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XT THE .'.1 i Weekly- Sun WILL BE DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE FARMERS OF ROWAN COUNTT, - Weekly Sun IS ONLY $1 FEB TEAS. "Strictly in Advance -A. ZFanail;?-. Newspaper, iDevoted. to tlie "best Interests of Bowan County . Subscribe at Once. NO FARMER SHOULD BE WITH VOL. 4.--NO. 12. SALISBURY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1900. Price, $1 Per Year OUT IT. iiflifirfi EDITORIAL SQUIBS. One of the latest Presidential tickets proposed is "McKinley and Mudd." Fourteen negroes, three of them women, have been appointed census enumerators in Augusta, Ga. Much has been said about the Cuban banditti, but it turns out that the highway robbers are in th'e United States postal service. Missouri Republicans held their State convention at Kansas City Wednesday and nominated Joseph Flory, of St. Louis, for Governor. The great reunion of the Uni ted Confederate veterans at Louis ville, Ky. , takes place on May 30th to J une 3d. It will be the larges reunion ever held and many North Carolinians will be in attendance If the Boers want to become American citizens let them "trek across the sea to the United States, We have lots of spare land here that England hasn't the nerve try to seize. to If the carpet-baggers in Cuba continue to perform as they have begun, the "Wilmington Star think the Cubans may get into a frame of mind to sympathize with the South in the days of reconstruc tion. Clark Howell in an interview at Chicago, says he believes Bryan will carry the South in the coming election and that the Democrats will nominate a straight ticket without regard to what the Popu lists have done or what other con ventions may do. ' , The United Daughters of the Confederacy are raising a fund for the erection of a monument to Jefferson Davis in Richmond, Va. Special efforts in this direction, the Charlotte News ( says, are to be made onor about Davis' birth- day, th . . Ury of which will come on Sunday, June 3rd. The United States Supreme court decides that government bonds are not exempt from tax ation, neither under the State or national enactment. There will now be a mighty hustling around among the holders of government bonds to see what their : tax will be. They said the Philippine war . was over; and so it is in one sense of the word over in the Philip ' pines. But it now comes to light that we have suffered the .greatest loss yet reported, nineteen men of the Forty-third Infantry being killed, and five wounded. Of the insurgents two hundred are re poTtea Kiiiea. xnus they go on tending; the war over there;1" - "The Americans-system: of education which is soon to ' be es tablished in the Philippines," says a contemporary, "will have a great influence in giving the island balance." It is to.be hoped that it will give them a better balance than the American " system or education, as taught by Prof. Neely, has introduced in Cuba. Louisville Courier Journal. Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, has cabled as follows to a famine relief committee in New York in reply to a question as to whether funds were longer needed: So far from.no more funds being needed every dollar ispf service in saving life. We. have five and three quarter millions on relief. Many in extreme destitution. All help gladly received. The Interstate and West Ind ian Exposition proposed to be held at Charleston, S. C, from December 1, 1901, to May 1, 1902, is an enterprise in which all friends of the South can but feel a decid ed interest. The exposition com pany expects to raise $250,000 by sales of its stock, Congress is ask ed to spend $250,000 on a Govern ment flYriibit. nnrl nt.Vior onnroa nf capital are in view, f It is said that 11,000,000 will be available for the project,-in addition to the various special buildings to be constructed in the exposition crrnniiflii K.t OA-L 1 filies, , When Lincoln was elected the popular vote was less thar 5,000,000. When Garfield wa. elected the popular vote was b titleless than 10,000,000. At' the election of the coming fall it is estimated that there will be casl a total popular, vote of not les than 15,000,000. It has been only forty years since the Lincoln elec tion. In that time the voting strength of the country has beeD multiplied by three. Savannah News. . It hasn't taken long to devel op in Cuba the standards peculiar to the carpet bag system of Amer ican Republicanism, remarks the Richmond Dispatch. Now look out for the returns from rorto Rico. And the Philippines have not been touched yet. This is the harvest year for the carpet bagger. He ought to bless St. McKinley for the great opportunities opened up to the carpet bag variety of American enterprise says the Charlotte News. .-. The Secretary of the interior has received information that the Indians on Tongue river, in Mont ana, are becoming restless and that an incipient "Messiah craze" has made its annearenee there. The officials believe that not much im portance should be attached to these developments, but the mat ter 1ias been referred to the War Department with , a request that the military authorities at the nearest army post investigate, and, if necessary, take steps to preserve order. A long-suffering Missouri edi tor who had tried other ways of running a paper has given notice that he now proposes to run it as Jesse James would have run it, and consequently delinquent sub scribers "may expect to see him coming around with their little bills projecting from the muzzle of a big six shooter. He says he adopts this course because he would rather run his paper that way than see the sheriff run it. Wil mington Star. Mr. Chas. F. Neeley, of Indi ana, a shouter for McKinley four years ago, was rewarded with a place in the Postoffice Department and sent to Cuba. He managed, so the government detectives say, to steal about 130,000 in six months. When it is remembered that we were to teach Cuba the first lessons in free government and how to be like our own bless ed administrators, who do business in Washington, this Neeley in stance is Dertinent by way of comparison with the Spanish cor ruption of which we used to hear so much. From Alger's blue beef all the way down this McKinley war brokerage has been an offense that smells to Heaven, and we are but in the initial stage of the stink. Morganton Herald. , A CLEAR FRAUD. The Kinston Free Press has the following to say relativa. to the outcome of the Pearson-Crawford contest: The seating of Pearson in the seat to which Crawford was elected was another instance of Republi can injustice. Yet Republicans in North Carolina raise their voices in terrible denunciation of what they term Democratic election frauds. The unseating of Craw ford was an unmitigated fraud. But the people of Crawford's dis trict will again return him to Congress, and by such a tremen dous majority that even Repub licans will be unable to find any color of excuse upon which to un seat him. The above, from the Press, f ul l ii jy expresses tne manner 01 crime perpetrated in the case. The de nunciation of the Republicans for it can hardly be made too strong. But as indicated,' not only in the clipping quoted, but generally by the Democratic papers of the State, the Democrats of Crawford's district intend to elect him again to Congress this year. They pro pose to right the wrong and show that justice shall assume its course. According to the statement re cently sent out from Washington more than $4,000, 00a worth of American locomotives were ex ported in the nine months nded March 31, 1900, , ABOUT PROPOSED SECTION. Some time ago it was proposed to add a new section to the Amend ment to the effect that if section 5 should be construed by the court to be void, then all sections should also fall to the ground. This took the wind out of one of the Repub lican's favorite arguments,and they at once cried out that this would be "instructing" the Supreme court and that the Legislature had no right to do so. A nice propo sition this! . Why, that's the very thing the Legislature is expected to do, to wit: Make its intentions so plain that the wayfaring man, though a fool or even a member of the present Supreme court may not err therein. Lenoir Topic. The Legislature; it appears ought to have the right to pass laws or to change the amendment bill when witnin the bounds of jus- tice to all classes. A REPUBLICAN PREDICTION Russell's administration was not endorsed by the last State Re publican Convention and J. C. L. Harris, who introduced a resoln tion to endorse him-, was iincere miously. sat down Upon. This go the old man hot in the collar, am he opened up on Richmond Pear son, the framer of the platform at. a lively rate and through Hal- ris predicts the Republican defeat dv 4U.UW maioritv. "wnen thieves fall out honest men ge their dues." Wilson News. s This is a Republican prediction and though made in the heat of passion, from the indications, wi come near true, loe people o the State are tired of the admihis tration of its chief offices by the Republicans and mean to place Democrats 'in charge of them in their stead. The Amendment too, must be be brought to success and this the Democrats intend to do. The white people will rol up their sleeves and win the elee tion by a tremendous majority. The Blame iB Higher Up. Raleigh News and Observt-r. Mr. McKinley made this prom ise in a speech at Minneapolis October 12tb, 1899. "They, our colonies and depend encies (Cuba) will not be governed as vassals or serfs or slaves they will be given a government liberty, regulated by law, honest ly administered without oppres sive exaction; taxation withou tyranny, justice without distinc tion of social conditions, freedom of religious worship and protec tion In life, liberty and the pur suit of happiness." And to keep that pledge heap pointed a lot of carpet-bag officers some of whom are imitating Hanna, who sold his vessels to the Government during the Cuban War' Brother Abner who had fa contracts; Carter who robbed the Government. ; These Cuban thieves saw everything wide open to big hugo at Washington and followed their example without the formality of calling their ex tras "contracts," and as a result have got into trouble. Carpet-bag government is al ways tgd government, but when adminrater by men who make the Hanna brand of statesmen their model, it is little if any bet ter than Weyler's rule. ; Jefferson said, and said truly: "Sometimes it is said that man can not be trusted with the -government of himself. Can he then, be trusted with the government of others." Or have we found an gels in the forms of kings to gov- ern nimi LSI nistory answer this question." Amendment the Main Thing. Let Democrats who expect rec ognition hereafter forget all dif ferences and make the amendment the main thing this year. It is the all-important measure and should .not be side-tracked for anything else. The Republican program will be to get the peo ple interested in other matters so intensely that we will neglect the Amendment. The Amendment should not be lost sight of under any conditions and it should -be in mind at all times. Sometimes Democrats are persuaded to do some trading but if they must do it, this is one ticket they cannot afford to trade on. The Amend ment first and then local refer ences next, if there is to be anv differejiAes..-VayDe8FilJe Courier, i NEWS OF THE WEEK. THURSDAY. The cornerstone of Rouss City Hall, at Winchester, Va., was laid with Masonic ceremonies. The situation in Spain caused by protests against new taxation is becoming extremely grave. Admiral Dewey and Mrs. Dew ey arrived at , Washington yester day afternoon from their western trip. About thirty persons were drowned at Ronciglione, Italy, by the capsizing otJoats with festi val parties. A fire at Tom's Creek, Wise county Y a tlnnes destroyed the tripple and other machinery to the value of $100,000. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillismade a plea for a new ereed before the alumni of the IJaion Theological Seminary in New York. At Martinsville, Henry county, Va., yesterday, Garfield Hairston, a negro, was convicted of attempt ed criminal assault on a white gir and sentenced to te hanged June 20. Mrs. Thomas Moser, wife of a a larmcr living three miles north of Tremont, 111 , and her four small children were found mur dered in their home yesterday. Al i i .i . -i . nau apparently oeen dead, since Sunday. -Moser had disappeared Two children of John P. Zook a farmer, of Allensville, Pa., while playing with matches last evening in a building adjoining their fath er's barn, set the structure on fire Martha, the i-year-old girl, was burned to death. The boy was also badly burned. Three person were killed and fifteen injured in the fire which destroyed the Hotel Helena, at Chicago yesterday. Five of the injured will probably die. But for the heroic action of a porter, it is thought, every person in the building would have perished. ' FRIDAY. .,, By the explosion of gas in the Capital building at'Cha$leston, W. v a., four men were injured, one of them seriously. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, in speech at Bristol, England, yester day, said the nation was spending too much and he feared trouble inree men and one woman are dead and another man may die as a result of drinking wood alcohol as a substitute for whiskey at Al toona, Pa. While engaged in. a friendly sparring match last night at Bate ville, Ind., Will Stowe, aged 17, received a blow near the heart and fell dead. Postmaster Thompson, Auditor Reeves, and three Cuban postal clerks in the Havana office are un der arrest for alleged connection with the frauds. During a fit of despondency Mrs Lizzie Blakely, of Philadelphia, drowned her two-year-old child in a bathtub last nig&t and attempted to drown herself. Uenerel MacArthur has for warded from Manila an official re- port conhrming the story, that 19 men out of an American garrison of 31 were killed in a Filipino at tack on Cantubig, Samar. The Pekin correspondent of the London Times says: "There has been a serious antifChristian out break near Pao-Ting Fu, province of Pe Chi Li, 73 native Christians being murdered, including women and children. Mauy were buried alive." The Boer delegates were offi cially welcomed yesterday by the mayor and municipal assembly of the city of New York. Mayor Van Wyck, in extending'to them at "the city hall the cityTs official greeting, assured them a cordial welcome from the liberty-loving people of this country. SATURDAY- , The battleship Kearsarggfwmch has been at sea for several arrived in HaniDton Roads. The Prussian Diet rejected the petition of a Berlin womWs so ciety for the admission of women to the universities. W. W. Atkinson, a lawyer of Pbiladelphia,formerly of Altoona, Pa., is missing from his home and all efforts to locate him have failed. Ajt the time pf his disappearance he had on his person about $500. Two hundred University of Ne braska students went on a rampage ast night and in a collision with j-the police assaulted Chief Hoag- and and . Officer Harr, beating the latter badly and breaking a eg- London's millions of people pent half of last night in the streets, promenading and cheer ing. They were delirious with joy over the news that Mafeking had been relieved. In the Paris-Roubaix automobile race a serious accident occurred! Two competitors on motor tricy cles collided and dashed into a crowd of two thousand persons. Twenty persons were knocked down, some of them having their bones broken and many others were bruised. Six weeks ago Mrs. Josie Frasher, living near Cassville, Va., and her sister, Miss YVor4b, were attacked by a mad dog find both severely bitten. A mad stone was applied to the wounds and it was thought the poison had been re moved. A few davs ago Mrs. Frasher became ill and physicians claim hydrophobia developed She died yesterday. Her suffer ings were intense and it required three people to keep her in bed At the sight of water she Would go into convulsions. NMjss Worth will be sent at once to the Pasteur Institute, New York. BURNED IN CALABOOSE Young White Han't Death in a Lock up-Suit Spoken Of. SPfeClAL to DAiLt st. Roanoke Rapkls,, N. C. , May 17 This morning, between 12 and 1 o'clock, a young man, William Dillard, of Guilford county, was burned to death in the calaboose He was locked up last night for drunkenness. The officer claim to nave loosed through the pnso ner's pockets for matches but says he found none. It is thought Dillard set. fire to the bedding. Nothing was known of the fire till after daylight. The lock-up was a miserable lit tie shanty built off in the woods out of town. 1 J it is very Ufcely a damage suit will follow as Dillard's friends of fered bail for his appearance this morning, but the officer said h did not hav& him. They say they nave proot tnat uuiard was locked up at that time. , Dillard had only been bete short time. . There has been no effort made so far, to hold an inquest. W, R. B. GIEL IN NEW YORK SHOT. By a Man Cause Unknown Much Excitement Caused. SPECIAL tO DAILY SUN. New York, May 17. -This morn ing Mary Brannigan, agel 24 while working in Reinhard's store was shot twice and killed by Edward Hall, aged 25. The shoot ing caused the greatest excitmen to in the crowded store. Miss Brannigan had no knowl edge that Hall intended to kill her until he drew a pistol from his pocket and then it was too late to save her although a desper ate effort was made to disarm him. As Hall drew the pistol the girl pleaded for mercy but her plead mgswere unavailing, riaii was arrested. AWFUL TRAGEDY ON STEAMER. Mad: Man Takes Charge Killed and Wounded a Dozen. special to daily sun. London, May 17. A despatch from Stockholm brings news of an awiul tragedy on board the Swedish steamer, Prince ; Charles. A mad man took possession of the steamer. He shot five passen gers dead, killed the captain and wounded six of the crew who tried to overcome him. Passengers and crew nnaiiy left the deck to the mad man who lowered a boat and rowed away. All then came on deck and administered to the wounded. The steamer pat in to Stockholm. SixXilled. St. Petersburg, May 17. A boiler on a torpedo, boat exploded hereyesterday, killing six persons. Banning in Debt. The cry ,of one half the world oday is for the other half to pay its debts. It is no common oc- currence to see them buying that which they have not the least hope of ever being able to pay for. I i i Some buy things which are luxu- ries and not oven intend paying for thein, while others buy that which is not especially needed and pay or it, but do not pay for that i which is necessary for their com- brt. Especially is this true when agents invade a town or a com-1 munity with any thing to sell that we want and some things that we don't want; There are always some people with little or no - i means that are ready to purchase with the promise that in the fall the money will be forthcoming, When fall comes the agent delivers his goods, collects his money and goes on his way rejoicing, while the merchant, doctors, " school tPRphftrs. blacksmiths, fvlitnrs and other creditors must be put off for an indefinite period. What judg ment does a man show when he acts in such a manner ? None, but he shows that he is dishonest. Durham Sun. Money Under Horse's Skin. We notice in One of our north ern exchanges that a quarter of a dollar and a dime has been found in a horse's shoulder and that there is a great .deal of discussion horse's flesh. Dr. J. B. Ash- crait says that he nas cut more than one piece of silver money from horses' shoulders, and that the money is put under the skin by superstitious fools who believ that it is a cure for shrinkage "of the muscles of the shoulder. The Yankees have jrone us one better, for in the country no one has ever been known to put more than a dime under the skin of a horse's skin. Monroe Enquirer. Topics of the Times. Exile to Siberia, which has been a favorite subject for romance and novel writers, is now to be aban doned. The Chicago Times-Herald says: "The important news comes from St. Petersburg that the Russian Council has adopted the bill for the abolition of that dreaded pun ishment exile to Siberia. From now on there will be no deporta tions of persons who have been denied a judicial trial and central prisons will be erected as rapidly as possible for the housing of criminals, so that there may be no need to drive them in wretched bands to a fate worse than hang- "This" is one of the most notable reforms of the times, and while we may not forget Finland it certainly shows that the Czar has been deeply affected by his con tact with Western civilization. Especially significant is the guar anty of a trial to every accused person. There has ben some dim recognition of this human right to Russian law before, but it has not been of much practical value. The exiles number more than 20,000 annually, and in 1893 no less than y per cent, oi tnem iaucd or a hearing in court and were sent out on an order of the administration." No Chance, for Populism. Our Home (Pop. Organ.) We are a Populist. We would like to see Populism win, but we will be candid by saying that the chances of success this year are not such as to throw up our hat and slap our hands. We have so many leaders that there wasn't room for all of them to lead and they split the party open so that they all might be leaders. WTe must be honest with you, reader. Candidly and frankly we confess that our -party when altogether is small enough; when divided it is too small to throw us into fits of enthusiasm too small to elect governor in one State much less a President.- We had much rather belong: to the faithful crowd as it was in the Populist party in 1892 than to try to follow two sets of leaders and try to elect two Popu list tickets in 1900. "After suffering from severe dyspepsia over twelve years and using many remedies without per manent good I finally7 took Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It did me so much good I recommend it to everyone" writes o. Hj, yvatfcins, Clerk and Recorder, Cbillicotbe, Mo. It digests what you eat. James Plummer, Starvation in India. The Philadelphia Ledger esti mates that the 200,000 bushels of corn which has iust been sent from New York to the famished people of India will keep them upon star- vation rations about three days and a half. A peck of cornmea will furnish a man who has plenty of meat, with bread for one week we may therefore, wnere there is no meat, call that amount star v a tion rations. If the estimate o: the Ledger is correct it gives some idea of the appalling extent of the famine. . At the rate of a peck o meal to each person per week the 200.000 bushels of corn would feed about 2.00O".000 persons for a half-tteek, and, according to the Ledger's estimate, that would be the number of sufferers. But in point of fact the number of per sons receiving aid from the Brit ish Government is over 5,000,000 To feed this vast population even at the measrer rate eiven above for three months requires nearly 100,000,000 bushels of corn. He Undressed in Church. A Trenton, N. J., Dispatch, of the 14th says: Harry Tidd, a young druggist attended the ser vice in the Bethany Presbyterian church last night and went to sleep. While he waS asleep he stood up and removed his coat and waistcoat. Two women who sat in the same pew with him moved to the far corner. Ihen he un- buttoned his collar and took off his cravat, and next his shirt came over his head. He was about to slide out of his trousers when sev eral women shrieked and he awoke with a start. His trousers were dangling about his feet as he ran down the aiale to the vestry. An usher handed him his clothing, and he put them on and went home. Earthquake Shock. Citv of Mexico. May 17. An earthquake occurred yesterday, there being three distinct shocks No serious damage was done ex- cept cracked walls. People rushed to the streets in crowds, falling On their knees and xsro&ing tha selves. A number of old buildings fell. Quiet was restored after a short interval and business was re sumed. ine festive dog scooper is on his rounds in Chicago. The catch the other day ranged all the way from a pocket edition fice to a 180 pound Danish mastiff. When the dog gets into the pound this is the bill he has to foot before he can get a discharge: Board per day 25 cents, hack fare 50 cents, con vention expenses $3.00, license to move about town $2.00; total $5.75. No deduction for small dogs. Crops in Davidson. If nothing happens to the crop Davidson county will yield a large supply of wheat. The fruit crop bids fair to be one of the largest known in years. There are enough peaches on the trees if al lowed to remain until matured to break down the trees. Corn planting is about half over, Strawberries are beginnine: to ripen. Vegetables of all kinds are somewhat backward. The price of corn has declined in the past few days from seventy to sixty cents per bushel.--Dispatch An old soldier in. New. York, aged 66, who began chewing: to bacco at the age of 14 years, has kept a record of the quantity and cost of this luxury to him. He has masticated 1,716 pounds, at a cost of $1,659.84: and he keeps right on working his jaws and dissipating his wealth. Y ilmin ton Star, x Aram Lehman, of Franklin county, Pennsylvania, holds the record for hefty children in that commonwealth'. He has two daughters, one aged 17, who weighs 250 pounds, and another aged 15, who weighs 372, and he doesn't feed them on buckshot, either. Wilmington Star. Within the past twenty-five years 400,000 divorces have been granted by the courts of this coun try to people who found marriage a failure, and then a good many of them went right on and tried it again. Pride makes some people ridic ulous and prevents others from becoming so, j : W The Sampson-Schley contro versy is said to have had its origin in social rivalry o Mrs. Schley and Mrs. Crowninshield. And yet some women complain that the fair sex does not receive Drorer recognition in public affairs, Baltimore Herald. The Chicago city directory enumerators have about completed their work, showing that the popu lation of that citv is oomethiner more than 2,000,000. rThe increase in population between 1890 and 1900 was 1,000'000. Statistics have lately been com piled with the bbject of showing how the birds Of the country are thriving. In only three States-r North Carolina, California and Oregon are the birds holding their own. . Assistapt General Superinten dent J. B. S. Thompson, of the Southern Railway, said that the system would not use a black list against the .telegraphers - who struck recently. The fact that there are 10,000,- t00,000 hairpins manufactured in this country annually doesn't pre vent a hair from getting into the butter occasionally. Speaking of the Boer war, the American mule is in it. Three thousand of them have iust left New Orleans to help the Britishers out. The carpetbagger is getting in his deadly work. He follows the flag every time, whatever else may be left behind. Durham Sun. . "Man wants but little here be low," says the poet and that'a just what some women get when it comes in the shape of a husband. The average man loves his wife most when she is always visiting and least when they are house cleaning. ' With time and patience .the mul berry leaf becomes silk, which in turnoecomes a woman. The average policeman may not be a society favorite, but he usually has taking ways. I. A husband waiting for his wfe at a bargain sale is about the cheapest thing in sight. ' The joys of yesterday are dead and those of to-morrow are not yet born. 6 When poverty becomes a crime the world will be one vast prison house. The trouble with many people is that they are wise today and otherwise tomorrow. The hypocrite is a human hyena, whose bite is more harmful than hydrophobia. Always pay as you go, and if you can't pay don't go. Many a man lays down his life in trying to lay up money. The more worthless a man is the longer he seems to live. Easy Choice. "Did you have any trouble se- lecting a name for the baby?" "None at all. There's only one rich uncle in the family." How to Pool 'Em. Some of the women are com plaining that the initiation fee of $5 to the Golf club is excessive. Make it $4.98 and they will decide it is very reasonable. Atchison Globe. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Havine Qualified as Administrator of the estate of Josepn F. McLeao. dee'd,. notice is hereby given to all persons having claims aeainat the de cedent to exhibit the same to me on or before the 28th day of April, 1901. -mis April Z fin, iyuu. D.-Q. McLEAN, Adm'r of Joseph F. McLean . Kerr Craige, Attorney. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Having qualitted as administrator upon the estate of Mary E. Overcash, this is to notify all nartfps tn nrooont. their claims for payment on or before April 14, 1901 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All parties indebted to said estate are re. questad to make prompt settlement April 14th, iooo. W. C. ROSE, Adm'r. Mary E. Overcash. r John U BendJeman, Atty. 1 - '- " :t i i I V ' , I Y V