The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-19
.SENITOH I.4NCE DEAD.

his residence III Washington, y. {.
Saturday night, April Ii, at 10 ID
He wa. born III B,ncombe county \
c., Nav -, 1880, and 50 he was near
ing his 9th birthday.
All North Carolina and the Soutl
mourn hi- loss. For quarter Of
century he has been tie central figure
in North Carolina aolItic- al 20 more
noble career in un4eltish service tc
his State has been recorded Of any mar
since the Old North State has bad a
name.
Not only was Senator Vance the IA
vored and favorite son of his native
State. but he was Il favOrite with the
people If the entire South as we'll and
in many respects his was national
fame, and the sad announcement of his
death carried sorrow to his friends in
every State IN the Union.
Senator Nance's name is enrolled
high on the tablet that bears the names
OF honored SONS OF the South. A good
citizen, true and answering from his
earliest manhood brave and gallant
soldier in the boisterous days of war :;
an eloquent statesman, standing up
and pleading for the rights OF his peo-
pie against any and all odds a student
Of history and passing events, with in
tellectual attachments in which his
peers we're few a noble leader in war,
and safe counselor in time OF peace
profound statesman Of the truest and
the purest type, he has left noble rec
ord and his name will ever live in the
memory Of his people.
That towering form will no more be
conspicuous in the Nations great cOun-
cll the eloquent tongue that has SO Of
ten thrilled tie thousands Of breath
less listeners around the hustings and
that has welded such power in the
legislative halls OF the State and the
Nation, is silent forever. But admir-
ing thousands Will long give ear and
heed to the musical echoes of his match
less elOGuence as it reverberates down
the corridors of years to come
The death Of this noble son Of Caro-
lima is a personal loss to more than a
million OF people and it leaves a vac
uum in North Carolina craftsmanship
that cannot soon be filled. With I'M |
covered head and sorroWful heart the
whole State OF North Carolina has fol- |
lowed this noble patriot and towering
statesman to the cold and silent tomb.
and has heard with bated breath the /
rumbing Of the clods as in Earth to
earth, dust to dust, ashes to ashes"
the pulseless, lifeless, yet honOred BODY,
has been consigned to mother earth
and his spirit has returned to God who
gave it,
SENATOR VANCE CAREER
Zehulon &. Vance, of Charlotte, was
born In Buncombe county, North Car
DINA. May Is, 1880; was educated at
Washington College, Tennessee, and at
the University Of North Carolina stud
lei law. vas admitted to the bar in Jan
ualy, 1892, and was elected County At
torncv for Bullcombe county the same
year; was q mellter Of the State House
OF Commons in 1854 was represen-
tatlve from North Carolina in the
Thlrty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congress-
es entered the Confederate army as
captain in May. 1861, and was made
colonel III August, 1861 was elected
OAOSeNNA |
Governor of North Carolina in August
1867, and reelected in August. 1864
was elected to the L. S. Senate in No {
vember 1870, but was refused adris- =,
sion, and resigned in January. 1872 ,
was the Democratic nominee for the
Inlted states Senate in 1872, but was j,
defeated by q combination of boiling
Democrats and Republicans was cleo
ted Governor of North Carolina for th,,
third time in 1876 was elected to the
| nlted States Senate as a Democrat in
place OF a. S. Merrlmon, Democrat :
took his seat March Is, 1879; and was
reelected in 1884 and 1890 The term
Of service Tor which he was last chosen Q
viii expire March 3, 1897. t.
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CIRFD C.