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VOL. 20. SMITIIFIELD, N. C.. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1002. NO. 49.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Cuban Problem and the Philip
pine Question Demand Much At
tention troin the Sotons who Know
not how to Extricate the Adminis
tration trom the Dilemma Caused
by the Spanish American War.
Kctfular Corresixjndoiice.
Washington, Feb. 11. 11102.?
There exists a peculiar situation
in the House of Representatives,
and that chamber appears to be
bent upon amply demonstrating
to the country that with a re
publican majority and the Reed
Rules it is a thoroughly impo
tent ami irresponsible body
Even the President has ceased lo
urge his wishes upon the lower
house and has concentrated his
efforts upon the Senate where
there seems to be every reason to
believe that they lave proved
effective. The recent statements
of Senator Plait, of ounecticut,
chairman of the Committee 011
Relations witii Cuba, and Sena
tor Proctor, of \ fruiont, are re
garded, nut oij 1 \ as indicative of
tile attitude of the Senate ou the
question of Cuban reciprocity, but
as a threat that if tlie House
does not pursue a reasonable
course the Senate will cisregard
it and effect t he desired reciprocal
relations by means of a treaty.
The excessive fear, inspired by
the attack of Representative
Babcock upon that portion of
the Dingley tariff bill which serves
to augment the immense profits
of the Steel Trust, seems to have
paralyzed the Ways and Means
Committee and that body is
afraid to report any measure
granting reciprocity to Cuba be
causeof Mr. Babcock'sahnounced
intention to move the amend
ment of the bill to secure a modi
cum of tariff reform. While the
Ways and Means Committee is
dominated bv the extreme pro
tectionist view such is not true of
the entire House and a republi
can member who would not per
mit me to use his name, said yes
terday: "The situation is most
distiessinj to the more progres- j
sive republicans. They appreci J
ate the truth of Senator Piatt's
stab ment that protection is like
ly to suffer most in the house of
its friends and they realize that,
if the Democrats have the fore
sight to drop their anti-expan
sion theories and go before the1
country on a straight tariff re
form platform they will make
serious inroads in our ranks. Out
only hope is that the Democratic j
propensity to blunder will lead
them to adopt'anti-expansion'(
as their slogan ratherthan 'tariff
reform'." The speaker was an
astute Western Republican who
may be counted upon to know
the situation in his own section,
at least.
The republicans are holding a
perfect love feast in the Senate
Committee on the Philippines
over the testimony of Judge Taft
in regard to conditions in the
islands. It never seems to occui
to them that a gentleman who is
drawing a salary of #30,000 per
annum for governing the "colo
ny" is most likely to see the rosy
side of the situation. Without
impugning J udge Tuft's sincerity,
it is reasonable to assume that
from his magnili nt.s furnished
offices in Manilla, and surround
ed by the m. uibers of a commis
sion ah hands mely iccornpeiiseu
for their services, things may
look very blight in the Philip
pines. As a matter of fact, how
ever, there are others, perhaps
equally competent to testify,
many of them officers who have
penetrated into the strongholds
of the insurrection, who do not
regard the situation from the
same hopeful and complacent
standpoint as does Governor
Taft
The Philippine tariff bill con
tinues to occupy the attention of
the Senate and drastic censure of
the course of the administration
has been the usual order of the
day on the Hemocratic side.
Senator Lodge has, however,
stated that the Senate proposes
to pass the measure regardless of
the opinion of the minority; and
his position, that he and his col
leagues are not open to reason or
conviction, may serve to precipi
tate the passage of the bill, in
view of the large amount of busi
ness which the Senate still has to
consider.
Representative Newlands, of
Nevada has introduced a resolu
tion in tlie House providing for
the collection of hree fourths of
the Dingley rates 011 Cuban sugar
and tobacco in consideration of
reciprocal concessions from Cuba
and concludes with an invitation
to Cuba to come into the United
States under a territorial form of
government and with t he proviso
that, statehood will be "ranted
when, in the judgment of Con
cress, it seems advisable Mr
Newlands deems such a course
the most expedient solution ot
the Cuban problem. Speaking
of the matter lie told nie that be
had no reason for waiting; until
the ("litmus had f >rnie I powerful
IKilitical orgnuiz itions.the nieni
ii is of which would expect to
detive their livelihood from poli
tics aid would then-fore oppose
annexation, befoie inviting tie
island to come into the United
St iles. "fouler annexation."
said Mr Newlands, "the beet
sugar men believe they would be
better protected than with a re
duet ion of the tariff, and I am in
I 1 * . A l - 1 A 1 - * 1 e
? nil M 111 i iiiiik me\ are ngnt
llii' Cubans have admitted befori
this Committee (the Ways and
Means) that they now have em
ployed in the production of sugar
all the labor iri the islands and
they have tacitly admitted that
the extension of the industry
must come from the importation
of cheap Chinese and other labor.
If the islaud was annexed to the
Cnited States our immigration
laws would apply, the rate of
wages would be gradually raised
to the same level and their sugar
would be produced under condi
tions so similar to our own that
the competition would be by no
means as severe." Theintroduc
tion of the Newlands resolution
caused a sensation in the House
and it was everywhere actively
discussed. Had it come from a
Republican source it seems most
likely that it would have been
adopted. Under the circum
stances its future is most proble
matical.
Representative Oscar W. Under
wood, of Alabama, expressed
himself to your correspondent,
yesterday in no uncertain terms
u pi hi the question of our rela
tions with Cuba He said that
he was in favor of relations as
near free trade as could be se
cured. "There are immense mark
ets in Cuba for American products
which would more than make up
any possible loss which might be
sustained by the sugar interests.
Kvery increase in the mannfac
tureof Cuban sugar will beat
tended with a demand for ma
chinery which, under reciprocity,
the United States will sell. The
tanners 01 nte wnole e lUiitrv will
be benefited by the increased de
mand for boots and shoes, and
the resultant higher prices of
hides, for instance; there will be
a demand for American coal as
the small Cuban product is so
poor as to be hardly a meretiant
able product Til. ire are a hun
dred demands which ti e United
States will supply which are now
supplied by or lit r count ti s. The
very fact that under a former
reciprocity treaty, vchadatiade
t f SI S,000,000 pern arum ought
of itself i <.e sufficient proof of
the advisability i f controlling
these markets." In rep'v to a
question, Mr. Underwood s rid
that the present trade with Cuba
had dwindled to a small fraction
of the former trade.
The Carolinas Lead.
In the manufacture of cotton
goods, the two Carolinas lead all
the States of the South and are
only surpassed in New England
bv Massachusetts and Rhode
Island. South Carolina holds
first place, having $804158,940
invested in cotton mills and
machinery. Its annual product
amounts to #29.723,919, with
42,(>63 looms. North Carolina
has #23,011,516 invested, has
25,469 looms, and the value of
the products is #28,371,796?a
better showing as to product
upon capital than South Carolina
shows.?News and Observer.
STATE NEWS.
Short Items ot Interest Clipped and
Lulled From Our State
Exchanges.
Harrv Skinner was sworn in
last week as I. S district at tor-1
ney, to succeed Ciuud Bernard.
Durham last year manufac tired
2d,S5)4,20(i pounds of tobacco,
an increase oi 1,(557,070 pounds
over the previous year.
The Iteidsville correspondent
of the Charlotte Observer says a
child born there has six hands.
It is otherwise physically perfect.
(Jeorn'e \\\ Vanderb'lt's estate
in Buncombe is being consider
ably increased by the purcha-eot
land in the western section of the
county.
The Winston aldermen havt
passed an ordinunce prohibiting;
the sale of cigars ami tobacco in
ant form on .sum! iy. lYnaltv,
^20 for each offense.
1 atriekGorman,the aged 11-1-11
man wiio shot ti'iiiselK on tin*
street* of Italeigh a few days ago
because lie was homeless ami
destitute, died last week.
The Spanish trophy given
from the Cristobal Colon, de
stroyed at Santiago, was Friday
put in place in ttie Hall of History
in t he State museum. The other
trophy given from Manila will be
removed to a place beside it.
A charter has been granted to '
the John Uudisill Manufacturing
! Company of Liucolnton, with
$To,000 capital. The charter is
! a very liberal one, and gives the
i company power to manufacture;
cotton and woolen goods, operate
flour and grist mills, etc.
In Lenoir county a few days
ago, Jim Ldwards and his wife,
colored, locked up their three
small children in the house and
went to the field, a mile away to
work. During their absence the
! building caught on fire and the
children were burned to death.
Judge Robinson at Goldsboro
has rendered a decision in favor
of Mrs. Faireloth in the matter
of the will of the late Chief Jus
tice Faireloth and orders that
she receive of H. 15. Borden, exe
cutor, $18,842,77 with interest.
This was the amount of her
maiden property. There will be
an appeul.
A double funeral took place
Sunday in Hasti, Durham's
colored suburb. Kin Scott, aged
95, and his wife, Frances, aged 80,
passed away Saturday at the
same time, and were laid to rest
in tin same grave. Throughout j
their long married life thev were
insepara ble and even in death are
not divided.
A horrible wreck occnrivd Tues
day morning on the Seaboard
Air Line fifteen inil s north o:
Iialt igh, ne ir F< restville,in which
one man losthislife, another wan
?fatally injured, and two cars
were burned up. In one of i he>e
Cars w a the body of the brake
man in <1 1 is remains were com
pletely de.-1. i oyed.
The State board of health re
ports ho,;' cl i?l ra as prevailing
in nine com.t: s. Il also reports
forage poisoning ns prevailing
among horses in six counties,
ihese beintr Hertford, Hyde, 1 'as.
quotank, Lenoir. Xe.v II??never
and Currituck. It is noticed that
forage poisoning iskilling a num
ber of horses in Mary land.
Admiral and Mrs. Schley were
given an ovation at Asheville
Friday afternoon on their w iy
from knoxville to Washington.
Tlie train stopped twenty nnnn'es
and during thai time Mrs. Schley
was presented with a large bou-i
quet by local Knights Templar,
and the Admiral spoke briefly to
the throng at the station.
The Senate has passed t he bill
appropriating f 13"),00(1 for the
purchase of the county court
house at Winston for a Federal
building. The bill also carries an
appropriation of $25,000 for
necessary changes to be made in
the building. The Senate com
mittee has also favorably repor
ted a bill appropriating $100,000
for a Federal building at Durham. \
Three (if the students of the
Agricultural and Mix hauical Col
lege have pneumonia. One of
them, who is 08 years old and is
taking the special course in dairy
ing, is critically ill.
Fifty counties have sent in re
ports as to their needs of State
aid for the public schools. Twelve
want no aid and t he ot her thirty
eight want f-f'.t.oOO, Carteret,
the l ist to report, needs #1.200.
An old colored worn in, Mandy
lyre, while attempting to light
a tire with kerosene at In r home
in New hem, on Sunday had her
clothes saturated with the oil
v\ 11i?? h caught on tire and she was
burned to death.
Over 200 members of the Cook
County Democratic Club of Chi
cago, travcli g in a special train
euroute to tlie Charleston expo
sition, stopped in Chinlottea few
hours Sun tuy iii111 and w< re
given a reception.
I apt. S. in Asbehushei nchosen
to deliv'i r the Meili i .. I Da\ ad
dle sin R thigh ay 10 h lie
will sjieak ol the I. e of .Inline
lieueu n . Udell, cip'alll lil i lit
privateer She andoali A line
portiait of W addell is in theStute
Library.
A Rill has been favorably re
ported in the Unitee States Sen
ate to grant a pension of $25 a
mo tli to Mrs. Adelaide Ragley,
mother of Worth Bagl'y, of the
I'nited States navy, who was
killed at Cardenas, Cuba, during
the Spanish war.
Toe State has chartered the It
T. Stone Tobacco Company, of
Stoneville, Rockingham county;
capital paid up $20,000, author
ized $400,000; also'the Ragle
Tobacco Warehouse Company,
of Kinston capital paid up $7,
000, authorized $100,000.
The North Carolina Anti-Sa
looon league was organized at
Raleigh last week with State
Senator N. 15. Rroughton, Presi
dent, and Rev. T N. Ivey, 1>. I),
editor Raleigh Christian Advo
cate, as Secretary. The Consti
tution declares its purpose to be
the abolition of the liquor saloon.
Late Saturday afternoon fire
broke out in the Atlantic ("oast
Line depot at Washington and
burned out a half dozen or more
firms. The loss on building, is
estimated at $50,000 and the
goods $20,000. Seven cars were
ourned and the freight depot ea
tirelv destroved. A colored fire
man was killed by a falling wall.
Attorneys filed a petition in the
Federal Court at Wilmington
last week asking that W. F. I)u
pree, farmer of Harnett county,
be adjudged a voluntary bank
rupt. The liabilities are $7,752.
SS in judgments secured against
him about seven years ago while
ho was in business. The assets
consist of wearing apparel valued
at $25.
Mrs. Dilly Ryrum, of Holly
Spring's, Wake c unity, who died
a few days ago, was 10S years,
1(1 mouths and 8 days old. Her
husband was in Captain Kvans'
eouipany in a North Carolina
regimen in the war of 1812. He
died in 1N.44. She had drawn
about >'5,(>(io in pensions Her
father was a soldier of the devo
lution.
John Cat on, of Heaufort nanny...
iigt i 2<> years, was ehofclfiJtr^'
head through I lie wilnli
u .ki.own party while heWM^Kl
tiny at 1,he table reading to |U
mo;her tnonday night l!nw,W
a son of Mr. Abuer Cntofi, a
prominent farmer of the eountv.
I lie deed is supposed to have
bei ti done by moonshiners as
Catoti lias been a witness against
sevei nl.
The penitentiary directors have
made a contract with an Atlanta
tirm by which the convicts will
make overalls in the prison at
Raleigh at day's wages and not
under the piece system. The num
ber of convicts desired is 250, but
at present only 100 arefurnished.
The directorsexpect in 12 months
to furnish the full number.
At least 450 convicts will be on
railway work much of this year
and others will cultivate the up
lands only of the State's great
farm, "Caledonia," on Roanoke
river.
A SEVERE WEEK OF FIGHTING.
Bulb the Boers and British Sustained
Sharp l osses.
London, Feb. 10 ?A report
received today from Lord Kitch
ener, atl'retori.i, shows last week
to have been the liveliest week,
with the heaviest losses on both
sines, for' several mouths past.
Lord Kitchener gives the Itoer
casualties a total of 00 killed, 17
wounded, .77 surrender, d and
.774 takenprisont is. I he llr.tisl
captured 480 rifles, one p' mpom
and the usuul grist of munitions
and live stock.
The ino. t serious ISriti-h loss
during the week w.is the cuptun
of <50 wagons, convoyed lr, 100
troops. At a point .70 h! - from
15 auiort West, l'. ? Co ony, the
enemy swooped down on tin
wagons and c..t u > he c .iivo,
befoie assistance urrivtd ? h<-.\
were able to move o 1 2 ? i the
wagons ,t ml till rued the r ft. In
1 his engagement the il.it.sh lot
2 o, ccrsuud 1 1 m< nkilled, and 1
ohicer and 47 uen won ded.
while t he Po ?;h i st 24 . il!< i ain
47 wounded. The lloer.i also
c; ntured a detachment <4 1M>
an n of Col. Goran's command
Von Don op surprised l'otgie
ter's laager, near Wolunm m-t d
Transvaal Colony; on Februar
7t.li, killing: three Doers and
1 capturing .4(5, as well as 2.7 wag
ons and live stock.
An Accident on the Midland.
The Goklhboro Argus of last
Friday tells the following:
Passengers on the Suiithfiekl
train this morning coming into
Goldsboro. received quite a shock
about three miles from town,
just across Little river bridge. A
broken rail caused one box car
and the passenger coach to jump
the track and land broad sided
in the ditch. There were four
passengers, two colored train
tiands and conductor Schutt, who
was running for Capt. Collier, ou
the coach at the time. Itev. A. 15.
Crumpler and a young lady with
him were not injured in the least,
but Mr. C. L. Hurley, of Prince
ton, received a painful scalp
wound and bruises on the arm,
and Mr. 1). T. Creech, of Pine
Level, was slightly injured. One
of the colored train hands, Henry
Miller, received some bad bruises,
but the other one, Henry McKay,
received oidy slight bruises. The
conductor was not injured. The
passengers were brought on to
this city on the engine and the
injured were turned over to the
care of Dr. W. H. II. Cobb, who
1 dressed their wounds.
Fourteen New Lawyers.
Out of a class of thirty-three
applicants for license to practice
law who st o<i the examination
hefnie the North Carolina Su
dreme Court last week,only four
teen were successful. Here it is:
H. A. Cranor of Wilkes county.
N (i. Duncan of Sampson coun
ty.
C .1. Rose of Cumberland coun
ty.
C. V Arms'roup; of Moatgo ae
ry countv.
M. L. Kdwards of Uutherf >r<l
county.
" K -I. Nelson of Caldwell county,
sid 1'. Dunn of Nash county.
^ W. Jonesof buncombe coun
tj
| II S Harris of Pitt county.
E. Davis of Ru tberford coun
I). W. Perkins of Pasquotank
county.
U. II. Mitchell of Wake county.
W. A. Worth, of Norfolk, Ya.
.1. II. Marion of Chester, S. C.
History as She is Taught.
Mr. J. L. Villalongaswears this
is true. At the graded school
yesterday a small boy was asked
by a teacher to give the femaleof
monk and promptly said, "monk
ey."
"What was the principal event
in the life of George the Third?"
he was asked
"He raised an army of the cru
saders and went to Jerusalem,"
quoth the lad. ?
"What for?"
"Why, to fight the Jerusalems
of cou t Be.' '?Charlotte Observer.
SOME POLITICAL POINTS.
The Judicial Election In North Caro
lina Next Fall?Some of the
ProbaMe Candidates.
Air. A. 1L Watts, editor of the
Stutesville Mascot, and at present
Private Secretary to Senator
Simmons, writes to his paper
from Washington as follows:
There seems no reason todoubt
Judge Clark's almost unanimous
nomination for chief Justice. The
race for the associate justiceship
conceded to the East is a lively
one between Judge Brown and
ex-.) udge Connor. At one tinieit
was thought that Hon. Oeoige
Bonn li e. of Wilmington, would
also be a candidate, bu i is now
certain that he will not be. For
the other asso iute justice-hip,
the foil wring W estern Democrats
arecaudi'lates: Cliurles il. Arm
Held, ot I i dell: James A. Lock
halt, of A so ?; Charles a. .doore
and E. A. Suudicy, of 11 i combe,
and Plan I). Walker, of dm kleti
lairg. Allot tu iu have suoug
supporters, and ihe tight will be
a spirited one. Our 1 reded cau
didate has a Hue chai ee to win,
and 1 believe lie will win, if the
proper work is done for him.
'I'lie terms of all the Superior
Court J udgesexpire, except those
of Brown, Bryan, Shaw, Alien,
McNeill and lloke. .Judge Win
ston, of the Second District, will
be opposed by Capt. K. B. Peebles,
of Northampton, and the con
test will be close.
ill cue rourill IMSU'll'C I'OpUllHt
.Judge Timberlake'sterin expires,
and there will be a spirited con
test for the Democratic nomina
tion between ex-Judge Jacob
battle, of Nash; Capt. C. M.Cooke,
of Franklin, and probably other
gentlemen. It is generally con
ceded that ex-Judge Win. R.
Allen, of Wayne, will be nomina
ted and elected to succeed Repub
lican Judge Robinson, in the
Sixth District.
In the Eighth Judge Neal is
opposed by Henry R. Adams,
Esq., of Union.
It is very probable that Benj.
F. Dong, Esq., of Iredell, will be
' unanimously nominated to de
feat Republican Judge Coble.
] This will be retributive justice, as
Mr. Long was the Democratic
nominee against Judge Coble in
the ill-fated year 1894, when
Democracy was so crut kingly de
feated in North Carolina.
W.C. Fields, Esq., of Alleghany,
and James R. I^ewelleyu, of
Hurry, are candidates lor the
| Democratic nomination in the
Eleventh district, and there may
be other entries. In this district
Republican Judge Siarbuckisthe
present incumbent. Judge Win.
R. Council! is unopposed 111 the
Thirteenth, as is Judge Ju-tice
in the Fourteenth and J .dge
Moore in Hie Fifteenth, in the
Hixteeiuh Judge Joins wnl be
opposed by ex .>oii -itor (i n ind
Ferguso.., of Haywood, aud the
race between tin *e mouii aiu
men w id be one oi the hottest in
the Slate.
marriage Licenses.
For the week eliding February
11, murriage liceus s were gi a til
ed the following coup es:
White?John Done and Hattie
Caiman, G. W. Haves a; >' Lit y
1/V. Jetliro ?> oouurd and L nine
Capps, L. V. L uigdon anu .ary
(J. Lee, J. W. l.ie and Ida Juiiu
SOIl.
Colored?Coui.ed Kelly 1
Susey Stevens, John E. i' UilCli
at <1 Kit fie Wellous, Frank White
and Alellie Eason, 1'. C. Rrodie
and Mary Richardson, Grant
Williams and .1 idie vV'ilhatns.
(V Good Place to Live.
Capt. N. G. Phillips, a leading
citizen of Graham county, sent
the Raleigh News-Observer this
message: "The last negro in this
county formally left the county
last Saturday and we have not
a single negro in thecounty now."
It is the only county in the State
that numliers no negro among
its inhabitants.
The main building of the Alex
ander County Home was burned
Saturday.