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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-01

IN detail in his book and for sclne
time we have been trying To collect
every fact connected With the flag FOR
him. but SO far have not been able
TO locate Miss Rebecca Murphy. Miss
Sally Ann died while quite young and
we have heard that Rebecca married
-----Winburn and moved TO Wilson, ~
G. To this town [ have written TO
the postmaster and made efforts TO
find her. but have failed. If YOU or
any of your readers can help us won't
you please do so? The history OF the
other three flags will be given down
to the smallest particulars. 49, this
the ''Sesesh Flag the most <>dDoTtant
Of the four, should have all of it's his
tory in the book and the name of
everyone connected with il. Mrs.
Winburn's account Of the making Of
the flag would be interesting and very
valuable. She did most of the sewing
viii Sally Ann played on the piano
and sang Dixie The Bonny Blue
Flag and other Southern songs.
Not waitiag TO hear whether or not
his model was accepted by the COM
mittee, Mr.. Sr'ith, a week or two
later. bought the materials and ask
ed these same girls 10 make q large
flag for him exactly like the model
saying there should be at Least one
of his flags afioat. They began the
flag one Saturday morning and not
finishing 1t before night. worked on it
Sunday and the first thing Monday
morning Mr. Smith raised the flag on
Court House sQuare-~the first Confed-
crate flag ever raised in North Caro-
lima. This was early in the spring or
1861.
Amy Information connected with
either of these flags sent to me or 10 Mr..
Harrison. will be most thankfully re-
ceived. Even to the smallest details.
for each of these may lead 10 others.
Should anyone read this who was
present at the raising of the Stars
and Bars at Louisburg and will write
ali THAI he Tor she) remembers about
il. we will be glad TO have the account.
DO this, and hello to write history
ana history dear 10 all Southern peo-
pie. especially to North Carolinains.
In the Southern Historical Papers,
Vol. s. is an account of the making
of the flag with the long white tail
and red bar, written by Major Rog-
ers himself. who believed That ''if you
wanted a thing done well TO do 1t
yourself"
We wish that Mr.. Smith had been Of
this same way of thinking.
With many thanks TO you for any
thing and for everything that you do
to help in this matter | am.
Sincerely yours
j. RANDOLPH SMITH.
Henderson. n. c.. Dec. 90. / 904.
Mr. iiarrison's book is all in copy
except the Confederate part and this
these two flags is collected so a speedy
iN CT ~ alxp do
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EMANCIPATION CELEBRATED.
Some Very Wholesome Advice Given
by n Wise egrO To His Race.
Especial to News and Observer.

Especial to News and Observer
Durham, n. G. Dec. 31.-This mora
ing the colored population of Durahm
had a great time celebrating their
emancipation. The celebration was
held in the court house, beg;nnng at
1880 O'Clock and ending this after
noon after 2 o'clock. A collection was
taken at the close of the exercises for
the benefit of the Lincoln Hospital of
this city
The speaker of the day was Pros. J.
r.. Hawkins, of kittrell. Those who
heard him say that his address was 4
very strong and able effort. He dwelt
at some length on the duties of the
negro and insisted that there should
be such feeling and action on the part
of his race that would bring about
and preserve between the races the
best OF feeling. His advice. said 'ead-
ing c0lored man who heard him. was
and calculated to result in
good. lie was given the entire at
tentiAp of the several hundred people
who Naa gathered 10 hear him and
there 'Fas frequent applause. SHOWING
that what he said was endorsed.
The husic programme was more or
less ELABORATE and there was some real
line music rendered. There were SOW
efal Solos, essays. the reading of tile
emancipation proclamation by Il r.
~ lchner. and the election of officers
Ne .ie association for the ensuing
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TEN NIGHTS IN \ BATHROOM.
Ten Thousand Copies ShCl be Dis
tributed in North Carolina

TO the Editor: Wishing to aid the
temperance party in some way, and
having just finished reading a little
novel entitled Ter Nights in Bar
Room" for the second time-the first
time about twenty wars ago, was
favorab bly, struck iby its second reading
ia such an extent that | thought
would suggest TO the temperance So
ETY. of North Carolina the idea of
distributing one million copies of this
look. which, in my humble opinion,
would appeal more to the drunkard
than al the temperanoe lectures that
can be delivered, as | think ii appeals
direct TO the drunkard in his natural
condition and he can sec his down
ward course rs It really is.
Please give this letter notice in your
daily paper and request The temper
ance people Of North Carolina To con-
sid It and if they think favorably Of
ii I will head the list BY Il donation
Of 600 copies.
Yours for destruction of whisiley,
w. j. BROTHERS.
Cove y. c., December 81.
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vANDEEnlLr Will STAY.
The Fillmore L. Is Fast Becoming
Self porting.
(WasF AN Post.

(Wasf O~on Post.
There is not 4 word of truth in the
reports frequently circulated that Mr..
Vanderbilt intends 10 give up his es-
tate at Biitmore or any part of it, :"
said MIR. Charles McNamee, at the
New Willard last night. Mr. McNamee
was the organizer, in 1883, of the
vast estate OF more than 100, 900 acres.
and administered it for many years for
Mr.. Vanderbilt Last July he severed
his connection there and went 10 Seat
tie Washington. To look after some
business matters concerning himself
and AIR. Vanderbilt
II should say that many of the de-
partments that have been organized
at Biltmore are on paying business,
and that the estate is fast becoming
able TO take care Of itself. AS the
world, which has always been inter-
ested in il, knows, ii was not founded
for the purpose Of making money ana
has been made as beautiful and practi-
Ically efficient as il is for entirely differ
ent reasons.
Everything is prospecting there.
The schools which have been estah-
ished for the benefit of the tenants are
largely attended b. the children, and
the sociological experiment thus in
stituted is doing splendidly. A de-
partment for wood carving a sort OF
well that some of the beautifully
carved pieces have been sold profit
ably. And so the development con-
tinueS in every deDartment. Mr.. Van
derblt has been there the entire au-
tumn and the winter so far. giving
house parties from time to time. | just
came TO spend two or three weeks
at Christmas time. and shall shortly
go back to Seattle. Christmas day
was most pleasantly spent here. All
of the tenants and laborers and their
wives and children We're invited to
an entertainment. at which Il crayon
artist and ventriloquist brought from
New York especially for the occasion.
amused the guests. 1t was very pref
~ affair. indeed.
81 find my new home in Seattle
most delightful. The summers are re-
markedly cool, and, quite contrary to
my expectation. The winters are quite
warm and balmy. [ have taken a house
there. but do not know just how long
shall remain. 1t is many years ago
that / practiced law in the city of
New York and having gotten out Of
the run of it, so 10 speak. have no
inclination to return TO it,
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Z
THIS CONFEDERATE FLAG.
TIhe Original First Floated From
Cotlrt House at LOuisburg
NO the F.dItor:

To the Editor;
When she Confederate Congress met
at MontgDmefy, one of the first things
discussed was under what flag should
the Men tiu Grey fight?' Many were
TOR the STARS and Stripes, saying that
odd Glofy3' belonged to the South
as much as TO the North and that
more Southern men were connected
with its history than men from the
north OF Mason and Dixon's line. But
tho this was true it was decided To
have a new flag for the Confederacy.
one never us@d before. and advertise
ments were sent out to papers ask
ing for models. Orran r. smith vino
was living at ipcuisburg. n. G.. in 1881
saw the advert ise1nert and designeI :,
flag, buying lhe materials in Iouis-
burg ard goialg 70 his two friands
Misses Katherine Reoecca and SaII,,
Ann Murphy DO make the model fo,
him. He cut the FIVE pointed stars
and showed them hoiw TO make the
stripes and sihen finished he sem
the little flag. about Ia foot long, to
Montgomery anld the Committee select
ed his model from thf many sent in, /
as The Flag9 of Th4 Confederate
States OF Alnleriea. Ahe Stars and
Bars
Mr. rT-A. Hstrrison Manchester. y.
H.. WHO iesWr ting thal Book or Flags
wishes to 2 lf Tile STORY of this flag,
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(Chatham Record. J

a young man in Rock Rest towa-
ship named Wililan Rowe. was very
and ser.ously hurt on last
Monday. He had filled up an empty
Roman candle with powder TO shoot
off, but it prematurelv exploded and
burned his face severely and probably
put oNt one eye. il not both eyes.
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selves as to the efficacy of Peruna in
cases of la gripp, or its after effects.
After Effects Of La Grippe Eradicated
by Pe-ru-nd.
Mrs. Fred Weinberger, Westerlo,
Albany County, n. Y, writes:
"Several years ago had an attack of
Ia grippe which left my nerves in a
Frustrated condition. Then L had an
other attack of la grippe which left me
worse. had tried three good physicians
but all in vain. I gave Peruna a trial.
In short time / was feeling better and
now / am as we'll es anyone. Mrs.
Fred Weinberger.
Hon James K. Quill of Omaha.
Hon. James r. Gull is one of the
eldest and most esteemed men of Omaha.
Neb. lie has doae much to make 1t
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CAUGHT BY THE GRIP.
RELEASED BY PE-RU-NA.

what it is, serving on public boards .
in the following words:
al am 6S years old, am hale and hearty,
and Peruna has helped me attain it.
Two years ago had Ia grippe--my life
was despaired Of. Peruna saved me- -
j. II. GULL.
A Relative of Abraham Lincoln.
Mr.. Silas S. Lincoln, who resides at
9l3 /. Street, n. W., Washington, b. c.,
has the honor of being third cousin to
Abraham Lincoln. He writes:
81 had Ia grippe five times before
using your medicine. -Four years ago
began the use of Peruna, since which
time L have not been troubled with that
disease. [ can now do as much work at
my desk as / ever could in my life.
have gained more than ten pounds ia
Weights. s. Lincoln.
Pe-ru-na Not Only Cured La Grippe bat
Benefited the Whole System.
Miss Alice M. Dressler, 1913 N. Bryant
Ave-, Minneapolis, Mimi, writes:
'Iast spring suffered from la grippe
and was partially cured but the bad
after effects remained through the sum-
mer and somehow / did not get strong
as | was before. One OF my college
friends who was visiting me asked me
to try Peruna and / did SO and found
it all and more than had expected 1t
not only cured me of the catarrh but
restored me to perfect health, built up
the entire system and brought happy
feeling Of buoyancy which had not
known for years. Alice NJ. Dressler.
An Actress Testimonial.
Miss Jean Cowgirl, Griswold Opera
House, Troy, n. Y, is the leading lady
with the Aubrey Stock Co. She writes
the following:
"During the past winter OF 1901, /
suffered for several weeks from severe
attack of grippe, which eft a serious
catarrhal condition of the throat and
head.
"Some one suggested Peruna. AS q
last resort, after wasting much time
and money ON physicians, tried tie
remedy faithfully, and in few weeks
was as well as ever."--Jean Cowgirl
A Southern Judge Cured.
Judge Horatio j. Goss, Hartwell, Ca,
writes:
''Some five or six years ago l had
very severe spell of grippe, which left
me with systemic catarrh. A friend
advised me to try your Peruna which I
n tce
cured. The third bottle completed the
cure. III. j. Goss.
If you do not derive prompt and satis-
factory results from the use Of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving 4
full statement of your case and he Will
be pleased to give you his valuable i'd
vice gratis
Address DR.. Hartman. President ot
The Hartman SailltariuH, Columbus, u.
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selves as to the efficacy of Peruna in
cases of la gripp or its after effects.
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Another Roman Candle Victim.

Ashehoro. n. c.. December 81.
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Ask your Druggist for free Peruna Almanac for 1906

At the Close Of Business. Dec. is. 1904.
RESOURCES
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-04
HAZEL DELL.

Hazel Dell, Feb. 2.-The regular
preaching services will be conducted
by Rev. r. v. Pike next Sunday,
February 5, at 8 p. M, at the Zion
M. e. church.
Miss Maude Harsh who is attending
school in Ottumwa spent Sunday with
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Harsch.
Miss Sarah Hill was on the sick list
last week.
Mrs. Will Wolfe and little daughter
Mandie spent Friday with Mrs. j. p.
Hollingsworth.
The Ottumwa Zion Epworth league
elected officers last Sunday for the
coming six months as follows:
President-Mrs. L. M. Truitt.
First Vice President - Miss Della
Smith.
Second Vice President-Miss Lizzie
Gift.
Third Vice President-Mrs. E. v.
Cohagan.
Fourth Vice President-Dale Truitt,
Secretary and Treasurer-Miss Inez
Truitt.
Miss Belle Redfern visited Sunday
with Miss Della Smith.
The Misses Pearl and Letha East.
burn visited last Thursday with Mrs.
r. l.. Dexter.
Several Of the school children are
suffering with chicken pox.
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BLOOMFIELD.

Bloomfield, Feb. 3.-Col. S. A. Moore
is still very i'll. He has been in poor
health for some time, but only during
the past few days has his condition
been considered critical.
A quiet wedding occurred Thursday
morning at the home of DR.. Chas. D.
Shelton, whose cousin, Miss Elsie Fen.
ton, of Mark, became the wife of Wal.
ter Dixon. The ceremony occurred at
II o'clock and was performed by Rev
d. A. Wickizer. Mr.. and Mrs. Dixon
left Immediately for the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. e
Fenton, where the bridal dinner was
served to relatives and friends. The
young couple will make their home
with Mr.. Fenton ST., this winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. F. Mcconnell enter.
tanned fifty-two friends at 6 O'Clock
dinner Wednesday. The flowers of
the evening were pink and white car.
nations with which the dining table
and small tables were prettily deco.
rated. The after dinner hour was
spent socially and pleasantly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Leon are the
parents of a fine baby boy born Thurs.
day.
Mrs. Parks and children, Of Troy
r visiting at the home Of Mrs. Parks
sister, Mrs. H. G. Leach.
Gilbert Bell, Of Mt. Sterling, is spend.
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OAK RIDGE.

Oak Ridge, Feb. Mrs. George
Hills visited at the home of Mrs.
Henry Lentner last week.
Mr.. Levian is having rock hauled to
his farm east of the city with the In
tention of building in the near future.
Miss Lizzie Houston Is visiting at
the home of her brother, VIM. Heus.
ton.
Mrs. VIM. Hills, daughter Flossie
and niece Eva, attended the annual
meeting held at the Y. w. G. A. Friday
evening.
Miss Myrtle Carver Of Hedrick &C.
companied her father, Adolphus Gar.
yer, TO Ottumwa, who left OH Monday
afternoon for Tacoma, Washington.
Myrtle Carver visited at the home
of VIM. Hills Monday and Tuesday.
Henry Bedell and daughter, Goldie,
were callers at the home Of VIM
Hills Tuesday. They we're also shop.
ping while in town.
Miss Clara Anderson and sister Ju.
liza, visited Sunday at the home of their
grandparents east of the city.
Mrs. Fred ROUGH attended the flu.
neral of the late Norman Carr Sunday
afternoon.
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Sir Thomas Upton recently said:
For sure, large and permanent re-
turns, nothing equals a we'll managed
tropical plantation
The indianapolis News recently
stated: Tropical agriculture is enor-
mously profitable"
Russell Sage recently said: 'If 1
were a young nan l would invest my
money in a tropical plantation. 1t is
better than a bank, or most anything
else"
I expect to start o for a short
vacation or Isle of Pines, to look after
my plantation interest there, and it Is
expected that quite a number OF per-
sons will accompany me. The trip is
a delightful n at this time Of the
year.
/ am able to secure a very reason.
able round trip rate. Won't you be
one of u party and visit this delight
full country. possibly for your health,
it might be very desirable for a
shorter or longer stay as you desire.
II you should consider the matter from
the standpoint of benefting your
health. II you wish to call I can adj
wise you further on points not touched
in this article.
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time and time again been their undo
ing, a notable instance being Cuba I'M
til American intervention. Agricul-
ture in the tropics where industrial
conditions make it possible to engage
in it, is extremely profitable. So much
SO that it is commonly regarded as the
surest and speediest road to fortune.
That so many planters in the past
have only been moderately prosperous
is not owing to the business itself, but
to slipshod and antiquated methods Of
conducting it. But even these have as
more money than farmers in the north,
f01 nature in those regions is long
suffering and kind.
The dazzling inducements that agri-
culture thus holds out have long prov
ed alluring to-. men of colder and less
fruitful regions and from time to time
a great many northern men have en-
gagged in tropical enterprises, more es-
pecially was this the case for some
ten or fifteen years previous to our
war with Spain. In considering the
questions of healthfu1ness, there are
localities in the tropics that are con-
fessedly unhealthy. For instance, some
of the low, marshy regions OF Cuba
and the Isthmus of Panama, but the
Isle of Pines with it's dry, porous soil,
well above the sea level, total absence
of miasm, pure sea air over its whole
extent, it is an ideal white mans
country. The island is wholly in the
tropics, its shores washed by the warm
waters of the Gulf Stream. 1t is a
physical impossibility to ever be WIS.,
tied by frost, and still within four days
of every large coast and most of the
inland cities Of the United States, ex-
cept San Francisco. The island lies
directly south of the west end of Cuba,
being less than ninety miles due south
from Havana, the Metropolis of the
West Indies, a city of 5000 inhabi-
tants.
To have good health and be in the
tropics is to partake of life more
abundantly." In a land of sunshine
where natures abundance so over
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sIeoURNEY.

Sigourney, Feb. 8. = Miss Harriet
M. Hibbs Of Oskaloosa has arranged
to give on Tuesday February Z the
sacred cantata Ruth" with a trained
chorus of 81 voices.
Miss Kate Lally has been called to
What Cheer by the illness of her
mother.
George Edwards, Edward Martin and
James Hartman were arrested for steal
inf furs from the Updegraff dry goods
store Tuesday. Mrs. Updegraff was alone
in the store when two of the fellows
entered and inquired for some cheap
gloves. In a short time they left the
store. Mr.. Updcgraff on returning
from dinner nc iced that some furs
were gone and remarked that his wife
had done a pretty fair business, to sell
SO many furs in n hour. On learn.
ing none had been sold they began an
investigation and reported the matter
to Marshal Grimes, who, a few hours
later arrested the men in the stock
yards at Webster. They have had
their preliminary hearing and have
been bound over to the district court
by Justice J.. T. Parker.
Charles Priest is now much better
and able to be up part of the day.
The board of supervisors are erect.
ing q new oven at the county poor
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News Of
Southern Iowa

son, Jr., and Jardy Mason, Sr. Clay
birds were used as targets.
Rev. w. R. Yard, who was sum-
moned from Big Rock, Illinois, to con
duct the funeral of G. B. Fisher Tues
day forenoon, was a guest of friends
here Tuesday afternoon, departing to
Oskaloosa Tuesday.
G. G.. Johnson was a passenger to
Oskaloosa Tuesday.
M. M. Bay and family, of Hayden
Chapel, were guests Sunday of Mr..
Bays brother, DR.. E. L. Bay.
Miss Pearl Lyon, daughter of F. M.
Lyon, north of town, has been n of
the grip sufferers this week.
MI. and Mrs. Thos. Odem, Of Bluff
Creek, who went to Colorado some
weeks ago on a tour of inspection,
were SO well pleased with the country
that they expect to move there about
March l.. Mrs. Odem is expected home
soon on a business trip. They expect
to lease their we'll improved farm on
Bluff Creek.
The following program will be given
at the school house Friday evening,
February 10, by the Philomathean Lit
erary society: Song, Glee' club; Cur.
rent events, Violet scovern; Essay,
Roy Mater; Vocal solo, Grace Burns;
Recitation, Albert Jones; Vocal solo,
Craig Pos; Essay, John Powell; Quar-.
tet, Grace Burns, Frances Funk, Craig
Pos and Ben Riggs; Original paper,
Lorena Weber,; Reading, Warren
Noel; Recitation, Pleasant Boyd; vo-
cal solo, Wilda Spencer; Defamation,
Mabel Lyon; Defamation, Viola Done.
gan; Song, Glee club; Debate, Re.
solved, that the time has not yet come
when protection should be abolished
by the United States; affirmative,
Harry Simms and Alta Miller; mega.
tive, Mary Gunsaulis and David Nc
Mahan.
The following are some of the cases
of sickness reported; Abe Rose, Mrs
G. Toochey, Thelma, the little daugh-
ter Of Fred Wilcox, and Charles Hollis
baby, across the river.
Enoch Martin, Of Carpenter, South
Dakota, has purchased the G.. D. True
farm, north of town, and will move
here.
Stephen Allender and family have
moved from Avery to the Pickerell
property, on South Fifth street.
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AMP

Yampa, Feb. 3.-Miss Ada Nafziger
returned home last week after spend.
ing the summer with relatives in ILL
nois.
Robert Curtis returned home a few
days since from an extended visit with
friends in both Missouri and Illinois,
Norman Reno and son John e. Reno,
We're Yampa business callers Tuesday
G. B. Morrison and John s. Reno
went to Chicago Wednesday in charge
of several carloads Of fat cattle that
they were shipping.
S. A. Bell made a business trip to
Ottumwa Wednesday,.
Ed James was an Eldon business
caller Wednesday.
A number of persons from this vi
cinity have been attending the big re
vival at the Christian church In Ba,
tavia. The meeting has been in pro
gress ove four weeks and I'D to last
night se%venty-six persons had pro
fessed Christ or returned to their
church allegiance.