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aUD lus. s"ALISHED 1865NEWBERRY. S. C.. TUESDAY, JIANUARY 12. 1904. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR GE. JOHN B. GORDON' GONE TO HIS REWIRD .ANOTER OF THE SOUTH'S GREK CmEFTAINS IS DEAD. ommander-In-Chef of the United Con federate Veterans-The End Came at His Home On Saturday Night. Gen. John B. Gordon died at hi winter home at Biscayne, Fla., a io:o: o'clock Saturday night, afte: being unconscious nearly all day The beginning of the end occurre< Saturday afternoon, serious compli cations setting in, and by night hi physicians had abandoned all hope as his kidneys refuWed to' secret .and uramic poison was very decided .is death was quiet. He fell peace fully to sleep-and all was over. Gen. Gordon became ill Wednes day afterr.on. with acute indiges tion. He had suffered from the same trouble in Mississippi many months ago. At i x o clock Thurs day morning a consultation of phy sicians was held and it was found that he was seriously and critically ill. His son, Major Hugh Gordon, who resides at Biscayne, was with him. A telegram was sent to his daughter, Mrs. Barton Smith, of Atlanta, calling her to his bed side. She was with him when he died. Gen. Gordon grew steadily worse until today, wien he was uncon. scions most of the'tinic. Gen. and X&Gordon had been in Florida this winter only three weeks before his death. His health had been unusually good prior to his fatal attack. He had bought a winter home at Biscayne three years ago, and had since been spend ing a portion of his winters there. Gen. Gordon's body was shipped to his home at Kirkwood, near At lanta, Ga., Sunday night, leaving Biscayne at 8 o'clock, and reached Atlanta Monday afternoon. A Gen. John Brown Gordon was born.in Upson count%, Ga., Feb ruary 6, 1832. He was educated at the University of Georgia, studied law and was admitted to the Bar, but had practiced only a short time when he entered the Confederate amy. He raised a regiment of caval ry for the Confederate service, but as that branch of the military force was not then required he organized a body of infantry, offered it to the Governor of his State, and went in to the field with his troops, who re ceived the nickname of "Raccooz Roughis," all the men having beei raised on the Raccoon mountain. In 186a Gordon, as colonel, led his men into the famous battle of the Seven Pines, during which two -thirds of his command were eithe killed or wounded. When Gen Rodes was wounded he relinquished his brigade to Gordon, The battle before Richmond and at Malvert Hill followed, and the gallantry o: Gordon's brigade was conspicuoun in each. During Lee's march into Mary' land Gordon was the first to cros: the Potomac and for his coolness bravery and skill was highly comn plimnented by Gens Rodes and Hill He also achieved great distinctio: at Sharpsburg, where his regimen occupied the salientWin the Confed erate line. He was wounded fiv< times durig the engagement, an< but for the heroic attentions of his ifew wo nidhave died. In speakinm I of this battle Gen. Hill called Gor >on the Chevalier Beyard of the army, a character given the lament ed Kearney on the Federal side. r Upon recovering Gordon was made brigadier general and invest ed with the command of the Geor gia brigade. A month later he was in command at Marye's Hill, in front of Fredericksburg, where he captured the heights by a brilliant tcharge. r In 1864 he won his richest laurels on the stormy lines of the Rapidan. The Confederate troops had been . obliged to retreat after a long en gagement. Gordon saw the condi tion of affairs and, suddenly turn ing his men, he charged upon the Federal troops, broke their line and captured an entire regiment. Immediatel, after entering York, Pa., he met a large body of excited women and made them as gallant a speech as was ever spoken by a con queror, concluding with the assur ance: "I pledge you that not one private dwelling will be burned or robbed. So well do I know these men, I can safely promise the head of any one of them who insults a lady." In 1867 Gen. Gordon was the Democratic candidate for Governor of Georgia. His party claimed his election by- a large majority, but his opponent, Ruius B. Bullock, was declared elected. He was a member of the National Democratic Convention of '68,from Georgia, and a delegate at large to the Convention of '72. He was elected to the United States Senate in that-year, and took his seat in March following, suc ceeding Joshua Hill, Republican. His noble, untiring and b.:cess ful efforts in behalf of South Car olina during the great campaign of 1876 and the momentous months that followed can never be forgot ten here. ,Xn that tremendous crisis quitting his home and laying aside all other duties, Gen. Gordon came to Columbia, and remained there, working with Hampton and our leaders until the Palmetto State was redeemed. He was re-elected United States Senator in 1879. but resigned his seat in i88o. In 1886 he was elec ted Governor of Georgia. Since his retirement from politi cal activity he has devoted much of his time in lecturing, presenting to the North, as well as the South, his lecture upon "The Last Days of the Confederacy." Since the organization of the United Confederate Veterans he has held the position of its comman der- in-chief and his frequent re elections to that position have testi fled to the warmth of affection in which he has been held in the South. Only a few months ago his most entertaining and instructive book Li of reminiscences of the War for fSouthern Independence was pub lished. It has received very favor able notices from critics in all sec tions of the Union. Gen. Gordon wvas a speaker of great eloquence and was phy,sically and mentally . istingue. Of spliendid physique; intellec tual forehead and a strikingly hand some face, only s!ightly marred by a scar upon one cheek, caused by a Iwound received in battle, he would i have been selected from among a a thousand of his fellows as head and ..shoulders taller than all the rest. GITIZENS' ETIG FLOUNDERED AROUND. HEARD COMmnTEE REPORT THAT LI CENSE WAS NECESSARY. Dicussed This Necessity And Appoint.d A Committee To Secure Information And Report To A Third Meeting. Having heard the report of its committee. in which it was submit ted that the license ordinance recent ly passed by council was desired and desirable and giving a schedube of licenses wh;ch the committee con sidered just and equitable, the ad journed Ctizens' meeting held in the court house on Friday afternoon floundered around for an hour and a half seeking information of itself as to the financial condition of the town and the necessity for a license ordinance, and then appointed a committee to go to cotncil and se cure the desired information and to report to a third meeting to be called by the chairman. The discussion, as at the previous meeting, was engaged in by only a* very few of those present, but it was evident that all were seriously interested. The meeting had no definite information whatever before it as to the town's finances and, therefore, could neither intelligintly discuss the necessity for the or dinance or take intelligent action. It will no doubt have a good result. however, if for no other reason than it has caused the citizens to inquire into and to take an interest in the affairs of the town. The meeting was called to hear the report of the committee, appoint ed at the meeting held on last Tues day afternoon, to report to an ad journed meeting upon the two fol lowing poiits: First, was the license ordinance passed by council desired and desirable; Secondly, if the or dinance was desired and desirable, what was a just and equitable basis for laying the taxation. The meet ing assembled in the court heuse at 4 o'clock and during the proceed ings there were probably zoo citizens present. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Cromer, who read the resolution appointing the committee to hear whose report the meeting was called. THE COMMITTEE REPORT. Dr W E Pelham, on behalf cf the committee, announced that the com mittee held a meeting on Thursday afternoon, at which time the follow ing action was taken. First, it was decided that a license tax was desired and desirable. The vote upon this question stood x x to 8, only 19 members of the commit tee being presen't. Secondly, the committee having decided that a license tax was de sired and desirable, had adopted a sched".k uf licenses, which it con sidered just and equitabie and which he rced, as fo!lon s: THE cO3DITTEE~ S ScHEU~rLE. Agents for, or dealkrs in fertili zer (other than licensed mer chants)-........-............... S 2 00 Agents for, or dealers in pianos and organs either or both other than liconsed merchants 10 00 Agents for, or dealers in sewing machines (other than licensed merchants).. .......... ....... 20 00 Agents for, or dealers in light mlng rods........................ 2500 Agents for, or diealers in coal I(other thanlicensed merchants) 5 00 Agents for, or dealers in maps, 1roke neapers,a perionials and other like articles (other than licensed merchants who deal in same) per day $5.00 or per year .......................... 20 00 Agents for enlarging pictures per day $5.00 or per year....... 20 00 Agents for retailing goods, per day $10.00, or per year. ....... 100 00 Agents or dealers selling mules or horses, or cattle, either all three, at public auction only, per day $25.00, or per year... 50 00 Agents or dealers (other than lieensed salestables) selling mules or horses, either or both per week $6.00 or per year...... 25 00 Agents: or dealers in fruit trees, per week, $5.00, or per year... 20 00 Agents for. or dealers in real estate;selling or renting (other than licensed lawyers)........... 00 Bakeries...................... ............ 5 001 Bali, public (when admission fe is charged per night).. .... ..... 2.00 Ban:zs, capitalized at $50,000, or less ...... ............. .................. 50 00 Banks, for every $10,000 in ex Zess of $50,000 ..................... 10 00 Barber, for -.ch shop ........ ...., 5 00 Blacksmiths, for each shop. ..... 5 00 Bill Poster........ ...... ........... 15 00 Boot or shoe shop, making or re pairing ... ........ ................... 2 00 Bottleing works, soda water or otherwise ............................ 5 00 Building & Loan Associations, savings or investment compa nies and all companies or cor porations (except licensed banks,) engaged in the sale or purchase of real estate, or loaning money on real estate or otherwise .............................. 25 00 .parding house, public.. ... 1 00 Bookstores are licensed as mer chants ........---. ................. Chiropodists, per week, $3 00. per year.. ............................. 10 00 Circus, with or without menag erie, per day, with street pa rade ................................... 10D 00 Street parade alone.................. 50 00 For each side show per day....... 10 00 Cleaning, dressing or dyeing clothes, (other than licensed tailors) .................250 Coal dealers, alone...,............... 5 00 Contractors or buil -for con- , tracts under $500.. ...-. 2 00 Contractors or builders, for con .tracts over $500 and not ex ceeding $2500.................. ..... 10 00 Contractors or builders, for con tracts over $2500 and not ex ceeding $5000 ....................... 15 00 Contractors or builders for con tracts over $5,000 ....... ... 25 00 Commission merchants or com mission brokers, each or each firm and for each place of busi ness ..................... ... . ...... 10 00 Cotton mills or factories, for each $50.000, or fractional part thereof of its capital stock...... 12 50 Cotton Seed Oil Mills twenty-five cents on the $1000........ Cotton Seed Oil Mills that manu facture fertilizers .. .... .. ... 60 00 Cotton gin and press, 1 to 5 gins inclusive twenty-five cents on the thousand. . ... ......... ..... Cotton gin and press, over 5 same rate............................ Cot ton buyer, each firm, etc...... 5 00 Cotton seed buyer... ........ 1 00 Cotton weigher. ...................... 5 00 Conveyancer, drawing deeds, mortgagages, or contracts for compensation (other than li censed lawyers)........ ............ 5 00 Dentists or tooth extractors, each ................... 5 00 Dogs, upon each and every dog the owne'r or person - upon whose premises the same is kept shall pay the sum of...... 1 00 Druggists, licensed as merchants Exchage, buckets shops (firm individual or coiporation) car rying on the business or deal ing mn options, futures in cot ton, grain, provisions, or other supplhes, on margins or other wise........................... 10 00 Express companies, each for busi ness done within the town of Newberry, and not including business done for the United States Government, or any business done to and from ~oints beyond the limits of this tate................ ........ 50 00 Flying Jenny........... .....50 00 Flying Jenny for less time than one year at the rate of $10.00 per week...................... Fresh' fish...................... 1 00! Hotels, each.................... 10 00~ Horse or mule traders (other than licensed sale stables) . ... 10 00 Hocrse or mule traders transient per week......................... 600' Ice dealers, retail, each, house or place of business... .. 5 00 insurance comnieis each life f ire o: accident.............. 5 00 iunk shop. or scrap iron dealer 1 00; Jeees jicensed as merchants. ixerosine Oil C0s.. having an agency or office in the towvn of Newberry, or a stationary or portable tank or tanks for re ceiving and storing oil, selling or delivering oil within the limits of said Town, each.....100 00 Kerosine oil companies or agen cies having no stationary or portable tanks, but selling in. original packages ach......-5 00 Knitting Mills Twenty-five cents on the thousand.............. ...... Laundry, steam, or agent for steam laundry........................ 5 00 Lawers, each ...... . ............ 500 Lumber yards, or dealesr......... 5 00 Liver7y, feed and sale stables.... 1500 Marble yard.............. ........ .. 500 Merchants;-All merchants shall pay a license or privilege tax according to the following schedule: Twenty-five cents on each thous and dollars capital.................. Manufacturers of coffins twenty five cents on the thousand...... Newspapers and job printing each, 25 cents on every thous and capital stock ............. Oculist, or optician, per week $5.00, per year........... ...... 25 00 Piano and organ tuner or re pairer, per month $1.00, per year ................. .................. 5 00 Photographers, for each place of business .............................. 5 00 Photo aphers, itinerant, per we .- ........................ . .. ...... 5 00 Physiciens ............................ 5.oo Physiciaans, itinerant, per mth 10 00 Restaurant ...... ..... ................. 1 00 Stab!c, sale only ................ 10 00 Tailor, merchant....... .............. 5 00 Tailors, not merchant, engaged in making or repairing, or either .... .............................. 200 Telegraph companies, or agencies each for business done in the Town of Newberry, and not including any business done for the United States Govern ment, or any business done to or from points beyond the lim its of this State..................... 100 00 relephone Companies, for busi ness done exclusively within the Town of Newberry, and not including any busi ness done for the United States Government, or any business done toorfrom points beyond the limits of this State loo oo, UndertakersorEmbalmerseither or both........ ....................... 5oo Warehouse, for storage by the public twenty-fivecents on the thousand.................. Woodyard ............................. 1oo Mr. F. H. Dominick wanted to. know if the committee had any notes to show what changes, if any, bad been made in the license ordi nance as passed by council. He iidn't think those present were suf iciently conversant with the ordi 3ance to get an intelligent idea of the :ommittee report without a com parison of this kind. Col. George Johnstone moved :bat 'he report of the committee on he first point be received as infor mation. That left the question open or debate. He was opposed to the :onclusion reached by the majority >f the committee. The chair held that there ought -o be-a motion either to adopt or re ject before the house before the liscussion proceeded. Dr. Pelham moved the adoption :t the report of the committee on the irst question, as to whether the or Sinance was desired and desirable. Col. Johnstone, continuing, said there were certain methods of impos ing a license system that he favored, but he did not favor the method ad opted by council or a majority of the committee. The State wisely placed a limit upon the tax to be imposed upon a man's property. There were certain trades which paid no tax, while the merchants here paid their tax. If there was a phase of the question which was just it was that which would require a man who comes here temporarily to bear, not an exorbitant, but a just pro portion of the burden. But the miet hod here proposed put a tax upon property and then required a tax from the owner for handling that property. A license was an addiitional tax. His chief reason for opposing this system was to bring before the citizens the ques tions he was about to propound: Could any one here tell him how much money comes into the town trasury as a result of ordina