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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-30
WAKE FOREST ALUMNI.
Give a Deligtful Banquet in this City
of Wilmington

Wilmington. \. C. Jan. 20.-tSpecial)
One OF the most delightful social oc-
casions Of the year was the banquet OF
the alumni Of Wake Forest College held
at The Orton on Saturday evening, be-
ginning at 6 o'clock. It was such de
cided success that it was resolved to
hold an annual banquet, and commit
tee composed Of Rev. j. j. PaySeur.
John H. Gore and Ceburn d. Weeks
was appointed TO arrange for the 1901
banquet.
Rev. Calvin s. Blackwell, u. D.. pas
tor Of the First Baptist church. and one
Of the first men in the State in his de-
nomination. was host on this occasion
and presided as toast master. making a
splendid speech and happy introductions
OF the speakers. The menu embraced all
the choice dishes of the season. The
toasts and responses were
Rev. John Il. White-"The alumni
and students of Wake Forest in business
and in the professions
Cehurn ID. Weeks, Esq.-"Limbs Of
the Law-sol,d to the heart--cut from
Wake Forest"
John II. Gore. Esq-"Our Alma
Mater once a year-'lest we forget
lest we forget"
Mr.. J. w. Bailey. editor OF the Bibli-
cal Recorder. the guest of honor
Wake Forests beautiful sister, the
Baptist Female University
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LOST HIS TWO DAUGHTERS
MIR. BAILEY APPRECIATf5g\G
KINDNESS OF DIR. M'IyER
THE FIRST BENEfICl4 RY ENTERS TO-DAY
This Generous Action of the Part of Mr. Baly
is a Speaking Evidence Of His Confidence
in The Offic RS and Faculty Of the
Normal

Greensboro, n. C., Jan 20.--(Speciai)--
President McIver is in receipt Of letter
from Mr.. II. B. Bailey, OF Mocksville, an
nouncing that he has decided TO establish
a memorial furd to be known as s~rhe
Sarah-Eyelyn Bailey rnds" O. part Of
the income from which he will be used to
help educate some deserving young wo-
man at the State Normal and Industrial
College. The first Beneficiary Of this
fund will enter the College January 30th.
In his letter Mr. Bailey says II estab-
lish this fund in memory OF those who
were dearer to me than life. and 10
grateful appreciation Of your kindness and
Of the many attentions and loving care
rendered to my dear ones by members
of the faculty"
1t will be remembered that Mr.. Bailey
lost his two daughters, his only children,
by typhoid fever at the college, and Mrs.
Bailey is just recovering from an attack
of fever contracted there while nursing
her daughters.
Mr.. Bailey's generous action. by which
he will help to educate the daughters of
others. is a beautiful memorial of his own
daughters, who We're, in all respects, ex
emplary students.
Miss Sarah was n member Of the
junior class and Miss Evelyn of the So
rhomore. Both took high rank in their
classes. ard We're active, valuable me1nr
bers OF the religious and literary orgarh-
zation< Of the college.
Until her last illness Miss Sarah had
never been absent from a recitation or
missed college duty of any sort since
her entrance in 1897.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-30
WITHIN A RING OF FIRE.
Beers Made the Position Taken BY
Warren q Very He'll.

London, Jan. 3O.-(TueSdayt-A spe-
cial from Frere Camp dated Friday,
January 26th, 9:10 p. m, says:
Il have just ridden in here, having
left General Buffers forces III the new
position south Of the Tugela to which
they retired in consequence of the reverse
at Spion Kop.
The fighting both before and after
the occupation Of the mountain, wa
desperate charge. Spion Kop is
precipcious mountain overt0pping the
whole line of kopjes along the upper
Tugela. On the eastern side the moGll-
tain faces Mount Alice and Potgieters
Drift. standing at right angles to the
Boer's central position and IyTtle15n's
advanced position. The southern point de-
scends in abrupt steps to the lower line
Of kOpjes. On the western side. opIo-
site the right outposts of Warren'S
forces, it is inaccessibly steep until the
point where the mex joins the kop TO
the main range. Then there Is 4 gentle
slope which allows easy access TO the
summit.
TIL mex was strongly held by the
Beers, who also Occupied a heavy spar
parallel with the kop. where the enemy
was concealed in no fewer than 30 rifle
pits and was thus enabled TO bring 10
bear upon our men a damaging cross
fire, the only possible point for Brit, sh
attack being the southern side, with
virtually sheer preCpices on the left ard
right
~ narrow foctpat tn, admitting men in
single tilo only to the summit. opens into
a perfectly Hat table land, probably =
500 /: = square yanl9 area, Upon "l1tI
the Beers had hastily commenced TO
make a transverse trench. Our men
were able TO occupy the further end of
this table land where the ridge descend
ed TO another flat. which was again sue
ceeded by ii round, stony eminence held
by the Beers in great strength.
The ridge held by our men was faced
hy number Of strong little k0pjes at
all angles. where the Beers sent a con-
centrated fire from their rifles, supported
by a Maxim -Nordenfeldt and a big long
range gun. What with the rifles, the
machine guns and the big gun, the sum-
nit was converted into a perfect hell.
The shells exploded continually in our
ranks: and the rife fire, from an abso-
luteiy unseen enemy, was perfectly APP
ralling.
"RelnfOrcementS were hurried up ny
General Warren, but shey had to cross
stretch Of fat ground which was lit
orally torn up by the flying lead of the
enemy The unfinished trench on the
summit gave very questionable shelter,
as the enemy's machine guns were so ac-
curatcly trained upon the place that
often sixteen shells fell in the trench in
Il single minute.
Mortal men could not permanently
hold such position. Our gallant fed
lows held it tenaciously for 24 hours,
and then, taking advantage Of the dark
night abandoned it TO the enemy.
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THE REPS. NAME GOVERNOR.
The Pops Will Have Senator, With
Rest of Ticket Divided.

A Republican who is in position to
know what he is talking about says
that the fight for the g7lbcrnatoriai
nomination in the next State convention
will be between ex-Judge Spencer b.
Adams Of Greensboro, and Claudius
Dockery, Of Rockingham. He adds that
Vym. r. Bynum. Jr. who is>probably
the ablest young man in the Republican
party in this State today, declines to al
low his name to go before the conven-
ton.
Under the fusion arrangement between
Butler and the Republicans, the Repub-
Leans viii get the Governor and the
Populists the Senator. The rest Of the
ticket will be divided the Populists get
ting the lions share.
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Gage Makes Reply.

Washington. Jan. 29.-Sec.rtlry Gage
today sent TO the Senate his reply TO
the resolution calling for further mfor-
nation as to his dealings with the ofn-
cials OF the National City Bank OF New
York. He says his former letter fully
answered the present resolution. He
says he made no answer written or
verbal to the famous letter wTitteIl
him by A. b. Hepburn. nor was an
agreement ever contemplated between
the Treasury officers and other persons
with reference to the Hepburn letter. He
says the records fail IN show any reia-
tons Official or private between the
Treasury and that bank in a period in
quired about and that no Standard Oh
bonds were ever held in trust by the
Treasury
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-30
Court at Halifax.

Halifax, \. c.. IAN O-(special)-
Court heran here today with Judge Bat
tie on the bench. The docket is very
fun ore, there being over 100 cases.
There are altogether forty-two prisoners
confined in the Jail. thirty-fve Of whom
will be tried AT this term. There are
several Federal prisoners
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-30
MUST ABANDON LADYSMITH.
The Greatest Effort of the War Has Ended in
Dismal Failure.
The British Retreat Across The Tugela
Mi+a Evrorte bu tho Tbootro Chod ha cbfted
Military Experts 1huk the Theatre DIVA Should be Shifted
From the Rocky Kopjes of Natal to the Open Welt
of the Free State 8uIIer's Losses Were
Very Heavy He Reports Twenty
Two of His Officers Slain.

thought Of The st. James Gazette, how
ever, suggests that the solution of pour
ing more and more troops into South AT
rica savors of the Spanish action in Cuba
adding that the solution of making bet
ter Use Of the thousands already there
has never suggested itself.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-30

The man who is able to take in sit
nation at glance should have no trou-
BILE in finding job.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-30
THE REPORT UNFOUNDED.

Berlin. ian. 20-A semi-official dis
match from Lisbon says the report that
the Beers have crossed the Mozambique
frontier is unfounded.
NO FURTHER NEWS.
London. Jan. 30.-12:45 a. M.-The
War office announces that no further
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-30
LEADS ALL NORTH CAROLINA DAlES ON NEWS AMID CRGQL AT0M

news has been received from South At
rica except a report from Lord Roberts
that the situation is unchanged.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-30
SAEyE

DUNDONALD SAflE.
London. Jan 29.-(3:26 p M.)-Great
anxiety has been removed by the ai-
nouncement that Lord Dundonald s caVat-
~ forces. which it was feared were lso-
lated among the hills in the neighborhood
of Acton Homes, are safe on the south
bank Of the Tugela River.
STILL SMELLING KIMBERLEY.
London, Jan. (Tuesday)-Th
Times has the following hehograph mes
sage via Modder River from kimberley,
dated January 26th:
The bombardment continues. 1t IS
now directed toward the inha bited por-
tions of the town rather than the fortiti-
cations. Between midnight and 4 p. m
yesterday 145 O. shells were fired.
They seem to have been Of Transvaal
manufacture, not bursting widely One
child was killed and four people We're III
jured.
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p OFFICERS KILLED

London, Jan. 23--General Butler
wires from Spearman's Camp. January
29th. that the casualties among the Off
GERS of the Fifth division and mounted
brigade at Sp;on Kop, January 24th,
were: Killed, -; wounded, 20; miss
ing 6.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-30
ABANDON LADYsMITH.
Lord Roberts Gives This Advice. it is
Said.

New York. Jan 29.-A special cable
gram from London to the Evening
World, says:
1T is learned from a reliable source
that Field Marshal Lord Roberts has
advised the Abandonment of LadySmith.
At the War Office the dispatch adds,
no confirmation could be obtained of the
advices said to have been given by Lord
Roberts
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-02-10
A Fine Old English Indy.

A very remarkable old lady-Lady
Emily Foley-died the other day at
Stoke Edith Park, her fine mansion In
Herefordshire. in her ninety-ffth year
Born in 1905. and a daughter of the
third duke Of Montrose, she was we'd
ded to Mr. Edward Thomas Foley.
who. over half a century ago. left her
= widow with a fine estate.
Till the last she retained almost un-
impaired all her faculties and was
straight as an arrow and ready to take
part in the functions and amusements
of the county as if she had been 80
years younger She dearly loved to be
clothed in the richest Of stuffs and the
brightest Of cOlOrS. and her dresses.
bonnets and caps were the admiration
Of all beEOlders and, however gor-
geOus they might be. were not unbe-
coming 10 her.
On the occasion Of unyeiling the por.
trait OF the queen in the shire hali az
Hereford. IN September 1897. she was
bold enough to appear in jubilee eolorS.
with a scarlet satin gown to match the
uniform of the lord lieutenant and Otfi-
GERS assembled on the platform. n
white bonnet. trimmed with blue and
red bows and some tricOlOr ribbons at
tached TO her left breast. Westminster
Gazette
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-02-10
THEY DIDN'T PLAY.
A story OF the Boston symphony Or
chcstrn's Particular Leader.


W. S. NJ Matthew'S. the well known
Chicago teacher and writer. tells an in-
terestins story of the manner in which
the Boston symphony orchestra is
dominated by It's leader lie says:
Il have heard many anecdotes Of
Gericke'S way Of doing business. For
example: When the ensemble had
reached what seemed very like perfec-
ton. the idea Of playing in New York
was broachcd. and Mr., ,Higginson (the
Boston rich man and lover Of music
and his kind. who has iinanciered the
Boston orchestra at his own eXpense)
caused hall to be engaged and ad-
vertisements put out. Such was the in-
terest awakened that the hall was sold
out fortnight before the date of play.
ing.
"Thc last rehearsal took place in
Boston, perhaps on Thursday morning,
the New York date being the following
Monday. The rehearsal went apparent
ly as usual. the programme being
mainly gone through with the correc-
tions being made from time to time
Nothing inG.catcd that Cericke was
less pleased than USUAL.
"Aftor IN" close Of the rehearsal Mr.
Gericke called at the office Of Mr. Iiig
ginsOn. and. after the Customary greet
lngs. remarked. in his usual quiet
voice We viii not Lc able to play in
New York on Mou'ay
"Mr. Iicginson stared and thought
his ears must De playing him false
Gericke repeated :hp statement in the
same quiet voice.
But exclaimed the financial mas
ter, we have to play: the house is all
sold out and we Layc promised
"T cannot Eclp that said Gericke.
we cannot play next Monday: we do
not play well enough
"Mr IIigginSon is said to have drawn
q long breath and to have remembered
that the contract with Mr. Gericke
provided that he was to be sole Judge
of the readiness Of the orchestra to
play outside Of Boston. Accordingly
he recalled the advertisements. paid
back the money for tickets, paid the
hall rent etc.
The following year. when the sea
son was well UaGcr way. Mr.. Gericle
came to Mr. HigSinson's Office one day
after rehearsal and remarked quietly.
as before. We arc ready now to play
In New York. The concert was duly
announced. sold out aud given. The
result was Il great triumph. and AT one
bound the Boston orchestra establish.
ed itself as the leading orchestral body
In this country. Angeles Times
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-02-10
A SONG BY MALlBRAN.
How II Burst Forth After One of Her
Periods of silence.

How IL Burst Forth After One or Her
Periods of Silence.
In the autumn Of 1892 Malibran was
at Rome and welt one afternoon to the
Villa Pamphili Va Horace Vernet,
then director Of the French academy al
Rome, his wife and beautiful daugh-
ter, Louise NcInet. and Legouye. The
great singer had been mute for several
days. such periods Of silence In her art
being not unusual with her. Walking
through the grounds, they caine TO one
Of those delicious corners Of umbra-
geOus green SO characteristic of Ro-
man garden. where a little fountain
gushed from under a low terrace, ap-
preached by two short flights of mar
BILE steps and shaded by tall expresses
and pines.
The freshness Of the water and the
heat Of the day tempted Malibran, who
ran like a child to hold her head under
the fountain. Her hair was soon wet
and she laughingly shook down its
raven black coils to dry. The sunlight.
piercing through the trees like little
golden arrows. caught the crystallized
drops of water on her head and made
them shine like tiny stars. She sud
denly looked up at the platform above
the fountain. Her countenance chang
ed. The laughter ceased and gave
way to a serious and strange express
sion. She slowly mounted the marble
steps and. reaching the platform. lifted
her face toward the heavens. looking
like a priestess with her flowing ham.
and intoned the great air from Norma.
"Casta Diva"
The surprise. the slngularity Of the'
mise en- scene the delight Of hearing
her in such a spot after long silence
her own emotion at hearing her voice
Joined with that Of the murmuring
fountain. the breath Of the air and all
the splenlOrs of that garden. made
such an impression on the small group
of listeners looking up at her on her
pedestal that none of them could re-
strain bis tcars.-Cornhill Magazine.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-02-10
He Didn't Get the Train.

a gentleman who went to Europe on
the steamer which bore J. Z. Morgan
tells an interesting story Of the 1nan-
cier. He had sent a cablegram from
New York to the superintendent OF the
railroad line at Southampton for a
special train TO London. Mr.. Morgan
upon disembarking. was met by the
superintendent. to whom he said:
did you get my cablegram|
Yes was the response. but we
never send special trains with less than
20 passengers.
But | offered to pay the full price.
responded the banker.
Cant help II, you know" was the
curt reJolnder; I'VE never break our
rules" =.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-02-10
NUMBER 81.
THE SAME OLD QUESTION.
even CntO and ScipiO Discussed
When the Centuries Began.

]
when the Centuries Began.
In the years 600 and G0l A. L. c., or
Ammo Urbis COnditG-tbat IS, after the
( building Of Rome. or lj4 and 153 b.
C.-the q.estion was discussed in
Rome whether coo or col was the be-
ginning Of the seventh century after
the founding Of Rome.
While as. in our days. the standing
question in the capital Of the Romans
was "Quid novi ex African (What is
the news from AfricaO a third war
with the republic Of Carthage seeming
imminent, Cato the elder, Scipio the
younger and other prominent men Of
the day found time for the discussion
of the century question and disagreed.
Some held that 600 others that Col,
was the first year Of the new century
of old Rome.
So Calpurnius Piso. the Roman an
nalist, tells us in his records. He after
ward, in 14S b. c., commanded the
Roman legions in Africa against Car
thage, which two years later succumb-
ed to Scipio Africanus. by whom II
was destroyed.
No doubt hardly a century passed
after the times of Charles the Great
(Charlemagne) in which the centurial
commencement problem did not agitate
the minds This was especially the
case in Italy in the thirteenth and four
teenth centuries.
In the year 1000 there was such a
hot discussion on the question in Ger
many that a medal was struck In COM
memoration of it, with the German in
scription which in English version Is:
"Oh. wonder Of wonders. Man counts
1000, and still he ponders how old be
may be-"
Toward the end of 1899 the same dis
pute arose In the fatherland. and the
discussion was especially hot at Wei
mar. at that time the center Of German
culture. There were two opposing par
ties called respectively the Ninety
miners" and "Hundreders." according
to their believing either 1899 or 1900 to
be the last of the eighteenth century.
Goethe and Schiller. as may be seen
from their letters. at first siding with
the "Ninety-nners." finally were con.
verted to join the "Hundreders." but
not without first having celebrated.
over a bowl of champagne. the close Of
the eighteenth century on Dec. 81.
17J9. and again celebrating In the
same way the beginning Of the nine
teenth century on Jan. l. lS01.-Balti-
more Sun.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-02-10

Little NiIl. Say. ia. did you eve
have another wife besides ma?
Pa--Nu. Willie But why do yo
ask?
Little Willir-The family record in
the Bible says you married Ammo Do
mini 1877 Chicago News.
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Not Enough Metal.

History tells US that when Rome was
founded on that day there were y
yulturcs flying through the air, but
when transgreSsor dies the sky is
black with whole hocks of them. Nul-
lures. vutures. When see sin rob-
bng so many and see them going
down day by day and week by week,
l must give plain warning. | dare
not keep 1t back. lest | risk the saliva
ton of my own soul Rover, the pirate.
pulled down the warning bell on Inch
cape rock. thinking that he would have
chance to despoil vessels that were
crushed on the rocks. but one night
his own ship crashed down on this
very rock. and he went down with all
his cargo. God declares. when / say
to the wicked thou shalt surely die
and thou givest him not warning. that
same man shall die In his iniquity. but
his blood will require at thy hands
| learn from this subject what a sad
thing it is when the church of God
loses its metal. These Phlistincs saw
that if they could only get all the
metallic weapons out Of the hands ol
the Tsraelites all would be well. ana
therefore they took the swords and the
spears. They did not want them to
have n single metallic weapon. When
the metal Of the Israelites was gone.
their strength was gone. This l., the
trouble with the church Of God today.
1t is Surrcndering its courage. II has
not enough metal How seldom it is
that you see Il man taking his position
In pew or in pulpit or in religious So
ciety and holding that position against
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sharpen the swords.

In other words. let us employ the
worlds grindstones. We will listen to
their music. and we will watch their
acumen. and we will use their grind
stones. and will borrow their philo-
sOphcal apparatus to make our eX-
periments. and We will borrow their
printing presses to publish our Bibles.
and we will borrow their rail trains to
carry our Christian literature. and we
will borrow their ships to transport our
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The One Day Cold Cure.

For colds nd sore throat use kermotts
Chocolate Laxative Quinine. Easily taken as
candy and rnfblY cure
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-28

The most famous artesian well in
the world is in Paris, known us the
Grenelle well. which flows 743,0o0 gal
Ions daily. The bore is nearly 1000
feet deep. It's overflow supplies con-
adorable section of Paris with m
abundance Of excellent water.