VOL., 11.
„ T" "TTffX II.LIH PERKINS was
\A/ eight years old and Nero
\ \ was only four, but when
Nero walked on all fours
he was nearly as tall aa Willie, and
When be lifted his great shaggy dog
ihlp upon his hind legs he could lay
his forepaws ou Mimebody's shoulders,
•nd that somebody Was Willie's father.
Mr. Perkins called Willie and Nero
"the chums." and it was indeed seldom
that the two were apart, except at
school times and meal times, and
when the sandman had paid Willie a
visit; even at those times they were
not far apart. When Willie went to
school Nero rotted along by his side,
ind. like the good fellow that he '
was, when they came to the door and
Willie said, "Now. old boy, you wait
for me right here in the yard and be
sure not to frighten any of the chil
dren as th-y come lu. Tell me good
by now and be- a good fellow." Nero
would wag his tail very hard, lick
the liaifd that had been patting his
bead so lovingly all the time Willie
was talking to hint and then lie down
•*snd watch hia master disappear
through the great door of the school
house.
But the happiest fl'me 'for "the
rhutus" was when Willie put bis books
sway for the long summer vacation
ind he and Ntyo hud the whole day to
gether. Even when Willie had cut
the kindling It was Nero who carried
It to the house in a basket held tightly
by his strong teeth. while Willie car
ried a bucketful of coal.
By snd by Willie began to tell Nero
#f a great day that was coming when
ill the boys would have firecrackers
snd Itoiiian caudles and torpedoes, and
there would be flags flying and bauds
filayiug and everybody would have a
good time. Nero always listened to
♦tery word that his little master said,
snd now and then when Willie would
give his head an extra hard pat by
way o* emphasis Nero would bark and
let his tall going harder than ever.
That tail always wagged when Nero
was pleased. Sometimes WiUla'a
mot her would allow the dog to come
Into the sitting room, but one day the
tail knocked a handsome vase off of
the table and broke it, and after that
Nero bad to He down very quietly If
he got Into the house.
Two days before the Fourth Willis
bought his fireworks; there were five
packages of lire crackers and five of
torpedoes, four rockets, fojir Ronisn
randies, two wheels and a long piece
of punk. Nero went with Willie to
the store to buy them, but he had to
wait outside wlille Willie went In, and
so as goon ax they reached home Wlille
opened the package and showed Nero
everything it contained.
"Now. we'll fire off a few crackers,"
'laid Willie to Nero, "but we'll have to*
lave th? most of them till the Fourth,
b'cause us boys are going to have our
trackers an' torpedoes together. Won't
«ve have n fine time, marching to tha
rommons, with our drums beating ana -
fiorns blowing and Hugs flying! Bur
there's one trouble about you, Nero,
•n' that Is, you can't n arch with us
b'causc the boys decided that nobody
tan march without they have one of
our flags, an' there's Just ten flags an'
ten J>oys. I'm to give out the flags an'
nn roaicxD is docblb OOIXMK.
If there was any boy that was sick
yon conic have his place, If yon could
only wave a flag."
Nero dropped "his head and looked
- Willie thought It was be
cause Nero was so badly disappointed,
but perhaps It was because the faith
ful fellow saw that bis friend was
troubled. As they sat there, 'Nero look
log so ssd and Willie with his elbows
resting on his knees and his chin
buried in bis haute, they heard some
one whistle and. looking op, saw Tom
Evans coming toward them.
"Heard the newsT" Tom asked.
"Na What la ltr* answered Willie,
forgetting for a moment his trouble
y, over Nero.
Ed. Bishop's going with hi# folks to
the dty for the Fourth, %n' so youll
have to find some one else to take his
, place in our procession."
Willie gave Nero a quick look. "Oh,
. I wish yon had hands."
"Who'll you get 7' asked Tom, after
I Trailing a moment for wmie to apeak.
-Dunno yet; I'll have to think about
g| |t fjfst. Bee here. r*«, gat Jots of
Things. Twice as araeh as we fcav* to
ftatv."
"I should say yon had! You're
lucky. AH the other boys say they
had .a hard time to pet what they had
to. H*w*d yon manage it?"
. 71 earned the money, getting coal
and kindling," Willie explained.
"Well, you ought to hare the rlctyt
to girt out th* Mid> We'll alt «Wt
here at 10 sharp." and Tom sauntered
ou.
When he was rone Willie began to
talk to Nero again.
"Now, there It is. I hare firecrackers
an' torpedoes enough for you an' me,
too, an' yon helped me frara 'em. carry
i'ng kindling, didn't yon? Oh. why
haven't you some hands to carry a
Hag with!"
Willie was excited now. and up
Jumped Nero, waring his (all an hard
as he could. Willie looked at him for
a minute and then turned a double
somersault, r.nd came op shouting,
"Hurrah! hurrah! You shall march
with as. I know I con do it!"
At'last the Fourth came. and at 10
o'clock all the lioys except Ed. were
gathered In Willie's yard and Willie
was talking to them. ®
"Now, -boys," he was saying, "you
left It to me to put some one In Ed."a
place, an' I hare selected some one
that you- all know an' like. He has
his share of crackers and will wave
his flag line. Will you promise to
give him a rousing welcome when 1 e
comet, so'a he won't feel hurt at being
asked to march with us at tbe last
minute?"
They all promised, and then while
they were asking who It was Willie
ran Into tbe bouse. A few moments
later be came out, ami who should
eony> trotting by hiu side but Nero,
carrying in bis mouth the bsndle of
a basket that was filled with fire
crackers snd wsgglng his tail, to which
was tied a little fiag, pole and all!
The boys all gave a great shout
when they saw Nero, and then they
formed in double column nnd started
for the common. Nero walking by Wil
lie's side, tbe proudest dog that ever
waved a Fourth of July flag.—Fannie
Day Hurst, In the Chicago Herald.
A NUlU^^unU|^y|^(n«rr.
, "Beady-Alm^Flre""'
—New York Journal.
Am t« Tzsvaliag.
When we feel Inclined to grumble
over rapid transit, and Indeed all
means of getting to places, we should
pause: Think of traveling in '76. Then
it waa about "as it waa in tbe begin-
Vessels sailed, by sea propelled
aa In tljp days of tbe Pbaraoha, and
horse power served on land, the
hurried traveler wishes two-hour
trains to New York were livelier; then
they were glad to make the Jaunt In
two daya A few stage coaches then
served. Now thousands of engines
stand ready to carry crowds of pMsen
jen acrow the continent.
lit. V: :4--v. : ir.-i,, J
True to OwriWvM, Omr Neighbor*, Our Country and Our Qoti.
v -V
WILLIAMSTON, N.C., FRIDAY, JUNE 28.1901.
A»Ui«r of "Tli* ItsMfaiiM Burnt.*
Francis Scott Key, the author of
"The Star Spangled Banner." which la
sung more often on the Fourth than
Is any other song, was born In Freder
ick County. Maryland, on August 1.
FRANC 'IS ICOfT
1770. He was a lawyer and the son
o# an officer In the Revolutionary
army. He was graduated from St.
John's College In 1 "I'M. He was after
ward district attorney for the District
of Columbia. Key wrote the eel •-
•b rated song under peculiar conditions.
In 1814, wlifii the British attacked
Washington, Key matured a plan tc
release Ills friend, i>r. WllWlfliii iieanr*
who lind been cnpUired by the enemy.
President a ve**e:
and sent an agent for tile exchange ol
prisoners witn the lawyer. The Brit
Isli commander consented to the re'
lease on the couditiou that tbe Atuer !
Icnn party s.iould ,sce the bombard
ment of Baltimore. When the bom
bardtnent was at an end the Amer
icans looked through the smoke to sec
if the flag wan still floating over the ;
fort. The dawn was Just breaking,
and the Stars and Stripes were flylug
in the breeze unlmrmed. Then Mr.
Key wrote down the words of tbe long
that lias preserved bis name for all
time. He died at Baltimore In lHi.l
Ktlqnatta f« tha Foorin.
Keep moving about on- the Fourth.
It Is always tbe Innocent bystander
who gets shot. ,
The evening of the Fourth is a very
auspicious time to set with your best
girl nnd . watch for shooting stars.
Should you accidentally shoot some
body with' your toy pistol don't add
Insult to Injury by tclliug him that
yon didn't know It was loaded.
If you should buy .i pyrotechnic ci
gar to- boax a friend with be sure tc
nftrk it In such a way that you won't
light It yourself l>y a mistake.
If you glye a '.little' private display
.of fireworks •from 'your front stoop
It is cheaper in tbe end to blre an
experienced man to-set them off. ,
The cautions pedestrian .will eon-_
tinuc to walk- In the middle of the*
street for fear 'the rnischlevons kid
at the window* - should drop a'lighted
firecracker down tbe back of bis neck.
If you own a war-relic In tbe shape
of a inauser rifle don't think It It
a harmless weapon Just tjecause tht
Spaniard who once possessed it wai
nnahle to hit anything with it.— j. J.
O'Connell, In Puck.
a Fourth of July XlghiWr*.
Willie, and we'll blow yon off "
mm IS BITTER.
Deaoaices the South For Disfraactis
ii; the Nffro. -
IAISI WONDS ARE PREDOMINANT
la His Spsech Before the ' Republican
State Convention of OMs-ltasss't
Men Win.
ColumbtfcjT 0.. Special.—The Kepub
iican State convention convened here
Monday afternoon with a large attend
ance. At the conference during the
forenoon. Interest centered in the. con
trol of the new State committee, the
cons:ruction of tije platform and the
tha fight that the State Anti-Labor
League waa making against the re
nomlnatlon of Lieutenant Coventor
Caldwell. The issues on Cj!d«r>ll and
tbe resolutions are atlll being agitate!
but the contest for Btato committee
men resulted In what Is Called a unan
imous victory for the llsnna men,
wl|ii-li include the friends of Goverr.or
Nasb and others. The result assure*
the re-election of Congressman Dick as
chairman of the State executive wouj
mittee.
Hon. P. W. Ourr, chairman of the
State central committee, in a brief
speech congratulated the Republicans
of Ohio on the result of tbe Olio cam
paign last year and predicted victory
for this year. Then he Introduced S n
ator Foraker as the temporary chair
man of the convention. Senator For
aker was most enthusiastically receiv
ed and spoke in part as follows:
"Every vote cast In our State next
November will be a vote for or
the 'administration of William McKin
ley. Just as certainly snd emphatically
as though he were again our candidate
this yesr as he was last; for we limit
of necessity, by the action we taki.
endorse his work and give him encour
agement or discredit his record an 1
embarrass his effoVts. His first admin
istration was triumphantly succersful,
but It could not have b«en to liad It
not been supported by a Republican
Congress. Ills second administration
can lie, and will be, even more Illus
trious than his first If wj gve him
that aame support, but it cannot be.
and will not be so. If we withhold It."
He then ga vtf a history of the Har
rison and Cleveland administratis ns
and went through the campaign* of
1896 and 19M>, Regarding the d sfran
chlsement of colored voters. Senator
Foraker aaid:
"Neither is It a time ta show Indif
ference to the wrong the Demcccatlc
party Is committing today In fie
Southern Ststes againstthe black mun.
whom it Is robbing of his suffrange un
der the forinj of constitutional amend
ment* ua dlsgal enactments l.'iat arc
in violation of tbe constitution of the
United States. This Is worse, If possi
ble. than the Inhumai lynchings of
which we read almost daily. because It
Is without provocation, and Is a b!ow
aimed at a class and tbe g .vornm n'.
of s nation.
"Constituted authority must find a
way to suppress these wrongs, or the
government will deserve to lose the
support of a race that has shr-d its
blood for our fiag In every, war and al
most every field where It has wjved.
Brave, heroic, gallant men were they
who. side our wsrs.They h-lped us to
conquer our Independence, to form our
Union, to preserve our national life, to
carry liberty and frfeedora to Cuba,
and to plant our banner In victory on
the islands of the seas. They are en
titled to the protection of the gave n
ment for which they have so brave'y
fought. It Is an in»xpressib'e fhimi
that such protection is denied. As they
have shared our labor and "perils so
must they share our rewards. In wliat
way their rights will better he s > urel
Is an unsolved problem, but until tiiey
are fully protected, and Democrat c
persecutions and denials of constitu
tional rights have ceased, there slrnld
not be any restoration of the I)rm>.
era tic party to power.
Cotton Oil Company Incorporated.
Trenton, N. J* Special. —The United
States OU Company, capital f12,000,-
000. was Incorporated Monday. The
company .Is to -manufacture and deal
In cotton and other oils and their
products. Incorporator*, Frank if
Ixard. C. Ollea, New York; K. K
McLauren. Jersey City.
Says Oage Is Ignorant.
London, By Cable —A dispatch to
a news agency from St. Petersburg,
purports to quote M. De Wltte, the
Russian Finance' Minister, as saying
that the statement issued by Secre
tary Cage'in explanation of tho > Uni
ted States -Treasury Department's af
yon In Imposing countervailing duties
on certain Russian products, shows
th« question Is'not fully understood
by Mr. Oage. DeWltte says he cannot
Imagine that Mr. Oage would Inten
tionally mislead the people of ' the
United States'and therefore he can
only conclude -that Mr. flagt- Is no(
possessed of all the facta In the case
'V Tbe Callles-
Santa Crux, -Providence of Laguna.
P. I . Special.—When General dallies
surrendered here with 650 men and
800 rifles, be entered Santa Crux to
the music ot native bands, wlilch were,
drawn up in six lines In the church
ysrd. During the surrender of the
arms Callies and hia staff, who were
outside the enclosure, wept, -
The officers afterward walked to
headquarters, where Gkllles tendered
bis sword to General Sumner, who gal
lastly banded It back, f # -
* NMTI STATE CKOFS.
Rising Temperature aad Copious
Rates Have Helped Vegetation.
Frequent showers cloudy, cool
weather prevailed during the w.ek Juat
passed. Kalns occurred at some" p. ate
or otfcer | D the State on every day of
the week, and were quite heavy on the
21st and night o* the 21th. causing
freshets in the amaller streams, but
generally the rains wer? local in char
acter, and over many connt'es. there
were favorable opportunities f.ir farm
work. The temperature averag.nl lu
below the dally normal, bat
was sibt sufficiently low to ba pos tivc
iJLMrilftaM Bf to cUeK# grawth. Max,
imum temperature exceeding SO dejteei
occurred on Sunday and Monday with
Increased sunshine snd really summer
like conditions. The condition of crops
has become very diversified; generally
in the northeastern section and alunf
ae noruiern border of the Btate.
where less rain fell, cultivation liai
made good progress and crops have
made fairly good growth, though they
ire still very backward; In the s rnth
rentral and west portion rain has bfea
continuous, cultivation almost imp .8/
lible. and all crops are in very bad
condition in consequente of gratunil
weeds.
Wheat harvest is nearing completion
In the central-east sections, but has
been delayed by wet weather in the
west; lack of well filled heads indicate
a shorter yield than expected, though
the croKVwill be a good one; there
much eoitVplaint of moulding In shoi-k
and even some sprout ng of ripe grain
In the fields. Corn where w-!l cult vest
ed 11 icclally on iip'amts Is the f.nly
crop that looks well. In the eat goii
progress in hilling has b6rn made, an'l
some farmers have bogun to lay by
early corn; elsewhere growth has b en.
most fields are still gr.isiy; low lands
usually planted to corn have not been
plowed and will be abandoned. Cotton
is making very slow growth, but looks
fairly well-in cultivated fl -Ids; grass
continues to l>; troublesome; in somj
counties lice have appeared on cotton.
Home early planted cotton Is begin
ning to form squares. Toba eo is do n;
well where clean, and generally has
good stand; many correspondent! now
report condition of tohscco au poor.
I'eanuts look fairly welLSptlng oats
are very fine and harvesting them Is
underway. Peaches are getting rlpii but
many are rotting; apple tre.'s a-i' suf
fering from blight, and the fruit con
tinues to fall. Meadows are very Ami.
and a large crop of hay will be ob
tained.
Letter to County Boards.
The Superintendent of Public In
fraction has Issued the following cir
cular letter:
"To County Boards of Education:
The new school law requires that on
tbe second Monday of July your biard
shall elect a county superintendent of
•chools. It would seem needlesc for mi
to rail your attention to the impoitam e
of this election; but the success of the
public schools rests largely upon your
iction. The superintendent should b.'
the leading factor In the ndminltfrra
(Jon'of the law. From him you will get
most of the Information about h >w the
tcbools are being conducted In your
cOunty. It therefore becomes of the
highest importance that you S'Mirc fo"
this office the services of on» of your
best teachers. The work under the new
law will require the entire time of the
qjUtCrintendent while the schools are
in session. We n-ed in every country lu
the State a tescher for superintend n'
who has the confidence of the t ac i
ers in his country—a man that Is a
teacher in e lucaiiona! thought an I
work—a man that (k capital tJ
teach teachers how
that will Inspire and arouse the peoplß
lo the importance of education at this
time. The county superintendent Is re
quired to conduct educational mcetitu.i
in every township. He shcu d be a nron
nf such business Judgment nnd cmr
ago as to see that all the m iney that
belongs to the school- fund s a'l K >
Into the Treasury, und wlth your as
sistance knoj» that it is being wisely
and economically spout for the chil
dren. • •
"You will see that Ihe powers an 1
duties of the county hoards are g
enlarged. It is Important that, yo i ».;-
quire yfmf superintendent lo visit thn
■chools. and encourag- him in every
way you can. The w»rk you have b>-
fore you Ueaianis ycur u at tnoug.n
ind most patriotic d vo'lon. Tliere
never has be?n a time when so much
was demanded of sch ol ofll ers as
now. It Is fioped that you will not only
oe careful in sslect.ng a suitable man
for superintendent, but that you will
also sppoint the best men you can find
in. your coilnty f.:r committ'emen.
"Earnestly beseeching your co-oper
ation In every effort to encr.urage and
stimulate oßir people In tbe great causa
of popular education."
Fatal Railroad Wreck.
PltUtburg. Special.—Train No. 23
was wrecked at Monaca, about 30
miles west of hero Monday evening.
Two persons are dead, three fatally
Injured and forty more or less serious
ly hurt. The dead are: J.»W. Cun
nlngham, 'fireman of the train, lived
at McKees Rocks, Pa.; Ijirry Black,
baggageman. Mount Washington,
.Pittsburg. From pMfleng rs !t
learned that the train, while going at
very fast speed, ran into an open
switch at Monaca and the entire train
went over an embankment some 25
feet high. Every car waa turned ov
er. two or three of them going over
twice. a
. Telegraphic Briefs.
The headquarters of the Brother
flood of Railway Employers will be
moved from _ San Francisco, Cal_, to
Denver,.Col/' • V ~*s
TBfr Hew electric elevator* In the'
Washington Monument, at Washing
ton. D. C., is being tested, preliminary
to public use. -f ' '
A 912.000,000 ooal combine to oper
ate In Marion. Harm-on and Mononga
hela counties. West Virginia, was
chartered at Charleston, W. Va,
CMFUAIIVf WHJLAIIOI.
Figures Showing the Relative Uibu
Analyzing the results for the Unite 1
States according Uk (he pnportio i ol
the entire population found in incor
porated places of varloua i:n, ;t t->
pears that the ISI cities having 2"-.l*oo
inhabitants or more in 19J0 contain an
aggregate of 19,757,618 person*. an I
that this number of persins cda-rtl
•tutes 25.9 per cenL of the total popu
lation considered. This pjpulat ui
does not qgrree whh the popuUuloi
given In census bulletin issued Or obv
25. 1900. on fLcvonnt of the addition o'
two cities, namely Jopliu. Mo., an 1
Honolulu. Hawaii, and a correction it
the population of Chattanooga. T.'nn.
Tn. 1890 there were 124 cities wh'cj ha 1
a population of 25,000 or more, b )
of these cities Brooklyn and Lojs
Island City now form a part of Nov
York city, showing a net ga!a of 39
cities in 1900 as compared with ISJO.
These 124 citify in 1890 had a combined
population of 13.989.568, or 22.2 pt-r
cent, ot the total population considered
at that census.
• Incorporated places having bo! we n
8,000 and 25,000 Inhabitants in 190)
number 3515, and comprise. In the ag
gregate, a population of 4.94 C.091
equivalent to 6.5 per cent, of the endre
population. Plates of similar rhira.>
tcr and size in IX9O numbered 1.-92 ail
contained 8.917 233 persons, or 6.3 per
of Ihe total population.
There are 532 Incorporated plac s in
1900 with a population of more thai
4,000 but less than B.COO. romprisinw
a total of 2.937,327, or 3.9 per cent. ot
such places in 189U with a cimhn',l
population of 1,970.752 and cons l:ut
ing 3.1 per cent ot the total pp.:l.i
tion.
The 60 Incorporated p'aces reiurnei
In 1900 with a population ranging
from 2,500 to 4,000 contain, ia a 1. 1-
896.706 persons and represent J. 5 .per
cent, of the whole population, as c m
pared with a total 0fJ.473/99 pes n
living In 470 Incorporate! places o
similar size in 1890. representing 2.3
per cent, of the whole population, a
against 358. the entire populat.on ten
years ago.
The Incorporated places containing
between 1.000 and 2,Sto Inhabitants in
1900 number 2.130 and represent a
combined total of 3.304.7(0 persona
constituting 4.3 per rent, of the coun
try's present population, while CicM
Incorporated places having under 1.900
inhabitants in 1900 number 6>'!9 ak
'contain 32,007.075 persons, or 4 pet
cent, of the total population. There
were in IX9O a total of 1.591 in o: pira
ted places with a population of more
than 1,000 but less than 2.500. repre
senting 2,489.194 persons In all and
constituting ,4 per rent, of lh» total
population, while the Incorporated
places having a population of less Cian
1.000 numbered 4.742 with a comb n«d
population of 2.203.082. or 3.5 per cat
of the total population In lfc9o.
Bryan on ItannsJ
Chicago. Special.—Wm. J. Itryan. In
a talk with Chicago newspaper men
said: "I am for Mark llanna tor th*
Hopubllcan candidate for presldmt net*
time and hope the Republican •> will
nominate him, but I am not sure I can
control their convention." » "Who
would he a good man for the Pemoc-at?
to nominate?" was asked: "It Is toe
early to talk about any man for tht
D.iioeratlc nomination," said Mr
Bryan. "I have taken up a line of
work and believe I have twenty yean
ahead of me to carry It on."
I
No Strikers to Be Taken Back.
KnoxvJlle, 'Tenn., Sper'al.—Genera
Superintendent VV. A. D, ds n. of thi
Southern Railway dlstllct. piide Ih i
statement relat.ve to the machinists
strike: "None c;f the ma-hinittr wh
went out on a strike three" We*ks ag*
has been or will be taken bicx into thi
shops of the Southern Ita Isay Com
pany. The proportion of m n we |i av
put to work in their places v;rl«« a
different shops. At some places tior«
than half the positions have been fill
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NO. 40.
WANAMAKEk'S OFFHt
Shows Mu ilcipkl Rottenness la Phil'
adeiphla.
Philadelphia. Special Follow nj
his offer to Mayor Ashbrldge l*3t week
to pay the c'ty $3,E0J.000 tor the
street railway franchlsas granted to
certain capitalists in this city by the
rity council, to which he received bo
■•eply , ex-Postmaster General John
Wannamaker Friday night sent a
communication to Congressman Rob
ert H. Forderer, one of the capitalist!
to whom the franchises were granted
offering him 1500,000 for the franchise!
in addition to giving to the city the
sum already offered. A few daya ago
Mr. Forderer. In a newspaper inter
view, la alleged to have- stated that
Mr. Wannamaker's offer to the mayor
was not sincere, and that it had a
string to it." Mr. Wannamaker. la hii
letter to Mr. Forderer, deales the Im
putation and, continuing, says: "I
therefore renew the offer which I mads
to the mayor to pay as therein atated,
to the city of Philadelphia $2,500,000,
and in addition thereto I will add
$500,000 as a bonus to yourself and
your associates to assign to me the
capiance of tho grants and privileges
you now possess. There is sure'y nc
string to this proposition. When yoa
and your associates assign to me the
capital stock, ownership and control ol
the corporations you now possess, with
the engineer's plans, { will pay to you
tho sum of $500,000, and I will pay to
the city or Philadelphia the $2,500.00 C
under the conditions stated in my let
ter to the> mayor.
"In addition to this, I will agree on
the surface r.iads covered by your
charters and the ordinances that S
rent fares only shall be charged be
tween the hours of 5 a. jn., and 5 and
7 p. m.. and not over 5 cents for th*
other hours; and I will further agree
that at any time within five yeara the
city of Philadelphia may resume the
franchises upon the payment of th«
actual money expended arffl invested
in the various enterprises covered by
the charters and ordinances, with G pei
cent. Interest. It is not my desire tc
enter upon the business of railroading
or to make any profit out of any muni
cipal franchise. I merely desire th
people to He? how badly Ihey
wronged and tho magnitude of tlieval
ue of the proporty if which they have
been despoiled. If ytHf should accept
the offer of this letter, I jwlll cheerful
ly put the franchises up to auction and
give the city any sum bid for them in
excess of that which I shall pay undei
this proposition."
A Ghastly Find.
Charlotte, N. C— Special-The gar
dener who works for Mi'. It. A. Evans
on East Fifth street., found a dead
mulatta baby in Mr. Evans' garden
Friday morning. The body had been
covered with an old stocking and
placed In a shoe box. The body of the
infant was taken to the police station
where an examination was made by
Dr. F. O. Hawley, the city physician,
who stated that the baby had beea
born the night previous and had been
bom alive. There were no marks ol
violence to indicate that the Infant hat
been slain. The body was buried by
tbe police. The police have not been
able to find any clue as to the mothe*
of the child.
Visible Cotton Supply.
New Orleans. Speciail Secretin
Hester's statement ot the world's visi
ble supply of cotton shows the total ol
visble to be 2,948,090 bales, against 2.-
»12. 128 last year. Of this the total ol
American cotton is 1,165,090 against 1.-
39>,128 last year, and of all other kinds
Including Ugypt. Brazil, India, etsy 1.-
083,000 against 022,0;«) lust year. Of th«
world's visible supply there is now
afloat and held in Great Britain an.l
continental Europe 1.457,00) bales,
against 1,275,000 last year; in Egypt
148,000 against 102.000 last year; in
India 616,000 against 307,000 last year
and in tho United States 272,000
agalntit 32t>,000 last year.