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t ' ; ' -.Is gfotmti) i Three Cents the Copy. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription PrteeTsl.OQ Per Year in Advance. VOL XIII. COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1907. NO. 6. HIM III HIM ,' 1 . 11 til GOOD III UUD hul n con 10 I NORTH Veterans of the Lost Entertained in Richmond, 'Virginia 'OLD soldiersare happy Governor Swanson and Mayor Mc; Carthy Welcome the Veterans to the State and Richmond, Both Be ing Received with Enthusiastic Ap plause Old Soldiers Rise to Their Feet ond Greet General Lee With the Utmost Enthusiasm. Richmond, Va., Special With the largest number of Confederate vet- reruns gatuered rogetner since uie wax, . i i i i l a 1 and the vast horse show building, in which the convention was held, beau tiful with flairs and bunting and por traits of the leaders of the Confeder acy, the twelfth annual reunion of the Confederate veterans began here S under the most auspicious conditions, j General Boiling introduced Rev. J. William Jones, chaplain general of the - and camp, who presented Rev. Dr. -1. R. Gravatt, of this eity, and the latter offered the opening prayer. Governor Swanson of Virginia, mid the wildest enthusiasm, wel comed the veterans to the Old Do minion. if $ j i Mavor iucLariuv, oi rucnnionu, ir r ii o Tti i ji welcoD d the visitors to the city which 4 j years ago they defended against the armies of Burnside, Pope, MeClellan, Sheridan and Grant. B. B. Morgan, of the local camp Sons of Veterans,, added the welcome of those lie represents to the we- i s, which already had been ex-- pressed. General Boiling introduced the commander-in-chief of the Confederate veterans, Gen. Stephen D. Lee, and the aid soldiers rose to their feet and received him with the utmost enthus iasm. (!eneral Lee assumed the gavel presiding officer and delivered his annual address. He said among other things, that the iming of a Confederate veteran to Richmond was like the return of a long-absent child to its mother that Richmond is to the Confederacy what Calais was to that French Prince, who compelled to liye in England, said: "When I die, you will find en graved on my heart the one word Calais.' At noon the first session of the np union adjourned for the veterans to take part in the unveiling of the equestrian statue of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, erected by the cavalry asso ciation of the Army of Northern Vir ginia. The parade incident to this cere mony started at 2 p. m. and was a brilliant pageant. The weather was beautiful, and the display was wit nessed bv a vast concourse, estimated to number 75,000 to 80,000. The people were packed along the whole course of the parade, a dis tance of about two miles, on the side walks, on the porches and in the windows of the buildings on both sides of the street. 1 i 10.0 whole number in line and on idowalks is estimated af from to 150,000. There are about 0 actual veterans in the city. . . ns of veterans and other aux mary bodies, military and so on, re about 20,000 and in addi !;."' to these, there are about 20,000 visitors drawn hither by the reunion ceremonies. Monument Unveiled. The grand serenade at 2 p. m. at 'he mi veiling ceremonies at the Stuart monument were all that could l)f' ' 'sired, both from a scenic view and the elegant manner of its being carried out. Veterans Stirred By Col. Lee. Richmond, Va., Special. In his sPeeh, which aroused the Confeder veterans' convention and which proved to be the leading feature of 1hl' reunion thus far, Col. "Bob" e said in part: There never has been a more CRtieal period of American history i!n that which ushered the year upon the world's stage of act- The trouble was of recent or it was not the spasmodic out Urt of an hour, nor the stubborn ' n'! useless resistance of a factious naintenance of groundless opinions; r as the result of the existence a 1 antal?onizingf forces operating for;" I !n? time in the country, the seeds einJr first sown by the forefathers, ;e in the fertile valley of the ittot?' and some fell down on the obonnd- coast of New England. ' -uonal differences exhibited them- Cause Splendidly selves long before the adpotion of the Federal constitution. "For the purpose of this occasion we care not how the African slave first placed his unhallowed feet on Southern soil. Suffice it to say that although the South had at one time no inconsiderable career of maritime adventure, 'no ship or shipmaster ol hers had ever in a single case been implicated in the illicit African slave maintained slavery to be the most dangerous element in the country. From the beginning the statesman of the( South scented danger in the great racje problem with which they were being saddled and the question that was uppermost in their minds was, what shall be done with the emanci pated serf? The Evils of Slavery. "Much as I deplore slavery,' said Patrick Henry, 'I see that prudence forbids its abolition.' Henry Clay asserted that 'The evils of slavery are absolutely nothing in compari son with the far greater evils which would inevitably follow from sud den emancipation.' And again he says: 'If I were to invoke the greatest blessing on earth which heaven, in its mercy, could bestow on this nation, it would be the sep aration of the most numerous races of its population and their comfortable astablishment in distant and distinct countries.' Mr. Mason, of Virginia, went farther in, declar ing 'The traffic is infernal. To per mit it is against every principle ai honor and safety.' Mr. Calhoun was of the opnion that the existing rela tions between master and servant cannot be destroyed without subject ing the two races to the greatest ca lamity and the section to poverty, desolation and wretchedness.' "Virginia in October, 1778, and Georgia, in 179S, passed acts pro hibiting the importation of slaves. The former act provided for a pen alty of 1,000 pounds, and also 'every slave imported contrary to the true interest and meaning of this act shall, upon such importation become free,' thus, to the everlasting credit of the South, upon whose devoted head the vials of holy wrath have been so' unjustly and brutally pour ed out for propagating, nourishing and harboring slavery, she leads the world in an earnest attempt to pre vent the very thing of which she is accused. " 'How can the Union be saved 1 thundered Mr. Calhoun from the floor of the Senate 11 years before the be ginning of hostilities. 'There is but one way by which it can be, with certainty, and that is by a full ana final settlement on the principles of justice, of all the questions at issue between the two sections. The South asks for justice, simple justice, and less she ought not to take. She has no compromise to offer but the Con stitution.' "When the red curtain of war rolled upon the American stage it revealed the South in arms ready and willing to defend all that makes life worth living, . the Free dom o country, the honor of the peo ple, the sanctity of home." To Meet Next at Birmingham.. 'The Grand Camp, United Ccmfedor- afce Veterans re-electedd its general officers as" followins: Commander-in-chief General Steph en sl). Lee. Lieutenant General, Department Aisny of Nortehrn Virginia," Gen. Ir vine Walker. Lieutenant General Department oi Tennessee, General Clement A. Ev. ans. Lieutenant General, Trans-Mississippi "Department, Gen. W. L Ca bell, All the officers were. chosen by ao- clarnation. Birmingham was chosen as the ci for the next, the eighteen, aife- 1 reunion of the veterans. Otlngr s competing were San Antonio Nashville. The vote at firt d about 1,600 to 800 in favor Alabama town. - A he report of the committee oil lutions was adopted without d- , It recommends that the speeds f Gen. S. D. Lee, Senator Joiili Dniel and Col. R. E. Lee, Jr., ted m pamphlet form for distf- ion and endorses the objects a s of the Arlington Confedera in imington Nation correct; representation oi the Confederate battle flag the reso lutions committee submitted as a sub stitute "that the action of this as sociation, .at its convention held in Nashhville, Tenn., in 1904, be en dorsed and reaffirmed. noa erne z row) be 1 TfU b4 miumeni cBaetery 'On the President Makes a Memorial Day Address TALKS OF INDIANA SOLDIERS The Executive Pays Warm Tribute to Oliver Morton, the War Govern or of Indiana. Indianapolis, Ind., Special. Presi dent Roosevelt delivered the principal address here at the unveiling of a monument to Gen. Henry W. Law ton. He discussed railway problems and incidently paid a warm tribute to Oliver Morton, the war Governor of Indiana. At the conclusion of the address the President and Vice President were driven to Grove Hill Cemetery, wheer the President placed a wreath on the grave former President Ben jamin Harrison. The programme of exercises in cluded an invocation by Rev. D. It. Lewis an address by Gov. J. Frank Hanly, music by the Seventh Regi ment Band, the reading of a poem' dedicated to General Lawton by James Whitcomb Riley, the introduc tion of the President by Governoi Hanly and President Roosevelt's ad dress. The President said in part: THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH. "For more than one reason I am pecularliarly glad that this year 1 speak on Memorial Day in the State of Indiana. There is no other class of our citizens to whom we owe so much as to the veterans of the great war. To them it was given to per form the one feat with which no other feat can be compared, for io them it was given to preserve the Union. Moreover, you men who wore the blue, blessed beyond the victors in any other war of recent times, have left to your countrymen more Ciiai ifce .material results of the triumph, more even than the achiev ing the triumph itself. You have left a country so genuinely reunited that all of us now, in whatever part of this Union we live, have a right to feel the keenest pride, not only in the valor and self-devotion of you, the gallant men who wore the blue, but also in the valor and self-devotion of your gallant opponent who wore the gray. The hero whose mon ument we to-day unveil, by his life bore singular testimony to the com pleteness of the reunion. General Lawton in his youth fought gallantly in the civil war. Thirty-three years afterward he again marched to war, this time against a foreign foe, and served with distinguished ability and success as general officer, both in Cuba and in the Philippines. When he thus served it was in an army whose generals included not only many of his old comrades in arras, but some of his old opponents also, as General Wheeler and General Fitz hugh Lee. Under him, both among the commissioned officers and in the ranks, were many men whose fathers had worn the blue serving side by side with others whose fathers had worn the gray; but all Americans now, and nothing but Americans, all united in their fealty and devotion to their common flag and their com mon country, and each knowing only the generous rivalry with his fellows as to who could best Serve the cause for which each was ready to lay down life itself. To General Lawton it be fell actually to lay down his life; a tragedy, but one of those noble trage dies where our pride rises above our sorrow. For he died in the fullness of time, serving his country with en tire devotion a death that every man may well envy." At Other Points. National Memorial day was genet ally observed throughout the country. In the principal cities, both North antl South, the graves of the dead were srown .with flowers, and all the public addresses breathed of patriot ism and with kindly references to the fallen heroes who fell upon both sides of the memoriable struggle. Seaboard Takes Initial Step. Norfolk, Special. At the office of President Garrett, of the Seaboard Air Line Railway it was stated that the Seaboard has officially announced its willingness to cemply. with the re quest of Gen. Stephen D. Lee, com manding the Confederate veterans of the South, that all trains on Sou thern roads be stopped for five minu tes at 2 p. m. June 3d, the birthday j anniversary of Jefferson Davis, and the hour of the unveiling of the Davis monument at Richmond providing other roads will join " in and comply with General Lee's request. Funeral of Mrs. McKsnley Was Simple But Solemn ASSEMBLAGE OF FAMOUS MEN Funeral at Old-Fashioned Home Ex tremely Simple, But Four Songs Being" Sung and the Service the Simple Ritual of the Methodist Church, Conducted by Rev. Drs. Buxton and Holmes. Canton, O., Special. The body of Ida Saxton MeKinley rests beside that of her distinguished husband in WoodlaWn Cemetery. Her last words,, "Oh, God why should I longer wait let me lie beside him" have been answered. The funeral services ' at the old fashioned McKinlef home were es tremly simple. Fouj songs were sung at the funeral of President MeKinley and the services; was the simple ritual of the Methodist Episcopal church. The house on its Market and Louis streets sides was roped off to restrain the crowds which Jthronged neigh -boring thoroughfares. A broad laven der ribbon fluttered-from the door to indicate a house of mourning and only a few intimae friends visited tie house during thf forenoon. Aside firorft the ropes strung along the streets there was nothing to indicate that a ceremony of unusual import was about to take place. It was not until the funeral services were act ually being performed that the streets became, crowded and the crowds were held under excellent check by the lo cal police. I President Roosevelt arrived at 12:45 p. m. and was driven immed iately to the residence of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Day for luncheon. Amongst others at the table were Secretaries Root, Cortel you and Wilson, Governor Harris and ex-Governor Herriek, of Ohio. Immediately after the luncheon the President and party were driven to the MeKinley home on North Marker street. The body, in its black casket rested in its flowei-em-bowered- place in the so-called "campaign office "in the identical spot! where President MeKinley 's body la after the Buffalo tragedy. Flowers in pieces! ami merely fast ened together by ribbon with the roses, which Mrs. MeKinley favored, predominating, filled the room, while many more for which there was not room in the house 'were sent to the Woodlawn Cemetery ahead of the cortege. v President Roosevelt, Vice President Fairbanks and Cabinet Members Root Wilson and Cartelyou occupied seats in the parlor across the hall. In this room also were Governor Harris and Former Governor Herriek. Relatives and immediate friends of the family were seated in the hall and adjoining rooms. Awhile services were being conduct ed by the Rev. Dr. Buxton, of the First Methodist Episcopal church, and the Rev. Dr. Holmes, former pastor of the same church, all busi nesss and amusement places in Can ton stopped. Thousands of people lined the side walks and Were piessed behind the ropes along North Market and Louis streets, and all ahjng the route to Woodlawn Cemetery flags were at half mast and men and women in sombre garb lined the way. The pall-bearers frere: Judge Hen ry W. Harter, John Dueber, Joseph Biechele, Robert A.iCassidy and Geo. B. Freas, who were"" honorary pall bearers at the funCral of President MeKinley and Austin Lynch U. Shields and Judge C. C. Bow. When the services in the cemetery were over, the presidential party re turned immediately to the Baltimore & Ohio depot where, the 4:35 train for Indianapolis was taken. An Armed Uprising Reported. Washington, Special The State Department has received a cable gram from Harry L. Paddock, Amer ican consul at Ambpv, China, stating that an armed uprising had 'been re ported at Joan, 50 miles south of Amoy. Mr. Paddock says that sev eral officials had been killed by a mu tiny of soldiers, andl that the cause of the trouble is unkifowu. Washington, Special. Letters have been sent by the iiitr-state commerce commission to the officials of all the railroads in the conitrv doing an inter-State business Requesting infor mation as to the commission's order on bonuses paid to those who solicit or route freight or iassenger business The commission isengaged in com piling information respecting these matters so that it rriay issue a ruling covering the entire subject. It is desired that the information be in the hands' of the commission by the 15th of June. News of Interest Gathered From All Parts of the Country Paragraphs of More or Less Importance What the World s Doing. Secretary Metcalf demands of Governor Swanson and President Tucker that the exclusion of sailors from pleasure resorts near the James town Exposition be ended at once. Admiral Evans threatened to with-i draw the fleet. The Cabinet discussed the recent raids on Japanese restaurant in San Francisco and the protest of Ambas sador Aoki. President Roosevelt and party left on the trip to Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. The Democrats carried the muni cipal election in Martinsburg for the fourth consecutive time. A poposition was made to the Nat ional Lumber Manufacturers' Asso ciation at Jamestown by Treasurer Freeman that the association open its books to the National Bureau or Corporations. Henry Wright and his nephew, Claude Newman, were mortally wounded by Clell Perkins and Thomas Lyons, trespassers, near Huntingdon, W. Va. The People's National Bank was organized at Strasburg, Va., with $25,000 capital. Commander-in-Chief Stephen D. Lee, of the United Confederate Vet erans, arrived in Richmond to attend the big reunion. Thousands of persons passed by the coffin of Mrs. MeKinley. Dr. William J. Long, the writer on animals called on President Roose velt for a retraction. A continuation of abnormal weath er conditions is predicted by. the offi cial forecaster. Mayor MeClellan, of New York, vetoed the utilities bill which was advocated by Governor Hughes, and admits that he did so mainly for po litical reasons. The assembly bill providing for a recount of the votes cast at the Mc-Clellan-Hearst election was passed by the New York State Senate. Joseph L. Stickney, the war cor respondent who was with Dewey on the bridge of the Olympia at the battle of Manila bay is dead. Four rich Guatemalans committed suicide when about to be arrested charged with complicity in a plot against President Cabrera. An attempt will be made to settle the strike at Santiago, Cuba, by ar bitration. General Methuen has been appoint ed to command the British forces in South Africa. Complete accord has been reached by France and Japan on the proposed treaty. Father James Hayes, assistant' gen eral of the Jesuits, died in Rome. The trial of Judge W. G. Loving for killing Theodore Estes will be held at special term of court at Hous ton, Halifax county, .June 24, Judge Barksdale granting a change of venue from Lovingston. Edward Pendleton was elected member of the Virginia Librarv Board to succeed Charles V. Mere dith. This is said to foreshadow the early removal from office of Libra rian Kennedy. The Virginia Supreme Court re fused to grant a new trial to the ne gro John Hardy who murdered a Ro anoke policeman, and his death sen tence stands. The rumor that the brother of Me Kinley's assasin was in Canton, Ohio caused a strict guard to be kept ovei the President at the funeral of Mr MeKinley. Queen Maud of Norway and Mine Fallieres narrowly escaped being dragged into a lake at Versailles b fractious horses. The Protestant Episcopal Council of the Diocese of Southern Virgini met at Staunton. At E. H. Harriman's request his secretary F. W. Hill, who hade pub lie a letter involving President Roose velt in a campaign scandal, was re leeasd undei a suspension of sentence Quick trial at Marlinton, W. Va is promised for the men accused oi assaulting Miss Ona Bird, a 16-year old girl, who was torn from her sweei heart, with whom she was attempting to elope. Father Kasper Vartarian's mur derers are believed to be in hiding in New York. Judge . Judson made a plea foi tariff Prevision "by the friends of the people." Ex-Secretary of the Navy Herbert praises the New Jersey veterans who erected a battle moument not only to their own regiinent, but to the Ala- bamans who fousrht them. Items of Interest From Many Parts of the State MINOR MATTERS OF STATE NEWS Happenings of More or Less Import ance Told in Paragraphs The Cot ton Markets. A. & M Trustees Meet. Raleigh, Special. The trustees of the Agricultural and Mechanical Col lege here elected Dr. Henry McK. Tucker, physician; increased the sal aries of Professors Hill, Thompson and Riddick; appointed J. T. Elling ton, T. T. Ballinger, R. H. Hicks nd 0. L. Clark, all practical farmers a committee to supervise the agricul tural department of the college and the farm; chose D. A. Thompkius, W. H. Ragan, C. W. Gold, M. B. Stickley andd N. B. Broughton as the executive committee. W. H. Ragan will serve as chairman whenever the Governor is absent. The trustees, upon the recommend ation of President George T. Winston established a department of modern languages, which the alumni and stu dents haVe long desired and in which German, French and Spanish will be taught. Four instructors were ad ded in electrical engineering, math ematics, enthomology and poultry breeding. The expenditure of $5,000 for needed repairs of buildings was authorized and $8,000 for equipping the various departments, particular ly that of mechanical and electrical engineering. Oratory at Davidson. Davidson, Special. Probably there is no other feature of Davidson commencemnt which is of more inter est to the students and others closely associated with the college than the oratorical contest between the two literary societies. The contest this year showed no decrease in interest since there was considerable doubt as to who the successful contestant would be. It was also shown that Davidson yet produces orators who perpetuate the fame won by her illus trious sons of former days. Mr. O. Anderson, of Jackson, Miss., namoct the characteristics of the ideal states man; Mr. L. T. Newland, of Chad bourn, made an appeal for the maj esty of the law; Mr. J. E. Hemphill, spoke of our country; Mr. W. W. Pharr, of Charlotte, spoke on the fa ture of the Old North State; Mr. G. S. Stokes, Manning, S. C, on the hid den life, and Mr. R. M. Stinson, of Climax, Ga. The medal was award ed to Mr. O. M. Anderson, of the Eumerean Society. Bickett Commission to Meet. Morganton, Special. The Bick ett commission, which has charge of all the insane, is called to meet June 6 at the Western Hospital at Mor ganton. This is at the request of Superintendent Murphy of the in stitution, who has invited Dr. Drury, Hospital at Staunton to be present. The commission will especially con fer with Dr. Murphy and, with Dr. Drury, who is regarded as an eminent authority. It will consider matters appertaining to all hospitals, new buildings, repairs and any other need sof the present buildings and also new buildings for the epileptics, who are all to be colonized at Raleigh where provision is to be made for 400. This will enable many more in sane to be received in the present hospitals. Millions of Locusts. Lexington, Special. The 13-year locust is abroad in Davidson county. Millions and millions of these locusts wings, making a long, unceasing, and not musical note. The inhabitants of the flat swamp regions and at Den ton say that the locusts have been out several days, and will continue for about a month. The people there believe that the multitude of these flies portends bad crops and disaster. They say that on their wings is to bo seen the letter and that the song they sing is "Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Pharaoh," with due appology, no doubt, to the plasrue-visited Egypt of old. Tar Heel Items. A charter is granted the Swan nanoa Valley Bank and Trust Com pany, of Black Mountain, Buncombe county, to do a commercial and sav ing business, the amount of capital stock being $10,000. F. T. Merri weather and others are the stock holders. A New Jersey corporation is en gaged in dredging the Catawba river in Gaston county, for gold. It is said that they are getting quantities of ore worth $20.00 per ton from the river bottom. 1 M ... jgH "a