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r 1 i j 1 7 ! H. C -ZSTARTiy, EDITOR AND PROP. AX IXDEPENDEXT FAMILY XEVSPAim. PRICE Sl.OO TI .LE YEAK. VOLUME VIII. LENOIR, N. C, APRIL 27, lUO(i. XO. 42. ' ' ' I l.ll HI- 1 II W-l I ., .11! II IHMII..- Ill II . , I N ' " .111.11 -I , ! .1 , , M I .1.1 CONFEDERATE VETERANS. Grand Rc-tnfion and Gathering it New Orleans. New Orleans, April 24. New Or Y kans tonight is in gala attire, her . buildings are draped with bright - colors, her street ablaze with bright banting and fl ottering from end to end with flags, in houor of the an nual reunion of the Confederte Vet erans' Association, which will com mence tomorrow morning. Every indication is for one of the mount successful in the history of the association. About 30 sqecial Wins arrived last night and this morning and it is believe that when the time set for the oqening has ar rived, fully fifty trains additional, will have entered the city. The United States government, too, is partaker of the festivities, the cruiser Columbia having been J Kent by the Navy Department espe cially to take part in the reunion as the direct representative of the Nation-. The good people of New Or leans claim it is the first time that a real war ship has ever leeii sent to participate in a Confederate minion The Columbia rests at anchor in the Mississippi, and is a source of much interest ami pleasure, to the people at large, veterans in partic ular, who visit the toat in multi tudes. Commander Howyer, of the crusier, has said the men of the Co lumbia will march in the parade on Friday if the authorities desire. The Commander was the guest of honor to-night at dinner given by a numler of prominent business men of the city. A huge tempora ry building at the corner of Royal and St. Louis streets, in the very heart of the city, has lieen erected for the reunion, much money hav ing leen expended in its prepara tion and adornment. The reunion will be called to order to-morrow at 10 oclock,jy General Albert Estopinal, commander-in-chief of the Lousiana division of Confederate veterans, will deliver the opening address. He will l)e followed by Govenor Blanchard in behalf of the State, while Mayor iiehrmau will speak for the city. Charles Payne Fenner will make a short address as representative of the sons of Confederate veterans. J. 15. Sinnot, first vice president of the citizens cxecuteve committee will welcome the sons of veterans and will present the hall to (ten. Stephen 1). Lee, Commander-in- chief of the United Confederate Veterans who will accept it and de liver his formal address, as presid officer of the reunion. Richmond Next. New Orleans, April 26. The formal business of the sixteenth annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans came to a close this afternoon. Oue day of the reunion proper is left and that will be devoted to the parade of veterans. Richmond, Va. was selected as the place for holding the next re union, the choice lieiug made by acclamation. Theact that the monument of Jefferson Davis is to lie unveiled in Richmond next year was a po tent influence with many of the old soldiers. The present officers of the organ ization were re-elected by acclama tion, there lieiug no nominations made against any of them. Mr. 'Jake Goodman sustained fearful injuries at the Spencer brickyard in which he lost his left arm and barely escaped with his life.' Mr. . Goodman was working at the mill when he fell and his arm was caught in the machinery and fearfully mangled. Salisbury rpst, ,25th. No Case Ajiaast Blackburn Charlotte Obwnrer. That was indeed a poor showing made by the government in the prosecution of Representative E. Spencer Blackburn, of the eighth district, for taking fees for praeti iing Itefore the Departments, and it was not a surprise that Judge Goff instructed the jury to bring in a verdict of not guilty. There was not in the evidence offered by the government, it seems to us suf ficient testimony to have given a magistrate "prolble cause", and why District Attorney Holten and his associates should go Wore the court with such a flimsy case is a mystery. The reports of our staff representative, Mr. Bryant, have indicated that the witnesses relied on by the prosecution were a dis appointment; that their testimony was not near ro damaging to the defendant as had lieen supposed that it would lie, and indeed that their case was not at all well founded. In other words, it ap pears that the stories these wit nessed told the prosecuting attor neys were not repeated on the stand at least, not to the same ef: feet, and same niay, perhaps, lie safely said regarding the evidence liefore the grand jury. At any rate, the prosecution has made ex ceedingly poor showing, and if the indictment, as has liecn alleged, were the outgrowth of the faction al fight in the Republican party, the result of the trial will vastly strengthen the Blackburn wing, and it may change the opinion held at the White House regarding the eighth district Representative. As to his strength in his own party in the district he now represents, that will now lie supreme more so, indeed, than heretofore, if that lie possible, for helms all along lieen very popular with the rank and file of the "mountain liovs"'. We arc glad indeed that there was no proof of wrong-doing on Mr. Blackburn's part, and that the result of the trial marks his complete exoneration. But he will now lie a hard candidate to defeat this fall, and it is up to the Democrats to put a strong man to oppose him. - -- Rare Fun Well Done. Alton B. Packard, who will ap pear oli the Lenoir Lecture Course soon, "Original and Spontaneous," those are the words by which to characterize Mr. Alton Packard's genuine, wholesome fun. He sketches, he plays the piano, he sings, he recites, he lectures; it is a five-man show, given by one man, and the only question is, how he gets it all in inthetimeallowed. Serving his apprenticeship as a newspaper cartoonist, he has now found congenial occupation on the lecture platform, where for 200 nights in the year he depicts the follies and vanities of mankind for that same mankind toXmuckle over, and ponder upon afterwards. Will appear in Lenoir May 12th, 190C. Leg Broken Today aliout noon as Roy Hice from North Catawba township was coming to town with a load of hay the team became unruly and he fell or was thrown off the wagon, the wheel passing over his left leg and breaking it. lie was brought to Dr. Kent's Drug Store and re ceived medical attention. Mr. Will Henderson, a livery man of Bcssmer City, was killed last night near that place. He was out with a team and the team tak ing fright, he was thrown out and killed. lie will lie buried to mor row at Bessemer by the Masonic order. Gaston ia Gazette. The Railroads and the Lawyers. Newton EnterprUe. When the new train is put on this division of the Southern and a mail car is put on the new train on the C. & N. W. road, Newton peo pie will almost feel that they have become a suburb of Charlotte. We will get the morning paper here for breakfast and the evening pa pers for supper. Say what you will against the railroads, they are contributing more to the comforts and pleasures of the people in gen eral and more towards placing the people of the small towns and the rural districts on an equality with the people of the cities than any other business organization in this country. And this calls to mind that an effort is being made in some quar ters, as it has lieen in other cam paign years, to. put railroads and lawyers under a common lian. One of the leadig daily papers, in al most every issue is saying: "Don't send lawyers to the State Senate. They are either the attorneys of the rail loads or can lie made so by retainers after they are nominated or elected." This is a most unjust imputation. The history of North Carolina from the beginning, will show that the lawyers as legisla te in have had as high a sense of honor and as high a sense of duty to their constitutents as any other class of citizens. 1 n every emer gency in time of war or of peace calling for the most exalted patri otism, the lawyers have always lieen found in the forefront. This war on lawyers is unjust, and much of the war on railroads is without reason. Municipal Tickets. The following tickets for town ofliicers have lieen suggested: Mayor M. E. Shell. Commissioners J. B. Atkinson, J. A. Allen. L. L. Munday. Another, mayor M. E.SheJl. Commissioners R. G. Munday, J. J. Gall, J. L. Nelson. Peculiar Accident. Wednesday a valuable mule lie longing to Mr. Geo. C. Winkler of this place, took fright during the severe wind storm and in its efforts to get away dislocated or broke its hip. The mule is a val uable-one but at present it is in a pitiable condition and may have to lie killed to relive its sufferings. Honored in The House. Washington, April 23. Con gressman black I in i n returned to the capital shortly after noon to day. It is safe to say that Spence easily had the biggest time of his life. He had no sooner entered the House chamber, wearing a new red tie and a white carnation, than the mem Item liegan to crowed about his desk to offer congratulations. Nearly everybody in the House shook his hand and then, as if to transform the happiness of the re turned Tar Heel member into a sensation of unalloyed bliss, Speak er Cannon, who has lieen consist ently his friend in this hour of trouble, did the nice thing by call ing him to the Speaker's chair, where, for an hour or more, he presided over the dclilierations. The compliment was ti pointed one and, of course, it was fully appre ciated by Mr. Blackburn and his friends. New Advertisements. We call your attention to the following new advertisements in this issue: J. W. Self, Dry Goods Clothing, etc.; Bernhardt Seagle Hdw. & Fur. Co., Aster-more mat tresses; O. P. Lute, Trustee Mort- I gage Sale of Lenoir Topic. I. A. Starnes' Family Reunion On the 22. it was a favored priv ilege of the writer to lie present at a memorable as well as remarkable occasion, that of a family reunion of the I. A. Stanies family, at the old homestead near Petra. Mr. Starnes now lives in the thriving little town of Granite Falls, some 5 miles from the the old home, sit uated in a most picturesque section of country as well as a tine agri cultural one, judging from all ap pearances and what you find to eat. This was the celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Starnes 01, birthday, she lieiug 01 on the Is. They are the parents of 11 children, S lioys and 3 girls, all of whom were present. but 2, with their posterity amounting to a considerable au dience, to say the least. They have 5.S grandchildren and 1 great grandchild, all living no great dis tance from the old home, with its sacred and cherished memories. The occasion was a remarkable one, in that it was just forty years to a day, that Mr. Starnes got home from the war. on which he well re inenilteml lie took mnner ami a turkey one at that, with his mother in-law. one Mrs. Williams. And Mr. Editor we would lik! to say some large worded things aliout that dinner, but vou must excuse us, as we find ourvocabula ry fails to lie adequate to do it jus tice. Suffice it to say it was one of the most ltountcous feasts, we have attended and of a regular Method ist tendency as it was chicken chick en, chicken and then some of tin finest old ham you ever heard of. for the baptist brethren Mr. Starnes, long may you live and many more such occasions may you all enjoy, is the wish and sin cere desire of "ye scribbler". We forgot to say, that thirty two of the grand children were present. and Ramsour made a photo of the entire crowd. Saw Mills, April 24th. C. V Improvement Society. The Ladies' Town Improvement Society has gotten down to work in earnest and are having dirt put on the square for the purpose of mak ing a grass plot. The idea is to curb in a circle with concrete and put an iron fence around it, tilling the circle with nice grass and flowers. They are holding regular meet ings and assessing monthly dues on themselves to accumulate fund with which to work. Such organizations are working well in other tow ns and we see no reason why it should not do so here and add much to the beauty and clean liness of our town. Excursion to Mortimer. We understand the schools of the town are planning an excur sion to Mortimer on May 11th The idea is to combine ami have a big pic nic up there at that time. Capt. P. J. Johnson is said to lie at the head of the undertaking. ater has lieen turned on am Marion now has as tine a system of water and sewerage as any town i the State. The water is obtained from a bored well 700 feet deep. A test of the pressure was made last week by Gild & Company and water was turned on. It was thrown over the large dome on top of the First National Bank build ing, the highest building in town. Ex. Most men would rather lie whip ped than match a spool of thcad for their wives, but when it comes to matching for the drinks oh, well, that is different. orest Fires. I imaging forest fires have Ien raging for several days in different parts of the county. Wednesday the fire was very tierce in the Mul lierry section, destroying the dwel ing of Andy Hollers 'with its con tents and also 70.000 feet of lum ber belonging to J. M. Bernhardt. A large extent of territory was burned over ami much young ti in - iter was destroyed. These tires are usually caused by carl ess n ess and if some of the parties who allow the tires to get out were made to pay the damage-, the example might make others more careful. County Ticket Suggested. Legislator J. M. Bernhardt. For Sheriff J. K. Moore. Clerk of Superior Court . H. Clov.l. Register of 1 eeds W. L. ( i reer. For Treasurer S. M. Clarke. For Coroner R. G. Thompson. County Commissioner T. B. Lenoir, A. M. Powell, and II. I.. Houck. Surveyor John L. Kirby. 1(1I AI! ijl. Congressional Convention. The Democratic Congressional Committee for this district met at Wilkeslioro Wednesday and de cided upon May 12th at Statesville as time and place for holding the Congressional Convention tor this the 8th district. Inconcious From a Blow. One night recently S. J. Hoi land, a Livery man of Statesville, had some words with a drunken man named Reavis and hit Reavis on the head with a whip. The injured man walked a few steps and fell and was found in an unconcious condition, he was cared for but remained unconcious. Hoi land was arrested and placed un der a $5,000 liond. Reavis is still unconcious most of the time, the doctors sav there is a clot on the brain. The Southern Railway depot and the postoftice at ('lemons. For syth county, were roblxsl Monday night. Six quarts of whiskey and a double barrel shotgun was stolen from the depot, while three or four dollars in change, some stamp ed envelopes and several pairs of shoes were secured from the post office. At Pomona, near Greenslioro, yesterday morning, as train No. 33, of the Southern Railway, pull ed into the yards, the engine jumped the track and turned over killing Fireman Davis and break ing the left leg .of Engineer Win gate in 2 places. Carl T. Eattisou, 44 years old, mate on the schooner Victor C. Reynolds, loading lumber for the (ape Fear Lumlier Company, was found dead on the wharf in Wil mington, near his vessel, Monday night. A petition has lieen circulated at North Wilkeslioro against a pro posed Sunday train from Greens boro to that place. The Landmark is advocating a 300,000 Innid issue for good roads in Iredell. It is the only way to get them. Statesvjlle has organized a strong iudedeudeut Telephone Co. in op position to the Bell Company. The Chatham Manufacturing Co., at Elkin sent 100 pairs of blankets to San Francisco sufferers NEWS ITEMS. Insurance men figure the losses by fire and earthquake at San Francisco all the way 'from 20o.- 000.00 tO .MHI.04lO.OO. The people of Greenslioro think they have a gotnl prospect for an other railroad. The Cone Export and Commis sion o.. ot iireenslioro. irave a thousand dollars to the San Fran cisco sufferers. This is the largest single suliscription we have noticed lieiug made in North Carolina. J. M. Pruitt, of Trap Hill, Wilkes County was arrested last week for making counterfeit mon ey. Me is lather ot the Mrs. Snioot who was recently tried, con victed and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary for passing counterfeit money. I'ruitt was plaed in jail in default of l.ooo IkhmI. Much suffering was caused in San Francisco last Monday among the homeless people by a cold rain which fell at intervals through the day. Mrs. Bernard, wife of C. M. liernard. of Raleigh, former district attorney, died Thursday night in a hospital in Richmond. A new and modern hotel is in course of construction in Charlotte and it is now stated that another one. to have 125 rooms and to cost 150.000, is assured. Rev. II. II. Hulten. of Kansas City, Mo., has accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Baptist church of Charlotte, made vacant by the death, some months ago. of Dr. Barron. Some time ago S. T. Mills, a white man of Caswell County, shot and killed one Whitt Mills. TIu slayer was released on a 300 bond and it is not surprising to learn that he has run away. In Wilmington Friday the Ma sonic fraternity laid the corner stone of a monument which is to lie erected by the North Carolina Society of Colonial Dames to the memory of Cornelius Harnett and other Revolutionary patriots. At Whitney, Stanley county, Saturday, Fannie Ray, a colored woman, and her 5 year old child were burned to death by the ex plosion of an oil can. The can ig nited from the attempt to pour oil upon the fire. Exploding it threw the burning oil over the mother and the child. Blockaders in Pitt county have adopted the usual method of at tacking those charged with re porting. Recently S. A. Manning was taken from his home in that county and w hipped. Later the door of W. J. Teel's house was broken down and an attempt made to drag Tecl from lied. Teed had a weapon handy and tired on the intruders and resisted so vigorously that he was left alone. The Landmark says ten solid car loads of chickens passed through Statesville last Sunday for the Northern markets. The Southern Express Co. gave 5.000 to the San Francisco suffers. The latest reports indicate that at least 1000 peisons were killed by the earthquake and tire at San Francisco last week. Another slight earthquake visi ted San Francisco Tuesday, one woman was killed by a falling chimney. Ammunition is still going to the Fillipinos. Sixty-seven car loads of bottled lieer were shipped there last week. I
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