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VOL. LIII. NO. 70.
Leads all North Carolina Dailies in News and Circulation
INTEREST IN THE
MESSAGE IS DEEP
General Alger Succeeds Sen
ator McMillan.
ANTI-TRUST MEASURES
House Elections Committee No. 1 Will not In*
vestierate the Credentials of Carter
Glass, Congressman From Vir
ginia, at This Session.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., Dec. 2.—lnterest in
the session of the Senate today was
heightened by the fact that the Presi
dent's message to Congress would be
read and also that General Russell A.
Alger, of Michigan, former Secretary of
War under President McKinley, would be
sworn in to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Senator McMillan. His desk
and chair were hidden beneath a mass of
flowers, and as he took his seat he was
surrounded by a number of his colleagues
v ho extended hearty congratulations. In
the gallery were a number of General
Alger’s personal friends and members of
his family.
One hour and fifteen minutes were con
sumed in reading the message. From
printed copies which had been placed on
the desk of each Senator, they were en
abled to follow every word as it was ut
tered. Almost the entire Republican
representation were In their seats, while
not more than half of the seats on the
Democratic side were occupied. The
closest attention was paid to the mes
sage as it was read, and frequently Sena
tors would confer regarding some par
ticular portion of it which had attracted
their particular notice.
ITho message is printed in full on
page two.]
A number of bills and resolutions were
introduced following a brief executive
session. The resignation of Rev. W. H.
Milburn, the blind chaplain of the Sen
ate. who has served in this capacity for
so long, was received with genuine re
gret. He had become a familiar figure
in that body and had made it a practice
to become personally acquainted with
every Senator. No action was taken on
the resignation.
A- concurrent resolution offered by Mr.
Morgan (Ala.), providing for the printing
of a compilation of bills and debates in
Congress relating to trusts was referred
to the Committee on Printing. At 1:50
the Senate adjourned until tomorrow as
n mark of respect to the late Represen
tative Charles H. Russell, of Connecticut.
Proceedings in the House.
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(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., Dec. 2.—The House
was in session tin hour and forty minutes
today. One hour of that time was con
sumed in reading the President’s mes
sage. The reading was listened to with
attention by members without regard to
party, but without demonstration, except
at the conclusion of the reading when the
Republicans applauded generously. Mr.
Cannon, chairman of the Committee on
Appropriations, gave notice that th«> bill
to defray the expenses of the Coal Strike
Commission would bo called up tomor
row. The deaths of the late Representa
tives Degraffenreid and Sheppard, of
Texas, which occurred during the re
cess. were announced and after adopting
the customary resojutions of regret the
House adjourned as a further mark of
respect to their memories.
Hull’s General Staff Bill.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., Dec. 2.—Represen
tative Hull, chairman of the House Com
mittee on Military Affairs, today intro
duced a bill creating a general staff
corps of the United States Army. The bill
provides that the staff be composed of
officers detailed from the array at large
under such rules as the President may
prescribe. The proposed duties of the
staff are to prepare plans for the na
tional defense and for the mobilization of
the military forces in time of war; to
Investigate and report upon all questions
affecting the efficiency of the army and
its state of preparedness for military
operations; to render professional aid to
the Secretary of War and to general offi
cers and other superior commanders, and
to act as their agents in informing and
co-ordinating action of all the different
officers in carrying out their orders. It
is proposed that the general staff corps
consist of one chief of staff of the army
with the rank and pay of a lieutenant
general, one major general and one brig
adier general to bo detailed by the Presi
dent from colonels, six lieutenant colo
nels, and twelve majors; twenty cap
tains mounted.
The bill provides further that the chief
of staff under the direction of the Presi
dent and Secretary of War. shall have
supervision of all troops of the line and
of the several administrative staff and
supply departments, and shall be a mem
ber of the Board of Ordnance and Forti
fications. Under the bill inspections of
troops are to be made habitually by com
manding officers and inspections of the
army at large by the general staff.
An Adverse Report.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., Dec. 2.—Elections
Committee No. t, of the House, decided
today to report adversely on the reso-
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The News and Observer.
lutiou offered yesterday proposing that
the credentials of Carter Glass, elected to
the House from Virginia, be investigated.
The resolution was presented with a view
of having an Inquiry made of the new
Virginia constitution, are regards alleged
disfranchisement of voters.
The committee decided that no action
was advisable at this session inasmuch
as a full delegation from Virginia and
from other States which have adopted
new constitutions will present credentials
at the beginning of the next Congress.
Therefore, the committee believes it best
to let the case of Representative Glass
pass for the session.
Committee on Territories.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., Dec. 2.—The Senate
Committee on Territories will meet to
morrow forenoon for the purpose of tak
ing up the bill for the admission of the
territories of Oklahoma, New Mexico and
Arizona as States, preparatory to the re
port to be made on the bill to the Senate
later In the day In accordance with the
unanimous agreement arrived at last ses
sion. The Republican members of the
committee, with the exception of Senator
Quay, have been in conference during the
greater part of the day, analyzing and
classifying the testimony taken by the
sub-committee which visited the terri
tories during the month of November.
No authoritative statement has been
made as to the attitude of the Republi
can members, bull Republican Senators
generally understand that with the ex
(Continued on Page Five.)
THE NMR GAME
The Plan of Admiral Sumner
to Seize and Fortify
a Port.
(By the Associated Press.)
United States Flagship lowa, Port of
Spain, Island of Trinidad, Dec. 2. —
Despite the superiority of Admiral Hig
ginson s squadron over that of Admiral
Sumner, the latter is confident that he
will be able during the coming naval
war game, to seize without disaster a
port to form a base of operations against
Cuba and the American coast. As a re
sult of the conferences between Admirals
Sumner and Crowninshield and the com
manding officers of the vessels tinder
their command, most of whom have taken
part in the naval war college war games
with the Caribbean sea as the scene of
operations, a plan has been adopted
which, it is asserted by those who know,
is practically certain of success.
The problem presented requires Ad
miral Sumner to fortify a port with mines
and guns, to do which he is allowed six
hours. Should Admiral Higginson ap
pear with a superior force before the ex
piration of that time Admiral Sumner
will be considered as defeated. To de
termine the strength of the opposing
squadrons, the Department has given a
battleship the value of 2 points; a heav
ily protected cruiser 8 points; a smaller
protected cruiser 5 points; a gunboat 3
points, and a torpedo boat or smaller
one 1 point each. It is estimated that
Admiral Higginson has 126 points and
Admiral Sumner 66 points. If the esti
mate is correct, it is claimed it would be
folly for Admiral Higginson to divide
his battleship squadron, numbering 80
points, and that they must act together
so that on hearing of the arrival of Ad
miral Sumner’s squadron they can hasten
to attack it. Some officers believe Ad
miral Higginson will separate the bat
tleships into two divisions and form a
division of fast cruisers, whch wll hold
the balance of power and re-enforce the
battleships.
It is believed here that Admiral Hig
ginson has arranged with the United
States consuls and weather observers in
the West Indies to report the appearance
of Admiral Sumner’s vessels and has
made telephonic and telegraphic ar
rangements in Porto Rico so that if a
port of that island is attacked he will be
immediately advised.
The distance from Trinidad to the
nearest base is 570 miles in a straight
line and 700 miles by the outside course-
Leaving Trinidad on Friday morning, Ad
miral Sumner cannot possibly reach his
dstination before Sunday morning and he
may proceed rlowly and arrive Monday
or even later. All lights will be out at
nisht, except a red lamp aft to serve as
a guide for the vessel following. It is
permissible to hoist neutral colors in or
der to deceive the scouts of Admiral
Higginson’s squadron.
The squadron is constantly engaged
in target practice, in order to make a
record off Culebra Island.
The lowa will ha\'e finishd coaling to
morrow and then the squadron will be
ready to sail.
ASSOCIATION OF ACADEMIES,
This Will Meet in Baleigh on 26th and 27th of
Decembar.
The sixth annual meeting of the North
Carolina Association of Academies will
be held in Raleigh in the Senate cham
ber Friday and Saturday, December 26
and 27. There will be reduced railroad
and hotel rates.
This organization now embraces in its
membership the principals and teachers
of the leading high schools and academies
of North Carolina. About fifty schools
are represented upon its roll of over
one hundred members.
The officers are: President, John Gra
ham. Warrenton High School, Warrenton.
Waron county; Vice-Pesident. A. F.
Sams. Cary High School, Cary, Wake
county: Secretary and Treasurer, R. L.
Madison, Cullowhee High School. Painter,
Jackson county.
RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING. DECEMBWPtf 1902.
PULLS WOOL OVER
ROOSEVELT'S EVES
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Now View This Vision of
North Carolina.
SO SPEAKS PRITCHARD
But Conditions he Paints do not Exist in This
State, and While he May Hoodwink
Roosevelt he Deceives no One
Here.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Washington, D. C., Dec. 2. —Senator
Pritchard today gave out the following:
“There seems to be an erroneous im
pression as to the attitude of the Re
publican party in North Carolina with
respect to the colored voters. When our
party met in convention ht Greensboro it
declared in its platform that inasumch
as the recent Constitutional Amendment,
which restricted suffrage in so far as
the colored voter is concerned, had been
adopted, it was no longer a political
question, and that it could not be con
sidered as a political issue in the fu
ture if the Democrats would abide by
the pledges which they made in the
campaign of 1900, which were to the
effect that if the Constitutional Amend
ment should be adopted all men would
be permitted to exercise the right of
intellectual freedom on dealing with po
litical questions.
“There were contesting delegations
from a few counties in the east, and it
was well understood that they attended
the convention at the instance of Dem
ocratic manipulators, and with the sole
view of doing what they could to pre
vent anything like the formation of a
strong Republican organization in their
respective counties. The delegates seat
ed from these counties were substantial
farmers and business men, and were se
lected by qualified voters, while, on the
other hand, those who contested their
seats were selected by citizens, the ma
jority of whom were not entitled to
vote, and in some instances these dele
gates had made incendiary speeches de
nouncing the national Republican ad
ministration, as well as those who are
responsible for the management and
control o fthe affairs of the party in
tho State.
“The Committee on Credentials re
ported in favor of seating one or two
delegations in which white and colored
delegates had been elected by consti
tuents who were legal voters, and who
were in sympathy with the movement,
which has been inaugurated in North
Carolina, with a view of placing the
Republican party on a permanent basis
in the eastern part of the State. Thou
sands of colored men are in accord with
the movement, realizing as they do that
any attempt in the future, by improper
arguments and methods to secure tho
solid vote of the colored people for the
Republican party will result in groat
injury to their race.
“There were two classes of people
who strenuously objected to the policy
adopted by the Republican party, and
strange to say, these classes had hcre
jtofore been diametrically opposed to
each other. Tho Democrats insisted
that we ought to make tho amendment
an issue in the campaign, and a number
of misguided colored people insisted that
it should bo made an issue, but the de
mands of neither were heeded, and tho
Results of the recent election afford
ample proof of the wisdom of the policy
adopted by our State convention.
There has been n. on tho
part of the Republican party in North
Carolina to prevent the colored man
from participating as a delegate in any
convention to which he may be elected
by these who arc duly qualified voters;
the Republicans in North Carolina sim
ply refused to adopt any policy which
has a tendency to create strife and con
tention among our people as a whole.
Every wise colored man knows that any
thing approaching negro domination in
the South w r ould result in disaster for
the Republican party and lasting injury
to tho colored race. These are plain
facts that cannot be ignored by those
who desire to see the principles of Re
publicanism triumph in the Old North
State.
“While the white Republicans of North
Carolina did all in their power to pre
vent the adoption of the Constitutional
Amendment, yet a majority of the colored
votrs who were permitted to register
and vote under tho amended Constitution
at this election voted the straight Demo
cratic ticket, and their action in this re
spect presents a nw phase of the race
question. I call attention to the follow
ing extract from an editorial in the Ral
eigh Post, a leading Democratic paper,
published the day after the election:
" ‘Yesterday’s election develops a new
problem. A large number of the colored
pople allowed to vote cast their votes
openly and with evident pleasure for the
Democratic nominees from top to bot
tom. This was so in this city and county,
and we are informed the same thing took
place even to a large extent in a number
of counties. Indeed we would not be sur
prised, taking all circumstances under
consideration, if the facts could be as
certained. if a large majority of these
voting throughout the State yesterday
did not vote the straight Democratic
ticket.’
“Here we have th Democratic press
boasting that a majority of the colored
votes were cast in favor of the Demo
cratic candidates. The editor of the Post
is one of th best informed politicians in
the State; and he seeks in effect to show
that tho recent election returns clearly
indicate that th Democrats cannot carry
North Carolina in the future without the
aid of the colored voter. When we come
to consider the fact that a majority of
the colored voters voted th straight Dem
ocratic ticket, voted for the people who
had disfranchised their fellows, it can
hardly be expected that th Republican
party would be willing to permit this
class of voters to dictate its policy in
the future.
“It is a matter of history that the
Fifteenth Amendment would nvr have
been adopted at the time it was ratified
by the various Legislatures had it not
been for the fact that all th Southern
States, with the exception of Tennessee,
had refused to adopt what was known
as th Howard amendment- The Howard
amndment provided that the Southern
States should have representation in
Congress with respect to the elective
franchise. It simply undertook to fix
the status of citizenship in the Union,
and arnorg other things it provided that
as long as th negro was denied the right
to vote he should not be counted in the
oderal enumration. If it had been
adopted, there would have been no neces
sity for tho Fifteenth Amendment; and
for its dfeat the Southern Democrats are
responsible. Its adoption would have
secured for the colored man by common
consent on the part of the Southern
Democrats that which he has not se
cured an express provision of the Con
stitution of the Unitd States, for under
such circumstances the South could have
obtained increased representation only
by allowing the colored man to bote.
“Since 1876 it has proved in actual
fact impossible to secure the enforce
ment of the provisions of the Fifteenth
Amendmnt. There has been an almost
complete disintegration of the Republi
can forces in all the Southern States
where the colored men compose the
party; but In States like Kentucky.
North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and
Virginia there has ben a steadfast ad
herence to the principles of Republican
ism by the white Republicans, in the
face of every form of political disaster.
At times in North Carolina we have been
defeated, but have at all times succeeded
in lecting one or two Congressmen, and
on two occasions wc secured control of
the Legislature and at one time electee
a Governor, and have twice eleetd a
United States Senator. Wc have stood
stoutly for the negro's political rights as
long as there was any chance to secure
them; and now stand stoutly for his
rights before the law; and ask only that,
as he has shov/n himself powerless to
fight his own battles, ha will not now
hamper us when we are trying to do all
that can effectively ho done for him.
“The amendment, which was proposed
to our Constitution in 1900, was. In my
opinion, in violation of the Fifteenth
amendment, and these of us who believe
i nthe principles of Republicanism did
what we could to secure its defat. After
a desperate struggle it was adopted by
an overwhelming majority, and it is now
a part of the organic law of our State,
and until it is stricken from the Consti
tution or annulled by th courts wc have
no -alternative but to respect it as ih<
law of tho land, and nothing can be ac
complished by attempting to keep the
question before th people as a political
issue.
“1 have been criticised becauscl would
not recommend the appointment of col
ored people in Eastern Carolina. I have
consistently recommended the men in
each community most t for the office
sought, and have endeavored to consult
the wishes of tho good citizens as to
whom they desired to have appointed to
fill positions wherein the citizens were
brought in direct contact with the of
ficial. Any other course would have
been calculated not only to Injure the
cause of Republicanism, but to do a
great and lasting injury to tho colored
race by arousing violent racial prejudice.
Th colored people have been given several
important positions by the present ad
ministration, arid I am satified that tho
race has received as fair treatment by
this administration in North Carolina, as
it has in -any State in the Union- There
is a disposition on the part of the pro
gressive people of North Carolina
to break adway from the Dem
ocratic party, and thousands of
them did so at the last election, but the
movement is not well under way yet, and
while we have made gains that are mar
velous, at the same time if we adhere to
the policy adopted at the Greensboro
convention for a sufficient length of time
to convince the people that Republican
rule will mean just and fair government
for all, then North Carolina will be as
reliably Republican as Pennsylvania or
Ohio. In other words, if we can only
fix tho status of tho Republican party of
North Carolina as being analagous to
that of Pennsylvania or Ohio —that is to
say that the natural leadership of the
party, the intelligence and character of
the party, will control its affairs, the-i
there will be no question about our
State giving her electoral vote to Presi
dent Roosevelt in 1904.
“The result of the recent election
should be highly gratifying to these who
are opposed to the machine Democracy of
the State. It has settled the question
as to the number of white people who
up to this time vote he Republican ick
et. The most extreme Democrats have
contended in tho past that at least 120,-
1)0(1 negroes voted the Republican ticket,
while the more conservative Democrats
have insisted that we did not have more
than 5.000 white voters in the State,
and that the remainder of our vote was
composed of negroes.
“The white vote of the State amounts
in round numbers to about 301,000. Un
der the operation of the Constitutional
Amendment at the last election, only
about 6,000 colored people were permitted
to register and vote, and, according to
the boasting of the Democratic papers, a
large majority of these who did vote,
supported the Democratic ticket from top
(Continued on Page Five.)
jMES Os IE
TAKEN BY ASSAULT
Jerome and his Doughty
Knights Scale Ladders,
AXESANDSLEDGESCRASH
Canfield’s Gilded Palace of Chance, a Gibraltar
of Strength, one of the Places Taken
—Burbridge’s Another —Few
Arrests Made,
(By the Associated Press.)
New York. Dec. 2.—District Attorney
Jerome’s sensational raids on alleged
gambling resorts begun about midnight
last night, were continued until 4:30
o’clock this morning and numerous
small places were raided.
The attacks on the latter, however,
were almost overlooked in the public
interest, which centered in the assaults
on the mansions occupied by Richard A.
Canfield and William Burbridge, which
were entered by means of ladders, axes
and sledges. The police allege that
Frank Farrell is interested in Bur
bridge’s place. Great quantities of cost
ly “evidence” were carted away from
those places by the police, but arrests
were few.
Up to last night a general impression
prevailed that Canfield’s, which is in the
heart of the fashionable up-town dis
trict, only a few doors from Fifth avenue
and near two celebrated restaurants,
was a “Gibraltar,’’ which could not be
taken, and a similar belief prevailed in
regard to Burbridge’s place, which was
especially protected by steel doors. This
place is in a cross street uptown, only
half a block from Fifth avenue, and a
few steps from a celebrated hotel.
So great was public interest aroused
by the news of the raid on Canfield’s
that people flocked to tho neighborhood
until the intersection of Fifth avenue
and Forty-fourth street, the corner
nearest Canfield's, was blocked with car
riages and people.
After Burbridge’s tho raiders visited
Ludlam's place, otherwise known as the
Savoy Club. They got one man there, a
colored subordinate employed about the
place. Jerome. Captain Piper, Inspector
Brooks, several assistants to the dis
trict attorney, and numerous detectives
were busy in Ludlam’s place until after
4 o’clock this morning. They blew open
a safe in their hunt for evidence.
Earlier in the night the district at
torney made many raids in the downtown
Italian quarter of disorderly houses.
Those were “preeliminarles” as it wore,
to the two big events, Canfield’s and
Burbridge’s.
District Attorney Jerome declined ab
solutely to make any sort of statement
after his night’s work.
Captain Lantry, of the East Fifty-first
street station, in whose precinct the
Canfield place has been for years, de
clared to the reporters and others as
sembled that he never had expected to
live to seo such an event as the raiding
of Canfield’s.
The raids were expected in every placo
visited. In Canfield’s the owner de
clared nothing had been “doing” for
weeks. It was much the same in Bur
bridge’s and Ludlam’s, although Joseph
Jacobs, the Citiizens Unionists’ detec
tive, last night declared he had played
in every place, but that the raids were
to be made seemed to have reached the
men interested, for every place was pre
pared as if in advance. At Burbridge’s,
they even left the great steel door ajar,
and it was not until the policemen had
mounted ladders and done some smash
ing that this fact became known to
them. Then they went into the house in
the usual way. Canfield was not ar
rested. The report last night to that
effect was erroneous. He was held at
his house for identification by a detec
tive who claimed to have gambled in the
house, but the detective said Canfield
was not the man who had dealt faro for
him. Later, tho detective said E. W.
Bucklin was the man and Bucklin was
arrested. He is reputed to be Canfield’s
manager.
David Bucklin and Samuel J. Smith,
who were arrested in the raids, were
held in SI,OOO for examination. Thomas
McGibney, who was arrested at Bur
bridge’s, was discharged.
True Bill for Burglary,
(Special to the Nows and Observer.)
Washington, N. 0., Dec- 2.—The grand
jury yesterday found a first degree true
bill against Seth Simmons for burglary.
This bill will only be considered as a
second degree bill. The trial comes up
Wednesday morning.
Appointments by the President.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 2. —The President to
day sent the following nominations to tho
Senate
Justice—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mass
achusetts, associate justice of the United
States Supreme Court.
United States Marshal—B. F. Oneal,
Western district of Louisiana.
War—James F. Smith, California,
mcnibe of the Philippine Commission and
Secretary of Public Instruction in the
government of the Philippine islands.
State—Robert S. McCormick, Illinois,
ambassador to Russia; Bellamy Storer,
Ohio, ambassador to Austria-Hungay;
Charlemagne Tower, Pennsylvania, am
bassador to Germany.
Envoys Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary—Charles Page Bryan,
Illinois, to Switzerland; Leslie Combs,
Kentucky, to Guatemala and Honduras;
Arthur S. Hardy, New Hampshire, to
Spain; John B. Jackson, New Jersey, to
Greece, Roumania, and Servla; William
B. Sorsby, Mississippi, to Bolivia; David
E. Thompson, Nebraska, to Brazil.
Director of the Census —William R.
Merriman, Minnesota.
Postmasters —North Carolina, 'William
A. Maco. Beaufort; E. C. Shearln, Enfield;
J. W. Jones, North Wilkesboro.
SILK MILL FOR HIGH POINT.
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A Plant for Taming out Trolley Cara to be Es
tablished There.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
High Point, N. C., Dec. 2.—Authentic
information given your correspondent to
night says luat a large silk mill will be
established here. The promoters of the
enterprise are from New Jersey, some
of whom were here yesterday. A lot
has been bought upon which to erect the
plant and other steps taken which speak
of the materialization of the enterprise.
The capital stock will be large and fully
ample for a big business. More definite
information cannot be secured tonight.
Following this information there comes
from a reliable source the news that
next spring a company’ from another
State will erect a factory here for the
manufacture of trolley cars. The plans
I have been made and settled upon for
some time and everything will be in
readiness at that time.
STORM INThE SOUTH
Reports of Much Damage
Wrought Came From
Several States.
(By the Associated Press.)
Memphis, Tenn., Doc. 2. —A destructive
wind storm swept over north Mississippi
and western Tennessee about noon today,
causing considerable loss of property. No
fatalities are reported. The velocity of
the wind reached a maximum of 52 miles
an hour. Reports from the sugar country
state that heavy damage to telegraph and
telephone wires has been experienced and
communication with southern points ib in
a demoralized condition.
At Memphis, several small boats in the
harbor suffered damage, the smokestacks
'of steamers having been destroyed
j by the force of the gale.
The storm followed the river from the
! south and its effects were felt in Arkansas
! and Texas.
New Orleans, Dec. 2. —A severe wind
storm swept the western suburbs of this
city just before daylight. The house oc
cupied by Prof. John Dernier and his
family was blown down and three per
sons hurt. Dernier was bruised and cut
about the head and perhaps fatally in
jured.
Mrs. Dernier also sustained serious in
juries. The house was a wooden struc
ture pitched on piles in the marshlands
hack of the city park.
Prof. Dernier is an old theatrical man.
circus clown, tight-rope walker, and all
around athlete, known all over the Uni
ted States.
Eufaula, Ala., Dec. 2.—A disastrous
wind and rain storm sjTpt over a portion
of the country five miles south of Clay
ton this morning. Telegraph and tele
phone wires beyond Clayton are down and
reports arc meagre. The storm was
most severe around Pratts Station and
Baker Hill.
CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS.
Mangam’s Schools in Durham County is High
ly Praised.
State Superintendent Joyner, who spoke
with Judge R. W. Winston and Mr. Paul
Graham at Mangum’s school house in
Durham county last Wednesday, was
much pleased with the condition of things
there.
There was a splendid meeting and a
great dinner served. The people have
consolidated three small districts into
one and have an excellent school house
with three teachers in charge. With an
enrollment of 104 pupils there is an
average attendance of 76, and tho coun
ty superintendent says that the attend
ance at the one good school is twice as
great as :t was at the three little schools
and three little school houses.
Mr. Joyner referred to this in his
speech, and declared to the people that
the state of affairs there was the best
proof of the value of consolidation of
school districts that could bo given.
A POLITICAL PROPHET.
The News and Observer Came Within 1,755 Votes of
the Democratic Majority.
On Tuesday morning, November 4th,
the News and Observer predicted that
the Democratic majority in the State
election would be 65,876. Thi3 prediction
was based on estimates made by the
County Democratic Chairman in most of
the counties, other leading Democrats,
and other sources of information. This
paper also predicted that the Democrats
would elect ten Congressman, thirteen
solicitors sure, 100 of the 120 members of
the House, and “not less than forty-three
of the fifty Senators.”
The official returns show that this pa
per is a prophet of reliability. Ten Dem
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SHAKE UP IN THE
COUNTY OFFICERS
A New Road Overseer and
County Attorney.
RESULT WAS A SURPRISE
The Board of County Commissioners Sekct
Bart M. Galling for Attorney and D.
B. Harrison for Road Super
visor.
The new Board of County Commission
ers did things with a rush yesterday.
In fact some things that were don®
took the breath away from those who
hoped the result would be different.
It was known that there would be a
contest for the office of County Attorney,
but the result in the election of Road
Supervisor was a complete surprise, as
only a few had heard of opposition to
Mr. W. C. McMackin.
As a result of the election held by
the board during the morning and after
noon the following officers were elected;
COUNTY ATTORNEY—Bart M. Gatling.
ROAD SUPERVISOR—D. B. Harrison.'
SUPERINTENDENT COUNTY HOME—
W. G. Allen.
JANITOR—G. 11. Moneyhan.
CONSTABLE TO GRAND JURY—John
Farrar.
The election for County Attorney cam®
first. After organizing and electing Mr.
A. H. Green chairman on Monday, the
board, the other members of which are
Messrs. W. A. Ellington. J. D. Allen, J.
W. Fegram and Eli T. Scarborough, cau
cussetl on the matter Monday evening and
elected yesterday. The position pays S4OO.
The gentlemen voted for were Messrs.
W. B. Snow, the incumbent, Bart M.
Gatling and R. N. Simms. The first bal
lot resulted: Snow, 2; Gatling, 2; Simms,
1. The second ballot resulted: Gatling,
3; Snow, 1; Simms, 1, and Mr. Gatling was'
elected. He is an able and earnest attor
ney, a hard-working Democrat and wilt
make a good officer. The board passed
resolutions which were deserved in ap
preciation of the work of the retiring
County Attorney.
For the position of Janitor of the Court
House there were many names presented.
' These w r ere B. Snipes, C. B. Blackley, M.
; H. Riggan, A. 11. Moody, W. M. Utley,
;J. W. Myatt, G. H. Moneyhan, N. B.
Johnson, W. J. Jones, and A. C. Mills. On
i the second ballot Mr. G. H. Moneyhan, of
i Neuse, was elected. The place pays
a month. Mr. J. W. Myatt, the retirimH
janitor, has held the place four years.
Moneyhan is the father of Mr. A. H.
Moneyhan, of this city.
The board next selected as the con
stable of the grand jury John Farrar, of
White Oak. This position pays $2.00 a
day while court is in session.
The election of a Road Supervisor was
next in order. The salary of the position
has been $75 a month, though this was
not fixed yesterday. For a number of
years Mr. W. C. McMackin has held the
position, but yesterday the board selected
Mr. D. B. Harrison, who lives near Eagle
Rock. He is a successful TfTvpior, about
forty years old and has had <Hperience .
in road 3 while in charge of coriyicts at I
Oaks Farm. His friends predict Success J
for him as the Road Supervisor.
As Superintendent of the County Home
Mr. W. G. Allen was re-elected without,
opposition. During the morning there
had been some talk of consolidating the
positions of Superintendent of the County
Home and Road Supervisor, hut this was
; not done. The position pays SSO a month.
The board transacted routine business
during the day and adjourned late in the \
! afternoon.
All of the county officers have been
sworn in and have given bonds. Clerk
! of the Court Russ took the oath of office
before Justice C. R. Debnam, of Roles
ville, and then the County Commission
ers and the other officers qualified before i
him. J
The justices of the peace who have 1
thus far qualified are Messrs. J. C. Mar- I
j coin, V. Royste r , W. H. Hood, of Ral- I
eigh; C. R. Debnam. Rolesville; A. E. I
Stone, Cary; J. D. Johnson, Garner; D. I
i Vaughan, Flint: W. D. Peed, Rogers’ P
! Store; Robt. H. Shaw, Dayton; M. B.
Barbee, Raleigh; E. A. Womblc, Raleigh. <
Not one woman in a thousand knows
the difference between loving and being
I loved.
erratic Congressmen and fourteen Demo
cratic solicitors were elected. Forty-four
regular Democrats and one Independent
Democrat were elected to the State Sen
ate and 100 Democats were elected to the
House, 17 Republicans and 3 Independent
Democrats.
As to the prediction of the majority
for the State and Judicial ticket, here
is the official result: Mr. J. Y. Joyner,
the head of the Democratic State ticket,
received a majority of 67,631, or 1,755
more than the News and Observer pre
dicted.
That's about the best political prophecy
ever made in this country.