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COLUMBUS, N. C, tHUIiSDAY, MAY 30, 1907.
NO. 5.
invested in Atlanta, Georgia, Saturday
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With Appropriate Exercises
FMENSC CROWDS THERE
re-Long Friend and War Compan-
)n of the Dead Chieftain Beard
rith Greatest Interest in Impres-
ive Ceremoniee at Atlanta.
itlanta, Ga., Special. Thousands
Georgia's citizens, with added hun-
jds from other sections of the
ith, gathered Saturday at the uri-
g ceremonies of the splendid
listrian statue of the momory of
John B. Gordon. Almost with-
the shadow of the State Capitol
at crowds gathered to hear the ora-
tas and eee the monument unveiled.
the parade which preceded the
remonies a long line of soldiery and
he organization marched through
principal downtown streets,
Itched by thousands of spectators,
e oration of Gen. Clement A. Evans
atives. The ceremonies were presiaaa
over, by Gov. Jos. M. Terrell, who in
troduced the monument for the State
of Georgia.
After the invocation the history of
the Gordon Monument Association
was read. Then General Evans was
rintroduced.
Following the address of General
Evans, Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Smith
pulled the cords which freed the mon
ument of its covering and the cheers
of the crowd broke forth. When si
lence was restored in part the address
of presentation was delivered by
Capt. N. E. Harris, of the monument
committee and the address of accept
ance by Governor Terrell followed.
A poem by Major Charles W. Hub-
ner and the intrduction of Sculptor
Solon H. Borglum of Norwalk, Conn
who designed the monument, preced
ed the benediction which closed the
exercises.
The parade preceding the unveil
ing was one of the finest semi-military
displays of recent years in At
lanta. The first division, of which
there were six, was commanded by
Brig. Gen. W. S. Edgerly, U. S. A.,
death, and when $10,000 had been
raised by the John B. Gordon Monu
ment association, the Georgia legisla
ture appropriated the needed $15,000
to complete the work, taking: over the
association's fund and naming a con-
mission to act as the State's agent.
In a competition entered by half a
dozen well known artists, Sculptor S.
H. Borglum of Norwalk, Conn., won
the award, his work being highly
commended by those who best knew
and were intimately associated with
Gen. Gordon, among them his wife
and daughters. The sculptor's task,
under the criticism of such judges,
was no easy one, and its completion
has been the almost constant work of
The Statue Described.
The statue, standing 20 feet from
base of pedestal to top i of head, was
appropriately unveiled -by Gen. Gor
don, two daughters, Mrs. Carolina
Lewis Gordon Brown of Vermont, and
Mrs. Frances Gordon Smith of At
lanta; and as the cords released the
veiling folds, "Dixie" rom the band
was the signal for .another "rebel
The dedication poem was read by
its author, Charles W. Hubner of
Atlanta, followed by music.' in whish
participated a chorus of several hund
red voices.
After the formal delivery of the
statue to the State by Capt. Nathan-
FEMJXINE NEWS NOTES.
a twelvemonth. The statue was eastjiel E. Harris of Mac4 in behalf of
in eopper bronze in Brooklyn, N. Y., the commission, and its! acceptance hi
and forwarded to Atlanta' April 2d,
arriving here May 9.
The statue' represents Gordon as he
is best remembered in the years, short
ly before his death when, almost upon
the same spot where it will stand for
generations, he sat mounted and re
viewed year after year on Memorial
Day the ever thinning hosts of those
who followed him in battle. And
there it will stand for years to come
on the northwest corner of the State
capitol grounds, in reviewing attitude
while past it will march on each
Memorial Day to come those who
join in tribute to the recollections of
the past.
Upon the front of the pedestal will
vajvpear the one word, in bronze let
ters : 4 Gordon. ' On either aide , of
the pedestal will be set a bronze bae
relief, three by five feet in dimension,
representative of the most conspicu
ous features in his career. The one
represents Gordon at Spottsylvania
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muunruiO A V TUOT GEORGIA GRANITE PEDESTAL, WAS UNVEILED UPON THE
STATE CAPITOL GROUNDS, ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1907.
a response by Gov. Joseph M. Terrell,
the ceremonies concluded with the
introduction to the audience of Sculp
tor Borglum and the benediction.
Gordon 's is the only monument up
on the capitol grounds; A marble
statue 6f United States Senator B.
H. Hill, which formerly stood at the
junction of Peachtree and West
Peachtree streets in Atlanta, was re
moved into the rotunda of the capi
tol building away from the elements
and youthful vandals.
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MRS. McKINLEY DEAD.
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Wife of the Late President Passes
Away Peacefully.
Canton, Ohio, Special. Mrs. Wil
liam McKinley, widow j of President
McKinley, died at her, home here at
1 o'clock Monday morning. The end
came peacefully. At the McKinley
home When death came there were
preent Secretary Cortelyou, Mr. and
Mrs. M. C.-Barber, Mrs. Sarah Dun
can, Mrs. Luther Day, Justice and
Mrs. William R. Day, Drs. Port
mann and Rixy and th$ nurses. The
funreal will be held Wednesday, and
will be in charge of her pastor, Dr.
Buxton of the Methodist church.
Millionaries Indicted.
San Francisco, Special The grand
jury indicted six millionaries on
charsres of bribery and attempted
bribery and returned additional ia
dictments against Abraham Reuf and
Mayor E. E. Schmitz, Frank G. Drum,
Eufree . Sabla, John Jlartin, Abra
ham Ruef and Mayor $chmitz were
indicted on 14 counts each, charging
that they jointly bribed' 14 of the IS
supervisors m the sum 'of $750 each
to fix the gas rate for 1906 at 85 eents
instead of 75 cents. G. jMumbseji, B.
Green, W. I. Brobeck arid Ruef were
indicted on 14 counts, ejach charging
that they jointly attempted to bribe
14 supervisors in the sunji of $1,000 to
vote a trolley franchiseVto the Park
side Transit Company. Judge Coffey
fixed bail at $10,000 on! each of the
126 counts contained iii the indict
ments. -i 2J
Contest on New York. Cotton Ex
change for Control.
New York, Special. f For the first
time in 11 years there is to be a con
test on the New York cofton exchange
for control of the management. News
to this effect was made known on the
floor of the exchange when two tickets
were posted for the annual election,
which will take place I on June 2.
James H. Parker will head both tick
ets, but for other offices there will be
a contest. It is understood that the
question of reform in epntracts will
be an issue. T -
life-long friend and war compan
f the dead chieftain was heard
1 efreaUst interest and as the two
nghters of General Gordon nulled
cord and unveiled the statue, the
rains of Din ran? out and the
Prds of the sono- hv the multitude
pgled with the old " Rebel Yell,"
Pm the throats of veterans who
N?ht under General Gordan and Lee
programme for the unveiling
"monies was as follows:
iDvoahon
Music.
History of the Gordon Mounment
Fociation, by Captain William L.
Nation. G
nveilinw Wit nf. IT' , n-j ,
m of Atlanta and Mrs. Caroline
;wis Gordan Brown of Vermont,
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Iti ' liiei oy Dana.
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Terrell ' Governor J'
Pr.UctiOn of Sfiulntor Roro-lnro.
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A fefl : HDQK PRESENT.
e of r day was tne Pres"
ederaff' ardon widow of the
m nr' burton Smith, of At-
enaoJ lrs- Bishop Brown of
od MaW r? unveiled the monumeiit
enerai 0 ?ugh A- Gordon, a son of
"'uun and several other rel-
commanding the Department of the
Gulf. A battalion of the Seventeenth
Infantry stationed at Fort McPher
son, and two regiments of Georgia
State troope the fifth and the second
made up this division. Other organ
izations of unattached military com
panies, various camps of Confederate
veterans, Daughters of the Confeder
acy, sons of Confederate Veteraus
and numerous civic organizations
completed the long line.
Gen. Gordon was regarded as the
typical Georgia soldier and there was
no man whom Georgians, in fact
those of all the South, more delight
ed to honor. Then, after the war, in
legislative halls, executive chair and
upon the orator's platform he car
ried the message of peace and fellow
ship to every section of the country
becoming ,in fact, a national charac
ter admired and loved wherever he
was known. Indeed, not a few sub
scriptions to the fund with which the
monument was erected came from
those who stood in opposing ranks in
the sixties, and with each came a
message of admiration and esteem for
his nobility of character and gener
osity of heart.
This monument was erected at an
approximate cost of $25,000, of which
$10,000 was raised by private sub
scription among comrades and friends
largely in Georgia, but also in other
Southern States and in some instan
ces, as noted from admiring friends
in the North. The project was first
undertaken a Jittle more than three
on the 12th of May, when, before his
entire division, he forced Gen. Robert
E. Lee to the rear, and probably saved
the intrepid Confederate leader's life,
an act which has figured in poetry,
song and story. The other is repres
entative of three important phases
m Gordon's lire, soldier, statesman
and patriot. He became governor of
Georgia and United States senator,
and no Georgian has ever been better
known on the lecture platform than
'as he up to the day of his death.
The unveiling ceremonies took
place at noon, Saturday, May 25, and
were preceded by a military pageant
in which there joined troops from oil
parts of the State, while federal of
ficers and troops from the depart
ment of the gulf and Fort McPherson
W. S. Edgerly, commander of the de
partment, and his staff having ac
cepted the invitation of Grand Mar
shall Robert E. Park to take part in
this function. The military broke
ranks at the capitol grounds and join
ed the vast throng of officials, civic
bodies and citizens who were there to
participate.
The invocation by Rey. Wm. F.
Glenn and music were followed by a
reading of the history of the John B.
Gordon Monument association by its
first president, Judge W. L. Calhoun
of Atlanta. The principal address
was delivered by Gen. Clement A. Ev
.ans, the ranking Confederate chief of
the United Confederate Veterans.
Gen. EVaas participated with Gordon
in the Spottsylvania incident and was
Terminated Without an Agreement.
Atlanta, Ga,, Special. ' The Con
stitution will announce Authoritative
ly that the negotations? which have
been pending for some Itime for the
! acquiring by the Seaboard Air Line
of traekage rights overjjthe Southern
Railway between Macon and Atlanta
have been terminated - without an
agreement. The terns offered by the
Southern were not acctable to the
Seaboard, according to tjU report and
further negotiations hae , been sus
pended for the time at Ifast.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
year, ago. just after Gen, Gordon 'si has comrade and lifelong friend.
For Contempt o Con
Charleston, Special. -4 Sam; Bricks,
formerly a merchant of Dillon, was
brought to Charleston having been ar
rested at Ardmore, Oklahoma, on a
bench warrant, chargir-jg him with
contempt of court, in paving failed
to carry out an order of f Judge Braw
ley in bankruptcy proeedings. In
February, 1906, Brick affairs were
in court and he was dircted to turn
over the sum of $1,500 to the trustee.
Instead of doing so Brick boarded the
tram and went West an lived under
the name of H. Simofis. He was
brought here by two deputies of the
marshall ot the Southern district of
Oklahoma and delivered to Marshall
Adams, who placed him fa jail. Brick
will remain a guest of 8 Capt. Grad-
dick until he purges himself of con
tempt and there is noij telling how
long he will remain in jjnu.
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All Business to Stop During Unveiling
of Davis Statue.
New Oleans, La,, Special. An ap
peal to all Southerners briefly to stop
business and all moving: wheels at 2
p. m., June 3, the moment of the un
veiling-of the Jefferson Davis statue
They have a new verb in London
to suffrage. "She was arrested while
suffraging."
The Nurses' Associated Alumnae
meeting at Richmond. Va., elected as
president Miss Annie Damer, of New
York.
Mrs. J. B. Henderson is at the
head of the crusade against the use
of intoxicants by society people at the
national capital.
Dr. Frances W. Moneil resigned as
president and member of the Wom
an's Press Club and sent a statement
to each member giving her reasons.
Princess Camilla von Wrede will
not be prosecuted for stealing silver
from hotels in Berlin, medical experts
saying she .is not mentally responsi
ble. New York women are showing a
strong inclination to revive the craze
for Panama hats, and milliners are
sending orders for big supplies of the
fine weave.
At a charitable matinee given at
The Playhouse, London, Kitty Chea
tham, an American actress, took the
house by storm with her negro and
children's songs.
Saveral houses in the financial dis
trict of New York City have their
confidential orders attended to by
women. They are in cnarge oi ine
private telephones.
When Mrs. Roosevelt returned
from the isthmus last summer she
brought a genuine Panama, and her
first appearance in it was a signal to
the do-likewise clan.
Mrs. Augustine Castello de Ro
mero Rubio, the mother of Mrs. Diaz,
wife of the President of the Republic,
died in the City of Mexico after an
illness of a few hours.
Lady Henry Som'erset, who haa
made the temperance cause her life
work, has announced that she will
retire from public life and will ba
heard nd more on rmbHo platforms.
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Records for snowfall in April were
broken.
Paris is face to face with a snail
famine. k
Spain's royal babe was named Al
fonso Pio Cristino Eduardo.
The death record of plague In In
dia for six weeks is 451,892. (
The United States Patent Office is
months behind in its work.
Ballooning as a recreation for
Women finds much favor In France.
Secretary Root, speaking at Yale,
defended the raising of campaign
funds.
Professor Gustav J. Stoeckel. first
head of the department of music at
Yale, is dead.
Canada is agitating for an all
British route to Australia by way of
the Dominion.
The Texas Legislature has passed
a bill levying a tax of fifty per cent,
on dealers in pistols.
The battleship Kansas was placed
in commission with appropriate cere
monies at the League Island Navy
Yard.
Baron Ozwa, a special representa
tive of the Mikado, said that Japan
hopes for an alliance with the United
States. ......
Chinese officials banquet Rodger
at Shanghai; say that America's gen
erosity in famine relief has healed all
breaches.-
The earnings of thirty-five leading
railroads for the second week of
April aggregated $9,658,620. In the
same period in 1906 the earnings
were $8,482,529.
The Presbyterian General Assem
bly resolved to hold its ministers to
strictest account for observance of
the church's teachings on divorce,
and to prohibit their marrying di
vorced persons whose union is for
bidden by the rules of their own denomination.
Edward Everett Hale is eighty-five
years old.
Richard Mansfield sailed for Eu
rope. He was so ill that two valets
half carried him up the gangplank of
the steamship.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw
will receive a salary of $25,000 a
year as president of the Carnegie
Trust Company.
James Lane Allen's old home in
Kentucky is again for sale, Senator
Bailey, of Texas, the present owner,
having advertised it.
President Roosevelt speaks several
foreign languages French. German,
Spanish,. Italian and Danish, besides
a smattering of "Gaelic. '
Rear-Admiral Evans, commander-
in-chief of the Atlantic fleet, declared
the United States should keep six
teen battleships each in the Atlantic
and Pacific.
Governor Hoch, of Kansas, has ac
cepted a number of assignments from
a lecture bureau as high as $15 0 a
night, the season's profits figuring
close to $15,000.
General Funston by waiving his
right of promotion in favor of Gen
eral McCaskey, notwithstanding his
own seniority, has set the service an
admirable example.
Allan L. McDermott, who repre
sented the Tenth New Jersey District
in the last Congress, has retired from
public life. He is one of the best
known Democrats in New Jersey.
John W. Gates, who for a while has
given up the pursuit of the bulls and
bears in Wall Street to go boar hunt
ing in France, regards no article In
his wardrobe with more pride than
he does his $10,000 fur overcoat.
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