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The Progressive Farmer, July 2, 1901. State News. FROJI CUBBITUCK TO CHEROKEE. Itsmsof Interest Gleaned From our Corres pondents and Exchanges in all Parts of the State. H. P. Harrell has been appointed postmaster at Keif ord, Bertie county, vioe E. D. Clark, removed ; Daniel M. Willford at Giles' Mills, Sampson comity, vice J. D. Williams. The State Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction is advised that one of the holders of a free North Carolina scholarship in the Peabody Normal College has resigned. This makes four vacancies, which are to be filled by examinations. Charlotte Observer : There was a broad intimation in our Raleigh let ter yesterday that the much-discussed proposition to build an audi torium in that city is destinied to fall through. If it does Greensboro will get the next Democratic State con vention. Maxton Scottish Chief: This (Monday) morning finds everybody dispondent and long-faced. In addi tion to the heavy rains of Saturday, the floods of yesterday and last night in many places have completely sub merged the crops- Everybody blue, the merchants bluer and the farmers bluest. Competitive examinations for scholarships at Trinity College will be held July 17th at Hertford, Ply mouth, Newbern, Weldon, Wilson, Wilmington, Raleigh, Oxford, Fay etteville, Laurinburg, Monroe, Char lotte, Concord, Greensboro, Mt. Airy, Morganton, Aaheville, Way nesville, Shelby and Statesville. Col. Olds : The use of "soft drinks" in drug stores is becoming more than a fad here and of course elsewhere. A druggist says that not a few peo ple get intoxicated upon vichy and ammonia. He says it makes others as drunk as whiskey would make them. Then, of course, there are cologne and bay rum and Jamaica ginger drinkers. Goldsboro Argus : Dr. J. F. Miller informed the Argus that the excava tion for the new building at the asylum has been made and that 40,- 000 cart loads of dirt had been moved by the inmates of the asylum with out cost to the State. He said that the new building would be 68x36, and besides a male dining room there would be accomodation for 75 new patients. Watauga Democrat : We have been informed by a number of our readers that the "bloomless" apple does exist in the county and plenty of them, at that. The parent tree, we are told, yet stands on the farm of Mr. Tine Reese, in the western part of the county, near the State line. The fruit is small, rather poorly flavored and is prized only as a freak in the fruit kingdom. Greensboro dispatch : President Dudley, of the colored A. & M. Col lege states that he has just received a letter informing him of the depart ure of Capt. D. J. Gilmer with a stu dent from the Philippines. The latter states that the parting of the Filipino boy from his parents was very pathetic. Capt. Gilmer writes that the agents of the Tuskegee school are on the grounds and were very active in trying to secure this student. Shelby Aurora : On last Wednes day John Crowder, of Upper Cleve iand, committed suicide by hanging himself to an apple tree in the rear of his barn. His mind had been affected for some time and he had threatened and previously attempted to commit suicide. A few days pre vious his wife was dangerously bit ten by a snake and her precarious condition it is thought added to his woes and mental disturbance which resulted in suicide. Statesvillo Landmark: A horse elonging to Mr. T. D. Miller died a ev days ago at the ago of 29 years it had been in the Miller family about ull its life awl was well cared f"r. In recent yo-.rs it had done 1 n!- work but wa cared for until it The rains of the past week i::ivt been very discouraging to turners in view of the fact that vjf at harvest is on. However, if 'Lore is plenty of sunshine from this a tho wheat may yet be saved in ;.'. id shape. A close observer says ::at this year reminds him of '6, ".hen it rained all during wheat harvest and wheat was ruined and the other crops that year were no lT','Od. lioxboro Courier : One of the novel sights these days is to see the wagons from the country pass through town loaded with grass clover which has been purchased from Hon. J. A. Long which he raises on his little farm just North of town. If our farmers would profit by the experience of this gentle man we would have many more suc cessful farmers. This same farm from which, he is now furnishing some of our farmers clover, only a few years ago was so poor that any one of them would have laughed at him if he had told them he would soon be selling them clover from it. So long as a farmer in this county has to buy rough food so long will that farmer be singing the familiar old song of hard times. Charlotte Observer: The farm ers of this part of North Carolina are despondent just now on aocount of the never-ceasing rains of the last few weeks. June is the month most of them would like to see but little rain. An Observer representative drove from Charlotte through the lower part of the county yesterday, and saw the condition of the crops along the route of the Providence road for a distance of fifteen miles or more. Cotton and corn are suffer ing not only from the rain, but from a too vigorous growth of grass. There has been no fit season for plow ing within the last three weeks. Much work has been done on ground that was too wet. This hurts the land and the crop. Acres of both cotton and corn will be left unwork ed, to grow up in weeds and grass. The harvest season is on and de manding immediate attention. PORTRAITS OF CONSTITUTION MAKERS. Philadelphia Artiit Will Paint Them for Ex hibition in Independence Hall. Winston-Salem dispatch : Albert Rosenthal, an artist of Philadelphia, arrived here to-day to paint a life size portrait of the late Gov. Alex ander Martin, who was one of the five delegates from North Carolina to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, which framed the Federal Con stitution. The picture will be paint ed from one in possession of Gov. Martin's grand nephew, Col. James Martin. Mr. Rosenthal has been employed to paint a series of portraits of all the members of the Constitutional Convention. They will be placed in Independence Hall, Philadelphia. He will go to Chapel Hill from here to paint a portrait of Gen. William R. Davie, who was also a member of the Constitutional Convention. From there he will go to Asheville. He will paint the others if they can be found. He is anxious to find a por trait of Richard Caswell, the first governor under the State constitu tion. . . m m m REPORT OP SUPERINTENDENT OF PUB LIC INSTRUCTION. The biennial report of tho Superin tendent of Public Instruction for the years 1898-1900, has just been issued. It was prepared by the ex Superin tendent, C. H. Mebane, and has a vast amount of interesting informa tion. For example, there are in ad dition to others, papers on compul sory education, local taxation, the influence of the press and of minis ters on public education, letters from and to the county superintendents, list of private schools, many tables of statistics, decisions of the Su preme Courts in regard to public education, a strong paper by Dr. Whitsett on 1 'Some Phases of the Educational Problems in North Caro lina," and one on "Physical Train ing," by Prof. Whitehouse, of Trin ity College. Dr. Kemp P. Battle contributes two papers, one giving sketches of the presidents of the University, and also the presiding professors, and the other containing information about the old schools and teachers of the State, not con tained in his article on the same sub ject printed in the report of two years ago. He has also given a list of such leading teachers as came to his knowledge, beginning with Char les Griffin, the first teacher at the beginning of the eighteenth century and ending with 1850. In Part II are reports of various institutions in the State, a sketch of the introduction of short-hand writ ing in the State by Rev. Dr. N. B. Cobb, and reports of Institute work by Professors F. H. Curtis and E. P. Mangum. We have not space to mention all the t ontents of the volume. There are several valuable addresses, for example by ex Superintendent Meb- j ane, Proiessor Noble, Professor Street Brewer, Rev. John E. White, Dr. D. L. Ellis. The letters from the county superintendents are full of interest. The report reflects great credit on the able ex-Superintendent. Raleigh Post. MANY APPLICATIONS. For the Two $2,500 Positions in the A. & M. College. Dr. Winston reports that he has received over twenty applications for the positions of Professor or Agri culture and Professor of Animal In dustry in the A. and M. College. Dr. G. E. Nesson, of Clem son College, S. C, is now visiting Dr. Winston and it is understood that he is seek ing the position of Professor of Ani mal Industry. Dr. Tait Butler, Presi dent of the National Veterinary As sociation, has also made application. When the Board of Agriculture made the salaries of these positions $2,500 each, it was done for the pur-, pose of getting only the very best talent, as the salary is one that will attract this. President Winston is seeking men of genins, of deep and practical knowledge and of broad general culture, for these positions. News and Observer. A LEADING "CARPET BAGGER" DEAD. The Post in its Sunday's issue copied the announcement, taken from a New York paper, of the death of Gen. Byron Laflin, in which it was stated that this gentleman, con spicuous during carpet-bag days in this State, served for a while as Gov ernor of this commonwealth. No, General Laflin never even acted as governor of the State. He did bad enough as it was, but the State was saved this depth of dis grace. But he did figure variously if not viciously as a carpet-bag mem ber of the never-to-be-forgotten legis lature of 1868-70 ; and after his crew were overthrown by the uprising of the people in 1870, and he returned North he was reported as saying in re ply to an enquiry as to whether he was leaving the State permanently, " Why? is there anything left to steal?" He was as amiable a man as ever scuttled a ship, but they did say his "fees" for "passing" the special tax bond bills through the legislature were a trifle excessive and at times embarrassing. He did return to the State how ever, and attempted to 4 'run" a large plantation in Edgecombe, and went broke within a few years. It was then he left the State "for good." We shall not attempt to follow the general whither he has gone. We will not heap any more coals upon him. It was an inexplicable dispen sation which sent him and his con freres upon us. The Lord has taken him, finally. It is not for us to com plain. Raleigh Post, June 26th. Editor Thad R. Manning announces in his Henderson Gold Leaf that he contemplates quitting the newspaper business. We regard Editor Manning as one of the best equipped newspa per men in the State. Whether viewed from the news or the typo graphical standsoint, his paper is an excellent one. RURAL FREE DELIVERY. Congressman Pon to Have the System Ex tended. The following letter from Congress man E. W. Pou to a Raleigh gentle man tells of Mr. Pen's efforts for an extension of the rural free delivery system in this district : "I am just back from Washington, having taken a trip there for the purpose of urging the establishment of quite a number of rural free de livery routes applied for by Mr. At water and myself. I had an inter view with Mr. Maohen, the First Assistant Postmaster General. He promised me that a special agent would be sent to this district within the next sixty days for the purpose of establishing these routes and put ting the same in operation ; and that the agent should remain until the work was completed. My interview with him was entirely satisfactory. He said that everything was in readi ness" for the agent." FOUR DROWNED AT NEWBERN. Wm. E. Clark and Three Children Die. Newbern, N. C, June 28. Wm. E. Clark, his two daughters, Mary B., aged 12, and Francis D., aged 8, and George B. Bryan, the 10-year-old son of Green Bryan, were drowned here to-night. Tho party was out rowing opposite the water-works when the boat was swamped by the waves. Mr. Clark's little son, Wm. E. Jr., was the only one of the party saved, he clinging to the boat until rescued. The bodies of the two young women have been recovered. Mr. Clark was a Republican and had at different times been State Senator, Representative, deputy collector of customs and post-master of Newbern. General News, "ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT.' The Facts Boiled Down and Presented in Convenient Form for Busy Readers. Dr. Franklin Kerf oot, Correspond ing Secretary of the Baptist Home Mission Board, died a few days ago in Atlanta from acute rheumatism and eurematic poisoning. Mrs. MoKinley's condition con tinues to improve and Dr. Rixey speaks most encouragingly of her case. Preparations are being made at the White House for the depart ure of the President and Mrs. Mc Kinley to Canton this week. Senator Jones, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, says that Bryan will not be nomi nated again for President. Chair man Jones believes the issues of the next compaign will relate largely to the government of the Philippines. He favors giving the Filipinos an in dependent government. Adelbert S. Hay, formerly United States Counsel to Pretoria and the son of the Secretary of State, fell from a window on the third story of the New Haven House, New Haven, Conn., one morning last week and was instantly killed. It is be lieved that the unfortunate man had risen in his sleep and walked through the open window. State Superintendent Fowler, of Nebraska, has proposed a plan for the consolidation and centralization of rural schools which is meeting with popular favor among business and school people of the State. East ern States under this system use the rural mail route wherever practic able to carry the pupils to and from school, the carriers driving wagons. John G. Woolley, Prohibition can didate for President in 1900, started from Chicago Sunday night on a trip around the word, for the purpose of collecting data on the liquor traffic and conditions in the countries visit ed, preparatory to issuing a book on the results of the prohibition move ment. Mr. Woolley will sail from San Francisco, June 29. The trip will occupy six months. The Manila Times of recent date gives the result of a census taken by Lieutenant H. L. Gilchrist, for the board of health, completed a1 out the first of May. This census gives the population of Manila at 244,833, di vided as follows : Filipinos 181,361, Chinese 51,567, Americans 8,562, Spaniards 2,382, other nationalities 960. The figures do not include men belonging to the United States army. Commander Richardson Clover, United States naval attache at Lon don, has made a report to the Navy Department regarding a new system of wireless telegraphy which is be ing developed by the Lloyd agency of England. It is said to be supe rior to the Marconi system, although it is believed to be based upon much the same case as applied by the in ventor of that method. A test of the apparatus is soon to be made in London in the presence of Comman der Clover. CARNEGIE'S QUEER PROPHECY. "Mark my words," said Mr. An drew Carnegie recently to a repre sentative of the Associated Press, 4 4 the time is coming when the conti nental powers will combine to smash up this little island of Great Britain. When that happens she will have to turn to the United States for help. I feel certain it will not be refused. The United States will step in and say 'Don't; theyjwill act just as Great Britain did in the Spanish American war. What she did then was great and it is not half realized yet." A YEAR HENCE. King Edward Will be Crowned Next June. London, June 29. A special edi tion of the Official Gazette contains a proclamation by the King stating that he has resolved to celebrate his coronation upon a day in June, 1902, hereafter to be determined, and that the ceremony will take place at Westminister Palace. Only that part of the function usually solemnized at Westminister Abbey will be observed. The ancient customs performed at Westminister Hall and in the pro cession will be omitted. This program, which is in accord ance with the precedents on the oc casions of the coronation of William IV and Queen Victoria, disposes of the rumors that it was the intention of King Edward VII to revive the somewhat circus like and picturesque ceremonies which were formerly observed. INSURRECTION ING UP. BREAK- Caillei, the Last of the Prominent Insurgent Generals, Takes the Oath of -Allegiance An Impressive Scene. Manila, June 25. The surrender of General Cailles, the Filipino lead er, and his men at Santa Cruz, Le guna province yesterday morning, was a pathetic and interesting event and will long be remembered by those who witnessed it. It required two hours for the ceremonies of yielding the insurgent force to the Americans, General Cailles personally superintending the stacking of arms, which included 100 Krag-Jorgensens. The rifles were stacked in the court yard of the church. There were 386 of them and 4,000 cartridges were turned in. General Sumner and his aides then started to distribute certificates of $30 each to the men who had sur rendered their rifles, but this brought an indignant protest from General Cailles, who declared that the rifles had been given up voluntarily by his soldiers and that he could not, therefore, sell them to the Ameri cans. After he had spoken the insurgent chief broke down and wept bitterly. Some of his officers were so affected by the scene that they too shed tears. Cailles' adjutant immediately called for the certificates that had been given by General Sumner and re turned them to the American officer. The insurgent leader then ad dressed his troops with warm words of farewell, commanding them to adhere to the United States and to uphold American institutions. When he had concluded Cailles fainted from grief and the heat. After he reoovered his composure, General Cailles visited the head quarters of General Sumner and in troduced his officers and the insur gent municipal officials. He then accompanied General Sumner to the band-stand on the plaza, where the oath of allegiance was administered by Chaplain Hart to the entire insur gent force and the municipal officials, the ceremony concluding with the national anthem. With the exception of an American deserter Cailles' entire force was lib erated. Many of his soldiers are mere boys but they are fine physical specimens. The surrender was un mistakably sincere, but it was also unusually pathetic, although it had been intended to make the occasion only one of festivity. Cailles holds the universal respect of the natives and the Americans in Santa Cruz, and the town to-day is celebrating the reunion of the men with their families. The insurgents are on the most friendly terms with the Americans, and both participated in the drinking and dancing. THE WEST VIRGINIA DISASTER. About 50 Lives Lost as a Result of a Cloud Burst West Virginia People Will Relieve the Suffering. Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 26. A roaring torrent swept the Elkhorn Valley Sunday morning, leaving death and ruin in its wake. Key stone, W. Va., a town of about 2,000 inhabitants, has been wiped out, and the near by towns of Elkhorn, Pow hatan, Ennis, Coaldale, Ruth, Cooper, Mayberry, Eckerman, Landgroff, Vivian, Kyle, of North Fork, and Norwood have all suffered loss of life and property. The flood-stricken section is near the Virginia border line. The region includes the great Pocahontas flat-top coal fields, and is located in a basin, with high moun tain ranges on either side, and Elk horn creek flowing through the cen ter of the basin, which ranges from a quarter to one mile in width. From Ennis is Vivian Yard, W. Va., about ten miles, the country is dotted with miners' cabins, coal company commissaries and coke plants. Elkhorn creek, being fed by numerous small streams coming from the mountain sides, rises very rapidly in storms. Governor White to-day issued the following : "Advice from personal representa tives sent to Keystone and the flooded district in the Flat Top re gion aie to the effect that the loss of life will not exceed 50 and that there is no distress which cannot be provided for by the home people, and no need of outside help of any kind." General Miles has long advocated a standing army which should con sist of one man for every thousand of our total p opulation, and that is substantially the size of the present establishment. The police lorce of our largest cities consists of one officer to a population of about four hundred and sixty. Exchange. THE FILIPINO INTEND TO FIGHT. Negroes Declare War on Suffrage Laws Going Into Courts Grandfather Clause the Principal Point of Attack Whites Applaud Speeches by Black Orators, Washington, June 28.-7 Syste matic agitation by the Afro-American Council against the election laws of Southern States has been started. At a meeting to-night much wild talk was indulged in and by negroes who occupy prominent places in McKinley's administration. Prof. Jesse Lawson, Chairman of the meeting, said : "The States of Louisiana and North Carolina have adopted constitutions calculated to nullify the fifteenth amendment of the Federal Constitu tion, and conventions are now in session in Alabama and Virginia with apparently the same end in view. It is the purpose of the Afro-American council to test before the Supreme Court of the United States the validity of these constitu tions. The ablest legal talent avail able has been secured, and aotion has been taken in Louisiana to bring the matter before the oourts. In this movement we ask the hearty co operation of all law-abiding citi zens of both races, North and South." These remarks were applauded by the large crowd of blacks and whites present. Register Lyons, of the Treasury, among other things, said : "The grandfather clause in the Louisiana and North Carolina con stitutions is clearly in violation of the fifteenth amendment given by the Republican party to the colored citizen for his protection. It has been proposed by the Democrats that the fifteenth amendment be repealed, but that will never be done, as the American people, under the guid ance of the Republican party, will never take any step backwards. We should remember that the Republi can party has never passed any law against us and has never repealed any law passed in our favor. "I have been South lately and can say from personal contact with its people that Borne of the best white people in that section see that a great blunder has been made by the adoption into State constitutions of what is known as the grandfather clause, which allows all persons who voted on or prior to January 1, 1867, and their sons and grandsons to vote regardless of property or educational test We are bound to fight such a law in the courts, and we call on the people to help us." M0 EE THAN ONE VOTE. A Cuban Scheme to Offset Universal Suffrage Havana, June 29. The commis sion on the electoral law has finished its report, but it has not yet been published. Conservative delegates say the report is too radical to be accepted. The subject of discussion now is whether voters should be al lowed to have more than one vote. Some of the most conservative dele gates propose that besides the vote which every man has he shall also be allowed an extra vote if he is the father of a family or if he pays more than a certain amount of taxes, or if he has a degree. In this way one man could have four votes, and it is claimed that this would have a ten dency to change the face of affairs. This move will be proposed as an offset to universal suffrage. THE HAGUE ARBITRATION COUET. This court from which so much is expected in the administration of in ternational law and in the settlement of disputes between the nations has finally been organized by the ap pointment of the fifty-fifth judge. The court will not be in permanent session, but will only aot when ques tions are presented to it, and then generally by the selection of a smaller bench of judges to adjudicate the question. Exchange. SOME CENSUS FIGURES. The census returns of 1900 show that nearly one-half (47.1 per cent.) of the people of the United States live in incorporated cities and towns. But in North Carolina the propor tion is much less, being only 17.9 per cent. New York has the largest urban population, being 77.6 per cent., while Mississippi has the small est, only 14.7 per cent. There are 161 cities, each having a population of 25,000 or more, which contain an aggregate of 19,757,618 persons. The six largest cities and their population are as follows : New York, 3,437,202 ; Chicago, 1,698 575 ; Philadelphia, 1,293,697; St. Louis, 575,238; Boston, 560,892 and Balti more, 508,857. There are 38 cities, each with a population of 100,000 or over. Pittsboro Record.
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