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RALiEIG-H. N. CM TUESDAY. AT7G-TJST 25, 1903
No. 70
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democrats" Can Win
in--the Nexlt Elect i
n
A Conservative Candidate on
a Conservative Platform
Will Attract Votes of;
Many Republicans
JOSEPH LOFTIN
DOING NEWPORT
A Wilmingtcegrd the Dar
ling of Strictly Upper.
Crust Society
Newport, R. I., Aug. 24. For the past
trvo days people here have been staring:
New Tork. August 24. General Mat
thew C. Butler, who, prior to the" ad
xnt of Tillmanism and Populism in
t;.e politics of his state, so long repre-
y.MteJ South Carolina In the United
State? senate, discussed the general
Political situation freely today:
-It seems obvious to me," he said,
that the Democratic party has an op-portm-ity
to win at the coming elec
ts..:! such as It has rarely had since
th civil war. From my conversations
with srentlemen representing all parts
cf the country. I am convenced
thnt were the Democratic party to
, ,..r into the field next year with a
, U.'ate representing- conservatism
n .v: a platform reassuring to the
!:...r.. interests of the country, there
v. '-j.il le a great many more conserva
tive Republicans who would vote Its
t:-k-t than voted for and elected Mr.
t:ve!and.
-With such a candidate and such a
.-Ctifrm as that with which the Demo
,: tt!e party went to the country at
t; last presidential election the party
cmaot and does not deserve to win.
The leaders of the party then were not
Iv:r.ocrats and they are not Demo
crats now: they were Populisms, and
are still Populists. Mr. Bryan is a
populist if he Is anything. If he ts
:ncere he lacks common sense; if he is
rnt ho is a demagogue of the worst
sort, lie now has the impertinence authorlty as the law directed.
. J. ... "I do not approve of all that air.
i- i..- uvniuwruut pariy. lie recently
-Trounced Mr. Cleveland as a bunko
are dominated by them. Then, I re
torted, our system of government Is a
failure. But I do not believe either the
one or the other proposition. I do not
believe that our courts are corroDt.
The political pest of the times is Pod- '
aim us iwm orotner, centraiiza- at a fine locking negro, fully seven
tion. They come to the same thing, feet tall, who has been riding about
these two. The extremes meet and town in an, automobile. Many have
fi comr"on menace. jbeen anxious to know who he was.
Both parties are tainted with evil, and the curiosity was more aroused
the Republican as well as the Demo- when he was driven down to the land-
l a JS, ? 6 Popu"sts of the Bry" Ing of the New York Yacht club today
ff?t,theiruats;,!f58".aiid boarded a launch and wa3 taken
SSSTrnS u5 WC j?" out to on of the chts in the harbor,
publican leaders truckling and weak- Tia t. .
kneed and giving way before the cry. . . . ,
-Of course the greater respect goes "in! ho has here since Sun-
to the frank ranter. He may be a bla- ay' thre suestT Mr- ,and Mrs- Pem'
tant n ht i,. lov, orai broke Jones. Loftin takes care of Air-
courage; and between the two the ran- ,lee Mr' Jones Place In North Carolina,
ter is the least dangerous. I Both or After viewing the yacht race Saturday
these groups. Republicans and Demo- he came to Newport on the Narada
crats. have their go at the great com- and yesterday was shown about New
blnations of capital. Without thoss Port- s
great combinations of capital this coun- Mr. Jones placed an automobile fut his
try could never have been developed, disposal and he was shown the sights
They were bound to come. They have of the city. He visited the Casino and
been of incalculable benefit to the was given an Idea Sunday night of
country and to the great masses of the what social life of Newport is like, he
people. j being an interested spectator ' at the
"Bryan and his fellow Populists are Sunday evening concert at the Casina.
strong on the trust issue and Bryan Loftin, who is a well educated negro
still talks hl3 free silver issue. You and who speaks several languages, was
ask what the Democratic platform next ! very much impressed with what he saw
year should have to say about this sll- ln Newport, and, although he did not
ver matter. It has. been settled twice. care to talk for publicatIon? it could
I spoke about centralization In the Re- be tnat he had nmr seen any.
publican party. Mr. Roosevelt for In- tning M befQr Hig declInin
stance seems to be leaning distinctly tQ wag out Qf consideration for
toward a personal government I do Mr and Mrg Jone wh6 he ve
not approve his conduct in the coal nr.n,1Q tft . a
strike. I think he went entirely beyond , , -
his authority as president of the TJnited Loftin wfll witness the race tomorrow
States. The primary fault lay in that , "Z: . J onararocK.
case with the governor of rennsylva- , fIwnicf -ff wlu reiurn IO JSOTZn
nia. He could have brought matters U1" "ever nc"n
speedily to a focus had he exercised his .before. His impression would probably
iiiciKe inieresiing reading.
What must be the sense of
"I do not approve
Cleveland did. As a party smasher he
and Mr. Bryan both were very effec
tive.
But I do approve, heartily ap-
of Mr. Cleveland's course in the
Chicago riots. As compared with
in . that
NEBRASKA POLITICS
Trouble for Bryan in Conven
tions Which Meets Tonight
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 24. Mr. Bryan
crer.
. .:i:Ity of a man who, only three
us aero, was th ranrlHato of n prpnt prove.
:-irtv for Dresldent of the TTnlted
sci:m nn TK-hr, HTon(ia tn e,iv. ,or. President Cleveland's course
...terizatlons of a man who for two ' crisis the attitude of Mr. Roosevelt. to-
,-- . ! ward the law-breakers and their repre-
.u nation sentative in the coal strike appears In ae a Aght on his hands In the
I dislike to mention Mr. Br-an per- a light distinctly disadvantageous. ! Cra"CorT. Z
5, , ally. To discuss him. I think. I "And then there U the matter of that ts tomorrow night at Columbus, if
" ' " 7 f tv, flw that the Present plans of what is known as
. t magnify him too much and leads small fleet of ssels of the f the Herdman faction of Democrats are
. ..ly to swell that Inordinate vanity, are -in use M -he-president a private Mr. Bryan wants the con-
; ,A c. nceit in the man which seems yachts Now. I am not narrow on
i r..i aiuKeiiier run away wun inose iiiiihp x i ico
v. -h-. ter fundamental basis of sense he
tw.'.y ever have had.
GRAVE SITUATION
$
There is Apparently No Limit
j to Turkish Atrocity
London, Aug. 24. The angry excite
ment of the Mohammedans at the exe
cution of the murderers of the Russian
consul at Monastir, the submission
shown by the porte to the Russian
fleet, and the general attitude of con
cession marking the present Turkish
policy, are the gravest indications in
the Balkan situation. All ' Turkish
military circles clamor for war against
Bulgaria. The mobilization of troops
continues on a large scale. iCls re
ported that the minister of war has
signed contracts with the Krupp and
Mauser, firms for two hundred can
non, two hundred thousand rifles and
one hundred million' cartridges at a
cost of $12,500,000.
jThe insurgents are reported to have
captured the town of Vasillko, north
of Iniada bay, where they killed the
garrison, consisting of fifty men, and
also one hundred of the inhabitants.
The government employes in the town
were taken prisoners. The insurgents
are now said to be attacking the im
portant town KIrkibs. The telegraphs
are cut and the result of the fighting
there cannot be learned.
; Reports from Sofia claim that in
surgents' have annihilated an entire!
Turkish regiment at Chagonasko, near
Surovicovo, and that at Pulankdera,
near Malko Tirrovo, seventy-five in
surgents defeated a Turkish battalion.
; The Turks have bombarded and de
stroyed the monastery of St. Constan
tine near Losengrade, where fifty in
surgents had fortified themselves,
j Other reports from Sofia , state that
the Turks have massacred all the wo
men and children in twenty-two vil
lages In the district of Floriina and
Monastir. They afterwards burned the
villages. Prisoners says the Turks lev
eled 150 houses in the village of Armes
ko and massacred every man, woman
and child in the place.
'CtH(0)IBl
vs. Cotton Gamlblers
Former Senator Butler of
South Carolina Goes up
Against Secretary
Wilson's Ex
Opinion
pert
of Raleigh are registered at the Ral
eigh. They are enjoying their vacations.
dent having a liberal latitude in uchjforins Mr Herdman is clerk of tne
matters. If there were one naval ves-: Mrt. thP most lnrrativp of-
With hfs Influence Impressed upon'sel, for Instance, In attendance on him flce ln the state Which he will lose if
Democratic party next year, and as his pri-ate yacht, one might not the Republican candidate for supreme
th- t.iir-.t of his Populistic absurdities feel inclined to make any comment, : Jud?e is eiected in the fall. He insists
i:; th platform, the outlook will In- Kt n-Vion it roms to ronnpetinsr three tki v,-.. f maono n nrt
!! he far from encouraging. Freed Df the government war craft and put-jtionai iSSUes into the campaign, " drive
from that danger, the chances for sue- .ting them at the disposition of the away returing gold' Democrats and al
"5 for our party are of the best. Ipresklent, his family and his friends asjienate Republican voters favoring state
"There are a number of gentlemen private yachts run at the public ex-'issues only. Mr. Bryan has been away
who mi?ht be selected, any "one of it seems a little too much. land the anti-affirmation fellows who
hom would be a tempting Invitation j ..Ag to the negro question, I have al- consist of gold Democrats, office hold
to the really large number of conserjj ways hejd and sti!1 noiti one opinion, ers and practical politicians, have been
vatlve Republicans, who, I find, are'on the 'subject, notwithstanding the i attempting to organize against him.
tronsly difoosed to regard Mr. Roose-' f . . tne'pOPie call me a crank for sol Mr. Bryan will get a slap in the face
volt in the light of an erratic man. and . . i have always held and still .' from the Populist convention. Itmeets
hT.ce a man unsafe to the business . . ,' . .0Uti0n is in the ; tomorrow night at Grand Island,. The
.ntrrest of the country. This solid.:110' , J" , ,'', fhp nrPs jleaders say a resolution endorsing the
dement In the Republican , .V f??0".-! which Bryan So-
I J.L IliC Htfc,IU.J A m. " " 1 lil.l 3 .!lt 1 TT"
rr!y doe
tf ratios
not like spectacular char-
in Its candidates for the
Fu-
tomorrow's
me "r"""7";v;,"::; -iverely criticised, will be passed.
Issue, and that is extinction by . n,
rrav.ly responsible office- of president. ?mafn? the Democrats gett,n&
"Mr. Blaine was defeated although ' evU? J?"0". L the supreme Judge and the Populists
vi:h a certain element In the Republi- i
edly going on. Why, In sight of my
n;. :;i.,7.. "!".r r-: house at Edgefield there lives a white
Vh. 3 , , .r man with a negro woman. They have
the political situation today as held. . . . ,v, ri .lpmont
loaay as neiu i .VIM..n A tw.a fftrfpn plpmpnt
ve. f. ij - iiiuii v.niu.... .-.-o- ---- -----
n:.-iin.
" " - III V A k A - V. A a W K
I UP-
mao In thoro 1 trtorf Of ttliS mlXing
V Uii 1 3 4 . - V- w -" "
ine same, or a greater, op-. A Mn.ntai oni do not
nuiiiiy 10 win a great victory is
two university regents.
BUCKEYE DEMOCRACY
have the prejudice against negroes that
prevails with those of English-speech
"red to the Democratic party.
, :Z R numDer OI , the English. Scotch or Irish. After our
- "u-inrn aaiiaoie 10 neaa me uemo
'tic ticket who would be calculated
T" bring about serious disaffection In
' -e republican ranks. There is Judge blood. I told him that I thought about
n'iv of Delaware. He. of course, would ?z nor rsnt tt then Informed me
, I - - i
k an ideal candidate. Then there that the census showed that one-third ;
Convention Will Meet Today
to Nominate Candidates
state census In 1870 Wade Hampton
asked me how many negroes In South !
Columbus, O.. Aug. 24. All roads of.
the Democracy lead to Columbus, where;
Carolina I thought were of pure neSr0!the delegates will assemble tomorrow.
to choose candidates for governor and
other officers. The convention promi
ses to develop one of the hardest fought
J::i:re Parker of this state. Governor .were mullattoes, that another one-third"
had some admixture of white blood,
and that only one-third of the col
ored people in South Carolina were
rmo$5 of Missouri and Senator Gor-
n of Maryland.
". to the nlatform. that should b
mip!e matter to construct. Why I pure negroes. And this blood polson-
ri back to the old leaders ln the Ing Is going on.
l.-t'o-rptir party and present In com
l i- t frrm the principles for which they
F 1 and which are the bedrdck of
l-'fuocracy. Why riot go back to ruch
i ''-tas Samuel J. Tilden. W. H. Craw.
f r l of Georgia, Joel R. Poinsett of
?r ;th Carolina, Marcy and Iloratlcn
ymour? .
I'resent in the platform in consise
f"rm the principles for which such men
they stood, and make as the funda
r ntal proposition that there should
no Interference on the part of either
state or federal government with
tfc business Interests of the country.
A to that there should be an absolute
'"I unqualified enunciation of hands
f" Here we have have men in Con
Fr,' and In the state legislatures
'Muttering about trusts when probably
v.i5t percentage of them do not know
fcU trusts are or what they them
'Ivs mean when they tak about
t'its. There Ij not a corporation in
this country over which the authority
"tntin its charter has not control.
Jf th corporation Is exceeding its
rented powers' In any of its acts. If
is 'ioing things that are illegal or
jurious tn the general welfare, there
thA courts and the machinery for
'rinsing it to account.
"A man with whom I was talking on
' object said In reply that the
courts are in the hands of corporations,
"I entirely agree with the Sun In
Its-criticism of Mr. Justice Brewers
recently expressed opinion regarding
lynching. The accused must be pro
tected In all his rights, of having coun
sel and appeal. I think the Judges
have been surrounded with too many
restrictions for one thing, and-1 think
the salaries paid Judges in some of
the states are inadequate to get the
besl legal talent on the bench.
"I can see the shadow of serious
trouble ahead In a clash between white
and negro labor in the south. The
negro is coming into competition with
the white man in the labor market.
White labor and negro labor In the
south are drifting toward the same
crisis. I can see no way to avert disas
trous collision.' The portents of It are
already In the air."
'China MayBuy Arms
Berlin. August 24. The pronioiuu
! contests In the history of the party.
Both sides claim a victory and an un-
prejudicial observer would hesitate to
say which will win.
The results will decide whether Tom
L. Johnston and the Bryan free-silver
Democrats will control the party or-i
ganization of the state and nominate
Mayor Johnston for governor, or
whether John C. Zimmerman, repre
sentative of old time Democratic prin
ciples, will prevail. Judging from the
delegates arriving tonight, Johnston
has a shade the better of the argu
ment. , Charles P. Salen, Johnson's
lieutenant, says he will have an over
whelming majority. y
Zimmerman arrived on the ground
tonight and has opened headquarters
at the Great Southern hotel. He will
have a branch office at the Neil house,
where the Johnston men are congregat
BARKER PUTS TO SEA
i : &
His Fleet Expected to Reach
Portland Tonight
Rockland, Me., Aug. 24. The North
Atlantic Fleet cleared from Rockland
this afternoon, the first ships to leave
starting at . 3 o'clock. It Is supposed
that Admiral Barker, the commander
in charge," will-keep his vessels at sea
until" tomorrow evening When he may
make for Portland. Under the rules
of the wan games he can not attack
the defenses of that place until Tues
day night. The fleet consists of twen
ty-seven vessels of all kinds, ranging
from armor-clads to tugs, divided as
follows: Five battleships, including
the Indiana (which will join later)
four cruisers, three auxiliary cruisers,
two rord-time training ships, includ
ing the Hartford (which was Farra
gut's flagship at Mobile), fourN gun
boats, five torpedo boat destroyers, ,one
tug and three colliers.
m Tiionis j. PBxen
Washington," Aug. 24. Special. Secre
tary Wilson of the department of agri
culture read the New York Sun this
morning containing an interview with
ex-Senator M. C. Butler of South. Caro
lina, who went after the cabinet official
with gloves off for asserting that the
men who had cornered the cotton mar
ket were common gamblers. The secre
tary was evidently Impressed with the
interview of the irate South Carolinian,
who declared, among other things, that
Messrs. Brown & Hayne, the bull oper
ators, "had done more for the pro
ducers of cotton, the farmers, in a few
months, than" the department of agri-
i
reply was accordingly given out. Secre- j
tary Wilson says, among otlrer things,
in noticing General Butler's interview:
"I have read ex-Senator Butler's
criticism on my interview regarding
the corner in cotton and j its effect upon
the country generally and the cotton-
Death of Mrs. Erwin
DuTham, N. C, Aug. 24. Special.
News was received here this afternoon
of the death of Mrs. Elvira Holt Erwin,
f which occurred at her home .at Mor-
ganton at 3:30 o'clock, aged 76 years.
Mrs. Erwin was the widow of the Ute
CoL Joseph J. Erwin. and left four
sons and six daughters all of whom
were at he bedside when she died.
The sons are Mr. W. A. Erwin of the
Erwin Cotton Mills at West Durham,
Col. J. Harper Erwin of Durham, Hon.
Ernest Erwin of Mprganton and J.
Locke Erwin of Tennessee. Four of
the daughters " are Mrs. Lawrence S.
Holt and Mrs. John Q. Gantt of Bur
lington, Mrs. E. TPowe of Durham
and Mrs. Thomas Moore of Morganton.
HERE' S A CRE AT 1
RAILROAD SCHEME
Comes Very Near Connecting
the North and South
Polar Regions
Guthrie, Okl Aug. 24. Plans for a
gigantic railroad with a trunk line con
necting Hudson Bay with British Co-
growls and "nrnnufa'cturlns Industries lumbia and Buenos Ayres In South
particularly.
"I hope the business men of whom
he speaks will see to it that these
prices continue until the cotton grow
ers sell the coming crop. If that should
be done I will make a Irip to South
Carolina, find General Butler, if he
branches, was disclosed today, when
articles of incorporation of the Pan
American Railway with a capital stock
placed at $250,000,000 were . filed here
with the secretary of the territory.
The purpose of the corporation, it is,
said, is to build a line of railway ex-
there, taKe on my nai to miii-aiiu y , tendinr from Port Nelson. Hudson
to him that I regard him as a great j bay ln a southerly direction, crossing
public benefactor who has been able the line o .the Canadian Pacific near
to see further ahead into the future Winnipeg, Manitoba, through North Da-
ROWDY - CONDUCT
. BY STATE GUARD
WARNED TO "GET"
Negroes Not Wanted in a
I Small Iowa Town
DesMoines, Iowa, Aug. 24. Supposed
whitecaps posted notices at Clive, a
town on the Milwaukee railroad, six
miles west of Des Moines, warning the
colored population to leave the com
munity and threatening all white men
who empfoy colored help in any way.
Isaac Anderson, a colored man em
ployed by the Milwauke e road, has
been particularly ahrrassed. A futile ef-rr-t
was made two "nierhts aero to blow
against the exportation of arms an(!broke the v. orld's trottine- record on up his house with dynamite.. The
ifn miarlil to rhln W3S rCIIlOl ea .. . . . . ... nWA n-Tt rt it-alt
I hi. . u w -
GREATEST TROTTING
Lou Dillon-Goes a Mile in
Two Minutes Fjat , j
Reldville, Mass., Aug. 24. Lou, Dillon
Asheville, N. C, Aug. 24. Special.
Residents of austere Biltmore, George
W. Vanderbllt's model village, witness
ed a remarkable spectacle this after
noon. The first regiment of the state
guard have ,been in camp near Bilt
more. After the regiment had been
reviewed by Governor Aycock and his
staff on the village green some sol
diers decreed that no negroes should be
allowed to remain in the vicinity. The
resolution was formed in a spirit of
fun very largely, but after several ne
groes, old and young, had been tossed
up in blankets, there came very near
being trouble.
Several negroes werjfe chased off the
yards of the Southern Railway until
one man, a brakeman, drew a revolver
and threatened to shoot a soldier. He
was arrested, but a representative of
the Southern Railway Company . took
a hand in the matter and secured the
negro's release on bail. It was stated
tonight that one old and infirm negro
was handled roughly by some of the
soldiers and that they threatened to
throw another into the Swannanoa
river. This negro escaped by claiming
that he was employed on the .Vander
bilt estate and could not leave.
today.
Under article 4 of the protocol sign
ed by representatives of the powers
and the Chinese after the Boxer out
break, the importation of arms Into
rhlnn was nrohiblted for two years."
An edict to
August 25, 190L
the mile course here today, going in ' chimney and part of the wall were
2:C0 flat. The previous record was J shattered, the members of the family
2:024. held by Cresceus, made, at barely escaping with their lives. Two
Columbus, Ohio, last year. weeks ago an effort was made to burn
Lou Dillon's time by quarters today, his home. The natice posted about
PMrst ounrtM-. 2nU soroiio n'nnr-i Clive warning an negroes 10 gtt
than we poor fellows of the department
of agriculture.
"But if, on the other hand, it should
occurthat the price. of cotton is drop
ped when the farmer gets ready to
market , his new crop, down to 8 cents
or 7, instead of 15 or 12, then, of .course,
I shall still adhere to my opinion that
the manipulation of the present cotton
corner by the gamblers of whom I
spoke Is doing infinite mischief."
The criticism of ex-Senator Butler,
published in the New York Sun this
morning, was, in part, as follows: :
"The gentlemen to whom he refers
as gamblers, Messrs. Brown & Hayne
are not only among the most reputable
business men in the country, but are
fontiMnen of hierhest character. One
of them, Mr. Hayne, is from my own
state, and I think he will stand fair
comparison, as will Mr. Brown, from
Mississippi, with Secretary Wilson or
anvbodv in official business. I must
sa-' I was surprised at what appeared
to me to be a very reckless charge
one which was not Justified by the
facts.
"The fact is that Messrs. Brown &
Hayne have done more for the pro
ducers of cotton, the farmers, in a few
months than the department of agricul
tnr has done in ten years. I was
somewhat surprised at Secretary Wil
son, for he did not appear to get Into
a frenzy of indignation when certain
other gentlemen in the West were mak
ing a corner in wheat and corn, which
enhanced the value of these two com
modlties, and from which the farmers
got the benefit.
'The secretary seems to be particu
larly concerned about the operators
and the cotton mills; that the cotton
mills have had to shut down and put
out of employment a large number of
pmnloves. and that therefore it's a
great wrong upon the cotton mills.
Now, in regard to that, Messrs. Brown
& Hayne simply bought cotton from
the bears in the cotton market and re
quired them to deliver the cotton, and
of course, the price went up.
"As a rule the managers of cotton
mills all over the country are bears
and sympathize with the bear opera
tors. Very naturally, their interest is
to lower the price of the raw material,
and they heeded the representations
made by the bear operators, exagger
ated the last crop of cotton and failed
to provide themselves with the raw ma
terial to keep their mills going. That
is all there is in that."
"Then what do you make out of
Secretary Wilson's statement?"
"Well, summarized, briefly, I should
say that they amounted to an unwar
ranted, and, it seems to me, rather
wanton characterization of reputable
business men, doing business in a
legimate and honorable way, as com
mon, gamblers. That, and a number
of bogeys, apparently the emanation of
Secretary Wilson's rather vastlack of
information in what he .was talking
about, seem to me about all his pro
nunciamento comes to."
, Judge Pritchard returned last night
from Marshall, N. C, where he greatly
enjoyed -a week's stay at his old home.
Miss Alma Pritchard, a counsin of
Judge Pritchard's, who is a trained
nurse in a local hospital, received a
telegram today that her mother is
dying at Jonesboro, Tenn., and she has
J.VT voari was: .First quarter, .30ft; second. quar-;ve
J was issued ter. .20; third quarter. SOU; last , The colored population, which numbers gone to her bedside
this effect was issuea 'rter. .29. . ! I several hundred, is terror-stricken. 1 Messrs. T. B. Heartt and R, R. Boyd
kota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas,
Oklahoma and Indian Territory to Gal
veston, Tex., from Galveston, through
the republic of Mexico to the boundary
line of Central America, through the
Isthmus of Panama, thence through
United States of Colombia to Ecuador,
and finally through the republic of Pe
ru to Buenos Ayres on the Atlantic
ocean. It Is further planned to build
a branch line from- the republic of
Peru through Brazil to Rio de Janerlo
and a branch line from the republic of
Peru to Chili thence to Valpariso, on
the South Pacific ocean. -The estimated,
cost of the Pan-American Railway is
250,000,000 and the estimated length
10,000,000 miles.
The incorporators are: J. H. Dodge,
Stephen A. Sheldon, W. J. Pendleton,
Eldridge G. Phelps of Shawnee, Okla
homa, and C. E. Wells 6f Lincoln, Neb.
It is not knownwhat outside Interests
if any, these men represent. The prin
cipal officers of J:he company are stated
to be at Guthrie and Shawnee, Okl.
BELIEVES IN BABIES
Twenty-seventh in a Family
Named Alice Roosevelt
Washington, Aug. 24. A special from
Trenton, N. J., says:
The twenty-seventh child of William
C. Pettifore of this city has been
named Alice Roosevelt. Her father
admires the strenuous president, who
has so much to say against race sui
cide. Pettifore is fifty-one years old.
All his children have been born within
thirty years. There are four pairs o
twins. Twenty of the children are
living. The eldest is twenty-nine yean
old. .
Pettifore is a negro and was born the
property of Col. Edward Hennlson of
Jones county, N. C. He has married
twice. He declares he would not feel
home if there was not a baby in
e nouse.
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A FLOWER CUT DOWN
Mrs. Henrietta Sinclair Died
in the Bloom of Young
Womanhood
Wilmington, N. C., Aug. 24. Special.
Mrs. Henrietta Sinclair, wife of Mr
James Sinclair, orfe of the popular
young officials of the Atlantic Coast
Line, died yesterday at 1 o'clock at her
home ln this city. This death is one
of the saddest that has occurred in
Wilmington in many a day. In the
bloom of young womanhood and Just
entered the state of motherhood, with
scores of friends, and occupying a so
cial position that meant happiness she
passed away. Her death was a shock
to the community. ' She was a pure
young woman of splendid character
and a disposition that always carried
sunshine in her path. She leaves an
nfant daughter three days old.
Mrs. Henrietta Sinclair was a daugh
ter of the late Dr. J. C. Shepard, who
died last March. She was married a
ittle over two years, ago. She was 21
years old last Friday,
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