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VOL. 2<). SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY it, 10O1. NO. 8.
THE SOUTH'S HONESTY.
Its Feeling for Negro More
Genuine than North's
" Pretense."
DR. PARKHURST'S FRANK TALK.
Giving: the Negro Right to Vote Also
Condemned by Him?His Advice
to Colored People.
New York, April 2N ? Kev. Dr. {
Charles H. Parkhurst preached
to-day at the Madison Square
Presbyterian church on topics
connected with his recent trip
South.
"The Southerner," he said,
"does not like thenegro any bet
ter than the average Northerner
does and the two carry them
selves toward the negro with just
about the same amount of Chris
tian consideration?only of the
two the Southern white man has
perhaps this advantage, thut he
does not make quite so flam
boyant a pretense of loving the
negro as his Northern confrere
does. The Southern white man
dislikes the negro and owns up
to it. The white man in the Nort h
dislikes the negro and lies about
it.
"The undiscriininating act by
which the negroes had conferred
upon them the right to vote was
one of those blunders that it is
not easy to escape from after
once it is committed, but which
it would seem we ought to have
had Northern statesmanship
sufficiently intelligent to prevent.
"The counsel that both the
North'rn and thd Southern friends
of the negro are now giving him
is to keep quiet upon the whole
suffrage matter, to keep out of
politics, not to talk about the
Constitution, not to insist upon
his rights, but to attend indus
triously to the work of gettiDg
himself well ready?which he is
not now?for what Cod and the 1
country and the future may have
in store for him."
I)r. Parkliurst said that the
Northern party who made the |
recent trip did itnot be cause they 1
had any special interest in the 1
South as a distinct section, but 1
because they were conscious of '
the unity which makes the North 1
iind South members of each other. '
The conference held at Winston- '
Salem, in North Carolina, he said, '
was characterized by the utmost
frankness on both sides, and yet
from first to last not an embitter- 1
ing word was spoken.
lieferringespecially to Governor J
Candler's reported criticisms, I)r. ?
I'arkhurst said they would not |
have been made "had the Gov- -
ernor of Georgia, as did the Gov- '
ernor of North Carolina, come 1
into direct touch with the per- 1
sonnel of the conference, or for J
five minutes respired tlie atmos
phere which the conference ex- 6
naled." v
Dr. I'arkhurst closed by the 1
following general reference to r
present conditions among South
ern people:
" TheSouthdoes not altogether
love us, but no one there hates
us nearly as much a;- it would be f
perfectly natural for them to
hate us. They are all glad that c
slavery is done; they are all glad
that they are in the Union. They
all glory in the flag,even while in -1
tender bereavement they lay
flowers upon the graves of the t
Confederate dead. c
" We belong to them, and they
belong to us, and every deed of J
kindness wisely rendered, every s
word of sympathetic interest
prudently spoken, every new com- t
mercial relation and every inter
change of hospitalities discreetly i
arranged will l>e so much contri- i
bution to that perfect readjust
ment of relations which shall
make for the enrichment of our ]<
common history." C
e
Old Soldier's Experience.
M. M. Austin, a civil war vete- f<
ran, of Winchester, Ind., writes: L
" My wife was sick a long time in o
spite of good doctor's treatment, g
but was wholly cured by Dr. t
King's New Life Pills, which C
worked wonders for her health.'- j s
They always do. Try them, o
Only 25c at Ilood Ilros. drug g
store. 5
AN HISTORIC HOUSE.
In Martinborough, Pitt County, a
Relic of Pre-Revolutionary Days
and Doings.
Editor Henry Kins, of King's
Weekly, at Greenville, has just
sent to the State Museum a pic
ture of the house of Col. John
Eason at Martinborough, Pitt
county. In it were held, begin
ning August 15th, 1774, the
early meetings of the Committee
of Sufety for Pitt county.
Here they met July 1, 1775,
and agreed and associated under
"all the ties of religion, honor
and regard for posterity * * *
to assert our rights as men, and
sensible that by a late act of Par
liament, the most valuable liber
ties and privileges of America are
invaded, and endeavored to be
violated and destroyed, and that
under God the preservation of
them depends upon a firm union
of the inhabitants * * * and
determined never to become
slaves to any power upon earth,
* * * we do solemnly and sin
cerely promise and engage, under
the sanction of virtue, honor and
the sacred love of liberty and our
country, to maintain and sup
port ail and every one of the acts,
resolutions and regulations of
the Continental and Provincial
Congresses to the utmost of our
power and abilities, etc.
This was signed by John Simp
son, James Gorham, William
Bryan, Robert Salter, Demsie
Grimes, James Armstrong, Ed
ward Salter, Benjamin May and
others.
This house was made of the
best heavy lightwood timber,
with hand-made nails, etc. The!
brick are supposed to have been
brought from England and the
house built before 1720. In
wrought with black brick, in the
body of the chimney are the let
ters I. H. S., which beautifully
evidence the strong religious sen
timent of its builder.
Martinborough, where this old
house still stands, is still in a fair
state of preservation, was estab
usnea 111 11 i?, just alter tne i'us
?aroru massacre, by parties from
Connecticut. It is a two story
frame building with wooden shut
ters and is about three miles
?>outh of Greenville, on a high
aluff in an old field, surrounded
jy many elm trees.
It is said that here, on August
15, 1774, a date preceding the
Meeting of the first Continental
Congress in Philadelphia, the
cattle of Lexington and the;
Mecklenburg Declaration thefree
lolders of Pitt county, St.
Michael's Parish, met "and pro
ested against British depotism
ind called for a general congress
>f America to inveigh against
axation without representation.
1'he records of this early date
how that the spirit of liberty
vas rampant in Pitt county at
hat early day.?.News and Ob
lerver.
The President's Trip.
It will extend through 25
States.
It will passover 10.500 miles
if railroad trucks. i
It will take 4b days.
It will be shared by 80 persons, 1
10 of whom ate servants.
The other 40 include the Cabi
let officials, their families and
ither guests.
Six reporters, four l'hotogra- '
ihers, two telegraphers and three <
itenographers are taken along, i
Light finely furnished cars make
ip the special train. '
Of these the most magnificent 1
s the Olympia, in which the Pres
dent rides. 1
(
If people only knew what we
;now about kodol Dyspepsia f
lure, it would be used in nearly i
very household, as there are few i
?eople who do not suffer from a t
eeling of fullness after eating, t
?etching, flatulence,sourstomach t
?r waterbrash, caused by indi- i
?estion or dyspepsia. A preparn- t
ion, such as Kodol Dyspepsia I
ure, which, with no aid from the 1
tomach, will digest your food, f
ertainlv can't help but do you \
ood. Hood Bros., Hare & Son, c
. R. I.ed better. j I
|? GENERAL NEWS.
A Partial List of the Week's Hap
peningfs Throughout the
Country.
Last Thursday George H. l'hil
lips, the young corn cornerer o
Chit-ago, sold 2,000,000 busheh
in the Chicago corn pit at a prof
it which netted him $100,000.
Thirty-five out of forty-two
persons who were working at a
cotton press at Aureli, a town in
India, have been burned to
death. The remainder were fa
tally burned.
James Callahan, who has been
on trial at Omaha, Neb., foi
complicity in the abduction ol
Edward Cudahy, Jr., has been
acquitted. The Judge severely
reprimanded the jury for their
verdict.
The Empress dowager of China,
seeing her power waning and
wishing to humperfuture actions
of the emperor, has appointed
six regents, including Li Hung
Chang and i'rince (liing, to gov
ern the empire.
Joseph Mokiewicz was fatally
injured and his wife killed by
their horse backing over a 100
foot embankment at Peru, 111.,
last week. The mother threw
out the baby as they were fall
ing and it was saved.
A private telegram from Lon
don says application has been
made to the London Stock Ex
change to list $800,000,000 of
United States Steel Corporation,
common and preferred stock, on
the London Exchange.
Mrs. Nation returned to Wi
chita, Ks., Wednesday, after at
tending the funeral of her broth
er at Louisburg. She went di
rectly to the jail and surrendered,
to await a hearing on the charge
of destroying saloon property.
While a train from Pekin to
Tientsin was traversing the
bridge between Lo-Fa and Yang
tsun Sunday morning it was de
railed through the collapse of a
culvert. Eleven Chinese were
killed and forty Chinese and two
Americans injured.
Edwin H. Conger, the United
Stutes Minister to China, has ar
rived in this country on a leave
of absence. In speakig of the
indemnities that China should
pay the Powers, he says the
Celestial Empire is able to three
hundred million dollars.
A dispatch from Frankfort,
Germany, says that according to
the latest information about .">0
persons were killed and (50 injur
ed in the explosion at the electro
chemical works near Uriesheim,1
Germany, Thursday. Some per
sons think this exaggerated. A
number of children who were
hurled by the explosion into the
river Main were drowned before i
the rescuers could reach them.
Several firemen are among the
victims.
The German and Chinese troops
were engaged last week. A die
patch from l'ekinsays that three
engagements occurred April 2d.
and a fourth April 24, at the
Great Wall, between four col
umns under General Kettler and
the Chinese troops under General
Eiu. The Chinese were every
where defeated and after a stub
born resistance were forced back
over the wall, being forced back
as far as Kan Liu. Casualties:
Four officers killed and 82
wounded. The French troops
were not engaged.
James Douglas Ileid, known to j
telegraphers throughout the]
?ountry as the "Father of the
Telegraph,'' died inJ.New York city
Sunday afternoon. He was born
n Scotland in 1H1!), carne to
Vmerica 1834 and engaged in
lie telegraph service in 1845. He
ntered the service of the Wee
em Union Telegraph Company
n 185<>, wherein he remained un
il 1889, when he was appointed
Jnited States consul to liunferm
Jne, Scotland, through the in
luence of Andrew Carnegie, who
rr. -a messenger and telegraph
iper v - r under Mr. Reid at
'ittsburg,
r* 1
TAX COMMISSION'S WORK
? The Month of May to be ;
Busy One With it.
. WILL VISir EVERY COUNTY
} Meetings of Tax Listers Are to b(
Held at the County Seats.
' The State Tax Commission
composed of tiie mem tiers of tin
' Corporation Commission, is now
1 preparing: a pamphlet of instruc
tions to the tax-listers of the
State touching the perforance ol
their duty. The Commission hat
been at work on these instruc
! tions for several days, but they
are not yet completed.
Under the new Machinery Act,
section l>, it is provided that the
Hoard of State Tax Commission
ers shall have and exercise gener
al sufiervision over the tax-lis
ters and assessing officers of this
State, and take such measures
as will secure the enforcement ol
the provisions of this act, "to
the e id that all the properties ol
this State liable to assessment
for taxation shall be placed up
on the assessment rolls and as
sessed at their actual cash val
ue."
This is the principal duty pre
scribed for the Commission, in
fact its reason for being; and
section 17 tells how this purpose
of the law shall be carried out
and the end aimed at attained,
it is as follows:
It shall be the duty of the Tax
Commissioners at least thirty
; days previous to the date fixed
for listing taxes to prepare a
jiamphlet for the instruction of
tax assessors. Said pamphlet
shall, in as plain terms possible,
explain the proper working of
the tax laws of the State, and
shall call particular attention to
any points in ttie administration
of the laws which have seemed to
be overlooked or neglected. They
shall advise the assessors of the
practical working of the laws,
and explain any points which
seem to be intricate >and upon
which assessors may differ,
particulary calling their attention
to tne requirement that all prop
erty shall be assessed at its fair
market value, and the penalties
upon assessors for failure to ob
serve this provision. Copies of
said pamphlet shall be sent to
the register of deeds of each
county, whose duty it shall be to
see that each assessor and
tax-lister is furnished with a
copy."
Hut the commissioners are not
to stop with preparing and wild
ing out this pamphlet. They
must visit everv county in the
State and this tThey will to do be
tween May 1st and June 1st.
To do this, they will-divide out
the counties of the State, and be
ginning on May 1st each coin
mission-r will visit one county
seat a day, if possible, notice
having lirst been ? iven the tan
listers of the meeting. That this
may bo-done, the names of all the
tax-listers in the State, by coun
ties, has been obtained and is
now on tile. A regular schedule
of these tax-lister's meetings will
be made out this week before the
commissioners start upon their
tour of the counties.
It is not known yet in just
what counties they will start, or
what counties will be apportion
ed to t he different meniliers of
the Commission.
The newly elected clerk to the
Commission, Mr. Wishart, en
tered upon his duties this week
?News and Observer.
Sampson County Hawk Killer.
Mr. H. H. Draughton, the fa
mous hawk-killer, drove in town
last Friday after a four hours' |
hunt in the swamps of Big Co
liarie, with seven large hawks,
one wild turkey gobler, and one
crow. He says he killed two
more crows, out failed to find
them. He calls his game up to
him with yelpers and callers, with
which he can make a turkey,
hawk or atow ashamed of himself;
and they fly to him whe o calls,
as if charmed.?Clint "emo
crat. '
FREE RURAL DELIVERIES.
. I Congressman E. VV. 1'ou, <
this district, who was here ye
j terday, in talking of free run
! delivery said:
"I have received many letter
? about the free rural mail deliver
j and 1 am using every effort t
: have additional routes establish
ed in this district. There are s<
many applications from differen
sections that the tiovemmeut i
i unable to send out special agent
' to look after one place at a tiint
' This district will be reached sooi
and I think I will be able to bav
; established all the routes uske<
i for. To obtain free rural deliv
1 ery in any section, it is necessar
for one hundred heads ol familie
on the proposed route to appb
for it, and whenever a petition ii
sent me with these one hundret
! signatures I will strive to havi
the route established. 1 have ii
hand now three applications an<
I have every assurance that tin
I routes asked for will soon be es
II tablished."
Mr. l'ou will undoubtedly maki
a representative of whom tin
State will be proud. Able, tul
ented and indefatigable he wil
leave no stone unturned in hii
effort to be of benefit to this dis
trict and his State.?Raleigl
News Observer.
WEEKLY CROP REPORT.
The Weekly Crop Bulletin fo
North Carolina issued by thi
Weather Bureau lor the weel
ending Monday, April 29th, says
"Although the conditions an
slowly improving, the bad effecti
of the excessive rain and colc
weather of last week have uoi
been obliterated. The severity
of the storm in the western dis
trict has not been exaggerated
and the da mage to bottom lands
river banks, bridges, etc., wai
very great, especially in the fol
lowing counties: Cleveland, l>e
noir, Caldwell, Wilkes, Surry ant
Yadkin.
"The total snowfall west of tin
Blue Ridge exceeded 10 inches at
some places (Marshall, Madison
county, 11.5 inches) and the tem
perature was below freezing on
three mornings. Nevertheless,
the concensus of opinion is that
the fruit crop is not seriously
damaged in the west, while it is
generally safe everywhere east ol
t he mountains.
"Rain continued lightly until
the :14th and Was followed by
fair weather, bm with low tem
perature and much wind, so that
the conditions have continued
unfavorable for germination and
growth. The mean temperature
was N degrees below the daily
normal. Frost was reported
generally on Wednesday morn
ing. but with surprisingly little
damage to fruit, though pota
toes and young vegetables were
nipped. The latter portion of
the week was bright and favor
able for work; in the east three
full days' labor was accomplishe -
and much plowing and planting
done, but in the west the ground
remained too wet until Friday.
"Forest vegetation continues
remarkably backward even as
far east as Raleigh.
"Large quant iies of cotton
and corn were planted during the
latter part of the week. Owing
to the cold, damp state of til >
soil much early planted corn
failed to sprout, and considerable
replanting is necessary. Corn is
coming up slowly, shows the
effect of cold weather in lack of
vigor, and the stands are gener
ally noor.
"Planting cotton is now over
two weekslater than usual; lands
seeded before April 15th will be
replowed and planted over; seed
cotton is scarce; some cotton is
up, but is not doing well.
"Tobacco plants have not
grown much and there is con
siderable complaint of damage
by tiea-beetle; transplanting will
be late.
"Wheat, rye, oats and spring
oats are doing well.
"Truck crops are only fair; the
stand of Irisn potatoes is poor.
Gardens are improving slowly,
and some vegetables are coming
into market. Shipments of straw
berries are gradually increasing."
STATE NEWS.
Short Items of interest Culled
From our State Exchanges.
v Col. W. H. Osborne has b^en
y nominated for Mayor by the
o Democrats of Greensboro.
'? Nash County Superior Court is
0 in session this week. There are
* two murder cases on the docket.
Tomorrow afternoon Governor
8 Aycock will deliver an Education
al address at Henderson. Tomor
row night he will speak at (ixford.
j Commissioner of Agriculture
Patterson says that sales of ferti
,, lizera in the State this season
s are 22 per cent, greater than last
year.
h Last week forty charters foroil
1 companies were issued in Texas,
e the capitalization aggregating
! $10,890,000. This brings the
1 total number of charters issued
e since January 10, the day of find
. ing oil at Beaumont, to 174,
haaingu capitalization of $01 ,
B 950,000.
e I)r. I). B. McNeill, who repre
- sented Brunswick county in the
1 Legislatures of 1899 and 1901,
8 died Thursday at the home of a
- relative at Maxton. He suffered
l a sever*1 attack of pneumonia
during the recent seesion of the
Legislature and never recovered.
He was born in Richmond coun
ty in 1852.
There is a red-hot municipal
fight in Fayetteville. The pres
? ent mayor, Col. W. S. Cook, is
' the nominee of the adniinistra
: tion forces. Mayor Cook oppos.
p ed the repeal of the dispensary.
8 The anti-administration forces
^ have nominated Senator McNeill
t for mayor. He favored the abol
ition of the dispensary. Both
- factious have nominated a full
> ticket for aldermen in several
> j wards, and the contest is a hot
' one. The Republicans have also
- named a ticket, for the first time
? in years.
I
President of All Sections.
Jackson, Miss., May 1.?The
I : .i?' *
jjiCTsiuemiui iram arnvea uere
? at 11 o'clock sharp, 15 minutes
ahead of time.' Acres of people,
Democrats, Republicans, white
and black, had congregated at
the depot and gave a royal wel
; come to the President and his
party to Mississippi's capital.
Governor Longino welcomed the
President on behalf of the people
of the State, la response to
Governor Longino's introduc
tion to the people of the Presi
dent of the whole country, Mr.
McKiuley said:
"1 thank your Governor for
announcii g that 1 am President
of all the country, all the States
and all the Territories of this
great country. President, by
popular vote, of every section of
the Union, by virtue of forms
and rules laid down bv the Con
stitution of the United States, 1
am convinced that in our na
tional sei.seof duty, and of honor
in every part of the world, we
stand as one people. This coun
try of ours has been growing in
the past few years, growing
whether we want it to grow or
not. The war with Spain started
us growing and we could uot help
it if we would. Our growth has
made new problems, but the
American people has faced them
and will continue to face them.
We will have our differen vs and
always would, but we have more
agreements than differences. We
may differ as to politics, agree
as to principles, but we keen the
home circles and settle ou.- differ
ences among ourselves and.
which is the grandest tribute in
the world to the American peo
ple, we have settled matters of
foreign policy in the past to our
satisfaction and will treat new
ones in the fear of good."
Mr. McKinley stood on the pla t
form and shook hands with hun
dreds who crowded aiound as the
train started out. Mrs. Mckin
ley was not feeling well and could
not respond to calls.
Since the outbreak of the bu
bonic plague at Cape Town,
South Africa, there have been
319 cases, of which 217 have
proved fatal.