North Carolina Newspapers

THE CAUCASIAN Vol. XIX. RA.LEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY JUNE 20. 1901. No. 27 Edloria in. The Southern Industrial Confer ence which has been In w-hhIoii in Philadelphia fur the mt week has attracted wide spread attention and many wise utterances have been de livered. If it will result in an wise tion being taken, the South will I- much Ijeneflted thereby. A new lot of fraud has leen JIh covered iu the Commissary lepirt ment of the Army at Han Francisco. From the Associated I 'rem reports it would seem that these frauds are on a large scale and that some olll nm cf high rank may bo implicated, it has not U-eri long since similar fraud were unearthed at Manila, and everybody in, of course, familiar with the Havana scandal. It seems that the further men go away from home the more inclined they are to corruption. The Constitutional Convention which has jiihI assembled in Virginia to deal chielly with the suffrage question ha decliiusl by a vote of at)oiit two-thirds majority to take an otilh to support the Constitution of the United States. One delegate suid during the debate that if they hud to swear to support the Con stitution of the United State the convention might as well adjourn unit go hone, for they could not fol low the example of North Carolina and Louisiana in disfranchising a certain class of votes without violat ing the Constitution of the United States. LETTERS OF THE PEOPLE. MORE COMPLAINT AGAINST THE LAST LEGISLATURE IN REGARD TO THE REVENUE ACT. I A COMPLAINT FROM BRUNSWICK. If the Htata Farina do Not Pay Uslng y " Labor flow do Individual Kirmrn Mass a Good Uvlng Tb Nait Uover nor not l.lkelr to bn a Democrat. HhariHburg, N. C., June 8, 1901. Inclosed please find renewal for my sulwcrlptlon to the Caucasian. I consider the pajier more truthful and more to the point' than any Iper I ever read. Geo. W. Hai.es. The spirit of the law leanness and violence which has been manufactur ed in the South by designing politic ians seeking otllco by fomenting race prejudice and encouraging revolu tionary methods, has received a rude shirk at the hands of the sheriff of an obscure ( ieorgia town. A mob went to the .Jail to lynch a prisoner (who whs not charged with rape.) Tut sheriff warned the mob to btand back. They paid no heed to his warning, whereupon the sheriff tlcned tire, killing two of the num Ur and dispersing the mob. We regret that bloodshed was the re sult, but every law-abiding citizen must commend the action of the sheriff in upholding the dignity of the law and teaching red-shirters and revolutionists that all are equal U'tbre tho law. I-OUD AN1 INfJ COMPLAINT HOME HEAVY O.UK8TIONH. Mookehvikle, N. C, June 15, 1 l. There is loud and long complaint against the last legis lature in regard to the ltevenue Act. The lister here requires you to re turn insolvent accounts or notes, stock in incorporated cos. (does not allow to deduct indebtedness), bees, chickens, geese, loose lumber, wear Ing apjiearal, wife and children' clothes etc. An ex-democratic member of the egislature, was asked if it was not worse than the fusion legislature and lad to admit in my presence that it did him worse. In mv ooinion. unless the next legislature does some good work, the next Gov. will not K) a democrat, and may God speed the day. With increased population and property of course more taxes are required; but it should by all means be a lower rate for that reason, un less it takes it all to run the penitentiary. If a state which owns its own farms and has its labor furnished free cannot make ends meet, where will the ordinary farmer and renter appear? If manufactures cannot and will not allow convict labor to compete with them why should the farmer be compelled to do so? I am in favor of selling out all the state farms and working the roads with the convicts; not, however, like Iredell county Is working hers. 8. A. Lowrance. a"a mm .ataav m mm mm mm mmm - I MOVEMENT IT IS "PROMOTIVE OF PERJURY." 17HY SHOULD NOT QUITE rUK KtUtF THE "KEVEXUK ACT" OK 1901 IS llOITX'ni.Y IKNirl'KIi ITRFS09 "r.nniiKF" mmm WW MVWtilllftil THE "HE VENUE ACT" OF 1901 IS ROUNDLY DENOUNCED BUSINESS MEN WANT KELIEK. N ASHLiT0N CAROLINIANS KESPONDIXU TO THE AP PEAL FROM MITCH ELL COUNTY. APPEAL TO THE COVCMOI TO CALL SPECIAL SESSICX OF LEGISLATOR! TO ABEND IT. CONGRESSMAN MOODY LEADS. The weekly weather and crop bul letin calls attention to the great .scarcity of farm labor in the state enecially in the eastern part. Iast summer when the Simmons redshirt machine were manufacturing a race Issue campaign because they dared not go before the people and ask for orlice on any other issue we called attention reieatedly to the evil re sults to the farmer that would lot low. We i m lie ted that the result would be that thousands upon thou sands of the best negro laborers would leave the state. These pre dictions were whistled down the wind by Simmons and his revolu tionary henchmen. Thousands and thousands of the best negro lalorers nave left and the farms of the state are suffering for the want of labor. Mr. Simmons has secured his office at the expense of the farmers and is perfectly happy regardless of the harm that he has done. ANOTHER VOICE. Soutbport Standard. Excelsior, N. C. I appreciate the people's speaking out, and denounc ing tnia ongarcny torm ot govern ment which is not in keeping with constitution. JirunswicK county had elected a full set of officers, who were all honest and honorable men, so far as I know, and were discharging their duties in accordance with law to the best interest of the people of the county. Now, I denounce this cowardly act of the legislature in appointing these four extra commis sioners, imposing a burden on the county. She did not want them, but they were appointed regardless of the will or wishes of her citizens. Now, I do not condemn the Dem ocrat party, as a whole, in this mat ter, for the better element of them is outspoken against it in very em phatic terms; and I am glad that the people can distinguish right from wrong, and may the time come when they will act accordingly. Sam'l Evans. who were rendered destitute in the recent floods. Congressman Moody was elected chairman of the meeting, Albert S. Drown secretary, and S. E.K.Buch anan treasurer. Major Moody stated that in Mitch ell county $1,000,000 of damage was done by floods, l,2u0 people render ed homeless and 2,o00 houses and barns swept away. The people were destitute. Their growing crops also were washed away. Their situation, he said, was de plorable aud their condition appealed to the charitable everywhere and especially to their kith and kin. On motion the following commit tee was appointed to solicit subscrip tions; Mr. James Cassady, Poet Office Department; Hon. J. C. L. Oudger, Treasury Department; Peter M. Wilson, Senate; S. E. K. Buchanan, district building; Albert S. Brown, general post office; William II. Fowle, Jr., War Department; D. II Groves, Pension office; A. O. Shaw, Interior Department; W. W. Loi g, Agricultural Department. Chairman Moody then called for subscriptions from those present, and $50 was handed in as follows: Major James M. Moody, S. E. K. Buchanan, A. S. Brown $5 each; W. B. Kaudall $1, P. A. Cummings, J. 11. Calloway, A. M. Brown and Jas. Cassiday $2 each; Mr. M. S. Farmer, W. M. Briggs $3 each; W. M. Smith and Dr. J. M. Mewborn $1 each; John B. Loftis $2. The meeting drew up an appeal to the Washington public, reciting the facts as outlined in Chairman Moody's address and signed officially by the three officers of the meeting. This will appear in the three daily papers here. Another meeting will be held Monday to receive returns from the soliciting committee. During the course of meeting ad dresses were made reciting the con dition in Mitchell county by Messrs. Scott, Buchanan, Albert S. Brown, Bell and others. The Caucasian predicted, early after the adjournment of the legi-la- ture, that as soon as the provisions of the lied shirt ltevenue Act of 1901 should become known by the eople, there would le protests and com plaint of no small volume. The prediction baa come true. There ha scarcely been a citizen of property who has listed taxed who ha not de nounced the act in its entirety, and now there comes an organized com plaint against it which bids fair to make Itself heard. The first open opposition was from Wilmington. In that city it was announced that counsel had been employed to test the constitutional of the act on account of irregular passage, but the provision of the act ltelf were what caused the opjusition. Now there comes from Fayetteville an organized protest from the busi ness element, with ao apj.ieal for the business organizations iu all other towns in the state to unite in an effort to have the ltevenue Act amended. The sections from which the opposition comes are known to contain the most ardent supporters of the political machine which foisted this with some reason CONDITION WHICH ALLli(MH) PEOPLE OUGHT TO UNITE INSTAMPINCi OCT. SOMEIEMK'RATICOPlS10NS A1MIUTA MAN WHO IS THE AlTIMi GOVERNOR. MO IS TO 6 LAME FOITIE OlfrEKBK tQIS Of SQ0EAUMC MOOT m9lV in Aim ion Dollar DamuTwflr IlnndrtMl People IIoulaa -Twenty-Are Maud red I ousts and Barns Hwept A- wty-( ommltUe Appointed to Solicit Subscriptions. A sjiecial to the Morning Post says: "A meeting of citizens of North Carnlina residents in Washington was held on Thursday at the Na tional Hotel to devise means for aiding the people of Mitchel county act upon the people, and it might have been thought Ta fta4daa4 or all MortM-TW lHareiatl nation la Tn TmlBMl of Prudlral Horn and a Prodi- I 1 aaalae-W ay Hack lafai lajattrf HfM Tatar T. aur r.mrmU -Am Jol Tay Mad-A4 Talara. rdHr ra A I VCmm ta MI that the controlling element of these sections would have submitted in silence to almost anything for the purpose of justifying the political course that had been pursued in them. But not so! The oppression and danger of eternal moral ruin they have helped to work too much for even red shirt endurance and now there is a cry for relief. The action of the Chamber of Commerce of Fayetteville tells its own story, and is stated in disitches as follows: llesolution of Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce. Fayetteville, N. C, June 14. The following important resolution has just been passed by the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce: "Whereas, we are informed by tax list experts, and ourselves believe, that the existing Willard tax listing law is impracticable, incapable of execution, unjust, promotive of perjury and of interminable litigation, unprecedentedly inquisitorial, and unconstitutional In spirit if not in letter. ltesolved, that the Chambers of Commerce in North Carolina b re quested to co-operate with us In an immediate appeal to the governor to call a special session of the legislature to amend the sid act, or to take such other action as may relieve the present unfortunate situation." The Cah asiax ha seen nothing recently that apr so ju.t and timely a. the following Mlitorial from the Charlotte Olnerver: "The Monroe Journal and the Statesville Idtnduiark have Uth been moved to coniihion over the icritk Uui of that reference. Kvery- Ihirlng tbe famou and Infatuou Auut ranilgn of IShio, a rrulfi rtbn iViuirrattc tdm-t tU phetnoun enough to refer to the deniorratif candidate for (lovenior a Htod like;" ami Own a no STATE TEACHERS' ASSEMBLY- INTERESTING SESSION VILLI. AT WRIGHTS- FIVE HANGED TOGETHER. THEY FIRST SANC AT THE JAIL The North Carolina Teachers' As sembly which has been in session during the past week at Wrights ville has produced a Hood of oratory on education. We trust these flue words will materialize into a four months public school system for the whole state, but let those who are the authors of the fine words remem ber that words alone will not accom plish this. It Is a little strange that it did not occur to any of these champions of public education in the South to condemn the act of the recent democratic legislature in at tempting to rob the public school fund of the state of the fines and penalties which the constitution says shall go to that fund. It wil be remembered that the school fund would have been robbed ot more than $100,000 by this one act had not the Supreme Court of the state promptly declared the act of the legislature unconstitutional. In this connection it Is also noticeable that the last legislature attempted to avoid the decision of the Supreme Court; in short, attempted to persist in their effort to rob the public school fund, and another suit has now been brought in Ashevllle to test this matter. Deeds speak loud cr man words, but we trust they will amend their ways to conform to their words. Extract from a letter to the Win ston Republican. Shelby, N. C, June 5, 1901. "or more than a third of a century the rank and file of our people have been influenced in their political views almost entirely by political rejudice and sectional hatred. True, we have always had a few men who had tho courage of their convictions and dared to defend them, but they were always hopelessly in the minor- ty. A few have always been wil ing to concede honesty of purpose to those who disagreed with them in politics, but the masses have cried out, Crucify him! Crucify him! Un der the influence of the party lash "Christian" men have shut their eyes and "buried their consciences" while designing politicians have perpetrat ed in the name of "White Supre macy," crimes that would put to shame the most cruel despot that ever disgraced a throne. To one who has suffered at the hands of a political rabble,it is grati fying to see a prospect of reforma tion and to hear men who have been slaves to the machine rejoicing at the prospect of manhood liberty. Of course the politician who has profited by the past state of affairs in the South for the last 25 years is not pleased at the present outlook, and is doing everything in his power to maintain the old regime. But the leaven Is working and the peo ple are throwing off the shackles of Some of the Topics of Discussion-Hon. C. II. Mebane Declines Re-election as Secretary High Commendation For Him From the Assembly. The State Teachers' Assembly is in session at Wrightsville, and is en gaged in a very vigorous programme. Many questions and problems are being discussed. The first day's ex ercises included the following : Prof. W. H. Ragsdale discussed the work of the county superintend ent. He claimed th it our present ed ucational ills could not be solved by courses oi study, longer terms or more money, but by more efficient supervision and personal work by county superintendents. Prof. E. W. Sykes said N. C. had had a military ideal; that we had been boasting of Virginia Dare, Alamance, the Mecklenburg Decla ration, but our children cannnot read and write. We should try to find out what other people think of us, quit talking about being the greatest people and go to work to educate the children. Editor J. W. Bailey in the ablest speech of the day, plead for liberty of thought in North Carolina and discussed the function of newstia- pers in education. He urged com pulsory education, local taxation and improved supervision. The election of officers resulted as follows: Professor Edwin Mims, president; W. D. Carmichael, secre tary; vice presidents, E. W. Sykes, E. P. Mangum, R. L. Madison, J. A. Holmes, P. P. Claxton, T. D. Bratton, Miss M. W. Haliburton. Hon. C. H. Mebane declined re-election as secretary. The assembly passed this resolu tion: "Resolved, That the members of the North Carolina Teachers' As- siAinhlv Tiiivft heard with sinnerfi rp- It appears by thete- tthatprof c H Mebane finds LIFE INSURANCE MONEY. Amounts Distributed in Various Sections of the United States Big- Increase in the South. New York, June 10. The Insur ance Press, ot New York, in its is sue tomorrow will publish the sta tistics which It has compiled from returns showing the amounts dis tributed through the medium of life insurance in the year 1900, in more than 6,200 cities and towns ot the United States and Canada. The gross payments of insurance compa nies and associations in that period is stated to have been not less than 1273,590,870. bles that 107 cities received more than $100,000 each. Nineteen cit ies received more than $1,000,000. More than $70,200,000 moredistrib uted in the Middle States last year a considerable gain over the record of 1899; in the Central States the distribution amounted to $36,300, 000, a gain of nearly $5,000,000 over 1899: in the New England States $25,900,000 was paid out, something more than in 1899; in the Southern States the payments reached $20,- 500,000, or $1,000,000 more than in 1899, the policy holders and their beneficiaries in the Western States received $15,400,000, about $1,400, 000 more than in 1899; in the Pacific States the payments were $7,300,000, approximately equivalent to the payments in 1899. NEGROES IN THE SHOP. White Men Emphasize Their Protest by Walking Out. Baltimore, June 12. The em ployment of colored laborers by the Structural Iron and Steel Company at its shops was followed by the en tire force quitting work this morn ing. Eight negroes were put to work in the supply yards. Superinten political burden and openly declare dent Banks was waited on immed fhotr infontirm nf oYPrrMsinff their I itelv bv the white men, and upon wvvs v- www c7 i f . . righths as freemen. Political lines his refusal to discharge the negro likely to occur until tne negro snau a m xri nA naDr oiitmmpiits lahorem one hundred men walked again become an issue in a national Bl J aC A W Al-IK. WT O. V Bja-a Tl mm J m a a - ww - . . I it impossible on account of his offi cial duties as president of Catawba College, to retain the office of secre tary and treasurer of the assembly; thev therefore, desire to give ex pression to their opinion that he has been in every way an energetic, faithful and efficient officer; wise in the leadership of educational forces and enthusiastic in his endeavors to arouse educational sentiment. He has been uniformly thoughtful of interests of each individual mem ber of the assembly and has won their lasting esteem an love. As Superintendent of Public Instruc tion and as a secretary of the as sembly, he has made significant con tributions to educational develop ment of the state. We heartily wish him Ood-sneed in hia new field of a. work and trust that he may attain an even greater success than has al ready crowded his indefatigable la- w - bors educationally." Not Likely to Ocour. Philadelphia Evening Telegraph. That the negro will be disfran chised there cn be but little doubt, if the Southern States are to be left to dispose of the question as they see fit and pass laws nullifying the Federal Constitution. Sooner or later, however, political conditions will bring this question to the at tention of Congress; but this is not A Quintette of Nerroes Pay the Penalty For Murder They Belonged to an Or ganization Were Conricted of Klllinr two White Men-They Bore up WeU. Sylvania, Ga., June 14th. Five negroes named Augustus, Sande s, Davis, Hudson and Baldwin, were hanged on one gallows at this place today. The necks of four were bro ken by the fall. The fifth died from strangulation. The negroes bore up well. They sang at the Jail, and then marched between a squad of soldiers to the scaffold. Here they made short talks and received spiritual consola tion. They then drank lemonade furnished by the sheriff and thanked that official for his kindness. The gallows was erected in an en closure just outside the jail. It btood high above the fence, and when the condemned men stepped upon the platform they were in plain view of the assembled crowd. Five ropes were thrown over the main beam of the gallows, and the trap upon which the men stood was about eight feet wide. The crime for which they were hanged was the murder of two young wnite men, t ill more Iler- rington and Milton Mears. The negroes were members of an organi zation known as the "Knights of the Archer." When Mears and Herrington, in company with offi cers ot tne law, tneu to arrest a negro they were fired upon from ambush by apparently a dozen guns and rifles. Mears fell dead in his tracks. Herrington, mortally wounded, crawled a hundred yards and died. The coroner's inquest developed evidence against eight negroes, all members of the "Knights of the Archer," including those who were hanged today. Upon the trial the five named admitted that they were in the ambushing party, but claimed that they were forced into it by others under threats of death if they refused. A conviction resulted and the men were sentenced to death. story of the young woman of rvfliw ment aud education who appeared recently in Durham, seeking a home for her infant in arms and telling a sad story of betrayal aud wrong. The Journal is reminded of the graphic story In Hugo's Ijcm Miser able. The Landmark Hjieaks out forcibly and truthfully as follows: We have printed this htory not to give curreucy of a story of shame, but to make a few general remarks upon one of the blots of our civilization. It Is the refine ment of cruelty that when a woman falls, or rather when her sin U found out, she is ever afterward a social outcast. No matter how upright she may live afterward he will never again be what she was' before. But the scoundrel who brought about her ruin, or who was at least a partner in her guilt, is not con demned. He is received in society and practically, to all intents and purposes, Is as much esteemed as ever. Ana tne strangest part of It all is that a man may le a moral leper and women not all of them, of course, but most of them will smile upon him and treat him a courteously as they would a saint; but if one of their weak sisters fall they will draw aside their skirt when they pass her by. But when the woman taken in adultery was brought to the Master, he said to her accusers, "He that Is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her," and they all slunk away; and when the accusers were all gone the Master told the erring one to go and sin no more. We are reminded by the com ment of our contemporaries of the strong and pathetic verses of Cecil P. Pool, a native North Carolinian, who made his home in Lynchburg, Va. They are entitled, "The Two Prodigals," and are as follows: When the roses of summer were bud fling and blooming And ripening wheat bent 'neath i( burden or gold. Came a prodigal sjn, world weary and ta tered, To tne pUci where his footst-p hid echoed of old. fhej clung to bis garments with tears and caresses, Till the cap of bis welcome with joj was o'errun . And the fl jwera of Io?e acd forgive ness were woven n a b'O Bumi' g crown for the Prodi gal Son. MILLIONS VS. MACHINISTS. M CTA LTlUhKS n V KNTIOX I LACKS $Sou.ooii AT Ms iniSALoFSTIUKKOJil. MITTKK. ceasicfuic nu im bat. la m llaa t I a I Miam 1 rt i l auli i a bare, 'round When icicles bung from the frozen branches. And winter winds moaned the dwellings of men Forsaken and homeless, a prodigal daughter Creeps back to the borne of her child hood again. But they drove her away in the storm and the darkness And i he icy cold wind', with their chill p ercing breath While the pitiless corses tfeat followeJ h-r foottt-pfl Were keen as the tempest, and cruel as death. Old WITCHCRAFT OUT WEST. Times 1b New Entiaod ProTided With Variations In Indiana. THIRD TERM ADVOCATED. Congressman Grosvenor Says tbe Condi tions Justify It Time to Demolish the Fiction of the Unwritten Law. Cincinnati, June. "There has been no time in our history when conditions would so justify the elec tion of a President to a third term as in the case of Mckinley." This remark was recently made by Congressman Chas. H. Grosven- or. "McKinley is personally the most popular President we have had in a long time and he has certainly most creditably pertormea tne auues oi ry of having bewitched it, and In his high omce. I think it is time, his anger assaulted her and gave her furthermore, to demolish the fiction a severe whipping with a whip, also that there is an unwritten law, es- knocking her down and kicking her. tablished by Washington, that no I j appeara that this was ihe taking place. Donatio. How lie Caught Him Norfolk, Va., June 7. Missing money for some time J. C. Boyd rigged up an attachment to his cash out. Officials of the company said today that the colored men were employed in the supply yard only after it had been found that white men could not adapt themselves to the labor. The company has contracts ou campaign. Indianapolis, June 1 3th. Mrs. Catherine Ferry, the wife of a prom inent German farmer of DuIkis Co., has been driven away from her home by the threats of neighbors who charge her with being a witch, saying she has worked her evil charms to their Injury by causing the death of their horse', cattle and thing went" In tin. dlgrarvful daj. Now, thrre weioa ti l mhih thing of an awakttilng in Mtut quarters aud noiue apl an byb fiing to t what unmitigated, rtl-an-hlindtd idiot tln-y made of thenitflvn. It wwk th Cat 1AKIAN trlnted an attract from a democratic iptT In which It oUvIaml that the apintment of legislator lo job they made for thetuwlvm had ''reached the oirkening lnt." Thii week there I offered tMow rome more dcrnorratic comment which hhows that If the opinion that the de-facto Governor of thl tte was Kidlike" was unanimous, th-Te has been considerable change. We do not mw w ith uhat reason the-o democratic editor are com plaining, however, for they hclad to bring about tbe existing d I -graceful condition of affairs in eplte of the plaiuot and clearest warning" of what was coming that wen ever given. Here are th) complaint: U'.dboro Mr senger A Intelligence The jieople of the tate thought they had cause to congratulate them- selve-t and the lrty uon the nomi nation and election of our present Governor. They had the right to exited that the dutlei of that great office would 1 discharged In a man ner conducive to the Uwt intent ol the state and a majority of ih dem ocratic Nople; yet we have aeen Frank Winston, of plotted -lltl al record, preferred over that loyal, true and life long democrat, Peebles, for the high itfxition of rujrlor Court Judge. While Winston wan dickering with George White aud others to obtain the republican nomi nation for Judge In hi district, and unbosoming himself in that famoux letter that must not lie forgotten, a it proclaimed the man as he wa, Peebles was htanding up in the legis lature of the Ftate, a leader of the few, making a deejwrate effort to protect the outraged decency of the state. It is a pitiable hiectacle that any democrat of fair ability tuut be Ftood down for this political acrobat who has belonged to all parties and has been true to none. The appointment of Judge Kryan, of the Criminal Court, ha hhade better. It Is understood In the parts that he has not voted the na tional democratic ticket in tbe iaxt two elections. The last appointment U one that is better than either. It can be said of Judge Neal that he Is a democrat at least. No one would charge that he is a learned and great lawyer. In fact, if we must pjieak with solx-r-ness and the truth, he is neither learned nor great In the minds of his unprejudiced friends. Jle is not possessed of those great judicial qualities and dignity that should characterize one holding the honor able and responsible position of Superior Court Judge. While not our choice si Hi he is a fimon ure and unwavering democrat. The appointment of Spalnhour is another striking example of the political reward 'f one who ha nw-d every effort for the disruption and overthrow of the Democratic party. Is it possible that m our Governor thinks he can handbag tried and true democrats and ue his great office In payment of his own personal politi cal obligations to such men as Win ston, Bryan and Bpainhour and tbe people remain silent? Things political as they emanate llrfrntMr lo tlx great atrik cif tt mat hlatU all ovrt tlw country ha already taa-n mad In tb Cat ! AI4N. Ttwtr rltU-r .WsBiSbd ar-toa lota for a !lr hour wi4klitg day. Now tlw 'UiJo)rr hatr laksxt a hand In the utatlrr. ami art- rtd to -td ioMIim in th fight inltal lit inarMnUu. It aimr tiat an lena th latirr OMiitoand ItutneOM auiiim of too. ry Ihry tou4 Umm IMr tight. A a ruU tlwy -ano4 long ithttut niKMy. TU iitltty crs, as a rule, have iiHXM-y, a ltd ran go on living liKlriMkHit of work men for rtiM Hit. All of alik li ho that tmtoey la tit groatnat thing on earth. lVrhat this ought not to t mi, I Kit It U ml A UW jsitch dated June 12-h flotn New York my a: "The convention ofth National Metal Trade' a- latlon Tit!tiu! It mavlun today. The closing hours of tlx convention an I wing uuted to the completion of organization and final plana lo strengthen th hand) of the manufelurrr In their right agaln4 the striking marhlnUU. The mini of f .'oo,ooO rUd by a Mormcnt 1 to lie 4acd at tlx dt piaial of the ftrikt coniuittU, to la used lo lrhalf of the employ era. Tim committee in r HiatituteU aa follow a: Wllllan hcliawahauauer, Itrooklyu; John Young, Mlluaukr; h. W. Watkhus Milwaukee; Cttaa, I tils-. AtiMonla, 1 4111.; N. It. Payne, Ki nd ra; W. 1) Sale, Cleveland; Tboniaa i: lurUii, llrle; William K. Ijalge. Cincinnati and K. G. Gllta-rt. Scran- tou. Akd as to the u of this fund, W.J. Oialtiier, chairman of tlx pn committee. Maid: I nupi uewlll usf It a tlie ft ri kern do, to fUpjtort their fellow. pay plcketf, ami meet oilier general expetLieM. ve usfj f ir.c.ooo in ttie Cleveland strike, when we aid home men a Imhium of II a day. There are millions more If they am needed. We have Jut mvifd a telegram from I lie Pacific rat pledging II I of I 'I' firms to mem bership. We have delegate frtn Kan Francisco, Seattle and Portland, and the went Is with Us. We week no trouble but jro V protect our Interest and Industry. We are s.rfrting district organization which will be lu a immure I den dent, but all the members will lasiu the national arocialioa and we will work together In harmony. We regard tbe outlook aa satisfactory and are elated at t lie rapport that we are getting. "We are suffering no lum arlalog IS aa. irom ueiay on contract wnich t were fulfilling at th time our ma chinist struck, for all our or ant ran contain a clause releasing ua from liability." Jut I-fore m a committee consisting of W. Grant King, of Buffalo, F. II. HUH torn, or New York, and F. M. Shrink, of Smttle, were named to reort ou the ub- ject. The committee spent the recnmln executive nvelon. Sentiment la diversified. There are advocate of a universal nine hour day, friends of a ten hour day with five hour off Saturday, and a radical Irty that i for a straight tea hoar day through the entire week. It li understood that the question of wage will be left entirely in the' ban Is of Individual employer and that no labor organization will tie recognized. ckovikc conex. other live stock. Yesterday one of from our Chief Executive, do seem her neighbor's horses became un- ldtle strange. manageable and he accused Mrs. Fer- If political slates cannot lie bro ken they can be rattled until the folks take nothe. Monroe Eoqirrer, (Dem ) Back in 1896-97 we, as all other democratic editors of the state were President of the United States may signal for the uprising of the neigh-1 doing, poured hot fhot into Govern accept a third term. The facts are, as any student of the times may discover, that it was fear of defeat which impelled Washington to de cline a third nomination. Being a Federalist he was the object of very violent attacks on the part of the Democrats of his day, and recognizing the growing strength of his opponents, he doubted, as I be lieve, his ability again to secure an election if he should run." Dors generally against tne woman, for when she appealed to some of I them for protection they also turned against her and the local magistrate was requested to interfere for her protection. It is charged that she has the power of evoking the evil spirit in man or beast, and that she caused the death of several persons. Mrs. or Kussell lor appointing so many of the fusion legislators fo offices which they had created. We be lieved that we were right In that criticism we believe now we were right and fair in that criticism. But while we have made an Improve ment in a great many respects since 1899, we have not improved in this obnoxiou) matter of having places Ferry is sixty years old and has been I filled with legislators who created D eatli In Frightful Form.. Beading. Pa.. June 12. William J. Erlacher met with a frightful death here today. A number of men were sky-larking in an iron tossing a lighted torch from one to anotner, wnen it strucs: drawer last night to shoot the thief. During the night he heard an explo- hand amounting to $400,000, but as mill, TTa irwraHmfvl and found the contracts contain strike clauses, I one wm't. noir uvcA Aicrhtoen and it will be able, it is claimed, to close f Erlacher and exploded, covering i v , ii kJ,q chATw rvrflii fhonlaces of the em-1 him with a flood of blazing oil. a. cloves without suffering ny loss. Death soou ended his gony Rockfeller to BoUd a Dormitory at Tus- keearae. Tuskeegee, Ala., June 9 Princi pal Booker T. Washington, of the those places. Governor Aycock is out Kosselling Russell in giving political pie to those who created the offices they were afterward ap pointed to fill. We do not like a resiaent ot wis county lor many years. She says that the people have been prejudiced against her for three or four years, but it was not until a neighbor's child died two months ago and she attended the funeral political jobbery, no matter whether TneirauKta vnm,.i .nd Trtrinofriai I mat sue learnou inat sno was susDec-1 tne JoDDing is uono uY uemocTat or X utJiawjk vv v aaassa v - r w I t . a. . t 9 a 9. a I a -m-W Tnofifn it tKia niara ha a Kaati tea oi Demg in league wiiu me aev-1 reruDiican. we are sick ana urea nntifiAd hv Mr John D. Rockfeller U. She denies that she ever harmed I of seeing the legislature mike a lot that he will be riad to nrovide the "y one or that she has been the of new offices In the winter, and by mnnAv for' the erection of one of cause either directly or indirectly, the time the cows are turned out to the much-needed dormitories for of the ills that her neighbors charge boys at the Institution. .against her. (Continued on second page.) Ta) Crxrp la Bel at ad as Ot laJs New York, June. 1.1. I)Iptche from Dunn's correspondent through out the entire cotton belt on , tbe whole make a most MlUfactory showing. As shown by pre v loo reports the crop will average at leat two weeks later than usual, but this I not oocefarily cause for anticipa ting a 'educed yield. Unfavorable weather conditions daring the open ing weeks of the season Injured much of the seed and made replac ing necessary. This adds to the cost of tbe crop, but does not prevent a full yield. There seems to be from five to ten per cent Increase in tbe acreage under cultivation, and while damage undoubtedly has been Re vere in some sections, fairly good weather from now to the beginning of picking would inore an a bund-, ant yield. Excessive rain has made the growth of grass unusually rapid, and the scarcity of labor, together with large grain crops, make it diffi cult and expensive to keep the fields in good condition. Iojury from In sects I light in most states, except for boll wevil in parts of Texas and lice in regions where moLAure has been exceptionally heavy. These points are not as harmful as usual, however, and aside from tbe proba ble increase in cost the planters have cause lor gratification, vv v -