TOWN DIRECTORY.
m~*. ,atßt(n.urch-Kev H WA.FORT.E BPMtor 8 PMtor (
• ant Sunday night, ai>d fourth Sun
aioruing A«D night. Prayerweetlng
WEDNTSDAY night. Suhdaj schcol
EVERY I-unday morning at 10 o'clock, O. K,
Grantham Superintendent
Bavtiat Church.— Rev. W. C. Barrett, VASTER.
Services every second Sunday morning and
uigl.t. Prayermeeting every Thursday nigh
Sunday School every Sunday morning, J. C.
Clifford superintendent.
Presbyterian Church. -Rev. R. W. Hiues
astor. Services every first ai.d fifth Sunday
U ,.rning and night. Sunday school every
auuday mornii G.D.H. McLean, Sui.ermten-
DENT
IMM-tple Church— Rev. A. F. Leigliton pas-
P VER Y third Sunday morning
meetiiiE every Tuesday
night. Sunday School every Sunday evening
at J o'clock. P. T. Massengill Supt.
Free Will Baptist Church.-Elder R. C.
Jackson, pastor. Services every first Sun
lav morning and night.
L rim it i ve Baptist. -Church on Broad street
Elder W.Q- Turner, Pastor. seivi-
CES on the third Sabbath morning, and SATUR
DAY before, in each month at 11 o clock.
LODGE.
Palmyra Lodge. No. 147. A. P. &A. M. Hall
over Free Will Baptist church. F. P. Jones
W &! ; W. A. Johnson, S. W.; E. A. Jones
L W.; J. O. Johnson, Secretary. Regular
.•nimunicationa are held on the 3rdSatur
•iay at 10 o'clock' A. M., and on the Ist Friday
at 7:H> o'clock p. m. in each month. All Ma
gnus in good standing are cordially invited
T -> attend these communications.
TOWN OFFICERS.
J- A. Oates, Mayor.
COMMISSIONERS
V. L. Stephens, P. T. Massengill, O P. Shell
J. A. Taylor.
W _ H. Duncan, Policeman.
COUNTY OWICIBB
Sheriff, Silas A. Salmon.
Clerk. Dr. J. H. Withers.
Register of DeeSa, A. 0. Holloway.
Treasurer, L. D. Matthews.
Surveyor. D. P. McDonald.
Coroner, Dr. 1. P. McKay
County Examiner. Rev. J. S. B'ack.
Comtnissionera : E. F. Young, Chairman
N A Smith. T A Harrington.
tratiii® lii HiiEß
1 IUI, MM, *■
CAPITAL STOCK $20,000.
Every accommodation ottered
to the public.
E. F. YOUNG, President.
V.L.STEPHENS, Cashier.
K. S. SMITH. E. J. BARNES.
SMITH & BARNES,
Attorneys-at-Law,
DUNN, - - - X. c -
Practice in all the court- «f the State.
Prompt attention to all business
entrusted.
Olllec in the old Post Office Building.
I). 11. NCI.EAN. C. CLIFPOKI'
McLean & Clifford,
-^.ttcr33.e3P r s-a,t.1j3."^7 - ,
DUNN, : : : : N, C.
fgr Office over J. J. Wade'? Store.
W. A. STEWART. L. GCDWIP
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Attorneys and Coonsellors-at-Law,
DUNN, N. C.
Will practice in State and Federal
Court- but not for fun.
W- E- Murchison,
JONESBORO. N. C.
Practices Law in Harnett, ->loore am 1
other counties, but not for(.fun.
Feb. 20-1 y.
IHE Wl(IF DDI
We otfer unsurpassed advan
tages, aud loan money on easy
terms. We will extend every
accommodation consistent with
conservative banking.
L. J. BEST, President.
J. W. PURDIE, Cashier.
PHOTOGRAPHS
BEST WORK GUARAMEED,
I make a specialty of nice work.
Parties visiting Dunn can call
at my residence and have their
work made in the latest and
most pleasing style. Call and
see samples, and get prices.
J. D. KEEN,
DUNN, N. C.
Gallery up stairs over J. W.
Gregory's store.
J;i-2-3in-pd.
UNDERTAKER
■
Coffins, Caskets, Ladies' and
Gents' Robes and Burial goods.
All kinds, colors and sizes, rang
ing in price from $2 to SOO. We
also have a nice hearse furnish
ed at moderate prices on short
notice.
Ji. G. TAYLOK.
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Vol. 11.
1 A PLEA FOR SAMPSON
_____
PRESIDENT M'KINI.EY SEJf DS A
SPECIAL MESSAGE TO COMiBESS
Vrgiiij; (lie Same Recognition for Ad
miral S:»»ii|>*ou and Ills Men lor
Services in itnd About Cuba, lliut
lind Beeu Given Admiral ltcwey
nud Ilia Men Tor Service* In Nanila
Bay—A I.onif List or Promotions
Kent to tbe Senate.
Washington, February 14. —The Presi
dent to-day sent a special message to
Congress urging that the same recog
nition that had been given Dewey and
his officers and men for his service in
Manila bay should be given Sampson,
commander of the North Atlantic fleet,
and his men for services in and about
Cuba.
The message follows:
D"urir.g our recent war with Spain
the United Dtates naval force on the
North Atlantic section was charged
with varied and important duties, cheif
among which were the maintenance of
the blockade of Cuba, aiding the army
In landing troops and In subsequent
aperations, and particularly in the pur
suit, blockade and destruction of the
Spanish squadron under Admiral Cer
vera.
'"This naval campaign, embracing ob
jects of wide scope and grave respon
sibility, was conducted with great
ability on the part of the commander
n-chief and of the officers and enlisted
nen under his command.'lt culminated
in the annihilation of the Spanish fleet
in the battle of July 3, 1898, one of the
most memorable naval engagements in
aistory.
"The result of the battle was the
freeing of our Atlantic coast from the
possibilities to which it had been ex
posed from Admiral Cervera's fleet and
the termination of the war upon the
seas.
"I recommend that, following our
national precedents, especially that in
the case of Admiral Dewey and the
Asiatic squadron, th« thanks of Con
gress be given to Rear Admiral W. T.
Sampson, U. S. N., and to the officers
ind men under his command for highly
Jistir.guished conduct In conflict with
the enemy and carrying on the block
ide and naval campaign on the Cuban
:oast, resulting In the destruction of
:he Spanish fleet at Santiago de Cuba,
July 3, 1898.
"WILLIAM M'KINLEY."
The President to-c"ay sent the follow
ng nominations to the Senate:
Navy—Rear Admirals to be advanced
n rank from the 11th day of February,
.501: William T. Sampson, five numbers
to take rank next after Rear Admiral
John A. Howell; Winfleld Scott Schley,
three numbers to take rank next after
Rear Admiral Sampson when ad
vanced.
Captains to be advanced In rank from
February 11, 1901: Robley D. Evans,
sve numbers and to be a Rear Admiral;
Henry C. Taylor, five and to be a Rear
Admiral; Francis A. Cook, five num
bers; Charles E. Clark, six; Char es D.
Bigsbee, three: French E. Chauwick,
five; John J. Hunter, two.
Commanders, advanced from Febru
ary 11th: Chapman C. Todd, three num
bers: William T. Swinburne, two; John
D. Ford, three: Alexander B. Bates,
three; Robert W. Milligan, three; Rich
ard Inch, three; Charles W. Rae. three;
Adolph Marix, two; Raymond P. Rod
gers, five: Seaton Schroeder, three;
Richard Wainwright, ten; and John A.
Rodgers, James K. Cogswell. Frederick
Singer.William P. Potter, Giles B. Har
ber. John B. Briggs. Newton E. Mason,
George P. Coivocoresses, John A. Nor
ris, five each.
Lieutenant-Commanders advanced:
Warner B. Bayley, two numbers; Ed
ward M. Hughes, five; Corwin P. Rt .'s,
five: Albert C. Dillingham, two: Aaron
Ward, two; Lucien Young, three;
George B. Ransom, three; James M.
Helm, five; Cameron Mier Winslow,
live; Alexander Sharp, Jr., five; Frank
H. Bailey, three; Benjamin Tappan,
five: Reynolds T. Hall, three.
Ensign W. R. White, five numbers;
Paymaster William W. Gait, one; Na
val Constructor Richmond P. Hobson,
ten; Rear Admiral James Entwistle, re
tired, two; Chief Engineer Charles J.
MacConnell. retired, one, and to rank
at the head of Chief Engineers on the
retired list holding the rank of captain,
retired. Captain John L. Hannum, re
j tired, two: Captain George Cowie, re
tired, three.
Acting assistant surgeon, U. S. A., to
be assistant surgeon, with rank of first
lieutenant, Paul C. Hutton, North Car
olina.
The Schley-Sampson controversy was
renewed as the result of the President's
nominations and a number of Senators
announced their opposition to the nomi
nations. During the afternoon a num
ber of them received a telegram from
General Felix Agnus, of Baltimore, pre
testing against the preferment of Ad
' miral Sampson. This telegram was as
i follows:
I "I ask in the name of truth and jus
-1 tice that you will not allow history to
I be perverted by permitting the ad
vancement of Admiral Sampson over
Admiral Schley for a victory in which
he had no part, not even firing a single
Fhot. Had Sampson, in announcing the
American victory, told the truth and
Faid that while he was unavoidably ab
sent at the time of the action, be it
said for the glory of the flag that Schley
was on the spot, America would still be
ringing with his plaudits. This he did
not do, as you well know. Instead ha
started the controversy which has just
culminated in the nomination sent to"
the Senate. If these are his
tory will have been falsified and a mon
strous injustice done a brave American
officer. May I ask you to prevent these
confirmations at this session."
SENT TO PRISON FOR LIFE.
Fairburn, Ga.. February 14.—Judge
' Candler has sentenced three white men
I to life imprisonment for the murder of
. x negro. The cases, which were pfii tly
concluded to»-dav, have aroused intense
I interest, as the parties are all well
I knxiwn. Sentence was imposed a few
days ago on Pegram Cochran, and to
day Judge Candler gave the court's
pronouncement to Shell Cochran, a
brother of Pegram, and L. T. Hester.
These men, with five others, were in
dicted for the murder of Sterling
, Thomasson, a negro, who, it was
charged, had 'informed" on the white
men. In sentencing the white men
Judge Candier said he thought the law
lessness which culminated in this mur
: der had begun with illicit distilling.
WILL BE RETIRED TO-DAY.
Washington, February 14.—Generals
James H. Wilson, Fitzhugh Lee and
Theodore Schwan will be retired to
morrow, the last named on his own ap
plication. Colonel A. S. Daggett, Four
teenth Infantry, will be promoted to a
j Brigadier-General, succeeding General
•Schwan, and will be retired immediate
ly with his higher rank.
! CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
- The Kind You Have Always Bought
1 Bear* the
Signature of
J ■
THE MEW LAWS.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS
| RATIFIED 239 ACTS.
Many Purely Local.
Below Are Published 193 of the
Number.
I Raleigl) Post.
j Since the convening of the
General Assembly 239 acts liave
: been ratified and are now in full
| force as laws. The Post this
I morning publishes the captions
l of the first 193 of these new
laws and will give the remain
ing 4G in tomorrow's issue.
. The first 193 acts are as follow? :
To change name of Guardian
i Security Trust and Deposit
Company of Wilmington to The
People's Savings Bank .
To print pardons, commuta
tions of sentences, etc , by the
Governor.
For relief of Frank P. Hob
good, Jr.
To print Governor's message.
To amend section 3720 of the
i Code.
To repeal chapter 254, public
laws 1899, relating to Greens
boro dispensary.
For the relief of certain pub
lic school teachers in Mecklen
burg county.
To amend chapter' 2, laws of
ISB9, relating to the State Bank
of Commerce of Ilendersonville.
To appoint justices of the
peace for Harnett county.
For joint sessions to open re
turns of State officers.
To elect enrolling clerk.
Concerning the improve
ment of the upper Cape Fear
river.
Favoring the establishment
of a National Forest Reserve in
Western Appalachian mountain
region.
To allow Alamance county
to elect five county commission
ers aud elect a new member for
the term ending December Ist,
1902.
To allow commissioners of
Iredell county to levy a special
tax to pay the indebtedness in
curred in erecting a new court
house.
To amend chapter 25G, laws
1858-1859, entitled an act to
j incorporate the Howard Relief
| Fire Engine Company of Wil
! mington.
To amend charter of Reids
ville.
To amend chapter 593, pub
-1 lie laws 1899.
For relief of the dangerous
insane department of the State
• Hospital at Raleigh.
To give consent by the State
to the acquisition of the United
• Suites of such lands as may be
needed for the establishment of
a national forest reserve in said
■ State.
To change time of holding
; McDowell Superior Court.
> To authorize Rocky Mount to
! issue bonds for electric light
and sewerage.
! For relief of Miss Samantha
Lyon, public school teacher in
Wilkes county.
For preservation of live stock
! in Clay county.
To repeal chapter 145, laws
! 1899, entitled an act to encour
- age the killing of wild animals
\ in Graham county.
To amend the charter of the
Whitney Reduction Company.
[ To incorporate the Hertford
; Banking Company.
>- To amend charter of Concord.
To appoint A. S. Barbee jus
i tice of the peace -for Chapel
5 Hill township, Orange county.
■ To amend chapter 581, public
laws 1899, so far as it relates to
; Franklin county.
1 To amend charter of Concord.
• For relief of Miss Mamie H.
- Par ham.
, Fixing time for election of
- United States Senator.
j Joint resolution inviting Hon.
• J. L. M.Curry to address the
j ! General Assembly on subject of
a Education.
\ To prohibit shooting guns and
- pistols in town of Roper, Wash
ington county.
For the relief of J. B. Coving
ton, tax collector for Bryson
s City.
] To amend Edgecombe county
- stock law.
To make the first Monday in
j September a legal holiday.
To provide government for
the James Walker Memorial
Hospital, Wilmington.
To incorporate United Sons
and Daughters of Salem, at
Wilmington.
To authorize Concord to isssue
t bonds.
To relieve certain teachers in
- Caswell county.
Resolution of sorrow and
i
sympathy at the death of her
Majesty Queen Victoria of
Great Brittain and Ireland and
Empress of India.
Resolution of respect in re
gard to the death of Queen
Victoria.
Joint resolution to appoint a
stenographer for the committee
on public roads.
An act for the relief of P. K.
Kidner.
To repeal chapter 32, public
laws of 1899, as they apply to
Cumberland county.
To prevent erection of artifi
cial islands or lumps in Mystic
Grove Sound.
To repeal chapter 426, public
laws of 1899,
To amend section 1, chapter
7, laws of 1889.
To change name of Raleigh
Real Estate Trust and Insur
ance Company.
For relief of W. T. Cross,
clerk of Gates county Superior
Court.
To incorporate Surry County
Loan and Trust Company.
To incorporate Cleveland
Commercial College of Shelby.
To incorporate Bank of Hen
dersonville.
To provide for indexing and
making side notes and for pub
lication of the captions io laws
and resolutions ratified by the
General Assembly of 1901.
Directing the keeper of the
capitol to unfurl the national
flag over the dome of the capi
tol.
Joint resolution requesting
our Representatives and Sena
tors in Congress to support a
bill "to apply a portion of the j
proceeds of the sale of the pub
lic lands to the endowment,
support and maintenance of
schools or departments of min
ing and metallurgy in the sev
eral States and Territories.
Resolution to elect a State
Librarian.
To authorize the commission- i
ers of Craven county to levy a '
special tax.
To prevent persons from fish
ing and shooting from bridges I
across the Neuse and Trent i
■ rivers in Craven county.
To incorporate the town of
Biseo in Montgomery county.
To authorize town of Frank
lin, Macon county to issue
bonds for street improvement
, and other purposes and to levy
a special tax.
i To incorporate The Durham
i Traction Company.
; To amend an act to incorpo
■ rate the Citizens' Savings Bank.
To amend chapter 821 of the
• Code, relating to the qualifica
tion of justices of the peace and
• matters relating thereto.
To provide cotton weighers
> for towns of Trenton, Pollocks
; ville and Maysville, in Jones
county.
s To validate certain probates
[ and registrations.
> To incorporate the Bank of
r Clinton.
[ To incorporate the Eagle Ilose
Company No. 7, of Greensboro.
; , To incorporate the Security
Life and Annuity Company.
> To appoint D. Worthington a
t justice of the peace and allow
him to practice law.
To authorize the incorpora
tion of the street railway com
panies under the general law.
To amend section 616 of the
Code relative to the trial of ac
tions to try the title of office.
To incorporate the Bank of
Mt. Olive.
• To abolish fences in Nash
s county.
To elect a justice of the peace
I for . . Rayn.oldson township, in
Gates county.
To amend chapter 180, laws
- of 1891.
1 To amend the charter of the
Bank of Carthage.
; To repeal chapter 170, public
> laws of 1889, which prohibits
the formation of a corporation
. with capital of exceeding sl,-
. 000,000.
To allow the commissioners
f of Yancey county to levy a
special tax.
To permit the commissioners
3 of New Hanover county to pay
f their chairman a fixed salary.
To set out and define the
1 township lines of Cbadburn
- township, Columbus county.
To incorporate the Goldsboro
- Oil Co.
l To appoint H. Cabiness a
justice of the peace and allow
17 him to practice law.
To provide for a jury list of
i Scotland county.
For relief of P. M. Dellinger,
r register of deeds of Catawba
,1 county.
To establish graded schools
s in Rocky Mount,
t To incorporate the Bank of
Fremont,
e To incorporate the Commer
cial Bank of Rutherfordton.
a To amend chapter 205, pub
lic laws of 1899.
ii To amend sections 3840 and
'Prove all things; held fast that which is good."
OUIMIM, IV. C. FEBY. 20, 1901,
1 3841, of The Code, to abolish
' the of standard keeper in
Northampton and Warren coun
ties.
To appoint J. W. Efrid and
Jno. W. Bostian justices of the
peace in Stanly county.
To authorize the trustees of
Goldsboro graded schools to
issue bonds.
To incorporate the Bank of
Rand}eman.
To incorporate the South port
and Northwestern Railroad
Company.
To incorporate the Bank of
Plymouth. ~
To amend and enlarge the
charter of the Cleveland cotton
mills.
To amend the charter of the
Fries' Manufacturing and Pow
er Company.
To incorporate Wilmington
Lodge, No. 532, Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks.
To" incorporate the Chamber
of Commerce of Washington.
To incorporate the Hilton
Railroad and Logging Com
pany.
To amend the charter of the
Winston-Salem Railway and
Electric Company.
To amend the charter of the
Moore County Railroad Compa
ny-
To levy a special tax for
Ashe coiintv.
To amend chapter 22, private
laws of 1899.
To direct the treasurer of
Caswell county to pay $33.67
to A. J. Hooper.
To incorporate the Carolina
Art Company.
To protect quail in Yancey
county.
To increase the number of
commissioners of Hertford coun
ty and re-establish the office of
county treasurer.
To prohibit hunting birds in
Clay and Macon counties. j
To prevent hunting on lands
in Craven county without con
! sent of owners of lands.
1 To protect deer in Onslow
county.
To incorporate the Hertford
County Telephone Company.
For the relief of N. H. Jones
Robeson county.
For the relief of Peter Car-;
ver. (col.) of Robeson county.
To amend chapter 128, priv
ate laws of 1899.
To amend chapter 262, pub
lic laws of 1885.
For the relief of Miss Mary
Glass, of Caswell county.
To change the name of Louise
Yard Mills.
To allow defendants in peace
warraut cases to appeal to the
judge holding the court, when
the appeal shall be heard by
the judge.
To amend the act, ratified
January 26tli, for the relief of W
T. Cross, clerk of the Superior
Court of Gates county.
For appointment of justices
of the peace in Rockingham
county.
For the relief of G. F. Gar
ner, white school teacher in
Randolph county.
For the relief of Robt. N, Mc
-1 Neill.
To authorize the commission
ers of Halifax county to use the
* surplus funds derived from the
■ sale of bonds under the acts of
1899, chapter 535,
( To amend chapter 581, pub
■ lie laws of 1899.
To amend chapter 85, laws
f of 1897, in relation to the pub
lic schools of Durham county.
1 To amend chapter 273, acts
of 1899.
5 To regulate the working of
>. convicts in Pasquotank county.
To amend the charter d¥ the
>• Methodist Orphanage;
To amend chapter 435, pub
lie laws of 1899, relating to
.fishing in Neuse river.
' To allow Bryan Buck, a one
-3 armed Confederate soldier, to
1 peddle without license.
To increase the license tax
for retailing liquors in Greens
-5 boro.
1 To amend the school laws of
Person county.
3 To place the State's oyster
T steamer Lilly in the custody of
the Governor.
5 To incorporate the Piedmont
1 and Alleghany Railroad Co.
To incorporate the Valley
> town cemetery in Cherokee Co.
To incorporate the town of
1 Wiugate, Union county.
7 To regulate the keeper of the
capitol.
f To empower the commission
ers of Swain county to levy
j a special tax for the purpose of
* building a bridge at Whittier's,
N. C.
5 To incorporate the town of
Mapleton, Hertford county,
f To incorporate the Winter
ville High School, in Pitt
* couuty.
To empower the commission
- ers of Macon county to pur
chase lands upon which to
i build County Home, and levy a
Tecial tax to pay for same.
To authorize the Board oi
County Commissioners of
Stokes county to levy a special
tax.
To amend chapter 17,' public
laws of the adjourned session of
1900.
To amend section 3692, of
The Code, relating to the collec
tion of taxes from tax-payers
removing from one county to
another.
To authorize commissioners
of Franklin county to issue
bonds for construction of steel
bridge across Tar River at
Louisburg, and for other pur
poses.
To change boundary between
Buncombe and Madison coun
ties.
To amend chapter 410, laws
of 1891, relating to the obstruc
tion of Swift creek, Edgecombe
county.
To supply public documents
to the North Carolina College of
Agriculture and Mechanical
Arts.
To correct State grant No.
736, of Macon county.
To appoint H. B. Harriss, H.
B, Thompson, W. F. Chenault
and Daniel Roseboro justices of
the peace of Cleveland town
ship, Rowan county.
To amend the charter of
High I'oint.
To incorporate the Fruitland
Institute, in Henderson county.
To authorize the mayor and
commissioners of the town of
Graham to issue bonds for sys
tem of water works.
To amend chapter 83, public
laws of 1891.
To amend chapter 621, laws
of 1899, by adding Miss Willie
E. Copelaud's name to list
of teachers to be paid.
To authorize commissioners
of Jackson county to levy a
j special tax.
To amend the charter of Wel
don.
To authorize Waynesville to
use certain funds now on hand
from sale of graded school
bonds for the purpose of con
structing water works and sew
erage.
To amend chapter 189, public
laws of 1899.
To amend the charter of
Dover, Gaston county.
To authorize the board school
directors of Jackson county to
pay certain school claims.
To amend chapter 265, pub
lic laws of 1899, regarding levy
of special tax in Grahum
county.
To authorize the commission
ers of Iredell county to lease,
hire out and work their convict
force on public and private
property.
To amend chapter 4, private
laws of 1891, consolidating and
revising the charter of the town
of Salem.
To change line between
Wentworth and New Bethel
townships, in Rockingham
county.
To incorporate the town of
Ros£ Hill, Duplin county.
To allow High Point to issue
bonds for $50,000,
To amend the charter of
Cherryville.
To amend chapter 114, pub
lic laws of 1895.
To correct State grant No.
1875.
To authorize mayor and
board of aldermen of Waynes
ville to issue bonds for water
works and sewerage.
To prohibit the sale of intoxi
cating liquors within one mile
of certain churches in Martin
and Pitt counties.
To appoint certain persons in
Rutherford county justices of
the peace.
To appoint R. S. Williams
justices of the peace of Oak
Ridge township, Guilford
county.
To protect fish in Haywood
county.
To appoint W. S. Uzzell jus
tice of the peace for Mosely
Hall township, Lenoir county.
To repeal chapter 103, pri
vate laws of 1897.
To appoint A. L. Lyman a
justice of the peace in New
Light township, Wake county.
To appoint J. L. Philpott a
magistrate in Palmyra town
ship, Halifax county.
For the relief of sheriffs and
tax collectors.
To authorize Marion, N. C.,
to establish water works and
sewerage and issue bonds there
for,
Concerning the Asheville and
Spartanburg Railroad Company
and authorizing that company
to buy or lease or be leased by
any railroad in the State of
South Carolina, to consolidate
or be consolidated with any
railroad company owning or
operating a railway or railways
in South Carolina.
To change the boundary be-
I tween Cherry Lane and Gaps
Civil townships, Alleghanv
L county.
I To incorporate East Spencer,
i Rowan county.
To prevent the sale and man*
: ufacture of liquor within three
miles of Mary Stewart school
house in Harnett county.
To prevent the felling of
timbers or bush in Meadows
i fork of Spring creek, or any of
1 its tributaries in Madison
county.
for relief of clerk of Superior
Court of Robeson countv.
To exempt train dispatchers
from jury duty.
To amend chapter 28, laws of
1899.
To repeal section 21, chapter
440, public laws of 1899, with
regard to fishing in certain wa
ters in New Hanover county.
To erect and keep in repair
certain fences around stock law
districts in Macon county.
To prohibit the killing of
deer in Montgomery county.
To extend the time to com
promise, commute and settle
the State debt.
For the relief of Laura B.
Daniel, of Nasbcounty.
To amend chapter 152, pri
vate laws of 1899.
To prevent the killing of
birds in McDowell countv.
To prevent hunting on any
lands in Alleghany county
without the written consent of
the owner.
To appoint justices of the
peace in several townships in
Caswell county.
The President's Power m
It is the habit of the new
school of politics to hoot at the
idea that we are drifting toward
imperialism, but there are ten
dencies which are too plain to
be ignored and which mu3t be
seriously considered.
The New York World utters
words of timely warning when
it says :
"If Congress shall pass the
Spooner bill, conferring upon
the president 'all military, civil
and judicial powers' for the
government of the Phillipines,
Mr. McKinley will become pos
sessed of more absolute power
than any monarch in Europe.
"For two years he has waged
a war of conquest and extermi
nation without one word of ex
press authorization by congress.
"He has exercised the treaty
making power without the con
sent of the Senate in the agree
ment with the Sultan of Sulu,
under which polygamy and sla
very have continued to exist for
more than a year in territory
under the jurisdiction of the
United States.
"Under the army bill just
passed the president can and
will increase the standing army
from 35,000, its minimum, to
100,000, the maximum, at his
, sole discretion. He has also
the appointment of 1,100 com
missioned officers, and can give
as large a proportion of these
• places as he desires to the sons
or favorites of politicians lately
taken from civil life, thus work
ing injustice to the trained and
deserving regular officers and
endangering the welfare, if not
the safety, of the army.
"On top of these extraordi
nary usurpations and grants of
power comes the proposition to
make Mr. McKinley bylaw, as
for two years he has been in fact
the absolute military, civil and
judicial ruler of tile-Philippines.
Under this broad grant of power
• the president could, unless re
strained by the forthcoming de
cision of the supreme court, leg
islate, or rather proclaim laws,
for 10,000,000 of people. He
could tax them at will, and
through his judges, decide their
status and decree the limitations
of their righfs and liberties.
He could bestow upon whom
soever he pleased franchises
' and privileges as to mines, for
ests and railroads worth mill
ions of dollars. He could en
, force his decrees-with his array.
"Neither William of Ger
' many nor Edward of England
and India possesses even a
shadow of the truly imperial
I power that has been vested in or
is now proposed for William of
of Canton.
It will not do to merely say
that William McKinley is a
good man and true patriot. If
I he were this in ten times great
er degree than he is he should
r not be clothed with the power
which congress has permitted
p him to assume and which it
, now proposes to increase very
; greatly.
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SOUTH CAROLINA LEOISEATI'UE.
The Impeachment of .Fustlees I'nrflm
and K. M. Oouglass—Groat Fxcllr*
ment In the Stale.
Raleigh, N. C., February 14.—There
was a distinguished assemblage of
noted men from every part of the Stale
w hen the resolution to Impeach Justices
Furches and R. M. Douglass of the Su
preme Court, for high crimes and mis
demeanors, came up to-day.
Mr. Allen presented the Impeachment
resolution.
Mr. Ebbs, Republican, presented the
minority report declaring there are no
grounds for impeachment.
Judge Connor presented an individual
resolution censuring the Judges.
The main charge is ordering by man
damus the payment of eight hundred
dollars from the State Treasury to
Shell Fish Commissioner White after
the Legislature had abolished his oflite
and passed an act forbidding payment
of any money to fcim.
Both Judges are Republicans and the
Democrats claim that this is only one of
some twenty partisan decisions. Thf-y
are charged with having violated the
law and Constitution in four cases.
The charges have created great ex
citement in the State and a long and
bitter fight is expected. Able speeches
were made to-day on both sides.
DEWET EXTERN CAPE CO I. OSi T.
Attacked by the Rritlwh and Itriirn
Out of the Town Willi I.OKM.
London, February 14. —The Evening
News to-day prints a dispatch from
Cape Town, dated Thursday, February
14th, which says:
"The Government here is advised that.
General Christian Dewet and former
President Steyn entered Cape Colony
and occupied Philipstown. The British
attacked them yesterday and drove
them out of the to_wn with loss."
Cape Town, February 14. —A Boer
commando crossed the Orange river
yesterday in the PhiUpstown district. It
is reported that Dewet was in com
mand.
Van Wyksvlei was occupied Monday
by three hundred Boers who were re
treating from Calvinia.
The Boers are reported in force t wen.
ty-four miles west of Carnarvon.
A Boer convoy of sixty-five warror.?
and forty-five prisoners has been cap
tured north of Amsterdam.
London. February 15. —The War Office
has received the following dispatch
from Lord Kitchener:
"Pretoria, February 14. —Our troops
are now engaged with Christian
Dewet's force north of Philipstown,
which we hold, Dewet having tressed
the Orange river at Zand Drift, appar
ently moving west.
"French, reporting from a point
twenty-five miles southeast of Ermelo,
states that a large force of the enemy
is being driven onto Piet Relief, their
efforts to break back having so far
been frustrated.
"The Inniskillings charged the ene
my, who left five killed and six wcunc"-
ed on the ground. Ten Boers were cap
tured, and there was a large capture
cf wagons, carts and cattle.Our casual
ties were one killed and five wounded."
Cape Town, February 14.—Fighting Is
t reported to have 'aken place near
' Aberdeen on Friday and Saturday last,
the Boers being worsted.
STEAMER COM A9l I'll E OX FIRE.
The Flame* Controlled tiler a Hard
Fi^ht —Pmwen icers l*niiio» v iHf* en.
Charleston, B. C., February 14.
Twelve hours after the Clyde steamei
Comanche left New York and when she
1 was off Fenwick Island at 3 o'clock
' Wednesday morning smoke was dis
covered issuing from the skylight of the
engine room and speedily burst intc
' flames. The alarm was sounded, and
' after two hours' hard work the fire was
i controlled; but not until after eight «.i
ten persons had been slightly bruised
> and burned. The damage to the shij
consisted in the destruction cf the en
gine room, where the fire rnysteriouslj
I originated, and a part of the woodwork
of contiguous staterooms. During th»
excitement the passengers, of whom
there were 181, 121 of them first-class,
were panic-stricken.. Officers-and crew
behaved with greaj bravery. The
Comanche sailed hence for Jacksonville
at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
> REFUSED TO CONDEMN SENATOR
; M'LAURIN.
Columbia, S. C., February 14.—The
House of Representatives to-day, de
oate having been shut off, tabled Mr.
Mc-Master's resolution condemning Sen
ator McLaurin fpr aligning himself
with the Republican administration in
its foreign policy antT 1 on the' ship sub
sidy. To-day. by an almost identical
vote—ss to 49—the House • refused to
take the matter up after Mr. Ruckcr
had made a bitter denunciation of Mc-
Laurin.
To-night Mr. McLaughlin offered an
other resolution, commending >'onat. j
Tillman and ron-lemning Mcl/wrin.
substitute of milder language was of
l fered by Mr. Cosgrove. The Hcuse .in a
t general uproar adjourned without de
. claring its policy.
I A number of members held aloof,
l« taking the position that the Legisla
ture has no right to criticise the men
i whom it has elected.
THE VICKERS-MAXIM-CRAMP
r DEAL.
P New York, February 14.—The Times
' to-morrow will say: Negotiations look
- ing to a consolidation of the Vickers
, Sons and Maxim Company, Limited, oj
* England, the Cramp Ship and Engin
r Building Company, of Philadelphia, and
, the Mid vale Steel Company, of Nice.
* town, have been satisfactorily con.
t eluded. The capital of the new com.
pany will be >32,000,000, .divided as fol.
7 lows: $10,000,000 in bonds, J10.000.000 in
6 per cent, preferred stock and $12,000,.
000 in common stock. The New York
underwriters will be the Morgan TrusJ
Company, while the London under
writers will be Chaplin, Milne, GrenfeJ
I & Company. The original capital to car.
ry out the project is being furnished bj
English financiers and the Vickerj
Company will, it is said, under the co*.
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