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VOL. 20. SMITIIFIELD. X, C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1002. NO.50
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Some Happenings of the Week
Tersely Told.
Many Items of Interest Concerning:
Tarheeldom Clipped and Culled
From the State Press.
Snow has fallen all over the
State at depth of from (1 to Is
inches?the hea viest since
Ex-President Cleveland and a
party of friends arrived on fur
rituck Sound Friday for a two
weeks" duck hunt.
Judge Purnell, of the eircuit
court, has received an order from
Washington to wear a gown
while on the bench.
Plans have been addopted fur
the new dormitory of Trinity
College, to cost .$25 Odd, the gift
of Mr. B. N. Duke.
Green Pickergon, a farmer liv
ing in Franklin county, tried to
kill himself last week by cutting
his throat with a razor.
Application is made to Gov.
Ayeock to commute the sent'-nee
of Murderer John II. Hose, of
Wilson county, to life imprison
ment.
The public school authorities
are notified that when the second
$100,000 of the State's aid to
schools is needed it will be forth
coming.
Last week Frank Shaw, colored,
was convicted of murder in the
first degree in Robeson Superior
court and sentenced to be hanged
March 4th.
Jake Hill, of Stokes county, has
invented a flying machine and
has decided to enter the flying
machine contest at the St. Louis
Exposition next year.
Miss Mamie McKane, night
operator at the Charlotte Tele
phone Exchange, was burned to
death early last Saturday morn
ing. It is supposed that while
sitting too neu,r the stove her
clothing caught on fire; she then
rushed down two flights of stairs
into the street where two police
man extinguished the flames with
the snow. She died about 12
o'clock.
A lamp explosion in the house
of Wiley Taylor,colored, Friday.;
caused a fire at South Mills, 14
miles north of Elizabeth City,!
which swept the main business
and residential portions of the
town. Ttie fire raged for four
hours before it was gotten under
control Twenty five buildings
were destroyed The loss is es
timated at $40,000. There was
no loss of life.
Hector McLean, survivor of the j
noted McLean twins, died at his
home, near Lillington last week
His twin brother Hugh died thret
years ago. They were born in
Harnett county February 1(5,
1810. They were wealthy and
educated and always dressed
precisely alike Hector never
recpvered from the shock of his
brother's death. They never mar
ried and were always together.
Shearer Bibical Hall at David
son College, the gift of Rev Dr.
Shearer and wife, was dedicated
last week, Rev. Dr. Howerton, of
Charlotte, delivering the dedica
tory address and Rev. Dr. VVhar
ey, of Mooresville.the dedicatory
prayer. Many of the Presbyter
ian clergy, members of the board
of trustees of the college, and
other friends of the institution
were present. The building is a
very handsome one.
Mrs. Julia Lima Rrewster Brick,
who died at the age of 80, in her
home in Brooklyn, N\ Y., Febru
ary "I, bequeaths in her will, a
great portion of herestate, which
is said to be worth nearly $1,
000,000, to charities in which
she had been interested for fifty
years. To the Jos. K. Brick
Agricultural, Industrial and Nor
mal School in Kdgecombecounty,
North Carolina, the bulk of her
property goes. This school has
been one of Mrs. Brick's particu
lar cares. It was named in mem
ory of her husband, who died a
generation ago, and is for the
enucation of negro boys and:
girls.
A charter is granted hy the
State to the Wade Lumber and
Supply Company, of Trov,capitul
$?>0,000; I'red. II. Wade ami two
others of his family owners The
company "ill operate saw mills
and planum machines ?nd real
in millsupp!u's. A charter is also
granted 1 he High Point Vetieer
iug Company, capital $."0.00(1;
?!. W. Clinard and others. owners,
The-eompany will make and sell
veneering* oi all kinds and excel
sior.
The following are the district
vice presidents of the ''North
Carolina Good Roads Associa
tion " First district, it. R Cotten,
seci nd. W. It Cox; third, William
Dunn; fourth. It II. Lewis; fifth,
V. W. Graham; sixth V It Wil
liams; seventh, It X. Page;eighth,
r. F. Kluttz; ninth, George II.
Powell The executive commit
tee is composed of President P.
H. Hanes, Secretary J. A. Holmes,
Treasurer ,fowe|ih G. Brown, S.
L. Paterson, A. W. Graham, W.
C. Itiddick, Paul Garrett.
A. .1. Carroll, a white man, a
farmer living near Durham, was
being taken to jail in Durham
Wednesday when lie was attack
ed with heart disease and died
soon after getting inside the jail
door. He was arrested on the
complaint of his wife, who said
he had threatened to kill her and
thechildren. The trial was post
rionpd unit buino* mm.hle to five
the bond required?$500?he was
started to jail, when death
came. Carroll s mind had been
impaired, it is said, and he and
his wife had lived unhappily for
a long time. Each claimed that
the other was at fault.
At breakfast one morning last
week in den ltock Hotel, Ashe
ville, J. H. Salisbury, conductor
on the Knoxville branch of the
Southern railroad, was shot and
almost mortally wounded by a
negro waiter. There had been
some previous trouble. The con
ductor earlier in the morning had
slapped the negro because he
was insolent when the conductor
had ordered him to get up and
give the chair he was in to an old
gentleman, a guest of the hotel.
At the breakfast table Sailsburv
happened to sit at a table, waited
on by the same negro. He ordered
his bteakfast, but the negro only
went to the stove and sulked.
Salisbury called the head waiter
and said: "That nigger won't:
bring my breakfast. I slapped
him just now and I guess he is
waiting for me to slap him again."
The negro rushed up and. said,
"Yes you did strike me," and as
Salisbury rose fired four shots in
quick succession, one taking effect
in the abdomen. The negro was
arrested and jailed.
The building committee of the
Agrieulturial and Mechanical
College at Raleigh have awarded
the contracts for two buildings.
One of these is the 1'ullen Memo
rial Building, and is to stand
between Primrose Hall and the
shops. The present hot houses
will be removed and placed in
rear of Primrose Hall. The new
building will be of brick, stone
trimmed. In its basement will be
the dining room, to seat 500
persons; on the second floor reci
tation rooms and the library
and on the third floor the chapel
(aleo to be the auditorium), to
seat 1,000. W. P. Rose is the
architect and builder and the
price is$10,000. Theother build
ing is Watauga Hall, to replace
the burned building of that name.
In its basement will be the arm
ory. All the remainder will be
dormitories, and there will be 00
rooms, accommodating 120 ca
dets. The cost will be $12,000,
and Barrett & Thompson are the
architects. There is available
$2,000 worth of material in the
wal's of the burned building, the
site of which it willoccupy. There
was $0,000 insurance on the
burned builuing.
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pound in the world to conquer
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inflammation, masters piles.
Millions of boxes sold yearly.
Works wonders in boils, ulcers,
felons, skin eruptions. It cures
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GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Brief Summary of the Week's
Happenings.
Some ol the Most Important News ot
the World Condensed tor the
Readers ot The Herald.
Three men were burned U> death
Sunday uigln in a factory tire
near New York.
A Kansas man has had two
silver weddings. 1 le married twice
and lived with each wife twenty
five years.
Tired of life, according to a
note she lef , .Mrs. J. 1'. Allen, of
Buffalo, N. Y., killed herself with
carbolic acid .Monday.
Two masked a.en held up twelve
players at Flanagan's gambling
room, in Clinton, Iowa, Monday,
and took $2000 from them.
The underwriting syndicate of
the United States Steel Corpora
tion has declared its first dividend
and will distribute $10,000,000
in profits.
Mrs. Charles I'urdy, of Toledo,
Ohio, who kept a hotO in tue
.Klondike and dealt in mini tig
claims, has made a fortune of
$1,000,000.
A $3,000,000 office building,
the largest in the world, holding
9000 persons, will be erected in
Chicago early in the spring by
the First Fatioual Bank.
At Columbus Ohio surrounded
by brother officers, with whom
fie was chatting pleasantly,
Lieutenant Clarence M. Furey, of
the Second Infantry, .Monday
suddenly pulled a revolver and
shot himself in the temple, dyiug
instantly.
The unmarried employees of
the Salt Lake City Daily News,
the Mormon paper, have been
notified that unless they marry
by June 30, they will lose their
positions. The church authori
ties have decreed that every man
and woman must marry and
rear a family.
Representative Berleson, of
Texas, stated to the House Com
mittee on Agriculture that 240,
000 bales of Texas cotton, valued
at $10,000,000, were destroyed
last year by Mexican weevil. The
committee inserted a $20,000
item in the Agricultural Appro
priation bill to be immediately
available to eradicate the pest.
A special from Loudon says:
In the house of commons last
week the war secretary, Mr.
Broderick, said that the number
of horses purchased during the
war totalled 456,088, of which
77,101 came from the United
States and 11,304 from Canada.
In addition about 89,705 horses
had been captured in South Af
rica.
Since December, 181)9, accord
ing to official reports there have
been in Manila 778 cases of bu
bonic plague, of which <il 8 proved
fatal. As rats are charged with
propagating it, persistent war
fare has been waged against the
rats. Forty native rat catchers
are constantly employed in pois
oning, trapping and otherwise
killing the rodents.
A definite understanding has
beenTeached by the Hiver and
Harbor committee, that the river
and harbor bill now approach
ing completion shall be kept down
to about $(>0,000,000?the
amount carried by the measure
framed and defeated in congress
last year. The committee is
working daily, but the decision
on specific ideas nre all tentative
and open to revision.
The p os toff ice appropriation
bill will be reported in a few days.
It carries $137,910,598. an in
crease of $14,133,910 over the
current appropriation and of
$3,185,022 over the estimates.
The largest item is $41,250,000
for railway transportation of
mails. The rural free delivery
service gets an increase of $1,
250,000 making the total $7,
529,000 and provision is made
to place the rural carriers under
a contract system, instead of
salaries as at preasant.
Colonel HobCroeketfc.grandson
of l)j?vy Crockett, died in Arkan
sas, Tuesday, aged 70 years.
Nashville, Term., reports the
severest snow storm since 180."
and Chatranoog a the heaviest
since 18DJI.
About two-thirds of the busi
ness portion of Woodbury, IVun ,
was bnrned Sunday night, caus
ing a loss of $50,0*00 to 75,000
Hooker T. Washington has
been selected as coni.neiiceinent
day or itur for tlie Fniversity of
Nebraska next June. He has ac
cepted.
Cornelius Hoosevelt. tbe only
surving son of the late S. Weir
Hoosevelt, and a cousin to Presi
dent Hoosevelt, died iu New York
Sunday.
Ex-tJovernor Hubert H. Lind
say died at Sheffield, Ala , Ttiurs.
day. He was the first governor
of Alabama after the reconstruct
ion period.
Hivers cotton warehouse of
Jeffer-son, Texas, containing 1,
400 bales of cotton and 200 lin
ters, was burned Friday night.
Loss $00,000.
Dumont's air ship was wrec ked
Friday whilesailing over the bay
of Monaco and now lies at the
bottom of that bay. Dumont
had a narrow escape.
One hundred and seventy-nix
acres of land in the northern
surburbs of Baltimore have been
unconditionally dona ed as a
new site for the Johns Hopkins
University.
Death ot General Toon.
General Thomas F. Toon, State
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion, died suddenly in Kaleigh
Wednesday morning at 10
o'clock.
fj About three months ago he went
on a trip in the interest of educa
tion through Beaufort and Hyde
and other eastern counties. On
November 20th heniade a speech
at Bellhaven, N. C., and sat in
a draft afterwards. He con
tracted a severe cold which later
developed into pneumouia and
for several weeks tie hovered near
death's door. He finally began
to improve and would havetaken
up the duties of his office again
in a few days if his life had been
spared.
Gen. Toon was born in Colum
bus county on June 10, 18-10.
He served in the civil war and
rose to the rank of Brigadier
General. He served his county
one term in the House and onein
the Senate.
He was in 1000 nominated for
for State Superintendent of 'Pub
lic Instruction and eleeted in Au
gust of the same year.
Governor Aycock Wednesday
paid the following tribute to Gen.
Toon:
"i he death ot General loon
would have been distressing; under
any circumstances, but coming
after we had been assured of his
recovery, it is a very great shock.
"It is a gratification to his
friends to know that his last
work was given to the cause of
the children of the State. 11 was
my pleasure to accompany him
in November last 011 an Eastern
trip, and 1 heard the last speech
which he ever made. This was
at Belhaven in Beaufort county.
The speech greatly impressed the
audience, and in my judgment
was the best speech heever made
I think now of it as having in it
the pathos of his coming death,
as indeed it was possibly the
cause of it.
"General Toon's heart was in
his work, and he had grown
every day since he had come into
the office. He was rapidly mas
tering the details of his work,
and laying plans for large useful
ness. He was winning friends all
the time, and thereby ga ning
supporters for the work in which
he was so much interested, i
count it a pleasure to have known
him. Whether 011 the field of
battle, in private intercourse or
in the perform ance of civic din ies.
he was always brave, *rne and
faithful, and was ever in all the
relations of life a gentleman. The
State has lost a valuable servant,
and those of us who knew him
j best, a trustworthy friend."
WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Philippine Question Still Occu
pying the Attention of the Senate.
Uorulur Correspondence.
February 17, 11)02.?Tin- wi*
duiti of i he Democratic senator*,
in prolonging the debate oil tin
Philippine question until all hud
time to fairly express their opin
ions on the subject has been justi
tled in the divergent interest*
which are beginning to manifest
themselves on the Republican
side of t lie chamber. In the face
of the testimony of Governor
raft, and of the conteations of
the Republican senators that the
Filipinos are contented with the
existing st ate of affairs, there has
been received a petition :rom the
Federal party in the islands,
signed by 200,000 of the more
prominent citizens, request ing
that the islands tie made an inte
gral part of the Failed States
and given a territorial form of
government. This, of course, is
not at all in line with the Repub
lican designs but it has produced
considerable effect on t lie more
conservative members of the
paity who are beginning to real
ize that their colonial policy is
impractical and that unless they
accord the Filipinos territorial
rights and hold out to them the
prospect of ultimate citizenship,
they are likely to have a continu
ous insurrection on their hands
and one that will increase rather
than diminish.
It is something of a commen
tary on Republican diplomacy
that, while the administration is
endeavoring to establish cordial
relations with the Filipinos and
inspire in them respect for Ameri
can institutions, Governor Taft
is testifying in Washington that
they are "a lazy, indolent people
incapable of performing jury
duty" or determining questions
of justice. Of course, the press of
the islands publishes these state
ments and doubtless the people
will be flattered into an immedi
ate appreciation of the American
sense of justice, quickness of per
ception and keenness of judg- j
meat.
To a close observer, the trend
of the government toward colo
nialism, entangling alliances with
foreign powers ana the attendant
naval and military development
is necessarily a source of anxiety.
The sentiments expressed 111 the|
Senate lobbies when the news of
the Anglo-Japanese alliance was
made known were more than I
straws in their indication of the I
direction in which the country is
drifting. The military strength
of the country, already weakened
by the distant po-sessions which
must be protected in t-imeof war,
must now oe augmented ana t tin
country placed on the highway
toward a standing army and a
navy that can compete with the
European nations into rivalry
with which we have entered in the
new struggle for colonial posses
sions and aggrandizement. As
is wellknown, the efforts of out
delegates to the Pan-American
Congress were hampered by t he
belief of South American coun
tries that this government re
garded them with a covetous
eye. The fear was ridiculed by
the press but on Friday a mem
ber of the Senate Committee on
Intel-oceanic Canals stated that
permanent wnership of ih" land
through which the Panama Canal
might be built was unimportant,
as long before the 200 year least
would have expired this country
would "own all th.it territory.''
Opposition to this tendency
found voice in the House of Fri
day when Mr Wheeler of K"ii
tucky tuadea violent attack upon
the administration for its policy
in regard to foreign initiom ami
royalty. Had the gentleman's
speech been a little more care
fully prepared and had he omit
ted some expressions to which lie
was d >ubl less led by the excess
of his feelings, th-> address would
have i>r <ved more effective Fa
d'-rbing the somewhat extrnva
gait1 language he used was tin
str ittiin of a great trnfh.
A colored tnins*rel who shot a
white man nt New Madrid, Mo.,
was lynched Monday.
THE GUOD ROADS CONGRESS.
The Meeting was Largely Attended
and Speeches were Made 6y
Men ot National Prominence.
The Good Roads Congress which
was held in Raleigh last wwkwaa
a great success. It attracted
men iroui every section who are
interested in the betterment of
our highways*.
Many prominent men were
present and made addresses that
will be no doubt conducive of
much good. Among those were
Col. \V. 11. Moore, President of
the National (iood Koads Asso
ciation: ex-Senator M. C. Butler,
of South Carolina; Capt. S. B.
Alexander, of Mecklenburg; Mr.
T. B. Parker, of Hillsboro; Dr.
Geo. T. Winston, of Italeigh;
Senator F. M. Simmons; Con
gressman 15. W'. Pou; Hon. A. VV.
Machen, Superintendent of Rural
Free Delivery Service, Washing
ton, D. C.; Mr. Abbo: t, of Colo
rado, Government Represeuta
tiveofGood Roads on the Dacilic
Slope; Mr. R. W Richardson,
Secretary of National (iood
Roads Association, and others.
The "North Carolina Good
Roads Association" was organ
ized with the following officers:
President?P. H. Manes, of
Winston.
Secretary?J. A. Holmes, of
Chapel Hill.
Treasurer?Jos. G. Brown, of
Raleigh.
The following resolutions were
passed:
"Resolved 1. That we endorse
the work of the office of Public
Road Inquiries of the United
States Department of Agricul
ture, for *he betterment of the
public highways of the country,
and that we believe that this
office should be enlarged into a
bureau of the Department of
Agriculture with sufficient appro
priation at its disposal to extend
its work, and that we especially
urge the Seuators and Represen
tatives of North Carolina in Con
gress to vote for the appropria
tion for this office asked for this
year by the Secretary of Agricul
ture.
"2. That we believe that it is
just as important that the Na
tional Government assist in the
improvement of the common
highways and post roads of the
country as it is for it to care for
the rivers and harbors; and we
therefore favor Federal appro
priations for highway construc
tion?such appropriations to be
distributed among the States
and to be expended only where
there is a State appropriation
equal to the amount apportioned
by the General Government.
1 hat this convention here
by heartily endorse the work of
the National Good Roads As
sociation in organizing, and com
mend its plan of organization of
branch Associations in each
State, Territory and county for
thorough co-operative action un
der a systematized plan.
"4. That we favor and advo
cate the enactment of legislation
providing for the office of High
way Commissioner of North
Carolina, and the annual appro
priation of sufficient funds to
enable that office to give proper
supervision to road improve
ments in the State.
"5. That this Convention recom
mends that the General Assem
bly of North Carolina make
provision tor giving instruction
in road building at both ih?
State University and the \- .
cultural and Mechanical College.
'?<> That this Convention urges
a more extended use of convict
labor in road building in North
Carolina, and respectfully nsks
the General Assembly of this
State to adopt a system, which
will provide f ir the employment
of all its able-bodied male con
victs either in actual work on the
public roads or the preparation
of materials therefor."
Young Theodore Roosevelt,
who was ill with pneumonia, is
recovering and will nrobabh be
rem >v'ed from Groton, Mass . to
the White House this week. The
President, who was nt his son's
bedside, returned to Washington
last week. The young man's
mother and sister are with him.