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Training School Run on the
God Cares; Prayer Avails
The mot remarkablo1 institution lit
North Carolina U Mlas Mattle. Pernl
of Marion. The word "inntltutlon"'!
wn advicdly. for ho Is the found!i
the owner, the director of Elhanan
Training School, the moat remarkablf
institution m America. MU Perrj
came to Raleigh to help make Mc
Dowell county dr' and made a telling
talk before the committee. Who 1
she? And what Is she doing:? .! I
Mim Perry wan ween yesterday, an
talking about her work. said, that
there are now 140 students and chil
dren In the home called the "Elhanaa
Training- Institution The wor
Elhanan meaning. "The Ixrd graci
ously Gave." This Institution is the
most remarkable one In North Carorj
Una or anj-where else.. It takes I the !
moxt destitute children and young
people to be found, clothea thenV
feeds them,' educates them and pre'
pares them for life's work. No i ap
peal has 'erer been made to anybody:
for money to carry -on this work.;
Eight years ago Miss Perry, who Is a
native of South Carolina, having had
her heart st upon the work of traln-i
lng neglected children. ; learned; that
a large and handsome hotel which had
been begun in the boom tinuM of
Marlon, had been abandoned and could
be purchased for a very little money
Hitherto she had expected , to begin
her work lnr a small house with: net;
more than eight rooms, and had been
waiting for the Lord to answer! heij
prayer to put it In the heart of some
body to give- her the. necessary money
to make -this small beginning. ( bat
when she. saw this building it -eenoed
to bo the' answer to her prayers ana
she had the faith to believe-,that!Oo4
would as soon ' provide on n' large.- a
' well tin on a small scale, and she found
that she could purchase this building
for 12.60. - with three, acres of' land.
At that tIme."J20,000 had been spebt
on the building, which, .-as not .neariy
completed:-, 1Nluntary 'contrlbutioas
of 300 came to her which was mad
as a cash payment,: t 8ince theoi
without personal - solicitation. ; ijnoney
has come from different sources and
from thirty-six States- Canada Spain
Scotland and India, and the bnllding
has been nearly completed, acres
of land in' addition-has been purchased
and Mies Perry. is now ereetlrrg a large
i 200 boys, the material of' which will
cost about ten- thousand f dollars aed
. ' m b . ,
the boys- are doing most of the jwork
In constructing thia? new v building.
, learning a trade, paying their way to
, school and providing A home for other
homeless boys who will - come j after
them. During the -past year there
came to her over eleven thousand
dollars In cash, besides donations ,Vjf
clothlnsr and supplies and the croris
and dairy products of the Institution;
the entire expense last : year bethj?
about fifteen thousand dollans. There
. is a debt of about three thousand dol
lars. The balance has all beentnalt.
.Most contributions aro ntnall. but orto
; came in ; January of xz.SOO. t MJsa
: rerry is the Institution. There Is no
Bosrd of Directors, no Curators, no
? Management, no Board of Visitors. Jto
church behind it. nothing- but, Miss
; .ferry ana ner ratth m Almighty Ged.
-she says. We run-on the orinclsle
that prayer avails and prayer prevail J
toa Knows ana uoa cares." The pan
try has not been empty in two years.
There are ela-ht hundred loaves fO
' bread consumed . a week. It 1 costs
about 8 50: a day to run the Institu
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Miss Perry was In Raleigh to help
to have the distilleries and saloons
driven out of Marlon. She says that
'the only good they have ever done! to
her institution Is to furnish her cltU
; dren. whose fathers and mothers
made ' drunken by whiskey. have
neglected their children : and openod
the door for them to be cared for and
saved in her Institution- She does nt
fear the closing up of the saloons and
stills, there will close the institution,
for tnere are plenty of destitute chil
dren all over the land who need Its
gracious influence. There-are j eight
teachers in this Institution, one music
teacher and the total number of peo-
, pic employed to care for the children
is seventeen. They are paid no sal
ary, but ;hare in the prosperity of the
institution and if the meal should get
' low in the gum they would share t tri
' the poverty. But she says that can-
not be, for Cod will aend all that may
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' 3ILs Perry's Own Story. !
Faithful Is . He that calleth rou
: who also will do it" (1 Thess. 6:23).
. "I the Ixrd thy. God am a Jealous God.
visiting the1 Iniquity of the . fathers
upon the children unto the third and
fourth generation of them that hate
me. and showing mercy unto thous-
- ands of them that love me and keep
my com man dm en ta.'" (Ex. 20:3-).
' I wa born. In Oconee count).! South
Carolina, May 15th. 1SS8.H' I ! praise
the . Ixrd that' my ancestors for gen
erations had ' professed to be Clirls
tlans, and I have the ; privilege; !of
claiming the . promises given to the
seed of the righteous." Naturally. I
had a quick temper and a sclflsh. stub
born disposition, and. very few people
loved me. . If was dull at books nd
cared nothing about religion until the
blcxscd Holy; Spirit convinced j me jot
my lns at the ago' of nineteen, and so
alarmed me about my condition that
I epent hours In prayer and ESblo
studyoften tntil after mld-nlsht
searching to know God. At ttmt.1l
wim more concerned ..than at others,
and It was three years before t finally
yielded my heart to God. I thlcic I
can truthfully say. however,-thai
ono purpose of -my life sir?
, has been to know and to
on the earth; , I have trie '
I praise 'the .-Lord that ;
parel themselves ' no ' eff
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us children In the country ' f .l-i. n . tf
to encourage us to Improve :.u-y ' 1
mcnt In equipping oureci ft-v " -3 j -ji
or usemincss. - Entering i cn-n.)
age of four, I was kept th t i
us possible during my lii J .
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pie p'God Knows and
andPrayer Prevails.
walking tvo!!r thtu miles, but I
nevcri cured for books unt.l abut thn
time Was cotivlcicd for ln. when I
awoktv;Att rer. in. a new world with
a purposf In Illfe to live f-jr :od and
win? Heaven. l I have never t'red In
this; fenrch for knowledge, but con
tlnuc Jmy studies a opportunity afford
evett lh the midst of a. very busy
life., I i
It! was settled, on my knees at
Marion, North Carolina, that I should
make the trip to Wllmore. Kentucky,
May. 189(7.! ;I prayed through to God
and had the assurance that He J would
meet my ! need but enough did not
come In to get the ticket. I was to
make two! stops' on the way. and
when t purehuned the Urst ticket from
Marion to Chester. South Carolina, the
agent frhoved, back a silver dollar and
gavp It to meL After leaving Chester
ray next ston waa.at Spartanburg for
a. little visit home. I did not tell my
mothet that it lacked three dollars of
having enough to get my ticket; but
I told my. Heavenly Father and start
ed.!; After l; had ordered my ticket J
was counting out my silver when a
colored woman. cam in and placed
three dollars; in my hand, saying that
Miss : Trlmmler, a ' lady , whom : I had
met the' dayi before sent it to me.
Whenv l reached Wllmore where my
brother was a etudent I made a visjt
of wr week's-attending Asburj- Com
mencement and ; visiting Rev. 1. I
Pickett's home, and-did not have ;a
penny nor a postal; to write to my
mother during the stay. When the
time came to-return, my trunk was
sent to the .depot and I ;started penni
less :td 'attend . a raeetlntr wliere my
brother-and other students were hold
ing services -In; a. school house; , The
boys closed after a three week's meet
ing, having;; received s vtx dollars in
collections j I .was Invited to i remain
and hold services for three days; no
collection. van taken; the -people, felt
so.j badly about It that some j . ladles
"went around the. next daj-. and collect
ed i more than the. , bys received. ; 1 1
was invited -to another, place where we
had -about forty professions' of salva
tion within -a wee kNo. collect Inn. was
'ttsket:for;'but the liebnle contributed
about 'nine idol tars and I went from
there to Danville. Ky.. where we held
a xeWj day' meeting and the' Iord
I four ollarttiwas given me. which more
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than ;met my need to Spartanburg. IS.
C.g ?My blother joined me In Ten
nessce,. and: I vat permitted! to con
tribute towards his ticket. I
- ;o many have requested that I wrte
the details of some trips illustrative iof
uod watchful care over even the
humblest 'of His children, that
I u win enlarge this feature of
the- !. sketch. During a tent
meeting near Lumber: Bridge. North
Carolina, ! a 1, co-la borer who had fifty
centsf waa graying and felt led to give
it - to 'me on my ticket to a Missionary
Convention ;ln New York. I had been
praying about going, but had not re
ceived , the voice, of the Spirit in the
matter, and' did : not for some time,
even-after II received the - flfty cents.
But ''later It was made clear that. I
should ' go. i After the meeting closeu
I started l with only a few. dollars, j A
friend gave; me a dollar at the buggy
and asked, "Have you enough to get
your. ticket ?n .New York and return?"
I I did not have half enough ( for the
ticket; but .to avoid saying no, I said.
1 do not heed a return ticket until I
get' there: itny - Ftther will provide."
and 1he did, provide ; the remainder
for the" trip; one way. f - i j
Jj prayedrfor lodging: a young lady,
a i missionary to the Jews, had ' been
praying, '"lord send . me some one j to
entertain during the conyention ..who
will derive the greatest good from the
eonvention! Others had applied to her
for lodging; and : been refused, but
when; she saw me. she Immediately in
vited me "home with her. . She trusted;
the-lord-for everylbing and her table
was iladenjj with good things during
my entire! 'stay of about five days. I
had ho money to give her. but; possess
ed good, dress. Somehow I felt led to
give her the drets, a nice. warm, flan
nel suit, ahd the only one I had that
wna war not needing mending.! I want.
ed to' be sure that it was thej voice of
the Lord to rive the dress, so I asked
her if sh liad rotten her winter out
fit and fch replied that she had only
tne black n rummer aress that i naa
given her. i Then I recognized that 'It
was the Lord's voice Tor mo to give
her mine; Taking it off the last night" I
was ft here. j I hung it in her wardrobe
and : put on a mended satin skirt for
my trip norae. ( '
f I 'received fifty cents towards lnr
ticket. ' At prayers that morning, feel
ing certain that I must go South that
day.t my trunk was et to the depot.
and I went to the convention ,- and ien
joyed, Dr. .ji Simpson's - sermon 'from
eleven-to twelve o'clock and beginning
to tell the friends good-bye at the close
of the meeting, not knowing where 'my'
ticket-would como. from. One lady gut
an envelope in my hand end there
wast my i ticket. By one o'clock I waa
on my way to Lumberton. North Caro
linaj where1: my. father and others were
holding aUtent meeting. . . j; ,
ktltr reaching Xorth Carolina, tone
1 at on the oanJ. of the Lum-
oern uver; wit n Bible In hand and af
ter saving, had a long refreshing sea
nWlth my Heavenly Father alone.
"..j0 Pn tt ,,n of paper, and pen
cil. Imade list of things needed tond
asked IllrjH for them. I did not askffor
a skirt, for; I meant to deny myself. ibut
within less time than an hour after I
left;; the quiet work. 1 . nrwiitMi
ithi! w,th n flv tar skirt.-Just my meae
f f nr"d ?me of the other things I
II-"'- f S - " H -Wi Within two days the entire
Ilia W ' . IT I - W -m k f A 4 i
!' vimt im oincr neeued ar
i tatfl had forgotten to ask If or.
" t It s just like our Lord to5 an.
:JtFu?imany of our needs and tolan
ft rayer according to -lib AVbrd!
a Si! ti fore If God so clothed the grass
U tield. which today is and tomor
!!: cast Into the oven .shall. Hd not
5 'i ' wore clothe, you. O. yo of little
:ijf. j.?:' (Matt. ::o.) i
--.i ;.-'ii . ? not permitting me to go ait a
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foreign missionary, the Lord liad led
me into the evuaigeilstic wotk .in
vlilch cupucity 1 tiavcled for about t
years nnu shared In meetliiKS vvhvre
inert. were Hundreds of proieMKn of'
sajvatlon and ttinctltication. My daily
prnjvr to tne Liord ot the harvest was
. lhat He should send forth laborers in
to Itts harvest, and during to-'
189S appeals came from the- converts '
; in our meetings tor help to b htietl
for Ills service and vbn we could ns
it in no other way, they would ak
luayer. After a white the Holy Spirit
iK'Krtii to establish a school where such '
could co and pay expenses in work;
ana lifter about a. year and a half pray-
. lng on this subject. He put it into my
! heart to trust Jiim for everything nec-
cersary to establish a co-educationul ;
non-jenomlnatIonal school where we i
could supply work for a number of '
Htudents each year. 1 felt that 1 was ;
personally responsible to do much
as in me Li" for preparing workers, i
"Am I mv brother's keeper?" "now I
can; they ro except they be sent?"
Now I was told that all faith work
must have a small beginning, und had
planned to begin with an eight-roomed
' house, but one day. August 18.
1897. as I sat on the bank of the Sa-
vanhah talking to Him about the
Sehortl. Tl o lnrnnjAl nix- fnlth to take
H IVI Ijr-IUUUlVU nuir, UUIIUUgll A. IIOU
no money for anything. It was the
next month I heard of the fatawba
Hotel, which had been erected at an
expense of, $20,000 to $30,000. and be
gan to pray about it. but it was not
until November that I was sure of His
voice in the matter. Feeling that it
was His time for me to see the prop
erty. I left a revival meeting- at Cy
press. S. C, to come to Marion. N. C. "
a distance of oyer two hundred miles j
to look over the old Catawba hotel I
with-the hope of purchasing and cmi- !
verting It irtto a school for the help- :
less. I did not have money enough '
tobuy n retain trip ticket and have!
never asked any one to give me a cent
for this work, but our blewed lovint; ',
Father, who said. "Go." provided for '
for me all the way. Isn't that Just like :
Him? If we obey He is responsible i
for everything else and will get glory
to Himself out of It. He never will
tell us to do anything that He will not
enable u to do If we look to Him for -all,
in simple, child-like faith and obe
dience. As an indulgent father provide all
. VeUiKniiM k Pr.viJ
! J who 1 !?rk,,K.ff
expenses
for him: so of Father is responsible
for all. If we are in His will and live
obeying the letter In the Spirit the bett
wes know. .. He often proves our love
and confidence in Him while teaching
teacmng
: 5-8. ana
us to wait upon Him. Psa. 82
401: Isa. 40:31
After looking at the-lvoue I was
2!f v,wW-J,V,tith' b4uildiD?,,fon P
work Ho wanted me -trust-Him., for
U 7.1 'elt "aptel t lh work.! in
a. ivi-wiun. rouii lavoraoie tjor neaiin. Una
il!ilt,anr0,lin5' thf Water Tb) For any person, firm, corpora
mii Jf.i"1' .he .cl,.m.ato ramrand . tlon or aciation to directly or indi-
T" yvuuvicu i. poysicai an j
mentai aeveiopment. it was a gem jsot
in! the mountains, and one of tin love
I lest places for a school.
I now saw Dr. Joneg and made
an
a
orai coniraci ror tne property at
cost of SZ. COO. -provided I could ra
00 for the first payment by a cer
tlme. 1 prayed for the money and ask
ed friends to Join me In prayer foit It.
Some time after I received a letter
from Dr. Jones asking how much
money, I had to pay on the property,
also saying he had another purchaser
with $1.&00 cash. etc. I
(I had so . little that I just
wt-nt to the Lord in prayer atxjut
this. "Father, if it is not Thy wiirjfor
me to have the building. I don't want
it. but hast Thou not given- It. to me'
and he can't sell it.? While I wvi
waiting on my knees for an answer,
the blessed Holy Spirit whisoered l.i
my soul. "According to your faithj be
It unto you." I ceased praying for
the property and began to ask for :
fresh baptism of His faith. Paul said
ho had it '(Gal. 2:20). and why could
I' not have It, tco? Then Jesus rtsiid.
Have the faith of God." then whv
shouldn't I obey His command and
;have the faith of God?" r waited
and pleaded in His name. until I ! re
ceived such an assurance from Him
that He had heard me and gave f me
the property, that I have never doubt
ed, even- when most sorely 'tested, t
was so burdned with th needs of
others and inspired with the thought
of being used of my loving FatheF to
help them that It became a part of mv
life. - Days of . fasting and nights of
prayer with many tears were indulged
as the foundation work of this in
stitution, i Friends would talk land
pray with me sometimes and even
say. "It will be a good thing, land
when you get It started I will help
you." Still no money came for this
purpose for months. Finally a letter
came saying that If I did not get the
money by June 15. 1898. they wu.d
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t Less attention to this 'j j ' ' And more to (hla. -
. ; T1II8 ABOTB IS SCOaBSTCDTA3 OXB WAT Or rKBTETTINO WJtrauycs . i
Froni tbe OW iSfafc orni fColnotfts). j , ' ! ' i '
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AHTI-TRUST BILL
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Senator Reid's Bill At
tracting Attention.
In IIIh Cunipalgii Ho Strongly .r.
raigmtl Hub . TriistsVTlioMsli Itail
j road ' Atoniey He hurrcn-
dt-rcrf Pm- Ulieii Klect-
ct't;Tlic.liltMMite.
The bill which Senator itcid. f
Rockingham, iV. introduced again.-t
trusts I1 no ;dVubt the result of hi.
best! thought and judgment, and he
believes that. It it passes will prevent
j further ! robbery ' of the 'people of this
State by the truMs. Senator Reid had
a hdrd f fought; camjalgn in Rocking
ham, and one .of the foremost citizens
of tin state, vwho, heard one or hi
speeches on the campaign, has stated
that it was a powerful presentation
of Democratic doctrjne. and though
prlety caused him to. surrender his
passes and his law partners surren-
dered theirs to relieve him of emhar-
ranxment He Is, therefore, one of th-
strong men in the Legislature in a no-
sltkln to resist tlie influence of lobby-
istsjand stand for what;4ie believes to
be tight. '-. sv ij-v'k
Ills anti-trust blllvJhas attracted
muh attention" d ir -as follows:
A BUI to her -Entitled an Act De
nouncing Conduct Within the State
of North Carolina "Which interferes
With. : Trade ond Commerce.
"The General ' Assenibiy of Xorth
Carolina do enact: i-'.v't
"teflon 1 'That It kIV.iII bp. unlitiv-
i tulfar- any person for corponrthtf to
directly or . indirectly be guilty of any
or tne acis anq -tnings specmea in any
of the sub-sections of this section.
(in.) For any person." ilrm. corpora
tion or association to 'directly or in-
i airtctl)- make or have any agreement
or junaerstandlng." express or Implied.
j price f any article or. thing of value
to lower or prevent, the increase-in
wh eh any such perj; Arm.-
tloa or ussoclatfottjaayi desire
i chaso within the State-of Nort
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rcellv wilfully destrovi or ' Injure, or
undertake to destroy -r injure, the
business of anv opponent r business
rival In the State of North Carolina
. a 4 . l . A .. .......... . k En I nntlm. sf I f
terppting to fix the price of anything
hey Must Have It.
tin is Gee Paper ii North Carolina
Rut is a Hcasehold Necessity
Evea to Those that Do
Not Like It.
(Charity sod Children.)
Mr. Henry Pager one
of the railroad magnates
Who appeared before the
committee last week, and
the best talker of them
all, paid a high tribute to
The News and Observer
by saying, that at least
five thousand of its read
ers do not want to take
the paper but cannot
do without it. That can
hardly be truthfully said
of any other paper in the
State.
1
Sendtor Reid was at one time attor-j ffi tfon'oriq
neyi for railroads, yet wnen he was! provisions of sub-sections , b). c
elected to the .Senate his sense of rro- and tA of section 1 nf this set. td
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of value when the competition - Is re
moved. (e) For any person, firm, corpora
tion or association which directly or
indirectly buys or yells within the
State, through himself or Itself or
through any agent of any kind, or as
agent or principal, or together with
or through any allied, subsidiary or
dependent person, firm, corporation f
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in aMii i.niuii, i- iiiucii aa nit.v M ' t
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cenium in quaniny oi any anicie r
thing of value, which is sold or bought
in the State to injure or destroy or
undertake to injure or destroy the bus
iness of any rival or opponent, bv
lveringLtho price of any article or
thing of value sold, so low. or by rais
ing the price of any article, or thing
of value bought high as to have an
unreasonable or Inadequate proilt for
a time, and with a purpose of increas
ing the proilt on th? business whn
-uch rival or opponent is driven out
of business, or his. their or its busi
ness is injured.
(d) For any person, firm.' corpora
tion o'r association dealing in any
thing of value within the State ofa
North Carolina to give away.Jor sell
at a place where there is competition.
such thing of value at a price lowerjl
man is cnargeu ny sucn person, nrm.
corporation or association . for thei
same thing at another place, where?
there is no sutiicient reason for charg-l
lng less at the one place than at thej
other, with the view- of injuring th
business of another.
"Sec. 2. That it shall b unlawfu
for any person, lirm. corporation oi
association which shall lower tnn
ever again sell the same within thi
state of Xorth Carolina at a hlghei
i price. !
"Sec. 3. That any corporation,
either as agent or prinelnal. violating
any of the provisions of sections 1 of
i 2 of this act shall be guilty of a mis
; demeanor, and such corporation shall
, upon conviction be fined not less thai
hone thousand dollars for each and
rver- offense, and any person vioiat
ing "any of the provisions of (sections
I or 2 of this act sha-11 be guHty of
felony and upon conviction shall be
fined not less tha fie- hundred dolt
lars and imprisoned not less than one
ear for each offense. - s ;
"Sec. 4. That any person! being
either within or without IJie Statg.
who encouragts or wilfully allows "r
permits any agent or associates In
business in this State to violate ani
of the provisions of sections 1 and 5
of this act. shall be guilty of a felon jf.
and upon conviction shall be punish
ed as provided in section-. hereof. J
Sec. 5. That where,; the JbJngs, pro.-
r hibiteI 'la sections "1 ami -t .re - esH -
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visions thereof, each week that - tils
violation of such provision shall con
tinue shall b a separate offense. I
"Sec. 6. That the Attorrtey-Generil
may demand of the president, secre
tary, treasurer or any other officer or
agent of ony foreign or domestic cor
poration doing business in this StatK
whom he may desire to Invcstlga
under this act as often as four tlmf?
a year, and if he sees proper, that he
may make an affidavit to form nn
substance as follows
(Here follows proper blanks for a
lidavit.) - ' "
"And on refusiii to make on in in
answer, to said Inquiry. ' or on failure
to do so within thirty days from tlie
mailing thereof, it shall be the duty
of the Attomev-General to proceed
against said corporation, if a domestic
corporation, for violating the provis
ions of sections 1 and 2 of this aet.
and also for the forfeiture of Its char
ter or certificate of incorporation, and
If a foregn corporation- for violating
said sections of this act, and to for
feit its right to do business In this
State: rovided. the failure to, cau?e
uffldwvlt to be made when the cor
poration is notified to have an officer
make it, shall be prima facie evidersce
that such corporation has , violated
sections 1 and I of this act. 'It shall
be the duty of the Attorney-General
to enforce the provisions of ? this act.
The Attorney-General shall Institute
and conduct all suits besrun In the Su
: pcrlor Court, and upon -appeal h'
shall proaecut? said suits In tlie Su
preme Court. ' ' ,
"Sec. 7. All articles authoried ahd
brought under this act shall have
precedence, on motion of the At to r-ney-General.
of other business, civil
and . criminal, ecceyt criminal cafes
where the defendants are in Jail. .
"Sec. 8. This act shall be in force
from and after Mardh 10. 1907.!
When a 'woman writes to an Old
schoolmate about the fine new house
her husband has rented she counts in
the china closet, the pantry. . cellar
ft airs, and coal bin, as guestsbrooms
SIEL-
A Talk With the SultanV
rocco and
iiy riiAXK .
t'opyright.' 1906, by
Hie Moors as Soldier Cnn tin Euro
IiraiM Subdue Tlicii a Messnge for
Uncle Sam (iiat With the Ixmlon
" T1iiki Cre?.oHdeul, VIk Was
Kidnapped by ItalsuU llailroail
Powslbilltic'i Morocco's Itcsources- .
A Hlcli Farnilngr Country, -AVitli
' Abundant itinera I Deposits.
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; On the Steamship Emir.
Off the- Coastj of, Morocco.
One of the best-posted men on Mo
rocco and its 'future is Mr. Walter B.J
Harris, the well-known correspondent
of the Londoii Tlmes He has resided
in the country during the greater, part
of the past sixteen yeare ; and has
traveled by caravan oyer the most of
it. Some years ago he made" an ex
pedition from Fex to! the v oasis of
Tafilet and he .has written the only
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good book about that part of Moroccojj
Mh. Harris . has j also traveled
widely In
nihop - MnhammMian
countries; . . he . has, ,rgone on
f -1 . ' A v.
camel back ; vovei Arabia 4 and
he speaks the. Arabic, fluently. During
his stay In Fes he was, a; close? friend
of the sultan, and he has mow an inti
mate acquaintance with pome of the
most powerful of his ministers. He is
also closely associated with St el-Mehdl
el-Menehbl. who was for a Jong time
minister of war, and who as such,
through his influence with his majesty;
Abdi-el-Aztz, practically; V controlled
Morocco Menehbl lost--cast v when he
failed ' to quell the.1 rebellion of BU
Hamara. Hf was tbhforced to leave
the sultanVcablnet, and Is now liing
as a British subject In Tangier. lie is
one' of the most progressfye of the
Moors, and will' probably be heard of
In the : regeneration 1 of.. Morocco, i I
shall give you an Interview which I
had with him ; further on in this let
ter. : -. v;.4'-r::. -r-' -'.--Jf ,: J'
1 'Kidnapped by HaisulL. ; ;
To return to Mr. Harris he Avas the
firstOf the foreigners to be kidnapped
by TtaisulI. He was living in his. beau
tiful home on the seashore, just three
miles from Tangier . .when , , 2,600
brigands, with Haisuli at . their head,
caried him of f.tVj They held him In
captivity for"; more ' than- three weeks,
but , released -'.hlra ! without - ransom
During this ' time ! Mr; Harris had a
close view-tfbf Raisull. ' He describes
him as a man of strong character and
a bluffer. He says that the ' sultin
has but little-power, that he Is afraid
rf the two "great, rebels. Raisull and
Bu Hamara. and that he - has bribed
t hem to keep the-5 peace. Bu Hamara
hu now about onei-flfUiJ or Morocco
under him. and Itaisuil. with compara
tively few soldiers.' i growihg rich off
the country east' of. this city. ; He is,
I understand. laing up unoney since
he got- the big ransom for- Ierdlcarts.
and Is buying . . business properties
here In Tangier. - j
- ' - Dare Not live at Home.
Mr. Harris thinks" it rather haard
lines that he dare not live at home, al
though the British have a tfeaty with
the sultan which provides for : the
protection "ot. foreigners. Hla vla
Is within fifteen f miles pf -the forti
fications at Gibralter. aeu within an
hour's walk of the walls of the sultan's
chief . port. Nevertheless, - Its owner
has to lve at one of the 'hotels In
the city for fear - of 'kidnapers. The
governor of Tangier keeps fifty sold
iers : guarding the villa, and Its 1 con
tents, but stiil it Is unsafe. -
At the same time Morooco insists
on all therighti that she has undec
her treaty .with foreign t nations, and
the - foreigner : is allowed no -favors.
The other :lay Mr.; Harris attempted
to send two white peacocks to a friend
who -was living at the hotel at Alge
ciras, -across .the strait. He brought
t hem to the custom house, but was
told that they could not be sent out
of the country, as there was nothing
In the treaty with Great Britain about
the exportation of peacocks. , . ,
Tlie Wcaltlifof 3Ioroecu. 7 .
- Mr.Hftrxisi tells1, me . that Morocco
Isa. poor countryj The people have
but little money, and the riches of
tbe few have-been! magnified a thous
and " fold, lie thinks, that the total
revenue of the sultan are not more
than J5.000.000 a year, and that in
good times; Just now they ore less, as
the government - Is out of favor, and
the people will not pay taices..He tells
me that Morocco is badly farmed.' The
lands are . fertile but: the soil Is only
scratched, and there is no Immunity
from the exactions ; of the-tax gath
erers. There are.' vast plains In the
s-outh, which yield large quantities f
wheat, but transportation is so hish
that it -is impossible to take It where
t .
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Ex - '
Minister AboutUo-
Its Future.
CAitrixnt.
Frank G. Carpenter.
it is most needed. iTherc arc also laws
against the expor(otlon of grain, and
as a result most. Of the wheat h con
sumed in and ahoijit where it is raised.
Some of it Is carried to the hills near
by. focthe mountain tribes have "to.
rely upon the plains for their flour.
v , HaUrosuL Vs. Donkeys.
. I asked some questions about rail
roads. Mr. Harris 1 says that tho J.Ioor.4
object to them, pn the ground tliat
they would be a! foreign innovation,
and also because they w ould put tho
donkeys, mules, and camels out of
business. As It Is now. the whole tra
of Morocco goes; by caravan. -or by
sea from port to port. The freight rat-i
per animal In the! Interior are compar
atively Idw. and the charges for board
and. feed at the Moorish hotels are al
most nothing; in-Fes-It costs about
4 cents a day to feed a camel, and
lets than S centsia day for a horse or
a mule. The ordinary native can be
taken care of 'for a little more, une
expenSes on the Iroad are also cheap.
but the loads carried are so small that
an anlmal wHl soon eat up the value of
i its ireignc..' j
As to the transportation: of foreign
ers, tne 'cost .is icnormousi. . ine dis
tance from Tangier to Fes i about
170 mites, and in the United states a
railroad Joucney 6f that distance, a t S
cents a mile, would cost, tnciuair.sr
baggage. Just I5L10. and the time re
quired would "b-?l less than five hour.1.
The ordinary foreigner cannot muk
Fex. In less' than! a week, and the cu.t
of the Jonrney there from Tangier vi'.l
be from twenty to thirty dollars a Car.
I thought or maKing tne trip,, expeci-in-
to spend a month on the way tlu --
and back. 1 One; of. Cook's dr:':;.r.'-:t
said that 1 should have, to r'J " -per
day fr all; the time of my a
sence : na lng nSy one -moniVs jour
ney; including n,1 stay ;f-two-- ' ' s ;
Fez.--cost me JJ.OiO. For thi trip :
should hsve to ejmploy a s'oli'ler or s . .
and. .'would have required ; about tl r
muiwt to earn- !mf' bassarc, n v, . .i
a as mules - for myself and , r r ' ;' -
--rnnvr should Juve t.M rai. ; .
L every.. n'.ght. and would lvi.ve . i 1
'lucky hadl reached Fes lr a
t cui.uw.wh win -
tlon at. Tangier! I f'. .ul
a urc z
who. offered toglve me,t!;e ,3ine v.
commodations for $50 At the rc r.
t m mer was igrea uaii-'or ei u.i
captured by brlgand an the way nr.-.
held frr ransom: and, on the'whcV
did not think the trip worth the;i .
1 Our' American minister, who '.n?:
the' Journey from TansS or to 1 : i
month or so ago. spent twelve clay.1
.the way. He had a larrr company t:
soldiers, furnished by the sultan, otv
the sultan paid all . l.i- expc-:.--' .
amounting to many thou.-nnds of : -lars.
I understand that the mtnM
took the ladies of his far.iily with I.'
but. Inasmuch ias their ."expenses : '
came out of the Moroccan pov tii
ment. Uncle Sam will probably 1 j .
no objection, j
Ilallroad lii Jlcsr.oco.
When ono":or other of. the jrr ;-.t -powers
of Europe takes possess ion -Marocco.
and 1 doubt hot this v-
soon come to j pas., one of tlie l'
things will be jthe building of a r, -road
from Tangier . to Fez. If t
French should be awarded the pro!
tlon of the country they will protal
extend their railroad which now r
from Tlemeen jto the capital of I -rocco.
Neither j route ofTcrs any rr
mechanical diRiculties, and 1
would probably pay. A ehort line fr
Fe to one pf the ports of the At' i
and from Marrakcch to the sani c
would c"entually be proHtable. V .
Moors and Berbers will object to f :
roads at first, but they will soon 1
their value. Last year there wr ;
famine in and Sabout Ft. r '
part of the floor consumed had t j !
Imported.. That which cost $10 a .
"at the "seaports old tor more t . i
1 a sack IniFes, the extra ?3 r'.!
to transportation. Had there bct:i a
railroad that fiour would ret have t
more than 251 cents per ack I
freight, and it could have Let n I
for $10.30 in Fe. making a. clear sav
ing to the people of f S.."u on t: t
amount of their bread bills.
A Talk With SI El-JIchCl IU-5Ic::t:
It was throush Mr. Ilarrii tl-.-it
I
was given art audience with - f I .
Mehdl el-Menehbi. who as minit' r "
war under the sultan, and as hi--. 2 v -rite-
ad-iser for a Ion? time, pr c -cally
controlled Morocco, lie wr : i
high favor until the rebellion eft:
so-called ton of the i'ho As?.' wl.
claimed to be , the el.lcr brother :
the sultan, but. after that becnr.ie i: -popular
and was forced to r - k. i
excuse for leaving Fes was t t ;
wanted to make a pilsrrir; -- to Z:
He went there via the rieuiscrr;
and after cominsr back ;ttSi ,1 l ,
gler. becoming a' Urltbh tu!J , :. .
thereby p rotec ti n z him.-- :r , ;. ;
possible persecution fro: i .'.
who had taken his place l:i t:,; ;
of the sultan.
I -understand that Mer-chld i "
lot of money white he v.v "" r '
rultan's chief oir.clt.. -r.::l t: t.
stead of burj ing it in t. v.. l: . .
house at Fezfor'undtr- i:i i : ,
is' sometimes i done hy t! ; I
deposited It In tho i;: ; . :f ;
to hi own draft. TI N j r; v
enemies cctiln-x posf-os-
tune. After hi, ettleii)
ho withdrew ; the mn- ; .
now.. Inverted.' .a tjreut ,
large apartment huuc r
insm there. HI own- he:.-
finest In tho city, an I I
will compare favuiaL'y 1
rate home In th cou ;
there that I vWttd l.h u
Traveling upon ny r
street so narrow t t 1
touch both -will's i:h
-rode by the kavbah r k
palace. pastthe so! r
sitting at the irate of
on out Into- the countr
half mile from the city i
to a walled inelosure wl;
pretentloud uoor, . V.'e
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