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Telegram-herald., 1889-05-05
We Have Struck the Popular Chord

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purchaser PROFIT and the certainty OF geng
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that has the tide OF trade SO strongly IN our
propose claims honest undenl-
able truth is, present stock OF
Telegram-herald., 1889-05-05

Mems

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goods from
give will make proper reparaon All
OF stock and will readily the
buying clothing and the
n n stimulate home industries.
Telegram-herald., 1889-05-05
LOTS OF WHEELS
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Chicago.
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Telegram-herald., 1889-05-05
Success Has Crowned Our Efforts
Honest Hene-NadeC eCOthing lGreat Demand

April with the largest sales
history OF business While other merchants
complain dull trade busy As bees
Telegram-herald., 1889-05-05
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Knew a good thing when he it. He knew
the value of Cherry; consequently ne cut down
his fathers tree This is the same kind of Cherry
used by the PHGNIX FURNITURE co. today
In their Chamber Suites.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-12-12
COL. JEFFERSON DAVIS.
His Heroic and Successful! Action a
Buena Vista.

His Heroic and Successful Action at
Buena Vista.
While Mr.. Davis was active in congress in
July the First regiment of Mississippi volun-i
teers enrolled for the Mexican war elected
him their colonel He resigned at once, over
took his regiment at New Orleans, organized
and drilled it to high state Of efficiency,
and early in September was on the Rio
Grande, in the army of his father-in-law,
Gen. Zachary Taylor A few days later he
4 bore a conspicuous part in the siege and
storming of Monterey, and, as commissioner,
aided in drawing up the terms of capitula-
ton.
Five months of comparative quiet followed,
I and then came the crOwning glory of his
military career, the achievement of which,
more than all else, fixed him firmly in the
affections of the southern people, aided him
effectively at each turning point in his subse-
quent career, made him secretary of war and
finally president of the Southern Confeder-
acy This was his gallantry, GOODNESS in dan
] ger and soldierly skill at the battle of Buena
4 Vista, Feb. %, 1877.
In July, 1885, Mr.. Davis was in congress, in
! September he was leading his regiment
3 against Monterey; in February, 1S47, he was
s at Buena VISTA and July of the same year
4 found him again a peaceful planter, the regi-
4 ment's term Of service having expired. In
& August, 1S47, the governor of Mississippi ap-
Y pointed him United States senator to fill
y a vacancy; the legislature in 1913 reelected
q him to complete the term, and in 1850 re-
elected him for full term. The ever mem
orable congress of 1Si9-5l, at its long session,
! had adopted the noted compromise meas
Y ure" f" but fully satisfied neither party.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-12-12

the Mississippi. Let the young and romantic
continue to read and believe. Suffice it that
the father remained obdurate for some time.
and was not completely reconciled to his SON
in-law till the latter lay wounded in his tent
after the battle of Buena Vista. There are
las many accounts of what was said there as
of the battle of Shiloh. Gen. Taylor's words
appear to have been these, or very near them:
"Colonel, you have saved the day-God
bless you! When Dolly would have you, she
was better judge of man than | was"
EIGHT YEARS A PLANTER.
June so, 1885, Lieut.. Davis resigned his
commission and located in Mississippi, where
lie lived for eight years ths quiet lifo Of a
cotton planter Then came a ''crisis;' the
annexation Of Texas may he taken as the
first issue over which distinctively northern
and southern parties confronted each other.
In 1843 Lieut.. Davis took an active and most
defective part in the state campaign and in
1914 he was one of the Democratic electors
! for Mississippi. In 1915 he was elected a
/ representative in congress, and in December
I of that year took his seat in the house. 1t
was called then n stormy session." but In
retrospect after the long session of lS49'50, it
was thought mild.
4 Mr.. Davis took an active part In the dis
cussions on the tariff, the Oregon boundary
issue, the Mexican imbroglio, and the slavery
3question SO far as it came up, but his speeches
at that time indicate a position far more
moderate than was afterwards attributed to
him. 1t is of no great consequence now, but
worth noting as curious matter of history
that in the heated discussions regarding
Texas the threats Of disunion came largely
4 from the extreme northern men, while the
most eloquent eulogies upon the union came
from the south. In a speech on the Oregon
question, Feb 6, 1916, Mr.. Davis said:
s "From sire to son has descended the love
I of union in our hearts, as in our history are
8 mingled the names of Concord and Camden
j of Yorktown and Saratoga, of Moultrie anC
! Plattsburg, of Chippewa and Erie, of New
Orleans and Bunker Hill Grouped together
n they form monument to the common glory
4 of our common country; and where is thu
southern man who would wish that tha
3 monument were less by one of the northern
Z names that constitute the mass"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-12-12
VOL. VIII.

he was graduated in 1898, at the early age Of
90. He had stood high in his class and at
once entered on active duty, though for some
time commissioned only as brcvet second
lieutenant Promotion was very slow In those
peaceful times, but lie soon won his full com.
mission, and in the next three years demon
strated his organizing capacity, both as in
fantry and staff officer on the northwestern
frontier.
The year 1881 brought "a surprise and many
promotions. Black Hawk entered on his ia
nous campaign, and Jefferson Davis was at
once given an active and responsible position
70 muster in aud organize the new recruits
There has long been n tradition that in this
capacity he mustered in the company of ILL.,
nols volunteers from New Salem and vicinity
commanded by Capt Abraham Lincoln, but
there Is TO record OF il.
4 CAMPAIGNS AGAINST THE ISDIANs
Z Early in 1888 Lieut.. Davis was transferred
from his place In Company B, First United
States infantry, and in recognition of his
services In the Black Hawk war was promo
ted to q first lieutenancy in the First United
States Dragons, Of which command he was
soon made adjutant In this position he
made very brilliant record, not only as an
organizer and efficient administrator in gar
Z rlson lie, TAFT IN several active campaigns
against the Coinnnches, Pawnees and other
Indians. And it is Mt this stage of his career
. that active, ono might say acrid, criticism
Grst concerns itself with Jefferson Davis.
3 Those writers who persist In attributing the
! downfall of the Southern Confederacy to
! President Davis alege that thus carly he ex-
hibited the same faults and virtues which
marked his administration in greater and
greater degree with each successive increase
Of rank and power. The greatest fault al
legged, perhaps, is unreasonable attachment
Ito few friends and corresponding prejudice
4 against other persons.
Z 1t was while in this service that Lieut.. Da-
!, Wis wooed and won daughter Of the eminent
z general and president, Zachary Taylor. Her
q father was IN command of Fort Crawford,
Z near Prairie Du Chieu, and his daughter, q
I beautiful aud refined young lady, was the
Scenter of attraction among the subordinate
4 officers. Innunerable are the romantic sto-
ries of their rivalries, the final success of Lieut.
: Davis, the bitter opposition of the "stern
4parent" and old Indian fighter, and the final
ddeparture by night of the young couple to
4 be married by priest on the western bank Of
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-12-12

they regzsnsd ht.le or no0s OF tho ground
lost In the sprtng: and In December rrsaa-
dent Davis made Q tour Of the western
camps, from which ha returned greatly en-
'eouraged In April. 1863. he iSxacd T.. her
'exulting address to the people, lat the
claims In 1t were just The Coateieracy was
then ut its maximum as . military power
The disasters Of that simmer from Gestyx-
burg to Vicksbarg need not be detailed
The year closed under the black shadow Of
coming doom
The real greatness Of Jefferson Davis shons
.conspicuou<ly as disasters thickened He
resolutely defended ais appolntecx, and as
sumed the responsibility wherever II was not
clearly theirs He rezained tho hearts Of
the people and almost nuilifiei the opposition
in the congress A committee Of investiga-
ton entered upon its wsrk In hostile spirit,
and ended by indorsing almost every one OF
tho presidents actx. and even exoneraief
him from serious blame In the ma.taa
!of Commissary Northrop. He sxerted
himself heroicaIly In preparing for the
campaign Of 1864, and It opened with
some slight successe& All the rest Of the
year presents a painful record OF desperate
struggle against the inevitable, every vic
tory was barren. every defeat irremediabla
Tho removal Of Joe Johnston. the euterpriss
/ of Hood and the restoration Of Johnston. the
shelving" Of Beauregard and the break with
Governor Brown, Of Georgia-tbore Is not
space to discuss them. Are they not argued
and reargued at length In the mngazinesl
Gen. Ho.d came nobly to the rescue by as
Stunning full responsibility, and Governor
Brown was so far recouciled as to cease seri-
Gus opposition
FLIGHT AID CAPTURE
The Wild projects In the Confederate con
gress In the winter Of lS84-b were but the
frenzies of dissolution and despair. Military
movements really decided everything and in
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-12-12
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
THE GREAT LEADER OF
THE SOUTHERN CON
FFDERhCY DEAD.
\ Long and Most Eventual Ca
raar in Business, War and
Politics EHded.
IHE GREAT SOUTHERN hEART M0URNS
ITS IRREPARABLE LOSS.
The Whole SouthIan d Joined in the
Funeral Yesterday
HE LEAVES NO PEER BE
HIND HIM.
IHE GREAT SOUTHERN hEART M0URNS
IT'S IRREPARABLE LOSS.
The Whole SouthIan d Joined in the
Funeral Yesterday.
HE LEAVES NO PEER BE
HIND HIM.

For Il G last few weeks the venerable
Jefferson Davis has been confined to his
bed with q severe ugh and slight fever.
He moved from his home at Bcauvoir.
Mississippi, to New Orleans, where he
might rc:ciN c better medical assistance.
In spite Of the more thau fodr-scorc
years the physicians encouraged the
public ana tried totNcO.Tagc The diStin-
guishcd patient that lie would soon be
b9ck to his home with his wautun vigor
restored. But from the beginning Mr..
Davis had insisted that his case was
ncall or qui.e hopeless. He seemed to
know better lban anyone cl G how near
ly worn out was the golden thread OF
life. The tremendous vital energy tl.at
had so long sustained him under scores Of
try ing ordcals, would no lOngetrcspond
to the demands of lis iuvincible will
but there was no lear Of deavh. lie
faced the future as he had faced the past.
calm and resOlutc.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-12-12

THE WHITE HOUSE OF THE CCNFEDERACY.
''If, In the opinion of others, it be possible
for me to do anything for the public good,
the last moment while stand here is at the
command of the senate. II l could see any
! means by which could avert the catastro-
phe of struggle between the sections of the
, union, my past life, hope, gives evidence
of the readiness with which l would make
the effort. If there be any sacrifice which
could offer on the altar of my country to
heal all the evils. present or prospective, no
/ man has the right to doubt my readiness to
do it"
With only two or three exceptions the de-
parture Of southern statesmen as their states
seeded was singularly calm and dignified.
! On the 21st of January, 1861, the senators
. from Florida, Alabama and Mississippi with
I drew. Mr.. Blaine praises the manner of Sen
q ator Davis adding: "No man gave up more
! than Mr.. Davis in joining the revolt against
! the Union. In his farewell address to the
senate there was tone OF moderation and
dignity not unmixed with regretful and ten
der emotions"
j Before Senator Dayis could reach hom.
5 Mississippi had appointed him commander in
! Echief of all her forces, with the rank of ma jor
= general On the 4th of February, 1861, dele
2gateS from several states convened in Mont
sgomery, Ala, and soon adopted constitu-
stion for the Confederate states. On the 9th
Hthe convention unanimously elected Jefferson
Davis president. Alexander II. Stephens was
Rnamed for vice president and inaugurated at
& sonca On the 10th Mr.. Davis arrived; on
I the 18th he was inaugurated.
q THE CONFEDERATE CABINET.
a He named for his cabinet: Robert Toombs,
.ssof Georgia, secretary of state; Leroy Pope
8 Walker, of Alabama, secretary Of war:
Charles g. Menminger, of South Carolina,
ssecretary of the treasury; Stephen R. NAL
i lory, of Florida secretary of the navy; Judah
. P. enjamin, attorney general, and John 81.
q Reagan, Of Texas, postmaster general. In
8 the divisions which soon arose, Messrs.
q Toombs, Walker and Memminger retired
q the others remained in the cabinet to the last
q Mr.. Benjamin was popularity credited with
q being the ''ruling spirit" He was among
q the last to leave Richmond and to part with
Il President Davis; he escaped arrest and i'm
q prisonment by fight to London, where he
81 became a British subject, and soon entered OF
q career at the bar SO brilliant and successful
81 that it caused his American failures to be al
II most forgotten
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-12-12

The inaugural address of President Davis
was read with breathless interest in every!
part of the country, as, III the prevalent;
ignorance and confusion, men sought in it the;
indications of peace or war. But it was not
in the power of any man, however wise, at
that time to give assurances. The most sig
nifcant passage in it, perhaps, was this:
ave have entered upon a career Of indie
pendence, and it must be inaexibly pursued.
Through many years of controversy with
our late associates of the northern states we
have vainly endeayored to secure tranquil
lity, and obtain respect for the rights to which
we are entitled. As necessity, not of choice,
we have resorted to the remedy of separation,
and henceforth our energies must be directed
to the conduct Of our own affairs, and the
sperpetuity of the Confederacy which we have
formed.
Commissioners were sent to Washington
and fruitless negotiations conducted Be
tween the inauguration and the 1st of April
public opinion in both sections turned to the
contemplation of war In vain did President
Lincoln proclaim that he certainly had no
desire and believed he had no authority to
interfere with slavery" In vain did Presi-
: dent Davis reiterate that he longed to avoid
I the effusion of blood. On the 18th of April,
1861, the war began with the attack on Fort
Sumter.
1.-THE uprising of the north"-that most
] marvellous of all recent popular phenomena
! followed at once. The uprising of the south
was scarcely, if at all, less prompt and unani-
Z nous, save in the northern tier of states.
Virginia seeded April II, Tennessee and
Arkansas followed May 9, and on May 20
North Carolina completed the list of eleven
Confederate states. May 90 the Confederate
j government was transferred to Richmond,
and President Davis followed in few days.
4 His journey was a continued ovation; his
j speeches were chiefly exhortations to unity
and courage, with brief arguments which
. were merely variations of the clause in
8 his first message to congress, April 80,
viz, "Au we ask Is to be let alone-that
8 those who never held power over US
shall not attempt our subjugation by arms.
Il This we will, we must, resist to the direst
: extremity"
3 At Montgomery the congress had already
provided for "a vigorous prosecution Of the
& warn-that is, for loan of $4,000, 900 at s
B per cent. In addition to a previous loan OF
3 SIS, ,0O0, 900, and the creation of an army
4 which ''might, In the discretion of the presi
8 dent, be increased to 100000 menw Priva
teering was also organized. The people re-
3 spOnoeu VIII sucn alacTiIy tnaG TreSlden'
& Davis, on arriving at Richmond, had only te
4 officially confirm their action. In a surpris
g ingly short time 60, 900 men were organized
in Virginia, and fifteen vessels commissioned
8 as privateers The Federal government wa.
3 also moving with CELEBRITY that now seem:
9 wonderful, but to the Impatient people at the
q time seemed criminal slackness. A blockads
4 of all Confederate ports was proclaimed
April 10, and nearly 100 vessels were soor
I armed to enforce it. By the LIST of July q
s Federal army of over 100000 men wds or
4 ganized.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-12-12

pany. but socn re-
tired toprivate life,
to emerge only at
long intervals, each
time to receive re-
newed expressions
Of affection a n d
sympathy. A be-
quest bya southern
lady gave him q
lovely b o m Q at
Beauvoir, Miss. on
the shore Of the
gulf. The loss Of
his son, q manly
gentleman, by yel
low fever at Mem
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-12-12

The result was the famou- FJ5te- Davis
gubcrnatorial campaign Of 1851. Ihe Union"
party, as 1t was called, carried the state by
1900 majority ON the convention question,
but Mr.. Foote's majority for governor was.
but 999-a remarkable proof of the popular.
ity OF Col Davis. He had resigned his sea-
in the senate, and now remained in retire
ment till 1852, when he canvassed several
states for the Democratic candidates
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-12-12

blow; but his wife and two daughters re
manned to him. OF these the younger,
Narina Davis, affectionately y.known as Win
ME, Is styled 1.-THE Child of the Coufederaey. >
having been born in tho presidential mansion
in Richmond during the war. She has lately
may ye4 rank among the noted authoresesoi
America.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-12-12
ATTENTION..

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umns, and yau viii see how
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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-12-12
The coNFEDERAcY FORMED.
jefferson Davis Sees Washington for the
Last Time,

VtHH-S -SSH AaSh sttA !" ts1IIHsLoH tut tfto
Last Time.
South Carolina led oil In secession; Mis-l
sixsippi soon followed, and five more states.
II is idle to recount the futile attempts at
compromise. Senator Davis was named one
Of the committee OF thirteen in the senate,
but asked to be excused on the ground that
propositions for compromise at such q time
ought to come from northern men, and
men whose party standing was a guar
antee Of good faith-a position highly praised
In the north at the time. little later he
consented TO assist, saying:
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-12-12
THE LOST CAUSE
The Confederacy Overthrown-Twenty-f five
Years in Peace.

Years in Peace.
Nevertheless hope aud confidence were,
strong President Davis first state papers
showed great ability, and he assented, some-
what reluctantly, to a conscription law,
which was among the fiISe acts passed by the
congress. It excited much opposition, Of
course, and a little later the habeas corpus
was suspended in distric. ten miles around
under Gen. Winder, which continued during
the remainder ofsthe war. The summer
closed favorably to the gonfederates though
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-12-12

[For FRIDAYS Proceedings see Third Page.l
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-12-12

After brief tour in Europe he located At
Memphis as president Of life insurance com
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-12-12

4 BIG DAY.
AT THE SAMPSON FAIR |,
Gov. Fowle Escorts Gov. Ice Ia
Hotel.
GRAND PROCESSION TO FAIR GROUNDS
Gov. Fowle's Eloquent Address and
Introduction.
The evening world., 1889-02-14

Robur was standing as unconcerned and as
collected as n statue.
In vain did Uncle Prudent turn on the
shrieking blast of the presidential steam
whistle. Suddenly the mass of Infatuated
members made n backward movement.
Robur had drawn his hands from his peck
cts, and pointing towards the excited crowd
were two revolyers. and as Jem Clip, who was
in the front rank, looked INTO the barrels of
the weapons. he wondered whether vegeta-
bles grew in the other world.
Profting by the retreat of his assailants and
the silence that followed, Robur said:
b." nm now certain that it was not Amerigo
Vespucius who discovered the New World.
II was Sebastian Cabot. Citizen balloonists,
you are not Americans, you are cabbage
heads"
At this instant four or five pistol shots
sounded through the room. but no one was
hit.
The room was filed with smoke. and when
it had cleared away all traces of the stranger
had disappeared. Robur the Conqueror had
flown away
At the close of the stormy meetings which,
for some time past, had been nightly held at
the NeluOn OluD, tHe IleHlDeTs lthNlHS lHo
clubhouse filed Walnut street and the inn
mediate neighborhood with the noise and
clAmor of their protracted arguments, and
the citizens living in the vicinity had more
than once complained to the authorities of
the noisy discussions which were held on
their very doorsteps. The police had even
been called upon to clear the streets to allow
passers-by, who were totally indifferent TO the
subject of aerial navigation, TO reach their
homes.
But never before hat night had the tumult
assumed such large proportions, never hadthe
! neighbors more cause for complaint, never
had the Intervention Of police been more
necessary. The members Of the Weldon
Club bad, however, some excuse for their
excitement. They had been defed, their
balloon laughed at and one Of their number,
Jem Clip, insulted; and at the very time they
were about treating the intruder ~ he de-
] served he had disappeared. Now they cried