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VOL. i. NO. 25.
PITTSBORO, Ji, C, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1902
S2.03 A
40,000 KILLED
St. Pierre, Island of Martialque,
Blotted Oct tjf a Eaiin of Firi'
SHIPS tN PORT DESTROYED
The Country For Four Miles Around j
Covered With Hot Lava, Followei
by a Deluge of Ashes.
VOLCANO MONT PELEF, EXPLODED
IeatB JLUt f.icd That of Any r. tie
Calamltj lo th (Hi story ot tue IVrttern
Henicnhere United State Conml
Frontl. Ills Family, and Ylce-Couul
TMttrl Are Ameac the Id Kibrm
Vftwli la th Harbar Ietrajed..War
ahip Saved Thirty Lire, sad TUeae Are
tbe Only Known borl.or.
London. -The correspondent f the
Times ot St. Thomas, D. V. I.. elates
that the "toWu or &C Pierre, iu the
French Island of Martinique, has been
totally destroyed ty a volcano. All the
Inhabitants of the town, say the corre
spondent, have lost tbcSr lives, end all
the shipping In the harbor ha been d"
fctroyed.
London. A dlptcb to the- Dally
Stall roia Polnt-a-Pitre. Island of
Ouadekuiiie (French West Indies),
aays:
"Th Mont Pelee St. Pierre) crater
elected molten rocks and ashe .luring
three minutes and completely destroyed
JSC Pierre and the districts within a
four - mile radius. All the Inhabitant
were burned. Tlie darkne, except
where relieved by the burning city,
wai Impenetrable. For live mile on
the landward side of the city the
ground "was covered to a considerable
depth with ht ashe. which rendered
an approach to the city by lamtdmpos
Sible." ' '
St. Thomti. D..W, L-It la now esti
mated that 40,000 person perished a a
result of the volcanic eruption In the
Island of Mitrtinbjue.
The French cruiser Snehet aixivcd at
Point-a Pitre, Inland of Guadeloupe,
French Wot Indies, frotu Fort de
France. Martinique, bringing several
refugees... She contlnni-d the report
ly dctrycd by a volcanic eruption. It
la supposed th;it the tulsjhboriiig par
ishes were laid waste.
The commander f the Kuchct retri
ed that the entire town of Jt. Pierre
watt wrapped In flame, lie endeav
ored to ave bout thirty perxonH. nil
more or .1cm .burned, from the vessel
lu the harbor. Ills orticcra went ashore
In Btnall boat aeekln for survivor,
but were unable to penetrate Into the
tewn. They lav heapa of lutdle upon
the wharves, and It la believed that
not ft alnple person In 8C Pierre at the
moment of the catastrophe, eaconed.
M. U sloutu t, the flovernor of the
colony, bla wife, and his ataff colonel,
were in Ht. Pierre, and probably per
ished. The extent of the catastrophe
cannot le iniaslnwl.
The Brit Iwh nchooner Owiu Travejer,
which arrived at Dominica, waa oppo
alte Ht. Pierre. Hhe repot ted that when
ghe waa about a mile off the const the
volcano of Mont Peh exploded, and
fire from it swept the whole town of
Ht. Pierre, destroy li'fc the town and
shipping. "
' Parla, France, The commander of
the French cruiser isuchet has tele
graphed to the Minister of Marine, M.
de lanessan. from Fort.dc France,
Martinique, as follows: v
. "Have Just returned from 8t, Pierre,
which baa been completely destroyed
bv an Immense mass of tire, which fell
on the town at about 84fu the mofuliiK.
The entire population, about 23.000
souls, Is supposed to have perished. I
have brought back the few survivors,
i Olllflli ISII,T. tilt- -II1'I!IH IU "n
harbor has been destroyed by tire. The
eruption continues."
The ISuchet was ordered to return to
St Pierre with all tho speed pnrblo,
and to forward details of the disaster
to tho French (Jovenimcnt.
It la feared that the Governor of
Martinique has perished. -
WflHhlnfftoti. D. C The following
'fableirrnni has been received at the
JStntc Department:
Polnt a-Pltre. Guadeloupe.
"Secretary of 8iato, Washington:
"At 7 o'huk a. m., on the isth Inst,
a stonn of steani, mud nnd flro envel
oped the City of St. Pierre and com
munity. Not more thart twenty tier
sons escaped with their lives. -'The
. Frilled Stales Consul and family are
reported nmonjt the victim.
V ) "A YMF, Consul."
Tho Consul . at Maitlnii was
Thomas T. I'rentls. lie was hnyu in
Mlililu.'in, was appointed front iissH
chusetts as Consul at tSc.Vt'hclhH Isl
ands In 1S71. and later served a Con
sul at Port bonis, (Maui Itiii,) Koiien.
nud Itatdvla. lie was npiuilnteil Con
mil at Martinique iu Hmk). j
The Vb-e-Consn! nt Mnrtln'ar.v'' I
Aniadce Test art, w!i woa appifuled
from Louisiana in 180H.
Washington, P. C.In the dispatch
on tlie JSC Pierre disaster received i y
the jSmte Department from L. IL
Ayau United Stat Consul lit Point
A Pifre. Jnad.--ltt.ape, l snys: -Eighteen
vessels were burned and
suuk witli all on board, including four
American vessel and a steamer from
tuebeo iiained lloraima."
COMFAKEU WITH F03IPF.II.
mtatwl That lha llsaaUr Caa Only !-
Llkcnrd to That la A. U. S9.
Paria. France. The Parisians have
scarcely realized the ntvfulucss of the.
catastrophe f.t St. Piern?. The only
ieru of frlef yet vJsible 1 tlie l'.lf
masted lias ovtr the .Miaiairy of the
Cobysie.
Beyond reproducing the cable dis-.
patches received by tbe Goyetujuent,
fhi eveiiiic.; popers elmer rcfraiiicl
frotu commentJug on the i:katcr. or
coi.ftncd thenisclvca to priatiu;: h!ito
rles of ancient end modern similar
events.
: The utominjr newspapers did not do
:uicii Jtctter. The Fitaro followed thu
euide Uspiitches with a geological his
tory of the island Martii;ue. i,ui
fpeeulated i;cthcr-thecatahtiOjhe vctt
due to an eruption or an esrth;uakc or
to both, winding up with the state
ment Hint "it is not France alone, irjt
humanity as a whole, that is plutts-d
in jaourninir. a siicu calamities t.'l
u; the feeltuK of .wili larity uu'.t.ii"
ail who think and eel."
The Maths said the disaster is one i t
the most frightful catastrophic re
corded, and that one muft em back
rojnpeii to find a cataclysm of u.i:h U
eaianiitouti nature.
.Ixndoii.All tlie newspapers here rz
;res the utmost horror over the Mar
ticiine catastrophe, which, they sar,
for it suddenness nnd magnitude la.
n'.y con-parable with that at Pom
peii, and they extend deep j-'juipathy
to the Fnnch Nation.
It b issible that nore lives wers
lost in the destruction of St. Pierre
Uian when Pompeii and lierculaneum
were destroyed. An actual compari
son is not .possible, bex-ause the variouo
nuthorltica are unable to do more than
guess at the, figures in regard to tiifc
destruction of the ancient cities.
The populaiion of Pompeii at the
time of its destruction baa been given
at from iSo.oOOto r0,t0; but according
to Fiorrelll, the General Superintend
ent of the excavations, Pompeii had
bo 'more than WW inhabitants in it
earlier days, nud no more lhan '12,000
at the time of Its destructbo.
Tin- number of lives lost at liercu
laneum Is believed to have been consid
erably less than at Pompeii.
Frnfrwor M llaa'a Theory.
Iondon. I'rofessor John Milne, the
seismologist, in an intervt'w published
In the Daily Express, declares thai hi
Isiiilc instrumentu have recorded no
disturbance, and that they would al
most Inevitably have done so had serU !
ous earthtpiake occurred. I
Professor Milne's theory is that ,
Mount Pelee ha "blown its head otr.
owing to the Infiltration of water
through the rock a until it reached the.
mo! n material beneath, forming
steam of tremendous pressure until
something had to give way.
tuk island ok martikiqi'e.
A lnssloB of tha French In tlia Wt
Indira Ulscovrrcd bjr Colombu. .
The Island of Martinique belong to
the group' known as the lesser Antilles,
in the West Indie. It lie thirty-three
lit lies south of Dominica and twenty
two mile north of Saint Lucia. It U
forty-three miles long by from twelve
to twenty broad, and htu an nrea va
riously estimated nt from .'S30 to 3S0
square mile, four-fifths of which la
volcanic. Tho Island was discovered
by Columbus, uu bis fourth voyage, on
June 1.. l."02.
St. Pierre, the capital of the Island
of Martinique and the birthplace of
the Empress Josephine, la ten miles
square, with a population of i.'i.ooo
people. It Is ou the northwest coast of
the island, being one of tlie largest
towns of tho French group. It la well
built on o narrow strip of land lying
along the beach i f a eml-circufaF bay
and overhung by cltTa which approach
the shore.' There Is an interesting old
Catholic college In tho town, of histori
cal Importance. While there arc few
manufacturing establishments in the
town, the people of St. Pierre are pros
porous. The harbor wn the stopping
place of vessel of all nations, it being
good, although much exposed. Tho
at.choraco Is exceptionally well adapt
ed for, vessels of 'more than average
draughtT' Though not unlike other na
tives of tbe lesser Antilles and tropi
cal climate in their habits and meth
ods, tho Inhabitant of Ht. Pierre were
Industrious. The chief popular amuse,
ment In the cnpltal of Martlniquo was
dancing and driving.
Tlie Island of Martinique contain
several extinct volcanoes, the highest
point being Mont Pelee., with an alti
tude djy4h't0 feet
MANY KILLED BY EARTHQUAKES.
1 1 1
About 00,000 Taopla llava ttean l-etx
lloiualan la Ouatf mala.
Guatemala City, Guatemala. For
nearly a week earthquakes have becti
tumbling down cities, towu and vil
lage on the western slope of tho Sier
ra in this republic. v
tiue.ultcnango. the second city of the
rep til die. suffered by far the most.
Hundred of resld'-uecs nnd public
buildings were vlther totally destroyed
or seriously damaged.
Two hundred bodies have born recov
ered, and many persons were badly In
.lured. Fire, as well a Hood, added to
the horror of the nllit, with tho result
j that many people have gone Insane u"d
j other hate committed mcuic.
Approximately, rio.isHi people ituve
been left homeless. ,
PAUL L FORD BUBDEBEO
Novelist Slain by'His Brother, Who
Then Killed Himself.
DEMANDS FOR MONEY REFUSED
Acsallant Had Been Disinherited by Kit
Father, F:neenderItK Bitter Feel! up
Author Shot W hiU Mulne at His
Desk In Ilia L.lhraryBrav In Face
of Death Sole IVitaM ta tha Tragedy.
New York City. Paul Leicester Ford,
the deformed author of "Janice Merc
dirh" and "The Honorable Peter Ster
ling," never conceived a climax in cny
of the novels that have made him fa
mous iso dramatic ns that wbichbas
brought hi eventful life to en abrupt
end. Iu the library of lifs home," sur
roun led by the boots he loved, he was
shot to death by his brother. Malcolm
Webster Ford, a tall, stalwart man.
scare. ly less famous- for his .athletic
a-h!eveCieats than was Paul for bis
writings.
Before he had fallen from tbe chair
where he sat why a the but wng tired
Paul saw his brother h.hoot himself and
fall lifelfss. Tl- trn.dy was the re
stilt of a feud growing out of the recent
c-nuiciue ot the rattier of both men,
the father-who had disinherited Mal
colm and M-lio bad given the lion's
shar of his W.OuO.OUO estate to the de
formed son. PauL
Mr. Ford was seated fit his desk
workiugjon the notes of a new novel,
and Mi- Hall was also-occupied In an
other part of the room, when Malcolm
Ford, who had leen admitted into the
hous. by a servant, entered tbt library.
He paid no attention to Miss. Hall,
but walked, directly to his brother's
desk. Paul, looking up, said: "tiood
morning. Malcolm." Miss Hall did not
hear Malcolm return the salutation,
but she did hear him say: "I am at the
end of my rope. I want you to "
Mis Hall did not hear the conclusion
of tbe sentence. They then engaged
In a whispered conversation of a few
ud'nuie.
The last word that Miss Hall hoard
came from Paul. They were: "No; I
cannot.''
Nliss Hall heard a step back of ber.
and saw Malcolm back away and raise
his arm. Then she heard tbe report of
a revolver. Miss Hall leaped from her
choir and look.nl around lu an agony
if fear.' She gaw Malcolm standing,
tall and erect, within two feet, of the
chair where Iliol Ford was crouched.
She dashed through the portietys
with a scream of fright. Then she
beard' Malcolm call: "Miss Hall. Miss
Wall: come back come back and sets
mo take my own life."
Locking thnuiu'h the curtains Miss
Hall, with blanched eye, watched him
deliberately rafso n revolver to his left
breast, and. with his face turned to
ward the window, press his linger on
the trig r. She heard rather than saw
the body of the athlete as It swung
around toward her nnd dropped heav
ily to the floor. Miss Hall then reached
the chair Just ns Paul Ford was about
slipping from the seat to tho floor. Put
ting her two arms - around - the frail
body she half lifted an! half led him
to a conch that stood ou the other side
of her desk.
Her scream for help had attracted
the servant, and one of them was sent
for the family physician near-by, Dr.
Baruch, who arrived five minutes after
the shooting. He Immediately exam
ined the dying nuthor upon the couch
and discovered that the bullet had en
tered Ihe left breast, and had pene
trated one of ihe lnrger arteries, In-,
fllcting n surely fatal wouifd. Dr. Ba
ruch administered a stimulant, under
which Mr. Ford regained conscious
ness, and asked:,'iIow am I, Doctor"
The doctor ma do no response. Mr.
Ford looked up at hint again, with n
fccblt' smile, rnd asked once more:
Ifow nm I, Doctor How am 1?"
He reail his fate In the face of tho
physician, for, with a strong effort to
keep up. he said: "I will try to die
bravely. How am I now, Doctor':"
The doctor assured him that he was
acting bravely." With the assistance of
the women servants the doctor carried
the body of the novelist Into an ad
jolnli s apartment and placed It on a
led.
Dr. Baruch had nn exciting quarter
of nu hour bet we u trying to retain life
lu the feeble body of Paul Ford and
;o prevent tho servant from Advising
Mrs. Ford of the tragedy that had
robbed her of her husband. He suc
ceeded In retaining life In the body of
Paul Ford for fifteen mlnues. Ho was
leaning ever tho dwarfed figure when
the end came.
Dr. Bosenburg. Mho also had been
suniux utd, had made an examination
of the body of Malcolm Ford. He had
been shot lu precisely tlu samoi spot
ns had his brother, whom he had mur'
dered. ai d bis death was almost Instan
taneous. Tho physicians proevdrd to the
apartments of Mrs. Ford, who Is short
ly to become n mother. They learned
thai Mr.. Ford lind demauded of one
of tho servants the cause of the noise
and confusion down stairs, nnd had
lnvii told that Mr.. Ford had been shot.
The physicians found her hysterical
and In urgent need of -their skill. So
critical was her cotplitlon that neither
physician . dared leave the rooirt Tor
four hours after the tragedy occurred.
4 Paul Ijeicester Ford was - born in
Brooklyn In WW. HI health in child
hood and early manhood prtneuted tbe
malformed Paul from going to school
o;' college, but he found a real univer
sity In his father's library. Paul Kurd's
bis.otlcal publications, big and little
(including rc-prlnM of scarce writing,
edited I y him, number WjX bast.,
SOITHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION
Great Representative Religious Bods
fleets in Asbeville.
ARhevMe. Special. The forty
peventh session tfeTth year) ' of the
Southern Baptist Convention began
here Friday. The attendance will be
large. The first session was called J
order by Hon. John W. Northern, (at
Atlanta.
This convention is the largest 'or
ganized body of Baptists in the world.
It embraces churches in the
States east of tho Mississippi river
and south of the Ohio; also lu Mary
land, the District 'of Columbia, Mis
souri. , Arkansas, Indian Territory,
Oklahoma, Texas, Mexico and Cuba.
The convention is not a legislative,
but an advisory body. Under the de
nominational teachings of the Church
the Convention does not cuake laws
for 'its constituency.! The delegates
moot for co-operMion in missionary
an-1 educational work. The niectlcgi
of several societies and holies auxil
iary to the gvit-ral convention were
heia during the day. The main quta:
tior.s for consideration by the conven
tion -a'iJl be education and "home., at .
foreign missions.' Both the -home ai?d
foreign boards havt increased their
work greatly during tha last year and
will r-Mrt free of debt.. It is said the
home board, of which Dr.' McConueii.
of A'.ianta, Is tetretary will' report
t .ta'meec?n band of sonniking like
&,'. The report of the. fcreijj-n
board. - the fceedouarters ct which Ik
ivascviile will fct made by Dr. It.
J. Willi nuhnm. '
. Mr. Northern Laving declined a re
election as president, tltvre was much
e peculation among the delegates a.s
to who would be tho presiding officer.'
Many were of the opinion that. Mr.
NorthLn would -yet be induced to
Bferve another t-rm.
The Baptist Young People's Union
held a meeting Thursday morning.
rAmong the speakers were Pre; dent
John 1J. Chapman. Mr. Chapman toM
of the remarkable growth of the -organisation
and predicted even larger
growth this year. The association was
shown to he ia a highly, flourishing
condition.
The American Baptist Educational
Society met in the afternoon and
elwted the following officers; Presi
dent. A. Gaylord Siocum, LL. D., of
Michigan; vice president, John i
Forbes, Ph. D., Florida; John H. Har
ris, LL.. D Pennsylvania; recording
secretary tf Rev. H. B. Grose, Massa
chusetts corresponding secretary, II.
L. Morehouse, I). D.. Ill Fifth avenue,
New York; treasurer, E V. Carry.
Mont Clair,. N. J.; auditor, G. W. Mur
ray, New Y'ork; members of the execu
tive board. 1902-5. Eugene Levering,
Baltimore, Md.; Hev. F. T. Tomilis
sun Elizabeth. N. J.; Rev. Fred T.
dates, New York; Joshua Levering.
Baltimore; G. V. Murray?-New Yoi";
Col. J. A. Hoyt. Green v'Me. S. C: K.
W. Stephens, Columbia. Missouri: J.
W. Bailey, Ita'.elgh. N. C; J. B. Cam
brel!. Waco. Texas.
In lb absence .of the secretary .if
the board Dr. Norman Fox. of New
Jersey, was elected as recording sec
retary pro tern. The executive board
of tbe 'society submitted its report',
showing grants had been authorized
to ten institutions during the -yeRr.
The number of high sohools.-'ln th?
South has increased from 431 In U:)0
to 1,35) In 1901. The report of Treas
urer E. V. Carry showing receipts for
the fiscal year of $77,075.73 was. read,
by Dr. Moorehouse and adopted. Presi
dent Boatwright declared there was
a great educational revival going on.
State and private aid, he said, were
building up State institutions. "The
loss of denominational patronage
may make the weak hearted think de
nominational Institutions must be
given up," ho continued, "but the de
nominational rt hools are the bulwarks
of tha nation. When the State institu
tions foster a sustained Christian citi
zenship, secular schools may may be
needed, hut not now. The demand U
for schools which shalUsupport Chris
tianity., not church tenets." ,
Dr.' j. I. Orochti addressed" the so.,
piety on "The-Bearing of the Modem
Educational Revival on Denomina
tional Colleges'." Dr. E.VU. Poteat. -of
Philadelphia; J. M. Prestige, of Louis
ville, and others also delivered ad
dresses. ",
The trustees of the Baptist Semi
nary at Ixniisville were iu session,
Hon. Joshua Levering, tf Baltimore,
presiding. Reports of the various com
mittees ife read and the institution
was shown to be In a most flourishing,
tondition.
j The Dry Goods Market.
New York,- Special. The market was
quiet again for all descriptions of cot
ton goods, there waa more Inquiry
from exporters following a riso in tho
market for silver, but little actual
buying. Prices are maintained In both
Maple and fancy line. Print cloths are
Inactive for narrow and wide goods.
Newsy Notes. ,
Wheat (crowers In Northern Mis
souri are alarmed over the heavy rains
at the past two days.
The resignation ot flllza M. Mosher.
woman's, dean of tho University of
Michigan, was tendered Thursday.
A falling elevator killed one than
and seriously hurt two at the Auln;an
Company's plant, Canton, O.
A valuable bell, cast In St. Pet"rs
h.:rg and shown at the World's r'air,
has been stolen from a Russian churrh
in ChkrtKO, 111.
The corner r.tnnti of the Ohio Mi
IKulcy Memorial College, of -Government
will be laid at Washington, D. C,,
May H by President Hooslt, .
HE MUST APOLOGIZE
Bill Arp on Roosevelt's Remarks
About Davis.
BILL SAYS TKEY WERE WROMi.
That Rocsvelt Should Hasten to rube
Ample Amends For the .V.I.lnke He
Has Made.
Once more unto the breach, rod
friends out a more," . I would like ia
kcow about what time President
Roosevelt is going tj retract what ha
wrote; about President Davis. It has
ni)w been proven by the official records
a Jacksoa. Miss., that Mr. Davis never
was governor, nor was he ever a mem
ber (1 the legislature of that State.-and
in a public adire3 made after the at
c! repudiation, he declared he was on
j:: scd to it and the debt ought t? be
raid, aod tais anateur historian de-to:-m.ts
him in h! book as a a arte
tra'tnr and repudlator. Mr. Davis
foirelit n Mexico for the hecor of. the
fisp; V.-on the victory tt Buer.a Vista:
i'-"T'stf!-.- rt.U5;..i: aim .'ii.r ue i
years walked with crut.'hcs; married
Genera! Taylor's daughter f : r hle-f.m
wife' and didn't run away with Ur,
either: w.-.s secretary o? war unu.r
Franklin Pierce, remodeled th? cani
ciium at West Point and If stands as
ho f-amed it; was a member of the
United States Senate when his tSat
ceccded and. like General Lee, be-' went
with, fcl-s people. He did not seek the
presidency of the confederacy and in
sisted that another be chosen. Now all
this has lvng since been et&bilshed
and if Mr. .Roosevelt did not know it
he could have known it. He certainly
knows it now, and If he is a gentleman
he will retract it and tpologiae to Mr.
Davis and the family and to the sairjr
ed shade of '-Miss Wins! and to the
people of the South. He called him an
arch traitor and arch repudlator and
rem pare' him to Benedict Arnold and
that 'Slanderous libel is in print in a
book Of so-called history and has pois
oned the minds of all the fools, fana
tics and idiots who have read it. When
is he going to retract?
The International Cyclopedia, edit
ed by distinguished professors of Co
lumbia university and Dartmouth cd
Icec, says of Mr. Davis. "He was, a
ripe s h'.dar, a vigorous writer, a splen
did orator, a brave soldier, a true gen
tlm-.a.), a sturdy champion-, a proud,
true patriot, a lover of liber'.y, a Chris
tian h?ro--thi is the Jefferson Davis
that history will thetish." General j
Ia'o was his bi-som friend and confi
dent and yet this so-called historian,
this rough rider and bir hunter,
praises Lee while he defames bis
friend, a man Infinitely his superior In
everay moral, attitude and every noble
emoiicn. But maybe ha will retract
and apologize, though Tom Moore
says:''
"But faith, fanatic faith, once wedded
fast ,
To some de-ar falsehood hiigs It to the
last."
He had better roctrart, for some of our
old soldiers are very mad about it.
They are talking about suing him for
slander and gamisheeing the govern
ment for his salary. Killing bears in
the wilderness won't save htm nor will
that little brush we had in Cuba. That
Is perhaps tbe biggest little war we
have ever had and every small politi
cian and stump orator who wants an
olllce jtlmps up and says we are all
brethren now. We fit and fout and bled
together at San Jatian and Santiago
and then, we crossed the wide ocean to
whip oufJsotuo niggers and we will
oom all be on tbe pension roll. An
old veteran said to me, "That llttU
Spanish war remind me of the fellow
Who was drowned at Johnston, and
when he knocked at the gate St. Peter
didn't recognize him and rj fused to let
him in. 'Why, my dear sir,' said he, I
am one of tbe Johnstown sufferers. I
was drowned In that flood.' So the
good saint relented and let him In. He
wandered about hc-aven; looking at the
beautiful thin-1 and after a white
came across au old man and said,
'Good morning, old gentleman ; glad to
see you. Been her a long time, I rec.
kon?' The old man said nothing. "1
am one of the Johnstown sufferers. 1
was drowned In that great flood.' Th '
old man did not reply, but tumd and,
walked slowly away. . So the fellow
went to St.' Peter and asked wJ that
old man was. 'He would not speak jc
me.' said' he, 'though I told him I was
in tho (treat flood at Johnston.' And
St. Peter replied, 'That old man, sir, Is
Noah and he had a flood .of his ow n
to think about.' " "
And now we read that all the hor
rors of our civil war are being repeat
ed in the Philippine. In our war It,
was. the white yankees -wlffk made. war':
hell for us, but now they are .making
It hell for the negroes 'In the Philip-i
pines. VVg were trying "to smother
what our people suffered, but they
W4n't let us and now boast that Gen
eral Sherman found It the best way t.:
shorten the war. No, we old men and
women can't forget and i hope that our
children and grand-children will learn
it. all in some Southern history. Th?
clvllhed world has not .forgotten HeroJ
nor Nero nor the duke of Alva nor tha
massacre of St. llarthobvmew, where
30,000 Protestants were butchered In a
night But when will tffeody repent,
retract and e;o:ogi? He has get it .
to do sooner or lafr cr go down in
history as a malicious d -farcer of one
whose shoes he was not worthy'to ua
loossi He and Miles will get together
'otne time and sttme -where. Now, why
does nr-t Teddy consider the tee'sr.gs of
our pec;i!e ia his appointments ta
Soti-thf'rn. offices? Why did he r.o.t give
ijava-nnah a white raaa for a collector?
Appointments of ne-sroee to be post
mastcs and revenue collectors ara an
insult to us. and be knows it. If be
has such affectionate regard -f0r those
negroes why not give them a place at
Washington or Albany or B 'ston or a
consulship at Hayti or San Dotainga?
' These efflce ar? the nearest of a!l to
our people. The pijitjTice is our try
sllng plae, a kind o Mecca, and tho
postuiastelr our confident. That officer
should .aMpve nil others be aceptable
to the majority of the p:o;d?. The co!-"'
lector has hc comm erce of a city in his
hands and under his control, ar.d tuat
commerce i a all white none cf it
comes from the negro race. Wfc3tC--cuse
can he give f." sueh arpjint
ments? None, an jj when is ha gain;?
to retract and apViosrlze for that sland
er of Mr. Davis? Echo answerers
when? Bill Arp in Atlanta Capstan-,
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tiW ROUTE TO COLISBIA.
Important Railroad Bu ldiiiff That is
to tilve a 5hort IJne.
HanW, Spcial. Mr. . Ernest Wil-
Hams, president of the Charlotte. Mon
roe & Columbia Railroad Confpany. and
owner of the Apex Lumber Compuny
will csuhlish a planing mlil at this
piacc and will do a large, bufiino.-a in
finished and dried lumber.
Mr. Williams, togetber'with some as
sociates, baa large lumbef and saw mill
Interests In Che?terfi-ld county, ii. C-
Fcr the dsvclopnteat f this intv'.at a
railroad Is now being, built frft:..i a sta- ,
tioa called McBce. in South Cat .-Jn:i,.'
on the Seaboard ro3d, towards Monroe.
The company building this road'i3 the-
Caariotte, Monroe &' Columbia. 1 Ue
railroad is in reality secondary to th3r
lumber interest and is being built to
develop the latter. The railroad is n)
finished and running from Me Leo. to
Hamburg, about 12 miles. It is abw
graded 10 miles further to Jefferson 'tnv
Chesterfield county, and the additional
ten miles should be In operation itt
alKiut .thrse months, Je'fferson is only
about 15 'miles from Monroe. President
Williams thinks he will have the roal
cotepktcd from Me'Beo. to Monroe in
side one year from now. When thi;
road Is finished to Monroe it v.-.iuhi
make a short line from Charb-:te ta
Columbia and if it should be op.rst"I
by the Seaboard through t'rpins- might
be operated over it from Charlotte to
Columbia. 'McBee station is in Chester-.-field
i aunty, S. C. between Ciieraw and
Camden. Mr.'. H,D!gS8, of M ."'Bee. &
C, is general manager, of the company'
lumbei 'and saw mill interests in SoatU
Carolina. When the Charlotte', Monro
& Columbia road is finished to Mon--roe
it will add to the importance of .
that town as a railroad centre.
Simmons Good Work.
During the session of the Senate)
committee on public buildings andt
grounds Friday; Mr. Simmons, who is a.
member of the committee, performed
some practical and valuable service
for his State. He secured the consent
of the commlttee to report favorably an
amendment granting $7&,0i)0 to repair
the postofflce building at Gre'nshoro,
and also an amendment which carries
$135,000 for the purchase by the gov
ernment of the court house at Winston,,
and 125,030 for making iaiprovonit.nls
thereon. Both these amendments ;tow
go to the conference committee and it
Is hulleved that the --Greensboro appro-""
prlatlon will tie allowed to stand, as
the merits of thlsi proposition are uni
versally admited. Relative to the Win
ston appropriation Xhtre is a large cle
ment of uncertainty, as it is known
that Chairman Merer r, of the Hons,
committee, will to a great extent defer '
to the wishes of Representative Biaek
barn, who has succeeded in holding tho
matter In abeyance iu so far as tho
House committee ts 'concerned. ,The
committee also ngreed to an amend
ment giving an additional 3,000 ta
Elizabeth City. ,
! flust Not Drink.
Winston-Salem. Special. A .Winston
man has left his wife because she ob- "
jeeted to his taking a glass o'f beer
when he felt like it. The husband went
away ou One of the Norfolk Ai Western
trains a. few days agaud it is under
stood that he has gone to West Vir
ginia. Before leaving town the husband, it
Is stated, wrote a, note to his wife, in
which ho eaid something' like this:
pc-ar Wife: You know that. I have been
a 'kind husband and provided yoa with
a very good home and living. N w t
have only this to say if you will al
low me the. pleasure of taking' a glass
of beer whoa 1 ckoase to. 1 will. re-,
turn and live with yon; otherwise,!
will leave town, neves to return. This
Is my final proposition. , Plt-aso an
swer. . -. i ' ,
The proposition, tin writing) was de
livered to the wife and imtnedl.Gely
after readmit she wr;do her imsbaiul
briefly, but emphatically, notifying him
that she'would net accept, bis terms.
Tho husband boarded tbe train soon
after peruains tho kite's 1 answer to
his message. Tho wife, wiU return to
the homo cf her father; Iti a r.eighbor
Ing town. The household property h
' been 'shipped.
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