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DA1L Y PRESS. PUBLISHED EERY ElflENINlG EXCEPT SUNDRY, Vol. II No. 251. KLNSTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1900. Price Two Cents. STATE NEWS. ! ltereetlnar North Carolina Items ' In Condensed Form. FIGHT ON THE TUGELA. ' The authorities of North Wilkesboro hare ordered compulsory vaccination. Scotland Neck Baptists last Sunday contributed S1.075 for toe Baptist Fe- I male University at Raleigh. Dr. L. Harrill, of Statesville, has been I appointed to cro around the State to the - f -! . - - different places infected by smallpox and advise as to the best means 01 managing the situation. Greenville Eefieetor: E. B. Shepherd, of Greenville, the man who shot at District Attorney Bernard and afterward entered suit against him, took non-suit in the case last Thursday. At uurham Judge Moore rendered a decision that saw mill men are not liable to tax as lumber dealers. He held that a lumber dealer, under the laws, was one who bought and sold lumber and' not saw mill men, who are manufacturers, Deputy Kevenue collector button re ports quite an exciting time in Columbus county Saturday night. A moonshiner's outfit was captured, after the moon shiner and his friends, who were in am bush, had fired six shots at the officers. Then the moonshiners fled. ... Cvi rioAiiAtt Dam Af f itnmmiftiil mniniAi at her home at Eoxboro, Tuesday night, I by cutting her throat with a razor. She leaves a husband and one son. '-They were in the room with her at the time she committed the act. No motive is assign ed for the deed, except ill health. Senator ritchard has introduced a resolution that the president, be author ized to appoint as an additional cadet at the Naval Academy. Annapolis, Md. , David Bagley, brother of Ensign Worth Bagley, II. S. navy, killed in battle at Cardenas, Cuba; May 11th, 18984tr Winston Sentinel: It is given out that when the legislature meets in special ses sion in June not a .Republican member will be present. This means that Forsyth will not be represented m the house. The Republicans say they can do nothing, but the main reason, perhaps, is because there is no pay attached.; The State superintendent of education . recently made inquiries of the mayors of towns as to educational matters. A reply from the mayor of Halifax is inter esting. The mayor says the town has 800 people, no special tax for school and has never contemplated the establish ment of a public scheol. The mayor concludes by saying: "This town is finished." High Point Enterprise: Parties from! near Kerrorsville, who were here this i week, inform The Enterprise that the son of Mr. Geo. Snyder, in that neighbor hood, died last week from the effects bf a persimmon seed in his windpipe.; He i was out with some boys eating persim mons and while running wfth a persim mon in his mouth Bucked it into his lungs. He lived five days in much pain. Thirty Thousand British Storm the Heights. Boers Hold Their Own. Fighting Front Extends Over 20 Miles. Three Assaults on the Boer Works Prove Fruitless. rretona, Jan. za. Heavy lighting is reported Saturday for twelve miles along the Tugela. The British artillery fire was the heaviest experienced during the war. It is estimated that thirty thousand troops were engaged in the assault on Tugela heights occupied by the Boers. The fighting front extended over twenty miles. The artillery fire met with no response until the infantry attacked their positions. The British made three assaults and each time were vigorously repelled. The Boer generals were Botha, chalk burger and Meyer, The British cannon numbered over forty. Every time the British stormed the Boer positions tbey were reinforced by fresh divisions, but their efforts were fruitless. Yesterday hostilities ceased and British ambulances were busy for ten hours picking up and attending the wounded The garrison at Ladysmith attempted to make a demonstration, but the Boer outposts gave an alarm and the attempt was prevented. Saturday night the gar rison at Ladysmith sent up rockets, probably as signals to Buller. Boers Still Hold Heights, London, Jan. 24. The following dis patch from Buller dated at spearman's Camp,' Jan'. 23rd, 6:25 p. m., has just been received at the war office "Warren holds the position he gained two days ago. In front of him, at about 1,400 yards, is the enemy's position west of Spion's Kop. It is on higher ground than Warren's position, so it is impossi ble to see into it properly, "It can be approached only over bare open slopes and the ridges held by War ren are so steep that guns cannot be placed upon them. But we are shelling the enemy's position with howitzers and field artillery placed on lower exound ucHinu iniauwr. - : .- - COIN'S NEW hOOVfZ f Willis J. Abbott, Chief of the Dem ooratio National Committee's Lit erary Bureau, Reviews "Coin on Money, Trusts and Imperialism. About four years ago a little book is sued modestly without' any great her alding or any of the puffery through the literary press which is enjoyed by writers of romantic fiction Or doubtful verse, so seized upon the minds of the American people that it became perhaps the most widely known book of the decade and unquestionably the one which' more than all others influenced men in their polit ical action, "uouva innaneial School" was the outgrowth of a series of articles written by Mr. W. H. Harvey for his lit tle paper Coin, and was 1 pushed -by the Chicago Inter-Ocean at the itime when that paper had not discovered that in order to be republican it must necessarily also be the servitor of the bankers. It is hardly necessary now to recount the tremendous success of the . book or to estimate the share It had ' in awakening the people of the United states to a iust comprehension of the importance of the money question in politics. Alter lour years, during. 'Which period he has at all times been laboring with voice' and pen and organizing ability to fulfill the mission of '96, .Mr. Harvey comes before the people oil the eve of the new presidential campaign with a new book in the familiar stvle of his former one, but treating of the latelg though not more important issues ' which have sprung up since the time that Mr. Bryan was defrauded of his election. "Coin on Money, Trusts and Imperialism" treats of at least one issue imperialism which had not raised its threatening, head in 96. During that struggle, too, the trusts, though already offering a certain menace to the well-being of the people. had not developed 1 intq jeuch startling proportions as they now present. - To these issues Coin, .in his uew series of lectures, devotes much of his attention, but the old issue the issue that will arise perenniaiiy.imtu out oi HMn&wuotr& "Tfaeenemy is replying with-(teuso The Constitutional ' Amendment. , This is a measure justified on the highest ? rounds with the Uhinese exclusion act. hese almond-eyed gentle children of the flowery kingdom were not citizens as they came here animus revertendi. Amalgamation was inexpedient and elevation '' impossible. They degraded manhood and decreased the scale of American labor. The great west prayed lor reiiei; , the prayer was answered and a nation with a literature as old as pyramids and a sublime code of morals was shut out.; Was it right? The world says it was, lor public policy j i 3 . . rni ' i - - . aemanaea ii. xuq ignorant negro de grades the franchise and decreases the scaie oi American mannooa. aia sus pension, till qualified, is justified on the same high ground of public policy. -..It is against public policy to commit mur der; therefore the criminal forfeits his life. It is against it to steal; the thief is deprived oi his liberty. And it is against public policy for the ignorant A. D. Crowles, (Bep.) . and other artillery. In this duel . the advantage rests with us, as we appear to be searching his trenches and his artillery fire is not causing bs much loss. "An attempt will be made tonight to seize Spion's Kop, the salient point of which forms the left of the enemy's posi- tion facing Trichard's Drift and , which divides it from the position facing Pot- gieter's Drift. It has considerable com mand over all the enemy's entrench ments." A Railroad Colossus. Charlotte Observer; The dispatches in yesterday morning's Observer told of the effort to absorb in to a colossal combination the principal railroads of the north and northwest. This is but the logical outcome of the trust idea. For some time past we have been hearing of the efforts of the Penn sylvania railroad people to get control of the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Balti- timore & Ohio. , The Vanderbilt interests are back of the scheme, and the vast for tune of that family, continually multi plying as it is, is being used to make the combine a success. It means the aban donment of the city ticket offices of all the roads in the syndicate in Chicacro. New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Buffalo, Baltimore, Washington, Pittsburg, un- desirable I lis, reona and tit. Louis, and the substi- with the I tution of joint offices in 'each city. It means that 50,000 railroad employes will be thrown out or work. It is intimated that when the new com bination is in good shape with the roads between the Mississippi nver and the At lantic seaboard, the promoters of the movement will turn? their attention to the territory west of Chicago and at tempt to bottle up the Chicago-St. Louis- Rocky Mountain territory in like man ner. The combining proceedings . may extend ultimately to the Pacific : coast, since the interests represented control many important trans-MissisBippi, west ern roads. The south can hardly escape it this enormous, all-embracing combine at the north and west is successful. Already the most strenuous efforts are being put iortn to stine competition in the south, The untiring, relentless efforts of Mr. Ryan to prevent the privilege of issuing and controlling the money of the people engages his . atten tion in the opening chapters of his book. I do not think that Mr. Harvey has ever done anything so well as his dissection of the privileges enjoyed and the further ones demanded by the national bankers. In a clear and simple style, using as hereto fore the dialogue form, he discusses the demand of the banking class that it shall be permitted to control the money of the people a ad shows conclusively by figures, the authenticity of which cannot be disputed, how enormous are the prof its they now derive and hope to continue to draw from their monopoly, The profit of the dealer in money is , the "un earned increment" no less certainly than is the profit of the speculator inland who has contributed nothing to the product ive forces of the' nation. Mr. Harvey demonstrates this, though he does not use this particular comparison, and I believe that his logic will prove as irrefut able as his language is simple and direct. To the questions of trusts and ifnpe rialism, questions which cannot fail to be bitterly debated during the campaign, the author has brought a wealth of sta tistical material, reinforced by a clear and logical comprehension of the prob lems they involve, and 1 think the strength and value of his discussion- of these problems is derived largely from the fact that be approaches them not altogether from ; the standpoint of the cold and insensate political economist. but rather fi om that of the man who Euts into bis political beliefs and into is writings that touch of heart, .of hu man sympathy, which made much of the difference between Herbert Spencer and Henry George. I do not believe that a great book on economics or on any living and vital social problem can be written from the dry-as-dust point of view. Adam Smith and Mill and J. Lau rence Laughlin may be necessary for the progress of science, though in the case of the latter I somewhat doubt it, but it is not their type of writing which accom plished great things which stirs the peo ple, and which will be remembered out side of academic halls or musty libraries. In my opinion this new book of Mr. Harvey's notably better than "Coin's Financial School" by its thoroughly human treatment of the questions of the campaign, deserves and will attain a popularity and a circulation quite com mensurate with his earlier one. It is, like that one, cleverly illustrated by draw ings which enforce the teachings of the text, and is given a certain up-to-date and living interest by the employment of the names of well-known men in the course of the discussions which it re counts, It is a book that will be read by the millions and will be a most potent weapon in the hands of the people for their defense against privileged classes. Willis J. Abbot, Chief of Literary Bureau, Democratic Na tional committee. This book can be obtained at The Free Press office, Kinston, N. C, price 25 cents. SEVEN SPRINGS ITEMS. Seaboard system The state assembly of vinnnia adopted I from consolidating as a competing nings Bryan, the greatest living expo nent of the time-honored principles of the democratic party,, to address the Vir ginia legislature at such time during the present session as may best suit his con venience. White's Black Liniment fall size 25c bottle for 15c It cure pain. , T T TT . through line to the Southera railway are no doubt an echo of this western pool. The south is to be congratulated that so far, thanks to just judges, the Ryan schemes have failed. In view of present developments it becomes a patriotic duty of the people of the south to uphold the J. Skelton Williams syndicate in its effort to maintain the Seaboard s independence. Subscribe to The Free Press. . - Free of Charge). Any adult suffering from a cold settled on the breast, bronchitis, throat or Inner troubles of any natuae, who will call at Temple-MarstonDrug Col.wjll be present ed with a sample bottle of Boschee's German Syrup, free of charge. Only one bottle given to one person, and none to children without order from parents. Ho throat or lung remedy ever had such a sale as Boschee's German Syrup in all parts of th6 civilized world. Twenty years ago millions of bottles were given away, and your druggists will tell you its success was marvelous. It is really the only Throat and Lung Remedy tnerally endorsed by physicians. One o cents potue wia cure or prove its value. Sold by dealers in all civilized countries. January 23, 1900, Miss Myrtie Dail visited her sister, Mrs J. K. Murvin, last week. Mess. W. R. Simmons and S. D. Bird are attending court this week. Miss Katherine Matthews spent Satur- J 1 c-j 1 1 t 1 7 ri utty tuiu ouuuay wiva mints uuviu, iox. Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Uzzell spent part of last week visiting relatives in Pitt county. f Mr. it. Li. uardner, or ivinston, was here last week representing Mess. T. W. Mewoorn uo. Mr. Ellis Davis and his sister, Miss Estelle, attended the marriage of their cousin, Miss Ida Turner, at l ink Hill last Wednesday. A lew days ago a charming young ladv. while passimr Dr. Button's new w j : cottage, was heard expressing her regrets that this is not 4eap jrean Give them a chance, doctor. The ' spring term of Seven Springs Hich School beirins Wednesday. 24th. The term just closing has been a pros perous one, and the spring term gives promise of being more so. Mr. Richard Elmore lost a horse last Wednesday that was 38 years old. hav ing been in ' use in the civil war. "Old Belle" was a favorite of the family and her death was much lamented by them. It is reported that Mr. G. F. Smith purchased 1,000 bushels of cotton seed rom Mr. W. L. Hardy last Friday. This is the fourth (?) time Mr. Smith has been down to purchase that same lot of seed Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Morrill, who have eased the Seven Snrintrs Hotel, have arrived and taken charge of same. The guests of the past two seasons, especially the young ladies, will miss ex-Propnetor Smith s genial smile. Endgn Enmei Lot Ilia Wager. Miss Emma Games has a brother. Harold.5 who was an ensign In tw United States navy. Ills ship was sta tioned at Leghorn, and one day the flagship entered the, harbor with the fleet commander on board. The latter was very dignified and was never, known to lose his self control. One day the commander was In swimming, and young Eames made a friendly wa ger with a fellow officer that he would destroy his senior's equanimity, In naval parlance, "rattle" him. The wa ger was accepted, and a moment after ward Eames was In the water swim ming toward his superior officer. Sud denly he paused, and, stopping .his powerful overhand stroke, began tread ing water. Then he saluted precisely as if he had been on a quarter deck. To the young man's Intense surprise the commander returned the salute with equal gravity, . Mr. Eames . lost his wager. Saturday Evening Post GENERAL NEWS. Matters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. - Seen In the Rough, ' Tortoise shells as tbey are unloaded from the ships are far from beautiful To be classed aa rough they must be Just as they were when taken from the tortoises' backs. It is not until washed and scoured with acids that their ex quisite coloring shows. The same Is true of the beautiful seashells which come here from the shores of India and other tropical lands. There Is almost as much difference between them In the rough and when finished as there Is between uncut diamonds and those that have passed through a lapidary's hands. St Louis Globe-Democrat. The committee reported adversely Tues day to Beating Quay in the United States senate. Marshal O. Waggoner, of Toledo, Ohio, an infidel who has been converted to, Christianity, has burned a rare and valu able library of infidel books. A diepatcl) '-"oived at Berlin from Dur ban says the Uii-tnan barque Marie, load ed with sulphur, captured early in Jan uary by a British cruiser, has been un conditionally released. W. H Stallings, Republican postmaster at Augusta, Ga., has been "expelled ' from the Republican party by negroes be cause he refused to appoint a negro man named Wimberly as assistant postman ter. A cablegram from Nassau, N. P., an nounces that the schooner B. W. Morse, which left Jacksonville, Fla., about Jan. 6th for San Juan, Puerto Rico, was aban doned at sea, waterlogged. Two men were lost. Dispatches from Manila report that the recent uprising in the island of Negros was not merely a revolt'of the police, as has been indicated, but an attempt by native officials to overthrow American authority. Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, author of In His Steps," is to be given entire control for one week of the Topeka Capital its news, advertising and editorials in order that he may give to the world his idea of a Christian daily newspaper. A Pennsylvania farmer who hustled off to England.totake possession of a $900 000 fortune that be was advised was waiting for him, got back minus his trav eling expenses, and f 175 that the sharp ers on the other side buncoed him out of before he had been 24 hours on land. At Washington, D (I, Monday, ; Henry A. Hazen, professor of meteorology and -one of the chief forecasters of weather conditions at the weather bureau, was probably fatally injured by being thrown from his bicycle. He was on his way to the bureau when he ran into a colored man, and the contact pitched him b.-.-mly forward on his head. His skull was cracked and hemorrhage of the brain en sued. The skull has been trepbanbd and a large clot of blood removed. A great audience heard-the speakers at the pro-Boer mass meeting held in the Grand opera house. Washington. D. C, on Sunday night. Senators Mason and Allen and Representatives Sulzer, Bailey and Clark were among the prominent speakers. Great Britain was vigorously denounced for her course in the Boer war. The president was accused of sym pathizing with the English, and his Phil ippine policy was severely scored by the speakers, and the crowd was with them. The senate branch of the South Caro lina legislature has passed a broad-tire bill, and it is believed that it will be pass ed by the house and signed by the gov ernor. This bill prohibits the sale of any wagons with narrow tires after January, 1901, but the use of such wagons may continue until January, 1904. ; In the meantime persons who use the broad tire are to be exempted from road duty and commutation tax. The bill provides for 1 Imins and penalties for violation. Such egislation is so clearly in the interest of' good roads that it is a wonder that it is not on the statute-book of every state. THE FERTILIZER TRUST. United Action by the Farmers of South Carolina. Charleston, S. C, Jan. 22. The oppo sition to the Virginia-Carolina Chemical company, styled by, the farmers "the phosphate trust," is coming to a bead in this state. The farmers of Edgefield have already appointed a day for a public meeting. . . -. The farmers of ureenwood met batur- day in a mass meeting and adopted reso lutions, in which the president of the Farmers Alliance concurred, declaring that "the prices of fertilizers are being advanced arbitrarily through the , in fluence of a trust," and appealing to the farmers of all the cotton states to meet at their court houses on the first Monday in February, "and pledge themselves not to purchase fertilizers at more than 10 per cent, advance over last year's prices." The yireinia-Carolina Chemical com pany a month or more ago announced a rise in the price of fertilizers, which it claimed was necessitated by the increased prices of pyrites and brimstone and the scarcity of phosphate rock. The com pany, through its officers, stoutly deny that it is a trust.
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