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 . 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 -??? 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. . 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 3N D =3^J, : \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 12 . E i 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 ??????? ? 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