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The National tribune., 1903-06-18

old. Just think how long we've bin mar
ried. Seems years. How long has it
actually bin, Si?"
20, not a year yet Le' see, that was
in October, just before Sherman started
on his march to the sea. October, Ne
vember, December, January, February,
March-only little over six months. And
you're ten times purifier now than you
was then"
ish thing" she blushed, nesting closer
to him.
Because il you'd bin as purity and
sweet as you're now 1 never could We
gone away from you. no matter how much
Col. Mc(iillicuddy might we ordered. I'm
afraid I'd We deserted on the spot"
mo, 81, I'd never let you do such an
awful thing. nor would your mother and
father. But I'm mighty glad you think
I'm nicer than when you married me. l
was afraid l was looking all tagged out
and run down."
Sis reply was to tighten his arm
around her waist.
Just as deep and rich was the peace
and content of the other two.
Maria" said Shorty. lifting up lock
of the fine, sun-tinted hair with tender
diffidence as if it were butterfy's wing
that his rough fingers might rend, pinch
me, stick a pin into me. Do something
to make me believe I'm really alive and
awake. That is, if I'm really alive and
awake"
What's the matter now. WHIP" asked
Maria, smoothing back behind her ear the
rebellious lock that Shorty had been toy
ing with. Feeling creepy? Mebbe
you're in n draft" And she looked
anxiously around.
"No: I just can't make myself believe
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grandest ever saw" exclaimed Monty
Scroggs, looking up in awe to the white
leafy ceiling. big enough to hold the
whole regiment, and finer than anything
ever made with hands. Let me see.
What was that I used to recite at
SCHOOL,
''The groves were Gods first temples
Ere man learned
To hew the shaft and lay the archi-
"Come, Monty, cheese that. No time
for spOuting nOw," roughly interrupted
Corp1 Yawman I'VE all like to hear it
when we hain't nothin' else to do But
now we must work"
Work? Isn't this good enough?' in
quired Monty. This is the Lords own
work. How can we improve it,
Monty was the least inclined to manual
labor of any man in the company, and
much disposed to getting out of his share
with some glib phrase for an excuse.
Improve on it? Well. / should smile.
The Lord only gives a man a good start
in anything. He must do the rest him
self. Here, some of you boys start into
picking, up every stick and knot you can
find. Don't tramp over them johnny
The National tribune., 1903-06-18

The newspaper men who went to st.
Louis to the dedication ceremonies eynress
the greatest fears of that city being I'M
able to handle the immense crowds
which will certainly go to the Exposition
in case the present prosperity continues.
st. Louis has nothing like the hotel facili-
ties that Chicago has, and it will be re-
membered that these were taxed to their
utmost to provide for the crowds which
visited that Exposition. 1t does not ap-
pear that st. Louis is making any consid-
cradle effort to increase her hotel facilities.
Then the grounds, which are seven miles
from the center of st. Louis, are at
present very poorly supplied with rail
roads, and it does not appear that any suf-
ficient extension Of the railroad system
has been contemplated. 1t will be remem-
bered that the Chicago grounds were
placed convenient to most astonishing
network Of steam, elevated, and street
railroads, aud wonderfully capable as this
system was it had all that it could do to
handle the crowds. There does not seem
now any way that ST. Louis could provide
more than 1.-THE Of the railroad facilities
to the crowds that Chicago had.
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its paper covering. and turning over his
head to conceal his act, covertiy dropped
the ring into the soft leaf-mold at his feet,
and the next instant, kicked some Of the
mold over it.
Seeing that he did not draw q revolver.
the men rushed at him.
Give up that ring at once, young fel-
Ter. without no trouble, and we won't hurt
you," said the leader.
II haven't got the ring" said Harry,
striking at the leader with a dead limb
he snatched up. Clear out Of here. and
let me alone, or I'll break your heads,
you thieving mule-skinners."
His blow was lodged, and before he
could strike again his arm was caught by
one of them who had, as he expressed it,
''outfanked'' him.
He was thrown to the ground. and the
ruffians began tearing off his clothes, In
frantic search for the ring.
(To be continued)
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One of the good comrades who labored
hard and well to put the G. A. II. upon
its magnificent footing has passed away.
Gen. Isaac S. Bangs died at his home, in
Waterville, Me-, May 81. He was born
in Maine in 1881, and entered the service
as Captain Of the Goth Me-, in which he
served until promoted to Lieutenant
Colonel Of the S1st U. S. c. T. He was
later promoted to Colonel of the 10th U.
s. II. A, colOred, and was breyeted Briga-
dier-General. He was charter member
of Post II, Watervile Me-, held num-
Der Of positions in the G. A. r.. was elect
ed Department Commander Of Maine, and
in 1888 Junior Vice Commander-in-C Chief.
He worked hard and long to build up the
Sons of Veterans.
The National tribune., 1903-06-18

FRANCE has now considered a novel
Income tax to take the place of the pres
ent door and window tax. 1t will be lev
fed upon each man according to his po-
sition in society, and the outward signs
of his prosperity" II such a thing were
tried in this country what a howl it would
raise. The most Of the tax would be paid
by a few very vain men and women;
while our rich men would 60 in rags and
ride in the street cars.
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RESTRICTION OF LEGAL ASSISTANCE,
We have received the following from the
Chairman of the Senate Committee on
Pensions:


Chairman of the Senate Committee on
Pensions:
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: My at
tention has been called to 2 recent lengthy
article in your paper, which severely criti-
cized Congress for qegislating so as to pre-
vent old soldiers from employing and pay
ing for assistance in prosecuting their pen
sion claims. A lengthy interview with
Commissioner Ware was made a part of
the article, from which the following is an
extract:
''There is another phase Of it as applied
to the Government. Being prohibited from
obtaining assistance under certain bene-
fetal laws and paying for II, q very great
number Of old soldiers make their own
applications, or through unprofessional
friends whom from time to time they in
duce to write letters. This throws into
the hopper at Washington in the Pension
Bureau great quantity of informal. poor
ly-arransed and irrelevant stuff. This all
has to be ironed out and got into shape
through repeated and almost everlasting
correspondence carried on by high-priced
clerks at great expense to the Government,
through months and years. The work is
arduous. difficult and exasperating to the
old soldier to whom long letters explana-
tory Of facts and explanatory of law have
" pt hiiltcu, are III II
cases entirely misunderstood or miscOn-
strued; and claims for pension run along
until both clerks and applicants are wear
led. and often without results.
"This piles up work on Special Exam
| iners and the result Is that the Govern.
| ment, by depriving the soldier of assist.
| ance and preventing the soldier from pay
| ing for good professional service and ad-
vice in pushing the claim, pays consider.
able more and does the work largely itself
and justice is often delayed and sometimes
| defeated by the firing out of the applicants
/ and the loss of evidence.
| Good, effective, speedy, professional
work from good and competent attorneys
cannot be had unless the work is paid for,
and it would look as IL it was perfectly
fair to the pensioner to let him hire and
pay for the work and get 1t done soon. in.
stead Of letting the Government pay the
bills and drag it along for years."
| Will you. Mr.. Editor, be good enough
! or will Commissioner Ware be good
enough, to point out the law that prevents
soldiers from employing attorneys in the
prosecution Of pension claims, thus delay.
| ing the adjudication Of claims, and piling
up work unnecessarily in the Bureau of
Pensions. know of no such law, and will
| be gratified to have it called to my atten-
ton, il any snch law exists. 1t strikes
me that the Commissioner Of Pensions has
The National tribune., 1903-06-18

A HEAVY responsibility rested upon
Maj. w. 81. Gibbes, who died June 12
at his home in Columbia, s. G.. 1t is
claimed for him that he fred the first
gunner in Capt. George James's COM
pany, to whom Beauregard sent the or
der to open fire on Maj. Anderson. Presi-
dent Cleveland recognized his historical
value, and appointed him Postmaster OF
Columbia.
The National tribune., 1903-06-18

MASSACHUSETTS leads all other States
in her care for her veterans. She has
been more liberal than any other in her
allowances, and has one Of the finest
homes in the world at Chelsea. She re-
Gently authorized the awarding Of hand
some bronze medals to all those who re-
sponded to President Lincoln's first call
for troops, and a great deal of trouble has
been taken by the Adjutant-General to
find cut those men or their heirs and see
that they got the medal. Each medal has
the recipients name and regiment and
date of service engraved upon the edge.
Last week one was shipped to Peru,
where a Massachusetts veteran had taken
up his home. There are still 2,535 that
await claimant. The State has laws
exempting disabled veterans from taxa
tion, and a veteran may obtain a pedler's
license for the asking. Tho State has
fitted up headquarters for the G. A. 3.
On Beacon Hill, and G. A. X. Posts do
not have to pay taxes on their property.
The National tribune., 1903-06-18

The Department of Kansas in Annual
Encampment assembled adopted a series
OF resolutions reciting the facts in the
Hanback, case, and earnestly requested his
reinstatement in the Pension Bureau. 1t
is asserted that his dismissal was a viola
ton Of the Civil Service laws, since he
was dismissed without notice and without
being given an opportunity to defend him
self from mere fippant allegations. and
the Senators and Representatives from
Kansas were requested to use all their
influence to secure his reinstatement.
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IT Is no little qualification that no vet
eran has been touched by any exposures
In the Post Office Department. All. the
men implicated are civilians, who have
been quite sure that the ''old soldier busi-
ness was PLAYED out"
The National tribune., 1903-06-18

THE sheriff of Kings County, N. ",
Is named Melody, but mis- bars are of iron
his time 80 days or more, his keys of the
Yale variety, and when he strings up it is
for q dead march.
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Gould anything be more ridiculous than
the talk of a republic for Servia, coun-
try where when they want to change the
administration they resort to cold-blooded
and brutal murder?
The National tribune., 1903-06-18

THE Annual Encampment of the De
partment of Kansas adopted strong resolu-
tions calling for more liberality in the ad-
ministration of the pension laws, and that
''all technical, medical sophistries and per-
versions to prevent the allowances of
elaims be stopped"
The National tribune., 1903-06-18

The first act Of the Servian Skuptsh-
ina was to pass a resolution of thanks
to the men who brutally murdered the
King and Queen. Think Of the sugges-
tion of a Republic for such a people!
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An EXCELLENT proposition has been
made that the labor Unions use their
strike funds to buy stock in the establish
ments for which they work. In this way.
even if they don't get a controlling inter
est, they will have at least voice in the
nagempnt
The National tribune., 1903-06-18

SENATOR GoRMAN is going to visit the
grave of his grandfather in Ireland. Is
this meant as counter-play to Roosevelts S
yote-corralling tour over the West?
The National tribune., 1903-06-18

ITALY still continues in the hinterland
of education. The last census shows that
from IS to 30 per cent. of the people in
the south of Italy can neither read nor
The National tribune., 1903-06-18

WE TAKE special pleasure in announc-
ing the election OF Comrade A. w. Smith.
of Groveland, Kan, as Commander of the
Department of Kansas. 1t is a choice
that will be OF the greatest benefit to the
Department Comrade Smith, who served
through the war in the 10Th U. S., and
was prisoner at Andersonville, has long
been one of the most prominent men in
Kansas. He represented Mcpherson
County in the Kansas Legislature as long
as he would consent to serve, and was for
several years Speaker Of the House. He
has always been very popular and was a
candidate for Governor, but went down
under the Populistic wave. He is a big
man, mentally and physically, with a
splendid war record and is an enthusiastic
comrade.
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tention Of everybody else but himself.
Respectfully yours,
w. II. GALLINGER,
Concord, N. 81.
The attention Of Senator Gallinger is
called to the following acts in which
agents and attorneys are not allowed to re-
ceive fees or compensation.
1. Act of March 3. 19O1-amendinc Sec
ton 470S Revised Statutes in relation to
pensions to remarked widows.
2. Act of Feb. %. 1903-amending the
act of March 3. 1901. Public No. 124)
3. Section All Revised Statutes and
the act of Jan. 25, 1879, granting arrears
of pension.
4. Act of March 10, 1SS6-granting in
crease to widows and dependent relatives.
5. Act of Aug. 5. 1S92-granting pen
sion to Army Nurses.
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THE Colombian Republic has received
The first touch of President Roosevelt's
strenuousity. The Government OF that
Republic has been distinctly informed that
no more than the original price agreed
upon, $10,O00,OO0, will be paid, and that
the President does no. think it is at lib
erty to reject the treaty, thus putting a
new phase upon the matter, and one that
must give the Colombians pause. They
will naturally inquire what we are going
to do about it, and the result of the in
quiry cannot help being that when the
United States sets about doing anything
1t is pretty sure to find some way of ac-
complishing its purpose. Let them pray
erfully consider this fact a while, and it
will probably result in change Of heart.
The National tribune., 1903-06-18

WASHINGTON, D. c., JUNE IS. 1908.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-05
AENIVERsARY OF BATTLE oF
MOO7R's CREEK CELEBRATED.
The North Carolina Society of Baltimore Meets
---Interesting Addresses by Number
of Tar Heels.

Especial to the News and Ohserver.)
Baltimore, March 4.-When the North
Carolina Society met last Friday night
10 celebrate the anniversary of the bat
tie of Moore's Creek Bridge, it was as
if small section Of the State had been
transplanted to this large city. DR.. A.
Marshall Elliott, of Johns Hopkins Uni
verslty, presided. Among the visitors
were Col. Wilson G.. Lamb, president of
the North Carolina Society of the Gin
cinnati; w. G. Lamb, Jr., of William
ston Mr.. w. S. Parker the well-known
Henderson merchant; Mr.. w. H.
Memory, a Whiteville business man, and
Mr.. Walter Grimes, formerly of Raleigh,
who has just come to Baltimore to re-
side.
DR.. Charles G. Hill made an interest
ing address on North Carolina-First,"
in which he suggested that as a new
motto for the State. as it had been first
in so many great movements
DR.. A. Marshall Elliott, Mr.. w. II.
Mcdonald, Mr.. NJ. ]. Motley, Mr.. Oscar
t. Smith and Rev. ]. T. Rowe made
brief talks.
Mr. w. S. Parker told of the old
States present prosperity, while Col.
Wilson G.. Lamb spoke of the monuments
to Davidson and Nash that are soon to
be erected.
John WILDER Jenkins, of the Baltimore
Sun, made the historical address, tracing
the events that led up to the battle of
Moore's Creek Bridge, and its great eff
feet in transferring the scene OF war
from North Carolina to New York. the
British striking at the Northern colo
nies instead of at the South
Mrs. E. K. Bryan, of Bainbridge, Ga,
presented to the society a Life OF Vance,
written by her father, the late Major
Clement Dowd.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-05
PREPARING FOR MUSIC FESTIVAL.
Work to Begin on high Point Freight Depot
Pictures for City Schools.
(special to News and Observer.l

Especial to News and Observer.)
Greensboro, ~ c., March 4--Active
preparations have begun here for the
convention of the State Musical Associa-
ton of Teachers, to be held April 30, May
2nd and 3rd. Prof. Clarence r. Brown,
Of the faculty of the Normal and Indus
trial College, conceived the idea of a
Grand Music Festival for the occasion.
In conjunction with Manager Schloss, of
the Grand Opera House, he has secured
an engagement with the celebrated Bos-
ton Festival Orchestra Company, COM
posed of fifty artists, to give two con-
eerts during the sessions of the associa-
tion, and it is proposed to have music
lovers here from many points in North
Carolina and Virginia.
Mr.. J. C. Morriss, a leading contractor
here, will go to High Point tomorrow to
begin work on a splendid brick freight
depot there, for the Southern Railway.
Mr.. Morriss today, was awarded an
other contract by the Southern for the
re-painting and renovation of the pas
senger station here. While the waiting
rooms on the first floor will be reftted
and decorated, the greatest change will
be made on the second floor. 1t will be
entirely remodelled, and suites of offices
arranged for the office employees of
the General Superintendent, who will
come here from Salisbury as soon as
the work is done.
superintendent of City School E. d.
Broadhurst, today gave an order to the
Leiber Art Co., of New York. for $175
worth of pictures, to be sent within four
weeks, already framed, to adorn the
rooms of the school buildings.
superintendent Broadhurst raised this
fund. in cooperation with the pupils and
friends of education, by an excellent en-
tertainment given some time ago.
1t is proposed by outside friends to
raise 5000 next session for further adorn-
ment purposes.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-05
Partisan Bitterness PoiSonS
its Last Hours.
BUT NOT IN The SENATE
No Legislation Attempted by Either Rouss---A
Great Demonstration in Honor Of Speaker
Henderson Who Retires From
Congress.
Congress-.
(By the Associated Press.)

Washington, d. c., March 4.-The Fifty
Seventh Congress expired at noon today
by limitation. In many respects the
closing scenes were similar to those at
the end of every Congress. Every four
years. however, there is an inauguration
which materially changes the proceedings
in the Senate, but the expiration of a
Congress in the House is very much the
same each time. But there has not been
in many years SUCH demonstration in
the House as occurred today, owing to
the fact that Speaker Henderson was
retiring not only as presiding officer,
but from the House as a member The
bitter partisan feeling that has sprung
up in the House of Representatives dur
ing the past week reached pitch, which
prevented the Speaker from receiving
the unanimous approval of the House
when the usual resolution of thanks and
courtesy was offered. More than this,
the resolution had to come from the Re-
publican side. and while this has oc-
Cured before, it is not the usual custom.
The usual resolution of thanks to Presi-
dent protein Frye was unanimously
adopted in the Senate.
AS all of the important supply bills
had passed before the two Houses took
a recess this morning no legislation was
necessary and none was attempted. The
bills which had passed and reached the
stage of enrolment were all signed by
President Roosevelt, who. with members
of his Cabinet, occupied the Presidents
room in the Senate wing of the capitol
This biennial visit of the President to
the Capitol is one of the features of a
closing Congress.
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Wholesale he shall pay as a manufaC-
turer and Wholesale dealer.
Section 64 showing the application Of
the State liquor tax. one-half to state,
one-half to the county board Of educa-
tion for the benefit OF the school fund
of the county in which the tax is col
lected Senator Wellborn CRep) moved
to give the entire tax to the State and
none to the boards of education, but
this was lost.
The discussion of section 65, concern
ing the license on dispensaries was long
drawn out and hotly fought. At it's
close the rate of annual license had
been raised from the two per cent. on the
gross sales of dispensaries to five per
cent, this to come to the State and to
be paid by the officers of the dispen-
saries within ten days after the first
days of January and July of each year
Senator Gillian had first moved an in
crease to ten per cent, but Senator
Webb and Senator London thought this
too high. Senator Vann was in favor
of this, but Senator Beasley opposed.
Senator Hoey moved to change to five
per cent and Senator Travis urged this
also. Senator Spence offered an amend
mont adding 5000 a year to the two per
cent Senator Lamb wanted the tax to
be for countless cities and towns one
half of the State tax. Senator Woodard
spoke at length and urged that all pos
sible revenue be made from the liquor
traffic. He stated that he had been for
neither the London bin or the Watts
bill, but that if he had It in his power
he would utterly destroy every vestige
of the manufacture and sale, but as the
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