con
vention: A. E. Moore, A. L. Bul
winkle, R. R. Ray. Gaston has sev
enteen votes in the State convention
and the following delegates were
recommended by the committee and
elected by the convention to cast the
county's" vote:
Gastonia No. 1 W. T. Rankin,
C. B. Armstrong, A. E. Moore, T. L.
Craig, S. N. Boyce, J. F. Johnson, T.
M. Fayssoux, A. C. Jones, P. W. Gar-
and, G. W. Wilson, A. G. Mangum,
M. Mclntlre, J. O, White, Robert
Warren, R. L. Fite.
Gastonia No. 2 W. T. Love, John
C. Rankin, L. F. Groves, A. C.
Stroup. ,
Robinson's John Robinson.
Glenn's Boyce Ferguson, How
South Point Jno. L. Ragan.
Union R. A. Ratchford.
Lowell S. M. Robinson, Parks
Hand, C. D. Welch.
McAdenville R. R. Ray, M. A.
Harwell, J. T. McAden, G. L. Webb.
Belmont John F. Leeper, G. M.
Gullick.
Mt. Holly R. K. Davenport.
Mtn. Island Mac Henderson.
Stanley James M. Archer, O. B.
Carpenter.
Dallas O. F. Mason, E. L. Wil
son, P. A. Summey, T. E. Shuford,
R. S. Lewis. .
Cherryville T. B. Leonhardt, S.
S. Mauney, N. B. Kendrick.
Carpenters Henry. Kiser.
V Kisers H. S. Sellers.
Bessemer City John M. McDow
ell, S. J. Durham.
Dilllngs Capt. F.,DlllJng, O. G.
Falls.
. Bakers J, R. Carson. . (See ap
pendix Z.)
-:. The above named delegates were
Instructed to cast Gaston's vote for
Walter Clark for Chief Justice, Wal
ker for Associate Justice' and to di
vide the "county's vote equally be
tween' Allen and . Manning for the
Associate Justiceship. Gaston has
17 votes In the State convention, al
lowing Allen 8.5 and Manning 8.5.
- Mr. A.-E. Moore "very forcefully
and impressively nominated W. T'.
Lee, of Waynesvllle, for corporation
commissioner. Mr. Calvin Daven
port named A. W. Graham and Mr.
W. H. Lewis named J. H. Pearson
for the same position. ' . ....
; After balloting on the three, the
rote stood as follows: Lee 15.5,
Graham 1.5 and Pearson 0. The
delegation was Instructed to cast the
county's full vote for H. C. Brown
for corporation commissioner.
By a unanimous vote the conven
tion Instructed the delegation to the
congressional convention to cast
Gaston's vote solidly for E. Y. Webb,
our present congressman.
; It was moved and carried that the
chairman of each precinct commit
tee name delegates to the congres
sional convention at Shelby on July
13th. The following delegates were
chosen: -
Gastonia No. 1 T. L. Craig, A.
C. Jones, P. W. Garland. H. G. Win
get. J. K. Dixon, J. K. Dixon, Jr., R.
B. Babington, J. L. Beal, C. B. Arm
strong, Charles Grigg, J. O. White,
J. F. Johnson, W. L. Balthis, W. E.
Hull, S. S. Shuford, R. C. Warren,
J. H. Kennedy, J. B. Long, W. A.
Gardner, H. E. Conrad, Jno. R.
Howe, Jno. R. Pearson, A. B. McAl
lister. Gastonia Np. 2 R. M. Johnston,
L. F. Groves, C. M. Dunn, J. T. Cox,
E. J. B. Moore, George Smith, A. C.
Stroup, E. X. Pegram, J. W. Atkins.
Glenn's Boyce Ferguson, Haw-
ard Falls.
South Point Will A. Jackson,
John L. Ragan.
Union Thomas Sparrow, J. R.
Henderson, W. T. Ford.
Lowell L. E. Rankin, John W.
Groves, B. F. Leonhardt, Cicero Har
ris. McAdenville Julius Kimbro, I.
F. Mabry, Ben R. Harper, R. R. Ray,
Geo. Hope, G. L. Wright.
Belmont V. A. Leeper, Sr., J. A.
Leeper, J. Q. Hall, A. J. Goforth, E.
D. Maynard.
Mount Holly J. W. Holland, P.
E. Lentz, J. M. Springs, I. B. Cov
iDgton, W. L. Noles.
Mtn. Island A. M. Henderson, C.
L. King.
Lucia J. M. Mcintosh, Thomas
Connell.
Stanley Jas. M. Reinhardt, Jno.
E. Cloninger, Alonzo Turbyfill, O. B.
Carpenter, C. F. Smith, D. Frank
Hovis.
Dallas D. G. Gibson, W. D.
Beam, E. L. Wilson, F. H. Robinson.
Cherryville T. B. Leonhardt, J.
H. Rudisill, J) C. Ballard, D. A. Ru
disill, J. S. P. Carpenter, W. L. Ader-
holdt, N. B. Kendrick, C. A. Wither
spoon, S. S. Mauney, C. C. Sipe, W,
J. Allran, Julius Hovis, B. H. Rob
erts.
Carpenters T. M. Hovis, H. S
Sellers.
Bessemer City S. J. Durham, E.
L. Froneberger, R. D. Ormand, G. A.
Gold, H. N. Garrison, Augustus
Metcalf, J. H. McDowell.
Dlllings O. G. Falls, J. M. Hel
ton.
Bakers S. E. Foy.
Delegates were instructed to cast
solidly for E. Y. Webb.
The following commitee was ap
pointed to name delegates to the Ju
dicial convention to be held in Gas
tonia' July 7th: Jno. F. Leeper, A,
E. Moore. T. M. Fayssoux, W. T.
Rankin, F. O. Davis, R. M. Johnston.
The committee named the following
delegates whose nomination was
confirmed by the convention:
Delegates: Thomas Lee Craig,
Craig, S. N. Boyce, B. T. Morris, S'.
A. Robinson, E. J. Rankin, A. M.
Dixon, W. T. Rankin, W. T. Love,
R. M. Johnston, J. H. Separk, S..M.
Robinson, J. W. Groves, Minor J.
Ray, F. P. Hall, James M. Sloan, W.
C. Wilson, I. B. Covington; Oscar B.
Carpenter, Henry Kiser, J. T. Oates,
H. N. Garrison, R. H. McGinnis, O.
F. Mason, E. L. Wilson, R. S. Lewisr
D. P. McLurd, J. H. Trott, L. H. J.
Houser, Jim Reinhardt, R. M. Reld,
A. Q. Kale, F. Dilling. Frost To r
rence, F. O. Davis, A. E. Moore,
A. R. Anders, T. M. Fayssoux, L F.
Groves, C. M. Dunn, R. R. Ray, J. F.
Leeper, G. M. Gullick, W. H. Lewis,
A. L. Bulwlnkle, R. Ki Davenport,
C. B. Armstrong, T. B.- Leonhardt,
W. L. Balthis, S. J. Durham, A. P.
H. Rhyne. . v .. .. , .
Alternates: R. B. Babington, P.
Wooda Garland, J. M. Shuford, W.
B. Morris. H. G. Winget, J. Mc
Arver, rW. N. Davis. A. G. Myers,
John C. Rankin, C. L. Grigg, .P. W.
Hand, D. W. Mitchem, George M.
Webb, Brown Lee Hall, John Tuck
er,: W..T. .Ford, , Burt RhyneC. F.
Smith, W. D. Carpenter, H. C. Fron
eberger, I. A. White, C. E. Helsler.
J. "W. M. Summey, R. JJ Dellinger.
O.VR.; Rhyne, D. R. Mauney, IX. P.
Dellinger. David Rud1;lll, A. M.
Henderson, E. G. McLurd, J. M. Mc
intosh,' A. J. Smith, J, R. Carson.
J, G. Carpenter, H. L. Moore, W. Y.
Warren, D. M. Jones, J. Flem John-
MR. S. S. PITTMAN DEAD.
Passed Away at City Hospital Yes
terday Morning Body Taken to
Dunn for Burial.
Mr. Sidney S. Plttman, who came
to Gastonia several months ago from
High Point, died at 3 o'clock yester
day morning at the City Hospital
following an Illness of four or five
weeks. Death was due to bronchial
asthma. Mr. Plttman had been con
fined to his bed just three weeks to
a day and had been in the hospital
Just a week. He had' not been very
strong since last February when he
suffered a severe attack of grip.
Accompanied by his widow and
father-in-law, Mr. T. A. Myers, the
body was taken on No. 42 yesterday
to Dunn, his former home, where
the funeral and interment took
place today. Deceased was 38 years
of age. He Is Burvived by two
brothers and his mother, Mrs. Ste
phen Plttman who is 86 years old,
all living at Dunn.
Mr. Plttman was a photographer
by trade and followed that business
until his recent illness. Though a
resident of Gastonia for only a short
time, he made many friends here to
whom his death is a source of sor
row. The sympathy of the entire
community goes out to the bereav
ed widow and other relatives in their
great sorrow.
Excursion to Rlrhmond.
Elsewhere in The Gazette of to
day the Southern Railway announces
that it will operate its annual ex
cursion from Charlotte to Rich
mond on Tuesday, July 19th. The
train will leave Charlotte at 8 p.
m. on that day. The roundrtrip
fare from Charlotte is $4.50. The
excursionists will have one night
and two days in the Virginia capital.
W. C. Galloway, Jr., a well known
young man of Wilmington was ar
rested Saturday on a charge of for
gery. It is alleged that he forged
the signature of his father-in-law,
D. N. Chadwick, to a check for $175.
son, D- B. Grier, A. H. Huss, I. F.
Mabry, W. A. Leeper, Sr., G. A. How
ell, S. J. Gaston, J. L. Ragan, P. E.
Lentz, R. J. Dellinger, John Ballard,
H. S. Sellers, C. W. Fuller.
Mr. C. B. Armstrong, who has
served the county of Gaston faith
fully and diligently for several
years as chairman of the Democrat
ic executive committee, having re
signed, Mr. T. L. Craig's name was
presented as his successor. His
nomination having been greeted
with such hearty applause, everyone
predicts for Gaston Democracy a
howling victory in the fall election
this year. Mr. Craig was unani
mously elected. In accepting the
nomination Mr. Craig, in a few well
chosen words, expressed his grati
tude for the honor bestowed and as
sured the convention that he would
not "sleep on the job."
Adjournment.
-LETTER FROM MR. MAUNEY.
The following letter was received
by Chairman Armstrong from Mr. S.
S. Mauney, of Cherryville, the de
feated candidate for the Legislature.
It was addressed to the county
chairman and the delegates to the
county Convention and breathed a
spirit of loyalty to the party and its
principles characteristic of a staunch
Democrat.
The letter follows:
"Gentlemen:
"As I am detained by business
from being present with you today I
take this way of expressing my sin
cere thanks to all for the courtesy
shown me during my recent canvass
for the nomination to the Legisla
ture. "While luck was against me in
securing the nomination I feel high
ly complimented in the liberal vote
which my friends gave me. .
"After considering the fact that
my announcement was not made un
til late and not being personally ac
quainted with a great many people
of the county, I feel like the rote I
received and the friends I have
made la enough to make me feel
good if I did fall short of the nom
ination. Thanking1 the good people
of Gaston County, for their liberal
support and -kindness shown me
while In the campaign, I remain,
' "tours 'very Vespectfully.
"S. S. MAUNEY."
JUSTICE FULLER DEAD.
Chief Justice of United States Su
preme Court Expire Suddenly at
His Summer Home In Maine, at
Advanced A;,e Ills Career e Re
markable One.
Bar Harbor, Me., July 4. Chief
Justice Melville W. Fuller, of the
United States Supreme Court, died
of heart failure at his summer home
In Sorento at 6 o'clock this morning.
The death of the chief justice wai
entirely unexpected, as he had been
in apparently good health lately, and
there . bad been no premonitory
symptoms of any kind of trouble.
Yesterday he attended church as
usual, and when he retired last
night he was to all appearances In
his customary health.
Death came about 6 o'clock this
morning. His daughter, Mrs. Na
thaniel Francis, and the Rev. James
F. Freeman, who was a guest of Jus
tice Fuller at his Sorrento cottage,
"Main Stay," were with the jurist
when he died.
The funeral services will be held
at Sorento and the Interment will
be at Chicago. The date for the
funeral has not yet been fixed.
Chief Justice Fuller was in his
seventy-sixth year.
CHIEF JUSTICE 20 YEARS.
Washington, July 4. To Chief Jus
tice Fuller fell the honor of third
rank for length of service as presid
ing justice in the highest tribunal
of the American government. For
twenty-two years he was chief Jus
tice of the Supreme Court of the
United States but Chief Justice Mar
shall presided over the court v for
thirty-four years and Chief Justice
Taney for twenty-eight years.
Before Grover Cleveland sent Mr.
Fuller's name to the Senate on
April 30, 1884, for confirmation as
chief justice, he was practically un
known except to members of the le
gal profession. In Maine, where he
was born on February 11, 1833, he
had been known as a well behaved,
rather scholarly lad. He had gone
to Bowdoin College and while there
won most of the prizes for elocution.
He had gone to Harvard law school
for one year.
Finally he blossomed forth as a
full fledged lawyer and pplitlcian of
a high-minded sort in his native city
of Augusta. He became an associate
editor on a Democratic paper called
The Age, and about the same time
was elected president of thb cij
council and then city solicitor. Soon
thereafter he left Maine for the
opportunities in Chicago.
From 1856 to 1888 he lived in.
Chicago, but attracted little atten
tion outside his immediate circle of
friends and as this at the bar until
he undertook the defense of Bishop -Cheney,
on a charge of heresy. Hl3
knowledge of ecclesiastical history
and procedure astonished those who
conducted the case and his argu- '
ment of the cause of the bishop be
fore the Supreme Court of Illinois is
referred to still as a forensic effort
seldom if ever surpassed in that
court.
He was a delegate to the national
conventions of the Democratic party '
in 1884, 1872, 1876 and 1880.
The Maine boy who had "gone
west" accomplished much notwith
standing his quiet life. He had laid
the foundations for 'a deep under
standing of the commercial laws of
the country and along this line he
had performed services for his cli- -1
ents which were estimated to have r
netted him an annual Income . of y
$30,000. These, accomplishments
led the Republican Senators from Il
linois to urge upon the Democratic .
President the appointment of Mr. )
Fuller as the successor of Chief Jus
tice Waite. ' yv '
The nomination of Mr. Fuller
then 55 years of age, was followed
by a memorable contest In the Sen
ate. T : ' - '
The. judiciary committee, with Its
Republican majority, to which, the '
nomination was sent April 30, held -np
the appointment until July 20. .
Then the committee reported to the .
Senate "without recommendation.
For three hours that body debated
in executive . session , ' whetb. .
er to confirm or reject the nomina
tion. The attack on Mr. Fuller was
led ' by Senators Edmonds, Evarts
and Stuart.. Senator Cnllom and -
... ' . -
Farwell defended him. The reports
that he had been a "copper , head
during the civil war end that be did
not possess the requisite ability as s
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