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WHOLE NUMBER, 15,5?5; HEiS GOVERNOR SOW; \,J. Montague Becomes^ the State's- Chief Executive* THE iNAUGURALCEREMONY; Irginia Capitol Scene, of a Sotable Incident; in History. Or-1-MGIAI.S r Kl.l r A7T f.TAICK THI2'OATHI Ic-Kfr*. AVlllnrtl, nni S A"" <l<.-rN<>u Swora in liy Judjee Jveith, f lln? SnjUMriae C«iurt — President Cnnilo. of tlie Convention, Presided' liver ilic A^nnililnsC) IVJiicli "VVjih \t»tnl>le I» .\is»iiy Kexiiects. : iixdrcw. Jackson Montague became the ty-seventh Governor of , the Comnion alth of Virginia shortly past noon yes day. His inaugural address was de cred asid tbo oath of ollice was taken dcr circumstances unparalleled in Yir ifa history- ■ _ 'he ceremonies attending the' change head of tho. State 'sovuramcnt took ice in the presence of the Const Itu nal Convention, a. body which 'is -eon uctively the people, clothed witli all <■. attributes of sovereignty. In addi n thereto the judges of the' Supreme urt were ■.present; the heads of nearly State departments, many members the General Assembly, and dislin islied citizens I'rom various sections the Stalu, come to ihe capital to see • aielm /of government change hands, ere -were many ladies) from Richmond ii elsewhere, who witnessed the' inau ral ceremonies. It was a -brilliant dience, numbering among it many men -•linsuished in. war and in. peace— men loso names : have long beeai associated Ui the history of "Virginia, on the bat fields and in tlie halls of legislation. 'he ceremonies attending Uie induction tlie oflicJais into office were very sim ■. They did not cojisume an hour. Tlie ct that -they occurred during a regu • .session of a Constitutional Conven ■n mft.de the occasion remarkable and cresting beyond former inauguration vs. The inaugural address of Mr. >nt;;igtic, the short speech of Mr. .ode, presenting tlie Governor-elect to o- convention— nn epitome of the his ry «t the Governors of Virginia' since c days of the first Governor, Patrick Miry— were features which, will make ? inauguration of . Governor Montague 0 to be remembered for -years to come. AX EAGER: THEOXG.; >cfore, 11 o'clock the.; people began, to iher at the Capitol. They were eager see the new Governor inducted into ice. Ten policemen were stationed at ? entrances to the rotunda and ihe iivention h'ali to see. that norn: but sse entitled: to- the floor entered within v portals of the hall. Members of the ivention and of the General Assembly fi a right to the floor. These were each so allowed' to have a certain number friends admitted by card, and Mr. >iitague, Mr. "Wlllard, and Mr. Ajider ii had tlie same privilege. .Of .course, s families of the new officials were iitloil to*- admission. The galleries •re open to the nuWic generally. They re filled shortly after 11 o'clock.- About c fourth of those who .came to the pitol obtained admission :to the- hall, ero was much murmuring on the part those turned away, when they saw iers being "admitted. A PERFECT DAT. 'he day was ideal. Xot a cloud marred ) perfect blue of the sky; the breeze s «s gentle as a springtime ::ephyr, t it had in it the chill of winter, ough of it to bring the color to the and make the steps to quicken. teltJc, overcoats' were comfortable, but ths rotunda anil the hall decidedly the ■erso was true. "Hp appearance of the' interior-- wns wslderably ohang-<\ because i: of." Ihe uguraiion. The secretary's desk was ten from off. the President's stand. r! a small table placed ''.thereon in ■ad. Seats for the' old and the.new ciais wer<» placed on the stand in front the. speaker's chair; the . official' sto -'rapher's table w^s removed from* the i-ce in front of. the stand to an ob ire position behind: .-the- press table, airs were placed in Ihe space iir front the stand for the accommodation of mbers of ihe families of the otllciaXs *"t and for distinguished - guests, 'he hall was not decorated;- .."except for stnte5 tnte ond a national flag, draped above • President's chair. The latter was pre^ it«d to the Third' Virginia -Regiment lndk-s of Richmond during theSpan 1 war; the former to the regiment by vr-nior Tyler. The Hags were placed the hall at the request of Mr. Monta- THE EARLIEST; ARRTVATJS. A few minutes after 11 o'clock two gen- Honjcn, escorting several ladies, entered 3'ul look seats near the -centre of the porthwest half of the hall. 'From that vim«v iin« arrivals were, constant, until" noon," afterwards. * . . ' Th*» people swarmed in. Every: one was *"quired to show his; card at the 'door. Hiosc who did not know "of the r/'quiro *n<'iit were invariably turned away. At *rst. the policeiiH'n and Sergeant-at- Arms Watkins. were disposed to "argue •n response to the protests of lhe.di.sap-. pointed, but soon they came so fast there w.-jk no time for talk. The galleries were crowded, with ladies and gentlemen by half-past 11. : • . ■ ' SOME ,OF THOSE -PRESENT. Congressman Lamb came hi early. .'. his f'vorcoat o» his anh. i smiling- as,; thoiigh tho day; saw .. the consummation of .a. 1 'ong-clierfshed wish. General. Eppa Huh-. ' f »n came- hi soon afterwards, tall and cignifjod. looking the soldier and "the Ftatesmari. Mrs. Henry C. . Stuart and Mrs. Eppn Hunton, Jr., : wiw-s of mem-; i'f-rs of i] H , convention;: arrived/ early; to- Prther.- accompanied by Miss:. SU-bbln's, 'Jausht^r of the member from Halifax. ; ' ! n<i took seats noar to the front.; /Miss 3.S»d»ay. daughter of . t;;e nieinber from CharlotioßVille. accompanied by. an <ld<'r !y lady, came in -and. took-'-' her fa ther's sftat near the door.- Mrs."Car f* Kllett Roy, 6t Atlantai-Vcacbited by il5 '"- R. U Mojjtaguo.-; ww^; othtr^eairly arrivals, «nd: they .io6k% seats;, well r for-; ward.. Hon. : J. /raylbrEllyson;- and wife late Rn^vals;^Ju^ge.GJirntHt/:m«>in-. •'T from, Miitbews/ Jtctiompaiile4|by^ Mrs.? .^rjj-Mt.- had to' )»ri'ss -througl)Sn v crowd "»--r>r<3vr to; much his kcax: r - MiV.;C:Re; «oIHn R ; ..■■■■■sup'criht«iid< : nt. of Uw City »At<triWo;-kfc',' •■•"fiurt Mrs/ Bollini;. had as much-trouble-i;.-ttii)ir to v a'sc:it.^ qg sg^^p!j5 g^^p!jg (!^ gi g^_ * ' * M ,. *_"--, ~ • ' , _; -, ' Tj r v e>y^ ''.. " j§^^y^^^^^«^|^^^ Mr. 'Riisscin AV.fßargamin,Xwho^did£sol : much;; to ;makV;:?Mr. " Montague^ Governor. | .'oninn in; ".s"oinc\viijit- r l:ito;^acconipaniedlbji'J ' his ■'•; b'isiuiifulr,:^brido.^ Thcfe^i,was^sup--i ; lVrrsHO<l'-applaiißo'!;;fromV-?ith"e-^->rcss'-'itablCj wlien B«»p pj Owen,- .7r..v-privatorsoc^j ■rotary to" the i;Go vornor,' appearod, '-. escorlrj sng; Mr. - D: : A ■ who-, is to 7 occupy' , t lie", same, rein tionXto war d aTGoyernor ; Mon-1 ,l:ifcu«;.- ;A 'few^minutcs;. later , Mr?;;VVV;S .T» '.'Sholhiirno;''. ot Mont go tnery.' county; :io-; companied i>by s -hia ; ; .'daughter. "^entored^- Close behind canießcy.- Dr. .T.M.iPilclier,; of i: Petersburg,;; followed by : Rev... "AY E. ." l)ickhiWon.; "; 'Di D.;\ editor of the Religious Herald. Mr; D.; C: Richardson;^ Commonwealtli's^: Attorney, and /..Mrs;' Rleharrisun; tried- toy get: -'seats;";- but: had to stand away back ;.by the west .rail. Judge Ingram. 'oC Manchester, :,hi.s usually" genial countenance r . mor<j 7- smiling than usual; came in just before noon; followed: hy .lu<lko. John Randolph ;. Tucker,' of Bed-; ford City. Colonel A.-S.-BuCord, "digni-^ fif-d- and 'urbarie.^came. close after.. .TiidgeV Tucker, and was; followed' by; Dr.; : J. Allison Iludgffs' «nd "' wife, who . found seats clos<; to the door.. Judge l>o D. Tarrell. of- Greentsville- county.; fault lossly'"attired, as usual, in Prince : Albert" and * silk hat, and carrying ■; his favorite cane, had a seat.-' near the entrance. .. SOMB ''.LiATER! ARP.TVAIiS.' ' ■ Shortly past noon Mrs. ' Anderson, : . ac-' ; companied by. two daughters and two of their friends, cam'eviu. and were given seats near the! stand. 1 .Judge -George W. Morris, of Charlottesville, was a - late arrival. A- few ' minutes > before" noon President Goode ontered.^ ."•.--• There was a murmur of" applause ; as : tue- audience recognized- the: portly" figure, the usual friendly smile on his face, arid the usual; boutonnicre" on his. lapel.; It was: some time before he could reach a seat near the stand, so many were the hands out stretched-to greet him. Miss Mary Gustis J.ee, daughter iof General* Robert E. I^ee. was one of the latest arrivals.^Ex- Governor Cameron came in just about the same time— the only man in - the audience- who; had 'ever played the part Mr. Montague, was to take in. a minute or two.; "" . . The latest of all in ; arriving.. was Mrs. Montasrue herself, who did not enter until after ' Mr. Goode '. had ; . called the •con vention to order. . . She: was escorted fi ller kinsmen, Mr. Fairfax . Montague' and Judge E. E. Montague, and; accompanied by several lady friends. • and by her- little girls, Matilda" Gay and Jeannette; and tho ' little " boy— ''Papa' a"; Man"— liatane. The p;vrty were given front seats. There was no room for Liatane, and one of the gentlemen at the press table, held him on his lap, Where he could -see papa du ring the ceremonies. At ; times, he was bored, and could not" suppress a yawn. FALL, OF THEi GAVEL. " _ At exactly noon Mr. Goode ascended to the President's chair and let fall., ins gavel. • Tho liukli was instantaneous and complete. . . ; " „ "The convention will come to order, said Mr. Goode. Perhaps he did -not know that only about twenty, members were on the lloor. "The - Sergeant-at- Arms' will notify' the -joint committee ;of the convention y and General- Assembly that the convention is now in session." Sergeant-at-Arins "VVatkins.i who was standing in the aisle near the: door, at once disappeared Uo perform the duty laid upon him. The rotunda was crowd ed, but the. squad of police had kept a way open.; though with difficulty. Cap tain ".* Watkins went to the Senate Chamber across the rotunda/. where the joint committee and the officials and official-elect had been wait ing for some time. .Mr. Montague came to the Capitol about ll':50, but the crowd did not see him.. .Governor Tyler came about the same time arid had to- hold an impromptu reception in the rotunda, so many were there who wanted to shake his hand in farewell. .; . • THEIR ARRIVAL. ANNOUNCED. In aya v minute or -two, the .Sergeant-at- Arms' reappexired vand ' announced: "The ■Governor of Virginia and the Goyemor "ele'ct; ~ the Lieutenant-Governor a:>d'r the. Lieutenant-Governor-elect; the Attorney- Gen eral-elect, and the Speaker, of the House of Delegates!" ■, ; .• ■ President Goode arose. There was, the sound of liandclapping in-the lobby, and' the members of the joint committee of the convention and General Assembly. ap-. peared.'arm in arm. They were follow ed by Governor Tyler and Mr. Montague; Lieutenant-Governor Echols and Mr. AVillanl: Speaker "Ryan and .Mr. Ander son; the judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals; -Mayor..-' Taylor, and nearly all the heads of State Departments.. The members of the joint committee lined up on.: either side, the aisle "to allow- -the officials to pass through. The Governor, aiid .--■ the Governor-Elect;' Lieutenant- Governor Echols, and Lieutenant-Gover-' n.or-Elect AVillard, and Mr. Anderson, Attorney-General-elect. ascended the stand, each being greeted by a handshake from President Goode before being,seat ed. The judges:, of, the. Supreme Court were given seats 'immediately in front of. the stand. "The; State officials . had. to obtain seats' as best they could.' ; Rev. : Dr". T. B. Thams. of the First Baptist church, of Danville, and for many years Mr. Montague's pastor, made an eloquent prayer. Pie stood : the President's right. .' He has a striking face, a rich' voice, and a rare flow of language. . " x THE. ADDRESSES. • . At the conclusion of. the . invocation, Good.; made a brief speech, printed in full in the official report of the;pro ceedings of the convention published elsewhere "in to-day's Dispatch. It was eminently -sippropriate. and as graceful, as arc all of the public utterances; of the old orator. The. speech concluded with the presentation of Mr. Montague to the convention. There wits great applause as Mr. Mon- taguo arose and stood by the : table, hold ing his manuscript in his hand. He. bowed his acknowledgments in . a busi ness-like way, an<i proceedtHl at'once.with his speech, which is also published . to-, day in the official report. He does not read so well, as he. speaks.' He, rarely" writes a speech, and it is very .doubtful if one person in the audience had ever; before seen him use a manuscript in. speaking. H<fe looked tired. ; K"e had a hard. day's work every day this' week. Tho speech was listened to with close attention, aiid there was long applause; when the speaker concluded.. It was not a catchy address: it was eminently one to set people thinking. It - was pregnant with virile thought, bristling. with ideas concerning things calculated to advance the interests of the; \ < Commonwealth—" goodroads. better schools, manual. train-, in" - He spoke less tliahi twenty minutes. - 'the oath administered. When the applause- at the close of the speech had 'subsided! J udge.Keith, whose seat was close up* to the : stand; . stepped lip by the table arid administered the constitutional; oath" of ■ office.: Governor Tyler arose /to' congratulate 1 the. new Governor, but theanti-duelling oath had not .." been , t aken: ;} When i th is >j had .been . administered, and Mr. Montague went to; •xffix his signature, it was found .that there was no pen on the table. Lieuten-: ant-Governor Echols took; his-, fountain-, pen from his: pocket ;and_ hamledV it.,to ; Mr. Montague, who used it in subscribing to theoath. ' " ..'...; . •- Tiidge Keith then administered the oath to Lieutenant-Gov?i-n6r -Willard - and: At^ : tornev-General 'Anderson. V. They used Mr.. :Echois's : peirinLf^jrnlng i.theirA , names;; and t h<> owner then? presented it i o Judge : Keith as a : eotivenir \ of: the • occasion. '/• ■ " A BRIF-F.RECESS^ ;V ;•;..--; - ■:[■ Mr Thorn 1 - nioved \thatithe convention: • tike a recess -of five iroinutes, .which iwas) 'agreed t6; of course, and^f or/ fully^fiftepn^ mimites the" "new? officials; had;: to./ shake. with^ hundreds? of : friends.;.^ißi ■ ; -" \t a 'minute or ; two ;to_ ; ono ; ::o ciocK^ 4he gavel ;fell 'again:; ;Sbmcbpcsyjimoveaj >that the vconveinlonvadjourn :until; noon; to-day, and Mr. <soode said the m o|^ ' Soon nftor ndjournment. C!i»A;ernor ■'^Mitasuo ;'aridve>r-Oovorrior;/Tylei^^ookj "tht hc c eli.v'ut or ;: a r.d :t scend t>d Ho - the : Lxecug :'tiy* I Voiil«^-.- i ;v/r|tey -\woi"i : f together : for isomftj SGENES^W^HE^INAUGUK^fTION;®^^ secretary/; was the only ~- other/. person present. •/ ■ .";..". '-,;. Govcntor TyU-r crime out some time after Mr. Ritchie .'withdrew:':"; He was car rying his overcoat anil a band-box! which ■he gave to Percy, the colored messenger/ to carry to /Murphy's. Several /friends ■were waiting to' greet the retiring ■ Gov ■.ernor/.and it was some time before be : 'could get to ! the eIOA-atbr. "- ; A LAST-FAREWELL. ' V Down .in the 'roturida Governor Tyler was detained by " dozens olx'peoiile twlio .wanted . to shake his hand and^ speak "- a VGod bless you." ,He lunched .'"at. "tho Mansion* with . Governor Montague, and on his way across- the Squared he was frequently; stopped by friends to" say farewell;, and at the very-, gate 'to :•' the grounds two. ladies were waitingito have a parting word. /No ' Governor -of ginia has ever retired; from office- taking with him. such universal- good', will 1 as. J. Hoge Tyler. . . Governor. ; Montague' s" ad iminlstratlonvhasfbegun^niost-.auspicious- 'ly.;"it.cannot-have-a finer;-end',th'anlGov ernor Tyler's. " ' ' - ; .- VIRGINIA COAL v FOR SOUTH CAROLINA- iwiclc of Fuel in ami Arouiid Coluni l>isi Th rente n » liuinstrial Stuj?- <■ iMiilon Tliere. •■ ;' ' : V. : r6aNOKE,VA.,: January- I.'— A- gentle man from South : Carolina was :in ; Rba nok'e: to-day, arranging -for coal • ship ments to South' Carolina. He stated that the lack of fuel in : and around Co lumbia, had brought industries % to '; a ■;■ se rious position. Owing to floods, -it -has been impossible X-o utilize water torgene rate power, and there being little coal' "available, it is believed' there . is" danger, of a suspension, on tha part of.some <of the" immense mills in South Carolina: -He Was endeavoring to get 'immediate ship ments.' - . .",--.'"-. The fuel- famine" seems : to .be, general," as there are complaints in" all ; directions. Nearly all of , the' coal-bearing; railroads have been' seriously' hampered .'lately ;, ;by. high water arid destructive; floods.:; Be-. sides,; the •Christmas hoiHlays^-'and" con sequent inability to get'miriers, : has ;,cut off 'the supply , at- the. fields.- It .is; said the Norfolk and Western have, 2,000 • cars ' waiting to be. loaded.' It' is said 'that* some of the railroads .having . no rcoalrlields: ; to draw i ui>on for fuel, are , reduced -to ■- the - point of using- -wood. - "■'/'■ ;■;-■ ';'.:■: '--. "■':• cmtim mmmm. GAS AVOKKS IJXAUUE; TO RIiISUMK :/ YESTERDAY.: ■.-■■.■ :. ■ AFTERMATH OF THE BIG -FRESHET, Accurate 3leasnreitie« ts. Taken l»j-, a ii OJlicial of tlie City Engineer's Of r «ee_- Sli o w ■ tlie IS el a tion'': ot the Ue ... cent -Flood , to... Those '■■, o£ IS7O ; anrt :IS77—lnii»osisible. to Estimate" U:uu ; ";.age':., : Vei— Street ,i Kailwiy- Trnlllc '"Ke'sumed. ";"'/:*'"; ~- .;,■":" ;.^--»--.--. "~-;~^— --■-- The. James; made considerable -.progress ': yesterday.'" in/its return; to normal condi tions.-.' vThe 'gas-works; were unable, to; operate -last -night, ; but. 'every- assurance .was: given- that ..tlie -lower /work's would be ■able- to resume; to-day,; and that the ■conditions'.' at'? the . .Upper ;Gas-jWorks would permit .the resumption; of distri bution "as usual. The .city . was. without srasV again,. -last ;night, and candles - and lamps were resorted to, ;but^ the. necessi ties of 'the night^before-hadmade many provident a?id the -homes dependent upon gas-were illuminated without rgreat incon veriience.-.: ... . ;; ■■.'..■ . ■. ';.,'■■■-"-. -.-,. .-Assistant City-Engineer /raliaferro took; a - series ?of- accurate . measurements yes-; terday-from : several •.•points^with"a'.yiev, 1 to ascertaining- the relation of the present : flood ". to '.those-of 1870 v and-1577. ;■ The high est-.water was 1 foot^SS-S inches 'below; the mark of 1870 flood,- arid that "was 1 ; foot" 4 -inches 'below, that,. of 1577. The recent freshet thus ; takes place -as .the ... third. ; in ■height in recent years, • being lower -than ■ that ■ of IS7O. by i about as much as ■: that was, below that : of 1877. - These measure ments were taken _; with scientific ■ accu- ; -racy. ' .' : . : 'v , ' ; '. ;- : '; .'•■; ' -.-' ■''";;■ ; - ■'■■ ■ •".■■• as to the : damage; ;; ', It,v. ? as impossible to estimate; the dam age : to the. Trigs plant /yesterday; Lit tle,- or -nothing, has .. been i: washed . away, and, the loss.,will be infrust "of 'i exposed ironwork and. loss of.' time., . ■■■.':.: -. . -' ' At" Kingan.&Co.'S; plant it was 'that the: water' had.done little -' or damage.: The -; engine was pumping out the cellars . and a force was cleaning cupVf Storekeepers -around "the Old Market , have lost considerablyJ .';, Two ; 'days ," of ' trading' aro {gone ' beyond recall , arid sev T ; ;eral ; underestimated ! height ;of the flood, and; did'; not; move .'their "goods^ as .well and thoroughly.. as they hi.^ht have done. . '; • ■.. -:-.'./■■-■ '. ■• -" .The OKI Market .will •be^oeciipied again to-day anil the officers of the.' First Police -Station have "■■returned to' their /quarters. i. For a . time, they. ..were forced .to ■ use the temporary jail. " " '"..:' ■ ' ■ "Allison & Addison report": that' most of their •stuffjhad.been-gotten but of harm's - ..SUMMED IIP. -.-'! ■ Bl^Cßi^J^y^^y^J^^^^W^: ":Xo great damage -was done at the OKI (Special.)— What jwillA. probably prove. Dominion Iron and Nail Works:! V - wllf;n lhe : nVatter; is fully probed, the The steamship companies are. losers by _ atrO cious murder, ever known in reason 'of lost time and inconvenience.; . mosc auociuu« ■. ; muiu,i_ . * , . .-The. city- will not ;lose much at its this country, was committed at Cooper gas plants. :'. A review.; of the whole situa- last nislit.: The wife.: oC Isaac Spears tion tends to -the belief- that apart from: -^ their 4-months-old baby," after- hav the Moore. fire.theloss.wiU.not begreat. ( h . ckulls - crus hed,Vere thrown Jn Superintendent Cohn was industriously m S in ir - K «" - - , V♦,- cleaning:upthe;streets;yesterday. ..- the fireplace, where they : burned y to a . ; ; Street-car. {trafTle" on" Main was cr isp. :-:-. ,"\ resumed^ shortly/^af ter jrioon^: yesterday.^ .• . c< j r o n 4rr : Bro\yh> ? f t? 1 ' 13 - • clt >"» '^ent "\to Lutnot^Mton^Ms^ug^thf^^^ ahisTmorniri s .iand -ari^nquest wm be/able. t0.,-operate,,,oWrnqester ;Jind;r .V-- - ■ >„„;„- =^; nc . ,; Wniv witnpss Rocketts streets'thfs' morning. ' | was held. Spears was Jhe on y, witness He "said .that -he r returned home and found 'his- door ; fastened.: Efe called for his wife, but there was no response. He tried: to ; break in the' door, vbut was un able to do .so, and broke through the window ■'. and. f ound ' his vwyfe and child burning in the fire.. ."■. ■■.•-, 7, - .. The /jury rendered • a verdict that the victims .came v to _ /their death f»*orn.'v_an unknown cause.. ;. . . . The bodies displayed every* evidence o£ four play. The. case will be. further/in vestigated. Spears says he came from Scott county six months ago. . : ; GOLOREI> : PEOPLE!S-I>AY . MftHECEiAREEStON "EX." Xc'srro Orator Siiys.^Tliere i«Xo Such Tliini?;«« ■ Social Kuuality Aii) :; . :.-.-'■ ■•■.•ivli ere in the World." CHARLESTON, S. ; C, Jjinuary .I.— The building "and grounds of.. the : exposition, with the exception of the. .race-track, were practically, turned; over,; to the. colored people to-day: ; The .attendance was very ■large, and the' "conduct of the -crowd excellent. .The negro ; building was ; turned foyer to tha exposition directors ;by Dr. W.; D. Crum, .of : Charleston, one of the most accomplished colored physicians in the South; with'an address appropriate to the^oceasion. -The niost riotable'feature ,of Vthe celebi-ation.-was; the address or the. orator .. of. the -day. President: T. r L.. •Miller,-: of -the State Colored College, at Orangeburg; "Learn to': lai)or. -7 and '>.to; wait," was the keynote of the address, . which was opened .withia glbwingtribute to Abraham 1 Lincoln and: Fred "Douglass. The speaker said: in part: ; . : . : "The white man of the.; South is the white-man: O i! the Northeast ; - the . wnite manVof -the -Soutn is^ the; white; man .wherever, the : American eagle spreads. its .wings. ,-.•■'- , \ ■ ' _-- :j: j -■: ;"We have friends? across; the Mason- and; Dixbn line. ;They \ have':spent: iheir, trea sure:-to"assist. in;,elevating ■ -us,,. "but,- we fikaw|^m|br^> (^iUliqns all arouridVt^ : 'onUhls ?;<?.' of "tb." lin"« - i;?siichi thing is soc ai equa ity anywhero in i t^^itt'iSdl^^^^gg^^ i foSSegro' sl««)uldt^Siy|f«Ptgt^g \ P^KGRb; AS;a ; /f2ct^^^« ;•; . Concerning the nogro vs v a Cict^ry hand, ; ■T can loc:itt- a cotton factorj'iiaiTUle^i , /water Carolina antlToperato it/withsnegro ; '- hcinds. : - aiiH/make X fciipttal; invested /than i has 3 been or f canibe^ ; Jniade/vwith /white )han<ls: rn?eUhefiof3^cy :' counties of; Anderson.; Itichland.ChPster.i Greenville' -^Spartanbur^Cherofcec^Torki! ; Janrt Uriion^and^cb^tdrijtactorlesihii^al^ way's paid in'thftjeouritiesramed. _- " . s ■; : "i • have studied; the com!ition3 surround-i "'■ ring the'ifactorie's-iiuVUpper; '.Carolina., and 1 v kno^for/a/certainty/thatlthe -conditions ' ; f or making inoriey in cotton factor lesjwUh, "- negro '■ labor ; in Carolina far c, supe-: ri or^to" th ose j .: in -Upper /Carolina, /where ; white labor iis?eruployed. / •/':/■■-; // ? am riot asking, to/displace:tho.;Tv-mte \ habor of ■ the .up-cduntry with[nogro labor^ % -but I-wanttheimorieyedimen^ofithevwprlcr % i to' know; that Hh|eJ chances, to-make/m-m^ r in the cotton factories with negro labor J in JLovrer; Carolina -and f Georgia are two^ ; favor." .- m NO LACKiOFIGAS TO-NIGHT. Sfiperintemlent KnoWles Authorlae-H The Statement— AVorkiiienl'unip// All^Xislit inlJarlcnesi. , Superintendent .Knowles?.- of the ,;fTas- works ' authorizes 1 the announcement that; the Lower. Gas-Works • w ill / be " able to . resume' the manufacture of ga=s .to-fday,, and that the city will have an adequate supply to-nigh t: i Yesterday; afternoon and all of.last night at:tlie:Lo-K-er ; and. Upper Gas-Works a force o€i men was ■: hard; at work cleaning- lip and getting the /water, out "of the" v pipes> and apparatus. Fife was ■ made in the benches, and ■ everything, poss ibl c ■ done to ■ get the pi ant ' t ri ; wo r king V.rder." "All night-long; the men worked -, ln. darkness,' for. no ' lights are permitted ; In the ; gas-v;orks .at night. The men ] -were working by reliefs. ; : . . : ' The-; city, lost aboil t $TCO. by reason - ot, the two nights.vwhen candles and- lamps were; used in Jieu of 'gas. r ; About ; 1.0C0.0W cubic feet of gas" is used ; a ' 4 night. For this the' city receives 1 SI a . thousand: .: The 'process of manufacture; with - rnaterlais used costs 65 cents a', thousand, rnhjilns a net loss to tti& city, of 35 cen*3 ]n .thou sand ■; cubic feet not used; or ?300 a night.; A GHASTLY MYSTERY IN tyEST VIRGINIA Mother, ami .a. Child Iltirned to a • ■ .Crlnp. -■ .-.'-", -/■■ FATAL WATCH PARTY ATRbBBINSVS.:C; Three. People .'Are Ivillert— T^vo, One " "of- A\"lioin is v Woman, : Seri- ; ;■■ ■."■: : bnsly .. AVountleil. ; '; •■■.:.- AUGUSTA,. GA.;.: January I.— Three people were killed arid two wounded last night' at Robbins,. S; C., in a light occurred during, a, party given at the ■ residence- of Jesse . Griffin.: The partif.-i-'; pants , in the! fight .were white people/ and well known in this part of tho coun-r ty.. The dead' are: . - George Dunbar. . • Harry Diinbar. .-. ..; . /;.; ...•'■ ;;■=:, ..-;. Fletcher Bennett. -. ; : The wounded are : Mrs. George Dunbpr and Arthur; Dunbar. _ ;., _".• -."■ ; ; A i"watch party" was given at the rf si- ; dence of vJdsse- Griffin, and the. evening William Cobb < became involved ma dispute-. Cobb later left the. house.: After his; departure th&yquarrei was ;. taken up ,by, Fletcher ;Bennettr and I>un-" bar; drew .his pistol. . Griffin,:; the^ Vhost.^ lnteffered, taking ;Dunbar's: pistol from: nira:/- Fletcher Bennett: suddeniy ■ seized ; the and shot 'George Dunbar, ; killing "jhim'.-cinstantiy; ;; The;; latter's "Ecn^ -Harry "to ; the": defence; ; but ;; Was also killed by Bennett. Arthur Dunbrur, '.son;, then joinedjinthe 'flsht; ; .and-; shot: -.Bennett- ,;becaine| general, and ; Bennett received ;a j secoad j ; shot, : :which:khled;him.;and.Arth'ur.-Du !bar/receiyed'Va fatal.' ilrsi;; ■. Du tibar'Awas also shot.v butr it-is believed she "will f recover.. Arthur ... "■jSunbaf is' fatally wounded. NEW-YEAR'S DAY . IS MEXICO CITY. - , Kccc.pt lon-jpH^ld :^l>s" -OPirc^i* ViMEXICOiOITy/: January. l^Prwidt^t Diaz : ' received \i thousands 'r of ;K callers \ to^ ?da>v|includi rig s the^diplomatic : ; corps, 'it ho Pun--' American delegates, who t.-.^e^rank^ as diplomats; nu ini.^-re or" Ct>n!jr*-s, army. |alfid-'navy^officef9A-"etc-VH.- i.-. i<x splen^, ?dld h-atttu and sv<is **{ rt-uIW cordial to s ; "In^ the ;'■ iianie i; of', the Adiplomatic rfcqrps," -United Stat«-s Ambasa.ulor Clayton of ?feredSthe".'Prcaidfnt Xe\v-Yt-dr _ «i^3ni±u^ '■'A'mJKisjador nr;l-Ms,--. Clayioa h-Ui.a. |sa^e^N6«vT«'aT'3 reieeption ato|^o' United Stutow '"Vmba^ay th's vv.-n'.;ig, -Jt £w^etil^Jl^t|T^sS^AnierlC3ta^^^t^» •: *?. %jssS*S§ESJXf.' il:! fpiif tfiii oJufl ( i.cifit 81100 PERSONS PREPJEI ?Tne|Function Lasts frdfiffijl^^p . _ — .,.- - .' - ■-■-•;- -i .* nc y\\VTfing£GixxcTkt!t v|*r Vg x ted i*^ l'JK iKQ j^^ a.i'Grßcf^^^Saga^^^S -^Hof»t^-3lra.'-;-Roosevelt*»'?--:'r»ctMira<t^ ;*s*^'«*j?;j? t K'; v - * " '**&%$& ; the ; '. ciuErmfaip Mr... ClevelnniV* l'er-vxttUitr-Xottt. - : ■ *Z~. >-"-"": •■■-*- .; -«-*—^j~ -""--r?.— -.-.--"..- ,-■!-■- .. , .--.■,-,■ „. -- ~- - ~ -.. -.->f;. s *;,-'" '. % ' — XiSSggx lUKiI uiiiiial In Kfcrptlva of Jlllrt .. U^ASJIINGTOX. D. >C; " January, jl--^ President* ; Itoos6velt"» . first public r?c?n-'"-£ tion ; was . attended more la rsoly.ithaitTaay;^ -Xew- Year's reception in a. number ~^t -;. ;^aHh;:in.-aTi;T^icd-li^s6a^fflS'|tbj:oaj:S^ .■_ ._„,.., v. ■-■■ ■:..--■;■-■- ........ -;.. ... .-• .-. <-,-. ■ .-.-. .j....--. > vl,.v 1 ,. ...i-..''i-1 the; ;VVhi to House, and shook hands withv^l tho. President. Mr. Roosevelt. ;\6ivi|be^n«r?i| apprised, that the 'crowd? in ■ -lindTfotttsidoJcJ; the White House .was unusuallytloret?."^ gayo; orders that •the gates should no^b^t^ closed- uritil^ the .clast^pOTson'sdesiring^SJ^ do l so " bad had , an -'opportuni ty i to i pay " hia ' r -, "■ ; respects. """ " - _ ..' . The reception began promptly at k.- 11" r o'clock, :. arid. -It -was 2:30 • o'clock before tho laijt person in had been, pre- v ' sented to tho President; and fa qtiarter ol an hour ;later. .before the receptionTcam* j"J to an end; The. weather : was ;deUghtt{uijsg beinsr.clear. and crisp,; io that ; no! ha'rdanlpl^ -was suffered by the throng that waitPC.'*: for hours before saining admission. to tha ■> White House. The reception was iu^ewjljipi way ; successful, the attendance :not£onlir||| being large, but tho -fdecorationsl^'bsinjf^f decorations l^'bsinjf^ really beautiful, th« arr'arisemerit3?,por*^ feet, . and the President ' in ' excellent spir*?-',-. its. To each person hfr extended a cordial S "Happy New Year," and 'Mra.4RJwaoyfri£i|§ was equally pleasln? to eiich?oT|thos<?|| who filed past the line-in the Blue jpawjivi lor, -where ' the receiving Viparty: Istbo^l^ Miss' Alice Roosevelt wits* conjtplcuouV?'* among those assisting:, at 'ithefrecep'ttoa^i "A party of her -young- girl friends, -biv. - invitation, aJao purtldfpated lh tho »fuhc* "Vw :. M.YRIADXOF.: LIGHTS. • . i .The . in teri or (of -: t he": in'ans 16 a. was; a ; siofSi-^ with a- myriad o£" electric lights, and »tt, ■• - this was added ; the beauty ot*i\. pro£u« i sion : of flowers, plans, and vines, ■' banked ■ * about : the .; mantels, and ;r"d raped -Tfiirora."^ chandeliers and walia."; The tioral; decoriMpl tion3 : reached their height i of : 'eitert ive"neSj|p in -thcJiast-room. . Hero the great' crjratafM chandeliers were looped •■ -with "Mmllaj^"^ .while "\ the \ recesses : of ' the $ chamberfwerf 'M ■----.■-■-• .• ■•--.-.. -r---: ~ ■ : ■■■ -'■ - .-;--; -;.r-.JK-S banked with poinsettla ; blossoms, :abcgo*|f ; nias, and tall ferns. ;In 'the Red and ?bK(«^ parlors there was the same effective <ti--i-«' : position ; of f lowers and plants, =the;flam<[g| ing red iof the poinaettia being most sap* ■;{.*■; parent everywhere. * - •'' lit : the ;outer corridor; /just:: within ;ithT"|l^ entrance, ; the band oC the Engineer; Corps'^^ : LTn I ted *.' S ta tea fanny","; six ty.T atronerUxi •' i tt ft< b'rilliah t uni for m , ; ; was: arranged 3 in^ tiersij^ while ' farther along, 1 in ;! tha : conservatory '£p& was the \f ull niembership - r of ;-:th"e.^JMarlnff%2 'Band, in bright rod unlforms.'^TVhHdltlxs^ ; musician's ; ; were- '.taking their places. >;tli»»:.: : ; Roosevelt i chlldrenTwere'' having; a*!merr>*^ itime".;; through, the' corrldorsh^andjoneaoC^ -"thernicauhl ; be heardiptayhi^ho f.^Kingpl "gVroo ;Marchy 'tii^UheTprivatet^partmettta^ o£ the' presidential family. • •" -"•>'-,"-"*: ; w .; COSMOPC^ITANr,THRONG.; g| 'J'^f l;Sh6rtlyJbefqreyil; j o;clock§^heVi throngs^ of distinguished ' callers began ; to ; asaern-^ (COVa.IUEDVO.V -S.) - - *V Personal. '/ : Owin^to^tKe removal :from ;the;cit3r^o6J Mr. • Alexander ;_H. ; lie j-e'r,; tlios lentlrejConS^ tents : of *;'lil» -; home/^""Resta-bit.'*: ;Hwrico^S fc^unty;^:will^be ; r6fteredfat^prlyateja«lsi^ "coniraencmK r t6-day^ Car3jekws<Ylrst.&afJsM Broad atreetrt 'every; fiCtoeri '■■■inlniites^Jge^^ off at drugstore, i- Tho := co ntent3-ln<ilud>i- : > Real- Oriental Rugs. Mahogany Llbrarjf; ■Fnrnjturu^Grcent'yeiour.-'-IljßCeptlQi^lluU-^ji Set, p Dark 'Oak ■:'Dining-Ro«>m I ;xSet;TSPo<>( ; 't^ Room, I witiv. eaalpments for "■Bachelorsjf-"*. TOom^SetVS'HaJr^- AlSttrc^e3;MCuslk[on^Si ■Bfic-aißrac.^^Plctur csATable f .aiulJJKttctieit^ Doable; Sfetrtfjp Harness. , : - -'Single r-Sats^lSKubtrer^Tlreil^ llSunab.put/i^l^-Rub'bSj^^reat^VicJo'rh^ !;/> Shetland JPony^iU 'Rubbfx-Ti red ; Doc tof'iM Buggy /Iliap . Robes. ; * Rugs. ;• ii'iid'r- Coaeti^m man's -Outtit. Opoa -for "inspection :iq '/; i^sa lM xl e ; Xe'irvw ' an «l : ' Bone I»l ni } meSfSj^jgj : :<"Best '.i on ''~\ earth? Strain^ IS SjwalnjSl Rheumatism. ,*ahd4all;pa!ns. . ' '.:*.] ■ .Our <er»h.lm"oU£^lU|S^SV*£ for^Coughs,- Colds. Croup, ;con9umptios?^ Pino |Tar.i;^W lid • CherryJ nnd r-slforchouiKii^ Prf c?, 3 25 tcents a forii- a^large^ottleTevar^ ; -One Ponna;^^ CotJ^ ;wlll s'go : further.; than fa" pound < and '"*" jhSfiP of "any.- other... ' ■ ... ->'*aftsb isroacl :ana blxth: and -Main ':aacr j Sovenf*-S If you wish th© Ibenentsiof th->':- Hoi'- - Springs i'at'; home, get qr. ; of (h* ,Ccl--v' ■ brated IBuckeyelßathil Cablnet^tßwtf Offil : ai^^P'vapbribaths^P^^biSiv^ss^rl fp^T^ASHKC<sTON,tl>^C.^rjanSary ' I Till •-■■^•-•^ f i s.Mrgrmla-->V.;r T^urstny^ltt 1 Friday; fresh, coitheaat.- to soathwea* .,.- . wi«.H. ■ . .'-". •"-,:*- ■" ; I'JXorth Carollr.a— s*-!r Thureduy • ,*nU [•Tlday; frtsU northrttat wiiids. ' ■"'. ■ - ■ TKRDAV.tva.s cl*«r and cool. -Tnciraiisa-i w^ ( ai.toM«vi: ' ' .. ■■ i~ \ xi ■ "■*■>■,