Vol. lv: no: ss. Leads all North Carolina Dailies in Mews and” Circulation PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND. Sunday School Teachers and Workers on the Way to Palestine. A PROMINENT PARTY A North Carolina Lady Writes of the Trip and Personnel of The Com pany and the Programme. To the Editor: What may follow we do not know, but surely a boat never left our shores. or any other shore as to that, freighted with such a cargo as the “Grosser Kur i’urst” bore away last Tuesday, March 8tb —tight hundred and eleven Sunday School teachers. .Bible students and min isters on a pilgrimage to ihe Holy Band. These are to be joined by about foui hundred more at different points in the Mediterranean. Every State and Terri tory. Canada and British Columbia aie represented '1 lie Pilgrim Fathers when they em balked at Belli Haven in IC2O, may l»avc been a party similar in loyally to convic tion and earnestness of purpose, but noi m numbers and well-laid, thought- in plans lor definite work lor the Master. Surely never before lias a steamsiiip crossed the Atlantic when prayer, praise and song were made the order of the day; when stewards and waiters hastened t;> clear the large dining saloons that they might become chapels for sermons, lec ture-rooms f r magic lantern exhibitions and halls for sacred music. One of the chip’s officers was heard to say, “I never seen it after this manner.'"’ The well-arranged program for the voy age by the neutral Committee is being suicessiully and interest.ugly carried out. It has been a continuous convention ever since we left New Yoik. I am re minded of my own yearly meeting when chureh work in all its phases is dis cussed. There are meetings during the day in almost all available Paris cf the ship— in the forward uinihg saloon, in the ; ft dining saloon, in the ladies’ libraries, etc. As i write Mrs. Mary Bryner, of Illinois, the (harming little woman of national reputation i*i Sunday School work is hav ing a meeting on the deck for the teach ers in juvenile work in Sunday S'hoola. You will recall that i-hc was in Raleigh seme time ago. There is a printing press on board. Judging from the amount of printed mat ter distributed from time to time it must be kept “whizzing.” Soon after leaving New York a printed program of the proposed “doings" of the THE MABEL PAGE MURDER MYSTERY IN WESTON, MASS. Not since Lizzie Borden’s arrest in Fall River, Mass., for the alleged mur der of her father and stepmother, of which she was subsequently acquitted, has a murder mystery attracted such national interest as the Mabel Page case in Weston. Mass. Miss Page, who was about forty years of age, was wealthy, the family, which had business interests in Boston, living on an es tate at Weston, fifteen minutes’ walk from the nearest house. Miss Page a£ 1 o’clock in the afternoon received a note informing her that her brother was ill in Boston and went to her room to prepare for the trip. While she was arranging her hat before the mirror, the reflection of which commanded a view of the entire hallway, she was stabbed in the back. The fact that she did not move from the dresser when in the glass she saw the murderer ap proaching has been taken to indicate that, as she thought herself alone in the house, her slayer must have been a woman and an intimate. Nothing was stolen from the house. The weapon with which the crime was commit ted has not been found, and there is as yet uo definite clew. The rewards offered for the apprehension of the murderer aggregate more than $50,000. The News and Observer. Convention while en route was put into the hands of each passenger. To convince you that we are having a “toast I shall run down the list of sub jects which we shall have between New York and Madeira. (I will give you the other subjects farther on). Wednesday, March 9th —Introductions and Stereoptican Entertainment. Thursday, 10th—Address and Confer ence —Helpful Hints for Travel. Friday, llth —Musicale. Saturday, 12th —Mohammedan Religion. Sunday, 13th—Public Service, 10:30; Sunday School, 3:30; Ve-per Service 8:45. Monday, 14th— Lecture on Madeira. Tuesday, l- r »th—Lecture on Photography. This program mentions only the sub jects of the general meetings of the Con vention held in the main saloon in the evenings. The various delegations hold their meetings during the day in different parts of the shin and discuss subjects ac cording to “inclination,” for example, the members of the Woman’s Christian Tem perance Union en route at the sugges tion of Mrs. Wilbur Crafts, of Washing ton, D. C., whose Sunday School Lesson Expositions we read every week in “Christian Herald.’ held a public meeting Friday afternoon when Miss Jessie Acker man. the round-the-world missimaiy of the W. C. T. U.. addressed the meeting on Iceland. I wish T could repeat her intensely interesting talk on that far nvav interesting people. Miss Ackerman is now in her sixth trio around the globe. Don Alfonso Herrera, a delegate from the Presbyterian Church of Merida. Yu •alin spoke also —he was interpreted by Vliss Sarah Lindley, a missionary from Mexico. There ire to be weekly fenmeranre meetings throughout our trip. We are Mailing for a mass meeting in Jerusalem. THE PERSONNEL. There are so many distinguished Chris ion men and women aboard that some me said, “only those who are not distin guished are distinguished.” To begin, there is the veteran mission try, Dr. Henry Harris Jessup, of Bey rant. Syria, returning from a visit to the United States. He has been in Syria forty-nine years. One feels that he is in the presence of a patriarch when listening to Dr. Jessup—bis age, ripe experience and learning call forth our reverence. He lectured on the Mohammedan rell gion last night and according to the pro gram will speak Thursday night on the Position of Women in Mohammedan Countries. Dr. Jessup is accompanied by his wife and daughter. Perhaps no one on board ranks higher as a bibilical scholar and minister than Dr. John Potts, of Toronto, Canada, chairman of the Internati >nal Lesson Committee. His sermon last Sunday on “The Voyage of Life —Whither Bound Oh, Traveller?" and the Scripture reading of the 107 Psalm made a deep impression. No one among us is more highly re spected than the Hon. Herbert C. Clark, Vice Consul for Jerusalem, our escort. Three members of the Central Commit tee and their families are aboard—Mr. E. K. Warren, Mr. W. N. Hartshorn and Mr. McGrilli:;. !f no other “distinguish nnnt’’ than that of planning and execut ing the plan of such a cruise as this ware theirs ir would suffice, but they are na tionally known as leaders in promoting the interests of the Sunday School cause. There are other- —Air. Marion law rence, of oledo, Ohio, the General Sec retary of the International Sunday School (Continued on Page Four.) RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA, MDUAY MORNING. APRIL 10, 1904 IN CONSUMPTION ________ k Deaths in Raleigh Have Nearly Doubled in Four Years There is Need For Action to Prevent The Spread of This Conta gious Disease Reference was made yesterday to the fact that a committee of the Chamber of Commerce had presented to the Board of Aldermen proposed ordinances to prevent the spread of consumption in Raleigh. The total number of deaths from con sumption in Raleigh has neailv doubled since 1901, though the increase in popula tion has probably not exceeded ten per cent. From the report of our city sanitary of ficer it is seen that for the years ending March Ist the total deaths in Raleigh were as follows: Year 1901. 327: 1902, 205; 1903. 310; 1904, 243. During the same period the deaths from consumption were: Year 1901, 30: 1902, 33; 1903, 51; 1904. 51. The proportion of total deaths from consumption were, therefore, for year 1901, 1 to 11; 1902, 1 to 9; 1903, 1 to 6; 1904, 1 to 5. The average rate in the United States is 1 to 7. These figures show the importance of giving consideration to the methods of preventing the increase of this disease, now everywhere put down in the class of contagious diseases- To that end. a re cent meeting cf the Chamber of Commerce appointed a committee to bring the matter before the Board of Aldermen. The following is their report presented at the meeting on Friday night: Raleigh. N. C.. April 1, 1904. To His Honor The Mayor and the Board of Aldermen: Gentlemen: In behalf of the Chamber cf Commerce which appointed us to per form this duty: In behalf of the industrial interest of our city, whose productive power is di minished by the incapacity of many of her workers by consumption and perhaps an equal number from ministering to them 1 In behalf of the healthy persons who will sooner or later in all human proba bility contract the disease from consump nve members of their families unless pre ventive measures are adopted by the n in Charity ami Chil dren.) God is greater than man. Isn’t it high time we should learn this lesson? His workers fall but His work goes on. He is not limited in His resources as we are. The sea is His and He made it. and His hands formed the dry land. Yet when a leader falls by the wayside like spoiled children we cry that the cause is lost. Why are we so timid and fearful and weak? Why do we put so much trust in men find so little in God? V * * Let no man’s heart fail him because a worker drops out of the ranks. The work, it it be of the Lord, will go right on until He comes to claim His own! Mr. Erwin Avery was full ol campus sion. Ills heart overliowed with sympa thy lor the weak, lie would have shed ins blood ior a child, a little ragged wad ol the streets; and all the rich treasure ot Ins matchless minu he would cheerfully expend io maintain the rights of a be gnmmed and homeless boy beneath the no tice of the aveiage man. The unwashed urchins ol Charlotte will miss him —the poor tousle headed fellows that other peo ple pass in dignified disdain. That, brethren, real strength. It is the unfailing sign of a noble nature. He stooped to conquer- Born of gentle blood, a knightly fellow of a high-born race, he had nothing to lose and much to gain by throwing a great strong arm of protection and help around a lad in rags. * * ¥ Speaking of the gift of seven thousand dollars by Mr. Mark Morgan to the Red Springs Seminary, Rev. P. It. Law says in the Robesonian of April Ist: “We arc not aware that any man in the State ever gave before so large, a sum for the educa tion of its young women.” We are sur prised at a statement like this coming lrom a men of Mr. Law’s information. The late Dennis Simmons gave $25,000 to the Baptist Female University, Judge Haircloth made a like donation, and Mrs. Virginia Swepsoit, who was one of the noblest women of the State, alsa be queathed more than three times as much to the University as Mr. Morgan give the Seminary. Even these may not be the largest sums that have been given to colleges for women by citizens of North Carolina, but we uo not recall any larger ones * * * the wild onions. Tin* cotton boll weevil has occupied a good deal of space in the public prints of late and even taxed the gray matter of our statesmen at Washington who like wise taxed their constituents to eradicate the evil that afflicts the Texas farmers- | This is all right and we have not a word of complaint to make, but our people in the Piedmont region and in other parts of the State as well, are confronted with an evil that is doing a hundred times more harm than any other single pest, un less it. is ihe wheat fly, and that is the wild onion. It grows everywhere and j without either rain or sunshine. Pas- 1 lures that last year were free from it. are ruined this year, and the butter and milk ♦ hat. used to be so sweet and clean are now rank with the insolent odor of tlm onion, it is all but universal in this section, and the wonder is how the thing spreads with such alarming rapidity. By some mysteribus means it transports itself j over branches and rivers and hills, and pops up without lief or license where it was least expected. Like the tarps in | the wheat, it grows along side by side wi’h the grass, and the cows go for it I with ravenous appetite and blow their bad breath all over the lot. It is really | a serious problem up this way and we re-j spee ll'ully re fer it to our friend Poe. and j his co-laborers as worthy of their careful j investigation. The test used to be when j a man bought a pound ol butter. Is it - old?” Now ago euts a smaller figure than j onions. The man who will suggest a rem edy for this great and growing evil will j deserve a ehromo. and it will not be a hard matter to get him up a good one. if his remedy proves effective. The thin.? has become so bad that people are in same places afraid to ask for cream in their coffee for fear of the strident and over whelming odor that hangs about a peeled onion- Nothing Like Optimism. (Monroe Enquirer.) ‘•I never knew a hue fruit cron and goed field crops at the same time ” said o *1 w Tuesday, when lie was ?olf t r ■ rr» S « M the fruit. There t nothing M* EDITORIAL SECTION-Section One-Pages I to 8. RAILROAD RATES Virginia Merchants As sume Role of Guardians For North Carolina North Carolina Wholesaler Oppose In crease Freight Rates and Ask for Differential Rate For Car Loads. To the Editor: Replying with vour re quest to furnish you with some data re lating to the position of the North Caro lina jobbers on the question ot differen tial rates, as now proposed by the rail roads on certain commodities, and the po sition taken by the Virginia trade on this qiustion, North Carolina jobbers, as I art in no way connected with any of tmir associations, therefore any opinion I may express on this subject is a per sonal one. I have, however, in the past bad tht- privilege of advising with them on freight questions, and believe I under stand their position and demands, in the outset I would say there is no secret about their demands and no injustice to at y class of merchants. Stated briefly, tin y simply ask the railroads to give to them on car shipments a lower rate than is charged on luo pound shipments, 'ih-s demand is not based upon any arbitrary ruling, but is founded on business prjn ej .es and simple justice. 1 do not know a single retail merchant in the State who does not recognize the equity oi tlii.j proposition and is willing to allow these* difierentials, nor do I know a single job ber in the State who advocates an iu cicased rate on less than car shipments or who believes conditions justify any ad vauees. Lulas governing car shipments make it incumbent upon the shipper to load cars without cost to the railroads, and the merchant receiving it must likewise un load without cost to the road, solid cars being hauled without handling or trans fer, risks ol loss, damage in transit, etc., is reduced to a minimum, the expense to the railroad is less, therefore equity de mands a lower rate. No advantage is ask ed lor place or class of shippers, the rail roads themselves recognizing the justice of the demand, but to the present have refused to allow* it, saying the public did not Avant it, and behold as soon as they decide to make a differential, our good friends and neighbors in Virginia assume the role ol guardian for North Carolina and put themselves to great trouble and expense to induce the railroads to su pend the rule until they can have time to convince the merchants of Noilh Caro lina, on whom they have lived and grown iat and wise, that they have not yet reached the age of discretion; that it will be an awful predicament the retail mer chant will find himself in, when h 3 no lcLger Hilda it necessary to pursue liis tn.g accustomed habit of sending his orders to Virginia cities and pay to them a bonus lor distribution of merchandise. j notice an officer of the Virginia W holesale Grocers’ Association has issued an appeal to the retail metchants of North and South Carolina to rise in their might and avert this great calamity. Let us state plainly what it is iliey ask you to do: it is simply this, that Virginia merchants shall in future, as in the past, erjoy special privileges and rates that will hold the Carolinas in commercial bondage; that they ate to have car loads ol goods hauled to them (many of them through the whole State ot North Caro lina) divided up into small shipments oi bom 100 pounds up, separate bilks of lad ing issued lor each shipment, loaded into cats at railroad expense, transported to North Carolina points, unloaded at rail road ex 1 tense, put into their warehouses, v.iitten notices delivered to the mer chants, then loaded on drays at railroad expense, tickets issued for each load — and for what compensation? Why, iden tically the same price they want North Carolina merchants to pay* for same com modities delivered at their stations in car lots, without any of these incidental expenses. I will relate a personal ex perience as illustrating their demands; 1 had a car ol oal.s shipped from Chicago, through Raleigh to Noriolk—the same car iciwarded back to Raleigh and the cost was no more than it ivould have been to slop the car in Raleigh—giving a gratui tous haul ot 350 miles to our Virginia l’neads. They not only demand that this shall continue, but that they may have the privilege cf taking this car and di viding it up into say 400 shipments, and licit the railroad must take this back to 400 North Carolina customers without one cent’s cost to them, (or that the rate to Norfolk, and re-turn to North Carolina points in broken shipments shall not be any more than they would charge to step the said car at the North Carolina point). Now, is this not a nice proposi tion to come seriously from any set of intelligent men, whose only excuse for offering it is, that North Carolina is pe culiarly situated and is not fortunate in having big cities like us, and that North Caioliua merchants are too poor to buy car loads—therefore you are not yet com pel ent to enjoy these privileges, and you will be eternally damned (commer cially) if (after having drawn their sup port from favoritism shoivn them by rniiroads) they exclaim, behold this pro position of differentials comes lrom the “Greeks” the railroads, who are bearing gifts to entice you into their toils, fly from the “Greeks” into our arms and wo will absorb you as heretofore. E. L. HARRIS. ’Raleigh, N. C., April 9, 1904. Boys and Cigarettes. (New York American.) We want boys, too, and young men, to read with attention and earnest thought this statement by Magistrate Crane: ”Ninety-nine out of a iiundred boys be tween the ages of ton and seventeen years who come before me charged with crime have their fingers disfigured by the yellow cigarette stains.” That is to say, ninety nine out of a hun dred of all ihe lads charged with crime, lrom misdemeanors to burglary, have had their mora, sense weakened by the poison of cigarettes. Fathers and mothers, especially fathers, should think about this. too. The father who permits his young son to smoke, whose carelessness or indiffer ence fails to see that the child is poison ing his mind and his body, is a dereleet parent, and fails in his duty to society. Magistrate Crane says: “I am not a crank on this subject- 1 do not care to pose as a reformer. But it is my opinion that cigarettes will do more than liquor to ruin boys.” The Magistrate goes on to sa£ that the practice of smoking eigatettes among boys is increasing to an alarming extent. The “Benefit of Clergy." (Wilkesboro Cliloniclc.) The Mount Airy News, last week, has this query: “The Republican “Congressional Con vention” and Mount Aiiv “District Con ference” are to meet on the same day, March 31st, at Wilkesboro. Was this ar ranged so as to have the preachers on hand to keen the delegates from pulling hair? If you can do so, Bro. Deal, please tell us about it.” In answer to Brother Lowry’s query, ive will state, under oath upon "information and belief" that the Methodist Confer ence was induced to be present, so that the Republican convention, in its death strug gle for Federal patronage could have the old English right of “benefit of clergy.” But old uncle Jesse Ashburn, “Primitive Baptist” minister from Surry performed that right m open convention and relieved the conference of all responsibility. The Oxford Dispensary. (Oxford Public Ledger.) From the report of Mr. H. M. Shaw", Treasurer, found elsewhere in this paper it will be seen that the Oxford dispensary has been most admirably conducted under the direction of Commissioners H. M. Shaw, J. D. Bullock and S. W. Parker. The sales for one year and ten days amounts to $26.623.77—net profits $9,022.25. Stock on hand $2,733.26- Amount pail the town treasurer, $1,500 and paid the coun ty treasurer $1,500. Mr. R. Broughton, by his wise management of ihe dispensary has proved that he is certainly the right man in t..e right place and that the com missioners made no mistake when they selected him to take charge of the busi ness. New School Rouse for Hope Mills. Information has been received here that at a recent meeting of Hope Mills graded school it was decided to erect a new school house, and the -authorities are ad vertising for bids Under the efficient superintendency of Prof. C. D. Cole, assist ed by an excellent faculty, the Hope Mills graded school lias been remarkably, suc cessful and that its good work is gener ously supported by the community is diowo in the statement, that the attend ance of sudents is about 350. What a happy old world this would be i! people who lose their tempers Avere unable to find them again! ! ' ’’ +! ' ~ " “. T 1 -;--r REAR ADMIRAL WALKER, RETIRED, HEAD OF THE NEW PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION. Rear Admiral John G. Walker, retired, head of the new Panama canal commission appointed by President Ropsevelt to undertake the construction of the interoceanic waterway, is peculiarly fitted for the work for which he lms been selected, for the reason that for the last Seven years he has done little else than study the various problems connected with canal construc tion. Admiral Walker, while in the navy, was noted for his regard for the welfare of his men and for his disregard of precedent. lie wus appointed to tlie navy from lowa in 1850. PRICE 5 CEMS. AS TO CRIMINAL. LAW OFTHE STATE Suggestions For the En forcement Against Bueket Shops. CRIME OF SEDUCTION When Marriage Follows With Immedi ate Abandonment in View This Desertion Should be Punished. To the Editor: A letter from the ('ode Commissioners was received by ine some time ago, (similar, I pgpsume, to the let ters addressed to the other solicitors in the State), asking for suggestions as to changes and improvements in the criminal law of the State. Thinking that public uisfcussion of some of tlie changes that it appears to me it would be advisable to make would do good, the following sug gestions are made for the purpose of in viting discussion and criticism: DEALING IN FUTURES. During the past year (for the first time so far as lam advised) some of the judges have been directing the attention of the grand juries of the different coun ties to the provisions of chapter 221 of the Acts of ISSi) making “Futures and other vicious contracts indictable.” In the Fourth Judicial District the grand juries of two counties have made presentment against men who conduct “exchanges' —as the players who win at these industrial games of chance call the places at which men bet on the rise and fall oi" the product of labor —or “bucket shops,” as the fellow who loses call them. In b.'th these cases bills of indictment were drawn and witnesses sent before the grand jury, but evidence sufficient to find a bill was not secured in either wise. In one case there is before the court undis posed of a rule for a witness to show cause why he should not be attached for contempt of court for refusing to answer Questions relative to dealing in futures. L>ut can a witness be forced to answer questions relative to dealing in futures it he claims that to do so will incrimi nate himseh ? The law provides away to secure evi dence to prove gaming (The Code Seo ti n 121a), but it also provides that “no disclosure made by the witness upon such examination shall be used against him in any penal n- criminal prosecution, and he shall be altogether pardoned of the of fense so done or participated in by him.” This section of The Code has b< en de clared constitutional in the case of State vs. Morgan, 133 N. C. The same Question in a different form is now ho lme the Supreme court in a contempt pro ceeding. In the enforcement of the statute against “futures” there is no such (Continued on Page Four.)