— V I .
"Prove all things; holdfast that which is good." *
f VoU 111 DUrjrJ, IM. C. FEBY. 13, tool, ~ No. 5.
TOWN DIRECTORY.
CHURCHES.
.dlst Cburch-Kev. YV A. Forbes Vastor
•ts llrst Sunday night, and lourth Sun
morning and night. Frnyermeeting
Wedncßday night. Sunday gchcol
-eery t>uiiday morning at 10 o'clock, a. E
rai'lham t-uierintendeut
Baptist Church.-Rev. w.C. Barrett, pastor
services every second Sunday morning tnd
.light. Prayermeeting every Thursday night
Sunday School every Sunday morning, J. 0.
Clifford superintendent.
Presbyterian Church.— Kev. R. W. Hlnet
pastor. Services every first and fifth Sundaj
(uoriting and night. Suudav school everj
Sunday uiomii g D 11. McLean, Superinten
dent
Disciple Cbureli-Rev. A. P. Leigliton pas
tor. services every tliird Sunday
aud night liajer neetiUK e\eiy luesdaj
night Sunday School every Sunday evening
at. o'clock. F. T. Massengill fcupt.
tree Will Baptist Churcl..—KWer R. ■
lackson. ia»tor. cervices every first Sun
lav morning and ulijht.
. r.niitive Baptist—Church on Broad street
B.ut-i V\ i- Turner, Fastor. Regu'ar servi
, s « n the third Sabbath morning, aud Satur
.) i eiiire, in each mouth at 11 o'clock.
LOUUB
» alu:) ra Lodge, Ko. 147, A. F. &A. M. Ba
%,-i J-ree \S ill Baptist church. F. F.Jon.
V y ;W • A Johliscn, S. V.; L. A. Jon«
J. U Johnson. Secretary. Regula
. 1,1 -»tx nc are held on the ::rd Satu
, ~■. i > 41 ana iII the Ist l - rn.
u c.» t n. .n each month All A
at,-. _•>..! standing are co't-diaiiy in "
, i•> i • !-t «ou munn ations.
I'OWft C'i 1 1 CEKS
. us i«-». ay or.
Ol>!«MiSSIoNB«>
t M.jl.ii.» 11 i-asstiigill. O F. She
• . A Taylor,
w. H. Duncan, Policeman.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Sheriff, Silas A. Salmon.
Clerk. Dr. J. H. Withers.
Register o! Deeds. A. O. Holloway
Treasurer, L. D. Matthews.
Surveyor, D. P. McDonald.
Coroner. Dr. J. P. McKay
County Examiner, Rev. J.S. Flack.
Commissioners : E. P. Young, Chainnai
N A. Smith. T A Harrington.
ERCMTANB FARMERS
mi ii. c.
CAPITAL STOCK $20,000.
Every accommodation offered
to the public.
E. F. YOUNG, President.
V. L. STEPHENS, Cashier.
E. S. SMITH. E. J. BARNES.
SMITH &
A ttorneys-at-La w,
DUNN, - - - N. C.
Practice in all tlie courts of tlie State.
Prompt attention to all business
entrusted.
Office in the old Post Office Building.
D. H. NcLEAN. J. C. CLIFFORD
McLean & Clifford,
_A_ttorxxe;ys-a,t-X-ia.-*7-,
DUNN, : : : : N. C.
pgr Office over J. J. Wade's Store.
W. A. STEWART. H. L. GGDWII*
STEWART KGODWIN,
Attorneys and Coonsellors-at-Law,
DUNN, N. C.
Will practice in State and Federal
Courts but not for fun.
W- E- Murcliisoii,
JONESBORO N. C.
Practices Law in Harnett,. Moore 8'
other counties, but not for fun.
FeK 20-ly -j" ■
THE Ml (If- IE |
We otfer unsurpassed advan
tages, aud loan money on ea*-
terms We will extend everv
accommodation consistent witl 1
conservative banking.
L J. BEST, President.
J. W. PURDIE, Cashier
PHOTOGRAPHS
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Parties visiting Dunn can call
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work made in the latest and
most pleasing style. Call and
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DUNN, N. C.
Gallery up stairs over J. W.
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All kinds, colors and sizes. rany
mg in price from $2 to $OO. We
also i ave a nice iiearse furnish
ed at moderate prices on shori
notice.
R. G. TAYLOR.
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% Oil I'll CAROLINA LKGISLATITRR.
A New Divorce I.nnr Creates a Lively
Debate Before Adoption.
Raleigh, N. C., February 7.—The
Kouse to-day passed a new divorce j
law, repealing all divorce laws passed
since the compilation of the Code, and
making the section of the Code relative i
to divorce the sole divorce law of the
State. This does away with all the i
causes for divorce that have been al- i
lowed in laws passed during recent !
years.
There were two substitutes for Mr. I
Gaither's bill, Messrs. Craig's and
JSimms', the House adopting Mr. j
Simms*.
Mr. McLean read from the Bible
many verses on divorce.
Mr. Hayes and Mr. Robinson favor-)
ed the substitute.
Mr. Craig opposed it and favored a
more liberal divorce law.
Mr. Spainhower supported Mr. Craig 1 .!
Mr. Jenkins closed the debate with'
the most eloquent speech of the session.
He is the oldest member of the Legisla
ture, and was in the Legislature forty
years ago. He plead for a stringent
divorce law. At the end of his speech
the legislators crowded around the old
man, many with tears in their eyes, and
the bill passed unanimously.
Mr. Travis introduced a bill In the
Senate to incorporate the Halifax and
Northampton Development Company.
A bill was introduced to prohibit the
manufacture or sale of liquor in Samp
son county.
The Senate decided the electloo con«
test of Stamri vs. Stringfleld, In favor
of Stringfleld, sitting member.
There was no minority report.
A resolution introduced in the Sen
ate requiring the Board of Agriculture
to furnish a statement of receipts and
disbursements and estimates for next
two years, went over on objection.
House bills introduced —To protect
game in Bertie. To adjust freight
claims. To pay claims of the shell fish
industry. To prevent tax collectors car
rying concealed weapons.
MONTE CARLO CHESS TOURNEY.
Tuesday's results In the Monte Carlo
ishess tournament were Schlechter beat
Didier, Marco beat Regg-io. Mason beat
Janowskl, Gunsberg beat Blackburne,
Mleses and Ala pin drew. Tschlgorln beat
Scheve and Winawer and. Marshall ad
journed their game:
to datej ,
-J * L.
Alapln 1U *i Mason 1 1
Blackburne ..1 1 Mleses .. ....1% %
Didier 0 2 Reggio 1 1
Sunsberg ....1 1 Scheve 1 1
Fanowskl ....1 1 Schlechter ...1 1
Marco ' 1 1 Tschigorln ...1%
Marshall % Winawer 0 1
MRS. NATION SISTAINED.
Tbe Saloon-Smasher Dismissed by tbe
Court—She Talks to tbe Legisla
ture.
Topeka, Kas., February 7.—City Attor
aey Gregg to-day dismissed the charge
leld against Mrs. Nation for smashing the
"Senate" saloon on Tuesday. The city
las no ordinance covering the destruction
it personal property, he said, but under
:he laws of Kansas the State can prose
:ute Mrs. Nation, if what she destroyed
:an be proved to be personal property. ■
Mrs. Nation immediately passionately
:hanked him and then, facing the women
who had crowded the court room, Mrs.
Mation began to sing "Praise God. from
SVhom All Blessings Flow." The court
•oom was temporarily turned into a praiso
meeting.
Judge MaGraw commanded that the dls
:urbance cease, but Chief of Police Stahl,
who has openly favored Mrs. Nation's
vork, interrupted with "Go ahead, ladles,
ind'sing all you want to." And they did,
jreaking out with even greater vigor with
:he words "God Be With You Till We
Weet Again." Unable to continue business
he court was adjourned and Judge Ma
3raw left the building.
Mrs. Nation took Chief Stahl to task
for not destroying the liquors seized by
lis men in raiding the saloons.
Mrs. Nation addressed both houses of
:he Legislature to-'iight on the saloon
:raflfic. Her request that she be allowed
:o speak, was voted upon favorably by
i large majority.
Mrs. Nation walked upon the clerk's
platform and suggested that the noes in
:he vote came from the liquor traffic. Sht
isked those who voted no to stand, anO
she would show them their error.
"Now, gentlemen," said Mrs. Natior
sarnestly, "you can remedy this condltior
by knocking out the clause in the prohib
itory law which gives the county attor
ney the right to summon witnesses, bill
refuses him the right to compel them te
testify. You would do It if common mur
derers were running loose. I have beer
forced to do this smashing before. Yon
have not been doing your duty. You re
fuse me the vote, and I had to use a rook.
The saloon man is a malicious pauper.
He thrives off the life blood of the men
of this nation." Later she addressed th«
j Senate along the same line.
| THE LANCASTER'S MEN IN A FIGHT!
Washington, February 7.—lnformation
has been received here of a clash between
3ailors of the United States naval vesss!
Lancaster now at Laguira, Venezuela,
and the populace of that city. From wha)
can be gleaned the difficulty is without
any political significance, and. in ali
probability was the outcome of a brawl
between sailors who had been enjoyine
themselves on shore leave. As a result ol
the difficulties the Lancaster's men were
forced to take to their small boats and
return to the ship. It is understood that
the military forces were not called in to
take any part in the disturbance, al
though it is possible that the police aide-}
In quelling the disorder. No fatal casual
ties are reported on cither side. The Lan
caster has a large number of landsmen
aboard, and was sent to Laguira foi
temporary duty to await the return of th«
gunboat Scorpion, which went to Curacaa
to coal. At the State Department no In
formation was obtainable, although offi
cials would not deny that Minister Loo
mis had communicated with it on tht
subject.
A DASTARDLY BLOT REVEALED.
Rome, February 7.—The Fanfulla soyi
that an anarchist has been arrested al
Avelllno, having papers revealing a plol
against the Duke of the Abruzkl.
AGAIN FLOATED.
New York, February 7.—The Mallory
Line steam3hip San Marcos,which sank
by the stern in the East river last
evening, was pumped out during the
night and to-day was dry docked. The
hole punctured in her hull yesterday
while on her way from the Morgan
Iron Works to her dock was said to be
very small.
A REVOLUTION LEADER CAP
TURED.
San Juan de Porto P.ico, February 7.
—President Castro of Venezuela, has
Cabled to the Venezuelan consul here
that General Julian Acosta, the revo
lution leadef, Iras been captured and
that peace prevails.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of t*o^/%
J:
The G. A. R. is Passing Away.
The members of the Grand
Army of the Republic are pass-
I ing away very rapidly. A
Philadelphia special to the Chi
cago Times-Herald says that
the members of the order are
it lying at the rate of 1,000 a
i month. Ten years ago the
i Grand Army numbered 400,489
I men at roll call. Today the
roster shows only 276,00*2
| names, and the list numbers
thousands of helpless old men
who have attended their last
encampment. Adjutant Gener
al Robert B. Wallace says that
all plans for the perpetuation of
the Grand Army have been
abandoned. "Some of the vet
erans may be here twenty years
from now, but not many," he
says. In , the department of
Pennsylvania we numbered
40,511 iii 1890, but today the
records show only 28,818 left.
The death rate will increase i
from year to year until finally
nly a handful of men will be
eft. Thp mortality has in
creased at a slow rate from year
to year until it has now reached
ihe rate of about 1,000 a month
hroughout the country. The
total membership is now 270,-
602. More members of the or
ganization died in Illinois dur
ing the past year than ever
before in the history of that
department, 720 being the num
ber of deaths, being over 3 per
cent, of the membership. A ;
number of posts, reduced to
below seven members, have
been compelled to surrender."
Saves Two From Death.
"Our little daughter had an
almost fatal attack of whooping 1
cough and bronchitis," writes '
Mrs. W. K. jHaviland, of Ar
nionk, N. Y., "but, when all
other remedies failed, we saved
her life with Dr. King's New
Discovery. Our ueice, who
had Consumption in an ad
vanced stage, also used this
wonderful medicine aud today
she is perfectly well." Desper
ate throat and lung diseases
vield to Dr. King's New Dis
covery as to no other medicine
on earth. Infallible for Coughs
and Colds. 50c and $l.OO bot
tles guaranteed by C. L. Wil
son. Trial bottles free.
Rural Free Delivery.
The report of the Postmaster
General shows how rapidly
rural free delivery in this coun- ,
try is coming up to the stand
ard established fifty years ago
in England and nearly seventy
live years ago in France. It is
of long standing too, in Ger- ,
many, Belgium, Switzerland
and other European countries.
It is only three years old in this
country, but it is extending
each year so rapidly that the ,
United States will soon be
abreast of the most advanced
countries in this respect.
On July 1, 1899, there were
iM.it 391 rural free delivery
routes in the country; on No
vember' 1, 1900, the number
liad risen to 2551, serving
1,801,524 people. A route av
erages about twenty-five miles
ul distance, serving about 100
families. A carrier on such a
route is paid $">00 a year, he or
she furnishing the conveyance
and mading deliveries and col
lections each day of the week
except Sunday.
There are 2158 petitions pend
ing, and the Postmaster Gener
al estimates that at the end of
next June the service will be
extended to 3,500,000 persons.
In the cities and towns 31,009,-
000 people are now served by
free delivery, and the Postmas
ter General thinks 21,000,000
more can in the long run be
reached by free delivery. This
will increase the cost of the
entire postal service by about
$14,000,000. but the increased
cost will be far below the value
of the new service to the people.
The appropriation for this year
is $1,750,000, and the Postmas
ter General asks for $3,500,000
to cover the cost of rural free
delivery in the next fiscal year.
Rural free delivery is wel
comed in all parts of the coun
try. It is an unmixed blessing
on the farms and in the small
towns. If leads to good roads.
It promotes intelligence. It
makes better citizens. It en
hances the value of farms. It
keeps the boys away from the
towns. It is needed in every
community, but every commu
nity that desires it must first
look to its roads. The carrier
must have roads that he can
traverse in all kinds of weather.
—Goldsboro Argus.
HE LIKES TO MARRY.
PATTERSON WOULD MAR
RY THIRTY - ONE
GIRLS.
He Courted His Mother-in-law.
He Has One Wife at Present.
New York, Feb. 6.—Robert
J Patterson of Brooklyn, is
now presenting Justice Mattice
of the Supreme Court, the prob
lem of whether to grant Patter
son's wife a divorce or to ap
point a commission to inquire
into the husband's sanity.
Patterson has, perhaps, the
most astounding courting rec
ord in the world. He is a mar
ried man and a father, but
nevertheless it is charged that
he lias wooed thirty-one women,
including his wife's mother and
sisters.
The story of Patterson's mar
ried life is - interesting in that
the singular developments seem
to have dated from the time of
his marriage. Previous to that
young Patterson was an ideal
lover, confining his passion to
the woman he was about to wed.
In an instant all was changed.
With the clergyman's pro
nouncement. that he and Miss
Katie Hoklen were one the
Hood-gates of Patterson's love
burst forth. The ink had
scarcely grown dry on the mar
riage certificates ere he, began
paying his addresses to his
wife's bridesmaids and to the
maid of honor. They took his
advances in jest and gently
brushed him aside, and so Pat
terson besought new fields.
Mrs. Patterson possesses sev
eral pretty sisters. These seem
ed now to exercise a new and
potent charm for Patterson. He
wooed them singly and collec
tively, aud uraged them to
marry him, one and all. The
maidens of the Holden family
were unable to view it in that
light. They bade him begone.
COURTED HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW.
But lie wouldn't. There was
Mrs. Holden, his wife's mother.
Into her unwilling ear he
pOured a tale of love—not the
sort of love a man feels for his
mother-in-law, but real love,
with a fly-with-rae attachment.
Mrs. Holden did not ask him to
show his dying riiachine. In
stead she went straightway to
her daughter and told her of
the extraordinary duplicity, as
she thought it, of the young
husband.
Then young Patterson be
came mdilferent to his wife's
relatives. He went abroad for
us conquests, and at one time
nad seventeen courtships on the
list at one time. One night he
came home and proudly an
nounced to Mrs. Patterson that
twelve women had accepted him
that very day.
Mrs. Patterson thought it Was
carrying the matter too far. To
her expostulations Patterson re
plied that she should wOtiet her
jealousy interefere with a good
thing.
Then she consulted her fam
ily. They advised h'Br v to'bring
suit for divorce.
In court a bevy of 'four wit
nesses testified to Patterson's
strange conduct. Widows and
maidens to the number of' fif
teen blushingly admitted that
they thought themselves en
gaged to the young man. Some
had announced their, engage
ments before they ascertained
that Patterson was already
married.
Justice Mattice • listened in
surprise. Mrs. Emmfi Emmett,
Mrs. Louise Hess, Mrs', Nellie
McCormack, Mrs. John Griffin,
Mrs. John Cahill, Mrs. Maggie
Schaenemann, Miss Annie
Holden and Miss Lizzie Holden,
sisters of the bride ; Miss Mar
garet Lewis, Mrs. Carehler,
Mrs. George Meyers, Miss Jen
uie Smith, and Mrs. Holden,
mother-in-law of Patterson, all
testified to Patterson's endear
ing efforts and his more or less
qualified success.
Patterson smiled. Whether
the smile meant that he thought
they were "foolish to take mat
ters so to heart or that there
were others that they knew not
of was not altogether apparent.
Justice Mattice was amazed,
and asked whether the young
man ever devoted any time to
business. It seems not. He
was too busy makiug love.
Just what is to be done re
mains undecided. Mrs. Patter
son has received the judicial
sanction for absenting herself
from her husband's house ; but
the divorce itself remains in
abeyance. There seems to have
been no such misconduct as to
justify an absolute divorce, and
ihe only time Patterson maj
have been said to be guilty of
extreme cruelty was when he
threatened to shoot his wife be
cause she remonstrated against
his conduct in proposing to
elope with her mother.
, Scientists say Patterson will
recover—from what they did
not make clear—but it is inti
mated that the young man's
mind has been affected by his
marriage, and that the latent
love in his nature seeks an exit
all at once. There being no
way by which it can be legally
accommodated, it would seem
that Patterson must content
himself with one wife, with ex
cellent prospects of losing even
that one.
A mania for elopement is not
particularly new, and i* even
4>ron6urit?ed by Some mental
experts to be hereditary.
Whether Patterson's ancestors
were strong in the elopement
line is not known.
Meanwhile Brooklyn society
has been strangely affected.
Maidens and widows are com
paring the photographs of their
lovers with the published por
traits of young Patterson, and ,
trying to ascertain whether or
not they, too, are in the list of
deceived ones. One case of .
mistaken identity has already
been revealed. In that a very
estimable young business man
has been shown the door of a
residence Dot far from Prospect
park, because the father of his ;
lady love was convinced that he ,
was really Patterson masque- (
rading under an assumed name.
What would ordinarily seem (
to be the most reprehensible
feature of the young man's con
duct is what the court seems to
consider its one redeeming feat
ure—the fact that he made love
to his mother-in-law. Justice
Mattice deemed that evidence
of the fact that the young man
might not be altogether respon
sible for his actions.
Patterson is the father of a ,
pretty baby, and Mrs. Patterson
is a remarkably handsome ,
young woman. The young
man is not particularly good
looking, though his ability to
engage the affections of seven
teen young women at the same
time might be taken to indicate
that he possesses some fascina
tions that do not appear upou
the surface. The case excites
the greatest interest, and may
lead.to further interesting pub
lic developments.
/
♦ I
Job Couldn 'a Haye Stood It
If he'd had Itching Piles.
They're terribly annoying; but
Bucklen's Arnica Salve will
cure the worst case of piles on
earth. It has cured thousands.
For Injuries, Pains or Bodily
Eruptions it's the best salve in
the world. Price 25c a box.
Cure guaranteed. Sold by C.
L. Wilson.
What All Boys Should Know.
Don't be satisfied with your
boy's education says the "School
Supplemient," until you are
surg he can— *
Write a good, legible hand.
. Spell all the words he knows
how to ur.e.
Speak and write good Eng
lish.
"Write a good social letter.
Write a good business letter.
Add a column of figures rap
idly.
Make out an ordinary ac
count.
1 Deduct 10i per cent, from
the face of it.
Receipt it when paid.
"Write an ordinary receipt.
Write an advertisement for
the paper.
Write a notice or report of
public meeting.
Write an ordinary promissory
note.
Reckon the interest or dis
count on it for days, months or
years.
Draw an ordinary bank
check.
Take it to the proper place in
a bank to get the cash.
Tell the number of yards of
carpet required for your parlor.
Make neat and correct entries
in the day book and the ledger.
Measure the pile of lumber in
your shed.
Tell the number of bushels of
wheat in your largest bin, and
its value at current rates.
Tell something about the
great authors and statesmen of
the present day.
If he can do all this and more,
it is likely he has sufficient ed
ucation to enable him to make
his own way in the world.
O/LSTORXA.
Bean tha Kiiul You Ha,e BoUgW
1
New Congressional
Districts.
One of the most important
matters that will come before
the present General Assembly,
and certainly one that will cre
ate much interest and discus
sion will be a redistricting of
the State for the election of
Congressmen.
Already leaders of both House
and Senate, as well as a large
number of would-be candidates,
are at work hewing out ten dis
tricts, each doing the work ac
cording to his own ideas of what
is best for his party or most ad
vantageous to his own political
interests. Some of.these plans
are fantastic and shoestringly ;
others lay the State t off almost
by rule and square." Then there
are some happy mediums be
tween these two extremes.
The first bill providing for a
redistricting of the State was
introduced in the Senate yester
day by Senator Arrington.
It is as follows :
An act to apportion to sever
al congressional districts.
The general Assembly of
North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That for the pur- ,
pose of selecting representatives
in the Congress of the United
States, the State of North Car
olina shall be divided into ten
districts as follows.
Ist. Beaufort, Bertie, Cam
den, Carteret, Chowan, Curri
tuck, Dare, Gates, Hertford,
Hyde, Northampton, Pamlico,
Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyr
rell and Washington.
2nd. Edgecombe, Greene,
Halifax, Leneir, Martin, Pitt,
Wayne and Wilson.
3rd. Brunswick, Bladen, Col
umbus, Craven, Duplin, Jones,
New Hanover, Onslow, Pender
and Sampson.
4th, Franklin, Granville,
Johnston, Nash, Vance, Wake
and Warren.
sth. Alamauce,' Caswell,
Chatham, Guilford, Orange,
Person and Rockingham.
oth. Auson, Cumberland,
Harnett, Montgomery, Moore,
Randolph, Richmond, Robeson,
and Scotland.
7th. Cabarrus, Davie, David
son, Mecklenburg, Rowan,
Stanly and Union.
Bth. Alleghauy, Ashe, For-,
syth, Mitchell, Stokes. Surry,.
Wilkes, Watauga, Yadkin and.
Yancey.
9th. Alexander, Catawb a,
Burke, Caldwell. Cleveland,
Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln and
Rutherford.
10th. Buncombe, Cherokee,
Clay, Graham, Haywood, Hen
derson, Jackson, McDowell,
Madison, Polk, Swain, Macon
and Transylvania.
It is claimed by some who
have examiued this bill and
who are acquainted with the
political condition of the State
that it makes two districts that
may be Republican.
One of the brightest members
of the House aijd likewise one
of the best politicians in the
State, has also fft formulated .a
bill for a of the
State.-. • '-. •;
"It is," he "just
my idea of liow the ten districts
could be formed so as to make
them as Democratic, and at the
same time about equal it popu
lation."
The formation of his pro
posed districts is as follows :
First District —Take out Car
teret county and leave it other
wise as it is now.
Second district —Take out of
the present district- the counties
of Wayne, Qre'ene and Lenoir
and add to it Vance and Gran
ville.
Third district— I To be com
posed of Wayne, Greene, Le
noir, Carteret, Onslow, Craven,
Jones, Duplin, Pender and
Sampson.
Fourth district —To be com
posed of New Hanover, Bruns
wick, Columbus, Bladen, Robe
son, Cumberland, Harnett and
Moore.
Fifth district—The present
fourth district with Vance coun
ty taken out.
Sixth district—The present
fifth district with Vance county
taken out.
Seventh district —To be com
posed of Richmond, Scotland,
Montgomery, Staniy, Rowan,
Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Yad
kin and Surry.
Eighth district —To be com
posed of Anson, Union, Cabar
rus, Iredell, Alexander, Wilkes,
Caldwell, Watauga, Ashe and
Alleghany.
Ninth District—To be com
posed of Mecklenburg, Gaston,
Lincoln, Catawba, Burke,
Mitchell, Yancey and Madison.
Tenth district —The present
' ninth district with Madison and
Yancey left out and Cleveland
put in.
"This plan would make all
the ten districts Democratic,"
said the gentleman who pro
posed it. "The smallest Demo
cratic majority in them, as
shown by the vote for Governor
Aycock, will be in the ninth,
2,114. The next lowest is the
sixth, 2,400; next lowest the
eighth and tenth. 2,500, and all
the others 4,000."
. Another plan proposed is to
make the ccunties between the
two mountain ranges in the
west a district which will be
Republican beyond all questiou.
This enables the rest of the
State to be divided up into nine
districts that will be easily
Democratic. This plan, how
ever, is being vigorously op
posed by the Democrats resid
ing in the proposed Republican
district and for this and other
reasons it has met with small
favor among members of the
General Assembly.—News and
Observer. ' •»
STATE NEWS.
Henderson Gold Leaf: Mr.
John A. Fleming tells the-Gold
Leaf of a singular incident in
connection with a cow belong
ing to Gus Watkins, who lives
in the Nutbush neighborhood.
She seemed peculiarly affected,
refusing to eat, and "finally her
jaws became fixed, in which
condition she died. There were
unmistakable evidences of lock
jaw and to ascertain if possible
what was the matter with the
animal Mr. Watkins had her
cut open and examined. Im
bedded in.the cow's heart was a
large size darning needle, the
heart itself being in advanced
stage of putrefaction.
The cow had evidently swal
lowed the needle and it worked
through the stomach into the
heart. Had it not penetrated
that organ it is probable that
the needle would have worked
its way to the outside with no
ill effects upon the poor beast
for having made a needle cush
ion of her stomach.
Winston Sentinel: A farmer
here a few days ago told a story
which he claimed was true. He
sakl that a year ago he came to
Winston and bought an old
"plug of a horse" for fifty
cents. He took the animal
home and made a crop with
him. Last fall the horse died.
The animal's bones were saved
and the farmer brought them to
this city receutly and sold them
for seventy-nine cents. Accord
ing to this farmer's statement
it would pay all the owners of
fifty-cent animals in this section
to consult the bone dealers be
fore disposing of their stock.
Kinston Free Press: Julia
Outlaw, colored, had visitors at
her home in the southern part
of Kinston yesterday evening.
They had between them a bottle
of gin, and they made the Out
law woman's seven-year-old
boy drunk. They gave him all
he could drink. The boy went
to sleep and could not'be arous
ed, and the mother, becoming
alarmed,' summoned Dr. ' Ray
Pollock. : But it was tod late.
The child died shortly after the
doctor reached the liom,e.
Raleigh News and Observer :
The Charlotte papers quote Mr.
McAden, who recently visited'
Raleigh, as saying that he
didn't see any lobbyists in the
city. He evidently didn't run
across the 199 school book lob
boists in the citv not to speak
of the others. Mr. C. T.
Williams, representative from
Dare, appeared before Governor
Aycock yesterday morning and
offered a pleft for the pardon of
Richard Simmons, colored, who
was convicted of larceny in
Dare Superior court in 1893.1
The go vernor immediately'
granted the pardon, and the I
prisoner will start for his home
at Roanoke Island Friday
morning to join his wife and
children after an absence of
seven years. Simmons' offense
was stealing a ham. Dr.
Cyrus Thompson, the late sec
retary of state, will probably
engage in business here and
remain a resident of Raleigh,
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that
application will be made to the
next General Assembly by the
County Commissioners of Har
nett, to allow Harnett County
to issue bonds for the building
of bridges across Cape Fear
River in said county. This Dec.
19 th, 1900.
By order of the Board.
E. F. Young,
Chairman.
A. C. Holloway,
Clerk,
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SHIP SUBSIDY BILL
k STKONU AND PERSISTENT FIUII'I
AGAINST THE MEASURE.
Senator llalo Konmls n Note nC Worn:
Ing as to the Kxlravajjanco of Tlila
Sedition of Congress, aud Says lII>
Htcaal of a Billion Dollar t'onsr«-Kii
It Will be n Billion Dollar Session.
Washington, February 7.—The Senate
fad both day arid night sessions to-day.
Die Pension Appropriation bill, appro
priating $144,000,000, was passed after a
few minutes' consideration. The Ship
Subsidy bill was then taken up and Mr.
McLaurin, Dem'oorat, announced.his in
tention to support the bill, and Mr.
Morgan, Democrat, opposed it in vigor
>ua language.
Mr. McLaurin, of South Carolina, pre
sented the certificate of re-election of
Hon. J3. R. Tillman as a United States
Senator.
The bill to pay travel allowances on
discharge from the volunteer army to
officers and enlisted' men of the Elev
enth Cavalry and Thirty-sixth and
Thirty-seventh regiments of infantry,
who entered the military service of the
United States in the Philippines, was
passed. The House also passed the
bill.
The Senate also passed the following
bills: Establishing a first order light
near Hillsboro, Fla.; providing for the
erection of a public building at Char
lottesville, Va., and making an appro
priation of $lOO,OOO.
The Pension Appropriation bill was
then taken up and passed.
The Ship Subsidy bill was then taken
ui>.
Mr. McLaurin, of South Carolina,
spoke in support of the bill, basing his
advocacy of the measure upon the the
ory that its passage would benefit the
cotton-growing interest of the Southern
States. He cited the action cf the
Southern Cotton Spinners' Association
at Charlotte, N. C., in urging legists-.
tion of the character purposed in the
pending bill. He contended also that
anything that would stimulate Ameri
can shipping would benefit not only the
cotton interest, but all other agricul
tural interests. The resolutions adopt
ed at Charlotte, he said, typify the.
sentiment of the entire South and pre
sage a- return of the old prestige and
prosperity of that section.
Mr. McLaurin referred to the effect
of the civil war upon the South, and
said the time had come to put aside the
animosities aroused by that struggle
and to take up the interests that were
characteristic of the old South.
Mr. Mallory said in reply to Mr. Mc-
Laurin that his opposition to the bill
was based upon the opinion that it
would not do what it professed to do in
aiding American shipping.
Mr. McLaurin said that he himself
felt that the bill gives too much ti>
high-speed vessels, and he hoped it
would be amended.
Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, asked Mr.
Allison for an estimate of the total ap
propriations for the next fiscal year.
Mr. Allison said he thought a fair
estimate' would be $760,000,000.
Mr. Cockrell, of Missouri, thought the
tide was rising rapidly. "We are get
ting into a very current of expendi
tures," he.
"Yes,"' said Mr. Hale, "the tide is
gaining rapidly, and before we know it
we will have a billion dollar session In
stead of billion dollar Congresses, con
cerning which we heard so much talk a
few ,years ago."
Mr. Hale weiit on to say that the mil
itary budget of the United States, in
cluding. the expenses of the army and
the and the payment on account
af~pensions, would amount to $400,000,-
000, "nearly .'twice as much," he said,
"as is paid by any European country."
Mr. Morgan then spoke for five hours.
Mr. Morgan urged that the Shipping
bill be committed to the committee to
be recast in order that its constitu
tional and other imperfections might be
corrected. He said it was now being
considered not on its merits, but as a
party measure.
"A measure cannot become a party
measure," suggested Mr. Allison, of
lowa, "until we know what it is. As
I it stands.before us now it is merely the
) measure of the committee and is sub-
I ject to such amendment and changes
| as the Senate may determine."
Mr. Morgan expressed the opinion
that the American shipyards now.
without any assistance, were the best in
the world.
"Do you not think," asked Mr. Hale,
"that if the naval ships built in our
yards were put to the test of actual
| conflict they would prove themselves to
I be the best ever constructed? '
"They have proved that." replied Mr.
I . Morgan.
Referring to the competition likely tc
arise between the United States and
foreign nations when this Government
Bhould vote a subsidy to American
ships, Mr. Morgan declared it would
result in a commercial conflict between
the United States and Great Britain, in
which the financial batteries of the two
countries would be arrayed against
*ach other. He was inclined to think
;he United States might be worsted in
such a conflict because of the im
mensely superior sea power of Great
Britain.
Mr. Morgan pleaded for the restora
tion of the Clay amendment of the
Subsidy bill, authorizing negotiations
[or a right of way for the Nicaragua
:anal. Much as he opposed the Ship
ping bill, he indicated a purpose not to
>ppoae it if the Nicaragua amendment
svas added and provision made that
Congress should have power to repeal
ihe shipping act at any time.
At 5:30 a recess was taken till 3
' when the Senate reconvened .at 8
»'ck>ck the galleries were crowded.
Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, immediately
suggested the absence of a quorum.
Thirty-six Senators responded to their
names —not a quorum.
Mr. Jones instantly moved that the
Senate adjourn, but withdrew the mo
tion when Mr. Seyell, of New Jersey,
demanded that the absentees be called.
Xhe presence of only forty-one Senator®
—four less than a quorum—wa» derel ■
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