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??)k jWmitljfirlti Hefalb. PKICE ONE DOLLAR PER TEAR "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. ' SINGLE COPIES THUS CENTS. VOL. 20. SMITHFIELD, N. ?.. FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1902. NO. 47. BREEZY TIME IN THE SENATE Senators Teller, Lodge and Beveridge Clash. CONGRESSMAN POU'S SPEECH. Our Energetic Young Representative Looking After the Interests ot His Constituents. (Staff Cohkkspondencb.) Washington, I). C., Jan. 29.? It is a source of pride to a North Carolinian to see the high stand our Democratic Representatives in Congress are taking. Messrs. Small, Thomas Bellamy, Kluttz, and Will Kitchin have served here before and are all herd workers and doing what they canto serve their constituents. Mi. Claude Kitchin and Mr. Pou, though serving their first terms here, are taking their stands with the rest of the dele gation. It is seldom that a man serving his first term here can do much in the way of speech-making as he can scarcely get recognition from the Speaker, if he be of the minority party. Rut the readers ofTtiKHERAi.it will be glad to learn that our own countvman, Congressman Pou, has already broken the rule in this respect. Last Thursday afternoon while the debate on the amendment to the Urgent" Deficiency bill, appro priating $500,000 for soldiers' barracks at Manila, was in pro gress, Mr. Pou got the floor and spoke a few minutes in opposition to the bill. Mr. Pou said: "Mr. Chairman, the wording of the amendment offered by the distinguished chairman of the Appropriations Committee in duces me to submit afew remarks before debate shall conclude. "If I believed that the appro priation of $500,000. provided for by that amendment, was necessary for tlfe shelter and protection of the otH-ers and enlisted men in our army in the Philippines, I would support it i; every other man in this chamber voted a pain fit it; but 1 do not believe the appropriation is necessary for that purpose, it appears to me to he a mere sub terfuge, an effort to accomplish something by indirection which gentlemen fear to attempt in the direct and usual way. How utterly perverted are all the pur poses of the war anyway. In what strange seasarewedrifting. How unnatural everything np pears. "When war was declared, for one, I was forit Under the same circumstances 1 would tie for it again. Spain was murdering a people struggling for liberty just a few miles from our shores. < >ur great Republic had witnessed this until forbearance made us almost guilty and w hen our bat tleship was blown up in Havana harbor, as I believe by Spanish agencies, the people of my State felt it was our duty to avenge the outrage and my district offered up the tirsr young life as a saciifice upon his country's altar. We fought in the right eous cause of liberty and Hod gave us the victory. Did any one then believe that when Cuba was freed we would use our soldiers and our ships to subjugate a |>eo|?le struggling for liberty? The best she'ter, the host protection we can give our officers and enlisted men is ro bring them away from scenes of disease and crime and death, back to their own Ameri can homes. (Applause on the Democratic side.) "During the year 1900, Mr. Chairman, there were (><>,HS2 men in our army in the Pacific islands. There were more cn^esof sickness in our hospitals than there were mm, that is to say, that upon an average every sold'er in the ser\ ice was sick once, and 10..">47 . wore sick twice. Of course many were not sick at all, while others were admitted to the hospitals several times. The report of the Surgeon General of the army i shows that during the year 1000 the number of admissions to sick I quarters reported in our army of i 00,882 soldie s in in the Pacific i islands reached the enormous i total of 77,420. How many of these died I do not know, but this we do know, that897 Ameri can lives were sacrificed during that year upon the field of battle in the Philippine Islands, and for what cause? "1 will give you the answer out out of the mouth of the greatest statesman of the Republican party who but recently has declared that we are engaged in the 'unholy work of crushing a Republic.' ' Statistics for the year 1901 have not been given us, but when they are they will furnish addi tional evidence of the stupid blun der we have made in attempting to take over the Phflippines as a part of our republic. Accurate figures are not given us showing the number of lives taken by our soldiers. If they were the con science of the republic wouid revolt and demand that the war be ended. Gentlemen seem to forget the principle thata nation can do wrong as well as an indi vidual, that a nation can commit a crime even as an individual can commit a crime. The respon sibility for a continuance of this wretched state of affairs upoh eaeii gentleman in this chamber and he cannot escape it if he would. (Applause on the Demo cratic side.) "And what an anomaly in goverhrnent we have, Mr. ('hair man. Republican, colonial and; monarchial governments, ail under the constitution of the United States. The President is as absolute over the Philippines as the i zar is over Russia. We were told That we needed these islands in the interest of trade, and yet the other day we saw the majority, in this chamber pass a bill protecting our infant Ameri can industries against competi tion inthe Philippines. How long shall the war last? Soon four.years: will have passed. How long will it take 0(5,000 men to completely { subdue 8,000,000? Again 1 say how utterly have the high pur pose of the war been perverted. We are simply continuing what! Spain was too weak to accom plish in the Philippines, while at home we see slandered, persecuted and humiliated thegreat admiral, who gave 1 he stroke which de stro.ved the Spanish fleet and which ought to have ended tin war." (Applause on the Demo cratic side.) Mr. Poll held the close atten tion of the House during rile de livery of his short speech and at its close was warmly congratu lated. Mr. I'ou is a hard worker, al ways looking out for the interest of his constituency. With a few years' experience in the Mouse M r. Pou will staad the peer of a iv man in that great body in debat ing the great questions that will come before it. The people of North Carolina made no mistake iuek -ting Hor F. M Simmons to the United State's Sennte He is always at his post in the Semite and watches the proceedings with great inter est. We are told here that he is one of the hardest workers in that body. Though quiit and unassuming, lie is one of the States' ablest men and will make liiw ti.oi'L in t 1 i?i Ssi.Ml ?? in ! I o 11 u t: already introduced several bills of interest to Nori li Carolina. Yesterday .Mr. Poti went to see Mr. Mnclien, Superintendent of the Free Rural Delivery division of the Postotliee Department, about getting some new routes established in t he 1 "out th District. Mr. Maclien promised Mr. Foil that, he would send an inspector to lay out new routes in tlie dis trict in about 10 days. Mr. P0T1 says that he will send the inspect or to Johnston county first and locate the routes that have been asked for there. Mr. Pou realizes the great edu cational advantages to he de rived from good mail facilities and is working hard to irive the people of his district the best mail service possible. I lie Agricultural Department is this week mailing many pack ages of seed to the people of the Fourth District. Mr. Pou has Furnished the department with more than .1,000 names of white men in Johnston county who will receive seed. The seed may not all be mailed this week but will be sent out soon. The Department is also send ing to Mr. Pou's district a small number of ornamental trees. These will be distributed in the several counties of the district Three?Pin Oak, Dahl Cypress and a Pecan?will be sent to Smithtield to be planted on Court Hou6eSquare. Turlington Insti tute campus will also receive one of these trees. Hereafter those applying for a position as rural free delivery carriers will have to stand an examination as this department has been placed under the civil service rules. The Senate in executive session Monday confirmed the nomina tion of .11. F. Keith, to be Collec tor of the port of Wilmington. The urgent deficeney bill which passed the House last week in creases the salaries of rural free delivery carriers from $500 to $000. lesterday a breezy scene was enacted in the Senate during the debate on the Philippinequestion. It was tirst started by a heated colloquy between Senators Spooner, of Wisconsin, and 'rill man, of South Carolina. During this debate Senator Tillman ask ed Senator Spooner some very pertinent questions which were answered evasively by Wiscon sin's able Senator. At the close of this debate Sen ator Teller, of Colorado, got the floor and, offering an amendment to the bill, began a discussion of the Philippine tariff. From that he turned to the outrages perpe trated upon the Filipinos since the American occupation, declar ing in substance that they out Weylered General Weyler in his cruel concentration methods in Cuba. A few minutes later in dis cussing the censorship of the press dispatches from Manila Sen ator Teller was interrupted by Senator Foraker, who declared that such censorship did not ex ist. .Mr. Teller persisted in his statement i hat a censorship did exist when he was in errupted by the youthful-looking, rapid-talk ing Senator Beveridge, of In diana, who said he could not see clearly why the Senator should persist in talking of a. censorship which did not exist. This irri tated Senator Teller, who spoke of the impertinence of Mr. Bev eridge in trying to iccture a Sen ator, declared he had the floor and asked Senator Beveridge to sit down. Mr. Teller's emphatic words and manner at this time: caused quite a little sensation in the Senate. The Was hi gton Post of to daytells the story of the scene as follows: Mr. Beveridge at tempted to explain that lie had not "lectured" any body, but Mr. Teller waved him aside. " There are some rules of courtesy and decency," he remarked angrily, "that for ' wenty-flvevearsI have seen observed in this body This is the tirst time that 1 have ever known a Senator who has gained the floor to tisk a question charge the Senator who yielded the floor with being a liar." \ i.. u. u:.. . ...i i . :?i i i>cviuujir, iii> |?;ntJ J < I ? "*" showing his emotion, disclaimed the charge, and whs proceeding to make some observations when Mr. Teller interrupted him. "I call the Senator to order," he exclaimed. "1 have the floor and the Senator can sit down."! With a warning from the chair that Mr. Teller was correct, Mr. Beveridge took his seat. Soon afterward Mr. Teller, referring to the Associated Press dispatch from Manila, quoting Gen. Wheaton as criticising some utterances of Dr. Schurman, in his Boston speech, said: "There is not a Senator on that side of the ehamt>er." point ing to the Bepublicaii side, "who did not know that thestatements in that dispatch were true." Instantly half a dozen Kepubli can Senators, including Mr. lodge, vir. Hawley, and Mr. Piatt, of Connecticut, sprang to their feet, uttering protests, against the Colorado Senator's statement. Mr. Lodge, whose seat is in thecenter of the Repub lican side, hurriedly passed among (lie desks to the main aisle and confronted Mr. Teller, calling him to crder in a loud tone, and {demanding that hi should withdraw the statement "That is not true, and 1 wil not permit it to go unc hallenged,' declared Mr Lodge, and he wac white to the lips as he uttered the words. "Then, 1 will change it," said Mr. Teller, "and say that thert is not a Senator on that side who ought not to have known that the statements in that dispatch were true. Hut," he added, as he watched Senator Lodge closely, "I want to say that 1 can take care of myself, here or anywhere, and I am not to he bullied or bullyragged bv anybody." Mr. Lodge seemed satisfied with Mr. Teller's modification, and did not pay any attention to the latter part of the Colorado Senator's retort, except that when he sat down, he was plainly agitated. Canal Commission Report. The president Monday sent t< Congress, with a measure simply of transmittal, the supplement!) report of the Isthmian canal coin mission, in which it is unani mously recommended thar tin offer of the new Panama Canal company to sell all of its rights, property and unlinished work tn the United States for $40,000, 000 be accepted. The offer received from the new Panama Canal company to con vey all its property, including all its interest s in the Panaiiiacanal, to the United States will make the estimated cost of the two canals as follows: Nicaragua, .$189,864,062; Panama, $164, 266,358. The report concludes as follows: "After considering the changed conditions that now exist and all the facts and circumstances upon which its present judgment must be based, the commission is ol the opinion that the most practi cable and feasible route for an isthmian canal, to he under the control, management,and owner ship of the United States, is tint known as the Panama route.'' The report is signed by the entire commission. Horrible Death, We clip the following account of the death of a Johnston county young lutly from the ltaleigh Post. (ioldsboro, X. J in. 27.? Special.?A sad and fatal accident occurred on the banks of Neuse river, in Johnstoncounty, Saiur dap evening. Miss Winnie Rose, daughter of the late Mr. James Rose, and grand-daughter of Mr. W. T. Cox of this city, in company with her brother's wife, went down to the river bank to carry dinner to her brother and a party Him nt-ie eousi mciing u rail. The two ladies took a seat on one of I he larger logs 011 the eloping bank. I11 some unknown way the log started rolling. The other lady jumped to the next log above and this started it rolling Miss ('ox was cought bv tlie skirt by the first log and jerked under it, and both logs rolled over herdown to the river, crushing the life out of her instantly. She was a most excellent young lady, and her death is much deplored. Roosevelt to Blame. A middle-aged woman who said she was Mrs Fannie Fitzgerald of (57d .Madison street, walked into the Yorkville police court vesterday and asked Magistrate Mayo to remove t he electric wires which President Roosevelt had placed in both of her sides. She said that the constant tinkling of the telephone bell greatly an noyed her and she had uppralcd to the King of Kngland to stop the annoyance, but he had told her that it would cost $11,000, 000 to take the wires out and la did n ?t have so much money. The Magistrate committed het to Rellevue Hospital for exami nation 11s to her sanity.?N. Y Sun. The public schools in Wilsor county have been closed on ac count of a small pox epidemic.J if Make the Schools Better. J (Extracts from the address of Prof. I. T. Tur , lington to the touchers of Bannerand Meud | ow townships.) ' He said in part: In Banner township conditions are especial I ly favorable for better schools > under the special tax plan. In ? the township there are, in round 1 numbers,$300,000 worth of prop erty owned by citizens as shown . by the tax books. In addition there are four miles of railroad , valued at $20,000 per mile, making $80,000 worth of rail road property. There are also I 880 polls; 20 cents tax per $100 on the real and personal property i would amount to $000; on the ? railroad property, $100; and 00 , cents each on 880 pol -s, $228. ? This would make a total of $088. This amount added to the four mouths term now provided for would give a seven months public school to each ot the nine school , districts in the township; that these nine small districts turned into three large ones would add another month. The result would be better teachers. The increased length of school term would justify requiring all the teachers to take professional | courses?able to teach the higher branches. Then no pupil would need to go away from home even . if he should want to prepare for college. The academy with all of I its advantages would be in reach of every home. The expense of sending off to boarding schools , might thus be saved. lie held it to be true that par ents could make of their children almost what they wished if the whole community would act to gether; but that, if the parent acted alone in rearing children, the bad influence in the neighbor hood might ruin his children. Prof. Turlington said some peo ple would claim thatfour months public school was all the time farmers could spare the children. He said this nught he t rue in some cases with the larger children? those who were large enough to work, but it was not true with, t he small children, bet the large boys go four months and the ot iters seven or eight months in x h-? year. As to the burden of the small special tax no one would scarcely feel it. It would be only two dol lars tax on the one thousand dollars of property each year even if a man had half a dozen children, while under 1 he present plan ot paying tuition, two dol lars and more would be required for each child every mouth. This plau of making good schools stems to be tlte only safe plum By it t he excellent schools of the New England and Middle Atlantic States are maintained as they are also in all other sec turns of country. Scarcely can a town of any size in our own State be found but what maintains the schools in this way. He was glad to see many of our intelligent country localities adopting the plan. It is not possible to give a full report of Prof. Turlington's 1 speech, but suffice it to say it was a great speech, lie has been in the educational work for twenty years and for the greater part of the lime has been County Super intendent of the schools. He knows the needs of the people; he is familiar with the different school systems of our country and knows w hat is best to recom mend. We trust that our people will think over this matter seri ously for the greatest need is the educating all the children. The teachers of banner and Meadow w. re doubtless much benefited by the meeting at itenson. Much practical good was done, llv comparison it was found that the schools averaged 1 fifty |>er cent, and above daily attendance of ent ire school popu lation. This record is above an \ ' previous yenr. The next teach ers' mating of these townships will be heldsometimeinthefuture at Went worth Academy. The Su|>erintendent urged the teachers to make personal efforts among indifferent parents to i secure better attendance. Very truly, J. P. L\ Raleigh Psst Master to pay Rural Carriers. All rural carrier in North I Carolina will from the first of Februarp tie paid from the Ral eigh office. Heretofore they have been paid by checks from the department in Washington. There are about eighty of these carriers in the State now, and the amount to be handled by Postmaster Bailey will conse quently be #40,000, as the pay of these carriers is $500 each per year. Mr. Bailey is of the opinion i that it will take about two hun dred rural carriers to cover the State, finally thus bringing.$100, 000 into circulation in North Carolina. At any rate, here is the sum of $10,000 a year coming into the State, to be counted among the benifits of the rural free delivery ulTUtum The new arangement will not affect the carriers in anv way, except that they will receive their cheeks from Postmaster Bailey, instead of direct from the depart ment at Washington.?News and (ibserver. Education at Kenly. Mr. Editor:?As the all en grossing subject?ed ucation, seems not to wane with agita tion, and deeming news of prog ress of interest to the people of the county I desire to say a word in regard to same from this part of the county. And I desire to say here that what I may say are the observations of a friend and patron of Kenly Academy. This institution is the pride of the community; its progress the joyous result of fidelity to its in terests, and its success the sum total of our ambition. Such eminent educators as Prof. J. (). Atkinson, of Elon Col lege; Prof. P. T. Durham, of Trinity College; Prof. J. B. Car lyle, of Wake Forest, Dr. F. P, Vefiable, of the University, and others, after visiting this school have said many nice things con cerning it and the success it has attained. Dr. Yenable was spe cially felicitous in his remarks of commendation of the library, which now numbers about one thousand volumes. He was so pleased with it that he has just contributed one hundred vol umes of the very best works of art, history, science and litera ture to his shelves, and thereby embedded himself in the esteem of all the p 'Ople in this vicinity. No such success could have been attaiued but by the indomitable pluck, perseverance and courage of the principal, Prof. W. A. Har per. Prof. W. C. McCloud. Prof. D. T. Perkins, .Miss Myrtle Har per. than whom North Carolina. knows no better teacher (and we would sav so if it was big as Texas) and'.Miss Hazel Wnddell, the Patti of Johnston county. Notwithstanding the short crops the enrollment is larger than ever before and this institu tion is moving along in its God ordained mission with unabated energy and success. M. Quad. I'. 1'. Kvans, postmaster at Flat Kick, Henderson county, has been arrested on the charge of being irregular in his accounts with the government.- Kev .1. I,. Brookshire succeeds Mr. Kvans as postmaster. The case of L. \\. Pirn the city of Durham for $1(?,OUO damages was tried in Durham Superior Court last week. Pin nix fell over a pile of dirt left in the street by thecity and clnimed that he was permanently injured. The jury decided that he was hurt by his own carelessness and gave lam no damages. New Century Comiort. Millions are daily finding a world of comfort in Duck ten's Arnica Salve. It kills pain from Durns, Scalds, Cuts. Bruises; con quers Fleers, and Fever Sores; cures Kruptions, Salt Rheum, Boils and Felons; removes * orns and Warts. Best Pile cure on earth. 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