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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-05
MAJOR ROBBINS SPEAKS.

MAJOR ROBBINS SPEAKS.
At the conclusion Of the song DIR. Ed
win Geer president of the society, intro
duced Major w. M. Robbins, Of States
vile, n C., Gettysburg Battlefield Com
missioner. Major Robbins said in part:
1T does me good to shake by the hands
an old Tar Heel / served with the Ala
bamians, but there were several North
Carolina regiments in my brigade. and I
can testify to their valor We are all
thankful that the war is over. 1t was not
the fault Of one section, but Of all the
sections. We called it a Union before the
war, but since they whipped us we call it
nation. So it is-the grandest nation
on the face of the earth today. Tt is a
thousand blessings that it is a nation.
Mr. G. S. Duncan, of Gettysburg, then
delivered the address of welcome to the
society. He said in part:
Forty years ago, my brethren of the
South, you came among us not as friends
but as foes. We arose to defend our fire
sides and the field here ran red with the
blood of the fallen. Today you come as
friends in the bonds Of peace, and we ex-
tend to you heartfelt welcome. This we
give to you freely and fully from the
depths of our brotherly love-"
A DRAMATIC INCIDENT.
As Mr. Duncan ceased speaking a tall
man with a heavy iron gray beard and
brown eyes that beamed with a kindly
light stepped to the front of the platform.
He wore a suit of gray, with Southern
Cross Of Honor pinned on his left breast.
Then little man in black, with pleas
ant smile, led forward a tall man with
rudy complexion and gray hair, mus
tache and goatee On his breast he wore
a Grand Army badge The man in gray
and the man with the Grand Army badge
clasped hands in ..earty American hand
shake and the latter said, Il thank God
! did not kill you Then the rebel yell
broke forth and its echoes rolled back
from the rugged heights of Round Top.
Silence followed The veterans were think
ing. Memory bridged the chasm Of two
score years.
Once again the Blue and Gray struggle
Tor the mastery on the field OF Gettysburg.
The battle RACES around Mcpherson i
Woods, where the famous Iron Brigade is
drawn up in battle array, awaiting the
onslaught OF the Southrons. The Twenty
sixth North Carolina Regiment is formed
Tor the charge and the command is given.
The men move forward amid a deadly fire.
The color bearer plunges forward with
a bullet IN his heart and the flag of the
Old North State is in the dust. Willing
l.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-05

loaf: the 9th Michigan Artillery wheel;
the 18th Vermont a stately Corinthian
column: the 5th New York shaft sur.
mounted by handsome miniature cam
non
Al bronze figure Of Lieut.. Brown, of the
18th Vermont, stands on marble pedes
tai, on Cemetery Ridge. At first you
notice nothing unusual about it; then
you see that he is standing on Ratchet
End holds a sabre in his hand The story
is told that the lieutenant was left in
command of his company where they were
suffering for water and he allowed them
to break ranks and drink at spring
For this his sword was at once taken
frcm him. The battle soon ragged holly,
and when his company moved forward he
picked up a Ratchet that had been used
to split kindling wood and with that
weapon marched into the thick OF the
fight. With it he smashed Confederate
officers head and seized his sword
When one looks over the field he begins
to wonder why General Daniel Sickles
ever took up his position in the Peach
Orchard, defying the orders of his officers
and leaving a wide gap between lis dlvl-
sion and the rest of the Union forces.
TO openly disobey his superiors on two
successive days and imperll the Union
army, seems so contrary to all military
usage that it is D wonder he was not
given a drum head court martial and
shot on the spot.
1.-The only thing that saved him." that
walking encyclopedia, the guide, told me,
was that he was wounded and cut Off
his leg
/ don't know whether the story that
sickles cut off his own leg is true or not,
but the monument to this old Saw My
.Leg-on' is one of the curiosities of this
region.
THE BIG EQUESTRIAN STATUES.
The equestrian statues here are of
heroic size, great bronze figures on i'm
mense granite pedestals Reynolds is on
the spot where he fell; Meade's IS just
in rear of the Federal line, no. FAR from
High Water Mark; Hancock's is on East
Cemetery Till, where he wac wounded.
The guide called my attention to one
thing / had never before noticed in
statuary. When one horses foot is Hfted
from the ground in an equestrian statue
here, it indicates that the man was
Wounded he said. When two feet are
lifted it shows be was killed. If all the
horses feet are on the ground, the man
was not hit" Is this a custom of sculp-
tors, or does it occur only at Gettysburg:
One thing that will interest those who
fought at Gettysburg is the clunp of
thick, low trees on top of Cemetery
Ridge. by which Pickett guided MS line
when he made his famous charge On the
Ord of July. These trees are surrounded
by a bronze fence. and the government
looks after them carefully. There are
just the same number there were forty
years ago, and the trees do not appear 70
have grown perceptihly in that time.
man who noted them that day would, the
old people say, recognize no change IN
them.
From IN front OF this clump of trees to
the bottom of the hill. veteran tells me
that on the day of the battle you could
walk on dead bodies all the way, never
putting your foot to the ground.
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FOrtieth Anniversary OF
Battle of Gettysburg.
Continued from First Page.)

by his faithful colored servant, Gilmore
Christmas, who has been in his service for
more than forty years.
Col Green and Gilmore were both cap
tured at Gettysburg, and the former was
sent to Johnsons Island. Gilmore, after
many adventures, and by the exertion Of
great skill and courage, managed to es-
cape through the lines, and made his way
to the Green family home in Warren coun-
ty, where he was able to gladden. the
hearts of Colonel Green's people by con-
tradcting the report of his death on the
field
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-05
FIRED LAST CARTRIDGE.


The regiment falters under the fierce
Are. 1t is one of those moments when
q man is worth / 900 men. Lieut.Col John
r. Lane the second in command, raises
the banner and valves it above his head.
"Follow mel" he cries, and the remnant
OF the regiment rush forward with the
bayonet. The Iron Brigade breaks and
falls back and the North Carolnians cap
ture the breastworks. AS the defeated Iron
Brigade retreats slowly from the field,
sergt. Charles II. Mcconnell, of the
Twenty-fourth Michigan Regiment, rests
his musket on the limb OF tree and fires
his last cartridge at the color-bearer. The
ball crashes through tho neck and jaw
of Colonel Lane and he falls with the
flag
The man in gray on the stand was Col
onel Lane. of ore Hill, North Carolina;
the man with the Grand Army badge was
President Charles H. Mcconnell, OF the
Iron Brigade Association, and the little
man in black was Col. William H. $. Bur
gwyn, of Weldon, N. c., one time COM
mander of the Fifth Maryland Regiment,
and brother of that Colonel Burgwyn
whose life blood Frightened the sheen oil
the Southern banner at Gettysburg.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-05
THEATRE OF THE TITANIC
STRUGGLE AT GETTYSBURG
The Vast battle-ground of Twenty-Five Square Miles
With its Many Memorials is Graphically
Described.
BY John WILDER JENKINS.

Gettysburg is the best marked battle
field in the world. Every line. every posi-
tion, every single point of historical inter
est is clearly defined and marked by tab
let's that tell to every man who can read.
the deeds of the soldiers that here fought
one of the bloodiest conflicts of all time.
Where the ragged soldiers of Lee cut and
fought their difficult way through thick
underground amid a storm of shot and
shell, the visitor now whirls rapidly along
in a rubber tired buggy over as fine
macadam roads as were ever laid The
trolley car has also invaded the battle
field, and wIirls along by the Wheat
Field, the Peach, Orchard. East Cemetery
Hill and near the Bloody Angle"
The battlefield is not only well marked.
but the guides are excellent i've been
fighting this battle over every day for 40
years. said one of them to me. Eve
carried lots of North Carolinians over the
field. There was Col. S. Med Tate and
Senator Daniel, who we're sho. through
both hips; Judge Avery. who marked the
spot where his brother fell. and lots more
OF EN-. Those North Callinians certn'y
were lighters
The North Carolinians were certainly
fighters. Every part of this vast field
testlfies to that Their names are on
hundred tablets-yet not enough. for a
part of their just glory has even been
denied them. They figure more largely
IN the records and on the field than they
do in the histories. And the virginians
seem to have appropriated all the glory
OF the charge of Picket. and Pcttigrew.
Neither the guides here nor the tablets
tell that North Carolina was .'farthest to
the front at Gettysburg
COVERS % SQUARE MILES.
This battlefield covers twenty-five square
miles. You do not realize how large it is
until you drive around it and see tho
wide stretch of country. Looking down
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-05
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the name of
the Raleigh and Eastern North Carolina
Railroad Company has been changed by
the stockholders of said company TO the
Raleigh and Pamlico Sound Railroad Com
pany, as is provided in the charter Of in
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-05
SPECIAL RATES VIA s. A. L. RY

Summer Excursion Rates via Seaboard
Air Line Railway. Tickets sold daily June
lst to September 39th, inclusive, with
final return limit October 31st. Below ]
beg to give you rates to the principal
points:
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-05

Carolina. All joined with right good
will in singing the rousing chorus:
Hurrah! Hurrah. The old North State
forever!
Hurrah. Hurrah! For the good old North
State
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-05

bears it a few PAGES, when he, too, falls,
shot through the lungs and mortally
Iwounded
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-05
At Gettysburg or
Old battle-ground

Continued from First Page.)
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r further information apply to
c. III. GATTIS, C. P. C T. A.,
Raleigh. N. C.
H. S. Lizard, T. p. A.,
Raleigh. NJ. C.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-05
COVERS Is SQUARE MILES.

This battlefield covers twenty-five square
miles. You do not realize how large it is
until you drive around it and see tho
wide stretch of country. Looking down
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-02
OLDEST HUMAN ART.
American Archaeological Institute Pro-
ceedines at Princeton.

Princeton, n. j., an. 1.-Prof T. u.
Seymour of Yale. presided over today ;
session of the archaeological institute of
America. At the morning session
topics. relating TO Greek sculpture,
view on The date of the older Parthe-
non Ilionysis sculptures from Corinth
and al Chronological notes on Asia Minor
ana Syria, We're discussed. The lee
lures in the afternoon were illustrated
with views. Among the subjects talked
over were Heracles Alexiacacus, the
rule OF symetry in Oriental art, Venus
Go Milo. and recent discoveries in
Palestine. The annual address was de
livered, tonight, by Prof. VIM. W.
Goodwin of Harvard, on the subject "A
Recent Visit to Greek Lands"
The Nassau Club gave the members
of the institute New Years tea at
o'clock and Prof. A. l.. rockingham
gave them smoker at his residence nj
the close of the evening session. The
institute will hold it's closing meeting
tomorrow morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-02
HOW TO DRINK MILK.
Why 1t Disasrees With Some People.

Why It Disasrees With Some People.
When one needs reviving stimulant
after exhaustion nothing can rival the
effects of hot milk slipped slowly.
Some people say they cannot digest
milk and these are the people who
drink it down quickly so that the di-
gestive acids, in playing around it,
form large curds which give trouble
before they can be absorbed
The right way is to sip the milk in
small amounts, so that each mouthful
as it descends into the stomach, is
surrounded by the gastric fluid, and
when the whole glassful is down the
effect is that of a spongy mass of
curds, in and out Of which the keen
gastric juices course. speedily doing
their work of turning the curd into
peptones that the tissues can take up.
To make sure of complete digestion
take one or two of Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets after wards. as the pepsin and
diastase they contain increase the
quantity and efficiency of the gastric
juices and supply the natural diges-
tive ferments which all weak stomachs
lack.
MISS <Aiiiish oi6Sls q PiOASSoaOiioi
nurse, speaking of the value Of Stuart's
Tablets in convalescence says: ''In
adult patients recovering from severe
illness and especially in children where
milk disagrees, one or two tablets over
come any difficulty and seem to
strengthen the stomach in a remark
ably short time. myself have used
them daily for years. when my own di-
gestion has suffered from the irregu-
! larities and loss of Sleep CONSEQUENT
| upon my occupation. f5'.''sl,g.g.s
| Not only children and inyalids but
professional people and others whose
meals are necessarily hurried or irreg-
ular will find Stuarts Dyspepsia Tab
let's of the greatest value in keeping
up the tone and digestive vigor of the
1 stomach"
/ They contain the active digestive
I ferments the lack of which is really
\ the only cause of indigestion and stom-
ach troubles, and the regular daily use
! of them after meals will probably cure
any case of stomach trouble except
such as arises from cancer or ulcera-
Z ton.
Many druggists have said that they
sell more Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
than all other stomach remedies COM
bined. dec29, JAM
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-02
ROOSEVELT AND PALMA
Exchange New Year Greetings Be
tween Washington and Havana.

Washington, Jan. Minister Que
sada of the Cuban lega tion, today, re-
ceived message from President
Palma requiring the minister TO call
on President Roosevelt and to say 10
the latter that President Palma sent
him personally his best wishes for hap
piness in the New Year and that in the
name of the Cuban people he sent
greetings to the American nation wish
ing it happiness and prosperity in 1903.
The minister conveyed these greet
ings to President Roosevelt at the
White House. There was an exceed
inSiy feicitous exchange of compile
ments and President Roosevelt re-
quested Minister Quesada to convey to
the President of Cuba and the Cuban
people the wishes of himself and the
people of the United States for the
happiness and prosperity of the Cuban
people and of President Palma.
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lNDiA's RULER
CONTINUED from page -

Lord Cuizon, His Majesty said that The
Prince and Princess of Wales would
shortly visit India He regretted his alb
ings to his Indian people. In conclusion
King Edward said:
Il renew the assurances of my regard
for the liberties of the Indian people;
OF my respect for their dignities ana
rights; of my interest in their advance
ment and of my devotion TO their wei
fare. These are the supreme aims and OBJ
jects of my rule which, under the bless
ing Of Almighty God, will lead to the in
creasing prosperity of my Indian empire
and to the greater happiness of its pco-
rle.''
AS the viceroy finished reading the
Kings words the assembled people broke
into cheers for the King and Emperor
The cheering was taken up by the multi
tude outside the amphitheatre and was
long sustained.
The whole ceremony was favored with
brilliant sunshine. Lady Curzon was
dressed in pale blue chiffon trimmed with
passementrie. She wore a flower hat
Lord Curzon was in full political uniform
with cOcKeu indl..a. L ne LUKE Oh COIi-
naught had on field marshars uniform
and the Duchess of Connaught wore d
costume of cream lace over white silk,
with silver trimmings and a cream toque
When the Curzons reached the dais the
viceroy and the Duke of Connaught sa
luted each other and Lady Curzon courte-
sled to the Duchess of Connaught.
Lord Curzon spoke for 80 minutes,
standing most of the time with one foot
on silver footstool. During the recep
ton of the princes and chiefs, Lady Cur
zon and the duchess stood behind their
husbands, not participating in that part
of the ceremony, except in the case of
the begun of Bhopal Ga Mohammedaa
princess), who was thickly yelled.
After the presentation of the notabiii-
ties the viceroy and the Duke of Coz
naught stepped forward and shook hands
with Lady Curzon.
There then followed the presentation of
Indian princes to the viceroy and the
Duke OF Connaught and political officers
paid homage to the sovereign. This end
ed the ceremony and the royal cortegc
then left the arena followed by the dele
gates from foreign powers and the Indian
princes.
Lord Kitchener after the ceremonies en-
tered his carriage and was driven to
Delhi
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THE EDIcT is ISSUED.
Deputy Sheriff GetchelI Orders Sa-
looms Closed After Saturday Night.

The long expected happened, Thurs
day afternoon, when the edict went
forth that no more intoxicating liquor
shall be sold in the city after Saturday
night, Jan. 8. What happened in Au-
gusta when Sheriff Ham gathered his
deputies and delivered his instructions
to them will be seen in another column
what happened here was something
like this:
Deputy Sheriff Colby Getchell came
up from Augusta on the O'Clock train
and started straight for the nearest
place where he had reason to believe
that the contra band was being handled.
He continued on down the line from
place to place, skipping no one. Hotels,
drug stores, saloons any and every
l'place where common report stated that
rum was being sold received a call. The
circuit was pretty well covered by sup
per time when all knew what was to be
expected.
Those notified have been given until
Saturday night in which to dispose of
what stock they may have on hand af-
ter that no mercy will be shown When
asked what he was telling them, Dep
uty Getchell replied:
I'm telling them that they can have
until Saturday night to get rid of their
stuff and then they will have to close.
If they sell after that I'll catch them il
l can and it'll go hard with them
He also stated that the plan of cam
paign was to make the county dry
one ard that the movement had the
support of all the officials who will
have anything to do with it.
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THREE SHOPS RUNNING.
Situation in the Carriagemakcrs' Strike
at Amesbury.

Amcsbury, Mass, Jan. 1.-The strike
Of the carriagemakers to enforce their
demands for q 9-hour day and a II per
cent. advance in wages went into eff
feet, today, and although all the fac
tories. with one or two exceptions, have
been kept open, only six out of the 800
union men employed there have been
ait work. A few non-union men have
remained at their benches in each fac
tory, but the union officials claim that
not nearly as many men have been at
work as is claimed by the manufactur-
ers. The individuals claim of the lat
ter are that 25 or 80 and in some shops
as high as so per cent. of the regular
crews have been at work, today, but
this the union disputes, asserting that
there are not as many non-union work.
mon in town. and that there have been
but six deserters from their own ranks.
Three strangers arrived in town, this
morning, to work In one of the shops,
but they were interviewed by members
of the union and induced to leave, their
return fares being paid by the union.
The strikers have gathered in groups
about the streets all day but every
thing has been quiet. and there has
been no disposition to interfere in any
manner with the men VINO nave re-
NAMED at work. Two meetings were
held. one in the morning and another
this afternoon, at which the roll o.
members was read. and two meeting:
will be held daily as long as the STRIKE
( continues. Two Shops in which NJ
union men are employed, and the shol
of 7. III. Kline, who has granted tn,
demands of the union. were running a
usual. without interference by tn
strikers.
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FRENCH FLUCTUATIONS
And Ambassador Porter's New Year
Reception in Paris.

Taris. Jan. 1.-The New Year re-
ceptfon at the Elysse palace was at
tended by the foreign diplomats, gov
ernment officials and members of the
Chamber of Deputies. The diplomats
were presented to President Loubet by
the doyen of the corps, Mgr. Rinaldini,
the apostolic annuncio, who made a
speech in which he conveyed the good
wishes of the foreign representatives to
the first magistrate oflthe republic He
referred to the sympathy which the en-
tire world entertained for France, say
ing this sympathy had been particular
~ expressed in the condolences con-
corning the Martinique disaster. In his
reply President Loubet said he COM
mencec the new year with the feelings
of human brotherhood which the disas-
ter had evoked. The President after
ward talked for some time with the diff
ferent foreign representatives.
During the day congratulatory tele-
grams were exchanged by the ministers
of war of Russia and France.
Practically the entire American
colony in Paris attended the New
Years. reception of Amba ssador Por-
ter. 4 number of visiting Americans,
representing almost every state in the
Union were present and many Pari-
slams Of social prominence We're seen in
the throng which filed the salons of
the embassy. The rooms were hand
scmely decorated with Christmas
greens and an orchestra played
throughout the afternoon.
Earlier in the day Amba ssador Per-
ter, accompanied by the entire embassy
staff, attended President Loubets re-
ception to the diplomatic corps at the
Elysee palace. The American ambas-
sador was among those to whom the
French President addressed his felici-
tatiol.s personally.
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NATION HAS GRANT RELICS.
Mrs. Grant Willed Valuable Collection
to the Country.

Washington, Jan. IA valuable collec-
ton of relics of the tour of President and
Mrs. Grant around the world We're placed
for the first time on public exhibition, to-
day, in the National Museum here. Their
transfer to the government was provid-
ed for in the will Of Mrs Grant to whom
they were originally presented
They consist of an ancient Japanese
cabinet of exquisite lacquer work inlaid
with gold, presented by the Empress OF
Japan, a pair of large modern bronze
vases, embossed, blazoned and decorated
presented by the Emperor. of Japan; d
lady's gold dressing case in the shape OF
an urn with several smaller cups, the
gift of the King and Queen of Siam; a
ladys silver perfume toilet set of monu-
mental and classical design with fine ill
igree. and a chest containing old manu-
scripts, including poems and other wit
ings of great antiquity.
The collection was placed beside that
of Gen. Grants relics, which have been
in the governments custody for several
wears.