THE PROGRESSIVE FAREEER: JUNE 13, 1899 3 State News. TrAR HEELS ARB DOING. I . Presa-Drops Turpentine Jl-nUf Rice from the E&st -Cluster athr from th OTie3 na 4UUW V-thlsulks of Corn nd Grains of . ... ,rr, th West Peanut n "c . . c .v and Cottonseed from the South . onrt Gleaner: "We find that ysuuu. . ,v,0 iodine colored men in a n 1 ki-iu w a j.3rtbsmpton iavur mo v T?.r. Jeremiah Hunter of the Moth- . cJVt Protestant church, died suddenly ple ,aSeekat his home near Kerners- U. eiile, aged S2 years. I fr Far!ey, one or the patient at tne i ... ... . . rr-.onitn.l whn PtlHtained a fraC I in "i,wn of the bowling alley on the Hos 0n ;rl grounds on the evening of the I ' I inn. 1 Hk" . 1st UlfU. I a terrible storm struck Siatesville aturday, 10th, doing $10,000 damage Ja the town and $10,000 more in the I . grounding country. The Baptist Pr-ihacage's valuable crop at Thomas -nio w?i also destroyed by a etorm Ibursiay Mr B N Duke gave Trinity College I'KCO l29t week. The gift was made conditionally and the trustees have . it is thought that $25 000 will be aided to the regular endowment fund cf tte college and the other $25,C00 nasd to endow the library. TCilkeaboro Chronicle : A note from p D Andercon says that in his neigh bofhooi there :s a pauper drawing $1 nr mnn'h from the county. Amanda HUl by name, and she keeps eleven to feed. Mr. Anderson wishes to tnow if it is charity on the part of the I c:unty to help feed these eleven worth-1 aoz9 I Th Governor hss pardoned James J Mxre son of ex dhenn: Aioore, or I Franklin county, a prominent Rspub I .:, xirc wfta r.-nviptPd nf murder I htheseoond degree, three years ago, !;r killincr a negro at a political barbe rae, in Franklin county, during the campaign of 1S94. He was sent up for 15 years. H:n. Giles Mebsne, a prominent rit'Vn. died at his home at Graham, finance county, Saturday, aged 92 He wes a native of Orange county, a eraduato of the University and a tutor there. He was a lawyer, and repre ;sc:ed Orange and Alamance in the TseisiQfnrA frmuentlv. having been Speaker of the House. Tte faculty of the Biptist Female : i-Tiity here is completed by the i&rtoof Prof. Henri Abby, of II ol-hi,b.-sife and Miss Louise Jone?,of Rileizh, nbe in charge of the depart neat cf instrumental end vocal I rr jiic and Miss Hattie Farmer, of G:ld3bcro. in charge of the depart nent of renography and typewrit i:: ?. Ice oY.raington Messenger tells of a ycurg girl at Burgaw who placed a cote in a bieket of berries requesting '.he purchaser to inform her of the price pMd for the same. A reply was duly received stating that 35 cents a basket wa? paid for the fruit. Com -H3icn houae returns showed that the srower received only 8 cents per mrt. A i'ptch from B 'au'ort June S:h, S"v3: Mr. E B. Weeke, a well to do EErebsn?, who lives cj Bjgue Sound oour. 25 miles from Beaufort, was :rdLrtd last night in bis store on 3:ue d:und near the f03tcffice known a Buo. The parties who committed i22 d'.ed r.re so far not knov,n, though ?-r:c tu?nicion points to men in the tVODThOOd. -dr. H. II. II rae, of Johnston coun- 7- who graduated with the higheit -:iora at the Uaivcnity a few years Hi and who was afterwards assistant P?o!e;;or c! E gliah at the Ujiversity, -23 received the degree of Pn. D. from H irvard. Prof. II rne has accepted a C)U to go to Dirthmouth College in the faH Q3 instructor in the Depart Q-nt of Philc3ophy. Tae Expres3 learns that q'jite a forss bands are emp'oyed at the coal mine r::catiy opened on the Taylor plac3 I t-wcen Cumnock and Gulf on Deep ver. Mr. S. P. Langdon, who wes '-rrnerly connected with the Cumnock 'so, has charge of the busines3 at the Ho has laid c.ff a town there a?-d erectd a nic3 cfSce and Esveral ::"sr buildings. Sanford Express. --s indignant Post correspondent r .-:tr from R )xbcro fays: H?re is a"'ta:r a:t of our Democratic board -I :?7?n commis3tcner3. They only to place3 to fill, neither of which &ve they filled with a Democrat, when - io?ra-.s wanted both. Their last r-s to make- F O Cai ?e-, a young - pibii-ran. tax lister for the town of : X ;.,ro. Tne I mocrats here can " co ex-jae for such actions on the i'tcfp i -mccratic b:ard. We cer- thought the botrd would have a lca: cfl-ercd thia pltce to a D .mo crat. Ei-Adjutant Ganeral A. D Cowles, of Iredell, a lifelong Republican, has written a letter giving reasons why he will support the pending constitutional amendment, and urging his party throughout the 8tate to do likewise. He mentions a number of his party as- eociatcs, notably ex Senator Sharpe I and Mr. Lee Morrow, member of the House in 1895 for Iredell, who will also support the amendment. At a meeting held in Newbsrn Mr. W. J. Edwftrdn nnd Mr Ti K Mnlver. Ranford. Rnnht tn interest the neo- o NewberQ in the plan t0 eeI1 the and N. O. road to the Edwards syndicate and extend it to Sanford. Mr. James A. Bryan also spoke opcos rr fh nlon TViq Tniii-nol oora tViofo either side from that previously I held by thoee who were at the meet-1 H Three new buildings will be erected at the State Uaiveraity within the next year: Tne Alumni building, The Carr building, end the Y M. O. A. building, The foundation for the Alumni build ing hai already been put in by Ittner, of Atlanta, at a cost of $13 000. The contract for the superstructure will be awarded on the 15 :h of Jane. This building, when completed, will be the Ic will ccit $35 uuo The News and O server of the 10 ;h, edited by a good Christian tells of its Christian () work in this way: Toe News aad Observer last night bulle tined the J.ffrie3-Fi:z3immons priza fight by rounds, just as it occurred. And a few minutes after the knock out of the champion by the Califcrnian it wes announced to a large crowa or v mm people who watched the bulletins and cheered the news in favor of one or the other of the fighters etch man ei he happened to have placed his bets. vv e commenu io our resueiH mruugu out the State the following item from the Biblical K corder: There is no oec ter way of promoting education in North Carolina than that of working for the establishmen c. a good echool in one's own neighborhood, list a house built, and you can get a young man or woman to run the school. In some districts down east, Rev. W. P. Jordan informs us, they run the pub lie schools several months by private subscriptions. This is as good a way as any. Here is an opportunity for some man with heart for his fellows to take the lead in a noble cause. Raleigh Correspondence Charlotte Observer: People who profees to be on the ground fl . or, politically epeak log, are tnus eariy taismg acau. me D mocratic candidates in the nexi campaign. They are saying that D in Hugh McLean, member of the House from Harnete, is apt to win the nomi nation for Secretary of o -ate ma walk, to use a sporting phrase; that Francis D Winatcn and K 1 xie Gilmer are apt to have a lively contnt for the nomination for Attorney General, and that as to that for Governor, Charle3 B. Aycock seems to be quite far in the lead, though M H Justice, of Ruther fcrd, is looming up. A special to the Charlotte O aerver from Lexington, June 7Ji, says: The board of county commissioners, in their 6c:sion yesterday, es:ablished the system of road puilding and working under the act of the G jneral Assembly, 1839 chapter 375 This act applies to Lexington township, but any other township m the county may secure likri nrivilezea UDon petition to the f a commissioners, who can order an elec tion thereon. For th'i township a pneciil txof 15 cents on the iliu worth and 4 cents on the poll is levied r A board of five trustees was elected as fellows: J vfcn D Grimes, E A. Kotn mc.k. P. J. Leonard D ,vid H H nkle and W. S. Lopp. In a euit tried in Sampson county court, Judge Timberlake decided that the new echool law, that part provid ing lor tne election oi a uew luuuj .. . - board, is unconstitutional. Judge Timberlake i3 a young man, but one of the brightest Judges in the Stato. His decision ecems to be on well established constitutional law, and it only remains for the Supreme Court to pass upon it According to Superintendent Menane, the following counties ara the only ones in the State that the old boards refused to surrender their conatitu tional rights: Sampson, Catawba, Chatham, Granville, Daplin and Ashe. Judge Timberlake'a decision only ap plicj to Sampson county. If the other mentioned counties want their cases te3ted, they must each in like manner bring euit Hickory Mercury. FUvRthflMt Olive Adverticer: The loss sustained by the berry growers, crate manufacturers and pickers be tween Goldsboro and Wilmington be cause of excessive freight rates charged bv the Atlantic Cor 3t L;ne, amount to about $315, SCO for this season alone. Add to tbis amount the money lost through the refrigerator company and it will be in close company with the half million dollar mark. Goipg to submitt Yet how many papers are there in North Carolina that will pub lish the facts concerning the Dolicy pursued by the Atlantic Coast Line to wards the truckers! Yju can count them on fingers on one hand and then have several fingers to spaae. If you doubt this assertion, send in an article for publication that is just to the peo ple) and ten to one it will never see the light of day. The people who support such journals are to blame for their policies and their existence Statesville Landmark: The trustees of the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Raleigh "are in a petty fquabble over the election of a presi dent for that institution. They bal loted Tuesday and Wednesday and, being unable to agree, adjourned until July 5 ;h. Mr. W. S Primro3e, of Ral eigb, and Mr. Geo. T. Winaton, late president of our State Uaiversity, now president of the University of Texas, were the prominent candidates. Win ston ki on every ballot but was un able to obtain a majority. Much feel nS was Bnown in tne ccnteBi ana is probable that it would be best to drop j J ! i. i both these men and select some one else. The Lindmark has no choice m the matter and no interast except that it hopes the best man for the place, whoever he is, will win. Mr. Prim rose is.by all accounts, a mc3t excellent man, but he is not a teacher end we think none but a teacher should be elected president of a college. Mr. Winston is an able and energetic man but whether he is the best man for -president of the A. and M. we confess we do not know. The college has had too much politics in it, almost from iti inception and until politics are elimi nated the institution will do little good will never accomplieh the object for which it was intended which was to give the youth of the S.ate a prac tical industrial education. DAVIDSON COLLEGE. At the clewing exercises of Davidson College last week twenty-two young men received diplomas. This institu tion is doing splendid work. Dr. R. N. Brackett, of South Caro lina, delivered a veiy polished address in the E lmenean hall, on "Three Im portant b :ucational fteeas in tne South." 1. The extension and development of common schools in the South, giving a brief historical sketch of the common school system, the elowne3s of develop ment. due to the innate aristocratic ideas of her people. The need of devel opment. More money is needed, above aU th-'ngs. He made the point that if all the money now appropriated for higher education were put in public schools it would not increase the length of sessions three weeks. 2 The second need is the estab'ish ment of free public libraries. Hs gave development of the movement, and showed the relation of tbo free library to popular education. The methods of estabi;shment. The time is now ripe for their establishment, and they should be free not only in name, but in fact. 3 The third great neod is the cotab lisbment of industrial museums in all the lnrge towns. Theee he defined as collections, showing the reeources of the State. They can be established at small cost. He gave a practical illus tration of how this is done, on a small ecale, at Clemson College. THE CONDITION OF CROPS. Reports from Correspondents of the Agricultural Department. The State crop report for the month of May, tabulated from about a thou sand correspondents, under the direc tion of the Department of Agriculture, was given out yesterday. It is as fol lows: General condition and progress of farm work this year compared with the average at same date, 89 2-3. Cotton acreage th's year compared with last year, 90 1-10. Acreage in corn compared with last year, 99 1-3 Condition of wheat compared with an average, 82 2-5 Condition of oats compared with an average, 82 3-5. Number of horses compared with Its'; year, 97 7-S. Number of mulea compared with last vear. 98 6-7. Number of cattle compared with last m year, 91 1-10. Number pf hogs compared wish last vear. 94 3-5 Prospect for apples compared with an average, l l-s. Prospect for peaches compared with an average, 65 1-5 Prospect ior grape s compared with an average, 93 1-10. Condition of the trucking interests and small frui's compared with last year, 89 5-8 Tobacco acreage compared with last year, 105 1-2. When you write to advertisers please mention this paper. General News, SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. The Latest Reliable News From the Earth's Four Corners Selected and Condensed for Pro gressive Farmer 1 Readers i New York suffered much from heat last week. In one clay tnere were twenty five deaths from the heat and ten of these victims were women. The States which are to elect Gov ernors this year are Ohio, Kentucky, I and Maryland, Iowa, Massachusetts and Mississippi. Rhode Island has al ready, at the April election, chosen its Governor. Advices from Dawson, dated April 29 h, state that there are evidences of the most wonderful output recorded. Thousands of miners, who are waiting for the first boats, have from $1,000 to $50,000 each in gold dust. Governor Bayers has telegraphed all the Governors and A-torney Gen erals of the Southern States a call for an anti trust convention, to meet in tt. Louis on September 20 ih, for the purpose of securing concerted action against the trusts. Taere has been one death in Now Orleans which the post-mortem showed wa3 yellow fever. As this is three months sooner than that disease usu ally ehowg itself, there was excitement. But no other case has developed. Aeynopsisof the report of theNicara guan Canal Commission was made pub lie in Washington June 1st. It esti mates the cost of the canal at $118,113, 790 Colonel H iins concurs generally in the report, but submits a personal estimate of $134 818.308. In a battle near Paranaque, L!z:n, I Saturday, 10th, our army defeated a band of insurgents after desperate re- sistance on the part of the latter. Their less was fifty dead; ours, two dead, 20 wounded. The heat was intense and I iO per (sent, of our army were pros trated. When the dispatch boat designated by the French government to notify D.eyfus of the revision of his trial arrived at the Isle du Diable, Dreyfus was waiting on the shore. Although endeavoring to maintain hia self -pos session, he received the cffioial intelli- gencewith a countenance radiant with jsy The South Carolina Superior Court has re 7ersed the decision of the lower court in an important case Effecting I the dispensary law. Thedecison gives I a citizen the right to drive over into I North Carolina or across the bridge to I i.ugU3ta, Ga., or send h:'s team over with an agent, buy whiskey own u?e and return with it. for his Germany, it is 25.000,000 pesetas announced, pays for the Caroline, Palaos and Mariana Islands. Spain still retains three coaling stations, one in each group, and Germany under takes to defend these stations in case of war. Germany, in addition, grants 8pain the most favored national treat ment in Germany and in the Colonial Islands General Lawton began on June 4. h, a general movement to the west of Manila against General Pio del Pilar's force of rebels in the foot hills. The object was to drive the Filipinos into Morong Peninsula, where escape would have been impossible, but in I this the Americans were not successful, owning to the rough character of the county the insurgents escape to the northward. Mere than two weeks have passed since the Paris grounded on a ridge of rocks at the entrance cf the Falmouth harbor. Fortunately the steamer struck in such a manner that she was firmlv wedeed in the rocks and no 1 lives were lost. Repeated efforts have been made to get her eff the rocks, but they have all failed. She is not far from where the wrecked Mohegan still lies. The cause of the stranding is yet to be investigated. Dr. J. P. Greene, President of the Willian Jewell College, at Liberty, Mo., who was asked to accept the Presi dency of the Southern Baptist Theo logical 8eminary, at Louisville, Ky., has declined the office. He was selec ted by the board of trustees, to fill the office vacated on May 11th by Dr. I Whitsitt. and it was thought as he was himself a member of the board, and the action of the board in calling him was unanimous, that he would accept I the position. The boy king of Spain, according to The Youth's Companion, is not loved in Madrid. His presence in the streets arouses no popular enthu9iesn. At timr s when the guard is changed at the royal palace, his troubled face may be seen at a window, gaz'ng out; but no one cheers, and he remains al most unrecognized. No hat is raised, or other obesiance paid him by hia eul len subject s, when be ridea abroad in i melancholy state ! Among a more gen- ercus people, his youth, his misfor tunes, a consideration of the troubled i future which confronts him. would at least awaken pity. His manners, which ard placid, almost inert, have in them no attraction. Hi3 very looks are disliked. He is too blond in hair and complexion. "He : s no Spaniard," siy hie subjects of Madrid, and this which is to them a cause for reproach I will hardly be thus viewed by the world at large. Chauncey Depew and his son have left for Paris where the 8enator goes to study conditions in France. Ha says McKinley and Hobart will be renomi nated without opposition and that if the Democrats met now they would nominate Mr. Bryan. He adds that by the time the convention meets they will be ready for a deal and "will bargain to buy c ft free silver by giv ing up a tne demand lor a Dig army and navy and will go before the coun-1 try on an anti imperialism, anti corpo rations, socialistic and labor party basia. If this occurs, there will ba another tremendous fight; but the Re nnhiirmna will win Simh a nlatform would mean the nomination of Mr. Gorman." William B. McSweeney, who suc ceeds G V. Ellerbe under the law, is the first Governor of South Carolina who has literally risen from the ranks. He was left fatherless in Charleston when four years of age. Six years later he went on the streets to earn his living selling newspapers. Later he clerked in a book store and attended night school. Then he learned the printer's trade. In 1896, with a capital of $65 McSweeney moved to Ninety Six and made his first j ournalistic venture. He purchased a second-class outfit for $500, paying $55 caso.. Within the vear he Daid for his paper. He sold this paper end started the Hampton Guardian, which he still owns. Mr. McSweeny was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1896, and was again elec ted last year without opposition. The best foreign news of the week, to Christian people, according to the New York Observer, is the failure of the Sunday newspapers in London. A week ago it was announced that "The Mail had ceased to publish a 8unday edition and now "The Tele graph" has stopped its Sunday ?"ssue. This was due to the uprising of the reapectabie people oi England against the attempt to force a Sabbath break- ing nuisance upon the community, similar public statement would make itself felt in this country. It I was reaolved to cease trading with ad- vertisers in Sunday papers and a de cline to buy cn weekdays, papers that published Sunday iisies. As the pro I nrietors made their papers for money, they ceased to make them when they saw that the hope of their gains was gone. THE PEACE CONFERENCE. Lsst week's work of the Peace Con ference was deeply interesting, says the Outlook. The Commnsion on Dis armament adopted resolutions prohib iting the use o! the dum-dum (or flat tened) bullet, and al30 the uea of ex- I plosives from balloons and explosive ti.-illrtt-a The r.imwri!nn nn Arhir.rft wu.. JZliZS nTnV huju, uynu, f ' its work wes historic. In that work the United Scatoa bore the leadingpart a cause for National pride. After examining the Russian, British, Ital I ian and American plans for arbitration, the eub commission indorsed the last named. The entire Com mission is no w examining the four plan3, and is draft ing a single scheme based on them, but it is hoped that our plan will be practically accepted. It seems to have been drawn on the lines of the echeme put forth three years ago by the New York 3tate Bar Association. Theprin cipal points in our proposal are: (1) The establishment by at least nine sov ereign powers of a tribunal, the mem bers of which shall be nominated by the highest courts of the various na tions and holding effice for an indefi nite term. (2) The tribunal shall be permanent and ever ready for the pre eentation of cases, not only from the contracting nations, but also from any others, not parties to the treaty. (3) The tribunal shall have jurisdiction over all matters submitted to it by the mutual consent of the parties con cerned upon their undertaking to ac nfiDt the awai d. (4) Each case is to be tried by the regular, permanent bench 0 judge?; by the full bench or by any Bmaller number not less than three, as litigants may elect. (5) G3neral ex penses are to be borne by the contract ing nations ; outsiders are to be charged for the exponas of their own cases. The judges draw ealatie3 only for the time when they are actually engaged in the duties of the court. (6) There may be a rehearing of any case on the demand of any litigant within three months after the notification of the verdict, on the presentation of new evidence or on the raising of points of law not submitted at the first hearing. THE REPUBLICAN rROORAM. The committee appointed by the caucus of the R3publicm members of thelaet House cf Representatives to formulate a plan for reforming the currency has agreed upon a pro gramme, which comprises: 1. The redemption of all obligations of the government in gold on demand. 2 Greenbacks, when once redeemed for gold, to be r& issued only for gold. 3. Permitting National banks to issue notes to the par value of their govern ment bonds deposited in the Treasury instead of 90 per cent., as at present. 4. Permitting the minimum capital of National banks to be $25,000, instead, of $50,0(0 as at present. The first proposition would make the $500,000,000 of "greenbacks" and Sher man act notes definitely payable in gold alone, instead of gold and silver at the option of the Government. It would not, however, legal z3 Secretary Carliale's plan to make cur $500,000,- 000 of silver currency redeemable in, gold, and would fall that much short of the compete establishment of the ingle gold standard. The second prop oeition, stipulating that when green backs are presented for redemption in gold they shall not be re's3ued except when gold i3 deposited in exchange for them, would prevent these greenbacks from being used to meet current ex penses, and might result in their per manent retirement. The proposal to permit National banks to issue notes up to the par value of their bonds would somewhat increase the bank note currency of the country, and also the price of all Government bonds. The reason the new 3 per cents, are selling at 10S though they may be redeemed at par in nine years, is not because their holdei s are content with 2 per cent, interest, but because the National bank which deposits $100,000 of these bonds in the Treas ury, and pays a small tax, receives not only this 2 per cent, on its bonds, but also the current rate of inten on $90,000 of bank notes it is permitted to issue to its customer. If the bank is permitted to iesue $100,000 of notes instead of $90,000, the value of the bonds will of course be increased. The fourth proposal, which would per mit the establishment of National backs with a capital of only $25,000 would probably lead to the establish ment of such banks in country towns too small to warrant a National bank: of $50,000 capital. Interpreting, without prs ing judg ment on, these propositior s, we may say that the proposal that all obliga tions of the Government s lall be pay able in gold alone merely makes obli gatory the policy heretofore pursued by the Secretaries of the Tret s lry. The proposed requirement that greenbacks once presented for redemption shall not be treated as assets and paid out to meet Government expenses would en able the banks, whenever they were so minded, to present these greenbacks in such quantities aa to empty the government treasury, for there are over $300,000,000 of them outstand ing. The bant s are (from their stand point wisely) hostile to the circulation of these notes, and their avowed pol icy would incline them at the first op portunity to force the Government to I . . .v,,,K Kf1oca ir I mccc ujtco, wu"6u whatever manner wouia least arouse public antagoniem. The third prepo sition seems to increase the privileges of National banks, without requiring any corresponding payment for the money value of the privilege-; but there is nothing unsafe about allowing banks to issue notes up to the par value ot their bonds. The fourth proposition, permitting banks of email capital to operate under the National banking law, eeem3 to be justifiable from the. public standpoint. We want, how ever, to hear what criticiem banking officials may p es'bly make upon the cerns. Expert knowledge on this point will be valuable. Taken aa a whole, the plan ia I: S3 radical than thaturged by Secretary Gage in his last report, but more radical than anything which has neretorore receives me euppuri ua. Western Republican Congressmen The Outlook. The monthly comparative statement of the Government receipts and ex penditurea for May, 1899, shows the total receipts to have been $44,786,013, aa against $30,074 818 for May, 1693. year, leaving a surplus for last month. of $4,273,009 Col. David B. Henderson, of lowav who will succeed Mr. Reed in the Speaker's chair, was born in Scotland fifty nine years ago, but has lived in this country since be was six years old. He lest a leg in the Civil War and for sixteen years has been a mem ber of the House, where he is known as a vigorous and effective orator, a partisan of positive views, a genial, warm hearted man, and "a good fel low" in the best snse of the term. i