lno.rogreasivo Farmer, July I; ICC 2
State News.
BSlite TO CHEBOXSE.
I ..eflnureit GHed From Cr Corre-
Partf tliSUt
j H. Mebane has been re
president of Catawba College.
referring to the plan to erect a
' Jent to the memory of Calvin It.
the Durham Sun says : "Put it
Clhe capitol square at Raleigh. He
father of the public 8ih ol sys-
Xorth Carolina, and bis mem
! should be thus honored.'
J Alamance Gleaner: The prosecution
the survey of the Graham, Burling
and River Falls Street railways
been interrupted for the past ten
Cs on account of Chief Engineer E.
f Beyers being called to Greensboro
a witness in the Cone dam case.
I Durham Herald: It is practically
' -Jed that Judge Clark will be norui
i.e3 and it is just as certain that
'sy Democrats will refuse to vote
1 r him. Whether the party leaders
J-! organs will make the mistake of
tempting to read them out of the
'ty remains to be seen. ' ,
! Candidates for the Democratic Con
Wsional nomination in the Tenth
trict are unusually plentiful. The
':est addition to the list is John 0.
Hs, of Rutherford County, and his
xs makes three candidates from
therford for the same office. The
fiers are Sol. Gallert and D. F. Mor
iy. Landmark.
Chatham Record : The two students
jo started from Chapel Hill in a ca
!. for their home at Wilmington ar
rtd there in safety but worn out
! i their trip. Their first experience
! .literally "paddling their own boat"
t not so very pleasant. They went
Tii New Hope to Haw river and
nce on the Cape Fear, taking nine
Says the Atlantic Educational Jour-
Hding at a cost of about $20,000.
personville High School 'Company
j been incorporated with a capital
I $10,000. llr. Carnegie has offered
t t on r vi : l :i ,
Jding. The $10,000 for the Stu
pts' Building at the State Normal
V jTndus trial College has been raised,
ri the building will be erected this
smer.
I Col. Olds: It is really an inspiring
fit to go out to the A. and M. Col
.e and see the cadet carpenters, a
!:en of them, at work on the new
mauga nail, une oi tnem is
:uis Winston, son of the President,
jcmiissioner of Agriculture Patter-
p was there and is much pleased by
pL As big an affair as this college
p is, yet it is but in its incipiency.
uhas now land admirably situated for
-ensions of building plans.
i
Monroe Cor. Post: There is great
-ivity among the candidates for
gressional honors in this, the Sev-
-i District. The convention meets
July 10th, and as the county has
-candidate it is fighting ground for
-the other candidates. The county's
e will be decided by primary July
s. The candidates are James A.
of Anson. Cameron Morrison of
icbnond, D. E. Mclver of Moore, R.
i-Pajre and J. Reece Blair of Mont-
-ery, and R. T. Pickens of David-
Airv News: When enframed in
tan hark business in the mountains
"5 Dan river, Mr. W. H. Cody shot
largest American or bald eagle
r seen in this part of the. country.
Measured seven feet and five inches
ti to tip of wing, and weighed
pounds. Jlr. Uody snot tne mam
bird on the wing, while it was
m ATI
It is thought by some that this
Indian arrow point was found
Jd.-d in his breast. This incident
7 throw some light on . the age at
1 by the American eagle. -
nin-ton Cor. Post: There are
peration now 115 rural f re.e
A
Vfry routes in the State. Next
tiie mimhpr -will be nearer two
dred. Koutes are in operation in
various districts as follows: First
trict, devon- Third, fourteen:
Ttt-en; Seventh, eighteen: Eighth,
jlnn; 'inth, eleven. In the. Second
tnct sixteen will go into operation
VV lst- So far as is known the
?Mi..nl Jni:n.-rr n n Trior
lm "nprressman Kluttz's district."
v -'-'-uoison has been carrying me
.aJ 0vcr a route from Statpaville for
(
. - months and has given entire sat-
Charlotte Observer: "It is rather
an expensive luxury to be Governor of
this State," said a Charlotte man the
other day; "and I am impertinent1
wondering how Governor Aycock ia
getting along on his modest allowance
of $4,000 a year." Governor Russell,
who ipreceded Aycock, had no children
and did not entertain to a great ex
tent,, yet. he states that the iob cost
him $11,000 in addition to the salary,
which was not raised from $3,000 to
$4,000 until his term of office expired.'
Washington Cor. Post: With the
exception of the term of S. H. Vick,
the colored postmaster at' Wilson,
there will soon be few if any negro
postmasters in North Carolina. iSince
it has been settled that a white man
will be appointed postmaster at Wilson
there is a wild rush for the position.
Some half dozen candidates are in the
field and their claims are being urged
at frequent intervals. As yet Senator
Pritchard has not gone into the mat
ter, and it is not known who will land
the plum.
Winston Sentinel: Mr. J. A. Hill,
of Brown Mountain, in Stokes Coun
ty, after spending several days here
in the interest of his air-ship, return
ed home Saturday. He stated that he
had decided to begin work' on a real
flying machine as soon as the required
capital stock of $1,000 is subscribed.
He has already secured seven stock
holders, who subscribed $100 each. Mr.
Hill says several other parties have
about decided to take stock and he will
wait a week or two to see what they
will do. He feels confident that the
money needed will be raised and that
his ship will sail beautifully when
completed.
Raleigh dispatch: John E. Fowler,
Populist ex-Congressman from the
Third District, who is here, says he
feels confident the Populists and Re
publicans in this State will not fuse
this year, but that the Populists will
very largely go to the Republican par
ty. He says both the Republicans and
Populists art greatly disorganized, but
declares that in his own county
(Sampson, the former home of ex-Senator
Marion Butler), the Populists are
now stronger than ever before. The
State Superintendent of Public In
struction says that he finds much en
thusiasm in the west and centre in
public education. There appears to
be some opposition in the East.
, Charlotte Observer: The most im
portant bit of railroad news, so far as
this State is concerned, that has been
published lately, was that conveyed
in a dispatch in yesterday's paper to
the effect that the contract has been
let for the construction of a railroad
between Rutherfordton and Asheville.
This extension of the Seaboard Air
Line has been long discussed, and it
would appear that the matter is now
near a head, for, generally, when the
contract for the building of a railroad
is given out the road is built This
line will open up more of Western
North Carolina and will materially
shorten the distance between Wil
mington and all intervening points on
the Seaboard, and Asheville.
Raleigh Cor. Messenger: Dr. Tait
Butler, State Veterinarian, has done
good work in Surry and Wilkes coun
ties in the interest of the cattle quar
antine during the past fortnight. In
each county an association of cattle
raisers has been formed. In Surry
last week he spoke each day to meet
ings of cattle-raisers, and at each
meeting from 30 to 100 were present
tne best attendance he has yet seen.
He is much gratified by the attend
ance and the interest. He goes to
Burke County next week to make talks
and organize a county association.
The southern half of the county is a
new field. It was taken into the pro
tected area this spring. Its people
will have to be instructed in the merits
of the quarantine, which means higher
prices for cattle, etc.
Charlotte Observer: A correspond
ent asks the Observer how the vote on
the Chief Justiceship stands in the
counties which have held conventions.
It is difficult to say with accuracy.
Judge Clark has been endorsed in
Chatham, Warren, Yancey, Scotland,
Richmond, Anson, Northampton and
Stokes. He has a majority in Moore,
Durham, Randolph, Montgomery, New
Hanover, Edgecombe, Leno?r, Craven,
Jones, Onslow and Stanly. In New
Hanover and Edgecombe the vote was
close. Perquimans, Pasquotank,
Sampson and Cabarrus have gone
against him. Rutherford turned down
a resolution of instruction for him.
Bladen, Harnett and Iredell are unin
strutted, though the returns from the
Iredell primaries show that ) that ecun
ty is against him
'i s
-The Democratic; Fourth Judicial
District Conventions last v Thursday
nominated Charles M. Cooke, of
Louisburg, for judge, Sand C, C. Dan
iels for solicitor. r v.u . r
Charlotte Cor. 'PbstSSth: The oath
feature of the Mecklenburg' primary
lawwas stricken out 'today tf a meet
ing of the county Democratic execu
tive committee and the ' special com:
mittee of five appointed by the anti
primary mass meeting of June 21.
Sanford Express: There are now
eighteen' Mormon missionaries in
North Carolina. They are not as ac
tive in this country ' as they were a
few years ago. They had a- church
near Cameron some years ago of some
thirty or forty members,' but it has
about died' out. , 1
Twin City Sentinel . New dwellings
greet the eye on every side along the
9. rfeot car line on Southside. Saleni
has por.ed an ordinance for the prp
taction of birds and bird eggs. VJr
ston will possibly do the same iuing.
Let ibe county join in .hi good work
and our feathered pets and insect de
stroyers would increase amazingly.
Tarboro Southerner: The great
f-.mour.t oJ building now going on here
is to a very large extent the result of
past industrial enterpr ses lhat have
been put in operation hsre. To main
tain our. present building rait, some
more factories are needed. Cotton
seed oil mills help much, but they
would help more if they were operated
throughout the year.
Star : Shelby bids fair to rival
Asheville in popularity as a health and
pleasure resort. The only thing to
hinder her progress is the fact that
she is not advertised people don't
know anything about her marvellous
climate, the beauty of her surround
ings and the unequalled natural ad
vantages which she has to offer the
tourist, the visitor, the tired and
wearied city man, as wellas the gay
and gracious pleasure seekers. But
then Shelby is young, and all things
will come along with time.
Danbury Reporter: The Board of
Education in Stokes will erect in a
very short time fourteen modern
school houses in the county. Quite
a number have already been recently
built. This fact among others goes
to show what rapid strides are being
made in school matters in old Stokes.
There has been a lot of complaint over
the county from some districts be
cause they were deprived of a school
for a season or two, but this was done
in order to save the money and build
new houses where they didn't have
houses that were fit to teach in.
Raleigh Cor; Messenger: President
Frank O'Donnell will presfde at tie
Liquor Detders' Association Conven
tion. Of course the sessions will be
private, not open to the public. The
association is nine years old. It had in
1894 850 members. Since then it has
taken in bar-tenders and clerks, many
distillers and wine-makers. Its pres
ent membership is not made public.
At the convention two or three dele
gates will represent each local asso
ciation, meaning each city or town
where liquor is sold; in fact places
w-here it is not sold, since even in such
counties as Cumberland and in the
dispensary counties the associations
are kept up. The meeting this week
will be to further the interests of the
business. Of course in the matter of
politics the members will look out for
people who are on their side. The as
sociation must have at least 3,000
members. F. W. Ortman, of Wilming
ton, is its secretary.
Washington Cor. Charlotte Observ
er: Capt. W. H. Day is now a full
fledged Republican. It has been gen
eral supposition that Captain Day has
cultivated his new political associates
with certain mental reservations,, and
has been careful "lo burn ho bridges.
Today, before being -ushered into the
presence of the Chief Executive, he
enjoined Senator Pritchard to intro
duce him as a straight Republican;
"without any frills." Moreover, he ex
pressed a desire to attend the Repub
lican State Convention as a delegate
and declared his intention to stump
the State for Pritchard. There is
some quiet talk that the Republicans
may nominate Judge Timberlake, who
has . been here during the. , week, for
Chief Justice. It may be stated with
a considerable degree of positiveness
that Judge Timberlake would not de
cline the nomination, and ,that he be
lieves his election would, be entirely
within the realm of the possibilities.
Republicans are halting between two
opinions, whether it would be politic
to nominate a straight Republican or
an independent Democrat. Captain
Day favors the nomination of Judge
Hill, of Halifax County, who is ssaid
to have voted for McKinley; 1 ' j .
f General News, " ;
v v 7HAt THE DISPATCHES TELI .
The Uews Boiled Down and Presented in Ccn
:i Tenient Form for Buiy Leaders. -. : -'f
' .The Senate passea the Appalachian
Parkbill last week, it is feared that
the House will not act on thS measure
at this session. . '
An operation .for perityphlitis was
performed on King Edward VII. at
Buckingham Palace Tuesday and his
chances of recovery are said to' be
good. The coronation is indefinitely
postponed."
'The Louisiana Legislature has pass
ed the Wilson separate car bill, re
quiring the, street railroads to provide
separate cars or separate accommoda
tions on their cars for negroes. 'It is
the first application of the1 jim crow
car law for street cars.
Since the proclamation of peace in
Somth Africa more than 18,000 Boers
have come in to surrender in the
British lines. These, with 40,000 pris
oners in the camps and with recent
captures and the number known to
have been killed, bring the total of the
Boer forces at the beginning of the
war to at least 80,000. The govern
ment's estimate was originally 56,000.
. London dispatch: It has been ar
ranged that King Alfonso of Spain
shall make a tour of the European
capitals next spring, mainly for the
purpose of making "the acquaintance
of princesses eligible matrimonially.
The young King's frail physique,
which has long caused anxiety, makes
it imperative for the good of his dy
nasty that he shall mate with a robust
princess of sound and healthy stocks
Western Recorder:- During the
month of May, over 85,000 immigrants
landed in New York City. This
breaks the record. The greatest num
ber before was 73,000 in May, 1893.
The sad thing is that these are not
desirable immigrants from Germany,
England, Ireland and Sweden, but are
chiefly Hungarians, Italians and Rus
sians. Seven hundred and fifty of
those who came were ordered to be de
ported, being either paupers or di
seased. Volcanoes are just now objects of
great interest everywhere. Q. F.
Becker 'of the Geological Survey has
been examining the volcanoes in the
Philippines and his report has been
published in Part 'HI. of the govern
ment report for the year. There are
forty-nine active volcanoes in the is
lands. Mt. Apo is the highest, 10,761
"feet above the sea. . At Camiguin a
cone 2,000 feet high has arisen since
1871 over what was formerly a lake.
The most famous is. the Taal volcano
situated on a small island in the lake
of Bonbon. Exchange.
Constantinople is full of rumors of
new developments in the Sultan's sys
tem of terrorism. There are stories
of further plots within the army, and
it is asserted on Viennese authority
that the Sultan has prohibited the, is
sue of any more books in the Turkish
language, thus closing the doors of
many printing establishments. His.
majesty, it appears, is of opinion that
there are . enough books in existence
and that those who want to indulge
themselves in reading can read old
ones. The object of the order is, of
course, to suppress the circulation of
seditious literature.
President Palma asks the " Cuban
Senate-for authority to negotiate an
interior loan of $4,000,000; to give a
bounty of $5 per head on breeding
cows imported into the island; to au
thorize the use of 16,000,000 acres of
insular lands for ranch purposes, and
to provide for a bounty of 50 cents
on each ton of cane ground in Cuban
mills last season. By this he solves the
economic problem temporarily and ex
cludes vthe trusts from benefiting by
the present state of affairs. The pas
sage of these authorizations is assured
in both Houses. Rothschild's Havana
agent has offered "to take the entire
loan.
. t
Col. L.' W. T. Waller reached San
Francisco on Friday from the Phil-
" -
ippines and told admiring reporters
all about the howling wildernesa into
ivhich he had converted bamar. "You
ean't stop the insurrection in the Phil
ippines," said he, "unless you use the
severest measures. I left Samar a
howling wilderness. They ' tried to
make it that for us, but we made it a
howling wilderness .for them." Then j
he made some sarcastic remark about :
the war being over "It's always all j
over when they surrender in the Phil- j
ippines" which leaves us in some .
doubt as to whether it is all over or
not. Exchange.
' EIRO IDWARIS ILLSFSS
The following editorial from the
Charlotte Observer seems to say about
all that it is now necessary to say with
Regard to King Edward : ? K1
The, cables this . morning hold put
a good hope of the recovery of King
EdwarcL from the untimely operation
which he has justt been f dreed to un
dergo. Untimely, yes. In coronation
week,, when. London was" in. gala at
tire; when representatives of every
nation on earth were assembled; when
bonfires were built on , hundreds ol
hills throughout , Great Britain ; when
battleships representing all, the navies
of the world were assembled, the King
is stricken, the festivities : cease, the
gay decorations are removed and the
multitudes disperse. Apart from the
danger and suffering of the , King
there is something pathetic in the dis
appointment of the people the Brit
ish and the visitors and especially in
the sudden transition of feeling of the
King's subjects from joy to grief ; for
while he may not be the most admira
ble of men the English are the most
loyal of people and. the life of their"
sovereign, no matter whom that , sov
ereign may be, is very precious in iheir
sight. But though their festivities
had a sad and sudden termination, and
will not be renewed, when Edward's
coronation occurs, if it does occur, on
the same scale ' of magnifience on
which 1 they were originaly planned,
it seems quite probable, contrary to
the reports of yesterday, that the life
of their King will be spared to his peo
ple and this they will take, after their
period of anxiety, as full compensa
tion for the disappointment they have
had in the termination of their cele
bration ere it had fairly begun.
Supplying certain information upon
points about which questions are ask
ed, it may be said that King Edward
is in his sixty-second year. His wife,
Queen Alexandra, is a daughter of the
King of Denmark, and they have one
son and three daughters living. The
son is George Frederick Ernest Al
bert, Prince of Wales, who will suc
ceed to the throne upon Edward's
death. He is 37 years old this month,
married the eldest daughter of Fran
cis, Duke of Tech, and they have three
children two sons and one daughter.
THE REGB0 IN THE FAB SOUTH.
The race problem is not destined to
be a very formidable one whether
from the political, the social, or the
industrial point of view in the form
er slave States of Virginia, North Car
olina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mis
souri. The negro element . in those
States remains relatively stationary,
while the white population is grow
ing rapidly. If the negro commun
ities in the Northern States like New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and
Ohio are tending to increase by rcon
siderable percentage, they are still
very inconsiderable in comparison
with the immense general growth of
these prosperous States. It is in the
States further South that the negroes
are making their principal gains. The
State of largest negro preponderance
ten years ago was South Carolina,
where there were 149,117 negroes to
every 100,000 white people. This rel
ative proportion has fallen in ten
years to 140,249. It is altogether like
ly that within twenty-five years the
whites will outnumber the blacks in
South Carolina. But in Mississippi,
where ten years ago there were 136,
287 blacks for every 100,000 whites, the
proportion has increased to 141,552.
These are the only two States now in
which the negroes outnumber " the
whites, although in Alabama and Flor
ida the relative proportion of negroes
has increased. In Louisiana, on the
other hand, the relative decrease of
negroes has been very marked. Thus,
ten years ago there were 100,143 ne
groes to each 100,000 whites, whereas
the new census shows only 89,199 ne
groes to 100,000 whitesS In Georgia,
the proportions of the races have re
mained almost stationary, there being
now 87,600 for every 100,000 whites,
whereas ten years ago there were 87,
781. In Alabama, there are now 82,
636, and in Florida 77,600 blacks, for
every 100,000 whites. All this points
toward the concentration of the col
ored population in the relatively lot?
and warm regions of South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississip-'
pi, and Louisiana. There has also
been a greater proportionate increase
of blacks than of whites in Arkansas;
but the whites are almost three-quarr
ters of the population, and, the negro
gain is unimportant From "The
Progress of the World," in the Ameri
can Monthly Review of Reviews.
v -THE G BEAT TEAS IHO HATI0SE,
Two "nations, as shown by the latest
official tfigures, t have exports exceed
ing a hundred million dollars a month
each. ; The United States is first,
ingGreat. Britain by but 4 per cent. .
Two nationrjiave cmonthly imports
exceeding one Jiun.dred millions. Great
Britain anbV Germany. v .The former ij
far in the lead.'1 Her imports of fel2,
000,000 a month alone exceed tiie total
foreign trade, . of, either the . United
States .or, Germany for the same pe
riod r ' ' - s-' V : . -a .;
1 ' Five nations; have combined importk
and exports of . one hundred millions
per month. , France is the fourth. ,The
fifth is not India, with its teeming
peoples, not Russia, whose "benevolent
assimilation" of alien races has been
of late . most rabid, tut industrious,
highly educated little Holland. Pres
byterian Standard. '
PRESIDENTIAL. CAIIDIDATE3 IH 1904.
Following the action of the Kansas
Republican Convention'; in declaring
for Roosevelt in 1904, there has beea
considerable, discussion of the Presi
dent's possible chances for re-election.
Since Mark Hanna's showing of power
by his complete control of the Ohio
State Convention, that gentleman's
name has been on manv linft in rnnnfc-
tion with the Republican nomination,,
and in some circles he is seriously be
ing considered. The big" interests,
which means the trustifiers and gen
eral combinists, consider him a "safe
man for them, while Mr. Roosevelt's
way of going at things like the rail
way merger and the beef trust, for in-stancer--prove
him to be a dangerous
man. In the Senate there has formed
a distinct clique of Republican Sena
tors who are opposed to the President
One of their reasons for ' opposition,
as alleged by them, is the President's
insistence that we deal in honor and
fairness with the young republic of
Cuba and not belie our fair profes
sions of friendship and sympathy by
denying to her the means of subsis
tence. Others have special grievances.
Senator Hanna, for instance, is said
to be likely to break with the Presi
dent because the latter insists upon
investigating charges of pernicious
political activity, duly preferred
against some. Cleveland officeholders
who are in place by the grace of the
chairman of the Republican national
committee, ana whom he therefore
thinks should be free to do as they
please without interference.
The factional struggle for the con
trol of the Democratic party which,
has been waged so fiercely during two
campaigns within the last six years
appears to be breaking out af reshu
That the lines are to.be as distinctly
drawn as1 ever is not to be doubted;
indeed, the struggle is sure to be all
the more intense as a result of the so
cial and economic changes of the past
few years, which draw the line all the
more sharply between the element in
the" Democratic party that stands for
no special privilege and ' that which!
stands only for certain modifications
of the Republican program between
that element, in other words, that
steadily has adhered to the principles
of the piarty as enunciated in the plat
forms of 1896 and 1900 and' the ele
ment who voted for Palmer and Buck
ner in '96 and for McKinley "in 190(fc
Down in Indiana the latter appear to
be in control, if we may judge from
the action of the resolution commit
tee in smothering all references to
the money question. In Memphis,
Tenn., the other day a representative
gathering ; of Democrats . indorsed
Richard Olney for the Presidency -a,
man whose sympathy with combina
tions of capital never has been doubt
ed, although he is a man of extraor-
dinary ability and of high personal
character. . However, a good many
things may happen before another
two, years have passed,-and none may
say . today, which faction; will control
the next national ;couvention.-r-Chica-go
Farmers' Voice. : v -
Country Gentleman: That is the
great satisfaction about the South Af-
-rican War. It really is over. The'
Boers seem reconciled going quietl
back to' their farms and King Ed-
ward is very polite to his new subjects.
In a speech to the Lord Mayor of Lon-i
don on Friday, his ,Majesty spoke of
his troops a3 having been "opposed by
a brave and determined ' people." In-'
deed, all signs point to King Ed-"
ward's making an excellent monarch,'
and certainly we Americans ought to
like 'him, since he was kind enough , to
dine at our embassy and to take Mrs.
Choate out, after our ambassador had
led the way with Queen Alexandra. Oh
it is a great day for Americans in
England. Even the Spectator is smil- .
ing on us.