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COTTON AND OTHER FACT0ES
ine time was when we spoke of
"king cotton," which played a lead-
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iug pars m cue industrial economy
of the South. As a product of the
soil it is still king in the South and
wilrttoubtless continue to be for
some time to come. The prominent
part it pi ay 8 makes it an interesting
product even to those who are not
directly interested in it either as pro
ducers, handlers or manufacturers.
mi. : ' m
a ne progress it nas made within a
century is thuar told by Wm. V.
King, Superintendent of the New
York Cotton Exchange, in a com
mumcation published in the New
York World;
'The close of the present, century
suggests a Drier review or the, cotton
industry of this country, the remark
able growth of which from a crop of
about 9.000 bales in the year 1790
will be shown by a glance at the fol-
figures:
Total production Bales
1800 1801. . 120.000
18211822 625,000
1834 1835 . 1.150.000
1850 1851 2,450.000
lseuisei 3.850,000
1870 1871..... 4 350 000
1880 1881 . 6 600,000
1890 1891 8.652.000
1893 1899. . ................ 11,274.000
1899 1900 9.436,000
"The increase in production is still
mire remarkable if we cousider that
in 1800 the average weight per bale
was about 235 pounds. By 1820 it had
increased to 260 pounds, 1810 to 365
pou ads, from which period the weight
ha steadily increased until the pres
ent average of about 500 pounds has
been reached.
"While our producing power en
ables us tosupply the world with the
raw material we view wiiu equal in
terest and pride the rapid increase of
our spinning; industry. In 1850 the
qiantity of cotton consumed by this
country was less than 500,000 bales,
ia 1870 it had increased to 1,000,000
bales, last year the takings of the mills
amounted to 3 665,000 hales.
"These striking hgures are very
largely the result of the recent Indus
trial enterprise of the South, f;
"The opening of the Oriental mar
kets presents a new avenue f trade.
of which our cotton goods merchants
will not be slow to take advantage.
' "Britfly. the outlook for the cotton
trade ia this country is one of great
promise." ;
There is no special reference her?'
in made to the remarkable progress
of the South in cotton manufactur
ing, a progress much more remark
able than the progress made by the
whole country up to the time when
the South actively engaged in the
building of cotton factories. We do
not know precisely how many bales
of cotton were spun and woven by
Southern mills in 1865, but there
was not enough to attract attention,
or to justify classing it as a separate
industry, but now her mills manu
facture a 'million bales, as much as
was manufactured in the whole
country thirty years ago, and over a
Quarter of what is manufactured in
the whole country now. And yet
the South with her six hundred
textile factories is but in the in
fancy of the manufacturing indus
try. There are branches of tex
tiles that she has not yet attempted
because she was sufficiently occu
pied in making the grades which
she found it most practicable to
make with the means and labor
which she could command, for
most of her labor was home-trained
and most of her capital home-
raised. She has, and doubtless
wisely, felt her way and given
attention to those lines of goods
which, she could make and sell to
the best advantage without enter
ing into active competition with
Northern mills, which -as wisely,
perhaps, ceased making those lines
of goods in which the Southern
mills would become a formidable
competitor. This prevented a profit
destroying clash and left each its
own particular lines of goods.
Southern mills are not now in
creasing in number as rapidly as
they did for somo time, but still
they are largely increasing, without
anything to indicate a cessation of
building, and we may therefore look
for a steady increase in the number
of mills, and a steady increase in
the output. Two million bales at
the end of this decade are no more
improbable than one million at the
end of the last decade was in the
eyes of one looking that far ahead.
Every bale manufactured and sold
adds something to the ability to
manufacture and sell more. One
factory builds another, and these
still more, and thus as the industry
progresses magnifies and expands
VOL. XXXII.
itself. s- It is easier tq build ten cot
ton factorrtain the South now than
it was to build one thirty years ago.
The pioneer blazes the way and
clears the path which those who fol
low find it easierto travel.
But cotton is only one of the fac
tors in the South's industrial devel
opment, for wool will yet play an
important part, and it ought to play
a very important part, for no section
of this country is as well adapted to
wool growing as the South, with her
mild Winters, protecting forests,
clear flowing streams, and almost
perpetual pasturage. Wool-growing
has not yet, with all these advan
tages, reached the proportions that
entitle it to be called an industry
and the manufacture of woollens is
yet insignificant. But they will both
grow in time, when we realize that
sheep are more valuable than coon-
dogs, and that wool is more profit
able than cotton.
out tnere are other factors on
which the South can count to put
her at the front in the industrial
march, some of which are thus
briefly enumerated by Ma j. John W.
Thomas, President of the Nashville,
Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad:
"1. The capacity of the soil of the
bouth to feed hve times the popula
tion it has at present
"2. The large area of its coal fields.
embracing 47,000 square miles that
have seams of workable thickness.
"a. 'The lare quantity of iron ore
found in eight out of the fourteen
Southern States.
"4 The ability, by reason of the
cheapness of coal and iron ores, to
make cheap iron, which is now the
standard basis' and meter of civila
zation.
"5. The natural advantages for the
manufacture of cotton and wool.
"6. The large extent of forests and
the thousands of industries that will
naturally spring from the presence of
such forests."
The growth of the iron and steel
making industry at Birmingham is
indicative of the possibilities of this
Bection in manufactures of iron, and
yet Birmingham is but one locality
of many which present exceptional
advantages for the successful con
duct of this wealth producing in
dustry, which brings in its train so
many other wealth producing in
dustries. 4
Major Thomas speaks of the thou
sands of industries that will natur
ally spring from the presence! our
grand forests, filled withran almost
endless variety of workable timbers,
which invite the ship builder, the
car builder, the machine and agri
cultural, implement builder, the fur
niture maker, and countless other
workers in wood. With all these
advantages, all these raw materials
cotton, wool, wood, iron, coal,
etc. all the South heeds is labor of
the right kind and capital to utilize
them fully. In time these will be
forthcoming, and they will make
the South an industrial domain
with which the South of to-day,
with all her progress, will bear no
comparison.
FAIR PLAY TO CHINA.
Notwithstanding the cabled fe
ports that an agreement had been
reached which would soon settle the
Chinese muddle, and put an end to
the racket over there, this is very
far from the truth, for instead of
coming to an agreement satisfactory
to themselves and acceptable to
China, the advices published yester
dry tell us that there is a hitch in
the negotiations, that England is
contemplating movements in one
direction, the French in another,
while the Germans are proceeding in
their own way, and the Russians
having annexed Manchuria, will put
in a big claim for damage done to her
railroad in Manchuria. Another dis
patch informs us that Great Britain is
becoming suspicious of Russia and
the United States, and another that
the Russian and Japanese troops are
fraternizing.
How much truth there may be in
these dispatches there is no telling,
but there is evidence enough that
there is no cordiality of sentiment
among the so-called allies, that they
are suspicious of each other, and
that each is watching the other
about as closely as it watches China.
Between them they have made a
horrid mess of that whole business,
so horrid that even European writers
are beginning to warn them, to.
protest against it, and to demand
fair play to China.
One of these is Professor Martens,
a distinguished Russian, who has
written a strong paper on the Chi
nese4 question and situation, the gist
of which is contained in the follow
ing editorial, which we clip from
the New York Herald:
"I cannot ; acknowledge that the
Christian nation's possess the natural
right of forcing the Chinaman to sub
mit to the unscrupulous spoliation of
the natural wealth of his native land
"I am unable to recognize the right
of the Protestant or Catholic mission
aries to carry on their propaganda at
the expense of the strength of the
Chinese government.
''Finally, I must give expression to
to mv opinion that the Chinese have
the same right to insist that China be
longs to the Chinese as the Russians or
the. English have that their lands be
long to themselves."
"If Europe cherishes the desire to
.
prevent the explosions of hale on the
part of the Chinese, it must respect her
undoubted right to a national and in
dependent existence. In this case she
will' insure herself a quiet and neace-
able future and will act in the spirit of
the Peace Conference.1'
"It possible, then, bv simnlv civ
ing China fair play, such as might be
reasonably expected from civilized na
tions, to preserve the integrity of the
empire and help' the government to
recover its lost equilibrium. China in
amicable relations is better than China
with a latent hostility which -mav
break out into murder at any moment.
Ia the words of De Martens:
'If Europe gives free rein to her
hate against China and utilizes her
victories to extort new concessions
from the Chinese government, which
would be both unjust and offensive.
then this great nation would in the
future represent an incalculable men
ace to the peace of the world.
'The comes from a source which
must needs be respected and heeded.
and the course indicated is exactly
that which has been advocated ; by
Russia and the United States from the
beginning. It is the only course
can be followed with safety and
honor. . " ... .
They went into China ostensibly
to help the Chinese Government to
suppress an insurrection that it was
apparently unable to cope with, and
to give protection to their people
who were in peril. After having
overcome the rebels, enteredTekin
and put their people under protec
tion of their flags, they began to
make war on the Chinese people and
the Chinese Government while deny
ing that war exists and then they
capped the hostile proceedings by
drawing up terms which no manly
people would accept, which the
Chinese Government will not accept
in good faith, and which if accepted
will intensify whatever hate the
Chinese may have of foreigners.
The meaning of these terms is that
China must cease to be a nation,
ceaao to belong to the Chinese and
must become a foot ball of other
powers and meekly stand all the
kicking they may feel disposed to
do.
HOT MUCH MARGIN FOR PE0FIT
IN THIS.
!
Notwithstanding all the talk about
and efforts to restrict the acreage of
cotton in the South, it will continue
for years to be the leading, the so-
called "money crop." If it had been
a money crop the South would have
gotten rich out of it long ago, but
considering the immense amount of
it raised since the war, not to go
further back, she has very little to
showforit. The reason for this is
that the margin between the aver
age cost of production and the sell
ing price is too narrow for a reason
able profit, and sometimes too nar
row for any profit at all. As bear
ing upon this the following, which
we clip frm the Charleston News
and Courier, may interest cotton
grower, especially in this section,
where the conditions are probably
somewhat similar to those in Ten
nessee.
"Mr. J. R. Goodwin, a prominent
planter, near Memphis, Tennessee, is
reported as testifying before the Indus
trial Commission that in his neighbor
hood it costs about 51 cents per pound
'to raise cotton.' yielding an average
of one bale to three acres, or $9.50 per
acre. The cost of 'cultivation from
the time the land is ploughed and
broken up till the crop is 'laid by' in
July or August is $5 an acre. This
pays for the seed and tillage of the sou
from the time of preparation to the
time of picking. The average price of
picking is about 50 cents a hundred
pounds of seed cotton, or $8 per bale of
lint. The usual prices of ginning if
bagging and ties are not furnished, is
$2 50 a bale: To all of this is to be
added the cost of hauling the cotton
to the gin. 'and for other purposes.'
"The selling price of seed and the
price of fertilizer used in place of the
seed is, of course, to be considered.
Taking the average yield of 633
pounds of seed cotton to the acre, there
will be obtained 356 pounds of seed :
which, at $15 a ton, would bring to the
planter $2.67. which deduced from the
cost of cultivating ($9.50) would leave
$6 83 as the cost of raising 177 pounds
of lint cotton to the acre, or an aver
age of 3.83 cents per pound. To this is to
be added the cost of any purchased fer
tilizer as a substitute for the fertilizing
value of the cotton seed.'
"When more than one bale to three
acres is made, the cost is lower than
here stated; when less is made the cost
is higher, something depends also,
of course, on whether the farmer
owns or rents his land and uses 'sup
plies' made the year before, or buys
them at a good price, with interest."
When a man has to cultivate
three acres of land to get a bale of
cotton, and then take his chances
on getting a reasonable price for it,
and even at a fair pnee has to pay
about half what he gets to make it,
it is time that he turned his atten
tion to other crops that would help
out and cease putting his mam, if
not sole, dependence upon that.
There ia entirely too much trifling
with Kentucky's good name. It was
reported that there were 30 homi
cides in that State on Christmas
day, when there were only 29.
Statistics show that there is
a
continuous increase of suicides in
this country. Perhaps they can't
stand the extraordinary "prosperity
the country ia enjoying.
It is said that England distrusts
the Czar and regards America with
suspicion. And probably the Czar
and America reciprocate as to Eng
land.
Ex-Governor Curtis H. Brogden
died, from a lingering illness and
old age combined, at his home near
Goldsboro Friday, in his 85th year
WILMINGTON, ; N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1901.
CURRENT COMMENT. ?
Although American locomo-
ives go screaming across the step
pes of bibena and the plains of
Brazil and Argentina, it is pretend
ed that American skill and enter-,
prise are not equal to the construc
tion of merchant steamships in com
petition with European builders.
Philadelphia Record., Dem.
Senator Hanna is provoked
by tne general reference to the
obby which is working for the Ship
Subsidy bill, and "denies the soft
impeachment." But, if he so dislikes
the insinuation that he is acting as
he political agent of that lobby it
is easy enough for him to prove that
ne is not by abandoning the bill;
but, by that is not meant the turn
ing of it over to Frye. Everybody
knows that it is exactly the kind of
bill which the people who have
great expectations under it will
spend money to have passed.
JSrooiclyn Utttzen, U9m. . . ; .
- Andrew' Carnegie wants to
abolish war. He says: "I want to
see the profession of arms, now held
by many to be the most honorable,
in the twentieth century to be the
most dishonorable. would like to
see the killing of men in the name
of war abolished and the earth
thereby freed from its foulest stain."
All needed point is given to his wish
wnen it is remembered that over
5,000,000 men alone perished in
war during the century iust
closed, without counting the wo
men and children who perished
witn them. Tne "money power,
by the way is responsible for most of
the wars. A few Uarnegies in the
New World and the Old could put
an end to them. Charleston Neiv
and Courier, Dem. .
OR. RICHARD J PRICE
Appointed Assistant Surgeon in the U.
S.
Army and Ordered to Manila.
Dr. Richard J. Price, one of Wil-
miogton's most popular and esteemed
young men and a physician with a
bright future who about three weeks
ago was appointed - assistant surgeon
n the United States army, with rank
of first lieutenant, has received orders
from the War Department directing
him to proceed at once to San Fran
cisco and there embark for Manila to
join the army in the Philippines. He
will leave Monday for the Pacific coast
and will take the "Sunset Limited"
railroad via New Orleans.
Dr. Price stood an examination be
fore the U. 8. Board of Medical Ex
aminers at Fortress Monroe, Va.,
early in September and was soon after
notified that he had passed success
fully and would receive his appoint
ment in regular order. He has re
ceived bis commission and is now in
the regular service.
Dr. Price has numerous friends in
Wilmington who will be delighted to
learn of his appointment, but will
regret exceedingly that he will be
statioufd far from home. His de
parture ill be felt by all who know
him.
MOORE'S CREEK BATTLEFIELD.
Mr. Bellamy's BUI for Its Improvement
Passed the Senate Yesterday.
The bill introduced in Congress by
Hon. Jno. D. Bellamy at the last ses
sion, appropriating $5,000 out of the
public funds to enclose and beautify
the Moore's Creek battle grounds in
Pender county, was yesterday passed
by the Senate.
It is expected that this amount of
money will soon ba available for the
improvement. The grounds are al
ready, kept in fair condition by the
Moore's Creek Monument Associa
tion, and a beautiful monument has
been erected on the spot where the
famous revolutionary battle was
fought. The appropriation secured
by Mr. Bellamy will come as a wel
come service to his constituents in
Pender and New Hanover counties.
Special School Appropriation.
The State Superintendent of Public
Instruction is issuing the warrants to
the several county treasurers for their
pro rata share of the $100,000 special
appropriation by the Legislature to the
schools of the State. The amounts to
a number of the counties are as fol
lows: New Hanover, $1,153; Anson,
$1,204 28; Beaufort, $1,176.15; Bladen,
$996.54; Brunswick, $689.78; Colum
bus, $1,209.66; Craven, $1,150.52;
Cumberland, $1,739.84; Duplin, $1,-
168.28; Harnett, $881.84; Mecklen
burg, $2,737.74; Moore, $1,242.68;
Onslow, $613.43; Pender, $735.84;
Richmond, $1,540.66; Robeson, $1,-
988 84; Sampson, $1,487.16; Union,
$1,539.29; Wake, $2,785.94; Wayne,
$1,616.75; Wilson, $1,220.69.
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P. & M. Steamboat Co.
Fayetteville Observer, January 3d:
The Farmers' and Merchants' Steam
boat Company, which -operates the
steamer Driver, met yesterday after
noon at the office of the president,
Mr. Oliver Evans. There were pres
ent Mr. Evans, president; T. D. Love,
of Wilmington, secretary and' treas-
r t -c ;tt,
urcr ; air. d.uiea uymu, ut uu "jt
and Messrs. Melvin and Thompson, of
Bladen, directors.
The old officers were re-elected.
The president reported a very pros
perous year. It was decided to put
the boat, the Climax, on the river
within two months. It was not- de
cided what disposition would be made
of the Driver.
Moved to Richmond.
Mrs. C. M. Harriss and daughters,
Misses Katie and Mattie, left yesterday
for Richmond, where they will make
their future home. Their departure
from Wilmington is deeply regretted
bv many friends. Miss Louola Harriss
will remain here for a few days visit
ing friends before going to Richmond.
TAXES IN BY-GONE DAYS.
Wilmington Paper of 1871 Has Some
Flgurei That Are Interesting Now.
The Stab has been presented by its
friend, Mr. Godfrey Hart, with a copy
of ; an old Wilmington., paper of
date of April " 4tb, 1871, which gives
one an interesting insight into the
history of the city about that period.
The leading editorial of that issue
congratulates the State of Connecticut
upon having elected a Governor and
two Congressmen out of four, and
from an article under the caption,
"Taxes," it is inferred that that prob
lem was still , before the people in
those good days past, as much so as it
is now. The article speaks of the
introduction into the Legislature by
Capt. S. A. Ashe of a bill decreasing
poll tax from $1.10 to 9C cents and the
fixing of the rate on real and personal
property at 42.10 cents on each $100
worth, a portion of- which is to pro
vmeforan existing" deficiency. An
important change mentioned is that
no county is permitted to levy any
greater tax than is levied by the
State, upon the privileges for carrying
on business, and it states that in many
of the counties it has been double.
Another change mentioned in the
then existing laws was that no retail
merchant was required to pay a tax
on purchases made from wholesale
merchants in the Slate. Liquors pur
chased outside of the State were taxed
at 25 cents more per gallon than those
purchased in North Carolina.
NO CONTESTS FROM THIS STATE.
North Carolioians in Congress Mr. Bel
lamy on Reapportlonaent.
A special telegram from Washing
ton, D. C, Bays :
There will be. so far as known here.
no Congressional contest from North
Carolina in the next Congress. Neither
of the Kitchins will hava a contest on
his hands as threatened at one time.
Mr. Thomas is in the State at present,
but so far as heard from Mr. Fowler
has filed no notice of contest. The
time for notice expired January 1.
Mr. uiaudiU8 Dockerv was circu
lating about the House corridors to
day endeavoring to inject some ginger
into his father's contested case against
Bellamy. So far as can be learned
he met with a chilly reception. There
is little likelihood that the case will
ever again be heard from.
Mr. Bellamy is in favor of 38S mem
bers of the next House. This will
give North Carolina ten members and
leave Virginia and South Carolina
undisturbed. It looks now that Mr.
Klutz may stand alone in the delega
tion in favor of the Hopkins bill,
which fixes the House membership at
357, as at present, and leaves North
Carolina with nine members.
An Historic Church.
A Star representative was told yes
terday of the completion for the third
time of a new house of worship for the
congregation . of Keith Presbyterian
church, on Sampson road, in Pender
county near the residence of Mr. A.
C. Ward. The church was established
in 1817 and is one of - the oldest in
Pender county and this section of the
State. A new house of worship was
dedicated in the year of the founding
of the church; another in 1848, and
now still another at the beginning of
the new year and century. Through
the instrumentality of Mrs. R. W.
Collins, of Burgaw, a new Cornish
organ has been installed for use in the
church, and through her persistent
work ilfhas all been paid for. Rev.
D. P. McGeachy is pastor of the con
gregation. A Member of Lowry Gang.
The following story, which comes
from Raleigh, will be read with in
terest by many Stab readers:
"The oldest convict in the peniten
tiary, Andy Winecott, colored, will
depart in March. He was an office
bov for (governor Vance when the
latter practiced law in Charlotte. Andy
committed a crime, ran away and
turned up in Robeson county with the
Henry Berry Lowry.' outlaws, was
tried and sentenced and was on the
gallows with the rope around his
neck, when Governor Vance com
muted his sentence to life imprison'
ment Andy has always been a good
prisoner. Two years ago be was
offered a pardon, but declined to accept
it as long as Uapt. Bui Day was super
intendent, but would take it when
Capt. Day's term ended, which ism
March."
Will Work For Southern Railway.
Mr KdgarK. Roby, who for some
time has acceptably filled the position
of private secretary to Traffic Manager
T. M. Emerson, of the Atlantic
Coast Line, will leave this morning
for Washington, D. C, where he has
accepted a position with the Southern
Railway. Mr. Roby is a very clever
young man and his numerous friends,
though reluctant to give him up, are
delighted at his success. He has been
the organist at Fifth Street Methodist
Church for quite awhile and he wil
be much missed by that congrega
tion.
A. C. L. May Get Contract.
Salisbury Sun: "A former resident
of Salisbury, but now living in Rocky
Mount, and who has been visiting in
the city, told a Sun man last night
that it is rumored at his present home
that the Atlantic Coast Line will ge
Uncle Sam's big mail contract this
year for carrying the fast mail South.
The mail is now being carried by the
Southern. The Coast Line, he says,
has bought two new engines and is
making preparations for it, according
to the talk."
Returned to Texas Home.
Dr. Jos. D. Hanby, wife and child,
who have been spending ihe holidays
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jos.
H. Hanby, have returned to Paris,
Texas. Dr. Hanby is president of the
Paris Surgical .and Medical Institute,
where chronic diseases and deformi
ties of the human body are treated
by the Phreno Pathic system. The
Stab is glad to know Br. Hanby is
doing so well.
SPIRITS TURPENTIN1
Winston Journal: It is reporti
d
at ureen8boro that a vein of silver
ias
been discovered within a few milei
f
that city. The matter is being
m-
vestigated, and if the report should be
true, the property will be developed.
Tarboro Southerner: John Cal
houn, chief of police of Kocky Mount,
and Spencer Robbins after a desperate
struggle, arrested Daniel Williams, a
negro, and carried him to Greenville
where he is wanted for breaking into
a house in farmviHe. A reward of
150 was offered for him.
Greensboro Record: Papers
incorporating the Piedmont Shuttle
Works were filed before Clerk of the
Court Nelson Wednesday afternoon
at 6 o'clock. The incorporators are
Walter H. Bishop. C. E. Fleming and
Mrs. Caroline Bishop. The capital
stock is $25,000 and the company will
manufacture shuttles, bobbins and
spindles. ;
Raleigh News and Observer:
The money left to the Baptist Female
University by the late Chief Justice
trairciota, estimated at $?0,OUO, will
not be available for some time
to come. It is not the purpose of the
trustees to use that money to pay
the debt on thd University, but to call
on the living Baptists to raise that sum.
and hold Judge Faircloth's bequest for
the nucleus of an endowment fund.
Scotland Neck Commonwealth:
On Christmas day a young white man
named Hale was killed in Martin
county near Palmyra. The killing
was somewhat mysterious, and the
facts seemed . hard to settle upon. A
coroner's inquest was held over the
body, and the verdict was that the
man came to his death at the hands of
acolord man named Emory Simmons.
The colored man has been arrested
and confessed the killing, but said it
was accidental.
Salisbury Truth-Index: Wed
nesday was our South River corres
pondent's birthday,and .he tells us that
there is a chain of strange events In
his family. He has a sister born on
New Year's day, he on the second, his
mother od the third, father and brother
upon the eighth, another brother upon
the tenth, and still another upon the
twelfth. His parents' were married on
January 12th, 1865. Both father and
mother were born in January. His
mother also died on the date of his
father's birth. v
Louisburg Times: During the-
holidays iust passed we have heard of
a number of accidental and intentional
killings, and some of the former have
occurred in our own country. A col
ored boy named May, who lived near
the Four Bridges, four miles from
Louisburg, was accidentally killed by
bis brother, who was shooting at a
black." The entire load entered his
head, and he died instantly. One
day last week while out hunting a son
of Mr. Jlodge Koe, was accidentally
killed, the load from bis own gun
doing the deadly work. It is thought
that he had sprung his gun to snoot
some birds, but did not shoot. He
then walked off with his gun in his
hand muzzle up, having failed to let
down the hammer, and before he had
gone far the gun fired, the shot enter
ing under his chin and blowing
almost one side of his face off.
Raleigh News and Observer:
The Cumberland County Dispensary
paid to the couty school fund and to
city of Fayetteville, on Tuesday the
sum of $4,000 making a total of $9,300
paid to these funds within the past
twelve months as against $3,600 re
ceived by the State, county and under
the old licensed bar system. Alice
Smith (col.) while trying to extinguish
a lamp Monday night at Tryon blew
the. blaze down in the lamp which
burst, throwing oil all over her and
fire toclothin. After much suffering she
died to day at 3 P. M.. from the effects
Kegister of Deeds Jlood issued
101 marriage licenses during the
month of December. Of this num
ber 73 were white and 48 colored. The
the youngest bride was 16 and the
youngest groom was 18. The oldest
couple was a groom 73 and a bride 6L
In 11 instances the groom was young
est. The greatest discrepancy was be
tween a groom 53 and a bride 22.
A summary of Labor Commissioner
Lacy's report shows that 34 per cent,
of replies from 30,000 mechanics in
North Carolina indicate an increase, in
wages over last year; 44 per cant work
over time; 76 per .cent, report
cost of living increased; 85 per cent
of adults and 83 per cent, of appren
tices read and write: average number
of hour- worked daily 10. Nearly all
favor a 9 J-hour . day established by
law ; 67 per cent, favor indentured ap
prenticeships: 75 percent, report im
provement in education ; 95 per cent,
favor compulsory education; 67 per
cent report financial condition good,
TOBACCO FACTORY BURNED.
Murderous Assault Made by an Incendiary
Upon a Tobacco Manufacturer Near
Winston, N. C.
By Teiegrapb to the Horning star.
Winston-Salem, N. C, Jan. 5.
An assault, evidently with murderous
intent, was made last night upon
Charles !V x, at the tobacco factory
of Cox S . toil, eight miles northeast
of Winsv t. Mr. Cox was shot in
the left j gh with a pistol and re
ceived s ral painful gashes on the
back, his assailant being unknown.
The son, Charles, who lives with
his father, heard a noise in the fac
tory, and upon going out to in
vestigate, found a stranger in the
building. The man grabbed young
Cox and began cutting him with a
razor. Mr. Cox gave an alarm and
his assailant thereupon drew a pistol,
shot him and then ran away. By
this time it was discovered that the
tobacco factory, a two story structure,
was on fire. Mr. R. L. Cox and
daughter came from the house and
met the wounded man.
There were about ten thousand
pounds of manufactured tobacco,
part of it being in stamps, and two
barns of leaf in the factory, besides a
lot of machinery. The loss is $10,-
000, with only $3,900 insurance.
The sheriff and several deputies
went to the scene of the excitement,
accompanied with bloodhounds.
CAPTURED BY FILIPINOS.
Two Americans, Five Scouts and Two
Native Policemen Made Prisoners.
By Telegraph to the Mernlng Star.
Manila, January 5. Private Geo.
H. Ray, of the Engineer Corps, his
assistant, Private Lyons, of Company
K, Fifth infantry, five scouts and two
native policemen, have been captured
while on their way to Batac, by insur
gents. On the receipt of the news an
American column was dispatched
against the Filipinos but failed to over
take the party.
NO. 11
HOUSE DEBATE ON
REAPPORTIONMENT
Two Hours Speech in Favor of
a Bill to Increase the Mem
bership to 386.
LINNEY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Denounced the While People of His State.
A Sharp Exchange Between Messrs.
Hopkins and Llttlefleld There
Were Other Speakers.
Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, Jan. 5. The feature
of the debate upon the Reapportion
ment bill in the House to-day was a
two hour's speech by Mr. Littlefield of
Maine, in favor of the Burieigh bill, to
increase the membership of the House
to 385. He had a number of sharp
exchanges with Mr. Hopkins, chair
man of the Census Committee, in
which he sustained his reputation as a
hard hitter and vigorous debater.
The other speakers to day were Messrs.
Shattuck, Republican, Ohio; Klutz,
Demcrat, North Carolina; Fox, Demo
crt, Mississippi; Southerland, Populist,
Nebraska; Linney, Republican, North
Carolina ; Olmstead, Republican,
Pennsylvania and Miers,Democrat,In.
diana.
During the course of the day Mr
Hopkins expressed a willingness f to
accept an amendment to his bill which
would give an additional representa
tive each to Florida, Colorado and
North Dakota, the three States with
majority fractions unrecognized in
his bill. He claims assured victory
for his bill, but the advocates of the
Burleigh bill insist almost as confi
dently that the Hopkins bill will be
beaten
Mr. Littlefield began the debate
with - an argument in favor of the
Burleigh bill. Mr. Littlefield declared
that the Hopkins bill could properly
be entitled "an Act to unppie the state
of Maine in her Representation in the
House and in the Electoral College."
He resented what he termed Mr. Hop
kins' "assault" upon the State of
Maine. That statement drew from
Mr. Hopkins an 'indignant denial
which led to a sharp exchange be
tween the two members.
Mr. Littlefield sarcastically called
Mr. Hopkins' attention to the men
who like Lovejoy and Fuller had gone
to Illinois to give distinction to that
State. "Yet," said he, "the gentle
man's speech yesterday was saturated
with a . pettifogging assault upon
Maine."
After a sharper exchange than usual
with Mr. Hopkins, the chairman was
obliged to call the gentleman to order,
and to call attention to the rule which
provides that the . gentleman on the
floor cannot be interrupted without the
consent of the other, and also to tne
rule that members cannot address each
other by the second person.
Mr. Shattuck. Ohio, followed Mr.
Littlefield. He insisted that in making
the reapportionment the representation
should be reduced in all States where
the right to vote is abridged. He
claimed that ten States abridged the
suffrage to an average of 20 per cent,
They were California, 7.7 per cent;
Connecticut, 5.3. ; Delaware 14. d; Lou
isiana,45.8; Maine, 5.5; Massachusetts,
6.2; Mississippi, 40; North Carolina,
35.7; South Carolina,'. 45 ; and Wyo
ming, 3.4.
Mr. Klutz. North Carolina, a mem
ber of the Census Committee, argued
in favor of the Hopkins bill. The real
question at issue, he contended, was
whether the membership of the House
should be increased. He favored 357
because he thought the House was al
ready large enough and because on
that basis there would be no partisan
advantage to either party, either in the
House or in the electoral college.
Mr. Fox. Misssissinpi. replied to the
attacks uDon the Southern States.
esneciallv defending the action of his
State in adopting her new constitu
tion.
Mr. Linney. North Carolina, argued
that under their oaths to support the
constitution, members voting upon
the reapportionment question must
take cognizance of the abridgement
of the uff rage in the Southern States.
He gave an entertaining description
of Democratic election methods in
North Carolina, scoring the Demo
crats mercilessly for their action. He
was especially severe in his condem
nation of their course in calling the
Legislature together last Summer to
pass a law to prevent the issue of writs
of mandamus.
Mr. 8ims, Democrat, Tennessee,
asked if the real cause of the alleged
crimes recited by Mr. Linney was not
to prevent negro domination. Mr.
Linney replied that the fear of negro
domination was pure "rot;" that all
pretext of such fear could be destroyed
by requiring all officers of State and
county to give bond.
"Did the Republicans of North Car
olina ever elect a negro to the Supreme
bench of the State?" asked Mr. Gaines,
Democrat. "They never did and they
never will," replied Mr. Linney, "but
the Democrats to serve their purpose
would appoint a negro or a monkey."
(Laughter and applause.) Mr. Linney
declared that it was the love of power
which led the Democrats of the State
to commit crimes against the ballot
Mr. Small, Democrat North Caro
lina,' asked if Mr. Linney charged
fraud in his district
"How many negroes are there in
your district?" asked Mr. Linney.
"I do not know; but the negroes
have not a majority," replied Mr.
SmalLs , -
"Then," replied Mr. Linney, quick
ly, "it is possible that you may have
saueezed through by leaving hair on
both sides of the hole without steal
ing." (Laughter.)
The House at 5:30 P. M. adjourned.
CUDAHY ABDUCTORS.
A Reward of $13,000 Offered for the Ar
I rest of Pat Crowe.
By?Teiegraph to the Morning Star.
Omaha, Neb., January 5. A specific
reward of $13,000 is now offered for
the arrest of Pat Crowe and nothing
is said in the offer about conviction.
The police to day prepared and are
sending out five thousand circulars
bearing a nicture and minute descrip
tion of Crowe, inese win ne aeni
broadcast and will also bear the de
scription of two other men and
woman. suDoosed to be connected with
theCudahv abduction. The offer for
Crowe is made unconditionally, the
arrest and delivery to the authorities
beinc the only requisite for securing
the reward. The offer has the endorse
ment of General John C. Cowin, per
sonal counsel of Mr. Cudaby.
- Bt Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Chicago, "January 5. As-sa result
of a prptracted' series of experiments
with salt solutions, the efficiency of
which in prolonging life was recently
announced by Professor Loeb of the
University of Chicago, two prominent
physicians here claim to have demon
strated that in cases of great loss
of blood by disease or injury, norma)
salt solution, used as a restorative, will
save life even when ninety per cent
of the blood has been lost The ex
periments, which have been extended
over six jnontbs, have, according to
the physicians, made practicable a new
system of bleeding and substitution of
salt solutions for persons suffering
from pneumonia, typhoid malarial
fevers, peritonitis, acute and chronic '
Bright'a disease, and all heart affec
tions resulting from the last named
complaint Much success has fol
lowed, the physicians say, all their
experiments, particularly those made
with pneumonia and Bright's disesse.
In the experiments the physicians ,
used more than one hundred dogs and 1
found it possible to withdraw seventy
per cent of the circulation from an'
animal before it was necessary to in-'
ject a stimulant The final test wa
made on -a dog from which ninety per
cent of the blood had been withdrawn.
A needle connected with a salt water
apparatus containing a two per cent,
solution was inserted in the jugular,
vein and a second needle inserted in
the junction of the large veins lying
close to the heart. After the blood
had been drawn off this salt solution
was forced in around) nhe heart and
into the vessels of the brain. The dog
was able to stand inside of an hour
and on the following day was able to
walk.
A human patient suffering with
pneumonia, who was operated upon,
recovered in much shorter time than it
was customary with those suffering
with that trouble. In cases of malaria
the injection of the salt solution was
made directly into the spleen and in
six weeks all symptoms of disease had
disappeared. No claim was made that
a cure had been effected in cases of
Bright's disease.' The physicians
merely asserting that they had re
moved several of the most trouble
some features of the complaint
THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
Decision In the Sin Jose Medical College
' Case The Trustees to Settle
the Matter.
Bv Cable to the Morning star.
Manila, Jan. 5. The decision of
the Philippine Commission in the San
Jose Medical College case unanimously
refers the settlement of the questions
involved in the cause and provides
trustees, who, with the assistance of
the attorney general of the Philip
pines, will inaugurate and prosecute
the litigation. The sum of $5,000 is
appropriated for the expenses of the
suit.
A bill has been passed carrying
terms of the decision. It appoints
five physicans as trustees, including
Dr. Tavera, who is the complainant
throughout and Colonel Greenleaf,
the chief surgeon in the Philippines.
The trustees are required to begin
a suit, within a month, in
the Supreme Court of the
Philippines, to determine whether
the ownership of the college
is in the church or in the government.
The Dominican rector of St. Thomas
University and Archbishop Chappelle
are required to defend the suit on the
part of the church. The act provides
that the decision of the Philippine
court is not to be so final as to make
it impossible for Congress' to provide
for an appeal to the United States
court The opinion says j
"A case involving the construction
of the treaty of Paris and the effect
upon public trusts of Jthe transfer of
sovereignty from a kingdom in which
Church and State are united and.
inseparable to one in which Church
and State are entirely . separa
ted, is of such import that
it ought to be submitted to the highest
tribunal. The commission recom
mends that General MacArthur res
cind General Otis' order suspending
the conduct of the medical college
under the rector of St Thomas Univer-
sty'
BOERS IN CAPE COLONY. :
They
Have Also Reappeared Along the
Railway In the Transvaal.
Bv Cable to the Horning Star.
London, Jan. 5. Lord Kitchener
reports to the War Office, under date
of Pretoria, Jan. 4th, as follows:
"The Boers have re-appeared alohg
the railway in the neighborhood of
Rneinster, but it is doubtful if DeWet
is with them.
"With regard to the situation in
Cape Colony the ' western commando
seems to be making toward uamn,
and Ihe eastern party appears to have
broken up into small parties. An
other small body crossed the Orange
river, west of Aliwalnorth yesterday.
Cape town. January 5. An ur
gency meeting of the cabinet was con
vened at noon to-day after a long con
sultation between the British high
commissioner. Sir Alfred Milner, and
the premier, Sir Gordon Sprigg. An
important pronouncement is expected.
The Boers, have released the mem
bers of the Liverpool regiment cap
tured at Helvetia December 29th.
Cape Town, January 5. The heads
of firms here are hastily organizing
their staffs into companies of the city
guards, independently of the colonial
forces.
SHORT IN HIS ACCOUNTS.
Bookkeeper for a Brewing Company la
w f": " New York Arrested. "
bv Telegraph to the Morning star.
New York, January 5. August
Friebel, 44 years of age, formerly a
bookkeeper for the George Ringler
Brewing Company, was arraigned in
the Harlem Police Court to-day on a
charge of making false entries to an
amount of over $100 in the books of
the brewing company. Expert ac
countants, who have been going over
Friebel's books for a month, have
found a shortage of $21,000.
BRYAN IN TEXAS.
An Ovation at Sherman Strjets Were
Thronged With People.
By Telegraph to toe Morning star.
Sherman, Texas, Jan. ,6-W. J.
Bryan was met with a brass band
this afternoon and his progress
through the city partook of an ova
tion, the streets being thronged with
people. He made two addresses, one
an attack on class legislation and
imperialism, ' while, in the evening
he delivered his lecture on "Ancient
Landmarks."
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