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The Weather Today: Increasing Cloudiness The News and Observer. VOL. LIII. NO. 85. [LssiaDg aoDO KtetpftDo ©aroOoonsi GDsioOv one sioodl ©oreoaOsySto Jl GREAT CONVENTION OF THE TOBACCO GROWERS, A Splendid Response to the Call of President Cun ingham. 1 A COMMITTEE OF FIVE To These Will be Intrusted the Lab* of Or ganizing the Tobacco Growing and Allied Interests in Solid Phalanx Against the Assaults of the Trus*. ♦v '***'♦ ♦t****♦* *** * * 1 * fl f ♦ 4 (Special to News and Observer.) 4 4 Rocky Mount, N. C., Dec. 19.—We 4 ♦ have had a great meeting. A thou- 4 ❖ sand people w’ere present and great 4 4 interest was manifested. A strong 4 4 committee was appointed to organ- 4 4izc the State. 4 4 JOHN S. CUNINGHAM. 4 4 # t The Work of the Convention Rocky Mount, N. C., Dec. 19.—The con vention of the Association of Tobacco Growers of North Carolina, which was held here was a splendid success. Great numbers of people were in attendance and the interest manifested was intense. Hon. E. S. Daughtridge, member-elect of the Legislature, introduced Colonel John S. Cuningham, president of the as * Relation, who madfc> a fdrceful and logical speech, pointing out the necessity of a thorough organization of the to bacco growers and allied interests. This address created a deep impression. ' [This address will be published in full Sunday.) Resolutions were then adopted by the convention appointing a committee of five who shall have general supervision and control of the organization of the to bacco interests in North Carolina. No more fit place than Rocky Mount could have been selected by the Tobacco Growers Asso ciation of North Carolina for their convention, situated as it is in the very centre of the Bright Tobacco belt of the State, whose leaf has gained a world wide reputation. Yes, in the heart of the country where grows to perfection the bright golden leaf, on the main line of the South's great system of railways, the Atlantic Coast Line, with branch lines extending out in every direction the beautiful, progressive town of Rocky Mount, the product of two counties, is most accessible. Again, the selection is most fit, for the people of Nash and Edgecombe counties are exceeded in hospitality by no people on the globe. Because of their splendid railway facilities, their beautiful Opera House, where the convention was held and their several excellent hotels, the wis dom of President Cunningham was fit tingly demonstrated in calling the con vention to be held at Rocky Mount. Since last evening prominent citizens, representing the tobacco growing indus try of the State, among them manufac turers, warehousemen, buyers and grow ers, have been pouring into the city, all of which is an evidence of the intense interest uppermost in the minds of the people. The gigantic clutch of the tobacco trust has fastened upon the vitals of the to bacco growing life, and the future of the tobacco farmer, under existing conditions, is anything but a bright and promising picture. As a result of the merger of the Imperial and American Companies, those who, for sundry reasons, failed to sell their tobacco have seen a rapidly declining market, many holders having felt severely, a drop of from 25 per cent to 33 1-3 per cent in the price. With these trusts the apparent masters of the situation, controlling as they do, the manufacturing markets of the world, buying up by force and otherwise to bacco manufacturing industries the world over, they begin to show that their infant days are of the past, con trolling both the raw as well as the manufactured product, with the manu factured product higher while yet the raw product is lower, lower, lower. To meet these conditions at the instance of certain of the largest and most suc cessful growers of the weed in the State. President John S. Cuningham of the To bacco Growers Association, issued the call for a convention. Every important movement takes on the character of the initiative, hence, the work of today is but the beginning of a determined effort on the part of the tobacco growers of the State to protect their interests. The war against the trust is on. Not forgetful of the victory won in the fight against the oppression of the Jute Bagging Trust, the tobacco farmer, backed by the warehousemen and the Independent manufacturer has taken courage and his great weapon—brain—is preparing for the fray. Will he suc ceed? On the principle, in union there is strength, if the faritfer will organize and there be hearty co-operation on the part of every grower, warehousemen, manu facturer and sympathetic interest, suc cess is assured. It is the purpose of the convention that organization be' close and complete, and to that end it proposed to employ or select the best material in the to bacco growing counties, one man in each township who will enter at once upon the work and perfect township organi zation, educate the people along the lines mapped out and report to a State con vention to be held early J n January. Then a general discussion of what those reports contain and convey will be had and any needed legislation will be formu lated. It is estimated that two hundred and fifty representative farmers from Edge combe, Nash, Pitt, Maxton, Wilson, Wayne, Lenoir, Wake Franklin, Orange, Halifax, Person and Granville, are in attendance. Among those in attendance are: Col. John S. Cuningham, J. Bryan Grimes, J. J. Laughinghouse, R. R. Cot ton. R. R. Ricks, Dr. H. F. Freeman. T. E. Keel, J. E. Pogue, O. L. Joyner, Thos. B. Parker, W. H. Moore, L. Berkley, Mr. Brinkley, of Maxton: J. P. Smith, Walter Woodard. H. D. Edgerton, J. O. W. Grave ly, Geo. L. Wimberly, J. B. Phillips, T. B. Braswell, Dr. Harris and Mr. Fountain of Pitt; Dr. R. H. Speight. J. C. RIVENBARK. Invite Tobacco States to Organize. (By the Associated Press.) Richmond, Ya., Dec. 19.—A Rocky Mount, N, C., special says: “Colonel John S. Cuningham, of the North Carolina Tobacco Growers’ Asso ciation, held a great meeting of -he to bacco growers in Rooky Mount today. Over one thousand farmers were present at the opera house, and great interest was manifested. The farmers will imme diately organize every county in the State, and invite the tobacco States to organize.” HEAD CUT FROM BOOT A Man Killed by an A. C. L. Train Near Golds boro. (Special to News and Observer.) Goldsboro, N. C., Dec. 19.—A north bound freight train on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, which passed here about noon today, killed a white man at the 72nd mile post, about three miles north of this city. The man was lying with his head on the rail and the wheels passed over his neck, severing the head from the body. The engineer did not see the man until the body rolled over into the ditch. The train was stopped and the conductor notified the section master, who took care of the remains and notified the coroner who held an inquest this af ternoon. Mr. Demp3ey, the section master, says that the man had just passed him ab&ut an hour before he was struck by the train. He said his name was K. L. Brock, and that lie lived about three and a half miles south of Mt. Olive. Mr. Dempsey lays he told Brock, that he had nothing for him to do and that he soon left and went on up the railroad. Mr. Dempsy says he noticed that the man had a bottle of whiskey in his pock et. but he did not think the fellow was drunk. It is not known whether Brock lay down and went to sleep or whether be intended to commit suicide. The fact that his head was lying across the track is evidence in support of tho suicide theory. GOT THE WRONG GIRLB. Bonnie Jones and HarieKnykendall Still Evade the Searchers. ' (Special to News and Observer.) Asheville, N. C., Dec. 19.—1 t is learned that the girls arrested yesterday at Co lumbia thought to be Marie Kuykendall and Bonnie May Jones were not the girls wanted. Reported now that they are at Pickens, S. C., and the police have gono there for them. Katie Briggs who was brought hero yesterday to answer the charge of aban doning her infant has been released. She promises to care for the child. AN ENDOWMENT OF 5200.00 U. Secured From Northern Sources for the Lincoln Memorial Institution. (By the Associated Press.) Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 19.—President Larry, of the Lincoln Memorial Univer sity, at Cumberland Cap, Tenn., an nounces he has secured from Northern sources an endowment of $-uj,oOU for that institution, also a number of scholar ships. The benefactors are not mado known. The Lincoln Memorial institu tion was founded largely through the efforts of General O. O. Howard. It is for the mountain people. Stabbed to the Heart. (By the Associated Press.) Charleston, S. C., Dec. 19.—A special to the News and courier, from Laurens, S. C. t says: This morning, on J. H. Kennedy’s place, two miles north of this town, Joe Davis stabbed Tom Harris to the heart, killing him instantly. Both are negroes. They quarrelled last night and Harris attacked Davis with a gun this morning, striking him on the head. Davis finally drew his kife and used it. He did not attempt to escape and was promptly ar rested, Hew Pastor Arrives (Special to News and Observer.) Louisburg, N. C., Dec. 19.—Rev. H. H. Mashburne. pastor of the Baptist church, who arrived this week from Louisville, Ky., accompanied by his bride, will hold his regular services in the Baptist church next Sunday. RALEIGH. NCRTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBEU2O, 1902. THE HOUSE PASSES THE PURE FOOD BILL The Fowler Banking Measure Favorably Reported. THE CANAL TREATY WAITS The House Committee on Inter-State Commerce Has Ordered a Favorable Report on the Department of Com merce Bill. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, D. C., Dec. 19.—The House today passed the Pure Food bill by a vote of 72 to 21. There was not a quorum present, but the point was not raised by the opponents of the measure. The speakers today were Messrs. Richardson (Ala.), Hepburn (Iowa), Gaines (Tenn.), and Schirm (Md.), for the measure, and Mr. Candler (Miss.), against it. As soon as the first section of the bill was read for amendment under the five-minute rule, Mr. Adamson (Ga.), moved to strike out the enacting clause. His motion was defeated, 12 to 53. The bill inhibits the introduction into any State or territory, or the District cf Columbia, from any other State, or terri tory, or the District of Columbia, or from any foreign country, or the shipment to any foreign country of any article of food or drug w r ’nich is adulterated or misbranded; and the inhibition lies against any one shipping, delivering or receiving within the regions named any such food so adulterated. The bill de fines in detail what shall constitute adul teration and provides that any article of food or drug that is adulterated or mis branded and is transported or being transported from one State to another for sale shall be liable to confiscation by a process of libel for condemnation in the United States courts; but such goods shall not be sold in any State contrary to the law’s thereof. Fowler’s Bill Eeported. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 19. —The House Com mittee on Banking and Currency today favorably reported the Currency bill in troduced by Chairman Fowler. On the vote to report the bill the four Republican members voted in the affirm ative, the two Democratic members pres tnt refraining from voting. The Bureau of Labor Included. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 19.—The House Com mittee on Inter-State Commerce today ordered a favorable report on the De partment of Commerce bill. Tire vote on reporting it stood 5 to 3. The pro vision for including the Bureau of Labor in the new department w r as retained on a tie vote. Tho bill, as it will come from the House committee, will embrace within the proposed Department of Commerce the Lighthouse Board, the Lighthouse Service, National Bureau of Standards, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Bureau of Immigration, Fish Commission, Bureau of Statistics of the Treasury Depart ment, Bureau of Foreign Commerce of the State Department, Fur-seal and Sal mon Fisheries, Bureau of Labor and Cen sus, and ihroe now’ bureaus—lnsurance, Manufactures and Corporations. The province and duty of the proposed Bureau of Corporation is, under tho direc tion of the. Secretary of Commerce, to gaiher. compile, publish, and supply use ful information concerning corporations engaged in Inter-State or foreign com merce. The Panama Canal Treaty. (By the Associated Press.) Washington. Dec. 19.—Confirmation of the Panama Canal Treaty with Colombia lias again been moved into the future and it. is now said that no treaty can bo ex pected before Christmas and probably not until the beginning of next year. FIVE THuUSAND IS PLEDGED. If the Methodist Protestants Will Locate Their College in Greensboro. (Special to the News and Observer.) Greensboro, N- C , Dec. 19.—At a meet ing of citizens in the court house last night the sura of five thousand dollars was subscribed to the proposed Metho dist Protestant College, provided it is located at Greensboro. The meeting ad journed until tonight, when the Indus trial and Immigration Association meets and ‘t is expected that ten thousand will be pledged without any difficulty. Strong speeches in favor of the college were made bv Dr. C. D. Mclver, J. Van Lind ley, J. T. Murphy, J. Norman Wills, E. P. Wharton, C. G. Wright, Chairman W. H Osborn and others. Lynchburg Man Promoted. (By tho Associated Press.) Philadelphia, Dec. 19.—Charles Oter Gwatkin, formerly general eastern agen o fthe Wisconsin Central Railway, has been appointed general manager of tlr Guatemala Northern Railroad with head quarters at Guatemala City,, Guatemala 'e will leave New York for bis new post cn Sunday next. Mr. Gwatkin is a native of Lypcbbur;, Va. He entered the railway service j in ISSO. 'TWAS A REIGN OF MCE, TRET SAT Non-Union iVlen Tell of Their Alleged Wrongs. SNUFFLES PECKSNIFFIAN One Non-Union Man Sheds Tears as he Testi fies—They Say They Were Boycotted, Stoned, Dynamited, Roughly Used Generally. (By the Associated Press.) Scranton, Pa., Dec. 19.—Non-union men, some of their relatives and others, to the number of thirty, appeared before the Anthracite Coal Commission today and told their stories of alleged boy cotts, intimidations, dynamiting and vio lence in various forms, during the late strike. Each witness called was a suT ferer in one form or another at the hands, they alleged, of union men. Four wit nesses said attempts were made to blew up their houses; many of the witnesses were threatened with bodily harm; sev eral were beaten; one w r as shot in the leg, and everyone stoned, boycotted cr hanged in effigy. One school teacher testified to having lost his position because his father did not strike. One man was asked to re sign- from a Catholic temperance so ciety, and another was expelled from a local lodge of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, because they w’ere classed as “unfair w’orkmen.” Joseph H. Duggan, the man who was requested to give up his membership in the temperance society, remained at work, doing repair w-ork and acting as a watchman. He wept on the witness stand as he told how they ordered him to leave after many years of pleasant ! associations with its members. He said j he had been stoned and otherwise badly treated, and added that a good clubbing would not have hurt half as much as the action of the society in throwing him out of the organization. Chairman Gray asked the witness if he remained at work so that the pumps could be kept in goorl repair and thus keep the mines from being detroyed, and he said he did. Mr. Harrow asked him how long he worked, and examined him in such a -way on the subject as to bring the statement from Chairman Gray that men will work fifteen hours or more to help save a neighbor’s burning house. James Mitchell was the man who w r as expelled from the Hibernian Society. He said he worked during the strike as a repairman, and did not consider it un iair, because he did not mine anv coal. He had been a member of the Society 26 or 28 years, anq at a meeting one night during the strike the question of his unfairness came up and every mem ber present voted to expel him. A Polnnder named Max Lasar, who did not quit when the strike was inaugu rated, told of how a man threw a quart bottle of giant powder, to which a lighted fuse was attached, into the par of his home. He extinguished the fuse. The powder was shown to the commis- sion. Thomas Kennedy, aged 15 years, said he worked in a drug store in. Carbondale. His father was an engineer in the employ of the Delaware and Hudson Company and did not quit work when the strike started. The manager of the drug store, ho said, was requested by a committee from the union, to discharge him and rather than have the store boycotted, the druggist told tho boy to quit. The father ccrroboiated the story, and added that he had to keep his children from the public schools as they were being abused. An Italian r.amed Frank Fidati, who was a striker, but who w-as hired by a coal operator to wmteh the homo of a non-union man, was shot in the leg by other strikers because he would not stop protecting tho man’s house. The non union man who lived in the house and subsequently quit w ork, was next called and produced a letter written by Presi dent T. I>. Nicholls, of District No. 1, in which he stated that the witness had quit w-ork and was a good union man, and that all union men should treat him in a friendly manner ‘‘so long as he be haved himself accordingly.” John Confin, a mine boss and presi dent of the school board of Plains, near Wilkesharre, testified that a committo of a local union called on him and asked that school teachers whose relatives were working in the mines be not re appointed as teachers. Other witnesses testified to having been hung in effigy once or more times, that grocers, butchers, milkmen and ice men refused to serve them because they w-oro afraid their business would ho hoy votted, and that they were severely beaten and socially ostracized. The commission will meet at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning and will adjourn at 11:45 o’clock for the holidays. A. and M Boy Wins Appointment. (Special to News and Observer.) Washington. D. C., Dec. 19.—Mr. S. K. Beck, a graduate of the A. and M. Col lege, class ’9B, has accepted an appoint ment as marine engine and boiler draughtsman in the Bureau of Steam Engineering, Navy Department, Wash ington, D. C\, having qualified in the examination in Philadelphia last month. Mr. Beck stood second in the examination, ?r-d the two highest were r.ppointed here ] in the Bureau of Steam Engineering, where a very small percentage of the government’s draughtsmen work. Against Kissing the Bible. (By the Associated Press.) Richmond, Va., Dec. 19. —In the State i Senate today, Mr. Mellwaine offered a bill to prohibit the kissing of the Bible upon the administration of oaths in the courts of this Commonwealth. Mr. Mc llwaine stated privately (hat he was in duced to offer this bill because of the uncleanlincss in the miscellaneous kiss ing of the Book, and tho danger of the spreading of disease. The bill was re ferred to the Committee on Courts of Justice. Ellen En Elects Old Officers. (By the Associated Press.) New York. Dec. 19. —The directors of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company held their annual meeting in this city today and re-elected all the outgoing officers. No other business was transacted. The Condition of Vanderbilt, (By the Associated Press.) New’ York, Dec. 18- —There is no re ported change in the condition of Cor nelius Vanderbilt tonight. It was an nounced at Mr. Vanderbilt’s house that no bulletin w-ould be issued during the night. Dr. Janew’ay said at midnight: “Mr. Vanderbilt is in no immediate danger.” SHE BROp HEART Pupil of Voltairine Le Cleyre, Anarchist, Shoots Her on the Street. (By the Associated Press.) Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 19. —Voltairine Lc Cleyre, a noted anarchist and a teach er of languages, was mysteriously shot and mortally wounded today by Herman Helscher, a former pupil. The w<>>. dying in a hospital ?,syl Helsche custody. Unrequited love is sail prompted ihe deed. When arrest scher’s only explanation was the ing: "We were sweethearts, she and I. She broke my heart and deserved to he killed.” Miss Lc Cleyre is 36 years of age and her assailant is 24. Thr shooting occurr ed on the street in broad daylight and was witnessed by a score of persons. Miss Le Cleyre was standing at a street corner awaiting a car. Helscher, who had disguised himself by means of a false moustache, approached her from the rear, and accosted her. Almost at the same moment he drew a revolver from his pocket and pointed it at the wo man who turned and attempted to run away. She had gone only a few- steps when Halscher began firing upon her. After discharging five shots at the flee ing woman, three of which took effect, ho replaced the pistol in his pocket and started to walk away. He made no effort to escape and was immediately arrested. Miss Le Cleyre ran a short distance and then sank, exhausted upon a door stop. She w-as carried into the house and from there removed to a hospital. In her statement to a magistrate she denied acquaintance with Helscher, but when he was brought before her minus the false moustache she at once recognized him. She declined, however, to accuse him of having shot her. but asked tho 'police if ho had admitted it. Neither would she state the nature of her rela tions with Helscher. Two bullets took effect in the woman's right side, below’ the shoulder, and an other imbedded itself in the right side of the chest. The physicians hold out no hope for her recovery. Miss Lc Cleyre has attained wide spread notoriety through her anarchistic utterances anj her intimacy with Emma Goldman and other anarchists. She is an accomplished linguist and musician and has written much anarchistic literature and many erotic poems. CONSOLIDATION OF I. 0- 0. F LIEGES The Capital and the Manteo Lodges Merge Into One. Capital Lodge, No. 147, and Manteo Lodge, No. 8, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, will be consolidated, after the proposal to consolidate had been unani mously agreed upon by both lodges it was referred to the Grand Master, who ap proved it. Capital Lodge is the youngest lodge of Odd Fellows in Raleigh, while Manteo is the oldest. New Officers for Christian Church. At the church conference of the Hills boro Street Christian church, the follow ing officers were elected Finance Committee: F, O. Moring, W. B. Mann, J. A. Mills, J. L. Foster, It. V. Bagwell. Ushers, Morning Service: W. B. Mann, F. O. Moring, W. H. Bland. Evening Service: J. A. Mills, G. G. Banks, R. V. Bagwell, W. B. Mann. Vance County is Second. The first county to get a clear receipt from the State for its taxes was John ston, and yesterday the full returns from another county were received. This is from Vance county, which comes in as second on the list. Sheriff E. A. Powell, of Henderson, who was here yesterday, paid up everything in full, the sum total being $9,302.82. P/.t. ‘ NTS. POWERS FAVOR THE PROPOSAL TO ARBITRATE, But of Conditions and Safe guards There are Many. DELAY IS UNAVOIDABLE And the Danger of Dday in the Face of a Blockade Crippling Neutral Commerce and Inviti’ g Collisions With Venezuela, Can’t be Overes'imated. (By ihe Associated Pros*;.) Washington, D. C.. Dec. 19.—Secrclary Hay has received partial responses from the governments of Great Britain, Ger many, and Italy, respecting the proposal to arbitrate the Venezuelan difficulties. Great Britain is favorable to arbitration with proper safeguards; Germany accepts arbitration in principle, but finds a multi tude of small adjustments to be made be fore entering intio the agreement; Italy, as the junior partner of the allies, de clares that she is favorable to arbitra tion, but will be bound probably by the action of the senior partners. To secure these results, the American Embassies at London, Berlin, and Rome have been working energetically to carry out the instructions of Secretary Hay to ascertain how the proposal would he re ceived. As far as England is concerned, the safeguards referred to are believed to relate to the question of guarantee, which is full of difficulties. In this con nection. some consideration is again being given to the feasibility of the assumption ’•f'snonsibility for any award assessed hv responsible private r i i ’ - * .*«« govern- In not To allow ituei ... *i th’ asc r* rr m to become South and Central Ainw. private concerns can be induced io v.. the field tho United States government will do what it can to reduce their risks. Secretary Hay, Sir Michael Herbert, the British Ambassador, and Senator De pow were in conference today, and it is suspected that this phase of tho ease was touched upon, although no confirma tion can be had at this time. The German position presents the great est difficulties for not only does it, in volve a demand for apologies which are extremely repugnant, to Venezuelans, hut also presents so many points requiring adjustment that it is evident, that many days or perhaps weeks must elapse before that adjustment can be affected and the ease prepared for arbitration. And the danger of delay in the face of a blockade which seriously cripples neutral com merce and invites hostile collisions with the Venezuelans cannot he over-estima ted. The efforts of the United States, therefore, must be directed toward hast ening Germany’s action on the arbitra tion proposal. The Italian position is, of course, of lr<=s concern than that of the other allies. Tim Italian Ambassador here, in his in tercourse with the State Department, has been extremely moderate and considerate, giving Secretary Huy th impression that he is well-disposed to second any effort of the United States to terminate the present dangerous situation. The French government has served no tice that, without abating her claims, the payment of which have been arranged, she also claims the right to have the claims of French citizens which have arisen since the adjustment above spoken of. considered by the joint tribunal which will adjust the Venezuelan debts, on a basis of equality with those of the other nations. This contention is strongly re sisted by seme of the allied powers and is one of the points which is likely to lead to the consumption of much time and which must he disposed of before a final arrangement ran he made to arbi trate the case. The Cabinet Approves Hay’s Course. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 19.—Secretary Hay laid before the Cabinet meeting today tho latest phases of the Venezuelan situ ation. After a thorough discussion of the subject the Cabinet gave its un qualified approval to everything that had been done by Secretary Hay and also 1o liis plans for the future so far as they were outlined. It is gathered that the attitude of the United States is for the present a waiting one in the hope that the three allies will soon be able to agree upon the basis upon which they are willing to accept arbitration. So far, no notice of the projected blockade of Venezuela has been officially served on our government. The Acoptance by Germany. (By the Associated Press.) Berlin, Dec- 19.—The answer to Ger many to the arbitration proposal in be half of Venezuela, received through the United States government, is its accept ance. Tho delivery of this reply to the United States for transmission to Minis ter Bowen is delayed for a day or two for tactical reasons, probably through (Continued on Page Five.)