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: " f i 7 f t n ; to VOL. XXIII CHARLOTTE, N. C. SATURDAY EVENING. JANUARY 0. 1003. NO. B4C0 1 JUd : T R U G K I N G SOUTHER N WRITER SAYS IT HAD ITS INCEPT ION IN A MINT JULEP ,' trucking in the South, strange to say, had Us Inception in mint julep, writes Helen Gray, in the Bun ay. South. Possibly this famous bever- tKe will never again be responsible or go much good. The story goes that I clerk on a steamboat running to Charleston remarked" to - one of his )oon companions as they' sipped their mountain dew that there was no com parison between it and the mint Juleps of the South in proor or nis state ment he would bring mint on the next, ovaaje and give J them ' "' the oppor tunity of testing his words. When the next - trip was concluded to his de lighted companions he displayed, , in an old champagne basket,- not only mint,, but radishes, lettuce and straw berries. The berries found their way to a shop window and were thj flst ever seen by New corners, m tneir own land la. wtateatf Wi-V-. -vThis was In 1847. For 40 years sow truck farm Ins in the South has been an Important industry. It is said that there are more than 60,000 refrigera tor cars engaged ,1a carrying "ouwn season" garden s truck in the United States and Canada, of which the South doubtless can claim the largest share of business. While the first all rail shipment reached New York from Norfolk In May, 1885, trucking .around Norfolk and Portsmouth began In the fifties, and 200 barrel-loads of truck were shipped to New York. iGradually the trade increased until it reached its present day magnificent propor tions. One Richard Cox, who came down from New Jersey in 1844, was the first to make a success of the in- The Features of.,'.;. Modem Engineering! fly Henry Harrlson8uplee in the Jan h uary -March Forum. ; If the question were asked as to the characteristic feature of tne moa errtu aDDlied science of engineering, the reply would undoubtedly be: "The wholesale manner in which work U carried on." It IS not so very long igo that everything, except the small- . st articles and those Teimrw'-'in t'fefit Quantity, waa made singly, or at least In small lots; and even when standardizing and interchangeaDiiiiy jWere introduced, these methods were 1y no means used in. a . way which Rhowed a realization of their possi bilities. Tbe present tendency, on the contrary, is toward the elimination Pltogether of things' which cannot be made wholesale and methods which formerly applied only ; to firearms, sewing machines, typewriters, and the like,- are now in general use in the manufacture of steam engines, ma chine tools, electrical machinery, and Tiojirlv all mechanical products. - This has been brought about by a combination of two processes: ii) tne standardization of methods of manu? facture;, and (2) the discouragement of the demand for- special articles. Formerly the customer told the manu facturer what was wanted, and the 1 itter hastened to produce it pr the ! 'ans and specifications for a certain ructure were prepared by a consult i g engineer, and all bidders were re i ilred to' conform to these' documents i l the minute details; no two such i educations being alike. At the pres- it tlmij the customer, knowing what 1 .-wishes to accomplish, seeks to do i .as best he may by means of the t uidard articles in the market! or i it be a great engineering structure, i o engineer specifies only the gen- al requlremnts to be met, leaving oh manufacturer to meet these with I i own standardized produce. The I luence of these modifications" in en ; leering practice extends to the I I nufacture and supply of materials. 1 igo orders of standard shapes and i- is are the rule; and the small man- ii ipturer - who has been accustomed a t-i ' procuring nis aeuuieu oraers ui ried parts Dads mat nis ousiness I rdly desired by the side , of the r;e standardized orders of he great ':;i!ibli8hments.'.v;'Vf.0:':'...' r'(-v;-' The result of this concentration and I I nndardlzatlon has been to ; reduc costs very materially and to: render possible.' undertakings which would o t luTWiae be prohibitory , i in price. While to a certain extent it has ob literated Individuality in design, it has also removed much useless repe t";on, and has prevented needless ex r. ae in the production, of, rival ma chines, differing but slightly la design, iPt requiring duplications of draw ings, patterns, and tools. There Is UUj tie doubt that itfs to this wholesale velopment of various; departments engineering work that the rapid ex-i nsion of the. share of the United ates in the work of the world is gely due. This befng the case; 11 interesting to observe its further ogress; since the work of central tion and standardization i Is scarce begun, and Its rapid increase must accompanied by corresponding nomlc changes. i .' IN THE SOUTH 2 dustry, and to him has been 'given the appellation Of the "Father of Truckers.'V- " ' ' ' - Along th Tidewater. , The truck farms of-tldewater Vir ginia, more especially those In tlie section cbntlgOous to the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, have a repu tation that has reached far beyond the gates of their Own State. The greatest trucking country in the world, probably, says a bulletin"1 re cently issued by the Department of Agriculture at Washington extends from Norfolk, along the Atlantic coast to the southern part of Florida, and Of this notable strip of country Nor folk and Portsmouth are the greatest garden' truck centers; Charleston com ing, second, followed by Wilmington, famous' for it. lettuce fields. The soil of this district is unsurpassed, being for the. most part a light sandy loam with a subsoil of clay. The closeness of the Gulf Stream, which runs with in SO 1 miles of. the shore, tempers the climate, while the numerous little navigable waterways that indent the land furnish "excellent transportation facilities. ; It Is said that no farm In tidewater is more than- three miles from a navigable bit of water, and most of them are immediately on waterways. , " The busiest season in tidewater is from the middle of May up to Au gust Then"; the "mosquito fleet," as the upward of 2,000 small craft which transport garden truqk to the larger streamers to be conveyed to Northern markets' Is picturesquely, called, makes Its appearance in full force, and a busier scene could hardly be imag ined. !- "'-Virginia Truck Farms. ,. 'v Oysters and peanuts and hams. fruits and ' vegetables of endless variety make tidewater famous. A visit to one of the farms in this sec tion .will prove a revelation, One of the most celebrated la the A. H. und say farm, located about 10 miles out of Portsmouth on the edge of the Die mal Swamp. The yield of corn on this farm this year will be 60,000 bushels, shelled, and of good grade. A magnl flcent crop It is, and grown without the use of commercial fertilizers. The crop will be shipped to Europe. The bulk of it will go to Germany, where it will . be used as seed , corn for nsilage It does not mature. The estate, which comprises some 8,000 acres, Is divided into separate farms, all under one management The pres ent' owner was in possession of the property In the ,days of slave labor, when only enough produce was raised for home consumption. The farm is On a branch of the Elizabeth river, a lighter being - kept busy the year round carrying produce to Norfolk. There is no season of the year when some crop is not being marketed. Several crops are frequently ralBed on the same land in one season. A field of waving corn was pointed out, from which, earlier in the season, had been gathered a crop of potatoes, and later would be planted in rye.. The majority of truck farms on the Atlantic , seaboard are comprised, of between 10 and 15 acres. Others con tain upward of 100. A scientifically cared-for 10-acre farm will frequently yield f 2,000 worth of garden truck in a season. On The Lindsay Farm. The staple crops on . the Lindsay fa;jn are corn, Irish potatoes, wheat and strawberries. In the berry season as many as 300 hands may often be seen gathering the crop. The estate contains 1,000 or more acres of forest In which cattle are kept An additional 250 sheep have been added to the herd this year, owing to prices being ing better than ever before. Hogs are also raised.' Some extra-fine specimens were exhibited. Occasionally a stray bear from the Dismal Swamp Is caught on the edge of the forest One of the' many attractions of tide water Virvinia is Its splendid shell roads, which reach out In all direc tions. The drive to the farm is through delightful bits of woodland here a cotton patch and there a field of pea nuts, A negro cabin painted sky-bluo gave a humorous touch. Cabbage and kale were coming on. The village of Deep Creek, so famed before the war for Its shingles, was passed; as was also the Dismal Swamp canal, with Its whisky-colored , water, stained by the juice of juniper trees. , ' NUGGETS FROM GEORGIA. : De rainy day Is a good time for a man ter stay home en thank God de bill collector can't git out Folks what all time callln' fer fire in dls worl' will be de very ones what'll do de loudes' hollerin' for ice hereaf ter. "'-' .:,V"' !!.-.;, ,''; . Wen de cow kicks de milk ' Over. sttdder beatln' de cow, de wise man turns her out ter graze, en consoles hisse'f by aayin' oat mux ain't neaiiny, nOfeOW. - . ,;!-.: Dey calls dls worl a howling wilderr ness. en yit dey can't lay holt er a man silent enough ter draw a sal'ary in a sideshow! ...-. ' I don't study 'bout .de question er how many days hit took ter make de worl'; de leadln' question wid me is how many days will I be la it ? ' - - , f ' Jove! Should a girf with on active Aching for olf or a frnni. sm0 Jfewrrtir out, ttropgh the livelcng ' And Cupid, his arrowiand quiver 6r5oiil fi Rests qufetfy there ma cosy spot; . 'f W WW.GBU a Jiara on a giri-wrjuld " rk WW'm ' MM . ni ,;i nil. m imrmmmrmr i it; t a i f u ' -rr ' - OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOi 0 ? fl orifoe 'D o ctmn e 0 0 . 0 BY HENRY WATTERSON louisvillb covsier - journal f i oooooooooooooooo Some observations of the Courier Journal touching the Monroe Doctrine have stirred up a kind of upheaval in certain newspapers which regard ev erything not strictly conventional either as foolish, or iniquitous. Ac cording to these newspapers consis tency never varies its point of view. It is always the same both in its terms and its methods. It swears the horse to be sixteen feet high and sticks to it The world may move, but it grinds its heel in the ground and refuses to budge an inch. In a word, the adapting of means to ends is, ac cording to. our, critics, mere oppor tunism, and' to them the opportunist is little better than one of the wlok-ed...- - . ...i . '.-. ..... In despite, however, of such . com mentation and such commentators, we venture to- Insist that now is- an ex cellent occasion to consider the Mon roe Doctrine .with respect to its ac tual place in the , world of Interna tional Relations, having before us the purpose the clearer to define its meaning and obligations, rather than sit down upon a keg of combustibles and wait for some chance spark to explode It, laying in a single moment the train of consequences a century may not efface. ; '.-; Modern invention . has revolution ized modern conditions. Whilst we are readjusting the Declaration of: Inde pendence and readaptlng the ' Con stitution to meet these altered condi tions, It occurs to us that it were just as well to take up the Monroe ioc- trine, and, since It is not more sacred than its older sisters but likelier to lead us astray, to look tne situation as it is and as It progresses and por tends, full In the face. As this re quires a little mind action outside the routine of things commonly accepted, the proposed disturbance of a com fortable, albeit a dangerous equani mity, raises only resentment among those who love to loll on cobweb in powder-houses, and would rather be blown up with dynamite than doused with cold water. Before the War of Sections nothing was so sacred as the Constitution of the United States. But it could not, at least it did not save the institu tion of African Slavery, which it had granted and guaranteed. Perhaps It was because they set the terms of the Declaration ' of Independence against it and by claiming that all men are born free and equal found warrant for emancipation. In like manner the Monroe Doctrine has or late years come to be a mighty shlboletb. Strict ly speaking, it Is no "doctrine" at all. It is a simple Declaration, and, when it was promulgated, a very noble and resonant Declaration. Mr. Seward trotted it out to good purpose when, havlnar aot the Southern Confederacy off bis hands, .he touched Louis Na- Doleon eentlr uvon the lapel 01 nis coat, pointed significantly In the di rection of Mexico and wnisperea into the Imperial ear a simple monosylla ble. Mr. Olnev thought to make Its as sertion the basis of a perpetual Demo cratic lease on "power when he mount ed and rode it down the home-stretch In front of the grand stand to the THE PERP LE X ED PQ E T I'd write about tbe rainy sky How all tbe world's replplng; - But,1 ere tbe Ink on It could dry Here'd come tbe sun a-sbinlngl . f i ffaW day Offl Kt' T jrau rot t ' m$m$S Mnet : J z ni f' IV r -5J' amazement of Mr. Bull, who, rubbing his eyes, could only cry out In his wrath, "Why, blast yer! wasn't It I that put you up to this?" And now, every little demagogue and donkey In the land is yawping about it, demagogues who do not know what It means, donkeys who could not know, whilst thoughful and conserva tive men overcautious and overwed ded to precedent shake their heads and say, "It may be that the Declara tion of Independence is no longer of binding force. It may be that we have abolished the Constitution. It so, the Monroe iDoctrine is about all we have left. Surely, we must not part with that?"" - Let us adhere to it if we must But precisely as with respect to the De claration of Independence the South drew the line at the Nigger, precisely as with respect to the Constitution the Republican Party Is drawing It on the Cubans, the Filipinos and the Porto Ricans, and whatever else thai gets in the way of Its convenience, may we not begin to ask ourselves bow far we propose to carry the Mon roe Doctrine, having already violated Its spirit. If not its letter, In the mat iter of at least a part of the territory come to Us as a result of the Spanish War? . In politics nothing; is easier than the following of fixed lines. Time makes certain ruts in the road-beds of Nations and men fall into these often without much rhyme or reason. It is generally best for Statesmen to consider them and always safe for politicians to do so. But, every now and again, there comes a parting of the ways, when they must be eon sldered from a different point of view; wnen tne commander of the forces, if he be wise and sagacious, must bait the column and take a look ahead; for true1 statesmanship is blind submission to nothing, but, on the contrary, a counting 01 costs with the purpose, by uniting tradition and pro gress, to keep up with th march of I'd write about tbe violet blue. The smiles of Love bestowing; But, ere tbe world the story knew A blizzard would be blowing. wM" rem u III! Uttffl Htf ' ' r&. But yesterday the wise men of the earth were gathered together at The Hague. Their object was as far as pos sible to 'eliminate war from interna tional conflicts. They set up what they called a Court ' of Arbitration, The Courier-Journal did not take a great deal of stock in the proceeding be cause it doubted tbe efficacy of the scheme, and as if to verify those doubts here we have the three great-j est Powers of Christendom facing a situation, which any accident might precipitate into a crisis; the bone of contention being, aside from the Mon roe Doctrine, nowise worth tne candle. None of the conditions that made the Monroe Doctrine a National safe guard remains to menace us, Tbe greatest" calamity that could happen: to mankind would be a war between England, Germany and the United States. Considering what we are do ing in the Philippines, and have done and are going to do in China, con sidering what our commercial In vasion Is doing in Europe mindful that a strong Power may propose and accept what a weak Power durst not mindful of the advantage of close, friendly Intercourse with England and Germany why should we permit an unseeing Jingoism born of a kind of superfftlon to stand between us and a better, clearer understanding with England and Germany, not only as to the Monroe Doctrine, but as to all our fiscal and Tariff relations? . The Courier-Journal Is an aggres sive, progressive American. It Is a Democrat devoted to Home Rule; Free Trade and Sailors' Rights. If fighting .be the alternative, it Is Jingo to the core. It adores the bunting! It dotes On the bird! It fully comprehends the power of tbe Oreat Republic, Whilst Europe doubted, we were for giving Europe Its bellyfull of demonstration. Europe doubt no longer. England and Germany recognize us to the limit That placates us. That makes us lib eral, expansive, generous, irum w say, liter all, we are conscious of a sneshg kindness for both John and Hans. Let us, therefe, at least corns to a parley and whether we may not reach some working agreement We shall be no worse off after than before, being sure in advance that if we want to fight our fight l not go ing to get away from us. If w ever are to fight, tbe fight should be pitched on high, noble, defensible ground, and whatever else betide, it should, not be forced upon u by some fool witb a gun, nor yet by senseless, undls- criminating clamor over a' "doctrine" we ourselves whistled down the wind when we set up our eagle : In . the Philippines and carried the flag' In side the Sacred Walls of Pekln! In short and In fine, we cannot hope to gobble up tbe earth. We want mar kets. We want amicable. Intelligent neighborship. The Latin are doomed. Spain dead, Italy dying and Francs down with an Incurable disease, our two allies, our best friend, are our business rivals, England and Ger many, and we should shape our for eign policy accordingly on Just prln- ciples of give and take, of lire and let live. 1 ' So goes it with us day and nlgbb 'Tl not a theme for laughter! Tbe only time It's safe to write . . ., Is always the day afterl D ARK TRAGEDY OF SEA ti '.S ' ' ' DISCOVERY. OF T HE BODY OF MRS. BATE REVEALS HER FATE Tbe body ol Mrs. Bate, one of the lost pasenger of tbe BooUman, baa been fouad after two yours, says tbt San Franclaco Examiner. This discovery furnishes the climax to one of the darkest tragedlee of the sea that recent years have brought forth. . , Mrs. Bat was evidently murdered by two of the brutal orew of tba flcotnian, whose treatment of the passengers ex cited widespread indignation at tne time. The unfortunate woman waa return ing to Montreal with a fortune esti mated at 1200 000 In valuables and se curities upon her. - V, '.-.;, f.-"; While eh was struggling with we wind and tbe storm to reach a place of safety two sailor volunteered to help her. She gladly accepted their offer. Tbey then led her to a louoly gulch, where tbey murdered btr and robbed ber. i Although tbe sailor of the Scotsman were arrested and many articles recov ered tbe property of Mis, Bate we not recovered. It niat thmiore be assum ed that tbe murrtomrs got away with It Perhaps they hid it near the actne of tbe murder and later returned to se cure it. Tbu Scotsman was wrecked on tbe lonely desolate rook of Belle Isle in the fog-haunted Straits of Belle Isle on September 21 18 S3. Fltteno, ttflwns lost their lives, there. The bodies of 14 of tbem were found, but search for that of Mrs. Bute proved unavailing at the time, Now, after threo year,, it has beta found v tccidont - James McCormnok, of Coachman Cove, a Newfoundland fisherman living In a hamlet near tbe, scene of the wreck, was driven for shelter recently to a ereek on the rocky islet with his boat and crew of three men. While they were awaiting the end of the storm tbey wandered up a gnlch and came upon a human skeleton The body was at tne Bottom or tne guicn at its deepest part. It was a very lonely and isolated position even tor mis aesoiate region. It was 10 miles from the lighthouse, which waa the first human inhabitation that any of tba paaaengeis and sailor of the Scotsman reachvd in their search for help. It waa exactly the sort of place that toe murderers would have desired for the commission of such a crime as this. Tbe body wt that aXji-aonitn, with long llKht-colored hair, Tbe body wa covered with some remnant of cloth ing. Her silver neck brooch and sev eral olher articles were found near tbe body. McCormack hanued these over to the local authorities as soon as he was able to and tbey were tbe nutans of identifying tbe boJv s that of Mrav Bate, Tba passengurs of the Bitot s mrn remembered clearly that Mrs. Bate wore a sbswl pinned with a large silver brooch. The police made a care ful examination of tne ground in ine vicinity of tbe bod in the hope of flnd- ini money or docomonts, ut none cculd be found. Tbe remains were then pluced In a coffin and temporarily bu rled at St. John to await Instructions from her relatives. Mrs. Bate's son In formed tbe chief of police at St. John that from tbe description forwarded to him be was certain that the body was that of his mother. He has since taken possession of It and of tbe few trlnklets that were found with it Mrs, Bate was 67 year of age, a na tive of North Btafforlsnlro, England, and had lived for many year In Mon treal. Her last voyage to (he old coun try was made for. the purpose of tak ing possession of a largi estate st Bed worth. England, whlc.t had come down to her from her grandfather, named Kntpper. The value of tbe estate la ssld to be enormous. Including a large, area of land and buildings in the rich eft manufacturing district in England. Mr. Bate says thai bis mother i share amounted to at iet $200,000, and that tbere were seversl other heirs entitled to the same amount Mr. Bale had converted all bor property Into port able securities so that another trip lo England would be uowewsary, but it I not knows exactly how she had In vested her money. Ther r very little doubt that tbe property-was la stock end bonds of various kinds. Including probably a considerable proportion of government securitt. It rosy be poa slble for ber heirs lo prove their right to some of tbese, but the task will be one of great difficulty, Mrs, Bate csrrfc.1 most of her valu able In an old black handbag. The passengers saw that she took , tbls ashore with her. A very diligent searcii har been made t'rr It since tbe body was founu", but without result Not a vestige of coin omsny other money was found on Or near the body, although she wa carrying a large quantity of It with her. Tbe fact tbat tbe murder er did not take rfce brooch and some other small articles of Jewelry which, she wore tends to irengtbenJJer't- IW that tbey gained such aTarge booty tfcet tbey did not seed to descend to petty theft Tbe Canadian police feel certain that Mrs. Bat wa murdered and ber prop erty stolen and .bidden. It la Impossible to account in any otner y. tuey say, for tbe fact that Done of ber property was found either on the sailors who were arrested after the wreck or near the body. v r .The steamship Scotsman, of the Do minion Line, wa one of a long Mat of ships that have net dlwwutr in be Straits of Belle Isle. Thee strait separate the dangerous northern coast of Newfoundland from the still more dangerous shore of Labrador. Tbey are lined with melt rising from 309 to 1,000 feel above the water, choked with heavy toga for weeks at ft time rod sometime filled with Icebergs. The Scotsman wa groping her way through tbe atralt In a thick fif dur ing the night of September 1. At i.io la the morning she ran on the rocks with a v terrible i erash. ..Captain Skrlmehlr found that the rocks had penetrated tbe ship' bottom so badly -. that the was a hopeless wreck but they held her so firmly tbat she wa In no danger of Immediate sinking. Tbe Scotsman carried BSD eouli. , Among these were a orew consisting of raw,) untrained seamen and firemen who had been taken on during a strike of the Firemen's Union. ; These firemen were . literally the scum, ami sweepings 'cf C Liverpool. As aoon as the panic caus ed by the ship's striking began these men rushed through '.be vessel, broke Into tbe saloon and took all the drink they eould find, robbed tbe cabins and tore rings and earrings from tbe Ongera and eara of the women. Scene of un speakable brutality occurred, - The captain and (jfflcitr succeed! d In launching a boatload of women iiasseu- , : (Continued on Page Tea.) PRESIDENT ELIOT AND I THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS I (By Oselan H. Lang In the January ' March Forum.) '. The particular shortcomings - which President Eliot complains of, "our dis appointment with popular education," are alt selected from, the panorama of public adult life in America, He very ingeniously fixe the whole reaponeK bllity for most of the causes of his moral and Intellectual grievance upon lack of reasoning power on tbe part of tbe majority of the people; thereby projecting the inference that, If the schools had exercised greater car in training this reasoning power, the stat of American civilization would be more uniformly satisfactory. Tbe first two "disappointments" which he thinks ought to be remedied by Improvement In the training of the reasoning power are the unsuccessful struggle with "the barbarous vice of drunkenness" snd tbe "persistence of gambling," which utter be considers "an extraordinarily unintelligent form of pleasurable ex citement" Yet Dr. Eliot has been call ed pessimistic for expressing this opti mistic belief in the efficacy of tne cul tivation of the Intellect as tba method for annihilating drunkenness and gsmbllng. Tbe reception of President Eliot's re marks by tbe newspaper world Illus trated anew the readiness, amounting almost to recklessness, with which ev erything reprehensible la national life is charged to the schools. The prevst ence of crime, Indifference of hostility to tbe churches, Irreverence to parents, gambling, Increase of the liquor trf- : Ac, and what not all these figure among the grievance for which the schools are held responsible. If these complaint could be accepted as evi dences of a strong faith in the power of tbe schools and a sorrow that the expectations have not been fully real ized, teachers might have reason io be regretfully proud of them. But, a a matter of fact, the ehargea represent frequently merely a human weakness In fixing tbe responsibility for tbe shortcoming of civilization at some place most convenient and at tne came time defensible by reasonable argu ment When it comes' a distribution of praise for the good there Is in tbe world, the credit assigned to tbe schools Is usually lee liberal: though President Eliot, for one, took pains to r enumerate a number of American achievement whose development be believed to have been due to the Influ ence of tbe school. ! ' -. ' Rightly or wrongly, the schools, es pecially tbe common schools, are held to account for whatever Is awry la civ ilization, whether tbls is due to a weak moral sense or to lack of Intelligent .reasoning in the mass of the people. Reformer are regarding the schools with, growing faith la their power to shape the future of the nation. At the , recent Statot convention of New York police chiefs, at Elmlre, the spreading feeling expressed Itself la tbe sugges- ' tloa by Chief Moore to the effect that tbe criminal court of the Bute should be introduced as a study In. the public schools. i x -n ; :. '4. . t ' ' .H' l-i ? 1 -. u f' ' 'I .5'' l1 1)1 1 ' , 1 ) ... r. I . T ; ! ; ' -. ' - ' ' " , .. ''rV