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+444444444444 ♦♦♦♦ 4444 ♦ ♦ THE WEATHER TO-DAY | X For North Carolina: ♦ | FAIR. : X444444+4444444444+444 L. L. NO. 54. Leads all North Carolina Bailies in News feid Girculatioii. THE ADVANTAGES OF COMBINATION As Seen by the Steel Trust’s President. A GOOD THING FOR LABOR Schwab Says the Unions Are Hurt ful to Workingmen. HE IS OPPOSED TO THE BABCOCK BILI Admits That the Steel Corporation Sells It: Goods in Foreign Countries Cheaper Than at Home in Order to Hold the Markets. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, May 11. —Charles M Schwab, President of the United States Steel Corporation, was before the In dustrial Commission today. He saW that the United States Steel Company controls eight companies by owning their stock and that while steps ar. taken to Insure the good will and th: co-operation of all those companies each one generally is left to conduce business in its own way. As a rule th* plan had been to take in only companie: which were not competitors, but it wa: true that there were cases In which t\\ < institutions of the same line wen brought together and in such eases th managers were expected to get together in making thei rplans for sales. Enumerating the advantages of con solidation, Mr. Schwab saiy they wen found especially in transportation aiu management and in the utilization ol all the ores owned. In this connectioi Mr. Schwab said that the United States Company owns 80 per cent of the iror ore of the country and he expresses the opinion that these ore deposits mu*t constantly grew in value be cause limited. The company makes from 65 per cent to 75 per cent of tilt steel products of the Northwest. H( also said that there had been no in crease in the price of products sine* the organization of the United States Company, that the tendency is towaiv lower prices. Discussing .the tariff, Mr. Schwab ex pressed the opinion that in articles ol manufacture in which lajaor does not enter as an important factor the tarift might be removed, but that in products into which labor enters largely, such for instance as tin plate, it would be necessary either to reduce wages or loss trade if the tariff were removed. He thought that except on the Pacific coast the removal of the tari ffwould not in terfere with the production of steel i ails and billets. Asked in detail for the plan of man agement of the various companies com bined in the Steel Company, Mr. Schwab said it is the purpose of the paient company to control the subsidy ojganizations in harmony and that this is to be done by indicating the officers of the various concerns. ‘There mav not be so many names of.influence on the boards,” he said, “but the manage ment will be efficient.” Mr. Schwab excused himself from speaking concerning the details of the organization of his company, once or twice saying that questions concerning capitalization, premiums, **tc., should be asked of Mr. Morgan. "I don't know the Steel Trust,” he said when some , ofte so designated his company. In a general way he would say that the com pany is organized upon the same plan as the Federal Steel Company, but he did not consider the company overcap italized. He said the assets of each of the subsidiary companies had increased in value since their organization, and that the popular estimate did not place a sufficient value upon the mines own ed by the company. He also stated in this connnection that the company owns 60,000 acres of Connellsville coking coal land, and that in its iron mines there are 500,000,000 tons of ore in sight. He thought a reasonable profit on this iron ore would be $2 a ton. Asked how long he thought these mines would be able to meet the demand, Mr. Schwab placed the limit on the iron ore at thirty years and on the coal at sixty. Each of the constituent companies, he said, makes its own purchases and its own sales. “In a word,” he said, “the Unit ed States Steel Corporation is a clear ing house to which its constituent com panies go for information.” He admitted that the company sells many of its products at a lower in foreign markets than at home, saying that this practice is followed to hold the markets. he witness discussed the relation of the tariff to the steel industry at length, but he said that upon the whole he did not desire to have the tariff chang ed in any respect, considering it entire ly satisfactory as at present arranged. Asker for his opinion as to the effect of the enactment of the Babcock bill taking the duty off of trust product ar ticles, Mr. Schwab expressed opposition to it. He did not consider as possible an international iron and steel combi nation regardless of all tariff restric tions. Discussing the relation of capital to labor he said that while he would not undertake to outline the future policy of the Steel Corporation, he did not endorse the policy of labor organization as in the interest of the laboring man himself. He did hope, however, to so arrange mat- The News and Observer. ters that operators could share in the profits of the enterprise. Instead of be ing a detriment, he considered the big corporations as affording the best open ings for labor and enterprise. “There were never such opportunities for brains as today,” he said. “If I were a labor ing man, as I once, was, I would not want to belong to a labor organization if employed by a properly managed corpora tion like the Steel Company, for I would not want to be put on a level with the poorest workmen in the establishment. The tendency is to give the highest pos sible price for proper service, and no member of a labor organization is in position to avail himself of such dis position.” He said that the average of wages paid now by the steel companies is higher than previous to 1899. The question was no tone of wages but of the management of the business, with which the labor unions wanted to interfere. Mr. Schwab expressed himself as op posed to the publicity of the accounts of corporations, and said he had no legis lation to suggest for the regulation of corporations. In conclusion Mr. Schwab said he could see nothing but good to result from busi ness combinations. He considered them of value, both to the investor and to labor and thought they were calculated to extend business. Merry Oaks High School. (Special to the News and Observer.) Merry Oaks, N. C., May 11.—The elos in exercises of the high school here took place this week. The address was delivered by Prof. Sykes, of Wake Forest, after which there was a basket picnic in Seaboard Air Line Earnings During the Honth of April + Those who are interested in the Seaboard Air Line, and there are many of its securities owned in this State, are proud of its increasing prosperity and the present fine condition of the property. But few stocks stood the storm as did the stocks of the Seaboard, which closed for the common stock within 1 per cent, and for the proferred stock within 2 per cent of the closing prices the day before the panic. The day after the panic common stock closed 24 bid, 24% asked; preferred stock 42% bid, 42% asked, and first mortgage bonds 79% bid, 80 asked. Yesterday’s closing quotations were: Common, 28% to 26%; preferred, 45% to 46; bonds, 4’s, 79% to 80. In a statement just sent out by John L. Williams & Sons, they say: ‘‘Whatever the fluctuation of the immediate present may be, we believe that those who buy these securities at present prices can confidently look forward to materially higher figures a little later on.” Following the statement of earnings of the Seaboard Air Line System issued the past week; 19:01. 1900. Increase. Per Cent. Mileage , ,600 2,408 192 8. Weew ending April 30. (Ap proximate) $ 253,785 $ 209,298 $ 44,487 21.3 Month of April. (Approximate.) 908,233 787,552 120,681 15.3 Four Months ending April 30th,( Ap proximate.) 3,852,821 3,309,667 543,154 16.4 Ten Months ending April 30. (Ap proximate.) 9.055.233 8,019,746 1,038,487 12.8 THREE MONTHS ENDING MARCH 31, 1901. » 1901. 1900. Mileage 2,600 2.408 193 Gross Earnings $2,944,588 $2,522,115 $422,473 Operating Expnses and Taxes 1,942,350 1,809,041 133,309 Net Earnings $1,002,238 $ 713,074 $289,164 INTEREST ON BONDS AND RENTALS. Interest on Bonds $571,250 Rentals ; 10,875 582,125 Surplus over Interest and Rentals $420,113 the grove around the school building. In the afternoon there were recitations and awarding of prizes, and at night the con cert was given. Prof Nye, the principal of the school, and Miss McCauley, his assistant, are held in high esteem by the people here. The people in this section are becom ing aroused in the interest of education more than ever before and we are look ing for and expecting a better school and more largely attended next year than we have ever had. The prospects are brighter than ever for it. The next term will open August 12th. CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATIONS List of Those Made at Last Session. 3,826 New Civil Offices Created. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, May 10.—The volume con taining statements of appropriations, new offices, etc., required by law to be prepared and published by the end of each session of Congress shows the grand total of appropriations to be $730,338,575. The details by bills are as follows: Agricultural, $4,582,420; army, $115,734,- Columbia, $8,502,269; fortifications, $7,- 364,011; Indian, $9,747,471; legislative, $24,- 594,968; military academy, $772,653; naval, $78,101,791; pension, $145,245,230; post office, $123,782,688; sundry civil, $6L,795,- 908; deficiencies, $15,517,446; miscellan eous, $7,990,018; permanent appropria tions, $124,358,250. Total $730,338,575L The new offices and employment of a civilian character specially authorized, number 3,826, with compensation for the year of $2,500,601.25; and those abolished or omitted aggregate 211, at an anneal pay of $245,226.20, a net increase of $3,603, at a yearly cost of $2,239,075.28. In addition to the new civilian employ ment shown, the volume also exhibits a net increase in the military establish ment over its organization as would have existed July Ist, 1901, of 77,194 officers and enlisted men, Avith annual pay amounting to $16,312,910; and 50 officers and 5,000 seamen in the naval establish ment, with yearly pay of $1,802,425. The net number of salaries increased Is 528, at a cost for the year of .$75,- 473. Heavy Storm of Hail. Lyon, N. C., May 11.—Heaviest hail storm here-this evening about 2:30 that 1 ever saw fall. Ground looked like quid TWELVE PAGES.— SECTION ONE—Pages 1 to 8. RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 12, 1901. winter for a short while. Small vege tables are badly damaged. Tobacco plants that are set out look very bad and plant beds badly bruised. Wheat was not hurt as the hail came straight down; but if a brisk wind had been blowing the crop would have been ruined. RAILROAD MAY SUE MACON. Central of Georgia Claims Property Offered to the M. D. and 8. Railroad. (By the Associated Press.) Macon, Ga., May 10. —The Central of Georgia Railway has filed notice with the City Council that it will not sub mit to the granting of the terminal fa cilities offered to the Macon, Dublin and Savannnah Railroad at this place. The Central contends that it owns some of the property in question, hav ing inherited it through the old Macon and Augusta, Macon and Covington and Northern. The city claims that the Central has no right or title to use it for railroad purposes and it then re verted to the city without process of aw. A suit is expected. In the mean time the Macon, Dublin and Savannah continues to work on from Dublin ‘to ward Savannah and wil not cease be cause of the threatened suit. THE GREATEST NEED CLOTHES. ' Chairman Parrott Devises a Way to Forco Lazy Negroes to Work. (By the Associated Press.) Jacksonville, Fla., May 10. —The great est want in the city today is clothing. Many people are wearing today the same underwear they had on the day of the fire and have not the money to buy new clothes with. The few- clothes which were sent in from different sources have all been distributed, and the committee Avould be glad to receive clothing from any source. Another problem which will be quickly settled is that of lazy negroes, so many of whom have quit work since the com missaries were established that the Clyde steamers and the yards of the Naval Stores and Commission Company have been unable to get enough men to do their work. Chairman Barrett has inau gurated a system of tickets for the sub commissary stations which will prevent duplicating and enable him to identify every family applying for rations. Many negroes are hiding behind the skirts of their wives, whom they are sending for provisions and who claim either to be widows or else to have been left alone by their husbands. The chief object now is to get everybody to work and to close up the commissaries. Coal Found Near Greenville. (By the Associated Press.) Greenville, S. C., May 10.—Today D. S. Bell, who lives thirty miles from Greenville, in Spartanburg county, brought here samples of what he sup posed to be coal and submitted them to a gentleman who is largey interested in coal properties in Kentucky, Avho pronounced the samples to be coal of a superior quality. Mr. Bell said so far as he could judge the \ r ein of coal is three or four feet thick. Four Killed by a Boiler Explosion. (By the Associated Press.) Huntingdon, Pa., May 10. —The boiler of a freight engine on the Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroad at Mount Dallas, the southern terminus of J,he Broad Top ex ploded this morning, instantly killing four members of the local freight crew. The cause of the explosion is not known. A set of boilers at the Highland Hoist, near Dead wood, S. D., operated by the Homestake Mining Company, blew up with terrific force last night. Ed. Brestford, engineer of the dynamo and a car compressor, was pinned down by a portion of the boiler and was al most instantly killed. Se\-eral other men were mere or less injured. haU - i. A.jU RUINED BJfJHE HAIL Great Damage to Crops i.l , the East. Gloomv Reports From Way ie, Wilson and Nash. Heavy Movements of Trucks From the Goldsboro Section (Special to News and Observer.) Goldsboro, N. C,, May 11.—The rain fall here y ester dak was heavy and was accompanied by liail without, however, damage in the immediate vicinity of the city. Over in New Hope and Saulc ton townships the brunt of the storm passed and somewhat distressing is the news from these sections. A gentle man in from Saylston township says that in his section hail fell last even ing to a depth of four inches on a level, and this morning when he left home drifts against houses and in fence cor ners were four feet deep. Mr. Marcellus Smith, of that section, was out in th'.* storm and his head was pelted so by the hail stones that he is confined to his bed today. Mr. Geo. W. Best, of this city, who owns a large farm two miles north of Beston, came in on last night’s train and tells your correspondent that the hail fall of yesterday in his neighbor hood was not so heavy, but that of Thursday was terrific. His entire crop of corn was beaten into shreds as was also all cotton that was through the ground. These crops will have to be planted over again. Nor is this all, for with this hail storm a wind of cy clonic proportions struck his farm, leaving three tobacco barns leveleo with the ground. His 3-story gin house, a splendidly constructed building, 30x60 feet was moved 1% inches on the pil lars and his store house, a strongly built one, 30x60 feet was left in th* shape of the rainbow. Your correspondent reached the city last night from a trip down the A. & N. C. R. R. The rainfall was heavy from Newbern to Goldsboro. From the car windows I watched the storm clouds. Between it! ns ton ond tjiis point the electric display was an awe-inspir ing one. Flash after Hash illuminated the heavens and lighted the Hooded fields. . Truck movements from this point are now heavy. Since day before yesterday the shipment of peas has been about 7,000 packages by freight and express. Peas are selling today in Chicago a - ; from $1.35 to $1.50; Philadelphia SI.OO to $1.25; New York SI.OO to $1.50 per bush el basket. Numerous growers sold to day to agents and speculators on the spot at 50 cents per basket. Strawbei l ies selling at 10 to 18 cents in North ern markets today;, of this crop within the past three days nearly a hundred car-loads have passed on the Atlantic Coast Line. Justice George, our newly installed mayor, is taking right hold of the reins of city government and sits with dignity in the seat made vacant by the Great Dispenser. On yesterday he had to do with one Worthy Washington, a young negro not heretofore unknown to the police record. Davis is fond of chickens, and so is this little darkey, and a visit to Col. Davis’ home by Washington left it two chickens short, hence Worthy’s trouble. The matter was traced right up to Worthy and Justice George sent him in default of bail to the boardinghouse of Sheriff Scott, kept on the slope of the court house green. Court convenes at Snow Hill Mon day. Oak street, at the intersection of East Centre, needs atttention. There seems to be a sewer at that point, and the recent rains have caused a setttling. Parties driving had best steer clear of the spot until the city authorities do the patching up act. Allen’s Big New Orleans Minstre’s are booked fer an appearance here un der canvass May 15th. Helen, the little daughter of R. A. Creech, who has been so yery sick with fever, is thought to be somewhat im proved today. Burglars visited the home of Mr. J. W. Parker last night and through a window effected an entrance, relieving Mr. Parker of a pair of pants and SIO.OO in cold cash. Mrs. Lane, wife of John H. Lane, died last night at her home near the dark bridge of uric poison. The young folks who attended a pic nic and fishing frolic at Bizzell’s Mill got a good drenching on their return horn*,- last evening. I am asked to say, refering again to the speech of Mr. Jas. A. Bryan yes terday on the “private soldier,” that Mr. Bryan demonstrated in his refer ence to the battle of Gettysburg that he had not read “Pickett or Pittigrew' by Capt. W. R. Bond. STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY. Annual Convention in Durham the 21st Medi cal Examining Board to Meet. (Special to News and Observer.) Durham, N. C., May 11.—Next Friday the annual' meeting of the State Med ical Examining Board will be held here. There are seven members of the board, and during the session there will be a large number of applicants for license to practice medicine examined. On Tuesday, May 21, the annual meet ing of the Slate Medical Society will convene here and it is expected that there will be about three hundred visi tors in the city during the session. The address of welcome will be delivered by Prof. Jerome Dowd, of Trinity Col lege, and President Julian M. Baker, of” Tarboro, "ill appoint some member of the society to respond. The society will be in session two days. Mrs. Mary E. Maynor, aged thirty years, wife of Joseph Maynor, died at her home on Randolph street yesterday of a complication of diseases. She left a husband and eight children. The fun eral was conducted from the residence this afternoon at 4 o’clock by Rev. W. H. Cunninggim, pastor of Main Street Methodist Church, of which she was a member. The third of the series of Trinity Col lege lectures was delivered at the court house last night by Dr. W. T. Cran ford. His subject Avas; “The Meaning of History.” D. B. Scoggins, of Zion's Landmark, Wilson, has gone to his home in Rox boro to attend the bedside of his father, who is critically ill Avith typhoid fever. Durham is to have as a visitor this summer, John Henry Boner, of Wash ington, D. C„ the well known poet and neAvspaper man. At one time he was connected Avith the New York World and later with the Literary Digest. For some time he has been proof-reader in the government printing office. He is an uncle of Mrs. J. E. Lee, of this city, and will be the guest of the fam ily while in Durham. He comes to North Carolina in search of health. Watts Chapel, the gift of Mr. George W. Watts to Union Theological Seminary, was dedicated at Richmond last Aveek, Rev. L. B. Turnbull, D. D., conducted the dedicatory services. It is a beautiful house of worship and cost $25,000. Mr. Watts had previously given *50,000 for the main building of the Theological Seminary. He is a generous donor whose gifts are well placed. Now Hr. Hatchett flakes Reply to Rev. Thomas Dixon’s Reply To the Editor: My attention has been called to some diatribe of Rev. Thos. Dixon, Jr., in your issue of the 10th from which it appears that his mighty moun tain of brain, after being in labor for ten days, has succeeded in bringing forth a sickly little mouse, Avhose mission it is to swallow the News and Observer and •myself, and thereby transfer to the gen tleman's stomach what appears lacking in his head —a just regard of parliamen tary ethics. With the News and Observer’s report of his lecture, from which I quoted, I have nothing to do. My quotations from that paper were correct and ready for proof. The obsequious handling of the nursery story of George Washington and his “hatchet,” if inuendo that I had misrep resented him. is both cowardly and un true. “It is excess of emotion,” says Dr. Dixon, “that causes things to spoil and emit erdors that unfit them for public view.” Will some philanthropist please send the gentleman a bottle of carbolic acid before the warm tveather comes on. The Reverend gentleman seems to have conceived the idea that I have some thing personal against him. I have the same feeling for him I have for all those ♦ ■ ——— IN CHURCH FIELDS. Woman’s M. E. Missionary Society Meets at Wilson. ( (Special to News and Observer.) Wilson, N. C„ May 11.—Cards are out announcing the marriage on May 22nd of Mr. Ernest F. Nadal and Miss Ella Erwin Green. Both the young peo ple are social favorites in Wilson and their marriage promises to be the so cial event of the season.. Miss Green is well known in Raleigh, where she has many friends. The State Womans’ Missionary So ciety of the Methodist Church met here this morning at 10 o’clock. Very little business excepting organization Avas transacted. There are in attend ance about sixty delegates. The session of the convention will last until Tues day. The neAV machinery for the electric light plant arrived yesterday and is be ing rapidly put in position. The city officials hope to haA*e the streets thor oughly lighted during the present month. Memorial services Avere not held yes terday in consequence of the heavy downpour of rain, but were postponed until Tuesday afternoon. Prof. Man • gum will deli\’er the oration, and Sid ney G. Mewborne will make the prefa tory" remarks. The cornerstone of the neAV Methodist church will be laid on Wednesday with appropriate ceremonies. Child Drinks Carbolic Acid. (Special to NeAvs and Observer.) Durham, N. C., May 11.—Last night the child of Mr. and Mrs. William Cop ley, Irving a feAv miles Avest of the city, was killed by drinking carbolic acid. She drank the acid late in the afternoon and died about the midnight hour, be ing unconscious up to the time of her death. The little girl av&s about one, year old. Yesterday afternoon she was in a room Avith her three year old sis ter and the latter opened an old trunk. In this trunk was a bottle of acid, and while they Avere playing around in the room the little one drank the contents of the bottle. Dr. Z. T Brooks was summoned hut could not save her life The remains were interred at Pleasant Green church this afternoon. Killed by LigbtDiDg. (Special to the News and Observer.) Reidsville, N. C., May 11.—A terrific wind and hail storm visited this county yesterday. No damage was done in this city. Zeb. Parker (colored) was killed by lightning seven miles Avest of Reidsville. HAMILTON .WRIGHT MABIE. The Distinguished Scholar Who Will Deliver Commencement Address. (Special to News and Observer.) Durham, N. C., May 11. —The new 1901 catalogue of Trinity College is out. It shows that there are eleven full pro fessors, three adjunct professors, tAvo instructors and eight assistants besides other officers. There have been eigh teen graduate students in attendance this year. In addition to the scholarships in ex istence, the trustees of the college ha\ r o established twelve graduate scholar ships, ranging in value from SSO to S2OO. These scholarships are open to grad uates of Trinity and other colleges. There are also fifty scholarships offer ed to undergraduates, ranging in value from SSO to $75. Four of these are offer ed to the Freshman class, and five each to the Sophomore and Junior classes. These scholarships are aAvard ed as a reAvard for merit. Examina tions are held in different parts of the State for the accommodation of stu dents applying for these scholarships. As has been announced in this corre spondence before, Mr. Hamilton Wright Mabie, of New York City, is to deliver the commencement address at Trinity College on Tuesday evening, June For this reason it will be of special in terest to note the high esteem in which he is held by men in all walks of life. A few weeks ago, a committee com posed of W. D. HoAvells, Andrew* Car negie, Marshal M. Mallory. Henry Van Dyke, Francis Lynde Stetson, and Hen ry Loomis Nelson was formed, repre senting friends of Mr. Mabie, who de- who, for personal interests, villify the de fenseless dead —so much their superior that Hyperion to a Satyr is but a weak comparison. But, as to having any person al feeling against an individual, Avho, hav ing consecrated himself to God and the saving of souls, and then deliberately stepped down from that high pedestal to earn sheckels in that “excess of emo tion that causes things to spoil and emit eders that unfit them for public view*’— Well, such a thing is impossible. 1 can’t reach that level. If Mr. Dixon thinks he can sustain his utterances at Raleigh, let him come to Durham with his entire lecture, and have free admission; he will find at least one man Avho will endeavor to give him a “Roland for his Oliver,” refute his miser able sophistry, and raise the ghost of his ancestors for his inspection. Tommy advises me to read and think. Good advice. In this connection it may not be out of place to suggest that he read and pray, taking the latter in large doses. Reciprocating the “kind regards” of Mr. Dixon, I am Respectfully, A. HATCHETT. Durham, N. C., May 11. ♦ sired to give a dinner to him at the University Club in New York. , Th-* special object of this dinner was to ‘‘testify in an appropriate manner their appreciation of his services and success in literature,” of Avhich the most re cent incidents have been the publication of his Avork on Shakespeare and his ap pointment to the Trumbull lecturship at Johns Hopkins UniA*ersity. The New York Times speaking of this ocea sion, says: “It has rarely happened among literary gatherings in NeAV York during many years that an assemblage so distinguished in the higher Avalk3 of life—in literature, in the law, in min istry, in medicine, in finance, in the book trade, and in the editorial work has been brought together.” Among those Avho spoke on this occa sion were Dr. Henry Van Dyke, Ed mund Clarence, Mark Twain, Dr. J. H. Canfield, Brander MattheAvs and P. Hopkinson Smith. All these noted men paid to • Mr, Mabie the highest tribute. Mr. Mhbie’s address on this' occasion was a most remarkable one. He is not only a Avriter of note, but he is also one of the most interesting speakers in the country. It is thought that his address here will draw a tre mendous crowd. THE RESULT A MISTRIAL The Case of Bynum Whitaker For the Murder of James Scott. (Special to News and Observer.) Weldon, N. C., May 11.—A mistrial is the result of the case of Bynum Whit aker, colored, on trial for the murder of Jones Scott, colored. In Halifax Criminal cou-t Bynum was | put on trial for his life. The case Avas | ably conducted by Captain W. H. Day, of Raleigh, and D. Bell, of Enfield, for the defense and Solicitor Daniel for the State. The evidence Avas circumstar.- | tial and the jury stood 7 to 5 for ac- , quittal at first when discharged last evening, after being out a day and a , night they stood 11 to 1 for acquittal, j Court adjourned last night. There ' are seven convictions for State prison. | four w'hite and three colored. It is re markable that Halifax county sends a j majority of Avhite men to the peniten- , tiary from this term of court. Thr«*e of the Avhites, however, are tramps who bIeAV open S. J. Stallings’ safe at Lit tleton, and the other white man was , a carpenter, who came here from Le noir county. j A heavy rain storm pas-red over Hal ifax county last evening. Considerable 1 hall fell In some sections, but the dam age is slight as vegetation is small. , In all probability God is more human than most of us think. , i 4444444444444444 444444 X THE WEATHER TO-DAY. X 4 For Raleigh: 4 | UNSETTLED. | AaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaA PRICE FIVE CENTS. NEWBERN AND IIS BUSTLING MARTS Glimpse at Its Truck And Fish Industries. THE SHIPMENT OF FISH Beets ire Now Moving to the North ern Markets. NEGROES SUPPORT LOCAL DEMOCRATS Ihe Result of the El ctbn Shows That Every Anti-Thomas Man Was Defeated For City Councilmin. The New Board of Alderman Organize. (Special to News and Observer.) Newbern, N. C., May 11.—Between the fish and trucking- Industry the time of the hustling Newbernian is now taken up, yet he will halt a moment for n pleasant word with the News and Ob server man. I am glad to advise that the paper is growing in popular favor here as well as elsewhere in this east ern belt. Speaking of the fish and truck industry, I am reminded of a visit yesterday to the dock and packing houses of Watson. Daniels and Gaskill, where their forces were busily engaged preparing for shipment numerous spe cies of the finny tribe. At Fernie Gae kill’s I stood and watched the process j of dressing sturgeon and sturgeon roe for shipment. The roe is put into u tub of salt brine which hardens the eggs. This does not require more than thirty or forty minutes. The mass is then taken from the tub and rubbed on a wire seine, the eggs as black as tar, passing through. The price this sea son is low, sturgeon eggs selling only at 50 cents per pound. The average sturgeon roe yields £bout forty pounds of eggs. The past season the eggs sold at 80 cents per pound- The meat of the sturgeon is also shipped North .and is considered quite palaiSlWe. The flsli industry of Newbern bring]*-"IH'TH&nK'- amount of money annually end maiM are the families supported by this one industry alone. In obedience to an urgent request of that prince of clever Newbernian’s, Mr. J. W. Stewart, 1 was soon seated behind a dashing black steed and away we went on a hasty visit to the pea and cabbage fields around Newbern. The verdant fields were a sea of black faces, there being hundreds of the colored population en gaged in harvesting, and yet many others assisting the white folks pack ing, making ready for waiting negroes and carts to carry the packaged product to the steamer wharf and railway depot. I spent some moments at the dock and ’twas a pleasant sight. There were being loaded some four thousand crater of cabbage and some two thousand baskets of peas. Among the largest shippers of cabbage yesterday was our old friend Mr. C. T. Watscn. He ship ped nearly a thousand cbates, 526 of these being consigned to Boston alone. The narrow floor space then on the dock was taken up by truck hands and com mission agents. Considerable quanti ties of this stuff changed hands on the spot, many peas being purchased at 50 cents per basket. "White cabbage were sold at $1.50 to $1.60 per crate. I notice light shipments of beets being made. This truck industry is a great source of revenue and when shipping seasons arrive almost every one is hap py. The laborers’ pockets jingle with silver, the farmer smiles as the dhecks roll in and the case of blues rests no more with the busy merchant. Yesterday morning a serious accident befell Jno. C. White. While at work at the mill of the Blades Lumber Com pany he fell from a scaffold and suffer ed a broken leg.. The injured man wa.i given medical attention by Dr. N. H. Street. Secretary T. K. Bruner, who has spent the day here taking views of the truck farms, left this evening for Ral eigh, having taken some forty views. The municipal election which waa held on Tuesday, May 7th, in the city of Newbern, evidences again the disposi tion of colored voters of that city to support local Democratic candidates who are well known and residents of the city. In the Fifth and Sixth Wards of New bern,'constituting that part of the city which contains a majority of colored voters, and which wards include Bern voting precincts, which is so strongly attacked in the Fowler-Thomas contest, and upon which Mr. Fowler's attorney.* lay so much stress in his contest, the results siiows that every anti-Thomai man( meaning those who voted or tes tified against him) was defeated for city councilmen. nO the other hand the supporters of Mr. Thomas for Congress in the elec tion of 1900 were elected by safe, and one of them by'* large majority. The councilmen elected, include the present councilmen J. T. York and W. H. John son, who, were among the organizers of the Thomas Club of colored voters advocating his election last year. Nathan Cobb, colored, ex-deputy * sheriff of the county, was also a strong supporter of Mr. Thomas. The colored voters of the Fifth Ward, which includes a considerible part of Bern precinct, supported very largely also Thomas F. McCarthy, Esq., a prominent Democrats, giving him the (Continued on Sixth Page.)
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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