T|-r
V
? The
Unterrlfled Turn Out Pi
Simmons Club Starts Oi
dred Members. Stirring
Applauded
V 4. . Though Just at the tlm*- announced 1
(or the convening of the assembly for f
the far mat Ion of a 8immonB club, a \
terrific wind and rain storm struck 8
/ the etly last night, there was a fair- s
ly representative gathering present, s
Promptly at ft:SO o'clock. Mr. Had- g
say C. Warren arose and announced v
the purpose of the meeting, stating
thai it wOnl/l ha th? mission of this o
club to dm ?11 honorable means to 1
help return Hon. F. M. Simmons to
the United States Senate. x
P Captain Geo. H. Hill was called
upon for a. speech, and though he
I : said tn replying that he was not a
speaker, he had been with Senator
Simmons tat his fight in#1898 and
1909, and had seen the Senator^ throw
the pefcaof Rnssell and negro domlnhttoa
off the white people of North
Carolina, aaTR was to him to whom
? the credit belonged, and fs'he had
f upheld the banner of democracy In
) those dark dan. he felt It waa Incumbent
upon the elUsens of North
Carolina to now rally to Simmons'
, support.
Mr. Joseph F. Tayloe waa called
on, and really made the speech of the
At til* o.tMt Mr. Tajloe
told II tkera wu uythlnt at which
* ha waa mM. It wu that ha <IU a
J Democrat. "For." ha cootlnnM. "If
/ anything has ever been accomplished
In Rertfa Carolina, it has been
tbrongh the Democratic party. This
campaign has been opened by a man
who has seen It to attack the record
ef Seaeicr Simmons, and I ask yon,
gentlemen, to compare the records of
the Governor of North Carolina, Mr.
KitcMa. and that of Hon. F. M. Slmmona.
Ton heard him right over In
I yonder oonrt house tell yon what he
wu IrtI to do?ho wu tolas to
DAM Uo truota. tho railroad* had the
merfcaa Tobacco Company, and
V ? thka same man la the one who helped
to pull the teeth otat of the trusts and
put la rubber gums. Why is It that
wnon ne was running ior congrew in i
1 . the fifth district, a district that centals
b more Southern railroad hold- ]
ings than any other district in the 1
/' Btatf, a' district in which the American
Tobacco Company has more in- ,
tcrests than any other district in the
state, no Democrat but Kitehln could
r>. be elected? Who was it. when the
Republicans and Popniists swept the
state by 30,000 majority and elected 1
WIN ACTRESSES
, DUE SCARCE
if SYDNEY IS HERE
* . 4 '
V HLDNKY AUSTIN, A TALL MULAT/
TO WOMAN. DRAMATIZED HER
Wei -.' TROUBLES BEFORE flJDOE
GIMMES THIS - V
Eftj " -W.' MORNING.
I DESTROYS A HONE
MAUUU' BCSS CKARUE8 TUB
AMKNATIOK OP HER HXJ8/
BAND'S AFFECTIONS 0T THE
FOBINO VKSl'H.
j,r- ^ - v.
It a***r ralna bat it pour*. Attn
a painful loll In th* Recorder's oourt
I Mtm la becomlns "tartoT." /ads*
Grime* alM Mahaler Bonn to th*
V mat thl* morning to dfcorovs that
\ ah* had eor**d and abnaed Srdnar
I \ Austin Mahaley 1* a member or
W man ehoreh and Impressed upon the
I Court that ah* did not ear** Sydney.
. if I but allowlas her latitude Mr uncorkfir
las bar aaser at flrdner. aha told
V/ the (Mart that Jam**, her buabaad,
that all wan not, nor had bean aa
glare Jama* had first hecom* infatov<
I XJU\ Ou : urxa#.
Sydney appeared before the
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mm
jyp him
receeded by a Brass Band
it With Over Two Hun
Addresses are Liberally
tussel and James Young, wanted tc
use with them and divide the spoils\
V. W. Kltchln! It was then thai
lenator Simmons came to the front
nd in that meeting rebelled and
aid: "No. if the Democrats most
n la h R111 Iftfrhlii .-an on wlt*
18."
If Kitchtn reada Mr. Simmons oat
>t th? party, why does tie not reac!
nilman, Overman, Bacon end 8 m a I
>ut? They voted with Mr. 8Unmonn
n his Raleigh speech he did not
nentloD Clerk nor Ay cock for th<
me reason?because they were not
a his way/* N 1 '<*' $ rf*' i-;Mr.
Tayloc criticised his action it
he Baxter 8hetnwe(l matter, thou at
id did not call any -{tames. bat did
ay: "He Is the only gorernor thi
>t*t? has ever had who has overrldlen
every court and Judiciary In th<
itato and swept their findings to ttu
rinds."
Dr. John C. Rodman, in respond
o a call, briefly addressed the clat
>y saying that the senatorial fight
ras a kind of a family disturbance
a trying to decide which" would bt
?ur best leader In the Senate. Gov
irnor Aycock had been known aa th<
Educational Governor of the State
Ad he would like to see him remali
a the state and keep up that goo<
rork At Judge Clark, no man coulc
>oint their finger at blip aa a jurist
lis decisions being quoted all, ove
he country, snd he wonld like to s?
itm remain upon the bench. Gov
irnor Rltchin had taught and In
iplred patriotism and he wonld llki
o see him remain In his chair. Ant
is for Senator Slmmons^jno man ha
>ver been in the United States Sen
forth Carolina than h?, and he woul<
ike to aee him kept there. If h?
rotes for a tariff of 5 cents on cop
per and 10 centa on wool and con
inoes to ffet what we want for thl
notion, 1 am for him first, last am
ill the time.
Aftqr the speech making the clnl
proceeded to elect its officers, whlcl
sere as follows: Messrs. Chas. L
Payne, secretary; J. F. Tayloe, presl
dent, and Lindsay C. Warren rlo
president.
In addition to the aig natures mak
laff the call quite a number Joined s
last night's meeting.
without rehearsing the part, bu
Sydney waa there with her lines thi
margins, and It took up the enttr
interior of the bar for her to act' he
part Mahaley waa discharged, an
the actrses seemed aa complacent a
If her rival had been given nlnet
days "down on tha farm.'/
A pair of colored youths were ai
ratgned for Jumping on and off mo>
log trains in the Coast Line ysrdi
These will be finally disposed of tc
morrow morning.
- Pearson 0<Jen was brought up t
ascertain what progress he had mad
toward arranging thb fine and cost
Imposed upon him yesterday. So ei
couraging waa his report of "pr<
gross" that the Judge remanded hij
to his haunts in the lockup until t<
morrow morning for final dispoeftlo
of the case. V-\ ? W.?; --
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Kentucky Farmers' Institute.
Frankfort, Ky.. Feb. 17.?The ax
nual meeting of the 8Ute Farmer
Institute, an influential feature c
the rural uplift tnoTement In Kex
tucky, began in this city today an
will continue until Friday. Seven
hundred progressive agricultural
from all parts of the Stat# are In a
tendance. The porgram provides fc
numerous addreaees and demonsiri
tton. Id the different ltnee of fori
work - ;
Kerlh Caroline O. O. P. DtoMed.
MMA, N. C? Pah. 17?Mat
?o'??*t?e ore arrlrlnff to otUod^tt
ren rolnnel rooren'Irn In Chlmn
The "reouior" urganlution It eolMI
for Toft, hat .mcuig the rank to
NGK
WASHINGTON. NORTH C
irst Find the Foe
REC0NSTRUGT1N
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11^??wmmmm
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Commander W. .W. White-. U. S.
rather difficult piece of work. Thle
I miction oL the nmrj of Haiti. He
nuke a start.
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Bingham School Base Ball
Last Report Issued. fri
ed. Work In the New
Bingham School. Mebane, N. C.,
Feb. 26.?As Spring comes on. Interest
ln'the baseball nrosDects at Bins
bam is rapidly Increasing. Cadet D.
b T. Taylo? who was captain of the ball
b team last year. Is agAn at sehool this
? year and will have charge of the
I. team in the same capacity. Major
e John J. Henderson, the efficient
coach of last year's players, will also
be In place again as he gave splen<Tld
satisfaction both last year and
t this In th? teaching of Latin. English,
French and German. The
schedule of games Is as follows:'"
March 4?Whltsett Institute at
\ Mebane.
* March It?Oak Ridge at Burllng*
tOn. i / ->. . y_
r March 18.-?Guilford College at
d Guilford.
M March tO.?Whltsett Institute at
y Whltsett.
April 1.?Trinity Park School at
Mebane. '
* April ?.?Whltsett Institute at
Burlington.
H April IX.?Trinity Park School'at
Durham'.
? . April 18.?Lenoir College at Burl*
lngton.
* The standing of the eadeta Id
l~ scholarship has never been better
than It Is this session. This is partly
n due to the Night Study Hall, where
all of the cadets study, at night with
n the teachers, who assist them In their
studies, and partly to the splendid
discipline whch prevails and which
effects for good every department of
the school. The honor men on the
last report Issued are aa follows:
l' * KeeleuCobb, George Fries?, Will
?' Griffin, Bingham Gray, Preston
,f Gray, Herbert Gray, Bsscom Harrell,
?- Cedrtc Harris. Charlie McCutchen,
d Willi? Gray Lang, WUbur a McFar*
land, John Gray Paul, Knott Proca
tor, Owen Reeee, Luther P. Bykee,
George Stover. Battl* Walt
,r Th? cadets who have most recently
entered Messrs. Hsrbert Smith and
11 ma Blah lay of Virginia. Mr. John
Mlkall of South Carolina, and Mr
- Olen Con of dlabaaaa, are doing wall
Is datortneat and acholarshlp.
Tho saw gytoaaalum which war
erected laat aummar, haa prorad ran
IT popular, especially la [t ao at tkh
to time of the rear. Besldaa attendlni
h the regular physical culture claaaei
to In It, the cad eta aleo aeam to color II
e- nary ouch at other Unce.
1- Captain Fred B. SpUar. who foi
i>. aovcral roiru haa beta tho cl^clcni
IT and popular teacher of Muale ai
Id Bingham, haa been puehiag the bant
If work recently, and wUl hare th<
a- uanal high grada rnu.lc all ready foi
ia J commencement Ilia orcheatra will
W'f TnM
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\ROLINA. TUfSDAY AFT)
>d Upon Which ll
a haiti's Aty
V "jBSKS?^
t ^
ms&sBm $>.
?: f^P
N.. retired, has taken open himself a
la nothing leas than the entire raoonhaa
not much material with .blob to
IK (IKE
I III (UUE
Schedule. Tf npr jfrn iSm
few Cadets Recently EnterGymnasium
oughly enjoyable selections which
have always been rendered heretofore
at that time.
East Carolina Teachers Training
* School Items.
Commissioner of Education, P. P.
ment address. The Training School
is exceedingly fortunate in securing
Dr. Claxton.
Dr. D. H. Hill delivered an excellent
address on the birthday of Sidney
Lanier that gave the audience
a deep insight into the nature and
work of the great poet, musician and
' man. He came at the invitation o(
the Lanier Socie^r
Mlss Sallie Joyner Davis, teachei
of History, went to Washington on
Saturday, Feb. 17, to make a talk
to the Beaufort county teachers on
The Teaching of History in the
Grades. * .
Dr. W. L, Potest, president oi
Wake Forest College recently delivered
a strong adidress on Conservation,
He brought out the deepest problem!
of human life, yet appealed to the
popular taste.
The Senior class early in March,
will present Goldsmith's "8he StoopI
i to CoiJbuer."
The Y. M. C. A. services during th?
' past month have been conducted bj
' Mr. H. B. Smith. Bupt. of Greenvllli
schools; Rev. M. H. Hoyle, pastor ol
tho Greenville Methodtst church, and
1 by committees from the Association.
A bulletin giving the couaes thai
will be offered during tho summei
> term, has been issued. The catalogue,
which will appear In May, will conI
tain further details of the summei
t work..
Tb? Council of the Federation ol
, Women,'! Clubs in tyorth Carolina,
chorus of atu debts, under the dlredl
tion of Miss Duffy, nni at the varioub
meeting*. On the evening oil
Feb. 8, the Council held an open
meeting In. the Assembly hall of th<
school that was greatly enjoyed bj
the students. After the meeting a
reception was given by the faocftty tc
th? clubi of tha to* a and tha Cornell.
Tha Senior clot, under It. an
perrlaiou of ltlaa Pack, prepared not
Barred tha rafraahtnanu.
Burlington, Vt. Fat). ?7^-Th<
term of tha Federal court rhiak ?on
renod hare todnr will ha mad,
MtaMa bj the trtal for raurter o
Hauler Cartjle, a prlrata % th<
1 meot. While atatloaad at Fort Ethoi
AILY
ERNOON. FEEhBUARY 27, 1
lis Brain Feeds?(
MR. NEWBERRY
mm RIS
COfllUNICATlON
LETTER TO WITT PRESS WAS
NOT INTENDED FOR PUBLICATION
HE WRITES THE
EDITOR OF*THAT
PAPER.
WHISKEY NOMA BLAME
OUR WHI8KEVNPOKH NOT PRO
DUCK BRAWLS, HE WRITER IN
EXPLAINING?WAS GRATEFUL
FOR ENTERTAINMENT^ERK.
Mr. W. C- Newberry, who bo scathingly
arraigned the people of this
section In an article published In the
Witt Press, at Witt, Illinois, a few
weeks ago has-been made to smart
under hs criticisms and that he mar
be given full credit for his apology,
we clip it from that paper:
Editor Witt Press:
This'week I was surprised to receive
two clippings from the Washington.
N. C.. Dally News of Feb. IS,
ISIS in the mall, in which we feund
a reproduction of the letter written
to yon while we ^were visiting at
Washington and Peel that? some one
has taken occasion to place us in a
very wrong light with the very best
people of that city. Judging from
the harsh manner in which the letter
was commented on by the editor
of the News. I had no idea that the
| letter would be published when I
wrote it, or I should have worded it
. differently, and 1 realize that I was
| not as careful in the wording as I
. should have bean, but-as the letter
I warn hot intended for publication-, foci
raised the ire of the editor and caus'
ed him to endeavor to make a "mountain
out of a mole hill.
During our visit to that city, we
were royally entertained by some of
the nlceet people, who we fear, from
the publication of the letter and comments,
feel that we were ungrateful
for the unlimited hospitality I enjoyed.
This is not the case however,
for I will always remember these
good people with the most grateful
feeling of appreciation and good will,
and should any of them ever have Occasion
to visit In Illinois they would |
nna tnat wo are not as lowly or un- j
grateful as the editor of the News;
wishes the people to believe us. but 1
( should take pleasure in shdwing
, them that hospitality can be found in
I fhls section, too.
1 . Of course 1 was impressed with the
idea that although North Carolina
was a prohibition state there was
L much drunkenness, ^id the securing
; of intoxicating liquors seemed very
, easy; and several had made the re.
mark that they "had been drunk
since Christmas," and we had sup[
posed in that case they were inclined
. to stay on a protracted spree. I took
mote that the whiskey there did not
, seem to produce the fights and brawls
, that out* western product does, but
five the Imbibers an "Oh, be joyful
joyful, don't care feeling."
? In saying "nearly everybody" we
Somewhat exaggerated the case, for
i we found many good sober people
> and they were generous in their exi
tension of hospitality to me. It was
f to show the good entertaining qualI
(ties of the ladies that the "cold
. vjctuals" were mentioned.
We noted that the hostess who in
tended to entertain company always
, made her preparations the day prevl
ous and Instead of being tied down
' with her household duties when the
company arrived was In a position to
! sit down and entertain.
Or course many of the paragraphs
1 in my letter were mm 1 observed them
and an it Is known a person often
' writes In personal letter* many
' thin era, though true, that he would
' not wlxh published, for often people
1 (Unlike being told the truth when Its
r pnpleasant. . .
1 One pdlnt which was not Intended
' to be taken only In a general way.
' The people are too laay to work,"
' and which the News has taken for
I the caption of lta article, la one I
heard repeatedly, made by the Washington
people and seemed to be gen>
orally taken as a Joke, and this was
- the way In which I wished to eoarey
> K Ib ay letter.
t Td spiking of oar letter so a alna
? ey per cent fabrication the News la
- undoubtedly guilty of exaggeration,
I ] hut we can excuse It, for they pubi
lllshed this thinking that the letter
; Ihml been Intended for publication.
-I Oftea letters to print appear dlf1/erent
end are siren a different con
1f- i
V , . -NEW
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jood Reading Ms
OPERATORS D \
Us
After a Peace Period of NLn<
gioiis, Miners and Open
gether to Determine th
DEMANDS OK THE M1NEKK
Recognition of the United
workers of America.
That the new sgre '/. " shall
be for a period of,Or Af. Instead
of three. v**
That eight shall constitute
a working .ay, with no wage
reduction.
That coal shall be mined and
paid for at the rate of 2,240
pound# to the ton.
A better i^ethod of settling
grievances than the conciliation
board procedure.
A minimum wage rate of $8.50
a day for miners on consideration
work and $2.50 a day for laborera.
N/bw York, Feb. 27.?Wh^ber the
180,000 mine workers emwed In
the hard coal region will layoown
their picks and walk out on strike on
the last day of next month, and by
their action Inaugurating one of the
greatest industrial struggles the U. S.
has ever known, depends in a great
measure upon the results of the conference
between the miners, and the
operators begun today at the offices
of the New Jersey Central railroad in
this city. Geo. F. Baer, president of
the Philadelphia ft Reading Coal Co..
appeared at the conference as the
chief representative of th? operators.
The committee to present the demands
of the miners consisted of
John D. White, president of the D. M.
W., and several of the other national
officers and district president*.
There has been peace in the anthracite
coal field for nine years. The
present agreement, which has been
in force since the Strike Commission,
appointed by President Roosevelt,
in 1902, made Its report, will
expire at midnight on March 31st
next. The miners have formulated
demands and declare they will strike
uuircs me ufumnub are Krann-a. as
the operators say with equal positive-i
ness they will grant the miners no
concessions, the outlook certainly
points to a general etrike on April 1.
There are unique temptations to
trouble at the present time. In the
first place, an unusual situation prevails
In that the wage agreements in
?oth the soft and hard coal fields expire
at the same time?then, too, it
is a presidential year. This gives the
mine workers' organization a strong
structlon than intended by the
writer, as was in this case. Finding
conditions much different in Washington
than in the weBt, we spoke of
them in enr letter, but with no
thought of offense, for as I before
stated, it was not written for publication.
Hoping the good friends in Washington
will not take this matter seriously,
but believe b? grateful and appreciative
for their efforts in showing
me cne of the most enjoyable
times of my life, I remain
Yours respectfully
W. C. NEWBERRY.
This Date in History.?Feh. 27.
1765?British House of Commons
passed tho Stamp Act,
1801?Congress assumed Jurisdiction
of the District of Columbia.
1905?Napoleon started on hia
second Journey across the Alps into
Italy.
1807-<-Henry Wadsworth Longfel
iuw, IUB (HWi, uuiu iu ruruttuu, .hb.
Died Id Cambridge, Mass.. March 24,
1818?William H. Wei la, a noted
educator and author of school books,
born in Tolland, Conn. Dted Jan. 21,
1888.
1840?New Jersey Historical Society
founded at Trenton.
1150?Treaty sinned at Munich
between Austria. Bar aria, Saiony
and Wurteaberfc to maintain the
German Union.
1881?Marriage of William 11.,
the Oeman Emperor, and Princess
Victoria Of Sch'Hirwftc-Holstein
1890?Hornr* Bote*. P-^oerst, Inaugurated
governor of Iowa.
llO+r?The Boer General Cronje
and his cj-eay narrendered to Lord
Robart* at Pgardeberg ? .
Ull.?Job* Lea Carroll, farmer
governor of Maryland, died In Wash
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NO. 112
T -
ikes Good Men
IE WORKERS 1
Of BE TODAY 1
e Years In the Coal Reators
Are Now Called Toe
Future
weapon, because by simultaneous action
In several mining regions the
leaders could create a condition approaching
a fuel famine.
The anthracite miners demand a.
wage increase averaging 20 per cent.,
an eight-hour day, recognition of the
union and Incidentally collection by
the coat companies of the union dues
from the mine workers, abolition of ?.
the conciliation hoard, payment for
mined coal by weight Instead of by
the carload, a one-year agreement
and minor concessions.
The operitors have not given an>
official notice of their intentions, but
It is well known that they have no
Intention of granting these demands.
While the mine workers argue that
the Increased cost of living has made '"jS
necessary a wage increase, the operators
hold that the "sliding scale"
created by the 8trlke Commission Ijt
1902 has given the miners advantage
of every advance in the price of coal,
and that no Cat advance in wages Is
possible under present conditions.
The operators admit that there has
been an increase in the coet of living,
but point out that the mine workers
are making much better wages now
because work is more steady. They
declare that since the present agreement
was first made nine years ago.
there has been no change in mining
conditions; that the demands, with
the exception of the oue for an increase
In wages, are ' the same as
those which the Strike Commission
considered and settled, and that it is
useless to qysr them again. - ~~1
l" "The connection between the presidential
campaign and the threatened
strike is one of the moBt interesting
phases of the situation. The experience
eleven years ago showB that the
connection between the two is not an
imaginary one. It has been well
established by testimony in open
court that the danger to the McKtn
iey-Kooseveit ticKet in moo forced
the operators' hands In that year.
There was a strike on then, and the
mine owners were holding their
own,, but the Btrike was brought to
an end by a grant of a 10 per cent.
increase in wages. It was known
soon after that the conservative business
interests of the country, alarmed 'jB
lest Bryan and free silver should sue- ^ /9
coed, represented to the mine owners /?B
that a continuance of the strike -/TSH
would endanger the Republican
chances, and the persuasion was so
powerful that the operators yielded.
PEOPLE YOU KNOW j
COMING AND GOING
Mrs. George Howard, of Tarboro.
N. C., is a guest at the residence of
her sister, Mrs. H. M. Jenkins.
Frank McEntee and Miss Mlllicent y- ofl'tS
Everson at the Auditorium thiB evenMr.
W. A. Barry is in Kittanlng,
Pa., on business.
Miss Annie Laurie Worthington.
who has been the guest of MIbb Mettle
Laughinghouse,' has gone to
Monks Corner, S. C., to visit relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. James McMillin and
son, of Pittsburg, Pa., who have been
spending the past several weeks with
Mr. and Mrs, Byj-on Evans in East
Main street, left this morning for a
trip to Indiana. Mre. McMillin is a
sister of Mr. Evans.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
Judge S. C. Brags**, presiding.
The following cases were disposed
of in Beaufort county Superior court
yesterday:
J. J. Cutler vs. Guilford W. Dixon,
compromised. Issues submitted to
Jury in case of B. L. Busman vs. Dora
Brotrn. Answer, pes by consent o?
Attorneys. Judgment for, plaintiff.
Geo. P. Plllejr, by bis next friend.
Geo. L*. PiUey vs. Jeptha Brian. This I
Is n esse for $109 dsmsges alleged
to have been done the plaintiff by an
assault st the hands of the defendsat.
Jury took the ease st 4 p. m.
"dad a report, o* the ^
convening of court thli morning.
J. J. Clark vs. Norfplk Southern. ;. *?
Plaintiff SOU suited; C. R. Jefferson .
vs. same, compromised; 8. L. Grist i
row' va B. B. Tjte vu being tried