fpje Smitljfidi) Hera lb. =^??? 1 ' ??? - ? - ^ ? ' " ~~~- - , ?a i'kice one dollar per tpar. *'TRUE TO OURSELVES,,OUR CO I NTRY AND OUR GOD. single copies three cents. 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.

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