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VOL. IX. COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY, 14,, 1904. - NO. 89. THE LAST TAPS SOUNDED And Lieut.-Gen. John B. Gordon Answers Call, WAS LAST OF SO. GENERALS TO GO. Died atHIsJ-Iome Near Miami, FIa. Saturday Night Brief Sketch of the Brilliant Career of the Soldier arid Statesman - Atlanta, ' Jan.. - Lieutenant-General John "'Browo"Goondied. at his winter horns near Miami, Fla., at 10:00 tontght. His fatal illness : which overtook him last Wednesday, was congestion or the stom ach and liver, following: acute attack of indigestion, to which he was subject v General Gordon was born In Upson coun ty, Georgia, July 6, 1832, of Scotch ances try, which had a pnmiient part in the revolutionary war. ' ' Young Gordon, graduated from Georgia State University in 1852 and a few months later was admitted to the practice of law. Early'ia 1861 he enlisted in the volunteer confederate seryice.aud was elected captain of his company. He rose rapidly by promo tion to be lieutenant-colonel of the Sixth Alabama infantry in December,-I861. He participated in the struggle on the penin sula, had part in the battle at Malvern Hill and was commissioned brigadier-geu-eral November, 1862. He was in command at Chancellorsville aud in s the Pennsylvania campaign. He was at the battle of Gettys burg, the battle of Wilderness, , at Spott sylvania Court House. In May, 1864, he was promoted to be major-general aud look part in the important battles which marked the closing scenes of the civil war. His bearing was characterized by a boldness and a dash which made him the idol of his soldiers. In an official report of General D. H. Htll, General Gordon was characterized as the "Chevalier Bayardjof the Confederacy." . When hostilities were ended he called Irishmen about him and advised them to bear the trial of defeat, to go home in peace, obey the laws and rebuild the wasted country. -T-' .;;'. He hat taken a prominent part in the councils of his party since-1866. He was a defeated candidate for governor of Geor gia in 1868, and 1873 and 1879 was elected to the United States Senate. " '. ' Resigning that position - in 1880 he par ticipated in bunding' the Georgia Pacifie railroad. In 1886 and 1888 he was elected governor of Georgia and in 1890" he entered again the United States Senate for the full term. Since his retirement from political activity he has ..devoted much of his time in lecturing, presenting to the North as well as the 8outh his lecture upon f'The Last Days of the Confederacy." . . Since the -organization of the United Confederate Veterans he has . held the position of its conimander-iii-cbief, end his frequent re-elections to that position have testified to the warmth of affection in which he has been held iu the South. WAS " DEAD BROKE." Young Man Receives Hand-Out and ' Donor's Wife Becomes a Victim 1 of the Scheme r- ; One day last week, a well dressed young man approached . a . Lumberton grocer and said, "See here; I .don't know you nor do know me, but I don't ' mind telling you that I am strapped, and T want you to credit me with ten cents worth 'of goods." "All right; certainly," said the sympathizing mer chant. l"What will you have?' "Give meTarlaarof that soap, said the young man, and he bought a long, yellow bar of laundry soap, and taking his knife, deliberately cut it into small pieces, re marking that the people liked to be humbugged, and that he would gratify them. He then asked for .some tinfoil that had come off tobacco, neatly wrap ped up his soap, and went out. Twice he returned and bought more soap, pay ing for the firat bar, of course, and be fore the evening train, he came and showed the grocer a handful of change, remarking that he could now leave town. But the funny part is, when the merchant went home he learned that his wife had bought two pieces of the soap. Lumberton Argus. . "UHCLE JOE" CAHHOH PAYS THE Bat It Hurt Speaker Says Hily Book Agent Got the Better of Him. Washington; J an, 5. In transmitting payment by? check to a publishing house for sixty volumes of an Ameri can historical work, Speaker Connon today made this endorsement on ' the . back of a check. . v "This check is in full payment, both legai ana moral. : lor. sixty volumes o books called in the contract with the payee .' The books are no worth a damn, and high at that. We are 'never too old to learn but the way your gentlemanly agent called it over your Uncle Joseph' Is worth , the check. NewYork American. RUTH" IS DEAD. The Grim Reaper Passes y- Over the Cleveland l ' Home. ' Princeton, N. J., JanrT.-r-Ruth Cleve land, the eldest child of ex-President r , 4 ..... , ,. . . Grovar Cleveland, died at the Cleveland home -here today very unexpectedly, the immedate cause of death being a weakening of the heart action during a mild attack. of diptheria Dr-Wyckoffr the attending physician, said that' Miss it -. - - - Cleveland had been ill . with a mild form of : diptheria for. four days and that the heart affection was not antici pated. The Cleveland ; household is grief stricken over the death of the eldest daughter and many messages of condo lence are being received. The "private school which Ruth . at tended has been closed for tbe rest of the week out of respect. President John N. Finly, of the Col lege of .New York, Mr. Cleveland's personal friend, has come here to make all arrangements for the furiSTXir The interment will take place tomorrow. In response to many inquiries, .for mer President Cleveland, gave out the following statement today: . ' "Afkerafew days illness, which be gan with an attack , of tonsilitis, and developed -yesterday 'suddenly into dipthe ria, our: oldest daughter, - Ruth, died suddenly today .y Ruth Cleveland was born on October 3, 1891, in her father's residence at 681 Madison Avenue, New Yorkafter Mr. i j Cleveland had served his first term as President. She was named after Mrs. Clexeland's grandmother, and as "Baby Ruth" was a .great favorite in Wash ington society during he father's second term in the White House. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland have four remaining children. . . . '.. ' It is now understood that it was the child's illness that prevented Mr. Cleve land's attendance at the : dinner to Mayor McClellan in New York, Jan. 4. GEN. LONGSTREET DEAD. He Was: Lieutenant General j of -the Confederate Army. Atlanta, GaM Jan. 2. -General Long- street, soldier5, stateman and diplomat, and the last lieutenant general of the Confederate army, with the exception of General Jordan died in Gainesville, Ga., today from attack -of acute pneu monia. He had been ill two days. General Longstreet was a sufferer from cancer of one eye, but his general health had been good until Wednesday when he was seized with a sudden cold, developing later into pnemonia of a vi olent nature, He was 84 years old. He is survive 1 by his wife, four sons and a daugbter. - He will be buried in Gaines vile,.whiclT place has been his home since the civil war.' ? T INTOXICANTS RULED OUT. Orand Chancellor Lyles Compels the -Waiter to Empty Glasses. Asheville, Jan. 8. At the annual banquet of the Knights of Pythias at Tryon, in Polk county, lasC night, an unusual occurrence took place. State Grand Chancellor W. MfLyles and sev era! Asheville physicians went to; Co. umbus to attend the banquet and when tbe guests had been seated at the ban quel board tbe Stale grand chancellor noticed a glass of punch at each plate Atthoagh it is against the rules of the order to have intoxicants at the ban quets, Mr. Lyles let the matter pass un til he noticed the waiter pouring a iquor into the glasses about the table. it BABY Mr. Lyles asked the waiter what it was I degree. With the exception of Presi he was filling the glasses with and the I dent Loubet all of them spoke English reply was whiskey." Mr. Lyies . told him to desist and going over informed the toastmaster that the drinking ; of intoxicants at the banquet could hot be pernaittecU : The, , toastmnster riplied that he didn't know what the' menu provided by' tbe hotel proprietor, con sisted of. In the meantime the waiter had finished filling the glasses and sev eral of the banqueters had sipped the fiery ' liquor., when Mr. Lyles seeing what the waiter had done,- instructed him to go back around the' table and gapty the glas8ess. - This Jvas . done, and the banquet proceeded as though nothing had happend. . : - S Piatt an I Odell bowspectfully . ... ..J . ' Vhen they accidently meet, but they do" not embrace. . . ; BeVAIJ iBRie Oil CELTIC ny y '.; -: ;: . I, ' . yy-- . He M et M any N otables While Abroad. VISITED TEN CAPITALS II ALL Was Impressed With Friendly . Feelin'er . Exhibited --Toward Americans Hee Refuses to Talk at Present. " " -New-YorkrJan-. The White "Star steamer Celtic, on which Wm J. Bryan Is a passenger, arrived today. The steamer was met ; at quarantine : by a committee of prominent democrals. . .1 The reception committee was headed by former .United States Senator -Chas. ATowne, Melvia G.e Pallizieri Justice Samuel O. Seabury and Henry George, Jr. - : y.'i ' Mr. Brvan said be never felt better. Coming ptbe bay Mr. Bryan held a general reception. He declined to talk specifically for publication on the ground that he intended to write of his experi ences and did not desire all the impres sions he had gained to be old before his own writings had achieved print. Mr. Bryan said he visited ten capitals and a part of Sweden. , He spent four teen hours with Count Tolstoi. He also saw Max Nordau and Mr. Croker. He and Mr. Croker visited ' each ! other, he said. -:. Z; : '. :: y-yZ: 'S'':J "What did you say .to each other?' was asked. .'. ' : :; - y f 'I don't think we said - aay thing' of public Interest. You must remember that I know less of what has been going' HON. WILLIAM on in this country during the last two months than any two months of my life." - Asked about the great men he had visited. Mr. Bryan said he thought Mr, Balfour, England's premier, one of the most scholarly men he had ever met. He spoke in terms of high praise -and gratitude of the manner :. In . which he had been received and helped by . Em bassador Choate and all the American representatives-to whom he had , ap plied. . t ' ' - . l,l met President Loubet, of Prance," Mr. Bryan said, 'and found ".him ..very pleasanC Mr. Ducher, of Switzerland! is a very . genial ; man, with- German characteristics, strongly marked. . The czar of Russia also appeared to me to be very charming. , The crown prince of Denmark is affable and friendly, to a well. I enjoyed the visit to the vaticau I and was presented to the pope by Fath er Kennedy,7 the head of the American college in Rome. - The pope did not speak English. I was greatly impressed with the feeling . everywhere : exhib ited to the American, people. They seemed to like us." ; . v ' " - - 'Da you agree . with other - travelers that the peope are really, more the rul ers in England than in this - country?'.' he was asked. ' "In England," I . think, '.'.Mr.i Bryan said, ."public 'opinion.' prevails more than in any other place I know, except, perhaps, "France and v Switzerland. Switzerland - is far, more', deniocratic Untt XTuited States. Public opin- Mrtn nnt,rnls thAPfl mnra miiAtrl v- than anvwhere I know." r - . ; Mr. Bryan Bald he was going to Con- I 9.- YAt. .mk: necticut on Monday and that he hopes I jj be able to go to Nebraska before- the I tne end ot the coming week. A6ked if he lavored holding the dem- J ocratic. national convention in New York, Mr. JBryan gave an emphatic negative answer. He said ; ' .. : ! 4lIf you people have got as much I money as you say you have you can af- ford io go into the center of the coun-1 tryvuYou have been boasting abouUbe for the good of everybody. your Wealth and can afford: to spend at little of It. I am opposed to any ex-1 treme point of the country being taken I for the convention." ' 1 JLjldr Bryan - wouM . not say where he would like": the -convention, but sug gested somewhere in the center of the j country. ; ; ;y t?r r ; Mr. Bryan would not talk about pla;- the biggest navy that we make our govern forms. He said he ) knew of nothing ment the best on earth, and instead of hav that should be taken out of the last log our fla? float everywhere, let it stand platform and could not say what should be added. He refused to discuss the Panama situation, saying he wanted to know-more about it. - RECEPTION GIVEN BRYAN Nebraskan Tells How Nicely Re publicans Treated Him Abroad. New York, -Jan. 9. A reception was given to Mr. - Bryan who returned to the United States today, at the Victoria Hotel, by a committee, among the members, of which "were c Hamlin Garland, Henry George, Edwufd M. Grout,. Judge W. J. Gfeynor, Jacob A Cantor, W. Bourke Cockran, John T.' Crosby, Martin W. Lit tleton, William McAdoo, William Sulxer, Wm. R. Hearst, and Charles F. Murphy." Judge Samuel Seabury welcomed Mr. Bry , -. $ JENNINGS BRYAN. an. who. in resnondlnir.-'aaid! ' "During my brief sojourn in other lands -f ri r...' 1 have had my eyes and ears open and I have sought to see and to hear and to learn. I found much to interest me and I saw some things that I think we may very well learn.; But I. have not been" hv anytland where I would j wish' to live and work as here.? In some countries I have found free aom- or speecn just as muen as mere, is here, yet 1 was impressed with that no where else in the world is there the same opportunity for a man to make the most for himself, no matter what his family or his origin, as there is herei 4I wish to express ray sense of the cour tesy shown "me : by republican officers abroad. I carried with me a letter of in troduction from the Secretary of State, but they said 1 did not not need it. I could not have been treated more kindly if I had beenT a republican. " As an evidence- of good faith t wish to make the admission' that this trip has relieved me of great anx iety I had in 1896. I was afraid at that if I should be "defeated there -might -not be enough competent mento represent the coun try in all posts ofresponsibilily. Now my mind is greatly eased on this subject. ; j Be dnnmJ.Vrith-Ambassador Choate and all along my journey I met a- most adilurable body ' of men - representing their country. And they all acted as though they did not aow I ; was a - democrat, or if they did know, as if they not.care. I want to say that 1 Deueve tnoso representives are up holding the bonr and dignity'of our coun try absolutely. - -'Everywhere I went,' too, the foreign offlcers whom I met expressed meir lngh appreciation of the American representa lives and so far as I myself received any attention from foreign officer?, I wish to say that I do not' think they were extended to me personally, but because it was consid. ered that I stood in a representative capac- uy to a certain extent, and they were ex tended to me as an American; - "I, am, glad that there are republicans here. At times 1 have talked to republicans with some vehemence but:-1 -did it for their own goxi 1 dojnot want my party to gain any temporary advantage, but only a per manent advantage and that advantage shall - "During my trip my impression has been deepened that the policy of -making our navy so great that it bhall terrify other na ions will simply result in promoting a riv alry that will continue until iV reaches the limit of ability of the people to bear It -?I would propose what I consider a better plan. I would suggest instead of building for something wherever it floats. ; Let our ! flag stand, for justice between man and man and between nation and nation." Addresses were also made by W. Bourke Cockran, GeneraT James B. Weaver, John - Crosby, and tSeuator P. H. McCarren Cattle Quarantine Regulations. Adopted by the State Board of Agri- culuture, under authority conferred by Chapter 377, Laws of 1899, at its regular meeting, December 3, 1903. . . : North Carolina Department . , r of Agriculture 1. No cattle shall be moved or allow ed to, move, except? as proved in sec tions two (2) and. (3) ' of these regula tions, from other districts of this State, nor from any quarantined district of any other State as at present or hereaf ter defined as defined in the regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture governing cattle transpor tation, into that portion of Nbrtb Caro lina lying north and west of .the follow inff line, to-witt 4 Beginning f at the southeast corner of Henderson county at the "boundary line between South Carolina and North Carolina and run ning northerly along the eastern boun dary Tr of said county to the southern boundary of McDowell county; thence wes terly , northerl y and n orth-easterly along the southern, western and north era boundaries ; of McDowell county to the north , fork of the Catawba river; thence - southerly along ; the course of said river to the southwestern corner of Alexander"' county, .thence northerly along1 the western boundary of Alexan der county to the'southern boundary of Wilkes county; thence nortwesterly along 'the; boundary -linef " Wilkes county to the western corner of said county, ." thence ; following tne western and northern boundary line of Wilkes county to the western boundary of Sur ry county; thence northerly along the western bounary line of 'Surry - county to intersection with the northern boun- j dary line of the State of North Caro S llina. ' 2. From January 1st to January 31st, only, cattle may be moved or allowed to move Into that portion of North Car- I olina lying north and? west of the line described in section one (1) of these regulations from any quarantined dis tristrict of other States as at present or hereinafter defined; in: the regulations of the United -States Department oi Agriculture governing cattle "transpor tation, after having been: inspected ana founa iree or miecuoa eyer, uo ... ... , . , Boopbilus annuiatus;, oy . amy auiuor- ized inspectors of the United States De riartment of AeTiculture or . of ' the State of "North-Carolina and upon writ- len permision by such officer. 3. From January 1 st to ; February 15, only, cattle may be moved or allowed to move in that part of -North Carolina lying north and west of the line describ ed .in section one (I) of these regula tions,. from any quarantined section of North Carolina as at "present or hereaf ter defined, in the regulations of the United States Department of Agricul ture governing cattle . tmnsportation, after having been inspected and found free from; infection (Fever ticks Boo- philus annulatus) by, duly authorized inspectors of the u nitea tates uepart- ment of Agricuture or of tno State of North Carolina and upon written per mission by 6uch officer, 4. No cattle shall be moved or allow ed to move from any jother quarantined section of this State, nor from any Quarantined section of any other State as at present or hereafter defined in, the reglations of the United boates depart ment of Agricuture governing -catue transportation, ': into the . counties oi Wilkes,' Surry, Alexander, i aaKin, a- v tawha. Iredell, Dayie, Rowan, Lincoln, GastQni Cleveland, Rutherford Polk, McDowell ana tnat pare pi xuris.w ty south of 'the Catawba river, except from Januaryilst to February 15tb, And then only after having been inspected and found free from infecton (Fe ver ticks Boophil us annulatus) by duly o ntnpWW) insoectors oi tne u Diteu States nermission by such officer. - ; State Veterinarian. Raleigh, N. CDec. 15, 1903.. ; . UNITED Ifiv PHILADELPHIA Are the Opposing Wings of .Democracy BY THE OLD IHCKOrtY CLUD Several Letters of Regret Are Sent By Prominent- Sales men Several - Members of Congress Present. Philadelphia, 'Jan. 8. Leaders of the two wings of the democratic y party in Philadelphia, werej brought together tonight by the Old Hickory club, which gave a dinner in celebration of Jack son ; day. Democrats of prominence throughout the state and several mem bers of congress were present Letters of regret from: Grover Cleveland and United States Senators McCreary. of . Kentucky, and Tillman, of South Caro- ina, David B. - Hill, and W. Bourke Cockran, were read: 'y'y'y'y .'-'y.-. Senator Tillman, in sending his re grets, gaid; ; ty-.y-yy:: -i- y - .y Washington, January, 7, 1904. . 'Secretary Old Hickory club. - "Dear Sir; The sentiment which I propose to the ; Democrats . who -will honor the memory of Jackson at the - banquet Friday next would be thus: "The democratic party, will live : as ong as it "deserves to and will com- - mand the support of a majority of the people when it shall demonstrate its adherence to the grand principles of;its fathers. When we stand for the people and. tneir rights in a manner so unmis takable that they ., cannot be missed, the people will support ; the ; party in preference to any other. The . two wings of the party must 'flap together'. if we are to make; any progress. We must ignore past differences on matters of policy, but no candidate has succeed ed who is obnoxious to the South and West, just as no candidate has succeed ed who was obnoxious to the East. - We must find a man who can command th e . respect and loyal support of all patriots, and with such a man we , will win be cause the times are threatening and all conservative men j without regard to . party will support such a candidate. ' "Pennsylvania democrats cannot give us any electoral voates. ' Let them not undertake to dictate a policy or present a candidate who can only revive the bitterness of the - past " and . make suo- cess.lmpossible. A;: yyy: ; - . Yours very truly, : - (Signed ) -y TL B. TILLMAN." Congressman John S Williams, of Mississippi, who had prepared a speech on "The principles of Andrew Jackson," was unable to be 'present,, and the speech was read by Michael Francis Doyle, a member of the club. . . Mr. Cleveland, in his leter dated -De cember 26, said: . ."Of course I need not tell yotf how ?iillv'T am in avmnathv: with th vhlv. jects and purposes of the club and how fully I believe in the usefulness of : its efforts in the cause of true democracy.'1, COERCING QEORQI A SENATORS Rev. 5am Small -Threatens to Retire Them If They Vote Against Treaty. . Washington, Jan. 6. -An exceedingly interesting episode ocenrred yesterday -in tbe marble room of the Senate when Sam Small, the r sometime - evangelist, approached f.tbe ; J Georgia f j Senators, " Messrs. Bacon and Clay, on tke subject of the Panama canal.? v: - : - t - Mr. Small, who ia now principal edi torial writer on the staff , of the Atlanta Constitutiongave an ' ultimatum to the ' Georgia Senators in writing, in which he said that if the Senators didnot - by the interests of U South thai ''Hell would break loose ih Georgia," and that the Senators, would be eliminated as political factors in the State. Both Senators grew angry and Clay suggest ed, that it would be well for Mr. Small fn Iaava t.ViA hnildin. !' - THE SOUTH CAROLUA DISPEISiBIES Pa? Yfir? Handsoins - Diildeids b Charleston, S. 0., (Special). The fig ured from the report of Chairman L. J - Williams, of the board of directors of the State dispensary for r the fiscal Jreaf- 1903, show I that the business7" done amounted to the enormous sum of $2,81T- 998. 775 Following '.vare' Vcomparatfre m - a .y . mm. Af M Mtt Wm : ugureo; j.tv givda Daicoy iua t.veM 1 1 1 1902, gross sales; 2,406,62L ' 1 The net profits to towns for 1903 was $512,216.35,' and. the net profit for the' Sihool fund for 1903 was $126,268. y In crease of net profits in 1903 over in, crease 1902, is $7i,51f.' . r ". .
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