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OARoiiiNA, Carolina.Heaven's Blessinos Attend Her."
'SUKCR1PTI0I Ji.60 Cub.
VOL. XX.
HENDERSON, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1901.
NO. 36.
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Eat m Mud.
There isn't a man who would be seen
rrnnir.ii through the street munching a
piece o! pit. 'Why not? Because it
woul'l mean dyspepsia and stomach
trotie.-1 Not at all; but because it
wouldn't look well. As a matter of fact
jnanv a usiness man snatches a lunch
in such ; hurry that he might as well
uie it or. the run. That is one reason
for the prevailing "stomach trouble"
aniouK :-" "f business,
Tlief i certain remedy for diseases
of the -toinach and other organs of
diti.tio!i nutrition. It is Doctor
v-.erceGoMeii Medical Discovery. The
wort 1-ii.scs of dyspepsia and catarrh of
th- sto;utvU have been cured by this
tiiKttdne. It cures where all other
means have failed to cure.
-I took tw ttfrttles of Dr. Pierce's Golden
Slrd:-a' Mf.vciv for stomach trouble," writes
Ca:nr Cr:i-v hq-, of Taylorstown, I,oucloun
Co
Vd
;i :m mc at mucn gooci inai i aian I
take any more. I can eat
tftliS m't anything now. I am so
HH well pleased with It I hardly
(jgyy know how to thank you for
(STi? your kind information. I tried
before I wrote to
you. There was a
gentleman told me
about your medi
cine, and how it
had cured his wife,
I thought I would
try a bottle of It.
Am now glad I did,
for I don't know
vihat I would have
done if it bad not
been for Ir. Pierce's
Golden Medical Dis
covery." Doctor Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets
cure biliousness.
They stimulate
the sluggish
liver, and cleanse the sys
tem of impurities. They
should always be used with
" Golden Medical Discov
ery " when there is need of
a laxative.
"DAVE'S PLACE,"
i )ppi.).site S. A. Ij. Station.)
European Hotel, Restaurant
and Lunch Counter.
M. al S-rved at all Honrs Day cr Night
Furnished Rooms. Comfortable Beds.
Kvryttiint; strictly first-class. An orderly,
well kept place.
SALOON
Filial to any in the State, stocked with
nothing but the very Best and Purest
KO His money can buy.
This bein the grip season we have all
kinds of ingredients for relieving same.
FINE CIUARS AND TOBACCOS.
POOL LOOMS IN CONNECTION.
HENRY T. POWELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HKNDKItSON, - - N". C.
otliiee in Young A Tucker building.
C. A. Coggeshall, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
HENDERSON, N. C.
tiili.,- in Cooikt Opera House Building,
(of Phone No. 70.
H. H. BASS,
Physician and Surgeon,
HENDERSON, N. C.
t-wOilioe over Dorsey's Drug Store.
jk7 pT s. iiahuis,
DENTIST,
HENDERSON,
N. C.
WOffloe over
Street.
, G. Davis' store, Main
lan.l-a.
Henry Perry,
-Insurance.-
A stronlineof both Life and Fire Com-pauU-
represented. Policies issued and
risks placed to best advantage.
Office in Court House.
FRANCIS A. MACON,
Dental Surgeon,
Office, Young &Tucker Building,
Under Telephone Exchange.
!tice hours 9 A. M. to 1 P. M. 3 to 6 P. M.
-it'Mdeuce Phone 88; office Phone 25.
Intimates furnished when deired. No
"iare tor examination.
HENDERSON TELEPHONE COMPANY
Howino- Toll Kates will be effec
ive December 3rd. 1900.
FROM HENDERSON:
ltii in-t,M). 40 Chase City, 30
'"'uUvi'.If.. 25 Dunn, 0
"rl.nin. 80 Enfield. 33
r;t-'winton. 15 Greensboro. 4:5
''r.v-uiii,. 45 Goldsboro, 45
Hi-li l'oint. 50 Hillsboro, 35
l-it'u.tnii. 2 Louisburg, 20
M-: - r. 40 Nashville, 30
0x;"r.. 15 Raleigh, 30
,'"kyM,,unt. 35 Scotland Neck, 40
!'"ithfi..ld. 40 Spring Hope, 30
'arhur... 40 Wake Forest. 25
aiLiit,,,,. -20 Washington, 50
vv'li..n. 33 wnSon. 35
Winston, 55.
F. C. Toepleman,
General Snperintendcnt.
W anted trustworthy men
.,v,-'I?'e" to travel and advertise for old
in i l(Ml house of sold financial stand
Bavai 1 ary' 780 a year and expenses, all
Uil-a' in casn- No canvassing required,
stin,, Ierencps and enclose self-addressed
sniped pi, velope. Address, Manager, 355
a!u(,n Eldg, Chicago.
fepFsHojiey w Tar
1 ungs ana stops the cough.
Mosquitoes And Malaria.
PART PLAYED BY THESE PESTS IN SPREAD
ING MALARIAL FEVER GERMS.
Result of Recent Scientific Investiga
tions as to the Cause of Malaria
PoisonTraced to the Sting of a
Certain Variety of Mosquito How
They Breed and the Precaution
Necessary to Their Prevention.
The most prevalent disease in North
, Carolina, certainly from now until
frost, i malarial fever in one form or
another. It is by no means confined
to the low lying Eastern section of
the State, but is quite abundant in
tuauy localities in the hill country,
having been reported even from
Cherokee.
By recent scientific investigations
the cause of the fver has been shown
to be a microscopic animal known as
the Plasmodium malarioe or hem-amcebe
vivax, which feeds upon the red cor
puscles of the blood hence the pallor
of persons suffering from chronic
malaria. The development of this
little parasite in the blood is as fol
lows: One of the spore, or baby
germs, so to speak, enters a red cor
puscle and, feeding on its contents,
grows until at the end of twenty-four
hours it has become nearly as large
as the corpuscle. It then, by a pro
cess known as segmentation, splits
up into a dozen or more little spores
again, which for a short time, are free
in the blood and unattached to the
corpuscles. It is just as the segmen
tation occurs that the chill comes on.
which explains the periodic recur
rence of the chill every twenty-four
hours, and as it has been found that
quinine is most effective in killing
the germs while they are free in the
blood and not buried in the substance
of the corpuscles, the best time to
give quinine is just before the chill is
expected.
The method of the introduction of
the malarial oison, the plasmodium,
certainly the chief method, has been
demonstrated beyond all question
to be the sting of a certain variety of
mosquito known as anopheles, the
common mosquito, which while more
abundant is innocent as a carrier of
disease, being known as culex. The
latter species will breed in still water
of any kind, no matter how pure,
but the former, our euemy, will only
breed in stagnant pools in which
there is a certain amount of vegetable
matter. especially if there are no
llsh, such as top minnows or sun
parch, which feed upon the larvie or
wiggletails. This explains the fact
that malaria is much more abundant
after freshets, in the course of which
the stream, getting out of its banks,
washes holes in the ground, and
speedily falling leaves these stagnant
pools with few or no fish in them.
Mosquitos are very much more
abundant this exceptional year of
freshets than usual. It also explains
the danger of brick holes.
The larva;, or wiggletails, as we
generally call them, are the young
mosquitos. Although they live in
the water from the time they are
hatched from the time they are
laid on the surface until they reach
maturity they cannot live without
air they must breathe. Contrary
to the general rule, they breathe
'wrong end foremost" through a
long breathing tube which springs
from the body near the tail and which
they stick out of the top of the water
when they want air. The bearing of
this arrangement on their destruction
will appear later.
There is a popular misapprehension
in retrard to the movement or mos
quitoes. The general impression is
that they are carried by the wind,
and people at the seaside say that a
land breeze brings mosquitoes. It is
a fact that they are more abundant
when the breeze is from the land or
in a calm, but according to those who
know best that fact probably is not
that they are blown from the swamps
to landward, but that they simply
como out again from the trees and
shrubbery and the lea side of houses
where they had taken refuge from the
strong sea breeze which was too rough
for their fragile bodies. With rare
exceptions they travel, it is said,
seldom more than a mile, and gener
ally not so far. When one is troubled
with mosfluitoes a careful search will
almost alwavs reveal stagnant water
in the near vicinity.
The destruction of mosquitoes and
the consequent prevention of malaria
is accomplished in two ways: First
and best, by the thorough drainage of
all stagnant pools ol water, ana
1 hv keiminor the surface of
such pools covered with petroleum
what is known as light fuel oil, or
even the crude petroleum being better
and cheaper than ordinary kerosene
The film of oil prevents the larva;
from breathing and smothers them.
The quantity necessary is one ounce
or two tablespoonfuls to every fifteen
square feet of surface, repeated every
two weeks. This oil method was
.mnlnvpH with Te&t SUCCeSS last
year by the city of Winchester, Va.,
and our own town of Tarboro has re
ppntlv shown a most commendable
spirit of enterprise in adopting it.
Some care and a little expense m se
curing- protection agrainst mosquitoes
and in providing a supply of pure
drinking water will practically insure
ntrninst malaria.
To those interested in this subject
I cordially commend a very interest-
ino" and valuaot dook wntieu uu
mosquitoes written in popular and
ntprtrininor stvle by Dr. L. O.
Howard, the Chief Entomologist of
the United States, and published by
McClure, Phillips & Co., new loric,
at a cost of l.t4, posipaiu.
RICHARD H. LEWIS, M. D;,
Secretary State Board of Health.
I
BometiungJ
U'kil mna t nennle want
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mild and gentle, when in need of a phjwe
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liyer Tablets
11 .u k:h a . Ant. The- are easT to take
Jill IUC vv mm J .
i nu...nt in rffivt. For sale by Met-
IUU -
ville Dorsey, druggist.
HUMOR OF THE HEWS.
Baltimore World.
The kiftsinir bust that tronblpd
logiets and tortured human beings a few
years ago has a rival this summer in
Cleveland. Persons wearint? low ahoN
have been so severely bitten on the ankle
that in some coses thev have been rrinnleH
for a week or more. The insect that
causes the trouble has not yet been iden
tified, but is referred to as "the ankle
bug." Women who wear openwork hos
iery have been the greatest sufferers.
Philadelphia Record.
The kissing bug, the lightning bug, the
bedbug and the Ilea
Are each a funny kind of bug, peculiar at
can be; - -
But of all the buggy bugs that bag their
way o'er hill and dale,
The ankle bug the latest pest uqw makes
nie isuies quail.
This ankle bug is a funny ouss and will
not bite a man,
For the husky feet or gender male he does
not care a clam;
But when lovely woman doth appear, with
dainty drop-stitch hose.
The naughty bug makes goo-goo eye ami
says: "That's mine! Here goes'"
To attack the maid he's not afraid, and
elves an awful bite:
She Jumps and screams alid almost goes
mm uysaeiics quite.
But the wicked bug will closely hug and
calmlv chew awav.
Until with pain he's made her lame for
many and many a day.
Now girls, be wise, and dry your eyes and
do not longer ci v:
Cut out the pose and the drop stitch hose,
wttn silK skirt lifted high;
Big rubber boots the case now suits, so
them vou d better luir.
And merry chaff and the equine laugh you
chu give me anKie uug.
The laws of health require that the
t'o.vels move once each day and one of the
penalties for violating this law is piles.
Keep your bowels regular bv taking a dose
of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets when necessary and vou will
never have that severe punishment inflict
ed upon von. rricezoc. rorsale by .Mel-
'le Doiev, drnjruisl.
NORTHERN OPINION OF
"COURT IN THE WOODS.
THE
Wilmington Messenger.
Senator Tillman's plain talk and
the applause that followed at Mil
waukee, Wisconsin, on lynching will,
of course, greatly disturb the senti
mentalists in the North who are
alwavs bewailing the punishing of
negro brutes for raping virtuous,
unprotected white women and chil
dren, but who never have a word of
sympathy for the victims of brutality.
I he Wisconsin people have no sym
pathy, we mav suppose, for cruel out
rages upon unprotected women of the
white race, lbe people in other
States may be less sympathetic with
outraged women and may be horrified
that Wisconsins should applaud a
Southern man when he spoke out for
lynching scoundrels and devils. We
like the following we lind in the
Washington Post, that some times has
a manly way of digging right-down
to "the marrow" of a question. It
says:
"Human nature is the same every
where. In this country, especially, there
is an enlightened regard for woman and
a desire to shield her from all harm.
Despite the occasional episodes of the
divorce court, the sacredness of the mar
riage tie is a national characteristic and
love for family is universal. Upon the
broad platform of esteem for women the
people of Wisconsin and South Carolina
stand shoulder to shoulder. Senator
Tillman, therefore, appealed to every
chivalrous instinct when he asserted that
the summary execution of negroes who
assault white women obviated the ap
pearance of the latter in a public court to
testify to their degradation in the pres
ence of a mixed throng. This argument
could be easily understood."
It is a fixed determination among
the white men in the South that bad
apd wrong as lynching may be in the
abstract, the homes of the whites
must be safe and sacred, and the per
sons of mother, wife, sister, daughter
must never be touched by the villain
of any hue or tribe or nation. The
necessity of lynching may override
all convictions of the impropriety of
violating law. But the courts now
are not to be trusted and the delays
are unbearable. The Post condemns
and yet it candidly and forcefully
says:
"At the same time, how is Senator Till
man's argument to be answered? Shall
the unhappy victim of a brutal assault
give her evidence in secret? If there is to
be anv evidence at all, the forms of law
must be observed. The grand jury must
listen to the revolting details, and when
an indictment has been found the woman
must repeat the story of her shame.
There must be examinations and cross-
examinations, exceptions and appeals,
and all the other trickeries and resources
of legal method. Anythingless than this
would be a mistrial and a farce and
would be more to be regretted than no
trial at all."
A ninister's Good Work.
"I had a severe attack of bilious colic,
got a.bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, took two doses and
jras entirely cured," says Rev. A. A. Power,
of Emporia, Kans. "My neighbor across
tho street was sick for over a week, had
two or three bottles of medicine from the
doctor. He nsed them for three or four
days without relief then called in another
doctor who treated him for some days and
gave him no relief, so discharged him. I
went over to see him the next morning. He
said his bowels were " in a terrible fix, that
they had been running off so long that it
was almost bloody flux. I asked him if he
had tried Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, and" he said 4No.' I
went home and brought him my bottle and
gave him one dose; told him to take
another in fifteen or twenty minutes if he
did not find relief, but he took no more and
was entirely cured."' For sale by Melville
Dorsey, druggist.
It is a pity the railroads continue
to charge exorbitant prices, for as an
educational factor alone the Pan
American Exposition is worth a great
deal to the average citizen.
To Save Her Child
from frightful disfigurement Mrs. Nannie
Galleeer. of La Grange, Ga., applied Bock-
leu's Arnica Salve to great sores on her
face aQ(1 writes lU quick cure ex
ceeded all her hopes, it works wonders in
Sores, Bruises, Skin Eruptions, Cuts, Burns.
Scalds and Piles. 25c. Cure guaranteed
bv Melville Dorsey, druggist.
Pan-American Exposition.
MARK BENNITT, ESQ., CHIEF OF BUREAU '
OF PUBLICITY AND PROMOTION,
Resigns to Accept Similar Position
in Connection With the St. Louis
Purchase Exposition Louisiana and
Virginia Days An Invitation to the
Acadlans to be Present The Rice
Kitchln a Big Financial Success. .
Special Correspondence of the Gold Leaf.
Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 19, '01.
Friday night a brilliant farewell re
ception was given in the Ohio Build
ing in honor of Mark Bennitt, Esq.,
who retires as Chief of the Press De
partment to accept a similar position
in connection with the St. Louis Pur
chase Exposition. This graceful and
deserved compliment to the efficient
Chief of the Pan-American Press De
partment was inspired by Miss
Georgia Hopley whose family 'has long
been identified with Ohio's history. .
The Ohio State Building from the
outside looks like a Greek Temple
surrounded as it is by porticos sup
ported by Corinthian columns. The
interior is most admirably adapted
for entertaining, and this evening the
scene was particularly brilliant. The
receiving line consisted of Mark Ben
nitt, Esq., Mrs. Swain, wife of a com
missioner from Ohio; Mrs. John Mil
ler Horton, of Buffalo, Chairmain of
the Committee on Eutertainments and
Ceremonies; Mrs. Carrie Jenkins
Harris, of the Press Department Staff;
Miss Georgia Hopley, one of the
brightest newspaper women in Buffalo,
and Commissioner from the State of
Ohio; Miss Severinghaus, of the Press
Department Staff and Mrs. McKinnon,
wife of one of the Commissioners from
Ohio. The presentations were made
by Senator Samuel L. Patterson, from
Waverly, Ohio, who has made more
friends here than any other commis
sioner on the grounds. He is elegant,
genial and so cordial in his manners
towards everyone that he is a- uni
versal favorite. Kuho's orchestra
played during the entire entertain
ment except when Mr. Howenstein, a
well known baritone from
Chicago
sang several choice
selections. Re
freshments weie served and toasts
were drank in champagne and the
fine Escapernong wine for which North
Carolina is famous.
The large reception hall makes an
admirable ball room and dancing was
kept up until long after midnight.
At twelve coffee and sandwiches were
served. In the midst of the jenler
tainment an admiring political friend
sent Senator Patterson a huge boquet
of la France roses and maiden hair
fern. Among the guests were Capt.
Richmond Pearson Hobson, U. S. N.;
Capt. Bowen, Secretary of the Director-General;
Mr. and Mrs. Clark, of
New York; Miss Lily Hopley, of
Columbus, Ohio; Miss Erb, of Canton,
Ohio; Mrs. Mark Bennitt; Mr. Wm. A.
Page, Sunday Editor of the Washing
ton Post; Mrs. Hopkins and Mr. Under
wood, of Washington; many ladies
and gentlemen of Buffalo and visiting
Ohioans who always find a hospitable
welcome at the Ohio Building.
The 21st of August is Louisiana
Day and the people of Buffalo expect
to see a crowd here from the South
as well as the North. On that occa
sion it is understood that a big ex
cursion train will be run from the
Pelican State, headed by the Gover
nor, his staff, Prof. Fortier and Con
gressman Broussard. The Governor
will make a speech on "Louisiana,"
showing her varied and wonderful
resources. Prof. Fortier will speak
on "Our Creoles," Congressman
Broussard will deliver a historical
lecture on "Our Acadians." The his
tory of this people is most interest
ing, and an effort is being made to
have the French Acadians unite with
their Southern brethren in cele
brating the day. The Acadians were
French Catholics who originally
settled in Novia Scotia. This was the
first purely agricultural settlement in
America. After the Acadians had
built the City of Grand Pre, and had
established themselves on the island
they were forcibly deported by the
British and afterward scattered over
several Southern States, the larger
body of them going Southward as far
as the u.outh of the Mississippi river.
Here they formed the original French
colony of Louisiana. In the deporta
tion they were separated as families
and scattered without regard to their
own wishes. Many pathetic incidents
occurred when this deportation took
place, some of which has served as a
theme for poets and romance writers.
It is predicted that Louisiana Day
will be one of the most notable during
the Exposition. Her energetic Com
missioners, Major Lee and Dr. Stubbs,
are now making arrangements look
ing to the edtertainment and comfort
of the citizens of that State. Visiting
Southerners, Louisianians and Acad
ians especially are invited to meet
the commissioners in the large pavi
lion erected be re by the State of
Louisiana in the Agriculture Building
and go in a procession to the Temple
of Music, August 21st. Major Lee
says:
"I hope it will be possible to secure
a large attendance of Acadians. In
fact we prefer that it should be called
Louisiana and Acadian Day. The re
union of the Acadians who remained
in Canada and those who were forcibly
exiled would be a notable occasion.
Those who found a home near the
mouth of the Mississippi rivet have
flourished. They are among our lead
ing citizens."
Every effort will be made by the
Pan-American Exposition authorities
to secure a large attendance of Cana
dian Acadians. The forcible exile of
eighteen thousand souls by the British
is one incident in the history of
America for which there is no possible
excuse.
One of the officials remarked yes
terday that the elegant New York
State Building would probably be
placed at the disposal of the visiting
Governors of such Southern States as
have no buildings or.ipavilions on the
grounds. If this is so and I have
reason to believe that it will certainly
bd done it will be a graceful compli
ment on the part of the Pan-American
Exposition to those who stood
much in their own light by not be
ing properly represented at this Ex
pesition "bv the Great Waters of the
North." "
Virginia Day is the 23rd of August.
Advices received here from Richmond
lead one to believe the celebration
in the Temple of Music in honor of
the Old Dominion will be imposing
and interesting. The program so far
as it can be outlined from this point
will be as follows:
The Governor and his staff, escorted
by' the Richmond Light Infantry
Blues, will enter the grounds and
proceed to the Temple of Music,
where they will be welcomed by offi
cials of the Pan-American Exposition.
The Governor, Hon. J. Hoge Tyler,
will respond to the address of wel
come made by President Milburn.
Mr. Joseph Bryan, of the Richmond
Times, will make an address on the
"Industrial Resources of Virginia."
Prof. Geo. W. Miles, of Radford, Vir
ginia, will speak on educational
methods of Virginia. Appropriate
music will be rendered between the
various speeches. Some responsible
persons at this end of the line ought
to be placed in immediate communi
cation with the managers of the pro
gram in Richmond in order to make
this music distinctive, if possible. It
would not be a bad idea for the best
quartette choir in Richmond to come
with the Governor, his staff and mili
tary escort. Oil portraits of George
Washington and of Thomas Jefferson
ought to be placed on easels on either
end of the handsome stage in the
Temple of Music. It is sincerely hoped
that the railroad rates will be such
that a large excursion can come from
Virginia on the 23rd. North Caro
lina would probably be glad to furnish
her quota on that day as there is no
North Caaolina Day. One distinguish
ed Virginian remarked a few days
ago, "Virginia has a peck of apples
here on exhibition when she could
have held her own with the most pro
ductive State in the Union."
The Southern visitors to the Pan
American Exposition on the 21st will
probably remain until August the
23rd, that they may do honor to Vir
ginia Day. The ceremonies on both
days will be well worthy of a large
attendance.
The Louisiana and Texas Rice
Kitchen is the biggest financial suc
cess on the Pan-American grounds.
The fame of its cooking has extended
from San Francisco to New York. As
the attendance increases every day
so the crowds grow larger "which
throng the Rice Kitchen. Yesterday
it was crowded from twelve until four
o'clock, although Col. Eggleston ad
vertised that he would be compelled
to close the doors by three o'clock.
About three in the afternoon Gov.
Stickney, of Vermont, and his staff,
Congressman D. J. Foster, Lieut. -Gov.
M. F. Allen, former Gov. E. J.
Ormsbee, former Lieut.-Gov. N. W.
Fick, J. G. Sargent, Secretary of Civil
and Military Affairs, Adjt.-Gen. W.
H. Gilmore and Col. Forbee invaded
the Louisiana and Texas Rice Kitchen
in a body. The Vermont visitors
promised themselves the pleasure of
a Creole dinner before they left for
Green Mountain State. Col. Eggleston
was appalled when at three o'clock,
after dinner had been served, he saw
a brilliant galaxy of uniformed gen
tleman walk in. He arose to the
occasion, however, and treated them
to chicken gumbo so up, roast chicken,
stuffed a la Creole, rice ice cream,
Louisiana black coffee, and all the
vegetables in the market. Col.
Eggleston says: "I was nearly
frightened to death for fear I could
not feed them, but they all went
away happy." Nine hundred people
dined at the Rice Kitchen yesterday,
and if it had been ten times as large
it would have been ten thousand.
The Pan-American Exposition aver
ages a daily attendance of from fifty
five to sixty thousand. On Midway
Day there were over one hundred and
sixty thousand, people on the grounds
The Exposition is a great success from
every standpoint. The illumination
is the finest that has ever been seen
on this continent. It is a triumph of
electricity which must be seen to be
appreciated. At half past eight as
the bands begin to play the "Star
Spangled Banner," an invisible brush
touched with fire, outlines the
palaces, monoliths, temples, pergolas,
propylaea and stadium in line of
lights. In a few seconds the red light
changes to an intense white and the
Magic City is painted against the can
vas of the night in colors of living,
pulsations of brilliancy, The color
scheme shows to a very tine effect at
this time. The cascade, which flows
from the middle of the great electric
tower, is so arranged as to borrow
the green tints from Niagara Falls,
the source whence this electric power
comes.
The exhibits from Mexico, Central
America and - South America with
those from every part of the United
States form a most interesting group.
The exhibit of the Southern Railway
is the only representation North
Carolina has here. It is very much
to be regretted that the appropria
tion of $10,000 for Charleston will
not be one half so advantageous to
our people as a display here would
have been.
The Art Gallery contains, perhaps,
the finest small collection of pictures
ever gotten together in this country.
The Director of Fine Arts, Mr. CofBn,
went to Paris jnst before the opening
of the Exposition and secured the
masterpieces of the best American
artists in that city. He also collected
the finest paintings of the best artists
in New York, Boston and Washing
ton. These arwfcung with great taste
and the Art Gallery is one of the
main attractions at the Pan-American
Exposition. The sculpture scattered
about the grounds and around the
vestibules and columns is extensive
and perhaps more so than at any
other exposition in the history of this
country.
' CHARLES EDWARD LLOYD.
The Southern Strike.
PRESIDENT SPENCER SETS FORTH POSI
TION OF SOUTHERN RAILWAY
In Dealing With Striking Machinist
Will Stand by New Men While Ex
pressing Sympathy tor Former Em
ployees Who Allowed Themselves to
be Led Into Trouble From Which
the Company Tried to Save Them.
President Spencer, of the Southern
Railway, makes the subjoined reply
to a letter from the Presidents of the
Young Men's Business League, Cham
ber of Commerce and Merchants' Ex
change, of Charleston, which explains
itself:
I am today in receipt, through Mr.
Gannon, of your joint communication
01 the 11th inst., requesting me to
meet a committee of mechanics from
Charleston, presumably to be selected
from the late employees of this com
pany at that point.
The question which you present of
an appointment with a new commit
tee of the machinists formerly in the
employ of this company has already
been presented by another friend,
actuated by the same laudable mo
tives as yourselves, and, in respond
ing to your kind suggestion, I cannot
do better than to practically repro
duce what was said to him.
In order to deal with the subject
properly, a brief review of the situa
tion is necessary.
On May 27th last, a committee of
machinists, then in the employ of the
company at the several shops, met
Mr. Gannon, the General Manager,
at his office in Washington, by ap
pointment, and presented a type
written petition, which had been pre
viously presented to the master me
chanics and the superintendents, ask
ing that the working hours in the
shops be made nine hours per day
with ten hours pay; that certain rules
in respect to overtime be adopted;
that a prescribed limit be placed upon
the number of apprentices employed,
and that ether specified rules and
regulations with regard to the opera
tion of the shops be put in force by
the Company.
After a general discussion of more
than two hours, the delegation in
formed Mr. Gannon that it had no
"authority" to accept anything ex
cept the provisions of the petition as
presented. Many of these provisions
were such that they could not reason
ably be acceded to, and the reasons
were stated. The petition bad not
been drawn by the employees of the
Company, and the questions involved
had never been previously discussed
on their merits between the officers
of the Company and those employees.
It was drawn by outside parties and
submitted to an ultimatum, the em
ployees avowing in presenting it that
they had no "authority" to act out
side of its terms.
The issue was thus clearly drawn:
should the rates of pay and hours of
work, the relative number of em
ployees of a special class to be em
ployed, and other rules and regula
tions for the Company's shops, be
dictated by an outside authority, or
should the Company control its busi
ness in these respects? To this, of
course, there could be but one an
swer. All subjects of mutual interests are
proper ones for discussion and reason
able adjustment between the Company
and its employees, but the Company
cannot accept, for the conduct of its
business in any department, rules and
regulations laid down arbitrarily by
any one.
It has met its employees, of all
classes, in fair discussion of any ques
tion which might reasonably arise be
tween them, and it was ready in this
case to take up such discussion.
Equitable and satisfactory adjust
ments have on many occasions been
made with the employees, including
the machinist?, after such confer
ences. After the close of the conference,
and in order that Lbe employees t
all of the shops should be fully ac
quainted with all that had transpired,
the proceedings of the meetings,
which had been reported stenographi
es! ly, were printed and distributed in
pamphlet form as promptly as pos
sible. In the meantime, advice
were sent to the several master me
chanics and superintendents that
such report would be sent as soon as
it could be printed, and shop men
were urged, by circular dated May
28th, to await its receipt and avoid
hasty action, and the assurance was
added that, if after reading the pro
ceedings they considered another
meeting with the General Manager
rf.eir,hi on umnld h arrant tnr
This .advice was unheeded, and. t T.he 9r ' "g ' conten
apparently under instructions from t,on-
authority outside of the Company's Tq
service, the men struck on or about CUBES RHEUMATISM . OB
Mav 30th, without waiting to receive ' CATABBH THROUGH THE
the' report of the proceedings, and j BLOOD COSTS NOTHING
ignoring the invitation for a second I TO TBY.
conference. j uoold yon like to get rid of that dirooic
The Company, desiring still to be- j eumatUm and offensive ealarrb forever?
friend its employees, and ported jhen take a boUlepf Botanic Blood Balm,
them against the unfortunate con se-
quences of the bad advice which they
were following, promptly issued
notices dated May 31st and June 1st,
which were posted at all of the shops,
cautioning the men against the un
wisdom of their course, and allowing
them to return to work without pre
judice on Monday morning, June 3rd,
but cautioned them that if they failed
so to do, they conld no longer be re
earded as employees of the Company,
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This advice and caution was also dis-
regarded, and, I am afraid, was mis-
understood and possibly misconstrued
by many.
This is the situation today, except
that the places of over 70 per cent, of
loose wno mus Toianiaruj icit me
service have been filled. The men
who have taken these places are now,
the employees of the Company, and
they are entitled in good faith to the
same consideration accorded to all
other employees, of preference in
continuance of service as long as they
so desire, and so long as their services
are satisfactory. It would be unfair
and unwise for the Company to now
take up for discussion any question
which involved the displacement of
any of these men, who have volun
tarily entered the service and desire
to remain, in favor of others who
voluntarily left it for reasons which
were apparently then satisfactory to
them.
Under these circumstances, I do
not see how anything material can
be accomplished by a meeting with
the committee to which you refer.
The reinstatement of the men who
have left the service is now imprac
ticable. There are less than thirty
per cent, of vacancies, and it is doubt
ful whether, at this season, the Cora-
fiany desires to increase the shop
orces op to the point at which they
stood prior to the strike. The shops
were running very full at that time
under a general understanding pre-J
viousiy reacneu wun me macmnisis
and others, that, as nearly as possible,
regular employment would be given
the year around, instead of varying
the forces in proportion to the activ
ity of business during the different
months of the year.
However, it is the desire of the
Company to give courteous attention
to all questions presented, if the
committe to which you refer shall be
appointed, and desires to communi
cate with any of our officers. I sug
gest, in order to avoid misunder
standings, that the communication
shall be in writing, stating exactly
what the committee desires to pre
sent for consideration.
I enclose you herewith a copy of
the pamphlet containing the proceed
ings of the meeting of May 27th be
tween Mr. Gannon and the commit
tee, and also copies of the posted
notices of May 28th, May 31st and
June 1st, herein referred to.
I assure you that the spirit in
which your letter is written is fully
appreciated, and no one regrets more
than I do the unfortunate position in
which the former employees of the
Company have allowed themselves to
be placed, and from which, as you
will see, this Company tried to save
them.
Yours very sincerely,
SAMUEL SPENCER,
President.
New York, July 23, 1901.
"Through the months of June and July
our baby was teething and took a running
off of the bowels and sickoera of the
stomach," says O. P. M. Holliday, of Deal
ing, Iud "Hi bowels nuUl move from
live to eight times a day. I had a bottle of
Chamberlain' Colic, Cholera an Diarrhoea
Remedy in the house and gave him four
drops in a teaspoonfnl of water and he got
better at once." Sold by Melville Dorsey,
druggist.
CORRECTION OF A SERIOUS BLUN
DER. Wilmington Messenger.
We read with care the list of North
Carolina troops in the Great war
from North Carolina as furnished re
cently by Colonel Olds. That publi
cation left a distinct impression that
the total troops furnished the Con
federate cause by North Carolina was
but 80,000. It will make that im
pression on any one who reads it as
it appeared in the Charlotte Observer
and as copied into the Richmond Dis
patch. Hence The Messenger at once
undertook to expose the injustice, the
stupendous blundering statement.
Now, as we learn from the Raleigh
Times. Colonel Olds says "the number
furnished by the State, according to
Major Neathery, did not include the
recruiting of the regiments, in soma
instances amounting to more than the
original number. Major Neatbery's
statement in no way affects the ac
cepted amount of the official number
of troops furnished from this State."
We were pleased to see the correc
tion. But that first publication will
do a vast deal of evil, and North Caro
lina will not hear the last of the
Neathery statement as to 80,000, or
as he gave it exactly, 79,999. Why
publish at all such a bewildering,
mistaken, absurd statement? The
Raleigh Post points to another serious
error of the Neathery publication. . It
says:
"The Post is io full sympathy with
The Messenger in this contention. If
we mistake not, the record as com
piled in Washington credits this State
with a little ore than 126,000 troop,
of all classes, furnished during the
war between the States, besides some
thing over 3,000 furnished the Federal
army during the same time. The
story credited to the late Major John
B. Neathery shows incompleteness on
its face, as a number of regiments and
battalious are not given at 11- We
th'nk the authority i. conclusive that
which has cured thousand 01 liopel
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via WashlnotOR. D. C, lor ... . .$5.00.
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Lock Box 48. HENDERSON, N. C.
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