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RALEIGH, N. C SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1897-
NO. 10.
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THE PUB EXPOSITION
President McKinley Sends a Mes
. . sage to Congress Urging ,
AN APPROPRIATION FOR A
Representation By the United States.
Sherman Thinks the Sum Should Be
$330,000.
The President has sent the following
message to Congress, urging it to make
suitable provision for adequate repre
sentation of the United States at the
Paris Exposition;
"To the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives: I transmit herewith for the
consideration of the respeotive houses
of the Congress, a report of the Secre
tary of 8tb, representing the appro
priateness of early aotion in order that
the, government of the United States
may be enabled to accept the invitation
of the French Republic, to participate
in the Universal Exposition to be held
in Paris in 1900. The recommendations
of this report have my most cordial ap
proval, and I urge upon the Congress
such timely provision for this great
international enterprise as will fittingly
respond to the testified wish and expec
tations of our inventors and producers,
that they may have adequate opportu
nity again, as in the past, to fortify the
important postions they have won in
the world's competitive field of discov
ery and industry. Nor are the tradi
tional friendships of the United States
and France and the mutual advan
tages to accrue from their enlarg
ed commercial intercourse, less im
portant factors than the individual
interests to be fostered by renewed
participation in this exposition, es
pecially when it is remembered that
the present project will be complete
and on a scale of magnificence equal to
the, Columbian Exposition in our own
country.
(Signed) "Wm. McKtnlet."
Secretary Sherman, among other
things in his report, urges that if the
United States is to be fittingly repro
resented, steps should be taken to in
sure such representation by making the
necessary appropriation, and recom
mends an appropriation of $350,00J.- .
FELL IN A FAINT.
When He Knew Ills Gigantic Insur
ance Plans Were Discovered.
At Pittsburg, Pa., C. Lin wood
Woods, of C. T. Woods & Co., bank
ers, has been arrested, charged with
attempt at insurance swindling. When
Woods was confronted by the arresting
officer he fell in a dead faint His
mode of procedure was to insert ad
vertisements in. the local papers
for old men to act as collectors. He
would ask the applicant for bond, but
kindly waived the bond if the applicant
would sign an application for insurance
on his life. This was generally secured
and then Woods would get some irre
sponsible man to sign a promisory
note to the O. T. Woods Banking Com
pany, filled with amounts ranging from
810,000 to $15,000, so that consideration
for the insurance policy at death could
be claimed to be the debt established
by the note.
In Wood's desk were found sixty
five policies with himself as beneficiary,
aggregating $200,000. Chief Harper,
chief of the revision department of the
Mutual Reserve Fund Life Insurance
Association, of New York, charged
Woods with procuring policies with in
tent to defraud.
LIMITED TO ONE WIFE.
The A. M. K. Church Shakes Up the
Ministers for Their Several Sins.
The Virginia conference of the Afri
can M. E. church, which has been in
session at Wytheville for some days,
and those ministers who have not con
ducted themselves properly are tremb
ling.' Resolutions were passed con
demning ministers for getting: divorces
"from their wives. Bishop Handy de
clared that no man in the connection in
the district would receive an appoint
ment who had more than one wife. They
also condemned the use of whiskey and
several men who were found guilty of
using intoxicating drink were left. with
out appointment. Rev. Jas. Minter
wasexpelled from 'the connection for
having two wives. The ruling bishop,
Handy, regards this as a progressive
step for the elevation of the negro race.
Reports Not Encouraging.
The river continues to' rise slowly at
Yicksburg, Miss., and at all points
south, and the situation along the
Louisiana system of levees is acute.
Several thousand men are working: and
watching night and day to hold the
embankments intact-. Reports from the
overflowed Mississippi delta are not
encouraging. ; Many cabins are sub
merged to their very roofs, while several
. have been carried away by the swift
. current. At Greenville the river stands
stationary.
Nominations Confirmed.
The United States Senate has
con-
firmed the following nominations: Al
fred E. Buck of Georgia, to be minis
ter to Japan; James Boyle of Ohio, to
be consul to Liverpool ; Edgar Angie
cf Georgia, to be United States attor
ney for the northern district of Georgia;
Marion Erwen, of Georgia, to be attor
ney f o the United States for the South
ern district of Georgia; Alexander J.
Cook of Mississippi, to be United States
marshal for the northern district of
Mississippi.
Spalding Confesses.
President MoKay, of the University
of Illinois board of trustees, says that
C. W. Spalding, treasurer of the board
and president of the defunct Globe
Savings Bank, at Chicago, 111. , has ad
mitted to him and to Trustee James E.
- Armstrong, that he had hypothecated
the University endowment bonds en
trusted to his care, as treasurer.
Governor Altgeld is mixed up in
the transactions of Spalding, in wreck
ing the Globe Savings Bank, of Chi
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ANNIVERSARY OF JEFFERSON.
W. J. Bryan Was the Guest of
J Honor.
The 154th anniversary of Jefferson
birthday was celebrated Tuesday night
at the Metropolitan Hotel in Washing
ton by a subscription dinner given
under the auspices of tha National As
sociation of Democratic Clubs. The
first celebration of the anniversary of
Jefferson's birthday occurred at the
same hostelry, then known as the In
dian Queen. President Jackson was
the guest of honor and the occasion was
made memorable by the presence of
Vice President John C. Calhoun and
others, Democratic leaders of that day.
Wm. J. Bryan, of Nebraska, the late
Democratic candidate for President,
was the guest, of honor. Senators,
Representatives and others conspicuous
in the councils of the Democratic par
ty, were present. Many of them were
from a distance. Covers were laid for
two hundred, and; a number of people
wore denied seats for want of space at
the tables. The decorations of the'
room were simple. .The. columns were
entwined with Southern smilax and a
full-length portrait of Jefferson, draped
with American flags, was hung behind
the seat of Governor Black, of Penn
sylvania, the president of the associa
tion. Upon his right were Mr. Bryan
and Representative McMillin, who
acted as toastmaster, and on
the left were Senator Jones, of Arkan
sas; Representatives Bland, of Mis
souri; Lentz, of Ohio; ex-Representative
Sibley, of Pennsylvania, and An
drew Lipscomb, of Virginia. Mr. Bryan
was greeted with a lusty cheer as he en
tered the hall. The menu was careful
ly prepared and was similar to such a
dinner as might have been served dur
ing Jefferson's days. The dishes were
all American creations and each course,
as far as possible, represented one sec
tion of the country. The dinner began
promptly at 8 o'clock, an orchestra
playing national airs, blended with
Southern melodies to conform in sym
pathy to the spirit of the dinner. The
toasts were briefly responded to except
in the case of Mr. Bryan, who spoke
at length to the toast, "Xhcmas Jefier
fon." BELL COMPANY WINS.
A Decision in a Suit Involving Five
Million Dollars.
The Supreme Court at Washington,
D. C. , has denied the petition for a writ
of certiorari in the case of the American
Bell Telephone Company vs. the West
ern Union Telegraph Company to com
pel the Circuit Court of Appeals for the
first circuit to certify the case to the
Supreme Court. The case involves the
question of royalties claimed from the
Bell company by the Western Union
company, and was originally brought
in the Circuit Court for the District of
Massachusetts to secure an account
there of royalties. About $5,000,000 is
involved. After instituting suit the
Western Union sought to have it dis
missed, and after it was dismissed the
Bell Company appealed to the Circuit
Court of Appeals when the decision of
the Circuit Court was reversed. The
Western Union Company sought to
have the case reviewed by the Supreme
Court, but the opinion rendered
denies this petition. This, takes the
case back to the Circuit' Court for
further proceedings.
It is a victory for the Bell Telephone
Company, and it is said this company
will at once go into the telegraph field,
while the Western Union Company will
be shut out from the telephone field.
An expert, speaking of the possible ex
tension of the telephone compeny into
the telegraph field, said that the new
telephone wires could be used simulta
neously for both telephone and tele
graph service, so that the two would
not conflict in the least.
PURIFYING MISSISSIPPI WATER.
The Largest and Best Filter Plant In
the World.
The largest, the costliest and b est
plant in the world has just been com
pleted at Davenport, Iowa. Practical
men, whose experience has made their
opinions worthy of respectful attention,
according to the Chicago Times-Herald,
say that this plant really solves the
water supply question for nearly all
Western cities. The cost of the plant is
$1,200,000. The ten double filter shells,
which contain the. immediate water
supply, have a capacity of 7,500,000
gallons. The water is taken from the
Mississippi River at a point above any
large sewage outlet, and where the
river water is naturally aerated and oxi
dized by the presenceof rapids.
STARVATION IN CHINA.
Hundreds Dying for Lack of Food.
Poor Efforts. , '
A San Francisco, Cal., special says
the natives in the vicinity of Ichan
China, are dying by hundreds of star
vation. The grain crop last year was
almost a total failure,' and aa the peo-
f)le exchanged their maize for rice to
ast them through the winter, food has
been scant ior a long ume. . ouppiies
are now completely exhausted and the
harvest of death has begun. The offi
cials are making efforts to furnish food
for the starving people by sending in
rice, but the supplies they are able to
contribute are so small and the number
of those in direct need is so great that
little good is accomplished.
Great Loss of Cattle.
Between blizzards and high water
cattle on the ranges throughout the
Northwest have been having a tough
time of it since the first of last winter's
storms. In several South Dakota coun
ties the loss to stockmen will be 40 or
50 per cent., and scarcely anywhere
will it fall below 20. .
Beet Sugar Factories.
Seven beet sugar factories are now
shown to be in operation in this coun
try, and four others are building or
contemplated. The Tate of increase in
sugar consumption for twenty-three
years has been 278 per cent, in the
United States; 142 in France; 159 in
Germany; 107 in Austria, and 90 in
England.
Streets Flooded.
Two hundred families were driven
from their houses at Grand Forks, N.
D., owing to the streets becoming
FLOOD
Hi HGIUH.
The Crop This Year Depends Upon
When the Water Recedes.
4,000,000 ACRES FLOODED.
A Statement By the Government
Showing the Magnitude of the In
terests Affected By the Flood.
A statement relative to the agricul
tural interests of the Mifisisippi valley,
south of Illinois, has been issued by
the Department of Agriculture at Wash
ington. It is based upon a chart pre
pared uflder the chief of the Weather
Bureau, showing the extent of the
flood on April 6. To th-s chart the De
partment has appended the crop statis
tics of 1S96, as representing more close
ly than any other available data the
the acreage and value of the crops now
in jeopardy. The statistics of popula
tion, of the number and acreage of
farms and of farm implements are those
of the census, and the statistics of live
stock are those of the Deportment of
agriculture of January 1st, 1837.
The total area under water on April
Cth was about 15.800 square miles, of
which 7,900 miles were in Mississippi;
4,500 in Arkansas; 1,750 in Missouri;
1,200 in Tennessee, and 450 in Louisi
ana. This region, in 1830, so far as can
be determined from the somewhat in
definite boundary line3 of the flood,
had a population of 379,635, of which
180,489, or about one-half, were in
Mississippi; 100,235 in Arkansas, and
the remainder almost equally divided
between Missouri and Tennessee.
Taking the entire region, the colored
population outnumbered the whites in
the proportion of 12 to 7, a third pre
dominating in the flood districts of Mis
sissippi in the ratio of more than 5 to 1,
and in Arkansas in that of 2 to 1. In
Missouri and Tennessee the population
of the flood district is largely white, in
the former State in the proportion of 10
to 1, and in the litter, 20 to 1. The flood
districts, it is estimated, contain
about 39,500 farm.s, of which 18,500 are
in Mississippi; nearly 10,000 in Arkan
sas, and a like number about equally
divided between Missouri and Tennes
see. These farms have a total area of
about 3,800,000 acres, one half of which
is in Mississippi, and rather over one
fourth in Arkansas, the proportions in
Missouri and Tennessee being about
the same as is the case of the number
of the farms.'
The total value of these farms, with
their implements, etc., is close upon
sixty-five millions of dollars, and here,
also, the proportion in the above
States is about the same as noted
above. The total number of acres, at
the taking of the last census was about
two million and a half, and were last
year devoted to cotton and corn, to
which crops nearly 95 per cent, of the
entire acreage cultivated is devoted.
The entire value, including one and
one quarter million dollars for live
stock, and four hundred thousand dol
lars for crops on hand, is over eight
and one-half million dollar .
The weather bureau predicts a fur
ther extent of the flood area, but no
attempt, of course, has been made to
estimate how great it will be. The
bureau publishes a map of the country
flooded an d says: "The flood water in
western Mississippi is just beginning
to return to the Mississippi river, at a
point just north of Vicksburg. It is ex
pected that this flood will pass into the
Mississippi between the mouth of Ya
zoo, and Miliken's landing, a few miles
to the north. The great strain expect
ed during the next few days will be on
the Louisiana side. Heroic work is
now being done on the levees of North
ern Louisiana, and it is , expected that
they will be held in.
Will Purchase the Jeff Davis Home.
A State organization of the Daugh
ters of the Confederacy has been per
fected at Montgomery, Ala. Miss Sarah
Jones, of Camden, a sister of Gen. R.
V. Jones, was elected State president.
The State organization determined that
its first work should be the purchase of
the big old house here, which was oc
cupied by J efferson Davis while the seat
of the Confederrte government was in
Montgomery, ana transier it into a
home for indigent Confederate veter
ans.' A strong organization was per
fected.
The Commission Appointed.
The President has announced the ap
pointment of Senator Edward O. Wol
cott, of Colorado; Hon. Charles J.
Paine, of Boston, Mass., and ex-Vice
President Adlai E. Stevenson, as com
missioners to an international mone
tary conference. These appointments
are made under act approved March 3d
last "for the promotion of an interna
tional agreement for bi-metalism," and
by its provisions do not require con
firmation by the Senate.
A New System,
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has
initiated a new system of seed distri
bution in his department. His aim is
to diversify, as far as possible, the
farm products of the country, and to
this end he is making a specialty of se
lecting new and valuable seeds from
all parts of the world and putting them
in the hads of farmers likely to use
thm to advantage.
Swept By a Cyclone.
A special ' to the St. Louis Republic
from Hamburg, Ark., says news has
been received of a hurricane which de
vastated the country near the Outchita
river. Several plantations were swept
clear of houses and stock. The wind
was followed by hail which destroyed
crops.
Germany's Protest.
Germany makes a vigorous protest
against the sugar clause of the Dingley
bill, claiming it to be a violation of an
agreement heretofore made; she threat
ens to retaliate in the matter of impor
tation of American pork; several other
foreign nations make, protests against
the bill.
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Senator Voorhees Dead.
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees, ex-United
States Senator from the State -of In
diana, is dead. He had long been a
sufferer of rheumatism of the heart.
NEWS ITEMS CONDENSED,
Southern Fenoll Pointers.
Harris Bramlett, the most noted
moonshiner in Georgia, has been cap
tured and jailed at Atlanta.
The Kentucky Building and Loan
Association law has been declared con
stitutional by , Judge Scott at Win
chester. Ninetv-eight cases of liquor bought
in San Francisco for personal use by
citizens who clubbed together, was
seized immediately upon its arrival in
Charleston, S. C.
Saturday in the Criminal Court at
Charlotte, N. C. lu J. Kirk was found
guilty of shooting Lake and sentenced
to two years on the chain gang. An
appeal was entered upon the ground of
excessive punishment for a new trial.
Judge Harlan "has allowed a writ of
error m the cae of Elizabeth Nobles,
of Georgia, who is under sentence of
death on the .charge of murder, and
who was to have been hanged Friday.
It was represented. by Mrs., Nobles'
counsel that shVia insane. ' "
The dead body of Charles Hoffman, a
well-known ana respected citizen, was
found in a chapel, about four miles
from Brunswick, Ga. He had shot
himself through - the head. He had
evidently gone into the building for the
purpose of committing suicide
Governor Bloxham, of Florida, has
issued a call to a national fisheries
congress to be held at Tampa in Janu
ary, 1898.
Forty-five thousand acres of the most
valuable coal and oil lands in We6t Vir
ginia have been purchased by a com
pany of New York and Pittsburg cap
italists. The price paid aggregates
$500,000.
Up to the present the effort to elect a
United States Senator in Kentucky has
cost about $75,000.
At Houston, Tex., the cylindrical
process of baling cotton is again excit
ing discussion in cotton trade circles.
The losses of insurance companies at
Knoxyille, Tenn., foot up $556,250.
In the case of "Cap" Hatfield a jury
at Williamson, W. Va., has returned a
verdict of involuntary manslaughter for
the killing of Ivan Rutherford.
The latest developments in the Knox
ville, Tenn., fire are that at least six
persons lost their lives in the Hotel
Knox. The hotel register has not been
found.
Suit has been brought against the
co-operative town company of Eliza
bethton, Tenn. , asking for a receiver,
that the property of the company shall
be subjected to the payment of the
company's indebtedness, amounting to
SI, 000, 000. It is charged that the com
pany was insolvent when its property
wan transferred to the Wautauga Land
company, more than a year ago.
Clinton R. Woodruff, secretary of the
National Municipal League, his pre
pared a program for the confereece to
be held in Louisville on May 5th, Cth
7th. Among the speakers will be ex
Mayor John F: Ficken, of Charleston,
S. C.
In the Criminal Court at Charlotte,
N. C. , Friday, Chas. Blackburn, charg
ed with originating the fire which par
tially destroyed the Charlotte Observer
building on January 2d last, was ac
quitted. All About the North.
Elizabeth R. Tilton, the wife of
Henry Ward Beecher's accuser, died
on Tuesday last at her home in Brook
lyn. A party of 91 chinamen have arrived
in Montreal by the Canadian Pacific
Railroad, from China via Vancouver.
They are to work on the sugar planta
tions of Cuba, so sadly neglected dur
ing the past two years.
The surgeons at the Presbyterian
Hospital in New York are bending all
their energies to save the life of Frank
Hastings, a newspaper man, who for
eight days has hiccoughed at the rate
cf 8,640 times a day. Ice cream is
being used to cure him.
At Chicago, 111., Matthias Guster, 22
years old, was shot and instantly killed
by John Formiller, hia father-in-law,
at the breakfast table.
A company capitalized at 82,000,000
has been formed at Minneapolis, Minn.,
to manufacture sugar from beets and
fight the Sugar Trust.
The largest flag that ever flew from a
pole will be flung to the breeze on the
2?th from a staff near the Grant Monu
ment, in New York. -
Governor Jones, of Arkansas, has
called an extra session of the Legisla
ture to meet on the 28th.
A cyclone destroyed the town of Chand
ler, Okla., east of Guthrie. A
dozen or more people were killed and
probably 150 were injured.
Miscellaneous.
The King of Siam will visit this
country next September.
Carter H. Harrison was formalty in
stalled as mayor of Chicago Thursday
evening. He delivered a short inaug
ural address.
While mass was . being said in a
church near Castres, France, the roof
collapsed, killing seven women and one
man, and injuring 30 persons eeri
onsly.
. A Boston special eavs: "Under fav
orable conditions and to the satisfaction
of all concerned, the United States bat
tleship Iowa has been eiven her official
trial over the Cape Anne course, and)
under the inspection of the naval board
appointed for that purpose. On the
trial she made an average speed of 17
knots over the 66 mile course, exceed
ing her contract speed by one knot,
winning $200, 00 bonus for her builders.
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Washington.
President McKinley has decided that
he would be unable to attend the Nash
ville exposition on the opening day.
Mayl, but will visit the exposition
after the adjournment of Congress.
The President will recommend to
Congres an appropriation to pay in
demnity for the lynching of three Ital
ians in Louisana last August.
A delegation called at the White
House and invited the President to the
Tennessee Centennial ; if he cannot go
he will start the machntry from Wash
ington.
ran am. happenings.
News Items Gathered and Con
densed for Our Readers.
PAINTING FOR STATE LIBRARY.
Young Lady Arrested for Robbing
the MallsA Valuable Find D.r.
Iong Returns.
The State Library at Raleigh is soon
to have quite a desirable addition to
the already large and choice collection
of oil-paintings of prominent North
Carolinians. This time it is to be a
handsome group, half-sized oil-painting
of Zebulon B. Vance, Col. H. K.
Burgwyn and Col. John R. Lane, all
three of whom-served in the late war
as colonels in the famous Twenty-sizth
North Carolina regiment. The con
tract for painting this picture was
awarded to Raleigh's well known artist.
Mr.
w. u. itandail, and the work is to
be done just as soon as possible. The
work is done by order of Mrs. Vance,
Col. Lane and Mr. H. W. Burgwyn, a
brother of the late Col. H. K. Bur
gwyn, who is to be one of the group to
be painted. The painting is to cost
about S500. Each of the three famous
colonels is to be painted in the uniform
of that rank and from photographs
taken during their service as such
officers.
Miss Viola Brown was arrested the
first of this week for robbing the mails.
A trial was had before J. W, Bean,
United States Commissioner, and she
was bound to Federal Court at Greens
boro, in the sum of 8200. Ira S. E.
Brown is postmastor of Brown, a little
country office in Randolph county. His
daughter, MisS Viola, has been his as
sistant, and for a year or more small
sums of money have been missed from
the mails. A postofilce inlnActhr be
gan his work and finally located where
the robbing" was being done on the
star route, A deadly decoy letter was
put in the mails and did its work.
hen Miss Brown was confronted by
the postofSce inspector she acknowl
edged her guilt, so it is said. And it
is further said that before the commis
sioner sne acsnowlodged previous
thieving. It is thought by many that
Mis3 Brown is a kleptomaniac She
is only about 19 years old and quite
pretty. .Much, sympathy is expressed
ioi uer uuu me iamuy.
Ihe Richmond Dispatch of the 14th
mst. has the following: "Dr. J. W.
Long, one of the most ropular physi
cians in the city, and for several vears
a member of the faculty of the Medical
College of Virginia, having determined
iu reiurmo nis iormer nome in JNorth
tarohna, delivered, by invitation, in
the amphitheatre of the college last
night, a farewell address. A large as
semblage, consisting of members of
the faculty of the Medical Collect of
T T . , . . .
Virginia, ana ol the University Col
lege of Medicine of Surgery, and the
Biuaenxs oi me iormer institution, was
present to do honor to the physician,
who, during his brief residence in this
city, iia won 4 place in their hearts
not easily to be filled."
The following comes from Randolph
coun y. Xr. A. B. Fnl'er, of Tabernacle
towusnip, found Si, 000 in gold last
bunday morning. Saturday night Mr.
x uner ureamea oi nnaine monev at a
certain spot on his plantation, and Sun-
uay morning, he was so impressed with
the dream, he took a mattock and went
to the place he dreamed of and com
menced to dig. and at once found
1,000 in gold, consisting of S10. S20.
and $80 coins. The money is supposed
to have been buried away more than
a hundred years ago by some old
miser.
Messrs. Hector and Hugh McLean,
the two celebrated Harnett county
tvin3, drove into Fayetteville a few
days ago. The Observer says it has
tot been but a few vears since they
would walk the distance, nearly thirty
miles, and with ease. They will be
eighty-seven years old next month.
Each has his coffin already procured
and are negotiating for a monument to
be erected over their graves.
A deed of assignment has been filed
with the register of deeds of Randolph
county by Cope! and & Marsh. The
firm has been doing business at Ram
seur and Cedar Falls. They were gen
eral merchants, mere were some pre
f erred creditors. The amount of the
indebtedness is not given; assets, about
&!,800. John N. Wilson, of Greens
boro, is
made assignee.
TheRai'way Commission has granted
the request of citizens of Purvis to have
a railroad station erected. Citizens of
vvinterville's petition for a railroad will
be called on the 2?th. No application
was made to the commission to lower
passenger rates. Commissioner Otho
Wilson favors a reduction of freight
rates.
Mr. Ed. Nivers, constable of Meck
lenburg county, who was so severely
wounded by a pistol shot through the
lungs, ou the 8Cth inst. by Eh Mar-
snail, a negro that he was trying to ar
rest, is resting more comfortably and
his physician is more hopeful of his re
covery.
D. P. Hunter, a policeman of Char
lotte, died at his home, corner of Pine
and JMrnth etreets, Wednesday morning.
He had been sick only a few days. He
was amicted with ory6ipelas. the dis-
ease being complicated with heart trou
ble.
Several cities in the State having pe
titioned for a reduction of telephone
rates, the various telephone companies
have been summoned to appear before
the Commissioner on the 27 th and show
cause who a reduction should not be
made.
F. E. Hege, director of the poultry
division at the Experiment Station.
Raleigh, narrowly escaped death Thurs
day morning by the burning of his
house. He was almost suffocated when
taken from the burning house.
AFRO-AMERICAN NEWS,
A Column of News of Interest to the
Colored Race.
Phil H. Brown, the voung Ohioan.
who organized the Afro-American As
sociated Press, which did such sound
ahd intelligent work for the Republi-
ean cause in the last campaign, has
been seleoted as one of the junior
Inn of "T.ifa nl TTaaIIV" m. walthv
Journal devoted to sanitation published
n New York, where Mr. Brown how
resides. Air. .brown came originauy
from Tronton. O. . urns fnr a number of
, yearB in the government printing office
.A 11'-..V. i A J 1 1 M
at various times with the New York
Journal and Judge, always holding
positions that demanded a man of
ability. His first newspaper work was
done on The Gazotte, when he began
as correspondent and agent in 1882.
He was then living at lronton, where
he had learned the printing trade. The
Gazette having fumiehed the first field
for his -writings' he has risen rapidly
and has contributed some short stories
of 'Negro" life which has recognized
literary merit. It is said that the last
oi these stories, entitled "inenermit
in Black," which was tent through the
1YAaia1Iai. cnltiiti. in caraml nnlillfa.
tione, was the one which attracted the
attention of the publishers ox "iaiie
and Health," and resnlted in Browns
engagement. The G aze tte
Mrs. Lizzie Young, of Jacksonville,
Tin. . ia an Afro-Ampiftan lftdv whose
remarkable career as a successful busi
ness woman oners a proud example not
only to ner on race, out ior tne xou-
t tr rr i 1 1 irvn a ArorTTtViora KVlA fiWtlR ft
half dozen drajs, employs some 80 or
35 hands and pays her wontnien 51. ou
per day. She also runs an extensive
wood vard at North Springfield and
keeps four or five teams busy deliver
ing wood. She also sends to the mar
ket several hundred dollars' worth of
v-v 1 Ataiw ran art
large poultry yard from which she af-
lords a creditable supply ior me mar
ket. She is active in other minor pur
suits which also afford her an increas
ing revenue. The Gazette.
The des iny of every race is bound
up in their actions. We are put in thi
world as free agents and we are calid
upon to work out our salvation. Our
hope and trust should be in God, for if
He is on our side, He is more than all
they that can be against us. when
Israel trusted in God and obeyed his
commandments the Lord helped them
to fight their battles and success crown
ed all their efforts; but when they for-
rtnlr find ar.d trusted in their OWD
strength they were captured by their
enemies ana sunereu ut mcu iuuj.
The Christian Banner.
The New York World says those who
call ueu. iViaceo tne greaiesi soiuier
with AfrirATl lilnnd in his vemS ICTiTet
that General Hannibal made something
nf a record in his day. To this the
a ncrnata. PTiTOTiio.lfl nays that Ilanmbfu
trait an African but had no Negro blood
in his veins. He was of PhoEnecian de
cent Maceo is. or was, more white
than black. The greatest of Negro
eenerals was Toussiant u Overture.
Lawyer Quick's book, "Negro Stars,-
says that Hannibal was a Segro and
h greatest ceneral that ever drew
sword or commanded an army .-r-Max
ton Blade.
Tim Nerrro vs so situated in this coun
try that no party can win without his
BUppon. i.n Uiuuicij'tu eieinuui nv w
hapA-minir A l atent factor for good or
evil. He is beginning to look at poll
tics as a business, just as white men
do. He is dotermined to support and
tMa for tli men. who will come near
Ant tn Amelioratinsr his material inter
est. In the coming municipal right,
party lines will be broken asunder and
the voters will ally themselves on the
one side or the other accordingly, as
he sees his interest affected. The
Progress.
Onn of our exchanges savs, "the
Negro race needs leaders." It needs
nnthincof the hort. We have many
mn nf thn tActi rho have in them the
Alomenta and canacitv for leadership.
The trouble is that nearly every Negro
... ... 1
t)iinkathfl.t ii wo burn to le&'i. ana
tavr of them wou'd follow the Apostle,
Paul, if he was on eartn. lo, we ao
not need leaders; what is most needed
in a willincnftfta on the Part of the
masses to follcw the few leaders we
have got. The Standard. '
Tt in an undeniable fact that iust in
proportion as our people demote them
selves to pontics does tneir mieresis
slacken m matters pertaining to tneir
material welfare. This is not necessari
ly so, but it is so nevertheless. hat
we want to learn is that no people can
iiva vv nniitira aiona. it is a grave mis-
ftlrA fn allow colden opportunities for
hAt.tAt-incr onr material weiiare to iasis
nnimnroved. while we are hustling
round trying to get some petty office.
Alro-American resDyierian.
ThA clocan of onr race ousrht be to
cat Adncation. and money, build up
tViATriBAlvAa on loftv plains. Unite al
along ine line, cee mo guuu, ui
hA had. throw themselves away from
. 1. . -.1- A 1 A .1,1,,,.
d show to the world
that thev are men capable of attaining
tn n v height anv otner people bto
roanhaA Wa will then demand the
rBrAt of all men. People s lie
corder.
Mr. F. R. Steward, an Afro-Ameri-
n sxf Montana who is a student at
Haivard, has been elected president of
the Forum, the second Debating Club
of Harvard. He was one of the de
baters on the last year Yale and Har
vard debate. lhe i' reeman.
It rays to be gentlemanly and lady
like at all times, aside from the fact
that it is right and true, let some
people never catch onto this worthy
personal attribute. The Home Visi
tor.
A gray, unsized blottliig paper waa
sold In England, according to Roger Id
his history of prices, as far back aa
14G5.
Southern Inter-State Insurance Con
ference at Southern Fines, .
N. C, April 27-28.
For this occasion, the faboard Air Line
will make a rate of am cnt per mile, dis
tance travlel from ellpolnUon thu yrtern,
to Southern l'lne. and return. Ticket t h
noM April 26th. :rrth, an'l for trains cheduled
to arrive at feonthern HI nee ore-noon of the
28th. thus afforrtlnstall Insurance men located
on or near thU line an opportunity to attend
this important conference at an exceedingly
low rave,
TOR FARM A! GARDES,
GOOD flOADS HELP VALUES.
It is computed that ia some districts
of Massachusetts there has been an
average riie in the value of property
Too, improved roads of over six dol-
ars an acre. It is, moreover, esti
mated that the losses to farmers
in that state in hauling thoir product
over mud roads as compared with tho
cost of hsnling it over improved
roads amouuts-to more than enough
to pay for tho improvements. It will
be seen, therefore, that as the profit
in the liHiiliug of produce pays for the
cost of the road the advanced value in
the land is a clear gain to tho land
owner. St Joseph (Mo.) Jlerald.
ATixa irm Tors tor kixdukg.
It U natural fur American farmers.
when clearing land, to pilo the brush
from tree tops in hftipi and burn it ns
the easiest way to dirpoie of a nal
aanc. Yet, when cut fine and dried,
as this brush enn be very easily, it
makes the best possible kindling. Th
fact that it cannot be compacted closo.
together makes it worth all the mora
as kindling for the larger pieces of
wood that are required to kindle fire
in hard coal The pile of brnih that
goes op in smoke in a few minute
will soil for $1 or more when cut up-
and bouud iu smnll bundles for sale to
city ooal consumers. American Culti
vator.
rrMPKIV SEEDS ABC KANOEKOCS.
National Stockman and Farmer
gives this warning against the feeding
of pumpkin seeds: "Ihe past fall
several of tho hens seemed to be either
siek or insane, we could scarcely tell
which at first. They r would run o,
short dutauoc, tumble over, tbnn get
up and stngger about, running in
every direction. VJ were at n low to
know what ailed them. We fo:in.l
that our neighbors' hens were similar
ly affected, many of them having died.
Finally tho cropn of several of theso
which had died were cut open, and:
were found to be filled with pumpkin.
seeds which had been profusely scat
tered about the yard au 1 whicli they
had picked np. The sickness Imd
doubtless been caused by tho inability
on the part of tho hens to digest tho
pumpkin seeds, as wo found that tho
disease disappeared when we stopped
ncAltermg tne pumpkin B.i
yard."
CABB OT POULTEY.
We prefer loose earth floors to '
wooden one". If each we!(,or oftoner,
the manure is raked up with the enrth.
and each spring the old earth takeu
out and the new supplied, it will bo
clean enough, and, at the anma time.
you will.ba gaining a valuable fertil
izer for your lawn.
Thero is no need of bothering with
the ventilation question daring col. I
weather. The hou will naturally.
ventilate itself, and if kept perfectly
clean thero will be no danger of n.
stench. Wo clean up tho dropping.
under the roost every morning.
Fowls mut have fresh air; we be
lieve in Riving them an outside run
during fair weather when there ia no
snow on the ground, A heavy wiudl
storto will do as much damage a mow
or raio. During very cold weather,
whn the house is a comfortable tuc,
it is best to keep the fowls indoors un
til about noon; then let them hive a
run. It ia a good idea in building:
fencing around the poultry runs, (
have two feet of matched board at
the base, and wire or pickets above
that. If these bas) boards are pf
matched lumber, the fowls can get
alongside of them and enjoy the wsran
sun, while the wind cannot toach thero.
During winter, the more sun bath
the fowl cQ get the better thev thrive,,
and the more profitable will they be.
A thorough cleaning of the roost
boards, and a stirring of the soil of
the ground floor of each room daily,
at well as a forking over of a part of
the ground of each yard in summer
time, and a change of water in clean
dishes, should not be neglected. It is
an easy matter to overfeed when fowls
are confined to small quarters, but it
is very easy to watch, end one will if
he has any interest in his work, so
that jast the right quantity .will be
given, so that all will be cleaned up
at each feeding, and tho fowls left
with their appetites just sharp enough
so that they will not mope, but will
keep themselves busy scratching for
the few grains of wheat that may have
been scattered when the soil was
loosened with the fork or spade earlier
in the morning, for the cleaning
should be done flret of all Farm
Poultry.
Last year 17,500,000 pounds of hops
were imported from tho United States
by the British.
nooaea.