iprf? WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROtl DAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 4. l?lt. H?M IMMMltlM ' of tht world wrought out by human effort. ' are fbod and clothing. It la Mldom In human hiatory, If %rer before, that one nation has had the monopoly of either of theee great lntereata. Such Is your peculiar fortune today, that you produce"Wrfnty per cent of the material that clothe# the world, and clothing la Just aa eeeentlal as the food aupply. Look for a moment at the increas ed demand* of cotton. If you note carefully,/ you ottfpnre that It hM 'dpuMed once In *$oat twenty-two yens. If we estimate 13,000.000 b*lef m 4 minimum aupply 6a the of tb* Bulled SutM, tot th? * for the future, In 1132, It will re Quire 28.000.000 bales, and in 19 5* it will require st.000.000 teles of cotton to. meet the demand*. Here la one of the moat wonderful opportunltlea for wealth tMfrt ha* been known within the historic pe riod. Our lands and cflmate are ex ceedingly well adapted to the produc tion of the fleecy staple, and. the In telligence of the farmeca of tbe 8outh and their long experience with cot ton have equipped them to do the . work and to do It well. Besldea that our commercial iptereata are found ed on the cotton sta||p, and It la a tremendous affair to ^ undertake tc change the .entire eccmomi^r condi tions of a great state or of several atatea. . The reasons for this Increased de mand for cotton are many fold.- Bacb man wear* more clothing than h< ? used to. fHe wears more and bettei clothing. Another reason is, that cot ton la more unbreraally worn. The] , nave iouna cuneo oi cotton mat combine with wool in broadcloth, so that cotton not only makes all the cotton clothe*, but la associated with silk and wool.* Another Is the civili sation, the rafiroads and trains and fast steamers. There are other coun tries that can produce cottoQ. I have heard It said that this Is the only country that can produce cotton; that Is' Wrong. They produce better cot ter cotton In Egypt than we do. Bo much so, that we are Importing a good many bales' every year. They j^toduce "It In Peru, and we Import that. I was Interested Is know why they could not produoe a large amount In China wltfe their cheap labor, and went over to Bhanghal some years ago, and found that their cotton was planted, in rows two feet .apart, and their stalks were about two feet, and each had about three, bolls on it and rather email bolls, then there was some open spaoe. I said to the Chinaman who was with me. **y don't you pull up these stalks and give more spaef/bo they . may develop and raise mere and bet , ter cotton. Hb said: "One stalk he make *i* bolls, why pull him up.** The Chinaman has Intelligence in . some lines, bqt not agriculturally. In British India some of the same con ditions prevail. The tenant refuses to pull the stalk up, and therefpre he gets a low grade of cotton. There is another reason, they do everything by hand work, and ws can nee ma chinery. Sometimes I am told on these large plifetatlons. that we can not get the negro to i ?' it ) SrKLLlNlj MA1L.H 'The W?Mb( Mt Com Off To nl?ht ?< the School Auditorium, ?rerybodj invited. The much talked of apelttas match takes place at the aehool auditorium this evening at I o'clock. The doors will be open at 7:19. An admission fee of 10 nati will be charted at the door. Mr. Stephen c. Bracaw will be the school master and lira. IT: T. Ply ler will has* charge of the lady spell ers and Mr. A. M. Dumaj the gentle men. Both bad and good spellers are cordially Invited to take part. TIM Isiln of the Woman's Betterment Aaaoclatlon will sail cream dnrlnc the evanlw for the beaeSt bf the associa tion The Occasion prim lees to be ri ot the moat QQiQUe ever conduct In the city. Webster's Blue Back ?poller will be used. Oo and aid a worthy oauee. USING Gnu. MEMENGERS. Berlin, March 8. ? Since Berlin's 17 messengers were suppressed by oSclal decree, girl messengers are [taking their piaee. Thew damsela ar# known aa "messenger girls" In [English, bo German word having jet n invented tor Ue?. -They are coquettisbly dressed. with a jacket of flight colored cloth, with black braid thiamins, a box pleated skirt, and a| black leather wallet. Oa their head* they wear a pill-box cap held on by a chin strap and worn jauntily over tjie left ear, tn the manner of the cape formerly worn by British sol diers. The "messenger girls" are be coming very popular with the public., of aawlng everything ont with a hand saw. Instead bf using the modern ma* chlnery, as to say that the farmer shall continue in the old way of do ing everything by had. In the rice fields of. Louisiana, where- machinery ts used. I found that -one American with modern machinery, could do as mech work as two hundred Japanese mid do by hand, lie tills every foot ot land with a spade and plow. An acre and a h*lf to m acre W third Is a year's w* tori* IgfrVjTlfi bU wit* knJSUiiitt,*.. tad that wtU be full work I hrr, known ? man feftSMraSra&SS of the farmer of today. The fgrmer who use* modem machinery' in plant ing and cultivating his crop will "suc ceed. and' the one who does not will make a failure. The old way of working a crop, by hand by the uee of the spade and the ploy. Is a thing of the past. We.tiave got to come to the use of modernm achlnery, and the sooner we start, and levthe negro understand that he muht - work hla crop In this ' way, the better -off we will be. We. must use machinery to till thf soil . both (n breaking and in cultivating. Now there are sam< things tjiat .-.ire ""ttiakiftg hgalnst-' oui holding ohfr own In the cotton line and one Is the tendency of every cot ton planter to^ wsnt to combine. W? have a great many combinations and large corporations, and in as mud as there. are miny combination*, it li all right for thfe cotton man to com bine, but should' we force the price ol cotton beyond what the laborers ol the world can afford to pay for thef clothing? Wl?h good drainage and 1 properly prepared soil or seed bed we are almost sure to get a good stand ot cotton. If we use good seed. The three main features of cotton prodactlnn-.-afhlch we urge are: The seed bed. tiie seed, and the cultiva tion. I will discuss these topics and ex plain the importance of having early maturing varieties of cotton and cot ton that puts out fruit limbs among the first branches. Necessity of keep ing the soil In the- best mechanlcadl condition for pordelty and retention of moisture. It Is. necessary from time to time to have rotation of crop*.' otber\?iM diseases will get Into the crops. They are liable to an thraenos^, to wilt, and to robt rot. All of these facts go to show that we must' change onr methods and wo must have more or leas rotation of crops, sucji as cotton followed by a -crop, or a grass crop, because a cer tain amount of hun*aa moat be kept In the soil. This jrtll require more work ?er acre and of course, with the present labor it means that fewer acre* will be cultivated. We hear It said on all sides we should diversify aad raise less cotton. I agree with you, we should diversify, but we must raise mofe-e^tton per aore.witk few er acres to the crop. It will be neces sary to produce more corn, more al falfa. more oow peas, have more win ter clover crops, and the use of cer tain portions of your land for paa* tdVetf, or it may ba advlaable In some 'ckaea on alluvial lands to have farm pastures Ik tfie hill section where tM stock can ba kept daring the mm TWO BOUTS SUNK Crash to Heavy Fog in New Yotfc Harbor. FERRY BOAT CRUSHES TUG The Thfc* pof Which Hm Han? Owr the AUutic Cc-mmi Fee Put Fow r D?7* tte Cum of Mnf AcrMorta ?Tiro BotU Oo Down in New York Harbor Yesterday. New York. March I. ? Unbroken for., four days, tog to day lay alons the Atlantic coast for 500 miles In a thick blanket. New York traffic was crippled ^yd many accident* were caused by the mist Surf see. elevated and bridge lines wer*> tied op; the damp caused a subway blockade, fer ry services were demoralised. Hun dreds of thousands of pdSeengert were delayed. RAllroed liaee were crippled. Five thousand travellers on a dot en liners werl Vrtayed. Trains on Brooklyn bridgeware stopped. Ferry lines give all- atte-topts* to run np at times. The Lackawanna railway ferry tioet Scaadanavta became lest In the fog end 'crashed lata end completely wrecked the upper structure of New York Central tug No. IS. In feeling his way for .the Ship the captain of the Scandanavia first hit pier 18. He backed out blowing his .whistle as a warning to the other grouping craft. He tried- again for the foot of Barclay street but through the yellow velvet pall he emerged only to smash into the tug. ? The ferry boat was jammed with people waiting to hurry Ahore. The overhang went through the pilot ho?(e of the tug as ifjt were msde of cardboard. The passengers rushed astern with the crash, many women screaming and sqme feinting. ~~ Farther down the river, off Pier A. the Are boat Nfw Yorker was frying to mske )*r way dp the North rivet when the tugs Terry aad Hedges pass ed with e tow of a^dosen canal boats. The two boats bringing tap the rear pf |ba tow were the Ontario 4 West er/ No. 11 aad the J. H. Hlnslej, *S5FT^!* ? . a? the slds.tf the Ontario * Western tug." opehfkg her Up *ide. in thaTllt tle4i#lag. space -at her stern waMXap taln Aooe Bernhardt, of Bckard, N. Y.. hls'#lfe and his slster-ln-law. Mrs. Anna Quirt. The wotae^ were cook ing. The ceptaln got them out In a Jiffy and over the bow of the New Yorker Juet in time* for the boat went down with a great spouting of copl black water In the meenwhlle No. 21's port side had been Jammed Into the Hlnsley. the seams of t^e latter boat opening wide also. Her .. ceptaln.' Anthony .Mailer, and one man were taken off ,by the crew of the kew Yorker. ft looked as ft the Hlnsley might be saved and she was towed to the Battery but there she settled rapidly and went down. ...The- William H. Wlckman, of the Charities Department, lost her way In the fog in the East River andjBlld Into a mud bank off East 123rd .stseeL The police of Harbor B squad took her crew and passengers ashore. This left Randalls Island cut off from the city. KING LEOPOLD'S WILL. Hu Given Rise to Grave Difficulties ami Law Halts. Brussels, March 3. ? King Leo pold's will has given rise to grave difficulties. It provides $7,000,000 for a German Institution called "Fon datlon de Cobrug," instituted by the late king to undertake public works In Belgium and Germany. King Leopold's daughters wlH probably contest the legality ef the endowment, In order to recover the 97,000,000. Should the endowment be annulled) grave difficulties' might arise. Belgium would intervene in order to keep the millions, which were, according to Belgium's conten tion destined for public works, and Germany might intervene also, as the endowment establishment is constty tuted In Germany under German law Shonld Germany claim the million the Belgium government would flgli the case Inv court. A law suit wl alse eventually be fought against tir , late king's daughters, who claim ti 0 mllUpns. ' J Shattered, releasing ? Ifeat up waters be* lias the Gem theater m. delighted with the ^ tact all preaint state rhas ever bein given: ' Playhouse, j og program Is sdver fight: The Brothers, le; drama; A Heavy |^France.r?cenlc; The , ' drama; 7 The Waif, Princess/ In Disguise, bur reels -Will be given, arttl glvji another one [Osteal programs in ad Igh-elaai^ctujes. The fctn-fasrir ail the while ?eratiy Patronized. At ?nlng and 'you I L plesara- One of- the K|ie w|pon can be wit' Oale at Bian Robber Dill maMtttpnaH melodrama. ' The orchestr of their ft^e dttlon to the snd Is belag 1 tend the Gea will be hlghl best shows ol n eased tonlgfc -JkNtfTAl/ EGG* HCjft Thf time; '!? drawing near for the annui Eastelr egg hunt for all the chlldun of Washington. This eus-j torn *?ich was Inaugurated two years ago now becoire a fixed lnstitu tlon .fere. The pastors of the various churoes have, already taken the mat ter p and arranged to appoint com mutes to solicit small contributions to prchase the eggs. Any persons whcdeslre to contribute, and are not sorted by any of the committee can lead their money at the office of the >? News, and It will be turned oyf to the proper persons. The hunt thJ year will take place on Monday. l4ch 28. Pull detAtla will be an minced later. . . | MlCom^any fjad severed all cotiiKr lonwifh tke ireat trtiat it Which hit ather was Tjf founder and the ruling iplrlt. Simultaneously With the an louaeementbf the retirement of the ?on of the seat all king It was given >ut that thire would be.^o election o fill the ?bpty place pn the. board, rhe direct will trim thla time on lumbfer forfteen instead of fifteen. It waa understood In the financial world that t)ila Is the 'fibal move in roung Mj\ Rockefeller's j>ia'n to re tire-fromta| active business relations to .that te may have his .hands free to devoti all his time for the. rest of his life.ta aiding his father In his glgantiopjtlanthropie work, the plan for whUifoas Just been announced. John XX Rockefeller, Jr., is to be the heii of the Rockefeller -founda tion, itis believed. ?i -ff ? , K MOBBED IK COURT Lynchers Led by m OM-Tmk Darkey. ASSAULTED A BABY GIRL *6 , While la the Coartroom "4 TommI Through Window* to Bmrmgtd Ljrarbet*? Qalck Aetioa ?>" ?? *????'? CoaaMl'a Efforts to Hare Hmh? PodfoMd. Dallas. Texas. March 1. ? fcrom the very grasp of the law Allen Brooks, an aged negro, charged with crimi nally assaulting a ? two-year-old white child, was torn by fifteen deter mined members of an angry mob to day and hanged for his crime. : Brooks was seised In the court room where he was to receive tho law's judgment, toesed through a window to the main body of the mob which waited like a pack of raving wolves for their prey In the street below. His broken body was dragged i through the streets and he was hang ed to the Elks Arch, high shove the heads of the avenging cttixens. The mob was led by sn old negro. With It all, hardly a loud word waa spoken, not a shot was fired snd above the dull mufmurings of the mob coi^ld be heard the aged negro's tremfelln# shrieks for mercy. After Brooks was hanged for nearly three Hours Dallas was in the bands of the njob. ' The Jail was stormed and death was threatened to three oth?r negroes held on chsrges of murder. They had been spirited away, how ever, and after searching for'fhem In vain, the mob dispersed. Inhuman Crime of the Gorilla. The crime for which Brooks paid the penalty today was one of the most brumal In the history of this country. His alleged victim Is the dsnghter of )fr< and Mrs. M: J. Buven. Immedi ately after his arrest last week, the negro was taken out of the city for safekeeping. He was returned early this morning and taken to the court house at daylight to await the calling of his case in the criminal court. A grgftt crewd gatbfred early, and ^vr nftMrar rumors through tbT~?nKil that 4. change of ienuq had bftfh granted. 7* i*. Covrthoase Charged by Mob. This statement caused one of th? greatest demonstrations ever seen In Dallas county, and the courthouse wag. charged by Jhe mob. Scores of officers hastily summoned were over powered,! -'tho ..locked doors of the courtrobm were wrecked and the ne gro^ cfduching In a corner praying, was seized by thi leaders of the mob. This vyas in the second story of the I building,. . jQutalde. the main body of the angry mob was waiting. A rope with a hangman's noose was ready, and It waa announced from the win dow that the negro had been taken, the rope was thrown into the room. The noose*was placed about the pris oner's* 'neck and he wns pulled and thrown to the ground. -fighting like a tiger for his life. He struck on the pavement on his forehead and. It Is believed, fractured his skull in the fqll of about thirty feet. Instantly dozens of men jumped on him with their.feet and his face was kicked into a pulp, and he was bruis ed all over, probably dying within a few minutes. A-score of men seized the rope and at the head of the mob, dragged the negro's body twelve blocks up Main street to the Elks Arch where it was suspended to a supporting telephone pole. Police Cut Body Down. The police cut the body down In about five minutes. It was taken to the city hall and later turned over to an undertaker. After the lynch ing there were cries to the effect that Ocean View One of the Places to be Visited This ) >? Summer-12 Are Going Ocean View 1b a delightful Pj^pe to 'lsit in the summer time. No' resort in the Atlantic coast has more in lucements to those wishing to enjoy he balmy breesee during the sultry lays of June and July. Not otfly can ou take ad rentage of the exhilarat ng salt air bat you are permitted to rltnees almost all the attractions for rfcleh Coney Island Is famous. Such kttr actions aa the "CMfefto/' "Shoot he-Sboot." are there In all their jlory. Twelve young ladles are go ag to .Ocean View thta summer, the (ii sets of the Washlngtoa Dally News, those who receive the most rotes In M A J If- J. .1 _ ill ~ seautort ana Hyae -counties will do .T' Hampton, Portsmouth and Norfolk, shonld be quite an Inducement for thoae longing for an opportunity to vlalt thf*e places. Remember the contest atarted March 1 and close# the night of June J5 at midnight Oo to Waahlngton City and then take a trip down the Cbeeapeeke Bay on the well appointed bay ship. Erery young lady In tb la eaatern section longs for the prlMI. at*. It will not take much toll to ac complish the deal red boon. Oo to work new . Somebody la gotaa, U may be r?ji. Tfce Dally News Free-Trip Coataat Is new on In eareeet- It promlaea to IMPROVEMENT - * ? *?' The First of T. lluAuifi tt Os. *r. Phillips ? Co. ?l!9P?cW*4 lmproTTOBBU to the Uldlor of their ?tore. They, u usual will handle millinery this sea son. Their atore will he one of the moat attractive in the city. CIVIL HERVIt-E KXAMINATIO.N CUOtMAXRIER. An examination for clerk and car rier will be held at the postofflce In tbla city on March 26. If 10. Age limit, 18 to 4S roars, on the date of the examination. jgpirrled woeici^ will mot be admit ted to the examination. Thla prohi-l bitlon, however, does not apply to women who are divorced or those who are separated from their hus bands and support themselves. but they are eligible for appointment only aa clerk. Applicants mutt be physically sound, and male applicants must be not leas than & feet 4 inches in height without boots or. shoes, and weigh not leas than l?G pounds without over coat or hat. """ For application blanks and for fnll Information relative to the examina tion, qualifications, duties', aalarles, vacation^ promotions, etc., Address immediately Prank BC- Hodges. Sec retary, Board of Civil Service Exam iners. Washington. N. C. MEETING TONIGHT. Every member of the Chamber of Commerce Is requested to be present at their rooms this evening. Busi ness of. Importance Is to be /ransacted for the good of the organisation. BANK ri/OHKl). The Savings 4 Trust Compsny bank was closed this morning during the hour of the funeral of Mrs. Moss, the mother of the president. Mr. B. O. Moss. % A LARGE CATCH. One of the Isrftest catch of shsd this season was the Mine haul at the castle yesterday. WINDOW DISPLAY. Spencer Bros. has a ve?* attractive I * Jo ladles' low-ausr HTe'. A* THK OlUM f. K for tXfc t The prise drawing for tXfc beautiful Jpr takes place tonight at 8:30. The prise can now be seen In the Brooks' ahoe store window. The show last night was JSMich compli mented and the bill ffw this evening promises to be one ^ t the best yet given at the Gajety. The following pictures are on the boards: The Cap ture of the North Pole, or How Cook Cooked Peary, a swell comedy and i beautiful picture; The Prince of the Sea is another one of Gumont's fairy stories; Liquid Air. one of the great est bunches of comedy ever produced on canvass. If you enjoy a good, old fashion li?'??rh tonight is your time. Secret Chamber, one of Gumont's swell dramas, one of deep interest and plenty of thought. The sons by Mr. Whltten tonight is one of the lat est hits of the season, entitled. "If I Thought Yea Would Tell." The slides are some of the finest ever pro duced here. Man wants but little here below, and If he gets It somebody takes it Sway from him. other negro prisoners in the jail, es pecially two who have murder charges pending against them, Bur rell Oats and "Blubber" Robinson, should be hanged by the mob also. A march was made to the county Hail. The sheriff announced that the men wanted were not there, and al lowed committees selected by the mob to search the prison. The ne groes could not be found, but still the mob could not be satisfied. They I battered at the jail door with a steel rail until Mi officer fired a blank shot Into tb: grbunu In front of them. A committee announced that the ne groes were not in the jail and finally the mob moved away. Other ?grort? Spirited Away. It developed that deputy sheriffs had taken the two negroes out of the city In automobiles and a report by wire says they passed through Fort Worth en route to Weatherford. Texas. The mob announced plans to board a train and pursue the auto mobiles and while they were at the station making such arrangements a report was started that one of the negroes "wanted was In the city hall lockup, Thpn thousands of men Went to that plrfce, searching the building, bul no^fnd the negro. By that time It was Is'e In the afternoon s*4 National Guard bficers were called on this afternoon for assistance and ?.few militia assa were on the streets for s while, ftgtra precautions hare to nmfi further rlot'ncj CROWD C0?S WILD Little Chance far TO WALK OUT SATWti>AY rbe Car Tracks Are Tor? rraa tba (?roand and the Tsrrh la 1||>lll to tlw Station ? Oowd Imlldl Krarrthlac Htloartsg to th? Com pan j ? A<-t*d Like Wild Hon. rnuaaeipma. pa.. March 3. ? Riot ing again marked the car atrlke to day. Cars, and strikebreakers were attacked anc} showered with missiles in Bridesburg this morning when the service was started, and for two hOurs the district was In a state of terror. Platoons of police were rushed there In automobiles. Car tracks were torn from the ground and propped In the air, while the torch was applied to the waiting room at Orthdoz and Rlchmood streets. The tow$. police and a night watchman atood by helpleaa to pre vent the destruction of the transit company'B property. Like a horde of wild men, the crowd assailed everything belonging to the traaait company and com pletely wrecked- or set Ore to It. A huge algn board 12 feet high and one hundred feet logg was torn from Its fastenings and placed lengthwise across the car tracks, and the crowd fortified itself behind It in prepara tion for the assault of the police. The company withdrew Its cars on the Brldesburg division when notified of . the riot. While the flames were shooting skyward from the burning waiting room, the crowd danced and hooted the transit company and tnreatened to destroy the car tracks clear Into Philadelphia. Ita complete mastery of the altua tlon pleased the big mob which re sorted to all kinds of excesses. The outbreak followed the attempt of the transit company to operate cars OQ the Brldesburg division, which hu been without service since the ?** tMfta. One car passed Orthdo* and y . Richmond streets with atones trial ' tfur u. u4 tint ru Mm ?lpwl tar tvss&rrrjZK sand, quickly gathered and some o#? suggested tearing up thet racks and throwing them lit the gutters. Willing handa attacked. the switches and ripped It clear of the ground,, taking seveml