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VOL. 20. SMITH FIE LI), X. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1001. NO. 33.
ROOSEVELT CRITICIZED.
The President Entertained
Booker Washington at
the White House.
The Voice ol the Southern Press on
the President's Action?His
StandineWith Southern
People Injured.
Last week the people of this
country and especially the South
ern people were greatly surprised
at the action of President Roose
velt in inviting a negro, Prof
Booker Washington, of Tuskegee
Institute, to dine with him at the
White House. His action is al
most without precedent, and is a
great shock to the President's
Southern Admirers.
The feeling of the South, as
voiced by the Press, is seen in the
following clippings:
Nashville (Tenn.) Banner:
Whatever justification may be
attempted of the President's ac
tion in this instance, it goes with
out saying that it will tend to
chill the favor with which he is
regarded in the South, and will
embarrass him in his reputed pur
pose to build up his party in this
section.
Vi?H' 1 li-lon Pwta viina ? Willi
lien viiuuuo i IUIO . ii ii/ii
out anticipating anything in the
way of peculiarities, The Picay
une takes it for granted that the
President assumes to do officially
that which he would not dream
of in the way of violating accept
ed social usages and conventions,
and, therefore, The Picayune has
no criticism to make in t he present
instance.
Rome (Ga.) Tribune: President
Roosevelt has made a serious
mistake, and committed a grave
offense against the southern peo
ple. It is not so much in Lis hav
ing a well behaved and well edu
cated negro like Booker \V;**h.
ington at his dinner table with
his family, but it is the baneful
effect of his position as President j
it will have on certain vicious ne
groes who seek social equality.
Nashville (IVnn.) American:
President Roosevelt has made a
mistake in having Booker Wash
ington to dine with him at the
White House, it is an error of
judgment and a breach of good
taste which can have no good
effect in any way. It can be of
no possible advantage to the race
to which Washington belongs,
? and it is not calculated to win
either friends or sympathy for
Roosevelt in the South.
Richmond Dispatch: Wedonot
like Mr. Roosevelt'snegropliilism
at all, and are sorry to see him
seeking opportunities to indulge
in it. He is reported Us have re
joiced that negro children were
going to school with his children
at Oyster Day. Dut then, it may
be said, too, that he has more
reasons than the average white
man to be fond of negroes, since
it was a negro regiment that
saved the Rough Riders from
decimation at San Juan hill.
And but for San Juan hill it is
quite unlikely that Mr. Roose
velt would be President to-day.
Chattanooga Times: We regard
the incident as unfortunate at
this time because the south was
beginning to entertain a very
kindly feelingfor fhe young Presi
dent, and it will undoubtedly
check any further development of
confidence in his judgment or his
profession of friendslupfor South
ern institutions. As to his will
ingness as a man, as Theodore
Roosevelt, the individual, to sit
at the social table with the learn
ed negro, wehavenothing to say;
that is a matter of taste with
him. Hut we believe he made a
mistake, and by no means an in
significant one, when as Presi
dent he apparently went out of
his way to offend the American
idea of propriety and social dis
tinction.
New Orleans Times Democrat:!
When Mr. Roosevelt, as chief
magistrate of this nation invites
a negro to dine at the White
House?the home not of Mr.
Roosevelt, the private citizen, but
of Mr. Roosevelt, the President?
he instantly presents in concrete
form tlie question of racial social
equality; and in presenting it, he
attempts to throw the weight,
the dignity and the authority of
his high oflicial position on the
affirmative side of that question.
It is absurd in him to imagine
that his private acts either will
be or can be dissociated from his
official character. Every one
knows i hat when Mr. Roosevelt
sits down to dinner in the White
House with a negro, he that mo
ment declares to all the word
that, in t he judgment of the Presi
dent of the United States, the
negro is the social equal of the
white man.
Augusta Chronicle: While en
couraging the people in the hope
that the negro is to be largely
eliminated from office in the
south, President Roosevelt
throws the fatm the fire by giving
countenance to the negro's claim
for social equality by having one
to dine in the White House with
himself, Mrs. Roosevelt and child
ren. We concede the fact that he
could not have had a more decent
negro. President Hooker T.Wash
ington is the representative man
of his race, a useful citizen and an
able leader of his people. But he
represents the negro race, and
between Ins people and the whites
there can be no social equalftv.
This is not simply local southern
prejudice, butit, is an ineradicable
raciiil tact.
BIG POSTAGE STAMP ROBBERY.
Chicago, Oct. 21.?Thieves en
tered the vault of the Chicago
Post Office between Saturday
evening and this morning and
accomplished the biggest post
stamp robbery on record. They
secured $74,610 in stamps of va
rious denominations and es
caped.
Skill, ingenuity and great en
durance were required successful
ly to carry out the plans that ev
idently had carefully been laid.
Two brick walls, each two feet
thick, were tunnelled through,
and a hole nineteen inches square
was made in the bottom of the
steel vault.
?
Miss Stone Yet in Brigands' Hands.
London, Oct. 23.?" It is re
ported from Sofia," says the
Vienna correspondent of the
Daily Mail, "that United States
Consul General Dickinson has re
ceived intelligence from shepherds
that Miss Stone was seen at
Jakoouda, on Turkish territory,
about two hours' journey from
the Bulgarian frontier."
The Morning Leader publishes
the following communication,
dated Saturday, October 19, from
Sofia:
"On the trontier, near Gross
Belovo, yesterday, five fugitives
from Baniska, Macedonia ?
among them a brother of Mine.
Tsilka, MissStone's companion?
were shot dead by Turkish fron
tier guards while endeavoring to
cross into Bulgarian territory.
"United Statis Consul General
Dickinson, believing that they
were members of the American
mission church, has demanded an
official inquiry.
"Great brutality exists in the
district between Baniska and the
frontier. Turkish officials have
arrested over 100 residents of
Bulgarian nationality and sub
jected them to torture in order
to wring from them information
as to Miss Stone's whereabouts.
Several of them died under tor
ture.
"The Bulgarian authorities,
likewise worried over the affair,
are continually arresting fugi
tives from Macedonia, and this
causes bad blood."
Filipinos Active.
Washington Oct. 22.?The
Navv Department has received
the following dispatch from Bear
Admiral Itodgers dated Cavite
22nd, addressed to the Secretary
of the Navy: " There is an insur
rection in Samar. TheNewYork
leaves to-day for Catbalogan
with three hundred marines to
return to Basey and Balangiga
to co-operate with the army.
Nearly all the naval force is con
centrated in Samar."
GENERAL NEWS.
A Partial List of the Week's Hap
penings Throughout the
Country.
The officials of the Char'eston
Exposition announce that it will
open on schedule time.
A party of British railway men
are visitingourchief cities, study
ing our railway system.
The Commissioner of Educa
tion reports that over 17,000,
000 pupils are in the schools of
the country.
President Roosevelt appoints
as collector of internal revenueof
South Carolina Geo. II. Koeeter,
an independent Democrat.
Estimates for the navy for the
next fiscal year aggregate 898,
010,894, an increase of SB 1.148,
o34 over last year's est 'mate.
Miss Kate Livingstone, a sister
of Dr. Livingstone, the explorer,
has just celebrated her 100th
birthday at her home on the isle
of Mull.
Preparations are being made
for the execution of Czolgosz. 11
is thought it will occur before <i
o'clock on the morning of the
28th or 29th.
A 10-year old girl, who disnp
| peared from home in Ohio nine
years ago, has just been found in :
Iowa. She had been kidnapped
by a band of gypsies and been
made to beg for them.
One of the standing orders of
.1 udge Cantrell. who is presiding
over the trial of Caleb Powers, in
Kentucky, is that all Kentuckians
who enter the court room shall
previously divest themselves of
thecustomary deadly "w< epons."
Leon F. Czolgosz, the assassin
of President Mckinley, who is
awaiting electrocution in the
Auburn, N. Y., prison during the
week commencing next Monday,
fully realizing that his death is
now a question of a few days, has
asked tor spiritual consolation
and Tuesday afternoon received
a visit from Rev. T. Szadinski, a
Polish priest of the Roman Cath
olic church.
Daniel Dodge, a 13-year-old
boy of Inwood, L. I., is in the hos
pital with a bullet wound in his
head which may cause his death, j
He and his fifteen-year-old cousin, j
Walter Weston, were out prac
ticing with a rifle at some marks.
They soon grew tired of this arid
decided to do the William Tell
act. A can was placed on Dodge's
head and Weston successfully
knocked it off for two shots but
the third shot missed thecan and
hit the boy's forehead. The imi
tator of William Tell stood spell
bound for a few moments, then
shouted for help.
Gen. Corbin's annual report
shows that the army in the army
the Philippines is to be reduced
by expired enlistments at the
rate of 2,000 a month from now
to June, 1902. He says if this
rftrinntinn is t.*\ hp mswlo nn it. iv
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already time to begin recruiting.
The Ioshch from all causes in the
regular army and the volunteers
from July 1. 1900, to June 30th
last, totaled 10,924 officers and
men in the former and 25,009 in
the latter. The casualties to the
troops in the Philippines since
the uate of the first arrival, June
30,1898, to J une 30th, last, were
115 officers and 3,378 men killed
and 182 officers and 2,040 men
wounded. Gen. Corbin strongly
advocates a cable line from the;
Pacific coast to the Philippines.
A dispatch from London says:'
The shortage in cotton at Liver- j
pool is becoming serious There
are only a few cargoes on the
way and supplies for a fortnight
on hand. It is almost inevit
able that a partof the machinery
will be stopped and that there
will be a repetition of the famine
of a year ago, with possibly a
strained situation lasting even
longer than on that occasion.
The increasing tendency of Amer-!
ican producers to combine for
the maintenance of values is re
garded as a very serious factor, j
l>ecause of the apparent impose! ?
bility of obtaining substitutes for
the American staple in anything
like sufficient quantities to free (
the world from the domination |
of the Southern States of the
i American Union.
THE SCHLEY INQUIRY.
A Brlet Summary ot tlie Progress
ol the investigation.
Washing-ton Post.
Lieut. I? \Y. Wells, Jr.,Commo
dore S hlev's flag secretary, was
upon the stand all day Monday,
with the exception of the first
hour, during which witnesses who
previously testified were engaged
in correcting testimony. Mr.
\\ ells said* that no vessels passed
the blockades without the au
thority of the commodore; that
the order of the Nav v Depart
meat against exposing ships to
the shore batteries was promul
gated the dav after i h* naval in
telligence office had issued a
chart of tin? batteries at Santia
go, and tha' the commodore was
thoroughly fearless and self-pos
sessed on all occasions. I pon
cross-examination it was shown
that the "Dear Schlev" letters,
as received by Commodore Schley,
did not have the mark of the
ship's receiving stamp, but mere
ly penciled dates with "23"
marked over "24;" that the first
copy of the letter-reached Schley
by the llupont on the 22d of
May, notwithstanding its pencil
ed marking of the 23d or 24, and
that quite a number of dispatch
es lacked the mark of the receiv
ing stamp. It was also shown
that a dispatch written on May
2<s by Commodore Schley said
that the British collier Hestormel
had coal, evidently tor the .Span
ish fleet." This statement, how
ever, was found, in thepress copy
book, to have been written in
later with red pencil, while the
rest of the letter was in typewrit
ten characters. The examination
of Mr. Wells has not been conclu
ed.
Chief Machinist J. II. Hunley,
of the Texas, repeated his asser
tion made last Friday that he
was at the throttle of the port j
engine of that ship and that
there was no reversal or stop.
An attempt to discredit his testi
mony by showing that he had
once made a mistake in under
standing orders was ruled out by 1
the court. ?
E. G. Graham, correspondent,
of the Associated Press on board
the Brooklyn during the war with
Spain, was the principal witness
before the Schley cou rt yesterday.
He testified that he heard Capt.
Sigsbee tell Commodore Schley
that the Spanish fleet was not in
Santiago harbor. He also re
peated a conversation with Com
modore Schley, in which the lat
ter told him that he simply pro
posed to try the strength of the(
batteries when he went in to fire'
at the Colon. He said that he
never heard the conversation re
ported by Lieut Potts; that a I
report of suspicious smoke in
Santiago harbor on .July 2nd |
was made by the Vixen to Ad
miral Sampson by direction ofj
Commodore Schley, and that (
during the battle of Santiago
Commodore Schley was always j
in an exposed position of danger
and was cool and collected. Mr.
Graham told some interesting
incidents illustrative of Commo
dore Schley's coolness while the
battle; was in progress.
Lieut. B. W. Wells, Jr.,Schlev's
flag secretary, in concluding his
testimony, told of the general
orders issued by Commodore
Schley regarding t he course to be
Eursued should the Spanish fleet
e sighted.
Albert G. Mason, of Pittsburg,
formerly a yeoman on the Brook
lyn, who wrote the log of t he day
of the battle, testified that thej
changes and erasures apparent
in the log were made by him, un
der the direction of Lieutenant
Hodgson.
Dennis J. Cronin, formerly
Commodore Schley's orderly,
testified that he heard Capt.
Siggsbee tell Commodore Schley
that the Spanish fleet was not in
Santiago harbor.
Lieut. Commander William R.
Rush, formerly of the Brooklyn, I
testified that the Viscaya was
about to ram the Brooklyn, when
the latter ship made the "loop,"
and that the movement was nec
essary and wise.
Lieut. Kdward Simpson, form
erly of the Brooklyn, testified
that Commodore Schley was par
tieulaily careful at night to sail
without lights, so that the pres
ence of the squadron might not
he discovered ami the enemy
warned off. Lieut. Simpson's
story of the battle was most
graphic. It was told simply, out
with every detail revealed with
photographic accuracy. His
picture of Commodore Schley
leaning naturally and compos
edly against the conning tower
with his glasses under his arm
and his hand up to his chin, was
very vivid.
Lieut. Edward T. Fitzgerald,
assistant engineer on the Brook
lyn. who was in the tire room,
said that early in the action an
order came, "Stand by to ram,"
and that in obedience to this or
der all the water-tight doors
were closed and tightened.
The most dramatic story of the
tiattleof Santiago was told to
the Schley court of inquiry Wed
nesday by Chief Boatswain Wil
liam L. Hill, of the Brooklyn,
whose stirring recital of the inci
dents of the day twice caused the
crowd to break into applause.
He said that Schley never dodged
or ducked, and remarked while
chasing the Colon: "I'll get that
fellow if I have to follow him to
Spain."
James S. Hare, photographer
for Collier's Weekly, testified that
he was on the press boat Somers
M. Smith off Santiago 011 May
20 or 27, whenCapt. Sigshee meg
aphoned to the correspondents
that the Spanish fieet was not in
Santiago harbor.
Ueut. Albert A. Ackerman,
formerly of the Oregon, told the
story of the battle as viewed from
his ship, but threw no additional
light upon the facts already
known.
F. T. Applegate, gunner 011 the
Brooklyn, testified to tlieamount
of ammunition expended by the
Brooklyn and to the tact that
there was not a moment during
the battle when some of the
Brooklyn's guns were not in posi
tion to be fired upon the enemy.
Lieut. E. W. Eberle, of the Ore
gon, testified that after the Ore
gon had been directed by Admiral
Sampson to proceed with the
Brooklyn after the alleged Span
ish cruiser, when the Colon had
surrendered, the orders were re
voked and the Brooklyn was
sent off alone.
Lieut. Rufus Z. Johnston, cap
tain's aid and signal officer on
the Oregon, testified to the sig
nals from the Brooklyn to the
Oregon during the battle. He
said thatat the time of the sur
render of the Colon, the Brook
lyn and the Oregon were about
the same distance from her.
Maj. Paul S. Murphy, senior
fleet marine officer 011 the Brook
lyn, gave the details of the block
ade at Santiago, and spoke of
Commodore Schley's coolness and
bravery 011 the day of the battle.
Lieut. Commander Charles il.
Harlow, formerly executive offi
cer of the Vixen, and who made
copious notes during the battle,
produced his original memo
randa.
Marriage Licenses.
Marriage licenses were issued to
the following couples during the
week ending October 21.
White?W. C. Massey and Katie
E. Edwards, I)e Leon M. Fields
and Susan C. Tondinson, Johu
Cammed and Lougenia Fai rish,
Jesse Hinnant and Sadie lioney
cutt, Harvie Barnes and Pattie
Fool, Ransom Turner and Willie
Filkinton.
Colored?I.eelie Drew and Man
dy Frazier.
Negroes Eat Rattlesnakes.
Recently two immense rattle
snakes were killed on the farm of
Mr. B. B. .Mallison, near Wild
wood, having 36 and 40 rattles,
respectively. The negroes in the
neighborhood were given the
snakes, cooked and ate them, de
claifng them as good as chicken.
It is said that the flesh was quite
white after being cooked and
that the negroes thoroughly en
joyed this repast.?Ex.
"Iiemme once git ma han' on
de turkey, wid a straight road
befo' ine, en I'll settle de race
Eroblem so quick it'll make dey
ead swim 1 "?Ex.
STATE NEWS.
Short Items ot Interest Clipped and
Lulled From Our State
Exchanges.
There ure 488,178 white school
children in the State, 220,945
boys and 210.285 "iris.
The postoffice at Parmele is
now in chatge of the bondsmen
of William Powell, who is held
under a bond of $1,000fcr heavy
defalcations in his accounts.
On Wednesday of lust week a
negro stole a horse in Orange
county, was tried, convicted and
sentenced before noon Thursday
and ou Friday was taken to the
Penitentiary to serve fifty years.
The largest chinquapin tqpc in
the world is said to be on the
farm of I ?r. W. W. Parks, near
Seven Springs. It is said to be
50 years old, ten feet in circum
ference and to yield anaverageof
two bushels a year.
The State has chartered the
Forsyth Iron lied Company, of
Winston-Salem, capital $225,
000, H. E. Fries and other stock
holders; the Milierton Homes
Company, of Mecklenburg coun
ty, capital $30,000; the Croatan
Lumber Company, of Washing
ton, capital $10,000.
A V?tJ !.' r\f I.' I I^.l r ? > ?>
u.\ iMmrv JVlUOlUil, UUICeiCU
and managed by negroes has sus
pended payment. The liabilities
are stated to be about $6,000,
assets #15,000. A run on the
bank by negro depositors caused
the trouble. Clias. F. Dunn, the
president, says the suspension is
only temporary.
The Governor and the Council
of State havedecided to have the
arsenal, which since 1817 has
stood at a corner of the Capitol
Square, removed to a near-by
site the State purchased and fit
ted up as a storage house for
public documents and books.
The plan is to build a new arsenal
on the same lot.
The boiler in the Fleetwood
Jackson Lumber Company, of
Hertford, N. C., exploded at nine
o'clock the morning of the 21st.
Only three men were injured but
many are the miraculous escapes
reported. The exploded boiler
demolished three others, and
hurled fragments six hundred
yards from the scene of the ac
cident. The estimated damage
is #20,000.
Mr. Daniel Stewart, of Harnett
countv was* awarded the uiedal
in 1876 for the best bale of cot
ton on exhibit at the Centennial
in Philadelphia. At the World's
Fair in 1893 at Chicago Mr. Jacob
C. Williams, of Harnett county
was awarded the medal for the
best sample of corn. In the North
Carolina exhibit at the Charles
ton Exposition, Harnett sends
samples of her best corn and cot
ton and is desirous of both
medals.
New OUicers State Literary and His
torical Association.
The State Literary and His
torical Association at its annual
meeting Tuesday night in Ral
eigh, elected the following ottlcera
for the ensuing year:
President?H. G. Connor, Wil
son.
First Vice-President?J a m es
Sprunt, Wilmington.
Second Vice-President ?M rs.
Sallie SouthallCotton, of Cotton
dale.
Third Vice-President ?J. P.
Caldwell, of Charlotte.
Secretary?A. J. Field, Haleigb.
A number of new members joined
the association.
Taylor Not to be Extradited.
Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 21.?
Governor Purbiu will not an
nounce his decision in the matter
of the last requisition of Governor
Beckham, of Kentucky, for the
extradition of Messrs. Taylor
and Finley, until after the trial
of Caleb Powers, which now is in
progress at Georgetown, Ky.
It is generally understood about
the State House that the Gover
nor had read enough of the
requisition to convince him that
he should not honor it.