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TO "PIOHT SLAVERY."
A short while ago we published a
call for a negro convention to be
held at Cincinnati to organize a new
negro party to fight for the negro's
"second emancipation." It presented
an imposing platform, containing
among other things a demand for
pensions for ex-slaves. . The conven
tion idea seems to be catching, for
it is proposed to have another
in Brooklyn, N. Y., as we learn
from the following, clipped from
the New York Tribune of recent
date: la the rooma of the Henry Highland
Garnet Republican Club, of No. 43
Rockwell Place. Brooklyn, a confer
ence of representative churchmen and
laymen of the negro race was held
yesterday, from which there emanated
a call for a conyention of the negro
voiera of New York, New Jersey and
New England, to be held in the AM
can Methodist Episcopal cburcb,
Brooklyn, June 3. The call is signed
by Bishop William B. Derrick, of the
African Methodist Episcopal Church ;
Bishop Walter?, of the African Meth
odist Episcopal Zion Church, and
about fifty other colored men of this
city. It says in part:
Viewing with concern the spread of
negro disfranchisement, the disregard
and nullification of the constitution of
the United States bv State constltu-
tloaal enactments, Illegally depriving
American born citizens of citizen
ship: The far-reaching consequences of
the decision just rendered by the Su
preme Court of the United States in
the Alabama suffrage case.
The inauguration in the South of
system or "taxation without represeen
tatlon:"
The denial of equal public school fa
cilities; The waging of a relentless political
warfare against American citizen?,
bed solely on color:
Feeliog that the time has come for
limited and organized opposition to all
such un-American, un Christian, il
legal methods now in vogue in the
South.
Feeling that the political degrada
tion and denial of citizenship to the
Sou 'hern negro will soon work to our
las iag detriment;
''r.erefore, we, the undersigned, by
au rity or the resolutions passed at
tr Cooper Union mass meeting on
FeoruarylS; the Brooklyn Academy of
Music mass meeting, April 3, and the
New Jersey State ConTention, held at
Newara on April 15, do hereby Issue
this call to the negro voters of the
Btates abjve mentioned to send dele
gale to meet in convention assembled
at the time and place above mentioned
for the following purposes:
First To elect delegates to the Na
tional Negro Suffrage Convention, to
be held cn July 1, at Louisville, Ky.
Beond To Inaugurate and aet in
motioa such means as may be there
determined to be best suited to invoke
both judicial and congressional aid to
the end that the illegal Congressional
representation of the South and the
disfranchisement of the negro may be
abolish".
Tnlrd The consideration of such
other matten as may be deemed perti
nent. We most urgently invite the co
optrtion of our fellow citizens of the
Nn Eugland States, hoping that they
will join us in this organized fight
agiast Southern political slavery.
The Fannie Jackson Coppln Human
R'ghts Association, an organization of
ntvro women, of Brooklyn, has issuea
a call for State convention of negro
women to be held in Brooklyn on
June 18th to "assist those who are
. fighting against the disfranchisement
of the negroes of the South."
The professed object of this pro
posed organization is to "fight po
litical slavery" in the South. It
seems to be a sectional movement,
for it addresses itself to the negro
voters of New York, New Jer
sey and New England and
incidentally invites the co-operation
of the white voters of New England.
It is somewhat remarkable that the
framers of this call should have com-
pletelely ignored the Western States,
several of which have a large num
ber of negro voters. They might at
least have included Ohio, as arecog
nition of Hon. Mark Hanna's ex
slave pension -bill, "introduced by
- request," and Indiana, as a recog
nition of the wordy war that Rep
rusentative Crnmpacker has made
against restricted suffrage, and his
plan to punish the Southern States
which deny suffrage to illiterate ne
groes.
But the men who framed this call
either didn't know what they were
"saying or they deliberately stated as
facts things which are not facts.
' Three of the greviances of which
they complain have no fonndation
in fact. There is no "taxation with
out representation," no more than
there is in the good Republican
States of Pennsylvania and Massa
chusetts, both of which have quail
fied suffrage laws.
There is no "relentless political
warfare against American citizens,
VOL. XXXIV.
based solely on color," for there is
not one Southern State in
which some negroes cannot vote
There are 40,000 in North Carolina
who can. In Louisiana the negro
who can read and write can vote if
he has no property and the negro
who owns $300 worth of property
can vote of he cannot read and
write.
While as a matter of fact and in
the nature of the case the qualified
suffrage laws disfranchise more ne
groes than white men, as another
matter of fact they do not disfranchise
them "solely on account of color."
Is It not true that these franchise
laws nullify the constitution, be
cause there is nothing in the amend
ments which the writers of this call
had in view prohibiting the
States from regulating suffrage in
accordance with their own judg
ment, which is precisely what every
Southern State which has adopted
vualified suffrage has done. . Not
one of them has closed "the door of
hope and opportunity" to any negro
who values the ballot enough to
qualify himself to use it.
They protest against . "denial of
equal public school facilities." What
do they mean? That the negroes
must have as nice school houses, be
taught everything that is taught to
white children, have their high
schools, etc., the white people footing
nine-tenths of the cost as they have
been doing for the education of ne
gro children ever since the war?
The white people of the South have
paid in taxes since 1865 $120,00,000
for the education of negro children,
and yet these Northern negroes, who
in their own States have not equal
public school facilities, complain
that they are not shown more con
sideration and put upon the same
plane with the children of the white
people who pay nine-tenths of the
taxes to support the negro' schools.
These are samples of the Ingrati
tude, audacity and disregard of the
facts shown by these negro agitators
who in their foolish clamoring are
doing the negroes of the South more
barm than good. The negroes of
the South, whether disfranchised or
not, really enjoy more freedom and
are better off than the negroes in the
city of Brooklyn, from which this
call emanates.
RUSHING FOR PENSIONS.
The rush on the Pension Office by
soldiers of the war with Spain began
soon after the war ended, and has
been kept up ever since. Some Idea
of how the pension attorneys are
getting in their work may be gath
ered from the following, which we
clip from the Washington fost, a
paper, by the way, which is not op
posed to pensions to those who are
entitled to them, nor to the soldier:
"It appears that already nearly 60,-
000 penaion claims have been filed,
about 12.000 of which met with favor
able consideration. Of the remainder,
18.185 are rejected. The rest await de
termination. This, however, brings us
only to May 1st, 1803, ana "cases"
have been steadily pouring in ever
since. At the present rate fully one-
half of the army recruited and organ
ized in 1898 and 1899 will have been
represented in the total claims entered
by the 1st or next January, ui course,
this will be a preprosterous situation,
So far a concerns the Cuban expedi
tlon of June, 1898, it is known that
less than 17,000 men were sent to
Santiago at that time. The num
ber dispatched later hardly brought
the total above 20,000. The mortality
for the entirely army wnlie in tne
island was only 659, of whom but 213
were killed in battle or died as the re
sult of wounds. In the case of the
Porto Rican expedition under Gen.
Miles the casualties were insignifi
cant, or the deaths In camps Alger,
Thomas. Wikoff. etc. the report ol
the Dodge commission speaks with
unanswerable authority. The num
ber was very small, and the causes, in
a great proportion to the whole, not
at all related to the emergencies of
military life. It will be found, we
think, that the claims already filed
greatly exceed probably to the ratio
of 3 or 4 to 1 the total of deaths and
disabilities from the 1st of May. 1898,
to the present day. What Will be
their volume six months hence the
wildest imagination would hardly
dare to conjecture. -
If the experience in the pension
busiues3in the paBt be any indica
tion it would take an inspired pro
phet to predict what the volume of
pension applications will be six
months hence, six years hence or
twenty years hence, for as the list of
pensioners of the war for the Union
has continued to grow right along
until it has nearly reached the mil
lion mark, so probably will this list
continue to grow.
The pension attorneys understand
their business, they are in it for
business, and ' they will have the
backing of the politicians too, for
there will be votes to be considered
in this case as there were in the
case of the pensioners of the Union
army. , .
In a recent visit to New York ex
Gov. McMillan, of Tennessee, was
surprised at the opposition-he found
to Roosevelt among Republicans, of
the solid kind. They don't want
him nominated, and want him
beaten if he is.
The public man In this country
who has not attracted the attention
of the pictorial artist has failed to
achieve the full measure of distinction.
WHY THEY CAN'T COMBINE.
The proposition suggested some
tune ago and strongly advocated,
especially by German and French
economists, for a trade combine of
European States against the United
States bobs up afresh at .nearly
every trade convention over there.
At the recent conference of the
Austrian Agricultural Society and
the Central Association of Manufac-
urers, at Vienna, it was a topic of
discussion, in which there was an
expression of views for and against.
However much some of them would
ike to bring about a combine of
that kind, they realize that it is a
two sided question, and that there
are serious obstacles in the way.
Prof. Wolf, of the .Breslau Uni-
versy, pointed out some oi those
obstacles and opposed any differen
tial treatment of the United States,
asserting that there should be no
unnecessary provocations, but merely
the same treatment "of the United :
States as they gave to Europe..
The sentiment of most of the
speakers who followed seemed to
be with him, one of them, Herr
Keffler, a prominent manufacturer,
asserting that even the whole or
Europe could not successfully com
bine against the United States ex
cept by force of arms. By shutting
off her exports of cotton, he said,
the United States could paralyze
the European industries. And he
might have added that by cutting
off the exports of breadstuff s the
U nited states could make It very
uncomfortable for a good many
European stomachs.
The more they study this propo
sition the more thoroughly they
comprehend how impracticable it is.
When Andrew Carnegie read the
announcement of the death of Ben
jamin F. Jones, another great steel
magnate of Pittsburg, who had been
his long life friend, he cabled his
sorrow, and concluded with "What
shadows we are ! What shadows we
pursue ! " Brief, hut a big sermon
in itself. Wearing lives out in the
pursuit of millions which cannot be
enjoyed, and must soon be left to
others, in many cases to be frittered
away or squandered.
Some of the religious assemblies
in the North are expressing the
opinion that Reed Smoot, the Mor
mon Senator from Utah, should not
be permitted to retain his seat.
They would smite Smoot and
bounce him. But Smoot will stick.
He has the innings. He happens
to be a Republican.
With cattle and sheep perishing
by the thousands in Montana, and
right on its heels people dying from
excessive heat in New York and
other Eastern cities, It is becoming
apparent that this country is too
big to be run by our Weather Bu
reau. v
England favors a reduced arma
ment. And so do some of the other
powers, but the hitch is that they
all want the others to begin first
and do the cutting, and in the
meantime they keep on adding to
their armaments and to the burdens
their people have to bear.
Borrowing the British vernacular
as applied to the followers of the Mad
Mullah, they are now calling the
Filipinos who attack our ''constab
ulary" fanatics. But our fellows
generally fan them out and leave a
lot of them dead.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., is putting on
airs because there is a "German
nobleman" feeding a printing press
in that town. The printing press is
reciprocating by feeding the-Ger
man nobleman.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., told his
Sunday school class that he con
stantly seeks "Divine guidance" in
the management of his business.
We thought he got his pointers
somewhere else.
Senator Piatt, of New York, got
mad at something Cashier Tnlloch
said about him and said Tnlloch was
a liar. It isn't the lies that are told
about Piatt which should warm him
up, but the truth.
Mr. Stead wants King Edward to
go to the St. Louis Exposition. If
i.. i :n : term., vrjj .,"
lie UWCB lie wui uiios 1110 utunaj
and will have to take to "The
Pike."
Cotton has continued to sore for
some time, and it will probably
make lots of folks soar before it
ceases to cavort.
Big Reward For Dan Teachey.
Sheriff Middleton, of Duplin county,
has succeeded in getting his reward of
$50 for Dan Teachey supplemented by
additional rewards of $100 by the State
and $100 by the county, making $250
in all. Teachey is charged with the
murder of W. ' B. Klvenbark, near
Wallace, some time ago and broke
lift at Kananavllle on the night Of
April 24th.
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WILMINGTON, N. C,
STRAWBERRY SEASON
Retrospective View of Situation
by Carolina Fruit and Track
Growers Journal.
CROP IS VERY PROFITABLE.
Evidences -ef a Summer Yield Nearly
Million and ajlalf Dollars Netted by
the Trackers la This Section.
As to Prices Notes.
Now that the strawberry season is
drawing to a close a retrospective view
of the situation it not out of place.
The season has been a profitable one
beyond perad venture and Wilmington
as the centre of the great Industry is
to be congratulated upon the effect
that the prosperity of the country has
had upon the city' general business
condition. '
Concerning the strawberry and vege
table situation in this territory, the
'Carolina Fruit and Truck Growers'
Journal." published in Wilmington,
had this to say in its Issue of last Mon
day: .
"Since our last issue strawberry
shipments out of this territory have
been going forward at a rate little
dreamed of when the season first open
ed six or seven weeks ago, and the end
is not yet In sight. To date the car
load shipment in refrigerator cars have
been about 1.813 cars with the express
shipments reaching aboat 51,668 crates
against 1,119 cars and 11,259 crates last
year. Beginning with April lUth there
has been dally a steady movement of
anywhere from 25 to 135 car loads of
strawberries from the territory cover
ed by the East Carolina Truckand Fruit
Growers' Association, for which Wil
mi a gton Is the'accepted bead and center
In their distribution these shipments
bare covered all the leading cities and
towns of the Northern, New England
and Middle Western States, and while
prices were not so high in the begin
ning of the shipping season as we
hare known them in past years, nev
ertheless the general average has been
well nigh if not quite up to the stand
ard and the aggregate volume has
been fully 25 if not 35 per cent, ahead
of any previous year. Up to this
writing no less than 600,000 crates
have gone forward out of this terri
tory, yielding the growers a net sum
of more than $1,125,000, and still ship
ments continue to go forward each
day. How long is a question that
mankind seems incapable of determi
ningcertainly for another week or
ten days.
The crown berries have been mov
ing already for a week, and are sell
ing at good average prices. The fruit
is beautiful to look at and Is of an ex
ceptionally highly flavored quality.
The berrries are free from dirt and
trash, sound and well developed
and are good carriers.' In some sec
tions a few of the growers report the
outlook brightening for a second crop
to follow close on tne neeis or tne
present crop. Not a few of our read
ers will remember the second crop last
Fall and Winter, and the apprehen
sion felt for the early crop this season
from the same acreage. The mid
winter crop, however, seems to have
exrcised no bad Influence on the
viae , and many fields at different
points in the strawberry district are
again white with blossoms. This ie,
indeed something new under the sun,
and what it will ultimately develop
into remains for the future alone to
divulge. Should it turn out, bow-
ever, that this territory will produce
two crops of strawberries every year,
then our people will indeed have dis
covered a Pandora's box for a fact.
The Journal, has had accounts of in
numerable growers averaging any
where from $100 to $250 per acre on
strawberries this season, and if that is
to be doubled, why then we should be
the most prosperous and independent
people on the globe.
Taken all in all. the berry ana vege
table growers this season have had a
good year of it. Potatoes, beans, peas,
huckleberries ana oiacKoemes, etc..
are already going forward from this
section in good quantities and the re
turns therefrom are quite satisfactory.
Unless all signs fail, the first day of
June will find the berry and vegeta
ble growers with more ready cash than
thev have bad before In years. To be
added to this will be the cantaloupe
and melon crop, peaches, grapes and
the fall crop of potatoes and vegeta
bles.
From noints along the Seaboard Air
Line between Wilmington and Hamlet
several car loads of strawberries have
been shinned this season, and from the
ame territory next vear shipments win
be fullv 100 per cent, in excess oi wis
vear. A.I manv DOinis aiong ina o. a.
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L. the soil is peculiarly adapted to the
srrowth of strawberries oi a very nign
order, and the experiment this season
has been attended with a degree of
success far and beyond the most san
amine expectations oi all. in tne vi
cinity of Chadbourn, Fair Bluff aad
Mullinp. B. U.. there win aiso oe a tre
mendous increase in acreage next year
and plans are already maturing to that
end. Between the increase in straw
berry, lettuce, onion and potato
" . ... it A
acres? next year n wouia seem ia
this whole section Is to be convenea
into a veritable truck farm."
PERHAPS A NEW STEAMER.
Caot. W. A. Sanders sod Mr. W. A. Roork
Qone for nn Inspection Trip.
Cant. W. A. Sanders and Mr. W. A.
Rourk, of the Wilmington and Little
River Transportation Co., left Satur
day for Norfolk and Washington, V.
C, in which cities, it is learned, they
will Inspect several boats with a view
of purchasing a first class steamer for
freight and passenger service. . How
ever, official information as to their
plans is not made known.
The steamer "Compton," which was
recently burned, Is now at Skinner's
ship yard for repairs to her machinery.
It is learned that in rebuilding the
steamer, she may be converted into a
sea-going tug.
The Chndbonrn Shooting.
Mr. G. S. Reid, of Chadbourn, who
nhot and seriously wounded Chester
Edmonds, of the same town, about ten
days ago, passed through the city yes
terday on his way to Norfolk. He
was accompanied by -Mr. J. EL Smith,
aiso of Chadbourn. Mr. Edmonds, the
-victim of the shooting, Is still In the
hospital here, and will doubtless leave
this week for his home.
FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1903.
PEARS ALL AND COMPANY.
Wilnioi toa Corporation Thst Will En(s(e
In Extensive Business Meeting of
Veternns of Bine and Gray.
Special Star Telegram.
Ralegh, N. O , May 23. The Sec
retary of State to-day chartered Pear-
sail & Co., of Wilmington, with $50,-
000 capital authorized and $30,000 sub
scribed. The business in dealing In
real estate and rentals, opera tins:
hotels, warehouses, merchandise, im
port and export jobbing, operating
steamboats, etc. The Incorporators
are Oscar Pearsall, W. H. Chadbourn
and W. M. Gumming.
The Bank of Jonesboro was also
chartered with $12,500 capital to do a
commercial and savings business. The
stockholders are Richard M. Nelson,
A. W. Huntley, B. F. White and W.
A Fass.
Gov. Ay cock to day granted a re
spite until July 6th to J. T. Mehaffey,
of Catawba, under sentence of seven
years In the penitentiary for criminal
assault on a fifteen year-old girl. Me
haffey is a man of - prominence in his
section.
Judge Clark accepts an invitation to
deliver ibe address before the Virginia
Bar Association at Hot Springs. Aug.
22nd.
There was a temarkable meeting
here to-day between Col. J do. R Lane,
26th N. O. Confederate troops, and
Ohas. H. McOounell, of Chicago, who
shot Col. Lane down on the field of
battle at Gettysburg forty years ago.
Tbey were introduced by Col. W. H.
8. Burgwyo by whom the meeting
was arranged. There Is no doubt but
tbatMcConnell, who is now a wealthy
druggist, of Chicago, is tne man who
shot Col. Lane through the head,
while carrying .the colors In the first
day's charge. The three veterans
spent the day together, driving, dining
and giving personal rememberance.
A letter from McUounell to Uol.
Waddell, of Wilmington, which letter
was referred to Col. Burgwyn, led to
this romantic meeting.
DISASTROUS FIRE
AT L0U1SBUR0, N. C.
Hotel and Severel Other Boildiof s Barned.
Merchants Saved Some of Their
Goods Loss $30,000.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. C. May 21. Louit-
burg was visited by a disastrous fire
this morning. The flames was first
discorered in the sample room of the
Louisburg Hotel, and spread to Hill's
sale stables, thence to Fuller's stables,
and Hill & Co.'s dry goods store; also,
M. O. Pleasant' store. The fire also
reached the main building of the
Louisburg Hotel, in which were the
postomce. J. P. Wilson's dry
goods store, and Dr. Miller's
jewelry store. All were burned
out. An adjacent dwelling occupied
by J. P. Winston was burned. The
walls of the hotel building fell on and
wrecked the building of the Farmers
and Merchants' (bank the vault, how
ever, is intact. Damage to buildings
is about $30,000, with so. 000 insurance.
Losses on stock are not estimated.
Several merchants saved considerable
Mock. Origin of the fire unknown.
It was burning on the southwest
corner of the sample room, outside.
when discovered. Many believe it was
the work of an incendiary, but no mo
tive is attributed.
Raleigh. N. OL, May ,21. A special
from Lioulsburg, ri- U.. says:
At 2 o'clock this morning nre broke
out in the business section here and
before the flames could be checked
eight buildings were consumed. Those
destroyed include the Louisburg hotel,
In which was the post office, the
Farmers and Merchants' bank, the
livery stable of E. P. Hill and Hays,
Fuller or Saunders' saloon. The esti
mated loss Is $30,000; not half covered
by insurance. The origin of the fire is
unknown.
A CASE IN ADMIRALTY.
Jadf e Parnell Rendern Decision In Case of
Schooner Jos W. Brooks.
Special Star Telegram.)
Raleigh, N. C. May 32. Judge
Purnell rendered an opinion In favor
of Ithe libelant to-day in the case of
N. A. Davidson, master, vs. cargo of
the schooner Joseph W. Brooks.
Counsel was Thomas Evans, for libel
ant; J. D. Bellamy, for claimant, the
Armour Fertilizer worts, xne suit
was for demurrage in not aiding in
properly unloading a thousand tons of
fertilizers andjf allure to pay freight on
demand after unloading. The matter
of freight claim was dismissed, having
been settled. As to failure ana proper
aid in unloading cargo,- the Judge
holds that the custom of the port con
trols the question of dispatch in un
loading, and that is 100 tons a day.
The evidence was that an average of
125 tons per day was unloaded in the
case at bar; hence no damage lies.
STATE ANATOMICAL BOARD.
Orgsnlzed Yesterday nt Raleigh Dr. R.
H. Whitehead Elected President
Special Star Telegram.'
Raleigh, N. C, May 22. The North
Carolina Anatomical Board organized
to day under an act of the last Legls-
ture with Dr. R. H. Whitehead,
Chanel Hill, president: Dr. A. W.
Goodwin. Raleigh, secretary ana
treasurer. Other members of the board
are Drs. G. M. Maxwell, Davidson,
and F. K. Cooke. Wake Forest The
law makes it mandatory that bodies of
all persons executed or prisoners who
die during their term of imprisonment,
be turned over to this board for distri
bution among the medical colleges of
the State.
The Rev. Richard W. Hoine.
Referring to his opening sermon
upon the theme "Brotherhood" at the
Convention of the. Brotherhood of St.
Andrew in Fayettevtlle Friday night,
the Observer of that city, says of Rev.
R.W. Hogue, of Wilmington: "It was
one of the best sermons ever heard in
Fayettevtlle. This minister, hardly
more than a boy. undoubtedly has a
great career before him.' He in both
eloquent and brilliant, and his earnest
ness Is very impressive
TEACHERS' ASSEMBLY
Official Programme Announced
Yesterday at Durham by
Secretary Carmichael.
LARGE CROWD EXPECTED.
Twentieth Annas! Session Bellas Jane
9th nnd Continues a Week at Wrights
vllle Bench Sntnrdny Excnr
sioaTrlp Down the River.
Yesterday Prof. W. D. Carmlohael,
secretary of the North Carolina Teach
ers' Association, gave out to the press
of the State the official programme for
the 20th annual session of that body
to be held at Wrightsville Beach from
June 9th to 14th, inclusive. The pro
gramme is an Interesting one and Sec
retary Carmichael says that a large
crowd Is expected to be in attendance
larger than for several years.
In the front part of the booklet con
taining the programme is a communi
cation from State Superintendent J.
Y. Joyner, which is addressed to the
teachers and county Superintendents
of the State. In this communication
he urges a large attendance and speaks
of the present time as "being a critical
period in our educational history."
The programme is as follows:
TUESDAY, JUNE 98:30 P.M.
Prayer Rev. R. B. John, of Wil
mington.
Address of Welcome Hon. George
Rountree, of Wilmington.
uesponse Prof. M. U. S. Noble.
University of North Carolina.
Address Prof. J. B. Carlvle-Wake
Forest College, N. O.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 109 A. M.
Report of Committee on Legislation.
Discussion led by C. H. Mebane.
Report of Committee on Rural Li
braries.
Report of Committee on Correla
tion. Discussion led by Edwin
Mlmms.
Report of Committee on Monument
to C. H. Wiley R, D. W. Connor,
chairman.
The Past, Present and Future of
Local Taxation in North Carolina
Supt. Thos. Foust, Goldsboro City
Schools. Discussion led by M. H.
Holt and E. D. Broadhurat.
Object Lessons in Consolidation
8upt. C. W. Massey, Durham county;
Supt. W. W. Boddie, Franklin county.
What Has Been Accomplished in
the Way of Consolidation and What
We Hope to Do in the Future Supt.
J. A. Butler, Iredell county.
WEDNESDAY EVENING 8:30 P. M.
President's Address -F. P. Yenable.
president of the University of North
Carolina
Address O. Alphonso Smith, Uni
versity of North Carolina.
(THURSDAY, JUNE 119 A. H.
Meeting of Departments.
Dangers to Secondary Education on
Account of the Encroachment of Col
leges in Their Preparatory Courses-
How Best to Interest the Indolent
and Careless Student J. A. Camp
bell, Bute's Creek Academy.
What is the Best System of Dormi
tory Government G. E. LIneberrv.
Winterville Academv.
Number of Branches to be Taught
in a High School and Should a High
School Give a Preparatory Course
John Graham, Warrenton High
School.
A Brief View of Some of the Moat
Noted American High Schools J. F.
Blvins, Trinity Park High School.
uonterence or Uountv superintend
entsHeld by J. Y. Joyner, Superin
tendent oi Public instruction.
Primary Department Mrs. J. A.
Robinson, Durham Public Schools.
The Scone and Purpose of the
Kindergarten Miss Johnson, Beau
fort Kindergarten Training School.
The Relation of the Kindergarten to
Primary Work Miss Bonltz. Wil
mington Kindergarten.
The Kindergarten exhibit will be
very interesting and helpful to those
who wish to know more of this im
portant work.
Reading and Literature Miss Sue
Porter, Salisbury Schools.
The national Method in Reading
Miss Bailie Bethune.Charlotte Schools,
Primary Language Mrs. J. A, Rob
lnson, Durham Schools.
Primary Numbers Miss Leah
Jones, Greensboro Schools.
Round Tables.
Busy Work in the Grades.
Clay and Paper Modellings.
An exhibit of work in the Primary
Grades of Schools of the State will be
arranged with a view to interchange
of ideas among the teaebers.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON 12 :30 P. BL
General meeting of the Assembly.
Address The Ultimate Aim of the
Teacher, President a G. Vardell, Red
Springs Seminary.
THURSDAY EVENING 8:30 P. M.
Address Hon. Jno. H. Small, Wash
ington, N. O.
Address Dr. Jno. U. Kllgo, Presi
dent Trinity College.
FRIDAY, JUNE 129 A. M.
Modern Languages in Secondary
Schools J. O. Ransmeier, Trinity Col
lege.
School House Building Supt E. O.
Brooks. Monroe. N. C.
The Influence of the Kural Library
Supt. K. M. Davis, Tarboro, N. U.
How to Keep up the Rural Library
Superintendent Cochrane, Mecklen
burg county.
The Growth of City Libraries in
North Carolina Supt. E. P. Moses,
Raleigh City Schools.
The Library in College Work W.
8. Bernard, Librarian, University of
North Carolina.
Calvin EL Wiley R. D. W. Con
nor, Principal. Wilmington City High
School.
Athletics In Schools and Colleges
W. P. Few. Trinity uollege.
Address P. P. Claxton. Depart
ment of Pedagogy, University of Ten
nessee.
FRIDAY EVENING 8:30 P. M.
Address Ex-Governor Jarvia.
Address Chas. D. Mclver, president
State Normal ana inaustruu uollege.
Address Edgar Gardner Murphy,
Southern Educational uoara.
SATURDAY, JUNE IS.
Excursion to Fort Fisher and other
points of historical interest on Cape
Fear river,
British steamer "Flnsbury,
1,174 tons, Capt. Jones, arrived yester
day from Philadelphia and will receive
a cargo of cotton from the compresses
of Messrs.- Alexander Sprunt & Son.
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SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Wilson Times: We hear the
son of Bandall Baker who was shot
uesday morning .by his brute of a
ather, had 41 bird shot picked from
his legs. The boy is in bed unable
work, yet the man who does not
deserve to have a child goes into his
room every once and awhile and
curses him telling him to get up and
go to work.
Goldsboro Argus: The bean
crop in this section will be very
much cut short by reason of the
dry spell. The water In both
Neuseand Little river is getting
very low on account of the continu
ed dry weather. In some places in
Little river it is possible to wade
across the stream.
Lumberton Boiesonian: At
about 12 o'clock Tuesday night the
eopie oi taynnam were aroused by
cries oi nre, and found that the
ore of Mr. Loyd Townsend-was
burning. The fire had gained such
headway . before being seen that
nothing was saved. His loss
mounted to $1,500, and was covered
by $1,000 insurance.
- LaGrange Sentinel: . Mr. Ran
som Gams showed us a bunch of
peacock feathers this morning that
were curiosities. Several of the
leathers had been broken and mend
ed by the peacock. Mr. Garris ex
plained that when one of the bird's
leathers became bent or broken it
would take a large scale from its leg
and bind it .around the broken part
to act as a splint and support. It
was a good imitation of the work of a
physician in binding up a broken hu
man arm.
Fayetteville Observer: Henry
Dobin, a violently insane negro, was
arrested near Manchester Thursday
afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Mona
ghanand brought to this city and
placed in jail. He was standing on
trestle near Manchester when the
south-bound freight train was ap
proaching, and despite the repeated
warnings irom the engine's whistlo
he remained on the track. The train
was brought to a standstill a few
eet from him and when the crew
alighted they at once discovered
that they had a crazy man to deal
with. It took eight men to tie him
and while they were carrying him to
the train he broke the bonds and
escaped into the woods. The sheriff's
office was notified and Deputy
Sheriff Monaghan. accompanied bv
Dr. MacRae, went up to Manchester
and found the negro at home. The
doctor pronounced him insane and
he was brought to Fayetteville with
out much trouble.
Scotland Neck : Commonwealth:
The news comes from every direc
tion in this community that crops
are suffering from drought. Cotton
seed can not come up well and al
most all cropa that have been plant-
J ,M
u biuuu itujr ram art) unwise Blow
coming up. On the Roanoke river
anas are are so hard they cannot be
plowed. Some farmers have quit
plowing and are waiting for rain.
Last Wednesday morning at 9
o'clock John Edmonds, the 12 year
old son of Mr. F. E. Edmunds, was
shotby Ernest Allsbrook, who is
about 11 years old, and the youngest
son of Mr. Wm. Allsbrook. The
boys were playing in Mr. Allbrook's
yerd with a rifle when it was dis
charged, the ball entering the little
boy's body just below the heart and
coming out at the back, near the
backbone. The little boy at this
writing is vomiting. blood, and from
present indications his recovery is
doubtful.
WANTS TO FIGHT.
Mi jor McBrlde Challenges John Redmond
nnd Timothy Harrington to One
or More Duels.
Br Cable to the Horning Btar.
London, May 23. Major McBride,
organizer of the Irish Transvaal brig
ade, In an open letter from Paris, has
challenged John Redmond, Timothy
C. Harrington and their friends, to
fight one or more duels In consequence
of their attitude towards Mrs. Mc
Bride, (formerly Maud Gonne), at the
meeting of citizens held in the Dublin
rotunda on Monday night last In sup
port of the Irish parliamentary fund
and which resulted in scenes of ex
treme disorder, owing to the presence
of members of the Gaelic League who
are opposed to giving King Edward
friendly welcome on his coming
visit to Ireland. Major McBride says:
"It seems that only the fact that my
wife Is a lady prevented Redmond and
Harrington and their friends from
dealing summarily with her. Thev
evidently regret that it was not her
husband who was present. Unfortu
nately, I cannot go to Ireland at pres
ent, but In the meantime If any of
them feel sggrieved at my wife's ac
tion I shall be most happy to afford
satisfaction in this accommodating
country, France."
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SO BAD AS REPORT
Tie S. A. L. Fire at Portsmouth
Leu Thna $200,000 Covered b
snrance Will be Replnccd.
By Tetegrapn to tne Morning star.
Norfolk, Va,, Mny 23 The fire
which practicably destroyed the m
chine shops, round house, warehouse
and minor offices of the Seaboard Air
Line railway In the company's yard
last night entailed a loss of about
$175,000. The property was oartiaUv
covered by Insurance. Although nu
merous accidents occurred at the nre
and among the crowds surrounding
the conflagration, only one man was
injured seriously, He is a machinist
named James Herold, who was struck
by a flying umber and sustained tn-
Juries that will probably result in his
loath.
The burned buildings will be re
built Temporary buildings in which
to carry on the business of the com
pany will be erected as soon as mate
rial can be gotten and the ground
cleared of rubbish. The work of clean
ing up has already begun.
I Of the 850 workmen thrown out of
work many wilt secure employment In
re-building the shops, and it Is thought
that none will-be idle longer than a
few weeks, by which time the shops
will in all probability be again in full
running order.
Hallway officials believe that the fire
originated from spontaneous combus
tion among the paints that were stored
in the shed where the flames were dis
covered by Watchman Saunders. There
is nothing apparently to substantiate
the idea of incendiarism.
GREAT AUTOMOBILE RACE.
I To
Start from Pnris for Msdrld This
Morning Mnny Contesfnnfs.
bt Teiegrapn to tat Morning Star.
Pabis, May 23. Great crowds be
gan to assemble early this evening at
Versailles where, before daylight to
morrow morning, the start of the Paris
and. Madrid automobile race will be
made. In many respects the race will
bs one of. the most remarkable ever
run, both for the number and charac
ter of the contestants, the prodigious
power and speed of the machines, and
the probability of record break
ing runt. Leading sportsmen from all
over Europe and many from the other
side of the Atlantic have gathered to
see the performance, as it " is fully ex
pected that the records of the Paris
Berlin race in 1901 and the Paris
Vienna race in 1902 will be far ex
ceeded by this, the leading long dis
tance contest of 1903.
MRS. CARSON ACQUITTED.
Woman on Trial at Macon, Qn , fnr the
Murder of Robt. T. Rhjsby.
oi Tiieirraon to tie Horning Btar.
Macon, Ga , May 23. After five
hours deliberation the jury in the case
of Mrs. Eme Carson, charged with the
murder of Robert T. Rigsby, returned
J a verdict or acquittal at 10:30 o'clock.
Rigsby was a student In a business col
lege, coming from Howling Ureen,
Kentucky.
It was alleged that he defamed the
character of Mrs. Carson, a teacher In
another business college. She sought
Interviews with him for the purpose
of ascertaining the names of those
who had accused her. At the second
interview in her attorney's office, no
one being present except herself and
Rigsby, she killed him.
When the jury filed into the court
room and Airs. Uaraon confronted
them, she showed the same resolute'
ness that has marked her bearing
during the ordeal of the trial. Upon
the report of the finding there was ap
plause and she was immediately sur
rounded by her sympathizers ' who
were almost overwhelming in their
congratulations. Mrs. Carson quick
ly extricated herself and with her hus
band departed for their home.
CHICAGO BUCKET SHOP.
Proprietor and Employes Arrested Chsri ed
With Keeping a (Jambling House.
Br Telegraph to tbe Morning Btar.
Chicago, May 23. George T. Sul
livan, charged with keeping a gam
bling house, and a large force of em
ployes, were arrested to day. Sulli
van showed papers purporting to en
join the authorities from molesting
him, but tbey were ignored. Thous
ands of persons all over the country
are- believed to have invested their
money in grain, cotton, coffee and
provision futures through this firm.
The concern occupies an enure
lower floor, and forty young women
are employed as book-keepers and
stenographers. The concern has leased
wires to many cities, tne mam omces
being in Boston, Cleveland,' Council
I Bluffs, Altoona, Pa., Akron, O., and
Burlington, Iowa.
At the police station bonds were
given for 165,000 and all who had
been arrested were released. The firm
then secured an Injunction in the cir
cuit court, restraining the police from
I further interference, and resumed op
erations.
BOER COLONY IN MEXICO.
The Contract Closed Boers Will Occupy
Eightythree Thousnod Acres.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
El Paso, Texas, May 23. General
G. D. Joubert and Captain a H.
O'Dbnnell, promoters of the Boer
colony In Mexico, are here after clos
ing the contract with a syndicate that
will furnish the finances for the
colony. This is the second Boer
colony planted in Mexico. The
Boers will occupy- eighty-three thous
and acres. The syndicate in Mexi
co will bring people from Africa, let
them have Implements, live stock and
government stores. The Boers pay
for the land at the rate of fifteen shil
lings per acre each year for a number
of years. The land, 100 miles norm
of Victoria, Mexico, has a frontage on
a navigable river. A railroad will be
built through the tract,
sghooneVstranded.
InesN. Carver, from New York, Ashore
Near Chlcamicomlco, N. C.
Br Telegraoh to tne Morning Btar.
Cape Henbt, Va., May 23. The'
schooner Inez N. Carver;'" Captain
Hodgkins, bound from New York for
Brunswick, Ga., was stranded near
Chicsmicomico, N. C, this morning
during a thunder squall. The vessel
now lies hard off shore and there Is no
1 serious danger of her going to pieces
unless the wind Increases from the
east The crew and life saving station
men are trying to float her.
TbeMerritt and Chapman Wreck
ing Company immediately sent their
tuff Rescue down the coast and it is
thought that the Carver will noon be
floated. The schooner was ouunu
from New York to Brunswick, where
she was to load lumber for Portland,
Me, She is owned In Batb, Me.
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