TWELVE PAGES— SECTION ONE.
The News and Ob~§~ver.
VOL. LI. NO. 131.
Leads all Morth Carolina Dailies in Mews and Cirenlation
PERMANENT CENSUS
BILL IS CONSIDERED
It Will be Taken Up Again
Monday.
CIVIL SERVICE QUESTION
Employes of Office in Without Furthe
Examination.
NO STATISTICS OF TRUSTS WANTED
Tillman Offers an Amendment Providing:
Monthly Bulletins of the Cotton Production
as Reported by the Ginnersfrom
October to March.
(By the Associated Press )
Washington, Feb. 15.—During the en
tire session of today, the Senate had un
der consideration the bill establishing
a permanent Census Office. It was not
completed, but an agreement was reached
to take it up again immediately after
the executive session that is to be held
ftn Monday next for the consideration of
the Danish treaty.
The great contest of the day, of course,
was over the transfer to the classified
service of the employes of the Census
Office, who were to be retained in the
permanent estimate. It involved the en
tire Civil Service question, and the de
bate covered much of the ground that
heretofore has been gone over in Con
gressional debates.
-The pending amendment to the bill was
that of Mr- Lodge to amend the para
graph relating to the retention of em- j
ployes so that it would' read "that all j
employes of the Twelfth Census Office. |
at the date of the passage of this act who j
are retained in the employ of the perma- I
nfht census above the grade of skilled I
labored shall be. and they are hereby
placed without further examniation. un
der the provisions of the Civil Service
act.”
I support of his amendment, Mr. Lodge
argued that if all the persons at present
in the employ' of the Census Office j
be placed arbitrarily within the |
classified service without further exam
ination it would work a hardship upon
those who had taken Civil Service ex
aminations and were on the eligible list.
In response to a suggestion Mr. Dodge
said it was perfectly evident from the j
profound interest in this measure, born
in the Senate and in the House, that th.«
Census employes had a good deal of po
litical influence.
During the discussion Mr- Tillman said
laughingly' that some Senators and Rep
resentatives would get their full share
of the appointments. He was sure the
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Dodge)
would; and ho believed h< himself would.
‘‘J hope so.” replied Mr. Lodge in the
same vein. "No two Senators an more
deserving.” (Laughter.)
‘‘l am glad of course.” said Mr- Til!- )
man. "to bo in such good company, but j
I am afraid that when the. sharing up
come? it will not be even.”
Mr. Gallinger gave notice of an amend*
mrnt, declaring' that persons who had
served as soldiers in any war in which
the T nited State-s had engaged and the
widows of such soldiers, shall have pref
erence in the matter of certification.
Sir. Scott declared he was opposed to
the. Civil Service system "from start to
finish, and that the whole system was
wrong in operation and in principle.
cry soon, he thought, people in the
classified service would control the gov
ernment-
Mr- Lodge's amendment was then re
jected without division.
Mr. Gallinger then offered his amend
ment. It was accepted by Mr. Quarles,
in charge of the bill, and it. was adopted'
Many ineffectual efforts were made to
amend, section r>. the confusion ;trising
from Urn attempts becoming so amusing
that Mr. Tillman facetiously suggested
the point cf order to the chair that “the
is so muddled that it could not
pass a Civil Service examination and the
members therefore would not bo eligible
to re-elect ion.” *
“The chair is in doubt.” said the Pres
ident pro-tem (.Mr. Fry.-*), “and will have
to submit the question to the Senate.’.’
(Laughter.)
Finally on motion pf Mr. McComas the
first paragraph of section "> was so amend
ed as to read: “that all employes of
the Gensus Office except' 1 * unskilled labor
ers. at the date of the passage of this
r.et shall be and they ore hereby placed,
without further examination under the
provisions of the Civil Service act.”
On motion of Mr. Teller the bill was
amended so as to provide for an assist
ant director o f the Census at a salary of
$4.0t)0 ier annum; and further that the
terms of appointment of both the direc
tor and assistant direct or should Ire
four years.
Mr. Dubois offered an amendment pro
viding that the Dtpector of (he Census
shall collect annually statistics concern
ing the business of trusts or industrial
combinations.
The amendment was rejected 17 to :il.
file vote l*eing along strict party lines,
except that of Mr. McEnery (Dorn.. La.),
voted against the amendment.
Mr. Alii, on offered another aicendmcii.
eliminating the provision for the collec
tion of statistics concerning the produc
tion n f witinn a« returned by the gin-
rerc. He maintained that cotton statis
tics now were collected by tho Agricul
tuial Department and the statistics gol
lectr-d hy the Census Office would be a
duplication. •
Mr. Tillman opposed the amendment
vigorously. Ho held that statistics of
.lie cotton production now collected were
net accurate—"mere guess work" in
many instances. By obtaining the statis
tics from the ginners. he contended, ti
would be practically possible to know by
Cbristmas each year just what the cotton
production for the year Was. He urged
that either this provision be left in the
bill or that a sufficient sum he given
to tlit* Secretary of Agriculture to enable
him to take the statistics of cotton pro
udetion.
Mr. Alison replied that the Secretary
of Agriculture now collected cotton sta
tistics from tin* ginners and from every
possible collateral source and he present
ed ,a letter from the Secretary to that
effect.
Mr. Berry appealed to Mr. Allison to
withdraw the amendment. Ho said it was
a question of such importance to the cot
ton growing States as well as to the re
mainder of the country that the small
expense involved ought not to be permit
ted to stand in its way.
Mr. Quarles urged that no change in
the measure be made as it had been dem
onstrated by experience that the statis
tics collected by tho Census Office from
the gihners were absolutely accurate.
Finally Mr. Tdhr.an offered an amend
ment in (lie nature of a substitute for
Mr. Allison’s amendment providing that,
the Census Director should issue monthly'
bulletins on the cotton production as re
ported by the ginners beginning on Octo
ber 1 each year and extending to and
including March 1. No action was taken
upon the amendments the Senate agree
ing to take up the bill and amendments
immediately' after the executive session
of tin Danish treaty to bo held on Mon
day next.
The Senate then adjourned.
SUCCESSFUL FARMER
Story of Mr. J J laugningbonse. of Grimes
land, a Modern Instance
To the Editor; It lias been said and
experience has taught its accuracy that !
: if the farmer would apply the same dili
gence and system to his operations on
the farm as .the successful merchant,
lawyer or other business or profession
al man success would more often prove
the rule than the exception.
For some vars past I have been in a
position to observe the operations of
most of the farmers of the eastern part
of the State, and while I do not claim to
be an agricultural critic, I have seen
enough to justify me in drawing the con- j
elusion that loose, careless and shiftless (
methods on the farm are not any more,
productive of good results than in any
other profession or ( ailing of man.
We have here, in the county' of Pitt,
numbers of successful farmers, men '
who are making money farming by hard !
w Ark. perseverance and tho application i
of sound principles to their methods, vet I
I I
: on the other hand we have numbers of
failures attributable in tho majority' of
cases to careless, indifferent and aimless
methods.
1 want to cite (An* instance that has
come under my personal observation
wherein farming, eve n on a very large
scale, through an era of unprecedented
scarcity of very trifling labor, has been
made a very profitable industry. k
A good many years ago, Mr. J. J.
Lauchinghouse, of’’ Grimesland, Pitt
county’, realized that cotton could not
be made a profitable crop at the pre
vailirg prices. He. therefore, abandon
ed cotton culture entirely and com
menced growing tobacco as his solo
money crop.
His first work was to secure first -
class tenants who thoroughly' understood
tobacco culture, then from the beginning
by bis opep. frank and candid conduct
with them he inspired their confidence
and respect.
This was his first step toward suc
cess. and while at the tinje he com
menced tobacco was soiling-a great deal
better thau in subsequent, years, yet he
has never planted any other money crop
except tobacco, and through an ora of
extremely low prices, by diligence and
industry, and the application of sound
principles he has made some money
every year, oven in the face of reverses,
and some severe ones.
The object of this article, however, is
to recite his operations last year, and to
show what can be accomplished on the
farm by the use of brains and energy.
Mr Laughinghouse last year planted
one hundred and sixty acres in tobacco,
entirely'on the tenant system, from
j which he sold a little over twenty thou
! sand dollars, and in addition to this he
| has grown sufficient corn, fodder and
feed stuffs for a fifteen horse farm and
j raised pork enough to supply this farm
I three-fourths of the year.
Mr. Laughinghouse employs the tenant
! system because the lumber and milling
interest of his section is so extensive
that labor cannot be secured except at
exorbitant prices. His tenant system,
however, is very thoroughly systema
tized. In a word. 1 hat entire farm is
just as much under his personal suiter
vision as if the tenants were hired. He
has nothing but a. verbal contract with
them and he has never had to discharge
one yet. has not had but one to leave
him in twelve years, and there are a
'number working with him now that.
! commenced with him in ISGH. old 'ex
slaves of his father.
His tobacco land is thoroughly pre
pared before planting by breaking deep
with a two-horse plow and crossing with
a disk harrow. lie lias g.-uno made to
analyze 1 per cent ammonia, i per cent
phosphoric acid and 6 per cent potash.
He says h< long ago learned that tobac
co required more potash and less phos
phoric at id than was found in the ordi
nary tobacco guauo, and as a result of
RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 10. 1902.
the use of this formula he has made on
an average of 25 per cent more pounds
to the acre than the average farmer. and
as his tobacco was all sold on my' ware
house floor I can attest that he
has grown the largest quantity of the
finest wrappers of any one I ever knew.
The poorest had last year
cleared above all expenses one hundred
'and fifty* dollars, besides his corn, while
there were some who‘cleared as much
as five hundred dollars. They' all seem
to realize that the landlord knows best
what is for their mutual interest and
cheerfully leave everything to him. A
happier set of men I never saw. Mr-
Laughinghouse’s distinguished charac
teristic seems to be as a leader and con
troller of men- This was emphasized in
his early' manhood, for wheat a mere
youth of sixteen he left Horner’s School
at Oxford and jained tho Confederate
army in a company of Junior Reserves.
He was made first lieutenant and before
he was seventeen was elected captain of
the company, thus showing the esteem
and regard in which he wafe held by' his
comrades.
He has always been an energetic and
persevering man. His father’s property
having been lost in consequence of the
war. he iKnight the old plantation of his
forefathers on credit, paying an enor
mous sum. but by industry and thought
he paid for the farm, raised a large fami
ly of children, gave them as good an
education as the institutions of the land
afforded and in the meantime has suf
fered losses from incendiaries to the
amount of at least ten thousand dollars.
This is a record of which any' man may
justly feel proud, and goes to show what
ran be done on the farm where economy,
industry* and business methods are ap
plied. O. L. JOYNER-
Greenville. N. C., Feb. 14-
A HARMLESS RUNAWAY.
The Fannie Hill Company’s Engagement Can
celled at Bnrham.
(Special lo News and Observer.)
Durham. X- O. Feb. If*. —On Main Street
late yesterday* afternoon. Miss Kemp
Carlton was driving a pony* to a
when it became frightened and bolted.
The pony war. quickly caught and
stopped-
The information reaches here that
George Yancey, who formerly lived here,
who is now in the employ* of the Southern
Pacific Railway Company, had his head
1 injured and ear drum broken by’ the sud
den closing of a baggage car door, out of
which he was looking.
Rev- T. L. Troy, City Missionary*,
sometime since stated in the public prints
! that the Rescue Home for fallen women
[ in Columbia, S. C., was in danger of be
ing soljj under a mortgage. Since that
time he has been greatly eneouraged by
the liberality of some of our citizens.
The contributors here are George W-
Watts. $100; B. N. Duke. $100; J. E.
| Stagg. $lO, and Durham Lodge of Elks,
' $25-00.
j The cancelling of the engagement of
the Fannie Hill Burlesque Company’,
who were to have appeared at the Dur
ham opera house tonight, is to be com
mended. Managers Hackney and Free
land aro striving hard to have none but
good shows here
Dr. W- P. Few, of Trinity College, is
under treatment at the Watts Hospital
for some trouble with his •’ye.
NEGRO SHOOTS A COMPANION
A Scuffla in the Snow Ends in an Effasion of
Blood
(Special to the News and Observer.!
Washington, X. C., Feb. If*. —Henry
Edison, colored, an employe of the At
lantic Coast Lino, was shot: tonight by
another negro named Dave Spivey. The
shot took (fleet in the leg of the negro
and inflicted a bad wound.
Spivey was grabbing Edison and trying
to throw him in the snow. Edison push
ed him off, and Spivey, drawing a pistol,
shot him.' Dr. Taylor attended the
wounded man.
The case of Will Moreslender vs. Wal
ter White was up in court this term.
Moreslender was the man who met White
and fired a pistol at him, three shots
taking effect. Moreslender was fined $29
and costs. White was fined one cent.
The insurance adjusters tame here this
week and arranged for payment of dam
ages caused hy the fire.
• _
Alexander’s New Conrt House.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Taylorsville, N. C., Feb. 14.—Architects
B. F. Smith, of Washington. D. C. Wheel
er. of Charlotte, and Schenk, of Cincin
nati, Ohio: Contractors .T. D. Elliott, of
Hickory, end Cooper, of Charlotte, was
here today to -bow plane and bid on the
court bouse for Alexander county*. No
decision was made at this writing.
Mr. L. D. Robinett and Mr. D. Mc-
Matiheson have made a real e-tate deal
today Mr. Robinett traded his dwelling
and livery barn here for a tract of lan 1
near town.
Superior Court tmxt week, Judge IToke
to preside.
Thieves Break in at Sanford.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Sanford, N. C.. Feb. 15.—Some thief or
thieves broke into Moffitt Pros, office a
night or two ago and took from a tin j
safe several insurance policies and about i
SSOO worth of notes, payable to Moffitt \
Bros. They failed to secure any ca-sh. ■
This 1b about the twelfth robbery that
has been committed here during the last
six months.
Our City Fathers met iti session last
Thursday nicht and passed a good many
new laws.
It is a mistake about insurance agents .
having to pay a tax of ten dollars to,
solicit life insurance. That law won’t
go. We invite them all.
SNOW, SLEET AND *
THUNDERSTORMS
All Kinds of Weather and
Plenty of It. .
DAY OF NIPPED NOSES
That is What Wo Are Told to Ex
. peet Now.
%
DEEPEST OF YEAR IN MANY PLACES
Reports from All Oyer the State of a Heavy
Fall. Fifteen Inches at Charlotte and
at Gastonia Knae Deep
and Deeper.
(Hy the Associated Press.)
Atlanta, Ga„ Feb- 15- —The storm which
j was central yesterday morning near
Vicksburg has moved eastward, giving
the section of country over which it pa,ss
:ed a variety of weather. The disturb
: ance caused rain, snow and sleet and
thunderstorms occurred at Vicksburg,
Montgomery and Charleston. The snow
is the heaviest of the winter in many
placer,, Charlotte reporting 15 inches;
Nashville 12; Knoxville 10; Chattanooga
10. and Atlanta 3. Freezing tempera
ture extended south to a line running
southwest from Wilmington, N. C.,
through the central portion of the cot
ton belt and much colder weather is
predicted for tonight-'
In Atlanta street car traffic was se
riously* interferred with, many of the
suburban temporary abandoning lluir
schedules. Sleighing was indulged in on
many of the residence streets.
Train service from the east was not
seriously interrupted.
Ten Inohe* ai Goldsboro.
(Special to News anti Observer.)
Goldsboro. N- C.. Feb. 15.—Our town
is wrapped in a mantle of snow to the
depth of ten inches at this bpur, 9 p. m.
Snow is st ill Tailing.
Geo. D. Bennett is ill at St. Louis and
! is not expected to live through the night.
\
Heaviest Snow Since 1899.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Durham, N. C-, Feb. 15.—Snow began,
falling here last night a few minutes af
ter 11 o’eloek and the fall during the
night and today* has been the heaviest
sinVe the deep snow in February, 1899.
It attained a depth of about twelve
inches on a level Nearly every passen
ger train has been late arriving hijge to
day. Parties who came in over the Ox
ford and Clarksville road early this
morning stated that the snow did not
extend ir. that direction beyond/the di
viding line between North Carolina and
Virginia. Along the lines of the Norfolk
and Western. Southern and Seaboard
roads the snowfall is reported heavy. A
number of our young people were out
upon the streets this afternoon sleigh
riding and the jingle of iho bells made
merry music.
More Expactfd at Washington.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Washington, N. C., Feb. 15.—A snow
storm started at an early hour last night.
Snow is now about nine inches deep.
There are strong indications of another
storm tonight.
On* Foot at Greenville.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Greenville, N. C., Feb. 15.—Snow begun
falling at one o’clock this morning and
continued until aoou, reaching a depth of
twelve inches. The storm started afresh
about four o’clock and snowed an hour
more. It is the heaviest here since 1879.
In the heavy snow three years ago the
depth was teu and a half inches. The
temperature is now twenty degrees high
er than then.
4*7NEE DEEP AND DEEPER.
(Special to News and Observer-)
Gastonia, N. C., Feb- 15. —Snow eom
mencetl falling here yesterday about 2 ’
o’clock p. m.. and continued until this j
morning. It was "knee dfiep” and deeper!
on a dead level. Many old people claim
it is the biggest snow they ever saw in
this section-
HOMINY PALL AT WILMINGTON.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Wilmington. N. C.. Feb- 15.—A1l train i t
have been late today on account of heavy
snows in the upper country. Wilming
ton has thus far escaped with the ex
ception of a slight fall of "hominy” snow
and sleet early this morping, which turn
ed into a drizzling rain lat er. All trains .
out of Wilmington tonight were provid
ed with snow plougs.
THE SNOW AT NORFOLK.
(Hy tlie Associated Press.)
Norfolk. Ya.. Fob. 15.—A heavy fall of (
snow began here this morning shortly’ as- j
ter 5 o’clock and continued during the
greater part of the day. Over threo
inches fell, according to the Weather
Bureau measurement, but a stiff wind
made the drifts much deeped-
EIGHTEN INCHES DEEP.
(By the Associated Press.)
Blacksburg, S. (’., Feb. 15.—The snow
fall here amounted to eighteen inches.
No trains moved in any direction for sev
eral hours. .
THE STORM IN TENNESSEE.
(B.v the Associated Press.)
Chattanooga, Tenn-, Feb. 15. —One of
the most severe snow storms in years
has covered the ground with eight inches
of snow here. A number of factories
were unable to start their machinery to
day, owing to tho inability of employes
to reach tho city from their suburban
homes on account of the street cars be
ing blockaded. Street cars and traffic of
all kinds is greatly impeded in Knox
ville and many wires are down.
JOE MITCHELL RELEASED.
Judge Cook Decides Case Was Not One
For AYako Forest's Mayor.
Joe Mitchell, colored, was sentenced to
jail on Tuesday last by Mr. S. J. Allen.
Mayor of Wake Forest, for thirty days,
on tho chfirge of resisting an officer.
Tins offence is classed as a misdemeanor
and the jurisdiction placed in the Supe
rior Court. The father of Joe employed
Col. J. C. L. Harris, who sued out a writ
of habeas corpus before Justice Cook,
of the Supreme Court. The case was
heard yesterday afternoon at the Su
preme Court room, and Justice Cook ren
dered a judgment, part of which reads:
“It appearing that the judgment and
sentence upon which the commitment was
based and issued was illegal and void, for
that the offence, towit: resisting an of
ficer, alleged against the prisoner, is not
within tho exclusive original jurisdiction
of a Justice of the peace,, and no suffi
cient cause for the detention of the said
Joe Mitchell appearing. I, Charles Alston
Cook, Justice of the Supreme Court, (lo
hereby order that the said Joe Mitchell
he, hy the sheriff of Wake county, dis
charged from imprisonment and deten
tion for the cause aforesaid.
Judge Connor For Associate Justice.
To the Editor: lu presenting to the
Democracy of North Carolina the name
of ex-Judge H. G. Connor, of Wilson
county, for Associate Justice of the Su
preme. Court, I believe I voice the senti
ment of Caswell county. In every re
spect Judge Connor is well fitted to adorn
the bench of the highest court in North
Carolina. Learned in the law. well
versed on all great constitutional ques
tions, pure and upright in character,
cool, calm and deliberate in his actions.
Judge Connor is pre-eminently the logi
cal candidate of the people. Though
humble my voice may be and narrow the
scope of my influence, yet it gives me
peculiar pride and pleasure to present for
Associate Justice of North Carolina’s
highest court the name of Judge Connor,
a grefjt and a good man, beloved and
honored bv the people from Murphy to
Mant co.
DAVII) B BTAINBACK.
Milton, N. C., Feb. 14, 1902.
The Fourth Recital.
Tho fourth recital by Mr. Clarence de
Vaux-Royer and Mr. Marion Francis
Dunwody will lake place at the Baptist
Female t'niversity tomorrow night at 8
o’clock. The programme will be as fol
lows:
Violin—Sonata G minor. Andante, Pres
to non troppo. Largo. Allegro coraodo,
from Tart ini.
Pi an o— Li ebe s tree ume (Lo ve -dr earns),
Consolation D flat, from Liszt. Reminis
cences do Lucia, from Donizetti-Liszt.
Violin—Cavatina .Ronianzc. from Broel:-
wny.
Piano and Violin—Sonata G minor. Alle
gro resoluto. Andante—allegro seherz
ando. Allegro, from Brcckway,
The remaining two recitals will bo
given ihe third Monday evenings of the
months of Mar'll and April at 8 o'clock
precise.
An Interesting feature of tho above
programme is that about two hundred
years separates the fir*=t from the last
number on the program. Tartini is one,
of the lrst of tho modern school, and was
horn in Italy 290 years ago. The selec
tions from Brockway in the last number;
were composed about two years ago.
Bereau Valentine Social.
Tim Berean class of the Tabernacle
Baptist Sunday School gave a most de
lightful valentine party on Friday night
in the Sunday School room.
A program of music and recitations
was enjoyed, alcing part in this were
Mrs. F. B. Phillips, Miss Alma Crabtree,
Miss Frances Turner. Mr. W. 13. Beach
and Rev. W. L). Hubbard. Dainty re
freshments were served during the even
ing. In the literary contest prizes were
won by Misses Alina Crabtree and Mamie
Birdsong, he valentine arrangement of
guests at the table was uniquely carried
out.
A Day Nursery.
The ladies of Raleigh arc interesting
themselves in a "Day Nursery," the in
ception of the idea being due to Mrs. W.
H. A\ illiamson, who is deeply interested
in it.
The purpose is to establish a nursery
where the young •children of working
mothers will be eared for each (lay, and
given dinner, while their mothers are en
gaged. The ladies purpose having a kin
dergarten department and will have a
trained nurse to care for the children.
Mrs. Williamson already has some con
tribution: for the nursery and will he
pleased to hear from all interested in it.
The directors of the Yirsinia-Car.olina
Chemical Company have declared o div
idend of one per cent on its conriuou
stock. /
COTTON UNDULY DEPRESSED.
It is Now Believed That It Will Swing to
the Other Extreme.
(Special to Op* News ail'd Observer.)
New York. Feb. 15.—Mr. Theodore IT
Price, the well known cotton expert. In
l an interview today says:
"The cotton market continues to ad
vance and there is every indication of
very much higher prices in the immedi
ate future. It is becoming generally re
cognized that the supply is inadequate
to the world’s consumption at present
prices. Heavy receipts and hear manipu
lations here and in Loverpool fail to have
any effect. The threats of those who
earlier in the season conspired to deceive
the world as to the size of the crop.and
to depress prices arc futile. They prom
ise. like all efforts to subvert the truth,
to react upon their auihors. Cotton hav
ing been unduly depressed will now prob
ably go to the other extreme. Mr. Bor
den is reported to he bidding 3’4 cents
for all the print cloths that can lie de
livered in Fall River up to July. Trade
here and abroad is In a condition of un
exampled prosperity. If needs the cotton
and will have to pay for it.
DR. G. T. WINSTON INVITED.
To Address Business Men of Wilmington
on Commercial Issues.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Wilmington, N. C., Feb. 15.—Some time
ago tho Chamber of Commerce and Pro
duce Exchange appointed a joint commit
tee to invite some speaker of national
reputation to address the business men
of the city on the commercial issues of
the day. The committee met today and
! extended an invitation to President Geo.
T. Winston, of the A. and M. College at
Raleigh, the exact rlato of the address to
be determined later. 'The committee also
decided to havo Mr. D. A. Tonypklns, of
Charlotte, address the commercial trade
of the city later.
Mr. St. John Fillyaw, once a resident
hem. <)iod today at Jacksonville. Fla.,
where he was receiving treatment at a
sanitarium.
Mayor Waddell tonight named Friday,
April 11th, as Wilmington Day at the
Charleston Exposition.
OCR COTTON INDUSTRIES.
A Great Scenic Display to be Made at
at St. Louis.
(By (tie Associated Press.)
St. Louis, Feb.* 15. —A great scenic dis
play of the cotton industries of the South
is to be made at the St. Louis Fair in
19GJ. The stages of the fibre from cotton
in the boil to finished fabric will be
demonstrated. The mill ownoks of Char
leston. Atlanta, Spartanburg and Char
lotte, where some of the largest mills
in th * South are operate!, have consent
ed furnish the display. John R. Kcn
(ireik. Superintendent of th; Textile sec
tion of the Manufacturers’ Department.)is
in tho South arranging for the exhibit.
. No Cotton Seed Meal for Him.
(Monroe Enquirer.)
3ou may talk abcut dis here cotton
seed meal bein' so good all you wants
to, but none of y’ cotton seed meal for me
or mine,’ said an old-tiipe darkey a few
days ago. When a skid why he objected
te cotton seed meal, the old colored man
said: ,
"Why. When I was in Monroe ’bout a
month ago I went out to dc cotton seed
cil mill and got ’b*mt a bushel of dat cot
ton *--ecd meal I hear 'em talkin' so much
about down in Lancaster, whar I live,
and I tuk it home. I did. and do ole
om.tn made a passel of it into corn bread
end put it on dc table. Hat bread looked
good. Hit wus greasy lookin’ anil vallor
?nd bit made vou * mouth water ter see
l it. but \cat it! bo sail, w? ain't eat.
none of dat co-rnbread made oaten cotton
sri d vit. Hit wearnt fitten for a do>-g ter
cat.
"After wo failed on do cornbread we
tuk and made some er tint meal inter
fritters. We put In plenty lard into do
ft yin' ian and jes made dent fl itters
swimtn’ in grease. and when wo put cm
or. de table we put butter on ’em whilst
dry was good en hot. Don dom slitters
siio lid look good. 4 Dry looked like i**y
good enough fer Roosenfelt, and Mr.
Pook*r Washington tor cat when dry sot
down at do White Hour? table, but when
P come down to de facts and wo tried to
rat 'em our stummicks turned agin deni
slitters. Dev was no bottom do eorn
brrn 1. t
"De next time we made some mush
eaten dat cotton peed meal., and when
v,-p put. a gcat big pan full of hit on de
table, de chaps all made a dive fer hit,
let bless goodness, couldn't eat hit
wJd ni'lk.’’ t
“1 tel! you." said the thoroughly dis
gusted darkey, "dat cotton seed meal
business is er fraud, and dese newspa
pers and white folks got no business
whoopin’ it up and maltin' ?i po' man
si end his money for d.it meal dis hard
year."
NOT EGG-ZACTLY A TOTAL LOSS.
(Kinston Free Press.)
Mr. E. \f. Jarman, the moil carrier from
Kinston to Riehlands, lost thirty-five
dozen eggs yesterday. He had brought
ihe mail from Riehlands and had left bis
mule anl buggy in ’front of the post office
while he was taking the mail Inside.
While he was gone the mule started off
and became fpightme.l. and during a
: hors turn the box containing the egg-;
was- thrown out. breaking every one.
There were 100 rtofeen more In the buggy
but luckily the mule was caught before
any of these were broken.
President W. J. of the Warrior
River Coal Ala.,
who ha.- been in during thy
past yZCTck. ha? million dol
lar:* capital to 0: zi vis prenosed line
ofJvnrgcr- bet wee. * port and the town
m Tidewater on Warrior River at ihe
/Tuscaloosa coni mines to la* operated*
through new Luke Borgeon C’aaal.
Pages One to Nine.
PRICE FIVE'CENTS
MM ENFOLDS
THIS CONFERENCE
Republican Leaders Sum
moned by Roosevelt.
THEY CONFER SECRETLY
1
And When Questoned Later They
Have Nothing: to Ray.
Dtt) IHIY TALK OF THE SCHLEY CASE?
✓
Or Did Their Meeting Relate to the Legislative
Program in Congress. Aldrich, Hen
derson, Cannon, SpooneD Gros
ver.or Were There.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. I.'*.—A very important
conference was held in the Cabinet room
of the White House today. At the Presi
dent’s request he was joined there short
ly after ton o’clock this morning by Sena
tors Allison, Aldrich and Spooner. Speak
er Henderson and Representatives Can
non and Grosvonor and the conference
lasted until a few minutes after twelve.
It is something of a coincidence that
those at the conference today were the
same ‘men who took part In the famous
conference a few weeks prior to tho
Spanish war, which resulted in the defi
nite con'-lusion lhat Congress should ap
propriate $50,000,000 to he placed «H the A
disposal of.the President to prepare for
war. Not since that, momentous occas
ion, until today, have the same men been
formally summoned for a conference at
the White House.
Previous to the conference the Presi
dent breakfasted at the White House i
with Attorney General Knox.
General Pavno and Senator Hanna. £8
TV hen ihe conference
■''tin part tqj,.;. it
and unusually ret
The fact that, jVT Senators are mem
bers of the stoering committee of tho
Senate and Speaker Henderson and his
two lieutenants who were present today
practically control legislation in tho
House gave rise to the belief that the
consultation related to the legislative
program in Congress and might have a
bearing upon the shaping of Cuban, Phil
ippine and war revenue repeal leg
tion. i
There also Was an intimation that
President talked with hvs party lea
in Congress about the Schley case
rolor was given to the surmise by a
mark dropped by one of the Sena'
P.ut nothing definite as to the put
or result of the consultation couh
obtained.
THE PRINCE COMES.
Sets Sal! on the Kron Prill* Wilhelm
the New World.
fp.y the Associated Press.)
Hromorhavpn, Feb. 15.—Prince i
sailed for New York at 3:13 p m.
The last seen of the Prince fro
shore here was when he stood f
bridge of the Kron Prinz Wilhelm
Admiral’s uniform and lifted his <-a]
response to the cheers of the assemi
crowds.
Commander William H. Beehlcr, 1"
N., the United States Naval Attache
Merlin, bid the Prince good-bye for
United States Embassy.
Senator Tichirschky, Prussian Minis
to the Hanseatic ciiles. bid farewell *.»#
the Prince for Emperor William, who al
so sent his brother a telegram previous
io the departure of the steamer.
The Kron Prinz Wilhelm passed tho
Hohenweg lighthouse at 5:28 p. m. Fair
weather prevailed and the sea was calm.
Walker Goes to Tampa.
(Special to the Nows and Observer.)
Winston-Salem, N. C., Feb. 15. —Mr. M.
A. Wplkcr, who has been superintending
one of the R. J. Reynold's Tobacco Com
pany's factories for some time, has re
signed io accept a position with the
\merienn Cigar Company. He will go to
Tampa. Fla., on the 20lh instant. Mr.
Walker will be succeeded here bv Mr. R.
E. Lassiter.
MUS. JEFFERSON DAVIS IN TEXAS.
(Dy ihe Associated Press.)
•Jackson, Feb. 15.—Mrs. Jefferson
Davis appeared before the Legislature of
Mississippi today end her ] resencc ratused
a very affecting scene. Shi' was escorted
to the cnpitol shortly before noon and
intreduced to ihe joint session by Sena- ’
tor Payee who ttlogizei Jefferson Davit
and spoke of bis fllstingulatied services
to bis country and of the undying love of
the people' of Mississippi for the only
Presid< nt of the Confederate States.
Mrs. Davis burst )nto tears while she
attempted to reply.
"Gentlemen.” said she. ”1 shall always
tenderlv love The people of Mississippi
who dung to the cause of a defeated
man. I can say no more." s
Mrs. Dr.vis was assisted from tho speak
er’s rttajg* and th« old veterans, citizens
and tmie, children crowded uround her.
llv the ’.decisive vote of 42 to 20, the
Virginia Constitutional Convention re
futed a recess to allow the Leg
islature is to meet next week, the
right oMay. The convention will secur*
the u3t'W another hall-