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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-23

Pisa, Italy, Nov. 23.-King Victor
Emmanuel and Queen Helena arrived
here today on their return from their
visit to the king and queen of England
and proceeded to the royal residence
at Rosser.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-23

New York, Nov. 23.-The sultan of
Turkey, frequently reported to be ill
from one cause or another, is now al
legged, by the Vienna correspondent of
the World. to be suffering from a cancer
in the intestines. He is said to have
refused to undergo an operation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-23
Florida East Coast
Railway

has issued handsomely illus
trated booklet descriptive of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-23

Kansas City and Return $2oo via
Santa Fe.
Football Thanksgiving day. Kansas
VS.. Missouri.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-23

Everybody reads -the state- journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-23

IN accordance with its usual
custom, the Passenger De-
partment of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-23

London, Nov. 23.-The suspension
was announced today of John Brown
vate bank. The failure is not of i'm
portance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-23

Berlin, Nov 23.-Emperor William to-
day received in audience Baron Won
Sternberg. the German ambassador to
the United States, and Lord Lonsdale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-23

Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. 23.-The griev-
ances of the street car men against the
Pittsburg railway company have about
all been adjusted Resin Orr, national
treasurer. who came from headquart-
ers at Detroit to take charge of affairs,
says the company is disposed to show
the men fair treatment and all
doned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-23

smoke BaeheIor cigars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-23

Rome, Nov 23.-Pope Plus received
in private audience Sir Louis Jette,
lieutenant governor of Quebec. and
family.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-23

Robert Edeson, who won so great a
measure of popularity in Soldiers of
Fortune" that it has continued to find
favor with the theater-going public for
three seasons. comes to the New Craw-
ford Saturday night. Richard Hard
ing Davis novel, from which the play
was dramatized by Augustus Thomas.
is so popular that everybody knows
how Clay civil engineer, went to the
golden South America, was proclaimed
dictator and married the daughter of
his wealthy employer.
I'm Old Kentucky" with its merry
little Dickaninnies. its lovable noun
tain lass Madge. its quaint atmosphere
of Kentucky life. and Queen Bess. the
best thoroughbred that ever won the
Ashland Oaks. will be along again
Monday. The production promised for
this season is entirely new.
tCircumstantial Evidence Will be
the New Crawford's Sunday night
Daa4s
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-25

10 know. for he i my personal friend
Prior 10 The war he MS a proie>~oF IN
Wake Forest College. the leading Baptist
scholastic Institution to-day IN AL the
Southand. DOUBT not. Major F1otc told
mc-about ISc5-that &c had OCCASION ono
morning Il 1853. ~ ( % General Les
headauarter-. lie found the great soldier
~.ttiug on ) camp stool IA .sout Of h
tent. After communicative his mission
he said. General Lee. thc report - the
amp this morning j that General Zen
der IS dead Is i true General Lee was
very serious. evidently depressed. aud 81
ter i few seconds replsed. Yc~. General
Pcadcr ! dead. There wa> & soldier VINO
never held hi> proper runk. he should
have been ouc 81 my CORPS t"wuanaer~
1t was. ALA. only too true He deserved
~ rank only second 70 lie and Jack
~on.
What 4 noble tribute from tho great
commander. the exalted soldier AMI man
OF faith, the gcntic~t. true~t knieht I'll
fifty centuries, General Ice held General
Fender in the h.Shc~t estimation. ~ VIII
lie seen from the followlugtributc to h-
memory, and which occurs in li~ report
of the pennsylvania Campaign, d4tei
July 31et. 1868:
General Fender has SINCE died. This
lamented officer has borne a distinguished
part IN every engagement OF this army.
and VA, wounded on several occasions
while leading his command with cun~pleu
Gus gallantry ana ability. The confidence
and admiration inspired by hi> courage
and capacity as an officer we're only
equalled by the esteem and respect on
tcrtained by al With whom ne was aS~o
ciated. for the mob qualities ot ms mod
est and nnassuming character"
What could be better. more gracious.
more felicitouso What more could have
been said Apples Of Gold IN. Pictures et
SILVER. \ loving appreciation OF one OF
the noblest OF Cod mon given to the
nineteenth century. If ever tie SocIatic
saying was realized by i Confederate sol
der or a native Southron it Was realized
III the life and character OF William u.
Pender. Tho way to gam a good Itcpu
tation is to eudcavor to be what YOU lie
sire TO appear" It was indeed true Of Tins
modest. most mcritoriouS soldier that ii
was the force of his own merit that
makes his name" as Shakespeare wrote Of
another. 1t is my impression that Gen
cral Lee never wrote SO strongly. So Gu
logistically Of any other soldier during the
entire four years war with the one cx
ception of General T. ]. Jackson. II he
ever did it has failed 10 come under my
eye.
| wrote more than n quarter OF a cen
fury ago thai the greatly apprcciative and
just tribute paid by one OF the three
greatest soldiers Of the English speaking
race, General Lee as the most en-
inent British author on Gar about 1870.
-.-4 IS OIL - 81.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-25
FENDER, GALLANT CAVALIER
OF THE OLD NORTH STATE
One of the knightIiest Soldiers That Drew Sword for
the South. He Never Held His
Proper Rank.

fighting regiment, the North Carolina
Third. Later he was transferred to the
Sixth Regiment. He was promoted to
B~rigadicr General upon the field OF bat
tie known as Seven Pines. He was wound
cd at Malvern Hill, but not disabled, and
at ChantiIly, where a wool hat saved him
from a mortal wound in the head. He
was at Harper's Ferry under Jackson, and
his plan of attack was adopted. At
Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellors-
vile, and Gettysburg u able, faithful,
prompt, resourceful, brave soldier was
conspicuous, most useful and successful.
IN the war magazine | edited for four
teen months for Col. S. D.. Pool, Our Lily
ing and Our Dead, there Is an account Ci
the battle of fredericksburg, Va, that
was fought on 18th December, 1862, from
which / make an interesting extract. Mr..
J. r. Cole writes the paper:
Lane and Archer first meet fiercely
the massive onset, but reel, staggcr, waver,
retreat. The triumphant enemy pursue
over the railroad, over the plain, into the
woods-they rush to their death. Early
comes sweeping down on the right; Hoke
dashes into the advancing columns; Gregg
and Thomas rush upon them III front;
Lane and Archer reform and madly fall
upon them again; Fender closes in on the
left, charging in person at the head OF his
staff.
Death rides upon every shrieking shell.
Bloody bayonets and flashing
sabres clash and ring amid the carnival
Of death and terror. The chiVall1c Gregg
of South Carolina, has fallen to rise no
more. Our own Ponder, bloody and eX
hausted, has been carried from the field"
General Pender made a fine impression
upon General Lee and other leaders. He
was the Youngest officer of his rank III
that battle. General Ambrose z. Hill, a
Virginian, in his official report of the
battle, says:
From the nature of he ground occu-
pied by Pender's brigade, and the entire
absence of all protection against artillery,
his brigade received the greater part of
the terrible fire directed at Davidson and
Latimcr. and suffered severely. General
Pender was himself wounded and his aid,
Lieut.. Shepperd, killed whilst gallant
Iy rallying a portion of the 18th regi-
mcnt of Lanes brigadl,
During the tempolary absence Of Gen
eral Fender, the command Of the brigade
devolved upon Colonel Scales OF the 18th.
The two batteries suffered much by the
Scales directed Major Cole, of the 22nd
n. c.. to dislodge them, which was hand
somely done. General Pender, though
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-25

In the year 1SGz. I think it was, / was
at Weldon when walked across the
railroad bridge Owe he Roanoke river, a
wide. imposing stream at that point,
growing wider and grander as 1t rushed on
to It's outlet to the Albemarle Sound. 1
was bound for Garysburg, in Northamp-
ton county, some mile or so beyond the
river, where there was a Confederate
camp. an object of profound interest to
North Carolinians in the eastern and mid
die part Of the State. There were com
panies there from Granville, Warren,
Halifax and other counties. Captain VII
liam Dorsey Pender was III charge, ana
a capital officer he was. L saw Tor the
first time $500 men on dress parade, and
there beheld for the only time the al
ready distinguished, gallant, and efficient
soldier, for he had participated III battles
in the west III which his IN the
United States Army had been engaged.
/ never knew him personally, was not
near enough to him to study his lace, OF
which | might here attempt a description.
Having been two years at LoVejoy'S Mil
itary Academy at Raleigh i'll 1856, where
was captain, / felt an interest in mill
tary discipline and manoeuVres, and had
some technical knowledge necessarily OF the
drill. | was impressed with the ease with
which Captain Pender controlled his
freshly extemporized army, and how
when in line he could glance at it and
detect readily any unmIlltary attitude or
movement. His frontier service though
rough had brought to him excellent eX-
p~ericnce and the art of command. He
served in the United States Cavalry Tor
four year in New Mexico and on the Pa
cific slope, if | remember correctly. He
was an active participant IN two engage
ments known respectively as -Four Lakes
and Spokane Plains. He attracted the
attention of his superior by his GOODNESS,
efficiency and bravery. He was born III
Edgecombe county on 3rd February, 1884.
His bOy-life was on a farm. AT fifteen he
became a store clerk of his brother i'll
Tarboro. He entered West Point through
the favor Of Representative Thomas Ruf-
fin, and his relative, Colonel r. l..
Bridgers, and was graduated with honors.
In his class were Lieutenant General
Stephen D.. Lee, of Mississippi, and Major
Generals Curtis Lee and ]. T.. r. Stewart,
of Virginia. He married in 1859 a daugh-
ter Of Representative A. II. Shepperd, of
Salem. In 1860 he was stationed at San
Francisco, and was Adjutant OF his regl-
ment. Upon Llncoln's proclamation he
resigned from the United States Army,
and was appointed Captain of Artillery,
He was elected Colonel Of that splendid
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-25

Tor the possession Of a road running be
tween The two lines of battle. our men
succeeded IN driving the men from the
rod and held II l. was General pcudcr's
intention 20 advance that afternoon. had
The attack on the right been mere sue
cessful. While on the right % his CON
uaud watching the progress OF the fight
our accomplished and Christian division
commander, ' 10 had won 80 many laurel,
on - many hardfought battlcGcld>. re-
cliyed his fatal wound and the command
81 his division deyolVed upon b, senior
BEgadIcr.'
III d.ed OF his wound At Stauuton, VA,
Oh Sth July, 1868. HIS testimony ~ 10 his
religious hopes as given 10 h> chaplain.
Re-. Dir. Williams, WAS this, aat i i
cnouea-tEe last expression y = Chris
tan soldiers confidence n the complete
ness OF the Atonement of Christ and his
uataItering trust in the Redeemer:
Tel my wife that l 10 not fcar to die.
can confidently resign my soul T. God.
trusting ii the atonement oi Jesus Christ.
Ny only regret is to leave her and our
children. / have always tried 10 do my
duty IN every sphere III which Providence
hes placed me"
~ tllNG, no NCUAN4E, 10 I'1tif4C II bHE
age ever possessed a trucr soldier than
William D. Fender. a TT comradc for such
kuIghtly Christian soldier, a. Robert f.
Lee and Thomas J. Jackson and James
Johnston Pettigrew. \ prominent Nir-
ginian lawyer, the late Mr.. Wallace, the
the Nestor OF the Petersburg CVa) bar,
whose vile was 4 cousin OF General 4. L.
Hi. told the late Rev. DR.. Thomas II.
D-.+.1a,.I .,4J ~, ,.,.,, - H. - -,
porch after the two North Carolinians had
dincd with HMM 1867, that he once ask
cd General Hill, when dining With Mr.. W.
during the siege Of Petersburg by General
L. S. Grant, who was the best officer
Of his grade he ever knew The reply
WAS, after i few moments reflection
GENERAL PENDER." | published
this when DR.. Pritchard was living III our
Living and our Dead, october, 1861. |
also published during the lifc-timc Of my
departed friend, what Mr.. Wallace also
told us to another reply Of General Hills,
that fairly astonished the venerable law
yer. He asked General Hill what troops
he would rather command? His reply was
NORTH Carolinians.' MIR. Wallace said
that it greatly astonished him as both
General Hill and himself were Nirginians.
He asked the Genera why tins OPINION
or preference? The reply was this: BE
cause the North CarolnianS are better
soldiers. They are more obcdicnt to au-
thority than ANY others, and are equally as
brave, and SO they are really better sol
dicrs. They VIII do what you command
them to do You could trust the North
CaIollnianS to advance or remain at Il
given place and they would be sure to
obey-to stick. l recall that a commission
was sent to the army TO discover its con
Gltion at a certain time IN the winter
months. After Investigation they said
that they found but one command that
was ready to move upon short notice, and
it was General PcHder's Division. That
showed the kind Of soldier he was. l
lately gave what General Lee said to
Major James II. Foote, of North Caro-
lima. Major Foote still lives, | am glad
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-25

wounded, resumed the command OF his
brigade az soon as his wound was dres>
Ell.
Lieutenant General T. J. Jackson. the
glorious "Stonewall in his report wr;cc~
The brigade Of General Pender wa.
Immediately in rear Of the batteries Il
Captains Davidson and LatIraer and va
without my protection from the enemy,
artillery; and thus, notwithstanding the
accuracy OF the batteries acting in CON
junction with Major Cole, Of the 2zud
North Carolina, III dispensing the cloud
II >kirmiehers and >harr-hooters that
hung all that day upon that part OF the
field, that brigade received much OF the
fire that was directed at these guns and
suffered severely. General Pendcr va,
wounded
For his splendid services in the heavy
battle OF Charlottesville, he was raised
to Major General, which General \. p
Hill APPLY characterized as 'tardy Jus
tee But for President Davis, General
Pendcr would have received more rapid
promotion. In fact, before he was Major
General If Division he would have been
Lieutenant General. Mr.. James b. Lloyd,
iii his entertaining and somewhat elaborate
dIuItr> OH btIlcIUl 1tllItl, DIT dIEpEO
over three years ago, gave this as to
Fender being made a Major General:
Generals Lee and Jackson, after OBJ
serving his conduct and adroitne~s in bat
tie. repeatedly recommended him for pro
motion, but President Davis, having a
prediction for the old system OF pro-
motion by seniority, was unwilling to de-
part from that long established system.
RI ,l-.I.4- =, .-J 1,,n,o -
eral Pender shone forth so conspicuously
thrat his promotion could no longer be
withheld
Mr.. Lloyd gives also the following most
interesting account of Pender's splendid
Sallantry:
while in the bloody and fearful CON
test at Charlottesville, the 22nd North
Carolina Regiment, being subjected to a
most terrific fire, and the men Of that gal
liant regiment becoming disheartened by
the loss Of brave CoIonel Cole, and Major
Odell, they appeared TO WAIVER: but Cen
eral Fender, in great haste, rushed for
ward, seized the flag and bore it to the
brcastworll, followed by the remnant Of
that faithful regiment which never shirk
ed their duty nor failed to rally around
him.
| regret that | tailed to preserve MI
Lloyd'S cnIlre address. | am glad to be
able, however, to make an extract from
an historical paper from the pen OF that
gallant N%irginlan, BrIgadicr General james
II. Lane, who commanded 50 ably a ia
nous North Carolina Brigade. He writes:
"All know that Gettysburg was carried
on the first day by Ewell's corps and
Heth's and Pender's divisions, Of A.. p.
Hills corps. and that, while the former
command entered Gettysburg on the left,
the latter after, a bloody strugglcr car
ried Seminary Hill on the right. On
July End Pender's division composed Of
Lanes, Scales, McGoWan's and Thomas
brigades, EXTENDED from the Fairfield road
to the right along Seminary Hill IN
the order mentioned above and there was
gallant fighting along its front between
its sharpshooters and those of the enemy
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-25
LOOk--GueSS
The Prizes

The Prizes
T o the person making exact estimate or the person nearest the exact estimate
of the number of cash Omission Exclusive of IiIoadO we will give:
A Buggy price of which is :. =. -. ..... . -. -. =. :. :. =. -. $500
Additional Cash Prizes:
Should the succesfule estimate be received before UNI 1t W will give in cash $4,000
Should the successful estimate be received before July 1b. We will. given cash $500
Shouldt the successful estimate b. received before Aug 1t, w Wing give in cash 1000
Should he successful estimate be receved before Sept. 1t, we will give in cash 1900
Should the succesfule estimate be received before Oct t w will give in cash 900
Should the successful estimate be received before Oct. oath, we wills give in cash 500
Conditions in Sending in Estimates in the State Fair
Contest
The is omnt to every one upn this basis:
/ New inscription, pid one year in advance to the weekly NORTH CARO-
IINIAN and weekly FARMER AND MECHANIC 1~o entiue the subscriber 20
two 60 estimates set With the subscription.
q RENEWAL subscription for on. year to TT NORTH CAROLINIAN and
term ofc contest, enite subscriber to two CD estimates.
g. POSITIVE RULE. The money and the subscription md the estimate must
come in the same envelope every time.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-25
$500 Hackney Buggy FREQ
c. B. Ray, Prop, Wyatt Harness COmpar

Send guess to Farmer and Mechanic O North Carolnian, Raleigh, n.
to the person making the nearest guess will give the buggy and they
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-11-05
Thackerax,s Satire.

Thackcray created quite erroneous
impressions CT himself by often indulg-
ing In irony in the presence of people
who were incapable of understanding
it. One curious instance which he gave
was this: Thackeray had been dining
at the Garrick and was talking in the
smoking room after dinner with vari-
GUS club acquaintance. One of them
happening to have left his cigar case
at home, Thackeray, though disliking
the man, who was notorious tuft
hunter, good naturally offered him one
Of his cigars. The man accepted the
cigar, but, not finding it to his liking,
had the bad taste to say to Thackeray,
II say, Thackeray, you won't mind my
saying l don't think much Of this
cigar?" Thackeray, no doubt irritated
at the mans ungraciousness and bear
ing In mind his tuft hunting predilec-
lions, quietly responded, you ought
TO, my good fellow, for it was given
me by lord" Instead, however. of
detecting the irony, the dolt immedi-
ately attributed the remark to snobbish-
ness on Thackeray's part and to the
end of his days went about declaring
that 'Thackeray had boosted that he
had been given a cigar by lord"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-11-05
Expressinen Lose Strike.

Kansas City, Nov. 3.-W. G. Elem
Ing national organizer of the Brother
hood of Railway Expressmen, notified
the striking employees of the Pacific
Express company that they had lost
their fight and he advised them, if
possible, to make their peace with
the express company. When the men
made application for reinstatement at
the headquarters of the company in
this city they were told to make form
al application for employment az
though they had never worked for
the company. They were also told
that they must resign from the Broth
erhood of Railway Expressmen be-
fore they would be employed. Ma
tional Organizer Fleming said that
the strike failed because of the large
number of assertions at st. Louis.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-11-05
witty Response Of n Lecturer.

A professor who acted as chairman
Of a meeting at which Max O'Rell was
to lecture introduced the Frenchman
in the following manner:
Ladies' and gentlemen, when we
wish to see ourselves as individuals
we have recourse to the mirror. This
we cannot do as nation. l take
pleasure in introducing a gentleman
who will act as French mirror, by
means of which you will, I am sure,
obtain an adequate and pleasing view
Of yourselves as nation"
The introduction pleased O'Rell, and
he responded in q vein as jovial: II
am requested to reflect on nation
However, 1 must take second place to
the man in the moon, for he reflects
on the earth. AS an imported French
mirror shall do the best can to give
you a correct picture of the nation.
And if your chairman remains where
he is, in the background, he will add
greatly to the reflective power of the
mirror"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-11-05
PLAN IOWA DRAINAGE MAPr
Department of Soils Of State College
Seeks Information for Farmers.

Department. of Soils Of State College
Seeks Information for Farmers.
Ames. Ia, Oct. 30.-The department
of soils of the Iowa State college is
gathering data regarding the amount
Of land in this state which has been
partly or wholly unproductive the last
year because of lack of--adequate
drainage. 1t is the intention to send
out for the benefit of Iowa farmers
statements of the amount of land in
Iowa in need of drainage, especially
in the case of large drains too ex-
tensive for individual enterprise.
Blanks are to be sent out to farmers
all over the state. The data obtained
from answers to questions asked in
these blanks will give the members
of the soils department faculty an
idea of the conditions existing all
over the state along lines of drainage.
A bulletin will probably be published
setting forth the results of the data
received.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-11-05
Notice of Probate of Win.

District Court in and for Audubon county.
STATE OF IOWA, lss
Audubon County, 49,
To all whom it may concern:
Whereas on the list day of October A. D. 1893.
a paper purporting to be the last Will and
Testament of Claus Lauritzen late of said
county, deceased, was filed in my office, and
December 1903, appointed and fixed as the time
when the same will come before the court at
the December term thereof then to be held, for
last Will and Testament of the said Claus
Lauritzen, deceased, at which time all persons
interested may appear and show cause why the
same should not be admitted to probate.
Dated this I'd day of November. 1903
L. j. HILL,
11-5-4 Clerk.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-11-05
A Man to Know.

One Of the chief joys in life is to
know men by whom you can swear, to
know man here and there over the
world of whom you can say: "Wher-
ever he is tonight, there he is helpful,
truthful. sincere, wise, intelligent-an
educated gentleman; educated in every
faculty of his being, in those things
which go to make the body a thing Of
delight and beauty; educated in con-
science, SO that even as the eye seeks
the light his conscience seeks the right;
educated fully and completely"