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COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1903. i
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kweMen .
Are Not uneasy.
The editorial ia The Citizen yesterday
...niim to the fact that Judge
filing 8111:1 " -
Ll J '"er Surir CUrt idS h8d M" of all the proper in tbU State Will
wrpd the Uranu Junes u. bcycioi wmu
indict- be
th8t dealing in "tuturea
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interest here because a
Hile ere" "
w
v.nf neonle are more or less interest
L ere has been notning iu me nature
however over any possible CDurt
It niiiy be' said that the position of
Malar"1
ktioD-
Li Stock exchanges in respect to their
lealini?8 is briefly that there is i.o gambling
.a Tvith the business other than
JjoDDet -
imI.nt nf chance which pervades all
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Lice ami raakf s some ventures profit-
Ible and others not. ine excnanges buy
Ljeil stocks, cotton or graiu ior cusiom'rs
fndiare prepared to deliver it fb the ens-
Leror receive it from him for delievtry
Wding to whether he buys or sells. But
Uothis he must put up me total price of
lUrSe If be is uuwiiunjc to cio mis tne
0USe will lend him money on his transac
ion If be buys stocks It will lend him
5 m 97 per cent of the total price
with the understaudi g thnt
;nck wlncn u
has bought for to
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bv it as c.llHtT;il
ijD Him;-1"
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,d heii t: i- puce U'-es oah t. the
. ' ! if -rliu twin:!) ufliali cull tliA
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fcil ti !:.l I !t ",a ' r "J"
Jut S'iCb a iransaction is p rl;-Ct y Ugiti
Lif ai d there is an actual purchase and
Belivery. 1 ne gooas may not oe
delivered
jo the purchaser but it is claimed they are
eHverod to his agent, the house though J
Which he deals, by his orders ai d that this
gjquiyHlent to a delivery to him. It is
megeated in many cases -tocks Have been
dually been paid tor and delivered in
heville. At rate, whether sati.sfac-
7 or not, this is the explanation giveii
r marginal tra des Citizen.
m ti mi
TraYeling Men Resent
Booker Washington Dinner
The commercial travellers are arranging
t&e official notice of the action djthel
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V.U ,fl iof oorvad hrdabfiifir. trt I SCI
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Bto. Woinnlnn and a nnmhr gf I c
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other negroes Sunday morning, to the ex
clusion of white guests. They resent the
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action of the proprietors of the hotel
in permitting the negroes to eat in the
dining room while white persons were
offered improvised tables - in the reading
rom. '
Mr. B. H. Marsh, a well
known travel
of the North
ling man, and secretary
Carolina division of the
travelers' Pro-
tective Association of America, spent the
day 3b the city and infonned a Chronicle
reporter this afternoon that a special meet
ing of the association would be called at
once to take suitable action. Mr. Marsh
saifc . .
"Travelling men generally denounce the
affairs as a disgrace to the , State and an
insult to the travelling fraternity, and
there are many demands for a special
meeting of the T. P. A.'s at once. As
soon as I return to my home in Winston
Salem, I will send out noticpf the meet
ing for the purpose of considering this
matter. In the meantime, you may say
that the members of the T. P. A. and
other commercial organizations will give
the Hamlet hotel a wide berth in the
future, Bince they consider the action of
the hotel people of that place, ia feeding
the negroes while white euests were ex-1
duded from the dining room, as nothing
short of an outrage, to sav nothing of a
lackof annnm.Hnn rt the nf.rnnftire of
the travelling. public-Charlotte Chron-
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The Heat In Spartan burgr
Yesterday was, if anything, hotter
tTuesda,. The Su,WyS emitted
the scorching, stifling beat, which beat
dawn on the streets and pavemefit and
on the head of the pedestrians ana
others: So far no sun strokes have been
; reported, but if the dry heated term
' COntinnoe a s,nanrn mov Konnmfl an
wuOj Of DUUOUIU&D WWWW
everyday occurrence, Herald.
The Southern Rail-
weiy Pays Taxes.
The Southern Railway has paid to the
State Treasurer fc64.804.15. the full
amount of its taxes under the recent as
sessment of the Corporation Commission.
4li no i. " ... .
oo,20U for owned lines and 811. DtM,
'orW.Hnea.-The chec. wa,
; urawn on the Citizen's National Bank
RaieiaK na o,t ir. Renrv
v Ita.leien, and was paid in by Henry
Z' filler. This is the first of the 4bree
roads to nav in it tax Tt ia divided
: . . w pav ln us lx' At is.diviaea
I01l0ws: For .reneWl nnrne 91.
.idtfornenalona... 10.368.66.
News Fro:
State Capital.
Raleigh, Aug. 25. State Auditor Dixon
..il.h.. .1. ' H' w.
vB mm ne ieeis reasonaoiy sure the val-
increasdf from 25 to 35 per cent., this
including tne tax on railways. He thinks
that the total amouutof taxes will besuffi
cient t met the Site's expanditurea !and
thus relieve tie situation which latt year
has be m quite a tr ublesome one. He ex
pects considerable rcyer ui fiom the whis
key tax under the new law. Of course no
one can ted yet what this tax will be, and
still le.s what it will b next year as so
many towns are going dry. Still there is
liability lor the tax until the saloons and
distilleries are closed.
The Masons are certainly goinjr to work
most earnestly to promote their great Ma-
nic temple fair here. All sorts of new
schemes are being mought out. It is th
hope that ..somethintr like 10.000 will he
realized from the fair.
Tbe leading negroes in this State seem
to be very earnest in their effort to put
down those who bring discredit upon the
color. They claim that they wJU be able
do a great deal along this line, and na-
turallv tht white neonln rtr limUino- with
int- re-t upon th- steps they take.
It is now cert un tha' South Cnrolina and
Vi gia viill i n-opprHte with thi State u
the tff.irt to fiobt the toHncc trust. It is
not yet known whether there will be co
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operation in the efforts to get the Federal
government to attack
this trust in the
courts.
Reports from 79 counties . to the State
Superintendent show a total enrollmant of
white children in rual schools of 229,063.
Last year the enrollment ia" the rural
schools was 207,936, so the increase is 21,
705. Seventeen counties have not report
ed, Mecklenburg being among these delin
quents. The report of the enrollment in
the rural schools of Bumcotnbe is 7,561
white average attendance 4,172.
F. B. Arendell, one of the State's agents
for securing private subscriptions for the'
exhibit at the St. Louis. Exposition, says he
has been out of the State a "fortnight. To-
day he resumed worked. He says he will
ay lenal mMAnA lu &UaulUIe IIBU. XUC
Ksivtmf!na'Awi in a liillo nrVkih 010 AO
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State Treasurer. The various factories
are rapidly settling aside money. North
Carolina will be all right at St. Louis.
Hero of the Merrimac
In Onr Mountains.
Afc special from Way nesyille says:
"Captain Richmond Pearson Hobsoo.
of Merrimac fame, passed through
Asheville Monday, on his way to Way
nesville, where he is visiting his sis
ters, one of which is recuperating from
a spell of illness. Quite a flurry was
created among the young ladies when
his name was noticed on the register.
He U yet safe, however, from all at
tacks, as the fair, sex from Southern
states seem a little timid when he is
around. Captain Hobson will probably
be here for some time and expresses
himself as very much pleased with this
eection and particularly with this spot."
Governor Aycock's La
- bor Day Proclamation,
Raleigh, N d Aug 27th 1903. Gov
ernor Aycock
this afternoon issued j
proclamation Requesting
all citizens of
North Carolina to observe Monday, Sep-
temper ?th. 4 Lapor Day, as holiday in
recognition of legislative act a d
view to me couuuuouuo " "
ing of good will which exists between aa
nf thia otatp and that in everv wat
p08Sible employers may co-pperote with
employes tn wormy recognition ox u.gn.iy
SS
ar as possible, cessation rof business, that,
au places of business be closed so iniployea
may eujoy a day of rest and thanksgiving';
pay ought to be observed by all person
hn expression of appreciation of those wr
I ...I IllVtn thpm rPStS TtT re. DrOSDCIV
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ty, success and happiness of state. i
Sena. tor Hanna Improves;
Cleveland, O., Aug. 26. ' h- conditia
of Senator Hanna is much improved, and
his physicians think he may be out tomr
row or next day.
Funeral of "Bill Arp."
Aflanta Ancr: 2fi. Thft - funeral Of
' to .
.sen
aiea mwuuaj , b uis ls
ville, Ga., was held to-day from tke
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The services were exceedingly simple,
. A ...tu u
aCCOruing W WiG wpreuwisuwui tuo
I late philosobher.
Our Euroupean Squad
ron Goes to Syria.
Oyster Bay, Aug:. 27 President
Roosevelt to-night issued orders that
the European squadron, under he com
mand of Admiral Cotton,' proceed im
mediately to Beirut, Syria, to be in
readiness to support any demand made
by the United State's on Turkey on ac
count of the assassination of William C.
Mgelssen, United States Vice-Consul
at Beirut.
For several days President Roosevelt
has been following closely the devel
opment of the situation in Turkey .
With a view to considering the subject
the more carefully the President and
Secretary of State have arranged for a
conference to-morrow at Sagamore Hill.
The Secretary is now en route to Oyster
Bay. At the conference to-morrow the
President and Secretary Hay will con
sider the Turkish situation.
In the absence of definite information
concerning the assassination of Vice
Consul Magelssen, the President will
take no decided action beyond that al
ready taken in ordering the European
squadron to Beirut.
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BULLET WENT WILD.
Onr Vice-Consnl Was Hot
Assassinated; f
Constantinople, Aug, 28. It transpires
that the report tla the Vice-Consul,
Magelssen was killed, is incorrect t An
unknown individual fired at him and the
bullet passed close to him' bht did not
touch him. ; 1
The Vali of Beirut afterwards visited
Tice-Consul Magelssen, . exprt gd his re
grets for the outrage and ordeoed meas
ures for tbe arrest of the parpetrator.
The error in stating that Vice-Consul
Magelssen had been killed arrose from a
mistake iu a cipher telegram.
Washington, Aug. 28. The state de
partment tonight received j a cablegram
from Minister Leisman at Constantinople
confirming the Associated Press dispatch
announcing inat ine rep r tuai vice-
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Consul Magelssen at Beirut had been as
sassinated was incorrect. The minister
says the mistake made by him in announc
ing! the assassinetion was due to an error in
transmission of tbe cipher dispatch from
Consul Ravudal at Beirut.
New York, Aug. 28 In : response to a
telegram of inquiry regarding ihe reported
assassination of Vice-Conaul Magelssen at
Beirut, Sryia, Mr. Freycr., treasurer of the
Board of the Presbyterian mission at Beirut,
has cabled to Ihe Associated Press as fol
lows: i
"Beirut, Syria, Aus 28. Though the
attack made on Vice-Consul ; Magelssen
was evideutlv premeditated, the bullet
missed him and he esctped uninjured.
(Signed)
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State News Items. !
Raleigh, N. C Aue. 28.
(jovernor Aycock returned this morning
from Asheville. He expressed himself as
delighted withthe encampment of the
First Regiment there. He'said the people
were very kind to the troops and the latter
enjoyed the encampment immensely. s we
Spoke of the good behavio ai .j legards
orODerty. saving that on the camp was
tree ull o read aDples and that this had
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State suneriutenaent 01 ruDiic instruc-
I tion Joyner will not return here from his
gpeaking tour until the middle of next
OTefc The educatioUl capaiga m no.
end this month, but will be carried on un-
til frost. Prof E. C. Brooks says it will
be prosecuted with unabated vigor during
tne autumn. He fs now making out a list
1 Qf appointmen of s k r rj Septem-
1 I - T., ikia irroat o)ilAfltinna1 mmnfllirn
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j which becan with the summer, over 500'
snppches have been made. It i? an even
r
greater ; mpaign than that last year,
The Gold Fever
' Is In Mexico.
Citv of Mexico. Auff. i27. Excite-f
ment here is at fever heat over the find
ing of a wonderfully rich gold deposit
at Ejutla. All mining men here and
1 iavoo
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saiguuuwmu.-. -..-v
richest and most .extensive eold dis-
trict vet discoverd in this country and
trict yet ctiscoveru in xnis country uu
stamrnedft to the section is aticinated.
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Lipton Gives Up.
i uomesi no iiioreior uup.
J New;"York, Aug. 28. Sir Thomas Lip-
od, alioartdrhe Erin, declared today that
he will never ehalenge again for the Amea-
cup until a man has been found in England
who equalled Nat - Herreshoff in yacht
.Kulding. The baronet, Admitted .his dis
appointment at his failure and frankly said
that he had no hope of winning even a
single race. He said:
"American brains anddevelopmmt have
ns beaten. If the day ever comes when
England produces a Herreshoff, then I will
ehalenge for the cup again. It is unpleas-
ent to be compelled to admit it, but the
brains in boat building are on this side of
the water. Herreshoff is a wizard. His
work is wonderful; noue can have admired
Reliance more than I have. She is the
best boat by all odds and has won in strict
mefit
"I am a most disappointed man. My
hopes where high when I left home for
surely I believed we would carry buck the
cupl ,
"Yesterday's fluke only prolonged the
agony for me. I do not want to win on
any slips and I regretted Reliance's failure
to get over the line as much as any one
could."
Sir Thomas was asked why it was that
Shamrock III was not given more sail
are. He replied that he -trusted every
thing regarding construction and design to
the best of England's talent. He compli
ments Captain Barr and said that he had
no fault to find with the way in which the
Shamrock had been handled.
' "I hope," he said, "that we will get a
good 25 knot breeze and a heavy sea toinor
mow. Then we will have had all the
chat;ees on the calendf r to try out Sham
rock's qualities.
The baronet praisied the hospitality and
generosity of Americans and expressed the
belief that many of them wanted to see
him take the cup. "They would push
Shamrock over the line ahead if they could,
I believe.''
Big Camp Meeting.
. We have a circular announcing the
Falcon camp meeting, t) be held "in ti e
nw tabernacle at Falcon, Cumberland
county, N. C . from August 28th to Sep
tember 6th, inclusive.' This hysterical
circular reads n part a3 oo s:.
Jesus coming soon, arid the Holy
Ghost is calling out from the world a
people for his namel Have you heard the
call and are you ready to meet him?
I Come and hear about this glorious truth.
I .Ti . m.1 - it W a
-It is the will of God even your sanctificja-
tionl' Have you received it? Come and
hear more about it k
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The - circular mentions among the
preachers several who have set more than
their duet share 6t people crazy and con
cludes with a statement of the accommo
dations on the grounds and this paragraph:
'P. S. Bring with you a lantern, wash
basin, Boap and towels, and sheets and
quilts for bedding." Charlotte Observer,
Ohio Democratic
State Ticket Nominated
Columbus, 0. Aug. 26. The result
Of the convention leaves the party or
ganization in Ohio 18 to 3 in the hands
of the BryatfIohn&on element for next
year, when delegates to the Democratic
national convention are to be selected.
The ticket:
Governor Tom L. Johnson, of Cleveland-,
Lieut.-Governor Frank B. Niles, of
Toledo. j
Supreme Judge Ed w. J. Dempsey, of
Cincinnati. ,1
Attorney General Frank S, Monett.
of Columbus. '
Treasurer of State V. J. Dahl, of
Washington Court House. - j
Auditor of State C. A. , Kloebe, of
Wapakoneta. ;
School Commissioner J. H. Secrest,
of Ottawa.
Ex-Senator Butler Es-
Boer Colony
JL uuti, J" l&liUIUCU J.XU111 UJ.CA1CU
where I secured liberal concessions for
the Boer emigrants and completed the
arrangements for our syndicate to develop
oil wells in Mexico' said ex-Senator Mar
ion Butler, who was here yesterday on his
way to Elliot to visit hi family.
Ex-Senator Butler and Pettigrew of
South Dakota arc organizing the syndacate
to develop id Mexico the oil fields, which
arejui extension or continuation of the
Beaumont belt. A tract of half a million
acres has been secured and the promoters
are ready to begin work j f
On this immense tract the first colony
of Boers will be established this fall. Four
Boer generals visited Mexico with Mr.
Butler and spent eight days on horseback
riding over the territory They were de
I hgvu met rnfi..n1 f tf!..
lighted with the land, whih is very much
like the portion of Africa occupied by the
Boers. VThe first colony of 100 family will
probably arrive this fall. Mr. Butler1 had
an interview with President Diaz and ob
tained most liberal concessions for the
Boers. They are relieved of import and
export duties for several years and will
have other special privileges. -
"I was anxious to "get the Boers to come
to-North , Carolina." said, the ex-senator
"but the land desired is not available.
They want a compact tract, with their
farms adjoining so they can have indeed
a Boer colony. They have 100,000 conl
tiguous acres of rich high land in our
Mexican tract'.' . .
The Boers are more dissatisfied now til an
at the close of tbe war, I according to Mr
Butler. England has failed to. keep her
agreement with them I and has ': neither
reimbursed them for Iheir. property nor
allowed, them any local self-government
The Boers are almost ready to fight again
Raleigh Post.
tablisning
Georgia Yagrancy Law
Sweeping the State.
Atlanta, Aug. 26. More than 2,000
arrests have been made in Georgia dur
ing the past two weeks for vagrancy.
All persona, both white and colored,
who cannot tell the police exactly what
their, occupations are are arrested and :
sent i mmediately to the chaingangsl
This is under the new vaarrancv''law
which hasrrecently been put into opera
tion. . . '
The idlers throughout the State are
seeking to avoid " the consequences of
this law in various ways. Many negro
women are getting married to escape
the Haw, as married women are not ar
rested if they can show that their hus
bands are working for them.
cans Oppose
Ao Extra Session.
WatbbgfeaS Aug. 26. Leading republi
cans are ea.u now to be - opposing the cal
ling of an. extra session of Congress in Nor
vember. The reason for this is that they
believe financial legislation Impossible, on
account of the divergent views , of the
question held by the republicans and de
mocrats! , : "
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Francis GroverCleveland
New York, Aug. 26. The baby boy
recently born unto Mrs. Grover Cleve
land at Buzzard's Bay, Mass., has been?
christened Francis Grover Cleveland,
the name selected by the other chil
dren after their father and mother.
Heroic Treatment for a
Snake Bite.:
Mr. . Cornelius Wheeler, while on his
return one evening last week from town
to his home on Buck creek, came in con
tact with a huge venomous snake of the
mountain tribe which coiled around his
lower limb and Inflicted two severe gashes
with its fancrs while Mr. Wheeler was try
ing to extricate the reptile from his leg.
One took effect in his right leg just below
the knee, and the other in his right hand.
He went immediately to the residence of
"Aunt Jennie Simmons," who -has the
reputetion of removing all poison" injected ,
into tbe flesh by any poison stake and her
application of treatmftnt 'seemed to have
good effect, though at several times during
the nigEf "those gathofod around his bed
said did not think he would live tbtough '
the night.- After he was bitten- by. the
stake he says that he drank about a pin
of whiskey, one' half pint spirits of . tur-'
pentine one quart of blackberry wine and?
ate two and one-fourt plugs of the "Rdv
Eledhant tabacco and within twentyt .-.
four hours he was able to sit up and he
- MH improving. Marion New.
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