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VOL.20. SMITIIFIELD, N. C.,FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1901. NO. 10.
WEEKLY CROP REPORT.
Farmers Well up With Their Work?
Hall Does Much Damage in Sec
tions?Fruit Outlook Bright
Late Cotton Coming up Well.
?Poor Stand of Corn.
The Weekly Crop Bulletin for
North Carolina, issued on Mon
day bv the Weather Bureau, says
that the reports of correspond
ents for the past week indicate
further general improvement in
conditions and in the growth of
vegetation. The temperature
averaged nearly normal and al
though several mornings were
quite cool, there were no ex
tremes. Showers were frequent,
occouring at some station or
other on almost every day of the
week. In spite of some very
heavy local rains, the average
rainfall was about normal and
was extremely beneficial. The
soil was placed in excellent con
dition for plowing, the germina
tion of seeds was hastened, and
vegetation refreshed. Toward
the latter part of the week farm
work was interupted in some sec
tions and weeds and grass be
came troublesome, but generally
farmers are fairly well up with
their work. The unfortunate
feature of the weather this week
was the unusually large number
of several local thunderstorms
with heavy hail, chiefly from the
7th to 10th. At many points
the hail stones were quite large
and covered the ground to the
depth of several inches. The1
greatest damage occurred in the I
strawberry region of southeas
tern North Carolina. Truck
crops and garden vegetables
were injured; corn, cotton, and
tobacco somewhat cut, wheat
fields lodged, and fruit beaten
from the trees. The counties
over which the greatest damage
occurred were, in the Eastern
district: Wayne, Nash, Wilson,
Pender, Sampson, and Green; in
the Central district: Wake, John
ston, Franklin, Moore, Rich
mond, Forsyth, Guilford; and in
the Western: Rutherford, Cald
well, Catawba, Polk, Davie, and
Iredell.
The bulk of the cotton crop
has now been sown. Late plant
ed cotton is coming up well, and
fair stands seem assured bv the
beneficial rains this week; some
fields are grassy and working
the crop has begun; in southern
counties some chopping has been
done. There is still much corn
to be replanted on account of
bad stands; the condition of corn
that is up is much improved.
Fine seasons enabled farmers to
transplant many tobacco plants,
especially in eastern and south
ern portions; elsewhere the plants
are still too small for the pur
Sose Planting peanuts is un
erway, and planting rice has
made good progress. Gardens
have materially improved. Out
side the region of greatest dam
age by hail truck crops are doing
well; shipments of early vegeta
bles of all kinds are very heavy.
Fruit trees are apparently load
ed with fruit, ana peaches and
apples will be very abundant.
Strawberries are ripening in cen
tral and west portions.
Practical Education.
We have received an interests
ing little handbook on this sub
ject issued by the North Carolina
College of Agriculture and Me
chanic Arts. A couple of quota
tions from it will indicate its
character.
"The world is demanding men
who can do, as well as think.
The best equipment for a young
man to-day is technical skill,
knowledge and power."
" A century ago education was
for a few, and was designed to
fit them for the learned profes
sions: to-day education is for
the many, and is intended to
equip them for life's practical
work."
Any lad desiring to lie an engi
neer, manufacturer, electrician,
chemist, machinist, mechanic,
dairyman, farmer, or fruit-grower
should write for a copy of this
booklet to President Winston.
Raleigh, N. C.
STATE NEWS.
Short Items of interest Culled
From our State Exchanges.
A negro was killed by lightning
near Reidsville Friday.
The Southern Baptist Conven
tion will meet at Asheville next
year.
Nearly 30,000 crates of peas
were shipped from Goldsboro last
Thursday.
Julia Strickland, a fifteen year
old negro girl, was killed by light
ning in (roldsboro Tuesday morn
ing.
The next session of the North
Carolina Press Association will
be held at Greensboro, July 10th
and 11th.
Hon. D. H. McLean has been
called to Florida to appear in a
murder case for a man by the
name of Heminway.
The City Council at Wilming
ton Wednesday night appropria
ted $500 for the relief of the suff
ering at Jacksonville, Fla.
A child about one year old liv
ing in Durham county drank
some carbolic acid one day last
week and died before midnight.
A movement is on foot at Mon
roe to establish a public library
and reading room in connection
with the graded schools at that
place.
On Monday 512,000 crates of
strawberries were shipped from
the towns on the Atlantic Coast
Line between Wilmington and
Goldsboro.
Monday while Dock Fuller, a
negro, was plowing in a field near
Burlington he chanced to turn up
a vessel containing more than
$1,200 in $20 gold pieces.
B. Lee Roberts, of Cleveland
county, was crushed to death by
the cars at Charlotte last Friday
while he was trying to couple the
air-hose between two coaches.
Monday night at LaU range the
stables of Dr. J. M. Hadley were
burned, including four horses,
two mules, one cow and a lot of
vehicles and feedstuff. Loss about
$1,500.
Dr. Paul Churchill Hutton, as
sistant surgeon in the United
States army and Dr. Sallie Bor
den, of Goldsboro, will be mar
ried at St. Paul's church, Golds
boro, May 29th.
The St. Paul African Methodist
church at Raleigh was opened
Sunday for the first time. It is
the largest and finest colored
church in the State. Ithastaken
17 years to build it and cost
$30,000.
Two negroes were killed by
lightning at King's Mountain
Sunday. They were standing
under a horse shoe which was
over a store door. Lightning
struck the shoe and melted it
half in two.
While fishing in Roanoke river
near Weldon, Monday night, Wil
liam Ridley, a colored barber, was
drowned. The boat capsized and
Ridley liecame entangled in a fish
net, from which he could not ex
tricate himself.
A rather unique occurrence is
reported from the upper part of
Koanoke Island. The story goes
that one of the resident citizens,
Mr. Charles Meekins. recently
bought a horse in Elizabeth City
and after carrying it home and
using it for some time had occa
sion to remove some "caked"
dirt from the hollow of thehorse's
foot, when to his surprise he
found n ten dollar gold coin im
bedded in the accumulated dirt.
Many owner" of horses, formerly
owned in Elizabeth City, have
si.? manifested much interest in
the condition of their feet.
Wild scenes of excitement pre
vailed on the stock market at
New York city Thursday, a great
fall in prices taking place.
The least in quantity and most
in quality describes I)e Witt's Lit
tle Early Risers, the famous pills
for constipation, and liver com
Staints. Hood Bros., HareA Son,
. R. Ledbetter.
BLOODSHED AT ALBANY.
Men in Strikers' Places Attacked
With Bricks and Stones?Sol
diers Use The Bayonet.
Albany, N. Y., May 15.?Riot
and bloodshed closed the inci
dents of a day which was marked
here by the arrival ot 1,700
troops from different partsof the
State to protect the property of
the United Traction Company,
1.100 of whoseemployesare on a
strike.
Followed by a hooting and
yelling crowd of thousands of
strike sympathizers and under
the protection of 60 mounted
soldiers of the Third Signal
Corps with sabers drawn. 70 men
who arrived at 5:40 o'clock to
take the places of strikers were
tnrgets for broken bricks and
stones, which wounded five men
frightfully about the heads, crip
pled the arms of others and
frightened those who had intend
ed to fill the places of strikers so
that many jumped from the wag
ons in which tney were huddled,
1 and sought refuge with the
crowds on the sidewalk. Those
who remained were finally escort
ed to the car barns, where their
injuries were attended to. The
[ soldiers were not hurt. About
30 non-union men were more or
1pm? irmiroH
Under the excitement caused
by preparations to cope with the
strikers Adjt-Gen. Eaward Mor
ris Hoffman died suddenly of
heart failure in the afternoon at
the Ten Evck Hotel. With Ma
jor-General Roe he had been busy
(luring the morning in his office
I receiving reports of the arrival
of troops and designating their
stations. The Adjutant-General
took luncheon, became ill and
collapsed suddenly. Gen. Fred
erick I'histerer succeeds him.
Since the strike began the
' strikers unmolested had torn
down the wires and piled
stones on the tracks so that the
passage of cars was impossible.
Major Case determined that some
preparation should be made for
the movement of cars. Having
this in mind, he told the foreman
of a repair gang to get out a
wagon and at once put the trol
ley wires in order. At the same
time Major Case sent 80 sharp
shooters to roofs on each side of
the street with orders to pick off
any man attempting to interfere
with the work of the railroad
men. Major Case sent men to
caution all persons living in the
vicinity to withdraw to their
houses and close the blinds.
As the linemen began to mend
broken wires Major Case with his
men deployed so that they com
manded Washington and Madi
son avenues, two blocks distant
from the car barns. The men
reparinp the lines were permitted
to continue their work without
interference. The lines were fully
repaired and all was made ready
for to-morrow morning.
In command of the same com
panies later Major Case drove
away a large crowd on Sherman
street at the point of the bayo
net. Driven into corners, many
of the crowd turned on their pur
suers, who jabbed them with
bayonets and used the butts of
guns. One man turned abruptly
on Major Case, who knocked him
down with a blow from the broad
side of his sword.
Mrs. McKinley Very Sick.
Serious complications, which do
not yield to treatment, have de
veloped in the illness of Mrs. Mc
Kinley.
Her critical condition, concealed
for a time, is now admitted. She
has taken nothing but liquid
nourishment for several days und
is so weak that she seldom speaks
to those about her at the resi
dence of Henry T. Scott in San
Francisco, where she now is.
The President, on account of
his wife's ilh.ess, has abandoned
, his proposed trip through the
Northwest, and will take her
home by the most direct route.
Fifteen persons?six white and
i nine black?lost their lives by the
, sinking of the steamer City of
Paducah at Hrunkhorst's land
ing, 111., Sunday night.
GENERAL NEWS.
A Partial List of the Week's Hap
penings Throughout the
Country.
A suburb of Detroit, Mich., suf
fered an $000 fire Sunday.
Fire at Boston, Mass., Thurs
day, did $200,000 worth of dam
ap'.
The total losses by fire com
panies at Jacksonville, so far
compiled, is $4,748,000.
Plans are on foot to build a
twenty-five story hotel in New
York, to cost above $5,000,000.
The trust under the name of
the American Locomotive Co.
has been formed with a capital of
$50,000,000.
At Fort Sheridan, ill., Thurs
day, Fred Cumberlage, a private
soldier, serving a five years sent
ence, killed his guard and made
his escape.
The northern and southern
mill operatives have amalgam
ated their labor organizations.
They will eventually have a mem
bership of 300,000.
The Deutschland on its la t
trip maintained an average speed
of 24.53 knots for 25 hours.
This a record that has never
been equalled by any vessel.
Secretary Root has received a
cable message from General Chaf
fee saying that he with the
troops in China expected to sail
from Taku about May 25th.
The will of George Q. Cannon,
of Utah, has been filed for pro
bate. It disposes of an estate
approximating $1,000,000. He
leaves four wives and .'12 chil
dren.
The President Tuesday grant
ed a pardon to Louis Gallot, of
New Orleans, who was convicted
in 189(5 of misapplication of
funds of the Union National
flank of that city. He was sent
enced to eight years in the peni
tentiary.
At Cambridge, Mass., after a
lontr and dramatic trial, Charles
R. Eastman, the Harvard in
structor, has been acquitted of
the charge of murdering his
brother-in-law, Richard H. Gro
gan, Jr., while at target practice
on July 4th last.
The passenger steamer lion
Voyage caught fire in Lake Su
perior Fridavnigght and was de
stroyed. Five passengers, all
women, were drowned in getting
from the boat to the shore. The
rest of the passengers, all of them
men, and the crew, escaped in
safety.
Gov. Jennings decides that
martial law shall becontinued in
definitely in Jacksonville. Dan
ger is apprehended from hordes
of negroes who are flocking to
the city to secure free ratio '8
without work. The situation in
the burned city is otherwise im
proving.
I>ord Kitchener reports to the
war office, under date of Preto
ria, May 10th, as follows: "Sinee
May 5th, 28 Hoers have been
killed, six wounded and 130
taken prisoners, and 183 have
surrendered. Nine thousand
rounds of ammunition, 830 wag
ons, 1,500 horses and large
quanties of grain and stock have
been captured."
Of 26 young people who started
from College Point, L. I., Satur
day night on what is known as a
"starlight" ride, two were carried
home Sunday morning dead, five
are in a hospital, four were al
lowed to leave after having their
wounds dressed, and every one of
t he remainder was more or less
bruised. A collision with a trol
ley car caused the accident.
A young widow and her two
children were found dead in their
home at Providence, R. 1., Mon
day, from gas asphyxiation.
The woman was Mrs. Hornandina
Charleston. The children were
I seven and two years old. The
widow, the sole support of
her children, lost her position
through illness. She turned on
the gas and killed herself and the
two children.
It has been decided to ask the
court to hold Mrs. Carrie Nation
for insanity. She escaped from
her cell Thursday and severely
whipped the jailer. She imagines
she is the president of the United
States.
Nearly every State in the Un
ion was represented by two reg- ]
ular delegates at the convention j1
of the Catholic Knights of Ameri
ca, which met in St. Louis Tues
day. Many lay members also
were present.
The degree of Doctor of Laws
has been conferred upon William
VlcKinle.v by the University of
California. Only twice before,
since the founding of the Univer
sity, has this degree been bestow- (
ed by the institution.
Mrs. Kditli Thomas, a writer
and philanthropist, committed
suicide by shooting herself i
through the heart, at her home :
in New York, Tuesday. She was ;
37 years of age and had been a
sufferer from nervous prostra
tion brought on by her zeal and
industry in her work among the
poor of New York.
President Mclver Elated at the
School Tax Elections.
President M elver, of the State
Normal and Industrial College,
recently said: '"1 feel good over
the local tax school elections. In
! the month of February we all
rejoiced, and properly, because
the State legislature added
#100,000 to the public school
annual expenditure, which was
already about one million dollars,
but within the last few days dif
ferent localities have voted upon
themselves, in bonds and taxes
not less than #150,000 for school
buildings and between #25,000
and #50,000 annually for teach
ers' salaries. New graded schools
will be established this year in a
dozen or two localities, and local
taxation will begin to do for
small towns and villages, and,
may we not hope, for some coun- 1
try districts, what it hasdone for
Goldsboro, Raleigh, Durham,!
Greensboro, Charlotte, Asheville
and about twenty other towns (
and cities.
"No matter what the Legisla
I ture appropriates, we cannot I
have satisfactory public schools '
without local taxation. This is
: true in all North Carolina, as it 1
is true in every community in 1
j the United States It makes me
happy to see how fast our }>eople
are coming to take this view of,
the matter. Local taxes, local! v j 1
applied, never did and never will
impoverish e people. Our indi- j
rect taxes, collected almost with
out our kuowledge, and expended
in other parts of this great coun
try and in foreign countries, and
practically none expended where
collected, will male us poor; and ('
these taxes are much more than 1
our School taxes, State and
local."
A Noteworthy Combination.
The consolidation of The Chi
cago Record and The Chicago
Times-Herald was one of the ,
most important events in the
history of modern metropolitan
journalism. People familiar with
the newspapers published in the
great capitals of the world say
that the best daily papers are
made in Chicago, and it is well
known that Tne Chicago Record
and The Chicago Times-Herald
ranked at the very front among
Chicago's best dailies. Each cov
ered the world's news thoroughly
every day, and each possessed
also distinctive special features
giving it that individuality so
attractive to its readers. Now
that the two have been combined,
all the resources and world-wide
facilities of both papers are united
in The Chicago Record-Herald.
It is in truth " a great combina
tion"?a combination without
parallel in American journalism,
i The fortunate readers of The
Chicago Record and The Chicago
Times-Herald now receive every
day a newspaper whose news
facilities are unequaled by any
other American newspaper.
i ?The meeting at the Baptist
church closed last night.
? II
THE DEMAND FOR INDEMNITY.
Chinese say That Annual Payment
ot Ten Million Dollars is the Pull
Extent of Their Power.
Washington, May 14.?A cable
gram from Mr. Ilockhill, our
special commissioner at l'ekin,
received at the State Department
to-day, mentions the receipt by
the ministers of the response of
the Chinese envoys to the minis
ters' demands for indemnity. The
dispatch indicated briefly that
the Chinese represent that an an
nual payment of -110,000,000 i;
the full extent of theirpower, and
it will take thirty years to dis
charge the debt at that rafe
without interest, nor does he
touch upon the means by which
the money is to be raised by
China or say who is to guarantee
a loan necessary to be made. / It
appears that the Chinese feel
themselves obliged to submit to
the Cowers in this question of in
demnity as in all other things,
and though realir.ing their own
inability to assume this indebted
ness of 450,000,000 taels, they
feel obliged to make the effort.
Mr. Rockhill has been instructed
to continue his efforts to secure
an abatement of the total in
demnity, but in the present dis
position of the Powers little hope
of success is entertained.
Eden Phillpotts, Novelist.
Among those who have taken
a place in the first rank of recent
English novelists is Mr. Eden
Phillpotts, t he author of "Chil
dren of the Mist" and "Sons of
the Morning."
Mr. i'hillpotts was born in In
dia in 18(12. 11 is parents wanted
him to study for the church, but
as he did not feel like he had a
"call" in that direction, he de
cided on a business life, and when
only seventeen he left his home
in Devonshire and went to Lon
don. There he entered an insur
ance office, and during his leisure
moments studied for the stage.
But he soon found that his tal
ents did not extend in that direc
tion and took up literature.
After ten years in business he
i^ave himself up to the writing of
books.
His first book that was a
marked success was the "Children
of the mist," published about
two and a half years ago. This
book showed "large grasp, dis
tinct individuality, marked
power," and brought him before
the public as a writer to la
placed by the side of Blackmore,
Thomas Hardy and George
Meredith.
The author's latest work,
"Sons of the Morning," published
late Iciat year, is a "serious study
of life, a building up of individual
character, a return to solider,
old-fashioned methods of fiction
writing." It is a story of a
woman who loves at the same
time two men so purely and no
bly that she is unable to make a
final choice. The author lets
Fate decide for her and works out
the perplexing problem in an in
genious way which is interest
ing to the reader. It is a strong
book and is well worth the rend
ing.
Kenly Academy Commencement.
The commencement exercises
at Kenly Academy will begin Sun
day, June 9, at 11 a. m., when
the annual sermon will be preach
ed by Rev. A. P. Tyer, of Wilson.
Monday, June 10, at 9 p. m., the
contest between the representa
tives of the Thalian and Philo
logian societies will take place.
Tuesday June 11, at 8 p.m.,
public concert by the students.
On Wednesday, June 12, at
10:80 a. m., Prof. J. B. Carlyle,
of Wake Forest, will deliver the
literary address.
Wednesday, June 12, 8 p. m.,
musicale.
The strike in Albany, N.Y.,
seems to be well under hand
Cars were moved out of the car
house yesterday, each loaded
with soldiers ready to shoot any
strikers who might try to ob
struct its passage.