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CAS THE F ARMIES HOLD THZIR
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.The cotton manipulator! In New
York appear to discount the effect
iveness of the plan of the Southern
Cotton Growers Association to in-
Anna itfir. .r, v i-
and banker to hold the aurplai
crop, and, ai a farther means of
holding the price up to a profitable
basis, to unite the farmer. In the
determination to cut down this
year's acreage 25 per cent, and to
curtail the nae of fertilizer! pro
portionately. Their mlnda maybe
diaabuaed to a certain extent by Mr.
Atwood VIolett, of New York, who
has Usued a circular giving his im
preaaion of the cotton convention at
New Orleans. He aaya:
"My preaence at New Orleana
daring the eeaaiona of the cotton
convention gave me an opportunity
of becoming familiar with condi
tions that could not have been ex
perienced In any other way that
Is, by coming in contact with the
delegates to a convention which
was the largest and one of the
moat repreaentatlve ever held in thia
country of an agricultural character.
I am convinced that the intention
to reduce acreage lu a drastic way
will be carried ont. They and the
bankers have solidified their inter
est, and not only will the planter re
duce the area to the extent of 25 per
cent., as they have bound them
selves and those they represent to
do, but I believe that anbaequent to
their return and talking the matter
over with tboir neighbors, represent
ing the feeling3 and attitude of the
delegates from all aectlona o! the
South when at New Orleana, that
the curtailment may be even greater
than they have committed them
selve by resolution to do. Thia la
the crux of the whole matter, be
cause as soon as the cotton world is
convinced that the South will carry
ont this feature of the convention the
spinners' demand will Increase, and
it would seem to follow that the
holder of what remains unsold of the
present crop will be all the more te
nacious and adhere even more closely
to his determination to wait for the
higher prices for the staple, which the
South generally things is in store in
the not far distant future."
There are already signs that the
cotton growers will justify the opin
ion of Mr. Violett on thl. question
Yesterday township meetinga were
held to pledge the farmers to the
reduction scheme and to elect dele
rates to attend county conventiona
next Thuraday, Feb. 16th. to fur
ther perfect the organization to con
trol the cotton aituatlon. These
county meetiaga next Thuraday are
to perfect the county , organization,
elect its officers and committees,
and if deemed proper, aelect and
provide for the payment of the In
spectors who are to act as the po
lice of the organization in seeing
that the farmers who sign abide by
their oaths and that the farmers
who do not sign are made to wish
that they had. On Feb. 21 at each
State and Territorial capital there
are called meetings of the delegates
elected at the various county or
parish meetings. These State and
Territorial meetings are to perfect
the State organization and ratify
the selection of the executive com
mitteemen nominated by the con
vention held in New Orleans.
The Sta has already noted a
statement from the Columbia Record
which show which way the straw is
pointing. Our esteemed contempo
rary tells us that "On account of
the uncertainty of the cotton plant
ers as to cotton, and their in
clination to reduce acreage, the
ghlpplng of fertilizer from Charles
ton Is last now unusally dull, and
whereas 350 cars should be pulled
out of the city every day loaded with
phosphate, not more than 75 are
sent from the city daily by the six
oompanles engaged in the business.
Some 400 cara are empty and idle at
the junction, there being no call for
them from fertilizer ahippera." .
In our own State, we get , thia
pointer from the Wadesboro Mes-Jenger-IntelHgencer
of this week:
"At this date last year there was
tremendous movement in com
mercial fertilizers. The roads were
fSS every day with wagons hauling
guano to the coun.rj,
Smers went joyously about their
work-all because cotton- was
brtaVz remunerative sprice.
Buthow different Is It this year.
PertleT. are not being moved at
all and farmers are as yet ma-ung
io'preration for the coming plant-
vol. xxxvi.
SX. ! fUjKl they
termined effort they are making to
decrease the cotton acreage. By
the way, in speaking of fertilizers,
we learn that the prices are about
the same they were last year, and
that the probability is that they will
not berednced, aa the factories nave
nearly all shut down and have given
it out that they will not start up
"ao,u uuuo conditions improve."
These Instances all n a mA tab vn
Columbia and Wadesboro contempo-
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tains are out similar to those every
where In the cotton belt. Tftw
I are adhered to It ia not difficult to
observe that the object of the farm
ers will be attained and that it !
bound to favorably affect prices . for
tue sxapie.
.POPPYCOCK SmiHXXT. .
There Is a lot of maudlin senti
ment that a woman shouldn't be
hanged. If a woman commits a
heinous crime, and some of them
appear to be the incarnation of the
devil himself, she places herself
beyond the pale of the tender 'sen
timent which attaches to the gentle
members of her sex and to even
many frail ones. We will guarantee
that the women of the country do
not shudder much at the thought
that such fiends as that Mrs. Ed
wards, ot Pennsylvania, and Mra.
Rogera, of Vermont, are standing
under the ahadow of the gallowa or
within the glimmer of the electrical
chair.
.The Pennsylvania woman, having
a negro for a paramour, conspired
with him and they murdered he
husband while he was drunk. In
order to shield the negro, Greason,
she now confesses that she commit
ted the murder alone. A tremen
dous amount of pressure is being
brought to bear to save the woman,
and believing that her neck is prac
tically out of the halter, she alms
at saving her negro lover by making
confession. In the .Vermont tase
the New York Tribune sums it up
about right in this editorial para
graph: -
"Prominent society woman, wife
of a high official In government cir
cles in Washington, and further de
scribed as a dear friend of the piesl
dent who has a deal of power be
hind the throne, Is said to be going
to appeal to President Roosevelt to
reprieve Mrs. Rogers, condemned to
be hanged In Windsor, Vt. Let's
see. Mrs. Rogers, with the assist
ance of her paramour, tied her hus
band with a rope, chloroformed him
and then dumped his carcass in the
rfver. Pity of the prominent society
woman Is probably awakened by the
novelty of the crime."
The Representative from Ashe
county Is impressed with the belief
that he can circumvent the Inter
State Commerce laW by stopping
every shipment of liquor by Express
from other States at the nearest Ex
press station to the North Carolina
State line and then let the consignee,
after notification, get it as best he
can. But, then, the Representative
from Ashe Is very Young.
"Senator Passay," asked the
Grave and Reverend Senior,' "do
you expect to vote for President
Roosevelt's freight rate fixing bill?"
"I pass on that question," replied
Pasaay, and chuckling to himself,
he shoved the pasteboards into the
deck and waited to see what he
could get ont of the next deal.
After President Roosevelt's freight
rate fixing bill is passed by Congress
and becomes a law, the Interstate
Commerce Commission had better
send for all the freight and passen
ger agenta and aak thorn how the
deuce they fix ratea any way.
"Geniua dreams," says a mag
azine writer. If that's the case line
us up. We dreamed the other
night that we were President and
that the Senate and House agreed
to every thing we suggested.
"In Hoch sleno vlncei." said the
Chicago Bluebeard to Detective
Corkscrew, and having articulated
that saying he placed his hand over
his Hps and gave a good imitation oi
Poe's raven.
Says the Columbia Record: "The
dome of the State Capitol may not
be safe." There seems to be some
thing wrong with every d d-domed
old State capitol in the country.
It is perfectly natural for people
to cuss the Legislature. The people
have cot to be "agin" some
thing and the Legislature . is the
most klckable thing in sight now.
Wanted A few heavyweights in
the National Capitol to balance
with the White House man who la
holdinir down the scales at the
other end of Pennsylvania avenue.
Little old Delaware can raise a
mighty big atlnk in aplte of ita aize
at. MAvnnlr H. G. Hosier. A.
B. Lukins of Mayock, John Self and
E. G.' Shelder of Uhiuicotbe, umo,
have incorporated the Carolina Land
Mr TMmhflr Do., with 875.000 canltal
stock, to deal In and develop timber
lands.
STATE LIQUOR BILL.
Ward Amendment to Watts' Law
Provoked Warm Debate in
the Senate Yesterday.
PASSED ITS SECOND. RE A DING.
Seaaior Eaple. of New Hsaover. De
aoasced tbe Mesaore ss Ua-Dema
crstle aad Eqolralcst ot Steal
lot Other Proceedlaft.
Special Star Tdeoranix , ;
RAUaan. N. O.. Feb. 10. After a
ong and animated debate In the Sen
ate to-day, the Ward bill, amending
the Watts' act to prohibit distilleries i
n towns of less than 1,000 Inhabi
tants, passed second reading by a vote
of 25 to 16. Senator Scales attempted
to have It placed upon the third read
ng, but his motion failed and the
measure went over until to-morrow.
woen mere wui oe more apeaJcmg oa 1
the question. ..
Wnen the bill came un. Bensta
Fleming, of Pitt, addretied the Ben
ate in favor of his substitute," leaving i
out his restrictions as to the else of
the town, arguing that the Ward bill
was a violation of party principles;
that It did not afford oollea nrotectian
and thaClt was a fraud upon the tern-
presnee people or tne Bute.
Senator Ward, of Craven, cham
pioned hla bill in a spirited reply to
Mr. Flemlnr. explainlnar the features.
and declared that the measure was ap
proved by state unalrman and Sena
tor Simmons.
Sana tor McLean, of Scotland. sud
ported the Ward bill.
Senator Mason. of Northampton.
made one of the most impassioned !
orations, rallying the forces under the
tandard of "Education and Temper
ance," which was the best heard in
the senate this session.
Senator 8tubbt. of Martin, also
spoke, asking; how far the Legislature
proposed to go in these restrictive
msssures this confiscation of in
vestments made under the sanction of
the State.
Senator Emple. of New Hanover.
opposed the bill, which he character-
zed not as a ward or a Simmons1
bill, but as the bUl of Josiah William
Bailer, man who was not a Demo
crat He asserted that the measure was
the equivalent of stealing. He con
sidered the bill a violation of the
Democratic platform.
Senator Gilliam, of Edgecombe.
closed the debate with a plea against
tne connicatlon or private property
and' money Invested with the sanction
and approval and on the plighted
rattn or me state. Many Senators
spoke when the question wss called
on the amendment to strike out the
limit of distilleries to towns of over
1,000. It wss voted down as was the
amendment, making the population
requirement 500. Tne bill was then
amended to go into effect January
1st, 1906, and passed its second read
ing.
The largest number of bills of any
day this session were introduced ia
botn nouses to-day. The business or
tne legislature is increasing to auen
an extent that, beginning next wees-,
night sessions will be neld. The di
vorce bill will come up next Tuesday
night. The Ward liquor bill, pro
hibiting the manufacture of liquor in
towns with less tbah 1,000 population
aad requiring police Investigation of
places where liquor is sold or manu
factored in any town, came up as the
special order at noon and consumed
most or tne time in tne senate, being
disposed of finally as stated above.
Tne senate sessions were opened
with prayer by Mr. McLean, of Scot
land, and among bills Introduced were:
To amend graded school law of Asbe-
ville. to amend charter or Ainevllie:
by Turrentlne, to provide a Btate pur
chasing sgent, to be appointed by the
Governor, to give sufficient bond, to
receive 1200 a month and expenses.
and the several institutions of the
Btate are to make requisition on pur
chasing agent for such supplies or ar
tides desired; by uoxe, to incorporate
Great Pee Dee Electric and Power Co. ;
bv Webb, regulating elections in Uun
combe; by Ward, to allow magistrates
hair rees in certain cases: oy uiuiam.
to incorporate Edgecombe Hallway
Co.; by Bragaw, to authorize Beaufort
to levy special tax; by William, to
revise charter of Norwood; bill to es
tablish a bureau of immigration was
made the special order for next Tues
day.
Among bills passed third reading
were: in regard to rauroaa iranspor
tatlon for newspapers, permitting con
tracts for advertising in exchange for
transportation; to elect commissioners
and magistrates by the people In
Washington county: incorporating
Darhsmand Southbond railroad; to
Haw Wake to make appropriation
for Woman'a Association for Better
ment of School Houses: to amend
charters of Bouthern Conservatory of
Music and Presbyterian College, or
Charlotte.
The House was opened with prayer
bv Mr. Mitchell, of Bertie, and an ava-
Unche of local bills -were introduced.
Hasten presented a petition from the
Jr. O. U. A. M., of Oentrevllls, and
Stlckley, another from citizens of Ca
barrus, against establishment of an
Immigration burean. Uzxell presented
one from citizens of Fremont, Wayne
eountv.asklng for the bureau or lmmv
gratlon. Among bills introduced were:
By McGill, to provide for special
school tax in Bockfish township,
Cumberland county; by Brltt, to in
corporate Oak Grove cemetery, In
Robeson ; by Hollo well, to authorize
Goldsboro to issue bonds ;by Holmes, to
regulate pay of surveyors in Pender
county; by Koonce, lor appointment
of magistrates in Onslow; by Taylor,
to alio r RmlthvIUe township. Brans-
wick cnuntv. la Issue bonds for DUbllO
roads; by Shlpmsn, to change line of
Brunswick and Uolumbus counties.
and to prevent live stock running at
Urge In Columbus; by Stewart, to
amend charter of Bank or Islington,
In Harnett: bv Btewarl. to allow rail
way companies to forbid trespassing
on their right of way; by Red wine,
to provide sewerage system for Monroe
and refund city debt.
Among matters which passed third
resdlng were: Resolution asking our
our Congressmen and Senators in
Congress to use their efforts to secure
an appropriation for the upper Oape
Ferr river: resolution providing for
the payment of the inaugural expenses
or 1383.27; to allow appropriation
committee a clerk.
Balkigo. N.-OL, Feb. ll.-Argu
men is on the pilotage question pro
and con have resulted in so mixing up
the Issues' and facts bearing on the
matter that the Bouse OommiUee on
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17,
Propositions aad Grievances decided
thla - morning to commit the whole
matter to a subcommittee consisting
of Murphy, of Buncombe; Branch, of
Beaufort; Butler, of Sampson; Alex
der, of Mecklenburg, and McGill, of
Cumberland. These gentlemen will
meet Monday morning at 10 o'clock
and call on a representative for each
side before them and ask any questions
they see fit and try to clarify matters.'
They then will report with recommen
dations to the full committee.
Messages from Governor Glenn,
read In the Senate and House to-day,
urge that the Legislature do not ad
journ without taking some action on
the bonded Indebtedness of the State
of the class of the Boulh Dakota bonds.
He reviewed the whole history of the
bonds and says:
"These bonds are honest and not be
longing to the fraudulent tax bonds
class and were Issued by patriotic men
trying to build aad develop the State,
although they were sold oa the mar
ket after this State had pBssed1atQ in
competent hands for one-fourth their
true value." - ' -
He says if these bondWdMsTwlU
meet the Bute In a fair settlement and
take what is just and right In saQsfae
tlon "and surrender v these bonds he
would earnestly recommend the mat
ter be settled at this term of-iie Leg
islature, but if they won't take less
than $302,500, then he would advise
that the Assembly take no further
action but leave them to resort to the
courts. The House adopted a resolu
tion to refer the matter to a special
committee of two Senators aad three
Representatives to confer with the
Governor and Council of State. The
Senate referred the matter to the Ju
diciary Committee: '
NEW HAJTOVKB SCHOOL SILL
Raleigh, N. O., Feb. 11. Mr. Em
ple introduced In the Senate to-day a
bill for the batter support of the
schools of (New Hanover county, Its
purpose being to empower the city au
thorities to psy over to the - county
school fund, one-third of the proceeds
from the sale of liquor licenses; thst
Is, the licenses on Msy 1st will be
$600, and under the bill. $200 of this
amount would go to the.schoolr. Mr.
Emple says the bill was brought here
by George Bountree. He doesn't
know what the people will think of
the bill, but if they do not want It,
there is ample time to fight it before
the committees, but the schools of
Wilmington certainly need better sup
port, and that badly.
Benator Moore, of Pender, intro
duced an Important bill . relating
to ' the application of the anti
jug law to Pender county. It pro
vides that liquor can be bought
on orders from justices of the peace
just sa It can be gotten now on pre
scription from a physician. He says
that- now the physicians live so far
apart that when whiskey is needed.
parties are often put to great trouble
aad privation by not being able to
reach a physician to procure the nee
essary prescription before getting his
whiskey from Wilmington or
wherever else he can, ao the empow
ering of justices of the peace to issue
these prescriptions will work a great
convenience to his people and
still amply safeguard the sale of
lluuor under the jug-law prescriptions.
Applicants for orders must make affi
davit before a jastlce of the peace that
the liquor is for medical purposes.
The Benate opened at 10:30 A- M.,
totday with prayer by Dr. A. H. Mo
meat. The only feature or interest la
the proceeding of the dsy was passage
of the Ward Liquor Bill on Its third
reading. When it came up. several
amendments were offered, tending to
modify the law, but the Benate was
not Inclined to hear them and they
were lost bv even larger majorities
than by which the bill passed first and
second readings yesterday. One
amendment, however, was passed.
making it clear that tne bill is not in
tended to change or modify the pres
ent Watts law.
When the bill came up on its third
reading Benator Btubbs sent an amend
ment that this act should not apply to
towns where liquor is now manufac
tured In accordnance with the Watts
act. I was defeated to 18.
Senator Zollicoffer sent an amend
ment that this act should not in any
way be construed to repeal or modify
the watts act. it was accepted.
Senator Williams declared that the
Democratic party In the next cam
paign would have to go down In de
feat or not put forth as candidates the
men responsible for this legislation.
Senator Eller sent an amendment
that the act should not go Into effect
until July 1. 1906. It was defeated.
The bill then passed its third reading
and win now go to tne uouse.
Bills were Introduced as follows:
By Eller, relating to contracts between
lawvers and their clients: by Person,
to incorporate Greensboro Female
College: bv Moore: relating to anil
jug law in Pender, as stated above;
by Turner, io appropriate lunas ior
deaf, dumo and ullna Institutions: by
Scaler, to erect dormitory at colored A.
A. M. school at Greensboro: by Eller.
relating to bird law ia Forsyth and to
amend charter or winsion-ssiem; oy
Emple, schaol bill as outline! above.
Among bills which pasted third
reading were: To extend Greenville
srraded school district, changing cor
norate limits of town of Bosrdman; to
authorize Graham to Issue bonds for
school purposes; to esiabiisn graaeo
schools in Youngman; to amend
charter of Wlngste; to amend Rocky
Mmnts-raded school law: to repeal
charter of town of Myrtle, Brunswick
county. The bill to amend law making
8 per cent, ammonia standard of cot
ton seed meal came up, but was con
tinued until next Friday. Other bills
pssssd were: To change time for
holding elections in Chad bourn; to
prohibit dealing in futures In Gaston;
to repeal law for Linville township,
Mitchell county: regulating fees of
surveyor in Wayne; to allow Wayne
to pav chairman of board ot county
commissioners a salary; to protect
woodcock In Jones and Craven; to
amend charter of Wadesboro; to re
establish office of treasurer In Rich
mond; to Incorporate the Great Pee
Dae Electric and Power Co.
The Senate refused to concur in the
House amendment to the bill to pro-
(OonUnnsd on 4th page.)
ENLARGED GAS PLANT
Extensive Improvements Going
On at Works of Consolidated
Company in Wilmington.
NEW AND LARGER BUILDING.
leversl Tbsaiaod Delists Being Expealed
Is foccessfal Elfsrt te Meet the la
crested Demsns' Work Hew
Prszresslsz Satlsf setsrily.
Improvements Involving an expen
diture of several thousand dollars and
amounting 'practically to the Instal
lation of an entirely new plant, of
greatly enlarged capacity, are now go
ing on at the gas works of the.Oonsol-
dated Rsllway, Light and Power
Company, at the southwest corner of
8orry,and Castle streets. The ima
provements have been under way for
several weeks, but ..for -reasons satis
factory to the company, no adverthts.
meal of (he fact was made until all the
contingencies had been met aad. there
wis no possibility of an Interruption
of the plans, mapped cat eight months
ago, when it was seen that In a very
short time,' With the rapidly in
creasing consumption, of gas in
the city,' . . the demand . would
have to be supplied. The work will
be pushed to a rapid completion and
Wilmington will then enjoy a service
second to none lu the South. The ex
tensive enlargement and Improve
ments, however take time but in the
end the public is assured of the best
that 1s to be had. Lately the bsd
weather has been a very serious hin
drance to the work but now it is pro
gressing very satisfactorily.
To tear down and remove the old ap
paratus, piping, brick walls and all the
appurtenances of half a century of op
eration and to substitute for all Ibis,
new apparatus of the latest type and
to carry on. the work without the
least interruption of the service has
been a taak with which Mr. EL M.
Chase, the superintendent, hss been
wrestling for some time. 1
At the present time one new bench
with a capacity of 70,000 feet per day
with all lis appurtenances of tar sepa
rator, hydraulic main, automatic
ateam exhauster etc., haa been Installed
and It has been In operation during
the past two weeks. The greatly In
creased gas consumption forced the
company to put this bench in service
during the recent cold snap, the old
apparatua being no longer sufficient
to take care of the demand. At the
time this was done the walls were only
partially completed, and the top of the
bench entirely exposed, resulting
in a freeze up which for a
time, seriously threatened the gas sup
ply of the city. Added to those trou
bles came a very inferior coal supply,
but the situation was well handled and
the plant is now moving along nicely.
As rapidly as possible the old gas
works will be torn down and the
space cleaned up and put in shape.
and wherever neeesssry the buildings
will either be ra-built or adapted to
the new demands. When completed
the general style of architecture of
the building will be similar to that of
the new power house, and will add to
the appearance or that part or the city,
giving it a thoroughly modern and
up-to-date appearance in every way.
The new plant has been laid out with
a view to an ultimate capacity or soo,
000 feet per day.
Arrested ea Seven Ibsries.
Constable Savage at 2 o'clock this
morning arrested at the home of a wo
man In Strauss' alley.Isham Msck, col
ored, wanted for several months on
seven separate charges, ranging from
simple assault to larceny and an as
sault with a deadly weapon. The
warrants are from both Justice Fow
ler's and Justice Bornemann's courts-
Constable Savage had lost more time
and sleep in search of Mack than upon
any defendant he has arrested since
he has been in office. The negro bad
been slipping back and forth between
Wilmington and Navassa for six
months, but he was sly enough to
dodge both Constable Savage and the
police. Constable Savage says he
would not take a bright ten dollar
gold tolece for the capture of Mack.
whom he landed in jail this morning
In the rain.
Passes for Polfcemes.
Every member of the Wilmington
police department, thirty-eight in num
ber, from the rank of janitor to chief,
desires publicly to tip his bat and make
bis prettiest bow to Cspt. John w.
Harper, of the steamer "Wilmington,"
and assure him of their profound than ks
for his distinguished consideration In
sending esch of them an annual pus
upon his splendid steamer. The passes
are good for any time, anywhere and
everywhere that the graceful "Wil
mington" may during the year 1905
glide her bow on the placid and historic
waters of the Cape Fear. The passes,
with the compliments or uaptain uar
per, were distributed trom the desk a
the police station yesterday.
Fertilizer Movemest.
Columbia Record: "On account o
the uncertainty of the cotton planters
over the price of cotton, and their in
elination to reduce acreage, the ship
ping of fertiliser from Charleston is
just now unusually dull, and whereas
350 cars should be pulled out of the
citv everr dsv loaded with phosphate.
not more than 75 are sent from the
city dally by the six companies en
gaged in the business. Some 400 cars
are empty and Idle at the junction,
there being no call for them from fer
tillzer shippers. "
Sosilpox Qnsrsetlaes.
The Health Department yesterday
quarantined Joe Clark, colored, and
two other smallpox patients In a house
at corner of Si James and Howard
streets. Still another case was quar
antlned la a bouse In an alley, leading
from 8'xtb, between Bed Cross and
Campbell street, the pitio.il being al
so colored.
1905.
J. W. COLLINS BOUND OVER.
Prellaiissry Trial Yesterday st Freemsa's.
Mnrder of White Bo; Near Arsasar,
la Blades Consty.
The preliminary trial of J. W. Col-
Ins, the well-to-do farmer of Colum
bus county, charged with the murder
of Jeff. Davis, the 16-year-old boy
bound to him by the Superior Court,
the particulars of which are well
known to readers of this paper, was
held yesterday afternoon before Magis
trate E. J. Qrlmsley, at Freeman's, oa
the W., C & A. railroad. Homer L.
Lyon, of Wbltevllle, appeared for his
father as solicitor of the district, in the
prosecution of the esse, and the
prisoner was represented by Jack
son Grier and. O. D. Koonce.
Eios.. of Wbltevllle. and Mars-
den Bellamy and Marsdsn Bellamy,
jr., icsqs., or Wilmington. The trlsl
was held at the railway station and a
arge crowd was In attendance. Col
lins wss held, without ball, for the Su
perior Court at Whitevllle, Feb. 27tb.,
Judge Ferguson presiding, and wss
remanded to jail.
NEQK0 P0EQES BOUND 0VEP.
Additlossl Evidence f oaacctlsf Prcd Joaes
Vita Ferfed MurcMisa Iheck.
At the continued hearing yesterday
of the case of the negro Fred Jones,
charged with forging an endorsement
to a check of Messrs. J. W. Murchlson
& Oa, the defendant, through Geo.
L. Pescbau, Esq., his attorney, intro
duced three colored men who gave the
prisoner an excellent character and
the "State introduced two other wit
nesses, who forged more completely
tho strong chain of circumstantial
evidence against him. The witnesses
were Messrs. John Frederick, a clerk.
and W. B. Wallers, a mansger. in
Mr. Gaylord's store, through which
Jones attempted to psss when the boy
to whom he gave the check went back
with Mr. Craft to find him. Mr. Fred
erick said the negro came in the store
excited and when Mr. Craft
and the boy followed him. that
he hurried around the counter
feigning to look at some goods, all the
while glancing nervously over his
shoulder at the door. Mr. Walters
said it was a part of his duties to ob
serve everybody who csme lathe door
of the store, and that Jones a1, once at
tracted his attention by his nervous
manner and an attempt to hurry up
stairs to look at some closks for which
he Inquired.
In default of $75 bond, Justice Fow
ler committed the negro to jail for the
April 3d term of the Superior Court.
SALE OP STEAMER HURT.
Bid ia by W. J. Meredith, Representing
New aad ladepsadeat f smpsay.
The steamer A. P. Hurt, of the
Ospe Fear and People's Steamboat Co.
with her tackle apparel and all other
appurtenances, was sold yesterday at
auction under receiver's sale at the
the wharf of the company, in
this city, Mr. W. J. Meredith
having become the purchaser a
$2,475. The sale was conducted by
Hon. Jno. D. Bellamay, attorney for
Receiver D. MoEschern, and the bid
ders, besides Mr. Meredith, were Col.
W. & Cook and Mr. A. E. Martin, of
Fayettevllle, and Mr. O. H. Dock, of
Wilmington. The sale Is subject to
confirmation of the court under a de
cree of which, in the case of H. L.
vollers and others against the
company, the property was ordered
sold. It is understood that the bid of
Mr. Meredith will be raised tea per
cent, before confirmation in which
event, the steamer will probably be
resold
Mr. Meredith said last night that in
the purchase of the steamer he was
representing a new and entirely inde
pendent company, which proposes, if
the sale Is confirmed, to operate the
steamer on the Cape Fear under the
ssme name which she now bears. It
is understood that Mr. A, J. Johnson,
of Clear Run, Is associated with Mr.
Meredith and others in the new com
pany.
Negro Lid Inuhed Assther.
David G. Jones, a fifteen-year-old
colored boy, waa arrested at the B. A.
L. station by Policeman B. B. Sing
about noon yesterday, charged with
an assault with a deadly weapon upon
another negro lad, N. W. Jackson,
No. 430 Love's alley. The boys were
engaged in the rather dangerous pas
time of throwing stones at one an
other and Jackson fell after a well
directed throw by Jones. The Jack
son bov was struck on the head and
knocked senseless after which the
father got busy with a Warrant and
the police with the result that Jones
was landed In the atatloa house.
YELLOW FEVER IN NEW YURK.
Implicit. Coslideecs la Msiaolto Theory
Hay Ruslt Badly.
Bj Telesrapa to the Homing Star.
Nkw Yobk, Feb. 11. Frank Bill,
a sailor on the steamer Orizaba, waa
removed as a suspicious case to the
Swinburne island quarantine on the
arrival of the steamer, yesterday
from Colon. The man was said to
be suffering from yellow fever. The
ship was not detained at quaran
tine and her passengers and
baggage have since been landed
here. Dr. Doty, the health of
ficer of the port, said to-night:
"It is so well recognised that yellow
fever Is only communicable by mos
quitosthat vessels bringing cases to
thla port are no longer detained in
quarantine, except when they ar
rive within ten days from an infect
ed port, when they are subject to
detention, up to the end of the
fifth day in case other cases should
develop. This was not necessary; In
the case of of the Orizaba which had
been out seven days from Colon.'4
NO. 16
PAVE RAILROAD BLOCK.
Atisatlc f sssl Llae Will Farslsh Behjlsa
Blscks tor Bed Cross Hill.
Mtyor 8prlnger was yesterday ad
vis-d by General Superintendent W.
N. Royall that the Atlantic Coast Line
had decided to comply with the city's
request to furnish all material for the
paving of the block, on Red Cross, be
tween Nutt and Front streets, which
is spanned by the overhead bridge con
necting the second floors of the com
pany's general office buildings. The
A. C. L. will furnish a first-class ar
ticle of Belgian block and the
city will do the work. The
cobble stones with ; which the steep
incline on the street Is now paved will
be removed and used by the street
force In making gutters and drains In
other parts of the city.
At present, the street is practically
unfit tot travel between Nutt and
Front and the heavy traffic from the
railroad freight depots along
Nutt street, to Grace street,
will be divided. Vehicle f sou the
wsrehouses now have to proceed up
Nutt, to Grace street, before the
teams are able to pull" up the hill to
Front street. When the block on Bed
Cross is paved, vehicles may then
reach" Front street over the newly
paved section, whereas now, it is Itn
possible for teams with any appreci
able burden, to get up that Incline
over the rough cobble stones. The
Coast Line will bring the Belgian
block from near Petersburg, Va., and,
it will be placed oa the ground within
the next week or ten dsys. The only
expense the city will have to bear is
the laying ot the blocks and the grad
ing.but the use of the cobble stones for
gutter and repair work, will almost
compensate for the other work.
HUftlLlATINQ tOSPEISIOai.
Senator Mitchell's Law Psrtser Testified
IhstHePstisred Himself.
Bv Telegraph to the Komlng Bur.
Portland, Ore., Feb. 11. Judge
A. EL Tanner, United Blates Senator
Mitchell's law partner, confessed in
Judge Billings' court this afternoon to
perjury In his evidence given before
the Federal grand jury in connection
with the Investigation of the land
frauds in this Btate, when testimony
was taken with a view to connecting
United States Senator Mitchell with
the conspltscy to defraud the govern
ment. Tanner, in bis confession, said
that there was an agreement between
between Senator Mitchell and Tanner
that Mitchell should haye the proceeds
of the practice of the law firm in the
Federal courts and that Tanner should
have the proceeds resulting from prac
tlce before any of the governmental
departments which would Involve
Senator Mitchell's oath that he would
not take part in any law proceeding
in which tne government is interested.
judge Alfred IX. Tanner made the
following statement to a represents'
tlve of the Associated Press:
"No one knows the torture I have
endured since January 31st. when I
made a statement to the grand jury
concerning the date of the copartner
ship ' agreement between Senator
Mitchell and myself. The last straw
came, however, when I learned the
Federal grand jury was preparing to
Indict my son who had written the
agreement between Senator Mitchell
and myself on the typewriter for per
jury, and when I learned that the
agents or tne government were in
possession of the facts proving that
the document was not signed March
5tb, 1901, aa I had sworn, but (that it
had been prepared and signed last De
cember."
"Do you expect to testify against
Senator Mitchell t" was aked.
"Yes, I expect to be called as a wit
ness in the case against Benator
Mitchell, and I will tell the whole truth
regarding the business of the firm
without regard to consequences."
When on January sist Judge Tan
ner went before the court be told a
story which, according to his con
fession to'day. had been agreed upon
in many of its details while Benator
Mitchell was in Portland in December
last. He told the jury then that there
had been an agreement made between
himself and the Benator by which the
Benator was not to receive any
return from firm work done which
would lead him to either ot the depart
ments of the government, and their
agreement had been made March, 5,
1901. He introduced the agreement In
evidence before the jury and swore
that it bad been written on the date
specified. The government wss in
possession of evidence at that time
which varied from Judge Tanners
testimony and linking It together,
United Btates District Attorney Henry
wss able to make such a showing that
not only Judge Tanner, but his bob,
Albert H. Tanner Jr., was indicted by
the grand jury. Neither of these in
dictments wss made nubile at that
time.
! ATTEMPT TO CHEAT Q ALLOWS
Peaasylvasls Supreme Ceort Will tlesr
Mrs. Edwsrd'a Net, ro Psrsrsoar's
Pitltios Mondsy.
Bj Telegraph to the Homing star.
Beading, Pa., Feb. 11. In the fight
for life in which Mrs. Kate Edwards
and Samuel Greason are making, will
be centered on Monday in Phlladel
i phla, where the Supreme Court will
hear Qreason's petition to.re-open the
case with the view of giving him a new
trial based on the woman's assertion
of bis Innocence, and Wednesday
the matter will be presented to
the meeting of the board of
pardons In Barrlsburg. To-day Mrs.
Edwards was more cheerful than at
any time In two mouths. Greason,
who has had IS death warrants read to
him, and has . been reprieved eleven
times; whose ease has already been be
fore the supreme Uourt nve times and
for wbose benefit the legislature oast
ed a special act two years ago, believes
that n s counsel will succeed In having
mm liberated. Mrs. Edwards expects
commutation to lire imprisonment if
Greason la saved from the. gallows by
her coareMlOD.
He: That lawyer seems to be
a very intimate friend of yours,
RtlA Yu. ha VAJ hint man at m
divorce proceedings, Tonkers
i statesman.
York, are in Greensboro working up
mw. xaey aay cnas tne law
I a VerV esientful nno in hplnrlnnn
children. -
Ashevllle ia ronatdnrlnv Mia
construction of a i.nnn.nnn itoIIati
reservoir at the old stone quarry 200
J?' A, i : A. -arm m- - J -
mec aoove town. u. M.. Liee Is Citv
engineer.
Walter B. Gwvn. attorney t.f
Asheville, gives notice that ha a.n.i
others will apply to the Legislature
ior the incorporation of tho Ashe
ville & Northern Railway Co.
At Charlotte J. H. wim &
Company have let the contract for
another.Btory to their plant, and ad
ditional machinery will be Installed
for doubling the capacity of their
veneer works.
Salisbury Post: Tho Ralalch
Evening Times speaks of "Hon. E.
Spencer Blackburn, of Salisbury."
No, thank you, we dony the gentle
Insinuation. We are not responsi
ble for the gentleman.
The Oldest law suit in North
Carolina is now being settled. It fa
that of the Eastern Band of Chero
kee Indians against one W. H.
Thomas and others, and involves a
great many thousand acres of land.
The case began in 1867, and nearly
every lawver that waa first emtilrtvnd
In the case is dead. Tho ca3e is now
before a final referee.
The Wachovia Goal Com nan v
has been incorporated, at Greens
boro, with an authorized capital
stock ol. 50O.000 by "WTlllam 1.
Young, of Greensboro; George H. "
Proctor, of New York; William C.
Bobinson and A. Hunter Bovd Jr..
of Baltimore and Frederick Mertens,
oz Cumberland Md., for coal-mining
ear walnut uove.
Major Henry A. London, of
Pittsboro, has received a very flat
tering invitation from Gov. Mon
tague, of Virginia, to attend the un
veiling of the memorial tablets to
North Carolina Boldlers and deliver
an address at Appomattox, Va., on
April 9th. Major London haa ac
cepted the invitation.
Winston-Salem Sentinel: It
may of interest to those people who
have lost sight of Judge Parker to
announce that he received a $25,000
fee recently for his services in con
nection with one case. It may bo
claimed that the Judge is not a suc
cess as a politician, bnt he knows a
thing or two about the law just the
same.
Henderson Gold Leaf: As
showing Henderson's importance as
a railroad town, twelve passenger
trains pass here on the main line of
the Seaboard every twenty-four
hours, and eight on the branch-
twenty trains a day. These beside
the Southern give persons an op-
Sortunitytogetin and out in any
eslred direction at almost any hour
to Bult their convenience.
Fayettevllle Observers Mr. J.
A. McNeill, living two miles from
Baeford, informs ns that he has
trapped as many as sixteen foxes in
one winter; and this year, under a
persimmon tree on one of his fields,
he haa caught two foxes, branded
and tagged. One was marked with
a split in the right ear and a half
moon below, with a half moon above
the left ear; the other fox ha l a
leather strap buckled around his
neck.
J. B. Duke, president of the
American Tobacco Company, ac
companied by his "bride, reached
Durham Friday morning and aro on
a visit to Washington Duke, the
aged father of Mr. Duke. When
Mr. Washington Duke fell recently
and broke the bone in his hip the
son and his bride were on a tour of
Europe, having crossed the Atlantic
Immediately after their quiet mar
riage in New Jersey. The cablegram
telling of his father's injury cut
short the bridal trip and the bride
and groom turned back towards this
country and came direct to Durham.
It Is reported that Mr. W. Duke Is
getting along as well as could be ex
pected for a man of his years who is
suffering with a broken leg. He is
cheerful and does not suffer to any
great extent. It Is feared however
that he will not be able to walk
much In a long time, If it all.
Danbury Reporter: One among
the many good features of the B. F.
um mail service is that anyone can
now drive over the sections where
they have the B. F. D. and tell bv
XI ATL- Iflil . It
we names on me nine man ooxes
who lives at almost every home you
pass. This fact has caused a reader
of the reporter to suggest that It
would be worth the trouble for every
farmer who has a mall box to put up
a small black-board just above his
box, something like this: "Oakwood
Farm, Jamea Jones, Prop. Wanted:
A good milch cow. For Sale: Twen
ty barrels of corn." The above is .
shown m a specimen of what might
appear on one of these little boards.
Under the head of "wanted" the
owner might place the name of
things he , desire to purchase, and
under the head of "for sale" might
be given the name of anything lie
wanted to dispose of. No doubt In
many cases it would bring about the
desired result.
Greensboro Record We ob
serve that the Raleigh News and Ob
server la dead "agin1" a bond issue;
for permanent Improvements for
enlarging the Insane and other asy
lums of the State. We are unable
to see why It Is a good thing for
munlcualltles and counties to issue
bonds for public Improvements and
a bad thing for a State to do it, es
pecially in view of the fact that the
insane asylums are and have been
nvAr.rrrtwrlnrl for veara and that
hundreds of insane and sometimes
dangerous people are obliged to be
placed in the common jails of the
counties and kept there, with no
chance of becoming improved. The
State owes it to her people to care for
these unfortunates, and if it cannot
be done in any other way, issue the
bonds. In the epinion of many
able financiers this ia the best and
least expensive method of accom
plishing the purpose.
At Washington yesterday, Secre
tary Hay signed with Mr. Takahlra,
the Japanese minister, an arbitra
tion treaty between , the United
States and Japan, identical with
those signed with the other nations. ,
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