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VOL. LI. NO. 28.
Leads all North Carolina Dailies in Mews and Circulation
COL! HARRIS REPLIES
TO SENATOR PRITCHARD
He Declares the Republican Organization is a
Conspiracy Against the Success of the
Party in Nqrth Carolina.
OFFICERS “HIRELINGS OF A BOSS”
“Paid by Federal Gold, Who Has Wrecked and Ruin
ed the Party Which Made Him
Senator.”
PRITCHARDPROSCRIBES ALLBUTSVCOPHANTS
y
Pritchard SaicMo Have “Debauched and Degraded Both the
Republican and Populist Parties by the Indiscriminate
Promise of Federal Offices/’ In 1900 the Republi
can State Convention Was Composed of More
Than 200 Federal Office-Holders
Out of 240 Delegates.
To the Editor:
‘“We held an informal meeting of the State Executive Committee, and a num
ber of representative Republicans from various sections of the State were present.
Encouraging reports were received from all sections of the State. The Republican
party will earnestly adw cate the rehabilitation of our merchant marine, indus
trial expansion and a continuance of the economic policies inauurated by the late
President, and will oppose the unwise legislation which was enacted by the last
Legislature. The farmers, the mechanics, the laborers, the manufacturers, and all
classes are invited to. join with us in our efforts to maintain the satisfactory con
dition of affairs which uow obtains throughout the country as a result of Republi
can legislation.—Senator Pritchard. *
"The King of France end ten thousand men marched up the hill and then
•lown.” “The Mountain labored and brought forth a mouse."
These reflections appear appropriate when we consider the above deliverance
of Senator Pritchard on Sunday morning last concerning the conference at Greens
boro on Saturday, the 1-th instant, of himself and his office-holders. From this
account of what was done at the meeting of the favored few who -were present by
invitation, the close corporation known as the Republican party, is to be main
tained and nothing is to be done whereby new accessions may be drawn into
the Republican party of that large class of men who are not Democrats according
to the principles enunciated at Chicago and Kansas City. The present status is to
bo observed until the Rough-Rider or the people, or both in combination, kick the
office-holders down stairs, out of the State Committee, and out of their offices.
This action proves conclusively that new iecruits are not wanted because it is de
sired to circumscribe the party into as small a compass as possible for fear that
some office-holder might lose his job when the time for reappointment rolls
around. The smaller the party the less the competition. This action also forces
the conclusion that the gentlemen who assembled in Greensboro, and who for all
practical purposes, are the Republican party, care nothing for the increase of the
party of this State, and only desire the control of the party machinery in order to
dish out the Federal offices, knowing that the nation will elect a Republican Presi
dent without the votes of North Carolina. It is a fervid humiliation to every Re
publican throughout the State who is not a Federal office-holder, and is a Repub
lican because he believes in the principles of the party, to be dominated by an or
ganization that is in itself a conspiracy against the success of the party as a State
organization. In prod' of this statement one of the rrominent men at the Greens
boro conference remarked to the writer on Sunday last that he "thought that many
of the suggestions made in this correspondence<%ught to have been acted upon and
carried out, but that the close corporation existing within the party is so absolute
ly dominated by Federal t ifice-holders, that if any Republican dissents from / the
views of Senator Pritchard as voiced by hi.s hand-made adherents, he is immedi
ately disciplined and proscribed and no longer has any influence or standing in the
party." Tolerance, liberty, free speech and the largest individual independent ac-
Viou, is what real Republicanism stands for. The sort that exists in North Caro
lina is of an illegitimate and spurious chaiacter. Think of it! Ever since the Re
publican party was organized in this State and given the name that it bears by the
lamented Thomas Settle, one of the greatest contentions made by the party has
been for toleration and the largest independent personal action in the matter of
free speech and free thought. Our opponents have been guilty of just the opposite,
and bow the time has come when the official hirelings of a boss, paid by Federal
gold, who has wrecked and ruined the party which made him Senator, attempts to
proscribe Republicans who refuse to become sycophants and who dare to have
opinions different froi i this paid class and to express them. We certainly have
fallen upon evil days when such a state of affairs exists in the Republican party.
But those commissioned gentlemen have not learned anything by the truths of
history nor are they taught anything by the changed conditions of political affairs.
In 1892, the writer protested before the National Republican Committee in New
"York city, against the nomination of a Republican State ticket, and urged Senator
Charles Foster, then Secretary of the Treasury, not to permit his revenue officials
to nominate such a ticket. Some of the same office-holders who were present at
the same meeting were present at the Greensboro meeting on last Saturday. In
1892 they were so waning in the knowledge of political affairs of this State that
they told Mr. Foster and the National Committee that the Populists would draw
so many votes from the Democratic party, that this State was as certain for Har
rison for President as was the State of Pennsylvania. Mr. Foster allowed himself
to be fooled against his better judgment, and refused to command his revenue of
ficers to withhold th< ir hands and not nominate a State ticket. I made the only
speech in the convention on the 7th of September, 1892, against the nomination of
a Stale ticket, and pointed out how the Democrats that year could be defeated by
the Republicans joining w th the Populists. The same gentlemen who were at
Greensboro put a wind-bag to try and answer my argument and then refused to
£ive me a vote by a roll call of the counties and proceeded to nominate their State
ticket. Daniel L. Russell, J, J. Mott and myself revived the Signal newspaper and
bolted the State ticket and supported the Populist ticket. The Eaves faction, as
it was then known, boasted that the trio of Russell, Mott and Harris, could not
control two thousand votes in the State. 1 told Eaves that if Wake county did not
give the Populist ticket twice as many votes as the Republican ticket received,
that I would roll him across the Blue Ridge in a wheel-barrow. Exum received
nearly four thousand votes and Furches nineteen hundred. The general result
.showed one hundred and forty-seven thousand votes for Exum and Furches, and
one hundred and thirty-two thousand votes for Elias Carr, proving that the State
could have been carried that year against the Democrats by fifteen thousand ma
jority. This result forced co-operation with the Populists in 1894, although the
[*'* * [“* , 1 (Continued on Fourth Page.)
The News and Observ er.
RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 15? 1901.
FORMATION OF COUNTIES
And Creation of New Offices Considered by tie
Constitutional Convention.
(By the Associated Press.)
Richmond, Va., Oct. 14.—The Consti
tutional Convention, in committee of
the whole, today resumed consideration
of the report of the legislative depart
ment, section 23; regarding the forma
tion of counties. It provides that no
new county shall be formed with an area
of less than GOO square miles, nor shall
any counties be reduced below that
area; no county is to have a population
of less than 8,000. The report of the
committee was adopted after the last
section had been stricken out. The sen
tence reads as follows:
“In all general elections the voters in
any county not entitled to separate rep
resentation shall vote in the same elec
tion district.”
At Mr. Thomas’ suggestion, all
amendments were withdrawn and re
ferred to the suffrage committee for
embodiment in the apportionment of the
State.
Mr. Barham’s amendment—-a new sec
tion prohibiting the creation of new of
fices after the adoption of the new Con
stitution unless by the fonsent of two
thirds of the members of both branches
of the General Assembly—was taken up.
Mr. Wise, of Richmond, opposed the
amendment, saying the hands of the
Legislature should not be tied.
Mr. Brown, of Bedford, offered to
amend by making the proposed section
read: "Unless by a recorded vote of a
majority of the members of each house
of the General Assembly.” The amend
ment was accepted, and as amended the
section was agreed to. This completed
the report with the exception of the
question of quadrennial sessions, which
comes up Thursday, on the motion of
Delegate Flood to reconsider.
The report of the minority—Messrs.
Turnbull, of Richmond, Carter, Wes
cott and Quarles —was taken up. The
report prohibits any appropriation by
any city or county or the State to any
institution not wholly under State or
municipal control. The purport of the
report was talked of for a short while,
and at 2 oclock the committee rose and
the convention took recess until 8
o'clock.
NEOHO SHOT DOWN IN HIS YARD-
One of His Race Arrested on Suspicion. Large
✓ Increase m Property Valuation
(Special to News and Observer.)
Winston-Salem, N. C., Oct. 14,—Saun
ders Westmoreland, colored, aged 55, was
shot and killed in his yard, in North
Wilkesboro. at 4:30 this morning. J. M.
Hyde, colored, was arrested on the charge
of being the murderer. There is strong
evidence against him. The ball which
(killed Westmoreland struck the chin
bone going into the neck and thence into
the left lung where it was found.
The valuation of real estate and per
sonal property in Forsyth county is $9,-
050,512, Winston-Salem lists $6,119,754.
The increase in the county this year
over last year is $1,326,558.
North Carolina day was fittingly
celebrated by all the public schools in,the
city today.
MOST SENT UP FOR A YEAR.
For Publishing in His Paper an Alleged Sedi
tious Article
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Oct. 14.—Johann Most, the
anarchist, was sentenced to one year in
the penitentiary today in the Court of
Special Sessions for publishing in his pa
per an alleged seditious article on the
day following the shooting of the late
President McKinley.
t
No Serious Hurt to the Alabam’s Guu
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., Oct. 14.—1 n regard
to the report that one of the forward
13-inch guns of the battleship Alabama
had been disabled in the recent gun tests
off the Virginia capes, Rear Admiral
O’Neil, Chief of the Naval Bureau of
Ordnance, said today that the injury is
not a serious one; that the gun will not
have to be taken from the ship, and that
at present the bureau does not contem
plate making any repairs on the gun at
all, as its usefulness has not been im
paired. Admiral O’Neil says that a shell
exploded within the bore of the gun end
■scarred it somewhat, but did no serious
injury.
It Nay be Good Policy in S. C,
(Special to News and Observer.)
Winston-Salem, N. C., Oct. 14.— Ex-
Sheriff Clarence Call, of Wilkes county,
wa3 here today on his return from the
Republican conference, held in Greens
boro on Saturday. He is a candidate for
the nomination for Congress in his dis
trict next year. . When asked if ex-
Congressman Harry Skinner, who has left
the Populists and joined the Republicans,
and who made the “star”* speech before
the meeting Saturday, would get the
Easrern district attorneyship. Mr. Call
replied: "I am afraid he will, though
there are many Republicans who think
Claude Bernard is just as good a man
now v as he was four years ago, in fact
better, for he has had experience. It
may be good policy in South Carolina to
put new converts in office, but I do net
consider it wise to adopt this plan in
North Carolina when we have so many
good men in the Republican party.”
In referring to Skinner, the ex-sheriff
said he had come over to the Republi
cans as.the Populist party is dead, and
the Democrats did not want him. The
Wilkes man thought Harry should be re
quired to vote the Republican ticket at
least a few times before he was provided
for. The ex-sheriff and others inter
viewed expressed the opinion that District
Attorney Holton would have no trouble
in retaining his present office.
FIRST OF SCHLEY'S
WITNESSES SPEAK
Testimony For the Govern
ment Concluded,
CAPTAIN COOK CALLED
Commander of the Brooklyn and
Chief of Staff.
SCHLEY ALWAYS READY FOR THE FOE
Cook Detcribes the Battle Off Santiago and
Ttlls of the Brooklyn's Famous Loop.
No Fear of Collision. Schley an
Ideal Commander.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 14.—Today in the
Schley Court of Inquiry Judge Advocate
Lomly concluded presentation of testi
mony for the Government and the first
of Admiral Schley’s witnesses was in
troduced. Capt. Francis A; Cook, who
commanded the Brooklyn during the
Santiago campaign, and who acted,
though unofficially, in the capacity of
chief-of-staff for the commodore, was
on the witness stand the greater part of
the day. He was followed by Lieuten
ant-Commander William F. Fullam,
who was senior watch officer on the
New Orleans during the Spanish war,
and former Lieut. Joseph Beale, who as
an officer on the Harvard translated the
cipher dispatches between Commodore
Schley and the Navy department car
ried by that vessel.
Lieut. Beale was the last of the Gov
ernment witnesses, although Capt.
Lemly explained that he would reserve
the right to call others if occasion
should demand it. He had no sooner
retired than the first witness for Ad
miral Schley was called. This proved to
be the Cuban pilot, Eduardo Nunez.
OAFT. COOK TESTIFIES.
Capt. Cook was questioned by Mr.
Hanna and responded in clear and dis
tinct tones. He said he had been at Key
West on May 19 giving the directions for
the departure of the Flyiug Squadron for
Cienfuegos. Capt. Cook said the squad
ron had been sent to that poijt “to in
tercept and meet the Spanish squadron,
it having been determined, as we be
lieved at that time, by them to make
Cienfuegos their objective point.” He
had understood that the Spanish fleet
carried munitions of war for Havana,
and it was be'lieved that they would go
to Cienfuegos, because of its accessibili
ty to Havana. Capt. Cook detailed a
conversation between the commodore
and Capt. Chester while the squadron
was en route to Cienfuegos. He said
there had been talk between them about
coaling on the southeren coast.
Capt. Cook said that upon arriving off
Cienfuegos on the morning of May 22 a
blockade was immediately established,
as the firing of guns was heard and it
was believed that Cervera had arrived
and a fete in honor of his appearance
was on.
Earthworks on the shore were seen,
hut they were not fired upon because it
was considered desirable not to unneces
sarily expend ammunition.
“I think, - ’ said the witness, “between
that time and the arrival of the Adula
'it was probable that the whole beach
was occupied. We saw' cavalry and
others on the beach. The possibility of
a boat landing was talked of. On the
arrival of the Adula we fully expected
to get all information.”
SIGNALS AT CIENFUEGOS.
“Did you see any signal lights on
shore while you were there."
“Yes, the first thing after we arrived
on May 22nd.”
“Where were those signal lights and
what were they ”
I judged them to have been about
six or seven miles to the westward,
three lights, one ahead of the other, very
distinct an ( l the discussion that took
place on the .ship, in which I think the
commodore took part, xvas pretty clear
evidence that it was a signal of some
kind to assist that fleet and that he cer
tainly had them in there.”
“There could have been no doubt what
ever from the arrangements of those
lights, that they were intend*! as sig
nals?”
DID NOT UNDERSTAND THEM.
“Oh! no. Their appearing at the time
they did and remaining so long, but we
could not determine from whom or to
whom they were sent.”
Mr. Hanna questioned the witness con
cerning the arrival of the lowa and the
Dupont off Cienfuegos. Captain Cook said
they had brought dispatches and he had
gathered from conversation with Commo
dore Schley after their receipt that it
was the idea both: of Sampson and Schley
that they should continue to hold Cien
fuegos. He did net, he said, recall the
receipt of the McCalla memorandum about
a lauding place near Cienfuegos.
Mr. Hanna: “Were you present at any
interview 'between Captain McCalla and
the Commodore?”
“I was in consultation.”
“Briefly and exactly as you cari give
it, what occurred?”
‘We talked on various subjects at first.
I think Captain McCalla informed him he
had mining materials for the insurgents
and that he was going to communicate
with the insurgent camp.
McCALLA EXPLAINS.
“We brought up the question about the
camp and where it was. and then the
Commodore said to him: ‘We have seen
three peculiar lights, one ahead of the
other here, but we cannot make out what
they are'and 1 believe it is something
in connection with the Spanish fleet. Cap
tain McCalla gave a start, threw up his
hands, and said ‘That is the signal from
the insurgent camp. They want to com
municate with you,: and added, ‘Well,
1 can go there and find out at once.’ The
Commodore told him to go, to get off as
soon as possible, and added ‘You* can send
a boat across and let me Know as soon as
possible.’ Then the subject of coaling
came up again; about the great difficulty
we were go>ng to have in coaling from
colliers and Captain McCalla said ‘You
need not be at all concerned about me. I
will get coal if there is any coal to be
obtained.’ He w r as always cheerful about
eveiything. He started from the ship al
most immediately and said ‘I must get
off.’
THE ADULA BRINGS NEWS.
“In the meantime closely connected
with that, was the arrival of the Adula.
This steamer came in from Jamaica and
reported that the Spanish fleet had gone
into Santiago and had left on the nine
teenth. That seemed to confirm the Com
modore’s idea that they had reached
Cienfuegos. It was a suspicious craft. 1
said something to the Commodore about
letting that steamer go in. He said
‘I don’t care anything about the steamer,
hut 1 am bound to get information from
her. If the Captain does not give it I
will certainly get it out of some of the
passengers.’
“It was arranged that when she came
out the officers should go aboard and
question the passengers and get infor
mation fronj them. She did not come out.
That confirmed him still more that they
were there. Then the Eagle came down
in the evening and reported that tne
Spanish squadron was not in Cienfuegos.”
Speaking of the coal supply of the ves
sels of the Flying Squadron while at
Cienfuegos, Captain Cook said that his
only anxiety was concerning the Texas,
whose supply w’as light. It had been
found difficult to coal that ship on ac
count of its sponsons. He said in this
connection that Commodore Schley had
always been persistent in keeping ihe
ships as full of coal as possible.
ARRIVAL OF THE HAWK.
Capt. Cook said he recalled the arrival
of the dispiateh boat Hawk on May 24 with
dispatches. He was told that the infor
mation was to the effect that the Spanish
fleet was in Santiago. “But,” he said,
“I was not especially impressed with
that fact as I had heard it before.”
He was, however, told that this in
formation was more positive. than any
which had yet been brought. The Com
modore, he said, had told him that the
Hawk had brought orders to the effect
that the squadron should proceed to San
tiago if he (the Commodore) was satisfied
that the Spaniards were not at Cienfvie
gos, but, he said. Commodore Schley had
said: "I am not satisfied that they are
not here. I still believe they are here.”
There was then, he said, considerable
talk on the part of the Commodore con
cerning the coal supply, he feeling that
if the then present expenditure was to
continue it would not continue long. He
was still especially concerned about the
Txeas. and had said to him (Captain
Cook) that “we must keep the ships in
fighting trkn.” They had consulted
charts and talked over the case, looking
for a place fit for coaling. Finally, he
said, they had hit upon Gonaives Bay and
had decided to lay a course for that point.
"The idea,” he said, “was that we should
proceed in the direction of Santiago, and
that if we found the sea such that we
could coal we would immediately institute
the blockade, but if not practicable to
do that we would proceed to Gonaives
Bay and coal there.”
Captain Cook related the particulars of
the meeting with the scout ships off San
tiago and told of Captains Cotton and
Sigsbee coming on board. Speaking of
Captain Sigbee’s visit, he told of his
bringing the pilot Nunez aboard. Nunez
said he had seen nothing of the Spanish
fleet.
The witness then detailed the retro
grade movement of the Flying Squadron
toward Key West. He said his first in
forrfiatlon that such a movement was to
ho undertaken was when he received
orders to move. He had, he said, in
formed Commodore Schley on the evening
of the 27th that he thought the sea had
become calm enough to coal and had
found that the Commodore had also
reached same conclusion.
Replying to questions concerning the
blockade of Santiago, Captain Cook said
that Commodore Schley’s constant idea
was that the vessels should be kept well
supplied with coal and kept moving con
stantly as his theory was that the Span
ish fleet would come out of the har
bor.
ALWAYS READY FOR ACTION.
“Why was the circular blockade not
adopted?” asked Mr. Ilanna.
“There ace many forms of blockade, and
I have nothing but piaise for the cir
cular blockade,” (replied the witness,
“but the idea was to get the Spaniards
to come out and to have our ships mov
ing and ready for action.”
“What w’ere your orders of battle from
May 19 to June 1st?”
“We did not have any. The fleet was
always in condition for action.”
“Do you call that a battle order?”
“It is possible to have an order for
battle if you know just what conditions
you are going to meet. The idea with us
was to be able to fight the Spanish fleet
whenever we should meet it. I think
that w f as understood by all. I certainly
so understood it.’’
“If the fleet had come out of the harbor
previous to June Ist, w’hat would you
have done?”
“We would have obeyed the orders of
the commanding officer.”
“Were the fighting ships always in or
der for battle?”
“I always supposed they were: the
Brooklyn was always in excellent order."’
BATTLE OF JULY THE THIRD.
General interest was manifested
throughout the court room when Mr.
Hanna began his inquiries aboflt th» bat
tle of July 3. Captain Cook said he was
in his cabin when ih a Spanish eet was
sighted and went immediately on dock.
“Had you had any intimation on the
night before that the fleet was coming
out ?”
“No. I turned in the night before,
about midnight, feeling lather the other
way, all hope of their coming out having
been given up.”
“When you came on deck where were
the Spanish vessels? What were they
doing?”
“When I first arrived on the forecastle
there were two in sight. The third one
was just outside the entrance and the
fourth appeared immediately afterward.”
“Which way did they head?”
“We were to the westward. The en
trance to us was about northeast by
north. The fleet came out south and
turned as they left the entrance $o four
points southwest, so that they turned in
our direction.
our direction. When I first got on deck
the helm had been starboarded, holding
a little to the northward. When ! saw
the fleet they were heading southwest,
and seemed to be coming straight for the
interval between the Texas and the
Brooklyn. I went in the conning tower
and directed the helmsman.
STRAIGHT FOR THE SPANIARDS.
“I told him what I wanted to do was
to keep straight for the fleet. They wav
ered a little. Sometimes they turned one
way and then another. We shifted helm
once or twice, but very little indeed and
finally when we were getting up fairly
close, say between fifteen hundred and
two thousand yards, it seemed to me
clear that they wanted to pass between
the Texas and the Brooklyn. The Texas
was well on our starboard hand and she
was headed to the northward and west
ward. All ships were carrying out the
instructions of the commander-in-chief,
and that was to head in for the entrance.
We were well to the westward and head
ed to the uorteast. When I saw that. I
ported the helm perhaps half way over.
She was swinging starboard very rapidly.
The Spanish fleet was coming straight for
this interval. I stepped out of the tower
on the port side to get a good look at
this eet, to see just what they were going
to do as to our relative positons, and I
saw they evidently put helms hard aport
and w’ere turning to the westward. We
were then turning very rapidly to star
board with port helm and we had turned,
I think, almost to the east. The Texas
was well on our starboard side. I then
gave the order ‘Hard aport’ to the helms
man,’ ran through the opening between
the shield and the conning tower to the
other side on purpose to see our own
fleet and our relative positions. Quicker
than I could tell it, the Commodore
called to me ‘Cook, Hard aport,’ or Is
your helf aport.’ I answered ‘The helm
is hard aport, turning as rapidly as possi
ble.
QUICK TURN BY BROOKLYN.
As 1 watched the Texas the bow of the
Brooklyn seemed .first to point to her
port bow. I never saw the starboard bow
of the Texas, and changing her bearing
very rapidly the bow of the Brooklyn
passed along the port side of the Texas
until there was a clear opening between
us and the sterol of the Texas We mad
a complete turn, a very quick turn, with
helm hard aport until we came around
and paralleled the fleet on the other
side. As we paralleled the Spanish fleet
the Vlseaya ”
Admiral Dewey: “May I interrupt? How
near Aid you pass to the Texas?”
NEVER FEARED A COLLISION.
“I never thought of a collision It
never entered my mind. I never for a
moment had one idea or vicissitude in
that respect. We passed, I judge, about
four hundred yards. 1 had handled the
ship under all circumstances au got so
I could judge pretty correctly and my
impression was tat we were about the
distance we sailed in squadron. Bui a
collision I never thought of. She turned
perfectly clear of the Texas, came around
and then we had the Viscaya on our
starboard bow and about abeam was the
Oquendo and then the Colon. At the time
I thought it was the Teresa, but I soon
discovered this vessel was dropping out
and heading for the beach. That was
about tne hottest time of the action. It
was a critical time. There was not any
time for indecision and I do,not think
there was any. I have always felt in my
Blind, in studying the positions, that the
chances w’ould have been for a disaster
had w’e shifted holm at such a time. How
ever, w’e got around and w’o had these
three vessels. I looked and could see
nothing but smoke astern and vessels
seemed enveloped in this smoke. 1 could
not understand it. I could not under
stand exactly how we got there. They
were all three firing on the Brooklyn,
when almost immediately faster than I
could tell it, I saw a large white bone in
the water and through this smoke I saw
the bow of a vessel. I exclaimed at the
time, 'What was that?’ The navigator,
who was near me, said it was the Mass
achusetts or something to that effect. I
said she was away and he then said
‘That is the Oregon.’ 1 felt perfectly as
sured from that moment. She came up
very rapidly: she was making mere speed
than we were at that time.”
(Continued on Fifth Page.)
THE STiTE FAIR AT RALEIGH
THE GREAT TWENTIETH CENTURY STATE FAIR AT RAL
EIGH, OCTOBER 22-26TH, IS GOING TO BE A REVELATION TO
THE PEOPLE.
THE PHENOMENAL SUCCESS OF THE LAST FAIR IS THE BEST
GUARANTEE OF WHAT THE MANAGERS HAVE ARRANGED TO
MAKE THIS EVENT.
WE HAVE THE EXHIBITS, AND HAVE SECURED THE AT
TRACTIONS AT THE COST OF LAVISH OUTLAY OF BOTH
MONEY AND ENERGY THAT THE PEOPLE MAY BE BENEFIT
TED, INSTRUCTED AND AMUSED.
PUT DOWN THE DATE, OCTOBER 22-26TH, AND COME TO
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OUR TURNSTYLES AS WITNESSES TO THE TRUTH OF THIS
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“Good Roads Special Train"
to Visit Raleigh.
AND BUILD A MILE ROAD
Special Carrying Machinery and Ex.
ports to be Run by Southern.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO NAME ROAD
A Wreck on the Seaboard Near Merry Oaks
Sunday in Which Seven Cars Were Torn
Up. Gen. Sup*. Maher of the
Se; board in the City.
The Southern Railway will shortly run
a “Good Road Special Train” over Its
system, stopping at various points for the
purpose of building sample roads and
holding meetings with the view of educat
ing people in practical road building.
The train is operated under the direction
of the National Good Roads Association.
Raleigh is one of the objective points
of this train, and announcement Is made
by officials of the company that a sample
road from a half to a mile will
be built here. The matter will be brought
at once to the attention of the Chamber
of Commerce and the Board of Aldermen,
which bodies will be requested to desig
nate the street or road in Raleigh de
sired to be improved.
The train will leave Washington about,
the first of November. It will stop first
at 'Danville, coming next to Raleigh and
going then to Asheville, Greenville, Co
lumbia. Atlanta, Birmingham, Ala. and
Knoxville, Tenn. The special will con
sist of eight cars, carrying the necessary
machinery and tools for the building of
the roads, road experts and road build
ers.
It is not known whether the specimen
road will be built in the city or on one
of the roads leading into the city. A
special rate will be given by the railroad
the day the road force ts at work, so
that as many people as possible from
adjacent towns may take advantage of
the lessons to be learned from practical
and modern road building. »
The Seaboard Air Line had a wreck
near Merry Oaks, 23 miles from Raleigh
last Sunday morning shortly after five
o'clock. Seven cars were wrecked and
the track was blocked until noon Sun
day. The accident was caused by a draw
head andadraught timber pulling out from
an empty flat car and dropping on the
track. Two empty flats and flvd cars,
loaded with coal, cotton and nails were
wrecked. The engine was not injured.
Mr. N. D. .Vlaher, the general Superin
tendent of the Seaboard system, arrived
in the city yesterday. There were in
vestigations of train crews in recent
wrecks nt the Halifax street offices of
the company.
It is said that more men arc employed
now in the railroad business than in any
other line except agriculture, the total
being 1,100,(40, or one man out of every
seventeen, the annual pay-roll being
$57?,000,000. The rates of wages are thus
given:
Average
Class. Num- Daily
ter. Pay.
General officers 4,916 $10.45
Other officers 4,669 5.22
General office clerks... 32,265 2.19
Station agents 31*610 1.75
Other station men 89,851 1.60
Enginemen 42,837 3.75
Firemen 5... 44,130 2.14
Conductors 29,967 3.17
Other trainmen 74,274 1.96
Machinists 32.831 2.30
Carpenters 46,666 2.0*
Other shopmen 114,773 1.73
Section foremen 33,085 1.68
Other trackmen 226,799 1.22
Switchmen, flagmen and
watchmen 50,789 1.80
T e 1e g raph operators
and dispatchers 25,218 1.96
Employes, account float
ing equipment 7,597 1.92
All other employes and
laborers 125,388 1.71
This does not include the army of
surgeons and attorneys.
Dey is so much sunshine in dis ol' woiT
dat you can't look at It widout goin’ half
blind.